Road traffic accident is one of the most leading issues which is concerned in many other countries like Bangladesh. Data mining is considered as a reliable technique to analyze traffic accident record and identify factors that provide severity of an accident. The goal of this research to analyze and build classification model that predict an accidental location in the Dhaka-Aricha highway. So, road accidental data is collected from different highway police stations which keep traffic accident record of every road traffic accident on this road. Then, raw dataset is preprocessed and build a classification model with five data mining classification algorithms named Rotation Forest, NBTree, JRip, Naive Bayes and Ridor that analyze traffic accident records to predict risky accidental locations. After classifying this dataset, accuracies of classifiers are compared and the best outcome is showed among them. This results can be used to prevent road accidents in the areas and overcome the number of accidents on the Dhaka-Aricha highway.


In this contribution we will develop the concept of organizational climate and we will see the implications for human development. The strategic planning that organizations should carry out requires lines of action oriented towards the internal functioning of the organization from the perspective of its employees. With this objective, we will develop the topic and link it with the information units as work environments, so that they bet on knowledge management and on various forms of synergy between people. In development, we will argue about the importance of organizations working consciously in building a good working climate. We will focus on the development of key concepts such as strategic planning, leadership, knowledge management and information culture. In closing, I make recommendations for the development of strategic lines of action that allow generating a shared vision of the organization, in order to build an informational culture that links collaborative learning and knowledge management.


No conflict of the Great War excites stronger emotions than the war in Flanders in the autumn of 1917, and no name better encapsulates the horror and apparent futility of the Western Front than "Passchendaele". By its end there had been 275,000 Allied and 200,000 German casualties. Yet the territorial gains made in four desperate months were won back by Germany in only three days the following March. The devastation at Passchendaele, the authors argue, was neither inevitable not inescapable; nor perhaps was it necessary at all. Using a substantial archive of official and private records, Trevor Wilson and Robin Prior provide a full account of the campaign. The book examines the political dimension at a level which has hitherto been absent from accounts of "Third Ypres". It establishes what did occur, the options for alternative action, and the fundamental responsibility for the carnage. Prior and Wilson consider the shifting ambitions and stratagems of the high command, examine the logistics of war, and assess what the available manpower, weaponry, technology and intelligence could realistically have hoped to achieve. And they explore the experience of the men on the ground in the light - whether they knew it or not - of what was never going to be accomplished.


Without adding new components, we take advantage of the per-channel phase offset adjustment capability of wavelength selective switch in a reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexing system to compensate for chromatic dispersions of optical channels. Dispersion compensations for two different links (a 20-km G655 fiber and a 20-km G652 fiber) are experimentally realized and a dispersion compensation combination of a link with a dispersion compensation module for major compensation and a wavelength selective switch for residual compensation is also discussed.


The 21st century is a high-tech information era in which our lives are closely linked by computer networks. Hence, how to effectively supervise networks and reduce the frequency of network security incidents has now become a research hotspot in cyberspace. Specifically, researchers have shown an increased interest in predicting the network traffic before any untoward incident happens. Optimization and decomposition technologies are the core components of network traffic prediction model which plays an important role in network management. This article discusses past network traffic prediction research and critically examines the optimization and decomposition technologies used in the model, lists the model parameter structure based on the research methodology, the data set used, the evaluation criteria and so on. By comparison, digging out the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm and the Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD) decomposition technique will effectively solve the network traffic model predictive difficulties that have proven to be crucial to improving predictive accuracy and convergence speed strategy.The comprehensive review reveals that PSO and VMD are the most suitable optimization algorithm and decomposition technology for network traffic prediction modeling.


Desalination is a process of removing salts from saline solutions to produce fresh water. Currently, the challenges of desalination technology are high energy consumption and material cost. This project suggests sustainable and affordable ways to purify water via evaporation process under sunlight or capacitive deionization using monolithic biocarbon. Biocarbon was produced from woody biomass during 60 hours of slow pyrolysis. After pyrolysis, the macrostructure of wood is preserved in the produced biocarbon. The morphology, chemical composition, permeability and electro capacitance of biocarbon was measured. The effect of biocarbon amount, biocarbon particle size range, light intensity, light distance, salt concentration, and wood orientation on evaporation rate was studied. The use of monolithic biocarbon increased the evaporation rate 8 times higher from saltwater. The permeability of biocarbon and evaporation rate in axial and radial orientation was significantly different. The measured capacitance of biocarbon was 113 F/g in 1 M NH4Cl solution.


Abstract For nearly free electron metals, we present a new self-consistent method of calculating, within the Screened Uniform Charge Model, the screening of a pseudo-atom. Each iterative cycle is as follows : from an approximate screening potential, wave-functions are calculated as if one pseudo-atom were perturbing an electron gas; from these wave-functions the change δρ in charge density can be calculated and from δρ a new screening potential is derived. A parameter in this cycle is adjusted so that the Friedel sum rule is satisfied. Calculations, which neglected exchange corrections, are presented in detail for sodium at two temperatures, 373°K and 480°K. The change with temperature in the s-wave 'reduced phase shift' is about 9%. The resistivity, thermopower, and temperature dependence of the resistivity of liquid sodium are calculated, and the results are in remarkable agreement with the experimental results. The advantages of our method over other screening methods are discussed. One of us (Md. M. I...


An efficient strategy for the contruction of spiro[4.5] decanes is described and involves a bridgehead substitution of a methoxyl group by a methyl group followed by an oxidative cleavage of the tricyclo[18.104.22.168(1,5)] undecane 25 to produce the spiro[4.5] decanes 31 & 32 which are intermediates in the synthesis of acorone. A novel one-pot conversion of alpha-methoxy carboxylic acid to alpha-methyl carboxylic acid is described.


The invention discloses rim measuring calipers of a tire balancing machine. The rim measuring calipers have the advantages that two outer clamping jaws are added to existing rim measuring calipers, two inner clamping jaws inwardly clamp two sides of a rim in the width direction when the width of the rim is measured, at the moment, an inner-side scale value pointed by an arrow on a dial indicates the width of the rim, and a numerical value which can be used as a width value of the rim can be directly read; when the diameter of the rim is measured, the two outer clamping jaws on the measuring calipers outwardly clamp two sides of the rim in the diameter direction, at the moment, an outer-side scale value pointed by the arrow on the dial indicates the diameter of the rim, and a numerical value which can be used as a diameter value of the rim can be directly read; and the shape of the existing measuring calipers is changed, and two dimensional indication modes are utilized, so that the purpose of measuring both the width and the diameter of the rim can be achieved.


The Westernization Group and the Reformation Group's opinion on the Western culture represented two stages of Chinese understanding of the Western Culture.The Westernization Group and the Reformation Group both agreed that there were good qualities in the Western culture and China should learn them.But there were many differences between their opinions,too.The Westernization Group maintained that China should absorb the Western culture partly,but the Reformation Group maintained China should absorb the Western culture completely.


Nowadays, the significance of automatic transformation of object oriented code from design models has increased due to its benefits such as cost reduction and time efficiency. Model driven development (MDD) absolutely needs automatic approach and method to generate system from model. This paper contributes the efficient Drools rule-based transformation approach to automate the mobile application development process. In our approach, the textual model Umple considered as primary artifacts that drive the whole mobile application. The consistency of source and target model and the assessment of transformability are the critical issues in model transformation domain. In this paper, we attempt to address these issues with measuring the accuracy of consistency between source and target model and assessing the transformability using object oriented metrics. Results reveal that our approach achieved the high accuracy of consistency and sound quality of transformability.


Dietary fish or algae oil are rich in Omega- 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid and can effectively prevent cardiovascular disease and keep cardiovascular health. Docosahexaenoic acid( DHA) and Eicosapntemacnioc acid( EPA) are important components of Omega- 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in fish meat and algae oil,they can keep cardiovascular health from different aspects with different mechanism. High production costs,easily polluted by the environment and limited amount hindered fish oil application. On the contrary,lower cost,safe and higher production of DHA- rich algal oil produced by Schizochytrium sp. has been attracted considerable by the society. DHA is more important than EPA in preventing of cardiovascular disease and maintaining cardiovascular health. Many national health agencies proposed different recommendation dosage of DHA and EPA in either curing the cardiovascular disease or keep cardiovascular health. By reviewing of numerous literature,the effects of DHA and EPA on cardiovascular health were discussed in detail. The mechanisms of DHA and EPA were compared and recommendation of DHA and EPA usage by different countries were also introduced.


Leadership. HANDBOOK 2014-2015 institutions. 4. Systemic reform using systems thinking as a change agent, with an interest in the big picture. systems thinking transcends disciplines and cultures and, when it is done course. Today, it is widely accepted that systems thinking is a critical tool. NASA Systems Engineering Handbook, 1995. "The Art can be applied to any system, complex or otherwise, provided systems thinking is employed at all levels. Besides "Principles and Practices of Systems Engineering" (PDF). INCOSE.


Existent paper cutter machine was of low degree in automation and behindhand in product line of honeycomb paper processing, so structure analysis and pneumatic control technology of a new device had been introduced based on simulation technique. First, three-dimensional software PRO/E was used for avoiding the overlap and penetration phenomenon before the model was imported to MSC.Adams, where the working process of paper cutter machine was simulated, to optimize the structure and mode of motion. Its pneumatic and electric loop had been designed in the software of FluidSlM to improve working efficiency and automation. Then, paper cutting process had been analyzed by FEA software of MSC.Dytran to guarantee the quality of fracture face. Now, paper cutter machine had been manufactured which was effectively controlled and used.


Reasonably storing and managing facility-based vegetable data is the basis for the development of Jiangsu facility-based vegetable industry.Based on the analysis of the needs of industrial development,facility-based vegetable production,processing,distribution and other aspects of the data were collected.MySQL was adopted as the back-end database to store and manage the data.The system which was developed under Eclipse environment combining with JSP based on B/S structure can capture,manage,retrieve,and analyze data.The developed system has good application prospects as it meets the needs of producers,operators and managers.


This well-written, user-friendly book takes the reader from basic arithmetic to the most complex calculations required by nurses. The information throughout is clear and concise.


Nowadays, energy storage systems require reliable element and equipment. Having rechargeable electric energy source with satisfactory discharge duration becomes a priority in order to supply the mobile electronic devices and the various embarked systems. Best solution for this issue consists to use hydrogen Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell in which hydrogen gas plays the secondary energy source. Gas production from PEM electrolysis depends mainly on characteristic of power supply. In this paper, we focus on energy efficiency study of the PEM water electrolyzer made with Aciplex-501SB membrane and it supplied by 200ns with 100MHz ultrashort pulse wave. As a result, gas produced is extremely pure. Its yield can be calculated by the ratio between the energy output of PEM fuel cell and electric energy consumption during the water electrolysis. It was found that the yield of the designed PEM electrolyzer rises 18.42% that is more efficient compared to PEM electrolyzer supplied by direct current having only 9.36% of energy yield.


A novel millimeter-wave to submillimeter-wave instrumentation setup for the characterization of transceivers and their functional building blocks dedicated to 6G Terahertz communication is presented. The measurement system comprises wideband frequency up- and down-converters into the WR10 and WR3.4 bands, coupled to a novel directional coupler which allows for the calibration of wideband complex modulated signal in terms of vectorial signal distortion in the RF domain. Using predistortion of the baseband input signal, the calibration plane can be shifted to the input and to the output of a device-under-test. We present the input and output-related calibration of solid-state power amplifier modules at a center frequency of 77.5 GHz for QPSK and 256-QAM modulation with 1 and 4 GBd symbol rates as well as at 300 GHz for QPSK and 64-QAM modulation with 16 GBd and 1.6 GBd symbol rates, respectively. The calibration in the RF domain reduces the error-vector-magnitude by an order of magnitude.


We propose a novel avalanche uni-traveling-carrier type photodetector (UTC-PD) using InAlAs as the collection layer. This UTC-PD achieves an f3-dB of 43 GHz and near 30 GHz at multiplication factor of 1 and 2 respectively.


PURPOSE
We compared the incidence of lymphocele formation and treatment in kidney transplant recipients given 3 immunosuppressive drug regimens.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
Consecutive series of adult kidney only recipients, including group 1-152 who received sirolimus/mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)/prednisone (P), group 2-168 who received cyclosporine/MMF/P and group 3-193 who received cyclosporine/azathioprine/P, were analyzed for post-transplantation lymphocele formation. All available records and imaging studies were reviewed, such as ultrasound, computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging etc, for peritransplant fluid collections greater than 2.5 cm. Demographic characteristics and the risk factors for lymphocele were compared in these 513 recipients using univariate and multivariate analysis.

RESULTS
The overall incidence of lymphocele formation was 174 of 513 cases (33.9%) and the incidence of treated lymphoceles was 81 of 513 (15.7%). In groups 1 to 3 the incidence was 45.5%, 33.9% and 24.7%, respectively. These differences were significantly higher in group 1 vs groups 2 or 3 (p = 0.014) but they were not significantly different between groups 2 and 3. Similarly the incidence of treated lymphoceles was 23%, 12.5% and 12.9%, respectively. Findings were again statistically higher in group 1 vs groups 2 and 3 (p = 0.003) but not statistically significant between groups 2 and 3. A greater number of group 1 patients required surgical interventions compared with those in groups 2 and 3 (13.8% vs 4.7% and 4.8%, respectively, p = 0.019). In addition, acute rejection (p = 0.001) and body mass index greater than 32 (p = 0.02) were significant risk factors on multivariate analysis.

CONCLUSIONS
The combination of sirolimus/MMF/P, obesity with a body mass index of greater than 30 kg/m and acute rejection are independent risk factors for lymphocele formation and treatment after kidney transplantation. Patients should be counseled and consideration should be given to prophylactic measures in this higher risk renal transplant population.


In silico–based model predictions, originating from structural and mechanistic (e.g., transport, bioavailability, reactivity, and binding potential) profiling, were compared against laboratory‐derived data to estimate the bioaccumulation potential in earthworms of 2 organic substances (1 neutral, 1 ionogenic) known to primarily partition to soil. Two compounds representative of specific classes of chemicals were evaluated: a nonchlorinated bisphenol containing an –OH group (4,4′‐methylenebis[2,6‐di‐tert‐butylphenol] [Binox]), and an ionogenic xanthene dye (2′,4′,5′,7′‐tetrabromo‐4,5,6,7‐tetrachloro‐3′,6′‐dihydroxy‐, disodium salt [Phloxine B]). Soil bioaccumulation studies were conducted using Eisenia andrei and 2 field‐collected soils (a clay loam and a sandy soil). In general, the in silico structural and mechanistic profiling was consistent with the observed soil bioaccumulation tests. Binox did not bioaccumulate to a significant extent in E. andrei in either soil type; however, Phloxine B not only accumulated within tissue, but was not depurated from the earthworms during the course of the elimination phase. Structural and mechanistic profiling demonstrated the binding and reactivity potential of Phloxine B; this would not be accounted for using traditional bioaccumulation metrics, which are founded on passive‐based diffusion mechanisms. This illustrates the importance of profiling for reactive ionogenic substances; even limited bioavailability combined with reactivity can result in exposures to a hazardous substance not predictable by traditional in silico modeling methods. Environ Toxicol Chem 2014;33:308–316. © 2013 SETAC


In this paper we prove two consequences of the subnormal character of the Hessenberg matrix D when the hermitian matrix M of an inner product is a moment matrix. If this inner product is defined by a measure supported on an algebraic curve in the complex plane, then D satisfies the equation of the curve in a noncommutative sense. We also prove an extension of the Krein theorem for discrete measures on the complex plane based on properties of subnormal operators.


Diverse voices have outlined the advantages or disadvantages of technology as they have emerged within classrooms, businesses, communities, and families. Enthusiasts vaunt technological changes, which they contend can effect a more equitable distribution of power. They invoke issues such as empowerment, equality, access, speed, efficiency, liberation, and the development of a global community in support of a pro-technology agenda. As an example, Rheingold's (1993) account of the growth of electronic communication in the Bay Area is framed in terms such as grassroots groupminds and new electronic villages, terms that call forth the potential of new technologies to support a renewal of community. Going further, some proponents promote a form of technological determinism in which new tools or media alone are seen as bringing about a better world.


This document describes a method for expressing DNS response policy
inside a specially constructed DNS zone, and for recursive name
servers to use such policy to return modified results to DNS clients.
The modified DNS results can stop access to selected HTTP servers,
redirect users to "walled gardens", block objectionable email, and
otherwise defend against attack. These "DNS Firewalls" are widely used
in fighting Internet crime and abuse.


A PARADOX IS ATTACHED to the concept "political elite." Few theoretical constructs can boast its obvious and powerful intuitive appeal. It is by now a commonplace to view societies as characterized by an asymetric distribution of political power. Still, the concept's apparent ability to "carve at a joint of nature" has run into peculiar difficulties.' Attempts to locate its empirical referents and, thereby, to specify the occupants of the "data container" political elite have led to a morass of conflicting definitions.2 Recent attempts to use


OBJECTIVE:
To study increased suicidal mortality rate among females in district Peshawar.
METHODOLOGY:
The bodies of women in the reproductive age who died because of fatal deliberate self-harming were examined at Forensic Medicine Department Khyber Medical College, Peshawar from January 2015 to September 2015.
RESULTS:
Forty-four bodies of females were autopsied. 13 (30%) were adolescents between the age of 10-18 years. 31 (70.4%) were aged between 19-48 years. 33 of the victims committed suicide due to health-related issues. 28 (64%) victims used poisons. In almost all cases (n=38) the incident happened when the victim was alone in house or left unattended. 30 (68%) victims were brought to hospitals for treatment. 13 were found to have recurrent attempt of self-harming.
CONCLUSION:
Females have increased tendency to commit suicide than males especially in their reproductive age. Low socioeconomic status, cultural norms, unwanted pregnancies and ill health are the major causes.


On the base of expatiating the importance of carbon anodes used in aluminium electrolysis, the physical, chemical, and electrochemical performance of carbon anodes used in national aluminium electrolysis were reviewed synthetically. Then the shortages of carbon anode for aluminium electrolysis were pointed out. At last, some advices about improving the quality of carbon anodes were put forward.


A warning method adopting tire pressure sensors comprises the following steps: S1, arranging a first tire pressure sensor and a second tire pressure sensor; S2, measuring by using the first tire pressure sensor to obtain a first air pressure value, and measuring by using a second tire pressure sensor to obtain a second air pressure value; S3, monitoring a first air pressure value and a second air pressure value, and warning when a preset condition is reached. In the fault-warning method adopting tire pressure sensors, through the adoption of the double-detection manner, the realness of data detection can be further guaranteed; the possibility of the damage of both the tire pressure sensors is far lower than the possibility of the damage of only one tire pressure sensor; when both the tire pressure sensors normally display, the data of two air pressure sensors has higher credibility than that of only one tire pressure sensor; an alarm is given out in case that data of any one tire pressure sensor is abnormal, so that the incidence of abnormal situations is increased.


Group-selection silviculture has many benefcial attributes and has increased in application over the past 30 years. One diffculty with group-selection implementation is the designation of group openings within a stand to achieve a variety of complex management goals. This study presents a new method for utilizing geospatial census stem map data derived from airborne lidar in a heuristic environment to generate and select from treatment solutions that best meet management objectives in an effcient manner. The method successfully generated candidate treatment solutions over two entries that met a set of tree size, opening size and spacing constraints. The heuristic was implemented on two separate ponderosa pine stands with similar stand conditions using different group-selection opening sizes. Successful feld implementations relied on a tree-marking technique developed in this study that relied on high-precision GPS receivers. The heuristic identifed good solutions, but the quality is unknown as this is a large nonlinear optimization problem. Nonetheless, this study provides an innovative, effcient and mathematically defendable alternative for implementing group-selection treatments in stands where accurate geospatially-referenced census can be obtained.


Introduction Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a mixture of geometrical and positional isomers of linoleic acid. Health-promoting properties of CLA, which include antioxidant, anti-obesity and anticarcinogenic activities, have been demonstrated in a wide range of animal models (Pariza et al., 2001). Recent studies indicated the CLA has a favorable effect on immune competence in nursery (Bassaganya-Riera et al., 2001) and weaned pigs (Corino et al., 2001). For this reason CLA may be useful in sow nutrition to increase CLA content in colostrum and milk (Bee, 2000). However CLAfed animals displayed also significantly reduced body fat (Pariza et al., 2001) and this effect may be detrimental to reproductive efficiency in sows per se and for the effects on metabolic hormones as well. Moreover some CLA isomers has been reported to influence leptin gene expression (Houseknacht et al., 1998). The present study examined the effects of dietary supplement of CLA on serum leptin in lactating sows.


The sequence with nth term defined by [(n + 1)p] − [np] is an extremal zero-one valued sequence of asymptotic mean p in the following sense (for example): if a fraction p of customers from a point process with iid interarrival times is sent to an exponential server queue according to a prespecified splitting sequence, then the long-term average queue size is minimized when the above sequence is used. The proof involves consideration of the lower convex envelope J (which is a function on Rm) of a function J on Zm. An explicit representation is given for J in terms of J, for J in a broad class of functions, which we call "multimodular." The expected queue size just before an arrival, considered as a function of the zero-one splitting sequence, is shown to belong to this class.


The tendence of weight-lifting's development is diversification in item and the superiority in match's institution,so the purpose is to raise audience's interest,to make use of its two aspects,reduce rank quantity,raise compete,transfer audience positive and promote weight lifeing commerce value.


Coming out, or the public expression of a non-hegemonic sexuality, is an important process in the lives of many lesbians, gays, and bisexuals, among others. The last major anthropological study of coming out using the framework of the rites of passage was published in 1993 (Herdt & Boxer). Paralleling these methods in this thesis, I employ the framework of the rites of passage to analyze of the stories and the opinions collected during my interviews with 9 lesbians, gays, and bisexuals to explore how they create and express their lesbian, gay, or bisexual identities. It is through the coming out process that lesbians, gays, and bisexuals direct the formation of their sexuality and begin to unlearn the hegemonic heterosexist ideas that oppose these identities to arrive at a comfortable and authentic expression. Participants took an active part in this process, putting their identities to work through narratives, jokes, and the analysis of their life histories, activities that reinforced their sexuality. As well, within a largely solitary process, they searched for 'role' models and resources in which to ground their identity transformation, many taking advantage of the anonymity of the Internet to do this. These activities, as well as large gatherings focussed on lesbian, gay, and bisexual themes, such as the Pride Parade, create periods of time in which a community exists. It is into this community that many lesbians, gays, and bisexuals enter as they move throughout the coming out process.


This article will investigate why Mission Councils continued to exist for so long after the so-called autonomous churches were established in South Africa following the upsurge ofEthiopian and other types of African initiated churches at the close of the 19th century inopposition to the European sending churches. It will also examine how the emergingPartnership in Mission policy affected the process of integration of church and mission. Usingthe closing years of the Church of Scotland South African Joint Council (1971–1981) as a casestudy, the author examines primary sources to uncover the exercise of power demonstratedthrough racism manifested in the disposition of personnel, property and finance to control thedevelopment of authentic autonomy.


SUMMARY A heat-labile iron-cytochrome c reductase was isolated from Ferrobacillus jerrooxidans by sonic oscillation of the cells at pH 5.5 in the presence of protamine sulfate and purified ZO-fold with 10% recovery by successive fractionation of the high speed (144,000 x g) supernatant solution with ammonium sulfate and Sephadex G-ZOO. The enzyme displayed a pH optimum of 5.7 to 6.2 and typical substrate saturation curves with a K, of 2.75 x 10m5 M for cytochrome c and 1.6 X low3 M for FeS04.7Ht0. The protein nature of the catalyst was established by its protein content and susceptibility to the proteolytic action of Pronase and to heat. Exposure for 1 min at 100' was sufficient to destroy the activity completely. The most highly purified fraction of iron-cytochrome c reductase contained cytochrome c and apparently nonfunctional cytochrome b. Enzymatic activity, proportional to protein concentration and linear with time, was inhibited by reduced glutathione, p-hydroxy-mercuribenzoate, and cysteine, but not by atebrin, Amytal, or antimycin


In a static magnetic field, some well‐known guiding center equations maintain their form when extended to next order in gyroradius. In these cases, it is only necessary to include the next order term in the magnetic moment series. The differential equation for guiding center motion which describes both the parallel and perpendicular velocities correctly through first order in gyroradius is given. The question of how to define the guiding center position through second order arises and is discussed, and second order drifts are derived for one usual definition. The toroidal canonical angular momentum, Pφ, of the guiding center in an axisymmetric field is shown to be conserved using the guiding center velocity correct through first order. When second‐order motion is included, Pφ is no longer a constant. The above extensions of guiding center theory help to resolve the different tokamak orbits obtained either by using the guiding center equations of motion or by using conservation of Pφ.


ABSTRACT Jewish Schools spend a significant amount of time on the teaching of Halakha—Jewish Law, custom, and ritual. The practice is most prevalent in Orthodox schools, although in truth all Jewish schools spend some time on the instruction of this discipline. Schools differ widely as to the approach they take in the teaching of Halakha, and this submission investigates the different approaches taken to this teaching in Jewish Day schools, with a focus on real quantitative research as to Halakha education in Orthodox Schools.


In this paper the regional organization of collective services in socialist countries is discussed. Social infrastructure is a key aspect of regional activity. Within socialist economies shortage, or unsatisfied demand, is a driving force which stimulates natural tendencies to management stabilization in which bureaucratic structures control the distribution of goods and services. There are two rival models of regional infrastructure provision: Orientation to places of production, or orientation to places of residence. Within either model a hierarchical structure is necessary. It is becoming necessary in socialist countries to appraise the administrative consequences of social goods provision as well as of productive forces. This creates major challenges to link the productive and residence orientation of administration. This, in turn, suggests a need for a more flexible rather than a uniform approach to settlement planning.


In this paper, the use of proper orthogonal decomposition for simulating nonlinear heat, air and moisture transfer is investigated via two applications: HAMSTAD benchmarks 2 and 3. Moreover, the potential of the reduced models constructed by proper orthogonal decomposition for simulating new problems with longer simulation periods is assessed. To illustrate the feasibilities of proper orthogonal decomposition method in the field of building physics, the accuracies of the reduced models are compared with the standard finite element method. The outcomes show that with a sufficient number of construction modes and a relatively large amount of snapshots, proper orthogonal decomposition method can deliver accurate results. In addition, guidelines on selecting an appropriate amount of simulation snapshot and construction modes are provided.


Abstract The paper concerns the applicability of silver nanoparticles for reducing the emission of odours. Silver nanoparticles were successfully adsorbed on three different dolomitic limestone samples. In the next stage, wastewater from the meat industry was mixed with sorbents modified with a variable content of silver nanoparticles. After 4 days and 7 days, the concentration of ammonia was examined spectrophotometrically. Also, the degree of reduction of total odour concentration by olfactometric method was carried out. Depending on the concentration of the silver nanoparticles on the sorbents, the concentration of ammonia was 15-42 μg/cm3 for nAg content equal to 0.08%, while for sorbents containing approximately 36% of nAg the concentration of ammonia was 0.09-16 μg/cm3. A leaching test of nanosilver from sorbents confirmed that the particles were bound with the sorbents by strong bonds. The percentage of eluted silver increased from 0.67% to 11%, with increased initial concentrations of nAg on the sorbents from 0.18% to 0.37%.


Four genetically different genotypes of sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) were evaluated for fibre yield and its yield component traits for three years 2008-2009 to 2010-2011 at Sunnhemp Research Station, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh. Significant differences among experimental genotypes were recorded for fibre yield and its attributes. High fibre yield/ha was recorded for SUIN-029 (9.06 q/ha) followed by SUIN-80 (8.94 q/ha). The highest green biomassyield (337.30 q/ha) and stick yield (52.41 q/ha) were recorded for SUIN-029. The analysis of the data for all years revealed superiority of genotype SUIN-029 for most of the fibre yield traits. This genotype can be used as donor for future breeding programme.


A row cropping system with an increase of row distance to 24 cm increased the growth of undersown cover crops and allowed 1-2 passes of interow hoeing for weed control before sowing cover crops. The three-week delay sowing time was suitable for the growth of legume species. The new system significantly improved both grain yield and grain N content of the succeeding crop compared to the traditional cropping system.


Slant-hole drilling is a method for achieving horizontal displacement at shallow depths to access targets that could not be reached by conventional directional drilling. Slant-hole drilling techniques also have been used for multiwell programs where wellheads are spaced closely together on a drill site, or pad, and the wells directionally drilled to hit reservoir targets. Sierra Drilling Ltd. has had recent success in slant-hole drilling projects. This article focuses on two projects in western Canada where Sierra acted as drilling contractor. One project was a multiwell drilling program for a drill pad and the other project was a gas well drilled with an extreme horizontal well bore displacement.


Elimination of prescribed drugs as a result of inquiries made by pharmacists Sub Title Author Muto, Yasuko(Kawamoto, Yoshiko) Imai, Yuriko(Hayashi, Naoko) 川本, 嘉子(Fukushima, Noriko) 林, 直子 福島, 紀子 Publisher 共立薬科大学 Publication year 2007 Jtitle 共立薬科大学雑誌 (The journal of Kyoritsu University of Pharmacy). Vol.3, (2007. 10) ,p.2529 Abstract We evaluated the background and reasons why certain drugs were eliminated from prescriptions as a result of inquiries made to physicians by pharmacists in order to clarify the role that pharmacists play in separating drug dispensing from doctors (bungyo practice). From 750 prescriptions which were inquiried about in the two-year period between April 2003 and March 2005, we selected those from which at least one drug was eliminated and retrospectively investigated inquiry records, the registry of medication histories, and computer data for medical coding. The results of the analysis revealed 7 reasons for the elimination of drugs from prescriptions: 1) leftover, 2) duplication with other institutions, 3) no symptoms, 4) difficult to use, 5) discovery of contraindications, 6) poor communication with doctors, and 7) history of adverse reactions. This study showed that pharmacists notice inappropriate prescriptions mainly while checking the medication history and giving medication guidance to patients. Our findings suggested that pharmacists can more effectively contribute to the proper use of drugs, the management of drugs, and reduction in patients' financial burden by skillfully obtaining information from patients while giving medication guidance and by transmitting the obtained information to doctors. Notes 原著論文 Genre Departmental Bulletin Paper URL https://koara.lib.keio.ac.jp/xoonips/modules/xoonips/detail.php?koara_id=jkup2007_3_025


This Final Report describes the theoretical methodology, addresses the system, operational and implementation requirements, summarizes the architectural and functional design specifications and provides user instructions for the Steady-State Stability Monitor Prototype. The Steady-State Stability Monitor Prototype presents the steady-state stability calculations results in a suggestive, simple to understand and to interpret graphical format. It displays how close the power system is operating to its steady-state stability limit and, in addition, it ranks the generating units in accordance with the risk they pose to reliable power system operation. By using industry-approved approximations in conjunction with the REI-Dimo solution technique, it is fast enough to aid both the real-time control center dispatch and the operations planning activities. The package runs on any IBM AT, PS/2 or truly compatible computer under DOS 3.3 or higher. It is easy to use, easy to learn and requires no other software or hardware to benefit from it. The package is currently being beta-tested by Southern Company Services Inc. with realistically sized data sets taken directly from the Southern Electric System. The Final Report of the Research Project RP2473-43 consists of two volumes. Topics addressed in volume 1 include the: overview and justification of the solution contemplatedmore » by SYDETECH for the Steady-State Stability Monitor Prototype; theoretical approach to the quick Steady-State stability assessment problem; system environment requirements; documentation and operational requirements; approach requirements and constraints; architectural design specifications; operational characteristics; data environment. Volume 2 of the Final Report covers the operational aspects of the Steady-State Stability Monitor prototype and provides you with detailed instructions for using this software.« less


A methodology of creating a risk analysis of acceptance and rejection errors in the act of user´s authentification. A determination of terms: an authentification, a FRR, a FAR, a security policy of the IS, critheria of classification of a security.


Despite the fact that Richard Leblanc's name appears as co-author, this is very much the book of William Feindel, the third director of the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) from 1972 to 1984. Feindel, a neurosurgeon, is said to have worked at this labour of love for many years. And it shows, in the wealth of detail about the MNI, its personnel, buildings, and programs that comes pouring forth, from the time of its founding in 1934 to the end of Feindel 's tenure as director. This is the story of ''The Neuro,'' as it was known locally in Montreal but always respectfully referred to in the volume as the ''MNI.'' Every loving detail, every smidgen of information – with a few exceptions (explained below) – that one could conceivably wish to know about the MNI is encompassed within these 632 glossy and beautifully illustrated pages. It is an affectionate testimonial to one of Canada's great medical institutions and will enthrall those with personal memories of the Montreal scene in those years as they pick out familiar faces from the photos or recognize research in which they participated. But this is the problem: the book is a chronicle and not really a history. For Feindel, who passed away in 2014, his own participation in events is quite the story. An entire chapter is called ''William Feindel 's Departure,'' meaning his leaving the MNI in 1954 to become inaugural chair of neurosurgery at the University of Saskatoon. Wilder Penfield, the first director, pleaded with Feindel to stay and said: ''My initial reaction is that if the University of Pennsylvania – California, Chicago, Ann Arbor, N.Y. were to offer you a chair, or even Toronto, you would have to consider it'' (273). But Saskatoon! And, of course, Feindel 's own period as director is charted in great detail, not inappropriately. The hero of the story is Wilder Penfield, who had been on staff at Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Lured by a note from Edward Archibald, chair of the Department of Surgery at McGill, to come up to Montreal for a look around, and excited by the challenge of carving a brilliant new research centre in neurology and neurosurgery out of nothing in Montreal (as opposed to further political struggles in New York), Penfield decided to accept the post. Penfield, of


A second season of a new programme of excavations at Tell Brak in northeastern Syria took place from mid-March to late May 1995. Our sincere gratitude for continuing support goes especially to the Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, in particular in Damascus to the Director-General, Professor Dr Sultan Muhesen, the Director of Excavations, Dr Adnan Bounni, and to all their colleagues who assisted us in many ways. We also thank Sd Jean Lazare of the Antiquities Office in Hasake and Sd Ass'ad Mahmud of Der ez-Zor Museum. Our representative was again Sd Hussein Yusuf who provided invaluable assistance in all aspects of our work, for which we are very grateful. Funding was generously provided by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, and the British Academy, to all of whom sincere thanks are expressed. The excavation team in 1995 comprised Dr Roger Matthews (excavations director), Ms Helen McDonald (registrar and pottery specialist), Professor Farouk al-Rawi (epigraphist and archaeologist), Dr Susan Colledge (palaeobotanist and environmentalist), Dr Keith Dobney (zooarchaeologist), Dr Wendy Matthews (micromorphologist), Ms Fiona Macalister (conservator), Ms Kim Duistermaat, Mr Geoffrey Emberling, Mr Nicholas Jackson, Mr Tom Pollard (archaeologists), Ms Amy Emberling and Mr Jake Emberling (camp support).


Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text. A case of presumed intraretinal tuberculosis evaluated with optical coherence tomography angiography is reported. Purpose: To report a case of presumed intraretinal tuberculosis evaluated with optical coherence tomography angiography. Methods: Case report. Results: A 61-year-old woman recently immigrated from China presented with round yellow-white retinal lesions in the left eye. The lesions were evaluated with multimodal imaging, including optical coherence tomography angiography. Subsequent serologic testing revealed a positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold test, whereas workup for other entities was negative. The patient was diagnosed with presumed intraretinal tuberculosis. She was started on systemic antitubercular therapy and the lesions regressed. The regression was documented with optical coherence tomography angiography. Conclusion: Case reports of primary intraretinal tuberculosis are uncommon. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case to demonstrate optical coherence tomography angiography findings of presumed intraretinal tuberculosis.


Resistances to airflow through clean and soiled 'Russet Burbank', clean and soiled 'Norchip', and clean 'Yukon Gold' potatoes were measured as pressure drops per unit depths using 0.95 m3 bulks. Airflow resistances of clean potatoes were measured in both airflow directions (horizontal and vertical). All tests were performed using a 975 ¥ 975 mm container attached to an air plenum and filled to a depth of 1.0 m. Small 'Norchip' potatoes with a maximum dimension of 45 mm had resistances to vertical airflow of approximately 1.5 times that of 'Norchip' potatoes with mixed sizes and 2.5 times that of larger 'Yukon Gold' potatoes. 'Russet Burbank' potatoes had 15 to 30% lower airflow resistances in the horizontal direction than in the vertical direction. Soil, uniformly added to clean potato bulks at 6% by volume, increased the airflow resistance by 3.2 to 3.7 times.


The relationship of function calling is the core of understanding and maintaining software systems for engineers, but so far there have been so little studies concentrating on this aspect. In this paper we presented a comprehensive study of analyzing the software systems at the function level with complex network theory, expecting for providing guidance to the maintaining and controlling of systems. We selected a simple scripting language Lua whose code is in appropriate size for complexity analysis mainly in degree distribution and community detection, and found the heavy-tail and high clustering phenomenon.


It has been well known that intracellular increase in CaTinduced by massive release of excitatory amino acid and by increased phospholipid metabolism during and after ischemia that plays an important role in brain damage. Furthermore, recent studies revealed that mild hypothermia (only 2-5 OC reduction of brain temperature below normothermia) provided protective effect, though the mechanism of this effect is still unclear, The present study was designed to gain further insight into the mechanism for neuroprotective effect of mild


We successfully measured muonic X-rays of cosmic-ray muons stopped in Al and Fe targets. In order to identify the events that incoming cosmic-ray muons were stopped in the targets, a coincidence and anticoincidence system of three plastic scintillators was used. The X-rays associated with the atomic muon captures were measured with germanium detectors. Measurements using the Al and Fe targets were carried out for 33 and 16 days, respectively. A sufficient number of muonic X-ray events for identifying the elemental compositions of the target materials were clearly observed. This technique provides a means of nondestructive elemental analysis that does not require the use of particle accelerators.


New applications require conveying huge bitrate from a source node to multiple destinations. As a result, point-to-multipoint (P2MP) connections need to be established on the optical layer. In this paper, the P2MP routing and spectrum allocation (RSA) problem is formally stated and modelled as an Integer Linear Program (ILP). Exhaustive numerical results show that creating several transparent sub-trees noticeably improves the performance obtained by serving the demand using one single tree. Moreover, cost savings from exploiting traffic asymmetry can be obtained by installing directed optical transponders consisting of one single module.


: The content of phenolic acids in strawberries was determined before and after gamma-irradiation in the dose range 1 to 10 kGy. Fresh whole strawberries were irradiated, acid-base-hydrolyzed, and purified on polyamide columns. The compounds were analyzed by reversed-phase chromatography and detected with a diode-array detector. Dose/concentration relationships were obtained for gallic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, cinnamic acid, p-coumaric acid, and caffeic acid. Whereas radiolysis of the individual acids in aqueous solutions led to their efficient degradation and to a notable hydroxylation, in the complex matrix of food no hydroxylation products were formed and only the amount of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid was affected by irradiation (build up: 0.68 ± 0.04 mg kg−1kGy−1).


Faced with the problem of MPLS protection,this article proposes a monitoring mechanism that is fast,scalable,efficient and easy to perform.This technique is better than before methods in expansibility,resources consume and flexibility.It comes a conclusion that monitoring mechanism is a good choice for MPLS network.


Statement of Problem: Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is one of the most common diseases affecting the oral mucosa. Many topical and systemic medications used to treat RAS have adverse local and systemic effects. Chamomill (kamillosan) has been shown to be an effective drug, without any noticeable side effects.
Purpose: The aim of present study was to assess the efficacy of a chamomill mouthrinse on RAS in comparison with a placebo mouthrinse.
Materials and Methods: The study was designed as a double blind randomized placebo controlled clinical trial with participation of 50 patients diagnosed with RAS. They were randomly divided into two groups: 26 patients forming the test group, received chamomill mouthrinse and 24 patients constituting the control group received a placebo rinse. All subjects were instructed to use the solutions three times a day until complete resolution of the lesions. Treatment outcome was assessed on days 3 and 5 and at the exact healing time. The ability of the solution to control the pain and burning sensation and the diameter of the ulcers was evaluated. Statistical analysis was performed using the 2 and unpaired t test for comparison between the two groups.
Results: The chamomill group showed a significant reduction in the time required for controlling the pain and burning sensation (P<0.01). Ulcer diameter and healing time were also decreased (P<0.01).
Conclusion: Chamomill mouthrinse was effective in the treatment of RAS without producing adverse effect.


This paper presents a robust position controller for a tilt-wing quadrotor to track desired trajectories under external wind and aerodynamic disturbances. Wind effects are modeled using Dryden model and are included in the dynamic model of the vehicle. Robust position control is achieved by introducing a disturbance observer which estimates the total disturbance acting on the system. In the design of the disturbance observer, the nonlinear terms which appear in the dynamics of the aerial vehicle are also treated as disturbances and included in the total disturbance. Utilization of the disturbance observer implies a linear model with nominal parameters. Since the resulting dynamics are linear, only PID type simple controllers are designed for position and attitude control. Simulations and experimental results show that the performance of the observer based position control system is quite satisfactory.


In a previous work, Lantana camara L. (lantana) plants grew in three different light environments after treatments with drenched-applied paclobutrazol to test their potential to give easthetically attractive products (small plants with increased flowering). Nevertheless, no information is known with regard to the bioclimatic conditions of the aforementioned light environments (0%, 28% and 66% shadings). Therefore, the present work determined their bioclimatic conditions in summer (hot period of the year) and especially August, with the use of a widely used index, the thermohygrometric index, in a glasshouse in Attica, Greece. Average thermohygrometric index values were used for the evaluation of bioclimatic conditions and the relative frequencies of the different classes of thermohygrometric index were calculated on a two-hour basis for each examined shading. From the results of this study, the environment with the full light regime (0% shading) provided less favorable bioclimatic conditions compared to other examined light regimes (28% and 66% shadings), during the daytime period (08:00-20:00 h). Between 28% and 66% shadings, more favorable bioclimatic conditions were established at 66% shading for the same period. The nighttime period (22:00-06:00 h) was characterized as more friendly, bioclimatically, compared to the respective daytime period, irrespective of the examined light regime. Among the three studied shadings in nighttime period, the more favorable bioclimatic conditions were noticed in the low light regime (66% shading). The less favorable bioclimatic conditions were detected at the plot with 28% shading, compared to other shadings at the aforementioned period. The findings of this study could be beneficial for the planning of the work in other plant cultivations inside a glasshouse the hot period of the year.


The Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) is NASA's first space science interferometer, and will enable fundamental new discoveries in both Galactic and extra-galactic astronomy, including cosmic distance scale. It will also address questions related to the origins and prevalence of planetary systems. SIM is designed with a 10m baseline, providing high-throughput 4 μas global astrometry and synthesis imaging in the visible at a resolution of 10 milliarcsec. It demonstrates several key technologies, including coronagraphic-type 104 extinction nulling of a central bright source, needed for future missions in NASA's Origins Program, such as the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) and Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF).The Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) is NASA's first space science interferometer, and will enable fundamental new discoveries in both Galactic and extra-galactic astronomy, including cosmic distance scale. It will also address questions related to the origins and prevalence of planetary systems. SIM is designed with a 10m baseline, providing high-throughput 4 μas global astrometry and synthesis imaging in the visible at a resolution of 10 milliarcsec. It demonstrates several key technologies, including coronagraphic-type 104 extinction nulling of a central bright source, needed for future missions in NASA's Origins Program, such as the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) and Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF).


Religion has always been considered as the "constant" of human society,and it shows that human life can be transcendent.Religion can overpass the limitations of time and play a unique role in social system.To some degree,the construction of opinion system and rules of practice can also be regarded as the process of faith demands and psychological probation.The society is branded with distinctive religious marks in this process.If the analysis on individuals,groups and society is of enlightening significance in any complicated conditions,the differentiation and relation between the self and the others,between orthodoxy and heresy,and between the sacred and the secular can help us grasp the complicated relations between religion and society,as well as the religious features of society.


Magnetic cleanliness testing was performed on the Tethered Satellite as the last step of an articulated verification campaign aimed at demonstrating the capability of the satellite to support its TEMAG (TEthered MAgnetometer) experiment. Tests at unit level and analytical predictions/correlations using a dedicated mathematical model (GANEW program) are also part of the verification activities. Details of the tests are presented, and the results of the verification are described together with recommendations for later programs.


In this study, a catalyst of commercial titanium dioxide TiO2 (Hombikat, UV-100) impregnated with different concentrations of CaMnO3 (1-wt % to 50-wt%) coupled to visible light was investigated for the photo-degradation of Imazapyr herbicide.
The pesticide molecules were selected from the Imidazolinone herbicides widely used in Moroccan agriculture and characterized by their high solubilty in water.
The irradiation was carried out under the visible light generated by a medium pressure 150W mercury lamp.
TiO2 HOMBIKAT-100UV / 5-wt% CaMnO3 catalyst showed a 45.0 ± 1.0 % increase in the photo-degradation rate constant of Imazapyr as compared to the commercial TiO2 Hombikat UV-100 at neutral pH. This enhancement is a result of the availability of more sorption sites, decrease in bandgap of the TiO2, and effectiveness of the charge separation in the TiO2/ CaMnO3 composite catalyst.
Experiments were investigated in order to assess the influence of various parameters, such as, exposition time, initial pesticide concentration and initial amount of catalyst on the photocatalytic process. It has been found that Imazapyr is rapidly degraded with a first-order kinetic,in respect to Langmuir-Hinshelwood model.
The quantification of residues of Imazapyr and its breakdown products were analyzed using Mass Spectrometry Electrospray Ionisation MS-ESI Bruker esquire 3000 plus and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR).


In this contribution we discuss the inclusive production of jets in central regions of rapidity in the context of kT ‐factorization at next‐to‐leading order (NLO). We work in the Regge limit of QCD and use the NLO BFKL results. A jet cone definition is propo sed together with a phase‐ space separation into multi‐Regge and quasi‐multi‐Regge kinematics. We discuss scattering of highly virtual photons, with a symmetric energy scale to separate the impact factors from the gluon Green's function, and hadron‐hadron collisions, wit h a non‐symmetric scale choice.


Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common comorbidity in heart failure (HF) patients and is classically associated with acceleration in the rate of HF progression. The precise mechanism for this interaction is unclear, but comprises ''bidirectional'' aspects in which AF promotes HF and HF also increases the likelihood of AF. We therefore studied the relationship between AF in an ovine model of pacinginduced congestive HF, in an attempt to identify the mechanisms that underpin the apparent synergistic relationship between AF and HF. Methods and Results: Sixteen adult sheep were paced at 190 beats/min for 21 days (HF). AF was induced in 8 of these animals at 14 days' pacing using programmed extrastimuli (HF þAF). Left ventricular hemodynamics and the pattern of cardiac neurohormonal activation, via coronary sinus (CS) sampling, were determined at rest and during submaximal exercise testing in both groups at 21 days and after AF reversion (by atrial defibrillation) at 21 days. CS norepinephrine (NE), endothelin (ET-1), and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels were significantly increased in HF þ AF animals, whereas LV end-diastolic pressure (EDP) and LV dP/dt max were significantly reduced compared with moderate HF alone. Cardioversion significantly reduced CS NE and BNP levels and improved contractility in AF þ HF animals. In a further 6 animals, we explored the mechanism by which HF increases susceptibility to AF, with specific emphasis on the influence of functional mitral regurgitation. The elimination of MR in HF animals using a percutaneous mitral annular reduction device significantly decreased the inducibility of AF. Conclusions: AF induction significantly depresses left ventricular function and causes activation of myocardial neurohormones. In conjunction, the presence of functional MR increases susceptibility to AF and this may be attenuated by MR reduction by percutaneous mitral annular reduction. (J Cardiac Fail 2008;14:320e326)


Device for the continuous production of nonwoven webs from filaments, one spinning instalacionde for the generation of the filaments, wherein after the spinning device is connected a cooling chamber (2), wherein sealimenta being provided compressed air for cooling the filaments, wherein in the cooling chamber (2) is connected a draw unit (5) for stretching losfilamentos and wherein the connection area between the cooling chamber (2) and stretching unit (5) estaconfigurada closed, wherein the stretching unit (5) has a, whose channel walls (8, 9) estandispuestas / configured stretching passage (7) divergently at least about one third the channel length stretch (7), and wherein there is provided a deposition system for depositing the filaments to form the nonwoven tape detela.


This paper firstly summarized the application of microspore culture in new rapeseed species cultivation and germplasms breeding,population construction,genetic analysis of complicated traits and transgene.Secondly it analyzed the advance on rapeseed quality improvement,resistance enhancement,GMS breeding by utilizing of transgenic technology.In addition,detailed introduction was made on the application and progress of DNA molecular marker technology in the rapeseed mapping,fingerprint analysis and marker-assisted selection.As a result,the application prospects of modern biotechnology are also discussed.


BACKGROUND
Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is a rare disease that causes disabling cutaneous photosensitivity with pain and burning sensations. In 2019, afamelanotide, an α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone analogue, was approved in the United States for treatment of EPP. In this study, patients receiving afamelanotide filled out questionnaires assessing the benefit of treatment. Outcomes measured included: return to normal activities, experience of phototoxic reactions, effect on patient confidence, and more. Patients ranked their experience on a descriptive scale ranging from "very much" to "never".

RESULTS
Prior to treatment, 75% of patients indicated that EPP affected their lives "very much" or "a lot". This number fell to 11% after the 1st implant and to 0% after each subsequent implant. The number of patients that willingly ventured outside increased with each subsequent implant.

CONCLUSION
The results of this study clearly show that afamelanotide treatment can dramatically and positively impact the lives of EPP patients.  Citation: Resnik SR, Targett D, Resnik BI. Into the light: afamelanotide and the treatment of erythropoietic protoporphyria in the United States. J Drugs Dermatol. 2023;22(9):941-949. doi:10.36849/JDD.7126R1.


This paper describes a multiple‐criteria decision support system (MCDSS) for the selection of the most appropriate contractor. The system can accommodate the unique characteristics of a project in addition to the qualifications and capabilities of those contractors assessed. The system first evaluates the list of contractors by matching their qualifications with specific project conditions. A short list of eligible contractors is thus selected and further the MCDSS compares the current capabilities of the short listed contractors and their plans for the project under consideration, to select the most appropriate contractor. The Delphi method was used to evoke expertise and obtain reliable assessment values for all criteria related to the contractor qualification, while the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was used to assess the specific project conditions. The system can be easily modified to adopt specific conditions of the proposed project and also to facilitate the decision maker in explaining the reasons for the elimination of excluded contractor.


Based on LabVIEW, this paper presents a design scheme of data acquisition, which it proposes using computer and ordinary data collection card as the main hardware and LabVIEW as software development platform, thus constructs the virtual instrument system for signal acquisition. The system can realize synchronous data acquisition of single channel or multi-channel signal, as well as real-time display and preservation. The practice shows that this scheme can not only effectively play performance of ordinary data acquisition card, but also reduce greatly program development time and beautify interface through LabVIEW which has powerfully visual human-machine interface editor and graphical programming function.


Objective To study the clinical effects of microecology nutrition in the therapy of digestive fistula. Method 23 patients were divided randomly into microbial ecological agents enteral nutrition group(MEN,n=12) and normal enteral nutrition group(EN,n=11). Result There were no statistical differences between the two groups in terms of the total serum protein,serum albumin,peripheral leukocytes,percentage of neutrophils and lymphocyte count(P0.05),but in digestive tract symptoms of the two groups(P0.05). Conclusion Early microecology nutrition could alleviate the digestive tract symptoms of patients with digestive fistula and promote the recovery of the digestive function.


With regard to the situation of the social security of rural reservoir resettlers,the existing problems were analyzed.Relevant countermeasures were put forward for the improvement of the social security system of rural reservoir resettlers: on one hand,the government should offer the basic pension to the rural reservoir resettlers,and the non-fee collecting social security system of rural reservoir resettlers should be establish;on the other hand,the social security system of interdependent families and communities should be transformed into that the government should spiritually encourage the rural reservoir resettlers.


The chopper system for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) provides a gap in the beam for clean extraction from the accumulator ring. It consists of a pre-chopper in the low energy beam transport and a faster chopper in the medium energy beam transport (MEBT). It took several iterations to develop a working design with the required parameters. In this paper we describe the latest design of the MEBT chopper deflector and give results of the experimental verification of the chopper effectiveness, the gap cleanliness and the measured rise time. The effect on the losses is discussed as well


The objective of this study was to explore the impact of online education and to analyze the online education on students' academic learning. The study helps both the students and teachers to know the impact of online education on students' learning. 300 students from Virtual University of twin cities of Pakistan were selected as a targeted population and 90 students selected as a sample size by using the simple random technique. The close-ended questionnaire was used for data collection. The link of online education with computer literacy, creativity among students, motivation of students towards learning, and performance of students was evaluated by the manual method. Results suggested that some major efforts must be made to continue to improve online technology that fosters dynamic learning opportunities for students through online education. It is recommended to have better distance learning environment or first-class online classrooms that can sense a learner's motivation level and respond adaptively.


KEPRI(Korea Electric Power Research Institute) developed a new movable wave energy converter which comprises linked PTO(Power Takeoff) and VLCO(Variable Liquid Column Oscillator). And, comparable performances of the VLCO system were investigated. The proposed VLCO system has two floating bodies. If it has three bodies, the PTO performances will be changed. This study numerically analyzes the behavior of 3-body VLCO system and compares its performance with 2-body system. From the analysis results, some findings about the effect of number of bodies on VLCO"s performance are discussed.


Problem‐Based Learning (PBL) is a pedagogical method in which students engage in active learning through self‐guided inquiry. Growing out from the teaching tradition of medical schools, PBL uses open‐ended problems that are often rooted in reality. The time is ripe for PBL in biochemistry education, given the emphases on critical thinking and reasoning and on integrative learning in the ASBMB core competencies, the new MCAT, and the NSF/AAAS "Vision and Change." To meet these objectives, a senior‐level advanced biochemistry course was redesigned into a PBL format, using curare as the central theme. A potent neurotoxin, curare is a plant extract used by South American tribes in the Amazonian basin to tip their arrows for hunting and in weaponry. Drawing from the primary literature as far back as the 1500s, the course winds through the story of curare: from the first encounters of European explorers with poison‐tipped arrows during their exploration of the New World to the molecular elucidation of how the mongoose is unaffected by the venom of the cobra. Students read seminal articles from Nobel Laureates, including Otto Loewi, Henry Dale, Erwin Neher, and Bert Sakmann, with techniques including EKGs, elemental analysis, protein separation, X‐ray crystallography, and patch clamping. A learning matrix of content and skills will be presented, as well as results from attitudinal surveys. Although initially offered as an upper‐division course, the intent is to move this course into an integrated chemistry curriculum at the end of the sophomore year.


Treatment of RuCl2(PPh3)3 with PMP (PMP = 2,6-(Ph2PCH2)2C5H3N) in acetone produced RuCl2(PPh3)(PMP), which has been characterized by X-ray diffraction. Treatment of RuCl2(PPh3)(PMP) with NaBH4 in methanol gave RuHCl(PPh3)(PMP), acidification of which with HBF4·Et2O produced the molecular dihydrogen complex [RuCl(H2)(PPh3)(PMP)]BF4. Treatment of RuHCl(CO)(PPh3)3 with PMP in benzene produced RuHCl(CO)(PMP), which reacted with HBF4·Et2O to give the molecular dihydrogen complex [RuCl(H2)(CO)(PMP)]BF4. The osmium molecular dihydrogen complex [OsCl(H2)(PPh3)(PMP)]BF4 was prepared by protonation of OsHCl(PPh3)(PMP) with HBF4·Et2O. Relative acidities of the dihydrogen complexes were investigated by NMR spectroscopy of equilibrium reactions conducted in CD2Cl2. [RuCl(H2)(CO)(PMP)]BF4 is more acidic than [RuCl(H2)(PPh3)(PMP)]BF4, which is in turn more acidic than its osmium analog [OsCl(H2)(PPh3)(PMP)]BF4.


Sequential Pattern Mining (SPM) is an important subject to focuses on the current purchase scenario. Current research of SPM mostly emphasis on items or itemset which are frequently purchase in certain order but not focused on the purchase which will be potentially strong for future. In this paper, we have tried to focus on Emerging Patterns (EPs) based on significant change of its support values. Proposed algorithm worked on significant change of boundary value support threshold. There are some patterns which lies on boundary, due to its little law amount of frequency they are rejected, those patterns are not in consideration presently but which having similar kind of nature as discovered patterns. Incorporation of manipulation in Boundary value and Recency constraint in traditional SPM algorithm - PrefixSpan, helps to discover EPs and distinguish between actual infrequent patterns as well patterns suffering from little low support threshold from immense database. Proposed algorithm effectively discover the current spending patterns of customers and recent trends, which will allow decision maker to detect in a large database potential changes of customer preference, and provide as early as possible products and services desired by the customers to expand and retain business.


Abstract A comprehensive rhomboidal-15 general circulation model with idealized boundary conditions is used to investigate the effects of interactions between the tropical circulation and continental climate on the precipitation distribution. Sea surface temperatures are fixed and zonally uniform and, along with the solar forcing, establish perpetual solstice conditions. Clouds are also prescribed and zonally uniform. Experiments with dry and saturated land surfaces an compared with an all-ocean control integration. The winter hemisphere of the saturated continent is cooler than the prescribed ocean surface at the same latitude, and the summer hemisphere is warmer. When the surface is dry, the maximum summer hemisphere warming is four times larger than in the saturated surface case and extends into the winter hemisphere. The ITCZ is shifted farther into the summer hemisphere and enhanced near the coasts over the saturated continent, but it is interrupted in crossing the dry surface. The modification of th...


Religion and Religious Studies in Terms of Otakar Pertold (1884-1965)

 Despite its emphasis on objectivity, like other disciplines, religious studies permanently deals with cultural, ethnic, political, economic and especially worldview ideas. This generates a fundame


Objective: 1) Develop a minimally invasive surgical technique to treat the palatal component of OSA. 2) Ccombine a proven ablation technology to create palatal stiffening with a novel suspension technique to relieve palatal obstruction. 3) Perform a pilot trial to determine feasibility. Method: The PASS technique was used to treat the palatal component of obstruction for OSA. Palatal ablation was performed. Four permanent, submucosal, periosteal based sutures were placed from the hard palate to the palatopharyngeus muscle and free edge of the soft palate (bilateral). Gentle tension resulted in advancement of the palate. Results: Twenty patients were studied. Each patient had a preoperative/postoperative PSG. The PASS technique was used for the palatal component to treat mild apnea or as a part of multilevel surgery for moderate to severe OSA. The PASS technique proved to be a consistently reliable method to advance, suspend, and stiffen the palate without mucosal/muscular (palatal) disruption to correct the palatal component of OSA. The average palatal advancement noted bilaterally at the palatal arches was 7.5 mm. Postoperatively, the mucosal sparing technique resulted in no complications of velopharyngeal insufficiency. Isolated PASS procedures for mild apnea resulted in a 70% reduction in RDI. Conclusion: The PASS technique was proven as a functionally and anatomically superior nondestructive treatment for palatal obstruction. The PASS technique resulted in no complications of VPI. The limitations of the study are the limited number of patients and lack of a control arm with the gold standard UPPP.


In this paper, the philosophy of concurrent engineering was used to analyze in detail the process of CAD,CAPP and PPS which traditionally was serial. Based on the analysis and the decompositon of traditional process, we first recombined the sub-processes and introduce the model of integrated process of CAD, CAPP and PPS. Further, a CAD/CAPP integration process model based on PDM and a CAPP/PPS integration process model based on the management of dynamic resource was investigated. The idea of this paper was used in the implementation of concurrent engineering of Nanjing Jincheng Corporation which was one of the key project of National 863 Project and had achieved good result.


Objective
To study the influential factors of C-reactive protein (CRP) in neonates.

Methods
A total of 220 neonates whose serum CRP exceeded 8 mg/mL were recruited in the department of Neonate Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of BaYi Children's Hospital of General Military Hospital of Beijing from January 2009 to December 2010. They were selected to study group According to the diagnostic criteria for neonatal disease of Practical Neonatology and in accordance with the diagnosis and examination results on admission, they were divided into following sub-groups: sepsis sub-group (n=19), premature low birth weight sub-group (n=50), neonatal pneumonia sub-group (n=151), hypoglycemia sub-group (n=14), hemolytic disease sub-group (n=20), respiratory distress syndrome of newborn (NRDS) sub-group (n=8), pathological jaundice sub-group (n=81), intracranial hemorrhage sub-group (n=13), hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) sub-group (n=29), asphyxia sub-group (n=20), amniotic fluid pollution sub-group (n=62) and premature rupture of membranes sub-group (n=44). At the same time, a total of 2129 inpatient neonates without corresponding diseases were chosen as corresponding control group (n=201, 170, 69, 206, 200, 212, 139, 207, 191, 200, 158, 176), respectively. Procedures were performed according to the Helsinki Declaration and approved by institutional Review Board (Institutional Review Board of General Military Hospital of Beijing PLA). The blood sampling of neonates were collected according to patient condition after approval was obtained from their families during hospitalization period. There were no statistically significant difference about gender, age, feeding and delivery methods between two groups (P>0.05). The average rank of serum CRP took two-sample rank test (Mann Whitney U test), correlation analysis took Pearson correlation of multiple linear regression analysis.

Results
The preliminary screening results by Mann Whitney U test showed mean rank: Serum CRP of neonates septicemia (Yes: 138.32, No: 107.86; U=1381.0, P=0.046), NRDS (Yes: 66.44, No: 112.16; U=495.5, P=0.046), results of Pearson correlation showed possible correlation among serum CRP and hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (Hct), total bilirubin (TBIL), direct bilirubin (DBIL), glucose (Glu) (r=-0.149, -0.143, -0.164, 0.246, 0.316, P<0.05). Stepwise regression analysis was used further, dependent variable: Serum CRP, covariates: Neonatal septicemia, NRDS, Hb, Hct, TBIL, DBIL, Glu, only DBIL and Glu entered regression equation, standardized partial regression coefficient were 0.477, 0.311, respectively. The 95% confidence intervals were 0.608-2.265 and 0.588-9.445 (P=0.001, 0.028), respectively, so DBIL and Glu were positively correlated with serum CRP, the model had statistical significance (F=9.298, P=0.001), goodness of fit was slightly poorer (R2=0.341).

Conclusions
Serum CRP are positively correlated with DBIL and Glu, furthermore, DBIL has more positive effects on serum CRP than Glu. Some others important influential factors on serum CRP need to be detected.

Key words:
C-reactive protein; direct bilirubin; glucose; neonate


In an electron‐optical fly's eye lens, comprised of several parallel plates with arrays of aligned holes, the field at each lenslet is distorted by the fields of the surrounding lenslets. This interaction sets a limit on how closely packed the array can be (or how large the lenslet holes can be for a given spacing) and therefore has a direct bearing on performance. In this paper a method is developed for calculating the effect of the interaction for arbitrary lens geometry.First, from the symmetry of the environment of each lenslet, Neumann boundary conditions are derived on the bounding polygon between lenslets. These boundary conditions are expanded in a Fourier‐perturbation series about the circle which is the zeroth harmonic of the polygon. Laplace's equation is then solved within the bounding circle for each harmonic to first‐order in the perturbation theory, for example by numerical relaxation. Second‐ and higher‐order solutions can be similarly obtained if necessary. From the zeroth Fourier compone...


A long‐range corrected density functional theory (LC‐DFT) was applied to study the geometric structures, relative stabilities, electronic structures, reactivity descriptors and magnetic properties of the bimetallic NiCun–1 and Ni2Cun–2 (n = 3–13) clusters, obtained by doping one or two Ni atoms to the lowest energy structures of Cun, followed by geometry optimizations. The optimized geometries revealed that the lowest energy structures of the NiCun–1 and Ni2Cun–2 clusters favor the Ni atom(s) situated at the most highly coordinated position of the host copper clusters. The averaged binding energy, the fragmentation energies and the second‐order energy differences signified that the Ni doped clusters can continue to gain an energy during the growth process. The electronic structures revealed that the highest occupied molecular orbital and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energies of the LC‐DFT are reliable and can be used to predict the vertical ionization potential and the vertical electron affinity of the systems. The reactivity descriptors such as the chemical potential, chemical hardness and electrophilic power, and the reactivity principle such as the minimum polarizability principle are operative for characterizing and rationalizing the electronic structures of these clusters. Moreover, doping of Ni atoms into the copper clusters carry most of the total spin magnetic moment. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


High-speed train passes through the cutting terrain, signal propagation is significantly affected by the steep sides, resulting in a high probability of handover interruption. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a location-assisted dynamic beamforming handoff algorithm. This solution uses the vehicle-mounted GPS and the arrival angle of the incoming wave to determine the location of the Mobile Relay Node (MRN) and ensure the stability of signal transmission during the operation of the train in the overlapping area. According to the path loss of the High-speed Railway (HSR) cutting scene, calculate the Handover Interruption Probability (HIP), the Handover Trigger Probability (HTP) and the Handover Success Probability (HSP). The simulation results have showed that the proposed algorithm has lower HIP and higher HSP, compared with the traditional handover solution. It ensures the stability of handover in complex scenes, and has better performance in improving the handover efficiency of HSR communication systems.


ABSTRACT In this essay, I use the notion of fertility to examine what is left of Erasmus Darwin's influence on Percy Shelley in his last, unfinished poem, 'The Triumph of Life'. My aim is to shed light on Shelley's use of pageantry in this poem in a new way, bearing in mind Darwin's frequent use of botanical pageants in The Loves of the Plants and in The Temple of Nature, that is, poems which notoriously influenced Shelley in Queen Mab and Prometheus Unbound. Shelley's pageant in 'The Triumph of Life' is the enactment of the 'mutiny within' (l. 213), which is opposed to the dominion of love in Prometheus Unbound and to Darwin's idea that good outbalances evil (The Temple of Nature, IV, 135–45). While on the surface Shelley ironically reverses the positive connotations of fertility which characterize the Darwinian botanical pageant, he nonetheless preserves this fertility metaphorically, resorting to the pageant as a metaphor generative of poetic wonders which can awaken the readers from Life's deadening 'mist of familiarity'. I conclude by arguing that what proves most fertile in this poem is ultimately Shelley's reworking and revitalizing of a hackneyed metaphor – that of the pageant itself.


In order to find a chemical analysis method for determination of trace chlorine ion in cobalt carbonate,the conditions for determination of the trace chlorine ion in cobalt carbonate with indirect colorimetric method between mercuric thiocyanate and ferric iron salt,and the conditions for the cation exchange separation of cobalt are systematically investigated.The coloration sensitivity is increased by 60% by using high acidity and high ferric iron ion concentration,the molar absorption coefficient e460=2.88×103 L/mol-cm.And the cobalt separation rate reaches to 99.9%.The recoveries of adding standard are in the range of 96.13%~99.92%.For the samples chlorine content less than 10×10-6 and less than 100×10-6,the standard deviation S values are 6.16×10-5 and 2.19×10-4 and the RSD values are 9.34% and 3.22%,respectively.The method investigated is an accurate,stable,conveniently operational method for determination of the trace chlorine ion in cobalt carbonate.


Digital Image Processing is a rapidly evolving field with growing applications in Science and Engineering. Modern digital technology has made it possible to manipulate multi-dimensional signals. Digital Image Processing has a broad spectrum of applications. They include remote sensing data via satellite, medical image processing, radar, sonar and acoustic image processing and robotics. Uncompressed multimedia graphics, audio and video data require considerable storage capacity and transmission bandwidth. Despite rapid progress in mass-storage density, processor speeds, and digital communication system performance, demand for data storage capacity and data-transmission bandwidth continues to outstrip the capabilities of available technologies. This is a crippling disadvantage during transmission and storage. So there arises a need for data compression of images.


The non-stationary character of roughness is a widely recognized property of surface morphology and suggests modelling several solid surfaces by fractal geometry. In the field of contact mechanics this demands for novel investigations attempting to clarify the role of multi-scale roughness during physical contact. Here we propose an experimental investigation of the mechanical response of SrTiO3 substrates probed by a commercial nanoindentor. Load-displacement curves have been acquired respectively on well-defined crystalline surfaces and on mechanically lapped surfaces. We observe the first-loading cycles to be considerably affected by surface roughness whenever the penetration depth is kept below the interface width. The obtained results are analyzed within an elasto-plastic deformation model for fractal surfaces and a picture is developed to describe the deformation process with respect to surface roughness and structural parameters.Copyright © 2003 by ASME


This paper casts an architectural eye at existing work on security and privacy in mobile computing. Specifically, it focuses on authentication as it leads up to access control from two points of view: servicer providers granting access to users, and users granting access to service providers. The paper identifies three classes of problems addressed by existing work. Then, it teases out architectural patterns being used to address those problems, their assumptions, properties, and remaining challenges.


Objective To investigate the health condition of the navy officers and soldiers in Hainan district and the related factors.Methods A total of 648 navy officers and soldiers were studied by the cluster sampling and the self-designed health questionnaires.The questionnaire included 20 subhealthy subjective symptoms related with psychiatry,circulatory and digestive system diseases.Results Symptoms with the first 5 incidence rates were fidget(70.1%),acratia(65.1%),depression(61.7%),insomnia(61.0%) and dizziness(58.3%) respectively.There were significant difference in incidence rates of fidget,depression and insomnia between the officers and soldiers with different service time(P0.05),in dizziness between the officer and soldiers(P0.05),and in insomnia between officers and soldiers with different education levels(P0.05).Conclusion The investigated officers and soldiers have different degrees of health problems related with military service time,education background and the duties.


In this study, the purpose is to develop and illustrate a method that facilitates investigations of students' learning processes in classroom discussions about socioscientific issues. The method, c ...


IN LINEAR B TEXTS (hereafter LB texts) there are fourteen occurrences of the word ku-pi-ri-jo, which is interpreted by Ventris-Chadwick (1956:223) as Kuprios, to correspond with the Classical Greek proper noun Kbirptoo. The latter, used as both personal and ethnic name, is derived from the place-name Kvirpo "Cyprus," and is unattested in the LB texts. Szemerenyi (1958:60) suggested another interpretation: the proper noun Gublios, which he derives from the place name *Gublos, BbfXLos-a name also not found in LB texts. Let us consider all occurrences of the controversial forms. It seems likely that three of the four occurrences in Pylos tablets are personal names:


Two of three human liver carboxyl esterases were partially purified and characterized by immunochemical methods. These enzymes differed in the ease with which they could be extracted with saline and a


The fixation of meniscal tears has undergone a revolution since the introduction of fixators into arthroscopic surgery a decade ago. The goal of this article is to describe the surgical technique of meniscus repair using the FasT-Fix meniscal fixator. Pearls and pitfalls are reviewed as well as the results of recent studies and complications of the device.


Protein determination of milk Conveniently and rapidly by Bradford method.Added urea and melamine are not effected protein determination.The results of Bradford and Kjeldahl determination are correlative.


Atropine has been used in medical practice for decades and is one of the essential emergency drugs. Its applications in ophthalmology have also followed a long trajectory. Therefore, this review is intended to explore the various uses of Atropine in ophthalmology. Atropine uses in strict ophthalmic indications have extensive diagnostic and therapeutic outlay including Examination under anesthesia, cycloplegic refraction, myopia, and amblyopic management, post trabeculectomy management, synechiae treatment, floppy iris syndrome, and uveitis management. The side effects have been shown to be dose-dependent with no long-term sequelae. Atropine has remained an important medicine in ophthalmic practice globally.


Objective: To establish the HPLC method for content determination of Vitamin E in Vitamin E Liniment.Methods:SHIMADZU VP-ODS C18 column(4.6 mm×150 mm) was used;mobile phase was methanol-water(98∶2) with flow rate of 1.0 ml/min;the detection wavelength was set at 284 nm.Results:There was a good linearity in the rang of 0.025-0.200 mg/ml(r=0.999 9);the average recovery was 98.80% with RSD of 0.5%.Conclusion:The method estalished in the paper is accurate and reliable,simple and feasible,and it can be used for the content determination of Vitamin E in Vita-min E Liniment.


In 10 dogs, we placed a Doppler flow probe, an ameroid constrictor, and a hydraulic cuff occluder around the left circumflex coronary artery (CA). Ultrasonic dimension gauges were implanted in control segments (CS) and ischemic segments (IS) of the left ventricle (LV). A microtransducer was used to measure LV pressure (LVP). Sixteen to 35 days later, when CA occlusion was nearly complete and collaterals had developed, the dogs were studied by telemetry during exercise, while running behind a van (8-11 mph for 3.5 minutes). Control exercise and exercise after propranolol (P) (average dose 0.5 mg/kg, iv) were conducted on the same day 2 hours apart. During control exercise, significant increases occurred in heart rate (HR) (116-249 beats/min), LVP (124-163 mm Hg), end-diastolic pressure (EDP) (8.1-25.9 mm Hg), peak (+)dP/dt (3618-7348 mm Hg/sec), and percent shortening (%AL) of CS (19.7-28.8) (all P < 0.01), but percent systolic wall thickening (%AW) and %AL of IS decreased greatly [22.2 ± 3.8 to 5.1 ± 1.3% (P< 0.01) and 12.6 ± 2.1 to 7.1 ± 2.4% (P< 0.01), respectively]. During matched exercise periods after P, significantly less marked increases occurred in HR (101-182 beats /min), LVP (123-139 mm Hg), EDP (9.4-20.9 mm Hg), peak (+)dP/dt (2801-4312 mm Hg/sec), and %AL of CS (17.1-22.4%) (all P < 0.01). However, %AW and %AL of IS did not deteriorate [19.0 ± 3.6 to 14.3 ± 3.2% (NS) and 11.3 ± 3.1 to 11.5 ± 3.9% (NS)]; both were significantly different from control exercise (P < 0.01). It is concluded that amelioration by propranolol of an exercise-induced myocardial oxygen demand-supply imbalance in a collateral-dependent zone can markedly reduce regional ischemia and dysfunction at the same exercise level. Circ Res 46:190-200, 1980


In this study, the restraining actions induced by stay-in-place metal forms to concrete bridge decks are examined. A comparison between the behaviour of a concrete deck section constructed with regular stay-in-place metal forms and that constructed on a flat-bed geometry where the corrugations in the stay-in-place forms are filled with extruded polystyrene foam is conducted. Data consisting of three-dimensional concrete deck strains, thermal gradient profiles through the deck thickness, deck deflection profiles and reinforcement strains were recorded through a long-term sensory system consisting of 340 sensors embedded within the deck since construction. Analysis of stresses developed in the concrete deck material indicates that using the foam material to fill the corrugations proved to be successful in reducing the concrete shrinkage stresses at early age and also in reducing the constraining effects of the stay-in-place forms on deck expansion and contraction within the monitoring period of about 1 year.


Sphaerotilus is usually present in biological waste treatment processes and is considered to be a nuisance organism because it may cause bulking of activated sludge. However, it may play an important role in the decomposition of putrescible organic matter in properly operated biological waste treatment processes. The research described herein is a study of the variety of types of organic compounds which may be decomposed by Sphaerotilus and the effect of some environmental factors upon the rate of decomposition. Although there are some types of compounds which cannot be decomposed by Sphaerotilus, it is shown that this organism is able to assimilate and oxidize a large variety of organic compounds and that it is tolerant of an extremely wide range of environmental conditions. The role of Sphaerotilus in biological waste treatment is discussed in the light of the data presented.


Using nurse sows is a common practice for intensive pig farming because large numbers of piglets per litter result from intensive breeding. This aim of this study was to compare reproductive parameters of nurse sows and non-nurse sows in relation to subsequent reproductive performance. The study evaluated 463 breeding sows that produced at least one litter. The sows were divided into two groups: non-nurse sows (350 sows) and nurse sows (113 sows) at their first farrowing. The average length of first lactation was 35.12 days for nurse sows and 29.79 days for non-nurse sows. At first parity, nurse sows weaned 5.18% more piglets than did non-nurse sows (P < 0.05). At second parity, nurse sows had 2.25% more live born piglets than did non-nurse sows. Nurse sows also had 9.59% more total live born piglets and they were removed from the breeding herd later (on average by 67.1 days) than were non-nurse sows. In conclusion, using sows as nurse sows in their first lactations provides a good solution when there are large numbers of piglets per litter, and this practice has no negative effect on sows' subsequent reproductive performance.


In this paper we report the linear and nonlinear optical properties of Bi-doped ZnO nanoparticles. Bi-doped ZnO nanoparticles were prepared through the wet chemical method at room temperature. Optical absorption measurements show that the exciton peaks are situated at 272 and 368 nm, which are attributed to the n=2 and n=1 exciton states, respectively. Transmission electron microscopy measurements reveal the size and shape of the particles and energy dispersive X-ray measurements confirm the doping of Bi in ZnO. Steady state photoluminescence measurements show that the emission is composed of five peaks. Open aperture z-scan measurements done at 532 nm using 5 ns, 300 μJ laser pulses reveal nonlinear absorption which arises from an effective three-photon absorption process.