Abstract Historians have almost always viewed the Westminster Assembly (1643-52) principally from the perspective of church government and the players in the story are labelled Presbyterians, Independents, and Erastians. This ecclesiological reading of events is not exclusive to the Assembly; indeed, almost the entire godly community of the 1640s has consistently been understood in terms of ecclesiological compartments. This article assumes that ecclesiological classifications are essential for understanding the Westminster Assembly but it questions why the Assembly bifurcated into 'the familiar party division of Presbyterians and Independents.' While being alert to the gathering's social and political contexts, I ask if there may be theological or hermeneutical reasons for divisions in the Assembly. Second, this article asks if there are other possible taxonomies of the Assembly that can take into account some of the many debates in the Assembly that have little or nothing to do with ecclesiology. Previous histories have placed ecclesiology on centre stage; this study asks if ecclesiology should not be given a more modest role in the drama of the Assembly. To answer these questions, this paper discusses the Assembly's debate over the ecumenical creeds.


Abstract A study was conducted to determine the influence of planting date and transgenic maize on maize yield following stalk injury by European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner). Transgenic and non-transgenic maize hybrids with short- and full-season maturity were planted in late April, mid-May and early June from 2006 to 2008 in Ohio, USA. Maize stem tunnelling was significantly higher on non-transgenic maize and increased with delayed planting. Significantly higher yields were obtained from full-season than short-season hybrids when maize was planted early. The results suggest that when planting is delayed and an European corn borer population is known to cause economic damage in an area, selection of short-season hybrids with the Bt gene can be beneficial in controlling damage and improving yield.


A critical examination is made of records of some experiments that were made in 1980-81 to find out if spread-F could be produced by high power short wave bFoadcast transmitters modifying the F-Jayer. The heating transmitter of 250 kW was at Aligarh.and the monitoring ionosonde at Delhi. It is concluded that, with transmitter power of the above order, enhanced spread-fl condltl(;i1 may be produced if some irregularity structure is already present in the F-Iayer and also if the heater frequency is within about ± 0.1 MHz offoF2.


Objective To evaluate the methods of functional reconstruction of the wrist joint after excision of bone tumor over the distal end of the radius. Methods Between 1976 and 1999, functional reconstruction of the wrist joint were performed after wide resection of bone tumors over the distal end of the radius. The operations were done with vascularized fibular graft in 27 patients, non - vascularized fibular graft in 23, prosthetic replacement in 8, allograft replacement in 6.The tumor lesions consisted of giant cell tumors in 51 cases,chondrosarcoma in 7,malignant fibrous histiocytoma in 6. All patients were followed - up for a minimum of 16 months(average, 123.6 months; range, 16 to 291 months) . Results At the time of follow - up,3 patients with giant - cell tumor underwent resection of recurrent lesion in the soft tissue.2 patients with chondrosarcoma had amputation due to recurrence of the tumor,one died due to pulmonary metastasis. Four patients with malignant fibrous histiocytoma died of pulmonary metastasis within 5 years after operation. 93 % of the 50 patients undergone surgery with fibular graft had excellent or good results. The average healing time in vascularized fibular graft was 3.2 months and shorter than that in non - vascularized fibular graft(4.9 months);however, there was no significant difference in long term results.The 8 patients undergone prosthetic replacement had excellent or good uesults 7 and an excellent range of wrist motion,but their grip strength of hand was much weaker than the those who had fibular graft. The 6 patients treated with allograft replacement of the distal radius had poor wrist function. Conclusion Vascularized or non - vascularized fibular graft is a good option for reconstruction of the distal aspect of the radius after excision of a low - grade malignant bone tumor or a recurrent or locally invasive lesion. Prosthetic replacement of wrist is another option for the elderly or the patients with a high - grade malignant bone tumor of the distal radius because of its shorter period of immobilization and earlier rehabilitation of the involved wrists.


I want to thank Dr Friedmann for taking the time to clarify some of the contentions he raised in his original commentary that appeared in the Archives of Surgery . 1 I feel certain he realizes that when a leader in the field of surgical education chooses to publish controversial ideas in a prestigious journal that a reasonable expectation is that these views will be challenged and answered. Objective review of my editorial response 2 will show that it was not an ad hominem diatribe. There was no personal attack on Dr Friedmann's character, which I believe to be entirely above reproach on the basis of his excellent reputation. The focus of the responses in theArchivesby Dr Schuller, 3 Dr Alford, 4 and myself were Dr Friedmann's contentions, particularly those that seemed to us to be derogatory or misleading. My responding editorial does not qualify as a diatribe, as


The nonlinearities and time-varying characteristics are two major causes of low performance of soft sensors in process systems. Motivated of solving the two problems, this paper proposes an adaptive soft sensing method under the ensemble learning framework. An improved process state partition scheme is proposed to construct independent local models, which not only inherits the merits of the original process state partition method but also possesses the function of detecting and deleting redundant models. These prepared local models are weighted by a supervised weighting mechanism and then combined via the Bayesian inference to predict the y-value of the query sample. Because the weighting mechanism can fully exploit the historical data set and quantify each local model's generalization ability for the query sample, it is potential to compute the combination weights more accurately. Simulations are conducted on two benchmark data sets from two real-life chemical processes. Extensive performance evaluations of the proposed soft sensor are conducted, and results show its effectiveness. © 2015 Curtin University of Technology and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Objective To observe the expression of bag-1 and heat shock protein (HSP) 70 in clinical malignant tumors and the correlation between them. Methods RT-PCR and Immunohistochemistry were employed to examine the expression of bag-1 and HSP70 in 69 cases with gastroenteric cancer (54 cancer tissues and 15 non-cancer tissues). Results The expression of Bag-1 was detected in 96.3% of the cases, much higher than that in the control group (P0.01).There was a significant correlation between histological grade and bag-1expression (r=0.887, P0.05). HSP70 was also detected in the majority of cases, significantly higher than that in the normal tissues (P0.01). However, there was no difference in the expression between HSP 70 and bag-1(P0.05), and no correlation was observed between histological grade and HSP 70 expression. Conclusion There exists definite relationship between the gastroenteric cancer and the expression of bag-1 and HSP70, and there are close correlation between the tumor progress and the expression of bag-1.


This research investigated the effects of private sector suppliers' relationship bonding tactics (RBTs) on the behavior of public sector foodservice buyers, within the context of perceived business ethics that affected these relationships. The objectives were to: (a) examine RBTs used by food manufacturers selling to school foodservice administrators, (b) determine RBTs that predicted a larger share of school foodservice customers, (c) develop strategy suggestions for the frozen food manufacturing industry, and (d) contribute to the relationship marketing (RM) literature by proposing a new conceptual model that tested the effects of RBTs and key ethical variables on share of customer. Focus group data were used to identify key constructs and identify RBTs used by food manufacturers in the school foodservice market. Electronic questionnaires were sent to a random sample of school foodservice administrators (N=1,780), stratified by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) region. The online survey was completed by 685 of the 1,780 school administrators for a response rate of 38%. Analysis of a causal model showed that only equity and commitment significantly predicted the percentage of respondents' total frozen food purchases. These results indicate that social bonding strategies may be the only viable RBTs used in foodservice buyer-seller relationships in the public sector. Considering the prominence of RM, more empirical research is needed to establish RM theory as it relates to marketing in the foodservice industry.


In the first part of the Thesis, the importance of innovation and technology transfer is described, the analysis of innovation and technology transfer concepts is performed, and a review of technology transfer performance research is presented. The second part employs the logical model to group the factors and create the framework of empirical research. In the third part, the analysis, interpretation, and approbation of empirical data are performed. The results of the research show that innovations are essential for increasing the company's performance, innovations are facilitated by the acquisition of new knowledge and technologies, which in turn is facilitated by the internal research and development work.


Unauthorized mines are common features in mineral-rich regions of poorer countries and India is no exception. They come to public attention only when there is an accident causing deaths of miners and creating vulnerability for other people. Whether they are a law and order problem including safety issues, or whether there are important social and economic questions involved has yet to be thrashed out. The mining industry, at regional, national and international levels, is ambivalent towards such mining, confusing unauthorized mines with small-scale mines and drawing the attention away from their informal nature to the size factor. This paper looks at the problem of such mining in the light of my empirical research on collieries in India. These I call the 'unintended' collieries, especially unwanted by administrators, but in my view serving a significant role in the local economy. I have also tried to theorize the wide occurrence of unintended mines in the light of the 'resource curse' thesis proposed by economists and have found that it fails to explain why local communities indulge in illegitimate activities. I propose that instead of seeing resources as the curse, historical and political economic approaches in understanding community responses to 'resources' and 'development' need to be understood. The alternative thesis is that peasant societies are trying to reclaim a certain part of the local resource appropriated by mining companies and thus lost to them. Therefore, what is seen as illegitimate mining is actually the local community's way of asserting their traditional rights to local mineral resources. Finally, I stress the need for a new moral economy for mining regions in which communities will play a powerful role in the local economic processes.


ustaining SMEs is a pathway to economic growth and development. S However, SMEs in contemporary times are facing several challenges such as negative individual characteristics of owner/managers, low patronage, and maintenance of a coordinated workforce. This cross sectional study examines the effect of workplace deviant behaviour sub variables on SMEs sustainability components among 365 owner/managers, supervisors, and employees of SMEs in the liquefied petroleum gas sub sector in Lagos State.Stratified proportionate sampling was utilized to select the respondents. Findings revealed that workplace deviant behaviour sub-variables had a positive 2 and significant effect on SMEs sustainability (Adj. R =.310, F(1, 369) = 166.967, p < 0.05).Emotional intelligence had no significant moderating effect on the interaction between workplace deviant behaviour sub variables and 2 SMEs sustainability components (R ∆ = 0.000, F(1, 367) =140.616, p > 0.05). The study concluded that workplace deviant behaviour sub-variables such as abusive supervision, workplace ostracism, workplace bullying, whistle blowing, and workplace incivility affected SMEs sustainability. The study recommended that SMEs owner/managers should modify the behaviour of their employees by inculcating motivational initiatives and organizational justice in managing the businesses. Also, owner/managers should create social networking opportunities for employees through social support, effective communication among stakeholders, and exemplary leadership.


The 39 Ar(nth,) 36 S reaction has been studied for the rst time. A sample containing 2:8510 14 39 Ar atoms, was produced at the ISOLDE facility at CERN. The number of 39 Ar atoms in the layer was determined by measuring the 39 Ar -activity using a primary standardization method. Subsequently, the sample was irradiated with thermal neutrons at the High Flux Reactor of the ILL. An upper limit of 0.29 b was obtained for the 39 Ar(nth,) 36 S reaction cross-section.


"Blended learning is not new. However, in the past, blended learning was comprised of physical classroom formats, such as lectures, labs, books or handouts. Today, organizations have a myriad of learning approaches and choices. ...


Multimedia services achieved unexpected penetration over wireless networks during the last few years. Provisioning of 3D video stream-based applications and transferring 3D movies - also becoming significant within the wireless domain - is a big challenge for Internet Service Providers (ISP). Only scarce empirical results are known about the user perceived quality of such kind of services. In this paper, we attempt to tackle this challenge by carrying out a real network scenario where 3D multimedia streams are provided through a GPON-based transport network and an IEEE 802.11n standard based Wi-Fi access is available for video delivery at the customer side. 20 test cases were distinguished by video samples suffering various Quality of Service (QoS) degradations, Wi-Fi TX-Power changing and alteration between secure and not secure data transport. 90 participants took part in this investigation, who evaluated perceived visual quality by Mean Opinion Score (MOS). QoE was also influenced by other factors like channel interference in the Wi-Fi network, acceptance of 3D technology, and personal prior technical knowledge/experience of participants (Level of Comprehension, LoC). The goal was to investigate relationships between combinations of the previously mentioned service parameters and their effects on perceived quality. It was also examined how the available environmental information during measurement scenarios affected evaluator behavior.


The shunt component of a UPQC (unified power quality conditioner) uses a VSI (voltage source inverter), which is typically connected to the grid through a series interface inductor. This inductor reduces the switching harmonics injected by the shunt VSI into the distribution network. However, if the UPQC is connected to a weak supply point, the load side voltage can become unacceptably distorted due to the switching frequencies in the supply current. In order to prevent the switching frequencies generated by the shunt inverter entering into the grid, LC or/and LCL filters are used for interfacing the shunt VSI with the distribution network. However, the incorporation of a second or higher order filter involves more complex control techniques to maintain system stability. In the case when an LCL filter is used for interfacing the shunt VSI with the grid, a hysteresis current controller would fail to track the reference if the current injected into the grid is tracked. But, the hysteresis based control strategy is very attractive from the practical implementation point of view, because of its simplicity. In this paper a control approach for avoiding the stability problem is proposed with application to the shunt component of the UPQC, incorporating an LCL filter, while using the hysteresis control technique. It is shown that if the inverter output current is tracked, rather than the current into the grid after the filter capacitor, stability is maintained using the hysteresis controller.


The early days of Xiamen University Malaysia illustrate the challenges Chinese universities will face as they open branch campuses in other nations, say Alan Ruby and Bonnie Yingfei He.


The utility model relates to a self-heating breast-beautifying health-care bra, belonging to underwear for women. The self-heating breast-beautifying health-care bra is structurally characterized by comprising two cups (1, 2) which are mutually connected, and shoulder straps (3, 4) and back cloth (5, 6) which are connected with the cups respectively, wherein small granules (7, 8) made of a self-heating functional material are uniformly distributed in the two cups (1, 2) respectively. The self-heating breast-beautifying health-care bra is mostly characterized in that: magnetic fiber and a self-heating health-care material are arranged in the two cups respectively. The material is formed by combining various far infrared and magnetic materials containing tourmaline negative ions, can promote the blood circulation, improves the microcirculation status, improves the oxygen carrying capacity of red blood cells, enhances immunity, resists aging and the like; the self-heating material warms breasts after being directly contacted with skin and has the same effect as the effect that the breasts exercise, so that the regeneration of the breasts is stimulated, the breasts are cared, and the self-heating breast-beautifying health-care bra has effects of preventing and relieving mammary gland diseases such as mastitis and hyperplasia of mammary glands.


Public health problem has become a major requirement. Requirement in question is the need to get good health care. Along with the social state of society is increasing, where the public is increasingly aware of the quality, it is necessary to increase the quality or the quality of health care that is more oriented to the image of the hospital, so that patients will be interested in re-using the services of the hospital. The purpose of this research is to analyze the influence of tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, and empathy toward the image anssurance hospital Ungaran Hospital. To analyze the effect of the image of the hospital to re-use poly general interest Ungaran Hospital. The population in this study were patients undergoing treatment at the General Hospital Poly Ungaran, ie 5,729 people, while the sample of 100 respondents were obtained by using purposive sampling technique. The type of data used is primary data, by using the method of data collection questionnaires. The analysis tool used is multiple regression. The results using multiple regression analysis is: There is the influence of the physical evidence with the image of the hospital. This is evidenced by the value of t is greater than the value t table is 2.524> 1.661, and the significance of t less than 5%. There is influence between the reliability of the image of the hospital. This is evidenced by the value of t is greater than the value t table is 2.574> 1.661, and the significance of t less than 5%. There is influence between responsiveness to hospital image. This is evidenced by the value of t is greater than the value t table is 2.191> 1.986, and the significance of t less than 5%. There is the influence of the assurance by the image of the hospital. This is evidenced by the value of t is greater than the value t table is 2.061> 1.986, and the significance of t less than 5%. There is the influence of empathy with the image of the hospital. This is evidenced by the value of t is greater than the value t table is 2.160> 1.986, and the significance of t less than 5%.. Keywords: Tangibles, Reliability, Reponsiveness, Assurance, Empaty, Citra and Interests Back Using Services


Objective To understand the resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii against commonly used antimicrobial agents,so as to provide basis for clinical treatment.Methods Ninety-five strains of Acinetobacter baumannii were performed detection of minimal inhibitory concentration,metallo-β-lactmases,inducible AmpC β-lactmases and plasmid AmpC β-lactmases,29 strains of which were conducted combined drug sensitivity test.Results The positive rate of metallo-β-lactmases,inducible AmpC β-lactmases and plasmid AmpC β-lactmases was 95.79%,24.21% and 47.37% in 95 strains of Acinetobacter baumannii respectively.The bacterial inhibitory rate of imipenem and meropenem was 78.95% and 73.68% respectively.The synergy of piperacillin/tazobactam,meropenem and cefepime with amikacin was 51.72%,27.59% and 37.93% respectively.Conclusion The enzyme-producing rates and drug resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii are high,clinic should use carbapenems(imipenem or meropenem) prudently,and should use enzyme inhibitory drugs(piperacillin/tazobactam or cefoperazone/sulbactam) with amikacin against Acinetobacter baumannii.


The mathematical model of reliability design of sliding bearings of printing cylinder is provided and established.The calculation of anti abrasion(abnormal abrasion and normal abrasion)reliability is proceeded in the sliding bearings of printing cylinder by taking J2108 folio single color offset press for example.The regularity of reliability changes with time,and the method of improving the life of bearings by reforming their material are presented.The results are of practical guiding significance to the design and use of press.


In tomosynthesis,projection data are acquired from limited view angles,which is a severely ill-posed inverse problem.Based on the model of tomosynthesis,the system equation is presented.After regularizating the system equation,an adaptive wavelet Galerkin method is proposed to reconstruct images in tomosynthesis.The method combined the numerical simplicity of Galerkin method with the inherent scale multiplicity characteristic of wavelet which is more adaptable to the resolution of the reconstructed image.Compared to the ART reconstruction,the results demonstrate that the reconstruction strategy has comparable performance with the improvement of the convergence speed and the reduction of computational time.


Some experiment of concession in oversea National Parks is introduced in the paper. Some basic natures of concession and principles in implementation are expatiated. Some defects of so-called "concession" in China's National Scenic Sites and Nature Reserves, such as monopoly, whole and one big contract, not opening, very long-term (over 50 years) contract and so on are also revealed. It is pointed out that theoretical and case studies are necessary for promoting legislation of concession in China.


This paper reviews published research on how blockchain technology can affect accounting and AI-enabled auditing, focusing on the characteristics of blockchain data such as immutability, append-only, shared, verified, and agreed-upon. The study identifies four subjects related to how blockchain has changed record-keeping in accounting, including event-based accounting, real- time data collection, accounting with three entries, and ongoing auditing. The findings suggest that blockchain can reduce information asymmetry and enhance stakeholder collaboration, but caution businesses about the challenges of adoption. The paper recommends future research to improve business practices and encourage collaboration among stakeholders to create suitable blockchain ecosystems for accounting and auditing in the digital age.


Quito, the capital of Equador, is faced with numerous challenges in responding to the strong demographic growth which has characterized the last three decades. As a result of reforms, the municipality now has competent political actors and appropriate management tools. The spatial extension of the city and the outward spread of metropolitan growth processes have been accompanied by road improvements, the rehabilitation of the historic centre and the emergence of secondary centres. However, political and economic crises as well as recent natural catastrophes (volcanic eruptions and floods) have slowed down progress in improving living conditions for the 1 200 000 inhabitants.


Full recovery of one kind of two-stage pressure swing adsorption gas separation process, characterized in that in this method for phase separating adsorbable and less adsorbable gas phase components from the mixture, the product may be more readily adsorbable component phase, the adsorption phase may be difficult component, also can be both more adsorbable and less adsorbable phase phase component, this method two-stage pressure swing adsorption device operating in series, the mixture gas first enters the first stage pressure swing adsorption gas separation apparatus, the more adsorbable gas is mixed component is adsorbed, and concentrate product, mixture into the second stage pressure swing adsorption gas separation apparatus adsorption gas separation apparatus adsorber intermediate obtained from the first stage outlet pressure swing, the more adsorbable gas mixture intermediate phase component adsorption were further down, with the less adsorbable components unadsorbed as a product into the next stage, second stage pressure swing adsorption gas separation apparatus into the next stage in addition to the hard phase adsorbed components, all other gases return to the first a pressure swing adsorption gas separation apparatus for boosting the adsorption tower, the first stage pressure swing adsorption gas separation apparatus in one cycle of the adsorption tower sequentially undergoes adsorption a, both ends of the equalization falling 2ED ', Reverse the BD buck, boost 2ER Sec gas, the pressure boosting both ends 2ER', final boosting FR process step, second stage pressure swing adsorption gas separation apparatus adsorption tower sequentially undergoes adsorption in one cycle of the A , ED equalization falling forward, reverse put the BD, backward equalization rising the ER, final boosting FR process steps.


We investigate the sensitivity to the effects of lensing magnification on large-scale structure analyses combining photometric cosmic shear and galaxy clustering data (i.e. the now commonly called '3 × 2-point' analysis). Using a Fisher matrix bias formalism, we disentangle the contribution to the bias on cosmological parameters caused by ignoring the effects of magnification in a theory fit from individual elements in the data vector, for Stage-III and Stage-IV surveys. We show that the removal of elements of the data vectors that are dominated by magnification does not guarantee a reduction in the cosmological bias due to the magnification signal, but can instead increase the sensitivity to magnification. We find that the most sensitive elements of the data vector come from the shear-clustering cross-correlations, particularly between the highest redshift shear bin and any lower redshift lens sample, and that the parameters ΩM, $S_8=\sigma _8\sqrt{\Omega _\mathrm{ M}/0.3}$, and w0 show the most significant biases for both survey models. Our forecasts predict that current analyses are not significantly biased by magnification, but this bias will become highly significant with the continued increase of statistical power in the near future. We therefore conclude that future surveys should measure and model the magnification as part of their flagship '3 × 2-point' analysis.


The deformation field and stress states of special orthotropic piezoelectric plate are analyzed. Based on elastic theory, the refined equations of bending thick plate are derived by using Elliott-Lodge's general solution and Lur'e method without ad hoc assumptions. At first, expressions were obtained for all the displacements and stress components of a piezoelectric plate. Based on boundary conditions, the refined equations for the plate with anti-symmetrical transverse surface loading are obtained.


Abstract: The possible causes of condyloma acuminatarecurrence are summarized: such as patients with cellularimmune deficiencies, physical therapy triggering subclinicalinfective foci, sowing of the virus particles, and insufficienttherapy. Corresponding preventive measures are addressed,including: immunomodulators improving cellular immunity,ensuring the range and depth of physical therapy, and treatingsexual partners simultaneously.


A facile patterning method for the functionalization of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes is described. Modification of the surface of nanotube forests with hydrophilic, hydrophobic, or polymerizable small molecules was achieved via UV-triggered attachment of perfluoroarylazides. Multiple functionalizations of the tube surface can be achieved. Macro- and micropatterning of forest substrates were demonstrated. Superhydrophobic surfaces containing superhydrophilic regions were prepared.


The present invention, 2 - ((1R, 4R) -4- (4- (5- (benzo [d] oxazol-2-ylamino) pyridin-2-yl) phenyl) cyclohexyl) novel crystals of meglumine salt of acetic acid form, and animals, their use in particular in the treatment or prophylaxis of conditions or disorders associated with DGAT1 activity in humans. .FIELD 1


In this paper we have analyzed the effects of Radiation and mass transfer on MHD viscous flow. The flow is assumed to be past an impulsively vertical plate in porous medium. The governing equations of the flow are solved numerically using finite difference scheme. Finally the influence of various physical parameters involved in the equations of velocity, temperature and concentration are discussed through graphs. More over through this numerical study, we observed that velocity as well as temperature profiles decreases with an increase in Radiation parameter. Increase in Magnetic and permeability parameters decreases and increases the velocity respectively. Keywords: MHD, Radiation, Viscous dissipation, Vertical plate, Finite difference scheme.


Dear Editors, We read with interest the comment addressed to our paper entitled "Comments on Lumbrical Muscles Neural Branching Patterns: A Cadaveric Study With Potential Clinical Implications."1 First, we would like to thank the authors for their useful and nice comments and for providing us an opportunity to briefly comment about. We do not agree with the statement that distal nerve transfer is not so effective: There is clinical evidence in the series by Millesi and Schmidhammer, Gesslbauer et al, and Bertelli et al, cited in our paper,2 that it is effective in restoring intrinsic function and avoiding atrophy. We also disagree with the statement that poor results should be attributed to the discrepancy in fiber number: Wolfe in his papers stated on clinical data that the winning ratio should be 0.7/1, and our data support the first lumbrical fibers having a good ratio with respect to the recipient ulnar motor branches of the first interosseous space.3 Regarding other valuable alternatives, the first palmar interosseous as proposed by Ozcelik et al could also be taken into consideration, even if with some concerns addressed to the technique.4 Indeed, reverse end-to-side nerve transfer has been questioned, but also shown to be an interesting option.5 The statement that the first lumbrical could be used to reinnervate the adductor pollicis is restrictive, as it can also be used to reinnervate the first dorsal interosseous, as just proposed for the opponens. Moreover, as pointed out in the literature, the aim is to effectively recover the pinch between the thumb and the index, not a "passing pinch."2 As far as it concerns the problem of connecting different layers (superficial to deep), we refer to Millesi and Schmidhammer's experience,2 who obtained good results with the same reverse operation and, moreover, without graft; Gesslbauer et al also connected 2 different layers with a longer bridge graft and reported good results.2 Finally, a longer and self-adjusting bridge graft could work, as proposed in our previous work.2 The authors propose "the use of the second lumbrical," and we have not yet satisfying data (in our previous study, some artifacts made us rule out the data from the second lumbrical).


The first structurally characterised uranyl bis (β-diketonate)-amide adduct compound [UO2(DBM)2. C4H9CON (3-C5H11) (sec-C4H9)] (DBM = dibenzoylmethanate) shows that the amide ligand bonded through its amido oxygen atom to the uranyl group. The average bond distances for U–O(uranyl), U–O(DBM) and U–O(amide) are 1.778(5), 2.346(5) and 2.411(5)Å respectively.


This paper responds to Szilvia Papp's paper 'A Relevance-Theoretic Account of the Development and Deficits of Theory of Mind in Normally Developing Children and Individuals with Autism'. This response argues that positing mind-reading abilities, in the form of a Theory of Mind, is necessary to account for autistic behavior only if one subscribes a priori to theoretical reductions of mental predicates (such as understanding) to cognitive and linguistic processes. This, in the author's opinion, is an unnecessary theoretical appropriation of concepts the meaning of which has not been logically distinguished from their common-sense use. Ordinary observable behavior (autistic or otherwise) is described in language that does not imply, and from which one can not unproblematically infer, theoretical propositions of a neurobehavioral kind. This response therefore argues that the refinement to Theory of Mind proposed by Szilvia Papp, into first-and second-order mind-reading abilities, does not, in fact, address this critique.


Let ℳ¯g,n be the moduli stack parametrizing Deligne–Mumford stable n‐pointed genus g curves and let M¯g,n be its coarse moduli space: the Deligne–Mumford compactification of the moduli space of n‐pointed genus g smooth curves. We prove that the automorphism groups of ℳ¯g,n and M¯g,n are isomorphic to the symmetric group on n elements Sn for any g, n such that 2g − 2 + n ⩾ 3, and compute the remaining cases.


There are things, events, or situations that occur that affect the way a business operates, either in a positive or negative way. These things, situations or events that occur affect the organizational performance in either positive or negative ways are called driving forces or environmental factors. This study thereby aims at studying the impact of socio-cultural environmental factors on business performance using International Breweries Plc., Ilesha, Osun State, Nigeria as a case study. Sample of 40 respondents derived from the company were put for study from various sectors of the company using stratified random sampling. The analysis was done with the aid of a descriptive statistical tool and categorical regression analysis for inference with the aid of IBM Statistical Package for Social Statistics (SPSS) version 23. It was found that socio-cultural environmental factors have a positive impact on business performance. It is therefore recommended that effort should be made to improve on advertisement based on the studied environmental factors identified.


2014 ii Polyphenols neuroprotective effect in a Parkinson's disease yeast model: phosphoproteome alterations Declaração de autoria de trabalho Declaro ser o(a) autor(a) deste trabalho, que é original e inédito. Autores e trabalhos consultados estão devidamente citados no texto e constam da listagem de referências incluída. iii " A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain anything without sacrificing something else in return. " Hiromu Arawaka Polyphenols neuroprotective effect in a Parkinson's disease yeast model: Phosphoproteome alterations iv Acknowledgments I would never have been able to finish my dissertation without the guidance of my supervisors, help from friends, and support from my family. All words will be few to express my gratitude to all who helped me in this stage of my life. First of all I would like to thank to Inês Araújo, Ph.D., my Neuroscience teacher and supervisor, who always opened the doors of neuroscience and for all the help over my scientific career. In special, would like to express my deepest gratitude to Cláudia dos Santos, Ph.D., for her excellent guidance, caring, patience, and providing me with an excellent atmosphere for doing research. To Sandra Tenreiro, Ph.D., a special thanks for accepting to be my supervisor and for introducing me to " the yeast world ". My sincerely gratitude to Professor Ricardo Boavida Ferreira for being an admirable teacher, and for allowing me to developed this work on his laboratory and for all the knowledge transmitted during this year. I cannot forget to express my gratitude to all the Disease and Stress Biology lab team, for all the support and cooperation gave during this year. My research would not have been possible without their helps. Last but not the least, I would like to thank my family, especially my mother, father and my little brothers. They were always supporting me and encouraging me with their best wishes. Polyphenols neuroprotective effect in a Parkinson's disease yeast model: Phosphoproteome alterations v Abstract Parkinson's disease (PD) is a massive chronic progressive disorder characterized by the intracellular depositions known as Lewy Bodies (LBs), mainly composed of alpha-synuclein protein (aSyn). These proteinaceous aggregates are associated with the loss of dopaminergic neurons. aSyn aggregation is thought to be a key event in the PD pathogenesis leading to the formation of LBs. Thus is extremely important to search and explore therapeutic agents that prevent or reduce aSyn toxicity. The consumption of Polyphenols-rich foods …


New high-precision measurements of the longitudinal magnetic field of Ap stars suggest the existence of secular intrinsic variations of the global magnetic field in some stars. We argue that such changes are apparent in the Ap star $\alpha^2$ CVn in the time scale of $\sim$ 10 years, which results from the analysis of literature data. Therefore, such an observation implies, that the rate of magnetic field evolution of Ap stars is much higher than was previously thought.


In the title compound, C21H21O3P, the whole molecule is disordered over two sets of positions with refined occupancies of 0.503 (1) and 0.497 (1). The dihedral angles between the three benzene rings are 72.9 (2)°, 82.9 (3)° and 70.0 (2)° in the major disorder component and the corresponding angles in the minor disorder component are 85.0 (2)°, 79.2 (2)° and 72.3 (2)°. The crystal structure is stabilized by C—H⋯π interactions.


The invention discloses a method for extracting and preparing high-purity ptaquiloside from fiddlehead. The method comprises the following steps: firstly obtaining a fiddlehead water-extract from fiddlehead; preparing a ptaquiloside crude product by triple purification of polyamide 6 resin, an XAD2 column and a Chem Elut 1020 diatomite solid-phase extraction column; and further purifying the crude product by HPLC preparation and effectively separating the target compound ptaquiloside from multiple impurity phases in the fiddlehead so as to finally obtain high-purity ptaquiloside with purity being 98% and above. The product can be used as a standard product of ptaquiloside and has a wide market prospect. Meanwhile, the method is simple and convenient. Under excellent technological parameters, yield of ptaquiloside can reach 25%, production cost is low, and the product has good potential economic value.


Artists who defected from Communist Cuba not only defined the image of creative freedom in washes of color, but some were also responsible for fostering a visual vocabulary for the AIDS crisis at the end of the twentieth century. However, it was Untitled (White Crucifix) (1986), an assemblage by Miami-based artist Humberto Dionisio, that departed from Cuban legibility in polychrome with a turn toward whiteness. By taking up Dionisio's artwork, this article advances a queer of color(ing) analysis, which combines José Esteban Muñoz's "brown commons" project with a discussion of whiteness's muted gradient, or what this article terms "feeling off-white." Linking Dionisio's work to a transnational cultural language of religion, avian metaphors, and sickness, this article contends that the artist innovates AIDS visuality by seeing a pandemic from the vantage point of a sexual exile in a world bereft of color.


Density-functional theory (DFT) calculations of defect levels in semiconductors based on approximate functionals are subject to considerable uncertainties, in particular due to inaccurate band-gap energies. Testing previous correction methods by many-body $GW$ calculations for the O vacancy in ZnO, we find that: (i) The $GW$ quasiparticle shifts of the ${V}_{\text{O}}$ defect states increase the spitting between occupied and unoccupied states due to self-interaction correction, and do not reflect the conduction- versus valence-band character. (ii) The $GW$ quasiparticle energies of charged defect states require important corrections for supercell finite-size effects. (iii) The $GW$ results are robust with respect to the choice of the underlying DFT or hybrid-DFT functional, and the $(2+/0)$ donor transition lies below midgap, close to our previous prediction employing rigid band-edge shifts.


This paper proposed a method that can automatically classify sleep apnea by using features extracted from pulse rate variability(PRV) signals induced from piezo snoring sensor for patients with obstructive sleep apnea(OSA). We have extracted eight features(NN, SDNN, RMSSD, NN10, NN50, LF, HF and LF/HF ratio) based on time and frequency analyses of PRV. Sleep apnea was classified by a linear discriminant analysis(LDA). A performance was evaluated using snore recordings from 13 patients with OSA (ages: 54.5 ± 10.5 years, body mass index: 26.3 ± 2.5 kg/m, apnea-hypopnea index: 19.2 ± 6.0/h). The sensitivity and specificity were 78.9 ± 0.9% and 78.9 ± 0.9% for training set and 77.7 ± 10.9% and 79.0 ± 2.8% for test set, respectively. Our study demonstrated the feasibility of implementing a piezo snoring sensor based on a portable device as a simple and cost-effective solution for contributing to the OSA screening.


The rise of modern science took place in Western Europe, and one may ask why this was the case. We analyze the roots of modern science by replacing scientific ideas within the framework of Western culture, notably the twin heritage of biblical thought and Greek philosophy. We also investigate Eastern (mostly Chinese) traditions so as to highlight Western beliefs by comparison, and to argue for their relevance to contemporary science. Classical Western conceptions that fostered the rise of science are now largely obsolete, and Eastern thought might be a source of new insights.


Seven promising bread wheat lines at six different locations, represented different ecological zones obtained from the national wheat research program and were tested with two new commercial cultivars Misr3 and Sakha 95. in a yield trial in two successive seasons (2017/2018 and 2018/2019). The experimental design was a randomized complete block design with four replications. Stability parameters of grain yield were calculated for the new promising lines and the two commercial cultivars. The results showed that the genotypes G2, G4, G5, G6 and G7 did not differ significantly out yield the two checks cultivars, Misr3 and Sakha 95. Line G6 and Misr 3 showed more stability in grain yield compared to the other genotypes. GGE-biplot analysis showed that it is preferable to grow the genotype G 6 in the regions of Sakha, Sids and Shandaweel, and the cultivar Sakha 95 at Nubaria and Etay-El-Barood regions, while genotype G7 was the best when grown in El-Mattana area. The genotype G6 was considered an ideal genotype.


Vasconcellea is the least studied genus of Caricaceae, it"s commercial and biotechnological potential is underestimated and studies in this respect must be undertaken. Sixteen of the 21 species of this genus are distributed in Ecuador. The objective of the present work was to establish a protocol of induction of somatic embryogenesis in "highland papaya" Vasconcellea pubescens. The protocol involves two stages, the induction of somatic embryogenesis and the maturation of embryogenic calli. Two trials were performed with induction medium (IND) at different concentrations of 2,4-D (Trial 1: 4.5, 10, 67.5 y 112. mg/L and Trial 2: 0.5, 2.5, 4.5, 10 mg/L) in order to induce somatic embryogenesis on zygotic embryos from Vasconcellea pubescens. Further, were used different compositions of medium for development of embryos considering two maturation medium (MAT 1 without hormone and MAT 2 with 0,019 mM BAP and 0,023 mM NAA) and the induction medium from which the embryogenic calli were originally obtained. In all the number of somatic embryos and the weight of embryogenic calli were determined. A RCBD was used, the results were analyzed with R-Project using the proper statistical model. The zygotic embryos showed response in IND between 5 to 7 days after seeding on the medium. During the induction (Trial 1) the highest calli weight was obtained at 4.5 mg/L of 2,4-D while for the Trial 2 was obtained at 2.5 mg/L. During maturation (Trial 1) the highest embryogenic calli weight and the higher number of embryos were obtained from calli that originated from medium IND 4.5 mg/L of 2,4-D both from medium MAT 1, while for the Trial 2 the highest weight and number of embryos were with calli that originated from medium IND 10.0 mg/L of 2,4-D. In conclusion, the range of 2,4-D concentrations suitable for the induction of embryogenesis and further generation of somatic embryos of Vasconcellea pubescens was between 2.5 to 10 mg/L while higher concentrations elicit an inhibitory response. This behavior is similar to that seen in papaya.


Bleaching is the most important pretreatment process commonly used in coloration industry for removing natural colorants and impurities of fiber prior to dyeing and finishing [1]. One of the oldest industrially bleaching chemicals is hypochlorite [2]. Although hypochlorite bleaching offers some advantageous effect, but it has been discouraged due to the formation of highly toxic chlorinated organic byproducts (AOX) during the bleaching process [3]. Another most important bleaching agent is hydrogen peroxide, which is commonly used for cellulosic fibers under alkaline conditions. The dissociation of hydrogen peroxide increased with rising temperature and form perhydroxyl anion shown in scheme 1[4]. Perhydroxyl ions (HO2) demobilize the mobile electrons of conjugated double bonds in chromophores and caused decolorization [5]. However, hydrogen peroxide bleaching process required high temperature and long processing time, which leads to higher energy consumption and increased fiber damage [6].


Objective To investigate the efficacy of multi-slice CT(MSCT) in diagnosis of isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection(SMAD). Methods A retrospective analysis of 12 cases of SMAD patient's imaging data, to summarize the MSCT features of SMAD. Results All patients underwent MSCT. MSCT imaging characteristics: the false lumen was "crescent" low density surrounding the true lumen, and the true lumen was compressed. If there a dissection aneurysm, the false lumen was dilation and the true lumen was severe compressed. Of the 12 patients, the false lumen was "crescent" low density surrounding the true lumen in 9 cases, and 3 patients had dissection aneurysm. Use of the post-processing technology, the lesion involving the scope and degree of the disease can be observed from different angles. Conclusion MSCT is a fast, non-invasive method, and can diagnose isolated SMAD correctly. It can provide reliable information to assess the condition of isolated SMAD.


Objective To observe the expression of serum Chemerin in patients with ischemic stroke and its correlation with indicators,such as c-reactive protein. Methods Totally 60 patients with ischemic cerebral apoplexy were divided into stenosis group( n = 30) and mild stenosis group( n = 30) according to artery stenosis degree. Another 30 patients who did health examination in the same time were selected as control group. Biochemical indicators such as serum Chemerin and Creaction protein( CRP) were detected. Results There was gradual declines in the levels of serum Chemerin,CRP,systolic pressure( SBP) and low density lipoprotein cholesterin( LDL-C) in three groups and pairwise comparison showed there was a significant difference in these biochemical indicators( P < 0. 01). Serum Chemerin was positively correlated with SBP,LDL-C and SBP( r = 0. 796,0. 597,0. 315,P < 0. 05). Conclusion The expression level of serum Chemerin is up-regulated in patients with ischemic stroke,and positively correlated with CRP,LDL-C and SBP.


Air mounts can provide the highest degree of isolation of any type vibration isolator. Soft-mounting, and thus high level of low-frequency isolation, with system natural frequency as low as 1 Hz can be achieved. Due to their construction, air mounts have negligible damping. Although, this almost undamped nature of air mounts enhances the high-frequency isolation, provisions should be made to address the lack of isolation resulting in excessive body displacements around the resonant frequencies, especially when the system is exposed to shock inputs. While the addition of viscous damping to the air mount is proposed in the literature but it is not recommended in most applications. This is because it deteriorates the mount's high-frequency isolation performance. Instead, it would be highly desirable to add tuned damping to the mounted system at its resonant frequency (ies). The challenge in doing so, is realizing a damper tunable to a very low frequency and yet not be prohibitively large. A novel tuned damping mechanism is proposed in this paper. It adds damping to an air mount only at the resonant frequency (ies), via a bi-fluid Helmholtz resonator. In an illustrative example the mechanics and mathematics (modeling) of a one and three degree of freedom air mounted systems equipped with a tuned damper, as well as the tuning of such damper are discussed. The example also demonstrates the effectiveness of the air mount with the tuned damper.Copyright © 2004 by ASME


Ewes and their twin lambs (weighing at least 16 kg) were allocated to three treatments: lambs with dams on ryegrass-white clover (RG-WC) pasture until 15 weeks of age (GRASS) (lambs; n=50), lambs with dams on herb-clover mixes (plantain, chicory, red and white clovers) until 15 weeks of age (HERB) (lambs; n=50), and lambs weaned early (8 weeks old) onto herb-clover mixes and dams on RG-WC pasture (EARLY) (lambs; n=50). Average daily gain, GR soft-tissue depth and muscularity of lambs in EARLY and GRASS were lower than those in the HERB treatment (P<0.05). The muscle to bone ratio of lambs in HERB treatment was higher than those in the EARLY treatment (P<0.05). Lambs can be weaned at 8 weeks of age onto herb-clover mixes to achieve similar carcass characteristics compared to lambs weaned at 15 weeks of age on RG-WC pasture. Lambs weaned early onto herbclover mixes had lower growth rates than the lambs not weaned early on herb-clover mixes. There were no negative effects on lamb carcass characteristics and lean-meat yield (LMY) when lambs were slaughtered at a set weight.


The use of hypermedia and multimedia technology is perceived as one of the most efficient ways to enhance student access to information and improve learning interaction in the undergraduate computer science course. Such an approach will guarantee high level quality teaching whilst permitting significant reduction in lecturer-student contact hours. In this paper we investigate how some special properties of multimedia data can be handled by conceptual modelling techniques. We propose a simplified conceptual framework for the development of interactive courseware. In our proposal, we examine firstly the static structure of the system focusing on the structure of objects and their relationship to each other while temporarily disregarding the dynamic nature of the system. To simplify the conceptual model construction we use predefined constructs and topic descriptors. In a later stage the conceptual model is used to generate the functional prototype. The dynamic behaviour of the system-flow of control, interactions, sequencing of operations on active objects-is examined in real time using the functional prototype, corrective member, and the feedback loop.<<ETX>>


The field of laser remote sensing and laser detection is becoming a research hot spot. Filter wheel is an important part in the process of remote sensing. The purpose of filter wheel is to choose the proper band wavelength of light to realize the specific functions. The paper made a design scheme of a type of filter wheel component and then did structural analysis under different and strict load cases. These various load cases were used to prove that if the component could be safe during the launching time of the rocket. For the initial design scheme, the situation was not good. After that, the paper made an improved design by using special flexible supports, which had flexible links and support glue. At last, structural analysis was made. The result of analysis showed that the improvement was effective and successful.


Background: Sirtuin-1 improves metabolic disease, but oxidants may inhibit it. Results: Metabolic stress increased glutathione adducts, inactivated endogenous Sirtuin-1, and promoted apoptosis. A novel Sirtuin-1 oxidation-insensitive mutant or glutaredoxin-1 prevented metabolic dysregulation and apoptosis. Conclusion: A novel Sirtuin-1 mutant circumvents oxidation and more effectively inhibits metabolic dysregulation and apoptosis. Significance: Oxidative inactivation of Sirtuin-1 contributes to metabolic disease. Sirtuin-1 (SirT1), a member of the NAD+-dependent class III histone deacetylase family, is inactivated in vitro by oxidation of critical cysteine thiols. In a model of metabolic syndrome, SirT1 activation attenuated apoptosis of hepatocytes and improved liver function including lipid metabolism. We show in SirT1-overexpressing HepG2 cells that oxidants (nitrosocysteine and hydrogen peroxide) or metabolic stress (high palmitate and high glucose) inactivated SirT1 by reversible oxidative post-translational modifications (OPTMs) on three cysteines. Mutating these oxidation-sensitive cysteines to serine preserved SirT1 activity and abolished reversible OPTMs. Overexpressed mutant SirT1 maintained deacetylase activity and attenuated proapoptotic signaling, whereas overexpressed wild type SirT1 was less protective in metabolically or oxidant-stressed cells. To prove that OPTMs of SirT1 are glutathione (GSH) adducts, glutaredoxin-1 was overexpressed to remove this modification. Glutaredoxin-1 overexpression maintained endogenous SirT1 activity and prevented proapoptotic signaling in metabolically stressed HepG2 cells. The in vivo significance of oxidative inactivation of SirT1 was investigated in livers of high fat diet-fed C57/B6J mice. SirT1 deacetylase activity was decreased in the absence of changes in SirT1 expression and associated with a marked increase in OPTMs. These results indicate that glutathione adducts on specific SirT1 thiols may be responsible for dysfunctional SirT1 associated with liver disease in metabolic syndrome.


This paper takes a light off-road vehicle as the research object, analyzes the stress of the vehicle, and calculates the strength and stiffness of the rail. UG software on the left and right longeron, five beams and longitudinal, beam connecting plate and so on for 3d solid modeling and assembly. The difficulties and solutions in modeling are analyzed.


Plants produce some specific chemical substances, which are capable of moving from one organ to another and provide physiological control on growth. These substances, which are active in very small amount are called plant hormones or growth regulators. Salicylic acid is well known phytohormone, emerging recently as a new paradigm of an array of manifestations of growth regulators. As a signal molecule, it plays an essential role in regulating many physiological processes of plants, including flowering, seed germination, heat production, membrane permeability, defence responses. The level of SA varies from ng to mg per gram of fresh weight in different plant species and it will be changed under biotic and abiotic stresses for enhancing plants stress tolerance. The plant is exposed to all parameters like growth, development, morphological, biochemical, physiological and levels of chlorophyll. Plant significantly responses to all the parameters. When we treat plant with SA, plant becomes protected against the drought stress, cold stress also. SA is important for plant growth and development, defence response, germination, flowering, medicinally, etc. This review provides us different efficiency of SA in different plants, which will be helpful in plant's growth and development.


studied 1,189 patients in whom the Absorb BVS (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA, USA) was used in routine prac-tice (GHOST-EU registry). They found a target lesion failure (TLF) rate of 4.4% at six months, and the incidence of definite/probable scaffold thrombosis was substantial, with rates of 1.5% at 30 days and 2.1% at six months


Active streaming (AS) of liquid water is considered to generate and overcomepressure gradients, so as to drive cell motility and muscle contraction by hydrauliccompression. This idea had led to reconstitution of cytoplasm streaming and musclecontraction by utilizing the actin-myosin ATPase system in conditions that exclude acontinuous protein network. These reconstitution experiments had disproved a contractileprotein mechanism and inspired a theoretical investigation of the AS hypothesis, aspresented in this article. Here, a molecular quantitative model is constructed for a chemicalreaction that might generate the elementary component of such AS within the pure waterphase. Being guided by the laws of energy and momentum conservation and by the physicalchemistry of water, a vectorial electro-mechano-chemical conversion is considered, asfollows: A ballistic H+ may be released from H2O-H+ at a velocity of 10km/sec, carrying akinetic energy of 0.5 proton*volt. By coherent exchange of microwave photons during 10-10sec, the ballistic proton can induce cooperative precession of about 13300 electrically-polarized water molecule dimers, extending along 0.5 μm. The dynamic dimers rearrangealong the proton path into a pile of non-radiating rings that compose a persistent rowing-likewater soliton. During a life-time of 20 msec, this soliton can generate and overcome amaximal pressure head of 1 kgwt/cm2 at a streaming velocity of 25 μm/sec and intrinsicpower density of 5 Watt/cm3. In this view, the actin-myosin ATPase is proposed to catalyzestereo-specific cleavage of H2O-H+ , so as to generate unidirectional fluxes of ballisticprotons and water solitons along each actin filament. Critical requirements and evidentialpredictions precipitate consistent implications to the physical chemistry of water, enzymatichydrolysis and synthesis of ATP, trans-membrane signaling, intracellular transport, cellmotility, intercellular interaction, and associated electro-physiological function. Sarcomerecontraction is described as hydraulic compression, driven by the suction power of centrally-oriented AS. This hydraulic mechanism anticipates structural, biochemical, mechanical and energetic aspects of striated muscle contraction, leading to quantitative formulation of a hydrodynamic power-balance equation yielding a general force-velocity relation.


We study on the electroweak baryogenesis problem in the vectorlike quark model. This model can add to the minimal standard model the extra CP-violation source which breaks CP spontaneously. Using charge transport mechanism suggested by Nelson et al, we can get the net hypercharge flux : fY ∼ 10 5 . This result could nicely explain the present baryon to entropy ratio : �B/s ∼ 10 9 .


Recent increases in CPU performance have outpaced increases in hard drive performance. As a result, disk operations have become more expensive in terms of CPU cycles spent waiting for disk operations to complete. File prediction can mitigate this problem by prefetching files into cache before they are accessed However, incorrect prediction is to a certain degree both unavoidable and costly. We present the Program-based and User-based Last n Successors (PULnS) file prediction model that identifies relationships between files through the names of the programs and the users accessing them. Our simulation results show that, in the worst case, PULnS makes at least 20% fewer incorrect predictions and roughly the same number of correct predictions as the last-successor model.


The authors analyze the actuality of the construction standards for the urban underground space in China,such as: the standards are in deficiency,the distribution is uneven,the level of the standards is not advanced,their application is disordered and so on.Then the significance of establishing the construction standardization system for urban underground space is summarized.With a reasonable construction standardization system,we can not only gain more profits with less spending,but also ensure the construction projects' quality easier.And the environment will be protected better because of the rules it contained.Besides,due to the new period of the construction of the underground space,it is very valuable to establish this standardization system.Then the principle of the preparing work is put forward,and the solution of establishing the hierarchy is given.In the end,the housing construction standardization system is given as an example.


This paper proposes an intuitive, computationally simple, 'adjusted' delta method confidence interval for set-identified coefficients of the impulse-response function in a Structural Vector Autoregression. We establish the uniform asymptotic validity of our inference procedure in models that impose zero and sign restrictions only on the contemporaneous responses to one structural shock. To illustrate our inference approach, we use a monetary Structural Vector Autoregression estimated with monthly U.S. data. We set-identify the dynamic responses of different variables to an unconventional monetary shock that decreases the two-year government bond rate upon impact, but has no effect over the nominal federal funds rate. We impose two additional sign restrictions on the contemporaneous responses of inflation and output. Based on the estimated parameters for this model, we present Monte-Carlo evidence that supports the validity of our adjusted delta method. The construction of our confidence interval does not require random sampling from the space of rotation matrices or unit vectors. Instead, we treat the bounds of the identified set for the coefficients of impulse-responses as the maximum and minimum value of a mathematical program and we provide formulas for these values and their derivative. We also discuss the extension of our delta method approach to models with noncontemporaneous restrictions on one structural shock and models with contemporaneous sign restrictions on multiple shocks.


This article discusses issues directly related to the pedagogical problems of forming the foundations of a healthy lifestyle for children in physical education classes. It also provides examples and statements of many scientists and researchers on the issues and problems of a healthy lifestyle at all stages of life, and especially from an early age, which is one of the topical issues of maintaining health and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. According to the author, one of the main reasons for the emergence of the state of physical health of students is the decline in the role of a healthy lifestyle in the formation of physical, spiritual, and mental health, education of the student's personality. A detailed definition of the term "health" is given. The author also believes that the most important task of the modern educational system is the development of the student's personality, where the main attention is focused on the study of information about health, a healthy lifestyle and improving human living conditions. As a rule, the contradictory phenomenon of an individual consists of a philosophical unity, inherent contradictions between the natural and human principles, biological and social, material and spiritual, personal and social, etc. A person is the subject of study of the prevailing sciences, and his health is an archaic issue in a rapidly changing environment, a large degree of psychological and emotional influences. Human health is a measure of a person's manifestation in the unity of physical, mental, labor, defense physical culture and health-improving functions, allowing him to more fully participate in a multifaceted life, successfully adapt to socio-cultural and natural conditions.


The utility model relates to a filter with a replaceable filter core. The filter is provided with a filter core, wherein gaps exist between the filter core and a side wall of a shell and between the filter core and a middle disc and are communicated to form a filtrate cavity, a filtrate outlet is arranged at the upper part of the shell and is communicated with the filtrate cavity, the filter core is fixed on the middle disc of the filter, the middle disc is sheathed on a main shaft which is connected with a driving device, the driving device is arranged at the top part of the filter shell, a filtrate inlet is formed at the lower part of the shell and is communicated with the filter core, a drainage opening is arranged at the bottom of the shell and is connected with a solenoid valve, a groove is formed in the middle disc at a position where the filter core is arranged, a bulge is formed at the end part of the filter core and is matched with the groove in shape and size, the bulge and the groove are in threaded connection; when the filter core needs to be replaced or cleaned, the filter core can be screwed out, a new filter core or the cleaned filter core is screwed on, in this way, complicated steps for replacing the whole filter is avoided, and a risk that the filter core is damaged when replaced or cleaned can be reduced.


For the global nuclear nonproliferation, it is important to figure out the capability of surrounding countries for producing nuclear bombs. One of the key factors is the production of weapon-grade (WG) plutonium for nuclear weapons. In general, the plutonium having higher Pu content than 93 wt% is classified as the WG plutonium. Various reactors including graphite and heavy-water moderated reactors can be used for high quality plutonium production. Most estimation of the WG plutonium production were performed using a very simple formula or point depletion models. Recently, the authors analyzed the plutonium production for a 5MWe MAGNOX type reactor using MCNP quarter core model when natural uranium was loaded in graphite-moderated gas-cooled reactor [1]. However, surrounding countries are likely to prefer to produce more amount of WG plutonium through their reactors and so there are possibilities to change the core loading pattern for more effective WG plutonium production. In this study, we considered the several potential scenarios by changing the fuel rod enrichment in a central region of 5MWe MAGNOX type reactor core [1]. Then, the plutonium production and Pu content were analyzed versus the fuel enrichment and central region size. In particular, we suggest which scenario produces the largest amount of WG plutonium assuming full core reprocessing.


This article conceptually examines constructions of disability within 3 philosophical models including the implications of these constructions on the author's experiences of negotiating and mediating familial and educational contexts as a deaf African American female. Following the introduction, the first section entitled The Religious Model: Blackness and Disability as Manifestations of Past Sins highlights biblical representations of people with disabilities within the historical, social, and cultural contexts of blackness. The second section entitled The Medical Model and the Overrepresentation of African Americans in Special Education is a continuation of her experiences as a deaf African American female but within educational contexts. The author discusses the influence of the Medical Model on the over-diagnosis of Black children in special education. The third section entitled The Social Model and Intercontextuality provides an examination of possibilities offered by the Social Model for African Americans with disabilities particular in regards to intersectionality and contextuality. The concluding section entitled Spirituality as Leadership: Disability as a Blessing in Disguise includes an examination of spirituality as an epistemological, subjective, and "in-motional" space through and in which contradictions, exaltations, and complexities of being an African American person with a disability is navigated, embraced, rejected, and redefined.


Certain diseases and clinical conditions can become serious public health issues. This is particularly true in neurology where chronic headache illness is a burden borne by a great extent of the population. Assertively diagnosing headaches requires the patient to fill out printed forms and collect daily information that may help identify all possible causes. Nevertheless, these printed forms can also become an obstacle to the patients' treatment. This article presents MobiDiagnosis, a mobile system intended to characterize headaches that allows for storing and on-line analysis of the symptoms related information.


Test firings and launches will release air pollutants causing a temporary localized small degradation in air quality near the tests or launch site. Areas adjacent to the site will also be subjected to moderate sound levels of predominantly low frequencies for short durations. During the launch phase, hydrogen chloride will be introduced into the stratosphere causing a small decrease in ozone. Temporary perturbations to the ionosphere will occur during orbital maneuvers and entry will have no significant effect on communication or radio wave propagation. As the Orbiter descends, a low magnitude sonic beam will be produced along the groundtrack with maximum overpressures occurring near the landing site. The overpressures will be infrequent, will vary in location and are of sufficiently low energy to be considered a momentary annoyance, if noticed at all. Major alternatives considered are discontinuation or postponement of the program, use of alternate propellants and neutralization of the ground cloud.


Though it is widely recognized that the producer services are among the fastest growing industries in advanced economies, there is little research documenting development experiences of establishments within these industries. In this paper we address this topic by illustrating types of strategic behaviors exhibited by producer service firms and the effectiveness of these behaviors, developing a taxonomy of firm segments, and relating types of strategic behavior to this taxonomy. The paper is based on results from 444 in-depth interviews. Key variables addressed in the analysis are drawn from the industrial sociology and business strategy literature and include organizational structure, age, dynamics of client and geographic markets, and changes in services supplied.


'Mum, look this looks like organs.' Tate Museum of Modern Art … it is a cold but sunny Sunday afternoon, and I had decided to abandon my paperwork for a while – my usual Sunday afternoon preoccupation – in favour of visiting the Orozco exhibition at Tate Modern together with my 11-year-old daughter. Before entering the exhibition, we browse through the other galleries to pass a wait when my daughter comments on this small, quite inconspicuous, piece of art next to Magritte, Masson and de Chiroco, framed in elaborate golden curlicues. Thoughtful, she puts her head to one side and states slowly: 'What do you think people imagine when looking at this. Here this loop could be the small intestine. But that is peculiar'. The work she is contemplating is Bomblet by Trevelyan, a British surrealist, who worked in Britain and France at the beginning of the 20th century. Twelve tactile forms, suggesting organic or body parts, are singled out next to each other in small pits, held together by a very elaborate framing. It is a disturbing composition of plump and filigree details, which contrast as well as complement each other. My daughter hasn't finished her thoughts yet, she continues: 'It is like body and mind … they belong and interact with each other and yet each part is very different, has its own space, distinctly separated and entwined withal'. Before I have decided if I have to discuss anatomy, neuroscience or psychological theories, her thoughtful expression changes and she pulls me towards the special Exhibition Gallery we came for.

We move on to Orozco, an artist born 1962 in Mexico, well known for transforming everyday life materials with a lightness of touch into something poignant, humorous, poetic. With his work, he challenges us with questions about the world, the body and the mind. The titles of his pieces of art sometimes contain both the question and the answer; sometimes they are self-explanatory and sometimes remain titleless. An association with the requirements of our day-to-day diagnostic practice floods my head. When we tell patients a diagnosis isn't the naming often presentiment, implication, verdict, therapy in itself? But is the wor(l)d that narrow? And if it were the case, what does then naming of an ailment really convey to the patient? Medical facts? Hopes? Fears? How often do we talk about it? Orozco delineates: 'I don't believe the object in itself is what it is. I think there is always a language around an object, but the title that I am putting on the object is a real language and the transparency is for me the final realisation of the work, when I feel it's transparent enough, I don't have to give any more explanations.'

His work of art has a message to convey. Some pieces are experimental, coincidentally capturing a moment, coming into existence by watching, witnessing life. The object appears tenuous in itself, not sparing death as a remainder of the fragility in life. Some are carefully, meticulously created, in detail and material, chosen, long thought over. All of them emphasise aspects of exploration and experimentation as the driving forces in life.

My daughter is captured by one of Orozco's best known work of art, shown on the exhibition poster, The Black Kites, a human skull covered with a graphite grid. She carefully views the precision of his work, the combination of geometry and chance, of the organic and the systematic, of the squares which are forced to adapt to the crevices, irregularities and rounded form of the skull. 'Who dominates whom?' could be the question. Orozco comments: 'I wanted to live experience. I wanted to see how behaviour of a bi-dimensional grid on a very complex and real organic shape like that one (a skull) would evolve. To superimpose two things that are kind of contrary: a flat geometric structure, over an organic super-complex form like a real – and "accidented" – human skull'.

On our way home, we both conclude Orozco was worthwhile a visit. She mentions again the Black Kites, brings them together with Bomblet from Trevelyan: 'Mum, I think art is about us. Our body, our feelings, our existence. Our body is the place we live in. All kinds of things meet there: thought and feeling, yesterday's reality and hopes of tomorrow, day-to-day impressions individualised in just this body, as in art, where the world encounters illusion: body parts can look differently, depending on the view of the artist as well as the observer; geometry meets unevenness, clarity of form contrasts playfulness of life. But, however different they are, when they interact they allow us to sense, perceive and imagine the world around us – each person in his/her own way. Don't you think?'

Was that an 11-year-old talking? Well, who cares, she seems to know how to piece this all together, maybe she can teach me …


In 1956, the Naval Research Laboratory completed a set of experiments that showed 1) that VHF and HF radar echoes could be coherently processed, and 2)that the ionosphere is often sufficiently stable for a radar operating in the high frequency band (3 MHz to 30 MHz) to be capable of detecting and tracking targets beyond the normal microwave radar horizon. Later in 1961, the Naval Research Laboratory began operation of their single-site, over-the-horizon radar located on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. This radar was called MADRE, for Magnetic Drum Radar Equipment, and demonstrated many ofthe basic capabilities ofhigh-frequency, over-the-horizon radar.


Abstract The Right Care, Right Place, Right Time initiative (R3) was developed to enable seniors to remain at home as long as possible, while reducing health care costs. It was implemented in four senior housing communities in the Greater Boston area, and consists of two on-site wellness teams (wellness nurse, wellness coordinator), each responsible for about 200 participants across two housing sites. This study aimed to understand barriers and facilitators to implementing R3. Data derived from 31 semi-structured interviews with R3 staff, housing personnel, and community partners (e.g., first responders), as well as 150 key program documents. Facilitating factors in implementing R3 included: top-level management support; formal and informal mechanisms of communication between wellness team members and building staff; substantial discretion, flexibility, and creativity provided to wellness team members; and daily ambulance reports from first responders. Barriers to implementing R3 included: impediments to resident recruitment/engagement; initial role confusion between wellness team members and existing building staff; limited wellness team time at individual intervention sites; challenges establishing systematic relationships with case management staff from the hospitals, AAAs, and insurance companies; and the decentralized approach to data tracking and information exchange. This study suggests several lessons for implementing housing with services initiatives such as R3. Top-level support and buy-in at the organizational level is essential to program development and implementation. Despite early challenges, key program elements can improve over time (communication, data processes, role clarity). Establishing trust with both R3 participants and housing staff is key to building relationships that promote program success.


This paper presents an extension to the ACAS X collision avoidance algorithm to multirotor aircraft capable of using speed changes to avoid close encounters with neighboring aircraft. The ACAS X family of algorithms currently use either turns or vertical maneuvers to avoid collision. We present a formulation of the algorithm in two dimensions that uses horizontal plane accelerations for resolution maneuvers and propose a set of metrics that directly specify aircraft behavior in terms of separation from other aircraft and minimizing deviation from the desired trajectory. The maneuver strategy is optimized with respect to a partially observable Markov decision process model using dynamic programming. The parameters of the model strongly influence the performance tradeoff between metrics such as alert rate and safety. Finding the parameters that provide the appropriate tradeoff was aided by a Gaussian process-based surrogate model. The algorithm is shown to successfully achieve the competing goals of maintaining a minimum separation standard and closely tracking the mission trajectory in simulations involving thousands of collision encounters. Further, sets of algorithm parameters were generated that provide a tradeoff between the two goals. These parameter sets allow a user of the collision avoidance algorithm to select a desired separation minimum appropriate for their application that also minimizes trajectory deviations.


Micro-mirror is a key structure of microelectromechanica system(MEMS) optical switch.Surface roughness plays an important role in reflectivity,insertion loss,etc.The topographies of various micro-mirror surfaces have been measured by scanning tunneling microscope.These rough surfaces have been analyzed by a fractal theory,and a three-dimensional Weierstrass-Mandelbrot(W-M) function has been used to simulate the topographies of the rough surfaces.The result shows that the W-M function is efficient in creating models and analyzing the topography of MEMS surface.


With the help of a diverse group of eminent specialists, Dr Krishna Goel and Professor Robert Carachi, two Glasgow-based, internationally renowned children's specialists, have produced a comprehensive textbook of illustrations that has scarce precedence. Not only does the book allow the reader to study the clinical features of a range of conditions that present in childhood, but it also acts as a practical textbook for evaluating children as well as managing the holistic needs the child. In the days of electronic technology and a surfeit of information on the web, there is still a gap between the information available and the patient in vivo. This book allows the reader to study information that has been carefully selected by experts in the field and apply it to rare as well as common conditions. At £145, the book will not be affordable to many students, and hospital and university libraries that are involved in the education and training of medical, nursing as well as other students in the field of paediatric health care should consider including this textbook on their library's bookshelves. Increasingly, textbooks of this size have an associated electronic resource in the form of a CD or a web-based portal, and the publishers should consider this in the next version of this important resource.


This article discusses the phenomena of extramarital love on the legal degree, thinking that our law of marriage should complete the content of consortium, establish the system of moral reparation, relate to the practice closely and standardize and solve a series of problems from extramarital love with law.


Hybrid full-bridge three-level converter can realize zero-voltage-switching for the switches with the use of the leakage inductance and the intrinsic capacitors of the switches. As it can operate in three-level mode and two-level mode, the secondary rectified voltage is very close to the output voltage over the input voltage range, so the output filter inductance can be reduce significantly. Moreover the voltage stress of the rectifier diodes can also be reduced as well. So the converter is very attractive for wide input range applications. However there is voltage oscillation across the rectifier diodes resulted by the reverse recovery. In this paper a resonant inductance and two clamping diodes are introduced to the converter to achieve ZVS in a wide load range, and meanwhile to clamp the secondary rectified voltage at the reflected input voltage in three-level mode and reflected half input voltage in two-level mode respectively, thus the voltage oscillation across the rectifier diodes is eliminated. The operation principle of the proposed converter is analyzed in details in this paper. A 1.2 kW prototype converter is built and the experimental results have shown the validity of the proposed converter


Because of high mortality rate, the lack of effective methods for early diagnosis and limited success in treatment, ovarian cancer of epithelial origin is a major problem in gynecological oncology. These problems are largely due to our lack of the disease etiopathogenesis understanding. This article attempts to summarize recent data on the sources and the development of the cancer process in the ovary as well as to introduce modern approaches to the diagnosis of this type of malignancy.


The polarographic behaviour of dibucaine was studied using various electrochemical techniques. In acidic media, a non-reversible diffusion-controlled reduction process involving two electrons takes place. The linear relationship between peak current intensity and dibucaine concentration allowed the differential-pulse polarographic determination of dibucaine over a wide concentration range, from 10–6 to 10–4 mol l–1 at pH 2.6, with a relative standard deviation of 1.9%(nine determinations at the 10–5 mol l–1 level). A simple extraction procedure was employed for the determination of the drug in pharmaceutical formulations and the validity of the method was confirmed by parallel determinations using the official method of the US Pharmacopeia (HPLC).


The purpose of this study was to determine whether the use of relatively small amounts of radio‐graphic contrast agents may impair hemostasis. Before and after injection of contrast agents, we measured the template bleeding time, platelet count in whole blood and platelet‐rich plasma, platelet aggregation induced by epinephrine and adenosine diphosphate (ADP), and percent disaggregation of ADP‐induced platelet aggregates in platelet‐rich plasma of 18 patients. Ten patients received 50–100 ml of sodium iothalamate (66.8%) for intravenous urography and 8 patients received 125–200 ml of a combination of meglumine diatrizoate (66%) and sodium diatrizoate (10%) for coronary an‐giography and left ventriculography. Neither group demonstrated a statistically significant mean difference (p >0.05) for any parameter measured before and after administration of the contrast agents. However, 2 patients who received diatrizoate had lengthening of their bleeding times to greater than twice the baseline value without any change in in vitro platelet aggregation. Physicians should be aware of this potential cause of bleeding which could be of particular danger to patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass with its inherent hemostatic defects.


Our Sun exhibits strong convective dynamo action which results in magnetic flux bundles emerging through the stellar surface as magnetic spots. Global-scale dynamo action is believed to generate large-scale magnetic structures in the deep solar interior through the interplay of convection, rotation and shear. Portions of these large-scale magnetic structures are then believed to rise through the convective layer, forming magnetic loops which then pierce the photosphere as sunspot pairs. Previous global simulations of three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic convection in rotating spherical shells have demonstrated mechanisms whereby large-scale magnetic wreaths can be generated in the bulk of the convection zone. Our recent simulations have achieved sufficiently high levels of turbulence to permit portions of these wreaths to become magnetically buoyant and rise through the simulated convective layer through a combination of magnetic buoyancy and advection by convective giant cells. These buoyant magnetic loops are created in the bulk of the convective layer as strong Lorentz force feedback in the cores of the magnetic wreaths dampen small-scale convective motions, permitting the amplification of local magnetic energies to over 100 times the local kinetic energy. While the magnetic wreaths are largely generated the shearing of axisymmetric poloidal magnetic fields by axisymmetric rotational shear (the Ω-effect), the loops are amplified to their peak field strengths before beginning to rise by non-axisymmetric processes. This further extends and enhances a new paradigm for the generation of emergent magnetic flux bundles, which we term turbulence-enabled magnetic buoyancy.


cating through oral reading, so it is not part of the curriculum. In other cases, oral reading occurs only as a stum bling, round robin performance where children often model poor oral reading for their peers. Unless children are taught how to read orally and are en couraged to read aloud in order to communicate, the oral reading they do is likely to be worse than no oral read ing at all. Why is oral reading important? Tay lor and Connor (1982) contend that oral reading is a natural transition from speech to print for the child who is learning to read. Good oral reading during the early years enables a child to sense the relationship between spo ken and printed words (Heinrich, 1976). Continued guided practice in oral reading aids comprehension by helping the child discover units of meaning that should be read as phrases rather than word by word. Effective oral reading requires the reader to con sider the mood of the story and under stand the feelings of the characters in order to interpret them for an audi ence. Oral reading for purposes of communication helps the child see reading as a continuous, meaningful process instead of a series of skills to be mastered.


In avoiding the topic of morality, sociologists have weakened our own capacity to advance the public understanding of one of our root ideas—namely, that society is an important force—and have largely ceded control of public dialogue to ideologues. In this article, I call for a renewed effort in sociology to explicitly take up the topic of morality and not shy from using value-oriented terms in our work and in public engagement. To illustrate this point, I examine the implications of the ever-expanding market culture. I use moral foundation theory to formulate key questions around this topic and, more broadly, offer a framework that sociologists might draw from in attending to the societal consequences of current social practices and trends.


In a quest for this "lost continent of cinema," and demonstrating a distinctive approach to the technologies and aesthetics of three-dimensional (3D) cinema, Godard's first 3D feature film, Adieu au Langage [Goodbye to Language] (2014), and its preceding short, Les Trois D esastres [The Three Disasters], use (or rather, deliberately misuse) contemporary digital imaging and recording devices in an attempt to liberate 3D cinema—and, in some respects, all of cinema—from an existing apparatus and the constraints and determinants, visible as well as invisible, of its forms and functions. This is an approach to 3D that explicitly rejects the apparatus and aesthetics historically associated with such imaging in favor of a deliberately "imperfect" 3D cinema, rooted in the role of consumer technology and the application of creative imperfections. In adopting a "low-tech" and otherwise custom-rigged apparatus in the more typically "high-tech" milieu of contemporary 3D cinema, Adieu au Langage and Les Trois D esastres illustrate the power and potential of technology as reconfigured to exploit an amplified spectrum of representational possibilities. In stark contrast to a decidedly "high-tech" milieu more often characterized by spectacular scale, visual effects, and heightened realism, Godard's 3D cinema demonstrates an approach to technology that customizes, deconstructs, and otherwise scrutinizes a range of consumer as well as prosumer digital imaging and recording devices. Reorienting these cameras and other devices and their default parameters and preprogrammed automaticity, this apparatus is in turn pushed toward unanticipated practices. In short, Godard simultaneously embraces contemporary technology and reworks its aesthetic parameters, in order to avoid the technical and other presets


Modern methods of pile design often take advantage of in-situ test data. Thirteen axial pile capacity design methods have been evaluated using the results from eight full-scale pile load tests on six different driven pipe piles. The design methods, separated into direct and indirect approaches, were evaluated using data from the Cone Penetration Test (CPT). Pile driving records for continuous driving and redriving using a Pile Driving Analyzer (PDA) were also obtained on some of the piles. The analyses of the PDA data was reviewed based on the CPT results. Two methods of predicting the response of three of the piles to lateral loading were evaluated using pressuremeter and flat dilatometer test data.


Nurses must consider the many age-related respiratory system changes when assessing and managing respiratory-related symptoms of older individuals. This article reviews upper and lower respiratory tract changes and provides tips for clinical management of the older person. Pertinent respiratory symptom assessment scales are described. Smoking cessation and other health promotion counseling is discussed.


En- tering the current era of computerization, information be- comes a very necessary thing. Internet is one of them an- swers for seekers of information, because only with the In- ternet we can get a variety of information. Therefore, the authors make the scope of scienti c writing not far from the internet, which is about creating a website Dewa1 9. Scienti c writing is intended to facilitate Internet users to obtain information about the Gods 19. Thus, in making this website it is necessary to support a program. In this case I use an application program Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Photoshop 7.0 for image processing as well as processing 2.0 Swish animations. In the end the application is expected to create good equipment, other than that the utilization of computers as a tool to attract people because of the ability of computers that can produce fast and accurate informa- tion. Penamaan File: 30102995


To investigate the chemical constituents of Ainsliaea glabra,several chromatographies including Silica gel column chromatography and Sephadex LH-20gel column chromatography were applied to the isolation and purification of chemical constituents.The structures were identified on the basis of chemical evidence and spectral data.The results showed that seventeen compounds were isolated fromA.glabraand they were identified as taraxasteryl acetate(1),dotriacont-1-ene(2),β-sitosterol(3),chrysophanol(4),lupenyl palmitate(5),methyl linolenate(6),linoleic acid(7),phytol(8),stigmast-4-en-3-one(9),phytenal(10),betulinic acid(11),(9Z,11E)-13-oxo-9,11-ocatadecadienoic acid(12),E-7,9-diene-11-methenyl palmitic acid(13),taraxinic acid(14),3β-hydroxy-cholesta-5-ene(15),epoxylycopaene(16),28-O-laurylbetulin(17).Compounds 1-17 were obtained from this herb for the first time.


A field study was carried for two consecutive kharif and rabi seasons of 2013-14 and 2014-15 on farmer's fields across 15 locations each year during kharif and 9 locations each year - during rabi in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh. We tested five crop establishment methods viz., dry direct sowing using fertilizer-cum seed drill under irrigated conditions, drum seeding, systems of rice intensification (SRI), mechanized transplanting using rice 8 row yanmar transplanter, and manual transplanting. Study findings revealed that transplanting with rice planter emerged as high yielding method of establishment where the grain yield was higher by 9.21% over manual transplanting. Dry direct sowing was found to be highly profitable method of rice establishment by recording higher net returns Rs. 12596/ha compared to manual planting. Dry direct sowing and SRI proved as water productive rice establishment methods which took lesser water by 22.45% and 18.78% compared to manual transplanting during kharif. Whereas during rabi, drum seeding proved as profitable and water saving method of crop establishment in rice.


For anyone interested in the natural history of Africa and the growth in our knowledge of the continent's flora and fauna, this book will be a most interesting read. RodneyCarrington Wood was clearly a man with a passion for Africa and its biota. He was also an unusual character, on the one hand flighty and unable to stick to a task for any length of time, yet on the other a dedicated and talented natural historian. In this latter mould, he built up a formidable knowledge of the countryside in which he lived (mostly Malawi), based on first hand observations and experience, such that those who knew him regarded him with esteem. He was also a person happy to share this knowledge with others, and in so doing entertain and inspire them.


Clear national and trust guidelines are available regarding the management of patients receiving anticoagulation therapy (warfarin and low molecular weight heparin (LMWH)). Lack of available evidence for LMWH in renal impairment makes anti-factor Xa monitoring crucial in this population. Two


Non-well-founded set theory is the extension of classical set theory,which has abundant universe.So it can provide a set of perfect appliance to characterize various kinds of circular phenomena in the real world.Coalgebra is a dual notion of algebra.In the non-well-founded categories,by using coalgebric methods,we can construct set theoretical models of all kinds of circular phenomena.Thus,researches on non-well-founded sets and theory of coalgebra are of great academic value.


The modern economy imposes increased requirements on the efficiency of the functioning of organizations, therefore, the creation and support of an effectively functioning organization management system is one of the main and most urgent tasks of modern management. One of the methods of managing an organization that allows, under certain conditions, to achieve a high degree of efficiency of its functioning is the process approach. It consists in highlighting the organization of business processes and their internal and external relationships. The basis of optimal management of business processes are economic and mathematical models and instrumental methods of their formalization. The processoriented approach to management consists in the allocation of business process chains in the organization and the management of these processes to achieve maximum efficiency of the organization.