We have proposed the TxQoS (Transactional Quality of Service) approach to infuse transactional semantics into contracts so that a gap between business and technical communities with regard to transaction awareness is filled. In this paper we continue to refine the proposed TxQoS concepts in SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) context. We illustrate the complete TxQoS picture by a scenario with three parties interacting through the four phases of a TxQoS lifecycle. The specification of the four TxQoS attributes is discussed in detail to demonstrate how the TxQoS concepts are operationalized. To support the TxQoS scenario, we present a framework containing an architecture, a mapping and matching model and a monitoring mechanism. With in-depth investigation of various aspects of the TxQoS framework, we aim to deliver a proactive approach of transaction management that is feasible, extensible and effective to enhance process and service reliability.


Aims: To compare the efficacy of streptokinase on ST segment elevation MI in diabetic and nondiabetic Study design: It was a randomized clinical trial. Duration: From May 2012 to June 2012. Material and method: The patients of ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction were recruited from the Department of Cardiology, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. Result: Baseline characteristics of non-diabetic and diabetic myocardial infarction patients i.e. common age of the patients in both groups were similar and having no significant difference i.e. 49.43±4.27 in diabetic and 46.74±3.12 in non-diabetic group, 82.5% were male in diabetic and 72.5% in non-diabetic group. Comparison of efficacy of streptokinase on ST Segment elevation MI in diabetic and nondiabetic was recorded which shows 85% in non-diabetic and only 30% in diabetic patients. P value was calculated as 0.00. Conclusion: In light of the present results we may conclude that the thrombolytic therapy is more effective in non-diabetics than diabetic subjects with STEMI, however, more attention should be given to the diabetic individuals before administration of thrombolytic therapy


In this paper the usage of the projection features in combination with geometrical optics are described. The window interfaces and basic performances of system software "GeOpticsCAD 2.2" are shown. The examples of image modeling for an optical system with a lenticle and diaphragm are shown.


Successful shutdown margin (SDM) demonstration is a required procedure in the startup of a newly configured boiling water reactor (BWR) core. In its most reactive condition throughout a cycle, a BWR core must be capable of being made subcritical by a specified margin with the highest worth control rod fully withdrawn and all other rods at their fully inserted positions. Two different methods are used to demonstrate SDM: (a) the adjacent-rod test and (b) the in-sequence test. In the adjacent-rod test, the strongest rod is fully withdrawn and an adjacent rod is withdrawn to reach criticality. In the in-sequence test, control rods spread throughout the core are withdrawn in a predetermined sequence of withdrawals. Larger than expected core k/sub eff/ values have been observed during the performance of BWR SDM tests. The purpose of the work summarized in this paper has been to investigated and quantify the sensitivity of both the adjacent-rod and in-sequence SDM tests to local reactivity anomalies. This was accomplished by introducing reactivity perturbations at selected four-bundle cell locations and by evaluating their effect on core reactivity in each of the two tests.


DURING the past decade tympanoplasty has tremendously improved the lot of patients with chronic middle ear disease. As a result of this surgery many patients have a high incidence of dry ears with permanently closed perforations as well as permanent hearing improvement instead of further hearing losses as a result of the former policy of watchful waiting or inadequate surgery. Pathology According to Sade 1,2 serous otitis media is not a sequel to vacuum in the middle ear but an exudate from the mucosa secondary to infection. Persistence of effusion may be due to ciliary deficiency, ciliary inability to cope with tenacious mucus or to hypersecretion, all of these being middle ear clearance problems. Some politzerizable eustachian tubes are incapable of equalizing nasopharyngeal and middle ear pressures when there is a chronic negative pressure in the middle ear. This results in retracted atelectatic eardrums. Buckingham 3 reexpands these cases


Proximate and chemical analysis were carried out on the Early Larva (EL) and Late Larva (LL) stages of Raphia palm weevil (Rhynchophorus Phoenicis) to ascertain its nutrition potentials. The Late Larva stage had the highest protein content of 10.50% while 9.10% was recorded for early larva stage. All other essential classes of food and amino acids were detected in varying amounts. The values derived for macro elements such as calcium, potassium and iron were (0.28 ± 0.01mg/100g), (455.00 ± 21.00mg/100g) and (6.50 ± 0.40mg/100g) respectively for Early Larva stage; (0.27 ± 0.01mg/100g), (457.50 ± 10.61mg/100g) and (6.00 ± 1.10mg/100g) respectively for Late Larva stage. The results of the mineral contents showed that nutritive contents of Phynchophorus phoenicis at LL stage are higher than EL stage. The study attests that both stages of the insect larva could form a base for food security by providing nutritious food to meet people dietary needs for active and healthy life.


An improved algorithm is developed for boundary candition of microwave-thermal model based on FDTD(Finite Difference Time Domain).By setting up a virtual heat boundary outside of the heated materials surface,it can make the HTE(Heat Transfer Equation)directly use in the whole heated medium,and thus avoid of the trouble to establishment heat transfer boundary condition one surface by one surface.To verify the feasibility of the above method,one compares it with the traditional boundary iterative formula.The results obtained from the two methods are completely the same,indicating that this method is correct.


Chromatin interactions play an important role in genome architecture and regulation. The Hi-C assay generates such interactions maps genome-wide, but at relatively low resolutions (e.g., 5-25kb), which is substantially larger than the resolution of transcription factor binding sites or open chromatin sites that are potential sources of such interactions. To predict the sources of Hi-C identified interactions at a high resolution (e.g., 100bp), we developed a computational method that integrates ChIP-seq data of transcription factors and histone marks and DNase-seq data. Our method, χ-SCNN, uses this data to first train a Siamese Convolutional Neural Network (SCNN) to discriminate between called Hi-C interactions and non-interactions. χ-SCNN then predicts the high-resolution source of each Hi-C interaction using a feature attribution method. We show these predictions recover original Hi-C peaks after extending them to be coarser. We also show χ-SCNN predictions enrich for evolutionarily conserved bases, eQTLs, and CTCF motifs, supporting their biological significance. χ-SCNN provides an approach for analyzing important aspects of genome architecture and regulation at a higher resolution than previously possible. χ-SCNN software is available on GitHub (https://github.com/ernstlab/X-SCNN).


In the previous chapter I argued that the Platonic ascents of Confessions 7.10.16 and 7.17.23 are descriptions of the method of ascent that Augustine was developing from 386 to 391, and that Augustine did not reject this method of ascent until 396, in On Christian Doctrine . If I am correct about this, then I have provided additional support for the central claim of part i – i.e. that Augustine did not reject his Photinian Christology until c . 395 – since the author of the Confessions indicates that his rejection of this Christology is linked with his rejection of the 'Platonic ascents'. However, there is a specific consequence of my argument that may seem somewhat problematic. My argument has the Platonic ascents continuing after the famous ascent shared by Augustine and his mother Monica, an ascent that occurred at Ostia in 387, sometime between Augustine's baptism in April and his birthday on 13 November. However, the Ostia experience is clearly presented by the narrator of the Confessions as a model of a successful ascent of the soul, in contradistinction to the failed attempts of book 7. What distinguishes the Platonic ascents from the Ostia ascent, as we will see, is that only the latter relies upon the Mediator. Can we really maintain, then, that Augustine continued with his Platonic ascents even after the much more successful experience that he attained at Ostia?


Spontaneous pneumothorax remains a significant problem in the United States. In this clinical commentary, after a brief discussion of primary and secondary pneumothorax, a summary of the therapeutic options for spontaneous pneumothorax is presented along with recommendations from the writer. Lastly, special problems with pneumothorax, including the pneumothorax that occurs in the patient with AIDS, are discussed.


The classification of image regions of interest in an image is an important area of research. Generally most investigations concentrate on the optimisation of the constituent parts of the system without regard to the overall performance. This work takes a system centred approach. Using a novel multi-class receiver operating characteristic, which also allows for the inherent uncertaintypresent, it is shownthat the influenceof differentregionbased segmentation algorithms on the performance of classification algorithms can be determined. The results generated, using this approach, for an airborne infrared application highlight the non-linear relationship between the constituent algorithms and show quantitatively that the system performance can be strongly class and segmenter/classifier dependent.


The study investigated the potential of sand and activated charcoal filtration systems to enhance water quality for irrigation by treating aerated sewage effluent from. Setup involved a 60 cm deep sand filter connected as the inlet to another 30 cm deep sand filter and this filter linked as the inlet to a 30 cm deep charcoal filter. These filters were operated in series at hydraulic loading rates (HLR) of 60 m/h and 10 m/h. Notably, operating the filters in series at an HLR of 10 m/h yielded superior effluent water quality compared to an HLR of 60 m/h. System achieved significant removal efficiencies for turbidity, BOD5, COD, Total Nitrogen (Total-N), Total Phosphorous (Total-P) with 71.9%, 54.4%, 71.9%, 44.4%, 39.1%, and 42.9% with a 90 cm deep sand filter at an HLR of 10 m/h, and also with a combination of sand and charcoal filters at an HLR of 25 m/h system achieved 81.6%, 80.3%, 63.5%, 47.5%, and 64.3% respectively. We also examined the chemical characteristics of both untreated and treated sewage water samples, revealing a hierarchy of cation and anion prevalence as follows: Na+ > Ca2+ > Mg2+ > K+ for cations, and Cl- > HCO3- > SO42- > CO32- for anions. Our study demonstrates that the combination of aeration and sand filtration effectively ensures safety by preventing water body pollution and unpleasant odours with high-quality treated wastewater suitable for sustainable agricultural use.


"Friendship in Early Greek Ethics" examines the accounts of friendship (philia) in the early philosophical literature and argues that there is a coherent narrative of philosophical theorizing of friendship prior to Aristotle, one which does not make the Presocratics and Socratics mere pre-Aristotelian. The main treatments of friendship considered in this chapter—namely, those in Empedocles, Democritus, the Sophists, and the Socratics—can be understood as efforts to provide a convincing explanation of what motivates the relation of philia and to isolate the conditions for and key features of this specific form of relation essential to the good life.


The polysaccharide content of two soils, measured by precipitating and weighing the microbial gums from the fulvic acid fraction of soil organic matter, and by colorimetric analyses using anthrone, was increased appreciably during the incubation of samples with straw. Applications of nitrogen and phosphorus altered only slightly the amount of polysaccharides present. The polysaccharide content of the amended soils increased rapidly during the first week of incubation and then levelled off.Peptization of the soil with dilute alkali prior to acid hydrolysis substantially increased the carbohydrates measured with anthrone. The anthrone reagent which measures primarily hexoses indicated a soil carbohydrate content of 10–15 per cent occurring in a range of Saskatchewan soils. Thirty-five per cent more carbohydrate carbon was found using the less specific phenol-sulphuric acid reagent.The acetone precipitated fraction from the fulvic acids accounted for only 10 per cent of the soil carbohydrates and contained a...


In this paper, the errors of three-dimensioned profilometry based on quadrature demodulation are analyzed, and the corrected results are present. We found the method had three primary errors: the error that is caused by speckle of laser interference system, the error that is caused by mixing in quadrature demodulation and the error that is caused by the cosine fringe distortion in the structure light. We analyzed these three errors by experiment and theory. At last, we gave the corrected results.


So the teaching of the original concept is the role point and difficult point in the teaching of mathematics analysis and advanced mathematics.This paper puts forward the five steps teaching method of the original concept basing up the teaching of supremum: 1.Put the describing definition as the start,then give the strict definition of the mathematical language(What it is);2.Take the relation with the former concept,explain the origin of the concept(why it is);3.Give more explain of the concept through the real example,to help the student understand the nature character of concept;4.Know the application of the concept through the using of the concept;5.Make relation with the later concept,to explore the range and the depth of the notion.


We discuss techniques using a heralded single-photon source to study the lower limit of human vision, specifically measuring temporal integration using multi-photon trials, and report preliminary results at the few-photon level.


This project uses advanced ceramic processes to fabricate large, optical-quality, polycrystalline lanthanum halide scintillators to replace small single crystals produced by the conventional Bridgman growth method. The new approach not only removes the size constraint imposed by the growth method, but also offers the potential advantages of both reducing manufacturing cost and increasing production rate. The project goal is to fabricate dense lanthanum halide ceramics with a preferred crystal orientation by applying texture engineering and solid-state conversion to reduce the thermal mechanical stress in the ceramic and minimize scintillation light scattering at grain boundaries. Ultimately, this method could deliver the sought-after high sensitivity and 1/8-inch thick) were fabricated by hot pressing, demonstrating the superior manufacturability of the ceramic approach over single crystal growth methods in terms of size capability and cost. (6) Despite all these advances, evidence has shown that LaBr{sub 3} is thermally unstable at temperatures required for the densification process. This is particularly true for material near the surface where lattice defects and color centers can be created as bromine becomes volatile at high temperatures. Consequently, after densification these samples made using chemically prepared ultrafine powders turned black. An additional thermal treatment in a flowing bromine condition proved able to reduce the darkness of the surface layer for these densified samples. These observations demonstrated that although finer ceramic powders are desirable for densification due to a stronger driving force from their large surface areas, the same desirable factor can lead to lattice defects and color centers when these powders are densified at higher temperatures where material near the surface becomes thermally unstable.« less


Abstract The concept of power is not restricted to the generally understood idea of domination, as mainly implemented in the governmental structures of society. Rather, power is also to be found within other community spheres, where it adopts highly divergent forms. This plurality often impedes its reliable identification and precise labeling. However, the classical concepts of power, potestas and auctoritas, can be widened to more comprehensive perspectives that ultimately promise to embrace modern societal places of power such as the market or the media in their respective peculiarities.


Paper for the 2011 IS&T Archiving Conference. This paper discusses the Classification of the End-of-Term Archive research project at the University of North Texas.


Random Walk (RW) is a popular algorithm and can be applied to many applications in computer vision. In this paper, a fast algorithm is proposed to solve the large linear system in RW based on adapting the Gauss-Seidel method on a multi-core embedded system. Two tables, TYPE and INDEX, are introduced to fast locate the required data for the close-form solution. The computational overhead, along with the memory requirement, to solve the linear system can be reduced greatly, thus making the RW algorithm feasible to many applications on an embedded system. In addition, the proposed fast method is parallelized for a heterogeneous multi-core embedded platform to make the most use of the benefits of the system architecture. Experimental results show that the computational overhead can be significantly reduced by the proposed algorithm.


"Peasant rebellions were not exceptional events. They erupted so frequently in the course of these four centuries that they may be said to have been as common in this agrarian society as factory strikes would be in the industrial world. In southwestern France alone, some 450 rebellions occurred between 1590 and 1715. No region of Western Europe was exempted from this pattern of chronic violence. The fear of sedition was always present in the minds of those who ruled. It was a corrective, a salutary fear -since only the threat of insurrection could act as a check against unlimited exactions." [3]


We study functional hybrid metasurfaces consisting of metal–dielectric nanoantennas that direct light from an incident plane wave or from localized light sources into a preferential direction. The directionality is obtained by carefully balancing the multipolar contributions to the scattering response from the constituents of the metasurface. The hybrid nanoantennas are composed of a plasmonic gold nanorod acting as a feed element and a silicon nanodisk acting as a director element. In order to experimentally realize this design, we have developed a two-step electron-beam lithography process in combination with a precision alignment step. The optical response of the fabricated sample is measured and reveals distinct signatures of coupling between the plasmonic and the dielectric nanoantenna elements that ultimately leads to unidirectional radiation of light.


In this paper, we investigate a useful inner bound for the stability region of a multiple-access broadcast decode-and-forward (MABC-DF) bidirectional relay channel, where two sources exchange bursty traffic with the assistance of a shared decode-and-forward (DF) relay in two time slots. In contrast to previously reported information-theoretic work, where sources are assumed to be always active, here, we take into account the burstiness of the transmission, and we study an MABC-DF bidirectional relay channel without channel state information (CSI) at the transmitters. A dominant stochastic system that decouples the interaction between the different distributed queues and enables the derivation of a useful inner bound on the stability region of the original MABC-DF system is introduced. We demonstrate that the bursty nature of the transmission modifies the conventional MABC-DF protocol and allows the sources to communicate with each other in two more ways: 1) a direct link or 2) a noninterference DF relaying link. Another outcome is that the investigated stability inner bound depends on the fraction of the time between the two phases of the MABC-DF protocol. The optimal time fraction that maximizes this inner bound for both sources is derived in closed form.


T he sub near-field spaces of near-field of the title are introduced as a proper generalization of quasi co-Hopfian sub near-field spaces of near-field, and are characterized in several ways. The near-field space N is right non-singular if and only if the densely co-Hopfian right N-sub near-field spaces over near-field and quasi co-Hopfian right N-near-field spaces over near-field coincide. Dense co-Hopficity is investigated for certain N-sub near-field spaces over near-field that has indecomposable decompositions complementing direct summands. For some classes of near-field spaces N, including rings, near-rings, regular d -near-rings, near-fields with dense right socles, we determine when the injective envelope of an N-sub near-field space over near-field is densely co-Hopfian.


A method using ultra-performance hydrophilic interaction chromatography with evaporative light-scattering detection(UP-HILIC-ELSD) was developed for determining the contents of taurine in granules and eye drops.Acetonitrile-water was used as diluted solution and the separation is carried out on UPLC amide column.Acetonitrile-water was selected as the mobile phase and the gradient eluted programm was used.The taurine was detected with ELSD.The good linear was obtained in the range of 2.5 ng-100 ng(r=0.9998).The limit of quantification of the method was 5 ng.The average recoveries were 98.9%-100.3%,with the relative standard deviation(RSD) were less than 2.1%.Applied this method,several commercially available granules and eye drops were determined.Compared with RPLC,It indicated the method was accurate and quick,was suitable for content determination baths of taurine in the lab.


Project-based Curriculum is gradually becoming a course system with unique representation in course reform for China's high vocational education.The theory system of Project-based Curriculum is improving in practice.This paper,based on the concept and connotation,introduces the process from the start-up and implementation of Project-based Curriculum for ZJBTI.Taking mould design and manufacturing major as an example,this paper analyzes its Project-based Curriculum design,combines the whole practice process,points the existed problems and gives counter measures.


Neonatal jaundice (NNJ) is common in Singapore and is usually monitored with serum bilirubin (SB). This paper reviews literature on the accuracy of transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) measurement compared to SB to monitor jaundice in neonates of major ethnic groups of Singapore, i.e. Chinese, Malay, and Indian. 15 studies with Chinese babies, 5 with Malay babies, and 15 with Indian babies were identified (total of 28 articles, some with more than one race). Correlation coefficient is good for all three races. Chest is a better site for TcB measurement than forehead, though both are good. Infants with TcB levels more than 160–200 μmol/L should have SB checked. While post-phototherapy infants may benefit from TcB 24 hours after cessation of phototherapy, more needs to be done to ascertain its usefulness. Premature babies should have SB measurements. TcB measurement is suitable to monitor NNJ in term and healthy Chinese, Malay, and Indian babies.


Multiprotocol systems have been developed based on field bus technology connected to the university's LAN. The basic parts are PC and two CAN nodes. The PC interfaces the CAN nodes in the process control laboratory and the computer centre by a LAN. The hardware consists of: development card using Intel microcontroller 87c196, the SJA1000 CAN controller and the PCA 82c250 transceiver. The software to program 87c196 is performed in C and assembler language. The communication between the PC and the CAN node is based on the RS232 serial communication standard. As data server in one case and as remote controller-supervisor in the other, the PC is programmed in the C++ Builder language.


As warm asphalt has been gaining increasing popularity in recent years, there are still several characteristics of warm asphalt, which are unknown. While several studies have been conducted to analyse the performance of warm asphalt mixtures, aging characteristics of warm-mix asphalt (WMA) binders are not known in great detail. This paper presents the results of a study to evaluate the aging characteristics of WMA binders artificially aged in the rolling thin film oven (RTFO) and the pressure aging vessel. RTFO aging was performed at 163°C and a lower temperature to simulate warm asphalt aging. The results of this study indicated that reducing the aging temperature reduced the aging index and increased the m-values, but had no significant effects on G*/sin δ, G*sin δ and stiffness of the binders. Also, the addition of warm asphalt additives significantly increased the G*/sin δ values and lowered the m-values of the binders.


. The oxygen isotopic composition of benthic foraminiferal tests ( δ 18 O b ) is one of the pre-eminent tools for correlating marine sediments and interpreting past terrestrial ice volume and deep-ocean temperatures. Despite the prevalence of δ 18 O b applications to marine sediment cores over the Quaternary, its use is limited in the Arctic Ocean because of low benthic foraminiferal abundances, challenges with constructing independent sediment core age models, and an apparent muted amplitude of Arctic δ 18 O b variability compared to open-ocean records. Here we evaluate the controls on Arctic δ 18 O b by using ostracode Mg / Ca pale-othermometry to generate a composite record of the δ 18 O of seawater ( δ 18 O sw ) from 12 sediment cores in the intermediate to deep Arctic Ocean (700–2700 m) that covers the last 600 kyr based on biostratigraphy and orbitally tuned age models. Results show that Arctic δ 18 O b was generally higher than open-ocean δ 18 O b during interglacials but was generally equivalent to global reference records during glacial periods. The reduced glacial–interglacial Arctic δ 18 O b range resulted in part from the opposing effect of temperature, with intermediate to deep Arctic warming during glacials counteracting the whole-ocean δ 18 O sw increase from expanded terrestrial ice sheets. After removing the temperature effect from δ 18 O b , we find that the intermediate to deep Arctic experienced large ( ≥ 1 ‰) variations in local δ 18 O sw , with generally higher local δ 18 O sw during interglacials and lower δ 18 O sw during glacials. Both the magnitude and timing of low local δ 18 O sw intervals are inconsistent with the recent proposal of freshwater intervals in the Arctic Ocean during past glaciations. Instead, we suggest that lower local δ 18 O sw in the intermediate to deep Arctic Ocean during glaciations reflected weaker upper-ocean stratification and more efficient transport of low-δ 18 O sw Arctic surface waters to depth by mixing and/or brine rejection.


Objective: The present review describes and analyzes the role of clinical pharmacists in the Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services.Clinical Pharmacists in MTM Services: Medication Therapy Management (MTM) mainly focuses on patients and their therapy. This service engirds the evaluation and appraisal of patient's therapeutic regimen and the Clinical pharmacists play a key role in this service which include:Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting, medication error prevention, medication adherence, drug and poison information, drug utilization review and evaluation and last but not the least, the most important thing is patient counselling.Conclusion: Clinical Pharmacists have a greater knowledge of pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics. It can surely improve the patient's therapeutic outcome and turn down the morbidity rate along with hospital expenditures. Government sectors are facing a lack of healthcare workers. So, the recruitments of Clinical Pharmacists in govt. healthcare sectors might fulfil the shortage of healthcare workers and work as an expert in medication therapy management and disease state management also.
How to cite this article: Pal N, Goswami S, Singh RP et al. Clinical Pharmacists on Medication Therapy Management: Description of India's Present Scenario. Rec Trends Pharm Tech Ind 2020; 2(1): 1-4.


Wedetermined theplasma kinetics ofbothactin andcomplexes ofactin withthetwohighaffinity actin-binding proteins of plasma, gelsolin, andvitamin D-binding protein (DBP). Actin iscleared rapidly fromtheplasma bytheliver (half-disappearancetime, 0.5h).Using radiolabeled actin-binding proteins, we found that actin accelerated theclearance ofbothplasma gelsolin andthevitamin D-binding protein. Inseparate experiments we found that DBP-actin complexes werecleared morequickly than gelsolin-actin complexes, atarate comparable totheclearance ofactin fromtheblood. A lowaffinity interaction (dissociation constant, 2.9X10-M)between actin andfibronectin wasfound, suggesting that little actin will bind tofibronectin inplasma. We conclude that while plasma gelsolin andDBPmaybothclear actin from thecirculation, DBPappears toplay amoreimportant role. Bysodoing, DBPmayconserve thefilament-severing activity ofplasma gelsolin.


Acknowledgements. Foreword by Anne Lawson-Porter. Preface. Section 1: Introduction. 1. The ENOTHE Terminology Group. 2. The Language of Occupational Therapy. 3. The Conceptual Framework. Section 2: The Performer's Perspective. 4. Forms of Action. 5. Action. 6. Structuring Action. 7. Boundaries to Action. 8. Personal Requisites for Action. 9. Energy Source for Action. 10. Social Contract for Action. 11. Place for Action. Section 3: The Observer's Perspective. 12. Understanding Action. 13. Measuring Action. 14. Facilitating Action. Index


Lithium niobate has been grown in single-crystal thin-film form by molecular beam epitaxy. Single-crystal films were grown on bulk-crystal LiNbO3 and on sapphire (α-Al2O3). The layers have been excited as optical waveguides, and the refractive indices and optical propagation loss were measured.


The recently introduced Compressive Sampling (CS) technique can be used for reducing the speed requests for the ADC in modern radars. CS algorithm includes a reconstruction phase that is very critical in terms of real-time requirements. This paper presents a scalable hardware reconstruction core implemented in FPGA technology, aimed at real-time CS signal reconstruction.


The dissertation studies local practices within the Swedish progressive or alternative music movement in the 1970s. It analyses how cultural communities were formed on the basis of local musical pr ...


In order to solve the mining rock mechanics parameters selection problem,based on the three- zone theory and engineering practice,the paper proposed a classification method for mining rockmass using integrity index and height of three- zone,which could be measured directly,established relationships with the longitudinal wave velocity and geological strength index for rockmass,derived the pricing formula of key parameter in Hoek- Brown criterion,realized quantitative evaluation on mechanical properties of mining rockmass. Ultimately,the author summarized the general rule of parameters selection of mining rockmass. The engineering application showed that this method of classification and mechanical paramete estimation was simple,practical and fitted engineering reality.


The Natura 2000 network (N2K) was designed using species and habitats annexed in the European Union's (EU) Directives of Birds (BD) and Habitats (HD). The selection of such species receives increasing criticism, as does the frequent use of design methods not based on Systematic Conservation Planning (SCP). As a result, a proportion of the EU's biodiversity may remain uncovered by the network, irrespective of the degree of coverage of the annex species. Data limitations currently prevent rigorous EU‐wide gap analysis for multiple biodiversity components simultaneously (i.e., taxonomic groups, conservation attributes and organizational levels), but regional data at finer resolutions may add evidence of the breadth of the umbrella effect to be expected. We tested the hypothesis that an objectively designed N2K may confer the EU´s annex species an umbrella effect over multiple biodiversity components. This conjoint analysis of multiple taxa, attributes and levels is rarely done. We used distribution data of terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates in one of the richest regions in the EU (Extremadura, Spain), whose reserves and biodiversity surpass many EU countries, and where the N2K was designed through SCP. We implemented a gap analysis explicitly including annex species status, conservation‐relevant attributes (rarity, endemicity and vulnerability) and organizational levels (species, richness and hotspots). The annexed species acted as an umbrella group at the species, richness and hotspot levels, successfully covering rarity, endemicity and vulnerability. Our results show that the set of species that currently forms the EU's directives annexes has a wide umbrella potential, at least where objective SCP methods were used for reserve design. We suggest that, under such conditions, N2K design could essentially remain constant within a context of changing threat status, the challenge of conservation resting more on management measures than on redesigns of the network.


Tutorial System is beneficial to improving the general disposition of undergraduate students,forming better learning atmosphere,enhancing the scientific research ability,broadening the pathway of contacting society,developing students' cognitive ability,and strengthening employment instructive work.Tutorial system for undergraduate students has been carried out for 4 years in our military medical university.After finding some problems of the work,making a summary of the beneficial experience and analyzing the cause of problems,we try to put forward some suggestions and take some optimization measures.

Key words:
Military Medical University;  Undergraduate students;  Tutorial system;  Questionnaire investigation


Despite being the most overfunded in the world, the U.S healthcare system underperforms in key aspects of health care services including access, efficiency, quality, and equity. With the federal government spending in excess of $2 trillion per year on health care, a huge percentage of the US citizens have no access to medical coverage. The greatest beneficiaries of the US health care system are the private companies who provide medical insurance cover as well as provision of health facilities. As a result, the health costs have significantly increased making it less affordable to the unemployed. According to privatization of the health care in the United States has led to increased prices for health services as well as medication [1]. This has in turn led to decreased accessibility of the health services since only those who are insured can afford the health care services.


The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ocular Health Study has been named as the recipient of Heidelberg Engineering's 2014 Xtreme Research Award.


Dismissal for management reasons means dismissal of a worker by an employer for managerial reasons shall be based on urgent managerial needs. Dismissal for managerial reasons are different from general dismissal for workers responsibility or disciplinary dismissal. As the dismissal based on urgent managerial needs Which is inevitable or employer responsibility occurred on a massive scale in a dull season that menace to employment security and will have a big impact on our society. So that should be regulated more strictly than other dismissal. Labor standards act §24 regulate on necessary conditions of dismissal for managerial reasons. The contents are as follows. ① Dismissal of a worker by an employer for managerial reasons shall be based on urgent managerial needs. ② An employer shall make every effort to avoid dismissal of workers. ③ An employer shall select workers to be dismissed by establishing rational and fair criteria for dismissal. ④ With regard to the possible methods for avoiding dismissal and the criteria for dismissal, an employer shall give a notice to a trade union or to a person representing the majority of all workers and have a good faith consultation. If the necessary conditions could not be possessed, the dismissal, as have no justifiable reasons, will crease to be valid. However, if one of this necessary conditions could not be possessed. As a dismissal for managerial reasons, it is become an issue that this case dismissal could not come into effect. Although we consider an institutional purpose of dismissal for managerial reasons and this dismissal is not occurred by workers responsibility and our social supporting system for dismissal workers is frail, necessary conditions of dismissal for managerial reasons are filled reasonably.


Cladobotryum Nees ex Steud. is redefined and two new species are added to this genus. The uredinicolous genus Colletoconis gen. nov. is segregated from Gloeosporium Desm. & Mont, to accommodate G. aecidiophilum Speg. Engyodontium gen. nov. is erected for Rhinotrichum parvisporum Petch and a similar fungus. The monotypic genus Helminthophora Bon. is redescribed. Sympodiophora G. Arnold is combined with the earlier described genus Pseudohansfordia G. Arnold; eight new combinations are proposed. One new species is added to Denticularia Deighton and two to Sporothrix Hektoen & Perkins; in addition, two new combinations are proposed in the latter genus. A list of doubtful and excluded species formerly classified in the treated genera is given.


The synthesis of fluorinated diamond-like carbon (F-DLC) films was investigated for the first time using the plasma immersion ion processing technique. A pulsed glow discharge plasma was generated at a pressure of 1 Pa from acetylene and hexafluoroethane gas mixtures and the films were deposited on silicon 〈100〉 substrates by applying a pulsed bias to the substrate holder. The film hardness, wear resistance and nonwetting properties were found to be strongly dependent on the fluorine content incorporated into the coatings. With an optimum gas ratio, the deposited F-DLC films were found to have nonwetting properties similar to Teflon®, but were 10 times harder (8 GPa).The synthesis of fluorinated diamond-like carbon (F-DLC) films was investigated for the first time using the plasma immersion ion processing technique. A pulsed glow discharge plasma was generated at a pressure of 1 Pa from acetylene and hexafluoroethane gas mixtures and the films were deposited on silicon 〈100〉 substrates by applying a pulsed bias to the substrate holder. The film hardness, wear resistance and nonwetting properties were found to be strongly dependent on the fluorine content incorporated into the coatings. With an optimum gas ratio, the deposited F-DLC films were found to have nonwetting properties similar to Teflon®, but were 10 times harder (8 GPa).


This study intended to evaluate the effect of the material of phantom-container on the MRS signal in 3T MRI. Three phantom-container consisting of clear laboratory-glass, PET-bottle, and falcon-tube was used. The metabolites contained 6 mM Cr and 3 mM Cho. FWHM and SNR of Cho and both peaks of Cr were calculated. FWHM of all the peaks of glass-phantom was 50.08 and 19.48 % fewer than those provided by PET and falcon-tube; also, the SNR of the all the peaks of the PET and falcon-tube were by average 77.99 and 91.18 % fewer than the peaks provided by glass-phantom. The laboratory-glass is a good material for building MRS phantoms since it does not affect the baseline-noise, FWHM, and SNR of the spectra. It was also revealed that the size of the phantom and the distance between the spectroscopy volume and phantom walls were important and can affect the baseline-noise.


In this paper, the authors propose the possibility of utilizing the TRUPACT-series casks for the transportation of high-level waste (HLW) from the Hanford reservation. The configurations of the TRUPACT series are a rectangular parallelepiped and a right circular cylinder, which are the TRUPACT-1 and -11, respectively. The TRUPACT series was designed as a type B contact-handled transuranic (CH-TRU) waste transportation system for use in Waste Isolation Pilot Plant-related operations and was subjected to type B container accident tests, which it successfully passed. Thus from a safety standpoint, the TRUPACT series is provided with double containment, impact limitation, and fire-retardant capabilities. However, the shielding analysis has shown the major modifications are required to allow for the transport of even a reasonable fraction of Hanford HLW.


The formation of reference points has drawn increasing interest ever since the introduction of prospect theory. Given that most studies focus on tradable goods such as stocks, for which the prices are observable, while few have focused on environmental goods. This paper attempts to fill this gap in the literature in this regard. In our experiment, we divided the subjects into buyers and sellers and asked them to trade four PM 2.5 filters using the Becker–DeGroot–Marschak mechanism. We have two treatments in this experiment: a) the experience of seven weeks of heavy air pollution; and b) the receiving of information on the relationship between death rates and air pollution. The different bidding prices for the four PM 2.5 filters in these treatment groups make it possible to trace the adjustment of the reference points as a result of these treatments without having to know their precise values. Our results show that, for buyers, the heavy air pollution drives them to fully downwardly adjust their reference points on air quality. For sellers, however, the reference points adaptation caused by heavy pollution is not a full adaptation. Moreover, the new information on the damage to health from air pollution causes buyers to upwardly adjust their reference points on air quality but does not significantly change the sellers' reference points. We show that, for both treatments, sellers are more reluctant to adjust their reference points on air quality than are buyers. Our results confirm the asymmetric reference point adaptation in that adaptation after a loss is harder than adaptation after a gain.


The problem of development of the technology of interactive garment designing by engineering methods was studied, which makes it possible to use the passive mode for automated preparation of design documentation. The theoretical background for modular approaches to formalization of the structural design of clothing is the stated principles of coordination of the actions in the algorithms of transformation of the sets of a research object. The technology of construction of a geometric model of an object is represented by three kinds of information models: digital, meshed, and surface. The analytical and experimental research resulted in substantiation of the algorithm of project situations of the transformation of the surface of the original object in the form of an electronic mannequin, into the garment design. The original database for construction and modification of the frame 3D mannequin models was theoretically substantiated with a view to ensuring the reliability of their visualization. We studied the mechanism of interactive modification of surface shells of clothing in the cycle of its silhouette deformation and of the construction of flat sweeps of clothes, adapted to the vectors of modifying the mannequin surface sections in order to receive the garment designs identical to the original of the morphological structure of the consumer's body. 4 scenarios of design situations of the regarmention and transformation of the 3D-model of the silhouette surface of a mannequin and of the garment by the optimal route were proposed to improve the speed and the quality of processes of computer-aided design of clothing parts for the figures of typical and atypical physique. The image construction apparatus of the digital model of a three-dimensional object takes into consideration the topology of the geometrical structure of a shape and the morphological field of synergies of the elements in the processes of transition from 3D to 2D designing. The scenario of the adaptation of silhouette 3D images of a garment to the modified 2D design documents grounded on database verification was proposed. Assessment of the effectiveness of the garment design technology was made by the number of iterations of project operations in design procedures with the quality level check


This study aims to examine the effect of strategic management accounting and organizational capabilities on the organizational performance of hospitality services companies in Pekanbaru City. The data used are primary data obtained from distributing questionnaires to 120 hotel managers at 50 hotels in Pekanbaru City. The research method used is multiple linear regression. The results showed that partially strategic management accounting and organizational capabilities have a significant effect on the organizational performance of hospitality services companies in Pekanbaru City.


The article is devoted to the analysis of German entrepreneurs' problems, namely their motives of the entrepreneurial behavior, which promote the process of making decision on the beginning of the entrepreneurial activity. Analysis has been made with using of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data. Empirical data have been presented of the expert survey of German entrepreneurs, made by the author, analyzing the reasons of the entrepreneurial activity choosing by German entrepreneurs and the characteristics of the present situation in.


The purpose of this paper is to review methods of fairy tales interpretations in the present humanities
and social sciences. The analysis of freudism, socialism and feminism is described. The coherence of
some Russian fairy tales with the famous classical ones is argued. In the end I present how the press
shows that type of literature and how wisdom about fairy tales is formed.


The Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA), a non-profit association established in 2012 to bring together individuals and groups across the Americas involved with and interested in action research and all forms of participatory research, and the National University of Colombia (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, UNAL) are co-sponsoring a major international six-day two-part event, the ARNA-UNAL 2017 Conference and 1st Global Assembly for Knowledge Democracy, that will take place in June 12-16 in the historic city of Cartagena, on the north coast of Colombia.


HighlightsA complete mathematical model describes stretch film consumption for wrapping round bales using IntelliWrap.An algorithm is presented for optimal, in the sense of minimal, film usage based on film width selection.A solution is presented for selecting the optimal width of commercially available film.Optimal film width guarantees up to 10% savings in film usage, especially for not more than ten film layers.Abstract. The new IntelliWrap method is considered for wrapping round bales of agricultural materials using two different widths for the contact area between adjacent film strips for the bottom and upper film layers. A complete mathematical model describing the consumption of film for round bale wrapping is derived, which captures bale and film dimensions, the mechanical properties of the film as described by Poisson's ratio and the unit deformation, the overlaps between adjacent film strips, and the numbers of bottom and upper film layers. The surface area of the film used to wrap the bale is used as a measure of film usage. To reduce film usage and protect the environment, the problem of achieving optimal, in the sense of minimal, film usage is mathematically formulated and solved. The original continuous optimization problem with a non-continuous goal function is reduced to solving two simpler integer programming tasks. An algorithm for selection of the optimal film width is proposed and numerically verified. If the common 50%, 66.7%, and 75% overlaps are used and the film width is optimal, then minimal film usage is achieved regardless of the composition of the bottom and upper film layers. In addition, the problem of choosing the best commercially available film width to guarantee minimal film usage is stated and solved. However, only near-optimal film usage is achieved for appropriately selected, commercially available film widths. Results of numerical experiments demonstrate that the relative errors for such approximations of minimal film usage do not exceed 0.1%, while inappropriate selection of the film width may result in increased film usage with almost 10% relative error, which indicates that up to 10% film cost savings can be achieved when the film width is optimally selected according to the proposed approach, especially when the number of layers is not more than ten. Keywords: Baled silage, Mathematical model, Mixed wrapping, Optimization, Stretch film consumption.


Firstly, this paper analyzes the information disclosure status of A-share listed companies in Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Through the statistics and analysis of information disclosure assessment results, it finds out that the information disclosure level of listed companies has been obviously improved. This result shows that relevant rules and regulations of information disclosure implemented in recent years played a certain role. Secondly, using the data from 2013 to 2015 as a sample, taking Tobin's Q value as the surrogate variable of the company's value, the assessment result of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's information disclosure as the substitute variable of the information disclosure quality, introducing the relevant control variables, establishing regression model to empirically analyze the impact of quality of information disclosure on enterprise value. The results indicate that the quality of information disclosure of listed companies has a positive correlation with the value of the company.


Abstract A Becker's naevus is a rare, pigmented, cutaneous hamartoma, which when associated with other cutaneous or musculoskeletal anomalies is termed Becker naevus syndrome. Female patients commonly seek medical attention for breast hypoplasia. Here, we describe our experience in the surgical management of unilateral breast hypoplasia in a patient with Becker naevus syndrome, using high-volume autologous fat grafting. This is, to our knowledge, the second report in the literature describing the aforementioned management technique in this patient cohort.


Neonatally thymectomized Swiss mice exhibit a delayed development of immunological responsiveness. The behaviour of 19S and 7S haemolysin during the response that eventually arises in thymectomized mice is consistent with that of a primary response with the major abnormality being the delayed production of maximal amounts of 7S haemolysin.


In this talk, a circularly polarized (CP) antenna having twisted flat radiating element is presented. Choosing a suitable torsion angle, good axial ratio (AR) can be obtained with a bidirectional radiation pattern. In addition to this, we clarify the effect of the angle on the AR, amplitude and phase difference of two orthogonal linear component in the far field for CP.


The goal of this project is to assess the status of anadromous salmonid populations in the Asotin Creek watershed. This project implements the research, monitoring and evaluation (RM&E) criteria specified in the Asotin Subbasin Plan by providing estimates of abundance, productivity, survival rates, and temporal and spatial distribution of ESA-listed species, primarily summer steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and secondarily spring Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha). The project also implements reasonable and prudent alternative (RPA) 180 in the NMFS 2000 and 2004 Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) Biological Opinions (BiOp) for population status monitoring and review of status change over time. This project is designed to enumerate adult salmonids entering Asotin Creek to spawn and to estimate the juvenile migrant population and emigration patterns. The mean juvenile steelhead population was estimated at 45,744 juveniles for 2004 and 27,287 juveniles for 2005. More than 500 adult steelhead were captured in 2005 (the first season of adult trapping in Asotin Creek), resulting in a population estimate of 653 adults, spawning in approximately 46 km of accessible steelhead habitat above the trapping location (near river km 7.0). In addition, there was a significant population of steelhead spawning in the 2.4 km between the adult trap and George Creek. The data suggests that the Asotin Creek summer steelhead – above eight mainstem dams on the Snake and Columbia Rivers – are a productive, naturally-producing population of the Snake River steelhead ESU.


This study aimed to explore the picture book instruction applies to children "Life Education" course and curriculum effectiveness. With "I wish I was butterfly, "" I painted the windows, "" I love you forever "and" badger gift "four picture books for eight weeks of teaching activities study the concept of education "Respect and Affirmation", "Love and Care", "Accept and Pay", "Cherish and Thanksgiving" as the core used action research of life. Study subjects were observed Flower Nursery (a pseudonym), activity through group discussion, teacher observation, teaching reflection, learning single parent feedback checklists and other ways to collect diverse information and to be discussed. The results are summarized as follows: First, this study is the application of life education teaching process and the picture book view their results, hoping to lead the young guide children in "assert themselves", "respect for others", "caring for the environment," "Live Life" on performance. Second, life education can enhance children picture books in "Respect and Affirmation", "Love and Care", "Accept and Pay", "cherish and thanksgiving" in learning and cognition. Third, the things happen in life, life education is an opportunity to grasp the opportunity to educate, will contribute to the implementation of life education.


Legislation, which links federal funding with the successful demonstration that emission standards will be met, has caused traffic engineers to become increasingly concerned with the monitoring, control and mitigation of air-borne pollutants produced by automobiles. In order to reduce the level of these emissions many traffic engineers are considering the application of a variety of ATIS/ATMS (advanced traveler information systems/advanced traffic management systems) strategies. Traffic engineers have also begun to search for appropriate methods for estimating changes in the generation and dispersion of pollutants as a result of different ATIS/ATMS strategies. The standard approach, to modelling emission dispersion, relies on the use of air quality standard (AQS) models. However, these models generally require as input a spatially correlated time series of the magnitude of the pollutant input sources. An accurate estimate of this input data stream, or of changes to this input stream due to the deployment of ATIS/ATMS, has been to date difficult to obtain. This paper describes the development and sample application of an extension to a standard traffic network modelling approach, that can be used to develop either the point, line or area source emissions that are required as inputs to AQS models. The application of this modelling approach is illustrated for a network representing Orlando, Florida to demonstrate its functional capabilities and its applicability to realistic sized urban centres.


Based on the component random DNA sequences, the relation between ORF number?ORF length?the length of DNA and its GC content are studied. The results show:there is a good liner relation between the logarithm of ORF number and ORF length; the maximum length of ORFs becomes longer as the DNA sequence length increased; the ORF total number increases with the length of DNA sequence increasing; the ORF total number decreases obviously as the GC content reducing; when the GC content increases the number of shorter ORFs decreases and the number of longer ORFs increases; when the length of DNA sequence increases the number of shorter ORFs become more.


Objectives. The purpose of this study was to investigate the corrosion behavior of Ti–Ag alloys in artificial saliva solutions. Methods. The corrosion behavior of experimental Ti–Ag alloys in artificial saliva was examined by means of potentiodynamic polarization measurements. The surface passive film formed was analyzed by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) methods. Results. The alloys were found to develop surface passive films after immersion for 1.8 × 103 s. In comparison with commercially pure Ti, the Ti–Ag alloys exhibited better corrosion resistance with lower anodic current densities, larger polarization resistances, and higher open-circuit potentials. The passive film formed was predominantly composed of TiO2, as Artificial saliva solution


Although XFEM presents clear advantages for the end-user, especially at the modeling level, its implementation in a commercial code is not so easy. First it requires the development of new elements and the handling of non-familiar notions, such as the level-sets and the enriched functions supported by additional degrees of freedom. Then, some capabilities available with the "old-fashioned" crack boxes are not mature yet in XFEM, e.g., the contact between the crack lips to some extent and plasticity at the crack front. It results that the classic FEM with crack boxes is still in use and must live together with XFEM and its actual limitations. Moreover, this former method should still be improved due to the end-users' pressure for a simplification in the use of classic fracture mechanics tools.


Small mistuning in bladed-disks can lead to large changes in stability and forced response. This paper presents a general framework for finding forced response as a function of mistuning. Our methods exploit symmetry arguments and eigenstructure perturbation to provide a method valid for any model. In addition, we show that intentional mistuning can guarantee stability and forced response under manufacturing uncertainty. Thus, intentional mistuning may yield robust improved performance and safety and should be considered as a practical design tool.


The invention provides a rapid K shortest path planning method applied to a GPS. The method applies a dynamic load data searching method and an elicitation type searching thought to recursively calculate K shortest paths: an A* algorithm is utilized to obtain the shortest paths, bead edges of each node on a former shortest path are traversed successively so that a candidate path collection is obtained; recursive searching from the ith shortest path so that the i+1th shortest path is obtained. Advantages of the rapid K shortest path planning method applied to the GPS are that the K shortest paths are rapidly obtained and applied to the GPS so that a problem that the GPS is single in navigation path is solved to a certain degree. Besides, K path schemes are provided for users to select, other needs in driving process of the users are fully considered and practicality of the device is obviously enhanced.


Since 21 century,Chinese vocational education enters a very good development period,and we have set up a system including primary,middle and higher vocational institutions.But we still face hard work,and we should deepen the teaching reform,innovation of mechanism,and enhance the fundamental abilities to raise the quality and level of education,and make contribution to constructing new China,new country,and new socialism society.


Palmar-Plantar Erythrodysesthesia (PPE) (or) Burgdorf's Reaction (BR) (or) Hand-Foot Syndrome (HFS) is the most common and dose limiting reversible dermatologic adverse reaction induced by anticancer chemotherapy. We report two cases of palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia (or) hand-foot syndrome of varying degree of severity induced by capecitabine.


Abstract:In the Hebrew Bible we find a diatribe against false prophetesses in Ezekiel 13:17–23. The prophet's verbal attack on these women is preserved in a highly complex text, riddled with text-critical issues and hapax legomena. Ezekiel accuses them of entrapping souls and manipulating life and death. Many scholars have interpreted this obscure text as a reference to witchcraft; these women are understood by Ezekiel to be engaged in harmful magic. However, it has also been argued that the prophet is delivering a polemic against necromancy or certain midwifery rituals. Although the precise nature of the women's activities remains shrouded in mystery, their description contains elements that are reminiscent of the learned concept of witchcraft as it circulated throughout Europe in the early modern period. Nevertheless, despite the demonologies being full of scriptural references, Ezekiel 13:17–23 is noticeably absent. This article compares the depiction of these women and their activities with the portrayal of the witch and her maleficiumin the early modern witchcraft debate. It further explains why the demonologists overlooked this passage by examining its reception history from the period of the early church onward.


Excerpt Although a great deal of experimental work has been done on animals demonstrating the enhancing effect of ACTH and/or cortisone upon the evolution and development of tuberculous lesions,1-1...


Objective To investigate the fat ratio of those overweights and probe the practicality of using the method to determine human body's fat degree.Methods The combination of electric impedance body mass index was employed to determine the fat ratio of the overweights,and the results were compared with that of deriving from using the pure method of body mass index.Results Among 144 cases,there were 18.7% overweights,54.9% slight overweights and 26.4% normal.Conclusion It demonstrates that this method is a more practical way to reflect the fat degree.


A recipe is given extending the theory of Weeks, Chandler, and Anderson to the calculation of high‐density equilibrium properties of a fluid near its freezing point. Thermodynamic properties for a Lennard‐Jones system and a system whose particles obey an inverse 12th‐power repulsive potential are computed using this recipe. The calculation shows that the present formulation predicts physically reasonable values for the hard‐sphere diameter over the entire dense fluid region and gives thermodynamic data which agree satisfactorily with the available Monte Carlo data.


Electrode active material used in the nonaqueous secondary battery of the present invention is made of particles of the lithium-containing composite oxide represented by the general formula Li 1 Average valence of n is characterized in that it is a 3.5 to 4.2 valence.


Abstract : This report attempts to identify Tactical Air Command's (TAC) needs for aircrew performance data and to evaluate current practices and procedures for obtaining such information. State-of-the-art measurement technology is reviewed and where considered appropriate, recommendations are made for near- term application. Finally, areas are identified requiring long-term research and development (RD 3. Existing TAc measurement capabilities were reviewed and documented. This included a review of regulations and directives as well as the definition of specific techniques and practices. Also required was a definition of how specific techniques are being applied to meet specific measurement needs; 4. Existing measurement practices and capabilities were evaluated using the criteria previously defined. The intent was to determine how well current practices are meeting existing measurement needs and to identify specific areas which are in need of improvement; 6. Specific areas were identified that should be addressed in future R&D.


Abstract This paper is an expanded version of the annual Beatrice de Cardi lecture presented at the Council for British Archaeology's weekend meeting held in October 2009 to celebrate both their involvement in the discipline of industrial archaeology and the 300th anniversary of the first successful smelting of coke by Abraham Darby at Coalbrookdale in 1609. It discusses in depth the CBA's championship of the fledgling discipline of industrial archaeology in the early 1960s, together with the highly significant but frequently neglected developments in Northern Ireland. The paper then considers the development of industrial archaeology in public and professional archaeology in the second half of the 20th century and concludes that the definition of industrial archaeology adopted by the CBA in 1959 helped to pave the way for its considerable growth in that period.


Responses of 360 American teachers in Victoria were subjected to factor analysis which yielded 3 factors of belongingness, missing friends and family, and quality of housing. These are related to the process of adjustment.


In this paper, a frequency‐compensation approach to improve the phase margin of CMOS operational‐transconductance‐amplifiers (OTAs) is discussed particularly for use in continuous‐time delta‐sigma modulators (CT‐ΔΣMs). The proposed method benefits a simple RC compensation network to provide one‐dominant pole amplifier while its linearity is improved, too. Analytical and mathematical calculations are developed at macromodel and circuit level to prove the advantage of proposed method to conventional compensation topologies. Using TSMC‐0.18 μm CMOS process, the behaviors of some OTAs are analyzed in a case study, 20‐MHz bandwidth third‐order CT‐ΔΣ modulator. Simulations show that using proposed OTA, significant improvement is achieved in the signal‐to‐noise‐and‐distortion‐ratio compared with the same modulator that employs other types of frequency compensation for its amplifiers.


In this article, a compact 4-element orthogonal Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna designed, analyzed and reported for Wi-Fi and WLAN applications. The antenna element consists of triangle with a circular strips inside triangle structure. The triangular resonator can provide a single band for wireless LAN and circular shape strips trimmed in a triangle for Wi-MAX and WLAN applications. The 4-element MIMO antenna total area (0.84λ0×0.88λ0), without the use of an additional isolation circuit a minimum spacing of 0.11λ0 is achieved between the elements which provides isolation 29 dB. Measured result shows that the proposed MIMO provides impedance bandwidth (S11 < −;10 dB) of 2.87%. The diversity performance of the MIMO parameters DG (diversity gain) and ECC (envelope correlation coefficient) are obtained for significant values. A good agreement is fulfill between simulated and measured outcomes.


We present a generic business model for (WLAN) hotspots that comprises a role, resource and revenue model of a value network. We focus on the role model and the roaming model, as they are the essential to a wireless hotspot enterprise. In addition, we describe an instantiation of these models to arrive at a viable roaming business case for stakeholders in a hotspot enterprise in the Netherlands. The business case describes seamless application, communication and network roaming at Europe largest WLAN hotspot network at the University of Twente and an envisioned rollout of an overlapping WLAN along a nearby railway track of NS Dutch Railways.


The impact of nitridation on open volumes in thin HfSiOx films fabricated on Si substrates by atomic layer deposition was studied using monoenergetic positron beams. For HfSiOx, positrons were found to annihilate from the trapped state due to open volumes which exist intrinsically in an amorphous structure. After plasma nitridation, the size of open volumes decreased at a nitrogen concentration of about 20at.%. An expansion of open volumes, however, was observed after postnitridation annealing (PNA) (1050°C, 5s). We found that the size of open volumes increased with increasing nitrogen concentration in HfSiOx. The change in the size of open volumes was attributed to the trapping of nitrogen by open volumes, and an incorporation of nitrogen into the amorphous matrix of HfSiOx during PNA. We also examined the role of nitrogen in HfSiOx using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and first principles calculations.


The Grain for Green Project (GGP) has been implemented for 17 years, promoted the regional environment significantly, but the impact on local food production is still an issue worth studying. This paper analysed the temporal and spatial variations of grain production in the Loess Plateau of China, using county-level statistics from 2000 to 2012. The results showed that the total grain yield and the unit area grain yield was continuously improved while the grain planting area was declined, which showed that ecological construction does not affect grain production. Besides, the regional differentiation of grain production efficiency in the Loess Plateau was decreasing.


In this department, Dr Jean Barry showcases a variety of products and information to assist nurse executives and managers enhance their productivity and that of their nursing staff. Manufacturers of new products that enhance productivity are encouraged to e-mail Dr Barry. In addition, nursing executives, managers, consultants, and experts in the field of productivity enhancement are invited to submit their thoughts and strategies in the use of these types of products. Of particular interest is how these products have increased individual and organizational efficiency. The vendors and products showcased in this department were selected by the department editor, Dr Barry, and do not indicate endorsement by The Journal of Nursing Administration or its publisher.


The iterative closest point algorithm is one of the most efficient algorithms for robust rigid registration of 3D data. It consists in finding the closest points between two sets of data which are then used to estimate the parameters of the global rigid transformation to register the two data sets. All the steps of the algorithm are highly dependent upon the accuracy with which correspondence pairs of points are found. In this paper, a new enhanced implementation of the ICP algorithm proposes to use a look up matrix for finding the best correspondence pairs. It results in reducing the minimum mean square error between the two data sets after registration, compared to existing implementations. The algorithm was implemented and tested to evaluate its convergence properties and robustness to noise. Performance improvements are obtained. The new algorithm has successfully been applied to register 3D medical data.


Objective To discuss the effect of solution focused approach model on metabolic parameters of patients with the type 2 diabetes. Methods 120 outpatients with type 2 diabetes treated in Department of Health Education,the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University from October 2011 to September 2012 were selected and equally divided into experimental group and control group by means of random number table. The control group received conventional education,while the experimental group was intervened with solution focused approach. Patients' metabolic parameters were measured before intervention and after six months' intervention, including body mass index( BMI), blood pressure( BP), glycosylated hemoglobin( Hb A1c),fasting plasma glucose( FBG),2 h postprandial glucose( 2 h PBG),total cholesterol( TC),Triglyceride( TG),high density lipoprotein( HDL),low density lipoprotein( LDL),incidence rate of hypoglycemia. Results The differences of patient's BMI,SBP,DBP,Hb A1 c,FBG,2 h PBG,TC,TG,HDL,LDL and incidence of hypoglycemia between the two groups had no statistically significance before intervention( P 0. 05). After intervention,TC and LDL between the two group had no statistical significance( P 0. 05); BMI,SBP,DBP,Hb A1 c,FBG,2 h PBG,TG and the incidence rate of hypoglycemia in experimental group were lower than those in control group and HDL was higher than that in control group( P 0. 05).Conclusion Solution focused approach model can improve patient' s Hb A1 c,FBG,2 h PBG,TG and reduce the incidence of hypoglycemia.


The polypyrrole (PPy) films with high conductivity and good activity are got by using two steps polymerization methods on the insulating substrate, that is chemical polymerization firstly, and electrochemical polymerization secondly by using the first films as electrode. The SEM analysis performed on the cross-section and the conductivity measurement of PPy films show that the thickness increasing of films are not very apparent. Most of the currents are used to repair the previous films and make them compaction. This is the key reason improving the conductivity of the films. The FT-IR analysis show that although the polymerization time increase, the films can not be oxidized and keep good chemical activeity.


Measurements of the e + e~ — * bb forward-backward charge asymmetry, At,, and the ratio of the cross-section for e + e~ — * bb to the theoretical QED cross-section for e + e~ — > (i + fi~, Rb? at an average center-of-mass energy of 57.2 GeV are reported. We use 196 multihadronic inclusive muon events corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 33.3 pb" 1 accumulated by the AMY detector at TRISTAN. The results, A b = -0.82 ± 0.25(stat) ± 0.14(syst) and R b = 0.47 ± 0.12 ± 0.10 are consistent with the standard model predictions of —0.58 and 0.56, respectively. The results for the charge asymmetry are used to set a 90% confidence level limit on X) the B° — B mixing parameter, of % < 0.20.


The (mostly) insulating behaviour of PrBa2Cu3O7−δ is still unexplained and even more interesting since the occasional appearance of superconductivity in this material. Since YBa2Cu3O7−δ is nominally iso-structural and always superconducting, we have measured the electron momentum density in these materials. We find that they differ in a striking way whereas LDA based calculations predict similar behaviour for both. We conclude that some Pr on Ba-site substitution disorder exists and is responsible for the observed effects. Preliminary efforts at growth with a method to prevent disorder directly yield 90K superconducting PrBa2Cu3O7−δ crystallites. PACS numbers: 74.72Jt, 74.72Bk, 74.62Dh, 78.70Ck Typeset using REVTEX 1 The peculiar case of PrBa2Cu3O7−δ stands out in the RBa2Cu3O7−δ family (R for rare earth or Y) because it is the only easily fabricated member which until recently was consistently insulating in the normal state and non-superconducting (for a review see [1,2]). Superconducting samples have since been fabricated [3,4], some of which show metallic behaviour in the normal state, akin to that seen in YBa2Cu3O7−δ. The non-superconducting behaviour has been attributed to various causes: (1) +4 valence for Pr leading to hole filling in the Cu-O layers, (2) hybridization between the Pr 4f and O 2p orbitals [5], leading to hole localization in these layers, (3) a chain-based model for superconductivity and magnetic pair-breaking induced by Pr on the Ba site [3]. The first possibility has been invalidated on the grounds that Pr on the rare-earth site is essentially trivalent [6,7] while the last is unlikely if only because it fails to explain why non-superconducting PrBa2Cu3O7−δ should be insulating in the normal state. The Fehrenbacher-Rice model of hole-localization [5] remains a possible explanation, and to get further insight into this matter we have measured the electron momentum density in both YBa2Cu3O7−δ and PrBa2Cu3O7−δ using Compton scattering of high energy X-rays. This is the first high statistics and high resolution measurement in these materials, which are difficult candidates for such experiments given the problems related to fluorescence background from heavy atoms and low count-rates due to absorption. These problems have been overcome thanks to high energy synchrotron radiation, and dedicated instrumentation at ID15B at the ESRF [8,9]. Our measurements show that the experimental momentum density is globally similar to that given by our LDA band-structure calculations for YBa2Cu3O7−δ. However in PrBa2Cu3O7−δ, a striking difference is seen between measurement and calculation, a difference that cannot be explained only by allowing for Pr-O hybridization in the calculation. Furthermore, a calculation which supposes an isotropic, spherical contribution of the Pr and Ba-O planes to the total momentum density is closer to the measured spectrum. This would be the case if there were no long-range order due to Pr on Ba site defects (labelled PrBa hence-forward) in these planes. These facts are interpreted in the light of other experiments [6–10,14–17,22–27,30–35,39] in the Y1−xPrxBa2Cu3O7−δ system. 2 The experiments were performed on crystals grown by the flux method in the non reactive crucible material BaZrO3, known to give uncontaminated, high-purity samples [10]. The YBa2Cu3O7−δ crystals were annealed under 1 bar of oxygen at 530 C for 170 hours yielding a Tc of 91.3 K and an oxygen content of 6.89 [12]. The PrBa2Cu3O7−δ crystals were annealed under 1 bar of oxygen at 500C for 200 hours yielding an oxygen content of 6.92 [13], and were insulating and non-superconducting. Both exhibited uniform twins in the a-b plane, as is usually observed after such a treatment. These twinned crystals were used for the experiment. Compton scattering, or inelastic scattering with very high momentum and energy transfer is a probe of the ground state, one-electron properties of the system [11]. The measured one dimensional quantity J(p z ) or the Compton profile,is a projection of the three dimensional electronic momentum density ρ(p) onto the scattering vector (parallel to p z ):


The last decade has seen an emergence of research on Chinese acquisitions in advanced economies. Our understanding of their acquisition behaviour has developed but there is a notable absence of evidence from the UK. Using a multiple case study approach this study examines acquisitions by Chinese multinational enterprises in the UK context. Focusing on the manufacturing, semiconductor and automotive industries it investigates the types of strategic assets sought by Chinese MNEs and their approach towards target firms. The findings suggest that i) strategic assets sought in Britain are similar to those sought in Europe. ii) they tend to prefer a light-touch acquisition approach but this is not true in all cases


It is well documented that the integration of inquiry-based learning (IBL) and problem-based learning (PBL) methodologies in initial teacher education (ITE) provides opportunities to enhance pre-service teachers' research skills. However, few studies articulate the processes by which teacher educators implement and sustain these approaches in cross-institutional collaboration. This paper explores the journey of two teacher educators and their pre-service teachers, within a cross-institutional study on curriculum and assessment, problematising aspects of the longitudinal application of IBL and PBL methodologies. Dialogical reflections by the teacher educators and a critical friend, along with student questionnaires, were analysed in this three-year action research study. Findings demonstrate an increase in pre-service teachers' research skills but limited transferability of learning to teaching. The papers' central contribution proposes that as ITE reconfiguration evolves programmes can capitalise upon cross-institutional professional collaborations between teacher educators. Collaborative IBL and PBL learning spaces can be creatively explored to enhance transferability, developing pre-service teachers as researchers, a core element of initial teacher education programme accreditation.


The Topic of this research is to examine the meaning of the act of homicide in relation to its perpetrator; an interlocution between Criminal Psychology, Forensic Psychology and Psychoanalysis. We will convoke a dialogue between the disciplines mentioned with the purpose of setting forth, from their theoretical framework, concepts such as: criminal act, act of homicide, path leading up to the act. The reference each theory gives us about these concepts will allow us to establish discrepancies and analogies, as well as establishing, based of the conceptual contrasts, a possibility for interlocution between the disciplines, a dialogue that will clarify the meaning of the act of homicide in relation to the perpetrator. Likewise, we will propose a conceptual difference between the paradigm of Criminal Psychology and that of Psychoanalysis regarding the notion of interpretation in its relationships to the criminal act. We will cover the epistemological perspective from which these disciplines emerge, their similarities and difference. We will set forth aspects of homicide from a case called ?pastorcito?. Finally, we will raise the following questions: Is there a possibility for the intervention of a psychoanalyst in the legal process? What would his/her intervention in the giving of expert testimony be? Our interest is in outlining the type of intervention an analyst could provide regarding the perpetrator of a criminal act. We will cover two aspects: 1) Intervention of an analyst upon request for attention required by the murdered, in which the analyst would provide the necessary elements, through analysis, for the criminal to interpret his act and explore the motives that led him/her to carry them out; this would allow the latter to make sense of his/her actions and recognize himself/herself in the act as its perpetrator. 2) Participation of the analyst in carrying out a particular interpretation of the criminal act through analysis, based on the surprise caused by an act of homicide.


Situated in a national landscape of looming decreasing enrollment trends for traditional-aged students, institutions of higher education would do well to consider how to support the persistence of non-traditional students. The definition of non-traditional students can include a wide spectrum of descriptors. This study narrowed that definition to consider adult students, who are 25 years of age or older. The decision to persist is different for adult students at commuter colleges than for traditional-aged students at residential four-year institutions (Braxton, Doyle, Hartley, Hirschy, Jones, & McLendon, 2014). Adult students have a different approach to decision making influenced by their life experiences and related cognitive scheme (Donaldson & Graham, 1999). Tri-County Technical College has identified the adult student population as an important population to focus on in the coming years as the number of available traditional-aged students decreases (Grawe, 2014). With this in mind, it is important to consider how Tri-County can best support its adult students to persist to their education goal.
This needs assessment study identified several existing gaps between needs of adult students at Tri-County and the student support programs and structures at Tri-County Technical College. Through a series of focused conversations, the experiences of adult students were examined to identify those factors that support and those factors that complicate their ability remain enrolled. Comparing these factors to the focus of non-academic student support programs and structures at Tri-County led to the identification of several existing gaps. These gaps comprised the identified needs. Ultimately, a series of six recommendations were provided as opportunities for how Tri-County can adjust its efforts support adult student persistence.


A circular polarised and a switchable cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna are reported. The switchable antenna provides two linear polarised, one circular polarised, and a non-radiating mode. The experimental results of the resonant frequency, boresight axial ratio, gain, unloaded Q-factor, impedance bandwidth and radiation efficiency for both the antennas are presented and compared with the theoretical values.


802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) has been standardized by the IEEE as the next step in the evolution of the various spanning tree and registration protocols. 802.1aq allows for true shortest path forwarding in a mesh Ethernet network context utilizing multiple equal cost paths. This permits it to support much larger Layer 2 topologies, with faster convergence, and vastly improved use of the mesh topology. Combined with this is single point provisioning for logical connectivity membership, which includes point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and multipoint-to-multipoint variations. This memo documents the IS-IS changes required to support this IEEE protocol and provides some context and examples. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License.


The purpose of this paper is to find out the structure of international trades between pairs of countries and its overtime changes and to analyze factors affecting them. It may be asserted that one should consider the structure of a country's export to or import from the world as a whole but not that of its trade with any particular partner since the latter is determined more or less by chance and is volatile every year. In reality, on the countrary, there is found a distinct structure of high or low intensity of trade between countries and it has been fairly stable over time. This implies some underlying determinants affecting the trade intensity among countries. country of country the total of world respectively. The measures the share of country j in the total exports of country the j in proportion to the latter's share in world country j more intensively than on the its falls short of country i trades with country j less intensively than on the the otherhand coefficients of the three dummy variables have steady in factors lij is associated with industrialization in primary producing regions whereas the latter with the decline of discriminatory effects of both traditional trade blocs and of different economic system.


Attempts to introduce new catalytic activities of potential use in synthetic transformations into enzyme active sites are described. Substitution of the naturally occurring zinc in carboxypeptidase A by several metals known to catalyse hydrogenation was investigated; a new protein characterised as a rhodium carboxypeptidase was isolated but it failed to show activity as a hydrogenation catalyst for the reduction of a series of dehydroamino acid amides. Horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase was investigated for its potential to act as an oxygen transferase via Lewis acid catalysis. A series of cyclohexenyl and phenylribosides together with new alkenyl(arenyl)oxymethylenoxyethanols was prepared for evaluation as substrates; in the course of this study, novel neighbouring group participation by the oxygen atom of a chloromethyl ether was observed. Although the binding of potential oxygen acceptors (alkenes and aromatic compounds) and oxygen donors (hydrogen peroxide and alkyl hydroperoxides) was demonstrated, oxygen transfer did not occur with the combinations investigated. In contrast to the failure of the above metalloenzymes to catalyse new reactions, papain modified at the active site sulfhydryl group by thiazolium salts and pyridinium salts was shown to exhibit reactions characteristic of the covalently attached cofactor. Thus the thiazolopapains acted as decarboxylation catalysts for pyruvate and, the pyridinopapains could be reduced to dihydropyridines which reduced electrophilic carbonyl substrates with small enantiomeric excess.


Experiments were conducted in 1995 and 1996 to determine the effects of different sources of nutrients on the infestation of fruits of five pepper varieties by Atherigona orientalis (Schiner). Different sources of nutrients — chicken droppings, plant residues (compost manure), wood ash and NPK (chemical fertilizer) — were used in the planting of each of the five pepper varieties [Nsukka yellow, Atarugu, and Sweet pepper, all of Capsicum annum; Bird's eye chilli and Local medium red (Ogoni pepper) both of C. frutescens]. In 1995 plantings, pepper plots of Nsukka yellow and Atarugu varieties that received chicken droppings as source of nutrients suffered the highest percentage fruit damage of 90.7 % and 80.8 %, respectively. Pepper plots of Nsukka yellow, Atarugu, Sweet pepper and Local medium red grown in 1996 and treated with chicken droppings suffered the highest percentage fruit damage of 93.7 %, 56.6 % and 52.2 %, respectively. Plots of the Bird's eye chilli variety received minimal or no fruit damage in all. Pepper fruits in the control plots also did not undergo A. orientalis attack. Chicken droppings offered the lowest Relative Protection (RP) values to most pepper varieties in 1995 and 1996. NPK chemical fertilizer offered the highest percentage RP values in 1995 and wood ash offered the highest RP in 1996 to most pepper varieties. Also, wood ash in both 1995 and 1996 offered a relatively high percentage RP to most pepper varieties. Compost manure offered a moderate percentage RP in both years.


Never more newsworthy in business circles has been the Gulf Region than in recent decades; from the region's vast economic strength and meteoric development, to the events of the financial crisis and the ongoing 'Arab spring'. A rich environment in every way – business, cultural, and sociopolitical – the countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) provide a fascinating subject for academic study from a wealth of perspectives. Some of these perspectives are well-explored; others, markedly less so, the business dimension of this unique and complicated market regrettably among them. While a favored subject of our own research, the comparative dearth of similar research leaves the business opportunities and pitfalls of this region critically underexplained; especially at the present time, in the light of changes and complications brought by the advent of the Arab spring. Thus, this paper; one of the latest in our series on the internationalization of Singapore businesses into the Gulf economies, and representing both a culmination of, and a new foundation to, our research into this cryptic and alluring region. In this paper, we cast our gaze across the expanse of Singapore's business horizons in the GCC countries, exploring in turn the experiences of Singapore GLCs, PLEs, and SMEs in the region; their current state of operations and challenges in the light of current events; and the general direction going forward – providing, we aim, as accurate a depiction as we can of the state of Singapore business in the Gulf region in the wake of the Arab spring, and from this, perhaps, a limited road map for all those looking towards the region for their own new horizons.


Summary: In our acute stroke care center, we sometimes encounter problems of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a problem that has been increasing in recent years. There is presently consensus regarding the treatment for urgent cases of DVT, but there is no established policy regarding non-urgent cases. We reviewed the therapeutic courses of the three cases (of which two were symptomatic and the other asymptomatic) in which the stroke patients had a complication of DVT in our facility. The first case was a 61-year-old male, who developed atherothrombotic stroke and was administered with intravenous treatment with tissue plasminogen activator. During the course, the patient was found out to have pain and swelling in the paralyzed lower leg. DVT was found, and anticoagulant treatment was administered, followed by inferior-vena-cava (IVC) filter detention. The second case was a 79-year-old female, who developed atherothrombotic stroke and was administered with anti-coagulant treatment. Respiratory discomfort was observed, and a detailed examination revealed she had a complication of pulmonary embolism (PE) and DVT. After the immediate IVC filter detention, additional anticoagulant treatment was administered. The third case was an 81-year-old male who underwent conservative treatment for brain hemorrhage. D-dimer rose during the course, and a detailed examination revealed a thrombus in the pulmonary artery and the vein in the paralyzed leg. Although he had no symptoms, elastic stockings were used to prevent PE, and anticoagulant treatment was administered. DVT has been reported about 10 percent of the patients hospitalized in rehabilitation hospitals, and it is important to detect asymptomatic DVT in stroke patients with paralysis at an early stage. Urgent cases in which PE and symptoms in lower legs are observed can be treated with IVC filter and catheter, for example. But asymptomatic DVT often goes unnoticed, and there is no consensus on its treatment. We suggest that anticoagulant treatment and the use of elastic stockings are effective in treating DVT.


This paper presents a set of learning objects for supporting structured programming courses, which were created in collaboration with students from the Structured Programming module of the Information Technologies and Systems undergraduate program at our university. The learning objects are organized according to the syllabus of the module, which present step by step explanations and exercises for reinforcing the topics covered during lectures. They also include flow charts, pseudo code, source code files in the C programming language, and executable files to be downloaded.


Abstract This study investigated the effectiveness of botanical insecticides derived from leaf extracts of Azadirachta indica, Aglaia odorata, and Ageratum conyzoides against third instar larvae of Spodoptera litura through different application methods. The plant materials were mixed in a 1:1:1 ratio, extracted with 96% ethanol. The results showed that the botanical insecticides were effective in killing the S. litura larvae through both oral and topical application techniques. The topical application was more effective, with an average mortality rate of 98.75% compared to 82.5% for oral application. The LT50 values were 5.9991 and 3.8555 days for oral and topical treatments, respectively. The topical application was 35.73% faster in inducing mortality in S. litura compared to oral application. The larvae-treated with oral application had the highest total quinine-equivalent alkaloid content at 312.52 mg L−1, while the larvae-treated with topical application had the highest total flavonoid content at 3963.60 µg L−1 in the total flavonoid test. The highest value of total tannic acid-equivalent tannins was observed in larvae-treated with oral application at 1.76% w/v. All larvae that were treated, both orally and topically, in this study were found to contain terpenoids within their body. In conclusion, the botanical pesticides derived from the extracts of A. indica, A. odrata, and A. conyzoides have proven to be effective in controlling S. litura. The topical application technique has been found to be more efficient than oral application in inducing mortality. However, it is crucial to conduct further testing in both greenhouse and field conditions in the future.


Objectives: To evaluate the impact of facial nerve sacrifice and postoperative radiotherapy on the outcome of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the parotid gland.


Objective:To evaluate the relationship between optic axial length(AL) and corneal anterior curvature radius(R) in Chinese people.Methods:The optic axial length and corneal anterior curvature radius of 10491 normal eyeballs were measured with an ultrasonoscope and an ophthalmomenter,respectively. Statistical analysis was done on increments of each 1 mm increase in AL and its corresponding R.Results:The R is long if the AL is long and the R is short if the AL is short.Conclusion:Corneal anterior curvature radius is correlated with an increase in optic axial length.


The invention relates to a connector assembly comprising a connector (1) having a cylindrical plug wall (5) for electrical contact with a mating connector (2), said plug wall (5) in relation to the length (1) of thin-walled enough in the insertion direction, elastic bendable via a cylindrical mating plug wall (15) of the mating connector (2) or to be plugged into a cylindrical mating connector wall of the mating connector.


It is well known that an age-length key is capable of providing biased estimates of age distributions, when length distributions are applied to age-length keys constructed from sampling in a different year from that in which the length data were collected. In separate unpublished papers, Fukuda and Chikuni (Far Seas Fisheries Research Laboratory, Fisheries Agency of Japan, 1974) proposed a method of iterating an age-length key that corrects this problem. For a length distribution collected in any year, their method provides an estimate of the age distribution corresponding to this length distribution, which is consistent with an age-length key constructed from the estimated age distribution and previously estimated length-at-age distributions. We show that this method is an application of the EM algorithm to mixtures of empirical distributions. Also, we give conditions for which these estimates of age distribution are unique, maximum likelihood estimates. The method is used to estimate age distributions of the catch of Greenland turbot, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, by small Japanese freezer trawlers in the eastern Bering Sea.