ing template for reifying and assessing the reasoning in arguments, but it does not dictate outcomes; novel work that is not fixed by the formulas must still be done by the human agents making the assessments. This form of logos not only cannot offer universal certainty, but it also cannot offer a pre-determined endpoint. It is obvious when a calculation is complete—all the prescribed operations of the program or sorites or equation have been done (once, in the proper order). In contrast, an argumentative deliberation is complete only when its engagers agree that it is, or when they give up on the possibility of agreement. The utility of argumentative deliberation as a techne of logos is simultaneously a taken-for-granted of much democratic theory and also is widely suspect. Its strongest support comes from the observation that, taken on the whole, deliberation engages the possibility of incorporating the maximal range and numbers of factors and perspectives into any decision. Suspicion arises precisely because it is not identical to calculative reason. Although particular human characteristics ("pooling of biases" Lu et al., 2012) and situational factors (exclusion of relevant parties) mean that this form of deliberation doesn't always produce a better decision than instinctual responses, its potential to do so warrants the study of this kind of logos in an effort to maximize the potential embedded in the technology of argumentative deliberation.


Diversifood has undertaken a series of parallel experiments, all testing the same underlying hypothesis expressed in the "working definition" that reintroducing genetic resources with a status of underutilisation can trigger benefits in provisioning agroecosystem services and supporting local, high-quality value chains, in the overall framework of agroecological systems. This booklets considers a diversity of practices and incorporates the experience of the trials and the lessons learned on how to plan and conduct such trials, including practical consideration and tips to facilitate their execution out of the controlled conditions of experimental stations while still obtaining detailed and relevant information.
It includes sections on sourcing seed, evaluation of agronomic, environmental and quality performance of underutilised crops.


In this paper we address the windup problem arising from actuator magnitude and rate saturation for the linearized longitudinal short-period dynamics of a tailless aircraft model around any trim flight condition. The proposed anti-windup scheme allows for more aggressive manoeuvres than the standard "command limiting" approach. Moreover, the compensation law guarantees stability of the controlled aircraft for any pilot command and enforces flight quality specifications whenever they are achievable within the given control constraints. "Pilot-in-the-loop" simulations confirm the effectiveness of the control strategy.


Summary The Archbishop's Palace was an important part of the town of Nidaros (Trondheim) both in mediaeval time and after the Reformation. Considerable knowledge of the buildings and activities has been gained since the excavations started in 1991. Botanical, entomological and osteological analyses have enabled a large, wooden-framed tank to be interpreted as a fish pond.


The controller design of hypersonic flight vehicles is a challenging task, especially when its flexible states are immeasurable. Unfortunately, the flexible states are difficult to measure directly. In this paper, an angular-accelerometer-based method for the estimation of flexible states is proposed. By adding a pitch angel angular accelerometer and designing an Extended Kalman Filter-based online estimation method, the flexible states could be obtained in real time. Then, based on the estimated flexible states, a stable inversion-based controller-design method was utilized, and a robust tracking controller was designed for hypersonic flight vehicles. The proposed method provides an effective means of estimating flexible states and conducting the observer-based controller design of hypersonic flight vehicles. Finally, a numeral simulation is given to show the effectiveness of the proposed control method.


As the scope and complexity of programs and missions increase, so does the need to conduct architecture trade studies, such as Analyses of Alternatives, in a systematic, structured way to ensure they are successful at informing the acquisition decisions they were chartered to support. These studies should be comprehensive in scope, cover the solution space of alternatives, follow repeatable processes, and provide decision-makers with insight into the essential tradeoffs between competing objectives. In this paper, a decision support process framework is presented that establishes a traceable structured process for making defensible acquisition decisions and recommendations. While many aspects of any specific study require tailoring and negotiation, we emphasize the need to start with an established framework or a set of guiding principles to provide a solid foundation for the study. Often, these studies are confined to technical solutions, but we emphasize here the need to capture the programmatic elements, such as cost, schedule, risk, and especially the transition from the current architecture to new proposed architectural concepts. The Architecture Design and Evaluation (AD&E) process used at The Aerospace Corporation is presented here. This process consists of six phases: 1) Problem Definition, 2) Implementation & Operational Context, 3) Alternatives Exploration and Downselect, 4) System Concept Definition, 5) Analysis & Evaluation, and 6) Integration and Tradespace Depiction. A key to this process is the active engagement of specialty subject matter experts to contribute to the overall shaping of the study and formulation of the results. In other words this process forms an effective organizing principle for bringing experts in, so that they can not only efficiently `plug-in' to the study where they are needed but also ensure that their input is utilized in all the correct places. Everybody sees the overall roadmap of how the study is planned and executed. This framework brings together a wide variety of tools and technical disciplines to address the multifaceted concerns and issues that impact architecture decisions. This paper will discuss the AD&E process and some of the other capabilities that are part of the broader framework.


Rabies is a fatal disease caused by rabies virus, a neurotropic virus and a prototype of Lyssavirus of Rhabdoviridae family. It is transmitted to human beings through infected saliva of dogs and cats during bite. Dog is the cause of more than 90% of human rabies in India. The incubation period is 4-8 weeks (but it may vary from 5 days to 7 years). There are two clinical types of rabies - encephalitic (furious) and paralytic (dumb) types. In the encephalitic (furious) form, the principal malfunction is in the brain stem and limbic system. Patient has hydrophobia in the full-blown form, but the mind remains clear till the end. Death occurs within a week after the onset of symptoms. Paralytic rabies resembles Guillain-Barre syndrome. Diagnosis is mostly clinical. However, direct fluorescent antibody test is used to identify the antigen in skin biopsy from the nape of neck. In the postmortem specimen, demonstration of Negri bodies in the brain confirms the diagnosis. Anti-rabies vaccine is used for pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis. The commonly used intramuscular (IM) regimen is being superseded by intradermal (ID) vaccine because it makes the treatment economical. Whereas touching of animal or lick on intact skin does not require vaccination, any transdermal bite with bleeding requires immediate administration of rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) and simultaneous vaccination with a tissue culture vaccine (TCV). Minor abrasion without bleeding may require only vaccination and no RIG. Rabies human monoclonal antibody (RMAb) is the newest entry in the prophylaxis of rabies which may ultimately replace RIG. Prognosis is grave since there are just six reports of survivors. Treatment is mainly palliative with heavy sedation and/or therapeutic coma (Milwaukee protocol).


Semiconducting nanowires with strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling in the proximity with a superconductor and under a strong Zeeman field can potentially manifest Majorana zero modes at their edges and are a topical candidate for topological superconductivity. However, protocols for their detection based on the local and the non-local conductance spectroscopy have been subject to intense scrutiny. In this work, by taking current experimental setups into account, we detail mathematical ideas related to the entanglement entropy and the fermion parity fluctuations to faithfully distinguish between true Majorana zero modes and trivial quasi-Majorana zero modes. We demonstrate that the disconnected entanglement entropy, derived from the von Neumann entanglement entropy, provides a distinct and robust signature of the topological phase transition which is immune to system parameters, size and disorders. In order to understand the entanglement entropy of the Rashba nanowire system, we establish its connection to a model of interacting spinfull Kitaev chains. Moreover, we relate the entanglement entropy to the fermionic parity fluctuation, and show that it behaves concordantly with entanglement entropy, hence making it a suitable metric for the detection of Majorana zero modes. In connection with the topological gap protocol that is based on the conductance spectra, the aforesaid metrics can reliably point toward the topological transitions even in realistic setups.


The utility model discloses a multi-axle spine fixing rod which comprises a first combination rod, a second combination rod, a first combination cup and a second combination cup. One end of each rod is a rod end, and the other end of each rod is a combination end of which the part close to the rod end is in a ball-arc shape. Each combination cup is a cup body of which the bottom part is at least partially in a ball-arc shape. The ball-arc curvature is the same as the ball-arc curvature of the combination end of the first combination rod or the second combination rod. The ball-arc part is universally combined with the ball-arc part of the combination end of the first combination rod or the second combination rod. The ball-arc part of each cup body is provided with a through hole used for enabling the rod end of the first combination rod or the second combination rod to pass out from the inner part of the first combination cup or the second combination cup. Compared with the prior art, the multi-axle spine fixing rod can simultaneously solve the trouble caused by that the spine is not in a liner shape and spine condyles are usually not parallel, thus, the sick part has bending, reversing and vibrating functions. The popularizing use value is very high.


(p. 199). He is echoed by A. Fo, who remarks in the closing essay that 'one cannot always distil a specific relevance to the inheritance left by his Metamorphoses before various forms that the motif has taken on in Western literature: but the feeling is that the example of his method has left, perhaps at the level of a collective unconscious, a decisive impression on the poetic reading of the world' (p. 313). Setting his analysis of an Ovidian poetic function in contemporary Italian lyric within the European Ovidian tradition, Fo's essay gestures towards this end. Yet, overall, in a volume concentrating methodologically on textual and philological consonances between Latin and Italian texts, it is precisely the investigation of this Ovidian collective unconscious and its cultural manifestations that remains more underdeveloped. This collection makes a compelling argument for the existence of an Ovidian strand in twentieth-century Italian literary history. Through rigorous historical and textual analyses of a series of Ovidian sightings, it enriches our knowledge of both Ovid's literary reception and modern poetics. It also lays the fundamental groundwork for further studies to encompass the cultural, social and political ramifications of the Ovidian presence in Italy, representing a significant contribution to the scholarship on classical reception in the twentieth century.


What is it about resident/police relations in poor urban communities that results in many community members' deep distrust in police? This question is addressed by applying a framework of the "four trust questions" to analyze the complexities of community members' perceptions of police and police action aimed at reducing youth violence in Boston's high-crime neighborhoods. To differentiate residents' multiple—and sometimes conflicting—expectations of police, trust is broken down into four questions about priorities, competence, dependability, and respectfulness. Based on more than 50 qualitative interviews with community members, findings reveal that many residents considered the police to meet their expectations of competence and dependability but not of shared priorities or respect. Respect, in particular, was important to residents, although they recognized a tension between police acting competently and respectfully.


Partial acid hydrolysis of purified peptides followed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry of the resulting peptide mixture is a fast and simple procedure to confirm the identity of a peptide tentatively identified by its determined molecular weight. Often partial amino acid sequence information can be obtained directly. The sensitivity of the technique is in the high-femtomole to low-picomole range.


In given article substantive provisions of the theoretical and methodological approaches are resulted, allowing to study process of inclusion of the person of the young expert in the professional environment in the conditions of education system transformation in a modern society. As features of professional socialization of the young expert according to the basic functional problems of the higher school at the present stage in sphere of preparation of young experts are considered.


The gear noise has been reduced by reducing the meshing transmission error to improve the gear noise up to now. However, it seems that there is no research that considers even human aural characteristic yet in this field. Therefore, we propose a new design method of the low noise gear, which according to human aural characteristic. The proposed technique is a gear design to control the frequency of the gear noise by changing number of tooth. First of all, human aural characteristic was researched in a special acoustic environment in the vehicle. Secondly, the characteristic of vehicle interior sound was investigated. Thirdly, the relationship between the number of teeth and the sound level of the gear noise was investigated. Finally, it was demonstrated that a proposed method was effective to design an advantageous number of gear teeth according to human aural characteristic. It was found that the proposed method of varying the number of teeth was effective for designing gears with optimal human aural characteristics.Copyright © 2008 by ASME


Two new species of fossil biting midges are described: Profoculicoides skalskii sp. n. based on one female and Archiaustroconops alavensis sp. n. based on five females. This small collection suggests that the Austroconopinae still predorninated Ccratopogonidae diversiry at 113 mya.


The purpose of this study is to develop a scale to determine the professional learning level of school managers at different career stages. The empirical questionnaire which is designed for this purpose has been presented to the experts in order to take their opinion. In accordance with the Feedback received from experts, the content validity ratio of the articles has been determined. The articles whose content validity ratio is below 80 have been  excluded from the study content. The trial test which comprises 58 articles has been introduced to 520 school managers at different carreer stages and the data has been analyzed. With  exploratory factor analysis, it came up with a five dimensional structure having 41 articles such as 'Personal and professional development', 'school climate', 'learning culture', 'confidence' and 'learning from colleagues'. In analysis, the relation between scale and subscale has been considered and it is clear that there is meaningful relation between them. Also via analysis it has been confirmed that the sub-dimensions establish a superstructure in determining the professional learning level of school managers. The internal consistency factor obtained for the whole scale is .97


To investigate if the use of personal digital assistance (PDA) with wireless transmission could provide more pre-hospital information before arrival to the emergency departments, we implemented the PDA system with wireless transmission and web-based recording system in the EMS of Taipei City since August 1 st 2002. All pre-hospital records were posted in PDA software. The PDA was hanged on the legs of the EMTs. The time elapse from information received to the arrival to the ER was recorded. The completeness of pre-hospital recording was evaluated by two independent physicians. In addition, a questionnaire for EMTs was used to evaluate the possible difficulties in PDA use. There were 145 pre-hospital records enrolled in the study. Sixty eight records were posted in PDA files whereas the other 77 records were listed as traditional method. Among the cases used with PDA recordings, the mean time interval between the information received in our institute and arrival to hospital was 1.6+0.3 min. Eight of the 68 files (12%) were incomplete, especially the recording of vital signs (6/8, 75%). On the other hand, 9 of the 77 traditional records were incomplete (12%, P=NS vs. PDA files). According to the questionnaire, lack of personnel operating the PDA (28/35, 80%) and unfamiliarity with PDA processing (22/35, 63%) were the main factors affecting the completeness of PDA files. PDA-based EMT pre-hospital recording may have the benefit of early information received before arrival to the hospital. More humanistic design may be needed to promote the use of the system and its efficiencies. (Ann Disaster Med. 2003;1:97-103)


Multiple correspondence analysis graphically shows the correspondent relationship among categories in multi-way contingency tables. It is well known that the proportions of the principal inertias as part of the total inertia is low in multiple correspondence analysis. Moreover, although this problem can be overcome by using the Benzecri formula, it is not enough to show clear correspondent relationship among categories (Greenacre and Blasius, 1994, Chapter 10). In addition, they show that Andrews' plot is useful in providing the correspondent relationship among categories. However, this method also does not give some concise interpretation among categories when the number of categories is large. Therefore, in this study, we will easily interpret the multiple correspondence analysis by applying the K-means clustering analysis.


Abstract: We establish L−convergence equivalence of modified sums introduced by Rees and Stanojević and Kumari and Ram. It is shown that all the results regarding integrability and L-convergence of cosine series (or sine series) which have been established by different authors so far by using modified cosine sums or sine sums of Rees and Stanojević can also be proved by considering the corresponding sums introduced by Kumari and Ram under same classes of coefficients. We also introduce modified cosine and sine sums and compare them with modified sums introduced by Kaur and Bhatia.


System which gives recommendations usually filters the given data using various methodology and suggests the relevant one to the customer benefit. In day-to-day life people usually use a powered recommendation system in many areas like movies, books, music, news, items etc. In this paper a wide range of work is reviewed in the field of a recommender system for movies where dataset source, methods used and accuracy are compared to deduce best one and future scope for improvement in this area are analyzed.


We derive explicit asymptotic confidence intervals for any Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm with finite asymptotic variance, started at any initial state, without requiring a Central Limit Theorem nor reversibility nor geometric ergodicity nor any bias bound. We also derive explicit non-asymptotic confidence intervals assuming bounds on the bias or first moment, or alternatively that the chain starts in stationarity. We relate those non-asymptotic bounds to properties of MCMC bias, and show that polynomially ergodicity implies certain bias bounds. We also apply our results to several numerical examples. It is our hope that these results will provide simple and useful tools for estimating errors of MCMC algorithms when CLTs are not available.


We demonstrate a family of novel, standards-based, online applications for promoting tourist events with minimal operational impact using AI methods. The solution offers benefits to citizens, travelers, city managers and businesses and can be rolled out to cities around the world.


The authors consider the future of special education personnel preparation by responding to an overarching question: What frameworks might teacher educators use as a basis to promote special education teacher effective performance now and in the future? In answering this question, they summarize current trends in the context of schooling and special education (i.e., Common Core State Standards [CCSS], multi-tiered systems of support [MTSS]) and what these contexts demand of special education teachers. The authors propose a practice-based model for fostering effective special education teacher performance. Grounded in the science of learning, the model includes approaches in teacher education that align with this literature. Implications for implementing the model are provided, which recognize current constraints on schools and colleges of education, to better promote this model for fostering effective performance.


Schooling Skills Class This paper presents an evaluation of the effect of the experimental Schooling Skills class on academic achievement. Although the study was not undertaken to address problems specific to any ethnic group, it is particularly relevant to educational equity for Hawaiians who have been officially recognized by Congress as Native Americans since 1974 (PL. 93-644) (Hannahs, 1983). The majority of the students involved in the study were of Hawaiian ancestry. The evaluation sought answers to three questions: 1. Does the experimental Schooling Skills class improve the grade point average (GPA) of the intended population? 2. What will happen to GPA in a year if such intervention is withdrawn after one semester?


LAMPS IN A MODULAR SYSTEM PROPOSED IN THE OLD AD OF EUROPEAN PATENT NR. 90114986.4 indicated an advantageous FIXING BETWEEN TWO LANES (1) CARRIERS EMBEDDED IN THE STONE construction, which were configured for it with a plate (8) STAND ON TOP FACE IN HER FREE END OF PART (2) UPPER LANE RAILS (1) SUPPORT WHERE SET. Hence the plate (8) support is connected to your part (81) SIDE IN FREE RAIL PARTIAL (2) UPPER SUPPORT RAIL (1) projections (24) shaped profile HEAD BUTT AND GETS bracing POSSIBLE PLATE (8) stand against these projections (24) of the elements (9) RESTRAINT. Encountering SUBJECTS on the underside of the piece (81) LATERAL with at least one screw (10) OF TENSION AND A GEAR ON THE PART (81) SIDE OUT IN THE OUTSTANDING EDGES BY THE SLOT (26) PLUG IN YOUR LENGTH SIDE PIECE (2) RAIL UP.


The invention relates to a mobile terminal used for rapidly displaying preset events and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal comprises a storage unit, a trigger unit, an information extraction unit and an information display unit. The storage unit is used for storing a preset event display list containing to-be-displayed preset events. The trigger unit is used for receiving a key input signal of a user through a key of the mobile terminal. The information extraction unit is used for taking current status information of the to-be-displayed preset events according to the preset event display list. The information display unit is used for displaying the current status information of the to-be-displayed preset events in a local region of a screen. The to-be-displayed preset events in the preset event display list are locally displayed through detection of the key input signal of the mobile terminal so that when the mobile terminal is in a standby mode, the user can push the key directly to check the current status information of the preset event the user likes and data of local information dot matrix in the screen needs refreshing, and therefore effects of power saving and highlighted display are achieved.


Madagascar Island was one of the last major Old World areas where human settlement was accompanied by the introduction of Oryza sativa. Early studies had reported the presence of a rice group specific to Madagascar. Using 1536 SNP markers, we compared diversity patterns between a panel of 147 Malagasy rice varieties, a reference panel of 370 Asian varieties and representatives of wild relatives of O. sativa. Migration bottleneck has resulted in 30-40% reduction of diversity among the indica and japonica groups in Madagascar. The Malagasy panel showed many fewer indica x japonica recombinations compared to the Asian panel, suggesting that the two groups had undergone much less recombinations when migration to the Island occurred. The existence of the Malagasy-specific group (Gm) was confirmed. Its diversity patterns positioned it halfway from indica and aus groups. Madagascar also hosted cold tolerant tropical japonica varieties, with very long grain. The Gm group most probably arose from founder effect from intermediary forms of rice originated from either India or Sri Lanka that did not belong to the four majors O. sativa groups. It then underwent human selection for cold tolerance. Signs of inter-group recombinations were also observed, but recombinations did not seem to have played a major role in the dynamics of rice adaptation to the Island's agro-ecological constraints. Connections between Gm and O. rufipogon from its putative area of origin reinforce the hypothesis of multiple and diffuse domestication of O. sativa as opposed to two independent domestications occurring in two distinct geographical areas. (Texte integral)


We propose a new broadband beamformer design technique which produces an optimal receiver beam pattern for any set of field measurements in space and time. The modal subspace decomposition (MSD) technique is based on projecting a desired pattern into the subspace of patterns achievable by a particular set of space-time sampling positions. This projection is the optimal achievable pattern in the sense that it minimizes the mean-squared error (MSE) between the desired and actual patterns. The main advantage of the technique is versatility as it can be applied to both sparse and dense arrays, nonuniform and asynchronous time sampling, and dynamic arrays where sensors can move throughout space. It can also be applied to any beam pattern type, including frequency-invariant and spot pattern designs. A simple extension to the technique is presented for oversampled arrays, which allows high-resolution beamforming whilst carefully controlling input energy and error sensitivity.


Aim: The study investigated the global changes in mRNA alternative polyadenylation (APA) profile associated with MDR development in colon cancer cells. Background: Polyadenylation is a crucial step needed for the maturation of eukaryotic mRNAs. APA refers to the production of different mRNA isoforms bearing varying length of 39-untranslated region (39UTR), where key RNA regulatory elements are found. APA usually eliminates the distal end of the 39UTR, thus allowing the escape from the predominantly repressive effect from longer 39UTR. Colon cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. MDR, which is usually associated with overexpression of ATP-binding cassette efflux transporters including ABCG2, is a major unresolved obstacle to successful cancer chemotherapy. We have previously reported that ABCG2 mRNA is more stable in MDR colon cancer cells. Interestingly, the increase in mRNA stability is tied to a missing microRNA binding site (miR-519c) due to the shortening of ABCG2 mRNA 39UTR in drug resistant cells. Thus microRNA-mediated mRNA degradation and/or protein translation block are relieved, thereby leading to ABCG2 overexpression. A remarkable feature of 39UTR APA is that it can be regulated globally, thus simultaneously affecting numerous mRNA transcripts. While ABCG2 mRNA 39UTR is shortened in MDR colon cancer cells, the global changes in APA profile of other transcripts during the course of MDR development have not been reported. Method: Differential APA signature and specific APA-regulated mRNAs were evaluated in two pairs of sensitive and MDR colon cancer cell lines by RNA sequencing. APA profiles were assessed from the RNA-Seq datasets by using the bioinformatics tool "DaPars". Altered 39UTR isoforms of a few differentially expressed mRNAs were validated by 39RACE assay and 39UTR isoform specific PCR analysis. The genes were subjected to Gene Ontology (GO) analysis to identify relevant molecular pathways and biological processes. Result: APA profiles of two pairs of drug resistant ABCG2-overexpressing colon cancer cell line (S1-M1-80 & SW620 Flv100) versus their parental cells (S1 & SW620) were compared at the global scale from their sequenced RNA samples. By GO analysis using the PANTHER Platform, mRNA transcripts exhibiting 39UTR shortening in S1-M1-80 and SW620 Flv100 versus their respective parental cells were enriched in biological processes including "transport and catabolism", "cell growth and death", and "cell motility" by GO terms. Genes ranked at the top of the list are mostly direct or indirect targets of the Wnt-β-catenin signaling pathway. Wnt signaling is a crucial pathway for mediating metastasis and therapeutic resistance. Conclusion: Global changes of APA in gene regulation may contribute to the development of MDR in colon cancer. Further investigation is warranted to elucidate the mechanisms leading to APA. Modulation of the APA machinery may help eradicate MDR cancer cells. Citation Format: Kenneth KW To. Global changes in alternative mRNA polyadenylation profile promote the development of multidrug resistance (MDR) to chemotherapy in colon cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020; 2020 Apr 27-28 and Jun 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(16 Suppl):Abstract nr 6326.


115: Effect of Surgical Complications on Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Women Following Reduction Mammaplasty Citation Firriolo, Joseph M., Laura C. Nuzzi, Carolyn M. Pike, and Brian I. Labow. 2018. "Abstract 115: Effect of Surgical Complications on Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Women Following Reduction Mammaplasty." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 6 (4 Suppl): 90-91. doi:10.1097/01.GOX.0000533980.75397.38. http:// dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.GOX.0000533980.75397.38. Published Version doi:10.1097/01.GOX.0000533980.75397.38 Permanent link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:37160170 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University's DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of-use#LAA


The invention discloses a lift-off type seismic isolation and reduction pile foundation structure. The lift-off type seismic isolation and reduction pile foundation structure comprises file foundations and a bearing platform; a seismic isolation and reduction sleeve is sleeved on the pile top of each pile foundation; each seismic isolation and reduction sleeve and each pile top can slide relative to each other; and each seismic isolation and reduction sleeve is fixedly connected with the bearing platform by connection reinforcing steel bars extending into the bearing platform. The lift-off type seismic isolation and reduction pile foundation structure has a very good seismic reduction effect under the seismic action, and the pile foundations are not pulled, so the pile foundations can be prevented from broken; tension force is released, and the pressure of the pile foundation of the pressed side is reduced, so the stress of single pile under the seismic condition can be reduced conveniently; and the tension force is released, and a swinging seismic foundation is actually formed, so the seismic effect on piers and supports is effectively reduced, seismic damage is reduced, and traffic can be recovered after earthquake.


The high incidence of suboptimal antibiotic use at transitions of care represents a novel area for antimicrobial stewardship for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), urinary tract infection (UTI), and skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). The objective of this study was to investigate the role of a pharmacist intervention at discharge to improve antibiotic use.

 This was a single-center, retrospective, crossover analysis of patients admitted to general medicine units from 11/1/21 to 3/31/22 with a diagnosis of CAP, UTI, or SSTI. The study was divided into two phases separated by a one-month washout. Each two-month phase included two pre-specified units, an intervention and control. During phase 2, the intervention and control units were switched. Patients on antibiotics identified for discharge were reviewed and interventions were communicated by the pharmacist to the provider. Interventions were made based on predefined guidance for oral step-down therapy and total duration. The primary outcome, discharge antibiotic days of therapy (DOT), was compared between the intervention and control cohorts. Secondary outcomes included total DOT, hospital length of stay (LOS), 30-day readmission, and appropriateness of drug selection, dose, and duration.

 Records of 161 patients were included in this study, 85 in the intervention cohort (47 in phase 1, 38 in phase 2) and 76 in the control (41 in phase 1, 35 in phase 2). Overall discharge DOT was 3 (IQR 0–4.5) in the intervention cohort and 3 (IQR 0-5) in the control cohort (P = 0.8), and overall total DOT was 7 (IQR 5-9) and 7 (IQR 5-10) respectively (P = 0.27). Patients in the intervention group were more likely to have appropriate total duration (61.2% vs 44.7%, P = 0.001) and discharge duration of antibiotics (67.1% vs 53.9%, P = 0.013) for all three indications based on predefined guidance. Hospital LOS was 4 (IQR 3-5) vs 5 days (IQR 3-6.3) in the intervention and control cohorts (P = 0.001) respectively, and a lower 30-day readmission (14.1% vs. 23.7%, resp.).

 Despite similar antibiotic DOTs, pharmacist intervention at discharge appeared to improve overall antibiotic total duration and discharge duration for CAP, UTI, and SSTI. Opportunities to improve discharge stewardship processes should be further explored.

 Joseph L. Kuti, PharmD, Abbvie: Honoraria|bioMeriuex: Advisor/Consultant|bioMeriuex: Grant/Research Support|Contrafect: Grant/Research Support|Entasis: Grant/Research Support|Merck and Co: Grant/Research Support|Roche Diagnostics: Grant/Research Support|Shionogi: Advisor/Consultant|Shionogi: Grant/Research Support|Shionogi: Honoraria|Summit: Grant/Research Support David P. Nicolau, PharmD, Shionogi: Grant/Research Support.


In this contribution, we propose a cascade structure to improve the impulse noise cancellation algorithm that we have already presented in [6]. The new structure of this decoding algorithm is easy to implement and reliable (several parameters can be obtained theoretically rather than tuned experimentally). We also show that this decoding algorithm can be used for eliminating impulse noise and for reducing the Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) level. The efficiency of this technique is corroborated by simulations in the practical context of Hiperlan2.


Hybrid Unmanned Amphibian Aerial Vehicle (HUAAV) is a hybrid unmanned system consisting of a multi-rotor and a hovercraft. Water quality management, hydrographic survey, bathymetric survey and related application areas still employs time consuming and erroneous traditional methods of using boats to access the test sites. The application of unmanned systems will significantly increase the efficiency of this process by getting access to remote locations of both air and water. This paper deals with the design optimization and finite element structural analysis to validate the structural capability of the hybrid amphibian aerial vehicle for operational conditions. The Reserve Factors (RF) for all the components in the amphibian aerial vehicle are calculated and then optimized.


In the present article, I argue that a passage from the Damascus Document (CD 4:12–16 + 5:15–19) and an opaque saying attributed to Jesus (Luke 11:20) mutually illuminate each other. The starting point of both is the conception that a conflict between God and the evil power(s) took place before the Exodus. An analogy is drawn between this period and the present liminal period considered as the beginning of the eschatological period prior to the eschaton. The expectations for healing and resurrection in the eschaton in 4Q521 2 ii 8, 11–12 shed light on Matt 11:3 // Luke 7:19. When viewed through the lens of the conception that the eschatological period has already commenced, these expectations were transformed to Jesus's activity in the present.


ii This report reflects the views of Polar Design Associates Ltd. and not necessarily those of the Transportation Development Centre or Transport Canada. Un sommaire français se trouve avant la table des matières. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author would like to acknowledge the leadership and project definition efforts provided by Mr. André Taschereau as the Transportation Development Centre project officer, and Mr. Mariusz Koniecki as the Marine Safety Directorate OPI. Additional credit is due to Mr. Tom Peirce, the TDC project officer during the origination of the investigations into RO-RO capsize safety in this project, and Mr. Jacques Laframboise who was also involved in the efforts at TDC. Acknowledgements are also due to Messrs. David Molyneux and David Cumming of the NRC Institute for Marine Dynamics, as well as to the technical and research staff at the facility. Additional assistance from Dr.


In this paper we provide an algebraic definition for the Schouten product and give a decomposition for homogeneous Poisson structures in any n-dimensional vector space. A large class of n-homogeneous Poisson structures in ℝk is also characterised.


The device of waste-heat and condensate recovery usage for emulsion gloves drying was described in this pa-per,and it has not only saved energy,but also purified environments.The heat pipe exchanger is a good choice for fulfilling this task.Preheated air was used as both combustion-supporting of the furnace and heat source of firing,and the recovered condensate was reused again.Results of the experiments indicated that the energy saving would reach 28%.Besides,this technique has reduced the cost with no risk of investment.


The invention relates to an underwater cleaning machine (10) with a cleaning assembly (20) comprising a suction unit (35) for generating a suction flow (E) for sucking dirt on at least one suction inlet (33) connected to a sewage outlet (46) for connecting a hose or to connect a separation device (40), in particular a filter means (43) for separating the suction flow (e) eingesaugtem dirt is flow-connected, and having a suspension means (50) for moving the cleaning assembly (20) one through the underwater cleaning machine (10) to be cleaned, the substrate (U). It is envisaged that the suspension means (50) is detachably connected based on connection means (60) with the cleaning assembly (20).


Semantic problems have biased traffic safety programs. This paper analyzes the arguments which have been put forward for and against using the words "accident" and "cause of an accident" and shows how attitudes towards these questions can influence attitudes towards countermeasures.


Objective To summerize some results of non-operative therapy on senile incomplete intestinal obstruction in our hospital.Methods Select 69 cases senile incomplete intestinal obstruction who suit non-operative therapy, review the treatment, and particularly describe the measures of unobstruction and antibiotics used in bowels.Results Of the 69 patients, there are 48 completely catabatic cases and 21 part catabatic cases.Conclusion Old people are charecterized by frequent co-current diseases and poor reacting ability, non-operative therapy is much more profer for them. Somatostatin can decrease the secretion of digest fluid so as to alleviate the abdomen distention; it can much more efficienctly prevent the bowel bacteria immigration and peritonitis that to give the antibiotic agents via venous and gastric tube simultaneously.


Olig2 is one of the most critical factors during CNS development, which belongs to b‐HLH transcription factor family. Previous reports have shown that Olig2 regulates the remyelination processes in CNS demyelination diseases models. However, the role of Olig2 in contusion spinal cord injury (SCI) and the possible therapeutic effects remain obscure. This study aims to investigate the effects of overexpression Olig2 by lentivirus on adult spinal cord injury rats.


: In 2011, 11 May, Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence was signed in Istanbul and Turkey was the first country to sign the Convention which entered into force in 2014, August, by the initiatives of ruling government of Justice and Development Party. The Convention, which is the first binding document on violence against women and domestic violence in the international arena, redefines certain concepts such as woman, domestic violence, violence against woman and gender. This redefinition brought about certain legal amendments and the most prominent one was the No 6284 Law on Protection of Family and Prevention of Violence Against Women. While many feminist NGOs and groups, by drawing attention to the historical and traditional context of the violence, construe the convention as a step towards support and remedial the women's rights, and supported the Convention, for some conservative groups the Convention became the potent symbol attacks to family institution through the intervening years. Hence, during the writing process of this article, on March 22, 2021, Turkish Republic declared unilateral cancellation by a presidential decree. Yet still, the debates go on. This paper intends to analyze the arguments of conservative groups on the Convention.


A zero-index based metasurface (MTS) is used to increase the gain of a circularly polarized (CP) patch antenna. The patch antenna is truncated at its corner to obtain the CP wave. The patch antenna gain in increased by loading the metasurface. The proposed CP antenna with enhanced gain is fabricated and verified experimentally. A measured impedance bandwidth (< –10dB) of 530 MHz and axial ratio bandwidth (< 3dB) of 100 MHz is achieved. The peak gain of 12.15 dBiC is obtained at the center frequency of 7.47 GHz with a better level of cross-polarization.


In this case report a 30-year-old woman was admitted with pain in her right lower abdominal quadrant. The pain had been continuous for the previous 8 hours. She reported giving birth 5 months prior and that an intrauterine device (IUD) had been inserted by a physician immediately after delivery. A physical examination revealed a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius tenderness in the right iliac fossa a normal pelvis an elevated white blood cell count of 16 x 10 per liter and after radiography an IUD was seen in the pelvis. Initially the woman was diagnosed as having appendicitis but during a laparotomy procedure the appendix was found to be healthy. An abdominal exploratory examination was then performed and a mass was located in the pelvis. After dissection of the mass the intestine was found to have the threads of a copper-T IUD lying across it. The uterus was normal. One arm of the IUD had passed through the wall of the sigmoid colon. The other IUD arm had eroded through the wall of the terminal ileum and an ileosigmoid fistula had formed. Intestinal leakage was noted at these wound sites. The IUD was then removed and the intestines repaired. The woman recovered without any additional problems.


The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the eco-efficiency of land use structure in cities of Chinese and optimize this structure.Methods employed include DEA based on eco-efficiency. The results show that there is 9/80 city chosen in this study is technical efficiency and 18/80 city is pure technical efficiency and the number of cities which is technical efficiency is increasing by years from 2009 to 2011.The results show that the improvement of eco-efficiency of land use structure depends most on the improvement of scale efficiency.


«Though truth and falsehood bee Neare twins, yet truth a little older is.» I Much of the contribution of contemporary philosophy to the problem of interpretation in anthropology is not a contribution to anthropology, but to what might be called a priori anthropology (Cooper 1986). This is an armchair speculation, far from the field, about the general requirements of the interpretation of beliefs and other intentional states of creatures understood in a very abstract way, outside their social and psychological context. The philosopher's motto that interpretation (or translation) "begins at home" and that the problems of interpretation are the same for people inside our culture and for people outside this culture serves here as a safeguard against all temptations to tie the ascription of psychological contents to people to the various circumstances of their social life. Thus interpretation, in the philosopher's sense, is from the outset divorced from context, in the sense of the word "context" which presumably interests the anthropologist, especially in this conference. So why bother consider the speculations of philosophers in this domain? Because although interpretation is always interpretation "within" and "relative to" a context, interpretation is interpretation nevertheless, and although the claim that interpretation is relative to a context seems to be almost an analytical truth, or a truism, we still do not know exactly what it means. The present paper falls squarely, I am afraid, within the range of a priori anthropology, but I hope that it will be able to raise some of the issues about the context sensitivity of interpretation that might interest anthropologists. My topic concerns the range of a principle which has been held to be a necessary requirement of the interpretation of psychological contents: the so


The merchandising of Bettie Page since the mid-20 century has evinced her diverse cultural associations at a variety of historical moments. Yet from a contemporary standpoint, the historical narratives prompted in the licensing of her name and image flatten her past into a palatable emblem of 1950s pin-up culture. In this article, I interrogate the ways Page's image has been mobilized since the 1950s. I propose a cultural biography of Bettie Page attuned to her queer communitarian circulation in order to counter the nostalgic sanitation of her image since the 1990s. In November of 2017, several media industry and gay press news outlets announced that Violet Chachki, drag performer and 2015 RuPaul's Drag Race season seven champion, would front an advertising campaign for a Bettie Page-inspired lingerie line by London-based brand Playful Promises. [1] [#N1] The campaign featured photography by Anna Swiczeniuk, in which Chachki's poses, makeup, hairstyle, and apparel evoked a contemporary nostalgic view of Bettie Page's pin-up style. While the campaign was largely applauded, there was a degree of negative criticism in the form of cis chauvinist comments that usually misgendered Chachki, who self-identifies as genderqueer, and asserted that lingerie should be exclusively worn by cis women. [2] [#N2] Playful Promises publicly denounced the negative commentary and posted a five-prong defense of their marketing decision on Twitter. In sum, this statement denounced the transphobic comments, criticized the gender disparities in pin-up fan communities, and suggested the productive use of drag for marketing a product culturally associated with hyperfemininity. [3] [#N3] In a final polemic statement, the brand positioned the campaign and their decision to foreground "a non-binary model who is not a cis woman, shot by a woman, wearing lingerie created by women" as an all-out industrial assault on the male gaze. [4] [#N4] The company's redress assigned a political value to their circulation of the Page brand through a queer figure and by extension framed the consumption of their Page-inspired merchandise as equivalent to a political act. Since the resurgence of interest in Bettie Page in the 1990s, decontextualized nostalgia and generalizable alterity have become two primary facets of Page's star image that maintain her popularity across a variety of subcultures. Contemporary cultural trends position Bettie Page as an offbeat alternative to the nostalgic appreciation of 1950s pin-up culture. Page's dark hair, distinctive bangs, and often kitschy th 11/26/18, 10)56 AM From AIDS-era Queer Icon to Sanitized Nostalgic Property: The Cultural Histories of Bettie Page Merchandise Circulation Page 2 of 18 https://preview.quod.lib.umich.edu/f/fc/13761232.0042.203/--from-aids-era-queer-icon-to-sanitized-nostalgic-property?rgn=main;view=fulltext apparel set her apart from more wholesome associations of popular blonde pin-ups, the Betty Grables and Marilyn Monroes. Yet the actual history of Page's past queer circulation and its regulation is all but forgotten in her contemporary mainstream commodification. The commodification of queer culture has a vast history: in the 1930s Queen Christina (1933) tie-in apparel traded on the distinctively gay camp sensibility that inspired Garbo's wardrobe, [5] [#N5] during the brief surge of "bisexual chic" in the 1970s David Bowie's public self-identification as both gay and bisexual functioned to market his Ziggy Stardust album, and more recently, neoliberal capitalization on diversity abounds. As seen in the Chachki example, Page's property retains a relationship with queerness and sex-positivity, but that relation necessarily privileges self-expression over communitarian solidarity. A critical cultural biography of Bettie Page would be cognizant of the proliferation of access to her persona that defined the queer circulation of her likeness in the 1980s and preceded the aggressive regulation of her image as a media property. This article aims to examine the circulation and merchandising of Bettie Page over the span of several decades. In doing so, it offers a bridge between material culture studies and star studies via an industrial micro-history of the pin-up photograph, a publicity photo repurposed as film merchandise. A broad temporal frame allows a historical and comparative lens for critically engaging with merchandising's tendency to occlude both histories of struggle and the ideological underpinnings of licensing practices. [6] [#N6] In this article I recount and juxtapose the trajectories that Bettie Page's image has taken in three cultural moments from the 1950s to the 1990s. Movie Stars without Movies: Irving Klaw, Bettie Page, and the Mid-century Pin-up Industry During the World War II era, the merchandising of Hollywood film culture created pin-up culture and by extension produced the public persona of Bettie Page. [7] [#N7] This seemingly simplistic observation has been largely understated in both academic and popular historiography of the midcentury pin-up industry. It is also significant because it underscores the formative contradiction of much of pin-up culture: there are "movie stars" without movies. Bettie Page was, for all intents and purposes, a "movie star" at least a decade before she appeared in a feature length motion picture because there was a shared functional origin and resulting cultural slippage between the categories of "movie star" and "pin-up." This slippage resulted dually from the proliferation of non-movie star pin-ups that substituted for a decrease in Hollywood pin-ups, and from the career transitions of successful pin-up models, such as Marilyn Monroe, into movie stars. [8] [#N8] This observation is important to both star studies and studies of material culture since the pin-up was a publicity still refashioned, and eventually monetized, for fan consumption. The publicity photo was one of a variety of marketing techniques for singling out screen talent that, as star studies examining cinema's transitional-era have shown, facilitated the shift from a discourse on acting to an appreciation of individual stars. [9] [#N9] From a material history perspective, industrial conditions sparked changes in the production and consumption of pin-ups by the 1940s as they became viable forms of film merchandise. The mid-century pin-up industry began as the still photo merchandising of stars. The commercialization of non-movie star pin-ups followed a wartime product shortage of "actual" movie star photographs. This product shortage was due to wartime cutbacks generally, studios underestimating the still's profit potential, and conservative public relations practices 11/26/18, 10)56 AM From AIDS-era Queer Icon to Sanitized Nostalgic Property: The Cultural Histories of Bettie Page Merchandise Circulation Page 3 of 18 https://preview.quod.lib.umich.edu/f/fc/13761232.0042.203/--from-aids-era-queer-icon-to-sanitized-nostalgic-property?rgn=main;view=fulltext that considered pin-ups too crass a form of commercial exploitation. [10] [#N10] The reduction in movie star stills effectively created the market for non-movie star pin-ups. In our contemporary cultural landscape, the name Irving Klaw has little resonance other than bifurcated associations that, on initial consideration, do not match up. For fans of pin-up culture, and Bettie Page fans specifically, Irving Klaw more or less means: the auteur behind Bettie Page's "dark side," namely the bondage photos and loops featuring Page. For fans of Hollywood film culture, and for film studies scholars who worked during the 1970s and 1980s, Irving Klaw was known as the founder and collector of a vast for-profit archive of Hollywood promotional materials, particularly film stills, known as Movie Star News. A history of Irving Klaw's commercial operations links these two disparate associations, and reveals Klaw as a missing link between the mainstream Hollywood film industry and the seemingly marginal print and motion picture industries that commercially exploited sex. Movie Star News emerged out of the merchandising of Hollywood stardom in the late 1930s. In 1936, Irving Klaw opened a secondhand bookstore in Manhattan called Irving Klaw's Bookshop. [11] [#N11] Specializing in magazine back issues, the store advertised in the classifieds sections of local newspapers. [12] [#N12] Klaw's idea to sell individual photographs of movie stars came to him when he noticed youths, young women as the myth goes, attempting to cut clippings of movie star pictorials from his magazines. [13] [#N13] The store soon shifted to focus on movie merchandising, primarily specializing in still photographs, but also stocking other forms of Hollywood memorabilia. Klaw's innovation was in realizing that the promotional still photograph could serve both as advertising for the attractions and commodities offered by the movie industry, and as a form of merchandise that promoted itself as a material means for fans to demonstrate their devotion to a star. His operation soon made waves in the motion picture industry as he forged business ties with studios in order to acquire product, and he quickly became known as a crucial intermediary between the studios and picturegoers. By the early 1940s, Hollywood studios and industry reporters considered Klaw a definitive gauge of audience interests. In 1943, Variety devoted a front-page article to Klaw's operation, calling it "the largest mail order film still biz in the country." [14] [#N14] Harry Rauch of the Los Angeles Times bestowed an even loftier international status on Klaw as the "world's busiest salesman of movie stills," and stated that the market information Klaw accumulated amounted to "a box-office barometer for Hollywood." [15] [#N15] Famed Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper even used Klaw's sales numbers as fodder to stir up star controversies. [16] [#N16] Klaw's sales data, keen sense of fan enthusiasm, and


Although benchmarks and control charts are basic quality improvement tools, few surgeons use them to monitor surgical site infection (SSI). Obstacles to widespread acceptance include: (1) small denominators, (2) complexities of adjusting for patient risk and (3) scepticism about their true purpose (cost cutting, surgical privilege determination or improving outcomes).


This shows that employers need to develop a proper and well-structured HRM policies in attaining high work engagement level among the employees.


The "ability to maintain a relatively undepressed production level while infected" was defined as resilience by Albers et al. (1984). In sheep breeding, selection for resistance versus resilience to nematode challenge has been well investigated. A third avenue is breeding for disease tolerance. Differences between disease resistance and disease tolerance have been outlined by Guy et al. (2012) in this workshop. Specific definitions and measurements of resilience used by various authors were discussed by Bisset and Morris (1996), who pointed out that both resistance and tolerance mechanisms may contribute to the expression of resilience, when it is defined in terms of productivity relative to a standard challenge level.


Hydrocarbon exploration and production activities, including seismic operations, emit significant quantities of greenhouse gases (GHGs). These gases, which occur in the earth's atmosphere, absorb and reemit infrared radiation, and are a product of both natural and human-influenced processes. The major GHG is water vapor. Other primary GHGs include carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxides (N2O), methane, ozone (O3) and chlorofluorocarbons. Recently, higher concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere have been associated with human activity, and linked with climate change that has occurred due to rising earth temperature. In view of widespread concern over the effects of climate change several major oil and gas companies have taken proactive preventative measures, which includes reducing the level of emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere from their operations. This paper documents the results of a review of CO2 emissions from seismic survey vessels operated by BP during the period 4Q 1999 through 2Q 2001.


As an important premise for the tourism areas to publicize and promote tourism products,the tourism image must be shaped elaborately so as to realize "harmony" between tourism image and regional structure.This paper discusses the problems existing between the designing and establishment of tourism image of Sanhe Town and the regional structure of the ancient town from four perspectives,arguing that the establishment of Sanhe tourism image needs to reflect the features and implications of the regional structure.


Sparse layer inversion (SLI), like sparse spike inversion (SSI), invokes a sparse reflectivity solution for the reconstruction of noisy seismic traces in the presence of a known, band-limited wavelet. However, solving for layers, i.e. dipoles, rather than individual interfaces, holds the potential for achieving increased detail and lateral stability over that usually achieved with SSI. In this paper, we present the method and show the application of SLI to a complex turbidite reservoir in the UK Central North Sea.


Nitrogen (96 and 192 kg.ha -1 .year -1 ) and K (0, 48, 96, and 192 kg-ha -1 .year -1 ) were applied in factorial combination over 4 years to two creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds.) and one Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) field plot locations (...)


Curtis J. Bonk defined blended learning as a combination of face-to-face and computer-assisted online learning instruction since it was gradually formed after the emergence of the Internet [1,2]. Breen pointed out that blended learning is a learning method that combines online and offline learning activities and resources [3]. The blended learning approach is popular in school and e-learning. Moreover, it is one of the important trends in promoting higher education reform in the coming years. Therefore, it has attracted the attention of international researchers [4]. In this paper, 42 articles in Scopus (established by international institutions) and 30 articles in CNKI (found by Chinese mainland institutions) on the query of "college English reading blended learning" in the field of education were analyzed. Furthermore, CiteSpace software was used to analyze the research hotspots and trends with the keyword clusters and citations that occurred in the last two decades (1999 to 2022) to foresee future research prospects.


When planning software architectures, many aspects of the system to be developed are still unclear. The larger the architecture, the more design decisions it contains and the more uncertainty exists about the system. Even if a detailed design of the architecture already exists, there may still be uncertain aspects, such as user inputs Software systems usually contain data that only authorized persons should have access to. In addition, companies have to comply with laws that specify the usage or storage policies of data. Violations of confidentiality requirements can cost companies high fines. Therefore, it is strongly advised to consider confidentiality compliance in the design process, even if the architecture is not yet fully defined. Previous approaches that analyze confidentiality provide skewed results when uncertainties are attempted to be included, or ignore uncertainty entirely. Currently, to be able to check whether violations of confidentiality policies occur in an architecture, it must be examined where uncertainty occurs and what effect it has on elements in the architecture. Furthermore, a large architecture can become very complex, making it more difficult to find all the places where confidentiality violations can occur. This poses a hurdle for software architects to intercept violations of confidentiality in their entirety and to maintain confidentiality after changes in the design. In this thesis, we present an approach that combines the results of existing confidentiality analyses with modeling capabilities about uncertainties. For this, we develop an algorithm that receives information about the uncertainty, the architecture and the confidentiality breaches that have occurred as input. This results in an analysis that examines uncertainties regarding their impact on a violation of confidentiality and shows a software architect more quickly where and why violations of confidentiality occur. The algorithm is designed for the possibility of future expansion. We evaluate our approach by applying it to case studies and checking its usability and feasibility. Under the assumption that we can describe architectural uncertainty as variations that lead to scenarios of the architecture, the results indicate that the approach can filter uncertainty impacts that are not responsible for confidentiality violations.


Local knowledge regarding 42 medicinal species belonging to 26 families and 38 genera were documented, among them 38 species were angiosperm and 2 were gymnosperm. Asteraceae with 6 species was leading, followed by Chenopodiaceae with five (5) and Rosaceae with four (4) species. The study revealed that 85 various ailments are cured by using indigenous knowledge regarding these 42 species. It is noted that stomach diseases are cured by 11 species, skin diseases are cured by 10 and 6 species are used as blood purifier. Some species have multiple uses i.e. Ferula narthex is used for asthma, as cardio tonic, in cough, diarrhea, gastric troubles, malaria and tooth ache. Capparis spinosa is used as sun block, stomachache, in abdominal pain, typhoid, malaria, in jaundice, as face pack and in joint diseases. In majority of cases decoction is used and roots are also used for preparation of remedies. The stem, leaves, bark, latex and rhizome of various species are also used for this purpose. The plants in the entire valley are under severe threat due to anthropogenic activities, deforestation, medicinal uses, over exploitation, over grazing, over harvesting, soil erosion and unscientific collection. Significant decrease in number of medicinal plants has been noticed in the recent past and it is feared that this will ultimately lead to loss of many important medicinal plants and will destabilize ecosystem, which will ultimately leads to genetic erosion. All these species are growing in the wild except Populus nigra and Salix iliensis. The present study is designed to provide base line information for further research, conservation and sustainable utilization of the plants growing in the valley and remedies practiced by the local inhabitants in the isolated region of the country for improvement of their livelihood.


To acquire projecting angle of projecting light accurately,method for encoding and decoding by combining Gray code with phase-shift is presented in this paper,that can divide projecting angle space continuous- ly.a kind of phase-shift projecting pattern for measurement system and phase equations was presented,then Com- bining phase with Gray code corresponded by sampling points,absolute phase was acquired,and the transfoming e- quations from absolute phase to projecting angle are presented,so projecting angle of sampling points could be de- termined.Period dislocation between Gray code and phase-shift in course of decoding was analyzed and solved,Fi- nally,simulation experimental results are presented.


This paper analyzes the features of motivation mechanism of the library,and expounds the basic principles of and modes for implementing the motivation in human resource management of the library.


The purpose of the study is to determine factors that effect foreign customer loyalty which can contribute as a benchmark for the successful of the TM customer service's
quality program imposed by the company. Research work was aimed to examine the relationship between factors that effect customer's loyalty in TELEKOM. This study
helped determine whether factors that effect foreign customer's loyalty have any impact to maintaining their customer, be it a positive or negative impact. For this
paper, a survey on the impact of factors that effect foreign customer's loyalty were conducted to measure whether or not it has trigger as a reason TELEKOM cannot maintain their foreign customer. 100 respondents were also asked to complete a questionnaire concerning their views on the factors that effect foreign customer's loyalty consists of five sections. The results of this study shows whether there have any relationship between factors that effects foreign customer's loyalty.


In paediatric rehabilitation, cerebral palsy is  considered as one of the likely diagnosis for children   presenting with spastic quadriparesis and developmental delay. The following series emphasizes how in spite of    advances in neuro-diagnostic imaging, appropriate history taking and  clinical acumen are essential to avoid delay in the   accurate diagnosis. In some conditions, the management can be entirely different and a delay in this can affect the   functional outcome of the child undergoing rehabilitation


Different grades of stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric dense magnesium aluminate spinel (MgAl2O4) grains were prepared by a conventional double-stage firing process using two types of alumina and four types of magnesia raw materials. The MgAl2O4 spinel formation was found to be highly influenced by CaO and moisture present in the precursor oxides as confirmed by thermogravimetry (TG), differential thermal analysis (DTA), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. The Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) study of the precursor oxides revealed the presence of moisture. Influence of alumina and magnesia composition on the densification behavior of MgAl2O4 spinels was assessed by characterizing bulk density (BD), apparent porosity (AP), water absorption (WA) capacity, and the microstructures of the stoichiometric, the magnesia-rich, and the alumina-rich spinels sintered at 1650°C for 1 h. Sintering studies indicate that to obtain dense stoichiometric spinel grains with >3.35 g/mL BD, 0.9%, compact (green) density of >1.95 g/mL, and spinel content of >90%. Among various spinels synthesized, the magnesia-rich spinels exhibited superior properties in terms of high BD, low percentage of AP, and low WA capacity, whereas alumina-rich spinels showed inferior properties. Stoichiometric spinels exhibited an average grain size of 10 μm whereas alumina-rich spinels with 90% alumina had an average grain size of 20 μm. The increase in holding time at higher temperatures enhanced the sintering properties of the spinels, particularly the magnesia-rich spinels. Further, raw mixtures having >0.9% CaO exhibited better sintered properties as compared with others.


We construct an oracle relative to which P = NP ∩ coNP, but there are no many-one complete sets in UP, no many-one complete disjoint NP-pairs, and no many-one complete disjoint coNP-pairs. This contributes to a research program initiated by Pudlák [33], which studies incompleteness in the finite domain and which mentions the construction of such oracles as open problem. The oracle shows that NP ∩ coNP is indispensable in the list of hypotheses studied by Pudlák. Hence one should consider stronger hypotheses, in order to find a universal one. 2012 ACM Subject Classification Theory of computation → Problems, reductions and completeness; computation Oracles and


Mobility Robustness Optimization (MRO), i.e. self-optimization of handover (HO) parameters, is a key driver for expanding Heterogeneous Networks (HetNet) while suppressing the need for drive tests. 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) has introduced a scheme for MRO that enables the eNB, i.e. a base station, to detect HO failures while coordinating with other eNBs via the X2-interface (X2-Intf). However, neighboring eNBs do not always have X2-Intf because of technical constraints. In this paper, we propose an inter-eNB coordination-free algorithm for MRO. The algorithm adjusts the Cell Individual Offset (CIO) on the basis of ping-pong HOs and HO failures that are detected by monitoring HO related signaling via interfaces other than X2-Intf. LTE HetNet simulations confirmed that the algorithm was resistant to the detection error of HO failures and its HO performance was comparable to that of an algorithm using X2-Intf. Moreover, the proposed algorithm reduced the total number of HO failures from pico cells by 33% while keeping the ping-pong HO rate at an acceptable level, even with quasi-optimal default settings. The HO performance from the macro cells always had good quality, irrespective of whether the proposed algorithm was used or not.


The last place most people will associate with amber is Scotland. Yet, it is the place where some of the oldest inclusions (from the Carboniferous) in tree resin have been found.

Amber is defined differently by different cultures. Its precise origin is unknown, but is fossilised tree resin and not the sap. Some consider Baltic amber (or succinite) as the only true amber, but most would accept that other fossilised tree resins (such as the amber from the Eocene of the Dominican Republic, or the Cretaceous amber from the Isle of Wight) also exhibit similar properties. It may be surprising to some that the oldest 'amber' (also known as middletonite) to have been found with inclusions was found from the coalfields of Ayrshire in Scotland. John Smith published this discovery in 1894, describing the inclusions as parts of coniferous plants and fungi. Although the actual specimens John Smith studied are now lost to science, new research using some of the more modern techniques like 3D X-ray imaging, which looks at opaque amber, may eventually reveal evidence of such inclusions in this type of resin. There are also folklore and traditions associated with amber in Scotland, but, as yet, no sources for any amber (post-Carboniferous). So where has all this amber-lore come from? It was most likely brought by visitors and immigrants from Scandinavia and northern Europe over the millennia. Scotland has had strong historical and commercial links with these Baltic and other northern amber states that is reflected in the place names (such as John O'Groats or Valtos) and language (words like 'Kirk' or 'Bairn').


In this paper, we explore the role of employee general and specific human capital for the accelerated internationalization of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in the context of Belgium, an innovation-driven economy. More specifically, we look at the effect of employee education (general human capital) and training (specific human capital) and suggest a threshold point, after which additional firm investments in human capital become less productive. We test our ideas using a unique dataset of all manufacturing SMEs in Belgium which internationalized between 1998 and 2005 and followed a strategy of accelerated internationalization (n = 2633). Findings indicate a significant curvilinear (inverted U) association between general human capital (education) and the company's degree of internationalization, while specific human capital (training) is not significantly associated with the degree of internationalization. Theoretical and practitioner implications are discussed.


Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) requirements will continue to influence the future 6G network. While the 3GPP 5G System created a foundation for URLLC, its reliability mechanisms are purely connectivity oriented. Failure handling in the application layer is left to the application itself. In fact, from the mobile network perspective, anything outside the mobile network domain is considered as out of the scope of the 5G system. In this paper, we propose a novel Make-Before-Break-Reliability (MBBR) mechanism with application-network interaction and a new paradigm to detect the application server failures by the network and seamlessly transfer the communication session to the redundant application server in order to realize the ultra-reliable 6G network.


This article considers two possibilities for developing assessment integrated to the pedagogic work that ensures learning for all students. The first one comes from article 12 of Brazilian National Education Law (n° 9.394, 20/12/96), which gives the school the task of planning and implementing its own work. I propose that assessment could be included in this process and done by teachers, students and other professionals of education who work with them so that the analyses of its meaning, purposes, and consequences help to define its content, criteria, procedures, and use of results. The second possibility refers to the courses that prepare teachers and other professionals of education. The articulation between assessment contents they study and the way they are assessed in their courses is suggested.


Abstract Anthropometry and vertebral abnormality in Children with Transfusion-dependent Thalassemia in Phramongkutklao HospitalBackgrounds: Thalassemia is an untreatable inherited hematologic disorder, unless stem cell transplantation, characterized by anemia from decreased hemoglobin production. Growth failure is one of the most common endocrine dysfunction in children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT) Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and associated factors of anthropometry and vertebral abnormality in transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT) children in a single tertiary center. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in transfusion dependent thalassemia patients who had visited in pediatric hematology clinic during 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2019. Collaborators had examined by history taking, physical examinations, laboratory and radiology reviewed. Results: Eighty-one collaborators were enrolled. Mean age was 13.7 ± 6.4 years and 46 of them (56.8%) were male. Pre-transfusion Hb and serum ferritin were 8.0 ± 1.0 g/dL and 1,562 + 1,394 ng/mL, respectively. Twenty-one (25.9%) had short stature determined by predicted adult height (PAH) below target adult height (TAH), 27(33.3%) had decreased upper-lower segment ratio for and 21 (26%) had BMI z-score below -2SD for age. Delay puberty was found in 13.2% of patients. Radiological examinations revealed delayed bone age of 4.9% and osteopenia of 25.9% whereas no vertebral fracture was documented. In multivariate logistic regression analysis (backward Wald), Serum ALP (p=0.009), mean pre-transfusion hemoglobin <9 g/dL (p<0.001), osteopenia (p=0.05) and delay bone age (p=0.019) were associated with PAH below TAH. Duration of chelation (p=0.013) and osteopenia (p=0.015) were associated with decreased upper-lower segment ratio. Low serum calcium (p=0.009), high serum phosphate (p=0.04) and impaired fasting glucose (p=0.004) were associated with BMI z-score below -2SD for age. Conclusions: Anthropometry abnormalities, including short stature, abnormal upper-lower segment ratio and low BMI, are common in TDT children. However, no vertebral abnormality was found in this study. Routine screening program by multidisciplinary team approach should be applied in thalassemia children.Keywords: Thalassemia major, endocrinopathies, growth failure, short stature, body disproportion


We have formed two type very thin whiskers on a diamond substrate using a RIE technique. We have found by observation of TEM that the whisker is a single crystal diamond. Diamond whiskers using O 2 = 100% gas have a size of<200 nm and the minimum size of approximately 2 nm. Diamond whiskers using CF 4 /O 2 =1% gas have a size of 50 to 200 nm and the minimum top size of<5 nm.


When the GPS signal pass through the ionosphere irregularities effect to rapid fluctuation of signal or scintillation occurred. This effect to the GPS receiver position error. This paper presents the error reduction of GPS receiver due to ionosphere irregularities by artificial neural network. The GPS position error depends on the strength of scintillation which measured in scintillation index or S4 index which due to total electron content (TEC) in the ionosphere. We used the measurement data which include the S4 index to analyze and correct the position error by artificial neural network. The result of this research we found the position error can reduce to less than 1 meter. The positions average close to correct position.


Objective To explore the relationship between IL-8 + 781C/T as well as its receptor CXCR1 + 2608G/C gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis. Methods The case control study was used,and genotyping was performed in IL-8 + 781 C / T locus and CXCR1 + 2608 G / C locus in 78 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis( case group) and 97 healthy subjects( control group) by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism( PCR-RFLP),then the correlation between polymorphism in the two gene locus and pathogenesis of pulmonary tuberculosis was analyzed by χ2test. Results The distribution frequency of CC,CT and TT genotype in IL-8 + 781 C / T locus was 82. 0%,15. 4%,2. 6%,respevtively in case group,which was 85. 6%,13. 4%,1. 0%,respectively in control group,there was no significant difference in the distribution frequency between two groups( χ2= 0. 72,P 0. 05),at the same time,there was no significant difference in the distribution frequency of C,T allele between two groups( χ2= 0. 68,P 0. 05). The distribution frequency of GG,GC and CC genotype in CXCR1 + 2608 G / C locus was 83. 3%,15. 4%,1. 3%,respectively in case group,which was 79. 4%,20. 6%,0%,respectively in control group,there was no significant difference in the distribution frequency between two group( χ2= 1. 89,P 0. 05),meanwhile,there was no significant difference in the distribution frequency of G,C allele between two group( χ2= 0. 18,P 0. 05). Conclusion The single nucleotide polymorphism( SNP) in IL-8 + 781 C / T locus and CXCR1 + 2608 G / C locus is not correlated to susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis.


Abstract Wilhelmine Germany's Weltpolitik is widely regarded as a precursor to World War I, as a reckless break from the Bismarckian past, and as a counterproductive form of German deviation from European norms. Yet, when one reexamines certain German overseas expansion schemes between 1897 and the early 1900s, a strong intellectual continuity emerges between the methods of Weltpolitik and wider views about colonial sovereignty. Like Bismarck and other European imperial powers in the late nineteenth century, the actors producing Weltpolitik sought to enlist private businessmen in colonial governance, as well as to parcel and transfer sovereignty as a commodity in places like the Caribbean island of St. John. Counterintuitively, this way of treating sovereignty was highly imitative and compliant with norms, both at home and abroad. It also represented an alternative, at least at times, to a more aggressive course in foreign policy.


Using genetic algorithm incorporated with density functional theory, we have explored the size evolution of structural and electronic properties of neutral gallium clusters of 20-40 atoms in terms of their ground state structures, binding energies, second differences of energy, HOMO-LUMO gaps, distributions of bond length and bond angle, and electron density of states. In the size range studied, the Ga(n) clusters exhibit several growth patterns, and the core-shell structures become dominant from Ga31. With high point group symmetries, Ga23 and Ga36 show particularly high stability and Ga36 owns a large HOMO-LUMO gap. The atomic structures and electronic states of Ga(n) clusters significantly differ from the a solid but resemble beta solid and liquid to certain extent.


The wave of insecurity, terrorism, kidnapping, killing, and shooting of innocent citizens, as well as environmental destruction due to terrorism in Nigeria is of great concern to governments, security operatives and the civil society. Life now means nothing to terrorists operating in the region, as hundreds of people are kidnapped or killed every day. Information about these crimes and atrocities virtually end up on social media with heart breaking photographs, thus bringing down the dignity of man on earth. This paper proposes a geospatial intelligence framework for terrorism surveillance (GIFTS) so that terrorists' activities in Nigeria could at least be digitized on crime maps, and published as an outcome of surveillance research. The framework will enable scholars designated as research associates from Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), and those from 5 other universities in Nigeria to acquire geospatial intelligence and engage in surveillance research extended to selected sub-Saharan African countries. This will be the first of such framework in the region, adaptable by any institution or organization worldwide. Sadly, Nigeria spent millions of dollars sending micro satellites into the orbit, but most regional researchers do not have access and capacity to use the imagery data and information. This model therefore will have state of the art tools to build geospatial intelligence capacity among scholars, government agencies, police and the military, using training modules on 12 project areas.


This paper studies "combat" teaching method in the teaching of serving officers. First, teachers should set up the idea of "teaching for war" through promoting teaching training closer to the forces and teaching cohesion forces training. And then, we have realized "combat" in teaching content, teaching methods, and evaluation mode. Our reform is located in the forefront compared with the similar colleges and universities. The results are valuable references for the post office educational


The need for more reliable requirements regarding the design of structures subjected to earthquake tremors has produced a new term "random vibrations" which has an abstract meaning for structural engineers. The article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of this new method and presents the simulation of earthquake accelerograms using the "white noise" random process. The author concludes that the "white noise" is suitable to be represented as a mathematical model for an absolute random process such as earthquake tremors. It has certain disadvantages which are not so significant, if there is damping in the system, which is always the case with engineering structures. (TRRL)


I N SEPTEMBER 1975 the Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Razak, described the recent resurgence of communist guerrilla activity in peninsular Malaysia as the "New Emergency,"' an appellation harking back to the twelve-year guerrilla war from I 948 to I 960 commonly referred to as the "Emergency." By making the comparison, the Prime Minister clearly signalled the seriousness with which the Malaysian Government viewed the renewal of the communist threat. Indeed, few would deny the gravity of the situation created by the recrudescence of guerrilla activity. Not only had there been a number of spectacular terrorist attacks-the bombing of the capital's War Memorial; the assassination of Perak's Chief of Police; and the grenade and rocket attacks on the Police Field Force Headquarters, Kuala Lumpur military air base and several camps in Johore, Port Dickson and Penang-but also, and perhaps more ominiously, there had been a steady increase over the preceding three years in the number of police and security force personnel killed and injured. Moreover, the communists seem to have been able to attract recruits and solicit at least some support throughout the peninsula. What has prompted and sustained this communist resurgence? What will be the outcome of this "New Emergency"? This article does not provide definitive answers but rather explores some important facets of a highly complex situation-specifically four factors which directly affected the development of the "New Emergency:" the division amongst the communists, the state of the Malaysian economy, the Malaysian Government's policies, and the influence of regional events.


A micro-plasma system was investigated for its capability in additive manufacturing (AM). Micro-plasma AM system has the advantage of lower cost and higher deposition rate over the laser-based AM systems, and generates leaner and cleaner weld deposit than other arc-based AM systems. However, the microplasma system is complex and involves a large number of process variables. In this study, the effects of two arc and wire feed modes on dimensional consistency and hardness were firstly examined. Subsequently, one set of the specimens was further subjected to oxidation tests and the results were compared to that from conventional wrought Inconel 718. It was found that all four processes could produce crack free samples without measurable distortion. Some surface discoloration was observed, ranging from light straw to a purple tint. After heat treatment, the hardness of the samples varies from 403 to 440 HV, with the transverse surface showing slightly lower hardness values. The oxidation tests at 900 °C yielded similar weight change for AM Inconel 718 and its counterpart wrought alloy; however, the rate constant for wrought alloy was slightly higher. Microstructural analysis with SEM and EDS revealed a dendritic structure in the AM Inconel 718 and the presence of Nb-rich compounds in the interdendritic region. The polycrystal grain structure was not delineated in AM material as that in wrought 718. With the increase of exposure time, the oxide layer continues to increase at a higher rate, along with a sublayer of Ni3Nb above the metal substrate. In addition, after 200 hours, the wrought alloy developed porous chromia, while AM material exhibited uneven oxide thickness. In consideration of all aspects of the evaluation carried out thus far, it is concluded that the AM material produced by micro-plasma process is equivalent to wrought material in mechanical properties and oxidation performance.


It is presented the antigenic spectrum and alelofond AEB-locus of reproductive bulls from 5 lines of the Moldavian type of Black-motley cattle. It was found a high frequency of antigenes A 2 , B 2 , G 2 , G 3 , I 2 , O 2 , Y 2 , D', E' 2 , G', O', Q', G", C 1 , C 2 , E, X 2 , F, H'. The highest genetical similitude was found in line Rokmen and Astronavt (r=0,8650). The alelofond of the studied lines in AEB-locus includes 95 aleles. The individual homozygote (Cα) of lines of the Moldavian type of Black-motley cattle constitutes 6,8%.


"TWO-LEVEL OPTIMIZATION OF ORIENTATION AND TOPOLOGY OF LAMINATED SHELLS" This work is a contribution to the knowledge of design methods for composite structures, applying structural optimization techniques to laminated shells. A two level strategy is presented. The structure compliance is minimized in the first level, using the ply orientation as design variable. Sequential Linear Programming (SLP) and the main stress directions are used to optimize the orientation. In the second level the volume of each ply is minimized, using the structure compliance as constraint and the relative density as design variable, also through SLP. A Continuation Method is used to avoid the problem of intermediate densities, dividing the topology optimization level in two or three steps. The formulation developed allows the solution of multiple load cases problems. An eight node degenerated shell finite element with explicit integration on the thickness direction is used to obtain the solution of the laminated shell equilibrium equation. This particular element was chosen to ease the calculation of stiffness matrix sensitivities, needed for the objective function and constraints linearization, thus avoiding the use of numerical differentiation. Results for many types of structures are shown, including comparisons between different loads, boundary conditions, number of plies, thickness, etc. The solutions obtained, analysis approaches and possible applications are discussed.


The article is devoted to the comparative analysis of paradoxical elements in terms of form and composite structure in music of the last third of 20 th century and their reflection in theoretical works by German composer Karlhajnts Shtokhauzen, the collection of lectures about music "Le Figure Della Musica da Beethoven a Oggi" by Salvatore Sciarrino and comparison of musical ideas on sense and nonsense in the treatise of French philosopher-postmodernist Gilles Deleuze "The Logic of Sense". Having assumed that sense origins from absurdity, overturning habitual logic, the philosopher draws unusual conclusions on the basis of L. Carroll's paradoxical thinking. The specific character of a parity of sense and nonsense reflects in the most interesting analogies in the field of the new music, confirmed by theoretical works of the famous composers of last third of 20 th century.


I was lucky - I won a grant from the Soros Foundation for an internship in traumatology at the Austrian Hospital in Vienna. The Trauma Clinic, which consists of four 30-bed departments, is located in a huge general hospital, which can be compared to a city. On the ground floor of this "city" there are cafes, restaurants, a hairdresser, a bank, a currency exchange office, a post office, a library for employees, a library for patients, three churches (for Christians, Jews and Muslims), various shops, etc. You can live in this city for weeks, without going anywhere and without feeling the need for anything. I did not see only pharmacy kiosks. Probably they are not needed if the hospital has everything. Even "Canadian" crutches are given to all victims for free. And there are a lot of patients with injuries (together with outpatients) - up to 200 per day. Fresh fractures try to operate in the first hours after the injury. All operations on the bones are accompanied by control with the help of an image intensifier from Siemens. Any type of osteosynthesis tends to be performed through small incisions. External fixation devices are widely used, including Ilizarov devices. In general, to the name of our brilliant compatriot G.I. Ilizarov are treated with great respect. The clinic staff is multinational. The leader is Professor Vilmos Vechey, originally from Hungary. Before the tragic events of 1956 in Budapest, he wore a red tie and managed to be a pioneer. Then he emigrated with his parents to Austria, where he made a brilliant career. There are doctors from Iran, India, Ukraine on the staff.


ABSTRACT This paper presents an exploratory study describing the adoption of video-based services for in-home rehabilitation and occupational therapy groups targeted on older adults. The paper focuses on the subjectively experienced value of the new service from the perspectives of health care professionals and older users. The service was evaluated in a 10-month field trial. The qualitative data analysis findings suggest that video-based services can be used successfully in establishing occupational therapy groups, and that the therapeutic goals can also be achieved through video-based group sessions. However, some limitations should be considered in the design of video-mediated group sessions, so, based on this study, a set of recommendations are presented for establishing video-based group work.


Background. Germline mutations in certain genes account for a large proportion of inherited risk for breast and ovarian cancer. The identification of asymptomatic mutation carriers could significantly reduce the incidence of these diseases as active risk management can dramatically reduce the risk of developing cancer. In most countries, identifying high-risk individuals is based on their family history. In general, a family is first identified because one family member develops cancer and, because of high-risk indicators is referred to a familial cancer centre (FCC). However, current data suggests that many BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers do not have a remarkable history of cancer in a close relative. Population-based genetic testing would be a far more effective strategy for identification of at-risk individuals. To test the feasibility of such a strategy we are conducting a population genetic testing trial for actionable mutations in 11 breast/ovarian cancer predisposition genes (BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, ATM, CDH1, PTEN, STK11, TP53, BRIP1, RAD51C, RAD51D) among 15,000 healthy women from the Australian population. Methods. All subjects are female participants in the LifePool cohort (www.lifepool.org) who had no personal history of breast or ovarian cancer at the time of DNA collection. Participants found to carry an actionable germline mutation were notified by letter with an invitation to contact the PeterMac telephone genetic counselling service for further information and/or also invited for counselling at an FCC. Only participants with an actionable mutation were notified of their genetic testing result. Results. Of the 5,557 women tested to date, 40 (0.72%) were carriers of mutations that are currently actionable in the Australian context (BRCA1 n=7, BRCA2 n=15, PALB2 n=15, ATM n=3). All 40 women accepted the invitation to attend a familial cancer centre for formal predictive testing. Less than 20% of the women would have met the minimum threshold for clinical genetic testing under current guidelines. A further 16 participants (0.29%) carried mutations in BRIP1, RAD51C and RAD51D but were not notified of the result as these genes are not currently actionable in Australia. No mutations were identified in CDH1, PTEN, STK11 or TP53. Conclusions. A relatively large proportion of cancer free-women from Australia carry high-risk mutations in BRCA genes and subsequent uptake of clinical genetic testing was very high. Population-based genetic testing is well accepted and can identify a much larger proportion of the at risk-population than contemporary family history based approaches. Citation Format: Campbell IG, Rowley S, Devereux L, McInerny S, Grewal N, Young M-A, Lee A, Trainer A, James P. Population genetic testing for breast cancer susceptibility [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2017 Dec 5-9; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(4 Suppl):Abstract nr PD1-07.


Blends and interpenetrating networks of phenolic resins and polyamides were prepared. Control of miscibility was achieved by modifying nylon 6I through copolymerization and N-alkylation. The phenolic resin was also modified by partial conversion of the hydroxy groups to cinnamyloxy groups. The phase behaviors of these blends and semi-IPNs were investigated.


A thesis submitted to Addis Ababa University, College of Veterinary Medicine in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of veterinary Science in Veterinary Obstetrics and Gynecology (VOG)


Multi-Agent system is an useful application flat for plan recognition.CMBPR an multi-Agent collaboration algorithm based on plan recognition is proposed in this article,the coordination algorithm based on plan recognition in adversarial and non-adversarial environment is analyzed,which recognizes and models the behavior of teammates or opponents,then the communication time and difficulty are reduced.This coordination algorithm is applied in Robocup that is the efficient test bed of multi-Agent system,the simulation results indicate this algorithm can predict the behavior of teammates or opponents effectively in local communication,local information or delay information system,then the multi-Agent collaboration is implemented.