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Changes in the Concentrations of Some Plasma Proteins During Acute Inflammation in Dogs
Authors: Zapryanova Dimirtinka , Mircheva Teodora , Hristov Tsanko , Lazarov Lazarin , Atanasov Aleksander , Petrova Yoana , Lalev Damyan 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to analyse the changes in concentrations of total proteins, albumin, globulins and albumin/globulin ratio in dogs with experimentally induced acute inflammation. The study was performed on 9 mongrel dogs (experimental group) and 6 mongrel dogs (control group) at the age of 2 years and body weight 12-15 kg. The acute inflammation was reproduced by inoculation of 2 ml turpentine oil in the lumbar region subcutaneously and in same quantity saline in control dogs. Blood samples were collected into heparinized tubes before inoculation (hour 0) then at hours 6, 24, 48, 72 and on days 7, 14, 21. The statistical analysis of the data was performed using one way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The level of albumin statistically decreased in the experimental dogs from at 72nd h to day 14 while the concentration of globulins increased from the 72nd h to day 21. On days 7 and 14 the albumin/globulin ratio slightly decreased. During the whole post inoculation period the values of total protein have not changed. The dates of the present study confirm that albumin, albumin/globulin ratio and globulins are sensitive factors in inflammatory conditions in dogs.
Peng She’s tomb of the Chu State of the Spring-and-Autumn Period in Nanyang, Henan
Authors: Nanyang Municipal Institute Of Cult  
Published: July 2017

AbstractIn June of 2008, archaeologists excavated a tomb (M38) of the Chu State from the late Spring-and-Autumn Period. It was a rectangular vertical pit tomb with a wooden tomb chamber and two coffins; the opening at ground level was 7m long from north to south and 5m wide from east to west. The two coffins were laid side by side in the north part of the chamber. The grave goods included bronzes, jade and stone wares, leather armor, etc. The bronzes were especially fine, including chariot-and-horse fittings, tools, ritual vessels of various types, and a wide variety of weapons. The tomb yielded five lidded
Late Paleolithic site at Locality S9 of Shizitan Complex in Jixian County, Shanxi
Authors: Shizitan Archaeological Team  , Shanxi Provincial Institute Of Arch  
Published: July 2017

AbstractLocality S9 within the Shizitan site complex in Jixian County, Shanxi Province is one of the late Paleolithic sites at Shizitan. This locality yielded rich cultural remains. Chipped stone technology, similar to that common in North China, is represented by small sized flake stone tools including scrapers, points and choppers, which was produced by hard-hammer percussion, followed by pressure flaking technique for micro-blade production. Stone querns, stone grinding rollers, pigment pieces and pigment pulverizing tools, and ornaments made of clam shells and ostrich eggshells are also unearthed. Shizitan Locality S9 cultural remains provided abundant information for researches on the transition from late Paleolithic to early Neolithic periods in the region as well as on origins of agriculture in North China in general.
The excavation of a stone crypt of the Liao Dynasty in Chaoyang City, Liaoning
Authors: Liaoning Provincial Institute Of Cu  
Published: July 2017

AbstractIn October of 2004, archaeologists excavated a stone crypt of the Liao Dynasty in Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province. The unearthed artifacts include porcelains, glass wares, silverwares, lacquer wares, wooden articles, a stone casket with
Differentiation of two types of cultural remains of the Eastern Zhou Period in North China: on the relationships among the Rong, Di and the Hu
Authors: Yang Jianhua 
Published: July 2017

AbstractIn the Spring-and-Autumn and Warring-States Periods, North China went through remarkable changes in material culture, economic type, social formation and ethnographic aspect and entered a period of great prosperity. Were the main ethnic groups in this cultural zone concerned with the “Rong”, “Di” and “Hu” recorded in ancient Chinese documents? What difference existed between them? How was the replacement of the Rong and Di by the Hu reflected in material culture? The present paper tries to answer these questions through an integrated study of related archaeological data and literal evidence. Based on a typological and morphological examination of northern bronzes and related artifacts, the available cultural remains can be classified into two types. The two types of remains are varying chronologically and reflect distinct difference in material culture, ethnographic aspect and economic life.
A study of Xianbei tombs
Authors: Wei Zheng 
Published: July 2017

AbstractThe present paper divides the generally recognized Xianbei tombs into five groups. The first group is in the Hailar River valley; the second group, in the West Liaohe River valley; the third group, in the Chaoyang area; the fourth group, along the boundary between Inner Mongolia and Shanxi; and the fifth group, in northern Shanxi, middle Inner Mongolia and the zone a little west of them. In cultural aspect, the tombs of the second group present Xianbei features in pottery but distinct difference from the already affirmed Xianbei graves in burial manner. Referring to literature records, it may be reasonable to attribute them to the Wuhuan rather than to the Eastern Xianbei. The tombs of the third group centering on Chaoyang belong to the Murong Xianbei and present distinct features related to the second group tombs, which suggests that the Murong Xianbei culture may have partly inherited the Wuhuan culture. The fifth group tombs are the closest to the Northern Wei burials so far excavated, so they may represent the source of the Tuoba Xianbei culture. The first group of remains can hardly be taken as the direct forerunner of the fifth group graves and Northern Wei tombs, so they may have belonged to the Eastern Xianbei rather than to the Tuoba Xianbei. As the fifth group tombs show certain similarity in grave goods to the fourth group that may have belonged to Tan Shihuai’s reign, to speak in temporal terms, it was hardly possible that the Tuoba Xianbei entered the Datong area through the route on the western side of the Greater Khingan Mountains. Moreover, as the fifth group tombs are related to a certain extent to the Xiongnu tombs near Lake Baikal, it can be inferred that the Tuoba Xianbei originated in the northern Greater Khingan Mountains, then went into the zone near Hulun Buir, from there migrated southwestwards, and later, turning eastwards, entered the middle area of present-day Inner Mongolia.
Prehistoric settlements and environment of West Liaohe River Valley
Authors: Han Maoli 
Published: July 2017

AbstractInvestigations show that the settlements of the Xinglongwa and Zhaobaogou Cultures (a. 8-6ka BP), the subsistence types of which were mainly gathering, fishing and hunting, were located within the timberland zone largely concentrated at altitudes between 400-600m above the sea level suitable for these economic activities, while the zones higher and lower than these altitudes only occasionally played this role. In the Hongshan through Upper Xiajiadian Cultures (a. 6-3ka BP), the weather became cold and dry, primitive agriculture increased its importance in the means of subsistence and the population grew gradually, all of which caused the settlements to be expanded from timberland to lower steppes. Every change in the subsistence pattern was embodied in the relationship between the settlement and the environment, and the breakthrough in the settlement location choices by expanding living space from forest margin was just a result of promotion by agricultural production. The gathering, fishing and hunting economy of the Xinglongwa and Zhaobaogou periods made the settlement occupation shorter than that in the Hongshan period and later times when agriculture had held the leading position in economy. Both the duration of settlement occupation and the alteration of settlement culture prove that the man-land relationship in the prehistoric West Liaohe River Valley was kept in a relative equilibrium.
On the subsistence practices of the Shi’erqiao Culture: focused on zooarchaeology
Authors: He Kunyu 
Published: July 2017

AbstractThrough the analyses of the number of identified specimens (NISP), minimum number of individuals (MNI) and estimation of meat available from the animal remains unearthed from representative sites of the Chengdu Plain Type and Eastern Chongqing Type of the Shi’erqiao Culture, this paper discusses the subsistence strategy of this culture. The results show that the meat resources of the Chengdu Plain Type were mainly domesticated animals, while those of the Eastern Chongqing Type were mainly hunted animals. This paper draws the conclusion that in the early stage of human civilization, the subsistence strategies of different types of the same archaeological culture might be different, while those of different archaeological cultures might be similar; the factors influencing the subsistence strategies are mainly the natural environment, regional economic traditions, and population pressures.
The Yejiashan Cemetery of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Suizhou City, Hubei
Authors: Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeolog  
Published: July 2017

Abstract
In February through June 2011, Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Suizhou Museum excavated Yejiashan Cemetery of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The excavation uncovered areas of 3700sq m in total, from which 65 tombs and one horse pit were recovered and over 700 pieces (or sets) of artifacts including bronzes, potteries, proto-porcelain wares and jades were unearthed. Some bronzes bore inscriptions of “Zeng 曾”, “Hou 侯 (marquis)”, “Zeng Hou 曾侯 (Marquis of Zeng)”, “Zeng Hou Jian 曾侯谏 (Marquis of Zeng named Jian)” and so on. The styles of the grave goods and the inscriptions on the bronzes showed that this cemetery was the family cemetery of the Marquis of Zeng in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. The excavation of the Yejiashan Cemetery has academic significances for the researches on the relationships between the Zeng and E States and Zeng and Chu States to the east of the Han River in the early Western Zhou Dynasty.
The excavation of the house remains of Yangshao Culture at Xiahe Site in Baishui County, Shaanxi
Authors: Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology  
Published: July 2017

Abstract
In 2010, the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology excavated the Xiahe Site located at Xiahexi Village in Baishui County, Shaanxi Province. The outstanding findings included three large-sized house structures featuring pentagonal plans, inner and outer walls, and lime-plastered floors made from calcareous nodules (liaojiang). F1 was the largest of the three structures. The assemblage of material remains comprised mainly potsherds, as well as some stone, bone and shell artifacts. The potsherds from F1 showed pottery assemblage of pointed-bottomed bottle, bowl, basin, jar, zeng-steamer and lid. That from F2 showed pottery assemblage of pointed-bottomed bottle, bowl, basin, jar and vat. The style of material remains chronologically placed the Xiahe occupation to the late Miaodigou Phase. The findings are significant to the study of architecture, settlement pattern and economy of the Yangshao Age.
The excavation of the Xiongjiazhong Graveyard in Jingzhou, Hubei in 2008
Authors: Jingzhou Municipal Museum  
Published: July 2017

Abstract
The Xiongjiazhong Graveyard is situated on a low hill to the west of Zhangchang and Zongbei Villages in Chuandian Town, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province. It is 550m long from the north to the south and 200m wide from the west to the east and is composed of main tombs, auxiliary tombs, human victim burials, sacrificial pits and chariot-and-horse pits. From March to December 2008, the Jingzhou Municipal Museum excavated there six horse pits, three small chariot-and-horse pits, and a larger part of a large-sized chariot-and-horse pit (the “grand chariot-and-horse pit” which was numbered CHMK1 by the excavators), in which various types of chariots are orderly arranged in two rows. Judged by the unearthed bronzes and the date of the whole graveyard, the chariot-and-horse pits were probably built in the mid Warring-States Period. The grand chariot-and-horse pit at Xiongjiazhong is also the largest among those discovered so far throughout China. So its excavation is of great value to the study of the chariot system in the Warring- States Period.
Architectural foundation No. 5 of the Northern Wei Palace found at Han-Wei Luoyang City, Henan
Authors: Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences  
Published: July 2017

Abstract
In 2010 through 2011, the Sino-Japanese Joint Archaeological Team organized by the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (Nabunken), Japan, recovered the foundation of the southwestern corner structure (numbered Architectural foundation No. 5) of the Northern Wei Dynasty Palace City to the west of Changhe Gate. This excavation not only found the exact location of the southwestern corner of the Northern Wei Dynasty Palace City and the orientations, scales and structures of the palace wall and drainage system but also made us more clearly understand the first building date and the continuation of use of this section of the palace wall. This discovery is significantly meaningful for the researches on the layout of the Northern Wei Luoyang City and the evolution of the planning of the capital cities in ancient China.
On the archaeology of traditional industry
Authors: Bai Yunxiang 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
The term “archaeology of traditional industry” refers to the archaeological researches on all of the processing, manufacturing and mining industries before the occurrence of the modern Industrial Revolution. The putting forward of this concept has profound backgrounds of theory and time. The traditional industry had very diversified specialties, which could be classified into 25 categories. The researches on the archaeology of traditional industry mainly include the materials, tools and apparatuses, techniques and operation sequences, products, the circulation and consumption of products, producers, methods of producing and managing, industrial distribution and structure, social economy and social culture, in total the contents of these ten aspects; the research methods mainly include basic archaeological methods, multi-disciplinary cooperative researches and multi-perspective researches, etc.
The Miaodigou Age and “early China”
Authors: Han Jianye 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
At the time of the Dongzhuang and Miaodigou Types of the Yangshao Culture, the archaeological cultures in most regions within present-day China formed for the first time into a cultural community with the Central Plains as the center. The new period during which this cultural community existed is known as the Miaodigou Age. Seen as a whole, the Miaodigou Age was formed under the influence of the powerful expansion of Dongzhuang and Miaodigou Types of Yangshao Culture around 4000 BCE, the completion of which marked the formation of the “Early Chinese Cultural Sphere” or the “Early China” in a cultural sense.
The restoration of the chariots of the Warring-States Period in Majiayuan, Gansu
Authors: Zhao Wucheng 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
In 2006 through 2009, 17 tombs and one chariot and horse pit of the Warring-States Period were excavated at Majiayuan Cemetery in Zhangjiachuan County, Gansu Province. From these tombs and the pit, over 30 chariots in various types and with diversified decorations were unearthed. This paper tries to restore these chariots based on their remains and the records in the relevant historic literature, and discusses the functions of the newdiscovered parts and ornaments as well as the evolution of the double-wheeled and single-poled chariots.
On the Kele Culture
Authors: Yang Yong 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
The local-styled tombs of the Warring-States Period to the Western Han Dynasty recovered at Kele Site in Hezhang County, Guizhou Province had rich cultural connotations and distinct features, the “head encasing” burial custom of which was especially unique. These tombs showed sharp differences to the Han-styled tombs in the same cemetery and other regional cultural remains in peripheral areas and represented a new archaeological culture in the Xinan Yi (Southwest Barbarians) Region of the Warring-States to the Qin-Han Periods, which could be named as “Kele Culture”. The putting forward of the concept of “Kele Culture” and the research on it had great academic significance; they will positively influence the archaeological researches on the Xinan Yi Region of the Warring-States to the Qin-Han Periods and lay firm foundation for the in-depth archaeological exploration of Yelang Culture.
“Flanders was empty and uncultivated and heavily wooded”: Historiography as Urban Resource in the Twelfth Century
Authors: Rider Jeff 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
The stories that the inhabitants of a milieu tell themselves and others about that milieu are an important part of the immaterial, human, symbolic resources available to them to help them grasp, articulate and inflect their milieu’s historical development and thus shape its future. The conglomerate of stories that the inhabitants of a milieu tell themselves and others about that milieu, the milieu’s storyworld, is unique to that milieu and help make that milieu unique. A distinct storyworld is part of what makes one milieu different from other milieux, is 13 one of the matrices that orient and limit a milieu’s future development, part of what gives it its sens and leads it to develop in certain ways and not others. This is how the storyworld of a milieu, reflected in its historiography, is a resource for the development of that milieu.
A Qualitative Analysis of the Global IFRS Adoption. Trustees Perspective
Authors: Panagiotis Gargalis 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
In this article, we take a closer look at the possible effects of adopting the IAS/FIFRS standards around the globe. In order to determine what the IASB opinion regarding this impact is, we turned to the concerns of trustees. Using 3 interviews conducted with three of the trustees of IFRS on the possibility of creating a global accounting language, we realized a content analysis of the responses given. The results obtained after auto coding the responses of the trustees in NVivo, a program used in qualitative analysis, highlighted that standards adoption is an important part of the accounting process in multiple countries, national experiences being significant to the board of trustees in order to make improvements to standards at a global level.
The Foreign Languages Factor in the Development of Tourism in Nigeria
Authors: Edung Mike T. U. 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
Inbound tourism as defined by the WTO is obviously the aspect of a nation’s tourism industry to which foreign languages are directly relevant: this aspect involves foreign tourists visiting the country of reference. This paper uses Leiper’s (1979) conceptualisation of the tourism system to examine the role of foreign languages in the operations of Nigerian inbound tourism from TGR and TDR perspectives. Among the most significant revelations of this examination are the facts that: i) tourism destinations in Nigeria are to be advertised on the web and in print in the TGR countries using the languages of those countries; and ii) tour guides in Nigeria are to be trained in foreign languages to facilitate travels, stay and related transactions and activities of foreign tourists in Nigeria. These and other findings can enhance the Nigerian inbound tourism industry.
Multiple-Wave Solutions to Generalized Bilinear Equations in Terms of Hyperbolic and Trigonometric Solutions
Authors: Ünsal Ömer , Ma Wen-Xiu , Zhang Yujuan 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
The linear superposition principle is applied to hyperbolic and trigonometric function solutions to generalized bilinear equations. We determine sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence of linear subspaces of hyperbolic and trigonometric function solutions to generalized bilinear equations. By using weights, three examples are given to show applicability of our theory.
Exploring the Energy Implication of Urban Density in Residential Buildings
Authors: Boukarta Soufiane , Berezowska Ewa 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
In the context of the Algerian energy policy, and through the review of the Algiers’ residential building stock, this paper explores the correlation between the energy consumption of gas and electricity with urban density. Based on a holistic approach of the 57 Algiers’ municipalities, the analysis is organized in two ways. Firstly, the spatial approach is conducted within a GIS implementation, carried out based on the 2013 aggregated annual energy consumption data. The cross analysis of Electricity and Gas consumption and density of population within a GIS spatial distribution approach shows effectively a strong correlation between urban density and energy consumption with a Pearson correlation of −56% and −65% of the Electricity and Gas consumption in the urban municipalities, respectively. Also, the household located in the suburban municipalities consume clearly more energy than the urban centered ones. Based on the electricity and gas consumption, density and carbon footprint we have clustered, within a PCA, the Algiers’ municipalities into three profiles: the “thrifty”, the “intermediate” and the “wasteful” profile.
Effects of Concrete Block Pavement on Flow Retardation Factor
Authors: Sedyowati Laksni , Susanti Eko Indah 
Published: July 2017

Abstract
Surface roughness has an important role in retarding the runoff velocity. The increase in paving blocks usage, particularly in urban areas, can change the surface roughness of the land. This study investigated the effects of four types of concrete block pavements (CBPs) in retarding the surface runoff velocity. Three design parameters based on CBP properties that considerably influenced the flow retardation were promoted. They were opening ratio (Or), void ratio (Vr) and straight channel ratio (Sr). A tilted plot equipped with a rainfall simulator was used to investigate the influence of surface slope and rainfall intensity to the flow on various CBPs. A modified dye tracing method in view was performed to monitor the surface flow velocity under various rainfall intensities. Flow retardation coefficient (Frd) were calculated based on velocity data on smooth pavement and on CBPs layer measured under the same slope and rainfall intensity. The results showed that flow retardation coefficient increased with an increase in openings ratio, rainfall intensity and surface slope. The relationship between flow retardation coefficient and all design parameters was expressed by a linear regression function. A further study is required to increase the accuracy of the model by modifying the regression function and increasing the variation of design parameters.