Малко снимки от екскурзията ми до Шаштин и Скалица в западна Словакия, 16.08.2014.
Milu Sosa 10 септември 2014 г., 13:51 ч.
WOW that church is just amazing!!! the exterior and interior are breathtaking :) the town reminds me a little a bit about some small towns in Peru because of the red roofs, narrow streets, and ornamented architecture :) you look adorable in that picture! Thanks so much for sharing! And don't worry about taking your time for the Award post or even if you don't want to do it, you don't have to! I normally let them accumulate so I can do all of them at once and save myself some time but they take a long time to prepare so I completely understand. I just wanted to let you know how much I like your blog and hopefully bring traffic to it through the nomination! Have a great start to your week!
Lilli 10 септември 2014 г., 15:03 ч.
Andrey Shirokov 10 септември 2014 г., 16:53 ч.
tania littleprettymess 10 септември 2014 г., 17:50 ч.
Rebecca 10 септември 2014 г., 20:13 ч.
Looks like such a great place to visit! The building are so gorgeous! They have so much history and culture in each one! You look amazing in your traveling style!
Анонимен 10 септември 2014 г., 20:21 ч.
Анонимен 10 септември 2014 г., 22:01 ч.
I like the architecture and the cobble stone streets. Such a romantic place!
Cília CC 10 септември 2014 г., 23:00 ч.
June 10 септември 2014 г., 23:24 ч.
miss b 11 септември 2014 г., 11:26 ч.
Such a variety of beautiful architecture and the interior of the church is particularly attractive. Another place to add to my list!
sandy sandhu 11 септември 2014 г., 15:41 ч.
Pilar Ayuso 11 септември 2014 г., 16:49 ч.
Wow!! amazing pics!! really nice place!! kisses!!
Mehmet Nar 11 септември 2014 г., 19:30 ч.
Monica 11 септември 2014 г., 20:33 ч.
Wow. What a gorgeous church. That's something I love about Europe. Old, old, old and ornately beautiful structures that blow you away with their intricacy.
In addition to your top-notch photography skills, I must say, your travel style is awesome. Looks like they're easy wears that still look stylish. Did you pack light?
Stanislava E. 12 септември 2014 г., 12:56 ч.
Actually yes :) Thank you, Monica!
Helen* 11 септември 2014 г., 22:15 ч.
Kim Alston 12 септември 2014 г., 5:53 ч.
That cathedral is absolutely gorgeous!
Em 13 септември 2014 г., 11:32 ч.
Your pictures are amazing, those sights must have been so much more beautiful in person!


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According to our experience, posterior-based thoracic pedicle sub
According to our experience, posterior-based thoracic pedicle subtraction osteotomies represent a valuable tool in the surgical treatment of severe pediatric spinal deformities, even in revision cases. A dramatic correction of both the coronal and sagittal profile may be achieved. Mandatory the use of a pedicle screws-only instrumentation
and a continuous intra-operative neuromonitoring to obviate catastrophic neurologic complications."
"Chitinase 3-like 2 (CHI3L2) is one of the most overexpressed genes in selleck glioblastoma. Despite this, both the CHI3L2 gene and its protein product CHI3L2 are poorly characterized. Here we report the generation and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to CHI3L2 protein (CHI3L2 MAbs). Bacterially expressed 6 His-tagged full-length CHI3L2 was used as antigen. Spleen cells from immunized mice were collected and fused with SP2/0 myeloma cells. Hybridoma clones 2D3 and 4D2 producing high titer CHI3L2 MAbs were identified by enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and further examined for their activity with the CHI3L2 protein by Western blot analysis and immunoprecipitation. The 2D3 clone was chosen for
mouse inoculation and ascites formation. Antibodies derived from the ascitic fluid specifically recognized the recombinant CHI3L2 protein and strongly interacted with CHI3L2 in glioblastoma tissue lysate, as determined by Western blot analysis. NCT-501 Metabolism inhibitor The antibodies generated may be useful as a tool in various aspects of CHI3L2 investigation."
"Numbness and ulceration of the face, particularly erosion of ala of the nose, sometimes occur after sensory denervation in the territory of the divisions of the trigeminal nerve. The incidence is uncertain and usually follows surgical treatments for trigeminal neuralgia. Such condition is known as trigeminal trophic syndrome (TTS), although some authors believe it to be a special form of dermatitis artefacta. Trigeminal trophic syndrome most
commonly affects adults, after iatrogenic, vascular, viral, or neoplastic damage to the trigeminal nerve. We present a rare case of TTS in a 32-year-old woman who was referred to us with progressive numbness in the right upper and lower lip region."
"Purpose of review
To provide an overview selleck products of the current research on renal tissue ablation, highlighting novel ablation techniques and technologies.
As long-term data on renal radio frequency ablation (RFA) and cryoablation confirming their oncologic efficacy emerge, ongoing research aims at improving the treatment profiles of these techniques as well as developing novel methods for renal tissue ablation.
Although nephron-sparing surgery is the gold standard treatment for small renal masses confirmed malignant, ablative therapies are an option in elderly patients, who may be poor surgical candidates.
A 18-year-old male presented with multiple, skin-colored, pinhead
A 18-year-old male presented with multiple, skin-colored, pinhead to pea-sized, grouped, flat tapped, soft papules on the back. This skin lesion was found accidentally 3 years ago
with no symptom. Histologic findings revealed an acanthotic epidermis with thin elongated rete ridges and orthohyperkeratosis. In papillary dermis, fine collagen fibers were interspersed in an abundant ground substance that stained positively with Alcian blue at pH2.5. Herein the authors describe an unusual case of mucinous www.selleckchem.com/products/BI-2536.html nevus and review the relevant literature."
"Nepeta suavis Stapf. (Lamiaceae), one of the ignored species for testing biological activities, was studied. In present research, the Nepeta suavis fractions: chloroform (FC), ethyl acetate (FE) and aqueous (FW) were evaluated for
platelet aggregation, antiglycation, cytoxicity, and phytotoxicity. FE showed 65.60% antiglycation activity against the protein glycation while the other fractions showed less than 50% inhibitory potential. The FW inhibited arachidonic acid (AA) and platelet activating factor (acetyl-glyceryl-ether-phosphorylcholine, PAF) induced platelet aggregation. FE showed significant cytotoxicity against brine shrimp larvae with LD50 of 41.3 mu g/ml. Phytotoxic studies of FC, FE and FW against Lemna minor showed 77.5-100% inhibitory effects at 1000 mu g/ml. However, at lower concentration (10 mu g/ml) enhancing effects were observed DAPT in FC and FE, as compared to control. FW remained in a uniform pattern of inhibitory effects in all three concentrations (10,100 and 1000 mu g/ml). FE showed highest inhibitory activities
against formation of glycation, while FW showed significant inhibitory effects against platelet aggregation and Lemna minor. Both of these fractions are recommended for further study to identify and isolate active chemical compounds."
"Acral pseudolymphomatous angiokeratoma of children JQ1 (APACHE) is characterized by multiple angiomatous papules on the hands and feet in children. Here, we report a case of APACHE in a female patient followed up from 13 to 19 years of age with a dark red lesion on the center of the dorsum of the right thigh. Histologically, vacuolar alteration and exocytosis of lymphocytes, and specific dense cellular infiltration beneath the epidermis to the reticular dermis were found. On immunolabeling study, the lesion vessels were found to be positive for both the lymphatic endothelium-specific marker podoplanin and blood vessel-specific marker CD34. These findings suggested that APACHE is a type of vascular malformation."
"Paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) is a rare, life-threatening, autoimmune, mucocutaneous blistering disease associated with neoplasia. Both humoral and cellular immunity are involved in the pathogenesis of PNP. Characteristically, PNP has a diverse spectrum of clinical and immunopathological features. We retrospectively analyzed 12 Korean patients with PNP who were diagnosed between 1993 and 2011.
(C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc J Appl Polym Sci 119: 3051-3057,
(C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 119: 3051-3057, 2011″
"Electrical, magnetic and Mossbauer measurements have been carried out on La0.67-xEuxCa0.33MnO3 (x=0.21 and 0.29) for a comparative study of different grain size materials. The samples have been prepared through
sol-gel method and sintered at 700, 800, and 900 degrees C to achieve nanosized materials. All the prepared samples are found to be single phase having orthorhombic structure. The particle sizes are estimated through x-ray diffraction (XRD) by using the Debye-Scherrer's formulae and these sizes are further confirmed by transmission electron microscopy Nocodazole cell line (TEM) images. Eu-151 Mossbauer studies reveal that Eu is in 3+ charge state. The isomer shift and full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the Mossbauer peak decrease with the increase in particle size. Reduction in the grain size leads to drastic increase in electrical resistivity in all the samples. The typical metal-insulator transition (MIT) observed in x=0.21 bulk sample disappears with decrease in grain size while an external magnetic field of 8T restores AZD5363 the MIT. For x=0.29, the sample with the lowest grain
size does not show a field induced MIT whereas the samples with higher grain sizes show the field induced MIT. Hysteresis in field cooled cooling and warming selleck products cycles of magnetization measurements of x=0.21 system suggests that the decrease in grain size induces strong competition between the FM and AFM interaction. Interestingly, the combined effect of chemical pressure induced due to the additional rare earth doping and smaller grain size leads to a more stable AFM phase in x=0.29 system where no such hysteresis is observed in field cooled cooling and warming cycles of magnetization measurements. (C) 2010 American Institute
of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3517830]"
"This article illustrates a case of persistent trigeminal neuralgia in a medically compromised 65-year-old female who did not respond to pharmacotherapy. She had undergone several peripheral neurectomies as well as a failed right posterior fossa exploration that resulted in a cerebrospinal fluid leak. Persistent pain over the right external nasal area and right mental region was relieved for several hours after daily injections of bupivacaine. A trial of a single dose of 100 units of botulinum toxin type A (BOTOX) diluted in 2.5 mL saline was injected into the external nasal trigger zone (60 units) and to the mental nerve region (40 units). She achieved complete pain relief in the external nasal region for 5 months. Pain recurred and the site was again injected with 100 units of botulinum toxin type A (BOTOX). Pain relief at the mental region was partial. This was finally controlled with peripheral neurectomy.
So the present work was undertaken to validate its use in the tre
So the present work was undertaken to validate its use in the treatment of ulcerative colitis by using suitable scientific methods. Shade dried and coarsely powdered roots were subjected to successive
extraction with ethanol and water. The dried extracts (100 and 200 mg/kg) were screened for ulcerative colitis using the method acetic acid induced ulcerative colitis in mice. Macroscopical study of the colon, level of myeloperoxidase in colon and histopathology of the colon tissue were studied for the assessment of the activity. Results showed that aqueous extract was significantly effective in the treatment of ulcerative colitis at dose of 200 mg/kg. It can be concluded that the polar constituents of T. purpurea L. may be useful in the treatment of ulcerative colitis."
"Objective. New proposed definitions of chronic kidney disease Selleck ALK inhibitor necessitate
the development and use of simple and accurate methods for estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Plasma cystatin C has been shown to be a more reliable GFR marker than creatinine and formulae for estimating GFR have been reported. The purpose Sotrastaurin manufacturer of this study was to validate a cystatin C-based GFR prediction equation in a different population from the derivation set but using the cystatin C assay of a single laboratory, and to compare the results with that of the creatinine-based Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study equation. Material and methods. A newly presented formula based on plasma cystatin C and BMS-345541 research buy gender and the MDRD formula based on creatinine for estimation of GFR were validated in an unselective patient material. Single sample iohexol clearance was used as the GFR reference method in 406 consecutive patients with GFR varying from normal to poor renal function. The creatinine assay used was standardized to express true plasma creatinine. Results. Median bias
(1.1%) and accuracy (79.1% of the estimates within 30% of iohexol clearance) of the cystatin C formula were close to the derivation set. The accuracy was significantly higher than that of the original four-variable MDRD equation (73.2%; median bias 9.8%). However, the accuracy did not differ significantly from that of the re-expressed MDRD formula (79.6%; median bias 3.2%) based on true creatinine. Both formulae performed with a low bias and acceptable accuracy up to a GFR of 90 ml/min/1.73 m2. Conclusions. GFR estimation based on plasma cystatin C performed equally well in the validation as in the derivation set, and was as accurate as the re-expressed MDRD creatinine-based equation."
"Introduction BK virus (BKV) is an ubiquitous human polyomavirus that establishes latency in urothelium. BKV is known to re-activate in immunosuppressed individuals, and is an increasingly important cause of nephropathy and graft loss in kidney transplant recipients. Animal studies have demonstrated BKV has a potential role as a tumor virus. However, its role in precipitating or facilitating oncogenesis in humans is still debated.
Subjects with CF had a higher %ucOC with low [45% (10%, 76%)] and
Subjects with CF had a higher %ucOC with low [45% (10%, 76%)] and medium [41% (3%, 66%)] supplement intakes but not with a high supplement intake [16% (4%, 72%)] compared with healthy subjects [23% (0%, 43%); both P < 0.05]. Supplementation
group for males and females and 25(OH)D and age for males were significant predictors of vitamin K status.
Conclusions: Vitamin K status was often suboptimal despite routine supplementation. Only subjects taking high-dose vitamin K achieved a status similar to healthy subjects, and only the vitamin K supplementation dose predicted vitamin K status for males and females. These data suggest that higher doses TH-302 supplier of vitamin K are required. Am J Clin Nutr 2010;92:660-7."
plasma treatment was performed on fluorine-doped tin oxide (SnO(2):F) front electrodes, and its impact on the performance of pin type amorphous Si (a-Si) solar cells was investigated. Nitrogen plasma treatment reverses the surface band bending of SnO(2):F from accumulation to depletion, thus in turn reversing the band bending of the p type amorphous silicon carbide (p-a-SiC) window layer. The reversal of band bending leads to the collection of carriers generated in p-a-SiC, and quantum efficiency in the short wavelength regime is thereby enhanced. On the other hand, surface depletion of SnO(2):F causes a reduction of the diode built-in voltage and increased series resistance, which could degrade the open circuit voltage (Voc) and fill factor (FF), the degradation of which is strongly affected by the deposition time of check details p-a-SiC. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3572262]"
"We have investigated the optical properties of poly [2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene] containing oxadiazole in backbone (MEH-OPPV) in dilute tetrahydrofuran solution and solid solution
films. There is a large dihedral angle between the two adjacent monomer units in MEH-OPPV, which restrains interchain interactions and destroys the conjugation of the polymer to result in blue shifted absorption and emission spectra. The red shifted photoluminescence (PL) peak is continuously changed in the solid solution films with increasing the concentration of MEH-OPPV. Comparison with the GDC-0994 chemical structure dilute solution, an obvious shoulder peak at 465 nm is found in the UV-vis absorption and PL excitation (PLE) spectra of the MEH-OPPV film. The intensity of the PLE shoulder at 465 nm is increased with the concentration of MEH-OPPV in the solid solution films, which is connected with the aggregation of the MEH-OPPV chains. The interchain interactions are restrained and the p-stack aggregates of the polymer chains can not form in the MEH-OPPV due to the large dihedral angle, and then the interchain species are effectively suppressed in the MEH-OPPV films. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
"FeCo epitaxial films were prepared on MgO (100), MgO (110
"FeCo epitaxial films were prepared on MgO (100), MgO (110), and MgO (111) substrates by ultrahigh vacuum molecular beam epitaxy. FeCo thin films with (100), (211), and (110) planes parallel to the substrate surface grow on respective MgO substrates. FeCo/MgO interface structures are studied by high-resolution cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy and the epitaxial selleck chemicals growth mechanism is discussed. Atomically sharp
boundaries are recognized between the FeCo thin films and the MgO substrates where misfit dislocations are introduced in the FeCo thin films presumably to decrease the lattice misfits. Misfit dislocations are observed approximately every 9 and 1.4 nm in FeCo thin film at the FeCo/MgO
(100) and the FeCo/MgO (110) interfaces, respectively. X-ray diffraction analysis indicates that the lattice spacing measured parallel to the single-crystal substrate surfaces are in agreement within 0.1% with those of the respective bulk values of Fe50Co50 alloy crystal, showing that the FeCo film strain is very small. The magnetic anisotropies of these epitaxial films basically reflect the magnetocrystalline anisotropy of bulk FeCo alloy crystal. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3067854]"
"Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) represent about 25% of all primary pancreatic cystic neoplasms and are increasingly recognized during the last two decades. They MEK162 datasheet are characterized by intraductal proliferation of neoplastic mucinous cells forming papillary projections into the pancreatic ductal system, which is typically dilated and contains globules of mucus. IPMNs may be multifocal and have malignant potential. Modern imaging is essential in establishing preoperative diagnosis and in differentiating different
subtypes of IPMNs (i.e., main-duct vs. branch-type disease). Endoscopic retrograde or magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography accurately LDN-193189 delineate the morphologic changes of the pancreatic ductal system. Endoscopic ultrasonography (usually used in conjunction with image-guided FNA and analysis of the aspirated material) is commonly used for differential diagnosis of IPMNs from other pancreatic cystic lesions. Surgical resection (usually anatomic pancreatectomy, depending on the location of the disease) is the treatment of choice. Total pancreatectomy may occasionally be required in selected patients, but is associated with formidable long-term morbidity. A conservative approach has recently been proposed for carefully selected patients with branch-duct IPMNs. Recurrences following surgical resection can be observed, especially in patients with multifocal disease or in the presence of underlying malignancy. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Both anti-HCV
and HCV RNA were negative at all times in r
and HCV RNA were negative at all times in remaining 123 patients (control group).
Liver biopsy was performed in 31 of 47 patients in pre-RT and 24 of 27 in post-RT HCV group after RT. Duration of follow-up was similar in all groups with a mean of 7.1 +/- 4.0 yr. Ascites and encephalopathy were seen in only post-RT HCV group (22%). Histological grade (6.5 +/- 2.7 vs. 4.1 +/- 1.4) and stage (2.0 +/- 1.5 vs. 0.8 +/- 0.8) was significantly severe in post-RT HCV group (p < 0.01). Three patients died due to liver failure in post-RT HCV group.
HCV infection acquired during or after RT shows a severe and rapidly GANT61 progressive clinicopathological course, which is significantly different from pre-transplant anti-HCV positive patients."
"Measurements of the deflection induced by thermal noise have been performed oil it rectangular atomic force microscope cantilever in air. The detection method. based oil polarization interferometry. call achieve a resolution of 10(-14) m/root Hz in the frequency range 1-800 kHz. The focused beam from the interferometer probes the cantilever at different positions along its length.
and the spatial modes' shapes are determined tip to the fourth resonance, without external excitation Results are in good agreement with theoretically expected behavior. From this analysis accurate determination of the elastic constant of the cantilever is also achieved. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3245394]"
Organ donor characteristics can be used to predict outcomes in kidney selleck screening library transplantation. We hypothesized that pancreas donation status could reflect organ quality and be predictive of kidney graft outcomes following Standard Criteria Donor (SCD) kidney transplantation.
We performed a retrospective analysis of deceased donor kidney alone (DD KA) transplants reported to SRTR from 1992 to 2005. Group 1 = kidney alone recipients from pancreas donors (KA, P+) and Group 2 = kidney alone recipients from non-pancreas donors (KA, P-). We compared patient and graft
survival between groups at 10-yr post-transplant.
Group 1 (KA, P+) comprised JPH203 cost 19 633 (20%) recipients and Group 2 (KA, P-) comprised 78 737 (80%) recipients. Ten-yr graft survival for Group 1 vs. Group 2 was 42.6% and 36.9% (p < 0.0001), respectively. Pancreas donation status (non-pancreas donor) was associated with a hazard ratio for graft loss of 1.23 on univariate analysis (p < 0.0001), and KA, P-remained an independent risk factor for graft failure at 10 yr, HR 1.09 (p < 0.0001).
Donor pancreas donation status is an independent predictor of improved outcomes of SCD kidney recipients. Further study of the pancreas organ donor pre-procurement is warranted to optimize not only pancreas utilization but also kidney graft outcomes.
A total of 46 rats were divided into two groups-normotensive grou
A total of 46 rats were divided into two groups-normotensive group (n = 18) and spontaneously hypertensive group (n = 28). To induce ICH, we delivered 2 mu L of collagenase solution (0.1 U/1 mu L normal saline) into the striatum. Each animal's brain was removed 24 h post-surgery for spectrophotometric hemoglobin assay. Equal or unequal variance t tests were performed to assess changes in variables between the hypertensive and normotensive groups. Tissue analysis revealed a statistically significant MGCD0103 cell line difference in optical density percent change at 540-nm wavelength for the hypertensive vs. the normotensive group
(261.47 +/- 103.68 and 133.33 +/- 58.53, p < 0.0001, respectively). As compared to the normotensive rats, hypertensive rats exhibited a higher neurological deficit, loss of balance and coordination, and loss of motor function. Our results demonstrated that hypertensive rats had significantly higher amounts of
hemorrhage in comparison to normotensive ones. These findings support the need for further adequately powered studies to investigate differences in amount of hematoma and corresponding functional impairments due to ICH among hypertensive vs. normotensive rats."
"A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery PF-00299804 Protein Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor was written according to the structured protocol. The question addressed was about the best time to restart anticoagulation in patients with intracranial bleed with a prosthetic valve in situ. This difficult clinical decision has to balance the risk of thromboembolism during the period that the anticoagulation was reversed and later withheld vs the risk of haematoma expansion or rebleed if the
anticoagulation was started early. Altogether, more than 80 papers were found using the reported search, of which 10 represented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. There were two prospective studies and eight retrospective studies. There were no randomized controlled trials on this topic. The authors, journal, date and country Bafilomycin A1 price of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes and results of these papers are tabulated. Seven studies reported the strategy of reversal of anticoagulation with vitamin K, fresh frozen plasma or prothrombin concentrate. The emphasis was on prompt initial reversal of anticoagulation; however, the best agent for reversal was not defined. Four studies dealt exclusively with intracranial bleed in patients with prosthetic valve in situ. The remaining six studies on intracranial bleed had only a subset of patients with a prosthetic valve in situ. The anticoagulation was restarted with heparin and later switched to oral anticoagulant. Thromboembolic events during the period of reversal and cessation of anticoagulants were low (5%) as was the incidence of rebleed or haematoma expansion (0.5%).
Results obtained in the present study indicate that B subtilis L
Results obtained in the present study indicate that B. subtilis LS 1-2 can be used as a growth promoter in broiler diets and can improve intestinal microbial balance and gut health of broilers. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved."
"Macroporous temperature-sensitive polyN-[3-(dimethylaminopropyl)] methacrylamide hydrogels were synthesized by free-radical crosslinking polymerization of the monomer N-[3-(dimethylaminopropyl)] methacrylamide and the crosslinker N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide in aqueous solutions at 22 degrees C. Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) with a molecular weight of 1000 g/mol was used as the pore-forming agent during the polymerization reaction. The selleck screening library concentration of PEG in the polymerization
solutions were varied between 0 and 18 wt %, whereas the crosslinker (N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide) concentration was fixed at 2 wt % (with respect to the monomer). The effects of the PEG concentration on the thermo-induced phase-transition behavior
and the chemical structure, interior morphology, and GPCR Compound Library swelling/deswelling kinetics were investigated. Normal-type hydrogels were also prepared under the same conditions without PEG. An interesting feature of the swelling behavior of both the normal-type and macroporous hydrogels was the reentrant phase transition, in which the hydrogels collapsed once and reswelled as the temperature was continuously increased. Scanning electron micrographs revealed that the interior network structure of the hydrogels prepared in PEG concentration in the polymerization solution. This more porous matrix provided numerous water channels for water diffusion in or out of the matrix and, therefore, and improved responsive rate to external temperature change during the deswelling and swelling INCB018424 order processes. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 113: 547-552, 2009″
"Electronic structure calculations are used to investigate the stability of fluorine-vacancy (F(n)V(m)) clusters in germanium (Ge). Using mass action analysis, it is predicted that the F(n)V(m) clusters can remediate the concentration of free
V considerably. Importantly, we find that F and P codoping leads to a reduction in the concentration of donor-vacancy (DV) pairs. These pairs are responsible for the atomic transport and the formation of D(n)V clusters that lead to a deactivation of donor atoms. The predictions are technologically significant as they point toward an approach by which V-mediated donor diffusion and the formation of inactive D(n)V clusters can be suppressed. This would result in shallow and fully electrically active n-type doped regions in Ge-based electronic devices. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3224900]"
"The aim of this investigation was to evaluate whether, in the nutritional management of commercial feedlots, copper (Cu) supplementation is justified to maintain the physiological requirements.
Under optimal conditions, epsilon-PL production reached 37 6 g/l,
Under optimal conditions, epsilon-PL production reached 37.6 g/l, which was 6.2 % greater than in a previous study in which glucose and glycerol co-fermentation was performed without added l-lysine (35.14 g/l). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report Proteases inhibitor of the enhancement of epsilon-PL
production through l-lysine feeding to evaluate the use of fermenters. Meanwhile, the role of l-lysine in the promotion of epsilon-PL production, participating epsilon-PL synthesis as a whole, was first determined using the l-[U-C-13] lysine labeling method. It has been suggested that the bottleneck of epsilon-PL synthesis in Streptomyces sp. M-Z18 is in the biosynthesis of precursor l-lysine. The information obtained in the present work may facilitate strain improvement and efficient large-scale epsilon-PL production."
"Cirrhosis represents a serious risk in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Several preoperative factors identify cirrhotic patients as high risk for cardiac surgery; however, a patient's preoperative status may be modified by surgical intervention and, as yet, no independent postoperative mortality risk factors have been identified in this setting. The objective of this study was to identify preoperative and postoperative mortality risk factors and the scores that are the best predictors of short-term risk.
Fifty-eight Z-VAD-FMK molecular weight consecutive cirrhotic patients requiring cardiac surgery between January
2004 and January 2009 were prospectively studied at our institution. Forty-two (72%) patients were operated on for valve replacement, 9 (16%) for a CABG and 7 (12%) for both (CABG and valve
replacement). Thirty-four (58%) patients were classified as Child-Turcotte-Pugh class A, 21 (36%) as class B and 3 (5%) as BAY 73-4506 ic50 class C. We evaluated the variables that are usually measured on admission and during the first 24 h of the postoperative period together with potential operative predictors of outcome, such as cardiac surgery scores (Parsonnet, EuroSCORE), liver scores (Child-Turcotte-Pugh, model for end-stage liver disease, United Kingdom end-stage liver disease score) and ICU scores (acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II and III, simplified acute physiology score II and III, sequential organ failure assessment).
Seven patients (12%) died in-hospital, of whom 5 were Child-Turcotte-Pugh class B and 2 class C. Comparing survivors vs non-survivors, univariate analysis revealed that variables associated with short-term outcome were international normalized ratio (1.5 +/- 0.24 vs 2.2 +/- 0.11, P < 0.0001), presurgery platelet count (171 +/- 87 vs 113 +/- 52 l nl(-1), P = 0.031), presurgery haemoglobin count (11.8 +/- 1.8 vs 10.2 +/- 1.4 g dl(-1), P = 0.021), total need for erythrocyte concentrates (2 +/- 3.4 vs 8.5 +/- 8 units, P < 0.0001), PaO2/FiO(2) at 12 h after ICU admission (327 +/- 84 vs 257 +/- 78, P = 0.

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Abstract: Philosophical work with children – which I take as an encompassing and slightly more descriptive phrase to cover a range of educational activities with children and young people in which philosophy plays a role – occupies a rather unique place in the contemporary curriculum and the modern school in many countries around the world. It not just provides a breath of fresh air, but also acts as a reminder that there is more to education than where policy makers and politicians keep wanting to push it, and also that education ought to be more than this. But the question I wish to ask is whether it is enough. In this paper, I I'll share some of my observations about my experiences with philosophical work with children and young people, not to pass any judgement on this. Perhaps the best way to 'read' my argument is to see it as the sharing of a question – a question relevant for all educational projects, programmes, endeavours and practices, and hence also relevant for philosophical work with children and young people. The question I raise is how particular educational practices, settings and arrangements position the child in and in relation with the world. What kind of subject positions are, in other words, made available in and through particular arrangements and what kind of opportunities does this create for children and young people to 'work' on their existence as a grown-up, non-egological subject: in the world but not in the centre of the world.


New edition in 2-colour, computer composed print.
The text of al-'Aqa'id al-Nasafiyyah is in red throughout, as well as at the end of the book as an appendix. Includes the hashiyah 'Aqd al-Fara'id 'ala Sharh al-'Aqa'id by Shaykh Muhammad 'Ali.


Turn Auckland's Harbour Bridge into a giant interactive lightshow synchronized to music chosen by you. Just request a song and it could make it onto the playlist. Watch it live on your mobile, or at one of the great locations around the harbour.
It's playing live every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 8pm until 11.30pm, from 12 March to 25 April.
It's all part of our celebration of Auckland's 175th Anniversary. Enjoy.


An Australian man has been found guilty of murdering six people and injuring 27 others in a vehicle attack in Melbourne.
James Gargasoulas deliberately drove his car into pedestrians along Bourke St in the city centre in January 2017.
The 28-year-old had pleaded not guilty to the attack, arguing that he was in drug-induced psychosis at the time.
A jury rejected his defence on Tuesday after deliberating for less than an hour.
The attack claimed the lives of Yosuke Kanno, 25, Matthew Si, 33, Jess Mudie, 22, Thalia Hakin, 10, Bhavita Patel, 33, and three-month-old Zachary Bryant.
Bourke St was also the scene of an unrelated stabbing attack on Friday that left one victim dead and two others injured.
During his trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Gargasoulas testified that he had received a premonition from God directing him to carry out the attack.
Justice Mark Weinberg said although Gargasoulas suffered from mental health problems, they could not be used as a defence.
He will be sentenced in a court hearing at a later date.


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Ohio Woman Buried Mom In Yard, Collected 14 Years Worth Of Government Checks
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An Ohio woman who buried her mom in her yard is now facing jail time.
Authorities in Columbus, Ohio say a woman who buried her mother in her yard – and hid her death to collect 14 years of government checks – has been sentenced to 30 days in prison.
The Columbus Dispatch reports Marrietta resident Patricia Hodges, age 65, was also sentenced to six months of house arrest after her prison stay and ordered to pay back more than $141,000.
The investigation began in 2011 when Social Security officials decided to physically check in on Janet Kelly to be sure that she was the one collecting the checks.
It has not be reported what exactly prompted their curiosity; however, it was during this visit that Hodges told them her mother was on a cruise.
One day after her visit from the government officials, Hodges confessed to authorities that her mother had passed away in 1997 at the age of 88 and that she had buried her in the yard of the Lake Worth, Florida home they both shared. Kelly's body was recovered in 2012.
Hodges admits she had kept her mother's death – which she claims was from "natural" causes – a secret in order to collect the government checks.
Court documents explain that Hodges kept her dead mother's checks to support herself after being left by her husband and having no other income. She did not, however, discuss why chose not to inform anyone of her mom's passing.
"All I can say is: Sorry," she offered the court.
In 2012, on the day that investigators uncovered Kelly's body, Hodges and her husband, Marvin, were both charged with growing marijuana. Her husband was sentenced to eight months in prison. At that time, no charges concerning the buried body were laid.
In December 2011, Hodges herself was sent to a state prison for six months after a pot-growing operation was found in her home.
During her most recent court appearance, Hodges, who has at least five criminal convictions under her belt, argued that she was too sick and old for prison. Suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, she asked for a one day sentence, followed by house arrest. Hodges also has lung cancer, which is in remission.
She also claimed if she was not sent to prison, she would go back to school to obtain a college degree with the future goal of paying back the stolen government funds.
What do you believe the sentence should be for someone who buried their mom in their yard to collect Social Security checks?
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Psychometric Assessment of the Yale–Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale—Second Edition
Samira Masumian1,	Abouzar Nouri Talemi2,3,	Hooman Yaghmaeezadeh1,	Mahbobeh Keshtkar4,	Zeinab Bahram Beigi5,	Ali Asghar Asgharnejadfarid1* and Sahel Simiyari6
*Correspondence: Ali Asghar Asgharnejadfarid, Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran, Email:
Objectives: The aim was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the Yale–Brown Obsessive- Compulsive Scale—Second Edition.
Method: The sum of 150 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was selected via convenient sampling. Data gathering was done using Yale–Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale—Second Edition (Y-BOCS-II), Symptom Checklist-90- Revised (SCL-90-R) and Vancouver Obsessional Compulsive Inventory (VOCI). Reliability coefficients were calculated by Cronbach's alpha and test-retest reliability. For validity assessment, concurrent criterion-related validity in correlation with VOCI and SCL-90-R, and construct validity (Confirmatory factor analysis) were executed.
Results: The results showed that the severity factors and the previous symptoms of the second edition have a satisfactory reliability. In general, in examining the previous symptoms, the Yale-Brown checklist was significantly more reliable than the present symptoms, and all factors had acceptable reliability. Also, the results indicate a high correlation between the present and the old scale. The study of past symptoms and the intensity scale without fit was necessary, but the examination of the present symptoms after the removal of the two items of counting and hoarding with factor load was acceptable and the fittings confirmed the 3-factor model.
Conclusion: The results supported satisfactory validity and reliability of translated of using Yale–Brown Obsessive- Compulsive Scale—Second Edition for research and clinical diagnostic applications.
Yale–brown obsessive-compulsive scale, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Reliability, Validity, Assessment
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is defined by images, thoughts and repetitive and disturbing impulses that cause significant distress (for example, obsessions), and then actions or thoughts (for example, compulsions) with the aim of reducing distress [1]. OCD usually results in serious damage to the function at job and other functions in the society or at home. Often OCD is a chronic disorder, and complete symptom relief is rare [2]. The annual outbreak of OCD in various cultures is estimated to be 1.1% to 1.8% [3], and the prevalence of OCD in the Iranian population was 1.8% [4]. Usually the age of the onset of the disorder is before the age of 10 years and after the age of 17 years [5]. Hence, accurate diagnosis and evaluation, and then the treatment of this disorder are important.
Y-BOCS [6] is a semi-structured interview to assess the severity of obsessions and compulsions, regardless of the number and content of contemporary obsessions and compulsions. Unlike other questionnaires in this area, YBOCS had a high sensitivity to therapeutic variations and is widely used to assess the effectiveness of OCD's therapeutic and psychological therapies, as the 'gold standard' assesses the severity of OCD symptoms at the end treatment is well-known [7]. Woody et al. [8] reported the good reliability of the evaluators and the Y-BOCS testretest to assess changes in symptoms in the OCD and not to other anxiety disorders, as well as to depression. Esfahani et al. [9] evaluated the reliability and validity of the previous version of the Yale-Brown Compulsive Compulsive Scale. The internal consistency of the two parts of the sign index (SC) and the severity scale (SS) was 0.95 and 0.97, the split-half reliability for SC and SS were 0.89 and 0.9 respectively, and the test-retest reliability was 0.99. The researchers showed between SC with SCL-90-R-OCS and SS with Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-I (SCID-I) positive correlation of p<0.001 and in the Confirmatory Factor Analysis for SC and SS, respectively, were three and two factors, respectively.
On the other hand, the second edition of the Yale-Brown (Y-BOCS-II) checklist is different in some ways from the first version of this test: (1) 'Obsessive Compulsive' (Article 4) with Obsessive Spacing'; (2) all items have been placed in a 5-point Spam (0-4) and 6 Spot (0-5) Likert Spectrum, (3) the evaluation of avoidance behavior has been emphasized, and (4) Changes in content and template checklist templates have been created. The advantage of the second edition and the value of the first version of this test for the diagnosis of OCD disorder indicate the importance of evaluating the reliability and validity of the second edition in Iranian culture.
Since in Iran, the second version of this scale has not been investigated and considering the importance of this scale for evaluating patients with OCD and also for evaluating the outcome of therapeutic and nonpharmacological treatments, the purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the YBOCS- II transcription version.
The present study was descriptive-survey and crosssectional. The statistical population of the study included all patients with OCD referring to Tehran Psychiatric Institute and psychiatric clinics. Among them, 150 people were selected. Patients referred to in the initial interview by psychiatrists were originally evaluated by Research colleagues by Structured clinical interview for DSM-5 disorders, clinician version (SCID-5-CV) for definitive diagnosis, followed by those who had inclusion criteria and they were willing to participate in the research, after expressing the secrecy principle to complete the Yale- Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale-Second Edition, the Psychological Disorders Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R) and Vancouver Obsessional Compulsive Inventory (VOCI). The criteria for entering patients include the following: lack of psychiatric disorders and substance use disorders, minimum education cycle, age 18 years to 65 years.
Variables such as drug type, Severity of OCD, Time of obsess, type of obsess, socio-economic status, marital status, employment, and education are all considered as underlying variables.
The following tools were used to collect data:
• Demographic characteristics questionnaire: Personal information questionnaire including gender, age, education level, marital status and duration of the disease and history of the disease.
• Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale-Second Edition: The Yale Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale runs as a semi-structured interview and measures the severity and type of obsession. This scale includes the time spent, the degree of interference, the degree of discomfort, the degree of resistance and control, and observes the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive thoughts and obsessive compulsive behaviors [6]. The second edition of the Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Obligatory Check List (Y-BOCS-II) is different from the first version of this test: (1) 'obsessive compulsive' is replaced by 'obsessive distance'; (2) the entire item, they have been placed in a 5-point Likert scale (0-4) and 6-point (0-5), (3) the evaluation of avoidance behaviors has been emphasized, and (4) changes in the content and template checklists of the signs has been created. The results of reliability and validity of the test constructors showed that the second edition of this test is of high internal reliability (0.91) using Kuder Richardson method. The test-retest reliability was also high (0.85). The confirmatory factor analysis was not compatible with previous Y-BOCS models and Confirmatory Factor Analysis also showed a twofactor model consistent with the obsessivecompulsive intensity subscales [10]. The total score of Y-BOCS-II is the sum of the items 1 to 10, the spectrum=0 (no symptoms) to 50 (severe symptoms), while the total obsessive-compulsive subscale is respectively 1-5 and 6-10 respectively.
• Structured clinical interview for DSM-5 disorders, clinician version (SCID-5-CV): This tool is a semistructured clinical and diagnostic interview developed by First et al. to evaluate clinical disorders [11].
• Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R): This scale is provided by Derogatis et al., including 90 fivepoint questions from 0 to 4 [12]. The reliability of this questionnaire has been reported using the alpha coefficient and satisfactory rehearsal method. Regarding the validity of the questionnaire, different studies have the highest correlation for depression dimension of 0.73 and the least for fear of fears of 0.36. Anisi et al. [13] also showed the internal consistency of the Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the test sub-scales (0.75-0.92) and for the general index of the symptoms (0.98).
• Vancouver Obsessional Compulsive Inventory (VOCI): This questionnaire is a self-assessment tool for measuring a wide range of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, introduced by Thordarson et al. [14], to investigate broader range of obsessions, compulsions, avoidance behaviors and personality traits related to OCD. Questions are graded on a five-point Likert scale to enhance sensitivity to therapeutic changes. All questions refer to the patient's current concerns and behavior. This questionnaire has 55 questions and includes six sub-scales of contamination, checking, obsessive thoughts, hoarding, perfectionism/ precision and doubt. This questionnaire has shown internal consistency and test-retest reliability, concurrent, diagnosis, and constructs validity [14]. Izadi et al. [15] investigated the reliability and validity of the Persian version of the Vancouver Compulsive Compensation Questionnaire on the Iranian Society in 2012, and evaluated this tool in desirable characteristics.
Convergent validity was verified by correlation of the second edition of the Yale–Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale with SCL-90-R and VOCI. In order to assess the reliability of the second edition, the Yale-Brown was used with Cronbach's alpha and test-retest reliability. In the test-retest method, 30% of the patients who agreed to complete the test were re-evaluated in 2 weeks later. Finally, the data will be analysed through descriptive statistics, correlation analysis by SPSS version 19 and confirmatory factor analysis by Lisrel 8.8.
This study is a descriptive and correlational study. The data of 140 patients (35% male and 65% female) were analysed. The age range of subjects was between 20 years and 66 years, with an average of 38 years and a standard deviation of 10.89. 60.7% of the students were graduated or lower, 30.7% were college students and 8.6% higher. 29.3% of the subjects were single, 63.6% were married and 6.4% were divorced. 17.9% reported at least one chronic physical illness.
In order to assess the validity and reliability of the Yale- Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale-Second Edition, the first translation of this questionnaire should be provided in the first stage. For this purpose, two translators (translator 1 and 2), who were familiar with the field of psychology and test making, but have not yet seen the scale, independently translated Yale-Brown Obsessive- Compulsive Scale-Second Edition to Persian. Each translator provided a translation of the test items and a list of possible alternative translations. The translations were then extracted by a professor of psychology fluent in English with the original version of the test of data matching and translation.
The researchers then evaluated the quantitative validity of the questionnaire quantitatively in order to examine the hypothesis that the Persian version of the second edition of the Y-BOCS for the Iranian community is a comprehensible tool. For this purpose, the original translated version was provided to five psychologists and psychiatrists to evaluate the issues (such as compatibility of the text translated with the original text, the comprehensibility of the subjects and the order of the question). To reduce and eliminate inappropriate phrases and to determine the importance of each of the expressions, the quantitative effect of the item was used. First, for each of the 15 tool items, a Likert scale of 1 to 5 was considered, with a higher score indicating the importance of the item. After completing the questionnaire by experts, the formal validity of the item was calculated using the formula's effect method. The result of the effect of the item indicated that all questions had a score equal to or greater than 1.6, so all questions were included in the Persian questionnaire.
More than half of the subjects completed the SCL-90-ROCS and VOCI questionnaires, in addition to completing the second edition of the Y-BOCS. Again nearly 30% of the subjects completed the second edition of the Y-BOCS two weeks later.
Also, the present study evaluated the validity of the second edition of the Y-BOCS by verifying the confirmatory factor analysis using Lisrel software. Given that there is no general agreement among the structural equation modeling specialists on which of the fitness indicators provides a better estimate of the model, it is suggested to report a combination of 3 to 4 indicators. Consequently, in the present study and in line with the main validation studies of the second edition of the YBOCS checklist, among the absolute fitness indicators, the ratio of chi-square to degree of freedom (χ2/df), goodness-of-fit index (GFI) and The root mean square root of the estimate of approximation (RMSEA) and the difference between the comparative and comparative fitness indicators, the Tucker-Lewis fit index (TLI), or the non-normed fit indexes fit index (NNFI), as well as the comparative fitness index (CFI), were used (Table 1).
χ2
χ2/df
NNFI
RMSEA
SRMR
Now 119.76 116 0.386 1.03 0.91 0.99 0.99 0.015 0.06
Now. modified 81.74 87 0.639 0.94 0.93 0.99 0.99 0 0.06
Past 698.85 116 0 6.02 0.63 0.63 0.57 0.192 0.12
Intensity. modified 375.22 54 0 6.94 0.88 0.88 0.86 0.207 0.09
Table 1: Fitness indices confirmatory factor analysis models
In order to perform a factor analysis, it is necessary to ensure that the data is normal before any work. To do this, we examined the skewness and elongation of the items, none of which had more than 2 skewings and no more than 3 elongations. Therefore, all items were normal and entered into analysis.
The results of the confirmatory factor analysis by Lisrel software on the second edition of the Y-BOCS checklist showed that, although the 3-factor fitness indicators of the main makers in the study of symptoms are confirmed in the present but the two items of custody and storage were not t meaningful. By eliminating these two items, in examining the signs of the present, all items have an acceptable gain and fittings confirming the 3-factor model. However, the study of the past symptoms of the second edition of the Y-BOCS checklist revealed a lack of confirmation of the 3-factor model. The severity scale, which was derived from 14 Likert questions, also lacked fitness even by deleting 2 items 12 and 14. Figure 1 shows information on the factor load; the present symptom model now contains the Y-BOCS.
Figure 1. Factor loads and measurement errors new model 3 factors current symptoms Y-BOCS-II (OB: obsession (1. infection, 2. aggression, 3. religious, 4. sexuality, 5. symmetry, 6. hoarding and 7. other obsessions); CO: compulsion (1. washing, 2. checking, 3. ritual, 4. counting, 5. order, 6. hoarding and 7. other compulsions); AVOID: in three categories derived from exploratory factor analysis)
Based on the results of Figure 1, the path coefficients were between 0.20 and 0.62 and with a mean of 0.41. The highest path coefficient (0.62) belongs to the subscale of the others compulsions and the lowest path coefficient (0.20) belongs to the hoarding subscale. The results of Table 2 show, the average item load in the agents is between 0.37 and 0.44, which indicates the appropriate level of explanation for the obvious variables on the latent variables or the same factors. The intrinsic reliability of the checklist is poor, and only the general scale of the symptoms of the second edition of the YBOCS is acceptable. In examining the previous symptoms, the Y-BOCS checklist was significantly more reliable than the present symptoms, and all factors had acceptable reliability. The severity factors also showed good reliability.
Total Items in Scale
Means of load items
Means of Inter-correlations
Standard of Cronbach's alpha
NOW Obsession 7 0.37 0.21 0.65
Compulsion 5 0.44 0.33 0.71
Avoidant 3 0.43 0.3 0.56
Total 15 0.41 0.27 0.84
PAST Obsession 7 0.6 0.3 0.75
Compulsion 5 0.7 0.42 0.78
Avoidant 3 0.74 0.49 0.74
Intensity 12 0.73 0.46 0.91
Table 2: Internal reliability, mean of item load, and internal correlation
Table 3 examines the correlation of factors in the study of symptoms of the present and the past. As the results show, the correlation between the factors in the present and the past, and the factors of each version have a positive and strong correlation at a significant level of more than 0.01. To verify the signs' stability, the second edition of the Y-BOCS has been used test-retest method. To this end, 36 participants were interviewed again using a Y-BOCS on a 2-week interval. The Pearson correlation coefficient between the scores from the two runs in the version was 0.96 in all three factors, and in the past, for obsessions, compulsions, and avoidances were 0.95, 0.94 and 0.94 respectively, all of which had a significant level greater than 0.01. The correlation between the implementation of the severity scale also showed a correlation of 0.43 and a significance level of more than 0.01. Therefore, the results show a high correlation between the two tests and the result of the reliable and reliable retest reliability of the present and past versions and the intensity scale (Table 4).
NOW Obsession 10.96 5.11 0.4 0.19 1
Compulsion 9.5 4.38 0 -0.32 0.77** 1
Avoidant 4.24 2.53 -0.02 -0.95 0.64** 0.54** 1
PAST Obsession 10.99 5.84 0.23 -0.58 0.81** 0.71** 0.50** 1
Compulsion 9.31 5.1 0.06 -0.84 0.66** 0.86** 0.45** 0.79** 1
Avoidant 4.17 2.86 0 -1.24 0.55** 0.57** 0.80** 0.56** 0.67** 1
Intensity 33.36 12.53 0.27 -0.8 0.61** 0.55** 0.35** 0.66** 0.63** 0.42**
Table 3: Correlation between factors the Y-BOCS-II
Correlation between Run 1 and 2
Obsession 0.96** 0.95**
Compulsion 0.96** 0.94**
Avoidant 0.96** 0.94**
Intensity 0.43 -
Table 4: Correlation between the first and second implementation of the factors of the Y-BOCS-II
In order to investigate the convergent validity of the YBOCS second edition checklist was investigated with the Persian version of Vancouver Obsessional Compulsive Inventory (VOCI) (Table 5) and the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) (Table 6). As the results showed, there was a strong correlation between the second edition of the Y-BOCS checklist with VOCI and SCL-90-R. All of the relationships had a significant level of greater than 0.01 and only one factor was the avoidance factor in the signs of the Y-BOCS and the Hoarding factor in the VOCI (0.17) and the significance level was 0.04.
Indecisiveness
NOW Obsession 0.53** 0.66** 0.76** 0.34** 0.70** 0.55**
Compulsion 0.48** 0.63** 0.66** 0.41** 0.70** 0.53**
Avoidant 0.49** 0.52** 0.55** 0.17* 0.51** 0.33**
PAST Obsession 0.32** 0.55** 0.51** 0.37** 0.60** 0.37**
Avoidant 0.31** 0.47** 0.50** 0.34** 0.53** 0.43**
Intensity 0.46** 0.62** 0.57** 0.35** 0.68** 0.56**
Table 5: Correlation between the Y-BOCS-II scale factors with VOCI
Obsessive-Compulsive
Somatization
Psychoticism
Paranoid Ideation
Phobic Anxiety
NOW Obsession 0.58** 0.76** 0.68** 0.64** 0.76** 0.71** 0.58** 0.62** 0.72**
Compulsion 0.38** 0.52** 0.61** 0.52** 0.52** 0.57** 0.53** 0.53** 0.55**
Avoidant 0.44** 0.52** 0.48** 0.48** 0.51** 0.43** 0.50** 0.42** 0.47**
PAST Obsession 0.42** 0.54** 0.52** 0.39** 0.57** 0.47** 0.27** 0.47** 0.61**
Intensity 0.51** 0.57** 0.62** 0.36** 0.55** 0.57** 0.31** 0.60** 0.63**
Table 6: Correlation between the factors of the Y-BOCS-II scale factors with the SCL-90-R
In the study of internal factors, the results showed that the severity factors and the previous symptoms of the second edition have a satisfactory reliability. In general, in examining the previous symptoms, the Yale-Brown checklist was significantly more reliable than the present symptoms, and all factors had acceptable reliability. Also, the results indicate a high correlation between the present and the old scale. The study of past symptoms and the intensity scale without fit was necessary, but the examination of the present symptoms after the removal of the two items of counting and hoarding with factor load was acceptable and the fittings confirmed the 3- factor model.
Research by Storch et al. [10] referred to the findings of this study. In general, the dimensions of Y-BOCS-II-SC have a high internal stability and an appropriate stability rate within a short time. The results of reliability of the test constructors showed that the second edition of this test is of high internal reliability (0.91) using Kuder Richardson method. The confirmatory factor analysis was not compatible with previous Y-BOCS models and Confirmatory Factor Analysis also showed a two-factor model consistent with obsessive-compulsive intensity subscales.
Among the limitations of this study are the following: One of the limitations of the present study was the availability of sampling method and that it was carried out in a specific population of patients with obsessivecompulsive disorder, thus generalizing the results to other geographical areas and contexts should be treated with caution. On the other hand, considering that the patients were reassessed two weeks after the first evaluation, the longer term reliability of the questionnaire is unclear and it is suggested that further studies be evaluated over time in most patients. In sum, the results of this early study in Iranian society indicate the validity and reliability of the present scale, and clinical experts and therapists can use this scale to evaluate clinical outcomes, as well as clinical, therapeutic and research work.
We would like to thank all individuals who participated in the study. This research was conduct in Mental Health Research at the Iran University of Medical Sciences. We would also like to acknowledge at the Mental Health Research for financial support in the performancing study.
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1Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2Civil Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
3Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Rodehen Branch, Tehran, Iran
5Department of Clinical Psychology, Science and Research Branch of the Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
6Department of Psychology, Azad University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Citation: Samira Masumian, Abouzar Nouri Talemi, Hooman Yaghmaeezadeh, Mahbobeh Keshtkar, Zeinab Bahram Beigi, Ali Asghar Asgharnejadfarid, Sahel Simiyari, Psychometric assessment of the Yale-Brown obsessive-compulsive scale-second edition, J Res Med Dent Sci, 2019, 7(1): 216-221.
Received Date: Dec 03, 2018 / Accepted Date: Feb 22, 2019 /


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"Extreme Job" Becomes Fastest Comedy Film To Surpass 2 Million Moviegoers
by EuniceCha
The new film "Extreme Job" is making history at the Korean box office!
As of 8:38 p.m. KST on January 26, just three days after its premiere, "Extreme Job" officially reached a total of 2 million moviegoers and broke the record for fastest comedy film to hit the 2 million mark. The movie was released on January 23, meaning that it took "Extreme Job" just four days to reach the milestone.
Meanwhile, the previous record-holders, "Miracle in Cell No. 7" and "Miss Granny" (also known as "Suspicious Girl"), took six days to achieve the feat.
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"Extreme Job" also became the fastest comedy film to reach 1 million moviegoers the day before, on January 25.
Congratulations to the film's cast and crew!
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Sheetmetal Failures: Fracture or Necking?
Press shops endure many metalforming failures. Examples are die cracking, bearings running dry, press jammed on BDC, robots misplacing blanks, and punches wearing out prematurely. A complete list of possible failures would fill a book. In contrast, this month's topic covers a very narrow but sensitive failure found in most press shops—sheetmetal fracture or tearing caused by excessive stretching.
Two common forms of sheetmetal fracture are brittle and ductile. Fractures in glass, rocks and ice have the characteristics of brittle fracture. However, brittle fracture in sheetmetal forming is uncommon. A rare example would be a stamping that cracks when dropped on the floor because the chemistry, processing, microstructure and amount of cold work all interact just right to produce a brittle condition.
Instead, the more common brittle fractures in sheetmetal happen for specific metal chemistries when subjected to high impact loading at very low (-40 deg.) in-service temperatures. Unfortunately, too many statements are heard in press shops that deformation work hardens the steel so much that it becomes brittle and fails. Others will explain that high-strength grades or full hard tempers of sheet must be formed only once because the material already is so hard after the first hit that any added deformation makes it brittle and unable to withstand a second hit.
Work hardening increases the strength and hardness of the stamping while reducing the remaining stretchability. A second hit would require a very high force that most likely would initiate deformation in the least worked (lowest strength) area of the stamping and not at the desired location. However, exceeding the maximum allowable deformation would initiate a ductile fracture, not a brittle fracture.
The usual mode of stamping fracture is ductile fracture. The cross-sections through the sheet thickness in Fig. 1 illustrate the difference between brittle and ductile fracture. The brittle fracture (A) has no or very little localized plastic deformation surrounding the fracture. The fracture surface often occurs at a 45-deg. angle through the thickness of the sheet.
In contrast, the ductile fracture (B) has significant deformation and thickness reduction prior to the onset of fracture. One can visualize the ductile flow of material before the sheet actually tears. The resulting fracture surface has a cup and cone topography.
Fig. 1—Fracture profiles of brittle fracture (A) without any through-thickness thinning, and ductile fracture (B) showing extensive localized thinning.
The amount of deformation or strain that a material can withstand before ductile fracture is very difficult, if not impossible, to predict. Microstructure, grain size, inclusions, stress state, constraints, forming speed and many other factors control the onset of a ductile fracture.
Fortunately for press shops, the termination of useful deformation in most stampings is not the unpredictable ductile fracture. A local neck is the failure mechanism that terminates global stamping deformation. Local necking is defined as a narrow line of highly localized thinning with deformation across the neck but no deformation along the line of the thinning (Fig. 2A). The forming mode changes to a rigid sheet above and below the neck that move apart as the local neck thins and widens as total deformation force decreases. In a normal tensile-test sample (Fig. 2A), the local neck is angled about 55 deg. from the major loading axis. This is the angle along which the resultant strain is zero. As specimen width increases, the angle increases until the local neck eventually occurs perpendicular to the major strain direction. As the local neck develops, a high rate of straining occurs within the neck that eventually leads to ductile fracture (Fig. 2B).
Fig. 2—Schematic of a tensile-test sample (A) showing an angular local neck at the onset of fracture, and a stress-strain curve (B) with the local neck occurring just prior to the onset of specimen fracture.
The criteria for a local neck defined above for a tensile test remains the same when forming stampings in the press shop. However, the direction of the maximum strain, as well as widely varying gradients of strain that change throughout the stamping with the stroke of the punch, make the theoretical prediction of the onset of local necking almost impossible. However, metalforming studies over the last three decades have collected sufficient data to generate experimental curves that predict the maximum allowable stretchability. Called forming-limit curves or forming-limit diagrams, these important curves and their application will be the topic of the December column.
So far the discussion has focused on excessive stretching of sheetmetal. Other types of failures occur when sheetmetal is formed compressively. For small amounts of compressive deformation of thick sheets, the compressive direction becomes smaller as sheet thickness (and sometimes sheet width) becomes larger, according to the constancy of volume rule. When the amount of compression becomes too large for a given sheet thickness, the sheetmetal simply forms buckles as the least-energy mode of deformation.


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TEPCO proposes methods to dispose of treated water stored at Fukushima
TEPCO, Japan's largest power company group, has released a report which outlines two potential methods for disposing of water treated with multi-nuclide removal equipment, that is currently being stored at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published a review last week which concludes that the two options presented by TEPCO – discharge into the sea and vapour release – are technically feasible. Additionally, the methods are used routinely at operating nuclear plants around the worldwide, under specific regulatory authorisations based on safety and environmental impact assessments.
Following the 2011 tsunami at the nuclear power plant which led to the meltdown of three reactor units, the melted reactor cores continue to require cooling to remove excess heat. Due to damaged integrity of reactor vessels, radioactive water accumulates inside the reactor and turbine, for which TEPCO installed radioactive water treatment systems.
As of 12 March, the site stores 979 tanks containing a total of about 1.19m m3 of treated water. The water has been treated using TEPCO's advanced liquid processing system (ALPS), a multi-nuclide removal system which removes all radioactive substances excluding tritium – which releases weak radiation – and it has additionally been treated to remove strontium. Currently, there are a total of 1,005 tanks on site with more to be constructed by the end of 2020. The construction will increase the site's tank capacity to approximately 1.37m m3.
Of five options explored to dispose of the treated water, the report considers two of them – discharge into the sea, and vapour release – as "practical options, both of which have precedent in current practice. For discharge into the sea, the water would be further treated to reduce radioactive substances before it is diluted with seawater and released. To enable vapour release, water would also receive secondary treatment before being vaporised, diluted with air, then released.
Tritium concentration would be diluted to below the regulatory concentration limit of 5 Bq/L in air and less than 1,500 Bq/L in water, about the level of operational standards for groundwater bypass and subdrains. The amounts are much lower than the regulatory concentration limit for tritium in seawater, 60,000 Bq/L. "The annual tritium release rate will be set by referencing those of the existing nuclear facilities and making effective use of the period of 30 to 40 years required for decommissioning," says the report.
According to the report, the other options – geosphere injection, hydrogen release, and underground burial – "come with too many unresolved issues in consideration of their use with regard to regulations, technology, and time". IAEA said the two options outlined were based on a comprehensive and scientifically-sound analysis addressing the necessary technical, non-technical and safety aspects.
The Japanese Government has the final authority to decide which disposal policy to implement. It will continue to consider options for disposing of ALPS-treated water and communicate with stakeholders regarding the matter. TEPCO says it will continue to share information regarding the decontamination and decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi site, and cooperate with the Government as it works towards a final decision, while "always keeping safety as top priority".
Once the Government decides on its preferred method of disposal, IAEA says it is ready to work with Japan to provide radiation safety assistance before, during, and after disposal. The Japanese Government and IAEA have been cooperating extensively over the past decade to deal with the Fukushima Daiichi accident, in areas such as radiation monitoring, remediation, waste management and decommissioning.
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Dangerous Unlicensed Abortion Clinic Opens Thanks to Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg
Micaiah Bilger Aug 6, 2019 | 12:36PM South Bend, Indiana
An unlicensed abortion clinic is now operating in South Bend, Indiana, with the approval of pro-abortion presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.
The Chicago Tribune reports Whole Woman's Health of South Bend began doing abortions on June 27 after a federal judge gave it permission to open without a license.
The state and the Whole Woman's Health have been battling over the license for almost two years. The South Bend facility is closely linked with a Texas-based abortion chain that has amassed dozens of health and safety violations at its other abortion clinics.
Indiana health officials denied the group a license in 2017, saying it was not of "reputable and responsible character" and did not disclose information about additional abortion clinics. However, the abortion group sued, and a federal judge ruled in May that it may open without a license.
Since June 27, the facility has been aborting unborn babies up to 10 weeks of pregnancy, averaging about 10 a week, according to the report.
Ignoring serious concerns about women's safety, Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend and a Democratic candidate for president, fully supports the unlicensed clinic.
Here's more from the report:
The clinic's tenuous survival has been championed by South Bend mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, whose national campaign includes a pro-reproductive rights platform.
"The mayor is deeply concerned by what he views as a new and extreme assault on Roe v. Wade in legislatures across the country," said national press secretary Chris Meagher. "He believes that the truly radical idea in this debate and around abortion care is one of banning abortion outright. The South Bend clinic would be the only one for a radius of several counties. It is a restriction on a woman's right if she is low-income, or doesn't have a vehicle, and she has to visit multiple times, but the clinic is dozens of miles away."
However, state health officials said they are "deeply" troubled by the potential dangers of an unlicensed abortion facility. A spokesman for Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill told the Tribune that they have not given up their efforts to enforce the regulations and protect women and babies.
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Hill previously accused the judge of putting abortion ahead of women's safety.
"This federal judge seems to believe that every large city in the state is entitled to its own abortion clinic," Hill said in a statement. "She further seems to think that state licensing requirements must give way whenever a clinic proposes to open in a city without one. The U.S. Supreme Court has never even remotely implied that such a rule exists."
Buttigieg's abortion advocacy does not end there. In 2018, he vetoed a zoning request from a local pregnancy resource center that provides free resources to mothers and babies in need.
The Women's Care Center requested a re-zoning measure to open next door to the abortion facility. The city council approved the measure, but Buttigieg listened to the abortion facility instead and vetoed it.
Later, the pro-life pregnancy center acquired a different property across the street that did not require re-zoning. It opened on July 20, according to the report.
Now, abortion activists in South Bend are trying to thwart pro-lifers' efforts to help mothers by drowning out sidewalk counselors with sound machines, the Tribune reports. Staff at Whole Woman's Health said they also have trained more than 50 people to help block women from the sidewalk counselors.
Local pro-life volunteer Janet Hernandez is one of their targets. She stands in the heat and rain to offer women information and support.
"We're not here to beat them up, we're here to let them know they have a choice — but to help them make the right choice, the best choice," she told the newspaper. "I know women who have had abortions who still think about their abortion babies. This is not your only choice."
In 2018, 8,037 unborn babies were aborted in Indiana, up from 7,778 in 2017, according to state health department. With the new unlicensed abortion facility now in operation, those numbers may increase again next year.
In late 2017, pro-life advocates learned that the abortion chain planned to open a new abortion facility in South Bend. Whole Woman's Health – which is very closely linked to Whole Woman's Health Alliance (abortion activist Amy Hagstrom Miller runs both) – has a shoddy reputation, including dozens of health and safety violations at its Texas facilities.
Health inspection reports show numerous problems with sterilizing and disinfecting instruments that were used on multiple women. State inspectors also found rusty spots on suction machines that had the "likelihood to cause infection" and other issues that put women's health in jeopardy.
These violations may have influenced Indiana state officials' decision. According to the state Department of Health, "Based upon the Department's review, the Commissioner finds WWHA failed to meet the requirement that the Applicant is of reputable and responsible character and the supporting documentation provided inaccurate statements and information."


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Logitech Harmony 900 Universal Remote Review
By Vishal Mathur | Updated Feb 03 2012
DIGIT RATING
Setup compatible at myharmony.com
Sleek design& excellent build quality
Touchscreen & physical key combo
Keys have differing designs for better touch location
RF module included in package
Dock for charging remote
It costs a whole lot of money
Doesn't get along with Mac OS X
Very glossy body, for the most part
This is by far the most functional universal remote we have used - perfect combination of the touchscreen and physical keys. And is the best looking as well. If only it didn't give so much a scare to Macbook users! With the RF module as a part of the package, you can now hide away some of the gadgets from the line of sight, for a less cluttered look to the room.
Logitech Harmony 900 Universal Remote detailed review
In what is essentially the successor to the Harmony One, the 900 does come with a whole lot of style matched with equal amounts of substance. Considering the price of this thing, it is expected to be brilliant. And we think it is by far the best universal remote out there.
While the Harmony 900 looks quite similar to the predecessor, there are subtle changes to the entire package. The display now has a cleaner look to it, with the concept of themes now added to it. While you shouldn't expect anything major in terms of UI changes, the better display and a cleaner UI just make touchscreen navigation a while lot better. It is dressed in glossy black at the front, with a border of silver along the sides that thickens as it spills onto the front, towards the bottom. And more appreciably so on the rear panel, the part that also acts as the battery cover. The rear is also black for the rest of it, but has a rubberized finish to help with the grip. At the very top on the rear panel are the two connectors for charging via the dock. You cannot charge this remote without the dock, but we don't think that should really be a problem. In fact, it will be safer in the cradle, and looks classy too.
Unlike the dock that the Harmony 1100i Advanced comes with, this one is a flat bed design, and we feel that is a lot safer and less prone to wear and tear. The cradle part of the dock is glossy black, with a white LED on top, illuminated to signify that the power to the dock is switched on. Flip it over, and there is a rubberized black finish, with a thin channel for the power cable to run through, without disturbing the balance of the dock.
There are transmitters at the top and the bottom of the remote. We noticed that the Harmony 900 was even less finicky about the direction of the remote when working IR controlled devices than the Harmony 1100i Advanced. And we had said that the 1100i was good, meaning the 900 is even better. As for RF, the technology itself dictates that there is no need to aim the remote directly the module for it to work, since the range is very wide.
Above the display is the tiny power off button towards the left. The business end begins once the display ends. At first glance, you may feel that there are two many buttons to handle, the placement is soothing to the eye, and easy for the finger to find without you having to look down at the remote. There are essentially three vertical rows of keys along the length of the remote. If you notice, the keys on the two outside rows have a bulge to them while that isn't always the case with the keys in the middle row. Look hard, and you will notice that the Up/Down selection key, Pause and 5 have a distinctly depressed design. This has been done specifically to help the fingers work their way around the remote's fascia, without you having to look down on it. Even if you do, the backlighting will be of immense help.
The display is a touchscreen, which is meant to work in tandem with the keys on the remote. Unlike the Harmony 650 that is a completely key based setup or the Harmony 1100i Advanced that is largely touchscreen, the 900 needs both. For example, press Activities and you will need the touchscreen to select what activity needs to be activated. In case you need to go inside the detailed menu of a particular device, the touchscreen is needed. There are no hardware keys to help you out alternatively. On the right and left side of the display are two touch-based keys for moving between the layers of screens. Below the display are two touch-based keys that keep getting reassigned according to the activity and task - return, activity, help, device etc. All four touch based keys are illuminated by a pale white LED, and integrate well in the design.
The entire key structure has been divided into five zones, which helps increase usage speed. Each category of buttons has been designed differently, again to help with navigation based on the touch of the fingers. Even within a particular division, we see a different key design for the critical keys. For example, Play/pause, Volume and Channels have a completely different design from the others, and even within each other.
Just below the display are the Activities and Help keys. Activities have the predefined stuff - Watch TV, Watch My Videos etc. Help, in this case, has a differently done assistant. In case of a problem, you press the Help key. It throws up two options - Guided help and I Know How To Solve It. Guided Help is the same as what we have on most other Logitech Harmony remotes - a step by step guide that helps configure the gadgets as required by that activity, in case of a problem. The second one, the I Know… one is quicker method of solving the issue, provided you know which particular device is causing the problem.
The Harmony 900 adds the Red, Green, Blue and Yellow buttons to the portfolio as well, and that will be of great help with certain Blu-ray players and DTH set top boxes.
Overall, we feel that the Harmony 900 has everything going for it in terms of design, build quality and the comfort of using it. The only thing you need to be worried about is the glossy finish, and that you don't unintentionally scratch it.
Read more about the Features and Performance of the Logitech Harmony 900 on the next page, along with our verdict...
Features & Performance
You may follow the traditional pattern of installing the Logitech Harmony Software on the PC to set up the remote. However, we attempted to get this remote to configure that way, and while it was seamless on a Windows machine, the remote refused to connect to the server on a MacBook. Despite multiple attempts, there was no handshake. However, the Harmony 900 does something that we had criticized the Harmony 1100i Advanced for not being able to do - online configuration. Head to www.myharmony.com and follow the steps to installing the web browser plug-in before the remote can be configured. The download and install takes about 5-10 minutes, and once that is done, you sign up/ sign in and connect the remote to the PC. It gets detected immediately, and you can set about configuring each activity by adding devices and the other configurations. Incidentally, this didn't work properly on Chrome (Mac OS X version) for some reason, and we used Firefox instead. And surprise surprise, the online setup tool is much more visually appealing than the desktop utility that Logitech offers. Why, we really cannot understand, but a process that we expected would be boring and dull immediately became a beautiful task!
The device configuration process is the same here, as on the desktop utility. There is the same select activity, add device and set the individual settings for each one of them. However, where the myharmony.com utility has an advantage is that individually configuring certain buttons for certain devices is much simpler here than on the desktop utility. You will need to keep device model numbers ready to be able to configure properly. Despite the rise in popularity of HD media players, they are still shoved in the category of Media Centre PCs.
Since the Harmony 900 includes a RF module with it, you are allowed to set which devices use IR and which use RF. The RF module is powered separately using its own adapter. Two IR blasters are connected to it, which can then be placed around the gadgets that aren't in the line of sight. Adequately long cables ensure that it can snake all the way to the other edge of the shelf on a different level. What this allows you to do is hide away gadgets from the line of sight, cleaning up the ambience in the process! One blaster is enough for two gadgets, if placed on the same shelf close to each other. We placed the Tata Sky HD box and the WD Live on the same shelf, and one blaster in the middle, slightly ahead of the two. The other blaster snaked its way to the Denon AV Receiver on another slelf. The RF module was kept under the TV, since the power cable's limited length doesn't allow for it to be kept somewhere far away.
Even without the RF in play, we were impressed with the way the 900 made the devices respond. Dual blasters on the remote mean that you don't really have to aim at the device religiously even in IR mode. But the gadget has to remain in the line of sight, albeit somewhat, for this to work.
Something that hampers the proper use of the Harmony 900 is surprisingly something that isn't the 900's fault! Some devices like the WD Live HD media player have the habit of starting at full power, instead of on standby mode or waiting for user input to switch them on. This confuses all Harmony devices, including the 900. Allow me to illustrate the issue. Power on all the devices, and while the likes of the TV and the AV receiver start in stand-by mode, just as you had powered them off, the WD Live will start immediately. Even before you select the activity. Now, if you wish to select Watch My Videos, the remote is expected to switch on the WD Live along with the TV and AV Receiver, while keeping the DTH switched off. However, since the WD is already on, when the remote sends a command to the device to actually switch on, it switches off. Now, you need to head into the assistant feature to manually rectify the issue.
The rechargeable lithium-ion battery, once fully charged, does last for a week, with a couple of hours of daily use. The rechargeable battery needs to have the remote cradled in the dock to charge.
Apprehensions were quickly laid to rest once we managed to configure the Harmony 900 and got it into action. Even before deploying the RF setup, the remote impressed us. It didn't require you to point at gadgets with precision to elicit a response! While we had missed the RF add-on in the more expensive 1100i Advanced, it was a very welcome feature here. With all devices out of the line of sight, the control was seamless. Cable lengths of the IR extenders that connect to the back of the RF module are long enough to snake around the entire home theater setup - full marks to Logitech for not reducing the cable length here. While the Harmony 900 is an expensive universal remote, you will not fret about the expense too much. It feels expensive to hold, has oodles of functionality, remains very comfortable to use and looks very classy while doing all this! Have budget? Must buy!
Price: Rs. 25,995
Device type: Universal remote; Connection type: IR and RF combo; Controls: Touchscreen physical keys, resistive type touchscreen; Add-ons: RF Blaster; Compatibility: works with 15 devices, 225000 compatible devices; Battery: Rechargeable, on dock
Contact: Logitech Harmony Support
Website: http://www.logitech.com/en-in/contact
Logitech Harmony 900 Universal Remote Key Specs, Price and Launch Date
Price: ₹25995
Market Status: Launched
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