In this editorial we debate innovation in research methods. Research methods represent the backbone of any research endeavour, as they allow research questions to be investigated with rigour, transparency and precision. As research methods are constantly created, adjusted and updated, this editorial discusses the relevance of some of the latest innovative mixed methods approaches in health and social care research. Firstly, innovation in qualitative research is discussed then we set out some thoughts in relation to innovation in quantitative research. Innovation in qualitative research is a thorny issue. It first requires a shared understanding of what innovation actually means in this context. One definition is 'the intentional introduction and application of ideas, processes, products or procedures, new to the relevant unit of adoption, designed to significantly benefit' (Lê and Schmid 2022, 308). However, there are still multiple layers of understanding of innovation in qualitative research which are highly subjective. Firstly, the idea that innovation in research requires such elements of a study design to be intentional. What if, for example, unexpected and unintended innovations occur in the process of conducting qualitative research and these are captured reflexively by the researcher? Secondly, a clearly new procedure may be applied to a particular context which ultimately lacks significant benefits to participants or the research in question. Whilst both scenarios fall outside of the above definition, if modified effectively they may still lead to future innovative research and is thus could be an important part of the process of methodological development. Whilst not a way to fully eliminate any of the above issues, innovation in qualitative research can be achieved through collaboration: both within academic circles and with the stakeholders of the evaluations and research projects. For example, in projects that concern institutions or organisations working with vulnerable or marginalised people, study designs which reflect the notion of change and doing things differently using co-constructed and participatory research designs seem to get closest to 'innovation', whilst incorporating the factors in the above definition concerning benefits to participants, institutions and programmes. This extends to the dissemination of qualitative research, for example key findings being disseminated by non-traditional means, such as an animated film make by a professional artist. Such research outputs can distill project's findings in a way that would not be possible by other means and have the potential to highlight issues in a direct and resonant way than a more 'traditional' technical report. Innovation is also key when it comes to quantitative methods. When researchers attempt to quantify how good specific health and social care interventions are, crucial methodological INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND EDUCATION 2023, VOL. 61, NO. 3, 113–114 https://doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2023.2204022


Despite its simple and perceived affordable prevention methods, malaria has over time remained the main killer disease in Africa, Sub Sahara Africa, Cameroon and the North West Region in Particular. It is from the above backdrop that this study uses quantitative approach to examine the socioeconomic determinants of malaria prevention options adoption by households in the North West Region of Cameroon. Thus, data was collected from 400 households purposively selected among the top ten health districts with high prevalence of malaria in the North West Region of Cameroon. The study used both Ordinary Least Square, Poisson and Ordered Logit Regression techniques to capture the socioeconomic determinants of malaria prevention behaviour of households. These different methodologies were used to check the robustness of the results as methodology changes. The findings reveal that community based malaria prevalence, knowledge of malaria signs, knowledge of malaria cause, age of household heads, marital status of household heads, household size, cost of malaria prevention, household monthly income, education and employment status of the household head are all socioeconomic factors that determine malaria prevention options adopted by households in the North West Region. Based on the findings, the study strongly recommends further sensitization campaigns; creation of community-based malaria control committees; sponsored media programs; household empowerment programs, free distribution of Insecticide Treated Bed Nets, the use of holistic rather than individualistic malaria prevention strategies, among others as specific policy measures that can health achieve the much desired goal of eradicating malaria in the North West Region and Cameroon as a whole.


Background: Major depressive disorders and suicide are elevated among patients
with MS. Despite the high prevalence of suicide among persons with MS, only half of patients are screened and depression and suicide ideation often remain undetected.
Objective: The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the prevalence and predictors of suicide in MS as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) and Beck Depression Inventory Fast Screen (BDI-FS), and to determine if the degree of disability and relapse rate were associated with suicide ideation.
Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted and a convenience sample of 34 persons with MS was recruited from an urban neurological clinic. Descriptive statistics, Spearman correlation, and logistic regression were used to analyze the data.
Results: The sample was primarily female (71[percnt]), Caucasian (73.5[percnt]), married (56[percnt]), educated, and lived with a partner or their family (68[percnt]). The prevalence of suicide as assessed by the BDI-FS and BDI-II was 11.76[percnt] and was associated with subjects who were not married, not Caucasians, and who lived alone. Symptoms predictive of suicidal ideation were major depression, appetite changes, sadness and loss of pleasure (p<.05). Mann-Whitney analysis has shown a higher rank for higher MS relapses and suicide ideation (p<.05), but there was no association between disability and suicide ideation.
Discussion: Depression is a major determinant of suicide in MS as measured by the BDI-FS. The BDI-FS is an easy screening tool to use in clinical practice. Larger studies are warranted to identify the influence of disability and MS relapses upon suicide ideation.
Key Words: Suicide, Depression, Multiple Sclerosis. Disclosure: Dr. Ben-Zacharia has nothing to disclose.


Objective: To observe the efficacy and safety of knee joint osteoarthritis treated by increased Simiao decoction. Methods: 100 Patients were divided into Simiao decoction group and control groups randomly, the Simiao decoction group was treated by increased Simiao decoction, the control group was treated by Meloxicam tablets. 15 days for a courses, clinical efficacy was observed after 15 days. Results: The efficacy and safety of Simiao decoction group were better than the control group(P 0.01). Conclusion: The increased Simiao decoction has certain effect in treating knee joint osteoarthritis, it's worthy of clinical promotion.


Based on the experiences of the Surgical Clinic Bochum-Langendreer the changes regarding indication for plate osteosynthesis over the last 20 years will be described. Provided that indication has been established properly, up to today plate osteosynthesis with its different modifications offers a valuable osteosynthetic procedure in the treatment of shaft fractures of the lower extremity. As for joint fractures, exact fracture reduction and compression osteosynthesis according to the rules of the AO will continue to be the treatment of choice, elastic bridging techniques should be used to stabilize shaft fractures in order to achieve rapid secondary fracture healing.


An advertisement characterised linguistically by consistent use of the direct address in the second person singular and a preponderance of terms used typically by children, including common Anglicisms, is primarily addressed specifically to children. The phrase "grab the chance to give your equipment and weapons that certain something", where "grab" is to be understood in the sense of "buy", directly invites the children targeted by the advertisement, in the sense of No. 28 of the Annex to Sec. 3(3) of the Act Against Unfair Competition, to purchase the advertised goods or services themselves. This is not precluded by the fact that the prices and features of the individual products and services are not displayed on the Internet page containing the advertising message, but on the next page connected to it by an electronic link. An advertisement characterised linguistically by consistent use of the direct address in the second person singular and a preponderance of terms used typically by children, including common Anglicisms, is primarily addressed specifically to children. The phrase "grab the chance to give your equipment and weapons that certain something", where "grab" is to be understood in the sense of "buy", directly invites the children targeted by the advertisement, in the sense of No. 28 of the Annex to Sec. 3(3) of the Act Against Unfair Competition, to purchase the advertised goods or services themselves. This is not precluded by the fact that the prices and features of the individual products and services are not displayed on the Internet page containing the advertising message, but on the next page connected to it by an electronic link.


In the past three decades, internet-based business activities have grown at a faster rate. Amidst Covid-19, almost every kind of business has seen a rapid shift from offline mode to online mode and has observed the significant advantages they can be availed by using the internet and digital technologies. With various kinds of businesses and start-ups moving online, the Indian Digital Marketing Ecosystem (DME) is growing very rapidly. While the Internet of Things (IoT) being the top mega trending technology cannot be neglected when it comes to assisting businesses and start-ups for building their Automated Digital Ecosystems (ADES). In this paper, a concept and framework for 'Smart Indian Digital Marketing Ecosystems' (SIDME) is presented that highlights the touchpoints and potentials of embedding IoT in the Indian business market and start-up models where the Digital Ecosystems (DES) would be rested and Smart Digital Marketing Ecosystems (SDME) will come into action. Further, replacing DES with SDME, and deploying SIDME will help these businesses and start-ups to improvise their logistics and Digital Infrastructure (DI).


Data integration and sharing has been an important part of city data warehouse establishment and application integration. It can let more people use existing data resources more fully, reducing duplication work on data collection and corresponding costs. Smart City needs to establish an underlying data exchange platform to contact the entire systems, applications, data sources, etc. So that Smart City can meet the need of seamlessly data share and exchange between government, business and enterprise ERP, CRM, SCM, database, data warehouse data. Multi-source heterogeneous data collection research aims to real-time data update, provide continuous data services, including collecting business system data, multimedia data, text data, and other types of data source. The research meets a wide variety of users heterogeneous database integration needs, and integrates the data for the public information platform.


The cause of death in the world's largest is non-communicable diseases or degenerative diseases. According to WHO (2013), 63% kill 36 million people per year, 80% of these deaths occur in middle and low income countries. From the economic point of view, the danger of this disease is very burdensome to the community because it requires high cost for hospitalization. Herbal Twinning System (Herbal Treatment with Monitoring Analysis System) is an android-based renewable application that is used to facilitate the sufferers of degenerative diseases to get an information about the proper and rational treatment. Health professions in the form of doctors, pharmacists, nurses, and nutritionists act as facilitators to facilitate patients in consultation related to the illness. This application has five main menu that is to health, to consultation, to herbal, to nutrition, and to discussion which contains information related to processing of simple herbal medicine that can be used as a substitute for chemical drugs, tips on healthy lifestyle, and control of patient nutrition. Application design created using android studio, XAMPP SQL, and. notepad, The results of the application include the design of systems that can be applied in mobile phones or tablets.


First principles full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method with local density approximation (LDA) was applied to calculate the ground state properties of ReSi 1.75 crystal. Optimized results show that the equilibrium lattice constant of ReSi 1.75 is smaller than experimental data by about 0.6%. On the basis of LDA results, LDA+ U method was used to calculate the electronic structure. When U eff = U - J =4.4eV, ReSi 1.75 has a narrow gap semiconductor band structure with an indirect gap of 0.12 eV and a direct gap of 0.36eV. Effective mass calculation shows the highly anisotropic character of ReSi 1.75 crystals. The density of sates changes sharply near Fermi level,thus the thermoelectric properties can be improved by doping.


Background: Indian studies on significant atrioventricular (AV) block in entire spectrum of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and its relation with clinical outcome are limited. Aims: The aim of this study is to determine the incidence, clinical predictor, and outcome of significant AV block complicating entire spectrum of ACS. Methods: All patients presenting with ACS from June 2017 to December 2018 were included in the study. The study population was divided into case and control groups based on the presence of significant AV block, either at admission or during hospitalization. The baseline clinical characteristics, mode of presentation, clinical course in the hospital, treatments in hospital, and complications related to the ACS and its treatment were analyzed between case and control groups. The inhospital and 30 day outcome was also analyzed. Results: A total of 1001 patients with ACS were included. One hundred and twenty-five patients of ACS with significant AV block comprised the study population (cases) and the rest 876 patients with ACS without significant AV block comprised the control population. The overall incidence of significant AV block was 12.48%. Patients with significant AV block had higher incidence of diabetes (40% vs. 20.77%, P-0.001), hypertension (36.8% vs. 20.89%, P-0.002), and history of smoking (57.6% vs. 34.2%, P-0.0001). On clinical presentation, patients with significant AV block had lower mean heart rate and higher killip class. Inferior wall myocardial infarction (44.4% vs. 22.8%, P-0.0001) was higher in cases, whereas anterior wall myocardial infarction (25.6% vs. 43.3% P-0.001) and unstable angina (4% vs. 10.2%, P-0.02) were higher in controls. Percentage of patients undergoing temporary pacemaker implantation or percutaneous coronary intervention during hospitalization was higher in cases. At 30 days, mortality was significantly higher among cases (24% vs. 8.1%, P-0.0001). Conclusion: Our data represent the first reported study on significant AV block in entire spectrum of ACS in North-eastern India and has noted the high incidence of significant AV block in our population and is associated with a worse short-term outcome.


Tissue engineering is a promising interdisciplinary scientific field of regenerative medicine. Aiming at the structural and functional restoration of damaged tissues and organs, it possesses a role of significant socioeconomical impact. In the course towards the ultimate goal of artificially constructed natural organs, our knowledge of the elementary constitutive components of living organisms and the intrinsic mechanisms that drive their interactions is greatly enhanced. Bioreactors are valuable tools providing the technological means to investigate fundamental issues for basic research and to improve tissue‐engineering products for clinical applications. They are devices enabling the in vitro simulation of the in vivo biological, physical and mechanical environment of growing tissues. In this review paper, we discuss the general demands defining the design considerations for modern bioreactor systems. These criteria originate from physiological characteristics of the cells and biochemical and mechanical properties of the extracellular matrix (ECM). In this context, we present an overview of the various bioreactor systems dedicated to the study of specific functional tissues developed by numerous research groups.


This study is a field research on features of Tibetan opera's performance and narration in Xiqing Village,Tuo Ye-ma Township,Henan Mongolian Autonomous County,Huangnan Tibetan Automonous Prefecture,Qinghai Province. The study starts from Tibetan opera's heritance and expression among Mongolian monks,laity,and masses,and the fact that Tibetan opera's cultural background and belief characteristics are identified; to explore and analyze the national cultural identity of Tibetan opera in the process of ethnic groups' evolution,and to explore and analyze the cultural identity of Tibetan opera,an intangible cultural heritage,among Mongolian ethnic groups.


Today`s economics necessitates the continuous improvement of the thermal efficiency of heat exchangers in power plants. This invariably leads to higher flow rates and more flexible tubes in these heat exchangers. At a time when maintenance costs should be kept critically low, tube failure due to high flow rates (particularly near inlets and outlets) has caused great concern in nuclear power plant steam generators. Flow-induced vibrations in the heat exchangers are caused by fluctuations in flow pressure, vortex shedding, and hydrostatic interactions between the tubes and the flow. The problems of flow-induced vibration are generally fretting wear, fatigue, operational difficulties, and acoustic noise. Random excitation forces that cause low-amplitude tube displacement will result in long-term fretting wear of fatigue failures, causing lengthy plant shutdowns.


The book General Treatise on the Cause and Symptoms of Diseases is a representative medical work completed in Sui dynasty.And many researches undertaken are based on this book.This article analyzes the achievements that Sui dynasty got in theory and practice on the cause of death.However,it fills the blank of forensic medicine research in Sui dynasty.


Abstract : The results of analytical study investigating the feasibility of a new and unique environmental control concept for the cabin air conditioning requirements of the Navy F-4 fighter aircraft are reported. The heat-actuated Conductron environmental control concept is basically a vapor compression system which utilizes two thermodynamic loops and a unique device which replaces the conventional compressor. It is shown that an environmental control system based on the Conductron concept can be adapted to the Navy F-4 fighter aircraft with the existing constraints on weight, size, and power. The Conductron system can provide both cooling and heating under all aircraft operating conditions, including ground-static. Significant reductions in the compressor bleed air requirements, as compared to the present Navy F-4 air-cycle air conditioning system, can be realized with the Conductron environmental control system. The Conductron ECS can be used for cabin and equipment environmental control of all high-performance and subsonic aircraft. The specific results of this study are applicable to the Navy F-4 fighter aircraft only.


From mid-2007, global financial system faced what has come to be termed as the 'worst' financial crisis since the Great Depression. During the same time, financial asset valuation witnessed unusually high activity in their returns and volatility as did investor sentiment-based counterparty risk indices. By use of VAR and GARCH methodology, this paper investigates dynamic linkages among well-known proxies of investor sentiment-based counterparty risk measures - TED spread, bond spread, and the volatility index (USVIX) - and stock market returns, oil prices, exchange rates, and home prices. The empirical results indicate a significant impact of TED spread on stock market returns, oil prices and home prices. VIX and bond spread were observed to have a significant impact on exchange rates and oil prices. We also observed evidence of volatility spillover from TED spread to stock market returns, oil prices, and exchange rates, and from USVIX to stock market returns and oil prices.


The continuing medical education (CME) program, "Workshop on Perinatal Practice Strategies: Guiding the Decision Making Process," will be held April 16-18, in Scottsdale, Ariz. The workshop offers a forum for discussion of a variety of issues, including education, documentation, coding, dealing


artificial, artful song performances that we normally call musical numbers, but in moments that are construed and perceived as integral parts of the 'realistic' diegetic world? These tend to be throwaway moments, when the characters sing in ways people often do in real life: you might hum as you clean the kitchen, or sing along with a familiar TV title theme, or join a friend in belting out a tune whose lyrics fit the occasion or whose recording star you are imitating. I am calling such scenes 'artless singing', for lack of another concise term for singing that, in the conceit of a film story, is not a professional performance, and is done in synch sound with appropriate indices of spatial realism, and without the magical backing of an orchestra. It is a deployment of the voice in film that might seem marginal, but it may well contribute towards our understanding of the possibilities of speech, music, and song in the audiovisual media. The general invisibility, or inaudibility, of this common phenomenon becomes clear to anyone who sets out to read the critical literature and finds that there is none. Artless singing falls through the disciplinary MSMI 5:2 Autumn 11 157


Bonner multisphere spectrometry was used to measure the neutron spectra at several representative working fields at the Transuranium Processing Plant of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The spectrum of an uncommon calibration source in use at the ORNL's Radiation Calibration Laboratory, a 252 Cf moderated by a 15 cm radius polyethylene sphere, was also measured using the same multisphere technique. Thorough calibration of the spectrometer system was first made. The spectral measurements are presented and the results are discussed in detail


This study evaluates a combination of extant and collected data that compute frequency and exposure to back injuries reported by nursing employees at a Northwest Medical Center system. A major problem of interest, and the focus of this study is whether there is objective evidence to support the commonly held belief that lifting patients is the main cause of back injuries experienced by nurses; and whether job classification and worksite unit might be confounded with back injuries reported and what demographic characteristics of the nursing personnel, e.g., sex, age, job classification, and worksite unit, might be confounded with occupations that are high at risk for back injuries. Personnel records and injury report forms provided objective data for 659 registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and nurse aides. Injury report forms providing data for 123 nursing personnel filed during the most recent consecutive twelve-month period between January 1, 1982 and April 30, 1985, were abstracted, summarized, and analyzed for number of back injuries reported using DataBase III and SPSSx computer programs on an IBM-AT system. In addition, on-site observations of patient lifts were made for ten eight-hour shifts on 15 different occasions and different worksites by a nurse-research analyst. These observation data were compared with self-report questionnaire responses representing over 54% of the total population of nurses within this medical center system. An inverse relationship of reported numbers of patient lift per shift was found for the observation and self-report data. Of the 2.5 females to males reporting back injuries, the average age was 43 years, with greater numbers of those injuries working on surgical and medical units versus lesser numbers injured from psychiatry and long-term care units in decreasing order. The Chi-square test was used to compute associations found not significant between reported high and low numbers of lifts and the incidence of back injuries. The t-test compared data from the observed and self-reported number of patient lifts and provided a significant (t = p <.001) difference in favor of self-report for number of lifts per eight-hour shift. Results of this study will contribute to increasing validity of lifting patients resulting in back injuries and further study of feasible and effective methods for evaluating back injuries and preventive interventions for nursing personnel who are at high risk of developing or sustaining back injury from any cause, while on the job.


With the fuel common rail system of RT-flex diesel engine as the simulation object,the working principle and structural features were studied. The mathematical models of high pressure fuel oil pump,intermediate fuel accumulator, fuel rail ICU piston as well as injector were established. Simulink results show that the mathematical models are proper. The visual simulation system of the common fuel rail system in RT-flex diesel was developed by VS2012. The visual simulation system can display the working principle and running of the common fuel rail system,which is useful in developing marine engine simulator and training candidates.


virulent A. hydrophila strain that having all examined virulent traits showed 80% mortality, in contrast to 50% mentioned with avirulent strain within 48 hours post inoculation. Antibiotic susceptibility testing revealed 100% of clinical strains were resistant to ampicillin, amoxicillin and erythromycin and high resistance level to tetracycline while the fish meal strains presented 100% resistance to amoxicillin and erythromycin. Resistance among the A. hydrophila isolated from broiler chickens was higher than that observed with fish meal recovered strains. Eleven out of 26 (42.3%) examined isolates showing multiple drug resistance to the tested antibiotics, that is may indicate the use of these antimicrobials in commercial farms and this can favor the development of resistant bacterial strains. The present work highlights an important incidence of A.hydrophila and its possession to virulence genes as well as animicrobial resistance that reinforced their potential pathogenicity to infected chiks and its possibility to causing illness and losses in broiler chickens. Hence, continuous monitoring of fish meal is important to identify potential pathogenic A. hydrophila before its addition to food ration to reduce the risk of infection.


Purpose: Determine how rural heart failure patients are referred for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation. This study examined individual and system challenges to cardiac rehabilitation referral. Methods: This was a prospective study from a single site tertiary care hospital. The primary outcome was to determine how study subjects were referred to cardiac rehabilitation. A secondary outcome was the elicited individual characteristic differences among subjects. Findings: Sixty-one patients were included in the study, 43 males and 18 females (67 ± 9.37 y). There was a statistically significant difference in who initiated the referral to cardiac rehabilitation depending upon diagnosis code (p<0.001). If CAD or heart surgery was the diagnosis code utilized, mid-level providers initiated the referral; however, if heart failure was the primary, cardiac rehabilitation staff initiated the referral. Secondary findings demonstrated not all heart failure patients were managed by cardiologists, low socioeconomic status, and illiteracy. Conclusions: A multidisciplinary approach is warranted, especially inpatient cardiac rehabilitation staff, to ensure referral to outpatient cardiac rehabilitation among rural heart failure patients.


An experiment was carried out in order to evaluate the vegetative and productive behavior of three cultivars of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) related to the above ground architecture, in four planting spacings. The research was carried out in Piracicaba, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil from October 1993 to July 1994, on a Rhodic Kandindox soil. The treatments constituted of cultivars SRT 59 (Branca de Santa Catarina), IAC 576-70 and IAC 1287 (Fibra), described as low and open-angle branching, high and close-angle branching and no or late branching, respectively. Each treatment had three subtreatments of planting spacings: 1.0 m x 1.0 m; 1.0 m x 0.8 m, 1.0 m x 0.6 m and 1.0 m x 0.4 m, arranged in randomized blocks with subdivided plots and four replications. Each subplot was constituted of 4 lines with 10 plants each. Evaluations were performed on the 16 central plants of each subplot. The branching cultivars and the smallest planting spacings favored canopy closure. Smaller the planting spacings closer the branching angle and smaller the diameter of the primary stems for the branching cultivars the smaller the planting spaces the higher the root yield for the no branching cultivars.


Abstract : Many of the unique, intrinsic properties associated with nanomaterials arise from the large surface-to-volume ratio of these exceptionally small materials. Surface area properties may also be relatable to environmental fate and hazard implications; therefore, accurately measuring surface area is extremely important for material characterization. The most commonly used method of measuring the surface area of nanomaterials is the Brunnauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface adsorption method. This protocol has been developed to describe the theory, application, limitations and sample preparation requirements to enable more accurate, precise and well informed use of the BET method. Two materials (nano aluminum oxide and nano graphene) were taken through a sample BET analysis to provide an example of the methodology and how to apply it for surface area analysis. Although the specific requirements for BET analysis will vary with different instrument models and manufacturers, the purpose of this protocol is to provide a foundational understanding of the steps involved, how to perform them in a repeatable and reliable manner, and to provide the theory behind the analysis.


7068 Background: Older patients with AML have poor tolerance to intensive chemotherapy and poor prognosis. Omacetaxine is active in AML and is part of standard combination chemotherapy in China under the name of homoharringtonine. Methods: The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of low intensity therapy with omacetaxine and LD-ara C in newly diagnosed older patients (>/= 60 years) with AML or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Older patients with AML not fit or who refuse intensive chemotherapy were eligible. Normal organ functions and performance status </= 2 were required. Other eligibility criteria were standard. Induction therapy consisted of omacetaxine 1.25 mg/m2 subcutaneously twice daily for 3 days and ara-C 20 mg subcutaneously twice daily for 7 days. Maintenance therapy was with the same induction schedule, repeated every 4-6 weeks for up to 2 years. Dose adjustments for prolonged myelosupression or severe non-hematologic toxicities were made by reducing the number of days of omacetaxine ...


The discusses Germany's Federal Supreme Court's November 2, 2013 ruling in the case known as Frosta which eliminated all corporate law conditions attached to public company delistings. Topics discussed include the ruling making it easy for public companies to delist and reversal of the 2002 court decision which required shareholder approval and minority shareholder purchase offers when delisting.


OBJECTIVE To the psychological quality of nurses,put forward relevant countermeasures,and improve the quality of nursing in operation room.METHODS To analyze the adverse events in operation nursing and test the mental health and pressure level,then make the strengthened strategies.RESULTS The skilledness and psychological quality of operating room nurse was closely related with the operating room risk.They could affect the quality of operating room nursing and operation results.CONCLUSION Improving the technical level and psychological quality is the key to improve the quality of nursing in operation room.


A complex business environment, growing intensity of competition and shortening of innovation cycles bring difficulties for management and decision making. If previously companies aimed to ensure the quality of their products, now the creation of value for customers and other stakeholders is becoming the most essential element for the future of a company. Sustainability in the sense of a sustainable business model represent the value creation in the stakeholders' perception. It means that each activity while modelling a business should be checked for sustainability reasons by the company's management. In this way it would be possible to improve controlling mechanisms within the company as well. The aim of this paper is to offer a methodology contributing to creation of success criteria. As a result, there are methods presented which make the development of success criteria for management possible and sustainability controlling for business activities related to time, costs, flexibility and quality.


This paper proposes a multiattribute group decision-making (MAGDM) based on the CoCoSo method under the intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFSs) environment for quality evaluation of innovation and entrepreneurship education (IEE) in vocational colleges. First of all, this paper extends the CoCoSo to the IFSs environment. Second, a new MAGDM model for quality evaluation of IEE in vocational colleges based on the CoCoSo algorithm is built. In this algorithm, the attribute weight is derived by subjective weight and objective weight, and the objective weights are defined by using the CRITIC method. At the end of this given study, some comparisons are given to verify the decision effectiveness of the algorithm.


S. Dasgupta in his work «A history of Indian philosophy» represents Buddhism as a necessary phenomenon of spiritual life of society, alternative to ritualistic Vedic religion, aristocratic metaphysics of Upnishads, and Lokayata nihilism.


Resumen en: In this work we make use of the Millennium Run, which is at the moment the largest high-resolution simulation of structure formation ever carried out, co...


X-ray reflection was performed on AI.,O3 thin films obtained by dc magnetron sputtering of aluminium in an argon/oxygen atmosphere. Two kind of films (amorphous and y-m1203) were deposited on polished silicon wafers by conventional sputtering and sputtering with ion bombardment on the growing film. The x-ray reflection allows one to determine the surface roughness, mass density and thickness. The thickness was compared with ellipsometry data, and mechanical scanning measurements (stylus method). Transmission electron diffraction investigations were made for phase determination. Aluminium oxide is a stable insulator, and A1203 films have several advantages compared with SiO,, films. The mobility of ionic species (Na etc.) is very low and the dielectric constant and refractive index are larger than SiO2 films. If high-quality films are obtained at low deposition temperatures, these films can be used as dielectric films in electronic and optical devices. The low temperature is very important for passivation ofmetal tracks in thin-film circuits with multilayer structures. Some authors --4 described the reactive magnetron sputtering as a successfull technology for the deposition of A1203 thin films. In this work, high-quality A1203 films were obtained by reactive dc magnetron sputtering at temperatures of about 100C and high deposition rates. This work gives a short description of the sputtering process in an conventional sputtering apparatus and the idea of ion bombardment leading to a film roughness below the substrate roughness. The purpose of the present work is the application of x-ray reflectivity measurements on reactive dc sputtered A1203 films deposited on polished silicon wafers to determine the surface roughness, mass density, and thickness. The results of the thickness measurements were compared with ellipsometry data and mechanical scanning measurements. In addition, the electrical properties, the index of refraction, and the structure (phase determination) were investigated.


Chief Constable, Grahame Maxwell and Police Authority Chairman, Jane Kenyon officially opened the new Harrogate town centre base yesterday (23 April ...


Until Sept. 1994, No. 1 blast furnace in Baoshan Steel (Group) Co. had been operating successfully with high productivity. At present, it still keeps its strong potential for production capacity. The philosophy and methodology of the efficient blast furnace operation will be described. The most important aspect for stable operation and long campaign life of a blast furnace is reasonable gas flow distribution in the furnace. The topics to be discussed include: introduction to ironmaking in Baosteel; operational results; experience of stable operation, philosophy, gas distribution control, stabilization raw material property, furnace maintenance and supervision system.


During a period of intense solar activity between March 26 and April 6, 1960, measurements of the magnetic fields in interplanetary space were obtained with the space probe, Pioneer V. The measured component of the fields, associated with the solar plasma ejected during this period, attained strengths of 40 or more gammas (compared to an average value of 2.7 gammas during normal periods). It is argued that these comparatively high fields existed in interplanetary space for many hours. From estimates of the plasma velocity, the radial extent of these regions of high field is calculated to be 0.7 AU. The fields associated with these regions were observed to be quite regular. Similar results accompanied most of the more intense solar activity during the flight of Pioneer V. Possible implications of these results are discussed.


Background: There have been significant developments in recent years towards the use of imaging-based post-mortem examinations. Such new approach has to accurately diagnose coronary artery disease and should aim to overcome various limitations of conventional methods in determining whether the disease identified is a likely cause of death.Aim: This study aims to determine the accuracy of current post-mortem computed tomographic angiography (PMCTA) techniques in diagnosing coronary stenosis and systematically investigates the effect and implication of repressurisation of postmortem coronary arteries and the use of clinical cardiology diagnostic tools in this context.Methods: PMCTA was systematically compared against histology to determine its accuracy in diagnosing the severity of coronary stenosis. A systematic study was performed to demonstrate the effect of repressurisation of post-mortem coronary arteries using coronary pressure wire and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Finally, a proof of concept work was undertaken in the application computational fluid dynamic (CFD) techniques to PMCTA.Results: The accuracy of PMCTA to identify coronary stenosis was modest (sensitivity 30%, specificity 96%, PPV 65% and NPV 84%) compared to histology of collapsed postmortem vessels. Repressurisation significantly increased vessel area in post-mortem porcine (3.3±0.5 mm2 vs. 8.4±1.5 mm2, N=6) and cadaveric coronary arteries (4.26±3.47 mm2 vs. 5.74±5.38 mm2, P


The invention discloses environment-friendly coating. The environment-friendly coating comprises the following components: lemon oil, orange oil, titanium dioxide, carbon black, ester gum modified alkyd resin, Portland cement, a water-reducing agent, fly ash, diatomite and the balance of solvent. The invention also discloses a preparation method for the environment-friendly coating. The preparation method for the environment-friendly coating comprises the following steps: mixing and stirring the lemon oil, the orange oil and the titanium dioxide uniformly at normal temperature; mixing and stirring the ester gum modified alkyd resin, the Portland cement, the water-reducing agent, the fly ash and the diatomite uniformly; and pouring the mixture into a stirring barrel according to the ratio, adding the solvent, stirring slowly and gradually heating from 0 DEG C to 20 DEG C to prepare the environment-friendly coating. The environment-friendly coating adopts two pure natural raw materials of the lemon oil and the orange oil, so the prepared coating is environment-friendly; and the environment-friendly coating is prepared by gradually heating, so the stability is high.


This study aims to provide empirical evidence on earnings and accrual
components in predicting future cash flows in operating activities in
manufacturing companies in Indonesia. This study uses four accrual components
as independent variables, namely changes in receivables, change in inventories
depreciation and amortization, and changes in debt.
Analysis model used in this study is multiple regression models. The type
of data used are secondary data from manufacturing companies listed on
Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during the period 2005-2010. Sampling was
done by purposive sampling as many as 331 manufacturing companies.
The results of this study showed that earnings, changes in inventories and
depreciation and amortization have significant effect on future cash flows in
operating activities. While the changes in receivables and changes in payables
showed that not significant effect on future cash flows in operating activities. The
results of this study indicates the possibility of affecting the company's criteria
change existing accounts receivable and accounts payable in manufacturing
companies.


Diastereoselectivity of the O-Methylation of Sterically Hindered β-Ketocarboxylates and Their Enols

The enols 1a, b, and 1c, which exists almost completely in the keto form, have been methylated at the oxygen atom with diazomethane. The regioselective reaction can be catalyzed by methanol, but may loose in that case the diastereoselectivity. A comparison with the methylation of the enolates by iodomethane is discussed.


We extend the variance decomposition model of Campbell (1991) to allow for time-varying stock market volatility. Specifically, we introduce a model in which the covariance matrix of the vector autoregression (VAR) follows a multivariate stochastic volatility (MSV) process. This VAR-MSV model permits the decomposition of unexpected real stock return variance into three time-varying components: variance of news about future dividends, variance of news about future returns, and a covariance term. We develop Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) econometric techniques for estimating the VAR-MSV model. These methods are well-suited for estimating models with latent stochastic volatilities, and are not subject to the small-sample biases and unit root problems that plague frequentist estimation of predictive regressions. We report strong evidence that real stock returns are predictable when the dividend-price ratio and a stochastically detrended short-term interest rate are employed as forecasting variables. The time-varying variance of news about future returns is the primary determinant of stock market volatility (both levels and changes). The variance of news about future dividends increased dramatically during the 1973-1974 recession and peaked during the 1980 recession before descending in the 1980s. However, its contribution to stock market volatility was offset by positive correlation between news about future dividends and news about future returns from 1974-1984.


This thesis uses zonal travel cost method (ZTCM) to estimate consumer surplus of Peace & Love festival in Borlange, Sweden. The study defines counties as zones of origin of the visitors. Visiti ...


38 randomly selected New Zealand company managers completed the revised version of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire of Bass. Two ratings were obtained, a rating of an ideal leader and a rating of the real immediate superior. For ratings of the real leader, the mean ratings on the transformational factors were more highly correlated than those on the transactional factors with perceived leader's effectiveness and job satisfaction. The discrepancy scores between the ratings of real and ideal leaders were negatively correlated with the measures of effectiveness and satisfaction. In addition, the ratings of ideal leader showed that managers in this study preferred working with leaders who are more transformational than transactional.


Objective To understand the status of food hygiene in Siming district and provide scientific basis for implementing food security effectively.Methods two hundred and fourteen food samples in 11 categories such as dried aquatic products,dried edible mushrooms,tea,direct drinking water,fruit and vegetable,were tested for the items of chemical contamination and microorganism.Results The exceeded standard rates in direct drinking water,dried aquatic products and edible mushrooms were rather high,26.4%,31.8% and 82.4% respectively.Conclusion Adequate attention should be paid to the problem foods.The suggestion is proposed to strengthen the construction of food security monitoring system and technical ability,and quicken the update of national standards.


Bartonellae are Gram-negative bacilli or coccobacilli belonging to the α-2 subgroup of Proteobacteria. A given Bartonella species usually persists within a given mammalian host, with transmission between hosts by haematophagous arthropods. A single species, such as B. henselae or B. quintana, can cause acute or chronic infection, with vascular, proliferative, or suppurative features depending on the host's immune response. Many new Bartonella species isolated from various mammals have been identified as zoonotic.

 Cat-scratch disease—caused by B. henselae and commonly associated with a cat scratch, presents with a discrete papule or vesicle typically developing at the site within a week, followed by regional lymphadenopathy, sometimes with fever and constitutional symptoms. Disseminated infection can cause neuro-retinitis and (rarely) encephalopathy.


The purpose of this article is to discuss the concept of "indigenous education" in Norway and Aotearoa New Zealand. The point of departure is that both states face a common challenge with regard to indigenous education: Valuable resources are used on indigenous schools, but the majority of indigenous students attend mainstream schools. The article claims that the emphasis on indigenous schools has been necessary and important as part of the indigenous political movement. Nevertheless, in order to achieve culturally appropriate education for all indigenous pupils, this article argues that there is a need to indigenise mainstream education.


The BATSE experiment on the Compton Gamma-ray Observatory was the first large detector system designed for the study of gamma-ray bursts. The eight large-area detectors allowed full-sky coverage and were optimized to operate in the primary energy region of emission of most GRBs. BATSE provided detailed observations of the temporal and spectral characteristics of several thousand GRBs, and it was the first experiment to provide rapid notifications of the coarse location of many them. It also provided strong evidence for the cosmological distances to GRBs through the observation of the sky distribution and intensity distribution of numerous GRBs. The large number of GRBs observed with the high- sensitivity BATSE detectors continues to provide a database of GRB spectral and temporal properties in the primary energy range of GRB emission that will likely not be exceeded for at least another decade. The origin and development of the BATSE experiment, some highlights from the mission and its continuing legacy are described in this paper.


Objective To investigate the mechanism and effect of acupuncture treatment on post-stroke spasticity of the upper limbs.Methods Sixty-three patients with post-stroke upper limb spasticity and Ashworth scale scores of 1-3 at upper limb flexor were randomly divided into an experimental group(32 cases)and a control group(31 cases).The experimental group was treated with acupuncture treatment,once a day for three months,and the control group Bobath therapy.The treatment effects of the two groups were evaluated before and after treatment with Ashworth Scale,Fugl-Meyer Assessment(FMA) and the changes of the F-wave.Results The clinical symptoms were obviously improved in the experimental group(31.25%)compared with the control group(12.9%)(P0.05).The FMA scores in both two groups were increased after treatment,and the increase was greater in experimental group than in control group(P0.01).The F-wave amplitude and frequency in the two group also decreased(P0.05).Conclusion Acupuncture therapy is convinient,effective and without side-effects for treatment of post-stroke upper limb spasticity.


The absence of streamflow gages and climate stations contribute to the difficulty of understanding watershed hydrology. This study investigates the use of synthetic climate data within the Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), which is integrated into an ArcGIS interface. Study watersheds in northern and southern New Mexico include gaged (Santa Cruz and Mimbres) and ungaged (Truchas and Placitas) watersheds. The study employs streamflow from USGS gaged watersheds to calibrate the model for ungaged watersheds. It also evaluates the impact on model outputs of using enhanced climate data including: 1) Tmax and Tmin from a disaggregation of PRISM data; 2) Precipitation from a sample obtained from the NCEP mosaicked precipitation product; and 3) PET, Solar Radiation, Wind speed, and Relative Humidity from processing of the North America Regional Reanalysis (NARR) product. Additional spatial data consist of a DEM (NHD 10 m), soils map (STATSGO) and a land cover map (NLCD 2001). Watershed area ranged from 109 to 1090 km2. Simulations were performed over the time period from 2003 to 2007. Annual average runoff coefficients (runoff/rainfall) were higher in northern New Mexico (0.08 and 0.19) than in the southern watersheds (0.05 and 0.09). Ongoing efforts include model calibration, climate data evaluation, and parameter sensitivity analysis. The final project output is expected to be a better understanding of runoff processes in ungaged basins in semiarid regions.


A friendly graphic user interface and running method of profile refinement program(Rietica) for thermal neutron powder diffraction are introduced in the paper. The details of inputting parameters files, data files and executing Rietica program are described by taking the refinement of La0.69 Ca0.31 Mn0.96 Fe0.04 O3 as an example.


The electronic and vibrational spectra of the clusters of 2-aminopyridine (2AP) with one and two water molecules have been measured by using resonant two-photon ionization (R2PI) and IR predissociation spectroscopy (IR/R2PI). Under microhydration the aromatic nitrogen forms a very strong hydrogen bond with water. The H-bonded OH stretching vibrations for 2AP·H2O and 2AP·(H2O)2 exhibit a red shift of 254 and 413 cm−1, respectively, relative to the symmetric stretching vibration of free water. In addition water forms an H-bond with the amino group, resulting in a cyclic structure for both clusters. However, due to a reduced geometrical strain, the 2AP·(H2O)2 cluster exhibits considerably stronger H-bonds than the 2AP·H2O cluster. The results of calculations performed both at the density functional and perturbation level of theory are also reported. Theoretical results are in good agreement with the experimental data. In addition, they bring further insight into the structure and energetics of the microhydrated molecule.


Ian MacLachlan has written an excellent overview and introduction to the beef-commodity supply chain in Canada, as it has existed from the late nineteenth century to the present. From the "kill†of slaughtering, to the "chill†of the refrigerated train car or truck, to the roast or hamburger in the supermarket, MacLachlan concisely describes all aspects of this important, but understudied, Canadian agricultural and consumer product. As there are no comparable studies that cover this time period or this number of aspects of beef production and sale, his book fills a research niche in the examination of Canada's past and "almost present†agricultural history.


Application of meta-tetra(hydroxyphenyl)chorin (mTHPC) one of the most effective photosensitizer in photodynamic therapy of solid tumors encounters several complications resulting from its insolubility in aqueous medium. Various strategies of nanoparticles-based delivery of mTHPC were proposed to improve efficiency of mTHPC-PDT.


We consider a helicoidal group $G$ in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ and unbounded $G$-invariant $C^{2,\alpha}$-domains $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ whose helicoidal projections are exterior domains in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$, $n\geq2$. We show that for all $s\in\mathbb{R}$, there exists a $G$-invariant solution $u_{s}\in C^{2,\alpha}\left( \overline{\Omega}\right) $ of the Dirichlet problem for the minimal surface equation with zero boundary data which satisfies $\sup_{\partial\Omega}\left\vert \operatorname{grad}u_{s}\right\vert =\left\vert s\right\vert $. Additionally, we provide further information on the behavior of these solutions at infinity.


The previous chapter (Chapter 6) examined the differential usage of the Internet in broadband and narrowband environments. However, the previous chapter excluded the comparison of current and future consumer use of various electronic services and applications at home and in the work place in the UK. A recently published report that was submitted to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), UK, suggests that the penetration of broadband is likely to promote the usage of advanced Internet content and applications; however, due to the lack of data at present, it is difficult to support this theoretical claim (Analysys, 2005). The Analysys report states, " Much has been made of the requirement for countries to invest in broad-band communications infrastructure, and to promote its usage. Increased take-up of broadband access services is expected to stimulate usage of advanced Internet content and applications by consumers and by businesses, thus changing individuals' behaviour, creating new industries, or increasing productivity in existing industries. However, data to prove the theory is hard to come by " (Analysys, 2005).


Functional traits in dairy cows include fertility, health, longevity, and other traits that affect efficiency of dairy operations by decreasing input rather than increasing output. Genetic improvement of functional traits is challenging because of low heritabilities and difficulties related to phenotype recording. Application of genomics-assisted selection seems to be promising for functional traits. In the scope of this study, genomic predictions for several traits describing various aspects of mastitis, reproduction, and postpartum metabolic disorders were developed using a 50K SNP panel. The reference population included over 4,500 Holstein cows sampled from 9 large commercial herds located in 5 different states in the US. The animals had complete pedigree and extensive phenotype information for the traits of interest. The validation population included about 1,200 Holstein cows from an independent herd. The phenotypes of all animals, along with the pedigree consisting of 14,685 individuals, were used to obtain estimated breeding values (EBVs) for the traits of interest. The EBVs of the reference animals, weighted by their accuracies, were used in the genomic analyses to derive marker effects. The estimated marker effects were then used to obtain direct genomic values (DGVs) for the validation animals. The accuracy of DGVs was assessed by calculating correlations between originally estimated EBVs and DGVs. Preliminary results show that genomic information can be used to predict genetic potential of animals for functional traits.


The main Internet information sources for the study of television audiovisual archives are presented, analyzed and discussed. They are scarce, but very useful; so they must be emphasized as tools for audiovisual information and television archives research


Objective To observe the curative effects of root canal therapy with two kinds of materias,cortisomol and ZOE. Methods The experiment group (Cortisomol group) including 126 teeth of 112 patients and the control group (ZOE group)including 72 teeth of 68 patients were assigned randomly. After general canal preparation, the experiment group was filled with Cortisomal and the control group was filled with ZOE. Results In 31.7% of the teeth of experiment group, pain did not appear.About 80.2% of the teeth of experiment group thoroughly ceased aching within two days, and 97.6% within four days. The occurence rate of pain in the experiment group was lower than that of the control group. The time of pain in the experiment group was shorter than that of the control group. Conclusion The Cortisomol is a relatively ideal material for root canal therapy.


Researchers' eyes at Toyohashi University of Technology are shinning with confidence and a sense of fulfillment. It is because the objective of the engineering research is to promote the happiness of all humanity. Dr. Saburo Tanaka is one such researcher who is challenging to prevent contaminations of foods to promote the happiness of eating of all of the people in the world. Taking an unconventional approach to the challenge of preventing metal contamination. His goal is to improve food safety for people all over the world.


Dipavali Debroy outlines the debut of comics and graphic novels in India. In the process we see how East and West converge as graphic novels have transformed to a truly Indian product. She notes too that when publishers abroad create graphic novels with Indian themes, these novels may lack authenticity and accurate details. She calls for graphic novels infused with Indian themes and innovative Indian art styles.


Information changes the operation environment,control scope and its importance in internal accounting control.From this aspect,this article discusses some new problems on internal accounting control in accounting informational environment and advances some measures.


The spontaneous combustion hazard of loose coal in the top-coal region not only affect the normal production of working face, but also threat the safety of the coal miners. Based on the analysis of characteristics of the top-coal caving region of the roadway and factors of coal spontaneous combustion, the 3-D mathematical model of spontaneous combustion of loose coal in the top-coal region was proposed using the theories of fluid dynamics in porous medium, heat transfer and mass transfer. By using the finite element method, the velocity field of air leakage, the temperature field and the oxygen concentration field were obtained during the combustion process of loose coal in the top-coal caving region in Qishan Coal Mine. The most possible area where spontaneous combustion might take place was specified and the mechanism of coal spontaneous combustion in the top-coal region was analyzed. The results show that the air leakage rates increase with the increasing of the porosity of loose coal and there exits the most possible combust area which is the key place to prevent the fire in the fields. The validity of the numerical simulation results is verified by the measured data.


The behaviour of zonal winds in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere at the CNR meteor radar station near Bologna (45°N, 12°E), is examined for the periods 8-26 January and 4-26 February 1990 during the DYANA campaign. The prevailing flow at different levels reversed eastwards, coincident with the temperature peaks at 10 hPa during the very pronounced minor warming observed in mid-February, 1990. The great day-to-day variability of winds in february appears closely connected to the activity of long period waves at that time. The lack of coherence in the semidiurnal and diurnal tides (ST and DT, respectively), which split into subsidiary peaks around the 12-h and 24-h peaks, is tentatively attributed to nonlinear coupling between these tides and planetary waves with periods of 8-13 days. The significant amplitudes of the DT at various heights are atypical compared with the previous winter values at Bologna, as are those of the strong 8-h oscillation observed in January 1990. Surprisingly, the terdiurnal tide appears to be the most coherent in frequency compared to the other tides


Jumi,the flower bud of Chrysanthemum indicum L.,is a special tea from Shilian,Zhejiang Province,and it is famous for its unique fragrance.Jumi essential oil has numerous efficacies and applications in the field of pharmacy and cosmetic industry,therefore developing effective oil extracting method which can keep both biological activity and fragrance is of considerable significance.At present,steam distillation has been reported as essential oil extract method,but this method can not keep the unique fragrance of Jumi due to the decomposition of fragrant component at high temperature.However,the supercritical fluid of CO2(SFE-CO2)is a low temperature processing technique and can fully keep the unique fragrance of Jumi,which is an efficient,nontoxic,pollution-free,and non-residual method to extract and separate Jumi essential oil.The objective of this paper is to evaluate the quality of Jumi essential oil extracted by SFE-CO2and determine its biological activity.The chemical compositions of Jumi essential oil were determined by GC-MS and their inhibitory activities against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli were analyzed by filter paper tablet bacteriostatic method and minimum inhibitory concentration(MIC).The results showed that the 28types of components with the similarity of more than 70% were identified in Jumi essential oil by GC-MS analysis,which were mainly terpenes and their derivatives,and the former mainly include monoterpene and sesquiterpene,and the latter was mainly alcohols,for example,the contents of hexamethyl-benzene,2-(2,4-hexadiynylidene)-1,6-dioxaspiro[4,4]nonane-3-ene and(2R-Cis)-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7-octahydro-.alpha.,.alpha.,4a,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthalenemethanol were higher than 9%,respectively.Bacterial inhibition tests indicated that Jumi essential oil could inhibit the growth of S.aureus and E.coli,and its MIC was 1.6mg/mL.It is indicated that the Jumi essential oil extracted by SFE-CO2is non-toxic and pollution-free and it offers a scientific evidence about developing Jumi essential oil with high additional value and good-quality in cosmetic and food additive.


I went into her room and was asked, "What's the French for 'gallbladder'?" The nice francophone lady with the positive Murphy sign had been trying to explain her problem to her husband. He'd been at her bedside since she was admitted, wearing a look of tender concern the whole time. But he


To set up and amplify the rational and comprehensive check system of the public security men's vocational work and team construction, three aspects should be followed strictly. First, scientific guiding theory should be established; second, benefit, leading, rewarding and punishing clearly principle should be observed strictly; At last, the detailed rules and regulations of check should be set up with practicality.


Flooding is prominent in West Africa, and is expected to be exacerbated, due to global climate and land-use changes. This study assessed the impacts of future climate and land-use changes on flood hazards in the Mono river catchment area of Benin and Togo. Climate scenarios from the representative concentration pathways, RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5, and land-use projection at the horizon of 2070 were used for runoff simulation at the Athiémé outlet, and flood mapping in the lower Mono river basin. The planned Adjarala dam was also simulated, to evaluate its potential impact. The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was used to investigate the impact of the projected changes on runoff, while the flood-water extent was simulated using the two-dimensional TELEMAC-2D model. TELEMAC-2D was validated with satellite observation and in a participatory way with local stakeholders. SWAT showed good performance during the calibration (KGE = 0.83) and validation (KGE = 0.68) steps. Results show an increase in the magnitude of flood extremes under future climate- and land-use-change scenarios. Events of 10-year return periods during 1987–2010 are expected to become 2-year return-period events under the climate- and land-use-change scenarios considered. The planned Adjarala dam showed potentials for extreme-peak and flood-extent reduction. However, flow-duration curves revealed that the discharge of the river during low-flow periods may also be reduced if the Adjarala dam is built. Adaptation measures as well as sustainable land-use and dam-management options should be identified, to alleviate the impacts of the projected changes.


Recognizing human action is an efficient method for identifying, deciphering, and identifying human patterns and activities. The hardest part is to obtain data about human activities. The ability to recognize another person's behaviours is the primary difficulty that existed prior to the methodical disciplines of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The technique for recognizing human activity is put into action in a variety of steps, including pre-processing the data, extracting the attributes, and classifying the data. This study suggests a hybrid version for recognizing human behavior that combines KMC, Principal Component Analysis, and several algorithms that are combined using voting mechanism. Python is used to test the methodology that is presented, and several metrics like accuracy, precision, and recall are taken into account to study the outcomes.


Boerhaavia diffusa, a perennial creeping weed found in tropics and sub-tropics. The whole plant and its different parts (leaves, roots and stems) and plant extracts have been widely used in various traditional and folklore systems of medicine for treatment of various ailments. It is known as Punarnava in Ayurveda and is a main ingredient in many formulations of Ayurveda. The whole plant contains numerous bioactive compounds which are responsible for its pharmacological activities. The first prover is S.C. Ghosh.


Plants, having sessile nature have to interact with immediate environment for sustaining their lives. Since biotic and abiotic stresses are dominating the favorable growth conditions, plants have to deal with their impact (such as oxidative stress: an imbalance between production and metabolisms of reactive oxygen species, ROS), and maintain their genetic potential to maximally grow and produce (Anjum et al., 2010, 2012, 2014). Notably, considering their direct or indirect involvement in making food, fuel, fiber, and shelter available to human, understanding intricacies of and improving plant life processes under sub-optimal conditions seems timely and imperative.

The entitled above edited volume comprising 20 chapters contributed by eminent researchers, is an attempt to gain insights into both the devastating and signaling role of oxidative stress, and the major defense strategies adopted in plants.

Focused at "ROS and photosynthesis," the Chapter 1 introduces main steps of light and dark reactions, and discusses the production and scavenging of excess excitation energy (EEE) and ROS since their significant role in photosynthesis under environmental stresses. Besides, before briefly discussing the evolution of plant adaptation mechanisms to counteract the damaging effects of EEE and ROS, the author nicely presented the facts how photosynthesis can be regulated by redox status and ROS through their contribution in the signaling pathways. ROS have been implicated as second messengers in plant hormone responses. To this end, the discussion outcomes of the Chapter 2 unveiled that an integrated network, formed by ROS and plant hormone signaling pathways involves a number of crosstalk pathways (related with roles of ABA, ethylene, JA, and MeJA), and can regulate plant growth, development, and their responses to environmental factors.

Discussion in the Chapter 3 is centered on the superoxide dismutase (SOD), the first line of defense in plants against varied ROS such as superoxide (O·−2) that is generated after the reduction of molecular O2 and is considered to have strong reactivity and oxidizing ability. The author has thoroughly reviewed the significance and modulation of SOD in abiotic stressed plants. The dismutation of O·−2 by SOD yields H2O2, a non-radical and longer half-time (1 ms) having ROS. H2O2 has the capacity to diffuse and reach numerous biomolecules and affect the activity of proteins oxidizing the thiol groups. Hence, considering the role of H2O2 in plants, and the availability of very little information on the versatility of catalase (CAT) in plants, the Chapter 4 presents a thorough review of the overall aspects of CAT in plants, where CAT, with its excellent enzyme kinetics efficiently remove H2O2 without needing any reducing substrate.

This book presents good reviews on the significance, modulation and metabolism of both major enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants in abiotic stressed plants. In this context, centered mainly on a major non-enzymatic antioxidant–glutathione (GSH), the Chapters 5 and 6 discuss GSH modulation, metabolism and role in cellular redox homeostasis-maintenance in abiotic stressed plants. However, in Chapters 7–10, various aspects of the other major non-enzymatic antioxidants, such as ascorbic acid, carotenoids, and lipophylic molecules are discussed in plants exposed different stress conditions. The generation, sites, status and modulation of varied ROS, their impact, control, and transcriptional regulation are critically discussed in different plant species exposed to major abiotic (drought, Chapter 11; temperature, Chapter 12) and biotic (pathogen and wounding, Chapter 13) stresses. Major focus of Chapter 14 is on the role of ascorbate peroxidase (APX) in postharvest treatments for horticultural crops. It was suggested that shelf life can be improved and quality can be retained during postharvest handling of horticultural crops if efforts are made to modulate or control abiotic stresses in plant tissues.

Role of mycorrhizas in the control of ROS and their impact via the modulation of various enzymatic and non-enzymatic components in plants was summarized in the Chapter 15. Major biochemical and molecular mechanisms underlying the various roles played by iminoacid–proline are thoroughly discussed in the Chapter 16; whereas, the Chapter 17 highlights the modulation and control of plant tolerance to trace elements by various components of plant antioxidant system. Various aspects related with their generation, role and signaling of ROS in plants are the major focus of the Chapters 18–20. Nevertheless, the large scale production of stress tolerant plants can be possible with the clear understanding of the role of signaling in plants under stresses. These aspects were briefly dealt particularly in the Chapter 18; whereas, insights into the generation, scavenging and signaling of various ROS including H2O2 in plants were nicely presented in the Chapters 19 and 20.

The book is not well-structured, and the contents are not logically arranged. It would have been more imperative if the editor has arranged the whole content of this book as follows: (1) the generation, sites, status and modulation, impact and signaling of varied ROS in plants under sub-sections 1A and 1B for abiotic and biotic tresses respectively, and (2) ROS status and its control via enzymatic (2A), and non-enzymatic (2B) components of plant defense system. Additionally, this book has considered only two enzymes (CAT and APX) as major ROS/H2O2 scavengers in plants, and has given very least importance to the role of ROS, oxidative stress, signaling and control in plants under major biotic stresses.

The overall coverage of the subject matter in the present edited volume is satisfactory, where major aspects related with ROS, oxidative stress and their control via antioxidant networks and signaling were discussed. Thus, the present edited volume may be a good asset for young scientists and master students in plant science area.

This book can be found at: http://www.elsevier.com/books/oxidative-damage-to-plants/ahmad/978-0-12-799963-0


infarction, is a major cause of OHCA, but occasionally there are OHCA patients with no structural abnormalities, indicating the necessity of expanding the definition to include functional disorders. Coronary vasospasm is an important functional cardiac disorder that causes transient myocardial ischemia because of epicardial coronary artery spasm. Coronary vasospasm is known to be associated with a wide variety of cardiac conditions, including life-threatening arrhythmias and OHCA.3–7 ut-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is globally recognized as an important public health problem. The estimated number of emergency medical serviceassessed cases of OHCA is 295,000 per year in the United States, of which 23% have an initial rhythm of ventricular fibrillation (VF), ventricular tachycardia (VT) or other shockable rhythms.1 A prospective nationwide study showed an annual incidence of 55 in 100,000 in the Japanese population, and 28% of OHCA victims are presumed to be cardiac origin.2 Structural heart disease, as represented by acute myocardial O


Many traffic simulation software packages are available to help traffic engineers and researchers study and evaluate the potential impact of proposed traffic management strategies and policies. However, the existing tools require a significant investment in time to learn how to create models, perform calibrations, and, finally, analyze the results. This substantial learning curve severely restricts their application and makes it difficult for engineering students, the general public, and policy makers to take advantage of these tools. An Internet-based traffic simulation framework was developed to enhance the learning experience for transportation students and engineers. Pregenerated traffic scenarios were first implemented as part of an undergraduate civil engineering class. An interactive simulation tool was developed to allow users to make changes to the model and examine the impacts on traffic. This now allows students, for example, to minimize the queue length at the traffic signal by changing the cycle length or splits. This interactive traffic simulation tool was deployed and tested in an undergraduate class of 73 students. Feedback was collected from the instructors and the students and will lead to additional enhancements of the laboratory module. This web-based traffic simulation framework can also incorporate larger road networks that allow one to consider a multiplicity of traffic management strategies, thus providing a valuable tool for educating and training transportation professionals.


In 1976, a survey of skin disease in guide dogs failed to mention atopic skin disease. Since then, there has been an increased awareness of canine allergic skin disease, both within The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and the wider dog population, and this has been accompanied by an improved understanding of the causes and complicated factors involved. This article aims to describe atopic dermatitis and its treatment in the 1990's, and draws attention to some of the important questions yet to be answered.


Abstract Various models of interreligious relations have been proposed in recent scholarship, including most prominently the several varieties of inclusivism, exclusivism, and pluralism. One abiding presupposition shared across these models takes the religious adherent (or community of adherents) as a unified individual (or collective of such individuals). This assumption overlooks an important feature of the mystical strains of religiosity, which is to negate selfhood. This article seeks to problematize standard scholarly models of interreligious relations by working through and applying to them such mystical understandings of (non-)selfhood, with particular focus on the Islamic mystics Abū Yazīd al-Bisṭamī, Abū l-Qāsem al-Junayd, ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin al-Qushayrī, Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār Nayshābūrī, and Muḥyiddīn Ibn al-ʿArabī. Based on this textual study, I propose an alternative to interreligious dialogue more adequately termed 'polyglot monologue' or, in order to avoid pluralistic implications, 'omnilogue'.


Abstract: The rise of Blockchain technology enables us to create secure, trusted and decentralized apps. Crowdfunding is an online money raising strategy that uses small amounts of capital from a large number of individuals which finance a new business project. Crowdfunding makes use of the easy accessibility of vast networks of people through social media and crowdfunding websites to bring investors and entrepreneurs together. The main problem with the current websites is that they don't provide the Contributor Assured Policy and they don't have control over the money they donated. So, by using blockchain we can provide a safe, secure and transparent way for crowdfunding. In this work, we have provided interactive forms for campaign creation, contribution and request approval through which both campaign creators and contributors can easily create and pool the campaigns. Keywords: Blockchain, Ethereum, Smart Contracts, Crowdfunding.


The construction scheme of the conversion floor structure in high rise building is introduced. Moreover from concrete work, reinforcement project and other aspects the matters needing attention in the construction of converting storey are proposed. Author emphasized that the practical mechanical analytic model's building can meet the unification of construction and design.


By using standard deviation,Gini coefficient,the first order Theil index decomposition,and Cui-Wang index,this paper made a quantitative analysis to the absolute disparities,the relative disparities and the disparities' spatial distribution and convergence of the marine regional economic in China.The conclusions are:Since the implementation of "The National Program for Marine Economy",China's provincial marine economic development gap has been gradually reducing,while the gap between three regions,Bohai Rim,Yangtze River Delta,Pearl River Delta,is increasing.It is clear that the implementation of regional marine economic development plans is effective to narrow China's regional marine economic disparities.


Part Two examines the intersection of Asian American Studies and Environmental Studies, revealing information and insights that can be useful in environmental and social justice advocacy, strategic planning, policy development and programming. Professor Julie Sze (UC Davis) and Charles Lee (Deputy Associate Assistant Administrator for Environmental Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) served as the consulting guest editors for this portion of the volume.


After the devastating 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Tsunami the ocean modeling group at Alfred Wegener Institute started to build up a database of tsunami scenarios in the context of the GITEWS project (German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System). These scenarios cover the Sunda trench where most tsunamigenic earthquakes threatening Indonesia and surrounding countries occur. Scenarios serve as a forecast for tsunami early warning by estimating arrival times of the wave and maximum wave heights. For modeling wave propagation and inundation, the unstructured mesh shallow water code TsunAWI was developed. TsunAWI is based on a finite element discretization. Unstructured meshes have the advantage that complex geometries such as the coastline can be accurately represented and a local refinement of the mesh in regions of interest can be easily carried out. The code comprises coastal inundation. In this presentation we analyse the sensitivity of tsunami simulations with regard to bathymetric and topographic data, mesh resolution and bottom friction parameters. As a test case we investigate the 1993 Okushiri tsunami generated by a Mw7.8 earthquake o


With informed consent,fingerprints patterns of 1 265 unrelated college students including 634 males and 631 females from Henan Han population in Xinxiang medical university were collected by ink-print method,and the parameters of fingerprints were analyzed by magnifying glass.The results showed that the atd angle was about 42?,and there was statistically significant between males and females(P0.05) while no statistically significant between left and right(P0.05).There was no statistically significant on tPD among different genders or hands(P0.05).It demonstrated that the distribution of fingerprint patterns of college students showed its personality as well as the common characteristics comparing to other populations,and provided basic data for medicine,genetics and anthropology dermatoglyphics.


Based on SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) this paper analyzes the advertising market of sci-tech periodicals in China. The author concludes that the strengths of the advertising market are strong pertinence, high reliability, long timeliness, low costs, and being easily obtained. The weaknesses are long time delay, limited capacity, and finite influence. The opportunities are the development of the advertising market, and the rational investment of the customers. The threats come from the competitions of domestic and foreign media, and the customers' reputation degree.


Additives like systemic benzodiazepines, synthetic and semisynthetic opiods are simple, effective and commonly adopted way of post-operative pain relief. Neural blockade is one of the answers to control post-operative pain .Neostigmine is universally used reversal agent whose post-operative pain relief property was rst described by 2 Naguib &Yaksh et al in 1942 .Intrathecal neostigmine represents one of the promising methods of providing post-operative analgesia .Neostigmine is a synthetic quaternary ammonium compound. It is an anticholinesteras agent, which inhibits the breakdown of acetylcholine by competing with acetylcholine for the attachment of acetyl cholinesterase, as a result acetylcholine accumulates at cholinergic synapses and its effects are prolonged and exaggerated. Spinal neostigmine apparently activates descending pain inhibitory systems that rely on a spinal cholinergic interneuron, probably exacerbating a cholinergic tonus that is already activated during the post-operative period and seems to be extremely efcient for alleviating somatic pain. Neostigmine is being routinely used to provide post-operative analgesia. Neostigmine offers several advantages, easy availability and cost effectiveness to the patient, reliable and durable postoperative analgesia, availability of preservative free drug, no untoward side effects like respiratory depression, pruritis and drowsiness as experienced with intrathecal narcotics. After extensive trials in animals regarding the efcacy and safety, it was tested on human volunteers. After its efcacy and safety was proved in human volunteers, it is being routinely used to provide postoperative analgesia in patients.


Copper oxides nanoparticles have multifunctional properties and wide range of applications and can be prepared by many methods available today. In this work, CuO nanoparticles were prepared by Coffea powder extract. The green synthesised CuO nanoparticles was characterized by XRD. The results indicate that CuO nanoparticles synthesised by Coffea powder extract has an average particle size of 27nm-32nm.


Establishing objective and reproducible means to assess disease is paramount when treating patients in the clinic and when conducting clinical trials. For example, comparison of a primary endpoint between treatment groups in a study evaluating drug efficacy is inherently limited by how reliable and valid the endpoint measure is. Furthermore, in clinical trials that include patients with intermediate or posterior uveitis, significant heterogeneity exists in the outcome measures used. This lack of consensus ultimately limits both the ability to compare results between studies and the ability to draw conclusions in patients with uveitis. Currently, one of the more recognized measures of posterior segment disease activity in uveitis patients uses the Nussenblatt vitreous haze scale. This scale grades the degree of vitreous haze from 0 to 4 according to the visibility of posterior pole features using an indirect ophthalmoscope. Recent studies have used optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging, despite its moderate reliability, to quantify vitreous inflammation more objectively. In this issue, Barbosa and colleagues discuss their use of OCT imaging and software processing to quantify vitreous inflammation in a cohort of patients with uveitis. Two independent graders determined the intensity of the vitreous (VIT) in ImageJ using a defined pixel area above the foveal internal limiting membrane. This value was divided by the mean intensity of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) to generate a VIT/RPE intensity score for each patient. This ratio controlled for corneal and lenticular changes that may have affected OCT image quality. The VIT/RPE scores were found to correlate with the Nussenblatt vitreous haze grades clinically determined by a separate observer. In addition, there was strong interand intraobserver reliability with VIT/RPE measurements. This study provides further evidence to support the role of OCT in the objective assessment of inflammation in uveitis. As the authors mention, vitreous haze may be a more reliable indicator of disease activity than vitreous cells, especially in cases such as pars planitis, where vitreous cells may persist despite disease quiescence. In addition, OCT imaging has been used in deep learning applications for diseases ranging from diabetic retinopathy to glaucoma. If VIT/RPE intensity scores are validated in future studies, it might even be possible to generate a machine-learning algorithm for assessing the presence and severity of vitreous inflammation in patients with uveitis. There are, however, a few limitations of the current study that are worth mentioning. First, the exclusion criteria are somewhat restrictive and may impact the study's generalizability. Second, the approach for quantifying vitreous inflammation above the fovea would be satisfactory in the majority of diseases with diffuse vitritis but may be less revealing in disorders such as toxoplasmosis, which often present with a more focal vitritis. Finally, a minority of patients in this study had Nussenblatt grades of 1 or higher. Future studies that enroll patients with more advanced vitritis may be helpful in assessing the utility of this OCT method across wider ranges of vitreous inflammation. In summary, Barbosa and colleagues have eloquently described the validity, reliability, and objectivity of an OCT-based measure of vitreous inflammation in patients with uveitis. Studies such as this are important to facilitate the development of more objective and reproduceable means of assessing disease severity. These measures will benefit patients in the clinic and create more robust endpoints for clinical trials.


Preaching Doctrine for the Twenty-First Century. By Robert G. Hughes and Robert Kysar. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1997. viii +136 pp. $14.00 (paper). The Foolishness of Preaching: Proclaiming the Gospel against the Wisdom of the World. By Robert Farrar Capon. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1998. x + 154 pp. $18.00 (paper). The Sunday Lectionary: Ritual Word, Paschal Shape. By No and Bonneau. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1998. xii + 175 pp. $14.95 (paper). Though the subject of each of these three books is reflection on and inquiry into the components of proclamation, they approach their shared task in strikingly different ways. One book directly examines the theological bases on which a sermon is constructed; the second stimulates the imagination of the preacher; and the third provides a historical and liturgical rationale for the choice of scriptural passages. Yet, they do have concerns and emphases in common: The primary concern of each is the theological formation of Christians in community, and their shared emphasis is on accomplishing that formation by centering proclamation in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. To preach death and resurrection is to preach the theological themes of the Bible, themes the church has made its own in its doctrina or teaching. In Preaching Doctrine for the Twenty-First Century, Hughes and Kysar begin their explication of the difficulty of that task by summarizing the events that have led to the substitution of pablum for proclamation. These authors write convincingly that the church is as responsible for the demise of theological acumen as the culture it seeks to convert. Among the church's deficiencies is a failure to educate people in the faith. There is a spirit of anti-intellectualism within the clergy; and the dilution of cognitive content in sermons in favor of the exploration of new styles of preaching has resulted in theological superficiality from the pulpit. But preaching as a theological task is also affected by forces at work in our communities. The secularization of society is unmistakable in a culture whose gods are consumerism and individualism. The authors write, "We will have to rediscover the social dimension of [the] traditional doctrine [of justification by faith] in its originator, the apostle Paul, in order to form the theological consciousness of our new listeners" (p. 17). In our self-centered culture, authority is questioned in the search for simplistic solutions. Transcendence is unfathomable. Empiricism is the only truth. Personal experience, as manifested in psychologies of self-actualization and new-age spirituality, has taken precedence over shared traditions; and postmodernism, with its stress on language as the substance of being, promises to deconstruct tradition even further. They explain, "[P]ostmodernism is minimally a new human consciousness, a new appreciation of the role of language and its social qualities, a suspicion of so-called universal truths, and a new understanding of human relationships" (p. 9). But postmodernism's stress on language as the center of understanding offers preachers new opportunities to reframe experience and redescribe reality. As Hughes and Kysar write, "Because language is power, the re-languaging of tradition brings the tradition to new reality in a new age" (p. 15). The authors then present five principles undergirding a method for homiletical theology in a new reality and a new age. This chapter is followed by a demonstration of exegetical method for preaching theological themes, reflections using story to form theological consciousness, and analyses of various crafting techniques. Hughes and Kysar furnish the reader with a concise synopsis of contemporary currents in preaching. Much of what is presented here is not new, but it is framed in a helpful and compellingly persuasive way. Moreover, this book offers sound instruction in moving from past formulas to present homiletical needs without sacrificing theological fundamentals. …


. Abstract * صخلملا Samples of water and sediments were collected from three sites along the main body of King Talal Dam (KTD) in the period between Spring 2007 and Winter 2008. The sites represent the middle point of KTD (site A), its deepest area (site B) and its outlet or intake point (site C). Samples were collected from surface and near-bottom water during four seasons within the study period, while the sediment samples were collected during dry (summer) and wet (winter) seasons within the same study period. In addition to temperature, dissolved oxygen (DO) and pH, water samples were analyzed for nitrate (NO3 - ), nitrite (NO2 - ), ammonia (NH3), dissolved inorganic phosphate-phosphorus; DIP (PO 4 - ), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP) contents. Sediments samples were analyzed for grain size distribution, organic matter, total phosphorus (TP), and total nitrogen (TN). Nutrients in water fluctuated in space, depth and time. Nitrogen species concentrations were highest during spring, while higher phosphorus species concentrations were recorded during winter. However, nutrients showed significant differences between seasons and insignificant differences between sites and between depths. The concentrations of nutrients in the water were generally less than their concentrations in the sediments. Nutrients in sediments showed more or less similar general trend of spatial distribution, where maximum values occurred in site A and site B during winter, and most of the pollutants decreased towards the far end of the dam at its outlet or intake point (site C). The concentrations of nutrients were higher in the clay-silt size fraction (<63μm), which has higher organic matter contents compared to the larger size fractions. The results of the present study agree with and confirm the results of many previous studies which indicated that water and sediments of KTD are polluted due to many anthropogenic and natural sources. The results and its relationships with these sources are discussed in details.


This study examines the stability of money demand in the proposed West African Monetary Union (WAMU). The study uses annual data for the period 1981 to 2015 from thirteen of the fifteen countries making-up the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). A standard money demand function is designed and estimated using a bounds testing approach to co-integration and error-correction modeling. The findings show divergence across ECOWAS member states in the stability of money demand. This divergence is informed by differences in cointegration, stability, short run and long term determinants, and error correction in event of a shock.


ABSTRACT There is conflicting research on the value of using digital technology with young children. This study investigated how an app, used in conjunction with dual language picture books, can support the social, emotional, and literacy learning of bi/multilingual children. Twenty-one children used the app Talking Stickers at home and school for four weeks. The classroom was observed and the educators and parents were interviewed and surveyed. The findings indicated that children had enhanced opportunities to practice social, cognitive, and multi-lingual literacy skills, and bonds between home and school were strengthened. The research has implications for classroom practice and home-school programmes.


Over decades of research and development in surveillance domain, multimedia surveillance systems have achieved a great maturity level. However, due to the distribution of surveillance capabilities in current surveillance systems, new challenges on how to manage and coordinate alerts and responses among the distributed parties becomes a challenge. These alerts and responses are the two very important information items in establishing effective collaboration among the distributed smart surveillance systems. This research aims to develop a enterprise-scale alert-response management framework based on DODAF 2.0 services and systems model. The proposed framework may be considered as generic information assimilation and coordination framework for different surveillance scenarios.


Cloud Computing CC is revolutionizing the methodology by which IT services are being utilized. It is being introduced and marketed with many attractive promises that are enticing to many companies and managers, such as reduced capital costs and relief from managing complex information technology infrastructure. However, along with desirable benefits come risks and security concerns that must be considered and addressed correctly. Thus, security issues must be considered as a major issue when considering Cloud Computing. This paper discusses Cloud Computing and its related concepts; highlights and categorizes many of the security issues introduced by the "cloud"; surveys the risks, threats, and vulnerabilities; and makes the necessary recommendations that can help promote the benefits and mitigate the risks associated with Cloud Computing.


AIM:To explore the potential relationship between nontargeted mutagenesis and the cascades of protein phosphorylation of signal transduction pathways in cells. METHOD:Differential display of phosphorylated protein in cells treated with MNNG (methylnitronitrosoguanidine) and those with dimethyl sulfoxide (control) were performed with [ 32 P] incorporation in vivo ; Western blotting test was employed to identify the property of the protein. RESULTS:There are two differential displayed phosphorylated proteins reacted negatively with antiphosphotyrosine in MNNG treatment cells. CONCLUSION:The molecular weight of two proteins and the results of Western blot suggested that the two differential displayed phosphorylated proteins may be Ser/Thr phosphoproteins and probably members of the MAPK.