BACKGROUND
The crab processing industry has generated a considerable quantity of by-products, and these untapped residues resulted in environmental problem and waste of natural resources. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to evaluate the further usage potential of Ovalipes punctatus extract. The proximate composition, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids, tasty components (free amino acid, flavour 5'-nucleotides, glycine betaine and inorganic ions) and volatile flavour components were studied.

RESULTS
O. punctatus extract was found to have a high protein (31.2 g kg⁻¹), but a low fat content (0.13 g kg⁻¹). The protein contained high amounts of arginine (110.2 g kg⁻¹ protein) and glutamic acid (108.9 g kg⁻¹). The fatty acid profiles were dominated by saturated fatty acids, while C20 n-3 and n-6 fatty acids accounted for 85% of its polyunsaturated fatty acids. Arginine, alanine, glycine, glycine betaine, glutamic acid and chloridion (taste active value greater than 1) were primary taste-active components. A total of 77 volatiles were identified, and benzaldehyde and pyrazines were the major flavour contributors to the aroma of O. punctatus extract. Furthermore, sensory evaluation with a five-point hedonic scale showed that the overall flavour of O. punctatus extract had high acceptance.

CONCLUSION
Results presented in this study indicated that O. punctatus extract could be utilised to produce nutritious food or value-added products.


Plant germplasm resources are material basis for human survival and development,it's strategically important to keep their diversity for the agriculture sustainable development.The slow-growth is one of the effective methods of plant germplasm resource conservation,which is practical and widely used now.The paper summarized the fundament,technologies,influencing factors,and appraising methods of genetic stability of the material conserved. At last it briefly analyzed the existing problems at present and its resolving strategies.


applied in a method and an apparatus for drying a on a workpiece (6) solvent-based paint layer (7) is a particularly thorough and paint gentle has evaporated (II) by a feed (8a) of conditioned to moisture and cool air onto the workpiece (6) with simultaneous energy input into the varnish layer (7) by exposure to electromagnetic radiation (5) is reached. With the inventive method and the inventive device, the formation of layer defects is avoided effective in at the evaporation (II) subsequent drying (III).


In this letter, a new simple structure of Gysel power divider (PD) is proposed. Comparing to the conventional Gysel PD, the high‐power handling capability is reserved with size reduction from the nonlinear relationship between the phase delay and the physical dimension of the utilized open‐circuited coupled line. The structure is analyzed according to an open‐end‐stub‐based equivalent circuit, in which procedure the closed‐form design equations are derived simultaneously. Also, the analysis shows a high design freedom in choosing the values of the isolation resistors and the impedances of the utilized transmission lines (TLs), which property can be used to control the bandwidth (isolation and input return loss band) of the proposed structure. Finally, in order to verify the proposed design theory, a Gysel PD with a center frequency of 2.5 GHz is designed, simulated, fabricated, and characterized. Besides good agreement with the simulation data, the experimental results show that the proposed PD features a wide isolation band which is around 89% with the reference of 15‐dB loss.


In this paper, a new force control strategy (FineForce) is proposed, which is intended to improve the force control capability of standard industrial robots. The strategy distinguishes between joints with low and high (force control) bandwidth and tries to utilize the individual performance of the robot joints, such that improved results concerning force control can be achieved. The paper describes the FineForce control strategy as well as its laboratory implementation, based on a standard industrial robot. On the basis of experimental investigations, the performance of FineForce is demonstrated and compared to conventional force control strategies. Furthermore the usability of the new strategy in an industrial application is shown by a robot-based grinding process.


The gas-phase flow hydrodynamics in the feed injection zone of a fluidized-bed reactor is investigated by the steady-state helium tracer technique. The helium concentration is calculated and analyzed. The results show that the helium concentration distribution can be subdivided into three subregions along the axial direction, which are the constant region, jet region, and the diffusion region. On this basis the nozzle jet diffusion length is proposed and modeled to account for the length of the jet region and diffusion region. By comparison of the nozzle jet diffusion length under different operating conditions, the conclusion that the nozzle jet diffusion length increases with increasing nozzle jet velocity but decreases with increasing catalysts circulation rate is obtained. Besides, empirical correlation for nozzle jet diffusion length is given with high prediction accuracy.


A study was made of the possibility of combining several active elements in one cataphoretic laser in order to widen the emission spectrum. Experiments were carried out using a cadmium–zinc–helium laser. It was found that this laser could emit separately or simultaneously the coherent radiation due to transitions in cadmium and zinc vapors.


An integrated remote‐sensing survey was carried out in Navarino Bay, where in 1827 a battle was fought between the allied British, French and Russian navies and the Turkish‐Egyptian fleet. Integration and interpretation of the remote‐sensing data has shown the presence of shipwreck remains on the sea‐floor and possible shipwrecks buried under the sea‐bed. It has also shown that the historical remains are under threat from the heavy anchors of tankers which sink into the sea‐bed and, when dragged, dig furrows, thus disintegrating the shipwreck remains. To protect the sites the construction of permanent anchoring systems away from the shipwreck remains is recommended. © 2005 The Nautical Archaeology Society


As a consequence of modern medicine and modern style of living, two demographic trends, namely longevity and a decline in fertility have greatly increased the aging population. The number of older persons aged 60 years or over is expected to be 1.4 billion by 2030 (World Population Data 2017). This demographic change combined with changes in family structure challenges the future of elderly care, and contributes to grounding a case towards the use of advanced robotics and AI to either integrate or radically replace human-provided services in this field. This paper introduces an anthropocentric framework – as defined by the European Commission in its 2018 Communication on AI – for the care of elderly individuals through assistive robotic technologies. Firstly, the concepts of care and cure are distinguished, followed by a critical analysis of the function of robots in the context of care. The paper continues with an analysis of the aforesaid technologies with the notion of care provided to highlight that machines have the potential to interact and simulate a relationship, but not to establish a real meaningful one with the user. User's deception and deprivation of a meaningful care-relationship is discussed as a potential risk emerging from an incorrect use of technology in the treatment of fragile individuals, and the fundamental legal principle of human dignity is considered with respect to its potential application and impact on policies in this domain, as an objective criterion that poses limits also to the individual's freedom of self-determination.


Learning models play an important role in the learning process and affect the results of the student learning process. Improvements to the learning process and the use of appropriate learning models will help improve student learning results. Learning models that can improve learning results, concentration, motivation and provide opportunities for students to be more active are picture and picture models assisted by learning video media. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of picture and picture learning models assisted by learning video media on the learning resilts of the cognitive domain of class III students theme 6 Energy and Change. This research was conducted at SDN Babadan 1 Paron. This study used quantitative approach, PreExperimental method and OneGroup Pretest-Posttest design. The results showed that there was a significant influence on the use of picture and picture learning models assisted by video learning media on the cognitive learning outcomes of grade III students theme 6 Energy and its Changes subtheme 2 Energy Change at SDN Babadan 1 Paron. It is indicated by the value of Sig.(2-tailed) which is 0.000 which is smaller than 0.05 and it is known that the tcount > ttable is 4.755 > 2.074 (0.05/2). So the conclusion is that the picture and picture learning model assisted by learning video media is effective for use in the learning process in class III theme 6 Energy and its changes subtheme 2 Energy Change.


A 2.4 GHz Class AB RF power amplifier was designed for WLAN 802.11b/g based on 0.18 μm SiGe BiCMOS technology.The RF power amplifier had a two-stage structure with temperature-insensitive linearizing bias circuit.Simulation results showed that the power amplifier had a power gain of 27.3 dB,an output 1 dB compression point of 23 dBm,a maximum power added efficiency(PAE) of 21.3%,an input impedance match S11 and an output impedance match S22 less than-13 dB and-20 dB,respectively.The matching,amplifying and biasing circuits were all integrated on a single chip,which occupied an area of 1 148 μm×1 140 μm.


Bio medical waste generated from five govt hospitals and two blood banksof Cuttack city was studied by field visits during June 2012 to May 2013 . Assessment study was done at five govt run hospitals and and two blood banks having total 2,110 beds such as (1)SCB Medical College & Hospital, (2)SardarVallabhai P.G Institute of Paediatrics, (3)Cuttack District City Hospital,(4)AcharyaHarihar Cancer Research Centre,(5) Anti T.B. Demonstration & Training Centre, (6) Central Red Cross Blood Bank and, (7)SCB Medical College Blood Bank. Data were collected with the assistance of (i)Field visit for personal observations to assess waste generation, collection, handling, segregation, transportation, treatment and disposal practices(ii)assessment of volume of toxic and nontoxic wastes (iii) assessment of knowledge ,attitude, temperament and motive towards safe, scientific management practices of working nursing &para medical staff ,house keeping personnel, waste handlers and BMW management personnel with the help of pre -structured questionnaires,interviews and discussions. The result from the assessment studies indicated –(i) inappropriate collection, improper segregation and transportation, unscientific treatment and unsystematic disposal practices(ii) absence of introduction of modern technological management options like advanced incinerator,microwave & autoclave in allthe hospitals (iii) absence of dedicated institutional facilities for the treatment and disposal of solid and liquid wastes (iv) Lack of substantial knowledge, training, motivation,will and accountability even among qualified hospital staff(v) unauthorised and illegal reuse of contaminated disposables and other infected solid waste. The study also found that the major treatment method used for infectious waste at SCB Medical College Hospital was a old model incinerator which was not functioning properly while all other hospitals lacked that facility . Non-infectious waste was disposed off in land filling. Almost all the hospitals and blood banks did not follow standard management practice and disposed off both infectious and non-infcetious waste without having proper policy and plan. Therefore, proper implementation of biomedical waste management policy in these hospitals is the need of the hour to maintain the existing deficiency and requirements of biomedical waste management .


Indoor Positioning System helps to locate, monitor and track the devices using the radio signals. This can be used to find the people who are trapped inside a building. Outdoor localization problems can be solved by using Global Positioning System (GPS). Since GPS signals are lost inside the buildings, Indoor Positioning still remains a problem. This paper provides a technique for indoor positioning by using WiFi fingerprint. The intensity of the received signal is measured and is stored in a database. The database consists of the list of signal strength and their corresponding locations. The similarity of the signal detected and those stored in the database can used to detect the position of the user. The prevailing WiFi infrastructure can be used for this purpose. We use deep neural network with stacked autoencoders to determine the floor and building. The classifier is used to detect the building and the floor level .


Objective Simulating injury mechanism in human peripheral nerve, acute sciatic nerve crush injuries model was produced in rabbits to investigate the relationship between the manifestations of MRI and pathology in order to provide the information for clinical therapy and operative plan . Methods Thirty-two adult rabbits were randomly divided into two groups: group A (n=16) and B (n=16).In group A, the left sciatic nerves were crushed with a stress of 3.61 kg;In group B, with a stress of 10.50 kg.4 time intervals in each group were observed in 1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks, respectively, and each time interval contained 4 rabbits.Left sciatic nerves were served as injured sides, right sciatic nerves were regarded as control sides.MRI was performed at different time interval after crush injury.Then the nerves were examined pathologically.Results There were no obvious changes on T_1WI in injured sides, but the injured distal segment of sciatic nerve thickened and twisted, showing high signal intensity on 3D T_2WI, T_2WI/SPIR, B-FFE, and T_2WI/STIR.MRI could show abnormality of 30 sciatic nerves, the correct diagnostic rate was 93.75% and false negative rate was 6.25%.The distal sciatic nerve/muscle signal intensity ratio (SIR) of the injured sides was significantly higher than that of the control sides (P0.001).However, there was no difference in SIR between group A and group B (P0.05).SIR in injured side increased at 1 week, reached the peak at 2 weeks, at this time, nerve axons disappeared and lots of myelin degenerated, abduction function disappeared.SIR decreased during 4~8 weeks, the myelin sheath breakdown and Schwann cell proliferated obviously, and abduction functions were observed.The control sciatic nerves showed no abnormality in MRI and pathology. Conclusion MRI can make the diagnosis of crush injury of sciatic nerve, and dynamic SIR measurement of nerve injury correlates well with the pathological and functional recovery process.MRI is an effective method to monitor degeneration, regeneration, and prognosis after injuries.


The explosives initiation by simultaneous impact from two fragments was simulated based on Lee-Tarver ignition and growth model by using finite element code LS-DYNA.In order to verify the simulation method and parameters,the courses that tungsten spheres with different diameters impacted tantalum covered Composition B charges were simulated,and the critical velocity to ignite Composition B was gained,which accorded well with the experimental results.The problems that two tungsten spheres with three kinds of diameters impacted Composition B charges were simulated.It can be found that the critical velocity to ignite explosives by two fragments,which was lower than one tungsten sphere condition,varied with the distance between the two fragments approximately in term of parabolic curve.When the impact velocity was equal to or slightly larger than the critical velocity,there can be different shapes of detonation wave appearing in the charge,including spherical,W-shape,V-shape,VW-shape and so on.


A resolution-enhanced dark-field microscope by structured light illumination is proposed to improve resolution and contrast. A set of phase-shifted fringes are projected to the sample plane at large angle to capture modulated dark-field images, from which resolutionand contrast-enhanced dark-field image, as well as sectioned dark-field image, can be obtained. Human tissue samples are tested to demonstrate the resolution and contrast enhancement. The system can be implemented in transmissionmode and reflectance-mode, with potential applications ranging from defect detection to biomedical imaging.


This paper presents two new reflection type linear cross converters at the terahertz (THz) waveband. The proposed converter possesses the advantages of compact and simple unit cell geometry, which can be optimized easily for single wideband and dual broadband polarization conversion. The unit cell of the converter comprises anisotropic geometry of double E-shaped resonators. The designed structure converts a linear polarized incident wave into cross-polarization over the frequency range of 0.67 to 1.65 THz (84.5 %) with above 90 % polarization conversion ratio (PCR). At three frequencies of 0.73, 1.11, and 1.55 THz near 100 % polarization conversion is achieved. The converter exhibits stable polarization conversion characteristics for incidence angle > 35°. A pair of parallel slits are placed along the length of the E-shaped resonators to obtain a notch in the converter's response. The modified metasurface exhibits dual-band cross-polarization conversion between the frequency ranges of 0.67-1.06 THz (45.1 %) and 1.37-1.74 THz (23.8 %).


While the goal of verification is to check whether a model of the system under consideration has a desired property, supervisory control achieves correctness by adding a so-called supervisor that prevents the occurrence of incorrect behaviors to the original system. Supervisory control methods are appealing because they can be much more tractable than the corresponding verification problems. Here we first examine two supervisory control algorithms, one for enforcing mutual exclusion properties and the other for enforcing real-time deadlines on Petri net models of the controlled system. Next, we argue that use of supervisory control methods may lead to a simpler and more effective coding style for embedded software than current practices. Finally, we highlight research issues that must be addressed in order to permit widespread application of supervisory control methods.


We report on a now 9‐month‐old infant with severe tracheobronchomalacia associated with campomelic dysplasia. The diagnosis of tracheobronchomalacia was suggested in the neonatal period by typical changes of the tidal breathing flow‐volume loop and was confirmed by tracheobronchoscopy. Tidal breathing flow‐volume loop analysis also allowed to titrate the optimal, continuous positive airway pressure for the respiratory management of the patient. Since bedside pulmonary function testing is noninvasive and rapid, it may reduce the need for frequent bronchoscopic evaluations in the management of patients with tracheobronchomalacia. Pediatr Pulmonol. 1994; 17:401–403. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


This paper explores the history of a proposal for an ideas-based museum of ecological concepts, a 'National Biological Centre' for Canberra in 1965, and its successors.2 The background to the proposal came from changing ideas about zoos in the 1960s, and the emerging discipline of human ecology. The mission of the centre was to explore the relations between humans, other life-forms and their physical environment through what its chief protagonist, Stephen Boyden, called a comprehensive 'bionarrative'.3 The centre was to facilitate the understanding of biophysical and social worlds as interrelated dynamic systems. The Biological Centre was conceived as a 'major cultural institution' for the nation, reflecting relations between science and society, and informing culture with science.4 Unlike traditional natural history museums and zoos, collections of objects (or animals) were not its primary mission. This paper considers how the 1965 proposal for the Biological Centre anticipated later 'museums of ideas', and reviews its relevance to new twenty-first-century museums of the Anthropocene, and how museums and related institutions can shed light on the role of science in society.


RESUME Wc describc a survey. using medium and long·range (Gloria) sidesc:tn sonurs of the Re ykjanes Ridge crest belwecn 58 and 61 "N. The survey extcnded from th e pari of the ridge crest exhibiting a median valley to tha! wilh an axial high . An axial zone . about 13 km wide. is dominated br linear volcanic ridgcs striking 14° und believed 10 form ovcr fissures Tunning lIpproxImately normal 10 the sprcading direction. OUlsidc the axi<tl zone the sea·f1oor morphology is dominated by inward-facing fnult s strikin g subpar:Jlle l to t he Re y k; flnes Ridge axis_ and thercfore obl ique tu the sprending directIon. The s trike of these fnult s is bcl ieved to be controll ed by t he way in whic h the strengt h of t he lithosphere increases away fro m t he rid ge axis. T he fnu lt s have an average spacing of 2.6 km and a re about 10 km long. This pallern or fnulting is essentially the same as thM on "normal" s low·spreadin g and fast-spread ing ridges. The major changes observed going from the SW (median valley) part 10 the NE (axilll hig h) pa rt of t he ridge are decreases in fault Ihrows, rault-black lill S, and heighls of volcanic ridges. The origins of Ihese fe<llUres ilre disc ussed qualitatively in terms of il changing lempcralure struelUre of the lit hosphere along the Ridge axis. Ot'twrol. Acw. 198 1. Proceedings 26'" Inlcrmltional Geological Congre~:. , Geology of oceans symposium , l'aris. 7- 17 July . 1980, 5-13.


Tendon tissue is composed of collagen fibers in a hydrated proteoglycan matrix. Although many tendons have fibers that are highly aligned (e.g. flexor tendon), the supraspinatus tendon (SST) of the shoulder has significant distribution of fiber alignment [1]. The alignment and distribution of the fibers likely contributes to the nonlinear and anisotropic mechanical behavior, however this has not been demonstrated. Understanding the role of fiber structure on tendon mechanical behavior, that is, characterizing the structure-function relationships, is critical to evaluate the function of injured, degenerated, or healing tendons and would be invaluable in the design and assessment of tissue engineered tendon replacements. While a structurally based hyperelastic model has been developed for tendon [2], this model contained only a single fiber orientation, which is not adequate for the more distributed fiber structure in the SST. We have recently applied a hyperelastic model formulation that has distributed collagen fiber orientation developed by Gasser and colleagues for the arterial wall [3] to model a tendon analog made from nanofibrous scaffolds [4]. The objective of this study was to build on previous work to apply a hyperelastic fiber-reinforced constitutive model that includes a specific term for fiber distribution to the tensile mechanics of human SST and to evaluate the site-specific model material properties.© 2009 ASME


Charophyte gyrogonites from two Miocene sites in northern Thailand are studied and compared for population variation. Morphometrical differences between the two populations, determined as Nitellopsis merianii and N. meriani globula, correspond to variation at the interpopulation level and do not justify the distinction of two separate species as made by previous authors. The first exhaustive synonymy for both taxa is listed. Morphological differences can be attributed to environmental differences as reflected by distinct lithologies of the samples concerned. The eurasian character of N. merianii is underlined through its biogeographical distribution in China. The flora is in accordance with the early Middle Miocene age (16–14 My) previously published for vertebrate faunas from the same sites.


THE SOLAR INDUSTRY received a powerful boost two weeks ago, when Congress passed and President George W. Bush signed a $700 billion bailout package for financial markets. Married to the financial rescue bill were energy-related tax incentives for coal, hydrogen, wind, oil shale, solar, and more. The solar provisions expand in dollars and extend in years the current tax breaks that would have expired by year's end. The solar incentives now last for eight more years and allow businesses, residents, and utilities to deduct from their federal tax bills 30% of the cost of a solar energy system. Previously, utilities could not directly get the federal break, and benefits for home owners who wanted rooftop solar panels were capped at $2,000 for a system likely to cost $25,000 to $35,000. "This is the most significant federal policy ever enacted for the solar industry," stated the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), as the bill became law. ...


With the use of a coincidence technique the contributions of the L shell to the total electron ejection cross section of argon by 350 keV proton bombardment has been measured. The results were compared with predictions of the plane-wave Born approximation calculated with both hydrogen-like and self-consistent Hartree-Fock/Hartree-Slater atomic wavefunctions for the target atom. Observed discrepancies between theory and experiment may possibly be ascribed to electron capture from the target to continuum states of the projectile (electron capture to the continuum, ECC). The role of multiple Coulomb ionisation and the sensitivity to the choice of the atomic wavefunctions are discussed.


The difficult process of obtaining Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for pediatric-specific devices and drugs is one of the most important issues confronting Pediatric Cardiology (and Pediatrics in general). It has forced our profession to continually administer drugs and implant devices "off-label" (for purposes and age groups other than those for which they were tested and approved). Consequently, it is possible that important risk factors in the pediatric population, which has far different dispositions than the adult population, may be overlooked. This problem has deteriorated further as the pace of technological change has …


AbstrcatCrickets are regared as origin from tropical region and then disperse to subtropical and temperate region. During their dispersion, crickets have evolved various adapting abilities to survive adverse conditions. Photoperiodism is one of the most important phenomena implicated in the control of seasonal development and life cycles in insects living in the temperate climatic zone because photoperiod influences the nymphal development and the number of nymphal instar. at the same time, photoperiod affects on the induction of egg diapause and wing variation.In this paper we review the photoperiodism and diapahse studies of cricket of Japanese ialand .


This paper describes the card game enhanced learning where a child learns how to translate a binary number to the corresponding decimal number by playing Concentration (one of popular card games) with some children. We developed the prototype system of computer-based Concentration that substitutes RFID cards for the playing cards. We demonstrated the prototype system at an educational event for children. From the demonstration, we observed that the participants (children) enjoyed the Concentration and had interest in binary numbers.


The invention provides an image display method in camera stability detection and a camera stability detection method and system. The image display method comprises the steps that a preset detection case for camera stability detection is recognized; cameras are controlled to collect image data at the same time according to the detection case; the image data collected by the cameras are synchronously displayed to different areas of a display screen of a mobile terminal respectively; the detection method further comprises the steps that the image data collected by the cameras are stored, the image data collected by the different cameras are stored in different file paths during storing, and according to the image data in each file path, the stability of the corresponding camera is detected. By the adoption of the scheme, the camera stability detection efficiency can be improved.


Black public school teachers occupy important positions within school systems as "street-level bureaucrats."' They implement decisions made by administrators and policies passed by the school board, and they possess considerable discretionary power in the administration of school policies and rules. Given historical inequities in educational opportunities afforded Black students, representativeness of school faculties is crucial because Black teachers improve the quality of education provided to Black students. England and Meier, for instance, linked the proportion of Black teachers to equal educational opportunities for Black students.2 Minority educators have been shown to provide role models for young students.3 Other research has granted that the presence of a multiracial staff facilitates the integration process by dispelling myths of racial


Energy is a fundamental engine that drives the global economy. The world will continue to face acute energy challenges, whose solutions require the engagement of a multifaceted solution strategy. This solution strategy must harness the potential capacities of conventional energy and the promise of emerging alternative energy sources. The Energy Information Administration EIA 2008 projects 50% growth in global energy consumption, from 462 quadrillion Btu in 2005 to 695 quadrillion Btu in 2030 . The most rapid growth is projected for countries that are not in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD at 85% versus 19% in OECD countries EIA 2008 . Fossil fuels—liquids and other petroleum-based fuels including fuels from petroleum, ethanol, biodiesel, coal-to-liquids, gas-topetroleum coke, natural gas liquids, and liquid hydrogen , natural gas and coal—are expected to provide much of the world's energy requirements. Liquids are expected to be the dominant global energy source, growing from 83.6 million barrels of oil in 2005 to 112.5 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2030 . The transportation and industrial sectors are expected to consume 74% and 26%, respectively, of the projected increase in this period. Unconventional resources—such as oil sands, extra-heavy oil, biofuels, coal-to-liquids, and gas-to-liquids—are expected to increase from 2.5 million barrels per day in 2005 to 9.7 million barrels per day in 2030 , equivalent to 9% of the total global liquids supply in 2030 on an oil-equivalent basis. Global natural gas consumption is also expected to increase from 104 trillion cubic feet in 2005 to 158 trillion cubic feet in 2030. Global coal consumption is expected to increase from 123 quadrillion Btu in 2005 to 202 quadrillion Btu in 2030 , in the absence of drastic national and international limiting policies and agreements. China alone will account for 71% of global coal consumption, with the United States and India accounting for a total of only 18%. Electricity generation from nuclear power will also increase— from 2.6 trillion KWh in 2005 to 3.8 trillion KWh in 2030 . The EIA 2008 forecasts that the installed global nuclear capacity will grow from 374 GW in 2005 to 498 GW in 2030 . The OECD countries will account for a 56 GW and non-OECD countries will account for a 68 GW increase within this period. Global energy consumption from renewable sources will increase from 35 quadrillion Btu in 2005 to 59 quadrillion Btu in 2030 . Increases in renewable energy sources for non-OECD countries will concentrate on new hydropower plants in Asia and Central and South America. In OECD countries, increases in renewable energy will focus on wind, solar and biomass. From the 2001 U.S. National Energy Policy, the energy consumption of the United


YISKA MARDOLINA. Foreign and Local Students Cross-Cultural Communication Pattern in Hasanuddin University. (Advised by Hasrullah as First Advisor and Tuti Bahfiarti as Second Advisor) The aim of this research is: (1) to categorized cross-cultural communication pattern of foreign students and local students whom communicate inside campus; (2) to categorized the supporting and resisting factors for both foreign and local students to communicate to each other inside campus. This research was done in Hasanuddin University. The informats for this research was selected by purpossive sampling with a certain criteria. This is a descriptive type of research with a qualitative approach. Primary data was acquired by direct observation and a thorough interview with the informants. While the secondary data was acquired by data recollection from various books, journals, websites, and pictures concerning the topic of this research. Data which had been collected was then be analyzed using MilesHuberman Interactive Analyses method. The result of this research shows that at first a cultural differences, especially language, act as a certain challange for both foreign and local students to communicate to each others so that a cross-cultural communication pattern between foreign and local students in communicating is rather caonfusing. However, as time passes by, interaction between the both becomes better. Furthermore, social needs to interact and communicate become a supporting factor which pushes both party to conversate to one another.


Darren Aronofsky's 2006 film The Fountain presents itself to a productive reading into the ways in which intersectioning discourses of oppression are coded into film and operated on as ideologies. This article will look on the differences of gender, species, and race/ethnicity in the film, and on how they are constitutively articulated in order to enable the "immanence" of the Other in each of these discourses of oppression so as to produce the "transcendental" Subject. I will set out from a philosophical understanding of the essential role of the species difference (and the privilege of the human status) in the intersectional constitution of other vectors of difference, such as gender, sex, race, ethnicity, and ability. I will attempt to articulate this broad form of intersectional approach with a discussion of the supposedly exclusively human relationship with death which allows humanity to be constructed as opposed to animality.


x 100 where the suffixes show the mode of administration. The mean + s.e. mean availability was 80+8%. Prescott, Pottage & Clements (1977) have published work on the pharmacokinetics of mexiletine in normal volunteers. Their findings of half life of 10.4 h, volume of distribution of 663 1, clearance of 751 ml min-', and availability of 88% do not differ significantly from our results. Its high availability when given by mouth and its long half life suggest that mexiletine is a suitable drug for chronic oral therapy.


mainstream media are not systematically discussed. Hill's excellent point about the "dramatization of science" (99) is not fully elaborated—we only hear about the ways in which the interests of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the BBC on educating the public converged. More generally, the book seems unable to decide whether it wants to focus on the analysis of the media's coverage of political representation or on a study of activism in the context of media reporting. Thus, the anti-nuclear-weapons movements' "regimes of representation" appear as attempts "to window dress the movement" but were "largely unenforceable" (125). On other occasions, Hill evaluates media reports against what he makes out to be the reality on the ground, a reality the study is unable to cover fully because of its chosen focus on media as opposed to movement sources. And is it even meaningful to measure the media against "how it really was" (Leopold von Ranke) or is it not, as Hill seems to suggest elsewhere in the book, more productive to analyze the mass media's framing of things as partly constitutive of experienced reality? Because of this methodological ambivalence, the specific nature of democracy and political representation, and how these were challenged and transformed by mediated movement activism in the 1950s and 1960s, remain a bit vague. Hill is right in arguing that the debates had the potential to shake the legitimacy of the British state at its foundation (77). But there is little sustained and systematic discussion about how this challenge played out, what ideas it brought to light, or the dynamics to which it gave rise. Ultimately, Hill's book provides a careful rephrasing of earlier interpretations of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament—and even to some extent of the more radical Direct Action Committee and Committee of 100—as geared towards "a constructive engagement with news frames and values" (246). By contrast, Hill argues that the protests around 1968 were "antagonistic" and revolved around "issues that were personal and social," leading to a rise of "identity politics," thus undermining "the single issue movement as a form of mass mobilization in Cold War Britain" (246). Overall, then, readers who had expected to find an analysis of "the movement and media as interacting systems," to use Bill Gamson and Gadi Wolfsfeld's phrase, could therefore be disappointed. Hill argues that there is a "connectedness of movements and the state" with the "mass media as intermediaries" (49), but this intriguing point is not really elaborated much throughout the study. Overall, though, these points for discussion only go to show that this study makes a significant contribution towards a fuller understanding of the relationship between the mass media and political representation in Cold War Britain.


The aim of this study was to explore the therapeutic strategies used by psychologist into civil as well as governmental organizations with conjugal mistreated women in Tijuana. Six organizations were identified, and depth interviews were accomplished to the seventeen psychologists who were working in them.


Laroche, M., Bérenger, J.-M., Gazelle, G., Blanchet, D., Raoult, D. and Parola, P. MALDI-TOFMS protein profiling for the rapid identification of Chagas disease triatomine vectors and application to the triatomine fauna of French Guiana. Parasitology. Published by Cambridge University Press, 3 August 2017. doi:10.1017/S0031182017001342. Fig. 1. Pictures of triatomine species included in this study. a:Rhodnius robustus, b:Rhodnius prolixus, c:Rhodnius pictipes, d: Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus, e: Panstrongylus geniculatus, f: Panstrongylus lignarius, g: Eratyrus mucronatus, h: Triatoma infestans. 676


A novel filter for use in three-phase power systems is introduced. When the input to the filter is a three-phase balanced set of signals, the filter suppresses noise and distortions and extracts a smooth version of the fundamental components. When the input signal to the filter is unbalanced, it extracts the positive-sequence components of the input signal. The filter also estimates the magnitude, phase-angle and frequency of the input signal while adaptively accommodates variations in all these three variables. Characteristics of the filter including its mathematical equations as well as steady-state and dynamic responses are discussed in this paper. Structural simplicity and robustness of the filter make it desirable for power system application. It can specifically be used as an adaptive anti-aliasing filter


Previous studies on the ultrastructure of barnacle cypris larvae suggest that cypris morphology, especially the antennules which play a key role in selecting the final substratum for settlement, may show variations between species existing in different habitats. In the present study, the cypris morphology of the barnacle Fistulobalanus (Balanus) albicostatus, which predominantly lives on trunks of mangrove trees was investigated using scanning electron microscopy and compared with that of species from other habitats that have already been described. The antennular segments II and III of F. albicostatus each bear one post-axial seta. The third segment consists of an attachment disc surrounded by a thin cuticular velum and the fourth segment exhibits four sub-terminal setae and five terminal setae. The morphology of the cypris antennules of F. albicostatus is similar to other balanomorph barnacles which inhabit hard shores, revealing that the antennular morphology does not have diagnostic variations between species from the different intertidal habitats. The morphology of the caudal rami (used in the evaluation of the substratum microtopography), however, appears to vary among barnacles living on different substrata.


Dalit Feminist Theory: A Reader is a collection of essays written by feminist writers in India. Feminism as a school of thought emerged in India in the early 1980s and since then, several scholarly works have been produced by feminists. Towards the beginning of the movement, there were two distinct groups of scholars, both educated in the English medium. The common factor in both groups was that the scholars all came from the dwija1 castes (Brahmin, Bania, Kayastha, Khatri and very few Kshatriya). The difference lay in the political positions which informed their standpoints—one group were Liberal Democrats, the others were Marxist feminists. After the 1990 Mandal movement, a third ideological school started to emerge. They foregrounded caste as a theoretical framework in understanding man-woman relations in India, as opposed to their predecessors who only theorized from the framework of class and democratic institutions. The editors of this book have chosen to reproduce several essays written by both Marxist and Liberal Democratic, non Dalit-bahujan women writers and in doing so have made clear their Dalit feminist position. Sunaina Arya is a young Dalit woman Ph.D candidate and research scholar in the field of Philosophy. The


Background:Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and is often confused with Irritable bowel Syndrome (IBS). Ulcerative colitis is treated as an autoimmune disease. A number of cytokines have been implicated in chronic inflammatory lesions of UC. It has been reported that inflammatory cytokines play important role in the development of the disease. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is important pro inflammatory cytokine and plays a critical role in regulating broad range of immune and inflammatory activities. Higher levels may be related to the pathogenesis and induction of inflammation in UC. Aim of the present study was to evaluate the serum concentration of MIF in patients with ulcerative colitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), colon cancer and healthy control. Methods:Study was carried out in the Department of Gastroenterology, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, India. A total of 275 subjects age sex matched (59 UC, 127 IBS, 28 colon cancer and 61 Healthy controls) were enrolled for the study fulfilling inclusion and exclusion criteria. Blood samples were obtained after informed consent for serum separation. Enzyme linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA) was performed using Bioassay Technology Laboratory kit for human macrophage migration inhibitory factor following the manufacturers protocol. A p value of less than 0.05 was considered significant. Statistical analysis was conducted by using SPSS 16.0 (SPSS, Chicago, IL). Results:MIF level in UC was found to be significantly higher (P < 0.0003) having mean SD 3.55 ± 1.3 (Z score = 3.36) when compared with healthy control having mean SD 0.89 ± 0.48 whereas in IBS patients MIF level was found to be significantly elevated (p < 0.0006) having mean SD 3.96 ± 1.39 (Z score = 3.19) when compared to healthy control and that of colon cancer was also found to be high (P < 0.00471) having mean SD 3.02 ± 1.76 (Z score = 2.59) when compared to healthy control. Conclusions:MIF concentration significantly elevated in UC, colon cancer and IBS in respect to control subject which may immobilize macrophages and can lead to production of several inflammatory cytokine which supports the claim that inflammation could be an effective factor in the pathogenesis of disease.


A pulse voltage multiplier is presented. The device consists of a set of transmission lines connected in parallel at the entry and connected in series at the end. The multiplication factor can become equal to twice the number of transmission lines, depending on the conditions at the entry of the device.


A digraph T is called a local tournament if for every vertex x of T, the set of in-neighbors as well as the set of out-neighbors of in-neighbors of x induce tournaments. Let x and y be two vertices of a 3-connected and arc-3-cyclic local tournament T with y x. We investigate the structure of T such that T contains no (x,y)-path of length k for some k with 3 k V(T) -1. Our result generalized those of [2] and [5] for tournaments.


We use the Sloan Digital Sky Survey/SEGUE spectroscopic sample of stars in the leading and trailing streams of the Sagittarius (Sgr) to demonstrate the existence of two sub-populations with distinct chemistry and kinematics. The metallicity distribution function (MDF) of the trailing stream is decomposed into two Gaussians describing a metal-rich sub-population with means and dispersions (−0.74, 0.18) dex and a metal-poor with (−1.33, 0.27) dex. The metal-rich sub-population has a velocity dispersion ∼8 km s^−1, whilst the metal-poor is nearly twice as hot ∼13 km s^−1. For the leading stream, the MDF is again well described by a superposition of two Gaussians, though somewhat shifted as compared to the trailing stream. The metal-rich has mean and dispersion (−1.00, 0.34) dex, the metal-poor (−1.39, 0.22) dex. The velocity dispersions are inflated by projection effects to give 15–30 kms^−1 for the metal-poor, and 6–20 kms^−1 for the metal-rich, depending on longitude. We infer that, like many dwarf spheroidals, the Sgr progenitor possessed a more extended, metal-poor stellar component and less extended, metal-rich one. We study the implications of this result for the progenitor mass by simulating the disruption of the Sgr, represented as King light profiles in dark haloes of masses between 10^10 and 10^11 M_⊙, in a three-component Milky Way whose halo is a live Truncated Flat potential in the first phase of accretion and a triaxial Law & Majewski model in the second phase. We show that that the dark halo of the Sgr must have been ≳ 6 × 10^10 M_⊙ to reproduce the run of velocity dispersion with longitude for the metal-rich and metal-poor sub-populations in the tails.


The Antimicrobial properties of the ethanolic extract of Cinnamomum zeylanicum bark were assayed for the in vitro antimicrobial activity against gram-positive standard bacteria represented by Staphylococus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermides and gram-negative standard bacteria represented by Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa using holeplate diffusion method. All the extracts studied in the present investigation exhibited varying degree of inhibitory effect against all the tested human pathogenic bacteria .The results shows the higher inhibition zone of all extracts for gram positive which ranged between 20.94 mm to 18.83 mm compare with gram negative bacteria which ranged between 17.55 mm to 14.38 mm. Also It can be seen antibacterial activity of Cinnamomum zeylanicum is 33.22 mm. Compare with The screening results of the Sensitivity test which revealed that the E.coli was highly sensitive to Amikacin and Oxytetracycline were (24 and 20 mm respectively). The results also revealed that Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid had moderate effect as 13 mm (Zone of inhibition) while Cefdinir had lowest effect as 8 mm. On the other hand E.coli was resistant against Ceftazidime, Carbeniciln and Cefuroxime. The zone of inhibition was recorded highly sensitive to Amikacin and Oxytetracycline were (28 and 20 mm respectively) against P. aeruginosa.while Amoxicillin/ clavulanic acid, Cefdinir, Ceftazidime, Carbeniciln and Cefuroxime had no effect of its. The zone of inhibition of antibiotics was measured against S. aureus were Erythromycin and Norfloxacin recorded the maximum zone of inhibition was (16 and 15 mm) respectively, while low susceptibility was measured by Lincomycin (9mm), On the other hand Sulfisoxazole and Ampicilin had no effect on S. aureus. S. epidermidis was highly sensitive to Norfloxacin where the zone of inhibition recorded as 38mm, while. Sulfisoxazole showed lowest effect on the growth of S. epidermidis as 8 mm. On the other hand Erythromycin, Ampicillin, and Lincomycin had no effect on it. Compare with The screening results of the medicinal plants extracts in the present study confirmed a source of antimicrobial agents by the highest sensitivity was recorded of its.


Adaptive Case Management deals with processes that are not predefined or repeatable, but depend on evolving circumstances and decisions regarding a particular situation. While case management is often considered as different from conventional business process management, in reality they cannot be strictly separated. A structured business process can contain parts which deal with non-routine cases. The Object Management Group (OMG) published the Business Process Model & Notation (BPMN) as well as the Case Management Model & Notation (CMMN). There is an ongoing debate whether these two languages should be combined are kept independent. After a short introduction into CMMN and BPMN we analyse an application process as it is typical for public administration in order to identify strengths and weaknesses of both BPMN and CMMN. We show that typical processes contain both structured and non-structured parts and neither BPMN nor CMMN alone is adequate to model the process. Finally, we propose recommendations for a metamodel, which combines elements of BPMN and CMMN. 1. – Introduction The benefits of Business Process Management (BPM) --reduction of cycle time, automation of routine processes, standardization and compliance, business integration and end-to-end performance visibility-are well established in many companies and public administrations. However, an important class of business processes has been unable to enjoy them: case management [1]. Case management processes are not predefined or repeatable, but instead, depend on evolving circumstances and decisions regarding a particular situation, a case [2]. Human judgment is required in determining how to proceed [3]. Case management processes are a common occurrence in public administrations and many industry segments. In a case management survey it was observed that two third of a knowledge worker's day is spent in unstructured and often unpredictable work patterns [4]. In government we can find case management in particular in decision processes, where human judgment is required. It is well established in many segments of benefits administration, like disability, welfare assistance, student financial aid and grants programs [1]. Adaptive Case Management (ACM) has been proposed as alternative data-centred approach for the management of such case processes [2], in contrast to the activity-centred approaches for structured business processes [4]. However, while case management is often considered as different from conventional business process management (see [4]), in reality they cannot be strictly separated. A structured business process can contain parts which deal with non-routine cases requiring additional investigation by different people, for example the underwriting in 1 Also called Adaptive Case Management (ACM) Page 2 Combining Process Modelling and Case Modelling financial services [1]. Nevertheless, in 2013 the OMG published the new Case Management Model and Notation (CMMN) [5], a modelling language specific for case management which is separate from Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) [6], which is a standard for business process modelling. In this research we investigate, whether and how business process modelling and case modelling should be integrated. We analyse a concrete case and show that neither BPMN nor CMMN alone are appropriate to model all aspects. We analyse the commonalities and differences of BPMN and CMMN and suggest an integrated meta-model that allows to model structured and non-structured aspects of a business process in a single environment. 2. – Related Work Adaptive Case Management (ACM) has recently received growing attention [7]–[9]. In this section the differences between Adaptive Case Management (ACM) and Business Process Management (BPM) are briefly described. BPM focuses on business processes consisting of activities in a flow. According to The business process defines the flow of control, all the possible paths and permutations are defined in advance [4]. As an activity occurs, the state of the process changes (see Figure 1). As the state changes, it is transferred from one activity to the next, control flows similarly from one activity to the next. Figure 1: States in BPM [10] ACM, on the other hand, focuses on cases consisting on events and outcomes. More precisely a case is a collection of processes and isolated tasks, the number and identity of which cannot be fixed by a predefined template or rules. While the circumstances , which define how and when the case is completed are known, it is not possible to fully predetermine all the tasks needed to complete the case, as stated by Palmer [4]. A case evolves over time in the direction of achieving a goal and it can take unpredictable directions. The activities to reach the completion of the case are determined by the content and context and each of them creates information to add to the case. This defines the state of a case as shown in Figure 2. In particular where human judgment is predominant, ACM is a more appropriate approach. Figure 2: States in ACM [10] K. Hinkelmann, A. Pierfranceschi Page 3 Modelling cases has specific requirements compared to process modelling, because with ACM sequence and pathways of execution are not predetermined [4]. In the standard process modelling language BPMN there is the possibility to indicate subprocesses [6] as adhoc, but there is no further support to express specific aspects of cases. As a consequence, the OMG developed the Case Management Model and Notation CMMN [5] as a separate modelling language. There is an ongoing debate whether a new modelling language is necessary for case management or whether case modelling can be an extension of business process modelling. While Swenson claims that "BPMN is incompatible with ACM" [11], Silver argues that BPMN and CMMN should be merged [12]. He proposes to extend BPMN with case-specific element of CMMN. To illustrate his argument, he shows an example with case elements added to BPMN. Also IBM works on a case extension of their business process modelling in tool [13] offering the possibility to add discretionary tasks in business processes, instantiating them at runtime either manually by a user or by a few defined preconditions. In other words IBM's BPM 8.5.5 seamlessly blends runtime and non runtime processes, and all combinations thereof, in a single product. Other approaches combine CMMN and BPMN in the same tool by reusing model elements (see for example [14]). In contrast, we focus on developing an integrated language with elements from both CMMN and BPMN. 3. – Overview of BPMN and CMMN In this section we give a short overview of BPMN [6] and CMMN [5]. This section is not intended as an introduction into the languages but serves as a reference. For convenience we show in Table 1 the main elements of BPMN, which can be divided into 4 categories: flow objects, connectors, artefacts and swimlanes. The focus of BPMN is to model the control flow of business processes (with flow objects and sequence flow connector), the assignment of activities to participants (using swimlanes) and information flow (using data objects and message flow). Element Name  Element Icon Element Description


Coffee quality is generally evaluated through cupping, a technique based on sensory perceptions. Trained cuppers assign scores to ten quality attributes on a scale of 1 to 10. Exposure of coffee to moisture and/or oxygen during storage and/or transportation can affect the sensory evaluation and reduce the price received by farmers. This paper has two objectives. First, it estimates the effect of sensory scores and water activity on coffee price and its price differential from the market price. Second, it explores coffee sensory scores sensitivity to storage duration and water activity under two methods of application of the Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags - the standard three layers PICS bag (PICS-3L) and the two layers PICS bag (PICS-2L). Data were collected for ten months from an experiment conducted in Manizales, Colombia. Results suggest, on average, that an additional point in the score of flavor or body increases the price of coffee by at least 66 COP/kg (0.015 USD/kg). If coffee has an additional point in aftertaste or uniformity from what is expected from other coffees of the same origin, then its price differential is reduced by at least 8 COP/kg (0.002 USD/kg). Using a PICS-3L bag instead of a PICS-2L bag does not affect the coffee price or sensory scores, but it reduces the price differential by approximately 18 COP/kg (0.004 USD/kg). On the other hand, water activity reduces coffee price but not its price differential. Storage time affects coffee sensory scores in some attributes, which may impact the coffee bean price.


The multidimensional Dirac delta function and the Heaviside unit step function are shown to be analytical tools of use in solving classical demonstrations of Gauss's Law in electrostatics. Applications in spherically symmetric and cylindrically symmetric scenarios are presented-and verified by the differential form of Gauss's Law.


We emphasise the learning algorithm and the convergence capability of the structured network for solving linear equations (Wang et al., 1990). Based on this structured network, a new autoregressive (AR) modeling method is presented. Its basic idea is to solve Yule-Walker type matrix equations for model coefficients by the structured network. The advantages of this AR modeling method over other AR modeling methods are: a parallel architecture and algorithm, suitable for VLSI hardware realization; and no divisions are involved in the calculations, so that the method still works for ill-conditioned Yule-Walker type matrix equations. Simulation results illustrating the performance of the method are given for both narrow-band sources and combinations of narrow-band and broad-band sources subjected to various levels of Gaussian white noise.<<ETX>>


Interleukin (IL)–27 is a heterodimeric cytokine with potent inhibitory properties. Thus, mice that lack IL–27–mediated signaling develop exaggerated inflammatory responses during toxoplasmosis as well as other infections or autoimmune processes. While regulatory T (Treg) cells are critical to limit inflammation, their role during toxoplasmosis is controversial because this infection results in a dramatic decrease in the total numbers of these cells associated with reduced levels of IL–2. Because IL–27 suppresses IL–2, we initially hypothesized that it was responsible for the Treg cell "crash". Thus, we examined the role of IL–27 and IL–2 and their effects on Treg cells during toxoplasmosis. We observed that although IL–2 production is enhanced in the absence of IL–27, this was not sufficient to rescue Treg cell frequencies during infection. Rather, our data indicated that IL–27 promoted an immunosuppressive Treg cell population that displayed a T helper 1 (TH1) phenotype, characterized by the expression of T–bet, CXCR3, IL–10 and interferon (IFN)–γ. Although IFN–γ and IL–27 can give rise to a population of T–bet+ Treg cells in vitro, there were distinct differences in the signaling and transcriptional responses of Treg cells to these cytokines. Analysis of the genes induced by IL–27 revealed that it promoted Treg cell expression of a number of inhibitory receptors such as LAG–3 and PD–1 which function to limit the magnitude of T cell responses. Taken together, these studies highlight the role of IL–27 as a central coordinator of Treg cell effector functions during inflammation. Degree Type Dissertation Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Graduate Group Immunology First Advisor Christopher A. Hunter Second Advisor Avinash Bhandoola Subject Categories Allergy and Immunology | Immunology and Infectious Disease | Medical Immunology This dissertation is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/906 IMPACT OF IL-27 ON REGULATORY T CELL RESPONSES Aisling O'Hara A DISSERTATION in Immunology Presented to the Faculties of the University of Pennsylvania in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2013 Supervisor of Dissertation _______________________________________ Christopher A. Hunter, PhD, Professor of Pathobiology Graduate Group Chairperson _______________________________________ Avinash Bhandoola, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Dissertation Committee Andrew J. Caton, PhD, Wistar Institute Professor David Artis, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology Yasmine Belkaid, PhD, Investigator Chief, Mucosal Immunology Section, NIAID Laurence A. Turka, MD, Professor of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital Andrew D. Wells, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine IMPACT OF IL-27 ON REGULATORY T CELL RESPONSES


Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment, proposed by Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ), that would allow Congress to intervene in the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) merit review process ([ 1 ][1]). Flake's amendment would prevent NSF scientists from evaluating and


The rapid development of internet technology brings forward a new topic in college English teaching,we should know how to apply the abundant English network sources in college English teaching,how to construct a brand-new college English teaching circumstance to cultivate the students'enthusiasm of learning English.To improve the college students'abilities of listening,speaking, reading,writing and translating by using English network sources is an effective attempt in college English teaching,and we hope it can enlighten and do a lot to the college English teaching.


In this paper, an immune genetic based algorithm (IGA) for random test pattern generation was proposed. Genetic algorithms (GA) solve many search and optimization problems, effectively. However, they may drop into local optimal solutions; or they may find the optimal solution by low convergence speed. To overcome these problems, we used the immune concept and GA algorithm for random-based test generation. In the proposed algorithm, some of the main characteristics of the immune system were used to enhance the GA algorithm. As a result, a new random-based test pattern generation technique based on immune genetic algorithm (IGA) was presented. Experimental results showed that the proposed algorithm improved the ability of global search, avoided dropping into the local optimal solutions and increased the speed of computation convergence with respect to previously proposed non-immune GA algorithms. The proposed algorithm improved the test size with a factor of about 25 % in comparison with non-immune algorithms.


The blazar S5 0716+714 has been monitored in its flaring state between 2015 January 19 and February 22 with Swift/XRT. During this period an exceptional flux level was observed in the X-ray range as well as in the other wavelengths, e.g. optical, near infrared and very high energy $\gamma$ rays. Here, we report X-ray observations of S5 0716+714 carried out during the outburst. The observed X-ray spectra, well described with broken power-law model, disentangle both synchrotron and inverse Compton components. The break energy shifts towards higher energies with increasing flux, revealing the dominance of synchrotron radiation in the X-ray spectrum observed. We also report spectrum softening with increasing flux. During the recent flare, significant temporal intranight variability is observed in the X-ray range.


Pulmonary arterial hypertension induced by drugs and toxins is a clinical type of pulmonary vascular disease that has been linked to agents and compounds that interfere with the serotonin pathway, potassium channels, oestrogen receptors, catecholamines, angiogenesis inhibitors, IP10, endothelin, c-Src kinase, and alkylating agents. Recent research suggests that both pulmonary arteries and veins are common targets for their effects.


The crystal structure of the title complex, C21H21N, consists of discrete molecules with unremarkable geometry. The N atom is sp2-hybridized. Comparisons are made with other arylamine molecules.


The invention provides a construction method of a deep water pile foundation without steel pile casings. The construction method comprises the following steps that (1) a covering layer and sludge on a riverbed at a pier position are cleaned, and rock of the riverbed is completely exposed; (2) a steel cofferdam is placed downwards at the pier position; (3) underwater bottom sealing concrete is poured in the steel cofferdam, and pouring is paused when the bottom sealing concrete is poured by 50cm lower than a preset height; (4) after the bottom sealing concrete reaches the design strength, water in the steel cofferdam is completely pumped out, lofting of bored pile positions is conducted in the steel cofferdam, and meanwhile lofting of steel pipe pile positions used for setting-up of a drilling platform is conducted; (5) drill guide steel pile casings with the height of 150cm are installed at the bored pile positions, steel pipe piles are installed at the steel pipe pile positions, the scale height of the top of each steel pipe pile is arranged in the mode that the top of each steel pipe pile is flush with the top of the steel cofferdam, and then the remaining portion, with the height of 50 cm, of the bottom sealing concrete is poured; (6) lower supporting is conducted by the steel pipe piles and the steel cofferdam, and the drilling platform is set up; (7) drilling machines are placed in position to conduct drilling.


Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a progressive lower-extremity exercise program on pain, efficacy of exercise, and the life satisfaction among older women with TKRA. Methods: This study was a nonequivalent control group non synchronized design and was conducted from 12 September 2012 to 05 February 2014 in G-university hospital located in J-city. The sample was composed of an experimental group (n=20) and a control group (n=20). The progressive lower extremity exercise program was applied to the experimental group for 13 days. NRS scale was used to measure the pain, self-efficacy of exercise was measured by Exercise Self Efficacy, and life satisfaction was measured by 8 item questionnaire. Results: The experimental group was significantly lower in the degree of pain (F=73.53, p<.001), higher in the degree of self-efficacy of exercise (F=61.42, p<.001) and life satisfaction (F=80.91, p<.001) than the control group. Conclusion: The progressive lower-extremity exercise program for TKRA patients was useful to reduce pain and improve self-efficacy of exercise and life satisfaction, To reduce the pain and th improve the life satisfaction of older women with TKRA, we need to provide the progressive exercise at bedside during the postoperative recovery phase.


New neuron production throughout adulthood in granule cell layer (GCL) of rat hippocampus is a well‐known phenomenon. A role of new neurons in hippocampal learning has been proposed, but the question is still open. A reduction of neural precursor proliferation in GCL of 2‐month‐old rats to about 20%, induced by the cytostatic agent methylazoxymethanol, was found to cause impairment in trace conditioning, suggesting a role of immature neurons in this kind of hippocampus‐dependent learning (Shors et al., Hippocampus 2002;12:578–584). Neurogenesis decreases with increasing age. In this study, neural precursor proliferation and newborn cell survival were evaluated in GCL of adult rats within a range of ages following development and preceding old age. In 5‐month‐old rats, neural precursor proliferation was reduced to 57% and newborn cell survival was reduced to 40% in comparison to rats of 2 months of age; in 12‐month‐old rats, the decrease was to 5 and 4%, respectively. Consistently, the density of immature neurons decreased to 41 and 13% in 5‐ and 12‐month‐old rats, respectively. The role of neurogenesis in trace fear conditioning was studied in this natural model of neurogenesis depression. No impairment in trace fear conditioning was found both in 5‐ and 12‐month‐old rats in comparison to 2‐month‐old rats, notwithstanding the decrease of neurogenesis that is marked in 12‐month‐old rats. This finding shows that a lower rate of neurogenesis is sufficient for learning in 12‐month‐old rats in comparison to young rats. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Abstract Piezoelectricity in polymer films is classified by its mechanism into three groups: A-1, intrinsic piezoelectricity due to internal strain in nonpolar crystals; A-2, intrinsic piezoelectricity due to the strain-dependence of the spontaneous polarization in polar crystals; and B, piezoelectricity due to the heterogeneity of macroscopic strain. The relaxational behavior of piezoelectricity in Type A-1 is discussed for two cases: (a) the piezoelectric phase is relaxing, and (b) the piezoelectric phase is nonrelaxing but the nonpiezoelectric phase is relaxing. For Case a, a thermody-namic theory is developed, yielding relations among relaxation strengths of piezoelectric constant, dielectric constant, and elastic modulus. For Case b, on the other hand, the inequalities e″/e′ 0 are verified for a generalized composite model of two phases, where e′ — ie" and d′ — id″ are complex piezoelectric stress and strain constants, respectively. Relaxational behavior of the piezoelectric constant ...


In order to quantitatively describe the complexity of traffic flow system,the paper analyzed the traffic flow complexity on road based on introducing the statistical complexity and its property. Taking the traffic flow on three typical road sections in Nanjing as a sample, and by comparing and analyzing the relation between the traffic flow complexity and traffic conflict rate on the different sections, the paper drew out a regression model of the traffic flow complexity and traffic conflict rate. The results showed that: the characteristic complexity is an effective measure for the random and non-linear systems,and the relevance between traffic flow complexity and non-serious traffic conflict rate is better enough for measuring and analyzing the traffic flow complexity, which supports a new idea on studying the complexity of transport system.


The Audit of Gender in Media Education and Training in Southern Africa presents some preliminary findings on gender in media education and journalism training in the entry level and postgraduate media and journalism training programmes offered at 23 tertiary institutions in 12 Southern African countries.


Neural networks are an innovative approach to information processing. Their characteristics lend themselves to directed analysis of the contents of computer data-bases. Potential payoffs from this include increased sales, decreased risk, and improved profitability. This presentation includes a brief look at the technology with an emphasis on providing a basic understanding of its characteristics and how they can be applied.


Abstract : The passivation film on iron has been examined in situ using automatic ellipsometry to obtain the spectral properties. Both structural and mechanistic information has been obtained concerning this film. This represents the first time such spectroscopic information is available. ESCA has been used as a ex situ complementary tool to examine iron and also nickel and their alloys. (Author)


In three successive generations, a Henry Wallace advocated interests of the agricultural Midwest: trust busting, natural resource conservation, application of science in agricultural, freer trade, and international comity. While characterized as a Midwest institution, the family's success as Secretaries of Agriculture ultimately depended on presidential support. Henry C. Wallace failed to restore prosperity to farmers in the depression after World War I due to the opposition of President Harding. His son Henry A. Wallace succeeded in the Great Depression thanks to strong support of President Roosevelt. JEL Classifications : N13, Q15


In projection-based model order reduction, a reduced-order approximation of the original full-order system is obtained by projecting it onto a reduced subspace that contains its dominant characteristics. The problem of frequency-weighted H2-optimal model order reduction is to construct a local optimum of the squared H2-norm of the weighted error transfer function. In this paper, a projection-based model order reduction algorithm is proposed that constructs reduced-order models that nearly satisfy the first-order optimality conditions for the frequency-weighted H2-optimal model order reduction problem. It is shown that as the order of the reduced model is increased, the deviation in the satisfaction of the optimality conditions decays. Numerical methods to improve the computational efficiency of the proposed algorithm are also discussed. Three numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed algorithm.


Background: We have previously demonstrated that the importance of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) increases as the vessel size decreases and that the nature of EDHF in mouse micr...


An adult patient with macular cherry-red spots, a gargoyle-like physical appearance, cerebellar ataxia, myoclonus, convulsive seizures, and pyramidal tract signs showed a profound deficiency of beta-galactosidase in liver and brain. Thrombocytopathy of undetermined etiology was evident since childhood, and the patient died of intracranial bleeding at age 22. Cerebral ganglioside pattern was normal. Hepatic mucopolysaccharides were not increased. GM1-gangliosidosis and mucopolysaccharidosis were ruled out by those analytical data. However, a large amount of amylopectin-like polysaccharide was found to be accumulated in liver. Hepatocyte contained numerous inclusion bodies with granulofibrillary structure similar to Lafora bodies, corpora amylacea, and inclusion bodies in glycogenosis type IV. This case seems to represent a new inborn metabolic disease closely related to GM1-gangliosidosis and mucopolysaccharidosis. The primary metabolic defect is not known at present.


This paper introduces magnetic measuring technique to measure the accurate length of wire strand online rapildy,analyzes remanent magnetism of wire strand,magnetic cavity and the relationship between wire strand movement speed and measuring accuracy and in detail introduces design,digital filtration,undetected monitor and error calculation of magnetic module,remanent sensor and measuring circuit.


Large-scale high-quality, standardized, measurable and accurate data is the key to promote the progress of the algorithm in the radar remote sensing. Data scaling is a widespread technology that increases the size of a labeled training set dataset through specific data transformations. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image simulators based on computer-aided mapping models play an important role in SAR applications such as automatic target recognition and image interpretation, but the accuracy of this simulator is due to geometric errors and simplification of electromagnetic calculations. In order to achieve a SAR image datasets with the known target and azimuth angles, we can generate the desired image directly from a known image database. We can realize the augmentation of SAR image data set through linear synthesis and Generative Adversarial Networks, which can generate SAR images for the specified azimuth.


Collections of Portuguese baroque villancicos and romances, besides those in Munich (Bavarian State Library, Ccs. 139–47), Spain and the New World, survive at Évora (Biblioteca Pública, Ccs. and at Coimbra (Biblioteca Geral da Universidade). The last of these is the most important in terms of sheer size. Like most of the manuscript music in the library, it belonged to the Convento de Santa Cruz at Coimbra, mother house of the Augustinian order and one of the most important centres of Portuguese music during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. There is still no complete catalogue available of this music, although one has been in preparation for some years.


PO LI C Y BR IE F, N O . 2 7, 2 01 3 H to nearly a quarter of the global population, South Asia accounts for only about 3 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP).1 More importantly, about 42 percent of the world's poor seek shelter in the region,2 making South Asia one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to the anticipated negative effects of climate change. Although in the last two decades, South Asia has witnessed high food consumption rates due to rapid population growth, the region still has the highest concentration of malnourished in the world. In fact, during 2010–2012, 304 million people were undernourished in South Asia, which is around one third of the total number of undernourished people in the world.3 Despite a steady decline in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) of South Asian countries in recent years, indices are still relatively


Introduction Chapter One : Historical Introduction Chapter Two : Intelligence, Language and Learning Chapter Three : Class, Culture and Interest Chapter Four : The Theory of Intelligence Chapter Five : I.Q. Theory and Education Chapter Six : A Critique of the Theory of I.Q. Chapter Seven : Theories of Cultural and Verbal Deficit Chapter Eight : Verbal Deficit Theories: The Counter-Attack Chapter Nine : Verbal Deficit Theories: An Overview Chapter Ten : The Educational Implications of the Verbal Deficit Controversy Chapter Eleven : Literacy, Literate Culture and Education Chapter Twelve : Equality, Culture and Interest Chapter Thirteen : Conclusion Bibliography Index.


The Security and Intelligence Services (known as MI5 and MI6) have statutory authority to act in respect of the economic well‐being of the UK. The Security Service Act 1989 defines MI5's role as being to safe‐guard economic well‐being, while the Intelligence Services Act 1994 empowers MI6 more specifically to obtain and provide information in relation to this interest. Both organisations are limited, in this context, to operating in respect of the actions or intentions of persons outside the British Isles. This concern with the protection of economic well‐being is not a recent development. As long ago as the 18th century, Parliament was sufficiently concerned by the suborning of skilled British workers by the French to pass legislation against industrial espionage. At the same time, Britain was sending intelligence agents into France to gather similar information. The state and private industry worked closely together to protect national interests from espionage, and to seek out intelligence on foreign industrial techniques. The nature of the intelligence sought covered purely commercial targets, such as wool manufacturing and clock making, as well as military technology, such as shipbuilding. This brief historical comparison high‐lights issues which are still pertinent. First, the shared interest that government and industry have in acquiring intelligence in this area. Secondly, that such espionage has a twofold objective of gathering information relating to both commercial and military‐industrial matters.


Boron nitride thin films have been deposited on (100) oriented Si substrate by magnetically enhanced activated reactive evaporation technique. The build up of c-BN is normally accompanied by strong compressive stresses. When these stresses exceeds the strength of the adhesion forces at the interface, adhesion fails causing the destruction of the c-BN film. This has been one of the major limiting factors of using the c-BN films for many important industrial applications such as cutting tools and semiconductor devices. In this experiment, the plasma immersion ion implantation has been applied to improve the adhesion of the film. The post ion implantation was conducted at several implantation energies and constant dose. The effect of ion implantation on the microstructures was investigated by Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy. Infrared characterization of c-BN film by FTIR (Fig.l) shows that the IR spectra of the specimens prepared at all energies but 72 kV have strong absorption band at 1080 cm-1 corresponding to cubic boron nitride.


The hybrid internal combustion engine-solid oxide fuel cell AmmoniaDrive concept is a single-fuel, high-efficiency, high-tech ship power/propulsion plant solution that will produce no pollutant emissions. It also strikes the right balance between different, relevant ship design considerations. Too good to be true?


Catalyst for hydrogenation of 1,3-cyclobutanediketone compound is provided, which includes a support and VIIIB group transition metal loaded thereon. The support includes a first oxide powder with a surface wrapped by a second oxide. The first oxide includes silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, zinc oxide, or a combination thereof. The second oxide has a composition of MxAl(1-x)O(3-x)/2, M is alkaline earth metal, and x is from 0.3 to 0.7.


In order to determine the danger area,threat area and safety area in coal and gas outburst mines,new idea about the multi-factors pattern recognition and probability prediction method based on geological dynamic division is advanced,which aims to predict coal and gas outburst.Taking Jixi Didao mine as an example,the characteristics of structure movement with different scale and level were decided by using geological dynamic division method,and the relationship between plate structure theory and mining project was established.Then with the factors affecting coal and gas outburst as the parameters,the danger region was divided by the multi-factors pattern recognition and probability prediction method.This research indicates that the method is rational and effective in the prediction of coal and gas outburst region,and can be applied and popularized in the actual project.


investigations into the longitudinal metacognitive changes is war-ranted. Background: It is known that people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) suffer from behavioral disorders, one of the most frequent is sleep disorders (SD). Measuring the impact of this disorder and clinically understanding its manifestations in people with AD can provide new parameters for higher quality care and can been a support for have a more effective treatment. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, correlational, quantitative study. We evaluated healthy elderly patients with mild and moderate AD, attending an outpa-tient neurology clinic. The instruments used were: Addenbroke's Cognitive Examination Revised (ACEr), Memory Complaint Scale - form A, (AIS) Athens Insomnia Scale, (QOL-AD) Quality of Life Assessment Scale on Alzheimer Disease, (ESE) Epworth Sleepi-ness Scale and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD). Re-sults: The majority being female (71,4 %), married, schooling of 4.9 6 2,9 years and age 70,5 6 2,8. . In health group 7,7% has SD by AIS and 15% ESE. Was found in population with AD 25 % with SD BY AIS and 33,3% by ESE, means in HAD-D 3,9 6 5,2, HAD-A 4,2 6 3,6, QOL-AD 16,5 6 4,7. The group AD was separate in ADSD (AD with SD) and ADNSD (AD with not present SD). Was found difference in scores Background: Sleep has demonstrated the ability to modify the accu-mulation of Alzheimer biomarkers through the slow wave phase in experimental studies. Epidemiological data have shown that the duration and quality of sleep are related to cognitive impairment and short sleep


Since 2000, JAMSTEC has been developing an AUV (length: 2.5 m, weight in the air: 800 kg), MR-X1, with a shape like the head of a fish. The maximum depth of the AUV is 4,200 m and its operating time is approximately 15 hours with a Li-ion battery unit. Five thrusters are equipped for high maneuverability. A TV camera, a side scan sonar, and a manipulator are equipped for various scientific works. MR-X1 has three operation modes: an autonomous mode, an UROV mode, and a wireless (acoustic/radio) control mode. The development goal of the MR-X1 is achievement of the working robot with high intelligence for detailed ocean investigation, installation of observation equipment on the sea floor and so on.


Elephant-foot buckling is a typical failure mode of the large storage tank under the earthquake,and axial compressive stress is the main factor of elephant-foot buckling.Considering the practical engineering situations,the large storage tank was simulated under the earthquake using large general finite element analysis software Adina.The effect of seismic intensity and depth of liquid on the axial compressive stress in the bottom of the tank shell was considered.The reliability on the anti-buckling effect of the storage tank was calculated in different depth of liquid and seismic intensity using JC method.The results show that in the same seismic intensity,the axial compressive stress along tank wall increases with the depth of liquid in the storage tank increasing.The axial anti-buckling reliability along the tank wall decreases with the depth of liquid increasing under the same seismic intensity in large storage tank.In practical engineering design,the site seismic safety should be evaluated firstly,as far as possible to avoid the earthquake zone.


In one embodiment, the present invention is an encoder, and at least one output of the encoder including a filter having at least one input and the vocoder, at least one input operably connected to the input of the vocoder and at least one output having at least one output in and a decoder comprising a synthesizer having at least one output of the the at least one can be connected to operation input, operatively connected to a vocoder or more outputs, the decoder is provided with, and the decoder is a phase matching the speech frame memory and it is adapted to execute the instructions stored in the memory for the time warping.


B efore the publication of the results of the stenting versus aggressive medical therapy for intracranial arterial ste-nosis (SAMMPRIS) trial, the Wingspan stent was being used in clinical practice as a rescue treatment to prevent recurrent stroke in patients with 50% to 99% intracranial arterial steno-sis who had a transient ischemic attack or stroke when on anti-thrombotic therapy (AT). The rationale for this approach was uncertain because the preceding warfarin aspirin symptomatic intracranial disease (WASID) trial had shown similar rates of recurrent stroke on medical treatment alone in patients whose qualifying event (QE) for that trial occurred on versus off AT. 1 SAMMPRIS showed that patients with a transient ischemic attack or stroke within 30 days before enrollment that was attributed to a high grade, 70% to 99%, stenosis of a major intracranial artery had greater benefit from aggressive medical management alone (AMM) than with percutaneous trans-luminal angioplasty and stenting with the Wingspan stent plus aggressive medical management (PTAS). 2,3 SAMMPRIS did not require patients to be refractory to AT to be enrolled in the trial, which provided us with the opportunity to determine whether stenting is a rescue therapy for patients with a transient ischemic attack or stroke when on AT (so-called anti-thrombotic failures) and to compare the outcomes between patients whose QE for SAMMPRIS occurred on versus off AT. We report the results of these prespecified analyses in this article. Background and Purpose—Stenting has been used as a rescue therapy in patients with intracranial arterial stenosis and a transient ischemic attack or stroke when on antithrombotic therapy (AT). We determined whether the stenting versus aggressive medical therapy for intracranial arterial stenosis (SAMMPRIS) trial supported this approach by comparing the treatments within subgroups of patients whose qualifying event (QE) occurred on versus off of AT. Methods—The primary outcome, 30-day stroke and death and later strokes in the territory of the qualifying artery, was compared between (1) percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting plus aggressive medical therapy (PTAS) versus aggressive medical management therapy alone (AMM) for patients whose QE occurred on versus off AT and between (2) patients whose QE occurred on versus off AT separately for the treatment groups. Results—Among the 284/451 (63%) patients who had their QE on AT, the 2-year primary end point rates were 15.6% for those randomized to AMM (n=140) and 21.6% for PTAS (n=144; P=0.043, log-rank test). In the 167 patients not on AT, the …


Objective:To analyze the CT and MRI features of peripheral neurilemoma.Methods:The CT and MRI features of 13 patients with histopathology proved peripheral neurilemoma were retrospectively analyzed.The location of the tumor was cervico-thoracic intervertebral foramen(2 cases),neck,occipital region,mediastinum,chest wall for 1 case each,and lower limb(7 cases).Results:All of the tumors were oval shaped,well-defined and with the extent along the nerve distribution.Enlargement of intervertebral foramen could be assessed in 2 cases.The capsule of tumors showed hyper-attenuated,the density of intra-capsular tumor mass was lower than that of muscle.The masses showed iso-/hypo-signal intensities on MR T1WI and heterogeneous hyper-intensities on T2WI.After contrast administration,the lesions showed inhomogeneous enhancement,with "target" signs in 4 cases,nerve entering and exiting the tumor in 3 cases,fat-encircling sign in 8 cases,fat-tail sign in 7 cases,cerebrospinal-fluid tail sign in 1 case.Conclusion:Characteristic imaging findings could be revealed in peripheral neurilemoma,which might provide significant information for the diagnosis.


The notions of modern management have developed from process, production, human or labour orientations. One of the great questions confronting our industrial society today is concerned with the issue of managers' actions and behaviour dealing with and through people, particularly their subordinates (human/labour-oriented aspect). Achieving a greater understanding of the ways to handle conflicts and adopting an appropriate style to handle it will enable superiors to manage their subordinates effectively. The purpose of the study is to explore the relationships between a superior's individual characteristics and conflict-handling styles and its consequences on employees' satisfaction. In general, this research analyses various managerial supervision styles and its impact on subordinates' compliance and satisfaction with superiors' supervision in Malaysian organisations.


Effect of different paddy-based cropping sequences on nematode population was studied in previously sugarcane grown microplots infested with Tylenchorhynchus mashhoodi, Helicotylenchus indicus, Hoplolairnus indicus, Meloidogyne incognita, Rotylenchulus reniforrnis, Pratylenchus zeae alongwith non-parasitic forms for two consecutive years. Following paddy, 83 per cent decrease in total population of parasitic and 467 per cent increase in non-parasitic forms were observed. After paddy, monoculture of sugarcane tremendously increased total population followed by rotations ofmaize and wheat but remained less than initial level with rotations of mustard, garlic, pulses and fenugreek. Maximum reduction in total nematode population was noticed in paddy-gram rotation.


The "Prize in Economic Science in Memory of Alfred Nobel" can be analyzed as a process of social construction of public intellectuals in a precise sense, similar to the one which emerged in France during the "affaire Dreyfus": intellectual producers (scientific, literary, artistic) are given the opportunity to demonstrate their sphere of activity and legitimacy in order to take positions on various moral or political problems. This makes them more similar to Foucault's "specific intellectual" than to Sartre's "total intellectual". "Nobel economists" are given a particular social authority on the basis of their scientific performance and expertise (even though these performances and expertise appear very far from "real life" economic and social problems). The alchemy of the process of construction and conversion of symbolic capital which occurs for Nobel economists rests on the social construction of a specific scientific symbolic capital, associated to an academic field: economics. This symbolic capital appears to be closely related to particular economic institutions and stakes, such as central banks and economic policies: behind a specific scientific legitimacy, one finds a complex system of interdependence which interrelates


The author`s thesis is that structure is, by content, invariable significance and is three-dimensional by form. In its turn, significance is understood as phenomena of selection that are inherent in every level of reality (i.e. moving matter). The three-section form of structure is also universal. The concept of structure only acquires a categorized meaning in unity with functional approach. In other words, this doesn`t mean there are two different approaches; this means there is just one philosophical and generally-accepted structural and functional methodology. Each function, firstly, is the outcome of a certain structure, and secondly, is realized by the corresponding (secondary, derivative) structure. As to the essence of structure as a philosophical category, apparently, it should be defined through the concept 'invariability'.


Gallstone ileus is an infrequent cause of small bowel obstruction. It mainly affects the elderly population with a female predominance. Many individuals often have concurrent history of chronic cholelithiasis. A fistula between the gallbladder and duodenum allow for the passage of a gallstone into the small bowel potentially leading to mechanical obstruction. Diagnosis can be difficult even with the help of modern imaging modalities which can lead to a delay in management and high risk of morbidity and mortality. This case demonstrates a commonly cited sign of gallstone ileus known as Rigler's Triad; small bowel obstruction, a gallstone outside the gallbladder, and air in the biliary tree. Raniga H, Shekhar A and Hendehewa R* Department of Surgery, Caboolture Hospital, Australia


SSRI are the widely prescribed first line drugs for depression and as depression very commonly presents with insomnia SSRI are good at improving the sleep problems also. But though rare the occurrence of sleep related side effects like bruxism,it may cause significant distress and cause of nonadherence which easily may be overlooked. In this case we report a case of Paroxetine induced bruxism and subsequently treated with withdrawing the drug and buspirone. Though the aetiology of such bruxism remained unclear, the imbalances in dopaminergic and serotonergic activities in the central nervous system is mostly implicated.


In today's globalized world, some agribusinesses are diversifying to other agricultural and non-agricultural products to combat the inherent risks associated with marketing agricultural goods, while others have intensified in one particular area. For example, Tyson Foods, Incorporated, one of the largest publicly-traded and globally recognized agribusinesses, began making poultry products in the 1930s and has since diversified to market beef, pork, and other food products through either acquisitions or expansion of core business strategy, while Cal-Maine Foods has continued to stay true to its core business of egg production and marketing. A diversified portfolio is expected to alleviate the effects of business disrupting events such as product recalls, droughts, or animal disease events. Protein companies specifically face risks associated with feed sourcing, animal health and welfare, and food safety. The aim of this work is to analyze the value of product diversification on an agribusiness' worth using stock prices to value each of the top 100 meat companies that are publically traded in the United States. Daily stock prices from 2007-2016 have been collected and are used to identify the factors that contribute to the value of a company, while accounting for the heterogeneity of agribusiness management and strategy.