The relationship between accounting and taxation in has experienced a rapid and dramatic evo- lution since 1990. In 20 years, Romania passed through evolutions that required several decades in developed countries. In a very partial analysis of this development we choose to identify tax effects of accounting rule of substance over form. The starting point of our research is the Romanian accounting standards, which list some implications of the substance over form rule. We note that, as expected, the tax rule does not overlap exactly on the accounting rule. In this context, we insist on some cases: lease-back agreements, the recognition of sales of goods. In these developments, we should note that, sometimes, there are different fiscal and accounting solutions, sometimes solutions are identical.


Prediction is one of the unique capabilities of neural network technology. This approach can be used in any area where knowledge is highly structured and can be
represented in patterns. Neural networks have been used as a mechanism for a lot of industries such as in education, businesses, finance, banking, medicine, space science, marketing and others. A lot of real problems that can be predicted in order to obtain the most effective decision-making in the future. The objective of this study is to evaluate neural network techniques in predicting the area of specialization of Bachelor in Information Technology (B.I.T.) students at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). In order to gain the best performance of the data, the method used is supervised learning. The study covers a brief discussion on the neural network concepts, the methodology used and the area of specialization dataset as a case study and allso including a brief discussion on supervised learning. The development of application involves data collection and management, then followed by neural network simulator for training and testing. The data used for training and testing the network was provided by Sekolah
Teknologi Maklumat, Universiti Utara Malaysia. The best network model produced a prediction accuracy of 95.79 %. This clearly shows that neural network has a potential to be used for building education decision support system.


The k-e eddy dissipation model was used for the numerical simulation of the dispersing characteristics of vehicular exhaust plume under idle condition.The simulated results match very well with the experimental results.The effects of the initial emission concentration,exit velocity,exit direction and crosswind intensity were investigated parametrically.The initial pollutant concentration can increase the local concentrations but the pattern of dispersion remains the same.The exit velocity can increase the momentum of the jet,resulting in a deeper penetration downstream.The exit angle has stronger influence on pollutant dispersion than both initial pollutant concentration and exit velocity.Crosswind shows a significant effect on the dispersion of the exhaust plume also.It can divert the plume to disperse in the same direction of the wind with limited penetration in the downstream direction.


Changes in both blood pressure and in the pattern of respiration were investigated during human coitus. The studies were carried out on 1 married couple aged 37 (male) and 32 (female) with 10 years mutual coital experience in the habitual environment of their own bedroom. The absence of observers introduced a minimum of psychological artifacts into the situation of natural coitus. During coitus the female assumed the supine position in all experiments and efforts were made to emulate the coital pattern which was most typical for the couple. In experiment 2 systolic blood pressure was measured by a Winston blood pressure follower. During Experiment 2 a Benedict-Roth spirometer with C02 absorption was used to obtain 2 male and 2 female spirographs during 4 separate coitions. The recordings were never made simultaneously for both male and female. A peak of blood pressure and a sudden change in respiratory pattern were noted at the male and female sexual climax. Venous blood taken immdiate before coitus from the female has the normal burgundy hue but immediately following coitus blood drawn from the vein took on the color of arterial blood (a bright scarlet).


Summary Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) have been associated with thrombosis and pregnancy losses in patients diagnosed with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and enhance thrombus formation in vivo in mice, but the mechanism of thrombosis by aPL is not completely understood. It has been proposed that aPL may affect endothelial cell (EC) function and/or induce their activation, transforming their anticoagulant surface into procoagulant, thus predisposing to thrombosis. It has been proposed that aPL may affect EC cell function and/or induce their activation, transforming their anticoagulant surface into procoagulant, thus predisposing to thrombosis. This study proposes to test the hypotheses that some IgG anticardiolipins (IgG aCL) with thrombogenic properties in mice, exert their effects through activation of endothelium. We studied seven patient-derived monoclonal aCL for their thrombogenic properties in an in vivo pinch-induced thrombosis model, and their functional activities in activating EC by analyzing in vivo leukocyte adhesion to endothelium in microcirculation in venules in exposed murine cremaster muscle and in vitro adhesion molecule expression in cultured EC. The binding of the monoclonal aCL to EC was also tested. In addition to the previous identified thrombogenic IS2, four of the five new more IgG monoclonal aCL (from two patients) were found to be thrombogenic. Of these five thrombogenic aCL, three caused more in vivo leukocyte adhesion to EC in microcirculation, as compared to that induced by the H2 control human monoclonal IgG, and enhanced expression of adhesion molecules (particularly VCAM-1) on cultured EC. These data show that about 2/3 patientderived IgG monoclonal aCL are thrombogenic and suggest that some thrombogenic IgG aCL exert their effects through activating EC. Abbreviations: aCL, anticardiolipin antibodies; aPL, antiphospholipid antibodies; APS, antiphospholipid syndrome; CL, cardiolipin; dRVVT, dilute Russell's viper venom time; EC, endothelial cells; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; GP, glycoprotein; h, hour; HUVEC, human umbilicalvein endothelial cells; ICAM, intercellular adhesion molecule; KCT, kaolin clotting time; LA, lupus anticoagulant; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline; PL, phospholipid; sq, square; TBS, Tris-buffered saline; VCAM, vascular cell adhesion molecule; PMBC, peripheral mononuclear blood cells


In the real world, objects are usually measured at different scales and information is often incomplete. The main objective of this study is how to quickly obtain the optimal scale combinations of incomplete generalized multi-scale decision systems (IGMDSs). First, the concept of IGMDSs is introduced, and the sequential three-way decision model of scale space is developed. Second, a stepwise optimal scale selection algorithm is proposed to obtain an optimal scale combination of IGMDS quickly. Finally, to describe the relationships among the scale combinations, the adjacency matrix of the Hasse diagram and updating method for the adjacency matrix are proposed. Accordingly, an efficient optimal scale combinations selection algorithm based on sequential three-way decision is proposed to obtain all optimal scale combinations of IGMDS. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithms can significantly reduce computational time.


The uranium mineralization in the surroundings of Novoveská Huta was first mentioned in literature by J. [ l a v s k ý (1957), who described it as Ni-Co-U mineralization of effusive-sedimentary origin. An important factor for genesis ascertainment of the deposit was the absolute age determination of the minera lization by J. K a n t o r (1959). According to the author the ore mineralization is of Permian age and shows very close genetic relation with quartz porphyry extrusions. The mineralized quartz porphyry pebbles were according to J . K a nt o r already mineralized before transportation. E. D r n d z í k (1965) supposes mineralization in quartz porphyries already in the lime of magmatic differentation in volcanic hearth. The source of U-Mo-Cu mineralization in tuffites were volcanic exhalations. The author supposes partial migration and local con centration in the time of metamorphosis. F. I. Z u k o v (1963) explains the origin of mineralization as a consequence of Permian postvolcanic activity (hydrotherms, fumaroles). This is confirmed according to him by the occurrence of ore lenticles in the effusive-sedimentary complex, their position congruent with the complex and the discordance of dislocation tectonics with ore bodies elements. MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ORE MINERALIZATION U-Mo-Cu mineralization occurs in tuffite horizons and to a smaller degree in quartz porphyries in the surroundings of Novoveská Huta. Heightened uranium concentrations are also observed in the underlying arcose shales and outside the deposit area in porphyroids and luffs. For clearer presentation of mineralization I present the description of ore minerals occurrence and their characterizations ranged in three groups: 1. U-Mo-Cu mineralization in tuffites; 2. U-Mo-Cu mineralization in quartz porphyries; 3. heightened uranium concentrations in arcose shales, porphyroids and tuffs. Dr. I. R o j k o v i č. Geological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Brati slava, Obrancov mieru 41.


Foreword. Barbara WYLLIE: Memory and Dream in Nabokov's Short Fiction. Julian W. CONNOLLY: Nabokov's Approach to the Supernatural in the Early Stories. R.H.W. DILLARD: Nabokov's Christmas Stories. Nassim W. BALESTRINI: Art and Marriage in Vladimir Nabokov's Music and in Lev Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata. Steven G. KELLMAN: How They Brought the Bad News to Mints: Breaking the News. J.E. RIVERS: Alone in the Void: Mademoiselle O. Maxim D. SHRAYER: Nabokov's Vasily Shishkov: An Author-Text Interpretation. Christian MORARU: Vile Scripts: Games of Double-Crossing in Vladimir Nabokov's The Assistant Producer. Victor STRANDBERG: Nabokov and the Prism of Art. Brian WALTER: A Forgotten Poet: Nabokov's Dostoyevskian Row. Irving MALIN: Reading Madly. Linda WAGNER-MARTIN: The Vane Sisters and Nabokov's Subtle and Loving Readers.


The Cochrane review of randomised trials of treatment for "mild" hypertension, which found no benefit in drug treatment, prompts two important questions.1 Why has it taken more than 30 years to reach a conclusion that was evident from critical reading of the original trials that claimed to justify interventions in the diastolic range 90-100 mm Hg? And how can we get practice on to a more rational footing?

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I will examine the first of Thomas Kuhn's Thalheimer Lectures delivered in 1984, with the purpose of establishing a connection between Kuhn's historiographical thought and his criticism of the traditional distinction between the context of discovery and the context of justification, or, as I call it, the DJ distinction. In order to do this, I will start by exploring the Kuhnian view of the so-called static approach in philosophy of science, taking as my main reference the work of Bacon, Descartes, and foundationalist epistemology. I will continue by examining the relationship between Kuhnian historiography and the DJ distinction, comparing the first Thalheimer Lecture with other texts published by Kuhn. Finally, I will assert that Kuhn's rejection of the DJ distinction is the result of adopting a historiographical matrix whose philosophical consequences are irreconcilable with the static approach in history and philosophy of science, for which the DJ distinction is essential.


Relevance. The textile industry is one of the leading industries in the light industry, in which most workers are women. However, manufacturing technologies are harmful, and equipment of enterprises is outdated. Therefore, the optimization of working conditions in the industry is extremely relevant and important for improving the demographic situation in Ukraine. Objective: to analyze literary data on working conditions in the textile industry, to identify the main hazards in the industry and their impact on the health of workers. Method. Retrospective search in Ukrainian scientific sources for 2003-2015. Results. Influence chemical (dyes, acids, alkali, formaldehyde, carbon disulfide, chlorine compounds); physical (noise, vibration, microclimate); biological factors (microorganisms in the raw material); as well as unfavourable factors of the labour process (static load, slopes of the case, awkward posture, tension of the muscles of the hands and eyes) and dust onto textile workers It was found. Workers experience changes in the functional state of the central nervous system (vegetative-vascular disorders, hearing loss); respiratory tract (laryngotracheitis, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, bisynosis); bone marrow (flatfoot, osteochondrosis, varicose disease, radiculitis); genital system (violation of reproductive function); skin diseases (dermatitis, burns) and eyes (conjunctivitis, cataracts). Conclusions. The combination of chemical agents, noise and vibration is a leading factor in the negative impact on the health of workers in the textile industry.


Comprehensive Practical Activity Curriculum has not been normalized in the teaching practice in our country because of educational utilitarianism,the uncertainty of the subject orientation and the weakness of research capacity of the teacher.In the case that service-learning experience of U.S.A.is introduced to the Comprehensive Practical Activity Curriculum,the integration can be help to solve the current problems and promote the sustainable development of the curriculum in China.


Electrical activity of the human small intestine is usually measured by implanted or intraluminal electrodes. The application of these invasive techniques is, however, very limited. In this paper, a noninvasive technique is introduced to measure electrical activity of the small intestine by placing electrodes on the abdominal skin over the small intestine. Surface recordings were obtained in ten healthy volunteers, three patients with total gastrectomy and five patients with gastroparesis (a slight degree of paralysis of the mucosal coat of the stomach) with implanted electrodes on the serosa of the duodenum. An omnipresent 9-12 cpm electrical activity was observed in all surface recordings. Our findings from the surface electrodes were consistent with those reported in the literature via implanted or intubated electrodes. It is concluded that the technique described in this paper provides a noninvasive way to measure electrical activity of the small intestine. It may have potential application in medical research and clinical diagnosis. In the human small intestine, there are electrical activities which control the contractions of the small intestine. The electrical activity of the small intestine consists of two parts: slow wave activity and spike activity. The spike activity is accompanied with the contractions of the small intestine while the slow wave activity controls the propagation and frequency of the small intestinal contractions. A frequency gradient of the slow wave activity has been found in the human small intestine. Frequency is highest at the gastroduodenal junction (the pylorus) and decreases aborally. It is about 12.0 cycles min-1 (cpm) at the pylorus. 10.8 cpm at 20-25 em and 9.6 cpm at 100 cm from the pylorus (6).


Ascend Performance Materials and DSM are separately entering the business of making protective face masks. Ascend, the world's largest maker of nylon 6,6, has launched the Acteev mask. Made in the ...


A new teaching strategy presents synchrotron sources and free-electron lasers (FELs) in a form accessible to readers without a theoretical physics background. This specifically includes the microbunching and amplification mechanisms of FELs.


Malachite green is a known teratogen and therefore its use is limited to nonfood fish under an Investigational New Animal Drug permit (INAD), number 2573. Although a charcoal adsorption column was developed to remove malachite green from hatchery water, INAD compliance requires that the malachite green residue concentrations in any effluent from hatcheries using the chemical be quantified. Therefore, we developed a method for the analysis of malachite green residues in water. Enrichment of the residues of malachite green in water on a diol column followed by High Performance Liquid Chromatographic (HPLC) analysis gives a minimum sensitivity of less than 10 ppb for the chemical. When combined with post-column oxidation using a lead oxide post-column reactor, the procedure can be used for the simultaneous analysis of malachite green in its leuco form, a decomposition product of the dye, as well as its chromatic form. Recovery of the leuco form is pH dependent and water samples should be adjusted to pH 6 to optimize recovery of this form. Water samples spiked with malachite green were concentrated on a diol column followed by elution with 0.05 M p-toluene sulfonic acid in methanol. The methanol elutes were analyzed by HPLC. Pond water samples spiked with malachite green and leuco malachite green yielded average recoveries of 95.4% for malachite green and 57.3% for leuco malachite green. Tap water samples spiked with the carbinol form of malachite green gave average recoveries of 98.6%. The method is very sensitive and is capable of detecting malachite green residues in water at less than 10 ppb. Fish culturists, who cannot find an effective replacement for malachite green, can utilize the method to ensure that their effluents comply with INAD regulations. 13 refs., 2 figs., 7 tabs.


......................................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................... v LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................ix LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................... x CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Overview ......................................................................................................... 1 Phylogeography .............................................................................................. 4 Population Genetics ........................................................................................ 7 Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Model ........................................................... 8 Genetic Structure: Fixation Index (FST) ..................................................... 9 Gene Flow and Migration ........................................................................... 9 Mitochondrial DNA ........................................................................................ 10 Southern California Population Studies ................................................... 12 Mitochondrial DNA Disadvantages .......................................................... 16 Microsatellites ............................................................................................... 17 Microsatellite Studies in Marine and Freshwater Vertebrates .................. 23 Phylogeography of the Speckled Dace ......................................................... 26 CHAPTER TWO: MATERIALS AND METHODS Specimen Collection ..................................................................................... 37 Molecular Methods ........................................................................................ 38 Population Genetics ...................................................................................... 42 CHAPTER THREE: RESULTS


INTRODUCTION: Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are part of the same clinical syndrome that represents a medication-induced desquamation disorder. In 1922 Drs. Stevens and Johnson first described SJS as an acute mucocutaneous syndrome presenting in two young boys. 1, 2 Patients admitted to a burn center suffering from the Stevens-Johnson syndrome to Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (SJS-TEN) spectrum are typically considered to have high hospital morbidity and mortality. Little is known about patients admitted to a burn center suffering from non-bullous Skin Disorders (SD). This group includes severe rashes, non-healing wounds, erythema multiforme, and unknown skin lesions requiring hospitalizations. We compared these two group's costs, mortality, and the effect of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) on outcomes to better define this patient population.


Abstract : The purpose of this investigation were: (1) to investigate the preparation of metal stabilized ylides and their utility in the preparation of fluoromethylene olefins, and (2) to investigates ylide-carbene reactions as a route to difluoromethylene olefins which avoids the limitations of the classical Wittig reaction. During the course of these investigations several new and novel reactions of difluorocarbene were discovered as well as a new and unique chain-extention reaction for the preparation of fluoroolefins and conjugated dienes. (Author)


Ovarian teratomas are the most common germ cell neoplasm and, in many series, the most common excised ovarian neoplasm. Teratomas comprise a number of histologic types of tumors, all of which contain mature or immature tissues of germ cell (pluripotential) origin. The most common of these tumors, the mature cystic teratoma (also known as dermoid cyst), typically contains mature tissues of ectodermal (skin, brain), mesodermal (muscle, fat), and endodermal (mucinous or ciliated epithelium) origin. Mature cystic teratomas usually occur in the reproductive age group. They are almost always found in the ovary and are the most common type of ovarian germ cell neoplasm. Dermoid cysts are usually asymptomatic and are discovered as an incidental finding on physical or radiologic examination or at the time of laparoscopy and/or laparotomy.


Most cities were not planned to meet pedestrians' wishes, and for the elderly
people group, staying in their homes intimacy or trying to explore new spaces is
what has left to be done, which can be a risky move. So, this research was carried
out in Petrolina, a big city located in the State of Pernambuco, where elders also
use to walk as means of locomotion, making use of sidewalks, which is a
component of urban space. It qualifies the best dislocating conditions for elders
and points out necessary improvements for those who have their mobility
reduced. An approach about the urbanity as a principle of life quality that goes
beyond a bare technical nuance is also present. The research involved 190 man
and women aged between 60 and 75 years old. The objective of the research
was presented to them and they were requested to answer questionnaires to
evaluate sidewalks in the villages of Centro, Areia Branca, Cohab IV, Gercino
Coelho and Jose e Maria The participants, at a first moment, identified through
gender and age group, qualified the nominal qualitative categories: (A) safety, (B)
Maintenance, (C) Effective width (D) Security (E) Attractiveness (F) Comfort (G)
Accessibility, in order of importance, with 1 (one) being the most important and 7
(seven) the least important. Besides, marks varying from 0 (zero) to 10 (tem) were
given to sidewalks conditions, for each category. At a second moment, the
pedestrians selected the most relevant conditions to benefit the spaces of the
sidewalks. The obtained results were presented through charts and graphs. To
do so, categories as well as the classification of sidewalks in good, reasonable
and bad were taken into account. Nevertheless, in the set of villages, the
categories C (effective width), G (accessibility) and B (maintenance) were
classified as the most important ones, in this order. Through the results it was
checked that the sidewalks conditions demand meaningful improvements.


In this article, an optical fiber sensor has been proposed to determine load and vibration signals based on the Fabry–Perot cavity. The load sensitivity has been experimentally demonstrated to be about 0.0148 nm/g. The vibration signal was measured by tracing the changes in frequency and amplitude intensity. Experimental results reveal that this sensor has the resonant frequency of 150 Hz, at which the signal-to-noise ratio is 35 dB. The operating frequency range for the proposed vibration sensor is 200–400 Hz, and the response sensitivity to vibration signals with different amplitudes is 0.0042 V/V.


To improve the resolution and field of view of high-energy Compton-scattered x-ray and gamma-ray imaging systems, we have developed and tested apodized imaging optics based on apertures with depth-dependent cross sections fabricated in an x-ray-absorbing material. Through ray-tracing modeling, we determined the optimum aperture shapes (apodizations) that maximize the field of view and/or resolution of the system. Such apodized apertures can be used either in single-aperture optics, or in coded-aperture arrays. Potential applications of this technology include nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of materials and structures, in particular Compton imaging tomography (CIT), x-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, and medical imaging.


The field dependence of low-temperature thermal conductivity κ( H ) observed on cuprates is explained by calculating κ( H ) microscopically. The heat current carried by low-lying quasiparticles aro...


Halal products are now becoming a trend of consumption throughout the world, both in Muslim and non-Muslim countries. No less than USD650 million of halal product transactions occur every year. For Muslims consuming halal products is an obligation. To make it easier to find out which foods are consumed halal especially in packaged foods, it can be seen from the halal label listed on the food packaging. The definition of Halal is that it does not contain illicit ingredients or ingredients or is prohibited for consumption by Muslims, and its processing does not conflict with Islamic law. Halal halability can be used as a medium to track the halal status of a food product, by recording all information on activities in producing products from upstream, namely the origin of raw materials to downstream. This literature review aims to determine the Traceability system in the halal food supply chain. Specifically the discussion includes general definitions relating to halal food, halal food supply chain and halal food traceability. Keyword: Halal Food; Halal Supply Chain; Traceability EE Conference Series 02 (2019) TALENTA Conference Series Available online at https://talentaconfseries.usu.ac.id c © 2019 The Authors. Published by TALENTA Publisher Universitas Sumatera Utara Selection and peer-review under responsibility of Seminar Nasional Institut Supply Chain dan Logistik Indonesia (ISLI) 2019 p-ISSN: 2654-7031, e-ISSN: 2654-704X, DOI: 10.32734/ee.v2i4.649


This dissertation explores the use of genetic optimization for both antenna and circuit designs. Chapters 2 and 3 focus on parametric optimization of Yagi-Uda antenna arrays. In Chapter 2, Yagi-Uda arrays optimized with traditional binary genetic algorithms were found to perform better than gradient optimized arrays previously published in the literature. In Chapter 3, several different types of genetic algorithms and one gradient method were used to optimize a Yagi-Uda array for operation over a band of frequencies. The most important result from this chapter demonstrated that combining gradient and genetic optimization methods within the same process produces excellent results in an efficient manner.
Chapters 4 and 5 introduce genetic design, which uses a formally defined design language in conjunction with genetic algorithms to optimize both the structure and the numerical parameters of a design. The design language includes a grammar that describes how building blocks are connected together to form a final design solution. This grammar can be either be very vague or very specific depending on the purpose of the designer. With a vague grammar, the genetic algorithm searches a very large design space, and occasionally finds an unexpected solution to a design problem. If the vague grammar fails to find a solution, incorporating knowledge about the problem into the grammar narrows the search to a region of the design space expected to yield good results. This results in more conventional design solutions that usually perform reasonably well.
The antenna design example in Chapter 4 compared three different design languages for the design a 40% bandwidth antenna array composed of up to 10 array elements. Two out of three languages produced arrays that performed better than a traditional 10-element log-periodic structure optimized for the same problem.
In Chapter 5, genetic design was applied to analog circuit design. The method outlined here was able to optimize a low-pass filter design in less than 10 minutes on a single CPU. This IS 4 orders of magnitude faster than genetic programming methods used on the same problem In the past. Design grammars are primarily responsible for this significant increase in efficiency. The simulation method, which integrated two-port network theory with the circuit chromosome and only had to recalculate small portions of a circuit as it evolved from generation to generation, also played a role.


The paper deals with the concepts of epistolary communication as a communicative act between sender and addressee in mass media discourse; letter, types of letters and their composite features; gives a pre analysis of columns «etter to the editor»in next British newspapers: «he Times»and «he Daily Telegraph»


In this work, the nano-magno-modified Fenton process for remediation of soil polluted with 2-methylpropane-2-thiol is investigated. In this two-step oxidation process, a nanocatalyst system is used, including Fe2+/Fe3+ coupled with ethanol solvent exposed to the magnetic field. The data analysis resulting from analysis of variance shows that H2O2, NaOH, Fe3O4 nanoparticle and ethanol concentration with magnetic field intensity are effective on 2-methylpropane-2- -thiol removal efficiency (26.99, 4.36, 3.42, 17.63 and 8.66%, respectively). Moreover, H2O2/nanoFe3O4 and NaOH/nanoFe3O4 were the influencing interaction with a positive role and nanoFe3O4/ethanol, H2O2/NaOH and magnetic field/nanoFe3O4 with a negative role. The maximum level of initial H2O2 concentration, a minimum level of ethanol and certain levels of NaOH initial concentration (8.64 mass%), Fe3O4 nanoparticles to soil ratio and magnetic field intensity (0.11 mass% w/w and 3585 Oe, respectively) were suggested for the maximum contaminant remediation efficiency in the studied interval (%R = = 92.02). The magno-modified Fenton process could be used for both, increasing the removal efficiency and minimizing the vaporization of similar organosulfur compounds. Experimental results show that the solvent addition for diluting thiol contaminant could reduce the removal efficiency while the coupling of Fe3O4 and magnetic field is a good way of separation and reuse to solve the recovery problem of the nanoparticles.


The results of changes in the fractional composition of phosphorus in Calcic Chernozem under the influence of foliar treatment of winter wheat crops with a humic preparation are presented. Research was carried out in 2017–2020 at the experimental field of Federal Rostov Agricultural Research Center. The treatment of crops was carried out in the phases of tillering and heading. Studies have shown that the treatment of winter wheat crops with a humic preparation helps to reduce all forms of mineral phosphates in the soil, especially phosphates of the first group, the most accessible to plants. However, other groups, including hard-to-reach aluminum and iron phosphates, are also involved in this process. The reason is the increased need for phosphorus nutrition in the plants that received stimulating treatments with a humic preparation. Winter wheat plants regulate the release of bound forms of phosphate by including phosphatase in the process.


A sample of 92 widely representative grass genera scored for 50 attributes was subjected to the classificatory programmes multbet and multclas. Of these two the former was accepted as the more useful in that it was the more successful in uniting genera known to hybridize. It organized the genera into five groups here designated as bambusoid, pooid, panicoid-phragmitoid, eragrostoid, and andropogonoid. On comparing these in pairs and further combinations by means of a grouper analysis it was found that leaf and fruit attributes were principally responsible and that spikelet attributes contributed only slightly to the definition of groups. A principal coordinate analysis of the same data separated the bambusoid genera from the remainder, which were arranged in an elongated ellipsoid when considered in terms of the three largest axes. Within the ellipsoid the pooid, panicoid-phragmitoid, eragrostoid, and andropogonoid genera occupied discrete but contiguous regions. A gowecor analysis of the data showed that the attributes most closely correlated with the three longest ordination axes were those of the leaf and fruit. As with the grouper analysis, spikelet attributes were of little importance.


[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The perception that engineers and scientists are intelligent Caucasian men who are socially inept and absent-minded people is prevalent among students of all levels, from elementary school to college (Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology Development [CCAWMSETD], 2000; Knight & Cunningham, 2004). While the media may, by chance or choice, promote this image, the reality is that most engineers are men. For example, while women constituted 46.1% of the general workforce of the U.S.A. in 2000, they represented only 25.4% of the engineering and science workforce (National Science Foundation, 2006). These stereotypical images of engineers and scientists as Caucasian men have, in part, discouraged many young women from pursuing any interest they may have in an engineering or science career because they cannot be the people so often portrayed in the media (Brownlow, Smith & Ellis, 2002). Fortunately, research has shown that strategies such as presentation of female role models, distribution of career information, examination of gender-equitable materials, and participation in hands-on science investigations are effective in countering the stereotypical perceptions of engineers and scientists (Anderson & Gilbride 2003; Bodzin & Gehringer, 2001; Mawasha et al., 2001; Moreno et al., 2001). Research has also pointed to the presence of female role models in engineering and science as the most important factor in sustaining girls' interests in engineering and science (Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, 2000). In order to reach out to students at an early age when they are still impressionable, many universities have recently organized outreach programs to inform high school teachers about engineering, and hopefully, these teachers will encourage their students to study engineering (Jeffers, Safferman & Safferman, 2004). Some universities (e.g., Purdue University) have set up an Engineering Education Department for informing high school teachers about engineering. The feedback from such programs has been encouraging. For this work, the author wanted to inform teachers about the applications of engineering to demonstrate the problem-solving approach of engineers, to correct misperceptions of engineers and engineering among teachers, and to provide them with female role models from the various disciplines of engineering. To achieve these goals, the author recently conducted a number of outreach workshop activities for 80 high school biology teachers. The teachers were then charged with integrating what they had learned from the workshop into their classrooms. This article describes one of the workshop activities the author has carried out with high school biology teachers to enable them to overcome their stereotypical perceptions of engineers and engineering. The workshop activity introduced them to outstanding women in bioengineering and raised their awareness of these female bioengineers' contributions to engineering and society. Biology teachers and professors can use the examples of these outstanding female bioengineers as role models to inspire their female students to become bioengineers. * Method The high school biology teachers consisted of 45 males and 35 females. Their ages ranged from 25 to 40. The participants were first asked to complete a "Draw-an-Engineer" test to assess their perceptions of engineers and engineering. The test required them to draw a picture of an engineer at work (Knight & Cunningham, 2004). The drawings were analyzed as follows. Drawings of engineers with short hair and broad shoulders were regarded as males while those with long hair and narrow shoulders as females. Drawings of engineers working with one or more of the following items were considered as engaged in building or repairing: hard hat, workbench, heavy machinery, hammer, wrench, car, engine, rocket, airplane, robot, bridge, road, building, train, and train track. …


DONATILA FARANSO. Phosphorus Fertilization Optimization for Caisin (Brassica rapa L. cv. Caisin) of Andisols. Supervised by Prof Anas Dinurrohman Susila Ph.D. This study was conducted to find out the optimum of phosphorus fertilization on andisol. The study was conducted at the Experimental Farm Pasir Sarongge Cianjur from April to May 2014. This study arranged in split plot design. The main plot is conditioning the soil of P consisting of five rates, namely X (1856.3 kg/ha P2O5), 3/4 X (1392.225 kg/ha P2O5), 1/2 X (928.15 kg/ha P2O5), 1/4 X (464.076 kg/ha P2O5) and 0 X (0 kg/ha P2O5). Subplot is a rate of fertilizer P which consists of five levels, namely X (1856.3 kg/ha P2O5), 3/4 X (1392.225 kg/ha P2O5), 1/2 X (928.15 kg/ha P2O5), 1/4 X (464.076 kg/ha P2O5) and 0 X (0 kg/ha P2O5). Where X = 1856.346 P2O5 kg/ha or SP-36 5156 kg/ha, ie P is needed to achieve very high levels of P in the soil Andisol Pasir Sarongge. Dose of N and K were used was 200 kg ha upper of urea (45% N) and 100 kg ha upper KCl (60% K2O). The results showed that the conditioning of the soil nutrient P is able to enhance the growth and yield of caisin, whereas P fertilization treatment did not give significant effect on the growth and yield of caisin. P fertilization treatment did not give a significant effect on the growth and yield of crops on soil fertility extracting Bray. Mace root disease may be the cause of fertilization had no effect on the plant. The percentage of plants affected mace root disease was 11.90%. The dose of P fertilizer recommendations at the experimental Pasir Sarongge could not be determined.


It is estimated that about 29 million tonnes of farmed fish and crustaceans (44.5 percent of the total global aquaculture production in 2007) is dependent upon the supply of external nutrient inputs provided in the form of fresh feed items, farm-made feeds or commercially manufactured feeds. Total industrial compound aquafeed production has increased over three-fold from 7.6 million tonnes in 1995 to 27.1 million tonnes in 2007, with production growing at an average annual rate of 11.1 percent. Aquafeed production is expected to * Corresponding author: email@example.com Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010 – Farming the Waters for People and Food 194 continue growing at a similar rate to 70.9 million tonnes by 2020. Although current estimates for industrially produced aquafeed for the period 2007–2010 vary between 24.4 and 28.9 million tonnes, aquafeed volume represents only 4 percent of total global animal feed production of over 708 million tonnes in 2009. In contrast to compound aquaculture feeds, there is no comprehensive information on the global production of farm-made aquafeeds (estimated at between 18.7 and 30.7 million tonnes in 2006) and/or on the use of low-value trash fish or forage fish species as feed, with current estimates for China in 2008 ranging between 6 and 8 million tonnes. Feed-fed aquaculture production, and in particular the production of highertrophic-level finfish and crustaceans (e.g. shrimp, salmonids, marine finfish, eels) is largely dependent upon capture fisheries for major dietary sources of protein and lipid. For example, in 2007 the aquaculture sector is estimated to have consumed 3.84 million tonnes of fishmeal (or 68.4 percent of global production) and 0.82 million tonnes of fish oil (or 81.3 percent of global production for that year). However, despite the continued dependence of aquaculture production upon the use of fishmeal and fish oil, there is wide variation in fishmeal and fish oil usage between major producing countries for individual farmed species. It is estimated that the total usage of terrestrial animal by-product meals and oils within compound aquafeeds ranges between 0.15 and 0.30 million tonnes, or less than 1 percent of total global compound aquafeed production – clearly there is considerable room for increased usage. Among plant feed ingredients, soybean meal is currently the commonest protein source used in compound aquafeeds. Based on total compound aquafeed production of 27.1 million tonnes, it is estimated that the aquaculture feed sector consumed about 6.8 million tonnes of soybean meal (25.1 percent of total compound aquafeeds by weight) in 2007. Other plant proteins that are being increasingly used include corn products, pulses, oilseed meals and protein from other cereal products. Alternative lipid sources to fish oil are being used in greater amounts. Key alternatives include vegetable oils (preferably those with high omega-3 content) and poultry oil. The use of oil from farmed fish offal is also a potential omega-3 source for other farmed fish. The production of marine microalgae or bacteria with very high content of highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA) is currently expensive for use in most aquaculture feeds but as production methods become more cost-efficient, the situation is likely to change. Prices for food and feed ingredients are likely to continue to increase due to increasing demands from the increasing population, diversion of some grains for use in biofuels, increasing costs of production and transport, and changes in global trade. The focus on carbohydrate-rich fractions for production of biofuels may provide an opportunity to use protein fractions for feed ingredients.


A kinetic study of propylene oxidation on a multicomponent molybdenum-containing oxide catalyst has been carried out in a circulating-flow unit in the temperature interval 573-663/sup 0/K. The dependences of the reaction product formation rates (acrolein, acrylic acid, acetic acid, CO, and CO/sub 2/) are described by equations that are first-order with respect to the substance being oxidized, these equations differing in the influence of acrolein and water. The conversion of propylene to acrolein is an autocatalytic reaction accelerated by acrolein. Water vapor increases the acid formation and suppresses the reactions of exhaustive oxidation of acrolein and acetic acid, without affecting the post-oxidation of acrylic acid. Kinetic equations are proposed for all of the partial reactions. Nonlinear programming has been used to calculate the constants of the equations and the activation energies.


A case is described of gentamicin induced thrombocytopenic diathesis in 65-year old woman. Pathogenesis of drug induced thrombocytopenia is briefly discussed as well as outlines of treatment.


Islamic archaeology in Morocco has its roots in the colonial period and developed in concert with architectural and urban studies of the imperial cities of Fes, Marrakech, and Meknes. For many years, it remained the poor relation to classical archaeology, and it was only in the 1970s and 1980s that systematic excavations began at Islamic sites. Since then, there has been a significant rise in the number of projects and amount of evidence available for urban and rural sites, particularly between the 8th and 14th centuries, though many challenges remain in terms of funding, training, finds analysis, and the use of new scientific technologies. This chapter charts the development of Islamic archaeology and lays out the key developments in urban and rural archaeology and the study of material culture in Morocco.


Using to the theory of multiple\|valued modulo\|algebra and switch\|signals, the grounded switching operation expressions of ternary modulo operations suitable to I\+2L circuits were established. On this basis, the switch level designs of mod\|3 addition, subtraction, multiplication and division operations were proposed and thus the research on circuit design of multiple\|valued modulo\|algebra systems was further perfected.


This work aims to understand how a brand appropriates representations recognized by the inhabitants of the city as the capital characteristics and at the same time, reinforces these characteristics. The research seeks to map out which identity representations of Brasília are present in the products of local brand souvenir BSB Memo. We start from the concepts of representation, identity, consumption and brand, and an analysis of discursive strategies proposed by S. Hall. In addition, we seek to understand the role of Brand BSB Memo in the context of consumption studies as social practice and brands as symbolic mediators. As a methodological point of view, we base our study on the analysis of identity representations in Brasilia existing in the inventory of images on brand's products and the analysis of the interview with the owners. Our hypothesis is that by using the urbanistic and architectural monuments, the visual elements and the natural beauty of the city, the brand BSB Memo reinforces the dominant representations of Brasilia while that appropriates the city itself, linking it with the brand. As a result of research, we found aspects of BSB Memo mentioned above, but also the elevation of a city that is restricted to the Pilot Plan and the original design of Lúcio Costa.


ABSTRACT Is political knowledge about the actual level of women's representation still related to support for women's descriptive representation? Using data from the 2018 CCES, I find that knowledge of the level of women's presence in Congress is related to support for women's representation. Consistent with findings from prior research, those who overestimate the percentage of women in Congress are less supportive of electing "more" women whereas those who underestimate the percentage of women are more supportive. Importantly, support for electing more women is not the same as electing more women of color to Congress: the public is slightly less supportive of electing more "women of color" than more "women," indicating that at least some voters are sensitive to question wording and that support for women's descriptive representation is conditional on race.


The modern development of agribusiness is characterized by the fact that agricultural producers actively interact in the course of their activities. The deepening of relations between economic entities requires increased coordination of joint activities and leads to the need for the formation of cooperative entities, the effectiveness of which is largely due to the choice of a particular development strategy. The article considers the author's model of the life cycle of an agricultural consumer cooperative, which includes five main stages: conception (embryonic stage), design, development, maturity, stagnation, as well as an intermediate stage – restructuring. A system of criteria is proposed that characterize each stage of the life cycle of an agricultural cooperative and allow determining the level of development of cooperative relations at the moment for the development of strategic decisions for the future. Options for implementing a growth strategy, product or market development, as well as a reduction (reversal) strategy are considered.


Mathematical reasoning and proof offer powerful ways of developing and expressing insights about a wide range of phenomena. People who reason and think analytically tend to note patterns, structure, or regularities in both real-world situations and symbolic objects; they ask if those patterns are accidental or if they occur for a reason; and they conjecture and prove. Ultimately, a mathematical proof is a formal way of expressing particular kinds of reasoning and justification.


Simple and analytical models for thermal conductivity for randomly oriented distribution CNT composites were presented as analytical functions of volume fraction, anisotropic thermal conductivities, aspect ratio, nonstraightness, and interfacial thermal resistance of the CNTs. Moreover, using the interaction direct derivative (IDD) micromechanics scheme, we have incorporated interactions between included CNTs and gained non-linear volume fraction dependence of thermal conductivity enhancement which agreed quite well with the observed data. Based on the analysis, it is an efficient means using CNTs as straight as possible with aspect ratio high enough to get much higher thermal conductivity enhancement of CNT composites.


The objective of this research is to derive a comparative human development index by which to study the social welfare position of the Egyptian economy relative to the Middle East region and developing countries. This includes a comprehensive set of economic development indicators: per-capita income, poverty ratio, poverty gap, inequality of income, inequality of gender, and multiple dimensions of social entitlements as inverse measure of social deprivation. Taking water access, health access, education enrolment, and life expectancy as social entitlements, a new human development index is derived based on different works in the literature, most notably the works of Bergson, Samuelson, Atkinson, and Sen. This formulation is then applied to the Egyptian economy, the MENA region, and to a regional set of 79 developing countries. This gives rise to achievements, constraints, and future challenges on a comparative scale.


Janet Frame came into uneasy collision with the ghost of Katherine Mansfield, the 'godmother of New Zealand literature', when she was awarded the Winn Manson Menton Fellowship in 1974. This, New Zealand's only overseas literary fellowship, took her to Menton and the 'Memorial Room' of Villa Isola Bella in Menton, in comemmoration of Mansfield's own stay there in 1920 and 1921. In In the Memorial Room, the novel written during this time and published posthumously, the writer in the public space of diaspora is undermined by competing demands and expectations. Frame's protagonist is alienated, at odds with the local expatriate community, and disoriented, descending into a crisis of despair and creative impasse. This paper examines the novel's narrative strategies of analysis, denial (of self and others) and repositioning, as the author figure suffers sensory deprivation (being blind, then deaf), writing becomes a burden, and language a hazard. The question of posthumous fame and the 'anxiety of influence', it suggests, are possible, but not unique, explanations for this complex response to the cultural wealth that Mansfield represents and which the Fellowship celebrated.


Background and Aim: The correctness of studies in the field of veterans' quality of life can determine therapeutic planning strategies and services to this group. Regarding the lack of data on the quality of writing in the published papers, the aim of this review was to survey the correctness of the articles written in the field of veterans' quality of life. Methods: In this review study, all the published articles in the field of veterans' quality of life were gathered by searching through online databases such as Science Direct, PubMed, Magiran and SID in 2006 -2016 by using different keywords such as quality of life, veterans, Iran. After on, the correctness of writing in abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion and references were assessed by 52 indexes. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 16 and using descriptive statistics and chi-square. Results: For conducting this study, 30 articles were reviewed. The accuracy of writing were as follows: %39.3 correct, %48.4 relatively correct, and %12.3 incorrect. Incorrect article writing were recorded in abstract %59.7, introduction %57.2, methods and materials %54.2, results %56.9, discussion %76.5, and references% 25.3. Conclusion: There are many mistakes in articles written in the field of veterans' quality of life in. The weakest part of the article was the discussion (%66/5) and the best part was the references (%74/7). Necessary measurements for reducing the mistakes in writing articles could result in increasing the validity of articles and will lead to true study results.


Abstract : In this project, a new cone penetration test (CPT) method for the determining the hydraulic properties of unsaturated soil was developed. A modified cone penetrometer (cone permeameter) is used to inject water into the soil under constant pressure through a screen and measure movement of the wetting front with tensiometer rings. An inverse methodology is used to analyze the cumulative inflow volume and pressure head readings to obtain estimates of the hydraulic conductivity and soil moisture retention curves for the soil. To accomplish the inversion, a cone permeameter test is numerically simulated with the radially symmetric form of Richard's equation and the van Genuchten hydraulic conductivity and moisture retention functions. An objective function expressing the differences between flow responses measured with the cone permeameter and those predicted using the numerical model with the parameterized soil hydraulic properties is minimized to obtain the hydraulic parameter estimates. Full scale tests in a laboratory aquifer and field tests were performed during the course of this study. Excellent agreement between saturated hydraulic conductivity values obtained with the cone permeameter and values from in-situ Guelph permeameter and laboratory falling head tests was obtained. Soil moisture retention curves were similar to those obtained from multi-step outflow and capillary rise tests.


Within the system of direct quotation, speakers have a number of resources at their disposal from which they can select to construct dialogue. This article presents an investigation of the ways in which Maori and Pakeha English speakers deploy these resources. The analysis reveals extensive differences in the construction of dialogue between Maori and Pakeha which include, but are not limited to, quantitative differences in the use of individual verbs of quotation. Distinct effects of tense/temporal reference and mimetic re-enactment permeate the systems, and patterns of use surrounding the zero quotative emerge as central to many points of differentiation. It is argued that these patterns form distinct strategies in the deployment of quotative resources and in this sense are indexical of ethnic identity in Aotearoa/New Zealand.


In order to evaluate the immunogenicity, safety, and tolerability of monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza A/H1N1 MF59-adjuvanted vaccine in patients with -thalassemia major, 31 subjects (19 males; mean age 17.8 ± 8.7 years) with -thalassemia major and 28 ageand gender-matched healthy controls were enrolled. Four weeks after vaccination, seroconversion rates were about 80% and seroprotection rates 100% in both groups. Three months after vaccination, most of the subjects remained seroconverted and the eywords: andemic influenza A/H1N1 influenza accine andemic A/H1N1 influenza virus F59 djuvants seroprotection rates were 93.5% among the patients and 100% among the controls. Safety and tolerability were also very good, with no differences between the groups. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


Abstract Background Despite advances in rapid organism identification, clinicians must make empiric antibiotic decisions prior to knowing the causative organism. Though many risk factors and patient characteristics have been studied and incorporated into predictive clinical decision support tools for empiric antibiotic prescription, little evidence exists on the relative importance of these factors in clinician judgment. The purpose of this study was to establish how providers evaluate patient and clinical risk factors when making empiric antimicrobial decisions. Methods An anonymous survey tool was distributed in February 2019 to medical providers who routinely prescribe antibiotics in 4 acute care hospitals throughout the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Providers were asked to rank the importance of 12 clinical factors using a 5-point scale from not important at all (1) to extremely important (5) in 3 unique clinical scenarios: uncomplicated cystitis, septic shock of unknown etiology, and uncomplicated pneumonia. Results Response rate was 30% (217/732). The importance of each factor varied among different clinical scenarios except for prior antibiotic exposure, local resistance patterns, drug-drug interactions, and treatment guidelines. However, the absolute difference varied by the factor and clinical scenario. Presence of indwelling catheter(s) had the largest absolute variation (median difference of 2 between septic shock and pneumonia, P < 0.001), and it was one of the top 5 most important factors for septic shock, but the least important factor for pneumonia. Conclusion The importance of clinicians place on clinical factors varies in different clinical scenarios. A better understanding of clinical decision-making in empiric antibiotic prescribing has the potential to guide stewardship efforts and clinical decision support. Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.


There are multiple ethical conflicts, dilemmas, and sources of distress for nurses caring for people at the end of life that must be considered. There are individual patient care decisions and societal debates to which nurses need to contribute. Nurses experience ethical concern when faced with consensus-building activities to establish goals of care, uncertainty about capacity and/or patient wishes, futility, withhold/withdraw life-sustaining treatment decisions, aggressive symptom management, addressing concerns of significant others, and varied spiritual or cultural beliefs. There are implications for processes and levels of information sharing with other healthcare team members, patients, and families. Public debates about assisted suicide and euthanasia impact the individual nurse providing end-of-life care. Ethical principles, professional documents, and collaborative practice guidelines exist to address individual cases and to develop sound ethical nursing practice for patients at end of life. This article is an overview of those issues and resources.


Field experiments were conducted on two consecutive seasons (2014/2015 and2015/2016) at the Agricultural Farm of Bahri University in Elkadaro (Sudan), where is the soil classified as slightly saline at surface and saline sodic at subsurface soil. Seed of sugar beet Ballede variety was obtained from the Agricultural Research Station in Wad Madani.The objectives of the experiments were studied the effect of mineral nitrogen fertilizer on growth, root yield and juice quality of sugar beet under saline soil. The nitrogen fertilizer was applied as urea at the rate of 0Kg N/ha, 40Kg N/ha, 60 Kg N/ha, and 80 Kg N/ha.The experiments were laid out in randomized complete block design with four replicates. The results showed that 80 Kg N/ha treatment was highly significant (P< 0.01) increased leaves number, leaf area index, leaves fresh weight, shoot fresh weight, root fresh weight and root diameter per plant over all other treatments and the control. However treatment 60KgN/ha significantly (P< 0.05) produced more leaves number, shoot fresh weight, root fresh weight and root diameter per plant. Each of nitrogen treatments significantly (P< 0.05) increased root yield per plant over the control. The increases in root yield compared to control were 13% 33% and 46% for the 40 Kg N/ha, 60 Kg N/ha, and 80 Kg N/ha respectively. Each level of nitrogen fertilizer significantly (P< 0.05) reduced Sugar percentage, (Pol %), Brix percentage, and Purity percentage. However, treatments 60KgN/ha and 80KgN/ha significantly (P<0.05) increased moisture percentage over the other treatments


In this study, a Henneguya myxosporean species is described to infect an ecological, biological, and evolutionary important fish from Amazon biome. The myxosporean was found in the skin of only one specimen of marbled swamp eel, Synbranchus marmoratus caught in a small stream from Peruvian Amazon floodplain. Mature myxospores have ovoid shape from the valvular view, measuring 32.2 ± 0.6 μm (31.6–32.8) in total length, 21.5 ± 0.3 μm (21.2–21.8) in spore body length, 11.7 ± 0.5 μm (11.2–12.2) in width and 10.6 ± 0.9 μm (9.7–11.5) in thickness. Non-bifurcate caudal appendage, measuring 10.7 ± 0.4 μm (10.3–11.1) in length. Two polar capsules elongated aubergine in shape, equal in size and measuring 4.9 ± 0.2 μm (4.7–5.1) in length and 3.1 ± 0.5 μm (2.6–3.6) in width. Polar tubules coiled in 7–8 turns. This is the first report of a Henneguya species parasitizing a fish of the order Synbranchiformes from Amazon basin and the first to describe this parasite infecting a potamodromous fish from South America.


RC: This paper reports majorly the measurement of TSM, POC, δC and C in the Lima River during 2019, a year that represented "lower-than-average" TSM exports and showcased a strong positive influence on phytoplankton growth. The paper highlights the importance of deltaic processes. Findings are potentially important because they inform how climate change may influence Arctic carbon fluxes to the ocean. However, the paper has a few areas that require improvement. The authors fail to provide a discharge time series for the year of data collection and ArcticGRO sampling period to put their findings in context. The paper can be improved if the following changes are made:


The invention relates to a method for producing a component from a warmumformbaren aluminum alloy having the following composition in weight%: DOLLAR A E silicon 0.9-1.3, 0.7-1.2 DOLLAR A E magnesium, manganese DOLLAR A E 0 , from 5 to 1.0, DOLLAR A E copper less than 0.1, DOLLAR A E iron less than 0.5, DOLLAR A E chromium less than 0.25, DOLLAR A E titanium less than 0.1, DOLLAR A E zinc less than 0, 2, DOLLAR A E zirconium and / or hafnium and 0.05-0.2 DOLLAR A E other unavoidable impurities, DOLLAR A wherein the total proportion of chromium and Mangang and zirconium and / or hafnium is at least 0.4% by weight. The method is also characterized in that the hot forging at a solution between 440 DEG C and 560 DEG C.


Graph edit distance / similarity is widely used in many tasks, such as graph similarity search, binary function analysis, and graph clustering. However, computing the exact graph edit distance (GED) or maximum common subgraph (MCS) between two graphs is known to be NP-hard. In this paper, we propose the hierarchical graph matching network (HGMN), which learns to compute graph similarity from data. HGMN is motivated by the observation that two similar graphs should also be similar when they are compressed into more compact graphs. HGMN utilizes multiple stages of hierarchical clustering to organize a graph into successively more compact graphs. At each stage, the earth mover distance (EMD) is adopted to obtain a one-to-one mapping between the nodes in two graphs (on which graph similarity is to be computed), and a correlation matrix is also derived from the embeddings of the nodes in the two graphs. The correlation matrices from all stages are used as input for a convolutional neural network (CNN), which is trained to predict graph similarity by minimizing the mean squared error (MSE). Experimental evaluation on 4 datasets in different domains and 4 performance metrics shows that HGMN consistently outperforms existing baselines in the accuracy of graph similarity approximation.


This Note relates to results observed when for the usual vertical antenna employed as radiator or absorber in wireless telegraph stations there is substituted a straight horizontal conductor placed at a comparatively small distance above the surface of the ground or water. When an insulated horizontal wire, AB, such as is shown in sketch 1, is connected at one end to a sphere of a spark gap, the other sphere of which is earthed, and sparks are caused to pass between the spheres, it will be noticed on investigating the space around such an oscillator that the radiations emitted reach a maximum in the vertical plane of the horizontal wire, AB, and proceed principally from the end, A, which is connected to the spark gap, whilst the radiation is nil , or reaches a minimum, in directions which are approximately 100° from the direction in which the maximum effect occurs.


Finance lease is a very promising industry and it is very important to the economic prosperity of a country.But in China,it is not in a good condition.This paper analyzes the obstacle to its boom in the terms of the 4 big mainstays of laws and regulations,accounting standards,tax incentives and supervision system.


Until now, the phenomenon of radiatively driven convection (RDC) in ice-covered lakes has not been sufficiently studied, despite its important role in the functioning of aquatic ecosystems. There have been very few attempts to numerically simulate RDC due to the complexity of this process and the need to use powerful computing resources. The article presents the results of Large Eddy Simulations (LES) of RDC with periodic external energy pumping, which imitates the diurnal variations in solar radiation in the subglacial layer of lakes in spring. The research is aimed at numerically studying the initial stages in the formation and development of a convective mixed layer (CML). A numerical calculation was carried out for three variants of external energy pumping that differed in intensity. A diurnal acceleration and suppression of RDC due to a change in external pumping was revealed for all three variants. The results of numerical simulations provide estimates of such integral parameters of RDC development as the rate of deepening of the lower boundary of the CML, and the rate of water temperature rise within this layer. It was shown that as the cumulative heating of the CML increases over several days, daily increments in temperature and depth slowed down; that is, the dependence of the integral RDC parameters on external pumping was nonlinear. The LES results on RDC parameters were in good agreement with our observational data.


In 1984, computing firms saw integrated voice/data terminals (IVDTs) as the solution to the proliferation of new forms of executive communication. The Sydis VoiceStation was hailed as the best of this new class of office machine but, like all IVDTs, it failed. Sydis succumbed to "integration stress," one danger of product development driven by the urge to integrate traditionally discrete functions. Sydis also failed from poor integration of financial and market actors.


I N THE COURSE of an investigation of certain states of muscular hypertension, a unique case was encountered in which a somewhat atypical parkinsonism had developed spontaneously (i.e., without benefit of chlorpromazine or reserpine, neither of which had vet been introduced into psychiatric practice) in a hospitalized psychotic young man. Because of the potential psychological significance of his akinetic state, we were tempted to regard it as psychogenic—an admittedly lisky hypothesis from a neurologic viewpoint. Although there was no history of encephalitis, it must be admitted at the outset that no final statement can be made regarding the absence of organic brain disease.


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The Westinghouse coil is one of three forced-flow coils in the six-coil toroidal array of the International Fusion Superconducting Magnet Test Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It is wound with an 18-kA, NbaSn/Cu. cable-inconduit superconductor structurally supported by aluminum plates and cooied by 4-K, 15-atm supercritical helium. The coil is instrumented to permit measurement of helium temperature, pressure, and flow rate; structure temperature and strain; field: and normal zone voltage. A resistive heater has been installed to simulate nuclear heating, and inductive heaters have been installed to facilitate stability testing. The coil has been tested both individually and in the six-coil array. The tests covered charging to full design current and field, measuring the current-sharing threshold temperature using the resistive heaters, and measuring the stability margin using the pulsed inductive heaters. At least one section of the conductor exhibits a very broad resistive transition (resistive transition index — 4). The broad transition, though causing the appearance of voltage at relatively low temperatures, does not compromise the stability margin of the coii, which was greater than 1.1 J/cm of strands. In another, nonresistive location, the stability margin was between 1.7 and 1.9 J/cm of strands. The coil is completely stable in operation at 100% design current in both the singleand six-coil modes.


This thesis addresses Rene d'Anjou's "Livre des tournois" as a holistic product of late-medieval court culture. It argues that the work can only be decoded when text and image are considered as inseparable mutually exegetic components. This thesis adopts an interdisciplinary methodology and draws on a diverse range of visual, historical, material and literary sources.
The structure is based on a series of focussed case studies into aspects of the "Livre des tournois" that have been understudied or are in need of reconsideration. Chapter 1 explores the relationship between the work's images and text and the impact on the author's identity as an authority on the subject. Chapter 2 scrutinises the use and depiction of heraldry essential to the construction of a visual narrative within the work. Chapter 3 addresses the heralds' duties and how these roles compare to the precedents found in late-medieval tournament and court culture. Chapter 4 examines Rene's influences and sources by focussing on the similarities between the form of tournament described and historic precedents related to the combat, location, participants and equipment. Chapter 5 utilises spatial and ritual theories to engage with a series of spectacles surrounding the punishment and review of the tourneyers in relation to group identity. Chapter 6 analyses the codicological, textual and visual evidence from all eight known medieval manuscript copies and demonstrates a revised understanding of the provenance and transmission of the work, before scrutinising the reception of two copies in detail. The conclusion draws together threads of identity, authority and the importance of the book as a product of the culture and circumstances of its production. A series of appendices support this thesis, including a scholarly edition of BnF, ms. fr. 2695, a revised stemma, and comparative tables of the codicological data of all extant manuscript copies.


Reduction of aldehydes and ketones with pyridine-borane in trifluoroacetic acid was examined. Symmetric ethers were obtained by the reduction of aldehydes ; the combination of an aldehyde and alcohol resulted in the formation of an unsymmetric ether under the same reduction conditions. Aryl ketones and aryl alcohols were reduced directly to the corresponding arenes, while dialkyl ketones were reduced to the alcohols. Alkyl alcohols were not reduced and were recovered intact.


In this work, a stable marching-on-in-time method is presented to obtain scattering response from arbitrary wire structures illuminated by a Gaussian plane wave directly in the time domain. Contrary to all the available time domain algorithms till now, the present procedure is also capable of handling multiple excitations in a trivial manner. The new procedure is based on the conventional method of moments and utilizes standard pulse functions for expansion of space and time variables. The testing procedure is accomplished by collocation procedure. The numerical results obtained using the new procedure are validated by comparing with data obtained from frequency domain solution and performing inverse discrete Fourier transform.


The key components of interferon-dependent 2',5'-oligoadenylate system were studied in the rat spleen and thymus lymphoid cells under the action of ionizing radiation and interferon inducers treatment. It was established that the irradiation of animals by 0.5 Gy dose causes the increase of intracellular level of the 2',5'-oligoadenylates (A2'p5'A, (A2'p)2A) and the enhancement of the 2',5'-oligoadenylate-synthetase activity. The pre-incubation of isolated splenocytes and thymocytes with interferon inducers (cycloferone, mitogenic lectines and poly(I) x poly(C) caused the amplification of post-radiactive 2',5'-oligoadenylate accumulation and 2',5'-oligoadenylate-synthetase activity stimulation. The obtained results allow us to suggest the activation of 2',5'-oligoadenylate messenger system in rat immunocompetent cells under the action of ionizing radiation. It might be a result of the activation of protective mechanisms, connected with interferon induction. The effect of interferon inducers on the investigated cascade components may be considered as the manifestation of their radioprotective properties.


It is said that 90% of human communication is non-verbal. In these photographs, the body language of the subjects becomes the basic syntax for a series of animations exploring movement, gesture, and algorithmic montage. Many sequences document a person's reaction to being photographed by a stranger. Some smile, others snarl, still others perform. Some pretend not to notice. Underneath all of this are assumptions and unknowns unique to each situation.


The steam turbine at VEAG's Boxberg plant, now with over a year of commercial operation to its credit, is setting new standards.


Objective To analyze the features of sub-health status among college teachers and students and to provide reference for the identification and prevention of sub-health.Methods The original papers were searched using CNKI platform,which were published during the period of 1998-2009,sub-health in the title,college teachers or students being subjective.The features of sub-health status were integrated from papers.Results One hundred and eighty-three papers were searched,and the main features of sub-health status were insomnia,fatigue,irritable and so on with the emergence rate more than 30% in the literature.The analysis results showed that four features emergence rates being statistically significant between college teachers and students,there were stiff or numbness of the limbs(χ2=5.939,P=0.015),cold hands and feet(χ2=4.608,P=0.032),pessimistic in the world or life or values(continuity correction χ2=5.89,P=0.015),suicidal attempts(continuity correction χ2=4.824,P=0.028).Conclusion The common features of sub-health status between college teachers and students are similar,but physical sub-health in college teacher is severer than that in college students,while psychological sub-health in college students is severer than that in college teachers.


AbstractThe psychological contract of safety (PCS) can be understood as the beliefs of employees regarding the reciprocal safety obligations between themselves and their supervisors. Although resea...


A strain of Listeria monocytogenes inoculated into minced raw ham was evaluated for its pressure-resistance. Decimal reduction times (D) at 400, 500 and 600 MPa and at 25 and 35°C were determined. D value was found to be 4.8 and 1.5 min, respectively, at 500 and 600 MPa and 35°C. On ham samples treated by high pressures, pack tests were performed which confirmed the data found in the inactivation trials. The results indicate that a treatment of about 10 min at 600 MPa and 35°C is necessary to obtain 5 decimal reductions of Listeria in raw ham.


Cells sense the properties of the surrounding environment and convert this information into changes in gene expression. Bacteria are, in contrast to many multi-cellular eukaryotes, remarkable in th ...


As a practicing physical chemist, I argue that the challenges faced by the physical sciences have more parallels with organization science than it might first appear. While the physical sciences do represent a strong paradigm endeavor, many of the same issues that were raised in the article "Making a life in the field of organizational science" arise in physical sciences. An essential difference between the physical sciences and organization science is the essentially capital intensive nature of our research. Ironically, the constant pursuit of the requisite research dollars leads to substantial similarity between the fields. The state of academic physical sciences is analyzed in this context informed by the current state of research funding in the United States. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The development objective of the Water and Sanitation Development Project for Kenya is to improve water supply and sanitation services in select coastal and northeastern regions in Kenya. Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: cash compensation for affected building, structure, and business.


The article examines the interaction of scientific ideas and literary works of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French mathematician, physicist, writer and Christian philosopher. His mathematical ideas i...


The present invention, in the electrode manufacturing method of forming a secondary cell electrode production method and a porous insulating layer it to the at least one electrode surface of the cathode or anode to a secondary battery using that includes a porous insulating layer, the electrode layer slurry to the electrode surface applying; Applying a porous insulating layer during the drying of the non-electrode layer slurry; Drying the electrode slurry and the porous insulating layer coating the slurry at the same time; To provide a secondary cell electrode manufacturing method comprising a porous insulation layer containing, Connecting the porous structure of the electrode layer and the porous insulating layer integrally, and the electrode layer, and the application of the porous insulating layer, a drying process the electrode layer coating-porous insulating layer is applied - to a three-step process for drying can be simplified to form the porous insulating layer step in addition, the electrode layer is the slurry or the inorganic compound powder of the porous insulating layer in the presence of a solvent remaining before the dry coating, and by this drying is formed with a porous structure is connected integrally in the process of the porous insulating layer and the electrode solvent volatilization at the same time, the electrode layer by coating a porous insulating layer in the non-dry state electrode polymer binder and a porous insulating layer a polymer binding agent is a binder to better the effect, which may be secured a strong structural stability than that of the porous insulating layer.


Objective To evaluate the efficacy of artificial neural networks in categorizing pediatric trauma patients into four distinct acuity of care groups and in determining the length of stay (LOS) within specific areas of the hospital. Design Using historical information from >8,000 pediatric trauma patient records, train and evaluate artificial neural networks to predict the injury severity and LOS for each patient in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), step-down units, and floor units. Each artificial neural network is evaluated for categorization accuracy and mean absolute error difference on the predicted LOS. Subjects A total of 10,353 patient records from the National Pediatric Trauma registry, representing all pediatric trauma patients treated at affiliated hospitals from April 1994 through December 1996. Records with incomplete information were eliminated from the study, leaving 8,081 usable patient records. Measurements A total of 14 variables are selected from the 81 values present in the National Pediatric Trauma Registry as independent variables for the artificial neural networks. Each neural network produces nine output values: five for categorizing the patient's injury severity, three for the LOS in the PICU, step-down unit, and floor units, and one for the patient's total LOS. Results A fuzzy ARTMAP neural network accurately categorizes 88% of mortality patients and 58.3% of critical PICU patients. A backpropagation neural network succeeded in predicting the total LOS to within 1 day for 51.4% and the ICU LOS to within 1 day for 70.4% of all evaluated patients. Conclusion Information available in the first 10 mins of a patient's presentation at the emergency room can be used by an artificial neural network to predict injury severity and LOS. Artificial neural networks enable more effective resource planning and patient management.


Let S be a skewfield. If J and / ' are submodules of 2 such that the nonzero elements of J are the inverse elements of those of J , then J and J' form a "pair of inverse modules." A module admitting an inverse module will be called a /-module and a selfinverse module containing 1 will be called an 5-module. In an earlier paper the author has shown that if S is a (commutative) field of characteristic not equal to 2, then every 5-module is a subfield of S. Only in fields of characteristic 2, nontrivial 5-modules can be found. A corresponding distinction of that characteristic does not hold for skewfields. Even the skewfield of the quaternions contains nontrivial 5-modules, for examples the module generated by 1, J, k. In the present paper some properties of 5-modules and /-modules will be discussed. For example it will be proved that when an 5-module contains the elements a, b and aby it contains all the elements of the skewfield which is generated by a and b. By a similar method it will be shown that finite 5-modules are necessarily Galois-fields.


Forest ecosystems play a fundamental role in natural balances and climate mechanisms through their contribution to global carbon storage. They also represent important reservoirs of biodiversity. The sustainable management and conservation of forest resources is, therefore, crucial in the current context of global warming and biodiversity loss. To tackle such challenges, earth observation data has been identified as a valuable source of information capable to provide stakeholders with informative indicators to support the decision making process related to forest ecosystems management. In particular, LiDAR remote sensing has proven to be a powerful tool for the characterization of structural properties of forest ecosystems, which in turn are valuable information for their monitoring. To deal with this particular issue in the context of simultaneous forest variables estimation in a multi-output regression setting, we propose a deep learning based strategy to combine together information coming from metrics derived from high density 3D-point clouds acquired by airborne laser scanning (ALS) and topography descriptors extracted from the same source. The performance of our framework is evaluated on two stand-level forest variables of interest: Total Volume (referring to total wood volume) and Basal Area. It is compared to KNN and Random Forest (RF) algorithms, and also to a single-output version of our framework. As a result, the proposed multi-output framework performed better than KNN and RF and achieved a R2 value of 0.72 and 0.73 for Total Volume and Basal Area, respectively. The obtained results are similar to those obtained when running two single-output deep learning frameworks and underline that the availability of additional topography descriptors to enrich the information provided by standard LiDAR-derived metrics brings interesting performance improvements in the estimation of both forest variables of interest.


Nowadays the multidisciplinary team (MDT) plays a critical role in the treatment of patients with osteonecrosis of the oral cavity, in particular for the reconstructive-rehabilitation phase of complex cases. Among the objectives of the MDT we find the improvement of the quality of life of patients, the restoration of the anatomical defect following surgery, as well as the planning of an aesthetic-functional rehabilitation. The experience of the MDT composed of professionals belonging to the Medicine and Oral Pathology Outpatient Clinic of the Maggiore Hospital of Trieste and to the Department of Otolaryngology of the S. Maria degli Angeli Hospital in Pordenone is presented in relation to surgical-prosthetic rehabilitation in a patient with drug-induced osteonecrosis. The patient, suffering from right maxillary osteonecrosis induced by therapy with Zoledronic Acid, underwent a demolitive surgical intervention of right maxillectomy. At the same time, reconstruction was carried out using a microvascularized fibula flap and insertion of 5 implants. Subsequently, the patient was rehabilitated with a fixed prosthesis on implants. The rehabilitation of the treated patient allowed the resumption of functional activities such as chewing and phonation, guaranteeing the patient a good quality of life. Last but not least, it has allowed us to obtain a good result also from an aesthetic point of view. There are numerous studies in literature which confirm the success of planning by the MDT in treating MRONJ hat demonstrate how an effective and dynamic MDT positively influences the patient's therapeutic and rehabilitative path. The MDT must therefore be able to formulate a personalized therapeutic and rehabilitation plan for the individual patient.


In the big data era, creating self-managing scalable platforms for running big data applications is a fundamental task. Such self-managing and self-healing platforms involve a proper reaction to hardware $(e. g$., cluster nodes) and software $(e. g$., big data tools) failures, besides a dynamic resizing of the allocated resources based on overload and underload situations and scaling policies. The distributed and stateful nature of big data platforms $(e. g$., Hadoop-based cluster) makes the management of these platforms a challenging task. This paper aims to design and implement a scalable cloud native Hadoop-based big data platform using MiCADO, an open-source, and a highly customisable multi-cloud orchestration and auto-scaling framework for Docker containers, orchestrated by Kubernetes. The proposed MiCADO-based big data platform automates the deployment and enables an automatic horizontal scaling (in and out) of the underlying cloud infrastructure. The empirical evaluation of the MiCADO-based big data platform demonstrates how easy, efficient, and fast it is to deploy and undeploy Hadoop clusters of different sizes. Additionally, it shows how the platform can automatically be scaled based on user-defined policies (such as CPU-based scaling).


ABSTRACT: Melting experiments with and without added H2O on a model metagreywacke and a natural metapelite demonstrate how pressure and H2O content control the compositions of melts and residual assemblages. Several effects are observed under isothermal conditions. Firstly, the stability field of biotite shrinks with decreasing pressure and with increasing H2O content, whereas that of plagioclase shrinks with increasing pressure and H2O content. Secondly, the ferromagnesian content of melts at the source (i.e. coexisting with their residual assemblages) decreases with decreasing H2O activity. Thirdly, with increasing pressure the Ca/Mg and Ca/Fe ratios of melts decrease relative to those of coexisting garnet. As a consequence, a wide spectrum of melts and crystalline residues can be generated from the same source material. For example, H2O-starved dehydration melting of metagreywacke at low pressure (≤10 kbar) generates K-rich (granitic) melts that coexist with pyroxene- and plagioclase-rich residues, whereas melting of the same material at high pressure (≍15 kbar) and with minor H2O infiltration can generate leucocratic Na-rich and Ca-poor (trondhjemitic) melts that coexist with biotite- and garnet-rich residues. An increased H2O content stabilises orthopyroxene at the expense of garnet + biotite + plagioclase, causing melts to shift towards granodioritic or perhaps tonalitic compositions.


Let $P_N(R)$ be the space of all real polynomials in $N$ variables with the usual inner product $ $ on it, given by integrating over the unit sphere. We start by deriving an explicit combinatorial formula for the bilinear form representing this inner product on the space of coefficient vectors of all polynomials in $P_N(R)$ of degree $\leq M$. We exhibit two applications of this formula. First, given a finite dimensional subspace $V$ of $P_N(R)$ defined over $Q$, we prove the existence of an orthogonal basis for $(V, )$, consisting of polynomials of small height with integer coefficients, providing an explicit bound on the height; this can be viewed as a version of Siegel's lemma for real polynomial inner product spaces. Secondly, we derive a criterion for a finite set of points on the unit sphere in $R^N$ to be a spherical $M$-design.


Unplanned dense settlements in the development pay little attention to the technical aspects of the building and the environment, one of which is high humidity conditions and circulation pathways. Circulation in settlements can also function as wind circulation, which can affect natural ventilation, comfort, and the health of residents. This study uses a quantitative method with a descriptive approach to describe the relationship between the circulation width variable and the wind speed variable. The results of periodic field observations and measurements are then interpreted descriptively to determine the effect of circulation width on wind flow in densely populated settlements in Taman Sari, Bandung. The results showed that outdoor circulation close to open spaces had better wind speeds compared to areas far from open spaces.


Summary form only given. RF glow discharge plasmas are used for dusty plasma experiments. Microspheres introduced into the plasma become electrically charged to the floating potential by collecting electrons and ions. The sheath electric field above a horizontal lower electrode levitates these microparticles against the downward force of gravity. Ion flow in the sheath can excite electric fields that accelerate these charged microparticles, while neutral gas opposes this acceleration by a frictional damping effect. As a result, microspheres have a random motion, which we study. We characterize the random motion of the microparticles by tracking their motion using video microscopy. Particle tracking allows us to use diagnostics comparable to those used in particle simulations of plasmas, except that here we are analyzing experimental data. By tracking their motion, we can measure the kinetic temperature of the microspheres, and we attempt to measure their diffusion coefficient as well. For some parameters we find the motion obeys the random walk typical of diffusion, but for other parameters it exhibits superdiffusion. Diffusion is characterized by a particle mean-square displacement (MSD) that increases linearly with time, while for superdiffusion the MSD increases more rapidly. In addition to the MSD, we also apply other diagnostics for random particle motion, including the probability distribution function (PDF) for particle displacements, and the particle velocity autocorrelation function. To enhance the kinetic temperature of the microparticles, and to vary it independently of all plasma parameters, we apply a newly developed laser-heating method. A powerful cw laser beam is rastered rapidly through the plasma, giving microparticles kicks at nearly random times. We have improved on some of the limitations of this heating method by achieving a more uniform temperature profile and a reduced non-random component to the particle motion. The result of this heating is that the microspheres move randomly almost the same way as molecules in a liquid. In other words, the suspension of microspheres is a strongly-coupled plasma in a liquid state. We characterize the transport in this state, and report diffusion coefficients as a function of kinetic temperature.


Multicomponent AB, hydrides are attractive replacements for the cadmium electrode in nickel - cadmium batteries. This paper is concerned with the differential effects of Ni substitution by cobalt, Mn and Al upon electrode corrosion and capacity, using alloys having the generic composition of Al(NiCoMnAl){sub 5} and similar to those used for the preparation of commercial battery electrodes. The corrosion of metal hydride electrodes is determined by two factors, surface passivation due to the presence of surface oxides or hydroxides and crystal lattice expansion - contraction the charge - discharge process. Thus, in addition to determining the effects of Ni substitution we will also address the question of whether an observed change is due to a change lattice expansion or to a change in surface passivation, e.g. the formation a corrosion resistant oxide layer.


Field experiments in open-top chambers were conducted to study the re- covery of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. CV. New Yorker) plants from ozone (O3) injury. Plants were pot-cultured and exposed for 7 hours per day for 4 days at a vegetative or flowering stage to charcoal-filt ered air, 0.06, 0.09, 0.12, 0.18, or 0.24 µl O3/liter. Half of the plants were harvested 2 or 3 days after the O 3 exposure; the remaining plants were held in open-top field chambers in filtered air and harvested after the appearance 'of the first red fruit. Ozone exposure at either growth stage resulted in visible foliar injury and decreased leaf area of plants harvested 2 or 3 days after exposure. In spite of extensive foliar injury after O 3 exposure at the vegetative stage, there was no significant decrease in fruit yield or change in fruit quality at the final harvest. In contrast, exposure of plants to O 3 at flowering progressively reduced fresh weight of fruit and, to a lesser degree, its concentration of titratable acidity. Foliar injury ratings indicate that many to- mato cultivars are sensitive to O 3 (Clayberg, 1971; Ormrod, 1986; Reinert and Hender- son, 1980). However, when five cultivars were exposed to O 3 and ranked for foliar injury and yield response it was found that foliar injury was not a good indicator of yield loss (Oshima et al., 1977a). This result sug- gests either that the adverse effects of visible foliar injury on yield components are being offset by repair and recovery mechanisms or that there is enough additional noninjured leaf


(57) Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of using the β- adrenergic agonists for the purpose of improving treatment or fertility endometriosis or infertility. The present invention also without causing detrimental blood levels, have been to reduce or avoid adverse side effects, compositions or methods, such as to provide locally a β- adrenergic agonist medically sufficient level on.


Field Horizontal branch (HB) stars can be used as tracers for the study of early stages of the evolution of our galaxy. Since the age of individual HB stars is not known a priori, we have studied the kinematics of a sample of field HB stars measured with Hipparcos to look for signs of age and population nature. We found that the kinematics of the HBA stars is very different from that of the sdB/O stars. The HBAs have low, sometimes negative, orbital velocities and feature orbits with large eccentricities, often venturing far above the galactic plane. In contrast, the sdB/O stars show disk-like orbital characteristics. The HBB stars (T_eff > 10,000 K) show kinematics similar to that of the sdB/Os.
In order to see if there is a trend among the HB stars in their kinematics, we investigated also RR Lyrae stars measured with Hipparcos and found a mixed kinematical behaviour, already known from previous studies.
Since the atmospheres of most types of HB stars do not reflect original metallicities any more the kinematics is the only aspect left to study their origin and population membership. Thus, the clear trend found in kinematics of stars along the HB, which is also a sequence in stellar mass, shows that the different kinds of field HB stars arose from stars having different origins.


Moral education has always been an important part of higher education,and the moral quality of college students is directly related to all aspects of socialist construction and has a substantial impact on people's livelihood.In the new historical period,the moral education in colleges has stepped into a new stage.The ideological and moral education for the students should be promoted by means of the construction of campus culture,including campus material culture,campus spiritual culture,campus system culture,campus behavior culture,campus media culture and so on.


The present study explores the fabrication of wound dressing materials impregnated with zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) using honey as a reducing and capping agent. Formation of Honey-zinc oxide nanoparticles (H-ZnO NPs) was confirmed by surface plasmon resonance absorption at 360 nm. Morphology and elemental composition of the synthesized H-ZnO NPs were analysed by scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The wound dressing material was impregnated with H-ZnO NPs by pad-dry cure method. The biocompatibility of the ZnO NPs loaded dressing material was evaluated by hemolysis (1.18%) and whole blood clotting test. The antibacterial activity of the dressing materials was assessed qualitatively and quantitavely by AATCC technique. The ZnO NPs loaded dressing materials possessed a remarkable antibacterial activity compared to honey impregnated and untreated dressing materials. The results illustrate that the biofabricated wound dressing material can be efficiently exploited in therapeutic application.