The aim of this article is to outline the main concepts of a modern scientific theory of sports training which takes into account both the recent findings in biological sciences and the requirements of elite sports. Before dealing with sports training theory the essence of the training process in sports is established; the causative factors, the mechanisms and the rules governing the acquisition of sports skills during training are explained, and the main requirements regarding the content and organization of the training process are determined. The continuous development of an athlete's motor potential and of his or her eficiency in exploiting this potential is identified as the main constant in the training process, while the athlete's ability to utilize this potential is regarded as a measure of training effectiveness. The question as to the content and the organization of all the training means and methods which are necessary to guarantee the required "real" work power for a given sports activity is dealt with. It turns out that a modern sports training theory depends on a thorough knowledge of the following aspects: (1) Rules governing the trend of the organism's adaptation to an intense muscle workload under the conditions specific to a given sports discipline. (2) Specific rules governing the acquisition of sports skills for each sports discipline. (3) Rules governing the body's morphological and functional specializationwhen training according to a plan covering several years. (4) Rules governing the acquisition of technical skills which are the basis for the acquisition of the movement pattern specific to the chosen discipline and for the acquisition of the skill that will allow the athlete to perfectly execute a certain movement pattern during training and during competition.(5) Rules governing the relations between the athlete's functional condition during the longer phases of the training plan and stable workloads. These rules help to understand the trend of the adaptation process during a training cycle lasting one or several years. They are also very useful for the elaboration of the criteria for the organization of the training process.


There is strong clannish provincialism among people in Fujian and Taiwan, and is showing affinity by editing pedigree, flaunting jun wang and tang hao, building ancestral hall and temple, guild hall, offering sacrifices, eating huishi altogether, playing receive-Cods game, furthermore to unite, help and protect town folks. There is such a strong exclusiveness as its negative function that splitting and antithesis appear among each clansmen or district, even fight with weapons happens. The clannish provincialism in Fujian and Taiwan originates in small-scale peasant economy, and becomes stronger because of emigration in history. Nowadays we should let it serve the great cause of unifying motherland.


Investigations of the atomic emission lines produced by a variety of non-metals in the vacuum ultraviolet spectral region are reported. A number of promising analytical lines for oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, bromine, sulfur, and chlorine was observed between 120 and 185 nm using both photographic and electronic detection. A unique experimental configuration employing a side-arm torch which directly couples to the vacuum spectrometer/spectrograph is described.


【Objective】To explore the distribution of Calpain 1 gene(CAPN1) in Chinese south yellow cattle populations and north beef cattle populations,and to evaluate it as a candidate molecular marker associated with beef quality.【Method】PCR-SSCP method was used to detect the polymorphism of CAPN1 in 367 heads from four cattle populations,including Leiqiong,Yunnan highpump,BMY and Chinese Simmental.The association between SNP locus and some meat straits were analyzed by general linear model(GLM) in SPSS program.【Result】 Three genotypes,AA,AG,GG and CC,CT,TT,were detected at site A4558G and C4684T,respectively,with G as an advantageous gene at site A4558G,and A as an advantageous gene at site C4684T.Genotypic variance had significant association with shearing force strait and marbling score strait.The cattle with GG in site A4558G had lower shearing force and marbling score than others(P0.05),while the cattle with TT in site C4684T had lower shearing force than that of CT(P0.05) and individuals with TT had lower former PH after rowing of acid than that of CC(P0.05).Combined-genotype analysis indicated that the cattle with GGTT had lower shearing force than that of AACC,AGCT and AACT(P0.05) and lower score of marbling than that of the rest(P0.05),while the score of fat color of these cattle were higher than others.But there were no significant associations between two sites and other straits.【Conclusion】 Site C4684T and A4558G of CAPN1 gene could be used as genetic marks for beef tenderness and marbling score traits.


Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(PAHs) existed in equipments,and materials,which would indicate that the lab environment is a potential source of contamination during the pretreatment of samples and consequently affects the accurate analysis of PAHs.A systematic study was undertaken on the sources of naphthalene,acenaphthene,fluorene,phenanthrene and anthracene contaminants during PAHs analysis in water,and a way to remove them successfully.The process of pretreatment was confirmed by the source of some contaminants after excluding uncertainties from data processing and instrument measurement.After examining glass containers,solvents,and the nitrogen condensation system separately,the nitrogen condensation system was found to be the primary source of contaminants.Further investigation confirmed that the nitrogen gas,reductor and pipe used to conduct the nitrogen could contaminate the sample.Finally,these contaminants can be removed by treating the nitrogen gas with an active carbon column after replacing the nitrogen gas,reductor and pipe.


This paper discusses the non-nutritional aspects of food and diet, as analyzed by anthropologists. Starting with the fact that man, as a species, is omnivorous, it goes on to analyse the various aspects of behaviour towards food and eating, together with the social implications especially in public health actions. It goes into the methodology used by anthropologists to describe and understand food systems. How such systems, being complex and dynamic, should always be considered as a whole by public health researchers given that actions taken on one aspect can have repercussions on all the others.


The main part of this book, Elements of Linear Accelerators, outlines in Part 1 a framework for non-relativistic linear accelerator focusing and accelerating channel design, simulation, optimization and analysis where space charge is an important factor. Part 1 is the most important part of the book; grasping the framework is essential to fully understand and appreciate the elements within it, and the myriad application details of the following Parts. The treatment concentrates on all linacs, large or small, intended for high-intensity, very low beam loss, factory-type application. The Radio-Frequency-Quadrupole (RFQ) is especially developed as a representative and the most complicated linac form (from dc to bunched and accelerated beam), extending to practical design of long, high energy linacs, including space charge resonances and beam halo formation, and some challenges for future work. Also a practical method is presented for designing Alternating-Phase- Focused (APF) linacs with long sequences and high energy gain. Full open-source software is available. The following part, Calm in the Resonances and Other Tales, contains eyewitness accounts of nearly 60 years of participation in accelerator technology.


Peer feedback is considered a reliable method in developing the learner's English language writing skills (Falchikov, 2005; Goldfinch, 2000; Moshontz, & Cooper, 2017; Sanchez, Atkinson, Koenka). It provides a collaborative learning environment, fosters learners' autonomy and reduces anxiety among students (Phillipson, 2007; Richards& Schmidt, 2010; Stubb, 2013). Nevertheless, the use of peer feedback to improve ESL learners' writing skills is a multifaceted process and needs pre feedback assistaance. The efficacy of peer feedback depends on a range of factors such as the learning setting, the learner, and the assessment procedure itself (Ossenberg, Henderson, & Mitchell, 2018). Various studies have suggested positive perceptions of peer feedback (Rotsaert, Panadero & Schellens, 2018; Vanderhoven, Raes, Montrieux, Rotsaert & Schellens, 2015). This study aimed to take the perceptions of Pakistani Postgraduate ESL learners' about peer feedback on their writing skills. Before data collection, four formal feedback training sessions were conducted. This involved the participants who received peer feedback on their writings in the class. Data for this study were collected from fourteen Pakistani postgraduate level ESL students through two semi-structured focus group interviews. Before data collection, tool validation was obtained through self and expert validity procedures. The interviews were recorded and transcribed. The transcriptions were shared with the participants before data analysis. Thematic analysis of the collected data was carried out to teach the findings. The findings suggested that collaborative learning environment and peer feedback develop a sense of responsibility, learners' autonomy, critical and analytical skills in students. The analysis of peer feedback further revealed students' biases, non-serious attitude and lack of peer feedback skills among the learners.


Electron energy loss spectrometers (EELS) for surface studies require a high energy resolution (▵E ? 3 meV) monochromatic electron beam with the highest possible current. In order to improve the transmission of such a device, and so the achievable current, a 3D simulation of electron trajectories taking into account space charge effects was performed for typical three lenses cathode systems, electrostatic cylindrical deflector analyzer (CDA 127°) and acceleration lenses. The results of the analysis are presented and their effects on the overall design of the device are discussed.


Traditional speech discrimination techniques have focused primarily on the frequency domain analysis of speech signals. In this paper the author presents a new technique using wavelet transforms and zero crossing counting to facilitate a time domain speech discrimination system. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work would not have been possible without the significant contributions made by a number of kind individuals, whom I gratefully acknowledge: Dr. P. G. Anderson, for his patience, time and helpful suggestions in serving as my thesis advisor. Dr. J. A. Biles, for his time and suggestions in reviewing this thesis. Dr. M. Raghuveer. for his time and suggestions in reviewing this thesis. Dr. B. W. Keelan, for his assistance in applying the SAS discrimination capabilities to speech recognition. and the members of Eastman Kodak department 791 for helping me to populate my database of Petersen/Barney sounds.


This sixth newspaper accompanied the Urban Age Summit in Berlin, and acted at once as a detailed look at the particularities of urbanism in Berlin, with a separate pull-out section, and as a global framing of the lessons from the first two-years of the Urban Age conference series. Contributions from global experts on public space, city histories, transportation, public space and the open city, and governance, accompanied a global overview data section showing urbanisation around the world, and the first ever Urban Age density diagrams.


Jose Figueroa's case presented "little out of the ordinary" for the federal courts.1 His was a "multimillion-dollar" drug operation run out of Wisconsin that fell apart when a dealer and a partner flipped and gave testimony for the government.2 Only in the closing moments of sentencing3 did Figueroa's case take an unusual turn, one that would in due course elicit an unusual opinion from Judge Diane Wood of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. In the process of assigning Figueroa to the "low end of Figueroa's advisory guidelines range,"4 District Court Judge Rudolph T. Randa also offered, sua sponte, a "lengthy and disconnected lecture" that "sap[ped]" the appellate court's "confidence" in the sentencing's integrity.5 Central to Judge Randa's ex tempore peroration was the observation that "Figueroa [was] of Mexican descent."6 This led him to "comment[ ] about Mexico and . . . Mexico's contribution to drug and immigration issues in the United States. 'The southwest is being overwhelmed,' the judge remarked," before "lash[ing] out at illegal immigration, occasionally referring to 'you people' or 'those people.'"7 Exercising a characteristic measure of delicacy and tact, Judge Wood characterized these remarks by Judge Randa's comments as showing "an odd focus on nationstates and national characteristics"8 and as falling short of the


GEORGE V. MANN, M.D., JAmEs W. GoDDAan, M.D., and LucmE ADAmS, A.B. (From the Department of Nutrition, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston z5, Mass.) The work reported here is a part of an investigation of the problem of arteriosclerosis. The use of diabetic experimental animals in the study of this problem is predicated upon the well known clinical observation that diabetic humans develop arteriosclerosis at an accelerated rate.1'2 Since lack of a suitable experimental animal for the study of arteriosclerosis has handicapped progress in this field, we have investigated the influence of diabetes upon the vessels in several species of laboratory animals. In this report, work with alloxan-induced diabetes in the albino rat will be described. Lukens and Dohan3 have described morphologic changes in the kidneys of a single dog kept diabetic with anterior pituitary substance for 5 years. These changes appear to be a reproduction of the renal lesions of intercapillary glomerulosclerosis which is frequently seen in humans with diabetes of long duration.4"' While our work was in progress, Foglia, Mancini, and Cardeza 7 described diffuse and nodular changes in the kidneys of partially pancreatectomized diabetic rats which they believed to be the equivalent of human intercapillary glomerulosclerosis. PROCEDURE Weanling male rats of the Sherman strain were made diabetic by the intravenous administration of alloxan.8 Young animals were used in an attempt to simulate "juvenile diabetes" in humans and to avoid the cumulative effects of other "natural" diseases which occur with age; in the rat this is notably pyelonephritis. Each experimental group included alloxan-injected animals with a degree of diabetes ranging from severe through mild to no demonstrable diabetes, as well as non-injected controls. This procedure allows at least partial control of tissue damage due to alloxan which is not mediated through diabetes. Groups of usually io animals were kept in screen-bottomed cages in rooms maintained at 240 C. At intervals of i to 4 weeks alloxan-treated animals were placed for 48 hours in individual metabolism cages and quantitative collections of * Supported in part by grants-in-aid from Nutrition Foundation, Inc., New York, N.Y., National Vitamin Foundation, New York, N.Y., Swift and Co., Chicago, Illinois, and the National Heart Institute of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service, Bethesda, Md. Received for publication, November 30, I950.


The utility model relates to a sealed junction box, which comprises a first shell and a second shell; the first shell comprises a first combining part; the second shell comprises a second combining part, the second shell and the first shell are closed by means of the combination between the first combining part and the second combining part, so that a containing chamber for containing cables is formed, a long groove in which sealing material can be filled is formed on at least one of the first combining part and the second combining part, and is provided with at least one widened part, and the width of the cross section of the widened part is enlarged. As gel is injected into the long groove and flows in the long groove, because of the existence of the widened part, the compressed air in the long groove is gathered in the part of the widened part, which is larger than the other part of the long groove, consequently, air bubbles cannot be formed on the upper surface of the gel, and thereby the elastic substance formed by the gel can form a smooth sealing surface.


Lake Lere is situated in the Mayo-Kebbi locality southwest of Chad, it is the site for RAMSAR since 2001 hosting manatee (Trichechus senegalensis). This lake has been under study with the aimed of determining the structure of zooplankton community from February 2016 to April 2017. For this study, three sampling stations were chosen and divided into 2 to 3 layers from water surface towards the bottom. A total of 49 zooplanktonic species were identifiedin LakeLere. This was dominated by Rotifers community with more than 75% (38 species).Rotifers and Copepodsdominated withabundance proportions of 78.10 and 60.04% respectively in the dry season. This was relatively higher compared to the rainy season (21.89 and 39.95%). In the Cladocere communities, a higherabundance was observed in the rainy season of 85.39% and 14.6% in the dry season. Therewere no significant differences between the physicochemical parameters, the sampling stations and between the different sampling levels.Thehigh values of Sorensen similarity index, shows the homogeneity of the waters of the lake and justifies the absence of significant differences in the specific richness between stations. The specific richness of zooplankton community in Lake Lere and its physico-chemical variables lead to a conclusion of the mesotrophic state of the lake's waters.


Heteroatom doping into 2-dimensional lattice of materials such as graphene brings revolutionary reform in the field of materials endowing remarkable properties to the parent material. Herein, a state-of-the-art 2-dimensional carbon...


1. Teaching and Research Unit on Plant Physiology and Pathologies, Laboratory of Biotechnology, Agriculture and Developmentof Biological Resources, Department of Biosciences, University FélixHouphouët-Boigny, 22 P.O. Box 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire. 2. National Centre of Floristic, University Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 P.O. Box 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire. ...................................................................................................................... Manuscript Info Abstract ......................... ........................................................................ Manuscript History Received: 05 May 2021 Final Accepted: 10 June 2021 Published: July 2021


The invention discloses an anti-PID solar battery assembly. The anti-PID solar battery assembly comprises a super white glass layer, an anti-PID EVA rubber film layer, an anti-PID battery piece layer and an anti-PID integrated backplate layer which are sequentially stacked from the top to the bottom, wherein the anti-PID integrated backplate layer comprises a crosslinkable anti-PID EVA rubber film layer and a protective backplate layer which are sequentially stacked from the top to the bottom. The crosslinkable anti-PID EVA rubber film layer and the protective backplate layer are combined into a whole to form a crosslinkable integrated backplate layer, so that compared with the two original single materials, the combined integrated backplate layer lowers the cost by 1/ 5; after combination, a manual trimming cost is also lowered.


BACKGROUND: Sepsis is a condition of life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection and carries a high risk of mortality. A rapidly growing number of "sepsis survivors" experience persistent and severe skeletal muscle weakness and atrophy (i.e., sepsis-induced myopathy). The myopathy is triggered by the interaction of circulating pathogens, inflammatory factors (e.g., cytokines and chemokines), and myofibers. Currently, there are no treatments for sepsis-induced myopathy partially due to a lack of therapeutic targets. Chemokines are peptides that possess chemo attractant properties and are released by immune cells during infection insult. Circulating levels of chemokines in septic patients are known to be high. However, the role these chemokines play in context of sepsis-induced myopathy is currently unknown. Our goal in this study was to identify the role of circulating chemokines on sepsis-induced myopathy. METHODS: We induced sepsis via cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) or sham control surgeries in a group of young adults (5 mo) male C57BL6 mice. Seven days after surgery, serum was collected from sham and CLP mice. The serum samples were pooled for cell culture experiments. In a subset of healthy mice, we isolated primary myoblasts. The myoblasts were co-cultured in conditioned media containing pooled serum samples collected from sham and CLP mice. We performed a multiplex assay to identify the levels of chemokines on the pooled serum samples. We measured myoblast proliferation, myotube area, and fusion index. In follow-up experiments, we exposed C2C12 myotubes to a selected group of chemokine peptides previously identified in serum samples. RESULTS: Exposure to septic serum attenuated the proliferative capacity of healthy myoblasts by 46% (p < 0.05). In addition, myoblasts exposed to septic serum did not differentiate into healthy myotubes. Multiplex analyses of pooled sham and septic serum revealed a marked elevation of the following chemokines: CXCL-1 (healthy = 173.4 ± 0.1, septic = 69,630 ± 13,732 pg/ml), CXCL-2 (healthy = 1,078 ± 0.1, septic = 3,907 ± 259 pg/ml), CXCL-10 (healthy = 366 ± 0.1, septic = 3,961 ± 293 pg/ml), CCL-2 (healthy = 276 ± 0.1, septic = 1672 ± 362 pg/ml). Exposure of mature C2C12 myotubes to the chemokine peptides for 24 h increased the mRNA expression of atrophy-related genes ( FOXO1, GABARAP, BNIP3, TRIM63, MAP11A3B, FOXO32, FOXO30). CONCLUSION: Circulating chemokines play a regulatory role in sepsis-induced myopathy via attenuation of the proliferative capacity of myoblasts and by altering myotube morphology and the expression of atrophy related genes. Chemokines are potential therapeutic targets to treat sepsis-induced myopathy. Funded by NIH R21AG072011-03 to OL This is the full abstract presented at the American Physiology Summit 2023 meeting and is only available in HTML format. There are no additional versions or additional content available for this abstract. Physiology was not involved in the peer review process.


Making use of the router of Cisco interview form realizes grouped filters,which is the first line that prevents network from being attacked,it is a kind of safety mechanism achieved by admitting or refusing information flow through router interface.CBAC is not only a form additional function,but also a more complicated and safe tool box.This text analyzes the CBAC working method and realizing method,and gives an application example for CBAC.


In recent decades, theorizing about societal and political transformations has become closely intertwined with claims about new modalities of knowledge production. Exemplary of these changes has be ...


In order to compare two techniques 142 patients were divided into two groups i.e control group A (receiving peri-incisional infiltration of 20 ml of normal saline) and experimental group B (receiving peri-incisional infiltration of 20 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine). Pain score was noted in post operative period at 12 hours. Total amount of intravenous tramadol given was also noted. Statistical analysis was performed to compare results.


This paper presents an ontology-based framework aimed at explicit representation of context-specific metadata derived from the actual usage of learning objects and learning designs. The core part of the proposed framework is a learning object context ontology, that leverages a range of other kinds of learning ontologies (e.g., user modeling ontology, domain ontology, and learning design ontology) to capture the information about the real usage of a learning object inside a learning design. We also present some learner-centered and teacher-centered scenarios enabled by the proposed framework in order to illustrate the benefits the framework offers to these key participants of any learning process. Finally, we demonstrate how two present educational tools (i.e. TANGRAM and LOCO-Analyst) correspond to the proposed architecture.


This paper proposes a novel open-architecture approach to the design of digital controller hardware for power electronics systems. The paper discusses the benefits of such an approach and compares it to the more conventional centralized controller approach. Prototypes of the three key open-architecture functional blocks: high-speed serial communication link, hardware manager and application manager were built in order to test their performance on a representative three-phase 100 kVA converter. Experimental results verify the feasibility of the proposed approach.


OBJECTIVE:To prepare compound cyproheptadine cream and establish its quality control method.METHODS:The cream was prepared with cyproheptadine hydrochloride,dyclonine hydrochloride and dexamethasone acetate.The content of dycloninae hydrochloride was determined by UV spectrophotography.And a stability test was performed on the preparation.RESULTS:The cream exhibited ivory color,with its identification and test results all in line with the related specification.The linear range of dycloninae hydrochloride was 2.5~25 μg·mL-1(r=0.994 0).All the indexes showed no obvious change in the following tests including centrifugalization test,thermoresistant and cold-resistant tests as well as sample observation test.CONCLUSION:This cream is stable and controlable in quality.


Many cereal based foods exhibit a loss in crispness upon rehydration above a critical value. This critical value is generally around 9-10% moisture. The aim of this presentation is to discuss the physical basis of this quality loss. First, the crispness loss was observed to occur while the products are still in the glassy state (i.e. below the Tg DSC or maximum in mechanical tan δ peak associated with the main relaxation process). Then, different aspects of molecular mobility within the glassy materials were studied. Sub-Tg relaxation processes in dry cereal foods and model systems were evidenced using dielectric and mechanical spectroscopies. Moreover, the influence of water content on the mechanical damping factor (tan δ) was studied at room temperature in bread samples and in starch-sucrose and gluten-sucrose mixtures.


Error estimate in pade approximation.- Orthogonal polynomials in monotone and convex interpolation.- Polynomials orthogonal with respect to singular continuous measures.- Group theoretic interpretations of Askey's scheme of hypergeometric orthogonal polynomials.- A review of orthogonal polynomials satisfying boundary value problems.- Orthogonal polynomial solutions to ordinary and partial differential equations.- Rational approximations, orthogonal polynomials and equilibrium distributions.- Factorization of second order difference equations and its application to orthogonal polynomials.- Gauss quadrature for analytic functions.- On the Geronimus polynomial sets.- The bounds for the error term of an asymptotic approximation of Jacobi polynomials.- The distribution of zeros of the polynomial eigenfunctions of ordinary differential operators of arbitrary order.- Orthogonal polynomials and jump modifications.- Electrostatic interpretation of zeros.- Associated dual Hahn polynomials.- Szego's Theorem for polynomials orthogonal with respect to varying measures.- Associated Askey-Wilson polynomials as Laguerre-Hahn orthogonal polynomials.- Le calcul des formes lineaires et les polynomes orthogonaux semi-classioues.- The Lp minimality and near-minimality of orthogonal polynomial approximation and integration methods.- Orthogonal rational functions with poles in a finite subset of R.- Nth-root asymptotics of orthonormal polynomials and non-diagonal pade approximants.- Zeros of orthogonal polynomials on harmonic algebraic curves.- Open problems.


Aiming at the problems of traditional tracking, such as difficulty in deployment, low flexibility and high cost, this paper proposes and designs an automatic cruising car based on UWB positioning technology. The car adopts the Raspberry Pi 3B module as the core control unit, obtains the position through the UWB module, acquires the azimuth of the vehicle through the MPU9250 module, detects the obstacles in front through the ultrasonic sensor, and uses the incremental PID control algorithm to track the specified path. Different from the traditional way of laying magnetic needles and printing guide lines, position coordinate information is introduced in this design, and a series of coordinate points are used as the guiding path of the trolley. Tests show that the designed car can complete the function of automatic cruising according to the specified path, which has certain practical application value.


ITE JOURNAL / OCTOBER 1999 THE USE OF ADVANCED TECHnologies in the transportation field has been on the rise for the past five to 10 years. Many factors can be attributed to this sudden surge in the research, development and deployment of intelligent transportation systems (ITS). In some cases, the advancement of the technologies themselves has outpaced the planning and research to make the most effective use of them. It is crucial to the success of ITS to properly determine how the new technologies can be used most effectively. Most of the major metropolitan areas in the United States face the predicament of scarce financial resources and limited opportunities to build additional capacity. The Phoenix, Ariz., USA, metropolitan area is no exception. The area is in the midst of an ITS model deployment project called AZTech. Partially funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, this public-private partnership will use ITS technologies to improve travel times on several major corridors in the area. These corridors will be instrumented with detectors spaced at roughly two-mile intervals. It is anticipated that these detectors will feed information back to a regional computer server that will process the data. The data will then be disseminated back to drivers via several different mediums (Internet, pagers, cell phones, etc.) to provide them with information about traffic conditions.


This paper addresses the cooperative output regulation problem of linear discrete-time multi-agent systems with a dynamic network subject to stochastic data packet dropouts. Under some standard assumptions on the solvability of classical linear cooperative output regulation problem, a dynamic output feedback protocol is designed and the necessary and sufficient conditions under which the closed-loop system reaches cooperative regulation are proposed. A numerical example is provided to illustrate the validity of the proposed approach.


In this article we describe the synthesis, properties, and lithographic behavior of a new class of chemically‐amplified, positive‐tone, aromatic methacrylate resists incorporating the tetrahydropyranyl protecting group bound to base‐solubilizing carboxylic acid moieties. Copolymers containing equimolar amounts of benzyl methacrylate and tetrahydropyranyl methacrylate were prepared by free radical and group transfer polymerization (GTP). Photogenerated sulfonic acids formed from covalent ester or ionic salt precursors were used to remove the acid labile tetrahydropyranyl (THP) group by heating after exposure. The resulting copolymers of benzyl methacrylate (BMA) and methacrylic acid (MAA) are extremely soluble in aqueous base solutions when the MAA concentration exceeds 38 mol %, thus affording positive tone patterns. We have studied these copolymer resists and find them to have high sensitivity (<30 mJ/cm2) when formulated with aromatic sulfonate or trifluoromethyl sulfonate sensitizers. Contrast is greater than 2 and submicrometer patterns in 1 μm thick films are resolved. Resolution is significantly influenced by the sensitizer, post exposure heating and development conditions. Molecular weight distribution appears to have little effect on the lithographic properties. Resolution presently is limited by resist adhesion which remains to be optimized. Plasma etching resistance to conditions used to etch Al is 1.8 times less than for hard‐baked HPR‐206 photoresist, but can be improved to a value of 1.5 by postexposure thermolysis. Improvements are needed before this type of chemically‐amplified resist is able to meet all deep‐UV lithographic requirements. However, it appears quite promising for other lower resolution (≫1 μm), thick‐film‐imaging applications which will be the subject of future papers.


• WANG L J ET AL: "Syntheses of new conformationally constrained S-Ä2-Ä(1-iminoethyl)aminoÜ ethylÜhomocysteine derivatives as potential nitric oxide synthase inhibitors", HETEROATOM CHEMISTRY, VCH PUBLISHERS, DERFIELD BEACH, FL, US, vol. 13, no. 1, 1 January 2002 (2002-01-01), pages 77-83, XP003013677, ISSN: 1042-7163, DOI: 10.1002/HC.1109 • SHOUP T M ET AL: "Synthesis of ÄF-18Ü-1-amino-3-fluorocyclobutane-1-carbo xylic acid (FACBC): a PET tracer for tumor delineation", JOURNAL OF LABELLED COMPOUNDS AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS, JOHN WILEY, CHICHESTER, GB, vol. 42, no. 3, 1 January 1999 (1999-01-01), pages 215-225, XP003003890, ISSN: 0362-4803, DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1344(199903)42:3<215::A ID-JLCR180>3.0.CO;2-0


The theory that utopian thought depends on, and is to be judged according to, a particular temporal conjunction of concrete historical circumstances overlooks the fact that the dream of a perfect society, at least in Europe and in the 'new worlds' that European culture predominantly formed, has long since become an indispensable element of intellectual history. In Europe the dreamers located their ideal order for the most part in the distant past or future, or and frequently on top of this in some unattainable geographical realm, and made of it the ideal counterpart and point of orientation for experienced reality. The pioneers of the 'new worlds' on the other hand thought rather less about distant territories and more about orientation in the here and now; rather than simply project their hopes and longings into the far reaches of time and place, they tended to think of their own geographical refuge äs the Promised Land. Their concrete political demands reflected, and drew their legitimation from, a teleological concept of national history, and it is for this reason too that the phases of nationalism in the *new worlds' have always been marked by reflection on what constitutes national identity, and by the articulation of vieione of the future: by the question, in other words, whether and to what extent history and politics were in step with the national utopian dream. The 'new worlds', which Fernand Braudel has called translations, in the sense of parallel translocations, of the old Europe, are similar without being identical to their original model. Significantly, their discussion of utopia reflects an early


Standard anticancer-treatments are targeted to kill cancer cells; however they are also toxic to some normal cells. This toxicity can cause substantial side effects that can affect a patient's quality of life (QoL) or limit the success of cancer treatment. Mistletoe has been extensively used in folk law and made its way into oncology in the 1920s. Despite its long clinical use, there is still considerable debate about its efficacy in managing treatment side effects. This literature review investigates the efficacy of Mistletoe Therapy on treatment side effects and QoL of breast cancer patients who receive standard treatment.


In parallel with the increase in the volume of world trade, cargo handling rates and seafarers' pace of work has increased. Although the STCW regulations and restrictions on working hours has improved, this tempo has brought with it insufficient resting hours, especially in short sea transport. It is known that individuals under stress and intensive workloads are more prone to making mistakes due to fatigue. In this study, the officers' working hours are simulated in full-mission simulator at short sea transport to investigate errors made during the navigation and port watches. For this purpose, the data were obtained from 7 volunteers watchkeeping officers with the help of video monitoring and check lists in the full-bridge simulator system and also, system records in cargo handling simulator. With this study, introduced what types of errors made during navigation and port watches by watchkeeping officers under the intense pace of work. And the errors are evaluated under the legislation of international maritime. As a result, to comply with the limitations of working hours, it is necessary to increase the number of officers responsible for operations on short sea transport.


This article examines efforts to integrate Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) with meaningful applied learning experiences to serve equitably University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) students through inclusive engagement platforms. Drawing from a UNCW campus-wide applied learning initiative, we analyze course projects and activities that have utilized applied learning in online and/or hybrid courses from three fields of study: Criminology, Curriculum and Instruction, and Higher Education.  Through a discussion of assessment and evaluation measures we draw conclusions tied to the augmentation of applied learning via TEL, as well as online-specific challenges to teaching and student engagement, such as dispersed groups and team formation, and coordination with external stakeholders. Finally, we offer transferable suggested courses of action to further the integration of applied and technologically enhanced learning modalities.


Venereophobia is irrational fear of contracting venereal disease following an isolated or multiple episodes of sexual intercourse. It is a condition that is observed mostly in males. This has a major bearing on the mental as well as sexual health. While the diagnosis is easy, the treatment is usually difficult. Repeated periodic reassurances are necessary during the course of treatment. Psychiatric consultation is essential, and a joint approach forms the cornerstone of management. So far, there is no published data available in literature on the prevalence and extent of the problem.


A new algorithm for clipping a line segment against a pyramid in E 3 is presented. This algorithm avoids computation of intersection points which are not end-points of the output line segment. It also allows solving all cases more effectively. The performance of this algorithm is shown to be consistently better than existing algorithms, including the Cohen-Sutherland, Liang-Barsky and Cyrus-Beck algorithms.


The approximate value of the world invariant at a point in a plane containing a rotating cohesive system such as a rod is calculated for a point at great distances from the system. It is found that the invariant has a stationary value when the rod is seen to be pointing towards the point in question. It is concluded that the speed of propagation of gravitation is the same as that of light.


The objective of this study is to examine the role of sufficiency economy philosophy in One Tambon One Product (OTOP) programs and sustainable business success. In this direction, the relationship between sufficiency economy philosophy, local product development, local product quality, local product marketing and sustainable business success was considered.This study adopted quantitative research along with cross-sectional research design. A questionnaire as designed for data collection and 5-point Likert scale was employed. Data were collected from the people related to the OTOP program. Data were analyzed through Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). It is found that; sufficiency economy philosophy has positive role to promote OTOP which lead to the sustainable business success. Results of the study shows that; sufficiency economy philosophy has positive effect on local product development which shows positive role to promote sustainable business success. Furthermore, local product quality also has positive effect on sustainable business success, supported by sufficiency economy philosophy. Similarly, sufficiency economy philosophy has positive influence on local product marketing which lead to the sustainable business success.


With the continuous improvement of the refresh rate of TFT LCD products, the power consumption of the products is also rising. Therefore, when TFT LCD is used in portable terminal products, it is necessary to continuously reduce the power consumption to meet the maximum working endurance requirements.


Objective:To study the relationship between the functional dyspepsia with emotional disorders of the patients.Methods:65 cases of patients with functional dyspepsia were chosen as the study subject.All the subjects were tested with Hamilton depression scales(HAMD),and Hamilton Anxiety Scale(HAMA).Results:functional dyspepsia(FD) and HAMA HAMD score compared with the control group P 0.01.Conclusion:close relationship has been found between functional dyspepsia and emotional disorders of the patients.


Designing multipliers that are high speed, low power, and regular design are of great interest to research. The multiplier speed can be increased by reducing the generated partial products. Many attempts have been made to reduce the number of partial products generated in the multiplication process, one of which is the multiplier of the matrix. The average sum of the matrix multiplier was used to summarize the transport products in a short time. The attainment of high-speed integrated circuits with low power consumption is a major concern for VLSI circuit designers. Most arithmetic operations are performed with a multiplier, which is the main element that consumes energy in digital circuits. In essence, the multiplication process is performed on hardware in terms of editing and adding. The adder optimization has led to improved multiplier performance. This project proposes a complete modified adder that uses a multiplexer to achieve a low power consumption of the multiplier. In order to analyze the efficiency of the proposed project, the conventional structure of the multiplier matrix is used. The designs are developed with Verilog HDL and the features are verified by simulation with Xilinx. In this project, the modified full adder that uses the multiplexer is compared to the traditional full hardware and speed adder.


At the threshold of America stands "B. Franklin, Americain." This is the inscription on one of the popular medallions struck in Frank lin's honor on the occasion of his ambassadorship to France, and it is especially appropriate.1 Franklin, abroad and at home, for better and for worse, has been our most enduring exemplar. The picture on the medallion represents the general sense of him well. Here is Franklin, perfectly attired in studded shirt and closed collar—and with a fur cap on his head! The tensions of American culture, that natural para dise that yet aspires to the vanguard of Western civilization, appear together in one figure. Down-home earthiness meets urbane sophisti cation, native sagacity cosmopolitan wit. Franklin spans America's diversity. He gave it electricity, daylight savings time, a new stove, its first public library, the idea for the union of its colonies, a university, a fire department, government borrowing from the people, bifocals, and on and on. "One might enumerate the items of high civiliza tion," says Henry James in a famous passage, "which are absent from the texture of American life," and there follows a list ranging from "sovereign," "church," and "army," to "novels," "Epsom," and "As cot."2 Franklin, then, would seem to have gone far toward providing such items himself, to have created America's civilization single handedly, and all of it, from "high" to low, with everything in be tween. Businessman, scientist, statesman, man of letters, his genius was in no one field above any other, but in his having worked so many fields, in his having been America in all of its variousness. This identification of Franklin with his nation is remarkable, and I take it to be the beginning of any uniquely American studies. Both personal and national, "American" appears before us undivided, re ferring equally to the general and to the particular. No division need, or even should, be undertaken. No a priori objection that we confuse different senses of American should be raised. Indeed, it is only by refusing to raise it that we can really investigate what "American," in Franklin's sense, means. We must resist the seductions of presumably more rigorous analysis. We must not separate out independent ele ments of our identification, even if only to put them together again in


St. Joseph's Health Hospital (St. Joseph's) completed a comprehensive Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) that was adopted by the Board of Directors on 5/23/2019. St. Joseph's performed the CHNA in adherence with applicable federal requirements for not-for-profit hospitals set forth in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The assessment took into account a comprehensive review of secondary data analysis of patient outcomes, community health status, and social determinants of health, as well as primary data collection including input from representatives of the community, community members, and various community organizations.


: The National Health Service (NHS) is one of the UKs most cherished but political public institutions, providing healthcare, free at the point of delivery. The English NHS must make £20bn efficiency savings in the next 3 years whilst in the midst of fundamental structural change outlined in the government's Health and Social Care Bill. This paper will explore the history of leadership and management in the NHS; the evolution of clinical leadership; national strategies to improve NHS clinical and managerial leadership and Lord Darzi's pivotal NHS review. It defines the kind of leadership and management required for today's NHS, looking to overcome some of the main challenges such as improving healthcare quality whilst making efficiency savings and engaging grass roots workers to deliver sustainable, long term improvements. Finally this manuscript makes suggestions as to where future investment is required to improve clinical leadership and management in the NHS.


High-energy proton beams with low energy spread and angular divergence are highly valuable in various applications, such as proton therapy, ultrafast science, and nuclear physics. Laser-driven ion sources are being explored as a more compact and cost-effective alternative to conventional accelerators. However, producing high-quality proton beams using lasers has been a significant challenge. In this study, we propose a novel approach to achieve high-energy quasi-monoenergetic proton beams by utilizing a Laguerre–Gaussian (LG) laser to irradiate a solid hollow tube target. Our three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations demonstrate that the LG laser efficiently pulls out and accelerates electrons. As these electrons exit the rear side of the tube, a charge-separation electric field for proton acceleration is self-established. Meanwhile, a considerable part of the electrons are confined to the laser axis by the ponderomotive force of the LG laser, generating a longitudinal bunching field and transverse focusing field. As a result, protons are accelerated and focused in these fields, producing a high- quality proton beam with high energy (247 MeV) and low energy spread (∼2%) using an LG laser with an intensity of 1.9×1021 W cm−2 and a tube target with an electron density of 40nc . In comparison to a standard Gaussian laser, the LG laser exhibits superior performance in terms of proton cut-off energy, energy spread, and angular divergence.


Abstract Background In acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients there are mostly studies evaluating prognostic value of admission heart rate. We tried to understand the prognostic value of discharge heart rate in a spectrum of ACS patients. Methods A total of 473 consecutive ACS patients were included in the study. Forty-three (9.1%) of them were unstable angina pectoris, 268 (56.7%) were non-ST elevation myocardial infarction and 162 (34.2%) of them were ST elevation myocardial infarction patients. Discharge heart rates of the patients were recorded and the patients were followed-up for 1 year. The primary end-point was all-cause mortality. Results The mean age of the patients was 64 ± 12. The patients were divided into three subgroups according to discharge heart rates (<78, 78–89, ≥90 beats per minute). Patients with a higher discharge heart rate had higher serum troponin, glucose levels and higher admission heart rates, had lower ejection fraction values and had acute heart failure complication more frequently than the patients with a lower discharge heart rate. A total of 72(16%) patients died during 1 year follow-up. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, an increased discharge heart rate was independently associated with 1-month mortality after ACS, but it was not independently associated with 6-month or 1-year mortality after ACS. Every 1 bpm increase in discharge heart rate resulted in a significant increased risk of 8.2% in 1-month all-cause mortality. Conclusion Increased heart rate at discharge is an independent predictor of 1-month mortality in ACS patients. This relationship disappears after 1-month through 1-year follow-up.


In this paper, two-dimensional thermoelastic analysis of a functionally graded nanoshell is presented based on nonlocal elasticity theory. To formulate this problem, first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) is used for axial and radial deformations simultaneously. Material properties are assumed to be mixture of ceramic and metal based on a power law distribution. Principle of virtual work is used for derivation of the governing equations. The analytical approach is presented based on eigenvalue and eigenvector method to derive four unknown functions including radial and axial displacements and rotations along the longitudinal direction. In addition, the influence of nonlocal and in-homogeneous index parameter is studied on the responses of the system. Two-dimensional results are presented along the radial and longitudinal directions.


Objective To study the immunodiagnostic potential of recombinant membrane protein Tetraspanin 2 of Schistosoma japonicum(rSjTsp2) as a diagnostic antigen. Methods The rSjTsp2 was expressed and purified as an antigen used in indirect ELISA to detect specific serum antibody against Schistosoma japonicum of rabbits that at different stages of infection, and the results were compared with those of ELISA using natural antigen (AWA) as antigen. Results The sensitivities of rSjTsp2-ELISA were 75.4% (46/61),77.6% (45/58) and 81.5% (44/54), respectively, 2, 4, 6 weeks after rabbits were infected with Schistosoma japonicum, meanwhile the sensitivities of AWA-ELISA were 68.9% (42/61),86.2% (50/58) and 88.9% (48/54), respectively. The sensitivity difference of two methods was not significant statistically (x2 = 0.652, 1.454,1.174, all P 〉 0.05).Conclusions The rSjTsp2 is expressed successfully in vitro, and rSjTsp2 recombinant protein expressed in prokaryotic system has a certain application potential in immunodiagnosis.

Key words:
Schistosoma japonicum;  Membrane proteins;  Immunologic tests;  Enzyme-linkedimmunosorbent assay


clinical practice, however, it is important to define and manage the determinant factors of therapeutic success in COPD. There is a need to personalise treatment strategies,11 and four goals must be achieved. First, we have to assess the patient in a multidimensional way, according to the severity of the disease, its activity, future risk and impact on the patient, including their well-being. This allows us to define treatable clinical characteristics and assess future risk, and helps us tailor treatments to individual patients.12,13 Second, we have to evaluate the patient's perspectives and beliefs about the treatment and the disease.14 Third, it is important to prescribe the correct treatment, based on the best medical evidence, taking in account pulmonary and extra pulmonary factors, the patient's perspective and their behaviours/lifestyle. And fourth, we should monitor the treatment, assess and improve adherence, ensure correct inhalation technique and monitor the patient's well-being. Rather than assessing treatment success based merely on the level of control that has been achieved, we should move to a more comprehensive concept by assessing COPD-related health status and evaluating the changes or the maintenance of a certain level of quality of life based on pre-established treatment goals. Deciding which tool or set of tools to use is another matter and should be discussed in another paper.15


Inertial confinement fusion tIC'F) utilizing an antiproton catalyzzd hybrid fission/fusion target is discussed as a potential energy source for interplanetary propulsion. A proof-of-principle experiment underway at Phi_ips Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, and antiproton trapping _ents at CEILN, Geneva, Switzerland, are presented. The ICAN propulsion concept is described and results of performance analyses are reviewed. Future work to further define the ICAN concept is outlined.


ED/ INDEXED IN: ISC, Directory Of Research Journal Indexing (DRJI), J-Gate, Electronic Journals Library (EZB), EBSCO, SCIRUS, Eyesourse, SSRN eLibrary, Global Impact Factor (GIF), Google Scholar, Library System University of Hamburg (ZDB). Variety of identity style and life meaning among students of humanities and engineering sciences 37 Full Length Research Paper Variety of identity style and life meaning among students of humanities and engineering sciences Mojtaba Sedaghati fard Department of social sciences, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar Branch, Garmsar, Iran firstname.lastname@example.com


The result showed that anti--virus effects of fucoidan on infection due to poliovirus Ⅱ, adenovirus Ⅲ, ECHO_(6)virus, coxsackie B_(4)virus and coxsackie A_(16)virus were remarkable. Fucoidan could inhibit the development of cytopathic effect (CPE) and protect cultural cells from infection caused by above viruses


of Thesis Presented to the Graduate School of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science THE ROLES OF ZINC AND METALLOTHIONEIN IN HEPATOCYTE ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE By Louis Lichten August 2004 Chair: Robert Cousins Major Department: Food Science and Human Nutrition Zinc and metallothionein are involved in cellular antioxidant defense, but the basic mechanisms are not known. Zinc is a biologically redox inert metal, that has been associated with protection from various oxidant producing species. However, zinc induces the cysteine-rich, metal-binding protein, metallothionein, through interaction with the transcription factor MTF-1. Metallothionein may have a role in preventing oxidative stress, by quenching free radicals and other oxidants. Therefore, it is hard to distinguish between protection due to zinc, and protection due to induction of metallothionein. Hence, metallothionein null (KO) mice and metallothionein transgenic (Tg) mice provide a unique opportunity to study altered states of metallothionein expression. These mouse models were used to determine the effects of zinc supplementation and/ or metallothionein gene expression on the susceptibility to oxidative and nitrosative stress. Metallothionein KO mice were significantly less viable than control (CK) mice after


Buried pipeline may be subjected to various complex combinations of forces and deformations. As a result, localized curvature and strains may occur in the pipe wall and wrinkle may form. The wrinkled pipeline may then develop a rupture and lose its structural integrity if it is subjected to further sustained deformation and/or load. This research program was designed to evaluate the post-wrinkling behaviour and structural integrity of wrinkled pipeline subjected to lateral and axial loads and internal pressure. This research program included both experimental and numerical studies. This study shows that a pipe does not fail in rupture if the pipe is subjected to an axisymmetric axial monotonic deformation and wrinkle is developed. However, a rupture is developed in the wrinkle region if the wrinkled pipe is subjected to lateral deformation. Parametric studies were also undertaken to understand the effect of D/t, and internal pressure on pipe failure mode.


A well-structured and reliable communication system is key to the successful operations of multi-robot systems. In this letter, we present our design and implementation of a multi-robot communication architecture CHORD (Collaborative High-bandwidth Operations with Radio Droppables) based on two popular robotics middleware, ROS 1 and ROS 2. We discuss the benefit and best practices of combining two different frameworks that share the same spirit and show its performance from large-scale real-world experiments. The proposed system is developed as part of Team CoSTAR's effort for the DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge. The system has been field-proved and demonstrated in the Urban Circuit event, where team CoSTAR won first place. To our knowledge, this work is the first real-world demonstration of a ROS 2-based multi-robot system in such large-scale extreme environments. From the significant improvement of the communication performance and the ease of transition from existing ROS 1 systems, this work encourages wider adoption of ROS 2 in field robotics applications.


In 2002, global finance shows the characteristics of adjusting: 1. International stock markets fell greatly, while other markets were more or less up. 2. Direct financing, such as stocks and risk investments, was beaten, while indirect financing, such as banking credit, was again grew. 3. The exchange rate of US dollar fell, while that of Euro went up. 4. Strong financial groups like the U. S. got into trouble, while weak ones like the Southeast Asian entities became stronger. All these made Chinese foreign financial situations prosperous, and developed the reform-encouraging situations by the opening up.


Learning is at the heart of the university experience. How students engage with the learning experience within higher education varies from institution to institution, from student to student and from academic to academic. Maximising learning engagement in taught sessions is important to enable students to benefit the most from contact time with academics. Some academics though talk of poor attendance whilst students also express concerns about peers disrupting their learning in taught sessions. Seeking a solution to improve learning engagement in taught sessions is a focus challenging colleagues at both the University of Bedfordshire and Beds SU.  It is all too easy to view lectures, workshops, seminars and tutorials from the perspective of academics, but learning is a partnership. How can the student perspective promote more effective engagement and learning? This case study of students as educators began with the medium of film involving course representatives, and developed into a collaborative toolkit to enhance engagement with learning.


Magnetoelastic sensors are mass sensitive sensors commonly used for stress and pressure measurement, as well as chemical and biological monitoring when combined with a functionalized coating. Magnetoelastic sensors are typically made of free-standing, rectangular strips of magnetoelastic materials that exhibit longitudinal, extensional vibrations due to the excitation of magnetic fields. A single magnetoelastic sensor is generally used to monitor one parameter since only the fundamental resonant frequency is measured. Multiple-parameter sensing in close proximity has previously been achieved by using multiple magnetoelastic sensors of different dimensions and tracking their resonant frequencies independently. However, this requires a large surface area and inconvenient layout of dissimilarly shaped sensors. This paper presents a technique for monitoring multiple parameters with a single magnetoelastic sensor by applying separate mass loads at the null points (points of zero vibration) of multiple resonant modes. Applying a load at a null location does not affect the corresponding resonant mode but alters the resonant frequencies of other modes. Therefore, by isolating the variables of interest to multiple null points and simultaneously measuring the resonant frequency shifts of related resonant modes, the masses at each null location can be calculated. Results showed that changing the coverage at a null location along the width of the sensor can be used to minimize the loading effect on the corresponding resonant mode. In contrast, changing the lengthwise coverage can maximize the loading effect on other resonant modes, thus increasing the mass sensitivity of the sensor. Furthermore, simultaneously applying loads to null points of multiple resonant modes had a nearly additive effect, allowing detection of multiple parameters with a single magnetoelastic sensor.


An ad-hoc routing protocol is a caucus, or customary, that controls how nodes decide which way to route packets between computing devices in a mobile ad hoc network. Over the years, abundant routing protocols have been developed for ad hoc mobile networks. These can be categorized into table-driven and on-demand routing. The simulations have shown that there certainly is a need for a special ad-hoc routing protocol when mobility increases and security in mobile ad-hoc networks is an extensive area of research. This research paper is a compassing of research on ad-hoc routing protocols. It gives a sufficient amount of literature for the better understanding of the work ahead.


Rarities and Beauty are the main criteria for the acknowledgement and the conservation of the heritage and the landscape from the very first Italian protection laws (L.1089/ 39, L.1497/39). Giovannoni and Croce contributed to the affirmation of these interpretative categories of the landscape as an aesthetic good destined to public enjoyment. The utility of the landscape was exclusively connected to visual enjoyment. This interpretation will be extended from the Galasso Law that promotes the utility of the landscape for the conservation of the biodiversity and the ecological functionality of the territory. European Landscape Convention is innovative for the Italian protection of culture because it enforces the role of the landscape as a multidimensional pattern of historical, cultural, ecological, economic values and as an expression of the local identity, diversity and as a resource for development. In this direction, the Italian Heritage and the Landscape Code (2004 and 2006) extends the object of the protection and the landscape planning to the entire territory by introducing a new dimension for the implementation in terms of projects and planning. There are still many differences in the Convention that risks weaking the challenge aimed at promoting the integration of the protection, planning, management and the valorisation of the landscape pattern


Two new isoantibodies for rabbit blood group antigens were isolated. The antigens detected, called J and K, are controlled by the genes in the Hg system. Antigen J occurs as the direct product of the gene HgDJK and also occurs as an "interaction antigen" in the heterozygote HgA/HgFK. Antigen K occurs as the result of the action of the gene HgDJK or of the gene HgFK. A revised nomenclature is proposed to include these new antigens.


In recent years more and more attention is given to elliptic polarization antennas for mobile terrestrial and space communications. A basic requirement of such antennas is obtaining a high value of polarization ellipticity in a wide sector of radiation angles. Spiral antennas located on a cylindrical surface allow one to obtain relatively high value of directive gain, however polarization ellipticity falls fast while deviating from the axis direction. On the other hand spherical structures have a high value of polarization ellipticity in a wide sector of radiation angles, but they are near-omnidirectional. A spiral antenna located on a sphere-cylinder surface is presented. It enables one to vary between directive gain and polarization ellipticity, obtaining the required relation.


Water is precious for every living being on this planet. Environmental pollution is a modern day evil affecting all ecosystems including aquatic ecosystems. Therefore the conservation of fresh water environment and its monitoring is highly essential (Mahapatra and Rangarajan, 1995). Unplanned urbanization, rapid industrial and indiscriminate use of artificial chemicals in agriculture causing heavy and varied pollution in aquatic environment leading to deterioration of water quality and depletion of aquatic fauna (Yeole and Patil, 2005). Physico-chemical parameters play a vital role in determining the distributional pattern and quantitative abundance of organisms inhabiting a particular aquatic ecosystem (Santhosh Kumar Singh et al., 2009). Studies on physico-chemical dynamics of lentic water bodies were reported by (Bhatt and Usha Nege, 1985; Chona, 1991; Swarnalatha and Narsing Rao, 1998; Chavan et al., 2004; Kanungo et al., 2006; Ajith vergese and Mathew, 2008; Sayeswara et al., 2010). In the present investigation, an attempt has been made to assess the water quality and its suitability for human consumption and domestic purposes.


In this study, we propose the use of the two-differential potential excitation technique in an Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT) system to improve: (1) the non-uniform sensitivity distribution caused by the non-uniform potential distribution in the central area; and (2) the nonlinear relation between capacitance and material permittivity. A simulation of a 16-segmented ECT system is developed using COMSOL Multiphysics to observe the changes of the inter-electrodes capacitances and the permittivity of the dielectric material when two differential excitation potentials are injected. Generated phantoms and measured values are presented. An experiment using the real system is also carried out to verify the simulations results. By using this technique, it was shown that the relationship between the capacitances measured from inter-electrodes and the permittivity became more linear. In addition, potential distribution is increased in the central area indicating an increase in the sensitivity distribution in the central area. The use of this technique increases the level of detected signals and improves the SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) as compared to those achieved using standard single-voltage source methods.


Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting mainly the synovial joints. Processes involved in the initiation of inflammation in RA are largely unknown. Recent work has shown that systemic autoimmunity precedes synovial inflammation in autoantibody positive individuals developing RA1 and animal models have suggested that lymph node changes may precede inflammation in the synovial tissue.2 Ultrasound guided lymph node biopsy under local anaesthesia has previously been used as a diagnostic tool in haematology and oncology.3 Therefore, we started to use this technique to provide insight into the pathogenic processes involved in the earliest phases of RA, by analysing lymph node tissue obtained during different phases of the disease. Our experience includes use of this technique in autoantibody positive individuals without arthritis who are at risk of developing RA,4 early arthritis patients and established RA …


Sex trafficking is the process and means of using force, fraud, or coercion to obtain and compel men, women and children into commercial sexual exploitation. Prevalent in both international and domestic spheres, this form of human trafficking constitutes a serious crime. Traffickers use a variety of means to advertise the illicit sexual services of the children and women they offer, including Internet classified ads, bulletin boards, and social media associated with escort and massage services (EMS). Clients ("johns") of the EMS fronts for prostitution also use the Internet and social media to compare their experiences and offer leads to one another. Law enforcement organizations have implemented a number of initiatives to combat child sexual trafficking. We describe a prototype law enforcement support system developed to automatically compile and correlate information from open Internet sources about trafficking and sexual abuse of women and especially children. The system, called TrafficBot, employs information retrieval, information integration, and natural language technologies to build a data warehouse allowing various visualizations of information for the benefit of law enforcement. We discuss the current capabilities of TrafficBot, how it could be used by law enforcement, and suggest some future directions.


The synthesis of a new chelating reagent, l,l,l-trifluoro-4-(2-thienyl)-4-seleno-3-buten-2-one (SeTTA) by the reaction of hydrogen selenide in a stream of nitrogen gas with TTA in absolute ethanol in the presence of hydrogen chloride is described. The analytical application of SeTTA is also discussed.


Three rates of muriate (KC1) and sulfate of potash (KOSO4) were compared in 2 experiments over a 5-year period on newly planted 'Hamlin* orange trees and young bearing 'Marsh' grapefruit trees. In a third experiment, 2 rates each of KC1, K2SO4, and potassium nitrate (KNO3) were compared on mature 'Valencia' orange trees. Fruit production and fruit quality were influenced more by the rates than by the sources of potash. In the young tree study, tree growth was not affected by potash rates varying from 2 to 14% in the fertilizer. However, trees not fertilized with potash were smaller than those trees which received potash. Leaf analysis from trees fertilized with KoS04 showed higher leaf K content than trees receiving comparable amounts of K2O from KC1. This was substantiated by soil analysis in a pot ash leaching study on Lakeland fine sand pre viously not cultivated which showed KC1 was more readily leached than either K2SO4 or KNO3. Potash (K20) is a regular component of citrus fertilizer in Florida. The effects of vary ing amounts of K2O fertilizer on orange and grapefruit have been extensively studied (2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12). The use of 100 to 200 lb. of K2O per acre per year in most commercial groves can be attributed to the findings in these studies. Investigations on the sources of K20 are limited (1, 8). No significant differences were found in fruit production or quality when the trees were fertilized with different sources of K2O. Florida Agricultural Experiment Stations Journal Series No. 4667. This study was financed in part by a grant from Great Salt Lake Minerals and Chemicals Corporation, Potash Import and Chemical Corporation, French Potash and Im port Company, and Berkshire chemicals, Inc. Muriate (KC1) is the main source of K2O for citrus in Florida. Where soil salinity is a problem, potassium sulfate (K2SO4) is a pre ferred source. The double salt, sulfate of potashmagnesia often is used in mixed fertilizer or as a separate application when MgO is desired. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the results of K2O treatments in 3 grove experi ments ranging from newly planted trees to mature citrus and a field potassium (K) leach ing study. Materials and Methods All experiments were conducted with trees growing on Lakeland fine sand in central Florida. All treatments were replicated 4 times in rand omized block designs using 4 tree plots with guard trees on all sides. Leaf samples for min eral analysis, fruit samples for quality measure ments, and fruit harvest data were collected yearly where applicable. Three K2O source and rate experiments were initiated in 1967 and terminated in 1972. A fourth experiment was started in 1971 to measure the relative solubility of K2O sources under field conditions. Details for each experiment are listed as follows: Experiment I (young trees). 'Hamlin' orange trees on rough lemon and sour orange rootstocks were planted in July, 1967 and K2O treatments were applied 1 month, later. Treatments con sisted of a basic fertilizer formula of 8-2-X-2 with K2O rates of 2, 8, and 14% derived from KC1 and K2SO4. The recommended fertilizer rates and frequency of application for young trees were followed throughout the experiment (7). Tree size was measured at 6-month intervals by measuring the diameter of the tree trunks at designated points. Experiment II (young bearing trees). Sevenyear-old 'Marsh' grapefruit trees on rough lemon rootstocks were used in this study. These trees were 12 years old when the study was termi nated. Treatments included 3 K2O rates (70, 140, FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 1972 and 210 lb./ acre /year) from 2 sources (KCl and K2SO4) which were applied in. 2 equal applica tions each year. Preharvest fruit drops from each tree were counted in 3 of the 5 years. Experiment HI (mature bearing trees). Thirty-year-old 'Valencia' orange trees on rough lemon rootstocks were treated with 2 rates of Ko0 (140 and 280 lb./acre/year) from 3 sources (KCl, K2S04, and KNO3). Equivalent N as am monium nitrate was added to the KCl and K2SO4 plots to compensate for the N that was supplied by the KNO3. Experiment IV (leaching study). A shortterm experiment was started in 1971 to compare the relative solubilities of KCl, K2SO4, and KNO3 under field conditions. A small area of previously noncultivated Lakeland fine sand was chosen for this study. Potash equivalent to 500 lb./acre from KCl, K2SO4, and KN03 was carefully spread by hand over three 100 square foot areas devoid of vegetation on May 5, 1971. A fourth area was used for control. Soil samples at 6-inch incre ments were collected periodically to a depth of 60 inches and analyzed for extractable K using neutral normal ammonium acetate. Each sample was made up of 5 cores. Rainfall records at the site were kept for the duration of the experiment.


Key messages  Dry spells due to climate variability within the growing season reduce maize yield by up to 25%, requiring about 150 mm supplementary irrigation  In situ water harvesting during the raining season increase yield by 50%  Dry season water application of 50-75% of crop water requirement generates 70-90% of potential yield for tomato, onion and pepper.  Dry season irrigation to maximise income and water use require right equipment for access and distribution of water , as well as the need for information on water demand and market prices


In order to reinforce concrete beams,the technology for pasting the prestressed GFRP at the bottom has been proposed.Five kinds of concrete beams,which are reinforced under different circumstances,are designed and used for the test observations of the flexural capacity of cross-section,load-deflection curve,load-strain curve,fissure conditions and damage phenomenon of reinforcing beams.Then,the mechanical characteristics and performance of the reinforcing beams are also analyzed,and the impacts on reinforcement caused by the different degrees of damagement are discussed.At last,the practical technologies and suggestions are put forward.


Inverter operation significantly reduces sensitivity of rotor bar detection methods based on current signature analysis (CSA). Considering the high frequency and transient electrical properties of the machine a very sensitive detection was proven possible by different authors recently. These methods apply high frequency or transient voltage signals to the machine terminals using the inverter and measure the current reaction. For on-line detection however these high frequency and transient electrical properties are usually superposed with inherent asymmetries like slotting or spatial saturation. To ensure a fault detection in all operating states and to keep sensitivity high the flux/load dependencies of these inherent asymmetries have to be identified during a pre commissioning procedure using for example neural network approach. After this procedure an accurate compensation is possible in all operating states. In this paper a measurement and signal processing chain is described to directly separate the different inherent asymmetries from the fault induced asymmetry without pre commissioning. This signal processing chain is based on repetitive data sampling during normal operation of the drive and applying a set of Fourier transforms. Measurements on a special manufactured machine are presented. The cage of the test rotor allows a single replacement of each individual bar thus enabling to investigate the effect of even partially broken bars. Measurement results prove the efficiency of the proposed method to accurately eliminate the inherent asymmetries caused by slotting and spatial saturation in various points of operation.


The present invention provides a method associated with the positive drive valve operating mechanism 300 is available to actuate the valve of a reciprocating compressor the oil and gas industry. The valve actuating mechanism includes a driver that is configured to perform the rotation operation (310, 320), a follower (340, 350) connected to the moving part of the valve and a driver. Wherein the follower is configured to convert each of the rotational operation of the driver in a reciprocating motion to open and close the valve.


This study investigates the generalizability of claims by Logan (Klapp, Boches, Trabert, & Logan, 1991; Logan, 1985, 1988a, 1988b; Logan & Klapp, 1991) about the development of automaticity in the adult learning of alphabet arithmetic problems to the context of adult second language acquisition. Logan's proposal is that as individual solutions to problems accumulate in memory a transition in problem-solving procedures takes place. This transition involves the shift from an algorithm-based procedure for deducing correct solutions to direct retrieval of individual solutions or instances from memory. In the present study, second language learners of English were presented with a rule for understanding the morphological constraint on the dative alternation (Mazurkewich & White, 1984) and asked to judge the acceptability of 36 sentences presented in a training set. The sentences were controlled for frequency of presentation, one being presented eight times, one seven times, and so forth. When presented together with novel instances of the same type in a transfer set, reaction times to old instances were significantly faster. Reaction times to repetitions of the previously presented verbs in new frames and novel verbs in old frames were compared as a test of hypotheses about strategy switches in processing alternating and nonalternating verbs.


This paper reports studies on the microsporogenesis, megasporogenesis and embryo sac development of Ananas comosus(L.) Merr. The cytokinesis of the microspore mother cell in meiosis was of the successive type. The arrangement of microspores in the tetrads was zygomorphic or decussate. The anatropous ovule was bitegminous and crassinucellate. The megaspore mother cell gave rise to a linear tetrad. The chalazal megaspore became a functional megaspore. The development of the embryo sac conformed the Polygonum type. pression in rat prostate were also studied. The data indicated that the steady-state level of CK-8 mRNA was elevated by about 5- to 10-fold in both prostate and seminal vesicles in castrated rats, and the elevated levels persisted during a 23-day experimental period. Androgen but not estrogen administration repressed the exprsssion of CK-8 mRNA. This effect could be antagonized by the simultaneous administration of an antiandrogen, flutamide, indicating that CK-8 is a new class of androgen-repressed genes whose regulation is presumably mediated by androgen receptor mechanisms.


5 S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9 ∕ IEEE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY MAGAZINE recent Cambridge University Student Union Debate considered the motion that "This House believes that Big Data Destroys What It Means To Be Human." While the wording of the motion is, perhaps, intentionally provocative for the sake of the debate, in order to take a position on this proposition, one approach might be to take it at face value and unpack, to some extent, what is actually identified by first, the subject, "Big Data," then the object, "what it means to be human," and finally the action "destroys." Therefore, beginning with the subject, "Big Data," it is, of course, clear that one cannot take a literal interpretation and the assignment of a "will to action" to Big Data and its ability to pose an existential threat to humanity. The sensing, aggregation,


ALT = serum alanine aminotransferase; AST serum aspartate aminotransferase; BIU bilirubin; EMB ethambutol; INH isoniazid; NSM not specifically mentioned; PAS para-aminosalicylate; PZA pyrazinamide; RMP rifampin; S = streptomycin; TH thioacetazone T here is some, although by flO means unanimous, opinion as well as some evidence to suggest that drug-induced hepatitis occurs with greater frequency, and may be more severe, when isoniazid (INH) and rifampin (RMP) are administered in combination than when INH is given alone. It has been speculated that this is due to a drug-drug interaction in which induc


Developing countries such as Iran have a high degree of instability in their macroeconomic variables. In these countries, exchange rates, stock prices, and other significant macro variables are fluctuating compared with advanced and industrial economies, and in turn, this creates an unstable environment for investors. Therefore, to guarantee long-term economic growth, it is necessary to analyze the capital market and the key factors affecting the stock price index, such as the exchange rate and its uncertainty. This study investigates the statistical relationship between exchange rate and stock prices. Accordingly, this study utilizes data on the exchange rate and the price index of the stock exchange during the years 2008-2017 to quantify the relationship between these two variables in the Iranian market. The results of the research show that the relationship between the exchange rate and the stock price index is different. The results indicate that the exchange rate and stock prices change in the same direction, and in a long-term analysis, the change in the exchange rate depends on the change in stock prices.


The study used descriptive method as it suits study nature and objectives, using questionnaire as data collecting tool.
Study population and sample:
The study population  consisted of (113) graduate from Faculty of Physical Education, Al-Azhar University, they are all graduates in second term of the academic year 2018/2019, and all (24) new physical education teachers (with 1-5 years of experience) in Al-Azhar central administration at Monoufia.
            Study sample was (91) individuals, (72) graduates, and (19) new teachers selected randomly


A new method for the delineation of precipitation using cloud properties derived from optical satellite data is proposed. This approach is not only sufficient for the detection of mainly convective driven precipitation by means of the commonly used connection between infrared cloud-top temperature and rainfall probability but enables the detection of stratifom precipitation (e. g. in connection with midlatitude frontal systems). The scheme presented is based on the concept model, that precipitating clouds must have both a large enough geometrical thickness and large enough droplets. Therefore, the authors have analyzed Terra-MODIS scenes during the severe European summer floods in 2002 and retrieved functions for the computation of an auto-adaptive threshold value of the effective cloud droplet radius with respect to the corresponding optical thickness which links these cloud properties with rainfall areas on a pixel basis.


This article examines the relationship between Indian American dominance in the Scripps National Spelling Bee over the past decade and the increased cultural popularity of the bee as entertainment over this same period. Using the documentary film Spellbound (2002) and a range of media coverage, this article argues that on one hand, the Indian American competitors are seen as geeks—model minorities who are proof of American meritocracy. On the other, they are seen as racial freaks, allowing the audience to manage its anxieties about Asian American ascendance. These dual narratives help to explain the popularity of the bee, and also demonstrate how the spelling bee kids attain a provisional citizenship. That is, they are bestowed cultural citizenship—and the power to represent that sometimes comes with it—as long as they act within the bounds of a dominant notion of "American" values. Once they are perceived to have moved beyond these boundaries, or when they under/overperform on the field of play, their inclusion is jeopardized or revoked.


Objective: Obesity and prediabetes are widespread in the U.S., with an estimated 42% of adults living with obesity and 35% living with prediabetes. This research examines the prevalence of comorbidities among people with obesity with or without prediabetes over a 5-year period.
 Methods: This observational study uses Optum® Market Clarity deidentified data from 2007-2020. For adults with obesity and prediabetes, the index date was defined as the first date where the person was identified with both obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) and prediabetes (5.7% ≤ A1c < 6.5%) while for adults with obesity without prediabetes (obesity only) , the index date was defined as the first date with BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2. All patients were required to be continuously insured from 1 year prior through 5 years post index date. For both cohorts, patients were excluded if there was any prior evidence of diabetes and in the obesity only cohort individuals were excluded if identified with prediabetes in the pre-period. Prevalence rates and 95% CIs were calculated for comorbidities for each 365-day period post index date and over the entire 5-year post-period.
 Results: There were 22,423 individuals with obesity and prediabetes (mean age = 58.5 years; 42.2% male) and 902,975 individuals with obesity only (mean age = 51.7 years; 46.1% male) . The mortality rate after 5 years was 16.7% for adults with obesity and prediabetes and 9.9% for adults with obesity only (p<0.05) . Five years post index date, the prevalence of T2D was 28.8% for people with obesity and prediabetes and 11.9% for people with obesity only (p<0.05) . Prevalence rates for heart failure (4.3% v 2.2%) , atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (16.2% v 6.9%) , and obstructive sleep apnea (2.2% v 1.0%) were significantly higher for adults with obesity and prediabetes compared to adults with obesity without prediabetes (all p<0.05) .
 Conclusion: Findings indicate that the presence of prediabetes contributes to the development of additional morbidity and mortality in adults with obesity over time.

 J.Ford: Employee; Eli Lilly and Company, Stock/Shareholder; Eli Lilly and Company. M.J.Lage: Consultant; Eli Lilly and Company. K.Boye: Employee; Eli Lilly and Company, Stock/Shareholder; Eli Lilly and Company. J.P.Bae: None. K.A.Terrell: Employee; Eli Lilly and Company, Stock/Shareholder; Eli Lilly and Company. M.C.Bunck: Employee; Eli Lilly and Company, Stock/Shareholder; Eli Lilly and Company.


Microbial quality of locally prepared suya sold in Owerri metropolis was analyzed using standard microbiological methods. A total of fifty (50) samples randomly drawn from five (5) different locations were analyzed. The mean heterotrophic count of processed suya ranged from 1.0 x102 ±0.33 to 3.4 x103  ±0.31CFU/g, mean coliform count of processed suya ranged from 0.5 x101 ±0.13 to 1.5 x102 ±0.10 CFU/g, while mean fungal count of processed suya ranged from 3.9 x101 ±0.08 to 1.3 x103 ±0.14 CFU/g. Seven (7) bacterial isolates were identified to include Bacillus species, Escherichia coli, Salmonella species, Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella species, Klebsiella species, Pseudomonas species and three (3) fungal isolates were identified to include Candida albicans, Penicillium species and Aspergillus species. From the results, it is clearly evident that handling and processing activities of suya in Owerri metropolis were poor and below acceptable hygiene standards. In order to achieve a sustainable food safety quality for vended suya across the different locations in Owerri metropolis, there is need for education and awareness campaigns for processors, vendors and consumers on the role of personal hygiene in food safety and the imminent risk of consuming contaminated suya.


Human peripheral polymorphonuclear leukocytes were exposed to static magnetic fields of variable intensity (0-1.0 T). Following exposure for 30 minutes, the cells were centrifuged and the supernatant was assayed for release of lactate dehydrogenase, a marker of cytotoxicity. Up to 9% of the cells' total content of this lysosomal enzyme was released after exposure to a 1.0-T magnetic field. Significantly less degranulation occurred following pretreatment with 5 μM nifedipine, a calcium channel antagonist. Calcium channel antagonists may serve as magnetoprotective agents against magnetic field-induced changes in Ca2+-dependent cellular processes.


In practical course teaching based on project object method, the traditional evaluation methods include class attendance, assignments and exams fails to give incentives to undergraduate students to learn innovatively and autonomously. In this paper, the element such as creative innovation, teamwork, document and reporting were put into process evaluation methods, and a process evaluation model was set up. Educational practice shows that the evaluation model makes process evaluation of students' learning more comprehensive, accurate, and fairly.


MITRE compiled metal loss data and relevant design/operating information for sixty-six alloys in twenty-nine FBC systems. After all of the data were assembled and reviewed, twelve alloys were selected for statistical analysis. Regression methodology was used to investigate the relationship between metal loss and design, operating, and performance parameters of FBC systems for a given alloy. Both inferential and exploratory methods were applied to analyze the data. Based on results of these analyses, the following general conclusions can be drawn: Exposure time, specimen temperature, bed temperature, and coal and sorbent compositions appear to be related to metal loss for most of the alloys, as indicated by the univariate analyses. With the exception of specimen temperature, a high degree of correlation is not reflected in individual variable plots (scatterplots). The regression analyses resulted in twelve models - one for each alloy. The diagnostic analyses of all twelve models indicate that the models are appropriate for the data. While the models differ in terms of the types of variables in them, there are a number of similarities. Based on the study results and data quality, MITRE concludes that a statistically-designed test program is needed before the effects of identified important variables (suchmore » as coal and sorbent compositions) can be confirmed and further quantified. 98 refs.« less


Chronic inflammation is a critical factor in tumor progression. Adipocyte accumulation and cytokines storm during inflammation have a significant impact on breast cancer. The development of cancer arises from sites of infection, chronic irritation and inflammation. Furthermore, tumor seed in tumor microenvironment as seed and soil, orchestrated by inflammatory cells, is an indispensable for cells transformed into benign or malignancy status and further fostering proliferation, survival, and migration. These insights are fostering new anti-inflammatory therapeutic approaches to cancer development.


Before explaining the ideas of nature and the spirit in indigenous America it might be useful to recall briefly the most prominent conceptions of nature in western culture. Following Robert George Collingwood, the most dominant ideas of nature and the spirit come from the Greeks, the Renaissance, and the influence of biology in philosophy in the eighteenth century. The Greeks characterized nature as an orderly alive realm in which human life participated. Central to this Greek idea is that all bodies have a dynamic power, a self-moving force, operating constantly but not randomly. In the Greek mind this meant that nature is an intelligent organism, in many respects like the human organism, and not a blind matter. The study of nature thus became also a study of the human spirit, as there is a correlation between human intelligence and the natural world (COLLINGWOOD 2019, 18). Collingwood describes that the second dominant idea of nature in western culture springs from the XVI and XVII centuries. This new idea of nature is an anthesis of the Greek version, inasmuch as it deprives nature from its vitality, negating it to be an organism, and assuming it to be a machine, in inert matter, an object to be dominated if understood mathematically. Collinwood is careful to explain that the modern idea of nature does not imply that Nature functioned whimsically. Like the Greeks, the moderns maintain that the laws of nature suggest order in the cosmos. But they did not think this order came from nature itself, but from an external force, from an all-


To grasp the present situation of the HVC students' value system,the writer surveyed about 1000 HVC students in Wuxi E-park,questionnaires were employed and interview was also adopted.In the light of the status quo and the characters of the HVC students' value system,the higher vocational colleges must strengthen the education of value system.First,we should update our education idea,establish people-oriented,harmonious and scientific education concept,reinforce the rationality of the HVC students' value education.Second,we should construct structure-clarity and richly-layered aim of the HVC students' value education,and at the same time,intensify the targeted the HVC students' value education.Third,we should innovate the way and method of education of value system.For example,method of emotion identified can reinforce the identification of the socialist core values,penetration method can have a subtle effect on the HVC students' value education,communication method shows the equality of the educator and educatee,method of experience oneself can highlight the subjectivity of the students.By the above methods,the effect of the HVC students' value education can be improved greatly.


INTRODUCTION
When the frequency of a gene in the general population exceeds 1%, is not considered a random mutation but a mutation that has been positively selected during evolution. The high prevalence of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from 5-10% and its association with the seven-repeat allele of DRD4, which is positively selected in evolution, raising the possibility that ADHD increases the reproductive fitness of the individual and/or group. One of the main characteristics of ADHD is its diversity and is a well recognized fact that diversity confers many benefits to a population (eg. immunity).

DEVELOPMENT
This article discusses the various studies that support this hypothesis and offers further explanations on the prevalence, age distribution and sex distribution of the severity and heterogeneity of ADHD.

CONCLUSION
It is possible that the presence of altered gene combinations, as in ADHD, can bring concrete benefits to society but are detrimental to the individual.


Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Gyeonggi 446-701, KoreaReceived March 29, 2013, Accepted April 25, 2013Key Words : Molecular electronics, Conducting atomic force microscopy, Tunneling, Transition voltage spec-troscopyCharge transport through molecular monolayers has beenextensively studied for scientific and technological interest.


The reference paths between original sources and reference sensors in multichannel feedforward active noise control (ANC) systems are often ignored by most ANC algorithms. Therefore, a two-stage adaptive algorithm in the frequency domain is proposed to deal with several of the more complicated cases, specifically addressing instances when the reference sensors must be placed far away from the noise sources. This two-stage system includes a blind pre-processing system cascaded with a traditional MFxLMS system; both systems operate in the frequency domain. The new algorithm can eliminate the effect of reference paths by performing blind pre-processing independently. The MFxLMS algorithm in the following stage can achieve faster convergence than the traditional algorithm without blind pre-processing. The computational complexity of the proposed algorithm is analysed and a numerical simulation using impulse responses measured in a real reverberant room is performed to verify the convergence performance of the proposed algorithm. y Member of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV)


The invention discloses a complete feed for piglets. According to a formula, the feed comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 64.50 percent of corn, 20.00 percent of 46 percent bean pulp, 2.00 percent of Peruvian steam fish meal, 3.00 percent of soy protein concentrate powder, 2.00 percent of beer yeast powder, 3.00 percent of wheat bran, 0.90 percent of calcium hydrophosphate, 1.00 percent of mountain flour, 0.30 percent of acidulant, 0.20 percent of baking soda, 0.10 percent of choline, 0.30 percent of salt, 1.00 percent of core material special for piglets, 1.60 percent of soybean oil and 0.10 percent of feed mould inhibitor. The complete feed for the piglets has comprehensive nutrition, can reduce diseases and diarrhea and strengthen the immunity of the piglets, and is high in palatability; the daily gain of the piglets can reach 582g/day; and the feed conversion rate is 1.22:1.


R. Rahimzadeh and T. Najafi Mirak. 2009. Effect of planting methods and plant density on grain yield and agronomic characteristics of sunflower under rainfed conditions. Iranian Journal of Crop Sciences. 11 (2): 123-135