We demonstrate that the intensity of optical second and third harmonics generated in a one-dimensional photonic crystal–thin metal film sample is greatly enhanced in the presence of Tamm plasmons. The emergence of a localized optical Tamm state means that the local density of photonic states is resonantly enhanced at the interface of photonic crystal and metal within the vicinity of the excitation wavelength. When the fundamental radiation spectrum overlaps with the Tamm mode, the efficiency of the second-harmonic generation was enhanced by two orders of magnitude as compared with a bare metal film. In the case of the off-resonant fundamental radiation and the second-harmonic wavelength overlapping with the Tamm plasmon mode, the conversion efficiency increased by one order of magnitude. The overall intensity of the third-harmonic generation was enhanced by almost five orders of magnitude in the phase-matching conditions. In this case the fundamental radiation resonates with the fundamental Tamm plasmon, while the third-harmonic radiation resonates with the third-order Tamm plasmon.


This article deals with possible (and expected) developments of the Projeto Mulheres Inspiradoras (PMI), developed in the public schools of the Federal District. Project implementation has demonstrated the potential to address subalternation, not just gender, such as ethnic-racial and sexuality. For theoretical discussion on these developments, I present the Queer approach, the notion of gender and sexuality dissent, critical pedagogy, and critical discourse analysis. For methodological discussion, I present initial linguistic-discursive analyzes of the National Curricular Parameters, of the National Education Plan and analyze the Model Political Pedagogical Project for the Federal District; in the sequence, focus on productions resulting from the application of PMI. The confrontation of the analyzes indicates the potential of a positive approach to issues related to representations and identifications of gender and sexuality dissent, building a more efficient and effective approach in the process of social emancipation of the subjects.


1,2,4 Department of Microbiology, Santosh Medical College & Hospital, Ghaziabad, UP., India 3 Department of Pathology, Santosh Medical College & Hospital, Ghaziabad, UP, India *Corresponding Author Dr Varun Goel Department of Microbiology, Santosh Medical College & Hospital, Ghaziabad, UP., India Abstract Background: Diagnosis of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in smear-negative patients can be difficult. We assessed prospectively the performance of Real Time PCR in diagnosing smear-negative tuberculosis (TB), which represents the most common form of TB in a low incidence setting. Methods: The present study was undertaken to find the effectiveness of Polymerase Chain Reaction targetting IS6110, MPB64 and 16SrRNA genes and culture on L–J media in Ziehl-Neelsen stain negative samples of body fluids for rapid diagnosis of suspected cases of Extra pulmonary tuberculosis. Results: A total of 62 samples were taken of which 2 samples were not adequate in amount and hence were excluded. All 6 (10%) culture positive samples were PCR positive, in addition PCR could detect 5 out of 60 (8.3%) samples to be positive which were negative by culture. Of the 11 positive samples only MTB was reported by PCR and No NTM was detected. Conclusions: PCR is a sensitive method for rapid diagnosis of TB compared to the conventional ZN staining. PCR can serve as a sensitive diagnostic method for microbiological diagnosis of smear-negative TB in countries with a low TB prevalence.


SUMMARY Three coniferous species are indigenous in Zimbabwe, Juniperus procera, Widdringtonia nodiflora and Podocarpus latifolius, but all occur too sparsely to be of any commercial value. This led to introductions of exotic conifers for timber production as well as for ornamental purpose, from around 1895/96 or possibly earlier. To date 181 species, subspecies, and varieties are known to have been introduced into Zimbabwe, and these are Usted together with the locations where they have been planted. The introductions are from the famiues Araucariaceae, Cupressaceae, Ginkgoaceae, Phyllocladaceae, Pinaceae, Podocarpaceae, Tax aceae and Taxodiaceae, but the great majority of taxa have been drawn from Cupressaceae (primarily for ornamental purposes) and Pinaceae (primarily for timber). Because of its immense economic importance, the genus Pinus has received priority for trials for large-scale planting, and has contributed 79 of the 181 exotic taxa. This paper is the first comprehensive Ust of aU coniferous taxa in the country.


RNA sequences fold into their native conformations by means of an adaptive search of their folding energy landscapes. The energy landscape may contain one or more suboptimal attractor conformations, making it possible for an RNA sequence to become trapped in a suboptimal attractor during the folding process. How the probability that an RNA sequence will find a given attractor before it finds another one depends on the relative positions of those attractors on the energy landscape is not well understood. Similarly, there is an inadequate understanding of the mechanisms that underlie differences in the amount of time an RNA sequence spends in a particular state. Elucidation of those mechanisms would contribute to the understanding of constraints operating on RNA folding. This chapter explores the kinetics of RNA folding using theoretical models and experimental data. Discrepancies between experimental predictions and expectations based on prevailing assumptions about the determinants of RNA folding kinetics are highlighted. An analogy between kinetic accessibility and evolutionary accessibility is also discussed. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-491-2.ch025


In this study, the microwave dielectric properties of Ca0.99Zn0.01La4Ti5O17 (CZLTO) ceramics have been investigated. It is found that the X-ray diffraction pattern exhibited no phase difference with 0.5 wt % CuO additive at different sintering temperatures. The maximum value of the dielectric constant and the quality factor Q×f can be obtained with 0.5 wt % CuO additive and sintered at 1450 °C for 4 h. A τf of -8.16 ppm/°C was measured for CZLTO ceramics with 0.5 wt % CuO sintered at 1450 °C for 4 h. The measurement results for a stacked patch antenna at 2.45 GHz are presented. With this technique, a 3.3% bandwidth (return loss < -10 dB) with a center frequency at approximately 2.45 GHz has been successfully achieved. The peak antenna gain is approximately 2.2 dBi, with gain variations of less than 1.0 dBi for frequencies within in the -10 dB S11 bandwidth.


Improved performance in high temperature, high Vacuum reactorS is obtained by quenching alkaline catalyst present in the product a melt polycondensation reaction using a Sul fonic acid ester quencher in a carrier. The carrier if formed from a first carrier component effective to solubilize the quencher and having a lower boiling point than the quencher, and a Second carrier component Soluble in the first carrier component and having a higher boiling point than the quencher. An exemplary carrier composition contains equal parts of diphenylcarbonate and toluene.


By taking advantage of calcium imaging and electrophysiology, we provide direct pharmacological evidence for the functional expression of TRPV1 channels in hippocampal Cajal‐Retzius cells. Application of the TRPV1 activator capsaicin powerfully enhances spontaneous synaptic transmission in the hippocampal layers that are innervated by the axons of Cajal‐Retzius cells. Capsaicin‐triggered calcium responses and membrane currents in Cajal‐Retzius cells, as well as layer‐specific modulation of spontaneous synaptic transmission, are absent when the drug is applied to slices prepared from TRPV1−/− animals. We discuss the implications of the functional expression of TRPV1 channels in Cajal‐Retzius cells and of the observed TRPV1‐dependent layer‐specific modulation of synaptic transmission for physiological and pathological network processing.


This paper deals with the acoustic velocity field simulation generated by interaction of flow with moving bodies. Starting from the Ffowcs Williams and Hawkings equation, an analytical formulation of the acoustic velocity is derived for sources in arbitrary motion. This makes the imposition of the boundary condition on a (rigid) scattering surface much more straightforward, as, if the traditional pressure formulation is used, then the pressure gradient must be calculated. Computational results for a pulsating sphere, dipole source, and a propeller case with subsonic tips verify this formulation.


McKelligon Canyon is located in the south-central Franklin Mountains of west Texas. The Franklin Mountains are a north-south-trending, tilted fault block mountain range. Most workers who have studied the Franklins agree that range uplift occurred after the Cenomanian. Rio Grande rift extension and Laramide age compression are the most commonly cited mechanisms for range uplift. Recently, McKelligon Canyon was suggested to contain Laramide thrust faults at several locations. This study, however, shows that the canyon's structural pattern is characterized by much extensional faulting. No evidence of thrust faults or other compressional features were found. Steep, northeast-dipping (55-80{degree}) normal faults, which strike N60W and N10W, are the primary structures within the canyon. These faults are oblique to the general north-south trend of the range and have a maximum vertical offset, as measured by stratigraphic separation, of approximately 650 m. Strain values obtained from oriented limestone samples collected from the field suggest an early Rio Grande rift origin of the sturctures found in this area. Additionally, paleokarst collapse breccias occur in abundance throughout the study area and are confined to the McKelligon Canyon Formation and the lower 2-3 m of the Scenic Drive Formation. The presence of karsting in the upper partmore » of the Scenic Drive Formation and the overlying Florida Mountains Formation could not be verified in the field. These karst features appear to be randomly distributed as seen on the surface, however, this may be due to preferred differential erosion.« less


To determine the effect of aging time after thawing on the palatability of frozen beef, several objective measurements and sensory evaluations were made on beef sirloin samples (the Longissimus thoracis muscle). The samples were aged at 0 •Ž for 0, 2, 5 or 10 days after thawing. The following results were obtained : 1 ) Aging after thawing improved the water-holding capacity, decreased the cooking loss and increased juiciness. 2 ) The levels of free amino acids increased with aging. 3 ) The shear force and compression values decreased markedly with aging. In addition, there was a tendency for the structure of the muscle fibers to become fragile. 4 ) Sensory tests showed that the texture and overall palatability were improved by additional aging after thawing. However, no significant differences were found between thawed beef aged for 5 days and for 10 days. The results suggest that before cooking, additional aging after thawing would improve beef palatability, with a minimum aging time of 5 days. The rate of aging in the experimental samples (aged after thawing) was faster than that in the standard samples (aged at 0•Ž without freezing) as evaluated by the level of free amino acids, and the shear force and compression values. (Received September 20, 1995)


Abstract Geometric quality of ortho-rectified imagery is crucial for their usefulness in mapping and map updating. The use of the recently appeared very high resolution images gave cause to a debate regarding which is the best approach to geometrically correct them. This paper presents a case-study of image ortho-rectification using a QuickBird scene over an area of mountainous relief. Conclusions about ortho-rectification models are consistent with recent studies by other authors, indicating the superiority of 3D rigorous models and 3D Rational Functions (with rational polynomial coefficients supplied by the image vendor) in terms of final accuracy and number of ground control points needed. The resulting positioning errors are representative of what can be expected in an operational context by end-users such as private companies or state agencies and are well within ASPRS Class 1 requirements for the 1:5,000 scale.


A method for phenetic analysis of karyotype data has been developed for Leishmania populations. Measurement of size difference between chromosomes recognized by a given DNA probe in different isolates led to the formulation of a Chromosome Size Difference Index (CSDI). The method was applied to phenetic analysis of 4 sets of chromosomes – each set being recognized by a different probe – in 37 L. (Viannia) peruviana isolates sampled along a North–South transect through the Peruvian Andes and, in 11 L. (V.) braziliensis isolates from the Amazonian forest (Peru, Bolivia and Brazil). Karyotype variability was better accounted for by CSDI than by a method based on disjunctive encoding of karyotype data. CSDI evidenced the nature of relationships between L. braziliensis and L. peruviana and it provided a coherent picture of geographical and genomic differentiation among parasite populations. The latter did cluster according to their geographical origin. L. braziliensis was found karyotypically more homogeneous than L. peruviana. Within L. peruviana, Northern populations were closer to L. braziliensis than to Southern L. peruviana populations. The validity of karyotypic populations, or karyodemes, was sustained.


. We prove that the k th term of the Johnson filtration of a closed, orientable surface of genus g ≥ 2 has cohomological dimension 2 g − 3 for all k ≥ 3 and g ≥ 2. This answers a question of Farb and Bestvina–Bux–Margalit.


Objective To understand the mortality of different age in children under 5years old in Hainan province,make reasonable intervention measures and provide the basis for reducing child mortality. Method The data of all deaths of children under 5years old in Hainan province from 2009 to 2013were analyzed. Results The proportion of children died at home was 49.04%.The proportion of children without treatment before death was 4.97%.Rural children under 5years old without treatment before death was significantly higher than the urban children, "too late to the hospital" accounted for the highest proportion(52.53%)among untreated causes,followed by "economic difficulties"(24.19%). Conclusion Government departments can reduce the mortality rate of the children under 5years old in rural care service through strengthening pregnancy care service and the construction of rural medical service capacity.


Baker AL, Hiles SA, Thornton LK, Hides L, Lubman DI. A systematic review of psychological interventions for excessive alcohol consumption among people with psychotic disorders.


Objective To investigate the surgical treatment for the postoperation local recurrence of rectal cancer.Methods 58 cases suffering from postoperative local recurrence of rectal cancer were analyzed.Results Among them 15(25.8%) patients received second surgical treatment,out of the 15 cases,5(8.6%) were treated by curative resection,6(10.3%) by palliative resection and 4(6.9%) by single colostomy.3 and 5 year survival rate was 46.7% and 26.7% respectively,wheras 3,5 year survival rate of the other patients without second resection was 6.9% and 0,there was significant difference between two groups(P0.01).Conclusion The second operation is the first treatment for postoperative local recurrence of rectal cancer.


An apparatus ( 10 ) is provided for determining the flow rate of a gas. The apparatus comprises a housing ( 12 ) forming a vaporization chamber ( 14 ) for converting a fluid into a gas vapor when subjected to heat ( 22 ). An oscillation flow meter is formed within the housing ( 12 ), thereby being integrated with the vaporization chamber, for receiving the gas vapor and providing a frequency signal ( 60 ) indicative of the rate of flow of the gas vapor.


Fault current-limiting dynamic voltage restorers (FCL-DVRs), also named as dual-functional DVRs, involving both the FCL and the voltage compensation (VC) function, have attracted more attention. However, in case of the FCL-DVR operating in VC mode, either the high capacity of storage system in the dc-link or the oversizing of power converter is needed, and in case of the FCL-DVR operating in FCL mode both the high dc-link voltage and the oversizing of power converter are needed. Thus, in order to overcome these drawbacks, an improved FCL-DVR, which consists of an LC filter coupled with series coupling capacitor (LCC) at the ac side, is proposed in this article. The improved FCL-DVR using energy-optimized control strategy can not only perform the dual functions well, but also achieve the capacity optimization of FCL-DVR key components. The operating principle and performance of the proposed FCL-DVR under FCL and VC mode are elaborated, respectively. The optimal design of LCC and selection of FCL branch are studied in detail to ensure high stability and reliability for the proposed FCL-DVR operating in both modes. The simulation and experimental results clearly validate the effectiveness of the proposed topology and method.


Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are taking steps to mend their ties. The UAE, it seems, is eager to refashion its image as a bridge-builder in regional politics and hedge its options in the face of the US downsizing its regional security commitments in the Middle East. Turkey, on its end, is eager to get out of the political/ideological box that it has found itself in since the onset of the Arab Uprisings and to lessen the economic cost of its geopolitical activism in the time of a deepening economic crisis at home. Though economic interests can bring the two countries closer, geopolitics can just as easily drive them apart. In spite of a seeming thaw, major sources of tension in these relations remain.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss a technique called the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) for possible use in the types of market research or management research where it is desirable to generate as many ideas as possible.Design/methodology/approach – The benefits of the NGT were researched in a literature review. After this, qualitative research among research practitioners who have used the technique in Australia was conducted. One focus group of five researchers and three in‐depth interviews were conducted. Some of these responses are presented verbatim, in this paper, to order to illustrate the positive evaluations of the technique by researchers.Findings – The research practitioners in this research were generally very positive about the NGT as a technique for idea generation. The conclusion from the research reported on in this paper is that the use of techniques such as Brainstorming, and the NGT have very beneficial roles to play in management and market research.Practical...


Objective
To explore the blood supply of expanded lateral neck flap combined with posterior auricular flap pedicled on anterior neck and the feasibility of this kind of flap for facial vulnus′resurfacing.

Methods
At the first stage of the treatment, one rectangular expander was implanted in lateral neck in the subcutaneous pockets, overlying the platysma, the volume of the expander is about 200-600 ml. After 2-3 months inflation, the pre-expanded lateral neck flap combined with posterior auricular flap was advanced at the second stage of the operation, the flap was rotated to lateral face to resurface the vulnus defects located on anterior auricle.

Results
Twelve cases of facial wounds were included in this research from January 2009 to November 2016. The size of the expanded flaps were ranged from 6 cm×12 cm to 7 cm×15 cm. According to 2 to 24 months follow-up postoperatively, 10 months in average, two flaps showed venous retardation at distal part of expanded flaps, which were recorvered with one-week dress changing after excoriation. The other ten flaps survived with good appearance and function. The flaps matched well to the recipient defects in terms of color, character and elasticity. The appearance and function of face and neck were ideally adjusted after treatment.

Conclusions
By expanding lateral neck skin overlying platysma, the expanded lateral neck flap combined with posterior auricular flap pedicled on anterior neck was obtained with high quality and maximum use of blood supply in the anterior neck, which guaranteed appearance and function of the donor area and the recipient area at the same time.

Key words:
Surgical flaps; Skin soft tissue expansion; Neck; Mastoid region; Skin defect; Lateral face


Goodness-of-fit tests based on the order statistics of a random sample are given which are particularly effective in detecting long tailedness or outliers.


Based on the statistic data of crop yield and farmland produce investment in the period from 1990 to 2009,carbon emission,carbon absorption and carbon footprint of the farmland ecosystems were estimated in China.Conclusions were reached as follows:Carbon emission amount and intensity,carbon absorption amount,and carbon footprint on the increase,carbon absorption intensity was stable,with the large number of agricultural use of fossil energy,carbon footprint per unit area of 0.08 hm2/hm2 rose from 1990 to 2009 of 0.13 hm2/hm2.Provinces and autonomous regions per unit area of carbon footprint was very obvious differences,the highest in Fujian for the 0.27 hm2/hm2,the lowest in Heilongjiang for the 0.08 hm2/hm2.China farmland ecosystem existence of the ecological surplus,the carbon footprint accounting for same time the production land area proportion approximately was 10%,with the years progressive,but the carbon footprint accounting for the proportion to had the enlargement tendency,which was 8.46% in 1990 and 12.75% in 2009.


The alloy composition and the pouring temperature are main parameters to avoid cast defects in the metal casting process. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of tin composition and pouring temperature on the fluidity and microstructure of Cu-Sn alloys to minimize product failure. The material used in this study was Cu with the addition of tin composition (20-25)% Sn by melting Cu = 99.9% and Sn = 99.9%. The pouring temperatures were varied T1=1000°C and T2=1100°C. Mold for fluidity test was used the wax pattern with investment casting method. The wax pattern for mold of fluidity test shaped bars with a length of 400 mm, the width of 10 mm and cavity thickness varies from 1.5-5 mm. The mold material was used natural ceramic such as clay (SiO2). Increased of the tin composition decreases the length of fluidity, while the increased pouring temperature and the cavity thickness of the mold increase the length of fluidity. Increasing tin composition and pouring temperature increases the phase microstructure α and triggers the formation of columnar dendrites. The high rate of cast metal fluidity and the thickness of the mold cavity greatly affect the microstructure of the alloy.


A major impediment to the development of networked video applications is the lack of adequate support for video multicast within the Internet Protocol (IP). This paper presents an approach for extending the capability of IP to support multicast of video streams in a heterogeneous networking environment where there are static variations in the capacities of the links and the video quality needs of the receivers as well as dynamic variations in the available bandwidth of the network links. The approach, called IP extensions for video multicast (IPEVM), uses an innovative traffic control mechanism within the network routers that dynamically adapts the quality of the video to changes in the available network bandwidth while ensuring fair treatment of all traffic contending for the network's best effort service. It also permits an application-selectable mix of resource reservation and adaptive bandwidth management to be used in building networked video applications.


This qualitative study examines the perspectives of students with disabilities studying at a postsecondary institution in Canada. Seven female students, five of them with learning disabilities, participated in focus group meetings and shared their experiences of studying at a university. Both individual characteristics, such as disability-specific needs, and contextual factors, including attitudes of faculty members and peers, were reported as barriers affecting students' full participation to university life. Participants reported that the Office for Students with Disabilities acted as an important support mechanism at the overall school-level. Findings indicate that postsecondary institutions should support students with disabilities not only by providing accommodations but also by addressing hidden attitudinal barriers to enable equal participation opportunities for all. Some recommendations for creating a barrier-free school community are made based on the suggestions of the participants. Increasing numbers of students with disabilities choose to pursue postsecondary education in North America (Eckes & Ochoa, 2005; Fichten, 1995; Fichten, et al., 2003; Roer-Strier, 2002). However, research show that university or college graduates with disabilities experience diffi culty in fi nding employment, have limited independence and low standards of living (Doren & Benz, 2001; Lindstrom & Benz, 2002; Madaus, 2005). Transition to higher education, and later to work settings, present challenges for every young adult; however there is a rich literature particularly from the North American context suggesting that certain student populations such as students with disabilities and female students may experience more obstacles during their studies (Doren & Benz, 2001; Dwyer, 2000; Lindstrom & Benz, 2002). Studies reveal that students with disabilities are still an under-represented group and face several barriers which may limit their full participation to postsecondary education (Duquette, 2000; Fichten, 1995; Weir, 2004). Even though there is evidence suggesting that accommodations are provided to students with disabilities at the postsecondary level (Cox & Walsh, 1998; Duquette, 2000; Hill, 1992, 1996), some research fi ndings show that students with disabilities have diffi culty accessing and obtaining accommodations and supports (e.g. Dowrick, Anderson, Heyer & Acosta, 2005). Even though the results of the National Longitudinal Transition Study II (NLTS2) of the U.S. Department of Education reveal an increase in the number of female students continuing higher education, girls are mostly attending 2-year colleges while boys attend both 2and 4-year colleges (Wagner, Newman, Cameto, & Levine, 2005). Research on career development and transition for women also show that female students are less likely to fi nd employment compared to male students with or without disabilities (Doren & Benz, 2001; Lindstrom & Benz, 2002). Additionally, young women who are employed tend to have lower incomes and work in lowstatus jobs compared to their male counterparts (Doren & Benz, 2001). Thus, the dual presence of gender and disability categories may cause limitations for pursuing higher degrees and career options for young women (Lindstrom, Benz & Doren, 2004). There is limited research focusing on students' perspectives and experiences at the postsecondary level (Dowrick et al., 2005; Dwyer, 2000; Evans-Getzel & Thoma, 2008; Troiano, 2003). The following study aims to present voices of students with disabilities studying at a large research university in Canada. The participants of the study are Canadian young women with disabilities, majority with learning disabilities (LD), attending postsecondary education. Given that Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 24(2) 102 there is research evidence suggesting that female students with disabilities may be at a greater risk of experiencing obstacles in higher education (e.g. Dwyer, 2000), we focus on the unique perspectives of this sub-group of students. We discuss both individual characteristics (e.g. disability type, severity, and gender) and context-related barriers to having a successful postsecondary education life. Students with Disabilities and Postsecondary Education: A Canadian Perspective The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has created a solid rights-based ground for which all provincial laws, policies, and institutions are developed (Roeher Institute, 1996). The following statement: "Equality of all people under the law and protection of individuals against discrimination on the basis of disability (Roeher Institute, 1996, Section 15[1])," protects people with disabilities from discrimination. According to this statement, legislation must be free from discrimination, and recognize that all people have the right to equal opportunities (Roeher Institute, 1996). Over the past decades, with provincial legislation acts, infl uences of the move towards inclusive education, and changes in the attitudes of the Canadian society, there has been an increase in the number of students with disabilities attending postsecondary education (Wolforth, 1998). Leitch (1998) reported that in 1995, there was a mere 0.25% of the population of students with disabilities in 47 Canadian universities. In 2003, the average percentage of students with disabilities registered to receive disability-related services in Canada's provinces and territories ranged from 1.92% to 5.67% and only 8% of postsecondary institutions reported not having any students with disabilities (Fichten et al., 2003). Students with LD make up the largest proportion of this population of students with disabilities attending postsecondary education in Canada (Stewart, Cornish, & Somers, 1995). This is a similar pattern compared to the American higher education institutions (Hart, Mele-McCarthy, Pasternack, Zimbrich, & Parker, 2004; Vogel, Leyser, Kwyland, & Brulle, 1999). Results of a Quebec-based study implemented as a part of a Canadian-wide study showed that there are signifi cantly smaller proportions of students with disabilities in Quebec colleges and universities when compared to rest of the provinces (Fichten et al., 2003). Researchers suggest that provincial policies, practices, and bilingual language system may be some of the factors contributing to this lower proportion of students with disabilities in postsecondary institutions of Quebec (Fichten et al., 2003). With an increase in the number of students with disabilities continuing higher education, many Canadian postsecondary institutions have developed policies that respond to the individual needs of students with disabilities (Wolforth, 1998). By 1992, 30% of Canadian postsecondary institutions had disabilityrelated policies, while another 15% were developing similar policies (Hill, 1994). By 1994, this fi gure rose to over 65%, and by 1997, 75% of Canadian universities reported policy development for students with disabilities (Cox & Walsh, 1998). Hill (1992) surveyed the Offi ces for Students with Disabilities at 27 Canadian universities to ascertain the types of services provided to students with disabilities. This survey study revealed that although all participating universities attempted to accommodate the needs of students, some problems pertained in the following areas: (a) identifying those students who require special services, (b) making students aware of the available services, and (c) developing fair admission policies. An analysis of institutional policies for students with disabilities at 47 Canadian universities examined the types of academic accommodations provided to students with disabilities and found that academic accommodations and procedures show variation across provinces, territories, and institutions (Cox & Walsh, 1998). In general, accommodations included extended time, special seating, the provision of visual language interpreters, change of test format, the use of adaptive technology, and the provision of alternative formats of print such as Braille or large print (Cox & Walsh, 1998). In a study on technology integration and utilization by students with disabilities, Fichten, Asuncion, Barile, Fossey, and Simone (2000) found that 41% of Canadian college and university students with LD, physical, and sensory disabilities required special accommodations and adaptations to use them effectively. There is limited research on academic and social experiences of students with disabilities in Canadian higher education system (Dwyer, 2000; Jorgensen et al, 2005). In a longitudinal study extending over a period of 12 years, Jorgensen et al. (2005) compared the academic outcomes of students with and without disabilities attending a college in Quebec. Although students with LD had similar grades and graduation Erten; Voices of Young Women with Disabilities 103 rates, they required lighter course load and took longer to graduate (Jorgensen et al., 2005). In a recent online survey with 1,174 college and university students in Ontario, Tremblay et al. (2008) found that nearly two-thirds of a total of 72.9% female students and half of male students have experienced various kinds of negative social interactions during their postsecondary studies. These negative social interactions, although often very mild and verbal in nature, were experienced more by female students and students with LD (Tremblay et al, 2008) suggesting that these students may be at greater risk for experiencing obstacles at the postsecondary level. Individual Characteristics: Challenges of Being a Female Student with Disabilities Each disability presents different characteristics. Students with LD require unique accommodations at the postsecondary level as they may be at risk for experiencing diffi culties in school (Trainor, 2007). Some of the unique characteristics of this life-long disability involve cognitive diffi culties including solving problems, organizing thou


In this paper holomorphic families of linear relations which belong to the Stieltjes or inverse Stieltjes class are studied. It is shown that in their domain of holomorphy ${\mathbb C}\setminus{\mathbb R}_+$ the values of Stieltjes and inverse Stieltjes families are, up to a rotation, maximal sectorial. This leads to a study of the associated closed sesquilinear forms and their representations. In particular, it is shown that the closed forms associated with the Stieltjes and inverse Stieltjes families of linear relations are holomorphic families of type (B) in the sense of Kato. These results are proved by using linear fractional transforms which connect these families to holomorphic functions that belong to a combined Nevanlinna-Schur class and a key tool then relies on a specific structure of contractive operators.


The aim of the research is to identify the concept of electronic management, and to highlight their importance in the management of institutions with the construction and application of the electronic management scale for teachers of physical education in secondary schools in Anbar Governorate. For secondary schools in the departments of the General Directorate of Education in Anbar Governorate, which numbered (300) teachers, the scale was built and applied. There is an interest in its four dimensions due to the desire of some of them to practice electronic management in their theoretical, practical and applied lessons, and a desire to use it in the learning, teaching and teaching processes, and to develop the requirements of electronic management, with the adoption of an organizational environment taken by the secondary school administrations in Anbar Governorate that bases the learning process on electronic management as a method a task For education in our current time in which we live in the shadow of the Corona pandemic, using modern communication mechanisms. Or finding other dimensions for the current study community to make the electronic management scale more honest and effective, or applying these dimensions to another sample or another community to measure the confirmation of its effectiveness and to know the reasons for the difference in its acceptability, with the assignment of physical education teachers in secondary schools in Anbar Governorate to conduct scientific and practical research in electronic management and aspects their own knowledge to be constantly informed of recent developments in all areas related to their work, and the need for the Ministry of Education to pay attention to electronic administration and communicate with physical education teachers in secondary schools constantly to inform them of recent developments, and suggested adopting the scale in conducting similar studies on other samples with intensified efforts direct it To spread the culture of electronic management.


The authors describe instruments and their calibration techniques developed at the Atlantic Branch of the P. P. Shizshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences and used for microstructure measurements by Russian oceanographers during the last decade. The vertical profiler BAKLAN and the towing body GRIF carried among other sensors a new microconductivity capillary probe with spectral resolution O(100 cpm). This sensor was used to calculate the scalar dissipation rate x with noise level of 3 3 10210 K2 s21. The kinetic energy dissipation rate « was measured by an airfoil-type sensor with a noise level less than 8 3 10210 Wk g 21. Results of the measurements are illustrated by the data obtained near the California coast and in the western equatorial Pacific. A parameterization of equatorial turbulence in terms of turbulent diffusivities and the gradient Richardson numbers is considered. A relationship between horizontal patchiness of conductivity microstructure in the coastal zone and local thermohaline fronts was detected.


Abstract The genus Hechtia includes 84 species, 79 of them present in Mexico. With 12 species (including those described herein), the Mexican state of Guerrero is the third most diverse in species. As a result of botanical explorations for the project Bromeliaceae of Mexico, we describe here five new species for science, all endemic to Guerrero: Hechtia elegans, H. ensifolia, H. medusae, H. platyphylla, and H. pycnostachya. The proposed species are compared with other morphologically similar taxa (H. caulescens, H. flexilifolia, H. glauca, H. hintoniana, H. laxissima, and H. pretiosa). Morphological descriptions, images, and a distribution map of the described taxa are included, as well as an identification key for all the species of Hechtia currently known from Guerrero.


The impact of the new Virginia statewide Standards of Learning (SOL) testing program on classroom instructional and assessment practices was studied through surveys before and after implementation of the testing program. The sample represented responses from 570 secondary school teachers (of mathematics, social studies, English, and science) and 152 elementary school teachers from grades 3 through 5. Teachers were asked about changes in their instructional and assessment practices. Comments were made by 80 teachers on a second survey the following year, which also asked about the impact of the SOL tests on instruction or assessment. Although the generalizability of the data may be limited by the relatively small number of schools represented, both qualitative and quantitative data support the conclusion that teachers in this study changed their assessment and instructional practices in 1997, before any administration of the SOL tests. More than 80% of teachers responded that the SOL tests had an impact on their instruction or assessment, with most changes in instruction. (Contains 3 tables and 11 references.) (SLD) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Plkpis document has been reproduced as eceived from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. 6 Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. The Impact of Mandated Statewide Testing on Teachers' Classroom Assessment and Instructional Practices James H. McMillan, Steve Myran, and Daryl Workman Virginia Commonwealth University Paper presented at the 1999 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting This study was supported by funds from the Virginia Educational Research Association and the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium at Virginia Commonwealth University. The authors appreciate suggestions made by Judy Singh for improving the manuscript. 2 BEST COPY AVAILABLE


Cataract surgeons have several tools to help them manage the challenges presented by cases with zonular pathology. However, consideration should be given to the Malyugin modified capsular tension ring (Morcher GmbH), according to Botis Malyugin, MD, PhD.


Interstitial cells of Cajal(ICC)are the pacemaker cells of gastrointestinal tract,which not only generate and transmit spontaneous electrical slow waves,but also play a significant role in adjusting neurotransmitter.The alterations of ICC in number and morphosis are related to many gastrointestinal diseases,such as achalasia of cardia(AC),gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD),postoperative gastroparesis.The changes of ICC often present as ICC number reduction or loss,a shorter cell synapse,and decreased neural-networks.The occurring position and degree of gastrointestinal diseases are closely associated with the number of ICC and its distribution.ICC has brought along new ideas for early diagnosis and therapy for gastrointestinal diseases.


Patients with severe aphasia and possible dementia cannot be adequately assessed for want of normative data. We describe four patients with global aphasia without hemiparesis who were referred for evaluation of dementia without the knowledge that they had previously suffered a stroke. All four had no neurological deficits except for language dysfunction. The study looked at the utility of the commonly-used dementia scales in patients with severe aphasia and possible dementia. The findings indicated the limitations of verbal, non-verbal cognitive tests and the reliance on informant reports. Appropriate weighting of these may help in arriving at a more accurate diagnosis. Until guidelines for a reliable criteria are established, the clinician should assess the patient in a global way and not just in one aspect of the patient's symptomatology. Dementia in the severely aphasic remains a diagnostic challenge and merits further study.


International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) studies of Nova V693 CrA showed that its ejecta were enriched in the intermediate mass nuclei from nitrogen to silicon and, thereby defined the ONeMg outburst as a compositional class of novae. The observational studies found that both sodium and aluminum were ∼100 times overabundant with respect to solar material while the theoretical studies predicted that a significant fraction of the sodium and aluminum should be 22Na and 26Al. Therefore, nearby ONeMg novae should be observed by COMPTON for possible detection of γ‐rays from the decay of 22Na and novae are probably responsible for the 26Al observed in the ISM and solar system. Both Nova Her 1991 and Nova Cyg 1992 (the nearest ONeMg nova) are close enough so that they should be observed by COMPTON.


In musculoskeletal models of the cervical spine, muscles are often modeled as straight paths from origin to insertion [e.g., 1]. However, muscle paths in the neck are constrained by bone and other soft tissues, and some studies have found that applying curvature to muscle paths improves anatomical accuracy [2; 3] and affects muscle parameters such as moment arm [3] and moment [4]. Currently, data available in the literature for neck muscle moment arms (MA) are sparse. In this study we estimated in-vivo moment arms using MRI-derived neck muscle paths modeled with curvature and those modeled as straight paths, for head and neck rotation in the sagittal plane (flexion-extension motion). We hypothesize that moment arm estimates for curved paths will be significantly different from estimates for straight paths.© 2013 ASME


Part 1 1. Introduction 2. The Set Speech in Renaissance Drama and Contemporary Theory 3. The Basic Types of Dramatic Set Speech Part 2 4. Gorboduc 5. English Classical Plays 6. Locrine 7. Kyd 8. Marlowe I. Tamburlaine 9. Imitations of Marlowe's Tamburlaine. Selimus and The Wounds of Civil War 10. Marlowe II. The Later Plays 11. Peele 12. Greene 13. Popular Drama and History Plays Part 3 14. The Dramatic Lament and Its Forms 15. The Pre-Shakespearian Dramatic Lament


The enantioselective formation of nitroprolinates followed by diastereoselective Michael‐type addition onto a second unit of the nitro alkene is studied. The reaction occurred in a one pot‐sequential process controlled by the chiral phosphoramidite⋅silver benzoate complex. The origin of the high diastereoselectivity is studied by DFT computational analysis where the crucial effect of the benzoic acid is justified. The employment of this strategy to the preparation of pyrazine‐2‐ones is also surveyed, as well as the preparation of diketopiperazines from enantiomerically enriched exo‐prolinates using conventional N‐acylation‐amination‐cyclization steps.


The return-on-investment (ROI) of robotization is defined as the difference between the money earned through robotization and the investment put on the robotic system. In industrial practice, the ROI is often prioritized over other factors. There are two ways to help increase the ROI, namely, 1) improving robot productivity and 2) maximizing the robot service life. In fact, faster robot motion (i.e., higher productivity as preferred) with larger joint torque would lead to a higher chance of hardware failure. Therefore, it is of interest to develop a method that can maximize the robot service life without sacrificing the productivity. This paper presents a trajectory re-planning algorithm for this purpose. The idea is to increase the time duration for some periods of motion to extend the reducer life, while reduce the time duration for some other periods of motion to shorten the cycle time. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated on the FANUC M16iB robot system. The results show that the method can improve the expected worst-case service life by approximately 10%. Computation issues of the proposed algorithm are discussed.


A new class of chromium catalysts were obtained by combining bidentate phosphine chromium(II) complexes with methylaluminoxanes. These systems were found to be very active in the polymerization of butadiene giving 1,2 polymers having different tacticity (iso or syndio) depending on the type of phosphine bonded to the chromium atom. Moreover, they were also able to polymerize norbornene, giving crystalline all exo-enchained vinyl addition polymers, exhibiting a rather unusual structure in the field of olefin stereospecific polymerization, namely diheterotactic structure, characterized by regular sequences of (mr) atactic triads.


In this paper a design concept for tong grippers for micro-parts is presented which allows the quick development of adapted grippers for automated micro-assembly processes. This concept is demonstrated by several gripper prototypes. They consist of a flexure hinge structure made of metal which acts as guiding device for the gripping jaws and as the gripping jaws themselves. This structure ensures a very precise movement of the jaws since stick slip effects in the guiding device are avoided. The actuation is done by force generating actuators like moving coil, magnetic or pneumatic piston actuators. The use of a frictionless elastic guiding device in addition to mostly frictionless actuators guarantees a high precision of the jaw movement as well as a very precisely adjustable gripping force. The concept covers the design of the flexure hinge structure, the design of the actuators and the coupling of actuator and flexure hinge structure. Using this design concept several grippers have been realized and tested in experimental evaluations where they proved their reliability and the fulfillment of the given specifications thus verifying the correctness of the design concept.


The influence of a magnetic field on the gain of the active medium of a photodissociation laser oscillator (amplifier) operating under various conditions is studied theoretically allowing for the hyperfine structure of the active transition in the iodine atom. It is shown that an inhomogeneous longitudinal magnetic field always ensures a practically monotonic reduction in the gain and provides the optimal means for magneticfield control of the gain.


The utility model relates to a combined type external fixed support system, and belongs to the technical field of medical equipment. The combined type external fixed support system comprises a needle-rod connection clamp, a rod-rod connection clamp, carbon fiber connection rods, a bone traction needle, a ring rod connector, a circular ring, an adjustable connecting rod, a needle ring connector, a steel needle, a ring connector, a Kirschner wire clamp and one or more than one component combination in a Kirschner wire. The combined type external fixed support system can be combined in multiple modes according to clinical requirements, is suitable for meeting the requirements of fracture positions, has a stable structure, and is easy to operate clinically, light and firm.


This chapter faces the problem of identifying a set of parameters characterizing COTS products. The need for this characterization derives from the problem to identify and select among many available products the ones which are appropriate for a specific software system. The characterization has the goal to foresee the integration and maintenance effort in COTS based systems developed with a COTS-based approach. In our study we propose a set of COTS product parameters and perform an empirical study in the context of two industrial software projects to assess these parameters. The assessment aims at finding any statistically significant correlation among the proposed parameters and the effectiveness of development and maintenance process. The obtained results show that our COTS products characterization can be used to foresee integration and maintenance effort of the COTS based system. The analysis also shows the need to continue the on-field experimentation, in order to make the learned lessons effective and applicable.


Purpose: The current work aims to determine whether patients presenting with Acute Alcohol Intoxicated (AAI) traumatic injuries are at higher risk for hemodynamic compromise after induction of general anesthesia. Method: A retrospective chart review from January 1, 2008 to June 1, 2017 of patients aged ≥ 18 years of age undergoing emergent exploratory laparotomy within 4 hours of presentation were included in the study. Data collected included age, sex, weight, blood alcohol level, Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP), INR, injury severity score, base deficit, pre- and post-induction Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP), induction medication and dose, length of hypotension, and vasoactive medications administered within 20 minutes post-induction. Results: Post-induction MAPs were lower for alcohol intoxicated patients than for non-intoxicated controls (p=0.018) despite both groups having similar admission SBP (0.295) and pre-induction MAPs (0.171). Alcohol intoxicated patients also have significant longer duration of hypotension following induction (p=0.016), however there was no significant difference in the requirement of vasopressor use within twenty minutes post-induction (p=0.279). Conclusion: Our findings (lower MAPs and longer duration of hypotension than controls following induction of general anesthesia, as well as blood chemistry suggestive of volume contraction) support the notion of alcoholinduced hemodynamic dysregulation in intoxicated trauma patients with presumed intra-abdominal injury. Based on these results, it is essential for the anesthesiologist to be prepared to support blood pressures in order to maintain adequate perfusion in acutely intoxicated patients requiring general anesthesia.


Jim Park has been in the textile industry for 26 years, mainly in the dyeing and finishing sector. Although associated with most forms of dyeing, apart from a five-year period he has always been connected with yarn dyeing and is deeply committed to package dyeing together with the use of automation and colour physics.

Positions held have included chemist technical manager and company director. He is currently running his own consulting business.

He is an active Society member (Chairman, Resources Committee and member of Publications Committee) and a Silver Medallist.

The place of package dyeing in the manufacturing sequence is indicated together with the types of yarn usually package dyed. Various factors in favour of and against package dyeing are discussed and the costs of the process are compared with those of other dyeing methods. Several means of improving the financial competitiveness of package dyeing are discussed and areas for future expansion are identified. Finally, some thoughts regarding the package dyehouse of the future are given.


Subcultures produce many types of ephemera, and they often have linguistic conventions that accompany them. To those outside, words such as "minac," "egoboo," "annish," and "akicif " have little meaning, but they are all examples from a particular subculture's ephemeral publication that even goes by a name that is obscure: the apazine. What is an apazine, why are they increasingly important, and how is this type of ephemeral material made accessible? These questions can be answered by looking at how apazines developed and the characteristics of the subculture of science fiction fandom that created them. Message boards, listservs, and other ...


Some decisions must be made repeatedly and have consequences that change depending on how often each alternative is chosen. Such temporally extended decisions are pervasive and important, and often involve short-term/long-term tradeoffs. Can unrelated emotion and stress influence such decisions? In negative emotional states involving threats, people should favor what is better at the time regardless of possible long-term consequences. Supporting this hypothesis, in Experiment 1, college students randomly assigned to see aversive images repeatedly made choices that had better short-term but poorer long-term effects, and so earned less money than students shown neutral images, effect size r = .71. In Experiment 2, students reporting stress about impending exams showed a similar bias, r=.53.Thehypothesis and results are relevant to decision making, delay of gratification, distributed choice, and self-control.


The solid electrolytes of PESC-NaSCN polymer with were prepared with adding ZrO 2 powders of different contents and sizes. The effect of dispersed second phase particles on the electrical conductivity of PESC-NaSCN has been investigated. It is found that the conductivity of PESC-NaSCN is changed by the addition of DSPP. ZrO 2/PESC+NaSCN =0.30 , the maximum conductivity appears. When the size of ZrO 2 powders were 1.435 μm and 2.437 μm ,the conductivities were lower than that of pure sample. the size of ZrO 2 was 0.537 μm, the conductivity is higher than that of pure sample. The effect of DSPP on conductivities can be explained by the continuous pass model based on the space charge layer theory.


Isolated atrial septal defect (ASD) constitutes 7– 11% of all congenital cardiac defects and is the most prominent cause of chronic volume loading of the right heart (1). A long volume loading may cause right heart failure, arrhythmia, thromboembolic events, and pulmonary vascular obstructive disease (2-4). Therefore, the main aims of ASD closure procedures include restoring the volume load on the right heart and preventing the possible negative impacts that may result from the volume load. Several studies have shown that the surgical closure procedure is usually ineffective for correcting cardiac geometry (59). This case was reportedly associated with certain causes, such as the surgical technique, effects of pericardiectomy, and contagion of echocardiographic measurements from standard images due to the changing position of the heart. Percutaneous closure has become an alternative treatment method of treatment for secundumtype ASD (10-11). Percutaneous closure may be considered as a more objective method than surgery for assessing the effects of the closure procedure on cardiac restoration (12). The aim of the present study was to assess the effects of the ASD closure procedure on restoring the right heart in the shortand mid-term periods.


The authors have noticed an inadvertent error in our article, ''Patterns of Multimorbidity in Adults: An Association Rules Analysis Using the Korea Health Panel" [...].


Product Development value stream includes all the activities (value added and non-value added) for designing and developing a product. It is characterized by flow of knowledge that drives the decisions, and deals with how the product is conceptualized, architected and designed by the design teams. The intangible flow of knowledge is determined by knowledge value stream - which shapes how the raw concepts/ ideas flow into mature knowledge, how the knowledge is socialized, internalized, and how the knowledge impels the decisions in the product development value stream. For complex products, the design teams encounter significant challenges, such as uncertainty and variability, while making architecture and design decisions. This paper proposes a framework for knowledge value stream for complex product design and development, that encompasses knowledge cadence and learning cycles as its core elements, and incorporates rudiments for complex product design such as uncertainty, variability and perceptions. The framework advocates a phased model for deployment for maturing the knowledge value stream.


Re-taking from literary practices the attitude of critically reworking formal characteristics belonging to something previous, rewriting offers itself as a possible technique for transforming parts of the city. This approach makes it possible to prevent mimetic results, highlighting conversely the substantial texture of the city, selecting its exemplary elements. The rewriting intent breaks down the relationship between memory, as the object of the design action, and narrativity, which is the action that represents, through construction, the space of memory. In the proposed case studies of Aleppo and Mosul the relationship between memory and narrativity becomes a crucial issue for involving the context and its absences, giving the design proposals the interpretative capacity to confer values and new meanings to the city.


Public health is at risk due to the fact that enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) is becoming resistant to most antibiotics that demonstrates widespread misuse of antibiotics. The study was aimed at molecularly identify and perform plasmid curing with extracts of Morinda citrifolia (MC) and Xylopia aethiopica (XA) on multidrug resistant EHEC isolates that are obtained from some fecal and water samples in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. After isolation of E. coli, eleven (11) E. coli isolates were identified as EHEC. The Molecular Identification of seven (7) most resistant isolates using PCR confirmed 100% EHEC isolates. Of the 7 resistant EHEC isolates, the AmpC Gene and blaTEM Gene were detected in 71.4% and 42.9% respectively. Results of plasmid curing test revealed that the extracts of Xylopia aethiopica, Morinda citrifolia and Acridine Orange used as the control reduced the total percentage of multiple antibiotic resistant EHEC isolates from 35.61% to 10.61%, 18.18% and 16.67%, respectively. The extracts had the ability to cure plasmids, with X. aethiopica extract being the most successful against resistant EHEC isolates. In conclusion, this investigation revealed the genetic makeup of EHEC strains, detected their resistance genes and demonstrated the curing of the plasmids of resistant EHEC isolates found in fecal and water samples from the study area, both of which constitute a serious risk to public health.


Characteristics of vegetation index and climate variation in Maqu County and their correlationship were analyzed using multi-temporal NOAA AVHRR-NDVI data with 8 km resolution from 1982 to 2000 and daily meteorological data in the recent nearly 40 a.It is found that: the annual mean NDVI from 1982 to 2000 were all larger than 0.4.The vegetation was better in the 1990s than in the 1980s.The precipitation of Maqu in summer was the maximum and that in autumn was more than that in spring.The precipitation increased a little in the background that the average precipitation in the whole country is decreasing.Air temperature increased with a rate of 0.25 ℃\5(10a)-1.The correlation between ground temperature at 20 cm deep and NDVI was the best.In a certain depth range, the correlation between soil temperature and NDVI became better and better with increasing depth.The correlation between air temperature and NDVI was better than that between ground temperature at 5 cm deep and NDVI.The correlation between ground temperature at 0 cm deep and NDVI and between NDVI and precipitation were poor.


Abstract : This Version Description Document (VDD) contains a functional description of the Airnet Management, Command and Control (MCC) system, all modules in this release are identified by version number, a set of build instructions, installation procedures, identification of any known problems, release notes and any essential data relationships that are part of this 22 December 1992 release of the BDS-D Airnet MCC 1.0.0. Soldier in the loop simulators exist at the Aviation Test Bed (AVTB) located at Ft. Rucker, Alabama and the Close Combat Test Bed (CCTB) located at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. The simulators include Rotary Wing Aircraft (RWA, only at Ft. Rucker), M1 tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, Fixed Wing Aircraft (FWA), a Management, Command and Control system (MCC), Non Line of Sight Vehicle (NLOS, located at Ft. Knox only) , and, finally, a Semi-Automated Forces system (SAFOR). The Airnet MCC provides major enhancements to the next generation of Management, Command and Control system (MCC) simulations and develops reconfigurable simulators with improved visuals, sensor models. This version only exists at the AVTB.


In this paper, a mathematical framework for studying robust control over uncertain communication channels is introduced. The theory is developed by 1) Generalizing the classical information theoretic measures to the robust analogous, which are subject to uncertainty in the source and the communication channel, 2) Deriving a lower bound for the robust rate distortion, and 3) Finding a necessary condition on the communication blocks subject to uncertainty for reliable communication up to distortion level Dv. By invoking this mathematical framework, necessary conditions for uniform asymptotic observability and stabilizability are derived for the following uncertain plants controlled over uncertain communication channels. 1) A probabilistic uncertain plant defined via a relative entropy constraint and 2) A frequency domain uncertain plant defined via an H∞constraint.


This article was a paper for the conference "Understand the Own and the Other. Discussion with H. G. Gadamer", 1990, Heidelberg. It has been translated by the author from the original German text, who wishes it could be a memory of Gadamer, of his great mind and kind nature. The question discussed in this article is the significance of the notion "recognition" in the understanding of human relationship. The notion "recognition" or "acknowledgement" has to be distinguished from the notion "cognition" or "knowledge" because the former represents the normative sense that every one ought to treat all other persons as equally well as he does to himself. The other aspect is whether the recognition can also be valid for the understanding of the relationship between different cultures. With this as a starting-point, the article takes the linguistic theories of Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767~1835) under serious discussion including his interpretation of the Chinese language, i.e., the speech of the Han people.$$$$


The article analyzes the compact publications and texts from Polish periodicals about one of the most popular Polish writers of the interwar period – Stanislaw Wasylewski (1885–1953). In 2015, 130 years have passed since death of the creator, and the state of research on his life and work is still in considerable dispersion, and some selected issues are only partially studied, hence there is a need to gather and discuss so far published materials. The text discusses the few publications devoted to the writer in compact and press releases from years 1945–2015. The analysis shows that the profile of the writer, whose works are still being published, at the moment again is being ignored by the next generation of researchers. The largest number of articles devoted to this author was published just after the war and, above all, they were mostly the reports connected to the loud across the country process of collaboration. After the acquittal of Stanislaw Wasylewski of charges and his exclusion from the Union of Writers, for a long time he became forgotten, until late fifties, when re-editions of his works, and publication of new titles that he left were issued. Later, mainly thanks to the initiative of Jerzy Pośpiech, several articles devoted to Stanislaw Wasylewski were issued in the nineties and after 2000, but it is still not enough material for those interested in the life and work of one of the most acclaimed and widely read authors of the interwar period.


Learning how to read is essential to a child's development. However, existing educational literature suggests that children are reluctant to read because of a decrease of reading motivation and a loss of interest in books (Alter, 2014). Gamified learning supported by information and communication technologies has gained popularity in recent years and been viewed by educators as an effective tool to facilitate pre‐adolescent learning (Kapp, ). In the present study, gamified learning is studied in the local educational context. Through a recently developed gamified reading platform called Reading Battle, this study seeks to test the impacts of the platform on local primary students' reading experience. Adopting a mixed‐method approach, the study fulfilled its quantitative objective by inviting 39 students, 23 parents and 7 teachers to complete a 4‐point Likert‐scale questionnaire. On the other hand, the study's qualitative objective was met by inviting 37 students, 20 parents and 7 teachers to face‐to‐face interviews. Results show that Reading Battle helps foster active reading habits in student users, improve their academic performance, enhance their reading competence, and boost their reading motivation. These findings in turn shed light on the educational implications of gamified learning: 1. It promotes self‐regulated learning; and 2. It has aided both teachers and students to actualise the learning outcomes of their curriculum.


OBJECTIVE
To investigate the changes in the m6A methylation modification profile of human periodontal ligament cells (hPDLCs) in response to inflammatory conditions.

BACKGROUND
Periodontitis is an infectious disease of the periodontal support tissue that leads to the loss of alveolar bone. HPDLCs are primary cells that can repair periodontal tissue defects caused by periodontitis. However, the inflammatory conditions induce inflammatory damage and decrease ossification of hPDLCs. This inflammatory response depends on genetic and epigenetic mechanisms, including m6A methylation.

METHODS
HPDLCs were cultured with osteogenic induction medium (NC group), while TNF-α (10 ng/mL) and IL-1β (5 ng/mL) were added to simulate inflammatory conditions (Inflam group). Then RNA-seq and MeRIP-seq analyses were performed to identify m6A methylation modification in the transcriptome range of hPDLCs.

RESULTS
The results showed that the osteogenic differentiation of hPDLCs was inhibited under inflammatory conditions. RNA-seq analysis also revealed that the decreased genes in response to inflammatory conditions were primarily annotated in processes associated with ossification. Compared with the NC group, differentially m6A-methylated genes were primarily enriched in histone modification processes. Among 145 histone modification genes, 25 genes have been reported to be involved in the regulation of osteogenic differentiation, and they include KAT6B, EP300, BMI1, and KDMs (KDM1A, KDM2A, KDM3A, KDM4B, and KDM5A).

CONCLUSION
This study demonstrated that the m6A landscape of hPDLCs was changed in response to inflammation. M6A methylation differences among histone modification genes may act on the osteogenic differentiation of hPDLCs.


Structure-activity relationships gained by studying catalysts at work are considered the key to further development of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a wellestablished technique to study catalytic reactions, since it can monitor chemical states of both crystalline and X-ray amorphous structures even in gas phase, liquid phase or at high pressure. However, spatial variation of the structure within a catalytic reactor has hardly been investigated up to now. Here, we report on 2D-mapping of the structure of a heterogeneous catalyst using an X-ray camera for acquisition of X-ray absorption images. As title reaction, the partial oxidation of methane over Rh/Al2O3 was studied, which is a promising reaction for the production of hydrogen from natural gas. The X-ray camera was installed behind the micro-reactor and 170 X-ray absorption images were taken around the Rh K-edge. This allowed reconstructing the full Rh K-edge XANES spectrum at each location in the reactor. The results uncovered tremendous changes of the structure of the Rh particles along the catalyst bed within less than 100 μm. This method should also be suitable for spatially resolved structural investigations in other areas such as materials science, environmental science, electrocatalysis, and sensor technology.


The aim of this paper is to investigate the syntactic structure of the so-called transparent relative clause. What in the standard free relative...


Optimization of building thermal control is possible through the application of Model Predictive Control (MPC), which calculates the optimal command from the minimization of a cost function. However, the use of the classical cost function has several downsides when it is used for thermal control. Therefore, in this paper it is proposed a new cost function for MPC. By using the proposed function, the controller assures thermal comfort in the building with minimal energy consumption. This controller is tested for an intermittently heated residential building, but it also can be used for office buildings.


Abstract The determination and separation of enantiomers is an interesting and important topic of research in various fields, e.g., biochemistry, food science, pharmaceutical industry, environment, etc. Although these compounds possess identical physicochemical properties, a pair of enantiomers often has different pharmacological, toxicological, and metabolic activities. For this reason, chiral discrimination by using chromatographic and electromigration techniques has become an urgent need in the pharmaceutical field. This review intends to offer the "state of the art" about the separation of chiral antifungal drugs and several related precursors by both liquid and gas chromatography, as well as electromigration methods. This overview is organized into two sections. The first one describes general considerations on chiral antifungal drugs. The second part deals with the main analytical methods for the enantiomeric discrimination of these drugs, including a brief description of chiral selectors and stationary phases. Moreover, many recent applications attesting the great interest of analytical chemists in the field of enantiomeric separation are presented.


Medicinal plant Dolichos biflorus L. used in traditional medicine is well known for its healing properties. Its seeds are majorly used in treatment of various ailments besides used as tonic, astringent, and diuretic. The main purpose of this study is Sodium Chromate (Na2Cro4) contamination in water, soil and plants is a serious health problem throughout the world. We studied the effect of aqueous solutions of 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 and 3.0 % Sodium Chromate on seed germination and seedling growth of D. biflorus at the end of 20days of treatment, significant reduction in root length, shoot length, seedling length, Rooting length/ shoot length ratio (cm) and fresh weight, % of germination were observed at increasing Chromate concentration. Response of D.biflorus varied on all growth parameters viz root, shoot, seedling length, dry weight and root / shoot ratio. There was also reducing rate of seed germination of D. biflorus with all treatment of chromium was recorded. The treatment of chromium at 3% produced significant 2.4 cm length of plant with effects on root, shoot and seedling length of D. biflorus as compared to control. The reduction in the seedling dry weight of D. biflorus at 3% of Sodium chromate was reduced and was more prominent with the increase in concentration at 3% of Sodium Chromate treatments. Tolerance indices and seedling vigor index of 3% for chromium treatment decreased with the increase in chromium concentration in the substrate as compared to control. More reduction in seedling tolerance and seedling vigor indices percentage of D. biflorus was recorded at 1.0 % for chromium treatment. There was further reduction in seedling vigor and tolerance indices of D. biflorus at 3% of Sodium chromate concentration as compared to control.


The loess‐paleosol‐red clay sequence in the Chinese Loess Plateau has attracted attention for its potential in recording late Cenozoic climatic changes over northern China, although the details of the climatic implications of the proxies (for example, magnetic susceptibility) and the reconstructed summer monsoon changes remain unclear. Here we report on a new section from Baishui, in Gansu province and compare it with the Lingtai and Jingchuan sections. By correlating the magnetic susceptibility from these sections, we show that there is a clear systematic decrease of the magnetic susceptibility in the red clay deposits from the southeast (Lingtai section) to the northwest (Baishui section). This result suggests that the climatic parameters (probably precipitation) had a decreasing northwestward gradient during the red clay deposition. This climatic pattern is similar to the present condition, implying that the influence of the East Asian summer monsoon on the Chinese Loess Plateau has persisted from at least 6 Ma.


There is strong interest in improving the environmental stability of hybrid perovskite solar cells while maintaining high efficiency. Here, we solve this problem by using epilayers of a wide-band-gap 1D lead iodide perovskitoid structure, based on a short organic cation, namely, thiazole ammonium (TA) in the form of lead iodide (TAPbI3). The 1D capping layer serves to passivate three-dimensional (3D) perovskite films, which promotes charge transport, improves carrier lifetime, and prevents iodide ion migration of the 3D (MA,FA)PbI3 film (MA = methylammonium, FA = formamidinium). Furthermore, the corresponding device achieved considerable efficiency and better environmental stability than the -based analogue, delivering a champion PCE value of 18.97% while retaining 92% of this efficiency under ambient conditions in air for 2 months. These findings suggest that utilization of a 1D perovskitoid is an effective strategy to improve the environmental stability of 3D-based perovskite solar cell devices maintain...


The papers in this issue of Practicing Anthropology are dedicated to the memory of Delmos Jones for the challenge that he presented several years ago to those of us who are involved in the training of anthropologists at the Master's level. He offered this challenge while serving as a discussant on a session at the 1995 meetings of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) that had been organized by a group of anthropologists trained at the Master's level. These anthropologists were wrestling with the difficulty of differentiating the knowledge and skills that they brought to their jobs from the contributions of their co-workers who were graduates of other disciplines and professions. Professor Jones commented that this was a weakness of those trained with in Master's programs in applied anthropology, and he argued that such programs did not have the time in the one or two years that was needed to complete them to adequately provide students with the necessary training in ethnographic research methods...


Through the relation between the reaction rate and the concentration of substrate, the determinate Michaelis constant Km of the polyphenol oxidase (PPO) of barley was 1.89×10-3mol/L. Utilizing the double factors general experiment to determine the optimal assay conditions and the optimal conditions are as followings: the temperature 80℃ and pH 8.4, the enzyme solution 5 ml, reaction for 4 min, 450 nm absorption wave length. In the boiling stabilization aspect, treating 9 min can effectively inhibit the activity of PPO. According to the results as before, the activity of PPO was determined during the germination of barley by spectrometry.


Volume changes on mixing of binary liquid mixtures of methylcyclohexane with chlorobenzene, nitrobenzene, benzonitrile, and cyclohexanone have been measured as a function of composition at 303.15 and 313.15 K wit use of a dilatometer. The excess volumes are positive over the entire range of composition for chlorobenzene and change sign from negative to positive, with increasing methylcyclohexane concentration, for the remaining systems


The potential of Indonesia's CPO production to deliver Indonesia as the largest producer and exporter of palm oil world. In addition to meeting the needs of domestic CPO, the resulting output is also allocated to the fulfillment of export to the destination country. In this research study has several objectives. The purpose of these studies include: (1) analyze the factors that affect the performance of Indonesia's CPO exports; (2) analyze the factors that influence the production and consumption of edible oils Indonesia; (3) analyze the impact of the export tax policy on CPO export behavior, production, and consumption of cooking oil in Indonesia. For research methods, all equations show that all results are overidentified. Thus the analysis performed in this study using econometric models with a system of simultaneous equations (2SLS), which includes the supply and demand behavior analysis and model validation. The results of the analysis showed that Indonesia's CPO export is affected significantly by the world price of CPO, the CPO export tax policy and Indonesia's CPO exports in the previous year. Meanwhile, exports of Malaysian palm oil and the exchange rate does not influence on Indonesian CPO exports. Domestic production of cooking oil significantly affected by Indonesia's CPO export, oil palm plantations and edible oil production in the previous year. Meanwhile, the domestic price of cooking oil and the real wages of labor does not influence on the domestic production of edible oil. Meanwhile, domestic consumption of edible oil is influenced significantly by the domestic price of cooking oil, cooking oil domestic production and domestic consumption of edible oil in the previous year. Meanwhile, the domestic price of coconut oil and the national income does not influence on the domestic consumption of oil. And based on the results of the simulation results of the impact of an increase in CPO export tax policies lead to lower CPO export import oil. Moreover, increased domestic production of cooking oil, cooking oil domestic consumption and price of palm cooking oil.


Trigonometric regression is widely used in medical sciences, biology and engineering. In this paper, we develop the optimal designs for trigonometric model with cosines terms only on partial symmetry cycle using canonical moments.


The soy bean, sometimes incorrectly called the soja bean, has attracted attention from time to time as an article of diet for Americans and Europeans, but the attention has been ephemeral and but few if any attempts have been made to place the bean on a practical scientific basis as an article of diet. The composition of this bean and the facts that it is free from starch and of high protein content led me to try it as an article of food for young children and infants, and a preliminary report was made before the American Pediatric Society 1 in May, 1909. The high protein content of this bean, about 25 per cent., probably accounts in part for the small amount of other nitrogenous food taken by the Chinese and Japanese, as the soy beans, and articles of diet made from them, are used in nearly every


Traditional design techniques result in excess material being required for ellipsoidal heads. The 2001 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section VIII Division 1, UG-32D and Section VIII Division 2, AD-204 limit the minimum design thickness of the heads. ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Case 2261 provides alternate equations that enable thinner head design thickness. VIII-2 Appendix 3 and 4 methods potentially could be used to further optimize the head thickness. All the equations in the code use one thickness for the entire head. On large diameter thin heads the center or spherical area is often thicker than the knuckle area due to the method of manufacture. Including this extra material in the design calculations results in an increase of the MAWP of large diameter thin heads. VIII-2, AD-200 of the code permits localized thinning in a circumferential band in a cylindrical shell. Applying these same rules to elliptical heads would permit thinning in the knuckle region as well. Engineers have powerful finite element analysis tools that can be used to accurately determine levels of plastic strain and plastic deformed shapes. It is proposed that VIII-2 Appendix 4 and 5 methods be permitted for the design of elliptical heads. Doing so would permit significant decreases in thickness requirements. Different methods of Plastic Finite Element Analysis (PFEA) are investigated. An analysis of a PVRC sponsored burst test is done to develop and verify the PFEA methods. Two designs based on measurements of actual vessels are analyzed to determine the maximum allowable working pressures (MAWP) for thick and thin heads with and without local thin regions. MAWP is determined by limit analysis, per VIII-2 4-136.3 and by two other proposed methods. Using Burst FEA, the calculated burst pressure is multiplied by a safety factor to obtain MAWP. Large deflection large strain elastic perfectly plastic limit analyses (LDLS EPP LL) method includes the beneficial effect of deformations when determining the maximum limit pressure. Elliptical heads become more spherical during deformation. The spherical shape has higher pressure restraining capabilities. An alternate design equation for elliptical heads based on the LDLS EPP LL calculations is also proposed.Copyright © 2002 by ASME


The description of the design principles of computer-aided panoramic vector-analyzer based on the standard P2-60...P2-69 series meter and PC is given. The basic metrological characteristics are presented.


Due to the popularity of Windows Live Messenger, many answering bots based on Windows Live Messenger were developed for different purposes. However, most answering bots are developed for product promotion or act as information providers. Few of them are used for e-learning. In this thesis, we introduce the development of our answering bot : JT-Bot. JT-Bot, a bot acts as the role of teaching assistant for Java course, is also developed based on Windows Live Messenger. It provides various functions, such as basic conversations, sharing jokes, slides download, simulated SCJP test, and etc. To improve the answering accuracy and enriching the knowledge base of JT-Bot, we adopt two techniques to analyze the semantics of the conversation, the vector cosine similarity comparison and the ontology based AIML searching. For the basic conversation, we compute the vector cosine similarity for each question sentence in our conversation database to the input question sentence, and then the answer with respect to the question with maximum similarity is responded. Besides, we use the tree structure of AIML to represent the knowledge of Java language. When the input question is about Java language, the keywords of this question are used to search the desired classification according to the AIML-based tree structure, and then the build-in answer of the class is responded. JT-Bot has two major advantages: JT-Bot makes e-learing out of class anytime and anywhere, with playfulness, which would enhance the learning motivation of the students. Moreover, JT-Bot can help teachers and TA reducing their teaching load and increasing the teaching performance. Based on our experiments, JT-Bot's answering accuracy is about 70%. Our future work is to increase the answering accuracy of JT-Bot and to make it having the ability of auto-learning.


Objective In this study, we evaluated the toxicity and clinical efficacy of nivolumab, a programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) inhibitor, on patients with platinum resistant ovarian cancer. Methods Every second week, 18 patients with platinum resistance ovarian cancer received nivolumab until disease progression occurred. We assessed toxicity, disease control rate, progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Radiological response evaluation according to irRECIST was performed every 12th week, while clinical evaluation was done every second week. Results The disease control rate was 44% (95% confidence interval [CI]=19–87) as 8 showed stable disease, 6 showed progressive disease and 4 died before the first radiological response evaluation. The median OS was 30 weeks (95% CI=14–42; range, 3–95), and PFS was 15 weeks (95% CI=13–17). The median follow-up time was 30 weeks (range, 3–123). The rate of grade 2–5 adverse events was 28% (5 out of 18). Two patients (11%) developed grade 2 and 3 adverse events, respectively, while no grade 4 events were observed. One patient died from intestinal perforation, believed to be caused by concomitant bevacizumab rather than nivolumab. Conclusion This study shows few adverse events, and promising clinical efficacy when using nivolumab for ovarian cancer.


IEC61850 is a international standard about the data and communicationssubstation of the substations comprehensive automated systems. It anelysed the technical features of IEC61850, the relevant provisions of substations structure and the function description, and the content of the IEC61850 system, and brought out the protection schemes. In the last, a true instance is introduced.


: Finding lies is important in many places, such as airport security, police investigations, anti-terrorism, etc. The only way to find out is to identify the face short speeches, which are short, unrelated expressions displayed on people's faces when they try to hide or suppress emotions. Manual measurement of micro-expressions by hard work is time-consuming and inaccurate. Small facial expressions, body language as well Speech analysis is a powerful tool for Lie detection. Facial micro-expressions are an impossible participatory response that is impossible to lie. Liars experience pressure that manifests itself as body language indicators and oral indicators. Small facial expressions are found and known based on Paul Ekman's research using Key Analysis. This paper proposes a non-invasive and economically friendly method to detect lies from people seen as a threat to society.


T h e ( E s o p h a g u s . . . . . . . . 760 R E V I E W O F B O O K . . . . . . . . . 761 O B I T U A R Y : W i l l i a m S m i t h S y m e , M . D . E d i n . , F . R . F . P . & S . ( G l a s . ) , F . R . S . E . 762 L E T T E R T O T H E E D I T O R S . . . . . . . 764 G E N E R A L N O T E S . . . . . . . . . 766 CENTRAL LONDON THROAT, NOSE, AND EAR HOSPITAL GRAY'S INN JROAD (Near King's Cross Stations) DAILY CLINICS. LECTURES ON FRIDAYS, 4 p.m. OVER 11,000 NEW PATIENTS LAST YEAR. 50,000 ATTENDANCES. IN-PATIENT DEPARTMENT, 49 BEDS. In-Patient Operations Daily. SPECIAL INTENSIVE COURSE OF LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS (including Operative Surgery Course; Peroral Endoscopy Class and Pathology Class, especially suitable for D.L.O. Students), in co-operation with the Fellowship of Medicine, twice yearly—May and October. COURSE IN METHODS OF EXAMINATION & DIAGNOSIS at frequent Intervals. SURGEONS Dr ANDREW WYLIK Mr NICOL RANKIN Dr DAN MCKENZIE Mr ARCHER RYLAND Mr HAROLD KISCH Mr F. W. WATKYN-THOMAS ASSISTANT SURGEONS Mr C. GILL-CAREY Mr ARMOUR BROWN Mr J. D. MCLAGGAN CLINICAL ASSISTANTS Are appointed from among those duly qualified gentlemen who have been enrolled as Post-Grsduate Students of the Hospital. FEES For at tendance on the practice of the Hospital— Three months . . 5 guineas | Six months . . . . 8 guineas Special Intensive Course.— Clinical Course, £$, 5s., Operative Surgery, £"], 7s., Endoscopy, £6, 6s., Pathology, £^ 4s. Further particulars on application to ARCHER RYLAND, F.R.C.S.Ed., JOHN H. YOUNG, Dean. Secretary.


Using the adaptive filtering by selection of the parameter weights method,we study on the low dynamic precise point positioning solution method,and compile the precise point positioning program. Through the reasonable selection of adaptive factor parameter,the ship dynamic GPS measurements are processed after PPP treatment. The results showed that: compared to the classical Calman filter method,the adaptive filtering by selection of the parameter weights method can greatly improve the accuracy of the solution of low dynamic PPP with X,Y and Z directional RMS increasing by 79.9% 、69.7% and 92.0% respectively.


Objective
To comparatively analyze the feasibility, safety and clinical efficacy of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) vs. laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in treatment of obesity combined with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods
The retrospetive cross-sectional study was conducted. The clinical data of 48 patients who underwent surgical treatment in our hospital between January 2014 and June 2017 were collected. Twenty patients were given LRYGB and 28 patients LSG. All the patients were followed up for 1 year. The surgical and postoperative recovery situations, the effect of weight reduction and hypoglycemic effect were compared between the two groups.

Results
The operations were performed successfully on 48 patients, without conversion to open surgery. There were no postoperative complications (anastomotic leak, bleeding and stenosis, etc) and perioperative deaths. As compared with LRYGB group, operation time, time of postoperative gastrointestinal function recovery, time of out of bed and duration of hospital stay were significantly shortened, and volume of intraoperative blood loss was significantly reduced in LSG group (P 0.05 for all). The remission rate of T2DM at 12th month postoperatively was 90% in LRYGB group and 92.86% in LSG group, with an effective rate of 100.0%. Moreover, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups (P>0.05).

Conclusion
Both LRYGB and LSG are safe and effective in the treatment of obesity combined with T2DM, with a good short-term outcome and similar clinical effect. The LSG can be considered as a priority operation for its simple procedure and quick postoperative recovery.

Key words:
Obesity; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; Sleeve gastrectomy; Clinical efficacy; Laparoscope


Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum grandiflora Tzvelev) is highly amenable for tissue culture. Studies were taken up at the Tissue Culture unit of the Horticultural College so as to standardize micropropagation protocols from ray florets of Chrysanthemum. The experiments revealed that the survival percentage was maximum when ray floret explants of cv. Ravi Kiran were exposed to 0.1% mercuric chloride for 2 minutes. The best response of ray florets with respect to culture establishment, shoot initiation and proliferation was obtained with BAP 2.0 mg-1 which took minimum number of days for shoot initiation (10.50 days). The number of shoots proliferated per culture from ray florets at different stages of sub culturing was highest with BAP 2.0 mg−1 (20.50 ± 0.94). For micro shoot elongation GA3 0.1 mg−1 recorded the maximum response and maximum length of shoot. The number of roots was highest with IAA 1.0 mg−1 + IBA 1.0 mg−1 which also produced the longest roots. Among the growing media used for hardening of plantlets, the survival was significantly highest in sand. Among the various hardening environments studied, placing plantlets covered with punched polythene (25μ) sleeves in under mist chamber excelled.


This research paper makes an overall comparison between Gao Xingjian's One Man's Bible and Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being in order to demonstrate that both of the works aim to examine how individuals seek their own identity and sooth themselves during times of chaos; my emphasis will be on how both protagonists gradually establish their identity through ostensibly libertine lifestyles and how both writers' representations of women are free of misogyny, and how the female characters are imbued with a strength as vigorous as the male characters. This paper begins with a biographical introduction background to these two internationally acclaimed writers and to their importance in twentieth-century literature. The similarities in their own experiences contribute to the similarities in their works, especially in One Man's Bible and The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Chapter 2 discusses how the protagonists seek their identities through sexual relationships with women. Chapter 3 and 4 demonstrate how the female characters find their identities, and how Gao and Kundera see women and feminism as reflected in the novels. Chapter 5 examines the novels' philosophical ideas. I will elaborate on each writer's own literary theories exhibited in these two novels with references to their theoretical writings. Eventually, I will come to a conclusion that both One Man's Bible and The Unbearable Lightness of Being are examples of those singular pieces of art where literature and philosophy coexist, because of their detachment from any political ideology and most importantly their concern for human beings in general.


With the development of technology, a simple data analysis can't satisfy daily management needs of enterprises and organizations any more. The advent of big data technique brings in an enormous innovation on the traditional analysis mode of data management. The paper conducts a brief analysis on basic conception, treatment scheme and related techniques of big data, applies big data idea to design delicacy management system for college students, and from the perspective of theory, proposes design thought that conforms to big data idea from technological base of the system, ways of data sources, data integration process, analysis model design and key problems of system design, etc.


This paper presents the results of measurements of unsteady propeller shaft forces of a contra-rotating propeller (CRP) operating behind a ship in both model and full scales. Further, unsteady propeller shaft forces were calculated by a lifting surface theory and compared with the results of the measurements. It was found that the calculated propeller shaft forces were in good agreement with the experiments. Further, propeller shaft forces of the CRP measured in full scale coincided well with those predicted from the model experiments.


A cross sectional study at Upazilla Health Complex, Savar, Dhaka for prescription analysis and assessment of drug dispensing in 30 patients revealed that the average number of drugs prescribed per encounter was 2.33. About 44.28% drugs were prescribed by generic names and 61.42% of them were from the essential drug list. 24.28% encounters included use of antibiotics. Average consultation and dispensing time was 2.26 min and 1.18 min, respectively. 30% patients knew the correct dosage of drugs. 66.67% drugs were available in the hospital stock.


The current study was undertaken to identify economic variables that could be identified as influential in new business formations and failures. Monthly formations and failures for each state, summed by regions and the entire USA, as reported by Dun & Bradstreet, are used. The time period is from January, 1980 to October, 1991.


Talk about being in the right place at the right time. It all began in 1966 while I was working in public health endeavours in the far Sechura desert region located at 4 degrees below the equator at Chulucanas, Piura, Peru. Chulucanas is 1030 km (629 miles) north of Lima, and 7 km in from the old Panamericana highway. Chulucanas began as an ancient habitational site of the Vicus culture dated 600 BC. Subsequent occupations enveloped the valley, that is: Chimu Tallan - 1200 AD; Chimu - Lambayeque - 1400 AD, blackware; Inca-Lambayeque > 1532 AD, engobe/Ablackware Spanish conquest from 1532 A D.


Statistics of three thousand nine hundred and eighty cases of excisions of the hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow and wrist, are here presented in a vol  ume of six hundred and seventy-two pages. The collection, tabulation


This paper introduces the Special Issue on Argumentation Technologies, with a discussion of the role of argumentation in modern computing, and identification of the challenges which must be met before the widespread deployment of argumentation