The article presented shows an analysis based on the perspective of the training of professionals Translators and Interpreters of Libras in Brazil, reporting several aspects, such as: accessibility, inclusion, accredited training institutions, and also the level of performance of current professionals, showing that the educational institutions need suitably qualified people. The main objective of this work is to contribute to the growing demand of professionals who seek to enter the area in question, aiming at a greater engagement of training sources so that the area of translation/interpretation of Libras develops more and more in Brazil. The research was carried out by analyzing data from institutions in the area, the level of training of interpreters and "who" trains the professional to act, seeking a better way of working to certify and train new students in this modality, in addition to covering the offer of courses , whether Technicians, Bachelors or Postgraduates, since the profession of Translator and Interpreter of Libras was regulated a few years ago by Federal Law 12,319, of September 1, 2010, which makes us think that much struggle is still ahead. come over.


The purpose of this study was to test the following research questions: 1) Are attitudes toward environmental strategies in a hotel useful in predicting a consumer`s intention to purchase stay? 2) Is a consumer`s general knowledge about the environment useful in predicting a consumer`s intention to purchase stay in a hotel when considering environmental strategies? 3) Is a consumer`s perceived self-efficacy toward participating in environmental strategies in a hotel useful in predicting intention to purchase stay? 4) Is the adapted Hines` Model of Responsible Environmental Behavior effective in Predicting a consumer`s intention to purchase stay in a hotel when considering environmental strategies? The data was collected during the summer and fall of 1999 from hotels of Kyoungbuk and Taegu provinces. Questionnaires was completed by hotel quests. After matching and aggregating responses, all measures ware subjected to reliability and validity assessment. Hypothesis testing took place with regression analyses and t-test. The research findings indicate that attitudes, knowledge and perceived self-efficacy toward environmental strategies of a hotel have a impact on the intention of stay in a hotel, these findings suggest that hotel managers must adopt environmental strategies.


An online portfolio & CV of Sarah Severson most recent work. As an emerging information professional, Sarah is interested in web design, knowledge organization and information in general.


The aim of this study was to investigate for the first time some aspects of the reproductive activity of the Caramote prawn, Melicertus kerathurus, in Montenegrin waters. This species is considered a target species in the small-scale fishery in Boka Kotorska Bay, being a species of high commercial value. Sampling was carried out on a monthly basis from April 2019 to December 2019 by trammel nets. The spawning season was estimated based on monthly changes in the gonadosomatic index, condition factor and gonadal maturity stages. The main spawning season for females extends from April-May to September, with a clear peak in June. The total sex ratio (males/females) was 1:1. Sexual differences related to the length-weight relationship were noted.


A mutator, m u p , in Drosophila melunoguster potentiates terminal deficiencies. In the female germ line the y mutant frequency induced by irradiation of mature oocytes with 5 Cy increases approximately twofold in heterozygotes and 20-fold in homozygotes compared with wild type. The recovery of terminal deficiencies is not limited to breaks close to chromosome ends; high frequencies of deficiencies can be recovered with breakpoints located in centric heterochromatin or near the middle of a chromosome arm. Lesions induced by y-rays are repaired slowly in mu2" oocytes, but become "fixed" as terminal deficiencies upon fertilization. A few lesions induced in wild-type females also produce terminal deficiencies. Mutator males do not exhibit an increase in terminal deletions, regardless of the germ cell stage irradiated. In addition, there is no increase in the mutant frequency when mature sperm are irradiated and fertilize eggs produced by mu2" females. The data are consistent with the hypothesis that lesions induced in sperm chromosomes are repaired after fertilization, while lesions induced in oocyte chromosomes are shunted instead to a mechanism that stabilizes broken chromosome ends. We propose that mu2 affects chromosomal structure during oogenesis, thereby modulating DNA repair. T ELOMERES are chromosomal organelles at the tips of all eukaryotic linear chromosomes. They serve several cellular functions, two of which are vital. The function that first led to the identification of the telomere is its ability to "cap" or protect chromosome ends from degradation, recombination and repair processes. A chromosome arm that has lost this function because of a double strand break generally cannot be recovered unless it regains a telomere by fusing with another chromosomal fragment (MULLER 1938, 1940; MULLER and HERSKOWITZ 1954). A telomere is also required for the complete replication at the end of a linear chromosome (WATSON 1972; OLOVNIKOV 1973). In most species complete replication of the tip requires telomerase activity (reviewed by BLACK~URN 1992), which in turn depends on the presence of a specific DNA sequence at the tip. This DNA sequence is generally 6-8 bp in length, tandemly repeated, and relatively conserved among eukaryotes. In Drosophila melanogaster, however, chromosome length is maintained by tipspecific transposition of two families of retroposons (reviewed by MASON and BIESSMANN 1995). Telomeres have also been found to associate with the nuclear matrix, the nuclear envelope, and other telomeres. These associations may be important for maintaining nuclear organization, for meiotic chromosome pairing, and/or for mitotic segregation (KIRK et al. 1997). Corresponding author: James M. Mason, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 277092233, E-mail: email@example.com 'Present address: CanTox Inc., 2233 Argentia Rd., Suite 308, Mississauga, Ontario L5N 2x7, Canada. Genetics 146 1381-1397 (August, 1997) It appears that the two vital functions of the telomere can be separated, at least in Drosophila (MASON et al. 1984; BIESSMANN and MASON 1988). Radiation-induced terminal (i .e. , one-break) deficiencies potentiated by a mutator, muY, have been recovered and maintained in stock for several years. These deletions have lost a tip of the original chromosome and have not been capped via rearrangement with nonhomologous chromosomes. According to the original definition of the telomere (MULLER 1938), the recovered terminal deficiencies have telomeres. However, DNA sequences associated with telomeres in Drosophila are not found on the broken ends (MASON et al. 1984; BIESSMANN et al. 1990), and the broken ends lose -75 bp of DNA per generation (BIESSMANN and MASON 1988), a rate consistent with the loss of the RNA primer from the end of the chromosome after each round of DNA replication (BIESSMANN et al. 1990). LEVIS (1989) has found similar results with chromosomal breaks induced in the telomeric region of the right arm of chromosome 3. These observations are not unique to Drosophila. MCCLINTOCK (1939, 1941) demonstrated in maize that when a single chromosome, broken at meiosis, enters the endosperm, the broken end fuses with its sister broken end after replication to produce a dicentric chromosome, which breaks at the following mitosis to produce a cell with a single broken chromosome end, which then repeats this breakage-fusion-bridge cycle. In the maize embryo, however, the broken chromosome "heals" to produce a stable terminal deficiency (MCCLINTOCK 1941, 1942). The demonstration in maize of broken chromosome ends healing remained 1382 J. M. Mason, L. E. Champion and G. Hook the only convincing evidence for such a process for many years. Recently, however, terminal deficiencies have been demonstrated in yeast and humans. In yeast, chromosome breaks delay the cell cycle, allowing time for repair. Cells with unrepaired chromosomes may return to vegetative growth after this delay, but the broken chromosome is usually lost within a few cycles (SANDELL and ZAKWN 1993). New telomeres may be formed at the site of the break, but this depends on a short sequence at the tip that resembles the TG(1.3) yeast telomeric DNA and a longer telomere nucleation site within a few hundred bp of the tip (KRAMER and HABER 1993). The ability to form new telomeres de novo is under genetic control, being sensitive to the PZFl helicase gene ( SCHULTZ and ZAKIAN 1994). A number of terminal deletions have been reported in humans. Many of these are, in fact, interstitial deletions and translocations with small, cytologically cryptic telomere regions capping the break (MELTZER et al. 1993). A few cases, however, of true terminal deletions in humans have been reported in which telomeric repeat sequences are added directly to the site of the chromosome break (WILKIE et al. 1990; LAMB et al. 1993; FLINT et al. 1994). A short GT-rich, telomere-like sequence at the extreme chromosome tip and the presence of telomerase appear to be necessary to initiate telomere formation. While interstitial telomeric sequences are not uncommon in many eukaryotic cells ( BIESSMANN and MASON 1994), it is possible to induce new telomeres in mammalian cells by the insertion of telomeric DNA (FARR et al. 1990, 1992). The formation of new telomeres by this method depends on the presence of telomerase (BARNETT et al. 1994) and an inserted DNA sequence that can be recognized by the telomere repeat binding factor, TRF (HANISH et al. 1994). In contrast to other eukaryotes, non-LTR retrotransposable elements are found at the extreme ends of undamaged Drosophila chromosomes (reviewed by MASON and BIESSMANN 1995), and with time chromosomes with broken ends acquire new transposable element sequences (BIESSMANN et al. 1990). These elements belong to two subfamilies, termed HeT-A and TART (LEVIS et al. 1993), that are members of a larger family that includes the LINE elements in mammals. Thus, in Drosophila telomere length appears to be maintained by stochastic transposition of these elements to chromosome ends. We describe here the effect of mu2" on the recovery of terminal deficiencies after irradiation of oocytes or male germ cells. As the phenotype of mu2" is a high frequency of terminal deficiencies, it is hoped that a genetic characterization of the mutant will enhance our understanding of telomere formation in Drosophila. Mutants for mu2 exhibit delayed repair of y-ray-induced lesions in oocytes as well as reduced meiotic recombination (MASON and CHAMPION 1989). Lesions that are not repaired by the time of fertilization are stabilized in the zygote as terminal deficiencies. Terminal deficiencies can be recovered when breaks are induced in the middle of an arm, or in the centric heterochromatin. Surprisingly, a few lesions induced in wild-type oocytes escape repair and give rise to terminal deficiencies. Irradiated mu2" males do not exhibit an increase in mutant frequency. Even though lesions induced in mature sperm are repaired after fertilization (MULLER 1940; MADDERN and LEIGH 1976) under the genetic control of the female (GRAF et al. 1979), they do not potentiate terminal deficiencies when the female is m u y , suggesting that the DNA repair machinery is not affected by this mutation. Taken together, these data suggest that the mu2 gene controls some aspect of the oocyte nucleus, possibly chromosome structure or association of the chromosomes with the matrix, that modulates both DNA repair and meiotic recombination. MATERIALS AND METHODS Materials and culture conditions: The mu2 alleles used here have been described previously (MASON et al. 1984; WANC et al. 1994). Other genetic markers and special chromosomes are described by LINDSLN and ZIMM (1992) and listed in Table 1. All cultures were maintained at 25" on standard cornmeal, molasses medium with dry yeast added to the surface. In test crosses females were transferred to fresh yeast paste 1 day before treatment to ensure maximum fecundity. The progeny of test crosses were counted through day 17. Irradiation: A I3'Cs source with a 2X attenuator was used for irradiation. The standard dose was 5 Gy, unless noted otherwise. Higher doses severely reduce female fecundity (MASON et al. 1984). The dose rate was -4-5 Cy per min. Mutation in female germ cells: Tests for mutation at the y and w genes have been described (MASON et al. 1984; BIESS MANN and MASON 1988). Briefly, virgin females with unmarked X chromosomes were collected and aged 2-4 days. Unless stated otherwise, crosses were set up within an hour of treatment. After 22-24 hr the parents were removed. The tester males carried mutations for y and w on the X chromosome and a duplication of the tip of the Xattached to the Y chromosome. The duplication is marked with y2 sc and allows detection of X chromosome deficiencies in male progeny. In tests for terminal deficiencies with breaks in the


For efficient IoT mobility management, CoAP-based mobility management protocol (CoMP) was proposed to counteract constraints of mobility internet protocol version 6 (MIPv6). CoMP exchanges Binding Update (BU) messages to manage location changes but the BU messages are subjected to security vulnerabilities like denial of service (DoS), false BU, session hijacking, and man in the middle (MITM) attacks. In this paper, we extend CoMP by proposing a security scheme based on a private key to protect the BU CoMP messages exchanged between the mobile nodes and clients referred to as PKBU-CoMP (private key-based BU for CoMP). PKBU-CoMP ensures that clients check address ownership and validity of mobile nodes before performing any BU operation. A detailed signalling flow diagram was designed, and we conducted a performance analysis of the PKBU-CoMP.


Part 1 Issues and theory: direct foreign investment and structural change in the Asia-Pacific region - the issues, Seiji Naya and Eric D. Ramstetter the theory of the multinational enterprise - a common analytical framework, James R. Markusen. Part 2 Inward investment and structural change in developing economies: foreign firms and structural change in Indonesia, Mari Pangetsu foreign firms in promoted industries and structural change in Thailand, Somsak Tambunlertchai. Part 3 Inward investment and structural change in newly industrializing economies: direct investment and structural change in Korean manufacturing, Chung H. Lee and E.D. Ramstetter foreign firms and structural change in Taiwan, Chi Schive and Jenn-Hwa Tu. Part 4 Outward investment and structural change in industrialized economies: the rapid increase of direct investment abroad and structural adjustment in Japan, Shujiro Urata multinational firm activity and structural adjustment in the United States, E.D. Ramstetter. Part 5 Regional and global perspectives: multinational affiliates and the changing division of labour in the Asia-Pacific region, Michael G. Plummer and E.D. Ramstetter direct foreign investment and structural change in developing Asia, Japan and the United Staes, Robert E. Lipsey multinationals and structural change - implications of Asia-Pacific experiences, S. Naya and E.D. Ramstetter.


Face recognition is an active area of research since 1980s. The increasing acceptability of the face as a biometric for recognition is due to the fact that it is non-intrusive. This makes it more suited to application areas of surveillance, border control and authentication. The task of successfully matching face images obtained before and after plastic surgery is a challenging problem. The challenge that plastic surgery imposes on the recognition system is enormous, considering the fact that the images are geometrically and structurally degraded by surgery amidst other degrading factors such as illumination, pose and expression. The degree to which a face is altered depends on the type and number of plastic surgeries performed, and it is difficult to model such variations. Existing approaches use learning based methods that are either computationally expensive or rely on a set of training images. Altering facial appearance using surgical procedures has raised a challenge for face recognition algorithms. Facial plastic surgery can also be misused by individuals who are trying to conceal their identity with the intent to commit fraud or evade law enforcement. These procedures amend the facial features and skin texture thereby providing a makeover in the appearance of face.


There are several factors influencing the water quality based on its usage. The quality of
drinking water is of the vital concern for human health and life. An essential attempt has to be done to develop a water quality index (WQI) corresponding with different conditions and characteristics of the relevant river or water body such as geographical, hydrological, discharge rate and pollution sources. The index is not specifically focused on human health or aquatic life regulations. However, a water index based on some very important parameters can determine a simple indicator of water quality. In the present study, the Gorganrood water quality has been evaluated by available NSF water quality index. Subsequently, the nine present NSF parameters' weights have been changed and modified using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method as
well as experts' opinions in the field in a way to satisfy local conditions. In the newly developed WQI, more weights are given to relation with these parameters it can be said that the factors like dissolved oxygen (Do), fecal coliform (F.c) and biological oxygen demand (BOD) when compared with NSF-WQI.


The collection of the dominican convent library in Toulouse (xiiith-xvth c. ) consists of 109 manuscripts. The study of literary contents shows that half of the manuscripts are works consecrated to theology and the study of the bible. The rest is divided amongst history, preaching, law and liturgy. In this corpus, 46 manuscripts are illuminated with decorative initials or historicated initials. In all of these manuscripts, there are only two full-page illuminations. The stylistic study of the decorative initials demonstrates that the Toulouse collection is strongly influenced by the parisian miniature or more widely by the septentrional (northern) miniature. From the XIVth century on, one also notes the presence of an italian influence wich may be explained in part by the discovery of notions of volume and space by transalpine artists. Finally, research of the historicated initials and the full-page illuminations reveals that the iconographic themes are treated in the spirit of the era. Most of the images employ a very well know symbolic language lacking in any distinctive features. Nevertheless, one notes in this collection a very innovative and audacious image of the crucifixion, wich seems to be inspired by the bonaventurian and prophetic theme of the tree of life. This image give a true specificity to the collection


Auxiliary self-checking piece of breast mass is used to diagnose early breast lump.While using this medical equipment for breast mass detection,fingers can easily feel the existence of breast masses,consequently,Breast secretions,breast lumps sensitive to subtle changes can be found.Thus early mammary pathological changes are discoved with the aim of treating early.This project used the new technology of hot-melt Adhesives,choosing a suitable biodegradable polyurethane reactive (PUR) hot melt Adhesive,and optimal temperature (150-165℃),pressure 147.3-540.1kPa (1.5-5.5kg/cm 2 ),speed (compound time 20-30s) processing parameters were choosed.Then the initial viscosity of PUR adhesivity and short solidification time made the surface of TPU membrane smooth,soft and has a certain strength.And filling food grade mineral oil,auxiliary self-checking piece of breast mass was prepared after disinfection of packaging.The rate of accuracy of examination is high,for this product is keen to the breast hard lump induction.


Based on gravity and magnetic,geological and mineral resources data,this paper described characteristics of aeromagnetic and gravity anomalies in Tunxi area and,in combination with physical characters,analyzed geological factors responsible for the aeromagnetic and gravity anomalies and their reflections for geological structure and mineral resources. Gravity and magnetic anomalies are very clear in Tunxi area,which reflect the distribution regularity of basement,capping bed and intrusive rocks. It is held that Tunxi basin is a Paleozoic basement and hence the prospecting space can be considerably enlarged. It is also considered that Zhuxi type superlarge skarn tungsten-copper deposits are likely to be found in the Paleozoic basement of the red bed basin.


TRANSFER OF CONTROL IN INSTRUCTION AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT FROM THE COOPERATING TEACHER TO THE STUDENT TEACHER: THE DEGREES OF FREEDOM IN DECISION-MAKING INVOLVED IN THE PRESERVICE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE FEBRUARY, 1993 PATRICK J. DALY. B.S., STATE COLLEGE at BOSTON M.A.T., BOSTON COLLEGE M.Ed. in ADMINISTRATION and SUPERVISION, SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY M.Ed. in ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, BOSTON STATE COLLEGE Ed.D., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Directed by: Professor R. Mason Bunker Within the period of each student teaching experience a series of transfers takes place in which responsibility for decision-making in instruction and classroom management is shifted from the cooperating teacher to the student teacher and culminates with the assumption of the role of teacher by the student teacher. The purpose of this study was to investigate the transfer of instruction and classroom control and the degrees of freedom allowing the student teacher to make decisions during the preservice clinical experience. Six categories were used as a framework to discipline the collection of the data: Time Sequence, Readiness, Formal Communication Conferences, Informal Communication Cues and Signs, Degrees of Freedom and Proximity, and Legal and Moral Responsibilities. The methodology involved three phases of investigation: oral interviews, classroom observations, and questionnaires. The population in Phases 1 and 2 consisted of ten matched pairs of cooperating teachers and student teachers who were interviewed and observed. In Phase 3 nine cooperating teachers and eight student teachers comprised a different, non-matched population who responded to two types of questionnaires. All participants were from elementary preservice clinical experiences in western Massachusetts. Collected data from the three phases were qualitatively analyzed to identify significant factors relative to the transfer of control. Cooperating teachers and student teachers had no personal explicit time sequence to grant or receive the transfer of control but believed an implicit pattern existed. Student teachers had no personal criteria for readiness to assume control but determined it by personal successes in classroom management, lesson ownership, and pupil respect. Cooperating teachers had an implicit pattern for determining readiness based on these factors. Conferencing varied in length and content; reflective thinking and philosophical discussion were not major components. Cues and signs were important indicators of the progress of the transfer of control. Student teachers needed to experience degrees of freedom to make decisions as they assumed control. They believed the cooperating teacher's proximity affected the mode of instruction and limited the degrees of freedom in their instructional and management styles. Legal questions limited the latitude of


Global warming is one of the main environmental problems of the XXI Century. It is generated by the intensive use of fossil fuels that leads to the so-called greenhouse effect (Meinshausen et al.,2009; Allen et al., 2009; Sthel et al., 2010; Hansen et al., 2008; Hansen & Makiko, 2004; Rosenzweig et al, 2008). It causes climate changes (Steffen et al., 2004; Solomon et al.,2009; Kevin et al., 2006; Kurz et al.,2008; Greene et al., 2009; Nathan P et al., 2008; Siddall et al., 2009; Sander et al, 2006; Emanuel, 2005; Peza & Simmonds, 2005; Janssen, 1998; Mann et al., 1998) and produces significant damages to the human society and biodiversity, such as the melting of the poles with the consequent increasing of oceans level, the intensity increasing of hurricanes, extreme events, changes in the rainfall patterns (floods, desertification), oceans acidification and biodiversity decreasing. Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report (IPCC, 2007), published in February 2007, indicated based on meteorological studies, that the earth's global average temperature rose about 0.8oC in the last 150 years, mainly due to human activities. The global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide(CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)have risen considerably as a result of human activities since 1750. Increases in global carbon dioxide concentration are primarily due to the use of fossil fuels and changes in the use of the soil through practices such as deforestation, biomass burning and biomass decomposition. Practices such as logging, peat decomposition and burning and other techniques employed in the modern agriculture are resulting in an increased concentration of methane and nitrous oxide. While the global atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has increased from a pre-industrial value of about 280 ppmv to 379 ppmv in 2005, the global atmospheric concentration of methane (CH4) has increased from a pre-industrial value of about 715 ppbv to 1774 ppbv in 2005 and the global atmospheric concentration of nitrous oxide has risen from pre-industrial value of about 270 ppbv to 319 ppbv in 2005.


We have investigated the effects of InAs monolayer coverage on the structural and optical characteristics of stacked InAs quantum dot (QD) layers on graded Si1−xGex∕Si substrate. No preferential InAs QDs nucleation was observed along the cross-hatched lines on the graded Si1−xGex∕Si substrate. Employing alternate-beam molecular beam epitaxy, InAs QDs with areal density as high as 7×1010cm−2 was achieved. Temperature dependence of the InAs QDs optical properties is discussed. The InAs QDs show room-temperature photoluminescence at 1.3μm with full width at half-maximum of 65nm. The results are significant for potential realization of III-V QD devices on silicon-based platforms.


The paper makes a summary on construction methods of outer frame technology and application of new materials\,new technology and new equipments in construction.\;


In order to study the characteristics of superimposed multi-wavelength fiber Bragg gratings,the coupled-mode theory of the superimposed multi-wavelength fiber Bragg gratings was presented and the numerical analysis result about the reflected spectra and time delay of 4 and 8 wavelengths superimposed FBG whose wavelength gap equals to 1.6nm was obtained.The reflected spectra of 8 wavelength superimposed FBG whose wavelength gap equal to 0.4nm is designed.The numerical result was in good agreement with the experimental results.The result show that the coupled-mode theory of the superimposed multi-wavelength fiber Bragg gratings is reliable,which can be used to analyze the characteristics of superimposed multi-wavelength fiber Bragg gratings and is conducive to the design and fabrication of superimposed multi-wavelength fiber Bragg gratings.


The utility model relates to a battery packet which is used for being connected with a cordless electric apparatus to discharge electricity and provide electricity for the battery packet, or being connected with a charging apparatus to charge electricity. The battery packet comprises a plurality of batteries, a positive terminal and a negative terminal which are connected with the batteries in series, an electronic control component which is connected with the batteries, and a state instruction terminal which is connected with the electronic control component, wherein, the electronic control component is used for detecting the voltage and temperature of the batteries, judging the working state of the battery packet according to the detected voltage and temperature, and generating a state instruction signal which is used for showing the working state of the battery packet, wherein, the state instruction terminal is used for outputting the state instruction signal. The setting can effectively reduce the design and manufacturing cost.


The design of array antenna is vital study for today's Wireless communication system to achieve higher gain, highly directional beam and also to counteract the effect of fading while signal propagates through various corrupted environments. In this paper, the design and analysis of a 2x4 microstrip patch antenna array is introduced and a rat-race coupler is incorporated. The antenna array is designed to function in the C-band and is used to receive signals from the telemetry link of an Unmanned Air Vehicle. The transmitter in the aircraft radiates two other directional beams adjacent to the main lobe, called the left lobe (L) and the right lobe (R). The rat race coupler generates the sum and difference patterns by adding and subtracting the left lobe signals with the right lobe signals respectively to generate L+R and L-R signals. The array of square patch antenna provides frequency close to the designed operating frequency with an acceptable Directivity and Gain. The proposed antenna array is a high gain, low-cost, low weight Ground Control Station (GCS) antenna. This paper, aims at a VSWR less than 2 and bandwidth greater than 50 MHz and a high antenna gain. The simulation has been done by using Advanced Design System (A.D.S) software. Keywords— 2x4 microstrip patch antenna, Rat-race coupler, Inset feed, Square patch antenna


Abstract An attempt is made in this work to show the desirability and the practicability of a complete analysis of Hevea latex. It has been found that fresh, unammoniated latex is the only trustwor...


Mechanical resonance of optical pick-up actuators can cause errors in reading information from high-speed optical discs. Ferrofluid on the surface of magnets is retained in a magnetic field and its viscosity provides the desired mechanical damping to a moving mass. A ferrofluidic damper that is controlled by saturation magnetization for an optical pick-up actuator not only improves system performance such as settling time and access time of a drive on warped or eccentric discs but also remarkably delays temperature increase due to the induction of overcurrent on the coils.


This review examines the underlying causes associated with ED and PE and evaluates currently available treatment options and those under investigation.


Predicted changes in the climate will have profound impacts on water availability in the Western US, but large uncertainties exist in our ability to predict how natural and engineered hydrological systems will respond. Most predictions suggest that the impacts of climate change on California water resources are likely to include a decrease in the percentage of precipitation that falls as snow, earlier onset of snow-pack melting, and an increase in the number of rain on snow events. These processes will require changes in infrastructure for water storage and flood control, since much of our current water supply system is built around the storage of winter precipitation as mountain snow pack. Alpine aquifers play a critical role by storing and releasing snowmelt as baseflow to streams long after seasonal precipitation and the disappearance of the snow pack, and in this manner significantly impact the stream flow that drives our water distribution systems. Mountain groundwater recharge and, in particular, the contribution of snowmelt to recharge and baseflow, has been identified as a potentially significant effect missing from current climate change impact studies. The goal of this work is to understand the behavior of critical hydrologic systems, with an emphasis on providing groundmore » truth for next generation models of climate-water system interactions by implementing LLNL capabilities in environmental tracer and isotopic science. We are using noble gas concentrations and multiple isotopic tracers ({sup 3}H/{sup 3}He, {sup 35}S, {sup 222}Rn, {sup 2}H/{sup 1}H, {sup 18}O/{sup 16}O, and {sup 13}C/{sup 12}C) in groundwater and stream water in a small alpine catchment to (1) provide a snapshot of temperature, altitude, and physical processes at the time of recharge, (2) determine subsurface residence times (over time scales ranging from months to decades) of different groundwater age components, and (3) deconvolve the contribution of these different groundwater components to alpine stream baseflow. This research is showing that groundwater in alpine areas spends between a few years to several decades in the saturated zone below the surface, before feeding into streams or being pumped for use. This lag time may act to reduce the impact on water resources from extreme wet or dry years. Furthermore, our measurements show that the temperature of water when it reaches the water table during recharge is 4 to 9 degrees higher than would be expected for direct influx of snowmelt, and that recharge likely occurs over diffuse vegetated areas, rather than along exposed rock faces and fractures. These discoveries have implications for how alpine basins will respond to climate effects that lead to more rain than snow and earlier snow pack melting.« less


Among public organizations, does variation in organizational structure explain variation in public managers` leadership styles (e.g., transformational and transactional leadership)? The study of leadership in public organizations is increasingly an area of scholarly interest partly sparked by movements to reform public organizations, particularly in the context of emergency management. There is, for example, a need for effective leadership that can help organizations respond to disasters (Kapucu et al. 2010; Van Wart and Kapucu 2011; Stern 2013). There are numerous documented cases where the lack of leadership skills has been linked to major social and economic losses as a result of poor disaster response (e.g., Hurricane Katrina in the U.S.). Yet, leadership is a complex concept and numerous theoretical frameworks have been developed to help explain it (Van Wart 2005). Practically speaking, the existence of different theories of leadership suggests that public managers can decide to exercise various styles of leadership. The style of leadership that a public manager exhibits matters because some styles are perceived to be more effective than others (Trottier et al. 2008). While the effects of leadership have been extensively studied, antecedents or predictors of leadership style have received little scholarly attention (Wright and Pandey 2009; Nielsen and Cleal 2011). The purpose of this research note then is to explore the potential causal relationship between the structure of an organization and the ability of a public manager to exercise transformational leadership in the context of emergency management in two Asian countries: South Korea and Japan. This research note consists of three main sections. The following section explores the relationship between leadership and organizational structure. The second section examines how certain concepts of leadership and organizational structure were applied in two case studies of disaster response. The final section presents some directions for future research.


Background: There are approximately 11⁄4 million professional disc jockeys in the world; they are at very high risk for developing occupational deafness. Aim of work: To detect the prevalence of noise induced hearing loss among DJ workers. Methods: A cross-sectional approach was employed. A self-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from DJ workers in Zagazig city betweenAuguststoOctober2013.56 DJ workers agreed to participate. All the interviews were face to face, performed by the research team and filled in the questionnaire on their own. Audiometric assessment by standard pure-tone audiometry was done to all of them. NIHL was defined by the presence of a notch 15 dB in depth at 4000 or 6000 Hz Results: The mean of hearing threshold level was higher at 4000 and 6000 Hz for both ears than that among other hearing frequencies. overall threshold data indicated that 53.5% of DJ workers have notch at 4000 Hz (26.7%) or 6000 Hz (40 %) or both frequencies (33.3%) at one ear at least with a depth of 15 dB or greater. strong positive correlation was found between duration of exposure and hearing threshold levels. The results show high association between tinnitus and hearing loss after noise exposure, this can be taken as an indicator for impending NIHL so we can take protective measures. The average sound level at various music sites in this study was between 95 110 dBA. Conclusion: we conclude from this study that DJ workers are at high risk for developing occupational deafness, measures should be taking as regard protection of their hearing via applying hearing conservation program by health authorities and enforcing application through labor syndicate.


For more than a decade calls have been made for the inclusion of statistics as part of the secondary school curriculum. Al though some responses have been to add units to existing courses or to create special self-contained courses, we believe that sta tistics should be integrated into the second ary curriculum in ways that complement the mathematical and statistical learnings (Rubenstein et al. 1988). This article illus trates how concepts of statistics can mesh with nonstatistical topics in an integrated course on functions. These ideas are consis tent with the emphasis on mathematical connections in the Curriculum and Evalua tion Standards for School Mathematics (Standards) (NCTM 1989, 11) and with the recommendation of the American Statistical Association and National Council of Teach ers of Mathematics Joint Committee on Sta tistics and Probability (1988), which stated, "Statistics should not be taught as a sepa rate unit, but should be introduced when ever appropriate to illustrate and expand upon standard concepts . . . and to form in terdisciplinary links for students." We focus on several common aspects of teaching functions and statistics. These in clude?


The author dwells upon typical features of noosphere human communities regarded as a new type of socio-ecological systems. Prospects and hazards of genetic engineering are being assessed, namely those related to recombinant DNA technology.


In order to get development, higher vocational colleges must take the construction of teaching staff as the foundation and regard improving the teaching quality as the objective. Through analyzing the problems of teacher training in the current higher vocational colleges, this paper puts forward targeted countermeasures.


Though Professor Sara Ruth Watson's contention that George Moore used musical knowledge gained from Arnold Dolmetsch as background for EVELYN INNES appears credible, two minor points which she makes seem tenuous at best.' These are that Moore probably gained his knowledge of Palestrina from Dujardin, and that GM, "after the many altercations resulting from . . . collaboration" with Yeats on DIARMUID AND GRANIA, "resigned from the Irish Theatre and lost interest in the whole Celtic Movement."


The properties of two algorithms for the solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations are examined. These algorithms are representative of the two prevalent splitting philosophies used to split the Navier-Stokes equations. The properties of the algorithms are determined by Fourier analysis of a model problem. It is shown that splittings resulting in Stokes subproblems have desirable dissipative properties which are lacking in the velocity-pressure splittings.
Algorithms for solving subproblems resulting from the splitting of the Navier-Stokes equations are introduced and compared to existing methods. The new methods are based on a splitting of the Stokes matrix and subsequent orthogonal projection of the intermediate velocity onto a divergence free subspace. Algorithms based on several splittings are examined and compared to the conjugate gradient Uzawa algorithm. The split matrix scheme is accelerated by application of a Krylov subspace outer iteration. The accelerated scheme uses the conjugate gradient method if the iteration matrix is symmetric and positive definite and the Gmres algorithm if not. The accelerated scheme performed as well as or better than the Uzawa scheme.
The nonlinear subproblem is preconditioned via an approximate Jacobian secant method. In this technique the secant method is accelerated by the application of a nonlinear Krylov method to the nonlinear system of equations which result in the application of Newtons method. The number of function evaluations required to solve the nonlinear system was greatly reduced by the application of the preconditioner.


Invited Talk 1.- A Spatial Logic for Concurrency (Part I).- Session 1.- Boxed Ambients.- A Typed Process Calculus for Fine-Grained Resource Access Control in Distributed Computation.- Formal Eavesdropping and Its Computational Interpretation.- Invited Talk 2.- Resource-Passing Concurrent Programming.- Session 2.- Solo Diagrams.- Observational Equivalence for Synchronized Graph Rewriting with Mobility.- Session 3.- Fixed-Point Logic with the Approximation Modality and Its Kripke Completeness.- Termination Proofs and Complexity Certification.- A Renee Equation for Algorithmic Complexity.- Invited Talk 3.- Nominal Logic: A First Order Theory of Names and Binding.- Session 4.- A Logic Programming Language Based on Binding Algebras.- Proof-Search and Countermodel Generation in Propositional BI Logic.- Generation of a Linear Time Query Processing Algorithm Based on Well-Quasi-Orders.- Invited Talk 4.- Modelisation of Timed Automata in Coq.- Session 5.- Model-Checking LTL with Regular Valuations for Pushdown Systems.- What Will Be Eventually True of Polynomial Hybrid Automata?.- Non-structural Subtype Entailment in Automata Theory.- Session 6.- Bisimulation and Other Undecidable Equivalences for Lossy Channel Systems.- Weakest Congruence Results Concerning "Any-Lock".- Invited Talk 5.- Design and Correctness of Program Transformations Based on Control-Flow Analysis.- Session 7.- Infinite Intersection and Union Types for the Lazy Lambda Calculus.- Strong Normalization of Second Order Symmetric Lambda-mu Calculus.- The Girard-Reynolds Isomorphism.- Invited Talk 6.- Lightweight Analysis of Object Interactions.- Session 8.- Typing Assembly Programs with Explicit Forwarding.- The UDP Calculus: Rigorous Semantics for Real Networking.- TACS Open Lecture.- Unison: A File Synchronizer and Its Specification.


Cryptogenic stroke is a complication commonly associated with patent foramen ovales (PFOs). However, current guidelines do not address PFO management in COVID-19 patients. This report describes a challenging case of an unvaccinated patient with recurrent strokes and refractory hypoxemia secondary to COVID-19 pneumonia who underwent a PFO closure using NobleStitch.


The present work investigates the feasibility of predicting crystal structures of industrially important pigments when only low quality XRPD patterns are available. Despite the commercial significance of organic pigments only few crystal structures of these materials have been reported. Pigments are practically insoluble in most solvents and, therefore, it is difficult to grow a single crystal of good enough quality for the structure determination. In industry, pigments are produced by precipitation reactions leading to very fine powders. The crystallites are often so small that they cause a considerable line broadening in X-ray powder diffraction. Therefore, a powder pattern of limited quality is usually the only information available. The structures of organic pigments PV19, PV23 and PR202 were successfully predicted using the Polymorph Predictor of Cerius in combination with XRPD patterns of limited quality. After generation and energyminimization of the possible structures, their powder patterns were compared to the experimental ones. On this basis, structures of pigments were chosen from the list of all the structures. Rietveld refinement was used to validate the right choice of the structures. m29.o04


In this study we report the deformation microstructures and strength of medium entropy alloys (MEAs) and high entropy alloys (HEAs), which are defined as alloys composed of four or less, and five or more principal elements, respectively, with (near-) equi-atomic concentrations. The friction stress (fundamental resistance to dislocation motion in the crystal lattice) and Hall-Petch relationship of various MEAs (CoCrFeNi, CoCrNi, etc.), taken as subsystems of the equi-atomic CoCrFeMnNi HEA, were precisely measured at room temperature. Experimental values of the friction stresses were found to fit with a theoretical model proposed by Toda-Caraballo et al. very well, which indicates that the strength of the alloys is closely related to a heterogeneously distorted crystal lattice. At the same time, values of the average lattice distortion in the alloys were found to be comparable to those in some dilute alloys, contradicting the belief that "severe" lattice distortion is a reason for the higher strength than in dilute systems. Finally, a strengthening mechanism due to element-element interactions was proposed as an additional mechanism in FCC HEAs and MEAs.


A swept‐frequency X‐mode reflectometer has being installed on Alcator C‐Mod to measure the SOL density profiles at three poloidal locations adjacent to the new Lower Hybrid Launcher. First results on density profile modifications at the LH launcher due to ICRH or LHCD non‐linear effects will be presented. Experimental measurements indicate that the application of LH power creates a density depletion near the LH launcher, which is consistent with the influence of a ponderomotive force. At high ne, LH power increases the density in the far SOL. Application of low ICRF power decreases the density in front of the LH launcher, which may be consistent with ICRF sheath induced convective cells. Preliminary results, however, indicate that field line mapping and increasing ICRF power do not modify the density profile significantly.


This study aims to show the importance of physiotherapeutic conduct in the treatment of patients with Alzheimer's. It is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects females more and increases its incidence with advancing age, as it leads to a decline in memory and function. influences on the activities of daily living (ADLs) and social of the affected. It is divided into three phases: initial, intermediate and final. This is an exploratory study of systematic literature review, performed in the databases SCIELO, MEDELINE, and BIRENME from January to March 1990 to 2011. The descriptors: Alzheimer's disease, dementia, aging and physiotherapy. Portuguese and English languages. In the search we found 126 articles selected 11 being 5 (five) in Portuguese and 6 (six) in English. Inclusion criteria were articles depicting the conduct of physical therapy in Alzheimer's disease published between 1990 and 2011. The criteria used for exclusion were articles depicting Alzheimer's disease and conducting physical therapy.


The computing education community has shown a long-time interest in how to analyze the Object-Oriented (OO) source code developed by students to provide them with useful formative tips. In this paper, we propose and evaluate an approach to analyze how students use Java and its language constructs. The approach is implemented through a cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE) and it is based on the analysis of the most common violations of the OO paradigm in the student source code. Moreover, the IDE supports the automatic generation of reports about student's mistakes and misconceptions that can be used by instructors to improve the course design. The paper discusses the preliminary results of an experiment performed in a class of a Programming II course to investigate the effects of the provided reports in terms of coding ability (concerning the correctness of the produced code).


This study is proposed to reveal how social class is reflected in A Little Princess
(1904) novel by Francess Hodgon Burnett. The objectives of this study are to
describe social class in Frances Hudson Burnett's A Little Princess (1904). The
researcher employs qualitative research. The researcher uses two data sources:
primary and secondary data source. The primary data source is about the novel
itself. Then the secondary data are taken from other sources which are related to
the primary data such as the literary books, dictionary, and some articles related to
the novel and website about A Little Princess novel. The technique of data
collection is library research. The technique of analyzing data is descriptive
qualitative. Based on Marxist analysis, social class can be shown from first, A
Litlle Princess novel wants to describe Sara Crewe as wealthy, polite, smart young
girl. Second, A Little Princess novel wants to reflect that inequality of social class
happened in a Miss Minchin boarding school. From the research, social class is
devided into three classes, they are upper class, middle class, and working class.


Post natal hypoglycemia related to hyperinsulinism of diabetic women fetuses is presently the major complication of IDM. The aim of this study was to determine hyperinsulinism degree to lead to an appropriate metabolic management. Circulating immunoreactive C peptide provides a means of studying B cell function of IDM because insulin-antibudies cross the placenta; but its RIA requires some delay and so is not usefull in practice. So, other criteria were successively investigated, and were compared to blood C peptide nmol/l / glucose mmol/l ratio (0.12 ± 0.01 sem in control group). No significant correlation with maternal HbA1c % determined on prenatal period is found. There is no significant difference in serum glucosamine levels between IDM and controls. A statistical correlation (rs 0.62 p < 0.05) with macrosomia index is found for an index > 1.2. It appeared a negative correlation (r 0.56 p < 0.001 n 35) with serum levels of branch chain aminoacicis which is thought to be an indirect index of hyperinsulinism; results were obtained in relative short time (24 h) : hyperinsulinism is found to a sum level< 200 mcmol/l. There is a close correlation with serum insulin determined by classical or recent quick RIA (r 0.08 p< 0.001 n 33). Results can be obtained within very short time (4 hours). So, actually, 3 repeated routine quick insulin RIA compared to relative blood glucose, offer a direct and rapid way to evaluate IDM hyperinsulinism and hypoglyeeomi c risk, rnak ing possible an appropriate management.


—This paper reviews three successful statistical data mining approaches developed recently at the Auton Lab of Carnegie Mellon University to support public health officials in their work towards protecting biomedical safety and security. The presented methods focus on monitoring health care data sources including hospital emergency department records, sales of over-the-counter medications, and consumer food complaints. Their purpose is to detect statistically significant signs of disease outbreaks, or food safety related concerns, as early as possible. These approaches have already been successfully deployed in the United States and other developed countries, but they also have a vast potential utility among developing societies. The Auton Lab is actively seeking additional deployments, and several pieces of the relevant software are available for download and use free of charge. This paper describes each of the presented methods, and provides results of their utilization so far.


Carbon nanotubes have been used as scaffolds for tissue engineering. However, the identification of these nanomaterials disperses in biological solutions and their direct interaction with nerve cells is still controversial. The aim of this work is to characterize the topographic and ultra-structural distribution of the composite made of multi wall carbon nanotubes-polyvinylpyrrolidone (MWCNTs-PVP) deposited on the Helix aspersa neurons and over glass coverslip. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Confocal Microscopy (CM) studies were done to analyze the properties of such MWCNTs-PVP composite. The cerebral ganglion of Helix aspersa was treated and incubated with MWCNTs-PVP, fixing it in paraformaldehyde at 4% and was observed with SEM and CM. Although the nanotubes were not labeled or stained with fluorescent compounds, the MWCNTs-PVP deposited on glass and on nerve cells, was observed by the confocal microscope in the reflection mode. In SEM studies, it was observed that MWCNTs-PVP was attached to the surface on neurons. Moreover, in CM studies, it was possible to observe that MWCNTs-PVP was attached to the neuronal membrane, crossing the cell membrane and getting into the cytoplasm. These results support the hypothesis that carbon nanotubes interact with the neuronal cell membrane and can be useful for neuronal tissue engineering. In addition, these results open new alternatives for toxicological studies, in order to elucidate the cytotoxicity of MWCNTs-PVP composite in neurons and other excitable cells.


Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has become one of the main tools for non-invasive assessment of normal human brain functions. Most of the analysis that have been done thus far, either in the clinical environment or for research purposes, have made use of block paradigms, that involves periods of activation alternated with periods of rest. Nevertheless, in the last few years event-related fMRI (ER-fMRI) has become an alternative approach to infer about human brain functions. It consists basically of the presentation of a series of short stimuli, for further following of the brain activation patterns, translated by variations in brain hemoglobin state, resulting in local image contrast changes [1]. Recently, event-related paradigms, also called single trial paradigms, have become more extensively applied to cognitive experiments [2]. Classically the analysis of ER time series is based on the computation of the covariance between the observed averaged signal and an artificial hemodynamic response function. However, choosing the right reference function can become a significant problem. In fact, separate cortical regions can exhibit very different hemodynamic responses, varying its shape and amplitude [3]. Besides the conventional algorithms for analysis of fMRI block paradigms, such as cross correlation and student-t test, here we propose a new technique for analysis of event-related fMRI time series, based on an information measurement dependent on time. The results of the two methods are then compared in a standard visual and motor experiment. More specifically, the method consists in the computation of the Shannon entropy derived from the image time series, generated in a typical ER visual and motor paradigms. The maximum and minimum of the entropies were interpreted based on the temporal evolution of the probability distribution of the states of the system. For the calculation of the entropy dependent on time» one can define the states accessible to the system as the amplitude levels of a signal within a time interval (window) centered at time /. The Shannon entropy is then calculated as [4]:


The appearance of turbidity in liquid part decides the shelf life of "Asazuke". Then, the relationship of their speed to materials factors was studied. They were different from other kinds of vegetables. Especially, cucumber's liquid remained clear, compared to other vegetable's liquids. Grafting technique had no effect on it. Addition of cucumber to Chinese cabbage' had no effect on the turbidity's speed in their liquid. Potassium ion concentration in the liquid increased during storage after processing. The contents of total sugar and malic acid also increased, but thereafter decreased. Their degree of change differed depending on the type of vegetable. The content of total amino acid indicated the same change in cabbage, cucumber and eggplant, but the biggest change was in cabbage "Asazuke". Counts of total, gram negative bacteria, eumycetes and lactic acid bacteria, which were attached on the surface of cucumber, eggplant and radish at harvest time and after washing, was not very high, compared to the others.


This paper discusses the potentials of an adaptation of the Internet cafe business model adopted for Internet access in African cities to improve rural Internet access through a partnership between the public and private sectors. The rural areas in most developing countries e lack of Internet connectivity due to commercial unviability of such investment by the private sector alone.. The modernization theory is used to support the concept that the availability of Internet services in rural can be catalyzed if an Adaptation of the Internet cafes business model incorporating the public participation are replicated in the rural areas. . A study is carried out in Ghana, where the market players in the Internet cafe operations to ascertain the potential viability of public - private partnership in the provisioning of internet access in the rural areas in Ghana. A new business model in the form of Public Private Partnership is proposed that will facilitate the extension of Internet cafes into rural areas to enhance rural connectivity.


Background: The management of HIV infected patients with immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) represents a challenge, especially in those with cerebral opportunistic infections. Case description: We present a 26 year-old woman, diagnosed with HIV infection and admitted in our hospital with severe anemia, depression and anxiety. Lab screens showed severe anemia and immunosuppression (CD4 cell count 63 cells/mm 3 ) and high plasma HIV-RNA (6.25 log 10 copies/mL). After one month treatment with lamivudine 3TC, tenofovir (TDF) and raltegravir RAL and important immune recovery (CD4 192 cells/mm 3 ) and significant decay in HIV viral load to 1.5 log10 copies/mL were noticed. The initial clinical evolution was unfavorable with the appearance of generalized seizures, movement disturbances, auditory hallucinations and right hemiparesis. CSF exam was normal with negative bacterial and fungal cultures but with detectable HIV-RNA – 82 copies/mL (1.90 log 10 copies/mL). Brain MRI showed hyperintense lesions on T2 and FLAIR sequences and hypointense on T1 sequences, localized in fronto-temporal areas, right cer- ebellum and pons. In evolution, there was a continuing worsening of psychiatric and neurological symptoms with severe tremor, axial hypotonia, generalized weakness and severe sleep disturbances. Atypical brain MRI lesions in the presence of severe psychiatric symptoms raised difficulties in establishing the cause of the neurological complication. The important progression of the lesion in the white matter, the appearance of contrast enhancement and the presence of JC – DNA in CSF suggested the diagnosis of PML IRIS. The patient was treated with high doses of cortisone, antipsychotic drugs and continued cART, with a slow clinical recovery and brain MRI improvement starting with 4 months of treatment. Conclusion: The diagnosis of the neurological complication was difficult due to the atypical onset, the pres- ence of concomitant psychiatric symptoms and the atypical initial brain imaging.


Abstract This paper systematically reviews the impact of the parameter variation on the power-speed characteristic of the interior permanent magnet synchronous machine while running with vector current control methods. The authors attempt to study the impact of the stator resistive drop, variation of the magnet flux-linkage, saturation, cross-coupling, and the reduced DC bus voltage on the voltage limits and trajectories for motoring and generation modes. Primarily, the stator resistive drop causes the difference in the base speeds of motoring and generation modes. On the other hand, the reduction in the DC bus voltage affects the starting point of the pseudo-constant power speed range. The saturation and cross-coupling affects the motoring and generation similar way by distorting the voltage limit ellipses and trajectories.


Transport and retardation of cesium in Grimsel granodiorite taking into account heterogeneity of mineral and pore structure was studied using rock samples overcored from an in situ diffusion test at the Grimsel Test Site. The field test was part of the Long‐Term Diffusion (LTD) project designed to characterize retardation properties (diffusion and distribution coefficients) under in situ conditions. Results of the LTD experiment for cesium showed that in‐diffusion profiles and spatial concentration distributions were strongly influenced by the heterogeneous pore structure and mineral distribution. In order to study the effect of heterogeneity on the in‐diffusion profile and spatial concentration distribution, a Time Domain Random Walk (TDRW) method was applied along with a feature for modeling chemical sorption in geological materials. A heterogeneous mineral structure of Grimsel granodiorite was constructed using X‐ray microcomputed tomography (X‐μCT) and the map was linked to previous results for mineral specific porosities and distribution coefficients (Kd) that were determined using C‐14‐PMMA autoradiography and batch sorption experiments, respectively. After this the heterogeneous structure contains information on local porosity and Kd in 3‐D. It was found that the heterogeneity of the mineral structure on the micrometer scale affects significantly the diffusion and sorption of cesium in Grimsel granodiorite at the centimeter scale. Furthermore, the modeled in‐diffusion profiles and spatial concentration distributions show similar shape and pattern to those from the LTD experiment. It was concluded that the use of detailed structure characterization and quantitative data on heterogeneity can significantly improve the interpretation and evaluation of transport experiments.


Level gauge for measuring a level of a product in a container sent by the measuring operation by means of an antenna (2) electromagnetic signals into the container and their reflected from a product of the contents echo signals are received by a dependent of the level runtime comprising - a rod-shaped antenna support (3), wherein the antenna (2) at a first end of the antenna carrier (3) is arranged, - a measuring device electronics (4) disposed at a second end of the antenna carrier (3), wherein in the interior of the antenna carrier (3) is a signal line (5) provided, via which the antenna (2) in the measuring operation with transmission signals of the measuring device electronics (4) fed, and received echo signals over the antenna (3), the meter electronics ( 4 are) supplied, wherein the antenna carrier (3) has a spherical segment-shaped portion (7) between the antenna (2) and the meter electronics (4), the spherical segment-shaped portion (7) rests rotatably on an abutment (6), wherein the counter bearing (6) serves to mount the gauge on the container, so that a transmit direction of the antenna (2) by moving the antenna carrier (3) is variable, wherein according to the invention the antenna support (3) has a flange (8) connected between the measuring device electronics (4) and the spherical segment-shaped portion (7) is arranged, and that a fixing device is provided, which the flange (8) of the antenna carrier (3) geg en fixed the thrust bearing (6), (6) is stationary so that the antenna support (3) relative to the counter-bearing.


Objective To explore the effects of tetrahydroprotoberberines (THPB) on the expression of dopamine ( DA ) system related genes in some brain regions of morphine dependent rats. Methods Thirty rats were randomly assigned into five groups. The rats in control group were injected with saline all the time. The four groups were intraperitoneally injected with increasing dose of morphine for 10 days to establish morphine dependence model. After abstinence, two groups were injected with saline for 12 or 30 days, while other two treated with THPB for 12 or 30 days respectively. Following the procedure, all rats were anesthetized and infused with poly-formaldehyde. Tyrosine 3-monooxygenase (TM) was detected by immune-chemical reaction with avidin-biotin peroxidase complex ( ABC) method, and D, receptor (D1R), D2 receptor (D2R) mRNA were detected with in situ hybridization. Results Level of TM in ventral tegmental area ( VTA) region of morphine dependent rats was higher than that of control ( P 0. 05). THPB could remarkably inhibit the increase, which exhibited distinct difference with the saline treatment groups (P 0. 05). Expression of D1 R mRNA in nucleus accumbens septi, amygdalae, caudatum putamen, prefrontal cortex and D2R mRNA in VTA, caudatum putamen and nucleus accumbens septi were significantly decreased than that of control. Both of them failed to return to normal at the 30th day after abstinence. The D2R mRNA expression in administration THPB group, although decreased in the 12th day in VTA, was no significant difference than that of control group in other brain regions and different time. Conclusion THPB could remarkably inhibit the excessive expression of TM in VTA region, promote D1 R mRNA and D2R mRNA expression in brain and accelerate DA system functional recovery after morphine abstinence, and these findings provide evidence for the prevention and detoxification of opiate addiction.


In the steel coil manufacturing industry, the quality of the steel coil end face is not only related to the product itself, but also directly affects the equipment safety of downstream production lines. Therefore, the detection of steel coil end face defects has a pivotal position. This paper proposes a YX-FR (YoloX & Faster RCNN) model based on Faster RCNN and the latest Yolo series masterpiece YoloX. In this paper, by supplementing the data augmentation method, combining our proposed multi-information fusion module, while introducing soft-nms, YX-FR has achieved comparativly better effect. Compared with the networks used in the field of steel coil end face detection in recent years and some excellent classic object detection networks, our proposed method solves the steel coil end face detection problem with outstanding effectiveness.


The invention belongs to the technical field of liquefaction of natural gas, and particularly relates to a method for liquefying natural gas of an LNG receiving station. In order to solve the problem in energy consumption of the LNG receiving station for gasifying the liquid-state natural gas, a method and device for gasifying the natural gas of the LNG receiving station are accordingly provided. In order to reduce the LNG gasifying cost, the device utilizes LNG excessive cold energy for liquefying BOG, and meanwhile, wind energy and solar energy are utilized for providing electric energy. In order to greatly improve the gasifying efficiency, a solar electric heating board is used for heating sea water, so that the heat exchange efficiency is greatly improved; and meanwhile, energy consumption of a sea water pump is greatly reduced, and the total energy consumption of the interior in the flow path can be greatly reduced.


EXTENDED ABSTRACT We have always been playing with the animals that surround us and they have always been playing with us. The growing range of available technologically mediated playful experiences include applications like tablet games for cats or orang-utans, and projects that propose to connect humans with pigs, hamsters, or chickens (Pons et al. 2015). However, the interdisciplinary nature of the related research carried out over the last five years has resulted in fragmented contributions in a number of different disciplines including design research, humanities, human-computer interaction, and games studies (Driessen et al. 2014; Mancini 2011; Westerlaken et al. 2014; Wirman 2015). These contributions introduce a shared interest in investigating topics related to play/games that fits within the interdisciplinary nature of games studies. Next to this, given the current aim for diversity in games, an invitation for animals to enter games research seems timely, could benefit the field of games studies, and investigate the boundaries of play. In this exploratory research I will identify and discuss the three main theoretical themes that emerged in publications related to playful technologies that include animals. By identifying relevant knowledge contributions I aim to contribute to establish a viable subfield within games studies and invite researchers to explore these topics further.


BACKGROUND: Equine metabolic syndrome is an endocrinopathy that affects different breeds of horses and ponies. This metabolic disorder is a multifactorial syndrome and it is primarily linked to obesity, dyslipidemia and insulin resistance. OBJECTIVES: The present study was performed to evaluate insulin resistance in Darehshori horses with regards to age, sex, season and obesity. METHODS: Twelve adult stallions and 14 non-pregnant Darehshori breed mares were selected between January and November 2015. Fourteen horses were under and others were above 10 years old. Body condition scores of the animals were estimated based on Hennekes' 1 to 9 scoring system, thus, 1 is poor and 9 is extremely fat horse. Body condition score of 12 horses was under 5 and the others above 5. The horses were studied during a period of one year, every 45 days and blood sampling and body condition scoring were performed at each time. Insulin resistance was assessed based on screening test. Serum concentrations of glucose, insulin and leptin were determined. RESUTLS: This study comprehensively used multiple detailed parameters to scan thoroughly the concept of insulin resistance in Darehshori horses on a long term basis. The levels of insulin, glucose and leptin in aged and obese stallions in warmer months were significantly higher than the others and reference range (P<0.05), hence, insulin resistance was detected in these groups of studied animals. CONCLUSIONS: These findings represented insulin resistance phenomenon in a specific breed in Iran. The physiologic characteristics of this breed may be different from other ones and the conditions in Iran such as climate are different from other countries. Hence, it should be considered that Darehshori horses have unique characteristics compared with other breeds. The study may be used as a guideline for evaluating the insulin resistance in Darehshori horses.


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 This paper compares team performances in the EURO 2004 soccer tournament using average and frontier production functions to examine each teams' relative efficiency. The evidence suggests that while the eventual tournament winners were not obviously superior in terms of a range of individual performance criteria, they were one of the most efficient teams in converting overall match play into results.


Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is an efficient power source. However, the DMFC anodes are easily toxified by CO or other hydrocarbons, which terminates the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR). The most commonly used high performance catalyst on DMFC anodes is Pt or bimetallic PtRu. In this work, we apply density functional theory (DFT) to investigate the adsorption of CO and H2O on pristine Pt2/MO2(110) and the oxygen-rich Pt2/o-MO2(110) surfaces (M = Ru and Ir). We find that the application of the oxygen-rich surfaces significantly reduces the adsorption energies of CO and H2O molecules as well as the major reaction barrier (CO + OH → CO2) in the water–gas–shift-like (WGS-like) reactions forming CO2. Our detailed analyses on the electronic interaction between the catalysts and adsorbates indicate that Pt2/o-MO2(110) may be a promising DMFC anode material, which reduces the poison problem, and that it may be the actual experimental system that is responsible for the observed efficient CO removal.


Temperature dependent transport parameters of irradiated GaAsN Schottky diodes are investigated in temperature range 110K-290K. Extracted parameters are barrier height, series resistance and Richardson constant. Average barrier heights were found to be 1.02(0.72) eV with standard deviation 0.161 (0.096) in 110K-210K and 210K-290K temperature ranges, respectively. Modified Richardson constant was estimated at 32.03 A/cm2K2. Results indicate an inhomogeneous interface with patches having a double Gaussian distribution of barrier heights.


Phosphate-based glasses (PBGs) are traditionally prepared using the high-temperature melt-quenching (MQ) route or via the more recent sol−gel (SG) method that requires the use of organic solvents. The coacervation method represents an excellent inexpensive and green alternative to MQ and SG, being performed in aqueous solution and at room temperature. Coacervation is particularly applicable for the production of PBGs designed for biomedical applications because it allows for the inclusion of temperature-sensitive molecules and does not require the use of toxic solvents. Whereas the atomic structure of the MQ and SGPBGs is known, the atomic structure of those prepared via coacervation has yet to be investigated. In this study, a comprehensive advanced structural characterization has been performed on phosphate-based glasses in the system P2O5−CaO−Na2O−Ag2O (Ag2O mol % = 0, 1, 3, 5, 9, and 14) prepared via the coacervation method. Glasses within this system should find application as bioresorbable biomaterials thanks to their ability to release bioactive ions in a controlled manner. In particular, they possess antibacterial properties, inferred by the release of Ag over time. High-energy X-ray diffraction (HEXRD), P and Na solid-state magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS NMR), and X-ray absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) at the Ag K-edge were used to probe the atomic structure of the glasses after drying in vacuum and after calcination at 300 °C. The length of the polyphosphate chains in the solid state appears to be independent of silver concentration; however, significant degradation of these chains is seen after calcination at 300 °C. Atomic-scale characterisation results indicate that the structure of these glasses is akin to that of other silver-doped phosphate glasses prepared using the MQ and SG methods. This suggests that phosphate-based glasses prepared using milder and greener conditions may have similar chemical and physical properties such as solubility, biocompatibility, and antibacterial properties.


In this article,it analyzes every generated relation of finite group of 12 orders and constructs every character table by isomorphic classifications of finite groups.


tert-Butyl dicarbonate (Boc2O) and ethyl iodide (EtI) reactions with uracil (U), thymine (T) and 6-methyluracil (6-MU) were performed following routine procedures in pyridine/DMF solvents and with DMAP as the catalyst. Among 20 synthesized compounds, a derivative of 6-methyluracil substituted by the Boc-pyridine moiety at the C5 position appeared unexpectedly. The NMR spectra confirmed the molecular structure of all uracil derivatives. Parallel quantum mechanical DFT calculations supported the experimental findings.


Experimental studies on the quasi-static axial crushing of foam-filled double square columns were carried out. It was revealed that the load carrying capacity and the energy absorption efficiency of the foam-filled double tube structure are higher than those of the corresponding empty and foam-filled single square columns. For the foam-filled double tube structure, the stroke efficiency and the energy absorption efficiency under the outer tube tear failure mode is higher than that under the progressive buckling mode. And a new filling method, i.e. foam filled in corners of the double square column, is tested and it is found that its deformation mode is much stable and the energy absorption efficiency is higher. The effect of the inner tube thickness and material on the response was also investigated. It shows that, thickening the inner tube will increase the energy absorption ability. But enhancing the inner tube material affects the structural response little.


One field in the work of the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU in Chemnitz is industry applied research in Hot Metal Gas Forming, combined with press hardening in one process step. In this paper the results of investigations on new press hardening steels from SSAB AB (Docol®1800 Bor and Docol®2000 Bor) are presented. Hot tensile tests recorded by the project partner (University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering) were used to create a material model for thermo-mechanical forming simulations. For this purpose the provided raw data were converted into flow curve approximations of the real stress-real strain-curves for both materials and afterwards integrated in a LS-DYNA simulation model of Hot Metal Gas Forming with all relevant boundary conditions and sub-stages. Preliminary experimental tests were carried out using a tool at room temperature to permit evaluation of the forming behaviour of Docol 1800 Bor and Docol 2000 Bor tubes as well as validation of the simulation model. Using this demonstrator geometry (outer diameter 57 mm, tube length 300 mm, wall thickness 1.5 mm), the intention was to perform a series of tests with different furnace temperatures (from 870 °C to 1035 °C), maximum internal pressures (up to 67 MPa) and pressure build-up rates (up to 40 MPa/s) to evaluate the formability of Docol 1800 Bor and Docol 2000 Bor. Selected demonstrator parts produced in that way were subsequently analysed by wall thickness and hardness measurements. The tests were carried out using the completely modernized Dunkes/AP&T HS3-1500 hydroforming press at the Fraunhofer IWU. In summary, creating a consistent simulation model with all relevant sub-stages was successfully established in LS-DYNA. The computation results show a high correlation with the experimental data regarding the thinning behaviour. The Hot Metal Gas Forming of the demonstrator geometry was successfully established as well. Different hardness values could be achieved depending on the furnace temperatures and the investigated material. Hardness up to 620 HV could be measured on the component with a complete martensitic structure.


Women and girls in the state of Haryana in Northern India have historically been devalued from birth, considered to have a low status within their communities. This disregard for girls' worth is primarily associated with the significant costs that parents incur upon marrying a daughter and the socially-held belief that daughters cannot support their parents in their old age. Indeed, Haryana is well known for having a high preference for sons, with historically documented practices of female infanticide. Since the mid-1980s, pre-natal sex determination technology has adversely affected sex ratios at birth through the practice of gender-biased sex elimination so that the number of boys born far exceeds that of girls. To address this persistent problem, the government of Haryana in 1994 introduced the Apni Beti Apni Dhan (ABAD) or "Our Daughters, Our Wealth" program.


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a b s t r a c t The highest incidence rate of hepatitis B (HB) in Spain is detected in adults between 20 and 54 years old, whereas the incidence in children under 1 year old is almost nil. The low prevalence of HB in children under 1 year is mainly due to the success of gestational screening strategies for the detection of HBsAg(+) in pregnant women, and vaccination campaigns during childhood. Currently, in Spain, the last dose of the HB included in the national childhood immunization program is administered at 6 months of age, although some studies show that delaying the age of the administration of the last dose of HB vaccine and increasing the time between doses, may improve immune memory by offering greater protection against this virus in the adulthood. In this article, the impact of HB vaccination in Spain is reviewed, and other potential vaccination strategies in our environment are discussed, such as extending the interval between doses, and administering the last dose in the second year of life, adapting the valid strategy in Spain to the current epidemiological context in order to reduce the prevalence of HB in adulthood. © 2015 Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. on behalf of Sociedad Espanola de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica.


Multiuser Detection (MUD) is quite challenging in uplink grant-free non-orthogonal multiple access wireless communication networks in which users sporadically transmit data. The reason for this is that the base station (BS) must perform detection of both multiuser activity and user signals concurrently, because knowledge of user activity status is not available at the BS. In this paper, a new multiuser detector, named the Forward-Reverse Orthogonal Matching Pursuit–Union–Subspace pursuit (FROMPUS)-based MUD, is proposed. The detector takes advantage of the concept of an initial support set. This serves as initial knowledge that is then employed in the reconstruction of active users' signals. In addition, the detector uses the "serial-include" technique of incorporating a likely support set element candidates and a reliability testing procedure in which the most prominent elements of the support set are selected. To assess the performance of the proposed detector, computer simulations are performed. The results obtained for various parameter settings show that the FROMPUS performs better than any of the other five detectors considered in this paper. However, this excellent performance comes with a slightly higher computational complexity cost. Nonetheless, the cost is inconsequential, since the detector operates at the BS where complexity is of low priority in comparison to performance.


Teachers management is the most important work in college management while management ideas are the guiding ideology and ultimate pursuit in implementing scientific management.In the ideas of college teachers management,we must have a solid understanding of and cope with the several relations.They are relations between academic power and administrative power,teaching and scientific research,freedom and specification,formal schooling record and ability,and training and introduction.


The Author looks at the difference in growth rates among countries and argues that they can be traced to the strength of the balance of payments position, determined largely by the propensity to export relative to the propensity to import. Relative growth performance, thus, can be understood by looking to income elasticities of demand for exports and imports. This insight into the process of income determination in open economies, found in Harrod as well as in the literature on economic development, is developed through so-called centre-periphery models of growth and development. However, their essential conclusions were already contained in the early classic papers. The author concentrates on three of them (prebisch, seers, kaldor) to argue that a country's growth rate relative to another's can be approximated by the ratio of its income elasticity of demand for exports to its income elasticity of demand for imports.


Nursing unions have given a mixed response to government plans for health services in London, which propose the closure of at least five hospitals in the capital and about 2,500 beds.


PURPOSE:To make the carrying in and out of unit transformers easy by raising high voltage ducts from the end portions corresponding to the unit transformers located at both sides or from the center of transformer groups, arranging said ducts over the unit transformers, taking out a phase separating bus line between the neighboring high voltage ducts, and providing a space between the unit transformers. CONSTITUTION:A large capacity three-phase transformer group 501 is formed by arranging unit transformers 101-103 in series, and another transformer group 502 is formed by arranging unit transformers 104-106 in series. The transformer groups 501 and 502 are arranged in parallel. A space A corresponding to one transformer is provided between the transformers 101-103 and 104-106. A phase separating bus line to which a common low voltage duct 116 is provided is connected and high voltage ducts 112-114 are provided. The high voltage ducts 112 and 114 are raised from the end portions of the transformers 101, 103, 104 and 106 which are located at both ends of the transformer groups 501 and 502. The high voltage duct 113 is raised from the central portion of the transformer 102 and 105 located at the center of the transformer groups. The phase separating bus line is taken out from said high voltage ducts 112-114.


The crystal structure, lattice strain due to the antiferromagnetic ordering, and magnetic form factor in the itinerant $5f$ compounds $\mathrm{U}T{\mathrm{Ga}}_{5}(T=\mathrm{N}\mathrm{i},\mathrm{}\mathrm{P}\mathrm{d},\mathrm{}\mathrm{Pt})$ have been studied by neutron scattering. High-resolution powder diffraction revealed that the tetragonality of the U-Ga layers increases down to the series of the transition metal element T. The integrated intensities of the antiferromagnetic reflections can be well explained with the N\'eel-type structure for ${\mathrm{UNiGa}}_{5},$ whereas ${\mathrm{UPtGa}}_{5}$ has the antiferromagnetic stacking of the ferromagnetically ordered uranium moments in the c plane. In both compounds the uranium moments orient along the c axis with moments of 0.75(5) and 0.32(5) ${\ensuremath{\mu}}_{\mathrm{B}}$ for ${\mathrm{UNiGa}}_{5}$ and ${\mathrm{UPtGa}}_{5},$ respectively. No magnetic peak could be observed in the powder diffraction pattern of ${\mathrm{UPdGa}}_{5}$ due to the small magnetic moment less than the experimental sensitivity. The orbital contributions in the magnetic form factor are reduced from the free-ion value, especially for ${\mathrm{UNiGa}}_{5}.$ This suppression shows a strong correlation with the bulk susceptibility. We observed lattice anomalies associated with the antiferromagnetic ordering. The tetragonality of the U-Ga layers is a sensitive measure of the nearest-neighbor interaction, the lattice anomaly and the orbital contribution suggest that orbital degrees of freedom may play an important role for the magnetic properties in these itinerant $5f$ antiferromagnets.


Over the last thirty years, trade unions everywhere have been going through a period of crises and questioning, i.e. the abandonment of former concepts and ways of doing things. Developments in the global economy have resulted in trade unions being faced with numerous challenges. Recessions in a large number of countries have significantly inhibited the position of trade union members. In Serbia, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of trade union organisations, alongside a decrease in the total number of trade union members. The protection of the rights of employees and improvements in their standard of living are out of the question not only as a result of the bad economic situation but also given the absence of state institutional support. The major goal of this article is to analyse these drawbacks and thus make an effort to improve the position of trade unions. The authors conclude that strong institutional backing, including better respect for the rule of law, is essential if the prospects for trade union action are to be improved in Serbia.


The study of android based maize assessment was done by involving two popular machine learning software i.e. teachable machine and android studio. The classification model was performed in online teachable machine learning while interface generation was performed in android studio. Various maize tassel from male, female and contamination plants were collected and used for training and model validation. The results indicated that Android-based tassel classification was successfully applied to the study area with accuracy of 80.7%. In addition, the error of classification was 19.3%, a relatively lower values for large testing datasets. Several mis-classification were found particularly at similar tassel shape. The integration of the model with smartphone technology enables rapid recognition of off-type plant at real-time, even though operated by personnel with limited skills or no knowledge seed technology on maize parental lines ideotype.


In this paper, we reconsider the a priori and a posteriori error analysis of a new mixed finite element method for nonlinear incompressible elasticity with mixed boundary conditions. The approach, being based only on the fact that the resulting variational formulation becomes a two‐fold saddle‐point operator equation, simplifies the analysis and improves the results provided recently in a previous work. Thus, a well‐known generalization of the classical Babuška–Brezzi theory is applied to show the well‐posedness of the continuous and discrete formulations, and to derive the corresponding a priori error estimate. In particular, enriched PEERS subspaces are required for the solvability and stability of the associated Galerkin scheme. In addition, we use the Ritz projection operator to obtain a new reliable and quasi‐efficient a posteriori error estimate. Finally, several numerical results illustrating the good performance of the associated adaptive algorithm are presented. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Ga1.5In0.5O3 is a kind of potential ultraviolet transparent conductive material.Structural parameters,formation enthalpies,band structures,density of states,optical absorption and reflection of Ga1.5In0.5O3 with oxygen vacancy were calculated by using first-principles.Oxygen vacancy positions have an influence upon lattice constants and formation enthalpies of Ga1.5In0.5O3 compounds.β-Ga1.5In0.5O3 with oxygen vacancy is an indirect band gap semiconductor,which has a wider band gap than that of intrinsicβ-Ga1.5In0.5O3.Donor impurity levels of 0.237 eV,0.239 eV and 1.384 eV appear in the forbidden band of Ga1.5In0.5O3 with oxygen vacancy of VO(1),VO(2)and VO(3).Impurity absorption is found in the absorption spectra,the intensities of the main absorptive peak and reflective peak decrease with the doping of oxygen vacancy.Ga1.5In0.5O3 compounds with oxygen vacancy of VO(1)and VO(2)have larger absorption coefficient and reflectivity than that of Ga1.5In0.5O3 with oxygen vacancy of VO(3)in near infrared wavelength.


COVID 19 is primarily characterized as severe respiratory syndrome, careful review revealed that it has multisystem involvement (Mao et al 2020). Due to its potentially damaging effects on respiratory system it is termed as SARS- COV 2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2). However, severity of the disease differentially changes from one to another geographical area and on the viral load of people affected. It has been shown from recent studies that the virus acquired several mutations on the spike protein which is the receptor binding domain of the virus particle. These mutations also alter the glycosylation pattern of the viral envelop. Mutation also differentially glycosylate the S1 and S1 domain of the spike protein and thereby modulate its infectivity through changes the potentiality of binding with ACE2 receptor. Changes in infectivity may also alter immunogenicity and manifestation spectra of the disease. ACE 2 receptor mutation site also perturb the glycosylation pattern and therefore alters the binding capacity with virus. All these mutations may potentially alter disease severity which is reported worldwide. Mutation of SARS-CoV 2 and ACE2 receptor in combination or in alone therefore modulate the entire picture of disease scenario which is the most interested part of COVID research. In this review we are going to unrevealing these areas of COVID -19 disease spectra.


Wound healing can be impaired by a variety of wound-specifi c factors including the presence of bacteria, debris, and/or devitalized tissue. Other factors which affect wound healing are patient conditions that can result in decreased function of immune cells and poor oxygenation of tissues, such as smoking, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, poor nutritional status, steroid, and immune-modulating or cytotoxic drugs. These and other factors can contribute to poor blood fl ow and wound ischemia, resulting in poorly healing wounds and dehiscence.


In compression molding of composite parts, it is important to minimize the temperature variation in the part during processing for consistent quality. A mold heating analysis and optimization scheme has been developed that allows computation of temperature variation on the mold/part surface, and optimizes the location and power of heaters. The heat transfer coefficients for a given mold can also be theoretically calculated. The validation of the analysis was carried out by two sets of experiments: the first one measured the heat loss from the mold under different boundary conditions, and the second one the temperature variation on mold/part boundary for theoretically determined power histories for a specified temperature history. The experimental data compared well with theory and provide a satisfactory validation of the analysis. The present work provides a useful tool to a design engineer and allows the mold heating system design on a scientific basis, thus eliminating the trial and error approach.


Feminism in Indonesian society is related to the emancipation term that women nowadays have still been bringing up this issue. However, Arisan 2! film showed a shift in film discourse regarding the representation of cosmopolitan women in Indonesia. This research examines on how Arisan 2! film as a media portrays feminism in the society of Jakarta. Feminism in Arisan 2! film was likely to expose the liberal feminism in nowadays modern society through several issues of women's emancipation, specifically in the areas of marriage, job, and social life. © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Peer-review under responsibility of School of Multimedia Technology & Communication, Universiti Utara Malaysia.


Criterion-referenced assessments have become more common around the world, with performance standards being set to differentiate different levels of student performance. However, use of standard setting methods developed in the United States may be complicated by factors related to the political and educational contexts within another country. In this article, experience gained from conducting several standard setting studies in South Africa is shared. The legacy of the apartheid era, in which segregation and discrimination were institutionalized, affects the attitudes of South Africans toward assessment and placing students into performance levels. These issues played out as panelists were asked to make judgments related to students' likely performance in higher education. Although the instantiation of panelists' reluctance to label students may be different in South Africa compared to the United States or other countries, lessons can be learned about how the effects of these beliefs and anxieties may be addressed during standard setting activities.


Objective
To investigate the risk factors of abdominal infection secondary to hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis during pregnancy.

Methods
Clinical data of 99 patients with hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis during pregnancy were retrospectively analyzed by department of Intensive Care Unit, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University in this study from September 2009 to December 2015, finally, clinical data of 40 patients matched condition.They were classified as abdominal infection group(n=19)and non-abdominal infection group(n=21)according to the outcome of infection.The characteristics of blood routine examination, biochemical test, coagulation function and the worse value for vital signs after 72 h in hospital were analyzed.Single factor analysis was performed on the data, and then the data, which had the statisitical significance, were performed on regression analysis for the factor of abdominal infection secondary to HLAP during pregnancy.

Results
Comparison of the pulse, breathe, hemoglobin, triglyceride, lactic acid, blood calcium, low calcium duration, blood glucose, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplatin time, C-reactive protein, albumin after 24 h in hospital between the two groups had significantly statistical significance(P<0.05). Further analysis results were indicated that the pulse, breathe, triglyceride, blood glucose, low calcium duration were the dependent of influential factors of abdominal infection sencondary to HLAP.

Conclusion
Lower the blood lipid, monitoring the changes of serum calcium and glucose frequently and doing clinical intervention, assessing the severity dynamically should be helpful to reduce the incidence of the abdominal infection secondary to HLAP during pregnancy.

Key words:
Hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis; Pregnancy; Hyperlipidaemia; Abdominal infection; Statistical analysis


The distribution of the energies of the resonances observed in the 12C+12C interaction is studied in a model-independent way. The analysis of the distribution of the spacings between states having the same value of L (for L<or=8) indicates a vibration-like spectrum with an essentially harmonic behaviour. This result suggests that the anharmonic term introduced by the current vibration-rotation models is smaller than previously indicated.