Objective
To explore the effect and method of the theory teaching of general practice course for eight-year program of clinical medical students.

Methods
The course of General Medicine was set up for 87 students from two grades in their fourth school year. All of them attended a closed-book exami-nation when they finished the lectures. The satisfaction rates, necessity and the suggestion of teaching and assessment were collected from the questionnaire.

Results
The examination results of the two grade students were (80.92±7.26) and (83.76±5.75); The satisfaction rate was 40.2% (35/87); Necessity of the courses was between 3.6 to 4.1 (5-point-Likert-scale). The way of teaching method students chose was dif-ferent by course content.

Conclusion
The theory teaching of general practice course for eight-year program of clinical medical students needs more reform from curriculum designing, teaching methods, faculty train-ing and evaluation methods.

Key words:
Clinical medicine; Eight-year program; General practice; Theory teaching


Underlying many writings on the Middle East of the nineteenth century is the premise that the period was basically a preliminary stage of the present time and that its import is the emergence of the political, social and conceptual systems which have reached their full development at our own time. This retrospective method has, of course, its merits. The nineteenth century was a period of mobility and change, of convulsion and crisis, when a great variety of forces old and new, indigenous and alien crisscrossed one another in a labyrinthine pattern. To impose upon this complex the certainties of posterity, may afford a sense of direction and order; reading its history 'backwards' may help in tracking down 'origins' both in the sense of a beginning and an explanation. However, this approach is fraught with danger, for it could reduce that intricate period to a mere matrix for subsequently predominant phenomena; it can misconstrue its realities, distort the proportions between its various forces and even antedate the birth of new ones. In addition, there is always the danger, pointed out by Marc Bloch, that 'history oriented towards origins is put to the service of value judgement'. 1 A salient case in point is the birth of Arabism: ever since its predating and misrepresentation in the writings of George Antonius was pointed out by his critics, the question has legitimately been asked whether preoccupation with this subject does not overshadow the living realities of the late Ottoman period. A string of historical occurrences throughout the period from IbrThim Pasha to the Young Turks, lend themselves to different interpretation according to the measure and manner in which this retrospective approach is applied. One such occurrence, the appearance of anti-Ottoman agitation in Syria at the time of the governorship of Midhat Pasha, is the subject of this article. The relevant events of that period may be summarized as follows. Midhat was appointed to the vilayet of Syria in November 1878, less than two years after Abdiulhamid had dismissed him from the Grand Vezirate and banished him from Istanbul. Upon his appointment, he began working energetically in his new office with the aim of politically rehabilitating himself. He urged Istanbul to extend his powers as governor so that the provincial government could become an effective instrument for reform. Abdiulhamid ignored or refused most of his requests and in October 1879, he reshuffled the government appointing as Minister of Interior Mahmud Nedim Pasha, who was an opponent of Midhat and, on matters of provincial government, represented a policy in direct contradiction to that of Midhat. Midhat promptly submitted his resignation but Abdiulhamid rejected it, promising to reconsider his proposals. Midhat's position suffered yet another blow, in late April 1880, with the fall of Disraeli's government in London and the recall of the British Ambassador Sir


Abstract We evaluated the population dynamics of Colorado potato beetle in processing tomatoes and potatoes using immigration profiles, density through time, rates of development and survivorship. We also evaluated the beetle's influence on yield of processing cultivars. Colorado potato beetle immigrated into both crops. The first available crop had the earliest immigration event and higher immigrating adult and egg mass densities. Length of time that overwintering adults spent in the field, and duration of oviposition, were more closely related to accumulated degree days than time of immigration. Later in the season there was a trend toward fewer eggs per egg mass from overwintered adults. Rates of development suggested that large larvae developed more quickly in potatoes in 1998, but not in 2000, and small larvae developed at similar rates in either crop. Egg-to-adult survivorship ranged from 0.02 to 0.06, even though initial egg densities varied by approximately an order of magnitude. Survivorship varied more between years than between crops. Colorado potato beetle did not influence yield of processing tomatoes. Our field studies estimated similar life table parameters and population dynamics of Colorado potato beetle in two solaneaceous crops, and concurred with laboratory bioassays in the literature suggesting that this beetle has the potential to achieve similar fitness on both tomatoes and potatoes. However, beetle densities did not influence yield, and thus may have little affect on pest management in processing tomato cultivars.


A nine parameter phase analysis (in which the single meson "tail" is taken into account) is applied to the experimental data on 150 Mev p--p scattering (the cross section, polarization, depolarization and rotation of polarization) by a new numerical method (the "ravine" method). Two distinct solution regions are obtained which are similar to those previously obtained for 95 Mev. The solution found by Stabler and Lomon, Nuovo Cim., 15, 150, 1960, lies in one of the regions. The results are compared with the theoretical calculation for peripheral phase shifts. (auth)


Objective To study the bacterial survival in 5% triclosan disinfectant solution. Methods The isolated bacteria from 5% triclosan disinfectant were identified, neutralizer selection test and quantitative bactericidal test were performed. Results One strain of Achromobacter xylosoxidans had been isolated from 5% triclosan disinfectant before it was used, the count of bacteria was 5.50 ×10 5 CFU/mL. After the contaminated disinfectant was heated, it still had good killing efficacy on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, but had no killing efficacy on Achromobacter xylosoxidans. Conclusion Achromobacter xylosoxidans can resist higher concentration triclosan disinfectant.


1. A concrete monument to relativity 2. Rhythms of motors and speed of life: the appeal of foreign modernisms 3. The docking of the Mauretania and other experiments in 'style Mendelsohn' 4. An architecture of the metropolis 5. Advertising, transparency and light: no Rococo Palace for Buster Keaton 6. Banana wholesalers and combines that run department stores 7. A splendid demonstration of the modern spirit Conclusion.


This research is to analyze the feasibility of economic and financial on smoked catfish business in Pekanbaru. The methods analysis that used in this research are B/C ratio, NPV, payback period, profitability index, and IRR. Economic Performance for business of smoked lele fish was very good for marketing aspect and good enough for production, management and human resource aspect. While seen from finance aspect assess the Benefit cost ratio (BCR) equal to 1,39, Value of Payback Period is 2,44 years,  below time specified 10 years. Positive valuable Net Present Value equal is Rp 739.508.134, Value of profitability index equal to 6,35. Rate of return (IRR) equal to 53,09% Pursuant to measurement financial as a whole indicate that the effort competent poultry to be continued. DOI: 10.15408 /etk.v12i2.1915


The Nb-Ti-Si-Cr-Al-Hf-Dy alloy was prepared by conventionally casting and then directionally solidified (DS) with the optical floating zone melting technology. Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of the as cast (AC) and DS alloys were studied by XRD, SEM, TEM, compression and bending tests. The results exhibit that α-(Nb, Ti) 5 Si 3 , (Ti, Nb) 5 Si 3 and (Nb, Ti)ss phases formed the microstructure of the AC alloy, with precipitates of Cr 2 Nb, Dy 2 O 3 and (Nb, Ti) 3 Si along phase or grain boundaries. The DS alignes (Nb, Ti)ss and α-(Nb, Ti) 5 Si 3 lamellae parallel to the growth direction and refines the eutectic cell, but coarsens the primary α-(Nb, Ti) 5 Si 3 phase. The DS alloy exhibits strong orientation of (310) (Nb, Ti)5Si3 and (110) (Nb, Ti)ss along the growth direction. TEM observation reveals that (Nb, Ti)ss and α-(Nb, Ti) 5 Si 3 phases have an orientation relationship of [110] (Nb, Ti)ss // [310] α-(Nb, Ti)5Si3 and (002) (Nb, Ti)ss // (002) α-(Nb, Ti)5Si3 . Compared with the AC alloy, the DS increases the mechanical properties of the alloy obviously and the alloy DS at 8 mm/h exhibits the best mechanical properties.


Postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP) is an estrogen deficiency‐induced skeletal disorder. Bone mineral density (BMD) testing is the gold standard for diagnosing osteoporosis. However, its sensitivity for fracture risk assessment is low. Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD‐1) is a key immune checkpoint molecule implicated in the pathophysiology of bone remodeling, but its role in osteoporosis has not yet been explored. Thus, this study aimed to assess the expression and diagnostic utility of PD‐1 in PMOP.


Since the promulgation of the Administrative Litigation Law, China's administrative litigation system has been in tortuous development, both the legal and political functions of which are unsatisfactory. For this, it is of necessity to take rethink of the current administrative law research method under the social transformation background instead of pure understanding from statutes and policies perspectives in order to seek a comprehensive analysis perspective to comprehend the current problems and the causes, furthermore realizing the real administration of law.


The past several decades have witnessed wide deployment of space information networks (SINs). More than 8000 satellites have been launched into Earth's orbit recently. Meanwhile, the space communications requirements have grown by a factor of 10 in the last decade. The sharply increasing traffic volume puts tremendous pressure on the network traffic control in SINs. Current end-host-based schemes have to collect a massive amount of data (e.g., explicit congestion notification) to respond to one network event (e.g., topology change, network congestion), which is unacceptable in SINs due to the large end-to-end delay. Recently, with the emergence of programmable network devices, it has become possible to perform flexible control strategies as the traffic is flowing through the network (i.e., in-network traffic control). By implementing the control directly inside the network, the in-network schemes are more effective at scale and more responsive to network dynamics. Therefore, in this article, we design an in-network traffic control powered SIN architecture to enhance the network performance. In addition, we present two use cases, in-network load balance and in-network congestion control, to demonstrate the feasibility of our architecture. Extensive simulations are performed to evaluate our proposed schemes.


This article critically explores the semantics and pragmatics of legacy discourse among central administrative players in today's 'Olympic Family'. Through an ethnography of Olympic speech focused on the IOC administration, candidate city committees, and transnational consultants, I show how legacy discourse generates a perception of common and laudable purpose while flattening standards of expertise and reinforcing the IOC administration's preferred model of franchiser/franchisee relations with other Olympic bodies. This case study indicates the significance of discursive routines in furthering the transnational managerial revolution in Olympic affairs, sometimes at the expense of the Olympic movement.


The Slunj karst plain is built of the Mesozoic carbonate rocks. On some locations there are the Neogene clastic lacustrine sediments, usually occurring as denudational remains. Primarily, the Neogene sediments covered the biggest part of the plain with well developed surface hydrographic net. Because of the Neogene sediments denudation, the Mesozoic carbonate rocks were exhumed and karstification led to disorganization of the surface hydrographic net. In such conditions a lot of ponor zones and associated caves were developed. Primary, the cave genesis was mainly lateral, in phreatic (tube morphology) and/or in vadose (canyon morphology) zone. Change of the stress direction in the neotectonic phase led to the genesis of pull-apart basins and hills with pop-up structure. Because of the neotectonic rising of pop-up structures some of lateral cave channels became dry and new vertical shafts started to develop. These shafts represent the youngest speleogenesis phase. This paper deals with the comparison between the underground and surface forms development.


Based on first‐principles calculations, we study the effects of heavy metal atoms (Au, Hg, Tl, and Pb) adsorbed on silicene. We find that the hollow site is energetically favorable in each case. We particulary address the question how the adsorption modifies the band structure in the vicinity of the Fermi energy. Our results demonstrate that the heavy metal adatoms result in substantial energy gaps and band splittings in the silicene sheet as long as the binding is strong, which, however, is not always the case. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


This contribution outlines an XML format for representation of differential-algebraic equations (DAE) models obtained from continuous time Modelica models and possibly also from other equation-based modeling languages. The purpose is to offer a standardized model exchange format which is based on the DAE formalism and which is neutral with respect to model usage. Many usages of models go beyond what can be obtained from an execution interface offering evaluation of the model equations for simulation purposes. Several such usages arise in the area of control engineering, where dynamic optimization, Linear Fractional Transformations (LFTs), derivation of robotic controllers, model order reduction, and real time code generation are some examples. The choice of XML is motivated by its de facto standard status and the availability of free and efficient tools. Also, the XSLT language enables a convenient specification of the transformation of the XML model representation into other formats.


E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Background: Carbohydrate determinants of the cellular surface and cytoplasmic glycopolymers which enable their mutual recognition, and effect cell proliferation, cell size and movement regulation and apoptosis, have become a focus of recent attention of researchers. Lectins have been used as specific tools in the research of carbohydrate-containing biopolymers, the letter being represented in a living organism by glycoproteins, glycolipids, and polysaccharides. Purpose: To investigate the effect of experimental hypothyroidism on the histophysiological characteristics and on the glycome of corneal structural components. Materials and Methods: A total of 35 adult male Wistar rats (weight, 180-240 g; 25 experimental rats and 10 control rats) were used in the study. Experimental hypothyroidism was induced by the addition of merkazolil at 5 mg/kg of body weight to the meals daily for two weeks. Thyroid glands and eye globes were excised and fixed with Bouin's fluid and 4% formalin. Preparations were stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Histological, general histochemical and lectin histochemical studies were conducted. Lectin histochemistry studies were performed with the use of a panel of six lectins (РNA, HPA, SNA, LABA, WGA, and CNFA). Results: We found morphological changes in the cornea of rats with experimental hypothyroidism. These changes included keratinization and local exfoliation of the surface layer of the anterior corneal epithelium, edema and lymphocyte infiltration at the site of the expanded venous sinus, local exfoliation of the anterior chamber endothelium, reduced expression of receptors of HPA and CNFA in the anterior epithelium and increased expression of receptors of these lectins in keratocytes and collagen fibrils of the corneal stroma. Accumulation of the latter may exert effects on epithelial adhesion to the basement membrane and change corneal clarity which is associated with keratocyte production of crystallines and keratan sulfates. Conclusion: We found morphological changes and modified glycome of corneal structural components in experimental hypothyroidism.


This text discusses Karl Mannheim's text on the role of competition in Academia and the discussions that it aroused in German from 1929 and after.


Cellulose fiber gypsum boards represent a short fiber composite material class which has gained considerable importance as a structural component in building industry in recent years. The non-combustible material is frequently used for bracing in timber frame construction. One of the most interesting features of the material consists in it ́s pronounced strain softening behaviour at inplane tension loading where damage localizes at an early loading stage in a crack band.


Since the days of Richard Bright ([1][1]), it has been common knowledge that the heart is a target organ in uremia, and by the beginning of the 20th century it had been recognized that heart failure and cardiac death were frequent in renal patients ([2][2]).

Despite the common occurrence of failing


The elastic deformations and residual vibrations of flexible mechanisms are usually raised along with the motions of rigid bodies in light-duty and high-speed mechanisms.The motions of flexible bodies are coupled with the motions of rigid bodies that result in lower locating precision of the mechanism.Based on studying the dynamical performances of the flexible mechanisms with a rigid mode motion,time-delay was introduced in a control system and PD combined with input-shaping control was presented for mechanical structures.The dynamical behavior of the presented control system,subjected to step inputs,was investigated.The actuator efforts and energy usage of PD combined with input-shaping control system were described in general formula.Under the condition of the same feedback gain as the PD feedback control,the proposed control minimizes actuator effort by 56%,saves energy by 47%,and speeds system response.


A cost‐effective wide‐viewing‐angle LCD mode, named Biased Vertical Alignment (BVA) mode, has been successfully developed by using a novel driving scheme and a new pixel design that adds a bias electrode and a bias TFT to the ordinary pixel structure. Compared to PVA and MVA modes, the BVA has a distinct advantage of lower manufacture cost due to the elimination of a lithographic process step to form either ITO‐cuts or protrusions on the color‐filter substrates. The 15″ BVA‐mode XGA prototype exhibits a high contrast ratio of 1200:1 and high cell transmittance of 4.3 %.


Currently, the rotary compressors are widely employed in residential air conditioners. Less oil technique is one of the most important directions of rotary compressor development. This less oil technique research is based on R290 rolling piston rotary compressor for the purpose of decreasing R290 charge amount in room air conditioner to satisfy the demand of part ANNEX GG in IEC standard 60335-2-40. Firstly, the less oil rolling piston rotary compressor was designed to resolve the oil supply issue, and the CFD simulation of the oil supply structure was validated. Secondly, the oil supply test, compressor performance and reliability tests of less oil compressor comparing to original compressor were completed. Thirdly, using the same R290 room air conditioner, the decrease of R290 charge amount was obtained by testing, also the system performance was confirmed. Lastly, the effects of oil charge amount decrease on oil working viscosity and oil film thickness were tested and calculated. The results show that the less oil rotary compressor has good prospect, and the application of less oil technique not only effectively reduces the refrigerant charge amount of R290 room air conditioner but also achieves good performance and reliability of the compressor and system.


Abstract: Background: Hepatic grafts from hepatitis B surface antigen‐negative and anti‐core antibody (HBcAb)‐positive donors have been shown to transmit hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Recently, it has been reported that combined hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) and lamivudine therapy is effective in the prevention of hepatitis B recurrence after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). In this report, we assessed the efficacy of combined HBIG and lamivudine therapy in preventing HBV transmission by graft with HBcAb‐positive donors.


This paper discusses the changing role of English in Germany drawing on evidence from domains of English use and speakers attitudes. In so doing, it reports two case studies carried out at the University of Mannheim, Germany. The quantitative data and its methods of evaluation are discussed in the sections reporting case studies. The first study documents the use of English across formal and informal settings as well as in spontaneous interactions. In so doing, it reports the results of a survey collected from 172 students. The second study discusses the results of a survey tapping into German speakers attitudes towards two native (British, American) and two non-native (Indian, German) Englishes, thereby eliciting respondents attitudinal orientations towards English varieties including their own. This case study is based on data stemming from 94 students. The first case study shows that English in Germany has been continuously expanding its social domains of use and there is a small but stable minority of German speakers using English in spontaneous daily interactions. The second case study highlights the importance of the native-speaker model for the attitudinal mindset of the German learners; they see no value in speaking German English and clearly do not identify with this linguistic variety, a finding which reveals their exonormative orientation. Against this backdrop, I conclude that whereas English spoken in Germany shows clear signs of evolving into an ESL variety, it is still, by and large, an EFL English, at least in terms of attitudinal orientations professed by educated young adults.


In this paper, 5kW DC distribution system test-bed is designed to prove feasibility of DC distribution system and find problems and solutions when DC distribution is introduced. And availability of spark reduction method using initial charging circuit and arc reduction method using freewheeling diode is verified. In conclusion, we conduct empirical research applying simultaneous and actual load to DC distribution test-bed.


World color survey (WCS) dataset is a large color-naming dataset gathered from participants in those preindustrialized cultures all around the world. Such a dataset is widely applided in various research fields, e.g., cognitive science, linguistics, society science, etc. The community of evolutionary linguistics also derives many inspiring hypothesis from analyzing this dataset. However, as the dataset is obtained from real people, it is hard to enhance the dataset to a larger scale. Furthermore, we cannot go back to the past and gather more detailed data to analyze how language evolves, which is the main focus of the evolutionary linguistics. Hence people proposed a simulation tool named SimLang, which can simulate the language evolution procedure on any pre-defined object-naming tasks, e.g., colornaming task. The goal of this paper is to demonstrate that the simulated language generated by SimLang can represent some crucial trend of the real WCS dataset using some visualization tools, and meanwhile, can provide additional information of how the language evolves. Some statistics of the SimLang's output are also demonstrated to show that this simulation tool is robust on various environment settings.


Many heat exchanger networks in continuous processes are subject to fouling, which causes significant losses in efficiency over time. This paper addresses the problem posed in scheduling cleaning operations in order to maintain optimal operation in such networks. A mixed integer nonlinear programming modelis presented and is solved using the Outer Approximation/Extended Relaxation algorithm. The methodology is demonstrated via case studies using fouling rates obtained from plant data studies. Both linear and asymptotic fouling behaviors are considered. The challenges posed by the nonconvexity of the problem in finding a global optimum are discussed.


Given a surjective ring homomorphism, we study when the induced group homomorphism on unit groups is surjective. To this end, we introduce notions of generalized inverses and units, as well as a class of rings such that the set of closed points in the spectrum is a closed set. It is shown that any surjection out of such a ring induces a surjection on unit groups.


The purpose of making this article is to help prepare quality school management, especially with regard to curriculum management which will be implemented at the level of the education unit at the school, both done by teachers, school committees, principals, and parties related to curriculum development at the unit level of education. One aspect that can affect the success of the curriculum is the empowerment of management or curriculum management in the relevant educational institution. Curriculum management at the education unit or school level needs to be coordinated by the institution's leadership and assistant leaders who are developed integrally in the context of School Based Management (SBM) and Education Unit Level Curriculum (SBC) and adjusted to the vision and mission of the relevant educational institution.


Many existing reputation based trust management frameworks for Web services are built on collecting and aggregating the feedback ratings reported by the service consumers. Therefore, the reliability of reputation evaluation mainly depends on the integrity and the accuracy of the reported feedback ratings. In the lectures, various statistical filtering techniques have been proposed to exclude those unfair ratings (a consumer rates a service more positively or more negatively than the real experience). As a kind of unfair ratings, prejudicial feedbacks will obviously reduce the accuracy of the reputation evaluation in the situation that the feedback data are lacking and insufficient. In this paper, we presented our works on rectifying prejudicial feedbacks in a Web services management environment. We also presented an experimental study to demonstrate the effectiveness of our rectifying algorithm in increasing the accuracy of reputation evaluation especially when feedback data are not sufficient.


The aim of this study is to describe the tourism component of Cimande Village as well as its development plan as a sustainable tourism village. This study was carried out between 2018 and 2021, employing a qualitative method and a case study strategy. The technique of collecting data is through repeated in-depth observations, interviews, and literatures study. Data were analyzed using six (6) key components of tourism planning, namely tourist attractions & activities, accommodation, other tourist facilities and services, transportation, infrastructure, and institutional elements. Other analytical techniques used are internal and external factors analysis, as well as SWOT Matrix.  The findings revealed that Cimande Village has a lot of tourism potential, especially in cultural and agricultural attractions. Its potentials can be mapped on 53 internal and external factors, as well as 22 plans for a sustainable tourism village development.


Massive bleeding and wound infection due to severe traumas pose a huge threat to the life and health of sufferers; therefore, it is of clinical importance to fabricate adhesives with rapid hemostatic and superior antibacterial capabilities. However, the weak wet adhesion and insufficient function of existing bioadhesives limits their practical application. In this study, a sandcastle worm protein inspired polyelectrolyte self-coacervate adhesive of poly-γ-glutamic acid (PGA) and lysozyme (LZM) was developed. The adhesive exhibited strong underwater adhesion to various surfaces (>250 kPa for solid plates and >50 kPa for soft tissues) and maintained a 80 kPa even when soaked in water for 7 days. Rat liver and tail defect bleeding models revealed that the hemostatic efficiency was superior to that of commercial samples. The in vitro antimicrobial tests showed that the bacterial inhibition to Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli reached almost 100%. Additionally, the infected wound regeneration model demonstrated that the healing rate of the adhesive group was about 100% within 15 days, which was greater than that of the control group. In vitro and in vivo experiments proved that this facilely prepared adhesive will be a promising material to fulfil the integration functions for rapid wound closure and facilitating wound healing.


In this report, a new method involving glassy carbon electrodes modified with chitosan (Cs) was tested for the detection of carminic acid (CA) in the presence of allure red by square wave voltammetry. The modified electrode (Cs/GCE) presented activity toward the oxidation of CA at potential values less than 0.3 V The signal is generated from the oxidation of carboxylic acid in the chemical structure of CA. Compared to that of the unmodified electrode, the anodic peak current of the Cs/CGE electrode increased by more than 500 %, and the oxidation potential shifted to a lower potential. This result indicates that the sensitivity increases and the energy to oxidize CA decreases with the Cs/GCE. The optimal parameters were pH 3.0 and PBS buffer, the square wave voltammetry with accumulation time was tACC 30 s, the accumulation potential was EACC 0.0 V, the oxidation signal was proportional to the concentration of CA between 0.99 and 10.90 μmol/L, and the detection limit was 0.20 μmol/L. The relative standard deviation (R.S. D) was 5.0 % using five different electrodes. The Cs/GCE was used for food samples spiked with CA with consistent results


The traditional air conditioners suffer from performance degradation especially in humid conditions. This is due to fact that the excess moisture level in ventilation air considerably increases latent cooling load of the space to be conditioned. The use of desiccant integrated sensible cooling system can alleviate this problem by controlling the temperature and humidity separately. It also reduces energy consumption for obtaining desired thermal comfort. In the present study, TRNSYS simulation studio project has been developed to perform the simulations of the desiccant dehumidifier coupled HVAC system for different configurations in summer cooling season. Measurements are also carried out to observe the influence of operating parameters on system performance. The obtained results show that the proposed system has ensured a substantial reduction in process air humidity at dehumidifier exit while maintaining the conditioned room comfort.


This study aims to estimate unknown base temperature distribution in different non-Fourier fins. The Cattaneo–Vernotte (CV) heat model is used to predict the heat conduction behavior in these fins. This inverse problem is solved by the function-estimation version of the Adjoint conjugate gradient method (ACGM) based on boundary temperature measurements. The ACGM includes direct, sensitivity, and adjoint problems. For each of these problems, a one-dimensional general formulation of the non-Fourier model for longitudinal fins with arbitrary profile is driven and solved by an implicit finite difference method. In this study, three different profiles are considered: triangular, convex parabolic, and concave parabolic. For each of them, two different base temperature distributions are estimated using an inverse method. Moreover, the effects of sensor positions at the fin tip and a specific place in-between are considered on the base temperature estimation. A close agreement between the exact values and the estimated results is found, confirming the validity and accuracy of the proposed method. The results show that the ACGM is an accurate and stable method to determine the thermal boundary conditions in different non-Fourier fin problems.


Several years of stress, smoking, increased alcohol use, and weight gain accompanied hypertension in a young man with an ominous family history. Aided by short-term drug therapy, he changed his ways and reduced his blood pressure for the long term.


[Objective]To understand the immunization status for children at kindergartens and students at schools in urban areas of Laizhou city.[Methods]All urban children in nurseries and kindergartens,primary and secondary school students were surveyed,their immunization certificates were collected,viewed by the professional and technical personnel according to national immunization programs and immunization programs,the completion at the required age of the corresponding vaccination was judged to be qualified.[Results]The rate of vaccination certificate holders was 90.2%(25 345/28 106),the qualified vaccination rate was 71.1%(19 982/28 106).BCG,polio vaccine,DPT,measles-containing vaccine,hepatitis B vaccine,diphtheria-tetanus vaccine,meningitis vaccine,Japanese encephalitis vaccine,and hepatitis A vaccine the rate of full vaccination was 71.1%(19 982/28 106),the single missing rate was0.3%,1.9%,0.9%,4.1%,0.1%,11.8%,7.9%,14.2%,and7.8% spectively.[Conclusion]The rate of vaccination certificate holders and the qualified vaccination rate is higher than the primary school children in nurseries and kindergartens,primary than secondary school students,the missing rate for the above nine vaccines in order of priority from high to low is hepatitis A,meningitis,Japanese encephalitis,diphtheria-tetanus,measles-containing vaccine,polio,DPT,BCG,and hepatitis B vaccine.


Introduction: Based on experience with meteorite search areas along the southeastern border of the Rub Al-Khali desert in Oman, potentially suitable areas were identified on satellite images at the NW end of the Rub Al-Khali, centered around 23°15'N and 49°E in the area of the Yabrin oasis. In this area, light-coloured Miocene limestones as well as darker Quaternary gravel plains occur, rimmed in the west, south and east by sand dunes. The area of interest is about 100 by 250 km in size. During a field trip organized by the Saudi Geological Survey in March 2008, a first reconnaissance search for meteorites in this area was combined with a mapping of the Wabar crater field located in sand dunes ~200 km further SE The number of previously known meteorites from Saudi Arabia (27) is very low considering the vast areas potentially suitable for discovering meteorites. Several meteorites were discovered during early oil prospecting [1]. Meteorite search: A three-day exploratory search for meteorites in the Yabrin area using two 4WD vehicles yielded five meteorites (four ordinary chondrites, one acapulcoite) of 19 to 13'900 g mass. The yield of 5 meteorites on a search trajectory of 320 km is comparable to yields in Oman. Wabar craters (Al-Hadeedah): In the Wabar impact crater field only craters Philby A and large parts of the 11m-crater were visible in March 2008, whereas Philby-B was fully covered by a dune. The craters and impact ejecta fields were mapped using GPS, demonstrating significant changes since the 1994/95 mapping [2]. Shock-lithified sand from the two larger craters contains coesite and stishovite, while no coesite was detected in weakly shock-compacted sand below the 11m-crater. Four samples of dead Cornulaca Arabica stems grown on the crater ejecta rims yielded modern 14 C ages, testifying periods of rapid growth following by dry periods. The craters may become sand covered protecting them from further damage due to cars driving over it. Conclusions: Sand-free areas bordering the Rub Al-Khali in Saudi-Arabia appear to contain similar abundances of meteorites as the well-known meteorite recovery areas in Oman. A visit to the Wabar crater field in the dynamic sand sea of the Rub Al-Khali demonstrated the vulnerability of this unique site.


Background and objective: The aim of this study was to describe short-term changes in morbidity and mortality associated with the implementation of screening for colorectal cancer in Denmark. Methods: Prospective cohort study with inclusion of all patients aged 50–75 years treated for colorectal cancer between 1 March 2014 and 31 December 2015 in Denmark. Adjusted hazard ratios were calculated for 30 and 90 days mortality using Cox Regression. We made two adjusted models—a "basic" adjusted for screening status, sex, age, smoking, alcohol consumption, and cancer type and an "advanced" that also included body mass index and American society of Anesthesiologists score in analyses. Relative risks were calculated for postoperative surgical and medical complications. Results: In total, 5348 patients were included. In the "basic model," adjusted risk of 30 and 90 days total mortality was reduced in the screen-detected group (p < 0.01, HR = 0.43, CI = 0.24–0.76) and (p < 0.01, HR = 0.45, CI = 0.30–0.69). In the "advanced model," only 90 days total mortality was significantly reduced in the screen-detected group (p = 0.01, HR 0.59, CI = 0.39–0.90). No significant changes were found with regard to surgical and medical complications, respectively, (p = 0.05 (CI = 0.76–1.00) and p = 0.47(CI = 0.74–1.15)). Conclusions: This nationwide study showed that screening for colorectal cancer was associated with a lower 90 days total mortality although no significant improvements were seen with regard to morbidity.


I read with interest the insightful and thought-provoking systematic review by Ananthakrishnan and colleagues.1 Resurgent interest in inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] in the elderly has sparked large epidemiological and cohort studies exploring aetiology and clinical behaviour and evolving treatment paradigms.1–5 The commonalities of some observations therein seem improbable by chance alone and raise several important questions. 'Elderly-onset' Crohn's disease [CD] tends to be colonic in distribution predominantly, consistently inflammatory with a lower incidence of fistula or stricture formation and characterized by an indolent disease course.1–5 In the population-based EPIMAD study of elderly-onset IBD, the most frequent phenotype at diagnosis in patients with CD was colonic [65%], with 78% demonstrating an inflammatory disease pattern.3 Over a 6-year median follow-up, disease progression was exceptional with only 9% progressing to complicated [stricturing/ penetrating] disease as opposed to over 50% in younger patients.3 A striking observation from the EPIMAD study was the use of 5-aminosalicylic acid [5-ASA] therapies in CD; 5-ASA treatment was prescribed in 75% of patients with similar clinical phenotype in CD and ulcerative colitis. Thus among CD patients, 68% received 5-ASAs at 1 year, 77% at 5 years and 80% at 10 years. Over 50% of the patients were on 5-ASA monotherapy and did not require surgery.3 Indeed, 88–90% of patients with colonic CD were receiving 5-ASAs and at maximal follow-up over two-thirds were still maintained on them.3 This wide use of 5-ASA in patients with CD is in agreement with other population-based cohorts.1,3–5 This observation is curious, in as much as it raises more questions than it can presently answer. It is entirely plausible that prescribing patterns are driven by physician hesitancy to 'escalate' treatment in the light of challenges posed by clinical comorbidities, the potential for polypharmacy and drug interactions, the likely mismatch between chronological and biological age and indeed the perceived and often real risk of more pronounced adverse effects in even 'well selected' elderly IBD patients.1,2 Such considerations and indeed limitations of 5-ASA treatment in CD notwithstanding, the lack of disease progression in the majority of elderly-onset IBD [and colonic CD in particular] in the EPIMAD cohort is intriguing. On the one hand, colonic CD [and elderly-onset disease in particular] deserves further study, but also it somewhat provocatively suggests that 5-ASAs may in fact have a role in elderlyonset CD. Whether a signal or noise, this hypothesis deserves study, supported or refuted by rigorous science and clinical studies.


This paper is written for academics and researchers who don't use LAT E X and wonder why anyone does. People who do use LATEX (probably all of the readers of the article in this journal) may wish to share the article with their colleagues.


Efficient algorithms for mining frequent itemsets are crucial for mining association rules and for other data mining tasks. Methods for mining frequent itemsets and for iceberg data cube computation have been implemented using a prefix-tree structure, known as a FP-tree, for storing compressed frequency information. Numerous experimental results have demonstrated that these algorithms perform extremely well. In this thesis we present a novel FP-array technique that greatly reduces the need to traverse FP-trees, thus obtaining significantly improved performance for FP-tree based algorithms. The technique works especially well for sparse datasets. We then present new algorithms for mining all frequent itemsets, maximal frequent itemsets, and closed frequent item-sets. The algorithms use the FP-tree data structure in combination with the FP-array technique efficiently, and incorporate various optimization techniques. In the algorithm for mining maximal frequent itemsets, a variant FP-tree data structure, called a MFI-tree, and an efficient maximality-checking approach are used. Another variant FP-tree data structure, called a CFI-tree, and an efficient closedness-testing approach are also given in the algorithm for mining closed frequent itemsets. Experimental results show that our methods outperform the existing methods in not only the speed of the algorithms, but also their memory consumption and their scalability. We also notice that most algorithms for mining frequent itemsets assume that the main memory is large enough for the data structures used in the mining, and very few efficient algorithms deal with the cases when the database is very large or the minimum support is very low. We thus investigate approaches to mining frequent itemsets when data structures are too large to fit in main memory. Several divide-and-conquer algorithms are presented for mining from disks. Many novel techniques are introduced. Experimental results show that the techniques reduce the required disk accesses by orders of magnitude, and enable truly scalable data mining.


This paper describes a fluid property experiment used in an introductory level Thermodynamics course. The Thermodynamics course is geared to introducing students to fundamental principles and their applications, including fluid property relationships. This paper presents a unique experimental apparatus, designed and built at Oakland University, to introduce students to indirect measurement techniques for measuring properties that cannot be directly measured; specifically, properties such as saturated vapor density and heat of vaporization as a function of saturation temperature. Typical results of students' experiences will be presented.


Medical management of the third stage of labor—the time between birth of the baby and birth of the placenta—has become routine in recent times, especially the use of 'active management of the third stage' to prevent postpartum hemorrhage. This paper critiques the components of active management (use of an oxytocic drug to contract the new mother's uterus; early clamping of the baby's cord; controlled cord traction to deliver the baby's placenta) from the perspective of both mother and baby. In particular, the author presents evidence that early cord clamping deprives the newborn baby of up to 50% of blood volume; possible health sequelae are discussed. The research on early clamping and effects such as jaundice and polycythemia are presented and critiqued. For the mother, factors in modern obstetric care that contribute to the risk of postpartum hemorrhage are discussed. These include interventions such as induction, epidurals, forceps and caesarean surgery. The components of active management and their effects on the mother are critiqued from a physiological and hormonal perspective. The author argues that third stage will be optimized through attention to the physiology and especially the psycho-hormonal aspects of this unique time. Recommendations include freedom for the mother to choose her position for birth and delivery of the placenta; ensuring a warm, private and undisturbed atmosphere for the first meeting of mother and baby; delayed cord clamping until delivery of the placenta; and not separating mother and baby. © Copyright 2005 Pearblossom Private School, Inc.–Publishing Division. All rights reserved.


This paper proposes a novel method for mobile robot path planning.The data gotten from eight sonar transmitters mounted in the robot front is fused with that gotten from a CCD camera mounted on the robot back deck to obtain the location of obstacles.The algorithm needs much less calculation than that just uses vision,and more accurate than that uses sonar only.According to the fused obstacles information,a local best path for the robot is planed using the tangent method.Experimental results show that the method has an effective performance.


PAUL H. JACOBSON. American Marriage and Divorce. Pp. xviii, 188. New York: Rinehart & Company, 1959. $12.00. Students of the family have been painfully aware that the United States is the only major nation without a centralized method for the collection and publication of marriage and divorce statistics. Impeded by budgetary and other considerations the National Office of Vital Statistics (NOVS) has done a commendable job in compiling and publishing such data as are available; nevertheless, social scientists working in the family field have been severely handicapped because of informational gaps in statistics dealing with interracial marriage rates, migratory marriage and divorce, remarriage, children affected by divorce, occupational and educational differentials, and


An effect of grinding on the negative charges of the clay minerals has been studied, paying attention to the distribution of the charges on basal and edge surfaces.The negative charges on the basal surface resulting from the isomorphous substitution were assessed from the C. E. C. values at pH 4, whereas those on the edge surfaces which vary with pH values of the ambient aqueous media were computed from the difference in C. E. C. values at pH 10 and pH 4.Dickte from Hiraki-mine and kaolinite (Soft Georgia kaolin), chosen as samples, were dry ground or wet milled. Dry grinding produced particles on which the edge surfaces occupied a relatively greater proportion of the total surface area.The obtained conclusions are as follows.1. The negative charge densities on edge-faces of the ground samples were larger than those on basal surfaces.2. The negative charge densities decreased gradually as grinding proceeded, which may suggest that the isomorphous substitution diminishes from the outermost surfaces toward the interior of the unground particles.


Summary: Multi-attribute factor ranking in the sense of AHP is considered in this paper. It is assumed that in a multi-attribute decision-making process rankings of factors under particular attributes are given. Next, based on the Shannon entropy, an amount of information associated with each ranking is evaluated and an attribute ranking is fixed. The approach proposed is illustrated by a numerical example.


Large eddy simulation model is used to simulate the fluid flow and heat transfer in an industrial Czochralski crystal growth system. The influence of Marangoni convection on the growth process is discussed. The simulation results agree well with experiment, which indicates that large eddy simulation is capable of capturing the temperature fluctuations in the melt. As the Marangoni number increases, the radial velocity along the free surface is strengthened, which makes the flow pattern shift from circumferential to spiral. At the same time, the surface tension reinforces the natural convection and forces the isotherms to curve downwards. It can also be seen from the simulation that a secondary vortex and the Ekman layer are generated. All these physical phenomena induced by Marangoni convection have great impacts on the shape of the growth interface and thus the quality of the crystal. (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine effects of music intervention on environmental stress and sleep quality in liver transplant patients who are receiving care in one-person isolation rooms of an ICU. Methods: The study was a quasi-experimental design pre-and-post nonequivalent control group. Participants were 37 patients (18 in the experimental group and 19 in the control group) who, after receiving liver transplant, were hospitalized in one-person isolation rooms of the ICU. The study covered patients admitted between August 2016 and December 2017. Earplugs and sleep shades were provided as ordinary care to both experimental and control groups, and music intervention was provided to the experimental group three times a day for 30 minutes each from the first day of hospitalization. Results: The first hypothesis, "The experimental group who received music intervention will experience a lower environmental stress level than the control group" was supported (Z=-3.212, p<.001). The second hypothesis, "The experimental group who received music intervention will experience a higher sleep quality than the control group" was also supported (t=3.715, p=.001). Conclusion: Findings show that music intervention is an effective nursing intervention to reduce environmental stress and improve sleep quality in liver transplant patients in the ICU.


Wireless communications play an important part in energy intake due to the fastest advancements in the wireless services. Design of Pilot pattern for the OFDM based cognitive radio system is considered. In existing system, pilot design is studied based on spectrum sensing. In this paper, Bisection searching algorithm is discussed for optimum pilot design. Simulation results show that the Bisection searching scheme not only reduces the complexity of searching while designing the optimum pilot pattern also improves the capacity of the system with less power allocation to the transmitted data.


RECENT study by various scholars! has thrown into sharp relief the reign of King Siptal}. and some of the problems of his period. In this article the present writer would like to keep the spotlight trained on the subject for a little longer in order to draw attention to some neglected features of the reign which may have an important bearing on the history of the later years of the Nineteenth Dynasty. Among the items of funerary furniture which Harry Burton retrieved from the sarcophagus chamber of the tomb of King Siptah, no. 47 in the Biban el-Moluk, in the seasons of 1912 and 1913 while working for Theodore M. Davis,> were fragments of an alabaster canopic chestillustrated in pl. VII, 2 and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. I am greatly indebted to Dr. William C. Hayes and Mr. Eric Young for supplementing my recollection of this object with further particulars, drawings, and photographs, and allowing me to publish them here. Dr. Hayes has already referred to this object in his The Scepter of Egypt, part II, pp. 356-7, where he deals with the material recovered by Burton, and describes the chest as belonging to the 'King's Wife, Ti-sa'. His warrant for this ascription is the name, which appears in a broken cartouche on the more extensive wall of the chest, and most of her title of hmt-nsur apparent in two examples written in opposite directions on adjacent sides (see fig. 1). Hayes points out that though this queen is not mentioned in extant documents of the late Nineteenth Dynasty, the style of her canopic chest and its authenticated finding-place make it impossible that she can have been the better known Queen 'I'isa, the consort of Amenophis II.s Apart from surmising that she appears to have been one of the more important members of Siptah's harem, Hayes cautiously declines to identify her husband, though at a first view the inference is strong that she can have been no other than a wife of Siptah himself. Despite the lack


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We propose a reconfigurable optical switching architecture for shared-memory CPU-GPU systems. System-level simulations show improved execution time and energy efficiency up to 34% and 25% respectively compared to a static point-to-point architecture for specific application sets. © 2021 The Author(s)


With the newly formed international marriage fever, new female migrants increase numerically and become the fifth major "ethnic group" in Taiwan. However, certain racial discrimination on Southeast Asian female migrants becomes strengthen through the propagation of mass media in Taiwan has affected some local people to hold a dominating and distrust attitude towards their foreign spouses at the beginning of their marriage. In addition to this, a traditionally dominance of Taiwanese mother-in-laws on the foreign daughter-in-laws is obviously associated with racial as well as economic background of the latter, especially when there is no blood and affection existed between Southeast Asian female migrants and theirs mother-in-laws. What kind of issues and conflicts will rise between Southeast Asian female migrants and Taiwanese mother-in-laws in this unbalance dominate-subordinate familial hierarchy? Moreover, under the strong dominance of conjugal family economically, how will Taiwanese mother-in-laws treat their foreign daughter-in-laws and how the latter react is an interesting issue to investigate. In this thesis, 12 Southeast Asian female spouses of Kuan-Yin, Taoyuan County were selected as research objects. By using qualitative research which focuses on the life experiences of the female migrants there, the thesis explores the dynamic relationship between Taiwanese mother-in-laws and foreign daughter-in-laws, and discusses the latter's reaction to the intended domination of the former. The thesis also investigates the vertical and horizontal relations within the cross-border marriages' family structure; including sharing of household chores, pressure of having a son to carry on the family name, responsibility of parents caring, behavior model of new female migrants while facing a conflict so as to deal with the relationship between Southeast Asian female migrants and their mother-in-laws. In In conclusion, this thesis discovers that most of the new female migrants did not get along well with their Taiwanese mother-in-laws, owing to the economic advantage of conjugal family, Taiwanese mother-in-laws play an important role of reproducing patriarchal family, where they strongly dominate the decision of household chores and birth right, also, being responsible for taking care of their father-in-laws and daughter-in-laws, will lead to a conflict between daughter-in-laws and mother-in-laws. However, the female migrants response with long-term pressure mentally due to cultural differences and even come up with resistance and escaping strategies.


In November 2002 the Prestige tanker spilled 59 000 tonnes of oil off Galicia (north-west Spain) and contaminated a vast coastal area extending from northern Portugal to Brittany (France). Two study areas, a coastal lagoon (1 sample point) and a stretch of rocky coast (includes 5 sample points), were selected to examine changes on the diet of otters Lutra lutra L. before and after the oil spill. Diet was assessed from 1103 spraints, 553 collected in 2000, before the spill and 550 in 2003, after the spill. In the coastal lagoon, after spill, spraints contained more shrimp (Palaemon sp.), more prey of marine origin, and fewer gobies (Pomatoschistus sp.) and eels Anguilla anguilla. A decline of the eel population in the coastal lagoon may have caused otters to make more frequent visits to the sea. On the rocky coast, spraints contained more blennids in 1 of the 5 sampling points, however, the seasonal patterns of the principal prey species (Blennidae, Gadidae and Labridae) were similar across the 2 years of study. The differences may be attributed to common interannual variations in the diet of marine otters, but the design of this study cannot assess the degree of natural variation in the diet of coastal otters before the oil spill.


The author gives a personal view describing the inequalities inherent in current global socio-economic and political arrangements. He identifies training, employment and allocation of development funds as issues fostering inequality between North and South, and discusses prospects for the future of their relationship. This article also appears in the Development in Practice Reader Development and Patronage. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.


In day today life metals are used almost in all fields of technology and industries. Metallic corrosion is the progression of vicious attack on the metal surface through the contact with the environment. Corrosion is a natural deterioration progression which can be restricted but cannot be completely prevented. In past years, chemical inhibitors were used to control corrosion. Later it was found that the chemical inhibitors were dangerous and venomous. So eco-friendly, non–venomous chemical inhibitors were used. In recent days, green inhibitors from natural products have been used as inhibitors which are eco-friendly and completely non-hazardous were reported by (Kilbourn, 1985; Bethencour et al., 1998; et al., 2002). Arenas Drypetes sepiaria is a plant which belongs to the family ' . It is an evergreen tree Putranjivaceae (Euphorbiaceae)' commonly grown in foothills and shrub jungles which is widely distributed in Srilanka and some places of Tamil Nadu as reported in (Nganga et al., 2008). The objective of present determination was to evaluate the anticorrosion property of (DS) by the Drypetes sepiaria inhibition efficiencies of DS-Zn , DS-Zn Additives 2+ 2+


This paper investigates income inequality convergence among 5507 Brazilian municipalities. Two periods are used, 1991 and 2000, and inequality is measured by the Gini index. For the country as a whole, the results suggest that the Brazilian municipalities are converging to an inequality level greater than the current (year 2000) level. However, when regional differences are controlled for, the South region converges to a lower inequality level while the other four regions remain converging to a higher level.


The paper analyzed the professional environment and the internal-inferior superior of Hospital Group by the five strength model's analysis method and the SWOT analysis method.In this way,The medical group only has to define the enterprise and adjust the strategies promptly and optimize the tactics,according to the changed the market's environment.By which it will win in the intense market competition.


The genus Pseudohedya is reviewed from China. Two new species, i.e., Pseudohedya fanjingica sp. nov. from Mt. Fanjing, Guizhou Province and P. liui sp. nov. from Mi. Wangwu, Henan Province, China, are described. One species, Pseudohedya retracta Falkovitch, is recorded for the first time from this country. The diagnostic characters of the two previously known species in China, P. gradana Christoph and P. cincinna Falkovitch, are discussed. The genus previously known only in the Palaearctic region is recorded for the first time from the Oriental Region (Guangdong, Guizhou, Sichuan and Hubei, China). A key to all the known species of the genus is given based on the male genitalia. Photos of adults and genitalia are provided.


The fuel scavenger contour can affected the dynamic and steady-state characteristics,reflected the valve scavenger ability,decided the characteristics of the valve flow,pressure gain and flow-pressure coefficient.The fuel scavenger theory of equal-area analytics was proposed.The triangle,rectangle,circle shape fuel scavenger characteristics were studied.The relations among the contour and flow,pressure gains,flow and pressure coefficients were discussed.The variation law of the contour characteristics was revealed.


Pharmacokinetic profiles of therapeutic agents change in dehydrated animals. The present study was designed to determine the expression of xenobiotic‐metabolizing enzymes in the rat liver and the effect of glucose supplementation during water deprivation.


The essay investigates how the Danish-American psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson first operationalised psychoanalytic thought in historiography, which in turn contributed to the birth of the interdisci...


Thomas E. Morrissey, Conciliarism and Church Law in the Fifteenth Century. Studies on Franciscus Zabarella and the Council of Constance, Farnham, Surrey (Ashgate Publishing) 2014, XVIII–var. paging p. (Variorum Collected Studies Series, CS1043), ISBN 978-1-4724-2387-0, GBP 90,00.


Interleukin-12 (IL-12) is a heterodimeric cytokine tha thas pleiotropic effects on the immune response. We have studied the effect of recombinant IL-12 on allergic contact dermatitis in the mouse. IL-


Abstract The current study was designed to investigate the effects of ochratoxin A (OTA) on the oxidative stress in day-old broiler chicks. A total of 60-day-old broiler chicks were divided into four equal groups A–D. Group A was control, groups B–D were administered with different levels of OTA (1.6, 3.2 and 6.4 mg/kg of feed), respectively, for 10 days from day one of their age. Superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and total antioxidant status of blood plasma, RBCs hemolysate and supernatant of tissue homogenates (liver, kidney and muscles) were estimated in all groups on days 11 and 31 in order to determine the oxidative stress in chicks. The results revealed a significant dose-dependent decrease in the SOD, GPx and TAS levels in all OTA-fed groups. It was found persistent even after 21 days of withdrawal of toxin-contaminated feed in all tissues except RBCs hemolysate. Present study described the OTA-induced oxidative stress as indicated by the low levels of SOD, GPx and TAS in different biological samples of broiler chicks.


The present invention relates to the prevention of liquid leakage, from the receiving portion side liquid flow path the liquid container when the liquid container separated from the liquid accommodating container. The ink container 23 is removably mounted in the ink-receiving unit receiving the ink container installed in the 20 unit 22 of the printer 1. Ink in the ink tank 23 is supplied to the supply tube 16 from the ink supply portion 32 provided to the ink container receiver (22). An ink flow path 5 in the supply tube 16 has a check valve 4 is installed. When the ink container 23 is mounted into the ink container accommodating portion 22, the mounting direction by the substrate holding part 82 of the intermediate member 67 installed in the ink container accommodating portion (22) ink container (23) ( B) is moved to the pressing. As a result, the check valve 4 is switched from the closed state to the open state. When the ink container 23 is separated, the intermediate member 67 moves to the mounting direction (B) and the reverse direction, the check valve 4 is closed.


The utility model discloses a dimension detection tool for an engine air cylinder cover, which comprises a base assembly and a detection tool body, wherein the base assembly comprises a support block and a support rod, the support rod is vertically arranged on the support block, an inner hole for accommodating the support rod is arranged on the lower surface of the detection tool body, the upper end of the inner hole is provided with a connecting block, the support rod extends into the inner hole, the upper end of the support rod is tightly pasted on the connecting block, a through hole passing through the detection tool body is arranged on the upper surface of the detection tool body, the upper surface of the detection tool body is provided with a detection correction element aligned with the through hole, and the detection rod passes through the through hole through the detection correction element. The utility model has the advantages of convenient measurement, high measurement precision and high efficiency.


The study on traditional seed treatment and storage methods was conducted in fi villages of Northeastern region of Karnataka state in India. The region comprises six districts. Various methods used by the villagers were documented and scientifi c analysis was done on exactly how these methods were effective. Seed treatment and storage were important as farmers did not use any chemicals. They used materials available in the farm like cow dung slurry, cow urine, common salt, powders of various plant materials, leaf extracts, etc. These seed treatment methods have been used by generations and are similar to those mentioned in ancient texts such as Brihat Jataka, Vrikshayurveda, Arthashastra, and Krishi-Parashara. The treatments were used for good germination, breaking of dormancy, protection against storage pests and diseases, good plant stand, hindering seed ageing, and enhancing the longevity of the seeds. A separate set of experiments was conducted and the documented techniques were followed to know their effectiveness of these methods. Also the methods mentioned in ancient texts were examined. Seed treatment and storage are two important aspects of agriculture. Good seed treatment helps in getting good germination, plant establishment, and crop protection in early stage of crop growth. Seed storage helps in enhancing the longevity of the seed for sowing in the following season. Traditionally farmers followed various methods of seed treatment and storage as mentioned in ancient texts such as Parashara's Krishi-Parashara, Surapala's Vrikshayurveda, Kautilya's Arthashastra, and Varahamihira's Brihat Jataka. These methods were not expensive as farmers used materials available locally. The Northeastern region of Karnataka in India comprises six districts namely Raichur, Yadgir, Gulbarga, Bidar, Koppal, and Bellary. The main crops are paddy, sorghum, chili, sunfl ower, and pulses. Because of high production the region is considered as "rice and pulse bowl" of the state. The farmers growing paddy, jowar (sorghum), and pulses use their own saved seeds or varieties which can be multiplied on their own. Farmers use traditional methods of treatment and storage


The possibilities of airborne laser scanning as a tool for visualisation of micro topology have been known for some decades. Indeed, in the archaeological field a lot of new features have been detected or reconfirmed. However, the task to map manually the enormous amount of features is time consuming and costly. Therefore, there is a need for automation. In this paper four workflows of visualisation and (semi) automatic extraction of (historical) roads and paths are compared. It proved that the concept of openness is preferred over the break line concept for visualisation. Regarding the extraction the software plug in Feature Analyst showed the best results. Openness and Feature Analyst stand also out when costs and processing time were considered. Therefore, we suggest the workflow which combines openness, for visualisation, and Feature Analyst for extraction. The results of this study contribute to the development of automatic extraction techniques in general. In this regard software packages like eCognition look promising to improve extraction methods.


emergency treatment was an important part of health care. It was attented by audience and government in current days. But emergency resource allocation was not balanced in China. The article introduced the status of emergency resource in Miyun.


This paper describes the development of an atomization model for implementation in a CFD solver. The model is developed for application in a matrix burner that is suitable for simulating the conditions prevailing in stationary gas turbines. The fuel considered is diesel and the matrix burner is designed using the Lean Premixed Prevaporized (LPP) concept. In this concept, the liquid fuel is first atomized, vaporized and thoroughly premixed with the oxidizer before it enters the combustion chamber. The injector used is a hollow-cone Schlick series 121–123 pressure-swirl atomizer. Extensive measurements are carried out at different atomization pressures to determine the right parameters like the nozzle diameter, atomization pressure and spray cone angle that will yield a good spray pattern. Based on the measurement data, the mass flow rate and the droplet size distribution are determined. The latter is determined by curve fitting the experimental data. The determined droplet size distribution is implemented in a Fortran subroutine that is hooked to the CFD solver. Cold flow CFD results are compared for different positions of the nozzle. The hot flow CFD results are also compared with the hot flow results obtained when the droplet size distribution is assumed to be uniform.Copyright © 2011 by ASME


At the Kostanjek landslide in Zagreb, an initial monitoring system with geotechnical, geodetic and hydrological monitoring equipment was established in 2011. The objective of this paper is a description of the hydrological monitoring system, a presentation of monitored data (rainfall, discharge and water levels) for one and a half year period (November 2011 - February 2013) and an analysis of water level fluctuations. The analyses of hydrological data have shown that regime of water fluctuations in wider area of the Kostanjek landslide is stable and that displacement measured with extensometers coincides with higher degree of water saturation in underground.


The present study has employed a high performance liquid chromatographic method coupled with a diode array detector (HPLC-DAD) to identify the dyestuffs in textile samples collected from the Coptic Museum in Cairo and the Museum of Jordanian Heritage. The results indicate that mixtures of organic dyes are used in dyeing these samples to produce different colours. The most dominantly identified colourants in samples collected from the Museum of Jordanian Heritage are laccaic acid, kermesic acid, munjistin and indigotin. The most dominantly identified dyestuffs are lac dye (Kerria lacca, Kerr), kermes (Kermes vermilio), madder (Rubia) species and indigoid dye source, either indigo (Indigofera species) or woad (Isatis tinctoria L.). These results confirm the historical information in the Museum of Jordanian Heritage in that the tested textile objects date back to the end of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century. The most dominantly identified colourants in samples collected from the Coptic Museum are alizarin, purpurin, and indigotin. The most dominantly identified dyestuffs are madder and indigotin. Based on this investigation, it is concluded that the tested dyed samples collected from the Coptic Museum belong to the 6-7th centuries. This conclusion is in agreement with the initial dating of samples according to the style of the decorations.


Social intelligence and entrepreneurial skills are important factors influencing individual academic performance and career development. Studies have shown that people with high social intelligence have the ability to understand and manage others and have an advantage in innovation. The entrepreneurial personality trait is precisely the courage to innovate. Therefore, there is a close relationship between entrepreneurship and social intelligence. In this study, the author explores the relationship between students' social intelligence level and entrepreneurial skills based on medical college students. This study used a cross-sectional descriptive method for related research. The results showed that the overall scores of the entrepreneurial skills assessment criteria of the students were lower. This shows that students' performance levels of entrepreneurial skills are relatively weak. This result shows that we need to further improve the entrepreneurial skills of medical university students and take the necessary measures to improve students' social intelligence.


SUMMARY The Name Authority Cooperative (NACO), founded in 1976, now encompasses some 395 institutions that have collectively developed and maintained a database of more than 2,000,000 authority records in addition to the more than 3,500,000 records created by Library of Congress staff. The NACO family of libraries is expanding at a rate of about 50 new members annually. The membership includes institutions from all but four of the 50 U.S. states and 43 institutions in 16 countries within Europe, Africa, Oceania, Asia, and Latin America. The NACO model has changed over time to create more cost-effective and user-friendly policies and procedures to meet participants' needs. Increased recognition, especially by library administrators, of the value of authority control also encouraged NACO to flourish. This presentation explains membership requirements, benefits to the participants, as well as me role or the Library or congress which serves as secretariat to NACO and oversees a variety of training and documentation activities to support program operations. One of NACO's unique features-the opportunity to participate via a "Funnel Project" in which a group of institutions band together–is also described. Internationally, as the trend towards adopting AACR and MARC 21 increases, the number of NACO partners outside the U.S. also increases. For countries where other standards prevail or where English is not the official language, NACO can serve as a model framework for a national program to consider while awaiting longer-term development of a more global approach to authority control.


This research describes the concept of "Job Order Contracting" (JOC). It defines the "theoretical" advantages and disadvantages of the JOC (also known as "Delivery Order Contract" (DOC) and "SABER"). The article introduces the Center for Job Order Contracting Excellence (CJE) and the first documented performance of JOCs. The article also introduces the use of Performance Based Procurement System (PBPS) to set a "minimum performance" requirement and improving the performance of the JOC process.


1. Gasoline composition comprising as an additive one or more salts of (i) quaternary ammonium salts, formed by reaction of a compound of formula (A): and a compound formed by reacting a hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent and an amine of formula (B1) or (B2): wherein R is optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or alkylaryl group Ryavlyaetsya alkyl, aryl or alkylaryl group containing up to 36 carbon atoms, R Ryavlyayutsya same or different alkyl groups containing from 1 to 36 atoms in gleroda, X is an alkylene group containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, n is from 0 to 20, m is from 1 to 5 and Ryavlyaetsya hydrogen or C Salkilnoy gruppoy.2. Gasoline composition according to claim 1, wherein the compound of formula (A) is a carboxylic acid ester having pK3,5 or menee.3. Gasoline composition according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the compound of formula (A) is an ester of a carboxylic acid selected from the substituted aromatic carboxylic acids, α-hydroxycarboxylic acids and polycarboxylic kisloty.4. Gasoline composition according to claim 3, wherein the compound of formula (A) is an ester of a substituted aromatic carboxylic kisloty.5. Gasoline composition according to claim 4, wherein R is a substituted phenyl or naphthyl group substituted by one or more groups selected from optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or carboalkoxy groups, a nitro group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group, SR, NRRili COOR, where each of R, r and Rmozhet be hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or carboalkoxy gruppami.6. petrol to


This experimental study was performed on a single row of round holes with a 35° surface angle, representing film cooling geometry commonly used in turbine engines. Simultaneous velocity and temperature measurements were made using a cold-wire in conjunction with a LDV. The experimentally determined cross correlations provide a direct indication of the extent of turbulent transport of heat and momentum in the flow, which in turn governs dispersion of the film cooling jet. Actual engine environments have elevated mainstream turbulence levels that can severely reduce the cooling capability of film cooling jets. Clearly, the turbulent transport for very high mainstream turbulence is expected to be markedly different than that with low mainstream turbulence, and would improve our understanding of the mechanisms involved in the dispersion of film cooling jets.


The theme of this paper concerns the dedications that Neapolitan authors and publishers of the Seventeenth Century put before their books on the genealogies of noble families, family stories and the feats accomplished by captains in the pay of Spain. Dedications to personalities linked with people and families mentioned in the books represent the way to transfer the qualities of the mentioned subjects to the addressees of those dedications. This fact testifies also a customer relationship, patronage and service between the author/publisher and anyone to whom the book is dedicated, suggesting useful considerations about the conditions of the intellectuals in the '600.


This paper is devoted to the presentation of a new finite element formulation for spectral problems arising in the determination of propagating modes in dielectric waveguides and particularly in optical fibers. As an example, we compute the coupling between two parallel optical wave guides. The originality of the paper lies in the fact that we take into account both the vector character of the problem (no weak coupling assumption) and the unboundness of the domain.


Plasmacytomas of the nose and nasopharynx are not frequently encountered. Ewing1said that considering the comparative frequency and peculiar clinical course of plasma cell tumors of the mucous membranes and lymph nodes, they have received inadequate attention. The literature does not contain many reports of cases of plasmacytoma of the nasal mucosa or nasopharynx. Claiborn and Ferris,2in 1931, found only twelve cases in a review of the literature, to which they added two cases of their own. In the last few years, reports of several more cases have been added. Geschickter and Copeland,3in a review of the literature on multiple myeloma, reported rare metastases to the tonsil, but none to the nose and nasopharynx. My purpose in this paper is to report two cases of plasmacytoma that have occurred recently in the routine pathologic work at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; one was a


This chapter builds on the discussions in Chapter 4 about the bridging between organization design (design as a noun) and organization designing (design as a verb). Based on the key precepts of Giddens' (1984) social theory, it is argued that the traditional notion of organizational structure can be split into the concepts of structure and structuration and that while 'structure' is relatively stable, 'structuration' is ever changing. This allows us to talk of 'interactive structure' as a type of structure that changes with interaction and where the emphasis is on the monitoring of interactions between human and non-human actors, by means of multiple types of traces. Thus, rather than controlling people, with interactive structure, organizations are better able to deal with the disconnect between the formal and the informal sides of organization and take full advantage of the organizational capital to be found in one of the key characteristics of informal organization, i.e. improvisation.


A family of new non-orthogonal multiple access techniques named Scrambled Coded Multiple Access (SCMA) is described. It allows different users of a communications system to efficiently share the same bandwidth by using specific scramblers to separate user bursts. SCMA technology is designed for satellite communications with extremely small antenna terminals for potential applications such as asset tracking, sensor networking, and smart grid; and also for latency reduction. The latest variation, Asynchronous Scrambled Coded Multiple Access (A-SCMA) on the other hand, not only removes the need for timeslot synchronization and precise power control, but also offers an unprecedented system throughput of more than 4 bits/symbol at a modest per user signal to noise ratio (SNR).


Abstract In this paper we present a method for performing regression with stable disturbances. The method of maximum likelihood is used to estimate both distribution and regression parameters. Our approach utilises a numerical integration procedure to calculate the stable density, followed by sequential quadratic programming optimisation procedures to obtain estimates and standard errors. A theoretical justification for the use of stable law regression is given followed by two real world practical examples of the method. First, we fit the stable law multiple regression model to housing price data and examine how the results differ from normal linear regression. Second, we calculate the beta coefficients for 26 companies from the Financial Times Ordinary Shares Index.


In the liturgical calendar St. Paul is mentioned twice – for the first time on the day of his conversion (25 January), and then during the celebration – in common with St. Peter the Apostle – when the congregation contemplates his life and martyr's death (29 June). In this article, through the analysis of liturgical texts about St. Paul – biblical readings and forms of the Holy Mass, and Liturgy of the Hours – the spiritual richness and depth of mysteries of salvation are transmitted to the Church community by this Apostle of the Nations. The Apostle of Tarsus, through his life and deeds showed us the power of the Holy Spirit operating in mankind, who makes us God's children and lets us live not according to worldly but according to spiritual values. By giving His gifts to people, He contributes to the development of the Church. The Apostle is also the example of acceptance of the Gospel, which is revealed through preaching the G ood N ews to all peoples. He shows that one can endure pain and suffering for sake of the Gospel. And sacrificing our life, giving it for the act of salvation lea d s to friendship with Christ and brotherly love. The liturgical texts which are designed to be prayed on St. Paul's days deeper the certainty that God's people have that Jesus was resurrected and is alive, and wishes to lead each man on the way to salvation.


We reanalyze the Fermi spectra of the Geminga and Vela pulsars. We find that the spectrum of Geminga above the break is well approximated by a simple power law without the exponential cutoff, making Geminga's spectrum similar to that of Crab. Vela's broadband γ-ray spectrum is equally well fit with both the exponential cutoff and the double power-law shapes. In the broadband double power-law fits, for a typical Fermi spectrum of a bright γ-ray pulsar, most of the errors accumulate due to the arbitrary parameterization of the spectral roll-off. In addition, a power law with an exponential cutoff gives an acceptable fit for the underlying double power-law spectrum for a very broad range of parameters, making such fitting procedures insensitive to the underlying Fermi photon spectrum. Our results have important implications for the mechanism of pulsar high-energy emission. A number of observed properties of γ-ray pulsars—i.e., the broken power-law spectra without exponential cutoffs and stretching in the case of Crab beyond the maximal curvature limit, spectral breaks close to or exceeding the maximal breaks due to curvature emission, patterns of the relative intensities of the leading and trailing pulses in the Crab repeated in the X-ray and γ-ray regions, presence of profile peaks at lower energies aligned with γ-ray peaks—all point to the inverse Compton origin of the high-energy emission from majority of pulsars.


Three new species of Fossombronia from the winter rainfall area of the Northern and Western Cape are described:  F. hyalorhiza , which has colourless rhizoids and is fairly widespread, but not common; F marindae , which has purple rhizoids, very attractive, highly ornamented spores and is so far known from a single locality only and F. monticola .  which also has purple rhizoids, with spores irregularly ridged, often partly areolate, and is quite common but fairly variable.


This study aims to determine the quality of the Instrument of Mathematics Learning Outcomes Class V Primary Schools used by educators seen from the level of validity, level of reliability, level of truth, and the level of power distinguishing questions. This research was conducted at SDN Moro in the even semester of the academic year 2021/2022. The population of this study was all 96 students. The sampling technique in this study is to use purposive sampling technique. The sample in this study was 21 SDN Moro SDN students. This study uses quantitative methods. Data collection techniques in this study are tests. Data Analysis Researchers use quantitative descriptive analysis with a percentage. Based on the results of the analysis of the level of validity, reliability, difficulty level, and distinguishing power it can be seen that the quality of the test instrument as a whole is good questions and stored in question banks, namely 5 questions or 17%, revised and used 11 questions or 37% and discarded 14 questions or 46%.


A finite element model of a pipe with an oriented crack is established with a quarter-point element which is used to simulate the crack tip singularity and a frictionless contact element to simulate crack opening-closing effects.Based on the proposed model,the effects of crack direction on the natural frequency of the crack pipe are discussed.Moreover, for the cantilever crack pipe,the nonlinear dynamic behavior under the harmonic loads is analyzed, and the super-harmonic resonance of the system affected by the crack direction is researched in detail.The difference of harmonic response component caused by the crack angle is quantified also.


The Process of Crisis Occur and The Proactive Crisis Management Aproach Crisis is an unexpected position for business. But in fact crisis is a process. Because of that different aproach can be use for crisis management. Proactive crisis management aproach is one of crisis management way. With this proactive aproach, some alternatives can be developed before crisis happen so that the harm of crisis will be prevented.


Mr. Wright, who is Senior Lecturer in Ecclesiastical History in the University of Edinburgh, modestly says that he claims no originality for the contents of this essay but hopes that it may serve to commend justin to readers who may be unfamiliar with him. justin may in fact have something important to say in relation to the problem of communicating the gospel in today's wor~ with its many cultures, creeds and ideologies.


The logarithmic characteristic of a silicon diode is used to perform division, multiplication, and the extraction of square roots. Curves of results are given, showing an accuracy of better than 2% in division and about 3% in multiplication, over a range in excess of two decades. Applications of the principles to an automatic gain control circuit and a speed suppression system are presented.


. The purpose of the research – to determine blood and hair levels of metals included in the composition of prosthetic knee joints in patients with gonarthrosis, to evaluate the clinical and pathogenetic significance of this microelementosis in different variants of disease course. Materials and methods. Were examined 87 patients with gonarthrosis (45 % men and 55 % women with an average age of 53 years). Atomic absorption spectrometer "SolAAr-Mk2-MOZe" with electrographite atomizer (UK) were used to study the existence of metals in the organism. Results. Microelementhosis in blood of patients with gonarthrosis observed in 41 % of cases, while in the hair - 23 %, which is accompanied by increased levels of Ti and V in serum on the background of reducing the concentration of Fe, and the hair changes of metals are related to the increasing content of Al, Fe and Ti with decreasing parameters of Co, Cr and Mo. It depends on the radiographic stage of the disease, the presence of synovitis, the prevalence and severity of articular syndrome, involving in the pathogenesis of meniscus lesions, bursitis, trabecular oedema in the patella, forming osteophytes, osteocytes and intraarticular Shtydy bodies, which is correlated with osteoporosis. Conclusions. Gonarthrosis courses with changing levels of metals in blood and hair (Al, Co, Cr, Fe, Mo, Ti, V) contained in the prosthetic knee joints, which depends on the clinical course of the disease, determines the pathogenetic compositions of articular degenerative inflammatory lesions. Abstract. The article is devoted to the comparative study of the ultramicroscopic structure of the aortic wall in the white rat in norm. The obtained results of the study may be useful in modeling of aortic diseases, since it is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of ultrastructural organization of the aorta of the experimental animal to extrapolate the experimental data to medical practice. Using the method of electron microscopy, it was established that the aortic wall is composed of three tissue layers - the inner, represented by the endothelial cells, the sub-endothelial layer and the internal elastic membrane; medial, which consists of the external elastic membrane/lamina; and the external (outer) layer - adventitia. The latter is formed by the loose fibrous connective tissue with a small amount of collagen fibers, muscle cells and macrophages. Haemomicrocirculatory pathway vessels (HPV) start from the blood vessels located in the adventitia, penetrate the outer third of the medial layer and branch out between the outer and medial layers of the aortic wall. Despite availability of the numerous comparative studies devoted to the the anatomy of the aorta of the white rats and humans observed on the electro-microscopic level in norm, the results of our study will help to systematize and supplement the existing scientific information for further investigations of both morphologists and clinicians on the microanatomy of the aorta in terms of the development of new methods in the future diagnostics, prophylaxis and treatment of vascular pathologies. The present abstract is a part of the research work of the Lviv National Medical University named after Danylo Halytsky on "Morphological peculiarities of the haemomicrocirculatory pathway of the aortic wall of the rat in norm and in experimental diabetes mellitus".


One of the important application of image encryption is storing confidential and important images on a local device or a database in such a way that only the authorized party can view or perceive it. The current image encryption technique employs the genetic algorithm to increase confusion in the image, but compromises in time and space complexity. The other method employs chaos or pseudo random number generating systems which have fast and highly sensitive keys but fails to make the image sufficiently noisy and is risky due to its deterministic nature. We propose a technique which employs the non-deterministic, optimizing power of genetic algorithm and the space efficiency and key sensitivity of chaotic systems into a unified, efficient algorithm which will retain the merits of both the methods whereas tries to minimize their demerits in a software system. The encryption process proceeds in two steps, generating two keys. First, an encryption sequence is generated using Lorenz Chaotic system of differential equation. The seed values used are the user's actual key having key sensitivity of 10-14. Second, the encrypted image's genetic encryption sequence is generated which will result in an encrypted image with entropy value greater than 7.999 thus ensuring the image is very noisy. Proposed technique uses variations of Lorenz system seed sets to generate all random mutations and candidate solutions in Genetic encryption. Since only the seed sets leading to desired solution is stored, space efficiency is higher compared to storing the entire sequences. Using this image encryption technique we will ensure that the images are hidden securely under two layers of security, one chaotic and other non-deterministic.


Combined use of GnRG analogue with LNG – IUD is effective method of cure for complex atypical hyperplasia and endometrial carcinoma I А in young women with unrealized fertility and can be considered as alternative to hysterectomy.


In this paper, an analytical solution is developed of the stress and displacement components in a three-dimensional solid disc subjected to Brazilian and point load test boundary conditions. The methodology is initially based on introducing the load distribution in both tests using the double Fourier series technique. The displacement vector in cylindrical polar coordinates (r, θ, z) is then presented by means of harmonic potentials according to the Papkovich-Neuber scheme. Stresses are then recovered by searching for acceptable potentials that satisfy both the domain Laplacian equation and the prescribed Fourier boundary expression. Several solutions are developed in terms of design graphs, and the effect of influencing parameters on the calculated results, e.g. material elastic properties, loading configurations and specimen geometries, are discussed.


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Electrophilic C-Amination with O-Substituted Hydroxylamines

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Electrophilic C-Amination with Oximes and O-Substituted Oximes

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Keywords:

electrophilic C-amination with O-substituted hydroxylamines, oximes and O-substituted oximes;
electrophilic C-amination with O-substituted hydroxylamines;
O-organylhydroxylamines;
electrophilic amination reagents;
electrophilic amination using O-substituted hydroxylamines;
amination of α-metallated carbonyl compounds and nitriles;
amination of chiral catechol boronate esters with O-silylhydroxylamine-type reagents;
electrophilic C-amination with oximes and O-substituted oximes


A theoretical analysis on the performance of hydrodynamic oil bearings is made considering surface roughness effect. The hydrodynamic as well as asperity contact load is found. The contact pressure was calculated with the assumption that the surface height distribution was Gaussian. The average Reynolds equation of partially lubricated surface was used to calculate hydrodynamic load. An analytical expression for average gap was found and was introduced to modify the average Reynolds equation. The resulting boundary value problem was then solved numerically by finite difference methods using the method of successive over relaxation. The pressure distribution and hydrodynamic load capacity of plane slider and journal bearings were calculated for various design data. The effects of attitude and roughness of surface on the bearing performance were shown. The results are compared with similar available solution of rough surface bearings. It is shown that: (1) the contribution of contact load is not significant; and (2) the hydrodynamic and contact load increase with surface roughness.


The problem of determining soil parameters is considered. Their exact knowledge is of great importance for planning and managing water systems, assessing the possible size of catastrophic floods, etc. These parameters are proposed to be found by solving some optimal control problem, where the controlled process is described by the Richards equation. The objective function is mean-square deviation of the observed soil moisture values from its simulated values, which are obtained from the solution of the Richards equation with the selected parameters values. Numerical optimization is performed using Newton method. Derivatives of the objective function are calculated using fast automatic differentiation techniques.


The purpose of this study is to illustrate how the Swedish newspaper Sportbladet constructs their two leading pages in order to determine which are the most prioritized news and thereby reach an un ...


A grazing-incidence flat-field extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectrometer has been newly developed in HL-2A tokamak. Typical spectral lines are observed from intrinsic impurities of carbon, oxygen, iron, and extrinsic impurity of helium in the wavelength range of 20 Å-500 Å. Bremsstrahlung continuum is measured at different electron densities of HL-2A discharges to calibrate absolute sensitivity of the EUV spectrometer system and to measure effective ionic charge, Z(eff). The sensitivity of a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) spectrometer system is also absolutely calibrated in overlapped wavelength range of 300 Å-500 Å by comparing the intensity between VUV and EUV line emissions.


Abstract Research into the manufacture and provision of rural clothing during the period 1800–50 has so far been limited. This article will shed light on the subject by examining in detail evidence from the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. A range of sources, including local newspapers, trade directories and business records, has been examined. Historians have recently recognized the need for micro-analysis of particular areas and comparison within and outside the boundaries of these districts. By investigating specific localities and the businesses found there, this research will question established narratives in relation to the development of the garment industry, particularly the availability of ready-made clothing in rural areas.