Introduction Over the years, one of the main challenges in poultry production is coccidiosis, an internal parasite causing death and losses of about 20 percent or more (Chauhan 2007). Coccidiosis plays an inhibitory role in the growth of poultry industry and it is caused by different species of which inflict the birds in both clinical and sub-clinical forms. The clinical form of the disease manifests through prominent signs like bloody faeces, diarrhea, morbidity and mortality. Avian coccidiosis is a complex intestinal disease caused by protozoan et al., Eimeria parasites belonging to genus . Anticoccidial drugs over a long time may lead to emergence of drug resistant population of coccidia. It is therefore important to review or change the medicine used as coccidiostat from time to time. Use of restricted feeding may also result in less than optimum dose of coccidiostat (Shirly 1992). Over time, chemoprophylaxis and anticoccidial feed additives have been used to control the disease but the situation has been complicated by the emergence of drug resistance (Abbas 2011) and their potentially toxic effects on animal and Eimeria


Abstract Eleven essential oils (EOs) were screened for their fumigant and repellent activity against two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acarina: Tetranychidae) under laboratory conditions. Results showed that, in fumigant toxicity assay, Mentha longifolia L. showed more toxic to T. urticae (LC50 = 11.08 mg L−1 air) and was followed by Mentha piperita L. (LC50 = 15.86 mg L−1 air), Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) W. Watson (LC50 = 17.23 mg L−1 air) and Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) (LC50 = 18.82 mg L−1 air). In repellent activity test, Acorus calamus (L.), M. piperita and C. flexuosus showed 100% repellent activity to T. urticae as compared to Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) and Aegle marmelos (L.) (76.67%).


This review summarizes current knowledge and experience of piezosurgical device in periodontics and implantology which was developed in 1988. This device uses a modulated ultrasonic frequency that permits highly precise and safe cutting of hard tissue. The chief advantages of piezosurgery include decreased blood loss, soft tissue protection and less vibration and noise that increases comfort of the patient. The main indications in periodontics are supragingival and subgingival scaling and root planning, periodontal pocket lavage, crown lengthening, soft tissue debridement, resective surgeries, regenerative surgeries- to obtain autogenous grafts for treatment of periodontal intrabony defects,  sinus lift, bone graft harvesting, osteogenesis distraction, ridge expansion and inferior alveolar nerve decompression. In conclusion, piezoelectric devices are an innovative ultrasonic technique for safe and effective osteotomy or osteoplasty compared with traditional hard and soft tissue methods that use rotating instruments. Keywords: ultrasonic, micro vibrations, piezoelectric, osteotomies, bone graft harvesting


Experience with forty-nine patients with surgically treated transchondral fractures of the talar dome seen between 1957 and 1977 at our institution has indicated that surgical treatment yields a good long-term result. Long-term results in twenty-five patients with sufficiently long follow-up (average, sixtyfive months) were recorded. Ninety-two per cent of the patients had had a history of severe ankle sprain or fracture and many had had chronic symptoms before the definitive diagnosis was made. The surgical treatment consisted of drilling and curettage followed by non-weight-bearing and early range-of-motion exercises. Twenty-two patients had good or excellent results, two had fair results, and one had a poor result. In eleven patients followed for five to eighteen years, no deterioration in functional capacity was noted; however, improvement in the postoperative status was noted for as long as eighteen months. Even when it was performed for a chronic lesion the operation gave a high percentage of good results, and the long-term results did not differ appreciably from the results eighteen months postoperatively. No other reports were found concerning long-term follow-up of this lesion. The diagnosis of transchondral fracture of the talar dome often is delayed because the subtle roentgenographic findings are easily overlooked, because the initial roentg nograms are negative for fracture, or because the injury seems so trivial that roentgenograms are not made. The lesion is relatively common. More than 300 cases have been reported in the world literature '' . The lesion (Fig. I) has been variously referred to as an intra-articular fracture of the talus; osteochondritis dis* Read in part at the Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot Society. San Francisco, California, February 21 , 1979. t Supported in part by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, for CIP 9-48-1209. : The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private ones of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Navy Department or of the naval service at large. § Department of Orthopaedics, Box 6303 , Naval Regional Medical Center, Oakland, California 94627. Please address reprint requests to Lieutenant Commander Alexander. secans of the talus; and flake fracture, osteochondrab fracture, or dome fracture of the talus. Berndt and Harty preferred the term transchondral fracture of the dome of the talus because it is specific for the anatomical location and the traumatic etiology. They reproduced the lesion in two sites in cadavera. Strong inversion of the foot with the ankle dorsiflexed produced a lesion of the lateral part of the talar dome while inversion, plantar flexion, and lateral rotation of the tibia on the talus produced the lesion on the medial surface. They described four stages of the lesion, in either the medial or lateral location, that are helpful for understanding the pathogenesis of the lesion. Their classification, now in general use, consists of: Stage I, compression of the border of the talus; Stage II, rupture of the ligaments with partial separation of a bone fragment; Stage III, complete separation of the fragment without displacement; and Stage IV, displacement of the fragment. The four stages may be seen in either lateral or medial sites. The lesion that has been called osteochondritis dissecans, in which the history of trauma may be indefinite, actually represents a Stage-I (compression) lesion. It is painless at the onset because no ligaments are torn. Weight-bearing allows the lesion to progress to Stage II or Stage III. Then symptoms of pain, swelling, and instability of the ankle are noted. Davis suggested that a loose hgamentous habitus may contribute to the progression of a lesion. Poor results have been reported with non-operative treatment of the fracture and that has prompted recent advocacy of surgical removal of the fragmenO'7"2"M. Although the results of this treatment, in the short term, have been described as good, no long-term follow-up data are available on adequate numbers of patients "i. The purpose of our study was to provide more long-term follow-up data. We also tried to determine whether a delay in surgical treatment adversely affects the outcome and whether the results eighteen months postoperatively accurately predict the long-term outcome.


The Fauna and ecological distribution of birds in Dalinuoer nature reserve of Inner Mongolia were investigated from 1999 to 2001.190 bird species were recorded,which belong to 98 genera,38 families,16 orders.25 species are residents,165 species are migrants consisting of 108 summer migrants,55 passing birds,2 winter migrants.Among the birds,36 species are national protected.The elements of Palaeoarctic realm play important roles in this avifauna and have some reciprocal permeation and intermediate characteristics of northeast and Mongo-xinjiang region.The findings indicated that wetland habitat is the centre of bird distribution area.There are 4 types of ecology environment in this area,incuding wetlands,grasslands,woods and bush,and residential area.


In this work, a mathematical thermal model for lithium ion battery pack with specific configuration was developed by coupling the single particle model and energy balance equation with basic circuit constraints. The temperature variation at different parts of the battery pack was considered in charge/discharge operations, and the dependency of cell parameters on temperature were taken into account. The model was validated by comparing the simulated current, voltage, and temperature profiles with experimental data. Case studies such as battery balancing and circuit interruption were also performed and discussed.


Relationships between flow, sediment transport and channel morphology are relatively well established in coarsegrained alluvial channels. Developing equivalent relationships for bedrock-alluvial channels is complicated by the two different components that comprise the channel morphology: bedrock and sediment. These two components usually have very different response times to hydraulic forcing, meaning that the bedrock morphology may be inherited from previous conditions. The influence of changing sediment cover on channel morphology and roughness will depend on the relative magnitudes of the sediment size and the spatial variations in bedrock elevation.


Examination of the record of population growth and settlement expansion in colonial New England suggests that regulation of population growth and settlement size may have occurred. Demographic and historical data for the years 1659 through 1730, collected from Hadley, Massachusetts, show that regulation of growth, primarily through out-migration, did occur in that town. A high growth rate, a preference for small, nucleated settlements and concepts of religious and social solidarity were the major factors which combined to produce the observed pattern of regulation. The analysis indicates that regulation of growth and settlement size operated on a community level, not on the population as a whole. It was also observed that the high levels of out-migration from such small villages as Hadley contributed significantly to the process of settlement spread and expansion of the frontier.


The thermal stability and bonding characteristics of the larger boron clusters B n and their corresponding boranes with T d , O h or I h symmetries were studied by means of ab initio method. The results obtained from the calculation show that the clusters and boranes are all thermally stable to a different extent. The number of the skeletal bonding orbitals of B n H 2- n satisfies the Wades rule, but this kind of clusters need not be a complete triangular face polyhedron. The results also indicate that the larger neutral boranes B n H n may exist.


Adult-onset Still`s disease is an uncommon systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology and pathogenesis. It is characterized by an evanescent rash, spiking fever (>39°), arthralgia, sore throat, abnormal liver function tests and leukocytosis (>10,000/mm3). We report a case involving a 41-year-old male with initial symptoms suggestive of anaphylactic and septic shock. Steroid therapy led to recovery. Adult-onset Still`s disease was ultimately confirmed.


The physician's important decision-making role in the allocation of medical resources is well recognized. An important part of this role is one physician's decision to refer a patient to another physician for care. Existing research, largely descriptive in nature, has been limited by lack of a clear theoretical and conceptual framework for analysis. The current paper develops and tests a model of physician referral behavior based on exchange theory. Differences in rates of referral among physicians are viewed as a function of the different rewards and costs perceived by physicians occupying different levels of status within a given medical community. The model is tested using data collected from 127 internists in private practice in the northern suburbs of Chicago. Findings are discussed in terms of policy issues and suggestions for further research are indicated.


Among the many paradoxes of Israeli politics, there are the strategies of political inclusion used by organizations and parties representing groups that reject the universalism which Israeli democracy is heir to. This paper develops a model of 'political inclusion Israeli-style', illustrated by one party, Shas, which since 1984 proclaims itself the voice of the socially and culturally excluded Sephardi population of north African and Middle Eastern Jews, who represent over 40% of the Jewish population. Shas is also a movement of religious and ethnic revival which, by adopting a social strategy of self-exclusion grounded in strict religious observance, and of independence vis-à-vis established Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox politics, has gained 11 out of 120 Knesset seats, inclusion in government, and control over a share of educational and welfare expenditure. The paper raises the issue whether such less-than-perfectly universalistic practices are not a variety of corporatism and possibly, for the parties concerned, a more effective strategy of incorporation than the classic social democratic path.


A connection system comprises at least one pair of male (10) and female (30) respectively attached to first and second components (14, 16). The female member (30) includes a flared hollow portion (32) for receiving and guiding the pin member (10) and a hollow plug (34) in the extension of the flared portion (32) , for the insertion of the male element (10). A plug portion of the male element (10) has an outer diameter before the top plug internal diameter of the plug portion (34) of the female element (30) and the plug portion of the male member is made of a deformable material and has a corrugated cross section so as to contract during its insertion in the insertion part (34) of the female element (30) and / or part of plug (34) of the female connecting member (30) is made of a deformable material and has a corrugated cross section so as to expand upon insertion of the plug portion of the male element (10) .


Introduction 1. Dialogues with the dead: history, performance, and Elizabethan theater 2. Theatrical time and historical time: the temporality of the past in The Famous Victories of Henry V 3. Figuring history: truth, poetry, and report in The True Tragedy of Richard III 4. 'Unkind division': the double absence of performing history in 1 Henry VI 5. Richard III and Theatrum Historiae 6. Henry V and the extra-theatrical historical imagination Conclusion: traces of Henry/traces of history.


The Flint Water Crisis exposed thousands of fetuses, infants and young children to lead, a neurotoxin that is unsafe for humans at any level of exposure. Each child is likely to experience some level of cognitive, behavioral or emotional harm. With access to high level preschool, however, the child may experience less long-term harm and arrive in kindergarten better prepared to learn.

Universal preschool should be a no-brainer in Flint and in the hundreds of other places where lead exposure is chronic. The case for preschool is so strong that special funding was provided for Flint's children, but only for a limited period of time. As this article explains, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), with its reliance on individualized evaluations and remedies, provides no guarantee that each lead-exposed child will be provided with preschool. This group instead needs systemic changes in early education so that each of them is identified early, using only the simplest diagnostic filters, and offered high quality preschool for at least a year.


A reel-shaped intellectualized pumping unit relates to a kind of oil exploration machinery; the transmission system is installed in the chassis. In the transmission system, the motor is connected to the speed reducer and the arrester through two belt pulleys and the belt; the speed reducer is then connected to the reel set on the bearing seat through the coupling; on the reel are the left and right spiral grooves; two ends of a wire rope are fixed on both sides of the reel; the wire rope is wound in the spiral grooves, and connected to the rope braid through the wire rope adjusting wheel; the rope braid is connected to the rope hanger crossing the large guide pulley above the tower frame; the other two wire ropes are fixed in the middle of the reel and wound in the spiral groove and hinged to the counterweight box through the small guide pulley above the tower frame; on both sides of the counterweight box are installed the guide wheel to match the guide rail; the advanced structure of the machine realizes the long stroke, relatively reducing the stroke loss; the model has the features of high efficiency and output increase, and can realize the intellectualized oil pumping.


FIELD: electricity. SUBSTANCE: electric drive of a roll mill includes angular velocity setter (1) of independent-excitation DC motor (13), scaling amplifier (2), two comparator elements (3, 4), two nonlinear functional converters (5, 6) performing functions listed in the invention, controller switch element (7), limiting unit (8), speed and current controllers (9, 10), power amplifier (11), current and voltage sensors (12, 14), motor angular velocity and rolling speed sensors (15, 16); result is achieved by damping of oscillation caused by nonlinear dependency of rolling momentum from angular velocity of electric drive, and operating point shift in the electric drive to stable operation zone, which is performed by connection of constant signal U 0 to input signal of current controller at critical angular velocity of motor rotation when oscillation evolves, in order to ensure controlled speed change and respective shift of operating point to stable zone. EFFECT: improved quality of speed regulation in electric drive. 3 dwg


This research is a study on High Net Worth Individuals where HNWIs then serve
as the research object (Client). The main issues raised in this research is a strategy to
increase the wealth and retirement planning, and to solve both increasing wealth and
pension planning problems were used approach in wealth management. The client is
Mr. Surya who has a wife and four children. Clients at this time invest
more in assets that are less profitable, and therefore needed rebalancing of assets in
order to find assets that have a high return with minimal risk at a time can be
structured to the needs of retirement. Evaluation and analysis is based
on family financial data and client risk tolerance. From these data it will
be proposed two scenarios, or proposed investment is then described in the
proforma balance sheet and cash flow.


Abstract : Medical readiness training is vital to the US military, since battlefield wounds, such as chemical and biological injuries, are not seen in fixed medical treatment facilities. The Combat Trauma Patient System (CTPS) was designed to simulate combat injuries with a network infrastructure to document medical handling and treatment. The Combat Trauma Patient Simulation (CTPS) system was developed using congressional funds, by a commercial vendor, Medical Education Technologies Incorporated (METI). This congressionally funded project was managed by two federal agencies, the Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) and Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC). To date, there have been four congressional awards to the Combat Trauma Patient Simulation (CTPS) project. The CTPS system will be tested and evaluated in two phases. In the first phase, testing will be conducted to verify system functionality. In this phase the system will be analyzed for usability and to ensure that the system functions according to specifications. In the second phase, assessment and validation of the efficacy of the simulators as training tools will be assessed In this phase traditional training techniques utilized by the military health care system will be analyzed in contrast with the simulators using a combination of subjective and objective measures.


Abstract : The purpose of this investigation was to locate, acquire, and test realistically a commercial microcomputer decision support system (DSS) for the Air Force project manager. Only commercial microcomputer DSSs were considered in a effort to demonstrate the cost savings that could be possible by using off-the-shelf software for a dedicated application instead on engaging in an expensive software development project. A realistic test was achieved with actual project data collected specifically for a detailed project selection decision, which provided a specific utility assessment, and by managerial use of the DSS which provided a general utility assessment. The specific utility assessment identified some limitations with this system. The general utility assessment suggests this system provides useful managerial decision aid in many decision situations involving predetermined alternatives. (Author)


Style is one of the most important elements that gives a text literary value and makes it appreciated in the eyes of readers or literati. Because the phenomenon called literature deals not with what is transmitted, but with the question of how it is transmitted and makes its decision accordingly. The answer to the question of "how" is hidden in the style of the work and therefore of the author. Since style is one of the most important criteria for whether or not to attribute literary value to a text, the same text should be transferred to another language while remaining as true to the same style characteristics as possible. Only semantic accuracy, which is deemed sufficient in any instruction manual or prescription of Medicine, is void in the case of literary texts. Because such texts are not written to give a sense of literary pleasure, on the contrary, they are written so that the user can use the object in the most correct way. In other words, not aesthetics, functionality is in the foreground. There may be many reasons why a work that has won great acclaim in the source language does not receive the same great attention in another language that it has translated, from misplaced marketing strategy to cultural differences. Therefore, it is necessary to transfer the style to the target language as much as possible in literary text translations. The Turkish German translation of the Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom's "Paradise Lost" was intended to examine the extent to which it was compatible with the German original in terms of style. For this purpose, the relevant translation will be evaluated on the basis of compatibility, vocabulary, syntax, insertion/subtraction subheadings. The texts cited from the works will be analyzed with a comparative descriptive method and an attempt will be made to give a judgment about the success or failure of the translation in terms of reflecting the style.


A novel inductor machine with auxiliary PM excitation on the rotor is presented to reduce noise and loss as well as strengthen the air-gap magnetic field. A simplified method by using 2D model is presented in order to investigate the influences of the structures parameters of PM on the performance of the presented machine. The magnetic field of the equivalent 2D model is calculated. The airgap flux density under different cases are obtained. The variations of harmonic components of the air-gap flux density are discovered. The optimal geometry parameters of PM and rotor are found. An inductor machine with 8 poles and 9 slots is designed. The magnetic field of the designed machine is computed and analyzed. The air-gap flux density and back-emf of the designed machine are compared with the conventional inductor machine without PM. The calculated results show that the alternative component of the air-gap flux density and back-emf of inductor machine with auxiliary PM increase and the constant component decreases largely. It can be inferred that the iron loss and viscous drag loss as well as noise would reduce and the efficiency would rise for the presented inductor machine.


Immigrants are deserve special attention as they have special features and needs compare to the rest of the indigenous population. They constitute a very sensitive social group, which means that they face an increasing danger of social exclusion. The access of immigrants to health services is one of the most important factors, which contributes to their integration into the society of induction. The purpose of this study is to record and evaluate the degree of satisfaction of immigrants as far as the provided health services are concerned. The evaluation of the degree of satisfaction is examined in conjunction with demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the participants, as well as with the characteristics that are related to their so far personal experience with the National Health System in Greece. The research was conducted from March 2012 to May 2013, based on a very specialized questionnaire. The sample of the research comprises of 126 'first-generation' immigrants on legal permit of residence in Greece, who lived in the prefecture of Attica. It is panel study as it includes the dimensions of immigrants (N=126) and 'time' (2009-2011). The methodology of the sampling was based on the form of "snowball sampling" and the statistical analysis of the data was conducted with the use of the statistical program Stata (ver. 11), while the editing and the statistical analysis performed using probit estimation techniques. The demographic and social variables - particularly the variables of gender, 'understanding the Greek language', 'education', 'participation in the community of origin' and 'insurance' - the variables of 'health' and specifically 'long-term diseases' and the variable of 'trust' are found to be highly related with immigrants' satisfaction degree from the Greek health system. Health is a fundamental, human right and immigrants' access to health services is essential not only for their instant and effective treatment of their health problems and the improvement of their lives but also for the ensuring of public health in Greece. In order to properly incorporate immigrants in Greece in particular, one needs to pay attention to the aforementioned factors.


abstract: An analytical method validation represents a complete investigation of the materials' properties, following certain steps, being necessary for "proving the fit for purpose of an analytical method". The validation procedure demonstrate that a defined validation protocol for an analytical method applied to a specified testing material and a defined concentration of the analyt – named analytic system – fits for a certain analytical purpose. The analytical purpose reflects the obtaining of analytical results with an acceptable degree of accuracy. The scope of the present study is a supplementary validation (linearity, range, accuracy and precision) of flame atomic absorption spectrometry analytical procedure for total zinc analysis from Insulatard Penfill.


Coffee seeds have slow and irregular germination, losing fast their viability during storage, and the standard germination test of these seeds requires at least 30 days. Besides, the results may not reflect the actual physiological quality of these seeds. The objective of this work  was to develop a fast and practical test for evaluating the viability of coffee seeds, which is based on the interpretation of different color hues of exudates from seeds. Coffee seeds of the cultivar Catuai 44 from six lots were submitted to germination, accelerated aging, and electrical conductivity tests. In the exudates color hue test, coffee seeds without the parchment and the silvery pellicle (four replications of 10 seeds each) were distributed on top of paper towels moistened and then maintained into a germinator, at 25 oC for 24, 48, 72, 96, and 120 h. Three classes of color hues were established: colorless, light color hue, and dark color hue, assigning the values of 0, 1, and 3, for each class, respectively. The proposed exudates color hue test can be recommended for the fast assessment of viability for coffee seeds. The most promising results were obtained for seeds with 12% moisture content, after imbibition periods of 72, 96, and 120 h; and with 30% moisture content, after imbibition periods of 72 and 120 h.


I hope it is clear from the above discussion that we are a long way from developing an alternative preventive therapy for emphysema in inhibitor-sufficient individuals that is as effective as smoking cessation. Further work such as discussed above, however, is likely both to improve our understanding of the human disease and to guide us in developing effective interventions.


Abstract Background Bioimpedance analysis (BIA) is a readily available tool to assess body composition in a clinical setting. BIA has received little attention in orthopaedics and namely joint arthroplasty. This study aims to quantify changes in body composition in the immediate peri-operative period following total joint arthroplasty. Methods Adults scheduled for elective total joint arthroplasty were recruited to participate. Patients underwent BIA scans in the immediate peri-operative period: pre-operative on their day of surgery, post-operative day 0, and post-operative day 1. Results 67 patients were enrolled to undergo BIA scans. Mean age was 62.64 ± 10.28 years old, and 49.2% were females. The all-supine cohort exhibited a 0.36 ± 0.61 kg increase in dry lean mass (p < 0.001) and 1.30 ± 2.14 kg increase in lean body mass on postoperative day 0 (p < 0.001). Patients received to 1.16 ± 0.58 kg of fluid mass, on average. Conclusion BIA is a rapid, portable tool that allows for body composition analysis of an inpatient surgical population. This study demonstrated that BIA can detect net fluid changes and may approximate implant mass following total joint arthroplasty. This may aid surgeons in interpreting post-operative body composition changes.


Abstract : The intent of this thesis is to investigate possible measures of concern for U.S. national security. It is an exploratory attempt at categorizing, correlating, and explaining trends in Congressional, presidential, and public concern for national security between 1950 and 1977. Chapters II through IV discuss measures of Congressional concern based on defense appropriations; presidential concern based on the national security related remarks in the annual state of the union presentations and the defense budget requests; and public concern based on public opinion poll data. Chapter V discusses what the President has recommended be done and what forces and capabilities the Department of Defense has developed to counter the perceived threat to U.S. national security. The findings and conclusions of the individual chapters are then brought together in Chapter VI as a summarization and explanation of the trends and major changes in concern for U.S. national security since 1950. (Author)


Based on the data from parish registers, this article analyses godparents and marriage witnesses among the Catholics of the City Parish of Dubrovnik in 1870 and 1871. Also examined is the time gap between birth and baptism, proportion of emergency baptisms due to the infant's weak state of health, weekly distribution of the marriage ceremony, number, gender structure, residence and social status of godparents and marriage witnesses, proportion of kin-based godparenthoods, criteria for the selection of godparents, incidence of godchild―godparent name-sharing, as well as multiple godparenthood.


In discussing the theories and mechanism of sectioning, it is pointed out that virtually no concrete knowledge exists on the subject. The function of different mechanisms and their role in cutting different types of tissue, and the value of microtome knives versus safety razor blades is discussed. Razor blades failed to cut precise sections; a technic for sharpening a knife to give precise sections is outlined, pointing out errors to avoid in sharpening and sectioning. Various types of knife edges are illustrated by photomicrographs. The procedure of sharpening and sectioning technics for critical results is explained. The mechanism of cutting in wood appeared to be of the crushing and tearing type, indicating the necessity of final polishing in sharpening.


Review of: Religion, Tradition and the Popular: Transcultural Views from Asia and Europe, Judith Schlehe and Evamarie Sandkühler (eds) (2014)
Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 286 pp.,
ISBN 978-3-83762-613-1, p/bk, €35.99

Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization, William M. Tsutsui (2010)
Ann Arbor, MI: Association for Asian Studies, 96 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-92430-462-0, p/bk, $15

The Dream of East Asia: The Rise of China, Nationalism, Popular Memory, and Regional Dynamics in Northeast Asia, John Lie (2018)
Ann Arbor, MI: Association for Asian Studies, 138 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-95263-610-3, p/bk, $15.99


The purpose of this project was to determine at what age dietary intervention with supplemental selenium (Se) or soy must be started to maximize chemopreventive efficacy against prostate cancer in TRAMP mice. [C57BL/6 X FVB] F1 TRAMP male mice were fed stock diets high or low in soy, with or without a supplement of Se (4.0 mg Se/kg BW as Se‐methylselenocysteine) by gavage 5 d/wk in a 2 × 2 factorial design. Mice were exposed to their respective diets beginning at conception, or at 6 wk of age, and were killed at 18 wk. Three‐way ANOVA showed that supplemental Se increased serum and liver Se, with significant interactions with both time and soy intake. Selenium dosing decreased BW independent of soy intake and time of dietary intervention. Both Se and soy decreased epididymal fat pad weights, with Se's effects being more pronounced in mice exposed to diets from conception than from 6 wk. Urogenital tract weights, a measure of prostate proliferation and tumor volume, were significantly reduced by Se supplementation (P<0.001) and soy (p=0.044), independent of time of dietary intervention. These data suggest that, in this model, chemopreventive efficacy of Se and soy does not differ between prenatal and early post‐natal introduction. A comparison of these start points with 12 wks for animals killed at 18 wks, and for animals whose dosing began at all time points, with sacrifice at 24 weeks is in progress. Supported by NIH CA141385 to MJC.


Series Editor's Foreword - Michael S. Kimmel Introduction - Nancy Lesko PART ONE: ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS The Problem(s)of Men in Early Education - James King Topologies of Masculinity - Jan Nespor Gendered Spatialities of Pre-Adolescent Boys Theorizing Urban Black Masculinity Construction in an African-Centred School - Khaula Murtadha-Watts PART TWO: SECONDARY SCHOOLS Heterosexism in Middle Schools - Laurie Mandel and Charol Shakeshaft Textbooks, Knowledge and Masculinity - Jeff Kuzmic Examining Patriarchy from Within Peer (Dis)Connections, School, and African American Masculinities - Jeremy N Price PART THREE: POST-SECONDARY SCHOOLS 'New Times' in an Old Country - Martin Mac an Ghaill Emerging Black Gay Identities and (Hetero) Sexual Discontents Preparing to Coach - Nancy Lesko Tracking the Gendered Relations of Dominance On and Off the Football Field Striving for Educational Rigor - Melody Shank Acceptance of Masculine Privilege PART FOUR: PEDAGOGIES, POLICIES, AND LEADERSHIP Tempering the Masculinities of Technology - John Willinsky The Sounds of Silence - Jackson Katz Notes on the Personal Politics of Men's Leadership in Gender-Based Violence Prevention Education The 'Facts of the Case' - Lyn Yates Gender Equity for Boys as a Public Policy Issue Same as it Never Was - Brian Carr Masculinity and Identification in Feminism


In his essay, Asking Jurors To Do the Impossible,' Peter Tiersma identifies several ways in which jurors have difficult, if not impossible, roles to play and suggests several steps that courts could take to aid jurors in performing these roles. He offers a number of recommendations, such as having judges instruct jurors in plain and specific language, allowing jurors to ask questions about the instructions, and explaining to jurors the reasons for certain rules.2 His recommendations are sensible, and courts would do well to follow his advice. With the exception of his call for the creation of expert juries in technical cases,3 I agree with his recommendations, though I think there are good reasons to go even further than Tiersma does with several of the reforms he proposes. Although Tiersma's recommendations provide a useful starting-point for courts, courts should engage in those jury reforms that foster any of the following three basic principles: (1) courts should be honest with jurors; (2) courts should give jurors the tools that they need to be


Bayanchagan silver polymetallic mine,Inner Mongolia is an important newly-discovered mine which is finding in the western slope of south area of Daxing Anling metallogenic belt.The mine is explorating now.And it maybe become a large-sized silver polymetallic mine.By the research of the miner halo,setting up geochemical axial direction zonation sequence is(from up to down):Mo-F-As-Sb-Hg-B-Au-Bi-Cu-Ag-Pb-Zn-Cd-P-Ni-Co-Fe-W-Sn.The ratio of(As×Hg)/(W×Sn)can infer denudation degree of the orebody.And with the ratio of(As×Hg)/(W×Sn)infers that the buried orebody of I-0 profile blow-500 meter extending very far to deep.The inferring result is proved by the further exploration.


Eight earthquakes of magnitude greater than or equal to seven have occurred in southern California in the past 200 years. If one assumes that such events are the product of a Poisson process, the probability of one or more earthquakes of magnitude seven or larger in southern California within any 30 year interval is 67% ± 23% (95% confidence interval). Because five of the eight M ≥ 7 earthquakes in southern California in the last 200 years occurred off of the San Andreas fault system, the probability of one or more M ≥ 7 earthquakes in southern California but not on the San Andreas fault system occurring within 30 years is 52% ± 27% (95% confidence interval).


On his voyage around the world in the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin singled out the Cape in his notebooks. Wilmot James describes Darwin's impressions of this diverse part of our continent.


In an acoustic standing wave generated in the air between a vibrator and a reflector, a small object is levitated near the nodal positions of the sound pressure where the acoustic radiation force and the gravity are balanced. By controlling the sound field spatially and temporally, the object can be transported without contact. In this report, we experimentally investigated the non-contact high-speed rotation of a small object using ultrasound, which can be applied to measurement techniques of the physical properties of liquids. The experimental system consists of a vibrating disc with four bolt-clamped Langevin-type transducers and a reflector, and an acoustic standing wave is generated between them. The effects of the tilt angle of the reflector with respect to the vibrator on the rotation speed of the object and the acoustic field were investigated. When the tilt angle was around 1.2°, the object was trapped in the air at 31.5 kHz by the standing-wave component in the vertical direction and rotated by the traveling-wave component propagating in the horizontal direction. The maximum sound pressure amplitude and the rotation speed of the object were changed with the tilt angle, and a larger sound pressure amplitude gave a larger rotation speed.


Genomes are full of informations related to our evolutionary history. In this thesis I'm interested in making inferences on past human population interactions by simulating paleogenomic data under different historical contexts. The originality of this approach lies on the simulation of paleogenomes in a spatially explicit simulation framework that integrates demograhy, migration and admixture of populations. Chapter 2 and 3 are related to the test of population continuity, in two different contexts. Chapter 4 and 5 are exploratory analyses in which (i) I explore the effect of spatio-temporally heterogeneous environments on the population continuity test and (ii) I explore different methods to identify a subset of paleogenomes from a database base filling the requirements of our spatially explicit approach. In Chapter 6, I extend the simulation approach to study populations of the Bronze Age in Central Europe under different demographic scenarios.


This study aims to develop a web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) for searching medical practices. The system is designed to provide the public with easy access to information on the location of medical practices in the city. The Haversine method is used to calculate the distance between the user's location and the medical practice locations, and the system displays the nearest locations on the map. The system was developed using the PHP programming language, MySQL database management system, and Google Maps API. The user interface was designed to be simple and user-friendly, with a search bar and filters for narrowing down search results. The system's feasibility was evaluated through a questionnaire answered by 20 respondents with seven questions. The average score was 84.42%, indicating that the system is highly feasible for use. The developed system is expected to facilitate the public's access to medical practices and provide a more efficient way to find the nearest doctor.


We have constructed a heat budget for the transient heating of cones showing that there is a logarithmic relation- ship between the time (sec) to serotinous cone opening, releas- ing viable seeds, or cone ignition and temperature (?K) in the convective column above a fire. The rate of opening at a given temperature is controlled by a thermal time constant which is the ratio of the thermal resistance of a cone to convection, to the heating capacity of a cone by conduction. The observed times to cone opening and ignition fit the logarithmic relation- ship as predicted by the heat budget model. In order to under- stand the fire behaviour that results in cone opening and ignition, we changed the variables of temperature and time to the fire behaviour variables of fire intensity (kW/m) and fire rate of spread (m/min). Cones borne high in the canopy open in fires with low rates of spread and high fuel consumption, where intensity = rate of spread x fuel consumption x heat of ignition, but not when the rate of spread is high and fuel consumption low.


There are many developed techniques to be experienced for biomedical data mining. Due to the growing number of cardiac patients, many data are stored by different organizations. It helps to work with data mining for medical signals. Here In this work, an attempt for analysis and classification of arrhythmia cardiac disease is taken by authors. Data collected from the UCI repository to validate the purposed method. The features from the data are chosen using correlation-based feature selection (CFS) method due to the elimination of redundant data. For better processing and classification the selected data is to be resampled and is done in this work using random sampling. Random forest classifier is used for classification purpose. The performance is evaluated with resampled data and exhibited in result section. It is found that the average accuracy is 96% with random resampling technique.


We describe a catch experiment and the size selectivity of gill nets for male Japanese sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus) caught near Gosung, Korea. The experiment, which was conducted between October and December 2007, examined six different mesh sizes: 36.4, 39.4, 45.5, 51.5, 53.0, and 57.6 mm. The catch was mostly Japanese sandfish (91.3%) and some others (8.7%). More male Japanese sandfish were caught with smaller mesh sizes and more females with larger mesh sizes. Relationships between the weight and fork length of the male and female Japanese sandfish were obtained. The relationship between the catch (Y) and mesh size of the gill net (X) was $Y


Indonesian people generally do not have a strong tradition of literacy. This phenomenon also applies to students at school. For this reason, Indonesia government hasinitiated a program of Gerakan Literasi Sekolah or School Literacy Movement (GLS) since 2016. The program aims to build schools as learning organizations for entire academic communities to be more literate through public involvement. However, there is an indication of inconsistency in its implementation between the expected ideals and the implementation practices. This research is conducted to evaluate the implementation of GLS program in SMP Negeri 5 and SMP Pasundan 2 of Cimahi City. By using the Discrepancy Model, the program evaluation is intended to inquire how the compatibility between the expected standards and the actual performance of the program. The advantages of this research can hopefully be beneficial both academically and practically, especially as information and recommendation for all program stakeholders. The findings of this study indicate that the GLS program is implemented by the two schools, but the implementation process is not optimal and there is a gap between the expected standards and the performance of the program. The 15 minutes reading activity that should be carried out every day has not been running consistently and systematically. In fact, the schools have mostly provided support and facilities that adequately meet standards from the physical, academic and social aspects. However, the existing facilities for literacy activities have not had a significant influence on the internalization of the literacy culture of all existing stakeholders, especially students.


[Objective] To understand the existed occupational hazards and the extent of it in a compact energy-saving lamp production line,so as to raise the focus of occupational disease prevention,through identification and control evaluation of occupational hazards.[Methods] The methods of occupational hygiene investigation and occupational hazards detection in workplace were adopted to evaluate the construction project.[Results] The major existed occupational hazards in production were mercury,molybdenum,carbon monoxide,sulfur dioxide,and so on.The detection results were comprehensively evaluated,except for the treatment procedure of wasted lamp,the other procedures were qualified.[Conclusion]The control measures of occupational hazards in the construction project are feasible.


Objective: We performed experimental synchrotron radiation (SR) imaging techniques on the leporine optic nerve to see if high resolution, detailed images of optic nerve microstructure could reliably be obtained. Our long term objective is to pursue safe in vivo imaging for the development of animal models for the study of optic neuropathies. Background There are no previous SR imaging studies of the optic nerve in either humans or animals. SR imaging techniques including diffraction enhanced imaging (DEI), and CT planar imaging have been successfully used to image biological tissues including the porcine eye, murine internal organs, canine articular cartilage, and human breast cancer tissue. Design/Methods: Specimen preparation included previously frozen dissected rabbit globes, optic nerves and chiasm, and one whole rabbit head. These samples were preserved and imaged in 10% formalin. A double crystal monochromator was used to select a very small energy band from the polychromatic synchrotron beam. The monochromatic beam passed through samples, with an analyzer crystal similar to that in the monochromator placed after the sample. Results: The analyzer crystal was sensitive to the refractive effects within the samples. In addition, absorption and scattering effects were used to create images with differing contrast properties. By moving the analyzer crystal various images of the optic nerve and ocular structures that showed apparent absorption and refraction properties were obtained. Conclusions: By using an intense monochromatic radiation beam from a synchrotron, we were able to image microscopic structures of the leporine optic nerve and surrounding tissues using both diffraction enhanced and CT planar imaging techniques. As far as we know, we are the only synchrotron research group in the world attempting to image the optic nerve, and the work is highly experimental and preliminary. We will continue to refine our methods and techniques of image acquisition. Supported by: Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation. Disclosure: Dr. Atkins has nothing to disclose. Dr. de Jager has nothing to disclose. Dr. Wiebe has nothing to disclose. Dr. Grahn has nothing to disclose. Dr. Chapman has nothing to disclose.


To make a good transformation for resources cities is an important part to construct harmonious society.This transformation is not only on economy,but also on the entire society,which will raise many severe issues in resources cities that may not take place in other non-resources cities.These issues,if not treated well,can lead to more serious conflicts affecting social stability.This paper,based on these social issues,aims to urge government to give more attentions on transformation of resources cities so as to deal with the existing issues and to avoid the potential problems,promoting the stable transformation of resources cities for a harmonious society.


Imperial and colonial government policies in relation to the occupation and use of the pastoral lands of New South Wales evolved during the 1830s and 1840s. These polices are aimed to extend to Aborigines the 'benefits of civilization', at the same time, ensuring that they would-not be prevented from having continued access to the pastoral lands of the colony as long as those lands were used for pastoral purposes.


Harmonization of European and Russian standards of the quality of the delivery of school health services and competencies for school health professionals allowed to justify the concept of the evaluation of the quality of the delivery of medical help to students in educational institutions. The concept does not prescribe a concrete methodfor the organizing school health services, unified process of the activity of health professionals. The concept consists of 7 groups of indices of quality and competences of health care workers. Quality criteria include the presence of a regulatory framework, indices of benevolence towards children, social equity and access to health care for students, requirements for premises, equipment of medical rooms in schools, cooperation with the administration and teachers of schools, parents and children, the medical community, the requirements for health care workers, a minimum list of services, covering both population and individual needs of students, the secure storage, the management and use ofpersonal medical data of children and adolescents. The competences of the staff of medical units are determined by provided medical services and technologies of the work. Properly medical competences of workers of medical care units for the delivery of medical aid to students are contributed by willingness to ensure the rights of children in the process of health care delivery in the educational organization, skills in the field of communication, sharing of information with children, parents and teachers, cooperation with colleagues, planning and coordination of the organization of medical care, the provision of sanitary epidemiological well-being of students, informational-elucidative activity for shaping of healthy lifestyle, research activity. Concept is the basis of the algorithm of the evaluation of the quality of the delivery of medical aid to students and quality assessment technology as well by medical organizations and institutions, as in the form of an independent audit of the quality of the delivery of medical aid to students in educational institutions.


Global business frequently requires the expatriation and repatriation of managers and skilled workers. Previous research has focused on cultural and demographic factors that lead to success with this process. This study goes beyond the cultural and demographic issues to examine implications of operational and technology‐related factors, including use of standard practices, degree of technical sophistication of operations, and technical orientation of the employee. Our results indicate that the technical sophistication of operations abroad, use of standard practices at home, technical orientation of the individual, and increased responsibility and promotion all positively contribute to expatriate satisfaction. Repatriate satisfaction is primarily influenced by difficulty in finding a suitable position upon relocation home. The technical orientation of the individual, in turn, has important implications for repatriation success. This research identifies important new operational and technology‐related factors that should be considered by global firms in management of their internationally located operations.


The yalis (seaside mansions) are the basic units of domestic architecture along the Bosphorus. Strung along both shores of the river, the yalis are built in wood and are usually surrounded by large, green grounds. Mostly used as summer mansions, they were the property of successive generations of Ottoman families. As a result, they were organized according to specific rules, with men's quarters (Haremlik) separated from women's quarters (Selamlik). When the Ottoman Empire fell, the yalis were stripped of their surrounding grounds. Changes in family structures led to their sale or their partition between inheritors, based on the division of Haremlik and Selamlik. If sold, the yalis were often demolished and replaced by seaside apartments. Conserving the yalis that have survived is problematic under the existing legislation. Following decision no. 4 dated 14th March 1988, which classifies immovable cultural heritage into groups, the yalis fall into a category where the only requirement is that the design of the facade be conserved. In most cases, the original structure is rebuilt in concrete and the facade is covered in wood to reconstitute its original appearance.


While many methods to modify the topology of bulk or thin-film metal surfaces exist, methods for smoothing the topography of nanorod surfaces on the nanometer length scale do not exist, especially the segment ends where many of the interesting properties of the nanorod are significantly influenced. The lack of this capability is surprising considering hundreds of papers are published each year on such structures.Many nanowires are grown by templated-growth electrochemical methods where electrodeposition is carried out in nanoscale pores.


for 5 years. As I was studying ostomy complications and their prevention and management, I stumbled on the subject of stomal necrosis. The information provided went like this: "The extent of necrosis must be assessed and documented. To assess for stomal necrosis, a well-lubricated, clear test tube should be gently inserted into the stoma; the beam of a flashlight is then directed downward through the center of the test tube to determine viability of the proximal bowel mucosa."1 This information was interesting because nothing else was mentioned about the use of a test tube to assess stomal necrosis by a WOC nurse or other health care provider. Being inquisitive, I asked my colleagues about the test tube and its validity. My first few questions were as follows: • How deeply does one insert the test tube? • How does one measure the depth of necrosis initially and compare its progression each additional time it is measured? • Does one just "eyeball" the depth of necrosis and estimate it to the best of one's ability? This reply was one that I received: "Well, I just insert it and when I see where the necrosis is, I take my finger to mark the tube and measure it." Stomal necrosis is said to occur 3 to 5 days after surgery. It is safe to assume that the stoma mucosa is still friable, with the necrotizing process still in progress. Should a test tube be inserted to satisfy one's curiosity?


Five very severe post‐transfusion reactions occurring in a hospital within a one month period are reported. The reactions were characterized by profuse generalized bleeding, cyanosis and severe hypotension. Marked thrombolysis was the only abnormality observed in the single adequately studied case to account for the bleeding. Four of the 5 patients died, 3 of them within 3 hours and the fourth after 3 days.


ABSTRACT By juxtaposing local narratives of border experiences in two volatile regions, the Spain–Morocco border in Melilla and the India–Bangladesh border in Assam, this paper argues for the value of understanding borders as infrastructures. The paper conceptualizes border infrastructures in their broad material and discursive forms by foregrounding local narratives garnered out of a dialogue between the two sites. Through this conversation, the paper explores how state designed infrastructures are lived, experienced, patrolled, naturalized and subverted across scales and locations, becoming part of a global story of violence. The paper argues that, by letting borders 'speak to each other' as an analytical and methodological intervention, scholars can potentially bridge gaps between bordering practices worldwide and people's everyday strategies locally. Such dialogues can also enhance our understanding of the convergent histories of proliferating border infrastructures and movements around and across them.


The synthesis of new nanomaterials with designed functionalities have rapidly growing importance and many applications including energy conversion and storage, electronics, photonics, plasmonics, catalysis and biomedical engineering. This synthesis demands studying the nucleation and growth mechanisms of nanoparticles including new achievements in molecular chemistry, nanochemistry, physics of amorphous solids and solid state physics. In this work, we experimentally investigated the crystallization of amorphous silver clots at a temperature of 77 K on the surface of emulsion AgBr microcrystals extracted from the photo-layer SP-1 with a sensitivity of 6 units under the action of infrared laser radiation using a transmission electron microscope BS-613 Tesla with a resolution not worse than 4.5 Å. To obtain electron microscopic photographs, the method of collodion replicas was used. Replicas from emulsion AgBr microcrystals were not shaded by coal but were cooled with liquid nitrogen before and during photographing in an electron microscope. It is shown that an increase in the laser power and the amount of absorbed laser energy at 77 K leads to the formation of latent image centers. When the emulsion AgBr microcrystals were exposed for 300 s at 77 K by laser radiation with a wavelength of   633 nm and a power of P1  2.5 mW, the coagulation centers were formed and the normal Herschel laser effect was observed. But under the same conditions and power of P2  10 mW and at 77 K, the latent image centers were formed and the positive Herschel laser effect was observed.


An extensive experiment has just been completed at Christchurch, New Zealand (43°37′S, 172°24′E), to determine meteor rates over the visible sky, using radar equipment with all parameters maintained at constant values throughout the experiment. Results have been obtained for an unbroken year between February 1, I960, and January 31, 1961.

Two identical transmitters, used alternately as required, maintained a signal of 81 kw peak power and 26 μs pulse width at 69.5 Mc/s, with a pulse recurrence frequency of 150 c/s. Radiated power was monitored hourly, and slight frequency drift was overcome by the installation of 7.5 kva voltage regulators for the whole system.


LEXION is the name of the largest series of combines made by the CLAAS factory in
Germany. LEXION was introduced on the Swedish market 1996 and was for sale in Sweden
from 1997. LMB have sold over 400 LEXION-combines in Sweden.
In cooperation with the Swedish general agency we decided to make a market research on the
Swedish LEXION-market. The questionnaire was supposed to give answers about capacity
and technical equipment.
Before I made the questionnaire I studied manuals and combines.
I got 81 answers of about 325 questionnaires. That makes 25 % reply frequency. I had
estimated a larger number of answers. Because of the low reply frequency the results are not
significant in all questions.
The grades are totally quite high and the average of all grades and LEXION-models are 4, 14
out of five.


THIS ISSUE of theArchivescontains a thought-provoking article describing 13 patients who developed druginduced toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), while they were receiving systemic corticosteroids. After reviewing the data on these 13 patients culled from the records of 179 patients with TEN, the authors conclude that ''longterm steroid therapy may delay the onset of TEN but does not halt its progression.'' 1 Most articles in the past 10 years confirm that steroids do not have any beneficial effect on TEN, yet the subject continues to be controversial. Since the more serious variants of erythema multiforme such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and TEN are among the most lifethreatening emergencies that a dermatologist is likely to see, a brief editorial on their treatment seems appropriate. Is there a standard of care? Should we be concerned about doing ''nothing''? What will produce the best results for our patients? To discuss therapy, we need


Identify the species by measuring the mobility as a function of the high electric field, based on the ionic mobility in a plurality of peaks RF voltage for a given compensation voltage is a device that generates a unique compound-dependent characteristics. Detection data of the results obtained compared with the data library, identifying the detected species.


Petrocodon longitubus, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Guizhou province, China, is described and illustrated. It is similar to P. hunanensis in having four stamens, but readily differs in being rosulate and stemless and having a narrowly infundibuliform floral tube with the adaxial lip bending upward. Molecular evidence indicates that it is sister to P. hunanensis, but the two species differ markedly in morphology.


The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of pivalate administration in the pregnant and lactating rat upon tissue carnitine concentrations in 1- and 5-day-old rat pups, as well as in the lactating rats. At 17 days of gestation, 5 rats began receiving 20 mmol/l sodium pivalate in their drinking water, while an additional 5 rats (control) received equimolar NaHCO3. There were no significant differences in litter size, or in pup weights at day 1 (p > 0.05). However, the pups from the pivalate group did weigh significantly less at 5 days of age relative to the control group. Neonatal rats in the pivalate group had significantly depressed levels of total carnitine in plasma, heart and liver, relative to the control group, at both 1 and 5 days of age. Similar depressions were noted for the lactating rats from the pivalate group. This study demonstrates the utility of pivalate administration in depressing carnitine concentrations in newborn rats.


The oxidation of macrocyclic thiophenes, such as the calix[4]thiophenes, with m-chloroperbenzoic acid in the presence of BF3·OEt2 afforded the remarkably stable mono- and bis-S-oxides based on their X-ray crystal structures. The stable mono-S-oxide of the calix[4]thiophene reacted with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate at 160 °C to form the thiophene-S,C-sulfonium ylide, indicating that the cycloaddition reaction did not occur.


Unfixed fruiting bodies of myxobacters have been viewed in great detail with a scanning electron microscope. Specimens of species of the genera Myxococcus, Chondrococcus, Archangium, Stelangium, Melittangium, Cystobacter, Polyangium, Stigmatella, and Chondromyces were examined. The desirability of using the scanning electron microscope for the study of the gross morphology of myxobacter structures has been clearly demonstrated.


Objective To observe the morphologic characters of the macular in patients by rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) with optical coherence tomography (OCT) before operation.Methods The macular changes in 62 cases (62 eyes) with RRD were tested using OCT preoperatively. Four scan lines traversing the fovea with 6mm length and the same angle were performed as basic scans in both eyes of patients. Additional scans were selected according to individuals including changing the length or angle of the scan lines.Results The OCT imaging could be defined as three categories of macular changes in RRD before surgery:(1)the macular was attached in 29 eyes;(2)partial macular detachment in 5 eyes including cystoid edema of the neurosensory retina in 2 eyes and with vitreous adherence in 3 eyes;(3) total macular detachment in 28 eyes including network edema of the neurosensory retina in 18 eyes,retinoschisis in 3 eyes,with macular hole in 5 eyes,and epiretinal membrane in 2 eyes.Conclusion OCT can provide morphologic characters of macular changes in details of RRD before operation,which would be of great help for evaluation of macular lesion and estimate the visual prognosis.


Multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the main obstacles in the chemotherapy of cancer. MDR is associated with the over expression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp), resulting in increased efflux of chemotherapy from cancer cells. Inhibiting P-gp as a method to reverse MDR in cancer patients has been studied extensively, but the results have generally been disappointing. First-generation agents were limited by unacceptable toxicity, whereas second-generation agents had better tolerability but were confounded by unpredictable pharmacokinetic interactions and interactions with other transporter proteins. Third-generation inhibitors have high potency and specificity for P-gp. Furthermore, pharmacokinetic studies to date have shown no appreciable impact on drug metabolism and no clinically significant drug interactions with common chemotherapy agents. Third-generation P-gp inhibitors have shown promise in clinical trials. The continued development of these agents may establish the true therapeutic potential of P-gp-mediated MDR reversal.


Mathematics and technology serve the health sciences as demonstrated in this article,cowritten by one of our calculus students. Creating a lesson based on dosing an antibioticallows teachers and students to see the immediate value of high school calculus and technology.


The study investigated the effect of a small alloy addition (1 atomic %) in alloys Fe61Co10Y8Nb1B20, b Fe61Co10Y8Zr1B20, c Fe61Co10Y8W1B20, d Fe61Co10Y8Mo1B20 on the shape of the Mossbauer spectrum and on the distributions of hyperfine field induction on 57Fe obtained from their numerical analysis. The line factor A <2.5> was also determined in the Zemman's sextet, which is an indirect measure of ordering for the texture of the spins occurring in the volume of alloys. Based on the analysis of the results, it was found that the Mossbauer spectras are typical of amorphous alloys and the hyperfine field distributions are bimodal.


relapsed, 80% of relapses were occcured on 12th weeek, 15.4% in 1b and 3% in 2a or 2c. CONCLUSIONS: Most earlier studies have demonstrated, in Genotype 1b, the efficacy of eradication is poor than genotype non 1. But the virologic response is effective in any group of chronic hepatitis C infection by pegylated interferon and ribavirin combination therapy in our study. So, we think that more aggressive treatment is needed in any genotype of chronic hepatitis C and the standard regimen of pegylated interferon and ribavirin combination therapy can be effective in Korean chronic hepatitis C patients.


The study was aimed to evaluate the knowledge, perception and prepared-ness of the 4th year students of three medical colleges of Bangladesh during January 2016. The questionnaire was designed to evaluate knowledge, perception and preparedness about antimicrobial stewardship and resistance. Out of two hundred and seventy six students provided with questionnaire, one seventy one (82%) had responded completely. The term 'antimicrobial stewardship' was familiar to only 6% students. Thirty nine percent respon-dents correctly responded on antibacterial spectrum. Seventy two percent students mentioned that teaching on antimicrobial should begin from 3 rd year and 89% felt necessity of spending more time on antimicrobials. This study revealed that future prescribers recognize the necessity of targeted teaching on antimicrobial to prepare them to prescribe antimicrobials rationally.


Semantic segmentation of point cloud data plays an important role for 3D scene understanding and reconstruction, autonomous driving, and robot navigation. In this study, DGPoint, a dynamic graph convolution network based on the PointNet++ architecture, is proposed to address the insufficient segmentation accuracy due to insufficient local feature extraction of point clouds by existing methods. First, the feature aggregation function in edge convolution compensates for loss using a dual - channel pooling operation, which can better retain the fine - grained local characteristics of the point cloud. Then, to accomplish the impact of dynamic graph updates, K - nearest neighbors algorithm is used to determine new local regions prior to edge convolution. Additionally, to ensure the accuracy of edge feature extraction, the designed encoder is repeated multiple times, and the extracted features are concatenated in a jump - connection style before being input to the decoder. Experimental results of the S3DIS data set show that DGPoint effectively solves the shortcomings of the insufficient local feature extraction and improves semantic segmentation accuracy with the mean intersection over union of 68. 3% and overall accuracy of 86. 2% compared with other methods.


Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Repentance and Forgiveness: A Christian Perspective Chapter 4 Godly Sorrow, Sorrow of the World: Some Christian Thoughts on Repentance Chapter 5 From Sacrifice to Sacrament: Repentance in a Christian Context Chapter 6 Repentance in Judaism Chapter 7 Fire in the Atman: Repentance in Hinduism Chapter 8 Repentance in the Islamic Tradition Chapter 9 Repentance, Punishment, and Mercy Chapter 10 Repentance in Criminal Procedure: The Ritual Affirmation of Community Chapter 11 Index


The lungs have three main fissures: the right oblique fissure (ROF), right horizontal fissure (RHF), and left oblique fissure (LOF). These can be complete, incomplete or absent; quantifying the degree of completeness of these fissures is novel. Standard textbooks often refer to the fissures as complete, but awareness of variation is essential in thoracic surgery.


Fatty liver is the most frequent liver disease in western countries and obesity and its complications, especially type 2 diabetes and hypertriglyceridemia, are likely to be the main responsible of the current epidemic of non‐alcoholic fatty‐liver disease(NAFLD).


The authors compared the performance of different classes of medical students on an examination using videotaped clinical material. Although the examination was designed to test some aspects of clinical learning, the principal finding was that students achieved high scores at the end of two years of preclinical work; after that no further increment was found. This points up the need to evaluate test instruments carefully and especially to continue direct assessment of students doing clinical work.


This paper reports on the evaluation of Deep Learning (DL) transformer architecture models for Named-Entity Recognition (NER) on ten low-resourced South African (SA) languages. In addition, these DL transformer models were com-pared to other Neural Network and Machine Learning (ML) NER models. The findings show that transformer models substantially improve performance when applying discrete fine-tuning parameters per language. Furthermore, fine-tuned transformer models outperform other neural network and ma-chine learning models on NER with the low-resourced SA languages. For example, the transformer models obtained the highest F-scores for six of the ten SA languages and the highest average F-score surpassing the Conditional Random Fields ML model. Practical implications include developing high-performance NER capability with less effort and resource costs, potentially improving downstream NLP tasks such as Machine Translation (MT). Therefore, the application of DL trans-former architecture models for NLP NER sequence tagging tasks on low-resourced SA languages is viable. Additional re-search could evaluate the more recent transformer architecture models on other Natural Language Processing tasks and applications, such as Phrase chunking, MT, and Part-of-Speech tagging.


This study discusses the expected social impacts due to the recent offshore gas findings and development in the Eastern Mediterranean region on human communities in Alexandrian in the North of Egypt. A sample of 401 respondents of ordinary people who are living in the Alexandria governorate were sampled for the study using a convenience non-random sampling approach. The study showed most people are somewhat familiar with the ongoing gas discoveries in the Mediterranean Sea. The study also revealed that the people in Egypt have relatively high expectations from these gas discoveries. The ordinary people in Egypt expected that such discoveries of gas would have many positive and negative social impacts side by side. They expected several social benefits of gas finds such as: the contribution to the diversification of the economy, infrastructural development, expanding social services, improvement of the standard of living, business and investment opportunities, employment.


1. The detection element (116) of the system (100) of imaging comprising: a matrix (204) photocells, electronic unit (208) electrically connected to the matrix (204) photodetectors, wherein the electronic control unit includes: a unit (402) to determine the dose which defines Adding dose for the detector element (116) and generates a signal indicating it, a band-(606) correction parameter that adjusts the operating parameter of the electronic unit (208) based on signala.2. Detector element (116) of claim 1, wherein the operating parameter includes at least one of the gain and the thermal coefficient for the electronic unit (208) .3. Detector element (116) according to any one of claims 1 or 2, further comprising: a register (612) with the correction data, wherein the control unit (606) identifies the correction parameter based on the correction coefficient and the correction data signal and adjusts the operational parameter based on the correction coefficient. 4. Detector element (116) of claim 3, wherein the correction data includes at least one of the correction curve, the correction look-up table or mathematical correction function, which describes the operating parameter as a function of radiation vozdeystviya.5. Detector element (116) of claim 3, wherein the correction data is determined on the basis of at least one of the test cell life (116) and specification izgotovlenie.6. Detector element (116) according to any one of claims 1 or 2, further comprising: a unit (604) display, which displays a signal value indicating dozu.7 absorbed. Detector element (116) of claim 6, wherein the value is stored in readable registre.8. detector element


In article some aspects of a problem of habitual loss of pregnancy (PHLP), as the factor negatively influencing a modern demographic situation are discussed. Efficiency of actions for preventive maintenance and treatment PHLB is estimated. Individual questions of inspection of patients with PHLP are considered, recommendations about optimization of inspection and treatment of a similar contingent are made.


Background: In light chain (AL) amyloidosis, aggregates of misfolded light chain or fragments of a light chain produced by clonal plasma cells accumulate in various organs and tissues, leading to progressive organ failure. This aggregation is particularly catastrophic when the heart is affected and is the primary cause of death. Diagnosis is often delayed because symptoms at onset can mimic those of other common conditions. Current treatments are aimed at eliminating the clonal plasma cells that produce the toxic light chains; however, optimal treatment regimens are undefined, and no therapies have received regulatory approval. Physicians were surveyed to identify potential investigators for clinical trials of AL amyloidosis and to detect regional treatment patterns. Here we present characteristics of physicians who typically treat this rare disease, the treatments they use, and differences across countries and regions. Method: The survey was designed and conducted by Prothena Biosciences in association with a contract research organization. Physicians (n = 133) in 22 countries were supplied the survey by email, and data were evaluated using descriptive statistics and χ2 tests. Results: Respondents (N = 116) represented 21 countries and 5 continents. The primary therapeutic area was hematology (80.2%), followed by oncology (14.7%), with the remaining physicians specializing in cardiology (2.6%) and internal medicine (2.6%). Most physicians (90.5%) practiced in an academic or university setting. The majority (99; 85.3%) self-identified as practitioners at major referral centers. These physicians saw an average of 65 patients with confirmed diagnoses of AL amyloidosis each year; 23 reported seeing ≥50 such patients each year, and 6 reported seeing ≥100 such patients each year. With the exception of one institution, physicians at nonreferral centers saw ≤18 patients with confirmed AL amyloidosis each year. Patients with newly diagnosed AL amyloidosis and those who were treatment naive accounted for 53.9% of all patients seen; of these, 60.4% had cardiac involvement. Most institutions (75.4%) preferred to use proteasome-inhibiting (PI) agents (bortezomib or combination) or marrow ablation followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in select patients (21.1%); these values generally paralleled actual treatments provided (64.0% and 20.6%, respectively). The remaining patients received treatments that did not include PI agents or ASCT. Equal percentages of European and North American responding physicians (65.4% vs 63.7%) reported using PI agents as initial treatment. However, significantly fewer European physicians than North American physicians used marrow ablation followed by ASCT (16.7% vs 26.4%; P Conclusions: AL amyloidosis is treated primarily by hematologists with the use of proteasome-inhibiting agents, either alone or in combination. There is marked regional variation in the use of marrow ablation with ASCT. AL amyloidosis is a rare disease that, despite these treatments, remains progressive and fatal. Optimal treatment regimens remain undefined, and no specific therapeutic approaches exist that reverse organ dysfunction. Disclosures Guthrie:Prothena Biosciences Inc: Employment, Other: Stock. Chapman:Prothena Biosciences Inc: Employment, Other: Stock. Koller:Prothena Biosciences Inc: Employment, Other: Stock, Travel expenses. Walling:Prothena Biosciences Inc: Consultancy. Kinney:Prothena Biosciences Inc: Employment, Other: Stock.


An upper bound or a lower bound of the Multiple-Choice Knapsack Problem can be calculated by solving LP relaxation. In 1979, Sinha and Zoltners proposed a branch-and-bound algorithm for solving the Multiple-Choice Knapsack Problem, and provided a method to obtain the strict upper bound. In this paper, we propose a new calculation method to obtain a stricter upper bound than the upper bound of Sinha–Zoltners and compare the results of the two methods. © 2001 Scripta Technica, Electron Comm Jpn Pt 3, 84(7): 22–27, 2001


Proposed in this paper is a novel flexible scheme of remote node for the full-duplex single fiber transmission systems. Simulations are conducted to validate that proposal based system realizes transmission with baseband signal in downstream and OSSB signal in upstream.


Two new yohimbine‐type monoterpene indole alkaloids, rauvines A and B, and six known derivatives were obtained from the leaves of R. vomitoria. The structures of rauvines A and B were determined by extensive spectroscopic analyses, 13C‐NMR, and ECD calculations. This is the first time to determine the absolute configurations of yohimbine‐type N‐oxides by quantum chemistry calculations (13C‐NMR and ECD calculations). All the isolates were tested for their cytotoxicity against five human cancer cell lines. Rauvine B showed moderate cytotoxicity on human MCF‐7 breast, SWS80 colon, and A549 lung cancer cell lines with IC50 values of 25.5, 22.6, and 26.0 μM, respectively.


This article is concerned with the rate bumpless transfer control issue for switched linear systems with stability. The rate bumpless transfer performance of switched systems is defined for the first time. By joint-design of a switching logic and a series of dynamic output feedback controllers, a rate bumpless transfer control scheme is offered to address the rate bumpless transfer control issue of the systems with stability. A criterion ensuring both the rate bumpless transfer performance and stability of the systems is formed. As a class of complex nonlinear systems, aero-engine control systems can hardly be described by any accurate mathematical models. Switched linear models are often used to describe aero-engine control systems due to their flexibility and reliability. For aero-engines control systems, bumpless transfer is particularly important and must be guaranteed. Thus, the proposed rate bumpless transfer control strategy is applied to the control design of an aero-engine control system. Finally, an experiment on the aero-engine is implemented, showing the effectiveness and applicability of the theoretical results.


Magneto-electro-elastic and multiferroic materials can be combined in appealing nanostructures characterized by the coexistence and coupling of electric, magnetic, and mechanical phases with potential applications in novel multifunctional devices. Here, we derive a theory for nonvolatile room-temperature memory elements composed of magnetostrictive nanoparticles embedded in a piezoelectric matrix: two stable orthogonal magnetization states are obtained by the competition of anisotropy and external magnetic polarization. The innovative nontoggle switching between the states is modeled by a thorough combination of the nanomechanical Eshelby approach with the nanomagnetic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert formalism, yielding a robust picture of the dynamical behavior and allowing the improvement of the energetic efficiency.


Automated unit tests (A.K.A. "developer tests") and functional test (A.K.A. "customer tests") are a cornerstone of many agile development methods (such as eXtreme Programming). The availability of automated, self-checking tests allows developers to be much bolder in how they modify existing software. It is usually fairly straightforward to test the direct inputs and outputs of a class or component via it's API. But many classes and components depend on some other component that provides "indirect inputs" to the software under test. This pattern language describes key techniques used to verify that the software is interacting correctly with these "behind the scenes" components.


The paper is devoted to the research of the social graph analysis of the network user. The review of existing methods of analysis and visualization of the social graph is carried out represented. Comparative analysis of existing systems of processing social graphs is carried out represented. Tools for development a web-based application and interacting with the Facebook API are selected. The facilities of using social networking data are analyzed. Features of social networking information analysis is discussed in the paper. The basic algorithm of the program's work is developed, which will ensure the receipt of publications from the social network and their creation in the WEB-application. A consolidated resource for the analysis of social networking information in the content of publications is developed, taking into account its algorithm of work. It will be performed the assignment of a certain interest to the user by analyzing the text of its publication, and displaying interest statistics in the graph, as well as mapping the location of interests on the map of Ukraine.


Young chicks were trained (for food reinforcement) to peck at the central in a line made of nine identical and equally space beads. During training the central bead was of a different colour, at test all beads were identical. Generalisation tests were also run with modified versions of the stimulus, obtained by changing the spacing between the single beads, so that the numerical and geometrical centres did not coincide. With the symmetrical stimulus chicks pecked the central bead significantly above chance, hence they were able of identifying such position exclusively on the base of spatial (possibly numerical) cues. With asymmetrical stimuli birds chose to peck either the numerical or the geometrical centre, depending on the distribution of inter-beads spacing, and on possible perceptual grouping.


The present invention discloses a kind of medical testing blood cell analyzer using the processing by centrifugation and removal of blood samples after the serum, including collecting means, a dosing device, the cuvette main duct blood sample, the detection means is diluted, in the main duct sieve device is provided with a spin, the spin axis of the same axis as the screening device comprises a main pipe shaft, the main shaft; provided with a helical blade on the outside of the spindle, a sealing strip affixed to the outer edge of the blade, the the sealing strip along the blade spiral extends; blade by the inner wall of the sealing strip and the main conduit into close contact an inner wall of sliding fit combined with the main pipe, the spindle can drive the blades rotate freely in the main duct and is formed between the inner blade and the main conduit seal; further provided with a plurality of blade apertures, a downstream end of the main shaft and is also connected with a drive motor, the drive motor is secured to the inner wall of the main conduit.


Nowadays, there are so many people talking and discussing what we called terrorism. However, most of us still do not have sufficient insight related to the kinds, motivations, and purposes of terror attacks. This paper is aimed to find the types of terror attack as reflected in The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad and to show the causes of terror as reflected in the novel. The researchers apply descriptive qualitative as the method of analyzing the data. Some of the research findings are as follows. First, the terror attacks found in the novel are physical and mental. Second, the causes of terror are political and economic.


The challenge of multichannel equalization for audio applications lies in the physical properties of the underlying multi-input/multi-output (MIMO) linear time-invariant systems which are generally non-minimum phase and exhibit extremely long impulse responses, thereby imposing a considerable computational burden on the equalization task particularly when iterative solutions are sought. In this paper we propose a computationally efficient non-iterative multi-channel equalization algorithm. The proposed algorithm is based on the fast Fourier transform (FFT) and allows for faster and considerably more accurate inversion of MIMO systems compared to traditional deconvolution algorithms and adaptive solutions. We address the accuracy and limitations of the proposed algorithm and present simulation results illustrating its performance.


In this paper we are proposing a proficient approach of using flat files or synthetic files as database. Realizing that there are much of disadvantages of using text file as a database, in this literature we are striving to reduce some specific hindrances with the help of regular expressions (regex). Regular expression is therefore an unbelievable powerful language which is no longer just for the programmers rather it is showing up in all sorts of places today. In this paper, we are using regex to recommend a productive method of data or text manipulation in the flat files. Hence an improved data manipulation procedure in the text file can lay a huge impact in the path of upgradation of the flat file system.


Objectives— Evaluate the role of serotonin receptors 1B and 2A, thromboxane synthase and receptor and phospholipases A 2 and C in response to cardiopulmonary bypass in patients. Methods— Atrial tissue was harvested from patients before and after cardiopulmonary bypass with cardioplegia (n=13). Coronary microvessels were assessed for vasoactive response to serotonin with and without inhibitors of 5-HT1B and 5-HT2A receceptors, phospholipase A 2 and C. Expression of 5-HT1B and 5-HT2A mRNA was determined by RT-PCR. Expression of 5-HT1B, 5-HT2A, Thromboxane A 2 receptor and synthase protein was determined by immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry. Results— Exposure of microvessels to serotonin elicited a 7.3 ± 2% relaxation response pre-bypass, changing to a strong contraction response of -19.2 ± 2% after bypass (p<0.001). Addition of either a specific 5-HT1B antagonist or inhibitor of PLA2 resulted in a significant decrease in the contractile response to -8.6 ±1% (p<0.001) and 2.8 ± 3% (p= 0.001), respectively. ± 0.34 fold after bypass (p=0.044), while 5-HT2A mRNA expression did not change. 5-HT1B receptor, but not 5-HT2A, protein expression increased after bypass by 1.35 ± 0.7 fold (p=0.0413). Neither thromboxane synthase nor thromboxane receptor expression changed after bypass. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated 5-HT1B receptor increased mainly in the arterial smooth muscle. There was no appreciable difference in arterial expression of either thromboxane synthase or receptor. Conclusion— These data indicate that 5-HT-induced vascular dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass with cardioplegia may be mediated by increased expression of 5-HT1B receptor and subsequent PLA2 activation in myocardial coronary smooth muscle. Mini Abstract— The expression of 5-HT1B receptor protein and mRNA were increased in the atrial myocardium after cardioplegia and cardiopulmonary bypass (CP-CPB). Serotonin elicited a strong contraction response of atrial microvessels after CPB which was mitigated by specific 5-HT1B receptor blockers and phospholipase A 2 inhibitors. This suggests that coronary microvascular contraction after CP-CPB is related to increased expression of the 5-HT1B receptor and subsequent phospholipase A 2 signaling.


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Purpose: To evaluate both the potential usefulness of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA) in patients with atypical clinical presentation and to compare findings


There is provided a pressure monitoring system (200). Pressure monitoring system (200) comprises a housing (201) and forming the fluid port (202) in (201) housing. Pressure monitoring system (200) further comprises a first pressure switch (204) within at least a portion of the housing (201). A first pressure switch (204) is in fluid communication with the fluid port (202). Pressure monitoring system (200) further comprises a second pressure switch (205) within at least a portion of the housing (201). A second pressure switch (205) is also in fluid communication with the fluid port (202).


With the development of brain research, study of neural coding has attracted more attention. Neural coding by informatics entropy is a very important aspect in the research field. This paper presents an overview of typical entropy coding methods of neuronal spike train including binary string method, direct method, asymptotically unbiased estimator method, inter-spike interval and mutual information method. Related principles and application are reviwed.


Background  Pathogenesis of dandruff/seborrhoeic dermatitis (D/SD) involves Malassezia yeasts, leading to the most widely accepted treatment strategy of topical application of antifungal agents, usually from rinse‐off shampoos. The scalp spatial distribution of Malassezia must be mirrored by the distribution of the active agent to realize the full benefit of the active material.


Abstract The pathologies and management of road bridge maintenance are associated with the traditional typologies, operational conditions and personal experiences of each country administration entities. Europe's ongoing challenge to provide standardised performance and goal indicators for road bridges is a contribution to the state of the art in this matter. This enables other countries to have referential information for eventual implementation. Nowadays, in South America performance indicators and inspection maintenance programmes are not standardised. The present article presents the state of damage on South-American road bridges due to degradation and the most common extreme events in the region: earthquakes, landslides, and tsunamis. Additionally, a technical assessment of the impact of these events in the design and management programmes due to their increased frequency is presented. Finally, the first novel set of specific performance indicators (buckling on uplift bars, damage on bearing support, among others) are provided for South American future implementations in the management programmes including the current European standard performance indicators.


A computer algorithm has been developed to determine the bluntbody flow fields supporting symmetric parabolic and paraboloidal shock waves at infinite free stream Mach number. Solutions are expressed in an analytic form as high‐order power series, in the coordinate normal to the shock, whose coefficients can be determined exactly. Analytic continuation is provided by the use of Pade approximants. Test cases provide solutions of very high accuracy. In the axisymmetric case for γ = 75 the solution has been found far downstream where it agrees with the modified blast‐wave results. For plane flow, on the other hand, a limit line appears within the shock layer, a short distance past the sonic line suggesting the presence of an imbedded shock. Local solutions in the downstream limit are discussed.


none of them into the hands of young pupils. Close acquaintance with the text, such as was more common in past generations than in this-whole chapters learnt by heart, bring a power of interpretation which often gives to quite simple-minded and uneducated people a wonderful understanding of the meaning of very difficult passages. The mind soaked in the very words of Scripture creates for itself an atmosphere which is favourable for the apprehension of it ; long pondering over words draws out the hidden meaning ; it is as when you read over and over a bit of unseen' translation


. Flow in river bends is associated with generation of secondary (cid:13)ows, which leads to the development of a rather complicated (cid:13)ow pattern around bridge piers located in the bend. The present study investigated the (cid:13)ow patterns around models for rectangular and oblong piers with a collar located at the 90-degree angle of a 180-degree sharp bend in an experimental plume. The 3D (cid:13)ow velocity data were collected using a Vectrino velocimeter. The experimental results indicated that the presence of the rectangular pier caused a more intense deviation of the streamlines towards the outer bank of the bend. Furthermore, installation of the oblong pier, rather than the rectangular pier, decreased the maximum secondary (cid:13)ow power and angular velocity by 35% and 45%, respectively. It was also found that the maximum turbulence kinetic energy around the two piers was not signi(cid:12)cantly di(cid:11)erent; however, by installing the rectangular pier, a region with high values of turbulence kinetic energy was formed at 90 (cid:14) near the inner bank. Moreover, installation of the oblong pier could reduce shear stress.


Mao Zedong thought of keeping honesty in performing one's official duties is the combination of Marxism and the practice of Chinese Communist party. And it is also the result of critically assimilating our China's traditional honest thinking. Through criticizing and rebuilding traditional thoughts, Chairman Mao took shape his own thoughts of building an honest and clean government, meanwhile enriched and developed Marx's honest theory.


Cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A) enzymes are involved in the metabolism of over half of today's prescription drugs. As a result, drugs metabolized by CYP3A have a risk of drug–drug interactions (DDIs). Recent studies have shown the potential to use 4β-hydroxycholesterol as an endogenous biomarker of CYP3A activity and predictor of potential DDIs. Bristol–Myers Squibb has developed a liquid chromatography-electron ionization-tandem mass spectrometry method that accurately measures 4β-hydroxycholesterol levels in clinical plasma samples following treatment with a CYP3A inducer or inhibitor. Stable isotope labeled (SIL) [D4]- and [D7]-4β-hydroxycholesterols were synthesized to assist in the development of this new quantification method. The SIL analogs were prepared from the appropriate [D4]- or [D7]-cholesterol starting material in two steps. The labeled cholesterols were oxidized with bromine and silver acetate in pyridine to give an acetate protected hydroxy group at C4. Hydrolysis of the acetate protecting group provided [D4]- and [D7]-4β-hydroxycholesterols in 15%–28% overall yield. 4α-Hydroxycholesterol was also required during method development and was prepared in four steps from cholesteryl benzoate in 1% overall yield.


: Safety risk management has a substantial effect on inconsistent injury rate of construction industry, project cost and both labour and public spirits. A significant amount of attention has been given to develop the time-cost trade off models using several methodologies. These methodologies mainly include the deterministic, heuristic and meta-heuristic approaches. Since the safety parameter is rarely added in time-cost trade-off models, an attempt is made to develop the time-cost-safety trade off model. This paper has addressed these issues to present a multi-objective optimization model to simultaneously optimize total time, total cost and overall safety risk (OSR).


The article is devoted to some aspects of evolution of the evidence system in the Russian criminal proceedings in the post-revolutionary period.