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Active Rectifier for Uninterruptable Power Supply
Authors: Stepanov Andrew , Bogdans Valdis , Suskis Pavel , Galkin Ilya 
Published: January 2011

Active Rectifier for Uninterruptable Power SupplyThe paper contains analysis of power factor correction circuits that is made in the context of elaboration of uninterruptable power supply system. Various correctors have been estimated analytically, by means of simulation and experimentally. The most significant attention has been paid to the efficiency of the analyzed converters and their compatibility with modular approach to development of power converters.
The Single-phase AC Regulator on Base of Bidirectional IGBT Switches
Authors: Cimanis Vladimirs , Hramcovs Vladimirs , Rankis Ivars 
Published: January 2011

The Single-phase AC Regulator on Base of Bidirectional IGBT SwitchesIn the work one of the methods for regulation of sinus shape AC voltage for middle-power loads with activeinductive character is observed. Such a regulator keeping output voltage of sinus shape must be fast-reacting and work in closed-loop system. It's shown, that for providing such features Buck and Boost pulse regulators can be applied. The only difference from DC pulse converters is that electronic switches in the system must be with bidirectional conductivity. For this reason an IGBT transistors can be applied with implemented in structure reverse diodes and if such two transistors are connected in series and with contrary conductivity then at activating both one of them will be in on-state. Realization of AC regulators with such switches is described in the work. Results of computer modeling also are given. Output voltage ripples are investigated on subject of their range and efficiency of filtering equipment on LC base. Such regulators can be applied for instance in electrical transport self supply systems.
Domestic Rainwater Harvesting as a Water Supply Option in Sri Lanka
Authors: Ariyananda Tanuja 
Published: January 2011

Domestic rainwater harvesting has been revived in Sri Lanka since 1995 with the Community Water Supply and Sanitation Project. Since then, through the efforts of the Lanka Rainwater Harvesting Forum (LRWHF, an NGO set up to pro-mote rainwater harvesting for domestic need), the technology and the concept has been spread to other parts of the country. At present there are over 31,000 domestic rainwater systems in the country. Rainwater harvesting has been successfully legalized in Sri Lanka. Key words: Rainwater harvesting; Water quality; Sri Lanka; Technology; PolicyDOI: 10.3126/hn.v6i0.4189 Hydro Nepal Vol 6, January 2010 Page : 27-30 Uploaded Date: 24 January, 2011
CFD Analysis on Pumps Working as Turbines
Authors: Nautiyal Himanshu , Kumar Varun , Thakur Anoop 
Published: January 2011

Reverse running centrifugal pumps are an effective source of reducing the equipment cost in small hydropower plants. The manufacturers do not provide any information on the performance and fow characteristics when pumps are operated in turbine mode. Lack of Pump as Turbine (PAT) performance data is a signifcant barrier to the wider use of PAT. Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is a recent attempt for predicting the performance of PAT. CFD analysis is an effective design tool for predicting the performance of reverse running operation of centrifugal pumps. But some deviationsstill exist in experimental and CFD results of reverse operation of pumps. Future works in the feld of computational analysis can further improve the prediction of pumps in reverse operation. Key words: Pump as Turbine (PAT); Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); PumpDOI: 10.3126/hn.v6i0.4191 Hydro Nepal Vol 6, January 2010 Page : 35-37 Uploaded Date:24 January, 2011
Interview with Mr. Deepak Bohra Honorable Minister, Ministry of Forest & Soil Conservation, Government of Nepal
Authors: Thanju Jeewan P 
Published: January 2011

Not available. InterviewDOI: 10.3126/hn.v6i0.4199Hydro Nepal Journal of Water, Energy and Environment Vol. 6, January 2010 Page: 78-80 Uploaded Date: 24 January, 2011
Traditional and Popular Painting in Modern Java
Authors: Cohen M.I. 
Published: January 2011

Matthew Isaac Cohen, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom Traditional and Popular Painting in Modern Java
Le mythe de Sungging Prabangkara interprète l'arrivée de la peinture figurative à Java en provenance de la Chine, du Japon et de l'Europe comme le retour des descendants d'un artiste javanais exilé et donc comme la restauration de la production javanaise passée telle que les monuments de la période classique en gardent la mémoire. La peinture dans le style du wayang fut florissante à Java durant la période islamique pré-moderne. Des artisans peignaient des marionnettes, des masques, des présentoirs d'armes, des bannières de tissu, des rouleaux et des manuscrits selon des techniques conventionnelles basées sur l'iconographie du théâtre d'ombres. Ces techniques furent également employées dans les peintures exécutées à l'envers sur des plaques de verre, lorsque le verre devint accessible, au XIXe siècle. Un nouveau paradigme artistique se fit jour à la même époque avec l'afflux d'artistes étrangers, de fournitures, de modèles et de possibilités d'exposer. La peinture naturaliste faisant usage de vues perspectives fut développée comme un sous-produit du théâtre populaire. Les tableaux vivants, les rideaux de scène et les vues panoramiques mettaient l'accent sur l'effet de trompe l'œil et l'illusion. La peinture académique bénéficia du désir des Orientalistes de documenter la tradition. Modernisme et traditionalisme demeurèrent inséparables tout au long du XXe siècle, et une grande partie de l'art indonésien contemporain reste aujourd'hui fondée sur la tradition.
Naissances et renaissance de la peinture sous verre à Java
Authors: Samuel Jérôme 
Published: January 2011

Jérôme Samuel, Institut national des Langues et Civilisations orientales, Paris Naissances et renaissance de la peinture sous verre à Java
This paper deals with reverse glass painting as a Javanese popular art, mainly in Central Java and in the Cirebon area. First, the author examines the foreign roots of this art (China, Japan, Europe and the Middle East) and the conditions which facilitated its spread in Java during the first decades of the XX th century. He argues that Islam played a significant role, through a wide range of pious pictures, as well as the increasing accessibility of glass as a material for paintings. Reverse glass painting reached a peak during the 1930s, which coincides with the first significant scientific paper devoted to that popular art.
The second part of this paper focuses on recent developments of reverse glass painting. Since the late seventies, it seems to be out of favour in popular Java, but the antiquarians and the cultural establishment have shown some interest for it. Nowadays, reverse glass painting is still alive but it has lost most of its traditional features.
Raden Istigno Kartodidjojo (1921-1999). À la recherche d'un sublime (adiluhung) javanais
Authors: Labrousse Pierre 
Published: January 2011

Pierre Labrousse, Institut national des Langues et Civilisation orientales, Paris
Raden Istigno Kartodidjojo (1921-1999). À la recherche d'un sublime (adïluhung) javanais
This Javanese painter, whose life (1921-1999) spanned the major part of the 20th century, has left a relatively small production. In his paintings, a profuse nature and overloaded background clearly point at Balinese influence, but the themes, elaborated in wayang style, are drawn from Javanese mythological tradition. Although it misleadingly looks like decorative art, and behind even the veiled animism stressed by the almost oppressive importance of nature, the scenes elected by the painter and interpreted in complex compositions have an immediate political significance that must be understood in the light of an ancestral philosophy.
Indonésie 2004. Le chevalier caché et la fin d'un monde
Authors: Raillon François 
Published: January 2011

François Raillon, Centre national de la Recherche scientifique, Paris Indonésie 2004 : Le chevalier caché et la fin d'un monde
2004 was an intensive election year in Indonesia. After a complex general election held on April 5, a two-round presidential election witnessed the advent of general Yudhoyono as the new head of state. Elected by direct ballot for the first time in Indonesian history, the new president was a rather unexpected figure whose career had mostly unfurled during the former
regime of general Soeharto. His success in capturing the presidency may be attributed to the
people's high expectations after the protracted crisis that has affected Indonesia since
Soeharto' s fall. It was also due to Yudhoyono' s ability to appear as the "hidden knight", or a
heaven-sanctioned saviour according to Javanese folklore.
As Yudhoyono had hardly started his presidency, an earthshake and tsunami of unprecedented
magnitude hit the province of Aceh (and various countries of the Indian ocean), causing the
death of hundreds of thousands of Achinese.
The author analyses the impact of the formally democratic elections on the exercise of power
in Indonesia, and the way the local polity and society reacted to the end-of-the-year disaster.
Note on the Early History of the Maldives
Authors: Mohamed Naseema 
Published: January 2011

Naseema Mohamed, National Centre for Linguistic and Historical Research, Male' (Republic
of Maldives)
Note on the Early History of the Maldives
Cette note fait le point, dans un rapide survol, sur ce que l'on sait de l'histoire des Maldives avant leur islamisation au XIIe siècle.
Southeast Asia as Seen from Mughal India : Tahir Muhammad's 'Immaculate Garden' (ca. 1600)
Authors: Alam Muzaffar , Subrahmanyam Sanjay 
Published: January 2011

Muzaffar Alam, University of Chicago & Sanjay Subrahmanyam, University of California
at Los Angeles
Southeast Asia as Seen from Mughal India : Tahir Muhammad's "Immaculate Garden " (ca.
1600)
On a souvent cru que la xénologie n'existait pas en Inde moghole en tant que champ intellectuel, et que les Moghols ne montraient pas la moindre curiosité envers les autres pays de l'océan Indien. On a aussi voulu parfois contraster cette attitude des Moghols avec le cas ottoman, car, au XVIe siècle, les Ottomans ont manifestement essayé de développer un réseau maritime et politique qui allait jusqu'en Asie du Sud-Est. Cet essai est divisé en trois parties. Dans un premier temps, les auteurs revisitent les lieux communs sur les rapports entre les Ottomans et les pays de l'Asie du Sud-Est, notamment Aceh. La deuxième partie, le véritable cœur de l'essai, est construite autour d'un texte écrit vers 1600 par un intellectuel moghol, le Rauzat ut-Tâhirîn de Tahir Muhammad Sabzwari, œuvre encyclopédique mais contenant aussi une section fort intéressante consacrée aux pays voisins de l'Inde. On trouve dans ce texte des développements sur la situation politique et culturelle en Birmanie à la fin du XVIe siècle, ainsi qu'une vision assez originale du Sultanat d'Aceh juste avant l'époque d'Iskandar Muda (1607-1636). Enfin, les auteurs entreprennent la comparaison de la vision de Tahir Muhammad avec celle d'un texte plus célèbre, le Safîna-i Sulaimânî écrit par un certain Muhammad Rabi', qui faisait partie d'une ambassade saf avide envoyée à la cour du roi siamois Phra Narai, dans les années 1680.
La sériciculture à Sumatra Nord. De l'histoire à la légende de Job
Authors: Salmon C. 
Published: January 2011

Claudine Salmon, Centre national de la Recherche scientifique, Paris La sériciculture à Sumatra Nord. De l'histoire à la légende de Job
The history of sericulture in Indonesia is poorly documented. Some hints are to be found in Chinese and European records, but to the best of our knowledge local sources are almost silent. The first allusion to silkworm raising appears in the Zhufan zhi "A Description of Barbarous People" (1225) for Java. If this activity was not very successful in Java, it developed rather well in North Sumatra where it was well rooted and, with ups and downs, lasted over five centuries. It has just came to an end in the late 1980s.
This paper is divided into three parts. The first attempts to reconstruct the history of this activity as it may be perceived in various travelogues. The second relates the fascinating legend of the origin of the silkworm, which was collected in Aceh at the beginning of the 20th century by a Dutch official. This legend, which links the worms that inhabited the sores of Ayyûb (the Job of the Bible) to the first silkworms, takes us far from China to the Middle- East and further westwards into Southern Europe. Finally, the paper reflects on the significance of this industry in the political and commercial context of North Sumatra in which Arabs, Persians and other Muslim merchants who came from India all took a part.
Camels, Seals and the Early Tin Coinage of Brunei
Authors: Teh Gallop Annabel 
Published: January 2011

Annabel Teh Gallop, The British Library, London Camels, Seals and the Early Tin Coinage of Brunei
Parmi les collections de monnaies islamiques frappées en Asie du Sud-Est, l'une des plus intéressantes et des plus inhabituelles provient du sultanat de Brunei. Ces pièces, appelées pitis, ont circulé pendant une très longue période, depuis au moins la seconde moitié du XVIIe siècle jusqu'au milieu du XIXe. Beaucoup d'entre elles portent, sur une face, un grand quadrupède, alternativement décrit comme un chameau, un tigre, un âne, un éléphant, un taureau, un buffle, voire un chat, et sur l'autre face, une inscription en caractères arabes stylisés. Ces pièces ont été publiées et étudiées de nombreuses fois, et leurs motifs singuliers ont fait l'objet de théories diverses. Le présent article suggère que tous les quadrupèdes en question dérivent du prototype d'un chameau, qui pourrait, à son tour, avoir eu pour modèle la poignée en forme de chameau qui ornait probablement le sceau offert au souverain de Brunei par l'empereur Ming Yung-lo, en 1405. L'intérêt de cette hypothèse est qu'elle offre pour la première fois une explication plausible au fait qu'un chameau puisse figurer dans une position d'une telle signification symbolique sur les pièces de Brunei.
Upas, September and the Bugis at the Cape of Good Hope. The Context of a Slave's Letter
Authors: Koolhof Sirtjo , Ross Robert 
Published: January 2011

Sirtjo Koolhof, KITLV/ Royal Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies &
Robert Ross, Leiden University
Upas, September and the Bugis at the Cape of Good Hope. The context of a Slave's Letter
Quelque temps avant août 1760, au Cap, l'esclave bugis Upas adressa un court message à un de ses congénères, September, qui le conserva dans un coffre, dans le barraquement pour esclaves où il logeait. La lettre était rédigée dans la langue des deux hommes, le bugis, et dans l'écriture qui lui est propre. Ils n'auraient pu deviner que cet innocent message allait, en quelque sorte, se muer en sentence de mort pour le destinataire et qu'il serait encore l'objet de débats deux siècles plus tard. September fut accusé d'être à la tête d'un complot d'esclaves (bugis), et la lettre trouvée dans son coffre fut présentée comme une preuve accablante. La lettre elle-même, pourtant, ne suggère rien de semblable. Cet article présente les interprétations successives de la lettre et en propose une nouvelle traduction.
Viral Clearance and Inflammatory Response Patterns in Adults Hospitalized for Pandemic 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Pneumonia
Authors: Lee Nelson , Chan Paul KS , Wong Chun Kwok , Wong Ka-Tak , Choi Kin-Wing , Joynt Gavin M , Lam Philip , Chan Martin CW , Wong Bonnie CK , Lui Grace CY , Sin Winnie WY , Wong Rity YK , Lam Wai-Yip , Yeung Apple CM , Leung Ting-Fan , So Hing-Yu , Yu Alex WY , Sung Joseph JY , Hui David SC 
Published: January 2011

Background Little is known about the virological and inflammatory responses of severe pandemic 2009 influenza A(H1N1) virus pneumonia during antiviral treatment. Methods In a prospective observational study, we recruited consecutive adults hospitalized with confirmed pandemic 2009 H1N1 infection during a 16-week period. Nasopharyngeal aspirate and non-respiratory samples (blood, stool and urine) were collected at presentation, and serial nasopharyngeal flocked swabs (NPFS) and tracheal aspirates (TA) were collected after initiating oseltamivir treatment for quantitative viral RNA assay, using real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR. Serial plasma samples were collected for cytokine/chemokine assay using cytometric bead array. Patients with severe pneumonia (lung infiltrates and hypoxaemia) were compared to those with milder illnesses. Results A total of 66 patients were studied (mean age 43 ±20 years); 28 (42%) developed severe pneumonia, of whom 10 (15%) required intubation. Severe pneumonia was associated with older age, dyspnoea, delayed presentation >2 days from onset, extrapulmonary virus detection (13–28%) and higher viral concentration despite late-presentation (multiple linear regression, β=0.94, 95% confidence interval 0.15–1.74; P=0.02). Patients with severe pneumonia exhibited slow viral clearance with oseltamivir treatment, particularly in the lower respiratory tract (median [interquartile range] durations of RNA positivity after antiviral initiation were NPFS 6.0 days [3.0–8.0], TA 11.0 days [7.8–14.3] versus milder illness group NPFS of 2.0 days [1.0–3.0] days; P<0.01). High viral load in lower respiratory tract despite upper-tract RNA negativity and viral rebound after stopping treatment were noted in some patients. H275Y mutation was absent. High plasma levels of interleukin (IL)-6, CXCL-8 (IL-8), CCL2 (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1) and soluble tumour necrosis factor receptor-1 were observed, which correlated with the extent and progression of pneumonia in hospital. Conclusions In severe 2009 H1N1 pneumonia, viral clearance is slow with treatment, particularly in the lower respiratory tract. A more sustained antiviral regime appears warranted.
Electrophysiological Evaluation of Retinal Function in Children Receiving Vigabatrin Medication
Authors: Kjellström Ulrika , Andréasson Sten , Ponjavic Vesna 
Published: January 2011

Purpose:To evaluate retinal function in children taking vigabatrin and to explore the influence of age and dose parameters on the results of full-field electroretinography (ff-ERG).Methods:The ff-ERGs from 14 children receiving vigabatrin were compared with ff-ERGs from healthy controls. Treated children were further grouped according to age (pre-school = 12–71 months; older = 72–228 months). Parameters of drug dosage were compared.Results:Treated children showed rod and cone dysfunction reflected by reduced b-wave amplitudes for the isolated rod response, the combined rod-cone response, and the 30-Hz flicker response. The a-wave amplitude and implicit time for the combined rod-cone response, reflecting photoreceptor function, were also altered. Further evaluation of age groups revealed similar findings in the pre-school group but not in the older group. Alterations in ff-ERG were seen in 57% of the treated children. Pre-school children had received significantly higher daily drug doses with start of medication at younger age. No differences were found concerning cumulative doses or duration of medication.Conclusion:Alterations in ff-ERG are as frequent in children as in adults and the results indicate that exposure to high daily doses of vigabatrin may be associated with increased risk of retinal dysfunction, including photoreceptor damage, not previously shown in children. Thus, recommendations of careful follow-up for children receiving vigabatrin are supported.
Neural Circuit Involved in Idiopathic Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome Based on fMRI
Authors: Leguire Lawrence E. , Kashou Nasser H. , Fogt Nick , Smith Mark A. , Lewis Jennifer R. , Kulwin Robert , Rogers Gary L. 
Published: January 2011

Purpose:
To identify the neural circuitry of idiopathic infantile nystagmus syndrome (INS), characterized by an early onset alternating series of slow and rapid eye movements that can manifest in different waveforms and genetic lines. The neural circuitry of INS is currently unknown.

Methods:
A novel functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) method, referred to as the null zone fMRI technique, was used to identify the neural circuitry for INS. In the null zone fMRI technique, a gaze position with minimal nystagmus within the null zone was linked to the fMRI “off” condition and a gaze position with robust nystagmus outside of the null zone was linked to the fMRI “on” condition. Eye movements were monitored with an fMRI compatible eye tracker and observed in real time to ensure subject compliance in “on” and “off” states. Subjects with INS (n = 4) included three family members (a mother and two daughters) with presumed autosomal dominant INS, as well as age- and gender-matched normal controls (n = 3).

Results:
Three of four subjects with INS demonstrated significant increased activation of the declive of the cerebellum, whereas no normal subjects under identical conditions showed activation of the declive of the cerebellum. Both groups showed significant activation in the occipital lobe (Brodmann areas 17, 18, 19, and cuneus).

Conclusion:
A novel fMRI method demonstrated that the declive of the cerebellum is actively involved in INS. These are the first results to identify the cerebellum, and specifically the declive, as a possible site involved in the ocular motor dysfunction known as INS.
Methyl transferase, a polyketide biosynthetic enzyme from <i>Dreschlera monceras</i>: purification and properties
Authors: Weerasooriya MKB , Crosby J 
Published: January 2011

Methyl transferase, a polyketide biosynthetic enzyme in monocerin biosynthesis was isolated and purified from Dreschlera monoceras. The enzyme was purified to near homogeneity with 11.1% recovery, using ammonium sulphate fractionation followed by ultra filtration, SP Sepharose chromatography and gel filtration chromatography. The molecular mass of the purified enzyme as determined by elution through Superdex TM gel filtration chromatography was found to ~ 165kDa. SDS-PAGE of the purified enzyme showed a single band at ~55kDa indicating that possibly enzyme could be a trimer of 3 subunits. The enzyme showed optimum pH at 7.5-7.7, whereas optimum assay temperature was 35-37°C. Enzyme was stable up to 45°C and above this temperature enzyme activity slowly declined and inactivated around 70°C. Apparent Km of the enzyme was found to be ~ 0.083mM.Keywords: methyl transferase; monocerin biosynthesis; polyketides; D. monoceras.DOI: 10.4038/josuk.v3i0.2734J. Sci. Univ. Kelaniya 3 (2007) : 1-16
Evaluation of immune responses in an Indian carp, <i>Labeo rohita</i> (Hamilton) fed with levamisole incorprated diet
Authors: Wijendra GDNP , Pathinratne A 
Published: January 2011

Effects of oral administration of levamisole on the selected components of the immune system of an Indian carp, Labeo rohita, were evaluated with a view in assessing the potential of using this compound as an immunostimulant in culturing this fish. Sub-adults of L. rohita were fed with levamisole incorporated diet (5 mg kg-1 body weight), on the first day and every third day for 16 days (6 doses) and effects on haematocrit, total and differential leucocyte counts, phagocytic activity, production of oxygen radicals from phagocytes in the blood, lysozyme activity in the serum, total protein and immunoglobulin levels in the blood plasma were assessed at different time points in comparison to the levels of controls. Results showed that the populations of total leucocytes, neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes were elevated significantly on 14 and 21 days post levamisole treatment. In addition, total phagocytic activity, phagocytic index and lysozyme activity of the fish blood were enhanced significantly on 21 days post treatment. Results support the potential use of levamisole as an immunostimulant in culturing this fish. Keywords: Labeo rohita; levamisole; immunostimulant; Indian carp DOI: 10.4038/josuk.v3i0.2735J. Sci. Univ. Kelaniya 3 (2007) : 17-28