ABSTRACT The construction industry is a major sector in the economy of developing countries. During the last two decades in Algeria, many large-scale construction projects have been launched to develop the basic infrastructure facilities of the country. However, most of these projects experience extensive delays. The objective of this paper is to identify the causes of delay in the Algerian construction industry and assess their importance according to the main project stakeholders, which are the owner, the contractor and the consultant. Data were collected through a questionnaire and direct interviews of a sample of construction experts including 16 owners, 16 contractors and 20 consultants. Fifty-nine causes of delay were identified in this research. The results indicate that the five most important causes are slow change orders, unrealistic contract duration, slow variation orders in extra quantities, delays in payment of performed work and ineffective planning and scheduling by contractors. The study revealed that owner-related causes are the most important sources of delay. The findings of this research can be used to guide the improvements of the construction industry in Algeria.


The technique of combined-measurement of reflectance and ellipsometric parameters was used for studying the anodic film formed on nickel surface in basic solutions. An ellipsometer was automated for transient measurements by way of modulating the plane-polarized light with the Faraday effect. Surface film was formed electrochemically by applying a potential step from the reduction potential range to the passivation range on a polished, high-purity, polycrystalline nickel specimen. From that instant, the changes in the reflectance(r) and the ellipsometric parameters() of the surface film were recorded by the automatic ellipsometer. Three exact simultaneous equations including these optical signals, and r were solved numerically with a computer in order to determine the optical properties, n, k, and the thickness, , of the surface film. From the computed results which showed dependence on pH and time, it was found that passivation of nickel can be effectively attained by surface film thinner than and this passivation film has a small optical absorption coefficient. It seemed that a high pH environment enhances the rate of passivation and is favorable for a denser structure of the surface film. The experimental evidence is in accordance with the hypothesis that the composition of the passive film can be approximated by in the early stage of passivation and that as time passes the composition changes partially toward that of NiO through dehydration


The article addresses the nature of the armed conflict in Afghanistan with the Taliban and the now more broadly recognize fact that the United States cannot be at war with al Qaeda as such. Also addressed are the criteria necessary for existence of an insurgency and belligerency, criteria used to identify combatant status and combatant immunity for lawful acts of war during a real war such as that in Afghanistan, and criteria used to identify prisoner or war status. POW status exists for members of the armed forces of a party to an international armed conflict like that in Afghanistan, which means that members of the armed forces of the de factor Taliban government were entitled to pow status upon capture earlier during the war. This recognition is important also for members of the regular armed forces of any state, including those of the United States who are engaged in combat during an international armed conflict.


Background Hip fracture is a traumatic and increasingly prevalent injury with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Understanding the biomechanics of how these fractures occur is essential for the advancement of successful treatment and prevention strategies. However, bone surfaces are usually not visible during impact tests of biofidelic specimens (with soft tissue surrogate), prohibiting proper visualization of fracture occurrence. Researchers often resort to limited methods such as observing fracture mechanics in bone-only impacts, or extrapolating results from soft tissue marker data recorded using high-speed cameras. The use of high-speed video alone to analyze impact tests of such configurations does not allow for a comprehensive understanding of the fracture mechanics taking place at high speeds during impact, especially since some fractures may initiate in the cancellous bone. Our research aims to develop and evaluate the suitability of a high-speed x-ray system as a tool for visualizing hip fracture, throughout the volume of the hip, during a realistic sideways fall impact.


• spectrosco py, uS in g a ( eXClt ali on source was used for th e multi -element analys is of two tobacco leaves and ten bra nd s of ciga rett es Wide ly consumed in Nigeri a. The dried tobacco leaves. cigarett es and ashes of th e samples were analysed to r 14 el ement s (K, Ca. As .. S r. Rh. Sr. TI. Zr. Fe. NI. Cu. Zn. Se and Pb ). An emi ss ion-tr ansmission qua nt ificati on meth od. whi ch adequ ately proV id es tor correction .of th e organi c da rk matri x bac kgroun d an d sca tt erin g intensi ty cont ributi on fro m cellul os e on th e element sensit iv iti es was utili zed. As. Ni. Cu. Zn. Sr. Se and Pb averages 8. 7. IS.3. 3 1. 8. 22 .3. 8:1 .7. 4.9 and 12.7 pp m and 13. 1. 2S.7. 36.9. 69 .2. 3S.9. 7. 6 and 19.2 ppm in tobacco and as hed sampl es res pecti ve ly. Stmistical correlati ons is foun d to exist between As and Pb (+0.99 ). Zr and S r (-0.94) . Rb and S r (-0.92). and K and Sr (-0 .96).


Erigeron compositus is an agamospermous species complex comprising sexual and aga- mospermous elements. Five subspecies were informally proposed by Beaman for sexual E. compositus: "anticus," "compositus," "pectinipetiolatus," "penicillatus," and "posticus." Chromosome counts reported herein show that sexual E. compositus is predominantly diploid, 2n = 18. Sexual tetraploids, 2n = 36, and an aneuploid, 2n = 35, were also observed. Genetic variation was examined in all of the proposed subspecies, with the exception of E. compositus "anticus," and in closely related E. vagus. The four proposed subspecies investigated are allozymically very similar with a mean genetic identity value (I) of 0.847. Likewise, comparisons between populations of E. vagus and E. compositus yield an I value of 0.889. Fixation indices derived from allozyme data also show that sexual E. compositus and E. vagus are strongly outcrossing. Allozyme markers, genetic similarity values, and patterns of morphological variation suggest that sexual tetraploid E. compositus is derived from a cross between diploid E. compositus "compositus" and one or more other sexual "subspecies" of E. compositus. These results represent the first phase in the chromosomal and genetic analysis of the E. compositus agamospermous complex.


A new IR video camera operating between 8 microm and 14 microm is described. The thermooptical properties of a liquid crystal film are used. The image is obtained with a scanning polarimeter and visualized on a TV screen. The surface of the human body can be visualized with a 0.1-sec response time.


The invention relates to a passivating treatment process of a super-high-purity arsenic hydride, hydrogen phosphide and mixture gas steel cylinder. The process comprises the following steps that a first steel cylinder to be subjected to passivating treatment is heated and baked at a high temperature of 100 to 200 DEG C; the first steel cylinder is subjected to vacuum pumping treatment through an exhaust fan; the first steel cylinder is continuously subjected to heating and baking treatment at a high temperature of 100 to 200 DEG C; when the first steel cylinder is pumped into a vacuum state, scavenging and replacement are performed; the first steel cylinder is subjected to vacuum pumping treatment through the exhaust fan, and the first steel cylinder is continuously subjected to heating and baking treatment at a high temperature of 100 to 200 DEG C; when the first steel cylinder is pumped into a vacuum state, the inner wall is passivated; the first steel cylinder is subjected to vacuum pumping treatment through a gas pumping-back device; extracted arsenic hydride and hydrogen phosphide gas is recovered to a gas recovery steel cylinder.


In this letter, we propose a joint power and code-domain non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technique for the fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks and beyond. We consider a downlink system, where the users' experience diverse channel conditions. The transmitter involves a sparse code multiple access (SCMA) encoder and allows diversity in power allocation to the users. The detection is based on combined message-passing and successive-interference-cancellation algorithms. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed NOMA system achieves higher spectral efficiency than the conventional single power-domain NOMA- and SCMA-based systems.


It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Microorganisms, a new open access journal, which is dedicated to microorganisms in all their forms and via any approach to their study. [...].


In this paper, four (04) olive oil by-products were used as potential feedstocks for the production of carbon rich materials via hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) process. The raw olive pomace (ROP), Olive mill waste (OMW), Impregnated ROP (IROP) were introduced into a hydrothermal calorific bomb at different experimental conditions. The effect of carbonization temperature was followed for three different isotherm peaks. Results showed that mass yield decreases with increasing heating temperature. The IROP presented the highest yield of 65% at a carbonization temperature of 180°C. Thermogravimetric analysis on the produced hydrochars depicted a high amount of volatile matter content reaching 85% for OMW carbonization at 220°C. SEM imaging showed a similar pattern for the different hydrochars characterized with the appearance of a spherical-like morphology. FTIR specters emphasized on the amorphous aspect of the produced hydrochars with a significant concentration of acidic and basic surface functional groups.


From a pharmacokinetic viewpoint, the use of ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir, one of the standards of care for genotype 1b chronic hepatitis C in Japan, could be possible in patients with impaired renal function. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of this combination that have not yet been addressed in patients undergoing dialysis.


ATHAIDE, Dileep Joseph Anthony. A model for the evolution of the chemical systems of the earth's crust and mantle defined by radiogenic strontium distribution, and the rubidium-strontium geochemistry of the Shulaps Range and other ultramafic bodies in and near southwestern British Columbia. Vancouver, University of British Columbia, unpublished M.Sc. thesis in Geological Sciences, 1976. xvi, 157 pp., ill. Canadian thesis on microfiche # 28635.


In this paper we address the use of Distance Education forum or online forum as an educational tool used in the Distance Education Mode (DL). The starting point was the concept of Distance Education and the relevance of this type of teaching and learning for education and for society as a whole; carry on about the Distance Education in virtual learning environment, the distance education forum or online forum, characterizing it as genre and one of the most used tools in teaching and distance learning. Our theoretical framework is rooted in: Moore (1993), Levy (1996), Preti (1996), Marcuschi (2001), Moran (2002; 2007), New; Ahmed (2003), Sanchez (2205), Moran (2007), Belloni (2009), Dias; Milk (2010), Scavazza (2010), Peters (2015), among others. This study is part of a wider research, which culminated in the dissertation entitled "The repetition as a strategy in the textual-discursive organization in Distance Education forum", presented to the Federal University of Piaui (UFPI) in February, 2016, and which comprises the result of analysis of 02 (two) forums that took place in the subject called Reading and Texts Production, which was a discipline of Portuguese Language Graduation Course, in the Distance Education of UFPI at Sao Joao do Piaui Cit, whose data were extracted from the Moodle Platform (Modular Object oriented Dynamic Learning Enviroment).


We give sharp lower bounds for the postulation of the nodes of a general plane projection of a smooth connected curve C in P^r and we study the relationships with the geometry of the embedding. Strict connections with Castelnuovo's theory and Halphen's theory are shown.


The newest Stage 6 (Years 11 & 12) English syllabus was implemented in 1999 and first examined in 2001. This new syllabus was intended to bring senior English back `up-to-date' with current ideas about literary theory, student needs and pedagogy as such it contains many new and exciting features, and seems to have drawn on a variety of theoretical perspectives to inform some innovative approaches to English teaching and learning. However, it can also be perceived that this desire to take a bit of the best of several literary and pedagogical theories has also resulted in a syllabus that lacks a solid theoretical standpoint and continues to neglect several issues of inequity and disadvantage.


The technique of selective third ventricular catheterization and pantopaque ventriculography is described and the author's experience with 17 cases is briefly summarized.This technique has been found to be especially useful in patients suspected of harboring a posterior fossa lesion. Its chief advantages are the speed with which it can be executed and the avoidance of the necessity of manipulating the patient during the procedure (the entire procedure is done with the patient supine), the latter being of especial value in patients who are seriously ill, unable to cooperate or unconscious.The procedure has proved to be safe, although several points of caution are discussed.


A Mapping arithmetic based on Windows CE electronic mapping positioning environment has been discussed in this paper, which is fit for embedded map positioning system. This arithmetic is realized by joining the point, distance between the point and a nearby road, and the angle matching the pointed line. The corresponding experiment result figures are also given.


IntroductionThe clinical impact of scapular notching is controversial. Some reports suggest it has no impact while others have demonstrated it does negatively impact clinical outcomes. The goal of this clinical study is to analyze the pre- and post-operative outcomes of 415 patients who received rTSA with one specific prosthesis (Equinoxe; Exactech, Inc).Methods415 patients (mean age: 72.2yrs) with 2 years minimum follow-up were treated with rTSA for CTA, RCT, and OA by 8 fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeons. 363 patients were deemed to not have a scapular notch by the implanting surgeon at latest follow-up (72.1 yrs; 221F/131M) whereas 52 patients were deemed to have a scapular notch at latest follow-up (73.3 yrs; 33F/19M). Outcomes were scored using SST, UCLA, ASES, Constant, and SPADI metrics; active abduction, forward flexion, and internal/external rotation were also measured to quantify function. Average follow-up was 38.1 months (No Notch: 37.2; Notch: 44.4). A two-tailed, unpaired t-test identif...


This study explores how race, gender and alienation affect public opinion on military deployments abroad. This study extends the literature concerning these three variables. Specifically, the theories and predominant patterns of past studies have been applied to the newest case (the U.S./Iraq war). The subjects came from the 2002 National Election Survey. The model enjoyed a respectable sample size of 673 respondents. Confirming prior studies, it was found that being female and having a lower economic status, continues to correlate highly with diminished support for military deployments abroad. Conversely, political affiliation with the President's party and approval of the President's job performance leads individuals to support military interventions abroad at higher rates. Surprisingly, Blacks were not found to significantly disfavor war in comparison with non-blacks, and alienation was found to be completely insignificant in determining support for the U.S. deployment to Iraq. This finding is theory infirming, as both of these variables demonstrate a break with previous research.


Togetherwith his colleagues,Macchiarini carried out a total of eight such transplants between 2011 and 2014—three in Sweden and five in Russia. The three patients in Sweden died and four of the five patients in Russia died. Macchiarini was dismissed from the Karolinska Institute in 2016 for breaching medical ethics after being accused of falsifying his resume and misrepresenting his work. In 2019, an Italian court sentenced him to 16 months in prison for forging documents and abuse of office. In December 2020, Swedendecided to reopenan investigation into the three trachea procedures carried out by Macchiarini.


Biomedical research often utilizes Cox regression for the analysis of time-to-event data. The pervasive use of frequentist inference for these analyses implicates that the evidence for or against the presence (or absence) of an effect cannot be directly compared and that researchers must adhere to a predefined sampling plan. As an alternative, the use of Bayes factors improves upon these limitations, which is especially important for costly and time-consuming biomedical studies. However, Bayes factors involve their own difficulty of specifying priors for the parameters of the statistical model. In this article, we develop data-driven priors for Cox regression tailored to nine subfields in biomedicine. To this end, we extracted hazard ratios and associated x% confidence intervals from the abstracts of large corpora of already existing studies within the nine biomedical subfields. We used these extracted data to inform priors for the nine subfields. All of our suggested priors are Normal distributions with means of 0 and standard deviations closely scattered around 1. We propose that researchers use these priors as reasonable starting points for their analyses.


The DC-chopper is a common component in back-to-back converter systems, connected in parallel to the DC bus. As the system voltage increase to the medium-voltage level, different solutions involving series-connected DC-choppers have been proposed. To simplify the topology and associated circuits, a medium-voltage DC-chopper enabled by 10 kV SiC MOSFETs is demonstrated in this paper.


Karyology of the Asparagales and Liliales is reviewed with references to their morphology, embryology, DNA analyses, and other aspects. Asparagaceae, Ruscaceae, Dracenaceae, and Nolinaceae may share a common ancestor with x = 10, and Tecophilaeaceae, Cyanastraceae, and Ixioliriaceae with x = 12. Tricyrtis (Uvulariaceae) is karyologically similar to Tulipa, Gagea (Liliaceae) and Smilax (Smilacaceae); Clintonia (Uvulariaceae) to Medeola (Liliaceae); Prosartes and Streptopus (Uvulariaceae) to Calochortus (Calochortaceae); Scoliopus (Trilliaceae) to the Medeola-Clintonia group or Calochortus-Prosartes-Streptopus group. The original chromosome size of the Asparagales and Liliales may be estimated as small.

Die karyologischen Verhaltnisse der Asparagales und Liliales werden dargestellt und in Beziehung zu Morphologie und Embryologie, zu DNA-Analysen und anderen Aspekten gesetzt. Fur die Asparagaceen, Ruscaceen, Dracaenaceen und Nolinaceen wird eine gemeinsame Ahnform mit x = 10, fur die Tecophilaeaceen, Cyanastraceen und Ixioliriaceen mit x = 12 angenommen. Grose karyologische Ahnlichkeiten bestehen zwischen Tricyrtis (Uvulariaceen), Tulipa, Gagea (Liliaceen) und Smilax (Smilacaceen), zwischen Clintonia (Uvulariaceen) und Medeola (Liliaceen), zwischen Prosartes und Streptopus (Uvulariaceen) sowie Calochortus (Calochortaceen), zwischen Scoliopus (Trilliaceen) und der Medeola-Clintonia-Gruppe oder der Calochortus-Prosartes-Streptopus-Gruppe. Die ursprungliche Chromosomengrose der Asparagales und Liliales wird als klein eingeschatzt.


issues. This affords him the opportunity to interpret the Fall-story in Gen 3 in less misogynist and sexphobic ways than one might expect from a medieval exegete. Identifying the first disobedience as a matter of the will when the human heart lost trust in God, and not as the culpa of the body or the first woman, Luther grieves over the post-Fall distorted (mis)awareness that makes human beings experience as shameful their most divine, original state: nudity and sexuality. In gender relations and »in the nude« human beings know what it means to live as simul iustus et peccator. Third, future re-exploration of Luther's interpretation of the OT as a source for his theology will do well to embrace the input of gender studies and Jewish scholarship and to address issues pertaining to unnecessarily male-centric and Christ-centric readings of the Hebrew texts.


Polarization photon-gated persistent spectral hole burning (PSHB) was performed for the meso-phenyl-tetrabenzoporphyrinato-zinc–aromatic cyanide system. Excellent signal-to-noise ratio was obtained. The polarization dependence of the gating effect was observed and studied. Hole filling was investigated in the polarization photon-gated PSHB. Over 100 photon-gated holes have been burned and detected for this system by polarization spectroscopy.


Objectives: We discuss a method to provide medical education in bronchoesophagology by using high-fidelity patient simulation manikins. Methods: A sophisticated, life-sized infant manikin with realistic anatomic, physiologic, and hemodynamic responses to interventions was programmed to simulate endobronchial foreign body lodgment by blocking ventilation of one lung and manifesting audible stridor, asymmetric chest wall motion, and decreased oxygen saturation. Results: Otolaryngology residents participated in simulation exercises incorporating the cognitive and technical skills necessary for successful airway endoscopy, including technical proficiency and teamwork, to learn to coordinate endoscopy and ventilation and manage laryngospasm. Rather than relying on instructor description, the participants responded directly to the manikin. This sense of realism stimulated participants to rehearse to improve provider performance and patient safety. Simulation provided an agenda determined by the needs of the learners, exploration without direct risk to patients, immediate feedback, and objective documentation. Conclusions: Rapidly evolving medical simulation technologies support activated, effective adult learning; they will play an increasing role in medical education.


Radiation damage in KCl can be produced by the decay of a self-trapped exciton into an F centre and an H centre. The authors present calculations of the energies of the states involved for various stages in the evolution of the damage. These lead to important conclusions about the very rapid damage process, and support strongly Itoh and Saidoh's suggestion (1973) that damage proceeds through an excited hole state. The results also help in understanding the prompt decay of F and H pairs at low temperatures, the thermal annihilation of F and H centres, the effects of optical excitation of the self-trapped exciton, and some of the trends within the alkali halides. The calculations use a self-consistent semi-empirical molecular-orbital method. A large cluster of ions is used (either 42 or 57 ions) plus long-range Madelung terms. The ion positions were obtained from separate lattice-relaxation calculations with the HADES code. The choice of CNDO parameters and the adequacy of the method were checked by a number of separate predictions.


We have developed a left ventricular wall motion analysis method, and developed a display method of the motion on personal computer monitor. To know precise rotation or deformity, identifiable landmarks must be located. The MRI tagging makes it possible to estimate the regional wall motion noninvasively. We tried to estimate the precise LV wall motion by the MRI tagging. Tagging is achieved by a selective saturation pulse method. The difference of the signal intensity between tagged and nontagged regions persists for 400-700 milliseconds. We display the tag point movement as animation, and display the rotation and contraction curve on the same computer monitor.


Throughout this paper, we study a new modified version of fractional boundary value problem (BVP) of the form (a D α y)(t)+ p(t)y′(t)+q(t)y(t) = 0, a < t < b, 2 < α 3, with y(a) = y′(a) = y(b) = 0 , where p ∈C1([a,b]) and q ∈C([a,b]) . Using the vector Green function we obtain a Lyapunov-type inequality for the BVP subject to Dirichlet-type boundary conditions. Moreover, we utilize the new inequality to infer a criteria for the nonexistence of real zeros of some certain Mittag-Leffler functions using the generalized Wright functions. Mathematics subject classification (2010): 34A08, 26D10, 34C10, 33E12.


The present study aimed to isolate, purify and antibacterial evaluation of ferritin extracted from Chick pea (Cicer arietinum L.) against Gramnegative microorganisms (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Kliebsiella Pneumonia, Proteus vulgaris) , as well as Gram-positive microorganism (Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermis). Agar well diffusion method was adapted to determine antibacterial evaluation against all the test microorganisms. Zone of inhibition of the crude and pure extracts were tested. Among all the test pathogens E. coli was found susceptible with zone of inhibition 8 mm. to the purified ferritin extract. Cicer arietinum L. ferritin was successfully isolated with two subunits with molecular weights of 20.1- kDa and 29- kDa respectively .The present study reveals the least susceptibility of the microorganisms towards the ferritin isolated from seeds of Cicer


Privacy-centric mobile social network (PC-MSN), which allows users to build intimate and private social circles, is an increasingly popular type of online social networks (OSNs). Because of strict usage policy enforced by PC-MSNs (such as restricted account and content access), malicious accounts (or users) have to act like normal accounts to accumulate credentials before committing malicious activities. Therefore, analysis merely relying on static account profile information or social graphs is ineffective to detect such growing-up accounts. Besides, existing behavior-based malicious account detection methods fail to effectively detect growing-up accounts who pretend to be benign and have similar behaviors to benign users during the growing-up stage. In this paper, we present the first comprehensive study of growing-up behaviors of malicious accounts in WeChat, one of the major PC-MSNs with billions of daily active users across the globe. Our analysis reveals that the behavior patterns of growing-up accounts are very similar to that of benign users, and yet quite different from typical malicious accounts. Based on this observation, we design Muses, a detection system that can automatically identify subtle yet effective behaviors (features) to distinguish growing-up accounts before they engage in obvious malicious campaigns. Muses is unsupervised so that it can adapt to new malicious campaigns even if the behavior patterns of malicious accounts are unknown a priori. In particular, Muses addresses the limitations of the previous supervised techniques, i.e., requiring manually labeled training sets, which is time-consuming and costly. We evaluate Muses on a large-scale anonymized dataset from WeChat with roughly 440k accounts. The experimental results show that Muses achieves 2x recall, with similar precision, compared with the previous methods. Specifically, Muses detects over 82% growing-up accounts with a precision of 90% and achieves an AUC of 0.95. Notably, Muses can also effectively detect growing-up accounts even if malicious users applied various evasion strategies.


"The traditional equity sources are not there right now," he added. "There is a lot of money sitting outside the market waiting for a bit of market stability before they come back in - and so the junior mining companies are having to access capital from what they call'non-traditional sources'."

"A lot of these companies have really good assets that are trading at a fraction of their net asset value, so if you're trading at.4 of your value, a stream company, such as Sandstorm can come in and pay you.8 or.9 of your asset value, which is created to shareholders. This is one form of financing I have seen and what that does, typically, is increase the equity," [Mark Reineking] said at Mines & Money.

"You don't just rock up to the conventional fund market and say'here's your lucky chance'. You need to come in off a long run. You need to prepare, know the investment community and present your story at a time when you don't need money to get ready for the time that you do. And, over and over again, people don't seem to want to do that," he added.


The publication presents the latest trends in indications for cochlear implantation in children. The principles of early detection of hearing loss in children as well as the detailed methodology and tools for diagnosis of a child before cochlear implant were discussed. Based on a review of publications from recent years, reference was made to the latest trends in implantation, taking into account: electroacoustic stimulation, electronatural stimulation, unilateral deafness, asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss, early implantation in children under 12 months of age and indications for brainstem implants in children with inner ear malformations . The significance of residual hearing in patients with cochlear implants as well as the use of appropriate electrodes for a specific clinical situation were also discussed. These factors may influence future development of speech and hearing.


We analyzed a data set constructed from functionally unrelated, easily collected observations (e.g., meat, stock, and liquor prices) around Fort Collins, Colorado, using principal components analysis (PCA), canonical correlation analysis (CC), and discriminant function analysis (DFA). Each produced seemingly significant results and suggested strong relationships between the variables measured. We suggest that multivariate techniques can provide invalid inferences when used with data containing no relationships. We question the use of these techniques in studies of wildlife habitat.


Introduction and Purpose: Lactate, along with other metabolic products, is used as a marker of fatigue. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to analyze if the accumulation of blood lactate after Special Judo Fitness Test (SJFT) application is able to influence the Ippon-Seoi-Nague technique in judo. Methods: The sample consisted of 15 judokas, aged between 15 and 20 years, practicing the modality for at least 7 years. Cardiac frequency, blood lactate and Ippon-Seoi-Nague technique were collected before and after SJFT. For the descriptive statistics, the absolute and percentage values were used, in addition to the mean and standard deviation. For the inferential statistics, the t test for paired samples and the Pearson correlation were used. For all the analyzes the SPSS for Windows 20.0 statistical program was used, and the significance level adopted was 5%. Results and discussion: There was a significant increase in blood lactate of the pre (2.91 ± 0.80 mmol/L) for the post-test (10.50 ± 3.24 mmol/L). However, a significant improvement in the technical quality of the blow was observed when the trunk (1.91 ± 0.34 for 1.66 ± 0.37, p = 0.022), hip (2.13 ± 0.61 for 1.77 ± 0.58, p = 0.011) and complete technique (2.15 ± 0.64 for 1.80 ± 0.51, p = 0.012). Conclusion: Significant improvements were observed in the biomechanics of the Ippon-Seoi-Nague stroke when the trunk, hip and complete joints were analyzed, even with a significant increase in blood lactate from the pre-test to the post-test.


(Ti, Al)N films having various composition ratios of Ti and Al were deposited onto a hard alloy substrate by reactive RF sputtering using a single power source, the power from which was split by a variable coupling capacitor. A series of (Ti, Al)N specimens was obtained by changing voltage in a mixed argon-nitrogen atmosphere.Film composition were measured by X-ray diffraction and EPMA.The results showed that all the (Ti, Al)N films showed homogenous distribution of Ti and Al. X-ray patterns showed obvious formation of TiN for concentrated Ti side and AlN formation for Al riched side.Those (Ti, Al)N films having Ti-to-Al ratios approximating 1 1 were amorphous. Hardness of the films was from Hv1200 to Hv1300.


This review evaluates the available data to help guide patients and caregivers when developing treatment plans for women diagnosed with breast cancer during pregnancy.


International norms change over time, but we do not fully understand how and why they evolve as they do. In this article, I explore a general model of international norm change. The model builds on two foundations. First, normative systems themselves generate tensions that lead to change. Those tensions are of two major types: (1) conflicts between the generality of rules and the specificity of concrete experience; and (2) conflicts between separate bodies of rules. Second, specific disputes push these normative conflicts to the fore and provoke arguments about the meaning and application of rules. The outcomes of those arguments necessarily modify the rules. The process of normative change is thus a cycle, linking rules to actions to arguments, which in turn reshape the rules. In order to explore the empirical utility of the model, the article assesses the evolution of the rules of war with respect to the plundering of artistic and cultural treasures. Relying on both secondary and archival materials, the analysis focuses on two crucial turns through the cycle of normative change, the Napoleonic Wars and World War II. The empirical account shows that the cycle of normative change depicted in the abstract does correspond to real-world processes.


The rotor design of Synchronous Reluctance Motors (SynRMs) has a large effect on their efficiency, torque density and torque ripple. In order to achieve a good compromise between these three goals, an optimized rotor geometry is necessary. A finite element method (FEM) is a good tool for the optimization. However, the computation time is an obstacle as there are many geometrical parameters to be optimized. The flux-barrier widths and angles are the two most crucial parameters for the SynRM output torque and torque ripple. This paper proposes an easy-to-use set of parametrized equations to select appropriate values for these two rotor parameters. With these equations, the reader can design a SynRM of distributed windings with a low torque ripple and with a better average torque. The methodology is valid for a wide range of SynRMs. To check the validity of the proposed equations, the sensitivity analysis for the variation of these two parameters on the SynRM torque and torque ripple is carried out. In addition, the analysis in this paper gives insight into the behavior of the machine as a function of these two parameters. Furthermore, the torque and torque ripple of SynRMs having a rotor with three, four and five flux-barriers are compared with three literature approaches. The comparison shows that the proposed equations are effective in choosing the flux-barrier angles and widths for low torque ripple and better average torque. Experimental results have been obtained to confirm the FEM results and to validate the methodology for choosing the rotor parameters.


The research of broadband absorbing materials is of great importance in engineering application. In this paper, a broadband structural absorbing material with multilayer is studied. Different proportions of graphite and iron powders added into the cement materials, which forms the absorbing material with a multilayer sandwich structure. Firstly, in order to measure this multilayer structural absorbing material, we developed the original method of measuring electromagnetic parameters,which is independent of the reference plane. A novel nonlinear equation for parameter extraction is presented. Compared with the original equation, the convergence rate of the iterative solution is improved. Secondly, a formula for choosing the initial confidence region of the nonlinear equation is given. At last, the equivalent electromagnetic parameters of the multilayer structure absorbing material were measured and analyzed, and the efficient permittivity and permeability were obtained.


Objective To investigate the prognostic value of Microalbum inuria and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome(ACS) in non-diabetic persons. MethodsMicroalbuminuria and CRP levels were measured in non-diabetic patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) or unstableangina(UA). The cases were divided into groups according to the Microalbuminuria and CRP levels. The major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) were analyzed. ResultsThe attack frequency of angina pectoris and the incidences of total MACE significantly increased in Microalbuminuria elevated group than that in Microalbuminuria normal group (all P0.05). The incidences of total MACE in CRP elevated group is higher than that in CRP normal group (P 0.05).The incidences of total MACE significantly increased in group B (Microalbuminuria≥30 mg/L or CRP≥10 mg/L)and group C (Microalbuminuria≥30 mg/L and CRP≥3 mg/L) than that in group A(Microalbuminuria 30 mg/L and CRP3 mg/L)(all P 0.05).The incidences of total MACE in group C is higher than that in group B(P 0.05). Conclusion Microalbuminuria and CRP levels were associated with the overall incidences of MACE in non-diabetic patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome. They could be used as markers for risk stratification in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome. Microalbuminuria and CRP combined together is more valuable than one of them in prognosis.


Summary form only given. The HFC (hybrid coaxial cable) networks are being deployed by cable TV operators and by some other telecommunication service providers at an accelerated speed. Progress in the optical transmission technology and its creative deployment allows to maintain the positive features of the tree-and branch architecture while offering an ample number of opportunities for interactive, targeted telecommunication and entertainment services. Few challenges still exist, and optimization of the HFC network is and will be an ongoing effort. The progress in optical transmission technology plays a major role in this effort.


Abstract Evaluating the quality of rural human (RH) settlements and clarifying its spatial differentiation characteristics have the most direct guiding role for the formulation of regional construction policies and the optimization of RH settlements. In this study, the index model of environmental quality of RH settlement was established. ImPACT and trade-off analysis methods were used to quantitatively identify the spatial differentiation of RH settlement and dominant impact human factors of it in Gansu Province in 2017. Then, the driving type of RH settlement environment was identified. Results are as follows. (1) The overall environmental quality of RH settlement in Gansu Province shows a decreasing trend from "west to east." (2) The environmental quality of RH settlement is mainly affected by eight factors, of which the effect of quantity index per capita is more significant. (3) The trade-off relationship between the environmental quality index and these eight dominant factors is mainly low–low, which indicates that the human factors are the main reason for the environmental quality of the RH settlement. (4) Based on the dominant human factors, Gansu Province is classified into four driving types, of which the proportion of comprehensive type accounts for 77.01%.


The synthesis of the potent analgesic alkaloid epibatidine 1, employing as the key step a singlet oxygen reaction with 1-(2-chloro-5-pyridyl)cyclohexa-2,4-diene 2, is described.


This presentation focusses on institutionally provided technology-enhanced learnings for academic managers, learning leaders, tertiary teachers and professional support staff from the explosion of big data and the learning analytics of our students and their learning outcomes.

James Cook University (JCU) has provided open, live and self-serve access to (de-identified) student demographics, trends, retention, grades, transitions and completions at the subject/unit and course/program level since 2013 via its data warehouse (IBM Cognos). This service is provided by the JCU Quality Planning and Analytics department and undergoes continuous improvement cycles in collaboration with end users (academic units). It is now cross linking to real-time Learning Analytics via Blackboard Analytics for Learn™ and external higher education big data such as the Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) website and national student feedback data sets.

Examples of good practice and leveraging of big data will be discussed in this presentation, including its use for: review, planning and improvement of curriculum and offerings; program/degree reporting; student cohort analysis; staff (especially sessional staff) induction and training; designing executive dashboards; degree and subject trending and modelling student loads.

As science and mathematics professionals we are (or perhaps should be) more comfortable with the presentation of big data around our students and their learning trends and contexts. Not so from the experience of this author, who has played a "story telling" role around this big data for the last three years as an academic developer. These simultaneous data feeds now available at many institutions should bring a sense of empowerment to academics around their teaching in times of rapid change in higher education, rather than one of fear or disillusionment of yet another administratively loaded task. Confirm your hunches, predict performance, preempt struggle and translate trends. Do or Do Not, there is no Try to engage with these new data sources, feel the force and use them wisely…..


This Method goes for one recently bringing assignment up in a vision and mixed media look into perceiving human activities from still pictures. Its principal challenges lie in the substantial varieties in human stances and appearances, just as the absence of worldly movement data. Tending to these issues, we propose to build up an expressive profound model to normally incorporate human format and encompassing settings for more elevated amount activity understanding from still pictures. Specifically, a Deep Belief Net is prepared to intertwine data from various boisterous sources, for example, body part recognition and item identification. To connect the semantic hole, we utilized physically marked information to significantly improve the strength of the pre-preparing and adjusting phases of the DBN preparing. The subsequent system is appeared to be vigorous to here and there inconsistent sources of info (e.g., loose location of human parts and questions), and beats the best in class approaches.


In this paper I make the following three conjectures: (I) If P is both a Poulet number and a Harshad number, than the number P – 1 is also a Harshad number; (II) If P is a Poulet number divisible by 5 under the condition that the sum of the digits of P – 1 is not divisible by 5 than P – 1 is a Harshad number; (III) There exist an infinity of Harshad numbers of the form P – 1, where P is a Poulet number.


As online social networks acquire larger user bases, they also become more interesting targets for spammers and promoters. Spam can take very different forms on social websites, especially in the form of videos and cannot always be detected by analyzing textual content. There are online video sharing systems that allow the users to post videos s response to any type of discussion topic. This feature encourages some of the users to post polluted content illegally as responses and there may be content promoters who try to promote them in the top listed search. Content pollution like spread advertise to generate sales, disseminate pornography, and compromise system reputation may threaten the trust of users on the system, thus weaken its success in promoting social interactions. As a solution for this problem, we classify the users as spammers, content promoters and legitimate users by building a test collection of real YouTube users using which we can provide a classification we use of content, individual and social attributes that help in characterizing each user class. For effective classification we use SVMKNN which is an active learning approach. Our proposed approach poses a promising alternative to simply considering all users as legitimate or to randomly selecting users for manual inspection. In simple SVM training is very slow on whole dataset and not works very well on multiple classes. To overcome this problem and to provide efficient classification in fast manner we proposed new approach is SVM-KNN. Train a Support Vector Machine on K no of collections of nearest neighbours. Keyword-Spammers, Promoters, Social Networks, SVM-KNN


Taking CO2 absorption as background, this paper makes a research on the experiments of CO2 absorption of the NaOH solution within microchannel reactor. By changing the concentration, superficial gas velocity and superficial liquid velocity of NaOH solution, their impact on the CO2 absorption rate is studied, and the results show that the overall mass transfer coefficient G K a increases when NaOH solution concentration increases. Under the same superficial liquid velocity, when superficial gas velocity increases, G K a also increases, and with the increase of superficial gas velocity, the increasing trend gradually slows down. At the same superficial gas velocity, with the increase of superficial liquid velocity, G K a also increase, and with the increase of superficial gas velocity, the increasing trend becomes faster. Experimental part The experimental device is shown in figure 1, the ratio of N2 and CO2 gas flow is adjusted to 1: 1 by the mass flow meter, and the mixed gas gets into a microchannel of the microchannel reactor. The NaOH solution is withdrawn from advection pump at 30 °C super-heated water bath, then it flows into another microchannel of the microchannel reactor. Two-phase of liquid and gas contact in the main microchannel for the gas absorption process, and finally enter the gas-liquid separator for gas-liquid separation. The inner diameter of the microchannel reactor used in this experiment is 0.5mm. After the gas separation, the export flow is measured by the bubble flowmeter. Absorbing liquid titrates nitric acid solution to determine the amount of CO2 absorption. This experiment uses double indicator method, three consecutive parallel tests of each experiment are made to get the average. 1-N2 cylinders 2-CO2 cylinders 3, 4-Valve 5,6-Gas mass flow meter 7-Microchannel reactor 8-Advection pump 9-Water bath 10,11-Jars 12-Bubble flowmeter Fig.1Schematic representation of the experimental setup. Experimental principle The parameters during liquid mass transfer process such as gas-liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficient, the phase boundary area usually uses chemical absorption method to measure. As to the different actual situation for devices, we can select specific gas liquid reaction systems to 4th International Conference on Mechatronics, Materials, Chemistry and Computer Engineering (ICMMCCE 2015) © 2015. The authors Published by Atlantis Press 222 characterize [1, . In order to increase the rate of mass transfer, this experiment adds NaOH into the water in order to increase the CO2 absorption rate in N2, and the reaction mechanism is as follows: 2 3 CO OH HCO − − + → (1) 2 3 3 2 HCO OH CO H O − − − + → + (2) In the above two formulas, (1) is irreversible secondary reaction, (2) is proton transfer reaction, the reaction rate constant in (2) is much bigger than that in (1), so (1) is the rate controlling step. Under the experimental conditions, the solution is alkaline, the equilibrium concentration of 3 HCO can be ignored, so combine (1) and (2), the reaction is as follows: 2 2 3 2 2 CO OH CO H O − − + → + (3) In this experimental system, the expression for the reaction rate equation is 2 [ ][ ] r k CO OH − = ,k is the reaction rate constant in alkaline, and its value can be calculated by the correlations Pohorecki put forward: 1


Perceptionofcorruption in Sloveniasince 2000, more than not fell, year-on-year, the index of perception of corruption grew or was in thepreviousyearonlyslightlyreduced (but was strong growth between 2003 and 2008). After 2008, therewas a breakandindexbegan to fallsharply. Corruptioncertainlywas not significantly more than in previousyears, andsomethingelsehad to leadthatchange. Therefore, thepaperexaminedwhichhaveimportanteconomicindicatorswhich influence thechanges in perception (perception) ofcorruption (increase or decrease) in Slovenia, andhowchanges in individualeconomicindicatorsaffecttheperceptionofCorruption. As independent variables were chosenun employment rate, purchasing power and the change in GDP and in the paper, studying their impact on the index of perception of corruption as the dependent variable.


BACKGROUND
Proper exercise training modifies intra miocellular energy utilization, glucose transport and mitochondrial biogenesis.

AIM
To determine the therapeutic effects of a high intensity intermittent training (HIIT) program on glucose homeostasis, physical fitness and body fat in glucose intolerant patients.

PATIENTS AND METHODS
Eighteen patients with overweight or obesity and glucose intolerance were invited to participate in an exercise program consisting in three sessions per week for 3 months. Ten participants aged 35 ± 13 years who attended > 26 of the planned 36 sessions, were considered as adherent to exercise. The other eight participants aged 37 ± 17 years, who attended to a mean of 13 sessions, were considered as non-adherent. Both groups had similar body weight, body mass index, body fat, plasma glucose 2 h after an oral glucose load and maximal oxygen uptake. All these variables were measured at the end of exercise intervention. Each session consisted of 1 min exercise of cycling at maximal intensity until muscle fatigue followed by 2 min rest, repeated 10 times.

RESULTS
Among adherent participants, twelve weeks of HIIT improved significantly maximal oxygen uptake (6.1 + 3.6 mL/kg/min or 24.6%), reduced 2 h post load blood glucose (-33.7 + 47.9 mg/dL or -12.5%) and body fat (-4.3 + 5.6 kg). No significant changes were observed in the non-adherent group.

CONCLUSIONS
HIIT exercise reduces blood glucose after an oral load in glucose intolerant patients.


The invention discloses a preparation method for cabazitaxel. The preparation method comprises the steps of performing an acetyl protecting group-removing reaction on propionate side chain of a compound (5) in a solvent, under the effect of hydrogen peroxide and at a pH value of 8-9. The invention also discloses preparation method for a cabazitaxel intermediate. The preparation method comprises the steps of reacting a compound (2) and a compound (3) in a solvent, under the effect of alkali. The invention also discloses the cabazitaxel intermediate shown as a compound (4) or a compound (5). The method is simple in process and high in yield, and is suitable for industrialized production.


The forms and magnitude of leaching loss of N under different sources and levels of N in the three major wetland rice soils of Cauvery delta were studied. Light textured Madukkur series registered higher leaching loss of N under all N sources, than the heavy textured Kalalthur and Padugai series soils. Out of the total leaching loss, about 11 per cent was in the form of NH₂-N, 77 per cent as NO3-N. Among the N sources tried, application of USG recorded the highest leaching loss of N irrespective of the soil studied. Use of coated fertilizers as well as ammonium chloride was found very much effective in reducing the leaching loss of N in the light textured Madukkur series compared to their performance in heavy textured soils.


The research focuses on the perspectives of development of the strategic management in Ukrainian higher education. Strategic management is widely used by European higher education institutions and cannot be avoided by Ukrainian institutions if they are going to develop for a better future. Ukrainian higher education institutions are in the transition state and their understanding of strategic management is at the initial stage and further evolvement of the strategic management in Ukrainian higher education requires reforms from the state and willingness of the higher education institutions to accept the challenges of the modern environment.


In this paper, we propose a simple certified e-check scheme. It is simple because no full PKI setup is needed by the e-check users. Additionally, it provides privacy and flexibility that are not in the current certified e-check scheme. Furthermore, it can be easily implemented on top of the existing Internet banking systems without additional cost. With this simple solution, we hope that the e-check will gain wide acceptance among the general population.


The article created a method of irrevocable search occurrences of words based on the representation and processing of binary matrix of single-character pattern matching and text. Feature of the method are the computational processes of the parallel processing of binary vectors by diagonal matrices, extended view of k errors replace characters in arbitrary positions of the sample


Many terrestrial and astrophysical plasmas encompass very large dynamical ranges in space and time, which are not accessible by direct numerical simulations. Thus, idealized sub-volumes are often used to study small-scale effects including the dynamics of magnetized turbulence. One significant aspect of the dynamics of the turbulent cascade is the transfer of energy from the large to small scales. In this work, we present a new shell-to-shell energy transfer analysis framework for understanding cascades of energy within compressible magnetized turbulence. We demonstrate the viability of this framework through application to a series of isothermal subsonic and supersonic magnetized turbulence simulations and utilize results from this analysis to establish benchmarks in the non-linear regime for cross-code comparison. We further utilize these simulations to study how the autocorrelation time and normalization of the large-scale driving systematically change properties of the turbulence. In general, we show that shorter autocorrelation times require more power in the acceleration field. More power in the acceleration field results in more power in compressive modes that weaken the anti-correlation between density and magnetic field strength. We examine how these results can impact a range of diagnostics relevant for a range of terrestrial and astrophysical applications.


Common mass spectrometry utilizing non-selective ionizationprocesses, like electron bombardment, has an excellent isotopic selectivity, but is unable to distinguish different isobars. For example, the 90Sr signal would interfere with the 90Rb signal in a mass spectrometer based on electron impact ionization. The introduction of tuneable dyelasers in the mid 70's made it possible to selectively excite and/or ionize free atoms. A method based on resonance excitation of atoms, laser enhanced ionization (LEI), have been developed and used for trace element analysis in flames (1) and recently also in atmospheric pressure graphite furnaces (2). Sensitivities in the ppb and even in the subppb range have been reported for many elements. The selective excitation of the atoms eliminate the isobaric interferences confronted in mass spectrometry, but unless a very narrow band-width laser is used, the method will suffer from an unability of distinguishing different isotopes. For example 90Sr can not be distinguished from 91Sr or 92Sr in LEI.


Industry traditionally considered maintenance as a cost and a necessity to replace equipment and machines, but the path has changed to better focus on maintenance to prevent faults and it was designated as predictive. The ones motivated to take these advantages are faced with two of the biggest barriers: the investment it requires and the difficulty to develop algorithms. The costs of installation are still high, but the avoided costs surpass it. Also, Internet of Things (IoT) has brought a big shift, which is been known as the industry 4.0. One of the potentials in maintenance is the conditioning monitoring. Condition monitoring sensors and devices are now linked to maintenance platforms, providing real-time data. This new connectivity is both more affordable and easier to implement than predictive maintenance. Real-time data allows managers to adjust preventive maintenance plans while providing greater reliability. At the same time, artificial intelligence manages this data to recognize patterns, which is one of the most promising advances in digital reliability. So, regardless of the ability to immediately implement a preventive maintenance plan, condition monitoring is an asset itself. The present paper presents the common faults on electric machines, their effects, their impact on the industry and the main techniques on condition control to prevent them. It is also added the reflection on the use of IoT to enhance the potential of condition control maintenance. The implementation of continuous improvement actions throughout the life of the equipment allows to increase efficiency, either by overcoming weaknesses or by adapting production or operational capacities to processes, production or maintenance, avoiding under maintenance or over maintenance and minimizing operating costs.


Objective By analyzing the situation of drug induced nervous damage in Liaoning province in 2007,and to explore regularity.Methods With retrospective case study,analyze 2 847 adverse drug reaction(ADR) reports of drug induced nervous damage in Liaoning province in 2007.Results Drug induced nervous damage including antimicrobials(30.31%)、Circulatory system drugs(15.81%)、Central nervous system drugs(15.24%) and Chinese Herb Medicine(14.99%).Adverse events include headache,dizziness,breath holding,flushing,vertigo,somnolence,insomnia.Conclusion It is important to pay close attention to the druginduced nervous damage,to ensure the safe and rational use of drug.


Developers choose identifiers to name entities during software coding. While these names are lexically restricted by the language, they reflect the understanding of the developer on the requirements that the entity is devoted for. In this paper, we analyze the use of such vocabularies to identify experts on code entities. For a real software development, e-Pol (Management Information System for Federal Police of Brazil), we observed around 30% of its code entities has more than 0.3 of similarity with at least one developer vocabulary. We propose an approach to catch this potential expertise that vocabularies carries on. Also, we built an oracle of source code entities per developer that allowed us to assess our approach accuracy compared with two others ones: based on commit and based on percentage of modified Lines of Codes. One advantage of our approach is to disregard changes in formatting or indentation of source code as acts of expertise acquisition. We achieve an accuracy ranging from 0.16 to 0.32 depending on the assumed period of developers' contributions and the top-k experts we are interested on. These results confirm similarity between vocabularies might be explored to point out code experts. Moreover, for orphaned entities, expertise approach based on vocabularies can recommend among current team members one whose vocabulary is closest to the entity.


This paper presents the results of theoretical and experimental investigations of Er:YLF lasing at wavelengths 2.66, 2.71, and 2.81 um for pulse-periodical diode pumping at wavelength 0.98 um. Considerable change of lasing spectrum with increasing of pulse repetition rate was observed. The new method of tuning lasing spectrum based on this effect was suggested.


The skyrocketing rights fees for national, regional, and local sports-television packages in the United States have made headlines over the last few years. While the multibillion-dollar national rights for the National Football League drew the most attention, similar deals at the regional and local levels are just as important for other professional sports leagues and teams as well as collegiate conferences. This study focuses on the transformation of regional sports networks and professional sports between 2000 and 2015. This analysis found clear trends, including the migration of local television rights from fee-to-air to pay platforms; the dramatic increases in both the rights paid for in such packages and the cost for local television households; and the concentration of ownership of these regional networks in three major conglomerates: Twenty-First Century Fox (Fox Sports Networks), Comcast (NBC Sports Regional Networks), and AT&T (AT&T/DirecTV Sports Networks)


A hydrophilic PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) surface was formed by the synthesis of an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) in a two-step process. In the first step, PDMS was loaded with crosslinker ...


Fiber reinforced composites are high strength filling materials composed of conventional composites and glass fibres. They exhibit extensive applications in different fields of dentistry. This clinical report present a case where FRC technology was successfully used to restore central maxillary incisor edentulous area in terms of esthetic-cosmetic values and functionality.


Traditional rice varieties maintained and cultivated by farmers are likely sources of germplasm for breeding new rice varieties. They possess traits potentially adaptable to a wide range of abiotic and biotic stresses. Characterization of these germplasms is essential in rice breeding and provides valued information on developing new rice cultivars. In this study, 307 traditional rice varieties newly conserved at the PhilRice genebank were characterized to assess their phenotypic diversity using 57 morphological traits. Using the standardized Shannon-Weaver diversity index, phenotypic diversity indices averaged at 0.73 and 0.45 for quantitative and qualitative traits, respectively. Correlation analyses among agro-morphological traits showed a high positive correlation in some traits such as culm number and panicle number, flag leaf width and leaf blade width, grain width and caryopsis width. Cluster analysis separated the different varieties into various groups. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed that seven independent principal components accounted for 74.95% of the total variation. Component loadings for each principal component showed morphological characters, such as culm number, panicle number and caryopsis ratio that were among the phenotypic traits contributing positive projections in three principal components that explained 48% of variation. Analyses of results showed high diversity in major traits assessed in farmers' rice varieties. Based on plant height and maturity, 11 accessions could be potential donor parents in a rice breeding program. Future collection trips and characterization studies would further enrich diversity, in particular traits low in diversity, such as anthocyanin coloration, awn presence, awn color, culm habit, panicle type and panicle branching.


Racist violence which occurred in Liverpool in 1919 is analyzed in this article, and it is argued that three main themes can be identified in media, policing and political debates which followed. These are fears of sexual relations between different 'races', competition for employment, and questions relating to citizenship occasioned by a scheme of assisted repatriation introduced to remove black migrant workers from the 'mother country'. The article argues that the issue of 'racial' difference between the communities involved in the disorders should not be treated as a straightforward variable in its own right. Instead recognition of the articulation between racialised discourse and other factors, such as sexual relations, is central to a full understanding of the events.


We develop the broadest possible generalization of the well known connection between quantum-mechanical Bargmann invariants and geometric phases. The key concept is that of null phase curves in quantum-mechanical ray and Hilbert spaces. Examples of such curves are developed. Our generalization is shown to be essential for properly understanding geometric phase results in the cases of coherent states and of Gaussian states. Differential geometric aspects of null phase curves are also briefly explored.


Objective To study the association between the polymorphism of N-acetyltransterase 2(NAT2) gene and antituberculosis drug-induced liver injury (ATLI).Methods In this case-control study,the NAT2 genotypes of 119 pulmonary tuberculosis patients with ATLI and 198 patients without ATLI were analyzed by PCR sequencing technique.The association between NAT2 polymorphism and ATLI was examined by SAS9.13 software.Results The NAT2 was divided into three types according to metabolism rate of their gene phenotype: rapid type (4/4),intermediate type (4/5A,4/5B,4/5C,4/6,4/7) and slow type (5B/6,5B/7,6/6,6/7,7/7).There was a significant statistical difference in genotype frequency between the two groups of patients (P<0.05).Logistics regression analysis demonstrated that the ATLI risk individuals with slow-type NAT2 was 1.91 times of intermediate- and rapid-type patients combined (OR,1.91 ; 95% CI,1.10-3.33).Further,stratification analysis showed that slow-type subjects aged older than 40with negative sputum smear were more likely to have liver injury (P<0.05).Conclusion ATLI is associated with NAT2 genotype,and therefore NAT2 genotyping before antituberculotic medication is recommended for guiding clinical practices.

Key words:
Antitubercular agents;  Acetyltransferases ;  Single nucleotide polymorphism; Drug-induced liver injury;  Pulmonary tuberculosis


In this article the methodology for the determination of the theoretical gamma spectrum originated by applying DGNAA (delayed gamma neutron analysis activation) techniques for the elemental analysis of ash from thermal power plants is exposed. This is a study must be prior to the experimentation in order to define the parameters of the test to obtain the optimal conditions for the detection of each element present in the sample.


Under hydrothermal conditions, two complexes [Ni (phen)2 (C6H5COOH)]•(NO3)2 (C6 H5COOH) (1) and [Ni(H2O)6] •2HSO4•en (2) were synthesized. The crystal structures of two complexes were determined by X-ray single crystal diffraction, and the two complexes were characterized by IR, UV-Vis-NIR and Surface Photovoltage Spectroscopy (SPS). The results indicate that many kinds of hydrogen bonds make two complexes further be connected to 3D network structure, forming supramolecules. Surface photovoltage performance of two complexes were emphatically studied. By contrasting SPS with UV-Vis-NIR spectra, it is found that these response bands in SPS are consistent with absorption peaks in the UV-Vis-NIR spectra.


Abstract Recent research on intellectual histories of the Global South explore the nature of inheritance and the incorporation of ideas from diverse places into colonial and post-colonial histories. Though research into the histories of science, liberalism and nationalism have multifaceted reference points in the discipline of history, histories of intellectuals in conversation with the history of decolonisation remain a missing link in the history of the twentieth century. Through engagement with the 'Bengali Intellectuals Oral History Project' (BIOHP), this paper argues that intellectuals from West Bengal, India, maintained a complex vector of inheritance with Western social thought when contrasted with their East Bengali/Pakistani/Bangladeshi counterparts. The primary interlocutors of eastern Bengali intellectuals were not 'the West', but were western Bengal, inside a regional, as opposed to an increasingly global, audience and marketplace of Indian intellectuals.


An optical tweezers controls a position of nanoparticles in a liquid. A digital holographic microscope with an in-line arrangement measures the three-dimensional position of the nanoparticles under light potential.


A large number of studies on the various characteristics of epoxy-layered silicate nanocomposites, such as electric and mechanical, morphology have been conducted and contributed to improve their characteristics. However, studies on the effects of its thermal conductivities in the thermal properties are not enough, even though there are some excellent evaluations for its insulation performances. Thermal properties will cause thermal degradation and significantly affect the reliability of these epoxy-layered silicate nanocomposites. In the results of the analysis of epoxy-layered silicate nanocomposites for various types of organoclays (10A, 15A, 20A, 30B, and 93A), it showed an excellent thermal property of 10A. Also, it represented low values in storage modulus and mechanical Tan (Delta) at a high temperature section 140 and excellent thermal properties due to its movement to the high temperature section in the case of the property of 10A in the measurement of DMA elastics and mechanical losses. In the results of the measurement of thermal conductivities, power ultrasonic applications represented a significant increase in thermal conductivities in the case of the applications of power ultrasonic and planetary centrifugal mixers. Based on these results, it is necessary to perform related studies because it can be applied as useful materials for future power facilities applications in mold and impregnate insulation.


It has long been suggested to teachers of freshman English that some form of peer evaluation or collaborative learning is helpful in improving composition skills and increasing retention because students helping students is a concept that enhances the composition skills of both the evaluator and the individual being evaluated. Writing strategies and mechanics skills instilled by teacher evaluation of student essays are reinforced as students themselves become evaluators. The chief advantage of peer evaluation, however, is that students are prodded to rethink essay organization, style, and mechanics, that they are encouraged to revise essays for more effective writing. Yet revision has the negative connection of extra work - long hours of recopying and the tedium calculated to dampen student enthusiasm or any extensive changing and rewriting. Fortunately, when the peer evaluation process is coupled with use of the word processor in student writing, most negative feelings about essay revision seem to vanish. Students are no longer reluctant to make major structure changes, and revision becomes more than merely "fixing grammar mistakes" or superficial editing. Something else is gained, as well, by coupling the processes of peer evaluation and word processing in student essay writing: students are released from the inhibitions that seem associated with writing by hand - the ink is no longer "indelible." Creativity is enhanced and fluency is increased; students actually write more as the "chains of correctness" somehow, in their own minds at any rate, seem to melt away. In this


The dynamics of intact photosystem II core complex (PSII-CC) has been investigated extensively to elucidate its excellent photofunction. However, it is significantly difficult to observe the primary photosynthetic processes in PSII-CC, because vast number of chlorophylls (Chl) in the core complex show similar spectral features. In the present work, dynamics of the energy transfer (ET) from β-carotene (Bcr) in intact PSII-CC followed by charge separation (CS) at reaction center (RC) with different excitation wavelengths were compared. Upon excitation at 510 nm, which selectively excite Bcr (Bcr651) inside the D1-D2 RC, pheophytin anion absorption band appeared within 9.6 ps. On the other hand, upon excitation at 490 nm, mainly exciting unspecified Bcr in the antenna complex, the anion band appeared after 20 ps. These excitation wavelength dependence experiments revealed a new ET pathway of PSII-CC which indicates that the initial CS of PSII-CC is limited by ET to the RC.


Abstract 1. There was no correlation between water uptake by a warm egg (37 °C) immersed in iced water and the shell's porosity as measured by water vapour conductance. 2. Eggs lacking cuticle on the shell took up more water than those having cuticle. There was no correlation between water uptake and the water vapour conductance of cuticle‐less eggshells. 3. In general there was no correlation between the amount of water taken up by an egg and the weight of cuticle on its shell. With some eggs there was an association between water uptake and the extent of fissuring of the cuticle. 4. It is postulated that the pore canals impede water flow such that osmotic forces acting across the shell membranes do not influence water uptake by eggs.


ABSTRACT A review of taxonomic literature, examination of existing herbarium specimens, and a morphological study of field-collected material demonstrates that species circumscriptions have been misapplied for the small-flowered Brodiaea species with spreading perianth lobes and floral tubes narrowed above the ovary. The results of these studies demonstrate that Niehaus's (1971) concept of B. purdyi, polyploid plants that occur in woodland habitats in the northern Sierra Nevada foothills, applies to the taxon originally described as B. minor, placing B. purdyi in synonymy with B. minor. Niehaus's concept of B. minor, diploid plants occurring in vernal pool terrain, applies only to those populations originally described as Brodiaea nana, which is resurrected at species rank.


The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between three dimensions of perceived social support from supervisor (PSSS) (emotional, informational, and material) and subordinate performance (self-report and supervisory rating). The second purpose was to study the effects of psychological and situational factors on subordinate performance.

Usable data of 355 matched supervisor-subordinate pairs working in health centers in Thailand were analyzed. Results revealed that female subordinates receiving all three types of support received higher performance ratings from their supervisors than did their male counterparts. Perceived organizational support, self-efficacy, and location of workplace were also associated with subordinate performance. Discussion, recommendations for future research, implications for HRD in Thailand, and limitations are presented.


Weakly analytic sets for function algebra is studied by Arenson in (Arenson). Here, we study the concept of weakly analytic sets for Cartesian product of function algebras. We express the weakly analytic sets for Cartesian product of function algebra in terms of that for factor algebras. 1 Weakly analytic sets The concept of weakly analytic sets for a function algebra was introduced by Arenson (Arenson). The weakly analytic property is stronger than antisymmetry. The decomposition given by maximal antisymmetric sets for the Cartesian product is obtained in (Mehta and Mehta). The weakly analytic sets induces a decomposition which is finer than the Bishop decomposition. Here, we have obtained weakly analytic sets for the Cartesian product of function algebras in terms of factor algebras. Let X be a compact, Hausdorff space and ( ) C X be the Banach algebra of complex valued continuous functions on X . A complex function algebra is a closed subalgebra of ( ) C X , which contains constants and separates the points of X . Examples 1.1 1. Trivially, ( ) C X , where X is a compact, Hausdorff space is a function algebra on X . 2. Let = { :| | 1} D z z   . Then, ( ) A D the set of all functions continuous on D and analytic in the interior of D is a function algebra on D , known as the Disc algebra. 3. Let 1 = { :| | 1} D z z   , 2 = { :| 2 | 1} D z z    and 1 2 = D D D  . Also, let Kalpa Publications in Computing Volume 2, 2017, Pages 130–134 ICRISET2017. International Conference on Research and Innovations in Science, Engineering &Technology. Selected Papers in Computing R. Buyya, R. Ranjan, S. Dutta Roy, M. Raval, M. Zaveri, H. Patel, A. Ganatra, D.G. Thakore, T.A. Desai, Z.H. Shah, N.M. Patel, M.E. Shimpi, R.B. Gandhi, J.M. Rathod, B.C. Goradiya, M.S. Holia and D.K. Patel (eds.), ICRISET2017 (Kalpa Publications in Computing, vol. 2), pp. 130–134 = { ( ) : isanalyticin } o A f C D f D  , where o D denote interior of D . Then, A is a function algebra on D . We start with some basic concepts related to the Cartesian product of function algebras. Let X and Y are two compact, Hausdorff topological spaces with topologies X  and Y  respectively. Then, the disjoint union X Y  is a compact, Hausdorff topological space with the sum topology  defined as = { : , } X Y G X Y G X G Y          (Shah). We denote this topological space by X Y  . Also, the mapping : ( ) ( ) ( ) T C X C Y C X Y    defined by (( , )) = T f g h where ( ), ; ( ) = ( ), f w if w X h w g w if w Y      is an algebra isomorphism from ( ) ( ) C X C Y  on to ( ) C X Y  , where ( ) ( ) C X C Y  is Cartesian product of ( ) C X and ( ) C Y defined as ( ) ( ) = {( , ) : ( ), ( )} C X C Y f g f C X g C Y    . If A is a function algebra on X , B is a function algebra on Y , then A B  is a function algebra on X Y  with maximum norm defined as = { , } h max f g for = ( , ) h f g A B   (Patel). Remark 1.2 For a closed subset E X Y   , we can easily verify that ( ) ( ) ( ) = E E X E Y A B A B     , where F A denotes the uniform closure of the restriction algebra |F A in ( ) C F for a closed subset F of X . Also, if E X  (respectively ) E Y  then ( )E E A B A   (respectively ( )E E A B B   ). We need the definition of peak sets and weak peak sets for a function algebra which are required for our main result. Now onwards, A and B will denote function algebras on X and Y respectively. Definition 1.3 A nonempty subset S of X is called a peak set for A if here exists f A  such that | = 1 S f and | ( ) |< 1 f y for all \ y X S  . The function f is called a peaking function on S . The set S is called a weak peak set for A if it is an intersection of some collection of peak sets. For peak sets we know that 1. If (respectively ) S T is a peak set for (respectively ) A B , then (respectively ) S T is a peak set for A B  . Hence, S T  is a peak set for A B  . 2. If S is a peak set for A B  , then S X  and S Y  are peak sets for A and B respectively. Above results also remain valid if we replace "peak set" by "weak peak set". Next, we recall the definition of weakly analytic sets. Definition 1.4 (Arenson) A closed subset E of X is called a weakly analytic set for A , if every peak set S for E A , either coincides with E or it is nowhere dense in E . Equivalently, E is a weakly analytic set for A if = E S T  , where S is a peak set for E A and T is a closed set in E , then either = S E or = T E . A is called weakly analytic algebra if X is a weakly analytic set for A . Following result is known for weakly analytic sets. Weakly analytic sets for the Cartesian... H. S. Mehta, R. D. Mehta and A. N. Roghelia


In this paper, a measurement system is proposed for the measurement of the complex permeability of magnetic thin film Fe66Co17B16Si1 in the temperature range of −50 °C to 100 °C. Based on the transmission line theory, a shorted air microstrip line is designed for the high-precision measurement of the thin film. The magnetic film Fe66Co17B16Si1 with the thickness of 240 nm is measured in the frequency range of 0.05–12 GHz at the different temperatures. The measurement results are in good agreement with standard values. The repeatability tests verified the stability of the system.


Modern wide bandgap power semiconductors allow for increased efficiency compared to conventional semiconductors by faster switching transients. In order to harness the full performance from these components, parasitic inductances must be minimized. FEM simulations can deliver the parasitic inductances and thus, can be used to optimize the PCB layout and the placement of semiconductors and DC-link capacitors. Also cost constraints apply to most of the power electronic circuits. FEM simulations can facilitate the determination of cost optimized designs by reducing the amount of DC-link capacitors. Therefore, the current distribution incorporating the DC-link capacitors is required. An analysis of a GaN half-bridge shows the potential to omit one poorly utilized MLCC capacitor.


Guanine nucleotide exchange is essential for Rab GTPase activities in regulating intracellular vesicle trafficking. This exchange process is facilitated by guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF). Previously, we identified Caenorhabditis elegans AEX‐3 as a GEF for Rab3 GTPase. Here we demonstrate that AEX‐3 regulates neural activities through a second, previously unrecognized pathway via interactions with the novel protein CAB‐1. CAB‐1 is 425 amino acids long and has an 80 amino acid motif in common with the mouse neural protein NPDC‐1. cab‐1 and rab‐3 mutants have different behavioral defects, and RAB‐3 localization and function are apparently normal in cab‐1 mutants, indicating that the CAB‐1 pathway is distinct from the RAB‐3 pathway. The aex‐3 mutant phenotype resembles the sum of the rab‐3 and cab‐1 mutant phenotypes, indicating that AEX‐3 regulates two different pathways for neural activities. We propose that connection of multiple pathways may be an important feature of Rab GEFs to coordinate various cellular events.


Sarah Winnemucca (1844-1891), a Northern Paiute woman, pretended to be an American Indian Princess and promoted herself in this image. This is clearly seen in the formal studio portraits she had made. In creating this image, however, she joined herself to a stereotype that on the one hand would make her acceptable to Euro-American mentality, but on the other hand tied her to the 19th-century notion of "Indian Princess," an expression of what Rayna Green has called "the Pocahontas Perplex."' To be an effective Indian activist and a promoter of Indian self-determination (which Sarah Winnemucca attempted) in a period when women in general and Indians in particular had little input into the white male power structure was, I believe, incompatible and even in conflict with this stereotype. The image that she promoted may, in fact, have worked against her and limited her credibility. This study is based on the existent formal studio portraits of Sarah Winnemucca.2 Formal portraits make purposeful statements of how the subject wanted to be known, and can be as revealing as a personal diary. These photographs, however, must be viewed as a group. Individually they cannot tell us much about the subject or patterns in her life, just as a page in a diary gives no holistic view. For any viable study of photographs there must be a critical number that allows us to form a hypothesis and interpretation. That finite number, however, will vary with the subject. In this article I will examine these photographs "as artifacts of culture and the social process surrounding photography as an 'ethnographic' situation revealing of culture" (Ruby 1981:23). These portraits are thus not unrelated, but form a body of visual documents whose study reveals distinctive cultural and social patterns. In general, scholars fail to take photographs seriously and do not use them as primary documents. They are considered too subjective, and difficult to extract reliable facts from. The written word alone carries the validity. I believe that if we approach the visual material critically and with proper historical method we


The utility model discloses an auxiliary laser welding device for a cylindrical battery casing, which comprises a work bench (2), wherein a clamping mechanism which is arranged on the work bench (2) comprises a clamp (5) and a rotary device, wherein the clamp (5) is arranged on the rotary device which can drive the clamp (5) to rotate by taking the shaft line of the clamp as a rotary shaft. The auxiliary laser welding device for the cylindrical battery casing of the utility model has simple structure; the utility model can conveniently weld the cylindrical battery casing, and can ensure the conformity of weld seams.


In this paper, a Fano structure based on Photonic Crystal (PhC) consisting of nanocavities for simultaneously measuring the analyte refractive index and environment temperature is investigated. Compared to the structure of prior sensors, the proposed sensor, in addition to measuring temperature and refractive index, has a Fano output spectrum that improves the detection process. The transmission spectrum of the presented structure is simulated by FDTD method.


This dissertation contains three papers, each on a different aspect of transition to adult healthcare for youth with disabilities. The overall aim of this dissertation research was to identify system level health care transition strategies for youth with disabilities, determine the amount and degree to which Canadian jurisdictions reflect those transition strategies in government posted documents and policy, and to understand the current status of national healthcare transition policy in Canada, the UK, and Australia. The first paper describes the results of a scoping review identifying system level strategies for policy addressing continuity of care and care transitions to adult health care for youth with disabilities. The second paper is an analysis of the match of those system level strategies to current Canadian provincial and territorial government documents and policies related to transitions to adult health care for youth with disabilities. The third paper is an analysis of international alignment and variance between Canada, the UK and Australia with respect to transitions related government policies and direction. Collectively, this dissertation research found that system level strategies in support of continuity of care and transitions to adult health care for youth with disabilities exist. The challenge of achieving effective health care transition for youth with disabilities moving from the paediatric to adult health systems is identified iii as an area of importance by paediatric and adult health care service providers, clients and families. However, there are considerable variances in government attention and action in addressing the issue of health care transition, and thus, variability in existing policy inclusive of transition strategies across Canada, the UK and Australia. The combined findings of these studies suggest that health system strengthening, in the area of transitions to adult health care for youth with disabilities, should be supported through health policy implementation and/or change. Policy addressing transitions to adult health care for youth with disability could drive change through: (a) bringing awareness to the issue; (b) mitigation of client-specific and system wide impacts of ineffective health care transition; and through (c) the promotion of accountability mechanisms for effective continuity of care for youth with disabilities.


We were interested in John Gunn's anecdote ( Psychiatric Bulletin , January 2007, 31 , 25-28) regarding a patient who had apparently been informed that he 'was a personality disorder' by the registrar. Professor Gunn's reply is worth quoting in full: 'I never use that term, I don't use


Site- and polarity-controlled core–shell InGaN/GaN nanorod LED structures were grown by metal organic vapor phase epitaxy on Si(111). Scanning transmission electron microscope images reveal uniform multiple quantum wells on polarization-free sidewalls. Spatially resolved photoluminescence mapping on a single nanorod demonstrates that the emission at 3.0 eV stems from the polarization-free m-plane, which is supported by a fast recombination lifetime of ∼490 ps at low temperatures. Quasi-resonant laser excitation demonstrates predominant radiative recombination at low excitation densities, whereas at high excitation densities, the efficiency is lowered by Auger recombination and/or carrier leakage.


A force‐based scanning Kelvin probe microscope has been used to image dopant profiles in silicon for integrated circuit devices on a submicron scale. By measuring the potential difference which minimizes the electrostatic force between a probe and surface of a sample, an estimate of the work function difference between the probe and surface may be made. To the extent that this work function difference is a consequence of the dopant concentration near the sample surface, doping profiles are inferred from the measurements. An overview of the measurement technique is presented, along with several examples of resulting dopant imaging of integrated circuits.


Nelly N, Khairul U, Putri AY, Hamid H, Syahrawati MY. 2020. Isolation and selection of maize plants rhizobacteria with the potential of entomopathogens against Spodoptera litura F (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Biodiversitas 21: 753-758. Spodoptera litura is a polyphagous pest that can be controlled with entomopathogen. Furthermore, Rhizobacteria derived from the rhizosphere of corn plants are expected to control this pest. This research, therefore, was conducted to obtain the entomopathogenic rhizobacteria to control S. litura derived from the rhizosphere of corn plants. Data sampling was carried out at corn plantations in West Pasaman Regency, while Isolation, selection, and testing of S. litura were conducted at the Biological Control Laboratory of the Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Andalas University. The method uses serial glowing techniques cultured on Nutrient Agar (NA) media, with the selected isolates tested for their ability as an entomopathogen against S. litura. The feed dip method given to S. litura larvae was used to test for rhizobacteria virulence determination with entomopathogen, used to observe the larvae mortality rate, percentage of pupae, and adult formed. Furthermore, observation of morphological and physiological characters was conducted on entomopathogenic rhizobacteria, with hypersensitive testing conducted on Mirabilis jalapa plants. The results of rhizobacterial isolation from corn rhizosphere obtained 12 entomopathogenic isolates. Deadly larvae of S. litura 51-91.11%, 0.00-8.89% pupae, and 0.006.67% adult were formed. The gram test results obtained approximately 8;4 positive (+) and four negative isolates (-), respectively. Hypersensitivity test results found that one of 12 isolates caused necrotic reactions in Mirabilis jalapa. Therefore, a total of 11 rhizobacteria isolates are entomopathogenic and safe to be used as S. litura biological control agents.


Intention Forming and the Termination of an Action: Motivational and Decisional Aspects of Escalation of Commitment Abstract. Assumptions of the «nutzen-kosten-theoretisches Modell» (Brandstatter, 2003) were tested with two scenario decision studies. In Study 1 (N = 83) participants were either presented with a success or a failure scenario, while Study 2 (N = 59) only used a failure scenario. All participants chose a course of action and later decided to terminate or to continue. Contrary to the expectations participants showed no volitional preposition. Differences between those who terminated and those who continued the chosen course of action were found regarding thoughts about the utility of termination. Reevaluation of information that originally supported the chosen goal correlates with the termination of the action.


Classroom management interventions, such as behavior and academic strategies, are well-established interventions for improving social behavior and academic skills of children with ADHD (DuPaul & Eckert, 1997; Hoza, Kaiser, & Hurt, 2008; Pelham & Fabiano, 2008; Zentall, 2005). However, bridging the gap between research and practice raises the question of the practicality of interventions. Therefore, results from controlled studies need to be replicated in regular classrooms with a format that takes into account the practicality of the intervention. The aim of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of a consultation-based program for teachers (CPT), using a problem-solving approach and a functional assessment to support elementary school teachers in the knowledge of the principles, design and implementation of classroom management evidence-based practices for children with ADHD. First, a review of the literature identifying the main interventions for ADHD children is presented. Then, the consultation-based program for regular class teachers involving solutions in the implementation of these evidence-based strategies in the classroom is detailed. Finally, the evaluation of the CPT implemented with thirty-seven child-teacher pairs is presented. All children were diagnosed as ADHD and received a stimulant medication treatment (M). The parents of some of these children had previously participated in a parent-training program (PTP). The final group composition is: M (n = 4); M + PTP (n = 11), M + CPT (n = 11), M + PTP + CPT (n = 11). Findings confirm the effectiveness of the CPT above and beyond M, and M + PTP to prevent the intensification of inappropriate behaviors and to improve academic performance of ADHD children. Results also indicate that teachers who participated in the CPT and had previous continuing education on ADHD showed a significant improvement


Central Andrey Rublev Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art) The article is dedicated to one aspect of researching elaborated landscape backgrounds, appeared in Russian icon painting in the second half of the 17th century. New forms replaced traditional nature images on the icons. The landscape of a new type can play different compositional role in icons: landscape as a background; landscape, which includes hagiographical scenes; landscape, containing the main subject; landscape fragment in an arch of doorway architecture. Depending on the compositional role, connection of the main subject of the icon with a landscape changes.


A 4-year old boy presented with pain abdomen, bilious vomiting and constipation for three days. On examination, abdomen was distended and tender. X-ray abdomen revealed multiple air-fluid levels suggestive of intestinal obstruction. Ultrasonography abdomen revealed dilated bowel loops with minimal free fluid in peritoneal cavity. On exploration, there was a band causing obstruction of terminal ileum which was released. Band was arising from Meckel's diverticulum which was connected to a cyst at umbilicus. On further exploration, the cyst was connected to urachus which was patent (Fig.1). There was no communication between bladder and urachus, cyst and urachus, Meckel's diverticulum and the cyst. Resection of Meckel's diverticulum with ileum and end to end ileo-ileal anastomosis was done. Urachus and cyst were also excised. Patient recovered well postoperatively. Histopathology confirmed urachal cyst, urachus, and Meckel's diverticulum.


An orally bioavailable fluoropyrimidine antagonist composed of tegafur combined with two modulators of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) activity, gimeracil and potassium oxonate, in a molar ratio of 1:0.4:1. T egafur is a prodrug of 5-fluorouracil, an antimetabolite that inhibits thymidylate synthase, DNA synthesis and cell division, and competes with uridine triphosphate, thus inhibiting RNA and protein synthesis. Gimeracil is a reversible inhibitor of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD), the liver enzyme responsible for rapid catabolism of 5-FU into inactive metabolites. Potassium oxonate preferentially localizes in the gut and inhibits the enzyme orotate phosphoribosyl-transferase (OPRT ), thereby decreasing activation of 5-FU in the gut and activated 5-FU-related gastrointestinal toxicity. Qeios · Definition, February 2, 2020


This study is to use results of the experiment on the influence to the strength by mixing powders of wasted tires into regular remicon within a range of little effectiveness in durability, applicability, economic aspect, and workability, to put it to practical use and to apply as basic data from a view of recycling wasted tires as construction materials. And the concrete, which was mixed with 10mm particles with ratio of respectively at 270 of mixing strength, was reduced by in compressive strength compared to normal concrete, whereas concrete mixed with other than 10mm particles showed lower decrease ratio compared to the former by reducing only . it is found that as strength increases, the less in quantity of aggregate and the more increase in quantity of cement. When considered to the above result, it is estimated that concrete mixed with wasted tire particles could be better used in conditions of compressive force rather than tensile force, and could also be used for structures with flexural strengths as well. In conclusion, higher strengths could be made using waste tire mix.


Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) was gaining popularity even before the World Wide Web. But with the explosion of online marketing, it is nearly impossible to avoid integration. This chapter will explore how digital and mobile marketing are dictating such changes in marketing. An overview of modern mobile marketing practices and trends builds upon a comparison of the traditional marketing mix (4 Ps) with a more consumer-oriented concept of 4 Cs. As products are being replaced with consumers, promotion with communication, place with convenience, and price with cost, the rise of mobile devices and the mobile Internet brings up a multitude of new concepts into traditional marketing theory and practice. Supplemented with best industry examples, the review of emerging mobile marketing concepts moves from broad online strategies, like inbound marketing, to very mobile-specific trends, like the Internet of Things.


A Corporate Waste Minimization Committee at Du Pont has a charter to coordinate common concerns and solutions for reducing waste and to increase the awareness throughout the organization of the potential opportunities and economic benefits for minimizing waste.