ABSTRACT We centrally consider the question of what interview data can be used to 'say' through a dialogue with advocates of the 'radical critique' of interview studies. We propose that while the critique has considerable utility in drawing to 'the social life of interviews' and the pervasiveness of notions of the 'romantic subject', it simultaneously goes too far in its reduction of interviews to narrative performance, and not far enough in its own critical departure from core characteristics of the romantic subject. We show how the critique leaves intact imagery of a seemingly unbridgeable divide between the experienced and the expressed, and involves a related conflation of what can be said at interview with what interviews can be used to say. We explore how the radical critique might productively be built upon via more 'synthetic' forms of research engagement, outlining alternative modes of apprehending interview data through a further critical departure from the romantic subject. Accordingly, we advance a move beyond a sole engagement with questions of how data are constructed and produced and towards how such data might otherwise be used to speak about the social world beyond the social nexus that constitutes an interview encounter.


Metallic molybdates are of great importance for their potential use as catalysts of selective nature. The synthesis of the β-NiMoO4 phase is not simple and has been approached employing different methods; however, combustion synthesis has never been proposed before. This work describes the synthesis of nanometric β-NiMoO4 powders from mixtures of Ni (II) and Mo (VI) acetylacetonates as cation precursors and urea as fuel. The characterization of the as-prepared combustion product showed that the combustion synthesis provides a straightforward method for the achievement of β-NiMoO4. This phase, prepared by this method, is stable at room temperature in the absence of NiO. The as-prepared powders are nanometric (∼6 nm as observed by TEM) and have a specific surface area of 31 ± 7 m2/g. Both parameters are crucial for an enhancement of its catalyst activity. As the β-NiMoO4 phase is not stable at room temperature its preparation is discussed taking into account its evolution with temperature and the synthesis ...


For the period 1979-1983 104 patients were treated for Hodgkin's Disease; 60 of them were considered as those, with favorable prognosis and 44 with unfavorable, according to their perfomance status, including age, stage, histologic type and ESR-test. Patients were randomized into groups either for radiotherapy alone or radiotherapy plus chemotherapy. Both treatment modalities were effected in "non-aggressive" way for favorable group or in "aggressive" way for the group.with unfavorable prognosis. Complete remission was obtained in 103 (99%) of patients. In the favorable and unfavorable groups 5-year survival rate was 98 and 88 % with 80 and 68 % of patients free of disease. Combined treatment versus radiotherapy alone proved to be beneficial in both groups, providing prolongation of disease-free interval: 88 and 61 % (p


In this paper, we present a microfluidic system to produce micrometer-size collagen hydrogel particles. Aqueous droplets containing collagen molecules were generated in the continuous phase of a polar organic solvent at a microchannel junction, and then, collagen molecules were concentrated by the dehydration of the droplets. The collagen molecules in the shrunk droplets were chemically cross-linked, forming collagen hydrogel particles with sizes of 10~20 !m. As a biological application of the obtained particles, heterogeneous spheroids made of cells and magnetic beads-incorporated collagen particles were formed by incubating them in non-adhesive hydrogel microwells, and the formed cell-particle complexes were manipulated and recovered by applying a magnetic field. The presented collagen particles would be useful as functional materials for cell manipulation and tissue engineering applications.


Short-answer questions offer a method to evaluate whether students have acquired a domain of knowledge. Because it is very time-consuming to evaluate the answer of the questions, many automatic scoring methods have been proposed. However, most of these models require large quantities of training data. This study proposes a method for automatic creation of a concept map based on small quantities of corpora. The concept map verified by experts is available and reliable. In addition, this study proposes a method to score the correctness of students' answers to short-answer questions using a machine-generated concept map. The preliminary experiment shows that the correctness of scoring results of the proposed method is close to that of the BERT-based model. Since the proposed method does not require large quantities of training data, it is suitable for the instruction system only using low-resource corpora.


Aim: To assess the correlation between pathological and radiological findings in patients with pure bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC). Materials and Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the pathological and radiological findings in patients with pure BAC. Results: We reviewed the case records, pathological specimens, and computer files of 26 patients with a pathologic diagnosis of pure BAC during a 3-year period. There was a statistically significant relationship between pathological and radiological findings (X2 = 15.143, P = 0.004). There was a correlation between mucinous pathology and diffuse pattern, as well as between non-mucinous pathology and solitary nodule/mass/cavitation. A statistically significant relationship between lymphocytic infiltration of the tumor and radiological findings was not observed (X2 = 10.057, P = 0.122). A statistically significant relationship between the presence of sclerosis and radiological findings was observed (X2 = 6.229, P = 0.044). In the presence of sclerosis, solitary nodule/ mass/cavitation radiological findings were seen more frequently. Conclusions: A diffuse radiological pattern was correlated with BAC mucinous subtype, while solitary nodule/mass/cavitation was correlated with non-mucinous pathology and the presence of sclerosis; however, we could not define a 100% relationship between them. In order to understand the biological nature of the disease, additional molecular and genetic studies are required.


W e dedicated our book "to the women on whose shoulders we stand," so we appreciate that the thoughtful respondents tackled Notorious RBG in that same intergenerational spirit. "Crucially, despite the fame of these two icons," Catharine Stimpson writes, "these books are about the need to honor one's debts and to rebuke any crude sense of entitlement" (790). Indeed, as we celebrated the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who herself has a finely tuned sense of giving credit, we were conscious of those debts. We recognize that we risk the problem of the single story in celebrating one woman, who is singular but who has always seen herself as part of a movement. Or, as Sady Doyle notes, "though Steinem and Ginsburg both insisted on working with feminists of color, it's their names—the names of white, professionally successful women—that we remember" (788). We intended in our book to add a few names for readers to remember and to situate RBG, and the book itself, within a larger history and movement. Some of that was done by highlighting the ways in which progress for women was not equally shared and writing back into history the women who shaped it. Our time line includes the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment but also highlights its unfilled promise of suffrage for all women. It was


cDNA library construction and screen is one of the important methods of gene cloning.Up to date,it is basic tool of finding new genes and researching gene function.Target genes can be selected from cDNA library,and used to analyze the expression of the genes.Cloned fragments from classical cDNA library is short.However,full-length cDNA library can provide the full imformation of mRNAs and their relevant gene structure.The normalized cDNA library can increase the opportunity of selecting the mRNA with low expression.Subtractive library has the important significance in researching gene differential expression of tissues at different periods.To some extent,the solid phase DNA library enhances the efficiency and the quality of constructed cDNA library. The paper mainly explains basic principles,several methods of cDNA library construction,and their advantages and disadvantages.


The article critically examines the periodization of nationalism as an ideology and political practice, shows that the steps of activation of nationalism coincide with sharp upheavals in social life. The authors conclude that the renaissance of nationalism started in the last quarter of the 20th century and was the result of many processes. They were changes in the political image of the world after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the intensification of the processes of globalization and migration, converting previously predominantly mono-ethnic states in the multi-ethnic ones and aspirations of non-dominant ethnic groups to acquire statehood.


We study the free energy landscape defined by associating to each point in the interior of the ball the free energy corresponding to a thin spherical band around it. This landscape is closely related to several fundamental objects from spin glass theory. For example, the pure states in the decomposition proved by Talagrand (2010) concentrate on bands corresponding to points on the sphere of radius $\sqrt{N q_\star}$ which asymptotically maximize the free energy, where $q_\star$ it the rightmost point in the support of the overlap distribution. The ultrametricity property proved by Panchenko (2013) defines a tree whose branching points have the same property with $q<q_\star$. We prove that each of those points $\boldsymbol{\sigma}$, either a center of a pure state or a branching point, also asymptotically minimizes the (extended) Hamiltonian over the sphere of radius $\| \boldsymbol{\sigma} \|$.
By computing the values of the free energy landscape at the points above, we derive a TAP formula for the free energy for any $q\in(0,q_\star]$ in the support of the overlap distribution. The formula depends on the free energy of an explicit (deterministic) mixture corresponding to the restriction of the Hamiltonian to an appropriate band and a ground state energy. For $q=q_\star$ and large $\beta$, the latter free energy has a trivial (replica symmetric) expression.
We also obtain bounds on the support of the overlap distribution at positive temperature in terms of the overlap distribution of the restriction of the Hamiltonian to the sphere of radius $\sqrt{N q_\star}$, in the $0$-temperature limit. Those bounds generalize to overlaps of samples from the system at two different temperatures. The latter is used to prove that temperature chaos cannot be detected at the level of free energies, for a class of models arising in the work of Chen and Panchenko (2017).


Background: In many countries, the need for physical therapists to use standardized measures has been recognizedand is recommended in clinical practice guidelines. A lack of follow up of international standards in daily practicemay hamper rehabilitation services.Objective: his study was carried out to assess the need for physical therapists to use standardized measuresrecognized internationally in clinical practices. Aim of our study was to investigate the Physiotherapy standardpracticed by physical therapists in tertiary care hospitals in Peshawar.Methods: To get a complete and valid overview of Physiotherapy standards, a checklist of modified AustralianPhysiotherapy standards were used. A facility based survey was conducted to evaluate the physiotherapy services inthe hospitals having physiotherapy departments in Peshawar against each standard.Results: Results indicated that overall core standards adopted by the tertiary care hospital are 63.4%. The riskmanagement and patient information system is 0% in these hospitals. The overall equitable services are available butwhere less than 30% score is achieved from this study.Conclusion: It was observed that lack of use of these international standards in daily practice may hamperrehabilitation services. It was seen that the facilities available in Peshawar falls into an average standard whichneeds enhancement to provide standard Physiotherapy services.Keywords: Physiotherapy, Electrotherapy, Manual therapy, Health Education, Physical Therapists, Rehabilitation


The object of this study was three-fold: (1) To analyse the factors which prompted patients to attend the 'Special Clinic' of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, and so to determine the relative importance of symptoms in patients of both sexes. (2) To judge the effect of venereal disease propa-ganda, health education, and contact-tracing in bringing to the clinic patients in whom symptoms were absent or ignored. (3) To compare histories from women with gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, or both infections, to discover the extent to which symptoms prompted attendance, and to judge whether the reasons for attendance would give a valid means of assessing the overall severity of symptoms from each type of infection.


Orthogonal design method was used to set sample plots of Phyllostachys pubescens in the hilly area of central Hunan.Data of 1 302 samples of bamboo were collected.And the relationship between weight and diameter at breast height,weight and length were analyzed.A regression equation of one variable,W=aDb,was used to work out the weight table of one variable of bamboo,and a regression equation of two variables,W=dDeHf,was used to work out the weight table of two variables of bamboo.Through examining,the schedule accuracy and practicable accuracy of the weight tables were over 90%,which indicated that the tables were applicable in the hilly area of central Hunan.


In the present paper the essential features of the kinetics of ${\mathrm{Eu}}^{2+}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${\mathrm{Mn}}^{2+}$ energy transfer in NaCl, NaBr, and KCl have been reexamined in terms of a model in which both the europium and manganese ions are treated as two-energy-level systems. The rate equations describing the time evolution of the excited-state populations of the ${\mathrm{Eu}}^{2+}$ and ${\mathrm{Mn}}^{2+}$ ions were solved for continuous excitation to give the ratio for the number of europium ions which are paired with the manganese ions and the total concentration of europium in the crystal. The result obtained is smaller than that previously reported although it still indicates the strong tendency for the Eu and Mn ions to form close pairs in the sodium halide lattices.


At the publication of this study, a better classification system was needed to describe fractures and fracture dislocations of the proximal humerus. In particular, it was important to identify patients who may not respond satisfactorily to conservative treatment, so careful thought could be given to the course of treatment, based on the actual pattern of the fracture. Such a system also could help establish treatment guidelines in the future for similar cases. Furthermore, an objective grading system for the outcome of treatment was sought, so that long-term outcomes reported by different physicians could be reliably and consistently compared.


Emerging mega-integration blocs, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, are evolving outside of the World Trade Organization's influence. Their most contested features are their investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) systems. This article considers basic features of the ISDS system, the expansion in the number of ISDS cases and the privileged place of corporations vis-a-vis citizens in the law-making process. The arcane private corporation-friendly ISDS system is beyond reparation and it needs to be scrapped. The existing court systems in the self-assured democracies of Europe, North America and Australia are sufficient.


with the boundary conditions u → 0 asx → ±∞. Using Lax operator formalism [6] and inverse scattering [19], [20], T. C. Au-Yeung, C.Au, and P. C. W. Fung [2] have extended the solution of the KdV equation to the boundary condition u → b as x → ±∞, where b is a constant. The question naturally arises whether a solution to the KdV equation exists for asymptotically degenerate states u→ ±f(x− vt) as x→ ±∞, where f(x − vt) is a soliton. state. Note that the ± sign implies asymptotic degeneracy. W. P. Su, J. R. Schrieffer and A Heeger (SSH) in their classic paper [3] showed that the asymptotic states ± tanh(x − vt) of the phi4 equation correspond to the two degenerate of Polyacetylene. Further Polyacetylene polymer has been approximated by a random field ising model (RFIM) [16-18] which in the continuum limit gives the KdV equation [19]. Thus motivated by the work of [3] we look for the solutions to the KdV equation with asymptotic degeneracy.


Objective
To investigate the influence of preoperative training of pushing trachea and esophagus or not on cervical operation by anterior approach.

Methods
All patients were randomly divided into two groups: experimental group and control group (56 cases, respectively). Patients in the former group had no training of pushing trachea and esophagus, while patients in the latter group had, recording the data of surgery duration, operator's degree of satisfaction, blood loss, blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen saturation during operation, hospital stay and cost. Meanwhile, we observed and compared the VAS scores and the complication rate etc. between two groups.

Results
There were no differences between two groups in surgery duration, operator's degree of satisfaction, blood loss, blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen saturation during operation, hospital stay and cost, nor in the VAS scores and the throat-related complications rate. The hospital stay and cost of patients in experimental group were longer and higher than that of patients in control group, (7.3±1.6) d vs (5.8±1.4) d, (48 468.3±4 313.8) vs (45 228.4±4 124.6) yuan, t=5.280, 4.062, P<0.05.

Conclusions
Training of pushing trachea and esophagus has no influence in the throat-related complications rate, VAS scores and operator's degree of satisfaction. Instead, training of pushing trachea and esophagus increases hospital stay and cost and amount of nurse's work. So, it's not necessary to undertake the preoperative training before cervical operation by anterior.

Key words:
Postoperative complications; Cervical operation by anterior approach; Training of pushing trachea and esophagus


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Simultaneous measurement of multiple qubits stored in hyperfine levels of trapped 111Cd+ ions is realized with an intensified charge-coupled device (CCD) imager. A general theory of fluorescence detection for hyperfine qubits is presented and applied to experimental data. The use of an imager for photon detection allows for multiple qubit state measurement with detection fidelities of greater than 98%. Improvements in readout speed and fidelity are discussed in the context of scalable quantum computation architectures.


Cinemas have a significant experiential quality: because as the pictures move, the audience also moves and this way it connects with the senses of the audience. At whatever point we head out to the motion pictures we not just observe the film, the universe of the screen conveys a message to us, as well as get the chance to be drenched in situations, which animates to various levels of awareness and recognition. The Film Psychologists in their endeavours to clarify the processes of perceptual experience, have started delving into incorporating the artificial intelligence and neurosciences and have tried to understand the artificial neural networks which provide with clues on why a film is more influential and successful compared to others and what knowledge film makers require to reshape the idea of a film to suit the target audience. This study, from the perspective of excitation theory, tries to understand how do producers draw the audience into the show and keep them bolted to the screen? How do films drive the feelings of the audience? And, for what reason some motion pictures are more appealing or convincing? These questions have always remained the areas of concern whenever the cinema is studies from Psychological perspective. But, for a logical understanding, the more scientific approach is required. This study looks for exact search of variables for building the hypothetical construct which best fits the studies in this dimension.


Our study aims at ascertaining and formulating a framework that would account for the Kurdish data. We scrutinize all the dyads that occur in the selected corpus, and describe how they usually work on the basis of the two following variables: power and intimacy. According to our investigation, the use of terms of address in Kurdish is affected by the age, sex, occupation, ideology, political and social position of the interlocutors which can be stated as a result of the investigation of older material –such as qualitative analysis of observation followed by unobtrusive note taking of contemporary use, a corpus of several plays, accounts of travel, interviews, TV, radio and the careful observation of the use of terms of address of today. Kurdish culture is title + first-name and title + family name oriented. Titles like 'doctor,' 'professor,' and 'teacher' are used, with title and family names. First names in Kurdish culture are restricted in use. They are used most commonly among peer groups of young generation, and by an older person addressing a child or a younger person in the family. Cognitively, Kurdish tends toward a holistic style and it puts the group, family, and country before the individual.


A facile and robust synthesis of carbon dots (CDs) emitting blue-light in water without activation and stabilization has been developed by pyrolysis of citric acid (CA) adsorbed in silica gel (SiO2) pores. Effect of the host pore size on luminescent properties of SiO2@CDs nanocomposite as well as water suspension of CDs has been studied. The synthesis conditions such as concentration of the precursor, duration of synthesis also have been investigated. It has been demonstrated that upon the thermal treatment of silica gels saturated with CA (60% of maximum loading) at 170 °C for 5–600 min, luminescent CDs are shaped inside the nanoreactor pores. These SiO2@CDs emit photoluminescence centered at 450 nm. Silica-immobilized CDs can be separated from the source molecules and side-products by centrifugation, which allows avoiding the dialysis of the resulted mixture and so improve the scaling of the synthesis. The CDs can be easily released from SiO2@CDs by washing it with water. Water-eluted CDs demonstrate photoluminescence at 447 nm. The smaller pore size of the host and longer time of thermal treatment promote the formation of the CDs with better photoluminescent peak symmetry and higher quantum yield up to 10.1%.


Introducing the decision tree classifiers into packet filtering tec hnology, it changes the conventional method searching the packet orderly. The ne w technique improves the filtering speed at the cost of preprocess time. Some ke y technologies such as the building and searching algorithms and the ability of increasable by degrees are researched. The instances and performance analysis pr ove the validity of this method.


Here we repo rt a case of necrotising arteritis of the appendix in a 17-year-old male presenting with right lower quadrant pain. The appendix was macroscopically normal. Histological examination showed fibrous obliteration of the tip with necrotising vasculitis involving small to medium-sized arteries comprised of fibrinoid necrosis and neutrophilic infiltrate, karyorrhexis and cuffing by histiocytes and lymphocytes. No acute appendicitis was found. Isolated necrotising vasculitis of the appendix is an uncommon finding of long debated relatedness to systemic vasculitic disorders. Our patient showed no clinical signs of vasculitis and tested negative for pANCA, cANCA, ANA and ENA. A risk of systemic vasculitis approaching 30% has been reported in some studies, 1 however these are limited by study size. Polyarteritis nodosa is the most commonly associated systemic vasculitic disease. Careful histological examination is required to identify vasculitis. Given the rarity of the condition, we suggest routine follow-up of all patients by clinical and serological screening for systemic vasculitis. The question of duration of screening in a young patient with no significant family history is difficult to answer.


Inflationary pressures that often time there was a can shake economy the state, to face inflationary pressures one of the efforts of the country to control the inflation is by issuing policy interest rate by the Indonesia bank as central financial policy monetary and fiscal. The banks have the role of to control the rate inflation. The interest rate that set by the bank will affect the level distribution credit of bank conventional and financing of sharia bank. For that researchers want to see the influence of direct and indirect interest rates to credit and financingand inflation as variable intervening. The kind of research is quantitative with the sample of six general Sharia Bank and the generalconventional bank in Indonesia period 2011 until 2015 taken with purposive sampling. Themethod is path analysis. Based onsignificant test, the first significant test has result that interest rates significant of inflation. Thesecond significant testhas results that the interest rate not significant on the distribution credit and financing. The third significant test has result that inflation is not significant to distribution credit and financing. So this is can concluded that inflation will not be variable intervening for the distribution credit and financing.


OBJECTIVE To establish the quality standard for Quanxiaoganmaokang tablet.METHODS Forsythia,Chan films,campanulaceae and licorice were identified by TLC.Arctiin was determined by an HPLC method.RESULTS Forsythia,Chan films,campanulaceae and licorice could be detected by qualitative methods.A good linear relationship between peak area and concentration of arctiin was founded at the range of 0.40~1.20μg with a correlation coefficient of R2=0.9991.The average recovery of arctiin was 97.54% and RSD was 2.44%(n=5).CONCULSION The method can be used for the quality control of Quanxiaoganmaokang tablet.


Changes in the Phyto-pigments (chlorophyll a+phaeo-pigment) in the digestive diverticula of juveniles Japanese pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii, (average whole weight; 3.34 g, n=20), and relationship between feeding concentration of micro-algal diet (Isochrysis aff. galbana (Parke) clone T-Iso) and phyto-pigment content in the digestive diverticula of the pearl oyster juve niles, and glycogen content of adductor muscle of the pearl oyster juveniles were determined. Phaeo-pigment contents in the digestive diverticula were much higher than chlorophyll a . Phytopigment content in the digestive diverticula increased after feeding the algal diet, and phytopigment contents included in the digestive diverticula reached a maximum 24 hours after feeding of the algal diet. There was a positive correlation between the feeding algal diet concentration and the phyto-pigment contents in the digestive diverticula of the pearl oyster juveniles. Glycogen of the adductor muscle also increased with the increasing feeding algal diet concentration. These results indicate that phyto-pigment contents included in the digestive diverticula of pearl oyster juvenile might be a good indicator of feeding of algal diets of pearl oyster juveniles.


With great interest, we read the recent article by Kindzelski et al.1 assessing the association between intraoperative blood product transfusions and acute kidney injury (AKI) following cardiac surgery. By binary logistic regression analysis, they show that intraoperative blood product transfusions are independently associated with an increased risk of postoperative AKI. Furthermore, there is a stepwise increase in the probability of postoperative 30-day mortality with escalating AKI severity. In this study, the authors had used appropriate statistical methods to evaluate the influence of intraoperative blood transfusion on the occurrence of AKI and determine the association between postoperative AKI stages and mortality. However, this study is a retrospective analysis, which potentially introduces a number of confounders. Other than the limitations described in the discussion, we note that several issues of this study were not well addressed. First, when determining the association of intraoperative blood transfusion with postoperative AKI stages by logistic regression analysis, intraoperative variables used for risk adjustments only included type of surgery (CABG, valvular, both) and cross-clamp time, but not other important intraoperative variables associated with AKI, especially for hemoglobin levels during cardiopulmonary bypass. It has been shown that hemodilution anemia during cardiopulmonary bypass is independently associated with AKI after cardiac surgery, especially when prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass time and intraoperative transfusion are needed.2 Furthermore, the simultaneous occurrence of both hemodilution anemia and hypotension during cardiopulmonary bypass can synergistically act to increase the risk of AKI after cardiac surgery.3 We are concerned that the neglect of important intraoperative factors for risk adjustments would have biased the true contribution of intraoperative blood transfusion to the occurrence of postoperative AKI. Second, this study only focused on the influence of intraoperative blood transfusion on the development of postoperative AKI. The available evidence shows that blood transfusion after cardiac surgery is also an independent risk factor of postoperative AKI.4,5 Finally, when evaluating the association of escalating AKI severity with postoperative 30-day mortality by logistic regression analysis, postoperative anemia and blood transfusion were not included in the model for risk adjustment. Similarly, postoperative blood transfusion has also been associated independently with the increased risk of adverse events and mortality after cardiac surgery.6 Furthermore, postoperative anemia is common and frequently persists for months after cardiac surgery. When the postoperative hemoglobin level is considered as a continuous variable, every 1 mg/dl decrease in hemoglobin level is associated with a 13% increase in adverse cardiovascular events and a 22% increase in all-cause mortality.7 Thus, not taking postoperative anemia and blood transfusion into account would have tampered with the inference of the logistic regression model for adjusted impacts of AKI stages on postoperative 30-day mortality.


A new species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, Uleiorchis prataensis , is described, with illustrations and scanning electron micrographs of pollinaria and seeds. Comments on the new species are presented with a key to the species of the genus. Because the phylogenetic position of Uleiorchis has not been previously evaluated with DNA data, we estimated phylogenetic relationships using nrITS sequence data to confirm that this genus is a member of Gastrodieae. The results indicate with high support in both maximum parsimony and maximum-likelihood analyses that both species of Uleiorchis are sister and members of this tribe. Finding a new species in a relatively well-collected place such as Parana State supports the status of high diversity hotspot for the Atlantic Forest and demonstrates the need for more fieldwork on orchids and other families.


We consider the question of whether all the modes detected in the line profile variations of ϵ Persei are consistent with nonradial pulsations excited by the kappa mechanism at the opacity Z-bump. We have computed massive (12.5-14 M☉) main-sequence models, adjusting the parameters such that the evolutionary tracks pass around the approximate position of ϵ Per on the H-R diagram. A linear nonadiabatic, nonradial pulsation analysis is applied to these models. The periods in the frame corotating with the stellar surface for the observed 2.3-4.5 hr modes are found to be consistent with the Z-bump kappa mechanism. We have found, however, that the longest-period mode (8.48 hr in the observer's frame) cannot be explained by the kappa mechanism. We have examined the effect of rotation on the stability of oscillations and found that the stabilizing effect is weak, so that only a few of the shortest-period modes are stabilized for the rotation speed of ϵ Per. No significant difference is found between prograde and retrograde modes in the stability. It is a puzzle why no retrograde mode has been detected in ϵ Per, which should equally be excited by the kappa mechanism. We also discuss the observed and theoretical line profile variations of ϵ Per in the Appendix.


In order to research the influence of frequency of intermittent alternative magnetic field on microstructure and properties of plasma arc surfacing layer,a longitudinal intermittent alternative magnetic field has been applied to the plasma arc surfacing welding on low carbon steel.The effect of different frequencies of magnetic field on the hardness,wearing resistance and microstructure of surfacing layer have been systematically researched by using optical electronic microscope,wear test and microscopic hardness testing.The results have indicated that proper frequency can increase the amount of hardening phase in overlay deposit,control the growth direction of hardening phase and improve the hardness and wear resistance of the surfacing overlay.Moreover,the optimum effect on electromagnetic stirring can be obtained.


The beam loss monitoring (BLM) system of the LHC is one of the most critical elements for the protection of the LHC. It must prevent the super conducting magnets from quenches and the machine components from damages, caused by beam losses. It helps in the identification of the loss mechanism by measuring the loss pattern. Special detectors will be used for the setup and control of the collimators. Furthermore, it will be an important tool during machine setup and studies. The specification requirements of the BLM system include a very high reliability.


Fluc tu a tions in sus pended sed i ment con cen tra tion (SSC) has been in ves ti gated in the Warta River (west ern Po land), based on data ob tained for the pe riod 1961–1980 from three gauge sta tions lo cated in up stream, mid dle-stream and down stream ar eas. Over the two de cades, the SSC val ues dem on strated wide fluc tu a tions and an over all in crease at each gauge sta tion. No sig nif i cant cor re la tion was gen er ally ob served be tween SSC and dis charge but high SSC was found to fol low low dis charge and in creas ing tem per a ture dur ing the sum mer sea sons in some years. Mea sure ments of SSC and dis charge were used to es ti mate to tal an nual sus pended sed i ment load (SSL). SSL val ues were found to in crease down stream along with an in crease in dis charge. SSC de creases along the river course. How ever, when it co mes to changes over time, SSL vari abil ity was mainly de ter mined by SSC changes. The max i mum SSC val ues were pri mar ily caused by anthropogenic fac tors: the dis posal of mine wastewater up stream, river train ing works, in creased ur bani sa tion and the in ten si fi ca tion of sew age dis - posal. Where the river catch ment has been greatly af fected by anthropogenic fac tors, a de nu da tion in dex cal cu lated solely based on SSC and dis charge does not ap pear to re flect the ac tual de nu da tion rate, and must be treated with cau tion.


A 2-month-old boy had a 4-week history of a pruritic rash that had initially appeared over his cheeks and then spread to the trunk, arms, and legs. At presentation, the rash was primarily localized to the legs lind feet, including the soles. The patient had been treated with erythromycin, hydroxyzine, nystatin cream, and topical hydrocortisone. Physical examination revealed an irritable infant with a very fine papular rash over the forearms, larger papules over the legs, and papulovesicular and vesicular lesions with llight excoriation and impetiginization on the feet and soles (figures 1 and 2).The diffuse and numerous vesicles present on the feet, combined with the fact that pruritic lesions had begun to develop in the boy's father and brother, kd us to suspect scabies. Diagnosis was confirmed when microscopic examination of scrapings of the vesicles revealed mites, eggs, and feces (figure 3). ifreatment of the infant and family members with 5% permethrin cream 'itccessfully eradicated the infestation.


Augustine of Hippo is the most quoted author by Isidore of Seville. Isidore uses Augustine in all his works, without exception, and he knows at least 53 of Augustine's works. However, Augustine's presence in Isidore has rarely been studied, probably because scholars were discouraged by the extent of the task. It was only in 2013 that J.C. Martín published two general surveys on the subject, but in spite of their richness they are very brief (four pages each). In this chapter, I outline some lines of research: I give some details about the works of Augustine known to Isidore and I examine some unexpected ways in which the Sevillian used the works of his predecessor.


The energy saving retrofitting evaluation of an existing public office building in Chongqing is presented, and it is measured by building energy consumption level and maintaining the normal function of public building. The study combines testing of building operation characteristics in summer and during the transitional season and consequently analysis of energy consumption and energy-saving retrofitting measures on the base of the pubic building. The results indicated two pivotal points. One is that the airconditioning system energy consumption is reduced by 31% after the energy-saving operation management measures are being implemented. Another is that the total building energy consumption is reduced by 20.6% after the energy-saving retrofitting is implemented, but the coefficient performance of the air-conditioning unit is still low and the quality of the light environment gets worse than before. The analysis indicated that the impact on air-conditioning system energy consumption of the energy-saving operation management measures is greater than the climate in Chongqing, and the desired results isn't achieved by energy-saving retrofitting measures.


Periampullary cancers arise within 2 cm of the major duodenal papilla and include cancers of the head of pancreas, distal common bile duct, ampulla of Vater and duodenum. Their anatomical locations and clinical features are similar, as are the therapeutic approaches; however, their long-term outcomes vary.


This paper investigates power allocation problems for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based cognitive radio networks operating in licensed frequency bands. Considering imperfect spectrum sensing, a new power allocation algorithm is proposed to minimize the total interference introduced to primary user under a minimum capacity constraint of secondary user (SU) and a total transmit power constraint of the SU. The numerical results demonstrate that the proposed power allocation scheme can not only keep the rate requirement of SU under spectrum sensing errors by comparison with traditional method, but also fully make use of the limited spectrum resource.


Previous empirical studies in countries other than India have found both positive as well as negative relationship between inflation and markup. However, such studies primarily consider the effect of aggregate inflation but have not explicitly investigated the effect of cost inflation on markup. In the absence of such a study the present paper, using firm level panel data from the manufacturing industries in India over the period 1995–1996 to 2008–2009, investigates whether and what kinds of effect does the cost inflation have on firm's markup. Further, the analysis is extended to investigate whether such a relationship between inflation and markup is shaped by output market structure of industries. Although we find mixed results i.e. there is negative as well as positive effects of cost inflation on markup in different industries, whereas in some of the industries there is no significant effect, such a relationship is very much shaped by output market structure in many of the manufacturing industries thereby highlighting the role of competition in influencing the functional distribution of income.


The article presents the researches of the functional activity of monocytes with chronic otitus among people who live in the industrial city. We identified the adaptive reconstruction of the monocytes to decrease the phagocytic activity. The researches of viral inclusions in monocytes have shown that urban patients have insufficient adaptive reconstruction of the monocytes for effective antiviral protection.


The unexpected and sudden lockdown experience has favoured the emergence in public discourse of certain issues, such as care, which have long been known in feminist debates on gender inequalities. Starting from a clarification of the ambiguities that, albeit unintentionally, the expression "care work" presents, this contribution argues in favour of the intervention of public institutions and the law, in order to overcome the asymmetries in the distribution of tasks that still characterize intra-family relations.


An effort was made to examine one forty pearl millet hybrids in order to assess genetic variance and investigate the relationship between nine yield contributing traits. The study of variance showed that the crosses had significant genetic variability. An attempt was made to choose the best hybrids for grain yield and adaptation to low rainfall regions in arid Alfisols of Andhra Pradesh. Among the tested cross combinations, ABH-61, ABH-50 and ABH-77 were found to be promising for higher yield potential, emerging as an ideal candidate for rainfed conditions. Grain weight and grain yield showed the highest GCV and PCV estimates, as well as high heritability and genetic advance as a per cent of then mean, implying that these traits were due to high additive gene effects and simple directional selection may improve them. The size of the panicle and the height of the plant had a significant and positive relationship with grain yield. As a result, selecting genotypes with longer panicles and taller plants can aid in increasing pearl millet grain yield.


Many,freezing methods, mechanicul as well as cryogenic, have been in wide application in food industries. Each method has its own advantage, but in regard with the food quality, freezing rule can be accomplished by the method is one of the tnost important factors. Nowadays, many researchers are conducting experiment in order to enhance thefi.eezing rate. This paper deals with the advantage of vacuum freezing method in enhancing the freezing rate and its applicability for liquidfood.Experinrent was carried out for distilled water, milk, and fruit juice using multi-purpose vacuum equipment. As easily predicted, minimum pressure of the freezing chamber determine temperature of the product. Vuriation on the fruit juice concentration shows that faster freezing rate canbe achieved if the product is more dilute. The experiment also showed that freezing rute obtained by vacuumj-eeziirg was signijkantly faster than contact plate freezing method.


The nature of the dark matter that binds galaxies remains an open question. The favored candidate has so far been the neutralino. This massive species with evanescent interactions is now in difficulty. It would actually collapse in dense clumps and would therefore play havoc with the matter it is supposed to shepherd. We focus here on a massive and noninteracting complex scalar field as an alternate option to the astronomical missing mass. We investigate the classical solutions that describe the Bose condensate of such a field in gravitational interaction with matter. This simplistic model accounts quite well for the dark matter inside low-luminosity spirals whereas the agreement lessens for the brightest objects where baryons dominate. A scalar mass $m\ensuremath{\sim}0.4$ to $1.6\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}23}$ eV is derived when both high and low-luminosity spirals are fitted at the same time. Comparison with astronomical observations is made quantitative through a chi-squared analysis. We conclude that scalar fields offer a promising direction worth being explored.


In this paper, a new method for simultaneous determination of four artificial sweeteners including aspartame, sodium cyclamate, acesulfame-K, sodium saccharin by using eluent generater ion chromatography was described. Due to the use of eluent generater, very low conductance background could be obtained and sensitivity of sweeteners was greatly improved. With this method, good linear relationship, sensitivity and reproducibility were obtained. Detection limits of aspartame, sodium cyclamate, acesulfame-K, sodium saccharin were 1.27,0.045,0.033,0.063 mg/L, respectively. Rate of recovery were 99.7%,102.8%,98.6%,103%, respectively.


Methods of binary and ternary powdery alloys (Cu-Sn, Cu-Zn, Ni-Cu-Zn, Ni-Sn-Zn, Cu-Fe, Ni-Cu-Fe, Ni-Cu, Ni-Cu-Al) preparation with core-shell particles structure have been developed using the processes either of copper, nickel, tin ions cementation from solutions with tin, zinc, iron powders or nickel chemical deposition from hypophosphite solutions on the mixtures of copper and aluminum powders. Metals quota in the powdery products can be controlled by varying the duration of cementation or chemical deposition, the ratio of reagents quantities, pH and concentration of solutions. The possibility of simultaneous reduction of nickel(II) and tin(II) ions with zinc powder or copper(II) and nickel(II) ions with iron powder with the formation of ternary alloys has been revealed. Low-temperature formation of intermetallic phases in Cu-Sn, Ni-Sn-Zn systems and solid solutions in Ni-Cu-Zn, Cu-Fe, Ni-Cu-Fe systems has been shown to occur during the cementation. The particles of the initial powders (Al, Cu) are coated with loose and more or less sealed shells during nickel chemical reduction from solutions. Spherical particles, flower-type compact aggregates or dendrites, depending on the nature of metals and processes duration, are formed during the cementation. The powders obtained by cementation andchemical deposition from solutions can be used in the manufacture of products for structural and instrumental (Cu-Sn, Cu-Zn, Ni-Cu-Zn, Ni-Sn-Zn, Cu-Fe, Ni-Cu, Ni-Cu-Al), antifriction (Ni-Cu-Fe, Ni-Cu) and electrical (Ni-Cu, Ni-Cu-Zn) applications, as well as solders (Cu-Zn, Ni-Sn-Zn).


For over a decade Skyview has provided astronomers and the public with easy access to survey and imaging data from all wavelength regimes. SkyView has pioneered many of the concepts that underlie the Virtual Observatory. Recently SkyView has been released as a distributable package which uses VO protocols to access image and catalog services. This chapter describes how to use the Skyview as a local service and how to customize it to access additional VO services and local data.


Introduction Disparities between the people, regions within a country and even between countries are the result of natural differences, socio-cultural conditions and policy decisions. Though because of inherent natural differences, it is difficult, if not impossible to remove all disparities completely, it is possible as well as necessary to remove the entire man made obstacles such as social constraints and policy decisions that stop people and regions within a country from developing their full capabilities. In the context of Indian economy, the man made obstacles have their differential impact on the development of different regions. For instance, before independence the better-off regions had a progressive land tenure system, whereas the less developed regions were under exploitative land tenure system and the social structures that evolved under these systems had different impact on economic growth of various regions. Also the developed regions were benefited from the system of governance in terms of responsiveness, skills and quality of delivery mechanism. The poorer regions on the other hand lacked such system of efficient governance. After independence also, because of the fear of partition we opted for a system of planning and governance, which was aimed at strengthening the center with political, legislative and financial provisions. These provisions ensured overriding powers to center vis-a-vis the states. Supplementing this, centralized planning was adopted as the cornerstone of economic development and the planning regime that came into being after independence also acted as a powerful centralizing force, and over the period of time became so out of touch with ground realities that it almost lost its credibility to ensure balanced development of different regions. Although reference to decentralized planning process as a tool to address the problem of growing regional disparities in economic development was made as early as 1969 but at the operational level it remained a non-starter and development disparities widened over the planning period. Focused investments in social and economic infrastructure can enable people and regions to develop their full capabilities as per their potential. Such investments in infrastructure with its significant impact on regional development can be an important instrument to contain regional disparities in economic development. The equitable development of infrastructure, both economic and social, can be a vital yardstick as well as a key element of balanced growth. This is also required, given the fact that the disparities are the main reason for the rapid urbanization in India as well as in other countries of Asia and Pacific and if these disparities in development are not contained, within the next two or three decades, majority of our population will be in urban areas resulting into urbanization of poverty and other problems associated with such rural to urban migration such as overburdened/crumbling urban infrastructure, pollution, increasing number of unplanned settlements and other sociopolitical problems. It seems that unlike China, the government here has not yet acknowledged fully the scale and persistence of the gap between the better-off and lagging states and thus the steps required to ensure that policies and funds distribution are in place to reduce the gap are not focused. The tough decisions about recognizing the differences between the states and prioritizing the least prosperous ones, rather than following current approach which has been responsible for these disparities; ensuring that fundamentals of growth- infrastructure (social and economic) investments with adequate resources to lagging states and also ensuring that these resources reach the grassroots for investment thereby creating the socio-economic infrastructure will improve the situation. Indian economy has experienced an average annual growth rate of around 6 per cent during the last two decades. …


Abstract:This essay examines the composition, publication and reception of Dorothy Wordsworth's Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, A.D. 1803. Manuscript versions of Recollections are interpreted as sociable texts exchanged by marginal women figures of the Wordsworths' literary circle; as tools for Romantic cooperative writing, moving between prose and verse; and as later life emblems of agency and mobility. Building on existing research on literary sociability as well as manuscript circulation, this essay considers the permeable nature of Romantic women's books, resituating them as intrinsic to the development of individual and communal literary identities and bibliographies in the period.


Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the safety and effectiveness of topical tacrolimus 0.05% suspension in the management of prolonged steroid-dependent and -resistant vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC). Materials and methods: The present interventional prospective case series were conducted on the research units suffering from refractory VKC between 2017, April and 2020, December. Despite routine drug treatment, consisting of topical steroids (steroid-resistant group), all subjects exhibited active symptomatic illness or were dependent on topical steroids (steroid-dependent group). After discontinuation of all medications for at least 1 week, the patients received eye drop (topical tacrolimus 0.05%) minimally for six months. Objective and subjective signs and symptoms were examined for alterations after one week, and one and six months of treatment. Analyses were continued for probable systemic and ocular adverse effects. Results: The study included 28 eyes of 14 participants (including 4 females and 10 males), with the mean age of 22 ± 8 years (between 11 and 38 years), and the mean VKC duration of 12 ± 6 years (between 5 and 23 years), as well as follow up period of 10±2 months (between 6 and 12 months). The results showed an improvement (P<0.001) in the symptoms such as mucus discharge, foreign body sensation, photosensitivity, redness, burning and itching. The initial sign was conjunctival hyperemia, which improved one week after treatment. Other objective signs including, conjunctival and limbal papillary hypertrophy, corneal pannus and corneal punctate epithelial erosions improved at least one month after treatment. No changes were observed in corneal opacity during follow-up (p> 0.05). There were no systemic or ocular adverse effects. Conclusion: This is the first time that tacrolimus suspension drops 0.05%, are used in these cases. Topical tacrolimus 0.05% was shown to be an effectiveness and safe agent to treat the refractory VKC. This drug is recommended to be prescribed prior to the appearance of side effects such as corneal opacity, irreversible deficiency in limbal stem cell, and steroid side effects. Keywords: Vernal keratoconjunctivitis, Tacrolimus eye drop, Refractory


Recently, porous asphalt has become popular for its noise reduction potential. Other main benefits include suppression of splash and spray, reduction of aquaplaning potential under rainy conditions and improved traffic safety. Many generations of porous asphalt have been developed. Many mechanical tests have been used to determine its design binder content. This paper presents a band chart limiting method to determine the design binder content of a porous asphalt mix. The method was tested on mixes prepared using a gradation based on the Malaysian Public Works Department specifications (Grading A) and a proposed gradation (Grading B). Two types of bitumen were used, namely a conventional binder 60/70 and modified binder PG-76. Subsequently, specimens were compacted using the Marshall compactor with 50 blows on each face. Laboratory tests carried out include permeability, Rice test for air voids, resistance to abrasion loss and binder drainage. Mix prepared using the Grading B and bitumen PG-76 exhibited the broadest range of design binder content, that is, between 3.58 to 5.82 per cent. Mixes prepared with Grading B blended with conventional bitumen penetration grade 60/70 resulted in the highest mean design binder content.


This family-friendly beach hotel comprises a total of 114 accommodation units, of which 5 are suites and 20 are apartments. The decoration of the interiors is bright and modern, and facilities on offer include an entrance hall with 24-hour reception,..


In the past decade a lot of research has been done on vision based real-time advanced driver safety system (ADAS). Many OEM car manufacturing companies have stressed their research on ADAS so as to increase the vehicle and driver safety. This work is aimed at developing an algorithm for on road lane departure warning (LDW) system. LDW can be successfully used for dropping the on road accidents which happened due to driver drowsiness or ignorance. In this report a survey has been done for the study and comparison of available algorithm for LDWs. An image processing based algorithm has been developed which uses a single camera mounted on-board. The robustness of algorithm has been tested under various lightning conditions and in the presence of heavy shadowing cast by bridges, vehicles etc. The algorithm is implemented in two steps, first it finds the vanishing point on the road and then a careful selection of line segments have been done by using the information of vanishing point. A smart and robust heuristic feature based filter has been used to validate the detected lanes. Kalman tracker is then implemented in order to track the detected lane and handle the critical sections where the detection algorithm fails. The major challenge for any vision based system has always been to achieve high accuracy and precision along with low computational cost (required for real-time applications).


Refusing the Favor unveils a method for understanding how Mexico's northern land, New Mexico, came under the authority of the United States and what role women played in the political game of takeover. By not losing sight of the Spanish-Mexican women of Santa Fe, the most populated town west of the Mississippi until the California Gold Rush, it places gender squarely in the middle of the dialogue about conquest.


The concept of the economist, rather than being a simple and evident one, is the object of numerous conflicting definitions. The example of the field of French economists, as analysed in a set of interviews and the observation of prospographical data, reveal certain characteristics of these conflicts. These struggles oppose those who detain differentiated forms of capital, which are themselves in correspondence with distinct positions in the field of power. These conflicts put into question both the autonomy and the structure of this scientific field. The relatively weak autonomy of the field of economical sciences is followed by a strong homology between the structure of this field and that of the field of French power in its entirety.


Abstract The aim of the present study was to analyze folate content and composition in foods consumed daily by Chinese people. The concentration of seven folate derivatives in sixty‐four selected foods was determined by a liquid‐chromatography tandem‐mass spectrometry method. The total folate levels ranged from 0.28 to 129 µg/100 g fresh weight, with an average of 21.18 μg/100 g. The highest folate content was found in boiled egg yolk and waxy corn (>120 µg/100 g), abundant folate levels in cooked vegetables such as hot pepper, spinach, soybean sprout, stem lettuce, coriander, and broccoli (44–72 µg/100 g), and lowest in Coca Cola (0.28 µg/100 g). 5‐Methyl‐tetrahydrofolate was the major folate derivative in various foods, accounting for 72% of the total folates on average, with the highest being 90% in egg yolk. These data will enable estimation of the daily folate intake and allow dietary recommendations to improve folate status in humans.


The eruption of Mount Sinabung had a pretty heavy impact on Karo District, in terms of the tourism economy sector, which has been the signature economy motor of this region. For almost 1 (one) decade, the eruption disaster shook, the recovery effort is still stagnant despite various government efforts. Therefore, this study aims to carry out an inventory of economic recovery, particularly in the tourism sector in Karo District by including the pentahelix synergy model as a surefire strategy to encourage community independence and achieve faster and more sustainable recovery goals. This study uses qualitative research methods with the main data collection techniques through a Focus Group Discussion. The results achieved indicate several strategies can be carried out to restore tourism in Karo District, including: rehabilitation of the image of Karo district as a safe tourist destination, strengthening the disaster awareness movement, infrastructure recovery, to the creation of signature tourism products based on disaster tourism, health tourism and agro tourism. This study also illustrates what roles can be taken by the government, academia, industry, society and the media in each strategy and proposed program.


The utility model relates to a cover of an electric pressure cooker, comprising a metal bottom cover. A through hole for mounting a float valve is arranged on the bottom cover. Additionally, a metal front cover is arranged at the upper part of the metal bottom cover; a thermal insulating layer is arranged between the metal bottom cover and the metal front cover. The thermal insulating layer and the metal front cover are sequentially arranged on the metal bottom cover; therefore, the heat of the high-temperature metal bottom cover can not be easily transmitted to the metal front cover at the outermost layer. Therefore, the temperature of the metal front cover can be kept in a lower range during being used, so as to prevent the user from being burned.


Introduction Religion Rampant: Hypatia, Roger Bacon, Giordano Bruno Galileo and the Inquisition Kepler Internal Conflict The Atomic Theory and Positivist Philosophy N-Rays Einstein and the Copenhagen School Oppenheimer and the AEC Blackett, Cherwell, Tizard: Operational Research and Total War The Big Bang versus Continuous Creation Multiple versus Plural Photon and Particle Production Missing Magnetic Monopoles Conclusions Postscript References Glossary Bibliographical Discussion Bibliography Index


The traditional energy pile (solid energy pile) has been implemented for decades. However, the design of different kinds of energy piles is still not well understood. In this study, a series of model tests were performed on an aluminum pipe energy pile (PEP) in dry sandy soil to investigate the thermal effects on the mechanical behaviors of pipe energy pile. The thermal responses of the PEP were also analyzed. Steady temperatures of the PEP under different working conditions were also compared with that of the solid energy pile. Different loading tests were carried out on four pipe energy piles under three different temperatures of 5, 35, and 50°C, respectively. The bearing capacity change can be interpreted through the load-displacement curves. Experiment results were also compared with the solid energy pile to evaluate bearing capacities of the PEP and the solid energy pile under different temperature conditions. The mobilized shaft resistance was also calculated and compared with the solid energy pile data and the results show that the PEP has a similar load transfer mechanism with the solid energy pile. It could also be found that, for PEPs under working load, plastic displacement would appear after a whole heating cycle.


Abstract Cregya withlacoochee is described from Florida, U.S.A. and the state of Puebla, México. A key is provided for the Florida species of Cregya LeConte.


Abstract : This paper presents a recent characterization of the thrust efficiency and specific impulse of a low power, linear-geometry (non-coaxial) Hall thruster with an open electron-drift current. The thruster was constructed with a boron-nitride insulating channel surrounded by a magnetic circuit served by four electromagnet coils, and was designed to operate in the 100-Watt power class. A survey of the thruster operation demonstrated promising performance (T ? 2.1 mN,  = 14.6%, Isp = 1070 sec) in the very low power range (< 80W). The thruster showed poor long-term stability at these operating conditions that demanded extremely high magnetic fields (~1.6kG). Operation at lower magnetic field strengths (~300 ? 400G) and therefore lower discharge power (< 50W), allowed for continuous operation for extended durations, and permitted laser-induced fluorescence measurements of the ion velocities across and downstream of the linear exit channel. Velocities in excess of 3 km/s were measured at the discharge exit, and 8 km/s approximately 1.5 cm downstream of the discharge exit plane, consistent with measurements reported on for a similar co-axial discharge. The near exit-plane velocities were found to be somewhat sensitive to the xenon mass flow servicing the oversized hollow cathode, confirming the possible interferences that the cathode flow may have on the ion beam development in the near exit region as a result of possible charge-exchange collisions.


The Cre-Lox system is a highly versatile and powerful DNA recombinase mechanism, mainly used in genetic engineering to insert or remove desired DNA sequences. It is widely utilised across multiple fields of biology, with applications ranging from plants, to mammals, to microbes. A key feature of this system is its ability to allow recombination between mutant lox sites, traditionally named lox66 and lox71, to create a functionally inactive double mutant lox72 site. However, a large portion of the published literature has incorrectly annotated these mutant lox sites, which in turn can lead to difficulties in replication of methods, design of proper vectors, and confusion over the proper nomenclature. Here, we demonstrate common errors in annotations, the impacts they can have on experimental viability, and a standardised naming convention. We also show an example of how this incorrect annotation can induce toxic effects in bacteria that lack optimal DNA repair systems, exemplified by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Data Summary The authors confirm all supporting data, code and protocols have been provided within the article or through supplementary data files.


In the photomask process, Zero E-field borders have been used on attenuated/embedded phase shift masks to provide an opaque area around the die area in the mask industry, but this border has never been able to be inspected on a laser scan inspection tool. This paper reports the first time that the Zero E-field has been inspected at DuPont Photomasks, Reticle Technology Center.


The correlation between the chemical composition and the sensory data for 28 cachaca samples was investigated using principal component analysis (PCA). A chemical model was then developed using linear discriminant analysis (LDA) to classify the distillate samples according to their sensory qualities. This model presented predictive abilities of calibration and validation of 87.4 and 100%, respectively, and was able to recognize correctly 7 out of 9 additional samples according to their sensory evaluations, showing itself as a potential alternative tool of recognizing cachaca sensory qualities.


A growing number of worldwide research on school leadership proves that it is an important issue; even leadership may affect learning outcomes of pupils. School headteachers' position in Kazakhstan is demanding as elsewhere. The aim of this article is to highlight the schooling system in Kazakhstan and review critically school leadership, contrast local practices with late research outcomes in school leadership abroad. Finally, authors suggest some recommendations for current Kazakhstani practitioners in schooling leadership.


Due to the limited computing power and energy resources of lightweight mobile user devices, offloading their tasks to fog nodes is a promising solution. Partial offloading is a more efficient way to allocate and use the whole system's resources than binary offloading. In this article, three algorithms are proposed to address the three issues of partial offloading in fog computing. Different from the strategy of minimizing task delay or minimizing power consumption adopted in the existing works of literature, the first algorithm considers both of these two strategies concurrently. The second is proposed to maximize task admission under the constraints of the user device power and system resource. The third is proposed to expand the system resource with the least cost to improve the admission when the system resource is insufficient. The above three are non-deterministic polynomial-time (NP)-hard problems, which will be solved by adopting the strategy of rounding algorithm in this article. Through theoretical analysis, a small gap exists between the solved solution and the optimal one of the problem. Additionally, a large number of simulations will be carried out to verify that their performance is better than that of the recent related works and close to the best performance.


The contents and methods of botany field practice were probed and the students were led to investigate the nature by themselves to gain the concepts of botany.The basic methods used in botany research were taught and the field practice was related to scientific research for improving the student's diathesis and creative ability.It provided a reference for improving the quality of field practice of botany.


The traveling-wave parametric amplifier to be described in this paper consists of a TEM line-over-plane transmission line periodically shunted by eight varactor diodes to propagate the signal and idler frequencies and a wave guide paralleling this transmission line to propagate the pump frequency. The pump power is lightly coupled to each diode by means of probes, the sign of the coupling alternating from diode to diode. This effectively introduces an additional 180-degrees phase shift per section along the pump line, producing several interesting features of this simple configuration.


Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the two Union Territories
situated in the Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal respectively, are
strategically important to India in many ways. With regard to the marine
fisheries in these territories, there is a vast scope to improve, enlarge
and intensify the activities in order to reap a good harvest in a sustainable
manner. In this volume an account on the status of marine fisheries of
Lakshadweep is dealt with first, followed by the account on Andaman
and Nicobar Islands, hereafter referred to as Andamans. In the Numbers
concerned with the other maritime states of India, the data on census of
marine fishermen population, craft and tackle etc. and on the exploited
marine fishery resources have been collected, processed and analysed
by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin. Whereas, for
these two Island territories the data have been obtained from the respective
Fisheries Directorates. For the exploited marine fishery resources data
for the ten year period 1875-84 have been considered.


Objective To evaluate the cytotoxieity of the PVC materials used in the modified cannulae in thoracoscopic assisted pediatric cardiac surgery.Methods Through in vitro cell culture,agar overlay test and MTT assay,cytotoxicity and cell activity of the self-developed PVC materials were evalua- ted and compared with controls.Results Agar overlay test showed that the cytolysis rate of the self-devel- oped PVC materials was lower than 20%,and there was no statistical difference with control group.MTT assay results revealed that the relative growth rate (RGR) of 50% leaching liquid after 1,3,5 and 7 days was 85%,83%,81% and 78% respectively.The self-developed PVC materials had slight cytotoxicity as compared with Medtronic DLP cannulae.Conclusion The PVC materials used in the modified arterial cannulae in thoracoscopic assisted pediatric cardiac surgery have little cytotoxicity and good biocompatibili- ty.The newly designed cannulae set can be further applied to clinical use.


The invention relates to interference pigments with a great color Strength that are based on multicoated platelet-shaped Substrates that have at least one series of layers from (A) a highly refractive coating that consists of a mixture of TiO, and Fe2O in ratio of 1:0.1 to 1:5 and optionally one or more metal oxides in amounts of s 20% by weight based on layer (A), (B) a colorless coating with a refractive index ns 1.8, (C) a colorless coating with a refractive index of n 1.8, (D) an absorptive coating with a refractive index of n 1.8, and optionally (E) an outer protective layer.


We describe the characteristics of HIV post‐exposure prophylaxis (PEP) recipients and PEP indications at 56 Dean Street, a central London sexual health clinic. PEP was prescribed on 577 occasions. Most (97%) was given for unprotected anal intercourse. Over a fifth of exposures involved recreational drug use. Of the patients prescribed PEP, 5.9% were given PEP more than once in this period. As a snapshot of HIV risk behaviour, we note the prevalence of drug use, sex without condom use and group sex among PEP recipients.


During the time when Chinese intellectuals were experiencing reforms, the leaders of KaiMing bookshop estab- lished the post awareness and humanism of modern intellectuals. And due to these spiritual treasure, the publishing orientation of literary works in KaiMing bookshop had showed two distinguishable characters: firstly, their attitude of seeking the value of literature itself was manifested in their serious choice on publishing literary works with high quality rather than lucrative popular books; secondly, their managing principle which was established on basic morality guided their direction that was lead to the society and people, and far away from any political ideology.


One kind of electronic equipment device running the application to communicate with a user input providing the electronic device. Said electronic device comprising: a communication unit configured with a user input device communicating; information generating unit that generates information about a dedicated controller, the dedicated controller and the control application running on the user input device; and a controller, when the electronic when the device pairing with the user input device, the control information generating means generates information on the dedicated controller and the communication control unit information about the exclusive controller apparatus transmits the generated user input.


Chlorella vulgaris, activated sludge and the mixture containing Chlorella vulgaris and activated sludg were entrapped in calcium alginate respectively. the removal effect of N and P nutrients was evaluated by the immobilized and suspended Chlorella vulgaris, A significantly higher effect of removing nitrogen and phosphorus was found in immobilized Chlorella vulgaris than in the suspended Chlorella, which was induced by adsorption on alginate gels, ammonia volatilization and chemical precipitation. The removal effect of N、P nutrients was compared among the immobilized Chlorella vulgaris, immobilized activated sludge and the coimmobilized mixture containing Chlorella vulgaris and activated sludge, the conclusions are as followings: Under the same conditions, the coimmobilized Chlorella vulgaris and bacteria system significantly increased the removal of NH4+-N and PO43--P compared to immobilization of the microalgea or bacteria alone. This study shows the potential of coimmobilization of microorganisms in small beads to serve as a treatment for wastewater.


The parallelly arranged PAN/TiO2 nanofiber was prepared by electrospinning,using roller toreceive and PAN solution with titanium dioxide as spinning liquid.The fiber was preoxidized andactivated to manufacture the TiO2 doped activated carbon fiber(ACF)with absorption-photocatalysisperformance.The samples were characterized with XRD,IR,and SEM.The photocatalysis fiber withaverage diameter of 400nm and average pore diameter of 37 nm was prepared successfully.


Energy problem is a key of carrying out the sustainable development strategy in our country. Energy consumption of a large air-conditioning system is tested and analysed. The results show that the coefficient of performance (COP) of chiller is lower than the rating value, and about 30~50 percent of power is consumed by air handling units (AHU). In addition, the analysis of cooling load shows that the HVAC system design results in low cooling load coefficient of provision and need(CCPN). As a result, the optimal operation of air-conditioning system is absolutely necessary in energy-saving reconstruction. At the same time, the optimal set parameters and subarea will enhance the CCPN and reduce energy consumption of HVAC system. Some references are provided for operator and designer of large air-conditioning system.


KEVIN KEASEY IS PROFESSOR OF accounting and finance at Leeds University, England, and Robert Watson is a member of the School of Management at University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, England. The main purpose of this paper is to review and assess the progress in developing small firm failure prediction models. It highlights a number of issues that are of particular importance in evaluating small firm failure prediction models and indicates where future research might be usefully directed. The authors conclude that while it is not yet clear whether they are worthwhile tools in many decision contexts, the present general models may provide material benefits as relatively cheap and simple-to-use preliminary screening devices for routine credit/lending decisions. This is because the classifications accuracy of even relatively simple quantitative models have been shown to outperform consistently human decision makers. If, however, predictive model is required as an input into more strategic decision making, then the utility of existing empirical models is much less certain.


Gravity is the weakest of all four known forces in the universe. Quantum states of an elementary particle due to such a weak field is certainly very shallow and would therefore be an experimental challenge to detect. Recently an experimental attempt was made by V. V. Nesvizhevsky et al., Nature 415, 297 (2002), to measure the quantum states of a neutron, which shows that ground state and few excited states are \sim 10^{-12}eV. We show that the energy of the ground state of a neutron confined above Earth's surface should be \sim 10^{-37}eV. The experimentally observed energy levels are 10^{25} times deeper than the actual energy levels it should be and thus certainly not due to gravitational effect of Earth. Therefore the correct interpretation for the painstaking experimental results of Ref. \cite{nes1} is due to the confinement potential of a one dimensional box of length L \sim 50\mu m, generated from the experimental setup as commented before \cite{hansoon}. Our results thus creates a new challenge to the experimentalist to resolve the shallow energy levels of the neutron in Earth's gravitational field in future.


No code has been assigned to report the administration of the upcoming H1N1 vaccine or the vaccine itself. Codes will likely be assigned around October 1.


Objectives We evaluated the usefulness of the standardized nasal provocation test (NPT) protocol recently published by the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) and compared the utility of several parameters for diagnosing allergic rhinitis (AR) caused by house dust mites (HDM). Subjective parameters were nasal and ocular symptoms measured using a visual analog scale (VAS), and objective parameters were peak nasal inspiratory flow (PNIF), minimal cross-sectional area (MCA), and total nasal volume (TNV). Methods Before and after spraying Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (DP) allergen (1,000 AU/mL, 100 μL) into both nostrils of 13 patients with AR (AR group) and 22 patients with non-AR (NAR group), we used VAS scores to measure nasal symptoms (nasal obstruction, rhinorrhea, sneezing, and itching) and ocular symptoms and assessed PNIF, MCA, and TNV. Results The AR group had significantly worse symptoms than the NAR group 15 minutes after DP challenge (P<0.001). After 30 minutes, nasal obstruction and rhinorrhea remained worse in the AR group (P<0.001); a similar but less marked difference was seen for sneezing (P=0.012) and itching (P=0.039). Ocular symptoms, PNIF, MCA, and TNV differed between groups after both 15 and 30 minutes (P<0.05). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was higher for nasal obstruction (0.977), rhinorrhea (0.906), and TNV (0.979) than for sneezing (0.755), itching (0.673), and MCA (0.836). Conclusion NPT performed according to the EAACI guidelines could help diagnose AR caused by HDM. TNV and VAS changes in nasal obstruction and rhinorrhea had higher diagnostic accuracy than other parameters.


The present invention relates to a method for determining the Isoformenzusammensetzung of erythropoietin comprising the steps of: a) isoelectric focusing of a sample containing erythropoietin in a gel over a pH range whose lower limit of 2.5 to 3.5 and whose upper limit is 5 to 8, wherein the erythropoietin-containing sample from a culture supernatant of erythropoietin-producing eukaryotic cells derived; b) transferring the proteins contained in the gel and resolved on a membrane; c) detection of bound erythropoietin on the membrane by specific antibodies; and a method for in-process control of culture supernatants of erythropoietin-producing eukaryotic cells under the fermentative production process.


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The equations of gravitation together with the equations of electromagnetism in terms of the General Theory of Relativity allow to conceive an interdependence between the gravitational field and the electromagnetic field. However the technical difficulties of the relevant problems have precluded from expressing clearly this interdependence. Even the simple problem related to the field generated by a charged spherical mass is not correctly solved. In the present paper we reexamine from the outset this problem and propose a new solution.


Alkaline Reduced Water (ARW) is beneficial to prevent oxidative stress disease such as diabetes. The aim of the study is to determine the effect of ARW on reducing blood glucose level in diabetic rats induced streptozotocin. Fifteen male Wistar rats were divided into 3 groups. Group 1 (normal) nondiabetic rats, group 2 diabetic rats (negative control) received single intraperitoneal of streptozotocin (65mg/kg), group 3 was diabetic rats treated with ARW 20 mL/kg/day, orally for 28 days. Blood samples were collected through retro-orbital method before and after the experiment. Measured parameter were body weight and blood glucose concentration. Data were analyzed using one-way analysis of variance test followed by Dunnet multiple comparisons post hoc test.  Administration of ARW for 28 days resulted in significant (p< 0.05) lowering of blood glucose. In conclusion, the results show that ARW can lower elevated blood glucose against streptozotocin-induced diabetes in rats.


Straight and bent copper microchannels are fabricated by the spacer method and their microfluidic flow characteristics are investigated. The effect of the surface roughness of the microchannel walls, which can be controlled by selecting the starting copper powder size, is focused on. The rough surface of a thin straight microchannel (with an arithmetic surface roughness of 4.3 µm and a diameter of 180 µm) caused a higher pressure gradient than other straight microchannels. The pressure gradient for the rough and thin microchannel exceeded the theoretical value for laminar flow at a lower Reynolds number than that reported for a cylindrical pipe with larger dimensions. It is concluded that the large surface roughness relative to the microchannel diameter leads to the early transition from laminar to turbulent flow. Experimental results for bent microchannels also indicate that the large surface roughness at a sharp bend causes significant flow separation.


Abstract The pyroelectric effect has been studied in a number of biological materials. We observed that an extremely large pyroelectric effect could be induced in moist bone by means of a small bias electric field. When the bias field was removed, this effect was reversed in sign and then decayed very slowly. In the absence of a bias field, the pyroelectric effect in moist bone was two order of magnitude greater than in dry bone. The large magnitude of the pyroelectric effect in moist bone suggests that it may have a much greater physiological significance than previously considered.


Biotechnology is the application of science and technology to biological systems and living organisms, as well as derivatives, products and models thereof, in order to make or modify living or inert products and processes, and to provide knowledge, goods and services. We are currently immersed in turbulent times where various factors threaten society as a whole. In this paper I will discuss different challenges and problems in the field of Biotechnology, as well as their translation into opportunities for a better future. Palabras clave:


Robert Dudley Edwards died on 5 June 1988 in Dublin, where he had been born seventy-nine years and one day before. In later life, at least, he would have approved of that exact, spare sentence, because in later life he resolved the conflict between his undisciplined temperament and the discipline of his profession by reducing his role as historian to the task of record keeping. I said as much in a review of his Ireland under the Tudors in 1978, and some weeks later was alarmed to see him making purposefully towards me through a reception crowd, telltale large Paddy held protectively on high. 'I liked your review', he shouted across the heads; 'you were exactly right'. Reaching me, he added in an undertone, 'they were hoping that I was going to make a scene'. They were, of course, and it was typical of Dudley that he extracted as much satisfaction from disappointing the expectation as he might have done from fulfilling it. Others have told me that he became cantankerous with age, and the evidence is conclusive, but I never experienced anything but generosity from him from beginning to end.


The engineered safeguards of Wolsung nuclear power plant unit 1 contain redundant systems of 2-out-of-3 logic which are not operating under normal conditions but are called upon to act when emergency conditions develop. To ensure their operability, the systems are periodically tested. In this work, we develop the unavailability formulae for 2-out-of-3 logic configurations which take into account the failure probability of the channels tested due to human error in the simultaneous testing scheme. We also develop the model for the probability that the reactor is tripped during the surveillance test due to either system failure or human error. We determined the optimal inspection periods of safety systems, taking into account both the unavailability of the safety system and the probability that the reactor is tripped during the surveillance test. We compared the results with the inspection periods currently used at Wolsung NPP Unit 1. As a result, the inspection periods obtained using a minimum human error (8.24 1 ) are shorter than those currently used in Wolsung NPP unit 1 whereas the inspection periods obtained using a maximum human error are (4.44 10 ) longer than those used in Wolsung NPP unit 1.


Based on industry panel data during 2005 and 2011,an empirical analysis of energy consumption level and marginal consumption differences of Chinese manufacturing industry is done and finds out the 5 industries with high energy consumption and needs.Further,the impacts of high energy consumption on industry development in China are studied,coming to conclusions as follows:1) The 5industries,including petroleum processing,coking and nuclear fuel processing,manufacture of raw chemical materials and chemical products,manufacture of non-metallic mineral products,smelting and pressing of ferrous metals and non-ferrous metals,all demonstrate a high level of energy consumption and exceptionally high marginal energy consumption;2) VAR analysis indicates that high energy consumption may contribute to China' s industry development in the short term,but its role of promoting industry development is limited in the long run.Rational policy of market intervention must be implemented to achieve maximum energy saving and consumption reducing.


The use of communication security protocols originally developed for wire line and WiFi networks can also place a heavy burden on the limited network resources of a MANET. To address these issues, a novel secure framework (SUPERMAN) is proposed. SUPERMAN presents a novel security framework for MANETs, SUPERMAN. Simulation results comparing SUPERMAN with IPsec, SAODV, and SOLSR are provided to demonstrate the proposed frameworks suitability for wireless communication security. In this paper we study energy conservation in the Internet. We observe that different traffic volumes on a link can result in different energy consumption; this is mainly due to such technologies as trunking (IEEE 802.1AX), adaptive link rates, etc. We design a green Internet routing scheme, where the routing can lead traffic in a way that is green. We differ from previous studies where they switch network components, such as line cards and routers, into sleep mode. We do not prune the Internet topology. We first develop a power model, and validate it using real commercial routers. Instead of developing a centralized optimization algorithm, which requires additional protocols such as MPLS to materialize in the Internet, we choose a hop-by-hop approach. It is thus much easier to integrate our scheme into the current Internet. We progressively develop three algorithms, which are loopfree, substantially reduce energy consumption, and jointly consider green and QoS requirements such as path stretch. We further analyze the power saving ratio, the routing dynamics, and the relationship between hopby-hop green routing and QoS requirements. We comprehensively evaluate our algorithms through simulations on synthetic, measured, and real topologies, with synthetic and real traffic traces


Objectives: Compare the impact of sex on hemodynamic, neuroimmune and oxidative stress (OS) adaptations to dinamic resistance training (DRT) in hypertensive rats (SHR). Methods: 32 SHR were divided into 4 groups (n = 8): sedentary (SF) and trained (TF) females and males (SM and TM). The TF and TM groups undergoing 8 weeks of DRT. Hemodynamics, baroreflex sensitivity (BRS), cardiovascular autonomic modulation, cardiac inflammatory and OS profiles were evaluated. Results: The SM group presented higher vascular sympathetic component, lower BRS and increased hydrogen peroxide concentration and lipoperoxidation in relation to the SF group. We did not observe reduction in blood pressure (BP) after DRT, however there was an improvement in BRS in the TF compared to the SF group (bradycardic response 0.74 ± 0.09 vs. 0.48 ± 0.07 and tachycardic response 2.2 ± 0.2 vs. 1.6 ± 0.1 bpm/mmHg, respectively), which was not observed in males. The TM group showed a decrease in SBP variability (34 ± 3.5 mmHg2) and vascular sympathetic component (LF: 6 ± 1.6 mmHg2) when compared to the SM group (66 ± 4.3 and 12 ± 1.5 mmHg2, respectively). There was a reduction of IL6 in trained males (vs. SM) and an increase of IL10 and reduction of TNF&agr;/IL10 in trained females (vs. SF). We also observed an improvement in the redox balance and a reduction of damage markers in the trained both groups. Conclusion: Despite DRT did not induce BP reduction both sex of SHR, it was associated with an improvement on BRS in trained females and a reduction on SBP variability in trained males. These autonomic changes may be triggers the anticholinergic reflex, reducing inflammation and OS. These benefits, associated with the well document effects of aerobic training, may induce reduction in target organ damage and improve prognosis in hypertension conditions. FAPESP 2015/10329–5


The p73 gene,a new member of tumor suppressor gene p53 family,gives rise to multiple protein isoforms with different functions. The structure and functions of p73 proteins as well as biological role in hematological malignancies are reviewed in order to explore correlation between p73 and hematological malignancies,thus rendering a rationale for diagnosis,therapy and prognosis of hematological malignancies.


Chinese Landscape Painting was developed in Wu Dai Bei Song Dynasty,when Guan Tong was one of leaders of North Landscape Painting."Painting of traveler on Guan mountain" was one of Guan Tong' s representative works,which was full of unique artistic glamour whether its spatial layout,body image,blank-leaving or decorative scenery.


Although Western countries have condemned the murder of Jamal Khashoggi by Mohammad bin Salman, they are simultaneously trying to cover the unimaginable crime of the Saudis. Khashoggi, the Saudi Arabian journalist and author, entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, but did not leave the building. Amid news reports claiming that he had been killed and dismembered inside, an inspection of the consulate, by Saudi Arabian and Turkish officials, took place on 15 October. Initially the Saudi Arabian government denied the death, claiming Khashoggi had left the consulate alive, but on 20 October admitted that Khashoggi was killed inside the consulate, claiming he had been strangled to death after a fight had broken out. This was later contradicted when, on 25 October, Saudi Arabia's attorney general stated that the murder was premeditated. Although Western governments tried to show that they're severely against this brutal act by bin Salman, sending signals about Saudi petrodollars by countries such as Germany, Britain and France have once again uncovered the true face of the European troika in the international system. Britain and France (along with the United States of America), as the three permanent members of the Security Council, who have veto power due to the unfair structure of the world today, prefer their "commercial interests" to any other factor, including the lives of innocent people. However, this time it's no more about Western governments; people all around the world raised to protest the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. No doubt, in this equation, Theresa May, Merkel, and Macron are no more than mere losers, and even Saudis' billions of petrodollars can't stop this process. Here are some points that should be accordingly taken into consideration: The projection of the European authorities towards the murder of Khashoggi is quite noticeable. For example, as the Spiegel and other German sources reported, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that she'll stop exporting arms to Riyadh until all the aspects of Jamal Khashoggi case is brightened. 7 Probing Erdogan's threat against Kurds amid Khashoggi's case