Detection of adventitious presence of genetically modified seeds in lots of non transgenic soybean

The difficulty on identifying, lack of segregation systems and absence of suitable standards for coexistence of non trangenic and transgenic soybean are contributing for contaminations that occur during productive system. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of two methods for detecting mixtures of seeds genetically modified (GM) into samples of non-GM soybean, in a way that seed lots can be assessed within the standards established by seed legislation. Two sizes of soybean samples (200 and 400 seeds), cv. BRSMG 810C (non-GM) and BRSMG 850GRR (GM), were assessed with four contamination levels (addition of GM seeds, for obtaining 0.0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, and 1.5% contamination), and two detection methods: immunoassay of lateral flux (ILF) and bioassay (pre-imbibition into 0.6% herbicide solution; 25 ºC; 16 h). The bioassay is efficient in detecting presence of GM seeds in seed samples of non-GM soybean, even for contamination lower than 1.0%, provided that seeds have high physiological quality. The ILF was positive, detecting the presence of target protein in contaminated samples, indicating test effectiveness. There was significant correlation between the two detection methods (r = 0.82; p < 0.0001). Sample size did not influence efficiency of the two methods in detecting presence of GM seeds.

Relay protection in active distribution networks

Increasingly growing share of distributed generation in the whole electrical power system’s generating system is currently a worldwide tendency, driven by several factors, encircling mainly difficulties in refinement of megalopolises’ distribution networks and its maintenance; widening environmental concerns adding to both energy efficiency approaches and installation of renewable sources based generation, inherently distributed; increased power quality and reliability needs; progress in IT field, making implementable harmonization of needs and interests of different-energy-type generators and consumers. At this stage, the volume, formed by system-interconnected distributed generation facilities, have reached the level of causing broad impact toward system operation under emergency and post-emergency conditions in several EU countries, thus previously implementable approach of their preliminary tripping in case of a fault, preventing generating equipment damage and disoperation of relay protection and automation, is not applicable any more. Adding to the preceding, withstand capability and transient electromechanical stability of generating technologies, interconnecting in proximity of load nodes, enhanced significantly since the moment Low Voltage Ride-Through regulations, followed by techniques, were introduced in Grid Codes. Both aspects leads to relay protection and auto-reclosing operation in presence of distributed generation generally connected after grid planning and construction phases. This paper proposes solutions to the emerging need to ensure correct operation of the equipment in question with least possible grid refinements, distinctively for every type of distributed generation technology achieved its technical maturity to date and network’s protection. New generating technologies are equivalented from the perspective of representation in calculation of initial steady-state short-circuit current used to dimension current-sensing relay protection, and widely adopted short-circuit calculation practices, as IEC 60909 and VDE 0102. The phenomenon of unintentional islanding, influencing auto-reclosing, is addressed, and protection schemes used to eliminate an sustained island are listed and characterized by reliability and implementation related factors, whereas also forming a crucial aspect of realization of the proposed protection operation relieving measures.

Cérémonie observée du contrat de mariage passé à Fontainebleau en presence de leurs Majestez entre Vladislaus IIII du nom Roy de Pologne et de Suede [...] d'une part, et Louie Marie de Gonzague, princesse de Mantoue et de Nevers, d'autre part, le 25ème jour de Septembre 1645 : [estampe] / desseigné et gravé a leaue forte par A. Bosse le 8me novem. 1645

Référence bibliographique : IFF17, Abraham Bosse, 1223

Arrêt du conseil d'Etat portant prorogation pendant l'année 1718 pour la modération des frais des provisions et de reception en faveur de ceux qui lèveront des offices taxés vacants aux revenus casuels

[Acte. 1718-02-01. Paris]

Recueil de copies de pièces.

Contient : 1 « Extraict du journal » de PIERRE DE LESTOILE, « pendant tout le regne du roy Henry III » ; 2 « Discours d'une trahison attentée contre le roy [Henri IV], decouverte en l'année 1604 » ; 3 « Remonstrances tres humbles des villes de Troyes, Chaalons, Laon, Guyse, Langres, Chaumont et Bar sur Aube au roy [Henri III]... 1575 » ; 4 « Remonstrances faictes au roy [Henri III] par les habitans de la ville de Paris... 1575 » ; 5 « Lettres patentes du roy HENRY III, par lesquelles le Sr... Jacques... de Coucy est remis en sa bonne fame et renommée, nonobstant les procedures faictes contre les Srs de Vervins et mareschal du Biez, ses pere » et beau-père. « Donné à Paris, au mois de septembre... 1575 » ; 6 Lettre de « HENRY [III]... à Valois, herault d'armes... Escrit à Paris, ce 24e mars 1576 » ; 7 Lettre de FRANÇOIS DE FRANCE, duc D'ALENÇON, « au roy » Henri III, son frère. « Septembre 1575 » ; 8 « Lettre du roy... HENRY [III] à la noblesse de son royaume, sur la sortie de la cour de [François, duc d'Alençon], frere de Sa Majesté. Du 16 septembre 1575 » ; 9 « Declaration et protestation que [FRANÇOIS, duc D'ALENÇON] fit, lorsqu'il prit les armes... Donné à Dreux, le 17e jour de septembre 1575 » ; 10 « Lettre de [FRANÇOIS, duc D'ALENÇON]... à messieurs de la cour de parlement, apres son partement de la cour, se retirant à Angers... 1575 » ; 11 « Articles de la trefve accordez entre [Catherine de Médicis] et son fils [François, duc d'Alençon], sous le bon plaisir et volonté de Sa Majesté... Faict à Marignan, le 8e jour de novembre 1575 » ; 12 « Traicté de la negociation de... Catherine » de Médicis « avec... François [duc d'Alençon]... Faict à Champigny, le 21e jour de novembre... 1575 » ; 13 « Lettres de cachet du roy HENRY III, pour la convocation des Estats à Blois... Donné à Paris, le VIe jour du mois d'aoust... 1576 » ; 14 « Lettres de cachet du roy HENRY III au prevost des marchands et eschevins de la ville de Paris, sur la convocation des Estats à Blois... Donné à Paris, le 2e jour de septembre 1576 » ; 15 « Edict de creation des greffiers du conseil d'Estat... Donné à Paris, au mois d'octobre 1576 » ; 16 « Lettre du roy [HENRI III]... à monsieur de Mommorency,... Decembre 1576 » ; 17 « Declaration du roy... HENRY [III] pour le Sr de Bourigues, sur la mort du feu lieutenant La Haye de Poictiers, qu'il a executé par le commandement de Sa Majesté » ; 18 « Articles de l'association de Paris faicte en 1577 » ; 19 « Acte par lequel il apert que... FRANÇOIS [duc D'ALENÇON], frere du roy, fut en la chambre de la noblesse aux Estats de Blois offrir sa vie et ses biens pour le service du roy et de l'Estat... 30e janvier 1577 » ; 20 « Ligue de l'eglise et clergé du baillage de Troyes, du 22e mars 1577 » ; 21 « Responce des Estatz de Normandie aux demandes du roy [Henri III]... Faict et arresté en la convocation des trois Estatz de Normandie, tenus à Rouen, le dix neufe jour de novembre 1578 » ; 22 « Requeste presentée au roy par les deputez de l'assemblée generale du clergé de France, faicte à Melun, au mois de juin 1579 » ; 23 « Articles concernans la reformation du clergé de France, presentez au roy, pour estre auctorisez par Sa Majesté, de la part des prelats et autres ecclesiastiques assemblez à Melun, le vint huictiesme aoust 1579 » ; 24 « Retentum de la cour des grands jours à Poictiers, au 19e septembre 1579 » ; 25 « Lettre de... FRANÇOIS [duc D'ALENÇON], frere du roy, à messieurs de la cour de parlement... Escrit à Alençon, le vingtiesme jour de may... 1581 » ; 26 « Extraict de l'histoire de [JACQUES-AUGUSTE] DE THOU, de l'an 1581, touchant la ligue ». En latin ; 27 « Deposition de... NICOLAS DE SALZEDE,... faicte en la presence de [François, duc] d'Alençon, frere du roy... le 22e de juillet 1582 » ; 28 Lettr de « NICOLAS DE SALZEDE » au duc d'Alençon ; 29 « Additions à la deposition [portée sous le n° 27]. tirées sur un autre original, estant au reste du tout conforme à l'autre » ; 30 « Discours de la mort de [Nicolas de] Salzede, adressé par le sieur... HIEROSME... ANGENOUST, lieutenant general à Sens, 1581 » ; 31 « Memoire du voiage et de la defaicte de monseigneur [Philippe] de Strossy » par la flotte espagnole. « 1582 » ; 32 « Harengue du roy HENRY III, prononcée à Sainct Germain en Laie, le vendredy 19 novembre 1583 » ; 33 « Harangue au roy Henry III, faicte par monseigneur [GUI DU FAUR] DE PIBRAC, pour le roy de Navarre, lorsque la royne de Navarre, sa femme, receut mauvais traictement au Bourg la Royne prez Paris, en janvier 1584 » ; 34 « Ce que Mr [POMPONNE] DE BELLIEVRE a dit au roy de Navarre pour luy persuader de reprendre la royne sa femme ». Août 1583 ; 35 « Response de [HENRI], roy de Navarre, au sieur de Bellievre, et les repliques dudict Sr de Bellievre » ; 36 « Lettre du roy HENRY III à monsieur de Bellievre,... Janvier 1584 » ; 37 « Declaration d'[ARMAND DE GONTAUT], mareschal DE BIRON, faicte à monseigneur le chancelier, le 8 avril 1584 » ; 38 « Lettre de... PAUL DE... FOIX [archevêque de Toulouse] au roy... De Rome, ce 23 avril 1584 » ; 39 « Remonstrances au roy, faictes par... Charles, cardinal DE BOURBON, et autres princes catholiques, unis pour l'extirpation de l'heresie » ; 40 « Traicté » de la ligue « faict à Joinville entre les princes unis, en decembre 1584 » ; 41 « Declaration des causes qui ont meu monseigneur le cardinal de Bourbon et les princes, pairs, seigneurs, villes et communeautez catholiques de ce royaume de France de s'opposer à ceux qui par tous moyens s'efforcent de subvertir la religion catholique et l'Estat... Donné à Peronne, le dernier jour de mars » 1585 ; 42 « Articles accordez entre le prince [Alexandre] de Parme et le Sr de La Noue,... Faict à Beure, ce 28e de juin 1585 » ; 43 « Lettre du pape SIXTE V,... au roy [Henri III]... Datum Romae, apud Sanctum Petrum, sub annulo piscatoris, die 27a aprilis 1585 ». En latin ; 44 « Propos tenus entre [Catherine de Médicis] et [Henri], roy de Navarre, le 26e decembre 1586 » ; 45 « Extraict d'une lettre escrite au roy Henry III par [JEAN DE VIVONNE], marquis DE PISANI, son ambassadeur à Rome, du 27 juillet 1587 » ; 46 « Advis de GABRIEL BARBISONUS, en la cause d'entre Antoine de Molinellis, procureur des dames filles d'Alexandre de Caponibus, contre le Sr procureur fiscal... Die Xa junii 1587 ». En latin ; 47 Relation « du voiage des reistres. 1587 » ; 48 « Lettre escrite au pape par monsieur DE LANSSAC, en aoust 1587 » ; 49 « Lettre du roy... HENRY [III] au sieur de La Houssaie, son maistre d'hostel... De Jargeau, ce 6e novembre 1587 » ; 50 Conversation entre Henri III et le théologal d'Orléans, qui avait prèché en chaire contre lui ; 51 Lettre de « F. PIEDEFER,... à monsieur de La Malmaison,... De vostre maison, ce 12e 9bre 1587 » ; 52 « Liste de ceux qui se sont trouvez morts en la bataille » de Coutras, « des prisonniers et blessez... Mardy 20e octobre 1587 » ; 53 « Harangue de M. FAYE, advocat du roy, sur la reception de M. d'Espernon en l'estat d'amiral de France, le XIe janvier 1588 » ; 54 « Aucuns Articles proposez en l'assemblée de Nancy, en janvier, pour estre arrestez en la generale du mois de mars prochain 1588 » ; 55 Lettre de « HENRY,... roi DE NAVARRE,... à monseigneur de Segur,... De St Jean d'Angely, ce 4e d'avril 1588 » ; 56 « Lettre du roy HENRY III à ceux de Paris, lors de son depart de ladicte ville, apres les barricades... Donné à Chartres, le 15e jour de may 1588 » ; 57 « Lettre de la cour de parlement au roy, lorsqu'il se fut retiré de Paris, apres la journée des barricades. Du 13e may 1588 » ; 58 Lettre des « gens tenans le parlement du roy... à nostre tres honnoré seigneur, Mre Philippe Hurault, chancelier de France... Escrit à Paris, en parlement, le 14e may 1588 » ; 59 « Harangue et proposition faicte au roy sur l'union de toute la noblesse catholique de France, presentée le vingt et uniesme jour de juillet 1588, par M. de Mande (sic), archevesque de Bourges » ; 60 « Acte qu'on faisoit signer à ceux qui entroient dans le party de la Ligue... Faict à Paris, le XIe jour de juin 1588 » ; 61 Lettre « du roy HENRY III à monsieur Rose,... De Paris, ce 16e jour de novembre... 1588 » ; 62 « Articles secrets de l'Union, de l'an 1588 » ; 63 « Extraict des registres de parlement, touchant le procez criminel faict contre frere Valerio de Faynis, dit L'Hermite. 1588 » ; 64 Lettre de « M. DE REVOL, secretaire d'Estat, à monseigneur le marquis de Pisani,... 1588 » ; 65 Lettre de JEAN DE VIVONNE, marquis de Pisani, au roi. 1588 ; 66 Lettre de HENRI III au marquis de Pisani, 1588 ; 67 Lettre de CLAUDE DE « LA CHASTRE au prevost des marchands de Paris... Le 9e decembre [1588], au camp de Montagu » ; 68 « Lettres patentes de declaration du roy [Henri III], contenant les causes de ce qu'il auroit faict à Blois, en la mort de messrs de Guyse, avec abolition de leurs complices... Janvier 1589 » ; 69 Lettre de HENRI III à l'évêque de « Limoges », janvier 1589 ; 70 Lettre de HENRI III au Sr de Vic. Blois, janvier 1589 » ; 71 Lettre de HENRI III aux habitants de Limoges, janvier 1589 ; 72 Lettre du roi HENRI III à « monsieur Du Perat », janvier 1589 ; 73 et 74 Deux lettres de JEAN DE VIVONNE, « marquis de Pisani, au roy » ; 75 Lettre du roi HENRI III à « monsieur de Sansac » ; 76 Lettre du roi HENRI III à « monsieur de Rodes » ; 77 Lettre du roi HENRI III à « monsieur de Savignac » ; 78 Lettre de NICOLAS BRULART « DE SILLERY au roy Henry III » ; 79 « Instruction qui fut envoyée au pape, au mois de janvier 1589, incontinant apres la mort de messieurs les princes catholiques » ; 80 « Lettre de [CHARLES DE LORRAINE], duc DE MAYENNE, au pape... 1589 » ; 81 « Instruction du doien Frison, envoyé vers Sa Saincteté par le duc de Mayenne et le conseil general des catholiques de France » ; 82 « Abregé d'un discours secret faict à la Saincteté, entre aucuns ses confidens, apres le depart de monsieur [l'évêque] de Paris, trouvé entre les papiers de feu l'advocat David » ; 83 « Liste de ceux du conseil general des quarante » ; 84 « Eslection et nomination faicte aux offices de procureur et advocats generaux en la cour des personnes de Me Edouard Molé, conseiller en icelle, et Mes Jean Le Maistre et Louis d'Orleans. Du samedy 21e jour de janvier 1589 » ; 85 « Le duc de Mayenne creé lieutenant general de l'Estat et couronne de France, du 7e mars 1589 » ; 86 « Reception dudict sieur duc de Mayenne en la dicte charge, du lundy 13e mars 1589 » ; 87 « Sauvegarde pour tous ceux qui iront en l'assemblë???e des Estats generaux, du mercredy 29e novembre 1589 » ; 88 « Reglement pour les lettres et expeditions durant la Ligue, du lundy 4 decembre 1589 » ; 89 « Interdiction du parlement de Paris et establissement d'iceluy à Tours... Le vingt troisiesme jour de mars 1589 » ; 90 « Extraict de l'arrest donné par messieurs du conseil de l'union des catholiques, estably à Paris, datté du 28 mars 1589 » ; 91 « Edict de la treve. entre le roy Henry III et le roy de Navarre, publié au parlement, seant à Tours, le 29e avril 1589 » ; 92 « Lettre escrite au roy par le sieur POICTEVIN, president au presidial, à Provins, du 26 juillet 1589 » ; 93 « Discours des entreprises des ligueurs sur la ville de Senlis » ; 94 « Confrairie du nom de Jesus » ; 95 « Articles accordez et jurez entre les confreres de la confrairie du sainct nom de Jesus, ordonnée en l'eglise St Gervais et St Prothais de la ville de Paris et autres eglises de la dicte ville, pour la manutention de la religion catholique et romaine » ; 96 « Serment des confreres du nom de Jesus » ; 97 « Reglement pour la societé et congregation du saint nom de Jesus, à Paris » ; 98 Lettre de « Mr DE FRESNES FORGET au roy... Du 17e juin 1589 » ; 99 Lettre de Mr DE FRESNES FORGET au roi. « De Bordeaux, ce IXe juillet 1589 » ; 100 Lettre de Mr DE FRESNES FORGET au roi, juin 1589 ; 101 « Informations faictes pour raison de la mort des duc et cardinal de Guise, 1589, 1590 » ; 102 « Ce que dist le pape [SIXTE-QUINT] en la presence des cardinaux, touchant l'assassinat et mort du cardinal de Guise. 1589 ». En latin

(Re)writing the other/self : autoethnography in the transcultural arena of representation

Abstract: In Imperial Eyes Mary Louise Pratt (1992: 7, emphasis original) defines autoethnography as "instances in which colonized subjects undertake to represent themselves in ways that engage with the colonizer's own terms ... in response to or in dialogue with . . . metropolitan representations." Although Pratt's conceptualization of autoethnography has much to offer post-colonial studies, it has received little attention in the field. In this thesis, I interrogate Pratt's notion of autoethnography as a theoretical tool for understanding the self-representations of subordinate peoples within transcultural terrains of signification. I argue that autoethnography is a concept that allows us to move beyond some theoretical dualisms, and to recognize the (necessary) coexistence of subordinate peoples' simultaneous accommodation of and resistance to dominant representations of themselves. I suggest that even when autoethnographic expressions seem to rely on or to reproduce dominant knowledges, their very existence as speech acts implicitly resists dominant discourses which objectify members of oppressed populations and re-create them as Native Informants. I use Pratt's concept to analyze two books by Islamic feminist sociologist Fatima Memissi. Memissi's Dreams ofTrespass and Scheherazade Goes West illustrate the simultaneity of accommodation and disruption evident in autoethnographic communication. Across the two books, Memissi shows herself renegotiating the discourses which discipline her (and her speech). She switches back and forth between the positions of reader and author, demonstrates the reciprocity of the disciplinary gaze (she looks back at her dominants, reading their own reading of her representation of her social group), and provides a model of autoethnographic dialogue.

Slackers, slashers and sticklers : Hollywood films and audience reception /

This thesis examines the processes through which identity is acquired and the processes that Hollywood :films employ to facilitate audience identification in order to determine the extent to which individuality is possible within postmodem society. Opposing views of identity formation are considered: on the one hand, that of the Frankfurt School which envisions the mass audience controlled by the culture industry and on the other, that of John Fiske which places control in the hands of the individual. The thesis takes a mediating approach, conceding that while the mass media do provide and influence identity formation, individuals can and do decode a variety of meanings from the material made available to them in accordance with the text's use-value in relation to the individual's circumstances. The analysis conducted in this thesis operates on the assumption that audiences acquire identity components in exchange for paying to see a particular film. Reality Bites (Ben Stiller 1994) and Scream (Wes Craven 1996) are analyzed as examples of mainstream 1990s films whose material circumstances encourage audience identification and whose popularity suggest that audiences did indeed identify with them. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson 2001) is considered for its art film sensibilities and is examined in order to determine to what extent this film can be considered a counter example. The analysis consists of a combination of textual analysis and reception study in an attempt to avoid the problems associated with each approach when employed alone. My interpretation of the filmmakers' and marketers' messages will be compared with online reviews posted by film viewers to determine how audiences received and made use of the material available to them. Viewer-posted reviews, both unsolicited and unrestricted, as found online, will be consulted and will represent a segment of the popular audience for the three films to be analyzed.

American Desi : representation and reproduction in diaspora /

This study explores ~ow South Asian diasporic film represents and reproduces South Asian identity in the diaspora. It commences with a review of the literature in cultural studies and post-colonial theory on identity in the diaspora. A textual analysis of three films: American Desi, Bollywood/Hollywood, and East Is East, helps frame the characteristics of South Asian diasporic film. Theoretical concepts of diaspora and identity are extended to this reading of the films. In-depth, open-ended, semi structured interviews were conducted with eight participants to test the validity of theoretical concepts through participants' own reading of American Desi. Findings indicate that while theoretical concepts of identity can be usefully applied at the level of the text, these perspectives do not always easily explain participants' interpretation of the film in relation to their everyday experiences.

Continuous hydride generation in the presence of L- cysteine for the determination of arsenic, bismuth, antimony and tin in steels by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry

Arsenic, bismuth, germanium, antimony and tin were simultaneously determined by continuous hydride generation and inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry . I Hydrides were introduced into four different types of gas-liquid separators. Two of the gas-liquid separators were available in-house. A third was developed for this project and a fourth was based on a design used by CET AC. The best signal intensity was achieved by the type II frit-based gas-liquid separator, but the modified Cetac design gave promise for the future, due to low relative standard deviation. A method was developed for the determination of arsenic, bismuth, antimony and tin in low-alloy steels. Four standard reference materials from NIST were dissolved in 10 mL aqua regia without heat. Good agreement was obtained between experimental values and certified values for arsenic, bismuth, antimony and tin. The method was developed to provide the analyst with the opportunity to determine the analytes by using simple aqueous standards to prepare calibration lines. Within the limits of the samples analyzed, the method developed is independent of matrix.

Heidegger's tragic Greeks : the relation between presence and deinon

Martin Heidegger's interpretation of the ancients was born out of something like a crisis in the interpretation of the Greeks, which can be characterized as nothing other than the realization of the idea that the Greek philosophers put a serious question mark over existence. This idea, which had its germination in Prussia with Jakob Burckhart and his teacher, but first came to be seriously cultivated in the Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, was the first in depth investigation into whether the Greeks, on the one hand, questioned existence or, on the other hand, put a question mark over existence. To question existence is rather innocuous, since it amounts to little more, in the end, than a child looking up at the stars and asking what it all means. To put a question mark over existence, however, is another business entirely. For the Greeks, as the life work of Martin Heidegger amply demonstrates, the nature of Greek thinking and the objects towards which it is directed follows so absolutely from the tragic view of the human person that, in a certain sense, philosophy is Greek and could only have developed in Greece. Perhaps stating it a little less categorically, philosophy could have developed elsewhere at least to the extent that something like they way the Greeks understood life was at the forefront: presence, in other words. This thesis deals with the problem ofHeidegger's relation to the Greeks, specifically in terms of his understanding of the Greeks and presence. It is the position of this dissertation that the Greek notion of presence is, as Heidegger understands it, the homeliness of the hearth that radiates through all the things that humans concern themselves with. This is thought by Heidegger, as the Greeks did, specifically in contrast with the uncanninesslunhomeliness of the hqrnan apart from his or her concern with things. Therefore, the thesis is an attempt at exposing the relation between presence and the unhomely by situating it withing Greek existence and the meaning of the Greek Philosopher. In order to support this position, the thesis has been divided into five parts. The first two chapters deal with Heidegger's explanation of the relation between Greek notion of physics (Phusis), metaphysics (specifically in relation to an analysis of time and motion in Greek thought), and what Heidegger calls the fundamental attunement of Dasein (boredom). More exactly, it deals with these issues only so far as they allow us to bring out something like the notion of 'presence' in relation to things and homelessness or restlessness in relation to the human being. The rationale for these two chapters in relation to the central problem of the paper is that in Heidegger's elucidation of physics and metaphysics, he conducts his analysis in such a way that he explicitly uncovers that dimension of human existence that he calls the fundamental attunement of Dasein. This fundamental attunement is, in tum, similar to what the Greeks understood as the deinon, the uncanninesslunhomeliness of the human. The third and fourth chapters take as their explicit themes the problem of the Greek understanding of the assertion and the ways in which the person can comport himlherself toward things, two issues which are not separable. The rationale for these two chapters in relation to the central theme of the paper is that Heidegger's analysis of these two areas in Greek thought brings out precisely why the philosopher and the philosophical way of life is the highest mode of existence for the Greeks and how this is thought specifically in tenns of the uncanniness of humans. The final cijapter gives a complete elucidation of presence as the homeliness of the hearth and shows specifically how this is thought of in contradistinction to the uncanny/unhomely for the Greeks. 1I1 This last chapter also explains Martin Heidegger's reaction to the Greek's interpretation of the highest mode of existence, and what he posited as a counter-thought. The essay as a whole is an attempt to fully concertize an important dimension of Heidegger' s understanding of the Greeks, that is, the relation between presence and the deinon or Greek notion ofunhomely, which, to my la)owledge, has not been offered anywhere in commentaries on Heidegger.

Kinetic and product studies for the oxidtion of organic sulfides and sulfoxides in the presence of transition metal complexes

Rates and products of the oxidation of diphenyl sulfide, phenyl methyl sulfide, p-chlorophenyl methyl sulfide and diphenyl sulfoxide have been determined. Oxidants included t-Bu02H alone, t-Bu02H plus molybdenum or vanadium catalysts and the molybdenum peroxo complex Mo0(02)2*HMPT. Reactions were chiefly carried out in ethanol at temperatures ranging from 20° to 65°C. Oxidation of diphenyl sulfide by t-Bu02H in absolute ethanol at 65°C followed second-order kinetics with k2 = 5.61 x 10 G M~1s"1, and yielded only diphenyl sulfoxide. The Mo(C0)g-catalyzed reaction gave both the sulfoxide and the sulfone with consecutive third-order kinetics. Rate = k3[Mo][t-Bu02H][Ph2S] + k^[Mo][t-Bu02H][Ph2S0], where log k3 = 12.62 - 18500/RT, and log k^ = 10.73 - 17400/RT. In the absence of diphenyl sulfide, diphenyl sulfoxide did not react with t-Bu02H plus molybdenum catalysts, but was oxidized by t-Bu02H-V0(acac)2. The uncatalyzed oxidation of phenyl methyl sulfide by t-Bu02H in absolute ethanol at 65°C gave a second-order rate constant, k = 3.48 x 10~"5 M^s""1. With added Mo(C0)g, the product was mainly phenyl methyl sulfoxide; Rate = k3[Mo][t-Bu02H][PhSCH3] where log k3 = 22.0 - 44500/RT. Both diphenyl sulfide and diphenyl sulfoxide react readily with the molybdenum peroxy complex, Mo0(02)2'HMPT in absolute ethanol at 35°C, yielding diphenyl sulfone. The observed features are mainly in agreement with the literature on metal ion-catalyzed oxidations of organic compounds by hydroperoxides. These indicate the formation of an active catalyst and the complexation of t-Bu02H with the catalyst. However, the relatively large difference between the activation energies for diphenyl sulfide and phenyl methyl sulfide, and the non-reactivity of diphenyl sulfoxide suggest the involvement of sulfide in the production of an active species.

Physical activity of children with developmental coordination disorder in the presence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder : does gender matter?

Baerg, S., Cairney, J., Hay, J., Rempel, L. and Faught, B.E. (2009). Physical Activity of Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder in the Presence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Does Gender Matter? Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, CANADA. Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) have difficulties in motor coordination. Attention-deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) is considered the condition most co-morbid with DCD at approximately 50%. Children with DCD are generally less physically active (PA) than their peers, while children with ADHD are often considered more physically active. It is not known if the physical activity patterns of children with DCD-ADHD resemble those of children with primarily DCD or that of their healthy peers. The primary objective of this research was to contrast physical activity patterns between children with DCD, DCD-ADHD, and healthy controls. Since boys are generally reported as more physically active than girls, a secondary objective was to determine if gender moderated the association between groups and physical activity. A sample of males (n=66) and females (n=44) were recruited from the Physical Health Activity Study Team (PHAST) longitudinal study. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children (2nd Ed.) was used to identify probable cases of DCD, and Connor's Revised Parent Rating Scale- Short Version to identify ADHD. Subjects (mean age=12.8±.4 yrs) were allocated to three groups; DCD (n=32), DCD-ADHD (n=30) and control (n=48). Physical activity was monitored for seven days with the Actical® accelerometer (activity count, step count and energy expenditure). Children completed the Participation Questionnaire (PQ) during the in-school session of data collection for the PHAST study. Height, weight and body mass index (BMI) were also determined. Analysis of variance showed significant group differences for activity count (F(2,56)=5.36, p=.007) and PQ (F(2,44 )=6. 71, p=.003) in males, while a significant group difference for step count (F(2,37)=3.55, p=.04) was found in females. Post hoc comparison tests (Tukey) identified significantly lower PQ and activity count between males with OCD and controls (p=.004) and males with DCD-ADHD and controls (p=.003). Conversely, females with DCD-ADHD had significantly more step counts than their controls (p=.01). Analysis of covariance demonstrated a gender by DCD groups negative interaction for males (activity count) (F(2,92):;:3.11, p=.049) and a positive interaction for females (step count) (F(1,92)=4.92, p=.009). Hyperactivity in females with DCD-ADHD appears to contribute to more physical activity, whereas DCD may contribute to decreased activity in males with DCD and DCDADHD. Further research is needed to examine gender differences in physical activity within the context of DCD and ADHD.

Quadtree representation and compression of spatial data

Spatial data representation and compression has become a focus issue in computer graphics and image processing applications. Quadtrees, as one of hierarchical data structures, basing on the principle of recursive decomposition of space, always offer a compact and efficient representation of an image. For a given image, the choice of quadtree root node plays an important role in its quadtree representation and final data compression. The goal of this thesis is to present a heuristic algorithm for finding a root node of a region quadtree, which is able to reduce the number of leaf nodes when compared with the standard quadtree decomposition. The empirical results indicate that, this proposed algorithm has quadtree representation and data compression improvement when in comparison with the traditional method.