[1] I spent several years of my life looking, waiting for the right time to die. In my early twenties, I fantasized about being martyred, killed for a purpose, a cause, something that would make my death bearable for the others, those who cared. I felt no risk in drugs, random sex, walking on the ledge of skyscrapers. I waited for a divine gust of wind to blow me over. I waited for my mouth to betray me, go too far, force me into a conflict where an unexpected gun or knife taught me a lesson. I grew exhausted waiting. [2] To look at the human motivation that propels the actions of self-destruction is a complex and multifaceted investigation. Why would a person, let alone an entire community, consistently engage in self-destructive behaviors? How could self-destruction become so prevalent in a culture that the idea of mortification could arguably be a cultural value? Research on gay men, both younger and older, has indicated statistically a disproportionate percentage of drug abuse, alcoholism, suicide, suicidal thoughts, and high-risk sexual behaviors (Herdt and de Vries; Macdonald and Cooper; Nicholas and Howard; Remafedi). Why do gay men have an elevated tendency to engage in acts of self-destruction? Theoretically, the question requires further inquiry. For me personally, none of the answers provided add up as I run theories through my body seeking some glimmer of identification. Simplistic answers, such as internalized homophobia, resonate from a distance, but don't help me get close to what I feel. My love and acceptance of my gay friends and lovers is deep and experienced without conflict. My image of self is strong, compassionate, and empathetic. However, something exists under the skin that I continue to scrape at, tear through, in a fight to find release. Guilt lives within, and pain always feels magnificent, if only providing the slightest release of pressure. For me as an academic, queer theory opened a door of potential that has failed to mobilize, making a home for itself safely in the comfort of the mind. Queer theory worked on my head, but failed to provide release under the skin. It pushed my body further and further away from the mind, reinforcing the binaries it so valiantly hoped to dismantle. Still, I can't seem to let it go. My head understands the whispered suggestions that queerness has run its course, has failed to fulfill its promise, has been high-jacked by white male academics, and reeks of an academic trend that is now passe. My guts refuse to loosen their grip on the naive thrill and hope it once offered. [3] This paper works to negotiate these conflicting voices, refusing to bracket off the personal from the academic, the physical from the mental, and the embodied from the theoretical, in the hope that somewhere the voices becomes blurred, unified, speaking to and from body and mind without distinction. This nontraditional style marks a struggle to keep theory from slipping away into the mind, away from my body and lived experience. Additionally, the style aims to enact the concept of perspective by incongruity (Burke, Attitudes) in itself, dismantling the rigid orientations of the academic and the personal, continually climbing up and jumping off ladders of abstraction. First, I will look at gay male guilt, the pressure beneath my skin, through a Burkean frame of tragic mortification, suggesting that heteronormativity marks a trained incapacity of perfection that perpetuates self-inflicted, as well as externally inflicted, violence towards gays. Next, I theorize potential tactics for challenging heteronormative perfection through a Burkean comic corrective of perspective by incongruity. Finally, this analysis explores the potentiality of articulating queerness through perspective by incongruity, actively working to dismantle violent tragedy through a queer-comic perspective. This pairing of queer theory and Kenneth Burke marks a perspective by incongruity in itself, as Burkean thought is often restricted to, but fails to fit neatly into, categories determined by the historical context in which he produced his work. …


Educational conditions Indonesian among students and people of Indonesia in general is characterized by the growth of positive attitude towards Indonesian, yet the discovery of learning strategies Indonesian language is good, the lack of these efforts, particularly the individual to memahiri Indonesian, yet the growing confidence with the language Indonesia, and attitude feel no need to learn Indonesian. This article will try to explain the characteristics of elementary school children in language development Communicating associated with (a) language education and character development (b) Understanding Indonesian language learning in primary schools, and (c) How to communicate as a source of human values in building a personality. Key Words : the characteristics of the language, child language development, language education


A series of water-borne polyurethane modified with acrylic resin were prepared by mechanical and chemical methods.Some characters of these polymers were reported in this paper.The transparency of films was tested with eyes,meanwhile the water and solvent resistibility of the film were assessed by conventional way.The particle size and distribution were tested with particle size analyzer,while the hydrogen bond behaviors of polyurethane were measured with IR spectra and the thermal behaviors of polymer films were analyzed with difference scan calories analyzer(DSC).The morphology of films were observed with scan electronically microscope(SEM).The results showed that,by mechanical method,the compatibility and commixing degree between polyurethane(PU) molecular chain and acrylic polymer(PA) molecular chain was limited.By chemical blend,PUA and PUA were gotten by emulsion polymerization and graft co-polymerization apparently.Both PUA and PUA were all core-shell polymerization.There were chemical bonds between PU and PA molecular chain,and the compatibility and commixing degree between PU molecular chain and PA molecular chain in PUA dispersion can be developed apparently.Accordingly,the overall performances of modified PU were developed.


Treatment options for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are limited and have modest impact on 5-year survival rates in patients Citation Format: Michael S. Lebowitz, Ekaterina Revskaya, Kanam Malhotra, Amir Shahlaee, Steven Fuller, Maria R. Baer, Noa G. Holtzman, Ashkan Emadi, Ekaterina Dadachova, Hossein A. Ghanbari. Radioimmunotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia targeting human aspartyl (asparaginyl) β-hydroxylase [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 2650. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-2650


Polysubstituted tetrahydrofurans appear in a large variety of bioactive structures of both natural and unnatural origin. The stereochemistry of the substituents has a profound effect on function; therefore, the development of new methodology for the stereoselective construction of tetrahydrofuran rings is very attractive. A tandem methodology for the stereoselective synthesis of 2,3,5-trisubstitutedtetrahydrofurans is reported here. This involves a catalytic C-H insertion of diazocarbonyl acetal templates followed by the stereoselective reductive cleavage of the resultant bicyclic acetals. A key area of this project is the formation and reaction of diazoketones. The diazoketones were prepared in good yields (70-85%) by acylation of diazomethane with a mixed anhydride, which involves the initial activation of the acid group of the corresponding acid acetal precursors. Alternatives to the use of diazomethane have been examined but proved to be less efficient. Two routes towards the synthesis of the acid acetals have been examined. A one-pot process involving the treatment of 1,3- and 2,2-disubstitutedpropane- 1,3-diols with pyruvic acid gave poor yields (30-38%). A two-step procedure involving the initial synthesis of pyruvate ester acetals, by ketalisation of 2-substitutedpropane- 1,3-diols followed by their hydrolysis, led to the formation of acid acetals in good yield (~ 75% after 2 steps). Rhodium (II) acetate is an efficient catalyst for the decomposition of diazoketones leading to transition metal-carbenoids (or metallocarbenes), reactive intermediates susceptible to insertion into a C-H bond. Determination of the optimum conditions for the C-H insertion process has been achieved and electronic effects of the substituents on the C-H insertion process have been examined. The reaction was regioselective, occurring at the C-H bond a to the oxygen, and a variety of bicyclic ketones were prepared in moderate but reproducible yields. The bicyclic core intermediate, present in naturally occurring bioactive molecules, is also a target for synthesis. An attempt to synthesize sordidin, an aggregation pheromone released by male banana weevils, is reported. Finally, the reductive cleavage of these bicyclic ketones, upon Et3SiH/Lewis Acid treatment, has been examined. In all cases, the reactions were stereoselective leading to 2,3-anti-3,5-cis-trisubstituted tetrahydrofurans. The stereoselectivity increased with the size of the OR group at C-3.


The present invention provides (1) a degree of polymerization of 1,900 to 2,500, comprising a degree of saponification of 75 to disperse the 98% of water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol in water, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol based on 100 parts by weight of the aqueous dispersion an amount of 1 to 10 parts by weight preparing an aqueous dispersion; (2) preparing a monomer mixture; (3) mixing the aqueous dispersion with the monomer mixture to include the polyvinyl alcohol amount of 0.1 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the monomer mixture; (4) a step of polymerizing the monomer while suspending the shearing force in a homogenizer in the aqueous dispersion and the mixture of the monomer mixture; And step (5) the volume average particle diameter (dv) containing and removing the polyvinyl alcohol is 5 ~ 10 ㎛, and the volume average particle diameter (dv) / number average particle diameter (dp) is relates to a process for the preparation of 1.5 or less Toner will be. Toner, dispersants, polyvinyl alcohol, polymerization degree and saponification degree


Approximately 50% of heart transplant (HT) programs utilize induction therapy (IT) with interleukin‐2 receptor antagonists (IL2RA) or polyclonal anti‐thymocyte antibodies (ATG).


New Studies, Old Definitions Eating pathologies for children on the autism spectrum have been relatively well studied, with a highly cited figure of 90% prevalence for this cohort.2,3 A new study among adults with autism has reported a range of EDs that span 6% to 17% of this population.4 However, our understanding is greatly affected by the way diagnostic criteria are established under the DSM-5. Here, language states that if an eating disorder is subsidiary to a mental condition -such as autism -then a secondary diagnosis is not warranted, except in certain circumstances (e.g., the presence of pica) where outcomes are "sufficiently severe."5 The consequences of this are profound, as it prevents autism researchers from determining the true rates of prevalence. This, in turn, inhibits discussion on how EDs should be conceptualized, assessed, diagnosed, or treated for this and other cohorts with disabilities.6Consequently, autism studies remain in the early stages of making sense of these behaviors.


Etruscan bronze mirrors are receiving more at tention today than ever before in the history of Etruscan studies. The reason lies largely in the state of Etruscology, which has become a booming discipline. The vigorous pace of ex cavations, exhibitions, conventions, and publica tions can only accelerate in 1985—proclaimed in Italy the "Year of the Etruscans," to be celebrated with the Second International


Wheat is a cereal whose flour is an important ingredient in many foods. However, limitations such as the deficit in the Brazilian trade balance of this grain and celiac disease make the use of national substitutes for wheat grow. Baru emerges as a solution to these limiting factors. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate wholemeal (WF) and partially defatted baru flour (PDF), as well as to determine their physicochemical characteristics during storage at room temperature in Biorentrated Polypropylene (BOPP) packages over 90 days. Flours were produced by grinding in a domestic blender. The partially defatted flour was obtained by partial oil extraction in Sohxlet. The storage was conducted in DIC under 3x2 factorial (0, 45 and 90 days; WF and PDF). To verify the influence of the treatments, the ash content, wettability rate, pH, flow time, angle of repose, humidity and microbiological activity were analyzed at 5% of significance. The results show that the packaging provided changes in all properties evaluated during the study period, in both flours, despite maintaining the water content and microbiological activity within legal limits.


The analysis of passively recorded low-frequency microtremors for detecting hydrocarbon (HC) reservoirs is an emerging technology, which has created some debate in the last few years. On one hand, these microtremors have been proposed as a reservoir indicator with potential for optimizing well placement during exploration, appraisal, and development. On the other, pitfalls in both the analysis of low frequency passive seismic and the proposed models of its generation have been also reported when anthropogenic noise overlaps and is mistaken for possible HC microtremor. During April/May 2010 a low frequency passive seismic survey was undertaken over an exploration area in the Albertine Graben, Uganda, to record seismic tremor and to explore the possibility of its exploitation in this area. In this paper, we describe the survey and resulting analysis of data recorded at locations above and away from the reservoir, and we investigate the temporal and spatial distribution of the data spectral content. A definite spatial distribution of derived seismic wavefield attributes exists and it is proposed that these observations are more likely to be related to the geology and structure of the sedimentary basin rather than to the presence of HC.


This paper proposes a novel technique to enhance the reliability of power systems utilizing the demand response (DR) programs such as interruptible/curtailable (I/C) load programs. In order to maintain the reliability of a power system, load demand should be satisfied at each load bus. If all or part of the loads cannot be satisfied, load curtailments are needed. However, load curtailments can be avoided by incorporating the DR programs. Existing methods to investigate the effect of DR programs on power system reliability do not include penalty terms, which is an important factor for effective participation of customers in DR programs. In this work, in addition to the existing economic models, a load curtailment model is developed for DR programs. This model is based on demand-price elasticity which is used to modify load curve characteristics. Using this model, the load curve is restructured considering both customer benefits and penalties. The proposed method is applied on the IEEE reliability test system and Monte Carlo simulation is used to evaluate the reliability indices. The effectiveness of the proposed technique is tested by comparing the well-known reliability indices before and after incorporating the proposed technique. The results show that incorporating I/C loads in the DR programs significantly improve the reliability of the system.


Join this panel of women pioneers in Computer Graphics to hear about industry and academic view points and career journeys that have contributed to the historic advancements in this field. Learn what opportunities are on the horizon for the women in technology community and how the past can influence the future in this exciting time of growth.


Resolution No. 06-NQ/TW of the Fourth Plenum of the 12th Central Committeeof the Communist Party of Vietnam ("Resolution 06") [1] outlines strategies and policiesfor effectively implementing the process of international economic integration whilemaintaining political and social stability in the context of Vietnam's participation in newgeneration free trade agreements. The resolution highlights the importance of addressingsocial issues, including developing the social work sector in Vietnam. In accordance withthe government's Resolution No. 22/NQ-CP on May 28, 2009[2], the Prime Minister ofVietnam issued Decision No. 32/2010/QD-TTg ("Decision 32") [3] to approve the plan fordeveloping social work from 2010 to 2020. However, 12 years have passed since then, andmany objectives have yet to be achieved. The lack of legal tools is currently hindering thedevelopment of the social work sector, making it necessary to improve the legal policysystem in Vietnam to promote the sector's development in the context of internationalintegration.


Look-ahead or preview control is possible where future knowledge of system inputs is available. Designs based on look-ahead control can result in significant improvements in performance In this paper, a systematic development is given for deterministic look-ahead digital control of single-input, single-output linear systems.


In at least three recent trial cases the courts have ruled that sexsegregated mortality tables cannot be used to determine retirement pay when their use results in different payments to males and females. At least two rulings have been appealed and a final determination may be several years away. In this paper some of the arguments that led to the judgments are discussed, with emphasis on the case between the Indiana public school teachers and the Indiana State Teacher Retirement Fund wherein the use of unisex tables was found by the courts to be the solution. In recent years. the pros and cons of unisex actuarial tables have been presented in academic journals, discussed at professional meetings, and argued before various commissions, but the issue remains unresolved. The recent rulings, handed down on January 15, February 7, and December 10, 1975, and quoted below have added a new dimension that probably will stimulate intense discussion in academic, professional, and legal circles as the cases are appealed through higher courts. The importance of this new dimension is evidenced by the fact that, unlike recent guidelines, the final rulings will carry the weight of law. It is ordered that 1) Defendants are enjoined from requiring individual female employees to make larger contributions than individual male employees to the Department of Water and Power Employees' Retirement, Disability, and Death Benefit Insurance Plan.1 It is therefore considered, ordered, adjudged and decreed that the defendant Board's adoption and application of the 1971 Group Annuity Mortality Tables with a five year setback for females and the establishment of procedures providing for a greater monthly annuity payment to males than to females based solely on sex, is unconstitutional ... 2 I hold that plaintiffs are entitled to a declaration that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits the use of sex-segregated life expectancy tables in calculating refund annuity benefits for State employees.3 The author is Associate Professor of Finance at Eastern Kentucky University and appeared as a witness for the plaintiff in the Indiana case. 1 Marie Manhart, et al, v. City of Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power, et al. U.S.D.C. Cal. Civil No. 73-2272-1HP. 2 Mary Robertson, et al, v. Indiana State Teacher's Retirement Fund Board, et al. Vanderburgh Circuit Court, Ind. Civil No. 4098. 3 Sandy Henderson, et al. v. The State of Oregon by and through the Bureau of Labor and the Board of Hig~her Education. USDC Orm. Civil No. 74-438.


Objective:To evaluate the clinical effect of calamine I and the mixture solution of calamine I with nystatin tablets on neonatal roseola.Methods:One hundred cases of newborns with roseola were randomly divided into group A(50 cases)and group B(50 cases).Calamine I and the mixture solution were administered to group A and group B,respectively.The curative time and effect were analyzed.Results:The curative time in group B was much shorter than in group A,the difference was significant(P0.005).Conclusion:The mixture solution of calamine I with nystatin tablets has a better effect on curing neonatal roseola and reassuring the clinical symptoms so as to reduce anxiety of parents and also improve the satisfaction.It is an effective nursing method in clinic.


FROM THE REVIEW: Few books offer both a compelling critique of mainstream economics and a bold alternative vision for political economy. But in Capital as Power, Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler have the audacity to do just that [...] Capital as Power represents everything that I look for in a paradigm-shifting work of science. It presents a compelling critique of existing orthodoxies, offers an alternative approach to political economy, and grounds this approach in innovative empirical research. Read Capital as Power and have your worldview forever changed.


A trace of matrix is known from the basic course of linear algebra | it is a linear functional on the algebra Mn(C) (the algebra of all n n matrices) which is invariant with respect to conjugations. In particular, it is unitarily invariant.


This article draws attention to one of the important dimensions of the Christian vision of death, namely its ecclesial dimension. Human existence, after the pilgrimage, is not a solitary existence. Since the Church is one, as we profess in the Creed, all those who belong to Christ, both the living and the dead, belong to the one reality of the Church. The dead are thus not just pious memories in the human mind, but a continuing real presence in the Church, each according to one's proper state. The Second Vatican Council recalled the three dimensions of the Church - the earthly, heavenly, and the being at the stage of purification. Since ancient times, the Church prays and encourages prayers for the dead, and recalls the communication of spiritual goods. While individual persons are responsible for their actions, including the preparation of the definitive meeting with the Lord, the whole Church still intercedes for them. With the reality of purgatory, which is, in fact, an experience of the mercy of God, persons closely united to Christ and His Church are able to achieve the measure of sanctification, which they failed to achieve during their earthly life.


This article reports the maximal regularity for a compressible fluid model of Korteweg type on general domains of the N‐dimensional Euclidean space for N\geq 2 (e.g. the whole space; bounded domains; exterior domains; half‐spaces, layers, tubes, and their perturbed domains). The detailed proof and extended results will be given in [17, 18].


. It was studied in the article the possibility of intensification of removal of non-metallic inclusions in a teeming ladle during holding without any additional external influences on the metal (argon blowing or electromagnetic stirring). Increasing the efficiency of removal of non-metallic inclusions is achieved by creating in a teeming ladle during tapping a circulation pattern that accelerate the floating of inclusions. The described effect is achieved by using a rational shape of the workspace of the teeming ladle, which has been found as a result of " water " modelling. To carry out the experiment, the authors have proposed the similarity numbers describing the floating of non-metallic inclusions in the ladle during the tapping and for some time after its completion. On the basis of the proposed similarity numbers, an experimental facility and the experimental method were developed. In the course of the experiment, the construction of linings of several types was studied. Ladles of the best design provide by 16 – 19 % faster removal of non-metallic inclusions from steel than in ladles of conventional design. The results of the research can be useful for mini-plants and enterprises with ladles of small capacity, where the use of argon blowing and electromagnetic stirring is technologically and economically unreasonable.


The present research aims to investigate the use of attitudinal stance devices proposed by Biber (2006) in Pakistani academic writing with respect to variation among disciplines. A special purpose corpus of Pakistani Academic Writing is built up with 235 research dissertations of M.Phil and PhD graduates representing three important disciplines (Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences) and is tagged for the lexical and grammatical features expressing attitudinal stance to measure the frequency count of each feature out of 1000 words. The frequencies of attitudinal stance devices are separately calculated for each discipline and one way ANOVA is administered to see the significant differences among disciplines on the use of attitudinal stance devices. The findings reveal statistically significant differences among disciplines and would support the ESP syllabus designers and Pakistani academic writers.Key words: Attitudinal Stance Devices, Disciplinary variation, Pakistani Academic writing


Local taxes still play one's role, in order to increase tax revenues in the city of Denpasar. Under Law Number 28 of 2011, the tax collection of hotels, restaurants and entertainmentsshall apply self assessment system, so that the taxpayers awareness is the most crucial factor ofthe taxpayersobedience in implementing their obligations and rights in the field of taxation.This study aimstoanalyzethe effect factors  of the taxpayerson their obedienceto pay thehotel, restaurant andentertainmenttaxesin Denpasar. The method used was quantitative research method. The source of data used primary data. Data collection methods used were questionnaires, observation and interviews. Respondents were determined by the formula of slovin, totaling 154 taxpayers comprised of 56 hotel taxpayers, 77 restaurant taxpayers, and 21 entertainment taxpayers. Sampling was done by accidental sampling.Results of hypothesis testing conducted by path analysis showed that,1) the tax knowledge, quality of service and tax audits positivelyinfluenced on the awareness of the taxpayers to pay the hotel, restaurant and entertainment taxes in Denpasar; 2) the knowledge of tax, service quality, tax audits and taxpayer awareness  positivelyaffected on the taxpayersobedience to pay the hotel, restaurantand entertainment taxes in Denpasar; 3) the knowledge of tax does not significat effect on the taxpayersobedience through awareness of the taxpayers to pay the hotel, restaurant and entertainment taxesin the City of Denpasar.Service quality, and tax audits indirectlygave significat effect on the taxpayersobedience through awareness of the taxpayers to pay the hotel, restaurant and entertainment taxesin the City of Denpasar.The awareness of taxpayers mediatedfully the tax knowledge, quality of service, and tax audits on the taxpayersobedience. Based on the results of hypothesis testing that therewere some implications of the knowledge of the public about the importance of paying taxes, through the continuous dissemination of various policies associated with the hotel, restaurant and entertainment taxes in Denpasar so that people are aware and obedient with paying taxes.


Early and reliable detection of neurological disorders is important for effective treatment of patients. In spite of reasonable amount of research done in the field of early detection of epileptic seizure, still an effective model for predicting the same is absent. Motivated by this, in the current study the class imbalance problem associated with classification of patients into healthy and epilepsy affected ones is addressed. Two well established algorithms namely Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) and Selective Pre-Processing of Imbalanced Data Algorithm (SPIDER) have been used in order to combat the imbalanced classes. Afterwards, three different classifiers namely KNN, SVM and MLP-FFN have been used for the classification task. Experimental results revealed that addressing imbalances classes improved the classification accuracy to a greater extent.


Background: CD4+(TH1, and TH2) cell groups in the point of view of chemokine receptor expression were considered in blood of stomach cancer patients. Materials and Methods: The percentage of blood CD4+ T cells expressing chemokine receptors (before and after gastrectomy) was determined by flow cytometry (Becton Dickinson, USA) using the following chemokine receptor antibodies: anti-CCR5, anti-CXCR3, anti-CCR3 and anti-CCR4. Results: The means of CD4 + CCR5 + expressing cells was 1.23% ± 0.90, 0.83% ± 0.34 and 1.34% ± 0.74 in control, pre- and post-operation groups, respectively. CD4 + CXCR3 + expressing cells were 19.09% ± 8.4, 16.95% ± 5.71 and 25.08% ± 9.31, respectively. Similar pattern was seen for CD4 + CCR3 + and CD4 + CCR4 + expressing cells. Pearson correlation analysis shows no relationship between CCR3 and CCR4 expressions on TCD4 cells (r = 0.211, P = 0.126). The complex expression TH1 (CD4 + CXCR3 + CCR5 + ) receptors determined 1.14% ± 0.54 for control group, 0.86% ± 0.49 for pre-T and 1.57% ± 0.67 for post-T group. Moreover, the TH2 (CD4 + CCR3 + CCR4 + ) expression was 1.60% ± 1.05 for control group, 1.57% ± 0.83 for pre-T and 1.27% ± 0.66 for post-treatment group. Pearson correlation analysis shows that only the CCR3 and CCR5 expression was statistically correlated (r = 0.321, P = 0.018). Conclusion: Due to low expression of CCR5 in TH1 and CCR3 in TH2 cells, it seems that utility of these is extremely limited for clinical evaluation, but not scientific purpose. Moreover, considering the CXCR3 for TH1 cells and CCR4 expression for TH2 cells, due to considerable expression, may be practical.


Whether it has wealth effect in stock market and whether the wealth effect was strong or weak in China is a controversial issue in China scholars.Based on the wealth effect theory,this study uses the quarterly data from 2000 to 2006 to test the wealth effect in China by co-integration analysis.Based on the empirical analysis,we concluded that there was weak wealth effect in China stock market.Finally,we analyze the weak wealth effect based on Economics.


We present a q-extension of the duality relation for the generalized hypergeometric functions established recently by the second and the third named authors which also generalizes the $q$-hypergeometric identity due to the third named author (jointly with Feng and Yang). This duality relation has the form of a reduction formula for a sum of products of basic hypergeometric functions ${}_r\phi_{r-1}$. We further derive a confluent version of our formula for ${}_t\phi_{r-1}$ with $t<r$, which involves a mixture of two types of basic hypergeometric functions. Our identity is closely related to some recent results due to Yamaguchi on contiguous relations for ${}_2\phi_{1}$ basic hypergeometric function.


ARTICLE INFO Taleatu Taofiki Akinwumi, Adetula Dorcas Titilayo and Iyoha Francis Odianonsen (2020). Upper echelons' personality traits and corporate earnings management in Nigeria. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 18(2), 90101. doi:10.21511/ppm.18(2).2020.09 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.18(2).2020.09 RELEASED ON Monday, 04 May 2020 RECEIVED ON Saturday, 14 December 2019 ACCEPTED ON Monday, 24 February 2020


Abstract : During the last 30 years a substantial amount of information has accumulated on non-explosive reaction in shock waves. It suggests that the effect of a shock wave in producing chemical reactions goes beyond the simple effects of pressure and temperature. There may be direct interaction between the shock front and the individual molecules which influences their chemical states. There are also large, heterogeneous electric fields and charge distributions in insulating solids, and probably in liquids too. These may be expected to be altered in the shock front and to contribute to the total reaction process. Plausible mechanisms of direct interaction between shock front and molecules include direct transfer of energy to particular modes, molecular deformation through impact, and torsion of large molecules. Research being conducted under this contract addresses the above problems directly using the best diagnostic technique presently available which is suited to the shock environment, viz., optical spectroscopy in the visible and UV regions. The subject material to date has been principally liquid carbon disulfide.


The bullwhip effect is one of the most important problems on the supply chain management. It is a phenomenon that fluctuation in demands increases on upstream of supply chain. Inaccurate demand forecasting accompanying lack of communication is well known as a cause of bullwhip effect. Nevertheless, there is almost no sufficient argument on the influence of the bullwhip effect on demand forecasting through communication with business contacts. In this paper, we propose the framework and simulation model of supply chain system based on demand forecasting through communication with business contact. Here, the simulation model was constructed by modeling about the past transaction data as knowledge sharing with business contacts' company. Recurrent neural network that is excellent in time-series prediction was used for demand forecasting in this simulation. We confirm the effectiveness of our proposal through comparative experiments using inventory management simulation on conventional models and on proposed model.


In general, the road extraction methods in remote sensing images mainly are edge detection, feature integration, and so on. A fast road recognition arithmetic is presented in this paper. First using adaptive binarization arithmetic, the path on remote sensing images is extracted. Then morphological method is used to process image. Finally, the extracted image superimposed with the original and get clear road. Simulation results shows that this algorithm is efficiency, the anti-noise ability is enhance, and more precision.


Electrotechnics and electrical machinery are the component parts of ecectrical ehgineering.The balance and eguivalence are the important concepts on the electrotechnics and eleetrtical machiney. The vorious balances and the basic foundations are the sterting points in analysing and calculating of circllet and eloctrical maeheneny.The equivalent Variations are the important methods of simplifying analyeing and calculating especially in the analysis of the electrical mathinery,the equiralent variations are often used to solve some posers which the cominon ways cannot solve.Therefore,it's very important that understanoleng throughly and mastering skilfully the two concepts.$$$$


3940-Pos Board B668 Strain-Based Mechanism of Kinesin ATPase Wonmuk Hwang1, Matthew J. Lang2, Martin Karplus3. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. Kinesin familymotors have a highly conserved set of residues at theATPbinding pocket, yet members differ in their ATPase rate. The ATPase rate should thus be determinednot onlyby conserved residues in contactwithATP, but allosterically by other parts of themotor head.Weperform all-atommolecular dynamics (MD) simulations of several different kinesin structures in ATP-like (ATP analog) states with andwithout binding to tubulin.Model of the kinesin-tubulin complex was built from either recent x-ray structure (PDB 4HNA) or sub-nanometer resolution cryo-EMstructures.Wefind that themotor head has an inherent tendency to carry out a 'see-saw' motion so as to rotate into the ADP-like state. This tendency results in generation of a pulling force on the gamma phosphate of ATP by the switch-I domain. Differences in ATPase rates among kinesin families are thus likely to be caused by different amount of torque generated by the tendency of the motor head to rotate. In this process, the microtubule appears to increase the torque by holding the kinesin motor head in a strained conformation.


Fertigation has ensured to improve stability of crops productivity; its use is being discontinued due to its potentially hazardous even and even so applied improperly. Therefore, two field experiments were carried out during two successful growing seasons (2005 and 2006) at Desert Farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, EL-Bustan Region, Beheira Governorate, which represents sandy soil conditions, to improve tomato yields based on fertigation technique scheduling under surface drip and solid-set sprinkler irrigation systems. Results revealed that tomato yields, water and fertilizer use efficiencies had been enhanced with about 25.6, 49.3 and 20.3% under surface drip compared with solidset sprinkler irrigation systems respectively. On the other hand, data indicated that there was a positive proportional trend with the applied nutrient amounts and the NPK residues in the fruits under the investigated irrigation systems. Moreover, the cost of tomato production unit under fertigation was lower than that when using traditional method of fertilization (broadcasting) by 15.72% and 12.78% under drip and sprinkler irrigation systems at rate of 100% of the total nutrient requirements, respectively.


In this paper, we construct a model of the steady-state values of on-hand inventory and backorders for each facility of a serial inventory system in which each facility follows a Q, R policy based on installation stock. Such policies are represented by the popular kanban systems as well as more conventional applications of Q, R policies. The descriptive model presented here is intended for optimizing the parameters of such a policy and for obtaining theoretical results about the behavior of the system. We also illustrate the potential of the model for providing insights into system performance.


The incidence of low back pain is about 80% of the population have sufferedfrom low back pain. Data of low back pain patients within 6 months (April to September2016) as many as 72 visits in Poly Saraf RSUD Bengkulu City. The purpose of the studyto determine the effect of stretching on the reduction of the scale of pain in low back painpatients in Poly Saraf RSUD Bengkulu City. The type of research is pre-experiment withone group pre-test post-test design. Respondents were lower back pain patients as manyas 32 people taken with purposive sampling technique. Data collection was done byinterview using numerical pain scale. The result showed that the average of pain scalebefore stretching was 4.81 with a standard deviation of 0.592, the pain scale afterstretching was 3.34 with a standard deviation of 0.701. Stretching exercises have asignificant effect on decreasing the scale of low back pain (p = 0.000 ≤ α 5%). It isdesirable for nurses to apply stretching exercises as an initial measure to lower the scaleof low back pain.


This dissertation examines the forms ofcultural labour performed by devotional rhetoric in the writings ofRobert Southwell, Richard Crashaw, John Donne, and Thomas Traheme. The general hypothesis here is that devotional forms of expression provided seventeenth-century individuals with much more than a means ofexpressing praise; they offered an imaginative space in which to articulate and mitigate the psychological effects of the de-animation ofthe sacramental cosmos. More specifically, the dissertation explores how these four writers record and seek to negotiate processes ofde-sacramentalization (the separating ofdivine from mundane orders) by internalizing such processes, by registering them, that is, as an experience that occurs within the self. This staging ofpolitical and theological conflict as a division within the self provides devotional writers with a certain symbolic leverage. By situating external forms of conflict as inwardly experienced dramas, seventeenth-century devotional writers presume that the process of individual self-transformation or metanoia, which is the general aim ofreligious discipline in both Reformation and Counter-Reformation traditions, is also the means for achieving social harmony. In this thesis, I am primarily concerned with how devotional writers use particular rhetorical strategies in an effort to fashion an ideal religious subject, a subject that confronts social and cosmological disorder through acts ofdevotion and self-discipline. At bottom, then, this thesis examines how the rhetoric of subjection functions in early modem devotional contexts as a means ofarticulating and mitigating the psychological effects ofsocial and theological crises. In order to address the forms ofcultural work at stake in Counter-Reformational and Anglican acts ofpraise, particularly the forms ofself-transformation towards which devotional practices aim, I situate early modern texts alongside contemporary psychoanalysis. The primary


The aim of the research is to assess the reproducibility of analyses of the chemical composition of lunar samples and to study the quality of lunar regolith. As a result of the space expeditions "Moon" and "Apollo" performed by the USSR and the United States, numerous lunar samples were delivered to Earth. This paper explores two aspects of assessing the quality of lunar samples. 1) Reproducibility of analyses. Assessment of errors of determining the concentrations of chemical elements in lunar samples. 2) Assessment of the quality of the lunar regolith by the magnitude of the differences with the composition of the earth's soil (geoecological quality assessment). Geoecological assessment of the quality of the composition of the lunar regolith was made for the first time. Comparison of the chemical composition of the regolith delivered by the Luna-16 space expedition with the composition of terrestrial soils at concentrations of 30 elements has been made. It is determined that the lunar soil in the concentrations of many elements is significantly different from the earths. The geoecological situation is rated as a "crisis".


Cytokinesis is an essential component of cellular development in filamentous fungi. The process parallels that of cell division in animal cells in requiring assembly and constriction of a contractile actomyosin ring (CAR) in the cell periphery. However, the process differs from that in animals by involving the simultaneous construction of a chitin‐rich cross wall termed a septum, which separates semi‐independent compartments of the fungal hypha. We have recently identified three genes, designated inn1, cyk3, and paxB, that we hypothesized would play roles in septum formation, based on sequence homologies to proteins performing similar functions in yeasts. GFP tagging demonstrates that the protein products encoded by these genes (Inn1, Cyk3, and PaxB, respectively) all localize to sites of septum formation and in fact colocalize with actin during at least part of CAR assembly and constriction. We have also deleted all three genes or repressed their expression using regulatable promoters, demonstrating in each case significant effects upon septation. In further work, we have generated double‐mutant strains in which a GFP‐tagged septation‐related protein is expressed in a cell that also bears a loss‐of‐function mutation in a second septation protein, demonstrating a network of interactions between inn1, cyk3, and paxB (on the one hand) and a number of previously characterized septation proteins. We will present an integrated interaction model placing the Inn1, Cyk3, and PaxB proteins within a system of interacting proteins necessary for septum formation in filamentous fungi.


Purpose. Almost no studies have documented or analysed sporting events for deaf players at the elite level. the aim of the study was to report on the 2 U21 European Deaf Football championship, analyse selected offensive actions and compare them with the 1 European Deaf sports Organization (EDsO) U21 championship and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) U21 events (2015 and 2017), as well as create a ranking of finalists of the deaf U21 tournaments. Methods. counting analyses were performed on the basis of video recordings from the stadiums of 1 and 2 EDsO U21. Nineteen matches were analysed with reference to the number of goals, shots on target, and shots missed. Results. the mean number of goals scored per match during the 2 U21 (1 U21) championship was 2.25 ± 2.27/team (1.81 ± 1.53). the number of shots on target and missed was 8.1 ± 5.7/team/match (6.9 ± 4.9) and 6.2 ± 3.9/team/match (5.4 ± 3.7). In 1 and 2 EDsO championships, the most offensive play was presented by the teams of turkey, Poland, russia, and Ukraine. Conclusions. the winner of the tournament was the team with the highest shooting efficiency and the highest number of crosses in all matches. the analyses of the 2 U21 can be useful for the organization of coaching. Organizers of events for deaf athletes, however, do not pay much attention to careful registration of the event materials and match statistics, which are very important for the promotion of events for deaf athletes.


Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) accounts about 15% of the breast cancer incidence worldwide. While molecular subtypes which express estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER, PR) and the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2, ERBB2) are favorable, TNBC is more associated with patient poor prognosis. GPX8 is a poorly characterized enzyme that resides in the endoplasmic reticulum, is an essential regulator of tumor aggressiveness. We found that GPX8 expression was induced by the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) program. Moreover, in breast cancer patients, GPX8 expression significantly correlated with known mesenchymal markers and poor prognosis. Strikingly, GPX8 knockout in TNBC mesenchymal-like cells (MDA-MB-231) resulted in an epithelial-like morphology, down-regulation of EMT characteristics, and loss of cancer stemness features. In addition, GPX8 knockout significantly delayed tumor initiation and decreased its growth rate in mice. We found that these GPX8 loss-dependent phenotypes were accompanied by the repression of crucial autocrine factors, in particular, interleukin-6 (IL-6). In these cells, IL-6 bound to the soluble receptor (sIL6R), stimulating the JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway by IL-6 trans-signaling mechanisms, so promoting cancer aggressiveness. We observed that in GPX8 knockout cells, this signaling mechanism was impaired as sIL6R failed to activate the JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway. Altogether, we present the GPX8/IL-6/STAT3 axis as a metabolic-inflammatory pathway that acts as a robust regulator of breast cancer cell aggressiveness. These findings motivated us to suggest GPX8 as a novel therapeutic target in TNBC.
 Citation Format: Anees Khatib. Glutathione peroxidase 8 (GPX8) as a novel therapeutic target in triple negative breast cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2021 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2021 Dec 7-10; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2022;82(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P3-06-07.


This article seeks to discuss about black beauty in contemporary and how such a concept can be diffused in young black and quilombola women, through the production of a sense permitted by mediatization and the processes of technological mediation, in the relationships between knowledge and information by multiple languages. This is a study, initially guided by bibliographical analysis, followed by empirical research of ethnographic nature, in the Quilombola community of Lage dos Negros, in Campo Formoso, Bahia. The references, among others, are Martin-Barbero and social mediation; Lipovetsky about the culture of the world and the transnationalisation of customs; Munanga on black identity in contemporary and several authors discussing the blackness and black beauty in Brazil.


We have found strong 6.4-keV line emissions from the giant molecular clouds in the Galactic center region: Sgr B2, Sgr C, and M0.11–0.08 (at the Radio Arc region). The high angular resolution of Chandra reveals that the 6.4-keV line emissions are indeed coincident with the clouds, and shifted towards the Galactic center. The X-ray spectra have very strong 6.4-keV lines with equivalent widths ≥1 keV and are attenuated by larger column densities of interstellar gas. These characteristics imply that the massive molecular clouds are irradiated by an external X-ray source in the direction of the Galactic center and emit fluorescent and scattered X-rays. These clouds are new category of X-ray source: "X-ray Reflection Nebula".

The reflected X-ray flux reveals the recent luminosity history of the primary irradiating source, which may be the massive black hole Sgr A*, according to the light travel time to each cloud. Making use of the radio determinations of the cloud masses, we find that Sgr A* was as luminous as 1039 erg s−1 a few hundred years ago, and has gradually decreased to present value.


A succinct non-interactive argument of knowledge (SNARK) enables a party to convince another of some statement (typically, knowledge of some information) by means of a short argument, while ensuring it is infeasible for an adversary to create a short argument of the opposite statement. We hereby describe a SNARK for CSI-FiSh signatures, whose security stems from hard problems involving supersingular isogenies. Although the scheme looks analogous to a SNARK for conventional Schnorr signatures, it is non-trivial in that, as we also show, a similar SNARK for another isogeny-based signature scheme (SQISign) is not viable. As a bonus, we also discuss how to drastically reduce the memory needed to implement the CSIDH framework required by CSI-FiSh signatures.


In this work, Mudar fibers (Calotropis procera) have been characterized for their physical, chemical, and tensile properties. Mudar fibers have good length, strength, uniformity, fineness, and excellent moisture absorption. The study highlights the difficulties in spinning 100% Mudar yarn. Subsequently, a 75/25 Mudar/cotton blend is successfully spun in a cotton spinning system and the results are analyzed. Smooth Mudar fibers develop convolutions when treated with 5% NaOH, which can render spinning possible with fibers treated in such a way. The yarns have enough potential in natural fiber-reinforced composites and other industrial textiles application.


Misurata commercial seaport is one of the important and distinguished ports on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, located 200 km east of Tripoli city, and 12 km east of Misurata ;the third largest city in Libya. This port belongs to Misurata Free Zone Co. (MFZ).There is another port eastward of the commercial port and not faraway. The later belongs to the Libyan Iron and Steel Company (LISCO). The aim of this paper is to discuss, from an engineering point of view, the expansion of the new proposed port in the territory between the two ports. Another location for such development will be proposed as alternative. The objective of this paper is also to draw the attention to the close link between such project and the extent of the Libyan net of roads (North-South), and roads in the landlocked countries. Highlights will be focused on how careful integration between land transport and port infrastructures could make global trade transport from the Mediterranean to sub-Saharan landlocked countries south of Libya possible (figure 1). The available net of roads constructed or under consideration, planned railway net, and low land transport costs due to low prices of oil products in Libya are considered. Low goods cost, and increase in employment chances are factors among such economic outcome. Long term policy for global opportunities investment by private or public sector is of interest in this paper too, bearing in mind that the volume of trade through the Mediterranean is nearly 30% of global trade, and 40% of Africa's trade with European Union countries (UNCTAD, 2009).


the paper uses the experience for reference ,that the developed country government and guild play the impotant role in the development of logistics industry ,analyses our country logistics industry present situation. the relevant departments of government and guild of our contry must put their own advantages to the best use .


Ni(OH)2/MWCNTs(MWCNTs refer to multi-walled carbon nanotubes) composites were synthesized via solvothermal method.The structure and morphology of as-prepared Ni(OH)2/MWCNTs were characterized by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy.The pseudo-capacitive performance of the as-prepared composites was evaluated by cyclic voltammetric test.Results show that β-Ni(OH)2 nanosheets are uniformly coated on MWCNTs.The cyclic voltammetric behavior of Ni(OH)2/MWCNTs composites with different contents of MWCNTs is much different from that of pristine Ni(OH)2.Namely,the Ni(OH)2/MWCNTs composites exhibit much higher capacitive current response,which indicates that the introduction of MWCNTs has a direct impact on improving the capacitive performance of Ni(OH)2.Besides,the Ni(OH)2/MWCNTs composite with a MWCNTs content of 10% has the smallest redox peak potential difference among all tested composites and possesses a stronger electrochemical reversibility.


15625 Background: Patients (pts) with advanced pancreatic (P), biliary (B) and gallbladder (GB) adenocarcinoma have a poor prognosis. Gemcitabine (G) is the standard treatment for patients with APB...


Multiple-gate MOSFETs are widely recognized as the most promising nanometric transistors for end of roadmap integrated circuits. These devices have therefore a great potential for low voltage, low power analog and digital applications. FinFETs fabricated on bulk wafers gained attention due to the possibility of their integration with standard bulk CMOS technology and reduced wafer cost. In the present work, the charge based Symmetric Doped Double-Gate Model (SDDGM) is applied to this new generation of FinFETs transistors, showing the possibilities of this model to describe the transistor behavior in all operating regions and at different temperatures. Three types of bulk FinFETS were modeled, including N-type and P-type. Comparison between measured and modeled transfer characteristics in all regions of operation, and varying the operating temperature from 25°C to 175°C, gives a good agreement extracting only eight parameters. These results demonstrated that the model SDDGM is also suitable for using in circuit simulation of chips bulk FinFETs devices.


This paper introduces an anti-interfere technology, based on bi-directional synchronous rectify PFC circuit. Using monostable trigger and other peripheral circuits, the noise influence on the control circuits can be ruled out when the bidirectional switches turn off. So this technology makes the bi-directional synchronous rectify PFC circuit work more stable. Compared with the original circuit, the technology doesn't damage any specification and strides forward in the circuit industrialization.


With the huge amount of networked video cameras installed everywhere nowadays, there is an urgent need of embedded intelligence for automated tracking and event understanding of video objects. The scope of intelligent surveillance and analytics systems includes access control, crowd flux statistics analysis, intelligent transportation, abnormal event detection, and automated home and health care, etc. To accomplish this task, we have to


The force required to remove the seed corn tassel is one of the important physical parameters related to the design of automated mechanical detasselers. The objectives of this research were to measure the manual pull required to remove the tassel from different seed corn varieties in the field and to investigate the effect of various grasping positions, plot locations, and time of day on the required pull force. Statistical analyses were conducted to test the effects of these factors on the pulling force and to obtain an average and a maximum pull required. The results showed that the average and the maximum pull required to remove a tassel manually was 58.3 N (13.1 lbf) and 92.5 N (20.8 lbf), respectively. The results indicated that the corn variety, grasping position, and plot location had significant effects on the pull. There was no significant effect found for time of day (morning and afternoon) on the pulling force for this investigation.


The formation of misoriented microstructures in plastic deformation is explained within the framework of continuum mechanics as a result of the reduction of the energetically costly hardening in multislip by local lattice rotations. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


Abstract:Matthew's description of Jesus taking his mount in 21:7 as "and he sat on top of them" has been a crux interpretum for centuries. Some take it literally even though it is impossible for a human to sit on two donkeys at once. Others try to avoid the problem by referring the plural pronoun "them" to the coats the disciples placed on the donkeys instead. I contend that both readings are unsatisfactory, and I bring new evidence and arguments, including Matthew's plenary reading of Zech 9:9 set forth in part 1 of the study (see CBQ 81 [2019] 62-84), to argue that the plural pronoun functions for Matthew as a whole-for-part synecdoche, where the jenny and the colt constitute a conceptual whole such that when Jesus sits on top of "them," he takes his mount on the part that fulfills the Hebrew prophecy.


Scholars in geographical education and environmental education also commonly work in areas in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). In 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro recognized the critical role that education can play in sustainable development. From 2005 to 2014, the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) called on governments to integrate the principles of sustainability into their education strategies and action plan. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched the Global Action Plan (GAP) on ESD from 2015 to 2019 to build on the momentum created by DESD by scaling up actions for all levels and areas of education and learning, to accelerate progress towards the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The GAP is due to end in 2019 and the proposed final draft will be submitted and summarized into a post-GAP program and launched in 2020–2030. At a recent technical consultation session organized by UNESCO in Bangkok, a proposed post GAP approach was tabled for discussion. The five areas of foci were on advancing policy, transforming learning and training environments, building capacities of educators and trainers, empowering and mobilizing youths, and accelerating sustainable solutions at local level. These areas were further described through transformative actions for ESD, structural change to support teaching about ESD and by leveraging on technological advances to enhance ESD. The key focus on ESD through the post GAP framework is on the learner. Tan and Chang (2008) explained that education is an important process to pass on and disseminate ideas and to enculturate epistemologies about what constitutes sustainable practices to our future generation. To advance ESD, Lidstone and Stoltman (2007) proposed that there is a need to "conduct" comparative research on how geography curricular in various countries is addressing sustainability issues. We are still awaiting this research. There has been no concerted research that is focused on ESD (Merrill, Burkhardt-Holm, Chang, Islam, & Chang, 2017). What we do have are a loose collection of anecdotes and examples on practices across Higher Educational Institutes and from K-12 contexts. Not forgetting ad-hoc journal articles that were published throughout the last decade International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education (IRGEE) (Kidman & Papadimitriou, 2012). Going forward, apart from the obvious fact that we need to strengthen research in this area, we need to know what these areas are and how the discourse on ESD has evolved to this point, and to focus on:


Introduction: This study sought to investigate the prevalence of bullying as well as to identify gender
differences that exist in bullying behaviour. Bullying occurs mostly among children and adolescents in
several settings such as schools and on the streets. The thrust of this study is on bullying that occur in
schools.
Methodology: Four hundred secondary school students (mean age = 17.8, SD = 1.2) were randomly
selected in four urban secondary school students in Lagos. The descriptive survey research design
was employed for this study. A research question and one research hypothesis were raised and
tested. The Bullying Prevalence Questionnaire (BPQ) by Rigby and Slee was adopted for data
collection in this study.
Results: There was a high prevalence of bullying behaviour among the participants'. The result
showed a significant gender differences in the prevalence of bullying behaviour (t = 3.135, df = 398, p
< 0.05), the perpetration of bullying behaviour (t = .349, df = 156, p < 0.05) and in being a victims of
bullying behaviour (t = 1.332, df = 171, p < 0.05).
Conclusion: To prevent psychopathological tendencies among victims of bullying, educational
administrators are encouraged to put mechanisms in place to check incidences of bullying behaviour
before they fester and to encourage victims to report acts of bullying with perpetrators sanctioned
accordingly.


there are some variations in penile length, penile flaccid length (PFL) from east Asian countries, including China and Korea, are shorter than other countries. The PFL from east Asian countries was 6.5–6.9 cm; in contrast, the PFL from other countries was 7.4–9.85 cm. Although the authors reported that PFL was 7.3–7.9 cm in men after their 20s, in this note, this does not mean average the Japanese PFL is longer than other east Asian countries. This might be just because of the variety of measurement methods, so an accurate validated measurement method for PFL is still required. There are some variations in penile length measurement, such as flaccid length, stretched length, penile girth and others. Among them, Habous et al. reported that PFL is the only accurate parameter to predict erect size. We also note that penile size is influenced by anthropometric measurements, such as height, weight and, especially, body mass index. In conclusion, this note provides on-demand helpful data to urologists, because there is scarce knowledge about the average Japanese penile length. Shinichiro Fukuhara M.D., Ph.D. Department of Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan firstname.lastname@example.com


1. The thermodynamic description, which includes the principle that the entropy S of a thermally isolated system never decreases with time : if t1 < t2 then S(t1) ≤ S(t2) (1) 2. Macroscopic descriptions, such as the heat equation ∂e/∂t = K∇T (2) 3. Descriptions by kinetic equations such as Boltzmann's equation ∂f/∂t+ v · ∇xf = I(f) (3) where I(f) is an integral expression representing the effect of collisions on the distribution function f(v,x, t) of particle velocities v at position x. 4. Microscopic representations as a system of particles obeying Newton's equations of motion mdxi/dt = −∇iV (x1, · · · ,xN ), (4) where V is the potential energy, or Schrodinger's equation for the same system


The essay discusses the effect and position of libraries at knowledge economy time,analyzes the problems and puts forward the countermeasures.


Increased depths of drilling operations have produced the need for pumping equipment that will perform reliably during long duration, extreme pressure stimulation treatments. Treating pressures above 15,000 psi and pumping of hot concentrated acids have rapidly become more common practices in stimulation work. The first generation of high horsepower intensifier pumps was introduced for use on an experimental drilling project in late 1969. Later these units were placed in field service work for stimulation of wells that required high pressure fracturing and acidizing treatments. The units have proven to be capable and reliable in oil field service operations and have been a major factor in the satisfactory completion of many deep wells. Because of the excellent performance and acceptance of the first intensifier units, a new and much larger pump has been introduced. It is anticipated that the new unit will be capable of delivering over 4,000 hydraulic hp or approx. 3 times that of its predecessor.


→ Ten pieces from Platero and I ; Guitar quintet op 143. Tonadilla for guitar on the name of Andrés Segovia Material description:1 disque compact (1 h 06 mn 38 s) : ADD Note:Note : Universal City, Calif 91608 : prod. MCA Records Inc, P 1990 Edition:London : BMG Music International (Europe) ; Neuilly : distrib. BMG France , 1992 (DL) Compositeur:Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) Guitare:Andrés Segovia (1893-1987) Producteur de phonogrammes:MCA Records Inc Distributeur:BMG France Éditeur commercial:BMG Music International (Europe) Link: catalogue


Those of us working to improve student learning, and seeking to exploit e-learning to do so, have to ride each new wave of technological innovation in an attempt to divert it from its more natural course of techno-hype, and drive it towards the quality agenda. We have to build the means for e-learning to evolve and mature as part of the educational change process, so that it achieves its promise of an improved system of higher education.


Back ground: Eating disorders are more common in women; especially adolescent girls are at risks because they are preoccupied with their body shape, weight and diet. This study aims at majoring the eating attitudes of adolescent girls (19->22yrs) of 1 yr B.Sc. Nursing, KINS, KIIT, Bhubaneswar. The positive and negative attitudes among adolescent girls on eating attitudes need special nutritional counselling. The objectives of the study were to assess the eating attitude among the adolescent girls and to find out associations between eating attitude with selected demographic variables.


The concern of Christian churches for the mental health of all people is a particular manifestation of its larger commitment to human well-being in the face of widespread suffering. This concern on behalf of God for people who are ill is demonstrated through acts of mercy and service, through clear and prophetic preaching, and through the demonstration of human solidarity through community. Congregations become concrete communities of love by caring for the sick and troubled. Healing of all kinds has been a significant part of ministry in the Christian tradition. The ministry of healing is a response to God's call for wholeness in creation and a response to the physical and emotional ill-health in human life. In addition to disease, violence, pollution, abuse, racism, sexism, and the possibility of nuclear annihilation, there is the distress suffered by a never-ending stream of emotional casualties of living; all of these point to human brokenness in a broken world. Because of the pervasiveness of ill-health, healing in this life is never complete. Nonetheless the church is called to enter into human brokenness out of compassion for those who suffer and as a sign that God is present even when health is absent.


It is proved that for every k there exist k triples of positive integers with the same sum and the same product. In this paper we solve the problem D.16 from the book (1) by proving the following


Au/SiO2 nanocomposite films consisting of an extremely high number density of Au nanoparticles dispersed in a SiO2 matrix a few nanometres thick were deposited by a co-sputtering method, and employed for molecular conductance measurement by immobilizing and bridging conjugated biphenyl molecules on dispersed Au nanoparticles. The number density of Au nanoparticles in the insulating SiO2 matrix was approximately 14 000 µm−2, and the average interparticle distance from their neighbours was about 8 nm. The current increased considerably up to the range of nanoamperes after the immobilization of the conjugated biphenyl molecules, 105 times larger than without molecules before immobilization. Although the Au nanoparticles can be connected to only 30% of all combinations of neighbouring Au nanoparticles by biphenyl molecules 2.4 nm long from the topological analysis, the biphenyl molecules can bridge most of the Au nanoparticles, and their bridging continuity is over 100 nm in length. Thus the measured current is suggested to come from the continuously bridged molecules between the Au nanoparticles. Furthermore the I–V data of the whole Au/SiO2 nanocomposite film immobilized with conjugated molecules are confirmed to be in a reasonable range in comparison with the scanning tunnelling spectroscopy data of similar conjugated molecules.


The Book of Songs,which was called "Music classic" by Liu Lian in the Ming Dynasty, involves 28 kinds of musical instruments, so Mr Yang Yin-liu's 29-kind viewpoint does not totally accord with the reality of The Book of Songs. When we scan carefully 28 kinds of musical instruments' distribution in The Book of Songs, we can find: (1) The Qin and Se have already moved from the palace and temple to all parts of China, been incorporated in the society of different levels, whose making has been payed more attention to in selecting timbers such as Chinese catalpa and tung, etc. Thereby the new stage of the stringed instrument comes into being. (2)The percussion instrument is mainly used in the feast of palace,the sacrifice of ancestral temple and the etiquette of andience.There are some differences between the inherited musical instrument and the former ones. First, many kinds of variations have taken place in size, structure, etc.and the kind obviously increases. Second, making is meticulous and the technological level is quite high. (3)At that time, the ensemble of instrumental music was fairly developed, for instance the combination of Qin and Se, the music of clock and drum, etc. (4)The quantity of the musical instruments involved in Festal songs is the most because it is the poem of the neighbourhood of Zhou's capital, has complicated sources and reflects social reality deeply and widely.


The present study aimed to identify the role of public relations in managing crises in institutions from the point of view of workers in the municipality of Riyadh, and to identify the role of public relations in the early detection of the crisis. The current research used the descriptive method and the questionnaire was used as a research tool. The research sample consisted of 160 individuals working in the municipality of Riyadh, who were chosen in a simple random way. The study found that the role of public relations in crises came between (2.58- 3.95), which is a medium degree. This is due to the fact that the culture of some institutions is still absent from the role of public relations in institutions. In the field of crises detection, the arithmetic averages ranged between (3.02 - 4.22), and the axis came with a moderate degree due to the lack of joint cooperation between departments and the development of plans that would reveal crises before they happen. In the field of information availability, the arithmetic averages ranged between (3.19- 3.92). The fourth field: Communication The arithmetic averages ranged between (3.05 – 3.69). Based on the results, the researcher presented a set of recommendations and proposals to activate the role of public relations in crisis management.


As medicine is a kind of much more practical subject,medical education is requested not only to the basic theory education but also on the clinical practical capacity training.At present,as the result of the situation of"stressing intellectual development and neglecting capacity training" in medical colleges,the education scheme should reformed.A new strategy is proposed to improve the clinical practical capacity in medical postgraduates and it will adapt the modern medical model to cultivate talents responding to the society's needs.


We sought to obtain a deeper understanding of the differing needs and expectations of inpatient and ED medical staff regarding the admission process for medical patients.


In this paper, we present a spiking neural network architecture that autonomously learns to control a 4 degree-of-freedom robotic arm after an initial period of motor babbling. Its aim is to provide the joint commands that will move the end-effector in a desired spatial direction, given the joint configuration of the arm. The spiking neurons have been simulated according to Izhikevich's model, which exhibits biologically realistic behaviour and yet is computationally efficient. The architecture is a feed-forward network where the input layers encode the intended movement direction of the end-effector in spatial coordinates, as well as the information that is given by proprioception about the current joint angles of the arm. The motor commands are determined by decoding the firing patterns in the output layers. Both excitatory and inhibitory synapses connect the input and output layers, and their initial weights are set to random values. The network learns to map input stimuli to motor commands during a phase of repetitive action-perception cycles, in which Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) strengthens synapses between neurons that are correlated and weakens synapses between uncorrelated ones. The trained spiking neural network has been successfully tested on a kinematic model of the arm of an iCub humanoid robot.


To efficiently collect light from ions in a trapped ion quantum computer, a lens with a high numerical aperture is advantageous. Using phase Fresnel lenses with large working distances and high numerical apertures, we can couple a large fraction of the fluorescence from an ion into a single optical propagation mode (TEM00). We have optically profiled a phase Fresnel lens with a numerical aperture of 0.64 and a focal length of 3 mm. A 350ᱵ nm beam waist and a beam quality M2 of 1.0805 was measured near the diffraction limit.


A practical handbook designed for those who seek to communicate with children who may have experienced personally adverse or sensitive matters. It describes various types of communication and critically reviews the methods used by professionals in different circumstances. Each chapter includes key points and practice implications. Advice for parents is regarded as a key issue and is set out in a separate chapter.


Background: Intravesical BCG is one of the most effective immunotherapies for bladder cancer. Our previous study showed that BCG induces the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), which play an important role in bladder tumor treatment. To identify how BCG induced NETs formation, we examined NETs formation induced by BCG in vitro and in a mouse model, then analyzed the effects of NETs on BCG and the relevant regulatory mechanism. Results: We observed the NETs at different time points by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (CLSM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), the results found that BCG induced in vitro NETs formation in a time-dependent fashion, which was inhibited by pretreatment with DNase I and protease. FITC-labeled BCG was used to observe capturing by NETs. Interestingly, BCG was trapped but not killed in vitro by NETs, which was different from the effect on Staphylococcus aureus. Moreover, ROS was required for BCG-induced NETs formation, which was regulated by MEK, p38, PI3K, and PKC pathways. Finally, NETs formation was observed in mouse urine and subcutaneous tumors after BCG perfusion. Conclusions: By exploring how BCG induced the formation of NETs and the regulatory mechanism, we conclude that a novel immune reaction involving neutrophils exists in the early stages of BCG treatment.


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Evidence was found that human lymphocytes and fibroblasts derived from human skin, sensitized by cytotoxic leucocyte iso‐antibodies and complement adhere to the surface of indicator cells. The reaction mechanism showed the characteristics of the immune adherence (I.A.) phenomenon. Experiments made clear that in the I.A. assay the same antibody is detected as in the cytotoxic antibody test, based on dye exclusion. The sensitivity of the I.A. assay was shown to surpass slightly that of the cytotoxic antibody test.


Abstract A new genus belonging to the braconid wasp subfamily Doryctinae, Kauriphanes n. gen. (type species K. khalaimi n. sp.), is described from New Zealand. This genus is placed within the doryctine subtribe Caenophanina. The extent of this subtribe is discussed and the phylogenetic relationships of three of its genera were investigated using one mitochondrial and one nuclear DNA sequence markers. Similar to previous studies, the Bayesian analyses performed significantly support a clade with the included members of Caenophanina as a sister group of a clade with the examined species of Spathiini sensu stricto. The placement of the Caenophanini within Doryctini, however, is left pendant to further exhaustive phylogenetic studies. A key to genera and subgenera belonging to Caenophanina is given.


We present a turbulent combustion code for modeling heat transfer in fires that arise in accident scenarios. The code is a component of a multi-mechanics framework and is based on a domain-decomposition, message-passing approach to parallel computing. The turbulent combustion code is based on a vertex-centered, finite-volume scheme for 3D unstructured meshes. The multi-mechanics nature of the frameworks allows us to couple to a conduction heat transfer code for conjugate heat transfer problems or a participating media radiation code for radiation transport in soot-laden flows. We describe our numerical methods, our approach to parallel computing, and the multi-mechanics frameworks. We demonstrate parallel performance using some example verification problems.Copyright © 2002 by ASME


Green roofs and nearby ground habitats provide an arena to study invasion and compare dispersal ability between beetles. Invasive species can create a host of problems and to better prevent their spread it is vital to understand what traits allow for extensive colonization. In this study, two physical traits of beetles, wing type and body size, were examined and compared to see if there were differences in the beetle communities found on eight green roofs and eight ground sites in Portland, Oregon. No significant difference was found in body size except when comparing roof only species with abundant species, and due to limitations on wing type data, there was no direct correlation found to answer whether wing type corresponded to location. However, green roofs are a useful tool for comparing traits and further research should utilize these increasingly common habitats to better understand why certain species are found on these isolated urban islands.


Kyoung-Jin Sohn1, Monica Choi2, Jacquelin Song2, Sofeene Chan1, Alan Medline3, Steven Gallinger4,5 and Young-In Kim1,2,6,7 1Department of Medicine, 2Department of Nutritional Sciences, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and 4Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, 5Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Center for Cancer Genetics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5 and 6Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada 7To whom correspondence should be addressed Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


The invention discloses a CMOS difference radio-frequency signal amplitude detection circuit, being composed of MOS transistors from M1 to Mn which work under the weak inversion polarization and a filter resistance R0 and a capacitance C0; the MOS transistors from M1 to Mn are serially connected, and the polarization is provided by a current source I1, the grids or drains of the transistors from M1 to Mn are respectively connected with the input positive end Rfin+ of a radio-frequency signal or the input negative end Rfin- of the radio-frequency signal through the capacitances from C1 to Cn, and an amplitude detection result is output by the filter resistance R0 and the capacitance C0, the current change of the MOS transistors under the weak inversion polarization submits to index property, and higher amplitude detection gain is obtained compared with square frequency characteristics, particularly for the weak signal detection, the gain is obvious, and the power consumption is low andis approximate to zero consumption; a plurality of the MOS transistors are serially connected to lead amplitude detection output of each MOS transistor to be serially added, thereby obtaining n timesof detection gain; meanwhile, input impedances of radio-frequency inputs of all MOS transistors are connected in parallel, the whole input impedance value is reduced by n times, the requirements of Qvalue that a high-frequency signal is input to a matching circuit is reduced, so as to realize to be directly connected with a radio-frequency antenna; the differential signal input is adopted, so asto be easy for chip integration and reduce the requirements of chip encapsulation. The circuit is particularly suitable for being applied to wake-up signal detection in a short range communication system and weak radio-frequency signal detection in an RFID system.


Rationale: Opportunistic infections frequently develop in immunocompromised patients, such as those with hematological malignancies, causing significant mortality. Early diagnosis of invasive fungal infections is often important and difficult due to the difficult nature of confirming infection using cytologic and histologic findings. However, we report the first case of candidal infection leading to muscle abscesses in the legs of a patient with leukemia. Patient concerns: A 60-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) presented with multifocal muscle abscesses of the legs. Diagnoses: Multifocal muscle candidiasis of the legs was confirmed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy of 2 of the calf lesions. Interventions: After treatment with amphotericin B and flucytosine for 1 month, the patient was administered intravenous caspofungin for 3 months. Outcome: A CT scan of the abdomen and an MRI of the lower calves showed significant improvement. Lessons: This case highlights that fungal infection should be considered when patients present with multiple abscesses, emphasizing the value of early biopsy to confirm diagnosis and facilitate precision treatment.


With ubiquitous access to Web 2.0 applications, users on social networks can now collaboratively author and share hypermedia learning resources, contributing to more engaging learning experiences in Technology-Enhanced Learning outside formal education. Though these resources are ready to be harnessed for educational purposes, they may or may not be educational or may be suitable for some users only. Hence, it is crucial to annotate these resources to personalize these resources to different user needs. We propose to annotate learning resources with folksonomy-derived description metadata for personalization to context profiles of users. A semantic model for folksonomy was formulated to integrate controlled vocabularies in folksonomy. It not only reduces reliance on domain experts in annotating learning resources but also opens new avenues for more comprehensive resource description, compared to numerical ratings in resource recommendation algorithm. The working principle of the resource annotation and recommendation mechanism is demonstrated via a prototype system implemented in a social network environment. A pilot user study shows that learners are positive about the system in terms of aspects apart from accuracy.


A thermally efficient ridge waveguide near-field transducer (NFT) design on an AlN heat sink is presented. Through simulation, we found our design can achieve thermal efficiency (TE), defined as the ratio of peak temperature rise in the medium to that in the NFT as high as 2.93. The ridge waveguide NFT is placed on a heat sink of high thermal conductivity material AlN, while otherwise surrounded by SiO2 as the top cladding and cavity filling material. The relatively large metallic waveguide structure can dissipate heat effectively even in the presence of finite interface thermal conductance between the NFT and the AlN. Different NFT excitation methods are examined, with an impinging dielectric waveguide mode leading to the highest TE. Some challenges are identified in using excitation by resonant disk structures. We note that surface plasmon is confined inside the NFT cavity, while heat escapes through the outer surface of the NFT, separating the dielectric interfaces responsible for optical propagation and heat transfer. This allows for further reduction in thermal interface resistance by adding an interface adhesion layer like Cr at the NFT/AlN interface without sacrificing optical properties.


The heat capacities of LaD/sub x/ (2.5 less than or equal to x less than or equal to 3) have been measured in the temperature range from 1 to 300 K. Four sharp heat capacity peaks were found in LaD/sub 3/ /sub 0/ at 211, 230.5, 233.5 and 274 K indicating the existence of five polymorphic forms. Only one sharp heat capacity peak was observed at 251 K for LaD/sub 2/ /sub 91/ and LaD/sub 2/ /sub 76/, while no peak was observed in the heat capacity of LaD/sub 2/ /sub 53/. The electronic specific heat constant, ..gamma.., was found to be zero for LaD/sub x/ (2.76 less than or equal to x less than or equal to 3) indicating that at low temperatures these alloys are semiconductors or semimetals with a low number of conduction electrons. The non-zero ..gamma.. value for LaD/sub 2/ /sub 53/ indicates the existence of a few conduction electrons. The thermodynamic functions S/sub 298/ /sub 15//sup 0/ and (H/sub 298/ /sub 15//sup 0/ - H/sub 0//sup 0/)/T were determined.


AIM: To observe the therapeutic efficacy of metformin and fenofibrate for peripheral insulin resistance and β-cell function in patients with simple obesity. METHODS: Forty cases of simple obesity with hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperinsulinemia but normal sugar tolerance were divided into the metformin and fenofibrate treatment group and the metformin treatment group. The subjects were observed for their blood pressure, blood fat, body mass index (BMI) and insulin level before and after treatment for 24 weeks. RESULTS: Metformin and fenofibrate could decrease blood pressure, blood fat, BMI and fasting insulin level obviously, and post-meal insulin changes were ob-vious (P0.05). In metformin treatment group, blood pressure and triglyceride, BMI were also decreased significantly (P0.05), but fasting and post-meal insulin levels did not change so notably like those in metformin and fenofibrate treatment group (P0.05). CONCLUSION: Metformin and fenofibrate can increase insulin sensitivity and recover β cell function in patients with simple obesity accompanied by insulin resistance, hypertension and hypertriglyceridemia, so the combination has an obvious therapeutic action in patients with simple obesity.


Preachers are prone to be elated when they discover a writer of fiction who is "on their side," saying in secular ways what they are trying to say from the pulpit. That being the case, John Updike should become a frequent literary reference in contemporary preaching. This is true at least, if the exposition of his writing by Kenneth and Alice Hamilton is correct. The Hamiltons teach at the University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is Professor of Systematic Theology; she is Associate Professor of English.


resources from the energy sectors to the others, there is no need for state involvement (as under Vladimir Putin) except to protect private property. Gregory Khanin brings different perspectives to the analysis. He contends, in a provocative essay, that economic growth under transformation has been grossly exaggerated. The Russian economy is characterized by loss-making industries, a diminution of raw materials, a decline of fixed capital, a serious reduction in intellectual capital, a severe fall in intellectual and scientific capacity, and significant moral decay. Russia's problems, he argues, will only be exacerbated if it continues to pursue a market-led strategy. Basing his argument on Russia's historical experience, he calls for a mass mobilization of resources, as under Peter the Great and the state-led economy of the USSR from the 1930s to the 1950s. To achieve this, authoritarian rule is necessary to redistribute incomes and wealth and to channel resources into economic and human capital. Modernization has to be "the national idea of Russia" (168). As with most collections, the contributions vary in quality and in the extent to which they address the title of the book. The publisher has included colored graphs, and the work is handsomely produced. The presentation would have been enhanced if each chapter had a consistent type of referencing; the index is too short and inadequate. The work will be useful for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates studying the economic aspects of Russian transformation. Several chapters will stimulate lively class discussions.


In the last few decades a lot of good papers have been published proposing techniques for optimizing energy management on-board hybrid vehicles. However the large majority of them focused on specific architectures, and suggested algorithms valid just for them. This paper, on the contrary, performs a very basic analysis, in which hybrid vehicles are modelled in idealized way and the effects of the various characteristics affecting consumption are analyzed one at a time: efficiency map shape, ON/OFF strategy, battery and converter losses, driving cycle versus engine power.


Excessive pollutants (including nutrients) affect aquatic lives and environment in various ways. There are certain plants capable of removing pollutants from water. Phytoremediation is an alternate way to reduce nutrients from contaminated medium. Microalgae can be used for phytoremediation to reduce the nutrient content in the wastewater due to their (algae's) ability to assimilate nutrients into the cells. In this study, microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) was used to determine the removal efficiencies for pollutants, such as chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP). The Chlorella vulgaris was cultured in the shake flasks that contained wastewater in the presence of artificial light. It gave the maximum biomass algal production (200 mg/L) within five days, whereas the maximum removal percentage of TN and TP were within 83.1% and 91.2%, respectively. The optimum detention period for the maximum phytoremediation is found to varie within 10 and 14 days. Based on the laboratory scale study under controlled environment, it can be concluded that Chlorella vulgaris has the potential to reduce nutrient content of wastewater.


Statistical results from a sample of greater than 10,000 5 MHz 260 Series oscillators, designed and developed as an alternative to Rubidium oscillators by MTI-Milliren Technologies, Inc., confirm successful high volume production of this ultra-stable oversized crystal oscillator. Results from various performance parameters including thermal stability, aging, phase noise, and short-term stability are presented.


This 1996 version of the updated annual guide includes over 125 new product entries, 10 active ingredients listed for the first time, approvals that expire in 1996 are identified, improvided format for easier information retrieval, and updated information on Maximum Residue Levels. The guide provides a useful reference tool for those involved in the supply and use of pesticides. The indexed crop/pest guide shows approved chemicals for each pest problem. Pesticide profiles give details on each active ingredient and mixture of active ingredients (nearly 500 in total), including all available products on the UK market for use in agriculture, horticulture, forestry and industrial weed control. This section includes a list of uses including current off-label approvals. Some important pesticides, such as isoproturon products and organophosphorous insecticides used on carrots, have recently been under the spotlight. The resultant changes to recommendations have been included in the 1996 edition of the guide. This means that readers have up-to-date information that should ensure users can continue to benefit from these products. The guide also includes summaries of relevant legislation.


On the evening of 25 April 2008, the Health Protection Agency of the United Kingdom (UK) was informed that rabies had been confirmed through post-mortem examination of a dog that had died that same day in a quarantine centre in London. The dog, approximately 10 weeks old, had been imported from Sri Lanka, through Heathrow Airport in London, on 17 April by a charity that 'rescues' stray animals from that country and imports them into the UK. The public health response was undertaken through the coordinated activities of the authorities responsible for animal and human public health respectively. .


Vitamin K functions as a cofactor in the posttranslational conversion of protein-bound glutamate residues into y-carboxyglutamate (Gla). As illustrated in FIGURE 1, the vitamin K-dependent step is a carboxylation reaction, in which the removal of the y-hydrogen precedes the addition of the CO?. The oxidation of vitamin K hydroquinone into vitamin K epoxide provides the energy required for the reaction. In this paper we will only briefly summarize the present knowledge on this subject. For more detailed information we refer to some reviews that have been published recently.'-' The enzyme involved in the vitamin K-dependent carboxylation reaction is called y-glutamylcarboxylase and it is located at the luminal side of the endoplasmic reticulum along the route taken by secretory proteins on their way to the outercellular environment. Hence Gla-residues are exclusively found in secretory proteins but only in a small fraction thereof. To be recognized by the y-glutamylcarboxylase, the nascent polypeptide chain contains an 18 amino acid residue long recognition signal (the pro-sequence) generally located in the leader sequence, directly preceding the N-terminal residue of the mature p r ~ t e i n . ~ ~ The only known function of Gla-residues in proteins is the binding of calcium. Hence all Gla-containing proteins are calcium binding ones.' In solution the binding of Ca+ to the Gla-residue of a protein frequently leads to a conformational change required for its biological activity,* whereas the presence of Gla-residues also gives proteins a high affinity for insoluble barium and calcium salts.9 In all cases in which their function is known, the Gla-residues are essential for the biological activity of the Gla-containing proteins.


This heuristic inquiry examines how the author's process of creating artwork has enhanced and accompanied her on-going development toward becoming an art therapist. Creative practice is both the subject matter of the research and part of the method of inquiry. Moustakas's stages of heuristic research are discussed, along with the use of art making as a useful means of exploring those stages. Theory and literature related to the use of art making as a part of art therapy education is presented along with art making for professional self-processing. Winnicott's theory of potential space is applied to the author's concept of creating a personal, sacred and reflective space through individual art making. Overall, this research project is about a process of self-discovery and of gaining a deeper understanding of the potential art making has as a vehicle for transformation.


Modeling of psychosomatic-cognitive functions is considered, in the framework of combined hierarchical brain's and body's acupuncture neural networks. It is pointed out that presented models of brain's hierarchical neural networks demonstrate encourageing advances in modeling. Chapter 9 : Neural Networks Editorial Board It is the flexibility of the quantum brain that accounts for cognitive distortions. Hypnosis may involve a spectrum of quantum consciousness and has great research value in uncovering non-biological depression.


Polystyrene thin films undergo treatment by cold plasma produced from DC point-to-plane low- pressure (4 mbar) discharge in O 2 and Ar. The surface tension highly increases (more than 70% for O 2 plasma and 60% for Ar plasma) by applying as weak as 200 μ A discharge mean current. The treatment time required for obtain the maximum wettability is double in the case of Ar (~60 s). Important increase in surface polar component takes place while the dispersive component decreases, regardless of the gas used. Oxygen-functionalities (10–12%) graft the first 5 nm of surface and the surface polarity is decupled, in both gases. The main part ( > 99.8% for O 2 and > 97% for Ar) of the treatment time corresponds to a relaxation phase of the discharge (post-discharge time) and, thus, the role of long lifetime excited particles ( > 3 eV) in the activation of the polymer surface is emphasized. An ionization front having velocity ~10 4 –10 6 m/s (higher in O 2 than in Ar) crosses the gap starting from the anode and propagating towards the cathode. The arrival of this wave at the cathode region boosts the cathode secondary processes. The secondary electrons amplify the discharge current and trigger off the initiation of a new ionization front, stronger than the first one, which establishes the glow discharge regime. These fronts (weaker in Ar discharge) are suggested as the main mechanisms for the cold plasma production and active particles generation for the polymer treatment.