In this paper we deal with the preemptive asymmetric stacker crane problem in a heuristic way. We first present some theoretical results which allow us to turn this problem into a specific tree design problem. We next derive from this new representation an integer linear programming model together with simple and efficient greedy and local search heuristics. We conclude by presenting experimental results which aim at both testing the efficiency of our heuristic and evaluating the impact of the preemption hypothesis.


Motiongrams are visual representations of human motion, generated from regular video recordings. This paper evalu-ates how different video features may influence the generated motiongram: inversion, colour, filtering, background, lighting, clothing, video size and compression. It is argued that the proposed motiongram implementation is capable of visualising the main motion features even with quite drastic changes in all of the above mentioned variables.


The dynamics model of multi-rigid body and flexible multi-body in a engine crankshaft system was built for the different analytic emphasis with software of virtual prototype based on dynamics theory of multi-rigid body systems and flexible multi-body systems.Dynamics parameters,such as action force on the crank-pin,piston sidewall force and spectrum line of torsional vibration of crankshaft were calculated form simulated model.Expedience and reliability of simulation analysis of engine crankshaft system based on virtual prototype were confirmed form a point of view,and a foundation was given for the design of engine crankshaft system.


Previous numerical simulations have shown that waves at the wing tips of plane Poiseuille spots grow rapidly as they are overtaken by the turbulent region. Kinematic wave theory is used to investigate the growth mechanism by calculating the amplitude of waves along rays defined by the group velocity. A dispersion relation is found by solving an extended form of the Orr–Sommerfeld equation using spatially averaged mean velocity profiles. The results indicate that the waves grow because of a combination of wave energy focusing and ''cross‐flow'' instability. The exponential growth resulting from the ''cross‐flow'' inflectional profiles is the dominating factor. Good agreement is obtained between the characteristics of the waves calculated by the theory and those found in the numerical simulation.


In traditional strapdown inertial navigation algorithm,the specific force integral term is solved by using a first order approximation method,and the approximation errors' influence on high precision applications can not be ignored.In order to eliminate the approximation errors,an improved strapdown navigation algorithm is developed in this paper.The ground velocity projected in the inertial frame is split into specific force ground velocity and gravity ground velocity.By deriving an analytical formula able to completely compensate the dynamic errors for the specific force integral term,we obtain the exact solution for the specific force ground velocity.By using the same method in solving the gravity ground velocity,we develop an improved strapdown inertial navigation algorithm with high precision under the implementation framework of traditional navigation algorithms.The improved navigation algorithm has overall performance advantage,and its navigation accuracy equals to that of dual quaternion navigation algorithms,but its real-time performance is about the same as traditional navigation algorithms.


There are some problems and misunderstanding in the operation of electric energy measuring assests location system and customer support system,which has effect upon the work of marketing and measuring.The study on above-mentioned problems has accomplished the interface of specific model for two systems.The study has made marketing measuring operate normally,realized the renovation of electric energy measuring management.


This research aims to analyze the social cooperation philosophy of Nhandereko and Teko Porã of good living as a concept of interculturality in the treatment of cultural diversity and the right of the guarani people to have in their culture the mark of their own existence. The hypothesis raised is to investigate the possibility of this dialogue at the domestic and international level with the list of cultural rights recognized in the Federal Constitution of 1988. The text proposes, using the inductive method and bibliographic research to a new concept of interculturality in the treatment of cultural diversity that can be characterized as the interrelationship between cultures in an equal situation in a constant process of learning and communication between people, values and traditions.


8020Background: Patients with R/R DLBCL ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) have a poor prognosis. In these patients, tafasitamab (anti-CD19 antibody) plus lenalidomide (LEN) has ...


Purpose. The present paper studies the dependence of the dynamic oscillatory movements in the area of drill string sticking on the parameters of vibrating mechanism and place of its installation in the heavy weight drill pipe. The authors focus specifically on conditions responsible for resonant vibrations excitation in the drill string, which facilitates the release of stuck drill pipe. The aim is to use the results of the research in the development of the method for vibrator application, to work out recommendations concerning the choice of its installation place in the heavy weight drill pipe, its tuning to the resonant frequency, the choice of induced force amplitude. Methods. The authors proposed a mathematical model of the drill string functioning with vibration mechanism installed into the heavy weight drill pipe. The vibrator is needed to eliminate sticking of the drilling tool. The suggested discretecontinuum model which takes wave processes into account allows to conduct grounded experimental research. Findings. The developed mathematical model served as the basis for designing a computer program aimed to visualize oscillatory processes taking place in the string of pipes, and to calculate basic dynamic and kinematic characteristics of the analyzed system. Frequency oscillation spectrum was calculated for the selected layout of the drill string and the resonant amplitudes at these frequencies. Originality. The proposed technique allows to significantly determine strains, stresses and safety margins in the arbitrary drill string section more accurately and to predict its sticking while drilling oil and gas boreholes. Practical implications. A specific method of selecting a place for the vibrator installation was elaborated. Recommendations concerning the choice of installation site, amplitude of excitation force, resonant frequencies for elimination of pipes' sticking and prevention of drill strings destruction are provided.


Mahmut Şevket Pasha was the grand vizier for a short time after holding important
official positions during the Ottoman Empire. He was assassinated during this mission.
The tomb of Mahmut Şevket Pasha, who played a major role in suppressing the 31 March
Riot and re-declaration of the constitutional monarchy, was built next to Abide-i Hurriyet
Monument which had been built in consequence of those events. The tomb was designed
by Architect Kemalettin and it represents all features of National Architecture Period in
terms of its plan, foundation and decoration. The burial chamber and double-wall dome
of the tomb differentiate the tomb from other tombs in the same period.


This paper discusses the Scottish Law Commission (SLC)'s Report on Similar Fact Evidence and the Moorov Doctrine, which proposes revolutionary changes to the way in which Scots law deals with evidence of the accused's bad character, including his previous convictions. The article sets these proposals in context by explaining the existing Scots law, and comparing it to the English provisions on bad character evidence contained in the Criminal Justice Act 2003. This comparison reveals similarities between the responses of the two jurisdictions. It is remarkable that the SLC did not consider English law to be a viable model for reform, choosing instead to propose legislation which would simply deem certain pieces of bad character evidence relevant in criminal trials. The second part of the paper explains why these proposals should not be implemented.


It is always the top priority for network service providers to provide better Quality of Experience (QoE) for users around the world. Huge efforts have been devoted to Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) streaming, but it is only a passive QoE amelioration method by adapting to bandwidth variations. In this paper, we design a Hierarchical Navigable Small World (HNSW) query algorithm and a classify method to help the content provider improve the users' QoE under the amount of users' playback logs with different network-context features. To make a better prediction for users' QoE and QoE metrics, we also designed a Long Short-term Memory (LSTM) prediction algorithm which can help us make a more optimal changeable features selection by an accuracy prediction capacity. To evaluate the performances, the extensive network streaming experiments are carried out over a controllable network test-bed and real Internet trace. The results demonstrate that the proposed learning-based QoE prediction and optimization video streaming algorithm is able to improve the average video bitrate up to 12%, decrease the startup delay up to 28%, reduce the stall ratio up to 29%, and increase the QoE up to 17% compared to the default scheme, which is the widely used scheme for the most video content providers.


This study aimed to compare the dimensional sta¬bility of polyether (P), addition silicone auto mixed (ASP) and addition silicone hand mixed (ASM) molds after disinfection with sodium hypochlorite 1% (HP), peracetic acid 0,2% (AP), and no disinfection. Mensurations cross posterior arch (CAP), cross-anterior arch (CAA), and antero-posterior on right (APD) and left sides (APE). Statistical analysis (Kruskall-Wallis) showed significant difference only in measure CAP: 1) between P (0,1203% ± 0,0442) and SAP (0,0350% ± 0,0158) disinfected with HP; 2) between P (0,1345% ± 0,1059) and SAP (0,0264% ± 0,0302) disinfected with AP; and 3) between SAM (0,1054% ± 0,0419) and SAP (0,0264% ± 0,0302). Disinfection with peracetic acid and sodium hypochlorite did not interfere negatively in the dimensional accuracy of the impressions tested in this study.


A simple algorithm has been proposed to separate the images of overlapped objects from binary Image. Algorithm is designed using Mathematical Morphological operations and, hence, can be Implemented on parallel machines.


Objective To observe the effect of "Shengbai Tablets" on increasing the numbers of leucocyte, enhancing lymphocyte proliferation and reducing the micronucleus rate of cells.Methods The leukopenia model of mouse was established with cyclophosphamide, and the changes of the leukocyte count, lymphocyte proliferation and micronucleus rate before and after Shengbai Tablets treatment were observed.Results After treatment, the leukocyte count, lymphocyte proliferation and micronucleus rate of the Shengbai Tablets group were ( 7.470 ±1.852)×10~9/L, (14768.23±8316.86) and (6.02±1.72)‰ respectively, all were significantly better than that of the group without Shengbai Tablets treatment ( P0.05~0.01).Conclusion Shengbai Tablets is able to increase the numbers of leucocyte, enhance the lymphocyte proliferation and reduce the micronucleus rate.


Fish have proven to be model organisms for the study of animal personalities, and a rich literature documents consistent interindividual behavioral differences in a variety of species. However, relatively few studies have examined the ecological consequences of such consistent interindividual differences in behaviors in fish or other organisms, especially under field conditions. In this review and perspective, we discuss the factors that may lead to the formation and maintenance of behavioral types in fish populations. We then examine what is known about the effects of personality variation on individual growth and survival, breeding behaviors and reproductive success, habitat use, diet, and ontogenetic niche shifts, migration and dispersal, as well as potential consequences for species interactions and ecosystem functioning. We focus as much as possible on studies conducted under natural or seminatural conditions, as such field studies are most relevant to elucidating the ecological consequences of behav...


Due to the phenomenon of the frequent fault of 35kV power supply circuit, this paper points out the necessary of adopting the fault automatic location and indication system with radio communication mode. The application shows that this system can accurately figure out the branch and accurate place of the fault in time, shorten the time of fault repairing and improve the reliability of power supply, which has a certain benefit of economy and society.


This randomized double-blind and controlled single-center clinical trial was designed to evaluate the effect of a 6-week intake of a probiotic product (1 capsule/day) vs. a placebo on an oxidative stress model of physical exercise (high intensity and duration) in male cyclists (probiotic group, n = 22; placebo, n = 21). This probiotic included three lyophilized strains (Bifidobacterium longum CECT 7347, Lactobacillus casei CECT 9104, and Lactobacillus rhamnosus CECT 8361). Study variables were urinary isoprostane, serum malondialdehyde (MDA), serum oxidized low-density lipoprotein (Ox-LDL), urinary 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxiguanosine (8-OHdG), serum protein carbonyl, serum glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and serum superoxide dismutase (SOD). At 6 weeks, as compared with baseline, significant differences in 8-OHdG (Δ mean difference −10.9 (95% CI −14.5 to −7.3); p < 0.001), MDA (Δ mean difference −207.6 (95% CI −349.1 to −66.1; p < 0.05), and Ox-LDL (Δ mean difference −122.5 (95% CI −240 to −4.5); p < 0.05) were found in the probiotic group only. Serum GPx did not increase in the probiotic group, whereas the mean difference was significant in the placebo group (477.8 (95% CI 112.5 to 843.2); p < 0.05). These findings suggest an antioxidant effect of this probiotic on underlying interacting oxidative stress mechanisms and their modulation in healthy subjects. The study was registered in ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03798821).


Motor Bearing vibration signal contains its operating state information and can be used for bearing fault diagnosis. Facing the nonlinear and non-stationary signal of bearing vibration, the accuracy of existing methods still needs to be improved. In this paper, Hilbert-Huang transform is proposed to process these signals and obtain the time frequency spectrums. Then Convolutional neural network is applied to diagnose bearing faults for its perfect ability of image recognition. Comparing with other signal processing methods, this method achieves better accuracy.


Background Recent studies showed that diabetic retinal neuropathy is an earlier and more dangerous complication and neurotrophin has a protective effect on retina. Objective The present study was to observe the changes of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF),its receptor TrkB,signal pathway protein phosphatized extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase1/2 (p-ERK1/2) and c-fos in the retina after injection of BDNF into the vitreous in STZ induced Wistar diabetic rats. Methods Wistar rats aged 9 weeks-old were randomly divided into BDNF injection group,diabetes mellitus (DM) control group and normal control group and 20 rats for each group.STZ was intraperitoneally injected in the rats of BDNF injection group and DM control group to create the experimental DM.BDNF was intravitreously injected in the rats of BDNF group 2 weeks after administration of STZ in three-day interval for 5 times,and BSS containing O.1% bovine serum albumin (BSA) was used at the same way in the DM control group and normal control group.The retina was isolated for hybridization in situ for BDNF,and TrkB,p-ERK1/2 and c-fos.Levels in retina were detected using sandwich method ELISA. Results The number of BDNF positive cells and the gray scale were lower obviously in the rat retina of DM control group than those of BDNF injection group and normal control group,showing significant differences among the 3 groups ( F =102.36,92.55 ;P<0.05 ).ELISA assay showed that TrkB,p-ERK1/2 and c-fos values in retina were statistically significantly different among the 3 groups ( F =92.54,95.46,94.84,P<0.05 ).The TrkB level in retina was statistically reduced,but the p-ERK1/2 and c-fos levels in retina were increased statistically in DM control group compared with BDNF injection group and normal control group( P<0.05 ).No statistical difference was found in TrkB,p-ERK1/2 and c-fos values between the BDNF injection group and normal control group(P>0.05). Conclusions The injection of BDNF into the vitreous cavity can protect retina from downregulating BDNF and TrkB levels and up-regulating the p-ERK1/2 and c-fos protein levels in the early stage of DM.

Key words:
Diabetes mellitus/diabetic retinopathy; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Signal cascade pathway


Purpose To assess practice patterns and opinions of glaucoma specialists regarding glaucoma drainage device tube shunt placement and post-operative anti-inflammatory medication use. We also assess the perceived need for a randomized control trial to compare them. Patients and Methods An online survey was distributed to a group of glaucoma specialists from the American Glaucoma Society via the American Glaucoma Society forum from April to August 2021. Results One hundred and twenty-eight responses were included. Ninety percent placed tubes in the anterior chamber. Sixty-one percent reported that evidence suggested the superiority of sulcus tube placement over the anterior chamber, whereas 34% reported there was not enough evidence to suggest superiority of either in preventing endothelial cell loss. Comparing these techniques for intraocular pressure control, 49% reported evidence suggested sulcus tube placement superiority whereas 46% reported there was not enough evidence. Over 40% of respondents reported that they were either unfamiliar with literature or that there was not enough evidence to support the superiority of difluprednate 0.05% over prednisolone 1% for post-operative use in preventing endothelial cell loss and for intraocular pressure control. Ninety percent and 81% of respondents respectively would benefit from randomized control trials comparing outcomes of anterior chamber vs sulcus tube placement and post-operative corticosteroid usage. Conclusion Most glaucoma specialists surveyed place glaucoma drainage device tube in the anterior chamber over the sulcus. A randomized control trial to determine optimal tube placement and post-operative anti-inflammatory medication use for preventing endothelial cell loss would change current glaucoma drainage device practice patterns.


Two kinds of ceramic materials are used to load the photocatalyst.The element and capability of these ceramic materials are tested and these ceramic materials that are put in a plasma packed bed reactor are used to decompose gas with benzene.Three results were acquired.


This article explores the history of Australia's engagement with Antarctica through music, from the earliest songs and an opera created by the first Australian explorers to Antarctica, to the popular Antarctic-related classical music of Australian composer Nigel Westlake and the soundscape-based compositions of Australia-based sound artists Philip Samartzis and Lawrence English. Drawing on the field of musicology, but also the scholarly turn to the senses as part of the broadening reach of cultural history, the article argues that Australia's musical engagement with Antarctica constitutes a significant, though understudied, aspect of our aural heritage. Further, deeper and critical appreciation of this music as cultural and aural heritage enhances our ability to reflect on the full extent of Australia's relationship with, and contribution to knowledge about, its 'Great Frozen Neighbour' and its identity as a 'gateway' to the Antarctic region.


Motivated by recent advances in the study of linear time-invariant (LTI) positive systems, we explore analysis techniques of general, not necessarily positive, LTI systems using positive system theory. Even though a positive system is characterized by its peculiar property that its impulse response is nonnegative, we often deal with nonnegative impulse responses even in general LTI system analysis. A typical example is the computation of the <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$H_2$</tex-math></inline-formula> norm, where we focus on squared impulse responses. To deal with such products of impulse responses in a systematic fashion, in this paper, we first establish a construction technique of an LTI system whose impulse response is given by the product of impulse responses of two different LTI systems. Then, as the main result, we reduce the <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$H_2$ </tex-math></inline-formula> norm computation problem of a general LTI system into the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$L_\infty$</tex-math></inline-formula>-induced norm computation problem (or <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$L_1$</tex-math></inline-formula> problem in short) of a positive system, by which we can derive various formulas for the <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$H_2$</tex-math></inline-formula> norm computation.


of (SSc). patients have a worse prognosis than patients with idiopathic PAH. We report a case of a patient with delayed SSc and PAH diagnostics. Limited SSc was established in a 61-year-woman with 20 years of Raynaud's syndrome anamnesis. But diagnosis of SSc-PAH was determined in severe and late symptomatic stage with signs of right heart congestion, NYHA III FC and mPAP 48 mmHg. This emphasizes the need for clinicians to be aware of limited SSc and have a high index of PH suspicion in such patients.


The paper aims to analyse authorship distribution in physics literature and to examine the validity of Lotka's law of scientific publication productivity. A list of journal articles on various aspects of physics research cited in the doctoral theses of University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, South India was compiled for the study. Using 'straight count' of authorship, a total of 1,665 personal authors were identified and 3,367 authors were identified by using 'complete count'. K-S statistical test and Chi-square test were applied to verify the applicability of Lotka's law in the two approaches. The productivity distribution did not fit either set of data for two different author communities when Lotka's law was applied in its original form. This confirms that law does not applicable to authors of the physics literature. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology , 2014, 33(6), pp. 457-466. http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.5477


In this contribution the one year period of the rain rate measurement in the Czech Republic was analyzed. The measurement was located at the experimental site of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics in the town of Hradec Králové. The measurement was performed by a tipping-bucket rain gauge of high resolution of 0.03 mm of rain amount per one tip and by 2D-videodistrometer from Joaneum Research. This study is focused on rain type classification from which the more precise rain attenuation on microwave link can be predicted. Beside description of simple methods using cheap rain amount and rain rate measurement three methods of sophisticated classification (Tokay-Short, Testud and Waldvogel methods) are described and compared using one year Czech distrometer data.


One of the issues I struggle with in gastroenterology is when, if and whom to screen for Barrett's esophagus (BE). Although it is becoming common practice to screen patients with chronic reflux for BE, questions abound pertaining to whether screening is effective, as well as cost-effective, whom to screen and what to do when BE is found, not to mention the issues that arise when dysplasia is found. In light of the enormous clinical and economical implications of diagnosing patients with BE (1), some have questioned whether BE is a reasonable target for screening or whether resources would be better allocated to colon cancer prevention. Most patients agree to endoscopic screening when explained that the initial endoscopy is performed to search for an abnormal lining of the esophagus which, if present, has the potential to lead to esophageal cancer. What most of us do not explain, in any great detail at least, is what happens when and if dysplasia is found. Until recently, the finding of dysplasia led to anxiety on the part of the patient and physician. The potential therapeutic avenues included more intense surveillance or referral for esophagectomy, with its inherent risks and complications. It is possible that if these risks and complications were explained to patients in the beginning, a higher proportion would opt out of a surveillance program. On the other hand, there is evidence that suggests that the majority of patients overestimate the risk of developing adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, and this is worsened in patients who research their condition on the Internet (2), thus making our role as physicians and patient educators even more important. With the advent of more advanced and efficacious endoscopic therapy for dysplasia in BE, one hopes that the transition from diagnosis of BE to therapy of dysplasia will be smoother. DEFINITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY The definition of BE has gone through several renditions to arrive at its current form: the presence of columnar-lined esophagus with specialized intestinal epithelium confirmed on biopsy. In the literature, the length of BE has been classified into long segment BE (3 cm or greater) and short segment BE (less than 3 cm). Although, when first described, short segment BE was thought to be associated with a much lower risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma, current evidence suggests that this risk is still significant and one cannot treat these patients differently than those with long segment BE (3,4). The risk estimation of esophageal adenocarcinoma in patients with BE varies widely, ranging from one per 99 patient years to one per 300 patient years (3-8).


We hereby present a case of a 41-year-old female with hypertension and right mastectomy, who presented with bilateral visual loss, weakness of all four limbs, and livedo reticularis of acute onset and was found to have multifocal areas of infarct in bilateral occipital lobes and left external capsule due to antiphospholipid syndrome. Various differentials in the form of sepsis-induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, posterior circulation stroke, and purpura fulminans confused the final diagnosis of an orphan disease – Sneddon syndrome. This case is reported for the rarity of the disease and the diagnostic dilemmas faced by the nondermatologist in diagnosing this condition even in the presence of striking skin changes.


To create random phylogenetic trees for our analysis, we make the simplifying assumption that the tree branch length distribution follows a log normal distribution p(x) = 1 √ 2πσx e− 1 2σ2 (log(x)−μ)2 , where μ is the expected value and σ the variance of the normal distribution dictated by log(X) ∼ N(μ, σ) [1]. Estimates μ̂ and σ̂2 of these parameters were obtained from version 8.0 of the TreeFam database [2], containing 16064 trees, as follows. Trees of similar proportions to those in our analysis were first selected by excluding those with maximum branch length equal to zero or greater than 100, and those with less than 102 or more than 153 extant taxa (128 ±20%). This significantly reduced the tree dataset size to 397 trees. These contained 92202 branches, which were aggregated. As seen in Fig. I the empirical distribution of the log(branch-length) appears plausibly Normal. The median for this empirical distribution is -2.45 and the mean -2.53 (we use the median as our value of μ̂) and the sample variance is 2.22 (used as σ̂).


This article is devoted to current issues of labor migrants' adaptation. The research is based on questioning 210 labor migrants from Uzbekistan aged 17 to 49, at present living in Saint Petersburg. It should be mentioned that Uzbekistan labor migrants constitute a considerable part of the entire labor-migrant flow to Russia, Saint Petersburg, in particular. The research targets the analysis of personal characteristics contributing to effective adaptation by labor migrants. The research contains an analysis of the system of personality "I"-structures interrelation, their constructive, destructive, and deficient components as well as the analysis of life-meaning guidelines and the system of migrants' family and interpersonal relationships. The outcomes obtained make it possible to examine labor migrants' unique personality characteristics, depending on their attitude toward whether to stay in Russia or return to Uzbekistan, as well as to provide an analysis of migrants' mental health or psychological well-being and to forecast the effectiveness of migrants' adaptation. Two groups of labor migrants — those intending to stay in Russia and those wishing to return to Uzbekistan — differ in a number of indicators. The forecast of mental health or psychological well-being of labor migrants intending to stay in Russia is more favorable. A rather high personal level of mental health and adaptation resources are based on a strong potential of activity, ability to achieve definite goals, and capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relationships. The outcomes of migrants wishing to return to Uzbekistan give us grounds to assume that there exist both threats to their psychological well-being and emergence of psychopathological symptoms. Thus, the forecast of this group's adaptation appears less favorable. Following up, it is reasonable to sort out some groups at risk among migrants wishing to return to Uzbekistan and develop relevant programs of mental-disorder prevention. Nonetheless, we consider the status of both groups to be marginal, that, in its turn, undoubtedly affects the process of their adaptation. The latter is an extremely complex process because, even under quite favorable conditions, it includes many attendant factors.


Physical aggression, common in early childhood, can persist into adolescence, when it is linked with violent crime, school failure, substance abuse,


1. Introduction: The Issue. The use of single letters in displaying patterns, functions, generalizations, and unknowns, dominates mathematical expression, and for that reason, appears in every domain of theoretical and technical discourse employing even the slightest bit of mathematical language. These variables, as they have come to be called, are the very mark of abstract power and precision, ingenious tools for expressing functionality and valid formulae and, thereby, for providing solutions to types of problems as well as facilitating the calculation of unknowns. Compare, for example, the ease with which we grasp and work with the formula, (1) (x −y)


In the framework of the Italian BNCT research program, the low-power (5 kW), fast-flux, TAPIRO research reactor, located at the ENEA Casaccia Centre near Rome, is foreseen to be implemented as the national facility devoted to supply an epithermal neutron beam required for malignant brain tumor treatment[1]. The feasibility to provide both thermal and epithermal suitable neutron beams in the main experimental cave of the TAPIRO reactor had already been investigated. A first thermal column prototype was designed and installed, aiming at the basic trials on small laboratory animals[2]. In the framework of INFN-ENEA scientific collaboration on SPES-BNCT project a preliminary radiobiological study has been carried out on a subcutaneous melanoma tumor model implanted in laboratory mice. They have then undergone treatment inside the irradiation cavity of TAPIRO thermal column, due to the lack of an intense enough thermal neutron source available at the LNL. These


BACKGROUND
Endothelial microvesicles (EMVs) have emerged as markers of endothelial injury. However, little is known about their levels in the coronary circulation of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and stable coronary artery disease (CAD). We hypothesized that ACS patients exhibit a more pronounced increase of EMVs both in the peripheral and coronary circulation as compared to CAD. We also investigated possible associations of EMVs with markers preclinical target organ damage.

METHODS
We enrolled consecutive eligible patients undergoing coronary angiography. Blood samples were collected from the stem of the left coronary artery and the femoral artery. ΕMVs were measured by a standardized flow cytometry protocol. Central systolic blood pressure (cSBP) was measured invasively and patients' history was recorded.

RESULTS
CAD patients exhibited increased levels of EMVs compared to controls. When patients with ACS and stable CAD were compared, the former had significantly increased EMVs in both coronary and peripheral circulation. Importantly, both ACS and CAD patients exhibited increased levels of EMVs in the coronary circulation compared to periphery. In addition, EMVs were associated with cSBP.

CONCLUSIONS
EMVs emerge as novel markers of ongoing underlying vascular damage, further augmenting the vicious cycle of inflammation and thrombosis mainly in ACS but also in stable CAD.


Objective To evaluate the value of exposing recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) during thyroid surgery. Methods The clinical data of 3 216 patients underwent thyroidectomy were analyzed retrospectively, in which, RLN was exposed in 1 447 cases, and RNL in 1 769 was not exposed. Results Three (0.20%) and thirteen (0.73%) suffered from RLN injury in exposure group and in non-exposure group, respectively (χ2=4.47,P0.05). Conclusion Routine exposure of recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid resection reduces the risk of the nerve injury. To avoid this risk, fully aware of the ramifications and variations of the nerve is needed.


AIM: To Study the influence of plasma TG level on the contents of serum HDL subpopulations. METHODS: Classified by the contents of serum TG, the serum level of HDL subpopulations in 106 normal TC and 183 high TC subjects were analyzed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis coupled with immunodection method. RESULTS: The apo-AⅠcontents of per-β_1-HDL, HDL_~3c , HDL_~3b and HDL_~3a were higher in a certain extent in TC high subjects vs corresponding TC desirable subjects. The apo-AⅠ contents of per-β_1-HDL (in borer-line high TG subgroup) and HDL_~3b (in very high TG subgroup) were significantly higher (P0.05 or P0.01), while the apo-AⅠ contents of HDL_~2b and HDL_~2a were all lower in TC high subjects vs corresponding TC normal subjects. With the increase in plasma TG levels, the apoA-Ⅰ content of pre-β_1-HDL increased, and it was significantly higher (P0.05 or P0.01) in borderline-high TG(except TC desirable subjects), high TG and very high TG subgroups vs corresponding normal TG subgroup. Contents of HDL_~3b and HDL_~3a had the same tendency, and in TC high subjects contents of HDL_~3b (in very high TG subgroup) and HDL_~3a (in every subgroups, in which levels of TG were higher) were significantly higher (P0.05 and P0.01) than in normal TG subgroup. On contrast, the apoA-Ⅰcontents of HDL_~2b and HDL_~2a following with the increase of plasma TG levels tended to become lower. Contents of HDL_~2b were significantly lower (P0.05) in high TG subgroup and very high TG subgroup vs corresponding normal TG subgroup, and in TC high subjects contents of HDL_~2a were significantly lower (P0.05) in very high TG subgroups vs normal TG subgroup. CONCLUSION: Our data show the general shift toward smaller size of HDL particle size with the increase in TC and TG levels. Contents of TC and TG are very important to contents of HDL subclasses.


Implementation of Lean manufacturing begins with the development of value stream maps, which depict process flow in the production line. However, the application of value stream mapping (VSM) in modular manufacturing has various shortcomings, due to the variety of products and the level of customization demanded. One of the challenges is assessing the production rate variations in modular manufacturing activities and resource movements within work stations along the production line. VSM also falls short of verifying prior to implementation that the proposed state will meet the efficiency demands for a variety of products. This research presents a model of resource optimization to develop the VSM, considering variety as an inevitable element in modular construction, and also evaluates the value stream prior to implementation. The methodology provides an efficient method to formulate a set of rules to quantify productivity rate, probabilistic duration, and resource requirements for fabrication of wall components. A simulation model is also generated in order to evaluate the proposed VSM. Currentand future-state maps of the factory production line are compared to prove the effectiveness of the proposed methodology. The proposed methodology is validated by a case study – a residential modular factory located in Edmonton, AB, Canada.


Objective: To effectively prevent nasal intestinal tube obstruction occurring in indwelling nasal intestinal tube for patients accepting enteral nutrition.Method: In experimental group,in the case of resistance,pulsed type with 5% sodium bicarbonate solution 10 mL was applied to flush nasal intestinal tube,then closed tube for 30 minutes;The control group was treated by pulsed type with physiological saline 20 mL,then closed tube for 30 minutes.Result: The cases of nasalt tube to be unobstructed in experimental group were more than those in control group with X2 test.There was statistical significance(P0.05).Conclusion: 5% sodium bicarbonate solution 10 mL in pulsed type is adopted to flush nasal intestinal tube,then closed tube for 30 minutes,which proves to be an effective method to solve enteral obstruction.


The time-dependent wave packet method was employed to study the ND+H and NT+H reactions on the modified NH2 potential energy surface (PES) for excited state. All the calculations are carried out using Centrifugal Sudden approximation method. So, reaction kinetics were obtained for different initial rotation quantum numbers. The role of intermolecular isotope effects on reaction kinetics was emphasized.


Abstract A nover route has been devised ofr the preparation of a series of 1-aminoalkylphosphonate deisters, precursors to analogues of a-amino acids. The route involves a ficile bromine subsititution at the 1-position of alkylphonate diesters using N-bromisuccinimide, followed by azide ion displacement and catalytic hydrogenolysis.


We recently introduced a robust approach to the derivation of sharp asymptotic formula for correlation functions of statistical mechanics models in the high-temperature regime. We describe its application to the nonperturbative proof of Ornstein-Zernike asymptotics of 2-point functions for self-avoiding walks, Bernoulli percolation and ferromagnetic Ising models. We then extend the proof, in the Ising case, to arbitrary odd-odd correlation functions. We discuss the fluctuations of connection paths (invariance principle), and relate the variance of the limiting process to the geometry of the equidecay profiles. Finally, we explain the relation between these results from Statistical Mechanics and their counterparts in Quantum Field Theory.


In this paper ,the architecture and mechanism of JAVA3D and JSAPI are analyzed . The construction of virtual scenes with speech interface based on JAVA3D and JSAPI is explained .A scene navigation model controlled by voice is proposed .The key tech- nology in the main frame is illustrated in the procedure of designing and implementing "Auto Showing Query System".


EXTENDED ABSTRACT Language is an interesting characteristic that is unique to humans. Language represents a method of human communication and is believed to reflect a person's view of reality (Kramsch 2004). The words used by a person or a community provide insight into the ideas, concepts, and worldview held by people (Pennebaker et al. 2003). In science, publications represent a primary form of communication of ideas among scientists. Publications provide a historical record of a discipline and reflect the relative interest of a scientific community in particular concepts during a given era (Kim et al. 2018). Consequently, how word use in publications changes over time can provide valuable insight into the evolution of a discipline and help identify possible shifts in thinking of the scientific community (McCallen et al. 2019). Quail science


This, and a companion paper (Lemonnier et al., 1998), present a theoretical model, allowing the assessment of the safety factor of a geosynthetically reinforced slope. The present paper deals with the local stability problem, that is the determination of tension and strain distributions in the reinforcements. The global stability analysis of the reinforced slope, which includes this local stability analysis for each sheet of reinforcement, is described in the companion paper. As an improvement of the French (cid:212)displacement method(cid:213), (Gourc et al., 1986), the present theoretical model for the local stability analysis is based on the anchored membrane concept. Its originality is the use of the variational calculus applied to the equilibrium of the membrane. It allows the determination of the optimal shape of the membrane, which gives the minimal tension at the failure surface. This optimal shape has been found to be a log-spiral. A numerical study shows the in(cid:223)uence of several geometrical parameters on the determination of the reinforcement tension. Finally, a case history comparison involving results obtained from six current design methods is presented and discussed.


In their Rejoinder [arXiv:1105.1316v1], Levin and Pakter repeat some of the points raised in their previous Comment [arXiv:1104.0697v1] (already refuted in our first Reply [arXiv:1104.5036v1]), and present some new ones concerning our recent publication [arXiv:1008.1421]. Their new criticisms are also refuted in the present Surrejoinder, whenever relevant for the results of our Letter. It is our understanding that, in their Comment and Rejoinder, Levin and Pakter do not provide any relevant contributions to the problem addressed in our previous work. We therefore consider the present discussion as closed.


A new edge-diffraction theory for multireflector antennas is presented. It is based on the uniform geometrical theory of diffraction (UTD) and other well-known asymptotic techniques, but is simplified and extended to cover edge diffraction in the presence of several reflector surfaces. The main emphasis of the theory is placed on the transition region around the boundary of the geometrical optics (GO) field. The theory describes the field near the GO boundary in terms of a standard function and a wavelength-dependent parameter Delta rho , where Delta rho represents the lateral extent of the transition region. The field around the GO boundary can thereby be constructed solely from knowledge of the single parameter Delta rho . Formulas are presented for tracing Delta rho along the GO boundary from a diffraction point at a certain edge via other possible reflectors. Existing diffraction theories do not allow such tracing of transition region fields via several reflectors. >


In Tamil Nadu, India, most wind farms established in the early 2000s have reached the end of their expected useful life. These turbines are occupied potentially rich regions, and therefore they need to be dismantled or repowered. These are implanted in 5Dx 7D configuration, and large tracts of underutilized land lie between them. Repowering old turbines and placing solar power plants on the underused land between them will help optimize the use of applicable land, natural resources. The primary purpose of this study is to support the sustainable increase in wind power generation via the repowering of the old wind turbines. A 6 MW old wind farm in Kayathar, Tuticorin District, Tamil Nadu, was chosen as the region of concern in this study. Based on data from the period January 2016 to December 2016, an average annual wind speed of 6.92 m /s at 120 meters height and an annual GHI of 4.92-5.21 kWh/m2/day were observed. Energy estimates were carried out using WAsP and PVSyst software. The analytical data show that when modern wind turbines replaced with old wind turbines with a larger capacity, overall electricity generation increased from 3.50GWh to 40GWh at P90 confidence level with a repowering capacity ratio of 1:1.25 to 1:3 times and an energy yield ratio between 1:1.61 and 1:7.82 times. The combined repowered wind turbines with the integrated solar power system demonstrated significant improvement in the annual energy production in the range of 38-76 GWh/year, reflecting use of hybrid power as a reliable source.


The aim of this study was to evaluate the agronomical performance of old unhulled wheat species (farro) in comparison with an old cultivar of durum wheat, selected for morphological and rusticity characteristics similar to farro, in a drought-flat land environment of southern Italy. The trials were carried out during the 1992/93 and 1993/94 growing seasons. Agronomical responses concerned the behaviour of the different species to weeding treatment (diclofop-methyl, 568 g a.i. ha -1 ) and to three (0 %, 50 %, 100 %) artificial weed levels with Avena fatua and Phalaris arundinacea with respect to grain yield and its components, plant morphological aspects and two qualitative characters. In all of the species the weeding treatment increased the mean values of almost all the parameters analysed except for days to head and grain protein content which remained constant. The effect of weed treatment on the characters considered was a general decrease of mean values when weed level was increased. The grain protein content showed an opposite trend. As far as the grain yield alone is concerned, yielding differential in medium and large farro decreased by 3 % whereas in small farro it increased by 4.3 % vs. durum wheat when no weeding and weeding treatments were compared. Small and large farro resulted more susceptible than medium farro and durum wheat to weed treatment. In fact, these latter showed, at the maximum weed level, the same grain yield loss as small and large farro at the 50 % weed level. Small farro was the most susceptible species, while Triticum dicoccum showed similar affinity and behaviour to durum wheat.


Temperature is one of the main environmental factors which affect bumblebee colonies development. The developing period of Bombus lucoum colonies incline to decrease and the rate of adult colonies goes up when temperature is rising in the range of 25~30℃. The initiation time of queens laying, the developing period of queens first brood and adult colonies are shortest under 29~30℃, but the rate of adult colonies is highest under this temperature. In addition, the number of first generation queens is reached top under 30℃ among the range of experiment temperature.


The construction forecasts presented at the 84th Euroconstruct conference show a strong development in the construction industry in 2017. Total construction output is expected to grow dynamically by 3.5 percent in 2017 (constant prices) compared to the previous year. The favourable development is driven by robust economic growth and its positive implications for household income, corporate profits and public finance. This resulted in slightly higher annual growth in 2017 than expected. Growth rates will slow to some extent towards 2020 in both residential construction and non-residential construction, while civil engineering will take over the role of market driver in the medium term. The civil engineering sector is expected to grow at a rate of over 4 percent in 2018 and 2019, respectively. The Euroconstruct Summary Report provides a macroeconomic analysis and an overview of the European construction industry by sectors (housing, non-residential construction and civil engineering; new and renovation, respectively) up to 2020. – With contributions by Ludwig Dorffmeister, Bengt Henricson, Josep R. Fontana, Pekka Pajakkala.


Csapó B, Széles J, Helbich TH, et al. Histopathologic correlation of high resolution magnetic resonance imaging of human cervical tissue samples at 3 tesla: validation of a technique. Invest Radiol 2002;37:381–385. rationale and objectives. High-resolution magnetic resonance (HR-MR) images of human cervical tissue samples were correlated with low magnification histology to investigate the MR presentation of normal and pathologic anatomic structures in cervical tissue samples at 3T. methods. Tissue samples were obtained from five large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) cone biopsies and one surgical specimen. HR-MR images (3D-Spin Echo sequence: TR/TE: 1500/60 milliseconds, voxel size of 117 × 208 × 234 &mgr;m) and low magnification (5×) histology sections were acquired in the same anatomical planes and correlated. results. In vitro HR-MR imaging of cervical tissue samples correlated well with low magnification microscopic histology, demonstrating normal anatomy (epithelium and its mucus layer, connective tissue of the stroma, glands, blood vessels). In vitro HR-MR imaging adds information about tumor content and margins. conclusions. High resolution MR imaging of cervical tissue samples assists in the identification of both normal structures and pathologic changes.


The composition and distribution of freshwater fishes between wet and dry season at Batang Kerang River, Balai Ringin was studied from July 2005 to April 2006. A total of 473 individuals of fish were caught during the study. More individuals of fish were caught during the dry season compared with the wet season. However, there is no significant difference of species density between both seasons. The dominant species is Oxygaster anomalura. The river contains numerous fish species with the majority capable of enduring extreme conditions. There are significance differences of water quality such as dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen demand (BOD5), depth, total suspended solids, orthophosphate (P034-) concentration and water transparency between both dry and wet seasons.


Based on HNC-21M system, pitch error and backlash error of NC machine and the compensation principle are researched. The compensation principle is used to test actual moving distance of machine tool on 5 different locations with 100mm increments.The calculated average pitch error is 0.058mm and the the backlash error is 0.11mm, which provide the necessary basis for the followed research. The specific software compensation programs and procedures are proposed, validation tests show that this method could improve the accuracy of NC machine tools to 0.0005mm.


We previously reported on a subgroup of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) patients who may also have features of neurocardiogenic syncope as well. In this subgroup of patients, we found syncope and presyncope were predominant clinical features. To understand the mechanism of syncope in this subgroup, we identified 39 patients who underwent loop recorder insertion.


We examined immunohistochemically whether the vesicular glutamate transporters (VGluTs), VGluT1 and VGluT2, might be expressed in synaptic terminals of nociceptive primary afferent fibers within laminae I and II of the medullary and spinal dorsal horns of the rat. VGluT1 immunoreactivity (IR) was intense in the inner part of lamina II but weak in lamina I and the outer part of lamina II. VGluT2‐IR was most intense in lamina I and the outer part of lamina II. Expression of VGluTs in synaptic terminals was confirmed by dual immunofluorescence histochemistry for VGluTs and synaptophysin. Expression of VGluTs in axon terminals of primary afferent fibers terminating in laminae I and II was also confirmed immunohistochemically after unilateral dorsal rhizotomy. The dual immunofluorescence histochemistry indicated expression of VGluTs in substance P (SP)‐containing axon terminals in lamina I and the outer part of lamina II. Electron microscopy confirmed the coexpression of VGluTs and SP in axon terminals within laminae I and II; VGluTs was associated with round synaptic vesicles at the asymmetric synapses. It was further observed that isolectin IB4, a marker for unmyelinated axons, often bound with VGluT2‐immunopositive structures but rarely with VGluT1‐immunopositive structures in lamina II. Thus, the results indicated in laminae I and II of the medullary and spinal dorsal horns that both VGluT1 and VGluT2 were expressed in axon terminals of primary afferent fibers, including SP‐containing nociceptive fibers and that VGluT in unmyelinated primary afferent fibers terminating in lamina II was primarily VGluT2. J. Comp. Neurol. 457:236–249, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Abstract : The work dealt with the observation of the interaction between a neutral molecule or atom and a metal surface. This interaction leads to an attractive force between the surface and the molecule. The force has not heretofore been directly observed; molecular deflections were observed during this project that can only be ascribed to the force in question. (Author)


This research examines the incidence of mimetic strategies by a heterogeneous population of firms considering expanding their scope of production into national environments characterized by varying levels of uncertainty. Specifically, the paper examines the choice by 1,658 Japanese multinational corporations as to where among the possible set of 155 countries to locate their manufacturing plants over the period 1990-96. This setting allows us to overcome a common shortcoming of organizational studies that link mimetic strategies to uncertainty. By exploiting international and inter-organizational cross-sectional and intertemporal variation in the level of uncertainty, we are able to demonstrate not only that mimetic strategies are pursued, but also that they are more commonly pursued when the level of uncertainty is high. We rely upon observable cross-national differences in the structure of a country's political environment to craft an internationally comparable measure of policy uncertainty in a potential host country. We then divide firms into two groups: those with and without the direct organizational experience in a country. We then demonstrate that controlling for the level of policy uncertainty, those firms without direct organizational experience are more likely to pursue mimetic strategies. By leveraging both countryand firm-level variation in the level of uncertainty, we are able to explicitly link the adoption of mimetic strategies to the level of uncertainty faced by a firm.


The fluorescent bands produced in chromosomes by quinacrine derivatives, although highly acid-labile, have been shown to be resistant to digestion by snail gut cytase. This enzyme may therefore be used to soften plant root-tips and so facilitate the production of flat, unbroken mitotic-metaphase plates for fluorescent-banding studies. The roots are fixed in 3:1 absolute alcohol:glacial acetic acid then thoroughly washed in water. The washed roots are then dipped in undiluted cytase and digested for either 2 hrs at room temperature or overnight in a domestic refrigerator. Next they are squashed on a slide and stained in 0.5% aqueous quinacrine hydrochloride for 10–15 minutes at pH 6.2. After washing in three changes of water they are mounted in water. The coverslips are sealed on with clear nail varnish.


Microfluid cooling solution is one of the most effective techniques for thermal management of high heat fluxes. A jet-based Si microcooler with multiple drainage microtrenches (MDMTs) has been developed for microelectronic thermal management. Integrated with MDMT in hybrid microcooler, the negative cross-flow effect between nearby nozzles is eliminated, and thus fully developed jet impingement can be enabled for each nozzle. An inlet/outlet flow arrangement layer has been introduced to achieve uniform pressure distribution. The effects of three types of arrangement structures on the hydraulic and thermal performance of microcooler have been analyzed and compared. Two different thermal/fluid simulation models have been constructed for microcooler design. The test vehicle with the new nozzle/trench layer is fabricated using double-side deep reactive-ion etching process. Assembly of the stacked microcooler and Si thermal test chip is finished through two-steps optimized thermal compression bonding process. With 0.05-W pumping power for the microcooler, the heat dissipation of 260 W/cm2 has been demonstrated, and the chip temperature can be maintained under 51 °C. Excellent agreement has been obtained between experimental and simulation results. With the MDMT, enhanced-microjet array impinging has been achieved, and uniform chip temperature distribution is obtained.


Civil society organizations in Mexico most frequently go through diverse political, economic and social challenges, which is why it is necessary to generate adjustments in their strategies so that they strengthen and achieve a greater scope in the fulfillment of their mission. The objective of this document is to show the main results of two qualitative investigations, exposing the internal aspects studied and analyzed that exemplify the challenges that CSO face against a demanding reality that needs continuous improvements. Finally, this article shows a perspective that opens up new proposals for research, analysis and organizational intervention.


Intensification of agricultural practices has reduced soil biodiversity in cultivated fields. The use of organic farming and of low-input cropping systems could be beneficial to soil organisms but their actual impacts on soil biodiversity have not been sufficiently investigated. Earthworm species, which have important agro-ecological functions, may be affected by pesticides applications but pesticide effect may vary among species depending on their location in the soil. The purpose of this study is to establish relationships between a pressure indicator i.e., Treatment Frequency Index or TFI, and an impact indicator i.e., earthworm density. Densities of three earthworm species in contact with soil surface i.e., Lumbricus castaneus, Lumbricus terrestris and Allolobophora chlorotica, were measured in 15 site years cultivated with conventional cropping system and in 15 site-years with organic systems near Paris, France. TFI were calculated on the different plots for herbicides, insecticides,fungicides, and all pesticides. Two types of statistical models were fitted to the data and were used to predict earthworm densities in function of the four types of TFI. Results showed that an increase of TFI had significant negative effects on earthworm densities, but that the extend of these effects depended on both pesticide type and earthworm species; insecticides were most harmful for earthworms than herbicides and fungicides and species leaving the more in contact with soil surface were more affected by pesticides. Our study showed that the density of L. castaneus could be multiplied by four in agricultural fields if the TFI is halved in the future


In order to meet the stringent requirements of fusion power supply for large-scale fusion devices, the J-TEXT engineering team has carried out key technology research and applications in several important directions of fusion power supply. This article presents the advances made by the J-TEXT engineering team in recent years in the following areas: (1) high-voltage power supply for auxiliary heating system; (2) breakdown protection device for auxiliary heating power supply; (3) magnetic field compatibility; (4) high-voltage pulsed power supply for field reversed configuration; (5) large physics experimental facility control system. The research backgrounds, technical progress, test results, applications, summaries and prospects are described in detail in each part. These innovative research results and valuable engineering experience can promote the progress of fusion power supply technology, and also lay a foundation for the development of power supplies with higher parameters in the future.


It will be described with aliphatic and / or cycloaliphatic diols, to a process for the preparation of polyesters of aromatic dicarboxylic acids, wherein a present in a saturated solution aromatic dicarboxylic acid in the presence of a monocarboxylic acid or a mixture of a monocarboxylic acid with water or in another suitable solvent with an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diol is converted to a Dicarbonsaurealkandiolestercarboxylat and / or oligomers thereof, which are polycondensed to the polyester in further process steps.


This research is motivated by the difficult problem of giving recommendation of android smartphone according to user requirement and difficulty determine alternative product like brand, type, and specification criterion for selection of android smartphone. Researchers apply the Weighted Product method in calculating the recommendation of android smartphone. Researchers also apply prototyping method as system development method in this research. Data collection and user needs are done by conducting structured interviews on smartphone reviewers from Getective.com, non-direct observation through internet media and literature studies such as reading books, journals and websites as a supporting reference for this research. Through the process of research that has been done and the application development process that has been going on, the researchers concluded that the Weighted Product method is proven to provide recommendations android smartphone that suits the needs of prospective users and smartphone selection applications that researchers create, proven to facilitate users to get recommendations android smartphone according to their needs. Keywords: Weighted Product, Smartphone, Decision Support System, Android


The accomplishment of prevention in Public Health requires a systematized knowledge for the proposition of a program and its evaluation. When it comes to the prevention of Mental Deficiency, which afflicts around 10% of the population, little is known in Brazil. By adopting a methodology for cataloging MD preventive actions in hospitals and health units, with pregnant women and newborns, it was possible to describe and analyze the actions of the public health system in Greater Vitoria/ES, indicating the levels of prevention which were most covered. Preventive actions (PA) of five large public hospitals, nine health units and six health offices, from 1996 to 1997 were studied. Data from 25 interviews show that these places made 51.5% of the 433 possible PA (57.4% of primary prevention and 45.5% of the secondary). Along with the particularization of the action of each municipality and place researched, the obtained data was useful for analyses and possible changes in maternal-infantile health indicators.


We examined avifaunal literature of the states and provinces of western North America to gather evidence of population changes in landbirds over the past 100 years, and we analyzed population trend ranks (PTRs) developed by Carter and Barker for migratory landbirds from 26 years of North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data for western states. We identified 75 native landbird species whose breeding populations decreased substantially in at least one state or province in the past 100 years and 65 species that increased. Destruction of riparian habitat, destruction ofgrasslands, shooting, overgrazing, logging and clearing of forests, and cowbird parasitism were the major factors responsible for the decreases, while increased agricultural, suburban, and urban development and irrigation were the major factors responsible for the increases. We identified 58 species of migratory landbirds that showed decreasing population trends in either the past 26 or past 13 years, 44 species that showed increasing trends, and 35 species that showed no trends. Significantly more short-distance migrants decreased during the past 26 years than increased (P < 0.001) but no such relationship existed for long-distance migrants, which generally showed fewer and smaller decreasing trends and more increasing trends than short-distance migrants. Populations of most shortand long-distance migrants generally fared better during the past 13 years than during the past 26 years. Our results qualitatively agree with other analyses of BBS data that do not include information on the magnitude or uncertainty of the population trends, but quantitatively tend to show more and stronger negative trends. Finally, we discuss limitations of BBS data and suggest key elements for an integrated population monitoring system for western landbirds.


Objective: To determine the extent of use of the Rivermead Mobility Index (RMI) in published research and document findings relevant to the RMI in that research. Design: Literature search and document analysis. Results: Eight research articles in which the RMI was used were found. The RMI was described as reliable, correlated with other published scales, and responsive to changes over time. Conclusions: The RMI possesses characteristics desirable in a measurement scale. It warrants broader application.


The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus and method for a nonvolatile memory, and more particularly, to a plurality of letter units to support the data processing apparatus and method for a nonvolatile memory that is for the sector. Data processing apparatus and method for a non-volatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention are collectively a block write data to the nonvolatile memory, when a user of the write request, the block including a plurality of blocks following the data written corresponding to the operation processing, and the operation process of enabling the block to include a management unit for managing the status of the block. A nonvolatile memory, the mapping table, FTL


A novel topology of high-speed Switched Reluctance Machine (SRM) for high-performance traction applications is presented in this article. The target application, a Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) in the sport segment poses very demanding specifications on the power and torque density of the electric traction machine. After evaluating multiple alternatives, the topology proposed is a 2-phase axial flux machine featuring both segmented twin rotors and a segmented stator core. Electromagnetic, thermal and mechanical models of the proposed topology are developed and subsequently integrated in an overall optimisation algorithm in order to find the optimal geometry for the application. Special focus is laid on the thermal management of the machine, due to the tough thermal conditions resulting from the high frequency, high current and highly saturated operation. Some experimental results are also included in order to validate the modelling and simulation results.


In order to find new inhibitors of carbon steel corrosion,polarization,AC impedance methods were used to study the inhibition effect of ATA and the complex of ATA and PASP for carbon steel corrosion in 3.5% NaCl solution,and the corrosion morphology of carbon steel was investigated after immersion in 3.5% NaCl without and with the complex separately.The results indicate that ATA has great inhibition effect for carbon steel corrosion,and it is a cathodic inhibitor,especially at the ATA concentration of 25 mg/L,the corrosion inhibition efficiency is up to 93.51%.The complex of ATA and PASP shows synergistic effect for carbon steel corrosion,furthermore,at the ATA concentration of 15 mg/L and the PASP concentration of 10 mg/L,the complex shows the optimum inhibition effect for carbon steel corrosion,and the corrosion inhibition efficiency highly reaches 99.89%.


Inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) uses the target's motion to generate images on the range-Doppler plane. In the conventional ISAR system, the Doppler spectra are computed by the Fourier transform. Due to the target irregular translational and rotational motion, the Doppler frequencies change over the time. Consequently, the Fourier transform based ISAR image may become blurred. To overcome this problem, the joint time-frequency transform is introduced to estimate the Doppler spectra. Because the joint time-frequency transform is able to resolve the instantaneous Doppler frequencies, the resolution of the resulting ISAR images are significantly improved. Moreover, the proposed ISAR system is not only effective, but also amenable to hardware implementation.


The goal of a sustained release dosage form is to maintain therapeutic blood or tissue levels of the drug for an extended and specified period of time. This is generally accomplished by attempting to obtain "zero-order" release from the dosage form. Zero-order release constitutes drug release from the dosage form which is independent of the amount of drug in the delivery system (i.e. a constant release rate). Sustained-release systems generally do not attain this type of release and usually try to mimic zero-order release by providing drug in a slow first-order fashion (i.e., concentration release dependent). Systems that are designated as prolonged release can also be considered as attempts at achieving sustained-release delivery. Based on the in vitro drug released characteristics, entrapment efficiency and t25, t50 and t90 values, the formulation F3 was found to be best formulation. By increasing the concentration of polymer, decreased the rate of drug released. According to stability study it was found that there was no variation in Percentage yield, Entrapment efficiency, and in vitro drug released profile of selected formulation F3 at specified period. The formulation F3 was concluded best formulation among the formulations were prepared.


Method and system for monitoring a plurality of network segments in a local area network within a selected geographic region is provided. The monitoring is performed to check compliance with one or more wireless security policies. The method comprises providing a network monitoring device and coupling the network monitoring device to a connection port of the local are network. Moreover, the method includes providing one or more sniffers that are adapted to interact with a wireless medium. The sniffers are spatially disposed within and/or in a vicinity of the selected geographic region. The method includes determining a connectivity status of at least one wireless access device to the local area network.


AbstractVarious imaging systems are producing complex data that improve our understanding of physical and biological coupling in the ocean. In-situ shadowgraph imaging is one sampling technique that captures detailed biological information for a wide range of plankton with
 differing body compositions (e.g., gelatinous to crustacean) in their natural orientations, as well as small-scale physical changes. When combined with rapidly advancing computer vision methods and high-resolution oceanographic observations, shadowgraph imagery holds promise for generating
 new discoveries in ocean science that are only limited by our creativity in asking new questions.


The contribution of the prestress force on the shear capacity is existed, which is explicit on the vertical component of the prestressed reinforcement in the domestic and foreign standards, but the research on the contribution of horizontal component of prestressed reinforcement is little. Based on the analysis of prestressed concrete T beams, the proposed formula for the shear action of horizontal component of prestressed reinforcement is put forward.


Elastic-plastic constitutive equation taking account of particle size S. Takashima1, N. Miyazaki2, T. Ikeda3 and M. Nakagaki4 Summary Composite materials have complicated microstructures. These structures affect macroscopic deformation. In this study, we focus on the particle size effect in composite materials. For this purpose, we derived an elastic-plastic constitutive equation considering size effect by using Eshelby's theory and the strain gradient theory of plasticity. We performed a homogenized finite element analysis using the elastic-plastic constitutive equation. The results obtained from the analysis show increase of the strength with decrease of the particle size in composite materials.


Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is one of the plantation crop that has high economic value. Therefore it is important to carry out cacao cultivation as recommended. The objective of this study was to collect data on the cultivation characteristics on smallholder cacao plantations where located in Panti Sub-district, Pasaman District. This research was conducted from August until November 2021 in Panti Sub district, Pasaman District the present research was carried out using a survey method by purposive sampling, with the criteria that cacao crops have produced and the sample includes 10% of the smallholder cacao crops area in Panti Sub-district, pasaman District. The aspects that are included in the characteristics of cacao cultivation are in terms of land preparation, crop maintenance, the techniques for pest and disease control, as well as aspects of harvest and yield. The results showed that 80% of cacao farmers in Panti Sub-district had carried out cacao cultivation according to Puslitkoka standards, but its 20% have not carried out cacao cultivation according to the recommendations, including the aspects of land preparation, crops maintenance, and harvestthat were not appropriate the origin of planting material was unclear, unknown of the clone types, pest and disease attacks are still high and sanitation activitie. Are irregular.


The need for practical equipment in the vocational high school (VHS) program is necessary. However, due to some difficulties such as the pricey of available training kit in the market caused that most student could not get appropriate practical work equipment. One of the important facilities is a training kit that encouraged the student to learn the Internet of Things. This study describes the design of the Internet of Thing Training Kit based on ESP-32 (IoTTK32). A set of IoT training module has been designed. Through research and development approach, the researcher has constructed a low-cost IoT trainer that can be used in industrial practical work. The results of the examination show that produced IoT kit could be used in formal practical work of industrial automation related to the industrial 4.0 evolution.


The purpose of this study is to study the influence of TMT heterogeneity on corporate social responsibility performance (csp) of listed companies under the institutional background of China. In this paper, the data of listed companies are collected and analyzed by citespace, Python and stata. The results show that the heterogeneity of top management team's age and social capital have a significant positive impact on corporate social responsibility performance, while the heterogeneity of education level has a negative impact on corporate social responsibility performance. At the same time, the regulatory role of government intervention only plays a role between the heterogeneity of top management team's age and social responsibility performance. This paper helps us to understand the influence of TMT heterogeneity on social responsibility performance csp in the local environment.


In many industrial processes its common to observe a number of oscillating measurements. It is important to detect the source of these oscillations and rectify the situation in order to improve the overall performance of the process. The first step in detecting the source of these oscillations is to group measurements with similar harmonics together. In this paper, we make use of a technique called spectral envelope to solve this problem. We also compare this technique with other commonly used methods and present a few examples.


This study aims to explore the interlanguage developed through oral communication between Malay speakers and non-Malay speakers. Hence, it was conducted to identify and analyze the process at which interlanguage was formed in the conversation between Malay and non- Malay students. This is a field study and data were collected using observation method, where data of interlanguage used in the conversation were recorded using a recorder. The study was carried out at the Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia. A total of 20 students which comprised 11 Malay speakers and 9 non-Malay speakers were recruited for the study using nonprobability purposive sampling technique. The recorded data were transcribed and analyzed based on the process involved in the formation of interlanguage suggested by Selinker. The results showed that all five processes of interlanguage were used by Malay and non-Malay speakers. In addition, the analysis revealed that communication strategy process was significantly used to create interlanguage compared to language transfer process, transfer of training, communication strategy, language learning strategy and excessive generalization of linguistics. It also indicated the use of interlanguage was run smoothly and understood by both sides in their interaction and communication.


This paper presents a methodology for prioritizing bus locations of a power system for PMU placement. This is based on the identification of strategically important locations of power systems using eigenvalue analysis of the measurements of the system variables. The eigenvalue analysis was implemented using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and the methodology was tested on the IEEE 118-bus system. The methodology was validated by demonstrating the effectiveness of monitoring the identified strategically important locations of the IEEE 118-bus system in ensuring steady state system security.


1. Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2. Oral Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania 3. Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania


canine distemper is a fatal disease in dog,which is commonly associated with nervous disturbances.In the present paper,the neuropathological changes and its mechanism were reviewed.At last,the possible several cure advice was put forward.


The article is devoted to improving the efficiency of the food enterprise by developing and implementing an automated control system for the technological manipulator on the line of filling and labeling of food beverages using intelligent technologies. The article defines the relevance of the topic, provides a literary review of production lines for filling and labeling of food products, and analyzes the work on mathematical modeling of the kinematics and dynamics of machines and aggregates combined in food production lines, taking into account their interaction, their interaction with the environment. The necessity of solving kinematic problems, especially problems of reverse kinematics of the robot manipulator, is shown. The analysis carried out in the work showed. that the existing universal algorithms for calculating kinematics are simple to write in General, but due to a number of unavoidable disadvantages of resource consumption and have in some cases a large computational error. If technological manipulators are forced to work in areas where this method leads to significant computational errors, this may slow down the movement of the manipulator, which also leads to a decrease in productivity, or require forced changes to the operating mode in order to remove the working body from the center of the working area, which will take up more space for each manipulator. Therefore, instead of using a universal algorithm for calculating kinematics, it is proposed to use a set of simple trigonometric expressions for the conditions of specific movements, which allows maintaining the required accuracy throughout the entire working area. To control the manipulator, find the optimal trajectory, and interact with the reality model program (in the SolidWorks environment), we used programs created in the LabVIEW environment with NI-SoftMotion tools as a controller for controlling the position of the model. To automate the quality control of filling and labeling of food products and modernize the control system of the technological manipulator, algorithms for solving the inverse kinetic problem for robots such as PUMA, SCARA and KUKA, as well as software that implements the developed algorithms, have been developed. The results of the analysis of the use of the optical product recognition system, which takes into account the joint movement of the manipulator and the products, are shown. As a result of the research, a system of virtual prototyping of the mechatronic system has been developed, which allows selecting the manipulator motion control controller and the required motors and parameters for optimizing the filling line and labeling of food products using intelligent technology. Based on the results obtained, an improved model of the Puma 560 robot has been developed, which includes means for moving the manipulator using intelligent technologies, which will increase the efficiency of the filling line and food labeling, and improve their quality indicators.


The utility model relates to an ultrathin abrasive cutting wheel sheet. One layer of glass fiber grid cloth is added to the middle of an abrasive wheel sheet of which the structure is divided into an upper abrasive wheel layer and a lower abrasive wheel layer, and the middle of the abrasive wheel sheet is the layer of glass fiber grid cloth. The utility model has the advantages of favorable shock resistance, high intensity and cutting efficiency, no breach in application, high safety and reliability.


Ten years of intensive research in Belgium are reviewed here, with performance results of different demolition techniques including their comparative costs and practicality on site. The precautions needed when using recycled concrete as aggregate are then explained, revealing the importance of prior saturation of the recycled aggregate and the crucial influence of the water/cement ratio on fluidity, compressive strength and density of the resulting concrete. The authors work at the Belgian Building Research Institute (CSTC).


A survey of the round worm, Ascaris lumbricoides was conducted among children aged 3 – 18 years in communities within Izzi local government area in Ebonyi state, Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to determine the incidence of the round worm among the children in the local government. A total of 300 faecal samples collected from the communities in the area were examined using the sodium chloride concentration method, out of which 15 (5.0%) were infected with the parasite. A total of 161 males and 139 females were sampled. The incidence among females (5.8%) was higher than males (4.3%). Age group 16 – 19 years had the highest percentage infection (11.1%). Those that mostly defecate in the bush had a higher incidence (5.1%). The incidence for those that mostly eat raw vegetables and fruit was higher (5.8%) than for those that do not. Worm expulsion was directly related to infection with an incidence of 14.8%. Incidence for those that passed out blood-stained stool was higher (9.3%). Results obtained implicated those that obtain their drinking water from ponds to be the most infected (6.7%). Using T-test and ANOVA to analyse the various parameters, the result obtained indicates that ascariasis is insignificant in the area which could be attributed to a mass treatment and awareness campaign by the government in recent time. Moreover, it is envisaged that improvement in personal hygiene and sanitation augmentation with the appropriate anthelmintics will prevent re-infection and infection from other intestinal nematodes.


Rail transport conveyer is special transportation equipment that is widely used in the field of metallurgical industry. It is the key to ensure equipment operation efficiency on a production site. But the low lift system efficiency and poor reliability are difficult technical problems in the enterprise. In this case, rail transport conveyer uses the worm gear and screw nut lifting mechanism. The project carries on rail vehicle lifting system modeling and dynamic simulation study through Solid Edge ST5 and ADAMS, combined with simulation technology, virtual prototype design. Research purpose is in order to match the coefficient of friction between the screw and screw nut better, and to match different speed ratio for the drive gear pair and the lifting mechanism being in empty back to travel and work schedule. Another aim is to match the speed of the lifting speed and walking speed, and to reduce the error probability. Results show that the motor can get better speed matching relation with lifting mechanism through research, further optimizing the structure of lifting system parameters. Through the analysis and structure optimization, we can improve the reliability of rail transport vehicle lift system, and implement efficient fast for copper anode lifting and positioning precision. The ultimate goal is to achieve vertical hanging in electrolytic cell anode plate, and to make electrolytic operation to achieve the best state.


This study presents a novel strategy to characterize and remove non-nuclei signal (noise) in histopathological images stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H and E), a preprocessing step to improve traditional nuclei segmentation methods. Any non nuclei structure is mapped to a noiselet space at different resolution levels where a classic classifier is trained to recognize the noiselet coefficients of this projection. The proposed approach was evaluated with two multi-organ datasets manually annotated, comparing the nuclei segmentation obtained by a watershed algorithm plus the presented approach against the watershed method alone. An average Dice Score in these datasets (MICCAI Challenge and TCIA) of 70.2 and 59.6 was obtained by applying the herein introduced method, while the obtained Dice Score with only the watershed method was of 66.7 and 55.5.


The intellectual data acquisition board for multi--path inApple Ⅱ microcomputer with ADC 0809 and other package is discussed inthis paper. The hardware configuration and software dasign is presented indetail.


A part–time degree programme has been run at the Liverpool John Moores University, formerly Liverpool Polytechnic, for some 20 years without any systematic attempt to evaluate its effects on students. An evaluation was begun by focusing on graduates of the programme who entered between 1992 and 1994 and continued with recent part–time students. During the academic year 2003–2002 there were 85 such students and information on the characteristics of the group was readily available from university records. A semi–structured interview with an opportunity sample of 12 part–time students was followed by the administration of a questionnaire that was answered by 57 of the students. The results are discussed in terms of group characteristics, pre–course concerns, the programme itself and future intentions of the students. In particular, the reasons given for withdrawal when combined with the high withdrawal rate in the first year leads to the recommendation that part–time study should commence with a foundation year.


System R is a variant of the original planning algorithm used in strips. It was the only planner that competed in both the automatic and hand-tailored tracks in the Fifth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Planning and Scheduling competition.


Bargaining with reading habit is no need. Reading is not kind of something sold that you can take or not. It is a thing that will change your life to life better. It is the thing that will give you many things around the world and this universe, in the real world and here after. As what will be given by this chest pain an integrated diagnostic approach, how can you bargain with the thing that has many benefits for you?


As businesses face evolving challenges, four aspects of leadership willbecome dramatically more important: insight, integrity, courage, and agility.It may be that advancing technology plays the most visible role in shapingmanufacturing progress in the years ahead. But we believe that what will matter at least as much for manufacturing's future is something that's much less visible, even though it has long been the bedrock of performance: effective leadership. How individual leaders inspire and influence others will become a key differentiator between organizations that thrive and those that do not.In our experience transforming large, complex organizations at scale, the bulk of the work is usually in creating operational and managerial solutions. Yet we also know that nothing will happen, let alone sustain itself over time, without effective leadership. Indeed, extensive—and remarkably quantitative—research confirms that there are roughly 20 fundamental components of leadership that correlate closely to organizational performance.


Due to their unsupervised learning nature, analyzing the semantics of clustering schemes can be difficult. Qualitative information such as preference relations may be useful in semantic analysis of clustering process. This paper describes a framework based on preference or dominance relations that helps us qualitatively analyze a clustering scheme. This qualitative interpretation is shown to be useful for combining clustering schemes that are based on different criteria. The qualitative combination can be used to analyze its quantitative counterpart and can also be used instead of the quantitative combination. The paper further extends the framework to accommodate rough set based clustering. The usefulness of the approach is illustrated using a synthetic retail database.


This paper presents several feature extraction methods which can be used in different scenarios that depend upon quantity of data, efficient machine vision algorithm for real time image analysis and detection of different features by using various Image processing and Machine Vision Concepts and algorithms. The main goal is to understand the topics related to feature extraction and analyze the methods adopted to carry it out. These methods follow a simpler approach to facilitate recognition.


Music has played a critical role for workers throughout the history of the labor movement. Music gives an opportunity to rebel. It gives an opportunity to argue policy. It gives an opportunity to be heard. Songs written in protest, or in furtherance of a cause, give a sense of historical and political climate of a particular era. This article, "The Contemporary Roles of Labor Songs" draws attention to three especially important periods in the shaping of labor history, the 1930s, 1960s and 1980s, highlighting the representative impact a particular song - "Which Side Are You On?," "Salt of the Earth," and "There is Power in a Union" - had in each of these decades.


Rational parametrisation of curves and surfaces is a defacto industry standard for computer graphics and shape representation. While it is well known that rational parametrisations of the conic sections exist, and their explicit forms are used in geometric modeling (Hoschek and Lasser, 1993), other classical curves for which rational parametrisations may be determined have received less attention in the literature. This paper presents an elegant method for the explicit computation of rational parametrisations for many 'special' or famous curves. The technique 'induces' a parametrisation of a 'higher' or 'target' curve from a 'primitive' or 'source' curve for which rational parametrisations are known - e.g., the straight line and the conic sections. A number of examples and modeling applications are given.


Abstract This paper examines the concept of capital city tourism with reference to Wellington, the world's southernmost capital. Drawing on visitor survey data, interviews with providers, the analysis of marketing strategies and secondary statistics, the paper seeks to distinguish the 'capital' dimension from other aspects of tourism in the city and to consider this from the perspective of the visitors, providers and the destination marketing organization. Reflecting a range of functions-political, economic and symbolic-the 'capital' dimensions are shown to be multiple and often indirect. The capital city effect on the overall growth and nature of tourism in Wellington should not be overstated but scope exists to develop this unique selling point further.


Agricultural countries like Pakistan have great potential in waste biomass for energy production. Energy crises remain a pressing challenge for Pakistani government even if they are spending a lot (seven billion US dollars /year) on importation of fossil fuels. Though the bio-resource base of Pakistan is substantial, but its contribution to useful energy is low. LEAP model, was used to track production and consumption of non woody (crops and animals) waste biomass in Pakistan and its perspective as renewable energy in coming future. Based on current biomass situation a reference (Business as usual) scenario was created followed by two alternative scenarios (moderate improvement and enhanced growth) to predict future biomass demand and availability as renewable energy. There possible share for biogas production was also determined. Model results depict that activity level of biomass will increase with alternative scenarios for both animal and crop waste. For animal it was 168.9 million in 2010 to 548.6 millions in 2030. For major crops it was 85.5 trillion (2010) to 152.2 trillion tones (2030) and for minor crop the scenario difference was 0.9 to 4.2 % from 2010 to 2030 respectively. For enhanced growth rate it was 1 to 27% increase up to 2030. There share for biogas production also show the same trend of increase. Hence energy related authorities can definitely rely on biomass as it is obvious from the results that biomass waste has great potential as abundant renewable source for Pakistan.


This article outlines the concept of u-government. The objective is to analyze the key aspects of u-government development policy. The empirical section starts with a brief description of examples of u-government initiatives in different parts of the world. The last section of the article focuses on u-government initiatives and services in the Finnish public sector, which are used to exemplify the present state of development of u-government in the Nordic countries.


We investigate modulation-doped GaAs-AlGaAs quantum wells by photoluminescence spectroscopy. External gates allow us to tune the carrier densities below 10 11 cm -2 , where we observe a crossover from an extended two-dimensional electron system to a regime where negatively charged excitons start to appear. By applying an external magnetic field, we can clearly resolve singlet and triplet excitons and neutral excitons. We find that the Zeeman splittings of the singlet and neutral excitons depend characteristically on the applied magnetic and electric fields. While the Zeeman splitting of the singlet exciton at high magnetic fields is always positive, the splitting of the neutral exciton can he tuned from negative to positive values by the external electric field.


The present article proposes that for the decade between 2010-2019, the curl Paradigm Region-Vocation would be an alternative concrete and located to the territorial imperative of the own thing forms from the own thing in response to the current career competitiveness. For it raises the following thematic sequence: a) Narino development visions; b) Territorial marketing; c) Paradigma-Region and Narino's Vocation-Region (central reflection from theoretical exposition). The aim is to contribute conceptual bases to Narino's current dilemma of achieving a condition of coexistence between the rural worlds of the industrialization and the conservation.


ABSTRACT This study explicates the interaction between medical professionals and patients' family members during Japanese emergency care in cases where the patient's life is at risk. Nineteen video recordings of conversations between doctors and family members in an emergency room obtained between 2006 and 2012 within a Japanese metropolitan area are analyzed. The analysis reveals four main interactional resources employed by medical staff in their verbal decision-making process: (a) storytelling as forecasting, (b) online commentary at bedside examination, (c) paradoxical proposal, and (d) intricate interactional management of a final decision talk among the doctors and family members. These interactional resources allow the family members not only to understand the situation but also to accept decisions about the end of emergency care. Data are in Japanese with English translation.


A conference sponsored by The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, The Royal Society, The Institute of Physics and The Physical Society, and The Victoria University of Manchester was held at Manchester between the 4th and 8th of September 1961, in recognition of the jubilee of the discovery of the atomic nucleus by Rutherford. This arose directly from the experiments of Geiger and Marsden in Rutherford's laboratory at Manchester. Under the presidency of Sir Ernest Marsden a wide range of topics in experimental and theoretical nuclear physics was covered by a number of invited speakers. A special commemorative session was included in the proceedings.