Introduction Affective symptoms are a common feature of schizophrenia and define bipolar disorder. Alterations in dopamine neurotransmission and activity at D3-D2 receptors is associated with depressive symptoms providing the rationale for targeting D3-D2 receptors with partial agonists. Objectives The aim of the analysis herein is to examine and compare the efficacy of cariprazine in treating affective symptoms in both schizophrenia and bipolar depression. Methods Data from 3 schizophrenia [NCT00694707, NCT01104766, NCT01104779] and 3 bipolar I depression studies [NCT013896447, NCT02670538, NCT0267055] were pooled for the analyses. To investigate efficacy across individual affective symptoms, the Marder anxiety/depression and negative symptom items of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and single items of the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) were analysed. Improvement across affective symptoms was examined primarily evaluating least square mean differences (LSMDs) in comparison to placebo in mean change from baseline. Results The pooled ITT population was comprised of persons with schizophrenia (placebo=442, cariprazine=1024) and bipolar disorder (placebo=460, cariprazine=923). Cariprazine resulted in a significantly greater reduction when compared to placebo in three out of the four Marder anxiety/depression items; anxiety (p<0.01), tension (p<0.001) and depression (p<0.05). Similarly, cariprazine was significantly better than placebo in 9 out of the 10 MADRS individual items; apparent sadness (p<0.001), reported sadness (p<0.001), reduced sleep (p<0.05), reduced appetite (p<0.001), concentration difficulties (p<0.001), lassitude (p<0.001), inability to feel (p<0.001), pessimistic thoughts (p<0.01) and suicidal thoughts (p<0.05). Conclusions The results herein indicate that cariprazine treatment is significantly effective at treating affective symptoms in persons with both schizophrenia and bipolar I depression. Disclosure I am an employee of Gedeon Richter Plc.


The purpose of this paper is the design of simple combinational optoelectronic circuit based on SiC technology, able to act simultaneously as a 4-bit binary encoder or a binary decoder in a 4-to-16 line configurations. The 4-bit binary encoder takes all the data inputs, one by one, and converts them to a single encoded output. The binary decoder decodes a binary input pattern to a decimal output code. The optoelectronic circuit is realized using a a-SiC:H double pin/pin photodetector with two front and back optical gates activated trough steady state violet background. Four red, green, blue and violet input channels impinge on the device at different bit sequences allowing 16 possible inputs. The device selects, through the violet background, one of the sixteen possible input logic signals and sends it to the output. Results show that the device acts as a reconfigurable active filter and allows optical switching and optoelectronic logic functions development. A relationship between the optical inputs and the corresponding digital output levels is established. A binary color weighted code that takes into account the specific weights assigned to each bit position establish the optoelectronic functions. A truth table of an encoder that performs 16-to-1 multiplexer (MUX) function is presented. KeywordsSiC Optoelectronic device, photonics, optical communications, MUX/DEMUX; encoders, logic functions.


Identity is a critical aspect of social existence as it situates individuals and groups in a social setting. Beyond this, it is a tool used to create boundaries in social interaction thereby raising issues of exclusion and inclusion. Related to the subject of identity and exclusion is social solidarity which should characterize each social grouping in the society. The building block of social solidarity is very important as it has implications for cohesion and the survival of the group. Social solidarity also has implications for the strength of social capital which is important for integration, stability and development in society. These four concepts; social identity, social exclusion, social solidarity and social capital are examined in the light of their implications for economic, political and social existence of ethnic groups in Benue state. This paper suggests that a critical understanding of these concepts is needed for understanding social relations and addressing violent and non violent conflict among ethnic groups in Benue state as well as enhancing human and social development and recommends the integration of these concepts in development discourse as this would signify a departure from modernisation which regarded traditional relationships as impediments to development and dependency which defined social relations in relation to the means of


In this paper, we propose a new hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) scheme in MIMO. The proposed scheme performs bit-level exchanges and modifications every retransmission and covers all combinations of number of antennas and number of retransmissions in M-QAM. In order to obtain a better bitwise mapping scheme, we define two independent bitwise suboperations, which are called bit swapping and inversion (BSI) and bit shifting between antennas (BSA), and derive sets for BSI and BSA. The performance of the proposed scheme is evaluated through link simulations with a 3GPP long-term evolution (LTE) specification and is compared to previous H-ARQ schemes in MIMO. The results show that the proposed bitwise mapping scheme provides approximately 2 dB gain over the conventional scheme even at a high mobile speed.


The study aims to give an overview of the most prominent methods and financing options by which small and medium enterprises operating in Algeria access to financial resources to finance the exploitation cycles and investment, where the banking system and several government programs gives options for financing new projects, can also be the statement to rely on self-financing (project financing funds from the self to the company ), also highlights the interjection weaknesses and strengths of all these financing methods in Algeria as well as their relationship to each other and the possibility of using different methods at the same time by the contractor.


The earthworm, Eisenia foetida was feed on the composite fermenting in different time ofgrain texture of banana stems mixed with daily manure. The result showed banana stems afterfermentation 30 d had no notably effect on the growth and multiplication of the earthworm and bananastems after fermentation 10 d has obvious difference in the growth and multiplication of the earthworm.The rate of growth and multiplication of the earthworm presented out the tendency that the smashinggrain 10cm grain 20cm grain. That is, the thinner in grain, the higher in rate of the worm.


Bandar Lampung as a city that develops in many aspects, such as social,culture and economy . Especially travel on Raden Intan street, generally the most travelling occurs in the morning and aftenoon which is there are many people do activities at the same time and it makes traffic jam. The purpose of this research are determining a point of impact of traffic jam, getting a traffic jam case and giving solution of it. Identification of traffic cases use weaving, capacity and free flow velocity the street that was already identified. These analysis use to show connection one of part betwwen two movement of trafficjam that converging the compare it with planned velocity in city. The results of study show that weaving, capacity and free flow velocity compare with planned velocity it makes decreasing of velocity on a street that was identified. Therefore, indisciplineon traffic needs a setting of row of traffic, such as a set of street row and rules of traffic from stakeholder in this case. Keywords: a point of impact of traffic, a case of traffic jam,weaving , Capacity, free flow velocity


The paper study the present situation study of higher vocational colleges in the Zhujiang Delta Byappling with the literature, interviews, questionnaires. The investigation shows that the sports club of higher vocational colleges in the Zhujiang Delta has small influence, mainly because that the member has a low rate of the school population; the sports clubs have vanous problem on management system, current expenditure of activities, facilities and club activities. Auording to the revealed problems, this acticle put forward the corresponding suggestions and countermeasures.


Depending on the electrosynthesis conditions, perfluoroalkylation of compound (I) leads either to dimeric products of addition of perfluoroalkyl substituents at the double bond of the olefin (III) or, in the presence of triethylamine, to monomeric product (IV).


Abstract Due to their high activity and favorable stability in acidic electrolytes, Ir and Ru oxides are primary catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in proton‐exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers. For a future large‐scale application, core‐shell nanoparticles are an appealing route to minimize the demand for these precious oxides. Here, we employ first‐principles density‐functional theory (DFT) and ab initio thermodynamics to assess the feasibility of encapsulating a cheap rutile‐structured TiO2 core with coherent, monolayer‐thin IrO2 or RuO2 films. Resulting from a strong directional dependence of adhesion and strain, a wetting tendency is only obtained for some low‐index facets under typical gas‐phase synthesis conditions. Thermodynamic stability in particular of lattice‐matched RuO2 films is instead indicated for more oxidizing conditions. Intriguingly, the calculations also predict an enhanced activity and stability of such epitaxial RuO2/TiO2 core‐shell particles under OER operation.


A simple protocol has been developed to extract high quality of DNA from different species of earthworms of family Moniligastridae (Drawida travancorensis D.pellucida, D.parambikimala, D.modesta); Megascolecidae (Perionyx sansibaricus) Octochaetidae (Travoscolides chengannures); Lumbricidae (Octolasion cyaneum,Eisenia andrei, E.fetida) Eudrilidae (Eudrilus eugeniae) collected from western Ghats of India. A good quantity (261.6 to 151 μg/μl) of DNA was obtained. With present modified protocol. Ratio of A260/A280 was also in range of 1.91- 1.98 while, routine protocol was recorded 1.48-2.24 μg/μl. Extracted DNA was used to amplify 683 bp of the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene with LCO1490 and HCO2198 primers. All sequences of amplified gene were aligned, edited and analyzed using Maximum Likelihood method to characterize different species of earthworm. It appears that modified protocol used in present study was efficient and easy to extract good quality of DNA from different species of earthworms.


Of 902 samples of food offered for entry into the United States at southern California ports over a one-year period 100 were infested with stored-product insects. The 37 species of insects that were found are listed along with the countries of origin and foods infested.


Samples of trout (Salmo trutta L.) were taken from four rivers in the Conwy system, North Wales: the Roe and the Nant-y-goron, which support sea trout stocks, and the Iwrch and Machno which are situated above impassable waterfalls and contain resident trout. Tissue samples from the fish were used in electrophoretic analysis of enzymes. Fourteen loci were scored of which six were polymorphic (Pgi-2, Gpd-2, Ldh-5, Mdh-2, Mdh-4 and Ck-2 ). Allele frequency data from these loci were used to test interpopulation heterogeneity, which indicated that the two upstream samples were probably reproductively isolated from each other and also from the downstream samples. Mean heterozygosity was generally lower in the upstream stocks compared with the sea trout populations. UPGMA cluster analysis based on Nei's genetic distance (D) revealed a clear dichotomy between those stocks above, and those below waterfalls. This was best explained by the presence of two strains of trout in the system. One strain, the resident trout occurring above impassable waterfalls, was characterized by high frequencies of the Ldh-5(100) allele, the other strain, principally consisting of sea trout, exhibited high frequencies of the Lhd-5(90) allele.


The notions of totally indeflnite and weakly isotropic algebras with involution are introduced and a proof is given of the fact that a fleld satisfles the Efiective Diagonalization Property (ED) if and only if it satisfles the following weak Hasse principle: every totally indeflnite central simple algebra with involution of the flrst kind over the given fleld is weakly isotropic. This generalizes a known result from quadratic form theory.


We demonstrate the efficacy of wave-interference-based light trapping and carrier transport in parabolicpore photonic-crystal, thin-crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells to achieve above 29% power conversion efficiencies. Using a rigorous solution of Maxwell's equations through a standard finite-difference time domain scheme, we optimize the design of the vertical-parabolic-pore photonic crystal (PhC) on a 10-μmthick c-Si solar cell to obtain a maximum achievable photocurrent density (MAPD) of 40.6 mA=cm beyond the ray-optical, Lambertian light-trapping limit. For a slanted-parabolic-pore PhC that breaks x-y symmetry, improved light trapping occurs due to better coupling into parallel-to-interface refraction modes. We achieve the optimum MAPD of 41.6 mA=cm for a tilt angle of 10° with respect to the vertical axis of the pores. This MAPD is further improved to 41.72 mA=cm by introducing a 75-nm SiO2 antireflective coating on top of the solar cell. We use this MAPD and the associated charge-carrier generation profile as input for a numerical solution of Poisson's equation coupled with semiconductor drift-diffusion equations using a Shockley-Read-Hall and Auger recombination model. Using experimentally achieved surface recombination velocities of 10 cm=s, we identify semiconductor doping profiles that yield power conversion efficiencies over 29%. Practical considerations of additional upper-contact losses suggest efficiencies close to 28%. This improvement beyond the current world record is largely due to an opencircuit voltage approaching 0.8 V enabled by reduced bulk recombination in our thin silicon architecture while maintaining a high short-circuit current through wave-interference-based light trapping.


We present a fast dynamic graph data structure for the GPU. Our dynamic graph structure uses one hash table per vertex to store adjacency lists and achieves 3.4–14.8x faster insertion rates over the state of the art across a diverse set of large datasets, as well as deletion speedups up to 7.8x. The data structure supports queries and dynamic updates through both edge and vertex insertion and deletion. In addition, we define a comprehensive evaluation strategy based on operations, workloads, and applications that we believe better characterize and evaluate dynamic graph data structures.


Objective:To evaluate the efficacy of ultrasound guided percutaneous ethanol washing method and conventional ethanol sclerotherapy method in treating lymph cyst after pelvic lymph node dissection.Methods:Eighty-one patients with gynecological malignant tumors who was found with lymph cysts after undergoing the tumor resection plus pelvic lymph node dissection were divided into group A and B randomly.Forty-three cases in group A(totally 50 cysts) accepted the washing method.First,aspirated the cyst fluid under the guide of ultrasound until a small amount was left(10 -20ml),then washed the cysts with ethanol repeatedly until the cyst fluid' s color was the same as the ethanol' s,then pumped the ethanol and pulled out the needle.Thirty-eight cases in group B (totally 46 cysts) underwent routine method.After aspirating all fluid in cyst under the guide of ultrasound,injected ethanol into the cysts.Ethanol' s volume was about 1/5 to 3/4 of the aspirated cyst fluid(total volume100ml),then aspirated the ethanol after about 5 minutes,and pulled out the needle.Results:Imaging examination was conducted after 3-6 months.In group A and group B,the total effective rate was 96.00%(48/50) and 89.13%(41/46) respectively without significant difference.The one-time cure rate was 84.00%(42/50) and 56.52%(26/46) in group A and group B respectively and the difference was significant.For those normal type cysts which were10cm,the one-time cure rate was 87.50%(14/16) and 82.35%(14/17) in group A and group B respectively, there was no significant difference(P0.05).As for those normal type cysts which were≥10cm,abnormal type cysts and abnormal type cysts which10cm,the one-time cure rate was 82.35%(28/34) and 41.38%(12/29) in group A and group B respectively and the difference was significant.16%(8/50) in group A and 43.48%(20/46) in group needed the repeat treatment and there was significant difference(P0.01).The incidence of side reaction was 11.63%(5/43) and 23.68%(9/38) in group A and group B respectively with significant difference.Conclusion:Both Ultrasound guidedethanol washing method and conventional ethanol sclerotherapy method can obtain satisfactory curative effect in the treatment of lymph cysts after pelvic lymph node dissection.But the one-time cure rate of washing method is better than that of the conventional method for those normal cysts which are≥10cm,abnormal type cysts and the abnormal type cyst which are10cm with fewer and milder side reactions.


Tropical research basins: a history of the Orstom studies Abstract About 350 small representative basins were studied by Orstom hydrologists during the early 1950s in the intertropical area. The first research was mainly oriented to development, but in 1965 Rodier & Auvray put forward graphs permitting the calculation of the design characteristics for small basins in tropical Africa. In the 1970s, evaluating the c water balance » became important with the appearance of the first mathematical models allowing the management of data sets


Static 96 h bioassays were conducted on milkfish fingerlings at concentrations ranging from 1.00 to 1.80mg/l KMnO4. Histopathological analyses of gills, liver, and kidney tissues revealed significant changes even in non-lethal concentrations tested. Damage became severe with in-creasing concentration and longer exposure to the chemical. Partial to complete recovery was observed in gills, liver, and kidney cells of fish exposed to KMnO4 for 96h and then maintained in KMnO4-free seawater for 240h.


In recent years, diversity management has evolved from a perspective on human resources management toward a conception of strategic management. This implies the need to adapt a central management function, strategic controlling, in order to render the conception of diversity management in established categories of operative management. Starting out from the existing proposal of a diversity scorecard, this paper extends the DM approach into the notion of an open balanced scorecard. The open balanced scorecard results from the application of DM principles on this widely used management tool. The argument is based on an overview of existing approaches to DM and their critical evaluation.


Implementation of the ITU-R P.1546-4 and ITM propagation models for SEAMCAT prepared and developed in the National Institute of Telecommunications Poland is presented. Results of our research encompasses methodology, implementation and verification of plug-ins into the SEAMCAT software are shown. Keywords—electromagnetic compatibility, interferences, propagation, SEAMCAT, spectrum engineering.


The impact of the ability to code unfamiliar visual and orthographic information in working memory when accompanied by an increase in cognitive load (e.g. variation of string length for symbols presented) was examined in the context of the development of young children's writing skills. Children were classified as either logographic (N = 48) or alphabetic (N = 72) writers from a qualitative analysis of their invented spellings displayed in a story writing task. Tasks to assess general cognitive ability, working memory (short-term and combined storage and processing), reading and spelling as well as the accuracy of orthographic and unfamiliar visual coding skills at string lengths from three-seven items were administered. The findings highlight differences between the two groups which are indicative of a significant strategy change in orthographic processing in comparison to visual processing at six symbols. The level of representation is also significant. The difference detected is not necessarily representative of their ability to code visual information alone in STM but to do with the integration of information from LTM and the ability to process phonological information in STM. Capacity processes for WM and writing at this stage of development are discussed.


FDA said the manufacturer of dietary supplements containing kratom, a natural opioid used to treat opioid use disorder, agreed to destroy the supplements, and is again warning the public about kratom.


Three-dimensional sono-angiography was executed in 123 women with uterine bleedings in perimenopausal period. With the use of software for automatic measurement of volume of blocks (VOCAL, Kretztechnik, Austria) vascular indices (VI, Fl, VFI) and endometrial volume (EV) were estimated. Based on histopathological estimation of endometrium the patients were divided into the following groups: atrophic, proliferative, secretive endometrium, hyperplasia and endometrial cancer (EC). Mean EV in women with EC amounted to 16.82 ml and was significantly higher (p < 0.005) than in women with hyperplasia or without pathological changes. Mean values of vascular indices VI, Fl and VFI in the group of women with EC amounted to respectively 5.464; 25.995 and 1.898 and were also significantly higher in comparison to remaining groups of patients. The results of the investigation suggest, that three-dimensional measurement of endometrial volume with assessment of vascular indices (VI, Fl, VFI) can be valuable prognostic element improving a diagnostic precision of sonographic estimation of pathological changes of endometrium.


This paper presents a set of crucial events, arguably deemed to be the cause of the recent economic crisis, and tries to come up with a connection between the global and euro crisis. It begins with the presumption that the existing crisis in the euro zone can only be overcome with appropriate institutions and persistent measures of economic policy. Through a detailed analysis of existing and announced policy tools, this paper tries to identify ways of further development, by discussing the necessity of creating a fiscal union in the euro area.


Ostrogradsky's construction of a Hamiltonian formalism for nondegenerate higher derivative Lagrangians is reviewed. The resulting instability imposes by far the most powerful restriction on fundamental, interacting, continuum Lagrangian field theories. A discussion is given of the problems raised by attempts to evade this restriction. PACS numbers: 11.10.Ef † e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


In cystic adventitial disease, a rare cause of claudication, most patients undergo operative or radiological intervention. There is little evidence to support either approach.


PURPOSE: A fire resistance cellulose-bitumen covering sheet and a manufacturing thereof are provided to satisfy the European Standard EN 13501-5 by improving the fire resistance of bitumen-impregnated cellulose fiber sheet. CONSTITUTION: A method of fire resistance cellulose-bitumen covering sheet comprises the following steps. An adhesive primer is impregnated on at least one of main surfaces of bitumen-impregnated cellulose fiber sheets. The fire resistance coating, which includes expanded graphite, is impregnated on the adhesive primer layer through the dry-impregnation. A paint layer is impregnated on the fire resistance coating.


Background: The environment and surrounding in which medical student live and perceive has shown to have a signicant impact on their academic performance and achievements. Aim and Objectives: To assess the perception of the educational environment by medical students Methodology: The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) inventory was used. DREEM was administered to undergraduate medical students (n = 255) and the scores were compared using a nonparametric test. Results: Gender wise, there was not much difference in the students' perceptions. The difference between the scores among four batches was statistically signicant. The overall DREEM score was 89.23/200.However 32.9% of students nd the educational environment more positive than negative. Conclusions: A large number of diverse and hidden factors inuence the way students perceive their educational environment. A larger study may need to be undertaken to verify the above results and conclusions.


Superconducting detectors have become essential devices for high-performance single-photon counting over a wide wavelength range with excellent time resolution. Detector fabrication typically relies on resist-based lithography processes, which can limit possibilities for device integration, e.g., on unconventional substrates. Here, we demonstrate a resist-free fabrication route for realizing superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors based on focused electron beam-induced deposition. Utilizing direct writing of a Pt–C mask, we achieved nanowire meanders with linewidths below 100 nm, operated them as superconducting devices for the detection of visible and near-infrared photons, and showed detector integration on side-polished optical fibers. Being compatible with device fabrication on curved irregular surfaces, our approach could enable superconducting detector integration in complex configurations.


The invention relates to a method for preparing an automobile glass antifoggant, wherein deionized water is added into a reaction kettle, and 0.1-0.6 percent of high molecular filmogen is added, heated to 40 DEG C, and agitated until dissolved, then 0.6-4.0 percent of fatty alcohol polyethenoxy ether or nonyl phenol polyethenoxy ether nonionics, 0.1-0.6 percent of coconut fatty alkyl trimethyl chloride or lauryl amphoteric propyl juanacidate cationic surfactant, and 0.2-1.0 percent mono ethanol amine or trolamine acidity modifier are added orderly; finally, 5.0-30 percent of isopropyl alcohol, ethanol, propanediol, and propanetriol are added, evenly agitated until the temperature lowers to the room temperature, and then the glass antifoggant is obtained. The invention has the advantages that the use is simple; the glass atomizing effect is good; dust can not be absorbed on the surface of the glass after the drying process, and no trace is left on the surface; the product is colorless and flavorless, safe and reliable.


Abstract On the 1st October 1999 I enrolled at Queen's University as an undifferentiated student undertaking a study that will, hopefully, lead to a Ph.D. My enrolment was made possible by a Research Fellowship from the Research and Development Office, Northern Ireland and by secondment from the Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency where I held the post of Deputy Director. The title of my study is "The changing face of care under the Children (Nl) Order 1995, a prospective study of decision-making and outcomes for looking after children".


This article aims to carry out an analysis of modern problems and requirements for the application of psychological assessment methods, which have been identified by scientists from various countries. The study does not pretend to be a mega-analysis, but considers contemporary articles from various scientific journals and educational books that have been published over the past five years. The presented analysis is of a comparative nature and indicates the specificity of approaches to the methods of psychological assessment and the degree of compliance with the basic requirements for their use in research and practice by psychologists from different countries.
In the process of conducting a similar study, it is necessary to take into account modern challenges of a socio-psychological nature and changes in the conditions of research, counseling and therapy. In this regard, it was assumed that the recorded transformations influenced the form and format of obtaining a psychological diagnosis, namely: the meeting of the psychologist and the client in person or in absentia; filling out the test on a paper form or through a computer; using GOOGLE online forms for tests and surveys; and collection of testing metadata.


Many problems of interest in plasma modeling are subject to the tyranny of scales, specifically, problems that encompass physical processes that operate on timescales that are separated by many orders of magnitude. Investigating such problems, therefore, requires the use of implicit time-integration schemes, which advance problem solutions on the timescale of interest, while incorporating the physics of the fast timescales. One promising route to develop these implicit solvers is the combination of Jacobian-free Newton-Krylov (JFNK) methods, but adapting these methods to work in ultrascale computing environments is a formidable challenge. Here, we describe research on new approaches to adapt algebraic mulgrid-based solvers (that can be used for providing efficient preconditioners for JFNK methods) to ultrascale computing environments, the development and testing of JFNK solvers for coupled plasma electromagnetics within the USIM framework and the application of these methods to modeling H- ion sources for the spallation neutron source at ORNL.


According to the structural property of elevated station, this paper studies the dynamic response of elevated station caused by moving train and establishes a kind of theoretical form of dynamic analysis method of elevated station.


We propose a novel method for zero-shot cross-lingual TTS task by using multi-stream text encoder and efficient speaker representation. Specifically, a unified multi-stream text encoder that takes both advantages of Transformer and CBHG is proposed to retain multiple hypotheses about input representations. For Transformer based stream, a multi-stream Transformer is further proposed to strengthen these hypotheses. Then the speaker representations are extracted from audio signals by a speaker encoder with a random sampling mechanism and a language adversarial loss, aiming to extract speaker embedding features that are independent of both content information and language identity. Meanwhile, we propose an efficient zero-shot cross-lingual transfer strategy with the help of other target lingual speakers' data and a language-balanced sampling strategy. The Experimental results show the proposed method not only could achieve higher speech quality and speaker similarity (with an average absolute improvement of 0.38 and 0.27 in MOS respectively) for zero-shot cross-lingual transfer, but also helpful for few-shot cross-lingual transfer in which has multi-lingual data.1


Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (FRCs) have shown great promise as high strength structural materials due to their high stiffness to weight ratio and their ease in processing. They have found extensive use in aerospace, automotive, construction, and recreational equipment material applications. Research in polymer-based nanocomposites (PNCs) has shown explosive growth in the past decade with much emphasis focused on PNC using thermosetting polymer matrices. Modifying conventional FRCs with a PNC matrix result in the emergence of a hybrid composite material termed multiscale fiber-reinforced composites (M-FRCs). The current research addresses carbon nanofiber (CNF) surface modification, carbon nanofiber/epoxy polymer nanocomposite (CNF/PNC) development and M-FRC fabrication. Vacuum assisted resin infusion molding (VARIM) is used to produce MFRC. The materials used in this research are surface modified and modified CNFs, aerospace grade high temperature epoxy resin, and plain-weave E-glass fiber preforms. The VARIM process used to produce M-FRC is explained in detail. The effects of using a CNF/PNC nanophased polymer matrix is presented and thoroughly investigated.


Objective:To investigate the cause and treatment of recurrence of secretory otitis media after adenoid vegetation excision.Method: Thirty-five ears in 18 cases were examined by acoustic impedance,pure tone audiometer and pharyngorhinoscopy, resected the lymphadenosis, inserted catheters into tympanum through eustachian tube, and taken systemic medication. Result:Followed up for 6 to 12 months, 32 ears (16cases) were cured,2 ears(1 case) were on the mend,the total validity rate was 97.1%.Conclusion:This technique is easy to operate and has good effect in treating secretory otitis media.


Why Study the State? The Development of the Modern Nation State Classical Theories of the State Democracy and the State The Interventionist State and its Critics Globalization Suprastate Governance The Liberal State Power, Domination, Culture and Sociality Postscript: The Future of the State


Paleoseismology is the study of prehistoric earthquakes, especially their location, timing and size. Paleoseismology and Neotectonics should not be confused. Whereas Neotectonics deals with general crustal deformation in recent times (late Cenozoic), Paleoseismology is concerned with sudden deformation of landforms and sediments during earthquakes. Paleoseismologists are only able to study earthquakes that produce recognizable surface deformation, i.e. earthquakes of M>6.


Compound-mixed substrates consisted of different treated sludge(dewatered sludge、compost sludge or freeze-thaw sludge), coal gangue, fly ash and soil were used for coal gangue mountain reclamation. The physical and chemical properties were analyzed and cultivation experiment of two kinds of gramineous plants including Agropyron desertorum(Fisch.) Schult. and Bromus inermis Leyss. was implemented. The results showed that the physical and chemical properties of compound-mixed substrate B2(the quality ratio of compost sludge, coal gangue, fly ash and soil was 30:60:10:0) were better than other substrates, and were more beneficial to the growth of plants, and saved cost.


In Turkey, there is a demand in various sectors for well-qualified staffs that can be active in the field of application and have vocational ethical awareness. Vocational schools aim training well-qualified manpower that has adequate knowledge and ability for working in various fields from industry to public and service sectors. Provincial government program is a pre-bachelor program which takes two years and has an imperative vocational training. Municipalities can be defined as a kind of laboratories which gives the advantage to the students for gaining professional knowledge about the field of vocation. In vocational training process students have the facility to observe the position of the municipality based on local policy, service areas, organization structure, municipality-citizen relationship, financial system of the municipalities and interaction with the city. This research involves an analysis on the municipality training and a survey has been applied to the students from Okan University Vocational School, Provincial Governments Program. The survey is about measuring the student's satisfaction and gaining from the vocational training, applicability degree of course knowledge to vocational training. The survey is also supported by interviews. By the research results it is determined that the graduates of provincial governments program can work in different units of the municipalities and vocational training improves their interest to the vocational field.


In mobile networks emergence of failures is caused by various breakdowns of hardware and software elements. One of the serious failures in radio networks is a Sleeping Cell. In our work one of the possible root causes for appearance of this network failure is simulated in a dynamic network simulator. The main aim of the research is to detect the presence of a Sleeping Cell in the network and to define its location. For this purpose Diffusion Maps data mining technique is employed. The developed fault identification framework is using the performance characteristics of the network, collected during its regular operation, and for that reason it can be implemented in real Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks within the Self-Organizing Networks (SON) concept.


In article the analysis of indicators of the organization of working conditions and their influence on the possible insurance risks connected with loss of health and life, working in a social production is presented.


Twelve crossbred cows (KF, 2nd and 3rd lactation) in their early lactation having similar body weight and milk yield were distributed into 2 groups of 6 each and fed individually according to their nutritional requirements, however, herbal mixture (1000 ppm) was supplemented in treatment group ration. Both the groups were offered green fodder ad lib and total DMI and milk yield were recorded daily during the experimental period of 90 days. In middle of the experiment, digestibility trial of 7 days was conducted to estimate nutrient digestibility. During same period methane emissions were determined using SF6 tracer technique. Immunity status of the animals was checked by estimating total Ig level in the blood. Supplementation of herbal mixture did not affect the body weight, daily feed intake and digestibility of various nutrients significantly. Milk yield and milk composition were also not affected by the dietary supplementation of herbal mixture. However methane emission (g/d) decreased (P<0.01) in experimental group. Methane emission/kg DMI was reduced by 20% following the supplementation of herbal mixture as the values for control group and experimental group were 22.67 and 18.46 g/kg DMI, respectively and variation between groups was significant (P<0.01). It was concluded that supplementation of herbal mixture @ 1000 ppm/kg DM to the lactating crossbred cows reduced the methane emission significantly and also improved (P<0.05) the immunity status of dairy cows.


As science and innovation breed new developments in medical care, we'll be faced again and again with the same question. Who's working on the answer?


Subsurface pore fluid pressures exceeding 70 percent of lithostatic pressure are observed in large areas of the Sacramento basin and adjacent Coast Ranges, California. Basinor crustal-scale processes are required to explain the regional distribution of overpressures. Several plausible mechanisms of overpressuring are (1) depositional compaction by the Miocene and younger strata recently deposited, (2) aquathermal expansion under high heat flow conditions, and (3) horizontal or lateral tectonic compression. The latter mechanism is suggested by observed deformation patterns in the Sacramento basin. Throughout the geologic history, east-west compressive stresses by eastward subduction of the Juan de Fuca plate, subsequent tectonic wedging, right-lateral tectonism (primarily in southern part of basin), and east-west extension in the Basin and Range together created a primarily compressive stress regime. Such a stress regime has likely contributed to the cause and maintenance of overpressures observed in the region. We developed two-dimensional numerical modeling experiments to test these hypotheses. Results of the experiments suggest that aquathermal expansion is negligible as an overpressure mechanism. Sedimentary compaction is a possible mechanism but only for locally high sedimentation rates or for unusually low permeability and/or unusually high compressibility under lower sedimentation rates. Finally, model simulation results suggest that tectonic compression is a plausible, ongoing mechanism creating and maintaining high fluid pressures in the Sacramento basin. We speculate that other processes such as chemical diagenesis may be contributing to overpressures, but probably only on a local scale and of secondary importance.


We have fabricated and characterized the capacitively coupled Cold-Electron Bolometer (CEB) in the currentbiased mode. We measured the bolometer responsivity and the noise equivalent power (NEP) by applying a modulated current through the heating tunnel junctions and absorber. The frequency of modulation varied from 35 Hz to 2 kHz. The best responsivity of 1.5x10 V/W was obtained at 35 Hz. The NEP of better than 10 W/Hz was measured for frequencies above than 100 Hz. The background power load and the bolometer time constant were also estimated using the experimental device parameters.


In this paper, a method using a neural network was applied for the purpose of urilizing spatial features. The adopted model of neural network the three-layered architecture, and the training algorithm is the back-propagation algorithm. Co-occurrence matrix which is generated from original imge was used for imput pattern to the neural network in order to tolerate variations of patterns like rotation of displacement. Co-occurrence matrix is explained in appendix. To evaluate this method, classification was executed with this method and texture features method over the city area and sand area, which cannot be separated with the conventional method mentioned aboved. In the results of this method and texture features proposed by Haralick the method using texture features was separation rate of 67%~89%. On the contrary, the method using neural network proposed in this research was stable and high separation rate of 80%~98%.


An assessment of the Space Station Freedom performance as affected by the external induced contamination environment is in progress. The assessment procedure involves comparing the Space Station Freedom external contamination requirements, SSP 30426, Revision B (1991), with calculated molecular deposition, molecular column density, and other effects from potential sources of contamination. The current assessment comprises discussions of Space Shuttle proximity operations, Space Shuttle waste-water dumps (while docked to the Space Station), Space Station fluid and waste-gas venting, system gas leakage, external material outgassing, and a combined contamination assessment. This performance assessment indicates that Space Station Freedom contamination requirements are realistic and can be satisfied when all contamination sources are included.


With the rapid development of modern medicine and computer technology,large medical equipment has been introduced in major hospitals,how to plan a good major medical equipment room construction and equipment installation,thus maximizing the utilization of equipment is a complex task.The major medical equipment room construction and equipment installation process related problems and their solutions.


OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of UV-B induction on the content of secondary metabolites,three kinds of alkaloid especially,in post-harvest leaves of Mahonia bealei(Fort.) Carr..METHODS The HPLC chromatograms of secondary metabolites in leaves before and after UV-B induction were established,and the content changes of secondary metabolites were obtained by means of comparison and analysis.RESULTS In comparison with the control group,the contents of the secondary metabolites after UV-B induction changed dramatically.The contents of jatrorrhizine and palmatine increased obviously and reached a plateau after UV-B induction for six hours.The amplification of jatrorrhizine was 410.84% and that of palmatine reached 118.76%,but the content of berberine decreased obviously after induction.CONCLUSION UV-B induction has remarkable effects on accumulation of secondary metabolites in postharvest leaves of Mahonia bealei(Fort.) Carr.


Modified ubiquitin sequences, each completed with a His tag and a TEV cleavage site, were designed to enhance the expression of protein/peptide targets. With this new system we have been able to characterize several peptide-protein interactions by ITC and by NMR and CD spectroscopic methods, including the interactions of LIR domains with autophagy modifiers.


The invention relates to the technical field of an ultra-low work function material, and specifically relates to a positive electrode with ultra-low work function and a preparation method for the positive electrode. The positive electrode with the ultra-low work function is characterized by comprising a monocrystal silicon layer, an HfO layer, a single-layer graphene layer, and an additional layer, wherein the upper surface of the monocrystal silicon layer is attached with the HfO layer; the single-layer graphene layer with length*width of 5*5mm is attached to the upper surface of the HfO layer; the upper surface of the single-layer graphene layer is plated with the additional layer; the monocrystal silicon layer is a highly-doped monocrystal silicon layer; the HfO layer is 20nm in thickness; static is doped in the single-layer graphene layer; the additional layer is a cesium element layer or an oxygen element layer; and the thickness of the additional layer is equal to thickness of an atomic layer. The work function of the positive electrode prepared by the invention is reduced to be lower than 3eV, so that the energy conversion efficiency of the positive electrode is greatly improved.


In data mining anomalies are one of the main threats for efficient information retrieval from databases. Anomalies are also known as anomalies. Mining of anomalies from the normal data is very important and scope of this is very high. Anomaly detection can be found in applications such as credit card fraud detection, intrusion and insider threat detection in cybersecurity, detection of fault, or malignant diagnosis. Anomalous data present in database is harmful for the processing of information and usage of that information. Viscous data contain erroneous information and it may contain dangerous code for carking the whole system where it is stored.


Brace, D.K.-Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction (Health and Physical Education), 162 Breed, Frederick S.-The Russian Challenge and the American School, 365-73 Brueckner, Leo J.-Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction, 45-50 Buswell, G. T.-Educational News and Editorial Comment, 237-48 Buswell, G. T.-Selected References on Elementary-School Instruction (Arithmetic), 155-57 Buswell, G. T.-The Subvocalization Factor in the Improvement of Reading, 190-96


In this study, we investigated morphologically and geochemically a skull from an open pit situated on the Călineasa-Şesu Gârzii Plateau, Bihor Mountains. The study presents the first 14C dating and stable isotope composition of bison skeletal remains from the Romanian Carpathians. The result of 14C determination yielded two relevant maxima: one is around AD 1550 and the second around AD 1645. The data indicate that the investigated bison died during the 'Little Ice Age' (LIA), approximately 200 years before the last ones were hunted to extinction. Stable isotope composition of carbon from bison tooth enamel suggests that the bison diet consisted mainly of C3 grasses, compatible with a high-altitude habitat, vegetation distribution and low mobility. Oxygen isotope composition of both phosphate and carbonate groups of tooth enamel indicates that the bison drank from stagnant water sources, such as lakes or puddles formed from rain water. This further suggests low mobility of the bison as well, as the presence of such small stagnant water sources is characteristic even today for the plateau. Calculated oxygen isotope compositions of rain and drinking water at the time the bison lived indicate a lower relative humidity, around 60–70% at that period of LIA when the bison lived, which is lower than today's humidity of 80%.


Historically there has been a conceptual distinction between reason and passion, i.e. emotions and higher levels of cognitive processing has been viewed apart from each other and studied separately. Recent research suggest a more dynamic interaction where the emotional responses may affect several aspects of higher level cognitive functioning. This thesis focuses on how an integrated analysis can discern the relationship between interpretation and emotion responses in auditory signals. It concludes that the interpretations of perceptual qualities in sounds are affected by the emotional responses to the sounds.

Paper I studied auditory alerts in two stages. First by a general dissimilarity rating where the participants rated perceived dissimilarity. This resulted in a two-dimensional multidimensional scaling solution. In a second experiment the participants rated each sound with semantic descriptors as well as their emotional reactions measured by hedonic valence and arousal. The results from the two experiments were then integrated by the use of multidimensional perceptual unfolding and a set mediation analyses. The latter showed that part of the cognitive categorization of the semantic descriptors was mediated by the emotional reactions to the sounds.

Paper II further investigated the role of emotion in interpretation of perceptual qualities in everyday sounds. The participants conducted a general dissimilarity rating of 12 sounds, parametrically chosen from three levels of hedonic valence (high, neutral, low) and four categories of sounds (human, animals, environmental, and mechanical). Afterwards the participants rated their emotional reaction to each sound. At a second occasion, same participants conducted seven focused dissimilarity ratings concerning emotional aspects and perceptual qualities in the sounds. The general dissimilarity ratings resulted in a three-dimensional scaling. Both the emotional reactions as well as the perceptual qualities from the specific dissimilarity ratings (in at least one dimension) could explain the first dimension in the general perceptual space. Subsequent mediation analyses revealed that the emotional responses mediated the physical perception.

The second and the third dimension were explained by theory-categorization.
E.g. in the second dimension the participants differentiated between living and nonliving sources.

The two paper together support the use of integrated analysis to determine the underlying perceptual mechanisms in perception of sounds. The research suggests that emotional reactions are fundamental in interpretation of perceptual qualities in sounds and that emotion categorization is a strong influence in perception. This further suggests that auditory signals are promising in promoting emotion regulation. This could be applied in e.g. restorative soundscapes.


We consider a thin multidomain of $\mathbb R^3,$ consisting of a vertical rod upon a horizontal disk. The equilibrium configurations of the thin hyperelastic multidomain, allowing for fracture and damage, are described by means of a bulk energy density of the kind $W(\nabla U)$, where $W$ is a Borel function with linear growth and $\nabla U$ denotes the gradient of the displacement, i.e. a vector valued function $U:\Omega \to \mathbb R^3$. By assuming that the two volumes tend to zero, under suitable boundary conditions and loads, and suitable assumptions of the rate of convergence of the two volumes, we prove that the limit model is well posed in the union of the limit domains, with dimensions, respectively, $1$ and $2$.


In this study, a new cost-benefit economic model for hemodialyzer reuse has been developed considering all of the direct costs (dialyzer price, disinfection fluid price, reverse osmosis water cost, personnel, and miscellaneous) as well as the number of disinfections applied to the hemodialyzer. The maximum number of disinfections/reuses for different models of hemodialyzer was estimated using statistical analysis based on the information obtained from a total of 60 adult patients on maintenance hemodialysis for approximately 4 years; from a hospital in Santiago de Cuba province, Cuba. An equal number of treatments (100) was evaluated for each hemodialyzer including 2,800 total reuses. The total cost savings for reuse/disinfection using the new economic approach is compared with the single-use modality. Obtained results by applying the proposed model indicated that the correlation between the economic advantages of the reuse/disinfection process in the total cost of the hemodialysis treatment significantly depends on the type of hemodialyzer used for the treatment, the disinfection price, the virgin hemodialyzer price, the disposal cost and its price reduction because of the number of reuses and the maximum possible reuses that could be applied to the hemodialyzer.


Fish stock and recruitment analysis is one of the most essential and fundamental components for fisheries management and quantitative fish dynamics modelling. A variety of mathematical models have been developed to describe the relationship between the number of spawning fish ("stock") and the number of their progeny at some subsequent live stage ("recruitment"). These stock-recruitment models (SR) are widely used to model the dynamics of exploited fish populations. A comprehensive discussion and mathematical formulations of SR models can be found in Hilborn and Walters (1992) and Quinn and Deriso (1999). The Ricker (1975) model is the most commonly used SR model, because of its sensible biological rationale and its simple mathematical formulation. The mathematical formulation of the Ricker SR model with a lognormal error term is as follows:


A computer programme was developed for selection ofboom width and tank capacity of field sprayer. The computer modelwas built up using Visual Basic (ver.6) computer programminglanguage in which input data were inserted directly and output resultswere obtained easily on the computer screen or as a printout. Themodel was verified with data collected from some agricultural privatecompanies in Gedarif area, Kenana agricultural implements factoryand some data from the literature. The validity of the model was tested,and the results showed close agreement between the fieldmeasurements and the computer model predictions. The sensitivityanalysis of the model revealed that changes in any of the inputparameters used could directly affect the output of the model, such asboom width, tank capacity and work rate. The accuracy of the modelwas also tested statistically. The model is helpful in proper sprayersmanagement and quick decision-making.


This paper finds that banks and nonbanks respond differently to increased competition in consumer credit markets. Increased competition and a greater threat of failure induces banks to specialize in relationship business lending, and surviving banks are more profitable. However, nonbanks change their credit policy when faced with more competition and expand credit to riskier borrowers at the extensive margin, resulting in higher default rates. These results show how the effects of competition depend on the form of intermediation. They also suggest that increased competition can cause credit risk to migrate outside the traditional supervisory umbrella.


We analyzed the optical and hydraulic conditions of phytoplankton population competition based on the characteristics of antenna pigment absorption. From the analytical results of competition between th two types of antenna pigment, we found that the underwater light conditions in which short-wave blue or green light is superior (e. g. in clear water bodies), and the hydraulic conditions in which the ratio of mixed depth to euphotic depth is greater, are favorable for phycoerythrin-rich type (PE type) cyanobacteria. Conversely, under the optical conditions such as those in reservoirs where water tends to have lower transparency compared to oceans, it is assumed that shallow mixed depth can make phycocyanin-rich type (PC type) cyanobacteria more advantageous than PE type. Furthermore, for large-colony PC type cyanobacteria (LCPC) such as bloom-forming Microcystis, a mixed depth of several times the euphotic depth is the its critical depth. Therefore, LCPC requires shallow mixed depth from the optical point of view.


Samantha Ha DiMuzio offers an Arendtian reading of the current campus culture wars, with a focus on the tension between calls for safe spaces and demands for free speech.1 She makes the case for seeing some campus spaces as private, and others as public or hybrid, such that the acceptability of calls for safety is mitigated by the public nature of the specific space in which an exchange takes place.


School Principal Attitudes Toward the Inclusion of Students With Disabilities by Taleshia L. Chandler MS, Walden University, 2006 BA, University of Maryland, 1995 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Psychology Walden University February 2015 Abstract Inclusion is a philosophy and practice of educating students with and without disabilities in the same learning environment. Previous researchers have indicated that principals play a key role in implementing successful and effective inclusive programs. However, there remains a gap in the literature regarding the attitudes of principals and assistant principals toward including students with disabilities at both elementary and secondaryInclusion is a philosophy and practice of educating students with and without disabilities in the same learning environment. Previous researchers have indicated that principals play a key role in implementing successful and effective inclusive programs. However, there remains a gap in the literature regarding the attitudes of principals and assistant principals toward including students with disabilities at both elementary and secondary school levels. Therefore, the purpose of this nonexperimental, quantitative study, based on transformational leadership theory, was to examine the attitudes of principals toward the inclusion of students with disabilities in general education classrooms. An electronic version of The Principals' Attitudes Toward Inclusive Education Scale was used to collect data from principals in a southeastern school district (n = 73). The predictor variables were age; gender; years of administrative; teaching; special education experience; and having a friend or relative with a disability. The criterion variable was principal attitudes toward inclusion. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression. Results indicated that overall principals had positive attitudes toward inclusion. Having relatives and/ or friends with disabilities and special education experience were significant predictors of favorable attitudes toward inclusion. This study contributes to positive social change by illuminating which variables are related to principals' positive attitudes toward inclusion programs. This information will assist principals, assistant principals, and school administration preparatory programs with understanding how special education training and experience with individuals with disabilities affect their attitudes toward the inclusion of students with disabilities. School Principal Attitudes Toward the Inclusion of Students With Disabilities by Taleshia L. Chandler MS, Walden University, 2006 BA, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1995 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Psychology Walden University February 2015 Dedication God, thank you for always keeping your promises. Thank you for being so faithful to me throughout this process. I give You all of the glory. I dedicate this study to my husband, Anthony, for being my biggest supporter and encourager! I love you so much! I also dedicate this endeavor to my three children, Anthony II, Alysha, and Andrew who inspire me every day and allow me to see my true purpose in life! I love you guys! Thanks Mom for being my personal prayer warrior. Thanks Dad for always telling me how proud you are. Thanks Tabitha for being the best sister ever. Grandma you are my hero. Mother Boobie Dear, thanks for being more than a mother in-law, but my friend. I love you lady! To Ms. Pat for the laughs and encouragement along the way, "Bless your heart"...you are my sistermotherfriend. To my Soror, Dr. Adeyemi, thanks for your words of wisdom and encouragement. Big Sis Zeta, Lauran, Nikki, Tamara, Natasha and Theresa...thanks for helping me to have a little fun every now and then throughout this process with your friendship. This study is dedicated to all of my family and friends who encouraged and prayed for me throughout this process. Thank you. I dedicate this research to all of the teachers and educators who have impacted my educational journey. Your commitment to changing generations through learning is inspirational. Lastly, I dedicate this study to all of my students who taught me the true meaning of special education; all children are exceptional and special. Here's to lifelong learning! Acknowledgments I would like to acknowledge and appreciate my chair, Dr. Arcella Trimble. Thank you for being so patient with me throughout this process and for not putting me out of your class! I appreciate your guidance, feedback, and time. You have exceeded my expectations of a chair and I only hope that I can return the favor to my dissertation students in the future! You are the best!!! I also appreciate my methods committee member, Dr. Sandra Harris. Thank you for checking on me and giving me the confidence to finish! You offered great insight and helped me to breakthrough with my theory and methodology. God bless both of you and I pray that God will bless both you in your own endeavors. I'd also like to thank Dr. Michael Christopher, my URR, for taking the time to read my paper and offering your expertise to my process. May God bless each one of you!


The effectiveness of education and training system is a feature of developed societies, consequently education is always looking for new learning tools to improve the process of learning and teaching and increase its effectiveness. Currently, digital technologies of computer and internet open wide opportunity for using it to improve the education and learning as well as training. The rapid change in education systems, methods and techniques in the world including the Arab world, requires those who are interested to follow these developments, and to draw plans to integrate modern technologies in the educational and training system. Needless to say, the institutions that fail to cope with this era will be doomed to extinction. This study aims to know about the reality of educational usage of digital technologies in the Arab country to know its types, the cooperation of educational and training institutions in the Arab World for providing it, and the cooperation of the students to detect difficulties and obstacles and to find available solutions. This study aims at clarifying the role of educational institutions within the information technology, identifying the study problem, objectives, its importance, as well as the sample and community, and determining its fields, limitation, terminology, approach, tools and its procedures. Furthermore, it presents some related previous studies with some discussion, and then views and analyzes the results of the study, the discussion and finally it concludes and implies for further research.


Nutrition is very essential for growth, development and reproduction. The quantitative impetus of nutritional factor on adult characters and reproductive fitness was studied in Antheraea mylitta by providing fresh leaves of Terminalia tomentosa for 1 to 4 times a day to instar larvae. All the characters have improved on giving fresh diet more times over the single diet. The adult weight has strong effect on the reproductive potential i.e., female pupa and moth weight, survivability, pupation rate, emergence percentage, fecundity, fertility, egg weight and hatched out larval weight. The improvement recorded to the tune of in larval weight gain, survivability, pupation rate, female pupa weight, moth weight and fecundity respectively when fresh diets were provided 4 times a day against single diet. The adult emergence percentage has increased from and fertility rose from . The weight of eggs and the larvae hatched out of it also found to be significantly higher in 4 diets a day condition. The study revealed that optimization of fresh diet frequency should be maintained to obtain higher egg production and fertility in order to get vigorous larvae to continue the generation.


We have prototyped a microcontroller (MCU) that employs crystalline In–Ga–Zn oxide transistors having an extremely low off current below 10−21 A. The IGZO-based MCU can retain data during power gating in both of its processing unit and memory, and there is an integrated voltage regulator that can store the reference voltage. The MCU is prototyped with the combination of 60-nm IGZO (in BEOL) and 110-nm Si CMOS processes. It has a standby power of 880 nW, a system backup time of 21 ns and a system wakeup time of 4.69 μs. The MCU that employs IGZO technology can be applied to devices which require low power consumption as well as fast wakeup.


There was a nutritional issue in the training camp of Central Java BPPLOP ( Balai Pemusatan Pendidikan Latihan Olahraga Pelajar /Student Sport Education and Training Cen-ter). The year 2017 data showed that 8% of athletes experienced nutritional deficiency and 10% of athletes experienced nutritional excess. This research aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a personalized nutrition program toward percentage of energy consumption level (%ECL), body mass index (BMI), and body fat percentage (%BF). This research utilized one-group pretest-posttest design. The subjects were 59 martial arts athletes in Central Java BPPLOP. The personalized nutrition program intervention lasted a month and was encouraged by a smartphone application called Nutriatlet. The statistical test was a paired sample t test. The research concluded that mean %ECL improved significantly after intervention, from 63.37 ± 8.57 to 82.91 ± 6.31 (p < 0.001). The BF percentage also improved from 14.36 ± 6.19 to 13.40 ± 5.88 (p < 0.001). Mean BMI was not significantly different after intervention, from 21.95 ± 2.51 to 22.02 ± 2.25 (p = 0.524). We concluded that Nutriatlet usage to evaluate a personalized nutrition program could improve the energy consumption level and body fat percentage while maintaining body mass index.


Aims: The level of contamination of Afawo Stream located near Afawo Soap industry in Ikere-Ekiti were investigated by determining the total bacteria and coliform count with antibiotics susceptibility of the isolated bacteria and physicochemical qualities of the water samples. Methodology and results: The total bacteria and coliform count were determined using pour plate method, the antibiotic susceptibility were carried out using disc diffusion method, while physico-chemical and mineral studies were also carried out using standard methods. The mean total bacteria count of the water samples ranged 40.4 × 10 4 26.5 x 10 5 CFU/mL and 36.4 × 10 4 23.3 × 10 5 CFU/mL respectively. Percentage distribution of isolated bacteria include; Escherichia coli (17%), Streptococcus spp. (16%), Bacillus spp. (11%), Nitrobacter spp. (10%), Aeromonas spp. (9%), Arthrobacter spp. (9%), Pseudomonas spp. (5%), Klebsiella spp. (5%), Enterococcus spp. (5%), Micrococcus spp. (4%), Staphylococcus spp. (3%), Vibro spp. (3%), Enterobacter spp. (2%), Salmonella spp. (1%). Enteric microbes have high level of resistance to amoxicillin and augmentin, while nalixidic acid was most effective against the Gram negative isolates. Also the Gram positive isolates showed a high level of resistance to augmentin, cotrimoxazole and cloxacillin while streptomycin and gentamicin was most effective against the Gram positive isolates. Eighty four percent (84%) of the isolates exhibited multiple antibiotic resistance, some of which possess plasmids with very high molecular weight ranging between 10 and 21 kbp. The physico-chemical properties of the water samples revealed the presence of the some mineral element in the water samples; magnesium (15.60 mg/L), potassium (16.20 mg/L), calcium (8.75 mg/L), sodium (11.55 mg/L), zinc (0.34 mg/L), iron (0.76 mg/L), chloride (21.40 mg/L), sulphate (5.60 mg/L), nitrate (0.35 mg/L). Meanwhile, the mean values of soil minerals were; potassium (76.5 83.5) mg/kg, calcium (49.8 62.7) mg/kg, sodium (63.4 71.6) mg/kg, magnesium (65.8 72.4) mg/kg, phosphorus (266.5 275.3) mg/kg, zinc (8.28 12.22) mg/kg, copper (3.60 4.68) mg/kg. Significance and impact of study: According to the international standard, the effect of effluent discharge from Afawo soap industry has made Ebu stream unfit for consumption and any domestic purposes unless being treated.

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Rapid social, political, geographic and economic changes in the world, linked to technological revolution of the last century are followed by wide positive and negative changes in people lives and R&I processes (open markets, digitalisation, resource scarcity, poverty, etc.). Looking for solutions for a better future, the EU policy agenda for 2030 promotes actions which foster co-creation of innovations, targets sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals. As such, EU regions are motivated to enhance and capitalise local competences and resources to achieve a social impact and tackle glocal challenges more effectively. Such reinforcement of local development is possible applying interdisciplinarity in R&I processes, through the co-design of innovation by different stakeholders and the empowerment of informal innovation actors.
This article presents a methodological framework applied to the co-creation of innovation involving local stakeholders in the Madonie region in Sicily, the results gained and the role of the intermediate body – a Competence Cell responsible for facilitation of such collaboration. This process has been implemented in the frame of the Horizon 2020 FoTRRIS project.


The main challenges of sequential estimations of underwater navigation applications are the internal/external measurement noise and the missing measurement situations. A quadratic interpolation-based variational Bayesian filter (QIVBF) is proposed to solve the underwater navigation problem of measurement information missing or insufficiency. The quadratic interpolation is used to improve the observed vector for the precision and stability of sequential estimations when the environment is changed or the measurement information is lost. The state vector, the predicted error covariance matrix, and the measurement noise matrix are derived based on the variational Bayesian method. Simulation results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed QIVBF compared with the traditional algorithm under the condition of measurement information lost by autonomous underwater vehicles.


Torsion strain spectrum refers to the variation of the torsion strain of a specimen with external field, such as temperature, electric and magnetic fields, which facilitates the research of its dynamic behavior. We demonstrate that a torsion strain spectrum can be achieved in a high accuracy by making use of the conventional inverted torsion pendulum. By measuring its torsion strain spectrum of ferroelectric relaxor PMN-32%PT, we verify that its tetragonal-cubic transformation belongs to a burst-type martensite transformation.


The present invention discloses a non-destructive test methods of concrete structures. The invention sources and two detectors and the steps of measuring the vertical vibration according to the frequency band of the stress wave to be measured for the dynamic signal analyzer generates a stress wave from the stage, and a source with which the installation in concrete structures with and, by converting the measured vibration to the frequency domain using a fast Fourier transform to obtain a surface acoustic wave velocity of the concrete from the phase information between the two sensors and determining the P-wave velocity, and a surface of the concrete structure and internal defects or and calculating the resonance frequency of the stress wave reflected from the boundary surface between the outer, the following equation or A step for estimating the thickness and defects of the concrete structure by (wherein, V P is the P-wave velocity of the medium, f is the resonance frequency). According to the invention, as well as be able to get a wave speed directly from the position to be inspected, not completely non-destructive that is, without having to collect a concrete core can increase the surface wave velocity reliability can talk to the accuracy of non-destructive inspection of concrete structures.


This paper aims to determine the obligations of a notary in client fingerprintembedding on the official document to law office amendement of notary and sanction aregiven if the notary does not perform its obligation. This paper is a normative legal researchby using statutes approach. The Amendment of Notary Act No.2 in 2014, especially inArticle 16 paragraph (1) letter c determines obligation for the notary in making a notarialminuta. The functions of reattached fingerprint in the notarial minuta is not a legal actionto determine the validity or authenticity of the minuta but only to ensure the correct identityof client. Notaries are responsible to carry out these obligations in their profession as apublic notary, otherwise they will be imposed disciplinary sanction, except in the event of adeclaration stating the reason client cannot affix signatures and fingerprints on the officialdocument.


two fungicides show promise in California tests ABSTRACT: Among several fungicides tested,Phytoactin L-340 and Dowicide 1 (o-phenylphenol) showed the most promise for sys temic chemical con trol of blister rust on sugar pine in northern California. The trials included 22 tests on 224 sugar pines: five with Acti-dione BR (cycloheximide), one each with five common chemical fungicides,and 12 with phytoactin. Apparent effectiveness of the antibiotics rose to marked maximums 2 to 3 years after application, then declined. CLARENCE R.QUICK


To investigate the capability of ocean wind monitoring by the C-band compact-polarimetry (CP) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), we develop a theoretical model based on the fundamental mechanisms of interactions between sea surface wind-waves and radar microwave. We simulate the dependencies of the NRCSs (normalized radar cross-sections) on wind speeds and incidence angles, for up-wind (wind direction is 0o) and cross-wind (wind direction is 90o) conditions. Analysis of the model results lead to two ocean wind retrieval methods for RV-polarization and RH-polarization (pol) SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) data, respectively. The RV-polarized method is proposed based on the CMOD framework and a sensitivity analysis, while the RH-polarized method and model are based on application of a quadratic function. Both the theoretical model and wind retrieval methods suggest that the RV-pol should be more suitable for ocean wind especially hurricane monitoring than the RH-pol method. The database used in this study includes wind vectors observed by in situ buoys of the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) and simulated C-band CP radar signals, created by a simulator based on imputing C-band RADARSAT-2 SAR images.


Abstract To evaluate the image quality, dosimetric properties, setup reproducibility, and planar cine motion detection of a high‐resolution brain coil and integrated stereotactic brain immobilization system that constitute a new brain treatment package (BTP) on a low‐field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) linear accelerator (MR‐linac). Image quality of the high‐resolution brain coil was evaluated with the 17 cm diameter spherical phantom and the American College of Radiology (ACR) Large MRI Phantom. Patient imaging studies approved by the institutional review board (IRB) assisted in selecting image acquisition parameters. Radiographic and dosimetric evaluation of the high‐resolution brain coil and the associated immobilization devices was performed using dose calculations and ion chamber measurements. End‐to‐end testing was performed simulating a cranial lesion in a phantom. Inter‐fraction setup variability and motion detection tests were evaluated on four healthy volunteers. Inter‐fraction variability was assessed based on three repeat setups for each volunteer. Motion detection was evaluated using three‐plane (axial, coronal, and sagittal) MR‐cine imaging sessions, where volunteers were asked to perform a set of specific motions. The images were post‐processed and evaluated using an in‐house program. Contrast resolution of the high‐resolution brain coil is superior to the head/neck and torso coils. The BTP receiver coils have an average HU value of 525 HU. The most significant radiation attenuation (3.14%) of the BTP, occurs through the lateral portion of the overlay board where the high‐precision lateral‐profile mask clips attach to the overlay. The greatest inter‐fraction setup variability occurred in the pitch (average 1.08 degree) and translationally in the superior/inferior direction (average 4.88 mm). Three plane cine imaging with the BTP was able to detect large and small motions. Small voluntary motions, sub‐millimeter in magnitude (maximum 0.9 mm), from motion of external limbs were detected. Imaging tests, inter‐fraction setup variability, attenuation, and end‐to‐end measurements were quantified and performed for the BTP. Results demonstrate better contrast resolution and low contrast detectability that allows for better visualization of soft tissue anatomical changes relative to head/neck and torso coil systems.


The quality and competence of subject librarians are the determining factors for the effectiveness of the service they provide.Therefore,we should fully realize the importance of information literacy education and continuously upgrade the information literacy of the subject librarians,in order to make them improve the consciousness of knowledge and service,so as to better adapt to the demand of specialized and intellectualized information service.


Stimulated Raman forward scattering (SRFS) of an intense short pulse laser in a plasma channel formed by two pre-laser pulses is investigated. The density nonuniformity of a plasma channel increases the focusing of main laser pulse. Main laser pulse excites a plasma wave and two electromagnetic sideband waves. Laser and the sidebands exert an axial ponderomotive force on electrons driving the plasma wave. The nonlinear currents arise at sideband frequencies. The density perturbation due to plasma wave beats with the oscillatory velocity due to pump to drive the sidebands. The normalized growth rate of SRFS increases with the density nonuniformity of a plasma channel. However, in the presence of a deep plasma channel the focusing is ineffective to laser intensity, but the growth rate increases with the intensity of main laser pulse.


Few problems in insect wing venation have brought forth such a mass of contradictory explanations and opinions as the question of the interpretation of the hymenopterous wing. In only a few cases are either the premises or the interpretations remotely similar; most of them are radically different. Due to these discrepancies it seems advisable to reopen the question for further analysis. By way of introduction the more fully explained interpretations will be presented briefly. A more complete summary is given by Rohwer and Gahan (1916).


This study was conducted to examine the effect of Good Corporate Governance for tax avoidance. The sample used in this study were 11 banking companies registered in Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period 2008-2013. There are two variables used in this study are: good corporate governance as an independent variable and tax acoidance as the dependent variable.
The results show that good corporate governance significant effect on tax evasion in banking companies listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange.
Keywords: Good Corporate Governance, Tax avoidance


Since there are so many factors affecting CFG pile processes result,the uncertainty factors such as reconnaissance,design,construction etc in addition,making the processing result is difficult to control in the process of construction.The paper use ADINA finite element software to simulate different sections which were processed by CFG pile,ascertaining an impact of different factor over settlement amounts.Have made use of primary component analysis to synthetically evaluate various factors and get the strong or weak index of all CFG pile affecting factors.Study the law indicating the primary component analysis can reduce analytical complexity of affecting factors and subjective factors in evaluating,all that have improved the reliability of analyzing conclusion thereby.


The print-out price for printer services varies according to the density of the paper and the amount of ink used, and the payment is made manually by calculating the total print output. Therefore a system is created that can display rates and total invoices automatically based on time printed, as well as automatic payments that make it easier for service providers and service users. The design of this system consists of Arduino mega, ESP8266, relay, Near Field Communication (NFC), and printer. This system can distinguish the print price rates according to the time of printing, the time span of printing and the tariff is Rp. 300.00 with a printing time of 1-6 seconds, Rp. 500.00 with a time of 7-13 seconds, and finally Rp. 700, 00 with a time span above 14 seconds. The success rate of this system in classifying print tariffs is 95%.


C ONTINUED interest in the surgical management of hydrocephalus has resulted in the development of many techniques designed to diver t the ccrebrospinal fluid into other receptive areas. The successful use of these techniques may enhance survival and intellectual function, is Certain complications may occur with disturbing frequency, however, when foreign materials are introduced into the cerebrospinal fluid and vascular systems. These complications include obstruction, thrombosis, and infection. Thus, al though the ventriculo-u~rial shunt has a t ta ined a certain success, the numerous complications, as well as the required revisions, t empt one to consider other means of controlling progressive hydrocephalus2 4 The popular concept of cerebrospinal fluid production solely by the choroid plexus and its absorption via the arachnoidal villi is no longer tenable. 9 Current concepts indicate tha t the fluid is in a constant exchanging equilibrium involving water, electrolytes, and protein occurring throughout the ventricular and subarachnoid spaces. 2,3,5,22 Brain and ependyma may perform a significant role in cerebrospinal fluid production; however, it is the choroid plexus tha t plays an impor tant and unique par t in the dynamics of cerebrospinal fluid physiologyY The choroid plexus act ively secretes fluid containing a high sodiunl content , the significance of which is not understood, and acts as a pump pulsating synchronously with the arterial pulse wave. L4,7,22 This pulsatile force produces the unidirectional flow of the eerebrospinal fluid from the ventr icular compar tments to the subarachnoid spaces and


Financial resources for health care have been restricted. Constraints demand that physicians and administrators get the most for their money, yet the myriad of diagnostic tests and antibiotics available today can easily boggle the minds of those who must choose among them. This situation is particularly true of infection control where active research continually produces new products. Each hospital must choose among disinfectants, detergents, antibiotics, protective clothing, immunizations, dressing supplies, respiratory therapies, and many other products. At every point, questions arise. Is a new product worth the extra money? Alternatively, is a less expensive product really more cost-effective? How many additional infections must be prevented before a product "pays" for itself?


Seven levels of management from five electric utility companies rated eight cases involving infraction of rules by hourly workers on a disciplinary action scale. Higher level managers rated the cas...


KVKs impart trainings and education with a view to raise the level of knowledge, attitudinal changes and testing and transferring of recommended improved farm and home technologies so as to bridge the gap between production and productivity and also to increase self-employment opportunities among the farming community especially to rural women. Therefore, the present study has been planned with the objectives to assess the impact of trainings on scheduled caste women and to measure the symbolic adoption of women respondents for cutting and tailoring. Sufficient gain in knowledge after exposing to cutting and tailoring trainings was recorded for sub-components viz, designing, cutting, stitching, surface enrichment, machine care and operation, entrepreneurial education and precautions. The respondents succeeded in change their attitude at post-exposure level in all the training and acquired high level skill on all the aspects of cutting and tailoring. Most of the respondents (68.89%) had acquired high level skill after exposure to training. Most of the respondents (42.50%) had medium symbolic adoption cutting and tailoring. Overall impact of trainings was of medium level (55.55%).


New results for the viscous incompressible flow past a finite flat plate aligned with the flow are obtained under the Oseen approximation. Results for moderate and large values of the Reynolds number are obtained by means of the Wiener‐Hopf technique. For small and moderate values of the Reynolds number, the results are obtained by extending the classical series from four terms to up to one hundred terms. These two schemes have a common region of validity, and thus the results may be interpreted as providing the flow for all Reynolds numbers. The classical result of Piercy and Winny for large Reynolds numbers is found to be in error in the neighborhood of the trailing edge.


ABSTRACT This study compared the extent to which Hispanic teenagers talk with mothers, fathers and extended family members about risks of sex, protection and relational sex, as well as the role of teenagers' gender on the association between sexuality communication and risky sexual behaviours. The analysis is based upon 474 Hispanic young people's responses to a school-based survey recruited from six New England high schools. We (1) calculated descriptive statistics and tests of difference by teenagers' gender, and (2) ran logistic regression models for engaging in three different risky sexual behaviors separately by gender. There were significant gender differences in teenagers' talk with mothers and fathers, but not with extended family members. There was consistent 'gender matching' between teenagers and the extended family member they talked to. The content of sexuality communication, the family member the teenager talked to and the gender of the teenager all contributed to whether communication was protective for teenagers' sexual behaviour. There are substantial differences in the types of sexuality communication Hispanic teenagers have with different family members, which are closely tied to teenager's and the family member's gender. Results suggest that one size does not fit all when it comes to family communication about sex and sexuality.


This study fields a range of radical and newly-formed sayings, which are derived almost directly from traditional sayings, in a number of African languages, in reaction against or engagement with the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The set of proverbial creations, otherwise referred to as COVID-19 postproverbials, showed the ingenuity of the human mind in its creative powers as a regenerative, defensive and even playful forge against the choleric force of illnesses. The radical imagination in these proverbial creations in particular language communities are evident of the philosophy of engagement with the pandemic, ranging from admonition and deflation to derision of the pandemic as well as the promise of triumph against the illness. Beyond their structural and lexical formations, a general analysis of the body of COVID-19 postproverbials indicates certain common reflections on the reality of the pandemic, the experience of lockdown, social distancing and hygiene as well as the invocation of the morbid potential and presence of the virus across in communities. Thus, COVID-19 postproverbials are creative expressions of the awareness of the virus as much as they are verbal jousts with the realities of its virulence and trauma.


Abstract  Backgound: Perioperative myocardial injury is determined by the ischemic duration, pathology, and preoperative myocardial status. Our aim was to evaluate pathology‐related differences in troponin I (TnI) release, a sensitive and specific marker of myocardial injury, and its relation to clinical outcome after pediatric open heart surgery. Methods: Troponin I was measured serially postoperatively in 133 children undergoing repair of atrial (ASD, n = 41) and ventricular septal defects (VSD, n = 46), and tetralogy of Fallot (TOF, n = 46). The length of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) incision in the latter was classified as either minimum(n = 33) or extended(n = 13). Results: Postoperative TnI levels were lesion specific and did not correlate with clinical outcome for ASDs. Peak TnI correlated with inotropic duration for VSD (r = 0.69, p < 0.0001) and TOF (r = 0.51, p = 0.0004). Significant correlations were also observed for the durations of ventilation (r = 0.64 and 0.36, respectively) and ICU stay (r = 0.60 and 0.55). Younger age (<1 year old) in children with VSDs and an extended incision into the RVOT in TOF were associated with greater TnI release and worse clinical outcome. Conclusions: Postoperative TnI release is pathology related and reflects myocardial damage from both ischemia‐reperfusion injury and direct myocardial trauma. (J Card Surg 2003; 18:295‐300)


When low levels of traction are applied along the longitudinal axis of a growing long bone across the metaphyseal cartilage, an almost negligible lengthening of the bone is This seems to be of no clinical interest; however, at higher levels of traction, a fracture occurs across the epiphyseal plate, and this can be utilized to lengthen the bone substantially. As far as we can determine, the idea that bone might be lengthened by inducing a separation of the epiphysis should be credited to Ring,I2 who achieved initial lengthening ranging between 11 and 32 mm and final lengthening of 4 to 15 mm in 20 puppies, using a rudimentary external distraction apparatus with wires running through the bone. Ring recognized that when sufficient traction is applied, the calcified and uncalcified portions of the chondrocyte columns separate; the intervening space then fills with a large blood clot. If the rate of distraction is not excessive after separation has taken place, the periosteum does not break; instead, it produces a cylinder of new bone in the area where lengthening occurs. The epiphyseal cartilage and the metaphysis contribute independently to induced.4,5.1 1 , I 3,14


ABSTRACT The antioxidant compounds, ascorbate (ascorbyl-2-phosphate), α-tocopherol, a combination of ascorbate and α-tocopherol, sodium phytate, and ferulic acid were tested as replacements for butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) in preserving sugar-snap cookies. The cookies were compared with regard to shelf life, moisture content, width, stacking height, surface score, color, and texture. Following storage at 60°C, the Schaal oven test and gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of headspace gases indicated that ferulic acid and sodium phytate were suitable antioxidants for sugarsnap cookies. At present, sodium phytate is a GRAS substance, whereas ferulic acid is not. Consumer testing showed that cookies containing phytate were as acceptable as those containing BHA.


Abstract The microstructure of the poly(imide-silica) hybrid materials containing various proportions of silica was examined by high-resolution solid-state 29Si and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The 29Si—1H cross-polarization (CP) process revealed that the Q 2, Q 3 and Q 4 species had different CP efficiency. Moreover, the time constant for the energy exchange between 1H and 29Si spin systems (T SiH) for the siloxane units was less restricted by silica than by imide. The spin-lattice relaxation time in rotating frame (T H 1p ) of hybrids indicated that the 1H spin diffusion between imide and siloxane units were on a nanometer scale.


Assessment of the effect of kerosene spill on microbial properties of soil ten years after the spill at Maikunkele, Niger State was carried out. The counts of total aerobic heterotrophic bacteria (AHB) ranged from 1.1x10 6 cfu/g to 1.9x10 6 cfu/g of soil in the kerosene polluted soil (KPS) as compared to 1.3x10 6 cfu/g 2.1x10 6 cfu/g of soil in the kerosene free soil (KFS). However, the spill promoted the growth of kerosene utilizing bacteria (KUB) in the soil. The population of KUB in the KPS ranged from 1.1x10 5 cfu/g to 1.7x10 5 cfu/g as compared to 1.0x10 5 cfu/g1.6x10 5 cfu/g in the KFS. The results obtained also revealed that the counts of fungi were higher in KFS (1.3x10 3 cfu/g2.1x10 3 cfu/g) than in KPS (1.1x10 3 cfu/g-1.6x10 3 cfu/g). The kerosene utilizing microorganisms were identified as species of Bacillus, Micrococcus, Acinetobacter, Alcaligenes, Pseudomonas, Aspergillus, Fusarium, Mucor and Penicillium. The amount of carbon dioxide evolved by Bacillus subtilis strains (KUB07 and KUB04) was relatively higher compared to the amount of carbon dioxide evolved by other strains and mixed culture after 16 days, meaning that there may be no special benefit in using mixed culture in the bioremediation of kerosene pollute environment. Thus Bacillus strains KUB04 and KUB07 can be used in reclaiming the kerosene polluted soil.


Shrinkproof and reinforcing effects of duck feather hydrolysate on the treatment of archaeological waterlogged wood were investigated. The bulking effect, i.e. the shrinkproof index was enhanced through the impregnation of cell walls with duck feather hydrolysate and sodium acetate derived from neutralization process in the preparation of pH 7 duck feather hydrolysate solution. The reinforcement of cell walls seems to be brought about through the structural modification of duck feather hydrolysate to Beta sheet form by acetic acid in the treatment bath. The good affinity between lignin, maincomponent of biodegraded waterlogged wood, and duck feather keratin is also effective for the reinforcement of cell walls.


FIELD: process engineering. SUBSTANCE: method relates to cutting bevel gears whereat tooth lengthwise line is set by hypocycloid. It comprises equipping, in first configuration, universal face cutting head with first number of cutters corresponding to first number of passes. It comprises making first bevel gear by continuous-division method using universal face cutting head in first configuration and equipping, in second configuration, universal face cutting head with second number of cutters corresponding to second number of passes. It comprises making second bevel gear by continuous-division method using universal face cutting head in first configuration and equipping, in second configuration. Face cutting head has front seat for maximum number of rod-type cutters arranged along first homocentric rated circumference of cutting head having first rated radius. Note here that the number of said seta is divided, at least, one time by integer that is larger than two or equal to two to cut first bevel gear using rod-type cutters by continuous-division method. Note also that universal cutting head in first configuration has maximum number of sets of cutters. Note also that universal cutting head in second configuration has second number of sets of cutters. Note that second number of passes is obtained by dividing first number by integer. EFFECT: decreased consumption of tools. 2 cl, 9 dwg


Abstract Perturbation analysis based on small α = Ra0.23Fm0.9, where Ra is the Rayleigh number and Fm is the Froude number, is used to study steady-state circulation and salinity distribution in estuaries. The classical Hansen and Rattray's similarity solution is obtained for the special case of linear variation of longitudinal dispersion coefficient KH, in a channel of constant width B and depth D. It is argued that KH, B and D must vary in real estuaries in such a way that the general solution is regular throughout the length of the estuary and shows a salinity structure which resembles that observed in a real estuary. It is shown that Hansen and Rattray's theory for predicting the importance of upstream salt transport due to the vertical gravitational circulation in estuaries is valid to a good degree of approximation for arbitrary longitudinal variations in width, depth, fresh water discharge, wind stress and various dispersion and mixing coefficients. This finding is checked against available observa...