The task of human pose estimation (HPE) deals with the ill-posed problem of estimating the 3D position of human joints directly from images and videos. In recent literature, most of the works tackle the problem mostly by using convolutional neural networks (CNNs), which are capable of achieving state-of-the-art results in most datasets. We show how most neural networks are not able to generalize well when the camera is subject to significant viewpoint changes. This behaviour emerges because CNNs lack the capability of modelling viewpoint equivariance, while they rather rely on viewpoint invariance, resulting in high data dependency. Recently, capsule networks (CapsNets) have been proposed in the multi-class classification field as a solution to the viewpoint equivariance issue, reducing both the size and complexity of both the training datasets and the network itself. In this work, we show how capsule networks can be adopted to achieve viewpoint equivariance in human pose estimation. We propose a novel end-to-end viewpoint-equivariant capsule autoencoder that employs a fast Variational Bayes routing and matrix capsules. We achieve state-of-the-art results for multiple tasks and datasets while retaining other desirable properties, such as greater generalization capabilities when changing viewpoints, lower data dependency and fast inference. Additionally, by modelling each joint as a capsule, the hierarchical and geometrical structure of the overall pose is retained in the feature space, independently from the viewpoint. We further test our network on multiple datasets, both in the RGB and depth domain, from seen and unseen viewpoints and in the viewpoint transfer task.


Investigation of natural antioxidant and synergistic activity of some food ingredients included twenty spices, herbs and plant protein hydrolyzates. Of the spices tested, clove, cinnamon, sage, rosemary, mace, oregano, allspice and nutmeg were highly antioxidant and when coupled with BHA, these spices acted as strong synergists. Autolyzed yeast proteins (AYP), when combined with some of these spices, significantly extended the stability of the model food system.

Results of tests of freeze-dried model systems consisting of corn oil and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) stored at 65°C suggest possible applications for stabilizing oxygen sensitive foods against quality deterioration.


The finite element method is applied to solve the complicated Darcy's saturated-unsaturated seepage problem caused by raining infiltration.In the solution,the boundary conditions of raining infiltration and unsaturated exit surface of seepage are strictly processed numerically.Two new concepts and definitions of extreme rate of water content and evaporation coefficient of porous seepage media are proposed.The reasonability of the proposed method is verified by two examples.


A slab form of a building is provided to facilitate assembling and dismantling work of the slab form by fixing form panels and reinforcing rods by threaded coupling, to firmly unite the reinforcing rods and the form panels, and to enable reuse of members uniting the reinforcing rods and the form panels. A slab form of a building comprises slab form panels(10) having sidewalls(11a) with plural pin holes(11c,11d) and connecting with each other; plural reinforcing rods(20) arranged to the bottom of the slab form panels; and reinforcing rod fixing units(30) fixing the reinforcing rods to the form panels. The reinforcing rod fixing unit includes pin bolts(31) with a helix fixed to the slab form panel through pin bolt fixing units, and clamping units fixing the reinforcing rod. The pin bolt fixing unit comprises a first wedge pin(33) fitted into a fastening hole formed in one end of the pin bolt through the pin hole of a first sidewall of a euro form(11), and a second wedge pin fitted into a pin hole of the first wedge pin and fitted into the pin hole of a second sidewall of a direction of crossing the first sidewall, to fix the pin bolt. The reinforcing rods comprise a first reinforcing rod arranged to the bottom of the slab form in the forward and backward direction and a pair of second reinforcing rods arranged to the bottom of the first reinforcing rod in a direction of crossing the firs reinforcing rod. The pin bolt passes through a space between the second reinforcing rods and the clamping unit is a clamping plate(32a) having bent parts covering the second reinforcing rods. The pin bolt passes through the clamping plate and the clamping plate is fastened to the pin bolt by a nut in a state of covering the second reinforcing rods to support the first and second reinforcing rods to the slab form panel side.


A new method to measure spin-echo small-angle neutron scattering using π-flipping magnetised foils has been realised. This method makes it possible to measure in real space structural feature up to length scales of 2.5 μm. Measurements on concentrated colloidal systems reveal directly the evidence for short-range ordering.


The leaf roll-necrosis disorder has been identified in collections of lilac (Syringa vulgaris L.) in or near the cities of New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. Observed symptom differences among lilacs at 6 sites were largely quantitative, indicating the occurrence of incitants common to all locations. Activated charcoal and 4,4'-dioctyldiphenylamine filter chambers applied to branches reduced injury and provided corroborating evidence that air pollutants, including oxidant-type, were causal factors. Monitoring data from New York City and Philadelphia revealed progressively decreasing pollutant levels in recent years that coincided with decreases in severity of the disorder. Fluoride was not a causal agent, based on low levels in leaves. In experimental fumigations of lilac clones, although the results were inconclusive regarding identification of causal pollutants, ozone and sulfur dioxide induced some symptoms of the disorder. The occurrence of additional field symptoms suggested the involvement of other, as yet unidentified, phytotoxic pollutants.


Considerable debate on whether and how the Sulu Orogenic Belt extends eastward to the Korean Peninsula has been lasting over the past decade. New results reported here include the following: (1) an eclogite and retrograded eclogite-bearing complex (Hongseong Complex) was discovered in South Korea, in which the eclogite occurs as lenses in ca. 810~820 Ma granitic gneiss. SHRIMP zircon dating of the eclogite yielded~230 Ma for the metamorphic age and 880 Ma for the protolith age; (2) The basement of the Rangnim, Gyeonggi and Yeongnam massifs have affinities to the basement of the North China Block (NCB). However, the Gyeonggi Massif encloses a minor amount of large or small slabs of the Hongseong Complex which is similar to the rocks of the Sulu Belt; (3) Two main Paleozoic basins within the Rangnim and Gyeonggi massifs have similar Paleozoic tectono-stratigraphy to the NCB; (4) The Imjingang and Ogcheon belts do not exhibit any metamorphic characteristics of collisional orogenic belts. Based on these facts, we propose a crustal-detachment and thrust model and suggest that the collision belt between the Yangtze Block (YB) and NCB (Sino-Korea Craton) is preserved along the western margin of the Korean Peninsula. The lower part of the UHP metamorphosed lithosphere of the YB was subducted under the Korean Peninsula and not exposed on the surface. The lower crust of the YB (the Hongseong Complex) was detached from the subducted lithosphere and thrust over the Korean Peninsula, and inserted into the basement rocks of the Gyeonggi Massif. The upper crust of the YB possibly was detached from the lower crust and overthrusted along the Honam and Chugaryong shear zones. The Imjingang and Ogcheon belts possibly represent the detached upper crust of YB and their present occurrences are controlled by a Mesozoic strike slip shear structure. All these detached lower and upper crustal slabs were strongly deformed during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous tectonic event leading to their present geological distribution and characteristics.


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A group of French Appreciative Inquiry practitioners met online on a regular basis during the eight weeks of the lockdown. They opened generative conversations and created a powerful sense of togetherness. The spirit of Appreciative Inquiry spontaneously infused the meetings and helped the participants not only to cope with the situation but to envision and realize projects together: an experience of appreciative, collective and digital resilience.


Guidance characteristics in left-handed material slab mirror waveguides are analyzed.Several lower-order transverse electrical modes(TE) and transverse magnetic modes(TM)are calculated numerically and the dispersion curves are obtained.Some abnormal properties of guided modes in left-handed material slab mirror waveguides are discussed.


Report Title April Salumei REDD Project VCS Validation Report Client Mr. Stephen Hooper, CEO Rainforest Project Management P.O. Box 3319, Boroko, NCD, Papua New Guinea Phone: 61 (0) 488 088 321; Email – email@example.com Pages 218 Date of Issue 08 October 2013 Prepared By Environmental Services, Inc. – Forestry, Carbon, and GHG Services Division Contact Corporate Office at: 7220 Financial Way, Suite 100, Jacksonville Florida 32256USA; Phone: 904-470-2200 Fax: 904-470-2112; www.esicarbon.com Approved By Shawn McMahon – Lead Verifier and Janice McMahon – Regional Technical Manager Work Carried Out By Lead Verifier – Shawn McMahon; Verification Team Members – Stewart McMorrow, Richard Scharf, Caitlin Sellers, Jonathan Pomp, Terese Walters, Chris DeRolph, and Steve Ruddell; QA/QC – Janice McMahon


The role of abstracting periodicals in organizing the enormous scientific output of the world has been discussed. With the 'information explosion' and increased spe- cialization, the present abstracting ser- vices are proving inadequate to meet the information needs of the scientists. Hence there has arisen the need for a tertiary level of services. Inadequacy of the pre- sent secondary services to form the basis of the tertiary services due to incompleteness of their coverage, and enormous time lag, has been brought out. It has been proposed that national or regional ab- stracting services covering exhaustively and expeditiously the scientific output of the respective areas, thus avoiding dupli- cation, reducing time lag, and to a great extent, rembving the language barrier, will form ideal bases for the tertiary services. A brief description of the Indian Science Abstracts - a national abstractlng serVlce for Indla, has been given.


th January 2015. Exoma Chairman, Mr Jeffrey Forbes has thanked Mr Barker for his efforts over the past six years and said "On behalf of the Board and Management, I thank Mr Barker for all of his for his commitment and dedication, in his role as Chairman, and more recently as non-executive director, and wish him all the very best." Given the Company's current focus on finalising the proposed transaction with The Gruden Group (announced 18 th December 2015) there are no current plans to appoint a replacement for Mr Barker.


Consolidated methodologies have long been established to assess measurement uncertainties in near-field antenna measurements. More recently, similar detailed approaches have been developed for compact ranges and adopted as standard practice. However, currently there is no analogous methodology for outdoor far field measurement facilities. This paper presents a framework for assessing the measurement uncertainties on an outdoor far-field elevated range. Various sources of uncertainty in an outdoor far-field range are identified, using the industry standard 18 term analysis for near-field range assessment as a baseline. An example analysis based on an actual outdoor far-field range is presented. The uncertainty terms are quantified by analysis, observation, or measurement, and finally combined by the root sum squared method to arrive at the gain uncertainty and the −30 dB sidelobe level uncertainty.


System analysis of coupled multidisciplinary systems is a key technique of MDO (Multidisciplinary Design Optimization). This work is often computationally expensive since it requires a number of discipline analyses which themselves are also costly. To abate the computation efforts,this paper present a method which evaluate the system level responses by using the discipline level Kriging models.In order to ensure the inter-disciplinary compatibility,the system analysis problem is converted into an optimization problem according to the idea of SAND (Simultaneously Analysis and Design).An infill sampling criterion is derived by considering both the prediction values as well as the prediction errors of the Kriging models. This criterion provided a trade-off between locating the optimum of the associated optimization problem and improving the Kriging models globally. The computational cost was reduced effectively. An electronic packaging problem was taken as a validation example for the proposed method.


Exoskeletons have been introduced in occupational environments as devices to increase human performance and minimize loads on muscles and joints. The main goal of industrial exoskeletons is to prevent overload or repetitive stress injuries in workers. Most of these exoskeletons use adjustable passive mechanisms to provide support to joints and therefore, two important aspects in the design of industrial exoskeletons are robustness and safety. However, due to the lack of public detailed information about most of the commercial exoskeletons, it is necessary to further assess their load capacity and evolution over time, as their performance may change with use. In this paper, we present the design of a controlled device to measure the actuating torque of shoulder exoskeletons models and the construction of the proposed device considering mechanical actuation and sensor subsystems.


It is, in some paradigms, now almost traditional to blame most post colonial failures on colonial strictures. It is, similarly, also common to assert that the media can never be free of the dictates of its ownership and that the public gets the media it deserves. This paper wishes to argue that, despite the previous colonial strictures and owners' dictates, the media can indeed be free; however, this freedom is not achieved by, in a poor country with high illiteracy rates, following conventional media infra-structural and methodological paradigms. As this narrative of the rise and fall of the independent media in Malawi shows, the freedom obtained from these strategies may not be of the sustainable variety. While critics of the loss of press freedom in sub-Saharan Africa often concentrate on the acts of government and ruling power in reducing this press freedom,2 this essay concentrates on and argues that the internal dynamics of, and the failings of, the Malawi independent media itself also facilitated its own downfall. Here the definition of the independent media is that of newspapers, magazines and other media, like radio and magazines not owned, or editorially controlled by the government of the day or political organizations sympathetic to such government. In the context of Malawi, papers owned by religious institutions and opposition parties are included in this definition. The present treatise does not deal with writers of and publishers of books, although some references to books and the freedom of writers to write are implied.


The author reviews the many proposed mechanisms by which intravenous immune globulin may exert its antiinflammatory and autoimmunity-inhibiting clinical effects. No single mechanism can explain its activity in diseases with diverse pathophysiological pathways.


A knowledge-based agent reasons with its knowledge and answers queries while performing various tasks. We consider the case where we describe the agent's knowledge in a propositional fragment of the situation calculus and queries in a fragment of ID-logic, the extension of first-order logic with inductive definitions. This fragment of ID-logic is equivalently as expressive as the alternation-free p-calculus. We formulate the agent's reasoning process as the following question: does the representation T of the agent's knowledge logically entail the query 4 (i.e., T k +)? We provide an efficient algorithm for this task, using a modeltheoretic approach: we construct from T a canonical model gT of the agent's knowledge and ask whether zT satisfies 4. Using this approach, the agent can answer the query in time linear with respect to both the size of T and the size of 4.


A broad spectrum of robotics research and space robotics implementation is being conducted at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Central to these activities is the engineering staff of the Mobility and Robotic Systems Section (also known as JPL Robotics). This paper will describe these activities, from flight implementation and operations, to NASA funded technology maturation, to non-NASA funded research for terrestrial applications.


The influence of sand concentration on variation characteristics of aquifer parameters, under groundwater source heat pump long-term operation, is theoretically analyzed through numerical simulation method. The present studies show that the sand concentration obviously affects the variations of the porosity and hydraulic conductivity, however, the variation of confined water head is affected inconspicuously. The variations of aquifer parameters are also related with the seepage velocity.


Parental control is one of the most difficult security challenges with mobile devices. Large multimedia items, such as high-definition photos or video streaming, may be received and processed by modern devices. From purchasing to learning, Covid allowed us to accomplish everything digitally. Mostly Children are taking their studies online, and some of them are making good use of it. However, advertisements and other distracting items are sabotaging the student's career. Parental control over their children's mobile devices is now possible with the help of mobile device software, which allows parents to restrict which apps their children can use while also keeping tabs on their children's Short Messaging Service, call records, Multimedia Messaging Service, and other bargain under surveillance. This program's capacity to monitor bullying is another aspect worth pointing out. This device is capable of detecting nude content, weapons, alcohol, and drugs. The suggested system runs on an Android smartphone. Every 10 seconds, the system grabs a picture from the android screen, processes it by recognizing the objects taught, and sends the obtained image as an email attachment to their parents When specific things are recognized, a popup box is displayed to prevent the youngsters from accessing the material. The training accuracy is 87.2 percent, the average precision score is 0.84, f1 score is 0.8 and the loss is 0% indicating that the prediction was flawless. The designed solution was successfully incorporated into the Android system, yielding the desired outcomes.


Large power consumption of memory access has been one of the major bottlenecks in modern embedded systems. Because caches even take about half of those systems' power consumption. So it is essential in concentrating on optimized strategies for cache's parameters as well as the enhancement of its adaptability to various applications. Considering the particular applications of embedded systems, we can optimize the caches with configuration parameters such as cache size, line size or associativity. In this paper, we firstly put forward the relations between those cache parameters, and the quantified results establish a new reconfigurable cache structure so as to find the optimal cache parameters rapidly by a searching algorithm. Furthermore, the possible hardware implementation with certain parameters is described, and the effectiveness of this method is verified by experiments using CACTI6.5 and SPEC2006 benchmark on Simple-scalar 3.0e. Experimental results show that the proposed cache can reduce the power consumption to 38.4% of its maximum power consumption caused by the redundant hardware resources.


Particle dispersed glass matrix composites have been developed in order to increase the strength of glass, and microfracture before the final fracture during bend test has been observed in many ceramics and glass composites as acoustic emission (AE) signals. Stochastic process treatment for microfracture of these composites was performed to understand the mechanical properties of these materials. Bending strength of these materials was measured as various conditions in loading rate and atomoshere. AE behavior during these tests was also detected with two transducers and a two-channel waveform acquisition system to evaluate the microfracture location in the materials. Microfracture processes during bending tests were clealy classified into four major types from the results of source location of AE, that is, (i) unstable fracture type, (ii) crack propagation type, (iii) transition type from random microfracture to crack propagation and (iv) competition type between random microfracture and crack propagation. The effect of loading rate, atmosphere and volume fraction of reinforcing particles on microfracture process was discussed.


When studying snow-particle formation and precipitation mechanisms, it is important to examine the ratio of the contribution of each process-such as deposition, riming, and aggregation-to the growth of a snow particle. In the winter monsoon season, measurements were made of the contribution ratio of the riming process to snow-particle growth by the method of Harimaya and Sato (1989). Snowfall in which the riming process was predominant in the growth of snow particles (i.e. snowfall having a rime mass of more than 50 % of the total mass) accounted for about 70 % of total snowfall frequency along the coastal areas toward the Japan Sea. Over the coastal areas, the deposition process did not contribute to strong snowfall intensity, being controlled instead by the riming process. It has generally been considered that snow clouds in the developing and mature stages pass over coastal areas more frequently than over inland areas, as snow clouds move from the sea toward the land. It has been observed that the riming process was predominant during the developing and mature stages of snow clouds. It follows from these that the riming process is predominant in snowfall along coastal areas where such snow clouds often pass.


This essay examines the history of Mesopotamian astrology and explores the possibility of astrological practices in ancient Israel. It also investigates whether astrology in ancient Israel was influenced by Mesopotamian practices, and why the authors of the Hebrew Bible suppressed astral cults as well as astrology. Celestial divination originated in the third millennium BCE, but its systematic development began in the Old Babylonian period, culminating with the compilation of the astrological omen series titled Enuma Anu Enlil in the first millennium BCE. From the time of the Archaemenid period, earlier nativity omens developed into horoscopy in which the position of planets are calculated at the time of a person's birth. Mesopotamian astrology was not a sort of superstition, but the expression of the Mesopotamians' understanding of the principles of the universe, the divine?human relationship, and their world?view. Though not a widespread phenomenon, evidence suggests that astrological divination was not entirely unknown in ancient Israel. While Ann Jeffers argues that astrology was native to Palestine, it appears to me that Israelite practices of astrology were heavily influenced by the strong Assyrian military presence in Palestine in the 8-7th centuries BCE. The astral character of the Israelite pantheon may also have facilitated the proliferation of Mesopotamian astral cults. Only against this backdrop can be understood the Bible's suppression of astrological practices as well as harsh criticism on the worship of the moon, sun, and stars.


The program complex of automation of ecological monitoring of pollution of the atmosphere, based on statistical data processing of settlement monitoring and on the intelligence data analysis of tool monitoring is offered. The described program complex allows to solve a problem of increase of efficiency of acceptance of administrative decisions in the field of ecological safety.


Liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs) are an interesting alternative for hydrogen storage as the method is based on the reversibility of hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions to produce liquid and safe components at room temperature. As hydrogen storage involves a large amount of hydrogen and pure compounds, the design of a three-phase reactor requires the study of gas and liquid-phase kinetics. The gas-phase hydrogenation kinetics of LOHC γ-butyrolactone/1,4-butanediol on a copper-zinc catalyst are investigated here. The experiments were performed with data, taken from the literature, in the temperature and pressure ranges 200–240 °C and 25–35 bar, respectively, for a H2/γ-butyrolactone molar ratio at the reactor inlet of about 90. The best kinetic law takes into account the thermodynamic chemical equilibrium, is based on the associative hydrogen adsorption and is able to simulate temperature and pressure effects. For this model, the confidence intervals are at most 28% for the pre-exponential factors and 4% for the activation energies. Finally, this model will be included in a larger reactor model in order to evaluate the selectivity of the reactions, which may differ depending on whether the reaction takes place in the liquid or gas phase.


This study is part of an ongoing design-based research initiative, during which a new course on forest bioeconomics was designed and implemented in higher education context. The pedagogy of the new course was informed by the framework of 21st century skills, ideas of collaborative problem-solving and knowledge building, cross-boundary teaming, and online and blended learning. During the implementation of the pilot course, in-depth group interview data were collected and WhatsApp discussion threads were used as supplementary data. Participants included students (n=18) from Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences who enrolled in and completed the course. The data were analyzed qualitatively with the aim of finding out how 21st century skills were manifested in students' experiences of collaborative problem-solving in cross-boundary teams in blended or online learning settings. It was also considered, if there were differences in the experiences of students from blended and online course options. The results of the qualitative analysis provide multiple implications for course development in upcoming design-based research cycles. https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.18.13.3


The interactions of supported Rh0 and cobalt- and iron- promotedRh0 with the SiO2 surfacc havc been investigated by IR spectroscopy. Thehighly dispersed rhodium particles dcrived by H2 decarbonylation ofRh6(CO)16/SiO2 are oxidized to isolated Rh+ by surface OH via heating at623 K under vacuum, which adsorbs CO to form R-h'(CO)2. The interactionsof added cobalt and iron with Rh0 suppress the oxidation of Rh0. Theresults show that the cobalt and iron promoters play an electron-donatingrole, thus increasing thc electron density of rhodium panicles.The electroniceffect can be correlated with the observed promotion of catalytic ethylenehydroformylation. In situ IR observations indicate that supported Rh0 onRh/SiO2 is an activc site for hydrofonnylation.


In this paper, an InGaAs/GaAs HEMT technology is used to develop a high speed Digital to Analog Converter (DAC).The 4 bit R-2R architecture operates up to 5GHz is presented, and it shows the detailed static performance of DAC. A linear fit of the output voltage is done for calculating various parameters. It shows a very good DNL and INL, and stable offset and resolution over the frequency range up to 5 GHz.


Natural biomaterials are highly organized from the molecular to the macroscopic level in a hierarchical manner, requiring synthetic technologies to achieve this level of complexity. A biosynthetic approach to material design has emerged as an attractive option. In particular, proteins represent a promising class of molecules for creating new materials due to their determined sequence and structure. The research described in this thesis focuses on engineering protein-based materials using coiled-coil motifs. The coiled coil is a common protein architecture consisting of two or more ?-helices wrapped around one another to form a supercoil. Despite its simple conformation, the coiled-coil motif plays diverse roles in biological systems functioning as sensors, recognition elements, scaffolds, levers, rotating arms and springs. First, a designed parallel heterodimeric leucine zipper pair was used as the protein capture domain to construct an artificial polypeptide scaffold for surface functionalization. By using a mutant E. coli phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase, the photoreactive amino acid para-azidophenylalanine was incorporated. This protein polymer was spin-coated and photocrosslinked to octyltrichlorosilane-treated surfaces. The resulting protein films were shown to immobilize recombinant proteins through association of coiled coil heterodimer. Furthermore, in conjunction with microfluidic chips that were specifically designed for on-chip mixing using laminar flow, gradients of leucine zipper tagged proteins were formed in the microchannels and immobilized on the engineered protein films. This provides a general technique for producing surface-bound multicomponent gradients. The adhesion of human umbilical vein endothelial cells cultured on a surface-bound gradient of cell binding ligands generated by this technique was examined. In addition, to generate protein walkers that have different lateral mobility rates on a surface, several variants of the leucine zipper pair with tunable heterodimerization affinities were designed and synthesized to allow diversity in the association strength of proteins linked to a surface. The coiled-coil motif was also used to construct protein hydrogels. Hydrogels formed from a triblock artificial protein bearing dissimilar helical coiled-coil end domains (P and A) erode more than one hundred fold slower than hydrogels formed from those bearing the same end domains (either P or A). The reduced erosion rate is a consequence of the fact that looped chains are suppressed because P and A tend not to associate with each other. Thus, by harnessing selective molecular recognition, discrete aggregation number and orientational discrimination of coiled-coil protein domains, the erosion rate of hydrogels can be tuned over several orders of magnitude. Finally, a biosynthetic approach was developed to control and probe cooperativity in multiunit biomotor assemblies by linking molecular motors to artificial protein scaffolds using the heterodimeric leucine zipper pair. This approach provides precise control over spatial and elastic coupling between motors. Cooperative interactions between monomeric kinesin-1 motors attached to protein scaffolds enhance hydrolysis activity and microtubule gliding velocity. However, these interactions are not influenced by changes in the elastic properties of the scaffold, distinguishing multimotor transport from that powered by unorganized monomeric motors. These results highlight the role of supramolecular architecture in determining mechanisms of collective transport.


Objective To analyze the facial characteristics for samples of Guangdong province young adults with normal occlusion and well balanced face,and to provide a reference for the orthodontic treatment and the maxillofacial surgeon.Methods Facial photographs were taken from 60 samples(30 men,30 women) who have normal occlusion and well balanced face with centric relations,natural position and rest lip position.The facial variables were measured by Vistadent OC analysis software.To compare males and females,a Student's t-test was used.Results Lower facial height is shorter than middle facial height.The length of lower lip is twice of upper lip.Facial height and lip length have statistic significance in gender(P0.05).Nasofrontal angle(t=-2.181,P=0.028),nasofacial angle(t=-1.087,P=0.041),nasomental angle(t=0.301,P=0.001) and mentocervical angle(t=-0.231,P=0.001) have statistic significance in gender(P0.05).Nasofrontal angle and nasofacial angle were larger in females.Nasofrontal nasomental angle and mentocervical angle were more acute in females.In addition,the facial angle has no statistic significance in gender(t=0.107,P=0.578).Conclusion It established the normative data of facial characteristics for samples of Guangdong province young adults who have normal occlusion and well balanced face.The normative data can be used as a reference for diagnosis and treatment planning in the orthodontic treatment and the maxillofacial surgeon.


The following experiment was designed to test the role of sensory input in the motility of the chick embryo: Complete deafferentation of the leg level was accomplished in 2-day embryos by extirpation of the dorsal half of the lumbar spinal cord including the precursor cells of spinal ganglia; and simultaneous extirpation of the entire spinal cord in the thoracic level to exclude sensory input from more rostral levels. In control embryos, only the thoracic gap was made. The embryos were reared to eight and one-half, 11, 13, 15 and 17 days, respectively, and manual recordings were made of the leg motility before the embryos were sacrificed. It had been reported by us that the motility of normal chick embryos is periodic, activity phases alternating with inactivity phases. Both the overall activity, i.e., percent of activity during a standard 15-minute observation period, and the durations of activity and inactivity phases were found to be the same in experimental embryos and in control embryos with thoracic gaps, at least up to and including 15-day embryos. Histological checks showed the complete absence of lumbar spinal ganglia in the majority of embryos and, the presence of a few small thoracic ganglia in some cases. All embryos with lumbar ganglia were discarded. The motor roots formed a normal plexus, and the pure motor nerves emerging from it showed a normal peripheral distribution and muscle innervation. It is concluded that the leg motility results from autonomous discharges of the lateral motor or internuncial neurons, and that sensory input is not necessary for the triggering, the maintenance or the periodicity of the leg motility. A sharp decline of motility was observed in 17-day embryos. A study of the histological condition of the residual spinal cord showed a numerical depletion and partial degeneration of the lateral motor column. This deterioration is considered to be responsible for the functional impairments.

The implication of these results for the widespread notion that "self-stimulation" and similar "experiences" during embryonic development play an important role in the molding of behavior is discussed.


Background: Several plants' compounds that have been tested through in vivo and in vitro are potential as antiallergic, which are turmeric and green tea. However, the study has not yet explained molecularly about the mechanism of action to its receptor, so the research through in silico is performed. The compounds'screening of turmeric rhizome and green tea which are potential to be having activity as an antiallergic is also performed in this research.
Objective: To identify the metabolite compounds of turmeric rhizome and green teamedicinal plants that give activity of antiallergic and predicting its mechanism of action through in silico method.
Method: This research was an in silico experimental research. The docking method was used in this research to predict the activity of the tested compounds on antiallergic receptors by using AutoDock Vina. The data were analyzed by using SPSS software with One Way Anova method.
Result and Conclusion: According tothe result analysis, it can be concluded that there are 17 compounds out of 83 metabolite compounds in the tested turmeric rhizomes which are predicted of having antiallergic activity. Meanwhile, in the tested green tea, there are 4 compounds out of 12 metabolite compounds which arepredicted of having antiallergic activity. According to its mechanism of action, the metabolite compounds which are predicted to work as antihistamine H1 is 17 compounds in turmeric rhizome and 4 compounds in green tea, and none of the compounds are predicted to work as glucocorticoid receptor agonists.


In the system of justice, techniques for resolving family disputes are either negotiation
or litigation. It is however, seen to have minimized the importance of negotiation and
exaggerated the importance of litigation. It has been commented that lawyers have not
fully explored other alternatives to litigation such as, mediation, conciliation and medarb.
Many jurisdictions around the world have introduced ADR processes in their legal
systems such as Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and United States. In Malaysia, the
Malaysian Judiciary Department has introduced Practice Direction No. 10 of 2010 as an
effort to encourage mediation in the Civil Court among lawyers and judges. As the nature
of many family disputes is self-assertion and compromise, negotiation is developing to be
a primary method for resolving conflicts within the family environment. Thus, mediation,
as one of the important mechanisms of negotiation, has great potential to resolve family
disputes, one of which is matrimonial property dispute. There may be disagreements
between the parties over division of property during or after divorce. This type of dispute
may be settled using goal-oriented mediation process so that further conflict can be avoided.
This paper aims to discuss the use of mediation in resolving matrimonial property dispute
by looking at the nature of mediation, its advantages and disadvantages; the present
relevant law relating to mediation and its practice in Malaysia. Data for this write up
was obtained from materials consisting of textbooks, decided cases, legislation, journals,
newspapers, seminar and conference papers and unpublished writings (dissertations
and theses). This paper involves investigation and analysis of the materials available
in the library hence, it uses a legal analytical approach. This paper is a preamble to a
more detailed study of the use of mediation in matrimonial dispute which hopefully the
suggestions/obsevations made will be useful for further improvement of the existing legal
provision and practice in Malaysia


The computation of the diameter is one of the most central problems in distributed computation. In the standard CONGEST model, in which two adjacent nodes can exchange O(log n) bits per round (here n denotes the number of nodes of the network), it is known that exact computation of the diameter requires Ω(n) rounds, even in networks with constant diameter. In this paper we investigate quantum distributed algorithms for this problem in the quantum CONGEST model, where two adjacent nodes can exchange O(log n) quantum bits per round. Our main result is a O(√D )-round quantum distributed algorithm for exact diameter computation, where D denotes the diameter. This shows a separation between the computational power of quantum and classical algorithms in the CONGEST model. We also show an unconditional lower bound Ω(√ ) on the round complexity of any quantum algorithm computing the diameter, and furthermore show a tight lower bound Ω(√D ) for any distributed quantum algorithm in which each node can use only poly(log n) quantum bits of memory.


Subject. We consider the specifics and trends in takaful development in the conditions of the modern Russian insurance market.
Objectives. The aim is to show the possibilities of takaful in the Russian insurance system, provide a brief analysis of limitations, problems and prospects for its functioning
Methods. The study rests on analysis, comparison, induction and deduction, logical method, and others.
Results. The need for the development of takaful in our country resulted from the fact that there is an increase in the number of Muslims, making up more than 20 percent of the population. This is indicative of prospects for growth. Furthermore, a positive trend contributing to the development of takaful is the significant volume of the property and personal insurance market in Russia, as these types of insurance are implemented in takaful in accordance with Sharia, or Islamic law. The findings can be useful for ministries and departments, management of insurance organizations and development institutions, investment, microfinance, leasing and consulting companies, financial and industrial groups, and large banks interested in providing insurance services and attracting or placing capital in accordance with Islamic financial principles.
Conclusions. Thanks to takaful, the individuals of the Islamic faith have the opportunity to meet such financial needs as insurance, thereby complementing the insurance market as a whole.


Equal and fair justice is the hallmark of any civilized society. 128 The effective justice system is extremely indispensable to sustain peace, order, progress and supremacy of the country. Like pollution poisons the physical atmosphere, the poor justice system poisons the social atmosphere. It is the first and foremost duty of the State to ensure equality, liberty and freedom to all its citizens by suppressing tyranny and autocracy. The State must check disorder and dominance of one class of people services or amenities provided to them by maintaining the balance of protecting Fundamental Rights for the upliftment of its citizens through proper administration of justice. The basic meaning of administration of justice is justice according to law. Law and order of a society are maintained through the administration of justice. The process of administration of justice reached its present stage through various stages of evolution. In the prehistoric society, when a mistake was done against an individual it was solved by relatives or kinsmen, later on, it was solved by society when individuals organized themselves in the form of a society. In early days, the natural elements of


The Mast Cells (MCs) are part of the immune system and they are actively involved in the inflammatory and allergic reactions. The MCs produce and release a wide variety of biologically active products, eg, histamine, Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), interleukin and renin, which are involved in cardiac remodelling. MCs are considered culprits in various cardiovascular pathologies such as pressure and volume overload, ventricular dilatation, and heart failure. The deleterious role of MCs in failing heart and myocardial remodelling is being rigorously pursued in animal and human studies. The focus of this mini review is to highlight the detrimental effects of MCs in the cardiac remodelling process.


We performed the numerical simulation of quantum turbulence produced by thermal counterflow in superfluid He by using the vortex filament model. The pioneering work was made by Schwarz, which has two defects. One is neglecting non-local terms of the Biot-Savart integral (localized induction approximation, LIA), and the other is the unphysical mixing procedure in order to sustain the statistically steady state of turbulence. We succeeded in making the statistically steady state without the LIA and the mixing. This state shows the characteristic relation L = γv ns between the line-length-density L and the counterflow relative velocity vns with the quantitative agreement of the coefficient γ with some typical observations. We compare our numerical results to the observation of experiment by Paoletti et al, where thermal couterflow was visualized by solid hydrogen particles.


Tsez, like most languages of the Nakh-Daghestanian language family to which it belongs, has agreement in terms of noun class. Tsez distinguishes four classes in the singular, but these are collapsed to two in the plural; agreement is shown on most vowel-initial verbs, on some vowel-initial adjectives and adverbs, on some vowel-initial particles, and on some pronouns and numerals. After presenting the basic system, we investigate a number of more complex instances. Under conjunction, Tsez sometimes uses a resolution rule, sometimes adjacency, with interesting differences between and'- and or'-conjunction. Personification in Tsez does not lead to change in noun class, even in cases of agreement with first or second person pronouns. Finally, Tsez allows the possibility of long distance agreement, whereby certain matrix verbs can agree with a noun phrase in a lower clause. We show that this phenomenon is intimately connected with the information structure of the clause, in particular that long distance agreement is required when the noun phrase in the lower clause is topic of that clause; indeed, under certain circumstances long distance agreement can serve distinctively to mark the topic status of a noun phrase in the lower clause


The purpose of this study was to develop a novel seabed surveying AUV with a spatial control system which is consisted manages depth attitude and line tracing simultaneously Our novel AUV named SASSY equipped the vector thrusters to generate appropriate thrust force for task demands In this study we demonstrate the basic specifications of attitude depth and line trace control based on the PID controller with limit sensitivity detection methods To measure the depth control capability step and frequency responses had been measured to construct the plant model of SASSY using a Bode diagram To trace the guide rope set on the seabed the attitude angle of the yaw direction was controlled using incline deviations between SASSY rsquo s direction and the center of the guide rope To verify the depth and attitude controller of SASSY two video transect experiments had been conducted in a simulated environment with static water conditions and in real sea of Ofunato Bay The mosaicing images were constructed in each experiment suggesting that SASSY rsquo s depth and attitude controller was able to record photographs of the seabed purposely


The Molien-Weyl integral formula and the Hilbert-Poincaré series have proven to be powerful mathematical tools in relation to gauge theories, allowing to count the number of gauge invariant operators. In this paper we show that these methods can also be employed to construct Free Differential Algebras and, therefore, reproduce the associated pure supergravity spectrum and nonperturbative objects. Indeed, given a set of fields, the Hilbert-Poincaré series allows to compute all possible invariants and consequently derive the cohomology structure.


This article seeks to address the seemingly dichotomous phenomena in conflict resolution: the orderly exclusion of women from peace construction and particularly from power-sharing processes and the catalytic role women play in advancing peace-building norms.


The influence of oxidation treatment and immersing in main solutions on AlN substrate surface properties was studied by SEM and XPS. The results shows that oxygen content of AlN surface increased after high temperature oxidation,a high density Al2O3 layer formed after 2 h oxidation at 1 000℃. In alkaline solution or boiling deionized water a kind of porous compound was formed. By high temperature oxidation,acid solution cleaning,plasma cleaning before sputtering,magnetron-sputtering Ti/Cu film,the thin film adhesion is not less than 15 Mpa.


A calculation was made of the probability of the radiationless two- phonon transition /sup 7/F/sub 1/ yields /sup 7/F/sub 0/ for an Sm/sup 2+/ ion in a cubic environment consisting of the F/sup -/ ions in the fluorite structure, the transition occurring during laser operation in a CaF/sub 2/: Sm/sup 2+/ crystal. The relaxation width obtained for the /sup 7/F/sub 1/ level was compared with the width of the luminescence line 7083 A corresponding with electrical dipole transition to this level. (auth)


The calibration in remote sensing is a very important work, it will directly influence the accuracy of the data which is got from satellite. Grating imaging spectrumeter has been used for many years, the calibration technique of it has becoming more and more mature, But for Fourier transform Imaging spectrometer, it is still a new question. In this paper, based on the Space Modulate Imaging Fourier Translation spectrometer(SMIFTS), the author will analysis the principle of the SMIFTS, analysis the need and the purpose of the calibration, then, a new method of the calibration and the principle figure will be give. By this way, we can finish the work of the SMIFTS's calibration.


The process of skeletal processing which involves soft tissues removal, bone cleaning, articulation and labelling is a fundamental step in achieving gross anatomical and archeological studies in museum display of skeletal specimens. It also helps to further highlight the functional anatomy of bones. Several methods of bone preparation have been practiced so as to achieve desired quality bone specimens in the shortest possible time with limited resources. To this end, this study was carried out on 16 (8 males and 8 females) helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagridis) a representative of the avian species using four different bone preparation methods (Burial, cold maceration, chemical and insect larvae) at 31ºc to determine the most suitable in this species. Dissection to remove feathers, skin and internal organs was performed prior to each method. Burial in soil took 14 days for complete bone recovery, turned the bones uniformly light brown while producing an indelible putrefying smell with no evidence of cracks on the bones. Cold maceration also took 14 days for complete bone recovery, however, the bones turned whitish, producing a strong putrid smell with no cracks on the bones observed. Chemical method using 3 concentrations of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) (2%, 3% and 5%) took approximately 10 hours, 8 hours and 4 hours respectively for complete cream coloured bone recovery with no odour but cracks were conspicuous on the bones with increasing concentration of sodium hydroxide. Use of insect larvae took approximately 4 months to produce non-uniform brown-coloured bones articulated via the ligaments having an unpleasant odour with no cracks. Considering the pros and cons of the effects associated with each method, this study concludes that the use of insect larvae was most suitable for a non-urgent bone recovery while the use of NaOH at 3% concentration was suitable for urgent bone recovery of the helmeted guinea fowl.


The utility model discloses a die-shaping mechanism for a self-lubricating punching die. The die-shaping mechanism comprises a liquid storage ring, a liquid inlet pipe, a liquid outlet pipe, a male die guide support ring, a die-shaping backing board, a die-shaping board and a male die. The liquid storage ring, the male die guide support ring, the die-shaping backing board and the die-shaping board are sequentially and fixedly connected from the bottom to the top. The upper surface of the liquid storage ring is inwardly concave. Space used for accommodating lubricating liquid is formed between the liquid storage ring and the guide support ring. The center part of the lower surface of the male die guide support ring is inwardly concave. The bottom of the liquid storage ring is provided with a through hole with diameter gradually decreasing from the top to the bottom. The top end of the male die stretches to the inwardly-concave part of the male die guide support ring. The male die penetrates through the liquid storage ring and straightens the lower portion of the liquid storage ring. The male die is in a slip fit relationship with the through hole of the liquid storage ring. The die-shaping mechanism for the self-lubricating punching die has following beneficial effects: low efficiency of manual operation is avoided; and qualified rate and production quality of product workpieces are improved.


The availability of low cost Internet connections and specialized hardware, like webcams and headsets, makes possible the development of solutions for remote collaborative work. These solutions can provide advantages compared to presential meetings, such as: availability of experts on remote locations; lower price compared to presential meetings; creation of online didactic material (e.g. video-classes); richer forms of interaction between participants. These technologies are particularly interesting for continent-sized countries where typically there is a short number of skilled people in remote areas. However, the application of these technologies in medical field represents a special challenge due to the more complex requirements of this area, such as: Provide confidentiality (patient de-identification) and integrity of patient data; Guarantee availability of the system; Guarantee authenticity of data and users; Provide simple and effective user interface; Be compliant with medical standards such as DICOM and HL7. In order to satisfy those requirements a prototype called MedCast is under development whose architecture allows the integration of the Hospital Information System (HIS) with a collaborative tool in compliance with the HIPAA rules. Some of the MedCast features are: videoconferencing, chat, recording of the sessions, sharing of documents and reports and still and dynamic images presentation. Its current version allows the remote discussion of clinical cases and the remote ECG evaluation.


Over the years there have been a lot of undrafted free agents that have had successful careers in the NFL. The monopsony structure for rookies entering the NFL and the fact that undrafted free agents get to pick what team they play for suggests that there is an advantage in not getting picked in the draft. To explore this possibility, this paper compares the probabilities of remaining in the NFL for undrafted free agents and seventh round draft picks through logit regressions and survival analysis. In doing so, this paper describes the processes the NFL takes in order to find the most elite talent and how they distribute the talent throughout the whole league. The results find that undrafted free agents have a higher probability of exiting at the beginning of a career when compared with seventh round draft picks, but there is evidence that those probabilities start to converge later in careers. Additionally, there is evidence that there are NFL teams and position groups that do better and worse in retaining undrafted free agents, suggesting that there is a way to take advantage in going undrafted.


Ultrafiltration membranes made from recycled cellulose acetate for the separation of secondary raw milk in order to select valuable food ingredients. Membranes were modified with activated charcoal of two fractions: fine and coarse (respectively 85 and 160 microns). Their adsorption and operational characteristics: porosity, permeability, and selectivity have been investigated.


Traditional mpa'a tapa gala game was a team game that consist of a playing team and guarding team. Mpa'a tapa gala game was modified to determine the comparison level of results and influence to early childhood children in then gross motor development. This study aims to: (1) Recognite the play and game of mpa'a tapa gala (traditional and modification) toward the gross motoric development of children; (2) Understanding the difference between the results of gross motor development through playing and the game of mpa'a tapa gala (traditional and modification); (3) Knowing the effect of interaction between learning through play and game of mpa'a tapa gala (traditional and modification) on increasing gross motor development. This research method was an experiment with the Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design. The sample was selected by using daily group assessment observations. This research method is an experiment with the Pretest-Posttest control group design research design. The results of the study show that: (1) There are significant differences in playing and game of mpa'a tapa gala (traditional and modification) to the gross motoric development of children. This case can be seen from the percentage test of experimental and control groups playing without traditional mpa'a tapa gala and modification of the three movements (locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative) achieving completeness individuals above 70 untill 100 so that the classical completeness reaches 100%, statistical analysis of the three average movements of tvalue ≤ ttable, and sig 2 (tailed) the third average of movement 0.00 ≤ 0.05; (2). There is a significant difference in gross motoric development through mpa'a tapa gala playing game (traditional and modification); (3) There is a significant influence on the interaction of learning through playing and the game of mpa'a tapa gala (traditional and modification) on the increase in gross motor skills of early childhood.


Building on sociology theory of space that separates physical geography from its constructed connotations, we suggest that the impact of countries' geographic location on their FDI performance is contingent upon their idiosyncratic characteristics and their connectivity to other countries. Quantile regression analyses of FDI flows and stocks to 159 countries observed during 1980-2011 show that countries with different endowments and varying levels of connectivity experience the consequences of geographic location differently. The relationships vary significantly across the FDI distribution, with the impact of the contingency effects diminishes as the volumes of FDI increase. These findings entail that geography is not destiny, and its consequences can be shaped by actions of policymakers and the strategies of MNEs. They call for the development of FDI location theory that acknowledges the contingency effects and the changing determinants of FDI across different levels of the FDI distribution.


The Baltic Sea is an ecosystem that annually experience large algal blooms that drift towards the coast. Also the river input of humic rich waters have increased along the Swedish coast. This is thought to have effects throughout the ecosystem. In the present study the effect of turbidity and water colour on the feeding behaviour of wild juvenile pike (Esox lucius) was examined. Turbidity depends on the level of suspended particles in the water column. In the experiment, effects of algal induced turbidity, wetland water with a high humic content and clear Baltic Sea water on feeding behaviour of juvenile pike was examined. Experimental setup was repeated on three occasions, one week apart. Results show that feeding behaviour of juvenile pike was not affected by degraded visual conditions. This ability to counteract negative effects on feeding behaviour by degraded visual conditions could work in the favour of juvenile pike, if other coastal fish species would be negatively affected. Increased contrast, behavioural and morphological adaptations could explain why juvenile pike is able maintain the feeding and attack rate even in turbid and wetland waters.


To gain insight into surface processes in plasma processing, basic ion beam experiments are performed on two representative polyatomic-ion species: hydrocarbon ions CHx+ for deposition processes and fluorocarbon ions CFx+ for etching processes (x=1,2,…). A single ion species is extracted from an inductive plasma via a mass filter and directed onto aluminum surfaces at energies 100 eV) i...


In a formal sense no conflict in penal theory exists in this country since none has been explicitly developed. In this respect the United States lags far behind the European countries and several of the South American Republics.8 Our lack of interest in penal theory is in part accounted for by the relative youth of this country. Theories of criminal law had been developed in Europe by the eleventh century. Beccaria had written his classic before the American Revolution. The relatively recent growth of America, however, does not altogether explain our inability to have developed the implications of the principles enumerated in 1870 by the American Prison Society. One of the important factors accounting for the failure is that of personnel. The lawyers and jurists in this country have been occupied with developing the civil law to meet the needs of our extended frontiers and expanding industrial communities. But very few have been interested in the problems of crime and penal treatment. It is literally true that we have not one single text on the philosophy of criminal law nor a comprehensive work on penal theory. The confusion of the several criminal codes both in substance and form reflects the lack of clarity in our thinking as well as our lack of interest in criminal law.


An investigation of a low-carbon, Fe-Cu–based steel, for Naval ship hull applications, with a yield strength of 965 MPa, Charpy V-notch absorbed impact-energy values as high as 74 J at –40 C, and an elongation-to-failure greater than 15 pct, is presented. The increase in strength is derived from a large number density (approximately 10 to 10 m) of copper-iron-nickelaluminum-manganese precipitates. The effect on the mechanical properties of varying the thermal treatment was studied. The nanostructure of the precipitates found within the steel was characterized by atom-probe tomography. Additionally, initial welding studies show that a brittle heat-affected zone is not formed adjacent to the welds.


The purpose of this chapter is to determine the perceived value of a tourism experience, in this case, for the scuba diving tourists at the marine destination, Sodwana Bay, South Africa. Tourism value can be seen as the value that customers experience and can be defined from the separate perspectives of money, quality, benefit and social psychology. Tourists, in this case scuba divers, experience value through scuba diving activities and the environment in which they take place. Assessing and understanding these values will help scuba diving destinations gain a competitive advantage and enable a more customised product that will improve the value experienced. A survey, the first of its kind in South Africa, was conducted at Sodwana Bay and 402 questionnaires were suitable for analysis. A factor analysis supported the modified model of


The existing deep 3D semantic segmentation methods mostly are trained with a large number of human annotations. However, due to the expensive labor for annotations label, few-shot 3D semantic segmentation is achieving more attention. In this work, we improve the performance of few-shot learning based on semantic segmentation of 3D point clouds using the offset attention method that has been successfully applied in natural language processing. Experiments demonstrate the superiority of the offset-attention in 3D semantic segmentation on the benchmark datasets S3DIS.


The nature of atomic interactions between the transitional group metals and metalloids of the first periodic group (B, C, N, and O) was investigated using CrB, CrB/sub 2/, Cr/C/sub 2/. Cr/sub 7/C/, Cr/sub 2/N, CrN, Cr/sub 2/O/sub 3/, and ch emically pure CrCl/sub 3/ and Cr/sub 3/(SO/sub 4//sub 3/. The basic K- edge of Cr absorption in compounds and metallic chromium was plotted and analyzed. A well defined fine-edge structure expanding from 150 to 200 ev towards the short wave side (6 to 7 fluctuations) was found in all compounds except CrCl/sub 3/, Cr/ sub 2/O/sub 3/, and Cr/sub 2/(SO/sub 4/)/sub 3/. (R.V.J.)


A 38‐year‐old woman presented with a pronounced increase in symptoms and proliferation of urticaria pigmentosa (UP) after acute psychological stress, which was quantified using the Spielberger's State–Trait Anxiety Inventory. Immunohistochemical examination of a skin biopsy from a new UP lesion showed a large number of activated mast cells expressing corticotrophin‐releasing factor receptor‐1 (CRF‐R1) and there was high serum CRF. This is the first documented report to our knowledge of UP worsening associated with acute stress, possibly through activation of skin mast‐cell CRF‐R1.


Sir, Teaching epidural anaesthesia is practised, as a rule, on awake and often distressed patients. The use of teaching models has also been advocated (1). Some of these include the use of fruits (2) or epidural injection simulators (3). The description to the trainee anesthesiologist of the concept of "loss of resistance", when the epidural needle enters the epidural space, is sometimes difficult and never complete. A new method of teaching "loss of resistance" in vivo has been invented by one of the authors (K.K.) and is described below. According to our method, the epidural needle is connected to the epidural syringe by way of a 3-way stopcock with injection valve and extension tube (Viggo) as shown in Fig. 1. With the patient in the lateral position the epidural needle is inserted into an intervertebral space by an experienced anaesthesiologist. The trainee anaesthesiologist holds the epidural syringe and presses the plunger continuously (Fig. 2). The experienced partner drives the epidural needle forward very slowly while the trainee keeps pressing on the plunger until he feels the "loss of resistance'' and the plunger moves forward freely. After that we consider that the epidural needle is in the epidural space. We check for CSF leakage and under the supervision of the tutor the trainee inserts the epidural catheter. Then he injects the local anaesthetic after the test dose. So far we have applied this method to 150 lumbar epidural anaesthesia performed as described above. Our trainees had had little or no experience with epidural anaesthesia but had had previous experience with spinal anaesthesia. On 138 out of 150 occasions the trainees described the experience of "loss of resistance" as excellent, in 12 as good. Our method is easily performed in everyday practice and gives Fig. 2. The tutor anaesthesiologist drives the epidural needle while the trainee presses the plunger of the syringe.


The direct and indirect relationship between the British physicist originally from Austria, Sir Hermann Bondi, and Venezuelan physics are presented. Special emphasis is made of his more remarkable human qualities, nobility and humbleness, besides his important contribution to General Relativity and to the European science agencies. Self--declared as a staunch disciple of Popperian philosophy, Bondi defended the "hard and dirty" physics against the "inmaculate and beauty" physics. Attention is focused on two cornerstones of Bondi's work, followed thoroughly by Luis Herrera and disciples in Venezuela.


This article was downloaded by: [King's College London]On: 18 August 2008Access details: Access Details: [subscription number 773576048]Publisher RoutledgeInforma Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House,37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK


An efficient and rapid method for car detection in video is presented in this paper. In this method, rear side view of cars is used in the detection phase. And in combination with histograms of oriented gradients (HOG) which is one of the most discriminative features, a linear support vector machine (SVM) is used for object classification. Besides, in order to avoid car missing, Kalman filter is used to track the objects. It is known that the calculation of HOG is complex and costs the most run time. So the processing time in this method is decreased by using information of objects' areas from the previous frames. It is shown by the experimental results that the detection rate can reach 96.20% and is more accurate when choosing the fit interval number such as 5. It is also illustrated that this method can decrease the calculating time on a large degree when the accuracy is about 94.90% by comparing with traditional method of HOG combining with SVM.


The packing equipment replacement decision is to determine the best packing equipment purchasing and replacing time under the factors that shall be considered in the course of decision-making. On the base of analyzing these factors and of suitably selecting the dynamic programming model, this paper introduces a complete decision making approach which will be a helpful guide for the decision making and which can be used in the packing equipment planning realistically.


A novel method using SNOM and AFM to study both optical fiber structures and near-field optical intensity profiles at fiber endfaces has been successfully developed. We have demonstrated that this novel technique is able to probe both refractive index distribution and near-field propagating intensity profile of fiber structures simultaneously. Correlations between waveguide structures and near-field propagating modes can be acquired directly from the experimental images.


Structural modification of clay minerals is necessary to improve their applicability. Bentonite from Nkaliki was treated with different concentrations of sulphuric acid ranging from 0.5 – 5.5mol/l to investigate the effects of acid activation on the structure and properties of the treated samples. The chemical compositions of the treated samples were analyzed using x-ray fluorescence, while the cation compositions of the liquid solution were analyzed with Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. The surface area, cation exchange capacity, and adsorption capacity were determined by conventional methods. The kinetics of the acid treatment reactions were studied by analyzing the data with established kinetic models. The chemical composition analysis revealed that the octahedral cations Al, Fe, and Mg were leached out while the Si4+ increased as the acid concentration increased. The surface area and adsorption capacity of the treated samples increased to about four times that of the natural sample. Analysis of the experimental data showed that the removal of the cations of the octahedral and tetrahedral sheets followed the second-order homogeneous kinetic model and can be expressed as: (1 – X) -1 – 1 = kt; where X is the fraction of the cations removed at time t. The activation energy was calculated to be 33.16kJ/mol. This study has revealed that local bentonite from Nkaliki could be modified by acid activation to improve its application as sorbent in the vegetable oil processing industry.


course of undertaking an infant observation. This is a book for general readers as well as practitioners and therefore contains a minimum of theoretical exposition and explanation. Nevertheless, the post-Kleinian framework that informs the work is consistently present and of crucial importance, offering necessary containment of the experiences described, organizing and lending coherence to the material and furnishing links between psychological and ethical issues. Cohen also brings to bear her background in philosophy studies, which she describes early in the book, and contributes two centrally important chapters on 'The issues of respect in a medical context' (Ch. 4) and 'Integrity' (Ch. 5). Her writing on ethics has themes in common with the work of Emmanuel Levinas (1969), who calls on us to attest to 'the otherness of the other' and identifies the suffering of the other as the basis for and the call to ethical action. In Cohen's work, however, these themes are not cast as abstract imperatives but emerge with vivid clarity, as the capacity for recognition is gained and then again lost by staff and parents, sometimes able and sometimes not able to see the human otherness of each baby and acknowledge and respect his or her experience. I highly recommend this beautifully written, moving and inspiring book to journal readers, whether or not they are involved in infant mental health or child psychotherapy. In the journey through the text, we are at various moments called upon to share in the pain, to 'know', not only to 'know about', the states of body and mind being described (Bion, 1962). Thus our reading not only informs and educates but also leaves a profound and lasting impression.


OVERVIEW A theme park is an embodiment of the human desire for entertainment. As location-based entertainment, theme parks exert a time-tested attraction, remaining the leaders of the industry that is, by nature, driven to constantly innovate. Today, kinaesthetic and haptic technologies enable immersive experience through rides. However, in this multisensory environment, visitors perceive a theme park primarily in visual terms. Thus, design is a crucial feature in forging its identity and a theme park is a fertile ground for applying design to objects, from the minute to the grand. Any gate in a commercial area must be distinctive enough in appearance to beckon passers-by. The entrance of a theme park is meant to be even more impactful to the point of constituting a demarcation between reality and fantasy. Analysing the entrance design of Lotte World Adventure, a top-tier Korean theme park, provides insight into its aesthetics and cultural references.


In present research work the effect of insert nose radius and machining parameters including cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut on surface roughness(Ra) and material removal rate(MRR) in a turning of HSS(M2) are investigated using the Taguchi method and ANOVA. A three level, four parameter design of experiment,L9 orthogonal array using Minitab 14 software, the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio is employed to study the performance characteristics in the turning of HSS(M2) by taking nose radius of Tin coated carbide inserts tool of 0.4,0.8 and 1.2 mm on CNC turning centre. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) is applied to study the percentage contribution of each machining parameters while CNCturning of HSS (M2) material. The all experimental trials are conducted in dry machining environment and at a constant spindle speed 2800 rpm.The results are verified by taking confirmation experiments. The present investigation indicates that feed rate and nose radius are the most significant factors in case of material removal rate and surface roughness for turning of HSS (M2) material.


This paper reports the gas source MBE growth of new semiconductor TlInGaP and TlInGaAs layers on InP substrates and the observation of very low temperature-dependence of bandgap energy for these layers.


Over production of nitric oxide (NO) may play a central role in refractory hypotension and multiorgan dysfunction in MRSA sepsis. This study was designed to evaluate the role of NO in MRSA sepsis associated with smoke inhalation injury using L‐NAME (a nonspecific NOS inhibitor).


TOLL2015_Louise_Brogaard_1.pdf Bibliographical note Poster presentation Source: PublicationPreSubmission Source-ID: 118949835 Research output: Research peer-review › Conference abstract for conference – Annual report year: 2015


Embodiments provide for a geodetic instrument (100, 200) comprising a scanning head (170, 125), a reflecting optical element (180, 380), a radiation source (101, 384), a control unit (150) and an electronic distance measurement (EDM) unit (185, 385). The scanning head is rotatable about a first axis (120). The reflecting optical element mounted in the scanning head and rotatable about the same first axis. The radiation source is adapted to emit light to be output along a light beam path (135) from the geodetic instrument via light reflection against the reflecting optical element. The control unit is adapted to adjust an angular displacement profile (430) of the reflecting optical element about the first axis relative to an angular displacement profile (410) of the scanning head such that an angular displacement of the light beam path about the first axis as a function of time presents a stair-like profile. The EDM unit is adapted to determine a distance to a target during a flat portion of the stair-like profile.


We studied the epidemic situation of opisthorchiasis in the population of Berdsk, and determined the level of infection of fish of the family Cyprinidae by larvae of opisthorchides in Berdsky Bay, as well as the abundance of the first intermediate host of the parasite, the mollusks of the family Bithyniidae in the water body. It is found that Berdsky Bay is generally unfavorable for opisthorchiasis. The incidence of opisthorchiasis in people in Berdsk was recorded annually; the average long-term incidence rate was 89.85 per 100 thousand of population with a minimum of 21.4 in 1991 and a maximum of 188.5 in 2002. The level of infection of cyprinid fish with metacercarias of opisthorchides is quite high (33.3%).The epidemic danger is posed by fish infected with larvae of Opisthorchis felineus (the prevalence 31.7%) and Metorchis bilis (the prevalence 3.3%). The ide, dace and verkhovka represent a high potential danger in infecting the population with opisthorchiasis and are indicators of the adverse situation with the reservoir as regards the invasion. In the water area of Berdsky Bay, we identified new actively functioning foci of opisthorchis invasion located in the Lebedevskaya and Elbanskaya streams, as well as in the mouth of the Sukhaya River where not only infected fish were recorded, but also the number of the first intermediate host of opisthorchides, the mollusks of the family Bithyniidae (Bithynia troscheli and B. tentaculata), is quite high.


Sembukan is a wild plant that is often attached to the house fenced and has a lot of chemicals compound, including essential oil. This study aims to determine the active compounds as antibacterial of sembukan essential oil. One point four mililitres of essential oil was obtained by steam distillation. The essential oils were then tested for antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Stapylococcus aureus using the well diffusion method in gel. Identification of the essential oils conducted using Chromatography Gas – Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS). The results of this study indicated that the essential oils did not have specific antibacterial activity against the bacteria tested. Compounds contained in the essential oils of sembukan were hydrogenated Linalool, Eugenol, Tetradecane, Heksadecane, and Dibutyl phthalate.


A study was undertaken to determine whether the canonical correlation could exhibit predictive efficiency regarding success in a graduate program. Two criteria and 8 predictors were established as the two variable sets to be correlated. A single significant coefficient of .624 between the two variates indicated that 38.9% of the variance of one set was common to the other variate. However, when subjected to cross-validation, the canonical correlation shrank to a non-significant value. Thus a lack of predictive utility in a population other than the standardization group was indicated.


milk urea nitrogen (MUN) with feeding PM compared to AM silage indicates improved N utilization. Ruminal pH tended to be lower on AM than on PM silage; this was probably associated to the increased ruminal acetate and total volatile fatty acids (VFA) on alfalfa cut in the morning. The greater ruminal acetate:propionate ratio observed with AM silage suggests that ruminal metabolism was shifted towards lipogenesis. Overall, increased alfalfa silage TNC content with afternoon harvest resulted in improved performance of dairy cows. Table 1.


Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a rare congenital non-malignant bone tumor that affects the skeletal system development and interferes with normal bone formation. It's non-hereditary and its exact cause remains unknown. The condition is characterized by fibro-osseous connective tissue gradually replacing normal bone and marrow leading to the formation of bone that's fragile and prone to fractures. It is not uncommon for the disease to affect craniofacial bones but the sinonasal cavity involvement remains extremely rare. We presented a case of an 80-years-old male patient who reported nasal obstruction and a long-term swelling in the upper jaw that dates back over 20 years resulting in facial deformities and unilateral proptosis from compression exerted on the eye by the tumor. The patient reported having taken drugs to treat symptoms especially nasal congestion. But his dyspnea persisted. Physical examination, computed tomography (CT) scan and MRI have been elaborated and discussed. And on last resort, surgery was recommended.


The feces of young pine-worms (6~7 instar) were extracted with n-hexane, ethyl ether, chloroform, ethyl alcohol and water, and several kinds of compounds were isolated. They were mainly a poly ester, a fatty acid ester (palmitic acid ester), higher alcohols (octacosanol and ceryl alcohol), steroids (β-sitosterol and its ester) and a suger alcohol (D-mannitol). Various investigators have already isolated all of these compounds except D-mannitol and 1, 14-tetradecandiol from pine-needles. No studies have been made on pine-needles for the presence of D-mannitol and 1, 14-tetradecandiol. Therefore at present we cannot conclude whether or not D-mannitol and 1, 14-tetradecandiol are characteristic of the feces of pine-worms. (Received Tune 27, 1972)


It is often necessary to represent a hand-drawn shape accurately. Modeling such shapes manually is both cumbersome and commercially expensive. The user's concern for curves that are easy to manipulate has been a major influence on the development of free-form curves. Rational parametric curves have been receiving considerable attention in the area of geometric modeling because any parametric polynomial curve can be expressed as a rational curve and most polynomial splines have rational extensions. Rational parametric curves can be used to model any object, like ships and airplanes, and even in the medical field for modeling the heart or other parts of the body. In object modeling, the rational cubic spline is most popular because it is the lowest degree that can define space curves and curves with points of zero curvature. The foremost objective of this work is to show how conic sections can adequately be used to represent curves and objects that were previously thought to require rational cubic splines. A single rational cubic curve is represented by two conics by splitting the rational cubic at its mid-point. The degree of smoothness has been taken into account to have a visually pleasing effect. It has been realized that the conic representation is advantageous over the rational cubic one in terms of computational requirements and shape control. All of this work is carried out on both 2D curves and 3D objects.


Control apparatus for a vehicular power transmission system, the power of an engine (8) to a drive wheel (34) transmits, said control device comprising: an electric differential unit (11) that allows controlling a differential state between a rotational speed of an input shaft (14) which is coupled to the engine (8), and a rotational speed of an output shaft by controlling an operating state of an electric motor (M1, M2) with a rotary element of a differential mechanism (16) is coupled; and a transmission unit (20) which is disposed in a power transmission path between the electric differential unit (11) and the drive wheel (34), characterized, in that comprises the control unit further comprises a machine upper limit setting means (86) from the start of a switching operation of the transmission unit (20) up to the beginning of a torque reduction control by the electric motor (M1, M2) an upper limit (N a determination of whether ...


Characteristics of the popular 50-passenger commuter liner are described. The DHC-7 achieves much of its STOL performance from powerful double-slotted fowler flaps that span 80% of its 93-foot wing. Fully extended, they reduce DHC-7's stalling speed by 34 knots at its gross weight of 44,000 pounds-from 100 knots with the flaps retracted to 66 knots at their 45-degree position. Other performance aspects of this aircraft are noted. A comparison profile chart is presented which considers 40 parameters. Graphs are provided which illustrate the range-payload and range-time capabilities of the DHC-7. Although the DHC-7 uses an hydraulic, double-hinged rudder control system, with no mechanical linkages between the rudder pedals and the control surface, the aircraft is flyable with all hydraulics inoperative.


Two field experiments were conducted in the winter growing season in 2008 and 2009 on faba bean (Vicia faba L. var. 'Nubaria 3') at Nubaria Agricultural Station, National Research Center to evaluate the plant response to cobalt amendments at different rates of N fertilization. Prior to that, a preliminary greenhouse pot experiment was conducted in 3 replicates on the same plant and NRC farm soil within the year of 2007 to define the more promotive concentration of cobalt between 10 concentrations, started from 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20 mg/L cobalt. The plants left to grow until 60 days-old and then removed for measurement of some plant parameters and chemical analysis. The amendment of cobalt to the soil improved the growth parameters of the faba bean plants inoculated with Rhizobium leguminosarum var. vicia bacteria compared to the cobalt untreated plants (control). Values of plant height, leaves number and area, shoot dry weight, root dry weight as well as nodules number and weight, seed yield, nitrogenase activity and plant mineral content were gradually increased by the successive increase in cobalt dose from 0 to 12 ppm. At the highest dose of cobalt (16 ppm), these values tended to decrease. The data clearly exhibited also that all yield measurements at all N doses were scanty and uneconomically in absence of cobalt amendment, particularly at the low doses of N fertilization. It could be concluded that cobalt is an essential element for certain microorganisms, particularly those fixing atmospheric nitrogen in particular, for nodules formation, its deficiency seems to depress the efficiency of N2 fixation process. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________


The piers are scoured by water and sediment all year round, so it is necessary to study the protection of piers. In recent years, scholars have made breakthrough in the research of scour mechanism, scour depth calculation and pier protection measures. In this paper, three groups of slotted square pier models are established through ICEM, and Fluent is used for calculation and analysis. It is concluded that the pier opening is conducive to reducing the local scour caused by water flow, and the Y-shaped joint has a significant effect on reducing the scour caused by water flow, which provides a reference for the subsequent research on pier scour prevention and bridge construction.


The effects of slow- release CO2 granulated fertilizer on the growth, yield and quality of the watermelon growing in the plastic tunnel were evaluated in this experiment. The results showed that the application of CO2 promoted plant growth, increased yield and improved watermelon quality.


In this paper, using BP neural network model and cellular automata(CA) model,23 spatial variables including natural, economic and social aspects which drive the beach reclamation of coastal vegetation are selected and the spatial pattern simulation model of wetland is established by using MATLAB R2010b software. With remote sensing image of Landsat TM/ ETM + in Dafeng, Yancheng coastal wetland in three periods of 1988, 2002and 2009, and the population and economic data of the respective year and based on the simulation thought of optimizing pattern, firstly, we use the wetland function niche model to diagnose historical excessively exploiting areas. Then we train the conversion rules of CA model belonging to the rational development rule. Finally, we simulate the space optimization pattern of Dafeng coastal wetland in 2016. To improve operational efficiency and accuracy of the model, we use two new methods in this study. One method is based on the cover quantity structure in the target year, which limits the proportion of training samples randomly, so as to improve 10000 samples of the effective information amount. The second is through comparing with simulating accuracy under different hiding layer nodes of BP neural network,"23-13-8"and"23-17-8"are determined as the optimal BP structures in two experiments. These two improvements enhance the efficiency of simulation, and the overall accuracy is higher than 93.6%. This research shows that, during these years, the succession among the cover types of Dafeng coastal wetland tends to be frequent, and the speed of reclamational year of natural wetland is obviously faster. At the same time, the development focus is constantly moving eastward, which shows the characteristics of"rolling development" to the sea. Finally, it is recommended to slacken the disorderly development in the surrounding core areas of Jiangsu Yancheng National Nature Reserve and Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve, and to promote the orderly reclamation of tidal flats near Dafeng Port.


Introduction: The study aims to describe the organization of one accredited school of Anesthesia and Intensive Care of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. The analysis of the post-graduation period aims to measure the time-to-first job, the perceived challenges, what postgraduate residents choose as first employ, and the overall satisfaction rating of a cohort of residents completing their training until 2017 with the usual and standard training program. Methods: We collected organization and administrative records of the five-year program of the A-IC School of 4 cohorts of residents who joined from 2009 to 2012 and we performed a survey. We also analyzed the differences among school cohorts during the medical training. In the end, it was investigated as a reason to choose hub hospitals or not. Results: The focus of the training activities revolved around the operating room with a mean of 30.41 ± 6.6 (sd), months followed by Intensive care with 17.29 ± 4.49 (sd) months. Although 7.5% of the respondents were not fully satisfied of the school's program, 89.7% of residents rated their training as adequate. In fact, 97.2% respondents reported they could overcome the professional challenges they faced after graduation. The multiple variables logistic regression showed a correlation among working in hub hospitals and training performed in university hospitals with a p value of 0.015. Conclusion: This paper describes the postgraduation period. This point should be examined as an integral part of the accreditation procedure. Knowing the satisfaction rate, perception autonomy, and which type of hospitals are preferred can measure the education training capacity of a postgraduation school.


ABSTRACT The article examines the Italian political sphere in order to highlight how populist discourses are, among other things, a reaction to feminist and transfeminist practices and theories. The article begins by examining the emergence of right-wing populist discourses and their link to the reproduction of a hegemonic masculinity and the patriarchal family. Then it analyses several discourses promoted by transfeminist movements – especially Non Una Di Meno [Not One Less] – focusing in particular on the emergence of the term "transfeminism" in Italy and its use in political practices. Ultimately, the article questions the possibility of building alliances and collective political subjects, starting from the challenge to the female subject brought about by transfeminism. The article claims that populist policies in defence of the traditional family do nothing but co-opt the language of liberation movements while demanding adherence to the status quo, and that transfeminist theories are the clearest response to these same populist politics. Indeed, feminism and transfeminism dispute the rhetoric of a unitary and coherent people, starting by their questioning universality in the name of partiality.


compression fractures with intraosseous vacuum phenomena using high-viscosity bone cement via bilateral percutaneous verte broplasty[J]. Medicine (Baltimore), 2017,96(14):6549-6551. [19] 王家顺,余润泽,李勇,等 . 椎体后凸成形术及椎体成形术 治疗骨质疏松性椎体骨折的疗效对比 [J]. 安徽医学,2016, 37(5):557-559. [20] Li J,Li T,Ma Q,et al.Using side-opening injection cannulas to prevent cement leakage in percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteo poroticvertebral compression fractures, does it really work[J]. J Orthop Sci, 2017,8(17):30122-30127. [21] Joseph EB,Jianhua Y,Ronald MS. Vertebral Body Compression Fractures and Bone Density: Automated Detection and Classification on CT Images[J].Radiology, 2017, 284(3): 788797. (收稿:2018-05-15 修回:2019-01-13)


Wars have many common characteristics yet, like cancers, a general diagnosis is difficult because symptoms differ markedly. Systemic approaches are useful because they determine under what circumstances crises—the necessary preconditions for wars—may escalate into limited or major wars. This systemic diagnostic tool is particularly important in the nuclear era because the consequences of major war have been exponentially magnified. To illustrate how a systemic perspective provides a guide to the absence of major conflict since 1945, the power transition is used to anticipate the decline of the USSR, to provide insights regarding the peaceful unification of Germany, to account for the non‐conflictual integration of Europe and to explore the rise of Japan. Such developments are not dangerous to peace because they did not challenge the dominant power or the status quo. Also illustrated, however, are similar movements in different environment that may result in conflict. If these or other systemic insights co...


Atomic-layer epitaxy (ALE) can provide atomic-scale control of the single-crystal growth of thin semiconducting layers. Despite the widespread investigation of the epitaxial properties of this technique, few detailed studies of the fundamental surface chemistry of the process have been performed. This paper describes an overview of such an in situ study of heterogrowth using a binary reaction sequence with the precursors H2S and dimethylcadmium to grow CdS on ZnSe(100). The surface chemistry was investigated using thermal desorption spectroscopy and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS). Epitaxial growth was also characterized in the growth chamber using electron and ion surface probes.


A classical problem of nonholonomic system dynamics—the motion of a sphere on the inside of a rough vertical cylinder—is extended to rolling friction. The case study is modelled in independent coordinates. Due to the nonholonomic constraints imposed on the sphere, the governing equations arise as a set of differential-algebraic equations. The results of numerical simulations show the transition of the sphere from a sinusoid path on the vertical cylinder surface to a fall with slip. The physics of the 'paradoxical' motion is explained in detail.


A liposarcoma showed intense concentration of technetium-99m pyrophosphate. An angiogram demonstrated a highly vascular lesion, and it is suggested that blood flow played a major role in allowing the tumor to be demonstrated on scintiphotography. There was some histologic evidence of calcification which probably also contributed to bone-tracer disposition. Quantitative analysis of the specimen demonstrated that this calcification was located primarily in the areas of hemorrhage and necrosis.