Purpose - The paper aims highlight the state of ICT integration to the educational system of the Philippines, including the challenges, efforts, and possible solutions.  Design/Methodology/Approach - The study is a review of two scholarly works focusing on the case of ICT integration in the educational system of Philippines. The paper reviewed were the paper of Kubota, Yamamoto, and Morioka (2018) entitled, Promoting ICT education in developing countries: Case Study in the Philippine and the  research work of Bonifacio (2013) entitled, Developing Information Communication Technology (ICT) Curriculum Standards for K-12 Schools in the Philippines. Findings - The critical analysis of the reviewed papers revealed several policy actions to fully integrate ICT in education in the case of Philippines such as added trainings for teachers, provision of computer infrastructures, integration of ICT in the curriculum in a strategized manner, and lastly a strong leadership. Originality - The paper provided a lens both on the problematic situation on the actual school set-ups and also the possible key steps to be undertaken for improvement. It is a review of the selected academic papers which delves into the ICT-Integration in the Educational System of Philippines. The formal efforts of the government were also highlighted including the prime importance of ICT in education. The paper does not only embolden a problem of the inadequacy of the school facilities but it highlights how this problem affects the competitiveness of Filipinos in the job market and the backwardness of the standing of the country in technological advancement.


Magnetohydrodynamic flow of a supersonic stream of plasma around a thin conducting body is considered. A special process of inductive electromagnetic interaction with a plasma is indicated, wherein an electric field that generates a direct electric current is induced on the surface of the body, while magnetohydrodynamic wave perturbations are produced in the medium. The inductive interaction is determined by the conductivity of the body in the stream. Expressions are obtained for the drag, lateral-shifts, and buoyant forces due to the inductive interaction, as well as for the energy flux.


Feng min-chang,was a famous poet of Qian-Jia dynasty.He adhered to Confucianism,complyed with Filial piety,had the very important status in the history of Lingnan poem.He was very good at learning and thinking,so his poems showed various styles.And we also can learn his poems'Special Style: wide;profound;powerful.His works inherited Lingnan Poem's powerful,which made him one of impoint poets in the development of Lingnan poems' history.


Acceleration time histories recorded during liftoff in six Space Shuttle flights are analyzed digitally. Accelerations are measured in the three axial directions of the shuttle using accelerometers calibrated for the 0–50 Hz range. The event analyzed involves the interval beginning at solid rocket booster ignition and lasting for 2.5 sec. During this interval the data are assumed to be realizations of a stationary trivariate random process. Power spectral density models are formulated using a two-stage auto/cross-correlation matching (ACM) technique. In this technique, the spectra of the vector process representing the measured data are modeled using an autoregressive (AR) filter. From this filter, a reduced-order autoregressive moving average (ARMA) model is formulated. Further, when considering a univariate random process, additional order reduction is achieved by using a novel modal-energy-based, system order-reduction technique applied to the initial AR model. The numerical results of this paper shoul...


Hamlet's desire must be examined in relation to the desire to be, that is the desire for identity: this is the claim upheld in this study. Consequently, the article begins by making a distinction between the desire to be and the desire to have: this distinction was expressed in a new way by Freud, but was never adequately developed either by Freud himself or by Lacan. Therefore, the desire to be has remained prisoner of the Oedipus complex, even in Lacan's reformulation in which it basically proves to be the desire to be the Phallus.
Yet the desire to be must be understood starting from the "modal revolution" introduced by Heidegger, and this allows us to appreciate the more innovative thesis in Freud's essay, Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego (1921). Identity is a relationship that may be considered to be a coincidence or a non-coincidence with oneself: in the latter case, we will refer to an "overcoming identity". As a result, philosophy, the theory of the subject and the theory of literature are called upon to investigate the modes of identity.
From the perspective of the modes of being, Hamlet is analyzed here starting from his refusal to subordinate his own identity to the role of avenger. His desire oversteps the borders of neurosis and melancholy, in which it had traditionally been imprisoned (also by Lacan). Hamlet is a hero of non-coincidence: he goes beyond the models that appear to him to be inadequate and attempts to construct a flexible identity. Adopting the mask of madness, he has the opportunity to display his linguistic creativity. This does not deny that Hamlet is a tormented hero: the shadow of his father and the lust of his mother are obstacles to the desire of non-coincidence.
This interpretation is only delineated in the last pages of the article. It is first necessary to show that the limitations of Lacan's interpretation derive from a narrow conception of the Symbolic and the desire to be for which Lacan never acknowledges creative possibilities. The Lacanian notion of "lack" is a logical and epistemological obstacle that prevents the development of the logic of flexibility and the "non" of "non-coincidence".


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A study to develop understanding of nurses' knowledge, confidence and educational needs in relation to cancer care was undertaken.

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Data from this study on nurses' attitudes and the effect of professional encounters with cancer on such attitudes are presented.

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A cancer attitude scale was completed by 127 nurses, and 68 of the sample were interviewed in depth.

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Data presented reveal a pervasive negative attitude towards cancer amongst these nurses, and the important negative impact that professional encounters with cancer have on nurses' feelings about the disease.

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Data presented are taken from a larger study, which is reported elsewhere (Corner, 1990; Corner & Wilson-Barnett, 1992).


From 1990 to 1995, Beijing was an active participant in the Tumen River Area Development Programme (TRADP), a multinational economic scheme to develop the region around the Tumen River Delta. Indeed, it is reasonable to characterize China as the most supportive of all the countries involved in the TRADP during this period. An economic-centered account cannot adequately explain Beijing's involvement because the TRADP never offered China meaningful economic gains. Instead, we must turn to political factors to understand China's interest in and support for this project. Specifically, Beijing was supportive of the TRADP because of three political benefits that the project seemed to offer. First, it presented China with a prospective means to balance against the economic and political threat posed by Japan. Second, it supplied China with potential options to counter the political threat generated by Western protectionism and bloc formation. Third, it gave China additional options to ensure peace and stability on the strategic Korean peninsula.


Magnesium (Mg) alloys are the most promising candidates to be next-generation biomaterials due to their ability to degrade biologically in the physiological environment. The authors elucidate here ...


Capital punishment as imposed on the drug trafficking and possesing firearems crimes in Malaysia has received a lot of criticism from international community. Reseaches show that to some extent, capital punishment can deter proliferation of serious crimes. This paper will disucuss the provision of death penalty for some serious offences in Malaysia, the concept of mandatory and mandatory capital punishment from Shariah viewpoint.


It is extremely rare that the urinary bladder stones cause vesicorectal fistulas. Urinary tract infection and poor fluid intake are the main etiologies that precipitate vesical stone formation, and subsequent rectovesical fistula. We present a complicated case of neglected vesical stone, which recurred 3 times. The patient presented with passage of urine per rectum leading to fecal incontinence. He was managed only with vesicolithotomy and bladder wash with eventual spontaneous closure of the rectovesical fistula.


Fields in axially balanced corrugated cylindrical waveguide, also called hard surface waveguide, which is filled with chiral medium are considered. The eigenfields inside the chiral hard surface waveguide are circularly polarised fields. In a nonchiral hard surface waveguide these eigenmodes are propagating with the same propagation factor. When the chiralty parameter of the medium is small, which can be achieved by putting a small number of chiral inclusions, i.e. helices, into the base material, the coupling of the eigenmodes is weak, and the effect of the chirality is seen as a change in polarisation of the propagating wave. This effect make it possible to make mode transformers and phase shifters. Also the chiral hard surface waveguide of a proper length can be used as a matching element between different kind of circular waveguides.


Brake discs of carbon or other porous material in which the opposed faces of the discs are provided with shallow grooves extending between the inner and outer circumferences to vent steam and other gases generated during braking. The grooves of the stationary discs may be at different angles relative to the radii than are the grooves of the rotating discs.


ABSTRACT Grape seed extract is a highly efficient natural antioxidant, mainly due to proanthocyanidin. Grape seed proanthocyanidin (GSP) confers antitumor, antiradiation, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activities, protection of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems, and visual function improvement, among other biological activities. However, GSP is sensitive to light and heat, and is easily affected by pH, oxygen levels, etc., complicating its extraction and application. This article analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of different extraction processes, summarizes the applicable extraction methods under different conditions, and provides a theoretical basis for GSP processing, while emphasizing GSP's excellent biological activity and the current status of its development and utilization in food industry.


Reliability is an important indicator for evaluating the level of power grids. This paper aims to study the factors that affect the reliability of the power grid. This paper proposes a simplified reliability evaluation index based on the capacity-to-load ratio. Then, a power grid reliability model based on system dynamics is established, and a causal cycle diagram and a system stack flow chart are given. After that, this paper uses VENSIM to simulate a given model in different situations. Finally, the relationship between reliability index and demand response resource penetration rate, reliability index and transmission and distribution price is given. At the end of this article, some suggestions are made to the government on DSM and price incentives.


Melvin Goodale and David Milner are prominent visual neuroscientists who have provided some of the most convincing evidence for the presence of two visual streams: a dorsal stream concerned with action and a ventral stream responsible for conscious perception. This book describes 15 years of research that they, as well as others, have spent exploring these pathways. The authors begin by using the case study of a patient, Dee, who suffered damage to her ventral pathway as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning, as a means to illustrate the existence of these two pathways. The rest of the book describes a wide variety of research in the context of explaining how Dee's injury has affected her vision. Early chapters describe the behavioral and neural evidence for the two pathways. The next few chapters describe these pathways in more depth and argue that they differ not only in their functional roles but also in the way that information is represented. The authors argue that the dorsal "action" pathway is viewpoint dependent and uses world metrics, whereas the ventral "perception" pathway is object based and uses metrics based on relative size. The authors then describe how these two types of processing interact and argue that "consciousness" is solely associated with the ventral stream. Finally, the authors return to Dee and describe her visual function 15 years after her accident. In terms of material and organization, this book closely resembles The Visual Brain in Action, a book for specialists published by the same authors. Possibly as a result, this book is probably a little less approachable to a general reader than the authors intended. I know of almost no literature explaining visual processing and the effects of cortical damage that is written at a level suitable for patients with cortical blindness (or their families). For the more sophisticated, this book should be invaluable, but I think the majority of patients will find it a little too academic. However, because the book reviews 15 years of research on an important and fascinating topic in neuroscience, it provides an excellent perspective on how science progresses through the gradual accumulation of evidence. The book also touches on a wide array of important questions in vision while remaining unashamedly speculative. As such, it would make superb course material that should provoke discussion in either a high-level undergraduate or early graduate course. Clinicians looking for a theoretical overview of visual function with an emphasis on the effects of visuocortical damage would also find this book interesting. I would have like to have been provided with more of an insight into Dee's perspective. The authors note that it is difficult for Dee to describe her visual experience: "we are asking Dee to talk about what she doesn't see—we are asking her to describe what is not there in her conscious experience." But still, presumably Dee remembers what it was like to live life with normal vision? She should be able to describe which activities she now finds particularly difficult. In a fascinating postscript describing Dee's visual performance 15 years after the accident, the authors describe Dee's ability to perform a variety of visual skills. They describe various examples of her sophisticated compensatory strategies; but again, it would have been interesting to know whether Dee has any insight into how she has gradually learned to compensate for her visual deficits. As may be expected from Oxford University Press, the general esthetic is appealing. A minor criticism is that the neuroanatomic data are represented in a wide variety of formats and orientations. This makes it difficult (and probably impossible for a general reader) to compare patterns of neural activity across the different plates.


Recently, By development of technologies and means of communication, governments also tended to use e-government to improve and facilitate the provision of its services to citizens and companies associated with these its citizens. Cloud computing has emerged recently as an influential and effective in providing and facilitating the provision of services via the Internet.This research analyses and illustrates the reality of e-government, ICT infrastructure and its administrative development in Yemen in addition to the benefits and challenges of e-government and cloud computing in Yemen.
Type of this study is mixed method, Data source of this research is mix of primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected by surveys and interviews while secondary data was collected by many reports, articles, journals, previous studies and other available documentation related to the topic of the paper.
The results of this research could be summarized in this conclusion as following: Administrative development in different departments of public sector have experienced the ICT and established good infrastructure of ICT, but e-government still use the traditional methods. The interviews showed that, there are a huge gap between the reality of e-governments and the usual infrastructure that are required to establish e-government that depend on cloud computing as a better choice. There are many initiatives by many researchers introducing the use of technology but there is also a lack of infrastructure and support for these services. There are many challenges facing the implementations of egovernment and its development in Yemen is political stability, awareness of the importance of e-government and lately conflicts and wars


. This paper is explored with the stability procedure for linear nonautonomous multiterm fractional damped systems involving time delay. Finite-time stability (FTS) criteria have been developed based on the extended form of Gronwall inequality. Also, the result is deduced to a linear autonomous case. Two examples of applications of stability analysis in numerical formulation are described showing the expertise of theoretical prediction.


This paper presents a system dynamics simulation model of districts in greater municipal areas. The model combines in a simplified way the impacts of building material flows during their life cycle, public and private transport, and the energy use and distribution in several simultaneously simulated districts. It is designed to study the longterm effects of different policies on the combined environmental impacts from transport, energies and materials. The population aging and its effect on the dynamic movement of inhabitants across the system boundaries and between the districts is also included in the model either as a permanent relocation or a temporary travels to reach the services or work. The model will support the city authorities in the planning of new urban areas and investments into rehabilitation of existing ones. Such policies must be designed to take into account the interaction between the built environment, infrastructure, services for the inhabitants and their transport and energy needs. The dynamic interaction between several district models simulated in parallel is essential to understand the effect of the particular decision on the surrounding areas. Material flow analysis opens the possibility for improved building waste treatment policies such as separation, recycling and material re-use. The construction, maintenance and demolition of the buildings implemented in the model affects the attractiveness of the buildings to the inhabitants and their willingness to move into the area or stay there. The same negative effect as obsolete buildings may be caused by traffic congestion, insufficient public transport or the reduction of green areas by the infrastructure. Therefore the difficult task of city administration to keep the balance between the needs of inhabitants and the interventions to improve the environmental efficiency has to be aided by sophisticated simulation methods such as the presented model. Petr Hradil, Miimu Airaksinen and Isabel Pinto-Seppä 2


Dataflow models of computation (MoCs) are widely used to design embedded signal processing and streaming systems. Dozens of dataflow MoCs have been proposed in the past few decades. More recently, several parametric dataflow MoCs have been presented as an interesting tradeoff between analyzability and expressiveness. They offer a controlled form of dynamism under the form of parameters (e.g., parametric rates), along with runtime parameter configuration. This survey provides a comprehensive description of the existing parametric dataflow MoCs (constructs, constraints, properties, static analyses) and compares them using a common example. The main objectives are to help designers of streaming applications choose the most suitable model for their needs and pave the way for the design of new parametric MoCs.


The purpose of this essay was to make researches into how imitation influence students vocal development both technical and musical. My questions dealt with students imitation of idols and artists as well as imitation in relation to the singing examples made by the singingteacher and the consequences that follows. I chose to interview three vocalinstructors that independently of each other, teaches in different towns/villages in Sweden. The result shows that imitation is an important part of a singers musical and technical development, but there are risks to be aware of. The fact that the vocalinstructor makes singingexamples in the teaching situation is significant and frequent, which makes demands on the teacher. Whether the teacher uses imitation in his/her own vocal demonstrations or by letting the student imitate other singers and artists, the result of this essay shows that it can be at the expense of the students personal expression. Even though imitation and singing demonstrations represent a large part of the vocal instruction, the singingteacher should strive towards a combination where discussion also plays a natural part. Imitation can help to experience technical and musical sensations, while the discussion brings reflection and understanding.


Economic growth is influenced by several factors, both in developing and developed countries, where the indicator of seeing high or low is seen through Gross Domestic Product (GDP). On the other hands, GDP is also influenced by other variables, in this paper the author aims to further review the relationship between GDP and interest rates, exchange rates, and inflation rates in Indonesia using a time-series technique, during the period 2010 Q1 to 2020 Q4. The data for this study were provided by Bank Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund. Since the model has a spurious problem, the error correction model was used to compare the results of the analysis in the long and short run. The cointegration estimation based on trace and max-eigen statistic is greater than the critical value which means it is cointegrated. The findings indicate that in the long run and short run, there are variables insignificantly GDP and there are changes in correlation between variables and GDP in each method that have been used, owing to this further study is needed. When to the one or two aligned macroeconomic variables applied in previous related research, this paper casts an empirical light into understanding the link. Derived from the research results, the Indonesian government should adopt appropriate policies to stabilise the monetary sector, especially the central bank which is deemed essential to improve the flexibility in adjusting and anticipating more economic issues as well as future challenges.


Adequate length of stay (LOS) during hospitalization is not only a critical determinant of quality of care, but can be a useful predictor of the risk of future readmissions. Recent studies have shown alarming evidence that the United States leads developed nations in terms of shorter hospital stays, rendering patients with greater risk of future readmissions. We focus on deviation between hospital LOS and the geometric mean LOS (GMLOS), a guideline for care delivery stipulated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Our objective is to establish the relationship between LOS and readmission risk, examine the role of health IT in reducing the deviation of LOS, and address cost trade‐offs between early discharges and readmissions. Based on a large panel of congestive heart failure (CHF) patients during a 4‐year period, we find that implementation of health IT applications is associated with a reduction in the deviation between LOS and GMLOS. This deviation is associated with a significant increase in future 30‐day readmission risk. Patients whose inpatient stays are shorter than the GMLOS guideline, by 1 day or more, are likely to exhibit a 1.1% greater risk of readmission, and even shorter stays are likely to further exacerbate their readmission risk. Further, we find that the total readmission costs are much higher than the costs incurred in keeping patients longer during their initial hospital visit. Our results have important policy implications for providers and hospital administrators with respect to their discharge policies of CHF patients.


N-2 fixation by coral reef benthic substrates may support primary productivity on oligo trophic coral reefs. However, little is known regarding the influence of environmental para meters on coral reef benthic N-2 fixation. This study quantified N-2 fixation and photosynthesis in 3 common reef framework substrates: turf algae, coral rock, and the abundant encrusting sponge Mycale fistulifera over 4 seasons in the northern Gulf of Aqaba. N-2 fixation activity was detected during day and night for all substrates, but on an annual average was significantly higher for turf algae (4.4 +/- 3.9 nmol C2H4 cm(-2) h(-1)) and coral rock (3.5 +/- 2.8 nmol C2H4 cm(-2) h(-1)) compared to M. fistulifera (0.2 +/- 0.2 nmol C2H4 cm(-2) h(-1)). There was strong seasonality in N-2 fixation, with rates one order of magnitude higher in summer when temperature and irradiance were highest but inorganic nutrient concentrations lowest. During summer and fall, when nutrients were low, we found a significant positive linear relationship between gross photosynthesis (P-gross) and N-2 fixation in turf algae and coral rock. Further, we estimate N-2 fixation can supply up to 20 and 27% of the N demand for net photosynthesis (P-net) in coral rock and turf algae, respectively. By contrast there was no significant relationship between N-2 fixation and Pgross in M. fistulifera, which displayed negative Pnet and heterotrophic metabolism (P-gross: respiration <1). These findings highlight the role of environmental parameters in regulating benthic substrate-associated N-2 fixation and the potential importance of fixed N for supporting primary production, particularly during nutrient-depleted conditions.


At the end of June, a series of three conferences in Victoria will explore the relationships of schools with their local communities. These one-day events will examine the opportunities and challenges in schoolcommunity partnerships, and showcase interesting local, national and international initiatives. Schools are increasingly called upon to contribute to the general wellbeing of children and build or nurture community links, but face the competing pressure to enhance their core educational role. The forthcoming conferences will explore these and other issues.


Network organization is an organizational form that holds a big promise of reaching organizational flexibility. It is often argued that by means of tearing down the walls of bureaucratic authority organizations can promote organization-wide cooperation and integration, essential features of competitive organizations in a changing marketplace. In this paper we look at a simpler version of network organization i.e. matrix organization in order to study interpersonal dynamics in an organization. Specifically, we look at social networks and show that the patterns of relationships predicted by the expectaions of theory of network organization does not emerge. Contrary to expectations, we find the lack of lateral networks and strong vertical communication with direct supervisors. The paper concludes by proposing a theory of status uncertainty as an explanation for the failure of network organizations to eschew bureaucracy and generate company wide integration and cooperation. The tearing down of bureaucracy creates status uncertainty within organizations which leads actors to build protective neworks recreating hierarchies in the process. The paper concludes with suggestion that bureaucracy could be altered in many ways to accommodate flexibility. But flexibility can not be achieved by tearing down bureaucracy.


Whether Wenchuan in Sichuan,or Yushu in Qinghai,the mode of "the Chinese Earthquake Rescue" makes the world amazed.After the catastrophe,what reflections do we have on "Chinese Earthquake Rescue"? besides thanking to the superiority of nationwide system.In this paper,we will analyze the status quo of emergency management System from the perspective of Earthquake Rescue In Yushu.Combined with the actual economic and social development in Qinghai,we will put forward the main issues which we need to address in the future,such as changing the concept of government which is tend to "save" rather than "defense",fostering the public crisis awareness,improving the emergency plans of local government,establishing the Diversification of the relief system,improving the seismic capacity of buildings.


This article reports United States salary data from the April 2003 survey of Society for Technical Communication members who identify themselves as educators. It provides analysis of salary data based on type of institution, rank, tenure status, experience, education level, sex, and age. It also reports on benefits, administrative responsibilities, job satisfaction, and program size.


Highly textured single phase superconducting YBa2Cu3O7−x films have been successfully grown on the yttria‐stabilized zirconia (100) substrates by using the metalorganic chemical vapor deposition technique. The as‐deposited films grown at 650 °C were homogeneous mixtures of the related metal oxides and carbonates. Subsequent thermal annealing under oxygen flow yielded single phase superconducting films whose thickness corresponded to the deposition rates of approximately 10 μm/h. After the post‐annealing the films deposited on the yttria‐stabilized zirconia substrates exhibited a highly textured x‐ray pattern with c axis perpendicular to the substrate surface. These films show an onset superconducting transition temperature of 93 K with the resistance becoming zero at 84 K.


In this paper we present a multilevel and pluralistic conceptual framework that is particularly useful for Brazilian researchers investigating information and communication technology (ICT) based social changes from a community/societal level of analysis. The framework is influenced by three theoretical perspectives: social shaping of technology, structurationist view of technology and contextualism. It integrates four main concepts - relevant social groups, interpretive frames, negotiation and technology-in-practice - organized in terms of three dimensions - context, process and content. The framework, already applied to 12 different research projects led by Brazilian scholars during the last four years, is seen as a work in permanent transformation and open to reuse, revision, remix and constant revalidation.


The synthesis and antibacterial activity of a series of 1 beta-methylcarbapenems having quaternary heteroaromatic-thiomethyl groups at the C-2 position are described. Both 2-hydroxymethyl and 2-chloromethyl carbapenems (1 and 7) respectively served as the common key intermediates for the preparation of these compounds. Of these, the 4-pyridiniothiomethyl derivatives exhibited the best antibacterial properties and turned out to possess high in vivo efficacy as well.


This study aims to determine the effect of market orientation and product innovation on marketing performance partially and simultaneously. The population in this study is the home owner of the sculpture carving craft industry in Trowulan District, Mojokerto Regency and the sample taken is 51 respondents obtained by calculating the slovin formula. And as described in the marketing and strategic management literature; that market orientation has a positive impact on marketing performance in a small industry as well as a large company. The results of this study have a positive influence on the significance of market orientation and product innovation on marketing performance. Thus, Market Orientation (X1) and Product Innovation (X2) have an effect on Marketing Performance (Y) in the Home Industry of Sculpture Crafts in Trowulan District, Mojokerto Regency.


The ongoing and escalating destruction of the environment and climate is one of the most significant problems facing the entire globe. A key step forward in international cooperation to address climate change and the destruction being caused is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The COP26 accord is a crucial step in raising international awareness and fostering diplomatic relations for climate-related issues. Also, COP26 is essential for the international community to recognise how the ongoing growth of economic activity has aggravated climate change by raising atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2), which has raised global temperatures. By utilising more natural resources and increasing energy use, the rapid development of global production has also increased the ecological footprint (EF), contributing to global warming. Additionally, as the world's population increases, environmental worries develop because of the greater need for energy. The most evident issues affecting the entire planet now are the slowly changing climate and increasing environmental deterioration. The economy and health of humanity will suffer because of this significant increase in greenhouse gases (GHG). To achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, both developed and developing countries should prioritise environmental preservation and energy security (Sharma et al., 2021). Countries that import energy are also working to ensure a sufficient supply to maintain their individual rates of economic growth. However, since burning dirty fossil fuels has a negative impact on the environment, ensuring energy security should normally be accomplished by expanding the availability of greener energy alternatives. As a result, existing international agreements for ecological development, such as the Paris OPEN ACCESS


Theoretically, phonetic data and phonologtical rules for use in text-to-speech conversion by computer are based on how character strings record speech strings. In combination with computer implementation strategy,this paper discusses the complexity and main linguistic issues encountered in the course of convening Chinese text intostandard Chinese speech.


This article examines the electoral process of 2006, which resulted in the reelection of president Lula. It states that the period was characterized by protests of unsatisfied voters and by PSDB's strategy faults, starting by the choice of its candidate. It is also argued that the ethical debâcle of Partido dos Trabalhadores stimulated a wave of prejudice unseen in Brazilian political history .


This paper briefly analyzes the pipeline construction in collapsible loess region,describes material selection,pipeline foundation and piping interface and other aspects,and proposes specific construction methods and common problems occurring in engineering and solutions,with a view to accumulate experience for future similar engineering construction.


Lichen sclerosus is an uncommon disease of unknown etiology in which small white areas on the skin may be associated with an atrophic, potentially scarring condition of the perineum. A 45-year-old male patient presented with porcelain white atrophic plaques over shaft and glans penis, along with complaint of intense pruritus, painful penile erection and burning micturition. Presumptive diagnosis of lichen sclerosus was kept. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis.


We have previously shown that 5‐azacytidine (5‐Aza‐CR) induced the formation of biochemically differentiated myotubes, adipocytes, and chondrocytes in the mouse embryo cell line, C3H/10T1/2CL8 (10T1/2), and that the induction of the muscle phenotype was cell cycle specific. Here we show that the adipocyte phenotype is also induced maximally in cells treated during early S phase. During this period, the minimum treatment time required for the subsequent formation of myotubes was 5 min and the number of myotubes formed was dependent on treatment time. The incorporation of 14C‐5‐Aza‐CR into DNA during the cell cycle, however, was not enhanced during early S phase, suggesting that incorporation of 5‐Aza‐CR into specific DNA sequences synthesized during early S phase may be required for the expression of the new phenotypes. Single cells, obtained by plating cell suspensions into 16 mm wells at limiting dilution, were treated with 5‐Aza‐CR during S phase. The resulting clones showed a high frequency of phenotypic conversion, indicating that 5‐Aza‐CR did not act via a selective mechanism, and several of the clones were capable of expressing more than one phenotype. The cells required more than 2 division cycles after treatment with the analog for the expression of the muscle phenotype and the capacity to differentiate was retained for long periods of time in the absence of cell division. The adult mouse line, CVP3SC6, differentiated into functional striated muscle cells following treatment with 5‐Aza‐CR. The analog also caused oncogenic transformation in the adult line at the same concentration that was effective at inducing myogenic expression.


While much is known about the macrophage receptors important for the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells, little is known about how macrophages first "sense" and then move toward dying cells. Work presented here investigates the chemoattractant molecules released by dying cells in the "Come-get-me" stage of apoptotic cell clearance. The CD 14 knockout mouse (CD 14-/-) was observed to have increased numbers of free apoptotic cells in the thymus. It was hypothesised that this was due to a defect in macrophage clearance of dying cells. In vitro assays revealed that macrophages from the CD 14-/mouse had a partial defect in the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells. Clearance also involves macrophage movement towards the apoptotic corpse. Therefore, it was hypothesised that, in addition to a phagocytosis defect, CD 14-/had impaired chemotaxis to apoptotic cells. An in vitro transmigration assay was developed using the Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) cells as a source of apoptotic cells. In this assay, monocytes and macrophages, but not neutrophils, migrated preferentially to apoptotic BL, and chemotaxis correlated to phosphatidylserine exposure on apoptotic cells. Chemotaxis was abolished when BL were transfected with the anti-apoptotic protein bcl-2. Although CD 14 was up regulated on the surface of the migrating macrophages, experiments with knockout cells revealed that chemotaxis did not require either CD 14 or the scavenger receptor CD36. Experiments using a viral chemokine antagonist (vMIPII) suggested that fractalkine (CX3CL1) was a candidate "come-get-me" signal released from dying cells. Fractalkine was expressed by apoptotic cells and in chemotaxis assays, CX3CL1 competitively inhibited macrophage migration to apoptotic cells but not to CCL5 (RANTES). Monoclonal antibodies that blocked the chemokine domain of CX3CL1 also inhibited macrophage chemotaxis to apoptotic cells. This is the first demonstration of the involvement of a known chemokine, CX3CL1 in the clearance of apoptotic cells. In this novel process, cells dying by apoptosis release fractalkine that recruits macrophages primed to efficiently engulf the cell corpse.


With design of the superior hybrid design "416-B",experiment was conducted to study the effects of nitrogen,phosphorus,potassium and zinc on the yield and quality of pakchoi.The results showed that the effect of N,P,K and Zn on pakchoi yield was NZnKP.Combined application of N,P,K and Zn could increased yield and improved the quality of pakchoi.Under this experiment conditions,the optimum allocation rates was N 0.26 g/kg、P2O5 0.11 g/kg、K2O 0.42 g/kg and Zn 0.017 g/kg,predicted yield,and Zn,soluble sugar,Vc and nitrate content of pakchoi was 790.7 g/pot FW,81.9 mg/kg FW,1.63%,117.9 mg/kg FW and 809.5 mg/kg FW,respectively.


The role of parental gender into the formulation of their expectations of coaches and their involvement into the training procedure of young swimmers.


3-Picolinic acid (niacin) is utilized to coordinate with Pb2+, passivate the defects and control the perovskite crystal growth. The resulting device achieved a PCE close to 20%, along with improved air and ultraviolet illumination stability.


When a steady‐state capacitive rf discharge is sustained between two electrodes whose surfaces in contact with the plasma have different areas, a negative dc self‐bias usually develops on the smaller electrode. For ratios of electrode areas greater than about three, the self‐bias is typically 80%–90% of the zero‐to‐peak potential of the applied rf voltage. However, in cylindrical‐post magnetron discharges which are driven by rf power, the self‐bias is often only 10%–20% of the zero‐to‐peak applied voltage. Since these discharges are of interest to both sputtering and plasma‐assisted etching, we have investigated the formation of the dc self‐bias as a function of applied magnetic field strength. We studied discharges using different diameter post electrodes at rf frequencies of 1.8 and 13.56 MHz. The self‐bias voltages were indeed found to be considerably less than those observed in nonmagnetron discharges. Electrostatic probes were used to measure the interelectrode potential distribution. From these resu...


In This paper the previous Li-Ion battery charger techniques are reviewed and compared and the new fuzzy logic battery charging method which is proposed to optimize and improve the battery charger efficiently. According to results of comparison, using the fuzzy control charging system can shorten the charging time with higher efficiency and lower temperature rise. Additionally, we have used optimal Li-ion battery charging frequency by using AC impedance technique which means if the battery is charged by the optimal charging frequency fZmin, that obtain from Bode Plot of the Li-ion battery, the charging time and charging efficiency will improve. Thus using the switching frequency (fZmin) of the battery charger and the fuzzy logic control on the same system can optimize the performance on the charging process. According to the experimental results, the proposed charger can charge the Li-ion batteries with higher efficiency 97.16%, lower temperature rise1.513degree celosias, fast charging period around 50.43 minute and long life cycle. The results in this paper are presented by using MATLAB and dsPIC30F2020 is used as controller applying designed fuzzy logic inside.


To evaluate the impact of an extended versus a standard pelvic lymph node dissection on disease‐free survival and cancer‐specific survival of patients with non‐metastatic muscle‐invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder treated with radical cystectomy.


In the past decades, the ever-increasing popularity of the Internet has led to an explosive growth of information, which has consequently led to the emergence of recommendation systems. A series of cloud-based encryption measures have been adopted in the current recommendation systems to protect users' privacy. However, there are still many other privacy attacks on the local devices. Therefore, this paper studies the encryption interference of applying a differential privacy protection scheme on the data in the user's local devices under the assumption of an untrusted server. A dynamic privacy budget allocation method is proposed based on a localized differential privacy protection scheme while taking the specific application scene of movie recommendation into consideration. What is more, an improved user-based collaborative filtering algorithm, which adopts a matrix-based similarity calculation method instead of the traditional vector-based method when computing the user similarity, is proposed. Finally, it was proved by experimental results that the differential privacy-based movie recommendation system (DP-MRE) proposed in this paper could not only protect the privacy of users but also ensure the accuracy of recommendations.


Roentgen examination of the upper gastro-intestinal tract in infants and children is frequently a tedious and timeconsuming procedure, but one which, with a little additional patience upon the part of the radiologist and technician, will afford gratifying results. Persistent vomiting in the newborn infant frequently imposes problems in differential diagnosis, and many times the survival of the child depends upon early recognition of the abnormality and immediate surgery. While occasionally only the routine plain films of the chest and abdomen are needed for diagnosis, the administration of contrast medium may give valuable information as to the type and location of the lesion. Seldom is there any serious contraindication to studies with appropriate contrast media. Fluoroscopy and spot-film radiography are extremely useful in the examination of these children, and in my opinion the contrast medium should always be administered under the supervision of the radiologist at the time of the examination. The int...


The research done for this article is following the elaboration of a moldable model on the actual economic context, in which there are considered continuous learning elements on facts and commercial niches, evaluating a business starting from causality diagram and structuring its processes. Analyzing the evolution of a business and on the market in which they are deploying their activity through quantitative and qualitative measurement methods focused on trends. Testing hypotheses and business suppositions that are the main engine of theory focused on planning, a model of creating a strategic management process that will be developed in this article.


Objective
To compare the efficiency and security of integrated flexible and rigid ureteroscope and electronic flexible ureteroscope combined with Holmium laser for treatment of renal stones.

Methods
From September 2015 to march 2017, 120 patients with renal stones were treated by electronic flexible ureteroscope (65 cases, group A) or integrated flexible and rigid ureteroscope (55 cases, group B), the data in the two groups were compared.

Results
No significant differences in operative time, complication rate, postoperative hospital stay and stone-free rate were found. Cost and duration of therapy were significantly different between the two groups (P<0.05).

Conclusion
Integrated flexible and rigid ureteroscope in the treatment of renal stones is minimally invasive, safe and effective, although less than electronic flexible ureteroscope in definition of surgical fields, but is better in opertation effect, cost and duration of therapy, worthy of further application and promotion.

Key words:
Sun's ureteroscope; Ureteroscope; Holmium laser; Renal stones


The effect of Gandharva Haritaki, Sudarshana Vati, Arogyavardhini Vati along with Punarnavadi Kashaya were studied clinically on a case of Hepatits - C by modern diagnostic tools with USG Abdomen and Hematological investigations. The review of the patient was done on daily basis in IPD and weekly basis after discharge, the clinical features like loss of appetite, heaviness of abdomen and general weakness were completely subsided during the 2nd month of treatment.


A global multi-resolution digital elevation model (DEM) and a feasible solution for its visualization and management remains a challenging vision. In this paper a multi-resolution DEM based on the ellipsoidal triangular meshes is made to approximate to the earth surface. It was built through quaternary triangular mesh (QTM) hierarchical tessellation of the ellipsoidal surface. In order to achieve fast access, we organize the global DEM data as a hierarchy of Diamonds and indexing them based on the linear quadtree. Furthermore, a LOD is built through recursive subdivision of each Diamond, and an approach of viewpoints-based data extraction based on the neighbor-Diamond searching from the global DEM data is implemented for visualization. All this is backed with an implementation of a prototype computer system.


We describe an interaction technique for expressive nonverbal communication through an avatar. The input consists of letters written with expressive modulation, by hand, using a pen tablet input device. This technique, which we call Cursive, translates an alphabetic letter into a body gesture. Our design is inspired by the observation that handwriting, like some kinds of human gesture, informs through the symbols it depicts, and through the manner in which the symbols are produced. The technique is especially suited for desktop and portable virtual reality applications--appli¿cations that do not use special rooms or equipment but only two-dimensional displays and simple pointing devices for interaction with the virtual environment. Our system solves the difficult prob¿lem of controlling the movements of a highly articulated, 3D ava¿tar using a common input device within the context of an office or other real world environment.


Contributing authors: Fabian P erez-Miranda (email@example.com); Omar Mej ıa (firstname.lastname@example.com); Eduardo Soto-Galera (email@example.com); H ector Espinosa-P erez (email@example.com); Lubom ır Pi alek (firstname.lastname@example.com) Abstract We provide a review of the systematics of Herichthys by evaluating the usefulness of several mitochondrial and nuclear genetic markers together with morphological data. The nDNA next-generation sequencing ddRAD analysis together with the mtDNA cytochrome b gene provided well-resolved and well-supported phylogenies of Herichthys. On the other hand, the nDNA S7 introns have limited resolution and support and the COI barcoding analysis completely failed to recover all but one species of Herichthys as monophyletic. The COI barcoding as currently implemented is thus insufficient to distinguish clearly distinct species in the genus Herichthys that are supported by other molecular markers and by morphological characters. Based on our results, Herichthys is composed of 11 species and includes two main clades (the H. labridens and H. cyanoguttatus species groups). Herichthys bartoni is in many respects the most plesiomorphic species in the genus and has a conflicting phylogenetic position between mtDNA and nDNA markers, where the robust nDNA ddRAD data place it as a rather distant basal member of the H. labridens species group. The mtDNA of H. bartoni is on the other hand only slightly divergent from the sympatric and syntopic H. labridens, and the species thus probably have hybridized in the relatively recent past. The sympatric and syntopic Herichthys steindachneri and H. pame are supported as sister species. The Herichthys cyanoguttatus species group shows two well-separated basal species (the northernmost H. minckleyi and the southernmost H. deppii) followed by the closely related and centrally distributed species H. cyanoguttatus, H. tepehua, H. carpintis, and H. tamasopoensis whose relationships differ between analyses and show likely hybridizations between themselves and the two basal species as suggested by conflicts between DNA analyses. Several instances of introgressions/hybridizations have also been found between the two main clades of Herichthys.


In this study, fibrous nanosilica (KCC-1) was functionalized with octakis[3-(3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane)propyl]octasilsesquioxane (APTPOSS) groups acting as the strong performers so that the palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs) were well-dispersed on the fibers of the KCC-1 microspheres. The synthesized Pd/APTPOSS@KCC-1 nanocatalyst exhibited excellent catalytic activity for one-pot new C–H activation.


Customer relationship management is defined as the strategies taken by the service providers to create value in their service to retain customers. The main dimensions
of customer relationship management performance are developed from the behavior-based perspective such as customer satisfaction; repurchase intention, loyalty toward the brand and positive word of mouth. In this manner, CRM
performance refers to the success of service providers to satisfy their customers, retain them, increase their loyalty and create positive word of mouth among them.
This study examined the level of customer relationship management performance from electronic banking customers. This study also investigated the influence of customer factors, technology factors and business process factors on
customer relationship management performance. A total of 307 university lecturers are involved in this study by voluntarily completing the survey questionnaires. The study results indicate that the level of customer relationship management performance is high among the electronic banking customers. Three major Influence factors i.e. perceived trust, usefulness and perceived economic value were found to have significant influence on customer relationship management performance. This research ends with the suggestion for the industry, discusses the limitation of the
study and gives some suggestion for future research.


The current global Parkinson's disease market is characterized by a number of unmet needs, which include addressing the motor complications of dyskinesia and off-episodes. The recent approval of novel therapies and reformulations of existing drugs has the potential to fulfill some of these unmet needs, particularly in patients with advanced disease.


The controversial problem of the appearance of resonances in relativistic charged particle scattering that has been reported in the literature is investigated for the case of scalar particles exchanging scalars and spin-1/2 particles exchanging photons. A systematic search for resonances is performed on the basis of a homogeneous eigenvalue equation for the coupling constant at scattering energies ({ital E}{gt}2{ital m}) as well as the scattering equation itself. The energy-independent kernels are shown to be free of any irregularities in the {ital s} wave. With energy-dependent Tamm-Dancoff kernels either resonances or shape resonances of finite width are found at strong coupling.


Large poloidal asymmetries in density, electron temperature, radial density e-folding length, and floating potential have been measured in the plasma which exists between the limiter radius and the wall of the Alcator C tokamak. Factors of 4-20 variation in density and 3-8 variation in radial density e-folding length are typically recorded in discharges which are bounded by poloidally symmetric ring limiters. These poloidal asymmetries show that pressure is not constant on a magnetic flux surface in this plasma region. Observations of toroidally symmetric MARFE phenomena further imply that pressure is not constant on closed flux surfaces existing just inside the limiter radius. The magnitude of the poloidal asymmetry and its functional dependence on poloidal angle persists independent of machine parameters (central plasma density, plasma current, toroidal field, MARFE versus non-MARFE discharges). Analysis of the data indicates that these asymmetries are caused by perpendicular particle and heat transport asymmetries in both the main plasma and the scrape-off layer. A number of asymmetric perpendicular transport processes are examined in the scrape-off layer plasma including diffusion and E x B plasma convection.


Principal congruence on finte communitative groups and Hamilton groups were discussed.Equivalent characterization for principal congruence on them were obtained by constructing principal congruence formula on them and analyzing definition of congruence.


Juana de Ibarbourou's first poetic collection, Las lenguas de diamante (Diamond Tongues) (1919) impressed the Uruguayan and wider Hispanic public with its rebellious voice. Nevertheless Ibarbourou's naming as "Juana de América" (Juana of America) and her subsequent glorification as a transnational symbol of Latin American womanhood have eclipsed what I contend is the subversive nature of her writing. This article demonstrates how Ibarbourou and her work historically have been read as virginal and passive, and argues that her poetry belies traditional feminine iconography through the brazen expression of a sexual desire that challenges discourses of docile femininity.


Critics of the Internet often demonize it as a homogenizing force that eradicates differences among peoples and threatens cultures. While this assertion may have some validity, cyberspace also offers great promise for the preservation of identity and national culture. Through computer-mediated communication, nations – especially challenged nations like the Russians in the 'Near Abroad' (a geographic term used by Russia to describe the newly independent states of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus) – have the ability to maintain and reinforce their identity in new and compelling ways. Anthems, legends, genealogies, histories, photographs, manuscripts and other tangible assets of national culture are being protected, distributed and accessed in cyberspace. Furthermore, the Internet in conjunction with other information technologies has significantly contributed to the socalled "death of distance," thus lessening the need for individuals or communities to have face-to-face contact in order to build and maintain strong ties. Access to the Internet is a significant and measurable impact on the ways in which members


Abstract This paper reports on the consequences of organisational change on the psychosocial work environment, employee health, workplace absenteeism and early retirement from work in a Norwegian public company. The company was studied longitudinally over one year, during which time it reduced the number of refuse collectors by 30 per cent and reorganised work procedures. One survey was undertaken during the initial phases of the downsizing and reorganisation, and a further study a year later. It was observed that five of the refuse collectors were granted a disability pension (termed 'leavers') during the year the study lasted. This group was compared with the rest of the employees in the company. Among the leavers the authors observed a high social identification with the job, reflecting a lack of alternative job possibilities for this group. There was also a significant drop in job security among the leavers compared to the rest of the employees. The diagnoses given for the disability pensions were not in accordance with the subjective health symptoms that were most prevalent among the leavers. Although refuse collection may have become more efficient as a result of the downsizing and reorganisation process, the early retirements and other indicators of a deteriorated psychosocial work environment may reflect the longer term effects for the company and for society.


The Bernoulli factory problem is to sample a single output of an f(p)coin using a black
box generating pcoins, where the value of p 2 (0; 1) is unknown and the function f is known. We
sketch the recent reverse time martingale approach to the problem developed in [9] and indicate its
applications in computational statistics


The objective of this study is to determine the effects of some fire retardants on physical and mechanical properties of the high density fiberboard (HDF) panels covered with resin-impregnated paper. Fire retardant (FR) chemicals borax (BX), boric acid (BA), ammonium polyphosphate (APP) and alpha-x (AX) were added as powder into the fibers made from 50% pine and 50% beech woods at 3%, 6% and 9% levels based on oven-dry fiber weight. HDF panels were produced (400x400x6.5mm). Surfaces of HDF panels were coated with resin- impregnated papers. The physical and mechanical properties of panels were investigated. The results showed that the addition of FR chemicals increased thickness swelling and water absorption of the panels. However modulus of rapture (MOR), modulus of elasticity (MOE), and internal bond (IB) strength decreased with increasing FR chemicals in the experimental panels. Thus, it was ascertained that concentration and type of FR chemicals are effective on the physical and mechanical properties of HDF boards covered with resin-impregnated papers.


A software repository is a storage location for source code, its documentation, license, metrics etc. In the era of agile software development changes to source code are inevitable. To help manage those changes software developers use version control systems e.g., Git [1]. Such system records changes to a file (or set of files) over time so that one can recall specific versions later. Recently, web-based repository hosting services equipped with a version control system, e.g., GitHub supported by Git, are getting more and more popular. In 2019 there were over 40 million users of GitHub [2] and they have created over 100 million repositories [6].


Objective To investigate perioperative treatment method and the early clinical effect of kidney transplantation from non-heartbeating donors suffering from cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR). Methods A retrospective review of clinical data of 41 donors and 73 recipients' kidney transplantation from non-heartbeating donors performed from December 2011 to June 2017 in kidney transplantation department of the first affiliated hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong university. Analysis of CPR's impact on the prognosis of non-heartbeating donors renal transplant recipients. Results There were three groups divided by the time of CPR:<10min, 10-30min, >30min. Delayed graft function(DGF)of three groups recipients were 3.1%, 17.4% and 100% respectively. Early survival rate of human with kidney were 96.9%, 86.9% and 61.1% respectively. 1 year survive of kidney and recipients was 82.2/93.2% totally. The difference of three groups' prognosis had statistical significance. Conclusions Our center summarized the following principles: If the time of CPR was less than 10 minutes and renal function was normal, we will implement organ donation directly; If the time of CPR was 10-30 minutes, we will assess blood pressure, kidney function and urine volume comprehensively and discuss the risk of operation; If the time of CPR was more than 30 minutes, we will suggest to give up donating. In addition, repair and maintenance of the donors of the primary diseases and organs function are very important. Especially, it is necessary to pay attention to potential infectious donors, observe the change of the urine and kidney function dynamically and application of hormone, heparin and urokinase before organ procurement. Application of lifepot, anti-infection and postoperative follow-up are all keys to assure outcomes of kidney transplantation.


��� In 2006 Vietnam marked the twentieth anniversary of its reform programme known as doi moi. Party leaders, state officials, academics, and foreign specialists all took part in a series of conferences that evaluated developments over the past two decades and made recommendations for the future. Simultaneously, members of the Vietnam Communist Party (VCP) undertook a parallel policy review in preparation for the Tenth Party Congress in April. One of the hallmarks of doi moi has been Vietnam's transformation from a centrally planned to a market-led economy and Vietnam's integration into the global economy. In 2006 no two events better symbolized Vietnam's success in attaining these objectives than its membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the successful hosting of the 14th Summit Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum from 18 to 19 November. The Presidents of Chile, China, Russia, and the United States made separate official state visits at this time. Vietnam also achieved the third highest economic growth rate in East Asia. The year 2006, therefore, was one of "success, success, great success", to quote a party slogan. As a result, Vietnam was showered with accolades by foreign observers. For example, the President of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation characterized Vietnam as "one of the world's great untapped emerging markets".1 The ChiefEconomist ofthe International Monetary Fund (IMF) described Vietnam as an "emerging China".2 After the Tenth Party Congress, the foreign media portrayed leadership changes as a victory of southern entrepreneurial spirit over northern conservatism.3 This article presents a review of major political, economic, and foreign policy developments in 2006. The analysis documents Vietnam's accomplishments but


Rochmad Abu Bakar. 2016. E0012342. ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISION NO. 33 / PUU - XIII / 2015 ASSOCIATED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN STAGES WITH NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES BY INCUMBENT TO CREATE A REGIONAL HEAD OF DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS. Legal Writing (Skripsi). Faculty Of Law University Sebelas Maret. This study describes and examines the issues regarding implementation of the phases candidacy in local elections after the issuance of the decision of the Constitutional Court Number 33 / PUU - XIII / 2015. Families incumbent can run in local elections without waiting for the break of the first period. Constitutional Court Decision No. 33 / PUU - XIII / 2015 provides new problems in the nomination stage local elections . The problems over to their prospective head region with a conflict of interest with the incumbent . The authority of the incumbent resulted in several problems such as not creating equal electoral competition , affecting the accountability of the election , causing political dynasty , and created the practice of political corruption Article 18 paragraph ( 4 ) of the Constitution of 1945 has mandated that local elections should be conducted in the Democratic . To realize the democratic local elections without conflicting with the Constitutional Court Decision No. 33 / PUU - XIII / 2015 should be made of new formulations . The formulation is more to the oversight of the incumbent to not take advantage of his authority to his family won in local elections . The surveillance must be carried out by steakholders associated so as to achieve democratic local elections . Keywords : Constitutional Court , local elections , incumbent


across the thermodynamic barrier imposed by the large pH gradient, as well as to resist proton influx into the cell in response to this gradient. The pivotal mechanism by which acidophiles meet these requirements is by generating a positive inside membrane potential that mitigates the chemical gradient of protons. Several mechanisms, both passive and active, underlie the generation of the membrane potential. The passive mechanisms include proton diffusion potential as well as a Donnan potential arising from the existence of non-diffusible positive charges inside the cells. The active mechanisms involve not only the respiratory chain mediated proton extrusion, but also an electrogenic proton antiporter that appears to exchange two or more potassium ions per cellular proton. In addition, several kinds of chloride conductances exist in these bacteria that evidently facilitate rapid proton extrusion without the generation of charge imbalance. These organisms need special transport proteins that are likely to possess special features to be able to function in an acidic environment and have unique roles. These provide useful targets for the control of these organisms.


We have analyzed the shot noise of electron emission under strong applied electric fields within the Landauer-B\"uttiker scheme. In contrast to the previous studies of vacuum-tube emitters, we show that in new generation electron emitters, scaled down to the nanometer dimensions, shot noise much smaller than the Schottky noise is observable. Carbon nanotube field emitters are among possible candidates to observe the effect of shot-noise suppression caused by quantum partitioning.


Climate change has become one of the most important global issues of our time, with far- reaching natural, socio- economic, and political impacts. In order to equip the community to deal with the effects of climate changes, various adaptation interventions have been furthered. However, efficacy of these interventions varies in terms of their ability to address specific climate change vulnerabilities of human populations and the natural and economic systems. To understand the efficacy of the interventions towards envisaged climate change results, rigorous monitoring and evaluation of these interventions becomes imperative both for ensuring efficiency, results, cost-effectiveness and sustainability of the interventions. With these considerations, programme logic model can be an appropriate overarching Monitoring & Evaluation Framework. This paper takes programme logic model as the starting point and describes key principles that need to be factored in developing a monitoring and evaluation framework for climate change adaptation projects. The projects draws upon good practices of various adaptation interventions across the globe to propose established guiding principles. [Discussion Paper No.5]


The centrosymmetric title compound, [SnI4(C21H21OP)2], is a monomeric complex that displays a nearly octahedral coordination of tin(IV), with an Sn—O bond distance of 2.159 (2) Å and an average Sn—I bond distance of 2.79 (3) Å.


A roadscape analysis system was developed that can analyze images captured by a camera mounted on a vehicle. The system divides images into cells, calculates five features of each cell, and distinguishes between "town," "forest," and "plain" automatically.


An integrated performance monitoring PLC circuit based on a double-resolution-AWG-based power monitoring circuit concatenating with a tunable periodic notch filter is proposed and demonstrated. It achieves wavelength, power and high dynamic range OSNR monitoring functionalities on a single chip.


A model for predicting the contact duration, force, indentation, displacement and restitution coefficient has been developed for the low energy impact with an hemispherical tip of a composite laminated plate. The model is based in the Hertz law and the thin plate small deflection theory. The governing equations for the motion were first proposed and then solved. Several tests were conducted using two weight drop tower testers with different test geometries. Comparison between the model predictions and the experimental results shows a very good agreement between the modelled and the experimental forces, contact times, displacements, depth of penetration and restitution coefficients.


Khong Choy Hung, Tunku Abdul Rahman University, Malaysia, for her poster on E¬ect of carbon nanotubes in polyaniline nanocomposites on heavy metal removal; Muchao Qu, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, for her poster on Conductivity of melt spun poly(methyl methacrylate) composites with aligned carbon fibers. Four IUPAC Fellowships were o™ered by IUPAC for the support of graduate students and young scientists from developing countries, which were awarded to Chayaporn Pareseecharoen (Thailand), Jyoti Giri (Nepal), Lau Kam Sheng (Malaysia) and Manus Sriring (Thailand). POLYCHAR 26 will return to Kathmandu, Nepal—the site of the very successful POLYCHAR 19—in March 2019. A POLYCHAR satellite meeting, TISAT 2018, is planned for Tbilisi, Georgia, in 2018. Finally, the 6th Malaysia Scientific and Laboratory Equipment Exhibition and conference (LabAsia 2017) was held in conjunction with POLYCHAR2017 and QSEL 2017. This biennial international trade exhibition for laboratory equipment and services serving the ASEAN scientific community was jointly organised by IKM and ECMI ITE Asia Sdn Bhd. More than 6,000 visitors attended the three-day exhibition. LabAsia 2017 featured 154 exhibitors and principals from ten countries, including China, Germany, France, Britain and the United States, showcasing new products and services.


The headline 'Ancient indigo dye as a new electron acceptor in organic photodiodes' as a note in the 'Research' section of the December 2015/January 2016 issue (p. 15) required closer inspection because I knew from practical experience that indigo and light are not very compatible. On reading the complete article, I realised that although the indigo backbone is the basis for the new compound, it is no longer the indigo dye as used as a food colour.


After the deficiency of conventional edgematching algorithm was analyzed in this paper,an efficient edgematching algorithm in arbitrary scope was presented.Through filtering the participant feature classes twice,and then fetching the participant feature classes,this algorithm effectively shortened the executive time.However,in order to carry through edgematching according to the spatial vicinity relation of the participant feature classes,the distance between the intersection of edgematching features along with its line and the first point of edgematching line was taken as key value.Then by the key value,the information of edgematching feature could be sorted.In this way,the algorithm could get faster matching efficiency and deal with the condition that matching edges are outside the node of edgematching line.Finally,by the experimentation of updating the contour line of Wuhan city,the efficiency and accuracy of the algorithm were verified.


human rights activism in the region. It can be argued, for example, that Mexico's free trade agreement under NAFTA made it more sensitive to international opinion and local human rights groups, and may have favorably affected the government's handling of the Chiapas uprising, at least in its 1995 phase. This is not to say that trade alone improves human rights. Trade agreements do, however, offer an opportunity to increase the visibility of human rights issues and to seek guarantees that governments will—as an essential part of becoming trade partners—agree to a common set of values and practices, including enforcement mechanisms that will be respected. So far, the only trade-related review mechanism is that which comes under the labor side agreement of the NAFTA accord with Mexico, and this has yet to be seriously tested. Human Rights Watch has urged the U.S. Government to articulate an enforceable commitment to broadly defined human rights as a central element of all future hemispheric free trade agreements, beginning with the discussions now under way with Chile. Issues of good governance, of the rights of poor and vulnerable sectors of the population and of equal justice are, we believe, inseparable from successful economic development. If Miami is any guide, hemispheric governments recognize the connection but are unwilling or unable to do what is needed. Mr. DEBEVOISE: Thank you very much. We will come back to this, but I think it was an interesting comment about the utility of transparency or perhaps the defects of the lack of transparency both on the economic front and on the human rights front. We will now turn to Gonzalo Biggs, who will give us the political perspective and discuss some of the issues that are hot in the region.


The purpose of this study was twofold: to assess evidences of construct validity of the Brazilian Scale of Tutors Competences in the field of Open and Distance Learning and to examine if variables such as professional experience, perception of the student´s learning performance and prior experience influence the development of technical and attitudinal competences. Participants were 200 tutors (69 males and 131 females), residents in the Northeast of Brazil (46%), aged between 18 and 56 (Μage=22, SD=8.69). The vast majority of tutors (84.5%) exercise other professional activities or beyond the academic tutoring. The scale consists of two factors: a) attitudinal competences and b) technical competences. Results from exploratory factor analysis provided evidence of construct validity. Additionally, results indicated that tutors who had previous experienced and who believed in the students' distance learning scored higher than those belonging to other groups (less experienced tutors and tutors who had no belief in students' learning distance learning). Also, results indicated that those who had former experience presented a statistically higher score towards the factor "technical competences". Overall, the study underlines the necessity of adaptation and usage of such an questionnaire of competences in other global contexts, not just the Brazilian one. The relationship between individual performance and student learning should be investigated in a cross-cultural research.


Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the feasibility of implementing the Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) model in an MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations) partnership, and highl ...


Writing ofwhom he terms "the father of Russian Marxism,'" Samuel Baron maintains: "Under attack ever since the Bolshevik revolution, relegated to virtual oblivion in the Stalin era, and only marginally rehabilitated following the Twentieth Party Congress, G. V. Plekhanov has now truly been resurrected in Russia.'" This assertion may be a slight exaggeration, but with the fall of Communism and the pressing search for a just socio-political order in Russia, Plekhanov's ideas are more relevant now than they have been in decades. Russian Social Democracy has suffered from what Theodore Dan terms the "immemorial, fiindamental problem" of the "fusion of democracy and Socialism,"' and Plekhanovite thought currently enjoys the reputation of a more inclusive and democratic


Let F be a field, and let e,k be integers such that 1 ≤ e ≤|F∖{0}| and k ≥ 0. We show that for any subset {a1,…,ae}⊆F∖{0}, the curious identity ∑ ( i 1 , … , i e ) ∈ Z ≥ 0 e , i 1 + ⋯ + i e = k a 1...


Infrared imaging seeker,the organic integration of optics and mechanoelectronic,characterized with heavy design difficulty and long development cycle.In order to shorten development cycle and save development cost,a general information processing platform was presented.The platform which possessed excellent generality and flexibility was implemented based on FPGA DSP co-processing.We can establish a hardware platform quickly used in system verification and debugging missle-borne software with it in the principle prototype stage.The platform is also a great referring for subsequent product development.


Dryocosmus kuriphilus Tasumatsu is a major pest attacking chestnut.Based on the investigation of biological characteristics of it,integrated measures including agricultural,biological and chemical methods proved effective to control it.


Bond energies are so important in discussions of inorganic reactivity that a useful and reasonably comprehensive summary of available data is invaluable. The tabular presentationused inmost inorganic texts (e.g., 1-31 fails to clearly reveal periodic trends. Presentations in periodic table format show the trends, but rarely present energies of more than one type of bond (e.g., strengths of single selfbonds of the elements) ( I ) . For several vears. I have taueht . . . a third-year course in main group inorganic chemistry in . which I rely heavily on bond energy arguments to rationalize chemical behavior. As an assistance to both myself and students. I develo~ed the ~eriodic table bond enerm sum-mars shown in the iimrk. I t combines in one page the quick visual summaryof periodic trends and theplethora of data contained in a tmical tabular resent at ion. I will " A


PERAN DAN STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN WISATA AIR TERJUN KEBO AMUK (TEDUNAN) DALAM MENINGKATKAN EKONOMI MASYARAKAT DESA SITILUHUR KECAMATAN GEMBONG KABUPATEN PATI

Faiz Aminuddin
Dosen Institut Pesantren Mathali'ul Falah Pati
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Peneliti Wisata Air Terjun Kebo Amuk Sitiluhur
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The role and tourism development strategy waterfall Kebo Amuk (Tedunan) in improving the economy villagers Sitiluhur in Gembong Pati. Skripsi. Pati: the faculty dakwah and community development institute Mathali'ul Falah 2017. Indonesia country is a that has the potential resources abounding, biodiversity and that which remained history and culture natural resources will be economic growth when recources it can be in governance well consistent with what most attractive to the community so the utilization of natural resources it will not spend time or matter due to the failure to shift in managing a resources. As is the case in a waterfall Kebo Amuk in the villagers Sitiluhur in Gembong Pati. Research aims to understand the role in the development of a waterfall kebo amuk in the development of economic the village community sitiluhur, conducted by looking at, how the role and strategy in development tourist destinations a waterfall kebo amuk (Tedunan of community economy improvement, whatever the factors that appear in the development of tourism a waterfall kebo amuk (Tedunan), how impacts viewed from development tourist destinations a waterfall kebo amuk (Tedunan). The research is a fieldwork adopting descriptive .A method of data collection was carried out by interviews, observation, and documentation .Analysis done with analysis qualitative milles and huberman through a process data collection, data reduction, data display, verification data. In which the validity of the data using a technique trianggulasi good interview, observation, and documentation .As for the findings in thesis this is a village that has the potential natural have not yet been widely exumated and development as in waterfall Kebo Amuk (Tedunan). The process of development a waterfall Kebo Amuk be conducted by way of planning, the implementation, of the evaluation. As for the goal is to improve on the community economy. A method which is executed is to optimize the use of these roles with from stakeholders. The evaluation is done as a whole ranging from cognitive aspect of, effective, psychomotor. Stage of the proceeding the development of a waterfall Kebo Amuk done with planning, the implementation of the, evaluation.


The neotropical genus Mezilaurus (Lauraceae), which consists of 18 species and is best represented in the drainage area of the Amazon, is revised. Clinostemon, a genus of two species recently separated


The high-level contribution of this paper is the design and development of routing protocols to discover stable paths and trees for unicast and multicast communication based on the predicted link expiration times LETs of links in mobile ad hoc networks MANETs. Both of the stability-based unicast SILET and multicast MILET routing protocols discover routes through an on-demand request-reply cycle with a link weight being 1 plus the inverse of the LET of the link. The destination nodes and the multicast receiver nodes connect to the source node through paths that have the lowest sum of the link weights. The inclusion of a '1' in the link weight helps to minimise the hop count of the paths from the source node to each of the targeted end nodes of the communication session; the inclusion of the inverse of the LET in the path/tree optimisation function helps to maximise the path/tree lifetime. The proposed protocols effectively neutralise the stability-hop count tradeoff and are able to simultaneously maximise the path/tree lifetime and minimise the hop count per source-destination/source-receiver path. The performance of SILET and MILET has been extensively studied in the ns-2 simulator along with contemporary unicast and multicast routing protocols.


This Project was performed in NOVACLINICA S.A., a medical institution which has as a main goal the satisfaction of its staff in order to project their well-being to their patients and families, so, its target, can receive the best service and presents the hospital as an excellent and responsible enterprise.
In this context, the principal topic of this project is to generate communicative strategies for NOVACLINICA S.A. with the idea of managing its identity from a service culture point of view.
To develop this Project, diverse information summaries were made, starting with a theoretical study about communication and a research applied to the intern target in order to stablish the hospital issues, and according to that, propose the actions and ideal means to get to the solutions. After the research, it could be determined that the major conflicts of NOVACLINICA root in the incorrect use of communication tools, lack of awareness about the identity, the "culture of service" and labor environment issues.
To sum up, an intern communication plan was developed in order to reduce the issues that this private practice currently shows, through the appliance of different strategies and communication actions in one year long term.


A novel digital frequency tuning technique is presented for integrated active RC filters. Instead of varying the values of the capacitors or resistors as in traditional approaches, the proposed technique achieves frequency tuning by dividing the currents that flow from resistors to virtual grounds. Current division is performed through a digitally programmable current division network added at each virtual ground. The technique features compact size, wide tuning range and high linearity. Transistor level simulation results are presented to demonstrate the technique.


Atrophy of the iris is seen in a variety of conditions, and Duane, in his translation of Fuchs' 1 "Text Book of Ophthalmology," states that it may supervene as the result of (1) long-continued or recurring inflammation, (2) increase of tension involving the blood vessels at the root of the iris, (3) traction on the iris or iridodialysis, (4) too thorough absorption of swelling lenticular material or (5) advanced age or without recognizable cause. Essential atrophy of the iris—the atrophy without recognizable cause —is not often reported, and knowledge of it is therefore imperfect. The atrophy is progressive, so that congenital anomalies, such as aniridia or colobomas, can be easily ruled out, and little is known concerning its primary cause. The following case has been seen at intervals for the past six years, and on three occasions sketches were made which show the progress of the atrophy which


Following the crucial for the internal Recent reports issued by the European commission and Abstract : This paper attempts to provide a better comprehension of the trade relations between China and Italy with particular attention to the factors that strengthen this cooperation. This choice was not accidental. China is a country that has recently experienced an incredible economic growth and it is now regarded as one the driving forces of the global economy. On the contrary, following the economic crisis, the level of entrepreneurial activities in Italy has sharply decreased over the last decade. However, besides their economic differences a growing interdependence of Italy and China has reinforced over the last decade and it is predicted to become even tighter within the next ten years. To conduct this study, the available literature review concerning the economic relation between Italy and China was studied. At the same time, all the major sources regarding the Italian foreign trade were carefully analysed and all the most relevant data collected. The research produced several key findings regarding the pull factors of China and Italy's trade relations. The driving forces towards a strong and stable partnership between the two countries are mainly three: the revolutionary One Belt One Road project, the Italian government's policies to promote the awareness of 'Made in Italy' on foreign markets and the growing number of the Chinese direct investments in Italy. The information obtained with this research are significant in shaping the current Sino-Italian trade relations. Thus, this study might be a good starting point for all those Chinese and Italian companies who want to comprehend the nature of the relation with their oversea counterparts and elaborate effective strategies to penetrate each other markets.


Disclosed is a mobile device (20), using the access point (17, 19) and a router connected to the Internet (11) (12), a method and system capable of moving between subnets ( Fig. 3) to provide.


High power light emitting diodes (LEDs) characteristics in terms of efficiency, long operating life and reliability which has lead to its application as lighting systems. However, the high power LEDs are subjected to thermal challenges due to it high input power. This work reports simulation analysis on a single chip high power LED to where thermal performances of the LED package were evaluated under varied convection condition. The simulation was carried out using Ansys version 11. The heat dissipation evaluated and compared in terms of junction temperature, von Mises stress and thermal resistance at each respective convection condition with constant input power of 1 W.


impact on availability of medicines in primary care, it is of much less significance in acute care. We particularly welcome and keenly support their exhortation to colleagues to collaborate to develop consensus about preferred products. In our collective experience, however, one of the biggest challenges of trying to address the safety issues raised by NPSA Alert 20 [2] and product shortage is how we reach meaningful consensus regarding a clearly defined range of products. Many agree in practice but few are willing to compromise to achieve this goal. The nature of the challenge was clearly identified in 2007 [3] but change has been slow. For example, the NHS 'consensus' about preferred presentations of potassium chloride infusions, the subject of the first NPSA Safety Alert in 2007, seems to be divided roughly equally into at least three concentrations (20, 40 and 50 mmol.50 ml) and two container types (bags or syringes) [4]. The challenge of getting even two of these available as competitively priced, licensed medicines has defeated all our efforts for more than five years. We strongly believe that rationalisation of product choice is key to achieving a range of benefits for clinicians, patients and the wider NHS, not least in the context of injectable medicines and intensive care. Active collaboration between practising anaesthetists, intensivist nurses and pharmacists is paramount and leadership from specialist groups such as the AAGBI is essential if we are to achieve it. The Intensive Care Society has adopted a range of standard concentrations for a number of intravenous medications, and this should be accepted by all [5]. Having agreed on standard solutions, it is hoped that manufacturers will seek licences for commonly used infusions and work towards mass production of these products. Off-the-shelf, ready-to-use infusions of commonly used medications could become a reality. Information would also be readily available via a website already used by many trusts in the NHS, helping to improve patient safety in an increasingly paperless environment (see www.injguide.nhs.uk).


Dark matter could have a small electromagnetic charge, provided the charge-to-mass ratio is much less than that of electrons or protons. This candidate, commonly known as millicharged dark matter (mDM), would form a plasma and interact with the interstellar medium and electromagnetic fields within galaxies. In general, understanding the dynamics of mDM requires consideration of collective plasma effects. It has been proposed that mDM can be accelerated in supernova remnants, forming a dark cosmic ray population that would leave distinct experimental signatures. In this work, we study a microphysical model where mDM is shocked by a supernova remnant and isotropized in the frame of the expanding fluid. We find that for $|q_\chi/m_\chi| \gtrsim 10^{-13} e / {\rm MeV}$, the isotropization length for electromagnetic plasma instabilities is much shorter than the size of the supernova remnant. This is a necessary, though not sufficient, first step for formation of a Fermi-accelerated mDM component, and determining the size of this component requires further study. We discuss additional implications of mDM interactions in supernova remnants.


A survey of IMP 8 magnetometer data for plasmoid signatures during magnetospheric intervals from 1981 through 1983 found 16 plasmoids and 37 traveling compression regions as well as two earthward propagating flux ropes and 19 south-north bipolar lobe signatures. The properties of these relatively near-Earth plasmoids, traveling compression regions, and earthward propagating flux ropes and a qualitative model for their formation are presented. The plasmoids have estimated sizes, durations, magnetic field signatures, downtail velocities, and substorm associations very similar to those of the plasmoids identified in ISEE 3 deep-tail observations. The occurrence frequency of these near-Earth plasma sheet plasmoids is significantly smaller than that of plasmoids found in the mid- and deep tail with ISEE 3. The earthward propagating flux ropes are characterized by a south-north bipolar turning in the GSM Bz component, are localized near the noon-midnight meridional plane, and are strongly correlated with interplanetary magnetic field Bz north and small isolated high latitude geomagnetic substorms. These events are also apparently very rare and/or spatially localized. We propose that these structures are "proto-plasmoids," i.e., plasmoids for which near-Earth magnetic reconnection stopped before all the closed plasma sheet field lines were reconnected. The proto-plasmoids are then "trapped" inside closed magnetic field lines and propagate earthward owing to the effect of the distant X-line's earthward plasma flow. We suggest that the two different "types" of plasmoids are due to the different energy states of the magnetosphere during periods of southward and northward interplanetary magnetic field.


his article examines whether Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programs adequately prepare human resource professionals. It also compares managers' and professors' evaluations of the competencies HR managers will need in the twenty-first century. It finds that both managers and professors view interpersonal and problem-solving competencies and integration of HR with bottom line concerns as more important than technical know-how. HR managers, however, are much more critical of what MBA programs are doing than are HR professors. HR professors may be risking complacency about their product. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


The increasing demands on the flexibility of steam turbines due to the use of renewable energy sources substantially alters the fatigue strength requirements of components of these devices. This paper presents Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue (TMF) design calculations for the steam turbine shaft. The steam turbine shaft is exposed to complex thermo-mechanical loading conditions during the operating cycle of the turbine. An elastic-plastic structural Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of the turbine shaft is performed for the turbine operating cycle on the basis of calculated temperature fields obtained in a previous transient thermal FEA. The temperature dependent material parameters, which are used in the elastic-plastic FEA, are obtained from the uniaxial tests. Consequently, the TMF is predicted for the steam turbine shaft. Several fatigue criteria are used for the identifications of the critical domain and for the TMF damage assessment of the turbine shaft.


Simple Summary Tea saponin (TS), an inexpensive and easily-available plant extract, exhibited antibacterial activity against a Streptococcus agalactiae strain isolated from a dairy cow with mastitis. In addition, TS can inhibit the biofilm formation ability of this strain by down-regulating the transcript levels of biofilm-associated genes including srtA, fbsC, neuA, and cpsE. Hence, TS might be a potential alternative herbal cure for bovine mastitis. Abstract Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) is a highly contagious pathogen which not only can cause neonatal meningitis, pneumonia, and septicemia but is also considered to be a major cause of bovine mastitis (BM), leading to large economic losses to the dairy industry worldwide. Like many other pathogenic bacteria, GBS also has the capacity to form a biofilm structure in the host to cause persistent infection. Tea saponin (TS), is one of the main active agents extracted from tea ash powder, and it has good antioxidant and antibacterial activities. In this study, we confirmed that TS has a slight antibacterial activity against a Streptococcus agalactiae strain isolated from dairy cow with mastitis and inhibits its biofilm formation. By performing scanning electron microscopy (SEM) experiments, we observed that with addition of TS, the biofilm formed by this GBS strain exhibited looser structure and lower density. In addition, the results of real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) experiments showed that TS inhibited biofilm formation by down-regulating the transcription of the biofilm-associated genes including srtA, fbsC, neuA, and cpsE.


Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) is a major global pest of soft fruit crops. Based on field observations, we tested in the laboratory whether sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima (L.)) flower volatiles and their major constituent compounds, acetophenone and benzaldehyde, repelled D. suzukii flies. Volatiles from cut flowers and acetophenone reduced numbers of D. suzukii attracted to raspberries, and acetophenone reduced numbers of larvae in the raspberries. Testing of sweet alyssum plantings or dispensing acetophenone to repel D. suzukii in fields and lower fruit infestation should be conducted.