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• W1000280344 abstract "The purpose of this study, therefore, was threefold in nature: (1) to determine the effects of x-irradiation on the influx and efflux of potassium in compound nerve fibers (2) to attempt to relate the radiation-induced changes in electrical activity with potassium flux and (3) to use the information obtained to gain insight into the possible cellular site (s) of radiation insult to compound nerves." @default.
• W100028116 abstract "The positive causal association between absolute income and health is robust across thenempirical evidence. However, the impact of income inequality on health is not consistent.nThe conclusions from empirical studies are largely dependent on the region or countrynstudied and the methodology employed. Using the Household, Income and LabournDynamics in Australia survey for 2001-2008, this thesis offers a unique contribution byninvestigating the relationship in Australia for the first time. The research extends on thenexisting literature by addressing a wide range of considerations in the methodology andneconometric techniques. The Gini coefficient, Theil, and Atkinson indices of incomeninequality are calculated at the neighbourhood level to test the Income InequalitynHypothesis. The Relative Deprivation Hypothesis is also tested using the Yitzhaki indexnfor individual deprivation. These measures are analysed for their associations withnsubjective health outcomes of physical functioning, mental health, general health andnchronic disease.nnnnnnnn n Linear panel data methods are employed to accommodate for individual heterogeneitynand non-linear models are employed for the ordered and binary health outcomes. Thenenquiry finds mental health to be adversely affected by the presence of relativendeprivation, with some support also for the Income Inequality Hypothesis. There is nonevidence that the other measures of health are affected by inequality. Potential bias in thenestimates from the endogeneity of income is addressed through sensitivity analysis.nFurthermore, occupations are explored as an alternative reference group, contributing tonthe understanding of the impact of social comparisons on individual health outcomes.nnnnnnn n Preceding the empirical investigation is a multi-disciplinary enquiry into the theories thatnidentify the potential transmission mechanisms from inequality to health and its policynimplications.n" @default.
• W100028190 abstract "A commonplace in social services for the mentally handicapped holds that the 'best and the brightest always leave this field'. In order to study some of the dynamics of this stereotype, the life history genre was used to interpret one such case: a young woman pseudonymed Vivian who showed unusual commitment, yet who quit that field of service. In 1984 she tape recorded details of her 13 years as a residential counsellor with mentally handicapped people in southern Ontario." @default.
• W1000281925 abstract "Manganite γ-MnOOH nanobelts were successfully synthesized by the hydrothermal process using KMnO4 as oxidant and l-cysteine as reducing agent. The effects of the reaction time and hydrothermal temperature on the preparation of this material have been studied. The manganite nanoparticles were thoroughly characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and thermal analyses (TGA–DTA). The electrochemical properties of the product were investigated by cyclic voltammetry. The material exhibits stable and rectangular shaped cycles, implying a good reversibility of the diffusion process of lithium ion Li+ inside the modified electrode." @default.
• W100028214 abstract "Our objective is to show clearly the interdependance between the study of data and the study of transactions in information systems design. We have used Codd's model to describe the data and obtain their possible partitionings, and we have adapted Petri's model to model the transactions.We have shown how the parallelism of the transactions depends on the partitioning of the data and how one partitioning allows more parallelism than another." @default.
• W1000282415 abstract "This study was performed to examine the efficacy of structured group reminiscence on the enhancement of life quality and happiness of the elderly in Hamedan. The study design was pretestposttest with control group. The statistical method was variance analysis with double repeated measure analysis. Twenty four elderlies (10 females, 14 men) with age ranges of 60-82 years old (M= 70.79, SD= 7.83) were assigned equally to control and experimental groups. The experimental group received 12 weekly sessions of structured reminiscence. To record the trend of changes in scores, the participants were asked to complete the short form of Life Quality (SF-36; Ware & Sherbourne, 1992) and Depression-Happiness (McGreal & Joseph, 1993) questionnaires in the pretest phase, the third session, the sixth session, the ninth session, the twelfth session and one month after the intervention. The results indicated that structured group reminiscence did not have any significant effect on life quality score of the elderly. Yet, the score of happiness increased significantly and these achievements were remained in one-month follow up. Based on the findings, the necessity of using structural group reminiscence for enhancing positive emotions in the elderly was emphasized." @default.
• W1000282833 abstract "Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the results arising from the application of nonstandard analysis to the theory of topological vector spaces. This theory is a generalization of the classic theory of normed vector spaces, examining the relations that arise in a space with both a topological and a vector space structure. The chapter explains the nonstandard treatment that deals with most of the important standard constructions and theorems." @default.
• W1000283971 abstract "Coronary artery bypass surgery has shown a dramatic increase in frequency in most industrialised societies. The reduction in mortality has led to an increased interest in morbidity. One area of morbidity is that of changes in cognition following surgery which are taken to reflect changes in brain function. This area of research utilises neuropsychological tests and has been performed for some time in cardiac surgery. Evaluation of this research over time is complicated by changes in surgical practice, different numbers and types of neuropsychological tests administered and the mode of analysis performed on the data [1]. Surgical practise has altered in a number of ways and is now further evolving in the light of data from neuropsychological studies. One index which reflects these changes is the duration of time on extracorporeal circulation (bypass time). In early studies long bypass times were recorded while in our own work a mean bypass time of approximately 85 minutes is common. The number of neuropsychological tests performed has varied considerable. So me studies report using one or two tests [2,3] while in our studies we have used ten tests which are described elsewhere [4–6]. It is important also, to place the form of neuropsychological assessment performed in the context of cardiac surgery into perspective. The design of all studies require adjustments to be made to accommodate the clinical environment." @default.
• W100028398 abstract "Dans quelle mesure l’économie solidaire peut-elle répondre à la délicate question des inégalités de genre ? En s’appuyant sur deux études de cas empruntées à des contextes aussi variés que la France et le Sénégal, l’auteur montre que l’économie solidaire, de par sa capacité à repenser l’articulation entre famille, marché, autorités publiques et société civile, offre une opportunité inédite pour penser la lutte contre les inégalités de genre. D’une part, l’existence d’espaces intermédiaires permet de socialiser et de mutualiser la prise en charge de problèmes qui incombaient jusque-là à la sphère privée, et donc essentiellement aux femmes. D’autre part, en permettant la formulation, l’expression et la revendication des difficultés rencontrées par certaines catégories de population et en particulier les femmes, difficultés ignorées ou négligées par le marché ou l’État, ces espaces intermédiaires pallient les insuffisances d’une justice universaliste, insensible et aveugle à certaines formes d’inégalités. En même temps, ces pratiques sont d’une grande fragilité. Si la prudence est donc de mise, soutenir ce type d’actions est pourtant primordial dans le but d’élaborer des choix collectifs qui ne soient pas dictatoriaux, mais respectueux des préférences personnelles." @default.
• W1000284014 abstract "摘要 分析了同轴腔体间隙束流与电场的相互作用,推导了同轴腔体间隙的耦合系数和电子负载电导,并设计了104 W级注入微波驱动的X波段三重轴相对论速调管放大器,产生了GW级的微波功率输出.通过三维粒子模拟,设计了工作频率为9.37 GHz的三重轴相对论速调管放大器,在注入微波功率为70 kW、束压为600 kV、束流为5 kA的条件下,获得的输出微波功率达到1.1 GW,效率为37%,增益为42 dB. 关键词: 同轴腔体 / 束波互作用 / X波段 / 三重轴相对论速调管放大器 Abstract In this paper, we analyze the interaction between electron beam and microwave in the coaxial cavity, and obtain the coupling coefficient of the coaxial cavity and the electronic load conductance. The X-band tri-axial relativistic klystron amplifier is designed and simulated. Simulation results show that coaxial cavity can increase the efficiency. With an input microwave power of 70 kW, electron beam voltage of 600 kV, and electron beam of 5 kA, we obtain a microwave with a power of 1.1 GW, frequency of 9.37 GHz, and an efficiency of 37%. Keywords: coaxial cavity / the interaction of electron beam and microwave / X-band / tri-axial relativistic klystron amplifier 作者及机构信息 刘振帮1,2, 黄华2, 金晓2, 陈怀璧1 1. 清华大学工程物理系,北京 100084; 2. 中国工程物理研究院应用电子学研究所,绵阳 621900 Authors and contacts Liu Zhen-Bang1,2, Huang Hua2, Jin Xiao2, Chen Huai-Bi1 1. Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; 2. Institute of Applied Electronics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China 参考文献 [1] Benford J, Swegle J A 2008 High Power Microwave (2nd ed) (Beijing: National Defense Industry Press) pp35-82 (in Chinese) [2] Friedman M, Pasour J, Smithe D 1999 Am. Inst. Phys. Conf. Proc. 474 373 [3] [4] [5] Huang H, Meng F B, Fan Z K, Li Z H 2006 Acta Phys. Sin. 55 5344 (in Chinese) [黄 华、孟凡宝、范植开、李正红 2006 物理学报 55 5344] [6] Pasour J, Smithe D, Ludeking L 2003 Am. Inst. Phys. Conf. Proc. 691 141 [7] [8] Xie J L, Zhao Y X 1966 Bunching Theory of Klystron (Beijing: Science Press) pp24-45, 73-75, 201-211(in Chinese)[谢家麟、赵永翔 1966 速调管群聚理论 (北京:科学出版社) 第 24-45,73-75,201-211页] [9] [10] [11] Zhang K Q, Li D J 2001 Electromagnetic Theory for Microwaves and Optoelectronics (Beijing: Publishing House of Electronics Industry ) pp387-392 (in Chinese)[张克潜、李德杰 2001微波与光电子学中的电磁理论 (北京:电子工业出版社) 第387-392页] [12] Electronic Tube Design Handbook Editorial Committee 1979 High Power Klystron Design Handbook (Beijing: National Defense Industry Press) pp45,46 (in Chinese)[电子管设计手册编辑委员会 1979 大功率速调管设计手册 (北京:国防工业出版社) 第45,46页] [13] [14] Li Z H, Huang H, Chang A B, Meng F B 2005 Acta Phys. Sin. 54 1564 (in Chinese) [李正红、黄 华、常安碧、孟凡宝 2005 物理学报 54 1564] [15] 施引文献" @default.
• W1000284796 abstract "Internal factors (thermal lens,cavity lengths,enabled aperture etc) restricting the output of the LD end-pumped Nd:YVO4 solid-state laser with flat-flat cavity is studied. A reasonable explaination is given and a way of improving the output is pointed out through the graphic analysis of the transmitting and transforming circle." @default.
• W1000285871 abstract "Increasing efforts aim at economic development and the reduction of poverty through microcredit-enabled entrepreneurship in developing countries. Especially with the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Prof. Yunus, microcredit lending has risen to prominence and the volume of microcredit loans has increased substantially. However, theory on this financing form is controversial. Further, the academic community lacks conclusive evidence about the impact of such programs. Primary empirical studies report fragmented and to a large extent contradictory results. In this meta-analysis, we empirically synthesize a total of 637 quantitative empirical findings from 97 studies conducted to date to depict whether and how microcredit financing impacts entrepreneurs’ financial well-being and human development. With our findings we contribute to research on the nexus of entrepreneurship in the informal economy and economic development, and offer recommendations for practitioners and academics working on this promising and ambitious frontier." @default.
• W1000286204 abstract "1. Ha pasado ya casi un siglo desde la publicacion del Atlas Linguistique de la France (1902), llevado a cabo por J. Gillieron y E. Edmond; esta obra es considerada, en el dominio romanico, punto de partida de la Geografia linguistica, disciplina que, en el transcurso del tiempo, habia de aportar valiosos materiales, no previstos al principio, para el estudio de las lenguas. Si en los momentos iniciales los mapas sirvieron para demostrar que un cambio fonetico inexplicable mediante las rigidas leyes evolutivas puede tener su origen en la contaminacion de dos o mas palabras, pronto surgieron ideas renovadoras que darian nuevos impulsos a la investigacion filologica: asi, enseguida se observo que los dialectos son acervos preciosos, en donde se encuentran modificaciones foneticas y semanticas, sin las cuales resulta muy dificil reconstruir la historia de una forma lexica; igualmente, un termino o una acepcion, incomprensibles si se toma solo en cuenta su parentesco etimologico, se iluminan al ser localizados en una region dialectal, cuyos cambios linguisticos o cuya realidad fisica y social son diferentes." @default.
• W1000287082 abstract "'Profitable and spedful to use': Medieval and Early Modern Prayer, a Postgraduate Conference Friday 19th September 2014, Cardiff University Generously funded by Cardiff University Graduate College, this one-day conference will address the theme of prayer in the Medieval and Early Modern periods.  Given its pervasive nature as an element of Medieval and Early Modern culture, prayer is often overlooked by scholars as a discrete topic of enquiry. Prayer’s very ubiquity in the literature, hist..." @default.
• W1000287093 abstract "This paper is offered as an overview of marketing blunders that have contributed to the significant gap that still exists between marketers and ethnic consumers in the area of consumer behavior. Various marketing mistakes and successes are explored as experienced in three ethnic consumer markets. A new phrase coined, surgical marketing strikes is introduced as a means of redefining market segmenting strategies. Surgical marketing strikes allow the marketer to reach market segments with precision-tailored strategies that uncover underlying sensitive motivations that will eliminate surprise disturbances that can damage a marketer 's company name or brand." @default.
• W1000288115 abstract "Abstract A low-resolution version of the ECMWF global atmosphere model has been coupled to a global ocean model developed at the Max Planck Institute in Hamburg. The atmosphere model is driven by the sea surface temperature and the ice thickness calculated by the ocean model, which, in return, is driven by the wind stress, the heat flux and the freshwater flux diagnosed by the atmosphere model. Even though each model reaches stationarity when integrated on its own, the coupling of both creates problems, since the fields calculated by each model are not consistent with the ones the other model has to have in order to stay stationary, because some of the fluxes are not balanced. In the coupled experiment the combined ocean-atmosphere system drifts towards a colder state. To counteract this problem, a flux correction has been applied which balances the mean biases of each model. This method almost eliminates the climate drift of the coupled model. Problems still arise over ice covered regions." @default.
• W100028812 abstract "Thirty years before Beaumont's publication of his observations of Alexis St. Martin, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, a brilliant but now little-known French physiologist, reported clinical data on digestive disturbances that accompany emotional upset. With extraordinary prescience he distinguished emotional states associated with the suppression of digestion from those that were accompanied by accelerated gastric secretory and motor function. However, Beaumont was the first to document the inhibitory effects on digestion by direct observation of the stomach. Later, others documented the excitatory effects, provided further detail concerning emotional states, and began to identify neuronal pathways and humoral mechanisms responsible for the phenomena. The integrative mechanisms in the brain that link life experience to gastric responses have come under study recently; the process has turned out to be immensely complex. Several neurotransmitters have been identified that subserve the facilitatory and inhibitory mechanisms converging on the efferent neurons that ultimately elicit patterns of visceral and general behavior. However, investigations of cognitive and emotional responses to stressful experiences have been largely neglected in humans. Although sophisticated methods and instruments exist that record in a noninvasive fashion a whole spectrum of gastric behavior, such studies are now out of fashion. To fully explore the stomach's link to the brain, research on the entire human organism must be revived." @default.
• W1000288265 abstract "Since the 1950s, a long period of peace and steady economic growth in advanced economies has permitted the diversion of capital into both coordinated taxation or insurance based health services and a concomitant expansion in educational and professional infrastructures for health professionals. Sociological writings over the past 40 years have shown how these have provided a foundation for large scale developments in health services and massive R&D networks. These, in combination with increasing affluence, have meant major improvements in population health (Moran 1999; Starr 1982)." @default.
• W1000288732 abstract "AIDS--acquired immune deficiency syndrome--is a deadly new sexually transmitted disease now spreading rapidly in much of the world. At present there is no cure. For family planning and related health workers AIDS creates special responsibilities because: 1) people will bring their questions and concerns about AIDS to family planning and other maternal health workers; 2) sexual intercourse is the major way that AIDS is transmitted; and 3) family planning programs can supply condoms and tell people how to use them. The 7 basic facts about AIDS are: 1) AIDS is a fatal disease that cannot now be cured; 2) AIDS is not spread by casual contact; 3) AIDS is spread by sexual intercourse by contaminated blood and by contaminated hypodermic needles; 4) an infected woman can give AIDS to her child during pregnancy; 5) a stable faithful relationship with another uninfected person is safest; 6) for the sexually active always using condoms is good protection against AIDS; 7) a person can look and feel healthy and still be able to spread the infection that causes AIDS. As of August 1986 71 countries had reported almost 29000 cases of AIDS. Currently the largest numbers have been reported in the US Western Europe Central Africa Brazil and Haiti. Worldwide as many as 5 to 10 million people may be infected with the virus that causes AIDS the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Most of these people have no symptoms now but can infect others. Many of these people are expected to develop AIDS eventually. In North America Europe and Brazil most cases have involved homosexual men or users of intravenous drugs who have shared contaminated needles. In Africa and Haiti many women are developing AIDS. The number of children with AIDS is expected to grow and in some areas AIDS may become a major threat to child survival. AIDS results from a viral infection that damages the immune system. The damaged immune system cannot protect against certain other infections and cancers some of which then become the direct causes of death. With no cure or vaccine in sight the only real hope for controlling AIDS now is education that changes peoples behavior. Family planning and other health workers must lead but the mass media community and national leaders parents and teachers must also help." @default.
• W1000288773 abstract "Publisher Summary This chapter describes the development of apparatus for the understanding of turbulence. The discussion makes reference to additional specialized facilities needed for other problems of interest, such as the study of dusty flows, the aerodynamics of wind flow around clusters of high-rise buildings, and the flow of polymers. Both wind tunnels and free-flight facilities have been utilized to study problems associated with the motion of flight vehicles in the atmosphere for purposes of aircraft design and aerodynamic research. The wind tunnel is a partially or totally enclosed configuration in which, typically, a moving air stream of desired pressure and temperature passes over a suitably scaled and mounted stationary model. It is found that because it is the relative motion that matters, such variation on the free-flight case does not in itself introduce restriction on interpretation of experimental results. It is suggested that measurement of lift, drag, structural stresses, and flow interference over adjacent aircraft components, flutter and other stability problems are only some of the aircraft design problems whose study has now extended into the supersonic range with a suitable variation of Reynolds number." @default.
• W100028903 abstract "The number of component part (nodes, struts and panels) termed part count, is an important factor in the design, manufacture, and assembly of modular space structures. Part count expressions are presented for a variety of profiles derived from the layered octahedral-tetrahedral truss configuration. Referred to as the tetrahedral truss in the NASA projects, this specific geometry has been used in several missions. The general expressions presented here transforms to others as one profile changes to another. Such transformational part count relations provide a measure of flexibility and generality, and may be useful when dealing with a wider range of geometric configurations." @default.
• W1000289160 abstract "Approaches to working with men will be shaped by how we understand masculinity and men's lives. This article explores the challenges and directions for profeminist practice with men in social work by locating an understanding of men's lives in the context of patriarchy and the divisions of class, race, sexuality, and other forms of social inequality. The article concludes by outlining the implications in practice, of a profeminist approach to men as gendered workers in social work, engaging men as individuals and in men's groups, and working for structural change at the community and societal levels." @default.
• W100028966 abstract "During the autumn of 1995, the National Poisons Information Centre was contacted about several cases of poisoning with Jimson weed (Datura stramonium). Five cases are described here. Upon admission to hospital the patients had moderate to severe anticholinergic symptoms, such as mydriasis, sinus tachycardia, agitation, dry mouth, urine retention, fever, hypertension, hallucinations and seizures. Owing to their agitated behaviour, gastrointestinal decontamination was impossible. Repeated doses of physostigmine (2-3 mg) administered intravenously reversed the anticholinergic features without side-effects. In the most severe case, physostigmine was needed for 18 hours (total dose; 25.5 mg). The patients recovered in a day or two, but mydriasis persisted in many cases." @default.
• W100028986 abstract "This research surveys twenty large companies and their travellers to identify and evaluate the effects of pressures on the business travel market in the future. The influence of the following areas on the decision making process are addressed: (1) Corporate travel policies and increasing professionalism in corporate purchasing; (2) The development of global strategic airline alliances; (3) The emergence of low cost airlines on short haul markets; and (4) The development of internet based booking tools and travel agency IT. The survey shows differences in views between travel managers, and travellers with regard to corporate travel policies. While travel managers see policy rules, travellers interpret these as guidelines, indicating travel managers will need to take further actions to exercise true control of travel budgets. The data shows that companies are more likely to prescribe a class of airline ticket, than the choice of airline itself. Corporate hierarchical bias in travel policies is still common both for short and particularly long haul flying. Other findings show that while travel managers believe that their companies are likely to sign global deals with strategic airline groups within a five year period in a bid to consolidating spending, they also believe that nearly a third of short haul flying will be taken with low cost carriers, indicating further penetration in this business travel market by these carriers. The paper also provides other predictions about the business travel market, based on the survey findings." @default.
• W1000290334 abstract "In our previous theoretical study, the theoretical model of the collision-induced electronic and rotational energy transfer of AB(1∑, J) + C(slj) → AB(1∑, J') + C(slj') was presented. To further study the collision-induced electronic and rotational energy transfer theoretically on AB(1∏,J)+C(slj)→AB(1∏,J1)+C(slj') a theoretical model is presented, based on the time-dependent first-order Born approximation, taking into account the anisotropic LennardJones interaction potential and 'straight-line' trajectory approximation. The changing tendency of the transitional probabilities with the anisotropic parameter is discussed." @default.
• W1000290410 abstract "Centranthus ruber, whole plant. Family Valerianaceae, Subclass Asteridae. Origin: Cultivated." @default.
• W1000290462 abstract "Undernutrition is common in elderly people with estimated prevalence in various settings ranging from 5-50%. Malnutrition in the elderly can significantly impact on an individual's quality of life and is also a costly burden on the health system. The aim of this study was to explore the nutrition knowledge, skills and attitudes of Home and Community Care (HACC) workers in the Gold Coast region using a qualitative research framework. Sixteen semi-structured phone interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed thematically. The respondents showed an awareness of undernutrition in the elderly as well as favourable attitudes towards prevention. The HACC workers tended to follow the Malnutrition Screening Tool as protocol intended. The respondents also showed they have the skills to refer clients at risk of undernutrition to the recommended services or practitioners. Many respondents felt that their clients often lacked motivation to participate in health promoting behaviours or to accept assistance or referral. Further investigation is needed to understand why elderly people may lack motivation to improve their health or accept assistance from health services. Further interventions could be focussed on clients rather than the workforce." @default.
• W1000291195 abstract "Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the bearing selection, bearing types, fatigue life and load-carrying capacity, boundary dimensions and internal controls, usage, speed limits, friction, lubrication, seals, noise, anticipating bearing damage, detection of bearing damage by shock pulse measurement, fits (shaft and housing), conditions of rotation, influence of load and temperature, bearing applications, bearing care, bearing mounting, dismounting bearings, mounting and dismounting by oil injection, cleaning of bearings, and recognition of bearing failures. The present development of rolling bearings is characterized by small internal improvements in the bearings. There is considerable technical research into rolling bearing technology and important progress is being made in manufacturing and inspection methods and for improved lubricants and lubrication equipment. The major function of bearings is to transmit loads between machine parts in relative motion, but additionally there may be special performance or environment requirements affecting choice of bearings." @default.
• W1000291204 abstract "In this chapter we shall consider certain classes of dynamical systems of algebraic origin. In these systems the phase space possesses some sort of symmetry, and the action of the dynamical system preserves this symmetry. We shall make use of the theory of characters of commutative compact groups. This theory is developed, for example, in the book by Pontrjagin [1]." @default.
• W1000291231 abstract "Neglect is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by the failure to report or respond to stimuli presented to the side of the body opposite a brain lesion and occurs in approximately 40% of right hemisphere strokes. The need for effective therapies to treat neglect in humans has led to the development of a rodent model. Unilateral destruction of medial agranular cortex (AGm), which is part of a cortical network for directed attention, produces severe multimodal neglect with deficits similar to those seen in humans. Amphetamines have previously been investigated for inducing plasticity and recovery of function following brain damage. Amphetamine treatment has been shown to produce recovery from visual, frontal, and sensorimotor cortex damage in animals and this recovery may be the result of axonal growth originating from the opposite, unlesioned hemisphere. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether amphetamine treatment would induce recovery from neglect produced by unilateral AGm destruction, the time frame in which amphetamine must be administered in order to be effective, and the permanence of recovery following treatment. The results indicated that subjects injected with 2mg/kg of d-amphetamine on days 0, 2, and 5 recovered in significantly fewer days than saline-treated controls, even when administration was delayed by 2 and 7 days. Additionally, these studies indicated that recovery persisted for at least 60 days suggesting that recovery is likely to be long term." @default.
• W1000291442 abstract "We examined the relationship of the context and the target of fantasies on college students' ratings of unfaithfulness and reactions of jealousy to the fantasies of a dating partner. Participants also rated how unfaithful they thought their own fantasies were and reported feelings of guilt that may have been present. We found that men and women rated the sexual fantasies of a dating partner as highly unfaithful and jealousy provoking, and those ratings were moderated by the target of a partner's fantasy. The more likely it was that the person about whom a dating partner was fantasizing could disrupt the primary relationship, the higher the unfaithfulness and jealousy ratings. Similarly, participants' ratings of how unfaithful their own fantasies were, and how guilty they felt in response to having had sexual fantasies, were also positively related to how likely it was that the person about whom they were fantasizing could disrupt the relationship. The context of both the participants' and their partners' ..." @default.
• W100029159 abstract "Field tests were performed to determine the upwelling flow from the air diffusers located in Upper Bear Creek reservoir. The diffusers were installed in an effort to maintain aerobic conditions throughout the water column, so that the reservoir and hence low level summer releases would not contain high concentrations of dissolved iron, manganese, and sulfide. Three tests were conducted using one diffuser, at the normal air flow rate of 0.012 m/sup 3//sec (25 scfm), at an increased air flow rate of 0.024 m/sup 3//sec (50 scfm) and at reduced air flow rate of 0.006 m/sup 3//sec (12.5 scfm). The upwelling from the air diffuser was dyed with Rhodamine WT and concentrations in the flow away current were measured to estimate the total upwelling flow. Velocity measurements obtained in the flow away current provided a second estimate of the upwelling flow. These field estimates at the Upper Bear Creek diffuser were compared with equations found in the literature. The measured Upper Bear Creek diffuser upwelling flow was greater than these equations predicted, although the general magnitude was confirmed. 18 refs., 5 figs., 3 tabs." @default.
• W1000292554 abstract "Purpose: One of the more critical initiating events for reproductive cell death is the creation of a DNA double strand break (DSB). In this study, we present a computationally efficient way to determine spatial variations in the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of proton therapy beams within the FLUKA Monte Carlo (MC) code. Methods: We used the independently tested Monte Carlo Damage Simulation (MCDS) developed by Stewart and colleagues (Radiat. Res. 176, 587–602 2011) to estimate the RBE for DSB induction of monoenergetic protons, tritium, deuterium, hellium-3, hellium-4 ions and delta-electrons. The dose-weighted (RBE) coefficients were incorporated into FLUKA to determine the equivalent ⁶°60Co γ-ray dose for representative proton beams incident on cells in an aerobic and anoxic environment. Results: We found that the proton beam RBE for DSB induction at the tip of the Bragg peak, including primary and secondary particles, is close to 1.2. Furthermore, the RBE increases laterally to the beam axis at the area of Bragg peak. At the distal edge, the RBE is in the range from 1.3–1.4 for cells irradiated under aerobic conditions and may be as large as 1.5–1.8 for cells irradiated under anoxic conditions. Across the plateau region, the recorded RBE for DSB induction is 1.02 for aerobic cells and 1.05 for cells irradiated under anoxic conditions. The contribution to total effective dose from secondary heavy ions decreases with depth and is higher at shallow depths (e.g., at the surface of the skin). Conclusion: Multiscale simulation of the RBE for DSB induction provides useful insights into spatial variations in proton RBE within pristine Bragg peaks. This methodology is potentially useful for the biological optimization of proton therapy for the treatment of cancer. The study highlights the need to incorporate spatial variations in proton RBE into proton therapy treatment plans." @default.
• W100029302 abstract "An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content." @default.
• W100029345 abstract "Plants in nature are generally resistant to most of the pathogens they encounter. However, many flingal pathogens can cause severe diseases and significant yield losses in crops. Plants defend themselves against pathogens through a combination of constitutive and inducible defenses. The induced plant defense is particularly characterized by an increased accumulation of pathogenesis-related proteins (PRs). Since the discovery of PRs in 1970, several PR families have been identified. The specific function of many PRs is still unknown, although several are postulated to play a role in preventing pathogen invasion. The aim of my research was to study spatial and temporal localization of PRs and accumulation of their corresponding mRNAs to better understand the role and possible function of PRs in plant defense. As a model system I studied the interaction between barley and the hemibiotrophic fungus Bipolaris sorokiniana, which causes severe yield losses worldwide. The studies are mainly focused on three PRs (PR-I, PR-3 and PR-5). These PRs accumulated in both leaves and roots of barley seedlings as a response to infection of the respective tissues. However, the accumulation of PRs in roots was dependent on whether young or old root segments were infected. A stronger response was found when young root segments were inoculated in comparison to old roots. All three PRs appear to be part of a prefoimed defense since both PR-I and PR-5 were constitutively present in both xylem and phloem tissues and the root epidermis, and PR-3 showed a high constitutive presence mainly in the epidermis of leaves and to some extent in the phloem. In response to infection, all three proteins were highly induced in the ground tissues and to some extent in the vascular tissues. PR-I, PR-3 and PR-5 mRNAs accumulated in a biphasic pattern in leaves from both leaf- and root-infected seedlings. This biphasic accumulation pattern of transcripts was not detectable in roots. These results suggest that different induction strategies may be active in barley seedlings depending on the primary site of infection by B. sorokiniana. PR-I, PR-3 and PR-S were all recovered over the cell walls of inter- and intracellular hyphae of B. sorokiniana indicating that they may influence fungal growth." @default.
• W100029364 abstract "Sulgidduk samples made with additions of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5% Ulmus cortex powder, and a control, were examined for quality characteristics such as moisture content, color, gelatinization properties, textural characteristics, and consumer acceptance, in order to determine the optimal ratio of Ulmus cortex powder in the formulation. The moisture contents among the samples were not significantly different, ranging from 40.57 to 42.37%, and increased as the Ulmus cortex powder content increased. For the color values, lightness decreased and yellowness and redness increased with increasing Ulmus cortex powder content. With regard to the gelatinization properties, peak viscosity (P), trough viscosity (T), final viscosity (F), breakdown, and consistency increased with increasing amounts of Ulmus cortex powder. Pasting temperature, time to peak viscosity, and setback presented decreasing tendencies with the additions of Ulmus cortex powder. For the textural characteristics, increasing Ulmus cortex powder content presented decreases in hardness, springiness, and chewiness however, adhesiveness, cohesiveness, and gumminess were not significantly different among samples. In the consumer acceptance test, the scores of all evaluated characteristics decreased as the ratio of Ulmus cortex powder increased. However, the intensity ratings for the 1 and 2% Ulmus cortex powder samples showed the opposite effect, obtaining fairly good scores. In conclusion, the results indicate that adding Ulmus cortex powder to Sulgidduk is optimal, providing good physiological properties and reasonably high consumer acceptability." @default.
• W1000294459 abstract "Behavior of surfactant mixtures at solid-liquid interfaces was investigated using anionic-nonionic and catjonic-nonionic surfactants of different structures. The results show that adsorption of nonionic surfactants on alumina was enhanced significantly by the coadsorption of ionic surfactants. The adsorption beha vior of these binary surfactant mixtures was dependent upon the ratio of the two surfactants in the mixture. With an increase in the ionic surfactant content, the adsorption of nonionicsurfactant increased and the isothenn shifted to lower surfactant concentrations. Synergism and competition between the ionic and nonionic surfactants were observed in different concentration ranges at different mi~ing ratios." @default.
• W100029446 abstract "Dada la precariedad generalizada en la escuela rural, el area de educacion fisica tambien se ve afectada en la falta de instalaciones y materiales fundamentalmente. Un recurso ante esta situacion es la fabricacion de los materiales a manos de los propios alumnos partiendo de otros elementos, utensilios u objetos de desecho o bien de facil y barata adquisicion." @default.
• W100029519 abstract "A method for predicting the composition of superionic conductors with conduction by copper was developed based on a crystallochemical analysis of the known inorganic solid electrolytes whose conductivity is determined by silver and copper ions (I). The compositions of the stable and unstable superionic conductors were determined for compounds isostructural to ..cap alpha..-RbAg/sub 4/I/sub 5/." @default.
• W100029586 abstract "In the Winter (2001-2) edition of JACS [Journal of Access and Credit Studies], Gill Aslett contributed an article on guidance largely from the point of view of practitioners. This article looks at guidance offered to Access students and tutor/student relationships, from the point of view of Access students. The article is based on part of a longitudinal research project into the experience of adults studying on a university-based Access to HE [higher education] course. The research is being carried out in three phases. The data on which this article is based were elicited from the second phase, where one of the topics was the causes of adult student withdrawal from courses. The findings are taken from analysis of transcripts of a number of semi-structured interviews with adult returners, about their experiences of guidance and their relationships with their tutors." @default.
• W100029601 abstract "The talk discusses a mathematical theory for cognitive engineering, which significantly improves solutions of many engineering problems and at the same time models spiritual feelings in the human brain-mind. This convergence of scientific, engineering, and religious theories indicates a possibility of signal developments. C. Jung wrote that schism between science and religion points to a psychosis of contemporary collective psyche; survival of culture demands repairing of this schism. Many outstanding scientists are trying to mend this schism. Many books are written arguing that the newest scientific discoveries in molecular biology, evolution, and cosmology do not contradict the main tenets of the world's religions. But there is no scientific theory, explaining spiritual dimension of the mindbrain. Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the This Einsteinian statement remains outside of science. Understanding of the mind mechanisms today came close to explaining spirituality from scientific point of view. The talk tells about the knowledge instinct, driving growth of the mind, responsible for our higher mental abilities of abstract symbolic thinking, for beautiful and sublime, and for evolution of cultures. A mathematical theory is presented. This theory is a mathematical breakthrough that overcame decades of limitations in AI, pattern recognition, neural networks, and other attempts to solve complex problems by modeling the brain-mind. Solutions of engineering problems are presented that overcome previous difficulties of computational complexity, and result in orders of magnitude improvements in detection, prediction, tracking, fusion, and learning situations. This theory is extended to higher cognitive functions. It models the knowledge instinct operating on the hierarchy of the human brain-mind. At the bottom of the hierarchy are simple objects, higher up are situations, general and abstract concepts, unifying contents of lower levels. At the top are concepts unifying our entire knowledge; we perceive them as concepts of the meaning and purpose of our existence. The mathematical theory explains why these concepts are inherently vague and unconscious and our consciousness is in great doubt about their very existence. When we feel that we have understood them a bit better or our belief in their existence got a bit firmer, we feel the emotion of beautiful. In parallel with the concepts of understanding the meaning and purpose, we have concepts of behavior needed to realize the beauty in our life. When we feel that we have understood these behavioral concepts a bit better or our belief in their existence got a bit firmer, we feel the emotion of spiritually sublime. Science explains that beautiful and sublime are not final notions. It follows from Godel theory, that mechanisms of the highest aspirations of human spirit are not logically reducible to finite statements. Attempts to compute them logically exceed in complexity all elementary interactions in the Universe in its entire lifetime and therefore choices of beautiful and sublime involve more information than is available in the Universe. A possibility of these choices is called a miracle in traditional language. A computational theory of these choices goes together with a proof that science is not reducible. Laws governing our highest values would not be reduced to laws governing a leaf flying with the wind. Hamiltonian formulation of the fundamental laws of physics leads to what is commonly considered a scientific causality: particles and fields move under forces, and the next moment is a consequence of the previous one. Lagrangian formulation leads to teleological formulation: particles and fields move toward a purpose, maximum of Lagrangian function (minimum of energy in the parlance of the middle school physics). The Lagrangian equivalence of causality and purpose exists in physics of few particles, but it does not exist in statistical physics of complex systems. The mathematical theory of the knowledge instinct made equivalent causality and teleology for very complex systems, the human mind and culture evolve causally according to dynamic logic and evolve teleologically toward maximization of knowledge. This defines the new arrow of time. The talk discusses brain imaging experiments conducted at Harvard Brain Imaging Lab confirming this theory. Contents of models of beautiful and sublime are unconscious; they do not belong to our consciousness. They are collective, outside of consciousness. Consciousness does not control them, they control our consciousness. Therefore, we feel them as a source of agency outside of ourselves. In recent discussions it is called Designer." @default.
• W100029607 abstract "Function of pituitary-thyroid axis was studied in rats with experimentally induced thyroiditisWistar strain female rats were immunized with homologous thyroid extract in Freund's complete adjuvant and with simultaneous intradermal injection of pertussis vaccine concentrate. They received booster shots at the first and third week after the initial immunization. Serum thyroid hormones and TSH were measured just before, and at weekly intervals after, the initial immunization. Histological examination of the thyroid gland at the second week after immunization showed slight infiltration of macrophages in the thyroid follicles. From the third to the fourth week, massive lymphoid cell infiltration and destruction of follicular architecture developed in all immunized rats. Serum R3 levels slightly decreased during the second week, increased transiently during the third week, then decreased again thereafter. Serum T4 levels decreased slightly durinf the fourth week. Serum TSH levels were not elevated significantly during the third week, but the response to TRH was significantly increased at this time. Basal TSH levels were increased during the fourth week. The TRH test was a sensitive method capable of detecting minimal failure of thyroid function undetected by other routine measuremens of thyroid hormones and TSH." @default.
• W100029626 abstract "Stem cell-based self-assembled tissues (scSAT) have a potential for the repair of damaged ligaments and tendons. Previous studies indicate that the scSAT exhibits anisotropic structure and property when it is cultured on a plate having a microgroove structure. However, the effect of microgroove depth on the tensile properties of the scSAT remains unknown. Therefore, the effect was determined in the present study. Micro pattern-processed glass plates having an array of parallel grooves (width: 100 m, depth: 10 or 30 m) were developed through lithographic and isotropic wet etching. Human synovium-derived mesencymal stem cells were cultured in the DMEM with ascorbic acid 2-phoshate at the density of 6.0 x 105 cells/cm2. The cells and their native extracellular matrix were subsequently detached from the microgrooved plates with 10 m in depth (MG10) and 30 m in depth (MG30). Microscopic observation indicated that no orientation was observed in the control group, while cells and matrix were oriented along the direction of the grooves in the MG groups. The mechanical properties of the scSAT showed that the tensile strength and stiffness were significantly higher in the MG groups than in the control group. Moreover, the tensile strength was significantly higher in the MG 30 group than in the MG10 group. It is suggested that the micro-processed glass plate having the microgroove with 100 m width and 10 or 30 m in depth provides the scSAT with anisotropic structure and properties." @default.
• W1000296265 abstract "This chapter describes the isolation of phage-resistant mutants of Salmonella typhirnurium. The adsorption of bacteriophages to bacterial cells depends on the presence of specific receptor sites on the cell surface. In Salmonella and some other gram negative enteric bacteria the lipopolysaccharides which contain the O-antigen determinants provide receptor sites for a variety of phages. In several instances sensitivity to a phage depends on the presence of specific structures in the polysaccharide. The procedures for isolation of mutants of S. typhimurium lacking uridine diphosphate (UDP)-galactose 4-epimerase and phosphomannose isomerase are described in the chapter. The procedure are generally applicable to Salmonella species of serogroups A, B, and D of the Kauffmann–White classification, which are also sensitive to P22, and other species for which phages of the appropriate receptor specificities are available. A culture of S. typhimurium LT-2 is treated with mutagenic agent and then allowed a period of growth to permit full phenotypic expression of the desired mutation. The culture is treated with a virulent mutant of P22 to kill the majority population, which retains the wild type lipopolysaccharide, and the survivors are plated on nutrient agar and replicated onto galactose indicator plates." @default.
• W1000296610 abstract "16 paginas, 3 figuras, 2 tablas.-- Trabajo presentado a la XXVI Reunion Cientifica de la S.E.E.P. celebrada en Oviedo en Junio de 1986." @default.
• W100029673 abstract "This chapter presents the examples of infinite dimensional compact metric spaces that contain no one-dimensional closed subsets. It describes the modification of Henderson's approach slightly to give alternative descriptions of such examples. An example of an infinite dimensional compact metric space with no one-dimensional closed subset is obtained as the intersection of a countable number of closed subsets K1, K2, … of H where the Ki's have two important properties. The chapter presents these important properties. The first property insures that K = K1 ∩ K2 ∩ … contains no closed one-dimensional subset. The second important property of the Ki's is chosen to insure that K is not zero-dimensional or null." @default.
• W1000296760 abstract "The mechanisms of low-cycle fatigue damage of two high-purity ferritic alloys, Fe-3Si and Fe-26Cr-lMo, have been investigated at room temperature using both polycrystal and single crystal specimens. The cyclic stress-strain behavior and the fatigue crack initiation mechanisms are shown to be sensitive to the applied strain rate and the crystal orientation. In the case of single crystals, high strain rates (≥10 - 3 s - 1 ) give rise to large cyclic stress asymmetries and crystal shape changes. In bicrystals and polycrystals the cyclically induced grain distortions lead to intergranular crack initiation. Low cyclic strain rates favor the formation of persistent slip bands and hence transgranular crack initiation and reduced fatigue lives. These results are interpreted as a consequence of the asymmetry of dislocation motion in the body-centered-cubic (bcc) lattice. Other unusual features of the cyclic deformation of bcc alloys, such as the softening and hardening behavior at low amplitudes and deformation banding, are described and discussed." @default.
• W1000297043 abstract "We study generalized complex Monge-Ampere type equations on closed Hermitian manifolds. We derive {em a priori} estimates and then prove the existence of admissible solutions. Moreover, the gradient estimate is improved." @default.
• W1000297175 abstract "In [1], H. Amann derived an a priori bound for solutions of parabolic problems with nonlinear boundary conditions in the Sobolev space W s p (Ω,R ) (s ≥ 1, p > n, Ω ⊂ R bounded). The result ([1, Theorem 15.2]) is based on the assumptions of an apriori estimate for the solutions in some weaker norm (in W s0 p0 (Ω,R N ), s > s0, p0 ≥ 1) and of suitable growth conditions for the local nonlinearities arising in the problem. However, the proof of this result contains some discrepancies (the choice of r in the proof does not match the assumptions in [1, Lemma 15.1]) and the result itself is not correct in the case n = 1: the growth of the function g arising in the boundary condition has to be controlled by the power 1 + p0/(n − s0p0) also in this case. The aim of this paper is to give a correct proof of a modification of the result mentioned above and to show that the growth assumption is optimal for n = 1." @default.
• W1000297316 abstract "O calculo fracionario, nomenclatura utilizada para calculo de ordem nao inteira, tem se mostrado importante e, em muitos casos, imprescindivel na discussao de problemas advindos de diversas areas da ciencia, como na matematica, fisica, engenharia, economia e em muitos outros campos. Neste contexto, abordamos a integral fracionaria e as derivadas fracionarias, segundo Caputo e segundo Riemann-Liouville. Dentre as funcoes relacionadas ao calculo fracionario, uma das mais importantes e a funcao de Mittag-Leffler, surgindo naturalmente na solucao de varias equacoes diferenciais fracionarias com coeficientes constantes. Tendo em vista a importância dessa funcao, a classica funcao de Mittag-Leffler e algumas de suas varias generalizacoes sao apresentadas neste trabalho. Na aplicacao resolvemos a equacao diferencial associada ao problema do oscilador harmonico fracionario, utilizando a transformada de Laplace e a derivada fracionaria segundo Caputo. Abstract" @default.
• W1000297707 abstract "Most Gram-positive bacterial cell walls are composed of two types of structural components, the peptidoglycan (PG) with highly conserved composition and additional cell wall glycopolymers (CWGs), which vary extensively between species and even between individual strains. This chapter describes the structures, biosynthesis, and functions of different CWGs, including teichoic acids (TAs), lipoteichoic acid (LTA), and others CWGs. CWG polymers are composed of repeating units containing one or more sugar building blocks plus nonsugar residues such as phosphate, alanine, succinate, pyruvate, choline, or mycolic acids to name a few. Those CWGs containing phosphate in the polymer backbone are traditionally referred to as TAs. Many Gram-positive bacteria produce CWGs without phosphate groups in repeating units. Such polymers are either uncharged, e.g., in many actinobacteria and certain bacilli, or are anionic because of the presence of uronic acid, pyruvyl, or succinyl groups. The CWGs play important roles in bacterial physiology and various potential functions, such as control of autolytic enzymes, regulation of divalent cations, attachment of surface proteins, or protection against antibacterial molecules, have been described. In those bacteria that colonize or infect animal hosts, CWGs have been implicated in adherence to host cells and activation of immune responses, e.g., via the toll-like receptors. In addition, CWGs are very important targets for antimicrobials, vaccines, and diagnostics." @default.
• W1000298224 abstract "This article presents an analysis of the moose–forest relationship in Russia characterized by utilization of land by humans and its consequences for moose and the forest. It provide a general overview of the research approaches regarding Russia’s damaged forests by moose. In the early 1950s, the moose population increased sharply, primarily due to enlargement of the cutover area and the ensuing increased forage resource. Devastation to pine and oak are emphasized amid a backdrop of damage to silviculture that cost millions of rubles. Other northern countries were undergoing similar destruction by moose to their forests. Three main research approaches are distinguished: determination of the damage by moose to stands, estimation of the effects of moose on the structure of forest phytocenoses, and the effects of moose on the productivity of particular plant species and forest phytocenoses. This well documented article correlates various moose population densities with specific effects on different ecosystems and emphasizes the fact that trophic activity of moose is one of several factors affecting the structure and succession of forest phytocenoses of various natural zones." @default.
• W1000298608 abstract "This chapter provides a rationale for the design and interpretation of transient kinetic experiments to establish enzyme pathways by direct analysis of individual reaction steps. In many ways, transient kinetics is straightforward and experimental results can be understood in terms of simple principles derived from first-order kinetics. The application of these methods to enzyme kinetics is illustrated by a number of examples. This is especially useful for those cases in which the kinetic data could be fit to a single, complete model, the most notable being 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase, DNA polymerase, and tryptophan synthase. The application of transient kinetic methods to the solution of enzyme mechanisms has increased because of recent advances in instrumentation and in the overexpression and purification of new enzymes. Transient kinetics is becoming the method of choice for the evaluation of site-directed enzyme mutants and for detailed questions regarding the relationships between protein structure and observable function. In conjunction with advances in methods of structural and genetic analyses, transient-state kinetic analysis forms the basis for what might be called the “new enzymology.” The danger in the interpretation of kinetic data stems from the tendency to include an additional reaction step to explain an unusual kinetic result, when often the new result could have been accounted for by a simpler model based on a deeper understanding of the subtleties of the kinetics." @default.
• W1000298800 abstract "I. THE ENVIRONMENTAL ERA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 R A. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY DECLARATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 R B. LAND USE MANAGEMENT POLICY DECLARATIONS . . . . . . . . 552 R C. WATER AND AIR RESOURCES POLICY DECLARATIONS . . . . 561 R D. POLICY DEVELOPMENT ON INTERBASIN TRANSFERS AND OTHER DIVERSIONS OF WATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 R II. THE CONSERVATION ERA: EARLIER LEGISLATIVE POLICIES ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF RESOURCES . . . . . . 573 R III. INTERPRETING PREAMBLES: A THEORY CONCERNING THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PREAMBLES AND DECLARATIONS OF POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 R IV. APPENDICES: LISTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PREAMBLES" @default.
• W1000299621 abstract "In this paper we prove that every regular star-Lindelof space is Lindelof if and only if every increasing open cover Ua, a< t, admits an increasing open cover Va such that the closures of the Va are contained in the Ua." @default.
• W1000299714 abstract "The method of automatically building 3-D molecular structure ofmacrorings is proposed in the paper.The method can build the 3-D models ofmacrorings full automatically with the support of a knowledge base.The restrictionsof templet methods of building rings have been overcome.The results can meet theneeds of computer-aided molecular design.The distance geometry and its error func-tions in the method have been discussed in detail." @default.
• W100029996 abstract "The sustainability of virtual communities is determined by the extent to which users are willing to continue using the supported virtual space. Building upon the information system continuance model and the information adoption model, a research model explaining user continuance intention to use virtual communities (e.g., Web-based Bulletin Board Systems) is proposed. The proposed model was tested using an online survey with the users of a non-profit-making Bulletin Board System established by a local university in mainland China. The results suggest that satisfaction and information usefulness are the two key factors influencing users’ continuance intention to use virtual communities. Satisfaction in turn is determined by information usefulness and source credibility, while information usefulness is determined by both information quality and source credibility. Surprisingly, information quality does not have any significant direct impact on user satisfaction. The findings provide important implications for both researchers and practitioners." @default.
• W1000300056 abstract "Alfred Tarski, ao apresentar sua concepcao semântica de verdade - uma definicao para linguagens formalizadas -, buscou capturar as intencoes presentes na concepcao classica de verdade de Aristoteles - esta, uma concepcao de verdade correspondencial. De forma semelhante, Mikenberg, da Costa & Chuaqui apresentam uma concepcao formal de verdade pragmatica - a quase-verdade -, baseados nas intencoes presentes nas teorias de verdade de pragmatistas tais como C.S. Peirce, William James e John Dewey. A concepcao de quase-verdade vale-se de um tipo de estrutura matematica denominada estrutura parcial. Apresentamos o sistema logico modal QT - um tipo de logica de Ja´skowski - , associado a logica QV (S5Q=). QT constitui uma formalizacao adequada a nocao de quase-verdade. Definimos uma semântica de modelos de Kripke para QT. Sao apresentadose demonstrados os principais metateoremas do sistema associado QT/QV. Definimos a nocao de consequencia sintatica pragmatica, introduzimos os conectivos pragmaticos e demonstramos que QT constitui uma logica paraconsistente. Demonstramos a corretude e completude de QT, simplificando a demonstracao valendo-nos dos metateoremas de QT/QV apresentados anteriormente. Abstract" @default.
• W1000300731 abstract "We investigate the effects of superimposing animated graphics of a virtual character (VC) on physics simulation learning material. Eye-tracking experiments revealed that the VC drew attention to the animated simulation display in a tutorial mode in which the user remained passive to instruction. No similar effect of superimposing was found when the user was engaged in the interface of waiting for key-in mode. Visual incongruity together with contextual congruity is believed to work as a stimulus to raise interest in the intuitive elements of the material. As one application, we describe the development of a visual annotation system based on augmented reality technology. The annotations were visualized in stereoscopic three-dimensional graphics using a see-through wearable binocular-type display. This system is useful for users to obtain in-depth knowledge individually from a large projected image shared with an entire class. This is expected to enable learners to retrieve knowledge at their own paces, while raising interest in the entire view." @default.
• W1000301137 abstract "Harbor Branch was founded with the objective of developing technical and operational capabilities for the purpose of opening the oceans to scientists for exploration and research. Digital Collections@FAU Libraries, are groups of information resources in digital format, related by subject or origin and searchable through DigiTool, a digital asset management system" @default.
• W1000301173 abstract "Approximate solutions for gas separation by hollow fiber membranes have been developedby several investigators.However,there are few reports of experimental verification of the models forhigh stage cut separations.In this work,an approximate mathematical model was developed and wasexperimentally verified for high stage cut air separation.Both countercurrent and cocurrent now pat-terns were used.In addition,the applicability of feed-inside mode for low stage cut air separation byhollow fiber membrane was examined.It was found that feed-inside mods was more advantageousthan feed-outside mode when used for the generation of oxygen-enriched air." @default.
• W100030121 abstract "Anomalous polarization at small phase angles is confirmed as a common feature of dusty cometary atmospheres. The opposition effect is detected and interpreted as evidence of similarity between grains covering interplanetary, cometary and asteroidal surfaces. The prevailing radii of dust grains in the comet's atmosphere are estimated to be 0.15-0.19 μm." @default.
• W1000301598 abstract "This is the second in a series of papers from a new project entitled “Who is a normative foreign policy actor? The European Union and its Global Partners”. The first paper – entitled Profiling Normative Foreign Policy: The European Union and its Global Partners, by Nathalie Tocci, CEPS Working Document No. 279, December 2007 – set out the conceptual framework for exploring this question. The present paper constitutes one of several case studies applying this framework to the behaviour of the European Union, whereas the others to follow concern China, India, Russia and the United States. A normative foreign policy is rigorously defined as one that is normative according to the goals set, the means employed and the results obtained. Each of these studies explores eight actual case examples of foreign policy behaviour, selected in order to illustrate four alternative paradigms of foreign policy behaviour – the normative, the realpolitik, the imperialistic and the status quo. For each of these four paradigms, there are two examples of EU foreign policy, one demonstrating intended consequences and the other, unintended effects. The fact that examples can be found that fit all of these different types shows the importance of ‘conditioning factors’, which relate to the internal interests and capabilities of the EU as a foreign policy actor as well as the external context in which other major actors may be at work." @default.
• W10003022 abstract "The roads you travel so briskly lead out of dim antiquity, and you study the past chiefly because of its bearing on the living present and its promise for the future." @default.
• W100030299 abstract "High dosage barbiturates to reduce intracranial pressure which is resistant to osmotic agents were first successfully employed by Ishii1. Since that time, interest in this new method has increased. Its clinical use has expanded in recent years and there have been many important papers written not only about the effectiveness of barbiturates in lowering intracranial pressure 2–5 but of their value in improving the outcome of patients suffering from head injuriesbs6–8. As the use of this therapeutic method has spread, so has the controversy as to its ability to reduce mortality and morbidity." @default.
• W1000303254 abstract "This paper compares the voicing status of /ptk/ and /bdg/ in siSwati. Expanded waveform shapes and spectrographic representations of our experimental data showed us immediately that the distinction between the voiceless and voiced syllable-initial plosives could not be traced by means of the usual absence/presence of the voice bar in the spectrograms. This resulted in adopting alternative cues, such as voice onset time (VOT) and closure duration. The use of these acoustic cues allowed us to oppose unambiguously the voiced and voiceless syllable-initial stop consonants in siSwati. At the same time, this experiment permitted us to show the extent to which the voice onset of /bdg/ is delayed in siSwati. Further, this analysis resulted in confirming that voiceless and voiced plosives cannot always be opposed by the status of the glottis during their articulatory closure." @default.
• W100030408 abstract "Consistent with Samuel Huntington’s separatist thesis in Soldier and the state, the ‘military professional’ is one who pursues expertise in combat in service to a country’s or society’s defense. In this separatist view, such service does not require the solider to be fully integrated with civil society. Professional soldiers in a democratic society also have as part of their organizational ethos a strong disinclination to intervene in politics. Indeed, one finds professional militaries in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere imbued with this separatist, professional ethic but at the same time committed as professionals to respecting constitutional government, institutions, and political processes." @default.
• W100030485 abstract "In this investigation, efforts were made to utilize hydrogen as auxiliary fuel in single cylinder diesel engines. Hydrogen from high pressure cylinders was introduced into the intake manifold of the engine and the quantity of injected fuel was controlled by means of a governor. The engines were operated at various loads with different proportions of hydrogen in total fuel quantity. It was possible to supply a maximum of 30 percent of energy input through hydrogen. 5 refs." @default.
• W1000304989 abstract "When predicting parameters of quasi-stationary Solar Wind (SW) streams at 1 AU, it is customary to use, as the indicator of solar sources, the Bases of Open Magnetic Tubes (BOMT) on the solar surface obtained via a calculation relying on a new Bd-technique of harmonic expansion of the magnetic field from daily full-disk magnetograms developed by Rudenko[4]. By considering an example of 17 events, it is shown that the correspondence between fast SW streams at the Earth's orbit and the BOMT, calculated with ≤ 24 h time resolution, makes up about 94%, while the correspondence of SW stereams with the CH in the light of the 10830 A line is about 29%. With this technique, the predictability of maxima of the Kp index of magnetospheric disturbance caused by a fast quasi-stationary SW, is over 90%, and the prediction accuracy of the maximun velocity vm of the stream is ±15%." @default.
• W100030574 abstract "Intense job-related demands often result in effects on job performance and increased use of ill-time. In this study, associations between hardiness, stress, and use of ill-time among nurse managers were examined. High-hardy/low-stress managers used 27% less ill-time than those low-hardy/high-stressed." @default.
• W1000306115 abstract "Trabajo presentado al 13th Congress of the EFNS celebrado en Florencia del 12 al 15 de septiembre de 2009." @default.
• W1000306395 abstract "We studied iron remobilization and nutrient regeneration in bottom water of Funka Bay, Japan, bimonthly from August 2010 to December 2011. The bay basin (bottom depth, 92–96 m) is separated from the northwest Pacific Ocean at its mouth by a sill with a depth of 60 m. After a spring phytoplankton bloom during early March–early April, nutrients in bay bottom water tended to accumulate with time until August–September, and to increase gradually with depth during April–October, by the oxidative decomposition of settling particulate organic matter on the bay bottom. In contrast, the process of iron remobilization into bottom water of the bay is remarkably different from nutrient regeneration. The much higher concentrations of dissolved and total dissolvable iron near the bottom and the seasonally variable relationship between dissolved iron concentration and apparent oxygen utilization in bay bottom water likely reflect a balance between dissolved iron input and removal processes within the bay bottom water. The release of soluble Fe(II) from reducing bay sediments might induce the high concentrations of dissolved and total dissolvable iron in deep–bottom waters of Funka Bay and might be one of the most important sources of iron in Funka Bay. The upward transport of iron from the bay bottom to the surface water during the winter vertical mixing may play an important role in the supply of bioavailable iron for phytoplankton growth in the coastal waters." @default.
• W1000306513 abstract "This paper proposes an approach to improve the cost-effectiveness of the control of variable speed drives in the robotics field. This could be achieved by the association of brushless DC motors (BLDCM)with a reduced structure DC/AC converter that is the three-switch inverter (TSI) equipping a robot arm. In a first step, we devoted the analysis, modelisation and control of a three-switch inverter (TSI), also known delta- inverter, fed BLDCM drive. A special attention is paid to the implementation of a dedicated strategy in such a drive and the comparison of its performance with those given by the conventional inverter fed BLDCM drive. A dynamic model and the control of a robot arm have been developed. Finally, simulation results carried out in Matlab-Simulink environment considering the association of both conventional and reduced inverter fed BLDCM drive with a robot arm are treated. Index Terms—BLDCM, control, robot arm, simulation, three- Switch Three-Phase Inverter (TSTPI)." @default.
• W1000306813 abstract "The genetic analysis showed that additive component (D) was predominant for days to flowering, days to maturity and pod length, where as dominance components (H1 and H2) were greater than additive for remaining characters. Average degree of dominance was partial for days to flowering and maturity while over dominance was observed for remaining traits. The positively significant values of h2 further revealed the positive direction of dominant genes for controlling majority of the characters. At least one or more than one group of dominant genes was found active for controlling few characters." @default.
• W100030739 abstract "Rural planning is an important step in the urbanization construction and urban system perfection. Data integration of rural planning is the base of constructing a data center and application platform all over the country. A 7-layer framework of data integration of rural planning is designed in the paper on the base of analyzing the features of data of rural planning, such as distributed, of different frequency, from multiple sources and multi-semantic, referencing to the SIG 7 layers architecture and adopting the idea of service based of OGSA. Also the service mechanism and mixed deployment mode of data integration are studied in the paper in detail. The architecture has a characteristic of “general management, local autonomy”, so it has the heterogeneous data integrated with great efficiency and high extensibility." @default.
• W1000307429 abstract "Barium titanate is a compound with a perovskite structure It has been often investigated in its tetragonal C1 4v phase in the temperature region between 276 K and 393 K, because BaTiO3 shows a ferroelectric polarization in this phase. Above the Curie temperature TC = 393 K BaTiO3 shows an unpolarized cubic O1 h, structure 1)" @default.
• W100030824 abstract "Marine fish production in India, which was only 0.5 million tonnes in 1950, increased consistently through the time scale, peaked to 2.7 million tonnes in 1997, but basstagnated since then. The substantial increase during 1950- 1997 was largely due to introduction of mechanized fishing vessels and synthetic gear materials expansion oftrawl neet, motorization of traditional fishing craft, substantial growth in number and efficiency of trawlers and motorized craft, and development of infrastructure for fishpreservation, processing and storage" @default.
• W1000309 abstract "The peeps at JWT Intelligence came up with a rather interesting survey – people’s fear of missing out on important things on social media or FOMO, for short. In cooperation with timeRazor, they have transformed the study into an infographic so that the matter could be more easily understood. Do you suffer from Social Media…" @default.
• W1000309336 abstract "The rapid growth of Internet use has given rise to new security concerns. Any company that does not configure a strong security infrastructure is literally putting the company at risk. This chapter addresses the complex issues involved in planning a certificate-based PKI and provides an overview of the basic terminology and concepts relating to the public key infrastructure. Through this chapter, one can learn about public key cryptography and how it is used to authenticate the identity of users, computers, and applications/services. In addition, there is further discussion on different components of PKI, including private key, public key, and a trusted third party (TTP) along with PKI enhancements in Windows Server 2008. It also discusses the role of digital certificates and the different types of certificates (user, machine, and application certificates). PKI is the method of choice for handling authentication issues in large enterprise level organizations. Windows Server 2008 includes the tools one requires to create a PKI for company and issue digital certificates to users, computers, and applications." @default.
• W1000309748 abstract "Climate change issues are being raised and increasingly considered in water litigation and in environmental policy more generally. This document notes the escalating importance for water management of the change/hydrologic cycle link and sketches implications for courts. The general problem climate change presents to courts in water disputes is how to deal with decision-making in light of greater uncertainty. The report, written by experts in water law, climate science, and environmental law surveys several tools judges can use to understand the new science of climate change, and some of the options for resolving water disputes in ways that reflect a more rapidly changing and uncertain world." @default.
• W1000309867 abstract "A controversial genetic restoration mechanism has been proposed for the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana . This theory proposes that genetic material from non-parental ancestors is used to restore genetic information that was inadvertently corrupted during reproduction. We evaluate the effectiveness of this strategy by adapting it to an evolutionary algorithm solving two distinct benchmark optimization problems. We compare the performance of the proposed strategy with a number of alternate strategies – including the Mendelian alternative. Included in this comparison are a number of biologically implausible templates that help elucidate likely reasons for the relative performance of the different templates. Results show that the proposed nonMendelian restoration strategy is highly effective across the range of conditions investigated – significantly outperforming the Mendelian alternative in almost every situation." @default.
• W100031015 abstract "Empirical status of cognitive and behavioural depression therapies The experts who have developed and used cognitive and behavioural depression therapies have always been concerned with their effectiveness. This is probably the reason why the study of the effects of Estatuto empirico da terapia cognitiva da depressao 11 these therapies both in removing the symptoms and in preventing a relapse has resulted in so much research. This article presents the main results of some of the most important studies on the efficacy of depression therapies." @default.
• W1000310255 abstract "Mise au point d'une methode d'echantillonnage des regimes. Application a l'etude de la composition en acides gras pour 12 regimes de palmiers tenera" @default.
• W100031029 abstract "In this paper, we present a solution to the Schottky problem in the spirit of Schottky and Jung for genus five curves. To do so, we exploit natural incidence structures on the fibers of several maps to reduce all questions to statements about the Prym map for genus six curves. This allows us to find all components of the big Schottky locus and thus, to show that the small Schottky locus introduced by Donagi is irreducible." @default.
• W1000310465 abstract "During efficiency evaluating by DEA, the inputs and outputs of DMUs may be intervals because of insufficient information or measure error. For this reason, interval DEA is proposed. To make the efficiency scores more discriminative, this paper builds an Interval Modified DEA (IMDEA) model based on MDEA.Furthermore, models of obtaining upper and lower bounds of the efficiency scores for each DMU are set up.Based on this, the DMUs are classified into three types. Next, a new order relation between intervals which can express the DM' s preference to the three types is proposed. As a result, a full and more eonvietive ranking is made on all the DMUs. Finally an example is given." @default.
• W1000310565 abstract "Banks have an important role in the process of building up and functioning of capital markets. It is generally known that the capital market can not be developed without the increase of financial saving. Our country should make legal regulations which provide transparent, open, economical and efficient capital market. Passing stock market law and other financial instruments brought to important development in building up of capital market. Legal position of banks is regulated by a regulation of banks and other financial organizations from 1993. For better determination of place and function of banks at capital market, new law of banks is needed to be made. At capital market long-term stocks market is developing. Those are shares and long-term stocks. In comparable law there is division of banks on investment and commercial (deposits). In our law there is no division of that kind. In our country banks can carry out wide range of jobs which directly or indirectly affect offer and demand at capital market. Banks can be participants at primary and secondary capital market. At primary market, banks perform jobs that are connected with issuing and first sale and purchase of stocks. At secondary market, banks carry out broker and dealer jobs. Broker mediate in commerce with securities, buying and selling securities on behalf of himself, on the account of instructing party. Dealer buys and sells securities on behalf of his name and on his account in order to achieve price difference. If the bank could carry out broker - dealer jobs it has to get previous accord of Central Bank and permission of Securities and Exchange Commission for the stocks. Except those broker dealer jobs, banks at the capital market can act as market makers, portfolio managers, issuing sponsors, investment advisers. New legal regulative make good preconditions for successful development of capital market in our country." @default.
• W1000310668 abstract "Funded by British Council to visit art galleries in Mumbai and understand how they sustain themselves without government funding. This was then used to reflect on how artists and galleries in the UK could sustain themselves amid funding cuts. The research was conducted in Collaboration with ChatterJee and Lal Gallery and focused on gathering data and personal experiences of galleries based in Mumbai. Mumbai was chosen as it is the economic heart of India and represents a platform for research based on galleries that sustain themselves purely on private investment. In tandem with the research we organised a Rednile Projects ‘Factory Nights’. These events focus on bringing creative practitioners together in unusual and often hard to access spaces. In Mumbai this was the ‘Voodoo’ club, a place of disrepute where travellers can pick up prostitutes. At the factory night some of the key factors noted above where introduced by a Mumbai based social geographer.Partners: Chatterjee & Lal Gallery http://www.chatterjeeandlal.com/Chatterjee & Lal Gallery:‘There have been few interventions in the fabric of Mumbai’s cultural scene quite so different in nature to the Factory Night at Voodoo. From the gallery’s perspective we were thrilled to be able to invite our mailing list to an evening which genuinely disrupted prevailing assumptions about a given space. Due to the strict encoding of social hierarchies, few of those who have visited our gallery would ever have stepped foot in Voodoo despite the two spaces being tied by geography and history.’Outputs:UK International Research Project with Stoke-on-Trent UK and Mumbai India Published by Rednile Projects Ltd.http://www.rednile.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/India-Research-Document-rednile-Airspace-ChatterjeeLal.pdfEvent- Factory Night Creative Collaboration at Voodoo BarWeb-Site Entry: http://www.rednile.org/factory-nights/factory-nights-11-12/factory-night-the-iconic-slip-disc-swinging-discotheque-mumbai-india/Factory Night Publication:http://www.rednile.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/FactoryNights_WEB_.pdf Pg12Press: Time out Magazine Mumbai page 86 under lecturers, 28th October 2011Funding: Staffordshire University/ I-ACT/ British Council/ACE" @default.
• W10003110 abstract "This study is featured as a case study whose primary objective is to develop a protocol of an interdisciplinary program capable of promoting changes in behavior and indicators in young people with overweight or obesity. The initial proposal was focused on body weight, information, motivation and creating opportunities for change in lifestyle. The initial group was made up of 21 young people aged between 14 and 19 years of age for both sexes. These volunteers were selected by their BMI (Body Mass Index) that according to the table proposed by the International Obesity Task Force of the World Health Organization (WHO), which takes into account the age and sex of children young. The population selected participated in a program of action that includes weekly meetings in a period of four months, with the participation of a multi professional team: physical education professionals, nutritionist, psychologist, cardiologist and an endocrinologist. The data were collected in COAFIS (Guidance Center for Physical Activity and Health) of UFSC, where the project was developed, but the laboratory tests have been made in the University Hospital of UFSC. The assessment includes the following information: a) personal and family data, b) Physical Examination, c) assessment related to the health and fitness physical activity usual, d) evaluation Endocrinology and), psychological evaluation, f), evaluation of the food consumption. The first step was developed in the second half of 2003. The activities of this phase follow all the specifications that the project requires, from the selection of volunteers, the assessments and also the control and the orientation program, which was developed over a period of four months of intervention, with four hours per week. This project therefore emphasized the priority development of a protocol for intervention interdisciplinary, noting the difficulties of implementation, results and the changes of behavior and indicators of obesity." @default.
• W100031103 abstract "The possibility that antioxidant vitamins may prevent cancer has been the focus of considerable attention in recent years, both among the scientific research community and the general public. With respect to the major causes of death, in the United States and most developed countries, cancer accounts for about one-sixth of all deaths. For this reason, even the most plausible small to moderate benefits of antioxidant vitamins - - risk reductions of 20-30% - - could have a substantial public health impact. At present, however, antioxidant vitamins represent a promising, but unproven, means to prevent cancer. This paper reviews current evidence on antioxidants and cancer and describes ongoing large-scale randomized trials that will provide needed additional data on this question." @default.
• W1000311099 abstract "To research radiographic anatomy of the main structure of the pelvic Teepee view, including its azimuth direction and view anatomy structure.From June 2013 to June 2014 adult pelvic CT examination results were filtered, excluding skeletal deformities and pelvic osseous destruction caused by tumors, trauma, etc. The data of 2.0 mm contiguous CT scan of 9 adults' intact pelves was,selected and input into Mimics 10.01 involving 7 males and 2 females with an average age of (41.2±10.3) years old. Utilizing the software, the 3D CT reconstructions of the pelves were completed. Setting the transparency being high,the pelvic 3D reconstructions were manipulated from the pelvic anteroposterior view to the combined obturator oblique outlet view and fine-tuned till the regular Teepee-or teardrop-shaped appearance emerges. Cutting tools of the software were at the moment applied to separate the Teepee from the main pelvis for each reconstruction. Then the Teepee and the rest (main) part of the pelvis were displayed in different color to facilitate the analysis on the Teepee, iliac-oblique, and anteroposterior views.The Teepee started from the posterolateral aspect of the anterior inferior iliac spine and finished at the cortex between the posterior superior iliac spine and the posterior inferior iliac spine in a direction of being from caudal-anterior-lateral to cranial-posterior-medial. The radiographic anatomical composition of the Teepee contained one tip, one base,and two aspects. With the inner and outer iliac tables being the inner and outer aspects of the Teepee, the tip is consequently formed by their intersection. The base is imaged from the cortex of the greater sciatic notch. The medial-inferior-posterior portion of the Teepee contains a small part of sacroiliac joint and its corresponding side of bone of the sacrum.The Teepee is a zone of ample osseous structures of the pelvis, aside from a small medial-inferior-posterior portion, the main zone of which can be accepted as a safe osseous zone for the anchor of implants stabilizing certain pelvic and acetabular fracture patterns. The Teepee view can be utilized as guidance for the safe percutaneous insertion of such implants." @default.
• W1000311187 abstract "This paper gives the system description of the Dublin City University Machine Translation system MaTrEx for our participation in the translation subtask in the NTCIR-8 Patent Translation Task under under the team ID of DCUMT. Four techniques are deployed in our systems: supertagged PB-SMT, context informed PB-SMT, noise reduction, and system combination. For EN-JP, our system stood second in terms of BLEU reference score among six participants." @default.
• W1000311892 abstract "The Paper Trail tells the story of how a simple Chinese product has for two millennia allowed knowledge, ideas and religions to spread at an unprecedented rate around the world. Alexander Monro traces this groundbreaking invention's voyage, beginning with the Buddhist translators responsible for its spread across China and Japan, and follows it westward along the Silk Road, where it eventually became the surface of the Quran. Once paper reached Europe, it became indispensable to the scholars who manufactured the Renaissance and Reformation from their desks. As Monro uncovers, paper created a world in which free thinking could flourish, and brought disciplines from science to music into a new age." @default.
• W1000312985 abstract "We demonstrate controlled manipulation of large quantities of microparticles on a surface using inertial forces. Motion is induced by applying a periodic parabolic wave form to a shear-polarized piezoelectric plate coupled to a substrate on which the particles reside. Particles move in steps of 10 to 50 nm per cycle, and the particle motion is mass selective. Particle velocity is varied by changing the frequency of the wave form. Calculated inertial forces acting on the particles correspond closely to friction forces between individual microparticles and the substrate, as measured by coupling an individual particle to an atomic force microscope. The results provide insight into the characteristics of particle-surface interactions, and demonstrate the potential for controlled manipulation and separation of large collections of particles without the need for a fluid medium." @default.
• W1000313262 abstract "In the 2010/11 academic year the Institute of Informatics at Wroclaw University of Technology issued ’Software Engineering Team Project’ as a course being a part of the final exam to earn bachelor’s degree. The main assumption about the course was that it should simulate the real environment (a virtual IT company) for its participants. The course was aimed to introduce issues regarding programming in the medium scale, project planning and management. It was a real challenge as the course was oered for more than 140 students. The number of sta members involved in its preparation and performance was more than 15. The paper presents the lessons learned from the first course edition as well as more detailed qualitative and quantitative course assessment." @default.
• W1000314 abstract "La presente edicion, vigesimo quinta ya, recoge mas de cien normas; a ellas hay que anadir otro medio centenar en el formato digital. En todo caso, se trata de disposiciones totalmente actualizadas y profusamente anotadas y concordadas. La obra queda estructurada en los siguientes apartados:I. CONSTITUCION; II. ESTATUTO DE LOS TRABAJADORES Y NORMAS SOBRE CONTRATACION LABORAL; III. MATERIAS COLECTIVAS (NEGOCIACION, SINDICATOS, PARTICIPACION, CONFLICTOS); IV. SALUD LABORAL; V. EMPLEADOS PUBLICOS; VI. TRABAJO AUTONOMO; VII. EMPLEO, FORMACION PROFESIONAL E IGUALDAD; VIII. NORMAS DE SEGURIDAD SOCIAL; IX. NORMAS ADMINISTRATIVAS Y PENALES; X. NORMAS PROCESALES Y DE SOLUCION DE CONFLICTOS; XI. NORMAS INTERNACIONALES Y COMUNITARIAS (disponible en edicion digital ProView). Son varias las normas de nuevo cuno que esta edicion incorpora; entre ellas cabe destacar el Real Decreto fijando el SMI para 2017 (§ 12.1), el Real Decreto-Ley sobre estibadores portuarios (§ 16.10) o las disposiciones complementarias del EBEP contenidas en la LPGE para 2017 (§ 25.1.bis). Asimismo, se recoge la nueva estructura basica del Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social (§ 38.1), amen de las normas de cotizacion y revalorizacion de pensiones para 2017 (§ 33.2 y § 35.4), asi como las modificaciones operadas en la Ley General de ls Seguridad Social mediante la LPGE para 2017. Se completa la obra con el primoroso sumario sistematico que la abre y con el tradicional indice analitico que la cierra. Un ingente numero de anotaciones, concordancias o referencias enriquece el estricto contenido dispositivo de las normas reproducidas y justifican, un ano mas, que se considere como el Codigo de referencia en la materia, tanto para profesionales cuanto para estudiantes. Como en ediciones anteriores publicamos las normas correspondientes al ano 2016 en lo referente a cotizacion, salario minimo interprofesional y revalorizacion de las pensiones. Se completa la obra con un indice analitico, con objeto de facilitar la consulta de los textos incluidos en la misma." @default.
• W1000314158 abstract "HvALMT1 encodes a malate transporter responsible for malic acid efflux in barley on 2H. The gene was characterized to contribute to anion homeostasis and stomatal adjustment. However, it has been debated for some time whether the gene function is related to Al tolerance. We developed thirty-six pairs of primers covering whole gene sequence and tested polymorphisms in 335 accessions with different Al tolerance. Phenotypic variation was evaluated in native acid soil and limed acid soil. Ten pairs of primers (4 in the upstream region, 6 in the coding region,) showed polymorphisms. Stepwise regression analysis revealed one gene-specific marker, UA21, was significantly correlated with phenotypic variation of root length in acid soil (r = 0.301, p < 0.01) and relative root length (root length in acid soil compared with that in acid soil treated with lime) (r = 0.246, p < 0.01). The results demonstrated that malate transporter gene may play a role for acids soil tolerance in some of the germplasm." @default.
• W10003144 abstract "Abstract Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis is the most widespread mutualistic association. It concerns 80% of land plants and involves fungi belonging to the phylum Glomeromycota. Benefits to the host plants due to this symbiosis range from nutrient supply to protection against pathogens. AM fungi are important components of the soil microbiome and are of great interest for managing sustainable agriculture, provided that their life cycle is better understood. Recently, major advances in the genomics of the model AM fungus Rhizophagus irregularis DAOM197198 have been published, offering new tools to investigate the biology of this symbiosis. In this chapter, we provide an overview of the efforts that were necessary to reach these results, from the discovery of these fungi and the description of their mutualistic incidence to their in vitro cultivation and on to genomics. The genome of DAOM197198 is estimated at ca. 150 Mb. It is haploid and less polymorphic than expected. Although it is an obligate biotrophic fungus, very little gene loss was observed. We put the Rhizophagus gene repertoire in perspective with previous investigations performed on the physiology of AM fungi: germination, early signalling with host plants, plant invasion, metabolism (phosphorous, carbon and nitrogen) and sexuality. Clearly, the publication of the genome of R. irregularis DAOM197198 is a turning point in the study of AM fungi, and large areas of their biology that still remain to be elucidated will now become accessible for investigation." @default.
• W1000314492 abstract "Pressure drop is an important parameter for designing and operating a hydrocyclone. High pressure drop leads to excessive consumption of energy, while too low pressure drop may affect the hydrocyclone efficiency. The objectives of this research were to investigate the parameters that affected the pressure drop of a 50-mm hydrocyclone, namely, underflow diameter, overflow diameter, inlet diameter, feed flow rate and feed concentration; a model that can be used to predict the pressure drop was also proposed. All possible regression methods were used for selecting the best set of parameters that affected the pressure drop. The results showed that the underflow diameter, overflow diameter, inlet diameter and feed flow rate were the set of parameters that mostly affected the pressure drop of the hydrocyclone. The regression model could predict the pressure drop of the hydrocyclone well when compared with the experimental results with the coefficient of determination, R2 and mean square error, MSE of 0.9802 and 0.0009, respectively." @default.
• W1000315126 abstract "In chapter 3 of this book it was pointed out that structuralist studies of narration typically study the text as object, looking for structures and relations within the text. In contrast, post-structuralist studies of narration typically focus on the text in relation to the subject, the subjectivity of the one who is interpreting or producing the text. Thus post-structuralist studies are usually concerned with ideology, with the assumptions of what is ‘natural’ and ‘normal’ to the subject in producing meaning. Post-structuralist studies of narration, then, focus on the ideological orientation of narrative. What stories are told? What stories are repressed? In whose interests is it to tell particular stories, or to repress them? And so on." @default.
• W100031541 abstract "Considerable advances have been made in recent years in searches for and practical utilization of macromolecular surfactants which can be adsorbed on metals and their oxides both in acid and in alkaline media and which alter the course of electrochemical processes. Polyethylene oxides (PEO) and their derivatives are of definite interest among macromolecular surfactants. The structure of cathodic metal deposits is improved and formation of dendritic deposits is hindered in presence of PEO; this is important for prolonged and stable operation of galvanic cells. The mechanism of interaction of PEO and its derivatives with electrode surfaces by controlled changes in active groups of the molecules was determined. The influence of the surfactants on the cathode and anode processes on zinc and cadmium was investigated. It was concluded that the characteristics of batteries with zinc and cadmium electrodes can be improved considerable and their life lengthened by the use of polymers based on PEO." @default.

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