This work describes a framework developed for verb tenses classification in the English language and automatic generation of verb-tenses-oriented exercises, based on chosen texts for study. The classification is a rule-based process. The rules were analyzed and improved in the course of the work. This research brings a method for generation of exercises of transposition/transformation of verb tenses. By this method, it is possible to transpose each verb tense on a sentence to another verb tense, if there is an indexed example of that target verb tense. The verb tenses transposition method can also be applied in other contexts, like text generation, making it easy to choose an action and applying it to verb tense. Our results demonstrate that the framework is effective for its purpose, reaching 98.17% in average precision on the task of classifying verb tenses.


The regions of the Republic of Karelia entered the Arctic zone later than the rest of the Arctic regions. Therefore, the important issue is the formation of positive attitudes of the population regarding the "Arctic benefits" of the regions of Karelia. The article presents the results of a study on informing the population about the Arctic status of the territories of the Republic of Karelia and the corresponding expectations of the local population from the assignment of the Arctic status to the territories. The purpose of the study is to determine the level of public awareness of social perceptions regarding the state and prospects of development of the Arctic territories of the Republic of Karelia. For the study, methods of content analysis and sociological survey of the population were used. Local media broadcast the general agenda of the republican media on the prospects for the development of the Arctic regions. However, no information is provided on the individual benefits to the area. Most residents of the Republic of Karelia know that they live in the Arctic zone, but do not associate high expectations for the development of territories with the Arctic status. Informing residents of the Arctic regions and the Republic of Karelia about the possible prospects for the development of the Arctic territories is not enough. Based on the results of the study, recommendations are presented on improving the policy of informing the population about the benefits of the Arctic status of the territories of the Republic of Karelia.


The genus Rubus has had considerable study, and reviews of the breeding work have been through (12, 68, 69, 76, 84). Although much progress has been made, all authors agree more is possible. This paper covers some of the successes, problems, and techniques used in the crossing of various species of Rubus. The basic chromosome number in Rubus is x = 7, and Rubus species range from 2x to 12x. Rubus species are found worldwide, from the tropics to above the Arctic Circle, offering a vast resource of germplasm for breeding purposes.


Effects of inorganic salts,fiber constitution,and pH on the zeta potential of paper stock were examined with the design of experiment(DOE).The results showed that the zeta potential increased along with the increase of inorganic salts concentration.Comparing to Ca2+ and Na+,Al3+ gave the greatest influence on the zeta potential of stock system.The zeta potential decreased along with increasing both the ratio of hardwood pulp and pH.The first pass retention(FPR) reached the maximum when the zeta potential was near to zero.


Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be defined as a heterogeneous syndrome that affects attention, motor activity and executive functioning, which has variable outcomes and high rates of psychiatric co-morbidity, and results in a great deal of distress and disability1. Clinicians originally thought that ADHD was primarily a disorder occurring in the childhood period and individuals with ADHD inevitably outgrew the disorder. However, both longitudinal studies in children with ADHD and retrospective studies in adults indicate that the disorder persists in to the adulthood, often with ser ious consequences2,3. In the last decade, attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been largely reconceptualized as a lifespan disorder and not merely a condition of childhood. Although ADHD in adulthood is now widely acknowledged, some clinicians do continue to question the existence of the disorder 4. The presentation of ADHD in adults has been plagued by the same approach that was applied to research in children with supposed "adults only" psychopathology5. More recent research, including prospective longitudinal follow-up studies, suggests that ADHD persists into adulthood in a high proportion of cases6. Adult ADHD studies indicate a high degree of genetic predisposition7, and reveal structural and functional brain abnormalities8 congruent with neuropsychological data9. Attentiondeficit hyperactivity disorder is a serious risk factor for co-morbid psychiatric disorders (antisocial personality disorder, substance misuse and affective disorders10, and also shows significant correlation with poor socio-economic outcome and functional impairment (lower level of education, higher level of unemployment, and higher rates of unsuccessful marriages, criminality and road traffic accidents). Recent reviews clearly demonstrate that adult ADHD is a valid disorder, which can be reliably diagnosed and effectively treated11.


A qualified teacher must meet several competency requirements. The competencies are included pedagogic competence, personality competence, social competence, and professional competence. In this paper, the author is interested in using personality competencies among the four competencies. The purpose of this study was to find out whether there was an influence of PAI teachers' personality competence on the character of students. The research method used in this study is qualitative. The study's results above show that the personality competence of PAI teachers in building students' character has a positive and significant effect on student character formation. The basic competencies possessed by a teacher must be able to shape the character of a learner, just as a teacher must have values of discipline, responsibility, and religion. A teacher must be able to set an example to be able to achieve certain goals and be able to shape the character of a learner.

Keywords: Personality Competence, PAI Teacher, Learner Character


Retinal damage caused by lasers pointers has been increasing in prevalence because of greater availability, higher output powers, and devices emitting blue and green wavelengths. This report describes a 14-year-old boy presenting with blurred vision and partial vision loss after laser pointer exposure caused foveal lesions in both eyes. Purpose: To examine the three-dimensional foveal cone photoreceptor structure in a patient who had suffered laser pointer-induced retinal injury. Methods: Patient underwent standard fundus photography and clinical spectral domain optical coherence tomography imaging. High-resolution imaging was performed using an adaptive optics-optical coherence tomography-scanning laser ophthalmoscope. Results: Adaptive optics imaging revealed loss of inner and outer segments of cone photoreceptors whereas the anterior retinal layers appeared healthy. Analysis of cone topology showed an increase in Voronoi domain area and a less regular hexagonal packing structure closer to the lesion site. Conclusion: Exposure to laser pointer radiation, however brief, can result in damage to the retina. Here, repeated imaging nine months later showed a decrease in the size of the lesions (ranging from 3.7 to 23.9%) compared with the first time point. However, the longer-term prognosis is likely permanent scarring.


The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure on firm-level investment efficiency.,An econometric model is used to estimate the impact of CSR reporting on investment efficiency on a sample of listed Chinese firms during the period from 2010 to 2013. Financial reporting quality is included in the model as a control variable. Investment efficiency is estimated based on existing models. Two scenarios are identified: under-investment and over-investment.,The results provide evidence of a higher level of investment efficiency for CSR reporting firms than for non-reporting firms. This relationship is, however, more pronounced in the over-investment scenario than in the under-investment scenario. In addition, the association between CSR disclosure and investment efficiency is stronger for firms with lower financial reporting quality (FRQ). These findings support the hypothesis that CSR disclosure provides effective incremental information that contributes to reduce information asymmetry and promote investment efficiency.,This is the first paper that directly tests the association between CSR disclosure and firm-level investment efficiency. The results suggest that firms and investors should consider the effect of CSR disclosure on information asymmetry and its impact on the availability and cost of capital. This work also contributes to the understanding of the economic impacts of CSR disclosure and provides arguments for regulatory entities to enforce CSR disclosure.


The difficulty in learning data processing lies in telling the distinction and relation between error and ncertainty.Based on his practical teaching,suggests what difficulties exist in teaching and where the students can easily mix up,and make mistakes,and as a result where the teaching focus should be placed.


The aim of the work: to find out the features of bacterial contamination of the peritoneum and intestine at different stages of acute articular small bowel obstruction and its correction. Materials and Methods. 152 patients with acute articular small bowel obstruction were examined and underwent surgery. 58 (38.2 %) patients of them were at the stage of compensation and 94 (61.8 %) patients were at the stage of decompensation. In order to study the level of bacterial translocation, the bacteriologic test of excretion from drainages and nasogastrointestinal bougie (NGI) bougie were performed in the dynamics of treatment in the postoperative period. Results and Discussion. Quantitative and qualitative composition of microflora of small intestine and peritoneal exudate under the influence of complex treatment with intestinal lavage using 0.9 % sodium chloride solution in combination with oxygen therapy and enteral nutrition solution "Peptaumen" in patients with acute articular small bowel obstruction at the stage of compensation and decompensation was studied. Lower colonization of the intestine and contamination of the abdominal cavity by E. coli, conditional pathogenic microorganisms was detected and also a more rapid recovery of the biocenosis of intestine in the application of the developed complex of measures allowed reducing the level of postoperative complications and mortality.


Purpose – Post 9/11 events not only exposed the visible and invisible aspects of the often intertwined self‐interest of political, economic and especially religious elites, but also presented a practical and ideological vacuum susceptible to "once and for all" opportunistic fantasies of ultra and Neo‐conservative, cum religious, fanatics. The purpose of this paper is to counter balance the constant flow of Neo‐liberal and religious‐fundamentalist propaganda that is having a destructive effect on hard‐won civil ideals and democratic freedoms.Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents a study of the relationship between visible and invisible power in the context of a historical study of the great age of tolerance and co‐existence between Jews, Muslims and Christians. The paper uses Benvenisti's "double history" methodology to recover what is visible on the surface and the "buried history" of what is invisible to discern the implications the Spanish Convivencia has for contemporary debates over politi...


Recent advances in radiodiagnosis, radiotherapy, and radiobiological research are reviewed with reference to unanswered questions concernlng the possible detrimental effects of low-level radiation exposure on human populations. Immediate and urgent reasons for the intensification of radiobiological research, to give a sound foundation on measures for the maintenance of radiological health and safety, are cited. Evidence of the leukemogeric and cancerogenic effects of radiation in humans is surveyed. It is concluded that relatively large doses of radiation, given in a short time, can cause an increase in the incidence of leukemia and of cancer, but it is not known whether such dosage, spread over a long time, wiil also cause such increased incidence, and still less is it known if much smaller doses, given over long periods of time, will have any harmful effect. It is suggested that, while occupational exposure can be related to the ordinary risks of civilized industriai life, the protection of the population as a whole from damage from radiologic exposure must be made as absolute as possible, and that new causes of possible environmental hazard are developing, such as those associated with radioactive effluent, disposal of radioactive wastes, and reactor accidents. Other topics considered include themore » assessment of radiation hazards to patients, a critique of the Adrian report, and the organization of a medical school radiochemical department. (BBB)« less


We report a simple, one‐step enzymatic synthesis of the blue fluorescent noncanonical amino acid β‐(1‐azulenyl)‐l‐alanine (AzAla). By using an engineered tryptophan synthase β‐subunit (TrpB), stereochemically pure AzAla can be synthesized at scale starting from commercially available azulene and l‐serine. Mutation of a universally conserved catalytic glutamate in the active site to glycine has only a modest effect on native activity with indole but abolishes activity on azulene, suggesting that this glutamate activates azulene for nucleophilic attack by stabilization of the aromatic ion.


Taking the water-supply and drainage and fire protection system design of Guangshi road station of the subway as an example,the paper introduces the precautions for the water-supply and fire protection system design of the subway station design,and points out relative solutions,so as to accumulate experience for similar projects.


abstractjective To explore the effects and safe of low molecular weight heparins(LWMH) in treatment of patients with chronical pulmonary heart diseases. Methods 98 cases of chronical pulmonary heart diseases were randomly divided into LWMH group and control group.All patients were treated with routine way. In LWMH group, all patients were hypodermically injected with 5000U of LWMH per day for 7days as a course. Results After treatment, the patients of LWMH group showed better curative effect and significantly decrease in total blood viscosity, plasma viscosity, erythrocyte sedimentation and fibrinogen comparision with the patients in control group. Conclusion It is an effective and safe agent with lower complication of LWMH in treatment of patients with CPHD.


Microbiology experiment is the crucial technology course of the food science and engineering and the food quality and safety specialties.The existing microbiology experiment teaching fails to put the students on the initiative position,so can not inspire students' creative desire and seriously lack of innovation.In order to cultivate high-quality innovative talents,this paper innovatively discusses many problems in the microbiology experiment teaching.The purpose is to change the teachers' old teaching thinking model,inspire students' learning desire and cultivate talents who can combine the theory and practice and at the same time meet the need of society and scientific research.


This study aims to clarify and conceptualize the socio-psychological factors of tax compliance. The author supports the thesis of the behavioral economics school that the standard model of deterrence is a useful starting point for understanding taxpayer motivations and behavior. But her theses, which are generally correct, do not fully take into account the data of other humanities about the importance of non-economic (social, psychological) motivations for tax compliance. Therefore, the standard model has to be extended and supplemented with numerous non-economic factors affecting tax compliance. Each taxpayer is strongly influenced by its environment, including norms, values, attitudes and customs, as well as the taxpayer's interactions with the tax authorities. Therefore, the actual mechanisms of tax compliance are always much more complex, and people's perceptions of taxes are more than a rational comparison of individual costs and benefits.


The capability of Ag nanoparticles to modulate their optical resonance condition, by optical nonlinearity, without an external feedback system was experimentally demonstrated. These optical nonlinearities were studied in the vicinity of the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), using femtosecond pump-and-probe spectroscopy with a white-light continuum probe. Transient transmission changes ΔT/T exhibited strong photon energy and particle size dependence and showed a complex and non-monotonic change with increasing pump light intensity. Peak position and change of sign redshift with increasing pump light intensity demonstrate the modulation of the LSPR. These features are discussed in terms of the intrinsic feedback via local field enhancement.


This research presents an algorithm, Rigid Super Curves (RSC), to solve the problem of registering two sets of digitized skulls data under a rigid transformation using crest lines. The method that restitutes the rigid transformation between two sets of fully matched curves is propounded. RSC exploits the non-ambiguity of B-Spline representation of super-curves whilst overcoming the inability of super-curves to restore rigid transformations. A further contribution of this study is a two-stage algorithm based on RSC which registers two sets of partially matched curves under a rigid transformation. The algorithm improves the robustness over feature based methods by considering the structure rather than individual points of the curve. Experimental results on CT scanned skull data show that proposed algorithm is more robust and accurate at restoring the rigid transformation between two sets of crest line data compared with Iterated Closest Point and Super Curves methods.


AIM: To determine the safety and effect of an intensity regulated exercise programme, compared to a structured usual care mobilisation protocol, on the functional capacity of patients following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, at discharge and 10 - 14 days after discharge. METHODS: Single centre, double-blinded, randomised controlled trial at a private hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Subjects in the exercise group performed an intensity regulated exercise programme, while subjects in the control group were encouraged to mobilise out of bed. Both programmes were implemented within 24 hours after extubation following uncomplicated CABG surgery. Functional capacity was tested by means of the Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) at discharge and 10 - 14 days after discharge. RESULTS: Eligible patients (n=38) were randomly allocated to an exercise group (n=17) or a control group (n=21). The functional capacity of subjects in the exercise group was signifi cantly higher than that of the control group at hospital discharge, mean difference 103.10 meters (95%CI 23.39 - 182.81) (p=0.01). The exercise group did not further improve after hospital discharge (p=0.3) whereas the control group showed a signifi cant improvement (p<0.01) in walking distance over time. The mean difference in 6MWD at the second test was 44.89 meters (95%CI -84.33 - 174.10) (p=0.47). CONCLUSION: An intensity regulated exercise programme leads to higher levels of functional capacity on discharge and should be encouraged in the in-patient phase of cardiac rehabilitation following CABG surgery.


Background: COVID-19 has placed significant strain on national healthcare systems at a critical moment in the context of hepatitis elimination Mathematical models can be used to evaluate the possible impact of programmatic delays on hepatitis disease burden The objective of this analysis was to evaluate the incremental change in hepatitis C liverrelated deaths and liver cancer, following a 3-month, 6-month, or 1-year hiatus in hepatitis elimination program progress Methods: Previously developed models were adapted for 110 countries to include a status quo or "no delay" scenario and a "1-year delay" scenario assuming significant disruption in interventions (screening, diagnosis and treatment) in the year 2020 Annual, country-level, model outcomes were extracted, and weighted averages were used to calculate regional (WHO and World Bank Income Group) and global estimates from 2020 to 2030 The incremental annual change in outcomes was calculated by subtracting the "no-delay" estimates from the "1-year delay" estimates Results: The "1-year delay" scenario resulted in 44,800 (95% UI: 43,800 - 49,300) excess hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cases and 72,300 (95% UI: 70,600 - 79,400) excess liver-related deaths (LRDs), relative to the "no delay" scenario globally, from 2020-2030 Most missed treatments would be in lower-middle income countries, while most excess HCC and LRDs would be among high-income countries Under the "1-year delay" scenario, no regions were projected to reach the WHO targets for diagnosis, treatment or incidence, and only the highincome country group was projected to achieve the target for liver-related deaths Conclusion: The impact of COVID-19 extends beyond the direct morbidity and mortality associated with exposure and infection In order to mitigate the impact on viral hepatitis programming and reduce excess mortality from delayed treatment, policy makers should prioritize hepatitis programs as soon as it becomes safe to do so (Table Presented)


The study of pragmatics deals with deixis in short story. The aims of this study are: to analyze forms of deixis and the functions of deixis. The source of the analyzed is Edgar Allan Poe's short story entitled "THE BLACK CAT" was pubsihed in 1843. The theories used in this study were taken from Levinson (1983) and Yule (1996). Using qualitative method the data we were taken in various steps such as reading and observing the short story, underlining deixis, identifying and classifying the deixis into their forms, displaying forms of deixis in a frame-data, explaining the findings and analyzing the functions of deixis words. Then, the results of this study are as follows: There are 50 data of deixis, the dominant forms of deixis found is person deixis18 data, then temporal deixis showed 14 data and place deixis had 6 data, while discourse deixis10 data and social deixis took in the last position had 2 data.

Keyword: Linguistics, Pragmatics, Deixis, Forms of deixis, Function of deixis, and qualitative.


Background: Anxiety is defined as subjective sense of worry, apprehension, fear and distress. When severe, anxiety disorder can affect a child's thinking, decision-making ability, learning and concentration. The aim of this study was to analyze the power spectra and spectrum weighted frequency (brain rate) as an indicator of general mental arousal in anxious patients and to compare the results with healthy preadolescents on the same age and gender. Methodology: The diagnosis was made according to two statistical manuals (DMSIV-R and ICD-10), medical history, neuropsychological assessment and QEEG. Results from spectra power for four conditions (eyes closed, eyes open, VCPT and ACPT) were exported to brain rate software. Results and discussion: Calculating factorial ANOVA we found that there was a strong statistical significance, between results of power spectra for all four bands and brain rate for sagittal and lateral topography between control group of healthy subjects vs. the observed anxious group. Conclusions: The results indicated the presence of decreased theta, alpha and beta activity, especially in central and midline regions.The identification of these characteristics in comparison with the HBI database is very simple and easy and has important implications for mean of QEEG in the assessment of children with anxiety. However, until more research is done, these abnormal QEEG patterns, can not be considered as pathognomonic of anxiety disorder.


In comedy, there are many conflicting relationships between man and society. Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew, as an individual alienated from her society, resists against the social conventions of Padua. Padua is a hierachical and patriarchal society, but it is confused with some changes in those ideology. Though they say that this play shows subordination of women or marital mastery, we can see some developments in Katherina's language and character. She realizes the duality and ambivalence and uncertainty of the society. At first, her ignorance and resistance and distaste at the social customs of Padua make her place outside her society. She is angry at her father and sister and the social group. Combat is her chosen defence and she initiates the combat. But her anger shown in her words and actions is so simple and direct and stubborn and violent that her resistance is ignored. Pudua is not so simple society as she is. It is a bourgeois-mercantile society where money is master and marriage is commerce. Everybody assumes disguises and practises to deceive and takes a new identity, so there are lots of mistakings. Her flat, angry words and actions are contradicted by others, especially by Petruchio. The sex battle is a pattern of taming. But what Katheina learns during repeated confrontations is that in the contradictory social convention, one has to know about the contradictory society and its duality and how to master it. Patruchio deliberately dislocates her sense of what is true and what seems true and what is real by using contradictory epithets and words and clothes and actions. He assumes familiarity and smothers kindness, showing contrasts of physical violence with the eloquence. With his power over language full of verbal irony and parody, he illuminates the very reality of society full of ambivalence and duality. Watching the resolution of his intrigues, manipulations and politics, she learns what is expected of her, what is needed to control the society. Finally, she painstakingly gets the adaptibility and adroit balance between uncertainties. She who has never been in league with society makes subtle adjustment in attitude. She moves into the play-world of Petruchio and Padua. Her self-consciousness about the duality in society leads her to the power of discourse. She earns the linguistic exuberance. Some of her earlier languages of revolt and anger disappear. The long speech at the end appears to preach male supremacy in marriage, but Kate doesn't mean what she says. Final monologue displays the ambiguity of belief and the quality of duality. By relating the artificiality and sophistication in Induction to the duality and uncertainty of the main plot, this theme of learning duality is reinforced.


In this paper we estimate the average length of an Euclidean minimum spanning tree. If the vertices of an EMST are uniformly distributed on a unit disk in R 2 we can derive the behavior of the edge lengths of the EMST constructed from these vertices by using the ordered statistics, and obtain an upper bound for the expected length of an EMST to be where n is the number of vertices of the EMST. This estimation is much closer to the actual values than the previous results. Experiment values are also given.


Abstract Metastasis is the crucial mechanism to cause high mortality in lung cancer. Degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM) by proteolytic enzymes, especially matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), is a key process for promoting cancer cell migration and invasion. Therefore, targeting MMPs might be a strategy for lung cancer metastasis suppression. Honokiol, a biological active component of Magnolia officinalis, has been indicated to suppress lung cancer tumorigenesis through epigenetic regulation. However, the regulation of MMPs‐mediated migration and invasion by honokiol through epigenetic regulation in lung cancer is still a mystery. In the present study, the migration and invasion ability of H1299 lung cancer was suppressed by noncytotoxic concentrations of honokiol treatment. The proteolytic activity of MMP‐9, rather than MMP‐2, was inhibited in honokiol‐treated H1299 cells. Honokiol‐inhibited MMP‐9 expression was through promoting MMP‐9 protein degradation rather than suppressing transcription mechanism. Furthermore, the expression of specific histone deacetylases 6 (HDAC6) substrate, acetyl‐α‐tubulin, was accumulated after honokiol incubation. The disassociation of MMP‐9 with hyper‐acetylated heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) was observed resulting in MMP‐9 degradation after honokiol treatment. Meanwhile, honokiol‐suppressed MMP‐9 expression and invasion ability of H1299 lung cancer cells was rescued by HDAC6 overexpression. Accordingly, the results suggested that the suppression of migration and invasion activities by honokiol was through inhibiting HDAC6‐mediated Hsp90/MMP‐9 interaction and followed by MMP‐9 degradation in lung cancer.


Introduction: One of the most important changes in pregnancy is maternal weight gain. As today there are inconsistent views of how much weight gain is optimal, this matter is frequently discussed and surveyed. A few studies have been performed about pregnancy weight gain and correlation with birth weight in Iran. So, the aim of this study was appointment of maternal weight gain in pregnancy and correlation with infant birth weight. Method and material: This was a descriptive-analytic cross sectional study. Data was gathered by recording on paper. They were elicited and recorded through family health files. Pregnancy weight gain was obtained by 225 mother files that were referred health centre, using hierarchical-step cluster sampling. Data were analyzed through SPSS software, defining significant level at P < 0.05. Result: Mean of weight gain was 11.73 kg during pregnancy .Moreover, mean of birth weight was 3193 gr while approximately 7.11% of them were LBW and 6.22% were more than 4000gr. Mean BMI was25.3 kg/m in study group. Pre-pregnancy BMI and pregnancy weight gain was significantly correlated with birth weight gain, through computing Pearson's correlation coefficient. Discussion: Although mean of weight gain in pregnancy was about optimal value, there was established that noticeable percent of mothers with impotence and normal weight couldn't optimally gain recommended weight In BMI subgroup. In spite of considerable percent of mothers diagnosed with overweight and obese had weight gain more than standard goal, there were direct significant association between pregnancy weight gains with infant birth weight. [Siamak Mohebi, Gholamreza Sharifirad, Mehdi Kargar, Marzieh Shahsiah, Mohammad Javad Ghasemzadeh, Abolfazl Mozafari, Yaser Tabaraie. Evaluation of maternal weight gain during pregnancy and its association with birth weight in Isfahan city. Life Sci J 2013;10(5s):466-472] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 81


The damping ratio of liquid floated gyroscope varies dramatically with the temperature. This paper presents use notch filter compensation damping ratio of liquid floated gyroscope by choice central frequency of notch filter equal natural frequency of gyro, in order to ensure two zero points of notch filter to cancelling two poles of gyro, the output of damping ratio for system is determined thoroughly by two poles of notch filter, then the varying range is decreased dramatically on damping ratio with the temperature. Experiment and application showing the proposed method is so effective that the range of damping ratio is decreased from 0.3~2.7 to 0.5~0.8(at 85℃~-55℃).


Leukemia cutis represents a skin infiltration by leukemic cells. Clinically it
can mimic a wide variety of dermatoses. We describe a case of a 60 years old female who presented with multiple papulonodular and vesicular lesions over trunk, neck, axilla, abdomen and hands since 1 month. A skin biopsy revealed a leukemic infiltrate. Studies of peripheral blood and bone marrow provided a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia. This case report shows the importance of the clinical suspicion for the diagnosis of leukemia. Keywords :Papular; lymph nodes; platelets; leukaemis; myelocytes; Bone marrow; malignant Sudanese Journal of Dermatology Vol. 6 (1) 2008: pp. 20-25


The article gives the latests results of modern studies of sodium and kalium concentration level in blood in hens, quails and Muscovy ducks depending on gll. Uropigei functioning. The results of researches allow to conclude that both complete and partial excision of oil glands effect on sodium and kalium content in blood as well as skin microflora composition. It's necessary to mark the correlation between skin microflora composition and metabolic processes in humans. Thus, having analysed the data the A.A. point out the influence of gll. Uropigei secretion on outer tissue microflora in fowl which effect on metabolic processes. There is a correlation between changes picture after oil gland exterpation and fowl species.


This study investigates both backward and forward multipliers of human capital in the field of information technology in order to evaluate human resources programs which were executed in the public sectors. Dynamic interindustry linkages analysis was employed as a methodology after classifying human capitals related to information technology into 9 industries. First, empirical findings showed that there are economic externalities in the IT HRD programs when the formation of human capital increases with more investment in them. Second, another finding was that the effect of HRD programs could be powerful when HRD programs were closely connected with R&D programs, showing that R&D programs among IT HRD programs have huge backward linkage effect. In addition, IT service sector has its own spill-over effect to other industries. Third, however, small budget and one off HRD programs should be considered as a negative price synergy effect. Finally, overall economic feasibility of IT HRD programs turned out to be excellent with consideration of their own economic direct and indirect effect.


Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an automatic identification technology that can identify the objects at a distance.This paper presents the design of remote attenance system based RFID. The system is implemented for the automation of time and attenance using a new mode of barrer-free channel. With a simple setting, the attendance system is capable of recording real time attendance, counting attendance and attenance statistics analysis. Reports and charts will be provided for the top management to make decision, annual review, and planning on man power. The applied result of the system shows that it is simple and effective.


Quality standards play an increasingly important role in primary care through their inscription in various technologies for improving professional practice. While 'hard' biomedical standards have been the most common and debated, current quality development initiatives increasingly seek to include standards for the 'softer' aspects of care. This article explores the consequences of both kinds of quality standards for chronic care consultations. The article presents findings from an explorative qualitative field study in Danish general practice where a standardized technology for quality development has been introduced. Data from semi-structured interviews and observations among 17 general practitioners were analysed using an iterative analytical approach, which served to identify important variations in the uses and impacts of the technology. The most pronounced impact of the technology was observed among general practitioners who strictly adhered to the procedural standards on the interactional aspects of care. Thus, when allowed to function as an overall frame for consultations, those standards supported adherence to general recommendations regarding which elements to be included in chronic disease consultations. However, at the same time, adherence to those standards was observed to narrow the focus of doctor–patient dialogues and to divert general practitioners' attention from patients' personal concerns. Similar consequences of quality standards have previously been framed as manifestations of an inherent conflict between principles of patient-centredness and formal biomedical quality standards. However, this study suggests that standards on the 'softer' aspects of care may just as well interfere with a clinical approach relying on situated and attentive interactions with patients.


Rapid urbanisation and rising population growth in may countries is putting increasing pressure on the provision of services including water, sanitation, health, education, electricity, mobile phones, transport and street lighting. People living in urban areas have better access to services (water supply, sanitation, health services, schools, mobile phones) than those living in rural areas, despite the challenges of keeping up with growing urban populations. Completed as part of the 'RurbanAfrica' research project this paper provides an overview of services by low-income communities in urban areas of four case study countries; Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda and Tanzania, outlining the barriers to access for each service. In all four countries, urban households have much better access to improved water sources and mobile phones than to improved sanitation.


MR imaging procedures, which have important diagnostic values, may result in specific absorption rates (SAR) which exceed recommended guidelines. To determine the thermal effect of a MR imaging scan at a relatively high SAR, 12 adult human volunteers were exposed for 20 min to a 4.0 W/kg whole-body MR imaging scan while esophageal temperature, several skin temperatures (forehead, xiphoid, abdomen, and suprapubic), heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure, and metabolic rate were recorded. Ambient temperature during the scan was maintained at 19/sup 0/C. Esophageal temperature increased by 0.3/sup 0/C while skin temperatures increased from 0.5 to 3.5/sup 0/C depending upon their location near the isocenter of the scan. Heart rate, breathing rate, and metabolic rate underwent minimal perturbations during the scan, but these changes were not statistically significant. Blood pressure measured 20 min before and after the scan was unchanged. The 4 W/kg SAR scan caused a minimal elevation in deep body temperature were far below the threshold for tissue damage. No thermally-aggravated ill effects were found for these human subjects exposed to the 4 W/kg, 20 min MR imaging scan.


Statutory employee protection against unfair dismissal has operated in the United Kingdom for over two decades. Despite deregulation in other areas of individual legal rights during the 1980s, protection against unfair dismissal has emerged virtually intact. In order to help explain its survival, this article draws on empirical research to explore what the law in operation has meant for employees, unions, employers, and the state. Although offering some protection to workers against arbitrary or most unreasonable employer behavior, the law has operated in a way sensitive to employer needs and interests, and managerial prerogative has been supported.


The present method comprises the step of injecting a delay in the reaction system before HIPS high impact polystyrene (HIPS) comprising: providing a reaction system (where, HIPS reaction system having an liquid downstream of the reactor) and liquefied.


Fast primary mirrors offer the possibility of using endostructure designs rather than the conventional exostructure designs. A parametric analysis indicates that considerable cost savings can be achieved in this manner for large optical telescopes. f/1 endostructures are compared with classical and quasi-classical f/2.75 exostructure telescopes. The multiple mirror telescope configuration is the lowest-cost design for equal aperture area, but when equal light is considered, it is comparable with the segmented monolith design.


Abstract:This article argues that Marie Nimier's Vous dansez? (2005) represents the author's most concerted attempt to illustrate the body as a tool of knowledge formation because it powerfully underscores the epistemological encounters that emerge between dance, writing, and mobility. This article thus aims to expand the scope from which readers of Nimier can understand the crucial trope of the body in her work by reading Vous dansez? against the grain of Mallarmé's notion of "écriture corporelle," as well as through the lens of philosophical arguments that demonstrate how corporeal sensations harbor the conditions for thinking and new ways of being.


AbstractMetal Matrix composites VI, held at The Royal Society, London on 26-27 November 1997, was the latest conference in this biennial series. The fact that applications in major industries such as transport, high speed machinery, scientific instruments, optics, electronics, and sporting goods have only recently become significant is indicative of the length of time it takes for new materials to achieve large commercial markets. However, the attendance included a higher proportion of industrial delegates than in previous years and this shows the increasing commercial interest in MMCs. In addition, although not designated an international conference, the meeting attracted 30 overseas delegates, representing 18 countries, among the total attendance of just over 100. This special issue of MST contains refereed versions of oral and poster contributions to the meeting.


The objective of this research paper is the exploration of the crucial factors in adoption of electrical vehicles in India using Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process methodology. A group dialogue with several electrical vehicle users and experts, academicians in this domain has been performed to identify factors in adoption of electrical vehicles in India. In total, nine factors in adoption of electrical vehicles were recognized and the comparative weight of each factors in adoption of electrical vehicles is calculated with triangular-styled fuzzy numerals in paired comparative study. Later, the critical factors in adoption of electrical vehicles are categorized in 3 categories as 'Technical Barriers', 'Infrastructure Barriers', 'Economical Barriers'. These 3 categories of factors in adoption of electrical vehicles are evaluated and as compared the use of fuzzy analytical hierarchical technique method to get ranking in phrases of priority. The ranking of these factors may be instrumental for policy makers to plan future strategies in Indian context.


Nanosized titanium dioxide particle prepared by hydrothermal precipitation method was first loaded onto the surface of cotton fabric using tetrabutyl titanate, and then dyed with Remazol Brilliant Blue R. Scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermal gravimetric, and diffuse reflectance spectrum analyses were used to characterize the morphology, crystalline phase, chemical structure, thermal stability, and optical properties of titanium dioxide-modified fabric. The tensile properties, water absorption, K/S value, and color fastness of cotton fabric before and after treatments were also investigated. It was found that pure anatase phase titanium dioxide particles could be synthesized from tetrabutyl titanate aqueous solution, and were adhered onto the fiber surface by means of physical mode. The secondary particles were composed of the nanocrystallite particles with a diameter of less than 10 nm. As compared with the pristine fabric, the onset decomposition temperature of titanium dioxide-modified fabric changed a little. The degree of orientation was decreased. The ultraviolet protection performance was improved significantly. The color yield (K/S value) was distinctly decreased, but colorfastness to rubbing, wet scrubbing, and light was enhanced. Water absorption was increased slightly. Breaking load and elongation in warp and weft directions were increased to some extent because of the shrinkage of fabric size.


Introduction During the National Drought Study the US Army Corps of Engineers sponsored river basin planning efforts at six sites across the country (Institute for Water Resources 1994). These sites included the Cedar and Tolt River basins in Washington, the Green River basin in Washington, the James River basin in Virginia, the Kanawha River basin in West Virginia, the Marais des CygnesOsage River basin in Kansas and Missouri, and the Quabbin and Wachusetts River basins in Massachusetts. A common component of these efforts was the use of an object-oriented programming environment for simulation model construction. Two main goals were established for the modeling efforts: 1) To create models that could clearly be characterized as "Shared Vision" models, and 2) to effectively integrate these models into a sevenstep paradigm for collaborative planning advocated by the Corps. Because the use of objectoriented programming to create Shared Vision models is relatively new to water planning, the effectiveness of this approach is of potential interest to water managers.


Sacred text par excellence and supreme attestation of the Divine Word, the Bible enjoyed a wider dissemination than any other text throughout the entire Western Middle Ages. Without doubt, it was the most read—and probably the most transcribed—text of the time, even if we still lack an exhaustive census of Latin Bibles. The transposition of the 'Book'—a message laden with profound meanings—into the 'book', an object bearing less explicit but in any event equally important cultural connotations, did not countenance imprecise or amateurish solutions; rather, it constituted the ultimate expression of professionalism in the creation of a manuscript. This insistence on the utmost quality also represents an aspect of conservatism—in fact, more than any other book the Bible had to conform scrupulously to the ideals of uniformity and harmonious proportions that were customarily aimed at by book manufacturing artisans. Such an objective demanded as little deviation as possible from the precepts established by tradition, as well as a high degree of presentational uniformity. The tendency towards stability can be seen as part of a dialectical process; indeed, given that in the medieval West the Bible never ceased to play a lively and integral role in the cultural fabric of society, its omnipresence meant that from time to time it had to be adapted to prevailing material, graphic and decorative canons and, above all, to the functional requirements of different historical periods. Thus the way in which the Bible manifested itself more generally represents a faithful reflection of the evolution of the book structure, writing and ornamental elements. Additionally, the Bible constitutes a sort of 'geometric place', around which one can observe a continual intertwining of the various expressions emanating from the development of Christianity and the Church. Marked by doctrinal disputes, issues relating to spiritual renewal and, not least, the struggle for power, the history of the Bible is replete with profound and conspicuous changes— changes which, although sometimes very apparent, are not always easy to interpret. The physical object acts as a vehicle, and even, on occasion, as an


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Traditional studies of minority incorporation focus on the redistribution of public resources that purportedly follows black gains in representation. The present study departs from this approach by focusing on the attitudinal effects of black leadership. Two research questions guide this study: To what extent do blacks' assessments of neighborhood services and conditions stem from black representation in local executive and legislative offices? Are these attitudinal effects rooted in policy and service delivery outcomes? Employing survey data from 3,000 blacks embedded in 52 cities and 53 school districts, this study reveals that blacks report higher levels of satisfaction with their neighborhood conditions, police services, and public schools when represented by blacks in city hall and on school boards and that these evaluations are most positive when improvements in local services are conspicuous. Overall, these findings extend conventional conceptualizations of substantive benefits and challenge more pessimistic accounts regarding the effects of black representation in local politics.


A comparative study is reported on the dynamics of a glass-forming system when the glass transition is approached through different paths: cooling, compression, and polymerization. In particular, the influence of temperature, pressure and connectivity on the dynamics has been investigated by dielectric spectroscopy. A phenomenological description of the behavior of the dielectric response shows the existence of both differences and deep similarities between the change of some dielectric parameters during a polymerization reaction and during the temperature or pressure changes. A unified reading of our experimental results can be given in the framework of the Adam-Gibbs theory.


ABSTRACT Postnatal depression (PND) is the most common psychiatric complication in women following childbirth. It affects 10–15% of women in the puerperium. Postnatal depression is of public health importance due to its effects on maternal morbidity and mortality and ramifications on the long-term wellbeing of the baby and therefore of the family. There is abundant literature on the etiological theories and management of PND from a biomedical perspective. However, culture has a determining role in the manifestation and management of depression following childbirth. Addressing the cultural and associated factors would aid in the recognition, care and prevention of depression in mothers. Most of the studies of PND are from the West, where the sociocultural background is distinctly different from that of Asian countries. Moreover, cultural customs in Asia itself are diverse. The purpose of this narrative review is to explore the relation between culture and associated factors in PND in Asian countries. An electronic database search was conducted and articles in English from 1983 to 2013 were retrieved. The titles and abstracts were screened and relevant articles were studied and discussed. Cultural factors have variable effects on PND. More research is indicated in this area.


In this paper, a more practical bi-level programming model is proposed by considering the intersection delay explicitly. A revised Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm is used to solve the upper problem and the Gradient Projection Algorithm with affine scaling is employed as the lower level problem solver. Numerical experiments show that the algorithm presented is both effective and efficient.


The paper studied the determination of micro molybdenum in rocks(soil) by flame atomic absorption spectrometry,including the acidity of extraction in determination,volume ratio of organic facies and water facies,the effects of tartaric acid,ascorbic acid,potassium and nitric-sulphuric acid volume,meanwhile,made an interference determination of coexisting elements after extraction and fractionation.Through the comparative analysis with the national first class standard samples,it is verified that result accords with the national standard.


Background  Significant changes in autonomic activity occur at sleep–wake transitions and constitute an ideal setting for investigating the modulatory role of the autonomic nervous system on gastric myoelectrical activity (GMA).


Following a previous paper, we propose s~lection rules for weak processes. The first rule is .1n1=0, where n,=n+n; n(n) indicates an (anti-)urbaryon number. The second rule is that a dimensionality of the SU(3) representation of hadronic system is conserved along sor t-channel dependig on the parity property. These rules are applied to decay processes of new hadrons,_an indication of which has -been observed in a cosmic ray jet. We further attempt some conjectures on the second event that has recently been reported.


Without the intrinsic magnetic field, the solar wind interaction with Mars can be significantly different from the interaction with Earth and other magnetized planets. In this paper, we investigate how a global configuration of the magnetic structures, consisting of the bow shock, the induced magnetosphere, and the magnetotail, is modulated by the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) orientation. A 3D multispecies numerical model is established to simulate the interaction of solar wind with Mars under different IMF directions. The results show that the shock size including the subsolar distance and the terminator radius increases with Parker spiral angle, as is the same case with the magnetotail radius. The location and shape of the polarity reversal layer and inverse polarity reversal layer in the induced magnetotail are displaced to the y < 0 sector for a nonzero flow-aligned IMF component, consistent with previous analytical solutions and observations. The responses of the Martian global magnetic configuration to the different IMF directions suggest that the external magnetic field plays an important role in the solar wind interaction with unmagnetized planets.


The use of dynamic increases in renal size as determined by the technique of vasodilated excretory urography (VEU) is compared with modified rapid-sequence pyelography in a series of 250 hypertensives.The physiologic constraints of contrast disparities in screening for significant renal arterial stenosis are discussed.Normal and abnormal responses to VEU are defined as well as laboratory evidence that renal size and renal hemodynamic states are closely linked. Thus, changes in renal size elicited by vasodilators can be used to assess renal vasodilator reserve and, thereby, the presence or absence of significant stenosis. Size changes are shown to be more accurate than contrast or length disparities.None of the kidneys that increased by 10 per cent or more had significant stenosis; all of the kidneys with significant stenosis increased by 5 per cent or less.The use of VEU has many advantages in screening hypertensives for renovascular hypertension that is potentially curable.


In our time, priority is given to language education, on which the level of training of a young specialist depends on the conditions of Ukraine's integration into the world information, economic, cultural space. Mastering the Ukrainian language of foreign citizens, Ukrainians abroad, migrants, refugees has become a top priority of humanitarism in Ukraine. Since the standardization of speech skills and language proficiency requirements does not fully coincide with the standards of higher education in Ukraine, the author makes an attempt to prove that an intensive course of studying the Ukrainian language as a foreign language has advantages in mastering the language and its active use, and the effective organization of the educational process contributes to the embodiment of the three-component goal of teaching discipline for students with the English language of instruction.


The sequence of insect-caused damage and mortality to conelets and 2nd-year cones of shortleaf pine, Pinus echinata Mill, was followed over the 2-year period of cone development in the Georgia Piedmont. During the 1st year, major conelet loss was attributed to infestation by the Nantucket pine tip moth, Rhyacionia frustrana (Comstock), and to abortion, possibly the result of feeding by a seedbug Leptoglossus corculus (Say). Over 70% of the tota1 recorded mortality occurred during this 1st year of cone development. Subsequent disappearance after the initia1 observation accounted for 38% of the conelet loss in 1968 and 62% of the loss of overwintering cones during 1969. Major 2nd-year cone loss was attributed to a combination of coneworms (Dioryctria spp.), a coneborer (Eucosma cocana Kearfott), and midges (Cecidomyiidae). However, loss of nearly half of the seed within the cones, probably the result of seedbug feeding, was the greatest single factor affecting ultimate seed yields of the study trees.


Disclosed is a battery module wherein a plurality of batteries (40) are arranged and housed in a case. Each of the batteries (40) is provided with an electrode section (16) that protrudes from a battery case (5), a base body (30A) is disposed on the side of the electrode section (16) of the battery (40), said base body being in contact with the peripheral battery cases (5), and the electrode section (16) of each of the batteries (40) is inserted into each of the plurality of through holes (36) provided in the base body (30A). On the upper surface of the electrode section (16) of each of the batteries (40), a connecting section (320) connected to the electrode section (16) is formed, a connecting terminal (32) which connects the batteries (40) in parallel is formed in a region that does not cover at least the through holes (36), said region being on the base body (30A), and the connecting terminal (32) and the connecting section (320) of each of the batteries (40) are connected by means of a fuse link (320A) over the through hole (36).


A convergence theory is developed for multigrid methods for symmetric, positive definite problems in a variational setting. The theory is based on a single algebraic approximation assumption, which is satisfied for finite element discretizations of elliptic boundary value problems, although the theory can be applied to problems without any continuous background as well. In contrast to previous results, we prove fast convergence with any positive number of smoothing steps for V- and W-cycles under discrete analogues of the $H^2 $ and $H^{1 + \alpha } $ regularity assumptions, respectively. We analyze a wide class of smoothers, including arbitrary symmetric and nonsymmetric preconditioned iterations, arbitrarily ordered Gauss–Seidel, steepest descent, Chebyshev iteration and conjugate gradients. Our estimates exhibit the usual asymptotic behavior for a large number of smoothing steps.


Enzyme immobilization is an important concept for the development of improved biocatalytic processes, primarily through facilitated separation procedures. However, enzyme immobilization usually comes at a price of reduced biocatalytic activity. For this reason, different immobilization methods have already been developed, combining the same goal to improve enzyme activity, stability and selectivity. Polymer materials have shown, due to their easy processibility and versatile properties, high potential as enzyme support. However, in order to achieve improved enzyme performance, the combination of different factors, such as the nature of the enzyme, the properties of the support, the type of immobilization and the interaction between enzyme and support, has to be taken into consideration. In this thesis, these factors are pursued and addressed by exploiting various types of polymers with focus on their tailored surface modification in order to obtain improved enzyme-support systems. Firstly, an off-stoichiometric thiol-ene (OSTE) thermosetting material was used for the development of a screening platform allowing the investigation of micro-environmental effects and their impact on the activity of immobilized enzymes. Micro-environmental changes were generated through the introduction of tailored surface functionalities via thiol-ene chemistry (TEC) and surface chain transfer free radical polymerization (SCT-FRP), which demonstrated a significant influence on the activity of immobilized horseradish peroxidase (HRP). Thereby, this versatile screening substantiated the identification of suitable support surfaces for the immobilization of enzymes. Secondly, in order to facilitate the application of previously identified enzyme-support combinations, OSTE particles as enzyme carriers were prepared. Here, a novel fabrication process via suspension polymerization in glycerol was applied resulting in microparticles with high control over particle size, which were further surface functionalized through TEC and SCT-FRP. In this case, epoxide functional particles were applied for the covalent immobilization of HRP and thus, demonstrated their potential as enzyme carrier in a continuous biocatalytically active plug-flow reactor. Thirdly, OSTE particles with different surface functionalities were further used for the immobilization of -glucosidase. The aim of this study was primarily to improve enzymatic selectivity through tailored changes of the micro-environment between enzyme and surface, which was achieved by introducing different surface chemistries onto the particles. The resulting selectivity between trans-glycosylation and hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl glucopyranoside (pNPG) catalyzed by immobilized -glucosidase was significantly improved and showed a direct correlation to the surface chemistry. Furthermore, enzyme effectiveness is another important factor for the development of biocatalytic processes, which was addressed by immobilizing HRP in microfluidic devices based on OSTE+ materials. In this approach, area selective surface functionalization allowed the immobilization of HRP in various surface patterns and consequently, the effect of spatial enzyme distribution was determined towards the overall reactor performance. Two checkerboard patterns were identified to exploit enzymes more efficiently compared to an even distribution on the surface. Finally, improvements in enzyme stability was the focus of applying tailored surface functionalization and polymer grafting of polysulfone (PSf) membranes and their subsequent application as biocatalytic membrane reactors (BMRs). Immobilization of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) onto poly(1-vinyl imidazole) (pVim) grafted membranes demonstrated


Responsive open learning environments (ROLEs) compile contents and services in such a way that service widgets can communicate with each other. ROLEs thus enable existing learning management systems to enhance their learning offers which in turn become part of the ROLE. As a technical proof of concept we - by means of a language learning prototype developed as a technical proof of concept in the context of the European project ROLE - first show how interoperability of widgets can be achieved and then present how the implementation of language learning widgets into a running learning environment at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China serves as an institutional proof of concept for the applicability and acceptance of ROLEs.


Recognising genes Mapping and tracking genes The identification of genes in inherited disorders The molecular basis of human inherited disorders


This article aims to explore and describe the lived experiences of nurses, patients, and relatives in caregiving contexts. The findings presented emerge from the reanalysis of three previous qualitative studies performed by the author. Reanalysis is a documented method that extends existing knowledge and generates new understanding about experiential phenomena. the article demonstrates a triangulation of approaches, including phenomenographical, phenomenological, and hermeneutic reanalysis. This reanalysis describes the phenomenon of caring, conceptions of caring, and the effect caring has on people's being in the world. By using abduction and applying hermeneutics as an overall design, a concept of caring is drawn.


Altho-ugh a vast amounLt of experimiental work has been devoted to the inhibition of germination and growth of fungi by chemical means, relatively little is known coneerning the influence of various chemicals in the induction of changes in organisms thus inhibited. The subject is not even mentioned in a recent and authoritative book oni fungicides (Horsfall, 1945). In experiments with thymnol and related materials which inhibit growth of Aspergilli and Penicillia, some rather striking effects upon the morphology of gerinilating conidia were noted, and these observations provide the basis of the presenit report. The antifunigal activity of thymol (3-hydroxy-para-eymene) and carvacrol (an isomner of thymnol) was apparently discovered by Myers (1927), who reported that these substances were fungicidal to an unidentified yeast. Shortly thereafter, Kingery and Adkisson (1928) established that thymol in a concentration of one part in 7500 is fungistatic to various dermatophytes, to Sporotrichurn schenckii, and to Coccidioides immitis. In a previous paper (Wolf and Wolf, 1950), it was founld that the growth of a number of Aspergilli and Penicillia was inhibited by thymol and related materials when present in concentrations of 0.025%. The substances tested, in addition to thymol, included carvacrol and "Stabilizer #1" (a mixture of monoisopropyl meta and para cresols, produced by the Sindar Corporation, New York, and intended for use as a mold inhibitor for incdustrial starches). Materials and Methods. The fungi studied in the experiments to be reported ineluLded cultures of Aspergillus niger van Tieghem, A. sydowi Bainier and Sartory, Penicihuinm crustosutm Thom, P. cyaneumn Bainier and Sartory, P. cyclopitumn Westling, P. olivino-viride Biourge, and P. waksmanti Zaleski. The muediuLm employed was a modified Czapek's solution containing NaNO3, 3.0 gim.; KH2PO4, 1.0 gin.; MgSO4. 7H2O, 0.5 gm.; KCI, 0.5 gm.; FeC13, trace; and sucrose, 30.0 gm. per liter, having a pH of 4.5. The cultures were ineubated at room temperature. Observations. During previous experiiments, in which it was sought to determine the thymol concentrations fungistatic to a nuumber of organisms,


We assumed that hydrothorax was due to the malpositioned peritoneal catheter. Peritoneal dialysis was stopped and the right peritoneal catheter was removed and a new left-sided catheter was inserted at the same time. Peritoneal dialysis was restarted after 1 month of catheter replacement with progressive increase of volume exchange. The chest X-ray did not show any recurrence of the pleural effusion up to 2 months later. Hydrotorax is an infrequent PD mechanical complication of PD (1). It usually occurs early after starting PD treatment (less than 30 days), and it is associated with an increase in intra-abdominal pressure in patients with congenital defects of the diaphragm muscle. It appears more commonly in females and in the r ight hemithorax. On very rare occasions, it has been related to peritonitis episodes (2–3). Treatment consists of peritoneal rest, temporary or definitive transference to HD, pleurodesis or surgical repair of the diaphragm defect (4). Our patient developed a late-onset right peritoneal-pleural leak in clear temporal relationship with a right malpositioned catheter which resolved after removing it. There has been no recurrence of pleural effusion since resuming PD and no surgical repair was required. We propose catheter malposition as a new cause of hydrothorax in PD.


The adsorption characteristics study on the removal of therapeutic drug naproxen on the acid digested carbon of waste leather were analysed by varying the physico-chemical conditions. Effect of particle size, adsorbent dosage, pH, temperature, initial concentration of adsorbate and contact time were analysed carefully by batch mode. The minimum particle size gives maximum number of surface area and adsorbed more, 90.89% for 0-63 micron. Acidic pH ranges were desirable for the adsorption of naproxen on this Acid digested carbon of waste Leather (ADCL). But different adsorbates preferred different acidic pH ranges of pH from 1 – 6. Above pH 6 precipitations of drugs takes place. In this case at pH 1, 96.87% of adsorption takes place. The percentage of adsorption of naproxen is directly proportional to the adsorbent dosage and contact time and inversely proportional to the initial concentration of the adsorbate were found out from this study. Order of this adsorption is pseudo second order kinetics and it belongs to the physisorption, because of no chemical bond formation between the adsorbent and adsorbate. The fruendlich and Langmuir isotherm model is fit for these studies. The thermodynamic study reveals the negative ∆Go, positive ∆Ho and ∆So values concluded that this adsorption is spontaneous, feasible and physical in nature respectively. The spectral evidence from the FT-IR, SEM and XRD are in favour of above experimental results.


This article explores trends in consumer adoption of electronic banking products and services between 1995 and 2004. The article also discusses whether increasing use of electronic banking has impacted consumer sentiment regarding the importance of bank location.


The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence of corporate social performance (CSP) dimensions on corporate financial performance (CFP). It contributes to the literature by exploring a new CSP dataset, by using a more fine-grained CSP measure than prior studies, by explicitly taking industry-specific differences in the CFP-CSP relationship into account and by using an instrumental variable approach to account for endogeneity. 3772 companies out of 10 industry classes are included in the analysis. The results suggest that some CSP dimensions positively influence CFP (e.g. corporate governance) while others impact CFP negatively (e.g. operations). These results remain largely unchanged if endogeneity is taken into account by estimating instrumental variable regressions. Further results show, that the relationships between CSP dimensions and CFP differ by industry class membership.


The author is presenting the short history of global Ethics of Sport and Bioethics of Sport, as well as the development of the two subdisciplines in Croatia.


The Human Resource Management profession has increasingly taken an interest in applying analytical techniques to data collected concerning organizational human resources, typically referred to as human capital analytics. However, as yet, the teaching of such techniques has not become prevalent within professional training. This chapter intends to inform and support teachers of HRM who need to engage with the discourse surrounding this important new area for the profession. It includes the presentation of a process model for teaching human capital analytics to HRM professionals and a discussion on the implications for the HRM profession of the 'rise' of human capital analytics. These include the need to include human capital analytics within taught HRM professional programmes and an urgent requirement for credible empirically-based research in the area of human capital analytics to support the development of teaching content.


The issue of equal pay for equal work between males and females, although not in political vogue, is an issue with merit and need of resolution.


A section of people in India and all over the world consuming edible insects and are highly nutritious with high fat, protein and micronutrients depending on the species and thus represent a valuable alternative food to protein rich animal foods. With the increasing demand in alternative protein rich food sources world-wide, insects represent an innovative food and source of high quality protein as well as other beneficial nutrients such as fat, minerals and vitamins. Despite traditional knowledge about insects and their harvest in the wild, for the industrial mass production of safe insects and insect products for consumption and for processing into food and feed, the development of rearing, harvest as well as post-harvest technologies is required. This paper outlines different edible insects and its mass production and processing technologies. It also emphasis on nutritional benefits and organoleptic attributes of processed insects.


In this cross-sectional study we analyzed the relationship between problem behaviors in school context, such as indiscipline, disrespect or conflictuality, and personality and psychopathology, which were operationalized in the PSY-5 dimensions of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A). Participants were 351 students from 9th to 12th grades, aged from 14 to 18 years old, and distributed in three different groups, according to their report of problem behavior frequency. Instruments were the Portuguese experimental version of the MMPI-A and a questionnaire on several school dimensions, including problem behaviors. Multivariate statistical analysis of variance indicates significant differences between the groups in PSY-5 dimensions, in a pattern in which the group presenting the highest frequency of problem behaviors has higher results in the MMPI-A. Results are interpreted under a perspective that underlines the importance of personality in the comprehension of adaptation to school, as well as the relevance of psychological assessment techniques that make possible to detect, within normality contexts, students at risk of developing non-adaptive developmental pathways.


This study which was based on semi-structured questionnaires and focus group discussions with parents of children presenting with uncomplicated malaria in a low socio-economic area in Accra, Ghana, aimed at understanding parent's perceptions and attitudes towards the newly introduced malaria medication, artemisinin. Parents perceived artemisinin to be a fra more effective drug compared to other therapies for childhood malaria. They were thus more willing to pay for the treatment and to adhere to the full treatment course. Care-seeking practices were, however, ultimately determined by household dynamics and perceived inequities in care provision at the health facility.


Abstract : The Computer Center in the Computer Facilities Division of the David Taylor Research Center has installed a Integrated Supercomputer Network. This manual provides an introduction to the new Network. Some information has been distilled from many individual documents and augmented to reflect usage at DTRC. Control statement examples and descriptions of hardware and software are included, as is information on moving files among the CDC CYBER 860A (with the Mass Storage System), the DEC VAXcluster, the DEC Remote minis, and the Cray X- MP, creating and executing batch jobs, and using the interactive systems. Keywords: Hardware configurations; User interface; Libraries; Magnetic tape; Commands; Front-end computers; Batch processing; Interactive terminals.


Fictional Practice: Magic, Narration, and the Power of ImaginationTantraMy Sacred Journey Through a Messy Life: Tantra As You (May not) Know ItEsoteric Teachings of the Tibetan TantraA History of Indian Medical LiteratureKulārṇava TantraTantra in PracticeThe Esoteric Community Tantra with The Illuminating LampThe Roots of TantraThe Origins of Yoga and TantraTeachings and Practice of Tibetan TantraGenesis and Development of TantraTantric Visual CultureTransformations and Transfer of Tantra in Asia and BeyondSayings of GorakhnathTantra & Erotic TranceAccessions List, South AsiaCOSMIC ENGINEERING AND ORGASMIC CONTINUUM: New Age Tantra Series -1The Maha-Vairocana-Abhisambodhi TantraGoddess Traditions in Tantric HinduismTantric Wisdom for Today's World The New Yoga of AwarenessPrinciples of Buddhist TantraTantra UnveiledThe Dawn of TantraThe South East Asian ReviewThe Location of ReligionJournal of the Ganganatha Jha Kendriya Sanskrit VidyapeethaThe New Yoga Tantra Reborn (the Sensuality & Sexuality of Our Immortal Soul Body)Light on Tantra in Kashmir ShaivismIndian Books in PrintThe Vajra Rosary TantraTantra VidyāMāyā Divine and HumanNew Light on TantraTantra for a Modern WorldLanguage in the Buddhist Tantra of JapanNew Light on History of Asamīyā Literature from the Earliest Until Recent TimesTantraTantraCultural Horizons of India Kularnava Tantra is perhaps the foremost Tantra of the Kaula School and is constantly cited as an authority in Tantric literature. It is worthy of close study by those who would understand the tenets and practice of the tradition of which it is a Sastra. It calls upon man to wake up to the rare privilege that has been given to him, e.g., human birth in which the being becomes conscious of himself and is offered a choice, a choice between stagnation and rapid progression towards his Godhead. He is asked to purify himself and told how to do it. In unambiguous terms he is told that a winedrinker is different from the drinkers of ecstasy; the union of delight is between the ascending Shakti and the presiding Lord above, and not between man and woman. The Introduction by Arthur Avalon (Sir John Woodroffe) gives a concise outline of the work. Sri M.P. Pandit, who is a keen student of the Tantras and Vedas, has rendered the work in English in eleven chapters. The Readings are free transla-tions with annotations where necessary, omitting technical details but preserving the spirit and essential import of the original in his characteristically lucid style. The complete text is given in Devanagari after being duly edited by Taranatha Vidyaranya for those who wish to study the book in the original Sanskrit..The ways in which humans interact with their location is an important topic within sociological studies of religion. It is integral to the place of religion in secular society. 'The Location of Religion: A Spatial Analysis' offers an overview of the ways in which religion can be located within social, cultural and physical space. It examines contemporary spatial theory notably the work of the influential sociologist Henri Lefebvre and the many disciplines that have contributed to the spatial study of religion. This volume will be invaluable to all those interested in the role of religion in spatial analysis.As David White explains in the Introduction to Tantra in Practice, Tantra is an Asian body of beliefs and practices that seeks to channel the divine energy that grounds the universe, in creative and liberating ways. The subsequent chapters reflect the wide geographical and temporal scope of Tantra by examining thirty-six texts from China, India, Japan, Nepal, and Tibet, ranging from the seventh century to the present day, and representing the full range of Tantric experience--Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, and even Islamic. Each text has been chosen and translated, often for the first time, by an international expert in the field who also provides detailed background material. Students of Asian religions and general readers alike will find the book rich and informative. The book includes plays, transcribed interviews, poetry, parodies, inscriptions, instructional texts, scriptures, philosophical conjectures, dreams, and astronomical speculations, each text illustrating one of the diverse traditions and practices of Tantra. Thus, the nineteenth-century Indian Buddhist Garland of Gems, a series of songs, warns against the illusion of appearance by referring to bees, yogurt, and the fire of Malaya Mountain; while fourteenthcentury Chinese Buddhist manuscripts detail how to prosper through the Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper by burning incense, making offerings to scriptures, and chanting incantations. In a transcribed conversation, a modern Hindu priest in Bengal candidly explains how he serves the black Goddess Kali and feeds temple skulls lentils, wine, or rice; a seventeenth-century Nepalese Hindu praise-poem hammered into the golden doors to the temple of the Goddess Taleju lists a king's faults and begs her forgiveness and grace. An introduction accompanies each text, identifying its period and genre, discussing the history and influence of the work, and identifying points of particular interest or difficulty. The first book to bring together texts from the entire range of Tantric phenomena, Tantra in Practice continues the Princeton Readings in Religions series. The breadth of work included, geographic areas spanned, and expert scholarship highlighting each piece serve to expand our understanding of what it means to practice Tantra.Indian culture relies greatly on visual expression, and this book uses both classical Indian and contemporary Western philosophies and current studies on cognitive sciences, and applies them to contextualize Tantric visual culture. The work selects aspects of Tantric language and the practice of visualization, with the central premise to engage cognitive theories while studying images. It utilizes the contemporary theories of metaphor and cognitive blend, the theory of metonymy, and a holographic theory of epistemology with a focus on concept formation and its application to the study of myths and images. In addition, it applies the classical aesthetic theory of rasa to unravel the meaning of opaque images. This philosophical and cognitive analysis allows materials from Indian culture to be understood in a new light, while engaging contemporary theories of cognitive science and semantics. The book demonstrates how the domains of meaning and philosophy can be addressed within any culture without reducing their intrinsic cultural significance. By addressing these key aspects of Tantric traditions through this approach, this book initiates a much-needed dialogue between Indian and Western theories, while encouraging introspection within the Indic traditions themselves. It will be of interest to those studying and researching Religion, Philosophy and South Asian Culture.The Book like its predecessor seeks to set forth a history of Tantra in India. Our attention has been paid chiefly to Tantric Therapy, a Mother neglected field. In it not only Hindu Tantras but also Buddhist Tantras have been dealt with and the influence of Tantra on life literature, music art and aechitecture have been described. Some important works both Hindu and Buddhist have been carefully analysed. A novel feature of this book is a list of Unpublished Tantras in India and abroad. This work has no pretention to completeness. This is to some extent a pioneering work on certain aspects of Tantra. It is expected to be useful to readers.Yoga, tantra and other forms of Asian meditation are practised in modernized forms throughout the world today, but most introductions to Hinduism or Buddhism tell only part of the story of how they developed. This book is an interpretation of the history of Indic religions up to around 1200 CE, with particular focus on the development of yogic and tantric traditions. It assesses how much we really know about this period, and asks what sense we can make of the evolution of yogic and tantric practices, which were to become such central and important features of the Indic religious scene. Its originality lies in seeking to understand these traditions in terms of the total social and religious context of South Asian society during this period, including the religious practices of the general population with their close engagement with family, gender, economic life and other pragmatic concerns.Westerners wanting to know about tantra—particularly the Buddhist tantra of Tibet—often find only speculation and fancy. Tibet has been shrouded in mystery, and "tantra" has been called upon to name every kind of esoteric fantasy. In The Dawn of Tantra the reader meets a Tibetan meditation master and a Western scholar, each of whose grasp of Buddhist tantra is real and unquestionable. This collaboration is both true to the intent of the ancient Tibetan teachings and relevant to contemporary Western life.This contans two dissertations on (1) Understanding Archaic Astronomy and (2) Permenides and the Tantric Yoga. of these the first dissertation concerns with the understanding of Archaic Astronomy from the stand-


Metastatic breast cancer is an incurable disease, which carries a particularly poor prognosis when it occurs in the brain. Brain metastasis most commonly arises from ER /PR/Her2 (triple negative or TNBC) malignancies. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) represent a vast and largely unknown region of the human genome and are emerging as key mediators of cancer biology. Some lncRNAs play a key role in metastasis. Using bioinformatic predictions and analysis of clinical datasets, we identified a short-list of lncRNAs associated with the metastatic progression of TNBC and selected NEAR1 as the strongest candidate based on the differential expression between our two cell lines: the parental MDA-MB-231, a broadly studied TNBC model which does not metastasise to the brain, and the MDAMB-231BR sub-clone, selected for its ability to form brain metastasis in vivo (100% rate). NEAR1 was the most up-regulated lncRNA and higher expression of this lncRNA is associated with poorer prognosis in Overall and Distant Metastasis Free Survival, according to clinical data. The aim of this project is to characterize the role of NEAR1 in tumour dissemination to the brain. To do so, we have measured the effects of silencing this lncRNA on cell proliferation, metastatic potential and adhesion to endothelial brain hCMEC/D3 cells. The results show that NEAR1 might have a significant role in cell proliferation after 7 days which correlates with results obtained when its migration potential was measured. NEAR1 does not have any significant role in brain endothelial cell adhesion. These results indicate that, although NEAR1 over-expression correlates with worse overall survival and has an effect in proliferation and migration, further studies are needed to understand its role in tumour invasion and brain colonisation


Biliary obstruction in the rabbit causes increased release of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP). Circulating bile, raised biliary pressure or absence of bile in the duodenum may be implicated in this hepatocardiac syndrome.


Project based learning is not a new idea in agricultural edu- cation but as a current buzz word it has gained traction into mainstream education. Learning to do and doing to learn have been the mantra of educators about agriculture since its inception. As educators have gained new skills in and outside the classroom and with a renewed in- terest in where our food comes from and how it affects us, understanding and teaching through project based learning should be utilized by present teachers in today's agricultural edu- cation classrooms.As educators, we continually strive to make a difference in the knowledge growth and acquisition of skills in our students. As agricul- ture programs grow in interest and student needs, teachers must deter- mine how existing curriculum needs are to be adapted or development of new curriculum and/or courses are undertaken to keep pace with societal shifts. Presently, this has occurred in North West Arkansas. The advisors of Springdale High School, along with local industry input, did an ex- tensive evaluation of their program to determine how best to impact their students in today's workforce needs. The result was the development and implementation of a food science based program of study.How did it happen?Springdale agricultural educa- tion teachers and Arkansas Depart- ment of Career and Technical Edu- cation staff brainstormed on how to develop and build this program once the need was identified. The first pri- ority for teachers and state staff was that this program was not going to be a normal course idea when compared to the standard course offered by all teachers. This was due to limitations in equipment and other resources. Therefore, industry and local school district personnel were gathered to determine the ability to ensure the success of this program at its initial location within the state. This pre- liminary meeting also brought in University of Arkansas Food Science personnel. Together an action plan was formulated and future plans were outlined. In order to make sure the curriculum was relevant school advi- sors visited four Universities across the nation and one secondary school (Chicago School of Agricultural Sci- ence) to outline the curriculum and laboratory equipment needed.Next, curriculum and frame- works were developed. Meetings with local industry were held to de- termine if equipment and curriculum frameworks met their expectations for future professionals. Reports were compiled and evaluated by out- side personnel and recommendations were submitted to the state staff. Fi- nal program approval was provided by the state staff and equipment and laboratory space was completed.Emphasizing Project Based Learn- ingIn conjunction with state staff, the local teachers developed appro- priate curriculum and associated ac- tivities with emphasis towards project based learning. It was a priority that the curriculum and teaching activities would emphasize project based learn- ing. Thus, the importance of industry approved curriculum and equipment to emulate real world settings and parameters remained at the forefront. All involved parties expressed the need that students must be engaged and embedded in the learning pro- cess.This course would not just be "hand-out" knowledge but focus on student acquisition of knowl- edge through projects with defined constraints. Therefore; the science, technology, and other related compe- tencies espoused through this course would be a focus through student learning. Topics are introduced and associated projects are outlined to student groups that allow exploratory learning to occur. …


A novel method for designing near-perfect recon- struction oversampled nonuniform cosine-modulated filter banks is proposed, which combines frequency warping and subband merging, and thus offers more flexibility than known techniques. On the one hand, desirable frequency partitionings can be better approximated. On the other hand, at the price of only a small loss in partitioning accuracy, both warping strength and number of channels before merging can be adjusted so as to minimize the computational complexity of a system. In particular, the coefficient of the function behind warping can be constrained to be a negative integer power of two, so that multiplications related to allpass filtering can be replaced with more efficient binary shifts. The main idea is accompanied by some contributions to the theory of warped filter banks. Namely, group delay equalization is thoroughly investigated, and it is shown how to avoid significant aliasing by channel oversampling. Our research revolves around filter banks for perceptual processing of sound, which are required to approximate the psychoacoustic scales well and need not guarantee perfect reconstruction. Keywords—warped near-perfect reconstruction oversam- pled non-uniform cosine-modulated filter bank, allpass fil- ter/transformation, subband/channel merging, frequency warp- ing, critical bands, Bark scale.


In this work, we consider the role that metric fluctuations could have upon the properties of a Bose–Einstein condensate. In particular, we consider the Bogoliubov space associated with it and show that there are, at least, two independent ways in which the average size of these metric fluctuations could be, experimentally, determined. Indeed, we prove that the pressure and the speed of sound of the ground state define an expression allowing us to determine the average size of these fluctuations. Afterward, an interferometric experiment involving Bogoliubov excitations of the condensate and the pressure (or the speed of sound of the ground state) provides a second and independent way in which this average size could be determined, experimentally.


To the Editor: Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an immunemediated process characterized by increased destruction of and decreased production of platelets. Despite normal or increased megakaryocytes in the bone marrow, thrombocytopenia persists, presumably because of enhanced platelet clearance stimulated by anti-platelet antibodies [1,2]. Although the majority of children with ITP respond to conventional therapies, refractory patients are at risk for life-threatening bleeding. We report the use of the thrombopoietin (TPO)-agonist romiplostim in a patient with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) who developed refractory ITP after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT). A 4-year-old male with ALD received an 8/8 HLA-matched unrelated allo-BMT and engrafted platelets by day þ30 after transplant. On day þ42, elevation of adenoviral genomes were detected in blood and stool, and he was effectively treated with three doses of intravenous cidofovir. On day þ55 he presented with mucocutaneous bleeding and a platelet count of 2 10/L. Despite receiving multiple platelet transfusions, his platelet count remained below 10 10/L. Peripheral blood smear revealed thrombocytopenia with large platelets. Other laboratory findings revealed a white blood count of 3.1 10/L, hemoglobin 8.3 g/dl, and negative direct antiglobulin and platelet antibody tests. He was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (1 gm/kg/day for 2 days) without any platelet response. On day þ57, elevation of Epstein-Barr viral genomes was detected in his blood, and he was treated effectively with four weekly doses of rituximab (375 mg/m). He continued to be profoundly thrombocytopenic throughout this time period. On dayþ73 he developed a severe headache, and a head CTrevealed a posterior interhemispheric subdural hemorrhage. He was treated with methylprednisolone (2 mg/kg/day for 4 days) and later received one dose of Rho(D) immune globulin (35 mcg/kg), one dose of vincristine (1.5 mg/m), and four doses of dexamethasone (40 mg/m daily). A bone marrow biopsy on day þ83 showed trilineage hematopoietic maturation with adequate megakaryopoiesis in the setting of profound thrombocytopenia consistent with ITP. Due to his complete refractoriness to conventional therapies, he was treated with romiplostim at 1 mcg/kg and escalated to 3 mcg/kg for a total of four weekly subcutaneous doses. During the second week of romiplostim treatment his platelet count increased from <10 10 to 30 10/L. Romiplostim was discontinued after the fourth dose, when his platelet count was 49 10/L. Two weeks after completing romiplostim, his platelet count had risen to 150 10/L and currently remains above 100 10/L. Given the capacity of romiplostim to amplify thrombopoietin activity, we used it to treat a patient with life-threatening, treatment-resistant, immune thrombocytopenia after bone marrow


In the course of studying the parasitic protozoa of some Indian mammals the author came across a trichomonad inhabiting the Slender Lofts, Loris tardigradus lydekkerianus CABRERA, 1908, which is found in the Eastern Ghats, westward to the cities of Mangalore and Mysore (PococK 1939). The parasite on close scrutiny was found to be new to science, and hence is described in the following. Material and Methods All the twenty-six slender lorises were purchased alive from Bangalore, and on an examination of their intestines, four were found infected with the new species of Trichomonas. The same four lorises were also found infected with a new species of Monocercomonas (ABRAHAM 1961). One of these four lorises harboured a new species of Giardia (ABRA~, in Press). Film preparations from intestinal contents were fixed in Schaudinn's fluid and stained with Heidenhain's iron-haematoxylin. Besides, some films fixed in methyl alcohol and stained with Giemsa's stain were of great help in studying the morphology of the flagella and also in making flagellar counts. For the study of the parabasal body films were fixed in Hollande's fluid and then stained with ironhaematoxylin. The accompanying figures were made with the aid of a camera lueida. Description Movement. In the living condition, the movement of the new trichomonad is similar to the other members of the genus. The anterior flagella lash about vigorously and the trailing flagellum produces typical ripples over the body-surface. Size and shape. Dimensions of 75 specimens selected at random from a set of six slides were taken. In the measurements (in microns) given below, the length does not include the anterior flagella or the axostylar projection beyond the body-wall and the breadth excludes the height of the undulating membrane. The length ranges from 5--12, average 7.5; range of breadth 2.8--7.5, average 5.3. The normal shape is pyriform, with little change in the contour of the body.


This article presents characterization of terahertz (THz) wireless channel inside a desktop size metal enclosure with the consideration of several different scenarios. Measurements indicate that both traveling wave and resonating modes exist inside the metal enclosure. Measurements for line-of-sight (LoS) propagation inside the empty metal enclosure show that the path loss significantly changes as a function of the transceiver's height. It is found that this variation is due the resonant modes, contribution to the received power. Reflected-non-LoS (RNLoS) measurements show that for the same distance, the difference between the mean path loss measured inside the metal box and in a free space is limited to 1 dB, with traveling wave dominating the channel. This indicates that reflectors can be used as wave-guiding objects in metal enclosures. Finally, obstructed-LoS (OLoS) path loss measurements with the parallel dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs) as obstructions show the constructive/destructive effect on the waves due to multipath introduced by the parallel-plate structures. Compared to the free space scenarios, multipath is introduced by the traveling wave bouncing back and forth between the transceiver sides of the cavity, which introduces stronger fluctuations in observed pathloss and reduces the coherence bandwidth of the channel.


Owing to low compression strength of adhesive soil,its native advantages have been limited.After the refined soil was mixed with inorganic adhesive,the properties could be improved.And the influence of soil grain on the compress strength was systemically investigated.The results show that the finer soil results in the higher,the compression strength.And the adhesive mechanism is further discussed.


We obtain one method to derive point estimates of parameters of the discrete Weibull distribution and also in this paper,we study the accuracy of the estimates by using a large number of Monte-Carlo simulations.