BACKGROUND
Since there is no direct information to verify whether cyclosporin A (CsA) can affect the mineralization of dental hard tissue, the formation of dentin and cementum in growing rats was recorded by labeling the mineral phase of these tissues with fluorochrome marker in this study.

METHODS
After the extraction of the right maxillary molars, 30 male 3-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to two groups. Following a 2-week healing period, the experimental rats received 30 mg/kg CsA daily for 7 weeks, while the control rats received only mineral oil. The fluorescent markers, calcein and alizarin red, were given on alternate weeks for 7 weeks. At the end of study, the mandibles were obtained and undemineralized sections were processed. Serial sections, 8 microm thick, were cut for the entire distal roots of the first molars. Five central sections were selected to determine the mineral apposition of cellular cementum and dentin at the apex and middle of root, respectively.

RESULTS
The apposition rates of apical cellular cementum were significantly influenced by CsA therapy, occlusal function, and observation duration. However, the dentin apposition rates were significantly influenced by the observation intervals only.

CONCLUSIONS
In this study, CsA therapy and occlusal function significantly influenced the apposition rates of apical cementum, but not the rates of mid-root dentin. Our hypothesis that CsA can induce oral hard tissue alterations, as well as gingival overgrowth, is demonstrated.


Interference fringe period is a very important parameter of phase locking in scanning beam interference lithography system. The deviation between period setting value and nominal fringe period value will cause stitching error of interference fringe between adjoining scans. To get features of scanning lithography manufactured grating diffraction wavefront, according to the characteristics of step-and-scanning lithography and working principle of dynamic phase locking, the mathematical model of scanning beam interference lithography is built. According to this model, variations of printed error and lithography grating period are given. Experiments are done to verify this model. Results show that period setting error in phase locking system will cause periodic printed error. Periods of lithography grating vary with period settings. Lithography grating period is equal to period setting value with tiny period setting error. When interference beam waist radius is 0.9 mm, step over distance is 0.6 mm and fringe period is 555.6 nm, periodic printed error is less than 1 nm with period setting relative error less than 27810-6. If the dose contrast is more than 0.9, period setting error must be controlled within 92.610-6. The variable range of period setting value and lithography grating period is 102.8 pm.


Filled Skutterudites are one group of the most promising thermoelectric materials in real power generation applications. Herein, homogeneously dispersed multiscale CoSi nanostructures are successfully embedded into grains of the classic skutterudite system, Yb0.3Co4Sb12, by the in situ precipitation method. Such nanoprecipitates contribute much to the synergistic enhancement of thermoelectric and mechanical properties. On one hand, by the fine deployment of multiscale CoSi nanoparticles, the lattice thermal conductivity is significantly depressed almost to the theoretical limit because of the disrupted propagation of the heat‐carrying phonons at phase boundaries. On the other hand, low‐energy electrons are effectively screened due to the energy filtering effect by the interfacial potential barrier between the CoSi nanoprecipitate and the matrix, resulting in an enhanced power factor. Taken together, an enhanced peak ZT value of ≈1.5 at 873 K for the Yb0.3Co4Sb12/0.05CoSi composite is obtained with a high average ZT ≈0.95 between 300 and 873 K through decoupling the electrical and thermal transport parameters. Moreover, such a microstructure with multiscale CoSi nanoparticles shows significantly improved mechanical properties owing to particle hardening, making it more competitive for practical applications.


In this study, small intestine submucosa (SIS) hyaluronic acid (HA) sponges were prepared by freeze-drying SIS-HA mixtures and characterized for the possible application of tissue engineered scaffold. HA of ratios of 1, 2, 5 or 10% was added to SIS dissolved in 3% (v/v) acetic acid solution. The prepared sponges were crosslinked by 50 mM of EDC solution and were lyophilized. To analyze chemical and physical properties of the scaffold, SEM, XRD, FTIR, compression test and water uptake test were used. WST assay and H&E stain was used to measure the proliferation and infiltration of adipose derived stem cell, respectively. ALP assay was used to evaluate the expression of osteo-differentiation. Our study revealed that HA ratio affected cell viability and bone differentiation. In conclusion, the composite scaffold of SIS-HA5% sponge could be considered a potential bone tissue engineering scaffold.


entries on borderline patient, borderline personality, borderline psychosis, borderline state and borderline syndrome. What these terms are intended to cover is illustrated by these 2 books. Dr Kernberg's turns out to be a discursive review of the schizoid personality in psychoanalytical terms: content apart, much of its untidiness is attributable to the fact that 8 of the 10 chapters are reprinted papers, published or presented elsewhere. The greater part of Dr Masterson's book is an account of his own strenuous psychotherapeutic experience with a group of patients suffering from various forms of neurotic disorder. Precisely why he calls them 'borderline patients' is difficult to grasp. Perhaps, au fond, the reasons have something to do with the traditional American preoccupation with frontiers.


The purpose of this research is to create an effective and attractive Lombok ethnic animation video media. This research includes "R&D" (Research and Development) referring to the ADDIE model, which says: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The subjects of this study were fourth grade students at SD Negeri 1 Kawo, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, and Teluk Bulan Elementary School, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Validation questionnaires, written tests, and documentation were used as data collection instruments in this study. Media and material validation questionnaires, teacher and student responses, as well as pretest and posttest results were all used as data analysis tools in this study. Based on the validity test, the Lombok ethnic animation video media was declared valid. The results of the data analysis of material experts obtained 100% results with very valid criteria, media experts obtained 100% results with very valid criteria. The results of the effectiveness test with the N-Gain value show that students' ability to think with an average value of 0.59% is in the moderate criteria. The attractiveness test in this study was carried out by teachers and students. Data from students obtained an average score of 80.75% for small-scale trials (very interesting criteria), and 87.94% for large-scale trials with (very interesting criteria). Data from teachers obtained an average score of 95% attractiveness test (very interesting criteria). This research produced learning video media that is valid and interesting in improving students' ability to think, and is effectively used in the learning process in class IV Indonesian subjects.

Keywords: [Video Media, Minimum Competency Assessment, Opinion Skills]


Messrs. Editors:—As the question of " Spontaneous Evolution" is still an unsettled one, I have thought it would not be uninteresting to your readers to have the following case detailed. Doctor Denman -was, I think, among the first who boldly asserted that it was possible, under an arm and shoulder presentation, to have an unas sisted termination of a case, the breech being first expelled. His idea was, that the action of the uterus, long and forcibly continued, so compacted the body of the foetus, as to expend fipon it the full force of each returning action. The body, in its doubled state, being too large to pass through the pelvis, and the uterus continuing, to act with force upon the inferior extre mities— they alone being movable—are driven down, and thus being forced lower, the body turns as it were upon its own axis, and the breech is expelled as in an original presentation of the same. This idea of Dr. Den man's was generally received throughout the profession, as the proper explanation, until the publication, in London, of a pamphlet, by Dr. Doug las, entitled "An Explanation of the real process of the Spontaneous Evo lution of the Foetus." In this essay, Dr. Douglass denies the position taken by Dr. Denman, and remarks that it is impossible for the uterus, while contracting, to act upon a part only of the compacted body, thus forcing it lower into the pelvis, while the other is allowed to recede into a higher position; he goes on to state that the arm, shoulder and thorax are the first expelled, and the nates and head afterwards. This latter opinion, based upon good reasons, appears now to be the one most generally adopted. By an examination of the following case, it will be evident, however, that it may happen, as stated by Dr. Denman, viz: that a case, under arm and shoulder presentation, may terminate unassisted, by spontaneous evolution, and the breech be expelled first.


Abstract:Rock and roll traditionally appears to exhibit a rebellious, subversive, and progressive connotation. Such ascriptions, however, ignore not only subgenres such as Rechtsrock (right-wing extremist rock), but also criticism, present from the onset, that accused mainstream rock of merely portraying and supporting the status quo rather than questioning it. Is rock and roll therefore a conservative genre? What do terms such as conservative and progressive really mean when they are applied to pop culture, music, and specifically rock and roll? Which findings are used to support these attributions? The article investigates these questions along an abbreviated history of rock from the 1950s to the 1980s in transnational perspective. The contribution shows that, inasmuch as rock is rebellious at all, its rebelliousness can be directed against a mainstream culture which is perceived as progressive just as much as against one which is perceived as conservative.


The author analyses the relations of enterprise system of quality attestation and archives management, expounds that system of quality attestation impels the development of enterprise archives work, and archives work promotes enterprise quality management also.


Indonesia Smart Card (KIP) College has been applied by the government in accordance with the instructions of the president where it is expected that with the Kip college students who are not able and graduated college will be able to continue to a higher level of Higher Education. In the selection of candidates for college KIP recipients, they are selected through several criteria ranging from parental work, a parental income, and others. In the selection system, inaccuracies are still founding for Kip college recipients, this is a discrepancy that is entitled and not entitled to receive Kip assistance. The importance of a decision support system that aims to facilitate decision-making. SPK method that can be used there are several methods one of which is a hybrid method. By using a hybrid method with the stages of calculation of the weight of the criteria to determine the consistency of the criteria and obtained an CR value of 0.08, this proves the weight of the criteria used are consistent. Furthermore, the data comparison of criteria and alternatives in the process that will produce data into two types, namely data recommendations Kip college recipients and non-recommendation data.


D. F. Lawler et al. developed a model for flocculation, sedimentation, and filtration and predicted the effects of particle size distribution and concentration of the influent in water treatment plants. Subsequently, Lawler and co-workers obtained data to test the flocculation and sedimentation models. In this paper, the formulation of the model is reviewed, and examples of the experimental results are presented and used to highlight one area of disagreement between the model and experiments.


Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) has a unique clinical and radiological presentation and a different response to systemic treatments compared with conventional lung adenocarcinoma. Although tobacco-related, BAC is found disproportionately in never-smokers, women, and Japanese patients ([1][1]).


This article according to the author for a long time in the university laboratory work experience,has enumerated some Erroneous zone in the Laboratory Management in current local universities.Have brought forward some idea and view of author on the post of laboratory personnel division of work problem.


Objective To investigate the positive rate and safety of diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis(IPH) by bronchoscopy. Methods 63 cases of children diagnosed with IPH in our hospital from January 2010 to December 2013 were selected. All patients received once bronchoscopy to take bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and their sputum and gastric juice were taken twice to seek siderophages under microscope. The positive rate was compared and the adverse reactions after bronchoscopy were observed. Results The positive rate of BALF was 82.5%, significantly higher than 44.4% of the sputum and 36.5% of the gastric juice, also higher than 57.1%(at least one masculine in sputum or gastric juice) of the combination of sputum and gastric juice. 7 cases appeared with cough and asthma after bronchoscopic surgery(its transcutaneous oxygen saturation above 82.5%), 24 cases(38.1%) coughed aggravatingly, 17 cases(27.0%)developed a fever, 18 cases(28.6%) appeared with slight hemoptysis after operation. Without making special treatment, the symptoms recovered after 48 hours. All patients could tolerate bronchoscopy lavage(BAL). Conclusions Bronchoscopy can significantly improve the diagnosis rate of IPH with good safety, which is worthy of popularization as a routine in qualified hospitals.


Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of bi directional Glenn shunt without CPB.Methods Between April and July 2002, 5 patients (4 male and 1 female) underwent bi directional Glenn shunt whitout CPB, including bi directional Glenn shunt ( n =3) and bilateral bi directional Glenn shunt ( n =2). SaO 2 before operation was (78.7±3.0)%.Results All the patient were discharged uneventfully without mortality. The average SaO 2 was ( 93.9 ± 0.9 )%.Conclusion Bi directional Glenn shunt without CPB is an useful and safe procedure .


Amidst the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 in January 2020, this study focused on the preventive behaviours against COVID-19 infection and the exclusionary attitude towards foreigners in Japan. Particularly, we examined the effects of individual differences in the infection-avoidance tendency based on the behavioural immune system. A web survey of 1,248 Japanese citizens aged 18 years or above living in Japan who were registrants of a crowdsourcing service indicated that as the threat of the COVID-19 spread increased, there were tendencies for infection-preventive behaviours to increase. In addition, people with a strong infection-avoidance tendency adopted more preventive actions, regardless of whether they were under normal circumstances or the threat of infection, indicating their strong rejective attitudes towards the Chinese and other foreigners under the threat of infection. This study recorded the behavioural and psychological states of people who were in the midst of rapid and unpredictable real-world changes in the early stages of the infection. Data collected in Japan, where the infection had begun earlier, will provide valuable knowledge to countries worldwide where major social changes are expected in the future.


This is the first time a case of Graves' disease associated with Klinefelter's syndrome is being reported in a Chinese patient. We report the case of a 41- year male patient who was diagnosed as Graves' disease with Klinefelter's syndrome. The patient, a known 10-year history of hyperthyroidism, presented with an increase in the severity of his symptoms, which were hyperhidrosis, palpitations, and heat intolerance, together with the appearance of fine finger tremors, with some feminizing features such as feminine voice, absent laryngeal prominence and beard, smaller than normal testes. Chromosomal study (47, XXY) confirmed the diagnosis of Klinefelter's syndrome.


An analysis of the events that made Reggio Emilia one of the most important cultural centres in Northern Italy during the 17th century. This volume also features works by Carracci, Procaccini and Bonone


PURPOSE: To enable adjustment of a height of incorporation by allowing a main piston and a pressure column to relatively slide to each other beyond a space rage between connected planes and also enable mutual support engagement and disengagement of the connecting elements of the main piston the pressure column only within the range of each of connecting planes. CONSTITUTION: When a main piston 8 is connected to a pressure column 12 for working, a mechanical contact plane and/or a connecting plane 14, 15 formed, spaced 13 from each other, in the mobile direction of a slidable die plate 5 are important. Between these both planes 14, 15, the main piston 8 and the pressure column 12 are relatively slidable to each other beyond a space range 13. In this case, the pressure column 12 can be engaged with the main piston 8 for supporting or disengaged with the latter only within the range of each of both connecting planes 14, 15. The engagement face and the support face can be engaged for supporting or disengaged with each other by making a multikey-type connecting head 17 rotate relatively with a multikey-type connecting sleeve 16, around a longitudinal axial line which is common for the main piston 8 and the pressure column 12. COPYRIGHT: (C)1991,JPO


The project aims were to identify the major constraints to adequate phosphorus (P) nutrition of cereal crops in highly alkaline soils of the Eyre Peninsula (EP), Mallee and Wimmera regions of south-eastern Australia, and to improve the understanding of the behaviour of Ρ in these environments through a better understanding of the chemistry of Ρ in these soils. A post-doctoral fellowship, Dr Isabelle Bertrand, was employed on the project from 16th August 1999, and resigned in December 2001. Due to the start of new project CS0231, experimental work on this project, therefore, concluded six months ahead of schedule. Final work on this project was done in a new project (CS0231) focusing on the efficiency of fluid fertilisers in alkaline soils, which commenced in January 2002.


This paper targets deep packet classification (Layer 4–7) for applications within Firewalls and Intrusion Detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS). Specifically targeting string matching applications, this paper will focus on processing of web-content, HTTP, at high speed (>10Gigabit). The main contribution of this work is in the field of combined payload search and HTTP decompression. In general, decompression is difficult to perform at wire-speed due to the additional data-amounts generated, which means that a decompressed 10 Gbit/s link could contain e.g. 30–40 Gigabit data. This paper presents a method which makes it is possible to find a match in the data packages of the data stream without the need for searching in the decompressed data stream, thereby avoiding the possibility of "data explosions".


The theoretic renormalization-group approach is applied to the study of short-time dynamics of the d-dimensional n-component spin systems with long-range interactions r-(d+σ) and quenched disorder which has long-range correlations r-(d-ρ). Asymptotic scaling laws are obtained in a frame of double expansions in ∊=2σ-d and ρ with ρ of the order ∊. The static exponents are obtained exactly to all the order. The initial slip exponents θ′ for the order parameter and θ for the response function, as well as the dynamic exponent z, are calculated upto the first order in ∊. In d=2σ, in contrast to the unique logarithmic decay in the long-time regime which does not depend on σ, ρ, n and the disorder, we find rich scaling structures including logarithmic and exponential-logarithmic scalings in the short-time regime. Non-universal critical scalings of Ising systems are also discussed for d=2σ.


With a close focus on the hardcore blockbuster 'The Devil in Miss Jones', this chapter discusses how the sexploitation film evolved, stylistically, into a form that challenged audiences and critics to – briefly – question where or not these might be even radical art cinema. The style of the sexploitation film is argued to have hit a new peak with this particular motion picture which defined the genre for its era but ultimately also indicated that it might have nowhere else to go other than glossier reproductions of the sex spectacle itself.


The term "Mature Fields" normally evokes connotations of rising costs and diminished expectations, yet the emerging sub-surface, with its utterly different sets of rules and attributes, is changing our paradigms and spurring distinctly higher expectations. The increasing complexity of well architectures, higher levels of well intelligence and the real-time modality in wellplacement and field operations, are all products of recent technological advances and specifically the "computer chip". Advanced diagnostics is fast becoming the norm. Do they assure greening of mature fields? What should be our redefined Expected Ultimate Recoveries (EUR's)? Is 90% of Theoretical Maximum Recovery Factor a sufficiently bold target to shoot for? What are the major impediments to achieving higher EUR's for mature fields? The answers invariably lie in modern reservoir management tenets, in-depth understanding of reservoir fundamentals, duediligence provisions and a wise selection of "smarttechnologies" (the key operative word being "wise"). Saudi Aramco's portfolio of hydro-carbon assets have, on average, a state of reserves depletion of less than 30%. On the mature end of the spectrum, Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq Field has already crossed the 80% reserves depletion mark, yet is going strong on the strength of "smart technologies" and provides a real test as to what the smart technology dividend will be in terms of incremental recoveries and reduced costs. IPTC 11040 Mature Fields: The Keys to Winning the Marathon N.G. Saleri, Saudi Aramco D ow naded rom http://oetro.org/IPTC O N F/procegs-pdf/05IPTC /Al5IPTC /TC -110-ABSTR AC T/18448461040-abstract.pdf by gest on 05 N ovem er 2021


The translocation of the catalytic domain through the membrane of the endosome to the cell cytoplasm is a key step of intoxication by botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT). This step is mediated by the translocation (T) domain upon endosome acidification, although the mechanism of interaction of the T domain with the membrane is still poorly understood. Using physicochemical approaches and spectroscopic methods, we studied the interaction of the BoNT/A T domain with the membrane as a function of pH. We found that the interaction with membranes does not involve major secondary or tertiary structural changes, as reported for other toxins like diphtheria toxin. The T domain becomes insoluble around its pI value and then penetrates into the membrane. At that stage, the T domain becomes able to permeabilize lipid vesicles. This occurs for pH values lower than 5.5, in agreement with the pH encountered by the toxin within endosomes. Electrostatic interactions are also important for the process. The role of the so-called belt region was investigated with four variant proteins presenting different lengths of the N-extremity of the T domain. We observed that this part of the T domain, which contains numerous negatively charged residues, limits the protein-membrane interaction. Indeed, interaction with the membrane of the protein deleted of this extremity takes place for higher pH values than for the entire T domain. Overall, the data suggest that acidification eliminates repulsive electrostatic interactions between the T domain and the membrane, allowing its penetration into the membrane without triggering detectable structural changes. Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), 4 which belongs to the clostridial neurotoxin family, is the causative agent of botu


Advanced technology nodes employ a large number of innovations. In addition, they require 'scaling boosters' in the design of standard-cell libraries to be able to offer the scaling benefits in area, performance, and power that we have grown accustomed to. Consequently, sub-10nm standard cells are significantly more complex than their predecessors. Cell-aware test (CAT) explicitly targets cell-internal resistive open and short defects identified through extensive characterization of the library cells. This paper is (to the best of our knowledge) the first to report on the application of CAT library characterization on a sub-10nm technology node. We used Cadence's CAT tool flow on an experimental 114-cell-library in IMEC's 3nm CMOS technology iN5. Despite the increased cell complexity, we show that the CAT flow still works, and that compared with functionally-comparable library cells in a 45nm technology, the number of potential non-equivalent defect locations, cell-level test patterns, and defect coverage did not change drastically.


Plant lectins are a very heterogeneous group of protein that all share one important biological property: they can recognize and bind reversibly to specific carbohydrate structures. They are one of the most important secondary metabolites in plants which are used as a defense tool against pathogens which attack plants. The primary functions of lectins are to act as recognition molecules within the immune system, storage proteins and cell surface adhesion. Lectins manifest a diversity of activities including anti-bacterial, antifungal, antimicrobial and antiviral. A small number of lectinsdemonstrates anti-parasitic activities.


Background: COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented disruption of daily life including the pattern of skincare in healthcare settings by issuing stay-at-home orders around the world. Several studies have shown that people those have skin-related problems are suffering from anxiety, sleeping problem, and hair diseases, etc. due to this COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, to assess the current situation of skincare patients, it is necessary to evaluate whether they need any surveillance or special attention. Objective: The objectives of this study to evaluate whether there are any significant changes in population interest for skincare during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: For the skincare, weekly RSV data were extracted for worldwide and 23 counties between August 1, 2016, and August 31, 2020. Interrupted time-series analysis was conducted as the quasi-experimental approach to evaluate the longitudinal effects of COVID-19 skincare related search queries. For each country, autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model relative search volume (RSV) time series and then testing multiple periods simultaneously to examine the magnitude of the interruption. Multivariate linear regression was used to estimate the correlation between relative changes in RSV with COVID-19 confirmed cases/ per 10000 patients and lockdown measures. Results: Of 23 included countries in our study, 17 showed significantly increased (p<0.01) RSVs during the lockdown period compared with ARIMA forecasted data. The highest percentage of increments occurs in May and June in most countries. There was also a significant correlation of lockdown measures and the number of COVID-19 cases with relatives changes in population interests for skincare. Conclusion: Understanding the trend and changes in skincare public interest during COVID-19 may assist health authorities to promote


A simple recursion is presented for calculating moments (e.g., mean, variance, and autocorrelation function) of a time series that has been power transformed to normality. Its derivation is elementary, relying on the moment-generating function for a bivariate normal distribution. To make clear the distinction between the moments of the transformed and original time series, the special case of a squared normal process is treated in detail. The use of the recursion is illustrated through an environmental example, motivated by stochastic modeling of hourly precipitation, that involves both stabilization of variance and amplification of autocorrelation. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


In this note we show that the local Hardy-Littlewood maximal operator is bounded in the Sobolev space. Thus the maximal function often has partial derivatives. We also show that the maximal operator preserves the zero boundary values in Sobolev's sense.


In Monograph 47 of the United States Geological Survey, A Treatise on Metamorphism, a serious mistake is made in reference to the redistribution of sodium. It is stated on p. 997 that the deficiency of soda in the sediments as compared with the original rocks is 2.4985 per cent., and that this deficiency amounts to 70.38 per cent. of the whole. In estimating the deficiency in metric tons for the soda, the computor, instead of using the amount of soda in the original rocks as the base, took the weight of the entire mass of sediments, and thus the deficiency of soda is given as 475,065,000,000,000,000 metric tons, whereas it should be 16,864,875,000,000,000 metric tons. The total amount of soda in the ocean, 19,o101,ooo,000,000,000 metric tons, instead of being but a small fraction of the total deficiency for the sediments, is 13.2 per cent. in excess of the deficiency. This error requires the modification of a number of statements made on p. 998. It is there stated that the result obtained suggests that the soda of the salt deposits of the land is probably greater in amount than in the salt of the sea, whereas the true result indicates that the soda of the salt deposits of the land is unimportant as compared with that in the sea. Also a criticism in reference to calculating the age of the earth from the amount of salt in the sea is without force. No adequate excuse for the error in calculation can be offered; it can only be said that it occurred. In the Treatise on Metamorphism there are the results of thousands of numerical calculations. In the one cited a blunder was overlooked. We hope that for the most part the calculations will be found substantially correct.


This paper argues that the lexical item grand in DPs expressing the notion of "thousand" in colloquial American English is best considered to be a modifier of the silent noun BUCKS appearing after a silent THOUSAND. Certain facts concerning locality, the pronunciation of silent expressions and coordination indicate that grand cannot be part of a PP containing the silent expressions IN and TOTAL. Numerals can almost never be left out, a fact that has little bearing on silent nouns. The acquisition of silent expressions is unproblematic, insofar as their distributions can be deduced from that of the overt expressions to which they are related.


An algorithm which computes integrated priority for the packet in the input memory switch is proposed.In this algorithm both the packet delay and packet loss rate are considered to compute packet priority.The length of the packet queue is turned into discrete values and weighted nonlinearly with packet delay priority.So the priority that combines packet delay and dynamic queue length is obtained.A packet scheduling algorithm based on this priority scheme is proposed for the input memory switch.The scheduling algorithm supports both packet delay and packet queue length.The application of this scheduling algorithm in Crossbar and Clos networks is presented.A new routing algorithm for balancing the load of high priority traffic is also proposed.Simulation results show these two algorithms can lower the packet loss rate and guarantee packet delay.


PERUSAL of the literature since Freund and McDermott 1 described their adjuvant would perforce lead one to anticipate various untoward reactions to emulsion therapy of pollenosis. Both local and systemic reactions, either immediate or delayed, have been reported. Local reactions have been manifested by induration, with or without erythema, abscess formation, sterile as well as bacterial, some associated with a draining sinus, shoulder to finger-tip edema, local pain, and itch. Systemic or constitutional reactions consisted of flushing, generalized pruritus, urticaria, atopic dermatitis, exfoliative dermatitis, rhinorrhea, sneezing, stuffy nose, cough, wheeze, dyspnea, cyanosis, angio-edema of eyes, headache, or uterine contractions. 2 Delayed and immediate skin reactivity have also been induced in nonatopic persons to an antigen, to which they were not previously sensitive, following injections of emulsified pollen extracts. 3 Report of Cases Case 1.— A 16-year-old, white, obese female presented herself with a three months' history of an abscess and


For years, the Internet has provided patients with mental health disorders with several platforms where they share theirpersonal experiences with their medical conditions. This study aims at exploring online narratives shared by patients with BipolarDepression disorder where they self-report their medical diagnoses of the disorder and reflect on the hardships they go throughin their lives. The study employs Martin and White's (2005) Appraisal Theory to examine the JUDGMENTS that patients make abouttheir behaviors and the behaviors of people around them. In order to extract the JUDGMENT utterances from the corpusof narratives, the study uses syntactic patterns that may yield evaluative utterances. The results of the study show that judgmentswhich belong to capacity [i.e., how (in)capable a person is] and propriety [i.e., how (un)ethical a person is] measurethe highest scores among all other subtypes of JUDGMENT. The study also provides a lexicon for the most frequent expressions thatconvey JUDGMENT, which could be used to enrich the Appraisal resources.


the relationship, and Irish Catholics and "Scotch-Irish" Protestants became self-consciously separate communities. Unfortunately, this is also the point at which Dolan's focus narrows almost entirely to the Irish Catholic experience. Thus, while he has moved toward a more inclusive perspective, he leaves a great deal still to be examined. Dolan also remains, for the most part, within the confines of American cities most settled by the Irish. This urban focus is understandable in light of the abundance of accessible data and earlier research as well as the size and influence of urban Irish Catholic enclaves. No doubt many smaller cities demonstrated similar patterns to those he describes, but the Irish in villages and rural areas need to be better understood and fitted into the larger picture. A pioneer in this kind of study is the provocative Canadian historian Donald Akenson, especially in The Irish in Ontario (McGill Queens University Press, 1999), Small Differences (McGill Queens University Press, 1991), and The Irish Diaspora: A Primer (Meany, 1993). That said, Dolan's vivid, insightful portrayals of Irish people, groups, and movements across the panorama of American history are praiseworthy. These include canal workers and domestic servants, labor leaders and political machines, rebels and peace builders. He describes the movement of Irish Americans from urban ghettos to suburban prosperity, interaction with other European minorities, and the sad record of hostility toward African Americans. Particularly striking is the rise and decline of American Catholicism, transformed by the upsurge in Irish emigration during and after the Famine. Irish Catholics dominated their church and its leadership and defined themselves against a hostile "Yankee" resistance, transposing patterns well established in Ireland. They competed with Protestants for the character and future of the nation, especially through the building of educational institutions. The Church both reinforced Irish identity and prepared people for a new American reality. From Know Nothings and "No Irish Need Apply" to fear-mongering against Al Smith and John Kennedy, American Protestants threw every kind of obstacle in the way of the Irish Catholic rise to power, prosperity, and respectability. The Church was always an integral part of the struggle. Yet success was followed by the amazingly rapid decline of that same Church. Secularization and prosperity brought serious disparities between Catholic tradition and contemporary sensibilities, greatly reducing the Church's customary influence in the lives of Irish (and other) Catholics. Suburbanization and intermarriage obscured the old boundaries. Recent scandals only accelerated a decline already well underway. Dolan points out, however, that there is no such decline in the importance of Irish heritage. For him "the real Irish success story" is found both in the tenacity and achievements of Irish Americans, and in the fact that so many Americans choose to recognize their Irish ancestry as essential to their identity. The Irish Americans will serve well as a college textbook and a spur to further research, but its compelling story will reach a much wider audience: those who want to better understand their own ethnic history and the Irish contribution to America.


An integrated sensor with three elements (zinc oxide, tin oxide and tungsten oxide) was fabricated by thick film techniques in order to develop a smell sensor. Using this sensor and pattern recognition method, the possibility of identifying 15 chemical compounds which belong to the alcohol, ester, ketone, benzene and hydrocarbon group was examined. The following results were obtained: All 15 compounds have different patterns, so they can be individually identified; compounds which have the same functional groups have similar patterns; and, when gas sensitivity of three elements is displayed in a three‐dimensional space, the compounds with the same functional group form a specific closed space. This indicates that the sensor can identify functional groups of chemical compounds.


The invention discloses a method for baking ceramsite by using town sludge, river mud and bentonite. The method comprises the following steps of: milling 30 to 35 weight percent of original sludge, 45 to 50 weight percent of river sludge, and 17 to 23 weight percent of bentonite by wheels, mixing and stirring to homogenize the materials; and aging, pelleting, screening, sintering and expanding, and performing air cooling. The bulk density of the obtained ceramsite is 400 to 500Kg/m , the compression strength is 1 to 3.5Mpa, one-hour water absorption is 8 to 10 percent, and the grain size of the product is 1 to 26mm; and the original sludge, the river sludge and the bentonite are used as the raw materials, the ceramsite is directly baked by taking cavings as fuel, the treatment capacity of the sludge is large, the production cost is low, secondary pollution in the production process is avoided, and the performance of the obtained ceramsite product meets the standard requirement of GB/T17431.1-1998.


Distinctness of Image (DOI) is an important gloss appearance attribute that contributes to the customer's perception of photo quality. We reported a novel method for measuring distinctness of image (DOI) on print media and printed images at Japan Hardcopy in 2005. The method has since been implemented in a practical, commercially available instrument and applied in many media R&D and quality control applications. In this paper, we describe several significant improvements in the measurement technology based on analysis in the frequency domain using the slanted edge technique for SFR or MTF and a perceptually meaningful metric called subjective quality factor (SQF) to improve the reliability and robustness of our DOI measurement method. The efficacy of the new method is demonstrated and a correlation between objective and subjective measures is also discussed.


Sufficient conditions on the Christoffel symbols and metric tensors to insure the existence of affine collineations in Riemann spaces are obtained. A proof of the group property of affine collineations is given. Several examples of physically relevant Riemannian spaces admitting affine collineations are presented and the constants of motion are constructed.


Underwater robots are currently utilized to evaluate water quality and the undersea landscape. Small-sized underwater robots are especially useful in improving the spatial resolution of the measurements, yielding high-quality data. This chapter describes a small-sized fish-like robot, with its surface composed of a flexible thin plastic film. Its internal components, including an actuator, could be encapsulated in the plastic film using a vacuum packaging machine. To simplify the waterproofing and pressure resistance properties of the fish-like robot, its internal components can be filled with insulating fluid. The plastic film on the surface has electromagnetic-wave-transmit‐ ting properties, allowing sensors to be arranged within the device, enabling assess‐ ment of its autonomous locomotion using infrared sensors. Robot attitude can be altered, based on geography of its internal components, floating blocks, and insulat‐ ing fluid. This attitude could be especially determined by the differences in densities between the floating block and insulating fluid. Evaluation of attitude control showed that an insulating fluid heavier than water allows a large variation.


Summary Addition of serum from bilaterally nephrectomized rats 48 hours after nephrectomy produced a concentration-related inhibition of in vitro PAH uptake by rat renal cortical slices. Simultaneously measured NMN-14C uptake was not significantly affected. Serum from sham-nephrectomized rats significantly enhanced PAH uptake without altering NMN-14C transport. Thus, both inhibition of PAH transport produced by serum from nephrectomized rats and stimulation produced by control serum appear to be specific for the organic anion transport system. It is also concluded that the ability of rat renal cortical slices to accumulate PAH is impaired if the animals have been subjected to a 24-hour fast before the time of experimentation. Fasting produced no significant alteration in the transport of NMN-14C.


In many species, preferences are acquired by a learning process known as sexual imprinting. Recent findings suggest that this process may lead to a preference for a partner that is slightly novel. We propose that an asymmetrical preference for novel partners might provide a mechanism driving evolutionary change in the characteristics used in mate choice


Systematic theology must utilize the findings of biblical theology, and biblical theology must rest on exegesis. The first question, therefore, in the discussion of Revelation 20 is whether exegesis requires the inclusion of a millennial teaching in our eschatology. Using these exegetical findings, theology must ask the question as to the role and significance of millennial doctrine. The Exegetical Question. Dispensationalists rest millennial teaching on the Old Testament prophecies, insisting that the prophetic expectation of the restoration of Israel to her land in full enjoyment of kingdom blessings is the foundation for the idea of a millennium. However, the present writer agrees with the classical dictum of Augustine: Novum testamentum in vetere latet; vetus testamentum in novo patet: "The New Testament is concealed in the Old; the Old Testament is revealed in the New." The Old Testament must be interpreted by the New Testament. In principle, it is quite possible that prophecies addressed originally to literal Israel describing physical blessings have their fulfilment exclusively in the spiritual blessings enjoyed by the church. I t is also possible that the Old Testament expectation of a kingdom on earth could be reinterpreted by the New Testament altogether of blessings in the spiritual realm. Therefore our question must be whether the exegesis of the New Testament requires the inclusion of millennial doctrine. The only place where a millennium is mentioned is Revelation 20: 1-4. The correct exegesis of this passage cannot be detached from the interpretation of the genre of apocalyptic literature in general and the entire book of Revelation in particular. Here we can only state certain convictions without defending them. 1. The Revelation, like apoclalyptic literature in general, uses symbolic language to depict God's working in history to bring about the consummation of his kingdom. Therefore the purely symbolic or spiritualizing method of interpretation is unacceptable. 2. The Revelation is a true prophecy having to do primarily with the consummation of God's redemptive purpose and at this point stands apart from Jewish apocalyptic. Therefore the purely preterist interprdation which sees in the book


Orientation: This study focuses on the relationship between work-life balance (WLB), job engagement, and job satisfaction (JS) among employees in the retail sector in Bulawayo urban Province, Zimbabwe.Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to validate the relationship between WLB, job engagement and JS.Motivation for the study: The motivation for the research stemmed from the dearth of studies from the global south that examined the causal relationship between three aforementioned variables within the retail sector.Research design, approach and method: A descriptive survey design was employed in a study that involved 108 employees from the retail sector in Bulawayo province. Adapted standardised closed questionnaires were used for data collection. The study was developed and tested, using structural equation modelling, a model that can be used to explain the effect of the three variables on each other.Main findings: The study established a statistically significant relationship between WLB and job engagement. It was also found that WLB plays a major role in facilitating positive JS outcomes. However, a weak association was established between JS and dedication – a dimension of job engagement.Practical/managerial implications: Striking a balance between employees' career and personal life directly impacts their JS and job engagement levels.Contribution/value-add: This study's findings shed light on the complex dynamics between the three variables that are helpful for organisations seeking to enhance employee well-being and optimise performance of their workforce.


Introduction Live attenuated influenza vaccines (LAIVs) are being developed to protect humans against future epidemics and pandemics. This study describes the results of a double–blinded randomized placebo–controlled phase I clinical trial of cold–adapted and temperature sensitive H7N3 live attenuated influenza vaccine candidate in healthy seronegative adults. Objective The goal of the study was to evaluate the safety, tolerability, immunogenicity and potential shedding and transmission of H7N3 LAIV against H7 avian influenza virus of pandemic potential. Methods and Findings Two doses of H7N3 LAIV or placebo were administered to 40 randomly divided subjects (30 received vaccine and 10 placebo). The presence of influenza A virus RNA in nasal swabs was detected in 60.0% and 51.7% of subjects after the first and second vaccination, respectively. In addition, vaccine virus was not detected among placebo recipients demonstrating the absence of person–to–person transmission. The H7N3 live attenuated influenza vaccine demonstrated a good safety profile and was well tolerated. The two–dose immunization resulted in measurable serum and local antibody production and in generation of antigen–specific CD4+ and CD8+ memory T cells. Composite analysis of the immune response which included hemagglutinin inhibition assay, microneutralization tests, and measures of IgG and IgA and virus–specific T cells showed that the majority (86.2%) of vaccine recipients developed serum and/or local antibodies responses and generated CD4+ and CD8+ memory T cells. Conclusions The H7N3 LAIV was safe and well tolerated, immunogenic in healthy seronegative adults and elicited production of antibodies broadly reactive against the newly emerged H7N9 avian influenza virus. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01511419


Conditions were studied for direct and reverse latching behavior of the FLC (ferroelectric liquid crystals) cells following symmetric bilateral voltage pulses. Fast addressing modes for the SSFLC (surface-stabilized FLC) matrices are presented that depending on the modulation of the high-frequency components occurring in special selection sequences rather than on the modulation of the Vdt integral in the writing time. With these modes, the voltage nonlinearity derived from a negative dielectric anisotropy can be effectively utilized. Speed improvements as large as two were experimentally found.<<ETX>>


This article is a qualitative research aimed at understanding the experience of parenting that fathers have in the upbringing of a child with down's syndrome...


A thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree in Mining Engineering, 2002


Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine how modularity manifests in the design of services. The study brings new insights on the organization of service firms by empirically exploring and theoretically advancing the intersection of modularity and service design.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper compares two companies that offer similar services in the same geographical region but represent polar case types. A framework grounded on extant literature is constructed and applied to the two cases to assess its practicality and provide theoretical insights.

Findings

The paper demonstrates the effects of modularity and integrality on a range of different analytical levels in service architectures. Taking a holistic approach, the authors synthesize and empirically deploy a framework comprised of the three most prevalent themes in modularity and service design literature: Offering (service concept), intra-firm organization (service delivery system), and inter-firm relationships (service network). They posit that service architectures require the examination of different analytical levels due to the complex and dynamic nature of service business. Additionally, the analysis provides new insights on the mirroring hypothesis of modularity theory to services.

Originality/value

The paper provides a conceptualization of service architectures drawing on service design, modularity, and market relationships. The study enriches service design literature with elements from modularity theory and elaborates on the theoretical implications of service modularity in general.


Netnograghy as a new approach in social networks and Internet communications analyzes customers' suggestions and opinions in the form of comments. Making use utilization of quantitative techniques in order to analyze, detect the meaning and recognize the signals of mainly incomplete opinions of customers is vital for managers. In this paper, firstly by the aid of grounded theory method, the meaning and important criterions of user comments in mobile shopping sites have been recognized and then these criterions have been graded based on decision making by experts and fuzzy preference relations with incomplete information. Analyze of users' comments proved six parameters: price, beauty, process speed, screen quality, battery as well as camera are significant, and among them, based on fuzzy relations with incomplete approach, beauty with value of 0.27563 is of utmost importance for users


Breast cancer is an oncological disease ranking the world's first according to prevalence. This oncological pathology leads to a lower quality of life in women, their work incapacity, disability, and death. Searching for risk factors has to be conducted in relation to both the incidence and the disease course of breast cancer, and risk models have to be verified for including them into breast cancer control programs. The methods of this study were theoretical review, analysis of literature, and methods for systemizing and summarizing the material. The presented review of studies of social risk factors of breast cancer occurrence demonstrates the prognostic incidence risk models currently available in medical sociology. As for the incidence of malignant neoplasms, individual social risk factors have been identified: place of residence, economic characteristics of the region of residence, education level, family status, etc. The significance of these factors for estimating the incidence risk of malignant neoplasms has been described, too. The obtained data on social risk factors of the disease incidence and course in female breast cancer patients serve as a basis for developing new predictive models of the risk of oncological diseases aimed at identifying the risk groups, early diagnosing of breast cancer, as well as including them into breast cancer control programs.


In this work, we study a model in nonlinear electrodynamics in the presence of a CPT-even term that violates Lorentz symmetry. The Lorentz-breaking vector, in addition to the usual background magnetic field, produces interesting effects in the dispersion relations. The consequences on the vacuum refractive index and the group velocity are studied. Vacuum birefringence is discussed in the case the nonlinear electrodynamics is a Euler-Heisenberg model.


We evaluate alternatives for the management of water for agriculture under climate change in six representative basins of Southern Europe: Duero-Douro, Ebro, Guadalquivir, Po, Maritsa-Evros, and Struma. Management objective is the maximization of water availability, understood as the maximum demand that can be satisfied with a given reliability. We focus on water availability for agriculture. For the sake of simplicity, we assume only two types of demands: urban and irrigation. Water is first allocated to urban demands following an established priority; the remaining resources are allocated to agriculture. If water availability does not satisfy all irrigation demands, management measures are applied with the goal of achieving a balance between resources and demands. We present an analysis of three possible management measures to face water scarcity in a long-term scenario: increasing reservoir storage, improving efficiency of urban water use and modifying water allocation to environmental flows. These management measures are globally evaluated for the selected basins in three representative climate scenarios, comparing their possible range and effectiveness. Although such measures can significantly increase water availability and counterbalance a portion of water scarcity due to climate change in some basins like Ebro or Struma, in other basins, such as Guadalquivir, water availability cannot be enhanced with management measures and irrigation water use must be reduced.


Abstract In the present paper, we derive transcendence measures for the numbers log α, eβ, αβ, (log α1)/(log α2) from a previous lower bound of ours on linear forms in the logarithms of algebraic numbers.


This paper presents a logistic regression procedure for the analysis of mixture data. The design of the mixture experiment is based on the simplex-lattice designs where the components represent the proportions of a mixture, i.e. each component is expressed as a fraction of the mixture with the sum equal to one. The Scheffe (1958) and Cox (1971) polynomial and Becker (1968) non-polynomial forms are used to model relationships between the expected response and individual components of the mixture. In a three components mixture it was shown that if one component is completely linear with the remaining two components, then the proper representation of such a system is the Becker non-polynomial model. An experimental data set designed to study the interrelating effects of calories from dietary fat, carbohydrate and fibre on tumour incidence is used to illustrate the analysis and the additive effect of the fibre component. Each mixture (diet) of fat, carbohydrate and fibre was administered to provide the same total caloric consumption.


A probabilistic methodology is developed for the evaluation of characteristic maximum traffic load on long-span bridges for which congestion is the governing condition. It considers all the congestion types that can occur such as stop-and-go waves and oscillating congested traffic. The approach uses site- specific traffic data, such as flow and incident data. Statistics on driver behaviour and traffic incident frequency are assembled from the literature. As an example application of the method, a calibrated traffic microsimulation model is used to obtain the input data for the proposed methodology. The results coun-ter many of the prevailing assumptions for long-span bridge loading. (cid:1) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


Spatial information technology can be applied to the whole process of conservation planning including current condition survey, data analysis, thematic map design, etc. The utility of GIS and RS technology in the integration and application of spatial information during the process of conservation planning is discussed in this paper with Changting as the case. It is indicated that the application of spatial information improved both efficiency and quality of formulation for conservation planning.


Cells derived from explants of guinea‐pig gall‐bladder maintained in culture for up to 14 days, exhibit a network of cytoskeletal filaments that are labelled by an anti‐cytokeratin antibody, but not by an anti‐desmin antibody, suggesting that they are of epithelial origin. These cells proved suitable for patch‐clamp studies and by using this method channels selective for K+ and Cl‐ were observed.


Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 22 to August 23, 2014. Curated by Marjan Boot, assisted by Jamie Tergau. Design by Bart Hess and Harm Rensink. Consultant: Gijs Bakker. The exhibition is accompanied by a publication (written by Marjan Boot) and a documentary (made by Lex Reitsma): Boot, Marjan and Lex Reitsma. De show van Gijs + Emmy: modeen sieraadontwerpen. The Gijs + Emmy Spectacle: Fashion and Jewelry Design. Gijs Bakker + Emmy van Leersum, 1967–1972 (Rotterdam: NAI010 Publishers, 2014).


The concept of the safety of a nuclear power station with a VVER-640 reactor is explained. It determines the criteria and principles that ensure safety and the design approaches for realizing them, which are based on the requirements found in the normative-technical documents on this subject now in force in Russia, on the recommendations of the IAEA, and on the experience acquired in developing and approving the designs of previous generations of nuclear power stations with VVER reactors.


In a normal indoor environment, Raman spectrum encounters noise often conceal spectrum peak, leading to difficulty in spectrum intepretation. This paper proposes deep learning (DL) based noise reduction technique for Raman spectroscopy. The proposed DL network is developed with several training and test sets of noisy Raman spectrum. The proposed technique is applied to denoise and compare the performance with different wavelet noise reduction methods. Output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), root-mean-square error (RMSE) and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) are the performance evaluation index. It is shown that output SNR of the proposed noise reduction technology is 10.24 dB greater than that of the wavelet noise reduction method while the RMSE and the MAPE are 292.63 and 10.09, which are much better than the proposed technique.


A method is presented for measurement of electrostrictive deformations of ferroelectrics at high temperatures, using a capacitance transducer and a straightforward detection system. The system developed was used to determine the temperature variations of the electrostrictive coefficients Q11 and M11 for a BaTiO3 single crystal and ceramic PbZrO3.


In the present study, we investigated the ability of micro-Raman spectroscopy to identify low concentrations of trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) mixed in synthetic urine composed of water, sodium chloride, urea, and creatinine using a support vector machine (SVM) as a discrimination tool to differentiate the Raman spectra of the different concentrations of TMAO. TMAO is a novel biomarker associated with cardiovascular diseases, kidney diseases, and complications of type 2 diabetes. We obtained the Raman spectra of four different concentrations of TMAO. The spectra were filtered before being classified using principal component analysis combined with the SVM method. We identify the spectral window that goes from 800 to 870 cm−1 where TMAO presents Raman activity in the synthetic urine mixture without the intervention of Raman activity of another molecule. We predicted the different concentrations of TMAO in the synthetic urine until 1 ppm (13.21 µM) of TMAO, getting an accuracy of classification greater than 70% indicated by the confusion matrix, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.86 for 1 ppm (13.31 µM) and 10 ppm (133.13 µM) concentration. This study showed that Raman spectroscopy combined with SVM has the potential to detect low concentrations of TMAO in urine.


In 2011, the writer had already presented the article about the growth of ATC (Air Traffic Control) in North America. To gain more knowledge about ATC, this article is presenting the best ATCs in Europe and Africa. The information presented here are focused on the heights of the ATC to support the broaden view of the airports area and the newest designed used to cope the era. The height taken as example here is 80 m to compare with ATC in Soekarno Hatta which is only 61 m.


The purpose of this study was to determine the understanding of the concept of multiplication arithmetic operations on students in class IV SD Negeri Cikerut. This research was conducted on fourth grade students at SD Negeri Cikerut from April to June 2023. The method used in this study was descriptive qualitative. The results of this study indicate that the factors causing the low understanding of multiplication arithmetic operations are students who are lazy to think. To overcome this the teacher provides motivation before entering the material. The teacher gives motivation that mathematics is fun. After giving motivation, the teacher usually gives games that involve math material. Giving motivation aims to foster interest in learning mathematics. So far, the teacher uses the classical method, namely by using hands, concrete objects, reason and colleagues. According to researchers, the use of these methods has not been able to improve the multiplication arithmetic operations of students in class IV.
Keywords: Understanding of Concepts, Arithmetic Operations, Multiplication


To optimize care for patients with hemoglobinopathies, frequent screening for COVID‐19 is prudent as viral kinetics in asplenic patients are unknown and differentiating prolonged viral shedding versus reinfection remains a challenge.


Chapter 1 Introduction: Serving the Household and the Nation Chapter 2 The Localization of Global Trade in Domestic Service Chapter 3 Recruitment Agencies: Recruiters of Labor, Agents of Power Chapter 4 Facing Aliens at Home: Space of Intimacy, Space of Power Chapter 5 Weaving Sojourning Truths Chapter 6 When the Personal Meets the Global Chapter 7 Church as the Space of Belonging and Resistance Chapter 8 Conclusion: Homemaking and Nation-Building


Aluminum alloys (AAs) have been broadly used in numerous applications due to their exceptional mechanical properties. Although AAs also exhibit outstanding resistance to general corrosion, they suffer from localized corrosion, such as pitting and crevice corrosion, and can therefore lead to unforeseen catastrophic failure. pH-sensitive smart coatings have been considered to be a promising strategy of combating the localized corrosion of AAs due to the unique self-healing capabilities. These smart coatings can sense the local pH decreases and increases induced by the anodic and cathodic reactions of AAs, respectively, thereby releasing corrosion mediating agents to the actively corroding sites on demand. However, the majority of smart coatings developed to date can only sense either acidic or alkaline condition, but not both. In this study, smart coatings that can respond to both acidic and alkaline environments are developed. These dual-pH sensitive smart coatings are based on weak polyelectrolyte coacervates consisting of polyacrylic acid and polyethylenimine or chitosan. When corrosion inhibitors such as SrCrO4 or Ce(NO3)3 are dispersed in these coatings and subsequently immersed in aqueous solutions with different pH values, the release rates of corrosion inhibitors are much higher in the acidic and alkaline environments than that of the neutral environment. Deposition of these inhibitor-loaded smart coatings on AA2024-T3 substrates leads to a significant improvement of the corrosion resistance. Furthermore, corrosion inhibitors are also encapsulated into the core-shell particles and nanofibers through the co-axial electrospray and electrospinning techniques, respectively. The shells of the particles and nanofibers are made from the polyelectrolyte coacervates, so they are dual-pH sensitive. These particles and nanofibers are sandwiched in an organic coating matrix and applied on the AA2024-T3 substrates, forming self-healing smart coatings with substantially improved corrosion resistance as evidenced by the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis. In particular, the nanofibers embedded smart coatings can repeatedly heal the intentionally scribed area of the coated AA2024-T3 owing to the transport of corrosion inhibitors from remote areas through the nanochannels created in core-shell nanofibers.


Twelve taxonomic acts are proposed in Gonyleptoidea. In Agoristenidae, 2 specific synonymies are proposed in Avima Roewer and Ocoita Gonzalez-Sponga. Medellinia bordoni Soares and Avram syn. nov. is transferred from Holocranaus Roewer (Cranaidae) to Manaosbiidae attr. nov. and considered a junior subjective synonym of Rhopalocranaus bordoni Silhavý; Stygnicranella Caporiacco syn. nov. and attr. nov. is here transferred from Cranaidae to Manaosbiidae, and considered a junior subjective synonym of Rhopalocranaus Roewer; R. flaviaculeatus Caporiacco is considered a senior subjective synonym of S. pizai Caporiacco syn. nov. In Cosmetidae, Paecilaema sexlineatum Goodnight and Goodnight, is considered a senior subjective synonym of Paecilaema vitatta Gonzalez-Sponga syn. nov., currently Paecilaema gonzalezi Kury syn. nov. In Cranaidae, Phareicranaus francourbanii Avram is transferred from its current synonymy, P. benedictoi Soares & Avram comb. nov. is revalidated and considered as a nomen inquirendum, and 4 synonymies are proposed in Phareicranaus Roewer: P. capayitaensis Gonzalez-Sponga syn. nov., P. francourbanii Avram syn. nov., and P. guaricoensis Gonzalez-Sponga syn. nov. are considered as junior subjective synonyms of P. albilineatus (Roewer); and P. leonensis Gonzalez-Sponga syn. nov. is considered a junior subjective synonym of P. curvipes (Roewer). The use of distributional data of some Venezuelan harvestmen in biogeographic studies is discussed.


In lectures and live scans with hands-on opportunity, this workshop will introduce attendees to the imaging diagnosis of anterior, central and posterior compartment prolapse, with reference to clinical diagnosis and its' enhancement by imaging. We will discuss imaging of mesh implants, and to what degree imaging can help with the management of recurrent prolapse, both after mesh and conventional repair.


A variably trimmed mean (VTM) constant false alarm rate (CFAR) detector in which the threshold is determined by processing a linear combination of a group of ordered samples in each window is introduced. Unlike the trimmed mean detector, the number of ordered samples that require further processing is allowed to vary according to a data-dependent rule. It is demonstrated that the VTM detector exhibits performance characteristics that are independent of the total (stationary) noise power. Simulated performance results are presented for regions of clutter power transitions and for multiple target environments to illustrate the possible improvement over the order-statistic detector that can be obtained by using a VTM detector. >


Objective:To explore the relationship between blood lipids and serum uric acid(UA)in the elderly patients with coronary heart disease(CHD).Method:Quartered patients according to their uric acid level.Systematic review and compare lipid level among this four groups.Polynary logistic stepwise regression analysis were employed to analyze independent risk factor of coronary heart disease.Results:Serum level of triglycerides(TAG)and very low density lipoprotein cholesterol(VLDL-C)increase significantly(F=7.42,p<0.01;F=5.42,p<0.01 respectively)while high density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C)and Apolipoprotein A1(Apo A1)decrease(F=5.03,p<0.01;F=7.03,p<0.01)upon elevated serum uric acid level among coronary heart disease patients.Gender(OR=0.16,95%CI 0.078~0.315,p=0.001),Ccr(OR=0.95,CI=0.935~0.969,p=0.001),associated hypertension(OR=2.23,CI=1.156~4.285,p=0.017)or DM(OR=2.44,CI=1.154~5.168,p=0.02),TC(OR=1.56,CI=1.119~2.186,p=0.009),HDL-C(OR=0.02,CI=0.004~0.076,p=0.001),UA(OR=1.09,1.086~1.094,p=0.001)are all independent risk factors for coronary heart disease.Conclusion:TAG,VLDL-C were positively related to UA while HDL-C and Apo A1were negatively linked to UA among CHD patients.Gender,Ccr,Hypertension,DM,TC,HDL-C and UA are independent risk factors for CHD while BMI,TAG,LDL-C were not.


This paper presents the results of an investigation on the feasibility of shipping via the Northern Sea Route (NSR). Recent commercial voyage records in the NSR show that the shipping season starts in late June and continues through late November. Although sea ice concentration varies spatially and temporally, average ship speed transiting the route is relatively constant at about 10 knots through the season in recent year's voyages, except for the very beginning of the season. Shipping costs were evaluated for three types of cargoes of iron ore, LNG (liquid natural gas) and frozen fish. Data from recent NSR shipping of these cargoes were included in the cost evaluation. Russian regulations were considered in calculating icebreaker escort fee. Shipping costs via conventional shipping route such as the Suez Canal route were also evaluated for comparison.


The aim of the research was to evaluate the characteristics of indoor thermal environment related to thermal storage in the two kinds of Ondol heating system. Physical indoor thermal environments (the floor surface temperature, the vertical temperature etc.) and thermal comfort indicators(PMV, PPD, OT) have in particular been measured. (1)As a result of measurement of indoor temperature and relative humidity, it appeared to be 20.4℃ and
33% in case of wet Ondol, 19.2℃ and 27.3% in case of dry double floor Ondol heating system. In case of wet Ondol indoor temperature satisfied 22℃ which is the comfort condition for indoor temperature in winter for 11 hours at 5hours after the starting point of heating and in case of the dry double floor, in door temperature satisfied the comfort condition for 4 hours at 2 hours and 20minutes after the starting point of heating. However, relative humidity didn'tgenerally satisfied comfort condition in both case of wet Ondol and dry double floor.


The problem of version Component Object Model technology is the basis of many of the Microsoft software,providing a general way to access components of the Object across the programming language,operating system and network,making software the integration of software in the form of components possible.Some basic concepts of COM components are expounded,detailing the COM components of the implementation and the application of the internal mechanism.


Taking different forest types in Dawujia Watershed of Ao'han County,Chifeng city,Inner Mongolia as the research object,the correlation between water conservation function and stand factors was studied in order to e valuate the level of water conservation function by stand factors.The results of research show that the average height,the average diameter at breast height,crown width,crown thickness,volume per hectare,annual volume increment,canopy density,ground cover coverage,undergrowth coverage,and community structure are the most important factors impacting and related to water conservation function.These ten key factors can be used to evaluate the water conservation function of forest.For litter layer,the stand factors closely related to water conservation func tion are the average diameter at breast height(0.734 7),annual volume increment(0.806 8),crown thickness(0.464 7),crown width(-0.674 6),community structure(-0.370 0),litter cover(0.677 6),volume per hectare(0.617 9),and canopy density(0.587 2); For soil layer,the stand factors closely related to water conservation function are the average height(0.592 1),the average diameter at breast height(0.275 0),volume per hectare(0.827 5),canopy density(0.317 3),annual volume increment(0.767 7),and crown width(0.749 0); For both the litter layer and soil layer,the stand factors closely related to water conservation function are canopy density(0.831 7),volume per hectare(0.817 2),undergrowth coverage(0.652 5),average diame ter at breast height(0.644 7),and the crown width(0.521 2); From the viewpoint of the total water storage ca pacity of forest,the most important factors are the ground cover coverage(0.462 6) and the volume per hectare(0.315 5).


In dash running, the hind-hip joint does not bend, but continually stretch, ankle joint and knee joint does not bend actively but passively when leg lands. Thrusting against the ground actively can shorten the braking time and help decrease braking impulse, it is necessary for understanding the running principle to divide carefully the cushioning action of landing, the cushioning action of landing include fore-thrusting and hind-thrusting, we should devote much attention to the leg thrust, it is important to define the leg thrust explicitly.


Purpose. Research of the position changing of the hot-spot point of the oil-immersed power transformers using simulation. Methodology. The theory and practice of calculation of power transformers, standardized mathematical models of calculation of the hot-spot point temperature and the mathematical modeling were used. Results. At Figures 4 - 6 under the number 1 indicate the initial conditions, namely the rated load of the transformer; eddy loses at rated load and 20 ° C ambient temperature. Under initial conditions, the hot-spot point is located on the surface of the low voltage winding at the middle leg. Ambient temperature changing and correction of eddy losses to the load factor of the each phase, numbers 2 - 4, cause the movement of the hot-spot point on the surface of this winding. The main factor that causes the movement of the hot-spot point is the load factor of each phase, numbers 3 or 4 and 5 or 6. If there is an overload of some phase, then the hot-spot point will be on the surface of the low voltage winding of this overloaded phase. Originality. According to the information obtained from [1-4] it is seen that the movement of the hot-spot point is not paid attention at all. For example, in [2] the position of this point is considered unchanged and already known. The results obtained from the research have shown that this provision is not true. Practical value. The obtained results is seen in the possibility of providing recommendations for paying additional attention to monitoring the insulation of windings at a certain point during the current maintenance or post-accident inspection of the transformer. Tracking data of the position of the hottest point should be stored, especially if the overheating in this point take place. Conclusions. The research was performed on transformers S13-MRL-40, S13-MRL-160 and S13-MRL-1000 with primary voltage evel 10 kV. The fact of movement of the hot-spot point on the insulation surface of the windings of these transformers under different operating conditions is established and demonstrated. Six operating conditions were considered. As can be seen from Figures 4 – 6, the hot-spot point responds to a change in operating conditions by changing its position. In case of the change in ambient temperature or eddy loss the point moves on the surface of the winding within a single phase. In case of the change in load losses, the point can move between phases. The movement of the point between the phases takes place under the load asymmetry.


While logistics outsourcing brings much benefit to businesses,it also carries a great deal of risks.This paper analyzes the performance appearance,the sources and the formation causes of the risks of logistics outsourcing.Puts forward some measures and suggestions for risk protection by focusing on the construction of risk protection mechanism.


This chapter traces the imperial legal context of both compulsory education and religious conversion and their selective application in Galicia. It presents a background of the stories of the runaway Galician Jewish minor girls. It also considers the new cultural and intellectual opportunities for females in Kraków, including the spread of feminist ideas with which the highly acculturated Orthodox women would be familiar. The chapter analyses archival records on Jewish conversion that provides data on the age and geographical origin of the female Jewish converts, as well as the time period when their baptism took place. It discusses the lack of rabbinic response to the growing phenomenon of the female runaways.


The present study conducted a numerical modeling on the diesel SCR (selective catalytic reduction) system using ammonia as a reductant over vanadium-based catalysts (V₂O?-WO₃/TiO₂). Transient modeling for ammonia adsorption/desorption on the catalyst surface was firstly carried out, and then the SCR reaction was modeled considering for it. In the current catalytic reaction model, we extended the pure chemical kinetic model based on laboratory-scale powdered-phase catalyst experiments to the chemico-physical one applicable to realistic commercial SCR reactors. To simulate multi-dimensional heat and mass transfer phenomena, the SCR reactor was modeled in two dimensional, axisymmetric domain using porous medium approach. Also, since diesel engines operate in transient mode, the present study employed an unsteady model. In addition, throughout simulations using the developed code, effects of space velocity on the DeNOx performance were investigated.


The article proves that under the conditions of the full-scale war waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the significance of the spiritual and value orientations of national state-building became particularly important, since the war, first of all, is aimed at the destruction of the nation-building and state-building values of the Ukrainian people. By defending our own national values, we are, in fact, defending the state and spiritual sovereignty of Ukraine, protecting its national identity. The guarantee of Ukraine's victory in this war, the preservation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity, is not only the development of a combat-ready Armed Forces of Ukraine, but also the preservation of the spiritual integrity of our society, national identity, the development of the economy, culture, science, and art. In accordance with such realities, a new social order has appeared ‒ the formation of a nationally conscious generation of Ukrainians with a highly developed system of values, among which the first place will belong to the values of the highest, spiritual level.The necessity of forming the civic consciousness of future teachers, confirming their convictions about national value priorities, about the value of language, history, and faith in strengthening the Ukrainian state is substantiated. It is substantiated that humanitarian training of future teachers is important in this context. It is proven that a modern institution of higher pedagogical education should not only provide quality educational services, but also become a kind of outpost for the formation of national-value orientations of future teachers, and ways of improving this process are given. It was found that effective ways of forming the professional and value orientations of future teachers are the popularization of the Ukrainian language, the promotion of the development of the best features of the Ukrainian mentality and opposition to manifestations of national inferiority, the establishment of patriotic values, beliefs and respect for the cultural and historical past of Ukraine in the consciousness and feelings of the individual.
Keywords: values; national values; national value orientations; formation of values; future teachers; martial law; educational process; institution of higher pedagogical education.


OBJECTIVE
To investigate the diagnostic and therapeutic methods of orbital apex syndrome caused by sinus diseases and to achieve earlier diagnosis and timely treatment.

METHOD
Clinical data of 6 cases in our department from January 2008 to March 2012 were retrospectively analyzed.

RESULT
All cases had surgical treatment. All cases were preoperatively diagnosed by CT, MRI or intranasal endoscopy. The postoperative pathology showed 2 cases with fungal sphenoiditis, 2 cases with ethmoid mucocele and 2 cases with sphenoid mucocele.

CONCLUSION
Orbital apex syndrome caused by sinus diseases is very rare. The possible causes of misdiagnosis are low incidence of the disease, nonspecific eye symptoms, and unawareness of the doctor, especially ophthalmologist. CT, MRI or intranasal endoscopy can greatly improve the diagnosis of the disease. Endoscopic sinus surgery is a safe and effective method for orbital apex syndrome caused by sinus diseases,which is the primary therapy for the disease.


In a study at farmer's plantations (M/s Chettoli Estate, Chettalli, Madikeri, Karnataka), 12 elite clones were assessed along with local check for yield and yield attributing parameters. Variable yield pattern was observed for early yield over two successive seasons of harvesting in all the clones. Clones differed significantly for number of capsules and wet weight of capsules in early as well as total harvest. Clone Sel. 7 was early type which recorded 18.3 % of its total yield in first three pickings. Clone Sel. 9 was superior with respect to total dry capsule yield (2,564 kg/ha) followed by Sel. 7 (2,528 kg/ha) and Sel. 5 (2,239 kg/ha) which were significantly high-yielding compared to local check (846 kg/ha). Superiority of these clones with respect to total dry capsule yield was attributed to better growth, more number of panicles, more number of capsules and high wet capsule weight/plant.


The implications o f the editorial bias of academic journals for the selection of articles with apparently statistically significant findings are widely recognized but largely ignored. Few worry about the incentives the publishing bias presents to researchers for empirical abuse that brings into question the basis of social science knowledge. One possible solution, desirable but probably impractical, is to review articles with statistical results and conclusions omitted. Another, more practical, approach is to guarantee journal space for replication of previously published research. Finally, editors should take greater care in warning readers about findings that implicitly make unfounded statistical claims. Copyright 1986 by The Policy Studies Organization.


A major problem in the spectrographic analysis of children's speech is the poor resolution of formants, which is the result of the widely spaced harmonics of the high fundamental frequency. An attempt has been made to bypass this problem by exciting a child's vocal tract with an artificial larynx, using a fundamental frequency appropriate to a man. This method has promise for tracking formants in children's speech.


SIR, — We read with interest the letter from Wouda and others describing the occurrence of hydranencephaly in calves during the current epidemic of bluetongue virus (btv) serotype 8 (btv-8) infection in the Netherlands ( VR , March 29, 2008, vol 162, pp 422-423). The lesions appear identical to


The security problem is the key of any mobile agent system,it decides whether the mobile agent system can be really applied.The paper generalizes the security framework of IBM Aglet,discusses the concept of principal,privilage,security policy database and secure preference.The paper also studies the concrete realization of the security framework in Aglet.


Background: Relentless rivalry among one another for advancement is a piece of the corporate culture today. The main objective of this research was to study how colleagues motivate each other while maintaining their friendship even while fighting each other for that one position while respecting the workplace they are in. This research doesn't just study an individual's growth but also the growth of the organization through their efforts. Methods: We tried to analyze the different results of having team bonding sessions and meetings by asking them certain questions in the survey. The study examines how workplace friendship, productivity, and job satisfaction are interrelated. The percentage was calculated according to the responses received.Conclusion:The research concludes that as the quality of the Atmosphere of the workplace is directly proportional to the productivity of the company.


A new detection method is proposed to prevent transmission lines closing with ground wire in this paper in order to increase the electrical workers'safety in the line maintenance process and the safety of power system.This proposed method,together with a variety of techniques like modern power electronics and digital signal processing technology,is applied to develop a corresponding portable ground wire state detector to detect the power earth lines' status.The hardware design and operation method of the developed detector are described,and the results of field test are also presented to demonstrate its feasibility.It is shown that the advantages of the instrument are easy-to-use,easy-to-promote low cost and high reliability,and it can effectively prevent human-induced accident which is caused by transmission lines closing with ground wire.


Objective:To observe the curative effect of sequential therapy in treatment of gastric ulcer combined with Helicobacter pylori(Hp) infection and the influence of smoking on Hp eradication.Methods:Eighty-five patients with Hp(+) confirmed by the rapid detection strip of Helicobacter pylori were divided into two groups.The traditional triple-therapy group was treated with Omeprazole 20 mg,Clarithromycin 0.5 g and Amoxicillin 1 g and all were treated twice per day.The sequential therapy group was treated with Omeprazole 20 mg(twice per day),Amoxicillin 1 g(twice per day) at the first 5 days and added with Clarithromycin 500 mg(twice per day) and Metronidazole 400 mg(twice per day) at the last 5 days.The course of treatment continued for 10 days to compare the curative effect and observe the influence of the smokers on Hp eradication in the two groups.Results:The eradication rate in the traditional triple-therapy group was 81.0% and that in the sequential therapy group was 90.7%.There was statistical significance comparing between the two groups.The eradication rate of the smokers and the smoking quitters during the treatment was 50.00% and 89.47% respectively among 646 smokers.Conclusion:Sequential therapy is more effective in Hp eradication especially in that of smoking quitters.Smoking may affect the eradication rate of Helicobacter pylori.


In this study effect of irrigation managements including irrigation after 100 and 200 mm pan evaporation as normal and deficit irrigation respectively was investigated in Roselle plants. Effects of humic acid (including 0 and 4 kg ha-1) and mycorrhizal inoculants (including Glomus versiforme (GV) and Rhizophagus irregularis (RI)) were also studied on growth, yield and mycorrhizal symbiosis index of Roselle plants. Drought stress reduced the amounts of morphological indices and yield components, while mycorrhizal treatment particularly RI inoculation and to a lower extent humic acid application reduced the negative impacts of water deficit on growth and yield of Roselle plants. Both inoculants of mycorrhizal fungi increased the economical yield of Roselle under drought stress condition, where the amount of calyx yield for RI, GV and control in 200 mm pan-evaporation treatment was 130, 127 and 66 kg ha-1, respectively. In addition, the highest root mycorrhizal frequency was obtained at normal irrigation × humic application × RI (95%) and the lowest value was observed at deficit irrigation × no-humic × no-mycorrhizal inoculation (31.6%) treatment. In conclusion, combined effects of experimental factors showed that seed inoculation of plants by mycorrhiza and to some extent application of humic acid are two reliable strategies for Roselle production under deficit irrigation.


Steel corrosion in concrete is a main cause of deterioration and early failure of concrete structures. A novel integration of electromagnetic heat induction and infrared (IR) thermography is proposed for nondestructive detection of steel corrosion in concrete, by taking advantage of the difference in thermal characteristics of corroded and non-corroded steel. This paper focuses on experimental investigation of the concept. An inductive heater is developed to remotely heat the steel rebar from concrete surface, which is integrated with an IR camera. Bare rebar and concrete samples with different cover depths are prepared. Each concrete sample is embedded with a single steel rebar in the middle, resulting an identical cover depth from the front and the back surfaces, which enables heat induction from one surface and IR thermogrphay from the other simultaneously. The impressed current method is adopted to induce accelerated corrosion on the rebar. IR video images are recorded during both heating and cooling periods. The test results demonstrate a clear difference in thermal characteristics between corroded and non-corroded samples. The corroded samples show higher rates of heating and cooling as well as a higher peak IR intensity than those of the non-corroded samples. This study demonstrates a potential for nondestructive detection of rebar corrosion in concrete.


The isoprenoid pathway produces three key metabolites digoxin (membrane Na ´ +;K ´ +; ATPase inhibitor, regulator of neurotransmitter transport, and immunomodulatory agent), dolichol (regulator of N-glycosylation of proteins), and ubiquinone (free-radical scavenger). The pathway was assessed in systemic lupus erythematosis with neuropsychiatric manifestations, slow viral diseases (subacute sclerosing panencephalitis [SSPE], and Creutzfeldt Jakob disease [CJD]) and patients with recurrent respiratory infections. This was also studied for comparison in patients with right hemispheric and left hemispheric dominance. The isoprenoid pathway was upregulated with increased digoxin synthesis in patients with neurolupus, SSPE, and CJD, and in those with right hemispheric dominance. The tryptophan catabolites were increased and the tyrosine catabolites reduced. In these patients the dolichol and glycoconjugate levels were elevated and lysosomal stability was reduced. The ubiquinone levels were low and free-radical levels increased in these patients. The membrane cholesterol:phospholipid ratios were increased and membrane glycoconjugates reduced. On the other hand, in patients with recurrent respiratory infection and left hemispheric dominance, the reverse patterns and hypodigoxinemia with a downregulated isoprenoid pathway were noticed. The isoprenoid pathway is important in the pathogenesis of neurolupus, CJD, SSPE, and recurrent respiratory infections. Hypothalamic digoxin and chemical hemispheric dominance play an important role in the regulation of immunity.


The Moon is the second brightest object in the sky and therefore it is very interesting for observations at school and also for general public. Due to its motion around the Earth, its appearance and position among the stars are changing. The sidereal month is the time the Moon takes to complete one full revolution around the Earth with respect to the background stars. Because the Earth is constantly moving along its orbit around the Sun, it seems for the observerver on the Earth that the Moon phases repeat with somewhat longer period, which is called one synodic month.
The diploma work presents how to measure, during a period of at least one month, a synodic and sidereal period of the Moon by regular observations and photographing of the Moon or by determinations of the Moon's position among the stars. From variations of the apparent size of the Moon we can determine eccentricity of its orbit, while from the Moon's movement among the stars we can calculate its orbital velocity.
The purpose of the diploma is to bring astronomy to a wider audience; primarily to children and teachers in the school, as well as others who are interested in astronomy. To enable them to repeat observations and measurements presented here, relevant instructions are included.


Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are pervasive developmental disorders characterized by impairments in language development and social interaction, along with restricted and stereotyped behaviors. These behaviors often include atypical responses to sensory stimuli; some children with ASD are easily overwhelmed by sensory stimuli, while others may seem unaware of their environment. Vision and audition are two sensory modalities important for social interactions and language, and are differentially affected in ASD. In the present study, 16 children and adolescents with ASD and 16 typically developing (TD) participants matched for age, gender, nonverbal IQ, and handedness were tested using a mixed event‐related/blocked functional magnetic resonance imaging paradigm to examine basic perceptual processes that may form the foundation for later‐developing cognitive abilities. Auditory (high or low pitch) and visual conditions (dot located high or low in the display) were presented, and participants indicated whether the stimuli were "high" or "low." Results for the auditory condition showed downregulated activity of the visual cortex in the TD group, but upregulation in the ASD group. This atypical activity in visual cortex was associated with autism symptomatology. These findings suggest atypical crossmodal (auditory‐visual) modulation linked to sociocommunicative deficits in ASD, in agreement with the general hypothesis of low‐level sensorimotor impairments affecting core symptomatology. Autism Res 2017, 10: 130–143. © 2016 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


In this paper I present some particular concepts that were developed in different disciplinary fields since the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, and I place them in dialogue with epistemology, in order to argue that a risk epistemology with current elements can be thematized. Thus, a series of new terms were generated in various scientific and philosophical areas from the 1970s to the present in order to give a conceptual account of some of the problems of our time. Among them we can find: Anthropocene, ecocide, biocide, geocide, defaunation, Americanization of the world, sixth mass extinction of species, space pollution, catastrophes of harmful environmentalism and anthropic impact. These, in turn, can be linked to the classic idea of the fear society. It is possible to affirm that such terms configure a relatively recent and problematic epistemological panorama, which becomes even more complex incorporating the level of macro analysis provided by the theory of biological (co)evolution. I propose, then, that this panorama can be understood as a new epistemology of anthropic risk.


Abstract The paper reports on results of studies on organic semiconductors carried out in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia. Obviously, it was impossible to describe results reported in all publications which appeared during these years, thus we only cite representative papers. We also found it impossible to maintain a strict "geographic" code, as some research carried out by authors mentioned in this review was inspired by andor carried out in collaboration with groups from other countries. With few exceptions, the review does not cover research on polymers unless it is related to low-molecular weight organic solids.


Acknowledgement " Nowadays people know the price of everything, and the value of nothing. " The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde With this dissertation I conclude three and a half years of research at Centrum Wiskunde Informatica, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Hotelschool The Hague, and Leiden University. During this period I had the opportunity to interact with inspiring persons from all over the world, which made me realise how privileged I was. I want to thank the people who supported me, each in their own way, along the way and to the next step. First and foremost, I want to thank my supervisors Ger Koole, Rob van der Mei, Jean-Pierre van der Rest, and Bert Zwart, who gave me the freedom I needed to develop my own ideas. Their different perspectives broadened my horizon and helped me solve the challenges I faced. I would also like to thank my collaborators from industry, in particular the cooperating hotel managers and Niels Schenk and Yvo Keuters, for sharing their experience and constructive input. I would like to thank the external committee Steinhardt for studying and evaluating my work. I am grateful for all the great memories I have with my colleagues: playing pingpong, chilling at the awesome PhD weekends, chitchatting at het theekransje, or going out after conferences. However, without a doubt, M335 takes the cake. Finally, I am thankful for all the love and support that I received the last years, especially from my parents, Wim and Suzanne, and my sisters, Esther and Rebecca.