The article considers the problem of processing textile waste from garment production. The main directions of their use in the production of nonwoven fabric and composite materials are briefly described. The use of waste padding materials based on thermoplastic fibers in the manufacture of nonwovens by hot pressing is considered. Samples of nonwovens were obtained and mechanical properties were tested. The coefficient of variation in the thickness of the obtained materials is about 10%. The composition of the waste used and the pressing temperature affect the rigidity of the samples during bending. The addition of waste from thermoplastic fibres leads to an increase in the rigidity of the composite and contributes to better par- ticle bonding and a decrease in thickness. The obtained materials can be used as pads in the manufacture of a wide range of consumer goods.


The second 10m-diameter telescope of the CANGAROO-III project was completed in December 2002. The reflector is a tessellated paraboloid which consists of 114 spherical mirror segments with a f/d ratio of 0.8. In order to obtain light-weight, durable segments, we have been working on development of FRP (Fiber Reinforced Plastic) composite mirrors since 1995. These segments are all equipped with a remote-control alignment system and their optical axes were aligned using bright stars as standard light sources. pp. 2855–2858 c ©2003 by Universal Academy Press, Inc. 2856 The status of FRP mirror developmental work and the total performance of the reflector after the alignment are reported. 1. Design of the reflector of CANGAROO-III telescope The main frame of the CANGAROO-III 10m reflector is a paraboloid with a focal length of 8m, whose design is inherited from an existing radio telescope [1]. The reflector surface was tessellated with 114 spherical mirror segments (Fig. 1.) and an effective area of 5.7 × 10 cm. Each FRP composite segment weighs only 5.6 kg for an 80 cm diameter and the total weight of the reflector is reduced to 6.6 tonne. The orientation of each segment is accurately aligned with a remote-control system driven by stepping motors. The spot-size of the reflector is determined both by this alignment accuracy and by the image quality of each segment, and was 0◦.20 (FWHM) for our first telescope, while a value of 0◦.1−0◦.2 is desirable for the efficient separation of γ/hadron showers. Fig. 1. Design of the CANGAROO-III reflector. GFRP prepreg aluminized polymer sheet foam core (reflection surface) Fig. 2. Layer structure of a FRP mirror segment. 2. Manufacturing/Quality control of FRP mirror segments We have been working on development of FRP composite mirror segments in cooperation with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation since 1995. Since fine surface tuning by grinding cannot be applied to auto-clave molded FRP products, improvement of surface control accuracy and productivity has long been the issue. Our FRP composite mirror has a symmetrical layer structure (Fig. 2.) with the curvature radius and surface accuracy determined by the rigidity balance between these composite materials. As for the production of our second telescope, the surface of every FRP mirror was measured with 1μm accuracy and the information was fed back into the manufacturing process. After some layer


The purpose of this dissertation is to apply financial analysis to companies in Greece, employing various financial ratios. This study consists of seven parts. The first part presents an introduction to corporate financial analysis. The second part (first chapter), the theoretical, presents the major categories of financial ratios used in the literature, which are the liquidity ratios, the activity ratios, the profitability ratios, the ratios of capital structure and the investment ratios. The third part (second chapter), illustrates a brief description of the history and company profile of the largest Greek airline company, Aegean Airlines, which is listed on the Athens Stock Exchange. Τhe fourth part (third chapter), provides an analysis of Aegean Airlines, employing various indicators for the period 2008 - 2015. The fifth part (fourth chapter) presents and analyzes the basic financial ratios of Aegean Airlines for the period 2013-2015. The sixth part reveals the conclusions of the study. The seventh part shows the bibliographical references. Finally the appendix presents the financial statements of Aegean Airlines during the period examined.
The main sources from which we derive the data of our analysis are the annual reports and accounts (i.e., balance sheets and income statement) of Aegean Airlines. The financial analysis is applied throughout the group, and the consolidated statements include the following companies: (a) Aegean Airlines SA (parent company), based in Greece, (b) Olympic Air (100% subsidiary), based in Greece and (c) Aegean Airlines Cyprus LTD (100% subsidiary), based in Cyprus. Our study covers the period 2008 – 2015 (for many indicators). However, the key ratios refer to the period from 2013 to 2015, for comparative purposes, whereas the year 2013 completed the acquisition of Olympic Air from Aegean Airlines.


Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to review the advancements in new multi-technology sensor products being developed or already serving the market and to explore such applications. The paper also addresses some hacking problems which may arise.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is a review of published information and papers on multi-technology sensor research as well as contact and discussions with multi-technology sensor researchers and suppliers in this field.

Findings

Microelectronics and electrochemical technologies have been major factors in the multi-sensor technology advancements of sensors for a wide range of applications. Sensors are becoming much smarter; solving application problems better than has been previously possible with single-technology sensors. Multi-technology sensors in many cases may offer better resolution and are much more sensitive than single technology sensors in the past.

Practical implications

Readers may be very excited to learn of the many advances in multi-technology sensors which are coming to the sensor field. Applications that were previously served with more than one sensor or were not possible before are now being served by multi-technology sensors. One such application which many readers may not be aware of but may be using is the wearable individual exercise sensor. One such device is the Apple Watch which will be reviewed in some detail later in this paper.

Originality/value

No previous review of multi-technology sensing has been observed.


Analyzing media server of 3TNet video-of-demand(VOD)system,the study focuses on user access patterns,popularity distribution,with the result,a simulation platform for user behavior was proposed.A general mathematics model for user behavior in VOD system was built to present the distribution of user visiting action.The simulation indicates that the platform objectively reflects the user action in VOD system,and using this platform simulates a VOD system to prove its usability,comparing two deploy algorithms's performance.


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PANDU DEWANATA. The Effect of Intellectual Capital and Islamicity Performance Index to the Performance of Islamic Bank in Indonesia 2010-2014 Periods. Faculty Of Economy State University of Jakarta. 2016.

This research aims to determine the effect of intellectual capital and islamicity performance index to the performance of islamic banks in Indonesia in 2010 until 2014. Dependent variable used in this study is the financial performance of Islamic banks by used ROA. Independent variables used in this study is VAIC™ (Value Added Intellectual Coefficient) as a proxy for intellectual capital, and profit sharing ratio, zakat performance ratio and equitable distribution ratio as proxies islamicity performance index. This research analyzed all populatian, it is 11 Islamic banking regristered in Bank Indonesia in 2010-2014. This study used panel data regression to analyze the data. The result showed that the intellectual capital significant positive effect on ROA, profit sharing ratio significant negative effect on ROA, zakat performance ratio significant positive effect on ROA, equitable distribution ratio insignificant effect on ROA, and simultaneously intellectual capital and islamicity performance index effect on ROA.

Keywords: ROA, intellectual capital, profit sharing ratio, zakat performance ratio, equitable distribution ratio


Laboratory bioassays were conducted to determine the effects of pentachlorophenol (PCP) on the oxygen consumption of the river puffer fish Takifugu ohscnrus. Oxygen consu.mption of 6 to 9 mo old puffer fish was measured with an automatic intermittent-flow-respirometer (AIFR). Oxygen consumption rate was s~gnificantly increased by exposing fish to concentrations of 50, 100, 200 and 500 ppb PCP Follow~ng exposure to 50 or 100 ppb PCP, the instantaneous rate of oxygen consumption was considerably increased. T obscurus exposed to 200 ppb PCP, however, exhibited a breakdown in the biorhythm of oxygen consumption presumably due to a strong physiological stress caused by the higher PCP concentrations. River puffer fish exposed to 500 ppb PCP died in 10 h.


A rare case of metastatic lung cancer from the tonsil associated with ectopic ACTH,0-LPH and j8-endorphin production was presented. A year after the tonsillectorny and lymphadenectomy,the patient had metastatic lung cancer. Three years later he died. Brownpigmentation remained evident for a month before his death. Both ACTHand cortisol levels were high in the plasma. ACTH,j3-LPH and j3-endorphin were found in the tissue extracts (squamouscell carinoma).


Brucea javanica is a plant species of the family Simaroubacea which is widely used as traditional medicine. Previous studies have reported that it is good at treating various ailments such as cancer, amoebic dysentery and inflammatory disease. However, so far there is yet any scientific evidence available on the potential effects of Brucea javanica on the female reproductive functions. Hence, the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of Brucea javanica seeds extract on the number of embryo production and ovarian histology. Twelve female ICR mice were randomly divided into four groups (three treatment groups and control group) with three members in each group. All groups were kept under similar conditions. Brucea javanica were prepared in 500, 800 and 1000mglkglday/doses and orally administered every day for twenty-one days. Distilled water was used for control group. At the end of treatment, the female mice were mated with male mice to get the copulation plug. Then, the female mice were killed after the plug was seen. Oviduct and ovary were collected for embryo retrieval and histological examination respectively. All mice in treatment groups showed not significantly reduced number of embryo produced. The ovarian histology also showed no obvious structural changes when compared to control group. However, treatment with Brucea javanica seems to reduce number of follicles but increased in the number of corpus luteum. In a conclusion, the results obtained from this study indicated that Brucea javanica seeds extract does give an effect on the female reproductive functions.


verse skin reactions. Type I allergic reactions have once been described from oral ketoconazole, with negative patch tests and positive scratch tests to ketoconazole tablets and econazole cream (4). Van Dijke et al. (3) described 2 cases of anaphylactic reactions to oral ketoconazole: one patient had previously had contact dermatitis from miconazole, suggesting the possibility of cross-reaction between these 2 imidazoles. The incidence of rash and urticaria is approximately 1%. · We describe the first recorded patient with type IV hypersensitivity to ketoconazole, who developed a generalized eczema after its ingestion. The cases of contact dermatitis caused by ketoconazole creams described to date have been due instead to excipients (sodium sulphite (5, 6) and propylene glycol (7)). We have also found hypersensitivity to excipients in case no. 1 (sodium sulphite and polysorbate 80), case no. 2 (cetyl alcohol) and case no. 3 (sodium sulphite). 1 of these patients (case no. 3) tolerated Fungarest cream several months later. 2 of the cases showed positive reactions to ketoconazole and bifonazole creams (case nos. I, 4). The patients refused further patch tests with components of Mycospor cream and therefore we could not determine the precise cause of these reactions, which might be due to the vehicle. Bifonazole has no crossreaction with other imidazoles and it is used as an alternative medication in patients sensitive to miconazole and econazole (the 2 most allergenic imidazoles) (7, 8). No allergies caused by contact with bifonazole are known to us. The coexistence of positivity to ketoconazole and bifonazole suggests crosssensitivity: they are chemically very similar. The existence of cross-sensitivity between imidazoles, and the possibility of the development of anaSHORT COMMUNICATIONS


The utility model relates to a portable medical cotton box for disinfection, mainly comprising a box cover (1), a box body (2), a separator (3), a thin slice (4), a thin film (5) and disinfection liquid (6). The portable medical cotton box for disinfection is characterized in that the box body (2) is in a flat shape and is divided into a plurality of sub boxes by the separator (3); a fixed thin slice (4) is arranged in the middle section of each sub box; a thin film (5) is arranged at the lower end of the sub box; and a reservoir filled with disinfection liquid (6) is separated. Compared with the prior art, the portable medical cotton box for disinfection has the characteristics of simple structure, rationality, convenient taking and use, portable use, safety, sanitation, wide application, and adjustable use amount according to the requirement.


Strengthening of masonry-infilled reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings with an open first story is needed because of the inherent irregularity in such buildings resulting in their poor performance as observed during several past earthquakes. In the present study, several strengthening schemes were evaluated for their effectiveness in improving the performance of such buildings, based on nonlinear analyses of typical RC frames. Instead of using predetermined multiplying factors for designing the first-story members for higher forces as recommended in some national codes, a rational method was developed for the calculation of the required increase in strength of open first-story columns. Other strengthening schemes studied were providing additional columns, diagonal bracings, and lateral buttresses in the open first story. Code methods were found to increase only lateral strength (and not the ductility) of such frames; whereas, some of the alternate schemes studied were found to improve both lateral strength and ductility for improved seismic performance.


The stamping technology and the structure of the die for a relatively complicated and high accuracy connecting cover of the motor were introduced.The design features of the die to ensure the precision of the products were emphasized.With the application of the die,the quality of the products was improved,the cost was lowered,and the efficiency was raised.


The village was within the cannon-firing rangeof an American military station. Usually, the Americans fired twice a day: either in the early morning and at dawn, or at twilight and at night, or at midnight and before sunrise. Often times, the missiles hit the xa-nu jungle located next to a river, but notmany xa-nu trees were damaged. Some trees were chopped down and fell violently on the ground. Their sap, dripping profusely from the trunks, smelled pleasant and looked quite clear at first on hot summer days. But then it would eventually become dark and thick like big clots of blood.


Interest in physics and chemistry topics and out-of-school experiences of Finnish secondary school students (n=3626, median age 15) were surveyed using the international ROSE questionnaire. Based on explorative factor analysis the scores of six out-of-school experience factors (indicating how often students had done something outside of school) and eight topic factors (indicating how interested students were in learning about something) were studied. The students had a lot of out-of-school experiences in simple measuring and observing and in ICT use, but they had few science and technology related hobbies and activities or experiences of camping. Several gender differences were found. Observing natural phenomena and collecting objects was the most important factor correlating with the topic factors. Factors measuring experiences of ICT use and the use of mechanical tools had the lowest correlations with the topic factors. Based on the results, the implications for science education will be discussed.


On 9 February 2023, Southern Turkey was struck by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. Especially during major events, seismologists are confronted with the inability to predict earthquakes. Indeed, how, when, and where large earthquakes are generated remain fundamental unsolved scienti�c questions. We analyze the spatio-temporal evolution of thousands of small magnitude earthquakes for the two years that preceded the mainshock. We �nd that patterns in seismic spatial distribution and energy released per event are clues of a ten-month lasting preparatory process. Our results suggest the existence of a progressive localization of seismic events and stress over a large area of the fault segment which released the higher slip during the earthquake. When the mainshock has nucleated, it might have found the unfortunate best conditions to grow. Intercepting when a fault system starts deviating from its steady behavior might be the key for identifying the preparatory phase of large earthquakes.


In this work, the back gate bias (VBG) effect on the threshold voltage (VT) of a feedback steep switching device has been studied using TCAD simulations. Unlike other devices, there was a region where VT of a feedback switching device was increased even though VBG was increased due to the raised hole barrier. These findings indicate that a new VT modulation method is required other than ground plane or VBG schemes.


Fundamentals of Information System Security focuses on new risks, threats, and vulnerabilities in a digital world. The integration of the Internet and broadband communications into our everyday lives has created a need for information system security. Furthermore, compliance laws require organizations to protect and secure privacy data and reduce liability. This book will take readers through the fundamentals of information security adapted from the Official (ISC)2 SSCP CBK Study Guide. It reviews the seven domains within the Systems Security Certified Professional certification and concludes with additional resources providing readers with more details on information security system certification, compliance laws, education, and careers.


There are currently limited therapeutic approaches for patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) who have developed permanent atrial fibrillation (AF). We aimed to analyse the impact of ventricular irregularity on heart failure rehospitalization in patients with permanent AF and HFpEF.


Abstract Head) The nuclear renaissance has hastened the need for efficient knowledge transfer, from senior experts who brought online and have maintained the earliest generation plants to the next generation of designers and engineers charged with launching the next fleet. While many suggestions for enabling and facilitating this transfer within the course of mentoring and training programs have been proffered, one necessary starting point for any successful transfer program is the acquisition of extensive, highly organized knowledge, expert-level reasoning skills and strategies. The practice of knowledge elicitation provides structured techniques for acquiring expert knowledge, and the most useful of these techniques for conducting knowledge elicitation have been well documented. Less well-documented are the variety of contingencies – i.e., circumstances special to working with senior experts – that can serve to forestall or otherwise challenge the knowledge elicitation process. In this paper, we will outline these contingencies and provide examples of them drawn from our recent experience conducting knowledge elicitation with senior experts from the Westinghouse Electric Company over the course of approximately a year. We will also provide practical advice for mitigating them, or even turning them into opportunities to strengthen the overall acquisition effort.


"An amended merger implementing regulation for a new merger regime"* A. Introduction The adoption of a new Merger Regulation by the Council on 20 January 2004, has made it necessary for the…


The emergence of the computer in the second half of the twentieth century has had a profound impact on modern society. From the creation of documents using word processing software, databases, and spreadsheets to the increasing use of electronic mail, more and more of the transactions of modern organizations pass at some point through an electronic form. The development of archival theory in the past two hundred years has focused on the record and its ability to serve as accurate evidence of past actions. To the archivist knowledge of the creator and the context of creation are as important as the information conveyed in any document. Only in this way does the record allow us to answer who did or knew what, when, where, and why in carrying out a specific program or function. Electronic recording media, however, pose specific challenges to these long-established archival goals. In response to these challenges archivists are beginning to establish partnerships with stakeholders that have an interest in the longterm preservation of electronic information. This paper will examine one such proposed partnership for the University of Manitoba.


Abstract. — The Great Comore is a tropical Island in Indian Ocean. Coming in the rainy season, it often supports dryness. This island has a maritime tropical climate with two seasons and goes through a « pseudo- Monsoon », that may Lapp en later because of intense activity of the south hemisphere. Inroads of polar air-masses regenerate the anticyclones and prevent the. formation of the south african's hibernal depression. So, the Z.C.I.T. remains in latitude 10" south and the dry season (or the intermediate season) subsists over Comoros'Islands. The recent volcanic structure of the Great Comore increases dryness, because of the lack of springs : water infiltrates immediatly.


Barrier packaging formats are major growth areas for the pulp and paper industry. It is technically challenging to maintain barrier properties during converting and end-use applications. Improved manufacturing capabilities and coating formulation knowledge will help maintain barrier integrity and enable growth of barrier products in challenging applications. These improvements will accelerate product development and commercialization, and allow faster response to product performance issues such as cracking.
The literature on coating cracking provides knowledge mostly on the effects of coating formulations and to a lesser extent on substrate effects. Despite a large number of publications dedicated to coating failures, the approach to improve coating cracking remains empirical, and the transferability between studies and to real life applications has not been well established. Model development that successfully predicts commercial performance is in its infancy. However, some of these simplified models do a fairly good job predicting experimental data. The current work reviews the state of understanding as regards coating and barrier cracking and highlights the need for more research on cracking and barrier integrity.


While admissions at the undergraduate level are experiencing a surge of students over 30 years of age, the pool of traditionally aged students is declining. These phenomena indicate that older (over age 30) students will also be enrolling in graduate programs in increasing numbers. This paper addresses the issue of retention as t pertains to older female graduate students. Data are examined from a fall 1991 survey and its 1992 followup at a large Midwestern research university. The study evaluated such potential obstacles to female graduation as concern family issues, relationships with faculty and fellow students, difficulty of the coursework, and financial problems and financial aid. Results of a logistic regression on a sample of 81 respondents found that the factor most predictive of persistence was not being married. Other important variables supporting persistence including maintaining a positive relationship with fellow students, maintaining a positive interaction with faculty, and achieving a high grade point average. An appendix contains the measurement scales used in the analysis. (Contains 50 references.) (GLR) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ***********************************************************************


The purpose of this study was to study the effects of age, sex, and father on behaviour of calves. The study included 40 dairy calves kept in group housing. Maintenance behaviours were conducted at the age of 90, 130 and 170 days. The social behaviour was determined during 1 h feeding on access to limited amounts of feed during three consecutive days in 155 th day of the age. Maintenance activities were significantly increasing with the age. Calves spent lying on the left side and ruminating while lying on the left side longer time. The most periods of total lying, lying on the left side, and lying on the right side were found at the age of 130 days. Period number was increasing within ages in ruminating while on the left and right sides, ruminating while lying, and total ruminating. Father lineage was significantly manifested in times of total standing, total eating, number eating and lying periods. No significant differences were found between males and females behaviour, and among fathers in social index.


We report the fabrication of composites made of La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 and two comb‐type polysiloxane‐based copolymers, polysiloxane‐g‐styrene and polysiloxane‐g‐(styrene‐co‐butyl‐acrylate), in an attempt to improve the elastic properties of the polymer‐based composites. The composites were obtained by the co‐precipitation of a polymer solution mixed with the lanthanum manganite followed by sintering at appropriate temperatures. The rheological properties of the composites before as well as the magnetic and transport properties after sintering process are presented.


The Hidden Field Equation cryptosystem (HFE) is a public key encryption scheme whose security relies on the hardness of solving a system of polynomial equations over the finite field F2. This scheme and its generalizations have attracted a lot of attention by the cryptographic community. It is known that HFE polynomial systems are much easier to solve than generic systems, and in fact the parameters proposed in the original HFE cryptosystem can be broken in practice using Gröbner basis algorithms. Several theoretical explanations have been provided for this property, but all of them have so far relied on some plausible conjectures or heuristic assumptions. In this paper, we provide a rigourous bound on the complexity of solving a general class of polynomial systems including HFE systems. Our proof connects the polynomials constructed by Gröbner basis algorithms to the partial computation results of the Successive Resultants Algorithm (SRA), a recently introduced algorithm for finding roots of polynomials over finite fields. Besides, we provide a variant of SRA that may be of independent interest. We believe that our approach could have further applications on similar systems that were recently introduced in connection to the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem over small characteristic fields.


This paper summarizes current and projected heat management techniques within aircraft gas turbines. Each of the primary heat sources is individually considered, including the thermodynamic cycle sources of fuel combustion and air compression, and the parasitic sources of friction, oil churning and rotor windage. For each source, the problem is presented, and solutions — both present and future — are offered. Heat management within low spool reduction gearing is also discussed because of the high probability of an advanced high speed turboprop and geared high bypass ratio turbofan propulsion system in the future.Copyright © 1986 by ASME


FIELD: pharmaceutics. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method of producing microcapsules of cefotaxime. Said method is characterised by mixing 1 % aqueous solution of a human leukocyte interferon in alpha or beta form with cefotaxime powder and E472s preparation as a surfactant, resulting mixture is stirred, after dissolving components of reaction mixture to a clear solution, butanol is slowly poured in droplets as a first precipitator, followed by adding acetone as a second precipitator, and obtained microcapsule suspension is filtered, washed with acetone and dried. EFFECT: invention provides simplifies and accelerates process of microencapsulation of cefotaxime, increases weight yield. 1 cl, 4 ex


We present a derivation of the degree of polarization for incoherent Thomson scattering (TS) using Mueller matrix formalism. An exact analytic solution is obtained for spectrum-integrated matrix elements. The solution is valid for the full range of incident polarizations, scattering angles, and electron thermal motion from non-relativistic to ultra-relativistic. It is based on a newly developed theoretical model, a finite transit time (FTT) correction to previous theoretical work on TS polarization. The Mueller matrix elements are substantially different from previous calculations without the FTT correction, even to the lowest linear order in Te/mec2≪1. Mathematically, the derivation is a unique example of fully analytical integration of the 3D scattering operator over a relativistic Maxwellian distribution function; experimentally, the results have application to the use of the polarization properties of Thomson scattered light as a method of electron temperature measurement. The results can also be used...


This paper focuses its attention on San Yans homomorphous complex tone words.It discusses the evolvement in sentiment meaning.The study tries to find out the evolvement track of Chinese vocabulary from latter day to present-day.


One of the known agent that causes an organizing pneumonia could be the chronic inhalation of food, but generally we can't find the specific food that caused this pattern.


The paper considers the effect of introducing ferroalloys containing titanium and zirconium on the structure and heat-resistance of low-carbon ferroalloys. Theoretically and experimentally, it has been proven that addition of 1.0 mass. % of titanium and 0.1 mass. % of zirconium to a low-carbon iron-aluminum melt containing 12 – 14 mass. % of aluminum, grinds its structure increasing temporary resistance and heat-melting. Titanium and zirconium are strong carbide-forming elements. When introduced into a low-carbon iron-aluminium alloy, they form a large number of crystallization centers, thus affecting its microstructure, allowing to get shredded and more equal grain compared to an alloy without additive. This in turn increases the strength limit of processed alloy. In addition, the use of titanium as a modifying additive in a low-carbon ferroalloy allows increasing its heatresistance, which exceeds several times the heat-resistance of famous chrome-nickel steel of 20Kh23N18 grade. As a result, a new technology for obtaining titanium and zirconium was developed based on research of the effect of their modifying additives on the structure and heat-resistance of low-carbon iron-aluminum alloys.


Sales at shopping centres in Australia are declining though retail shopping space continues to increase, creating the challenge of capturing and retaining a feasible amount of foot traffic, especially with lucrative Generation Y. This exploratory study examined whether Generation Y's perceptions of shopping centre environmental factors and consumption motivations (social or objective) were influenced by gender. Unexpectedly, gender was found to influence the shopping centre environmental factors of: layout, desire to stay, excitement and involvement. This paper contributes to the understanding of the Generation Y cohort and identifies practical implications for strategic marketing communications.


Zijin Mountain National Forest Park is selected as the case study area.Questionnaire survey data of scenic beauty evaluation(SBE) and suitability of recreational activities for scenic forest in 2007,data from forest resources inventory in 2002,and high resolution image of QuickBird in 2004 were gathered to establish a quantitative model of aesthetic evaluation of scenic forest and suitability of recreational activities.Analysis of Pearson correlation between SBE and suitability of different recreational activities, spatial distribution of various recreational activities in the park were conducted.Results indicate that there are only 26.29% forest area with higher SBE in the park.Recreational activities with high suitability are sightseeing,entertainment,dissemination of forest knowledge,with suitability value of 1.269,1.231,0.294 respectively.Stand crown cover,elevation,distance to residence,distance to road are main independent environmental variables.The correlation coefficient between SBE and sightseeing is 0.942,SBE and entertainment 0.755.The correlation coefficient between SBE and sport is only 0.340.The correlation coefficient between sport and forest knowledge dissemination is-0.151. The areas suitable for forest recreational activities with zero,one kind,two kinds,above three kinds are 38.31%,24.91%,14.17%,22.61% successively of the total park area.The results provide theoretical basis for overall planning of national park and measures making of scenic forest.


By using Max Theory and by means of literature review, historical research, and logical analysis, the paper summarizes and analyzes the swinging phenomenon in the development of physical education curriculum. It's believed that the swinging phenomenon is very normal in the development of physical education curriculum and is driven by the internal law of development. It's very necessary in one stage in the development of physical education curriculum.


The interaction between the phytotoxicity of certain phenolic compounds and deprivation of certain nutrients was investigated by means of a factorial experiment. Two concentrations of p-coumaric acid and two of vanillic acid were added to nutrient solutions containing various quantities of nitrogen and phosphorus, and these solutions were tested on barley plants in sand culture. Phenolic toxicity appears to depend intimately on nutrient concentrations; the phenolic acids were uniformly and significantly inhibitory only at low nutrient concentrations. Allelopathy with phenolics as chemical inhibitors seems most likely to occur in nutrient-poor soils.


In this paper we identify strategies, informed by learning analytics, which lecturers can adopt at the subject level to ensure students have the best possible opportunity to successfully complete their studies. This approach also has the potential to enhance outcomes for the institution through increased student satisfaction and decreased attrition. Our aim is to identify key points in the teaching period for interventions that will have the most impact on student outcomes and describe appropriate interventions. We focus on one particular subject as a case study, however, our findings are likely to be generalisable across a range of subjects and disciplines.


The present paper deals with syntheses of some new arylidenhydrazides of 2acetylamino-3-arylacrylic acids (1) and their cyclization products 1-arylidenamino2-methyl-4-arylidene-2-imidazoline-5-ones (2) . The constitution of these compounds was determined by elemental analyse , IR spectra and melting points.


There is a rich debate in organizational theory about the contribution of supervisors to group process and performance, and about the span of control needed to make that contribution. In this paper, I summarize the debate and develop competing hypotheses. These competing hypotheses are tested using multisite survey and archival measures, and interpreted using qualitative data from the same study. I find that small supervisory spans improve performance through their positive effects on group process. In particular, supervisors with smaller spans achieved higher levels of relational coordination among their direct reports. Qualitative data suggest that supervisors with smaller spans achieved these results through working with, and providing intensive coaching and feedback to their direct reports.


Crystallization during polymerization of polydiphenylsilylene has been accomplished. Best results are obtained by initial thermal polymerization to the amorphous macromolecule. The macromolecules are then decomposed and repolymerized by sublimation. Macroscopic extended-chain single crystals are produced. The polymer crystals, once molten, will not recrystallize. Their initial characterization is described using infrared, Raman, ultraviolet, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. X-ray and thermal analysis data are also given.


It is widely recognized that clouds have advantages in initial installation cost and availability. However, with the popularity of public cloud services, the concern of confidentiality is recognized as the largest problem. We propose a secret distribution data management approach for multiple clouds to maintain confidentiality that involves a secret sharing scheme. With our proposed approach, secret information is encrypted, and both the encrypted data and key information are distributed using a secret sharing scheme and shared among multiple clouds and clients. Our approach resists eavesdropping, falsification or collusion of cloud service providers.


Introduction: the article concentrates on the study of the problem of improving the system of legal regulation and supervision in the banking sector of the European Union. The methodological framework for the research is a set of general scientific methods of cognition, such as analysis, synthesis, system approach, and private law (formal and legal, comparative law) research methods. In the course of the conducted research the author has analyzed the main sources of international and European law, the studies of domestic and foreign scholars on the subject under discussion, the analytical documents of the international organizations and institutions of the European Union. Results: the results of the study have revealed that the consistent improvement of the supervisory mechanisms in the European Union was a response to increasing the integration processes in the financial markets. Conclusions: the banking system is a special system whose structural elements are in high interdependence, and the boundaries of this system go beyond the territorial jurisdiction of one state. Therefore, the national supervisory authorities cannot take any financial decisions in complete isolation and it is only the balanced distribution of powers between the supranational and national supervisory authorities that can ensure the stability and effective functioning of the financial system in the European Union. The progressive reform of banking regulation and banking supervision proved the effectiveness of this approach the European Central Bank was given the authority to supervise the largest banks within the Single Supervisory Mechanism, the other banks are still under control of the national authorities. For working out a complex legal and regulatory framework of the EU financial sector and ensuring the uniform application of the worked out norms and rules at European Union level there was established a special body – the European Banking Authority.


Chalcogenide glasses have a very wide range of infrared transmittance, extremely high linear and nonlinear refractive index. Recently, infrared supercontinuum (SC) generation in chalcogenide glass fibers attracts extensive attentions for its potential applications in sensing, security and defense. In this article, the research progress of infrared SC generation in chalcogenide glass fibers is reviewed, including the SC generation of chalcogenide tapered fiber and microstructured fibers, and the new fiber structure design for SC generation. Moreover, current problems in exploring SC generation are summarized, and their potential applications are discussed.


The influence that small variations of the network impedance may have on the non-sinusoidal (harmonic) network current at the point of connection of a harmonic distortion measurement system, as well as on flicker measurements has been studied. In this respect, several equivalent circuits were devised and analysed as possible models for the study of the network impedance, trying all the time to provide the compliance with the typical curves and constraints described in standards and in specialized technical guides and reports.


This article discusses M-band wavelet packets which combine the well-known construction of 2-band wavelet packets with concepts of M-band wavelet theory. To make the resulting tilings of the time-frequency plane even more flexible, the concept of a filter bank tree (FBT) is presented. Within this framework the design of decimated filter bank cascades, realizing some arbitrary time-frequency tiling, is possible. Extensive tests on the denoising of high fidelity audio signals and comparison with several standard wavelet packet denoising techniques show the advantages of the new methods. The generality of the concept suggests its application to other problems, not necessarily restricted to the field of audio signal processing.


Of 35 species collected from the shores of the Suez Canal and its lakes, five were abundant year round. Sihouettea aegyptia and Aphanius dispar are of Red Sea (warm water) origin, whereas Pomatoschistus marmoratus, Aphanius fasciatus and Atherina boyeri are Mediterranean species. S. aegyptia and A. dispar are distributed throughout the Suez system whereas A. fasciatus is restricted to the northern canal. P. marmoratus and A. boyeri have not spread southward beyond the Bitter Lakes. Salinity is the main limiting factor for the distribution of Mediterranean species. S. aegyptia and A. dispar are dominant in the Bitter Lakes (salinity 44‰), whereas P. marmoratus and A. boyeri are abundant in Timsah Lake (salinity 7·8–41·6‰). There was considerable interannual and monthly variation in the relative abundance of each species. The populations were dominated by a single age group, and life spans were no more than 2 years. Rapid growth was evident during the first spring in P. marmoratus and A. boyeri and during the first summer, early autumn in S. aegyptia and A. dispar. The relative abundance of each food item in the diet varied with fish size and season. S. aegyptia, P. marmoratus and A. dispar fed mostly on harpacticoid copepods, polychaetes, demersal eggs, diatoms and blue-green algae whereas A. boyeri fed mostly on planktonic copepods. The warm water species are summer spawners, whereas the temperate species are autumn-winter spawners.


The hospital environment generally comprises, water, air, and surfaces... which are often contaminated with microorganisms of human and environmental origins. These germs constitute microbial reservoirs that may present a risk of infection for hospitalized patients. In this light we studied the microbiological quality of the air in a public hospital in the city of Fez, in order to prevent nosocomial infections. A prospective study over a period of 4 months was conducted at eight services. The samples were prepared with the sedimentation technique, by exposing the Petri dishes containing nutrient agar, in an area of 1 m for 15 minutes. The dishes were incubated at 37 ± 1 °C for 48 h. Isolates were identified by conventional biochemical gallery and bioMériaux API gallery. A total of 32 samples were analyzed. Microbial identification showed the presence of 14 bacterial types, with the dominance of coagulase negative Staphylococcus (48%), and followed by Bacillus sp (14%), Staphylococcus aureus and Aeromonas salmonicida (8%) each, Gram negative cocci (7%) and Pseudomonas vesicularis (5%). Other bacteria such as Lactobacillus, Pseudomonas putrificiens, Streptococcus, Aeromonas hydrophila, Serratia liquificiens, putrificiens Serratia, Serratia rubidaea and Stenotromonas maltophila were isolated with low proportions. All studied hospital blocks showed a diverse microbial load: trauma (20%), surgery (17%), intensive care (16%), central operating room (14%), neonatology (13%), kitchen (10 %), cardiovascular gastrology (7%) and emergency (4%). These results demonstrated the need to implement of systematic measures of hospital surveillance a comprehensive policy for the prevention of nosocomial infections including a systematic air treatment protocol.


Prior decision models and extensions conceptual modeling used in accounting and management axiomatic development of a decision-making model comparing prior models with the conceptual model conceptual modeling examples from accounting, auditing, business executives and the military implications for financial reporting and managerial decisions implications for future research using the throughput model.


The paper describes a novel crystalline form of the benzenesulfonic acid salt of Clopidogrel (I) and compares some of its pharmaceutical properties with the known solvated forms of the benzenesulfonic acid salt. This new crystalline benzenesulfonate (or besylate) salt is solvent free and more stable than the known forms. A new process for the synthesis of Clopidogrel base (10)is also described. The process involves the intra-molecular cyclization of Methyl 2-(2chlorophenyl)-2-((2-(thiophen-2-yl)ethyl)amino)acetate intermediate of formula 8 using dioxalane to yield Clopidogrel base (10). Resolution of the racemic Clopidogrel base 10 and its subsequent reaction with benzenesulfonic acid in appropriate solvents yielded solvent free crystalline Clopidogrelbenzenesulfonate(1).


Frederick et al. (1) claim that the prevalence of obesity among high socio-economic status (SES) adolescents has decreased in recent years, whereas obesity among their low socio-economic peers continued to increase. It could suffer a potential bias, particularly with regard to the greater prevalence of overweight people in black compared with white communities and changes in the mix of race/ethnicities in the low SES bracket.


Comparative study of two methods of concentration, namely open-pan heating (OP) and rotary vacuum evaporation (RVE) of watermelon juice was performed to achieve concentrations of 10 o , 20°, 30 o , 40 o Brix respectively for both and subsequent effect on lycopene content, rheology and sensory attributes was examined. Juice from open-pan heated samples showed 31.1, 70.3, 76.3, and 83.0% of lycopene degradation for 10 o , 20 o , 30 o , 40 o Brix respectively; whereas for same levels of concentrations rotary vacuum evaporation showed 12.6, 28.7, 33.7 and 49.8% reduction in lycopene content respectively. The weight concentration factor (WCF) was better for RVE than OP. The shear stress and viscosity behavior followed power law; was better fitted for RVE, and within the test condition exhibited pseudo plastic behaviour.


One of the best methods to increase correction accuracy in model based OPC is to decrease the correction segment length. As design rules shrink, this methodology is becoming more prevalent in model based OPC corrections. Unfortunately, it increases general mask feature complexity, which leads to reticles that are difficult to manufacture and inspect. With current OPC segmentation methodologies, the smallest correction segment length is generally applied uniformly across an entire correction set. A more targeted segmentation approach using the process model to determine sampling rates and locations could be used to confine complex correction features only to regions where they are absolutely necessary. For example, the choice between a hammerhead or dog-ear serif can be made using process model data so that dog-ear serifs are only used when flat aerial images are generated by the layout. This would lead to a more frugal correction that maintains correction accuracy while reducing mask construction complexity. OPC complexity is a key factor driving mask costs higher as design rules are pushed smaller. Methods for effectively reducing OPC complexity, without compromising OPC effectiveness, are being leveraged to help reduce the rate of NRE cost growth. In previous papers we have discussed methods for identifying features in which OPC accuracy can be sacrificed safely to reduce mask complexity. In addition, we have outlined methods for handling process variation effects for simple OPC shapes in complex regions. In this paper we will discuss another method for reducing OPC complexity while optimally preserving OPC accuracy on every feature. The method leverages pre-correction process simulation to predict the most "cost effective" shape for a feature. With simulated pattern characteristics and with consideration of potential mask rule violations, the method establishes an optimum correction shape "template." For example, the choice between various line end-treatments can be determined up front, thus focusing the OPC computation on the most effective and least complex shape, and removing the need to perform post-OPC mask constraint shape adjustments. The implementation of this methodology leads to a more frugal correction that maintains correction accuracy while reducing mask construction complexity.


I'll make a big, yellow tapestry.In the project I'll examine textures and surfaces in a monumental tapestry, and the translation of an image into a tapestry through reliefs and materials.I'm a tape ...


The curriculum policy of Pakistan (1998-2010) favours a developmental model of curriculum with notional functional syllabus and CLT as its teaching methodology. While using questionnaire and interview as their tools for research, the ELT experts criticize the curriculum as well as the instructional material provided to the learners in Pakistani Government sector schools. The present research is an attempt to incorporate computer tools to shift the curriculum-related research to scientific grounds. It is a descriptive, quantitative study. It computes the ratio of new and old linguistic items on lexical and phrase level by using Compleat Lexical Tutor as the tool for research. The quantitative analysis yields the percentage of repeated items, which turn out to be quite low for the reason that a large number of text types have not been repeated. It also shows that the representation of the lexical items does not follow a cyclic process which leads to shaky foundation of English language at learners' end. It is concluded that this abrupt introduction of new lexical items and grammatical structures in instructional materials (textbooks) poses considerable difficulty for learners to take a good grasp of English language. Keywords : Curriculum, Syllabus, Elementary Education in Pakistan, textbook analysis, ELT


Abstract: This article investigates what knowledge about God we obtain from what is sensible, in its very determinateness as sensible. The question is intimately related to reflection on how God, who is pure spirit, knows what is material and sensible. We follow Joseph de Finance in his approach to this problem in his later writings, especially his The Sensible and God [Il sensibile e Dio] (1988) and To you through you with the other [A tu per tu con l'altro] (1992). After outlining de Finance's method of analysis, it is applied to diverse aspects of the sensible: space, time, sensible qualities, affectivity and otherness. The article concludes with an ontological valorization of the sensible in relation to our knowledge of God.

Key words: Joseph de Finance, sensible qualities, knowledge of God, divine names, affectivity, otherness.

Parole chiave: Joseph de Finance, qualita sensibili, conoscenza di Dio, nomi divini, affettivita, alterita.


Cheryl is the Reaction Engineering Expertise Leader in Dow Chemical's Engineering Solutions Technology Center. She joined Dow during its 2009 Rohm and Haas acquisition, and recently marked her 30th anniversary with the combined company. Cheryl holds BS (MIT), MS (MIT), and PhD (Stevens Institute of Technology) degrees in chemical engineering. She has spent her career negotiating the interfaces between R&D, manufacturing, and business functions. She considers herself an "expert generalist" in process development, reaction engineering and problem solving.


Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2022 vol. 46 no. 3 © 2022 The Authors This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. Disability is an evolving multidimensional experience that interferes with an individual's participation in society.1 Because of physical, attitudinal and system-level barriers, people with disability face challenges accessing health care, education, employment and social services.1 People with disability also face challenges participating in healthpromoting behaviours, such as regular physical, social and community activities due to the limited number of inclusive activities, and difficulty accessing facilities and appropriate transport to and from events.2 Moreover, people with disability may encounter stigmatisation and discrimination, which further contribute to social, economic and health marginalisation.1


In this article,authors analyze and discuss information design technique and principle.Combining a tunnel project,authors designed and developed a project\|database information management system according to the practical requirements of New Austria Tunnel Construction Method.With the offset data obtained by on\|site construction monitoring,this system inverse mechanical features parameters of wall rock,and calculates the stability of wall rock during construction progress by the Finite Element Method with these mechanical features parameters.


Asymmetric multicore architecture is widely applied to the embedded systems to better trade-off performance and energy consumption. With an increased number of applications concurrently executed in the system, the power consumption and the associated last-level cache latency are increased. To maximize the system performance under the power constraint, we proposed a cache contention-aware run-time scheduling for asymmetric multicore systems. To deal with the dynamic workload and cache contention effect, the CPI model learning is presented to adjust the relation between system performance, executing frequency, and executing clusters. Based on the CPI model prediction, the run-time dispatcher is then presented to determine the executing frequency and cores to maximize system throughput under power constraint. The proposed algorithm was implemented on the commercial Odroid XU4 board. The performance was evaluated using benchmarks and impressive results were obtained.


Introduction: Although diabetes and renal dysfunction are known to be associated with SCD risk, the cumulative risk of objective laboratory markers in combination with left ventricular ejection fra...


The Vodka Sea: Alcohol Smuggling on the Baltic Sea between Two World Wars by Raimo Pullat, professor emeritus at Tallinn University, and Risto Pullat, a chief executive police officer in Estonia, is undoubtedly one of the most significant and complete publications ever to cover the issue of alcohol smuggling on the Baltic Sea in first half of the twentieth century. Viinameri offers a comprehensive overview of how the smuggling of spirits took place. The influence of this book is also demonstrated by the attention given it in both the Estonian and Finnish press. Raimo Pullat is one of the best known Estonian historians, whose many-faceted and productive research has earned broad international recognition. For many years, Professor Pullat has shown an interest in the history of alcohol smuggling. As early as 1993 he published a monograph about alcohol smuggling from Estonia to Finland, Salapiiritusevedu Eestist Soome 1919–1939. In the meantime, the authors have found a vast amount of new and interesting information, as well as photographs concerning the vodka trade of inhabitants of the northern coast of Estonia, western Estonia, and the Estonian islands prior to World War II. As a result, this new, much expanded edition appeared in 2010, published by Estopol. According to the authors, this publication is a substantially revised and updated version of the monograph from 1993. This nearly 450-page work provides a thorough picture of alcohol smuggling between two costs of the Gulf of Finland in the 1920s and 1930s, and includes overviews concerning Estonian–Finnish trade; alcohol; border guard and customs policies and practices of both countries; the modus operandi of smugglers; and the appearance of corruption and organized crime during the years of prohibition. Viinameri presents much previously unknown knowledge and breaks some stereotypes. For example, the Finnish government accused Estonia during the years of prohibition that everything bad in Finland was imported from Estonia, i.e. bootleg vodka, prostitution, and communism. In fact, the percentage of Estonian spirits among the overall amount of alcohol smuggled to Finland was about 15%. The rest came from central Europe, where there was an overproduction of grain. Large distilleries were built in the harbors of Danzig and Hamburg, and bootleg alcohol flowed from there into Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and even the United States. Particular attention is also paid to diverse range of cultural influences associated with alcohol smuggling between Estonia and Finland. A lot of folklore is presented in


A sliding mode control scheme with a discrete time control model is applied to posture control of a parallel biwheel vehicle (PBV) which is driven with a stepping motor operated in an open-loop mode. Both equivalent and discontinuous control inputs are applied to the PBV. The former brings states on a sliding surface to the origin of state space along the surface. The latter causes states off the sliding surface to move toward the surface and be bound on it. Posture of the PBV can be controlled within ±0.005 rad around an unstable equilibrium position when the PBV starts from an initial inclination of 0.1 rad off the perpendicular. Trajectories of the initial response in state space reveal that the state of the PBV is closely bound on a sliding surface, hence the sliding mode is established. The stable initial responses are also maintained under additional weighting of up to 1.5kg, which is almost equal to the weight of the PBV, near the center of mass or on the bottom of the PBV. The vehicle can easily recover stable posture when the body is pushed from the stable position. Consequently, the occurrence of the sliding mode is confirmed using the PBV with the step rate as the control input. The sliding mode can result in quick response, stable posture and robustness of the vehicle motion.


The generalized stimulated annealing algorithm is a new global optimization algorithm, which is efficient when the freedom degrees of the objective function is not very large. We applied the algorithm to molecular docking problems. The algorithm is applied to the docking of several simple model molecules and the docking between the benzamidine and HIV 1 protease.The theoretical result is consistent with the crystal structure data with only 0.03 nm root mean squared deviation. The results show that the algorithm can be used to find the energetically most favored configurations of docking molecules.


1200 mg magnesium carbonate, 600 mg sodium bicarbonate daily as well as 2280 mg deglycyrrhizinized liquorice. In addition, 3.5 pints of milk daily would provide him with 2380 mg calcium, 230mg magnesium, but only 1.15 g (46 iu) calciferol daily'. The traditional explanation for hypercalcaemia in the milk-alkali syndrome is that absorbable alkali causes a decrease in renal calcium excretion in the face of a high calcium intake. Secondly, calcium excess increases renal tubular bicarbonate reabsorption both directly and indirectly through salt and water depletion, thus maintaining the alkalosis2. Our data show that other factors may contribute to the metabolic state. There was hypermagnesaemia due to renal failure as well as excessive intake. Intact PTH was detectable in serum, evidence that the normal suppression of the parathyroid glands by a high circulating calcium concentration was impaired. Lastly, serum 25 OH vitamin D was elevated despite a normal dietary intake. It is not clear how mineral and alkali intake can influence vitamin D status except in calcium depletion, where calcium intake has been shown to regulate 25 OH vitamin D metabolism3. Milk-alkali syndrome is rare but should be considered when hypercalcaemia presents as an emergency in order to prevent unnecessary treatment with hypocalcaemic agents. It should be remembered that Caved-S contains both alkali and magnesium in absorbable forms.


Based on the theories of open-delta voltage protection and phase voltage differential protection,the reliabilities of the two types of protection methods are analyzed by calculating the operating values when fault occurs on the 35 kV capacitor of a substation.Reformation program is put forward to improve the reliability of capacitor protection.The program can largely improve the reliability of the capacitor protection when the sensitivity does not change.


Digital Health is an emerging topic that relates to the use of digital technologies in the healthcare domain. Although in recent years digital transformation in healthcare has led to an increasing application of such technologies, partly due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the inadequacy of current business strategies has been recognized as one of the reason for their limited wide-scale adoption. This paper tries to highlight the characteristics of current business models adopted in Digital Health through a bibliometric analysis and a systematic literature review. The study revealed several features for the main elements of a business model framework, namely Value Proposition, Value Capture, Value Network and Value Delivery.


The rust layesr formed on weathering steels surface has been object of numerous studies thanks to its excellent protective properties, allowing to the accurate use of weathering steel by long periods of time and therefore, their low maintenance cost. In the present work, the two weathering steels behaviour have been evaluated in the corrosion first stages in different atmospheres: urbanmoderade, urban and marine-industrial, simulated in the laboratory. A morphologic and structural characterization of the rusts have been carried out by microscopic (SEM), spectroscopic techniques (FTIR, XRD) and the use of electrochemical techniques (OCP, SKP and EIS) to evaluate the rust protective properties.


AIM To study and look for a practical synthetic technique for industrial production of melatonin. METHODS K phthalimide (I) was prepared by phtalimide to generate N (3 brompropyl) phtalimide(II) and ethyl 2 acelyl 5 phthalimido pentanotate(III). Via "Japp Kligeman" reaction and "Fisher reaction", 2 ethoxycarboxyl 3 (2 phthalimido ethyl) 5 methoxy indole (V) was prepared. After saponification, hydrolysis, decarboxylation of V, 5 methoxy trypytamin (IV) was obtained. IV was acetelized to give melatoin (VII). RESULTS The total yield was 20% higher than the reported yield and the quality of product was up to the pharmacy standard. CONCLUSION The results of the present study indicate that the method is practical and cost efficient.


This article discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the confidential establishment-level Covered Wages and Employment (ES-202) data series for small area economic analyses and other kinds of quantitative geographical research. The article examines the improvements in the geographic identifiers in the file over the past decade based on analysis of confidential micro data for forty-six states. It also examines the extent of spatial censoring in the ES-202 file stemming from two sources: (1) missing or corrupt physical address information in the raw data and (2) failure to attach spatial identifiers (geocode latitude/longitude coordinates) to physical addresses. Results of geocoding tests show that samples of address-matched units from state ES-202 files are likely to be biased along several dimensions. The article argues that a key area of geographical research in the future is methods to address bias in administrative samples. Research along these lines would substantially improve the usefulness of confidential micro data series for regional science research.


The concept that the inorganic component of bone is strongly bound to the organic matrix in a relatively static union has been discounted. Apparently, however, a great deal of confirmatory evidence will be needed to establish the newer concept of bone mineral as a highly labile substance and an important reservoir in the maintenance of electrolyte homeostasis. In this study, animal and clinical experiments were designed to study the influence of hydrogen ion concentration, vitamins, and hormones upon the electrolyte economy. The pertinent literature on the subject is presented in references 1-118.


An attractive, authoritative, and comprehensive monograph on dermatologic therapy is always most welcome. Dr. Maddin and almost 200 other contributors offer here current information on the diagnosis and treatment of both common and rare skin diseases. In addition, they have included one of the finest collections of color plates published anywhere. Such an endeavor incurs two major pitfalls: first, the continually changing and often empirical nature of the subject, and second, the problem of maintaining consistency with so many authors. Though not without faults, the book overcomes these obstacles rather well. Dermatologic procedures, therapeutic management, and a drug index comprise the book's main subdivisions. The opening section on procedures consists of short practical chapters, each by an acknowledged authority, describing specific techniques or modalities, including such fashionable ones as hair transplants and laser beam therapy. Curiously, an older but still important tool, x-ray therapy, has been omitted. Two thirds of


The Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory (EChO) mission was one of the proposed candidates for the European Space Agency's third medium mission within the Cosmic Vision Framework. EChO was designed to observe the spectra from transiting exoplanets in the 0.55-11 micron band with a goal of covering from 0.4 to 16 microns. The mission and its associated scientific instrument has now undergone a rigorous technical evaluation phase and we report here on the outcome of that study phase, update the design status and review the expected performance of the integrated payload and satellite.


Fabrication and characterization of an optical fiber refractometer based on Lossy Mode Resonances is presented. Tin oxide (SnO2) coatings deposited on cladding etched single mode optical fibers are used as LMR supporting coatings, which are sensitive to the external medium refractive index. These refractometers showed an average sensitivity of 3680 nm/RIU with a dynamic range of 196 nm, for a surrounding medium refractive index range of 1.3339 to 1.3865. Chemical etching of the single mode optical fiber provides a simple method to get access to the evanescent field of light, without affecting the core of the optical fiber and with highly repeatable results on the final dimensions. LMRs have been proved, for the first time, to be a good phenomenon to make this structure sensitive to the surrounding medium refractive index.


Various containers are provided that include a resiliently deformable product volume and a dispenser configured to dispense fluent product from the product volume. When no dispensing force is applied to the product volume, the product volume has an undeformed state and a first interior volume. When a dispensing force is applied to the product volume, the product volume is resiliently deformable to a deformed state in which the product volume is reduced to a second interior volume less than the first interior volume, and the dispenser can dispense at least some of the fluent product from the product volume. When the dispensing force is released, the product volume fully restores itself to the undeformed state.


Background: Occupational skin diseases (OSDs) are common among health care workers (HCWs). Little is known about how OSD impacts on health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) in HCWs with suspected OSD and associated factors.


Ai Qing's poems of his late years have profoundly disclosed the inward nature of things,generalizing the philosophy of people's life,and eventually,with their huge charm,have reached a high degree in two aspects,namely,admiring and pursuing the light,revealing hardships and calling for struggling.In addition,the poet is quite at home in the form of poetry and has stepped up to the senior level of perfection.Researching on Ai Qing's poems of his late years and searching for the rules of their composing will be a subject far from being studied to tomorrow's persons of letters and historians.


The paper analyses the spatial pattern of green space in Shenzhen economic zone.According to the theory of landscape ecology and by means of RS and GIS technology,the indices related to the structure of green space,landscape diversity,landscape dominance,and fractal dimension are chosen.The results show that main types of green space are public parks and scenic spots in study area.The road and traffic green space is the main type of greening corridor in Shenzhen economic zone.The landscape diversity is comparatively high with even proportion.The landscape fractal dimension is at an intermidiate level.


Objective:To observe the effect of Bushenhuoxue Chinese medicine therapy on endometrial receptivity and pregnancy outcome during ovarian induction cycle with clomiphene(CC)/human menopausal gonadotropin(HMG)/human chorionic gonadotropin(HCG).Methods:A total of 60 infertile patients with polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS) were randomly divided into two group: control group(29 patients treated with estradiol valerate,60 cycles) and treatment group(31 patients treated with Bushenhuoxue Chinese medicine combined with estradiol valerate,62 cycles).The ovulation situations,thicknesses of endometrium,morphologies,and pregnancy outcomes in the two groups were observed.Results:There was no statistically significant difference in the mean time of ovulation and follicular diameter before ovulation between treatment group and control group.The thickness of endometrium in treatment group was statistically significantly thicker than that in control group(P0.05);the number of patients with type A endometrium in treatment group was statistically significantly more than that in control group,the dose of estradiol valerate in treatment group was statistically significantly lower than that in control group(P0.05);there was no statistically significant difference in cycle ovulation rate and cycle cancel rate between treatment group and control group;the clinical pregnancy rate in treatment group was statistically significantly higher than that in control group(P0.05).Conclusion:Bushenhuoxue Chinese medicine therapy for the patients with PCOS during ovulation induction cycle with CC/HMG/HCG can reduce the dose of estradiol valerate,improve endometrial receptivity,and increase clinical pregnancy rate.


The invention relates to an additive production method involving the production of a layer of geometrically compact particles, having the following steps: a) providing a particle layer depositing arrangement, comprising a first and a second semi-chamber, wherein a partition separates the first semi-chamber from the second semi-chamber, and the partition is permeable for a dispersion medium and impermeable for particles dispersed in the dispersion medium; b) providing a particle dispersion comprising the dispersion medium and particles dispersed therein in the first semi-chamber, the particle dispersion being distributed substantially homogenously in the first semi-chamber; c) generating a pressure gradient between the first and the second semi-chamber such that the pressure gradient in the first semi-chamber causes a particle dispersion flow directed towards the partition; and d) depositing a particle aggregate material comprising geometrically compact particles on the partition by transporting a dispersion agent into the second semi-chamber.


The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the efficacy of color duplex scanning in comparison with plebography in patients with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis of the legs. The group was of sixty patients. The tests were both positive in 51 limbs and negative in 8 limbs. In a case of below-knee thrombosis, color-duplex was negative while phlebography was able to show small localized thrombosis. The sensitivity of color-duplex was 98%, its specificity and positive predictive value 100% and its negative predictive value 88.8%. In conclusion, color-duplex is as effective as phlebography in detecting deep vein thrombosis above knee.


In recent years neutrino oscillation experiments have showed that neutrinos have finite mass. One can determine the neutrino mass from neutrinoless double‐beta decay experiments, but the exact mass of neutrinos is still unknown. However, we can also constrain the neutrino mass from a precise analysis of the CMB data, which constrains the mass to be smaller than 2 eV (2σ) in a standard ΛCDM model [1]. In recent studies it has beddn shown that a primordial magnetic field (PMF) exists, and it makes important effects on the CMB anisotropies. In this work, we constrain the total neutrino mass from the CMB anisotropies with the PMF effect. We thus a obtained a smaller upper limit on the neutrino mass, i.e. <1.3 eV(2σ). We will also discuss the dependence on the power law spectral index of the PMF and on the vector CMB anisotropies.


This article outlines the history of cleric sexual abuse from 1950 through contemporary times, and surveys past civil and criminal prosecutions of Roman Catholic sexual abuse cases. Contemporary theories of criminal liability may be either an alternative to – or an adjunct with – civil tort lawsuits, and injunctive relief is increasingly sought to investigate as well as to deter future abuse. Time will tell the impact of ongoing state and federal RICO Act prosecutions not just on perpetrators but also clerics and Church decision-makers remaining in active ministry. Restorative justice, forums for listening and sharing, through stories and prayer, may well offer the most opportunity for fostering healing and reconciliation within the bounds of the law yet not directly involving courts or legal processes. Restorative justice strongly shines the light of the Gospel on this scourge, where agents of such justice are mindful of the words of the Apostle Paul, in his Second Epistle to the Corinthians that "[a]ll this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation." Remediative and restorative measures outside the courts must augment legal remedies within halls of justice for multifaceted and effective means to address the past and ongoing criminal and civil law and public health crises arising from cleric sexual abuse, and to help prevent future abuses from taking place.


This study uses acetic acid as the solvent to make two different deacetylated chitosans into chitosan solutions (CS1 and CS2). A specified amount of chitosan solutions are evaporated at 55 °C for 30, 60, and 90 minutes, immersed in NaOH-NaHCO3(aq), and then freeze-dried to form six membrane types, CS1-30, CS1-60, CS1-90 ,CS2-30, CS2-60 and CS2-90. Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) observation, a swelling ratio test, and an antibacterial assay are performed to evaluate the influence of differing evaporation times on the CS membranes. The test results show that membrane CS1 types have good properties. In particular, CS1-60 possesses an optimal swelling property and a maximum inhibition zone.


Much information on states of high spin (30 to 60h-bar) comes from ..gamma..-ray spectroscopy of their numerous de-excitation cascades. In such studies selection of particular (high) spin regions are made through use of multiplicity filters and total-energy spectrometers. The nuclei investigated so far, whether initially near-spherical or deformed, all appear to become deformed rotors at high spin, and effective moments of inertia can be obtained. A new technique of determining energy correlations among coincident transitions in the cascade offers great promise for the future. 9 figures.


This paper derives geometric formulations for computing dilutions of precision (DOPs), such as GDOP, PDOP, and HDOP. These formulations are in terms of volumes, areas, and lengths determined by the unit vectors pointing from the receiver to the satellites. They often result in very efficient computer algorithms for computing the DOP quantities. The underlying methods easily generalize to any dimension for DOPs involving any number of transmitters.


By examining concerns about safety, compliance, and distribution through an interdisciplinary approach of public health and history, we argue that historical and contemporary mistrust of immunizations serves to challenge the successful management of a COVID-19 vaccine program in the U.S. Unique circumstances surrounding the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, including pressure for rapid production, unclear communication from public health officials, and existing resistance to behavioral protective public health policy measures (e.g., mask-wearing) complicate widespread vaccine adoption. Currently, the demand for first and second COVID-19 vaccine doses, as well as the COVID-19 booster, continues to fluctuate in the U.S. population as COVID-19 variants continue to emerge. This hesitancy has resulted in a stalled vaccination program and the absence of herd immunity. To support the successful management of a vaccine program, we recommend public health education and communication measures that can be tailored to local community needs while preparing realistic public expectations surrounding the efficacy of a COVID-19 vaccine. A tailored approach may reduce vaccine hesitancy in American society. The perspectives offered herein present a pathway that is applicable to the current COVID-19 vaccine management program in the U.S., other global locations, and future pandemics.


Abstract Leveraging the aesthetic turn in hip-hop scholarship, this article examines how some of the goal-directed and compositional techniques of DJs can be used to redesign and remix African American literature courses. Specifically, we focus on drops and blends, two moves evident among DJs and turntablists in hip-hop culture. Anchoring our analysis to DJs and what they do with records, we also conceptualise the classroom and curriculum as a mix with various media, samples and layers that afford the instructor different pedagogical opportunities. Overall, we argue these DJ moves are not simply surface-level descriptions of course design and execution, but rather they entail different ways of thinking about course design and execution when properly understood from their hip-hop context.


A study on the reaction paths of the reduction of bis (2-(benzoylamino) phenyl) disulfide revealed that both intramolecular cyclization and intermolecular substitution reactions happened upon cleavage of the disulfide bond by triphenylphosphine under acidic condition.


Abstract : Sex-role attitudes were measured at the Air Force Academy by Marshak, DeFleur, and Gillman (1976), using the Attitudes toward Women Scale (Spence & Helmreich, 1972). The attitudes were significantly less egalitarian than those held by male college students at the University of Texas at Austin. Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance Theory (1957) predicts that as perceptions of mandated social change decrease, attitudes held by cadets would become more egalitarian. In cadets sampled in 1983, males are significantly more egalitarian than in 1976, but there's no significant difference between 1983 cadets and 1980 college students. There's a significant trend in male cadets: the longer he's been at the Academy, the more egalitarian he is. As expected, comparison between 1983 male and female cadets showed women were significantly more egalitarian than men.


The development of sports promotes the prosperity of Sports Law which could not be without the improvement of Sports Law teaching.Under the background of globalization,we should take the advanced experience of foreign Sports teaching for reference,and according to our specific practice,design the course of Sports Law in the Schools of Law,improve studentsapplication liability by case teaching,and enhance studentsinternational competitiveness by bilingual teaching,in order to accelerate the development of discipline and cultivate the talents of Sports Law.


A sample of government employees ranging from Class 1 (highest) to Class 4 were studied to explore the proportion practicing family planning the relationship of occupation status to contraception methods preferred and the role of individual aspirations in acceptance of family planning. About 65% of upper occupation respondents and 38% of lower occupation respondents used contraception. The average number of children did not vary by occupation group (2.2 for upper 2.5 for lower). Average number of children was higher among users than among nonusers indicating they started family planning after they had relatively more children than nonusers. Desired family size did not vary significantly. However individual aspirations proved significant. Contraception users were long-term goal oriented and worried about education for the children and other economic values. Nonusers were more concerned with current day-to-day economic problems. Over 1/5 said they adopted contraception to prevent the threat of frequent pregnancy to the mothers health. Nearly 1/3 mentioned spacing as a reason for contraception. Nearly 50% of the nonusers wanted more children. Nonuse was not correlated with disapproval.


A calibration apparatus for use in a photon counting type radiation detector is provided. In this apparatus, the particles of the radiation (X-ray) when incident on the plurality of detection modules, the probability of overlapping between incident particle is the irradiation condition of the radiation should not be greater than a predetermined value (S33, S34). Under the setting of the irradiation conditions, the uniform detecting sensitivity of the radiation from each other a plurality of detection modules (S35 ~ S39, S41). Is by using a uniform result even more, a plurality of detection modules, filter circuit and each of the pixels, each of the channels to the circuit group including data processing circuits to form, and thereby uniform the detection sensitivity of the radiation for each filter circuit according to the respective channel (S40, S41).


Abstract Governance is a major area of study that has attracted an increasing level of attention within the privately held small business and family firm domains. This paper uses research frameworks from several financial and management disciplines to enable the identification and analysis of difficulties arising from making simplistic assertions based on large firm considerations about the benefits and prescriptions for good governance activities in family firms. These difficulties exist primarily because governance in most family firms is driven by a different set of structures and processes from those that apply to large firms. While the theoretical perspectives of the large firm governance literature may hold in family firms, the prescriptions need to be viewed with a different outcome in mind. This paper takes a summative approach as a precursor to establishing empirical approaches to evaluation. The analysis indicates the variety of contextual variations that must be considered in determing an appropriate framework of structures and processes.


PURPOSE: A glass substrate loading cassette capable of the loading glass the robustness of cassette is strengthened is provided. CONSTITUTION: Atop frame has grid structure align it is arranged in the direct upper part of the bottom frame (110) A side frame (130) connects the lateral part of the top frame (120) and bottom frame (110). A backframe (140) connects the rearward of the bottom frame and top frame. A support bar (150) is along the longitudinal direction with a constant interval combined with the inner surface of the backframe. It is combined so that the support finger is puts on the inner surface of the side frame on the same level as each support bar. It prevents that the reinforcing member (171) for the prevention of drooping droops with the rearward of the bottom frame. The top frame comprises the top horizontal frame (121), and the top longitudinal frame (122) and top outer frame (123). [Reference numerals] (AA) Front; (BB) Back


1 Abstract—The paper deals with the problem of modelling safety features of open transmission system used within safetyrelated applications. The basic principles of modelling failures effect to safety of open transmission system and standards used in the process of safety evaluation are summarised in the paper. The practical part is oriented to description of realized Markov's model for determination of random failures effects to safety of safety-related wireless communication system with safety a cryptography codes. The model reflects the safety analysis of failures effect caused by electromagnetic interference in wireless communication channel and random HW failures of transmission system. In the paper there are mentioned the results of simulation of parameters of transmission system and the impact of block length of cryptography code on the resulting of undetected corrupted message are mentioned.


A robust model predictive control (MPC) algorithm is presented for a class of discrete-time uncertain systems with time-varying delay, input constraints and norm-bounded nonlinear perturbations. By minimizing the upper bound of a cost function, an MPC state feedback control law is calculated at each step. The proposed MPC method for delayed system is delay-dependent, and it is effective to deal with nonlinear perturbations. It has been shown that the robust stability of the closed-loop systems is guaranteed by the proposed algorithm. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.


When the new English bishops met at the first Provincial Council in 1852 they decided that they should each hold a diocesan synod before 1854 to promulgate the decrees of the Council, and thereafter annually. These diocesan synods have usually been written off by historians as being of little interest, merely reaffirming and applying Provincial decrees. While this may be true of much of synodal legislation, the importance of the synods went beyond their strictly legal function: they played a part in establishing episcopal authority and in impressing on the clergy that the restoration of the hierarchy had not been merely a palace revolution. Many of the English missionary clergy had felt let down by the Restoration of 1850: they had petitioned Rome for a canonical hierarchy to replace the vicars apostolic in the hope that the new bishops would be less arbitrary in their rule and that they themselves would have their rights confirmed; in this context they were particularly keen on their supposed right to be consulted by the bishops in a range of matters. The events described in this article, which occurred in the new diocese of Liverpool, were perhaps the last organised attempt to get some of those rights recognised.


s: The evaluation of information seeking behavior and use pattern of social scientists is the most influential information decision that promotes and enhance decision making in the universities. The goal of this study is to investigate the information seeking behavior and use of social scientists in selected universities in southwest Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The study population consisted of 1479 social scientists from eleven universities. However, 20% was sampled from each university making a total of 292 respondents that were sampled. Data were collected using questionnaire and analysis was carried out using descriptive statistical technique (frequency counts and percentages). The result revealed that the social scientists from the selected universities use internet to find information to satisfy their information needs (42.5%). Most social scientists consult newspapers and magazines most frequently (79.2%). The result also revealed that social scientists seek for information in the library (47.6%). The study thus concluded that provision of adequate information materials to enhance prompt information delivery is important in the academic library of the university. This can be attained through the provision of information materials that can be used to improve on teaching and research by the library


This paper proposes a concept of market based peer-to-peer electricity exchange system for the future power balancing, using blockchain technology and digitalgrid inverter technology. The case study shows the effectiveness of this system. The surplus energy of a micro-grid decreased from 71% to 6%. It also improve the self-consuming ratio. This study shows that it can be a possible that market mechanism provides a demand- supply balancing for 15-30min time-slot for renewable energy era.


Von Willebrand's disease is characterized by a prolonged bleeding time, decreased platelet retention (adhesiveness) in glass bead columns, and decreased levels of Factor VIII procoagulant activity and Factor VIII-related antigen. Recently, it has been demonstrated that most patients with von Willebrand's disease also have abnormal ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation. This review deals specifically with the interactions of blood platelets with the antibiotic, ristocetin, and the so called "von Willebrand factor" or Factor VIII-related antigen, and the alterations in this interaction that occur in von Willebrand's disease.


The real-time problem is very important in industrial communication network.First,this paper introduces the concept of the network's real-time characteristic,then it lists several models about the network's real-time problem.The author has a deeply analysis of the models and expatiates various elements to satisfy the demands of the network's real-time characteristic.So this paper can benefit us to analyze the network's real-time characteristic better in different industrial communication network.


A novel low-profile folded-monopole antenna is proposed in this paper, which is composed of two metamaterial unit cells coupled with microstrip gap. It works under the zeroth-order resonance mode, and its vertical radiation vias can be fed in phase without loading any lumped surface mounted elements or inserting any auxiliary phase-shifting lines compared to previously reported designs. An equivalent circuit model for the novel antenna is presented, based on which an even-odd mode analysis is carried out, testifying that the even-mode current is predominant on the radiation vias at the zeroth-order frequency. According to the multiple folded monopole theory, there is a substantial increase in the radiation resistance, enabling the antenna to be well matched without adopting any external matching network. In order to verify the theoretical analyses, a prototype antenna of λ/10 × λ/20 × λ/10, operative at 3.0 GHz, are fabricated and measured, which can achieve radiation efficiency of above 90% and fully omnidirectional monopole-type radiation pattern.


The action of a right-angled Artin group on its extension graph is known to be acylindrical because the cardinality of the so-called $r$-quasi-stabilizer of a pair of distant points is bounded above by a function of $r$. The known upper bound of the cardinality is an exponential function of $r$. In this paper we show that the $r$-quasi-stabilizer is a subset of a cyclic group and its cardinality is bounded above by a linear function of $r$. This is done by exploring lattice theoretic properties of group elements, studying prefixes of powers and extending the uniqueness of quasi-roots from word length to star length. We also improve the known lower bound for the minimal asymptotic translation length of a right angled Artin group on its extension graph.


In the present work, a set of measurements for obtaining dark current-voltage (J-V) characteristics of single-junction and tandem SCs based on amorphous and microcrystalline Si was completed. From analysis of obtained forward dark J-V characteristics, dominating mechanisms of current flow in the space charge region (SCR) of photovoltaic junctions are determined. On the basis of the experimental data, estimations of the SC efficiency of photovoltaic conversion have been made by the parameters: pre-exponential factor (J0) and diode coefficient (A) – factor of the junction quality, and comparison with the efficiency obtained from the experimental load J-V characteristics. Calculations of the SC efficiency are carried out on the basis of equations correlating the conversion efficiency – (Vη) and the photogenerated current – (Jg) for each portion-segment of the forward dark J-V characteristic, which has allowed obtaining the dependence of the efficiency of conversion of optical radiation by a SC on the generation current and estimating a maximum achievable efficiency of the investigated SCs. It has been shown that the method for determining the efficiency of SCs based on the AIIIBV compounds from analysis of forward dark J-V characteristics elaborated before is also applicable to such a non-standard semiconductor material as amorphous silicon.


Among the multiple interactions between governments and museums that were so important for the growth of natural history in the nineteenth century, perhaps none looked more promising at its inception than did the special "school for naturalist voyagers" that was instituted at the Museum of Natural History in Paris in 1819. Proposed initially by the French Minister of the Interior, who also promised to fund the operation, the idea of the school was to train young naturalists who could then be sent off to the far corners of the globe in search of plants, animals, and minerals useful to France and interesting to science. The professors of the Museum were enthusiastic about the Minister's idea. However, aligning the interests of the naturalists at the Museum with those of the French government and a collection of young, aspiring naturalist voyagers was not an entirely straightforward matter. This paper considers the school for naturalist voyagers in the light of France's prior experiences with naturalist voyages (most notably the Baudin expedition to Australia), her most pressing colonial needs in the early years of the Restoration, and the practices of the naturalists of the Paris Museum. The platypus makes an appearance here amidst a contest over the control of specimens. Finally, we consider notions of "the empire of nature" and what resonance such notions might have had at the Paris Museum at the time the school for naturalists was promoted. NAPOLEON'S FALL FROM power in 1814, reconfirmed by his final defeat in 1815, had multiple and diverse implications for the naturalists of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. One of these was that the naturalists would need to establish productive relations with a new French government. A second was that there would soon be representatives of other governments on the Museum's doorstep, calling for the restoration of natural history treasures that France had confiscated from their countries over the previous two decades. A third was that the Museum would have the opportunity to do something it had not been able to do for more than a decade. I The research for this paper was supported in part by National Science Foundation Grant No. SBR-9601390. Manuscript accepted 1 February 200l. 2 University of illinois, Urbana-Champaign, illinois


Background: Identification is an important and difficult part of forensic medicine. This study investigated the accuracy of using Maximum Length of Radius (MLR) and Maximum distal Width of Radius (MWR) measurements in radiographic images to determine sex in Iranian population. Moreover, the correlation between these parameters was evaluated. Methods: This study was carried out on radiographic images of 90 adults (45 men and 45 women) over 20 years old. The sample population was divided into three age groups of 20-34, 35-49, and ≥50 years old. Maximum length and width of radius were measured digitally and then analyzed. Results: The mean values of both measurements in men were more than those in women and radius length decreased with increasing age. The accuracy of these two measured parameters in determining sex was similar (83.3%). Moreover, the correlation values (r) between MLR and MWR were 0.49 (P<0.0001) in total studied population. Conclusion: Sex can be determined using MLR or MWR with relatively high accuracy. However, regarding the intermediate correlation between these values, it is not enough to estimate the corresponding MLR from MWR.