Transformational leadership performance occurs when leaders broaden and enhance the interests of employees, when they raise awareness and acceptance of the goals and mission of the group, and when they mobilize their employees to look beyond their own self-interest of either the group or the individual. Transformational leaders achieve this result in one or more ways. Employee performance is the ability of an organization to achieve its goals through productive and effective employees. Employee performance covers various aspects, including productivity, quality of work, attendance, creativity, and contribution to organizational goals. This Systematic Review is prepared based on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews, full text articles and uses English and Indonesian. The keywords used in the search for articles are "Transformational Leadership" AND "Performance". Analysis of the 13 articles explains that transformational leadership has benefits and effectiveness on employee performance. Based on the results of available literature, it can be concluded that transformational leadership style has a positive influence on employee performance. kind to employees. This can increase employee confidence, commitment, and involvement in achieving organizational goals. In addition, transformational leaders also have the ability to develop employee potential and strengthen the working relationship between employees and leaders.


This article presents a study of one of the key authors of the contemporary political philosophy and political theology of the XX-XXI centuries of Giorgio Agamben. The first part of the article gives short biographical information about Agamben. It also describes the place of Agamben on the field of modern philosophical discourse. In the second part, using the example of the classification "hedgehog-fox" classification we tried to reveal Agamben's method of thinking. Books of this author go beyond the same theme and have their own logic and their own vocabulary. Agamben tries to find special ways of looking at a large number of things and phenomena. The third part is an entry into the critically-political project "Homo Sacer". Homo Sacer is an attempt to prove the inability to divide zoe from bios , private and public spheres of life. Agamben analyzes sovereign power, which is closely linked to the religious structures of Western monotheism. The author blurs the boundaries between secular and non-secular and raises the question of the possibility of rigorous breeding of secular and non-secular politics.


The shorthand X ∼ Poisson(µ) is used to indicate that the random variable X has the Poisson distribution with positive parameter µ. A Poisson random variable X with scale parameter µ has probability mass function f (x) = µ x e −µ x! The Poisson distribution can be used to model the number of events in an interval associated with a process that evolves randomly over space or time. Applications include the number of potholes over a stretch of highway, the number of typographical errors in a book, the number of customer arrivals in an hour, and the number of earthquakes in a decade. The Poisson distribution can also be used to approximate the binomial distribution when n is large and p is small. The probability mass function with µ = 8.56 is illustrated below.


Provides an overview of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Information Management Working Group of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), which took place in Bordeaux, France from 12–14 September 2001. The theme of the meeting was 'Values and Quality of Development Information'. Topics covered included: the identity of information; quality assessment and control; capacity building in the South; knowledge management. Updates on some international initiatives and news from EADI member organizations were also presented.


ABSTRACT Image mosaicking is essential for monitoring a wide target area using unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) images. An image mosaicking process requires accurate and robust geometric correction of individual images with respect to the reference plane. Tiepoint-based geometric correction methods developed so far usually assume wide overlaps between adjacent images. This article focuses on fast monitoring applications where UAVs fly very fast and image mosaics are to be generated immediately. In this case, wide overlaps might not be ensured. For this reason, we investigate a fast and robust geometric correction method for mosaicking UAV images with narrow overlaps. To ensure quickness in geometric correction, an image resampling approach using a resampling grid is presented. To ensure accuracy and robustness in geometric correction, existing transformation models are analysed in depth, and optimal models are proposed. Our proposed method shows the potential for fast monitoring applications. We also show that while existing transformation models work for images with a large overlap, perspective transformation models with full orientation parameters may suffer in images with a narrow overlap. We hope that our results can be useful when implementing an optimal solution that can simultaneously handle UAV images with different overlaps.


This article deals with the analysis of small sample volume by using a planar microcoil and a micromachined cavity. This microcoil is used as a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) radio frequency detection coil in order to perform in vitro NMR analysis of the sample introduced into the microcavity. It is a real challenging task to develop microsystem for NMR spectrum extraction for smaller and smaller sample volume. Moreover, it is advantageous that these microsystems could be integrated in a Micro Total Analysing System (-TAS) as an analysing tool. In this paper, NMR theory, description, fabrication process and electrical characterization of planar microcoils receiver are described. Results obtained on NMR microspectroscopy experiments have been performed on water and ethanol, using a 1 mm diameter planar coil. This microcoil is tuned and matched at 85.13 MHz which is the Larmor frequency of proton in a 2 T magnetic field.


By sudden development of the vehicle electronic component, safety, ease and reliability of vehicle become important. Thus fault of semiconductor control chip that constitute body electronic system should be detected after manufacture of cars. In this paper, test technique using FlexRay is proposed to vehicle network diagnosis platform.


Objective To analyze the effects of screw type and implant location on the stability of single implant-supported crowns with prosthetic retaining screws.Methods A total of 262 implants(237 patients) with single implant-supported crowns of premolar and molar were evaluated for the stability of the crowns retained by two different types of screws.The effects of different types of screws and implant location on the stability of the crowns were analyzed.Results The two types of retaining screws had significant different effects on the stability of the crowns,the flat head screw being more stable than the conical head screw.With the same head of screw,premolar was more stable than molar.Conclusion The stability of flat head screw was better than that of conical head screw.The stability of premolar was better than that of molar.


This thematic issue attempts to expand scholarly understanding of international entrepreneurship in China, by providing empirical evidence of the current problems key to the success of foreign entrepreneurs in China, and analysing the context of entrepreneurship in that country. The need to understand foreign entrepreneurship in China is both an important and a timely problem, because China is transforming into the world's economic leader, and at the same time the conditions for international entrepreneurs are rapidly changing in the global business environment, especially in the context of emerging economies (Bruton, Ahlstrom, & Obloj, 2008). As such, this issue contributes also to an emerging new scholarly literature aimed at understanding the dynamic nature of international business in emerging economies, which, as observed by Puślecki, Trąpczynski, and Staszkow (2016), needs to be revisited by scholars using new approaches, and new empirical evidence.


The IMO (International Maritime Organization) has mandated the restriction of SOx emissions to 0.5 % for all international sailing vessels since January 2020. And, a number of countries have designated emission control areas for stricter environmental regulations. Three representative methods have been suggested to cope with these regulations; using low-sulphur oil, installing a scrubber, or using LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) as fuel. In this paper, economic analysis was performed by comparing the method of installing a scrubber with the method of using low-sulphur oil without installing additional equipment. We suggested plausible layouts and compared the pros and cons of different scrubber types for retrofitting. We selected an international sailing ship as the target vessel and estimated payback time and benefits based on navigation route, fuel consumption, and installation and operation costs. Two case of oil prices were analyzed considering the uncertainty of fuel oil price fluctuation. We found that the expected payback time of investment varies from 1 year to 3.5 years depending on the operation ratio of emission control areas and the fuel oil price change.


October 14, 2022 Type Package Title Communication Between Editor and Viewer for Literate Programs Version 0.1-4 Date 2016-12-12 Depends tools, stringr Enhances knitr, utils Description This utility eases the debugging of literate documents ('noweb' files) by patching the synchronization information (the '.synctex(.gz)' file) produced by 'pdflatex' with concordance information produced by 'Sweave' or 'knitr' and 'Sweave' or 'knitr' ; this allows for bilateral communication between a text editor (visualizing the 'noweb' source) and a viewer (visualizing the resultant 'PDF'), thus bypassing the intermediate 'TeX' file. License GPL (>= 2)


By using the seismic source model of crack containing hyperpressure gas,the course of radioactive heat energy in the earth to accumulate in the focal area and cause for earthquake are studied. The mechanical models are given.The quantitative analyses on transformation of elastic and displacement potential energies of the rock and heat energy of the gas in source area into seismic energy are made.The formulas between magnitude and focal size,deformation,seismic moments and seismogenic period are derived. The formulas tally with that of other men of learning and real earthquakes.The seismic source model of crack containing hyperpressure gas is verified further by energy.


This paper observes characteristics and time quality of horizon in poetry that are formed within the readers when they perceive poetry as an object of experiences and examines the presence of poetry due to its forming horizon. Various definitions on poetry show many signs that poetry can be perceived as an object of experiences. In addition, poetry is a subject that can be experienced by active participation of the readers. Horizon, as the collective world, formed within the readers changes creatively time limit of the readers. Forming horizon by poetry is associated with closure structure of poetry. If poetry had regressive closure structure, it would require the readers to have negotiated perception in forming horizon and time quality would be defined under closed condition. If poetry had extensive closure structure, it would require the readers to have receptive perception in forming horizon and time quality would be defined under open condition. Such horizon is characterized by its ability to extend horizon and memory range of the readers. Not only it changes horizon of the readers, it also shows its ability to form creative time quality. And horizon of poetry makes the readers to form time quality of horizon ranged from the past and the future. Presence of poetry by such horizon formation can be described in three ways: first, poetry is a catalyst to encourage the readers to experience, change and extend horizon; poetry reveals essential, aesthetic values of horizon; and change of horizon within the readers provides an opportunity to transcend the reality. In conclusion, presence of poetry lies in the fact that horizon formed within the readers is more realistic, truthful one.


In the microgrid systems, three-phase inverter becomes the main power electronic interface for renewable distributed energy resources (DERs), especially for the islanded microgrids in which the power quality is easily affected by unbalanced and nonlinear loads, this is due to the fact that the voltage and frequency of the microgrid are not supported by the main power grid but determined only by the inverters. Therefore, the compensation of the load unbalances and harmonics in autonomous microgrid inverters are getting more attention in power quality research areas. The main purpose of this paper is to represent an overview of the control strategies of various inverters for unbalanced load compensation


We study online active learning for classifying streaming instances. At each time, the decision maker decides whether to query for the label of the current instance and, in the event of no query, self labels the instance. The objective is to minimize the number of queries while constraining the number of classification errors over a horizon of length $T$. We consider a general concept space with a finite VC dimension $d$ and adopt the agnostic setting where the instance distribution is unknown and labels are noisy following an unknown conditional distribution. We propose a disagreement-based online learning algorithm and establish its $O(d\log^2 T)$ label complexity and $\Theta(1)$ (i.e., bounded) classification errors in excess to the best classifier in the concept space under the Massart bounded noise condition. This represents the first study of online active learning under a general concept space. The proposed algorithm is shown to outperform extensions of representative offline algorithms developed under the PAC setting as well as online algorithms specialized for learning homogeneous linear separators.


With the development of mechanic-electric system, how to apply the theory of system engineering and integrate it into other disciplines, how to solve complex technology and management problems concerned, and how to optimize the system have become important problems to be resolved. This paper shows an available method called IDEF0 for intelligent house system, which is based on the idea of "Everything Over IP".


We investigate the directional accuracy of exchange rate forecasts by corporate executives. We find that a forecast with a 1-year horizon is valuable for the profitability and unprofitability predictions of manufacturers, although previous studies provide considerable evidence that forecasts with horizons of 1 year and longer are not valuable. However, a forecast is not valuable in predicting an appreciation or depreciation of the exchange rate. Our findings suggest that corporate executives are more concerned about and focused on the impact of the exchange rate on their profitability, rather than the exchange rate itself.


We report both experimental and theoretical results for a physical implementation of a bipolar encoding scheme suitable for fiber optic networks. The power spectrum of an erbium-doped superfluorescent fiber source is encoded, the bipolar correlations of the codes are verified and rejection of multiple-access interference is demonstrated in a fiber- based testbed. Simulations of the correlation process identify key optical parameters and physical characteristics important to the design of future systems.


Abstract Binge drinking can be quit without formal help; however, there is not enough information on this fact, especially in young people who adopt this kind of consumption. The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of natural change regarding binge drinking and explore its relationship with alcohol related problems and other individual characteristics in university students. In a random sample of 828 students, we assessed past or current binge drinking, alcohol related problems, use of other psychoactive substances, gender and marital status. The prevalence of natural change reached 7%. Quiting binge drinking implied a smaller probability of psychic problems, alcohol induced blackouts, injuries and consumption of other substances as well as a greater probability of finding a partner. The role of the severity of the consequences in the natural change in consumption, possible protection factors and potential interventions are discussed.


The most common disadvantage in moment connections is the brittle fracture of the welded area during an earthquake. One creative way to fix such disadvantages is to use Side Plates to connect the beam to column. Previous studies have focused more on the performance of connections with side plate and comparison of these connections with other types of moment connections. In this study, the effect of material type, thickness, and perforation of the side plates on the cyclic performance is investigated. For this purpose, in addition to using side plates of soft steel (ST37) and high strength structural steel (ST52), nickel-titanium shaped memory alloy (SMA-Ni-Ti) has also been used to investigate the superelastic effect to this alloy on the connection performance. Modeling and analysis was performed in ABAQUS finite element software under cyclic loading and the results showed that the increased capacity and ductility of the side plate connections with shape memory alloy and also revealed that optimal thicknesses can be obtained for side plate in order to create the maximum possible ductility at the connection and preventing the formation of plastic hinges. According to the results obtained by changing the configuration and cutting in connection and in general, the capacity of the connection decreased in 0.04 radian (moment frame acceptance limit) and stress concentration in the cutting corners had the greatest effect on the failure of the side plates.


The knowledge about moving objects plays an important role in robot navigation and driver assistance systems. Several motion detection techniques based on the optical flow were developed in the past. To our knowledge none of them exploit the available constraint envelope of a 3D point. In this paper a two-view algorithm is proposed taking advantage of the epipolar, the positive depth, and the positive height constraint, allowing the detection of independent motion and most collinear motions. The constraints are combined in a unified manner resulting in a scalar error function. This enables a direct weighting of the error with the certainty of the measured optical flow. Furthermore, the detection limit of objects moving collinear with the camera and with identical speed is investigated. Experimental results in traffic and indoor scenarios demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm


WHAT IN WHICH CHANNEL TO WHOM TH WHAT EFFECT ? which has compartmentalized mass media research for a number of years, they concentrated on areas of research such as, for example the relation between individuals and the mass media. Mass AKedia -Systems and efects benefits largely by this perspective. Using the systems approach which they define on P1? 7 and 8, Davison Yu and Boylan aim at presenting an introduction to the history of mass media in the U.S.A., an overview of information about their functioning and eXects and a brief comparison of the American media system with other media systems. The book is divided into two parts: Part one labelled 'Systems' deals with the functioning of the American and other media systems and part two focuses on the effiects of communication. While information about the American system is certainly plentiful, the authors' discussion of ways of studying other media systems followed by a discussion of the mass communication system in China is very insightful. Equally instructive is chapter three which deals with how content is shaped and the subsection 'Pressures in Management' complements work already done here. Part two, 'EXects' is, on the whole, rather less interesting than part one. It is far more predictable, with sections on 'Uses' and 'Gratifications',theimportance of selectivity, attitude formation and change. One was hoping that the authors would deal with effiects in non-American media systems; asentencelike 'thegovernments of China and the Soviet Union make extensive use of quasi-mass communication' (p. I22) iS obviously inadequate and does not do justice to part of the avowed aims of the authors. But perhaps the strongest eriticism one can make of the book is that it is rather a series of interlocking areas and suffers from a lack of an integrated sociological analysis of mass communication. However, as a basic introductory text it will appeal to undergraduates now that studies of mass media are taking oS here. And the advanced student will find the suggestions for further reading quite helpful. Mott. S. Gokulstng North East London Polytechnic


J. L. Shanks1has given an algorithm for computing the discrete Walsh transform (abstract Fourier transform) of a sampled periodic function whose domain of definition is the set of integers modulo 2n. An algorithm of the same efficiency, using a much simpler notation, was given for the abstract Fourier transform in my correspondence published in 1963 in this TRANSACrIONS.2This transform has an identical matrix representation; the only difference is that the function domain is represented (for computation purposes) by binary coded representations of the integers from 0 to 2n−1. These binary n-tuples form a group under vector addition, modulo two.


The use of an antenna array at a base-station for cellular CDMA is studied. The authors present a performance analysis for a multicell CDMA network with an antenna array at the base-station for use in both base-station to mobile (downlink) and mobile to base-station (uplink) links. They model the effects of path loss, Rayleigh fading, log-normal shadowing, multiple access interference, and thermal noise, and show that by using an antenna array at the base-station, both in receive and transmit, one can increase system capacity several fold. Simulation results are presented to support the claims. >


This paper presents the analysis and study of high dc/dc boost converters; boost converters have become important in applications for energy generation and even more if they have high gain. High efficiency, few components, low voltage and current stress on switches are features desired in these kinds of converters, but also its complexity to be controlled. In this paper three boost converters are analyzed: the traditional one, the tapped boost converter and specially a hybrid one: the analysis is made from the control point of view. The steady-state analysis and the small signal model of the topologies are shown. But also experimental results of one converter are presented to illustrate the behavior of the system for an output power of 50W.


Abstract : This paper provides a review of work on the representation of knowledge from within psychology and artificial intelligence. The work covers the nature of representation, the distinction between the represented world and the representing world, and significant issues concerned with propositional, analogical, and superpositional representations. Major controversies within psychology -- such as distinctions between declarative and procedural representation, propositional and analogical representation, and the nature of visual images -- are analyzed and found not to reflect fundamental disagreements. (Author)


:The paper analyses what has happened in the world since the begining of the technological advances, specifically at the information units. It makes comparisons between the forcasts done by information specialists almost two dacades ago, about what would happen at the libraries in the year 2000 and what is really happening today. It states new enterprise approaches to apply in the context of the existing structures and determines the new paradigms which focus on the client as the center of the atention and the added value of the products offered by the libraries in the future. The case of Library and Documentation Center. Regional School Bahia Blanca, National Technological University.


Some practical design information is given for duobinary lowpass filters with minimal intersymbol interference. It in cludes design values (poles and zeros) for two realisable filters, and their associated responses. A comparison with Nyquist I filters is also presented.


With physician pay on the rise by some measures, now is a good time for doctors to take stock of how to keep more of those dollars in their pocket.


Experimental work on the three‐dimensional Ising ferromagnet Fe[S2CN(C2H5)2]2Cl is reviewed, and magnetic susceptibility and sublattice magnetization2 data are analyzed with correction‐to‐scaling terms included. Critical exponents γ = 1.165±0.03 and β = 0.245±0.02 are found, assuming modified power law expressions χ0 = Γt−γ (1+aχtΔ) and m(T/TC) = B‖t‖β(1+aM ‖t‖Δ) with correction exponent and amplitudes, Δ = 0.493, aχ = 0.207, and aM = 0.156. The critical amplitudes are found to be Γ = 1.47±0.07 emu/mole (Γr = 1.07±0.05 for the reduced susceptibility) and B = 1.30±0.05. Γ is larger than most theoretical estimates for the Ising model on three‐dimensional lattices, while B is smaller than theoretical results. The amplitude ratio Γr/B is 0.83±0.07. Theoretical values for this ratio are not universal but exhibit only a weak lattice dependence, and are in the range from 0.65 to 0.71 for the three‐dimensional Ising model. Heat capacity data are sparse and less reliably analyzed, but appear to suggest abnormally ...


In frog rectus muscle, Ca 2+ inhibits contractures induced by acetylcholine, carbachol, and potassium. Sr 2+ and Ba 2+ potentiate the contractures induced by acetylcholine, whereas those by potassium are inhibited. Carbachol responses are potentiated by Ba 2+ but not affected by Sr 2+ . All these cations have no action on frog rectus per se


ejd.2013.2016 Auteur(s) : Emanuele Miraglia email@example.com, Bianca Visconti, Daniela Bianchini, Stefano Calvieri, Sandra Giustini Policlinico Umberto i Department of Dermatology Viale del policlinico 155 00100 Rome, Italy Dercum's disease or adiposis dolorosa (OMIM:103200) is an autosomal dominant disease with an incidence of about 1/200,000 [1], variable phenotypical expression and slight female predominance, characterized by multiple painful subcutaneous lipomas, most frequently [...]


Abstract A model was developed to predict quantitatively the influence of alloying element (Me) dissolved in the ferrite (α) matrix on the incubation time for iron-nitride layer formation upon gaseous nitriding of iron-based alloys. The model incorporates the coupled, concurrent processes of inward diffusion of nitrogen and the depth dependency of the time dependency of the precipitation of alloying-element nitride particles in the α matrix. Experimental results were obtained by gaseous nitriding of an Fe-2.23 at.% V alloy. The incubation time for iron-nitride formation on Fe–Me alloy is generally much larger than that for iron-nitride formation on pure iron due to a pronouncedly lesser rate of increase of dissolved N content at the surface of Fe–Me alloy. The extent of segregation of N at the MeN/α-Fe interfaces has distinct influence on the incubation time.


The utility model discloses a spiral pulling force type wireless bollard force application measurement device, which is horizontally connected with a first force transmission steel wire rope, a wireless electronic suspension hook, a spiral pulling force device and a second force transmission steel wire rope in sequence. An outer end of the first force transmission steel wire rope is sleeved on a first bollard, and a first uniform force protective plate is arranged between the first force transmission steel wire rope and the first bollard. An outer end of the second force transmission steel wire rope is sleeved on a second bollard, and a second uniform force protective plate is arranged between the second force transmission steel wire rope and the second bollard. The spiral pulling force device is provided with a force application rod. The wireless electronic suspension hook converts a detected force value into an electronic signal and sends the electronic signal to a wireless gatherer in a wireless manner. The wireless gatherer gathers and stores detection data transmitted by the wireless electronic suspension hook in a wireless manner according to a given program. The spiral pulling force type wireless bollard force application measurement device is convenient in transport, quick in on-site assembly and debugging, simple in operation, accurate in measurement and high in efficiency, and saves a lot of cost of manpower and material resources.


In this contribution, we report a home-made single polarization fiber using pit-in-jacket method. The single polarization fiber is realized by using PANDA structure. A piece of the single polarization fiber with the length of 5m is used to test the polarization window and extinction ratio. The central wavelength is 1064nm. This fiber can keep single-polarization transmission in 140 nm bandwidth range. Moreover, it also shows high extinction ratio of 40 dB. The experimental result indicates that the performance of the domestic SPF is close to the imported fiber.


The invention relates to a voltage sag on-line monitoring device applied in a power system, and the device comprises a voltage signal conversion and preprocessing unit, a digital signal processing unit, a man-machine interface, a data communication interface, and a data storage unit. A method employed by the device to judge whether voltage sag happens or not comprises the steps: calculating the difference between a voltage sampled in a sampling period and a voltage sampled in a last period, comparing the difference with a set voltage sag threshold value, and judging that voltage sag starts to happen in the current sampling period if the difference exceeds the voltage sag threshold value; and judging that a voltage sag event happens if voltage sag happens in a plurality of continuous sampling periods. The device can monitor on line whether voltage sag happens to the power system or not, can record the related sag characteristic values during voltage sag, and provides effective information for formulating measures for solving voltage sag.


The Macedonian Question has attracted much attention since the 1990s due to the emergence of the dispute over the name of Macedonia between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia. In Greece there is a prolific literature on this subject, but some basic questions remain unanswered. In particular, the role of the government, and of government institutions – especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – have attracted little or no attention: on the contrary, historians have focused on the 'heroes' of the conflict, the fighters themselves, the result being that the Macedonian Question is understood as a military fight of good versus evil. In this D.Phil. thesis, we examine how the government got involved with the Macedonian Question and second, in what ways it was involved, especially given that an official acknowledgement of the government's involvement with the paramilitary operations was diplomatically impossible. We approached these questions by examining the personal archives of Greek politicians and diplomats (most notably of the Dragoumis family) and the Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, especially the Archives of the Greek Embassies in London, Paris and Constantinople, which have only recently become available. The key finding is that the Greek government, despite its declarations to the opposite effect, was involved heavily with the paramilitary fighting in Macedonia, but also that the official involvement with Macedonia was constrained and influenced by electoral concerns and by the powerful Macedonian lobbies in Athens. Decisions were rarely made in a rational, bureaucratic way, but were more often reached after consultations with journalists, military officers and intellectuals and always bearing domestic political realities in mind. These findings suggest that future research should move away from understanding the 'Macedonian Struggle' solely as a military issue, and put it into the wider context of early twentieth-century Greek political and diplomatic history.


Abstract 1. Despite widespread acceptance of metapopulation theory, the effects that inter‐patch dispersal and variability in patch size have on metapopulation dynamics in insects are two issues that require further study. In addition, previous studies of metapopulations have tended to focus on organisms with high dispersal capabilities such as some species of butterfly and bird.


In this work, we report two clusters, namely Co4(Q)8 (1), Co4Na2(Q)2(L)4 (2) (H2L = 7,7′-(ethane-1,1-diyl)diquinolin-8-ol, HQ = 8-hydroxyquinoline), where their formation is well controlled by the reactants. When NaN3 is used, compound 2 a heterometallic cluster, Na2Co4, was obtained. By contrast, without the addition of NaN3, a distinct homometallic Co4 cluster is generated. Importantly, this is accompanied by the formation of ligand L2−, which is also dependent on the addition of NaN3. Further, their magnetic properties are also discussed.


The article presents the results of health condition of preschool children, and also the relation of parents to health of the children. Necessity of interaction of preschool institution and family with the aim of preservation of children's health has been designated.


Effect of 3-mercapto-1-propane sulfonate (MPS) coupled with polypropylene glycol (PEG) and/or Cl(superscript -) at different concentrations on copper electrodeposition in acidic copper sulfate bath was investigated by measuring polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS). Measurement results of polarization curves and EIS indicate that a synergistic effect exists between MPS and PEG or Cl(superscript -). MPS-PEG inhibited the electrodeposition of copper, while MPS-Cl and MPS-PEG-Cl accelerated copper electrodeposition. MPS could generate an intermediate via reaction with Cl(superscript -)and Cu(superscript +)/Cu(superscript 2+) under a relatively low potential, and resultant intermediate was adsorbed on the surface of the electrode. MPS inhibited copper electrodeposition, but could coordinate with Cl(superscript -),contributing to the acceleration of superconformal filling of copper.


Abstract:The Multy Representation Discourse is a learning model that emphasizes students learning in groups and the use of representation. This study aims to determine the influence of the DMR model on the ability to understand mathematical concepts and the self-efficacy of students. The research design uses Quasy Experimental Design with a posttest-only control design. The population was all class VIII students at one of the MTs in Krui. The sample number of 50 students consisted of 25 in the experimental class and 25 in the control class taken by the cluster random sampling technique. Hypothesis testing using Multivariate Analysis of Variance (Manova). The results showed that students who learned with the DMR learning model had better concept understanding and self-efficacy skills than students who learned using the direct learning model.Abstrak:Diskursus Multy Representasi (DMR) merupakan model pembelajaran yang menekankan peserta didik untuk belajar berkelompok dan pemanfaatan representasi. Penelitian bertujuan mengetahui pengaruh model DMR terhadap kemampuan pemahaman konsep matematis dan self efficacy peserta didik. Rancangan penelitian menggunakan Quasy Experimental Design dengan posttest-only control design. Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh peserta didik kelas VIII pada salah satu MTs di Krui. Jumlah sampel 50 peserta didik terdiri dari 25 di kelas eksperimen dan 25 di kelas kontrol yang diambil dengan teknik cluster random sampling. Pengujian hipotesis menggunakan Multivariate Analysis of Variance (Manova). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan Peserta didik yang belajar dengan model pembelajaran DMR memiliki kemampuan pemahaman konsep dan self efficacy yang lebih baik dibandingkan peserta didik yang belajar menggunakan model pembelajaran langsung.


Phenolic calixarenes in particular exhibit a tendency to form multinuclear metal ion complexes, many of which can be regarded as hydrolytic or anion- bridged clusters enveloped within a lipophilic calixarene sheath, justifying the designation of the calixarenes as "cluster keepers". Of the factors which de- termine the nuclearity of the clusters, the calixarene ring size and the capacity of phenoxide donors to act as bridges are obviously important but another which offers prospects for considerable development of known cluster chemis- try is that of the substitution of S for CH2 to give the family of thiacalixarenes. Clusters involving up to 10 metal ions are now well-characterised, many of unique geometry and properties.


Mechanisms for scheduling uplink transmissions for a plurality of user equipment devices, UEs, that are serviced by a network node having a wireless coverage area comprising a plurality of sectors is disclosed. A plurality of schedulers is initiated in parallel, each scheduler corresponding to a different sector of the plurality of sectors. Each scheduler schedules in parallel at least some UEs that are associated with the corresponding different sector.


Fosphenytoin, a water-soluble prodrug of phenytoin, degrades primarily to phenytoin at pH values < 8 during long term storage; phenytoin readily precipitates when formed from fosphenytoin due to its limited aqueous solubility. The objective of this study was to develop stable formulations of fosphenytoin in the pH range of 7.4–8.0 by inhibiting the phenytoin precipitation through complexation with a parenterally safe cyclodextrin, (SBE)7m-β-CD. Phase solubility studies at 25 °C revealed that phenytoin could be effectively solubilized by (SBE)7m-β-CD both in the presence and absence of 80.6 mg/mL fosphenytoin (as its dihydrate). The binding constants for the phenytoin/cyclodextrin complex were found to be 1073 and 792 M− 1 at pH 7.4 and pH 8.0, respectively. Because of the competitive inclusion between fosphenytoin and phenytoin with (SBE)7m-β-CD, the extent of solubilization of phenytoin was lower, as expected, in the presence of fosphenytoin than in the absence of fosphenytoin, even though the binding constants for the fosphenytoin/cyclodextrin complex were relatively small (41–45 M− 1). Initial rates were used to follow the production of phenytoin from fosphenytoin. Zero-order kinetics were observed under all conditions investigated. Phenytoin production rates were followed at 25, 37, and 50 °C in the presence of 0.03 or 0.06 M (SBE)7m-β-CD. It was projected from the solubility of phenytoin and the kinetic information that fosphenytoin shelf lives as high as nine years at 25 °C and pH 7.4 in the presence of 60 mM of (SBE)7m-β-CD might be possible while longer shelf lives might be possible at pH 8.


Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is probably the most powerful single contributor to premature morbidity and mortality, not only in the United States but worldwide. Since lower SES groups are more likely to engage in a number of risky health behaviors, it has been tempting to assume that these behaviors are responsible for the health problems that mount as SES decreases—and to draw the logical conclusion that simply by bringing about a reduction in these risky behaviors, the health problems associated with lower SES will disappear. Unfortunately for this hypothesis, as Lantz et al 1 show quite convincingly in this issue of THE JOURNAL, 4 important health behaviors—smoking, alcohol consumption, body mass index, and physical activity level—explain no more than a modest "12% to 13% of the predictive effect of income on mortality." By incorporating in this study a nationally representative longitudinal sample with both men and women, the authors overcome the limitations of prior studies that found these and other physical risk factors to account for no more than a third of the excess mortality associated with lower SES.


This article deals with the development of the feminism movement in Brazil focusing on its change of definition of State, as well as its conflicts with the principles of liberal democracy. The central focus of discussion is the contribution of the feminism demands, since they bring into debate the limitations of liberal democratic regimes, thus creating new democratic principles. Such reorganization is discussed upon feminism demands for public policies concerning gender issues, especially affirmative actions seeking to compensate for the disadvantages experienced by women.


This study aims to determine the benefits of using forward contract hedging on the export value of economic goods in North Sumatra Province 2018-2019. This research is quantitative descriptive. The object of research used is the exchange rate difference from receivables from export transactions of economic goods of North Sumatra Province in 2018-2019. The data source used is secondary data obtained from the official website of BPS North Sumatra Province (sumut.bps.go.id) and Bank Indonesia (www.bi.go.id). The data analysis technique uses descriptive techniques by describing the stages of the forward contract systematically. The formula used in calculating the forward contract is Eiteman's formula and Jeff Madura's formula. The results show that forward contract hedging is more effective in 2019 (when the Rupiah exchange rate against the USD is more stable) than in 2018 (when the Rupiah exchange rate against the USD tends to fluctuate in an extreme manner)


Abstract The mean residual life function (mrlf) of a subject is defined as the expected remaining lifetime of the subject given that the subject has survived up to a given time. The commonly used regression models as proportional mean residual life (PMRL) and linear mean residual life (LMRL) have limited applications due to adhoc restriction on the parameter space. The regression model we propose does not have any constraints. It turns out that the proposed proportional scaled mean residual life (PSMRL) model is equivalent to the accelerated failure time (AFT) model, which provides an alternative way to estimate the regression parameters of the AFT model and to interpret the regression parameters estimated from the AFT model in terms of the mrlf instead of the survival function. We use full likelihood by nonparametrically estimating the baseline mrlf using the smooth scale mixture estimator of the mrlf based on a single sample of iid observations to develop the statistical inference for the regression parameters, which are estimated using an iterative procedure. A simulation study is carried out to assess the properties of the estimators of the regression coefficients. We illustrate our regression model by applying it to the well-known Veteran's Administration lung cancer data.


The concept of ecosystem services has been long debated in the scientific literature and in recent years it has seen many different clas- sifications and even definitions. It offers a way to a more comprehen- sive assessment of the value of an ecosystem or landscape. The main four categories of ecosystem services and of functions that provide them are: production, regulation, supporting or habitat and cultural. The assessment of ecosystem services is important in do- mains like land management and planning, decision mak- ing, ecological economics, and, as it is the case for this particu- lar study, in landscape and environmental planning and management. This study is centred on the regulation functions and services pro- vided mainly by forest ecosystems and tries to assess the trade-off that occur along with changes in the land cover/use of wooded areas. To achieve this, firstly we identify and quantify the changes in land- scape and land use and cover in the target area between 1980 and 2006. The next step is to draw an inventory of the regulating functions and serv- ices and assess the relative degree to which a land cover/use is theoreti- cally able to provide each service. The last step is to evaluate the losses and gains in terms of services in the period of time considered by tak- ing into account each type of change in land use/cover and the decrease or increase in the degree to which the land is still able to provide regu- lating services. All the results are also spatially illustrated through maps. Keywords land use/cover change, ecosystem services, regulation services of forests and woodlands.


IP over optical network performance can be improved with dynamic bandwidth allocation, depending on the reallocation paradigm and the network topology. Under high connectivity, dynamic bandwidth allocation provides a notable boost to the network's traffic-carrying capacity.


This paper presents novel analysis results for input-to-state stability (ISS) that utilise dynamic programming techniques to characterise minimal ISS gains and transient bounds. These characterisations naturally lead to computable necessary and sufficient conditions for ISS. Our results make a connection between ISS and optimisation problems in nonlinear dissipative systems theory (including L/sub 2/-gain analysis and nonlinear H/sub /spl infin// theory).


PURPOSE: To obtain the subject compd. useful as a virus inhibitor while reducing the usage of the amine and suppressing the formation of a byproduct by reacting a specific carboxamine and cyclopropylamine in the presence of hydroide or oxide of a specific element and performing the ring closure reaction of the formed product. CONSTITUTION: 2-Chloro-N-(2-chloro-4-methyl-3-pyridyl)-3-pyridylcarboxamide represented by formula I and cyclopropylamine are reacted in the presence of hydroxide or oxide of a group IIa, IIb element (pref., calcium oxide) pref at 135-145°C for 6-7 hr to obtain N-(2-chloro-4-methyl-3- pyridyl)-2-(cyclopropylamino)-3-pyridinecarboxamide represented by formula II and, subsequently, the resultant compd, is treated with sodium hydride to be subjected to ring closure reaction to obtain the objective compd. represented by formula III. COPYRIGHT: (C)1995,JPO


This report deals with the experimental and analytical study of seismic response behavior of piping systems in industrial facilities. Piping is generally set up on the supporting structures, therefore when shaking motion is given, frictional vibration should take place between the piping and the supports, and two dimensional sliding motion occurs. A three dimensional mock-up piping and supporting structure model is excited by large scale (15m×15m) shaking table. First mode and second mode of FEM piping model are calculated independently, and maximum responses and dissipated energy considering the frictional behavior are compared with the responses obtained by experiment. The process to calculate the response of friction system is evaluated.


The characteristics,superiority and significance of eco-tourism-agriculture in Sichuan province were discussed in this paper.The models of eco-tourism-agriculture in Sichuan province were summed up.Suggestions were proposed to promote sustainable development of eco-tourism-agriculture.


The reaction of copper with H2S in the range of 225°–600° has been studied by means of a thermobalance. Above 400° the reaction is erratic and the product is cuprous sulphide only; below 400° the reaction behaviour is regular and the weight gain-time curves are smooth and show rather unusual behaviour in that the sulphidation rate steadily increases with time. This is attributed tentatively to the nucleation and lateral growth of cupric sulphide on the surface of the lower sulphide.


-tinct layers. The first layer, (the most external) was -of a reddish brown colour, laminated but not distinctly so; the second layer was of a c'ay colour, and the line ,of separation between it and the previous layer was therefore very distinctly seen, it was not laminated; the third layer (the most internal) consisted of striae of a darkish brown colour, arranged in an irregular manner (like fortification agate) containing between them strime of a lighter colour and of a more regular arrangement. The nucleus was round, of a yellowish brown colour, and of a laminated structure. Chemical Composition of the Nucleus.-A small portion of the nucleus, treated on a platinum foil by means of the blow pipe, first became blackened, developing an odour resembling that of burnt horn, and left a small quantity of a white ash, which had atfalkaline reaction. On treating a minute portion with nitric acid, diluted with half its weight of water, it dissolved with effervescence, and on evaporating to dryness it presented a beautiful pink colour, which on exposure to the fumes of ammonia, assumed a purple hue. On digesting a little of the powdered nucleus in boiling water, a portion was dissolved. Hydrochloric acid was added to the clear solution; there subsided crystals of uric acid. After the subsidence of these crystals, three drops of the acid solution (a. b. c.) were placed on thin strips of glass, and examiued under the microscope in the fol. lowing conditions:On evaporating a drop of the clear solution (a.) to dryness, there were presented bv the microscope numer.ous acicular crystals, arranged in groups and ramifying clusters-chloride of ammonia shewing the presence of crate of ammonia. To the liquid (b.) was added a drop of bichloride of platinum; a precipitate of yellow octohedra ensued, insoluble in water, shewing the presence of potass or of ammonia, or of both together. After evaporation to dryness, no cubes could be detected, which would have been the case had soda been present, from the formation of chloride of sodium. To the liquiid (c.) previously neutralized by a drop of ammonia .was added oxalate of ammonia; there resulted a -granular precipitate, consisting of amorphous granules, whicb, when examined under a microscope of bigh power, were observed to be mixed with minute octohedra The third layer (moat internal.)-On applVing heat to a particle on platinum foil, there was left after combbustion, a bulky white residue, (carbonate of lime,) which dissolved with effervescence in acetic acid, and from the acid solution thus obtained, a white granular precipitate was thrown down by oxalate of ammonia. A seoond portion of this layer was digested first in boiling water, afterwards in caustic potass; the greater bulk remained undissolved. The clear fluids were -ubsequently treated with hydrochlo'ric acid. There were deposited microscopic crystals of uric acid. This layer, therefore, consisted of oxalate of lime, urates which were dissolved in boiling water, and of free uric acid, unacted upon by boiling water, hut dissolved by potass. The second layer.-A particle examined before the blow pipe, was almost completely consumed, crackling during combustion, and evolving an odour of ammoniaon treating which with potass, ammonia was liberated, and was recognized by the fumes developed on exposing to its influence a glass rod, moistened with hydrochlonrc acid, by the odour, and bv its restoring the blue colour or reddened litmus. This laver was almost entirely soluble in boiling water; the residue was dissolved by caustic potass. Upon placing a drop of the aqueous solution on a slip of glass with hvdrochloric acid, there were formed crystals, having the microscopic characters of uric acid, shortly followed by needles and feathers of chloride of ammonia. On treating the alkaline solution (of the residue) in a similar manner, uric acid crystals were also obtained. This layer consisted, therefore, of urate of ammonia, with a small proportion of free uric acid. Thte first layer (most external.)-The product under tbe blow pipe closely resembled that of the last-described layer. On treating with potass, fumes of ammonia *ere evolved, and it was partially dissolved by boiling water, but to a less extent than the last layer; and on treating the aqueous solution in a similar manner, corresponding results were obtained from the portion uuacted upon by boiling water. The greater parL was dissolved by caustic potais; and from this solution, treated by bydrochloric acid, were also deposited crystals of uric acid. The residue, after the action of water and potaws, was diesolved by hydrochloric acid, and appeared to consist of the phosphates, but the proportion was too minute for examination.


Summary form only given. We purport to substantially expand the arsenal of decay control, whether measurement-like (i.e., accompanied by dephasing) or fully coherent. We derive a universal form of the decay rate of unstable states into any reservoir (continuum), modified by weak perturbations with arbitrary time dependence.


The strong relationship between music and health has helped prove that soft and peaceful classical music can significantly reduce people's stress; however, it is difficult to identify and collect examples of such music to build a library. Therefore, a system is required that can automatically generate similar classical music selections from a small amount of input music. Melody is the main element that reflects the rhythms and emotions of musical works; therefore, most automatic music generation research is based on melody. Given that melody varies frequently within musical bars, the latter are used as the basic units of composition. As such, there is a requirement for melody extraction techniques and bar-based encoding methods for automatic generation of bar-based music using melodies. This paper proposes a method that handles melody track extraction and bar encoding. First, the melody track is extracted using a pitch-based term frequency–inverse document frequency (TFIDF) algorithm and a feature-based filter. Subsequently, four specific features of the notes within a bar are encoded into a fixed-size matrix during bar encoding. We conduct experiments to determine the accuracy of track extraction based on verification data obtained with the TFIDF algorithm and the filter; an accuracy of 94.7% was calculated based on whether the extracted track was a melody track. The estimated value demonstrates that the proposed method can accurately extract melody tracks. This paper discusses methods for automatically extracting melody tracks from MIDI files and encoding based on bars. The possibility of generating music through deep learning neural networks is facilitated by the methods we examine within this work. To help the neural networks generate higher quality music, which is good for human health, the data preprocessing methods contained herein should be improved in future works.


A 2‐stage damage identification technique is presented for identifying crack lengths on cable‐tower connections of guyed masts. It is based on fuzzy pattern recognition theory and uses the cable force and the strain at the key locations of the earplate connection as input parameters. The methodology is developed with a numerical model under stochastic wind excitation and verified by numerical simulation and experiment. First, the relationships of cable force, strain on the connection, and crack length are explored. The wind‐induced responses of guyed mast are analyzed under different wind speed and directions to form a database of cable forces. The responses of a typical connection with different crack lengths are simulated to investigate the strain sensitivity to crack propagation. Its results are used to form a second‐stage strain database. The first stage of the fuzzy identification consists in identifying the interval of cable forces on the basis of cable force measurements. Then, a subjection degree function is formed between the measured strain and the developed strain database to judge the damage state of the connection by identifying the existence of a crack and estimating its length. The results of a numerical case study and further experiment are presented and show the potential and practicability of the technique to estimate the right range of crack length on earplates. Therefore, the proposed technique is practical and feasible to predict the damage state of earplate and can provide valuable prewarning information for structural safety.


This study uses a questionnaire survey method to assess attitudes toward the development of ecotourism among residents of Wutai Township following Typhoon Morakot. The results show that residents held positive attitudes toward the promotion of ecotourism. Factors influencing the promotion of ecotourism are tourism service, community development, cultural continuity, and environmental conservation factor. Based on potential differences due to sex, age, and level of education, the results show that aside from significant variations on environmental conservation factors, the remaining factors did not show any significant variations. For the environmental conservation factors, the group of 31-40 year old was more likely to have positive attitudes than other age groups.


Coincidence techniques have been fruitfully employed in many areas of physics. They are now beginning to he used in the study of surfaces. In electron spectroscopy, their appeal is that they can he used to distinguish between processes, and, in some cases, to completely describe single events. The interaction between surface atoms and electrons is complex, with many possible interactions. The coincidence technique can he used to reduce the number of possibilities and so to produce spectra that are more easily interpreted. However, the high density of atoms on a surface necessarily means that there is a high density of emitted inelastic electrons that appear as background in the spectra


A recently completed study conducted for the Transportation Systems Center examined the current use and impacts of a total of 11 transfer policy options (including timed transfers) on U.S. transit properties to identify the situations or settings in which particular transfer policies can most beneficially be applied. Data for the study were drawn from a series of telephone and on-site discussions with experienced transit professionals on 39 different properties. The information resulting from these discussions has been supplemented with a limited amount of site-specific quantitiative data and references to the literature as appropriate. The findings of that study regarding timed transfers are presented. Implementation of timed transfers can involve adjustments of headways, route lengths, and/or layover times as well as provision of suitable space, facilities, and information to permit the easy interchange of passengers between buses. Transit-property size is the principal criterion for the applicability of timed transfers, serving as a proxy for headway reliability, service frequency, and the number of buses meeting at one time. Small properties are generally able to use timed transfers at their main transfer point, whereas larger properties may only be able to use this option on a relatively more limited scale. Ridership gains on the order of 5-12 percent may be realized under some circumstances solely from the implementation of timed transfers. Overall, timed transfers appear to be a cost-effective way of increasing service and ridership in many settings without necessarily increasing costs. (Author)


 The assay combined with results of the tumor size and nodal status is intended to predict the likelihood of women with early stage, node-negative, hormone receptor positive, and HER2 negative breast cancer of developing metastasis within 10 years of initial diagnosis.  This test identifies 12 genes related to tumor proliferation and hormone receptor activity, but does not assess ER or HER2 status.  Test results of the 12-gene risk score are designed to guide decisions regarding adjuvant systemic chemotherapy in women with early-stage invasive breast cancer with known hormone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status following surgical management of breast cancer.


Repeated penetrating keratoplasty was retrospectively analyzed in 29 cases followed up 1-4 years postoperatively. The regraft remained clear in 10 eyes (34.5%). The major causes of regrafting failure were similar to those of the initial keratoplasty, i.e. immunologic rejection, postoperative angle-closure glaucoma, and donor graft failure.


In L'Homme de Mars, an apparently idiosyncratic science fiction tale within Guy de Maupassant's realist fictional universe, the reader anticipates an exotic flight of fancy beyond the realm of the material. The interplanetary escape and encounter with the other is brief; however, Maupassant does succeed in reversing the movement/stasis paradigm. Although in the end the Martian spacecraft in motion plunges tragically into the sea, revealing once again Maupassant's essentially pessimistic world view, Maupassant shows nonetheless that within the static confines of a text, true movement is still possible in the realm of the imaginary.


A three‐dimensional numerical analysis was carried out to study in detail the combined heat and mass transfer processes between a moist air flow and a cooled surface when film condensation occurs. A cross‐flow was considered between the air flow and the film flow. A turbulent flow was modelled using the Wilcox k−ω turbulence model. The shape of the interface between the air and the film was treated as a moving boundary, and it was calculated with the assumptions that the interface ways remain an interface, the stress at the interface is continuous and that there is no slip at the interface. Numerical results were obtained by solving simultaneous coupled equations of the air, film and solid. The results show that the condensate film flow has a significant effect on the extended surface temperature distribution and consequently on its efficiency. It is shown that the simultaneous influence of gravity and the air flow on the condensate film results in an asymmetric velocity profile in the film as well as in the asymmetric shape of the film.


Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of probucol for nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR). Methods: 68 patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) were studied from Jan. 2012 to Aug. 2013. These patients were divided into four groups. Group A consisted of 17 patients receiving enhanced therapy and probucol; Group B consisted of 17 patients receiving enhanced therapy; Group C consisted of 17 patients receiving regular therapy and probucol; Group D consisted of 17 patients receiving regular therapy. Group A and Group C were given probucol of 0.375 g twice per day. All patients were followed up for average 11.58 ± 0.17 months. The changes of best corrected visual acuity, fundus, total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoproteincholesterol (LDL-C) before therapy and one year after therapy were observed. Results: 1) The fundi of Group A and Group C were significantly improved (P 0.05); but the difference between the fundi of Group B and of Group D was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). 2) The best corrected visual acuity of Group A and Group C was improved significantly (P 0.05); but the best corrected visual acuity of Group B and Group D did not change significantly (P > 0.05). 3) The TC and LDLC level of Group A and Group C decreased significantly (P 0.05); There was no significant difference between the TC and LDLC level of Group A and of Group C (P > 0.05). Conclusion: The efficacy of probucol for nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy is significant with less complications.


Influenced by economy development,social transformation and historical factors,diversified concepts of values may positively promote the development of society and individuals on one side,and negatively hold back the formation of value consensus on the other side.Value consensus is different from value cognition,universal values and core values.However,it is not only possible but also practical to reach value consensus if the capability of social subject can be successfully cultivated.


This paper gives an overview of a previously introduced channel overloading concept that is applicable to both multiuser communications and single-user communications. We first describe it for multiuser communications using a hybrid multiple access scheme based on a combination of time-division multiple access (TDMA) and code-division multiple access (CDMA). Next, we extend it to full CDMA by defining two sets of orthogonal signal waveforms. Using a binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) modulation, it is shown that this multiple access concept can increase the number of users by 40% with respect to the hard limit of orthogonal waveform multiple access (OWMA) which includes TDMA, orthogonal CDMA (OCDMA), and orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA). Then, we apply the same concept to single-user communications to transmit an excess bit rate in addition to the primary data rate. It is shown that an excess data rate of up to 25% can be transmitted at the price of a very small penalty in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).


The thesis of this overview of research in criminal justice is that the most significant aspect of the research is not its specific content, but that the subject has become a matter of concern and constraint for agencies in the criminal justice system, and that the existence of research knowledge, as it is taken into account by these agents and agencies, provides a new basis for evaluating their actions. The facticity of research, and its reflexivity, have established a different sort of relationship between the system and the public, a relationship which now is and will continue to be mediated by intellectual or scientifically-based research findings. The connection between knowledge and praxis is a changing one,


Background: Acute promyelocytic leukemia is an acute myeloid leukemia that accounts approximately 10% of acute myeloid leukemia cases. Acute promyelocytic leukemias usually appears as a de novo finding. The occurrence of secondary acute promyelocytic leukemias after chemotherapy is rare, and the development of secondary acute promyelocytic leukemias after an non-Hodgkin lymphoma is casuistic. The objective of the study is to describe a case of secondary acute promyelocytic leukemia developed  after non-Hodgkin lymphoma therapy
Clinical case: Male B, 34 years old, hospitalized in a critical condition in the Hematological Center of the Institute of Oncology, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova, with diffuse large B cell lymphoma, stage IV B, X (Ann-Arbor). With the purpose of remission induction, 15 cycles of chemotherapy were performed( 12 cycles of remission induction, 3 cycles of mentainence therapy)  obtaining a partial remission. 25 months after the onset of the non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the patient experienced: anemia, thrombocytopenia and leukocytosis associated with peripheral blastosis. For restadialization a bone marrow aspiration was performed, which reveals 95% of promyelocyte-type blasts. Secondary acute promyelocytic leukemia was confirmed, remission induction chemotherapy was initiated, but, still the result proved no efficacy. The death occurred early in induction, which corresponds with literature data.
Conclusion: Secondary acute promyelocytic leukemias developed after non-Hodgkin lymphomas therapies are rare nosological entities in clinical practice, which are associated with the negative effect of treatment with anthracyclines or tenoposide derivatives, resulting in unfavorable prognosis and high mortality.


How women experience pregnancy as uplifting or a hassle is related to their mental and physical health and birth outcomes. Pregnancy during a pandemic introduces new hassles, but may offer benefits that could affect how women perceive their pregnancy. Surveying 118 ethnically and racially diverse pregnant women, we explore (1) women's traditional and pandemic-related pregnancy uplifts and hassles and (2) how these experiences of pregnancy relate to their feelings of loneliness, positivity, depression, and anxiety. Regressions show that women who experience more intense feelings of uplifts than hassles also feel more positive, less lonely, and have better mental health. Findings suggest that focusing on positive aspects of being pregnant, in general and during a pandemic, might be beneficial for pregnant women's mental health.


We report on anodic homopolymerization and copolymerization of aniline (Ani) and pyrrole (Py) on composite 2B pencil graphite in aqueous medium. The electrochemical syntheses of these polymers in para-toluene sulfonic acid with and without potassium chloride (KCl) are investigated. The presence of KCl in the medium has improved the structural, optical, and morphological properties of the resulting polymers. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirms that copolymer synthesized in the presence of KCl has nearly equal units of both Py and Ani in copolymer backbone as compared to the one synthesized in absence of KCl. The copolymer prepared in absence of KCl has globular-like structure. Whereas the one synthesized in the presence of KCl has fiberlike structure.


The concept of blockchain has received a lot of attention and research since it was first proposed in 2008. With the popularization and development of blockchain technology, its huge development opportunities in the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) have gradually revealed. This article studies the development path and technical characteristics of blockchain, analyzes the current research status of application of blockchain technology in medical field. It also summarizes the application and future research directions of blockchain technology in four typical TCM fields: TCM big data safe storage, Chinese medicine traceability, TCM electronic medical record privacy protection, TCM cloud health system and wearable devices. It is hoped that this paper can provide useful reference for relevant research.


The five species of the chrysogorgiid genus Simpsonella Stiasny, 1940, are described from recently collected material this includes the description of a new species from south-eastern Africa. The genus is presently known onlv from the western margin of the Indian Ocean, along the east African coast of Tanzania and South Africa. The name Simpsonella is here chosen as the valid generic name by subsequent designation. The genus differs from most other genera in the family Chrysogorgiidae by the possession of sclerites with scalloped margins and/or strong tubcreulations and foliations, together with a crowded and mostly multiserial arrangement of the polyps.


Historically Deep learning algorithms like Face Recognition do not work well on One-shot learning tasks. Hence, we need algorithms that can learn information about objects from one, or a few, training examples or images. In addition to that, if any new class is introduced to the model, there will be requirement to train it from beginning. We solve these problems by using the weights of a pre-trained model. The goal of this project is to use the concept of one-shot learning to create a component for an offline proctoring system. This system is foolproof against seat-swapping and it is also resilient to different lighting conditions and poses. In this project, we have used a pre-trained siamese network model and have established the feasibility of the product on a number of metrics including the accuracy of the model under different conditions like change in orientation and lighting.


Corresponding author: Agnieszka Drosdzol-Cop Chair and Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Oncological Gynecology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 87 Markiefki St, 40–211 Katowice, Poland phone: +48 32 208 8751; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Recommendations of the Group of Experts of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians regarding proceeding with victims of crimes against sexual freedom (01.01.2021)


Muh}ammad 'Abduh had ground the orientation of the Koran in the line of Muslim life. In other words, interpretations are always aiming to make the Koran as well as applying the guidance in public life as a solution to the problem of street life. Therefore, associated with verses mubham and mutashâbih, 'Abduh closer to the bow of the salaf scholars who prefer silence and surrender fully to God's intention (tafwid). However, on several occasions, he sometimes shifts from the bow, for example, when in contact with mutashâbih verses, verses related to the supernatural, and the stories in the Koran as may be necessary to explain in detail. In this position, he sometimes refers to methods tamthil as tafwid form or otherwise as a form of ta'wil. This article will explore the darb al-amthâl in view of 'Abduh as one method of interpreting the Koran from his works that contain related ideas and his interpretation of the Koran and the consideration of the methods of darb al-amthâl


Mechanisms of nitric oxide formation and emission for a conventional high-speed direct-injection diesel engine have been studied by a stochastic model that takes chemical kinetics into account. In calculations cetene was used as a fuel and its initiation processes were expressed by a one-step global mechanism. Detailed reduced chemical mechanisms were employed for the processes of heat release and NO formation. The calculated NO concentration coincides with a value measured in an exhaust gas within 10%. It is shown that most NO is formed locally at temperatures higher than 2000 K under a range of excess air ratios, 1 1 and to lean at λ <1. It suggests that CO2 addition is able to reduce NO and soot emission without the drop in thermal efficiency.


Viral infections are the main cause of increased morbidity and mortality among recipients in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Natural killer (NK) cells fight virally infected cells provided directional activation of cytotoxicity. In this study, we analyzed the role of receptor‐ligand pairs that include inhibitory or activating killer cell immunoglobulin‐like receptors (KIRs) with their HLA class I ligands in the course of viral infections. The paper also presents an algorithm that allows performing automated inhibitory (i) KIR:HLA pairing and rechecking in the clinical setting. The obtained results indicate a significant adverse roles of reduced number of iKIR:HLA pairs (40% vs 9%; odds ratio [OR] = 6.67; P = .0057; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.74‐25.62) and the presence of activating KIR:HLA pairs (15% vs 5%, OR = 3.58, P = .028, 95% CI 1.19‐10.73) in EBV infections post HSCT.


The stress-induced martensitic transformation has been studied at different temperatures T>Ms. The application of a stress σ on a shape memory alloy leads to the apparition of oriented variants of martensite in the direction of the stress. It causes the superelastic effect. Beyond a critical stress σ c , variants grow until parent phase diseappears. But martensitic transformation can be also induced by temperature. During a superelastic test, the sample has been overheat, then cooled at a constant deformation. It could be noticed that stress moves with temperature and that a low hysteresis appeared.


Time propagation of the Kalman filter covariance matrix involves an operation of the form ¿P¿T where for many applications ¿ is a sparse transition matrix. When the filter implementation employs U-D covariance factorization (i.e., recursions for U and D are used, where P = UDUT with U unit upper triangular and D diagonal) the corresponding time propagation involves W = ¿U. Both the ¿P¿T and ¿U computations can exploit transition matrix sparseness. If, however, the structure of W is not exploited, the computation involved with transforming W to an equivalent triangular form can be prohibitively expensive. The contribution of this paper is a streamlined Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization algorithm that can dramatically reduce UD time propagation computation costs.


Relict charcoal hearths (RCHs) increases soil fertility in forest ecosystems. However, the effects of RCHs on the activity and abundance of soil microorganisms remain unknown. In this paper, we analysed the impact of relict charcoal production on the soil enzymatic activity and composition of soil bacterial and fungal communities in Scots pine forests of the Manowo Forest District in northern Poland. Moreover, we determined the effect of relict charcoal production on the soil properties. Our research was conducted by comparing the physical, chemical, enzymatic and microbiological properties of charcoal-enriched and charcoal-free soils. Significant differences in physical properties were found between these two soil types in terms of their structure and water holding capacity. As expected, horizons enriched with charcoal were characterised by a significantly higher organic carbon content (4.7% on average compared to 2.2% in control horizons), and also by a considerably higher content of available phosphorus (an average of 64.07 mg·kg−1 compared to 36.21 mg·kg−1 in the control). Similarly, RCH horizons displayed a higher pH and higher contents of Ca and Na cations. These results indicated that RCH soils provided more favourable conditions for the soil microbiome, as reflected by the higher enzymatic activity and diversity of the microorganisms. Moreover, bacterial and fungal communities in RCH soils were more diverse and had greater species/genera richness, especially in the case of fungi. Members of the genus Rhodoplanes dominated the bacterial community at both RCH and non-RCH sites, followed by Streptomyces, Burkholderia, Skermanella, Tsukamurella and Candidatus Solibacter. Both culture- and next generation sequencing (NGS)-based analyses showed that soil fungal communities were dominated by Ascomycota, with Penicillium as the most abundant genus. Our results showed that hearth soils may represent a significant C pool in the forest ecosystem. This study supports the strategy of safeguarding such charcoal-enriched soils as precious C reservoirs and ecologically important biodiversity hotspots. Moreover, the application of charcoal may effectively increase the microbial diversity of forest soils, especially during the reforestation or re-cultivation of disturbed habitats.


We computationally investigate the unsteady pulsatile propagation of a finger of air through a liquid-filled rigid cylindrical tube. This study is relevant to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which is characterized by pulmonary airway collapse and fluid occlusion. Subsequent airway reopening, driven by mechanical ventilation, may generate damaging mechanical stresses on the airway walls that can result in ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). We hypothesize that unsteady flows accompanied by dynamic surfactant transport may reduce the incidence of VILI. Herein we investigate the flow-field under constant surface tension to develop a fundamental understanding of unsteady flows in this system, and to identify the parametric ranges over which transport may be optimized to minimize pulmonary atelectrauma.


The penetration of large-scale renew able pow er alters the structure of traditional pow er systems and brings new challenges to their operation and control. Unit commitment is an important step of pow er system' s economic dispatch,w hich involves optimizing generators start up and shut dow n schedules to minimize the total production cost w hile meeting the load demand and other constraints of pow er systems. Due to the stochastic and intermittent characteristics of w ind pow er,traditional unit commitment methods are not applicable for systems w ith large-scale w ind integration. So the studies on the unit commitment problems of such systems have important significance to deal w ith the random and load fluctuation of w ind pow er,and ensure the stable and economical operation of pow er system. In this paper,recent researches of unit commitment w ith w ind pow er w ere review ed. The difficulties of unit commitment brought by w ind integration into the grid w ere analyzed,and different modeling and solution methodologies w ere summarized. Finally,some suggestions for the further research in this area w ere proposed,w hich could provide references for other researchers.


Methods for generating low-power picosecond pulses, applicable throughout the near-and mid-infrared spectral region, have now been demonstrated, and high-power picosecond sources have been developed covering the CO2 laser wavelengths and its second harmonic. Extension to higher harmonics seems assured. It is now of interest to develop methods of further shortening picosecond pulses that are appropriate to the infrared. The traditional method of optical pulse compression is to use a Kerr-type (η=η0+η2E2) nonlinear medium to chirp an optical pulse and a linear dispersing material for pulse shortening.


This article analyzes the fragment 36 of La Hora de todos y la Fortuna con seso, by Francisco de Quevedo. It narrates the encounter and dialogue between a Dutch captain and the Chilean Indians. Quevedo attacks the Dutchs who tried to become allies of the Chilean Indians in order to expel the Spaniards from America. The importance of this fragment relies in the fact that Quevedo criticizes the Dutch through the voice of the Chilean Indian, accusing the European of disobedience and treason to the King of Spain. He also censors the conquest of America from the point of view of Christian morality.


Mitigation of dangers posed by authorized and trusted insiders to the organization is a challenging Cyber Security issue. Despite state-of-the-art cyber security practices, malicious insiders present serious threat for the enterprises due to their wider access to organizational resources (Physical, Cyber) and good knowledge of internal processes with potential vulnerabilities. The issue becomes particularly important for isolated (air-gapped) computer networks, normally used by security sensitive organizations such as government, research and development, critical infrastructure (e.g. power, nuclear), finance, and military. Such facilities are difficult to compromise from outside; however, are quite much prone to insider threats. Although many insider threat taxonomies exist for generic computer networks; yet, the existing taxonomies do not effectively address the issue of Insider Threat in isolated computer networks. Thereby, we have developed an insider threat taxonomy specific to isolated computer networks focusing on actions performed by the trusted individual(s), Our methodology is to identify limitations in existing taxonomies and map real world insider threat cases on proposed taxonomy. We argue that for successful attack in an isolated computer network, the attack must manifest in both Physical and Cyber world. The proposed taxonomy systematically classifies different aspects of the problem into separate dimensions and branches out these dimensions into further sub-categories without loss of general applicability. Our multi-dimensional hierarchical taxonomy provides comprehensive treatment of the insider threat problem in isolated computer networks; thus, improving situational awareness of the security analyst and helps in determining proper countermeasures against perceived threats. Although many insider threat taxonomies exist for generic computer networks; yet, the existing taxonomies do not effectively address the issue of Insider Threat in isolated computer networks. Thereby, we have developed an insider threat taxonomy specific to isolated computer networks focusing on actions performed by the trusted individual(s), Our methodology is to identify limitations in existing taxonomies and map real world insider threat cases on proposed taxonomy. We argue that for successful attack in an isolated computer network, the attack must manifest in both Physical and Cyber world. The proposed taxonomy systematically classifies different aspects of the problem into separate dimensions and branches out these dimensions into further sub-categories without loss of general applicability. Our multi-dimensional hierarchical taxonomy provides comprehensive treatment of the insider threat problem in isolated computer networks; thus, improving situational awareness of the security analyst and helps in determining proper countermeasures against perceived threats. The proposed taxonomy systematically classifies different aspects of the problem into separate dimensions and branches out these dimensions into further sub-categories without loss of general applicability. Our multi-dimensional hierarchical taxonomy provides comprehensive treatment of the insider threat problem in isolated computer networks; thus, improving situational awareness of the security analyst and helps in determining proper countermeasures against perceived threats.


This article should be seen in its historical context as the context of each of the topics, AARNET, buckminsterfullerene and the Australian science curriculum have changed greatly since the article was written in 1990s. It is hoped that others may find the article of interest to give an educational opinion of the time.


It is the inevitable choice for the sustainable development of higher education to build eco-university higher education,but it has become the important factor to constrain eco-university from building that the managers lack the idea of the "ecological management",the function of guiding the "ecological culture" and pay inadequate attention to the "ecological education".The construction of eco-university should start from the strategy of dislocated development,the construction of campus environment in line with ecological requirements,strengthening the training of ecological awareness of college students and optimizing the organizations of academic power.


The influence of noise on mode-locking bifurcations is investigated for the circle map and for coupled logistic maps. The technique based on the cumulant expansion is used for the bifurcation analysis of these systems. It is shown that this cumulant analysis in Gaussian approximation provides a suitable description of the influence of weak noise. We find that the universal scaling properties for the circle map in the critical point for the golden-mean sequence are the same as those obtained analytically using the path integral technique. We find the same scaling behaviour in the case of weak multiplicative noise.


This chapter concludes, summarizing key findings concerning prosodic weight and raising issues for further research. It compares three approaches to weight-sensitivity in phonology, namely, categorical mapping constraints (such as WEIGHT-TO-STRESS), phonetic discriminant analysis (which identifies optimal criteria), and direct phonetics–phonology interface approaches (such as $t$-to-Stress, where $t$ is a numerical weight percept). Advantages and pathologies of each approach are discussed, pointing towards a possible eventual synthesis. The chapter also includes sections treating the opacity of weight criteria, the domain of the weight percept (which is argued to include parts of onsets by way of p-centers), and the varying degrees of categoricity vs. gradience found in different types of phenomena, where the incidence of gradience tends to correlate with domain size.


A new method to calculate the area rainfall on hilly land is developed, with which the area rainfall over the main river valleys in Guangxi are derived. On the basis of synthetic analysis, the relationship between area rainfall and flood is studied. The result shows that severe floods are caused by heavy area rainfall. The lag time of the flood peak behind the peak of heavy area rainfall is shorter in small river basins than that in large basins. In addition, lag time in large river basin varies with the distribution of the areas where torrential rain occurrs.


INDRIYANI SAPUTRI, Financial of Layang Fish processing Business Industry (Case Study at "UD. Puspita Sari", Sub-District of Juwana, District of Pati, Central Java). Be mentored by VINI ARUMSARI and INDAH WIDOWATI. The purpose of this research is to analyze financial feasibility of Layang Fish Processing Business Industry at "UD. Puspita Sari": analyzing sensitivity of Layang Fish Processing Business Industry at "UD. Puspita Sari" in case the input price changes happen. The basic method that used in the research is descriptive method. While the implementation method by using case study method. Types of data used are primary data and secondary data. Data sources get from the owner of Layang Fish Processing Business Industry at "UD. Puspita Sari", libraries and also relevant institutions. Data collection techniques used by observation, interview, and recording. To analyze financial feasibility of Layang Fish Processing Business Industry at "UD. Puspita Sari" by using feasibility analysis Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR). As for analyzing the level sensitivity of Layang Fish Processing Business Industry at "UD. Puspita Sari" in case the input price changes happen by using sensitivity analysis. Trought the analysis of these data can be concluded that UD. Puspita Sari feasible to do and sensitive to changes of increase in layang fish, salt and basket.
Keywords : Financial Feasibility, Sensitivity, Layang Fish.


Eco-Joyce: The Environmental Imagination of James Joyce by Robert Brazeau and Derek Gladwin (eds.) Cork: Cork University Press, 2014 ISBN: ISBN: 9781782050728 296 pages. 39 [euro]. Hardback The impetus for an ecocritical study of James Joyce is in some ways obvious and yet cannot be taken for granted. On the one hand, it seems surprising that the widening body of cultural theory aimed at reevaluating what it means to write about "nature" has not been brought to bear on Joyce, at least not in any extended discussion. After all, Joyce is the author of bird girls, flowers of the mountain, and "hitherandthithering waters" (FW 216.04). On the other hand, it should not be taken for granted that a particular mode of discourse, however current or fashionable (and not merely because it is current or fashionable), is suitable and illuminating for every subject. Herein lies the problem in presenting such readings of Joyce: the need to reasonably situate Joyce's works within ecocriticism for specific and justifiable purposes, though these purposes may be broad and even somewhat open-ended. The editors' introduction to Eco-Joyce makes heavy weather of this task, basically arguing that because "ecocriticism is now central within contemporary scholarship" (2), Joyce studies ought to get on the bandwagon. Although Joyce's works tend to be set in urban landscapes, readers are assured, he is nonetheless a keen observer of natural environments. This simple enough proposition is made in the introduction and wearily repeated in too many of the essays, to the point that an otherwise amenable reader might begin to entertain doubts about it. Such redundancies tend to flaw themed collections such as these. While it is not necessarily a problem that two essays share the same subject (both Brandon Kershner and Christine Cusick examine city spaces), the editors might have suggested or imposed strategic constraints to allow the various essayists to get more quickly to their respective focus. Touchstones, by contrast, can unify. Many of the book's fourteen essays draw upon Kate Soper's What is Nature? Culture, Politics and the Non-Human (1995) and Timothy Morton's Ecology Without Nature: Rethinking Environmental Aesthetics (2007), and very few fail to refer to the works of Lawrence Buell. "Joyce's fiction," remarks Garry Leonard in the final (and perspicacious) essay of this collection, "has always been a purifying fire purging various critical approaches of any hyperbole their unexamined assumptions might allow" (246). So it proves here, for the very notion of "environment" is often a struggle to define in essays that range from measuring how Dublin's Vartry Water Scheme flows through Ulysses to bringing Heidegger to Stephen's aesthetic theory in A Portrait and considering Joyce as a travel writer. Joyce's oeuvre is itself an environment of terrific complexity and contradiction, one in which readers discover, as Cheryl Temple Herr writes, "the impossibility of disentangling purity from pollution, humanity from excrement, post-colony from empire, and past from present" (39). There are plenty of these kinds of insight to savour. In looking closely at the wonderful arboreal nuptials of "Cyclops," in which Jean Wyse de Neaulan weds Miss Fir Conifer of Pine Valley, Yi-Peng Lai does some impressive newspaper research into the popular debates about afforestation in Ireland (95), and proposes that Vico may play a bigger role in Joyce's imagining of this episode than has hitherto been noted. …


A novel flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) technology using an organic solvent, dimethyl sulphoxide, has been studied. Process parameters studied included solvent concentration, temperature, flow rate and their role in the removal of SO2 from flue gas. The mechanism of FGD by the organic solvent method is discussed and should be of assistance in the industrial removal of SO2 from flue gas.


This study investigates the use of three verbal inflectional suffixes, i.e., the present tense -s, the past tense -ed, and the progressive -ing, among Thai ELF learners. It examines how they deviate from ENL norms and the causes of deviations are analysed. Data were taken from the academic writing of 116 English-major students at a university in Bangkok. The results showed that Thai ELF learners who have advanced and upper-intermediate level English knowledge and skills have acquired the ability to use these three suffixes, but they sometimes deviate from ENL norms. They tend to omit the -s ending when there is a long distance between the main subject and main verb, when there is a heavy subject containing a head and pre-/post-modifiers, and when the subject appears as a structurally complex category. They often omit the -ed ending when there are several past tense verbs in a sentence. They extend the use of the progressive aspect to talk about a general truth or habit which is typically expressed by the present simple tense in ENL. Results suggest that linguistic and functional causes are responsible for these deviations. Thai ELF learners use the zero forms of present and past tense verbs as a result of both syntactic complexity and the pragmatic motives of the efficiency of communication as well as the exploitation of redundancy. They use progressive verbs with general truths or habits due to the attractive form and meaning of this aspect and also the pragmatic motive of added prominence. Keywords: Thai ELF learners; deviations; the present tense -s; the past tense -ed; the progressive -ing


The R&D of the manufacture related technology for ITER magnet supports is one of the tasks for construction. In this paper, we report the recent progress on alternative design for the Toroidal Field Support (TFS) manufacture without welding and its related structural analysis; the engineering test of the prototype TFS mock-up under various load combinations; the arc-brazing of cooling pipe to supports technology and its result; the ion implantation for improving the wear resistance of strut dowel in the Poloidal Field (PF) coils PF3-4 support system and the plasma spray insulation coating for correction coil support (CCS).


Abdominal pain in pregnancy offers a challenge for the General surgeon. Unilateral adrenal infarction is an extremely rare event.

 We report the case of an obese 23-year-old pregnant female G4 P1 + 2 diagnosed with unilateral adrenal infarction and hemorrhage. She presented at 34 + 5 weeks with severe RUQ and flank pain under the obstetric team. After initially being discharged, she later returned with intractable pain. Examination and initial investigations (USS KUB and abdomen) were inconclusive. She was empirically treated for pylonephritis. During the night she underwent emergency c-section due to uncontrollable pain. Subsequently, a CT abdomen demonstrated a unilateral right adrenal infarct with hemorrhage.

 Unilateral adrenal infarction often leads to a delay in diagnosis and should be part of differential diagnosis in patients with severe RUQ pain (1.3%). It is a rare event diagnosed generally by CT or MRI scan showing attenuation or swelling of adrenal glands. Physiologically it is due to the state of venous circulation during pregnancy alongside others coagulation risks factor.

 To consider adrenal infarction with severe RUQ pain when first line diagnosis normal.

 MRI during pregnancy and CT AP after. Discussion in MDT and screen for coagulation disorder.


Optimizing the wireless resource allocation strategy to increase system capacity,meanwhile providing QoS guarantees for different users and different traffics would be a critical issue in future wireless communications.Conventional Proportional Fairness Algorithm can be treated as a trade-off of through-put and fairness,but no consideration is given to QoS users' demand.In this paper,we present a modified proportional fairness algorithm in order to guarantee QoS,by setting different weighted factors and different lengths of history windows according to user rate and the delay requirement respectively.Then performance analysis is given in the downlink of a multi-antenna multi-carrier system.Simulation results show that the modified PF scheduler is able to give users different QoS according to their requirements,while exploiting multi-user diversity gains.