Based on the algorithm of Coupled Eulerian Lagrangian (CEL), the processes of the generation of shaped charge jet (SCJ) and the penetration to the inner and outer ship side plates were simulated by the finite element analysis (FEA). Meanwhile, the residual velocity of SCJ after penetrating the side plate could be obtained. In order to compare with the FEA results, the damage caused by the SCJ to the inner and outer plates of the ship side was experimentally studied, and the residual velocity was measured successfully. The comparison demonstrated that the values of the residual velocity obtained by simulation well agreed with the experimental results. The simulation indicated that the velocity of the SCJ decreased after penetrating the inner plate. Moreover, the influences of the ship side structural details, including the inner plate thickness, the distance between the inner and outer plates and the layout of the inner plate, on its protective ability against SCJ were investigated. The research indicated that increasing the thickness of inner plate and the spacing between inner and outer plates can effectively reduce SCJ residual velocity. Replacement of the inner plate with a multilayer plate could obviously reduce the SCJ residual velocity. The simulation method could describe the process of SCJ generation and penetration accurately, and the research results could provide references for the protective structural design of the ship hull attacked by SCJ.


Prewashed, precombusted sand from a sheltered beach in Nova Scotia was returned to the beach at low tide in metal pans. Hourly sampling of pans during high tide was used to assess gross deposition ...


A 14-year-old virgin, female Yorkshire Terrier showed enlarged abdomen after udderectomy was diagnosed with canine mammary gland tumor accompanied with hydrometra. Gross findings appeared a white-yellowish $l0{\times}7{\times}7cm sized solid mass containing cysts filled with various colored mucoid ...


The increasing prevalence of obesity has now become a global concern. Forecasts of its health and financial ramifications have prompted the need for effective interventions. Bariatric surgery is an effective measure to control obesity and its related comorbidities, but its high upfront costs have raised questions about its cost‐effectiveness. In this study we evaluated the health care‐related direct cost savings after bariatric surgery.


Background: Melioidosis also known as Whitmore's disease is an underreported infectious disease that is endemic to Thailand and parts of
Australia. It is caused by the gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia psuedomallei and it has a varied clinical manifestation that can mimic
common infections like Tuberculosis. To analyze the clinical presentation, Aims and Objectives: laboratory parameters and the treatment
outcomes of all cases of Melioidosis presenting to a tertiary care hospital. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using Methodology:
the medical records of all culture proven patients of Melioidosis over a seven-year period from January 2016 to December 2022 There Results:
were 14 males and 3 females in the series. All the patients had diabetes as a comorbidity, while 3 patients had chronic liver disease and 2 had chronic
kidney disease. Majority of the patients presented as an acute febrile illness with either pulmonary involvement or abscess formation at different
sites. Melioidosis is an underdiagnosed emerging infectious disease in Sout Conclusion: h Asia that can have a varied clinical presentation. It
should be suspected in patients with acute febrile illness with either pulmonary involvement or abscess formation especially with a background
history of diabetes mellitus


In order to avoid the secondary pollution of adsorbent, the magnetic nanomaterials were modified by special groups to realize the rapid and efficient removal of heavy metal ions in wastewater and the recovery and reuse of adsorbent. On the carrier of Fe3O4 magnetic nanomaterials preparation of adsorbent Fe3O4@SiO2, carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrins, and carries on the related research tests due to the conclusion: (1) the maximum adsorption capacity of Pb2 + and Cd2 + 67.75 mg/g and 27.56 mg/g, removal rate of 86.8% and 83.6%; (2) the optimal pH of the adsorbent is 5.5, the acid and alkali resistance is better and its resistance to alkali is better than the acid resistance; (3) the increase of ionic strength in solution reduces the equilibrium adsorption of adsorbent.


Cell culture, radiation exposure and 2D and 3D colony formation assay. Cells were cultured in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (PAA; plus glutamax-I) supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum (Biochrom) and 1% non-essential amino acids (PAA) (1). Single doses of 200 kV X-rays (Yxlon Y.TU 320; Yxlon; 0.5 mm copper filter; ~1.3 Gy/min, 20 mA) were applied and measured using a Duplex dosimeter (PTW) (1). To evaluate two(2D)or three(3D)-dimensional clonogenic cell survival, we plated cells on or in laminin-rich extracellular matrix (lrECM (MatrigelTM); BD) as published (1).


We consider the problem of reorienting a rigid object with arbitrary known shape on a table using a two-finger pinch gripper. Reorienting problem is challenging because of its non-smoothness and high dimensionality. In this work, we focus on solving reorienting using pivoting, in which we allow the grasped object to rotate between fingers. Pivoting decouples the gripper rotation from the object motion, making it possible to reorient an object under strict robot workspace constraints. We provide detailed mechanical analysis to the 3D pivoting motion on a table, which leads to simple geometric conditions for its stability. To solve reorienting problems, we introduce two motion primitives: pivot-on-support and roll-on-support, and provide an efficient hierarchical motion planning algorithm with the two motion primitives to solve for the gripper motions that reorient an object between arbitrary poses. To handle the uncertainties in modeling and perception, we make conservative plans that work in the worst case, and propose a robust control strategy for executing the motion plan. Finally we discuss the mechanical requirements on the robot and provide a "two-phase" gripper design to implement both pivoting grasp and firm grasp. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our method in simulations and multiple experiments. Our algorithm can solve more reorienting problems with fewer making and breaking contacts, when compared to traditional pick-and-place based methods.


Although clinically useful for the control of extremity swelling, the combination of compression and elevation may significantly reduce the local arteriovenous gradient.


Objective To summarize the experience of dragging out the liver from the abdomen in resection of special position of the liver trauma.Methods From 2003 to 2008,Caudate lobectomy、Ⅷ Segmentectomy of liver,right hepatectomy:including 1case with injury from caudate lobe and portal vein and 7cases with injury from segment Ⅷ of liver were performed in 8cases patients with dragging out the liver from abdomen.The mean intraoperative blood loss was(2140 ± 750) ml,meantime of vascular occlusion of inflow(55 ± 21) min and meantime of resection(75 ± 42) min.Results There was no operative death.The postoperative complicativewere right pleural effusion in 3cases and asites in 1.All patients were cure by dragging out the liver from the abdomen.Biliary fistula and bleeding did not occur after the operation.Conclusion Using dragging out the liver from the andomen technique.It is possible to precisely dissect the structure,therefore,caudate lobectomy,Ⅷ segmentectomy,right hepatectomy can be isolated from hepatic veins and IVC without any difficulty and the resection can be safely performed.


The occurrence of sudden ionospheric disturbances is studied in relation to changes in the conductivity parameter and the conductivity gradient in the lower ionosphere. The analysis is based on phase and amplitude data from a great number of such events measured at several very low frequencies. The change of the conductivity parameter was found to be more important as the SID affects deeper regions. The results also suggest that during these anomalies the ionospheric conductivity gradient is reduced, generally by small amounts. Such disturbed gradients may be determined if initial conditions for daytime normal gradient, and for collision frequencies above the D region, are known. A first estimate shows that, for the majority of the events selected, the new gradient changes from the normal daytime value of 0.30 to 0.28 km−1. The existence of special kinds of SID is discussed; they produce an important modification in the gradient and a relatively small height variation for the earth-ionosphere waveguide upper boundary.


We describe all Mfm-natural affinors on the r-th order frame bundle UM = invJ5(Rm, M) over M. Manifolds and maps are assumed to be of class C°°. Manifolds are assumed to be finite dimensional and without boundaries. Let Mfm denote the category of m-dimensional manifolds and their embeddings (i.e. diffeomorphisms onto open subsets) and TM. denote the category of fibred manifolds and their fibred maps. For any m-manifold M we have the r-th order frame bundle LrM = mvJo(Rm, M) of M. Every Mfm-map ijj : M N induces Lrtp : LrM LrN by = O  M is a A^/m-map. The correspondence Lr : M.fm ~* FM. is a bundle functor in the sense of [3]. A .M/m-natural affinor A on Lr is a family of Ai /m-invariant affinors (tensor fields of type (1,1)) A : TV M -> TLrM on UM for any Al/m-object M. The invariance means that A o TLrij) = TLrip o A for any M /m-map t/j : M —> N. In this note we describe all ,M/m-natural affinors A on Lr. We have the following examples of _A/f/m-natural affinors on Lr. EXAMPLE 1. We have the identity -M/m-natural affinor Id on Lr such that Id : TLrM —> TLrM is the identity map for any A^/m-object M. EXAMPLE 2. Let B : J ^ _ 1 T R M -»• ( J ^ T R M ) 0 be a linear map, where J J ~ ' T R M = {J^X I X G ; T ( R M ) } and ( J ^ T R M ) 0 = {jR0X \X € * ( R M ) with XQ = 0} are the vector spaces. Given a vVf/m-object M we define a


A country's trade policy is determined through the process of political competition among various domestic interest groups. This in turn is influenced by the polity. Insufficient attention to the role of the polity in determining trade policy is a motive for this work. This paper investigates the impacts of the political accountability as an important aspect of democracy on the level of tariffs and on the international cooperation associated with trade liberalization. It is shown that an increase in the political accountability in a democracy lowers the level of tariff determined through the political process. Furthermore, the paper shows that the poloicy-maker's responsiveness to the will of the society of large facilities more cooperative equilibrium outcome in the international negotiating environment.


Abstract : Congress has long taken a keen interest in the management of officer careers. It played a major role in the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act of 1980, the legislation that currently governs officer personnel management in all services. Recently, it has turned its attention to the tenure of the most senior military personnel, the general and flag officers. Although current law permits exceptions, it requires most flag-rank officers to retire once they have 35 years of active commissioned service. Congress is concerned that the current system does not adequately prepare officers for the most senior assignments. As a result of these concerns, Congress asked the Secretary of Defense to review the career patterns of flag-rank officers. It requested specific data about average time-in-grade both when selected and when promoted as well as the length of tours. It also asked the Secretary to assess the appropriateness of mandatory retirement at 35 years.


Preface. General Introduction. Introduction: Multicultural Conditions (David Theo Goldberg) Part I: Thinking the Unthinkable: Setting Agendas. 1. White Terror and Oppositional Agency: Towards a Critical Multiculturalism (Peter McLaren) 2. The Politics of recognition (Charles Taylor) 3. Introduction to "Critical Multiculturalism" (Lauren Berlant and Michael Warner) 4. Critical Multiculturalism (Chicago Cultural Studies Group) 5. Diversity's Diversity (Judith Stiehm) 6. Ethnic Studies: Its Evolution in American colleges and Universities (Ramon A. Gutierrez) 7. Diminishing Returns: Can Black Feminism(s) Survive the Academy (Barbara Christian) 8. On being a Role Model (Anita L. Allen) Part II: breaking the Bounds of Disciplines. 9. Goodbye, Columbus? Notes on the Culture of Criticism (Henry Louis Gates JR.) 10. Essentialism and the Complexities of Racial Identity (Michael Eric Dyson) 11. Black Vernacular Representation and Cultural Malpractice (Tommy L. Lott) 12. The Search for the "Good Enough" Mammy: Multiculturalism, Popular Culture, and Psychoanalysis (Michele Wallace) 13. "Chicana! Rican? No, Chicana-Riquena!" Refashioning the Transnational Connection (Angie Chabram Dernersesian) 14. Contested Histories: Eurocentrism, Multiculturalism, and the Media (Robert Stam and Ella Shohat) 15. Insurgent Multiculturalism and the Promise of Pedagogy (Henry E. Giroux) 16. Is Science Multicultural? Challenges, resources, Opportunities, Uncertainties (Sandra Harding) 17. Identity: Cultural, Transcultural, and Multicultural (Peter Caws) 18. Ota Benga's Flight Through Geronimo's Eyes: Tales of Science and Multiculturalism (Cedric Robinson) 19. Anthropology and Multiculturalism: What Is Anthropology that Multiculturalists Should Be Mindful of It (Terence Turner) List of Contributors. Selected Bibliography. Index.


Key Points Question Is antidepressant treatment associated with volumetric and resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) changes over time in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD)? Findings In this cohort study of 95 adolescents with MDD and 57 healthy control participants, responders with at least 40% depressive symptom improvement showed increased right DLPFC volume, decreased bilateral DLPFC rsFC with the superior frontal gyri, and decreased left DLPFC rsFC with the ventromedial PFC after treatment compared with before treatment. Meaning These findings suggest that DLPFC volumetric and rsFC changes after treatment may represent one set of potential neurobiological treatment markers that are associated with depressive symptom improvement in adolescents with MDD.


The luminescence spectra of a quantum cascade laser (QCL) in a strong magnetic field is influenced significantly by the presence of disorder (charged or neutral) in the system. An externally applied magnetic field parallel to the electron plane causes a redshift of the luminescence peak in the absence of any disorder potential. Our results indicate that the disorder potential tends to cancel that redshift and causes a rapid decrease of the luminescence peak. A similar behavior was observed in a recent experiment on a QCL in a parallel magnetic field by S. Blaser, L. Diehl, M. Beck, and J. Faist [Physica E 7, 33 (2000)].


This paper deals with the problem of gyroscopic effect and unbalance vibration of the Magnetic Bearing system. Using a gain scheduled H∞ control with a free parameter φ, we design a control system which attenuates the unbalance vibration, and guarantees the stability against the gyroscopic effect in specified rotational speed. Further we implement the controller and evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed approach by experiments. First, our experimental setup is explained, a mathematical model of the magnetic bearing is derived. Then, we introduce the gain scheduled H∞ control with free parameters to a magnetic bearing control, in order to reject the disturbances caused by unbalance of the rotor, and guarantee the stability against gyroscopic effect, even if rotational speed of the rotor changes. At last, several experimental results show the effectiveness of this proposed method.


In holographic models of QCD, the running of the anomalous dimension of the quark bilinear operator leads to chiral symmetry breaking when gamma=1 and the Breitenlohner-Freedman bound is violated. In that case, the running drives the sigma meson mass tachyonic inducing the chiral symmetry breaking. Here we include the running anomalous dimension in the computation of the spectrum of bound states associated with other operators made of light quarks, such as the nucleon and exotic sexaquark states. We show that including the one loop gauge theory running can have substantial effects on the predictions. For example, the nucleon mass to rho mass ratio is improved and lies much closer to the observed value. A similar result is obtained for the Lambda and Xi baryons when strange quarks are included. A uuddss sexaquark state with a low enough mass to make it stable can be achieved, but this depends on the input assumptions about the running dimension.


The healthy chickens were fed on the diets containing micro-ecological additive of Bac-probiotics at age of1day,and were immunized with NDⅣat age of7days and21days.At age of35days,blood samples were taken randomly from8chickens for determining their body weights and HI antibody levels.Then,thymus,spleen and bursa were separated from above killed chickens for examining their immune organs indexes.The results showed that the HI antibody levels in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group,(P0.01).The indexes of thymus and spleen in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group,respectly(P0.01,P0.05);But the indexes of bursa in the experimental group were insignificantly higher than those in the control group(P0.05).The study indicated that this micro-ecological additive could enhance the immunodeficiency,incentive the development of the immune organs,and modulate the immunization ability in chickens.


Interleukin‐18 (IL‐18), a member of the IL‐1 cytokine superfamily, is an important regulator of both innate and acquired immune responses. We demonstrate here constitutive expression of IL‐18 by human neutrophils. Unexpectedly, we observed that neutrophils from peripheral blood or rheumatoid synovial compartments contained not only pro and mature IL‐18, but also several novel smaller‐molecular‐weight IL‐18‐derived species. Using specific protease inhibitors, and serine protease gene‐targeted mice, we demonstrate that these IL‐18‐derived products arose through caspase‐independent cleavage events mediated by the serine proteases, elastase and cathepsin G. Moreover, we report that the net effect of elastase treatment of mature recombinant IL‐18 was to reduce its IFN‐γ‐inducing activity. Thus, human neutrophils contain IL‐18 and IL‐18‐derived molecular species that can arise through novel enzymatic processing pathways. Through cytosolic, membrane or secretory expression of such processing enzymes, together with generation of IL‐18 itself, neutrophils likely play a critical role in regulating IL‐18 activities during early innate immune responses.


The interesting symposium, "Shaking Things Up? Thoughts about the Future of Political Science," that appeared in the June 2002 issue shows a division among political scientists regarding the extent to which political science should be considered a "hard" or "soft" science. Those who believe that political science can and/or must become a hard science insist that we attempt to quantify political words, separate independent from dependent variables, isolate variables, develop testable hypotheses, and make predictions that can be verified. In dismissing the possibility of political science ever being a hard science, Welden (l953) long ago showed that political words are by their nature imprecise, subjective, and appraisive (ascriptive as well as descriptive). For example, we can describe President Clinton as being "tall" and "liberal." While his tallness can be easily quantified, his liberalness, much less so. Therefore, as we attempt to quantify how liberal he was as president, we inevitable end up trivializing the subject (see Werlin 2001).


In recent years, counterclaims by host States in inves-tor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) are getting importance in the investment arbitration practice and academic literature. Many consider counterclaims as an effective tool in re-balancing the existing asymmetry in the ISDS system. This article examines the viability of a corruption-based counter-claim (CBC) in ISDS. It first explores how the concept and practice of counterclaim have been perceived in international law and adjudication so far. Subsequently, it analyses coun-terclaim-related investment arbitration cases to comprehend how counterclaim has been practised and interpreted in the treaty-based ISDS. Through critical analysis, it demonstrates the differences between a CBC and other types of counterclaims. The article finds that it would be difficult for the host States to resort and substantiate CBCs under the existing web of investment treaties and treaty-based ISDS practice. It concludes by suggesting ways to overcome the barriers for CBCs by the host States.


1. A method, comprising the steps! identify a first position (302, 304) of myocardial tissue (200) in the first form along the long axis of the heart (206) data nuclear medical images! determine the intersection (3060 of the first position and the second type (202) image data! determined using the intersection of the first position and the second species of interest to generate a myocardial region (702) in the second form.! 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second type, substantially orthogonal to the first type along the long axis of the heart.! 3 The method of claim 1, wherein the second view is a cardiac short axis.! 4. The method of claim 1, comprising the steps of! identified second position ( 302, 304) of myocardial tissue in the first form along the long axis of the heart, ! Determine the intersection (3062) of the second position and the second species;!.! Wherein when using certain specific intersection using the intersection of the second position and the second type for generating a myocardial region of interest in the second form 5. The method of claim 4, wherein identifying a first position infarction: a first display view along the long axis of a human-perceivable form, take the data entered by man, indicating the position of the myocardial tissue!. ! 6. A method according to claim 4, comprising the steps of! identify the third position (308, 310) in the second form of attack along the long axis of the image data of the heart! determine the intersection of the third position and the second kind! wherein in use from an intersection using the intersection of certain third position and the second species of interest to generate a myocardial region in the second form. ! 7. The method claim


The paper study a three-stage duopoly game model of vertical recycling electronic product differentiation about recycling product quality, recycling technology investment and recycling price competition. The recycling firms' incentives to invest in recycling technologies depend on their relative cost structure. On one hand, we compare in different levels of recycling technology investment the recycling products quality difference firms' investment strategy, on the other hand, we compare the competition degree about different recycling product quality firms in recycling technology investment difference. At last, we regard recycling firms and waste electronic product processing firm as alliance.


Abstract The growth of Soviet power has created a new strategic reality in the Far East. Japan can no longer depend on the American nuclear umbrella to protect it from Soviet pressures. The Japanese government, however, seems to completely disregard the need for a military underpinning of its diplomacy toward the Soviet Union, apparently believing the Soviet threat will disappear if Japan ignores it. Instead, Japan must face up to its responsibilities and bear a bigger part of the burden for its self‐defense and the common defense of the Free World. The United States, as Japan's protector, must take the initiative in this process by publicly emphasizing the need for a greater Japanese contribution to Western defense.


Although advances have been made in carbohydrate-based macromolecular self-assembly, harnessing epimers of carbohydrates to perform molecular assembly and further investigating the properties of supramolecular materials remain little explored. Here two classes of stereoisomeric glycolipid amphiphiles based on d-N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) are reported, and they can aggregate into ribbon-like structures in an aqueous solution due to amphiphilic property, which allow to obtain glycocalyx-mimicking supramolecular materials. The subtle distinction in glycoside configuration of GalNAc-α-SSA and GalNAc-β-SSA dictates the different molecular packing in self-assembled structures. Since driven by the distinguishing carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions, the ribbon-like architectures transform into spherical nanostructures via mixing GalNAc-α-SSA and GalNAc-β-SSA. The resulting spherical micelles fabricated by blending glycolipid epimers can potentiate the macrophage- and dendritic cell-mediated immune responses in vitro. Such glycolipid epimers will pave the way to create glycocalyx-mimicking immune modulators by incorporating stereochemistry into supramolecular self-assembly. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


Simple Summary Primary vitreoretinal lymphoma (PVRL) is a rare disease with high mortality rates. It has a poor prognosis mainly because of its tendency to spread to the central nervous system (CNS). The optimal treatment strategy for PVRL is unknown; ideally, a treatment should prevent spread to the CNS, and thereby prolong overall survival. PVRL may occur in one eye (unilateral PVRL), or in both (bilateral). We reviewed studies from the scientific literature to investigate whether the risk of CNS progression differs between bilateral and unilateral PVRL. The quality of most available studies was moderate, at best. From the available studies, we found no difference in the development of CNS disease between patients with bilateral PVRL and unilateral PVRL. Abstract Background: Primary vitreoretinal lymphoma (PVRL) is either unilateral or bilateral at initial presentation. Progression to a central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma is regularly observed and these patients seem to have an inferior survival. Knowledge of the predictive value of laterality for CNS progression may facilitate risk stratification and the development of more effective treatment strategies, and eventually, improve outcomes. The objective of this analysis is to estimate the risk of CNS progression for patients with bilateral versus unilateral involvement of PVRL. Methods: Systematic literature search for studies on CNS progression in PVRL with bilateral and unilateral involvement according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. We assessed the risk of bias and the methodological quality of studies using the Quality in Prognosis Studies (QUIPS) tool. Risk ratios of CNS progression in PVRL with bilateral and unilateral involvement were calculated and combined via a meta-analysis. Results: Twenty-five small-sized (total n = 371 cases) studies were included. The majority of the studies were at medium to high risk of bias. Results suggest no significant difference in CNS progression between bilateral and unilateral PVRL, with a pooled relative risk ratio of 1.12 (95% confidence interval 0.89–1.41). Conclusions: CNS progression is common in PVRL. From the limited available evidence, there is no significant difference in CNS progression between bilateral and unilateral PVRL.


Single sign-on (SSO) is an identity management technique that provides users the ability to use multiple Web services with one set of credentials. However, when the authentication server is down or unavailable, users cannot access Web services, even if the services are operating normally. Therefore, enabling continuous use is important in single sign on. In this paper, we present security framework to overcome credential problems of accessing multiple web application. We explain system functionality with authorization and Authentication. We consider these methods from the viewpoint of continuity, security and efficiency makes the framework highly secure.


The term "Big data" has gained huge popularity in recent years and it is rapidly becoming a new technology trend and a major strategic weapon for business organizations seeking to gain a competitive advantage. The main objectives of this research study are to identify the factors determining the intention to adopt big data technology in financial services industry of Sri Lanka and to investigate the nature of relationship between those factors and the intention to adopt big data technology. In order to reach these objectives, a structured questionnaire survey was carried out to collect data from 30 licensed finance companies in Sri Lanka. The data were analyzed by using multivariate quantitative techniques through descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The empirical findings reveal that there is a significant positive association among compatibility, relative advantage, technological resource competency, organizational size, absorptive capacity, competition intensity, regulatory support and organizational intention for big data technology adoption. However, complexity and environmental uncertainty have a significant negative relationship with the same. These findings will have various implications including theoretical and policy implications.


364 Background: Despite the high morbidity of reoperative renal surgery (RRS) most patients are able to preserve adequate renal function to obviate the need for dialysis. Nevertheless, the economic burden of RRS has not been evaluated so far. We aim to provide cost analysis for patients requiring RRS on a solitary kidney and patients needing completion nephrectomy and dialysis.

METHODS
We reviewed the charts of patients treated at the NCI requiring RRS from 1989 to 2010. The data extracted included total time in the OR, ICU stay, total hospital stay, need for additional procedures, blood products, laboratory evaluation, and surveillance imaging until the next intervention on the operated unit or most recent follow up. The hospitalization cost was calculated based on current Medicare reimbursement rates based on current procedural terminology (CPT) codes. Those costs were compared to the estimated cost of completion of uncomplicated nephrectomy, AV fistula placement, and hemodialysis.

RESULTS
We identified 30 patients treated with RRS on a solitary renal unit. The average procedure lasted 7.76 hours (4.25-11 hours) requiring an average of 7.16 units of blood transfused (0-32 units). The average time of hospitalization was 9.56 days (6-30 days), with the average ICU stay of 4.03 days (range 1-12 days), and an average floor stay of 6.64 (2-18 days). The estimated cost for hospitalization per patient was $52,058, while the estimated cost for uncomplicated nephrectomy, AV fistula placement, and a year of dialysis was $59,572. The financial benefit of RRS is reached at 0.9 years. At our median follow up of 4 years, the average cost saving per patient is estimated to be greater than $100,000 with the numbers likely to increase as these patients continue to avoid dialysis.

CONCLUSIONS
While associated with high morbidity, the RRS on the solitary unit may provide an opportunity for the majority of patients to retain their native renal remnants, preserve quality of life, and allow for savings for the healthcare system. These benefits are in addition to savings not included in our analysis that are associated with the morbidity and complications associated with dialysis in addition to the costs of care required for patients on dialysis. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


The harmonious development of the two sexes and the simultaneous improvement of woman and society have become the intrinsic demand and important content of buiding a well-off society in an all-round way. In the theoretical sense, applying the concept of the equality of man and woman into the construction of such society can help enrich and deepen Marxist women's concept, construct a sustainable development mode, set up China's good image in the world. In light of equality of the two sexes, raising the social gender consciousness of government administrators at all levels and improving the overall quality and rights of the women in countryside should be important measures in building a well-off society in an all-round way.


Five promising bunch varieties of groundnut (Arachis hypogana L) were evaluated for level and. stability of performance for pod yield over four locations in Maharashtra State. The diferences in stability were mainly due to the linear regression. The variety JL 24 had above average stability and high level of performance of pod yield and hence it was an ideal variety in the material under study.


A b s t r a c t. Eggshell behaviour at static compression was investigated. Exact description of the eggshell contour shape was used for verification of a commonly accepted theory on the compression of bodies of convex form. Particularly, the shape of the eggshell contour was described using polar coordinates r, j, and radius of the curvature, R. Two compression axes were used to determine the rupture force, specific deformation, rupture energy and firmness. Energy absorbed by an egg at the moment of rupture was also determined. The least resistance to rupture was observed for eggs compressed between the poles. Also other quantities connected with the eggshell damage depend on the orientation of the loading force during egg compression. It was found that egg shape influenced the energy absorbed during egg loading, both in the pole and the equator planes. The other parameters were not affected by egg shape. The experiments revealed that the deformation behaviour of the eggshell was elastic. Elastic constants (39.9±8.5 GPa) and (0.345) were calculated. Two different methods were used and results of both procedures were nearly the same. Elastic constants were independent on the egg shape as well as on the loading force orientation. Presented numerical simulation of the experiments gave more detailed information on the stress state in the loaded eggshell. LS DYNA 3D finite element code was used for the simulation. K e y w o r d s: eggshell shape index, strength, elasticity, eggshell stiffness, numerical simulation


The study of nativism needs more attention than it has been given by sociologists concerned with religious, ethnic and racial intolerance. Nativism is a nineteenth century form of bigotry. The concept came into use in the United States around 1840 signifying the opposition of America's white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestants (WASPs) to the massive influx of Irish Roman Catholics to the eastern seabord of the United States. For the WASPS. Roman Catholicism was un-American in that its adherents allied themselves with the Pope who was a foreign leader. (Higham, 1975: 106) However, while nativism was more of a nineteenth century phenomenon associated with the United States, a comparative study of nativism between the United States and Canada might help to uncover the similarities and differences in intolerance between the two nations.


In this paper the dynamic behavior of an unbalanced rotor on journal bearings is experimentally investigated. The static unbalance values are obtained by two adjustable rings. Tests are performed for a variety of lubricant flow rates, static unbalance values, ratios of bearing length-to-diameter and lubricant viscosities. The results of this study show that, from a qualitative point of view, there is good agreement with the theoretical predictions made by Lund and Nielsen, in particular for a bearing with an L/D = 1. However, it is shown that the oil flow rate greatly affects the dynamic behavior; this aspect is not adequately considered in previous theoretical investigations.


The paper recounts the present condition of the college teachers' education at university.According to such existing problems as attaching excessive weight to "scholarship" while ignoring "education",the paper analyzes the facts that teachers' education isn't highly valued,that the training for students' professional quality is not enough,and that pedagogy teachers are badly needed.Corresponding solutions are put forward.


The determination of thallium in vegetables by differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry with 0.025mol/L NaAc-0.025HAc buffer solution with EDTA was studied. The contents of thallium in the range of 5.0×10-4~1.0×10-1mg/L has a good linear relationship and the detection limit is 1.0×10-4mg/L. Using the method to determine some vegetables, the results showed that the thallium contents of vegetables in thallium pollution soil is apparently higher than that in blane soil.


Background: In this study, the effect of total lysate antigen (TLA) of Toxoplasma gondii on spleen lymphocyte prolifration, secretion of IL5, INF-γ, and mice survival time was evaluated using agonist of toll-like receptor (TLR) 11, as an adjuvant. Methods: This study was done in the Department of Parasitology and Mycology of Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran in 2018. First, different groups of BALB/c mice were immunized with TLA alone and also TLA + TLR11 agonist. Subsequently, factors such as spleen lymphocyte prolifration, IL-5, and INF-γ secretion and mice survival time in different groups were compared. Results: Mice immunized with TLA + adjuvant showed higher immunization index than the two other groups and combination of TLR11 (as an adjuvant) and TLA significantly elevated the effect of TLA by increasing the production of INF-γ and IL-5 and by the shift of the immune system to Th1. In addition, the combination of TLA and TLR11 adjuvant increased the proliferation of lymphocytes and survival time in mice against T. gondii. Conclusion: Profilin (as an adjuvant) in combination with TLA could be a potent vaccine candidate that evokes a powerful specific immune response and significantly improves the efficacy of TLA vaccine by increasing the induction of INF-γ production and by shifting the immune responses to Th1 profile through increasing the INF-γ/IL-5 ratio. It causes significant protection against T. gondii after i.p. injection.


Based on the technical situation of OLED,this paper discusses the key technical problems of production cost, serviceable life and big screen which influence the industrialization of OLED-TV. The latest development of OLED is introduced. According to the analysis of main differences in OLED technology at home and abroad, some suggestions are given to quicken the industrialization of OLED-TV.


We developed a mid-infrared passive spectroscopic imaging apparatus that uses an uncooled micro-bolometer array sensor as a light-receiving device. This apparatus makes it possible to acquire component information such as that of glucose directly emitted from the skin without a light source. However, it is difficult to obtain the background for spectroscopic measurements inside the human body. In this paper, we propose a background correction method for calculating the spectral characteristics from the acquired spectral emission intensity. The proposed method estimates the emitted light through a fitting calculation using Planck's law as a basis function.


With the fast development of the liver stiffness measurement clinically in recent years,the measurement of soft tissue elasticity has attracted broad attentions from RD engineers to clinicians.In addition to the direct methods such as indentation and compression,the measurement of shear wave propagation is another common indirect approach used to obtain the soft tissue elasticity.For example,it has been used in the transient elastography,a technique currently widely used to measure the liver stiffness.The shear wave propagation method utilizes the measurement of propagation speed of the shear wave to extract the tissue elasticity,which is based on a theoretical relationship between propagation speed and shear modulus of the tested material.A number of methods can be adopted to induce the shear wave in soft tissues,including external mechanical vibration using a vibrator and internal vibration by acoustic radiation force.The vibration can also be induced in a continuous or pulsed form.Ultrasound is a common modality to detect the propagation of shear wave in soft tissue,and B-mode ultrasound imaging can be used to guide the selection of region of interest for detection,which improves the accuracy of measurement.This paper mainly introduces the techniques related to the use of ultrasound for detection of shear wave propagation in order for the tissue elasticity measurement.Firstly we introduce the measurement principle and various techniques,then we describe some active areas of applications for these techniques,and finally we summarize some problems remained in this field and look forward to some future perspectives in solving these problems.


The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for data forwarding, the risk of interruption of communication to solve the problem that occurs when a conventional hierarchical network handover UE. The method comprising: obtaining a source macro base station the user equipment UE uplink and downlink direction the base station currently accessed by the local sequence number of PDCP data packet transmission status information, wherein the control plane of the UE is connected to the source macro base station, the user plane connection to the local base stations; the source macro base station sends the sequence number to the target base station transmits the state information of the UE to be handed over, to establish a user with the UE by the target base station according to the transmission sequence number status data plane connection.


Tucuma fruit (Astrocaryum aculeatum) is composed by 31% of pulp with high oil content, 55% of seed and 14% of peel. As olive and canola oils the tucuma oil is rich in monounsaturated fatty acid (oleic). This paper is concerned with the optimization of some relevant parameters of the aqueous enzymatic extraction of the tucuma oil: dilution pulp/water (1:2), enzyme concentration (0.1%) and time (90 min). Enzyme-aided aqueous processing involved the following steps: thermal treatment and mashing of the pulp, enzymatic incubation, centrifugation and oil separation. The enzymatic extraction process was effective for achieving yield of the 95%.


Respiratory motion presents a challenge in developing techniques to increase the accuracy of image acquisition or guided interventions in abdominal and thoracic organs. The use of distance cameras, such as that from Vision RT Ltd has been considered as a surrogate for respiratory motion tracking in external beam radiotherapy that does not require the use of markers. However, it is very costly and thus this project suggests using the Microsoft Xbox Kinect™ for tracking respiratory motion. The aim of the project is to utilize the Kinect camera which for instance, can be put inside the CT scanner room in the hospital. This system records the 3D motion data and further analyses the consistency of the respiratory motion. A Graphical User Interface (GUI) was developed to display the breathing signal and statistics of the data. This respiratory motion tracking system will facilitate clinicians in choosing a suitable treatment option for lung cancer patients with less cost.


Corrosion of spare surface,malfunction and fracture of porcelain insulator are common mechanical faults in outdoor disconnectors.In this paper,the reasons,which caused these common mechanical faults,are analyzed,and the corresponding preventive means are proposed respectively.


Reliability and maintainability of mechanical equipment are researched through quantitative and qualitative analysis, and statistical analysis is calculated with the example of 1K36-type turret lathe, and reliability and maintainability parameters of 1K36-type turret lathe and its subsystems are gained. The results show that reliability function shows exponential distribution shows exponential distribution and maintenance degree function shows weibull distribution. Mean time between failures (MTBF) is 449 h, mean time to repair (MTTR) is 22.1h. This study provides some practical value and a reference for the manufacture and use of mechanical equipment.


The negotiations carried out during the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea have witnessed the emergence of a new concept, that of port state jurisdiction. According to the relevant provisions incorporated in the text of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS Convention), the port state is granted several innovative powers in case of marine pollution caused by vessels. The purpose of this article is to trace the evolution of the concept of port state jurisdiction in light of the relevant provisions of the LOS Convention, which entered into force on November 16, 1994. It also examines the development of the Memoranda of Understanding on Port State Control, which are cooperative regional arrangements having the effect of leading states parties towards consistency with international rules and standards as set forth in several international agreements dealing with, inter alia, marine pollution.


An apparatus for a programmable self sanitizing water dispenser apparatus with a digital controller as well as a programmable method for generating ozone for cleaning the reservoir and the water contained within it. The apparatus includes an anti-spill receiver that houses the controller and that can contain an ozone generator.


The work aimed to evaluate the performance of japanese quails in growth period. The birds were submitted to diets substituting protein sources of vegetable origin and flour of commercial fish, for flour of silage of fish. 150 female quails were used, with 37 days of age, distributed in randomized blocks, in 3 treatments: Control – based on vegetable ingredients (C), flour of silage of fish added of degreased rice bran (FSF + DRB) and flour of commercial fish added of degreased rice bran (FCF + DRB), being complemented with the other necessary ingredients to the demands of the birds, in agreement with NRC 1994. The diets were offered for 90 days, with abates made in 30, 60 and 90 days. The assessed variables were: average weekly weight, alimentary conversion and carcass yield. The data checked through analysis of variance and test of Tukey, indicated that the weight gains, as well as the other analyzed variables, of the quails submitted to the different diets did not differ (p>0,05) from each other, it indicate that the tested diets demonstrated satisfactory qualities for the species under study.


A colored solar control composite coated float glass with bi-layer coating was prepared on-line using an electrochemical method forming colored coating by deposition of non-ferrous metal ions in the tin bath and a chemical vapor deposition in the A0 zone in annealing furnace forming Si film with high sunshine reflection,respectively.The spectrum performance,surface morphology,and microstructure of composite coated film were analyzed by spectrophotometer,SEM,EDS,TEM,AFM and SIMS.The experimental results show that there are strong relationship between the visual transmission and the processing parameters.The top layer surface of amorphous silicon is smooth,and the surface roughness,R_q,is 9.66 nm.Its thickness is 70~78 nm.The phenomenon of grade oxidization along the thickness direction of silicon layer was observed.The diffusion depth of Cu and Bi elements in bottom layer is around 10/μm.


Single‐emitter luminescence is attractive for various applications, including single‐molecular biology, super‐resolution optical imaging, and single‐photon sources. Optical trapping as a particle positioning method is promising for enhancing luminescence by a precise matching of the nanoemitter to the sub‐wavelength mode volume of the photonic structure. Simultaneously satisfying the requirement of both luminescence and trapping enhancement, however, is challenging. Here, stable optical trapping and the in situ excitation of highly bright photoluminescence of a single up‐conversion nanoparticle (UCNP) are demonstrated. A quad‐nanohole structure with two bright‐field modes for enhanced excitation and emission of the UCNP, as well as a dark‐field mode for enhanced optical trapping is designed. It is experimentally demonstrated that the photoluminescence of the UCNP optically trapped in the quad‐nanohole is enhanced by a factor of 87 (as compared to a UCNP trapped in the single nanohole), and this enhancement factor surpasses that from a bowtie nanohole—one of the "gold standards" for local field enhancement. This work provides a route to assemble super‐bright single‐emitter luminescence by optical trapping.


The care needs of people with Parkinson's disease (PD) are poorly understood. We aimed to investigate the factors that precipitate entry to institutional care, and on‐going care needs once in care, within a representative cohort of community‐dwelling people with PD.


Using a new and general method, we prove the existence of random attractor for the three dimensional stochastic primitive equations defined on a manifold $\D\subset\R^3$ improving the existence of weak attractor for the deterministic model. Furthermore, we show the existence of the invariant measure.


The overseas industrial colony was considered the economic growth engine. In the industrial colony,the enterprise relations are cooperative and competitive. The competition causes the enterprise individual maintains the enough development power,while the cooperation causes the industrial functions supplement each other. The scholars have carried out the discussion from the multiple perspectives on the reasons why the industrial colony enterprises can both cooperate and compete with each other. This article attempts to use the game theory to study this phenomenon.


Education is a core indicator of a society's well-being. Globally, it is an established practice to include school social work into the education system. In South Africa, however, it is rarely integrated into the education system. This is a conceptual paper focusing on the social context of school-going children, reflecting on the existing well thought-through frameworks of psychosocial support and care and integrated service delivery of the South African Departments of Education and Social Development, and also questioning why collaboration between the Departments to implement the frameworks in the school environment appears to be a complicated and slow process.


The utility model relates to a novel exhaust screw and is characterized in that: a novel exhaust screw is installed in the exhaust structure for vehicle braking system test; an L-shaped exhaust through hole is processed along the axis of the exhaust screw, with the opening thereof arranged at the side surface of the screw; and one end of the exhaust screw is processed into a conical surface. When the exhaust screw is tightly screwed, the exhaust screw conical surface and the main cylinder oil outlet conical surface are jointed, thus to realize the sealing of the braking main cylinder. When the exhaust screw is loosened, the exhaust screw conical surface is separated from the main cylinder oil outlet conical surface. The braking main cylinder is communicated with the outside via the exhaust through holes in the exhaust screw, and if the piston in the braking main cylinder is pushed under this condition, the exhaust of the braking main cylinder is realized. The novel exhaust screw is applied to the exhaust structure for the vehicle braking system test, and can reduce or eliminate the influence of the gas upon the test result and improve the accuracy of the testing result.


Objective:To study the therapeutic effect of recombinant murine interleukin 12(rmIL-12)early administrated on the mice irradiated by γ-rays,and compared its radioprotective effect with recombinant murine thrombopoietin(rmTPO).Methods: Forty-two BALB/c mice were given 6.0Gy 60Co γ-rays total body irradiation and randomly assigned into irradiation control group,rmIL-12 treatment group and rmTPO treatment group.20μg/kg of rmIL-12 was administrated intraperitoneally 1 hour following irradiation,and was administrated every 3 days after irradiation for four times in rmIL-12 treatment group.15μg/kg of rmTPO was administrated subcutaneously half and 24 hours following irradiation in rmTPO treatment group.The general conditions of mice were observed twice a day,the changes in body weight,peripheral blood cell counts were examined once every three days,bone marrow cells were collected to perform colony cultivation on the 14th and 28th day after irradiation.Results: The general conditions of mice in rmIL-12 treatment group were better than those of irradiation control group.Compared with the irradiation control group,the decline speed of platelet was significantly slower than that of control group.rmIL-12 treatment significantly promoted platelet recovery,resulting in less profound nadirs(18.9% vs 8.1%,P0.05)and rapid recovery to normal levels(11 days vs 14 days).The platelet recovery speed in rmIL-12 treatment group was as fast as that of rmTPO treatment group.Semi-solid bone marrow cell culture also demonstrated that rmIL-12 could stimulate bone marrow cells to form more CFU-Mix than those of the irradiation control group in vitro on 14th and 28th after irradiation(P0.01),there was no significant difference between rmIL-12 and rmTPO treatment group.Conclusion: RmIL-12 can significantly accelerate the recovery of hematopoietic function in acute radiation sickness mice,its radioprotective effect is as good as rmTPO,and it might be chosen as a new therapeutic drug in the treatment of acute radiation sickness.


The village of Shad-abad, located at the foot of Sahand Mountain in the south of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, is known for the impressive Medieval cemetery in which the tomb of Sultan Oways ibn Hasan ibn Hosayn ibn Aqbuqa ibn Ilka ibn Jalayer (1338–1374 CE), the second ruler of the Jalayirid dynasty (1335–1432 CE), is located. This tombstone is of particular importance as no other gravestones of Jalayirid Sultans or their predecessors have otherwise been documented. This research limits itself to studying Sultan Oways' tombstone by focusing on its content and layout in contribution to further future research. Observations suggest that the scheme of the rectangular headstone in Sultan Oways' tombstone is derived from funerary art associated with stone works in neighboring Caucasia that are replicated in local cemeteries in eastern Anatolia and Northwest Iran, in combination with an oblong horizontal footstone.


This feasibility study will reveal the feasibility of implementing an automatic vulcanizer for light vehicles in the canton Catamayo, for which, methodologies for conducting the market study were inductive, deductive, descriptive, analytical method was applied and survey techniques and direct observation. This service is aimed at owners of light vehicles, residents, who wish to acquire the services of vulcanized tires, plus service and tire balancing enllantaje quickly, safely, using specific equipment for each service. That is why a project feasibility to implement an automatic vulcanize for light vehicles in the canton Catamayo, which is the market segment that will be targeted surveys based on the size of the sample had 388 surveys were developed apply, the same that will be of vital importance to the comfort and safety of people seeking these services, optimizing time, at affordable prices while maintaining quality and good service. Through market research was obtained that there unmet demand of 196,128 vulcanized tire services in the city of which must be harnessed through project implementation. Through technical study it determined that the installed capacity of self-vulcanizing be 20.952 annual services and will start with 60% capacity utilization split the first year, taking the requirements of each of the resources, materials and equipment necessary for the operation of the company. The organizational structure provides for the establishment of a limited liability company whose corporate name is: Vulcanizadora AUTOMATIC "CATAMAYO TIRES. CIA. LTDA. ", And its functional organization can establish that the company will have both administrative and operational human resources trained according to their functions, with defined and specific responsibilities. With regard to the financial study found that a total investment of $ 31.966,24 will be required; also in the financial evaluation, the result of NPV resulted 17.587,07, the result was 30,32% IRR, Benefit Cost Ratio is at 1.36 Recovery Capital will be in 2 anos and 9 monts and by Finally with the sensitivity analysis it was determined that the project is not sensitive to an increase in costs by up to 15,46% and a decrease in revenue of up to 11,45%. When performing financial analysis, it was learned that the project is viable, ts implementation is feasible because you can recover the initial investment in the medium term. By the results it has been determined that there is unmet demand for vulcanizing services in the city of Catamayo and it was concluded that this project is feasible to do one hundred percent.


Potent non-peptidic alpha(v)beta(3) antagonists have been prepared where deletion of an amide bond from an earlier series of linear RGD-mimetics provides a novel series of chain-shortened alpha(v)beta(3) antagonists with significantly improved oral pharmacokinetics. These chain-shortened alpha(v)beta(3) antagonists represent structurally novel integrin inhibitors.


Tilapia intestines as enzyme raw materials are studied systematically by ultrasonic extraction technology of auxiliary,electrophoresis,chromatography techniques and so on for the first time. The results showed that: after organic mashing and ultrasound-assisted extracting,30%-70% of ammonium sulfate fractions,QFF anion chromatography and Sephedax G-100 gel chromatography,the purified protease from tilapia intestines was obtained. The purified protease specific activity is 335 U/mg and yield is 32.8%. The result of SDS-PAGE showed a single band and the subunit molecular weight of tilapia intestines protease was 28 ku. The protease optimum pH value and temperature are 8.0-8.5 and 37-42 ℃ respectively. It is stable at pH range from 7.0 to 9.0 and has good thermal stability. Enzyme K_m value and V_ max value are 0.605 g/L and 9.407 μg/min. Ag+ and Pb 2+ can inhibit the enzymatic activity completely while Na+ and K+ without inhibition. PMSF can strongly inhibit the activity of the enzyme. Pepstatin A and urea partly inhibit the activity of the enzyme. EDTA has no effect on the enzyme while DTT can activate the enzyme activity. The protease from tilapia intestines is a kind of serine protease. Further work should be carried out on the sequences of the enzyme and its applications.


Expressions of disturbances due to a point source of SH torque in a homogeneous sphere with a liquid core can be found without any assumption. From numerical computations of the exact solutions near geometrical shadow boundary, empirical expressions for the following quantities in the wide frequency range are obtained; amplitude corrections for diffraction in the lit zone and frequency dependence of amplitude of diffracted waves in the shadow zone.


T document known as Lineamenta (guidelines) on The Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and Contemporary World,1 released in preparation for the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family, asks bishops' conferences, Eastern Catholic synods, religious superiors, as well as academic institutions and ecclesial movements to avoid formulating pastoral care of the family as a simple deduction from Catholic doctrine. Though the Relatio Synodi,2 the final document of the 2014 Synod of Bishops on the family, attempts to strike a "balance" between those who are concerned about a given situation being "in line with the Church's teaching" and those who give greater focus to the "individual persons," the Lineamenta raises once more the thorny issue concerning the relationship between Church doctrine and pastoral practice on a number of unresolved issues discussed in the 2014 October Synod, by including a series of forty-six questions precisely "intended to assist the bishops' conferences in their reflection and to avoid, in their responses, a formulation of pastoral care based simply on an application of doctrine."3 Such a formulation, the synod secretariat suggests, "would not respect the conclusions


In this study, music teachers' exposure to sound was tested b y measuring the A-weighted equivalent soundpressurelevel(SPL),the A-weightedmaximumSPLandtheC-weightedpeakSPL.Measurements were taken prior to and after acoustic treatment in four rooms during classes of trumpet, saxophone, French horn, trombone and percussion instruments. Resultsshowed that acoustic treatment aects the exposure of music teachers to sound. Daily noise exposure levels (LEX,8 h)for all teachers exceeded a limit of 85dB while teaching music lessons prior to room treatment. It was found that the LEX, 8 h values ranged from 85.8 to 91.6dB. The highest A-weighted maximum SPL andC-weighted peak SPL thatmusicteacherswere exposedtowereobservedwithpercussioninstruments(LA max = 110.4dBand LCpeak = 138.0dB). After the treatments, daily noise exposure level decreased by an average of 5.8, 3.2, 3.0, 4.2 and 4.5dB, respectively, for the classes of trumpet, saxophone, French horn, trombone and drums, anddidnot exceed85dB in any case.


Cacopsylla bidens (Sulc, 1907), feeding on pear trees, is recorded for the first time in Egypt. A short taxonomic presentation of the species is given, as well as some elements of biology.


Saturated vapor pressures of acetone oxime methyl ether(AOME) were measured in the temperature range of 307.75~344.05 K by dynamic method in a Rose still.The measured saturated vapor pressures and temperatures were correlated by Antoine equation and the constants of equation were determinated as A = 20.64,B = 2338.72,and C =.88.86 by nonlinear regression method.The averaged relative error between saturated vapor pressures calculated from the Antoine equation and the experimental data is 0.45%.Based on the experimental data of vapor pressures,the latent heat of vaporization of acetone oxime methyl ether was also obtained by Clausius-Clapeyron equation and its value is 36479.24 kJ.kmol.1 in the temperature range of 307.75~344.05 K.It is very important to provide the Antoine constants and latent heat of acetone oxime methyl ether for the design and operation of its distillation separation process.


For waste containing small amounts of radioactivity, rad waste (RW), or mixed waste (MW) containing both radioactive and chemically hazardous components, incineration is a logical management candidate because of inherent safety, waste volume reduction, and low costs. Successful operation requires that the facility is properly designed and operated to protect workers and to limit releases of hazardous materials. The large decrease in waste volume achieved by incineration also results in a higher concentration of most of the radionuclides and non radioactive heavy metals in the ash products. These concentrations impact subsequent treatment and disposal. The various constituents (chemical elements) are not equal in concentration in the various incinerator feed materials, nor are they equal in their contribution to health risks on subsequent handling, or accidental release. Thus, for management of the wastes it is important to be able to predict how the nuclides partition between the primary combustion residue which may be an ash or a fused slag, the fine particulates or fly ash that is trapped in the burner off-gas by several different techniques, and the airborne fraction that escapes to the atmosphere. The objective of this report is to provide an estimate of how different elements of concernmore » may behave in the chemical environment of the incinerator. The study briefly examines published incinerator operation data, then considers the properties of the elements of concern, and employs thermodynamic calculations, to help predict the fate of these RW and MW constituents. Many types and configurations of incinerators have been designed and tested.« less


The goal of the article is to provide different explicit quantifications of the non density of simple closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces. In particular, we show that within any embedded metric disk on a surface, lies a disk of radius only depending on the topology of the surface (and the size of the first embedded disk), which is disjoint from any simple closed geodesic.


A large, comprehensive program is being conducted at Virginia Tech to study the effect of laminate thickness on the fracture strength of notched laminated composites. Part of this program has been the study of the chracteristics and development of subcritical crack-tip damage prior to failure. The study has concentrated on the center-cracked tension specimen geometry. Subcritical crack-tip damage has been studied using enhanced X-ray radiography and the laminate deply technique. This paper examines he role that delamination plays in affecting the fracture of (0/+ or - 45/90)ns and (0/+ or - 45)ns laminates at various values of n. The study has found that delaminations do occur in thin laminates (n = 1) and affect the strength of the laminate. However, in thick laminates such as (0/+ or 45)90ns, and (0/+ or - 45)20s, there is sufficient constraint to prevent delaminations from occurring in the interior region of he specimen. The final fracture surface is uniform in the interior and self-similar (collinear with the original starter notch), with 'shear-lip' type damage in the form of delaminations and matrix cracking in the first several plies at the surface. These differences in the type of fracture of the thin and thick laminates greatly affect the fracture strength.


Charge sensing with quantum point-contacts (QPCs) is a technique widely used in semiconductor quantum-dot research. Understanding the physics of this measurement process, as well as finding ways of suppressing unwanted measurement back-action, are therefore both desirable. In this article, we present experimental studies targeting these two goals. Firstly, we measure the effect of a QPC on electron tunneling between two InAs quantum dots, and show that a model based on the QPC's shot-noise can account for it. Secondly, we discuss the possibility of lowering the measurement current (and thus the back-action) used for charge sensing by correlating the signals of two independent measurement channels. The performance of this method is tested in a typical experimental setup.


1. New-born pigs (2 to 4 days old; 1 to 2 kgm.) are more susceptible to sodium evipan than older pigs (2 to 30 kgm.).

2. A constant narcotic response is produced by 20 mgm. per kilogram sodium evipan in young pigs between the ages of about 10 days (weight 2.6 kgm.) and 80 days (weight 20 kgm.), whilst 6 months old pigs (64 kgm.) are somewhat more susceptible.

3. One litter showed a consistently shorter duration of narcosis than did the remainder, during the first month of life.


Although numerous studies have explored youth formal and informal help-seeking, including reporting to the police and disclosing victimization experiences to others, there has been little discussion in how other experiences with violence, such as witnessing and perpetrating violence, may impact responses to victimization. The current study uses multinomial probit analyses to explore how multiple victimizations, violent behavior, and witnessing violence impact youth decisions to call the police, report to school authorities, or informally disclose their victimization. The results suggest that, accounting for alternative responses to victimization, reporting to the police is inhibited by the respondent's violent background and witnessing violence.


Mobile Legends is an internet network-based game and is also popular in Indonesia. Academic procrastination is a tendency to delay starting or completing work as a whole. The purpose of this study was to determine the use of Mobile Legend games among adolescents in Jambangan Village and to determine the impact of Mobile Legends games on adolescent procrastination in Jambangan Village. The purpose of this research is to find out the use of Mobile Legends games among teenagers in Jambangan Village and to find out the impact of Mobile Legends games on adolescent procrastination in Jambangan Village. This study used qualitative research methods. The data collection techniques used are observation, interviews and documentation. The results of this study found that the use of the Mobile Legends game can be seen from (1) addiction, (2) requiring refreshment to relieve stress, (3) following trends that are emerging in the surrounding environment, (4) there is curiosity from within them. the impact of the Mobile Legends game can have an impact on adolescent procrastination, being lazy to study, school assignments being delayed and piling up, not being on time to do it, often neglecting assignments, delaying worship time. As for there are other impacts from the negative and positive sides, among others: often say dirty, wasteful and can improve English.


Experiments on oxygenation due to breaking waves on a uniformly sloping beach and on an S type breakwater were performed. The water was chemically deoxygenated and dissolved oxygen (D.O.) concentration was followed over time in characteristic locations. Experimental data showed that the transfer velocity increased with increasing wave height for waves of the same frequency. Experiments with waves of the same wave height but increasing wave frequency showed also an increase in transfer velocity. The breakwater data give lower transfer velocities as compared to the sloping beach data for the same wave characteristics. The one dimensional transport equation was used for the determination of the transfer coefficients. Analysis of the data indicated that the transfer coefficients varied almost linearly with the vertical wave velocity at the water surface. A rather good linear correlation was obtained for the breaking wave data on the sloping beach, with much higher slope as compared to the case of non-breaking waves. Introduction Air/water gas transfer for water bodies is one of the main sources of dissolved oxygen (D.O.), an often used water quality index. It also acts as a sink of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and has a significant role in global biogeochemical cycles of atmospheric compounds. Finally, air/water gas transfer is an important parameter in the design of hydraulic structures, as in the case of stepped chute spillways (Chanson, 1994), and can be used beneficially, as in the case of the SEP A (sidestream elevated pool aeration) project of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, that was awarded the 1994 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award (Civil Engineering, 1994). Research on oxygenation dates back to 1925 (Streeter and Phelps, 1925, Streeter, 1926), when river pollution problems started to appear. Gradually, 1 Professor, Researcher Laboratory of Harbor Works, Civil Engineering Department, National Technical University of Athens, 5 Iroon Polytechniou, 157 73 Zografou, Athens, GREECE, Tel. 30 1 77 83 866, Fax. 30 1 77 59 565


Technology has entered all fields and streams in the world from manufacturing industries to health care. There have been rapid advancements in the field of dentistry too with the introduction of lasers, ozone therapy, the use of nanotechnology in various dental procedures etc. Implants are widely used now days as an ideal treatment to replace missing teeth when compared to other conventional prosthesis. The world has recently been moving to using newer types of implants like bioimplants, peek implants and to the addition we now have navigated implants. Navigated implants is a method of surgical accurate and prosthetically driven placement of implants using a real time computer guided system based on information generated from CBCT or CT images. This procedure makes implant placement a completely error free procedure with added benefits to the operator as well as the patient as well as allowing placement in certain complicated cases.


Infrastructure is critical to economic development. Infrastructure can deliver major benefits in economic growth, poverty alleviation and environment sustainability. A number of studies have argued that generalized access to infrastructure services plays a key role in helping to reduce income inequality. Infrastructure helps poorer people to get connected to core economic activities. Income inequality declines not only with larger investment in infrastructure stocks but also with improved quality of infrastructure services. It helps to raise the income of the poor more than proportionately. Good infrastructure raises productivity and thereby boosts trade; lowers production costs and reduce poverty. The effectiveness of ports, transport and telecommunications networks, the electricity grid and water and drainage systems all impact on commercial activity. Poor infrastructure also contributes to high logistics costs and high inventory levels. This is critical especially when competitiveness is a function of supply chain efficiency. The World Bank's World Development Report (WDR) of 1994 discussed links, which exist between infrastructure investment and economic growth. It points out that on an average a percentage point increase in infrastructure stock results in proportionate increase in GDP. Infrastructure is also critical in attracting foreign investment and in facilitating projects once the investment has been made. In a 2004 article by the Mckinsey Global Institute. "The truth about foreign direct investment in emerging markets,†executives of multinational companies surveyed cited infrastructure as a primary consideration in making investment decisions abroad


Smart contracts with natural economic attributes have been widely and rapidly developed in various fields. However, the bugs and vulnerabilities in smart contracts have brought huge economic losses, which has strengthened people's attention to the security issues of smart contracts. The immutability of smart contracts makes people more willing to conduct security checks before deploying smart contracts. Nonetheless, existing smart contract vulnerability detection techniques are far away from enough: static analysis approaches rely heavily on manually crafted heuristics which is difficult to reuse across different types of vulnerabilities while deep learning based approaches also have unique limitations. In this study, we propose a novel approach, Peculiar, which uses Pre-training technique for detection of smart contract vulnerabilities based on crucial data flow graph. Compared against the traditional data flow graph which is already utilized in existing approach, crucial data flow graph is less complex and does not bring an unnecessarily deep hierarchy, which makes the model easy to focus on the critical features. Moreover, we also involve pre-training technique in our model due to the dramatic improvements it has achieved on a variety of NLP tasks. Our empirical results show that Peculiar can achieve 91.80 % precision and 92.40 % recall in detecting reentrancy vulnerability, one of the most severe and common smart contract vulnerabilities, on 40,932 smart contract files, which is significantly better than the state-of-the-art methods (e.g., Smartcheck achieves 79.37% precision and 70.50% recall). Meanwhile, another experiment shows that Peculiar is more discerning to reentrancy vulnerability than existing approaches. The ablation experiment reveals that both crucial data flow graph and pre-trained model contribute significantly to the performances of Peculiar.


In this paper one tries to explain the rotation and expansion of the Universe in the light of Anderson's flyby-anomaly prediction formula. The result of the effort is a prediction that the Universe rotates with the equatorial speed of half the speed of light and we land at the Pole of that Universe with the speed of expansion of the Universe which is apparentlyzero sincein such circumstances the inbound speed equals the maximal decrement of speed. The maximal speed of expansion of the future Universe 〖100 km/s<v〗_maximal^(future Universe)<123km/sis predicted on the basis of a comparison of the flyby and path distribution energy.


As a highly anisotropic and heterogeneous material, softwood mechanical characterization is complex to analyze and deals with multiple variables. In this study, mesostructure of softwood is taken into account in order to understand, analyze and predict specific fracture mechanisms. A mesoscopic model of softwood is presented and validated in the elastic range with the use of DIC. A mechanical model is computed with the material point method (MPM) and specific fracture criteria are revealed based of experimental results. Linear elastic fracture mechanics is applied according to crack direction of propagation and relative position into the annual ring. This analysis gives additional knowledge to wood fracture mechanisms and helps to explain some local phenomena such as crack arrest, crack bifurcation and secondary crack creation ahead of the crack tip. Mots clefs : rupture du bois, criteres de rupture locaux, echelle mesoscopique, correlation d'image numerique, methode du point materiel, analyse in-situ


Background: Pathomicrobial and molecular investigations of respiratory system diseases was undertaken on twelve adult buffalo carcasses received for necropsy examination at post mortem facility of Department of Veterinary Pathology, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana during the period from August, 2018 to February, 2019. Methods: After collection of the samples, laboratory work was undertaken in the laboratories of Department of Veterinary Pathology, Department of Animal Biotechnology and Central Laboratory of the College, LUVAS, Hisar, Haryana (India) in the year 2018-2019 regarding the examination of the clinical history, pathological, microbiological and molecular investigations.
Result: The gross pathological changes observed in lungs were variable degree of vascular changes, mild to severe consolidation, fibrin deposition along with adhesions to the thoracic wall. Histopathological findings revealed abnormalities of inflation such as pulmonary emphysema, atelectasis, pulmonary congestion and haemorrhages which was associated with different types of pneumonia viz. fibrinous bronchopneumonia, suppurative giant cell pneumonia, interstitial pneumonia and serous pneumonia. Lung, heart blood and tracheal swab samples collected from the buffalo carcasses revealed eighteen bacterial isolates which were identified by Vitek 2 system. These include E. coli (11 isolates), Salmonella enteric enterica (2 isolates), Acinetobacter ursingii (1 isolate), Staphylococcus haemolyticus (1 isolate), Staphylococcus sciuri (1 isolate), Staphylococcus warneri (1 isolate) and Staphylococcus hominis (1 isolate) mostly belonging to opportunistic pathogen category. E. coli serotypes confirmed from these cases were O83, O149 and O8. The results of in vitro drug sensitivity testing revealed that most of bacterial strains were found sensitive to cefoperazone/sulbactum and co-trimoxazole. Molecular studies confirmed Bovine Herpes Virus-1 (BHV-1) infection in one case with Fibrinous bronchopneumonia through real-time quantitative PCR indicating the prevalence of the infection in the state.


Heterotopic ossification (HO) is formation of lamellar bone in soft tissue, commonly seen among patients with burns, orthopedic fractures/procedures, brain/spinal cord injuries, muscle contusions, and rare hereditary disorders. Patients with HO experience pain and joint limitations, which further exacerbate their disability. Reduction of HO preventatively and/or for treatment has been attempted using medications, radiation, and surgery with limited success. Recent encouraging clinical HO outcomes using shockwave therapy have been discussed but treatment mechanisms were unclear. Mechanisms such as spallation, cavitation, squeezing, superfocusing, fatigue, and layer separation have been proposed for lithotripsy. Mineralized calcium phosphate macroporous nanofibrous fibrin scaffolds were used as a HO model to study treatment mechanisms. The HO was treated with electrohydraulic shockwave devices. The scaffold calcium contents decreased from 45.4(3.6) (untreated) to 20.9(18.1) (OssaTron, 0.71 mJ/mm2) and 27.5(...


Manufacturing companies are faced with the challenge of unpredictable, high frequency market changes in both local and international markets. There is a need for greater, more effective responsiveness by manufacturers to change their manufacturing processes. Many manufacturing techniques are based on the principles of Flexible Manufacturing and Dedicated Manufacturing for mass production. Reconfigurable Manufacturing System, (RMS), is a manufacturing system that can provide for Agile Manufacturing, (AM). This has lead to research on the concept, design and equipment implementation for RMS. RMS requires three key capabilities: rapid changeover between products, rapid introduction to new products and unattended operation. The relationship between these manufacturing techniques has been investigated. Research has been focused on the design of Reconfigurable Modular Machine, (RMM), for RMS. The research has addressed the design of subsystems for RMM by using the generic modular mechatronic control. This approach includes modular machine controller hardware, software, mechanical design and generic " plug-and-play " capability. These design of subsystems allowed for rapid reconfiguration of RMS that increased system efficiency and significantly minimized manufacturing change over downtime. 1 Introduction Manufacturing companies of today are faced with the challenge of unpredictable, high frequency market changes in both local and international markets. There is a need for greater, more effective responsiveness by manufacturers to change their manufacturing processes to Mass Customization Manufacturing, (MCM). There are some manufacturing techniques used that are based on the principles of Flexible Manufacturing and Dedicated Manufacturing production [3]. To fulfil these purposes, the concept of Reconfigurable Manufacturing System, (RMS), was introduced and it has three key capabilities: rapid changeover between products, rapid introduction to new products and unattended operation. The relationship between these manufacturing techniques is illustrated in Figure1. RMS falls within the scope of Agile Manufacturing, (AM). AM requires the use of technologies that can be used to manufacture and check product quality within a variety of family products without extensive retooling.


First, the structure and properties of pure silica core optical fibers are brief fir introduced. Secondly, the technology of pure silica core optical fibers made by the PCVD(Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition) process is studied .In ordr to prove the performances of the fibers are good, the numerical aperture, loss coefficient and band -width are measured respeotivly. We provide good process for making better properties of pure silica core optical fiber.


Experiments were done to clarify the contribution of water immersion per se to the cardiac chronotropic response to enforced submergence in ducklings. Four protocols were used in which one or more of the factors claimed to affect diving heart rate were controlled. Heart rate fell rapidly in the first few seconds of submergence in all protocols. This initial fall was unaffected by changes in head position or by breathing 100% oxygen for 5 min before diving. Also, sudden withdrawal of input from lung receptors or cessation of activity in central respiratory neurones did not affect onset of diving bradycardia. We conclude that about one-third of diving bradycardia in ducklings is caused by water immersion per se.


This research aims to examine the infuence of the village income
(PADesa), Village Fund (DD), Village Fund Allocation (ADD), and Revenue
Sharing and Retribution (BHPR) on Village Expenditure Allocation of Community
Empowerment in Wonogiri Regency 2017. The research uses Population from all
village in Wonogiri district. This research uses purposive sampling method with
certain criteria. The hypothesis was by using multiple linear regression analysis
with test coefficient of determination, f -test, and t- test. The results in this study
showed that the coefficient of determination obtained value of 0.032. it means that
the 3.2% variation in village expenditure allocation variables in the field of
community empowerment can be explained by PADesa, DD, ADD, and BHPR,
while the remaining 96.8% described other factors outside the model under study.
The simultaneous test results show that PADesa, DD, ADD, and BHPR
significanlly effect on the Village Expenditure Allocation for Community
Empowerment. However, in parsila research shows that PADesa, ADD, and
BHPR is not significally influence to Village Expenditure Allocation of
Community Empowermen, only DD signifaclly influence to Village Expenditure
Allocation of Community.


Among the factors determining litter decomposition rates, the role of soil fauna as decomposers still remains unclear, especially for how they are involved in decomposing below-ground root litter compared to their relatively-known contributions to decomposing above-ground leaf litter. We conducted a litterbag experiment using two sizes of meshes and pursued the leaf and root decomposition of six major tree species in a Japanese temperate forest over 411-days to test the interactive effects of soil mesofauna and litter quality addressed based on two features (litter types and species) on the process. Moreover, given a possible correlation between litter traits of the leaves and roots, we examined whether soil mesofauna alters the relationship between leaf and root decomposition across species. We found that the effects of plant species identity was stronger than that of soil mesofauna for determining the litter mass loss rate and the microbial respiration rate in both above-ground and below-ground decomposition. In addition, we found a significant positive correlation between leaf and root litter decomposition processes, regardless of the involvement soil mesofauna. On the other hand, the presence of soil mesofauna increased microbial respiration rates in the early stage of leaf decomposition; however, soil mesofauna did not affect root microbial respiration rates during the experiment. Such differential involvement of mesofauna in the leaf and root litter decomposition may drive the general patterns of faster and slower decomposition of plant leaves and roots in the soil, respectively.


The serial communication interface has many merits such as simple design hardware,more convenient control,lower cost,far transmit distance and etc.So it is widely used in many engineering projects.The paper introduces methods of designing the serial communication interface in practical engineering based on RS-485 and RS-232 serial communication interfaces and gives a design and a using method of the serial communication interfaces based on the example of magnetism measuring system.In the end,the paper analyzes the existing problems in design,gives a set of solution for the serial communication interfaces in engineering projects.


This paper proposes a flying capacitor multilevel (FCML) power factor correction (PFC) with phase-shifted pulse width modulation (PSPWM) technology to achieve voltage balance of the flying capacitors and increase the equivalent frequency of the inductor. Under the rated current ripple, a smaller inductance can be used to reduce the size of the inductor. With an FCML architecture design, the voltage rating of the power devices can be reduced, which decreases the switching loss. Based on PSPWM control, the small-signal model is a detailed analysis, and the compensator is designed considering the phase delay caused by digital control. The duty-ratio feedforward (DFF) control reduces the harmonic distortion of the inductor current. Finally, the 350 W four-level flying capacitor boost PFC with DFF control is implemented with an inductor current frequency of 500 kHz, an input voltage of 90-264 Vac, and an output voltage of 390 V.


Objective : There were few reports on the treatment of 'Intestinal pseudoobstruction secondary to Transverse Myelitis'. This study about the Oriental medical treatment conducted on the 'Intestinal pseudoobstruction secondary to Transverse Myelitis' shows the possibility of healing 'Intestinal pseudoobstruction secondary to Transverse Myelitis'. Methods : The acupuncture and herbal medicine therapies were applied for improving the function of stomach & spleen and harmonizing energy & blood. Results : After treatments, the symptoms (abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation, oral intake unable) of 'Intestinal pseudoobstruction secondary to Transverse Myelitis' were improved. Conclusion : The more study about the Oriental medical treatment and conception on 'Intestinal pseudoobstruction secondary to Transverse Myelitis' is needed.


7. Talent development was enhanced by involvement that was satisfying at the moment and promised long-term rewards. Students committed to the arts and sciences were able to avoid the unproductive impasses that result if the characteristics of the domains are seen as divided. 8. Engagement with a talent was enhanced when students experienced optimal experience with talentrelated work. (p. 254) Did the authors ask a relevant question, and was it answered ? I believe that they did. Talent must first be identified,


Accompanying the first comprehensive survey of Buchheit's photographic work spanning 25 years, Johnson's essay presents the artist as "a seeker and a constant (re)teller of tales" and examines how his work (including his pinhole photographs) relates to the Newfoundland experience. Artist's statement. Biographical notes.


I establish a new stylised fact showing that less educated workers are not only less mobile, they are also significantly less likely to move with a job in hand. Using evidence based on US panel data, I argue that a large portion of the observed differences in migration behaviour is driven by the differences in workers' employment options in other regions. Compared to college graduates, less educated workers find job search in more distant regions much more difficult. This limits their options to move for guaranteed employment, forcing them to move speculatively, and thereby reducing their overall mobility. I develop these results in two stages. First, I adapt the recent literature from empirical IO on discrete choice models with heteregeneous option sets to isolate the impact of differences in employment opportunities on migration decisions. Second, I extend the standard model of job search (McCall (1970)) to multiple residential locations. I estimate this model to quantify the size of cross-regional job search frictions, finding that they can explain approximately half of the migration propensity gap between the more and the less educated. This result opens a new policy channel in addressing regional differences and those left behind: the importance of the ability to find a job before moving suggests a large social return to improving regional search and matching for less educated groups. ∗firstname.lastname@example.com. Department of Economics, University of Oxford. I am indebted to my supervisors Margaret Stevens and Abi Adams for their guidance and encouragement. I would also like to thank Steve Bond, Tony Venables, Peter Neary, Simon Quinn, Ian Crawford, Jean Flemming, Alex Plekhanov, and the conference and seminar participants at the Search and Matching Conference (University of Cambridge), Oxford Applied Micro Seminar, Royal Economic Society Symposium (University of Sussex), and ZEW Summer School (Mannheim) for advice and comments. This work would not be possible without the generous support of ESRC and Wolf Scholarship (Corpus Christi College).


Objective: To evaluate door-to-needle (DTN) and component times in minor strokes.
Background: Shorter DTN is associated with better outcomes. National increases in tPA volumes may be partially driven by increased treatment of minor strokes, but treatment times in this subgroup are not well studied.
Methods: We reviewed all ED patients who received tPA from 7/2011-7/2015. We compared demographics, EMS usage, pre-notification rates and DTN between minor strokes (NIHSS≤5) and all others. We also compared DTN component times, specifically neurologist-dependent times, stroke activation (SA)-to-tPA and imaging-to-tPA, and ED-dependent times, door-to-SA and door-to-imaging. Means were compared via paired t, medians via Mann Whitney U, and dichotomous variables via chi squared tests.
Results: 311 patients received tPA; 126 (41[percnt]) were minor strokes. There were no differences in language (48 vs 52[percnt] English-speaking, p=0.6) or sex (39 vs 34[percnt] male, p=0.3) in minor strokes compared to all others. Minor strokes were younger (62 vs 73 years, p<0.01), less likely to use EMS (55 vs 80[percnt], p<0.01), and less likely to receive pre-notification by EMS (43 vs 71[percnt], p<0.01).
DTN was longer in minor strokes (61 vs 55 min, p=0.01). For DTN components, door-to-SA (5 vs 2 min, p<0.01) and door-to-imaging (27 vs 21 min, p<0.01) were longer in minor strokes while imaging-to-tPA (33 vs 32 min, p=1.0) and SA-to-tPA (50 vs 51 min, p=0.5) were not. In the subgroup arriving by EMS, these differences persisted although they were no longer significant (DTN 59 vs. 54 min p=0.4; door-to-SA 4 vs. 1 min, p=0.05; door-to-imaging 25 vs. 20 min, p=0.05).
Conclusion: We found longer DTN in minor strokes. Our data suggests that minor strokes were not recognized as quickly by EMS and at ED presentation. Efforts are needed to improve early recognition of minor strokes. Disclosure: Dr. Rostanski has nothing to disclose. Dr. Williams has nothing to disclose. Dr. Marshall has received personal compensation in an editorial capacity for JAMA Neurology. Dr. Merkler has nothing to disclose. Dr. Yaghi has nothing to disclose. Dr. Willey has received personal compensation for activities with Heartier Incorporated.


The current research aimed to identify the significance of A suggested Tests Battery in determining the abilities that include language, mathematics, art, music, calculus, visual, spatial, mechanics and memory for those with the Savant syndrome. The differences between those who are Savant with autism syndrome and those who are accustomed to these tests were ascertained to ensure that these tests are suitable for those with syndrome and the contribution of the memory test in the prediction of each of the seven tests. The study relied on a sample consisted of 35 students with autism and 35 normal students, they all utilized the tests battery. And the results showed that the suggested tests battery was effective in in determining the abilities that include language, mathematics, art, music, calculus, visual, spatial, mechanics and memory for those with the Savant syndrome. Keywords : Savant Syndrome – Savantism – Autism DOI : 10.7176/RHSS/9-10-02 Publication date :May 31 st 2019


OBJECTIVE
A study was conducted to identify metabolic-related effects of benzo(ghi)perylene (BghiP) and 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-heptachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (HpCDD), on primary human fibroblasts to verify biological associations previously found in occupational health research.

METHODS
Human lung fibroblasts were exposed to BghiP or HpCDD and extracts were analyzed with a metabolome-wide association study to test for pathways and metabolites altered relative to controls. Gene expression was measured by quantitative-real time polymerase chain reaction.

RESULTS
Metabolic perturbations in amino-acid, oxidative stress, and fatty-acid pathways were observed for BghiP and HpCDD. HpCDD but not BghiP exposure increased gene expression of the amino acid transporters SLC7A5 and SLC7A11.

CONCLUSIONS
Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) or dioxins perturbs amino acid pathways at physiologically relevant concentrations with different mechanisms. These findings imply an effect on central homeostatic systems by environmental exposures which could have implications on disease susceptibility.


This paper presents an efficient binary decision di agram solver for live variable analysis of high level design languag es like SpecC. A novel representation of the program as a global str uctu e using efficient data structure called Binary Decision Dia grams is presented. Based on the global structure of the pro gram, a relational framework for live variable analysis is proposed and the solver algorithm is developed based on the relation l framework. The algorithm obtains the fixed point of live varia ble analysis in iterations significantly less than the traditional chaotic iteration approach. The global representation of the program using Binary Decision Diagrams and the ease of doing set theoret ic operations in the domain of Binary Decision Diagrams helps the solver algorithm to determine the fixed points of the anal ysis efficiently. Our experimental evaluations using the solver demon strate a marked decrease in iterations over traditional appr oach for fixed point calculations. General Terms Algorithms


The article is devoted to the analysis of psychological foundations of adult education and upbringing, namely psychological theories that significantly influenced the development of the paradigm of adult education (behaviourism, activity theory, humanistic theory, genetic psychology, constructivist theory, etc.). At the same time, the psychological mechanisms of adult education are considered: motivation, interest, responsibility, and psychophysical characteristics of adult learners are also given. and relaxation activities, consultations, trainings (motivational training; training of behaviour and communication in typical situations and business relationships; training of personal psychological protection means in stressful situations; training of the mental function of assessment; training of means of correcting personal qualities, etc.).