A standard model of activist macroeconomic policy derives a monetary reaction rule by assuming that governments have performance objectives, but are constrained by an augmented Phillips curve. In addition to monetary policy, governments apply a variety of instruments to influence inflation and output, including fiscal policy, bailouts and foreign exchange policy, but effectiveness is limited by Phillips curve flatness. Solving the Phillips curve and reaction rule for a reduced form, we study this theory with a panel of countries. A textbook version of the activist model leads to disappointing results; the activist model fits the data only slightly better than a flat-Phillipscurve benchmark. The econometric results are enhanced by accounting for autocorrelated shocks. Although results are mixed, our interpretation favors inertial inflation expectations over rational ones. An extension of this approach suggests that US policy is more effective than that of European governments, finding that the US Phillips curve is more than twice as steep.


Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) deficiency has not previously been demonstrated as a cause of hypoglycemic convulsions. We have recently stuided 3 children who justify such a diagnosis. One child moreover has an identical twin who provided the ideal control in the various test situations. The presence of the a disorder in ACTH release was suggested by the absence of a response in plasma cortisol and plasma ACTH to insulin induced hypoglycemia as measured by radioimmunoassay, impaired prompt water diuresis, lack of elevation in urinary 17-OHCS following metyrapone administration despite adequate 11-B-hydroxylase inhinition and normal adrenocortial activation by exogenous ACTH. Normal insuline and growth hormone responses to glucose, arginine, tolbutamide and glucagon adminstration as well as catecholamine release by insulin induced hypoglycemia confirmed the isolated nature of the defect in keeping with the presence of a normal growth pattern and normal thyroid indices. That the defeat is one of hypothalamic activation of ACTH release rather than isolated ACTH deficiency was confirmed by the release of ACTH and rise in plasma cortisol following vasopressin administration. Two children had a history of low birth weight for gestation age. The third infant was born postmaute with respiratory distress. The available evidence suggests that this is an acquired defect rather than a genetically determined abnormality. Hypoglycemia due to a defect in hypothalamic activation of ACTH release may provide the explanation for fasting hypoglycemia and convulsions in children otherwise unexplained or masquerading as ketotic hypoglycemia.


In the present study, an analysis is made of the food security situation in Colombia and its agricultural sector, in order to implement the concept of green chemistry to reduce part of the problems presented there. In the first place, a contextualization of the concept of green chemistry is carried out, taking into account the antecedents that precede it and defining concretely the principles that support it. Then, the situation that has been lived in Colombia on food security is defined, based on the main issues to be addressed and a broader picture of the application of this concept.


This paper shows the use of the similarity theory in the cathodic protection system, with the aim of building a reduced model of a wet Christmas tree, to study the seizure of current at the well conductor and the distribution of the current in the prototype. Based on the physical similarity conditions, it can be mathematically proved that when the same polarization curves are considered, in the model and in the prototype, the construction of a reduced model of a wet Christmas tree becomes unfeasible.


1. A method for detecting erasure pulse, comprising! receiving at least one pulse signal; ! comparing at least one characteristic of at least one pulse signal with at least one threshold; and! designation of at least one pulse signal as at least one erase pulse based on the results of this comparison; ! characterized in that said at least one threshold determined based on at least one characteristic of the previously received pulse signals, and multiply by the generator is adapted thresholds. ! 2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that said at least one characteristic of at least one pulse signal relates to at least one parameter from the group consisting of: power level of said at least one pulse signal; ! said at least one pulse signal; ! phase of said at least one pulse signal; ! said at least one pulse signal; and! bandwidth of said at least one pulse signal. ! 3. A method according to claim 2, characterized in that said at least one threshold comprises: averaged value of said at least one characteristic of the previously received pulse signals; ! an average value in the window of said at least one characteristic of the previously received pulse signals; ! a weighted average value of said at least one characteristic of the previously received pulse signals, or! median value of said at least one characteristic pa


The planetry drive with doublecycloid has many unique mesh capabilities.Because the madulus of blide affects the abrasion and life of gear,the article probes into the glide speciality of the planetry drive with doublecrank and deulecycloid through the modulus of glide.


Electrical / electronic device of the building management system, receiving a functionally necessary components housing (1), being provided for operation by the user at least one operating unit (2) on the housing (1), and wherein the housing wall of the operating unit (2) facing away from (3) for the coupling with an adapter (4) at least one retaining element (5) and at least one provided for the transmission of data and / or power transmission system (6) are assigned, characterized in that at least one with the adapter (4) co-operating holding member (5) is designed rail-like, and that at least one retaining element (5) exhibits magnetic properties and for mounting to a likewise magnetic properties comprising element of the adapter (4) cooperates, and that the transmission system (6) comprises contact elements (6a) with cooperating contact surfaces (8) of the adapter (4) in such a way so that the operating unit (2) in different Reg obligations to the adapter (4) is to be connected.


Southeast Asia belongs to these constantly growing areas where multiple opportunities and conflicts have emerged. Pigeonholed for a long time as the world's factory, and exploited by colonial…


A 47-year-old man with acute worsening of chronic diarrhea was admitted to the hospital with a serum creatinine of 2.2 mg/dL from a baseline of 1.6 mg/dL. Medical history was remarkable for type 1 diabetes mellitus (diagnosed 8 years prior) complicated by kidney failure requiring kidney-pancreas transplant (cytomegalovirus [CMV] IgG-positive donor; CMV IgGnegative recipient) 3 years before presentation. The patient reported having long-standing diarrhea with 5 to 8 bowel movements per day for 25 years. Prior workup for his chronic diarrhea, including colonoscopy and testing for celiac disease, was unremarkable. In the previous 3 months, the frequency of his bowel movements increased to 10 to 12 loose stools per day. On admission, the patient's vital signs were a temperature of 36.4 C, blood pressure 146/89 mm Hg, and heart rate 84 beats per minute. He had lost 15 kg (from 87 kg to 72 kg) over 6 months. Physical examination revealed a nontender kidney allograft in the right lower abdominal quadrant and an arteriovenous fistula in the right upper extremity with a thrill. Medications at the time of admission included tacrolimus 2 mg AM 1 mg PM, enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium 720 mg twice a day, and prednisone 5 mg daily. Results of initial laboratory evaluation are summarized in Table 1. Complete blood count and liver function tests were within normal limits. Kidney ultrasound showed patent transplant vasculature without hydronephrosis.


The phase transition processes induced by ultrashort, 100 fs pulsed laser irradiation of Au, Cu, and Ni are studied by means of a combined atomistic-continuum approach. A moderately low absorbed laser fluence range, from 200 to 600 J/m2 is considered to study phase transitions by means of a local and a nonlocal order parameter. At low laser fluences, the occurrence of layer-by-layer evaporation has been observed, which suggests a direct solid to vapor transition. The calculated amount of molten material remains very limited under the conditions studied, especially for Ni. Therefore, our results show that a kinetic equation that describes a direct solid to vapor transition might be the best approach to model laser-induced phase transitions by continuum models. Furthermore, the results provide more insight into the applicability of analytical superheating theories that were implemented in continuum models and help the understanding of nonequilibrium phase transitions.


Crabbing, well known wool setting process, often causes undesirable effects on wool fabric fini shing. In order to improve these undesirable effects in setting process, we studied the application of "Cold Set" in which mercapto acid is used, To estimate the total sulfhydryl content and the adsorbency of the mercapto acid on reduced wo ol, suitable conditions for the phospho-18-tungstic acid method or modified method described with zahn. Results obtained are as follows. : 1) Generally, under the severe conditioning and hydrolysis on reduced wool, detected values of -SH decrease . However, -SH detections in highly reduced wool which is heated at low tempera ture increase. 2. For reduced wool, the moderate hydrolysis conditions are preferable where as for untreated wool -SH and -S-S determination method are used. Factors for moderate condition are 20% HCI, 105°C and 3 hr. 3) When untreated wool is hydrolysed in presence of free mercapto acid. A definite amount of me. rcapto acid disappeared. (Received September 3, 1958)


Recent international standards such as IEC 61508 and ANSI/ISA84.01 cover the design and application of safety instrumented systems (SIS). These standards are "performance based" and involve establishing risk reduction targets followed by a reliability and safety evaluation to verify that the targets have been met by the design. The standards provide guidelines on how to do these reliability and safety calculations that are quite useful and provide a common evaluation framework for products used in safety instrumented systems. However, the reliability and safety evaluation methods require extension when SIS products include independent diagnostic circuitry or analog circuitry. An additional failure mode, diagnostic annunciation, must be considered. A definition of "fail-safe" versus "failure-on-demand" must be added for analog circuits. Markov models must include additional states. With extension, comparable results useful for standards-based product certification can be obtained.


Endothelin-1 (ET-1) acts at selected brain loci to elicit a pressor response and secretion of vasopressin (AVP). Glutamatergic receptors of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) subtype mediate ET-1–induced AVP secretion in vitro, but the role of glutamatergic receptors in the pressor response and the secretion of AVP in vivo has not been studied. We hypothesized that both the pressor response and AVP secretion in response to ET-1 microinjection into subfornical organ (SFO) would be suppressed by ionotropic glutamatergic receptor antagonists in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN). Sinoaortic denervated male Long Evans rats were equipped with intracerebral cannulae directed into the SFO and the magnocellular region of the PVN bilaterally. Experiments were performed 5 days later in conscious rats. Direct injection of 5 pmol ET-1 into the SFO resulted in a 20 ± 3 mm Hg increase in mean arterial pressure (MAP) (± SE) and a 14.1 ± 0.3 pg/ml increase in the mean plasma AVP level (± SE) (P < 0.001 vs. artificial CSF) that was blocked by selective ETA inhibition. Neither the pressor response nor the increase in plasma AVP in response to ET-1 was altered despite prior injection of the NMDA blocker diclozipine (5 μg, MK801) into PVN bilaterally. In contrast, bilateral PVN injection with 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (40 nmol, CNQX) prevented the pressor response (MAP ± SE, − 4 ± 4 mm Hg) and also inhibited AVP secretion (mean AVP level ± SE, 0.16 ± 0.50 pg/ ml) (P < 0.001 vs. vehicle in PVN after injection of ET-1 into SFO). These findings support the conclusion that both the pressor response and AVP secretion in response to ET-1 acting at the SFO are mediated by a non-NMDA, most likely an aminopropionic acid glutamatergic receptor within the PVN.


In this paper, a hybrid fuzzy controller with a real-time particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) is presented to swing up and to stabilize the pendulum-cart system. The designed PSO with a re-start mechanism is particularly suitable for dynamic environments and its feasibility is evaluated using the typical dynamic functions. The modified particle swarm optimization is performed to on-line tune the parameters of hybrid fuzzy controllers. Also, the stability of the control system is discussed for the PSO optimized stable fuzzy control system. Simulation results, compared to conventional fuzzy control, illustrate that the proposed optimization-based control scheme can provide better control performance subject to extra disturbances.


This paper studies the controllability and observability measures of structural vi?bration and acoustic radiation and proposes a measure of modal observability based on acoustic pressure outputs and measures of controllability and observability of acoustic radiation by combining the measures of modal controllability and observability of vibration modes with corresponding modal acoustic radiation efficiencies. A plate with control force inputs and vibrational response outputs and acoustic pressure outputs is involved to show the modal controllability and observability measures of vibration modes and measures of controllability and observabil?ity of structural vibration and acoustic radiation. Observability measures based on vibrational response outputs and acoustic pressure outputs are compared and the emphasis is on the mea?sures based on the acoustic pressure outputs. Finally the application and usefulness of the controllability and observability measures to active control of structural vibration and acous?tic radiation are illustrated and compared. It shows that the controllability and observability measures provide useful guidance for active control design especially in optimal actuator and sensor placement.


Along with China's rapid economic growth,environmental pollution is an increasing serious problem,the "green"concept emerge as the times require. This paper chooses 30 provinces in China 2005 ~ 2010 panel data,firstly uses entropy method to construct Chinese environmental pollution comprehensive index,and then obtains the Chinese green GDP and take it as green economic output index,labor( L),capital( K) and Technology( T) as the green economic input index,included in DEA model by using DEAP2. 1 software to make analysis of Chinese green economy efficiency,finally,based on the results of empirical analysis draws some research conclusions that decision-making may be interested.


The paper describes a test bench measurements of linear and angular displacements of steered wheel of a car. The measurements were conducted using a functional model of prototype measuring instrument. The theoretical principles of the measurement are discussed and the analysis of the results is performed.


Natural language formal analysis theory has created brilliant achievements on the basis of previous studies. However, with the development of computing power and the advent of the deep learning boom, some people believe that the rule-based rationalist method is outdated, and deep learning that relies on massive data can truly realize artificial intelligence. When traditional natural language is directly transplanted to text language, the short content of natural language will cause data sparseness and result in deviation of calculation results. This paper proposes a new natural language similarity measurement method by using NLP artificial intelligence tools. This method first preprocesses short texts, then builds a complex network model for natural language, calculates the complex network feature values of natural language words, and then uses NLP artificial intelligence tools to calculate the semantic similarity between natural language words, and then combines natural language Semantic similarity is defined to calculate the similarity between natural languages.


Clinical disabilities might cause difficulty in typing using the traditional text entry systems that involve steady and precise finger movement within a restricted keyboard area in smartphones. Alternative approaches like voice-typing do not work well in a noisy environment, while gaze-typing needs large displays. In this paper, we develop an innovative approach called Nosype for hands-free typing over smartphones by utilizing nose gestures. With 10 users in a lab-scale, we observe that Nosype can help in hands-free typing at a typing-speed of 6.5 words/minute. Additionally, a usability study with 60 participants, including 10 participants having clinical disabilities, indicates an average usability score of 77.708.


But before getting to ethics, a word about the other half of the topic. This will be brief, because the professional aspect of these class-action damage cases is a small horse soon curried. As applied to these cases, Rule 23 has to be, for us lawyers, the greatest thing that ever came down the pike. All of us, on no matter what side of the courtroom we usually sit, should be able to line our pockets handsomely as a result of this Rule. For the plaintiffs' bar, we are told that there are vast pots of gold into which people, including people who are neither plaintiffs nor their lawyers, are to dip all extractions by counsel being made, of course, before any claimant receives anything. And the position of the defense bar must prove to be almost as lucrative. No one is going to bring a treble-damage class action against a mom-and-pop grocery store, and the defendants in these cases will always be large, opulent corporations, which, albeit reluctantly, will pay their periodic statements for legal services like clockwork. And so, if the financial condition of the Bar is the governing consideration, we can all stipulate immediately that Rule 23 as applied to treble-damage class actions is a magnificent and wholesome example of "the socially necessary infrastructure" whatever that means.


Taking the campus network construction of Shanxi Hydraulic Technical Professional College as an example, this paper discusses on the whole course of the information system demand analysis, which includes the selection of the software platform, the development of the applied software, the security of the network, and the connection of the network, etc.


This article argues that contemporary humanitarian bureaucracies in Colombia have gradually produced and reproduced specific socio-spatial and epistemological hierarchies through a conceptual device commonly referred to as the nation-territory ( nación-territorio) divide. The nation-territory divide is a way in which public servants, experts, international cooperation officers, and scholars refer to practices and strategies to "territorialize public policy" or to "bring the state down to the territories." Through an ethnographic study of the mechanisms involved in the implementation of victims' reparation and land restitution policy in Colombia, I describe the everyday spatial state building practices of national bureaucrats and experts tasked with "territorializing" transitional justice and development paradigms. I discuss how expert knowledge created to implement transitional justice policies fail in that they produce and reproduce the very spatial hierarchies they attempt to mitigate. I argue that in order to strengthen democracy, transitional justice paradigms and practices must challenge the hegemonic configuration of spatial state building and bureaucratic approaches to spatial representation and local governance. By exploring these bureaucratic practices, as well as spatial representations within humanitarian and transitional justice institutions in Colombia, this article contributes to a larger discussion of the implementation of territorial approaches to transitional justice and development.


Double-grafted cylindrical brushes with poly(lauryl methacrylate) (PLMA) as the side chains were synthesized using the grafting-from strategy via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The polyinitiator poly(2-(2-bromoisobutyryloxy)ethyl methacrylate) (PBIEM) with DPn = 240 and 1500 served as the backbone. The PLMA side chains of the brushes carry long alkyl chains. GPC and H NMR measurements confirmed the successful formation of the PLMA cylindrical brushes. The side chains were cleaved from the cylindrical brushes by transesterification. GPC and H NMR results indicate that the initiating efficiency of the bromoester groups on the backbone for the bulky monomer was in the range of 0.34≤ f ≤0.67. Static and dynamic light scattering show that the ratio of the radius of gyration to the hydrodynamic radius, Rg/Rh, is in the range of 1.2 to 1.3, indicating that the LMA cylindrical brushes are semiflexible in solution. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements show that short PLMA brushes exhibit a spherical morphology while the long brushes exhibit a worm-like structure. Differential scanning calorimetry displayed melting peaks at around -30 °C, indicating the alkyl side chains of the PLMA chains in the double-grafted cylindrical brushes are crystallizable.


The measurement of residual depth of corroded steel pipeline is introduced, and the safe assessment is studied,which has three steps,based on minimal residual depth and size of hazard section (CTP) and residual stretch factor (RSF),respectively.


Summary The interaction of thyrotropinreleasing hormone (TRH) and ergocryptine or apomorphine in affecting prolactin secretion was examined. Ergocryptine and apomorphine inhibited the release of 3H-prolactin labeled in an in vitro incubation of the rat anterior pituitary and led to a retention within the gland of 3H-prolactin. TRH (1.4 × 10-8 M) partially blocked the inhibitory effect of 4 × 10-10 M ergocryptine on 3H-prolactin release and totally blocked the effect on radioimmunoassayable prolactin release. TRH also completely blocked the inhibitory effects of 5 × 10-8 M apomorphine on both 3H-prolactin and radioimmunoassayable prolactin release. Since TRH can also completely block the inhibitory effects of dopamine upon prolactin secretion, these results are consistent with apomorphine and ergocryptine stimulating "dopaminergic" sites and also further support the role of TRH as a prolactin-releasing factor. This investigation was supported by USPHS 1-R01-AM-13776 and NCI-CA-07535. The authors are grateful to Mrs. Pamela Orcutt and Mr. Ronald C. Pace for excellent technical assistance.


Background Data on liver cirrhosis (LC) patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) are lacking despite of the dismal prognosis. We therefore evaluated clinical characteristics and predictive factors related to mortality in LC patients undergoing CRRT. Methods We performed a retrospective observational study at two tertiary hospitals in Korea. A total of 229 LC patients who underwent CRRT were analyzed. Patients were classified into survivor and non-survivor groups. We used multivariable Cox regression analyses to identify predictive factors of in-hospital mortality. Results During a median follow-up of 5 days (interquartile range, 1–19 days), in-hospital mortality rate was 66.4%. In multivariable analysis, the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score (hazard ratio [HR], 1.03; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01–1.06; p = 0.02), Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score (HR, 1.08; 95% CI, 1.04–1.11; p < 0.001), and delivered CRRT dose (HR, 0.95; 95% CI, 0.92–0.98; p = 0.002) were significant risk factors for in-hospital mortality. Patients with a CRRT delivered dose < 25 mL/kg/hr had a higher mortality rate than those with a delivered dose > 35 mL/kg/hr (HR, 3.13; 95% CI, 1.62–6.05; p = 0.001). Subgroup analysis revealed that a CRRT delivered dose < 25 mL/kg/hr was a significant risk factor for in-hospital mortality among LC patients with a MELD score ≥ 30. Conclusion High APACHE II score, high MELD score, and low delivered CRRT dose were significant risk factors for in-hospital mortality. CRRT delivered dose impacted mortality significantly, especially in patients with a MELD score ≥ 30.


Medicine is largely self-governed. This is so because the public, the citizens of the state, have permitted it. Professional self-government does not result from natural or constitutional right. It is a privilege. Society believes it lacks the knowledge and expertise needed to review the quality of professional service or to evaluate professional judgments. But beliefs can and do change. The public can be stampeded into believing (1) its rights are being impinged upon (2) medicine isn't policing its own ranks (3) the privilege of self-government should be restricted or curtailed, or (4) the public should participate with the profession in administering self-government. Medical societies appear to have been reluctant to tackle tough problems relating to questionable actions by their members. It is amazing how many excuses can be found for not conducting an investigation or for not taking action. One common excuse is that if the medical society becomes involved


Physiography and soil in Mae Rim watershed, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand were investigated by using aerial photographs and satellite image in conjunction with field work, and soil infiltration rate and soil shear resistance were measured in field. Many factors affecting runoff were analyzed using the Integrated Land and Water Information System (ILWIS). As a result, a model determining flood hazard was set up. Three maps including runoff curve number map, runoff coefficient map, and flood inundation map were created. In addition, the time of concentration was predicted.


We design a passive lens for static magnetic field enhancement by using transformation optics. In our previous study, our attention is focused on two dimensional (2D) structures. In this paper, we ...


Objective:Investigating the protective effect of CSF of rat administrating FBD orally on various injured PC12 cells models to indicate the mechanism of FBD therapying dementia.Methods:Four injured PC12 models induced by hydrogen peroxide,hydrosulfurous sodium,glutamate and potassium chloride accordingly were used to assay the effect of CSF sample on PC12 cells.Results:It was found that the rat CSF sample at different time points from 0.5h to 2.5h after taking FBD repetitiously (1.62g crude herb·kg -1 ) could obviously increase the viability of PC12 cells injured by hydrogen peroxide,which peaked at 1.5h.The rat CSF containing FBD of 1.5h could also protect PC12 cells injured by hydrosulfurous sodium、glutamate and potassium chloride,and the protection rate increases with the concentration of CSF containing FBD.Conclusion:CSF of rat administrating FBD orally could protect PC12 cells,possibly by antagnizing the overload of calcium,oxidant injury of free radicals and excitatory nerotoxicity of glutamate.


Confucius is a great educator whose thoughts about education is very rich and has attracted the attention of many scholars.The authors think his education thoughts about life are very important in modern times.This pape,based on The Analects of Confucius,unveils three layers of ideas:we should respect and be grateful to our parents for the beginning of our life;in the course of life,we should be glad to pursue truth although impoverished;so ta the end of life,we shoudl be content with our life and promote humanity and justice.People in modern times should cherish our life because our life is not only ours,but also our paresent and the community.


The present invention provides an ultrasonic baffled regulatable / UV disinfection reactor combination, is sewage sludge processing. The device uses ultraviolet light interacts with the ultrasonic waves, by crushing, mechanical shear and cavitation ultrasonic waves to improve the particle size distribution of particulate matter in sewage, promoting ultraviolet light to kill pathogens, thus improving efficiency and stability of the ultraviolet disinfection. Off water stream through each reaction chamber of the reactor, increasing the contact time with water disinfectant and form a multi-stage reaction process, increasing the controllability of the reaction process. This technology can greatly reduce the risk of chemical by-products arising from sterilization, especially for small and medium disinfected sewage treatment plant, a simple technical operation without auxiliary equipment and facilities, safe and efficient.


A total of 3791 systematic oriented paleomagnetic samples were collected from the Ordovician -Paleogene nearly consecutive sedimentary rocks on the northern slope of the Himalayas, southern Tibet, of which 2920 samples were analyzed and took part in the statistics. New magnetostratigraphic data of the series-rank were obtained and the Ordovician-Paleogene paleomagnetic apparent polar wander path and paleo-latitude curve of the Himalayan block were drawn. The paleomagnetic records suggest that the Himalayan block rotated several times during its northward drifting and that the final ~28° clockwise rotation took place in the Eocene, which is probably related to the formation of the western tectonic syntax. South-directed inversions of 2° and 3.8° in latitude were recorded during the Late Triassic and Late Jurassic, which is likely to be related to the back-arc spreading of the Yarlung Zangbo Neo-Tethys Ocean. Based on the estimation of the paleo-latitude data, the Middle Cretaceous Yarlung Zangbo Neo-Tethys oceanic basin was at least 2200 km wide, and there was a crustal shortening amount of at least 1000 km between the Indian plate, Himalayan fold-thrust belt and Lhasa block resulting from the Himalayan continent-continent collisional orogeny since the Eocene.


Environmental compensation is now a major concern for utilities and other developers who must compensate for impacting wetlands, streams and other environmentally-sensitive areas. To meet state and federal encroachment regulations, a Maryland utility used a low-impact pipeline design and created compensatory wetlands that will improve the habitat, storm water retention and potential water quality of the impacted area. Environmental costs were 15% of the total project costs. The project emphasized corporate responsibility, showing that positive developments like gas pipelines need not compromise quality of life in terms of the environment.


A gemueral survey of the distribution of adenosine tri uhosphiatase (ATPase) activity imi various layers of the cerel)elluni shows an absence of rea('tion in the white matter, an intense reaction in the Purkinje cells and a moderate stainimig in the muolecular amid granular layers. Cerehellar glomeruhi amid thimi ('ytophksniic rims in gramiule cells around their nuclei, demonstrate enzyme activity. This bias been discussed with reference to the similar pattermis of mitochondnial distributi()mi in these area.s. A detailed study on the distribution of enzyme activity in nuclear as well as in cytoplasmic areas of Purkinje cells has l)een made. Tlue various patterns of emizyme distribution in nuclear as well as in cytoplasmic areas suggests a strong )osSibility of movement of the enzyme from the central l)art of the miucleus


This paper was written under the title Transitional Working Capital Loans from Credit Becomes Permanent General on Bank Daerah Bali Cabang Negara Kabupaten Jembrana. With a view to the consideration know Bank Pembangunan Daerah Bali Doing Transition Working Capital Loan from a Credit Permanent General, the author uses empirical legal research methods, so it concluded that in this transition to avoid the risk of credit losses from Bank Pembangunan Daerah Bali.


Potential hazards of ionizing radiation which may be encountered by the U. S. Navy are reviewed. The function of the Navy Medical Department in meeting these hazards is discussed. (C.H.)


In resent years, foreign service management scholars have attached more and more importance to the study on service climate. Many scholars pointed out that service climate could influence employees' service behavior, customers' perspective of service quality and organizations'long-term profit. In this paper, the authors introduce the study background of service climate theory, the definition and dimension of service climate, the antecedents and consequences of service climate, and give service managers some suggestions about how to create positive service climate.


This study examined the impact of informal mentoring on perceived adequacy of extrinsic organizational rewards such as pay, promotion and fringe benefit. Data were obtained from 161 employees through a survey of a public health organisation in south-western Nigeria. Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that informal mentoring resulted in a significant change in R2 for pay (ΔR2 = .055, P IFE PsychologIA Vol. 16 (1) 2007: pp. 212-223


Unalloyed Gray cast iron is having very good compressive strength but poor tensile strength. Alloying elements are added to the gray cast iron to increase the mechanical, heat resistant and corrosion resistance. In this work copper and molybdenum added to study their effects on mechanical properties of gray cast iron. Copper is an austenite stabilizer and mild graphitizer while molybdenum is a ferrite stabilizer and carbide former elements. Therefore, their compositions have been varied in the base gray cast iron to study the combined effects. Mechanical properties like tensile strength and hardness increased due to addition of copper and molybdenum but toughness shows no improvement. Keywords—Gray Cast Iron, Alloying elements, microstructure, hardness, tensile strength, impact strength.


Objectives: The effect of pingyangmycin (PYM) in treatment of lymphangioma (LPGM) in the oro-maxillofacial regions is evaluated. Methods: The medical records of 235 patients with LPGM in the oro-maxillofacial regions between January 1996 and June 2003 were reviewed.One hundred and Twenty-nine of the patients were men, and 106 were women, the sex ratio was 1:0.82. The patients' ages were between 3 months and 33 years. The size of the lesions varied from 1.5 cm×2 cm to 11 cm×20 cm.PYM was injected into the cavity in the LPGM and the injected may be repeated every 7~10 days. This process may be repeated 3~8 times. Results: Two hundred and thirty-five patients were followe for 6 months~7 yesrs.The cured rate were 85.53% getting improvement was 10.21%. The total efficiency was 95.74%. The cured rates of capillary type lymphangioma, cavenous type lymphangioma and cystic type lymphangioma were 80.33%, 88.00% and 97.37% respectively. Conclusions: This method may be a safe, simple and effective therapy to the capilary LPGM, cavernous LPGM and cyst LPGM in the oromaxillofacial regions.


Electronic and ionic conductivities are two key parameters in determining the electrochemical performance of lithium/sodium ion batteries, and element-doping is an effective way to regulate the conductivity of an active material. In this work, we attempt to modify the electronic and ionic conductivities of Na3V2(PO4)3/C cathode through a proper content of Zr-doping and the two kinds of conductivities are distinguished by an ion-blocking measurement method. All Zr-doped samples display significant increase of the electronic conductivity and the x = 0.1 sample possesses the highest value of the electronic conductivity. The ionic conductivity shows a similar variation trend, but the variation value is far smaller than that of the electronic conductivity. The increase of the electronic conductivity is about one order larger than that of the ionic conductivity as x increases from 0 to 0.1. The enhanced electronic and ionic conductivities can considerably improve the cycling and rate performance of the sodium ion batteries using Na3V2(PO4)3/C cathode, especially the rate performance. The x = 0.1 electrode exhibits a much higher capacity in the whole cycling process after 1000 cycles at 10 C rate and its capacity at 50 C is about 5 times larger than that of the pristine sample.


Twenty-six Holstein cows were assigned to two group,which were similar to body weight,parity,lactation period,milk yield and so on.Control group fed original ration,and test group fed hybrid giant napier silage 5 kg substitute for corn stover silage 10 kg in original ration.It took 7 days to do a preliminary experiment,and the period of formal experiment was 21days.The results showed that the average daily milk yield of test group were 4.7 % higher than that of control group,milk fat has been raised 0.03%,milk protein 0.05%,total solid substance 0.03%,respectively.From the point of view of economic benefits,the profit of test group has increased 2.21 yuan than that of control group.


Due to the future tax savings they provide tax loss carryforwards (TLCs) may contribute significantly to the value of a corporation. The valuation of a TLC is rather complex as the tax savings attached to it are path-dependent. We employ different valuation techniques proposed in the literature and find (not surprisingly) that only the risk-neutral valuation based on a binomial tree is able to fully capture the effects of the path-dependency upon the TLC's value. Other valuation procedures proposed by literature, including the risk adjusted discounting of expected tax savings based on the firm's cost of equity, yield deviations from the correct results. Based on Monte Carlo Simulation models we also find the magnitude of these deviations to depend especially on the risk of the future earnings and the lifetime of the TLC.


The Local Government Reform Project (2000-2007) ín Croatía is descríbed and commented. Maín premíses are notíced and work withín thè Project systematísed. There were four reform directions polícy reform wíth a focus on decentra lization, knowledge and skill transfer to íncrease accountability, institution building, and, finally, media outreach and local government and citizen information. Measures for reachíng polícy reform were, for example, introduction of a comprehensive decentralization reform, improvement of respective législation, strengthening the rôle of the As sociation of Cities and building advocacy network. Knowl edge and skills transfer was attempted by building capacity of local government Professionals, working on asset and internal financial management, procurement and invest ment procedures and practices, creating new software with regard to financial management, promoting e-government measures, etc. Institution building was concentrated on the Association of Cities, the Local Democracy Academy, éducation initiatives throughout thè country, and local


W .Lawverein [4]suggested aapproach todi erentialgeom etry and toothersm athem aticaldisciplines closed to physics,which allows to give de nitions ofderivatives, tangentvectorsand tangentbundleswithoutpassagesto the lim its.Thisapproach is based on a idea ofconsideration ofallsettingsnotin setsbutin som ecartesian closed category E,particularin som eelem entary topos. The synthetic di erentialgeom etry (SDG ) is the theory developed by A.K ock [1] in a context ofLawvere's ideas. In a base ofthe theory is an assum ption ofthat a geom etric line isnota led ofrealnum bers,buta som e nondegenerate com m utative ring R ofa line type in E. In this work we shallshow that SDG allows to develop a Riem annian geom etry and write the Einstein's equations ofa eld on pseudo-Riem annian form alm anifold. Thisgivea way forconstructing a intuitionisticm odelsofgeneralrelativity in suitable toposes.


Recent FPGA-based implementations of network virtualization represent a significant step forward in network performance and scalability. Although these systems have been shown to provide orders of ...


Key Establishment for Wireless Roaming (KE-WR) is expected to ensure a mobile user to establish a fresh session key with a foreign WSP and also roam from one foreign network domain to another while enjoying the roaming services. However, so far there is no ID-based KE-WR protocol proposed in the literatures with a formal security proof in an appropriate model. The main work of this article address the current gap by first proposing a variation of classic CK and eCK model to support the wireless roaming scenario, which is called rCK model. This article extend classic security model by introducing the simulation of broadcast query and multiple Key Generation Center scenario and also giving the re-defined session definitions and additional adversary capability. Second, this article proposes a novel suite of One-Pass Key Establishment Protocols for Wireless Roaming.


Disruption of the O-mannosylation pathway involved in functional glycosylation of αdystroglycan gives rise to congenital muscular dystrophies. Protein O-linked mannose β-1,4-Nacetylglucosaminyltransferase 2 (POMGNT2) catalyzes the first step towards the functional matriglycan structure on α-dystroglycan that is responsible for binding extracellular matrix proteins and certain arenaviruses. Alternatively, protein O-linked mannose β-1,2-Nacetylglucosaminyltransferase 1 (POMGNT1) catalyzes the first step towards other various glycan structures present on α-dystroglycan of unknown function. Here, we demonstrate that POMGNT1 is promiscuous for O-mannosylated peptides while POMGNT2 displays significant primary amino acid selectivity near the site of Omannosylation. We define a POMGNT2 acceptor motif, conserved among fifty-nine vertebrate species, in α-dystroglycan that when engineered into a POMGNT1-only site is sufficient to convert the O-mannosylated peptide to a substrate for POMGNT2. Additionally, an acceptor glycopeptide is a less efficient substrate for POMGNT2 when two of the conserved amino acids are replaced. These findings begin to define the selectivity of POMGNT2 and suggest this enzyme functions as a gatekeeper enzyme to prevent the vast majority of O-mannosylated sites on proteins from becoming modified with glycan structures functional for binding LG-domain containing proteins. INTRODUCTION Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) describes a family of genetic, degenerative diseases characterized by contractures, myopathy, and in some cases, central nervous system abnormalities. Many CMDs are caused by defects in the formation of a functional dystrophin glycoprotein complex (DGC) that links the actin cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix (ECM). αDystroglycan (α-DG), encoded by the DAG1 gene, provides the physical link to LG-domain containing proteins in the ECM (1), however, there are only a few known mutations in the DAG1 coding sequence that lead to CMD (2). A subset of CMDs, termed secondary dystroglycanopathies, is caused by mutations in genes encoding enzymes responsible for glycosylating α-DG in its mucin-like domain (residues 313-489). These secondary dystroglycanopathies range in severity from mild Limb-Girdle muscular dystrophy to the more severe Walker-Warburg syndrome (3-5). The causal genes for secondary dystroglycanopathies have been identified as encoding enzymes in the pathway associated with the biosynthesis of the Omannosyl (O-Man) glycans (6,7). The O-mannosylation pathway begins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) where a complex of POMT1 and POMT2 catalyze the transfer of mannose from dolicholphosphomannose to serine and threonine residues in an α-linkage to α-DG (8), and presumably a handful of other proteins (9). Bifurcation of the pathway then occurs by the http://www.jbc.org/cgi/doi/10.1074/jbc.M116.764712 The latest version is at JBC Papers in Press. Published on December 8, 2016 as Manuscript M116.764712 Copyright 2016 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. by gest on D ecem er 3, 2016 hp://w w w .jb.org/ D ow nladed from by gest on D ecem er 3, 2016 hp://w w w .jb.org/ D ow nladed from by gest on D ecem er 3, 2016 hp://w w w .jb.org/ D ow nladed from by gest on D ecem er 3, 2016 hp://w w w .jb.org/ D ow nladed from by gest on D ecem er 3, 2016 hp://w w w .jb.org/ D ow nladed from by gest on D ecem er 3, 2016 hp://w w w .jb.org/ D ow nladed from by gest on D ecem er 3, 2016 hp://w w w .jb.org/ D ow nladed from by gest on D ecem er 3, 2016 hp://w w w .jb.org/ D ow nladed from by gest on D ecem er 3, 2016 hp://w w w .jb.org/ D ow nladed from by gest on D ecem er 3, 2016 hp://w w w .jb.org/ D ow nladed from POMGNT2, a gatekeeper enzyme


Machine learning methods are being increasingly applied in sensitive societal contexts, where decisions impact human lives. Hence it has become necessary to build capabilities for providing easily-interpretable explanations of models' predictions. Recently in academic literature, a vast number of explanations methods have been proposed. Unfortunately, to our knowledge, little has been documented about the challenges machine learning practitioners most often face when applying them in real-world scenarios. For example, a typical procedure such as feature engineering can make some methodologies no longer applicable. The present case study has two main objectives. First, to expose these challenges and how they affect the use of relevant and novel explanations methods. And second, to present a set of strategies that mitigate such challenges, as faced when implementing explanation methods in a relevant application domain -- poverty estimation and its use for prioritizing access to social policies.


Acceleration of fibrinolysis by direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) has been reported by several groups, suggesting contribution of not only anticoagulant but also fibrinolytic effects to the therapeutic efficacy. The present study aims to evaluate the usability of clot‐fibrinolysis waveform analysis (CFWA) for assessment of in vitro effects of DOACs on fibrinolysis.


ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the compliance of the nursing team's care practice in handling the central vascular catheter when changing dressings and equipment in an intensive care unit. Method: a descriptive, prospective, and observational research study. Data collection was conducted from January to March 2016 in an Intensive Care unit of a public hospital in Sergipe, northeastern Brazil. Direct observation of the professionals was conducted using a safe checklist. Descriptive statistics was used to determine the process indicators, and inferential statistics to determine the association between the variables, using the chi-square and Fisher's tests, with a 5% significance level. Results: 534 procedures corresponding to the exchange of equipment and dressings were observed, corresponding to 5,073 actions. As for the change of equipment, 2,136 actions were evaluated, most of them carried out by nursing technicians. Of the eight actions evaluated in each procedure, only two (25%) reached the desired compliance, with a positivity index between 90% and 99%. Regarding the dressing change, 2,937 actions were evaluated, all of which were performed by nurses. Of the eleven evaluated actions, eight (72%) achieved desired compliance, with a positivity index between 80% and 100%. Conclusion: the results analyzed are far from the desired compliances, demonstrating the need to implement strategies to ensure the safety culture during the care provided.


The worldwide spread of the SARS‐CoV‐2 infection has profoundly affected all aspects of human life, with tangible consequences in several contexts, including reproduction. However, evidences on the inter‐relation between psychological distress and reproductive medicine are still conflicting.


A new design method is proposed according to the classical integrator Forwarding design. This method provides an additional degree of freedom for the solution to the integral, and hence effectively extends the field of the classical Forwarding control. This method is used to design a stabilizer for the inertia wheel pendulum system whose feedforward structure is established in this paper. Moreover, a control Lyapunov function for the system is also obtained. The theory and practice illustrate the effectiveness of this method.


The Andes of Ecuador are one of the "hottest" hotspots of biodiversity worldwide which, however, is severely endangered by the drivers of global change, in particular by deforestation. Since 13 years, an interdisciplinary consortium of Ecuadorian and German researchers is investigating biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and services, environmental and land-use change effects, and the socio-economic conditions in the valley of the Rio San Francisco. This river breaches through the eastern range of the South Ecuadorian Andes between the provincial capitals Loja and Zamora (for further information refer to Beck et al. 2008, Bendix and Beck 2009). The main goal of the above mentioned research unit ("Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of a Megadiverse Mountain Ecosystem in South Ecuador", sponsored by the German Research Foundation) is to develop science-directed recommendations for a sustainable land use portfolio of this biodiversity hotspot, a portfolio that at the same time preserves biodiversity, ecosystem processes and services in the natural system, and rehabilitates attenuated biological diversity and lost usability on the deforested mountain slopes, thus striving for a better livelihood of the local people.


This discussant paper provides commentary on the "Development of an early career academic supervisor in Statistics - A discussion on a guiding rubric". Later in this discussant paper, we refer to the original work as the "discussion paper". Our perspective is that of academic actuaries involved in undergraduate and postgraduate professional training programmes. We commend the authors on a well researched and carefully argued paper, and fully support the renewed attention that has been drawn to the crisis in statistics in South Africa. Actuarial and financial risk management programmes rely heavily on strong teaching capabilities in mathematical statistics. The local crisis in statistics could therefore also be regarded as a crisis for actuarial science and other professional statistics-based programmes, such as the qualifications offered by the Centre for Business Mathematics and Informatics (BMI) at the North-West University (NWU).


Let R1be a commutative2ring with identity and M be a unitary R-module. In this6work we7present almost pure8ideal (submodule) concept as a9generalization of pure10ideal (submodule).  lso, we1generalize some9properties of8almost pure ideal (submodule). The 7study is almost regular6ring (R-module).


This qualitative study was carried out to find the use of group work by experienced and inexperienced secondary school English language teachers and a case study method was employed. The respondents for the study are non-native English language teachers who are currently teaching in lower secondary school. 30 teachers were identified and they were classified into two categories:
experienced teachers and inexperienced teachers. They were interviewed to collect the data. The data was analyzed using qualitative procedures and frequency counts and percentages were employed. The findings of the study indicated that there are differences in the use and organization of group work by the experienced teachers and inexperienced teachers. In view of that, a few
recommendations were made


The effect of the antipsychotic drug trifluoperazine (TFT) on the in-vitro growth of 50 clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was tested. Of these isolates, 29 were susceptible to all five of the antitubercular drugs isoniazid, rifampicin, streptomycin, ethamhutol and pyrainamide, and 21 were resistant to one or more of the five drugs. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of TFP was 4 μg/ml for 40% of both the susceptible (12/29) and resistant (8/21) isolates and 8 μg/ml for 55% (16/29) and 48% (10/21) of the susceptible and resistant isolates respectively. Further analysis of the data for resistant isolates indicated that the MIC of TFP was 4μg/ml and 16 μg/ml respectively for 50% (4/8) and 75% (6/8) of the isolates resistant to one drug only from isoniazid, streptomycin or pyrazinamide. Of the nine isolates resistant to two drugs, isoniazid and streptomycin, the MIC was 4 μg/ml for 33% (3/9) and 16 μg/ml for 80% (7/9). The MIC of TFP for two isolates resistant to the three drugs isoniazid, rifampicin and streptomycin was 8μg/ml for one and 32 μg/ml for the other. Of two isolates resistant to all five drugs, if is of interest to note that the MIC of TFP was only 4 μgml for one but 32 μ/ml for the other. Because the above MICs are for TFP as a single drug, it would be desirable to study the antitubercular activity of the serum of tuberculosis patients with psychotic problems receiving regular antitubercular therapy supplemented with TFP at its recommended and tolerated dose.


Our paper seeks to investigate the relationship between company profitability and labour intensity in 17 European Union (EU) member states in the comparative perspective of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Western Europe (WE). Our study is based on the 2001 to 2009 data of 93,500 companies from the Amadeus database. We find that companies with higher labour intensity tend to operate with higher EBITDA margins, potentially the effect of their larger flexibility to changes in demand and overall economic conditions. However, we find that companies with higher labour intensity have lost relatively more in their profitability during the 2008-2009 economic crisis. This may relate to potentially large redundancy costs of labour intensive companies under a need to decrease workforce as a result of lower activity levels. Another explanation might be that salaries as well as staff numbers did not react to the economic crisis as quickly as other costs and companies' profits did.


Objective Chronic Kidney disease has become one of ten leading causes of death for twenty five years in Taiwan. Although the government devotes itself to promoting the prevention of kidney health, there are still encountering the trends of increase in the number of dialysis every year. The purpose of this study was to analyze data which was provided by the department of nephrology in one medical center .By incorporating the plan of Joint commission International –Clinical Care Program Certification with the professional medical team which has JCI international level combined with multi-disciplinary and treat the patients of chronic kidney disease as the center, we hope that the kidney-disease patients could have efficient medical treatment. Furthermore, we could utilize the data which provided by the medical center to investigate the factors which could really result in the growing number of kidney disease patients. Methods Among the patients which was diagnosed as chronic kidney disease stage1-4 (18-65 years old) by nephrologists from February 2010 to 2011 in February, there are 87 patients joining the plan of Joint commission International –Clinical Care Program Certification as the intervention group, on the other hand, 90 patients as the control group who just receive normal treatment. Then, use blood pressure 、Glycated Hemoglobin、and cholesterol measured by the methods of t test and Logistic Regression Analysis to determine the differences between the intervention group and control group. Results After tracing the intervention group and control group for one year,it is evidently shown that Diastolic blood pressure and Glycated Hemoglobin have obvious differences between these two groups( p = 0.042;p =0.007).However, there are just slightly differences in Cholesterol、Triglyceride、Uric Acid and GFR between them. In addition, blood pressure would be influence by Body Mass Index and obesity could retard the improvement of health. Moreover, gender and diabetes mellitus would play the key role on controlling Triglyceride: Female and without diabetes mellitus patents would make more apparent improvement than male and with diabetes mellitus ones. Furthermore, the main factor which could really influence Glycated Hemoglobin is diabetes mellitus: without diabetes mellitus could make Glycated Hemoglobin well controllable. Last but not least, gender would be the crucial factor for controlling Uric Acid: female would have larger improvement than male. Conclusions and Suggestions Compare these two groups, intervention group and control group, in two various period, first diagnosed as chronic kidney disease and after tracing one year, there are obvious differences in Diastolic blood pressure and Glycated Hemoglobin. It is evident that blood pressure、Glycated Hemoglobin、and cholesterol would be efficiently controlled in Intervention group. On the contrary, it has no apparent improvement in control group. Therefore, it is said that this outcome is resulted from the plan of Joint commission International –Clinical Care Program Certification. Moreover, hypertension or diabetes mellitus are the two common factors which could result in chronic kidney disease. Thus, whether blood pressure and Glycated Hemoglobin controlled well or not would play a crucial role in promoting the efficiency of treatment to patients of chronic kidney disease. Thus, it is recommended of me that promotion of the plan of Joint commission International –Clinical Care Program Certification is indispensible for controlling chronic kidney disease.


We report here on the first results of a systematic monitoring of southern glitching pulsars at the Argentine Institute of Radioastronomy that started in the year 2019. We detected a major glitch in the Vela pulsar (PSR J0835−4510) and two small-glitches in PSR J1048−5832. For each glitch, we present the measurement of glitch parameters by fitting timing residuals. We then make an individual pulses study of Vela in observations before and after the glitch. We selected 6 days of observations around the major glitch on 2021 July 22 and study their statistical properties with machine learning techniques. We use Variational AutoEncoder (VAE) reconstruction of the pulses to separate them clearly from the noise. We perform a study with Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) clustering techniques to search for unusual behavior of the clusters during the days around the glitch not finding notable qualitative changes. We have also detected and confirm recent glitches in PSR J0742−2822 and PSR J1740−3015.


The beam commissioning of the ion cooler ring, S-LSR was started from October 2005 using the 7MeV proton and the commissioning of the electron beam cooling was started from November 2005. The precise measurements of the lattice parameters were carried out using the cooled proton beam. The RMS values of the closed orbit distortion are 1.5 mm and 0.6 mm in the horizontal and vertical direction. The measured average β function at the quadrupole magnets are 2.1 m and 3.0 m in the horizontal and vertical direction. The calculated ones by MAD8 are 2.2 m and 3.2 m. The measured average horizontal dispersion function is 1.5 m at the position monitors, while the calculation one is 1.6 m. The stored maximum current of the cooled proton is 1.2 mA (5x10 9 p + ) with the vertical feedback system. The minimum number of the particle of which the momentum can be measured is 1000 and the minimum momentum spread is 3x10 -6 .


Background A sudden break-down of a heat-exchanger in vinyl chloride plant resulted in that 141 °C, 23% concentration of hydrochloric acid spouted out over the workers around it. Eight workers suffered and Ichihara City Fire Department was deployed in response to the call 3 minutes after the onset of the incident, 17 vehicles including 5 fire engines, 6 ambulances, and two helicopters. Finally three severely (> 80% of TBSA) burned, two moderately (20–80%) burned, and three slightly (< 20%) burned victims were identified and triaged. One severely burned was transferred at first to the closest tertiary care hospital (TUCMC) which existed within 2.5 km distance by an ambulance and other two and one moderately burned were transferred by helicopters to the neighboring tertiary care hospitals. Another moderately burned one was sent to TUCMC by an ambulance about 30 minutes later than the first one. Three slightly burned victims were sent to a local hospital and treated as an outpatient. This casualty mission was ended by 120 minutes after the call. Two among the three severely burned patients lost their lives but another severe one and two moderately burned were survived. Conclusions: With these considerations, the management of this multiple burn casualty was successful, partly because of small number of the victims and of that the incident occurred in a weekday morning.


The author of this work establishes whichis the realtion between acadernic medicine and naturistic medicine. Therapies of naturistic medicine are mediated by sisternic and inespecific answers; the clearest example of this is the answer produced by hydrotherapy. diet and phytotherapy are the other main parts of naturistic medicine. To understand the method, theory and diagnosis of naturistic medicine ithas to be recuperated the concept
of vis naturre medicatrix. At the present naturistic medicine has a place in the universitary training of general practitioners. Naturistic medicine contributes to medical theory and practice with two things: a medical model based on mediated therapies by inespecific and sisternic answers, and a large experience of clinical application of the naturistic techniques.


Introduction. Recent studies consider creativity as a source of innovation for companies but have not yet clarified the key role that it plays concerning management and the underlying organisational processes. Recent studies also provide a foundation for a direct link between creativity, leadership, and corporate innovation. Purpose and methods. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to highlight the importance of creativity within the corporate context and stimulate an understanding of the dynamics underlying leadership as a hub for innovative ideas and proposals dissemination in organisations. The scientific research methodology is developed through the theoretical investigation of the theme of creativity with innovation and how it can pervade the organisational sphere through the leadership development. Results. The analysis of the main theoretical models allows us to identify strong dynamic connections between creativity, business innovation, and leadership and to develop and improve interventions guided by a different business vision. At the same time, I illustrate how an adequate leadership style can positively influence the work team, producing significant improvements in thoughts, feelings, and subordinates creative performance. Conclusions. Leaders who wish to sustain high performance should pay special attention to their daily behaviour towards employees, in particular by contributing to the dissemination of creativity in the company. Shared participation in artistic activities, in fact, by enhancing the individuality of employees, contributes to the strengthening of the management image that supports initiatives and participates in them. Creativity thus finds fertile ground in the goodness of ordinary company practices.


Purpose – Although great emphasis has been given to the added value of real estate, the current studies miss the phase when the actual value is created, i.e., the production phase of real-estate services. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate the current state of value creation of the commercial real-estate services from a lean thinking perspective. Design/methodology/approach – Value creation is studied in four Finnish cases through 122 interviews and eight workshops. Findings – Cross-case analysis identified six sources of waste resulting as poor value creation: sub-process optimisation instead of optimising the entire process, the price minimisation instead of cost minimisation, difficulties responding to customer value, overloaded employees, inability to make improvements, and poorly managed information. Research limitations/implications – Although the findings are grounded on a solid data collection and analysis, the case study nature of the research and the Finnish case study settings ...


Ab s t r Ac t Ranulas are mucous retention cysts arising out of submandibular and sublingual salivary glands.1 They usually occupy the floor of the mouth, lifting the tongue upward, and causing potential airway obstruction. They turn out to be a challenge for airway management for anesthesiologists. A 43-year-old male patient presented with a recurrent swelling in the floor of the mouth pushing the tongue upward and to the left side and completely obstructing the view of the posterior pharyngeal wall. He was operated on for the same swelling 2 years ago and had a recurrence for the last 8 months. He was planned for complete excision of the swelling under general anesthesia. We present a case report of successful management of difficult airway by using awake fiberoptic intubation of a patient posted for excision of large plunging ranula under general anesthesia.


_____________________________________ Introduction. _________________________________ Acknowledgments. _ ____________________________ Geology of the western part of the Panhandle field. Descriptive geology._______________________ "Granite wash".___--___-___-___---___ "Moore County lime"_______ ___________ "Brown dolomite". ____________________ "Panhandle lime"____________________ "Red Cave"________________________ Structure. ________________________________ Uranium and other metals in the Panhandle field. _ Uranium in the reservoir and cap rocks___--_Page Gl 1 19 19 22 22 22 22 23 24 24 24 24 Page Uranium and other metals in the Panhandle field Con. Uranium and other metals in the crude oil.________ G26 Radium and uranium in the brine. Uraniferous asphaltite___________ Nomenclature. _____________ Review of the literature. Physical properties________ Composition and mineralogy. Origin of the asphaltite______ Radon in the natural gas.___________ Helium in the natural gas____________ Conclusions. ___________________ Selected bibliography______________ 28 33 35 35 38 39 46 49 49 55 55


Human cathelicidin LL‐37, a host defense peptide derived from leukocytes and epithelial cells, plays a crucial role in innate and adaptive immunity. Not only does LL‐37 eliminate pathogenic microbes directly but also modulates host immune responses. Emerging evidence from tumor biology studies indicates that LL‐37 plays a prominent and complex role in carcinogenesis. Although overexpression of LL‐37 has been implicated in the development or progression of many human malignancies, including breast, ovarian and lung cancers, LL‐37 suppresses tumorigenesis in gastric cancer. These data are beginning to unveil the intricate and contradictory functions of LL‐37. The reasons for the tissue‐specific function of LL‐37 in carcinogenesis remain to be elucidated. Here, we review the relationship between LL‐37, its fragments and cancer progression as well as discuss the potential therapeutic implications of targeting this peptide.


A necessary and sufficient condition is given for the existence of an entire function, being not identical to zero, bounded in a horizontal strip and represented by generalized Dirichlet series.


Objective To investigate the fasting and postprandial plasma β endorphin (β Ep) levels in patients with simple obesity. Methods 20 obese patients and 12 healthy volunteers entered this study. The plasma levels of β Ep, insulin, cortisol and ACTH at 0'、30'、60'、120'and 180' after oral mixed test meal (OMTM) were measured by RIA. Results Fasting plasma β Ep and insulin levels were significantly higher in patients with obesity than those in controls. Plasma β Ep levels were not correlated with BMI in obese patients (r=0.103,P0.20). There was no correlation between the areas under the curves of serum β Ep and ACTH (r=0.132,P0.05).Conclusion The increase in the β Ep levels might be a phenomenon in simple obesity. Serum β Ep level may serve as a reference parameter in diagnosing obesity, but it can not reflect the degree of obesity.


This preliminary feminist study of Dubliners by James Joyce focuses on three female characters in three short stories by applying postfeminist criteria to explore their Other unique feminine narration which challenge and disrupt the conventional masculine cultural system. Following the notion of "the otherness", these three women's subjectivity, namely Eveline's soliloquy narration, Maria's narcissism narration and Mrs. Sinico's spiritual narration, have been constructed through interpreting their detailed relevant descriptions in the text. As a result, to some extent, these kinds of narration, which present women's marginalized modes of narration and differentiate incredibility, have constructed their own feminine narration, as well as, subverted and transcended the dominant


Copper interconnects with end-of-roadmap feature sizes, fabricated in damascene technology, were electrically and thermally stressed to assess reliability performance. The maximum current carrying capability of 63 nm wide copper wires was found to be a factor of 2 higher when compared with current technologies. The impact of the Cu seed layer thickness on activation energy and stress voiding is discussed. The first lifetime estimations, assuming the ITRS roadmap requirements, were also made.


—Elliptic Curve Cryptography has many features that distinguish it from other cryptosystems, one of which is that it is still relatively new cryptosystem. As such, many improvements in performance have been discovered during the last few years for Galois Field operations both in Polynomial Basis and in Normal Basis. However, there is still some confusion to the relative performance of these new algorithms and very little examples of practical implementations of these new algorithms. The purpose of this project is to implement these high performance algorithms in a library, test their relative performance, and provide a flexible framework for integrating future algorithms.


This study involved two of instruments, namely a student achievement and a questionnaire. The questionnaire was adopted from Gadner"AMTB and adjusted for participant understanding to collect data of the learners' motivation. The data from a questionnaire were used to predict student motivation.   Based on the empirical evidence obtained,  the results of this study. Hypotesis one H1 states that Intrumental Motivation dan Integrative Motivation have significant positive influence to the Achievement. Hypothesis testing uses multiple regression analysis describe at the significance level of each X variable influences on the Y variable, toexplain that the hypothesis  is accepted . The result  shows that Intrumental Motivation has value ρ = 0,000 with regression coefficient of  0,400 dan Integrative Motivation has value ρ = 0,689 with regression coefficient 0,038, so hypotesis I accepted,clearly that it's mean that faktor Intrumental Motivation factor and Integrative Motivation factor significantly has a positive influence on student achievement.  Instrumental Motivation and Integrative Motivation are jointly or individually gives a significant influence on the achievement of Language Class Students in MAN I Malang. From the two Instrumental Motivation research variables, the most influential (dominant), then it is necessary to increase Instrumental Motivation factors so that the student's achieve better achievements for students in MAN I Malang.


In June 1984 the State University of New York (SUNY), College at New Paltz, initiated a master's degree program in sociology for some New York State maximum-security prisoners. The program envisioned furthering educational opportunities for incarcerated men who had completed their undergraduate degrees, as well as expanding opportunities for educating minority men. The accomplishments of the graduate program include conference presentations, journal publications, development of prison programs, formation of a College Library and Research Center, and postrelease success for various graduates. The program contributes to the academic community, the prison, the prisoners, and society itself.


According to the property of service industry for railway freight transportation market, this paper demonstrates the importance of customer relationship management (CRM) to the railway freight transportation marketing and CRM is the core of relationship marketing. The paper researches and designs the system of CRM based on freight transport ticket database for railway sub-administrations (companies) and put it in application in relevant units. It also raises a consummated form of client management system based on electronic commercial system.


One of the major problems confronting users of large hypermedia systems is that of navigation: knowing where one is, where one wants to go, and how to get there from here. This paper contributes to this problem in three steps. First, it articulates a number of navigational strategies that people use in physical (geographical) navigation. Second, it correlates these with various graph topologies, showing how and why appropriately restricting the connectivity of a hyperbase can improve the ability of users to navigate. Third, it analyzes some common hypermedia navigational mechanisms in terms of navigational strategies and graph topology.


Through the introduction of Baidu PPC,in Baidu search engine platform,with the form of the keyword,promotion of enter prise products and services.Businesses to invest a small amount of money,bring a large number of potential customers,and effectively en hance corporate sales.


The essence a notion of "public good", its impact on the modern political practice is studied. The interaction between politics and law as the main social regulators is analyzed. The ways of promotion the legal and political values in the society, strengthening the legal policy in Ukraine are proposed.


Given a set C of q-ary n-tuples and c 2 C, how many symbols of c suffice to distinguish it from the other elements in C ? This is a generalization of an old combinatorial problem, on which we present (asymptotically tight) bounds and variations.


Drought should be considered and modeled as a process, including human–nature interactions, and not merely a product of water deficit.


This paper focuses mainly on analysing the concept of the teaching profession in the context of the practice of teaching. To this end, it addresses two major elements deemed to be definitive of what the profession is: on the one hand, the body of knowledge it calls for and its features, and on the other hand, the claims of jurisdiction over the profession in the public, legal, and organizational fields. Between these two focuses of attention, efforts to protect the teaching quality are at stake – since it is considered that it should be the responsibility of the profession itself– and public demands regarding said quality. The second part of the paper refers to the practice of teaching and the limitations that affect it, which stem both from the profession itself as well as on the society in which it is practiced.


The electronic spectra of isotopologues of protonated coronene in the gas phase were measured at a vibrational and rotational temperature of ~10K in a 22-pole ion trap. The (1) 1A′←X 1A′ transition of these polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon cations with one to three carbon-13 have origin band maxima that blue-shift successively by 0.03nm. All isotopologues show distinct vibrational structure in the (1) 1A′ state. These results are compared with the effect of 13C substitution on the near infrared electronic absorptions of C60+. The (1) 1A←X 1A electronic transition of monodeuterated coronene was also recorded and its origin band is red-shifted to that of protonated coronene by 0.8nm. The implications for astronomical observations are considered.


A technique has been developed for the strain analysis of strained layer heterostructures using a comparison of electron microscope images and simulated images of cleaved wedges. The technique employs the strain relaxation at the edge of the wedge sample, which as the geometry is well known, can be computed using a finite element program. The microscope images of the structure can be taken so that they are independent of the composition and only sensitive to the strain. These images change quite considerably due to a small change in strain and so by comparison between the calculated and experimental images the strain can be measured with an accuracy of about 0.01%.


The Charlevoix region, in southeastern Québec, is characterized by a dramatic landscape formed by the junction of the Laurentian Highlands, the Charlevoix Astrobleme and the St Lawrence Estuary. At the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), the region was completely covered by the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS). The complex topography of the region was the stage of many of the major deglacial events of southern Quebec (e.g. Goldthwait Sea Invasion, St Lawrence Ice‐Stream, Saint‐Narcisse Episode). We present a detailed reconstruction of the pattern of retreat of the LIS in the Charlevoix region based on the interpretation of ice‐marginal features (e.g. moraines, fans) and glaciolacustrine landforms and deposits, two extensive field campaigns, and the interpretation of high‐resolution 3D digital aerial photographs and LiDAR data. Our results indicate five moraine complexes in the region: the Rochette, the Brûlée, the Sainte‐Anne, the Saint‐Narcisse and the Mars‐Batiscan complexes. Deltas, fans, fine‐grained sediments, littoral deposits, drainage breaches and deposits were used to identify 91 palaeo‐proglacial lakes. The identification of these lakes and their relation to moraine complexes enabled the reconstruction of six stages of lake development during the Charlevoix deglaciation. The development of proglacial lakes occurred in all types of terrain (highlands, lowlands, transitory levels above marine limit). We conclude that local topography had a decisive effect on promoting both moraine deposition and lake development. We suggest that similar topographical regions (hilly‐mountainous) that were affected by major ice‐margin stabilizations during glacial retreat should have experience small lakes dominating valleys and topographical lows.


Given the significant depreciation of fixed assets in the country, research on ways to optimize the management of their restoration and improvement are practically significant at the enterprise level and national level. The purpose of the article is to study the methodology and practice of identifying the costs of restoration and improvement of fixed assets in their accounting in terms of developing proposals for optimization of this procedure. The conducted analysis stated the absence of clear criteria for delimitation of these costs in the scientific discussion and accounting regulations. The practical application of the provided author's definitions of current and capital repairs, as well as determining the materiality of the costs of capitalization at the enterprise level can increase the efficiency of fixed assets management.


Content data reproducing method, decrypts the encrypted data (115), and generating a plaintext data (116), the plaintext data (116), in the decrypted content data (117) and reproduction management information (118) and separating, reproduction management information (118), a step of transmitting to the user space, and storing the decrypted content data (117), the secret buffer (112), decrypted content from confidential buffer (112) get the data (117) for playback data, having the steps of transmitting to the decoder (114); and a decoder (114) decodes the reproduced data.


The invention discloses a method for improving the copying speed of internal data of flash memory chips. Each flash memory chip comprises a plurality of storage blocks, and each storage block comprises a plurality of pages. The method comprises the following steps of: detecting the noise margin of a page to be copied under the current worst condition, and acquiring the current maximum bit error rate of the page to be copied according to the noise margin under the worst condition; detecting whether at least one available copied target page exists in all the flash memory chips, and ensuring that the accumulated bit error rate of the current maximum bit error rate of the copied target page and the current maximum bit error rate of the page to be copied can be tolerated by applied error correcting codes; if so, directly reading the data of the page to be copied, and copying the data into any one copied target page. The invention also discloses a flash memory storage system and a controller thereof. According to the invention, the influence on the operating speed of the solid-stage storage system can be alleviated in the running process of transfer layer firmware by effectively utilizing the operating characteristics of a storage unit of the flash memory chip, and the implementation process is easy and feasible.


There is a need to conduct more research on the degradability of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in environmental waters for controlling water pollution and sustaining water system. In this study, we added tetracycline to 6 water samples, incubated the samples in the laboratory, and determined the degradation rates and bacterial growth in each sample for analysis of the growth of tetracycline-resistant or tetracycline-degrading bacteria and the mechanism of tetracycline degradation. The main conclusions obtained in this study can be summarized as follows: (1) The maximum degradation of tetracycline was in the Unoke River water samples with 60% degradation in the sample with the initial tetracycline concentration of 1 mg/L. (2) Not all bacteria growing in the water environment containing tetracycline were capable of degrading the antibiotic. (3) The ability of bacteria to degrade tetracycline in environmental water systems may be useful in microbial source tracking.


This paper studied the physical and mechanical properties of cement stabilized recycled asphalt mixture based on systematic laboratory tests,including the unconfined compressive strength,the resilient modulus,the cleavage strength and the durability properties,put forward evaluating methods of the raw materials and accordingly analyzed the effect of the raw materials on the recycled mixture.The design parameters and associated results given in this paper can be taken as reference in design,engineering and further research.


NISHIZAWA, O., TAKADA, H., SAKAMOTO, F., MATSUO, S., NOTO, H., KIZU, N. HARADA, T. and TSUCHIDA, S. Combined Urodynamic and Ultrasonic Techniques: A New Diagnostic Method for the Lower Urinary Tract. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1982, 136 (2), 231-232-A new diagnostic method for the morphological and functional evaluation of lower urinary tract disorders-combined urodynamic and ultrasonic techniques-is described. Transrectal longitudinal ultrasonography is used instead of radiographic cystourethrography as the imaging modality. Our procedure is valuable for the evaluation of lower urinary tract dysfunction.


The present invention comprises a compound according to formula (1) to (8), the organic electroluminescent device, particularly, to the use of a blue light emitting element. Compounds according to formula (1) to (8) as a host material or dopant in the emitting layer or the hole transport layer, or as an electron-transporting layer. .BACKGROUND


The paper analyzes the "secondary" circuit (for thermodynamic conversion) of a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant with thermodynamic cycle, whose mirrors field supplies a thermal power, averaged over a sunny day, of about 100 MW heat. We study the case of parabolic trough solar collector using silicone oil in the "primary" circuit, which limits the peak temperature below 400 °C. The "primary" circuit uses thermal storage, allowing a delay between the power generation in rapport with the solar energy capture. We choose a water-steam cycle, type Hirn. For increasing its efficiency, it has regenerative feed water preheating and steam reheating. We compared, energetic and exergetic, two types of cycles, using a numerical model with iterative structure, developed by the authors. The results showed that the simplified design achieves practically the same thermodynamic performances with the advanced one.


Deterioration of soils over the years has led to a decline in crop yields and nutritional qualities, resulting from the oversupply of conventional fertilizers, which are unsustainable, costly and pose a threat to the environment. Nanoparticles are gaining a reputation in the field of agriculture for the remediation of soil degradation in a sustainable way. Recently, they have been recognized as potential fertilizers with properties that make them more absorbable and readily available for plant use than their bulk counterpart. However, there is less literature elaborating on the use of nanoparticles as agro-inputs for crop nutrition and protection. This review, therefore, provides insights into the application of nanoscaled nutrient elements such as silver, zinc, copper, iron, titanium, magnesium and calcium as fertilizers. In addition, the review explains the need for utilizing green synthesized nanomaterials as one of the ways to palliate the use of environmentally toxic chemicals in the cropping system and discusses the various benefits of nanoparticles, ranging from plant growth stimulation to defence against pathogens.


Accurate measurements were made of lasing and 4-wave mixing processes in Na-vapor inside a double heatpipe oven. Scanning Nd:YAG pumped pulsed dye laser through the two-photon resonance 3s{sup 2}S{sub 1/2} {yields} 5s{sup 2}S{sub 1/2}, and a high resolution double-monochromator near the 5s - 4p{sup 2}P{sub 1/2,3/2} single photon resonance, we easily distinguished the two lasing multiplets due to J = {1/2} and 3/2 populations emitting blue 330 nm light. We also observed two other components. By varying the laser polarization, intensity and Na density these were determined to be parametric 4-wave mixing lines with maximum intensity for slight phase mismatch. As the dye laser was scanned, the wavelengths of the lasing and 4-wave mixing peaks shifted, each pair with its own slope, and crossed - a process providing a spectroscopic pump mechanism to populate the {vert_bar}M{sub J} {>=}{vert_bar} + {1/2} > magnetic substate of the ground state. Similar experiments are underway for other 4 wave mixing processes.


This study aims to reveal the accounting treatment of corporate zakat on the research subject of PT. Bank BNI Syariah Tulungagung Branch, East Java Province. The study approach uses a descriptive quantitative method. The study results show this report reflects the organization's performance, especially the ability to attract funds and distribute according to targets. The goal of zakat has been achieved so far; understanding human resources at PT. Bank BNI Syariah regarding the implementation of PSAK No. 109 has been completed and is per the procedures applied in PSAK No. Therefore, the bookkeeping uses a simple recording system, namely a single entry, which is considered easier to understand and has fully used financial reporting standards following PSAK 109.


This review paper qualitatively identifies the physical features of the traditional Arab houses in Tripoli and Libya in terms of their privacy and their physical response to the environment. It measures elements of courtyard housing style and consequently how they adapt to the environment's culture and climate. The physical features of a traditional house and user behavioral preferences of gender segregation are evaluated for matching. This paper contributes in establishing environmental analogy of man and his habitat. Social, physical and psychological dimensions of housing regionalism are symbiotic. In order to enhance housing sustainability several interrelated sectors like planners, designers and developers need to carefully harness these potentials considering their economical viability.


Using a longitudinally-tracked sample of 133 bank tellers, this study tested the generalizability of a career commitment measure and its impact on employee turnover. Career commitment was found to ...


There are many systems of interest to researchers that are decomposable into individual parts or components interacting with one another in nontrivial ways. Examples include the World Wide Web (WWW), which is composed of innumerable Web pages connected by hyperlinks, and human societies, which are collections of people interacting through social relations. Some scholars are interested in individual components—what content is published in each Web page or how individual people feel or act—while others are interested in the patterns of the interactions among the individual components—the shared information between Web pages or the dynamics of human friendship. The patterns of interactions in a given system can be represented as a network, the individual parts of the system being denoted by nodes and their interaction by edges (Newman, 2010). Networks are often classified according to the characteristics of nodes and edges. When nodes of a network represent individual people, groups, organizations, or any other kinds of social actors at any levels, and when the links are their social relations, the network is called a social network (Wasserman & Faust, 1994). Communication networks are a special kind of social network, in which the relations are defined by "the patterns of contact that are created by the flow of messages among communicators." The concept of message here needs to be understood in a broad sense to refer to "data, information, knowledge, and any other symbolic forms that can move from one point in a network to another or can be co-created by network members" (Monge & Contractor, 2003, p. 3). By definition a network is nothing other than a collection of points linked in pairs by lines, no matter how large or complicated it is. Networks capture only the very basic relational patterns among the individual components of a whole system, and little else. Nodes and edges in some networks may contain additional information, such as attributes of individual nodes or the direction, strength, or frequency of their interaction. In general, however, networks do not carry all the information about the actual systems that they represent, and a lot of information is usually lost in the process of reducing the systems to network representations (Newman, 2010). Nonetheless, thinking of complex systems as networks provides valuable insights into understanding the underlying structure andmechanisms of the systems as well as their effects on the behavior of individual components. For this reason, network theory and models have been applied and developed in a wide range of disciplines including computer science, physics,


Objective: To explore the principles of enhancing curative effects of processed XiangFu(Cyperus rotundus) by stir-baking with vinegar. Methods: The contents of total saponins and r-cyperolone in crude XiangFu and processed XiangFu were compared, detected and analyzed quantitatively. Results: The experiments showed that the content of total saponins in crude XiangFu reached 2.340%, and total saponins in processed one was 3.000%, after the processing, the contents of total saponins was increased to 28.21%; the concentration of r-cyperolone in crude XiangFu was 0.174 mg/mL, after the processing, it was 0.208 mg/mL, dissolved content r-cyperolone was raised by17%. Conclusion: The contents of total saponins and r-cyperolone in processed XiangFu are raised obviously.


A PPS purposive selection and estimation procedure is explored using purposive sampling proposed by Guarte and Barrios (2006). Instead of SRS, PPS with auxiliary variable was used in the selection. Results were compared to estimates from ordinary SRS and SRS purposive selection with standard error and coeffi cient of variation of estimates as basis. PPS purposive has comparable results to SRS purposive and both are better compared to ordinary SRS.


Using Cleveland data, we replicate Roncek and LoBosco's study of the effect of proximity to San Diego's high schools on crime in their surroundings. We also examine a major alternative hypothesis w...


The health benefits of pomegranate consumption have recently received considerable scientific focus, with most studies examining fruit and/or juice consumption. Pomegranate seed oil (POMo) is a rich source of 9-cis, 11-trans conjugate linolenic acid (CLA), which may offset the side-effects associated with weight gain. Male, wild-type CD-1 mice were divided into one of three groups (twenty per group): high-fat (HF), HF+seed oil (HF+POMo) or lean control (LN). In HF and HF+POMo, mice were provided access ad libitum to a high-fat chow (60 % of energy from fat). HF+POMo was supplemented with 61·79 mg POMo/d. LN consumed a restricted low-fat (10 % of energy from fat) chow to maintain body weight within 5 % of initial weight. Plasma was analysed for biomarkers associated with cholesterol profile (total cholesterol, HDL and TAG), glucose sensitivity (glucose and insulin), adipose tissue accumulation (leptin and adiponectin) and systemic low-grade inflammation (C-reactive protein and haptoglobin). The key findings of this study were that weight gain was associated with an increase in biomarkers of cholesterol profile, glucose sensitivity, adipose tissue accumulation and systemic low-grade inflammation (P < 0·05). POMo only altered body weight accumulation, final body weight, leptin, adiponectin and insulin (P < 0·05). We found that despite a similar level of energy intake, HF mice had a greater concentration of leptin and a lower concentration of adiponectin compared to HF+POMo mice. POMo intake was associated with an improvement in insulin sensitivity, suggesting that risk of developing type 2 diabetes may have been reduced; however, CVD risk did not change.


We have discovered two typographical errors in the above paper. Aside from the misspelling in line 9 of the Introduction, a more serious error occurs in Eq. (30). In the third line of the equations, the "gauge parameter" t should, of course, be outside the square bracket. The second set of square brackets in Eq. (30) contains contributions derived from differentiation of the five separate t 2 terms in Eq. (28). These terms then constitute the denominator of Eq. (31), which is correct as written.


In the context of standards development, the current mechanism of negotiation of FRAND royalties frequently brings to undesirable litigation. This is mainly due to the fact that a relevant part of the information concerning the standard, required to stipulate complete license contracts, is revealed only after the standard itself has spread in the market. In this respect, we propose a litigation-reducing algorithm to determine the FRAND level of the licensing royalty. Unlike the current negotiation mechanism, this algorithm can be defined ex-ante, so to increase contract completeness, because it includes a Bayesian-updating rule, able to address the presence of ex-ante uncertainty. We derive the algorithm from a generic oligopolistic-competition model, so to deliver characteristics of applicability to both price and quantity competition. Simulations in a linear-Cournot framework suggest the algorithm calculates FRAND royalties and may be usefully applied to real-life cases.


Usable values, derived principally from data by Chinese analysts, are presented for four new stream sediments (GSD 9-12) that supplement the original eight stream sediments (GSD 1-8), for eight soil samples (GSS 1-8), and for six rock samples (GSR 1-6). The rock suite consists of a granite (GSR-1), an andesite (GSR-2), a basalt (GSR-3), a sandstone (GSR-4), a shale (GSR-5), and a carbonate rock (GSR-6). The amounts of sample obtained, their locations, and brief descriptions are given. The samples are available to analysts who might wish to contribute data that may improve the estimates given in tables.


Space robots performing precise servicing tasks in unmanned facilities will be indispensable in space activity of the 21st century. This paper presents the development of a precise telerobotic system which is the world's first precise extravehicular robot aboard the satellite, ETS-VII. The robot has the features of skill and autonomy for handling various parts in space through a three-finger multisensory hand. Firstly, we discuss the requirements for in-orbit precise servicing by a robot and system constraints to integrate into the satellite, and present the total system design for space telerobotic experiment. Secondly, we describe the design of robot mechatronics adapt to space use. The launch lock mechanisms and reconfiguring method of the robot in orbit are also described. Thirdly, an architecture and design of the onboard control computer system to manage various tasks flexibly and safely are presented. Finally, the multisensory based control for precise task execution and development result of the flight model are presented. The system was launched, and initial checkout reveals the system works well in-orbit.


Bessel-X waves with angular dispersion propagating in dispersive media are described as the cylindrically symmetric versions of tilted pulses. Stationary, localized Bessel-X transmission is found to be possible not only in normally dispersive media but also in the anomalous dispersion regime.


The ecological environment is very fragile in the lower area of Heihe River. There exists correlation between vertical distribution of watersalinityorganic materialbearing in soil and growth of vegetation. In this paper, water content, salinity and organic material of soil are determined and analyzed, and categories, growth and distribution of vegetation are estimated, which will offer important references for dealing with and rebuilding the ecological environment in the area.