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The high-affinity human IgG receptor Fc gamma receptor I (FcγRI) is not associated with vascular leakage of dengue
© Mohamad Zamberi et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015
- Received: 26 July 2014
- Accepted: 17 December 2014
- Published: 8 January 2015
Dengue is a major public health problem in many tropical and sub-tropical countries. Vascular leakage and shock are identified as the major causes of deaths in patients with severe dengue. Studies have suggested the potential role of Fc gamma receptors I (FcγRI) in the pathogenesis of dengue. We hypothesized that the circulating level of Fcγ receptor I could potentially be used as an indicator in assisting early diagnosis of severe dengue.
A selected cohort of 66 dengue patients including 42 dengue with signs of vascular leakage, and 24 dengue without signs of vascular leakage were identified and were afterwards referred to as 'cases' and 'controls' respectively. Thirty seven normal healthy controls were also recruited in this study. The circulating level of FcγRI was quantified from the serum using enzyme-link immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The levels of FcγRI in both groups of patients with and without vascular leakage were found to be significantly higher than the normal healthy controls (P < 0.001). However, there was no significant difference found between patients with vascular leakage and those without vascular leakage (p = 0.777).
We suggest that FcγRI is not associated with the vascular leakage in dengue. However, further studies are necessary to delineate the role of FcγRI in antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) mechanism.
- Dengue
- Vascular leakage
- FcγRI
Dengue is caused by infection with one of the fours related but antigenically distinct serotypes namely, DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4. Globally, dengue infections have risen from less than 1,000 cases in 1955 to almost 1,000,000 cases in 2007. Approximately 2.5 billion infected individuals live in endemic areas, of which 50 million individuals are infected annually [1]. Dengue cases in Malaysia have risen dramatically, with approximately 6,500 cases in 1995, to more than 49,000 cases in 2007 [2]. Dengue virus (DENV) infection causes a spectrum of clinical manifestations, ranging from asymptomatic, undifferentiated fever, dengue fever (DF) to a more severe form of syndrome - dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF), characterized by plasma leakage and haemorrhage, representing a life-threatening complication [3,4].
The severe form of dengue contributes approximately 5 - 10% of all reported cases, and could be lethal if it is not treated properly [5,6]. Secondary infection is identified as a predominant risk factor leading to the severe manifestation [7-9]. This can be explained partly by the hypothesis called "antibody-dependent enhancement" (ADE) mechanism in the host, which occurs when the neutralizing antibody generated during the first immune response binds to the DENV with different serotype during secondary infection but not being able to neutralize it. The DENV then unites with the heterotypic antibody, forming the virus-immunoglobulin complex and enters the host cells via Fc receptors. Subsequently, viral replication takes place [10]. This process triggers the "cytokine storm" cascade, which eventually directs the alteration of complement pathway, leading to the activation of inflammatory signalling cascade and further resulting in vascular leakage [11,12].
The Fc receptor is the principle component in ADE. It is an important immunoglobulin receptor that involves in regulating normal and pathological immunity [13]. The IgG receptors (FcγR) is the largest family of Fc receptor, encoding two low-affinity receptor groups, FCGR2 and FCGR3; and a unique high-affinity receptor, FCGR1 [14]. It was believed that FCGR1 mediated the phagocytosis that is involved in the removal of antibody-opsonized DENV [15].
Early detection of shock and other complications may reduce the morbidity and mortality of severe dengue [1]. Although intensive efforts have been made to study the earlier clinical pathophysiology of dengue by identifying the potential cause of DHF, the appropriate strategy for early detection and prediction on which patients would progress to dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) has not been established yet [16]. Given the potential role of FcγRI in ADE, we hypothesized that it could possibly be used as an indicator in assisting the early diagnosis of dengue patients developing vascular leakage. Therefore in this study, we attempted to evaluate circulating FcγRI levels of dengue patients with vascular leakage versus without vascular leakage, presumably that the circulating FcγRI shaded from the cell surface in the course of infection.
Results and discussion
Demographic data with average duration of illness and laboratory parameters of normal healthy subjects, controls and cases
**p value
Normal (healthy)
Number of patients
Age (years)
11 – 20
21 – 30
31 – 40
41 – 50
51 – 60
Average duration of illness (DOI) (days)
5 (3 – 7)
5 (1 – 7)
Body temperature, mean (°C)
38.5 (37.0 – 40.0)
38.1 (37.0 – 40.6)
Max Hct, mean
38.0 (35.7 – 39.9)
42.9 (26.5 – 50.0)
42.7 (33.8 – 45.7)
48.7 (40.0 – 55.5)
The samples were categorized as "cases" when they presented any signs of vascular leakage; and "control" for those without signs of vascular leakage. Dengue with signs of vascular leakage can be defined when either patient has (i) a significant increased level of hematocrit (HCT) (20% above the baseline measurement, or >46% as indicated by the Ministry of Health Malaysia [1,17]; or, (ii) the presence of pleural effusion, and/or ascites. In clinical settings, HCT level has been commonly used as an indicator for vascular leakage [12]. Based on our evaluation of the sample classifications, apparently 92.4% of the cases/controls classifications were in accordance with the clinical diagnosis, except for five subjects. All the five subjects were clinically diagnosed as DF, yet, there was a marked increment of HCT. Therefore, it was categorized as "cases".
The maximum HCT level between the cases and controls were significantly different (P < 0.001), supporting a well sample classification between these groups (Table 1). No significant difference was observed between the dengue groups by duration of illness (p = 0.856), thus we eliminated this as a potential confounding factor for the disease severity in this study.
The mortality of dengue patients could have been improved by early detection of dengue infection followed by intensive treatments of the patient [18]. However, one of the major challenges to the clinicians is to accurately identify patients who potentially develop vascular leakage, a hallmark symptom prior to the development of a severe form of dengue. Therefore, identification of biomarkers for early detection of vascular leakage in dengue is crucial for effective management of the dengue patients. To date, although several diagnostic methods are available for dengue diagnosis [19-22], none could accurately predict the propensity for dengue-infected patients to progress into vascular leakage.
The immunoglobulin FcRs play a critical role in the immune defense system by binding the Fc portions of antibodies and providing a link between humoral and cellular immune response [23]. FcγRI is an activating receptor that recruits the gamma subunit with immune-receptor tyrosine-based activating motif to phosphorylate kinases that signals for phagocytosis [24], pro-inflammatory responses [13], protection from bacteria [25], viruses [26] and helps in the removal of antibody-opsonized DENV [15]. Over the past decade, research in the field of Fc-receptors biology and their role during various phases of an immune response has been well established [27-29]. But for the first time, we presented that there was significant elevation of circulating FcγRI, presumably shaded from the cell surface in course of the disease, observed in patients with dengue. Our results demonstrated that FcγRI was increased in dengue patient, providing further supporting evidences of its involvement in the events of immune responses during dengue viral infection [15].
The non-significance between the cases and the controls in this study could be associated to two downsides of the study, namely; (i) the sample size recruited; and (ii) the emphasis given only to subjects with vascular leakage may possibly lead to false negative finding.
Our study shows a significant difference of FcγRI levels between dengue patients and normal healthy controls, but not between dengue patients with or without vascular leakage. Further understanding on the role of FcγRI in the mechanism of ADE upon FcγR mediated phagocytosis is crucial for the understanding of immunity and pathogenesis of vascular leakage, to further assisting in refining the vaccine development [30] and also the development of the biomarker for vascular leakage of dengue.
Ethics statement and study population
This study was reviewed and approved in accordance with the Ethical Committee of Universiti Teknologi MARA and Ministry of Health Malaysia, for the study of host genetics of dengue (Ministry of Health: NMRR-09-1128-4211; Universiti Teknologi MARA: 600-RMI (5/1/6)). Ninety-five (95) adult patients clinically diagnosed with dengue were recruited in this study. Diagnosis of dengue were confirmed by performing commercially available Dengue specific capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay kit (ELISA) IgG and IgM tests (PanBio, Australia) [31,32] to all 95 collected serum samples. Informed and written consent was obtained from the patients. Three millilitres (3 ml) of patients' peripheral blood were collected. Patients who were diagnosed to be co-infected with other pathogens, or were negative for both IgG and IgM, were excluded from the study. All patients were admitted to the medical ward in Hospital Sungai Buloh during the year of 2010 to 2012. Subjects were clinically diagnosed as dengue fever (DF), dengue fever with warning sign [DF(WS)], or severe dengue (SD) by the clinicians from the hospital, following 2009 World Health Organization (WHO) case definition [1]. Demographic characteristics (i.e. age, gender and race) and clinical manifestations (i.e. day of fever, body temperature, bleeding manifestation, pleural effusion, ascites and abdominal pain) were gathered with routine hematological and biochemical laboratory test findings (i.e. full blood count, liver function test).
Additional blood samples were collected from 37 healthy volunteers to determine serum FcγRI antibody levels in the population, and these samples serve as normal healthy control subjects. Healthy volunteers were characterized as have not been infected with dengue that is the absence of any dengue antibody (IgM and/or IgG). Healthy volunteers were matched to patients according to age, gender and race that were selected from the community as a normal group.
Quantification of FcγRI
Quantification of FcγRI level was carried out in duplicates on the serum samples using FcγRI pre-coated ELISA plates (i-DNA Technologies, Singapore). Standards and 100 μl of diluted serum sample (1:100 dilution) were added to their respective wells. The microtiter plate was pre-coated with antibody specific to FcγRI and the colour change was measured by using spectrophotometer. The concentration of FcγRI in the samples was then determined by comparing the optical density (O.D.) of the samples to the standard curve.
Statistical analysis
Comparisons of the mean values within groups were carried out using one-way ANOVA, followed by Sidak post-test to identify the differences. Data analysis was carried out using SPSS for Windows version 20.0 (SPSS Inc. Chicago, IL, USA). P value of less than 0.05 was considered to be significant for all tests performed.
We would like to thank all the clinicians and nurses as well as the recruited subjects from Hospital Sungai Buloh for their contributions in this study. We would also like to convey our gratitude to the patients and the volunteers who have contributed to this study. This study is funded by the Ministry of Education Long Term Research Grant Scheme (LRGS) for Infectious Disease, 2011–14, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia [600-RMI/LRGS 5/3 (3/2011)].
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This analysis indicates that due to the higher cost of course development there is a breakeven point in the use of a blended learning approach. If only one or two classes are taught, the higher cost of online course development causes the blended approach to cost more than the classroom, but every time the class is taught beyond the second time, the savings increase as shown in Table 3 below. If ten courses are taught per year the savings in the fifth year would exceed $1 million!
Opportunity Cost
The analysis we have shown here omits one very important, but controverial cost - the cost of lost business opportunities when your people are in class and out of the field. In the worst case, when it's your senior executives and your top salespeople, these costs can dwarf some of the other costs cited above.
For example, what if the class in our example were a sales class that kept some of your top salespeople tied up for three days (including travel). If a salesperson has a quote of $500K, dividing that by the number of working days in a year (250) suggests that every day out of the field could have a $2K adverse impact. For three days that's $6K and for the 200 salespeople who would attend the 10 classes in a year that could be $1.2 million out of your top line!
Now, of course, good salespeople don't gain or lose business on a linear, incremental basis every day. And while they are in class they will undoubtedly be making and taking calls from their prospects and customers to keep their opportunities moving forward.
This problem of quantifying opportunity cost is why we have kept it out of our basic analysis, but even if the numbers we suggest above are discounted by 50% (to $600K) or even 80% (to $240K) they still can have a negative impact on your business. Which makes it even more attractive to use a blended learning approach to minimize the time your people are away from their work.
If you would like to have us help you save money for training in your business, please let us know.
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I have to brag that I got in some "me" time, time without the kids, this past weekend. And though it didn't include lounging around in my PJs, a spa treatment, or lunch with girlfriends, it was still very mind-replenishing. My dear hubby graciously took care of all 3 kidlets while I went to the Baby Purity Mother's Conference that I had blogged about previously.
At first I was a bit unsure of the conference only because my sister couldn't come with me and I really don't enjoy going to things like this alone. When I arrived, I browsed the several info and vendor booths, like Green Zebra, yoyomama, inBed organics, Better Baby Bums to name a few, and picked up business cards and info sheets. And though one of the guest speakers that I was looking forward to hearing, Christopher Gavigan, had to cancel last minute due to family circumstances, the line-up of speakers that were there was nonetheless interesting and informative. The focus was mainly about chemicals in our everyday things that affect our health and well-being more than we know and the intriguing connection between the gut and allergies in kids. There was a lot of information to take in. Though there was a Q&A period at the end and one of the speakers, Margaret Evans, a RN and life coach, advised us to not feel overwhelmed but rather take one thing out of the conference and work on that, I couldn't help but still feel like there is so much still for me to do, for me to look into. But that is me: a bit of a worry-wart.
I felt a connection with the 100 or so moms, plus a few dads, there. It was a camaraderie with strangers; moms/parents with the same interest as mine: providing the best we can for our children. I lunched with people I didn't know and we talked about weaning, formula and stainless steel containers. I met the incredible one-woman force behind Yoyomama, Annemarie Tempelman-Kluit. I chatted with Lisa Frack, Online Parent Organizer for EWG and a blogger for Enviroblog, who was sweet enough to seek me out and offer a follow-up email to a question I posed during the Q&A period. And I introduced myself to Sydney Carlaw, the dynamic person behind Baby Purity. Now, I barely know her. But from the tiniest bit of email correspondence I had with her, and the casual "Hi" and "Thank-you for the conference", I must say that she is one incredible woman (with most likely an extremely supportive hubby). Most of us, including myself, would love to fulfill our dreams but few of us have the tenacity and patience to follow through. This was her dream and she really made it possible to share it with us.
The conference ended with a ton of giveaways, and though I didn't end up with one of the fancy gift baskets or the G-diapers or the blender, I came away happy knowing that there are moms out there: like Annemarie, like Lisa and like Sydney, who are working hard to share their knowledge and experience; enabling us to raise our children the best way we can.
By the way, one of topics for next year's conference is the immunization debate. As for the fee, Sydney is working on reducing the cost by finding more sponsors. Looking forward to next year.
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It was neat to be there with so many other like-minded moms, wasn't it? I didn't get to spend a lot of time chatting with others (except for those at the booths and the speakers), but still, it was so good to be there and know that we all cared about so many of the same things.
I'm really looking forward to it next year. Maybe we'll get to connect then! 🙂
Thank you so much, what a wonderful blog. You have said some really sweet things that mean a great deal.
It's wonderful comments like these that keep me going when it feels overwhelming. Look forward to spending more time with you next year…
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On 06/09/2016 07:19 PM, Alexander Bokovoy wrote:
Yes the code works fine but SELinux blocks com.redhat.trust.fetch_domains from running.On Thu, 09 Jun 2016, Martin Babinsky wrote:On 06/09/2016 06:46 PM, Alexander Bokovoy wrote:On Thu, 09 Jun 2016, Martin Babinsky wrote:On 06/07/2016 07:35 PM, Alexander Bokovoy wrote:On Tue, 07 Jun 2016, Martin Babinsky wrote:On 06/07/2016 06:38 PM, Alexander Bokovoy wrote:On Tue, 07 Jun 2016, Martin Babinsky wrote:On 06/06/2016 12:34 PM, Alexander Bokovoy wrote:Hi,Add support for additional user name principal suffixes from trusted Active Directory forests. UPN suffixes are property of the forest and as such are associated with the forest root domain. FreeIPA stores UPN suffixes as ipaNTAdditionalSuffixes multi-valued attribute of ipaNTTrustedDomain object class. In order to look up UPN suffixes, netr_DsRGetForestTrustInformation LSA RPC call is used instead of netr_DsrEnumerateDomainTrusts. For more details on UPN and naming in Active Directory see https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739093%28v=ws.10%29.aspx https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/5354Hi Alexander, a few comments: 1.) there are some PEP8 violations in the patch. Not all of them need to be fixed, though (line overhangs < 5 characters are OK by me). """ ./ipaserver/dcerpc.py:1199:80: E501 line too long (80 > 79 characters) ./ipaserver/dcerpc.py:1200:80: E501 line too long (83 > 79 characters) ./ipaserver/dcerpc.py:1258:40: E203 whitespace before ':' ./ipaserver/dcerpc.py:1263:80: E501 line too long (81 > 79 characters) ./ipaserver/dcerpc.py:1271:80: E501 line too long (90 > 79 characters) ./ipaserver/dcerpc.py:1272:80: E501 line too long (82 > 79 characters) ./ipaserver/plugins/trust.py:490:9: E128 continuation line under-indented for visual indent ./ipaserver/plugins/trust.py:490:80: E501 line too long (93 > 79 characters) ./ipaserver/plugins/trust.py:490:92: E202 whitespace before ']' ./ipaserver/plugins/trust.py:493:80: E501 line too long (83 > 79 characters) ./ipaserver/plugins/trust.py:1461:80: E501 line too long (80 > 79 characters) ./ipaserver/plugins/trust.py:1462:59: E202 whitespace before ']' ./ipaserver/plugins/trust.py:1544:1: E302 expected 2 blank lines, found 1 ./ipaserver/plugins/trust.py:1638:1: E302 expected 2 blank lines, found 1 """I've fixed trust.py part, the dcerpc.py fixes in 0201 should be enough now -- breaking following line is not giving any reasonable benefit: res['ipantflatname'] = unicode(t.forest_trust_data.netbios_domain_name.string)Looking at the code, it would be IMHO more readable to directly append dict literals to the result like so: """ --- a/ipaserver/dcerpc.py +++ b/ipaserver/dcerpc.py @@ -1269,18 +1269,20 @@ def fetch_domains(api, mydomain, trustdomain, creds=None, server=None): tname = unicode(t.forest_trust_data.dns_domain_name.string) if tname == trustdomain: continue - res = dict() - res['cn'] = tname - res['ipantflatname'] = unicode(t.forest_trust_data.netbios_domain_name.string) - res['ipanttrusteddomainsid'] = unicode(t.forest_trust_data.domain_sid) - result['domains'][tname] = res + + result['domains'][tname] = { + 'cn': tname, + 'ipantflatname': unicode( + t.forest_trust_data.netbios_domain_name.string), + 'ipanttrusteddomainsid': unicode( + t.forest_trust_data.domain_sid) + } elif t.type == lsa.LSA_FOREST_TRUST_TOP_LEVEL_NAME: tname = unicode(t.forest_trust_data.string) if tname == trustdomain: continue - res = dict() - res['cn'] = tname - result['suffixes'][tname] = res + + result['suffixes'][tname] = {'cn': tname} return result """Makes sense. Fixed.Also there is a whitespace before colon here: """ + result = {'domains': {}, 'suffixes' : {}} ^ """ Please fix that and I will be a happy engineer.Fixed.2.) Should the ipaNTAdditionalSuffixes attribute be case insensitive? It makes sense but I'm just asking so that we don't end changing the schema later.ipaNTAdditionalSuffixes is defined as attributeTypes: ( 2.16.840.1.1137126.96.36.199.75 NAME 'ipaNTAdditionalSuffixes' DESC 'Suffix for the user principal name associated with the domain' EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch SYNTAX 22.214.171.124.4.1.1418.104.22.168.15) There should be no problem with case sensitivity already.OK I presume that the UPN suffixes on AD are also case-insensitive so everything should be alright.Yes, as everything realm-related on AD side, they are case-insensitive. Updated patch attached.1.) there is one unused import that makes pylint choke: """ ************* Module com.redhat.idm install/oddjob/com.redhat.idm.trust-fetch-domains:6: [W0611(unused-import), ] Unused errors imported from ipalib) Makefile:137: recipe for target 'lint' failed make: *** [lint] Error 1 """Fixed, thanks. I wasn't attentive to why it considered that error.We are continuously tighting pylint checks in order to help us improve (or at least not worsen) the code quality.2.) The UPN suffixes are added during trust establishment and I can also kinit as the enterprise principal using one of UPNs, but only when using two-way trust. Is this expected? I was not able to find any clue in the design page but maybe I was just not looking hard enough.No, it works just fine for one-way trust as well. The way UPNs used in AD is a bit awkward -- you define them globally for the whole forest first and then assign specific UPN suffix for the user account in the account properties. Only then you can use the suffix for this user: [root@f24-master ~]# net ads search -S w12.ad.test -k cn=grumpy |grep userPrincipalName userPrincipalName: grumpy@torchwood [root@f24-master ~]# KRB5_TRACE=/dev/stderr kinit -E -C grumpy@torchwood [9135] 1465490159.655327: Resolving unique ccache of type KEYRING [9135] 1465490159.655408: Getting initial credentials for grumpy\@torchw...@ipa.ad.test [9135] 1465490159.656798: Sending request (176 bytes) to IPA.AD.TEST [9135] 1465490159.656994: Initiating TCP connection to stream 192.168.5.117:88 [9135] 1465490159.657122: Sending TCP request to stream 192.168.5.117:88 [9135] 1465490159.657655: Received answer (169 bytes) from stream 192.168.5.117:88 [9135] 1465490159.657679: Terminating TCP connection to stream 192.168.5.117:88 [9135] 1465490159.657715: Response was from master KDC [9135] 1465490159.657741: Received error from KDC: -1765328316/Realm not local to KDC [9135] 1465490159.657756: Following referral to realm AD.TEST [9135] 1465490159.657783: Sending request (168 bytes) to AD.TEST [9135] 1465490159.674764: Resolving hostname w12.ad.test. [9135] 1465490159.679514: Sending initial UDP request to dgram 192.168.5.111:88 [9135] 1465490159.680158: Received answer (171 bytes) from dgram 192.168.5.111:88 [9135] 1465490159.688085: Response was not from master KDC [9135] 1465490159.688141: Received error from KDC: -1765328359/Additional pre-authentication required [9135] 1465490159.688203: Processing preauth types: 16, 15, 19, 2 [9135] 1465490159.688252: Selected etype info: etype aes256-cts, salt "AD.TESTgrumpy", params "" [9135] 1465490159.688285: PKINIT client has no configured identity; giving up [9135] 1465490159.688315: PKINIT client has no configured identity; giving up [9135] 1465490159.688342: Preauth module pkinit (16) (real) returned: 22/Invalid argument [9135] 1465490159.688368: PKINIT client has no configured identity; giving up [9135] 1465490159.688394: Preauth module pkinit (14) (real) returned: 22/Invalid argument Password for grumpy\@torchw...@ad.test: [9135] 1465490162.317092: AS key obtained for encrypted timestamp: aes256-cts/C61F [9135] 1465490162.317176: Encrypted timestamp (for 1465490162.505923): plain 301AA011180F32303136303630393136333630325AA105020307B843, encrypted ADD327ACC03C99C821D9FBBE280866D6342D3CE1BBA2C720CF5A5BEBA586ECD0034CD2C3448F5FD6D66219DB77DC51D81C8C1D6D01A87AC9 [9135] 1465490162.317228: Preauth module encrypted_timestamp (2) (real) returned: 0/Success [9135] 1465490162.317272: Produced preauth for next request: 2 [9135] 1465490162.317328: Sending request (246 bytes) to AD.TEST [9135] 1465490162.346793: Resolving hostname w12.ad.test. [9135] 1465490162.352714: Sending initial UDP request to dgram 192.168.5.111:88 [9135] 1465490162.353537: Received answer (1442 bytes) from dgram 192.168.5.111:88 [9135] 1465490162.366042: Response was not from master KDC [9135] 1465490162.366094: Processing preauth types: 19 [9135] 1465490162.366139: Selected etype info: etype aes256-cts, salt "AD.TESTgrumpy", params "" [9135] 1465490162.366190: Produced preauth for next request: (empty) [9135] 1465490162.366235: AS key determined by preauth: aes256-cts/C61F [9135] 1465490162.366328: Decrypted AS reply; session key is: aes256-cts/BD45 [9135] 1465490162.366382: FAST negotiation: unavailable [9135] 1465490162.366416: Initializing KEYRING:persistent:0:krb_ccache_dSjqZkD with default princ gru...@ad.test [9135] 1465490162.366488: Storing gru...@ad.test -> krbtgt/ad.t...@ad.test in KEYRING:persistent:0:krb_ccache_dSjqZkD [9135] 1465490162.366550: Storing config in KEYRING:persistent:0:krb_ccache_dSjqZkD for krbtgt/ad.t...@ad.test: pa_type: 2 [9135] 1465490162.366585: Storing gru...@ad.test -> krb5_ccache_conf_data/pa_type/krbtgt\/AD.TEST\@AD.TEST@X-CACHECONF: in KEYRING:persistent:0:krb_ccache_dSjqZkD As you can see, the realm was considered non-local and a referral to the correct realm was issued, then kinit followed the referral and finally we've got the ticket for gru...@ad.test because canonicalization was asked. If no canonicalization would be asked, the principal would be enterprise one but, again, from the other realm: [root@f24-master ~]# klist Ticket cache: KEYRING:persistent:0:krb_ccache_lIqrVtl Default principal: grumpy\@torchw...@ad.test Valid starting Expires Service principal 06/09/2016 19:45:16 06/10/2016 05:45:16 krbtgt/ad.t...@ad.test renew until 06/10/2016 19:45:13Hmmm, when I establish a one-way trust I can kinit with the user having UPN suffix: kinit -E jdoe@crew207 Password for jdoe\@crew...@dom-207.adrealm.com: [root@vm-183 ~]# klist Ticket cache: KEYRING:persistent:0:krb_ccache_gHJAT3H Default principal: jdoe\@crew...@dom-207.adrealm.com Valid starting Expires Service principal 06/09/2016 17:56:31 06/10/2016 03:56:31 krbtgt/dom-207.adrealm....@dom-207.adrealm.com renew until 06/10/2016 17:56:26 However when I issue 'ipa trust-show' I do not see any UPN suffixes associated with the trust because 'ipaNTAdditionalSuffixes' attribute is not populated on the trusted domain object while in the tow-way trust case it is and 'trust-*' commands show the UPNs as expected. ipa trust-show dom-207.adrealm.com Domain NetBIOS name: DOM-207 Domain Security Identifier: S-1-5-21-2334637434-2721788842-3715042423 Trust direction: Trusting forest Trust type: Non-transitive external trust to a domain in another Active Directory forest Realm name: dom-207.adrealm.com (it doesn't matter if I create external one-way trust or not, the UPNs are not pulled from AD DC in either case)Check audit.log, on Fedora 24 selinux policy is broken again due to us moving files all around. Try with setenforce 0 to verify it. We run an equivalent of # oddjob_request -i com.redhat.idm.trust.fetch_domains \ -s com.redhat.idm.trust -o / \ com.redhat.idm.trust.fetch_domains ad.test when retrieving forest topology information in one-way trust case. If SELinux policy prevents oddjobd to launch the helper, no retrieval will happen.
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Overtime should be included in holiday pay?
Following a landmark ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) last week, employers will have to review their overtime provision after the ruling that regular non-guaranteed overtime should be included in holiday pay.
According to government estimates, around one-sixth of the 30.8 million people in work receive some form of overtime. This means that around five million workers could be entitled to more holiday pay.
This ruling changes the law in terms of how employers calculate holiday pay; currently, only a worker's basic pay counts towards this calculation. The EAT however, has limited the potential for workers to succeed with claims for historical non-payment of holiday pay, alleviating the fears that this law change would results in billions of pounds of backdated pay.
For more information on these changes in Holiday Pay Calculations and how they effect you as an employer, click here to access the ACAS website.
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Employers have seen several changes in employment law recently that have been implemented to try and strike the right work-life balance, with the entitlement to shared parental leave as another example.
Employees are currently entitled to 26 weeks ordinary maternity leave and 26 weeks additional maternity leave; however with the right to shared parental leave, due to come into force on 1st December 2014, this could mean that the mother or adopter shares some of the leave with their partner, perhaps returning to work for part of the time and then resuming leave at a later date. It will apply to the parents of babies due (or children placed for adoption) on or after the 5th April 2015.
An employee could potentially make a request for shared parental leave from 1st December 2014.
It is not necessary for both the mother and the partner/father to be employees for one of them to qualify for shared parental leave and it is important that all companies should have a clear shared parental leave policy in place to help them manage any requests as and when they are made.
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Home Renovation and Financing
So you have the urge or need to renovate your home? Maybe a new baby has come along and you need more bedrooms or maybe the kitchen is too small and you want to expand the size of the home. Whatever your intentions, you may not have the available funds in your savings account and you may require some household finance.
Depending on the size of your renovation project, the home finance lender will want to be assured of several things:
• You have acquired the necessary building permits. If the home finance is a substantial dollar amount, the lender will not want to loan any money without knowing that the city or township has approved the prospective construction.
• You must have adequate house insurance in place. The home finance lender may ask to review your insurance policy to determine whether the amount and type of insurance will cover the expansion.
• You may be required to show blueprints of the expansion to assure the home finance lender that the expansion is viable. Home finance specialists need to protect their monies or the investment of their lenders so knowing the renovation will be carried out properly is important to everyone.
• You will need to show proof of income and most likely the same type of household finance information as when you applied for your mortgage. The home finance lender will want to see that your financial situation has improved or at the very least has not deteriorated and you are still able to carry the home loan.
• You may be asked whether a qualified building contractor is completing the renovation or yourself. The lender may wish to see the contractor's credentials. And, if it is yourself and maybe your buddies, the home finance lender may inquire as to your abilities to complete the job. Again, the utmost concern is the protection of their companies' or investors' funds.
• You will need to speak about a time-line, both in terms of the actual expansion work and of course in terms of the home finance. How long will the renovation take to complete? For what period of time do your require a home loan? Some home finance lenders will adjust your existing mortgage but some may require you to pay the home finance in a certain amount of time.
• You may be required to have a home appraisal or assessment of the home to determine whether the value warrants the renovations. For example, if the renovations are considered "too rich" in nature, then the home finance lender may not allow the home loan to be processed because when the home is sold, the value cannot be recouped. Adding marble floors and gold faucets may not be suitable in a neighborhood of homes selling for $80,000.
Sometimes, depending on the size of the renovation and your credit worthiness, it may be just as simple to use your credit card or line of credit for your home finance. It may not be as prudent in terms of saving money on the interest but it would be a simpler and faster process in that you are not required to jump through the hoops to obtain your household finance.
Review all your options and know what is available. Informed decisions are always better in the long run as opposed to quick, unintelligent decisions that may lead to heart break when your renovations are still in progress ten years from now. If you need to home finance the project, then you need to see progress and know that there is a positive outcome to the project at hand and you need to know your home loan was worth the costs.
In summary, be prepared before you approach the bank or a private home loan broker. Knowing what is expected of you and having all your documentation in order will provide you with a better chance of securing that home loan.
Please remember that the above-discussed points are general guidelines. They are not to be construed as definitive requirements set out by home finance lenders. Each lender has different requirements and you are best served by speaking directly with your home loan expert.
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To George Washington from John Laurens, 6 November 1780
Philadelphia 6th November 1780
My dear General.
Riveted to head quarters by my attachment to Your Excellency and the patronage with which you have been pleased to honor me, nothing but the approaching critical junction of southern affairs and the expectation of my countrymen could induce me to sollicit a farther leave of absence in case of my exchange—I profess myself too much a continentalist to be affected by local interests—but I indulge a hope that my acquaintance with the country and connexions as a southern man may enable me to be of some ability in the new theatre of the war—and the present season of tranquility here, appears too favorable an opportunity to be overlooked—these motives which I submit to Your Excellency, prompt me to entreat your permission to join the southern army for the ensuing Campaign—if they are sanctioned by your answer, nothing will detain me in this city but your commands—however remote from Your Excellency I shall invariably be warned by those sentiments of gratitude and veneration which you alone have inspired—and be on all occasions ambitious to prove myself Your Excellencys faithful Aid.
John Laurens
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Carleton University - School of Computer Science Honours Project
Fall 2017
Assessing the Educational Value of an Equation Solving Mobile Game
The objective of my project was to create an app that would be able to improve the user's ability to solve math equations quickly and accurately. To test this, I first created a game. I then created two quizzes, Quiz 1 and Quiz 2, that I used to test participants. I recruited student participants via email, then split them up into two groups. I had my variable group take Quiz 1, then play my game for 10 minutes, then complete Quiz 2. I had my control group do something unrelated to math for 10 minutes between taking the two quizzes. To check the validity of my hypothesis, I compared the time taken to complete and the amount of correct answers of the two quizzes. I found that the use of my game did indeed decrease the time taken on Quiz 2 by almost a minute on average. The control group only had a decrease of about 1 second on average. Therefore, my hypothesis that my game would improve the user's ability to solve math equations quickly was correct. Unfortunately, there was no statistically significant difference between the control group and the variable group when comparing the quiz scores between the two quizzes. Therefore, my hypothesis about the accuracy improvement was incorrect.


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I was at the till at Boots and this cute Benefit pack caught my eye and for £9.50 I could not resist as I have not tried that many Benefit products I was curious to see what they were like. The kit includes testers of:
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I was pleasantly impressed with the high bean complexion enhancer . It makes my skin look super healthy and gives it a lovely dewy look. I applied this on the top of my cheekbones for a glowing makeup look. I have had loads of complainants when i wear it which is a big thumbs up!
I love this product! I think it is AMAZING!!! My eyeshadow stays for long periods of time without creasing and a little bit goes a long way.
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Battle Towers Soundtrack – Chaos
Complete soundtrack to the Android and iOS strategy game 'Battle Towers'. This video features the music for the Chaos faction.
Battle Towers Soundtrack – Order
Complete soundtrack to the Android and iOS strategy game 'Battle Towers'. This video features the music for the Order faction.
Music composed by Nick May
Image copyright – Outlander Studios
Download the game here for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gameinsight.battletowersandroid
Also available on iOS devices from the App Store.
Music composed in 2010 using Logic Pro and East West sample libraries.
Lost and Found wins the Sunrise Film Festival Award!
Lost and Found is a short film directed and written by my good friend David Stafford. His film has recently won the Sunrise Film and Animation Festival Award hosted by Ditto (www.ditto.tv/sunrise)
The film includes a music score written by myself. You can watch the film and listen to the score below, hope you enjoy it!
Coming to Terms – Snippet: Music by Nick May
Coming to Terms is an upcoming student film directed by Benjamin Guy, of which I'm providing a music score for.
Below is a short snippet of the demo music I've written for the film so far.
"Coming To Terms is a short film that centres around a man looking for answers about life and death."
New Equilibrium Video Game Demo Video!
A great new Equilibrium demo video has been uploaded by Outlander Studios (the creators of Equilibrium) featuring the Chaos and Order battle music that I wrote for the game. It also shows how the game has progressed into a much more graphically stunning 3D game for mobile devices. Check it out!
The One They Seek – Film Score by Nick May: Action and Finale
Here are some more samples from my music for the film 'The One They Seek' directed by Katie Smith.
The One They Seek – Film Score by Nick May: Sneak Peak
Here are a few samples put together from work I've done so far on a student film called 'The One They Seek'.
– An upcoming short film about a woman out for vengeance for the demise of her slaughtered parents. Set in a medieval fantasy world, across vast countryside and deep woodland she must 'Hunt and destroy him before he reaches his people in the West'.
The music contains a clear reference to the setting and time period of the film, as well as establishing a couple of leitmotifs (character themes) for both the main characters of the film. Hope you enjoy it! More to come soon…
The Phantom Executioner – Film Score
This is a film that I scored a while ago now. The director, Adam Schwartz, contacted me via Youtube as he liked some of my chilled out beats I was making for an album project at the time. It was a student film, and took a fair while to complete which gave me quite a lot of time to work on the music. This is probably the lengthiest of all the short films I have composed music for, allowing me to explore theme and variation techniques throughout, building to the fully fleshed 'end credits' suite featuring the main theme in it's most complete form.
Adam was keen on having music throughout the entirety of the film, always complementing the dialogue with some form of atmosphere or drones. This was a new approach to me, as I would usually 'spot' films of this length, and only compose music for certain scenes. It was therefore important to make sure the music during the intense dialogue scenes was quite subtle and understated, then in the fight scenes, the music can come out to play!
Adam has recently put the film up on Vimeo, so check it out!
New Game Music Project: Greyout
Greyout is a unique platform puzzle game created by Janek Schafer. I have been asked to write the music for the game and the video below shows just a taster of the game and it's first music track.
Game of Thrones Intro: Composing Challenge
This is my entry into the 'Composers Challenge' held at Filmtracks.com
The task was to re-write the music for the Game of Thrones intro sequence. I also decided to re-work the sound design too.
Game of Thrones Intro: Composing Challenge. Music by Nick May from Nick May on Vimeo.
My entry came 2nd place, which I'm very happy about considering the tough competition. Let me know what you think!


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Some revellers say better public order made for a more memorable
celebration, but a major upset at the boat races has wrecked the year
for one rowing crew
Photo by:
Sovann Philong
A young boy sits on the Phnom Penh riverbank Wednesday night, watching a Water Festival fireworks display on the second night of celebrations.
THE last dragon boats had crossed the finish line and the blare of the race announcer's voice over the speaker system had disappeared under the din of a city partying out the final few hours of this year's Water Festival.
As the last concussion of the final burst of fireworks faded, Knol Samkol had only one complaint.
"I thought everything was great, but they only shot off fireworks for a few minutes," she said, standing amid the throng of party goers, talking loudly over the discord of wailing sirens and competing variety shows being played from multiple stages around the riverfront.
"Last year they launched fireworks for about an hour," the 27-year-old, who had traveled to Phnom Penh from Prey Veng province, added.
Other visitors from the countryside commented on the more orderly nature of this year's festival, saying city officials had done a good job of curbing the chaos that often overtook previous celebrations, when millions of people descended on the city and partied unfettered for three days.
Better than before
"I come to join this ceremony every year, but I think this year I was happier than others because everything was so well organised, even the public parks," said Battambang native Ros Veasna, referring to the open spaces that had before become impromptu tent villages for crowds of rural folk with nowhere to stay.
"There is a difference between this year and before."
City officials before the festival sought to "beautify" the city's riverside neighbourhoods in anticipation of the coming crowds. But their sometimes heavy-handed approach earned them criticism from rights groups, which said homeless people and other undesirables were simply being detained, out of sight.
For Knol Samkol, city officials simply did not offer enough distractions beyond the obvious boats races and kerb-side shopping.
"The government should try to develop more for people to do during the Water Festival," she said.
Major upset
This year saw a major upset among the dragon boat heavies, with a 10-year winning streak by the Kirivong Sok Senchey being broken in the championship race.
"We never dared to think we would win against that boat, but after we beat 84 others, we took the No 1 prize," said Ly Phal, a 33-year-old rower on the Preah Tineang Chang Han Hoy Sen Chestda, which took first place this year.
"I can bring honour back to my province and we will try to keep our No 1 place in the coming years," said the Kandal province native.
The Kirivong's manager, Oum Chhun Streng, was dumbstruck. "I never thought my boat would get second place because we are faster," he said.
"I had hoped we would keep our No 1 place, but we lost, and I really don't know why," he added. "Maybe we have some mistakes with our technique."


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These winter blues have really gotten me down. :( Blah! So over this cold weather and snow. Yes they want more snow because ya know, we didn't get enough the first time. Ugh, it makes it so hard to stay motivated. All I want to do is go back to bed and sleep until spring. Just sooo tired all the time making it hard for me to concentrate on my writing. I'm lucky if I get a page or two done a day which is horrible! Talk about slacking. This is why I need to move somewhere warm! Like A.S.A.P. I'm a sunshine girl.
In other crappy news, on sunday, my mom's pitbull was attacked by two other pits in her own back yard. I couldn't be more deeply upset by this. In an attempt to help someone else who was trying to keep his dog from being attacked. My mom distracted the other two dogs. When they spotted our poor Jaxson in the yard they jumped like crazy against the fence and managed to get the latch open. They went after Jaxson. Thankfully he is okay. Poor guy is miserable though. It angers me to no end that these people just let their dogs roam freely and could careless what happens to them or someone else. Thankfully no one else was injured but i couldn't be more disgusted with the owners of these dogs. This was not the first time they got out either. It's unfortunate that this had to happen. I'm just glad Jaxson is alright. People make me mad!


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8 Nov 2010
Author Slot - Rob Mundle
Rob Mundle is a champion yachtsman and journalist, he's covered seven Americas Cups, sailed in three Sydney to Hobarts. He comes from a long line of sailors, and he himself can sail any sort of boat with sails on it. More than that too, he knows the oceans of which he writes. There are 10 admired books of his about sailing; his latest is Bligh - Master Mariner.


text: Sunday was the first ever Fulham Ski Fete and in the tradition of all great British fete's there was sunshine, food, plenty to drink and some great music, (apres ski rock – umpaloopa – and even steel drums). We flew the Putney Chiro flags over Fulham palace and met loads of locals who were interested in what we had to say on staying healthy. There was also the mandatory bouncy castle, learn to snow board machine, the biggest raffle I've seen in years and plenty of people to talk to about your ski holidays.


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I am linking up with a fellow Rhode Island blogger Mama, Carla from All of me…now for a series of posts entitled "me before mom". Come and check out the weekly writing prompts as they are sure to get some of your history jotted down and creative juices flowing.
Prompt #1: How did you get your name? Did you always love it? Have you ever wanted to change it?
My name is not so common. I was the only Candice in my class from kindergarten through senior year of high school. I remember going off to preschool and my parents telling me my name was Candice, not Candy, and to make sure that no one called me by a nickname. {Fast forward to T.J. and I dating and his Nanna always called me Candy and I let her. She was a very wise and sweet woman. The exception to the rule.}
I remember my mom telling me that there was no foolproof way of doctors telling her the gender of the baby while she was pregnant. I was born in 1979, and from what she tells me of her birth story with me, hospitals were pretty archaic. I am so glad to be able to give birth in this new day and age of medicine.
Anyway, back to the name. My parents had picked two names. For a boy, Stephen or Steven, and for a girl Jennifer. Well, I was born a girl and my name is not Jennifer. Once my mom and dad and extended relatives saw me they decided that Jennifer was too popular and went with Candice. I think at the time Candice Bergen was a popular access that both my parents were fond of. Then the middle name of Marie was given to me, which is pretty common, but also because my mom didn't want my initials to spell out a short word like C.A.B. This is the complete opposite direction from what T.J. and I did while picking a name for G since her initials spell out G.E.M. 🙂
Then there was the spelling. My name is not the most common spelling. Mostly you can find Candice spelled Candace. And, nothing, absolutely nothing had my name printed on it. No trinkets, placemats, natta. So, most times my mom had something made with my name on it.
I've always liked my name because it was different. Never had a desire to change it. I always get excited when someone points out that they have the same name as I do, but more often then not, they have a different spelling.
I looked up Candice on the list of Popular Baby Names by the Social Security Administration and in 1979, Candice ranked as #128 out of 1000! And, in 2011 it isn't even listed in the top 1000.
So, what about your name? Do you like it? What is the history?


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Under loads normal to the direction of the fibers, composites suffer failures that are known as matrix or interfiber failures, typically involving interface cracks between matrix and fibers, the coalescence of which originates macrocracks in the composite. The purpose of this paper is to develop a micromechanical model, using the boundary element method, to generate information aiming to explain and support the mechanism of appearance and propagation of the damage. To this end, a single fiber surrounded by the matrix and with a partial debonding is studied. It has been found that under uniaxial loading transversal to the fibers direction the most significant phenomena appear for semidebonding angles in the interval between 60deg and 70deg. After this interval the growth of the crack along the interface is stable (energy release rate (ERR) decreasing) in pure Mode II, whereas it is plausibly unstable in mixed mode (dominated by Mode I for semidebondings smaller than 30deg) until it reaches the interval. At this interval the direction of maximum circumferential stress at the neighborhood of the crack tip is approximately normal to the applied load. If a crack corresponding to a debonding in this interval leaves the interface and penetrates into the matrix then: (a) the growth through the matrix is unstable in pure Mode I; (b) the value of the ERR reaches a maximum (in comparison with other debonding angles); and (c) the ERR is greater than that released if the crack continued growing along the interface. All this suggests that it is in this interval of semidebondings (60–70deg) that conditions are most appropriate for an interface crack to kink. Experiments developed by the authors show an excellent agreement between the predictions generated in this paper and the evolution of the damage in an actual composite.
Debonding cracks in a fibrous composite material under transversal loading
Local coordinate systems at the interface crack tip
Angular distribution of σθ for β=0.229 and β=0.136 following Comninou (14)
Angle of maximum σθ as a function of β
Model of the single fiber debonded from the matrix
Model of the single fiber after kinking of the debonding crack
Values of ERR for the fiber–matrix interface crack under remote tension from BEM (open model) and from Toya's analytical model
Distribution of the radial stress between fiber and matrix with no damage at the interface
Values of ERR for the fiber–matrix interface crack under remote tension for two bimaterial systems: carbon–epoxy and glass–epoxy
Value of the angle φ defining the MCS direction as a function of the semidebonding angle
Graphical description of the evolution of the angle of MCS with the semidebonding angle
Distribution of the circumferential stresses around the crack tip of the interface crack
Distribution of circumferential stresses at the neighborhood of the crack tip, for different semidebondings
Values of the ERR and its components for a kinked crack
Values of ERR for the shortest kinked cracks corresponding to different semidebondings
Comparison between ERR of an interface crack and kinked cracks growing normal to the load and along the direction of MCS
Schematic development of the damage: (a) damage in the form of the small cracks originated by the radial stress, Fig. 8; (b) unstable growth of the crack until a semidebonding of 60–70deg is reached, Fig. 1; (c) kinking of the interface crack, Figs. 13, 14, 15, 18; (d) unstable growth of the kinked crack, Fig. 1, originating a macrocrack; and (e) actual damage in a fibrous composite under transversal load
Evolution of the fracture mode mixity with the semidebonding angle
Evolution of G and Gc as a function of the semidebonding angle
Configuration of circumferential stresses at the neighborhood of the interface crack tip
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What? - Bollywood evergreen diva Madhuri Dixit has been roped in as the brand ambassador of 'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign'.
When? - 'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign' launched on January 22 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Haryana.
Why? - Government's ambitious 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme' aims to improve the child sex ratio (CSR). The issue of decline in CSR is complex and the scheme will address the issue within the broad framework of survival, protection and education of girl children.
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The Bollywood beauty took to Twitter to announce the news and her happiness to be the brand ambassador of the campaign.
The BBBP Scheme will be implemented in 100 selected districts, which will cover all states and UTs and is a joint initiative of Women and Child Development, Human Resource Development and Health Ministries.


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International Journal of Chemical Engineering
Volume 2013, Article ID 870384, 7 pages
Research of Hydrogen Preparation with Catalytic Steam-Carbon Reaction Driven by Photo-Thermochemistry Process
1School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
2Institute for Chemical Engineering Technology, Yibin University, Yibin 644007, China
Received 27 March 2013; Accepted 12 August 2013
Academic Editor: Maria Gomez
Copyright © 2013 Xiaoqing Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
An experiment of hydrogen preparation from steam-carbon reaction catalyzed by K2CO3 was carried out at 700°C, which was driven by the solar reaction system simulated with Xenon lamp. It can be found that the rate of reaction with catalyst is 10 times more than that without catalyst. However, for the catalytic reaction, there is no obvious change for the rate of hydrogen generation with catalyst content range from 10% to 20%. Besides, the conversion efficiency of solar energy to chemical energy is more than 13.1% over that by photovoltaic-electrolysis route. An analysis to the mechanism of catalytic steam-carbon reaction with K2CO3 is given, and an explanation to the nonbalanced [H2]/[CO + 2CO2] is presented, which is a phenomenon usually observed in experiment.