Seven compounds were isolated from Cinnamomum zeylanicum. Their structures were determined on the basis of chemical and spectral data evidences as Eugenol(1),Soya-cerebroside Ⅰ(2),Soya-cerebroside Ⅱ(3),Gingerglycolipid B(4),Gingerglycolipid C(5),1-O-Hexadecanoyl-2-O-(9Z,12Z-octadecadienoly)-3-O-[α-D-galactopyr anosyl-(1″-6′)-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl]glycerol(6),(2S)-1-O-(9Z,12Z-octadecadienoly)-3-O-β-D-galactopyr anosyl-glycerol(7)


Using the correlation between the plurality of color components constituting the image any one of the color component image of the motion prediction information, or restore the one encoding of the picture to predict a different color component image from the color component image and the device, decoding a method and apparatus is disclosed. The image encoding method according to the invention the predetermined first color component image is performed for predictive coding according to general video coding method, and the other remaining color component image is a motion estimation and compensation of a plurality of color component images constituting the image or performing, characterized in that the prediction from the reconstructed first color component image.


The presented paper deals to PC modeling of scaled and rotated images recognition based on different types of distortion invariant correlation filters. There was used a database of different images (both false and true class) that are under geometrical distortions and there were calculated correlation outputs for images recognition with the help of MACE, MINACE, GMACE, DCCF and polynomial filters and it's combinations for two-stage recognition. The results provide a possibility for successful usage of implemented algorithms.


This report describes a series of laboratory and field studies undertaken to demonstrate the feasibility of polymer impregnation of concrete bridge decks from the upper surface to depths that will encase the top layer of reinforcement to arrest or prevent spall- and pothole-causing corrosive action. Deep impregnation of typical salt-contaminated concrete was achieved in the laboratory when the concrete was brought to a bone-dry condition. Impregnation was found to arrest the corrosion of reinforcing steel, virtually eliminate freeze-thaw damage, and substantially increase the resistance of the concrete to chemical attack. Water absorption and loss by abrasion were reduced severalfold. Using gas-fired infrared heaters for drying the concrete, moderate pressure to aid monomer impregnation, and hot water to achieve polymerization, deep penetration (up to 4 in. (10 cm)) was achieved on two bridge decks, one of which was heavily salt-contaminated. The equipment and techniques developed for the field demonstration are believed to be of a nature to permit scaling up for practical use. The research employed a methyl methacrylate mixture.


The research aims to overcome learning difficulties by implementing cooperative learning model "Examples and Non Examples STAD" through activity Lesson Study in Animal Structure college activities. Preliminary research by studying the documentation, observation, and limited interviews  to faculty and students about the usual lectures in Biology Education courses. Retrieval of data using the method of documentation, observation, tests, and interviews. Data were analyzed descriptive qualitatively. Preliminary research findings indicate that the material is abstract and the Basic Tissues are not related to daily life so it needs to concretisation process ; classes force lecturers held a Biology major classical learning, making it more difficult for understanding because students tend to be a listener only and not make the learning process. To overcome the disadvantages of learning in the college made the development of media in the form of a slides lecture that was presented on the LCD, especially for concreting material, students completed worksheets to conduct discussions and small group work activities, sheet test to determine student understanding, and cooperative learning model performed Examples of Non Examples and STAD through Lesson Study activities at the college activities by empowering collaborative work in small groups. Use of the method in this lecture can improve learning activities that were previously only 38.916% to about 73.930 to 77.833%, and all indicators of learning activities can be achieved. The results of the previous lecture that the average score of only 57.759 to 77.155 on Lesson Study2, so the increased is 33.581%. Based on the data obtained can be concluded implementation of cooperative learning model Examples and Non Examples STAD through Lesson Study in Animal Structure college activities can be a solution to overcome the difficulties learning materials Basic Tissues, which demonstrated the increased activity and student learning outcomes. Kata kunci : examples non examples , STAD, struktur hewan, lesson study


The PRNCR1 gene variant among sample of Prostate Cancer (PCa) Iraqi patients case-control study was used, with PCa patients (n=32) and healthy individual control (n=33). It was successfully identified two SNPs in prostate cancer-associated noncoding RNA-1 (PRNCR-1) gene by using PCR technique and direct sequencing . The first SNP is rs13252298 (A>G) have three genotypes (AA,AG,GG )and the second SNP is rs5013678 (T> C) have three genotypes TT,TC,CC),these genotype frequencies were not in agreement with Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) in patients and controls .It was observed that AG genotype  was more frequent in patients than controls(68.7% vs. 36.4%) with significant difference p<0.01  ,and the estimated OR of such a difference was 3.85 , this value was positive  associated with PCa patients that mean this genotype AG was risk factor for PCa patients, it was also noticed that  G  allele in PCa patients compared with controls(40.6 vs.33.3%)  show not significant difference p>0.05 . It was revealed  that G  allele have  OR=1.16 that mean this allele have positive risk factor for PCa patients .  In conclusion  AG genotype for SNP rs13252298  was associated with PCa patients.


During the Twentieth Century, either before or after the Independence, India produced several saints. Many of these saints have preached and still preach a religion of love and devotion, the bhakti. Nowadays, many of the bhakti movements they have created are still active and other new movements are being born with the emergence of new saint-figures. Among all these modern movements, The Art of Living Foundation is the most recent one, and one of the most active today. Founded in 1982 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar who is believed by his followers to be the embodiment of divine love, The Art of Living Foundation claims to possess the "keys" to a better living. Indeed, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's movement offers courses of yoga and meditation worldwide to share its precious wisdom with the widest public, regardless of walks of life, religions, societies and cultures of the aspirants. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's yoga techniques and main messages as "Life is sacred ; celebrate life" attract an ever-growing public, be it in India, in America, or anywhere else. In spite of the fact that The Art of Living Foundation is present all over the world, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and his movement remain not very much known among the scholarly circles, especially outside the Indian subcontinent. So, the present study, based on observation and analysis of the movement, will introduce Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and his movement in a critical way by comparing The Art of Living Foundation with the other modern Hindu bhakti movements, highlighting and critiquing the salient features it tries to enshrine.


Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a new infectious human disease that causes severe damage in the lung. For effective treatment of SARS, understanding the pathogenesis and developing specific diagnostic methods for early detection of the disease are crucial. We employed proteomic technology to search for SARS-associated serum proteins that can be used as biomarkers for specific diagnosis of the disease and interpretation of pathogenesis. We examined the proteomic profiles of serum samples from four groups of subjects, confirmed SARS, SARS after treatment, other diseases with similar symptoms and normal healthy people, respectively. Significantly and consistently altered protein spots were identified by mass spectrometry and validated by Western blotting. The amounts of altered proteins were statistically quantified and correlated with clinical data. At least six proteins or peptides were found to significantly increase their levels in SARS sera as compared to normal ones. One of them is truncated α l-antitrypsin. The serum levels of truncated α l-antitrypsin peptides were substantially depleted in SARS after treatment. They were also found to have considerable low levels in no-SARS patients with similar symptoms, providing excellent internal controls for distinguishing SARS from suspected cases. α 1-Antitrypsin inhibits neutrophil elastase from attacking cross-linked elastin, the structural protein in the lung. The dramatic increase of truncated α 1-antitrypsin may be resulted from the proteolytic cleavage of functional full-length α l-antitrypsin due to an unknown mechanism of virus infection. The degradation of α 1-antitrypsin impairs its ability to protect lung elastin from attacking by elastase, leading to lung fibrosis.


This investigation was carried out during season 2017 at 30 march on plants of papyrus and reeds grown in marsh east 30 km at ALChibayish, Nassria Governorate in area Ishan Goba at length stem under water 100 150 cm and quality of water. The plants were grown in silt soil . The experiment included the local cultivar plants of papyrus and reeds with three replicates and the replicate 5 plants . It is adopted according to Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), and the results were statistically analyzed according to Duncan test at the probability level of 5% . Results showed that, leaf area, leaf moisture, number leaves / plant, leaf thickness, number of nods, total chlorophyll and firmness of pulp on plants of stem at length 100 cm from soil more than plants of stem at length 150 cm from soil . The best water quality was increased with decreasing depth from surface water .There were a significant effect between treatment .


Aim: To determine the prevalence of dengue virus and malaria parasites in febrile patients in Kaduna Metropolis, Nigeria. Study Design: Cross sectional. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria, during February to August of 2013. Methodology: Blood specimens were collected from 340 consenting subjects with febrile complaints attending four hospitals in Kaduna Metropolis, Nigeria. Serological determination of dengue virus IgM was carried out using the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Malaria status was determined using microscopy technique. Structured questionnaire was administered to determine if the subject was on anti-malaria drug at the time of the research. Results: A total of 6 subjects were sero-positive for dengue virus IgM giving a prevalence of 1.8%. Original Research Article Idoko et al.; BMRJ, 8(1): 343-347, 2015; Article no.BMRJ.2015.126 344 Microscopy gave a prevalence of 46.5% for malaria. There was no statistically significant difference in the occurrence of dengue virus IgM between the subjects on anti-malaria chemotherapy and those without the therapy. About 1.3% of the malaria positive cases were also sero-positive for dengue virus IgM. Conclusion: The occurrence of dengue virus in the studied population has been evidenced and malaria is still endemic in the studied population.


Since the liberalisation in 1991 in India, the industries have gone through a massive change. The work culture and the mindset of people have dramatically changed over the past two decades. The present paper is an attempt to examine and investigate the extent of impact that certain dimensions of organisational culture has on citizenship behaviours of the employees in an organisation. The study examines the impact of select culture variables on organisational citizenship behaviour across three dominant organisations representing three sectors of the economy namely, manufacturing, information technology and banking. This paper aims at examining the impact of organisational culture on organisational citizenship behaviours of employees in different sectors of the economy. Specifically, the paper explores the extent of impact that organisational culture has on citizenship behaviours in different cultural settings.


In order to ensure the timeliness of communication avoiding communication blind area, to solve the communication problem of the same mobile phone in different frequency bands, based on the planar monopole antenna structure, the dual-band mobile phone antenna can be used in the TD-SCDMA (2.0102.025GHz) and TD-LTE (2.575–2.635GHz) frequency band has been proposed in this paper. And, the dual-band phone antenna has been modeled, simulated and optimized by using the Ansoft HFSS software. The simulation results show that the performance indicators of the dual-band mobile phone antenna such as return loss of the antenna, antenna gain, voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR), impedance matching, etc. working in the two frequency range of TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE can meet the data demand of the mobile terminal demand, and it has good practical value.


Red-cooked beef is a very popular food in China. The sensory characteristics and flavor compounds of red-cooked beef were investigated in the present study. Through the single-factor analysis of sensory score, it was changed under different cooking conditions, including pH value, cooking temperature and time. Response surface methodology and quantitative descriptive analysis were applied to investigate the effects of pH value, cooking temperature and time on the sensory score of red-cooked beef flavor. A suitable range for each factor (5–8 for pH value, 90–110C for cooking temperature and 1.5–2.5 h for cooking time) was chosen for building a mathematical regressive model. The mathematical model representing the sensory score of red-cooked beef flavor as a function of the independent variables within the region under investigation was expressed by the equation as follows: Y = 76.86 − 0.51X1 − 4.14X2 + 0.47X3 + 0.054X1X2 − 0.041X1X3 + 0.049X2X3 − 4.83, where Y was the sensory score, and X1, X2 and X3 were the coded variables of pH value, cooking temperature and time, respectively. The optimal conditions to obtain the highest sensory score were 6.42 of pH value, 97.4C and 2.05 h, respectively. Under these optimal conditions, the experimental value agreed with the predicted one by analysis ofvariance. The potent flavor compounds of red-cooked beef were extracted by headspace solid phase micro-extraction technique, and 99 volatile compounds were detected using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, which consisted of 23 aldehydes, 12 ketones, 10 esters, 11 alcohols, 15 carboxylic acids, 2 sulfur-containing compounds, 9 heterocyclic compounds, 12 alkanes and 5 alkenes.

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

Response surface methodology is a statistical method that has shown significant advantages in application of food process. In the present study, this methodology was employed to investigate the effects of pH value, cooking temperature and time on the sensory characteristics of red-cooked beef flavor. A mathematical regressive model was built with a good fitness, and the optimal cooking conditions were predicted. The flavor compounds of red-cooked beef cooked under the optimal conditions were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Twenty-three aldehydes, 12 ketones, 10 esters, 11 alcohols, 15 carboxylic acids, 2 sulfur-containing compounds, 9 heterocyclic compounds, 12 alkanes and 5 alkenes were found contributing to the red-cooked beef flavor.


The BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill is the biggest single-incident disaster for the aquatic environment in U.S. history. It is estimated that more than 200 million gallons of crude oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico, soiling shores from Texas to Florida. The coastal wetlands of Louisiana have been particularly hard-hit. Billions of dollars will be spent on litigation, remediation, and compensation, but that money will not offset the damage to the environment and the ecosystem services lost.


The araca tree fruit seeds present little viability time, it being necessary the adotation of pre-germinate tests for it to try avoid this problem. The aim was to evaluate the biofilm and, seeds water soaking and gibberelic acid effect in the Araca 'Ya-Cy' fruit tree germination. After the seeds extracted, it were separated in two lot. The first part was submitted the water soaking treatment during 48 hours and the second no submitted it. After, each lot was divided in three sub lot, it being realized the biofilm application in two sub lot, one used cassava starch biofilm (3%, m/v) and other cassava starch (3%, m/v) + AG3 (200 mg L -1 ) biofilm. The experiment was designed in completely randomized blocks, in a factorial 2 x 3 (soaking x biofilm). After 62 days, the germination percentage and emergence speed were evaluated. It is not necessary the soaking, biofilm and GA3 for Araca 'Ya - Cy' fruit seed. The use of biofilm and soaking in Araca 'Ya - Cy' fruit seed is not recommended because reduced the germination.


This study demonstrates that rare earth oxide nanoparticles can enhance soil microbial antibiotic resistance by inducing the enrichment and spread of antibiotic resistance genes in soil microbial communities.


Phantom redundancy, an area-efficient technique for fabrication-time reconfigurability is presented. Phantom redundancy adds extra interconnect so as to render the resulting microarchitecture reconfigurable in the presence of any (single) functional unit failure. The proposed technique yields partially good chips in addition to perfect chips. A genetic algorithm is used to incorporate phantom redundancy constraints into microarchitecture synthesis. The algorithm minimizes tire performance degradation due to any faulty functional unit of the resulting microarchitecture. The effectiveness of the technique is illustrated on benchmark examples.


The invention of wood pellets or batch combustion portion for burning wood chips, and a combustion chamber placed outside a predetermined interval portions and the air blowing fan to the outer tubular by installing the outer sleeve device, install a hot air discharge pipe to the external cylinder bottom and a hot air distribution duct in the interior combustion It allows the number to connect to and to form a heat exchanger made up of a plurality of associated within one interval of the outer inner part connected to the input port of a communication path formed on the upper side of the heat exchanger to a coupling pipe and the exhaust part of the combustion chamber and the outer tube to communicate with the outlet of the heat exchanger and connected to the inlet of a dust collector provided on the outside, the installation of the combustion plate to burn the wood-based fuel supply pipe and a wood-based fuel supplied to the wood pellets, or wood chips to a combustion chamber the front entrance of the combustion section, and a re-treatment chamber to the combustion chamber lower a hot-air heaters which use wood-based biomass that is arranged in a fuel hayeoseo.


Objective:
 Improve angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI) utilization among patients admitted with acute decompensated heart failure (HF) through a multidisciplinary quality improvement (QI) intervention.

 Background:
 ARNIs reduce mortality and hospitalizations for patients with HF and abnormal systolic function; current guidelines recommend them as first-line agents for Stage C HF. Inpatient initiation of ARNIs during an acute exacerbation is cost-effective and safe. Despite this, ARNI utilization remains low nationally and at our center.

 Methods:
 We implemented a multidisciplinary QI intervention at a large urban Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center. The intervention included electronic health record system redesign to provide clinical decision support, a new pharmacy-led screening process and recommendation system to the primary inpatient team, and an educational campaign. Our primary outcome metric was monthly ARNI initiation rate, defined as the number of new ARNI initiations divided by the number of eligible patients admitted for an acute HF exacerbation. We used a statistical process control (XmR) chart to measure change.

 Results:
 We observed a statistically significant, non-random improvement in mean monthly ARNI initiation rate from 8.4% pre-intervention to 35.7% post-intervention. An XmR chart is shown in Figure 1. Split limits analysis showed variation post-intervention was within statistical control, suggesting sustainable change.

 Conclusions:
 Our outcomes demonstrate successful implementation of a multidisciplinary intervention to improve ARNI utilization among patients admitted with acute decompensated HF at a large VA medical center. ARNI initiation rate increased significantly post-intervention, and the split limits analysis suggests that our results represent sustainable change. A longer period of data collection will be useful to assess HF readmission and mortality rates in response to this intervention.


Tourism is considered one of the major economics activities such as a generator of foreign
exchange, jobs and production chains. This has given an important role as a main actor in
the development of the regions. This paper analyzes the impact of tourism on economic
growth and development of the states in Mexico, particularly in two regions "Golfo y
Bajio" in 2003-2011. The principal idea is to determine whether tourism impacts in the
same way, beyond type of tourism that exists in the states. The results indicate that
participation in the growth of tourism and economic development entities is similar
between them. The results are comparable to what exists in other nations.


Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks [VANETs] aim to increase Value added services to vehicular networks by ensuring traffic safety and efficiency, warning and informing the driver about road events and hazards. With the recent advances in technology and development of smart cities information security is crucial because of the nature of information shared across these networks. The main challenge facing VANET is information security. Nodes can be attacked from inside the network or outside. Insider attacks are attacks from authentic members of the network while outsider attacks are those from non-authentic members. This is even made more difficult considering the VANET characteristics like high mobility nodes, limitation to road network, dynamic network topology and the large scale of the network. To deal with these attackers methods such as Cryptography and trust are used. Trust establishment in VANET helps deal with insider attacks, although most of the existing solutions assume the attacker will always show a stable dishonest behavior over time, which is not the case with intelligent insider attackers, they exhibit intelligent behaviors to avoid detection. In this Paper we review existing solutions used in misbehavior detection with primary concern on intelligent attacks like the adaptive detection threshold, evaluation of trust among vehicles for independent time periods and draw conclusions, as well as give suggestions on future research to mitigate intelligent attacks.


The historical and cultural heritage of Republic of Khakassia as a resource of social and cultural development of the region is examined. Khakassia is an archaeological Mecca of Russia. It is natural, historical and cultural landscapes and monuments. The country is implementing a program to museum development of these sites and a network of open-air museums is created.


A taxonomic survey on the tintinnids (Suborder Tintinnina) sampled from surface waters along a latitudinal transect between Argentine and Antarctic Peninsula (35oS-62oS) was made in November 1992. Twenty two taxa were determined, belonging to the genera Acanthostomella, Amphorides, Codonellopsis, Coxliella, Cymatocylis, Favella, Helicostomella, Laackmaniella, Protorhabdonella, Stylicauda and Tintinnopsis. The species Acanthostomella norvegica, Amphorides quadri/ineata, Codonellopsis gaussii, Cymatocylis antarctica, C. convalaria and Tintinnopsis baci/laria were abundant in the samples. The species C. antarctica dominated in most of the stations sampled in subantarctic waters, while C. convalaria and Codonellopsis gaussi were abundant in antarctic waters. The genera Favella, Helicostomella, Stylicauda and the species Tintinnopsis gracilis were only recorded in waters under the intluence of the La Plata river. For ali species, we provided descriptions, measurements and drawings, as well as comments on the taxonomy.


The physiological characteristics of Pennisetum longissimum var.intermediumseedlings under three treatments of PEG-6000,low temperature and salt stress were studied using simulation adversity stress methods.The resistance and ecological adaptability were analyzed and comprehensively evaluated:1)With increased concentrations of PEG the soluble proteins content initially increased but then decreased before increasing again.Soluble sugar initially increased but then decreased and had a maximal value when PEG was 5%.The content of MDA sharply increased at first,then remained stable and finally decreased significantly after a maximal value when PEG was 5%.The activity of SOD sharply decreased at first,then increased slowly then increased significantly.It had a minimal value when PEG was 5%and a maximal value with 20% PEG.2)The contents of soluble protein and soluble sugar and the activity of SOD increased at first but then decreased with low temperature stress.The content of proline increased with increasing temperatures and MDA also showed an increasing trend.3)With increased concentrations of salt,the soluble protein content initially increased but then decreased while the contents of soluble sugar,proline and MDA increased.SOD activity showed a slight increase at first,then slowly reduced followed by a rapid decline.Correlation analysis showed that the content of proline was significantly negatively correlated with soluble sugar concentration under PEG treatment.With low temperature stress of 4hours,the contents of MDA were significantly positively correlated with soluble sugar and proline.With NaCl treatment,the content of soluble sugar was significantly positively correlated with MDA and proline,the activity of SOD was significantly negatively correlated with soluble sugar and MDA while it was significantly positively correlated with soluble protein.To sum up,the physiological dynamic changes of P.longissimum var.intermediumin its response to inverse factor stress reflects its adaptive response of resistance to adversity stresses and reducing injury.


This study identified the meaning of mathematical justification and its characteristics for middle school math gifted students. 17 middle school math gifted students participated in questionnaires and written exams. Results show that the gifted students recognized justification in various meanings such as proof, systematization, discovery, intellectual challenge of mathematical justification, and the preference for deductive justification. As a result of justification exams, there was a difference in algebra and geometry. While there were many deductive justifications in both algebra and geometry questionnaires, the difference exists in empirical justifications: there were many empirical justifications in algebra, but there were few in geometry questions. When deductive justification was completed, the students showed satisfaction with their own justification. However, they showed dissatisfaction when they could not deductively justify the generality of the proposition using mathematical symbols. From the results of the study, it was found that justification education that can improve algebraic translation ability is necessary so that gifted students can realize the limitations and usefulness of empirical reasoning and make deductive justification.


The invention provides an adaptive load balancing method and an adaptive load balancing system for a third generation (3G) network. The method comprises the following steps of: A, detecting the transmission states of two 3G interfaces respectively, wherein routes corresponding to the two 3G interfaces are a load route of each other; B, computing route cost corresponding to the 3G interface according to the transmission state, detected by the step A, of each 3G interface; and C, updating corresponding route information by utilizing the route cost which is computed by the step B and corresponds to each 3G interface, thereby dynamically regulating traffic on the corresponding route.


The problem of the stochastic (i.e. robust) water distribution system (WDS) design is formulated and solved here as a multiobjective optimization problem under uncertainty. The objectives are to minimize two parameters – a) cost of the network design/rehabilitation; b) probability of network failure due to uncertainty in input parameters. The sources of uncertainty analyzed here are future water consumption and pipe roughnesses. All uncertain model input parameters are assumed to be random variables following some known probability density function (PDF). We also assume that those random variables are not necessarily independent and the matrix giving the correlations between all pairs of uncertain parameters (correlation matrix) is specified. To avoid using a computationally demanding sampling-based technique for uncertainty quantification, the original stochastic formulation is replaced by a deterministic one. After some simplifications, a fast numerical integration method is used to quantify the uncertainties. The optimization problem is solved by a Genetic Algorithm (GA), which finds the Pareto front by using the non-dominating sorting GA (NSGAII) for multi-objective optimisation. The proposed methodology was tested on the New York tunnel problem.


Amorphous-nano-crystalline silicon composite thin film (a-nc-Si:H) sample were synthesized by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition technique. The electrical properties of thin film and measurement of DC conductivities were accomplished using Dielectric spectroscopy (Impedance Spectroscopy) in wide frequency and temperature range. In analysis of impedance data, two approaches were tested: the Debye type equivalent circuit with two parallel R and CPE (constant phase elements) and modified one, with tree parallel R and CPE additionally interpreting crystal boundary effects. It was found that the later better fits to experimental results properly describing significant composite structure and crystal boundary dielectric effect with arbitrary hydrogen concentration indicating presence of strain. The amorphous matrix showed larger resistance and lower capacity than nanocrystal phase. Also it was found that composite silicon thin film cannot be properly describes by equivalent circuit only with resistors and constant phase elements in serial relation.


This paper primarily introduces the method of modification of partial moved data in competition marking results. This method standardizes the original marks of referees and justly gets eventual marks according to marks given by every referees and the marks are basically in normal distribution. In order to explain this method better, this paper still introduces a common marking method that a highest mark and a lowest mark are removed then arithmetic average mark is calculated. The advantage of marking method in competition marking system is analyzed in contrast to common marking method. Moreover, design of data base and realization of concrete program in competition marking system are simply introduced. Through comparison of three groups of data between points of common marking method and points of software marking method, rationality of calculation method in competition marking system is validated. Finally, acceptance degree of referees and players and maneuverability of this system is analyzed from the point of view of application.


Arbuscular mycorrhizal(AM) fungi are one of the widely spread micro-organisms,which could form symbionts with more than 80% of the vascular plants in natural ecosystems. It has been showed that AM symbionts could improve plant nutrients and water absorption; increase the resistance ability to stress conditions,thus AM fungi could enhance the host plant growth. The plant soil-borne diseases caused by soil-borne pathogens,including fungi,nematodes and bacteria,are considered as one of the most difficult controlling diseases in agriculture ecosystem. Previous studies have been demonstrated that AM symbionts could increase plant resistance to diseases,and to antagonize soil-borne pathogens. Thus,using AM fungi as a biological control method to antagonize soil-borne pathogens has received increasing interests by phytopathologists and ecologists. On the basis of this,the mechanisms of resistance to diseases induced by AM fungi were summarized in this paper. Mechanisms covered in this review include root morphology alteration,regulation of secondary metabolite production,improvement of rhizosphere environments,competition with pathogenic microorganisms on invasive sites and on nutrition distribution in host plants,and formation of defense systems in plants. Firstly,the characteristics of root morphology alterations were explained,including how AM fungi influence their structures and functions. Secondly,the regulation of AM fungi to secondary metabolites was illustrated. Several types of products,including phytoalexin,callose,alkaloid and phenols were reviewed. Thirdly,AM fungi could improve the rhizosphere environments by influence soil physical and chemical proprieties,and enhance the growth of other beneficial microorganism in rhizosphere soil. Fourth,AM fungi could compete with pathogenic microorganisms. The two kinds of microorganisms maybe compete for the same invasive sites in root systems,and thus they could regulate the nutrition distribution. Fifth,AM fungi could induced the host plant to form the defense systems in plants,including improvement the concentrations of phytohormone,induced the production of signal substrates,regulation of genes expression and enhanced the proteins production,thus AM fungi could enhance the resistance ability of host plant to pathogenic microorganisms. The aim of this paper was to enhance the potential use of AM fungi as a biological control method for preventing plant diseases in future.


AbstractWith significant impact on the personalized product configuration, Interactive Genetic Algorithm is introduced to respond to customer requirement. For the user could conveniently design their favorite product and interact with the system by a graphical interface, the car console conceptual design system is established. And IGA based on hesitancy degree is proposed in this paper to reduce user's uncertainty or fuzzy feeling. By repeating the simulation experiment, the results validate the effectiveness of the proposed method in this paper.


Five research teams have been handed more than £1.6m (€1.9m; $2.5m) by the UK Medical Research Council to investigate the biological processes that underpin chronic fatigue syndrome.

Stephen Holgate, chairman of the council's population and systems medicine board and who helped allocate the funding, said that the scientific basis of the syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, has been insufficiently explored …


A review of BC Library Conference session that discusses how VIU Library abolished both past and future fines and significantly loosen borrowing restrictions.


AIM: To compare nimodipine vs cimetidine in treating acute gastric ulcer after brain concussion in rats. METHODS: Forty SD rats were randomly divided into control, injury, cimetidine and nimodipine groups. Cimetidine 0.1 mg/kg, ip, tid, was given to cimetidine group and nimodipine 5 mg/kg, ip, tid, to nimodipine group. The gastric mucosal blood flow(GMBF), gastric fluid pH, and mucosal ulcer index were measured at 72 h after head concussion. RESUTLS: In comparison with injury group, the GMBF was increased in nimodipine group (P0.05), cimetidine group was decreased (P0.05) the gastric fluid pH was elevated (P0.01) and ulcer index were decreased (P0.01) in nimodipine group and cimetidine group. CONCLUSION: Nimodipine is similar to cimetidine, can mitigate acute gastric mucosal lesion after head concussion rats.


The Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference (PALICC) recognizes oxygenation index (OI), a measure of oxygenation based on level of respiratory support, as the primary metric of lung disease severity in defining pediatric ARDS.[1][1] Traditionally, OI has been used to guide escalation of


The kinetic model of the Boltzmann equation proposed in the work of Kremer and Soares 2009 for a binary mixture undergoing chemical reactions of symmetric type which occur without activation energy is revisited here, with the aim of investigating in detail the transport properties of the reactive mixture and the influence of the reaction process on the transport coefficients. Accordingly, the non-equilibrium solutions of the Boltzmann equations are determined through an expansion in Sonine polynomials up to the first order, using the Chapman–Enskog method, in a chemical regime for which the reaction process is close to its final equilibrium state. The non-equilibrium deviations are explicitly calculated for what concerns the thermal–diffusion ratio and coefficients of shear viscosity, diffusion and thermal conductivity. The theoretical and formal analysis developed in the present paper is complemented with some numerical simulations performed for different concentrations of reactants and products of the reaction as well as for both exothermic and endothermic chemical processes. The results reveal that chemical reactions without energy barrier can induce an appreciable influence on the transport properties of the mixture. Oppositely to the case of reactions with activation energy, the coefficients of shear viscosity and thermal conductivity become larger than those of an inert mixture when the reactions are exothermic. An application of the non-barrier model and its detailed transport picture are included in this paper, in order to investigate the dynamics of the local perturbations on the constituent number densities, and velocity and temperature of the whole mixture, induced by spontaneous internal fluctuations. It is shown that for the longitudinal disturbances there exist two hydrodynamic sound modes, one purely diffusive hydrodynamic mode and one kinetic mode.


Angiofibroma of the inferior turbinate is very rare.Our patient was a 27-year-old male who complained of nasal bleeding. The tumor was removed through a palatine approach. There has been no recurence.


The invention relates to a carbon fiber unfolding device for regulating and controlling heating of a carbon fiber bundle by a method of controlling a contact area of the carbon fiber bundle on a heating roll, and unfolding the carbon fiber bundle under the grinding action of yarn guide rolls. According to the carbon fiber unfolding device, the carbon fiber bundle can be heated more uniformly, and can become lighter and thinner by controlling a heating area; a fiber unfolding effect is better; with the adoption of the technical scheme, the carbon fiber bundle can be broadened and thinned obviously; and a carbon fiber is low in strength loss and reliable in quality.


The present invention provides for such as waste water from sewage and storm water to remove phosphorus, nitrogen and bioretention systems and methods for other substances. The system and method of water treatment may comprise residues comprising a filler and other filter media such as soil. Plants can be grown in soil. The system may also include a drainage system to regulate the outflow, in order to play a role in both low and high water flux time.


The paper describes the process of developing an adaptive control interface for a remote control for a six-wheeled mobile robot based on the smart spaces technology. Design approaches of the control interfaces for unmanned ground vehicles have been overviewed. The architecture of a robot control system and Android application have been presented. The user interface for a mobile application adapts to a robot's capabilities, the user needs and task context. The study represents the control process involving the delegating of responsibilities among the group members. It can be applied to a six-wheeled mobile robot.


Family resilience can be defined as the ability of a family to respond positively to an adverse situation and emerge from the situation feeling strengthened, more resourceful, and more confident than its prior state. This article presents a succinct literature review on family resilience, including its dimensions, working models, and the individual and family characteristics that contribute to family resilience. Borrowing largely from solution-focused principles and techniques, numerous practical applications of a resilience orientation to family-related assessment and treatment are described. The article concludes with a call for additional research and training in the area of family resilience.


I am pleased to report that the SWCG has approved the recommendation for the Granite Mountain IHC to be the newest IHC in the Southwest wildland fire community. It appears that a lot of work has gone into getting them to their current level of performance. We want to convey our thanks to the crew and their agency, to the SW Type 1 Crew Subcommittee, and to the various agency individuals who have worked to make this happen. This letter serves as approval for the various levels in the dispatch and coordination system to update the crew's status. We wish the crew many safe assignments in the years ahead.


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There are several types of Ag Alloy wires being introduced for discrete IC manufacturing, a low (92%) and high purity level (95%) Ag Alloy wires are the most common one. The IC industries have been shifting to this type of wires due mainly to its lower cost and softer property as compared to gold and copper wire. Copper wire even with the improvements done such as alloying the material with palladium for improved reliability has limitations of usage for very thin top metallizations. At most 60-70% conversions have only been implemented to the usage of copper wire because of this main obstacle for BOAC (Bond Over Active Circuit) and devices with thin top metallization of at least 2um only are difficult to convert to copper wirebonding. Due to its relative hardness, higher parameter settings are required to make IMC (Intermetallic), and thin bonding pad metallization of AlSi or AlCu cannot withstand the compressive effect of this wire. This is specially observed for BSOB (Bond Stitch on Ball) wirebonding, where aside from the ball bonding, a stitch bond is placed on top of this ball bond. The impact coming from this additional bonding is adding severe compressive effect, for copper wires (usually Pd coated copper wire is use for BSOB) require high bond parameter to create an alloy effect or interconnection of hard copper ball and the bonding pad.


This paper describes an Internet based system for studying the design of algorithms and the structure of mathematical proofs. The Algorithm Design System consists of a framework for the construction and maintenance of the learning environment by a distributed group of contributors, and a set of web pages, produced by the contributors, that form the learning environment used by students of algorithm analysis and design. The framework of the system that we describe allows for the material used by students to grow dynamically in a distributed environment and provides constraints to ensure the uniformity of form and quality of content of the end product. The paper discusses both the architecture of the system and the content of the pages that it produces.


Abstract. Automatic optimization algorithms have been recently introduced as nonimaging optics design techniques. Unlike optimization of imaging systems, nonsequential ray tracing simulations and complex noncentered systems design must be considered, adding complexity to the problem. The merit function is a key element in the automatic optimization algorithm; nevertheless, the selection of each objective's weight, {wi}, inside the merit function needs a prior trial and error process for each optimization. The problem then is to determine appropriate weights' values for each objective. We propose a new dynamic merit function with variable weight factors {wi(n)}. The proposed algorithm automatically adapts weight factors during the evolution of the optimization process. This dynamic merit function avoids the previous trial and error procedure by selecting the right merit function and provides better results than conventional merit functions.


Consider the resonance for a second-order equation ey"-xpy'+ qy = 0. Another proof is given for the necessity of the Matkowsky condition and the connection with a regular eigenvalue problem is established. Also, if p, q are analytic, necessary and sufficient conditions are derived.


This paper briefly introduced the concept of electromechanical integration,combining with the characteristics of highway engineering,specifically elaborated the realization ways and advantages of electromechanical integration in highway engineering,and made prospects to the application foreground in light of the electromechanical integration technology in highway construction,in order to promote the application of electromechanical integration technology in highway engineering.


During the last decade, organizations have been more and more aware of the benefits of engaging in collaborative activities. To attain a required collaborative objective, they are obligated to share sensitive resources such as data, services, and knowledge. However, sharing sensitive and private resources and exposing them for an external usage may prevent the organizations involved from collaborating. Therefore, this usage requires more preoccupation with security issues. Access control is one of these required security concerns. Several access control models are defined in the literature and this multitude of models creates heterogeneity of access control policies between the collaborating organizations. In this paper, we propose Access Control in Cross-Organizational coLLABoration ACCOLLAB, a solution for automatic mapping between heterogeneous access control policies in cross-organizational collaboration. To carry out this mapping, we suggest a mechanism founded mainly on XACML profiles and on a generic language derivative of XACML we define as Generic-XACML. We also formally prove that the mapping does not affect decision evaluation of policies. Thereby the proposed contribution ACCOLLAB allows each collaborating organization to communicate their access control policies and adopt other's policies without affecting their existing access control systems.


This book argues that the entrepreneurial qualities of entrepreneurship do not survive the managerialisation that takes place in enterprise discourse.


This research paper examines the position of the observed real exchange rate (RER) in relation to its unobservable equilibrium position, estimating the time path of the latter using the single equation procedure. It found out that over the sample period, real exchange rate misalignment (measured as the deviation of the actual from the estimated equilibrium path) was irregular but persistent. Misalignment was also found to be higher during the period of deregulation than during that of regulation. After generating the misalignment and volatility of the RER, this work proceeded to ascertain the influence of these distortions on the balance of payment - a gauge of the external balance position of the country. It was then observed that real exchange rate distortions (misalignment and volatility) hurt both the trade balance and the capital account. However, while RER misalignment is critical to the two external sector variables, volatility matters more to the flow of capital. The paper therefore recommends a more realistic management of investment environment (with an eye on stability), public sector expenditure and other fundamentals as a necessary complement to nominal devaluations in the search for stronger external positioning.


This paper is a brief review of the complex subject of human injury mechanisms and impact tolerance. Authomotive accident-related injury patterns are briefly described and the status of knowledge in the biomechanics of trauman of the head, neck, chest, abdomen and extremites is discussed. /Author/


The Song Dynasty literary style existed between the Han,Wei,Six Dynasties and Ming Dynasty,and its effect of inheriting the past and ushering in the future reflect in various aspects,such as history,classification,criticism and compiling of literary style.The syllogism compiling and literary style classification are closely related.Thus,the Song Dynasty literary style classification value is obvious.The biggest contribution of the Song Dynasty literary style's study is its linking the preceding time with the following in the model of the literary style compiles,which mainly displays in the compiling style in "文部(Category of Wen)"of categary books.And the advanced style criticism of Song Dynasty could be looked as the pioneer of ancient style theory.


Aims The Emotional Logic method teaches that although unpleasant, all emotions have an inbuilt useful purpose. Through recognising our emotional responses to situations, this solution-focused approach helps us discover the hidden losses behind our emotions, empowering us to move forwards. Activating our inner Emotional Logic can help to build emotional resilience, improve self-awareness, strengthen relationships and reduce burn out. Methods The Emotional Logic method was introduced to staff across the Learning Disability Psychiatry Division during a two hour webinar. The session was advertised via email circular to all staff with an emphasis on using the method for self-care. It was attended by thirty-two, clinical and non-clinical staff from across the multi-disciplinary team. Interactive polls were used during the session as well as feedback forms at the end. Results In Emotional Logic, a safe place is a physical place, relationship or mindset that we can visit when we are doubting our resources to cope, here we can let our emotions settle and make a plan. An interactive poll during the session showed that 98% of staff could identify a safe place. This was reduced to only 52% when asked if they could identify an accessible safe place at work. The session overall was rated as 4.57 (on a scale of 1(poor)-5(excellent) 90% said they felt Emotional Logic was relevant to them personally, with the remaining 10% answering "maybe." Qualitative feedback included: "I thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the session which would benefit me personally and on a professional level" "Helped me to manage my thoughts/control my thoughts" "Its always hard to take a look at yourself and your behaviors or reactions to things that impact you on a daily basis and I think that a lot of people would find it a real benefit." 86% said they would be interested in further learning. Conclusion In order to care for other people, we need to first look after ourselves. The striking statistic that 48% of staff do not have an accessible safe place at work highlighted the importance of providing staff with the tools to help improve their own well-being. The session was an introductory session, which will be built on through offering follow up workshops and formal courses. The aim of these will be to improve self-care whilst also providing a language to use with colleagues and patients to help everybody move forwards.


The results reported bear out the hypotheses that (i) pain tolerance is positively related to satiability; (ii) sensory deprivation tolerance is negatively related to satiability. It is inferred that satiability may prove to be in part the mechanism of tolerance and intolerance, and that pain tolerance is inversely related to sensory deprivation tolerance.


The article describes the main problems of managing medical care for industrial enterprises' staff, including remote industrial sites (RIS), and the options for health care for this category of the employed population. The search for publications was conducted on all available bibliographic and abstract databases (The Russian Science Citation Index, Scopus, Web of Science, CyberLeninka, eLibrary, PubMed) containing the Russian publications. The data of industrial injuries and the country's working population's occupational morbidity in recent years are given. As a result, the authors point out the need to transition to risk management in the workplace. The disadvantages of the assessment system of the health status of employees during routine medical examinations are identified. The main problems of creating a medical support system for RIS workers were analyzed, and the relevance of creating a remote industrial healthcare system in the Russian Federation is substantiated. The paper presents the existing disadvantages in the current legislative framework. In particular, it is established that today in Russia, there is no standard for the provision of medical care for RIS workers, no algorithm for the actions of medical staff, no sanitary rules for managing health posts at RIS. The characteristics of the problems in medical evacuation and the ways of their solution are presented. The necessity of the introduction of telemedicine technologies and conditions for ensuring this process nationwide is substantiated. The spectrum of factors negatively affecting the health of RIS workers is characterized. The need to take these factors into account when creating a health care system for this category of the working population is substantiated.


The invention provides a production method for avian reovirus by using a mammalian cell line. The production method comprises the following steps: using a mammalian cell line like a Vero cell line or an MDCK cell line which has formed a cell monolayer with good growth, inoculating avian reovirus which undergoes subculture by using avian kidney cells and allowing avian reovirus to be adsorbed on the cell line; and culturing avian reovirus in a cell maintenance medium instead so as to realize propagation of avian reovirus and harvesting the avian reovirus. An inactivator is added into the avian reovirus produced by using the method, then a vaccine adjuvant acceptable in veterinary pharmacy is added after inactivation, and finally, emulsification is carried out so as to obtain an avian reovirus vaccine.


This paper uses the SPSS statistical method,Mapinfo spatial analysis,the first comprehensive,regional,economic density,industry concentration,and other indicators to analyze the massive economic and urban spatial structure of the Main features of Zhuji City.Through analysis and comparison,it proves the massive economy has a great impact on the space of their cities and towns.


The North East of England is a slow growth region which will benefit from the development of more High Growth Small Firms (HGSFs). This research integrates Black Swan Events (Taleb, 2007) and Trigger Point (Brown and Mawson, 2011) theories into Black Swan Trigger Events (BSTEs). BSTEs are unpredictable occurrences that trigger rapid growth in small firms. By exploring the research question "An exploration of how Black Swan Trigger Events (BSTEs) impact High Growth Small Firms (HGSFs)?" Using case studies based in the North East of England this thesis addresses gaps in HGSF research and increases academic understanding of the process of high growth firms.

Adopting a phenomenological approach, evidence from five HGSF case studies is analysed using an adapted soft systems methodology of rich pictures and causal mapping. As each firm experienced BSTEs, it underwent a process of developing the capabilities to deal with the unpredictable occurrences and the opportunities these BSTEs presented. Recruiting appropriate people, exploring and developing markets, identifying strategic opportunities, putting apposite systems in place, innovating and networking and mentoring were all strongly evidenced. The thesis considers this evidence of actions taken and decisions made in the context of the process of knowledge development or capabilities to manage rapid growth post a BSTE. The actions and decisions post the BSTEs, identified from this evidence, were categorised into six distinguishable absorptive capacity domains (ACDs): 1. People; Recruitment and Development, 2. Market; Customers and Sales, 3. Strategy and Entrepreneurial Orientation, 4. Operations and Formal Systems, 5. Innovation; Product and Process, 6. Networking and Mentoring.

The thesis provides academic and practical insights into the process of growth experienced by HGSFs as well as recommended policy support for HGSFs. It develops the actions that static firms can take to improve their prospects of becoming an HGSF and a develops a propensity framework for identifying nascent HGSFs.


This research entitled " EFFECT OF FOOD RESTRICTION ON METABOLIC CONTROL IN CHICKENS OF COBB 500 ONLINE AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY prick LOJA FINCA " aimed to help improve production systems broiler in the Hoya de Loja, by evaluating programs that allow food restriction reduce the incidence of metabolic disease and increase production levels . Affection for four treatments with three replicates per treatment were formed , the experimental unit was formed of 25 chickens.

Completely Randomized Design was used. The following treatments were evaluated: The first treatment (control) according to the food table manual Cobb 500 line is provided , in the two treatment restricted to 5% of food from the eighth to the twenty- eighth day treatment three restricted to 10% of food from the eighth to the twenty-eighth and finally a four day treatment with a restriction of 15% according to table Cobb 500 manual online.

The results obtained in the different variables are: Increased consumption of food he got treatment 1 (control) to 4690.6 g, then Treatment 2 with 4529.2 g and finally the treatment 4 with 4352.2 g . As for weight gain which reached the group was the first treatment 1 (control) with increased weight of 2658.87 g, followed by Treatment 2 with an increase in weight of 2632.51 g and finally the treatment 4 with a weight increase of 2485.74 g . The best feed conversion the received Treatment 2 with a feed conversion 1.72:1 after Treatment 3 with a feed conversion of 1.74:1 and finally Treatment 1 (control) at a feed conversion of 1.77:1. The lowest mortality scored Treatment 2 with a mortality of 2% followed by treatment 4 with a mortality rate of 3%, and finally the Treatment 3 and Treatment 1 (control) with a mortality of 5 %. American Best Efficiency Factor Treatment 2 as achieving an American efficiency factor of 185.42, then the treatment 3 with an efficiency factor of 182.64 American Treatment 4 and finally an efficiency factor American 170.27. In terms of profitability, the most profitable group proved Treatment 2 with a profit of 45%, then the Treatment 3 with 32% and finally treatment with lower performance proved Treatment 4 with 18%.

The results allow us to deduce that treatment two (Restriction 5%) obtained the best results meeting expectations of research.


This paper intends to describe the liability regime of the carrier under the Montreal Convention of 1999 for the international cargo, comparing to those of the existing Warsaw Convention system. Also this paper deals with main issues of the Montreal Convention which are relevant for the carrier's liability in the carriage by air of cargo. The Warsaw Convention was adopted in 1929 and modified successively in 1955, 1961, 1971, 1975, and 1999. The Montreal Convention of 1999 modernized and consolidated the Warsaw Convention and related instruments. The Montreal Convention is expected to enter into force in 2003 upon the 30th ratification. International air carrier is liable by application of principle of strict liability as stated in the Montreal Convention : The carrier is liable for the destruction or loss of, or damage to cargo and delay during the carriage by air, and the carriers liability is limited to a sum of 17 Special Drawing Rights per kilogramme. However, The Montreal Convention has main outstanding issues with respect to the liability of the carrier : potential conflicts between the Montreal Convention and the Warsaw Convention, the amounts of limits of the carrier's liability, the duration of the carrier's liability, the excessive litigation, and the aviation insurance. Consequently, the conditions and limits of the carrier's liability under the Montreal Convention should be readjusted and regulated in detail.


The pulse fluid mechanism is analyzed with circuit simulation on the basis of the structure of pulse nozzle. which will directly avoid calculating the fluid yard and treating the boundary conditions.


Passive imaging polarimetry has emerged as an useful tool in many remote sensing applications including material classification, target detection and shape extraction. In this paper we present a method to classify specular objects based on their material composition from passive polarimetric imagery. The proposed algorithm is built on an iterative model-based method to recover the complex index of refraction of a specular target from multiple polarization measurements. The recovered parameters are then used to discriminate between objects by employing the nearest neighbor rule. The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated with data collected in laboratory conditions. Experimental results indicate that the classification approach is highly effective for distinguishing between various targets of interest. Most significantly, the proposed classification method is robust to a wide range of observational geometry.


The invention discloses two polyploid centella asiatica varieties and a cultivation method thereof. The cultivation method comprises the following steps of 1, selecting terminal buds of a diploid centella asiatica adult plant, and carrying out breeding of a tissue cultured seedling or callus tissue, 2, carrying out chromosome doubling induction culture and differentiation culture of tissue subcultured seedling or callus tissue by oryzalin, 3, cutting down novel buds obtained by the differentiation culture and carrying out cluster bud culture, 4, carrying out chromosome doubling identification of the cultured complete plants having roots, stems and leaves, screening the tetraploid plant, and planting the tetraploid plant to obtain the tetraploid centella asiatica variety, 5, carrying out artificial emasculation and pollination hybridization of the tetraploid plant and the diploid plant to obtain hybrid seeds (female parent 4N*male parent 2N or male parent 4N* female parent 2N, wherein F1 is 3x), and 6, breeding the hybrid seeds into complete plants, planting the plants, carrying out chromosome number detection and screening the triploid centella asiatica variety.


to understanding their condition and planning their treatment. This study relates to the standards for informed consent used by the judiciaries in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. This study also generates important research questionsbeyond the judicial standards of information disclosure-related to how patients actually understand and use the information they report they want. Today, it can be argued that there are three judiciary standards that are debated in court opinions and in the legal, ethical, and medical literatures of these three countries. These standards are:


Eleven laboratories collaborated to determine the periodic prevalence of Salmonella in a population of dogs and cats in the United States visiting veterinary clinics. Fecal samples (2,965) solicited from 11 geographically dispersed veterinary testing laboratories were collected in 36 states between January 2012 and April 2014 and tested using a harmonized method. The overall study prevalence of Salmonella in cats (3 of 542) was 1%. The prevalence in dogs (60 of 2,422) was 2.5%. Diarrhea was present in only 55% of positive dogs; however, 3.8% of the all diarrheic dogs were positive, compared with 1.8% of the nondiarrheic dogs. Salmonella-positive dogs were significantly more likely to have consumed raw food (P 0.01), to have consumed probiotics (P 0.002), or to have been given antibiotics (P 0.01). Rural dogs were also more likely to be Salmonella positive than urban (P 0.002) or suburban (P 0.001) dogs. In the 67 isolates, 27 unique serovars were identified, with three dogs having two serovars present. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of 66 isolates revealed that only four of the isolates were resistant to one or more antibiotics. Additional characterization of the 66 isolates was done using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Sequence data compared well to resistance phenotypic data and were submitted to the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). This study suggests an overall Received 26 October 2016 Returned for modification 2 December 2016 Accepted 5 February 2017 Accepted manuscript posted online 15 February 2017 Citation Reimschuessel R, Grabenstein M, Guag J, Nemser SM, Song K, Qiu J, Clothier KA, Byrne BA, Marks SL, Cadmus K, Pabilonia K, Sanchez S, Rajeev S, Ensley S, Frana TS, Jergens AE, Chappell KH, Thakur S, Byrum B, Cui J, Zhang Y, Erdman MM, Rankin SC, Daly R, Das S, Ruesch L, Lawhon SD, Zhang S, Baszler T, DiazCampos D, Hartmann F, Okwumabua O. 2017. Multilaboratory survey to evaluate Salmonella prevalence in diarrheic and nondiarrheic dogs and cats in the United States between 2012 and 2014. J Clin Microbiol 55:1350 –1368. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02137-16. Editor Brad Fenwick, University of Tennessee Copyright © 2017 Reimschuessel et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Address correspondence to Renate Reimschuessel, firstname.lastname@example.com. * Present address: Kyran Cadmus, USDA APHIS SPRS, Lakewood, Colorado, USA; Sreekumari Rajeev, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Biomedical Science, Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indies; Timothy S. Frana, Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, Indiana, USA; Kimberly H. Chappell, Pharmacovigilance, a Boehringer-Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., St. Joseph, Missouri, USA; Seema Das, Nestle Professional, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Shuping Zhang, University of Missouri Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, Columbia, Missouri, USA. CLINICAL VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY


Objectives: To determine the efficacy of antimicrobial treatment in non‐dysenteric persistent diarrhoea in a community setting. Methods: In this double‐blind field trial, 156 children aged 4 36 months with persistent diarrhoea not associated with Giardia lamblia infestation seeking treatment in a community outpatient clinic, were randomized to receive a combination of nalidixic acid and metronidazole, metronidazole alone, or placebo for 7 days. Results: In comparison with placebo, metronidazole treatment did not result in a significant reduction in the mean post‐enrolment diarrhoeal duration and stool frequency, increase in the proportion of patients recovered by days 3, 5 and 7 of treatment, and increase in weight gain at days 7 and 14. Comparing the combination of nalidixic acid and metronidazole with metronidazole alone, 17.5% more children treated with the combination recovered by day 3 of treatment (p= 0.08) and the mean stool frequency ascertained on day 7 for the previous 24 h was 26.8% less in them (p= 0.05). The weight gains at days 7 and 14 were similar in the two groups. Conclusions: These findings indicate that metronidazole offers no therapeutic benefit in persistent diarrhoea not associated with Giardia lamblia and nalidixic acid has only a modest clinical benefit, which is not substantial enough to warrant its routine use.


Osteoporosis (OP) is a bone metabolic disease in a characterized by bone mass loss and its tissue regressive changes.Recently,the genes related such as VDR(Vitamin D receptor) gene,ER(Estrogen receptor) gene,CoLIA1(Collagen IA1),osteocalcin gene and IL 1 gene are emphasized by bio medical scientists because of these genes resulting in OP development and its therapy.Estrogene may induce osteoclast producing transforming growing factor β1(TGF β1) rich in bone tissues,which conducts in T allele gene of the OP patient.Bone mineral density (BMD) of Chinese women is related to VDR.IL 1 is a factor,which makes bone resorption decreasing,mediated by osteoclast with estrogen.


The Kohonen map with PRSOM was used to analyze a time sequence of SeaWifs images These images were observed on the Mediterranean Sea from the 6/sup th/ of August to the 12/sup th/. We processed the normalized reflectance of full TOA spectrum by first using a 20/spl times/20 Kohonen map and then we aggregated these 400 classes into 50 classes by using the PRSOM algorithm. The classifier was trained on a one year (1999) Mediterranean SeaWifs images using a temporal homogeneity. (2 images/month). We have developed an automatic labeling procedure based on the SeaWifs LUT used to invert the TOA signal. The labeling procedure allows us to identify four different aerosol type (Coastal, Maritime, Tropospheric Dust, Oceanic) and their corresponding optical thickness. We clearly see an important event of Saharian dust coming from the Sahara, crossing the Mediterranean Sea and invading North of the Mediterranean. A meteorological map taken the 10/sup th/ of August shows a strong South West wind supporting the above interpretation. This study clearly shows the possibility to use the above algorithm for automatically classify the aerosols at the Top of the Atmosphere.


MEDICAL attitudes to psychotropic drugs in general and antidepressants in particular tend to be casual, and their effects seen as innocuous. Indeed if used as recommended by their manufacturers tricyclic antidepressants are not very effective drugs, although some of their side effects and interactions can be very serious. It has been stated that tricyclics generally have a margin of superiority over placebos of 2030 per cent, and given an average placebo response of 40 per cent in most psychiatric patients, they thus fail in 30 40 per cent of cases (Lehman, 1966). There are a number of factors contributing to this including a wide individual variation in pharmacokinetics (Alexanderson et al, 1969; Asberg et al, 1971) and poor patient compliance (Willcox et al, 1965), but perhaps the most important, although controversial, is the failure to distinguish depression as an illness from depression as a symptom.


The implementation of the integrated fire management in Brazil transformed fire management into federal protected areas, integrating ecological and socio-cultural dimensions. The results obtained in the first years of implementation are promising with a reduction in the area affected by fire and conflicts with communities, enhancing the conservation of socio-biodiversity. This article is the result of a lecture at the 7th International Wildland Fire Conference and aims to present the Integrated Fire Management and its results in Brazil, mainly in the Cerrado and in the Amazon. We highlight three protected areas: Serra da Canastra National Park, Serra Geral do Tocantins Ecological Station and Campos Amazonicos National Park. Some protected areas in other biomes have been cited to illustrate preliminary activities. The results achieved reflect the integration between government, research and society, and served as a basis and experience for the drafting of the National Integrated Fire Management Policy.


Small investment management firms can compete with large managers through active management but must find a niche, most likely by designing novel products that add value. The average active manager, however, provides no intrinsic value because the positive value of the manager's intermediary function (converting client assets into the desired asset-class exposure) is negated by poor added value. A crucial piece of the puzzle is transaction costs. Transaction costs increase with assets under management and eventually reach a point at which added value becomes impossible. So, managers should focus on net excess returns, not growth of assets under management.


This paper discusses the modeling and application of thermoelectric cooling (TEC) in power electronics circuits. To investigate the benefits and challenges of using TEC, a temperature-dependent thermoelectric model which includes both power electronics circuits and TEC device is presented. With this model, both steady-state and small signal analyses can be carried out, and this paper is more focused on the steady-state part. For the steady-state analysis, the results have identified the allowed operation range which could be used as guidelines for system design. Also, with TEC device, the case temperature and junction temperature of power electronics switches can be dynamically controlled. Therefore, the switches' thermal cycling problem could be alleviated, and the switch lifetime and overall system reliability will be improved. Both simulation and experimental results are presented in this paper to verify the analysis.


We have developed techniques to determine the near‐infrared to near‐ultraviolet dielectric function and optical gap of ultrathin amorphous silicon [a‐Si:(H)] using real‐time spectroscopic ellipsometry during preparation and processing. The techniques have been applied to ∼50 A a‐Si:H films prepared by plasma‐enhanced chemical vapor deposition, and to ∼250 A pure a‐Si chemically modified by atomic H exposure. For the latter, the time evolution of the bonded H content can be estimated along with the evolution of the gap.


Objective To observe the effect of the proteasome inhibitor MG-132 on pulmonary epithelial cell apoptosis in rats with hyperoxia-induced lung injury and to investigate the underlying mechanism. Methods Completely randomized design was adopted for this study. Twenty-six SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups :hyperoxia group (n=8), hyperoxia plus MG-132 group (n=8), MG-132 group (n=5) ,control group (n =5). Based on the hyperoxia-induced lung injury rat model,the following parameters were determined: histopathological changes of lung tissue, cell apoptosis index via TUNEL method, Bax and Bcl-2 expression via immunohistochemistry. Additionally, Bcl-2/Bax ratio was calculated. Results After hyperoxia exposure,serious acute inflammatory reaction was found in hyperoxia group. The apoptosis index of hyperoxia group and hyperoxia plus MG-132 group (66.76±7.64,34.78±4.40 ) were significantly higher than those of control group and MG-132 group (14.48±1.75,12.88±1.95), and furthermore, hyperoxia plus MG132 group had lower apoptosis index than hyperoxia group (1.22±0.15 vs. 0.87±0.11, P<0.05). Hyperoxia plus MG-132 group had higher Bcl-2/Bax ratio than hyperoxia group (P<0.05). Conclusion Hyperoxia can induce pulmonary epithelial cell apoptosis. Proteasome inhibitor MG-132 can alleviate hyperoxia-induced lung injury through regulating Bax and Bcl-2 expression.

Key words:
Proteasome inhibitor; MG-132; Hyperoxia; Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl-2


Citation: Scholz, Walter T., Shattuck, Earl Locke, McClaskey, Edward Louis, and Kupper, Edward Rudolph. Tests on reinforced concrete beams and culvert sections. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1907.


Aiming at the problem that most of weighted association rules mining algorithms have not the anti-monotonicity, this paper presents a weighted support-confidence framework which supports anti-monotonicity. On this basis, weighted boolean association rules mining algorithm and weighted fuzzy association rules mining algorithm are presented, which use pruning strategy of Apriori algorithm so that improve the efficiency of frequent itemsets generated. Experimental results show that both algorithms have good performance.


A study of the soft-core to hard-core percolation properties of the hard-sphere fluid as a function of hard core (sphere) packing fraction, ζ, has been made using the Molecular Dynamics computer simulation method. The interparticle separation between the soft shells to achieve percolation, σ p , exhibits a monotonic decrease with ζ from the permeable spheres limit to approximately the glass transition, where σ p tends to the hard-sphere radius, σ. σ p was fitted to a semi-empirical function of ζ, which has the exact low density limiting behaviour. The ζ-dependence of the corresponding packing fraction of the permeable shells, is discussed. The local coordination number at the percolation threshold showed a transition between the soft-core and hard-core limits from ca. 2.74 to 1.51, as found in previous studies. A reasonably accurate simple analytic expression is given for the packing fraction dependence of the coordination number up to the percolation distance. Various key length scales of the hard-sphere system are compared with σ p as a function of ζ. The hard-sphere percolation distance dependence on packing shows a similar behaviour to that of rescaled Weeks–Chandler–Andersen (WCA) fluids, but not the same, which is consistent with the conclusions of that previous study.


In Islam, tourism is an important part of the a muslim's learning process. In the early spread of Islam, tourism is one of the elements that led to Islam widespread. Man has the ability and freedom to work, think and create any tourism activities. While tourism activities seems has no boundaries in this development. It should be aware that tourism also have negative effects. In this case, Islam recognizes that architecture is the work of man, while tourism is a requirement for the man himself. Thus, Islam should act as the catalyst to "architecture". This article discusses tourism architecture with Islamic values as an innovation that could be used for architecture design in tourism area. Methods used is descriptive method that aims to collect data in detail, depth and actual with case study. The results of the research then applied in case study or architecture design which is the design of Ijen Crater Tourism Supporting Area. Keywords— Islamic Tourism Architecture, Descriptive and Cross Study Analysis, Design, Tourism Area, Kawah Ijen.


The article presents the results of experimental testing of pedagogical conditions for future aircraft maintenance engineers' training for professional communication, such as: development of motivation to communicate through active interaction and creation of situations of success in classes; modeling of professional and communicative situations to ensure the practical focus of training; using technological innovations for self-analysis and self-education. The use of the developed pedagogical conditions for the formation of professional competences in the process of training students proved the intensity of deepening of knowledge in experimental group rather than in control group. The indicators of systematicity, reasonableness and depth of knowledge among students who studied using the developed methods appeared to be higher than among the students who studied according to the traditional program. This is demonstrated by the results obtained during the diagnostic section. The obtained results of the experimental verification of the specified pedagogical conditions have proved the effectiveness of the implementation of the specified pedagogical conditions. With the help of the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and the Z-test, the statistical significance of changes in the dynamics of the formed readiness of the participants of the experimental group was proven (the low level of formation of the criterion has decreased from 31.0% to 11.9%; the base level has decreased from 31.0% to 14.3%; the average level has increased from 23.8% to 42.8%; the high level has increased from 14.3% to 31.0%). Keywords: professional training, professional communication, future aviation specialists, future aircraft maintenance engineers' training, aviation institution of higher education, pedagogical conditions, readiness for professional communication.


Focusing Attention with Deictic Gestures and Linguistic Expressions Max M. Louwerse (firstname.lastname@example.com) Department of Psychology / Institute for Intelligent Systems Memphis, TN 38152 USA Adrian Bangerter (email@example.com) Groupe de Psychologie Appliquee CH - 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland Abstract Comprehension and production of text and discourse do not solely depend on linguistic expressions, but also on the physical context. The questions addressed in this study are 1) whether deictic gestures are substitutable for deictic expressions, and 2) whether deictic gestures establish joint attention. An eye tracking experiment investigated the effect of referring expressions and gestures on various aspects of attention. Results indicated that deictic gestures substitute for location descriptions. Furthermore, the manipulation of the synchrony between gesture and speech showed that hearers benefit from focusing of visual attention. Introduction Understanding and production of naturally occurring language does not solely rely on linguistic modalities like content, prosody and text or dialog structure. It also very much relies on non-linguistic modalities like eye gaze, facial expressions, body posture and gestures. It seems that gestures fulfill an important supportive role in bringing about the communicative project: everybody uses them, whether they are pointing out directions on the map, emphasizing a point they are trying to make, whether they are in a face-to-face argument or chatting on a cell phone. So why do we gesture? There are several explanations that are not necessarily mutually exclusive. According to one account, we gesture to facilitate lexical access (Butterworth & Beattie, 1978; Rime & Schiaratura, 1991). The timing gap between a gesture and an unfamiliar word is larger than between a gesture and a familiar word (Morrel-Samuels & Krauss, 1992). Furthermore, gesture is associated with fluent speech: when the speech is disrupted, like in stuttering, the gesture is halted (Mayberry & Jaques, 2000). According to a second account, gestures facilitate thinking (Goldin-Meadow, 2003; McNeill, 1992). Gesture and speech are coexpressive manifestations of one integrated system. They form complementary components of one underlying process and thereby help organizing thought. Indeed, children's performance on counting tasks improves when they gesture (Alibali & DiRusso, 1999). According to both of these accounts, gestures help speakers but not necessarily hearers. By a third account, gestures support communicative joint activities, that is, they are informative for hearers (Clark, 1996). The speaker and hearer are participating in the joint project of communication. Gesture is thereby part of the language use. Evidence for this account comes for instance from Ozyurek (2002) who showed that speakers change orientation of their gestures dependent on their hearers. However, these three different accounts investigate the production of gestures. An important question that remains is how addressees perceive these gestures. According to the first two accounts the effect gestures have on the addressee is irrelevant, according to the third account there is an immediate impact. There is strong evidence that gesture is intrinsically related to (symbolic) language processing (Butterworth and Morrisette, 1996). For instance, 90% of all gestures occur when we speak (McNeill, 1992). Furthermore, there are close ties between gesture and language development (Butcher & Goldin-Meadow, 2000). Also, humans are the only species that gesture (Butterworth, 2003; Povinelli, Bering, Giambrone, 2003). At the same time gestures are very different than linguistic cues. For instance, despite the fact that interlocutors rely on cues from gestures, particularly when the speech is ambiguous (Thompson & Massaro, 1996) or when the environment is noisy (Rogers, 1978), they are often unable to remember what hand gestures they have seen (Krauss, Morrell-Samuels, et al. 1991). Gestures thus seem to fulfill an important but subtle function: They have close ties to the linguistic system and seem to be intrinsically integrated with it, at the same time there are differences in production and understanding. An important research question is therefore what the relation is between gestures and linguistic expressions. It is important to keep in mind that we have a large range of gestures available. Kendon (1988) nicely places hand gestures along a continuum from 1) gesticulation, 2) language-like gestures and 3) emblems to 4) sign languages. Moving from left to right along the continuum gestures are replacing the role of speech; hardly so in gesticulation, very much so in sign language. This paper uses gesture to solely refer to gesticulation. Within gestures different types can be identified (Ekman & Friesen, 1969; Goldin-Meadow, 2003; McNeill, 1992). Generally, four categories are distinguished: 1) iconic gestures that mimic the object being represented through the gesture (making sawing movements when talking about sawing a tree), 2) concrete deictic gestures (pointing at a painting when talking about the Rembrandt's Nightwatch), 3) abstract deictic gestures (gesturing from left to right saying "from the beginning to the end"); 4) beat movements (used in the rhythm of the speech or to mark important intonational boundaries). In this paper we will focus on concrete deictic gestures


The study was conducted to develop ecological restoration method of damaged area in DMZ vicinities. As the material for the ecological restoration, forest soil and trees waste have been used. Forest soils were collected for experiments in Yanggu, Gangwon Province. Effect of ecological restoration was analyzed through germination experiment. Germination experiment was performed using 12 kinds of woody and herbaceous seeds. Woody and herbaceous seed germination in test pot was relatively evenly. Mixed material consisting of forest soil and trees waste seemed a possibility as the material for the restoration. The effects on seed germination were higher in the case of mixing more than 70% by volume ratio of local resources. Total number germinated individuals were different depending on the mixing ratio of soil sampling depth. Individual plants showed different trends depending on the experimental combination. Results of the woody seed germination were affected only in the soil sampling depth. Seed germination of herbaceous received a combined effect on soil sampling depth and mixing ratio.


Mach's principle states in a very general manner: local physical laws are determined by the large scale structure of the universe. This principle is the basis of the Wheeler-Feynman absorber theory [1, 2]. They suppose that the energy of particles is given by a time-symmetrical field; this interpretation was made by Tetrode and assumes that particles are not selfinteracting. The main equations go as follows:


A real and good understanding of formal and material constitution basis of legislations is conditio sine quanon to the legislative drafters in order their legislation product that they made not easily cancelled in judicial review by The Constitutional Courts (UU) or by The Appellate Courts (any legislations below UU).


The affordances of market players is of great significance to the survival and development of farmers' professional cooperatives. However,in reality,there exist a series of problems as no assets in a real sense possessed by cooperatives body,lack of funds,state support capital having been realized and instability of cooperative asset, which posed a certain effect on affordances of market players. Due to the above,local governments at all levels should lay down " Implementing Measures for Farmers'Professional Cooperatives Law" as soon as possible,and try to strengthen and guarantee its affordances through both strengthening the cooperative system internally and strengthening government regulation externally.


Sentul is a specific local chicken from Ciamis region in West Java with grey feathers as its distinctive feature, with a variation of grey and brown yellows feathers and orderly arranged feathers in its breast like dragon scales. Sentul was recognized as dual purpose local chicken breed and very potential, because rapid growth and high eggs productivity. They have adapted to environments and remain productive even if their diets are low of quality, resistant on diseases, and the pattern of maintenance does need a special skill. In order to increase the productivity of Sentul chickens, the improvement of breeding pattern and nutrient on diets should be done sufficiently for production. The improvement of diets is done by ratio composition that meets the nutrient rules for production and efficiency. To compose an efficient diet, firstly the requirement standard of metabolizable energy and protein as suitable to the breeding purpose must be known. The experiment was divided into two phases, the first phase to determine the efficiency of dietary protein utilization value (EUP) by means of excreta collection and to define the standard requirement of energy and protein during the production periods by using Scott et al method (1982). This experiment, used 60 day old chicks of Sentul chickens and was carried out in three months. The second phase, was aimed to evaluate the level of energy and protein diets during layer periods. The standard requirement of energy and protein diets 150 kcal/kg of metabolizable energy and 2 % of protein under and over the standard requirement was evaluated. A completely randomized design with five replications was used in this experiment. The parameters used are feed, energy and protein consumption, egg production, egg weight and feed conversion. The experiment used 75 pullet of Sentul chicken and was carried out for five months. The results of the first phase showed EUP is 57.24 ± 6.84%. Energy and protein requirement for laying phase 2979.275 Kcal/kg and 15.44% of protein. Based on second, it can be concluded that three performance of Sentul chicken laying phase increase when diets improved as energy standard requirement and protein as the basic of efficiency dietary protein utilization.


This article is part of a broader project on the social history or histories of anarchism. The standard accounts of anarchism (Nettlau, Joll, Woodcock, Marshall etc.) have been combinations of the histories of ideas and political/social movements. A larger project I am engaged in uses another methodology and is reliant upon the vast outpouring of published and unpublished academic writing on social history that has been produced since the 1960s. I will cover only several interconnected themes here: anarchism, internationalism and nationalism in Europe. This article will give a synoptic overview of the internationalism of the European anarchist and syndicalist movements during the "classical" period of anarchism (1860–1939). It focuses on the First and Second Internationals and the birth of the Third. It examines the ideology and culture of Internationalism, which was the nursery of the modern anarchist movement. The linkage between federalist and regionalist republicanism is stressed and the legacy of the Paris Commune of 1871 is highlighted. The desire to secure a global level playing field in labour markets promoted labour internationalism during the First International and a revival of this strategy by anarchists and syndicalists during the era of the Second International. The mismatch of industrial development and union density between industrialised Britain or Germany and artisanal and industrialising France and southern Europe limited internationalism in the 1860s and the 1900s. Equally the patriotic legacy of the Commune of Paris undermined the internationalism of anarchists and syndicalists when war broke out in 1914. In 1917–1918 anarchist and syndicalist internationalism seemed to be revived as Europe entered a period of revolutionary discontent. But very quickly the Bolsheviks and the Soviet Union channelled this wave into the Third International and ultimately the interests of the newly born Soviet State. Anarchist and syndicalist internationalism had little effect on the fortunes of the anarchists in the Spanish Civil War in a world of nation-states and state-centric political parties and movements.


The contemporary society, pressured by globalization, requires accurate and reliable but above all comparable results. An important tool for advering comparability is ensurance of result traceability. The goal of each diagnostic microbiological laboratory, whose work is based on methods of cultivation of bacteria, is to set up fast and reliable microbiological diagnosis. In bacteriology, cultivation and reproduction of MM is the foundation of direct proof of bacteria from samples so the accuracy in preparation of the MM is imperative. Testing laboratories determine control procedures of MM prepared from dehydrated base as well as the ways to control technological processes of preparation according to DIN EN ISO 11133:2014. To prepare MM dehydrated bases that are produced in accordance with the wording of the pharmacopoeia (EP, USP) and reference to international standards (ISO, APHA) are used. The physical parameters that are controlled by the MM are: the pH value, the thickness of the plates, filling volume, color, clarity, consistency. The microbiological parameters that are controlled include sterility and productivity and selectivity of the certified reference material (CRM). CRM contain microorganisms of stable characteristics that are typical for a particular microbial species, and is suitable for proving the effectiveness of a particular MM and was purchased from internationally acknowledged collections. Quality microbiological media is one of the most important factors in the work of microbiological laboratories for bacteriological diagnosis. A proper implementation of the technological process of preparing is one of the key requirements in the system of implementation of quality control of the MM. The ISO/IEC 17025:2007 international standard require from laboratories to evaluate the measurement uncertainties of their results. An excessive measurement uncertainty calls into question the possibility of making the right decision based on these results (it refers to making a precise diagnosis or estimating therapeutic efficacy).


"I had children calling me up at night because they had no one else to talk to. I thought, 'Good God, this is the worst thing on Earth' [having no one to talk with]." So says Harvard law professor Martha Minow (2002) in a Chronicle of Higher Education article on her critique of the privatization of social services. She further observes that while children may have a "right" to proper care and attention, there are too often circumstances in which there are "no adults willing or prepared to offer that care." While the article summarized Minow's perspective on the merits of the privatization of public services and is itself germane to those in the helping professions, many of her comments cut to the core of what we ostensibly do: work with and for people, and listen to them—hear the voices of those who otherwise have no voice. When children resort to calling up an attorney at night because they have no one else to talk to, we're in dire straits or, perhaps conversely, we may have reason to hope because child...


This article notices the peculiarities of educator-psychologist's profession that are connected with constant com-munication with many people, different on their age, gender, education, intelligence, social status. The author associates the success of this activity with the development of educator-psychologist's communicative mobility. It is a new term so in the article there is an author's point of view according to the definition of the terms "professional communication" and "professional mobility". The need to develop communicative mobility is shown on the structure and content of educator-psychologist's job description. An analysis of functions is made and it shows that the communicative activity plays the main part in the structure of the job. The peculiarities of educa-tor-psychologist's job are noticed, such as an ability to carry on a dialog and form the idea of a healthy lifestyle and law obedience among the young. The concept that educator-psychologist is the manager of other people's communication activity is highlighted (a single person, group or crowd). There is a conclusion that the success of this activity depends on the degree of communicative mobility development.


This work analyses via simulation and experimental results the impact on the motor terminal voltage of inverter-fed industrial drives. After the validation of the modeling some overvoltage mitigation techniques are implemented and evaluated. In several industrial plants the cable connecting the converter and the machine may have a length of some hundreds of meters. While for conventional steady-state studies a lumped-circuit may be used to represent the cable, this is not true for power electronics application where harmonics exist in steady-state. The effect on the machine terminal voltage is increased with the length of the cable. To accurately access the motor terminal overvoltage and to implement an efficient mitigation method one needs to model the cable with the highest precision possible. In this paper a detailed frequency dependent cable is used to analyse the motor terminal voltage. Experimental results are carried out to validate the simulation models of cable and the plant. Some filter solution are analysed together with another converter configuration in order to minimize the inverter terminal voltage.