Malignant gliomas comprise a significant number of new cases of brain cancer diagnosed in the United States each year. Despite recent therapeutic advances, they remain associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. The current standard of care for newly diagnosed malignant gliomas includes surgical resection followed by radiotherapy with concomitant and adjuvant Temozolomide. Bevacizumab, a humanized anti-VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) monoclonal antibody, has recently gained FDA approval for use in the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), based on clinical trials that revealed both efficacy and favorable side-effects. Anti-angiogenic therapy has raised new hopes, new basic and clinical questions, and has uncovered new insights into the biological and clinical behavior of these tumors. Here, we review the medical, social, and economic significance of gliomas, discuss briefly the evolution of therapeutic modalities leading to anti-angiogenesis, depict the basic mechanisms of angiogenesis, detail data from Bevacizumab clinical trials, and address new clinical issues leading to the revision of the Macdonald criteria. We close with unresolved questions and potential future directions.


Nodulating and non-nodulating soybeans from the 3 pairs of near isogenic lines (Norin 2 and Tosan 89, T 202 and T 201, and Fujimijiro and Tosan 90) were grown in a culture solution containing 15N-nitrate and the amounts of 15N accumulated in whole plants were compared. Up to the flowering stage, the amounts of 15N taken up by each pair of nodulating and non-nodulating isolines were similar. At maturity, however, nodulating isolines accumulated considerably less 15N than the non-nodulating counterparts, with the differenccs being statistically significant excepting the isolines, T 202 and 201. Differential 15N uptake between these isolines was not due to the alteration of root development, because no differences in root dry weight were found between them. In consequence of these results, total amounts of N2 fixed, as measured by the N balance method (difference method) for Norin 2 and for Fujimijiro, were only one third and one half, respectively, of those estimated by the 15N isotope dilution method. These results point out the need of excercising caution in applying the N balance method even when near isogenic lines are used.


Final report to the Norwegian Research Council. The main objective of the project was to construct, install and test an automatic system for observations of temperature, salinity, chlorophyll fluorescence and turbidity from the cooling inlet aboard the ferry Color Festival (Oslo –Hirtshals). An automatic water sampler makes it possible to analyse other properties of the surface water, such as nutrients and organochlorides at selected positions. The potential of combined satellite and ship-sensor observations is illustrated as well as the use of the system for early warning of harmful algea. Examples are also given of the system's potential for low cost high frequency regular monitoring of the surface layer. 4 keywords, Norwegian 4 keywords, English 1. Observasjoner på fartøy i fast rute 1. Ships of opportunity 2. Overvåking 2. Monitoring 3. Overflatelaget 3. Surface layer 4. Skagerrak 4. Skagerrak Project manager Research manager Head of research department Jan Magnusson Merete Ulstein Jens Skei ISBN 82-577-4379-8 Validation of methods for monitoring of coastal and open sea areas with satellites and sensors on ships of opportunity. Project leader: Jan Magnusson, NIVA Project participants: Einar Dahl, Institute for Marine Research, Flødevigen Jan Karud, Norwegian Institute for Water Research Kai Sørensen, Norwegian Institute for Water Research Morten Willbergh, Norwegian Institute for Water Research Eyvind Aas, Department of Geophysics, University of Oslo.


The crystal structure of L-His-Gly hemihydrate contains two
independent peptide molecules which exhibit different histidine tautomers;
the less favourable N(δ)–H form is stabilized by an
intramolecular
Nδ(n)–H···O(n + 1)
hydrogen bond facilitated by a suitable molecular conformation.


Abstract Two commercially available water‐soluble chitosan salts, chitosan lactate and chitosan hydroglutamate, were examined for antagonistic effect against Escherichia coli V517, Staphylococcus aureus MF‐31 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae 15. Significant inactivation of each population was evident within 2 min of incubation with Chitosan. S. cerevisiae was the most sensitive of the microorganisms examined. Concentration effects varied but chitosan hydroglutamate was usually the more effective of the chitosans for inactivation of these microorganisms. Application of high hydrostatic pressure (2,380 atmospheres) to chitosan‐treated cultures of E. coli V517 or S. aureus MF‐31 resulted in additional inactivation but an amplified or synergistic effect was not found.


PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To generate a clock signal of 256 fs having a constant time interval from a signal rise to the next signal rise from a clock signal of 192 fs.SOLUTION: An input clock signal CK1 with a constant duty ratio is doubled in frequency to generate a clock signal CK2. From the clock signal CK2, a clock signal CK4 with a duty ratio of 2/3 having "H" over two clocks of the clock signal CK2 and next "L" over one clock is generated. The clock signal CK4 is delayed by one and a half clocks of the clock signal CK2 to generate a clock signal CK6. An inverted signal of the clock signal CK6 and the clock signal CK4 are subjected to an exclusive OR operation to generate a clock signal CK8.


In this work we present results of development and application of Risk Oriented Accident Analysis framework (ROAAM+) to assessment of effectiveness of ex-vessel severe accident management strategy. ...


The need to collect, classify, and understand nature through its artifacts started in the late 17th century. Through such study, ideal models of nature became the standard against which any aberration or nonconformity could be measured. This was especially true within the human sciences. Normality and abnormality, sanity and insanity, health and disease, species and hybrids, purity and impurity—these were the opposites that guided us in our attempts to understand and catalog human nature. It is within this historical context that deviations from the norm were considered "freaks" or "monsters."

Reminders, like fears, often lurk quietly in the dark, submerged both literally and metaphorically, waiting for the right time and the right audience before reappearing. Artifacts of medical science are a bit like reminders. Once analyzed and labeled, they frequently remain buried in the basements of museums, hospitals, and universities—lost to time and to the vagaries of fashion and an everchanging cultural ethos—until they are rediscovered.

The figures so caringly and reverently photographed by Camille Solyagua are far more than mere curiosities of embryonic misfortune. Preserved from an era in which witnessing death and photographing the deceased were commonplace, these images are both emblematic and moving. They are emblems of a faith that visualization yields information that language and mathematics could not hope to provide. They also move us to consider, if not reconsider, what it is to be human, healthy, and alive. Painfully, these images remind us, in the words of the science historian Georges Canguilhem, that the "abnormal is not what is not normal, but what constitutes another normal."1


The philosophical understanding of persona found in Thomas Aquina's Summa Theologiae I (q. 29) can be traced back to Augustin (Epistolae 137, 2; 169, 68) and Boethius (Duabus Naturis, III). The construction of this concept was influenced by, among other factors, the fourth century Trinitarian controversies as well as by interaction of the biblical logos and the Greek logos. From the Christian perspective, the individual experience ranks the highest position among the experiences of living since it embraces multiple presences: the presence to itself, the presence to the other, and the presence to the transcendent.


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In his much quoted verse above Rudyard Kipling revealed something of the nucleus of the long-lived tradition of Orientalist thought. According to J.J. Clarke, the ambivalence of the West towards the East is age-old. This ambivalence largely stems from the difference in religion and culture that the two poles share. Religion, an act of cultural construction circulates in a particular form and culture thereby, can be said to be a definer of character. Every culture thus develops its own particular values and beliefs. Elucidating this concept further, the paper intends to examine this thought by applying Said's study of Orientalism to hegemonically Western discourse about the East and seek to highlight the fact that the East-West dichotomy is a result of 'selective cultural mapping', a deliberate attempt to alienate the East. To lay bare the East-West dichotomy and highlight the West's selective cultural mapping of the East, the paper will analyze E.M Forster's A Passage to India (1924) and its movie adaptation by David Lean and will do a comparative study. Furthermore, I will concentrate on highlighting the West's fear of islamophobia and the consequences arising from it with due reference to the movie Khuda Ke Liye (2007), a Pakistani Urdu movie by Shoaib Mansoor.


generation will apply its energies. Some of the essays in Civic Labors point to ongoing struggles for fair treatment and a decent living standard. Iowa is no longer the industrial powerhouse it once was in coal mining, meatpacking, and agricultural implement manufacturing. The essays in this collection point to future battles in new arenas for workers of all sorts and the scholar activists who will continue the struggle, much as those represented in this fine collection have done.


The pericarp and the shell of soap-nut fruits have been chemically analysed. The pericarp has been found to contain water solubles as high as 74.20% while shells have been found to be rich in crude fibre. The kernels on expulsion yielded 24.0% and on solvent extraction 38% of the oil. Samples of soap were prepared using this oil. The exhausted cake was used as a filler in the soap preparation. The pericarp powder and the samples of soap prepared were found to have good cleaning properties.


In this paper, it is argued that the design of computer interfaces for complex, multi-layered systems needs to take into account the differing intentional models that are held by different types of users of such systems, and that there is a strong correlation between the job roles of individuals and the level of abstraction of the mental models held by such users. An approach to the analysis and design of complex multi-layered systems based on the analysis of job roles to elicit such models is suggested and linked with other techniques of task analysis and object-oriented analysis and design. The methodology is illustrated with the interface analysis for an automatic environmental chemical analyser.


The idea that gods, humans, and other beings have different words for the same things is an archaic one attested in several ancient Indo-European texts from India, Iran, Ireland, Scandinavia, and Greece. The 12th century Old Norse poem Alvíssmál lists different names for the sky, moon, and sun used among humans, gods, giants, elves, and dwarves. Although similar lists of words used among different supernatural beings exist elsewhere, the Norse list is unique in that it focuses on a vocabulary associated with the celestial. The Alvíssmál suggests that while the gods may see the sky as an unwavering vault, this same sky may be a 'tall house' to the prosaic and earthbound giants, and a 'dripping hall' to the dwarves who prefer to dwell underground. This paper argues that the various sets of non-human words for celestial features in Alvíssmál hint at an underlying awareness that the celestial world does not necessarily carry a fixed meaning, but can be imbued with a range of different interpretations based on the observer's culture and environment.


We investigate models based on sentiment analysis based on Amazon reviews and their application on reviews from other sources using a bag-of-words model with weights calculated using logistic regression. We examine different methods for adjusting unbalanced datasets as well as the qualitative performance of different features such as unigram and bigrams when applied to reviews from different sources. We also present a method for adjusting entity weights when making quantitative presentations of the polarity of nouns. We found that bigrams when used in conjunction with unigrams had higher precision when applied cross-domain than models with other combinations of features, even though the models had comparative performance in-domain. We also found that polarity deduction is an import tool for sentiment analysis, even though the method described in this paper performed poorly.


Robert Alter has recently given it as his judgment that 'there are virtually no &dquo;free motifs&dquo; in biblical narrative.' By 'free motifs' he means motifs introduced for the sheer pleasure of the mimetic rendering of familiar (but so far as the plot is concerned, non-essential) elements such as gestures, objects, or the like. 'Whatever is reported,' he writes, ' ... can be assumed to be essential to the story.' 1


The second class is not only a useful supplement to the first class but also an effective way to improve the comprehensive quality and ability of students.Through the deliberate research training and laboratory work,the second class of scientific research facilitates the medical students' developing scientific thinking,expanding professional knowledge,enhancing the ability to do scientific research and cultivating the spirit of teamwork.


(57) Abstract Novel peptides are disclosed that are conformationally constrained backbone cyclized somatostatin analogs with somatostatin receptor subtype selectivity. These patterns of receptor subtype selectivity provide compounds with improved therapeutic utility. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing the somatostatin analog and methods of screening for the somatostatin analog. Further, pharmaceutical compositions comprising somatostatin analogs and methods of using such compositions are disclosed.


On the basis of understanding the indexes of different tributaries of Bai Ta Pu river and according to the contribution rate of each principal component, the comprehensive score of different tributaries was calculated through principal component analysis. Each tributary was ranked according to the score, and the evaluation results were analyzed. It is pointed out that the tributary with the highest comprehensive index of Bai Ta Pu river is in Shi Jia Zhai bridge and the tributary with the lowest comprehensive index is in De Sheng Tun bridge.


In China, most of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms do not possess operational sustainability due to excessive defaults. To address this problem, the conflict of interests among P2P lending participants is discussed using a stakeholder approach. An evolutionary game model (EGM) of three players is developed to analyse the interactions among regulatory authorities, P2P lending platforms, and borrowers. Then, the asymptotic of the equilibrium and evolutionary stability strategies of the EGM are analysed. Results indicate that either the P2P lending platforms or borrowers will choose "noncompliant operation" or "default" strategies from a short-term perspective, and the strict supervision of the P2P lending platform in the short term is necessary for the sustainable operation of the platform. When supervision is intensified in the early stage and regulatory pressure becomes a normal state, P2P lending platforms and borrowers will actively select "compliant operation" and "repayment" strategies even if there is a lack of regulation in the future. Meanwhile, the behavioural strategies of P2P lending participants can be changed to conform to the sustainability of P2P lending by reducing the costs of strict supervision and increasing the damage caused by general supervision, reward and punishment coefficient for P2P lending platforms, repayment incentives of borrowers, and defaulting opportunity costs. Finally, suggestions for regulating the behaviours of P2P lending participants and promoting sustainability of P2P lending industry are discussed.


"teaching with the text" of the phrasing rhetoric knowledge should be the teaching of foundamental knowledge of appropriate phrasing rhetorics to let the students understand the basic concept of phrasing rhetoric; it should be the teaching of practical phrasing rhetoric that are easy to understand so as to improve the students' ability to understand and use correctly their mother language; it should lay stress on the speech level and integrate with the examples from the text to "help the students understand the difficult language points" and "experience their effects in the text".


To the effect this research is subject to be know technically cowpea farming management superior varietas PM 212 and to know costs, acceptance and cowpea farming income superior varietas PM 212. Methodic executed sampling by census which is take sample as a whole of total farmer population that labour cowpea farming which is as much 14 person.  Acquired production as big as 20.162,00 kg with production average as big as 1.440,14 kg / farmer Outgrows acquired acceptance it Rp.70.567.000's farmer,00 by average as big as Rp. 5. 040. 500,00 / farmer.  Averagely farmer earnings in one season plants out is as big as Rp. 3. 043. 138,78 / farmers


Enantiopure dihydropyridones are intermediates of great interest in alkaloid synthesis.1 The enantioselective Aza Diels–Alder reaction (ADAR) of electron-rich dienes with aldimines is one of the most powerful strategies for the construction of such nitrogen heterocycles. Herein we describe how copper(I) complexes of planar chiral Fesulphos ligands2 act as highly efficient catalysts in enantioselective ADAR of N-sulfonyl imines with Danishefsky diene.3 The application of this methodology to the synthesis of alkaloids is also presented.


The synthesis of ruthenium nanoparticles in hydrothermal conditions using mild reducing agents (succinic acid, ascorbic acid and sodium citrate) is reported. The shape of the nanoparticles depends on the type of the reducing agent, while the size is more influenced by the pH of the medium. The magnetic response seems to be dominated by a paramagnetic contribution characteristic of the band electronic magnetism of the nanoparticles. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


Followed by implementation of paid plastic bag policy in Indonesia's modern and traditional retail, community question related to plastic shopping bag performance arise. But, there is limited information about it. Therefore, the assessment of the performance to compare between plastic shopping bags in modern retail and traditional retail should be interesting. The observation performance of plastic shopping bag were weight holding capacity, tear resistant and elongation. This performance were tested using Universal Testing Machine. Physical and physico-chemical properties also identified to determine factor affecting the performance of plastic shopping bag. The physical properties were analysed using visual and thickness gauge to see the colour and measure the thickness. The analysis of physico-chemical properties were carried out using DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry), TGA (Thermal Gravimetry Analysis), Furnace and FTIR (Fourier Transform Infra Red Spectroscopy) to identify the materials, also its melting and decomposition temperature. The result showed that the performance difference between modern retail plastic bag with traditional retail plastic bag appears only in the performance of elongation. The elongation of modern retail plastic bag is 121 - 413%, while traditional has 170 - 609%. According to physico-chemical test result, modern retail and traditional retail plastic bag contain polyethylene as main material and has melting temperature in the range of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) melting temperature. However, modern retail plastic bag has 18.31 - 33.87% of inorganic filler percentage, whereas the traditional retail plastic bag has 0.35 - 9.85%. This inorganic filler percentage probably a contributing factor in the elongation performance difference between modern retail plastic bag with traditional retail plastic bag.


State of the art of the Intrusion Detection technology is investigated and a new IDS inference framework and prototype based on information fusion is proposed. The new framework is to solve the problems of existing IDS——high false positive rate and incapable of detection of coordinated attacks. The prototype employ Bayesian Network to do information fusion and goal-tree to analyze intensions of coordinated attacks and quantify the security risk of system. The prototype is more integral than existing IDS and easier to find coordinated attacks with lower false positive rate.


Simple Summary The cabbage flea beetle (CFB; Phyllotreta striolata) is a significant pest of cruciferous vegetables in the world. CFB causes severe destruction of Chinese flowering cabbage (CFC; Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis var. utilis), a key leafy vegetable in South China. In practice, the current control approach of CFB is to kill adults by spraying chemical insecticides, but the control efficacy is not sufficient because the adults have a strong tolerance to insecticides; on the other hand, the larvae living in soil are not influenced by pesticides. It is urgent to develop sustainable technology to control CFB. Here, we provide a new technology to control larvae and adults through seed pelletization and stem–leaf spraying using Metarhizium anisopliae. This study provides new insights into the application of mycoinsecticides and the IPM of flea beetle. Abstract (1) Background: The cabbage flea beetle (CFB; Phyllotreta striolata) seriously damages the production of Chinese flowering cabbage (CFC; Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis var. utilis), which is a key leafy vegetable in South China. A large number of chemical insecticides have been sprayed to control this pest; as a result, residues and resistances are becoming an issue. It is necessary to develop biocontrol technologies to address this issue. (2) Methods: Fungal strains were selected based on bioactivity against CFB, and CFC seed pelletization with fungal conidia was subject to evaluation of control efficacy against CFB. The effective mixture of fungus and chemical insecticide was determined based on safety and joint toxicology tests. (3) Results: The screening of 103 strains from 14 genera identified the Metarhizium anisopliae strain MaGX19S02 (Ma) as the one with the highest virulence. The LC50s of Ma to CFB adult and second instar larvae on day 9 post-treatment were 3.04 × 106 and 27.2 × 106 spores/mL, respectively. In the pot test, the pelletization of CFC seeds with Ma conidia (50/25/12.5 mg in 1 g seed with 4 g fillers) demonstrated significant CFB mortalities (45–82%) 20 days after the larvae were introduced. In the field test, the seed pelletization achieved 57–81% control efficacy 14 days after sowing. Furthermore, the combination of Ma with chlorfenapyr (Chl) demonstrated a synergistic effect against CFB; based on this result, we prepared the mixture formulation of 20% Ma-Chl wettable powder (WP). The assessment of the effects of 20% Ma-Chl WP (500× diluent) against CFB revealed 93.33% mortality in the pot test and 61.3% control efficacy in the field test on day 7 post-treatment. (4) Conclusions: The findings demonstrate the potential of Ma to control CFB in the field. Seed pelletization with Ma conidia effectively controlled CFB larvae and protected CFC seedlings, wherein a mixture formulation of 20% Ma-Chl WP had substantial efficacy in controlling CFB adults. Our research provides new methods for CFB biocontrol.


Digital terrain models are used in a wide variety of domains and applications, of which the most important are: orthorectification of aerial and satellite images, space object modelling, hydrological modelling, etc. There are several techniques for data acquisition in order to create digital terrain models, such as photogrammetry, radargrammetry, interferometry, airborne laser scanning, surveying and geodetic and cartographic digitization. This paper aims to present a comparison betweenthe digital terrain models created based on ALS data, respectively Pleiades satellite images. To achieve results, first was created the digital terrain model based on ALS data, using an interpolation grid side of 1m and moving planes interpolation method. Then, the digital terrain modelof the same area, was created based on highly dense point cloud, obtained automatically by matching two Pleiades images, using the feature-based and least-squares matching techniques. A comparative study was made on these two digital terrain models, by performing the vertical differencebetween them, using the Hausdorff distance.


After decades of being seen, or rather heard, through Radio Free Europe as moral and political authorities preserving Romania's values and hopes from abroad, exiles of the Cold War had a disappointing political career in the postcommunist transitional society. The main figures hailing on behalf of historic pollical parties failed to win the election in 1990, and failed to convince the electorate that they could lead them to freedom and democracy. The former dissidents who had lived overseas likewise did not manage to become opinion leaders, at least not compared to local intellectuals, and eventually damaged each other's reputation in public fights and scandals. Why weren't these exiles, once so full of promise for a democratic future in Romania, more impactful? The answer may point to their systematic undermining orchestrated by the neo-communist power brokers of the transitional era. Yet the answer is rather more complicated, one that this paper offers by focusing on the rhetoric of the early postcommunist decade and its emphasis on the shared deprivation experienced under communism. The slogan built around hunger—"who ate soy meat with us"—was part of a larger effect of political survivalism that viewed exiles as outsiders. I show that the contest of moral superiority, pitting those who had been imprisoned against those who had fled, fed a rhetoric of suffering that would eventually marginalize the exiles and any political contribution they could have made after 1989.


This brief reports a universal stability criterion for the type-I sampling phase-locked loop (S-PLL). The linear-time- variant model predicts with precision a maximum phase margin that decreases linearly with the increasing loop bandwidth (BW), leading to a maximum achievable loop BW that is half of the reference frequency. We verified the derived theory through extensive simulations and will present a guide that is useful in the design and optimization of different S-PLL schemes.


The lack of a relevant, tractable, and immunocompetent animal model for hepatitis C virus (HCV) has severely impeded investigations of viral persistence, immunity, and pathogenesis. In the absence of immunocompetent models with robust HCV infection, homolog hepaciviruses in their natural host could potentially provide useful surrogate models. We isolated a rodent hepacivirus from wild rats (Rattus norvegicus), RHV‐rn1; acquired the complete viral genome sequence; and developed an infectious reverse genetics system. RHV‐rn1 resembles HCV in genomic features including the pattern of polyprotein cleavage sites and secondary structures in the viral 5′ and 3′ untranslated regions. We used site‐directed and random mutagenesis to determine that only the first of the two microRNA‐122 seed sites in the viral 5′ untranslated region is required for viral replication and persistence in rats. Next, we used the clone‐derived virus progeny to infect several inbred and outbred rat strains. Our results determined that RHV‐rn1 possesses several HCV‐defining hallmarks: hepatotropism, propensity to persist, and the ability to induce gradual liver damage. Histological examination of liver samples revealed the presence of lymphoid aggregates, parenchymal inflammation, and macrovesicular and microvesicular steatosis in chronically infected rats. Gene expression analysis demonstrated that the intrahepatic response during RHV‐rn1 infection in rats mirrors that of HCV infection, including persistent activation of interferon signaling pathways. Finally, we determined that the backbone drug of HCV direct‐acting antiviral therapy, sofosbuvir, effectively suppresses chronic RHV‐rn1 infection in rats. Conclusion: We developed RHV‐rn1‐infected rats as a fully immunocompetent and informative surrogate model to delineate the mechanisms of HCV‐related viral persistence, immunity, and pathogenesis. (Hepatology 2018).


Owing to the complexity of the geological structure in the Houzishi landside and the importance of its geographic position and the protection object,the valid engineering measures have been integrately adopted to control the landslide.In combination with both the engineering design and construction,the authors computed the safety factors of the landslide in different water storage conditions by the Lagrangian difference method based on shear strength reduction and studied the improved effects of the slope protection in the frontier,pressure feet,step key etc.for providing measures of the landslide stability.


Every analysis involves oscillations in the ability to generate new meaning, depending on the nature of the anxieties present and containable by the patient, the analyst, or both. Breakdown in this creative process can result in treatment impasses when primitive anxieties are uncontained and projective identifications abound. In this article, I situate clinical impasses within the dialectic of presence and absence. That dialectic requires that the tension be sustained between both terms in such a way that neither is fully negated and a space can exist between the terms, a space in which meaning can flourish and the recognition of freedom can be embraced. I view impasses as psychic and philosophical breakdowns in which presence and absence are polarized and the ability to constitute presence out of absence is lost. I examine this collapsed space as one in which goodness has become perverted in the mind of the patient. I then offer clinical examples in which the analyst discovers how attention to her own su...


ABSTRACT. The aim of the article is to present the insights of advanced organization management and to examine how settled ideas are reflected in the attitude of organizations' top management in Lithuania. The results of meta-analysis revealed that modern organizations should be managed with a new attitude to manager's work. A modern manager must be a leader who is able to enable employees and collaborate in a team. Scholars state that these strivings require the leader to possess managerial competences based on a high emotional and social intellect of a person. Leaders of 48 empirically examined organizations in Lithuania also emphasized the importance of leaders' specific managerial competences. The research participants noted that relations with other people are becoming much more important for the contemporary leaders than before.The research enabled to develop a model of modern leader's characteristics. The model states that only leaderhaving specific values, attitudes, competences, abilities and professional characteristics is able to overcome managerial challenges in nowadays organizations.JEL Classification: L20, M1, M12Keywords: leadership, managerial competences, organization management.IntroductionOrganization success is inseparable from the managerial practice just like any organized social activity is inseparable from the values, attitudes, abilities and behaviour of the group"s leader. Practical problems of management and leadership are being solved for as much as mankind exists. However, question of management efficiency and leadership effectiveness are still relevant. The cause of this is the fact that social, along with economic and technological environment is changing. Due to this reason challenges and assignments of organization management are changing as well. Thus each manager should renew his attitudes, managerial skills and behavior by requirements of current date.Leadership is extraordinary because a one-direction arrow cannot be drawn trying to show leader's and the organization's interdependency. It is myth to believe that leaders, who only consider the requirements of market and the society are exactly what organizations pursuing efficiency need. The organization"s dependence on its leaders is much more broader. In addition, formal and informal leaders of the organizations influence not only the work specifics and success of organizations they are working in, but also form business environment, partner organization"s communication style and even indirectly influence the market needs by forming the client"s comprehension on what they could wish for and what is possible and acceptable in general. In other words, not only the environment changes motivate organizations and their leaders to change, but also leaders affect the medium of existence of the organization and inspire changes in its environment.The factor of management is also important when considering the inward of the organization. As Thompson (2010) notices, the leaders" influence in the organization is felt in various activities, from creation of work strategy of the whole company and work planning to communication features of separate group"s members in a project. Therefore, a particular attention has to be given to the organization managers and the development of their leadership competences in order to reach good results, because leadership is the axis that kick-starts all other processes in the organization and affects numerous variables outside the organization. The insights on managers' competences should be grounded with proofs and arguments. This may be achieved by investigations, by knowledge gathered on research conclusions, and by conversance in real managerial problems.In this context, the aim of the article is to define insights of advanced management by using meta-analysis, and to examine how settled ideas are reflected in the attitude of organizations' top management. Three assignments were set in order to achieve the aim: 1) to carry out an analysis of modern scientific publications and to highlight the organization leaders" competences that are mostly required by the current time; 2) to carry out a qualitative research in order to ascertain, what managerial and leadership competences does the organizations" top management name as the most important in modern organizations; 3) to compress the results of meta-analysis and interviews by submitting a schematized portrait of a modern organizational leader, i. …


Dehydration of natural gas is the process removal of the water that is associated with natural gases. The objectives of this experiment is to remove water content in natural gas by using triethylene glycol (TEG).The mixtures of water in natural gas can cause the problems for the production operation, transportation, storage and use of the gas. The four major methods of dehydration are absorption, adsorption, gas permeation and refrigeration. The process of dehydration by using TEG is absorption, involves the use of a liquid desiccant to remove water content from the gas. This research focused on the effect of operating pressure and volumetric flowrate of natural gas. Before that, the engineering works was applied in order to make dehydration unit for the experimental of dehydration such as designing, fabricate and testing. From the result of experimental, the highest amount water content was removed when the operating pressure at lowest and the volumetric flowrate at highest. Higher amount of water content can be removed in the future study by carrying out the better dehydration unit.


This paper aims to consider the relationship between cultural phenomena and acts of violence of language, especially in regard to the Japanese language. Firstly, consideration will be given to the necessity of analyzing "nationality", "Japaneseness" and "Japanese culture" in terms of the cultural, social and political features of present-day Japan. Secondly, the oppressive characteristics of "Asia" and "neo-Asianism" which have been restored amidst the globalizing trends of the day, will be clarified. Thirdly, I will consider "non-Asian phenomena in Japan" and "Asian phenomena in Japan". In particular, I would like to shed light on the relationship between universalism and regionalism. Through these considerations, the fact that Japanese language and Japanese cultural phenomena have diverse functions in their historical and social contexts will be elucidated. I will first examine the negative meaning of "neo-Asianism" through a critique of cultural philosophy, and then focus my attention on the positive meaning of multiculturalism with the aim of considering the relationships between conditions of crosscultural studies and human conditions. Fourthly, efforts will be made to pursue a method of reconciliation between universalistic, essentialist statements and relativistic, constructivist statements. In conclusion, I will elaborate on a critique of language and critical functions based on a critique of cultural philosophy from a pluralistic standpoint.


The purpose of this work is to isolate bacteria from the pepper rhizosphere that inhibit Rhizoctoniasolani and evaluate in vitro their phosphate solubilizing activity and production of siderophore. Of the different soil samples taken from the pepper fields of An Thanh, An Ninh, Quynh My, QuynhPhudistrict, ThaiBinh province, 48 bacterial strains were isolated. Of these, 5 strains (AT16, VK 4.7, VK 4.8, VK 4.12, VK 4.13) expressed as higher inhibitory Rhizoctonia solani activity were selected. Their inhibitory activity is from 11.11% to 62.22%.


Due to the presence of numerous oil plants in the proximity of settlements, agricultural areas and fresh water streams a possibility for pollution with their waste products is a constant reality. One of goals of this paper was to estimate the effect which oil industry waste waters might have on water organisms and also to see the possibility to estimate the influence on underground waters. To achieve this goal, biological test of growth inhibition was made using green unicellular algae Desmodesmus subspicatus and marine planktonic diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. In addition to biological tests, also the chemical analyses have been performed recording 23 parameters. During the twelve month period, two sorts of water samples have been analyzed: waste water at the drain, after the purifying process and underground water from the piezometer belonging to the oil industry plant. In the same time under laboratory conditions, the influence of some substances found has been studied using above mentioned water organisms. Using multivariate statistical analysis methods the influence of each parameter on the test results interpretation and differences among tested organisms have been determined. Optimal conditions for systematic test methods have been determined, in order to enhance conditions for estimation the ecological risk based on the test results.


The cyclotron is routinely operated with three simultaneously extracted beams and more are planned. A double beam has been sent down one line with sufficient separation for magnetic splitting. The extracted beam intensity can now be continuously varied from 103 to 1015 protons/s (170 ¿A). The highest intensities were obtained by the addition of a second harmonic buncher in the injection beam line. Direct measurements of the electromagnetic H- stripping losses agree with those expected. Beam-defining slits have been used to reduce the energy spread (¿E/E) of the extracted beam to 10-3 at all energies between 200 and 500 MeV. Under certain circumstances the medium resolution spectrometer has measured a resolution a factor of two better. Depolarizing resonances have been located and one of them corrected. A number of new experimental facilities have been commissioned recently. These include a low intensity polarized proton line operating to a polarized target, a high luminosity, low energy ¿-¿ channel, and a clean cloud or surface muon channel using a velocity separator. The influence of the beam size and target shape on the characteristics of secondary particles has been examined.


Nanoparticles of indium, indium hydroxide, and indium oxide were synthesized and evaluated for their electrocatalytic abilities in the reduction of CO2 to formate. These nanoparticles were characterized with several microscopic and spectroscopic techniques in order to investigate their structure and surface features. Their electrochemical behavior was also probed through voltammetry and bulk electrolysis. faradaic efficiencies approaching 100% were achieved on these particles at potentials as positive as −1.3 V vs. Ag/AgCl, which represents a significant decrease in the overpotential compared to that observed using bulk indium electrodes. The nanostructuring of the particles and the partial surface oxidation of the indium nanoparticles to yield catalytic surface indium hydroxide species are implicated in the high efficiencies at low overpotentials. © The Author(s) 2016. Published by ECS. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 License (CC BY-NC-ND, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is not changed in any way and is properly cited. For permission for commercial reuse, please email: firstname.lastname@example.com. [DOI: 10.1149/2.0681606jes] All rights reserved.


: The study focuses on the partial replacement of concrete with industrial by products such as High volume flyash and Ground granulated blast furnace slag with full replacement of aggregate with M-Sand. Studies have been carried out on the characteristics compressive strength, tensile and flexural strength of concrete, produced using HVFA and GGBFS in the ratio of 0%, 30%, 40% and 50% by the weight of the cement and 100% replacement of M-Sand. Based on the trial method a suitable mix proportion was arrived. Mix designs for M40 grade concrete as per Indian code specifications (IS10262-2007) was carried out. The durability property such as Rapid Chloride Penetration Test, Sorptivity Test and Water Penetration Test were studied for a period of 56 days. The optimum compressive strength with 30% HVFA in 56 days is 53.83N/mm 2 and the optimum compressive strength with 50% GGBS in 56 days is 58.17 N/mm 2 .The investigation also showed that the other mechanical property such as flexural strength, split tensile strength gives better results with optimum replacement of High Volume Flyash and Ground Granulated Blast furnace slag. The durability properties like Rapid Chloride Penetration Test, Sorptivity Test and Water Permeability Test showed good results. The promotional use of manufactured sand, High Volume Flyash and Ground Granulated Blast furnace slag will conserve the natural resources for the sustainable development of the concrete in construction industry.


This prospective phase II trial (Nov 2011- Dec 2012), supported by the LYSA group, aimed to evaluate the impact on PFS of the RiBVD regimen in newly diagnosed, previously untreated, elderly MCL patients (>65 years or not eligible for ASCT) ([NCT01457144][1]). Inclusion criteria were: WHO 2008 MCL not previously treated, CD20 positive, ECOG 0-2, AA stage II-IV, no CNS involvement or active HBV/HCV/HIV infection. Patients were scheduled to receive a total of 6 cycles of the RiBVD regimen, if they responded (IWG criteria) after 4 cycles. The regimen was administered every 4 weeks with Rituximab 375 mg/m² IV on day(D)1, Bendamustine 90 mg/m² IV on D1 and 2, Dexamethasone 40 mg/m² IV on D2 and bortezomib (Velcade®) 1.3 mg/m² subcutaneously on D1, 4, 8 and 11. Primary prophylaxis with acyclovir was mandatory for Herpes virus reactivation, but there was no recommendation for bacterial prevention. Herein we present preliminary analysis of the trial after 4 RiBVD cycles. Results : A total of 76 patients were included, one was excluded because of HBV active disease and 5 had insufficient data reported in the database . To date we analyzed 70 patients . Patients characteristics: sex ratio M/F 49/21, median age 72 years (y) \[64-83\] (2 patients were 64 y old), AAstage II/III-IV 5/65, ECOG 0-1/2 59/11, MIPI score low/intermediate/high 3/19/48. Response: 61 responded (ORR=87%), with 19 in PR (26%) and 42 in CR/CRu (60%). Four patients died from pneumonia (n=1), cardiac arrest (n=2) and one following Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. Three patients have progressed after 3 cycles. Sixty one patients were analysed by PETscan after 4 cycles, 39 (64%) reached a CR (30 were in CR/CRu and 9 in PR) and 22 remained PET positive (11 patients were in CR/CRu, 10 in PR and 1 stable). RiBVD cycles : 271 cycles were administered out of 280 planned (97%). Twenty four (9%) were delayed, 10 for toxicity. All but one planned Bendamustine doses (n=542) were administered with dosing modified 17 times (3%), mostly for hematological toxicity (n=14). Regarding Bortezomib, 79% (1028/1084) of planned doses were administered, it was prematurely stopped (56, 4%) for neurotoxicity (10 instances) or hematological side effects (46). Rituximab was not administered in 4 instances. Hematologic toxicities : Over the 271 cycles administered, neutropenia was reported in 104 cycles [56 grade 3/4 (g3/4) (21%)], 2.5% with fever; thrombopenia in 181 cycles [41 g3/4 (15%)]; anemia in 210 cycles, [6 g3/4 (2%)]. Non-hematologic toxicities : Reported in >10% of the cycles were : allergic reactions (10.3%, g3/4 <1%), fatigue (40%, g3/4 5%), fever without neutropenia (12%, g3/4 none), weight loss (12%, g3/4 0%), cutaneous rash (12%, g3/4 1.5%), gastrointestinal (40%, g3/4 1.5% ; diarrhea 8%, constipation 17% or emesis 15%), elevated transaminases (14%, g3/4 1%), creatinin (13%, g3/4 none), or glucose (18%, g3/4 1%) ; neuropathy (sensitive or pain) (25%, g3/4 4%). Serious adverse events (SAE) additional to the 4 deaths, were 12 infections including 3 pneumonias (no pneumocystosis), one listeriosis and 2 herpes zoster. Four febrile neutropenia and 3 cutaneous hypersensitivity episodes were also reported.

Conclusion Despite 4 toxic deaths (6%), toxicity appears acceptable and manageable. In particular, subcutaneous bortezomib shows markedly decreased neurotoxicity compared to the IV form. This interim analysis shows that four cycles of RiBVD are very effective for untreated elderly MCL patients (ORR 87%) with a high response rate (CR/CRu 60%) which has been shown to be predictive of a long duration of response. An update of these results will be presented at the ASH meeting together with the molecular response rates after 4 cycles.

Disclosures: Gressin: Pfizer: Consultancy; Mundipharma: Consultancy. Cartron: Roche: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees.

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This article presents a threefold hybrid electromagnetic inversion method that combines the linear sampling method (LSM), the convolutional neural network (CNN), and the full-wave inversion (FWI). The whole inversion procedure includes three steps. First, the LSM qualitatively reconstructs the preliminary shapes and locations of the scatterers. Then, the CNN U-Net is used to further refine the shapes of the scatterers. At last, the Born iterative method (BIM) is implemented to quantitatively invert for the permittivity and conductivity of inhomogeneous scatterers or multiple homogeneous scatterers inside the downsized inversion domain. Numerical experiments show that compared with the pure FWI method BIM, the proposed hybrid method can achieve both higher reconstruction accuracy and lower computational cost. Besides this superiority, the proposed hybrid method also has strong adaptability to multiple scatterers with high contrasts even when the measured field data are contaminated by large noise. Laboratory experimental data are also used to verify the feasibility of the proposed method.


In order to elucidate the molecular mechanism of Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation and improve the efficiency of Agrobacterium-mediated rice transformation by molecular biological methods,we studied the OsVIP1 protein function with the RNA interfering technology using the rice variety Zhonghua 11 as the host for genetic transformation.A rice protein sequence homologous to AtVIP1,named OsVIP1 was obtained by homologous searches.Two RNAi expression vectors,pDS1301-2-R1 and pDS1301-2-R2,were constructed with two fragments(R1 and R2) of the OsVIP1 cDNA,respectively,and used to transform rice variety Zhonghua 11 callus through Agrobacterium.The statistical results showed that formation of the transgenic resistant callus of pDS1301-2-R1 and pDS1301-2-R2 vectors was inhibited to some extent.PCR experiments indicated that R1 and R2 fragments were successfully integrated into the transgenic rice genome.Semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis showed that the OsVIP1 gene expression was suppressed successfully in some RNAi transgenic rice plants.


The newly discovered anticonvulsant drug, alpha-ethyl-alpha-methylthio butyrolactone (alpha-EMTBL),is as effective as valproate (VPA) in blocking seizures induced by convulsant compounds and maximal electric shock in adult mice. Other data have suggested that alpha-EMTBL might be less toxic than VPA and longer acting. We compared the effects of a single therapeutic dose of the two drugs on levels of key metabolites in the blood, liver, and brain of normal suckling infant mice. Unlike VPA, alpha-EMTBL had no adverse effects on selected aspects of liver carbohydrate, fat (ketogenesis), coenzyme A (CoA), carnitine, or amino acid metabolism. In contrast to VPA, alpha-EMTBL did not alter concentrations of neurotransmitter anticonvulsant activity of alpha-EMTBL in adult mice and its lack of acute hepatotoxicty in infant mice, our findings support further study of alpha-EMTBL as a potential adjunct to the relatively limited armamentarium of effective antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) for clinical use.


Urban expansion in developing countries was characterized by the massive production of informal settlements. Several measures have been taken by local governments and foreign entities to upgrade living conditions in low-income neighborhoods. Citizen participation and partnerships with community based associations (CBOs) appear as the key components for neighborhood improvement programs. This research argues that globalization on the one hand, is the major cause for urban inequality especially in Latin American countries, since its economic reforms did not considered evenhanded growth and deducted importance from housing development policies. On the other hand, globalization is considered the context for decentralization, devolution, privatization policies and new governance. New urban governance encourages participation active citizen participation in the elaboration of urban policies.

Popular Participation in Bolivia brought in the scenery for municipal participatory planning, process that involves participation of neighborhood associations in the elaboration of municipal development plans. This research analyses the outcomes and obstacles of participatory planning in two levels. At municipal level, it analyzes political management of local governments. And, at community level, it studies a large-scale program of neighborhood improvement in La Paz, known as "True Neighborhoods Program" (Programa Barrios de Verdad).

The program is a top-down initiative, launched by the local government of La Paz and financed by two international agencies, the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. This program aims to promote active citizen participation and regularize land tenure in one hundred informal settlements. Two neighborhoods (Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz and Alto Santiago Munaypata) were studied to illustrate citizen participation along the program. Both neighborhoods experienced different outcomes and obstacles. Differences are analyzed in the last chapter under three headings: community participation, political conflicts and leadership, and relationship between community and program's staff.


. Formulation of the problem. Predicting the mechanical properties of structural carbon steels is of great scientific and practical importance. Along with the physical-mechanical methods of evaluating the properties of steels, mathematical methods are being actively implemented, which allows to save money and time for conducting cost exams. The relevance of this work is due to the difficulties that arise in assessing the accuracy of the prediction of real and model data. This is due to the multifactorial carbon steel manufacturing technology where even a slight change in the technology parameters can lead to a significant change in the quality criteria of the target product. The paper proposes to investigate the influence of elements of chemical composition and structure on the mechanical properties of structural steel 15пс using the methods of mathematical analysis. Method. Constructional steel 15пс (sheet thickness 14 mm according to ГОСТ 16523) was selected as the steel for the study. The technique of planning experiments at the levels of factors +1 and  1 is used to evaluate the mechanical properties of steel 15пс in the state of factory delivery on the basis of the analysis of the influence of elements of chemical composition and structure. Results of the experiment. As a result of the implementation of the experiment planning matrix, dependencies were obtained describing the influence of the elements of the chemical composition and ferrite-pearlitic structure of the steel on the properties. The pairwise correlation coefficients of R 2 for predicting the tensile strength based on the effect of the elements of the chemical composition are 0,89, a relative elongation of 0,82. When forecasting mechanical properties based on the influence of ferrite-pearlite structure 0,77 and 0,75 respectively. The calculated Fisher and Cochran criteria confirm the adequacy of the obtained results of mathematical modeling of properties. Conclusions. Using the experiment planning matrix, a mathematical model for estimating the mechanical properties of 15пс steel was constructed. Based on the analysis of the coefficients of the equations, histograms were obtained describing the influence of the elements of the chemical composition on the properties of the metal. This approach will allow, without additional funds, to predict the tensile strength and elongation of steel 15пс not only at the end of the main technological cycle, but also in the process of production of rolled metal within the standard technology and regulatory documents.


Using stellar dynamics and strong gravitational lensing as complementary probes, Sand et al. (2002, 2003) have recently claimed strong evidence for shallow dark matter density profiles in several lensing clusters, which may conflict with predictions of the Cold Dark Matter paradigm. However, systematic uncertainties in the analysis weaken the constraints. By re-analyzing their data, we argue that the tight constraints claimed by Sand et al., were driven by prior assumptions. Relaxing the assumptions, we find that no strong constraints may be derived on the dark matter inner profile from the Sand et al. data; we find satisfactory fits (with reasonable parameters) for a wide range of inner slopes 0 < beta < 1.4. Useful constraints on the mass distributions of lensing clusters can still be obtained, but they require moving beyond mere measurements of lensing critical radii into the realm of detailed lens modeling.


To mitigate noise radiation of home appliances in audio frequency ranges, viscoelastic damping materials with the constrained layer are widely used although their performance degrades after exposure to heat and moisture. In this study, the impact damper system incorporating acoustic blackhole structure is used to implement similar damping performance. The reflection coefficient for the proposed structure was evaluated by experimentation on the beam structure. For various beam configurations, we validated enhancement of impact damper performance when the acoustic blackhole structure was used in the beam structure. The performance was also predicted by numerical simulations for verification. The impact damper with acoustic blackhole beam showed effective damping performance in the wide frequency bands. The proposed damping system allows effective vibration and noise reduction without influence from heat exposures.


1. An apparatus for forming an ophthalmic device, comprising: a chuck for holding an ophthalmic device, wherein the ophthalmic device comprises a cavity containing material, which contains the active substance, a nozzle through which the excipient and the active substance is introduced into the cavity of the ophthalmic device; inasos adjuvant for administration through the nozzle into the cavity ophthalmic ustroystva.2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the device is a plug for tear tochki.3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the material containing the active substance comprises poly (epsilon-caprolactone) and etilenvinilatsetat.4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the poly (epsilon-caprolactone) and ethylene - each present in an amount of about 5 to 50% by weight... The apparatus according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the material containing the active substance, comprises one or more fibrous or fiber-struktur.6. The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the device additionally comprises modulating the release selected from the group consisting of biodegradable semipermeable membranes, non-biodegradable, semi-permeable membranes, porous materials and their kombinatsiy.7. The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the material containing the active substance further comprises an outer segment comprising a first material with a low concentration of active substance and an inner segment comprising a second material with a high concentration of active substance, wherein the permeability of the first material for the active agent is less than the second permeability materiala.8.


ABSTRACT
Maya Exanti/A510120226. STUDI KOMPARASI STRATEGI TRUE OR FALSE DENGAN INDEX CARD MATCH TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR MATEMATIKA SISWA KELAS IV SD N 5 KETRO KARANGRAYUNG GROBOGAN TAHUN PELAJARAN 2015/2016. Skripsi. Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta. 14 April, 2016.

This study aims to determine: (1) differences in mathematics learning outcomes in the use of True or False strategy with the strategy of Index Card Match on student fourth grade N 5 Ketro Karangrayung Grobogan the academic year 2015/2016, (2) a larger strategy influence between strategy True or False to the Index Card Match strategy against Mathematics student learning outcomes fourth grade N 5 Ketro Karangrayung Grobogan the academic year 2015/2016. This research is quantitative research subjects experiment with grade IV A and IV B SD N 5 Ketro Karangrayung Grobogan. Data collection techniques using tests and documentation. Test instruments such as validity and reliability. Data analysis techniques such as t-test, preceded by a test for normality and homogeneity test. Based on data analysis with significance level of 5% results obtained -tcount  ttable, ie -2.79241  2,01063 with the average value of the results of studying Maths class IV B is greater than the IV B is 91.2 > 81.4. The conclusion of this study are: (1) there are differences in the use of learning outcomes Mathematical True or False strategy with the strategy Index Card Match in class IV SD N 5 Ketro Karangrayung Grobogan the academic year 2015/2016, (2) strategy Index Card Match greater influence True or False strategy rather than on learning outcomes Maths student fourth grade N 5 Ketro Karangrayung Grobogan the academic year 2015/2016.

Keywords: Learning Outcomes Mathematics, True or False, Index Card Match.


A modified S-shaped wideband antenna for wireless communication system is proposed. The radiating element consists of S-shape with three horizontal strips. The overall size of the presented antenna geometry is 20mmx16mmx1.6mm. The parametric study of proposed antenna is carried out to study the effect of different geometric shapes on the antenna bandwidth and to optimize the values of different parameters of the design. The importance of different design parameters like current distribution, S-parameter, gain, and radiation pattern are studied. The investigated antenna is covering some parts of C and X band and hence suitable for radar and satellite communication. The results of the presented antenna geometry are useful for different wireless communication application.


In the field of process mining, a lot of information about what happened inside the information system has been exploited and has yielded significant results. However, information related to the relationship between performers and performers is only utilized and evaluated in certain aspects. In this paper, we propose an algorithm to classify the temporal work transference from workflow enactment event log. This result may be used to reduce system memory, increase the computation speed. Furthermore, it can be used as one of the factors to evaluate the performer, active role of resources in the information system.


When the host computer is used for real time data acquisition and communication with the intelligent terminals in power system,the resources are wasted and the stability of the superviosory system is influenced by the bottle neck effect.Regarding to it,an intelligent data communication decode adapter is developed,which can acquire and store the data automatically with a MCU as its core.Making the best use of MCU's capability in control and calculation,the adapter can intelligently accomplish the tasks of communication,protocol identification,and data acquisition and decode.The host computer only needs to receive the decoded data results via ISA bus,and its load is greatly released.


The paper discusses several aspects of the simulation of sheet forming processes using finite elements. We begin with a brief description of the class of problems treated, emphasizing the main deformation modes present. The choice of finite element type for modelling the sheet—continuum, shell, membrane, or special purpose—is discussed in realation to the geometrical simplifications made with respect to deformation. We pay particular attention to the kinematic implementation of membrane (plane stress) deformation. Modelling problems associated with the interaction between the sheet and dies are then discussed: in particular, problems related to rigid surface representation and friction. A simplified model of drawbeads is described, which allows for macro-representation of this die detail. Some practical application examples are included to illustrate these points. The paper concludes with a general discussion of developments which we believe to be desirable for this type of simulation.


Within and Without the State in South Sudan chose deliberately to include a wide range of people and groups in the process of selecting its partners, so that civil society groups would remain engaged with the programme even if they were not selected as implementing partners.


Transforming Latin America: The International and Domestic Origins of Change. By Craig Arceneaux and David Pion-Berlin. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005. 280p. $27.95. In this book, Craig Arceneaux and David Pion-Berlin examine the impact of international influences on policy change in Latin American countries. As the authors correctly point out, "the scholarship on political change in Latin America provides little direction for those seeking answers to the relative impact of domestic and international forces" (p. 29). This ambitious project seeks to explain the conditions under which international actors influence governmental decisions, as well as the degree to which government policies are or are not shaped by foreign forces. To this end, they advance an "issue-guided analysis" that attempts to identify the important actors, capabilities, and modes of influence associated with policy change. The book offers a stimulating overview of foreign influences in domestic policy decisions, yet its contribution to the literature on policy reform in Latin America is limited.


Delay in cancer detection is significant in affecting prognosis and therefore necessitates further study and clearer comprehension by physicians. Documentation has been made of the extent of delay in five different groups of patients with cancer and in one series of individuals selected not for cancer incidence but because they represented an advanced educational and socioeconomic level of society. Factors contributing to delay in all six groups included fear, denial, misconceptions and misinterpretation of signs and symptoms of cancer, and inadequate physician-patient communication. Several remedial measures are proposed for improving cancer control.


The advent of low-cost ultrareliable integrated circuits has made feasible the design of a responsive electronic vehicular instrumentation system that results in significant improvement in the surveillance of highway internal performance factors; e.g. detection and apprehension of violations, location and identification of stolen and/or wanted vehicles, location and identification of disabled vehicles, etc., while reducing the cost. The responsive electronic vehicular instrumentation system (REVIS), shown in Figure 1, consists of a roadside transmitter-receiver-decoder and a vehicular transponder. This system may first be introduced in an evolutionary manner by substituting the transponder for toll schedule cards on turnpikes; a more revolutionary approach yielding improved system performance would be the legislated requirement of compulsory installation of the transponder package in all vehicles manufactured for use in the United States. The roadside transmitter-receiver-decoder continually broadcasts a low power querry code in its narrow capture range that enables the vehicular transponder to respond with a unique identification code; i.e. to uniquely encode 100 million vehicles would require 27 bits, i.e. 227 &equil; 134, 217, 728 which is greater than 100 million. The decoder then sequentially adds 10 bits to encode detector identification number and time of encounter. This information is then processed to determine whether the vehicle has violated a predetermined set of rules; any required action being initiated by the system. The following examples illustrate the system operation.


In recent years, although the quality of the atmospheric environment has improved in some regions, monitoring air quality remains crucial. Aerosol optical thickness (aerosol optical depth, AOD) reflects the attenuation effect of atmospheric aerosol on light, which is an important parameter in aerosol research and plays an important role in the study of the atmosphere. Based on the CE-318 photometer data of 2015, 2016, and 2020 in Hangzhou and the MODIS satellite AOD data of 2015, 2016, and 2020, this paper first obtains the correlation between the MODIS AOD data and the ground-measured data by linear fitting. Then, the spatial and temporal distribution of the MODIS AOD data from 2012 to 2020 is analyzed. The analysis results indicate that the average correlation coefficient between the MODIS AOD data and ground-measured data is 0.77, and the average relative error is 30.53%. Thus, the MODIS AOD data can be used as an important basis for atmospheric research in Hangzhou. Based on this, the conclusions are as follows: (1) the AOD value in Hangzhou has been decreasing in recent years, from 0.43 in 2012 to 0.28 in 2020, with an average annual decrease of 0.017. (2) The AOD value in Hangzhou is large in spring and summer, and small in autumn and winter, with an average AOD value of 0.45 in spring, 0.39 in summer, 0.30 in autumn, and 0.33 in winter. (3) The AOD value in Hangzhou is large in the east and small in the west, and the AOD values in the Hangzhou urban area, Xiaoshan, and Yuhang are higher.


The properties of the plasma waveguide of finite thickness (plasma tube) have been studied. The analysis indicates that, in the case of finite thickness, most of the properties for the plasma waveguide with infinite thickness are retained. At high frequencies, such a plasma tube is still a nondispersive waveguide system. The losses due to the finite thickness of the cladding and the conductivity of the plasma are both small. The decay coefficient decreases with the thickness exponentially. With a thickness equal to the radius of the central core, the attenuation can be as low as 0.1 dB/km.


Precisely assessing the noise dose reaching the eardrum is key for proper hearing loss prevention program (HLPP). However, measuring this dose under hearing protection devices (HPD) is complex, especially for earmuffs, due to (1) their difficult instrumentation especially when considering the placement of the microphone under the HPD, (2) measurements artefacts refered to as wearer's induced disturbances (WID) that adds noise to the in-ear microphone (IEM) measurements [1] and (3) the necessity to precisely estimate individualized acoustic corrections. Such issues were addressed in previous studies that aimed either to remove WIDs [1] or to neglect their contribution on earplugs [2]. The proposed method designed for earmuffs will predict the noise dose at the eardrum based on continuous measurements of noise reduction (NR) through the earcup and measurement from the outer-ear microphones (OEM) only.


The article deals with the development and use of new educational technologies for the training of fashion designers. The article describes the innovative author's development of training in clothing design. The advantage of this method for motivation and formation of professional competencies is proved. As well as creating a high-quality educational environment directed at developing the creative abilities of students and their motivation to apply the results in practical project activities.


This paper presents the results of an official forensic examination of a fraud committed thru the Internet. Besides the technical issues, the operational mode of the suspects will be presented. Important issues about the data volatility of the digital evidence, anti-forensic techniques and the precautions needed in the search and seizure operations of similar cases. Besides that, digital artefacts and other evidences related with the fraud will be analyzed.


Bukit Rumah Sendi Farmer Group is one of the farmer groups in Ujung Sampun Village, which consists of 22 family heads. Ujung Sampun Village is one of the villages in Dolat Rayat subdistrict, Karo District in Provinsi Sumatera Utara. This partner distance is about 70 km from Universitas Sumatera Utara. Cabbage (Brassica oleracea L) is a commodity planted by this farmer group. Plutella xylostella caterpillars available in cabbage are very much harming the harvest so they need to be eradicated. Garlic is a crop planted by farmers and also one of the local commodities besides cabbage. Garlic (Allium sativum) which releases biopesticides can kill caterpillars on cabbage. This activity is to provide innovations about the appropriate technology of biopesticides from raw materials of garlic to eradicate caterpillars as pests of partner's cabbage planting. The activities that have been carried out are preparation of garlic as a raw material for biopesticides, applying biopesticides to selected community cabbage land every day at 9 am for 30 days. The results show that biopesticides are very effective in killing caterpillar pests with a mortality rate of 95%.


Objective: To study the status of graduate students' locus of control and subjective well-being and probe into the relationship between them.Methods: 312 graduate students were measured by "Internality,Powerful Other,and Chance Scale" and "Index of Well-being,Index of General Affect ".Results: ①The scores of subjective well-being had significant difference in residence,marriage,but there was no significant difference between gender.②There was significant difference in Internality and chance between female and male graduate students but no significant difference in Powerful other.③Their subjective well-being were positively correlated to Internality,while negatively to Powerful others and chance.Conclution: Graduated students' locus of control affected their subjective well-being.


: 'We're delivering significant results across our portfolio, contributing to a growing evidence base for our approach to creating transformational change within the forests and land use sector.


A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award
of the Degree of Masters of Business Administration in Corporate Management
(MBA – CM) of Mzumbe University Dar es Salaam Campus College


Surfaces of general type with canonical map of degree d bigger than 8 have bounded geometric genus and irregularity. In particular the irregularity is at most 2 if d>= 10. In the present paper, the existence of surfaces with d=10 and all possible irregularities, surfaces with d = 12 and irregularity 1 and 2, and surfaces with d = 14 and irregularity 0 and 1 is proven, by constructing these surfaces as $ \mathbb{Z}_2^3 $-covers of certain rational surfaces. These results together with the construction by C. Rito of a surface with d=12 and irregularity 0 show that all the possibilities for the irregularity in the cases d=10, d=12 can occur, whilst the existence of a surface with d=14 and irregularity 2 is still an open problem.


A multi band antenna unit of a mobile device is provided to improve antenna performance, reduce a cost by reducing the number of circuits, and downsize a size of the mobile device. A multi band antenna unit(100) of a mobile device includes an antenna(110), a switch(120), a diplexer(130), a first signal processing unit(140), and a second signal processing unit(150). The antenna is movable between a first contact(111) and a second contact(112) and transmit and receives first and second signals with different frequency bands. The switch is connected to the first contact through a first path, is connected to the second contact through a second path, and selects any one of the first path and the second path to connect the selected path. The diplexer is connected to the switch and separates the first signal and the second signal. The first signal processing unit is connected to the diplexer. The second signal processing unit is connected to the diplexer.


Introduction: Mucositis is a major complication in intensive chemotherapy, which often necessitates total parenteral nutrition (TPN). While the side effects of the conditioning regimes vary with re ...


MTA is a biocompatible material with numerous exciting clinical applications. It has been used on an experimental basis by dentists for several years with anecdotally reported success, some of it quite impressive. It serves as an ideal root repair material which has qualities like resistance to marginal leakage, allows normal healing response, ease of clinical manipulation and being non- resorbable. And finally the most important quality, especially of interest in our field i.e. it is non-toxic. Biodentine is a fast-setting tricalcium silicate-based material having extended alkalinizing properties principally able to release ions involved in mineralization processes. The material's large porosity and water sorption are correlated with a pronounced ion release allowing the formation of calcium phosphate deposits.. However, more prospective clinical studies and high quality randomised control trials with adequate sample size and long term follow up are necessary to draw definitive conclusions.


This paper presents test results of eight partially grout-filled perforated concrete masonry walls that were subjected to cyclic lateral loading. Test results obtained from this research indicated that the size of openings and the length of trimming reinforcement significantly affected the lateral strength of perforated masonry walls. It was shown that the current New Zealand nonspecific masonry design standard NZS 4229 unsafely overpredicts the strength capacity of concrete masonry walls with small openings, and an amendment is proposed to rectify this matter. It was also shown that NZS 4229 is increasingly conservative as the height of openings increased. Diagonal cracking patterns that formed during testing were observed to align well with the load paths by which lateral shear force was assumed to be transferred to the foundation when using strut-and-tie analysis. This observation supports the use of the strut-and-tie technique as a viable tool to evaluate the flexural strength of walls of this type.


Flagella of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii are nearly identical to cilia of mammalian cells and provide an excellent model to study ciliogenesis. These biflagellated cells have two actin genes: one encoding a conventional actin (IDA5) and the other encoding a divergent novel actin-like protein (NAP1). Previously, we described a role for actin in the regulation of flagella-building intraflagellar transport machinery. Here, we probe how actin redundancy contributes to this process using a nap1 mutant Chlamydomonas strain. Disruption of a single actin allows normal or slower incorporation but complete flagellar assembly. However, when we disrupt both actins with Latrunculin B (LatB) treatment on the nap1 mutant background, we find that actins are necessary for flagellar growth from newly synthesized limiting flagellar proteins. In addition, total actin loss also showed reduced protein synthesis during regeneration. We find under actin depleted conditions, there is reduced incorporation of existing flagellar proteins as well as mislocalization of a key transition zone gating protein, NPHP-4. Extended (2 hour) treatment with LatB, a condition under which NAP1 is upregulated, restores NPHP-4 localization. This suggests NAP1 can perform the functions of conventional actin at the transition zone. Our experiments demonstrate that each stage of flagellar biogenesis requires redundant actin function to varying degrees, with an absolute requirement for these actins in incorporation of newly synthesized flagellar proteins. INTRODUCTION Assembly and composition of the eukaryotic flagellum (also known as the cilium) are critical for signaling and development in most cell-types in the human body. The flagella of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii are essentially identical to the cilia of mammalian cells and provide an excellent model to study cell signaling, cell motility, and regulation of ciliary assembly. To date, the known mechanisms dictating the behavior of these organelles are largely dependent on the microtubule cytoskeleton. The flagellum is composed of microtubules that extend from a microtubule organizing center known as the basal body, and flagellar assembly requires control of microtubule dynamics. Trafficking from sites of cellular protein synthesis to their ultimate destination in flagella is also thought to occur on microtubule tracks (Tai et al., 1999). However, evidence for the role of actin, another major cytoskeletal component, in ciliary regulation is increasing. In mammalian cells, disruption of actin leads to increases in both ciliary length and percentage of ciliated cells (Kohli et al., 2017; Sharma et al., 2011), which may be due to roles for actin in basal body migration, docking, and stabilization (Kim et al., 2010; Pan et al., 2007; Park et al., 2008; Tu et al., 2017; Yeyati et al., 2017). A recent study showed loss of Myosin-Va, an actin-based motor protein involved in trafficking of secretory vesicles from the post-Golgi to the plasma membrane, resulted in reduced ciliation. Disruption of Myosin-Va function stops the formation of the elongated ciliary membrane. This new result suggests actin and Myosin-Va are required for microtubule-dependent trafficking of preciliary and ciliary vesicles to the base of the cilia and therefore necessary for ciliogenesis (Tang, et. al, 2018). Actin is also required for vesicle budding in the endocytic pathway (Girao et al., 2008), which may influence ciliary assembly as there is a trafficking pathway connecting the endocytic compartments to a vesicular compartment involved in ciliary assembly (Kim et al., 2010). Membrane remodeling for both ciliary exocytosis (Nager et al., 2017) and ciliary resorption are actin dependent processes (Saito et al., 2017). In summary, the current understanding is that actin networks (that potentially block cortical access of basal bodies and ciliary proteins) inhibit cilium formation and elongation in mammalian cells but are also required for membrane trafficking to support ciliogenesis. Here, using an algal model system, we show a broader requirement for filamentous actin in flagellar protein synthesis, trafficking, and incorporation of proteins into an assembling flagellum. Using Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a model to interrogate flagellar dynamics, we are able to induce flagellar severing on demand to allow synchronous and successive rounds of flagellar regeneration. Chlamydomonas has two actin genes, one that encodes a conventional actin (IDA5) and another that encodes a novel actin-like protein (NAP1) with ~65% homology to mammalian actin (Hirono et al., 2003). Chlamydomonas cells treated with cytochlasin D, and actin polymerization inhibitor, exhibit flagellar shortening and regrowth upon washout of the drug. Suggesting a role for actin in flagellar maintenance (Dentler and Adams, 1992). ida5 mutants and myosin inhibited cells had impaired flagellar motor recruitment to basal bodies, impaired entry of motors into the flagellar compartment, and ultimately a reduced initial flagellar growth rate (Avasthi et al., 2014). Despite defects in flagellar protein recruitment and flagellar assembly in ida5 conventional actin mutants, these mutants ultimately grow flagella to wild-type lengths. Since ida5 mutant flagella eventually reach wild type length, the degree to which actin is required is still in question. In this study, we asked if more severe flagellar biogenesis phenotypes were masked by redundant roles of the second Chlamydomonas actin NAP1, as NAP1 expression increases upon IDA5 loss or disruption (Onishi et al., 2016). Using genetic and chemical perturbations of both Chlamydomonas actins, we found that the two actin genes have overlapping functions that include flagellar protein synthesis and composition of the flagellar gate. We also found an absolute requirement for these actins in flagellar incorporation of newly synthesized flagellar proteins. Here, we explore the role of IDA5 and NAP1 as well as their importance for trafficking flagellar proteins and building flagella. RESULTS Simultaneous disruption of all filamentous actins within Chlamydomonas cells To investigate if NAP1 contributes to the actin-dependent flagellar assembly functions previously identified for the conventional actin IDA5 (Avasthi et al., 2014), we obtained a nap1 null mutant strain, which was isolated based on its sensitivity to Latrunculin B (LatB), a conventional actin depolymerizing agent (Onishi et al., 2016). Here we use both a genetic and chemical approach to understand the role of actin in flagellar assembly (Figure 1A). LatB has been shown to disrupt filamentous actin in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Avasthi et al., 2014; Onishi et al., 2016). Treatment with LatB for ten minutes is sufficient to disrupt actin filaments in wild-type cells (Onishi et al., 2016). To confirm that LatB disrupts actin filaments under our experimental conditions, we fixed and stained the nap1 mutant strain with phalloidin, a filamentous actin probe (Figure 1). We see actin filaments are present in the nap1 mutants prior to drug treatment (Figure 1B). Previous attempts to visualize actin filaments with phalloidin have not been successful in vegetative Chlamydomonas cells. However, by selecting for cell health, considering the cell cycle, and shortening the incubation time to decrease background signal (Craig et al., in preparation), we were able to improve the signal to noise ratio and achieve specific filamentous actin labeling. Upon LatB treatment, these filaments disappear (Figure 1D). Chlamydomonas cells are known to upregulate NAP1 upon LatB treatment


The expression he genea haute ("this generation") in the Olivet discourse remains what Joseph A. Fitzmyer has termed "the most difficult phrase to interpret in this complicated eschatological discourse." Narrative criticism will be employed in this paper to show that "this generation" in Matt 24:34 refers to a kind of people characterized by Matthew as unbelieving and headed toward eschatological judgment. In the context of the discourse it refers to that type of consummately evil and unbelieving people who deceive and persecute the disciples of Christ until the time of the parousia, when the true followers of Jesus are vindicated and "this generation" passes away in judgment. This study will propose literary characterizations of the disciples and "this generation" and show how these are keys to the purpose and interpretation of the discourse in general and to the parable of the fig tree (Matt 24:32-35) in particular. Next, the literary method of narrative analogy will be used to show the deliberate linkage and contrast Matthew makes between the chronic difficulties of the interadvent age in Matt 24:4-14


Along the line of thoughts of Berry and Robnik [1], the limiting gap distribution function of classically integrable quantum systems is derived in the limit of infinitely many independent components. The limiting gap distribution function is characterized by a single monotonically increasing function ¯ µ ( S ) of the level spacing S , and the corresponding level spacing distribution is classified into three cases: (i) Poissonian if ¯ µ (+ ∞ ) = 0, (ii) Poissonian for large S , but possibly not for small S if 0 < ¯ µ (+ ∞ ) < 1, and (iii) sub-Poissonian if ¯ µ (+ ∞ ) = 1. This implies that even when the energy-level distributions of individual components are statistically independent, non-Poissonian level spacing distributions are possible.


Oxidation of 3-hydroxypiperidine with iodosylbenzene in water afforded 2-pyrrolidinone directly in good yields. The reaction probably involves oxidative Grob fragmentation yielding imino aldehyde, which upon hydrolysis produces 2-pyrrolidinone via a cyclization-oxidation sequence.


Louisiana produces no naturally occurring skid resistant aggregate and, therefore, must import these aggregates at great expense. In an effort to extend the yield of these aggregates, a laboratory investigation was initiated to determine the feasibility of blending these aggregates with aggregates of less skid quality while maintaining good skid resistance. These evaluations were conducted by use of the Wessex Accelerated Polishing Machine and the British Portable Tester. Laboratory results indicate that certain blends of aggregates are feasible. (FHWA)


Future design procedures for civil structures, especially those to be protected from extreme and blast related loads, will need to account for temporal evolution of their frequency content. Separate time analysis and frequency analysis by themselves do not fully describe the nature of these nonstationary dynamic loads. In the past few years, significant effort has been devoted to wavelets and time-frequency analysis. This article attempts to briefly present certain techniques which are currently available, and suggests possible applications in the area of earthquake engineering. Further, it gives an outline of current research topics, some preliminary results on earthquake signal representation using time-frequency analysis techniques, and possible future research directions in this area. To comply with the space limitations of this article, only references that are readily available in the form of books are cited.


✓Prostaglandin (PGF2α) concentrations were measured by radioimmunoassay in serial samples of CSF from patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage, in an attempt to correlate these values with the presence or degree of the arterial spasm. Although elevated concentrations of PGF2α were found in most of these patients, when compared with a control series, there was no correlation between these values and the appearance of cerebral vasospasm. The results are discussed with reference to previous experimental work suggesting a role of PGF2α in the pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm.


In the 2002/2003 and 2004/2005 Antarctic summer seasons, seismic research was carried out on the Amery Ice Shelf (AIS), East Antarctica. The AIS is located between Davis and Mawson Stations, on the coast of East Antarctica, at around 70°S, 70°E. It is the third largest embayed shelf in Antarctica, and the largest entirely in East Antarctica, and as such is one of the largest glacier drainage basins in the world. Due to this, and its thermal isolation, the AIS plays an important role in the global climate system (Allison, 2003). As such, the AIS is a very interesting site for study. The AIS has been the site for numerous glaciological surveys in the past, however seismic surveying had not been undertaken in a serious manner since the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE) seismic surveys in the 1970s. These entailed about eighty seismic observations, none of these being taken south of 71°35 ́S (Hunter et al., 2004; Allison, 2003).


AbstractProject management training is an important component in engineering education; in particular, simulation-based training (SBT) is considered a valuable teaching strategy. However, the effectiveness of SBT in project management education has not been empirically examined and it remains unclear in the literature why some trainees benefit from SBT more than others. To address this gap, the authors conducted two pre-/post-test experimental design studies, involving area experts and graduate students with a range of individual differences in two project management courses in the United States and Australia. The results suggest that SBT (1) enhances trainees' declarative knowledge only in cases of successful performance in the simulation, and the existence of an appropriate gap (discussed in the paper) between the trainees' prior knowledge and the challenges presented by the simulator; and (2) energizes trainees' learning processes only in cases of success in the simulation, high prior knowledge level, ...


Safety, efficacy and efficiency of neurosurgical robots are defined by their design (i.e., framed and non‐framed) and procedural workflow (PW) (from image to surgery). The present study describes the quality indicators of three different robots in brain and spine surgery.


Headache secondary to drug use are frequent and underdiagnosed in daily clinical practice. We report the case of a patient that developed headache related to sexual activity after the use of tadalafil. We discuss the semiologic aspects of the drug induced headache, headaches related with sexual activity, and finally the primary and secondary thunderclap headaches.


From the United Nation Conference for Human Environment in 1972 to the United Nation Conference for Environment and Development in 1992 and the United Nation Conference for Sustainable Development in 2012,the international environmental law processed nearly forty years.Especially in 90s,20th,the international environmental law not only extends or enriches the content of ordinary international legal relations,but also emerges the phenomenon of convergence on law and the tendency of fragmentation of law.


Harmonic voltage of the concern bus in the power grid is the combinations of voltage contributions of each harmonic source. When the main harmonic sources are known to the system, how to distinguish the responsibility of these harmonic sources has important significance. This paper firstly established the multiple linear regression model and defined the harmonic responsibility. When the harmonic current is linearly related, using the least squares regression will get the wrong solution. Therefore, this paper proposed a method called improved least squares. Simulation results show that no matter the coefficient matrix is sick or not, this method can get a better result than the least squares method. Keywords-power system; power quality; multiple harmonic sources; harmonic responsibility; least squares estimation.


In order to verify the suction constitution in unsaturated soils, some un-hygroscopic tests are designed and performed.The testes are classified into four different types including common triaxial tests, pressure plate common triaxial tests, pressure plate GDS triaxial tests and natural air drying common triaxial tests.The results indicate that the friction angle related to unsaturation can be greater than that induced by net normal stress in a higher saturation state and the strength increment induced by unsaturation is linear to matric suction in a lower saturation state.Failure occurs distinctly in a slope for unsaturated soil samples but this is not true for the saturated one.


This paper introduces a series of algorithms about how to recover lost data by separating files in Visual Foxpro 6 0 environment These algorithms can efficiently recover the lost data and keep data for consistency


Observation Medicine Louis G. Graff; ed. 440 pages. Stoneham, Massachusetts: Andover Medical Publishers; 1993. $55.00. Presenting Signs and Symptoms in the Emergency Department: Evaluation and Treatment Glenn C. Hamilton; ed. 815 pages. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1993. $95.00. Remember when emergency medicine was a new specialty? When its practitioners were renaming hospital emergency rooms as emergency departments? Now Graff and coauthors have defined a new field of medical practice: Observation Medicine At least 30% of U.S. hospitals have observation units, and, in many that lack around-the-clock physician staffing, the care of such patients falls to the emergency department staff. In fact, that coverage is the medical reason for the existence of observation units and their propinquity to the emergency department. However, a better explanation for the ubiquity of medical observation units is financial. When DRGs came into being, it became economically advantageous for hospitals to label and charge differently their short-stay patients. Groff believes that the primary impetus for the delineation of observation services is the financial savings available to the health-care payer. But the truth is that a clear and more powerful impetus exists: income available to the health care provider. The DRG system rewards hospitals for briefer stays and earlier discharges, but too early is not good either. If your sick patient goes home in 20 or 30 or even 50 hours, he or she may not have been sick enough to satisfy Medicare's admission criteria. Thus was born the 23-hour observation admission, now extended to 48 or even 72 hours. From the perspective of the emergency physician, the observable patient is one whose diagnosis is unclear, in whom at least one diagnostic possibility cannot be safely evaluated while the patient is a true outpatient, whose easy diagnosis is not possible, and whose condition hampers the physician's diagnostic performance. We see a hyperbolic relation between the seriousness of the potential diagnosis and the probability of that diagnosis in patients suitable for observation: A patient with a high probability of serious disease is admitted to the hospital; one with a low probability of such disease can be observed. Observation Medicine does a good job of focusing on the care of and diagnostic approach to just such patients. Even those who do not work in emergency medicine can learn from such a focus on the first 24 hours of a patient's stay in a hospital. Presenting Signs and Symptoms in the Emergency Department was proudly written by the entire residency program staff and residents of the Emergency Medicine Department at Wright State University. The title page says so in bold print, and a reader immediately feels the sense of ownership that department must have had in developing and writing this text. At 815 pages, it is no overnight read and falls between short, readable emergency medicine books and the larger, more encyclopedic texts. Both these small texts are multiauthor books and thus of varying quality. Both might have benefited from more stringent editing. I often found myself differing with chapter authors on the appropriate emergency or observational evaluation for a particular presenting problem. However, both books would be additions to an emergency department library and useful for browsing and short-bolus, as-needed education.


Trust lies at the crux of most economic transactions, with credit markets being a notable example. Drawing on insights from the literature on coordination games and network growth, we develop a simple model to clarify how trust breaks down in financial systems. We show how the arrival of bad news about a financial agent can lead others to lose confidence in it and how this, in turn, can spread across the entire system. Our results emphasize the role of hysteresis -- it takes considerable effort to regain trust once it has been broken. Although simple, the model provides a plausible account of the credit freeze that followed the global financial crisis of 2007/8, both in terms of the sequence of events and the measures taken (and being proposed) by the authorities.