The number of local and international competitors makes companies engaged in the manufacturing industry required to be able to survive to achieve the desired goals. Therefore, the authors are interested in conducting research on companies engaged in manufacturing and construction services at PT Gerbang Saranabaja. PT Gerbang Saranabaja is a company in the form of a Limited Liability Company (PT) engaged in steel construction. The method used in this research is qualitative method. To find out the company's weaknesses and strengths, the authors use the Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) and External Factor Evaluation (EFE) matrices. The score for IFE is 3.90 and the score for EFE is 2.99, so that from the SPACE Matrix it can be seen that PT Gerbang Saranabaja is in a highly unprofitable condition. The results of an IE score of 3.90 and an EFE score of 2.99 were also obtained, so that PT Gerbang Saranabaja is in quadrant IV, namely with highly unprofitable conditions.


The purposes of this research were to know (1) the background of
Brojobuwono Hermitage, (2) the learning process of informal nyantrik of kris in
Brojobuwono Hermitage, and (3) the assesment process of student learning in
Brojobuwono Hermitage.
This research applies a descriptive qualitative method by using case study
strategy. The data sources used were an informant, document and archieve, place and
event. The data are collected by using the techniques of interview, observation, and
analysis on content of document and archieve. Samples are taken by applying the
purposive and snowball sampling. The data validation was carried by using
triangulation technique and review informant. The data analysis was conducted by
using an interactive model of analysis includes data collecting, data reducing, data
presenting, and conclusion making.
The result of this research is to know that the background of the hermitage
establishment because of empu Basuki against keris world and has strong desire to
preserve kris. The component of informal learning nyantrik includes learning
objectives, materials, methods, medias, resources, and assesment. Material learning is
applied through kris (bilah, warangka, and hulu). Affective aspect is applied through
the kris symbolic meaning, the value and the philosophy of life. And the
psychomotoric aspect is applied by kris making skills. The learning methods divides
into lecturing, demonstration, debriefing, experiment, and assignment. The learning
media devides into visual and audio visual media. The visual media such as ancient
manuscripts, posters, tools, books, and the kris sample, while non visual media such as
movie kris. The learning resources such as ancient manuscript, research and teacher"s
experiment, artefact, and the kris actor. The object of assessment of learning outcome
is cognitive aspect, affective aspect, and pshycomotoric aspect. This study was exactly
evaluated by master of krisman and focused to copyright also behavior. There was
special evaluation in the end whole studies of behavior and kris which were made by
mor, jo, si, ngun, sirap, mungguh, greget, dan guwoyo criteria. The pshycomotoric
aspect is more dominant than the other aspect. The assessment on learning outcome
were used the principle of continuity, comprehensive, and objectivity principle. The
result of the assessment showed that the cantrik get the better of kris knowledge, can
make kris as well as possible with their good attitude benefit, and have a change for
the better views before and after the nyantrik learning process.


The article considers the possibility of using a universal combined unit for tillage. The technological structure of the unit and the optimal set of working bodies have been substantiated. Various options for preparing the soil for sowing winter crops (heavy) and for caring for vapors (light) are proposed.Implementation of a number of technological operations in one pass of the unit is agronomically justified.


ABSTRACT Here we present a perspective on heterogeneous materials, a new class of materials possessing superior combinations of strength and ductility that are not accessible to their homogeneous counterparts. Heterogeneous materials consist of domains with dramatic strength differences. The domain sizes may vary in the range of micrometers to millimeters. Large strain gradients near domain interfaces are produced during deformation, which produces a significant back-stress to strengthen the material and to produce high back-stress work hardening for good ductility. High interface density is required to maximize the back-stress, which is a new strengthening mechanism for improving mechanical properties. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT IMPACT STATEMENT Heterogeneous materials are becoming the next hot research field after the nanomaterials era.


The article considers the urgent problems of modern education related to creative consciousness development and acceptable imitation proportion. The author refers to the communication theory to show the interrelation between creativity and communicative processes. The overview and analysis of a number of studies including G.Lassvell's formula and Y.M. Lotman's semiotic system prove that the communication category directly influences the logic of personal development. The main emphasis is on J. Habermas' theory with its core concept of rational communication procedure and accumulation of knowledge by means of moral consciousness. Habermas singles out six stages of moral judgment: two pre-conventional (interaction controlled by authority and interest-driven cooperation); two conventional (role action and interaction driven by norms); post-conventional; and discursive. The author makes a conclusion that creativity is based on both the originality of creative action itself, according to the classical paradigm, and cooperation between the author and creative product consumer: e.g. writer and reader, teacher and student, etc. The research findings can be used in further studies of communicative relations in educational sphere and in practical teaching.


Objective: To study the prevalence of HBV infection with particular emphasis on the rate of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBSAg) and hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc) IgG type among apparently healthy blood donors at Aseer region, Saudi Arabia. Material and method: A retrospective analysis of all blood bank records at Aseer Central Hospital, covering a total of 5174 blood donors during the period of one year starting in April 5, 2000, was carried out. Results: A total of 4664 Saudis and 510 non-Saudis were screened for HBSAg, anti-HBc, and anti-HBs. The total exposure rate of HBV infection was 17.9% and 34% among Saudis and non-Saudis respectively. If HBSAg and anti-HBc are considered together, 11.7% of Saudi blood donors will be potentially infectious and are likely to transmit the disease. In addition, the total exposure rate increases with age, though, HBSAg carrier peaks at ages between 32-42 years. Conclusion: The reported rate of total exposure of HBV infection is lower than other areas in Saudi Arabia but much higher than the Western countries. The prevalence of HBSAg peaks among highly productive age groups.


The nest and larva of the endemic bee Hylaeus pubescens are described. Nests are con structed during the winter and spring months. The larva is the first of the subgenus Nesoprosopis to be described. The mite Afrocypholaelaps africana is phoretic on the bee and recorded for the first time in Hawaii. Taxonomic notes and mating behavior are given for the encyrtid parasitoids Coelopencyrtus kaalae and C. sexramosus. This paper reports observations on the endemic Hawaiian bee, Hylaeus pubes cens (Perkins, 1899): its nest structure and larva, and arthropods for which it serves as host. Included is the first record of the ameroseiid mite Afrocypholaelaps africana (Evans, 1963) in the Hawaiian Islands and additional records of the encyrtids Coelopencyrtus kaalae (Ashmead, 1901) and C. sexramosus (Timberlake, 1922). Taxonomic characters are given for the identification of these


Pupils from Harborne Hill School, Birmingham, were among the first to make use of a new education centre which aims to improve knowledge of health and science.


It was with great enthusiasm that we received Dr. Britton's latest book. After making note of the dedication: 'To Ritaclare, who has put up with the author of the last chapter of this book for many years,' the reading took a radical turn (to the last chapter of the book, of course). In this chapter on 'the narcissistic problem of sharing space' the reader finds not only the qualities of creativity, lucidity and originality that have characterized Britton's previous writings, but also the ordinary and open humanity that is the hallmark of Britton the man. Britton writes, 'One thing in common between living with someone and being in analysis is the problem of sharing thoughts and sharing space' (p. 166). Britton's book had already evoked this dilemma from the moment it arrived in the mail. With two analysts in the house – one of us also a child analyst – we decided to take turns reading the book, sharing our thoughts and the space of this review. Beneath Britton's intriguing title, the reader witnesses the product of many years of psychoanalytic experience with both children and adults. This experience has clearly fanned out and permeated Britton's thinking about literature and social phenomena, thinking that has surely reverberated in his continued practice and teaching of analysis, further enriching and refining his clinical work in turn. In this book the reader encounters an author who is able to make room for scholarship and for heart, discipline and genuine passion that invites the reader to join him on a voyage of reconsideration and fresh evaluation of psychoanalytic – diagnostic concepts, metapsychological constructs and related clinical issues. As a major proponent of post-Kleinian psychoanalytic thinking in London, the author reliably provides case vignettes from his own practice to illustrate his ideas and arguments, sparing the reader the broad generalizations of abstract philosophical discourse that can be examined only by criteria of internal and external consistency. Britton is first and foremost an astute and sensitive clinician. Whether or not one subscribes to the Kleinian foundations of his approach, there can be no doubt that he is a committed and reflective analyst. He states in his preface that his writing is 'experience based' and aptly concludes that section with a quote fromKeats: 'Nothing ever becomes real 'til it is experienced.' The content of this book, based at times on previously delivered lectures and papers, is divided into three parts: I – Sex & Death, II – The Ego and the Superego, and III – Narcissism. Parts I & II correspond to developments in Freud's professional preoccupations and writings, while part III reflects a major area of interest among psychoanalysts during the whole of the second half of the last century. Throughout the first three chapters, Britton examines Freud's cases of hysteria alongside his own clinical experiences, building up a case for a psychoanalytic differential diagnosis between hysterical and borderline personality disorders. Although there has been a pronounced tendency in the psychoanalytic literature, especially between the 1960s and late 1980s, to consider Freud's cases as borderline, Britton points out that, in hysteria, relatedness is to whole objects rather than to part objects as in the borderline predicament. Moreover, he adds that '. . . a central feature in hysteria is the use of projective identification by the subject to become, in phantasy, one or the other or both members of the primal couple' (p. 10) and that 'In Hysteria the patient, like one of Klein's children in the playroom, mounts the stage to become one of [these] characters. . .' (p. 11). Parenthetically, this latter statement may reflect not only Britton's Kleinian and Bionian orientation, but also his extensive experience in child analysis, originally in the Tavistock Clinic. The process and experience of becoming (in phantasy) a participating partner in the primal scene constitutes for Britton the hysterical enactment. It is through a discussion of one of his own cases that Britton clearly shows how the derivatives JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPY VOL. 30 NO. 3 2004 362 – 378


Accurate estimation of structural responses is important to mitigate loss of life and property. Earthquake ground motions are known to vary spatially and temporally, thereby affecting structural responses. Therefore, we conducted a numerical analysis based on a fault-structure system to account for such variations. We developed a full threedimensional model that includes a fault, irregular crust structure, soft soil basins near the ground surface, and structures at the surface. However, huge computational cost is required to solve these components simultaneously. Ichimura and Hori (2009a) presented a macro-micro analysis method based on singular perturbation expansion to reduce computational cost, but to date, no large-scale application examples have been conducted. We implemented a highly tuned finite-element method code for macro-micro analysis systems to handle large-scale wave propagation in a complicated crust structure as well as the seismic response of a structure at the surface. After verifying the accuracy by comparing the results with analytical Green's function solutions, we demonstrate a seismic response using a simple model of a nuclear power plant structure with actual settings. Our methodology can enable detailed prediction of the seismic response of a nuclear facility, permitting the generation of more reliable estimates of the seismic safety of new or existing nuclear power plant facilities.


Objective To explore the role of Estrogen in vascular calcification.Methods Thirty female SD rats were ovariectomized and induced vascular calcification by Vitamin D3 and Nicotine. The level of Estrogen was measured by radioimmunoassay, and calcium,~45 Ca~2+ deposition and alkaline phosphatase(ALP)were also assayed.Results Many black granules among the smooth muscle cells and its matrix in calcified aorta by Von Kossa staining in VDN group was observed, 2.5-fold, 3.3-fold, 2.4-fold increase Calcium、~45 Ca~2+ deposition and ALP were observed in VDN group than that in control group, respectively. However, compared with VDN group,these data were increased by 28%、34% and 20% in OVX+VDN group and decreased by 37%、37% and 31% in OVX+VDN+E group,respectively.Conclusion The extent of Vascular calcification is aggravated in ovariectomized rats. It suggests that estrogen may have cardiovascular protection by antagonizing vascular calcification.


Collaborative efforts in the health sciences and STEM fields offer tremendous opportunities for providing solutions to the global challenges of reducing poverty and improving health care. Global health care challenges necessitate the investigation of new interdisciplinary educational approaches for higher education. This article presents a formal approach for developing students into well-equipped global citizens, through the Emerging 360 Degree Model for Educating Socially Responsible Global Citizens. This model provides a framework for creating educational environments and academic coursework that promotes global citizenship education. Students' knowledge, comprehension, and skills are addressed through in-class discussion and experiential international service-learning in a " village network" setting. Post-trip reflection and presentations embedded in the model encourage students to explore deeper layers of meaning, and leadership and team influences propel students to engage as socially responsible global citizens. This article describes the Emerging 360 Degree Global Education Model and reports on initial findings of the impact of the educational approach on student learning. Qualitative and quantitative data from student surveys and reflective essays offer information on students' growth in global citizenship understandings.


This research aims to incorporate urban form characteristics in freight trip generation (FTG) models, and thus enable more interaction between practitioners through integration of their instruments and policies. From this perspective, the research addresses two questions: To what extent does the urban form profile of a location influence the freight trip generation patterns of local establishments? How much do the urban form profiles relate to the location preference of different types of establishment?


Abstract The use of substances by adolescent African American males is of particular concern because of the damaging effect that drug abuse has not only on the individual and his family but also on the African American community. The literature is scant regarding treatment services and few therapeutic interventions have been specifically designed to holistically meet the needs of these youth. This article proposes the use of Afrocentricity and Reality Therapy as therapeutic bases for substance abuse treatment with this population.


Calreticulin was first identified many years ago as a Cal+binding protein in skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum (MacLennan et al., 1972; Ostwald & MacLennan, 1974). The protein was observed to bind Ca2+ with a high affinity and was consequently named the high-affinity Ca2+-binding protein (Ostwald & MacLennan, 1974). The molecular cloning of calreticulin was only achieved 15 years later, and combined with N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis has revealed that this protein has been 'rediscovered' several times by others and described using a variety of different names, including the highaffinity Ca2+-binding protein, calregulin, CRP55 and calsequestrin-like protein (Ostwald & MacLennan, 1974; Waisman et al., 1985; Macer & Koch, 1988; Damiani et al., 1990; Treves et al., 1990). For example, in 1985 Waisman's group (Waisman et al., 1985) identified and isolated a 63 kDa Ca2+-binding protein (CAB-63) from frozen liver and named the protein calregulin. Koch's group (Macer & Koch, 1988), while studying Ca2+-binding proteins associated with endoplasmic reticulum membranes, identified a set of proteins that they named reticuloplasmins. One of these proteins was a 55 kDa protein named CRP55 (calcium binding reticuloplasmin). More recently, Volpe et al. (1988) and Damiani et al. (1988) identified a Ca2+-binding protein in non-muscle tissues, which was referred to as a 'caLseqyestrin-like' protein. Van et al. (1989) isolated four Ca2+-binding proteins from rat liver endoplasmic reticulum membranes. One, designated CaBP3, has recently been shown to correspond to rat liver calreticulin (Peter et al., 1992). Green's group, while studying the structure and function of the resident proteins of endoplasmic reticulum membranes, has identified, isolated and characterized a number of different proteins including the protein designated ERp6O (Lewis et al., 1985). The amino acid sequence ofERp6O deduced from its cDNA indicates that it is calreticulin (M. Green, personal communication). It has now been confirmed that calregulin, CRP55, CaBP3, ERp6O and the 'calsequestrin-like' proteins are all, in fact, calreticulin (Khanna et al., 1987; Opas et al., 1988, 1991; Fliegel et al., 1989a,b; Smith & Koch, 1989; Collins et al., 1989; Treves et al., 1990; Krause et al., 1990; Milner et al., 1991; Michalak et al., 1991). In order to eliminate the confusion regarding the identity of this protein we initially proposed that it be named reticulin, reflecting its localization to sarcoplasmic reticulum and endoplasmic reticulum membranes (Opas et al., 1988). Subsequently, following consultation with other laboratories studying this protein, the name calreticulin was chosen (calcium binding protein localized to the endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes) (Fliegel et al., 1989a; Smith & Koch, 1989). This name is now widely accepted. It is well established that calreticulin is a high-capacity Ca2+bindng protein (MacLennan et al., 1972; Treves et al., 1990; Michalak et al., 1991; Baksh & Michalak, 1991). In this review we present evidence which strongly indicates that calreticulin can function as a major Ca2+-binding (storage) protein in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum. This is potentially a very important role in the cell, as the storage of Ca2+ in the lumen of the endoplasmic or sarcoplasmic reticulum is centrally important to the regulation of cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentrations. Ca2+ is taken up from the cytosol by a Ca2+-ATPase, is stored within the membranes and then released, via special channels, upon appropriate stimulation (MacLennan et al., 1983; Carafoli, 1987; MacLennan, 1990; Berridge, 1990; Meldolesi et al., 1990; Pietrobon et al., 1990; Tsien & Tsien, 1990). When 'stored' within the membranes, Ca2+ is sequestered at special highcapacity, low-affinity Ca2+-binding (storage) sites. This sequestering is important since it reduces the concentration gradient of Ca2+ against which the ATPase must work. A number of different proteins have been implicated to play some role in Ca2+ storage (see reviews by Cala et al., 1990; Milner et al., 1992). In the sarcoplasmic reticulum of skeletal and cardiac muscle, calsequestrin has been firmly established to be the major Ca2+ storage protein (MacLennan et al., 1983). In contrast, in non-muscle tissues the identity of the Ca2+ buffer(s) in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum has remained obscure. The recent discovery that calreticulin is a major Ca2+-binding protein of non-muscle endoplasmic reticulum membranes has contributed to the identification and characterization of the Ca2+ storage components of endoplasmic reticulum membranes (Opas et al., 1988; Fliegel et al., 1989b; Milner et al., 1991). In addition to its apparent Ca2+-storage role, evidence is rapidly accumulating which suggests that calreticulin has other, perhaps very basic, functions to perform within the cell. This evidence includes: (i) the localization of calreticulin to the nucleus and nuclear envelope, as well as to the endoplasmic reticulum (Opas et al., 1988, 1991; Fliegel et al., 1989b); (ii) sequence similarities of calreticulin with a number of other, quite different, cellular proteins (see Fig. 2); (iii) a distinctive domain structure of the protein (Smith & Koch, 1989; Fliegel et al., 1989a; Opas et al., 1991; Baksh & Michalak, 1991); (iv) changes in the expression of calreticulin in relation to cellular proliferation and protein synthesis (Gersten et al., 1989, 1991; Opas et al., 1991); (v) direct association of calreticulin with other cellular proteins (Rojiani et al., 1991; Guan et al., 1991); (vi) a proposed role for calreticulin in autoimmune diseases (McCauliffe et al., 1990a,b; Rokeach et al., 1991a). Together these observations, discussed below, suggest that calreticulin is more than just a Ca2+-binding (storage) protein and may well be multifunctional.


Hinduism has been compared to a vast boundless ocean into which the streams of many traditions have flowed for many centuries. A student of Hinduism is like a sailor making a voyage on such an ocean. Without a pilot or accurate and comprehensive charts, he will drift helplessly. Some aspects of Hinduism are better charted than others, in particular the philosophy and the Vedic period, while in recent years several detailed studies of individual gods have appeared. There are, however, very few publications which succeed in being both comprehensive and accurate. Those who for many years have had to rely upon John Dowson's A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history and literature will have realized only too well the accuracy of that author's statement: 'the work is no doubt very defective.' According to the dust-cover of the book under review, its intention is to bring Dowson's work up to date and make good its deficiencies. One obvious improvement over Dowson is that a modern method of transliteration has been adopted, although the decision to retain the S(anskrit)E(nglish)D(ictionary's) rl for the more conventional f is inexplicable. Since Dowson normally lists words in their Sanskrit form, it is impossible for those who do not know the Sanskrit equivalent of a word, e.g. 'caste', to look it up. This new dictionary has a list of English-Sanskrit equivalents (pp. 369-72), where the reader is informed that 'caste' can be looked up under the headings varna, gotra, and jdti. This improvement should have been pointed out prominently in the Introduction, for until the reader discovers it for himself he will be unable to use the book to its full advantage. Another difference from Dowson (whether an improvement or not will be a matter of dispute) is in the provision of comparisons with other countries and other religions. So we find (s.v. abhicdra 'magic') the employment of incantations compared with the rite of cursing in medieval Christianity, and 'going against the sun' compared with the European 'widdershins'. Interesting though some of these parallels are, they may well be a source of confusion to non-experts who will assume that (near) parallelism means dependence, for it is rarely made clear whether the information is given merely as a matter of interest, or whether any direct connection is implied. Some of the parallels border on the naive, e.g. the comparison (s.v. kalpadruma 'the wish-granting tree') with the gifts hung on Christmas trees in Europe, while (s.v. cakravartin) the circle (mandala) of a king's near and distant neighbours, with whom he must maintain political and diplomatic relations, is compared with King Arthur and the knights of the round table. Where a direct influence is stated, it sometimes seems very debatable, e.g. (s.v. jyotifa) the fact that the Icelandic Poetic Edda states that in Odin's heavenly warrior hall there were 540 doors, through each of which 800 fighters will


The purpose of this project is to showcase the physiology and pathophysiology of
appetite and food reception. Which are responsible for food desorders.
In order to do this we will analyze, through the references, the digestive system
with all of its organs and glands, as well as the nutrients that we need to take from
food to survive. Terms such as metabolism will be analyzed in order to explain the
mechanisms that create the feeling of appetite which leads to the consumption of food.
Also we will explain how those mechanisms can malfunction leading to eating
disorders.
Finally there will be a presentation of a study, conducted within the project,
about the eating habits in the Greek population. The results of which was unexpected
in many categories while, in others pave the way for more research in the future.


Thermocouples are often exposed to harsh conditions when used for high-temperature measurements in industry. They suffer commonly from unavoidable drift effects which influence the required process efficiency and control. A self-validation concept for thermocouples to monitor their performance in the temperature range between 1000 C and about 1800 C in oxidizing atmospheres by using integrated miniature fixed-point units of different designs was tested. Two different models of fixed-point crucibles filled with high purity palladium (1553.4 °C) and platinum (1769 °C) have been constructed and assembled with type B thermocouples to be used as traceable references. Furthermore, two innovative self-validation methods by using thick wires of high purity gold (1064.18 °C), nickel (1455 °C), and palladium in multi-bore insulators as fixed-point materials were developed and investigated by assembling them with type B thermocouples. The measurement results obtained have demonstrated the suitability of the integrated fixed-point units to provide long-term confidence in industrial high-temperature measurements within about (2−3) K.


The cost of economic development refers to the measured calculation of non-reasonable ecological cost, environmental cost and resources cost consumed in the course of economic development. This results from the economic subject's collective irrational conduct in the current economic environment. As a rule, when the economic subject chooses to realize his aims by means of cost advancement and extensive increase manner, his collective irrational conduct will take shape and result in cost of economic development. The cost of economic development is one of the basic issues of sustainable development, which contributes to the theory of sustainable development a totally new economic interpretative framework, that is, cost of economic development-the economic subject's conduct-arrangement of system. Therefore, sustainable development is to develop economy at a low realization cost, which calls for an effective arrangement of system.


The term Public Relations Ethics is often understood as an oxymoron, as rare are those who find anything ethical in it. The fact that PR incurred a bad reputation and PR professionals became manipulators of public mind rather than conveyers of truth was a result of a PR' misrepresentation in the public. Tarnished history that effected opinion about PR may be explained by several situations in which PR were used to camouflage some serious problems, not to mention something that is today called "spin", a whole new area of PR dedicated only for working behind the scenes. There is nothing ethical in spin, and it is not a surprise that everyone involved in communications claims that spin has nothing to do with PR. Ethics are important in business as much as in everyday life, but determining the criteria of good and evil and then acting accordingly may seem rather easy. But PR professionals often stumble over many questions and everyday decisions about what is and what is not ethical. That is why PR and communication organizations have a set of rules or codes by which they act and in which they believe. Ethical codes make a kind of promise about what behavior can be expected and accepted.


Chronic Renal Insufficiency is accompanied by physical problems and a strong dose of anxiety. We believe that the personality traits and psychosocial support...


Greene is doubtlessly the one who coined the phrase "cony-catching" and originally entitled his 1592 roguery texts "cony-catching pamphlets" yet, the circulation of typologies "sturdy beggars" and dubious vagrants was not new. Out of pragmatism perhaps – if not opportunism – Greene followed in the wake of the literature of roguery that was sensational and, hence, best-selling. But rather than merely recycling and updating the existing lucrative material others had successfully used before him, he appropriated it in his own way, bringing his personal touch to it, that is, the joyful, jubilating subjectivity of the narrative voice and perceptible moral ambivalence – this will be examined in the first part of this paper. Then, the question will be to understand why Greene's pamphlets seem to bear the hallmark of authenticity (his authentic connivance with cony-catchers) rather than déjà-vu (the "traditional" roguery text as a civic warning). The precarious "statuses" of professional writers and marginal beings will be compared, since poverty and uncertainty require, in both cases, creative agility and the capacity to seize the kairós. It will finally be debated whether Greene's cony-catchers can be considered mirrors held up to himself revealing a "reader-catcher" in disguise ; could Greene be inspired by the roguery strategies he dissected and against which he pretended to warn his reader ? His commercial strategy and his talent for self-referentiality and self-promotion will be analyzed.


The luteolytic action of prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α), 15-keto-PGF2α, 15-methyl-PGF2α, and cloprostenol was evaluated in cycling gilts and sows after intramuscular injection on day 13 of the estrous cycle. Only cloprostenol significantly shortened the mean cycle length (18.5 vs. 20.3 d, P < 0.05). Cloprostenol also caused a more rapid decline in serum progesterone concentrations than did the other prostaglandins. Serum concentrations of the prostaglandin metabolite 13,14-dihydro-15-keto-PGF2α (PGFM), showed rapid transitory peaks after PGF2α or 15-keto-PGF2α and a lower, later rise after cloprostenol. A second experiment examined luteal luteinizing hormone (LH) receptors and luteal membrane ultrastructure during the estrous cycle and pregnancy and the effect of cloprostenol on these parameters during the estrous cycle. The number of unoccupied luteal LH receptors, as measured by specific 125I-hCG binding, dropped significantly from mid to late pregnancy and from mid to late cycle. Cloprostenol lowered serum ...


Various quinazolin-4(3H)-ones and quinazolines were successfully lithiated using different lithiating reagents at low temperature. Reactions of the lithio reagents thus obtained with a variety of electrophiles afforded the corresponding substituted derivatives in very good yields.


Treatment of cAMP analogs, dibutyryl cAMP and 8‐bromo‐cAMP, was found to inhibit the proliferation of mouse fibroblast LP1‐1 cells and the p34cdc2 kinase activity of M‐phase promoting factor (MPF). However, it showed relatively little effect on expression of the cyclin B1 and cdc2 genes. On the other hand, when the nuclear extracts obtained from the cells at early G2 phase were treated with cAMP analogs, the kinase activity was significantly decreased as compared to the untreated control. Furthermore, the inhibitory effect of cAMP analogs could be reversed upon treating with okadaic acid even in the presence of the cAMP analogs, implying that cdc25 remains in an active form. In addition, the treatment of okadaic acid stimulated the cell progression. These results suggest that down‐regulation of MPF activity through protein kinase A‐mediated pathway is under post‐translational control and cdc25 activation pathway involving okadaic acid‐sensitive phosphatase play a role in the regulation of MPF activity.


Gustav Fechner (1801-1887) was a German physicist, philosopher and experimental psychologist, and co-developer of the Weber-Fechner Law. In 1860, Fechner published a two-volume work, Elemente der Psychophysik, To date, only Volume I has appeared in English translation. This article publishes a translation of a significant part of Volume II concerning Fechner's investigations of mental imagery. The translation covers Chapter XLIV, pages 468 – 525: "Observations including Remarks on the Relation between afterimages and memory images in particular. Memory afterimages, phenomena of the sense memory, hallucinations, illusions, dreams." The translation will serve as a resource for scholars interested in the phenomenology of mental imagery, individual differences, consciousness, psychology and philosophy. The translation was prepared with the assistance of an online translation program at: https://www.deepl. com/translator


An example of chloroplast capture has been found in Juniperus sabina from Bulgaria and Greece in the Balkan peninsula. The cpDNA from these populations is very uniform and is nearly identical to that of J. thurifera (currently growing in France, Spain and Morocco). The new taxon is recognized as Juniperus sabina var. balkanensis R. P. Adams and A. Tashev. At present, the variety, with the thurifera cpDNA, is known only from Bulgaria and Greece. Published on-line www.phytologia.org Phytologia 98(2): 100-111 (Apr 1, 2016). ISSN 030319430.


In this work, we propose data augmentation via pairwise mixup across subgroups to improve group fairness. Many real-world applications of machine learning systems exhibit biases across certain groups due to under-representation or training data that reflects societal biases. Inspired by the successes of mixup for improving classification performance, we develop a pairwise mixup scheme to augment training data and encourage fair and accurate decision boundaries for all subgroups. Data augmentation for group fairness allows us to add new samples of underrepresented groups to balance subpopulations. Furthermore, our method allows us to use the generalization ability of mixup to improve both fairness and accuracy. We compare our proposed mixup to existing data augmentation and bias mitigation approaches on both synthetic simulations and real-world benchmark fair classification data, demonstrating that we are able to achieve fair outcomes with robust if not improved accuracy.


In this study, two polymer composites (matrix: epoxy resin- E 100) prepared with different reinforcing materials were produced for comparison of their dry sliding wear behaviors. The commercial Al2O3 powder (F80) and waste steelmaking slag powders were used as reinforcement materials. The slag grains with an average size of 4-5 mm were ground to a size of 0-500 μm by ball milling and then subjected to sizing by passing them through 61, 91 and 125 μm sieves. EP385H epoxy hardener is used in the production of composite materials. After the materials were mixed mechanically in the mixer, they were poured into square silicon molds with dimensions of 50x50mm and then they were left to dry. Wear tests were carried out on a pin-on-disk abrasion device with WC balls of 6 mm in diameter at speeds of 5, 10 and 15 N under sliding speed of 0.15 m / sec and the total sliding distance was determined as 135 m. 3D optical profilometer, SEM and XRD devices were used in evaluating the results. As a result of the experiments, it has been found that the volume losses were increased with increasing load and the grain size is an effective factor in the wear resistance. In addition, the wear resistances of the composites at low load were close to each other. After the wear tests, the surface of the samples reinforced with the steelmaking slag was smooth, while the Al2O3-reinforced samples underwent extreme plastic deformation.


Quarks, along with leptons and force carrying particles, are predicted by the Standard Model to be the fundamental constituents of nature. In distinction from the leptons, the quarks interact strongly through the chromodynamic force and are bound together within the hadrons. The familiar proton and neutron are bound states of the light ''up'' and ''down'' quarks. The most massive quark by far, the ''top'' quark, was discovered by the CDF and D0 experiments in March, 1995. The new quark was observed in p{bar p} collisions at 1.8 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron. The mass of the top quark was measured to be 176 {+-} 13 GeV/c{sup 2} and the cross section 6.8{sub -2.4}{sup +3.6} pb. It is the Q = 2/3, T{sub 3} = +1/2 member of the third generation weak-isospin doublet along with the bottom quark. The top quark is the final Standard Model quark to be discovered. Along with whatever is responsible for electroweak symmetry breaking, top quark physics is considered one of the least understood sectors of the Standard Model and represents a front line of our understanding of particle physics. Currently, the only direct measurements of top quark properties come from the CDF and D0 experimentsmore » observing p{bar p} collisions at the Tevatron. Top quark production at the Tevatron is almost exclusively by quark-antiquark annihilation, q{bar q} {yields} t{bar t} (85%), and gluon fusion, gg {yields} t{bar t} (15%), mediated by the strong force. The theoretical cross-section for this process is {sigma}{sub t{bar t}} = 6.7 {+-} 0.8 pb for m{sub t} = 175 GeV/c{sup 2}. Top quarks can also be produced at the Tevatron via q{bar b}{prime} {yields} tb and qg {yields} q{prime}tb through the weak interaction. The cross section for these processes is lower (3pb) and the signal is much more difficult to isolate as backgrounds are much higher. The top quark is predicted to decay almost exclusively into a W-boson and a bottom quark (t {yields} Wb). The total decay width t {yields} Wb is {Lambda} = 1.50 GeV. This corresponds to an incredibly short lifetime of 0.5 x 10{sup -24} seconds. This happens so quickly that hadronization and bound states do not take place, which leads to the interesting consequence that the top quark spin information is passed to the decay products.« less


Companies lose billions of pounds daily in potential profit because of poor supply chain management practices. THE PURCHASING MACHINE is the key to eliminating those losses and to gaining a significant competitive edge. Every day, businesses leave hard-earned money on the table that could have yielded lower consumer prices, exciting new products, or fatter shareholder returns. These companies don't even notice that cash is slipping away at the far end of the supply chain- procurement, design and development. The key to saving this money is to become proficient in target costing, value engineering and supplier development- "the new basics of supply management". THE PURCHASING MACHINE describes the costs, benefits, implementation and results of the twenty best practices that must be in place in order to achieve world-class supply management objectives. These include cost management, value analysis, delivery improvement, supplier quality circles and support services and purchasing systems.


The mainly way to obtain digital models of CAE or Virtual Reality systems is simplifies and transforms the models which builded with CAD systems.In this paper,the technology of adaptive model simplify and transform with interactive mode is brought forward.this technology can simplifies and transforms CAD model to CAE or VR model automatically with the interactive process.the primary points of this technology are expound in detail,which includes the automatic Simplifying technology of CAD model,the technology of model transforming,clustering technology of slices pieces,mesh simplification technology,etc.


In order to meet the demands of the computer networks course teaching and help students understand the principle of TCP/IP protocols, the author designed the TCP/IP protocols analysis software using VC programming language.This software monitors,captures and stores the data stream in networks, and analyzes the datagram headers, data area and checksum of TCP/IP Protocols. The emphasis of this paper is the introduction of how to implement the data collection subsystem and protocols analysis subsystem , both of which are the core of this software.


As fuel tank is the key part of automobile power supply,how high efficiency,high quality and low cost to produce automobile fuel tank is the most important problem.The effects of blank holder force,die radius and punch radius on forming limit are simulated by Dynaform.And the optimized parameters are gotten,which provide theoretical support for the actual processing.


Human osteosarcoma (OS) is a relatively rare malignancy preferentially affecting long body bones which prognosis is often poor also due to the lack of effective therapies. Clinical management of this cancer basically relies on surgical removal of primary tumor coupled to radio/chemotherapy. Unfortunately, most osteosarcoma cells are resistant to conventional therapy, with the undergoing epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) giving rise to gene expression reprogramming, thus increasing cancer cell invasiveness and metastatic potential. Alternative clinical approaches are thus urgently needed. The recently described ferroptotic cell death represents, in this context, an attractive new strategy to e�ciently kill cancer cells, since most chemoresistant and mesenchymal-shaped tumors display high susceptibility to pro-ferroptotic compounds. However, cancer cells also evolved anti-ferroptotic strategies which somehow sustain their survival upon ferroptosis induction. Indeed, here we show that osteosarcoma cell lines display heterogeneous sensitivity to ferroptosis execution, correlating with mesenchymal phenotype, which is consistently affected by the expression of the well-known anti-ferroptotic factor FSP1. Interestingly, inhibiting the activity or expression of FSP1 will restore cancer cell sensitivity to ferroptosis. Moreover, we also found that: i) AKRs might also contribute to resistance; ii) NRF2 enhances FSP1 expression upon ferroptosis induction; iii) while p53 regulates FSP1 basal expression in OS cells. In conclusion, FSP1 expression can potentially be used as a valuable predictor marker for OS sensitivity to ferroptosis and a new potential therapeutic target.


computing is a kind of distributed computing that involve the integrated and collaborative use of distributed resources. It involves huge amounts of computational task which require reliable resource sharing across computing domains. Load balancing in grid is a technique which distributes the workloads across multiple computing nodes to get optimal resource utilization, minimum time delay, maximize throughput and avoid overload. It is a challenging problem that has been studied extensively is the past several years. This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of load balancing in grid computing environment and also analyses the job distribution and system behavior. Furthermore, this survey various load balancing algorithms for the grid computing environment, identify several comparison metrics for the load balancing algorithms and carry out the comparison based on these identified metrics between them. it also reviews the latest research activities in the area of grid computing, including characteristics, capabilities, architecture, applications, design constraints, scheduling and load balancing and presents a set of challenges and problems.


A mathematical model of self-lining of the internal surface of a mill and grinding bodies under the conditions of mechanical processing of two-com- ponent mixture has been constructed. The process dynamics is ascertained. The optimum modes allowing us to reach the prescribed degree of size reduction of the mixture are found with minimum losses of substance to self-lining. The main conclusions of the theoretical analysis are confirmed experimentally.


Therapeutic ultrasound has been used in physiotherapy to accelerate tissue healing. Although the ultrasonic wave is widely used in clinical practice, not much is known about the biological effects of ultrasound on cells and tissues. This study aims to evaluate the biological response of ultrasound in primary cultures of chick myogenic cells. To ensure the metrological reliability of whole measurement process, the ultrasound equipment was calibrated in accordance with IEC 61689:2007. The skeletal muscle cells were divided in four samples. One sample was used as a control group and the others were submitted to different time and intensity and operation mode of ultrasound: 1) 0.5 W/cm2 continuous for 5 minutes, 2) 0.5 W/cm2 pulsed for 5 minutes, 3) 1.0 W/cm2 pulsed for 10 minutes. The samples were analyzed with phase contrast optical microscopy before and after the treatment. The results showed alignment of myogenic cells in the sample treated with 0.5 W/cm2 continuous during 5 minutes when compared with the control group and the other samples. This study is a first step towards a metrological and scientific based protocol to cells and tissues treatment under different ultrasound field exposures.


We analyse the effect of strain on the low temperature electron mobility in a pseudomorphic GaAs/InxGa1-xAs double quantum well structure. We consider ionized impurity scattering, alloy disorder scattering and interface roughness scattering. In a multisubband occupied system, the intersubband interaction has an important role in the calculation of the electron mobility. We analyse the interplay of different scattering mechanisms on the multisubband mobility by changing the well width. We show that the effect of strain causes enhancement in the mobility when there is single subband occupancy. However, when there is double subband occupancy, the effect of strain reduces the mobility mediated by the intersubband interaction. Our results can be utilized for low temperature device applications.


Margaret Fisher is settling back into home life in Byron Bay after two weeks of competition in the Super Seniors world championships. The 84-year-old returned from Turkey with two bronze medals.


An experimental platform of ultralow-temperature pulsed ENDOR (electron-nuclear double resonance) spectroscopy is constructed for the bulk materials. Coherent property of the coupled electron and nuclear spins of the rare-earth (RE) dopants in a crystal (143Nd3+:Y2SiO5) is investigated from 100 mK to 6 K. At the lowest working temperatures, two-pulse-echo coherence time exceeding 2 ms and 40 ms are achieved for the electron and nuclear spins, while the electronic Zeeman and hyperfine population lifetimes are more than 15 s and 10 min. With the aid of the near-unity electron spin polarization at 100 mK, the complete hyperfine level structure with 16 energy levels is measured using ENDOR technique without the assistance of the reconstructed spin Hamiltonian. These results demonstrate the suitability of the deeply cooled paramagnetic RE-doped solids for memory components aimed for quantum communication and quantum computation. The developed experimental platform is expected to be a powerful tool for paramagnetic materials from various research fields.


This study was carried out to evaluate the production performance, immune response and carcass traits in broiler chickens (0 to 6 weeks) fed diets incorporated with probiotics (Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidi). One-day-old chicks (192) were randomly selected and divided into 24 groups with 8 chicks in each group (6 dietary treatments x4 replicates). Six experimental diets T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 and T6 were formulated to contain an additional 0, BMD @20mg, Lactobacillus acidophilus (106 and 107 cfu/g feed) and Bifidobacterium bifidi (106 and 107 cfu/g feed), respectively. Body weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio and mortality were not (P>0.05) affected by dietary supplementation of probiotics. On 28d of age, antibody responses to inoculated sheep red blood cells were determined. Antibody titres were higher (P<0.05) after feeding probiotics (L. acidophilus) supplemented diets (T3 and T4). During 4th week of age, the response to intra-dermally injected phytohaemagglutinin, an index of the in vivo cell-mediated immune response, increased in the groups fed on probiotic (L. acidophilus) supplemented diets. After 6 weeks, the three birds from each treatment group were sacrificed. Relative weights of the bursa of Fabricius and thymus were greater in broiler chickens given the probiotic supplemented diets but there was no effect on carcass traits, cut up parts and relative weights of organs among the dietary treatments. It was concluded that supplementing the diet with probiotic i.e., L. acidophilus (106 cfu/g feed) had a beneficial effect on immune responses but did not affect production performance and carcass traits in broiler chickens.


A Case Report on Parkinson's Disease Soyangin Patient with Abdominal Pain and Constipation Jinyoung Kwak*, Yoon-Ha Kim*, Jung-Hwan Park*, Seo-jin Hong†, Taek-Won Ahn* *Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University †Cheonan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon University Objectives The purpose of this case was to report significant improvement of abdominal pain, constipation and a slight improvement of tremor after treatment by Sasang Constitutional Medicine to the patient with Parkinson's disease. Methods The patient was diagnosed as Soyangin according to the result of Sasang constitutional diagnosis, and treated by Sasang constitutional medications and acupuncture. The progress was evaluated with the Global Assessment Scale (GAS). Results The abdominal pain was reduced from Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)9 to NRS1 and headache was reduced from NRS5 to NRS3. The tremor was reduced to GAS 10. Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) was reduced from 40 to 27. The difference of heat distribution between left and right side was reduced and the abdomen was more warmer on Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI). Conclusions Sasang constitutional medicine can be a solution for the non motor symptoms caused by Parkinson's disease.


FIELD: food industry. SUBSTANCE: dairy product contains fillers and cream with the said fillers homogenously and stably distributed within the said dairy product with a gelling agent and/or thickener either completely absent or present in an amount of no more than 0.5% of the product total weight. The dairy product preparation method involves cream pasteurisation and homogenisation and its mixing with the fillers; the pasteurisation and homogenisation conditions are selected so that the produced mixture viscosity is equal to or in excess of 70 cP prior to thermal treatment and is no more than 250 cP at 70°C. EFFECT: inventions group allows to enhance the dairy product quality. 15 cl, 2 ex


Oxidative stress (OS) is related to the etiopathogenesis of a lot of chronic diseases, including bronchial asthma (BA) and plays an essential role in their progress. Free radicals affect the airway inflammation, as well as asthma severity. But short-lived unstable radicals can be proved only by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy with spin trapping. Higher levels of markers of systemic inflammation CRP and fibrinogen are reported in patient with BA than in controls, associated negatively with pulmonary function too. In the current study we assess whether some Real time biomarkers of radical formation are associated with severity of BA disease. Correlation of free radical formation and the degree of system inflammation in same patients was also studied. There were included 30 patients with BA and 20 healthy controls. Patients were divided into three groups of severity: mild, moderate and severe. The levels of Nitric Oxide (NO), Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and Ascorbate Radicals (Asc) were determinate in plasma on EPR spectrometer, Bruker;CRP was measured immunoturbidimetrically; Fibrinogen – by coagulation chronotest. Our results: show a statistically significant higher levels of NO, Asc and ROS registered in plasma of BA patients compared to controls (p Conclusions: Patients with BA are in a big risk of oxidative injury and the accumulation of free radicals couldinduce the inflammatory process.


It is our goal to decrease the number of people who need nursing to solve various problems in the elderly community. Therefore the increase of rehabilitation for people who are not able to walk is hoped for. It is a difficult problem because rehabilitation is done by a physical therapist's qualitative evaluation based on his/her own professional experience and educational training. So in our study, we quantified horizontal walking and analyzed the correlation between walking ability evaluations done by physical therapists and parameters of horizontal walking. Based on this data, we developed the system that classifies walking ability.


. When understood as a potential resolution for the epistemological impasse between psychology and religion, Hebrew wisdom presents a model for dialogue. Noting that wisdom exhibits a special interest in human dispositions and behavior, the authors compare Viktor Frankl's logotherapy and Adlerian psychology with Proverbs and uncover a biblical, empirical approach to psychology which indirectly incorporates the religious dimension.


In article number https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201901371, Jun Zou and co‐workers employ origami structure to design vacuum‐powered silicone rubber artificial muscles, which can perform multiple motions. Artificial muscles can be used for rapid reconfiguration of different soft robots, just like "building bricks." The robots allow simpler, less expensive, modular units to be reconfigured into a group depending on the task that needs to be completed.


The researcher did this research with the aim of identifying the leisure time activities and their relationship with the occupational deviation behavior of workers in the sports activity at the Directorate of Youth and Sports, and the researcher used the descriptive approach, and the measure of leisure time activities and occupational deviation behavior was applied from the researcher's design to collect data, The study was applied to a sample of (640) workers in the sports activity for the basic experiment and (50) for the exploratory experience. The most important results were the perception and awareness of most workers of the concept and importance of leisure time, Physical activities are of interest to most workers, as the walking activity is at the forefront of the activities arrangement, the presence of a medium level of leisure time activities and the occupational deviation behaviors of the workers, and the presence of a correlation between leisure time activities and occupational deviation behaviors of workers. Introduction and Research Problem: The scientific and technological development that surpassed the various fields and human sciences led to the emergence of free time in the lives of persons and societies in a manner that calls for studying and studying its variables and the extent of their effects on the level of individuals and societies alike. The study of free time, how to deal with it, and the activities practiced by persons are a major entry point for studying societies and a basis for judging them, as free time represents an important part of the total time system for a person, which imposes itself on other parts of time. Therefore, any society can reap many benefits and positive returns as a result of its members' exploitation of free time, but if it is limited to giving them the largest amount of free time without preparing or preparing for them the means and methods for their proper use, then it has enabled the factors of demolition and corruption to work to undermine it. Mohammad Al Hamahmy and Aida Abdel Aziz (2006) indicate that free time and how it is used represent one of the important and urgent problems in the lives of individuals. Indeed, the challenge facing all contemporary societies has become how to invest free time and face the increasing demand for leisure time as well as study its various issues and problems resulting from lack His investment. (23:17) Sami Obeid (2015) points out that the problem that individuals suffer from is the problem of spending free time, as having ample time without using it leads to the practice of entertainment and tampering and sitting on cafes or streets and such a state of indifference and insensitivity towards this time may develop among some


Nowadays, sense of competition in the marketing world is tight enough and encourage producers to compete in communicating their product that they offer in the best way. Using endoser consider as one of effective way in communicating products. That is why the compatibility of endorser and product is a crucial thing. This raise question, "How Attractiveness, Trusworthiness in Endorser Personality become the crucial thing in transforming process of meaning Brand Personality to increase Brand Image later? As in various theories and journals and whether those thing become a case in Tolak angin advertisement will be discuss in this research. The Model of this studies indicate the existence of 3 (three) hypothetical. The hhypothetical are the Attractiveness have a positive influence on Brand Personality (hypothetical 1), Trustworthiness have a positive influence on Brand Personality (hypothetical 2) and Brand Personality have a positive influence on Brand Image (hypothetical 3). Sampling technique in this research carried out by purposive sampling method. This was taken with a sampling technique based on the specific considerations, which the sample is selected with the requirements that have deemed essential features that are relevant to the research. The number of respondents as the sample is determined in this research is 120 of teenager in Semarang City. Technical analysis is used to analyze and interpreted the data in this research is the engineering Structural Equation Model (SEM) of the software Amos 4 and Amos 16. The process of analysis of research carried out on data obtained from 120 respondents. Results of data analysis will be causality explain the relationship between variables that are developed in this research model. The proposed model can be accepted after the assumptions have been met and that is normality standardized Residual Covariance <1.96. While the value Determinant of Covariance Matrix 72,486. Eksogen measurement model and endogen was tested by using analysis confirmatory. Measurement model is further analyzed with Structural Equation Model (SEM) to test the model causalities relationship between the variables that affect and be affected by Attractiveness, Trustworthiness, Brand Personality, and Brand Image meet the Goodness of Fit chi square =169,574; probability = 0,108; GFI = 0,874; AGFI = 0,838; CFI = 0,986; TLI = 0,984; RMSEA = 0,035; CMIN/DF = 1,146. Based on the results of data analysis can be concluded that the model can be accepted.


1. The exchange of T-1824 and I131-tagged albumin between the plasma, liver and intestinal lymph has been investigated in cats. Both disappeared from the plasma at similar rates for 8 hours after intravenous injection.

2. In intact, nembutalized cats after 8 hours about 70 per cent of the injected albumin remained in the circulation, whereas only 55 per cent remained in animals with the liver and thoracic lymph ducts cannulated.

3. The tagged albumin appeared first in the liver lymph and reached 90 per cent of the plasma levels in 3 to 4 hours; in the intestinal lymph it reached about 50 to 60 per cent of the plasma levels.

4. The specific activities of the plasma and liver lymph became identical after 3 to 4 hours, whereas equilibration of the plasma and intestinal lymph required 12 to 14 hours.

5. The size of the hepatic interstitial protein pool was calculated as 154 mg./100 g. of liver tissue, and the interstitial fluid as 3 per cent of the organ weight.

6. Following partial occlusion of the inferior vena cava above the liver there was an increase in liver lymph flow which accompanied the rise in portal venous pressure. An increase in portal venous pressure of about 10 to 12 cm. of H2O produced a ten-to twelvefold increase in the liver lymph flow and an equilibration of the plasma and liver lymph specific activities in about 1 hour. There were relatively small changesin the intestinal lymph flow.

7. Intravenous infusions of Ringer-Locke solution 100 ml./kg./5 hrs. produced large increases in intestinal lymph flow and reduced the equilibration time for the plasma and intestinal lymph specific activities to about 5 hours. There was a much smaller increase in liver lymph flow, and specific activity equilibration between plasma and liver lymph occurred after about 2 hours.

8. The significance of these results in the interpretation of capillary permeability and protein exchange dynamics is discussed.


In this paper, a CMOS low noise amplifier (LNA) with a new input matching topology has been proposed, analyzed, and measured. The input matching network is designed through the technique of capacitive feedback matching network. The proposed LNA which is implemented in a 0.18-mum 1P6M CMOS technology is operated at the frequency of 12.8 GHz. It has a gain S21 of 13.2 dB, a noise figure (NF) of 4.57 dB and an NF min  of 4.46 dB. The reverse isolation S12 of the LNA can achieve -40 dB and the input and output return losses are better than -11 dB. The input 1-dB compression point is -11 dBm. This LNA drains 10 mA from the supply voltage of 1 V.


The paper briefly introduced the ecological footprint method and the model of agricultural products composing optimization,calculated and analyzed the production values' ecological footprints of the main agricultural products in Hainan province in 2003.The results show that,the agricultural products,with lowest production values' ecological footprints and highest ecological and economic benefits,include sweet potato,tobacco,vegetable,melon,fruit,birds meat,pineapple,litchi,orange,longan,mango,rubber,coffee,tea,pepper and cashew nut;the products with lower ecological footprints and higher benefits,include sugar,milk,birds egg and banana;the products with high ecological footprints and low benefits,include pork and freshwater products;the products with higher ecological footprints and lower benefits,include corn,soybean,seafood and betelnut;the products with highest ecological footprints and lowest benefits,include oil plant,beef,mutton and timber.In Hainan,in order to improve comprehensive ecological and economic benefits,forestry should be firstly developed(except timber industry),then farm planting industry be actively strengthen and stockbreeding and timber industry be restricted.


With the advent of HPC (High-Performance Computing) Cloud, storage systems based on parallel file systems such as Lustre have become one of important components to support various types of workloads from many users having different storage access patterns. One of the solutions to adapt to such various I/O access patterns is Progressive File Layout (PFL) which can adjust the chunk size and stripe pattern dynamically according to the I/O traffics. However, PFL still has a performance limitation to the small file I/O due to the HDD specific hardware characteristics. In this paper, we propose an optimized Progressive File Layout (PFL) method which can effectively leverage a combination of SSDs and HDDs to support mixed sizes of I/O workloads. By dynamically directing relatively small file I/O operations into the SSD based storage devices, our framework can significantly improve the performance. We have performed a comparative analysis of our PFL on SSDs in Lustre file system with PFL on HDDs and vanilla Lustre configuration with HDDs. Experimental results from various workloads with mixed sizes of I/O threads on our testbed show that the proposed PFL on SSDs can achieve enhanced total I/O throughput by more than six times compared to conventional solutions.


Radiation induced mutation has a high mutation rate,breaking the linkage,and the advantages of short breeding period,it is one of effective way to obtain new germplasm resources.In this paper,the radiation effect of main factors(the type of radiation sources,radiation method,material,radiation dose and sensitivity)and the research of horticultural plants were summarized,and the application prospect of radiation breeding in horticultural plants were analyzed and the existing problems.


This essay starts by first explaining, for elliptic curves defined over Q, the statement of the conjecture of Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer. Alongside, it contains a discussion of some results that have been proved in the direction of the conjecture, such as the theorem of Kolyvagin-Gross-Zagier and the weak parity theorem of Tim and Vladimir Dokchitser. The second, third and fourth part of the essay represent an account, with detailed proofs, of results about the cases of both week and strong Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture from the wonderful article by John Coates, Yongxiong Li, Ye Tian and Shuai Zhai [1]. Recently, working on the congruent number curve E : y2 = x3 − x, Ye Tian introduced a new method of attack for the following general problem. Problem. Given an elliptic curve E defined over Q, we would like to find a large explicit infinite family of square free integers M, coprime with the conductor C(E), such that L(E(M),s) has a simple zero at s = 1. Tian [21], [22] succeeded in doing this for his particular choice of curve, and, inspired by his work, the authors carry out this full programme for the elliptic curve A : y2 + xy = x3 − x2 −2x−1 in [1]. Mysteriously, this required them to prove a weak form of the 2-part of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture for an infinite family of quadratic twists of A, which is described at the end of the third section of this essay. The last section combines results from all the previous ones to prove the highlight of this essay, an analogue of Tian's result for the elliptic curve A : y2 + xy = x3 − x2 −2x−1, formulated in Theorem 47. The autors of [1] belive that there should be analogues of this theorem for every elliptic curve E defined over Q and it is an important problem to formulate them precisely and then to prove them.


The Spanish prefix foto- occurs in stressed and unstressed forms generally in a semantic distribution. It has been lexicalized with the meaning of `photograph' and as such is more common than with the meaning `light'. It can precede other prefixes, although there are not many nouns that tolerate such compounds. Its ability to form words is greet compared with other similar elements.


Investigators spend a good amount of time detecting and searching for relevant scientific articles manually. The importance of this article is reflected in the use of best practices provided by a systematic review, which allows to obtain more relevant studies for research. The main motivation to carry out the project was the low existence of tools that support the systematic review, since there are only studies of how one is carried out. Therefore, this article proposes a tool that automates the planning phase of a systematic review. The validation of the tool allows to verify the satisfaction of the researcher according to the time and quality of the studies identified in the search for literature revision.


Availability of powerful computation and communication technology as well as advances in artificial intelligence enable a new generation of complex, AI-intense systems and applications. Such systems and applications promise exciting improvements on a societal level, yet they also bring with them new challenges for their development. In this paper we argue that significant challenges relate to defining and ensuring behaviour and quality attributes of such systems and applications. We specifically derive four challenge areas from relevant use cases of complex, AI-intense systems and applications related to industry, transportation, and home automation: understanding, determining, and specifying (i) contextual definitions and requirements, (ii) data attributes and requirements, (iii) performance definition and monitoring, and (iv) the impact of human factors on system acceptance and success. Solving these challenges will imply process support that integrates new requirements engineering methods into development approaches for complex, AI-intense systems and applications. We present these challenges in detail and propose a research roadmap.


As energy consumption rises, one must find suitable alternative means of generation to supplement conventional existing generation facilities. In this regard, distributed generation will continue to play a critical role in the energy supply demand. The common technologies available as DG are micro-turbines, solar, photovoltaic systems, fuel cells stack and wind energy systems. A dynamic model of solid oxide fuel cell is done. Fuel cells operate at low voltages and hence fuel cells need to be boosted and inverted in order to connect into the utility grid. A DC-DC converter and a DC-AC inverter were used for interfacing SOFC with the grid. The output voltage and current waveforms of the DC-AC inverter, load and grid are analyzed for various load for grid connected applications.


The thermoluminescence (TL) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) characterization of Er3+ and Yb3+ doped Y3Al5O12 nanocrystalline samples prepared by the precipitation process and exposed to β-rays are discussed. The TL as well as the OSL were two orders of magnitude higher in Er3+ doped than in Yb3+ specimens. The charge trapping and the radiative thermally stimulated recombination processes in Y3Al5O12 : Er3+ involve four trapping states at 166, 243, 342 and 424 °C, but just two trapping levels at 219 and 413 °C for Y3Al5O12 : Yb3+ at a heating rate of 10 °C s−1. The photostimulation with 470 nm light causes in both phosphors a radiative recombination of the optically free charge carriers belonging to the same trapping states. The TL and the OSL as a function of radiation dose behaviour were linear in the 10–100 Gy dose range. The results provide evidence of the potential uses of these materials in radiation storage and dosimeter devices.


Daniel M. O'Brien, et al, The economics of converting from surface to sprinkler irrigation for various pumping capacities, Kansas State University, November 2000.


New practices linked to biological sciences are emerging in the world of design and architecture. In recent years various interventions have involved the use of living organisms and biomaterials even in an urban context. This essay analyzes those projects that have entailed the use of microalgae, tracing their limits and possibilities. The guidelines for the implementation of similar projects at the level of products or small installations are also defined. From the perspective of designing for the benefit of citizens and given the countless properties of microalgae, solutions of this kind and innovative integrated services could be a way to mitigate the environmental, but also social and economic problems, of present and future cities.


With the development of embroidery techniques and embroidery equipments,piece embroidering will be an important means in textile fabric deep-processing,which will play an important role in recycling of textile fabric texture and decorative effects.In this paper are introduced several piece embroidering methods.


Malaysia is one of the main crude palm oil producer and exporter in the world. Meanwhile, million tonnes of agro wastes such as palm oil fuel ash (POFA) is being produced every year and it causes a problem in disposing POFA, a by-product of palm oil mill. However, POFA has the high potential to be used as recycle construction materials in production of lightweight foamed concrete (LFC) as it contains high content of silica which possesses pozzolanic behaviour. For strength activity index of POFA, it was observed that the specimen's strength for incorporation of 20% POFA into a cement mortar as a part of binder has achieved and complied as Class F pozzolan in accordance with Specification C618. The main objective of this research is to study the effects of Palm Oil Fuel Ash (POFA) on engineering properties of LFC with 1300kg/m 3 of density in terms of compressive, flexural and splitting tensile strengths, Poisson's ratio and compressive toughness. In this study, three types of foamed concrete were prepared, namely i) LFC with 100 % sand as filler as control mix (LFC-CM), ii) LFC with 25% POFA replacement as part of filler (LFC-PF25) and iii) LFC with 50% POFA replacement as part of filler (LFC-PF50). All the specimens were cured in water before being tested. The results indicated that lightweight foamed concrete incorporated with 25% and 50% POFA as a part of filler has improved its compressive, flexural and splitting tensile strengths, ductility as well as compressive toughness.


and science graduates on scientific reasoning tasks, I can only agree. Hemming then writes about some of the actual concepts used in considering adolescent emotional and moral development; self-concept; identity; conformity-nonconformity. In discussing future socialisation processes he replaces passive conformity by active participation and the achievement of social maturity by personal effort. Reading this, it struck me that most children are referred for the help of educational psychologists because of their failure to conform rather than for reasons of personal immaturity: we differentiate and we try to control. It may well be that the school counselling movement has a better grasp on youth's movement towards autonomy in our society. The status of youth within a rapidly changing world is further considered by Mays, the tone of whose paper is hearteningly positive. His commonsense socio-psychological approach is complemented excellently by Tanner in the final paper which gives a concise account of physical changes in adolescence.


Paul Gordon Hiebert was born in India to second generation Mennonite Brethren missionaries, where he also served as a missionary. As a mission anthropologist he served on the faculties of Fuller Seminary (1977–1990) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (1990–2007). A vigorous researcher who authored twelve books and published over 150 articles in various academic journals, his ideas on conversion (contrasting "boundedset" vs. "centered-set" thinking), critical contextualization, split-level Christianity (the flaw of the excluded middle), and self-theologizing became core concepts in missiology. Like many other Protestant churches in North America, the Mennonite Brethren Church has been forced to reevaluate itself in the light of the rapid changes occurring in North American society, and its place in that society. Like many, it has become painfully aware that it has not effectively reached out to that society. As long as we were a cultural enclave this question was not so central to our thought—we evangelized at a distance— but as we joined mainstream evangelicalism this did become a problem for us. Its growth has been slow and largely due to biological increase.


This paper investigates the impact of microfinance banks on economic growth in Nigeria over the period of 1992-2013. This study made use of quantitative secondary data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin (2013) to carry out this study. The empirical perspective of this study employed the Augmented Dickey-Fuller Unit Root Test, cointegration test, error correction model (ECM) and the parsimonious test. Empirical evidence from the study has shown that the activities of microfinance bank has the capacity to influence the entire economy if it is well coordinated. The results of the study indicate that microfinance bank loans and domestic investment significantly and positively affect the growth of Nigeria's economy based on the magnitude and the level of significance of the coefficient and p-value and, there is a long-run relationship between microfinance bank loans, investment and economic growth in Nigeria. The implication of this finding is that if loans extended by the microfinance banks to the business sector do not increase it will not generate a corresponding increase in the growth of Nigerian economy. This study therefore recommends that Microfinance banks (MFBs) should be front-liners of ethical and professional conduct by ensuring that soft loans are given to credible and promising entrepreneurs.


A pedagogical approach based upon Cramer's rule is outlined for the presentation of linear systems theory in a first course for engineering students. The Laplace complex variable, or the Heaviside derivative operator, is used with Cramer's rule from elementary mathematics to allow students to expeditiously gain a foothold on linear dynamic systems theory. The approach applies to the broad class of finite-dimensional linear time invariant systems as they can be readily expressed as a square system of equations in the form Ax=Bu. The elements of the system's A and B matrices are, in general, polynomials in the Laplace complex variable or the Heaviside derivative operator. Cramer's rule permits an explicit solution for this square nonhomogeneous system for a desired unknown, or output, with respect to an input of interest. Consequently, Cramer's rule gives rise to a general method with pedagogical appeal for obtaining desired system transfer functions. The computational tasks may be done initially by hand and then by appropriate software as problems of greater complexity are examined. >


gold standard therapeutic procedure for the management of pancreaticobiliary pathology. However, surgically-altered anatomy (SAA) poses a challenge for traditional ERCP, often necessitating the use of additional equipment and techniques to reach the biliary orifice. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) anatomy can be particularly challenging, owing to the length of roux limb that must be traversed in order to reach the major papilla. Several techniques have been developed to help overcome this challenge, including balloon-assisted ERCP (BAE) and laparoscopy-assisted ERCP (LAE); however, the former is associated with suboptimal success rates, and the latter requires significant additional resources and the inherent risks that come with laparoscopic surgery. Endoscopic ultrasound-directed transgastric ERCP (EDGE), in comparison, is a completely endoscopic procedure that uses a lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS) to create a gastrogastric (GG) or jejunogastric fistula, bridging the gastric pouch with the excluded stomach and, thus, allowing for more conventional ERCP. Since its first description in 2015, published data on EDGE have demonstrated excellent technical and clinical success rates (91–100%) [1–3]; however, data on long-term outcomes, in particular regarding the incidence and metabolic consequences of persistent GG fistulas, have been limited. In this issue of Endoscopy International Open, Kedia and colleagues performed an international, multicenter, retrospective review of outcomes following EDGE. A total of 172 patients across 10 institutions were captured between 2015 and 2021, with the most common indication being biliary stricture (82%). Procedural technique varied, with most patients undergoing GG fistula creation (73%), with electrocautery assistance (88%), and with a 20-mm LAMS (81%). Technical (99.4%) and clinical success (95%) were excellent, in line with previous reports. Adverse events (AEs) were not uncommon, with a noteworthy rate of stent migration (16.3%), perhaps in part because of the low rate of stent fixation (19%) in relation to the number of single-session EDGE (44%). During a mean followup of 6 months, the LAMS was removed in 83% of patients after a mean dwell time of 69 days, with the fistula closed at the time of stent removal in 69 cases (49%). Among those reassessed, a persistent fistula was identified in 31%, with the sole predictor being LAMS dwell time (86 days in those with persistent fistula vs. 50 days in those without, P<0.004). Rates of persistent fistulas were descriptively, but not statistically, lower with fistula closure at time of LAMS removal (25% vs. 37%). Reassuringly, endoscopic closure of all persistent (lasting >8 weeks) GG fistulas was successful. The authors should be commended for their academic work, which provides further evidence about the role of EDGE in patients with pancreaticobiliary pathology and SAA. Since the first description of EDGE in 2015, several studies have confirmed its excellent procedural success rates. Long-term outcomes, however, have been more heterogenous, with rates of persistent GG fistulas between 0% and 41%% with an uncertain effect on weight regain [4]. Two other groups have reported long-term outcomes in large cohorts of patients undergoing EDGE. In a review of 178 patients undergoing EDGE, Runge and colleagues reported an AE rate of 15.7%, including 19 total cases of LAMS malfunction (10.6%). Of the patients reassessed for a persistent GG fistula, the incidence was nine of 90 (10%) and there Living on the EDGE: Preparing for long-term success following EDGE procedure


In this column, readers are asked to reconsider several traditional instructional strategies, in particular predicting and picture walks, and the role these practices play in the elementary reading curriculum. In addition, what happens after a book has been read must be reconsidered in light of the activities in which life long readers engage. To further this discussion, a set of criteria are offered for evaluating reading response activities.


To solve the problems of sensor fault reconfiguration in flight control system,a method based on disturbance estimation is discussed.First,the disturbance of the existing systems is estimated by establishing observers.Then,a kind of robust observer can be constructed on the estimation of the disturbance.Finally,a set of reduced order robust observers are set up for sensor fault isolation and reconfiguration.To demonstrate the validation of the given method,a simulation based on a lateral plane model is made.It can be drawn from the simulation result that the robust observers can isolate sensor faults and reconfigure the signals effectively.


Part I. Introduction 1. Consumer Behavior Analysis Comes of Age (Gordon R. Foxall) Part II. Behavioral Economics Meets Marketing Science 2. Experimental Analysis of Consumer Choice (Asle Fagerstrom and Valdimar Sigurdsson) 3. Behavior Analysis of In-Store Consumer Behavior (Valdimar Sigurdsson, Nils Magne Larsen and Asle Fagerstrom) 4. Behavior Analysis of On-Line Consumer Behavior (Valdimar Sigurdsson, Nils Magne Larsen and R. G. Vishnu Menon) 5. Equivalence Classes and Preferences in Consumer Choice (Erik Arntzen, Asle Fagerstrom and Gordon R. Foxall) 6. Experimental Analyses of Choice and Matching: From the animal laboratory to the marketplace (Valdimar Sigurdsson and Gordon R. Foxall) 7. Consumer Store Choice: A matching analysis (Nguyen Bui Huynh and Gordon R. Foxall) 8. Dimensions of Demand Elasticity (Jorge M. Oliveira-Castro and Gordon R Foxall) 9. The BPM and Essential value (Ji Yan and Gordon R. Foxall) 10. Triple Jeopardy in Behavioral Perspective (Andrew Rogers, Peter Morgan and Gordon R. Foxall) 11. Consumer Purchase and Brand Performance: The basis of brand market structure (Rafael Porto and Jorge M. Oliveira-Castro) 12. What Do Consumers Maximize? The analysis of utility functions in light of the behavioral perspective model (Jorge M. Oliveira-Castro, Paulo Cavalcanti, and Gordon R. Foxall) 13. The BPM in a Latin-American Context (Marithza Sandoval-Escobar and Ivan Felipe Medina) Part III. Behavioral Interpretation of Consumer Choice 14. Gambling Behavior (Mark Dixon and Jordan Belisle) 15. When Loss Rewards: The near-miss effect in slot machine gambling (Gordon R. Foxall and Valdimar Sigurdsson) 16. A Functional Analysis of Corruption from a Behavioral-Economic Perspective (Patricia Luque and Jorge M. Oliveira-Castro) 17. From Consumer Response to Corporate Response (Kevin J. Vella) 18. Motivating Operations and Consumer Choice (Asle Fagerstrom and Erik Arntzen) 19. Consumers as Inforagers (Wooyang Kim and Donald A. Hantula) 20. Decision-"Making" or How Decisions Emerge in a Cyclic Automatic Process, Parsimoniously Modulated by Reason (Jose Paulo, Marques dos Santos and Luiz Moutinho) 21. Consumer Behavior Analysis: A view from psychoanalysis (John Desmond) 22. Ethnographical Interpretation of Consumer Behavior (Paul M. W. Hackett) 23. Collective Intentionality and Symbolic Reinforcement: The case of Thai car-consumer clubs (Sumana Laparojkit and Gordon R. Foxall) 24. Consumer Confusion: a BPM perspective (Ioanna Aninou, John G. Pallister and Gordon R. Foxall) 25. Consumer Heterophenomenology (Gordon R. Foxall)


Maize (Zea Mays L.) is one of the most important crops around the world because of its importance in direct and indirect production of food for human consumption. Because of limited land resources, expanding population, plant diseases and insect pests stresses, traditional breeding methods have not consistently met the demand for maize, considering both quality and quantity. Androgenesis via anther culture is one of the efficient methods for producing haploid and double haploid plants. In maize, anther culture is an effective technology for the production of DH population. In the present study it has been tried to establish an efficient in vitro method for haploid plant regeneration via anther culture of Zea mays which was limited by low response rate and high genoytype dependence for haploid regeneration. For decontamination during surface sterilization of Z. Mays, the highest recorded survival percentage of explants (variety BM-1, BVM-2 and Suwan) were achieved by treating the anthers with 0.5% of HgCl2 for five minutes. Absolutely no response was observed in Anther either in MS and N6 basal media supplemented with different concentrations of hormones. However only some swelling in the anther was observed in MS medium after 40 days of inoculations with 2 mg/l 2,4-D and 4 mg/l 2,4-D and 30 days of inoculations for N6 medium with 1mg/l 2,4-D, 2mg/l 2,4-D, 3mg/l 2,4-D and 2mg/l 2,4-D +1mg/l Kn. Apart from change in colour in the anthers after 30 days of inoculation in N6 medium supplemented with charcoal, no further response were observed.


Leather processing generates a huge amount of chromium (Cr) containing wastes, and one of them is chrome shavings (CS), which frequently end up in landfills. It may be harmful to the environment and human health due to the oxidation of Cr(III) to poisonous Cr(VI). Herein, CS and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) are used for the preparation of flexible CS-PVA composite sheets, using CS as a skeletal and PVA as a cross-linker by a simple and facile technique. CS-PVA composite sheets are characterized by FT-IR, SEM, STA, and UTM. FT-IR analysis of CS-PVA composite sheets indicated the existence of dominating peaks corresponding to collagen amide bands as well as PVA characteristic bands, and it demonstrates the uniformity of the developed composite sheets. When the amount of PVA is increased, the tensile strength of CS-PVA composite sheets increases from 0.21 to 4.17 N/mm2. With increasing of the amount of PVA, the softness decreases from 6.47 to 3.7 mm, and SEM shows decreasing of pores in the composite sheet. The addition of more PVA makes CS-PVA composite sheets more thermally stable. This facile method of preparing CS-PVA composite sheet is low-cost and eco-friendly, having potential applications in various fields, including clothing, leather goods, decoration, packaging, and footwear products, as well as presenting promising platforms for effective utilization of industrial waste materials.


The topic of the bachelor thesis is dilemma of compulsory means, especially those which could be used by the commercial safeness industry worker as the equipment. I am trying to analyze technical as well as legal side of usage of each of compulsory means. The thesis is mainly focused on binding and taking-off means. Their characteristic, construction, working principle, purpose, testing and means of using are described. Some examples of usage of binding means by the commercial safeness industry worker are demonstrated on a model situation.


This article provides a chronological account of the life of Vera Holme—a militant suffragette in Edwardian Britain, chauffeur to the Pankhursts, actress, and aid worker—focusing on the period 1900–20. The account is based largely on readings of papers, diaries and photographs within her personal archive, held at The Women's Library at the London School of Economics (LSE), as well as identifying references to Holme in secondary texts. The article traces the development of her identity as an unconventional woman by focusing on her work as an actress, driver and mechanic, her lesbian relationships and her increasingly masculine image, in the context of the women's suffrage movement and the First World War.


We propose a probabilistic approach to the problem of schema mapping. Our approach is declarative, scalable, and extensible. It builds upon recent results in both schema mapping and probabilistic reasoning and contributes novel techniques in both fields. We introduce the problem of mapping selection, that is, choosing the best mapping from a space of potential mappings, given both metadata constraints and a data example. As selection has to reason holistically about the inputs and the dependencies between the chosen mappings, we define a new schema mapping optimization problem which captures interactions between mappings. We then introduce Collective Mapping Discovery (CMD), our solution to this problem using stateof- the-art probabilistic reasoning techniques, which allows for inconsistencies and incompleteness. Using hundreds of realistic integration scenarios, we demonstrate that the accuracy of CMD is more than 33% above that of metadata-only approaches already for small data examples, and that CMD routinely finds perfect mappings even if a quarter of the data is inconsistent


The present paper deals with a preparation of new elastomeric compounds containing two kinds of alternative additives based on wastes from glass production and energetics. Named alternative fillers were mixed into rubber compounds asa replacement of commonly used fillers – carbon black and silica. Rheological properties, vulcanization characteristics as well as hardness and rebound resilience of vulcanizates, which are important parameters for their industrial application, have been studied in the new prepared elastomeric systems. The resulting vulcanizates containing alternative fillers exhibit improved properties, in particular low rolling resistance and high rebound resilience, while maintaining optimal hardness values. Used raw material substitution can also bring significant environmental and economic effects.


Two new furanonaphthoquinones, (3R)-7-methoxy-α-dunnione (5) and (3R)-6-hydroxy-7-methoxy-α-dunnione (6), along with the known (3R)-dunnione (1), (3R)-α-dunnione (2), (3R)-7-hydroxy-α-dunnione (3), and 1-hydroxy-2-methylanthraquinone (4), were isolated from in vitro cultures of Streptocarpus dunnii. The structures of compounds 5 and 6 were established by spectroscopic means. This is the first report of hydroxylated furanonaphthoquinones in a Streptocarpus species. Compounds 1-3 demonstrated cytotoxic activity against a range of breast cancer and pancreatic tumor cell lines.


We report crystallographic data for a set of homologous γ-peptides that contain a Boc-protected residue derived from the flexible gabapentin monomer at the N-terminus and cyclically constrained γ-residues at all other positions. The crystallized γ-peptides range in length from 3 to 7 residues. Previously only one atomic-resolution structure had been available for a short γ-peptide 14-helix. The new data provided here allow derivation of characteristic parameters for the γ-peptide 14-helix, and establish guidelines for characterizing 14-helical folding in solution via 2D NMR. In addition, the results suggest that the substitution pattern of a γ-residue has a profound effect on the propensity for 14-helical folding.


Purpose – In this short communication, transition times of input signals for various stages of a repeater‐chain loaded VLSI interconnects are studied.Design/methodology/approach – SPICE simulations.Findings – It is observed that for a fixed number of repeaters a smaller load will reduce transition time. The effect is not very significant, if the load is moderate.Originality/value – Method can be very useful for short‐circuit power estimation in repeater‐chains.


The response of an ideally soft magnetic cylinder is calculated by approximating magnetostatic interactions while taking into account the exchange energy of curling patterns with point singularities. Detailed calculations of the magnetic surface charge distribution of paramagnetic materials are used as a guide in parameterizing an approximate charge distribution suitable for applying the Ritz method to the micromagnetic problem of ferromagnetic materials without anisotropy or magnetostriction. Numerical results are given for a cylinder with L/D=1 for fields below saturation illustrating how remanence and coercivity depend on the ratio of the exchange length A/M2o to sample dimensions. The role of point singularities in remanence, coercivity, nucleation and irreversibility is outlined.


Zabol is located in the eastern part of Iran, margin of Hilmand block. Peak ground acceleration inserted on city, by Zabol fault that passes through Zabol basement, insert with 0.4 ground acceleration on city. This city is situated on the quaternary alluvium sediments that capable to amplify the ground motion. However application and performance of detailed studies of these sediments are crucial to estimate the ability of probable earthquakes amplification. To evaluate dynamic characteristics of the Zabol sediments, used from Microtremor observations. For computation of the spectral ratios using Nakamura's method the JSESAME software developed within the European project SESAME was used. The resonanse period of the ground was determined and then iso period and iso amplification maps were derived from these data in Arc GIS software. Finally The period of the identified peaks varies in a narrow band from 0.36 to 1.43 seconds, with an average value of T = 0.94, hence Acceleration response spectra of the recorded data in Zabol show that ground shaking is of short period type.


The present invention relates to a method for determining the carbon black concentration in the engine oil of an internal combustion engine, in which, along and / or a defined flow guidance defined amount of engine oil through the measuring section (2), wherein , (2) using the region of the at least one energy source (13) is loaded in the measuring section of the engine oil thus energy, i.e., contained in the engine oil soot particles are at least partially absorb the energy. Then, the amount of energy in the detection region of the measuring section is absorbed, and therefrom determining the carbon black concentration in the engine oil. Furthermore, the claimed means of the carbon black concentration in the engine oil in an internal combustion engine for determining.


0. Many PDE problems cannot be solved "in closed form"; that is, although one can show that they have solutions and can determine some properties of the solutions, one cannot write down formulas for the solutions. Thus information about these problems only becomes "useful" when some means of approximating the solutions can be found, and one needs a computational approach to these problems. While this course will offer very little material on the numerical solution of partial differential equations, there are a few small topics that we should look at because they help one to understand the behavior of solutions of the equations from a purely mathematical standpoint.