Au/Ag core–shell nanorods with variable shell thickness were prepared by using a simple method, and their optical properties were characterized by using steady state extinction spectra and ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy. The extinction spectra and discrete dipole approximation calculations showed that the longitudinal surface plasmon resonance (SPR) peak of Au/Ag core–shell nanorods shifted to blue as the Ag shell thickness increased. Although these Au/Ag core–shell nanorods are expected to display two longitudinal SPR bands, only one longitudinal SPR band was observed in the steady state extinction spectra and simulation results. We resolved this conflict by using ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy under different excitation wavelengths: 400 and 800 nm. We have experimentally demonstrated for the first time the existence of two closely spaced longitudinal SPR bands in Au/Ag core–shell nanorods, corresponding to the contributions from the Ag shell and Au core.


The Fundamental Arguments Finding our way into the problem: The Nature/Nurture Issue The Argument for Mental Grammar The Argument for Innate Knowledge * The Organization Of Mental Grammar Overview Phonological Structure Syntactic Structure American Sign Language * Evidence For The Biological Basis Of Language How Children Learn Language Language Acquisition in Unusual Circumstances I Language Acquisition in Unusual Circumstances II Language and the Brain * Mental Capacities Other Than Language The Argument for the Construction of Experience Music and Vision Language as a Window on Thought Social Organization


A system of Goluum chromat.ography suitable for the separation of the biologically important iodine compounds is described. Analysis of hydrolysed i;hyroid tissue shows the presence of thyroxine, 3,5,3'-tri-iodothyronine enT), 3,5-di-iodotyrosille (DIT)', mono-iodotyrosine (MIT), and other unidentified iodinecontaining compounds. The relative abundance of thyroxiue and TIT present. as free amino acids in 'the thyroid is different. from that of the same amino acids in protein combinat.ion. The amount of freo t.hyroxine is less thall tho free TIT, whereas in the oombined amino acids thyroxine is in excess of TIT.


Regional integration has a considerable contribution to achieving sustainable economic and social development through effective implementation of intergovernmental treaties and market-led strategies. These ambitions have been in the mind of every African since African countries got their independence. To reach these African dreams, African countries began with the establishment of African Economic communities (Abuja Treaty). Later the continent-wide free trade area that is AfCFTA came up with the objectives of creating a single continental free market for goods and services, free movement of factors of production, and paving the ground for accelerating the creation of a continental customs union. Eritrea is the only country left behind from this continental free trade treaty. Most of Eritrea's policies are heavily influenced by the government's ideology, which values self-reliance, that produced an inward-looking economy. However, these policies have contributed to Eritrea's weak economy and financial woes, reduces extreme poverty, and promotes national unity; it much limits civil liberties, international engagements, and economic growth prospects; therefore, it needs much reform. The study used one of the various study plans, which is mixed-methods qualitative drivenof exploratory research. The results revealed that the AfCFTA has significant expected benefits for the Eritrea economy. These benefits are not only restricted to the economy only; it goes to social, cultural, and diplomatic relations. The findings also discovered that the government has a limitation on reforming investment, trade, and financial policies. Therefore, the study recommends that Eritrea's government to amend and implement the suspended policy in accordance with AfCFTA and should


The phrase containing the interrogative wh-word is located at the beginning of the clause, and this guarantees that the clause is interpreted as a question about this phrase; at the same time, whom is interpreted as part of the argument structure of the verb give (the copy, in <> brackets). In current terms, inspired by minimalist developments in generative syntax, the phrase whom is first merged as (one of) the complement(s) of give (External Merge) and then re-merged (Internal Merge, i.e., movement) in the appropriate position in the left periphery of the clause. This peripheral area of the clause hosts operator-type constituents, among which interrogative ones (yielding the relevant interpretation: for which x, you gave a book to x, for sentence 1). Scope-discourse phenomena—such as, e.g., the raising of a question as in (1), the focalization of one constituent as in TO JOHN I gave the book (not to Mary)—have the effect that an argument of the verb is fronted in the left periphery of the clause rather than filling its clause internal complement position, whence the term displacement. Displacement can be to a position relatively close to the one of first merge (the copy), or else it can be to a position farther away. In the latter case, the relevant dependency becomes more long-distance than in (1), as in (2)a and even more so (2)b:


The main themes of the RF upgrade program are: the Linac4 project, the LLRF-upgrade and the study of a tuning-free wide-band system for PSB, the upgrade of the SPS 800 MHz amplifiers and beam controls and the upgrade of the transverse dampers of the LHC. Whilst LHC Splice Consolidation is certainly the top priority for LS1, some necessary RF consolidation and upgrade is necessary to assure the LHC performance for the next 3year run period. This includes 1) necessary maintenance and consolidation work that could not fit the shorter technical stops during the last years, 2) the upgrade of the SPS 200 MHz system from presently 4 to 6 cavities and possibly 3) the replacement of one LHC cavity module. On the longer term, the LHC luminosity upgrade requires crab cavities, for which some preparatory work in SPS Coldex must be scheduled during LS1.


Eight carefully written articles on the interactions between the ideas and concepts of particle physics and those of astrophysics make up this book. Two long introductory lectures give a survey of modern concepts in particle physics and in astrophysics and cosmology, stressing features of common interest. The other six contributions deal with the physics of supernova explosions, with black holes, with neutrino oscillations, with the importance of phase transitions for the large-scale structure of the Universe, and with the use of the ideas of quantum gravity for computer simulations. These rather detailed review articles will be of value for many years to come. The book is intended for graduate students and researchers both in particle physics and in astrophysics.


The effects of adding ethyl acetate on the growth of Phaeodactylum tricornutum have been studied.The results showed that ethyl acetate had no negative effects when the initial content was less than 1.8 g/L and furthermore the cell density and contents of some fatty acids were improved.The cell density increased by 35% and the mass fraction of C18∶0,C18∶2 and C20∶5 in total fatty acids increased by 15.32%,23.15% and 31.13%,respectively.In addition,the photosynthesis characteristics showed a decrease in the photon-saturated photosynthetic rate(Pmax) and an increase in dark respiration rate(Rd),which confirmed that ethyl acetate was utilized as an organic carbon source by Phaeodactylum tricornutum and that the algae grow as a mixotrophic culture.


Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein L‐like (HNRNPLL), an RNA‐binding protein that regulates alternative splicing of pre‐mRNA, has been shown to regulate differentiation of lymphocytes, as well as metastasis of colorectal cancer cells. Here, we show that HNRNPLL promotes cell cycle progression and, hence, proliferation of colorectal cancer cells. Functional annotation analysis of those genes whose expression levels were changed threefold or more in RNA sequencing analysis between SW480 cells overexpressing HNRNPLL and those knocked down for HNRNPLL revealed enrichment of DNA replication‐related genes by HNRNPLL overexpression. Among 13 genes detected in the DNA replication pathway, PCNA, RFC3 and FEN1 showed reproducible upregulation by HNRNPLL overexpression both at mRNA and at protein levels in SW480 and HT29 cells. Importantly, knockdown of any of these genes alone suppressed the proliferation‐promoting effect induced by HNRNPLL overexpression. RNA‐immunoprecipitation assay presented a binding of FLAG‐tagged HNRNPLL to mRNA of these genes, and HNRNPLL overexpression significantly suppressed the downregulation of these genes during 12 h of actinomycin D treatment, suggesting a role of HNRNPLL in mRNA stability. Finally, analysis of a public RNA sequencing dataset of clinical samples suggested a link between overexpression of HNRNPLL and that of PCNA, RFC3 and FEN1. This link was further supported by immunohistochemistry of colorectal cancer clinical samples, whereas expression of CDKN1A, which is known to inhibit the cooperative function of PCNA, RFC3 and FEN1, was negatively associated with HNRNPLL expression. These results indicate that HNRNPLL stabilizes mRNA encoding regulators of DNA replication and promotes colorectal cancer cell proliferation.


AbstractProfessional development (PD) within the College is Section-specific. The Victorian Section organised a program of four workshops in 1999. The four topics shared a common emphasis on the work of educational and developmental psychologists as intervention agents. They comprised intervention management, conflict resolution, behavioural coaching, and conduct disorders.


Studying perception of emotional expressions suggest, supposed to analyze effectiveness of discrimination between images or the severity of specific emotional experiences. Neither paradigm allows us to fully explicate the observer's subjective ideas about the relationships between different facial expressions, and to reconstruct the whole subjective space of perceived emotional expressions. In the experiment, a direct assessment was made of the similarity of images of strongly and weakly expressed "basic" emotional ex- pressions. In addition to actually evaluating the similarities, the study participants in free form gave the rationale for their decision. It was found that when performing direct comparison of images of emotional expressions presented for an unlimited time, observers mainly focus on assessing the emotional state in terms of "basic" emotions or equivalent to them. As a rule, strongly expressed emotional expressions are evaluated as "completely dissimilar" to each other. However, in the case of similar semantics of the expressed emotions, the expressions are evaluated as more similar, despite the fact that the observer distinguishes them well enough. Reconstruction of multidimensional space according to pairwise comparison indicates that the "basic" emotional expressions are not independent from each other constructs. The relationships between them correspond to the semantic space described by the Core Affect model. Thus, explicitly the participants in the experiment in explaining the degree of similarity describe the compared images in terms of "discrete" emotions; at the same time, the implicit structure of similarity corresponds to a two-dimensional semantic space with dimensions "pleasant — unpleasant" and "activation — deactivation".


The invention relates to a raw material formula of power station electrical ceramics, and the raw material formula comprises the following components in parts by weight: 30 to 40 parts of Zuoyun soil, 10 to 14 parts of Jiangjin clay, 6 to 13 parts of Jingyang soil, 15 to 25 parts of bauxite, 5 to 10 parts of potash feldspar, and 8 to 12 parts of silica flour. The ceramic quality of the electricalceramics produced by using the formula has the advantages of favorable mechanical characteristic, dielectric property, weather resistance and ageing resistance; moreover, the sintering scope is wide,the sintered ceramic body is completely ceramic and non-hygroscopic, and all the performance indexes exceed standards of strong alumina porcelain C121b in GB8411.


Winter episodes occur when strong high pressure areas prevail over central Europe. Easterly winds transport emissions from Eastern European source areas, this resu;ts in relatively high levels of acidic gases and, partly acid, aerosols in Western Europe. Exposure to a worst case winter episode mixture may cause the following health effects: 1) increase of airway complaints and symptoms in persons with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases eventually leading to hospital admissions, 2) possibly a slightly increased mortality in persons with serious cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and for persons with a delicate health, and 3) decrease of lung function in healthy children and adults that holds on for several weeks after the end of the episode. A total limitation of traffic in a city with more than 300,000 inhabitants may result in a decreased health risk of maximally 15% and of about 30% in those streets with very heavy traffic.


IAN G. JAMIESON,1'5 SUSAN B. MCRAE,26 ROBERT E. SIMMONS,3 AND MICHAEL TREWBY4 'Department of Zoology, University of Otago, PO. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand; 2Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom; 30rnithology Programme, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Private Bag 13306, Windhoek, Namibia; and 4Department of Biology, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia


The Czech Republic presides over the Council of the European union from the beginning of July to the end of December. This important position means that the presiding country leads all meetings at all levels of the Council. The topics that the Czech Republic, as the presiding state, will have to deal with are undoubtedly challenging. In addition to high energy prices and a high rate of inflation, the European union and the countries of Central Europe in particular are troubled by the war conflict in ukraine. This caused a mass refugee wave of migrants from ukraine, but in the meantime, in addition to the humanitarian issue, the issue of an increased level of irregular migration and smuggling also opened up. It is precisely this topic that we address in the contribution in the context of the tasks of the Czech Republic as the presiding country. The aim of the contribution is the identification and evaluation of current measures against irregular migration in the Czech Republic and the European union. In the contribution, we mainly use qualitative scientific methods of deduction, induction, comparison, analysis and synthesis.


Wireless communication systems with multiple antennas, so-called multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, offer huge advantages over conventional single-antenna systems – both with regard to capacity and error performance. Typically, quite restrictive assumptions are made in the literature concerning the antenna spacings at transmitter and receiver: On the one hand, one normally assumes that the individual antenna elements are co-located, i.e., they are part of some antenna array. On the other hand, it is often assumed that antenna spacings are sufficiently large so as to justify the assumption of uncorrelated antennas. From numerous publications it is known that spatially correlated links lead to a loss in capacity and error performance. We show that this is also the case when the transmit and/or the receive antennas are spatially distributed on a larger scale. (Possible applications include simulcast networks, reach-back links for wireless sensors, as well as relay-assisted wireless networks.) Specifically, we show that any spatially correlated system that obeys the so-called Kronecker-correlation model can be transformed into an equivalent (with regard to the capacity distribution) spatially distributed system, and vice versa. Correspondingly, both types of MIMO system can be treated in a single unified framework. We also prove (asymptotic) equivalence with regard to the pairwise error probability of space-time codes. Moreover, we consider a simple performance measure originally proposed for spatially correlated systems and find the equivalent measure for distributed systems. Finally, we discuss appropriate transmit power allocation schemes that are based on second-order channel statistics.


Differential evolution (DE) is a population-based stochastic function minimizer (or maximizer), whose simple yet powerful and straightforward features make it very attractive for numerical optimization. However, DE is easy to trapped into local optima. In this paper, an improved differential evolution algorithm (IDE) proposed to speed the convergence rate of DE and enhance the global search of DE. The IDE employed a new mutation operation and modified crossover operation. The former can rapidly enhance the convergence of the MDE, and the latter can prevent the MDE from being trapped into the local optimum effectively. Besides, we dynamic adjust the scaling factor (F) and the crossover rate (CR), which is aimed at further improving algorithm performance. Based on several benchmark experiment simulations, the IDE has demonstrated stronger convergence and stability than original differential (DE) algorithm and other algorithms (PSO and JADE) that reported in recent literature.


Efficient data collection and dissemination play a significant role in IoT applications since IoT devices are usually resource constrained. Multicasting service is a solution to provide better performance with lower resource consumption in such applications. However, sensors and devices are scattered geographically across vast areas and form partitioned networks due to the absence of end-to-end network connection between devices located in the different network. Existing Internet protocols cannot work well in this kind of intermittent network with a long propagation delay. Although Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) enables the communication between the partitioned network, achieving multicast routing in DTN has been identified as the new challenge to be solved. In this paper, we presented an initial concept and implementation of Reliable Multicast Disruption Tolerant Networking (RMDTN) protocol to realize multicast support in DTN using the designated ferry as a data mule for better resource utilization. An Ethernet testbed is setup to test the implementation and evaluation is done with the comparison to two common routing protocols.


(IgGs) have defects of immunoglobulin production (e.g., X-linked agammaglobulinemia, common variable immunodeficiency, etc.). These patients respond well to immunoglobulin (IG) replacement therapy since the IG, given either intravenously (IV) or subcutaneously (SC), persists in the circulation for 20 to 25 days. However, there are some patients who have low IgG levels because of increased IgG loss. In these illnesses, the IgG half-life is markedly reduced, often as rapid as two to three days, making replacement therapy a severe challenge. The sites of IgG loss, in order of increasing frequency, are into the skin, lung or thorax, peritoneum, urine and gastrointestinal tract. The following clinical vignettes illustrate these routes of IgG loss.


Several specimens of a trichostrongylid, for which the name Paracooperia mazabukae sp. nov. is proposed, were collected from the duodenum of the Oribi (Ourebia ourebi), a small African antelope, in vicinity of the Nega Nega hills in the Mazabuka area, Northern Rhodesia. Four species of Paracooperia Travassos, 1985, have hitherto been recorded from the small intestine of ruminants. Schwartz (1929) based his description of Cooperia nodulosa on specimens collected from nodules in the mucosa of the small intestine of a carabao (Bubalis bubalis) in the Philippine Islands. Mönnig (1981) described Cooperia serrata, since designated as the type of the genus Paracooperia Travassos, from the springbuck (Antidorcas marsupialis), not Damaliscus albifrons as recorded by Daubney (1988) who records Cooperia serrata Mönnig, 1931, as having been collected frequently from sheep in the Rift Valley and the Athi Plains in Kenya. Daubney notes that the normal host of this helminth has not yet been discovered in Kenya.


It is well known that the physical properties of a polymer alter with time. This phenomenon—ageing—is strongly related to the external factors acting upon the polymer and to the manufacturing process. An appropriate process could prevent the premature and undesired changes in the characteristics of a polymeric material. For this reason, considerable efforts are made to understand the mechanism of polymer degradation.

Past studies have shown that the existence of electrical charges in the bulk of polymers can affect their properties significantly. These charges—usually called space charges or space charge—were first observed in polymers used for electrical insulation and therefore submitted to high electric fields.

Some recent studies, particularly those presented in this paper, proved that space charge exists in almost every polymer. It has been shown that space charge can be present within the material from the very manufacturing process, without previous submission to stress. The increase of the amount of the space charge seems strongly related to the deterioration of the physical properties of polymers. Space charge measurements can therefore be considered as a test of quality for polymers.

This paper is dedicated to a method for measuring space charge: the Thermal Step Method (TSM). The physical basis of the technique, as well as its applications, are presented. Results obtained on various polymers are presented and discussed. The results show that the features of this technique, particularly its high sensitivity, make it an appropriate tool for the characterization of a wide variety of materials. The TSM could also be associated with other physical, chemical or physico-chemical techniques. © 1998 SCI.


When two or more poorly damped oscillation modes of close-by frequencies are excited, beat phenomena occur. The stability output Fourier transformation (SOFT) technique is extended to analyze such beat phenomena with the objective of determining the frequency components and their damping constants. Comparisons with other numerical techniques for dynamic stability are presented. Further work for the improvement of the optimization fitting scheme for the characteristic frequency spectrum is also outlined. >


The vertical deflections (VD) error of earth gravity model, which is one of primary error sources in high-precision inertial navigation system, is usually modeled as stochastic processes. In this paper, the VD error of the Earth Gravity Model 2008 (EGM2008) are modeled as 2ed order Gauss-Markov processes. The statistical characteristics of VD error are numerically analyzed by extensive comparing with a high-precision VD model of USA, namely DEFLEC12. Second order auto-regression processes are adopted to model the discrete VD error data on different trajectories, and the parameters of the corresponding 2ed order Gauss-Markov continued model are calculated. According to the statistical analysis, the general rules for setting model parameters are concluded.


This paper investigates the stability of the master production schedule (MPS) in a multi-product batch chemical plant, a typical example of manufacturing plants in the process industry. The effects of demand pattern, replanning periodicity, setup costs and unit production cost on the performance of the MPS in a rolling horizon situation are examined. Adopting the hierarchical production planning framework, a two-level mathematical model is developed to conduct the study. A comprehensive simulation work and statistical analyses are reported in this work. The results of the study show that replanning periodicity significantly influences the scheduling instability and the impact of setup cost on scheduling instability is dependent on the demand pattern and the unit production cost. Moreover, the findings indicate that replanning frequency does not affect the total cost of the system if the cost structures are not extreme. Finally, the results show that cost structures affect the batching of orders (converting production quantities into an optimal number of batches to be processed).


1. Maria G. Vogiatzi, MD*
2. Kenneth C. Copeland, MD†

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2. *Instructor of Pediatrics, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.

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4. †Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

1. Determination of height velocity is the most critical factor in evaluating the growth of a child.

2. A decreased height velocity after the third year of life indicates pathology unless proven otherwise.

3. Constitutional delay of growth and adolescence (CDGA) and familial short stature (FSS), the two most common entities associated with short stature, are characterized by deceleration of linear growth during the first 2 or 3 years of life.

4. Weight-for-height ratio may help distinguish "systemic" disorders (including gastrointestinal, renal, cardiopulmonary, and immunologic) from endocrinopathies.

5. Dysmorphic features are variable but important clues supportive of a diagnosis of genetic disorders.

6. Children who have congenital growth hormone (GH) deficiency often present in the newborn period with hypoglycemia in combination with prolonged hyperbilirubinemia.

Growth represents a sentinel for the general health of a child. However, the distinction between normal and abnormal growth may be difficult to make at times. The purpose of this review is to highlight differences between growth patterns associated with normal variations and those associated with pathologic conditions. A method of categorizing growth patterns is used that is based principally on analyses of height velocity, weight for height, and abnormal physical features.

Determination of height velocity is the single most critical factor in evaluating the growth of a child, and the simplest way to determine whether a height velocity is normal for age is to observe whether a height is "crossing" percentiles on the linear growth curve.

Weight-for-height ratio may be helpful in distinguishing "systemic" disorders (including gastrointestinal, renal, cardiopulmonary, and immunologic) from endocrinopathies. The short child who has one of the "systemic" disorders typically is short and thin; the child who has an endocrinopathy usually is short and well-nourished or frankly obese.

Dysmorphic features, disproportionate shortening, a history of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), and mental retardation are variable but important clues …


Objective To explore the curative effects of Leflunomide on steroid-resistant or steroid-deperident nephrotic syndrome and its safety.Methods Twenty-three patients with steroid-resistant or steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome were treated with Leflunomide(50mg/day loading dose for 3 days followed by 20mg/day orally for 6 months),and prednisone (30~40mg/day was taken for 8 weeks,and then the dosage of prednisone was tapered until a maintenance dosage of 20mg every other day).The clinical curative effects and side effects were observed.Results The urine protein was significantly decreased 1 months after the treatment .Thirteen patients(56.5%)achieved complete remission of the symptoms,six(26.1%) partial remission,and four (17.4%) were unchanged 6 months after treatment.The level of serum albumin was elevated significantly after the treatment(P0.01).The transient elevation of glutamate-pyruvate transaminase was observed in five patients.Leukopenia occurred in four patients. Conclusion Leflunomide combined with prednisone is of good curative on effective patients with steroid-resistant or steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome and well tolerated by the patients.


Dear Editor, Cutaneous adverse effects most frequently associated with SARSCoV2 vaccines include selflimiting local reactions at the injection site.1 The development of a lymphoproliferative process in this context is a rare event, with only six cases of such an association reported so far.2– 4 A 76yearold man without medical background of interest presented a fastgrowing injury on his right arm, where he had received the third dose of the SARSCoV2 vaccine mRNA1273/Spikevax (ModernaTX). The two previous vaccination doses were BNT162b2/Comirnaty (PfizerBioNTech). Ten days after the application of the booster dose, a very fastgrowing lesion appeared exactly on the injection site. The first examination took place 1 month after the onset of the clinical signs, and a large erythematous rounded tumour of 6 cm diameter was observed on the upperexternal surface of his right arm. The centre of the lesion presented a necrotic area and extensive ulceration (Figure 1a). Histological study showed diffuse dermal proliferation of large lymphoid cells (Figure 2a). Cells presented moderately eosinophilic cytoplasm, large irregular nuclei with some pleomorphism and one or more nucleoli. Several mitoses, apoptotic bodies and a background of neutrophils were observed (Figure 2b). An immunohistochemical study (Figure 2c,d) showed positive results for CD30 (over 95%), CD4, CD2, CD5, MUM1, expression of granzyme B and loss of CD3, CD7 and CD45. Negative results were found for CD20, CD8, TIA1, ALK, EMA, CD56, CD123 and CD68. Molecular studies showed Tcell receptor ß and γ chain clonal rearrangement. The patient was subjected to thoraxabdomenpelvis CT, complete blood test with LDH and ß2microglobulin study and bonemarrow biopsy, where no systemic lymphoma signs were found. As the extension study yielded negative results, the diagnosis of primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma (PCALCL) was reached (T1bN0M0). After 6 weeks followup, the lesion showed spontaneous almost total remission without treatment (Figure 1b). Received: 23 June 2022 | Accepted: 21 September 2022


NASA has selected 8(a) firm Applied Sciences & Information Systems, Inc. of Virginia Beach, Virginia, for services to support NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.


Computer networks are now necessities of modern organisations and network security has become a major concern for them.Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) are increasingly a key part of system defence. Various approaches to Intrusion Detection (ID)are currently being used but they are relatively ineffective when used in isolation. Also, numerous other threats have emergedrecently that are particularly troublesome, hence, some solution must be provided to encounter the new generation of complexthreats. Building up this solution requires the integration of different security devices and technologies. This study proposed anintegration model of combining different intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS) technologies together with othertechnologies with IDPS capabilities for systems security and provide guide to integrate the multiple IDPS technologies. Thisintegrated approach allows systems managers to make more informed decisions regarding intrusion detection. Keywords : Intrusion detection system, Multiple IDPS, Integration, IDPS Technologies .


Let us first summarize what we have seen in the last lecture. We consider an online learning setting, in which our algorithm has n choices in each step, each choice corresponds to an expert. First an adversary chooses a sequence of cost vectors `(1), . . . , `(T ). Then, in step t, the algorithm first chooses one of the n experts (possibly in an randomized way), which we call It. Then the algorithm gets to know the entire vector `(t). If ` (t) i ∈ [0, ρ] we showed that Randomized Weighted Majority (RWM) is a randomized algorithm (with parameter η) that guarantees


The utility model discloses a cup sleeve thermal insulation mat. The cup sleeve thermal insulation mat comprises at least four single bodies which are quadrilateral, the outer sides of two adjacent edges of each quadrangle are provided with adhering points, and the single bodies adhere to one another through the adhering points in one plane to form a ring in a surrounding mode. Compared with a past cup mat, the cup sleeve thermal insulation mat is characterized in that the cup sleeve thermal insulation mat can serve as a thermal insulation mat in a tiled state, can serve as a thermal insulation cup sleeve when arranged on the outside of a cup in a sleeved mode after being extended, can prevent hand scald, and can serve as a decorative article when placed on the table top at ordinary times, and multiple purposes are achieved. As a buckling ring is added to every two adjacent single bodies, the situation that the cup sleeve thermal insulation mat is extended to be broken by the cup sleeved with the cup sleeve thermal insulation mat when the cup sleeve thermal insulation mat serves as the cup sleeve. As the cup sleeve thermal insulation mat is of a grid-shaped structure, the using amount of whole material is saved compared with a past cup mat, production cost is saved, and the cup sleeve thermal insulation mat is beneficial to exploiting the consumer market.


The invention relates to a circuit technology and discloses a power supply switching circuit, equipment and an alternate control method of a power factor correction circuit. The power supply switching circuit comprises a first bridge arm unit, a second bridge arm unit and a capacitor, wherein the upper end of the first bridge arm unit and the upper end of the second bridge arm unit are connected with a first port of the capacitor, and the lower end of the first bridge arm unit and the lower end of the second bridge arm unit are connected with a second port of the capacitor; the first bridge arm unit comprises two diodes which are connected in series in the same direction, and the connection part of the two diodes is used for connecting with the first port of a power supply; the second bridge arm unit comprises two switching tubes and an inductor, and the two switching tubes of the second bridge arm unit are connected in series in the same direction; a first port of the inductor is connected to the connection part of the two switching tubes of the second bridge arm unit; and a second port of the inductor is used for connecting with the second port of the power supply. By using the invention, the utilization ratio of the inductor can be improved.


The modern landmark for the Economics of Religion is the model proposed by Azzi and Ehrenberg in 1975 to religious frequency. This model has several empirical studies in the literature in order to test their hypotheses. In this article, we test the hypothesis of the model of Azzi and Ehrenberg applying an ordered logistic regression with survey data of the Brazilian Social Research (PESB) 2004 on religious attendance. According to our results, women tend to attend more religious services; religious frequency showed an increase with age and negatively correlated with income


Horace's description of Pindar's poetry in Odes 4.2 is one of antiquity's most celebrated literary characterizations.1 Numerous critics have explored the dynamics of the recusatio,2 and Llewelyn Morgan has recently offered a detailed examination of Horace's use of metre in relation to his description of Pindar's metrical practice.3 He notes the strong contrast between the simple, non-choral sapphics employed by Horace and the metres used by Pindar in his dithyrambs (and epinicians), which are of much greater structural complexity. The use of sapphics is an important part of the way Horace contrasts his relatively humble verse with Pindar's grandeur.4 The contrast between Sapphic form and Pindaric subject matter also creates local effects: the use of a simple, repetitive metre emphasises the way in which 10-24 contain and delimit the entire Pindaric corpus, an effect balanced by the evocation of Pindaric style in the sweeping construction of the period and the repetition of siue/seu/-ue.5 The Horace/Pindar antithesis is furthered by the speaker's characterization of himself as apis Matinae (26) in contrast to Pindar's swan (multa Dircaeum leuat aura cycnum, 25), while his status as paruus (31) and his construction of operosa . . . carmina (30-31) associate him with small-scale Callimacheanism.6 Similarly, the tener uitulus which Horace promises to offer


Wu study a symmetric 3-state 27-vertex model and summarize three ways contributing to obtaining information of a higher-spin (more-vertex) model in terms of lower-spin (less-vertex) models. We find that this model is equivalent to a symmetric 2-state 8-vertex model or an arbitrary 3-state spin models on Kagome lattice in different cases. And 21 exact critical lines and a multicritical point (add something that I cannot recognize) are obtained in ten-dimensional weight space.


In metal machining, the selection of cutting parameters and cooling conditions affects the quality of the cutting process as surface roughness. For this purpose, the effect of cutting fluids (dry, MQL, and Nanofluid based MQL) and cutting parameters (cutting speed, depth-of-cut, and feed rate) on surface roughness was investigated during hard milling of AISI H13 steel. The experiments were carried out by using the Taguchi method and the optimal values were introduced based on an analysis of the signal-to-noise response and ANOVA. The results of the present study indicated that the cooling condition and the feed rate are the factors holding the most influence on surface roughness.


This report documents a review of quality of work life, programs and concept; an evaluation of the transit environment; and and assessment for potential applications within transit agencies. A companion document (NCTRP Report 6) contains model programs to guide the initiation and maintenance of quality-of-work-life programs for a transit agency. The political and fiscal environment of transit agencies is in a period of significant change. Scarcity of funds will mean an emphasis on productivity and efforts to retain and motivate quality employees. New federal policies stressing local initiative will encourage management to be more sensitive to innovative ideas, and a changing work force will make different demands. Although the transit industry is highly labor-intensive, a great deal of emphasis has been placed in the past on capital development, financial controls, and transportation planning. Potentially, one of the most important areas for improving transit agency effectiveness is the development and management of human resources. Quality-of-work-life programs can provide such an opportunity by stressing the importance of the individual as well as the productive gains to the agency. The results of this study have been published in two reports. This report, the main research document, includes an overview of the summary of findings; a main text that thoroughly documents the study effort and recommendations; and several appendixes that provide a master list of references, a selected annotated bibliography, case studies and summary results of a survey of transit agencies. A single table conveniently documents current activity in various industries.


Only a few studies have investigated neurophysiological substrates of phonological impairment in patients with aphasia (PWA) in the acute stage after stroke (Ilvonen et al., 2003; Nolfe et al., 2006). Behavioral evaluation is often problematic or even impossible in PWA in the acute stage, as some patients cannot be instructed due to severely impaired comprehension, reduced consciousness or confusion. Event-related potentials (ERPS) can circumvent such problems as they have already demonstrated their sensitivity and usefulness in measuring certain language processes in both a healthy and clinical population. The objective of the present study is to investigate neurophysiological substrates of phoneme and word processing in PWA with phonological disorders (PWA-PD) in the acute stage after stroke.
Ten PWA-PD (5 men, 5 women; mean age 69.4 years +/- 3.46) are included and compared to 44 healthy control participants (HC) (20 men, 24 women; mean age 44.46 years +/- 13.76). All patients suffer from a first-ever stroke in the left hemisphere, are right-handed, have Dutch as native language and present with acute phonological disorders as established with the Psycholinguistic Assessment of Language Processing in Aphasia (Bastiaanse et al., 1995). PWA-PD admitted with a recurrent stroke, left handedness, indications for comorbid cognitive disorders and severe hearing deficits are excluded. Phoneme discrimination is studied in a pre-attentive (MMN) and attentive (P300) oddball task with respect to the phonemic contrasts place of articulation (PoA), voicing and manner of articulation (MoA) to explore whether a qualitative pattern of impaired phonemic contrast sensitivity can be determined. Word recognition is studied in a pre-attentive oddball task, which consists of differentiating real words from pseudowords. The electroencephalogram (EEG) is recorded through 23 Ag/AgCl-electrodes using a linked ears reference and an electrode placed on the forehead as ground. Further EEG analysis includes additional filtering, independent component analysis, segmentation, baseline correction and artifact rejection. Statistical analysis is performed on amplitudes and latencies specifically taking into account the large heterogeneity among PWA-PD.
During phoneme discrimination, PWA-PD only show MMN amplitude reductions with voicing as phonemic contrast in the pre-attentive condition, whereas all three phonemic contrasts reveal smaller P300 amplitudes compared to HC in the attentive condition. PWA-PD show a larger response to PoA compared to MoA and voicing in the pre-attentive condition, whereas in the attentive condition only the difference between PoA and voicing remains. During word recognition, PWA-PD and HC display larger responses to pseudowords compared to real words from 100 ms onwards, continuing in the P200 and N400 time windows, despite the fact that responses to pseudowords show longer latencies in PWA-PD. In summary, this demonstrates a distinct pattern of impaired phonemic contrast sensitivity in PWA-PD, with PoA being the most resistant, voicing the most vulnerable and a substantial effect of attention. Moreover, PWA-PD suffer from a delay in lexical access due to a less efficient information transfer, which did not impair the response to pseudowords. For possible clinical implementation of ERPs, pre-attentive tasks seem to be more suitable than attentive tasks in the acute stage of aphasia.


Nowadays in the internet there are many web-pages containing both images and texts. However, almost all search engines are based on textual information, more often humans surf in web based on images that they see in web-pages. In other words, they can find the main context of a web-page using images in that web-page. Images and texts share some information about any context. Here there is an important question: Which of them describe the other?. Normally we may think that texts are describing every things but in practice we first see pictures then think about texts. However, sometimes we may see the pictures but we still can not understand any thing about the context then we have to read the texts which are related to the pictures. In this project I tried to devise a method to find out if a text and an image are semantically related to each other or not. It can help web search engines to retrieve web pages containing both texts and images related to the users' query. I found a Max-Margin formulation for the problem that leads to a SVM learning.


Question In patients having surgery under general anesthesia, do perioperative -blockers reduce surgery-related morbidity and mortality? Review scope Included studies compared perioperative -blockers (started before, during, or 1 d after surgery) with placebo or standard care in adults 18 years of age and included >100 patients or >70% of patients receiving general anesthesia. Primary outcome was all-cause mortality. Secondary outcomes included acute myocardial infarction (MI), cerebrovascular events, ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias, hypotension, and bradycardia. Review methods MEDLINE, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, CINAHL, Science Citation Index Expanded, Biosis Previews, CAB Abstracts, Derwent Drug File, Global Health, PASCAL, and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (all to Jun 2013); Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (2013, Issue 6); Life Sciences Collection to Oct 2010; conference proceedings; online trial registers; System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe; and reference lists were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs). 89 RCTs (n =19211) met the inclusion criteria: 53 were done in cardiac surgery settings and 36 in noncardiac surgery settings. 3 additional eligible studies were excluded because of overlapping, discredited, or potentially flawed data. Main results The main results are in the Table. Conclusion Perioperative -blockers have no significant effect on all-cause mortality in cardiac or noncardiac surgery, reduce some arrhythmias after cardiac or noncardiac surgery, and increase bradycardia and hypotension after noncardiac surgery. Perioperative -blockers vs placebo or standard care* Type of surgery Outcomes Number of trials (n)/evidence quality Weighted event rates At 30 d RRR/RRI (95% CI) NNT/NNH (CI) Cardiac All-cause mortality 24 (3783)/mod 0.5% vs 0.7% RRR 27% (52 to 65) NS Acute MI 22 (3553)/mod 2.9% vs 2.8% RRI 4% (29 to 51) NS Cerebrovascular event 4 (1400)/low 1.1% vs 0.7% RRI 52% (42 to 302) NS Ventricular arrhythmia 12 (2292)/mod 2.0% vs 5.4% RRR 63% (42 to 76) NNT 30 (21 to 51) Supraventricular arrhythmia 48 (6420)/high 15% vs 34% RRR 56% (47 to 64) NNT 6 (5 to 7) Bradycardia 8 (660)/low 11% vs 6.6% RRI 61% (3 to 166) NS Hypotension 6 (558)/low 4.2% vs 2.7% RRI 54% (33 to 251) NS Noncardiac All-cause mortality 14 (11463)/low 3.0% vs 2.4% RRI 24% (1 to 54) NS Acute MI 14 (10958)/high 3.6% vs 4.9% RRR 27% (13 to 39) NNT 76 (48 to 173) Cerebrovascular event 5 (9150) low 0.8% vs 0.5% RRI 59% (7 to 171) NS Ventricular arrhythmia 6 (526)/mod 6.6% vs 10% RRR 36% (33 to 70) NS Supraventricular arrhythmia 9 (8794)/high 2.4% vs 3.4% RRR 28% (8 to 44) NNT 106 (61 to 385) Bradycardia 24 (11083)/mod 8.7% vs 3.9% RRI 124% (49 to 235) NNH 13 (9 to 23) Hypotension 22 (10947)/high 19% vs 12% RRI 50% (38 to 64) NNH 16 (14 to 21) *MI = myocardial infarction; mod = moderate; NS = not significant; other abbreviations defined in Glossary. RRR, RRI, and CI calculated from relative risks in article. NNT, NNH, and CI calculated from risk differences obtained from the article RevMan file. Based on Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation criteria. In 10 placebo-controlled trials (n =10845): RR 1.27, CI 1.01 to 1.59. In 3 placebo-controlled trials (n =8648): RR 2.09, CI 1.14 to 3.82. Revised event rates provided by author. Commentary -blockers were believed to have cardioprotective effects in surgery, but after the integrity of some major positive clinical trials was questioned (1), their role is uncertain, and their effects may differ in cardiac and noncardiac surgery. The meta-analysis by Blessberger and colleagues showed that -blockers reduced risks for arrhythmias, without affecting mortality, hypotension, or bradycardia in cardiac surgery. In noncardiac surgery, -blockers reduced risks for supraventricular arrhythmias and MI but at a price of increased risks for bradycardia, hypotension, and number of deaths and strokes, although the latter were significantly increased only in analyses of trials with low risk of bias. For noncardiac surgery, current data are confusing, and the importance of timing and titration of -blockers in relation to surgery is unknown. The POISE-1 trialthe largest clinical trial on this topic, with weights of about 70% to 80% in recent meta-analyseshas been debated for initiating high doses of -blockers close to the time of surgery (2). It found lower risks for MI but higher risks for mortality and stroke with -blockers. The clinical implications of the POISE-1 trial have been much discussed given the just-noted study design. In light of the current gap in knowledge, how should we manage -blockers in surgery? For cardiac surgery, unless contraindicated, initiation of -blockers before surgery seems reasonable and is consistent with current guidelines (3). For noncardiac surgery, individual treatment decisions are needed. In most patients, risk for perioperative MI is low; therefore, the benefit of -blockers for primary prevention of MI needs to be carefully weighed against potential risks for bradycardia, hypotension, stroke, and mortality.


SUMMARY Nowadays, highway transportation planning has become a significant problem due to the increased transportation need. Considering the problem as a whole, it is existed intricate subject by the help of constrictions of the land use areas, planning the transportation networks due to the residential areas because of irregular urbanization, penetrated closely of the urban and rural areas. In addition, in many countries, highway transportation is supported by the fast mounting automotive industry. Nonetheless, by not supported integrated models between the transportation systems causes the problem has been continuously increased. Since a network planning is needed for a large area, a fast and accurate model should be prepared to show the existing situations. A highway is a main road intended for travel by the public between important destinations, and its design varies widely. So, once find out a model for evaluating the design elements of horizontal highway geometry in accurate form, the model could be used for other evaluations. In this case study, the method presents the efficient, rapid and actual solutions for exposing the horizontal geometry with its profile to where the surveying area for network planning is required. The method is based on getting data of an existing highway by means of LIDAR data and subsequent processing of this information. The important stage is to determine the appropriate interpolation model for having digital elevation models. Then, all the horizontal components of the highway elements were found via the airborne LIDAR data. The LIDAR data is used to collecting the field data with high resolution, on a definite section of a two lane urban highway. The data taken in the highway are used to define the geometric components of the highway, such as horizontal curve radius, alignments etc. are estimated by means of a developed calculation algorithm.


Highlights: A major limitation for using organic Rankine cycle (ORC) power units, for waste heat recovery in automotive applications, is the difficulty to guarantee the optimal and safe operation of the unit for different driving cycles. In this study, it is illustrated that Model Predictive Control (MPC) can successfully satisfy these conditions for three typical driving conditions as encountered in heavy duty trucks.


Images such as photos, film and documents can be difficult to interpret because of aging or noise distortion. There are various methods for restoring noise-distorted images using filters and thresholds. Regardless of the condition or type of image, the process is difficult. In this paper we propose a method of digital image processing that we developed in which a composite image is formed by blending and color mapping.


In the petroleum industry, knowledge of phase behavior is essential to solve many problems, such as the design of the catalytic cracking of heavy oil. The catalyst tends to lose activity as a result of the formation of the solid phase, so the calculation of multiphase behavior of systems containing solid phases will serve to solve the problem. The Soave-Redlich-Kwong equation of state is widely employed to evaluate multiphase behavior, but cubic equations of state are incapable of calculating the properties of solid phases and thus cannot evaluate the multiphase behavior of systems containing solid phases. In this research, a new technique for describing the solid phase has been developed. The multiphase behavior of propane binaries with ployaromatic hydrocarbons was then explored. To evaluate the critical end point, which is difficult to calculate, an algorithm combining the method of Heidemann and Khalil (AIChE J. 1980, 26, 769-780) to compute the critical point and the tangent-plane criterion was developed previously (Yang et al. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2009, 48, 6877-6881). Setting the initial guesses with the values at the obtained critical end points, the three-phase loci were then computed successfully. The calculation results show that the three-phase loci terminate at a lower critical end point (LCEP), which is wrong according to the experimental data. To correct this mistake, the newly developed technique was employed, and the quadruple points where the three-phase loci really end were evaluated successfully.


For $\ell\geq 2$ and $h\in \mathbb{Z}[x_1,\dots,x_{\ell}]$ of degree $k\geq 2$, we show that every set $A\subseteq \{1,2,\dots,N\}$ lacking nonzero differences in $h(\mathbb{Z}^{\ell})$ satisfies $|A|\ll_h Ne^{-c(\log N)^{\mu}}$, where $c=c(h)>0$, $\mu=[(k-1)^2+1]^{-1}$ if $\ell=2$, and $\mu=1/2$ if $\ell\geq 3$, provided $h(\mathbb{Z}^{\ell})$ contains a multiple of every natural number and $h$ satisfies certain nonsingularity conditions. We also explore these conditions in detail, drawing on a variety of tools from algebraic geometry.


Ever since the 1970s, it has been the declared aim and scope of European Surgical Research 'to serve the information needs of investigators in various fi elds of operative medicine', featuring 'original clinical and experimental papers and short technical notes'. I think this should be maintained. As the research fi eld becomes increasingly global, the journal will have to adapt. My goal for the near future, therefore, is to strengthen the position of European Surgical Research in the international fi eld of surgical research, not only attracting European authors but continuing Professor Messmer's intentions to include a growing number of excellent submissions from overseas and Asia. Another aspect of the journal that will not change is the Editorial Board. The current Board has served the journal for years and is, in fact, the heart of the journal. One name that will be added is that of our new Honorary Editor: Professor Konrad Messmer. The journal and its readers value him for his continuous efforts for European Surgical Research for more than 30 years. While change can be good, I am not in favour of change for the sake of change. Some changes, however, are necessary. They concern aspects of the journal which require improvement to increase its impact. I intend to promote these changes as quickly as possible. The fi rst aspect is the turnaround of submissions. We are currently generating an electronic manuscript submission platform and will shorten the time from submission to decision to 4 weeks and less. This will not only improve the determination of authors to submit their manuscripts to European Surgical It is a pleasure, an honor and a challenge to take over the helm as Editor-in-Chief of European Surgical Research from Professor Messmer, who has guided the journal successfully through the past 16 years. I'll start by introducing myself with some facts about my scientifi c career: I started working in experimental surgery during medical school at the Institute for Surgical Research in Munich with the late Professor Brendel – co-founder of European Surgical Research . Most of my work was done in neurosurgical research with Professor Baethmann in Munich, Maria Spatz at the NIH and with Giora Feuerstein and John Hallenbeck at the Uniformed Services University in the United States. I returned to Germany to become an assistant professor for surgical research in Munich, and in 1990 moved to Mainz to become Director of the Institute for Neurosurgical Pathophysiology at the Johannes Gutenberg University. Over the past 15 years I have had the chance to work with experts from most surgical disciplines, anaesthesiology as well as cardiology. In joint projects we tried to solve questions concerning the pathophysiology and treatment of brain, heart, liver or small bowel ischaemia, measurement of blood fl ow and preconditioning. I have been advising researchers about animal protection for 15 years now and I currently head the commission responsible for dissertations and habilitations in our faculty. In addition I review manuscripts for various journals, which has given me quite some experience in refereeing and striving for rigor and impartiality. This experience, I hope, will be valuable when starting this new job. Published online: February 13, 2006


The utility model relates to a large stand-off distance light perforator used in an oil field for exploration and perforation completion. The perforator comprises a main body, an upper connector and a lower connector, wherein the main body, the upper connector and the lower connector are of an integrated structure formed through heating processing with the heading method, the middle of the structure is thinner than the two ends of the structure, and the inner diameter of the main body is larger than that of the upper connector and that of the lower connector. The large stand-off distance light perforator is relatively simple in structure, the effective stand-off distance of a perforating bullet loading gun is effectively increased, the perforation depth of a perforating bullet in the rock stratum is increased, the weight is reduced, and production cost is reduced.


8) In RAT measurements, the number of trials and the sex of the subjects are of little significance. The mean of the repeated measurements should be used. Manual recognition of the reoccurrence of OKN gives reproducible results. To detect a 20% alteration of RAT due to an experimental factor, about 15 subjects are required for each group with a design for independent group comparisons, and around 10 are needed with a paired comparison design (a = 0.05, p = 0.05) (VI, VII).


Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is of the most commercial fish species in Egypt and worldwide (Suresh, 2003). Despite the obstacles facing its production, but it is still considered the best native source of animal protein, which contributes to bridging the gap per capita. Disease outbreaks have been a major limitation to the dilation of aquaculture which has a significant action on the economic development in many countries (Aly, 2009; Abdel-Aziz et al., 2020; Van Doan et al., 2020; Xia et al., 2020). ABSTRACT Yersiniosis is a significant disease of economic importance in salmonids and non-salmonid fishes. However, few studies have investigated the pathogenesis, preventive, and treatment measures for this bacterial pathogen. Thus, the pathogenesis of Yersinia ruckeri in cultured Oreochromis niloticus in different localities was investigated throughout 2019. Besides, two experiments were conducted, the first feeding experiment based upon dietary supplementation by Ascorbic Acid and Difloxacine. In the second experiment, the supplemented fish groups were challenged by pathogenic Y. ruckeri strains, treated by Difloxacine, then the hematological, and immunological assays were analyzed. The supplemented fish groups by Ascorbic Acid and Difloxacine showed an increase in serum lysozyme, NO and SOD concentrations, phagocytic activity, and Interleukin IL-2 and IL-10 levels. The challenged fish by Y. ruckeri reported significant disturbances in transferases activities (ALT and AST), urea, total protein, and albumin concentrations. Moreover, RBC, Hb, PCV, nitroblue tetrazolium, lysozyme, NO and SOD concentrations, and Phagocytic activity were declined, with elevated interleukins level compared to the control. Thus, Ascorbic Acid supplementation and Difloxacine dosing could enhance the immune response, improve health status, and curtail the increased emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. ARTICLE INFO


The present invention refers to a method (57) and a device (25, 31, 43; 39) for testing subscriber premises equipment (21) comprising a DSL modem (19) coupled with a telecommunication line (13). In order to provide a device (25, 31, 43; 39) and method (57) that allows to detect an incorrectly connected splitter (34) without requiring any manual intervention from a service provider, it is suggested that the method (57) comprise determining (71, 95) at least one value (ADS, AUS; P) that depends on an attenuation of a signal transmitted over the telecommunication line (13) to the DSL modem (19) or received over the telecommunication line (13) from the DSL modem (19); detecting (77, 93; 105, 109, 115) depending on the value (ADS, AUS; P) that the DSL modem (19) is coupled with the telecommunication line (13) via a DSL splitter (34) in such a way that the DSL modem (19) is connected to a different connector (52) of the DSL splitter (34) than a modem connector (49) of the DSL splitter (34), which modem connector (49) is intended for being connected with the DSL modem (19); determining a loop length value (1) of the telecommunication line (13); and determining (91; 113) a threshold (THDS(l), THUS(l); THA(l)) depending on the loop length value (1), wherein the detecting (93; 115) is based on comparing (93, 94,115) the threshold (THDS(l), THUS(l); THA(l)) with the value (ADS, AUS; P).


This paper is concerned with the practicalities and operation of permanently attached ultrasonic transducers to provide inspection and process plant condition monitoring while in service. In its simplest form this can be a single probe installation, however systems are available that can incorporate a large number of single or multi-element probes complementing conventional techniques, into a fully integrated plant inspection monitoring capability. Transducers can be permanently bonded to areas which are difficult to inspect by conventional methods due to limited access or component geometry that inhibit the use of conventional methods such as under cladding, subsea etc. Techniques are being developed and adapted to provide longterm defect and condition monitoring of plant at elevated temperatures. This paper outlines the current and continuing development of the capability by reference to the results of case studies and concludes with the benefits that this type of installation can achieve.


The pyroelectric effect (PE) in faulted ZnS crystals was studied experimentally in the temperature range from 100 to 300 °K. It has been found that the observed voltage pulses are due to a special pyroelectric effect which is not connected with the temperature dilation of the unit cell or any resulting change in the value of its dipole moment. The observed pyroelectric effect has been correlated with built‐in electric fields in faulted ZnS crystals. Its temperature dependence is attributed to the different magnitude of the temperature dependence of the dielectric constants in the different ZnS crystal structures.


During Leg 42A, drilling in Hole 373A in the Central Tyrrhenian Sea penetrated Miocene basaltic basement for 190 meters and recovered basalt from up to 450 meters below the sea floor. Despite mineralogical and chemical alteration due to hydrothermal processes in the Tyrrhenian marginal basin, petrological analogies to high-Al abyssal basalts can be traced. Two types of interlayered basalt were recognized: (a) a lower Ti group (Core 5, Sections 1-2; Cores 7 and 10), and (b) a higher Ti group (Core 5, Section 3; Cores 11 and 12; and outer barrel). We distinguish two magma series: a more primitive magma leading to the plagioclase-bearing low-titanium basalts with affinities to highAl abyssal tholeiites, and a more differentiated magma leading to the basalts with higher titanium content.


The purpose of this paper is to present the position of the kidney as found in a series of lateral pyelograms, to determine the normal variation in position, and to assess the effect upon it of slight degrees of rotation. The justification for the study was an attempt to establish a normal that would be of value in determining abnormal forward displacement of the kidney by retrorenal growth or abscess. The roentgen signs of significance in perinephric suppuration are: (1) loss of outline of the psoas muscle shadow; (2) absence of perirenal fat; (3) fixation of the kidney as seen in the upright position, and failure of the kidney to move with deep respiration; (4) scoliosis, indicating muscle spasm; (5) forward displacement of the kidney in the lateral pyelogram as reported by Menville (1). Philip Shambaugh (2) found 24 cases of puzzling extrarenal masses in the left flank. It was important in these cases to determine whether the mass was intra- or extraperitoneal. If the kidney was displaced, the evidence...


Local-non-equilibrium effects in rapid solificiation, S.L. Sobolev microgravity solidification of immiscible alloys, J.B. Andrews et al the numerical modelling of microsegregation in alloy steel systems, D.H. Kirkwood the isothermal dendritic growth experiment, M.E. Glicksman et al evolution of the microstructure during solification of immiscible alloys, L. Ratke the effects of vertical magnetic fields on segregation in HgCdTe, D.A. Watring.


Complexes [{RuCp(PPh3)2-μ-dmoPTA-1κP:2κ2-N,N'-CuCl}2-μ-Cl-μ-OCH3](CF3SO3)2·(CH3OH)4 (1) and [{RuCp(PPh3)2-μ-dmoPTA-1κP:2κ2-N,N'-NiCl}2-μ-Cl-μ-OH](CF3SO3)2 (2) have been synthesized and characterized. Their antiproliferative activities were assessed against six human solid tumours showing nanomolar GI50 values. The effects of 1 and 2 on SW1573 cells colony formation, HeLa cells action mechanism and their interaction with the pBR322 DNA plasmid were evaluated.


On-site experimentation of high gradient magnetic separation (HGMS) to remove arsenic from geothermal water was conducted at the Kakkonda geothermal power plant in Shizukuishi, Iwate, Japan, from 2000 to 2005. By this HGMS method, the arsenic concentration in the geothermal water was reduced to less than the effluent standard of 0.1 mg/L but slightly higher than the environmental standard of 0.01 mg/L in Japan. To enhance the magnetic properties of arsenic-containing particles in geothermal water, we tried several pretreatment methods and found that the co-precipitation method using Fe(III) hydroxide generates suitable magnetized flocks for magnetic separation. Such treated geothermal water had a pH between 4.0 and 4.5 and a temperature higher than 90oC. The magnetic susceptibility of the resulting flocks was around 10, which is a typical value for paramagnetic materials. In the experiments we used a superconducting magnet to apply a magnetic field up to 2T to a magnetic filter fabricated by packing 100m-diameter ferromagnetic thin wires in a 50mm ID paramagnetic stainless tube. With this HGMS system, the arsenic concentration was reduced from 3.25 mg/L to less than 0.07 mg/L at a flow velocity through the HGMS filter, 4.2 and 8.5 cm/s.


AbstractThe purpose with the report is to contribute with information around how to shape a lighting environment that support well-being. The goal is to show builders that the Swedish lighting stan ...


Intelligent staff play an significant role in the new knowledge economy era and predominate in the company,so they are the force at the core of the company's development.It analyzes that the salary incentives for knowledge-based employees is unperfected in Chinese enterprises;the psychological demand is not fully satisfied;the performance assessment result of knowledge-based employees has big deviation.This article,based on the actual situation of the enterprises,puts forward such measures as Comprehensive Salary Strategy,Capacity Core Management as well as the parallelization of performance and incentive in order to tackle the intelligent staff incentive problem.


The first interstellar interloper observed 1I/2017 U1 OUMUAMUA presents unexpected features in a interstellar minor body. This paper looks plausibility of changes in these features in solar system. And search a mechanism for these changes.


T his  research  aimed  to    analyze  the  effect  of  Commitment,  Competence,  and  work  experience on employee's performance simultaneously and partially. Respondents on the study were 68  Alkhairaat University employees and the sampling method used was census technique.A multiple  regression  analysis  was  employed  for  this  research.  Study  result  shows  that commitment, competence, and work experience simultaneously and partially have positive and significant impact on employee's performance of Alkhairaat University Palu. The determination coefficient as indicated by R-square has a value of 0.563 which shows that 56,3% variability of employee's performance is affected by commitment, competence, and work experience,while the rest as much as 43,7% is explained by other variables that are not studied in this research.


Spatio-temporal data mining involves extracting and analyzing useful information embedded in a large spatio-temporal database. Cluster analysis, one of the data mining techniques, provides the capability to investigate the spatio-temporal variation of data. Previous studies in cluster analysis indicate that the optimal number of clusters could be varied with the temporal scale of input data. This study employs multi-scale wavelet transforms and self-organizing map neural networks to mine air pollutant data. Experimental results show that regions determined from wavelet transform approach can reduce the local small regions using a small scale input data and improve the over-smoothed regions using one large scale input data. The results of cluster analysis using data generated from discrete wavelet transform and continuous wavelet transform also discussed in this paper. Data generated from continuous wavelet transform provide detailed time-variation features that can be used to detect the air pollutant spatial variation in a selected time period.


information on the alien flora of the Czech Republic is presented. The first com- plete list of non-native taxa reported from the country since the beginning of agriculture 7,300 year ago was developed from available knowledge. There are 1378 alien taxa, 33.4% of the total plant diversity of the country. The composition and structure of the alien flora is classified using the cat- egories of Richardson et al. 2000 (there are 64.7% casuals, 28.8% naturalized, and 6.5% invasive taxa), by residence time (24.1% of archeophytes. i.e. introduced before 1500, and 75.9% neophytes introduced after then), by introduction mode (53.4% of accidental arrivals, 46.6% deliberate intro- ductions), and by habitat type invaded (62.8% confined to human-made habitats, 11.0% recorded in seminatural and natural habitats, and 26.2% recorded in both). Archaeophytes differ from neophytes in the distribution of particular categories of invasive status, abundance in the landscape, vegetation type invaded, Grime's life strategies, and representation in families. Most "neophytic genera/fami- lies" contain very low number of species whereas in archaeophytes the distribution is shifted towards more species-rich genera/families. The available data suggest that the most intense immi- gration of archaeophytes occured during Neolithic/Chalcolithic period, then proceeded at a steady pace until the Medieval when another peak of immigration occurred. Problems associated with acquiring reliable quantitative data on alien floras and with comparisons between regions are dis- cussed.


1. Arthrography demonstrates two types of injury to the capsule in acute anterior dislocations of the shoulder.

2. The first is a capsular rupture which does not appear to lead to recurrent dislocation of the shoulder unless there is concomitant humeral head damage. In this group healing is complete in ten days and it should be safe to start exercises early.

3. The second is associated with labral detachment from the glenoid and most heal with immobilisation for three weeks. Failure to heal leads to recurrent dislocation. It is not known whether immobilisation had any influence on healing of the lesion in these patients and this remains the subject of further investigation.

4. In recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder there is constant enlargement of the subscapular bursa, the outline of which becomes continuous with the inferior pouch. Axial arthrographs show either an absence of the glenoid labral outline or an enlarged entrance to the subscapular bursa.

5. Ruptures of the supraspinatus portion of the tendinous cuff were seen in five patients out of a total of twenty-seven acute dislocations, suggesting that this associated injury is more common than was previously believed.

POSTERIOR DISLOCATIONS

6. When the dislocation is voluntary there is marked elasticity of the capsule but the joint is only unstable in one direction when examined under anaesthesia. Both shoulders appear equally affected when examined radiologically under general anaesthesia even though the patient only has the ability to dislocate one.

7. All patients with voluntary dislocation had a curious voluntary muscle control and were able to contract the anterior and posterior parts of deltoid separately. Each dislocation was preceded by scapular movement.

8. No evidence of increased joint laxity was found in other joints in any of the patients.

9. In two patients with acute dislocations the defect of the humeral head was seen after the initial dislocation and in the third patient it occurred at the time of the second dislocation. In all three there was a spill of fluid beneath the subscapularis but no leakage into the axilla as occurred in anterior dislocation with capsular rupture. The capacity for healing appeared greater than in anterior dislocations with labral detachment; one patient treated in a sling had a better functional result than another treated with the shoulder in lateral rotation.


Microscopy imaging systems with a very wide field-of-view (FOV) are highly sought in biomedical applications. In this paper, we report a wide FOV microscopy imaging system that uses a low-cost scanner and a closed-circuit-television (CCTV) lens. We show that such an imaging system is capable to capture a 10 mm * 7.5 mm FOV image with 0.77 micron resolution, resulting in 0.54 gigapixels (10 9 pixels) across the entire image (26400 pixels * 20400 pixels). The resolution and field curve of the proposed system were characterized by imaging a USAF resolution target and a hole-array target. A 1.6 gigapixel microscopy image (0.54 gigapixel with 3 colors) of a pathology slide was acquired by using such a system for application demonstration. OCIS codes: (170.0110) Imaging systems; (170.4730) Optical pathology; (170.0180) Microscopy References and links 1. M. 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N C ] 2 7 Ju l 2 01 3 On the Technology Prospects and Investment Opportunities for Scalable Neuroscience Thomas Dean1,2,3 Biafra Ahanonu3 Mainak Chowdhury3 Anjali Datta3 Andre Esteva3 Daniel Eth3 Nobie Redmon3 Oleg Rumyantsev3 Ysis Tarter3 1 Google Research, 2 Brown University, 3 Stanford University Serb. Astron. J. } 1 (2013), 1 6 Original Scientific Paper MASS EXTINCTION AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE MILKY WAY M. D. Filipović, J. Horner, E. J. Crawford, N. F. H. Tothill University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797, Australia E–mail: firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia Australian Centre for Astrobiology, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia E–mail: firstname.lastname@example.com (Received: August 2013; Accepted: September 2013) SUMMARY: We use the most up to date Milky Way model and solar orbit data in order to test the hypothesis that the Sun's galactic spiral arm crossings cause mass extinction events on Earth. To do this, we created a new model of the Milky Way's spiral arms by combining a large quantity of data from several surveys. We then combined this model with a recently derived solution for the solar orbit to determine the timing of the Sun's historical passages through the Galaxy's spiral arms. Our new model was designed with a symmetrical appearance, with the major alteration being the addition of a spur at the far side of the Galaxy. A correlation was found between the times at which the Sun crosses the spiral arms and six known mass extinction events. Furthermore, we identify five additional historical mass extinction events that might be explained by the motion of the Sun around our Galaxy. These five additional significant drops in marine genera that we find include significant reductions in diversity at 415, 322, 300, 145 and 33 Myr ago. Our simulations indicate that the Sun has spent ∼60% of its time passing through our Galaxy's various spiral arms. Also, we briefly discuss and combine previous work on the Galactic Habitable Zone with the new Milky Way model.


A pilot-scale bioventing demonstration has been in progress since November 1992 to determine if bioventing is an effective remediation treatment for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The Reilly Tar and Chemical Corporation site in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, was selected for this demonstration. The location is the site of a former coal tar refinery and wood-preserving facility at which creosote in mineral oil served as the primary preservative. The goal of the project is to achieve 10% greater PAH removal over background degradation for each year of the 3-year study. Respiration measurements were made to estimate PAH biodegradation as a means of monitoring the progress of the technology. These measurements indicated that 13.4% and 17.3% degradation of the total PAH was possible during the first year and second year, respectively. Although not all of the respiration can be attributed conclusively to PAH metabolism, strong correlations were found between the PAH concentration and biodegradation rates.


We studied the behaviour of grey seals, Halichoerus grypus, during the breeding period at Froan, Norway, and compared our findings with existing studies on grey seals at breeding sites in Britain and Canada. The pups at Froan spent more time in water than pups at other breeding sites. While on-shore, the pups at Froan spent most of their time resting, behaviour similar to pups at other breeding sites. Lactating females at Froan spent most of their time in the sea, thus differing from females at most other breeding sites which spend most of their time on-shore. While in the sea, the females at Froan spent most time diving, typically interrupted by regular periods of surface swimming.


Monolithic Active Matrix with Binary Counters (MAMBO) is a counting ASIC designed for detecting and measuring low energy X-rays from 6–12keV. Each pixel contains analogue functionality implemented with a charge preamplifier, CR-RC2 shaper and a baseline restorer. It also contains a window comparator which can be trimmed by 4 bit DACs to remove systematic offsets. The hits are registered by a 12 bit ripple counter which is reconfigured as a shift register to serially output the data from the entire ASIC. Each pixel can be tested individually. Two diverse approaches have been used to prevent coupling between the detector and electronics in MAMBO III and MAMBO IV. MAMBO III is a 3D ASIC, the bottom ASIC consists of diodes which are connected to the top ASIC using μ-bump bonds. The detector is decoupled from the electronics by physically separating them on two tiers and using several metal layers as a shield. MAMBO IV is a monolithic structure which uses a nested well approach to isolate the detector from the electronics. The ASICs are being fabricated using the SOI 0.2μm OKI process, MAMBO III is 3D bonded at T-Micro and MAMBO IV nested well structure was developed in collaboration between OKI and Fermilab.


This review summarises direct and correlated responses in sheep selection experiments. Realised heritabilities from flocks selected for between 9 and 21 years show reasonably good agreement with heritabilities in the base population. In none of the flocks was there convincing evidence of a selection plateau. The value of these selection flocks for studying correlated responses is illustrated by reference to flocks selected for increased wool production. These have been used to examine correlated changes in efficiency of feed conversion, and related physiological topics, and to examine possible changes in the processing properties of wool.


In this paper we present an algorithm which attempts to align pairs of subsequences from a database of DNA sequences. The algorithm simulates the classical dynamic programming alignment algorithm over a digital index of the database. The running time of the algorithm is subquadratic on average with respect to the database size. A similar algorithm solves the approximate string matching problem in sublinear average time.


The scientific practices of university academics impact their scientific and academic work; therefore, it is necessary to know its dynamics to understand the generation of knowledge and the training of human resources in each science and academic unit. The aim of the present work was to relate the scientific practices of medical academics FCM-UNC with gender and working hours.
A descriptive, transversal study was performed. Universe: FCM-UNC Medical Careers Teachers; N: 1028. A non probabilistic, accidental, quota sampling was carried out; n: 310. Instrument: Self-administered Questionnaire. 96 questionnaires were retrieved: 10 Full Teachers, 8 Associate Teachers, 26 Adjunct Teachers and 52 Assistant Teachers.
Out of the 1028 professors of the career, 498 (48%) were women, 14 of 45 were Full Professors and only 5 (11%) of them were full time (FT), 11 of 28 were Associates and 4 (14%) with FT, 74 of 142 were Adjunt Professors with 38 (27%) FT, 399 of 813 Assistants and 45 (6%) of them were FT. Of the 96 academics who responded the questionnaire, 58 were women and 38 men. Of these, only 69 investigated: 43 of the 58 women (74%) and 26 of the 38 men (68%). Of the 69 researchers, 46 (67%) were directing projects, 31 of these 46 (67%) were women; 41 of the 69 (59%) carried out extra-university activities, 23 of these 41 (56%) were women and 17 of the 23 (74%) directed (χ2 = 21.64; C = .50; V = .41; p≤.02). Addiotionally, 43 of the 69 academics worked in networks with other institutions; 29 of the 43 (67%) were women.
From these results it can be concluded that: when decreases the hierarchy in the position increases the presence of women and FT are scarce. Some scientific practices of medical school academics are associated with gender and working hours, since women are proportionally the ones that direct a higher amount of projects; at the same time they carry out extra-university activities, they work in networks with other institutions and with minimum dedication to the research activity. While no significant difference was found in other practices, such as: scientific production and human resources training.


The saltstone lysimeters are a large scale demonstration of a disposal concept for decontaminated salt solution resulting from in-tank processing of defense waste. The lysimeter experiment has provided data on the leaching behavior of large saltstone monoliths under realistic field conditions. The results also will be used to compare the effect of capping the wasteform on contaminant release. Biweekly monitoring of sump leachate from three lysimeters has continued on a routine basis for approximately 3 years. An uncapped lysimeter has shown the highest levels of nitrate and /sup 99/Tc release. Gravel and clay capped lysimeters have shown levels equivalent to or slightly higher than background rainwater levels. Mathematical model predictions have been compared to lysimeter results. The models will be applied to predict the impact of saltstone disposal on groundwater quality. 9 refs., 5 figs., 3 tabs.


An imbalance between oxidant and antioxidants is thought to precede the development of renal lesions. The aim of present study is to determine the relationship between oxidative markers and severity of microalbuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). A total of 100 T2DM patients (50 males and 50 females) participated in this study. They were screened for microalbuminuria along with oxidative status in patients. Microalbuminuria was detected by measuring the albumin to creatinine ratio (ACR) in urine samples. Patients were divided into two groups; normoalbuminuria (n=36) and microalbuminuria (n=64) as per the ACR levels. No difference in the groups was observed in terms of age, sex, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and blood pressure. The level of oxidative stress was significantly higher in microalbuminuria group of T2DM patients. A significant correlation was observed between ACR and lipid peroxidation (MDA) levels. We conclude that oxidative stress is one of the important mediators of end-stage renal disease (ESRD).


While linear equalization schemes like zero forcing or minimum mean-square error achieve a near optimal uplink signal estimation performance in large-scale multi-user multiple-input multiple-output systems, the corresponding algorithms lean on centralized processing. To avoid disproportionate interconnect data rates due to the centralized signal estimation, performing a decentralized equalization can mitigate these effects. In this paper, we present a decentralized signal estimation architecture, which combines the ideas of existing decentralized architectures to (i) reduce the overall latency of the signal estimation and (ii) maintain a high data detection performance.


The experiments described used a Vircator operating in the frequency range 2.5 - 3.5 MHz and powered by a 10 ohm, 100 ns pulse generator operating at voltages up to 600 kV. The Vircator had a tunable resonant cavity and power was coupled out from one side. A series of experiments were carried out to elucidate various aspects of the Vircator's behavior. The first experiment conclusively demonstrated reflexing in which electrons from the virtual cathode region re-enter the anode/cathode gap and affect the diode impedance. The second experiment demonstrated the effect of the anode/cathode gap on the behavior of the reflexing electrons. The third experiment showed that the power output depended upon the thickness of the anode foil, and more surprisingly, on the thickness of the foil forming the adjustable rear wall of the cavity.


1: Welcome to the World of Simple Robotics! 2: BEAM Safety: Read This Before Building a Robot 3: Identifying Electronic Bits 4: Electronics Assembly Techniques 5: Tools and Mechanical Assembly Techniques 6: Dumpster Diving 101: How to Scavenge Robot Parts 7: Project 1: The Symet: An Introduction to Solar Powered Robotics 8: Project 2: The Solaroller: BEAM-Style Drag Racer 9: Project 3: The Herbie Photovore 10: Project 4: The Bicore Headbot 11: Project 5: The BEAM Magbot Pendulum 12: Project 6: The BEAM Mini-Sumo Wrestling Edgebot 13: Project 7: The BEAM Walking Robot 14: Biomech Motor Bridges and the Adaptive Bicore A: Resources for More BEAM Information B: Materials and Techniques of BEAM Robotics C: Technical Schematics Index


Knowing that the Republic of Kosovo even though with a small surface of territory in economical aspect there are concentrated energetic resources of the Balkan and European rang. he surface exploitation of the minerals which are useful, without any doubt represent an easy way of the exploitation with a lower cost in report to the underground exploitation but very often during the mineral activity exercise as a result of low scale of the studying by geotechnical aspect of source spot or by non respect of physical-mechanical parameters that may cause problems with consequences in human beings and technological equipments. In this context this work deals with problems of this nature which appeared as a consequence of mineral activity exercises in the case of joint of two mines as the one of Mirash and Bardh in coal basin of Kosovo as well as the opening of the new mine of South-West Sibovc that are necessary additional researches in the geology-engineering-geotechnical aspect by basing on lit logic description of drilling and taking samples for lab oratorical analyses which should be done with technological devices of the recent technology with four tests: starting with Triaxial test , Direct shear test, Module of sustainability and that with Ring shear test , considering statistical processing for issuing more accurate parameters for coal exploitation by geotechnical aspect for the needs of the country and further. Key-words: , Drillings ,Statistical Elaboration, exploitation


Among respondents to RN Magazine's latest nurses' poll, nearly three-quarters (73%) reported that the recession has had a direct impact on their salary.


Hand gestures are widely used in human-computer interaction, and dynamic gesture recognition is still a challenging task. In this paper, a Dempster-Shafer evidence theory based multimodal human gesture recognition method is proposed. Firstly, the audio-based and skeleton-based command recognition models are established. Then, an alignment method for multimodal recognition results of continuous gestures is proposed to combine the recognition results of the audio-based model and the skeleton-based model for the same action into the same group. Furthermore, for the results in each group, the Dempster-Shafer evidence theory is used for fusion. Finally, the performance of our method is evaluated using the ChaLearn Multi-modal Gesture Recognition dataset. The results show that this method can effectively improve the recognition accuracy of dynamic gestures by fusing information from audio and skeleton.


While it was described at the beginning as type 1 AMN, recently PAMM is more considered to be a separate entity, which preferentially involves Intermediate and Deep Capillary Plexuses (ICP/DCP) resulting in impaired blood flow. It may concomitantly present with other localized retinal vascular diseases, or may imply the presence of a systemic or extrinsic vascular abnormality. PAMM could also be idiopathic occurring in young healthy patients.


We use the vector wedge product in geomet- ric algebra to show that Poisson commutator brackets measure preservation of phase space areas. We also use the vector dot product to define the Poisson anticom- mutator bracket that measures the preservation of phase space angles. We apply these brackets to the paraxial meridional complex height-angle ray vectors that trans- form via a 2×2 matrix, and we show that this transforma- tion preserves areas but not angles in phase space. The Poisson brackets here are expressed in terms of the coeffi- cients of the ABCD matrix. We also apply these brackets to the distance-height ray vectors measured from the in- put and output side of the optical system. We show that these vectors obey a partial Moebius transformation, and that this transformation preserves neither areas nor an- gles. The Poisson brackets here are expressed in terms of the transverse and longitudinal magnifications.


Telehea l th , b ro adly defined, is the use of telecommunications and information technologies to overcome geographic distances between health care practitioners or between practitioners and patients for the purpose of diagnosis, treatment, consultation, education and health information transfer. The vastness of Canada has made the delivery of health services to its widely dispersed population difficult at the best of times. The adoption of innovative approaches or technologies is often a necessity. The growing interest in telehealth in Canada is a case in point. Canada was one of the first countries in the world to adopt telehealth.


Summary Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a geophysical method for non-destructive inspection of underground infrastructure. The main impediment to machine-learning-based classification of GPR data is gathering enough labeled data. Previous work done to solve this problem generated pseudo-GPR data through the numerical simulations done with expensive GPU clusters. In this paper, we propose a simple yet effective framework for machine learning with GPR data without enormous computational cost. The key idea of our method is quasi-measurement pitch changes (QMPC) that can obtain several times the amount of pseudo-data from real measurements. QMPCs are based on a simple sub-sampling procedure from real data, and no interpolation is applied for the pseudo-data. Thus, special hardware like GPU clusters are not required and no artifacts are produced by such an interpolation. Moreover, using QMPCs for test data allows us to apply ensemble learning at the inference phase of machine learning. The experimental results for the classification problem of buried objects clearly show that our framework can drastically improve accuracy with additional labeled data and without significantly increasing computational cost.


In this paper we discuss a new set of nonlinear adaptive filters based on kernel methods and compare them to the least mean square (LMS) and recursive least squares (RLS) adaptive filters. In recent years a new class of nonlinear kernel adaptive filters have been developed that tradeoff performance for complexity including the Kernel LMS (KLMS) and Kernel RLS (KRLS) algorithms. Earlier work discussed a complex augmented implementation of the kernel algorithms. This paper continues this discussion and compares the performance and complexity of the algorithms for wind time series prediction.


To report the management of non-traumatic, non-infectious corneal perforation with limbal allograft transplantation and tectonic keratoplasty in a patient with bilateral vernal keratoconjunctivitis. A 27-year-old male with bilateral vernal keratoconjunctivitis with accompanying limbal stem cell deficiency presented with redness, photophobia and discharge in the right eye. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 20/640 OD and 20/33 OS. Slit-lamp examination revealed bilateral corneal vascularization due to limbal stem cell deficiency and a 1.5 mm perforation at the paracentral lower temporal cornea of the right eye. Conservative treatment was unsuccessful. Therefore, tectonic keratoplasty with limbal allograft transplantation was performed. Two months later, the patient admitted to the hospital with redness, pain and blurry visual deterioration in the affected eye. Corneal graft was edematous and keratic precipitates on the corneal graft were evident. The patient was diagnosed as corneal allograft rejection and subconjunctival and topical intensive steroid treatment were initiated. One month after treatment, allograft rejection regressed, BCVA was measured as 20/125 OD. He is still stable for 18 months. Keratoplasty combined with limbal allograft transplantation is one of the treatment options in patients with corneal perforation secondary to vernal keratoconjunctivitis accompanying with limbal stem cell deficiency. In these cases, the possibility of allograft rejection should be kept in mind. Patients and their relatives should be informed about the procedure and encourage to admit in any case of redness, pain or visual impairment in order to manage the rejection and provide a prolonged graft survival.


The case documents the syndication of a loan by United Bank on behalf of a well known retailing multinational from the Gulf for the biggest mall in India. Students are asked to evaluate the offer.


Defined the representing matrix of the generalized quaternion algebras over a field K, where K is a subfield of the complex number field C. Discussed the relation between complex linear representation and representing matrix over a field K. On the bases, we gave a new critical condition about the problem of the isomorphism of two generalized quaternion algebras.


The aim of the study was to investigate the features of anticholinergics and cholinomimetics pharmacodynamics in patients with Alzheimer's disease and to select alternative options in case of incompatibility with lifelong anticholinesterase (AChE) therapy.