A series of NiM/SiO2 (M = Ce, Co, Cu, Fe, Sn, Zr, Mo) catalysts are prepared and used in the selective hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of aliphatic acid to produce alkanes with the same number of carbon atoms as the reactant (alkane-Cx). The results indicate the introduction of Mo promotes the hydrodehydration of aliphatic alcohol and suppresses the decarbonylation of aliphatic aldehyde. The selective to alkane-Cx is more than 70% in the case of a complete conversion of aliphatic acid. A mechanism study proves that, due to the higher electronegativity of Mo, electrons transfer from Ni to Mo easily and facilitate the reduction of Mo, and the partially reduced Mo species is favorable for the hydrodehydration of aliphatic alcohol. Meanwhile, the adsorption of alcohol on Mo is more favorable than on the Ni site, and the hydrogen bond between hydroxyl hydrogen and O atoms on the catalyst improves the adsorption stability of aliphatic alcohol. Further COHP analysis indicates that the C-OH bond was activated when alcohol was adsorbed on the Ni5/MoO2 surface, which promoted the hydrodehydration of aliphatic alcohols and improved carbon atom utilization.


Entrepreneurship and intellectual property (IP) management have become a focus of academic institutions over the past decade. This webliography is intended to help guide researchers and inventors to the patent information they need in order to advance science and protect their IP. The information landscape around patents has changed dramatically since the publication of the two previous patent webliographies (Kawakami 1998; LaCourse 2010). This guide will cover changes in patent information, updates to information sources and interfaces, and new patent information sources. Most databases covered are free to use, except where a subscription cost is noted. This webliography is intended for librarians and scientists already familiar with database searching, but with limited experience with patents and patent-specific databases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]


Stained Glass Windows from Grodziec. Part I The group of 14 stained glass windows from Grodziec (Groditzberg, Groditzburg) near Zlotoryja in the Lower Silesia provides an interesting illustration of Polish and Silesian monuments' intricate fortunes after the end of World War II. In December 1945, one part of the group (8 panels) landed in Krakow. At first, it became the property of the Wawel State Art Collection. Then, it was transferred to the Jagiellonian University Museum, by which it is still owned. In 1966, the other part of the group (6 panels) was made over to the Silesian Museum, later called the National Museum in Wroclaw. The stained glass windows from Grodziec constitute also an example of interesting issues from the fields of art conservation studies, museology and restoration. The panels of stained glass from the beginning of the 15th century, representing Madonna and Child, Man of Sorrows, Virgin Mary and the Angel Gabriel, Apostles and Saints in architectural frames, became part of the decor of the castle in Grodziec, of a baroque palace situated at the feet of the castle hill and of one pavilion in the palace park. Gradually reconstructed from the beginning of the 19th century and then, in the years 1906–1908, rebuilt in the romantic style by B. Ebhard, the castle started being decorated with stained glass windows in the 1830s. Six sections from the group have already been exhibited in the rooms of the Krakow Jagiellonian University Museum for many years. In the course of historical research, it has turned out that presumably also other stained glass windows, currently belonging to the University Museum, come from Grodziec: twelve smaller sections representing the Passion and the scene of Saint Clare's death, from ca. 1490, made in the Nuremberg workshop of Michael Wolgemut, and two Late Renaissance stained glass windows representing the figures of Saint Peter and Saint James, from a Rhineland workshop. The fourteen medieval stained glass windows of Austrian origins, coming from Grodziec and now belonging to the Krakow and Wroclaw museums' collections, currently undergo physical and chemical analysis. Historical research is also being conducted thanks to the financial support of the National Science Centre. Three sections from the Wroclaw collection were already preserved and restored in 2013 thanks to a grant from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, another three underwent conservation in the conservation studio of The Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in the years 2013 and 2014.


The 30 apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) rootstock candidates selected for cold hardiness, known as the Kentville Stock Clone (KSC), with 'McIntosh' and 'Delicious' as scion cultivars, were compared at 11 years of age for tree size, weight, fruit yield, and crop efficiency under field conditions. Trunk cross-section area and tree weight were highly correlated. Tree size was similar for the two cultivars in most cases and ranged in size from semidwarf to very vigorous. Cumulative yield efficiencies varied by nearly two-fold and were not correlated with tree size. The most efficient rootstocks were KSC 28, KSC 7, and KSC 6 in the semidwarf, semivigorous, and vigorous size classifications, respectively. The need for size-controlling apple rootstocks that are well adapted to North American conditions climaxed when Cummins and Aldwinckle (1974) targeted the three most widely planted (Zeiger and Tukey, 1960) East Malling selections-M.9, M.26, and MM.106-for replacement through their breeding program. Failure of these and other selections in some sites and inconsistent performance across the apple production regions was the under- lying motivation for rootstock research in Canada (Hutchinson, 1975) and for internationally coordinated field trials (Ferree and Perry, 1988). Further evidence of the need to find rootstocks fully adapted to the conditions of specific apple production regions is the number of apple rootstock improvement programs that exist around the world (Cummins and Aldwinkle, 1983). The discovery of rootstocks with a range of vigor and potential hardiness is, therefore, worthy of further evaluation. This opportunity arose in Eastern Canada with the development of the winter hardy KSC apple rootstocks (Embree and Crowe, 1986). The next phase in rootstock evaluation should include field performance with at least one cultivar (Barritt et al., 1990; Cummins and Aldwinckle, 1988). Preliminary findings of field performance with two cultivars were previously reported (Embree, 1989). The results of further and more detailed rootstock characterization are presented here in a series of three papers. The first paper documents the effects of the KSC rootstocks with 'McIntosh' and 'Delicious' on tree size, weight, and yield efficiency. The second paper analyzes and compares the precocity and productivity of these rootstocks, and the third deals with effects of the rootstocks on quality of fruit produced and summarizes results highlighting superior perform- ers .


The CoreWall project was funded recently (March 2006) by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF, ). It is charged to develop a basic suite of data integration and visualization applications for broad use in the ocean-, lake-, continental-, and ice-coring communities. A CoreWall workshop was held on 8–10 May 2006 in Washington, D.C. to explore possible development pathways for the CoreWall Suite of applications. The original CoreWall application was envisioned by the lake-core community who needed a better way to visualize their cores, do visual core descriptions, and share core photos and data in an integrated environment. A collaboration of earth and computer scientists from four universities and one consulting fi rm was established to accomplish these goals.


MEIKLEJOHN [1937] has described a method, based upon the work of Schopfer [1935], of estimating vitamin B1 in "small samples" (15 ml.) of blood. From his evidence he concludes "that the method... provides a quantitative estimate of the true vitamin B1 content of the blood". Since a clinical test for vitamin B1 in blood is badly needed, and since Meiklejohn's method is being used by several workers in this country and in others, it seemed to be important to examine the justification of his claim and the value of the test. The basis of the method lies in the ability of vitamin B1 to promote the growth of a fungus, Phycomyces blakesleeanus. There is already sufficient evidence contained in Meiklejohn's paper and in Schopfer's numerous publications to show that the former's claim needs investigation. Schopfer & Jung [1937, 2] have published tentative conclusions: "Le sang donne une r6action positive. En exprimant en aneurine la totalit6 de l'action auxog6ne observee, on arriverait A des teneurs variant entre 0-2 et 04y par cm.3 de s6rum." The animal used is not mentioned. In his other paper mentioning determinations on blood, Schopfer [1937] states: "Avec le serum, nous avoils trouv6 une fois 39 mg. de recolte avec 1 ccm. (rat m0le) et une fois 69 mg. pour 1 ccm. (rat femelle); en comparant avec les donn6es fournies par la vitamine pure, nous trouvons que 0-2y de cette derniere livre une recolte de 65 mg." He then warns us of the danger of expressing all growth-promoting activity in terms of vitamin B1, since "nous savons que d'autres facteurs agissent egalement". Although results on two rats hardly merit discussion, it is instructive to examine the only experimental results that he has published (presumably obtained with the male rat): Approx. value for apparent Dry wt. of vitamin B1 (y/100 ml.) Rat serum fungus calculated from Schopfer's vol. in ml. mg. figures 0*5 34 17 1.0 39 10 2.0 47 6-5 Rat red blood 77 15 corpuscles "about 2 ml."


Target tracking is extremely important in the military field. In multi-sensor data fusion processing, track fusion techniques are required to make the target position information more accurate and reliable. In this paper, the target motion uses uniform and uniformly accelerated motion models, and the smoothing of the motion trajectory uses Kalman filtering. In this paper, Convex combination fusion algorithm, covariance weighted fusion algorithm and adaptive fusion algorithm are used to fuse the track data, and analyze the performance of these three algorithms with fusion trajectory, root mean square error of fusion comparison and algorithm time complexity comparison. The simulation results show that all three algorithms can extract useful information from the track data and improve the target tracking accuracy.


Novel 1,4-disubstituted cubane derivatives have been designed and selected ones have been successfully synthesized and characterized by various analytical and spectroscopic techniques, including single crystal X-ray analysis. A detailed computational study at B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory revealed that all newly designed 1,4-disubstituted cubane derivatives possess higher densities, higher density-specific impulse and superior ballistic properties when compared to conventional fuels, for example, RP-1. These compounds also exhibit acceptable kinetic and thermodynamic stabilities which were evaluated in terms of their HOMO-LUMO energy gap and bond dissociation energies, respectively, and are superior to TEX and many other compounds containing explosophoric groups. These results provide novel insights into the possible application of cubane-based energetic materials.


The purpose of this multiple case study was to examine the ways in which six Hispanic, English-Spanish bilingual college students and college graduates used nonstandard writing (digitalk) to communicate through Facebook status updates and their reasons for doing so. The study consisted of three sources of data: Facebook status updates, one-on-one interview responses, and group interview responses. Based on an analysis of the data, it is probable that participants engaged in digitalk in both English and Spanish to achieve a variety of purposes. The similarities found between participants' English and Spanish digitalk may be indicative of participants' reliance on what Cummins (1991) refers to as Common Underlying Proficiencies in which languages rely on a single processing system.


The aim of this research is to obtain a profile of students' critical thinking ability in project based learning (PjBL) integrated STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics). The research method used is quantitative descriptive. The subjects in this research were students of 8th grade in one of Junior High School Bandung with a total of 34 students taken by purposive sampling. Students' critical thinking ability is measured on aspects of interpretation, analysis, explanation, inference and evaluation using task and rubric instruments also peer assessment. The analysis of critical thinking ability uses the Item Response Theory Graded Response Model. The results showed that the profile of critical thinking ability was 25 % in the low category, 34 % in the medium category and 41 % in the high category. This result is supported by the results of peer assessment which showed that 12 % in the low category, 41 % in the medium category and 47 % in the high category. Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that a profile of students' critical thinking ability in PjBL-STEM learning is high category.


This study is conducted to examine the role of accounting conservatism in managers' investment decision of the accepted firms in Tehran Stock Exchange. In order to measure conservatism, two criteria called future profitability and specific items have been applied. The variables include conservatism, ROE average, CFO average, PM average, ROE standard deviation, PM standard deviation, leverage, size, total expenditures of research, development and advertisement, Past and specific items. Also,60 accepted firms in Tehran Stock Exchange between years of 2003 to 2009 were reviewed by the use of ordinary least squares regression (OLS) method in order to test the research hypotheses. The results demonstrate that the level of conservatism in the accepted firms in Tehran Stock Exchange does not affect future operating cash, yet has an impact on firm profit margin; therefore, it can be concluded that the firms with a higher level of conservatism gain more profit margin in comparison with those with a lower level of conservatism and managers can depend on these levels to make decisions on investment. Moreover, the level of conservatism does not lead to the less identification of specific items as cost; in other words, the level of conservatism does not affect the identification of specific items.


Abstract Airspace is identified through well defined volumes of the Earth's atmosphere. Airspace control is defined to consist of rules and procedures by which aircraft conduct their flight and by which aircraft approach and cross volume boundaries. Airspace control should optimise the flow of traffic under the constraint that no collision occurs. To date, the design of airspace control has been largely heuristic. Two fundamentally opposed philosophies and designs have evolved over the last fifty years. There has been little, if any, formal comparison of the relative performance of these designs. A new conceptual conflict-avoidance model is presented showing the need to maintain situational awareness for all conflicts. It reveals the essential requirement for communication channels in the conflict avoidance function. Human perceptual performance is related the required system response to conflict. These human factors can be mathematically related to physical parameters embodied in airspace rules and procedures. The impact of changes in airspace performance due to variations in physical parameters derived from models of the communication channels can now be measured. Use of the conflict-avoidance model presented in this paper identifies serious deficiencies in present designs and postulates that fundamental architectural changes are required to reduce safety hazards and produce designs of sufficient reliability, particularly for uncontrolled airspace. Designs based on stable and adequate communications are shown to be required and are now technologically feasible.


Six genotypes in three generations,cabbage F_1 and F_2 and inbred S_3 were used in anther culture to study the factors affecting embryoid induction and formation of cabbage anthers in culture.It was shown that(1) high sucrose concentration exerted significant inductive effect on embryoid formation and the optimum sucrose concentration of cabbage anther culture was 6% and the embryoid induction rate reached as high as 12.2% at this sucrose concentration;(2) The genotypes of the materials were the major factor affecting cabbage anther culture and the materials in cabbage F_1 and F_2 performed better in embryoid induction and the embryoid induction rate in F_2(F_2P192 and F_2P194) was 18.9%,higher but not significantly than the embryoid induction rate of 17.1% in F_1(F_1 S17 and F_1 S13) and the inbred materials in S_3 were difficult to be induced to produce embryoids;(3) B_5 medium was more suitable to induce cabbage anthers to produce embryoids in culture than MS medium.These indicated that cabbage materials in F_2 were the best materials for embryoid induction of cabbage anthers in culture and the optimal medium for embryoid induction of cabbage anthers was B_5 +2.0 mg/L 2,4-D+2.0 mg/L KT+6% sucrose.


Angiotensin II (AII) binding sites were characterized in intact hepatocytes using (/sup 3/H)AII. Computer analysis of the saturation curve indicated the presence of only one class of binding sites with a Kd = 9.5 +/- 0.9 nM which did not change during culture up to 25 h. On the other hand, the B/sub max/ decreased from 80 +/- 12 fmol/mg of protein on freshly isolated cells to 33 +/- 5 fmol/mg of protein at 5 h culture and to 2.8 +/- 0.7 fmol/mg of protein at 25 h culture. The calcium mobilization induced by AII was measured using the fluorescent indicator fura2. AII (10 nM) increased intracellular free calcium from 160 +/- 20 nM to 319 +/- 35 nM in fresh and 5 h-cultured cells, but was without effect at 24 h. The dose response curves showed a significant decrease in the efficacy of AII to mobilize Ca/sup 2 +/ in 5 h-cultured cells. These data indicate a reduction in the number and perhaps coupling efficiency of AII receptors during primary liver cell culture. Experiments are being conducted to determine whether culture also induces a change in AII inhibition of glucagon-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation.


intervals throughout the day; the patient is also encouraged by firm pressure on the chest. If pain is too severe a preliminary injection of pethidine, 100 mg., is given. Should there be any evidence of circulatory failure a rapid transfusion of intravenous saline is given. with, if necessary, plasma. Apart from cases with associated haemorrhage, it has rarely been necessary to transfuse with blood. At operation, simple suture has been undertaken and usually omentum is brought over the ulcer. Particular care is taken to swab above the liver for residual fluid. Post-operative pain is alleviated by morphine 1/6 gr. (11 mg.) at night, and pethidine, 100 mg., intramuscularly by day, for the first two or three days. An enema is given on the third morning. The patient is allowed up on the fourth day and the sutures are removed on the tenth day. If any evidence of venous thrombosis is discovered anticoagulant therapy as described by Ball and Hughes (1949) is started.


penny gleaned from the dense considerations of Part I will drop when the cases are read carefully. And in case the penny remains stuck, Paukulski shakes again with neat outlines of main points at the end of each chapter, together with suggestions for further reading. But in my vicw the real achievement of the book is in that first part. There is no other text book available that critically reviews the various approaches so fairly and clearly and then manages to guide the student to a workable synthesis. And this despite the problem posed by what Paukulski calls the incommensurability of


Based upon several years' experiences in water supply pipe network design and construction the foundation treatment methods for water supply and drainage pipe construction in backfill region are introduced as well as the points needing attention in pipe network design.


The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the Anacardium occidentale (AO) hydroalcoholic extract on oral microorganisms from subgingival biofilm. They were immerged in a pre-reduced BHI (Brain Heart Infusion) and distributed in plates containing agar-sanguis in contact with various solutions: 0.9% saline; 0.12% chlorhexidine digluconate; 12.5% and 50% AO. The saline solution had no effect on bacterial growth in a similar manner than AO, independently of its concentration. 0.12% chlorhexidine digluconate showed an expressive inhibition hale (11mm). Then, AO did not show inhibitory effect in vitro on microorganisms from subgingival biofilm. UNITERMS: biofilm, Anacardium occidentale, chlorhexidine, periodontitis. AGRADECIMENTOS Os autores agradecem à professora Carla Kuroki Kawamoto Pereira pela triagem dos pacientes e à técnica de laboratório Cleuene dos Santos Freire pelo auxílio na fase laboratorial da pesquisa. Braz J Periodontol December 2013 volume 23 issue 04 23(4):26-30 30 An official publication of the Brazilian Society of Periodontology ISSN-0103-9393 REFERÊNCIAs BIBLIOGRÁFICAs 1Lindhe J, Karring T, Lang NP. Tratado de Periodontia Clínica e Implantologia Oral. 5a. ed. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan; 2010. 2Wolf H, Rateitschak K. Periodontia. 3a. Ed. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara


In this study, hexagonal-phase NaY0.6–xCe0.1Gd0.3EuxF4 nanorods were synthesized via a mild solvothermal method. By modifying the Eu3+ dopant concentration, the crystal phase, morphology, and luminescent properties were well controlled. A broad excitation band centered at around 260 nm corresponding to the 2F5/2 → 4f-5d transition of Ce3+ was detected in the hosts containing Gd3+ ions by monitoring the Eu3+ emissions, indicating that an efficient Ce3+ → Eu3+ energy transfer occurred via the Gd3+ sublattice. Luminescence decay behaviors of the NaY0.6–xCe0.1Gd0.3EuxF4 nanorods were studied, and the energy transfer mechanism was discussed. An obvious rising edge on the luminescence decay curve of Eu3+ ions in the NaY0.6–xCe0.1Gd0.3EuxF4 nanorods was observed. The rising time is proposed to describe the energy migration time from Ce3+ to Eu3+ via the Gd3+ sublattice.


This article is a study of a university vice chancellor (VC) and specifically the leadership qualities that articulate success. There is broad agreement across the higher education sector that good leadership is central to the performance of university vice chancellors (Cloete, Maassen, and Bailey 2015; Macfarlane 2012; Jansen 2017; Scott et al. 2010). University vice-chancellor's performance are measured against at range of issues and include determining the institution's strategic goals, academic standing and transformation agenda (Leibowitz 2012). To run a university there is need for university vice-chancellors to articulate particular skills, values and qualities that will enable them to achieve success in these wide-ranging and competing goals and agendas. In South Africa however with few exceptions (Swartz et al. 2019; Jansen 2017), fundamental questions remain about what these values and qualities are and they arise in university vice-chancellors own account of leadership. Although vice-chancellors occupy an eminent position in the country especially in the context of transforming higher education in the country (Cloete 2014), specific attention to the values and qualities that vice-chancellors articulate as vital for leadership has been understudied. This article is interested in the question: how do vice-chancellors shape leadership qualities are how do these arise? This question is explored empirically, through narrative enquiry by focusing on one vice-chancellor's account of leadership qualities. Through a close-focus examination of the nuances associated with a university vice chancellor's conceptualisation of leadership, this article provides insights into what qualities are relevant for effective leadership. As noted by Dewan and Myatt (2008) the successful performance of a leader is based on the question of which qualities are relevant for effective leadership. There remains a marginal consideration of university vice-chancellor's perspectives on the issues of effective leadership and how they arise especially in the context of South Africa's turbulent higher education environment.


This paper presents the design of an optically interconnected multiprocessor. The design is oriented to applications where the performance is bandwidth limited in conventional multiprocessors. The system utilizes board-level polymer waveguides to reduce manufacturing costs. The processor interconnection network, called Gemini, has a Banyan topology and is composed of dual optical and electronic networks. The optical data paths (circuit switched) are used for passing large data blocks and the matched electrical data paths (packet switched) are used for control of the optical interconnect and for short data messages.


This paper presents linear matrix inequalities (LMI) based fuzzy chaotic synchronization and communication. We propose a modulated Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model. The modulated T-S fuzzy model is constructed by choosing the common factor or the only one variable of nonlinear terms in chaotic systems as the premise variable of fuzzy rules and output signal. Following this model, some restricting conditions required in Tanaka et al. (1998) can be relaxed. This simplified design framework can be applied to many well-known chaotic systems. Also, for chaotic communications, this modulated T-S fuzzy model illustrates asymptotical recovering of the message.


The purpose of this study is to describe role of Business Development Centre (BDC) in improving the coffee farmers economy in Pagar Alam. BDC is institutional unit of the partnership network at the district/city level that provides integrated services to develop productive and innovative businesses with the main goal is to improve the community's economi Pagar Alam City, especially in the field of coffe plantations. the result of this study was found that BDC contributes in improving the community's economy. it can be measured from several program such as plantation cultivation, harvest, and postharvest.


Let E be a simplicial commutative algebra such that En is generated by degenerate elements. It is shown that in this case the n th term of the Moore complex of E is generated by images of certain pairings from lower dimensions. This is then used to give a description of the boundaries in dimension n − 1 for n = 2, 3, and 4.


This paper considers optimal staffing in service centers. We construct models for profit and cost centers using dynamic rate queues. To allow for practical optimal controls, we approximate the queueing process using a Gaussian random variable with equal mean and variance. We then appeal to the Pontryagin's maximum principle to derive a closed form square root staffing (SRS) rule for optimal staffing. Unlike most traditional SRS formulas, the main parameter in our formula is not the probability of delay but rather a cost‐to‐benefit ratio that depends on the shadow price. We show that the delay experienced by customers can be interpreted in terms of this ratio. Throughout the article, we provide theoretical support of our analysis and conduct extensive numerical experiments to reinforce our findings. To this end, various scenarios are considered to evaluate the change in the staffing levels as the cost‐to‐benefit ratio changes. We also assess the change in the service grade and the effects of a service‐level agreement constraint. Our analysis indicates that the variation in the ratio of customer abandonment over service rate particularly influences staffing levels and can lead to drastically different policies between profit and cost service centers. Our main contribution is the introduction of new analysis and managerial insights into the nonstationary optimal staffing of service centers, especially when the objective is to maximize profitability. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 63: 615–630, 2017


The high prevalence of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients and the factors that increase the risk for this complication deserve emphasis.


Through examination of her own collaborative role in supporting community storytellers engaged with an interactive-participatory documentary, The Hollow Project, Adams foregrounds the issues that arise when researchers and directors leave a community. Specifically, Adams addresses such questions as what can we gain by critically evaluating the ways researcher identities and agency shift throughout the life of a research project and after the project has ended? How can researchers develop and structure community projects that are more self-sustaining? How can digital technologies assist in relationship building and engagement with research projects before, during and after execution? And what can we learn about issues of reciprocity and reflexivity by considering more deeply the life spans of community research projects and our continued involvement with them? Adams ultimately argues that critical reflection and thoughtful consideration of the fluctuating nature of our roles as researchers engaged in feminist community projects provides for more ethical involvement.


The Jebel Gharbi region, located on the northern edge of the Tripolitanian plateau, has been the object of research by the Italo-Libyan Joint Mission, directed by Barbara E. Barich (University of Rome "La Sapienza") and Elena A.A. Garcea (University of Cassino), since the 1990s. During the 2000 season an important settlement area was detected at the foot of the jebel, near the village of Shakshuk. The importance of the area, which is located between the Jefara plain and the alluvial fan belt, is due to the different human occupation horizons and to the plentiful archaeological findings scattered on the surface. Perennial water sources allowed the territory to be inhabited even in the most arid phases of the Pleistocene. Investigation in the Shakshuk area has resulted in the important discovery of Site SJ-00-56, located near to one of the abovementioned springs. The lithic assemblage recovered from the site is almost entirely composed of bladelets and small flakes, within a primary industry of bladelet production. This technological trait makes the complex different from the other LSA contexts of the Jebel, which are mainly characterized by the large number of retouched artefacts. This, therefore, suggests that the area could have been devoted to specific subsistence activities as indicated by the particular features of the lithic production. Our aim will be to investigate the site's function through analysis of its lithic complex (with particular attention paid to the notable debitage elements), and its topographical position compared with the other LSA sites in the region.


In the Taisho era, chanoyu was spread, and many sukiya-style houses and chashitsu were built. However, the architects had not taken positive attitude for it. This paper is a part of the studies that is going to clarify the positioning of chashitsu in modern architecture. In particular, the purpose of this paper is understanding of opinions about chashitsu on magazines. In conclusion, (1)chanoyu at that time was criticized; (2)however, the concept of the chashitsu was praised. Therefore, one may say that the groundwork of the opinion about chashitsu in the Showa era was formed in the Taisho era.


Actuality to study psychological characteristics and determinants of professional self-fulfilment of a higher school lecturer as a representative of socionomy professions is determined primarily by the fact that a lecturer is one of the key figures in professional education who supports social and professional ascension of future professionals.
In the article we represent that professional communications, which are traditionally regarded in the psychological science as "activities in the activity", are a specific type of activities, it is a communicative (including speaking) activity. A teacher has to perform communicative speech activities in all areas of his/her work: pedagogical, educational, methodical, organizational and others. This comprehensive universality, i.e. the presence of communicative activities at all types of specialist's professional, scientific and pedagogical work, determines importance of formation and development, first of all, of the communicative competence within the professional competence structure as a key tool of interpersonal communications. Communicative activities are governed by the need to resolve communicative problems arising in the course of professional interaction, and through them, to resolve proper professional problems.
The performed statistical analyses of the experimental data and the qualitative interpretations of the regression analysis show that the "creativity during professional interactions" is the most prominent predictor of the high level of professional self-fulfilment (general, internal professional and external professional) achieved by these specialists. Thus, creativity as the ability to non-standard resolution of communicative tasks, as a manifestation of creativity in the communicative-speech components of the professional activities and as a form of pedagogical interaction, determines mostly university lecturers' professional self-fulfilment and implementation of its internal and external professional forms.
In addition, the internal professional self-fulfilment of these specialists is determined by a number of such sufficiently expressed factors; these are the key criteria of the communicative competence: an instrumental criterion, as well as (in its composition) "adequacy during professional interactions"; the motivational criteria and the "reflection of professional interactions" element of the cognitive criterion; the professional competence criteria, including creative, self-educational and pedagogical; the parameters of lecturers' non-verbal expressiveness: "formal-dynamic parameters of non-verbal behaviour" and "ability to manage and reflect non-verbal behaviour during pedagogical interactions"; "value orientations", "rapport" and, finally, "the ability to express own thoughts".
The lecturer's external professional self-fulfilment is determined by such main factors: "internal professional motivation" and "external positive motivation"; "professional competence", including "informational competence"; "creativity" (in life); the instrumental criterion of the communicative competence includes "adequacy during professional interactions", the cognitive criterion includes "construction of effective communicative programs" and the motivational criterion include "the motive for communicative difficulty overcoming".
Research showed that among most expressed  predictors of professional self-fulfilment of university lecturer communicative factors have  a decision value, that predefined by the specific of him professional activity  that  takes  place in form a scientifically-pedagogical commonunication.


Edible seeds of Poaceae are referred to as cereals. A lot of cereals have been the staple food for human populations from time
immemorial and have been a significant source of energy and nutrients. Their consumption has always been linked to a wide array
of health benefits that could be attributed to the rich amount of phytochemicals harbored in them. This review attempts to present
a summary of the various phytochemicals present in cereals and their potential health benefits. This review has been compiled
using information from various sources including scientific publications. Citations have been provided to credit the sources.


The aim of this review was to assess the literature on low-cost greenhouses that have potential for use under the diverse Sub-Saharan Africa agro-climatic conditions. Development of smallscale greenhouse facilities that are suited for the Sub-Saharan agro-climatic conditions may help alleviate food insecurity and malnutrition. Control of the internal environment for optimum conditions is typically achieved through side and/or roof vents in naturallyventilated facilities. Alternatively, fan-pad evaporative cooling may be used. Although natural ventilation is less costly and energy-efficient, it has limited capacity to reduce the heat load in warm climate regions. The use of the fan-pad evaporative cooling is limited in humid and sub-humid regions. The comparison of crop production under fan-pad versus natural ventilation in terms of crop growth and yield give conflicting results and needs further research. In South Africa, fan-pad cooling has performed better than natural ventilation, while in the tropical and Mediterranean climates, natural ventilation has performed better. This presents a knowledge gap about greenhouse facilities that needs to be addressed in order for the Sub-Saharan countries to benefit from greenhouse technology and to alleviate food insecurity and malnutrition.


At the beginning of this year a group of scientist in Japan reported that alkylbenzene sulfonate (ABS), which has been widely used as principal ingredient of anionic detergent, might not be harmless to human health. In order to clarify this point following experimental studies were made on this chemical.1) Acute toxicity in mice2) Primary irritation test on the skin and mucous membrane of rabbits3) Skin sensitizing test in quinea pigs4) Chronic Toxicity in rats5) Absorption, storage in organs and excretion in rats and rabbits, using ABS35


The present invention relates to a conductive transparent substrate manufacturing method, and the conductive transparent substrate manufacturing method of the present invention comprises: a main electrode formation step for forming a plurality of main electrodes arranged on a substrate so as to be spaced from each other; and a connection electrode formation step for forming a connection electrode for electrically connecting two or more main electrodes such that the plurality of main electrodes are grouped into a plurality of group electrodes electrically cut off from each other. Thus, according to the present invention, provided are the conductive transparent substrate manufacturing method which is capable of manufacturing a conductive transparent substrate with excellent transmittance through a process at a high yield rate, and the conductive transparent substrate.


The fossils of large felids collected, in the so called "Brecce di Soave", by Angelo Pasa during the first half of XX century and stored at Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona are revised. Pasa referred these fossils to different taxa such as Panthera pardus, Panthera leo spelaea, Panthera sp. coming from different localities near Soave: Viatelle, Monte Zoppega, Sentiero, Castello, Monte Tenda. The term "Brecce di Soave" is used to define a karst filling deposits occurring on the Eocene limestones exposed near the village of Soave (Verona, NE Italy). The Brecce di Soave chronology is not homogeneous and includes different Pleistocene phases. The sites located in the Soave area can be referred at least to 2 different depositional phases: 1) around 1 Ma, as suggested by the occurrence of Mimomys, Allophaiomys, Beremendia, etc.; 2) around 0.5 Ma, characterized by the presence of Arvicola, Microtus (Terricola), Chionomys etc. Most of the fossils can be classified as Felidae indet. because of their fragmentary condition. All the other more complete remains can be referred to Panthera cf. P. fossilis with the exception of a partial M1 which has to be ascribed to Homotherium latidens (Viatelle) and a partial P4 referable to Canis cf. C. mosbachensis.


Tamang shamanism combines elements of the Hindu, Buddhist, and pre-Buddhist (Bon) traditions. The Man Chinni ritual is a major healing rite which serves to treat possession. In this ritual, the shaman confronts the possessing spirit in order to identify its source and the reasons it has attacked. The shaman then uses a sacrificial animal (usually a chicken) to remove the spirit and the patient's afflictions. The A. describes the Man Chinni ritual as well as the myths and beliefs which underlay it.


This article deals with the research of the problem of multilingualism throughout the world, and also reviews
the viewpoints of some researchers on multilingualism. And also disclosed the main features of innovative
technology in polylingual educational sphere. The role of information technology in teaching a foreign language
is determined by important documents of our country. In this article, clearly defined information and
educational training tools. In this regard, revealed their great significance in polylingual education.


Life cycle and seed production of the freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense, were studied and the results are as follows : 1. Larval development : Embryos hatched out as zoea larvae of 2.06 mm in mean body length. The larvae passed through 9 zoea stages in 15~20 days and then metamorphosed into postlarvae measuring 5.68 mm in mean body length. Each zoea stage can be identified based on the shapes of the first and second antennae, exo- and endopodites of the first and second pereiopods, telson and maxillae. 2. Environmental requirements of zoea larvae : Zoea larvae grew healthy when fed with Artemia nauplii. Metamorphosing rate was 65~72% at 26~28℃ and 7.85~8.28‰Cl. The relationship between the zoeal period (Y in days) and water temperature (X in ℃) is expressed as Y=46.0900-0.9673X. Zoeas showed best survival in a water temperature range of 26~32℃ (optimum temperature 28℃), at which the metamorphosing rate into postlarvae was 54~72%. The zoeas survived more successfully in chlorinity range of 4.12~14.08‰Cl. (optimum chlorinity 7.6~11.6‰Cl.), at which the metamorphosing rate was 42~76%. The whole zoeal stages tended to be longer in proportion as the chlorinity deviated from the optimum range and particularly toward high chlorinity. Zoeas at all stages could not tolerate in the freshwater. 3. Environmental requirements of postlarvae and juveniles : Postlarvae showed normal growth at water temperatures between 24~32℃ (optimun temperature 26~28℃). The survival rate up to the juvenile stage was 41~63%. Water temperatures below 24℃ and above 32℃ resulted in lower growth, and postlarvae scarcely grew at below 17℃. Cannibalism tended to occur more frequently under optimum range of temperatures. The range of chlorinity for normal growth of postlarvae and juveniles was from 0.00 (freshwater) to 11.24‰Cl., at which the survival rate was 32~35%. The postlarvae grew more successfully in low chlorinities, and the best growth was found at 0.00~2.21‰Cl. The postlarvae and juveniles showed better growth in freshwater but did not survive in normal sea water. 4. Feeding effect of diet on zoea llarvae : Zoea larvae were successfully survived and metamorposed into postlarvae when fed commercial artificial plankton, rotifers, and Artemia nauplii in the aquaria. However, the zoea larvae that were fed Artemia nauplii and reared in Chlorella mixed green water showed better results. The rate of metamorphosis was 68~75%. The larvae fed cow liver powder, egg powder, and Chlorella alone did not survive. 5. Diets of postlarvae, juveniles and adults : Artemia nauplii and/or copepods were good food for postlarvae. Juveniles and adults were successfully fed fish or shellfish flesh, annelids, corn grain, pelleted feed along with viscera of domestic animals or fruits. 6. Growth of postlarvae, juveniles and adults : Under favorable conditions, postlarvae molted every five or six days and attained to the juvenile stage within two months and they reached 1.78 cm in body length and 0.17 g in body weight. The juveniles grew to 3.52 cm in body length and 1.07 g in body weight in about four months. Their sexes became determinable based on the appearance of male's rudimental processes (a secondary sex character) on the endopodites of second pereiopods of males. The males commonly reached sexual maturity in seven months after attaining the postlarvae stage and they grew to 5.65 cm in body length and 3.41 g in body weight. Whereas the females attained sexual maturity within six to seven months, when they measured 4.93 cm in body length and 2.43 g in body weight. Nine or ten months after hatching, the males grew 6.62~7.14 cm in body length and 6.68~8.36 g in body weight, while females became 5.58~6.08 cm and 4.04~5.54 g. 7. Stocking density : The maximum stocking density in aquaria for successful survival and growth was 60~100 individuals/l for zoeas in 30-days rearing (survival rate to postlarvae, 73~80 % ) ; 100~300 individuals/㎡ for postlarvae of 0.57 cm in body length (survival rate for 120 days, 78~85%) ; 40~60 individuals/㎡ for juveniles of 2.72 cm in body length (survival rate for 120 days, 63~90%) ; 20~40 individuals/㎡ for young prawns of 5.2 cm in body length (survival rate for 120 days, 62~90%) ; and 10~30 individuals/㎡ for adults of 6.1 cm in body length (survival rate for 60 days, 73~100%). The stocking density of juveniles, youngs and adults could be increased up to twice by providing shelters.


Abstract This article presents the results of research that aimed to identify and discuss the evidence and characteristics of the processes of the Advanced Mathematical Thinking students in a mathematics course expressed when dealing with tasks related to the content of linear transformations. For this, we designed a study using some theories of Advanced Mathematical Thinking, which served as the foundation for analyzing students' written records. We conclude that some participants of the research expressed characteristics of the processes of representation and abstraction of Advanced Mathematical Thinking, and only two showed evidence of processes involved in abstraction. These students' written records present difficulties with notation for the concepts in question, as with the manipulation of these notations. Thus, there is a need for professors to create moments of reflection in relation to the development of Advanced Mathematical Thinking.


In the pursuit of a system capable of measuring pain signals in humans we propose a method to differentiate those signals related to pain from those which are not. We performed a time-frequency analysis using the Gabor transform to have complete information about the spectrum and its behaviour through the time to study the main differences over the evoked potentials provoked by both nociceptive and somatosensory (non-nociceptive) stimulation. The setup of the experiment also allowed us to study the mismatch negativity and the differences between the potentials evoked by a deviant stimulus and the ones evoked by a standard stimulus according to the roving paradigm. The results show that nociceptive evoked potentials read over the scalp have more energy than the somatosensory evoked potentials, they also differ in the frequencies that are activated as well as the latencies where such frequencies are activated. These results were obtained after pre-processing the EEG signals mainly removing the artifacts running the independent component algorithm (ICA) which allowed us to have reliable results.


A number of reproductive parameters are altered in lactating dairy cows including: twinning rate, expression of estrus, conception rate, pregnancy loss, and incidence of anovulation. We hypothesized that the high feed consumption associated with lactation has fundamentally altered reproductive physiology due to increased metabolism of steroids. We evaluated liver blood flow and steroid metabolism under different physiological conditions using continuous infusion of bromosulfothalein ( 90% metabolized by one pass through liver) and/or estradiol and progesterone. In lactating or non-lactating cows, acute feeding produced an increase in liver blood flow of 20-30% that was maximal by 2 h after feeding. There was a corresponding decrease of 30% in circulating estradiol and progesterone concentrations following acute feeding of cows continuously infused with steroids. The baseline liver blood flow was much greater in lactating ( 1600 l/h) as compared to non-lactating ( 800 l/h) cows. Similarly, estradiol and progesterone metabolism was much greater in lactating as compared to non-lactating cows. Analysis of normal estrous cycles showed striking differences in lactating cows vs. heifers that are consistent with high steroid metabolism. Peak serum estradiol near estrus was lower in single-ovulating lactating cows (7.1.5 pg/ml) than heifers (9.4.6) in spite of larger preovulatory follicle diameter in cows (17.4.5 mm) than heifers (14.8.2). Similarly, circulating progesterone concentrations were lower for cows than heifers from d 5 to 14 of the estrous cycle (on day 14: 4.1.3 vs. 6.1.4 ng/ml); whereas, luteal volume was greater for cows than heifers (on day 14: 8272932 vs. 5415276 mm3). There were also differences in double ovulation rate (cows-25.0%; heifers-1.8%) and embryo quality on day 5 after normal ovulation (n = 27-28 per group each flushed 3 different times). The percentage of degenerated embryos (Grade 5) was greater (p<0.05) in lactating cows (61.9%) vs. heifers (6.3%) during summer or comparing lactating (41.7%) vs. non-lactating cows (17.6%) during winter. Thus, changes in reproductive physiology may be a consequence of the high feed consumption, high liver blood flow and resulting increase in steroid metabolism associated with high milk production.


The monostatic coherent response of a conducting plate with a randomly serrated edge is calculated by considering the serration to be a realization of a stochastic process. Results are given for both polarizations and various geometric and statistical parameters of the plate.


AIMS
Despite numerous studies identifying specific microRNA (miRNA) expression profiles associated with atrial fibrillation (AF), changes in plasma miRNA expression in pre- and post-operative AF patients who have received catheter ablation, remain poorly characterized. This study aimed to reveal disease-related biomarkers by detecting plasma miRNA expression in AF patients, and examining the levels of AF-specific miRNAs in patients after catheter ablation, in order to help gauge therapeutic effects and assess prognosis.

METHODS AND RESULTS
A total of 100 Han Chinese patients with AF who had received catheter ablation, and 100 healthy individuals, were sequentially recruited to the study. Atrial fibrillation-specific plasma miRNAs were detected by Solexa sequencing and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. The expression levels of AF-specific miRNAs were also investigated in 40 post-operative patients (24-48 h) and 20 patients followed up (58.52 ± 36.00 days) after catheter ablation, to explore changes in miRNA expression. The expressions of miR-409-3p and miR-432 in the plasma of AF patients were lower than healthy individuals. In binary logistic regression analyses, reduced miR-409-3p and miR-432 levels were independently associated with AF (95% confidence interval: 1.02-2.22 and 1.09-2.43, P = 0.040 and 0.018, respectively). The levels of miR-409-3p and miR-432 showed no significant difference between post-operative patients and healthy individuals (P = 0.411 and 0.681, respectively), or between followed-up patients and healthy individuals (P = 0.720 and 0.073, respectively).

CONCLUSION
We suggest that plasma miR-409-3p and miR-432 are potential markers of AF, and catheter ablation restores their decreased levels in AF patients.


Though its title may suggest something more compendious, this slim volume includes only six relatively concise essays, written specifically for the occasion, and a very brief editor's introduction. This is the more surprising since its actual historical scope extends beyond the eighteenth century, from Bunyan and Defoe through Jane Austen and Maria Edgeworth's Rosamund stories, the last of which appeared in 1821. Obviously, it moves through a century and a half on seven-league boots. However, I am happy to report that if it does not really live up to its title, the stronger essays in it are so good that I consider the time I devoted to reading it a very profitable investment. The most consistently impressive and illuminating essays seem to me to be John Richetti's "The Novel and Society: The Case of Daniel Defoe" and John Dussinger's "The Language of 'Real Feeling': Internal Speech in the Jane Austen Novel." Though I have some reservations about its literary foci, me most tíiought-provoking essay is Mitzi Myers's "The Dilemmas of Gender as Double-Voiced Narrative: or, Maria Edgeworth Mothers the Bildungsroman." Richetti sees eighteenth-century novels, including Defoe's, as concerned with the "issue of social totality," but seldom and only fitfully reflective of the comprehensiveness of social vision that Jonathan Arac has found in nineteenüvcentury fiction. Instead, they generally reflect and dramatize "the difficulty of imagining die ultimate social coherence mat nineteenüvcentury novelists take for granted" (p. 47). He applies to the eighteenth-century universe of socio-aesthetic discourse Anthony Giddens' s concept of a "class-divided" society, evolving towards a "modem nation-state" but still short of being one, a society in which many social institutions and behaviours "retain dieir independent character in spite of me rise of the state apparatus" (p. 49). However one may feel about the general validity of this concept, so applied, it certainly allows Richetti most iiluminatingly to discuss the tension between the radical, near-amoral individualism of Defoe's characters and social views and his "moments of totalizing social vision," principally "stirred by what


Laminar fuel-air counterflow diffusion flames (CFDFs) were studied using axisymmetric convergent-nozzle and straight-tube opposed jet burners (OJBs). The subject diagnostics were used to probe a systematic set of H2/N2-air CFDFs over wide ranges of fuel input (22 to 100% Ha), and input axial strain rate (130 to 1700 Us) just upstream of the airside edge, for both plug-flow and parabolic input velocity profiles. Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) was applied along the centerline of seeded air flows from a convergent nozzle OJB (7.2 mm i.d.), and Particle Imaging Velocimetry (PIV) was applied on the entire airside of both nozzle and tube OJBs (7 and 5 mm i.d.) to characterize global velocity structure. Data are compared to numerical results from a one-dimensional (1-D) CFDF code based on a stream function solution for a potential flow input boundary condition. Axial strain rate inputs at the airside edge of nozzle-OJB flows, using LDV and PIV, were consistent with 1-D impingement theory, and supported earlier diagnostic studies. The LDV results also characterized a heat-release hump. Radial strain rates in the flame substantially exceeded 1-D numerical predictions. Whereas the 1-D model closely predicted the max I min axial velocity ratio in the hot layer, it overpredicted its thickness. The results also support previously measured effects of plug-flow and parabolic input strain rates on CFDF extinction limits. Finally, the submillimeter-scale LDV and PIV diagnostics were tested under severe conditions, which reinforced their use with subcentimeter OJB tools to assess effects of aerodynamic strain, and fueVair composition, on laminar CFDF properties, including extinction.


Extreme weather events can cause increased erratic wildfire behavior, and with this comes a greater likelihood of increased numbers of firefighters required to respond to these events, often in emergent situations. We posit that understanding how firefighters make both good and bad decisions while engaged with an active fire (wildfire and prescribed fire) – the critical drivers and tradeoffs they make between safety, getting the job done, and risk – is central to understanding how perceptions of risk are utilized by firefighters in decision making. Previous related research has suggested that stories with negative outcomes related to extreme fire behavior often involved protecting human life and following orders (rather than responding based on experience or strategy/tactics). The results described here follow up to identify the key drivers of decision making during extremes enabling the identification of patterns across many decision points and potentially identifying points where training could have positive impact on decision making. The study seeks to gather a large number of data points in regards to the factors that influence how firefighters are making decisions daily when working on a fire. These data are collected as real-time as possible over the course of a fire season. The key concept behind our approach is that it asks study participants to "journal" a brief story about a decision they made each day they were working a wildfire or prescribed fire event using an app downloaded to their smartphone or tablet device. The framework is quite short (eight graphical-based questions) and designed to be done in about five minutes or less. It is also not a traditional survey format. Each story can be typed into the app, recorded, or a picture taken and the questions are graphical, rather than a typical survey question format. This presentation will describe identifying pattern's in firefighter's perceptions of risk and decision making to better understanding of how context – e.g., fire behavior, following orders/directions, protection human life and experience – may influence decisions made in the field to better tailor training and risk management activities.


Positive interspecific interactions such as mutualism, commensalism, and facilitation are globally ubiquitous. Although research on positive interactions in terrestrial and marine systems has progressed over the past few decades, comparatively little is known about them in freshwater ecosystems. However, recent advances have brought the study of positive interactions in freshwater systems to a point where synthesis is warranted. In this review, we catalogue the variety of direct positive interactions described to date in freshwater ecosystems, discuss factors that could influence prevalence and impact of these interactions, and provide a framework for future research. In positive interactions, organisms exchange key resources such as nutrients, protection, transportation, or habitat to a net benefit for at least one participant. A few mutualistic relationships have received research attention to date, namely seed‐dispersing fishes, crayfishes and their ectosymbiotic cleaners, and communal‐spawning stream fishes. Similarly, only a handful of commensalisms have been studied, primarily phoretic relationships. Facilitation via ecosystem engineering has received more attention, for example habitat modification by beavers and bioturbation by salmon. It is well known that interaction outcomes vary with abiotic and biotic context. However, only a few of studies have examined context dependency in positive interactions in freshwater systems. Likewise, positive interactions incur costs as well as benefits; conceptualising interactions in terms of net cost/benefit to participants will help to clarify complex interactions. It is likely that there are many positive interactions that have yet to be discovered in freshwater systems. To identify these interactions, we encourage inductive natural history studies combined with hypotheses deduced from general ecological models. Research on positive interactions must move beyond small‐scale experiments and observational studies and adopt a cross‐scale approach. Likewise, we must progress from reducing systems to oversimplified pairwise interactions, toward studying positive interactions in broader community contexts. Positive interactions have been greatly overlooked in applied freshwater ecology, but have great potential for conservation, restoration, and aquaculture.


In situinfrared spectroscopy was used to study sorption and reaction of toluene and methanol over various basic catalysts (MgO, hydrotalcites, and basic zeolites). The size of the metal cations controls the preference of sorbing methanol or toluene; i.e., the larger the metal cation, the higher the preference for toluene. The key requirements for a good catalyst for side-chain alkylation are (i) sufficient base strength to dehydrogenate methanol to formaldehyde, (ii) stabilization of sorbed toluene and polarization of its methyl group, and (iii) balanced sorption stoichiometry of the two reactants. The formation of the carbon–carbon bond mechanistically resembles an aldol condensation.


Embodiments of the present disclosure, includes a medical device and a tool to be connected to the elongated member at the pivot axis near the flexible elongate member including a longitudinal axis, the tool can be configured for at least one of the aspiration and infusion it can be can be configured to pivot towards each side of the longitudinal axis with respect to the elongate member about a pivot axis.


Purpose of study To determine the accuracy of Timed Up and Go Test, in order to meet the increasing demand for a quick and easy balance assessment tool. Material and method A sample of convenience of 60 older adults took part in this study. All the subjects were assessed for the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study. If they fulfilled inclusion and exclusion criteria, they were asked to sign an informed consent form. Then subjects were assessed on two balance tests i.e. Tinetti Assessment Scale Timed Up and Go Test and the scores were entered in the respective assessment charts. The whole procedure was a single session assessment that lasted for approximately 20 minutes for a single subject. Results The (K) value analyzed between the Timed Up and Go Test and Tinetti Assessment Scale showed a significant value of 88.3% with a confidence interval of (77.4- 95.17%). Overall accuracy of the Timed Up and Go Test is 88.3% with (77.4 - 95.17%) confidence interval. Conclusion Scores obtained on Timed Up and Go Test has shown a good agreement with scores obtained on the Tinnetti Assessment Scale.


Eugene Boban was an antique and exotic curiosities dealer in Paris, between 1862 and 1908. Boban's papers are housed in part by Bibliotheque nationale de France and by L'Hispanic Society of America, making it a challenge to reconstitute his archives for research, but the preservation of notes, photographs and business correspondence is exceptional. The archives provide clues about the ways and procedures surrounding the creation of exotic goods—things that come from another space and time—and to understand how art and other objects are exoticized because of their strangeness. Their temporality is not the only consideration: circuits, players, display and stories construct the exotic nature of objects. By considering multiple aspects of the lives of goods—from invention to commercialization and exhibition—exoticism becomes accessible. Through his archives, Boban is an excellent guide to understanding the trade in curiosities through their circulation and exchange, and to gain a connected and comparative history of exoticism in Paris and New York City.


Subjective Experience (SE) is part of the ancient mind-body problem, which continues to be one of deepest mysteries of science. Despite major advances in many fields, there is still no plausible causal link between SE and its realization in the body. The core issue is the incompatibility of objective (3rd person) public science with subjective (1st person) private experience. Any scientific approach to SE assumes that it arose from extended evolutionary processes and that examining evolutionary history should help us understand it. While the core mystery remains, converging evidence from theoretical, experimental, and computational studies yields strong constraints on SE and some suggestions for further research. All animals confront many of the same fitness challenges. They all need some kind of internal model to relate their life goals and actionable sensed information to action. We understand the evolution of the bodily aspects of human perception and emotion, but not the SE. The first evolutionary evidence for SE appears in vertebrates and much of its neural substrate and simulation mechanism is preserved in mammals and humans. People exhibit the same phenomena, but there are remaining mysteries of everyday experience that are demonstrably incompatible with current neuroscience. In spite of this limitation, there is considerable progress on understanding the role of SE in the success of prostheses.


Although CO snow-fall has never been dir ectly observed on Mars, it has beensuggestedthat such precipitation may explain the puzzling infrar ed measurements obtained by Mariner 9 and Viking during the polar night in each hemisphere. The radiati ve effect of the snow would strongly alter the radiati ve balanceof the condensingpolar capsand thus the CO cycleand the global climate. We have simulated this phenomenonwith a General Cir culation Model (GCM). For that purpose,a new parametrisation of CO condensationin the atmosphere and on the ground has beendeveloped,paying particular attention to massand energy conservation, and allowing for the possiblesublimation of sedimentingCO iceparticles. Atmospheric condensationmay result fr om radiative cooling on the onehand (especiallywhen the atmosphere is dust laden),and from adiabatic cooling in upward motionson the other hand. This latter process canbevery efficient locally. On this basis,wehave modeledthe effectof the CO snow-fall on the infrar edemissionby decreasingthe local emissi vities whenatmospheric condensationwaspredictedby the model. This parametrization is based on physicalconsiderations(radiati ve transfer throughthe CO iceparticles,snow metamorphism on the ground). Without tuning the model parameters,we have beenable to accurately reproducethe generalbehavior of the featuresobserved by Viking in the thermal infrar ed. Thesemodelingresultssupport the CO snow fall scenariosuggestedfromtheobservations. Overall, this newparameterization, usedin combination with the Digital Terrain Model (DTM) topography and with allowancefor a varying atmospheric dust content, allows the GCM to simulate the CO condensation-sublimationcycle realistically. In particular, the seasonal variations of the surface pressure recordedby the Viking Landers can now be reproducedwithout artificially decreasingthe condensationrate as was done in previousstudies.


The recent success of AlphaFold and RoseTTAFold has demonstrated the values of AI methods in predicting highly accurate protein structures. Despite the advances, their roles in the context of small-molecule drug discovery need to be thoroughly explored. In this study, we evaluated whether the AI-based models can lead to reliable three-dimensional structures of protein-ligand complexes. The structure we predicted was NLRP3, a challenging protein target in terms of obtaining the three-dimensional model both experimentally and computationally. The conformation of the binding pockets generated by the AI models were carefully characterized and compared with experimental structures. Further molecular docking results indicated that AI-predicted protein structures combined with molecular dynamics simulations can be useful in small-molecule drug discovery.


Objective To investigate the effect of systematic rehabilitation nursing strategy on early functional exercise compliance in patients with stroke and hemiplegia.Methods 88 patients with stroke and hemiplegia were randomly divided into the intervention group and the control group.The control group was given conventional rehabilitation nursing,while the intervention group was given systematic rehabilitation nursing strategy.After 15 days and 30 days treatment,they were compared by rehabilitative nursing ADL scale.One day before they left hospital,they were compared by early functional exercise compliance questionnaire.Results ① The score on early functional exercise compliance in intervention group was significantly higher than that in the control group(P0.05).② Scores on rehabilitative nursing ADL scale in the intervention group were significantly higher than those in the control group(P0.05),except the item of personal hygiene after they stayed in hospital for 15 days.All the scores on rehabilitative nursing ADL scale in the intervention group were significantly higher than those in the control group(P0.05) after they stayed in hospital for 30 days.Conclusion Systematic rehabilitation nursing strategy can help to improve compliance of the patients with stroke and hemiplegia,which could improve their daily activity ability.


Purpose

The contemporary organizations invest a lot of funds to gain a better understanding of the emerging needs of customers in near future. However, customers sometimes do not appreciate these hard efforts which lead to some unanticipated results for the firm. The purpose of this paper is to identify the customers' perceptions about the future anticipatory measures done by a company.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors employed triangulation of methods to develop credibility of techniques and the findings of this qualitative research study. A semi-structured interview with six participants is used to explore the phenomena. After the authors gained a better understanding about the phenomena, a focus group discussion with eight participants was held to gain a better understanding of perceptions of future. Finally, the digital ethnography was employed to better explore customer behavior.

Findings

The results show that future anticipatory efforts conducted by a company are highly appreciated by the customers. This, in turn, builds a positive autobiographical memory for customers that lead to the development of a brand relationship.

Originality/value

The application of futurology to study within a marketing context and the employment of autobiographical memory are unique products of this study.


As ZigZag decoding (ZD) can resolve a collision between two packets, the combination of ZD and successive interference cancellation (SIC) is expected to provide a lower packet loss rate (PLR) and higher average throughput than the conventional frameless ALOHA. Therefore, in this paper, we considered applying ZD in frameless ALOHA. A straightforward implementation is first considered while deriving the exact theoretical expression for the PLR, and implementation results show higher PLR and lower throughput performance than in the conventional scheme. In addition, we propose a sophisticated implementation called enhanced ZigZag decodable frameless ALOHA (E-ZDFA), where the transmission probability is dynamically increased to improve the throughput by enhancing the chances for unretrieved users to transmit. The computer simulations revealed that E-ZDFA achieves higher throughput performance than the original frameless ALOHA and the state-of-the-art irregular-repetition-slotted ALOHA. Moreover, E-ZDFA achieves a lower error floor than frameless ALOHA, enabling the prevention of user silence, i.e., no transmission of the packet during the protocol.


A chirped laser dispersion spectroscopy system based on quantum cascade laser is presented. We demonstrate its application to remote open-path monitoring of atmospheric N2O.


Volleyball awareness is the important factors affecting the athlete's technique and tactics level.This paper makes discussion on concept,content,influence factors and improving way of volleyball awareness and puts forward the method of training volleyball awareness.


Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) is a common and costly contaminant of produced waters associated with natural gas production and exploration. One way of combating this problem is by identifying the problem beforehand. Our approach to this problem involves development of NORM prediction capabilities based on the geological environment. During quarter seventeen of this project, work has continued under the project's approved revisions. We have received the first of our produced water samples and the samples have been analyzed for NORM activity. Additional tests are also being performed. We are also attempting to acquire samples from additional sites.


The article reviews the art exhibition "NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith," featuring works by Janine Antoni, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sanford Biggers, and others, running at the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New York City until January 26, 2009, focusing on the theme of religion in popular media and art.


: This paper presents our work performed as a step toward an intellegent automatic machine vision system for 3-D imaging. The problem considered here is the quantitative 3-D reconstruction of rigid objects. Motion and stereo are the two cues to be utilized in our system. The system basically consists of 3 processes: (i) the Iow-level process to extract image features, namely the corner points, (ii) the middle-level process to establish the correspondence in two modalities: stereo (spatial) and motion (temporal) and (iii) the high-levei process to compute the 3-D coordinates of the comer points by integrating the spatial and temporal correspondences.Once the final correspondence is obtained, the comer points in the 3-D space can be determined easily as the intersection of two lines connecting the light sources to the corresponding points in the left and right views. taken


Abstract Let k and p be odd primes with k p . All vertex-primitive graphs of order kp are classified, and those which are symmetric, or are edge-transitive but not symmetric. or are not Cayley graphs are identified. In addition, a classification is given of all vertex-primitive, edge-transitive lantisymmetric) directed graphs or order kp . The classification of the vertex-primitive symmetric graphs of order kp is used by the authors and others to complete the classification of symmetric graphs or order kp . The classification of the vertex-primitive non-Cayley graphs of order kp is used by B.D. McKay and the first author in an investigation of vertex-transitive non-Cayley graphs.


ABSTRACT Using a sample of 6,657 hotels from 67 low-income countries and 65 high-income countries, we estimated the impact of environmental performance on hotels' sales and profit margins. The positive impact of environmental performance on sales for the two groups of countries indicates that the green hotels created market differentiation and attracted eco-friendly tourists. For high-income countries, the profit margin in green hotels is 1.7% higher than in other hotels. For low-income countries, the lack of a positive impact of environmental performance on green hotels' profit margins implies a lower environmental efficiency of environmental practices.


The history of post-Second World War Italy may be divided into two distinct periods corresponding to two different modes of democratic functioning. During the period from 1948 to 1993 (commonly referred to as the First Republic), Italy was a consensual democracy; whereas the system (commonly referred to as the Second Republic) that emerged from the dramatic changes brought about by the end of the Cold War functions according to the logic of competitive democracy. The transformation of Italy's political system has thus been significant. However, there remain important hurdles on the road to a coherent institutionalisation of the competitive model. The article reconstructs the transformation of Italian democracy, highlighting the socio-economic and institutional barriers that continue to obstruct a competitive outcome.


Pistacia weinmannifolia (Anacardiaceae) has been used in herbal medicine for the treatment of influenza, dysentery and enteritis in China. It was recently observed that P. weinmannifolia root extract (PWRE) exerts anti-inflammatory effects both in in vitro and in vivo models. Based on the results from previous studies, the present study investigated the protective effect of PWRE on airway inflammation and mucus hypersecretion. Treatment with PWRE significantly decreased the number of eosinophils and the levels of Th2 cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5 and IL-13, in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of OVA-exposed mice. PWRE decreased the high serum levels of total and OVA-specific immunoglobulin E. PWRE also effectively inhibited the influx of inflammatory cells into the lung, as well as airway mucus hypersecretion. In addition, the increased level of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 was significantly decreased with the PWRE treatment in the BALF of OVA-exposed mice and in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW264.7 macrophages. These protective effects of PWRE on OVA-induced pulmonary inflammation were accompanied by the downregulation of mitogen associated protein kinases and nuclear factor-κB activation. Thus, the results from the present study indicate that PWRE could be valuable adjuvant for the treatment of asthma.


Background. Hemostatic agents have the potential to improve clinical outcomes by decreasing postoperative drainage and the need for transfusions. Algan Hemostatic Agent is a polysaccharide-based hemostatic agent obtained from a mixture of six different herbs. The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical efficacy and safety of Algan Hemostatic Agent as a local hemostatic agent in coronary artery bypass operations. Methods. 28 subjects who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery and met the inclusion criteria were included in this clinical study. Traditional methods (cautery, ligation, etc.) were used in the control group, whereas Algan Hemostatic Agent was added in the study group. A sponge soaked in Algan Hemostatic Agent liquid was lightly compressed to the bleeding area for 120 seconds. Results. Both groups were comparable in terms of preoperative demographic data and perioperative laboratory values. Drainage on the postoperative first day (650 ml vs 896 ml; p=0.381) and total drainage (817 ml vs 1210 ml; p=0.031) were found higher in the control group. Another significant difference was observed between the groups in terms of erythrocyte suspension utilization rate (1.14 U in the treatment group and 2.06 U in the control group, p=0.004). Algan Hemostatic Agent did not cause any complications during administration. Conclusion. In conclusion, Algan Hemostatic Agent has been found effective and safe in controlling bleeding during coronary artery bypass operations.


The purpose of the work was to define the efficient design of the endoprosthesis, working in a multiple-cycle loading environment. Methodology and methods: triangulated surfaces of the base contact surfaces of endoprosthesis butt elements have been created using the PowerShape and SolidWorks software functional environment, and the assemblies of the possible combinations of the knee joint prosthetic designs have been prepared. The mode of deformation modeling took place in the multipurpose program complex ANSYS. Results and discussion: as a result of the numerical modeling, the following data were obtained for each of the developed knee joint versions: the distribution fields of absolute (total) and relative deformations; equivalent stress distribution fields; fatigue strength coefficient distribution fields. In the course of the studies, the following efficient design assembly has been established: 1) Ti-Al-V alloy composite femoral component with polymer inserts; 2) ceramic liners of the compound separator; 3) a Ti-Al-V alloy composite tibial component. The fatigue strength coefficient for the femoral component is 4.2; for the femoral component polymer inserts is 1.2; for the ceramic liners of the compound separator is 3.1; for the tibial component is 2.7. This promising endoprosthesis structure is recommended for further design and technological development.


With different times,the treated seed of Amorpha fruticosa L.was either cultivated on the germination bed at 25 ℃ or transferred into soil directly.The rates of germinations and emergence were calculated.The germination and emergence rates were 89%,83%,and 74% and 88%,83%,and 72%respectively with treatments of H2SO4 soaking seeds in 15 min,100mg/kg gibberellic acid in120 min,0.6% H2O2 in 360min and directly planting in the soil respectively;germination rate with no soil covering(GRWNSC),germination rate with soil covering(GRWSC),and emergence after cultured for germination planting in the soil were 100%,90% and 90%;95%,90% and 88%;and92%,90% and 84%respectively.The rates of germination and emergence of Amorpha fruticosa L.seeds were the highest by the treatment with high concentrated H2SO4 soaking the seeds for 15 min.


Objective To study clinical and imaging findings of breast diseases with mammary diseases BI-RADS gradeⅣand discuss evaluation criteria of the three subtypes.Methods Clinical and imaging findings of 110 patients with mammary diseases whose BI-RADS gradeⅣconfirmed by pathology were reviewed.The data were analyzed with SPSS 13.0 statistical software.Multiple regression analysis was used.Results Compared with the pathological results,malignant degree of all cases in this group had significant negative correlation with left and right,quadrant,lesion boundary,density,edge,texture,active degree,tenderness,etc.While it had significant positive correlation with age,calcification,sublobe,lesion boundary,surface,etc.F value was 4.249,P0.001,which meant a significant regression,that was greater relevance between observation indexes and pathological benign and malignant degree.Conclusions Three subtypes of BI-RADS grade have important reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment in breast diseases.


The article discusses approaches to the interpretation of the concept of "key competencies" in the scientific and educational literature; the analysis of existing methods of allocating a basic set of core competencies; presents various classifications of key competences.


The present paper examines currency invoicing in Japanese exports to East Asia by applying the pricing‐to‐market (PTM) theory. The notable aims of the present paper are to: (i) use a number of sample commodities obtained from the data on monthly series of exports based on the nine‐digit Harmonized System; and (ii) examine currency invoicing practices of Japanese exporters by making a distinction between the long‐run and short‐run PTM under the framework of the error‐correction model. Contrary to the results of previous reports, our study shows that Japanese exporters of electric machinery tend to stabilize US Dollar (USD)‐denominated export prices in the short run in East Asian markets, implying that electric machinery products tend to be invoiced in USD in exports to East Asia. Given the USD‐invoicing practices by Japanese electric machinery exporters, it is hard to expect the further use of the Yen in trade transactions because the electric machinery industry plays a major role in facilitating trade and investment between Japan and East Asia.


Virtual Test Engineering is a very promising IC test technique to meet time-to-market needs: All constituents for production test (testprogram, loadboard) can be debugged before 1 st silicon. However, the cost for modeling and simulation can become prohibitive if not minimized by a multi-level approach. A VTE experiment was performed for a telecom IC proving that the modeling effort can be kept below 1 month, with the simulation time better than 2 min. per ms real test time.


Repositories have historically focused on a single use case, primarily the capture of traditional (text-based) open access publications, requiring separate solutions for different use cases (e.g. research data). This made capturing the variety of research outputs challenging at the University of Westminster, which engages in practice-based arts research, alongside traditional research.

Building on a history of collaboration, Haplo and the University and its research community have built a single, open source repository meeting multiple use cases including text-based and non-text based outputs, portfolios and research data. Made possible through the flexible technical architecture of the Haplo platform, whose underlying technology is based on semantic web principles and meets COAR's vision for next-generation repositories.

Improvements to the repository now enable better capture and display of research outputs across disciplines. Highlights include the development of dynamic portfolios, improved support for non-text based outputs and ongoing engagement with practice-based arts researchers to understand their needs, build workflows, review metadata and build, test and implement a transformed repository.


Intelligent hydrogel is hydrophilic polymer gel which is immiscible but significantly swells in water. Thermosensitive nanoparticles hydrogel is a kind of intelligent hydrogels, and its volume phase could change with the external temperature value resulting to its typical of low critical solution temperature. It has extraordinary nanometer characterization and sensitivity to the stimulus of the environmental conditions. In recent years, thermosensitive N-isopropylacrylamide nanoparticles hydrogel are one of the hotspots in hydrogels research. They have attracted much attention in the field of biomedicine due to their good biocompatibility and sensitive temperature response. Thermosensitive N-isopropylacrylamide nanoparticles hydrogel show good application prospects in drug delivery system, protein separation, medical diagnosis, biosensors, biomaterials and other fields. In this paper, the application research and development prospect of N-isopropylacrylamide thermosensitive nanoparticles hydrogel in macromolecule recognition was mainly summarized from protein to peptide. Moreover, the employ of nanoparticles in drug delivery and release, and capillary electrophoresis for DNA separation were also overviewed. Further promising applications of this biological material in macromolecule recognition are ever-accelerated. It is expected that thermosensitive N-isopropylacrylamide nanoparticles hydrogel will break through the limitations of biomedical field and be widely used in other fields.


Learning an effective ranking function from a large number of query-document examples is a challenging task. Indeed, training sets where queries are associated with a few relevant documents and a large number of irrelevant ones are required to model real scenarios of Web search production systems, where a query can possibly retrieve thousands of matching documents, but only a few of them are actually relevant. In this paper, we propose Selective Gradient Boosting (SelGB), an algorithm addressing the Learning-to-Rank task by focusing on those irrelevant documents that are most likely to be mis-ranked, thus severely hindering the quality of the learned model. SelGB exploits a novel technique minimizing the mis-ranking risk, i.e., the probability that two randomly drawn instances are ranked incorrectly, within a gradient boosting process that iteratively generates an additive ensemble of decision trees. Specifically, at every iteration and on a per query basis, SelGB selectively chooses among the training instances a small sample of negative examples enhancing the discriminative power of the learned model. Reproducible and comprehensive experiments conducted on a publicly available dataset show that SelGB exploits the diversity and variety of the negative examples selected to train tree ensembles that outperform models generated by state-of-the-art algorithms by achieving improvements of NDCG@10 up to 3.2%.


Coercivity in the ternary rare earth‐cobalt systems Pr‐Sm‐Co and MM‐Sm‐Co has been measured as a function of composition over a broad range. It is found to increase monotonically with samarium content. These results including the special role of samarium will be interpreted in terms of recent models of coercive force in rare earth‐cobalt magnets.


Conventional methods for enzyme immobilisation onto sensor surfaces often use dip‐, drop‐ or spin‐coating techniques. In this study, a nano‐spotting technique has been investigated for a patterned, spatially resolved deposition of enzymes onto a capacitive field‐effect electrolyte–insulator–semiconductor (EIS) sensor and compared with the drop‐coating method. Therefore, four different sensor arrangements covered with immobilised penicillinase as a model enzyme have been studied: (i) The sensor surface fully drop‐coated, (ii) half drop‐coated, (iii) half nano‐spotted and (iv) fully nano‐spotted with penicillinase. The sensors have been electrochemically characterised in pH buffers and penicillin solutions by means of impedance‐spectroscopy, capacitance–voltage and constant‐capacitance methods.


Kaplan JL, Challenor 'I'. Posttraumatic osseous tunnel formation causing sciatic nerve entrapment. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1993;74:552-4. Sciatic nerve entrapment in an osseous tunnel has only been reported twice previously. We describe a 19-year-old man evaluated for left lower limb pain and weakness that began one and one half years after sustaining stab wounds to the left buttock and midline back near the Tll vertebrae. The patient had sciatica and demonstrated motor and sensory deficits on physical exam. Electrodiagnostic studies demonstrated a localized injury to the sciatic nerve in the proximal thigh. Radiographic studies of the left pelvis and femur showed an 8 to 1Ocm linear opacification overshadowing the left femoral head and anatomic neck. An arteriogram of the left leg demonstrated a 3 X 4cm lobulated aneurysym arising from the distal portion of the inferior gluteal artery. Surgical exploration revealed the sciatic nerve to be encased in cylindrical bone. The ectopic bone was removed and the sciatic nerve released. The patient had gradual improvement with a nearly complete neurological recovery by three months after surgery. 0 1993 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation KE I' I? .ORDS: Ei~~~~trorliqptlo.si,s: Entruprnent: O.ssco~s: Sciatk ntwc Sciatic nerve entrapment by ectopic bone is a rare occur- rence. There have only been eight reported cases of sciatic nerve compression by posttraumatic ectopic osseous for- mation. '-' Six of the cases were related to hip fractures and dislocations'-6 whereas two cases were the result of repeated blunt trauma without a known fracture.'-' There have only been two reported cases of sciatic nerve compression in an osseous tunne14.6 with the remainder being from ectopic bone not forming a tunnel. We report the third case of sciatic nerve compression in an osseous tunnel and the first reported case of sciatic nerve osseous entrapment following a penetrating injury.


Based on multi-component regression analysis,the model of prediction for the terminal temperature of molten steel in LF refining of No.1 Steel Plant of Baosteel has been established.The model has been used to predict the terminal temperature in LF refining.And results of statistic analysis on prediction temperature show that the hitting probability of prediction deviation of ±10 ℃ is 95 %.


Critical heat flux (CHF) is one of the most crucial design criteria in other boiling systems such as evaporator, steam generators, fuel cooling system, boiler, etc. This paper presents an alternative CHF prediction method named projection support vector regression (PSVR), which is a combination of feature vector selection (FVS) method and support vector regression (SVR). In PSVR, the FVS method is first used to select a relevant subset (feature vectors, FVs) from the training data, and then both the training data and the test data are projected into the subspace constructed by FVs, and finally SVR is applied to estimate the projected data. An available CHF dataset taken from the literature is used in this paper. The CHF data are split into two subsets, the training set and the test set. The training set is used to train the PSVR model and the test set is then used to evaluate the trained model. The predicted results of PSVR are compared with those of artificial neural networks (ANNs). The parametric trends of CHF are also investigated using the PSVR model. It is found that the results of the proposed method not only fit the general understanding, but also agree well with the experimental data. Thus, PSVR can be used successfully for prediction of CHF in contrast to ANNs.© 2014 ASME


Reviews the discount rate controversy, and examines sustainability theory and optimal growth theory, tracing the rise in prominence of the former and the decline of the latter. Presents the rule‐of‐thumb interpretation of sustainability criteria, and proposes a utilitarian approach, discussing its implications for uncertainty, discounting and social welfare.


With the real practice of order-made education,the paper expounds the all-win mode on the three parts of colleges,students,and enterprises.Then it discusses the following: the relationship between all-round education and post-related quality training;the relationship between quality training and post adaptation;the relationship between colleges,students and enterprises.Finally the paper proposes such issues as enterprises' choice in the order-made education,teaching organization and the assessment of teachers and students.


INTRODUCTION Achilles tendinopathy is a painful condition occurring in and around the Achilles in response to overuse. Whilst it is common in athletes and prone to recur, the optimal methods of managing the condition remain unclear. The main conservative treatment is heavy load eccentric calf muscle training (ET), which involves lengthening the muscle unit during the application of load. This is the opposite of concentric training (CT) where the muscle-tendon unit gets shorter and diffe isometric exercises, in which the muscle tendon unit length remains unchanged. ET has been reported to be effective in various controlled clinical trials and systemic reviews but it is unclear why ET has been shown to be more effective than CT. Moreover, it is unclear at what speed the eccentric calf muscle exercises should be performed to treat the condition with optimal efficacy, and the lack of consensus may explain the mixed results reported in recent studies. 3 We hypothesized that eccentric and concentric actions performed at different speeds would provide different stimuli to the tendon of our study was to compare these modalities in terms of the muscle activity and tendon force at two commonly employed speeds.


245Background: While FOLFIRINOX is a standard treatment option for advanced pancreas cancer there is little data describing utilization and effectiveness in routine clinical practice. Here we report practice patterns and outcomes in the general population of Ontario, Canada. Methods: Using the Ontario Cancer Registry and New Drug Funding Program we identified all patients with pancreas cancer treated with palliative intent gemcitabine or FOLFIRINOX in Ontario during 2006-2014. FOLFIRINOX became available in Ontario's single-payer health system in November 2011. Gemcitabine cases were classified as pre-FOLFIRINOX era (2006-2010) or post-FOLFIRINOX era (2011-2014). Cases treated with peri-operative chemotherapy were excluded. Comparisons of proportions between study groups were made using the chi-square test. Overall survival (OS) was measured from date of chemotherapy initiation. Results: During 2006-2014, 3826 patients in Ontario were treated with Gemcitabine (n=3042) or FOLFIRINOX (n=784) chemotherapy fo...


The article deals with the struggle of Great Britain, Germany, France and Spain for Morocco during the First Moroccan Crisis 1905, which is considered to be the first example of huge confrontation of Great powers for sultanate. The author singles out the internal critical phases, evaluates the results of the Conference of Algeciras for conflicting sides, and also parallels the local and European level of mutual relations between interested powers. The author gives special consideration to the role of Moroccan factor in the process of polarization of the system of international relations before the First World War.


In recent years, the scale and quantity of China's local debts have been changing constantly, and the problem of local debt risk has become one of the focus attention of the government and all circles of society. This paper analyzes the relevant concepts of local debt, expounds the current situation of local debt, and briefly analyzes its potential risks, then puts forward how to build a risk prevention and pre-warning mechanism. The aim is to provide suggestions for the management of the local government debt risk and for ensuring the steady growth of China's economy.


This paper realizes the drawing of binary-trees by analyzing the binary-tree basic features and creating relation between a binary-tree and a full binary-tree.


In this paper, we use the number of vertices with degree greater than or equal to 3 as a criterion for trees being opposition graphs. Finally, we prove some families of graphs such as the complement of P n , C n with n≥3 and n = 4k, for k∈ℕ, are opposition graphs and some families of graphs such as the complement of T n , C n with n≥3 and n ≠ 4k, for k∈ℕ, are not opposition graphs.


is proposed, inter alia, a flexible tube (1) of the "coiled tubing" type, with an inner tubular member (2) and a tubular outer part in the form of the inner tubular member (2) encasing the reinforcement (3.1, 3.2), wherein the reinforcement (3.1, 3.2 ) of at least one stranding layer of two groups over the circumference of the tubular inner part (2) of alternately arranged Verseildrahte different cross-sections with each other form complementary shaped contact surfaces (8, 9; 19, 20) is constructed, wherein the inner tubular member (2), a radially inner tube (4) and at least one of the outer lateral surface (5) of said tube is applied (4) electrical conductor (6) and / or signal conductor and a tube (4) together with the at least one electrical conductor (6) and / or signal conductor covering casing (7) and wherein the inner tubular member (2) with the reinforcement (3.1, 3.2) is fixed axially by fabric, positive and / or frictional connection.


. This paper contains several Carath´eodory- type results on extreme representations of sums and unions of finitely many closed convex sets or polyhedra in R n in terms of their faces.