Since the inception of African-American Archaeology, archaeologists have attempted to identify artifacts from the New World that are African in style, manufacture or origin. Most of this research has focused upon studies of handmade ceramics, such as colono-wares in the Southern United States, or Yabba wares in Jamaica. However, enslaved Africans and African-Americans also expressed traditional cultural values through reinterpreted European-American material culture. The slave quarters of Clifton plantation, Bahamas, offers a rare opportunity to study the material culture of an enslaved population who, due to the policies of their owner, could participate fully as buyers and sellers in the markets of Nassau. The composition of archaeological assemblages from the slave houses clearly demonstrates that African-inspired aesthetic and religious traditions influenced the consumer's choices of Clifton's African-Bahamian population.


A superconducting linear phase modulator using a single film device made of Tl-Ca-Ba-Cu-O for operation at 77 K is presented. The modulator has been analyzed from 300 MHz to about 6 GHz with good linearity for peak phase deviations up to 100 rad. Modulation has been observed for carriers up to 35 GHz.


The concept of excitonic polaron proposed by Otsuka is investigated, and its relation to electronic polaron theory initiated by Toyozawa is revealed with a generalized treatment, where the crystal electronic system is treated in terms of a Fermion-Boson transformation. From a qualitative estimate it is inferred that the effect of excitonic polaron in Ge prevails over that of electronic polaron at fairly high exciton number density.


LARGELY as a result of his studies of the albumin fraction of serum, S6rensen [1930] developed the view that the soluble proteins comprise reversibly dissociable component systems, from which by suitable adjustment of conditions a whole series of fractions may be obtained, varying progressively in such characteristics as solubility, carbohydrate content etc. S6rensen's investigations remain a monument of precision and detail and together with his deductions form a classic monograph in protein chemistry. It is of particular significance that though all his albumin fractions were crystalline, this afforded no guarantee of their chemical "purity", since, as he showed, their solubility was not independent of the amounts of solid phase introduced into the system. His most readily soluble albumin fraction contained as much as 50 times the quantity of carbohydrate present in the least soluble fractions, intermediate fractions possessing intermediate values. The tendency of different proteins to dissociate into their component systems was shown to vary. Serum albumin presents rather an extreme case, being very readily dissociable, whereas in egg albumin the tendency to dissociation is considerably less. The work of Hewitt [1934; 1936; 1937, 1; 1938; 1939], in which attention was focused upon the carbohydrate contents of his serum protein fractions, led him to postulate the existence of three proteins in the albumin group, viz. globoglycoid, crystalbumin and seroglycoid. Crystalbumin contained no carbohydrate, whilst the other two, as their names imply, were relatively rich in bound carbohydrate. Hewitt's crystalbumin was obtained by several successive recrystalizations, at the isoelectric point and half-saturation with ammonium sulphate, of crude crystaliine albumin from native serum. Globoglycoid is the name he gave to a protein fraction, described as a globulin, which separates when twice crystallized albumin from crude serum is brought to pH 7 0 and half-saturated with ammonium sulphate. It is recorded as containing about 7-5% of carbohydrate (calculated as glucosaminodihexose). Seroglycoid, the best preparation of which contained 10-11 %° of carbohydrate, was the protein left in the mother liquors from the albumin crystallizations and was apparently purified by removing the remainders of other proteins either by heat coagulation, or salt precipitation, or both. If Hewitt's conclusions are correct, then the crystalline specimens of albumin which still contain carbohydrate must be regarded as admixed with either one or both of the other proteins. It appeared to us that the validity of this hypothesis might be conveniently tested by applying the anaphylactic technique in addition to chemical methods, and the investigation originally planned was broadened to include also the seromucoid fraction, a study of which, by one of us, has been presented in the preceding paper [Rimington, 1940].


The document 'Good Laboratory Practice Regulations for Nonclinical Drug Safety Studies' issued in China on 14 October 1999 was updated by China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) and became effective as of 1 September 2003. In October 2003, SFDA started to commission Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) inspections. Since then, China has adopted a national GLP conformity accreditation system, and it became increasingly required that drug safety studies in China were to be carried out in accordance with the principles of GLP regulations. Development of a standardized safety study platform also plays an important role in the strategy 'Establishing National Drug Innovation System in Knowledge Innovation', led by Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), China Academy of Sciences. Demands from outside and inside SIMM required that a GLP compliance program for drug safety studies be established at SIMM. However, the establishment of a GLP compliance program was challenging. In this article, the strategies adopted and the progress made towards meeting the challenges of establishing a GLP compliance program for drug safety studies at SIMM are described. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The area of Northern Africa currently known as Algeria was brought under Roman rule during the Second Punic War (218 – 201 B.C.). It was known to the Romans as Numidia. It was conquered by the Arabs in the 8th century and was mainly under the rule of the Ottoman Empire until 1705, then it was occupied by the French in 1830. Algeria gained independence from France following a referendum of 01 July, 1962. Algeria is the second largest country in Africa after the Sudan, with its coastline on the Mediterranean Sea extending for 998 km. Algeria is bounded by Tunisia and Libya on the east, by Niger and Mali on the south, and on the west by Mauritania, the former Western Sahara, and Morocco. The highest point is Tahat at 3,003 m, and the lowest point is Chott Melrhir at –40 m. Algeria is mostly high plateau and desert; the Atlas and Saharan Atlas mountains are in the north along with narrow discontinuous coastal plains. The triangulation of Algeria was carried out by the Dépôt Général de la Guerre from 1854 to 1887. After 1887, the Société Géographique de l'Armée, headquartered in Paris, continued the work. The first-order net of triangulation consists essentially of two parallel chains and three meridional chains. The parallel chains are the coastal chain from the Moroccan to the Tunisian borders (1860-1868) and the chain Aïn Sefra-Laghouat-Biskra-Gabes (in Tunisia) (1889-1895). There are also two shorter parallel chains: the Guerara tie chain (1909-1910) and the Southern El Oued tie chain (1909-1910). The meridional chains are the Biskra chain (1872-73, 18991902), the Laghouat chain (1886, 1899-1902), and the Saïdia chain (1896-97). Fill nets of first-order complementary, second-order, and third-order triangulations were surveyed from 1864, following the pattern of planned mapping. The survey work was executed and adjusted in 94 cartonnés (books of sections), which progressed southward from the coastal areas according to military requirements. These cartonnés were numbered in chronological sequence of completion. Note that, in the English-language literature of North African Geodesy, one will likely find "carton," the derivative of cartonné. This original work comprised the Colonne Voirol Datum of 1875, commonly termed Voirol 75. The fundamental point is at the geodetic pillar of the Colonne Voirol Observatory, and the astronomical coordinates are Φo = 36° 45' 07.9" N (40G8357.8") and Λo = 3° 02' 49.45" East of Greenwich (0G7887.3" East of Paris). The reference azimuth from south to Melab el Kora is α o = 322° 16' 52.7" and the ellipsoid of reference is the Clarke 1880 (IGN) where a = 6,378,249.2 m, and 1/f = 293.4660208. The baselines measured for the Algerian triangulation, with dates of execution, are Blida (1854, 1912), Bône (Annaba) (1866, 1885), Oran (1885, 1910), Laghouat (1914), Ouargla (1920), Mercheria (1932), Biskra (1932), and Navarin (1949). The original mapping was cast on the ellipsoidal Bonne projection – the ubiquitous projection du jour for the Europeans of the time. The North African (ellipsoidal) Bonne Grid Latitude of Origin (φ o) = 35° 06' N (39 G00 N), the Central Meridian (λ o) = 2° 20' 13.95" East of Greenwich, and, some time before WWII, the False Easting and False Northing were changed from zero to 100 km for each. Interestingly, this old Bonne Grid still influences current mapping in that grid limits of the Lambert Conic Grids are still defined by Bonne Grid values. The sheet boundaries of the new Lambert Grids are commonly computed by a reversion of the late Prof. Karl Rinner's Bonne power series formulae published in Zeitschrift für Vermessungswesen during the 1930s. That reversion allows cartographers to compute the intersection of a constant Bonne Grid value with a chosen arc of the parallel or of the meridian. Those intersections then were used to define the limits with the graticule of the Lambert Conic Grids computed by John W. Hager of the Defense Mapping Agency (ex Army Map Service) in 1974. Based on original triangulations of the French Army, a local (temporary) Astro station was established in the port city of Oran by Capitaine Faure during 1905-1906. Station Tafaraoui coordinates are Φo = 39 G 3778.26" N and Λo = 3 G 1532.06" East of Paris. The reference azimuth to Tessala is α o = 62° 09' 57.73" and the ellipsoid of reference is the Clarke 1880 (IGN). The observations were later adjusted and used in the 1930 hydrographic survey of that portion of the coast of Algeria and the port of Oran. The Lambert Conic Grid was used by the French Navy for the hydrographic survey. The reader will notice that I have left off the word "conformal" when describing the Lambert Conic Grids of Algeria. That is because the original systems that succeeded the ellipsoidal Bonne Grid in 1906 were not fully conformal. There are two original zones: for Nord Algerie, the Latitude of Origin (φo) = 36° North (40 G), the Central Meridian (λo) = 2° 42' (3 G) East of Greenwich, and the Scale


Intravenous administration of vitamin C has been shown to decrease oxidative stress and, in some instances, improve physiological function in adult humans. Oral vitamin C administration is typically less effective, due in part to decreased vitamin C bioavailability. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of oral delivery of vitamin C encapsulated in liposomes. On 4 separate occasions, occurring in random order, 11 obese adults (age: 53 ± 2 years; body mass index: 34.1 ± 1.0 kg/m2 (mean ± SE)) were administered an oral placebo, or 4 g of vitamin C via: oral, oral liposomal, or intravenous delivery. The area under the plasma vitamin C concentration curve, determined over 4 hours, was greatest (P < 0.001) following intravenous administration (57.0 ± 6.9 (mg/dL)·h). Liposomal vitamin C delivery (10.3 ± 0.9) evoked a greater (P = 0.002) area under the curve than oral (7.6 ± 0.4) that in turn was greater (P < 0.001) than placebo (3.1 ± 0.4). Forearm ischemia‐reperfusion (20 minutes of occlusion) increased circulating thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, a marker of oxidative stress, 40 minutes post‐reperfusion (P < 0.03); this increase was prevented by all of the vitamin C treatments (P > 0.05). These data suggest that oral delivery of vitamin C encapsulated in liposomes: 1) produces circulating concentrations of vitamin C that are greater than traditional oral administration; and, 2) provides protection from ischemia‐reperfusion that is similar to the protection provided by intravenous administration.


The degradation mechanism of ZnO varistors was investigated by using spectral analysis of deep-level transient spectroscopy (SADLTS), and using the current–voltage (I–V) characteristics and the capacitance–voltage (C–V) characteristics before and after AC biasing stress. The interface states in the Pr-type ZnO varistors consist of two adjacent levels: T0 and T1 levels. The activation energy ET and the capture cross section σ of the interface states decrease with increasing degradation induced by AC bias stress. The decrease in ET and σ is related to a decrease in the barrier height caused by the degradation. In order to characterize the change in the interface states with degradation, distribution parameters (ΔET, Δσ) are introduced, where the parameters for each level increase after degradation. The degradation is closely related to the distribution of the emission rate of the interface states. The degradation phenomenon is caused by migrated ions or by adsorbed ions such as oxygen. The increase in the distribution parameters upon degradation suggests activation of the oxygen ions at the grain boundaries and nonuniform migration.


A.APPAREIL LABELING. B.IL INCLUDES DELIVERY DEVICE LABEL FOR WEIGHING AN OBJECT, A PREDETERMINED PRINT BASED MEASUREMENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEIGHT, AND DISTRIBUTE THE pRINTED LABEL, A TRANSFERRING DEVICE LABEL ON A CARRIER AND A DEVICE THAT ASPIRE LABEL TO REMEMBER AT THE PORT HOLDING UNDER NEGATIVE PRESSURE PRODUCED BY AN AIR CURRENT PLANS AND THAT UNDER THE LABEL POSITIVE PRESSURE FOR FRONT OF SUCH PURPOSE. AGENT ADHESIFVISQUEUX APPLIED TO A SURFACE OF THESE LABELS LETS REMEMBER THE TEMPORARILY ON BAND SUPPORT WHICH THEY ARE SEPARATED DURING DELIVERY OF DELIVERY DEVICE LABEL TO TRANSFER DEVICE LABEL. LABEL FROM PROJECTED PORT HOLDING ENDEAVORS TO OBJECT IN ACTION OFFICER adhesive VISCOUS C.Application.. LABELING OF FOOD PRODUCTS, FOR EXAMPLE


5 Zia Wadud 6 Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering 7 Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology 8 Dhaka, Bangladesh 9 Tel. +8802 9665650 Ext 6040 10 Email. email@example.com; email@example.com 11 Tanzila Khan 12 Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering 13 Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology 14 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com 15 16 17 18 Word count: 19 Item Word equivalent 20 Abstract 300 21 Text, without tables 6000 22 Number of figures 1 250 23 Number of tables 5 1250 24 Total 7800 25 26


Implications of the recent measurements of the parameter [Formula: see text] (ratio of the real to imaginary parts of the forward scattering elastic amplitude) by TOTEM collaboration at [Formula: see text] = 13 TeV are discussed with emphasis on the rising energy dependence of the ratio of elastic to total cross-sections.


Rhizosphere soil extracts obtained from eight cinnamon species and three pepper species cultivated organically were inoculated initially on Pikovskaya (PVK) medium. The twelve fungal isolates that solubilized the insoluble phosphates were further tested on the same medium added with both insoluble tricalcium phosphate and soluble dipotassium hydrogen phosphate to detect the expression of the trait in the presence of soluble phosphates in soil, for which all twelve qualified. The efficiencies of phosphate solubilization were investigated in two liquid media: PVK medium to represent soil phosphate pool and a rock phosphate (RP) medium, by determining the available phosphorus concentration in the liquid media at the end of the 24 h and 72 h incubation periods, respectively. The pH reduction in the medium was measured to ascertain the organic acid production by fungal isolates as a mechanism of solubilization. Three fungal isolates showing the highest efficiencies in phosphate solubilization were taxonomically identified based on the micromorphological characteristics and molecular techniques. Two isolates were identified as Penicillium oxalicum and Trichorderma virens and the other was belonging to the genus Aspergillus. A possible synergism between the three fungal species towards phosphate dissolution was detected using the broth culture procedure. Aspergillus sp. in combination with P. oxalicum dissolved both Ca3(PO4)2 and RP recording the highest significant dissolved phosphate levels of 893.43 (±56.768) mg P/L and 309.42 (±42.52) mg P/L, respectively, within 72 h post inoculation, making them prospective candidates for increased phosphate availability of soil phosphate pool and rock phosphates.


s financial crisis unravels, governments increasingly recognized the A severity of the downturn and the urgency to intervene in order to avoid a catastrophic collapse of the financial markets and real economy. The response usually consists of three main interventions: bailouts and injections of money into the financial system to keep credit flowing; cutting interest rates to stimulate borrowing and investment; and extra fiscal spending to shore up aggregate demand. These measures have sought to prevent further economic deterioration and ultimately keep workers in jobs where possible and help create new jobs to provide opportunities for the unemployed. Overall, this response has helped avoid a far more severe downturn, though effectiveness has varied considerably across countries. In this context, this paper's main objective is to advance that recession can be positively harnessed to bread micro and small enterprises that are viable and grow into large companies. The paper gave an overview of theories on financial crisis, causes of recession in Nigeria and finally made an analysis of some macroeconomic policy measures that have been adopted by some developing economies in combating recession. Among the recommendations advanced are the coordination of Fiscal and Monetary policies and Social economic security for nascent entrepreneurs.


Despite its wide use, the mechanism of action of paracetamol (acetaminophen) is uncertain. It is commonly stated to be a weak inhibitor of the synthesis of prostaglandins (PGs) by the prostaglandin H synthases (COX-1 and COX-2) but paracetamol inhibits the synthesis of PGs in stimulated cultured cells with IC50 values ranging from 4 to 200 μM. Paradoxically, it generally stimulates PG production in broken cell preparations. Here we show that paracetamol inhibits the production of PGs in human rheumatoid synoviocytes during stimulation by interleukin1β (0.1ng/ml) for 18 h. Paracetamol inhibited the production of both PGE2 and PGF2αwith median IC50 values of 7.2 and 4.2 μM respectively, without affecting the or the level of the constitutive enzyme, COX-1 or the interleukin-1β mediated induction of both COX-2 and cytosolic phospholipase A2-α (cPLA2-α). These data indicate that paracetamol suppresses delayed PG production by direct modulation of the cPLA2-α /COX-2 pathway at therapeutic concentrations. Paracetamol is a substituted phenol and its effects on the synthesis of PGs are very similar to those of other phenols. Paracetamol should be considered to inhibit the production of PGs although the cause of its selectivity; analgesic and antipyretic effects with weak antiplatelet and anti-inflammatory effects is unknown.


This Letter presents a study of the reconstruction and identification of $H\to WW^*$ with high transverse momentum, where both $W^{(*)}$ bosons decay hadronically. We show that the boosted $H\to WW^*$ can be effectively reconstructed as a single jet and identified using jet substructures in the center-of-mass frame of the jet. Such a reconstruction and identification approach can discriminate the boosted $H\to WW^*$ in the full hadronic final state from QCD jets. This result will significantly improve experimental sensitivities of searches for potential new physics phenomena beyond the standard model in final states containing highly boosted Higgs bosons.


The following case report shows a behavioral treatment of a 53-year-old Patient with Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The treatment includes procedures described in the Behavioral Competency Training (VKT) for patients with early-stage AD developed by Ehrhardt and associates. The program consists of about 20 weekly treatment sessions in which the patient's resources are activated and patient's coping is supported. The therapy and the intervention are debated in the light of the ongoing discussion about a state-of-the-art therapy for AD.


Reasoning about software system behavior is much like reasoning about physical system behavior—except in one critical respect. Empirical observation combined with the required disclaimer that "past experience is no guarantee of future performance" is inherently part of reasoning about whether a physical system will behave as hoped: whether the bridge will stand, the airplane will fly, or the hardware will properly execute programs. On the other hand, in principle one might hope to decide by purely mathematical reasoning and formal symbolic proof whether a software system will always behave as intended, assuming the physical computer running it will properly execute programs. As a practical matter, though, it has been far from clear until recently that proofs of correctness of software behavior can be produced consistently except for trivial software. There is now evidence suggesting that it might soon be routinely possible to verify—fully automatically—the correct behavior of significant pieces of software. An essential feature for software verification to scale up in this way is the use of an approach that modularizes proofs of software correctness by focusing attention on no more than two adjacent levels in a "tower of abstractions". An example illustrates how software verification proceeds when the specifications of desired behavior and the programs to be executed are written in a language that explicitly incorporates such towers of abstractions.


Less freeze injury was observed in unprotected large citrus trees during the freezes of 1962 and 1963 than in small. Earlier observations in the Coachella Valley of southern California prompted this study of the nocturnal heat exchange of a small (3—year—old) and a large (40—year—old) grapefruit tree in two orchards of their respective sized trees. Micro—climate studies were made in these orchards during several winter seasons. Other data for heat transfer calculations have been developed from numerous sources. The heat transfer budget for calm nights showed that leaves were the principal heat exchangers and that shading by neighboring trees reduced their radiation rates to about half in large trees. Stored heat of the ground beneath, and in the woody framework inside the large trees was reflected and reradiated within the leafy crown which had highly insulating properties. The top of the crown of large trees was warmed by the inversion layer. See full-text article at JSTOR


A fundamental aspect of work integrated learning (WIL) is the development of professional competence, the ability of students to perform in the workplace. Alignment theory therefore suggests that the assessment of WIL should include an assessment of students' demonstration of professional competence in the workplace. The assessment of professional competence in WIL is, however, problematic. It may be impractical for the academic supervisor to directly assess professional competence if there are a large number of students in external placements. If evidence of professional competence is provided by the student, the student's ability to articulate his or her own capabilities will interfere with the validity of the assessment. If evidence of professional competency is provided by the supervisor then the assessment is heavily dependent on the individual supervisor and may be unreliable. This paper will examine the literature relating to the assessment of professional competence in WIL. The paper will be informed by the author's experience in coordinating a WIL subject in an undergraduate law course. It will recommend that a mix of evidence provided by the student, the workplace supervisor and the academic supervisor should be used to assess professional competence in WIL.


When seedling tissues are exposed to 82PO4 for short periods a rapidly labeled RNA fraction is frequently observed which is eluted from MAK columns as peak I between the 2 components of the so-called soluble RNA, e.g. in peanut cotyledons (5), in soybean hypocotyls (11), and in different parts of pea and bean seedlings (9). This 32P-labeled fraction is characterized by a high GMP-CMP content. The radioactivity peak of the DNA-RNA fraction which preceeds the optical density profile is also rich in GMP-CMP (4,9,17) whereas the overall base composition of the DNA-RNA fraction has a low GMP-CMP content. Several authors have been aware of the possibility that bacterial contamination could influence the results. By actual bacterial counts (19) and by the use of inhibitors (9, 11) it has been deduced that the microorganisms do not play a major role in producing the observed labeling pattern. It is, however, striking that in experiments with ase-ptic higher plant systems (13,15,) there is a perfect matching of the radioactivity and the OD of the DNA-RNA peak. In watermelon seedlings ( Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.) we find only 4 species of Pseudomonas (kindly identified by Dr. Neidhardt's group) as bacterial contaminants. To check the effect of bacterial contamination upon the 32PO4 incorporation into nucleic acids by the cotyledons, a bacteria-free system of watermelon seedlings was first obtained. During the exposure to 32po4, a culture of the bacteria mentioned above was added back to the incubation medium. The labeling of the nucleic acids in the washed cotyledons was then compared to that in the bacteria-free control. It is shown that both the labeled fractions mentioned above appeared only in the contaminated samples.


Osteomalacia secondary to hypophosphatemia is most commonly managed by a combination of vitamin D and oral phosphate or by removal of the causative tumor. A 53 yo woman was found to have osteomalacia secondary to hypophosphatemia. Efforts to find a mesenchymal tumor were unsuccessful. Normal parathyroid function was documented. Primary therapy consisted of vitamin D (variable doses up to 100,ooO U/day) and/or 1,25 dihydroxy vitamin D (as high as 0.5 mg orally twice daily) and oral phosphate (Neutraphos) in doses as high 3 gm/day for a period of 13 years with variable control of osteomalacia. Reevaluation at that point because of worsening bone symptoms, an increasing alkaline phosphatase and a minimal elevation of serum calcium led to the discovery of a parathyroid adenoma. Despite surgical cure of the hyperparathyroidism, severe hypophosphatemia persisted. Difficulties with gastrointestinal intolerance to phosphate made it difficult for the patient to ingest more than 1-1.5 gm of oral phosphate/day, a dose which was inadequate to maintain a normal serum phosphate or reverse severe osteomalacia At this point a central catheter was placed and continuous infusion of potassium phosphate (Abbott Laboratories) initiated. The fusion rate was adjusted to maintain the serum phosphate between 2.5-3.0 mg%. This regimen was continued for one year and resulted in the near normalization of alkaline phosphate and resolution of bone pain and symptoms. The only complications related to this therapy were two episodes thought to represent transient bacteremia. Although this approach is not recommended for routine management, it was successfully used in this individual patient to deal with a severe metabolic defect refractory to usual therapeutic methods


The increasing complexity and connectivity of power systems is making it increasingly likely that they will be subject to malicious attacks that compromise operation. Recent studies have shown that these systems are vulnerable to a wide range of cyber-attacks, including False Data Injection (FDI). Conventional security monitoring and protection tools are based on passive defense strategies. In this paper, we propose an approach for active defense that improves system security and the FDI attack detection rate. The key insight for this approach is that emerging micro-grids can utilize distributed energy resources to dynamically reconfigure the system (e.g. current flow paths), across multiple acceptable configurations. Instead of using information from only a single configuration to detect FDI attacks, our proposed approach uses dynamic reconfiguration to compare measured and estimated states under multiple configurations to accurately detect FDI attacks. We evaluate our approach in the specific scenario of emerging micro-grids. We develop a novel technique for state estimation using multiple configurations and demonstrate that this approach significantly improves FDI detection accuracy.


Cloud computing is one of today's most ex citing technology because of its cost-reducing, flexibility, and scalability. For infrastructure of cloud computing data security refers to policies, technologies, and controls deployed to protect data , applications. In this paper we discuss the evolve ment of cloud computing paradigm and present a framework fo r secure cloud computing through accountability. Accountability is likely to become a core concept i n the cloud. To address this problem, we propose a decentralized information accountability framework. We propose a logging mechanism along with user's data and policies. Whenever a user logs into the sy stem, then a log record will be generated and those log records will be stored in a JAR (Java Archives) fil e. We propose a single JAR which has two functional ities like matching policies and providing/decrypting the file if that policy is matched. One more approach we are providing i.e. ABE technique which creates attribut es and ensures security for user's related informat ion. We provide extensive experimental studies that demonst rate the efficiency and effectiveness and the propo sed approaches. Key Terms: Cloud computing; Accountability; ABE


Sandy soils in Hainan Island are mainly distributed on marine sediments which cover nearly 10% of the island according to a recently established Hainan Soil and Terrain Digital Database (HaiSOTER). There is also a secondary, very small area of sandy soils associated with granitic parent material. Crop production in sandy soils is mainly limited by nutrient conditions. The main nutrient attributes, such as soil organic matter, cation exchange capacity (CEC), and N content, are significantly lower for sandy soils than for most other soils. Most sandy soils are covered by natural or crop plants, such as Casuarina equisetifolia, coconut, eucalypt, peanut and cassava, in the meteorologically favourable parts of the island in the east and northeast, where rainfall is abundant. However, in the west and southwest part of the island, vegetation is sparse due to low rainfall and the very low water-holding capacity of these coarsely-textured soils. Crop suitability for particular regions of sandy soils is evaluated based on land quality classifications. For most sandy soils, nutrient availability is the most limiting factor. However, in the southwest part of this island, aridity becomes the most important limiting factor, and in the northeast, typhoon is another limiting factor. In such areas, wind-resistant trees and crops are suitable for planting. According to the Automated Land Evaluation System (ALES) land evaluation system, the sandy soils can play a more important role in tropical crop cultivation. It is concluded that when the technological and financial conditions are improved, the sandy soils in Hainan can be used for tropical crops more efficiently.


A new type of linearizer using GaAs FET and Schottky diode is presented. This work pro- vides the circuit of the linearizer after the introduction of some examples that have been reported. Simulated by Agilent ADS. Then, A Microstrip circuit for this linearizer is presented. This product has some advanta- ges, such as easy to tuning.


Several Models (mainly two: Vector Meson Dominance and Quark Models) are presented. Their predictions for the Spectral Functions, and the corresponding Sum Rules are obtained. Comparison with the experimental data and QCD constrains is done.


The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the professional burnout and job autonomy of radiologic technologists on their turnover intention in hospitals. The major findings of the study were as follows: As for the average and standard deviation of the radiologic technologists in professional burnout and job autonomy, they got a mean of 3.15 in overall professional burnout, which was above the average. They got 2.88 in job autonomy, which was below the average. And they got 3.30 in turnover intention, which indicated that they had a strong tendency to change jobs. Regarding the influential factors for turnover intention, emotional burnout, loss of interest and loss of enthusiasm were identified as the factors that exerted a significant influence on turnover intention. If the kind of environments that stimulate their professional enthusiasm and allow them to make a decision on radiographic examinations based on their own professional knowledge is created, their burnout will be minimized. And the development of programs geared toward bolstering their job autonomy is expected to weaken their turnover intention, to enhance the efficiency of the personnel administration of radiologic technologists and their qualifications, and ultimately to boost their status in hospital organizations.


We apply a recently developed, reduced dimensionality quantum theory of diatom–diatom reactive scattering [Q. Sun and J. M. Bowman, Int. J. Quantum Chem., Symp. 23, 115 (1989] to the exoergic H2+CN→H+HCN reaction, for zero total angular momentum. A new semiempirical, three‐dimensional potential surface, which is based in part on ab initio calculations of the saddle point properties is also reported. Reaction probabilities for the ground and first excited bending states of HCN are calculated for total energies up to 1.0 and 1.06 eV, respectively. The results show a strong preference for formation of HCN (0vb1) and HCN (0vb2), vb=0 and 1, starting with ground vibrational state reactants. Reaction probabilities for vibrational excitation of H2 or CN are also reported for both bending states of HCN. Vibrational excitation of H2 is found to be far more effective in promoting reaction than vibrational excitation of CN.


This paper examines the relative efficiency of the Chinese A- and B-share markets following the deregulation of the B-share market which widened ownership to include domestic investors. Applying both parametric and non-parametric variance ratio tests to the daily data of 304 A-shares and 66 B-shares over the period 1 January 1996 to 30 April 2005, the paper finds that A-shares are characterised by a greater level of efficiency than are B-shares, although the efficiency of both markets has improved following the regulatory change. Overall, the results suggest that the Chinese stock markets are characterised by information asymmetry, although the timely access to high quality information that domestic investors in the A-share market enjoy, has improved the efficiency with which information is incorporated into the prices of B-shares.


Early learning assessment is a necessary mechanism for understanding skills children possess and to inform their instruction. Assessing early learners is different in many aspects than assessing older students. Considerations such as mode of assessment, supports necessary to obtain instructionally relevant data, and the impact of feedback for engaging students in assessment must be afforded. This study focused on the use of a tablet-based app as a digital means of assessment that lent itself well to the necessary considerations when assessing early learners. Based on the data collected in this study through the assessment app, observations and student and teacher interviews, students as young as 44 months demonstrated the ability to self-administer and remain engaged in the assessment activities incorporated within the app. Teachers described use of the reporting interface as instructionally informative and easy to use. The paper concludes with a discussion of supportive attributes of digital platforms in the assessment of early learners and areas for future research in the field.


—In this study, an algorithm to optimize the power allocation by minimizing the transmission completion time in energy harvesting wireless relay networks is proposed. The algorithm considers the energy harvesting relay which uses Decode-and-Forward (DF) mode and assumes that the data packets sizes and the harvested energy amounts have been got before the data transmission begins. According to the queue lengths of data and harvested energy, the algorithm optimizes the power policy of the source and relay by minimizing the time that all data is transmitted limited by the causality constraints of data and harvested energy. Finally, the power output capability of each node is considered. Simulation results verify that the proposed algorithm can minimize the transmission completion time of the data transmission.


Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness ratios and the economic burden of oral care in the public health service from both the service and the society's perspective. Method: Longitudinal data were collected from 7.825 patients treated by 13 dentists and two hygienists during one year. The completed treatment was considered the outcome. All costs were included, such as overhead, capital and operational costs. Two cost components were taken into account: cost opportunity and depreciation. Furthermore, the refresh rate of the initial capital was calculated and a sensitivity analysis was done. Results: From the perspective of service, the best cost-effectiveness ratios were for emergencies in all specialties ($10.99 to $12.98), followed by prevention, operative dentistry, endodontics and prosthesis. From the perspective of society, the best cost-effectiveness ratios were for emergencies in all specialties ($1.43 to $2.31), followed by endodontics, prevention, prosthesis and operative dentistry. Conclusion: Priority differs both from the perspective of service and of society. From the perspective of service, the costs for elective care, including prevention, were close to the costs seen in high-income countries. From the perspective of society, the cost-effectiveness ratios for prevention in a clinical setting were unfavorable to be recommended for low-income populations. The perspective of society is an essential approach for decision-makers who need to allocate their resources. Indexing terms: cost-effectiveness evaluation; fees and charges; oral health.


As part of the growing pervasiveness of information technology (IT) in the global economy, the last decade has seen a trend of outsourcing IT services, first into traditional data centres, and nowadays more and more into "fuzzy structures" (aka the cloud). This trend has led to the expansion of the IT service business, to the emergence of the data centre industry - and at the same time to a dramatic increase of the energy consumption of data centres. Since the services provided by data centres are typically ruled by performance-oriented SLAs energy awareness is only of lower ranking importance for the service provision in a data centre. GreenSLAs can help counteracting this problem by offering data centres new degrees of freedom to re-organize their service provision in an energy-efficient way. This paper suggests outlines and first ideas for the design of GreenSLAs, based on the key vision that these need to present a win-win situation for both data centre service-provider and customer. The technical and QoS related implications of energy efficiency strategies are analyzed, and it is shown how the findings can be utilized for the design of GreenSLAs.


Objective To explore clinical effect of synchronous radiation and chemotherapy combined with cetuximab on treatment of local advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma and summarize nursing countermeasures.Methods 11 patients with local advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma were selected and treated with synchronous radiation and chemotherapy combined with cetuximab,and meanwhile they were conducted with enhanced basic nursing,pharmaceutical nursing,toxic and side reactions nursing as well as mental support.Results After treatment,effective rate was100%in all the patients(CR in 6 patients and PR in 5 patients);all the patients had gradeⅠ ~ Ⅱskin rash,including 3 cases of gradeⅢoral mucositis and 3 cases of grade Ⅲ myelosuppression.Conclusion Application of cisplatin and IMRT combined with cetuximab shows a positive efficacy in treatment of patients with local advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma,and careful and effective nursing can improve the therapeutic compliance of patients and ensure the successful completion of treatment.


The rapid progress of recombinant DNA technology has opened new prospects in the development of novel foods and food ingredients, including those containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). These new transgenic products have brought about a considerable demand for analytical methods able to detect, characterize and/or quantify GMOs along the food chain. The current status and future challenges in the development, characterization and detection of GMOs in foods are discussed in this chapter describing the different methodologies proposed so far based on profiling or target analysis. Advantages and limitations derived from the application of these methodologies are highlighted and discussed. Special emphasis is given to the potential of omics technologies to study these novel foods.


When thinking and speaking of past coexistence, we necessarily speak from the historically specifi c ideological conditions of contemporary discourses, since those discourses have been shaped by events of fi ssure and strife. Th is has become by now almost a truism in the social sciences, but it is far less accepted in public discourses on historical division. When studying peaceful coexistence before a period of interethnic strife, we need to wonder, for example, whether the subjects of this coexistence are social entities created after the fact of violent rupture. Th is is a point amply made by Rebecca Bryant in the introduction to this volume and need not be reiterated here. What I want to consider, however, is that this condition of refl exivity is not an epistemological adeptness—or lack thereof—on our part, but a historical "real": the very same processes and events that were recorded as transformative in the timeline of communities are often those that create the analytical categories we assume as natural. Historians and social scientists, as evidenced in this volume, speak and intervene as political subjects fi rmly embedded in an ex post facto arrangement of concepts, people, and things. In this respect, it may be more pertinent to instill a radical strangeness in these taken-for-granted agglomerates, rather than establish a fi nal truth about communities and individuals in the past, which, as Bryant points out, may oftentimes be impossible. By studying these liminal positions of strangeness, we may hope to understand more clearly the construction of either/or binaries through which historical reason functions in intercommunal confl ict (see Bakshi this volume), but also establish our position as engaged subjects, without recourse to essential identities and states (Bryant this volume).


Background: The significance of apoptosis and its association with high-grade urothelial carcinoma (HGUC) in the urine cytology has yet to be determined. Methods: A computerized search of our laboratory information system was performed over a 3-year period for all urine cytology specimens processed by the SurePath liquid-based preparation technique. Only cases with correlating surgical pathology obtained within 6 months following the urine cytologic samples were included in the study. Cases from ileal conduit samples were excluded. A semiquantitative numerical scoring system (apoptotic index) was used to assess the amount of pyknosis or karyorrhexis: 0 (none), 1 (<10 per10 high-power fields), 2 (10–30 per 10 high-power fields), and 3 (>30 per 10 high-power fields). Statistical analysis using Pearson's Chi-square test was performed. Results: A total of 228 cases including 105 cases of benign, 79 cases of HGUC and 44 cases of low-grade urothelial carcinoma (LGUC) diagnosed on followup surgical pathology were selected. Score 0 was observed in 70 benign, 11 HGUC and 8 LGUC cases; score 1 was observed in 31 benign, 21 HGUC and 23 LGUC cases; score 2 was observed in 3 benign, 27 HGUC and 9 LGUC cases and score 3 was observed in 1 benign, 20 HGUC and 4 LGUC cases. Conclusions: Excluding the cases of ileal conduit, the finding of high apoptotic index (score ≥2) with the presence of pyknosis or karyorrhexis ≥10 per 10 high-power fields in the urine cytology is significantly associated with HGUC (P<0.05).


In this article devoted mostly not to the work by Francis Fucuyama itself but to its criticism and its role in American political discourse, the author studies "the end of history" concept from geopolitical point of view. He holds that the struggle between the Sea and the Continental countries is everlasting and none of the sides can defeat the other. The author comes to the conclusion that Fucuyama's concept is only a political construction partially expressed in terms of philosophy aimed to reach certain political and ideological goals, the main of which is to fill the mondialism with an atlantic content.


Serum interferon levels were estimated in 67 samples obtained from 47 patients with SLE. Levels were increased in 70% of the samples and 72% of the patients. In the patients with active disease 81% had increased interferon levels, while in the group with clinically quiescent disease 10% had increased levels. In 20 patients retested 3½ months after treatment the changes in interferon levels tended to parallel the changes in clinical disease activity in 80% of cases. Patients with active skin lesions, arthritis, and renal or haematopoietic involvement tended especially to have increased interferon levels.


The hierarchical network model is the most preferable in the design of computer networks, as it allows you to create a more stable structure of network, rationally allocate available resources, and also provide a higher degree of data protection. In this work, the study of the behavior of the traffic during the transition from one level of the network hierarchy to another, based on the study of the values of the traffic self-similarity degree during this transition. For the study, a simulation model of a computer network with a hierarchical topology was developed using the NS-3 simulator. Also, a window application was developed in the Visual C# programming language. With the help of this application the degree of self-similarity of the traffic was investigated using the files obtained as a result of processing the trace file. Thus, as a result of the study, it can be stated that any changes in the degree of self-similarity of the network traffic when this traffic moves from one level of the hierarchy to another level depends on such a condition as the direction of traffic movement. The initial degree of selfsimilarity of network traffic also effects on the network traffic self-similarity degree.


The present invention relates to a blood glucose lowering functional drink and tea and a method for preparing the same, wherein the yogurt is used as a main raw material. Finely grinding the dried bitter gourd; And after washing the method and method of producing a hypoglycemic functional tea comprising the step of squeezing the crushed bitter gourd for 10 to 60 minutes at 150 ~ 110 ℃, cutting finely; The cut seed-containing bitter gourd is mixed with brown sugar in a 1: 1 ratio and then fermented for 5 to 6 months or the cut seed-containing bitter gourd is mixed with distilled water in a ratio of 1: 1 and then 10 to 12 at 60 to 80 ° C. Bathing for time; And fermented Yeoju fermentation broth or Yeoju bath solution, the method for producing a blood sugar-lowering functional beverage comprising as an active ingredient a Yeoju extract comprising the step of mixing by adding pork potato extract, black ginseng extract, mulberry leaf extract and bellflower extract . The functional beverage for lowering blood sugar and tea according to the present invention have excellent effect on lowering blood sugar and preventing and improving diabetes by using Yeoju as a main raw material, and have an effect of restoring liver damage caused by heavy metals. It can be usefully used to prevent or ameliorate diseases caused by.


In this paper we study the asymptotic behavior of solutions of fractional differential equations of the form $D^{\alpha}_Cu(t)=Au(t)+f(t)$ on the half line, where $D^{\alpha}_Cu(t)$ is the derivative of the function $u$ in Caputo's sense, $A$ is generally an unbounded closed operator, $f$ is polynomially bounded. To this end we develop a spectral theory for functions of polynomial growth on the half line. Our main result claims that if $u$ is mild solution of the Cauchy problem such that $\lim_{h\downarrow 0} \sup_{t\ge 0} \| u(t+h)-u(t)\|/(1+t)^n=0$, and $\sup_{t\ge 0} \| u(t)\| /(1+t)^n <\infty$, then, $\lim_{t\to\infty} u(t)/(1+t)^n =0$ provided that the spectral set $\Sigma (A,\alpha )\cap i\R$ is countable, where $\Sigma (A,\alpha )$ is defined to be the set of complex numbers $\xi$ such that $\lambda^{\alpha -1} (\lambda^\alpha -A)^{-1}$ is analytic in a neighborhood of $\xi$, and $u$ satisfies some ergodic


A cross-cultural examination of determinants of cassava production and process ing in Africa considers such cultural variables as kinship and market involvement to complement Boserup's population density model (1965). Expert anthropologists coded societies that they had studied, and a geographic information system added information from diverse maps.


Turnout systems on railways are crucial to safety protection and efficiency improvement. Statistics show that turnout system faults account for the highest ratio of the total signal system faults. Therefore, many railway sections have installed the MMS (Microcomputer Monitoring System) to keep the condition of turnout systems under monitoring. In this paper, we present a fault mode analysis method based on monitoring data of point machines collected by MMS. Data features are used to identify the common types of fault and create a fault feature logic diagram for fault diagnosis. In addition, this paper also proposes an FTA (Fault Tree Analysis) based method for fault causation analysis. The important degrees of different causes are calculated to find the most likely cause and help improve the efficiency of maintenance work.


In this paper videotaping the property of engineering geology in karst area,a bolt counterforce device is proposed for the pile static test based on the comparative studying the accommodation of the different traditional loading test devices.According to the experience of enginerring practice and based on the numeric silmulation and analysis using FLAC3D software,the text studies two critical parameters of the bolt counterforce device,furthermore presents their recommended values in enginerring practice.At last,the text illuminates the scientificy and flexibility of the bolt counterforce device in karst area by analsysing a engineering example.


The main aim of this study was to increase our understanding of the diversity and plasticity of skeletal muscle by using (i) normal and functionally impaired rat muscles from normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats, (ii) single, skinned fibre preparations, and (iii) a combination of biochemical [SDS-polyacrylamide gel
electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) analyses of Myosin Heavy Chain (MHC) isoform composition in single fibres and whole muscle homogenates] and physiological (single fibre measurements of contractile activation characteristics and caffeine thresholds for contraction) methods. From the beginning of this work it became clear, however, that the number of different protocols used for electrophoretic separation of MHC isoforms was almost as high as the number of studies using this method. Furthermore, all gel systems described so far in the literature proved to have a relatively low reproducibility in this and other laboratories. Finally, there was no published study in which the impact of changing different electrophoretic parameters on MHC isoform separation was examined in a systematic manner. Thus, some efforts had to be also directed towards closing this knowledge gap.


Entrepreneurship has never been more significant than at the present moment, when economies across the world encounter the challenges of economic growth, connecting the inequality gap and solving social problems. Society necessitates individuals equipped with entrepreneurial and innovative skills, attitudes and behavior. Education is one way the government can grasp to create an environment for entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship education has generated considerable interest in recent decades. More so, entrepreneurship education fosters entrepreneurial mind-sets, behaviors and capabilities in young people enabling them to create and lead new organizations and entrepreneurship educators are hence looking for pedagogies that enable students to be exposed to multiple experiences in entrepreneurial decision-making. However, the argument on the pedagogy of entrepreneurship education still remains agnostic. The finest outcomes in entrepreneurship education are achieved when students are exposed to action-oriented experiential learning that encourages problem-solving, creativity and peer evaluation. Building upon insights from existing literature, the findings suggest that, by embracing game-based learning model for entrepreneurship education, and design thinking approach in entrepreneurship education can foster entrepreneurial mind-set. Notably, business simulation games can play in the development of entrepreneurial capabilities in undergraduate students.


This film is a clinical presentation, by Dr. Millard N. Croll, of the application of radioactive drugs in specific diagnostic problems. Representative cases are shown, demonstrating the use of radiophannaceuticals in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disease, in disease associated with the spleen, [or localization of brain tumours, for detection of liver pathology, for detection and localization of bone tumours, (primary and metastatic) and for the delineation of regional pulmonary blood flow. The film presents a brief review of the physical fundamentals and a discussion of the instrumentation associated with these clinical nuclear medicine studies. The basic principles of radioisotope scanning are described, covering its development into an automatic electronic counting, recording, and data presentation system. The administration, recording, and interpretation of the radioisotope scans are demonstrated, and the use of the information obtained from the nuclear medicine procedures is discussed as it relates to the medical management and therapeutic regimen of the patients concerned. Several diagnostic problems are described in which the nuclear medicine procedures were instrumental in reaching the correct diagnosis.


Most modern recommendation systems use the approach of collaborative filtering: users that are believed to behave alike are used to produce recommendations. In this work we describe an application (Liquid FM) taking a completely different approach. Liquid FM is a music recommendation system that makes the user responsible for the recommended items. Suggestions are the result of a voting scheme, employing the idea of viscous democracy. Liquid FM can also be thought of as the first testbed for this voting system. In this paper we outline the design and architecture of the application, both from the theoretical and from the implementation viewpoints.


During the Second Revolutionary Civil War in Central Soviet Area, the Communist Party of China made great efforts to establish its regime, among which the construction of anti corruption system is worth mentioning. A system of financial auditing and political supervision at various levels from central area to local regions was set up within the Party among ordinary people, including workers and farmers. During the process, much experience had been accumulated to guarantee the incorruptibility of government organs and the party remembers.


The most frequent mechanisms leading to acute visual loss in the setting of a unilateral swollen optic disc include : ischemia (anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, arteritic versus non-arteritic) inflammation (demyelinative disorder or other inflammatory diseases), and infection (Lyme, syphilis, Bartonellosis). Less frequent causes include: infiltration (lymphoma, leukaemia, metastasis), paraneoplastic mechanisms, unilateral papilledema, pseudopapilledema (drusen), hereditary (Leber's optic neuropathy). Ancillary testing will be directed according to the presumed mechanism. Apart from a complete visual function examination (visual acuity, color vision, visual field) and pupillary testing, various tests are available including : retinal angiography (fluorescein, indocyanine green), electrophysiology (VEP, mfERG), to name a few.


Soluble difunctional organolithium initiators were prepared by the addition of oligomeric poly(styryllithium) to stoichiometric amounts of double 1,1-diphenylethylene (DDPE) compounds: bi[4-(1-phenylethenyl)phenyl] ether; 1,4-bis(1-phenylethenyl)benzene, and 4,4'-bis(1-phenylethenyl)-1,1'-biphenyl. The resulting products of this addition reaction were soluble in benzene and were capable of initiating diene polymerization. A reversal was detected at the end of the addition reaction to one of the three DDPE compounds, bis[4-(1-phenylethenyl)phenyl] ether. The diphenyl ether group in bis[4-(1-phenylethenyl)phenyl] ether, which might have reacted with poly(styryllithium) to cause a shift of equilibrium, was suspected to be the cause of the anomaly


In view of the problem that the low-frequency vibration of auto-body is difficult to control, the piezoelectric ceramics is used as the sensing/actuating elements to control the vibration and deformation of the auto-body plates, to restrain or eliminate the low-frequency vibration of the auto-body plates. In accordance with the results from the control force analysis of actuator and the modal analysis of the auto ceiling, the proposal that the piezoelectric sensor and the actuator are arranged in coordinate and symmetric way is put forward. The active vibration controller is designed according to the fuzzy control algorithm, and the laboratory platform for the active vibration control of auto ceiling is also established. Separate modal vibration control test result indicates that the voltage detected by the piezoelectric sensor reduces by 14~23% after the intelligent piezoelectric ceramic structure is used to execute the active control of the vibration of auto ceiling, i.e. the low-frequency vibration of the auto ceiling is controlled effectively.


Abstract The legends of the War of Troy are among the most enduring of all the world's great tales. Besides thrilling action and striking characters, these epics and dramas record vivid details of Mediterranean life stretching back to the Bronze Age. Like many textile researchers, I have been poring over these stories for what they reveal about cloth's place and meaning in ancient times. In this article, I will discuss references that suggest that clothing fitted into a broad spectrum of fiber technology that transcended gender, and stretched from engineering to war, economics to aesthetics. Rather than being marginalized as soft, superfluous "women's work," textiles could have terrifying power: as weapons, as agents of torment, and as prizes so alluring as to drive greed out-of-bounds. Among the fabric/fiber images running through the Trojan stories are deadly slings, treacherous snares and nets, and crimson carpets marking a path to murder. These, and other examples, show how richly ambiguous textiles could be in the Classical world—far more protean than the pastel tones of Penelope's patient weaving. Each of these "webs of wrath" will be discussed in turn, and illustrated with quotes from the Greek texts, as well as black-and-white line drawings from art objects of the period.


The article examines the  influence  of mobile  games on the  recreational component of  personality development. A mobile game is a deliberate activity aimed at achieving the goal. Mobile games occupy a leading place both in physical education and in the process of physical rehabilitation, recreation, allowing to effectively solve medical and educational tasks at a high emotional level. A mobile game as a recreational tool has a number of qualities, among which the most important place is high emotionality. Emotions in the game are complex. This is a pleasure from the muscular work in the game, from the feeling of vivacity and energy, from the possibility of friendly communication in the team, from achieving the goal set in the game. During a mobile game, complex effects on motor activity and the nervous system are realized. The mobile game refers to such manifestations of gaming activity, in which the role of movements is clearly expressed. For mobile games characterized by creative, active motor actions, motivated by the plot. They are aimed at overcoming various difficulties on the way to achieving the goal. The advantage of mobile games before exercises is that the game is always associated with initiative, fantasy, creativity, proceeds emotionally, stimulates motor activity. The game uses natural movements for the most part in an entertaining, unobtrusive form. Moving games, as a rule, do not require participants of special training. The same mobile games can be played under different conditions, with a greater or lesser number of participants, according to different rules. The most important result of the game is the emotional upsurge. It is thanks to this wonderful feature that mobile games, especially with the elements of the competition, more than other forms of physical education, meet the needs of the body. In the course of mobile games, self-control, self-control, correct response to failure are formed.


1 The age and correlation of Xujiachong FormationIn Qujing region the Lower Devonian rocks are commonly divided into four members: Xishancun Formation, Xitun Formation, Gujiatun Formation and Xujiachong Formation, and the last formation was traditionally considered to conformably underlie the Middle Devonian strata. However, the author put forward a proposal in 1985 that Xujiachong Formation could be as early as Pragian and a depositional break could exist between this formation and the Middle Devonian sequence. Since then the proposal has been strengthened due to the increase of the discovery of the fish fossils. Up to now, the fishes found from this formation include huananaspid galeaspids Sanchaspis magolarostrata and Gantarostraspis geni; eugaleaspid galeaspids Eugaleaspis xujiachongensis and Ptergonaspis yuhaii; arthrodire Szelepis sp. ; petalichthyid Neopetalichthys sp. and antiarchs Yunnanolepis chii and Chuchinolepis gracilis . Among the forms listed above the most significant in biostratigraphic correlation are the huananaspids and Neopetalichthys, for the others, except Pterogonaspis found only from Xujiachong Formation, either as species or as genera also occur in the lower strata, such as Xitun Formation or Xishancun Formation. As to Neopetalichthys , as it was originally found from Pingyipu Formation of Sichuan, it should be taken as an evidence of the correlation of Xujiachong Formation to Pingyipu Formation.As for huananaspids, Huananaspiformes is an endemic order of Galeaspida in South China, which in this paper there are 11 genera to be referred to ( table 1 ) . With the exception of Wumengshanaspis from the early Middle Devonian, all the genera occur in the Lower Devonian, known from Xujiachong Formation and Posongchong Formation of Yunnan Province, from Pingyipu Formation of Sichuan Province and from Nagaoling Formation of Guangxi Province. In the current literatures the last three formations are considered to correlate with each other and are dated as Siegenian or Pragian. Now that Xujiachong Formation shares Gantarostraspis and Neopetalichthys with Posongchong and Pingyipu formations respectively, it should correlate to these two formations and Nagaoling Formation in addition. Thus, on the basis of the available information it can be considered that the huananaspids appeared and greatly developed during Pragian time. 2 The correlation and age of the Middle Devonian Bothriolepis- bearing bedsThe Middle Devonian so-called Bothriolepis- bearing beds widely spread in East Yunnan and were traditionally named as Haikou Formation ( s. 1.) . In fact the Haikou Formation (s. s.) in Kunming region, including the type locality Haikou nearby Kunming City, is usually about 10 meters in thickness, consisting of sandstone and shale. It rests upon pre-Devonian rocks and conformably underlies Zaige Formation yielding early Late Devonian corals Disphyllum cylindricum and Hunanophrentis aff. H. zaphrentoides in its lower part. But in other regions Haikou Formation (s. l.) is much thicker, generally over 100 meters, sometimes even more than 500 meters. It usually rests upon the Devonian rocks of various times and may conformably underlie Zaige Formation but mostly underlies the Middle Devonian Stringocephalus- bearing beds, such as Qujing Formation or the beds corresponding to Qujing Formation. Consequently the age and correlation of the Middle Devonian Bothriolepis- bearing beds in East Yunnan have been debated for a long time.In this paper the attention is mainly paid to the Bothriolepis- bearing beds of Qujing and Wuding regions because of their abundance of fish fossils and well-developed stratigraphicsequences.As to Qujing region, the Bothriolepis-bearing beds disconformably overlay the Lower Devonian Xujiachong Formation and underlie the Upper Devonian Zaige Formation. They are currently subdivided into three members ascendingly: Chuandong Formation, Shangshuanghe Formation and Haikou Formation (table 2) , or Shangshuanghe Formation is merged into Haikou Formation because of the similarity of the florae in these t


Music therapy is often used for children with autism to improve social interaction, communication, and imitation skills through music. Increasingly, music therapists have incorporated technology into therapy sessions as therapeutic tools. Robotics has shown potential to encourage interaction with children with autism. This research utilizes a case study approach (N=4), with children diagnosed with autism in music therapy sessions. A NAO robot was used in therapy for a minimum of 6 weeks, designed to instruct children to imitate dance movements though a therapist-selected song. Behavioral data analysis showed that the children increased imitation over the course of the study. Therapists benefited from using the robot tool to decrease their multitasking, and allow them to observe child.


This paper presents the Late Glacial stage of the development of the Białe Ługi peatland in the southern Holy Cross Mountains, based on a comprehensive palaeoenvironmental data. A complex analysis of palynology, Cladocera, sedimentology, geochemistry and 14C dating were used. Organic deposition was initiated during the Oldest Dryas. The sedimentary record of the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems reflects considerable difference between cooler (Oldest, Older and Younger Dryas) and warmer phases (Bølling and Allerød). Periods of intensified interaction between aeolian processes and peatland are related to stages of disappearing vegetation and changes in aquatic invertebrate communities. We therefore suggest that peatlands were created as a result of local lithological-structural, tectonic, hydrogeological and morphological conditions, and the peatland development rate was largely influenced by changing climatic conditions, which determined local vegetation development, intensity of denudation processes and water level changes. The results validate significance of selection and use of several methods, as well as value of biogenic deposits from the Białe Ługi peatland as archives of past climate change in the Małopolska Upland. Relatively stable water conditions and uninterrupted biogenic sedimentation in the Late Glacial that were provided by the geological structure and relief suggest the studied peatland is a leading one in the region.


Steel pallet racks (SPRs) are characterized by boltless beam-column connections (BCCs). The role of BCCs becomes more significant during hazardous conditions such as earthquakes. Due to the great number of beam-end connector types and member geometries, the accurate evaluation of their structural behavior, especially under seismic loads, seems to be very difficult to perform so far. In this paper, the authors present results of simulation based on cyclic tests on different types of industrial rack joints by the finite element (FE) modeling of connections. This paper mainly investigates the BCC geometrical factors affecting the dynamic behavior of braced racks. Design indications are consequently provided in order to guarantee a globally homogenous ductility among different BCC configurations under seismic actions.


The development of multiprocessor simulations from a serial set of ordinary differential equations describing a physical system is described. Degrees of parallelism (i.e., coupling between the equations) and their impact on parallel processing are discussed. The problem of identifying computational parallelism within sets of closely coupled equations that require the exchange of current values of variables is described. A technique is presented for identifying this parallelism and for partitioning the equations for parallel solution on a multiprocessor. An algorithm which packs the equations into a minimum number of processors is also described. The results of the packing algorithm when applied to a turbojet engine model are presented in terms of processor utilization.


Objective To evaluate the feasibility and clinical efficacy of percutaneous ureteroscopic lithotripsy in the treatment of male children with urinary tract stones and bladder stones.Methods German rigid WOLF F8/9.8 ureteroscopy and APL-2 pneumatic lithotripsy system were used for percutaneous ureteroscopic lithotripsy in 40 male children with urinary bladder stones(n of posterior urethral stones = 8;n of bladder stone = 32).Results All the patients successfully completed lithotripsy in single attempt at an elimination rate of 100%.The time length of procedure was(30.0± 2.5)min.Postoperative hematuria was present for 1 ~3 d(mean,1.6 d).Pelvic drain was maintained for 5 ~7 d and patients were hospitalized for 5 ~8 d(mean,6 d) postoperatively.Postoperative pyrexia occurred in 6 patients but resolved with symptomatic treatment.Three patients complained of bladder irritation and recovered with drug treatment.Follow-up ultrasonography and radiography identified no residual stone,overt bleeding,infection,perforation,urethral stenosis,or fistula.No stone relapsed during a follow-up period of 3 to 20 months.Conclusion Percutaneous ureteroscopic lithotripsy is safe and effective for the treatment of male children with urinary bladder stones,with an accurate lithotripsy effect and worthy of wide use.


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Based on the Infectious Diseases Society of America's (IDSA's) 2010 guideline[3][3] on when to treat asymptomatic bacteriuria, I disagree with your statement and stand by our publication.

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out of 80 rats fed 2,500 mg/kg of cyclamate daily over a two-year period showed evidence of carcinoma-in-situ in the urinary bladder. No abnormality was detected in rats fed 1,120 mg'/kg per day. No longer under United States law was it possible to permit cyclamates to be added to food sold in the United States, and a complete prohibition on their use in food became effective in September, 1970. Cyclamate tablets for personal consumption were also disallowed on the basis that saccharin was available as a safe alternative. Many other countries followed this example. In Australia, the National Health and Medical Research Council was not prepared to go to this extreme on the evidence then available, but treated this group of artificial sweeteners as suspect until further studies confirmed or denied the suspicion. It took the unusual step of recommending that foods containing cyclamates should continue to be available on medical advice to those requiring them, and that individual tablet packs should be included in Schedule 3 of the Uniform Poisons Schedules and sold only through pharmacies. There were administrative difficulties in implementing the latter recommendation by the States, and it has been replaced by a voluntary compliance by the sole Australian manufacturer. And there the matter still rests, although there are continuing pressures for disallowance of cyclamates as food additives. again on the basis that saccharin is a safe alternative and no hardships will result to diabetics and others who have medical need of such foodstuffs. New South Wales is one of the States which has not implemented the restriction proposed by the National Health and Medical Research Council for foodstuffs. Over the past four years a number of studies using rats, mice and rhesus monkeys as experimental animals have failed to confirm the toxicity of cyclamates as food additives as regards embryotoxicity, teratogenic toxicity, mutagenic activity, hepatotoxicity, renal toxicity and carcinogenicity. Retrospective scrutiny of Abbott's original study has cast doubts upon the cause of carcinogenesis as other factors could be suspect which were not considered relevant at the time. Among these was the test feeding mixture which included saccharin, cyclamate and cyclohexylamine. Since this retrospective study, saccharin has also fallen under suspicion, and a number of protracted feeding studies of animals in the United States have been undertaken to determine whether it is carcinogenic. The results of most of these studies have yet to be published, but there is apparent concern which caused the Food and Drug Administration of that country in January, 1972, to issue an interim order removing saccharin as a food additive and limiting its use to one gram daily for adults. The interim order, due to expire in June, 1973, has been extended indefinitely to permit the completion of studies now in progress, and then review by an expert committee of the National Academy of Sciences. And so the picture is confused in Australia. Saccharin tablets are sold without restriction and saccharin is used freely in toodsturts without warning labels. The recommendations of the National Health and Medical Research Council leave cyclamates under suspicion. Cyclamate tablets for home consumption are scheduled as poisons in some States, and, by a voluntary act of the manufacturer, in all States the label bears the injunction that they should be used only on medical advice. One wonders how frequently this advice is given. The situation is unsatisfactory and should be clarified. The .medical profession is involved, and must proffer its advice on the basis of the original allegations of hazard with cyclamates, still ignorant of recent studies which have failed to confirm these allegations. Saccharin may or may not be a "safe" alternative. The medical profession is deserving of an updated assessment and advice from the National Health and Medical Research Council on the safety of non-nutritive sweeteners. After four years such a statement is overdue.


AbstractParticle swarm optimization (PSO) technique is applied in multiobjective irrigation planning environment, to the case study of Khadakwasla complex, India. The project consists of Khadakwasla irrigation project, Janai Sirsai lift irrigation scheme, and Purandar lift irrigation scheme. Objectives considered are net benefits, crop production, and labor employment on an annual basis. Uncertainty in the three objectives is tackled by a fuzzy approach and through hyperbolic and exponential membership functions. An irrigation planning scenario of 75% dependable inflow with groundwater and treated wastewater is analyzed (termed as 75WGWHM) and is the basis for formulating the multiobjective problem. Two additional scenarios, S1 with 75% dependable inflow without groundwater using a hyperbolic membership function and S2 with 75% dependable inflow with groundwater using an exponential membership function, are also explored and compared with 75WGWHM. It is observed from the results that hyperbolic membership...


The principles and methods for measuring polarization modulation characteristics of liquid crystal spatial light modulator(LC-SLM) in special conditions of experiment are proposed.The calibration of phase and amplitude modulation characteristics for the polarized light incident LC-SLM is explored in theory and experiment.The corresponding modulation parameters are determined in experiment when the LC-SLM works on phase-only,amplitude-only or polarization-only mode under special light path setting,respectively.


Results revealed that increases in anticipatory coping were associated with increases in primary appraisals from one day to the next. Specifically, increases in threats to daily routine were predicted by increases in outcome fantasy; increases in threats to other person's health were predicted by increases in problem analysis and stagnant deliberation; and increases in threats to future were predicted by increases in stagnant deliberation. These results highlight the importance of threat to potentially mobilize resources. This mixed methods study is pilot work for a larger inves-tigation of the lived experience of aging across culturally diverse groups of older adults. Two related issues were examined using a concurrent embedded design: (1) the existential concerns of older persons—that is, the most important, most deeply meaningful, matters that concern them and (2) the phenomenology of becoming and being an older adult. Quantitative measures of gerotranscendence and adjustment to aging and their social and psychological correlates were also included. In individual interviews, 16 men and women aged 70 and older responded to semi-structured questions about their experience of aging and their existential concerns and completed the quantitative measures. In what was an overall interpretive inquiry strategy, analysis of the verbatim transcripts of the interviews for the first specific aim listed above employed a qualitative thematic analysis. Results will describe elders' concerns with regard to their feelings of con-nectedness to others, their feelings about death and loss, spirituality, leaving a legacy for others, their worries which accompany the aging process, and what gives them the most meaning in life. A better understanding of these concerns of persons as they age is important for learning how to provide meaningful life enhancing experiences, activities and pro-grams for older adults. It is also important in policy forma-tion to fully understand what is most beneficial in creating life affirming and meaningful environments for our elders.


The navigational information, that ships' mates require, can be divided to dynamic navigational information(DNI) and static navigational information(SNI). The former is indispensable navigational information in collision avoidance, which is distance between own ship and other ships, true courses, positions and speeds. DNI changes every moment. On the other hand, the latter is useful navigational information, which is offered from nautical charts and hydrographic publications. The mates retrieve manually necessary SNI by using sailing directions and the others, which were edited as paper charts and books conventionally. In this paper, we propose the structure of SNI database, which can retrieve automatically necessary SNI.


1. Guinea pigs show individual variations in reticulocytosis.

2. The mean value about which reticulocytosis varies in guinea pigs is not the same in all groups of animals.

3. The mean reticulocyte value for any set of guinea pigs is not the same in different stocks and the differences may be due to the degree of immunity to disease, or may be characteristic of the strain of guinea pig.

4. In a set of 100 animals from the same stock as the 230 tested, a mean degree of reticulocytosis which differs from that of the latter by more than 30 per cent can be detected.

5. A method of assay for liver preparations is suggested.


Use of glycol-cleavage oxidations to assist in establishing the configuration of biose linkages is considered. The approach is based on degradation of disaccharides to yield compounds of simpler st...


Objective: The study was aimed to investigate the cytotoxic effect of S-5H-[1,2,4]-triazino (5,6-b) indol-3-yl-3,4-phenylethane-thioate derivatives as epidermal growth factor Receptor (EGFR) inhibitors.
Methods: In the present study 14 novel triazine analogues were synthesized and characterized using different spectroscopic techniques such as FT-IR, NMR and Mass Spectroscopy. The anticancer activity was performed using MCF-7 (breast cancer) and K-562 (leukaemia) cell lines. Further, molecular docking was carried out using Vlife Molecular Docking Software (MDS) on crystal structure of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) to identify the binding mode of interaction with an active site.
Results: Compounds MA-7, MA-8, MA-12, MA-13 and MA-14 show potent activity against cancer cell lines in the range of<10 to 84.4 µg/ml. Further molecular docking on EGFR also supports that there is a strong correlation between in silico and in vitro biological activity. The results of this study may be further useful for lead optimization process.
Conclusion: The results of this study indicates that the synthesized triazine analogues can give a potential lead as an anticancer agent.


The paradigm of the chivalric books of the seventeenth century was revitalized in the novels of contemporary authors such as Fernandez Florez (1885-1964), Alvaro Cunqueiro (1911-1981), Juan Perucho (1920-2003) and Angel Maria Pascual (1911-1947). This article analyzes the chivalric rewriting present in The Adventures of the Knight Florestan del Palier (1959) by Wenceslao Fernandez Florez.


(21) Appl. No.: 13/563,108 Methods, systems, and computer-readable and executable (22) Filed: Jul. 31, 2012 instructions are provided for organizing content. A method for organizing content can include building a customized Publication Classification content corpus for a user, building a concept graph custom ized for the users context based on the customized corpus, (51) Int. Cl. and organizing, utilizing multi-view clustering, the content G06F 7/30 (2006.01) within the corpus based on the concept graph.


This paper presents a IV 0.13 mum CMOS low-power low-noise up-converter for the E2-L1- El/L5-E5a dual-band GPS/Galileo dual-mode receivers. The up-converter includes a low noise amplifier with an embedded image rejection filter (IRF), a mixer and a phase-locked LO source.


ZnO crystals containing 0.12 % of Mn were grown by the Chemical Vapor Transport (CVT) method. The crystals exhibit strong optical absorption in the energy region below the band gap, which partially overlaps with the fundamental absorption, as well as very strong EPR signals characteristic for isolated Mn 2+ ions. The absorption has been associated with the charge-transfer transition (Mn 2+  Mn 3+ + eCB) [1]. At low temperatures, the EPR signal is efficiently quenched by the illumination in the spectral region of the Mn 2+ absorption. With increasing illumination power the Mn 2+ EPR lineshape changes from Gaussian to Dysonian, which is a proof of the increased conductivity of the samples. Moreover, the interaction of localized spins with the carrier spins leads to a change of the Mn 2+ g-factor. The only model reproducing both the temperature and illumination power dependencies of the Mn 2+ EPR signal photo-quenching requires that there is an additional, other than Mn 2+ , source (e.g. native defects) of photoinduced carriers.


Vibrio parahaemolyticus ,the pathogenic bacteria of Pseudosciaena crocea ,was inactivated by the addition of formaldehyde to the final concentration of 0.05%(30 ℃,8 hours)for vaccine.Anti- Vibrio parahaemolyticus serum was made from rabbits by injecting vaccine.Anti serum was used for Vibriosis detecting by indirect FAT method. FAT method was used for V. parahaemolyticus detecting at P.crocea farming net-cage. The results showed that all diseased P.crocea were positive in V. parahaemolyticus , while 40 % normal fish were positive. The results indicated that indirect FAT method could not only to diagnose the clinically diseased P.crocea ,but also to recognize pathogenic bacteria carrying fish.


Purpose A method of diagnosing the extent and severity of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) stenoses is multi-slice computed tomographic angiography (MS-CTA). The aim of this prospective study was to assess the accuracy of MS-CTA for the detection and grading of stenoses in AVF in comparison to digital subtraction angiography (DSA), which was used as the gold standard of reference. Methods Fifteen hemodialysis (HD) patients with dysfunctioning forearm AVF were included. These AVFs were evaluated by both DSA and MS-CTA and were read in a prospective, blinded manner by two radiologists experienced in vascular imaging. Results ROC analysis revealed areas under the curve of 0.90 ± 0.07 for observer I and 0.87 ± 0.08 for observer II at a stenosis cut-off level of ≥50% diameter reduction. The combined results for MS-CTA showed sensitivity, specificity and positive and negative predictive values of 82%, 98%, 82% and 98% for stenoses ≥50% and 71%, 99%, 77% and 98% for stenoses ≥75%. Inter-observer agreement for the detection of stenoses ≥50% diameter reduction was 0.70 and 1.0, for MS-CTA and DSA, respectively. Conclusion MS-CTA can provide good visualization of forearm HD access AVF and has moderate sensitivity, but high specificity for the detection of flow-limiting stenoses.


INTRODUCTION: Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is a major cause of low back pain affecting westernized societies. Currently the mainstay of treatment for IVD degeneration is either symptomatic medical therapy or surgery, both of which have limited success. Cell based regenerative therapies offer an attractive solution as through implantation of appropriate cells it is possible to replace dysfunctional cells and repair/synthesize functional tissue. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a promising cell population for regeneration of the degenerate human IVD. Previous studies reported that direct cell-cell interaction between MSCs and nucleus pulposus (NP) cells stimulates the differentiation of MSCs towards NP like cells and enhances matrix gene expression within NP cells 1,2 . However, these studies did not consider the harsh microenvironmental "niche" of the degenerate IVD. Therefore the purpose of this study was to establish a model system in which MSCs: NP cells interactions could be studied and to ascertain the effect of hypoxia and reduced serum on this system.


Bright stars, stars with visual magnitude smaller than 6.5, can be studied using small telescope. In general, if stars are assumed as black body radiator, then the color in infrared (IR) region is usually equal to zero. Infrared data from IRAS observations at 12 and 25μm (micron) with good flux quality are used to search for bright stars (from Bright Stars Catalogues) with infrared excess. In magnitude scale, stars with IR excess is defined as stars with IR color m12−m25>0; where m12−m25 = −2.5log(F12/F25)+1.56, where F12 and F25 are flux density in Jansky at 12 and 25μm, respectively. Stars with similar spectral type are expected to have similar color. The existence of infrared excess in the same spectral type indicates the existence of circum-stellar dust, the origin of which is probably due to the remnant of pre main-sequence evolution during star formation or post AGB evolution or due to physical process such as the rotation of those stars.


The work of the author, as can be seen from the preface to her prof. Sommer, conducted under the guidance of the last day and at his own initiative.


The vibration characteristic and radiated noise from the motorcycle engine shell are analyzed with Finite Element Method / Boundary Element Method,including mode analysis,frequency response analysis and simulation analysis of the structure's radiated noise by the original engine shell,and the experiment on this shell has been done.The experimental data are close to the theoretical data,so the FEM/BEM seemed to be a good way to predict the radiated noise.Two methods of improving shell's characteristics,i.e.changing shell's rigidity and shape respectively,are proposed based on the theoretical data.The new shells are also analyzed with FEM/BEM,and the results indicate that both of them are the effective way to restrain the radiated noise.Moreover,the experiments conducted on the improved shells confirm the reduction of the radiated noise.


Junction barrier Schottky (JBS) structures are extensively used in silicon carbide devices; however, the complex surface composition makes the direct barrier evaluation difficult. To exclude the field-dependent distortion on a barrier for a direct unbiased evaluation in JBS structures, this work proposes a new evaluation method with a physics-based derivation and experimental demonstration, where a batch of JBS diodes are fabricated with a quasi-continuous spacing variation distribution achieved by the spreading etching technique. In addition, a detailed analysis based on the field-dependent barrier is provided. The result illustrates the chain-like activation and its saturation limit with a quantitative estimate in the straggle region. With the capability of the high linearity to exploit the statistical information for analysis stability, the proposed indicator could be a quantitative and versatile reference for designers dealing with nonideal surfaces.


Solar energy efficiency is mainly related to changes in weather such as temperature and irradiation conditions, in light of these changes and non-linearity of the I-V characteristic, techniques and algorithms are relied on to increase efficiency and rapid response in all conditions by tracking the maximum power point of the solar energy system. This paper proposes an MPPT based on a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) using a boost converter for a photovoltaic system under variable conditions and Compares the results using the P&O method. The study was carried out by MATLAB/Simulink. Simulation results demonstrate that of FLC-based MPPT delicate tracking of MPP at different climatic conditions.


The influence law of permeability of chloride ion in concrete of load level, curing condition under the sustained pressure load and the corrosion environment interaction is researched in this article, which is through natural diffusion method. Experimental results show that as the load level increases, there is a tendency of the chloride ion content after the first increase and then decrease, the turning point in the middle remains to be further studied. Good conservation condition reduces large holes and harmful holes in concrete block, thereby reduce the porosity and improve resistance to chloride ion erosion.


Here's something supposedly fun: if you were stranded on a deserted island and could have only one book, which would you choose? The appeal of this question for literary scholars seems obvious enough, as most of us like to talk about books and express our aesthetic sensibilities. Less obviously fun is the deserted island gambit, which is actually quite grim. Do we need a shipwreck or plane crash and all our fellow travelers killed just to enjoy some close reading? It might feel that way sometimes, and not simply because formal explication has come to share interpretive power with historical context and theoretical mindfulness. Negotiations of this sort have been going on for half a century without leading to imagined extremes (the disintegration of texts, the end of the canon, the death of aesthetics, and so on). More threatening today to the practice of close reading is the unprecedented, inconceivable quantity of texts so easily retrieved from electronic databases, a superabundance that when managed with computational tools makes our capacities for close reading seem measly by comparison. Every unread text on Project Gutenberg, every unclicked link on HathiTrust, every unheeded recommendation from Amazon can feel like an admonishment to those whose profession is textual mastery. Careful reading may be a fading fetish, and nonreading has a rich literary history,


This article studies a Study on the die year in a war and family record and movement of relatives of Lee Hong Kwang(李紅光; Origin Lee Hong Kyu, 李鴻圭), a resist-Japan movement Manchuria in 1930s. But he is unknown in contemporary history of Korea, because at the time movement he was covered with c...


The monument at Pl I, until recently called the "Allahabad-Kosam" pillar and attributed to Aśoka, is now known to have been erected before Aśoka came to the throne in 272 B.C. We also know with certainty that its original emblem had been – not a lion, as previously supposed – but the bull of pre-Buddhist, brahmanical religion. Moreover, there is no longer any reason to suppose that it had not always held a position overlooking the confluence of the two sacred rivers, the Gaṇgā and the Yamunā, otherwise known as "the holiest site in India".


A couple of years ago, before Demidenko, in a paper entitled 'Ethnic Double Agents', I analysed the manner in which some second generation immigrant women's writing in Australia produces an ironic consent to speak as such by incorporating prevalent ethnic stereotypes. Briefly put, I examined the texts in terms of their ironically excessive gratitude and their consent to identify with the assimilationist narratives which repress immigrant experiences and history in terms of the migrant success story. I suggested that the 'migrant success story' was in the process of being replaced by the 'second generation immigrant suxess story', through an ironically agonistic narrative about emulation and self-improvement, in which 'success' is superseded by representations of excess. These representations include metaphors of (first generation) immigrants' bodies ('the parents') as abject, ethnic remains which irrepressibly return to contaminate the relationship between host and guest. Similarly, this paper will return to the question of the repression of ethnic bodies in its focus on the work of irony (and the repression of irony) in dominant readings of ethnicity.


Abstract The development of a control and navigation platform for an autonomous surface vessel (ASV) being a scaled self-propelled model of a real ship is presented in this paper. The overall system is described under the hardware structure and the software architecture. The system hardware structure is further divided into the command and monitoring unit (CMU) and the communication and control unit (CCU). The ashore based CMU is used to control the ASV through a wireless Ethernet communication; the ASV mainly consists of the on-board CCU. The system software architecture mainly consists of several software loops for collecting the sensor data and controlling the rudder and propeller actuations. Furthermore, a touch panel as the human machine interface (HMI) is used for autonomous and manual control of the ASV has been implemented. Finally, the future experimental implementations of the ASV are discussed in this paper.


ABSTRACT The phenomenon of immigration has been studied from diverse perspectives. It is important to note that immigration is common during times of crisis. The reason for the avalanche of immigrants to the Canary Islands (Spain) is because it is the gateway to Europe, and therefore, immigrants wanted to enter from this point. This research is based on the need to linguistically determine the treatment of the phenomenon of immigration in the Spanish press. This analysis is relevant given the arrival of thousands of foreign citizens to the coast of the Canary Islands, first in 2006 and almost a decade later, in 2015 to the south of Europe in another great population movement. This research attempts to study four Spanish newspapers, two from the Canary Islands (El Día and Canarias 7) and two Spanish mainland national newspapers (El País and ABC), the online version of the newspapers and their websites were analyzed beside one of the most important social networks, Twitter. The role of incorporating social networks to immigration discourse is also analyzed. To support the data analysis of this research, the Iramuteq software was used.


The present invention relates to providing a remote visual information system, to an image picked up by the plurality of cameras, a camera processing each set to correspond to the cameras for the storage in one original image in the local storage unit, and one through the communication network screen by using a digital video recording device, and a communication network to support transmission of the integrated image that appears to be a plurality of channel image information is divided up in the digital video recording apparatus receives transmitting a video image recorded in the digital video recording device in the display on the display unit by having the mobile communication terminal to the digital video recording apparatus to adjust the scale to correspond to the native resolution when the integrated image transfer request signal is received from the mobile terminal, below the first source image is set plurality within a screen, to generate an integrated image that appears to be a channel image information is divided And it sends out the same communication terminal. According to the remote video-information providing system, and the advantage of being able to provide information of the channel on a screen it can be provided to the mobile by reducing the number of pixels to correspond to an image of the channels on the screen division communication terminal can be reduced for data transfer, yet It provides.