A mixing system comprising: a mixing drum having a drum inner wall and at least one mixing paddle mounted on said inner drum wall, a drum mixer containing said components for producing a hydratable cementitious material; a unit operating hydraulic pressure to said mixer drum to rotate at a constant speed SC1 in the range of 1-25 rpm; an operating sensor to provide a sequence of values along the corresponding energy required to rotate the drum mixer time; computer processing unit to monitor the values provided by the sensor corresponding to the amount of hydraulic pressure required for the hydraulic drive hydraulic pressure; one storage location data memory for storing a first set corresponding to the first sequence of values along the corresponding energy required to rotate the mixing drum containing a first hydratable cementitious material time data by monitoring said first sequence value at a frequency of at least 10 times the constant speed SC1; said second sequence of values such unit operable computer processing being further for receiving a second sequence of values along the corresponding energy required to rotate the mixing drum containing a second hydratable cementitious material time, monitoring at a frequency at least 10 times the constant speed SC1; It said unit operable computer processing being also for comparing said second sequence of values with said first sequence of values as a waveform, or as data waveform converted, and adjust the rheology or other property of said second cementitious material introducing hydratable liquid or other component of cementitious material in said mixer drum based on said comparison.


Abstract A coupled linear model is derived to describe interactions between anomalous precipitation and vegetation over the North American Grasslands. The model is based on biohydrological characteristics in the semiarid environment and has components to describe the water-related vegetation variability, the long-term balance of soil moisture, and the local soil–moisture–precipitation feedbacks. Analyses show that the model captures the observed vegetation dynamics and characteristics of precipitation variability during summer over the region of interest. It demonstrates that vegetation has a preferred frequency response to precipitation forcing and has intrinsic oscillatory variability at time scales of about 8 months. When coupled to the atmospheric fields, such vegetation signals tend to enhance the magnitudes of precipitation variability at interannual or longer time scales but damp them at time scales shorter than 4 months; the oscillatory variability of precipitation at the growing season time scale...


In September 1915, Frederick Arthur Sparling, proprietor of the Bohemian Picture Theatre, Dublin, prosecuted William Larkin on a charge of offensive and riotous behaviour for protesting in the auditorium during a screening of A Modern Magdalen (US: Life Photo Film, 1915). The protest was part of an ongoing campaign by the Catholic church-based vigilance committees – led by the Dublin Vigilance Committee (DVC) – against certain kinds of imported popular culture, initially targeting newspapers, magazines and books and moving on by 1915 to theatrical shows and films. Larkin played a leading role in the confrontational elements of the campaign, gaining notoriety among theatre and cinema owners as he successfully drew press attention to the DVC's activities.


Background. In recent years sports industry has been growing fast, changing trends forced organizations to be creative and look for different ways to increase the competitiveness. Sport has become a business that meets all key management principles (Paul, 2003). In order for an organization to be profitable it is important to have good governance and effective marketing to attract new customers (Fillis & Mackay, 2014), in sports – fans that create added value for the clubs (Zagnoli & Radicchi, 2010). Some authors argue that fans are not only consumers, but also co-creators of the final product (Richelieu & Pons, 2011). The objective of this work was to measure the impact of basketball fan behaviour on the brand of sport organization. Methods. To measure the impact of basketball fan behaviour on the brand of sports organization methodological triangulation was used in the study. The research consisted of 3 stages: questionnaire (Sandanski, Slavchev, & Draganov, 2016), semi-structured interviewing I and semi-structured interviewing II. The study was partly conducted during the Erasmus+ Sport project "Fans Against Violence". In Lithuania the aforementioned project was conducted by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation in the partnership with association "Aktyvistai". 240 basketball fans from 5 different Lithuanian basketball clubs participated in the survey, 4 representatives from different basketball clubs and 4 fan leaders from different sport clubs were interviewed. Results and conclusions. The majority of basketball fans that participated in the survey were men aged 20–24 years (25.8%) and attended basketball matches by the guidance of hedonistic will (13.5%). The same men became basketball fans encouraged by other fans (25%). The strife between fans from different basketball teams goes from generation to generation and the main reason of aggressive behaviour is provocative actions from opposite fans (15%) and alcohol consumption (11.4%). While alcohol consumption is considered to be one of the main reasons to encourage fans' aggression, only a small percentage of the respondents were strongly against the use of alcohol (7%). Summarizing all the results that were received during a semi-structured interviewing II it can be stated that the behaviour of the fans not only affects the brand of a basketball club, but is the main factor that impacts the brand of the club.


Traditionally, bankruptcy procedures in Spain have been lengthy and costly processes that have nearly always (95%) resulted in the liquidation of the insolvent firm. These dysfunctions became apparent with the large increase in bankruptcy filings during the crisis that started in 2008 and the ensuing congestion of the courts. In order to resolve these and other problems, the Bankruptcy Law has been reformed several times. The goal of this research is to analyse the impact of these reforms on two facets: the length of bankruptcy procedures and the probability of achieving a successful reorganisation, hence avoiding the firm's liquidation. Our findings show that two of the four reforms analysed increased the percentage of reorganisations and decreased bankruptcy duration through improving the quality of insolvency administrators and by fostering out-of-court workouts for large corporations.


Objective:To study residue trends of 20% imidacloprid SL in Lycium barbarum L.Method:It was car- ried out by HPLC.Imidacloprid was extracted with methanol,dichloromethane,cleaned up with chromatography col- umn,then separated on Spherisorb C_(18)(4.6 mm×250 mm,5 μm)column by using 0.1% phosphoric acid-aceto- nitrile with a gradient elution,detected at 270 nm.Results:The fortified average recoveries varied from 87.6%- 96.0%,and RSD was 1.5%-3.1%.The half-life of imidacloprid in Lycium barbarum L.was 1.63 d,the resi- due amount of imidacloprid was 0.0126 mg·kg~(-1)after 10 d,the final residue amount was less than 0.002 mg· kg~(-1).Conclusion:When doubled normal dilution of 2000 is applied,the safe interval period is more than 5 d.


The invention relates to a screen (1) for acoustic protection for a motor vehicle engine, said screen comprising a shell (2) thermo-compressed based on fibers bonded together by a thermoplastic binder, so as to form a porous shell provided with acoustic absorption properties, said shell comprising an inner face (3) and an outer face (4), and a smooth metal sheet (5) of thermal protection vis-a-vis said motor, said sheet covering all or part of said inner face, said sheet being fixed substantially sealingly, essentially by its periphery (6), to said shell, so as to achieve a peripheral seal and preserve peripherally an air gap (8) between said sheet and said shell in order to protect said shell from heat accumulated by said sheet.


tRNA synthesis in the early loach embryos of different ploidy and factors of the activation of synthesis and the maturation of tRNA molecules at the mid-blastula stage have been studied. tRNA synthesis is activated at the early- and mid-blastula and in the beginning of gastrulation. The normal activation of synthesis and maturation of tRNA molecules require the embryo to be maintained in the contact with the yolk at the earlier developmental stages. The methionine starvation may be one of the factors limiting the rate of tRNA maturation. The activity of tRNA synthesis during blastulation was shown to depend on gene dosage. At this stage the paternal and maternal tRNA genes are transcribed independently. In the beginning of gastrulation, the type of tRNA synthesis control markedly changes and the effect of gene dose compensation manifests itself, that is typical for the control of rRNA synthesis as well. The data obtained are discussed with respect to the state of protein synthesizing system at the moment of activation of specific protein syntheses with the onset of morphogenesis.


Abstract ONE type of inclusion was found in acinar cell nuclei and the other in nuclei of beta islet cells. The latter was a multiple homogeneous type found in 23 of the 60 turkeys and identical with beta islet inclusions reported for chickens (Lucas, 1947). The former closely resembles B-virus and herpetic inclusions as described by Sabin and Wright (1934), Rector and Rector (1933), and Lucas and Riser (1945). This type of granular inclusion is strongly suggestive of virus action (Cowdry, 1934; Cowdry, Lucas and Fox, 1935). A perusal of the literature on turkey diseases has failed thus far to reveal any papers in which this type of pathology is described. Thus, this may represent a new virus or it may be one which is well known but in which the associated pancreas pathology has been overlooked. The turkey pancreases were those used in a quantitative study on the ectopic lymphoid . . .


Rapid urbanization promoted the economic and social development, which is a prominent feature of the industrial era and is also a major driving force altering local and regional environments in the form of land use/land cover change and land transformation. The concept of CBD came into existence with the onset of urbanization that brought transformation of traditional rural economies where primary economic activities are dominated by the modern industrial society of secondary and tertiary economic activities. Cities are manmade physical structures, placed in natural settings. Cities with rapid growth (especially in developing countries) expand without planning. During the past 50 years, urban population in India has increased by more than six times. The present study focuses to understand the respondent's activities, which influence the transformations in land use/land cover of the CBD. In this case, study, the focus is on human response to the different social, economic and cultural aspects. The study used spatial tools such as geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) data, which enabled to quantify land use change and transformation, and linked the socioeconomic transformation with land transformation process and associated issues. In the end, the study proposed certain diagnostic suggestions for redevelopment. Keywords: Urbanization, CBD, land transformation, GIS, planning


Corrosion in paper industries is responsible not only for weakening of metal structures but also for pollution of process liquors and contamination of products. The bleaching sections in pulp and paper industry are among the worst affected by the ravages of corrosion. In bleach plants the materials are exposed to highly corrosive bleaching liquors. Now day's new norms of safety of environment are forcing paper industries to use peroxide as a bleaching agent instead of chlorine. So in the present study an effort has been done to propose an appropriate material for the construction of future bleach plants keeping in mind their mechanical factors and cost of the material. Accordingly electrochemical polarization tests, E vs. time curve, potentiodynamic polarization curve and cyclic polarization curve were performed on stainless steels samples of 316L, 317L, 2205 and 254SMO in peroxide containing solutions having H2O2, 500 and 1000 parts per million (ppm). The pH of these solutions was kept 4. The Chloride content varied from 0 to 1000 ppm. These tests was performed at room temperature. These tests showed increased resistance against corrosion in order of: 316L<317L<2205<254SMO. Thus 254SMO shows highest resistance for attack of corrosion but keeping in mind fabrication and cost aspects optimal material for treating these peroxide media is recommended to be SS 2205.


In this paper a new approach will be used for optimal coordination of directional over current (DOC) relays based on genetic algorithm. In this approach, optimal operation characteristics and also optimal current setting and time setting of each OC relays will be determined simultaneously. Also, a new objective function will be used which is different from ordinary methods such as simplex, two phase simplex, dual simplex. Improvement of selectivity and speed of the protection system, obtaining the absolute optimal point of the optimization problem are the specifications of the proposed approach. Numerical results obtained with the proposed method for a real power system are presented


My initial reaction when I first cast my eyes over the title for this book was along the lines of: "Surely this issue of corporate ownership and control has been done to death". However, Chapter 1 engages attention by pointing out that despite publicly traded companies being relatively more common in Britain than elsewhere, those companies outside Britain tend to have a higher propensity for individual shareholders to control large blocks of shares. In Corporate Ownership and Control: British Business Transformed, Cheffins poses the question: Why the difference? Brian R. Cheffins, who is the S.J. Berwin Professor of Corporate Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge, examines the issue of corporate ownership and control from the perspective of someone with a legal, rather than accounting background (although this is not to suggest that there are not those interested in accounting history who have such a legal background). Chapter 1 begins with an interesting remark made by a British financial journalist that "[f]ull divorce between ownership and control is a British obsession" (Searjeant, 2006). Cheffins asks the question of why this is the case, especially given the well recognized potential for agency problems to arise when those in control act in their own self-interest rather than in the owners' interests. As asked in one of the foundation works on the theory of the firm, "[h]ow does it happen that millions of individuals are willing to turn over a significant fraction of their wealth to organizations run by managers who have so little interest in their welfare?" (Jensen & Meckling, 1976, p.330).


Absttact: Esthetic improvement of theface is one ofthe goals oforthognathic surgery in evaluation of the esthetic outcome, projile is subjectively evaluated through visual cognition or cephalometric sojt tissueprbjile analysis. Although cephalometric variables provide a numericalfoundbtion forprojile evaleeation depentts on a clinicianls subjectivejutigement. Iherojbra iridex is desirable for clinical mplication. Jfe developed an esthetic evaluation system of the ptwfile tLsingfiLzry rule-based injbrence, which produced consistent correlation between the subjective ratings and the selected cepha lometric variables.


Atherosclerosis is the most important pathological basis of ischemic cerebrovascular diseases. As an independent risk factor of atherosclerosis, fibrin(ogen) and its degradation products involve in the processes of the formation and development of atherosclerosis, This article reviews the relationship between fibrin(ogen) and/or its degradation products and atherosclerosis, and also introduces the development and application prospects for some specific motif antagonists of fibrin(ogen) in the treatment of atherosclerosis and ischemic cerebrovascular diseases.

Key words:
fibrin(ogen);  fibrin(ogen) degradation product;  atherosclerosis;  ischemic cerebrovascular disease


In this paper we discuss in detail the behaviour of ideals in Pk and P ′ k seminear-rings. We derive especially the properties of P1 and P ′ 1 seminear-rings and also prove that every left ideal (right ideal) of R is a right ideal (left ideal) if and only if R is a P1 (P ′ 1 ) seminear-ring.


Trust has more prominence in cloud computing than any other technology. The prime reason behind this notion is the architecture of technology, where service consumer has to transfer critical business relevance data and information to unknown geographical locations called data centers. These data centers are in administration and management of cloud service Providers. Only verbal assurance regarding security and trust are not enough testimonies for cloud consumers. There is a need for textual confirmation, trust strengthening past performance, practical evidence, and tools to evaluate the trustworthiness of CSP (Cloud Service Provider). This paper provides a smart learning environment to assist cloud consumer, by offering a scope to evaluate the trustworthiness of cloud provider on the basis of security assurances by cloud provider through standards and Certification attainment. Various security related components are analyzed with standards and certifications accomplishment and trust value is computed for Service Provider.


Regular carbide support is prepared through carbonization process,and TiO2 is loaded on the support to form regular phtocatalyst.Structures of the support and the catalyst are characterized by means of XRD and BET techniques,and photocatalytic activity of the regular catalyst is evaluated.It is found that the support is a kind of porous material,with macropores,mecropores and micropores existing on it all together and the mean pore size being 2.1 nm.Besides,kinetics of gas-phase photocatalytic reaction is also studied.


Introduction. As the industrial sector is of key importance for the economy of Ukraine, the indicators of its functioning are the main factor in the social and economic development of the country. In particular, mechanical engineering is one of the basic sectors of Ukraine's economy and a strategically important sector that affects the development of technological potential and competitiveness of Ukraine's economy as a whole. The level of development of mechanical engineering is one of the main factors that allows to ensure sustainable development of the Ukrainian economy, the level of development of the country depends on its level and dynamics of development. Therefore, the study of the current state of the machine-building industry, the efficiency of machine-building enterprises, identification of current problems will identify tools for recovery and further sustainable development of machine-building enterprises as one of the key sectors of the national economy.
Purpose. Analyze the state of Ukrainian machine building, identify the main trends and problems of the industrial complex in modern economic conditions and provide recommendations for their solution to ensure sustainable development of machine building enterprises and increase the level of economic potential of industry.
 Method (methodology). The research was conducted through the analysis and synthesis of data based on the evaluation of statistical data of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine (2010-2019) in order to study the current state of the machine-building industry of Ukraine; tabular and graphical methods for visual presentation of the material.
Results. The study confirms the link between economic growth and industrial development. The peculiarities of the conditions of activity of machine - building enterprises are determined. The tendencies of the lag of the Ukrainian industry on level from the developed countries are revealed. The main factors of reduction of production volumes of machine - building branch are analyzed. The analysis of the level of innovative activity of machine - building enterprises is carried out. The main factors hindering innovation are identified. The existing level and structure of capital investments are analyzed. The main destabilizing problems of the machine-building industry in Ukraine are outlined. A conclusion is made and a number of measures aimed at creating conditions for sustainable development of the machine-building industry taking into account the potential and capabilities of machine-building enterprises are proposed.


[THE EFFECT OF MICRO-COMPOUND FERTILIZER AND HUMIC ACID ON AVAILABILITY OF P AND UPLAND RICE YIELD IN COASTAL LAND] Indonesia's coastal areas are potential for the agriculture. However, coastal areas have poor physical, chemical and biological soil properties that unfavorable to the growth and yield of plants. Upland rice is a food crop that can be developed on coastal land using humic acid technology and micro-compound fertilizers. This study aims to determinate the effect of micro-compound fertilizers and humic acid on phosphor availability and upland rice yields on coastal land. This research was conducted from August to December 2021 in Beringin Raya Sub-District Muara Bangka Hulu, Bengkulu City. Soil and plant analysis was carried out in the Soil Science Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Bengkulu University. This research was organized in Randomized Completely Block Design (RCBD) with 2 factors. The first factor is micro-compound fertilizer which consists of 3 levels, namely 0, 70 and 140 g/ha and the second factor is humic acid which consists of 2 levels, namely 0 and 8 L/ha. Each treatment combination was reploicated 4 times. The results showed that there was no interaction between humic acid and micronutrient fertilizer on the observed variables. The application of humic acid at 8 L/ha increased phosphor available by 27.55%, the root colonization by 20.65%, the population of microorganisms by 14.77%, the number of productive tillers of 15.72% and the weight of the pithy grain per plant by 31.50% as compared to control. Also, the application of micronutrient fertilizer at 140 g/ha increased the weight of 1000 seeds, the number of productive tillers, the pithy grains by 7.22, 18.53, and 27.77% respectively as compared control. It is recommended that the upland rice variety can cultivate in coastal land with the application of 140 g/ha micronutrient fertilizer combined with 8 L/ha of humic acid.


It is shown that if there is adverse selection on seller's ability in experience goods market, credible communication can be sustained by reputational motives in spite of the inherent conflict of interests between sellers and buyers. The key ingredient that fosters the reputational motives in this paper is adverse selection on seller's ability, but without existence of "commitment" types. Moreover, reputation motives do not disappear even after the seller's ability is revealed. This model is applied to examine the extent to which consumer rating systems may discipline sellers in honestly informing buyers about the quality of their product. We also analyze the impact of the possibility that sellers may restart as a new trader by obtaining a new identity. (JEL Codes: C73, D82, D83, L14)


This paper addresses a domain adaptive person re-identification network to learn representations across domains for a challenging task: exploiting more robust features from a labeled source domain dataset and an unlabeled target domain dataset. Although convolutional networks have achieved high accuracy in single-domain re-identification task, the performance of trained models slumped in a new dataset. Current methods focus on global features, but part-based features can offer more details of pedestrians, which was been proved in recent works. In this paper, we consider local features as part invariance to reduce the gap between domains and learn discriminative features for cross-domain person re-identification. A part invariance network is proposed which implements a memory to store features extracted in the target domain to reduce camera and neighborhood invariance to improve the adaptability of the model. Experiments conducted show that the invariance proposed in this paper outperforms the existing methods by a large margin.


Based on multiple child-windows and region classification, this paper proposes a new intelligent CFAR method that makes a full use of CA-CFAR, SO-CFAR and GO-CFAR. The experimental results on SAR image show that the new method has a good detection performance not only in homogenous clutter background but also in non-homogenous clutter background including multi-target environment and clutter edge environment. This will greatly reduce the complexity of discrimination and classification in the next stage, and improve the performance of the whole ATR system.


Background: This study aimed to the effects of hip mobilization on pain, trunk flexibility, function for chronic low back pain patients. Methods: Patients were randomly assigned to control group (n=15) and experimental group (n=15). Both groups received conventional physical therapy, three times a w...


The dosed circuit method of administering halothane' has two advantages. The cost is equal to that of other common techniques (about ten shillings per hour). Moreover, since the patient's own breath passes over the fluid, in light anasthesia the increased respiratory effort caused by surgical stimulation will increase the amount of vapour carried over and inhaled. Therefore although the controls must be correctly set the fine adjustment is largely self regulating. We use a Marrett machine but consider the phenomena below might have been observed with any closed circuit apparatus. A man aged fifty-seven who had previously undergone excision of bulla for his gross emphysema, when a nitrous oxide-oxygen curare anasthetic was uneventful, was admitted for abdominal pain. He had had cedema of the ankles for two months and his cough produced one eggcupful of sputum daily. His exercise tolerance was a slow one hundred yards. Examination revealed a large liver with mass attached, dyspnm at rest with reduced air entry all over the chest, cyanosis, and a blood pressure of 160/110. However his pulse was normal and his jugular venous pressure not increased. An electrocardiogram taken six months before had shown minor ischaemic changes and a few ectopic beats. His chest improved somewhat with physiotherapy. At operation a mucoccele of the gall bladder and a duodenal diverticulum were successfully removed.


The National Biomass Strategy was envisioned to foster the efficient valorisation and management of Oil Palm Waste (OPW) in Malaysia. However, the proposed Circular Energy Economy is hampered by poor OPW fuel properties, inefficient conversion techniques, and process design. This study explored the valorisation of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches (OPEFB) Briquettes through fluidised bed gasification with the aim of exploiting the superior qualities of pelletised biomass and excellent reactor dynamics of fluidised beds. Gasification of OPEFB Briquettes was examined from 600 – 800 °C and equivalence ratio, ER is 0.20 – 0.25 under atmospheric pressure. The fuel properties and chemical exergy of OPEFB briquettes were characterised. The gasification of OPEFB briquettes produced high biochar yield and bio syngas with higher heating value from 1.15 – 3.05 MJ/m3 whereas the Cold Gas Efficiency (CGE) and Carbon Conversion Efficiency (CCE) ranged from 6.54 – 17.34 % and 43.37 – 78.16 %. Bed agglomeration and defluidisation typically encountered in pulverised OPEFB gasification were minimal during the gasification of OPEFB briquettes. In conclusion, the results demonstrated that OPEFB Briquettes gasification is a practical route for valorising OPW into renewable energy and sustainable fuels.


The transport kinetics of methanol in PMMA have been studied over the temperature range 25-60 °C, using magnetic resonance imaging. It is shown that transport behavior changes from being relaxation controlled (Case II) at the lowest temperature to approaching Fickian behavior at the higher temperatures. It is also shown that the change of the exponent of time, n, describing the methanol uptake, with the swelling temperature can be compared with a change of the mechanical behavior of the polymer matrix in the presence of the penetrant. From DSC and DMA measurements, it can be concluded that the transition from Case II toward Fickian diffusion takes place at a temperature around the effective T g of the imbibed material.


The Chengkou platinum deposit in Chongqing is situated in the joint of the Qinling geocyncline and Yangtze platform, that is, in the blocks on the both sides of the Chengba deep fault or the altered (rupture) zone owing to a instrusive body. The ore-bearing bed consists of black rocks from Upper Sinian Series to Lower Cambrian Series. By means of investigating into the spot, the authors find that organic matter content of the ore-bearing bed is high, and that carbonous matter is associated with orebodies. This shows that biologic or organic matter play an important role in the formation of Chengkou platinum (deposit). The research result shows that the hydrocarbon (saturated hydrocarbon + aromatic hydrocarbon) is much lower than the heavy constituents (non-hydrocarbon + asphalt character). This suggests that the degree of maturation is low. Based on the study of molecular paleontology, this paper shows that the biological sources of the organic matter related closely to platinum mineralization are marine bacteria and algae. Moreover, Pr/Ph1 indicates that the deposit formed in a reducing environment.


Sarah Presswood, manager and owner of the outstanding George Perkins Day Nursery in Edgbaston, says that while life in Covid lockdown has been hard work, her family-focused ethos is bringing more rewards than ever.


The harmfulness of field oats is serious in spring rape field.Field oats was controlled by 15% Jing-kui-huo-ling EC during 2~4 leaves.And sprayed add water 225 kg.The control field oats effect might be over 90%.And it is safe for spring rape.The harvest is increased after control fiel oats.


Constraining the polarisation properties of extragalactic point sources is a relevant task not only because they are one of the main contaminants for primordial cosmic microwave background B-mode detection if the tensor-to-scalar ratio is lower than r = 0.001, but also for a better understanding of the properties of radio-loud active galactic nuclei. We develop and train a machine learning model based on a convolutional neural network to learn how to estimate the polarisation flux density and angle of point sources embedded in cosmic microwave background images knowing only their positions. To train the neural network, we use realistic simulations of patches of area 32x32 pixels at the 217 GHz Planck channel with injected point sources at their centres. The patches also contain a realistic background composed by dust, the CMB and instrumental noise. Firstly, we study the comparison between true and estimated polarisation flux densities for P, Q and U. Secondly, we analyse the comparison between true and estimated polarisation angles. Finally, we study the performance of our model with real data and we compare our results against the PCCS2. We obtain that our model is reliable to constrain the polarisation flux above 80 mJy. For this limit, we obtain errors lower than 30%. Training the same network with Q and U, the reliability limit is above +-250 mJy for determining the polarisation angle of both Q and U sources with a 1sigma uncertainty of +-29deg and +-32deg for Q and U sources respectively. We obtain similar results to the PCCS2 for some sources, although we also find discrepancies in the 300-400 mJy flux density range with respect to the Planck catalogue. Based on these results, our model seems to be a promising tool to give estimations of the polarisation flux densities and angles of point sources above 80 mJy in any catalogue with practically null computational time.


A key theme of Saul Bellow's 1970 novel Mr. Sammler's Planet is humanity's quest for selfunderstanding. Several approaches to that quest circulate in the dramatic world that Bellow crafts. Among the most prominent approaches are those guided by theories purporting to have comprehensive explanatory power – physics, psychoanalysis, and Marxist economics, for example – and popular "culture," which, as a whole, seems to celebrate arbitrariness and the ability to defy explanation. Both approaches, the "scientific" and the "artistic," respectively are distinctively modern in the sense that they abdicate on the question of whether or not human beings are characterized by having a proper end, or telos, let alone the question of what such an end might be. In Bellow's modern America, the human quest for self-understanding is either reduced to an intellectual exercise in description (that is often materialistic) or rendered obsolete by an emphasis on complete self-fashioning. In the case of the former, understanding seems to imply a deterministic destruction of the self; in the latter, radical freedom preserves individuality at the price of understanding. In this article, I examine Bellow's dramatic critique of these approaches to the quest for selfunderstanding and his portrayal of an alternative existential approach that is more humane even as it is grounded in faith and accepts mystery as a permanent feature of the human condition. Bellow's existentialism follows Kierkegaard, whose concepts I use in my examination because Sammler refers to them explicitly, in suggesting that the defining task of human life was to become a "true" or "authentic" self: a self that is passionately oriented toward and formed in light of an encounter with the source of existence and truth. This task often leads individuals through the three "spheres" of life Kierkegaard described: the ethical, the esthetic, and the religious. Bellow's novel depicts characters moving through these spheres and suggests that while individuals who seriously embark on the quest for authentic selfhood cannot achieve perfection, they may gain self-understanding and find themselves prepared to assess and to confront the realities of finite or temporal existence in a way that avoids the pitfalls of the scientific and artistic approaches. For Bellow, self-understanding emerges as requiring a certain ethical-religious outlook consisting in a genuine concern for others that is grounded in openness to divine being and the obligations that knowledge of the divine imposes on human passion, action, and thought.


The Mandal-Ekofisk(!) petroleum system in the Central Graben of the North Sea contains 3292 million m3 of in-place oil, 110 million m3 of in-place condensate, and 1167 billion m3 of in-place gas in Devonian-Tertiary reservoirs. The major reservoir is the Upper Cretaceous to basal Paleogene chalk of the Ekofisk area in the southeastern part of the graben, with 607 million m3 (46%) producible oil and gas as oil equivalent. Here, chalk is the seal except where synsedimentary slumping coupled with an early influx of oil creates reservoir rock. Permeability mainly results from on-structure halokinetic fracturing. The second most important reservoir, with 457 million m3 (35%) producible oil equivalent, occurs in Paleocene s ndstone where fan turbidites are excellent reservoir rocks in the Forties-Montrose and Gannet areas. Surrounding mudstones form the seal. A less significant reservoir rock, with 231 million m3 (18%) producible oil equivalent, occurs at the Upper Jurassic level in the shallow marine Fulmar and Ula sandstones immediately underlying the source rock horizon (seal) on both the eastern and western flanks of the Central Graben. Additional reserves are found in Permian and Devonian reservoir rocks. The oil, condensate, and gas originated from the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous organic-rich marine mudstones of the Mandal Formation (equivalent to the Kimmeridge Clay). Geochemical oil-source rock correlation has been established and is backed up by the regional distribution of fields relative to mature source rocks. Source rock thicknesses range from less than 100 m on flanks and highs, to greater than 1200 m in the axis of the Central Graben. Thermal maturity modeling indicates that oil generation was initiated by late Early Cretaceous in the mid-graben. Under steadily increasing sedimentation rates, generation continues to the present day over about 112,750 km2 of the Central Graben. Expulsion efficiency from the Mandal Formation source rock is approximately 60%. Secondary migration is mainly vertical, the oil and gas moving through salt- and fault-related fractures into a variety of reservoir rocks. The generation-accumulation efficiency of 0.56% is obtained using Schmoker's calculation for the petroleum system. The major control on the petroleum system efficiency is the strong vertical component of secondary migration through low permeability strata plus undiscovered reserves.


The common-mode (CM) noise modeling for a power converter mainly focuses on the identification of high dv/dt nodes in the circuit and the related parasitic capacitance. For phase-shift full-bridge (PSFB) converter, the inter-winding capacitance of the transformer and the parasitic capacitance between the mid-point nodes from each leg and the ground are critical parasitic capacitance for CM noise, owning to high dv/dt characteristics of the transformer terminals and the mid-point nodes. Due to the existence of the resonant inductor, the electric potential of the transformer primary terminals is not only related with the electric potential of the mid-point nodes, but also influenced by the voltage vLr across the resonant inductor. In this paper, the voltage vLr is considered and added into the CM noise model of PSFB converter, and the CM noise equivalent circuit is derived. By comparing the calculated CM noise from the derived equivalent circuit with the simulated result, the CM noise modeling of PSFB converter is verified.


In the high-pressure water-jet cleaning machines,the whole weight about 2 000~3 000kg,but its main body length of the nozzle diameter only 2~3cm,its weight also 100~200g.But the high-pressure water jet is completely generated from here,so the efficiency of the nozzle is very important.


–The recently established Río Manduriacu Reserve, located on the Andean slopes in northwestern Ecuador, has proven to be a site of high conservation importance for amphibians. It harbors a range of threatened species, including the only known population of the Critically Endangered Tandayapa Andes Toad, Rhaebo olallai, as well as those of two recently described frog species. Herein, the conservation value of the reserve is further bolstered with the discovery of a new population of the rare and enigmatic glassfrog, Nymphargus balionotus. Prior to this finding, and aside from a single record in 2005, no observations of this species have been reported from throughout its narrow range within NW Ecuador and western Colombia since 1984. This marks the sixth locality reported for N. balionotus, the third site to yield more than one individual, and the first documentation from within a protected area. Also presented are the first observations of amplexus, egg masses, and the metamorphic life stage. Published literature pertaining to N. balionotus is difficult to follow, especially reports on Colombian material; therefore, a comprehensive review of the literature and discussion of previously unpublished details regarding Colombian records is provided. The population at the Río Manduriacu Reserve is currently the only known extant population of N. balionotus, and its immediate future is uncertain due to pressure from a mining company that is currently prospecting in-and-around the reserve.


The results of an experiment to determine the effect of 900 to 10000 ppm oxygen on the tensile strength, hardness, hot and cold fabricability, corrosion resistance in 680 deg F water and in 750 deg F, 1500 psi steam, and on the microstructural and phase transformation temperature limit changes of Zircaloy-2 are discussed. It is shown that oxygen effectively raises the 0.2% yield and tensile strengths, decreases the corrosion resistance of Zircaloy-2 at contents in excess of 2000 ppm, raises the alpha to alpha + beta transus and displays a strong hardening effect which increases linearly with the square root of oxygen content. (auth)


The neuropsychological battery UDS (of the English Uniform Data Set), is used worldwide to homogenize the investigations of Alzheimer's disease. Objective: Quantitatively synthesize the results of the subtests of the UDS for the cognitive profile of controls, patients with mild cognitive impairment and dementia of the Alzheimer type. Method: An advanced and manual systematic search was performed in databases (PubMed / MedLine, Web of Science, Scopus, Lilacs, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO) evaluating the diagnostic performance of the UDS. Results: The systematic review showed a narrative synthesis where 8 articles were included that included 9260 subjects, with an age range between 60 and 90 years. The quantitative synthesis used 13 articles with a total sample of 2,884 participants, with an average age of 74 years and an average of 15 years of education. Conclusion: We described a synthesis of the medial scores, which generate cut-off points for Alzheimer's type dementia (DTA), mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and cognitively normal controls, evidencing an adequate diagnostic precession.


When an observer views a stimulus that allows two distinct interpretations, only one interpretation is perceived at any given time, and perception switches between the two in a stochastic manner. Well-known examples of this phenomenon, called perceptual bistability, are the Necker cube and the face-vase illusion. I will show experimental results that strongly suggest that the dynamics of perceptual bistability arises from a sampling process of an underlying probability distribution over the causes of the stimulus. Next, I will describe diffusion models embedded in double-well potentials, known to perform Langevin Monte-Carlo sampling, that generate the observed behaviors. The generality of this model will be illustrated with rate-based models and more biophysically realistic spiking neurons endowed with attractor dynamics. In conclusion, neuronal networks in the brain seem to sample probability distributions, at least during conditions of high uncertainty or ambiguity in the stimulus. Our results invite us to explore the hypothesis that the brain is an approximate inference machine that uses sampling algorithms throughout tasks and domains.


The centrosymmetric title compound, [Cd2{CH3OC6H4P(OC5H9)S2}4], features an eight-membered [CdSPS]2 ring owing to the presence of bridging dithiolate ligands. Tetrahedral coordination geometries for cadmium are completed by chelating ligands. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Public Law at The University of Stefan Batory in Vilnius Summary The Law Faculty and Social Science of University of Stefan Batory was a centre of the science of Vilnius lawyers in the interwar period. Examinations and lectures were run both in the field of the public law, private, as well as of support sciences of the law. The article is devoted to the learning of the public law and his academic teachers. Lectures directed for getting to know such objects as the constitutional, church, criminal, tax and administrative law were run on different ranks of studies (from II till the IV year). Syllabus were made up on the basis of provisions of the law about the academic education. In the period of the interwar period discussions took place about their shape. In them professor Eugeniusz Waśkowski, who proposed the legal specialization in senior years supplemented took the active participation for historical researches concerning the institution from the scope of individual branches of the law. In frames this way constructed among others constitutionalists gave a lecture. Among them professor Waclaw Komarnicki participated in scientific trips to West-European cities – particularly to Paris. He also contributed to the development of the learning of the public law with one's work professors Alfons Parczewski and Boleslaw Wilanowski who dealt with the canon law and laid them out together with marital rights. Analysing the contribution of Vilnius lawyers to academic achievements of the Polish learning of the criminal law, it is impossible to forget about examinations conducted by professors Bronislaw Wroblewski and Stefan Glaser. B. Wroblewski cooperated closely with a more late professor of the Wroclaw University Witold Świda. Next, S. Glaser joined in the discussion about legal-medical aspects of abortion. Among this circle it is needed to mention about professor Mieczyslaw Gutowski – the editor of the periodical Works of the Seminar from the Finances and the Revenue law and the Statistics . There is also described an academic activity of professor Jerzy Panejko, who was concentrated in examinations on the subject matter of the local government and professional council. The Vilnius legal thought survived throughout the period of the II World War. W. Świda, B. Wilanowski and A. Mycielski were continued lectures in the country. Especially W Komarnicki, W. Sukiennicki, or also S. Glaser began the teaching and scientific work at foreign colleges. They cultivated the Vilnius legal thought given rise to and looked after in the interwar period.


Cerebral aneurysms are focal dilatations of the intracranial arterial wall, whose rupture risk is likely related to pressure induced wall stress. Fundamental to stress and strain prediction in aneurysms is the constitutive behavior of wall tissue. However, delineating the constitutive equation of aneurismal tissue, in particular, experimental determination of the material parameters, presents some significant challenges due to the nonlinear, anisotropic and heterogeneous nature of the aneurysmal tissue.© 2009 ASME


A watershed must be understood at a fine level of detail until more is known about the sources, fate, and transport of protozoa.


The food services market in India is projected to grow to Rs.4.98 trillion by 2021, increasing at an annual average rate of 10 per cent. With the market entry of a large number of Indian and foreign brands in the American Food Restaurant sector vying for customer attention, it has become difficult to keep away customers from binging and indulging at affordable outlets. The present study aims to check the effect of age, gender, domicile status and profession on the consumers most preferred brand of American Food Restaurant for dining. The study involved interviewing consumers of American style foods numbering 90 in Bengaluru city for their preference for American Food Restaurants and the data collected was analysed using Chi-Square Technique. Results revealed that there is impact of age, domicile status, occupation/ profession and no impact of gender on consumers most preferred brand of American Food Restaurant for eating out.


Wax melting is the most important process in industry in order to prepare a final product. While preparing that product it is necessary that to melt a wax in proper amount as well as the required condition. During melting of wax or pulp because of high temperature more amount of thermal stresses are developed and when that thermal stresses are exceeds certain limits then the welding section get weeak and because of that there will be leakages problem at joint so that loss of thermal energy through joints. For that purpose if we design the tank for application of wax melting then by the design it is clear that there will be a possibility to save the material and do the CFD Analysis on ansys.


ABSTRACTPT. PAL Indonesia (Persero) is a state-owned enterprise (BUMN) engaged in the shipbuilding industry. Disposal of hazardous and toxic waste (B3) produced by PT. PAL Indonesia can cause negative impacts on the environment and health if special handling procedures are not taken. In order to avoid this, PT. PAL Indonesia (Persero) carries out B3 waste management. The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of the implementation of B3 waste management in PT. PAL Indonesia (Persero), including identification of B3 waste, packaging and labeling B3 waste, storage, collection and transportation of B3 waste. The research method used was the qualitative descriptive method with data collection techniques of observation, interviews, and documentation. The instrument in this study was a questionnaire. The results of the study show that in the production process, PT. PAL Indonesia (Persero) produced hazardous and toxic (B3) waste in the form of solid and liquid B3 waste in the form of used TL lamps, contaminated cotton waste, silica sand from sand blasting processes, used oil, and sludge oil. The B3 waste contained heavy metals such as Pb, Cu, Hg, Fe, and Zn. The conclusion of this research is that the implementation of B3 waste management in PT. PAL Indonesia (Persero) has not complied with implemented regulations. This study suggests the supervision of B3 waste management in PT. PAL Indonesia (Persero) as well as increased awareness of workers to wear protective equipment in managing B3 waste. Keyword: B3 waste management, PT. PAL Indonesia (Persero), B3 waste content.


Simple Summary Myrmecochory is seed dispersal of numerous plant species mediated by ants. We investigate ant–plant interactions under field conditions across two study sites in Central Europe. Three obligatory myrmecocohrous plants are chosen for the experiments: snowdrop Galanthus nivalis, hollow root Corydalis cava and European wild ginger Asarum europaeum. We experimentally alter diaspore morphology and record seed removal rates across five treatments: elaiosomes without seeds, diaspore without elaiosome, 1/2 elaiosome + diaspore, 1/2 diaspore + elaiosome and control. Elaiosomes of European wild ginger constitute about 30% of diaspore weight, elaiosomes of snowdrop constitute 13% and elaiosomes of hollow root constitute only 7.5%. Diaspore/elaiosome removal rates are highest in European wild ginger (34%), followed by hollow root (26%) and snowdrop (10%). Only two ants interact with diaspores, the acorn ant Temnothorax crassispinus and the red ant Myrmica ruginodis. Ants respond to elaiosome/seed ratio by removing elaiosomes without diaspores most frequently, followed by 1/2 diaspore + elaiosome, control, diaspores without elaiosomes and 1/2 elaiosome with diaspore. Plants do not effectively manipulate ant behavior and no dispersal benefits from interactions with ants are observed. Abstract Interactions between ants and plants vary from being occasionally beneficial to neutral and negative. Ant-mediated dispersal of obligatory myrmecochorous plants is considered mutualistic interaction, providing benefits to plants in terms of seed dispersal. Ants are rewarded by providing elaiosome, sugar, lipid and protein-rich appendages attached to seeds (diaspores). We experimentally examine rates of diaspore removal rates among three species of plants (snowdrop Galanthus nivalis, hollow root Corydalis cava and European wild ginger Asarum europaeum) under field conditions in two study sites in Central Europe. Diaspore morphology is altered by manipulating both elaiosome and seed size. The small-sized acorn ant Temnothorax crassispinus interacts with the snowdrop and hollow root and the moderately-sized red ant Myrmica ruginodis interacts with European wild ginger. Experimental manipulation with elaiosomes yields largely non-significant results. Diaspore removal rates are generally low (snowdrop 10%, hollow root 26%, European wild ginger 34%) probably due to the small size of ants relative to heavy diaspores. Many ants are observed to consume elaiosomes in situ (cheating). We conclude that ant–plant relationships in this case are not mutualistic but rather neutral/slightly negative, because the plants do not obtain any apparent benefits from their interactions with ants.


In the drive to enhance undergraduate courses in various disciplines, industrial placements are becoming part of them for an increasing number, ranging from engineering to accounting and social work. The paper analyses internship practice at a large higher education technological university in the island of Crete, in the south of Greece. This work describes the different approaches that have to internships each of the three stakeholders involved, based on the long experience of academic internship supervisors of the Institute. The findings of this paper are based on an enhanced internship project that the Greek institute is running funded by European funds and reports preliminary results of this programme. In addition, suggestions based on experience are made for future development and monitoring of internship programmes to achieve beneficial outcomes for all stakeholders involved.


A method of configuring Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PTRS) transmissions in a telecommunication network employing Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB). The method comprises of transmitting PTRS on a first subcarrier in a first cell, transmitting PTRS on a second subcarrier, different to the first subcarrier, in a second cell neighbouring the first cell, and configuring the PTRS transmissions according to a predefined base pattern and an index term, whereby the index term is communicated between the first and second cells for coordination purposes. The base pattern may correspond to either the most dense or the least dense PTRS pattern and the index term may specify incremental predetermined changes in the pattern. Preferably, the method is performed by a base station of the telecommunication network.


Human face detection is attractive in pattern recognition and image processing.The paper introduces systemically a survey in computer recognition methods of face detection based on characteristics,mainly making a summary of it.At the same time,the paper details the key technology and productions involved.Finally,it gives the research trend of face detection.


ABSTRACT Increased environmental issues and crises in the world and long-term consequences of environmental issues in human life are the main reasons for the increased importance of discussion regarding environmental issues. The most effective step to protect the environment is an evaluation of people's behavior and performance to achieve primary principles of permanent life. This means that people must evaluate their behavior with regard to the environment. This study aimed to assess environmental behavior of students in the Agriculture College of Tarbiat Modares University based on Planned Behavior Theory. This descriptive research has been conducted using the survey method and a questionnaire. The study population consisted of 254 MSc and PhD students (second year), with 153 students selected as a sample based on the Krejcie and Morgan table. Required data were collected. The questionnaire validity was confirmed by faculty members and experts in the field, and its reliability was confirmed through a pilot test and Cronbach's alpha calculation. Used path analysis showed that environmental attitude, perceived behavioral control, and environmental behavior intention have been significant effects in Planned Behavior Theory. We conclude that perceived behavioral control, intention, environmental attitude, and subjective norms had the most impact on the students' environmental behavior.


The invention discloses a modularization underground water monitoring, well washing and sampling device. The device comprises a micro pump module, pipeline modules, a diversion module and a plurality of micro water pump modules, wherein the plurality of pipeline modules are connected with the diversion module in a threaded way, and the diversion module is arranged at the terminal of the device; the micro pump module comprises a micro pump, a controller and a liquid sensor, and the controller and the liquid sensor are arranged in the micro pump, the liquid sensor is used for feeding a detected liquid signal into the controller and converting the liquid signal into an electric signal, and the micro pumps are started by the controller. According to the modularization underground water monitoring, well washing and sampling device provided by the invention, a reliable way can be provided for underground water monitoring, well washing and sampling with great depth, the well washing and sampling efficiencies can be effectively improved, and the labor intensity of monitors can be reduced.


To promote the popularization and improving of the level of swimming sports in our country,this paper adopts the calculating formula of the IAAF promulgated the current swimmer technical grading standards score calculation,and the results show that the current standards in the same level with the project in different gender and with the level there is a big difference between different evens,seriously affected the athletes training and positivity for reaching a set standard. In 1order to evaluate more fairly and more acceptably,suggestions for swimming athletes technical level standards should be properly revised.


Objective
To observe the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) with mirror neuronal rehabilitation training system (MNST-V1.0) in post-traumatic unconscious patients after severe craniocerebral injury.

Methods
A prospective, self controlled and open-label method was used. Thirty-six post-traumatic unconscious patients with severe craniocerebral injury from January 2016 to July 2017 were selected. Four cases of the patients did not complete the treatment and the last 32 cases completed the study. All patients were given routine wake-up therapy, and tDCS combined with MNST-V1.0 (20 min/time, 1 time/d, 6 times/week, a total of 8 weeks) was given at the same time. The Glasgow coma scale (GCS), JFK coma recovery scale and Four coma rating scale before treatment and 2, 4, 8 weeks after treatment were recorded.

Results
The scores of open reaction, language and motor response score of GCS 2, 4, 8 weeks after treatment were significantly higher than those before treatment: (1.56 ± 0.82), (2.06 ± 1.01) and (3.11 ± 1.45) scores vs. (1.00 ± 0.45) scores, (2.23 ± 1.06), (2.56 ± 1.08) and (3.02 ± 1.04) scores vs. (1.00 ± 0.61) scores, (2.79 ± 1.12), (3.22 ± 1.33) and (4.44 ± 1.07) scores vs. (1.00 ± 0.54) scores, and there were statistical differences (P 0.05).

Conclusions
The tDCS combined with MNST-V1.0 can improve the consciousness level in post-traumatic unconscious patients with severe craniocerebral injury, and have the effect of promoting awakening.

Key words:
Craniocerebral trauma; Electric stimulation therapy; Rehabilitation; Consciousness disorders


Facilitating schools to develop more collaborative cultures is seen as one of the major challenges in promoting teachers' continuing professional development. This article recounts how a fifteen-month project designed to promote greater collegial learning and professional development emerged and developed within one school. Evidence suggests that a model that is voluntary and that involves teachers observing each other's classrooms and sharing insights is both effective and sustainable. Trust, supportive school leadership and external facilitation are also identified as important components in the realization of this model of teacher development.


Bis[bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium] di-μ-thiobis[(pentasulfido)ferrate(III)] crystallizes in the monoclinic spacegroup P21/c. The S5Fe units are in a chair conformation linked by a Fe2S2 core related by an inversion center. The iron iron distance is 2.7014 (12).


A large body of research has consistently found that intensive employment during the school year is associated with heightened antisocial behavior. These findings have been influential in prompting policy recommendations to establish stricter limits on the number of hours that students can work during the school year. We reexamine the linkage between first-time work at age 16 during the school year and problem behaviors. Our analysis uses group-based trajectory modeling to stratify youths based on their developmental history of crime and substance abuse. This stratification serves to control for preexisting differences between workers and nonworkers and permits us to examine whether the effect of work on problem behaviors depends on the developmental history of those behaviors. Contrary to most prior research we find no overall effect of working on either criminal behavior or substance abuse. However, we do find some indication that work may have a salutary effect on these behaviors for some individuals who had followed trajectories of heightened criminal activity or substance abuse prior to their working for the first time.


Blockchain's decentralized characteristic is recognized as a potential technology to deliver secure and safe resources. However, the existing blockchain networks cannot fulfil the transaction given the limited bandwidth for practical application demand. In this article, the cubic design of the conventional public blockchain is strengthened with the Directed Graph Probabilistic model. In the current structure, blocks of the lightweight structure are ordered in grades and width. We develop protocols to position newly created blocks in order to make them more effective and secure. It increases confidentiality and time for authentication of transactions in contrast with standard blockchain protocols and enjoys the accuracy and liveliness of blockchain. This paper introduces two potential methods for targeting opposition parties and we also show that the procedure against them is safe and stable. Experiments will generate three hundred inputs every second that is 64 times the output of Bitcoin's transaction. This time Bitcoin's production will hit 27 times its Ethereum's.


Eleven paediatric patients ranging in age from 7 weeks to 7 years were treated with intravenous cefoxitin for a variety of moderate or severe infections. All identifiable pathogens were sensitive to cefoxitin and the clinical outcome for every patient was regarded as a cure. Cefoxitin was well tolerated by all patients, the institution of therapy being associated in many cases with a rapid improvement in clinical condition.


A joint assembly for a vacuum cleaner comprises a joint body 210, which can be removably installed between the extension pipe 130 and handle 140 of a vacuum cleaner, so that an air passage is formed between a suction port and the vacuum cleaner body. The joint body 210 allowing the extension pipe 130 to pivot with respect to the handle 140 within a predetermined range. A supplemental handle also protrudes from the joint body 210. The joint body 210 preferably includes a first joint pipe 211 having a first pivot portion 213 at one end, while the other end is removably connected with the extension pipe 130, and a second joint pipe 215 having a second pivot portion 217 formed at one end pivotally connected with the first pivot portion 213, while the other end is removably connected with the handle 140. Locking means may also be present to lock the pivoting movement of the first joint pipe 211 and the second joint pipe 215 at a predetermined angle. A cyclone dust-collecting device may also be installed between the joint assembly 200 and the handle 140. The joint assembly 200 allows easier cleaning under beds and other furniture.


Ottoman government played off the European Great Powers against each other. The strategic significance of Middle Eastern oil is self-evident today; it is much less clear if this was the case before 1914, when oil production in Austrian Galicia far exceeded that in the region. Although the author's account of bumbling German covert operations makes for delightful reading, he does not consider these operations' strategic virtues. With a small use of manpower and modest expenditure of funds (at least by the standards of a total war), Germany diverted a significant number of Allied soldiers from the crucial battlefields of northern Europe. Even if plans towinWorldWar I by an Islamic uprising destroying the British Empire were fantasies, the diversionary effects of peripheral operations in the Middle East may have been quite useful to the Central Powers. Finally, one does have to wonder about the author's linkage of German plans for a Moslem uprising with contemporary Islamicism, particularly noticeable in the neo-conservative polemics of the book's epilogue. If the incitement to holy war was roundly ignored between 1914 and 1918, as the author shows in convincing and comic detail, why should it have had any long-lasting effects after World War I was over? The cautions about making connections between German military propaganda and Islamicism that Jeffrey Herf notes in his book on this topic during World War II are absent from McMeekin's account. In all these respects, The Berlin-Baghdad Express is enjoyable, thought provoking, and illuminating, but perhaps raises more questions than it provides answers.


PURPOSE: To reduce the servo cross talk between a focus error signal and a tracking error signal. CONSTITUTION: In a system 10 executing focus adjustment and track position adjustment of a beam in a head 20 by signals from a focus error signal (FES) circuit 124 and a tracking error signal(TES) circuit 126, a photodetector 122 having plural segments arranged symmetrically is used. Then, by differentially adjusting the signals from at least two segments, the FES is made nearly independent of the TES. COPYRIGHT: (C)1993,JPO


A shoe comprises a sole for absorbing an impact at landing, an upper member for wrapping an instep, and a shoelace means for fitting the upper member to the instep. The upper member comprises a main section (2M) for covering the inner side surface, the outer side surface, the toe, the instep, and the rear surface of a foot, side edge sections having first eyelets, a first side panel (51) for covering the inner side surface of the foot, and a second side panel (52) for covering the outer side surface of the foot. Each side panel comprises an upper end section (53) attached to the front end of the side panel and having a second eyelet which allows the shoelace means to pass therethrough and is engaged with the shoelace, a lower end section (54) joined to the main section and/or the sole, and an intermediate section (55) disposed between the front end section and the lower end section and allowing the front end section to move in the front-rear direction of the foot relative to the lower end section. At least either of the side panels stretches so that the length from the front end section to the lower end section increases.


Data security is the core of computer security,sensitive data stored in the computer must be,when necessary,safely deleted,thus to prevent the data leakage incurred due to the recovery.This paper,based on the principles of computer data storage,describes in detail the current principles and methods of data secure deletion,analyzes the technical principles of data overwriting,achieves an overwriting-based data secure deletion method and gives the core code.The experiment indicates that this method is of strong practicability and operatability for the ordinary files.


Objective To investigate morphologic,structural and functional characteristics of cardiomyocytes from neonate rats and to set up a desirable technique for isolating and purifying the cardiomyocytes from neonate rats. Methods Using trypsin-digestion,mechanical separation,twice seedings and bromodeoxyuridine(BrdU)-treatment,the cardiomyocytes were isolated and purified from the hearts of neonate rats at 1-7 days after birth.Shapes and spontaneous pulsation of the cells were viewed.The cells were identified with cardiac isoform of tropnin T(cTnT) immunostaining.Ultrastructural features of the cells were examined with in situ transmission electron microscopy.Responses of the cells to adenine and isoprenaline were also examined. Results More than 95% cells isolated from the hearts of neonate rats are cardiomyocytes.The vital cells are more than 95%.Neonate rat cardiomyocytes include short columnar or rhabdoid cells and irregular cells.The most rhabdoid cells from the rats at 1-3 days after birth present the ultrastructural features of immature cardiomyocytes.The rhabdoid cells from the rats at 6-7 days after birth have some ultrastructural features of mature cardiomyocytes.Comparing with the cells at 1-3 days after birth,cTnT expression in the cells is slightly enhanced,the transverse striation was obvious.The irregular cells contain less bundles of myofilaments,the filaments are arranged irregularly.There are a few small cells which are in undifferentiated state.More than 80% cells show spontaneous pulsation at 72 hours after incubation.After treatment with adrenine and isoprenaline,the number of the cells with spontaneous pulsation increases and the intension of spontaneous pulsation is enhanced.The responses of the rhabdoid cells from the rats at 6-7 days after birth to adenine and isoprenaline are much stronger.Conclusion There are two kinds of neonate rat cardiomyocytes.They are different in ultrastructures,spontaneous pulsation and responses to adenine and isoprenaline.The cardiomyocytes from rats at 6-7 days after birth are suitable for experiments in vitro as mature cardiomyocyte.The method set up in this experiment is desirable for culture of neonate rat cardiomyocytes.


Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the effect of verbal violence, clinical practice stress, and coping with stress on the major satisfaction in nursing students during clinical practice.Methods: A cross-sectional study was used. A survey was conducted from May 3 to May 10, 2022, on 200 nursing students who were in their junior and seneior years at two universities in Gyeongsangbuk-do. Descriptive statistics, frequency analysis, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffé's test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and hierarchical regression analysis were employed to analyze the data.Results: Major satisfaction was found to be significantly negatively correlated with verbal violence (r=-.30, p<.001) and clinical practice stress (r=-.15, p=.032) and to be positively correlated with coping with stress (r=.24, p<.001). Their satisfaction with clinical practice (β=.29, p=.037), verbal violence (β=-.23, p<.001), coping with stress (β=.16, p=.015), religion (β=.14, p=.041), and clinical practice stress (β=-.13, p=.048) explained 19.3% of the variance in nursing students' major satisfaction during clinical practice.Conclusion: A verbal violence and coping with stress program for nursing students should be developed to increase nursing students' major satisfaction during clinical practice.


This study aims to compare the suitability of three extraction techniques (cold pressing, Soxhlet and supercritical fluid extraction (SFE)) to isolate oil from cherry seeds. Oils were examined in terms of extraction yield, fatty acids profile, tocopherols yield and antioxidant activity. Additionally, influence of SFE parameters was evaluated using one-factor-at-a-time design with pressure (200–350 bar), temperature (40–70 °C), flow rate (0.2–0.4 kg/h) and particle size (<800 µm and >800 µm). Oil yields ranged from 2.50% to 13.02%, whereas the highest yield was achieved with SFE. Samples were rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, regardless of the applied extraction technique. The main fatty acids were linoleic (46.32–47.29%), oleic (40.89–41.65%), palmitic (6.56–8.00%) and stearic (2.21–2.30%) acid. Total tocopherols yield was between 16.63 mg/100 g oil and 60.61 mg/100 g oil, and highest yield was achieved with SFE. Among the tocopherols, γ-tocopherol was the most abundant, followed by α-, δ- and β-tocopherol. Antioxidant activity was determined using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2'-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic) cation (ABTS) assays, and the results indicated that SFE extracts exhibited better or comparable antioxidant potential compared to traditional techniques. The comparison between modern and conventional extractions for oil recovery demonstrates pros and cons for the possibility of industrial application.


BACKGROUND
The most commonly used parameter of right ventricular (RV) systolic function - tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) is unavailable in some patients. Subcostal echocardiographic assessment of tricuspid annular kick (SEATAK) has been proposed as its alternative.

AIM
The aim of the study was to assess the feasibility of SEATAK use in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and its value in prognosis after PE.

METHODS
The observational study included 164 consecutive patients (45.7% men; average age, 70 years) with high clinical probability of PE referred for computed tomography pulmonary angiography.

RESULTS
SEATAK was unavailable due to inadequate quality of echocardiograph in 2.8% of patients, whereas TAPSE in 4.9%, both parameters only in 0.6%. SEATAK and TAPSE values did not differ between groups of patients with (n = 82) and without PE (n = 82). In the whole study SEATAK correlated positively with TAPSE (r = 0.71; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.62-0.78; P <0.001), fractional area change of RV, left ventricular ejection fraction and peak systolic tricuspid annular velocity assessed with tissue Doppler imaging. There were only 3 echocardiographic predictors of 30-day all-cause mortality (n = 10) in patients with PE: SEATAK, pulmonary acceleration time and 60/60 sign. SEATAK predicted 30-day all-cause mortality with AUC (area under the curve) 0.726 (95% CI, 0.594-0.858; P = 0.01) and 30-day PE-related mortality (n = 4) with AUC, 0.772 (95% CI, 0.506-0.998; P = 0.03).

CONCLUSIONS
SEATAK is a promising feasible echocardiographic parameter reflecting RV systolic function and might be an accurate alternative to TAPSE. Moreover, SEATAK could be an independent predictor of all-cause and PE-related 30-day mortality in patients with acute PE.


A theorem is proved concerning approximation of analytic functions by multivariate polynomials in the $s$-dimensional hypercube. The geometric convergence rate is determined not by the usual notion of degree of a multivariate polynomial, but by the {\it Euclidean degree,} defined in terms of the 2-norm rather than the 1-norm of the exponent vector $\bf k$ of a monomial $x_1^{k_1}\cdots \kern .8pt x_s^{k_s}$.


The problem of this study is an investigation of the recreational program provided for inmates of the Texas Prison System. The purposes of the study were to determine the type and extent of recreational activities which are made available to the men and women who live Behind the Walls and to make recommendations based on the findings of the investigation.


With a view to satisfying the requirements of environmental protest and efficient usage of resources, a novel process for efficiently extracting vanadium (V), titanium (Ti), and iron (Fe) from vanadium-bearing titanomagnetite concentrate was developed. In the new process, vanadium is pre-extracted by additive-free roasting under the air atmosphere and alkaline leaching technologies. In this paper, transformation of vanadium-bearing titanomagnetite concentrate in the roasting is investigated based on thermodynamic analyses and experimental discussion. Thermodynamic analyses show that oxidation of V(III) into V(V) would happen in the roasting experiment over the range of 327–1327 °C and vanadium-iron spinel phase (FeV2O4) can be oxidized more easily than magnetite (Fe3O4) when the temperature is higher than 861 °C. Experimental results show that some compounds (V2O5, Fe2Al4Si5O18, and Fe2SiO4) with low melting temperature were obtained by solid reactions at low temperature and melted as a binding phase at elevated temperature. Liquids were generated due to some chemical reactions or phase transformation reaction (Fe2V2O4(s) → Fe2O3(s) + liquid) at elevated temperature. Main phases of Fe2O3 and Fe2TiO5 are connected and sintered with the binding phases of the compounds with low melting temperature or the mixtures with low liquidus temperature. In addition, higher roasting temperature leads to higher vanadium leaching efficiency over the range of 800–1200 °C. However, over-burning would happen at 1250 °C, some of vanadium oxide was wrapped by silicate network, and the conversion of V(III) into V(V) was prevented from occurring. Therefore, the vanadium leaching efficiency decreased from 59.1% (Troa. = 1200 °C) to 57% (Troa. = 1250 °C).


Objectives: To assess the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in municipal employees of Northern Portugal during the first pandemic wave (May–June 2020) and its association with potentially related risk factors for infection. Material and Methods: The authors assessed municipal employees of 2 cities in Northern Portugal, in whom serological tests to SARS-CoV-2 and an epidemiological survey were applied. The authors assessed the proportion of individuals presenting IgM and/or IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, and evaluated the association between having positive serological test results, epidemiologic variables and clinical presentations. Reported symptoms were evaluated on their sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values. Results: The authors assessed 1696 employees, of whom 22.0% were firefighters, 10.4% were police officers, 10.3% were maintenance workers, and 8.1% were administrative assistants. The seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection was 2.9% (95% CI: 2.1–3.7%). Administrative assistants comprised the professional group with highest seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 (OR = 1.9 in the comparison with other occupational groups, 95% CI: 0.8–4.3, p = 0.126). The seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among those who were in direct contact with COVID-19 patients in their professional activity was 3.9%, compared to 2.7% among those who were not in direct contact with such patients (OR = 1.5, 95% CI: 0.8–2.8, p = 0.222). The highest risk of infection was associated with the presence of a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in the household (OR = 17.4, 95% CI: 8.3–36.8, p < 0.001). Living with a healthcare professional was not associated with a higher risk of infection (OR = 1.0, 95% CI: 0.4–2.5, p = 0.934). Anosmia/dysgeusia was the symptom with the highest positive predictive value (52.2%, 95% CI: 31.8–72.6, p < 0.001) and specificity (99.3%, 95% CI: 98.9–99.7, p < 0.001), while cough was the most prevalent symptom among SARS-CoV-2 seropositive participants (36%). Conclusions: The authors observed a SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence of 2.9% among assessed municipal employees. Anosmia/dysgeusia was the COVID-19 symptom which displayed the highest positive predictive value and specificity. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2022;35(3):297 – 307


Studying the pharmacological activities of vincristine sulfate (VCR), one of the alkaloids isolated from Vinca rosea Linn. by Svoboda et al. (1), Anderson et al. (2) observed the pressor, positive chronotropic and re spiratory stimulating effects in dogs. Since no action mechanisms of these pharmacological effects were reported, the authors attempted to clarify its pressor mechanisms. Pressor effect of VCR (0.1-1.0 mg/kg, i.v.) was observed in dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea-pigs and rats under pentobarbital or urethane anesthesia. Fig. 1 shows the pressor effects of VCR in cats. The carotid blood pressure increased during first 60 minutes after the administration, and then gradually returned to normal. In cats, dogs, rabbits and guinea-pigs, VCR was characteristic of slow and long lasting pressor substance. On the contrary, pressor effect in rats was temporal lasting about 10 minutes. Pressor effect of VCR was abolished in the vagotomized spinal cats (Fig. 1), and was slightly potentiated by the intra-carotid arterial administration. Pretreatment of an a-adrenergic blocker, dibenamine (2 mg/ kg, ix.), which reversed the pressor effect of epinephrine, markedly inhibited the pressor effect of VCR. The pressor effect of VCR was also completely abolished by the reserpine pretreated on the previous day (1.5 mg/kg, s.c.), while the pressor effect of tyramine was depressed to one half by the same treatment. No effects were observed on the spontaneous movements of guinea-pig isolated atrium and rabbit isolated intestine by the administration of VCR into the organ bath (Magnus method). Increases of perfusate was


Electrohydrodynamic jet printing is a rapid manufacturing method in additive manufacturing fields, which is employed to generate micro-nano patterns, functional structures, sensors and electronics in recent years. It is a rapid manufacturing, low-cost, mask-free route to manufacture one dimensional to three dimensional structures by nanoink. In this paper, silver dots, lines and designed patterns are printed by electrohydrodynamic jet printing. The results are stable and uniform, which can be adjusted by printing parameters. With high voltage, large pulse width or small stand-off distance, the size of dots increase. By increasing frequency or decreasing shifting speed, the distance between dots becomes short, then the structures are getting into lines from dots. Multi-layer silver lines are characterized by X-ray imaging and exhibit good absorption of X-ray, leading to the significant radiation attenuation effectiveness. The printed silver structures are good candidates for radiation shielding in electronics and circuit boards.


Loop pile carpet floor mat can be attached removably to the locations in the vehicle, and a surface layer having an aesthetic appearance, and the back layer having a relationship to-face contact with the surface layer, integral to the back surface layer and a layer of scrim material which is arranged, the layers of the scrim material, with extending outwardly therefrom, and a plurality of hooks extending through said back layer at one or more points . The plurality of hook, when placed the floor mat on the carpeting, is configured to loop engages in said carpeting in a vehicle. In addition, the multiple mounting hooks field size is Oyobi density blade, the floor mat wo the carpet crust removed other unpacking, the carpet ground Nitaisuru damage moth reduced by Yo two-configured hand there. .FIELD 1


Eighteen dogs and one cat with symptomatic bradycardias were equipped with cardiac pacemakers. One further dog died during anaesthesia for pacemaker placement. Each animal was sedated, and a 'tined' transvenous pacing lead was passed to the apex of the right ventricle from the jugular vein. Following temporary pacing and general anaesthesia, the permanent pacemaker was placed subcutaneously at the neck in the dogs and at the abdominal wall in the cat. In 11 dogs and the cat, the pacemaker was implanted in a dacron pouch. Complications (mainly serous reaction to the pacemaker) developed in four out of seven dogs in which no pouch had been employed. The pacing lead was retained after discharge from hospital in all except one dog. Pacing successfully relieved clinical signs in all cases. Fifteen out of 18 dogs and the cat survived one year after pacing and the mean survival time was greater than 18 months. Transvenous pacing is a simple and reliable technique that avoids transthoracic or transabdominal surgery for pacemaker lead placement.


We address the task of estimating bacterial and cellular load in the human distal lung with fibered confocal fluorescence microscopy (FCFM). In pulmonary FCFM some cells can display autofluorescence, and they appear as disc like objects in the FCFM images, whereas bacteria, although not autofluorescent, appear as bright blinking dots when exposed to a targeted smartprobe. Estimating bacterial and cellular load becomes a challenging task due to the presence of background from autofluorescent human lung tissues, i.e., elastin, and imaging artifacts from motion etc. We create a database of annotated images for both these tasks where bacteria and cells were annotated, and use these databases for supervised learning. We extract image patches around each pixel as features, and train a classifier to predict if a bacterium or cell is present at that pixel. We apply our approach on two datasets for detecting bacteria and cells respectively. For the bacteria dataset, we show that the estimated bacterial load increases after introducing the targeted smartprobe in the presence of bacteria. For the cell dataset, we show that the estimated cellular load agrees with a clinician's assessment.


Chapter 1 Clarification.of.Abilities.and.Qualities.of.Knowledge.Coordinators:.The.Case.of.Regional. Revitalization.Projects............................................................................................................................. 1 Kayano Chihara, Japan Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Yoshiteru Nakamori, Japan Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan


PRESENTS A system using a optical disc format to represent various synchronized signals, SUCH AS MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF MOVING PICTURES AND TRACKS multiple sound which is composed of an optical disc (23), signal processors (67, 71) circuitry BUFFER (53, 55, 57, 59) and output devices AUDIO (91) and VIDEO (94). All signals are represented digitally, and the bits are arranged in data blocks. Each data block can contain a number VARIABLE BITS for each signal, ranging from none to many (in relation to other signals). This allows each signal is represented by a bitstream VARIABLE SPEED WITHOUT A SIGN THAT THE OTHER constrict NECESSARILY IN REGARD TO THE REPRESENTATION OF BITS. MULTIPLE BUFFERS SUPPLIED TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF BITS AVAILABLE FOR EACH SIGNAL FOR AS REQUIRED IMMEDIATE NEEDS. WHEN ANY FULL BUFFERESTA, STOPS READING DATA BLOCKS TEMPORARILY so the BITS are not lost.


By documentation,reviews and logical analysis,this paper analyzed the current management,operations,marketing and potentials of Xiamen International Marathon,and suggested measures in coordination and service for the future commercial operation of this event.


A total of 4665 neck lymph nodes from 151 patients with laryngeal cancer treated with primary surgery (laryngectomy plus conservative or radical neck dissection) were examined histologically. In all, 330 lymph node metastases were found and they were classified by size, number, site in the neck, and extranodal disease. These parameters were correlated with survival rates


Following thirteen years of operation of the Mont Blanc tunnel the rapid growth of traffic has given rise to problems of traffic control and safety. A programme of improvement described in the article concerns lighting and ventilation, the layout of the Italian service area, and, the mechanisation of the toll collection system. Low pressure sodium vapour lamps were chosen to increase and improve tunnel illumination. To increase tunnel ventilation a semi semi-transverse system will deliver 600 cu m/sec and extract 300 cu m/sec. The remaining 300 cu m/sec will pass freely out of the tunnel entrances. Ducts distribute pure air and extract polluted air. Details are given of ventilation equipment performance and of measures taken to control air pollution. /TRRL/


This article examines three projects in Lee Mingwei's oeuvre: The Dining Project, The Sleeping Project and The Tourist. These three projects represent Lee's projects as enabling slippages of contact and communication between strangers. Through the production of simple quotidian activities as eating, sleeping and the more complex act of tourism, Lee Mingwei replicates the processes that enable cosmopolitanism; the encounters, collisions and quiet moments of contact between strangers. This article seeks to interrogate these activities as key players in the greater phenomena of globalization.


The economic development in Guizhou has been lagged behind the other western provinces,and more special station teachers gather there. The happiness and characteristics investigation and analysis of the rural middle school teachers in Guizhou shows that it is the existing policy that causes the lack of happiness. This article is to perfect the existing policies, improve the well-being of teachers and realize the teachers' career ideal on the basis of the related factors.


Objective: The alteration of the physiological stiffness gradient within larger vessels would increase the transmission of greater pulsatility to the microcirculation, thus explaining the damage to the pressure-sensitive organs. We aimed to describe the response of small conduit arteries of the hand (radial-digital PWV, rd-PWV) following the pharmacological alteration of the stiffness gradient using nitroglycerin. Design and method: Simultaneous application of piezoelectric sensors (Complior) at the level of the carotid (c), the radial artery (r) and the tip of the index finger (d) was used to calculate the rd-PWV by the following formula (rd-PWV = cd-cr direct distances/cd-cr transit times). Rd-PWV was obtained before and 4 minutes after a sublingual administration of 0.4 mg of NTG, in healthy adults (controls, n = 36) and patients with moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD, n = 30). Changes in arterial stiffness pre-post NTG and comparisons between the two groups were analyzed respectively with paired or independent samples t-tests. Results: Compared to controls, the CKD group was older (69 ± 15 years vs. 41 ± 20 years) and more hypertensive. Despite similar cd-PWV and cr-PWV, rd-PWV was significantly lower in CKD than in controls (3.6 ± 1.4 m/s vs. 4.5 ± 1.8 m/s, p = 0.024), but this difference faded (p = 0.145) after adjustment for age. Post NTG, brachial blood pressure decreased and heart rate increased similarly between groups (see Table 1). Cr-PWV decreased after NTG (both groups p < 0.001) while rd-PWV increased in controls (from 4.62 ± 1.49 m/s to 5.94 ± 2.29 m/s, p < 0.001) and in CKD (from 3.71 ± 1.60 m/s to 5.18 ± 2.12 m/s, p < 0.001), in a similar extent (p = 0.111 for interaction term). Cd-PWV significantly increased post-NTG only in the CKD group (p = 0.009). Conclusions: Again, we observed opposing changes in the regional stiffnesses of two distinct vascular territories following the administration of a vasodilator. Here, the two segments were mid-size and small conduit muscular arteries. This technique, adapted by our team for short peripheral arterial segments, may broaden our understanding of the consequences of the inversion of the stiffness gradient.


The use of grammar teaching in the field of second language acquisition has been well studied, but there exists a gap in the literature as regards students' perceptions on this important topic. This study was conducted on a group of 16 students from seven Asian countries who were enrolled in a credit ESL course at a Canadian university. The students were interviewed in groups of four by one of four researchers and the data were audio taped and transcribed verbatim. The findings revealed that although from similar cultural and educational backgrounds, the Asian students' perceptions of formfocused instruction varied widely. Their different perspectives were based on their previous language learning experiences, their language proficiency, current academic needs, and future career choices. The information gathered is of significant value to ESL teachers who intend to meet students' needs as well as reduce conflicts caused by different perspectives between teachers and students regarding whether or not grammar teaching should be encouraged in the classroom.


In this paper we present an Augmented Reality (AR) authoring tool for smartphones which facilitates intuitive interactions that manipulate the augmented virtual objects in real-time. A novel 3D interaction method using multi-touch interface and camera pose is proposed for intuitive authoring. With the gestures of two fingers on the touch screen, the user can adjust 3 DOF translation and 3 DOF rotation to a selected virtual object. The capabilities of the authoring tool are demonstrated on a smartphone.


Fifteen primary non‐small‐cell lung carcinomas (8 adenocarcinomas and 7 squamous‐cell carcinomas) were analyzed by multiparameter flow cytometry for their expression of p53 and c‐myc proteins. In addition, the fraction of cells staining with the proliferation‐associated antibody Ki‐67 and DNA ploidy was determined. These 4 biological markers were analyzed in parallel samples from a single‐cell suspension made from fresh, frozen biopsies. Thus, the internal relationship between these markers within each tumor‐cell population was established. Three different anti‐pS3 antibodies were used: PAb 421, PAb 1801 and PAb 240. All 15 tumors were p53‐positive with the antibodies PAb 1801 and PAb 240, whereas only 9 were positive as judged by the antibody PAb 421. This indicates that the choice of p53 antibody is not irrelevant. Ten tumors were c‐myc‐positive; 7 of these were adenocarcinomas. The c‐myc‐positive tumors had a significantly higher level of p53 expression, judged by PAb 1801 and PAb 240, than c‐myc‐negative tumors. For PAb 421, there was no difference. We did not find any correlation between Ki‐67 staining and expression of p53 and c‐myc proteins, either with DNA ploidy, S‐phase fraction or histological type. Our study indicates that there might be an association between accumulation of p53 protein and c‐myc over‐expression in non‐small‐cell lung cancer, and that this in particular might apply to adenocarcinomas. Furthermore, we show that multiparameter flow cytometry is a powerful tool in the study of the relationship between different markers in a cell population. © 1992 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Although most of ingested foreign bodies pass through gastrointestinal tract uneventfully, rarely the foreign body may penetrate out of gastrointestinal tract and may migrate to other abdominal organs. Migration of a foreign body to the liver is extremely rare and very few pediatric cases have been reported in the literature. Two cases of needle ingestion, one of which migrated to liver and the other penetrated to omentum, were reported in this paper and the cases were managed laparoscopically with the aid of fluoroscopy. The aim of the study is to emphasize that surgeons dealing with non-progressive foreign bodies shouldn't hesitate on the decision of surgery, especially in centers where laparoscopy is widely available.


The origin of Kanghuang 1,a peanut breed against Aspergillus flavus,was identified in this paper.36 bands were amplified with six primers,Sangon-43,Sangon-45,Sangon-243,Sangon-257,Sangon-1094 and Sangon-2098,with Kanghuang 1 as their template,and all these bands could be identified from the electrophoretic map of ICGV94449A and Yueyou 169;but some bands that only appeared in Kanghuang 1 and ICGV94449A were found in the electrophoretic maps with Sangon-43,Sangon-45 and Sangon-2098 as their primers,and some that only appeared in Kanghuang 1 and Yueyou 169 were found in the electrophoretic map with Sangon-243 as its primer;and some which were weaker in the electrophoretic map of Kanghuang 1 than in that of ICGV94449A and Yueyou 169 were found in the electrophoretic map with Sangon-257 as its primer.It was concluded that some genetic features of Kanghuang 1 were the same with ICGV94449A,and some were the same with Yueyou 169,and others had some kind of variety in band density.It was supported that Kanghuang 1 was the offspring of ICGV94449A and Yueyou 169.


This chapter examines the procedure of precept conferral in Śubhakarasiṃha's (637–735) Essentials of Meditation (Ch. Wuwei sanzang chanyao 無畏三藏禪 要 , T 917, 18: 942b–46a): repentance, proclamation of vows, dhāraṇī recita-tion, and meditation. An Esoteric practitioner must achieve and practice all these steps to receive bodhisattva precepts. I will also present, as the title of Śubhakarasiṃha's manual suggests, an alternative analysis of this text that argues that its purpose was rather an initiation into this type of meditation. To gain a better understanding of Śubhakarasiṃha's perceptions in relation to contemporaneous Chinese Buddhism, I investigate other eighth-century texts with similar contents, including (a) Five Skillful Means of Mahāyāna ; (b) Amoghavajra's Manual of Receiving Bodhicitta Precepts ; and (c) Zhanran's 湛然 Manual of Bodhisattva Precepts Conferral . In comparing Śubhakarasiṃha's text with the others, similarities emerge among Tiantai, early Chan, and Esoteric Buddhism. The notions of "pure precepts" and "purified meditation" played essential roles in the precept-conferral ceremony across these texts. Moreover, the comparison yields the sense of a rather fluid religious environment in eighth-century China, in which different branches of Buddhist communities shared many doctrines. First, I will examine the precept-conferral procedure itself. As Śubhaka-rasiṃha specified in his manual, an esoteric practitioner must complete each of the requisite steps in order to attain bodhisattva precepts. The whole procedure runs in chronological order: repentance, proclamation of vows, dhāraṇī recitation, and meditation. The combination of dhāraṇī and meditation features Esoteric and (Northern) Chan


Synopsis The Ythan valley demonstrates the extent of the aureole of the Haddo House norite in the Fyvie schists. In the pelites the replacement of the regional cordierite, one and a half miles from, the norite, by muscovite and quartz implies a potash metasomatism but this cannot be proved from the chemical data. Although outcrop is poor, there is little doubt that temperatures high enough to mobilise the country rocks were operative very near the basic mass.


I would like to share with you some of my experiences in fighting corruption in Papua New Guinea. My story is not unique. Stories like mine are unfortunately replicated across far too many countries around the world. I have dedicated the last few years to combatting corruption in PNG. My journey, though dangerous at times, and uncomfortable and unpleasant for my family, has been personally rewarding in ways that I could never have imagined.


Misch (1987) uses the Kennedy and Applegate's classification of edentations, to which, for all of the types of edentations, he adds the bone availability. The bone availability is conditioned by the height, width, length and angulation of the alveolar process, as well as by the ratio between the coronary height and the support of the implant, for the purpose of implants application.