Abstract Mineralogical and crystal-chemical descriptions are provided for two end-members of the new Group 5 introduced by Leake et al. (2004) in the nomenclature of amphiboles. This new classification scheme recognizes the occurrence of compositions with B-site populations intermediate between (Ca,Na) amphiboles and (Mg,Fe,Mn,Li) amphiboles. Its implications for the classification and nomenclature of Li-rich amphiboles are also discussed in this paper. Holotype ferri-ottoliniite [ideally A◻B(NaLi) C(Mg3Fe23+) Si8O22 (OH)2] has a = 9.535(3), b = 17.876(6), c = 5.294(2) Å, β = 102.54°(1), V = 880.9 Å3, and unit formula A(K0.07Na0.38)B(Na0.70Li1.24Ca0.06)C(Mg1.35Fe2+0.92Mn2+0.13Zn0.31Fe3+1.71Al0.10Ti0.06Li0.42) Si8O22 (OH1.51F0.47). Holotype ferriwhittakerite [ideally ANa B(NaLi) C(Mg2Fe23+Li) Si8O22(OH)2] has a = 9.712(9), b = 17.851(23), c = 5.297(2) Å, β = 103.63°(5), V = 892.5 Å3, and unit formula A(K0.13Na0.64)B(Na1.27Li0.62Ca0.11)C(Mg1.47Fe2+0.58Mn2+0.12Zn0.40Fe3+1.48Al0.10Ti0.12Li0.73)Si8O22 (OH1.30F0.72). The root names have been chosen to acknowledge the contribution given to crystal-chemical studies of minerals, and particularly of amphiboles, by L. Ottolini (Pavia, Italy) and E.J.W. Whittaker (Oxford, U.K.)


Rodrigo Fernandez de Ribera's La Asinaria has only sparsely been analyzed in the context of literary investigations, indicating a rather scant aesthetic and cultural interest. By looking at the text in relation with its intertextual reference to Alonso de Ercilla's La Araucana, which connects the discourse and practices of the aristocrat's autorepresentation and of Spanish colonization with the work, the following article explores the text as satire expressing a critical attitude towards aristocracy and inconsiderate colonization. It will be argued that it proves to follow a humanist perspective objecting social elites, their habits, their behaviour and their forms of autorepresentation via propagandistic genres like the epopeya.


The subject of the study in the article is the mathematical network GERT model algorithm for analyzing the security of web applications, which allows you to find an arbitrary distribution function and the probability density function for the execution time of security of a Web application analysis algorithm. Objectives: The analysis of the problem and formulation of the task, task solution, flow chart of security of a Web application analysis, GERT model of security of a Web application analysis algorithm, probability density function for the execution time of security of a Web application analysis algorithm. The methods that are used: Methods of graph theory, security testing algorithms, methods of probability theory and mathematical statistics. The following results are obtained. An algorithm for testing the security of web applications is developed. A mathematical model of the algorithm for testing Web application security was developed, the model allowed to find an arbitrary distribution function of the statistical value of the vulnerability testing time. The probability distribution function for testing the security of web applications is found. This will make calculations and identify the most likely case of the law of distribution of the random value of the time of testing Web application security. Conclusion. A mathematical model of the algorithm security of a Web application analysis has been developed based on an exponential GERT network that is different from known models through taking into account DOM structure execution or analysis. The model can be used to study processes in automated systems as well as to develop new data security tools and protocols. Using exponential stochastic GERT models makes it possible to employ results obtained in an analytical form (functions, distribution densities) for comparative analysis and studies of more complex computer systems using mathematical methods.


A new species, Harposporium thaumasium X. Li et K.Q. Zhang, was isolated from forest soil in Yunnan, China. This species produces small, curved conidia, singly or in groups, from globose or ellipsoid phialides. Unlike other known Harposporium, this species produced novel arthroconidia that did not disarticulate at septa but germinated to produce typical phialides and infective conidia. Solitary or catenulate chlamydospores were also produced within in- fected nematodes and in pure culture. Narrowly elliptical to D-shaped accessory conidia were produced, only on potato dextrose agar and dextrose yeast agar, from mono- or poly-phialidic conidiogenous cells resembling Hirsutella; thus, on these nutrient media, four different spore types were formed. Infection tests showed that curved conidia of the species were capable of killing bacteria-feeding nematodes (Panagrellus redivivus) when ingested, and the infection was initi- ated by lodging of the conidia in the gut region. Accessory conidia were not observed to be infective or adhesive.


David Rowe, Sport, Culture and the Media: The Unruly Trinity - Issues in Cultural and Media Studies, (series ed.) Stuart Allan, Open University Press, Buckingham, 1999.


Abstract During a benthic survey of a Marine Conservation Zone located on the Skerries Bank in the English Channel off the south-west coast of England, three specimens of Streptosyllis nunezi Faulwetter et al., 2008 were found. This is the second ever record of the species after its original description, and the first record from waters around the U.K. and a significant northerly range extension for a species previously only recorded from the Canary Islands and the Mediterranean Sea. A single simple ventral chaeta in each of the two posterior-most segments was discovered in this and two other species of Streptosyllis Webster & Benedict, 1884. The generic definition of Streptosyllis is emended to include this feature previously unknown for the genus, and an updated key to the Streptosyllis found in UK waters is provided.


—Capacity enhancement by utilising the unused spectral bands of the low-loss optical window of standard single-mode fibre (SSMF) is a cost-effective solution for meeting the future demand for data traffic. The development of optical amplifiers that can operate in different spectral bands is expected to play an integral part in the establishment of multi-band networks. In this work, we perform experimental, analytical and numerical modelling of a multi-band transmission system using a hybrid distributed-discrete Raman amplifier enabling signal amplification from 1410-1605 nm. The developed amplifier was tested over 50km of SSMF using 200 Gbit/s channels, where successful transmission was achieved, well above the HD-FEC threshold of 8.5 dB. Further study on the multi-band transmission performance was carried out using a semi-analytical closed-form approximation and split-step Fourier method-based simulations for various related test cases. The analytical and numerical models are also compared with experimental results, showing reasonable agreement in terms of system performance estimation.


This article of theoretical reflection aims at showing how through the prism of a historically harrowing like the Great War (1914-1918), the sociologist and philosopher Maurice Halbwachs (1877-1945) and the writer and biographer Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), recreate some of the central devices to the social and philosophical study of memory: oblivion, silence and remembrance. The paper reviews some of the philosophical, sociological and literary contributions of two major works by these authors: Social Frames of Memory, and the World of Yesterday. Memoirs of a European. Throughout the article I show that the views of these two authors about the memory of the Great War are seductive in their time and very current today not only for what they say but for what they omit about this great disruptive event.


New Orleans—Silicone hydrogel contact lenses may produce fewer complications for patients because of their high oxygen permeability, although their extended wearability could negate that advantage, suggested Peter R. Kastl, MD, PhD, professor of ophthalmology and adjunct professor of biochemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans.


Micropumps are essential components of microfluidic systems and biosensing systems. In particular, micropumps used for micro total analysis systems transport fluids at a microflow rate with high precision. Moreover, they are also needed to transport high-viscosity fluids in cases where there are various types of drugs to be transported. Therefore, in order to realize a micropump that can transport solutions at a microflow rate, it is necessary to develop a high-precision microdeformable actuator with a simple mechanism. The conducting polymer soft actuator reported here opens widely and closes completely as a result of electrochemical oxidation and reduction, respectively. The opening and closing movement of the soft actuator, inside which the cation-driven layer is arranged, becomes large because the anion-driven layer that is arranged outside is the predominant driver. We developed a micropump driven by a conducting polymer soft actuator that opens and closes. Although the developed micropump contains no valve, the micropump can transport fluids in one direction without backflow. The newly developed micropump driven by the conducting polymer soft actuator can transport fluids in one direction without backflow by the opening and closing of two soft actuators. Furthermore, a wider range of flow rates and greater maximum delivery heads are obtained using the newly developed micropump. The energy consumption rate of the micropump is markedly lower than those of conventional micropumps. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry


Ultraviolet (UV) radiation-induced oxidative stress damage is a signi�cant catalyst for skin aging and can even contribute to the development of skin cancer. In this study, the mechanism of how water-soluble intracellular extract (WIE) of Desmodesmus sp.YT (YT) prevent human skin �broblast (HSF) against the oxidative damage caused by UV radiation were explored. Results showed that YT-WIE exhibited great antioxidant activity. The potent scavenging ability activity was observed in DPPH (IC50 = 0.55 mg mL -1 ), ABTS (IC50 = 3.11 mg mL -1 ), ·OH (IC50 = 2.21 mg mL -1 ) and O 2•-(IC50 = 0.98 mg mL -1 ). Additionally, the �ndings indicated that when compared to the control group, YT-WIE group exhibited an 89.30% enhancement in the viability of HSF and a 44.63% increase in the survival rate following UV irradiation. To investigate the underlying mechanism, comprehensive analysis of gene transcription and translation was conducted using RT-qPCR and Western blot. The results demonstrated a signi�cant upregulation of antioxidant genes (GCLC, GCLM, TXNRD1, HMOX1, NQO1) by YT-WIE treatment at a concentration of 400 µg mL -1 , with fold increases ranging from 1.13 to 5.85 times. Therefore, YT-WIE exhibited a great potential to serve as antioxidants that can protect human cells from excessive oxidative stress caused by outer stimulus, such as UV.


Focusing on the two circuits of Xiluodu-Guangzhou ±500 kV DC transmission engineering,we analyzed the possibility that the double circuits Xiluodu-Guangdong projects share the Yulongling common ground electrode,which was built for Yunnan-Guangdong ultra high voltage DC transmission project and Guizhou-Guangdong Ⅱ DC transmission project,to avoid building a new ground electrode so as to save land and construction cost.Moreover,we analyzed all possibilities of multiple projects operating in ground return mode synchronously,and respectively discussed their probabilities and short-time maximum currents through the earth.Analysis shows the constructed Yulongling ground electrode can satisfy all possible conditions of two projects operation in ground return mode when four projects share the Yulongling ground electrode.Considering the actual operation conditions and system control demands of DC transmission systems,the probability when three projects operate in ground return mode synchronously approaches zero,and the probability when four projects operate in ground return mode synchronously is zero.After combining with the technical and economic aspects,the existing Yulongling ground electrode can satisfy the demands of being shared by four projects.In accordance with the theoretically existed probability which three projects operate in ground return mode synchronously,the scheme that the Yulongling ground electrode was expanded as three-ring structure was proposed,satisfying the step voltage demands when large ground-return current passes through it.


Based on newly-available meteorological reanalysis, we compile and present extended seasonal series of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and Greenland Blocking indices spanning 1800–2020, which we analyse for evidence of significant trends. This represents a major backward extension of the previously available instrumental-/reanalysis-based Azores–Iceland and principal component-based NAO indices, and allows us to evaluate the potential effect of natural climate perturbations, especially the 1809 and 1815 major volcanic eruptions and ~1790s–1830 Dalton solar minimum, on North Atlantic atmospheric circulation. We find that winters 1809/10 and 1816/17 mark positive NAO peaks, relative to several years before and afterwards, which is in accordance with the theory of volcanic forcing of climate. However, there is little evidence of a summer NAO volcanic signature. Overall, based on the significantly longer new reanalysis time series, the new series presented here corroborate and extend our previous results of: (1) a significantly more variable year-to-year NAO with a recent exceptional clustering of extreme events since 2000 for winter; (2) a significant increasing trend in blocking over Greenland in summer. These trends have major repercussions for the probability of the occurrence of extreme weather events over northwest Europe and for the sensitivity and response of the Greenland Ice Sheet to global warming, especially if they continue as an integral part of anthropogenic climate change.


The notion of main character was examined through the systematic variation of three features: degree of agency, frequency of appearance, and first appearance. Narratives from 60 preschool, kindergarten, second, and fourth grade English-speaking children were elicited using ten wordless storybooks. Analysis focused on pronominal and nominal forms used to maintain or switch reference to the story characters. With both the hypothesized main and secondary characters, pronominal forms were strongly favored when maintaining reference. However, when switching reference, the three older groups showed a strong preference to use pronominal forms with the hypothesized main character alone. This finding suggests that degree of agency, frequency of appearance, and first appearance are indeed among the prototypical attributes of main character.


An optical fiber preform includes a core portion, in which the core portion includes an alkali-metal-doped core glass portion doped with an alkali metal, the maximum concentration of oxygen molecules in the core portion is 30 mol ppb or more, and the average concentration of the alkali metal in the core portion is 5 atomic ppm or more. A method of manufacturing an optical fiber preform includes an alkali-metal-doping step of doping a pipe composed of silica-based glass with an alkali metal, an oxygen-molecule-doping step of doping the glass pipe with oxygen molecules, and a collapsing step of collapsing the glass pipe by heating the glass pipe, in which the optical fiber preform is manufactured.


This paper proposes a two-state Markov-switching model for stock market returns in which the state-dependent expected returns, their variance and associated regime-switching dynamics are allowed to respond to market information. More specifically, we apply this model to examine the explanatory and predictive power of price range and trading volume for return volatility. Our findings indicate that a negative relation between equity market returns and volatility prevails even after having controlled for the time-varying determinants of conditional volatility within each regime. We also find an asymmetry in the effect of price range on intra- and inter-regime return volatility. While price range has a stronger effect in the high volatility state, it appears to significantly affect only the transition probabilities when the stock market is in the low volatility state but not in the high volatility state. Finally, we provide evidence consistent with the 'rebound' model of asset returns proposed by Samuelson (1991), suggesting that long-horizon investors are expected to invest more in risky assets than short horizon investors.


A new device intended to measure internal wave phenomena, benthic transport phenomena and propulsion system hydrodynamics is introduced. This device, in measuring vorticity, is able to investigate small scale fluid behavior, a behavior that is difficult to capture by the turbulence measuring techniques presently employed. The vorticity meter approach introduced utilizes Laser Doppler Velocimeter techniques. This approach has the promise of providing rotational sensitivities of from 10-3 to 10-4 radians sec-1 at scale sizes ranging from 1 mm. to 10 m. An additional benefit of the technique is that it provides a remote sensing capability with a 10 to 20 meter standoff range under favorable water conditions. A proposed two-dimensional display of the output of this instrument should greatly enhance the recognition of the hydrodynamic phenomena taking place.


Cryptocurrency has been one of the most revolutionizing financial innovation of the 21st century. Cryptocurrency, led by bitcoin and Ethereum has shown promising potential to solve the global financial and economic problems and barriers. The journey of the cryptocurrency, from $0.000 to $27334 (Bitcoin) has also been no less than a charm. The cryptocurrency has seen equally dramatic and polarizing responses as well, from being called the latest gold to being dismissed as another hawala technique, the cryptocurrencies remained hugely debated and controversial financial technology of the second decade of the 21st century. Cryptocurrency evoked emotional responses and hysteria from the governments across the globe and received extreme reactions from being declared as the legal tender in some countries to being completely outlawed in another. A set of financial pundits are lauding the promises the latest innovation hold while another is busy calling it a bubble and have written obituaries, in advance. Whatever may be the ultimate fate of the cryptocurrency such as bitcoin or Ethereum but it is a sure thig that the technology would stay and would be used by various countries for tailor made financial schemes as all nations and financial institutions such as IMF and World Bank have expressed keen interest in appreciating and evaluating the potentials of technology underpinning the cryptocurrencies.
But does the cryptocurrency hold any real potential or is it a mere farce? This research article sprang up from the curiosity set up by this question and in this article the researcher shall make an honest attempt to answer many of the potentials of the cryptocurrency and its underlying technologies, more particularly, blockchain. Researchers would also ultimately delve into the million dollar question, How could cryptocurrency revolutionise the economic prosperity.


PO Puspa Jaya is a company that is growing rapidly and is a company that is taken into account in land transportation services in Lampung. but in its service puspa jaya still perform manually, such as ticket booking, departure schedule information, and payment transactions carried out at pull puspa jaya. For that, there is a need for supporting facilities to book tickets at pull puspa jaya. From this problem came the idea to create an android-based application, which can make bus ticket reservations in po puspa jaya. The method used in the creation of applications is the Waterfall method. Programming language used by Android studio. With a MySQL support database. The testing method used is ISO 9126 (Usability, Fungtionality, Portability, Efficiency). Supported by the internet connection in the agency. This application will later be used as a medium of ticket booking and passenger data control. This application is for several features, namely determining the time and destination of departure, choosing the desired seat, tray information, contact information and information about. The ticket booking application in po puspa jaya has been tested using ISO 9126 which consists of four aspects of testing namely Usability, Fungtionality, Portability, Efficiency. The Usability aspect obtained an 80.50% result with a decent record. Fungtionality gets 100% results


The thesis deals with crisis management at airports, solving the emergency situations and exercises, which are focused on verifying of preparedness and qualification of airport, airport personnel and rescue components to handle extraordinary events at airports. Theoretical part defines basic terms from the crisis management field and describes and processes information concerned with legislation and aiport internal documents for solving of emergency situations in general. The thesis is focused on importance and aims of periodical exercises of cooperation of rescue services at airport, analysis of already realized exercises in the past and especially on vetting exercise of rescue services during the pretended aircraft accident in 13th May 2015 at Žilina Hricov airport, from which it processes comprehensive output as a base for assessment and recommendations for getting the activity of aiport personnel and resuce services more effective during the solving of emergency situations and events affecting mass of people.


The invention discloses an automatic diversion line. The automatic diversion line comprises a machine frame, wherein a main transporting line is arranged on the machine frame; a sub-transporting line is arranged at the position, on each of two sides of the lower end of the main transporting line, on the machine frame; a workbench is arranged on the other side of each sub-transporting line; a material stirring device is arranged on the upper end face of the main transporting line; a sliding plate is arranged at the position, on each of two sides of the upper end of the main transporting line, at the front end of the material stirring device; two ends of each sliding plate are connected with the main transporting line and the corresponding workbench respectively; a diversion plate is arranged at the position, at the upper end of each sub-transporting line, on the machine frame. In the mode, cargoes can be automatically moved to the workbenches, and operators complete operation on the workbenches; meanwhile, different cargoes can be transported on the same sub-transporting line simultaneously and are separated from one another, so that the working efficiency is improved.


It is disclosed with respect to thin film transistor and a manufacturing method having a selective crystallization by a channel. The present invention relates to a thin film transistor including a gate, a channel layer, a source and a drain, wherein the channel layer is an oxide semiconductor layer, a thin film of at least a portion is characterized in that the crystallization of the channel layer in contact with the source and drain described It provides a transistor. The invention disclosed is a gate, a channel layer, a source, and in the manufacture of a thin film transistor comprises a drain, an oxide semiconductor layer forming the channel layer and the of the channel layer by implanting the metal into the channel layer It provides a method for producing a thin film transistor comprising the step of crystallizing at least a portion of the contacts and the source and drain. The metal component may be injected by the ion implantation or using the deposition and annealing of the metal layer.


The present invention relates to a method for reducing false alarms in detecting a source code error, a computer program therefor, and a recording medium thereof. The method for reducing false alarms, according to one aspect of the present invention, is executed on a false alarm reduction device connected to a static analyzer and is for reducing false alarms among error detection alarms occurring on the static analyzer, and disclosed is a method for reducing false alarms in detecting a source code error, the method comprising the steps of: 1) receiving input on information on error detection alarms that occurred, the information being information on alarm type, information on alarm path, and information on the source code which is the subject of the alarm, wherein the information on alarm type is information on what type, among pre-set alarm types, the error detection alarms that occurred correspond to, and the information on alarm path is information on the execution path, among execution paths of the source code, related to the error detection alarms that occurred; 2) converting the source code into an abstract syntax tree (AST); 3) removing, from the AST, unnecessary subtrees that are not related to the error detection alarms; 4) on the basis of a feature pattern set that is pre-set with respect to the alarm type of the error detection alarms, obtaining a feature vector on the AST having unnecessary subtrees removed therefrom; and 5) classifying false alarms by inputting the obtained feature vector in a classifier that has learned false alarm classification information beforehand.


This study reports new habitat for Trichopria sp. (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) found in buffalos dung in Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil. Manure samples, collected at two weeks intervals, were taken to the laboratory and the pupae were extracted by water flotation. Each pupa was placed in capsules of colorless gelatin until the emergence of flies or their parasitoids. The parasitism prevalence was 1.4%. KEY-WORDS: Diptera, Hymenoptera, buffalo dung, first occurrence, new habitat. Source: Revista Arquivos do Instituto Biologico 2004. Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo.


In 1965, Blumberg and co-workers discovered a new antigenic factor in the serum of an Australian aborigine which has since become known as the Australia or hepatitis antigen [1, 2]. This factor has been shown to be specifically associated with viral hepatitis [3-5], and there is mounting evidence that it is intimately related to virus-like particles [5-7]. In addition, the Australia antigen has been linked to infectivity in blood donors [4, 8, 9], and it is found in some cases of chronic hepatitis [10]. Antiserum to Australia antigen has usually been obtained from multiply transfused patients, but little has been reported about the frequency and type of antibody found in man. This article describes the general characteristics of the immune response to Australia antigen in four distinct groups: patients who have received multiple transfusions, random blood donors, patients who are convalescent from viral hepatitis, and recipients of transfusions containing Australia antigen.


Community structure is an important aspect of network analysis, with a variety of reallife
applications. Local community detection algorithms, which are relatively new in
literature, provide the opportunity to analyze community structure in large networks
without needing global information. We focus our work on a state-of-the-art algorithm
developed by Yang and Leskovec and evaluate it on three dierent networks: Amazon,
DBLP and Soundcloud.
We highlight various similarities and dierences between the geometry and the sizes
of real and annotated communities. The algorithm shows robustness to the seed node,
which is also demonstrated by its rather high level of stability. By using two dierent
methods of seed selection from the literature, we demonstrate further improvement on
the quality of the communities returned by the algorithm. Finally, we try to detect reallife
communities and show that the local algorithm is comparable to global algorithms
in terms of accuracy.


Foreword, Jennifer Nias.- Nicole Mockler & Judyth Sachs, Rethinking educational practice through reflexive inquiry: An introduction.- Part 1: Practitioner Inquiry.- Stephen Kemmis, A self-reflective practitioner and a new definition of critical participatory action research.- Bridget Somekh, Localization or globalization? The dynamic variations of action research .- Petra Ponte and Jan Ax, Inquiry-based professional learning in educational praxis: knowing why, what and how.- Michael Fielding, Patterns of partnership: student voice, intergenerational learning and democratic fellowship .- Lynda Kelly & Pauline Fitzgerald, Cooperation, collaboration, challenge: how to work with the changing nature of educational audiences in museums .- Greg Elliott, Creating spaces for practitioner research: Strategic leadership to create a third space for practitioner enquiry in an authentic professional learning community.- John Furlong, The English Masters in Teaching and Learning: a new arena for practitioner inquiry?.- Part 2: Teachers' Work and Learning.- Nicole Mockler, Becoming and 'being' a teacher: understanding teacher professional identity.- Anne Campbell, Connecting inquiry and professional learning: creating the conditions for authentic, sustained learning.- Judyth Sachs, Skilling or emancipating? Metaphors for continuing teacher professional development.- Colleen McLaughlin, Towards an ecology of teacher collaboration on research.-Jane Hunter & Jane Mitchell, The insider and outsider model of professional learning.- Kris Needham, Professional learning in an across school network: an epidemic of passion?.-Phillipa Cordingley, Extending connections: linking support for teachers engaging in and using research with what's known about teacher learning and development.- Bob Lingard, Changing Teachers' Work in Australia.- Postscripts, Susan Groundwater-Smith, Vale Shirley Grundy.- Nicole Mockler & Judyth Sachs, A final word.


The proposed Automated Highway System (AHS) is advancing closer and closer to reality every day. Authorized by the 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), the AHS intends to improve the safety and increase the efficiency of our roadways. The AHS intends to raise our quality of life through the transportation infrastructure by reducing time spent in congestion and decreasing the number and severity of traffic accidents. However, these and other benefits can not be realized without effective merging control processes. If these processes are not properly designed and managed, bottlenecking could occur at merging areas and the resulting congestion could spill back onto the mainline AHS. In order to avoid these problems, the merging vehicles must be able to coordinate their speeds and paths with mainline traffic through direct communications and/or infrastructure systems to facilitate a smooth maneuver into appropriately sized gaps. This paper's focus is on the merging control process for AHS to AHS, arterial to AHS, and conventional freeway to AHS interfaces. First, it identifies the requirements for successful merging; including the requirements for the infrastructure, the main stream traffic, and the merging traffic. Next, it develops an approach to an integrated merging process control model including model assumptions, parameters, components, and constraints. Finally, this paper demonstrates how this model can be implemented by a merging control processes controller in AHS development.


In the paper, the problems of modelling and calculating the electromagnetic moment are considered. The study subjects are submersible induction and synchronous electric motors for centrifugal pumps. This task is relevant, because the requirements for oil production technology are growing. A brief description of the electric submersible pumps (ESPs) is given and the main design features of submersible motors are presented. The software for constructing and calculating the mathematical model of a submersible motor is selected. The field lines pictures in the section of motors are created. Characteristics of moment-current, moment-slip, moment-angle are built. Comparison results of two types of submersible motors are presented.


The present article has as objective to base the deficit of Burkina Faso Physical Activity professionals' formation related to the work with people with hemiplegia. This investigation was carried out with 10 professionals where theoretical-methodological inadequacies were detected in the work with people with hemiplegia. To give solution to these inadequacies, it has proposed as objective: to elaborate a strategy for the formation of Burkina Faso Physical Activity professionals related to the work with people with hemiplegia. Methods and techniques such as the bibliographical revision, inquiry, the structural systemic model and the statistical-mathematical which allowed to value quantitative and qualitatively the obtained results starting from a diagnosis. Keeping in mind the results, it has proposed a strategy which consists of 4 stages: I Diagnostic of the weaknesses and strengths, II Planning and organization of the strategy, III Implementation of the strategy, IV Evaluation of the strategy. Each one of the stages has it objective and their stocks which allowed the relevancy of the investigation arises.


In this paper a finite Legendre expansion is developed to solve linear and nonlinear Volterra integral equations with logarithmic singularities in their kernels. The error analysis is derived. Numerical results and comparisons with other methods in the literature are considered.


This paper expounds the technical conditions of university library in proving Wechat service,and from aspects of the active push, alumni service, and external service, etc., introduces in detail the concrete application of Wechat in the services of university library.


In computer-assisted cartography, spatial data structures provide the means to organize digital data so that appro priate data can be accessed as needed. This spatial digital data includes representations of both primitives and com pounds of cartographic objects and their associated spatial and nonspatial attributes and relationships. Current topological data structures are useful for encoding primitives of cartographic objects such as nodes, chains, and areas, but they do not serve as well for encoding compounds of cartographic objects representing such entities as counties, roads, and rivers. The Hypergraph-Based Data Structure (HBDS), through the use of the concepts of object, class, attribute, and link, provides a means of encoding both prim itives and compounds of cartographic objects and their spatial and nonspatial attributes and relationships. This paper describes the concept of cartographic objects, discusses the basic units of the HBDS, and demonstrates the encoding of cartographic objects using these HBDS concepts.


Variational formulation of boundary value problems The Finite Element Method (FEM): definition, basic properties hp- Finite Elements in one dimension hp- Finite Elements in two dimensions Finite Element analysis of saddle point problems, mixed hp-FEM in incompressible fluid flow hp-FEM in the theory of elasticity


Mobile satellite performs its tasks under adverse channel working and propagation conditions over a long distance. To manage the critical changes occurring in the channel environment, middleware based mobile agent is proposed for the network to get adopted and provide the required quality of service. Resilient propagation parameter sensors along with the channel performance indicator are arranged by programming a suitable middleware built in a mobile agent. The up linking and down linking transmitters will query the agent for link adaptation to perform its operation for better QoS. The agent middleware relieves the burden of channel state sensing at ground and satellite stations. A detailed presentation explaining the system architecture along with the middleware to collaborate with ground and satellite system is provided. The channel impairments considered in this work are propagation attenuation, fading, noise and interference. Along with the sensors, dedicated micro computing facilities are also arranged in the middleware. The operating system available at appropriate range also is presented in detail. Simulation of the method developed establishes that better quality of service can be achieved in terms of throughput and BER. It is also established that the collaboration of the agent with channel down linking resulted in the improvement of life time of the satellite system with optimal utilization of the network.


The spate and trend of immigration at present times is largely from Africa to other countries of the world, such as the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Many young people from Africa are also migrating to Arab Emirates and Asian countries. The Nigeria in Diaspora Organization (NIDO) (2006) observed that "there are between 3-6 million Nigerians abroad, many of them well educated and eminently qualified" (p. 1). NIDO further noted that "these Nigerians migrated to other countries mostly for economic reasons including the opportunity for better living and employment prospects" (p. 1). To develop the continent of Africa, we must devise a scheme that will reverse or re-direct emigration back to Africa, particularly, the youths. This calls for Africa, the countries of Africa, and the people of Africa, to wise up. Several schemes and policies have been introduced in the past, but are either plagued with inefficient processing, inadequate funding, or inappropriateness for the end goals. The thesis would be "Can young people (Africans and non-Africans) be encouraged to immigrate to Nigeria by encouraging them to take some courses for credit or audit in higher institutions of learning and/or to explore job opportunities in public and private sectors?"


The air pollution can be impact for people's health who doing an activity in bus station. The study aims to analyze the levels of dust and NO2 in ambient air and the sweeper's respiratory complaints in Purabaya's Bus Station. This was a observational study with cross sectional design. The population are 34 subjects that was all sweepers in Purabaya's Bus Station using purposive sampling. Measurements of dust and NO2 level in the Bus Station's arrival and departure in the morning, afternoon, and evening. The variables in this study are the dust and NO2 level, individual charactheristics are age, length of work in a day, work period over the years, use Personal Protective Equipment (masks), and respiratory complaints such us cough, phelgm, shor t breath, and fast breath. Data were analyzed descriptively. The results indicate that dust and NO2 level was high and inappropriate the standard of Peraturan Gubernur Jawa Timur No. 10 tahun 2009 with an average concentrations are 2,946 mg/m3 and 165,93 μg/m3. The respiratory complain such as cough (94,1%), phelgm (35,3%), short breath (35,3%), and fast breath (85,3%). It's recommended for sweepers to use mask while working, Manager of Bus Station should be monitors of ambient air quality and medical checking for sweeper's workers.


In this paper, the influence of HVDC links in interconnected power systems to prevent loop flow, is analysed. To enable this, a two-terminal HVDC link has been modelled in FDLF-based conventional power flow programme. The results of the case studies are presented using a 10-bus two-area modified power system and a 14-bus the IEEE test system, by replacing the AC lines by HVDC links with power-reference specification.


Abstract Recent literature discusses movies and television as determinants of destinations' image formation influencing tourists' travel decisions. However, there still exists a lack of knowledge regarding the details of such screen-related influences on travel behaviour. This study attempts to shed light on these screen-related aspects and their role in influencing travel decisions and travel behaviour at the destination. In particular, it examines the role of the Austro-German Sissi movies in attracting visitors to Vienna (Austria). The movies were shot during the 1950s and Vienna served as a major set for the movie. Based on a review of the major literature in the field of movie-induced tourism and the empirical survey the authors are able to derive implications for destination marketing and further research recommendations. Questionnaires were distributed amongst visitors of Sissi-related heritage sites. The findings support the importance of movie-induced tourism by illustrating that the Sissi movies contributed to travellers' choice to visit Vienna and the film location.


This project was conducted during the period 1997 to 1999 to determine the most promising uses of new technology for delivering transit passenger information. The project was based on the premise that in order for transit to be more competitive with the automobile, transit passengers and potential transit passengers must have access to transit information and accessibility that approaches the level of information and access offered by the private automobile. With the advent of new technologies such as the Internet, the project proposed that there may be an emerging leader in new technologies that could provide this information. The project proposed to survey the existing technologies that are currently in use by transit systems, devise a way to compare these technologies, and select the most promising technologies for further study.


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The morphological, cultural, biochemical and symbiotic properties of rhizobial strains isolated from Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum) were compared with those of strains from Denmark, England, Czechoslovakia and U.S.A. All were microscopically similar and showed normal growth on agar slopes, in broth and in milk. Some local but none of the foreign strains grew at 35° and in 5% NaCl solution. Differences in the reduction of nitrate, fermentation of carbohydrates and utilization of organic acids were apparent. Most Egyptian clover strains improved growth of the host plant, as measured by dry weight and nitrogen content. Egyptian clover strains formed only ineffective nodules on red clover (T. pratense). In general, Egyptian clover was effectively nodulated by foreign clover rhizobia.


The invention discloses a method for separating epigallocatechin gallate by continuous column chromatography. At present, dextran gel column chromatography has good separating effect, but long separating time, and furthermore, the column filler is expensive; and axially compressed bonded silica gel chromatography and high-speed counter-current chromatography are good in separating effect, but low in separating capability and low in separation efficiency. The method comprises the following steps of: (1) loading 4 group of chromatographic columns, wherein the chromatographic columns, a constant-flow pump, a switching valve and a connecting line are assembled to form a simulation moving bed continuous column chromatography device; (2) taking 98% tea polyphenol solution as raw material, C18 bonded silica gel as an immobile phase and ethanol and water as a mobile phase, and collecting extract and extraction raffinate within the switching period of 8-30min in 1/1/2 simulation moving bed column working mode; and (3) performing concentration by evaporation and drying on the extract and extraction raffinate. According to the invention, continuous production is realized, the separation efficiency is high, the product purity is high and the separation cost is low.


to unite all significant community parties to decision-making. It seeks to organize people to express their own needs, to consider action alternatives, and then to take action with respect to them (Warren, 1975:145T. Thus citizen participation is an integral part of the community development process, but only relatively recently has it been explicitly recognized as a major subgoal in its own right. In the past fifteen years, concern for citizen participation has mushroomed. Until the mid1960's, federal standards for public involvement in the administrative process required only that agencies provide public notice and opportunity for public comment. Responsibility for initiating involvement largely rested with the public and was limited to later stages of the decision-making process (Rosenbaum, 1976). The first major shift in the orientation of administrative agencies toward participation


Mother-infant behavior in a supplementally-fed captive herd of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) was investigated to determine if crowding influenced fawn-rearing success. All does studied isolated themselves at parturition and demonstrated territorial characteristics lasting about 4 weeks if their progeny lived. Matriarch does defended the same fawning area annually; primiparous (2-year-old) daughters occupied adjacent exclusive sites, whereas 3-year-olds established new grounds away from the family group. Unsuccessful mothers failed to exhibit any prolonged solitary or aggressive behavior. Triplet siblings shared a common home range after 2 weeks, but bedded separately until 1 month old. Although fawns traveled more as they grew older, their movement distance during the first 2 months did not change. Doe-fawn spacing decreased after 2 weeks postpartum in the case of a singleton, but not until a month later for the triplet litter. A mother and her fawn(s) did not continuously associate with other deer before the 3rd month. Because whitetails forcefully defend a fawning ground, and complete isolation is essential for proper mother-infant bond formation, we conclude that crowding at peak herd density limited fawn rearing space, disrupted maternal behavior, and thus caused excessive neonatal mortality among fawns of 2and 3-year-old does. J. WILDL. MANAGE. 46(1):1-11 Neonatal behavior in white-tailed deer has been intensively investigated (Cook et al. 1967, Jackson et al. 1972, White et al. 1972, Jacobsen 1979), and features of maternal care have been reported for penned animals (Townsend and Bailey 1975, Langenau and Lerg 1976). Relatively little is known about mother-infant relationships at parturition. Moreover, the newborn fawn is a "hider" (Lent 1974), remaining inactive and virtually undetectable until the mother returns to groom and nurse it once or twice daily. Does tend to be hostile toward other deer at parturition, but such interactions are commonly regarded as defense of the fawn rather than being truly territorial in nature (McCullough 1979). In monitoring the reproductive performance of a supplementally-fed captive deer herd, we noted a drastic rise in neonatal mortality as the population increased to a high level (Ozoga and Verme 1982). Most of this loss was fawns of 2-year-old (primiparous) does; indirect evidence indicated that most fawns died shortly after birth (Ozoga et al. 1982). The purpose of the present study was to document mother-infant behavior and spacing during the parturition season in an effort to assess whether extreme crowding and attendant social tension were responsible for low fawn survival under these circumstances. This paper is a contribution from Michigan Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Project W-117-R and the Cusino Wildlife Research Station. The senior author wishes to acknowledge the assistance of his wife Janice, son John Jr., and J. H. Fitch in gathering behavioral data. We thank various DNR personnel for aiding in this endeavor, especially D. L. DeLisle and L. J. Perry; C. L. Bennett was instrumental in initiating the study; and E. E. Langenau provided helpful criticism of the manuscript. We are particularly indebted to U. S. Seal for providing certain telemetry equipment.


According to the characteristic of delayed coking feedstock and the basic principle of Monte Carlo method, Monte Carlo simulation was used to characterize feedstock of delayed coking, vacuum residuum, with reference to molecule expression of structural oriented lumping. The results show that it can characterize feedstock on the basis of molecule, and the generated 1 000 molecules reflect characters of feedstock very well. This method is feasible for feedstock simulation of complex systems, and establishes a base of molecular model for delayed coking.


In the face of an aging population, the already substantial burden of stroke will likely increase. Efforts to optimize service implementation and organization, as well as monitor health care costs, must complement the quest for better therapies to prevent and treat stroke.


The paper will cover an interface circuit capable of driving 25 ohm lines, that contains a pulse-shaping driver and a PLL for clock and data recovery. The circuit has been fabricated in 3μm CMOS.


We examined if tonic γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA)‐activated currents in primary hippocampal neurons were modulated by insulin in wild‐type and tg‐APPSwe mice, an Alzheimer's disease (AD) model.


Cereals were used as solid-substrate for the cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum. The hydration time with cold water appeared to be 10, 11 and 12 hours for Malt, Danyeob and Black soybeans respectively, and the water content was enough for mycelial growth in this condition. The hydration times required for sorghum, job's tears, barley, brown rice and wheat were 2.5, 4, 5, 10 and 12 hours respectively, but the final water content was much less than optimum water content (65%). Hot water reduced the hydration time of soybeans, and the water content reached to 65% within mins. This condition showed the optimum for the mycelial growth. For the other cereals, it took about mins to reach the optimum water content (65%). From this result, hot water was better than cold water for the hydration of cereals. We attempted to develop a practically applicable process by combining the soaking and sterilization. This process was successful with soybean and about 1.1 times of water based on the weight of soybean appeared to be suitable. In all varieties of cereal, the water content of 65% appeared to be the best for the growth of the fungi and production of glucosamine related to the amount of mycelium. The mycelial growth rate in accordance with kinds of solid-state materials was in the order of barley > wheat > job's tears > sorghum > brown rice > soybean. The glucosamine content for determing the mycelial growth in solid material was in the order of wheat> barley > brown rice > job's tears > sorghum > soybean.


The invention discloses an automobile wading anti-flameout structure. An air inlet duct 1 and an exhaust duct 3 of a cylinder 2 are provided with an auxiliary air inlet duct 4 and an auxiliary exhaust duct 5 respectively; the two auxiliary air ducts are communicated with the atmosphere through an auxiliary air main duct 6 and an orifice 7; the auxiliary air main duct 6 is provided with a blower 8; a valve 9 and a permanent magnet 11 are mounted at an interface between the auxiliary air inlet duct 4 and the air inlet duct 1; and a valve 10 and a permanent magnet 12 are mounted at an interface between the auxiliary exhaust duct 5 and the exhaust duct 3. The device can effectively prevent water from entering the engine cylinder and thoroughly solve the flameout fault caused by the water entering the automobile engine cylinder, thereby having broad market prospect.


This paper suggests a decoupling in great deviation by ANN control,while PID control can be used to achieve the fast stabilization in small deviation and clean the static deviation.This composite control used in UPFC dynamics model produces a good result.


This paper presents the first known assessment of cheap talk effectiveness in a choice experiment conducted online with a focus on the distinction between impacts on stated willingness to pay at the population mean and in targeted sub‐samples. Utilizing a large national survey and split‐sample experimental design, we find cheap talk scripts may not only influence the level of willingness to pay estimated for representative consumers, but also may produce more reliable estimates. The magnitude of the impact that cheap talk has on willingness to pay is found to depend on the evaluated respondent sub‐sample.


This writer provides a brief look at four writing across the curriculum research models, along with a set of recommenda tions for those who might wish to develop similar models.


Before 157nm optical lithography can be implemented as an effective technology, the performance of VUV thin film materials must be investigated. These materials will have a significant impact on the ultimate system performance. The capability of such films may actually determine whether an optical technology is viable. We have been exploring the optical properties of various fluorides, oxides and nitrides for use at 157nm. We have developed several approaches for solutions to optical coatings, masking and AR applications. These include an alternative version of a chromium absorber film, optical and AR coatings based on Group III metal fluorides.


iv Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Hypothesis 1 Significance of the Study 2 Definitions 2 Limitations and Assumptions 3 Chapter 2: Literature Review 4 How New Jersey Public Schools are Funded 4 District Factor Groupings 5 Previous Research About School Funding 7 Needs of At-Risk Children 8 Neurobehavioral Effects of Poverty 9 Influence of Home Environment on Academic Achievement 13 Vocabulary Development 13 Social Skills Development 14 Social Class and School-Family Relationships 15 High School Dropout Rates 16 Chapter 3: Methods 20 Subjects 20 Instrumentation 20 District Budgetary Indicators 20


Pyrite is consistently found in modern seafloor vesicular basalts and has a sulphur isotopic composition consistent with microbial activity. We present S isotope data from pyrite in Ordovician pillow lavas at localities across the British Isles, which yield a range of δ34S compositions consistent with two components of sulphur: groundmass pyrite (~0 ± 4‰) and 32S‐enriched pyrite in the vesicles (−8‰ to −27‰). The latter are recorded from vesicular lavas in four different terranes, representing different settings at the margins of the Iapetus Ocean. Whereas a component of magmatic sulphate is recognized in the groundmass values, the isotopically light data in the vesicles are consistent with microbial reduction of seawater sulphate in sub‐seafloor lavas. This is consistent with modern examples and indicates considerable longevity for this sub‐seafloor microbial habitat. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Because of their large interfacial area, the presence of nanoplatelets in the polymeric matrix decelerates the process of diffusion of gases through the material. The particles are impermeable barriers to the diffusing molecules, forcing them to follow complicated paths, increasing, thus, the diffusion length. The barrier properties of the nanocomposites depend on the properties of the polymeric matrix, the volume fraction of the nanoplatelets, their aspect ratio, their orientation, and their interactions with the matrix. The mobility of the molecules is hindered by the crystallinity but it is facilitated by the free volume within the material. The size and shape of the free volume holes in the polymer affect, thus, the rate of diffusion. Interactions between the nanoparticles and the matrix may lower the barrier properties because they may increase the free volume in the material. The estimation of free volume in the nanocomposite is important for the proper choice of components and the manufacturing of nanocomposite coatings with optimum barrier properties. Detailed information about the diffusion mechanisms at atomic and molecular levels can be obtained using the approach of free volume.


In the JIPP T-IIU tokamak, a high power ICRF heating experiment has been conducted, up to an extremely high power density (∼2 MW·m−3), with a total RF power of PRF = 2 MW. Great attention has initially been paid to the problem of impurities, and it has been found that (a) the adoption of low Z materials for the limiter, (b) in situ carbon coating (i.e. carbonization) and (c) adequate gas puffing synchronized to the RF pulse are very effective in suppressing radiation loss. With these methods, a remarkable reduction in metal impurities (especially in iron impurity) has been achieved; the total radiation loss has been reduced to less than 30-40% of the input power. In these reduced radiation loss plasmas, the characteristics of ICRF heated plasmas have been studied intensively. With an increase in the ICRF heating power, a deterioration of the energy confinement time has been observed, indicating quantitative agreement with the Kaye-Goldston L-mode scaling. It is shown that the so-called profile consistency, which is the leading feature in neutral beam heated plasmas, also holds in ICRF heated plasma. It has been observed that the electron temperature profile only responds to the safety factor q(a) and does not change when the deposition profile is controlled by tailoring the k1 spectrum.


Isolated granules from a human carotid body tumour incubated in 130 mM K-phosphate pH 7.5 release dopamine (DA) with a half time of 23 min at 37° C. Addition of DA 2times10-5M to the incubation fluid prevents net loss of DA from the granules, owing to reuptake. Further addition of ATP-Mg2+increases the DA content in the granules about 8 times. This effect is strongly inhibited by reserpine 10-3M and reduced about 40 per cent by noradrenaline (NA) and adrenaline (A) each in a concentration of 10-5M.


While fiber is not an indispensable nutrient for monogastric animals, it has benefits such as promoting gastrointestinal motility and production of short chain fatty acids through fermentation. Miscanthus x giganteus is a hybrid grass used as an ornamental plant, biomass for energy production, construction material, and as a cellulose source for paper production. More recently Miscanthus grass (dried ground Miscanthus x giganteus) was evaluated for its fiber composition and as a fiber source for poultry (broiler chicks) and pets (dogs and cats). As a fiber source, this ingredient is mostly composed of insoluble fiber (78.6%) with an appreciable amount of lignin (13.0%). When added at moderate levels to broiler chick feed (3% inclusion) Miscanthus grass improved dietary energy utilization. However, when fed to dogs at a 10% inclusion Miscanthus grass decreased dry matter, organic matter, and gross energy digestibility, and increased dietary protein digestibility compared to dogs fed diets containing similar concentrations of beet pulp. Comparable results were reported for cats. In addition, when Miscanthus grass was fed to cats to aid in hairball management, it decreased the total hair weight per dry fecal weight. When considering the effects Miscanthus grass has on extruded pet foods, it behaves in a similar manner to cellulose, decreasing radial expansion, and increasing energy to compress the kibbles, likely because of changes in kibble structure. To date, Miscanthus grass has not been evaluated in human foods and supplements though it may have applications similar to those identified for pets.


Eggs of the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi are activated by insemination and by treatment with calcium ionophore, leading to elevation of the vitelline coat. Here we describe the effects on egg activation of microinjection of guanosine 5′‐(γ thio) triphosphate (GTPγS, a non‐hydrolyzable GTP analog), heparin (an antagonist of the inositol 1,4,5‐trisphosphate receptor) and a monoclonal antibody to the Rho GTP‐binding protein. Microinjected GTPγS induced elevation of the vitelline coat, but not when it was co‐injected with EGTA or heparin. Pre‐injected heparin or the anti‐Rho monoclonal antibody blocked subsequent sperm‐induced elevation of the vitelline coat, but not calcium ionophore‐induced elevation. We also demonstrated that the amount of cytosolic inositol 1,4,5‐trisphosphate was increased by insemination. These results strongly suggest that the Rho GTP‐binding protein functions prior to the heparin‐blocked inositol 1,4,5‐trisphosphate receptor‐mediated Ca2+ release in the sperm induced activation process of H. roretzi eggs.


The phosphorus and fluorine N.M.R. spectra of PF3 in a nematic solvent (EBBA) are discussed. The molecular geometry is found to agree with structures obtained from microwave and electron diffraction studies. The sign of the ordering parameter is assumed negative, the signs of the phosphorus fluorine coupling constant and of the chemical shift anisotropies follow from this assumption, and are found to be in agreement with theoretical predictions. The effect of temperature on the isotropic chemical shift of fluorine is discussed.


ABSTRACT This paper describes a study carried out in a subarid riverine and interior lowland area of the Mfolozi catchment. The area was depopulated in the early 19th Century, and remained unoccupied until 1958 when Zulu peasants were settled there as part of the apartheid government's "betterment" scheme. Five sets of sequential aerial photographs taken between 1937 and 1983 were used to obtain estimates of temporal and spatial variations in eroded surfaces, sparsely vegetated surfaces susceptible to erosion, and active gullies. Eroded and sparsely vegetated surfaces were very localised prior to settlement and increased dramatically during the first few years after settlement. While they continued to increase over the following two decades, they did so at substantially lower rates. The increasing trend in eroded surfaces was reversed by the mid 1970s wet spell. The sparsely vegetated surfaces also contracted during this wet spell, but then expanded during the early 1980s dry spell. The initial influence ...


Progress in immunotherapy revolutionized the treatment landscape for advanced lung cancer, raising survival expectations beyond those that were historically anticipated with this disease. In the present study, we describe the methods for the adjustment of mixture parametric models of two populations for survival analysis in the presence of long survivors. A methodology is proposed in several five steps: first, it is proposed to use the multimodality test to decide the number of subpopulations to be considered in the model, second to adjust simple parametric survival models and mixture distribution models, to estimate the parameters and to select the best model fitted the data, finally, to test the hypotheses to compare the effectiveness of immunotherapies in the context of randomized clinical trials. The methodology is illustrated with data from a clinical trial that evaluates the effectiveness of the therapeutic vaccine CIMAvaxEGF vs the best supportive care for the treatment of advanced lung cancer. The mixture survival model allows estimating the presence of a subpopulation of long survivors that is 44% for vaccinated patients. The differences between the treated and control group were significant in both subpopulations (population of short-term survival: p = 0.001, the population of long-term survival: p = 0.0002). For cancer therapies, where a proportion of patients achieves long-term control of the disease, the heterogeneity of the population must be taken into account. Mixture parametric models may be more suitable to detect the effectiveness of immunotherapies compared to standard models.


Tricritical anomalies of transport coefficients of diffusive type in multicomponent fluids are studied theoretically for the thermodynamic model system due to Griffiths (1974). Transport anomalies are characterized by the two critical modes whose decay rates behave as xi -3, xi being the range of correlation of critical fluctuations. Usefulness of the variables having a diagonal susceptibility matrix considered by Tisza (1966), as well as by Gunton and Green (1971) in the present problem is indicated.


The research in this dissertation involved investigating a novel physical-layer security problem wherein malicious base stations (MBSs) mislead mobile terminals (MTs) into being prematurely handed over to suboptimal target cells, resulting in radio link failure (RLF). The MBSs achieve this by spoofing the common reference signals of legitimate base stations (LBSs), which are used by MTs to measure signal strengths


The density of ferric oxide particles produced by a spinning disc generator was measured with a Timbrell aerosol spectrometer, a Millikan oil drop apparatus, and a Thomas gravity settling tube. Using the Timbrell and Millikan equipment, the density was found to be 2.56 gm/cm3.


Through the analysis of a case study the paper discusses how a landscape approach can bring instruments for the identification of a hidden monumentality, linking landscape and history for the identity of the territory. The case shows that measures aimed at highlighting an archaeological element can have the effect of creating a new awareness not only of the monument once forgotten, but also of the rediscovered surrounding landscape. The context approach brings a reciprocal advantage both to the monument and to the landscape, and promotes a renewed contemporary cultural use.


A new independent component regression (ICR) algorithm which maximizes the mutual information (MI) between extracted latent variables (LV) and output variable is proposed. It is found that mutual information between extracted LVs and output variable can be delicately combined with the independent component analysis (ICA) objective and only two-dimensional joint entropy needs to be estimated, which can be approximated by Edgeworth expansion. Balance is achieved between maximizing statistical independency and mutual information by forming a dual objective optimization problem. The performance of the proposed algorithm is tested on both simulation examples and real data sets.


Br(2P3/2)+HI are found to react at room temperature to give HBr+I(2P3/2) with a rate constant of (1.0±0.3) ×10−11 cm3 molecule−1⋅sec−1. For Br+HI, electronic excitation of Br inhibits the reaction to HBr+I. Collisions with HI remove excited Br(2P1/2) with a rate of about 0.25×10−11 cm3 molecule−1⋅sec−1. This rate includes electronic quenching and electronic‐to‐vibration energy transfer as well as reaction. From correlation arguments the reaction of excited Br(2P1/2) with HI is expected to be much slower than that of ground state. The observed rate is comparable to that for quenching plus electronic‐to‐vibration transfer for Br(3P1/2) by HCl and HBr.


History Behçet's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology characterised by recurrent attacks. Although the triple symptom complex of oral and genital ulcerations with uveitis was reported by Hippocrates and other authors who attributed the symptom triad to major infections, Hulusi Behçet, a Turkish dermatologist, discarded the association with other illnesses and was the first to delineate the disease that now bears his name. Clinical manifestations additional to this triad were described later including involvement of the skin, joints, large vessels, lung, brain, gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts (table 1). It is now recognised as a multisystem disease with vasculitis as the main pathological finding.


The morphology of solvent-cast or melt-pressed isothermally crystallized PEEK films was studied as a function of crystallization temperature. A new morphology is reported which develops predominantly at high crystallization temperatures and long crystallization times. The relative ratio of the population of the classical spherulitic morphology to that of the type II structure varies with crystallization temperature qualitatively in the same manner as trhe ratio of the enthalpies of the high- and low-temperature endotherms


Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.; 2n =26) is rich in limiting amino acid methionin, and provides a valuable source of nutritious protein as well as high quality oil that resists oxidative rancidity due to the presence of the phenylpropanoid, lignins, sesamin and sesamolin. In India, it is the fifth important edible oil seed crop after groundnut, rapeseedmustard, sunflower and soybean with the annual average production around 6,80,000 metric tons, though, the productivity of sesame stands alarmingly poor comparing to other oil yielding crops. As a quality oil seed crop, it can reduce the shortage of other edible oil production not only in India but also in major sesame growing countries in the world, if the production and productivity are enhanced using modern breeding techniques like mutation breeding with irradiation.


In this paper, the weight optimizing of an unmanned aerial vehicle wing spar was designed by using composite material. The optimization parameters were considered, respectively: the wing mass, the location of the spars and ribs, and the spars mass. Determined the selecting of wing spars locations for optimizing spars design based on the minimum weight of the wing. Layer optimizing was used to reduce the weight of composite wing spars. The thickness of front spar and rear spar element such as web and flange were optimized by criterion of allowable normal stress and deflection. The analysis of stress-strain state for all variants were carried out in the FEMAP software package. As the result of analysis, the total weights of composite wing spars reduced 18.17% than the original spars.


Abstract  The Dongchuang gold deposit in the Xiaoqinling are is an orogenic‐type lode gold deposit. It is one of the few superlarge (>100 t Au) deposits in China. Although it has been argued that it was formed in the Mesozoic, related isotopic age data have not been reported in previous studies. Based on detailed geological study, the authors have carried out isotopic dating on various metallogenic generations. The ore‐forming process of the Dongchuang gold deposit consists of four stages: coarse‐grained pyrite‐bearing quartz veins (stage I), fine‐grained pyrite‐quartz veinlets (stage II), multi‐sulfides (stage III) and carbonate‐quartz veinlets (stage IV). Ar‐Ar dating on mineral separates of stages I, II and III yields plateau ages of 142.9±2.9 Ma, 132.2±2.6 Ma and 128.3±6.2 Ma, respectively. Sericite separates from stage II assemblage also yield an Ar‐Ar isochron age of 132.6±2.7 Ma, similar to the Ar‐Ar plateau age. These results suggest that the Dongchuang gold deposit was mainly formed during 143–128 Ma, coinciding with the authors' geological observations and previous hypothesis. This ore formation is coeval with the regional‐tectonic transition from collisional compression to extension, strongly showing that the decompression‐geothermal increase regime during compression‐to‐extension transition is the most conducive geodynamic environment to orogenic‐type gold mineralization.


Objective To explore the psychological effect of the method of aerosol inhalation of ambroxol and conventional method for sputum sample collection on patients with lower respiratory tract infections.Methods Patients with lower respiratory tract infections were randomly divided into observation group(n=115) and control group(n=115).Expectoration after aerosol inhalation of ambroxol was applied in observation group while conventional deep cough and expectoration was utilized in control group.The patients were investigated with Zung's Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS) and a self-designed cognitive factors questionnaire after the collection of sputum samples and the result reporting.Results There were five cognitive factors related to patients anxiety including lung injury,disqualified samples,incurability of the disease,drug damage and the increase of expenditure(r=0.665~0.753,P0.01).The average score of SAS of observation group was significantly lower than that of control group(P0.01) and the average scores of five cognitive factors of observation group were lower than those of control group as well(P0.01 or P0.05).Conclusion The method of aerosol inhalation of ambroxol for sputum sample collection presents obvious advantages to relieve anxiety of patients with lower respiratory tract infections.


The firm - value and customer - value constitute industry value. Different position of firm and customer in the industry value - chain determines that there is an interactive relationship between the two parties. In the field of high level of innovation, the firm value occupies the most of industry value. In the field of large market size, the customer value occupies the most. This research of the industry development model also discusses how the enterprises can gain from the two parts.


The purpose of this study is to create an understanding of what it means to have the diagnosis specific language impairment, and find out how to facilitate the education. The research questions wer ...


[Objective] A direct competitive time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay for determination of Chloramphenicol(CAP) was established.[Method] Coating with a goat-anti-mouse IgG,sample CAP competed with biotin-CAP-BSA to anti-CAP monoclonal antibody.It was traced with Eu-labeled streptavidin.[Result] The sensitivity of the assay was 0.016 ng/ml.Mean recovery for milk was 89.6%,with intra and inter assay variations 5.5% and 10.1%,respectively.The interference with thiamphenicol was less than 0.01%.[Conclusion] The CAP TRFIA has the characteristics of excellent sensitivity and specificity,good precision and economy,can be widely used in high throughput screening in future.


Rarely do rock pile characterization methods allow for examination and sampling of the interior of large rock piles in-situ. The regrading of the Goathill North (GHN) rock pile at the Questa mine provided a unique opportunity to examine and sample the interior of a large rock pile through the construction of trenches cut into the rock pile as earth-moving progressed. Maps of each bench were created to document the different stratigraphic units, including the thickness, dip, and extent of the units. Units were defined based on grain size, color, and other physical properties. Units were correlated between benches and downward through the series of successively excavated trenches. Typically, paste pH increased with distance from the outer, oxidized zone (west) towards the interior units (east) of the GHN rock pile. The outer zone was oxidized (weathered) based upon the white and yellow coloring, low paste pH, presence of jarosite and gypsum, and absence of calcite. However, the oxidation/reduction (weathering) state in the interior zone is not yet determined. The base of the rock pile closest to the bedrock/colluvium surface represents the oldest part of the rock pile since it was laid down first. Portions of the base appeared to be nearly or as oxidized (weathered) as the outer, oxidized zone, suggesting that air and water flow along the basal interface occurred and possibly was an active weathering zone. Analyses of samples from unweathered, unoxidized drill core samples and from the GHN rock pile are similar in clay mineralogy as determined by XRD and electron microprobe analyses, which suggests that the majority of clay minerals in the GHN samples were derived from the original, pre-mined hydrothermal alteration and not post-mining weathering.


Listeners attempted to discriminate sounds that differed in the rate at which frequency changed from an initial to a final value, in sound bursts that were much longer than the frequency transition itself. The results indicate that the rate of change of frequency for which the discriminability is optimum depends upon the extent of frequency change, from the initial and final frequencies. For small frequency differences, the optimum appears at small glide rates—i.e., at transition durations in the range of seconds; for large frequency differences, the optimum discriminability occurs at high glide rates, at transition durations of some tens of milliseconds. It seems that there are two mechanisms involved in hearing for perception of frequency transitions.


This paper presents recent developments in the field of printed and electronical linguistic lexicography of French, Occitan, Gascon and Francoprovencal.


Public Investment and Regional Economic Development provides a systematic analysis of the complex relationship between public investment and regional economic development. The authors offer new insights into the key issues of regional growth, and present a broad variety of perspectives ranging from transport and housing infrastructure through to human capital and innovation.


The structure and kinetics of thermal decomposition of polytetrafluol'oethylene suggestcd several methods for improvemcnt of its stability: (a) polymcrization in the presence of fluorocarbo~l catalysts or ph<;>to?hemically to eliminate labile centers for initiation. (b) inclu SlOn of foreIgn structural UllitS III the polymer to promote chain transfer of t.he free radicals active in depolymcrization, (c) inclusion of foreign molecules capable of promoting chain transfer . . The catalysts t ried inclu?ed perfluorodimethylmcrcury, perfluoromethyl iodide, and fluorme gas, as well as convent.lOnal catalysts. The foreign structural units and addi tiv~s included .sulfur, selenium, and a variety of hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon groups, maml.y aromatIC, addcd usually as dibromides to the polymerizing mixtme. None of thc cxpeflmental catalysts or additives brought about any change in the rate of thermal decom position.


The low‐energy transfer reaction 11Be(d,p)12Be gives us the opportunity to investigate single particle excitations in 12Be. The breaking of the magic number N = 8 for 12Be can be studied by comparing spectroscopic data with theoretical predictions.


Combining the actual situation of the electricity industry, this paper aims to help the staff establish a set of scientific and reasonable Indication System for Life Cycle Asset Management through improving and perfecting on the basis of the national power grid Life Cycle Asset Management Indication System. Through the established calculation mode of Life Cycle Asset Management and MEE Comprehensive Evaluation Mode, the system evaluates and researches on the selected substation, analyzing the evaluated result and finds the problems. And then discuss the new mode of Power Life Cycle Asset Management.


Exotic hadrons are distinguished from conventional hadrons, whose usual baryons consist of three quarks and ordinary mesons consist of a quark and an anti-quark. A baryon containing five quarks is called a pentaquark whereas a meson that consists of two quarks and two anti-quarks is dubbed a tetraquark. Also, a hadron that is composed of quarks and gluons exists and is known as a hybrid exotic hadron. In the present article, we briefly review the history of exotic hadrons and recent experimental and theoretical activities to understand their structure. In particular, we explain, in layman's terms, the newly found exotic hadrons reported by researchers at accelerator facilities throughout the world, some of which contain both heavy and light quarks or consist of conventional hadrons as a molecular state.


20 Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) hold great promise for regenerative medicine. Stable ex vivo gene 21 transfer to MSCs could improve the outcome and scope of MSC therapy, but current vectors require 22 multiple rounds of transduction, involve genotoxic viral promoters and/or the addition of cytotoxic 23 cationic polymers in order to achieve efficient transduction. We describe a self-inactivating foamy virus 24 vector (FVV), incorporating the simian macaque foamy virus envelope and using physiological 25 promoters, which efficiently transduces murine MSCs (mMSCs) in a single-round. High and sustained 26 expression of the transgene, whether GFP or the lysosomal enzyme, arylsulphatase A (ARSA), was 27 achieved. Defining MSC characteristics (surface marker expression and differentiation potential), as well 28 as long-term engraftment and distribution in the murine brain following intracerebroventricular delivery, 29 are unaffected by FVV transduction. Similarly, greater than 95% of human MSCs (hMSCs) were stably 30 transduced using the same vector, facilitating human application. This work describes the best stable gene 31 transfer vector available for mMSCs and hMSCs. 32 33 34 primers ARSA-F (GCATCGATGGTACCATGGGTGCGCCCAGATCGTT) and ARSA-R (GCGGATCCTCACGCATGCGGGTCCGGAC) and inserted between the KpnI and BamHI sites of pD Φ containing EFS or PGK. optimised PRE 65 amplified pENTR-L5-oPRE-L2 32414) oPRE-R


Abstract Knowing the nutritional needs of these plants, the interactions that favor their growth and survival in the field, such as inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), are essential to subsidize tropical forestry. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of applying phosphorus (P) and inoculation with AMF on growth, biomass production, quality, and nutrition in seedlings of Senegalia polyphylla. The experiment was carried out in a completely randomized design, in a 5 x 3 factorial scheme, with five doses of P (0, 50, 100, 200, and 400 mg kg−1), and three microbiological treatments (inoculated with Rhizophagus claru, Gigaspora margarita, and control without inoculation). At 120 days after transplanting (DAT), there were evaluated the rate of root mycorrhizal colonization (MC), plant shoot height (H), stem diameter (D), N and P content in the shoot of the plants (NC and PC, respectively), dry matter mass of shoot, roots, and total (DMS, DMR, and DMT, respectively). Those variables allowed the calculation of Dickson's Quality Index (DQI) and mycorrhizal dependence (MD). Phosphate fertilization influenced all evaluated characteristics of S. polyphylla (p < 0.01), while inoculation with AMF alone influenced only DMS, DMT, DQI, and PC. Plants inoculated with R. clarum and G. margarita showed MC ranging from 12.5 to 55%. At the dose of 0 mg kg−1 of P, seedlings of S. polyphylla showed high MD. The inoculation with AMF and the application of P are indicated to obtain seedlings of S. polyphylla.


De Jong 1 of Amsterdam demonstrated that the tremor of paralysis agitans may be controlled by the use of bulbocapnin, and by administering larger doses of this drug to cats he produced a syndrome simulating catatonia. He first reported this work from the Binnen-Gasthuis of Amsterdam. His original problem was the experimental production of catatonia, and followed the work of Frolich and Meyer on "Katalepsie." 2 Bulbocapnin is one of eleven alkaloids from Corydalis cava . The nineteenth edition of the United States Dispensatory gives four alkaloids in this plant, one of which is bulbocapnin, but Gademar of Marburg has isolated eleven. He has developed a process by which the pure alkaloid may be isolated from the plant. The bulbocapnin of the United States Dispensatory, being combined with other alkaloids, is extremely toxic, and should not be used in the doses herein mentioned. De Jong obtains his bulbocapnin from Gademar, and


PURPOSE: To simultaneously drive both of a shutter mechanism and a focusing mechanism by connecting a lens mechanism and a blade mechanism to a common driving link assembly so as to be coupled/uncoupled. CONSTITUTION: The driving link 116 is fixed to a fixing board 108 so as to be reciprocated and coupled with a lens assembly 110 by a gear rack 122 to be engaged with a gear 124. A shutter blade mechanism is fixed to a walking beam member 74 and these members are arranged so as to be coupled/uncoupled by a latch mechanism 132. At the time of photographing, a solenoid 152 is energized by an exposure timing signal and a focus control timing signal and the lens mechanism 110 is driven by the link 116 and moved to a required focus position. In this state, the link 116 is uncoupled and the shutter mechanism is driven to execute exposure. COPYRIGHT: (C)1990,JPO


Platinum (Pt)/carbon nanotube (CNTs) nanocomposites were fabricated on the basis of Pt precursors reduced by hydrogen plasma generated by microwave process. The Pt nanoparticles were uniformly dispersed on multi-walled CNTs. Such nanocomposites exhibit remarkable catalytic performance towards the oxidation of methanol. The concentration of methanol was determined by a chronoamperometric method by using the Pt/CNTs modified glass carbon electrode (Pt/CNTs/GCE) at an oxidation potential of 0.7 V against the saturated calomel electrode. The Pt/CNTs/GCE showed a good performance for detecting methanol because of the unique properties of CNTs which increased the active surface area of the electrode and accelerated the electro transfer. The linear detection range of methanol was determined to be from 2.0 × 10
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 to 10.0 M in two slopes with a detection limit 5 × 10
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 M at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. The performance of the Pt/CNTs/GCE in terms of stability, linear range and detection limit shows its potential application for methanol detection.


This new edition of Arrian's Anabasis and Indica pairs two important sources for the campaigns of Alexander the Great in a single volume, and also pairs the talents of an able translator, H., with the expertise of J. Atkinson, an esteemed historian of the Alexander era. The result must certainly be judged a success, but a success qualified by the book's stinginess with maps and illustrations. Arrian's plain, sober prose style poses far fewer challenges to the translator than does H.'s last assignment for Oxford, Thucydides. This version has good flow and exhibits many fine touches, especially where tricky military terminology is concerned. One small problem is the rendering of Alexander's famous pothos, the keynote of Arrian's interpretation of Alexander's motives, as 'yen', a word that seems too folksy and familiar for such a grand emotion; but such errors in judgement are few and far between. The volume's real strengths, however, lie in the annotations and auxiliary materials supplied by Atkinson. The notes are generous by comparison with the much scantier Penguin edition, if not quite as full as those of The Landmark Arrian. The quality of the commentary is consistently high. Atkinson takes an admirably neutral tone, refusing either to judge Alexander severely or to follow Arrian in excusing, or obscuring, the king's failings. His delivery of information is clear, concise and interesting, and the reader who follows along closely will learn much about the historian's craft. As with other Oxford World's Classics volumes, notes are signalled in the text by an asterisk and then given at the back – a system that works well for those adept at flipping pages, though some may find on-page notes, like those in the Landmark series, more convenient. Atkinson supplies two highly useful appendices, both in the form of outlines or lists. The first gives an overview of the Macedonian army, here broken down into its many units and sub-units; each division or officer is briefly explained and then indexed with citations from the text. A second appendix gives much the same sort of breakdown of the courts and administrations of both the Macedonian and Persian empires. These resources contain detailed information of the kind that cannot be easily found elsewhere, and offer valuable help to first-time readers of the Anabasis – a text that relies heavily on an understanding of ancient military terminology and tactics. The book's extremely generous index stands in contrast to its sparse set of six maps. Four of these depict regions of Alexander's world and two show Halicarnassus and Tyre, but there are no illustrations of the battles and military manoeuvres that make up THE CLASSICAL REVIEW 610


Using systematic sociological introspection, this study is simultaneously a retrospective participant observation of the experience of being sexually abused as a child, and an argument for a new writing format, the "layered account." Acknowledging that sociology is a personal reflection of the sociologist creating it, the author has structured the layered account to emulate the freedom of the duree. It enables ethnographers to break out of conventional writing formats by integrating abstract theoretical thinking, introspection, emotional experience, fantasies, dreams, and statistics. The author concludes by examining the intertextual quality of the two texts—child sex abuse and social science reporting—presented here.


The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a cosmetic composition containing the tetraquistrimethylsiloxysilane represented by the formula (1), The cosmetic composition prepared according to the invention are characterized by having excellent stability and feeling. (I)


In this study of temporary auditory threshold shift (TTS) some 70 normal hearing subjects were exposed to broad‐band noise at 100 db SPL. Growth and recovery of TTS were determined from thresholds measured at 30 minute intervals during a four‐hour period, two‐hour exposure plus two‐hour recovery. The exposure‐recovery test series was run on each of three different days for each subject to allow estimates of repeat reliability of shifts in groups and in individuals. At all frequencies tested, the growth and recovery of the shift are logarithmic functions of time of the form TTS = const × log exposure (or recovery) time + const. The magnitude of the shift is larger at the higher frequencies. From replication to replication there is no consistent change in the magnitude of the two‐hour shift either for the group mean or for individuals. There is no systemic change in individual pre‐exposure thresholds with replication. Control group data indicate that practice effects did not affect the results. (This resear...


The iron and steel industry is in face of great challenge after China joined WTO.The technical personnel of state-owned iron and steel enterprises are always operating with a lower level of motivation and creativity because of the ineffective personnel management system.How to improve the motivation and creativity of technical personnel is the key problem.Based on the theories of human resources management,we analyze the present incentive mechanism and put forward some suggestions that will be of great practical points to promote the technical strength of iron and steel groups effectively.


Research has various objectives in different institutions. We have a social role and, therefore, we believe that the integral formation of a professional should contribute to the society in which he lives. That is, from our point of view, the purpose of Research and the answer to why it is important to investigate (Scholes et al 2010; Hernández et al 2010). Right there is where the three pillars of this university are complementary: in Teaching, students receive the knowledge and questions of the specific discipline; Research provides students with the opportunity to awaken their curiosity; and investigation results go back to society through Extension. It is a circle (Aramayo, 2006).


The settlement of the Vicus ad Martis Tudertium was located on the western branch of the ancient Via Flaminia. The name is found in several ancient itineraries, including the 1 century Itinerarium Gaditanum ("ad Martis" or "Martis"), the Tabula Peutingeriana, (where the text "vicus ad martis" may be seen below the "C" in "Picenum") and the 3-century Itinerarium Antoninum. Despite the apparent importance of the site in antiquity, by the Middle Ages it seems to have disappeared completely. Nevertheless in 1938, based in part on several inscriptions found in the area, Giovanni Becatti proposed that the vicus was located in the immediate vicinity of the church of S. Maria in Pantano near the modern town of Massa Martana. Since then several other inscriptions have emerged which strengthen this hypothesis. The 2008 and 2009 excavation seasons at the site (fig. 1) have revealed the presence of a substantial Roman-period settlement which we identify with the vicus, confirming Becatti's hypothesis.


The agricultural land with low fertility are massively transmitted to optimize the level of forest cover in the steppe part of Ukraine with the aim to create a protective forest plantations. The forestation on such lands requires use of detailed studies of soils to determine their suitability for the cultivation of fo rests. Objects of our research are underdeveloped soils on limestones dense (southern calcareous chernozems, sod-calcareous soils, lands under recultivation after limestone mining), that are transmitted for afforestation in the steppe Crimea. There was determined that total capacity of the soil profile (cm) is the most informative marker of suitability for afforestation of the underdeveloped soils. The depth soil < 30 cm is limiting suitability of soils in the steppe Crimea for afforestation without amelioration special agrotechnical (deep plowing with the destruction of the rock). The depth of soil > 30 cm may be considered as the beginning of increasing level their suitability for afforestation.


The "Children and the Family" forum, jointly sponsored by the Victorian Child Development and Family Services Council and the Institute of Family Studies, was held at the Community Welfare Training Institute, Melbourne, on Tuesday, 31 March 1981. It was attended by approximately 140 people – representatives of both State and Federal government departments as well as a plethora of voluntary agencies and research organisations involved in the provision and evaluation of child and family services.


Research purposes: The rational laying track mode should be selected for the line network plan of urban mass transit according to the overall city plan,the situation of land usage and the geographic conditions around the line,for the purposes of disposing the city space resources rationally and saving construction and operation costs.Research methods:Based on the experiences of planning and construction of urban mass transit networks in Nanjing and Guangzhou,the demonstrations are made for the necessity of planning,main contents,influencing factors and decision-making principle of laying track modes.Research results:The analyses and comparisons of three modes of laying track in the ground,elevation and underground are made from the areas of applicable scope,land usage,environmental influence and construction cost for providing the technical support for laying track.Research conclusions:The urban mass transit network plan is the important factor of guaranteeing construction of urban mass transit with scientificness,rationality,economic characters and operational characters,and the common sharing plan of line network resources can effectively guarantee the implement of line network plan of urban mass transit,which can provide the basis for design of the concrete project.


eBay Tools & Services Guide 2011 Chris Dawson and Sue Bailey TameBay is owned and written by Chris Dawson and Sue Bailey, two British ecommerce professionals. Between us we have traded on eBay for over two decades. Chris and Sue met on eBay UKs PowerSeller forum longer ago than either of them like to admit. By October 2006, both had become frustrated with eBays inability to keep their users informed of new features on the site, with the impenetrability of eBays help pages, and with the lack of a UK- and Europe-centered news site for all things ecommercial. In a moment between classes at eBay University, Dan Wilson said what were to be fatal words: you need a blog. TameBay is the result. Since the launch in 2006 TameBay has grown to be one of the definitive sources for eBay news, tips, tricks and trading advice. Over 50,000 readers visit the site each month making TameBay one of the best places on the Internet to keep up to date with everything eBay and to network with fellow eBay professional sellers. Were thrilled to publish the first edition of the TameBay eBay Tools and Services Guide 2011 which brings together all of the tools weve used to run our businesses over the years.


Abstract An assessment of the value and impact of cardiac markerpoint-of-care testing (POCT) in chest pain diagnosis within the Northern Ireland acute health care system was carried out via a structured survey. The study presents the views and opinions of health care professionals on key aspects of cardiac marker POCT usage at 10 major hospitals. The overall use of POCT for the identification and quantification of relevant markers associated with myocardial infraction has been established. Of the 100 responses received, 28 were from actual users of cardiac marker POCT, whereas the remainder were from other specialists in related fields but with direct relevant knowledge of the diagnostic platforms concerned. Hence, the information reported offers an opportunity to directly compare different user perspectives in the context of the early stages of uptake of POCT for frontline clinical assessment. The main POCT user group respondents were clinicians/nurses and clinical scientists, with nursing staff being the largest cohort overall. Troponin I was the most reported (75%) cardiac marker measured and the Dade Behring STRATus CS device (Marburg, Germany) the most commonly used test platform. Test turnaround times with POCT were perceived to be between 15 and 30 minutes as compared with Central Laboratory testing of 60 to 90 minutes' duration. With the exception of the clinical scientists, the perception of data from cardiac marker POCT was considered to be of an equivalent quality and accuracy to that obtained from Central Laboratory testing. Interestingly, clinical scientists also indicated their belief that implementation of a POCT-based service would alter their relationships to clinical and nursing staff and to patients. The general opinion of all the health care professionals surveyed was that POCT implementation and accreditation should be overseen and regulated by Central Laboratory specialists to ensure the validation of results. This suggests that POCT may create new roles for clinical scientists outside the Central Laboratory at the hospital department/ward level.