In this paper, a method for selecting and testing the features of thermal infrared (TIR) remote sensing images of oil tank targets is proposed to address deficiencies in the recognition of TIR images due to their characteristic low contrast, striping noise, and low spatial resolution. An evaluator was used to select 22 out of 29 features including texture and geometry, and training was conducted for samples with respect to these features through the libSVM (a support vector machine). This could lead to an effective detection of quasi-circular oil tank targets with a certain degree of robustness. The one-dimensional statistical features (pixel value, mean value, variance, mid-value, and gray level histogram), LBP features, EOH features and invariant moment features are more meaningful for the recognition of TIR remote sensing images of oil tank targets; the proper selection of training samples of oil tank with background is quite important for the effectiveness of detection; difference in detection windows can also influence the effect of detection. A method for selecting and testing the features of oil tank targets in TIR remote sensing images is proposed for effective classification of such targets under certain conditions.


Background and Objectives:The prevalence of coronary artery disease is lower in Korea compared to most western countries. The increasing prevalence of the traditional atherosclerotic risk factors has been documented but the impact of inflammatory activity on coronary artery disease remains unclear. In this study, the role of inflammatory activity on coronary artery disease in Koreans was investigated. Subjects and Methods:This study included a consecutive cohort of 1057 patients who underwent coronary angiography. Patients with conditions that might change the CRP levels were excluded and 227 patients were finally enrolled. The CRP was measured using a highly sensitive Behring nephelometer BN II. Results:The mean CRP value of the enrolled patients was 1.06±0.51 mg/L (median:0.95 mg/L. There were no differences in the CRP levels (1.17±0.57 vs. 0.92±0.42 mg/L, p=0.11 between patients with and without coronary artery disease. In logistic regression analysis, only the traditional risk factors (age, being male, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes were independently associated with coronary artery disease. In patients with coronary artery disease, those with unstable angina had significantly higher CRP levels than those with stable angina (1.85±0.94 vs. 0.97±0.45 mg/L, p=0.02. However, the CRP levels were not correlated with the angiographic severity. 16.7% (15/89 of coronary artery disease patients without hyperlipidemia had a CRP level>3 mg/L. Conclusion: The CRP level is not an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease in Koreans. However, the CRP level was higher in patients with unstable angina than in those with stable clinical conditions. ( ( (


The Otago Youth Wellness Trust is a charitable organisation that has been operating for 15 years in Dunedin, New Zealand. It decided to evaluate the wraparound service it provided to young people in the community. The young people are referred by other agencies, including schools, and are usually deemed to be in need of significant support. In this article, members of a Youth Advisory Group (YAG), describe the experience of being involved in this service evaluation project. The YAG was made up of a small number of 'service users' who developed methods for engaging young people as evaluation participants. Overall we reported positive experiences, but there was a steep learning curve for all of us to navigate the evaluation process. This article demonstrates that it is possible for young people to have a significant influence in service evaluation.


Taking ha-da railway passenger line as the research object, the temperature field of the subgrade in frozen soil area is simulated by numerical calculation method, and the influencing factors and distribution of the temperature field of the permafrost subgrade are analysed. Finally, the following results are obtained: with the increase of climate warming temperature, the temperature field in the roadbed changes slowly, and the temperature at different depths increases. When the maximum freezing depth appeared after 20 years, the roadbed was in full positive temperature due to the influence of climate warming. The settlement of roadbed after construction under the action of temperature field and force field does not exceed 15mm, which meets the requirements of the code.


The addition of RNA interference (RNAi) to the mammalian genomic toolbox has significantly expanded our ability to use higher‐order models in studies of development and disease. The mouse, in particular, has benefited most from RNAi technology. Unique combinations of RNAi vectors and delivery methods now offer a broad platform for gene silencing in transgenic mice, enabling the design of new physiologically relevant models. The era of RNAi mice has accelerated the pace of genetic study and made high‐throughput screens not only feasible but also affordable. WIREs Dev Biol 2015, 4:45–57. doi: 10.1002/wdev.164


In Reply.— In response to Dr Lerman's letter I have the following comments. I agree that manipulation of airway pressure with a tight thoracoabdominal binder is an effective means for using manipulation of intrathoracic pressure to create carotid blood flow during CPR. As we emphasized previously, in some experimental animals and perhaps in some humans direct cardiac compression appears to occur consistent with the original notion that the heart is compressed between the sternum and vertebral column. At this point it is unclear, but possible, that direct cardiac compression would improve myocardial blood flow over and above that achieved with manipulation of intrathoracic pressures alone. Therefore, until further studies in man and experimental animals have been completed, I would personally consider it inadvisable to abandon sternal displacement during CPR in man. Our article does not deal with high airway pressure ventilation synchronous with chest compression in man but only with


The retreat of the last Irish Ice Sheet across the Irish midlands resulted in the formation of an ice‐contact lake, Palaeolake Riada, along its eastern margin during recession. However, the full extent and characteristics of the lake and its impact on ice dynamics are unknown, as glacigenic landforms and deposits relating to the lake have not been mapped in sufficient detail to allow reconstruction of ice‐marginal behaviour. This paper presents new mapping of subglacial, ice‐marginal and glaciolacustrine landforms and deposits in the Irish midlands. Glacial landforms and landform associations across this wide area have been identified using aerial photographs and high‐resolution digital elevation models derived from LiDAR and radar data. Reconstructions of successive ice‐margin retreat positions are combined with glacio‐isostatically adjusted digital elevation models to identify the probable position of lake outflows and reconstruct the development of the proglacial Palaeolake Riada through time. These reconstructions indicate that at its largest, Palaeolake Riada had an ice‐contact margin of 113 km, and covered an area of over 2300 km2. Initially, ice recession was concentrated around meltwater discharge outlets, but these became less important as the lake expanded and thermo‐mechanical erosion occurred along the entire subaqueous margin.


Introduction Arterial spin labelling (ASL) is a non-invasive technique which can be used to measure cerebral blood flow (CBF) by magnetically labelling water molecules in the arterial blood supply, effectively eliminating the need for an exogenous tracer or contrast agent. Although the majority of ASL studies assume water is a freely diffusible tracer, nuclear [1] and MRI studies [2] have shown that there is limited exchange of water between the vascular and tissue space, particularly in the central nervous system, where the blood-brain barrier (BBB) reduces water permeability by an order of magnitude compared to systemic circulation. Two-compartment models, such as [3] and [4], account for this, allowing the time-dependent ASL difference signal to be modelled as a function of factors such as CBF and PS/ vbw, where PS = permeabilitysurface area product of the capillary wall, and vbw = fractional blood water volume per unit volume of tissue. Both PS and vbw have the potential to provide clinically useful information, however, using the ASL signal alone only the PS/ vbw ratio can be calculated. Here we demonstrate how, by combining ASL data with diffusion weighted imaging over a range of b-values (0 to 1000 s/mm), voxel-wise values of vbw can be estimated independently using the intra-voxel incoherent motion (IVIM) method [5], which in turn can be used to determine PS values using the twocompartment ASL model developed by Parkes et al. [3].


There are different types of suction box of vertical pumping system. In order to understand their relations and differences, the control volume method was used to simulate flow pattern of different suction boxes. The standard k-e turbulent model and SIMPLEC algorithm were applied in solving the N-S equations. The steady calculation results indicated that the flow patterns of different suction boxes of vertical pumping system were similar to each other. The different kinds of suction boxes were evolved from the pump sump. They can be united if they have essentially the same controlled parameters. It is a useful idea for the design of suction box of vertical pumping system.Copyright © 2009 by ASME


PI3K/Akt/mTOR signal pathway is an important intracellular signal transduction pathway.It plays important roles in cell apoptosis and survival by affecting the activity of downstream effector molecules,and it is closely associated with the development and progression of human tumors,therefore,PI3K and Akt might be potential targets for tumor therapy.This article reviewed recent progress on the composition,function,regulation and anti-apoptosis of PI3K/Akt/mTOR signal pathway,and discussed its potential application to tumor gene therapy.


Motivated by recent efforts to mitigate blast loading using energy‐absorbing materials, this paper investigates the uniaxial crushing of cellular media in sandwich construction under impulsive pressure loading. The cellular core is modeled using a rigid, perfectly‐plastic, locking idealization, as in previous studies, and the front and back faces are modeled as rigid, with pressure loading applied to the front face and the back face unrestrained. Predictions of this analytical model show excellent agreement with explicit finite element computations, and the model is used to investigate the influence of the mass distribution between the core and the faces. Increasing the mass fraction in the front face is found to increase the impulse required for complete crushing of the cellular core but also to produce undesirable increases in back‐face accelerations. Optimal mass distributions are investigated by maximizing the impulse capacity while limiting the back‐face accelerations to a specified level.


Objective This study aims to investigate parental knowledge and attitude towards dental treatment for children diagnosed with cancer. Methods: At the time of the interview, recently diagnosed 13 and 37 children with ongoing cancer treatment at Pediatric Oncology Department and their parents were included in the study. The data were collected during interview by following a questionnaire that included open and close-ended questions. Dental experience of the children, acceptance of oral hygiene and importance of dental treatment by the parents, attitude in children towards dental health were evaluated. Results: Frequency of dental visits by the children before diagnosis and prior to treatment was found to be lower than the frequency of the visits during the treatment. Despite not paying attention to the dental care of their children previously, the parents preferred to have dental treatment for their children done by pediatric dentists specialized in this field when regular and urgent dental care is needed especially during the antineoplastic treatment because they thought their personal dentist did not have enough specific knowledge in this field. Conclusion: It will be beneficial to have pediatric denstists in pediatric departments to provide dental care.


Surface quality is the most important index to improve the overall quality of strip steel. In order to implement the fault location on the hot-rolling line with surface defects of strip steel, a fault tracing model based on information fusion of historical production cases and process data is proposed. For historical cases, the model determines the defect cause labels through text similarity calculation, and fuzzy semantic inference is used to obtain the probability distribution of defect causes on this basis; for the process data, the model uses L1 regularization method for feature selection, and XGBoost integration method is used to train the correlation model between process data and defects to determine the contribution of each feature in the data source. Finally, based on the D-S evidence theory, different rules are set to merge the two judgments to determine the probability of each source of failure on the hot-rolling production line. The model is applied to the real production environment of iron and steel enterprises, and it is verified that the proposed method can effectively assist experts in decision-making, which greatly improves the efficiency of tracing the source of faults on the hot-rolling production line.


This article is devoted to the disclosure of the essence and structure of the tourist complex as a specific type of socio-economic system at the regional level. The efficient and successful functioning of the economy of any territory as a single economic complex should be accompanied by the improvement of the organization of production structures and the rationalization of its sectoral composition. Thus, the improvement of the tourism sector occupies one of the most important places among a large set of interrelated issues in the development of the regional economy, which is due to the multiplier effect in the development of this industry. The authors analyzed the state, unique characteristics, level of potential and prospects of development of the tourism industry in order to identify the vector of social and economic growth of the region on the example of the Republic of Kalmykia.


The analysis of harmful influence on a state of health of employees of scientific research institutes of ISC SB RAS, professional harm risk factors has been conducted. In result, it is allocated three groups of risk factors on a degree of their activity influence: high degrees of influence activity 38,98% of employees; an average degree of influence activity 46,89% of employees, and regarding a low degree of influence activity 14,13% surveyed.


The study of the dynamics of a herbicide in the soil focus on the interactions with environmental components to obtain agronomic efficiency, ensuring selectivity to the culture and risk reduction of environmental impact. This study evaluated the sorption process of fomesafen in the Brazilian soils Ultisol, Cambisol, and Organosol. Besides soil, washed sand was used as an inert material for determination of the sorption ratio of fomesafen in the soil. The bioassay method was applied, using Sorghum vulgare plants as bio-indicator of herbicide presence. Plant poisoning evaluation and harvest for dry matter determination were carried out 21 days after sorghum sowing. To calculate C50, the nonlinear log-logistic model was applied and sorption ratios of the herbicide were obtained in different soils. The decreasing sorption ratio of formesafen in the soils was: Organosol > Ultisol > Cambisol. It was concluded that the contents of organic matter and clay in the soils were the attributes that most influenced fomesafen sorption.


There are at present three schools of thought relative to the origin of the autonomic ganglion cells. According to one school these cells are derived exclusively from the neural crest ; another derives them locally from the mesenchyme. According to the third they are derived from the neural tube. The pertinent literature relative to the histogenesis of the autonomic ganglia has been reviewed repeatedly. Among the more recent reviews may be mentioned those of Yntema and Hammond ( '47) and Kuntz ('53). The present investigation was undertaken to obtain by experimental methods, more decisive data relative to the origin of the ganglion cells in the sympathetic trunks.


This paper examines the relationship between the environmental factors of peer pressure and family smoking (parents' smoking and siblings' smoking), and adolescent cigarette smoking habits in Kerman (as a big province in Iran). In addition, in terms of the afore-mentioned behavior, the moderating role of self-efficacy on the link of peer pressure and family smoking is studied. A quantitative research method was used for this purpose. The sample included 300 adolescents between the ages of 15 and 18 as current smokers. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect the data which were then analyzed using AMOS Software and running Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results showed positive significant relationship between peer pressure plus family smoking (parents' smoking and siblings' smoking), and adolescent cigarette smoking. The relevant findings and results revealed that self-efficacy has a considerable moderating effect on the relationship between cigarette smoking behavior, and peer pressure and family smoking. The results of the present study can contribute to the literature and have significant implications for practitioners and policy makers to prevent adolescents in Iran from developing smoking habits. olescents from exhibiting cigarette smoking behaviour amongst youngsters.


A software agent system for automatic information gathering, filtering, classifying and delivering of news information on the Internet is provided. The structure and functions of the system are presented. The algorithms of document pre-processing and representation using vectors, auto-classification, auto-learning of user interest are described. Finally, some experiments on the classification of news information are discussed.


Food rapidly undergoes the process of decay due to microbial activity influenced by the amount of moisture content in food. It is necessary for the drying process so that the microbes growth can be prevented.The purpose of this research is to dry yellow sweet potato chips by moisture content based on Indonesian National Standard (SNI) 01-4306-1996, determine rate of drying, spesific energy consumed, and get the performance of tray dryer.This research is focused on the effect of the drying time of the percentage free water content, determining the rate of drying, and the performance tray dryer based on specific energy consumed.The parameters tested in this research of a drying temperature of 50°C and 60°C for 2 hours; 2.5 hours; 3 hours; 3.5 hours; and 4 hours of drying time. The results of the research for the most efficient drying temperature in 50°C by 4 hours of drying time, free moisture content was 70.64%, while for the drying temperature in 60°C in 3.5 hours, the percentage free moisture content of 72.62%.The rate of drying temperature in 50°C for 4 hours at 0,084 kg/hr.m2 while the rate of drying temperature in 60°C for 3.5 hours 0,005 kg/hr.m2.Specific energy consumed is more efficient at drying temperatures of 50°C with a drying time of 4 hours of 13259.85 kJ /kg so in this researched was concluded performance of the tray dryer was 63.01%.


We examine the role of board characteristics on the performance of Australian credit unions during the period 2004–2012. Credit unions are unique as they are member‐owned institutions, and their directors are democratically elected by their members – an unusual governance structure that poses challenges for board effectiveness. We find that board remuneration, board expertise and attendance at meetings are associated with increased credit‐union performance and are consistent with the goal of maximising member benefits. While the unique features of credit unions limit the presence of external monitoring mechanisms, we provide evidence that these board characteristics are relevant for credit unions.


In this paper, the Squirrel Cage Induction Generator(SCIG) with distinct controllers to deal with a hybrid wind hydro scheme is employed. In order to reduce the output power fluctuations in SCIG, including energy storage in the battery, a fuzzy logic controller is proposed. This controller smoothens the reactive power to the supplied load by the wind generator. The proposed controller has faster convergence compared with usual PI controller under the presence of parametric variations and uncertainties. From literature, the control scheme as many controllers operates on the Proportional Integral control, which is easy to enforce and performs well under linear conditions of load. But the proposed controller operates not only linear load but also under nonlinear load conditions. Simulation results show the robustness of the proposed controller in eliminating the harmonics, efficiency and minimizing peak oscillations of the output voltage when compared with the conventional controller.


We introduce a new family of energy-based probabilistic graphical models for efficient unsupervised learning. Its definition is motivated by the control of the spin-glass properties of the Ising model described by the weights of Boltzmann machines. We use it to learn the Bars and Stripes dataset of various sizes and the MNIST dataset, and show how they quickly achieve the performance offered by standard methods for unsupervised learning. Our results indicate that the standard initialization of Boltzmann machines with random weights equivalent to spin-glass models is an unnecessary bottleneck in the process of training. Furthermore, this new family allows for very easy access to low-energy configurations, which points to new, efficient training algorithms. The simplest variant of such algorithms approximates the negative phase of the log-likelihood gradient with no Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling costs at all, and with an accuracy sufficient to achieve good learning and generalization.


Maria is a 22‐year‐old single Hispanic woman with four children. She began smoking at 13 years of age and became sexually active at 14 years of age. Over the last eight years, she has had multiple sexual partners and a history of gonorrhea and chlamydia. When she came to the clinic for a routine Papanicolau (Pap) test, she had several clusters of cervical warts. These tested positive for human papilloma virus (HPV) type11. She was also at the clinic for her final application of Podophyllin but when questioned, Maria had never heard of HPV. Josephine is a 44‐year‐old married non‐Hispanic white woman with two children who always has yearly Pap tests. Seven years ago, she had "vaginal warts," and her primary care provider treated her with trichloroacetic acid. She wasn't aware which HPV type caused her warts, or of their exact location. Also, no information was provided to her about the increased risk for cervical cancer in women with certain types of cervical HPV. Charlotte is a 29‐year‐old single African American woman with one child. She became sexually active at 16 years of age and has since had two abortions. Her sexual history includes two previous partners; she came to the clinic to renew her oral contraceptive prescription. Upon pelvic examination, cervical dysplasia was suspected; colposcopic cytology results confirmed the diagnosis. Charlotte was unaware of any history of HPV but she did know that Pap tests could screen for cervical cancer. In addition, she thought the Pap test was done to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis and gonorrhea.


The probabilistic power flow method has previously been used for voltage violation quantification in residential distribution networks (RDNs) with small wind turbines (SWTs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs). An improved statistical time series approach is developed in this paper to account for factors which impact on system conformity. In addition to consideration of variations in wind speed over time and BEV charging, using a statistical time series approach, the novel method takes into account variations in system load caused by the randomness of load switching by customers. The method has been applied to a generic UK distribution network. Results show that the proposed method provides a closer indication of daily probability distribution of voltage violations in a RDN, based on physical data, than the previous statistical time series approach.


The molecular structure of La2@C80 was investigated theoretically and experimentally. The most stable configuration was found to be D3d symmetry. La ions can move between ten equivalent D3d configurations via D2h configuration. The resulting dodecahedral trajectory of La ions agrees well with an X‐ray powder diffraction experiment.


Database models are gradually enhanced by incorporating additional semantics, to perform better in modelling real world applications. Among the enhanced database models, an object-oriented database model (OODBM) is gaining a lot of interest by both researchers and practisioners, despite its lacking of a formal standard proposal in the past. It overcomes the so-called impedance mismatch, i.e. the divergence between the data and the manipulation of the data, as found in other database models.


This paper will deal with the peculiar, Scottish view of the position of creative imagination in literature. A specific cultural background for this view will be presented, together with the reading of one of the latest novels by Muriel Spark, The Finishing School (2004). Concepts such as 'culture of erasure,' 'Calvinism' and its cultural heritage in the modern Scotland, as well as the role 'imagination' plays in the national spirit against the specific Scottish historical background will be investigated into. The focus of the paper will be less on Muriel Spark as an individual author, rather, the point of the paper will be how to contextualise some themes within Spark's novel within the specificity of a national culture and history.


In online social networks, users with similar interests tend to come together, forming social communities. Nowadays, user-defined communities become a prominent part of online social platforms as people who have joined such communities tend to be more active in social networks. Therefore, recommending explicit communities to users provides great potential to advance online services. In this paper, we focus on the constrained social community recommendation problem in real applications, where each user can only join at most one community. Previous attempts at community recommendation mostly adopt collaborative filtering approaches or random walk-based approaches, while ignoring social relationships between users as well as the local structure of each community. Therefore, they only derive an extremely sparse affinity matrix, which degrades the model performances. To tackle this issue, we propose ComRec which simultaneously captures both global and local information on the extended graph during pre-computation, speeding up the training process on real-world large graphs. In addition, we present a labeling component to improve the expressiveness of our framework. We conduct experiments on three Tencent mobile games to evaluate our proposed method. Extensive experimental results show that our ComRec consistently outperforms other competitors by up to 12.80% and 6.61% in the corresponding evaluation metrics of offline and online experiments, respectively.


1. The desoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) content of individual cell nuclei in monocytes and their derivatives, multinucleated giant cells, has been determined by microspectrophotometry. These measurements were performed on Feulgen stained material. 2. Although most of the measurements of individual nuclei in cultures incubated from 4 to 138 hours were close to diploid value, there were variations in some nuclei well above and below this value. 3. The data indicated that DNA was being synthesized during cultivation. 4. Amitosis occurred in some of the nuclei of the multinucleated giant cells after these cells had formed by cell fusion.


The invention discloses a wireless-communication-based digital bimodule train tail system. The wireless-communication-based digital bimodule train tail system comprises a locomotive, a train tail locomotive platform, a train tail host machine, a wireless communication device, a maintenance and management controller, a monitor, a library inspection station, a train tail host machine detecting platform and a locomotive number conformation instrument, wherein the train tail locomotive platform is installed on the locomotive; the train tail host machine is installed on the train tail locomotive platform; the wireless communication device and the maintenance and management controller are installed in a machine room on the ground; the monitor is installed in a maintenance and management room; the library inspection station is installed at a locomotive in and out-stock detecting point. The wireless-communication-based digital bimodule train tail system has the beneficial effects that due to the the integral function of the digital bimodule train tail system, the communication efficiency of the truck train tail is improved, the communication distance problem of the train tail at a mountain tunnel section is solved, a GPRS communication mode is adopted under the condition with a GSM-R network, so that the use of relay equipment is reduced, and normal use of the train tail is guaranteed under combination of GPRS and 400MHz digital bimodule train tail.


In a pair of illustrations made four and a half centuries apart, a woman prepares Mexico's staple food, the tortilla. The earlier scene belongs to the Codex Mendoza, a sixteenth century manuscript painted by Mexica artist scribes, and the latest image is a collage, Citlali: Hechando Tortillas y Cortando Nopales en Outer Space, by a Mexican-American artist, Debora Kuetzpal Vasquez. While the codex is a complex document embedded in the aftermath of Tenochtitlan's Spanish invasion and mediated by colonial-era politics, it belongs to an ongoingproject of defending Indigenous futurity. The code presents tortilla-making as a sign of social order in an ethnology meant to sway the debate over Amerindians'human rights. In her picture of Latina astronauts'preparing the same food, Vasquez selectively cites Mexican tradition to convey her Xicanx perspective and a concern for her community's heritage and health. In both images, the Mesoamerican association of the tortilla signifies a cultural continuity elided by Euro-American history.Keywords: Codex Mendoza; Chicano; Xicanx; Tortilla; Decolonial art


The process of automatic extraction of buildings from digital imagery has had major practical importance for many years in the area of data acquisition and updating of geographic information system (GIS) databases. This process also presents a huge scientific challenge for researchers as a result of the heterogeneous nature of the buildings, especially in the developing countries[Aytekin et al. 2009]. Several techniques were used in building extraction for satellite images in this research paper, second generation curvelet transform will be introduced as an edge detection tool helping in the detection of buildings boundaries. Second generation curvelet transform provides optimally sparse representations of objects, which display smoothness except for discontinuity along the curve with bounded curvature [Candes et al. 2006]. Some papers have investigated this technique for edge detection in high resolution satellite imagery such as IKONOS or QuickBird, and microscopic imagery [Geback and Koumoutsakos 2009;...


The research presented here addresses how line graphs can be made accessible to blind and visually impaired people through the use of non-speech audio. Previous research has focused on the sonification of a single data series. This paper describes a method of sonifying two data series, and the design of two modes (parallel mode and serial mode) for browsing the graphs. Quantitative evaluation showed that both browsing modes were successful, with the parallel mode being particularly effective.


It is common knowledge that American and British English are somewhat different in several aspects such as vocabulary, spelling, grammar, etc. These differences are sometimes not very apparent for Indonesian learners of English. Nevertheless, it is still important for Indonesian learners of English to be aware of these differences. In this research, the writer focuses on only one aspect of the difference between these two varieties, namely the use of adverbs. American and British people tend to use several adverbs differently, for example Americans tend to use the word 'pretty' as an adverb, whereas British people prefer to use 'rather.' Nonetheless, is this true for all other adverbs as well? Based on this, the writer has become interested in investigating the differences and similarities of the use of the adverb 'dead' by American and British people. To collect the data, two online corpora is used, i.e. COCA and BNC. The findings reveal that there are some similarities and differences in the way the adverb 'dead' is used by American and British people.


Paraffin sections (n = 168, 27 benign, 16 low malignant potential [LMP] and 125 malignant tumours) from epithelial ovarian tumours were evaluated immunohistochemically for expression of retinoblastoma gene product (pRB) and p53 protein, and the relationship among pRB, p53 and cyclin‐dependent kinase inhibitor 2 (CDKN2) gene product p16INK4A (p16) was analysed, following our previous study of p16. Forty‐one percent of the benign, 50% of the LMP and most (71%) of the malignant tumours showed high pRB expression. High expression of pRB (>50% pRB‐positive cells) significantly correlated with non‐mucinous histological subtypes. Reduced pRB expression, substage and residual disease were significant predictors for poor prognosis in stage I patients. All the benign and most of the LMP (81%) tumours were in either the p53‐negative or low p53‐positive category, but nearly half of the malignant tumours had high p53 expression. High p53 accumulation was found in non‐mucinous, high grade and late stage tumours. For well‐differentiated carcinomas, high p53 expression was a predictor of poor prognosis. However, even though high p53 expression was not associated with histological subtype, stage or the presence of residual disease, high p53 expression was not an independent predictor when all clinical parameters were combined. For all ovarian cancers, a close correlation was found between high p53 and high p16 expression. The relationship between the expression of pRB and p16 depended on tumour stage. In stage I tumours, high pRB was associated with low p16 reactivity. On the other hand, most advanced tumours showed both high pRB and high p16 reactivity. Int. J. Cancer 74:407–415, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


In this study thermosensitive composites were prepared through grafting copolymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) with [3-(methacryloyloxy) propyl] trimethoxysilane (MOPT, a silicon coupling agent) coupled on the surface of ultrafine silica beads. The effects of some synthetic conditions such as stabilizers, solvents, initiator, feed ratio on the grafting yields were investigated. The structures of the composites were characterized by infrared spectra, differential scanning calorimetry, and scanning electron microscope. The thermosensitive composite was used as a packing material in high performance liquid chromatography for separating naphthalene derivatives. The result indicated that satisfactory separation was achieved by controlling temperature of the column. As a comparison the packing material of silica-MOPT has no this separating efficiency due to absence of thermosensitivety. The mechanism for the temperature-controlled separation is attributed to polarity change of the poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) on silica surface when PNIPAM undergoes volume phase transition. POLYM. COMPOS., 2008. © 2008 Society of Plastics Engineers


Organic sulfur plays a crucial role in the biogeochemistry of aquatic sediments, especially in low sulfate (< 500 μM) environments like freshwater lakes and the Earth's early oceans. To better understand organic sulfur cycling in these systems, we followed organic sulfur in the sulfate‐poor (< 40 μM) iron‐rich (30–80 μM) sediments of Lake Superior from source to sink. We identified microbial populations with shotgun metagenomic sequencing and characterized geochemical species in porewater and solid phases. In anoxic sediments, we found an active sulfur cycle fueled primarily by oxidized organic sulfur. Sediment incubations indicated a microbial capacity to hydrolyze sulfonates, sulfate esters, and sulfonic acids to sulfate. Gene abundances for dissimilatory sulfate reduction (dsrAB) increased with depth and coincided with sulfide maxima. Despite these indicators of sulfide formation, sulfide concentrations remain low (< 40 nM) due to both pyritization and organic matter sulfurization. Immediately below the oxycline, pyrite accounted for 13% of total sedimentary sulfur. Both free and intact lipids in this same interval accumulated disulfides, indicating rapid sulfurization even at low concentrations of sulfide. Our investigation revealed a new model of sulfur cycling in a low‐sulfate environment that likely extends to other modern lakes and possibly the ancient ocean, with organic sulfur both fueling sulfate reduction and consuming the resultant sulfide.


DSP techniques are presented for hybrid modulated TDM-PON. FFE/DFE and various CDRs are tested with measured 50G/100G NRZ/PAM4 hybrid modulated data with 25G commercial devices. The measured data are further processed offline for the worst-case ISI to analyze DSP tolerance to chirp and dispersion effect.


We respond to Moses Pava's defense of the "Triple Bottom Line" (3BL) concept against our earlier criticisms. We argue that, pace Pava, the multiplicity of measures (and units of measure) that go into evaluating ethical performance cannot reasonably be compared to the handful of standard methods for evaluating financial performance. We also question Pava's claim that usage of the term "3BL" is somehow intended to be ironical or subversive.


Objective To observe the relation of the alteration of cerebral performed blood flow dynamics and cerebroelectrocity function in ophthalmic patients and ophthalmic disease.Methods 52 patients were given TCD and EEG examination .Results The abnormal rate of TCD is 84.6%.It mainly showed that the alteration of the blood flow velocity stream.Among them,there were nineteen cases of flow velocity acceleration in single or more than one vessel,and 25 cases of deceleration.The abnormal rate of EEG is 69.0%.It mainly showed that θ activities of the low-medium amplitude of and δactivitijes of medium-high amplitade.Conclusion Contrasting the results of two examinations,the abnormality of TCD is a little higher than that of EEG,but they have no distinguished difference.So as to be used to observe the change of cerebral blood flow and electroencephalographic waves,both examinations have clinical significance in diagnosis and cure of ophthalmic disease,and they can provide objective proof for the clinical ophthalmology.


Considering the problems of high cost and difficult maintenance in aluminum factory computer control system which uses wire network,this paper proposed a solution of ZigBee WSN delivered in aluminum factory where are strong electric field,strong temperature field and strong magnetic field environment.The key feature of this arousing method is attaining the demand of network coverage and QoS.Furthermore,the backlog data deterministic upper bound is given to enhance link throughout and backlog data in the means of a rate adjustment algorithm.The experiment results illustrate this approach not only can maintain network connectivity in high efficiency,but also significantly improves the performance of the network QoS.


Magnetic and structural studies were performed on Fe50Co50 material. The samples (disk-shaped, diameter: 10 mm, thickness: 2.5 mm) were fabricated by compaction of powder under pressure of 800 MPa for 5 min at temperatures 300{600 ‐ C. The powder was obtained by milling of Fe50Co50 alloy swarfs in high-energy planetary mill. The milling time varied from 1 h to 40 h. In the course of milling process the mean size of alloy pieces was decreasing from about 0.5 mm to 0.05 mm (scanning electron microscopy), which provided more compact structure after compression. The annealing process during compaction strongly reduces a coercive fleld of the


T he aim of the present study was to develop dispersible / mouth dissolving t ablets (orodispersible tablets) usin g piroxicam as a model drug for improving patient co mpliance, employing low cost directly compressible co - processed granular excipients developed in our laboratory, based on various suga rs/polyols such as mannitol, malto dextrin and dicalcium phosphate dihydrate along with a native food grade corn starch. The designed tablet formulati ons were evaluated for hardness, friability, weight variation, in vitro dispersion time, wetting time, water absorption ratio, drug content, in - vitro dissolution rate (in pH 6.8 phosphate buffer), short - term stability and drug - excipient interaction (IR spectroscopy). Among the designed piroxicam tablets, one formulation prepared with the granular excipient containing 25% w/w corn starch and 75 % w/w dicalcium phosphate dihydrate using starch paste for granulation, without super disintegrant addition was found to be promising dispersible tablet formulation ( in vitro dispersion time of 17.66 s and wetting time 8.4 s). Another tablet formulation pr epared with the granular excipient containing mannitol and food grade corn starch (50:50 ratio) and granulated with starch paste, along with 2% w/w crospovidone as superdisintegrant emerged as promising orodispersible tablet formulation ( in vitro dispersi on time 17.66 s and wetting time 14.3 s. Short - term stability studies of promising formulations (over a period of 3 months) indicated that there are no significant changes in drug content and in vitro dispersion time (p<0.05). IR - spectroscopic studies ind icated that there are no drug – excipient interactions.


Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." To view the entire list of current Internet-Drafts, please check the "1id-abstracts.txt" listing contained in the Internet-Drafts Shadow Directories on ftp.is.co.za (Africa), ftp.nordu.net (Northern Europe), ftp.nis.garr.it (Southern Europe), munnari.oz.au (Pacific Rim), ftp.ietf.org (US East Coast), or ftp.isi.edu (US West Coast). 1. Abstract This document describes a unified model to support authorization in a wide range of applications, including metacomputing, remote printing, video conference, and any other application which will require interactions between entities across autonomous security domains. The document proposes requirements for the support of:-flexible and expressive mechanism for representing and evaluating security policies-uniform authorization service interface for facilitating access control decisions for applications and requesting access control information about a particular resource. This specification defines structures and their uses at a level independent of underlying mechanism and programming language environment. This document is accompanied by a second one describing the details of proposed structures and services along with bindings for C language environments. This document is to be found in draft-ietf-cat-gaa-cbind-01.txt. 2. Introduction The variety of services available on the Internet continues to increase and new classes of applications such as metacomputing, remote printing, video conference are evolving. These applications will require interactions between entities across autonomous security domains. The distributed nature of the system, consisting of mutually suspicious security domains, requires a mechanism, which provides fine-grained access control to resources.


We investigate the electromechanical properties of quartz bulk acoustic wave resonators at extreme cryogenic temperatures. By applying a DC bias voltage, we demonstrate broad frequency tuning of high-Q phonon modes in a quartz bulk acoustic wave cavity at cryogenic temperatures of 4 K and 20 mK. More than 100 line-widths of tuning of the resonance peak without any degradation in loaded quality factor, which are as high as [Formula: see text], is seen for high order overtone modes. For all modes and temperatures, the observed coefficient of frequency tuning is [Formula: see text] 3.5 mHz/V per overtone number n corresponding to a maximum of 255.5 mHz/V for the n = 73 overtone mode. No degradation in the quality factor is observed for any value of an applied biasing field.


In recent years, content-based instruction (CBI) has become more widespread in university-level settings in response to several factors. These include the changing demographics within universities in English-speaking contexts and the emergence of English as an international language for academic texts and instruction in countries throughout the world. Recognition of the importance of preparing students for further academic study in the content areas, evidenced by the education standards under development for TESOL teachers at all levels (see, e.g., TESOL, in press a, in press b), increases the importance of this paradigm in language teaching, especially as it relates to ESL contexts. The increasing number of universities around the world which use English as a medium of instruction for supplementary readings, major texts, and class discussion and lecture underscores the need for attention to CBI in EFL contexts as well. In response to college and university students' need for enhanced academic English language proficiency, a diverse set of CBI programs has been developed, evolving to meet changing contexts, needs, and resources. However, within this diversity is a commonality of purpose (to assist English language learners with their disciplinary and professional aspirations) and a growing sense of the critical need for collaboration across disciplines (especially by language and content specialists) and throughout the institution by administrators and those in charge of faculty development. CBI programs have heightened content-area teachers' and administrators' awareness of the critical role that English language faculty play in the academic development of an increasing number of students. They have also helped create a deeper recognition among language faculty of the importance of focusing attention on the language needs of learners outside of the language classroom. In an optimal CBI context, both language and content faculty gain in their understanding of the interplay of language and content and the respective contributions of all faculty to enhancing the language and academic proficiency of English language learners. The nature of this collaboration is far more complex than previous labels such as adjunct or theme-based or sheltered instruction (Northcutt & Watson, 1986; Snow, Brinton & Wesche, 1987) or integrated language and content instruction, content-based language instruction, or language-sensitive content instruction (Crandall, 1993; Spanos, Content-Based Instruction in Higher Education Settings: Evolving Models for Diverse Contexts JoAnn ( Jodi) Crandall and Dorit Kaufman


Father Carl Starkloffbegan teaching at Regis College in the Toronto School of Theology in 1981. He arrived with experience in teaching, as associate professor at Rockhurst College in Kansas City, and in cross-cultural ministry, having served in Wyoming at the Wind River Reservation and St Stephen's Mission, where he was Director from 1975-1981. These twin foci of academic work and hands-on experience continued during his time at Regis. Once each month, he would set out on the long drive to the Anishinabe Spiritual Centre in northern Ontario to spend the weekend with Native peoples who wished to engage in ongoing reflection on Gospel-Culture issues. During this time, he continued to build up an impressive bibliography of academic writings on issues of inculturation and missiology.l This dual concern for theory and praxis is captured in the title of a course he taught for many years, "Inculturation: Theory and Practice." Not, for him, a theoretical formulation with no bearing on actual cross-cultural experi...


arms exports shows the following picture: 1. In the five-year period 1981-85 the USA was the leading arms supplier, with about 39 per cent of total arms exports. The share of the Soviet Union was about 28 per cent. 2. The Soviet Union was the largest supplier of major weapons to the Third World during 1981-85. The Soviet share was about 32 per cent and the US share around 27 per cent. Whereas US exports go mostly to industrialized countries, Soviet exports are predominantly directed towards the Third World. 3. The USA and the USSR together continue to account for more than half of both total trade and trade with the Third World only. Both shares are decreasing, however. While their combined share was 71 per cent for 1978-82, this has now decreased to 66 per cent. Their share in arms exports to the Third World was always


The application of the ionic liquids in the palladium catalyzed Heck reactions have been reported extensively, however, without proper evidence addressing the role of ionic liquids in the catalytic process. In this thesis, a new series of N-alkyl-Nmethylpyrrolidinium trifluoromethanesulfonate salts (46-52) have been synthesized to study their potential as the alternative solvents for the Heck reaction, instead of using conventional molecular solvents. These salts were synthesized through quaternization reaction between N-methylpyrrolidine (38) with several alkyl iodides, followed by metathesis reaction with silver trifluoromethanesulfonate, to give the desired products (46-52) (yield: 72-96%) with melting points ranging from room temperature to 300°C. All the salts obtained were characterized by using 1H and 13CNMR spectroscopies, CHN elemental analysis, melting point, density and molar conductivity. The effects of alkyl chains towards the melting points and molar conductivities of these salts (46-52) have been investigated. The N-butyl-Nmethylpyrrolidinium trifluoromethanesulfonate, [Bmplim]CF3SO3 (49), has been chosen as the solvent in the Heck reactions between methyl acrylate (61) and several types of aryl bromides (56-60) to give Heck adducts (62-66) with satisfactory yield between 37 to 97%. Parameters such as the types of bases, the amount of Pd catalyst loadings and the reaction temperatures were also studied in order to optimize the percentage conversion of respective Heck adducts (62-66). Results show that, the optimum condition to enhance the percentage conversion for this catalytic system is by using Et3N as base, Pd catalysts loading at 1.5mmol% and reaction temperature at 120°C, to achieve the calculated TONs of ~6667. With these conditions, the Heck adducts of reactive aryl bromides; 4-bromonitrobenzene (56), 4-bromoacetophenone (57) and bromobenzene (58) have achieved an extremely high percentage conversion (~100%). As for the unreactive aryl bromides; 4-bromoanisole (59) and 4- bromoaniline (60), the addition of PPh3 was proved to be useful; however, leads to contamination from the by-product which results to problematical separation of the desired products (62-66). The ionic liquid of [Bmplim]CF3SO3 (49), can be recycled up to three runs, without showing any distinct losses in its activities


absence. Occupying, as lle does, a high place among men of science, I amsure that his address, if he were in my place, would be in every respect worthy of his high scientific reputation. At short notice I have been called upon to take his place ; and if I fail in interesting you in the subjects and treatment of my address, it is because I have been unable to devote sufficient time to its preparation.


The article presents the attempt of rational interpretation of Hegel's views on the issue of objectivity of dialectics of categories of pure thought, its relation to the content of Absolute Idea as the eternal nature of the Universe.


Intelligence e-commerce refers to a systematic reservation and management of the client's data by the use of data bank and data mining technology as well as the analysis of the client's data through kinds of data statistics analysis tools in order to provide all kinds of analytical report such as assessment of value of the client,assessment of the level of satisfaction of the client,assessment of the quality of the service,assessment of the marketing and the future demand in the market.These help to decide marketing activity for the enterprises.The intelligence e-commerce embodies in the intelligence management,reservation,retrieval,system of e-commerce.It manages and supervises rapidly for the enterprises the flow of information,capital and logistic in an omni bearing way by the adoption of service platform of the internet.It also coordinates the business of the supplier,the enterprise,the dealer and the client so as to realize the efficiency of the flow of capital.It will thoroughly reform the cooperative pattern among different parties and become the Key words in e-commerce in the next ten years.


The areas of low-velocity middle mantle shift into the transition zone are distinguished according to 3-d P-velocity model of the Fennoscandian shield mantle and its surroundings using Taylor approximation method. Within the Kola-Karelia megablock there are the White Sea and Varanger mantle domains along with the Kostomuksha and Lapland upper mantle domains. Within the Svecofennian megablock there is the Shellefteo domain, and within the Sveconorwegian megablock - subvertical mantle column of altering high and low-velocity P-waves corresponding to superdeep mantle of the Oslo graben. Based on the conducted analysis the following general velocity features of the distinguished domains are defined: the areas of low-velocity middle mantle shift into the transition zone of the upper mantle, stratification of the upper mantle and its transition zone.


This paper discusses the theory and fundamentals of progressively timed signal systems, whose objective is the achievement of maximum possible bandwidth. The relationship of bandwidth to speed, cycle length, splits, and distances is defined. Two conditions concerning the centers of green and their respective eccentricities are discussed, and their relationship to the bandwidth is demonstrated. Based on these relationships, a model is developed that satisfies the conditions of the Tschebysheff theorem. This theorem serves as the optimization model for maximizing bandwidth; in it speed and cycle length are varied within reasonable and defined limits. NO-STOP-1 is an outgrowth of this model. It includes a table printout that identifies all data necessary to describe a time-space diagram as well as a computer-plotted, time-space diagram that takes into consideration various options. NO-STOP-1 then is compared to SIGPROG. NO-STOP-1 yields larger bandwidths than those produced by SIGPROG. NO-STOP-1 also has a greater variety of options. NO-STOP-1 is also briefly compared to other programs.


Activation of fibrinogen by thrombin releases fibrinopeptides A and B, followed by the formation of an ordered fibrin polymer, probably due to the association of complementary binding sites. The present investigation focused on defining areas of fibrin monomer molecule which are active during polymerization by identifying binding regions on plasmic degradation products of fibrinogen or fibrin. Studies were done in soluble and in solid phase systems. In the first, species were mixed in solution and monitored for complex formation on Tris-glycine gels; in the latter, affinity chromatography on insolublized fibrinogen, fibrin monomer or cross linked fibrin was done. Thrombin-treated fibrinogen, Fragments X, Y, or NDSK bound to Fragment DD in solution as well as to all three insolublized species. Therefore one type of polymerization site is present and available on the Fragment D region of fibrinogen. The complementary site is a thrombin activated region on th e NH2-terminal domain of fibrinogen. Fragments E1 and E2 from crosslinked fibrin complexed with Fragment DD but not with fibrinogen, Fragments X, Y, or D. Fragment E1 and E2 also bound to insolublized crosslinked fibrin but not to insolublized fibrinogen or fiorin monomer. The data indicate that Fragment DD contains a binding site generated in the aligned Fragment D moieties which is inoperative in a single Fragment D. This site is complementary to the fourth site, a thrombin-activated region on the NH2-terminal domain of fibrinogen localized to Fragments E1 and E2. It is concluded that the first two binding sites are active on fibrin monomer molecules but the other two sites become operative only after the formation of fibrin oligomers.


rapid improvement than in usual care alone in terms of overall psychopathology (Child Behaviour Checklist, P = 0.02), but there were no group differences in parenting. The overall magnitude of group differences was small ( d = 0.15 or less). Conclusion . A brief early intervention combining a self-help booklet and telephone coaching is an effective way to treat mild behaviour problems among young children. This minimal-contact approach addresses the need for interventions in primary health care settings and may be a useful component in step-care models of mental health.


A network virtual oscillograph based on java is researched and designed, which transfers data through Internet or Intranet by TCP/IP protocol. Using multi thread technology, a virtual oscillograph simulation is realized. The oscillograph can be used as a measurement and control network component work, and in many fields such as instruments remote control, fault diagnosis, and device maintenance.


This thesis reports the investigation of the role of the insulin receptor substrate 2 (Irs2) and von Hippel-Lindau (Vhl) genes in B-cell function, using the cre-loxP system to delete these genes in the pancreas of mice. Pancreatic 8-cells sense and respond to the metabolic status of the body via cellular signalling networks. The genes studied represent critical nodes in the insulin (Irs2) and hypoxia response (Vhl) cellular signalling pathways. IRS2 mediated insulin and insulin like growth factor 1 receptor signalling (IIS) has previously been demonstrated to be critical in maintaining a functional B-cell mass in the presence of peripheral insulin resistance. However, in these previous studies, the study of Irs2 null B-cell function was complicated by the insulin resistance. Therefore, this thesis reports the generation and characterisation of the pancreatic Irs2 knock out (Plrs2KO) mouse, which has enabled the clarification of the role of Irs2 in the pancreas without the complication of increased body mass or insulin resistance. This has demonstrated the importance of IRS2 mediated IIS in maintaining correct B-cell function, by positively regulating B-cell mass and insulin secretion, thereby controlling whole body glucose homeostasis. The transcription factor hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) initiates the transcription of hypoxia response genes. HIF is earmarked for destruction by the VHL protein in the presence of oxygen, but HIF is stabilised and active during hypoxia. To investigate the role of HIF in the B-cell, B-cell and pancreas specific Vhl knock out mice were generated (BVhlKO and PVhlKO) and characterised. These models exhibited B-cell HIF1a activation and glucose intolerance due to altered gene transcription, defective glucose sensing and insulin secretion, despite having a normal B-cell mass. This has established that HIF can regulate insulin secretion and B-cell function. Importantly, these data have implications for human islet transplantation whereby HIF activation may impair glucose sensing and therefore insulin secretion in islet grafts.


The purpose of this project was to deter mine whether reading scores could increase for the lowest performing first grade readers in an elementary school in Salem, Oregon, through daily use of two Energy Psychology


Abstract : In 1980, the US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) sponsored a colloquium of selected topics from the Basic Research program. Twenty-one principal investigators on research funded by ARI presented their findings. The proceedings are grouped into five broad topic areas: computer-based systems; information processing; learning, memory and transfer; human relations; and issues and trends.


In recent years, because of the rapid progress in wireless technology, microwave absorbers or noise suppressors have become necessary for a safe-electromagnetic-wave-level environment. To design microwave absorbers or noise suppressors, it is necessary to have knowledge of complex permittivity and permeability. To this end, we used the coaxial waveguide method between 500 MHz–18 GHz and the free space method with a dielectric lens in the K-band (18–26.5 GHz). In this report, we show the complex permittivity, εr* and permeability, µr* of lossy dielectric composite materials such as barium titanate oxide (BaTiO3)/rubber and titanium oxide (TiO2)/rubber. The real part of the complex permittivity, ε'r is available for changing the trimming weight ratio of rubber and replacing TiO2 or BaTiO3.


A warm window surface with a relatively high (>50%) surface emittance can add significant undesired heat loading into a cryogenic test chamber. However, a front surface coating that consists of a very thin adherent layer of evaporated Cr that is overcoated with about 7nm of evaporated Au has been demonstrated to reduce the inherently high emittance of a glass or sapphire window surface down to about 14%, while maintaining a visible transmittance in excess of 55%. The coating possesses reasonably good adhesion and cleaning durability when deposited onto glass or sapphire substrates and has survived multiple temperature cycles between 316K and 20K. The addition of a single layer anti-reflection coating, such as reactively evaporated SiOx, to the otherwise uncoated exterior surface of a cryogenic window produced a further increase in visible wavelength transmittance without altering window emittance. This paper will present measured reflectance, transmittance, and emittance data for the Cr + Au window surface coating relevant to a cryogenic window application.


C d Address: AKERVANSENTERFrtt A system and method are disclosed for installing a backup P.O. BOX 3.188 power source (200) in a service access interface, also known WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33402-3188 (US) as a cross-connect interface (CCI) (110). A system that 9 incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may (73) Assignee: SBC Knowledge Ventures LP, Reno include, for example, a method having the steps of searching NV (US) (306) for topology information of a selected CCI coupled to a central office for distributing telecommunication services (21) Appl. No.: 11/234,018 to one or more buildings, and identifying (310-318) accord ing to said topology information a backup power source (22) Filed: Sep. 23, 2005 capable of Supporting a load requirement of the CCI.


Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy‐specific multifactorial disorder, characterized by hypertension and proteinuria after the 20th week of gestation. The placenta plays an important role during PE development. It has been shown that the RhoA GTPase is involved in the development of hypertension and vasoconstriction due to may contribute to the etiology of this disorder. These GTPases act as molecular switches interacting with effector proteins to generate cellular responses. Because of their importance and little background presence of RhoA protein in placentas with PE, the main aim of this work is to determinate the localization of RhoA protein and the identification of effectors proteins in cotyledon, vein and artery from umbilical cord. Our results revealed that RhoA is localized mainly in smooth muscle cells of vein and artery, and blood vessels from cotyledon. The expression level was decreased in preeclamptic placenta. This data suggests a possible role of RhoA protein in blood vessels during the hypertension related with PE.


This study was examind the effect of different levels of Heracleum percicum essential oil on performance, egg quaility, immune response and some blood parameters in Japanese quails. 96 japanese quails at 60 days of ages were choosed randomly, and divided in to 4 treatments and each treatment contained 4 replication and each replication contained 6 birds. during 28 days, by using levels
of Heracleum percicum essential oil (0, 20, 40, 60 mg/kg). In first to fourth weeks of production period, different levels of tretments of didnot have a significant
effect on feed intake (FI) (p>0.05) , but during first, second and third weeks of the production period the amount of FI in all levels of treatments was numerically
more than control group. During first, second, third, and fourth weeks of production, dietary feed conversion ratio (FCR) wasnot affected by treatments, and there werenot a significant difference between treatments. (p>0.05). The
findings of the effects of different levels of Heracleum percicum on SRBC in Japanese quail showed that Heracleum percicum had a significant effect on antibody response against SRBC, so that levels of Heracleum percicum had less
antibody than control group. Blood biochemical parameters (glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride, Calcium, Phosphorus, albumin, ALT, AST, total Protein) were significantly affected by experimental treatments (p<0.05), so that glucose in 60 mg/kg treatment had the least numerical value compared to the control group.
Also According to the results all of the other parameters except triglyceride, ALT, AST, in all levels of treatments, had the least numerical value compared to the control group According to the results, Weight of egg, length of egg, width of egg, weigth of albumen and yolk, heigh of albumen, weigth of yolk, weigth of egg shell and thickness of the bottom of eggshell were not affected by experimental
treatments (p>0.05). According to results, diameter of yolk, and thickness of the tip of eggshell and thickness of the middle of egg shell were affected by experimental treatmens.


Introduction. Adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) remains one of the leading causes of emergency surgery in children. According to various authors, the incidence of ASBO remains high (in 2-6% of children after abdominal surgery), despite the introduction of minimally invasive technologies and modern means of prevention.
       Objective: To improve the treatment outcomes of patients with ASBO by identifying strangulation prediction factors to determine the indications for urgent surgery.
       Material and methods. We have analyzed the prognostic value of clinical-anamnestic and paraclinical features in 89 children with ASBO which may be pathogenetically associated with the presence of strangulation. 75.3% of them (67 patients) had obstructive ASBO nature, and 24.7% (22) had strangulation. The analysis was performed using conjugation tables and Pearson's χ2 criteria. The connection was considered reliable at p <0,05.
       Results. We have determined 8 signs which demonstrated the presence of a statistically significant connection with the strangulation nature of obstruction, among which the greatest prognostic value (p≤0.001) had positive peritoneal signs (χ2 = 15.256), free fluid in the abdominal cavity during ultrasound monitoring of the pelvis (χ2 = 13.777) and in the form of inter-loop effusion (χ2 = 6.473). From laboratory data it is necessary to pay attention to the existence of a hyperleukocytosis (52,6%). These signs, identified as a result of the study, can be obtained quickly and easily at the initial examination of a patient and allow to effectively assess the likelihood of strangulation obstruction and, accordingly, to assist in making a clinical decision.
       Conclusion. For timely diagnosis of irreversible intestinal wall changes at strangulation obstruction, ultrasound examination of abdominal organs should be performed immediately upon treatment or hospitalization of a child with ASBO to avoid intestinal damage due to strangulation and development of peritonitis. The presence of 2 or more of the identified prognostic factors (89.5%) in children with ASBO means a "strong" connection with the presence of strangulation (PCC = 0.627), which can be considered as an indication for the urgent surgical treatment.


The Environmental Hazards Assessment Program monitored DEF and Folex drift from selected sprayed cotton fields in Fresno County, California during September and October 1979. Three daylight and a single night aerial applications were studied using a monitoring period coinciding with actual application. The three day studies also included monitoring a post-application period after spraying was terminated. Additionally, two DEF intrusion studies were implemented in Fresno and Merced counties in an attempt to detect the defoliant in residential areas of concern and in fields of non-target crops. An evaluation of Meloy Total Sulfur Analyzers to monitor sulfur containing compounds associated with DEF and its breakdown products was completed. A study to evaluate the effectiveness of Airdrop, an additive to control drift, was also attempted. The monitoring teams detected very low levels of DEF drift from cotton fields during aerial applications. Drift levels varied from a maximum of 14,500 ng/m3, a calculated mean of 1.1 parts per billion (ppb, weight/volume), immediately downwind from the field (30 meters) to 953 ng/m3, a calculated mean of 73 parts per trillion (ppt, weight/volume) 400 meters downwind from an application field. Aerial defoliant applications on monitored cotton fields produced essentially identical drift patterns despite significant differences in temperature and humidity and day or night applications. The night application did, however, produce higher levels of drift but only relatively so. Absolute levels of DEF drift did not exceed 1 ppb during the night application. Drift levels stabilized at very low concentrations by a distance of about 200 meters downwind where further dilution continued at an extremely slow rate. Only very low levels of DEF (co.5 ppb) were detected during post-application monitoring although fields maintained higher levels than the background samples taken before application.


Abstract : A new water soluble polyelectrolyte has been synthesized by the alkyl sulfonation of the aramid poly-(p-phenyleneterephthalamide) (PTTA) to form poly(p-phenyleneterephthalamide propanesulfonate) (PPTA-PS). This polyelectrolyte is soluble in water to greater than 18% by weight when the poly- aramid is alkyl sulfonated to 66%. Characterization and structural analysis of the polyelectrolyte was facilitated by a Carbon 13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance study of the model compound benzanilide and its alkyl and alkyl sulfonate derivatives, as well as of an alkyl derivative of PPTA. The preparation of a molecular level composite of polypyrrole and PPTA-PS has been pursued by electrochemical polymerization of pyrrole using PPTA-PS as both the electrolyte and the polymeric dopant ion. The composite materials exhibit conductivities of 1 ohm/cm and improved thermal stabilities when compared to poly(pyrrole tosylate). (KT)


Reepham is an attractive 18th century Market Town situated on the B1145, 12 miles north west of Norwich. Set in beautiful country side the Bure and Wensum valleys, the Market Place is still the main focus of the town.


This paper uses both real-time UC/OS-Ⅱ kernel and microprocessor based on ARM7 architecture as the software and hardware environment,introduces the principle and the implementation of FAT file system,describes the implementation of CF card driver,and formulates how to apply FAT file system to real-time UC/OS-Ⅱ kernel.Finally,rules and procedures for FAT file system is demonstrated by an example.


ABSTRACT Background: The laterality of the signals passing through the splanchnic nerves to the vas deferens has not been well studied.


: This study takes Jinan's Shizikou Village in China as an example, conducting field investigations and data analyses to explore the necessity and feasibility of rural street space renewal. The primary findings reveal that the functionality of Shizikou Village's streets is suboptimal, with issues such as road damage and insufficient lighting facilities. Based on the survey results, the study propose a rural street space renewal plan grounded in human-centered design principles. Our goal is to create a rural street space that meets the villagers' needs, aligns with local culture, and fosters sustainable development.


Hybrid deep neural-symbolic architecture for event-detection employs a deep neural network at the back-end to perform low-level reasoning and a symbolic logical module to perform high-level cognitive reasoning. The currently known hybrid architectures use classical Answer Set Programming(ASP), which is unable to perform fuzzy reasoning with uncertainty. Moreover these systems don't extract new rules from the available data. On the other hand, there are neuro-fuzzy systems that can extract fuzzy rules from data by means of Gaussian Restricted Boltzman Machines (GRBM). Both the aspects should be merged together to achieve human-like intelligent reasoning and learning from environment. But the success of such an integration depends upon the chosen logical system, that can support fuzzy reasoning with uncertainty, as well as, can support the extracted knowledge from GRBM. This work investigates the feasibility of using interval-valued fuzzy logic programming for this purpose. This work focuses on the theoretical aspects from logic programming perspective.


Objective To design an alternative way to replace the washing containers of Microlab FAME system.Methods We connected external washing containers to substitute the wash station of Microlab FAME system.Results After the washing containers being replaced with external washing containers for one year,the work station works normally without plate rejecting.Conclusion The external wash station is an alternative way to substitute the washing containers of the Microlab FAME system.


The Acoustical Imaging Symposium series began in 1968. The 23rd meeting of the series will be held in Boston in April 1997. The symposium has focused on the engineering and physical‐science aspects of acoustic imaging. This presentation will survey a selected number of topics presented at these symposia, including acoustical holography techniques, phase‐only imaging, imaging with backward and forward propagation techniques, acoustic microscopy imaging, underwater imaging, seismic imaging, and other imaging techniques.


Three ice phase transitions, based on experimental and theoretical results, were incorporated into a 2D spherical convection model. These phase transitions are the exothermic Ice 1-2, the endothermic Ice 2-6, and the exothermic Ice 6-8 phase transitions. The fluid is assumed isoviscous and the anelastic liquid formulation was used. The object is an icy satellite whose physical characteristics resemble those of Ganymede or Callisto. Structural models, similar to those of Mueller and McKinnon, with different core sizes, i.e. with different degree of differentiation were studied. The shells, i.e. the mantle of the satellite, is heated both internally and from below to account for the decaying radiogenic heating and the heat flow from the solid core. The lower boundary of the mantle is rigid and isothermal, the upper boundary is isothermal. Calculations with rigid and shear stress free upper boundary are carried out in order to assess the role of the different boundary conditions. Two different Rayleigh numbers, depending on the assumed value of the viscosity, were used in the calculations and the thermal evolution of the satellite was studied. The suit of calculations presented demonstrates that phase transition cannot be ignored when the thermal evolution of a large icy satellite has to be studied. The importance of the construction of the realistic phase diagram for ice was also documented. On the other hand the degree of differentiation, simulated with the structures with different core's radius does not seem to drastically influence the overall behavior of the convective activity. Within the limits of our simulations, the post-accretional evolution seems to be independent on the degree of primordial differentiation.


Linux is an accident in the process of technological development, but it has swept the world in the past 30 years. It was born in the form of "Linux boom" and has become the largest project in the world with the most participation in development. This paper introduces an intelligent control system based on Linux, designs and implements an intelligent mechanical device of a microcontroller based on embedded Linux, describes the implementation process of hardware and software in detail, mainly including embedded Linux hardware circuit design, debugging, U-BOOT migration, Linux kernel migration and cutting, root file system creation, etc., and analyzes the design of each part of the application program. In practice, the communication between the system and PC is smooth. Compared with other systems, this system has the characteristics of simple operation, small size and low cost. The system realizes the human-computer interaction function, and the control function is mainly completed by the LCD screen, which is controlled by pressing keys; The voice command can realize the control function, and the user can select the corresponding function in the system; The main functions of human-computer cooperation include voice, gesture, click, expression and other functions.


We examined the association between water and hygiene‐related behaviors and persistent diarrhea (duration 14 days) among children under age three years in an indigenous rural Guatemalan community. Behavior indicators were specific aspects of the appearance of the mother, study child, other children and household that could be observed using a spot observation technique. Thirty‐four percent of children had one or more episodes of persistent diarrhea during the year of study. Bivariate analyses found that a higher proportion of observations in which the anti‐hygienic condition was observed was significantly associated with persistent diarrhea for 11 of 26 behavior indicators; these 11 indicators were also strongly correlated with each other. In individual logistic regression models, which included overall rate of diarrhea and other child characteristics associated with persistent diarrhea, six behavior indicators maintained significant association with persistent diarrhea: presence of toy on the ground, presence of baby bottle on the ground, the hands of the mother being dirty, presence of a fecally soiled diaper on the ground in the household compound, presence of feces in the yard, and the study child wearing a fecally soiled diaper. Three additional indicators closely approached significant association with persistent diarrhea. Excluding the three soiled diaper indicators, which might be the result rather than the cause of diarrhea, we found the six other behavior indicators to demonstrate a significant dose‐response effect in increasing risk of persistent diarrhea. These findings suggest that behaviors which promote increased exposure of young children to enteric pathogens increase risk of persistent diarrhea.


To research entertainers' complex collaboration relation network, this article presents a mining technique based on association rule. Using the data which contains cooperation relationship between actors and directors from 200 Chinese movies, association analysising the data sets by Apriori algorithm, and filtering association rules combining with interest factors such as Lift Degree, the article constructs entertainers collaboration relation network. At the end, the article certifies algorithm efficiency and practical application value based on the theory evaluation and value evaluation.


The distribution of the nine genera and 19 species of the family Icacinaceae in Venezuela is presented. For each species a map is included as well as a list of specimens examined. In the country, the family Icacinaceae has four patterns of distribution: 1) Guayana, with 15 species; 2) Guyana and Cordillera de la Costa with one specie; 3) Andes with two species and 4) Andes and Cordillera de la Costa with one specie. Currently, the species of the family Icacinaceae in Venezuela are not threatened.


NamPower and Eskom, the electricity authorities of Namibia and South Africa, are joining forces to meet Namibia's future power needs via a $160 million power link interconnecting the two countries' electrical systems. The project involves the construction of approximately 900 km ofsingle circuit 400 kV transmission line from Kenhardt in South Africa to Windhoek, Namibia's capital city.


Abstract : Various laser systems being used for tests in laboratories and environmental facilities at AEDC are described. These systems include the laser Doppler velocimeter used for flow field diagnostics, laser holography used for flow field visualization and particle studies, laser spark generation used to measure velocities in high speed flows, laser photography used for visualization during ablation tests, and vapor screen systems used to visualize flow patterns around models. Schematics of the systems are given, and some results from tests which have utilized laser instrumentation are presented.


A practically compact prototype of dual-band base station for use in the dual-band ROF systems is described. This system is used to realize the dual-band ROF transmission, where microwave- and mm-wave-band radio signals are simultaneously transmitted in single optical fiber link. An error-free simultaneous fiber-optic transmission of 2.45-GHz and 60-GHz-band signals with the dual-band BS prototype is also experimentally demonstrated.


In the present study, the chemical investigation of the bioactive fractions of the rhizomes of Zingiber officinale has resulted in the identification of twenty-nine compounds including one new compound, O-methyldehydrogingerol (1). Some of the isolates were subjected into the evaluation of their antiplatelet aggregation and vasorelaxing bioactivities. Among the tested compounds, [6]-gingerol (13) and [6]-shogaol (17) exhibited potent anti-platelet aggregation bioactivity. In addition, [10]-gingerol (15) inhibited the Ca2+-dependent contractions in high K+ medium. According to the results in the present research, the bioactivity of ginger could be related to the anti-platelet aggregation and vasorelaxing mechanism.


Self-assembled monolayers of carboranethiols on gold and silver surfaces have, over the past few years, been systematically studied in our laboratory.[1-6] We have studied and characterized these structures anchored to a metal surface, focusing especially on carboranethiols with relatively high dipole moments, using a number of techniques including X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, electrochemistry, scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy, and others.


This work presents the design, fabrication, and characterization of a metal-coated MIMO antenna for 77 GHz automotive applications. The MIMO antenna consists of 4 RX and 2 TX H-plane sectoral horn antennas. The antennas are fed by a hollow rectangular waveguide feeding network implemented by stacking two metal-coated plates with optimized transitions between layers.The current antenna configuration exhibits large matching bandwidth, and the radiation patterns satisfy typical requirements in the elevation and azimuthal planes. In addition, antenna gain is not affected due to the metal coating, and the antennas exhibit similar properties as the antennas of a full-metal reference array.


Coupling impedances are the source of coherent instabilities and corresponding beam intensity limits for the op eration of high current accelerators such as the planned SIS-100 synchrotron for the GSI FAIR project. Alternative designs for the vaccuum chamber are discussed, demanding for means to calculate the distributed impedance of beampipe. The coupling impedances are defined as follows:


Besides of normal face-to-face learning, learners can use electrical resources to perform digital learning in educational area. Learners can use communication tools such as real-time communication tools, online conferencing tools, and collaborative learning web-sites to perform synchronous learning. This paper proposed a browser-based plugin free online tutoring system. By applying browser-based technologies to perform media data transmission, users could use the proposed system without the need of installing client applications. The system integrates services for account management, digital whiteboard, collaborative editing for online document and data synchronization to make the server-side more effective. Users are able to use the system to find online class participants and perform synchronous online learning.


Abstract Thirteen gene-specific primer sets provided by the U.S. Poultry Genome Coordinators were used to investigate DNA polymorphisms between two highly inbred chicken lines of Leghorn and Fayoumi origin. Nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequences were then compared among these chicken lines and the Genbank sequences of chicken, mouse, and human. The following genes were selected as candidates for immune response or transcription activation: B2M, DAD1, IAP1, IL2, IREB1, LAP18, MAFL, POU1F1, RREB1, TAD, TBP1, TCRG, and ZOV3. Total cDNA was obtained from the spleens of Leghorn and Fayoumi lines by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and was used as a template to PCR-amplify gene-specific products. All primers except POU1F1 and TCRG generated single PCR products of the predicted 325- to 667-bp size, confirming the efficacy of these gene-specific primers in the chicken. Three and seven of the 11 amplified gene fragments yielded line-specific nucleotide polymorphisms between the Leghorn and Fayoumi sequences and between the Leghorn and Genbank chicken sequences respectively. Similarities between inbred Leghorn and mammalian species were 36 to 86% for nucleotides and 25 to 96% for predicted amino acid sequence. The polymorphisms of some gene fragments between the Leghorn and Fayoumi lines will allow for investigation of associations of these genes with immune response and other biological traits. ABSTRACT Thirteen gene-specific primer sets pro-as a template to PCR-amplify gene-specific products. All vided by the U.S. Poultry Genome Coordinators were primers except POU1F1 and TCRG generated single PCR used to investigate DNA polymorphisms between two products of the predicted 325- to 667-bp size, confirming the efficacy of these gene-specific primers in the chicken. highly inbred chicken lines of Leghorn and Fayoumi ori-Three and seven of the 11 amplified gene fragments gin. Nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequences were yielded line-specific nucleotide polymorphisms between then compared among these chicken lines and the Gen the Leghorn and Fayoumi sequences and between the bank sequences of chicken, mouse, and human. The fol-Leghorn and Genbank chicken sequences respectively. lowing genes were selected as candidates for immune Similarities between inbred Leghorn and mammalian response or transcription activation: B2M , DAD1 , IAP1 , species were 36 to 86% for nucleotides and 25 to 96% for IL2 , IREB1 , LAP18 , MAFL , POU1F1 , RREB1 , TAD , TBP1 , predicted amino acid sequence. The polymorphisms of TCRG , and ZOV3 . Total cDNA was obtained from the some gene fragments between the Leghorn and Fayoumi spleens of Leghorn and Fayoumi lines by reverse tran-lines will allow for investigation of associations of these scriptase-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and was used genes with immune response and other biological traits.


Abstract : In the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), DoD, for the first time, explicitly evaluated climate change as part of the QDR. Climate change influences DoD's operating environment and missions. DoD will need to adapt to the impacts of climate change. DoD will need to retain mission capability resilience and address changing missions. U.S. Climate Change Trends: arid areas of the Southwest will become hotter and drier, increased temperatures and weather extremes in the Southeast, rising temperatures will impact cold-region installations, and coastal areas will be impacted by sea level rise and storm surge. Key Areas to Improve Mission and Reduce Overall Costs: Energy and Reliance on Fossil Fuels, Chemicals of Environmental Concern, Water Resources Management, and Maintaining Readiness in the Face of Climate Change. OBJECTIVE 1 -- Continued Availability of Critical Resources. OBJECTIVE 2 -- DoD is a U.S. Government Leader in Reducing Greenhouse Gases. OBJECTIVE 3 -- Minimize Waste and Pollution. OBJECTIVE 4 -- Management and Practices Built on Sustainability and Community.


A Fortran IV computer program to identify and name alkane structure having C1-C16 main chains and C1-C4 side chains is available.


The scale-up of a new silicon thin film deposition technique employing supersonic molecular beams is investigated. Small area silicon thin film deposition was proven successful previously. This study aims to investigate the possibility of a larger scale deposition using axisymmetric ring sources through the numerical approach. It is found that the use of axisymmetric ring nozzle sources can significantly increase the deposition area and improve the film uniformity. The simulations show a uniform silicon growth over an area 18 cm in diameter at ∼155 A/min. The geometrical effects of the ring nozzle sources and the substrate to nozzle distance are studied. The influence of the source flow rate and pumping capacity is also examined.


This topic is a side-research of my doctoral research. I've started this topic after having found multiple dramas written in Spanish where the main characters were Hungarian nobles, mainly Imre Thököly, Rákóczi, Zrínyi and other people of historical interest in Hungary. The appearence of Count Thököly in 17th and 18th century literature is not uncommon, many a researcher noted foreign countries have taken a keen interest in the ousting of the turks and the anti-turk wars in


ABSTRACT: Load and resistance factor design (LRFD) is now recommended in North American design codes for reinforced-soil structures, including internal stability limit states. The selection of load and resistance factors that appear in limit state equations is best carried out using reliability-based analysis. In this paper the conventional approach to compute the limit state for geosynthetic reinforcement tensile rupture is reviewed, and is then recast in a reliability-based analysis framework suitable for LRFD calibration using bias statistics. The paper describes how to compute bias statistics from product-specific laboratory creep tests for the reinforcement rupture limit state. A database of results from creep tests on 94 different geosynthetic products was collected from 21 different sources. A total of 1086 in-air tensile test results and 540 creep-rupture data points were examined. This database is used to compute virgin and creep-reduced strength bias statistics for three different geosynthetic p...


The etiology of chronic headache is not yet fully explained, the treatment of this symptom is not simple. We show the effect of Qigong therapeutics applied on chronic headache patient, in order to establish a primary data for further studies of new treatments. We treated 2 times a weeks for 3 weeks....


The thermal behaviour of highly birefringent polarisation-maintaining optical fibres is studied, and the thermal hysteresis of the birefringence is related to the quenching of the fibre. Suitable `on-line´ thermal annealing during fibre drawing is shown to be a method for the full development of the high anisotropic stresses potentially available in high birefringence structures using borosilicate stress-producing parts.


Objective To study on the effectiveness of colonoscopy and histopathology in diagnosing ileocecal disease.Methods All patients have taken colonoscopy checking with Olympus CF XQ240 colonoscopy and the colonoscopy can arrive ileum terminal 10~20cm.Final diagnosis was determined by histopathology,the colonoscopy and clinical information.Results We found ileocecal disease 253 patients in 3127 checked patients.The rate was 8.1%.The diagnosis was caused by different diseases in 241 patients having been diagnosed,including 98 inflammation,38 polyp,37 ulcerative colitis(the whole colon implicating ileocecal),22 diverticula and 22 tumor.Tuberculosis and Crohn's disease were rare.Conclusions Colonoscopy play main role in diagnosis of ileocecal ulceration,elevate the rate of diagnosis.


that suitable technics will detect differences between the trans formed cells and cells of the parental type. Markers often used to follow such transformation are changes in karyotype, in morphology, in antigenic makeup, and in the acquisition of tumorigenic potential. Although it is known that at least a portion of the virus genome persists following virus transfor mation of cells, little is known of the state in which the genome of DNA-containing viruses exists in the tranformcd cell, and much more experimentation will be required to delineate the information added to the cells during transformation and the viral genes required to effect and to maintain the transformed state.


The purpose of this dissertation is to locate and understand the discourse of nature in the Swedish author August Strindberg's writing, and to expose the rules of composition governing his depiction of landscapes. The study is carried out with the help of analysing tools such as the concept of the "artialisation" of the landscape adhered to by the art philosopher Alain Roger, together with the theories of description put forward in the works of J-M. Adam, and A. Petitjean, and of P. Hamon. The first part aims to focus on Strindberg's view of nature through three main discursive fields: politics, science, and aesthetics. In the second part, samples of representatives texts (plays not included) are discussed, in order to reveal, what a A. Cauquelin terms the "rhetoric" of landscape, using a classification based on the magnitude of the scenery (such as the sublime in mountains, or conversely, the privacy of the garden), movement (the travels in France, Italy and Sweden), and place (Stockholm's archipelago).


Egg activation is important to help release the egg from meiotic arrest and blockpolyspermy. It is linked with an increase in intracellular egg calcium ions (Ca 2+ ) in almost all species studied and current studies imply that the mammalian sperm factor involved is a sperm-specific phospholipase C zeta, PLC ζ. Here, we report the identification of PLCζ in the testis and egg of LampamJawa. Our findings provide the evidence that PLCζ is present in the species of male and female LampamJawa (Barbonymusgonionotus). For this study, six types of commercial freshwater fish were selected i.e. Red Tilapia (Oreochromis sp. Red Tilapia), Black Tilapia (Oreochromismossambicus), Catfish or Keli (Ictaluruspunctatus), Silver Catfish or Patin (Pangasiuspangasius), Snakehead Fish or Haruan (Channastriatus) and Silver Barb or LampamJawa (Barbonymusgonionotus). The objectives of this study were to isolate the mRNA from the gonads of freshwater fishes, to identify and amplify the phospholipase C zeta (PLCζ) gene fragments, to sequence the purified DNA fragments and to compare the PLCζ sequence to other PLCζ sequence available in NCBI database. For the study of PLCζ expression, male and female LampamJawa showed bands at around 420bp in agarose gel electrophoresis suggesting the presence of PLCζ gene while no significant bands were found in other types of fishes used in this study.


Locating resources of interest is a fundamental problem within large scale resourceintensive environments. An effective way of solving this problem is providing and managing metadata about resources. In this paper, we describe an initial ontology design and the architecture of a distributed information system that we are implementing. We introduce an efficient notification based caching mechanism to make metadata available in open hypermedia peer-to-peer systems.


Three-body recombination is a chemical reaction where the collision of three atoms leads to the formation of a diatomic molecule. In the ultracold regime it is expected that the production rate of a molecule generally decreases with its binding energy $E_b$, however, its precise dependence and the physics governing it have been left unclear so far. Here, we present a comprehensive experimental and theoretical study of the energy dependency for three-body recombination of ultracold Rb. For this, we determine production rates for molecules in a state-to-state resolved manner, with the binding energies $E_b$ ranging from 0.02 to 77 GHz$\times h$. We find that the formation rate approximately scales as $E_b^{-\alpha}$, where $\alpha$ is in the vicinity of 1. The formation rate typically varies only within a factor of two for different rotational angular momenta of the molecular product, apart from a possible centrifugal barrier suppression for low binding energies. In addition to numerical three-body calculations we present a perturbative model which reveals the physical origin of the energy scaling of the formation rate. Furthermore, we show that the scaling law potentially holds universally for a broad range of interaction potentials.