T he progress of medicine is often driven by the development of new ideas in the experimental laboratory and their subsequent application to clinical practice. Sometimes the clinical usefulness of these ideas may not be evident when they are first formulated but becomes apparent after a period of time. The concept of postischemic myocardial dysfunction, or "myocardial stunning,"' is a classic example of these patterns. Initially described by Vatner's group in 1975 (Heyndrickx et a12), for several years this phenomenon received little or no attention among cardiologists because at that time coronary reperfusion was thought to be a rare occurrence. Postischemic dysfunction was regarded primarily as a laboratory curiosity. During the 1980s, however, the widespread use of thrombolytic therapy and other forms of interventional recanalization for the treatment of acute ischemic syndromes, coupled with the recognition that many patients with coronary artery disease experience spontaneous reperfusion after coronary spasm or thrombosis, led to a remarkable growth of interest in the phenomenon of myocardial stunning. Indeed, as shown in Figure 1, in the past decade there has been an impressive increase in the number of publications dealing with stunning at the experimental animal level, followed after a 3-5-year lag by a similar increase at the clinical level. The phenomenon of stunning is now commonly invoked by cardiologists to explain a variety of clinical observations. Decisions to revascularize hypokinetic myocardial regions are based on the presumption that the contractile dysfunction is caused by stunning. New therapies designed to prevent stunning are being investigated in preclinical studies, and soon will be tested in clinical trials. In short, the concept that the myocardium can remain reversibly depressed for extended periods of time after ischemia is changing our understanding of the pathophysiology of coronary artery disease and our approach to the management of this disorder. The purpose of this essay is to review critically -and in detail-the available information regarding the occurrence of myocardial stunning in humans and to discuss the pathophysiological and therapeutic implications of this concept in the clinical arena. The problems inherent in the recognition and differential diagnosis of


The application of non-invasive geophysical techniques and digital surveys to explore cultural heritage is becoming a very important research field. The capability to detect inner and superficial changes in the inspected surfaces allows for imaging spatial inhomogeneity and material features and planning targeted conservation and restoration interventions. In this work, the results of a research project carried out on the famous Battle of Issus Mosaic, also known as the "Alexander Mosaic", are presented. It is a masterpiece of ancient art that was found in 1831 in the House of Faun, the most luxurious and spacious house in Pompeii. It is notable for its size (3.41 × 5.82 m), the quality of workmanship and the subject that represents the culminating phase of the battle between Alexander Magno's army and the Persian one of Darius. In 1916, it was moved inside the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, where the original horizontal location was changed with a vertical arrangement supported by an inner wooden structure, whose exact manufacture is unclear. Today, the mosaic is affected by important instability phenomena highlighted by the appearance of the significant detachment of tiles, superficial lesions and swelling of the surface. Given the important need to preserve it, a high-detail diagnostic study was realized through a digital survey and non-invasive geophysical surveys using ground-penetrating radar (GPR). The investigation was repeated after two years, in 2018 and 2020, with the aim of verifying the evolution of degradation. The work provided a high-resolution estimate of the state of the health of the mosaic and allowed for obtaining a three-dimensional reconstruction of the internal mosaic structure, including the formulation of hypotheses on the engineering supporting works of the twentieth century; this provides an essential tool for the imminent conservation project, which also implies restoring the original horizontal position.


Excavating the Future in Los Angeles. V E R S 0. City of quartz: excavating the future in Los Angeles Mike Davis,RobertMorrowCityofQuartzExcavaBookos.org.pdf, 50. 7 MB.City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles is a 1990 book by Mike Davis examining how contemporary Los Angeles has been shaped by different.City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles Mike Davis, Robert Morrow on Amazon.com.


The present invention discloses a method of using the hardware identification information protection program, an electronic device using the method of rapid detection of the hardware information, the model determines whether the subsequent executable application, comprising the steps of: activating a specific program for this particular comprises a predetermined hardware configuration, the hardware configuration is detected to obtain a plurality of electronic device hardware configuration information, hardware configuration information matches the predetermined contrast hardware configuration information, to confirm the model of the electronic device, such as the information matches, continue execution of the application If the information does not match the result, the program will end, to protect the program can run on an electronic device containing a given hardware configuration.


The 2008 recession has had a prolonged and varying effect both across and within countries. This paper studies the crisis impact on Great Britain's Local Authority Districts (LADs) using the concept of economic resilience. This country is an interesting case study as the impact varied significantly among LADs. The focus is on employment, and a new method is proposed for comparing pre- and post-recession conditions in order to assess the recession impact. The influence of a number of determining factors is examined, and the study finds a significant effect for initial economic conditions, human capital, age structure, urbanisation and geography. Policy makers need to take into account subnational differences in these factors in order to design and implement better targeted policies.


Thomas Edison State College (TESC) and Colorado State University (CSU) offer significant contrasts in institutional culture, student demographics, faculty and institutional priorities and approaches to distance education course development and delivery. This article offers case studies showing that widely disparate program design and delivery approaches can be successful for both the student and the


Accentuate on trade liberalization and disseminating the advancement of inter-dependence and interregional relationship with the incorporate of globalization facilitating the transferring technology assists to explore the resources and proliferate the market opportunities and ensure sustainable competitive advantages for the international organization. Considerable amount of foreign direct investment, promote multifarious innovation and gripping capacity building, transborder scientific and technological affinity and collaboration formulate and arrange by the transnational corporation for transferring and transmitting know-how accelerate the adroitness and capacity to build a superiority in the host country. Evidence exhibits that globalization of production and globalization of technology expanded the market coverage for the multinational firm in the developing country but ultimately economic propagation and acceleration is remain stable or decelerate in the developing country because of insufficiency of capacity on inclusion of modern technology, fragmented and unsubstantial procedures, inadvertent infrastructure and business environment and also pitiable intra-organizational network make a multitudinous predicament for enhancement of economic and socio-economic


Background: Vascular access has become a very important aspect of care for neonates. The use of peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICCs) has become common in recent years. Therefore, the aim of study is to evaluate the accurate position of PICCs tip by ultrasound. Method: This cross-sectional study was done on neonates admitted to NICU of hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of medical sciences of Iran from March 2015 to March 2016. All neonates requiring PICCs due to prematurity or other diseases were entered into this study and 296 newborns had criteria for entering the study. In this study, we used catheter from Vygon Company, PICC was inserted at the patient's bedside based on sterile conditions and NICU protocol. The neonatal PICC has a tip that terminates at or close to the heart or in one of the great vessels (the superior vena cava or the inferior vena Cava). Chest x ray results were recorded in the form and then, ultrasound results were performed blindly and without knowledge of Chest x ray results by a radiologist to examine the tip of the PICC line. It should be noted that written, informed consent was taken from their parents before this study. Results: The sensitivity and spicifity of ultrasound for location of catheter tip position in the superior vena cava is 98% and 96.6% respectively, and positive predictive value and negative predictive value is 96.2 % and 98.3% respectively. The sensitivity and spicifity of chest x ray for correct length of catheter that placed in correct position was 78% and 68.5% repectively. Conclusion: Our study suggest that ultrasound is the more reliable and safe than chest x ray for the identification of the PICCs position and also detects complication of catheter malposition earlier, and reducing exposure ionization radiation.


Virtual projects are common with global competition, market development, and not least the financial crisis forcing organizations to reduce their costs drastically. Organizations therefore have to place high importance on ways to carry out virtual projects and consider appropriate practices for performing these projects. This paper compares best practices with practiced practices for virtual projects and discusses ways to bridge the gap between them. We have studied eleven virtual projects in five Danish organizations and compared them with a predefined list of best practices compiled from the literature. The research questions are "What are the practiced practices compared with the best practices?" and "What can we learn from this comparison?" Our findings show that the best practices are followed to a certain extent, but also demonstrate a severe lack of diffusion and adoption, which means that the best practice knowledge has not permeated sufficiently to the practice. Furthermore, the appropriate application of information and communication technology (ICT) remains a big challenge, and finally project managers are not sufficiently trained in organizing and conducting virtual projects. The overall implications for research and practice are to acknowledge virtual project management as very different to traditional project management and to address this


Currently, the design of microemulsions is focussed on the formulation of environmentally compatible systems formed by non-harmful amphiphiles and oils. The use of sugar-based surfactants allows the design of microemulsions where, instead of the temperature, the addition of short- or medium-chain alcohols tunes the curvature of the amphiphilic interface. In this work, the resulting temperature stability of a sugar surfactant and rapeseed methyl ester based bicontinuous microemulsion is exploited to study the influence of temperature variations on the bending elastic constant κ. Quasi-elastic scattering of light and neutrons is used to separate long-range collective motions and local thermally excited undulations of the interface. κ in units of kT is found to be independent of temperature over a wide range.


1. Flexible moving dynamic implantable device for selective stabilization and correction of spinal instability and deformities, characterized in that the device (1) in the form of a flexible, sliding and articulated vertebral implants imposed on the spine, has all the natural degrees of mobility, which are typical for a healthy spine (2), and consists of two linear parallel sequences of U-shaped supports (3) (supports or platforms can have other names and other geometric shape), with each n ra is set in the sequence ensuring the mobility in the multi-microscrews (4) which are fixed also in pairs, by penetrating the respective rear part of the bone (5) of each vertebra (6) related to the portion of the spine where the implantation is required. ! 2. Flexible moving dynamic implantable device for selective stabilization and correction of spinal instability and deformities according to claim 1, characterized in that the U-shaped supports or articulated platforms (3) are mounted with provision for selective mobility microscrews (4) (platform with selective multiaxial mobility to the head microscrews) implanted one on each side (or on only one side) of the rear part of the bone (5) of each vertebra (6) related to the portion of the spine where the implantation requires n When in use, these platforms have internal tracks (on the edges) to receive the flexible petals. ! 3. Flexible moving dynamic implantable device for selective stabilization and correction of spinal instability and deformities according to claim 1, characterized in that the two m


In this paper, the adoption of general metrics of the energy‐delay tradeoff is investigated to achieve energy‐efficient design of digital CMOS very large‐scale integrated circuits. Indeed, as shown in a preliminary analysis on the performance of various commercial microprocessors, a wide range of EiDj metrics is typically adopted. Physical interpretation and interesting properties for the designs minimizing EiDj metrics are provided together with the adoption of the Logical Effort theory to define practical design constraints. Two design examples in a 65‐nm CMOS technology are also reported to exemplify the theoretical results. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The reconstruction and visualization of urban environments is widely used in immersive simulation, but the massive data of buildings bring huge burden to the modelling and rendering process. This paper proposes an improved fast approach to build and visualize the scene graph based on the level of details (LOD). Firstly, an automatic reconstruction scheme of urban buildings is designed by using the public vector data set. Secondly, a tree-type organization and management structure is constructed for urban scenarios inspired by the idea of recursive division. Thirdly, a dynamic data scheduling strategy is developed with concerns of self-organizing the generated 3D massive model data. The developed approach is called Detail Segmentation of Scene Tree Method, namely DSSTM. Finally, experiments are conducted for performance comparison between the proposed DSSTM and a conventional method, while both are realized by using the open source library, OpenSceneGraph, http://www.openscenegraph.org/. The experimental results of reconstructing Changsha City have verified that the proposed method is effective and efficient for practical applications of visualization on large-scale urban with massive buildings. The rendering speed is increased to 4~7 times of the conventional method, the dynamic loading time is shortened by 90%.


Contents: MOTIVATION -- Non-linear elliptic equations in model problems Linear algebraic systems Linear elliptic problems Non-linear algebraic systems and preconditioning. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND -- Non-linear equations in Hilbert space Solvability of non-linear elliptic problems. ITERATIVE SOLUTION OF NON-LINEAR ELLIPTIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS -- Iterative methods in Sobolev space Preconditioning strategies for discretise non-linear elliptic problems based on preconditioning operators Algorithmic realisation of iterative methods based on pre-conditioning operators Some numerical algorithms for non-linear elliptic problems in physics Appendix Index.


Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the antecedents of consumers' attitude towards, and intention to commit, digital piracy in Indonesia, a country with the world's fourth largest population and one of the highest digital piracy rates. This study explored the effects of six variables derived from the theory of planned behaviour, ethics theory, and deterrence theory on young consumers in Indonesia.

Design/methodology/approach

Using a convenience sampling approach, researchers hand delivered 400 questionnaires to undergraduate students at one large private university and one major public university in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Findings

The results showed that consumers' intention to pirate digital products was strongly influenced by consumers' attitude towards digital piracy. Interestingly, fear of legal consequences and perceived likelihood of punishment were not significant predictors of consumers' attitude towards digital piracy. This suggests that the principles of deterrence theory have a limited impact on consumers' attitudes in Indonesia.

Originality/value

The results of this study will provide some insights to government and digital industries on how to reduce the prevalence of digital piracy.


OBJECTIVE
To explore the diagnostic value of 2-dimentional ultrasonography and color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI) in primary bone tumor.

METHODS
The hemodynamic parameters such as systolic maximum velocity (Vmax), diastolic minimum velocity (Vmin), resistance index (RI), and pulsatility index (PI) of intratumoral folw in 93 patients with primary bone tumors proved by histopathology were studied using 2-dimentional ultrasonography and CDFI techniques.

RESULTS
The bone destruction periosteum response and soft tissue mass were essentially revealed with 2-dimentional ultrasonography techniques. The intratumoral flow features were clearly shown by CDFI. The Vmax and Vmin in malignant bone tumor were significantly higher than those in benign one (P < 0.01). RI and PI in malignant bone tumor were lower than those in benign one (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSION
Observing the features of bone tumor and hemodynamic parameters by 2-dimentional ultrasonography and CDFI has a great clinical value in diagnosing primary bone tumor and distinguishing the malignant and benign bone tumors.


This paper introduces a new proposed design and optimization simulation program for the techno-economic sizing of a stand-alone hybrid photovoltaic/wind/diesel/battery energy system using the iterative optimization. The main function of the new proposed simulation program is to determine the optimum size of each component of a hybrid renewable energy system for the lowest price of generated energy and the lowest value of dummy energy at highest reliability. An accurate methodology for pairing between five Saudi Arabia sites and ten wind turbines from different manufacturers to maximize energy production and minimize the price of the generated power is introduced. This methodology changes the penetration ratio of the renewable energy sources in certain increments to meet the load requirements of the sites under study. A detailed economic methodology to obtain the price of the generated energy is introduced. The new proposed simulation program is implemented in flexible fashion, which is not possible for th...


This article analyzes the relationship between humans and technological simulations according to three recent audiovisual productions: Her, Ex Machina and Be Right Back. Their images and arguments illustrate the current uncertainties about technological development, projecting a future in which the concerns are particularly focused on the simulation of human beings. Simultaneously, these fictional beings show, in the audiovisual productions analyzed, their adaptation to the society in which we live, with a superior ability to process and store information. However, in the two films and the episode examined, the singularity, the possibility of being controlled and dominated by machines, acquires a new meaning, replacing the collective confrontation against technology with different versions in which the machines determined to be independent peacefully, are confined to isolation or are release in order to survive.


Latin America, has contributed considerably to the generation of a new global communication thinking, starting from the critique of developmentalism. The debates have not ceased and with solid foundations in a new epistemology of the south, the region begins to speak of a new paradigm less anthropocentric, more holistic, in which Good Living as a social paradigm under construction is an option to consider. The present research offers the perspective of the media journalists of El Diario, Capital Television and Radio Farra, in the city of Portoviejo, political capital of the province of Manabi, regarding how the new legal scaffold of Ecuador based on the Buen Vivir focuses on the management of various journalistic products. A mixed approach methodology was applied in which the semi-structured interview, as a methodological tool, allowed to collect with some degree of depth the empirical information for its subsequent statistical analysis and interpretation. The results show that the institutionality of Buen Vivir affected the journalistic routines and the management of journalistic information, and the journalists positively value the substantial aspects of the Buen Vivir ethos (equity, identity, and sustainability), against which they demonstrate sensitivity and openness towards their incorporation into the information products they generate.
Keywords: Communication and development, intercultural communication, social change, Ecuador, ideology, media research, communicator profile, sumak kawsay.


This research examines performance measurement (PM) impact in U.S. cities. The results show that PM helps city administrations specify service goals, expectations, and strategies. PM also helps managers identify daily management problems and solutions. Some city legislators use PM, whereas many others do not. The public in most cities in the study does not show interest in PM. In addition, the majority of cities in this study do not use PM to make resource allocation decisions. This study also finds that strategic planning and benchmarking increase PM impact.


The utility model discloses a mosaic composite tile, which comprises a substrate and is characterized in that: the surface of the substrate is provided with a mosaic surface layer which has patterns formed by metal particle blocks and stone particle blocks, or by glass particle blocks and stone particle blocks, or by metal particle blocks, glass particle blocks and stone particle blocks; and a resin filling and adhering layer is arranged between the substrate and the mosaic surface layer and resin filling and adhering layers are arranged among the particle blocks. With the mosaic composite tile structured formed by bonding the mosaic surface layer formed by at least two different kinds of materials and a green tile plate or an aluminum cellular plate, the mosaic composite tile, compared with the conventional mosaic or mosaic composite plate, has the advantages that: the pattern hierarchy is clearer, more beautify and more desirable for decoration and beautifying; and the structure is simple, and various beautiful mosaic composite tiles with clear pattern hierarchy can be made easily by combining particles of different materials according to actual decoration and beautification needs for meeting needs of people for home decoration.


This paper is devoted to a combinatorial problem for incidence semirings, which can be viewed as sets of polynomials over graphs, where the edges are the unknowns and the coefficients are taken from a semiring. The construction of incidence rings is very well known and has many useful applications. The present article is devoted to a novel application of the more general incidence semirings. Recent research on data mining has motivated the investigation of the sets of centroids that have largest weights in semiring constructions. These sets are valuable for the design of centroid-based classification systems, or classifiers, as well as for the design of multiple classifiers combining several individual classifiers. Our article gives a complete description of all sets of centroids with the largest weight in incidence semirings.


The Hettangian to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) of the West Somerset coast, near East Quantoxhead, comprises an expanded fossiliferous sequence of alternations of thickly laminated mudstones, more homogenous mudstones and limestones. During Hettangian times a broad shallow marine shelf sea was established over most of Britain and north-west Europe, colonised by a low (but gradually increasing) diversity foraminiferal fauna, related to the major transgressive pulse at the base of the Jurassic. Imposed upon this general trend of sea-level rise, with major pulses in the early Hettangian and early Sinemurian, were episodic falls of sea-level. While there is little facies evidence for a major sea-level drop around the end of the Hettangian at East Quantoxhead, it is notable that several index foraminifera become extinct at or near the top of the Hettangian Angulata Zone which is interpreted as evidence for a minor regression. Changes in foraminiferal assemblages from this Lower Jurassic section have been examined and are considered to be related to sea-level changes where transgressions mark the arrival of new species and subspecies (evolutionary appearances and/or migration) whereas regressions and times of lowered sea-level appear to equate to extinctions. Within these nodosariid-dominated foraminiferal populations, major variations in species and generic abundances are seen in taxa which are long ranging, suggesting controlling palaeoenvironmental factors. The predominance of the Lingulina tenera (Bornemann) plexus with associated Lenticulina and Marginulina species suggests inner to near shelf environments with periods of normal oxygen levels.


Cervical laminoplasty (Hattori's method) has been applied to patients with cervical myelopathy since 1971. A 53-year-old man, operated upon with this method 11 years ago, visited our clinic with paraplegia on July, 1995.Laminectomy were done and the enlarged laminae were examined for X-ray and histological evaluation. Z-sharped laminae achieved hard union, and new bone formation was mainly seen at dorsal side of the laminae. Histologically, thin scar tissue was formed slightly on the durai side. It can be confirmed flom this case that cervical laminoplasty fulfilled the function of the spinal canal with structural bone covering the spinal cord, and obtained moderate limitation of range of motion, with less scar formation around the dura mater.


A mathematical model was used to investigate the effects of electrical inhomogeneities introduced by the intracavitary blood mass and the lungs on the apparent location and magnitude of a current dipole source representing local activity in the myocardium. Radial and tangential current source moments were considered, and lung conductivity was taken as a variable parameter. Both the blood mass and the lungs cause a current source to appear closer to the heart center than it actually is. The effect increases as the source moves away from the endocardial surface, and maximum displacement is estimated to be of the order of 1 cm. The net effect of the inhomogeneities is to increase the magnitude of the radial component of a source dipole while diminishing its tangential component. These effects depend on source location.


Total viable bacteria,coliforms,Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Salmonella were counted at various stages of enzymatic processing of shrimp sauce.The results indicated that the total bacterial count in fresh shrimps was 3.4×104 CFU/g,and a lower value of 3.0×103 CFU/g was observed after washing with ice water.However,the number of total bacteria in shrimps after enzymatic hydrolysis at 50 ℃ for 3 h was increased to 3.7×104 CFU/g.Salt addition could obviously inhibit bacterial growth.Sterilization at 100 ℃ for 30 min could effectively kill bacteria in shrimp sauce and the sterilized shrimp sauce showed a total bacterial count of 2.6×104 CFU/g.Washing with ice water could cause the coliform count in fresh shrimps to obviously decline from 15 to 3.6 MPN/g.However,enzymatic hydrolysis did not affect coliform count.Salt addition,constant temperature and sterilization could significantly decrease the pollution from coliforms and coliforms in shrimp sauce products were counted to be less than 3.0 MPN/g.Neither Vibrio parahaemolyticus nor Salmonella were detected during the processing of shrimp sauce.Therefore,ice water washing,salt addition and sterilization are critical for the control of total bacteria and coliform counts.


The local tax of Jilin Province can't develop without information support.Integrated system of invoice management under provincial centralized mode has made full use of advanced information means and technology,standardized business process of invoice,accomplished data share and exchange in various systems and monitored the datum of key businesses.However,there still exist some problems in software application,business management,technical means and implementation method in practical work..There needs to be summarized and improved.Some new ideas and suggestions are needed,too.


Stem canker (blackleg) is economically the most important disease of oilseed rape worldwide. This disease is caused by two species of pathogenic fungi of the genus Leptosphaeria: Leptosphaeria maculans (Desm.) ces. and de Not anamorf Phoma lingam (Tode. Fr.) Desmas, that causes stem canker and blackleg root and Leptospaeria biglobosa Shoem and Brun, that causes symptoms such as cancers of the upper part of the stem usually causing less damage, and can cause serious damage in countries with higher summer temperatures. Pathogenic fungi from one area to another are transmitted by ascospores and contaminated (infected) seed. In order to prove the modes of transmission of parasites, the test is done transmitting the parasite by seeds. Disinfected seeds of oilseed rape cultivars Quinta were submerged in the suspension of pycnospores. Submerged seeds were kept at 20 o C ± 1 o C and 12 h photoperiod for 48 h. After planting in plastic containers seeds were kept at 25 o C ± 1 o C and 12h photoperiod. In this experiment the following isolates were used: C-5, L-5, K-7, LJ-3, S-11, St-1, GS-3 and Lm as a reference isolate (L. maculans) followed by K-113, K-115 and Lb as a reference isolate (L. biglobosa). The symptoms were assessed after 7 and 14 days after emergence. Ratings were made with + which meant visible symptoms on cotyledons or hypocotyl and – what referred to healthy plants. After 7 days, the isolates (Lm, C-5, L-5, K-7, LJ-3, S-11, St-1, GS-3) were caused disease symptoms on plants of oilseed rape. This pathogenicity is reflected in the number of seedlings, leaf spots and stalk lodging cotyledons. At izolate Lb (reference isolate L. biglobosa) K-113 and K-115 after 7 and 14 days was not observed pathogenicity on rapeseed plants. The control variety seeds were soaked in distilled water. The trial was set in 6 reps, and pathogenicity of fungal isolates in relation to the control was tested using Dunette's test. After 14 days re-isolation of pathogen was done.


(PTHrP) is a key regulator of osteolytic metastasis of breast cancer (BC) cells, but its targets and mechanisms of action are not fully understood. This study investigated whether/how PTHrP (1-34) signaling regulates expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) produced by BC cells. Materials and Methods: A mouse model of bone metastasis was prepared by inoculating mice with tumour cell suspensions of the human BC cell line MDA-MB-231 via the left cardiac ventricle. VEGF expression was examined by Western blot and real-time RT-PCR analysis, as well as by confocal microscopy in the bone microenvironment. Results: PTHrP was expressed in cancer cells producing PTH/PTHrP receptor and VEGF that had invaded the bone marrow, and PTHrP was up-regulated VEGF in MDA-MB-231 in vitro. The culture medium conditioned by PTHrP-treated MDA-MB-231 cells stimulated angiogenesis and osteo-clastogenesis compared with control medium, giving a response that was inhibited by VEGF-neutralizing antibody treatment. Inhibition of protein kinase C (PKC) prevented PTHrP-induced extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2) and p38 activation, and PTHrP-induced VEGF expression. Conclusion: PTHrP plays an important role in modulating the angiogenic and bone osteolytic actions of VEGF through PKC-dependent activation of an ERK1/2 and p38 signaling pathway during bone metastasis by breast cancer cells. Bone is one of the most common sites of metastasis for certain types of tumours, especially prostate, breast, and lung carcinomas. After tumour cells find their way to the bone marrow, there are numerous cell types present in the bone microenvironment that are involved in the maintenance of immune and inflammatory responses and whose activity may be modulated by the cytokines and/or growth factors secreted by the tumour cells (1). The progression of osteolytic bone metastasis requires the establishment of functional interactions between metastatic cancer cells and bone cells, and these interactions are mediated by soluble regulators of osteoclast formation, activity, and survival (2). The expression of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) in breast cancer has been associated with increased malignancy (3). It has been proposed that tumour-derived PTHrP plays a critical role in skeletal metastasis by a vicious cycle in which PTHrP enhances bone remodeling and the release of numerous biological factors, thus providing a fertile environment for further tumour growth (4). Tumour-derived PTHrP may also facilitate progression of skeletal metastasis by directly stimulating tumour cell proliferation, adhesion, and survival via autocrine or paracrine mechanisms (5-7). Neutralising antibodies against PTHrP are known to inhibit the development and progression of bone metastasis …


Currently, Peru has the technology to perform Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) treatments to treat multiple intracranial brain metastases with modern radiotherapy techniques. The Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) technique is able to treat multiple metastases in the brain, at the same time and in a single treatment session, delivering a high dose and with a single isocenter, reducing the treatment time in this way. For modern radiotherapy techniques such as VMAT, it is necessary to perform quality control of the treatment, comparing the planned dose and the delivered dose by the linear accelerator to the patient, even more so if it is a SRS treatment using VMAT, where it is needed high precision and accuracy.
The objective of this thesis is to verify that the planned dose in the Treatment Planning System (TPS) is comparable to the administered dose to the patient, performing the entire SRS treatment procedure to a patient who has nineteen intracranial metastases, beginning with a tomography and merging the patient's images to the tomography of an anthropomorphic head phantom, planning the treatment with the VMAT technique using Eclipse V.11 and performing the quality control, irradiating with a linear accelerator TrueBeam STX of the VARIAN Company, using a diode array, dosimetric films Gafchromic EBT3 and thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD). As a result, a gamma index was obtained in the range of 96,9 % and 99,5 % in the analysis of the radiochromic films with the criteria of 3,0 % / 3,0 mm [33]. A percentage difference was also obtained in the range of 0,19 % to 3,84 % for the radiochromic films EBT3 and in the range of 0,35 % to 7,89 % for the TLDs at specific measurement points.
It is concluded, showing an alternative to perform the quality controls of SRS treatments using dosimetric films Radiocomic EBT3, due to their spatial resolution.


Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common type of (skin)cancer worldwide in Caucasians and its incidence is still rising. The high incidence of BCC causes substantial burden on healthcare systems. This demands resources to be used efficiently, depending on the healthcare system, for example, by de‐adopting low‐value care or substituting low‐risk skin cancer care to primary care. Aside from being efficient, care should be tailored to the needs and values of patients (i.e., patient‐centred care). Insight into the patient perspective is therefore crucial. Previous qualitative studies among patients with BCC revealed that they prefer a physician who takes them seriously and communicates well, to receive all relevant information including a proper explanation and to be seen by the same physician each time. In addition, they value several disease‐specific factors such as a short waiting period for the best available treatment and regular follow‐up care including a full body skin examination in order to reduce their fear and to detect new tumours early. Although an overview of the needs of patients with BCC is informative, qualitative research does not allow us to draw conclusions on the relative importance of each of these factors to patients. For dermatologists to be able to effectively tailor their follow‐up care to the needs and preferences of patients, it is useful to assess which factors are considered most important to them. The aim of this study was therefore to determine the relative importance of factors regarding follow‐up care to patients with BCC. A ranking list questionnaire was developed (see Data S1), based on the needs of patients elicited from previous qualitative studies. The list consisted of five items regarding the patient‐physician relationship, five disease‐specific items and two external items (Table 1). One hundred and one consecutive BCC patients from the department of Dermatology Erasmus Medical Center (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) were asked to participate following their outpatient clinic visit with a physician for their BCC (diagnostic or follow‐up visit). After providing written informed consent, participants ranked the items from 1 (most important) to 12 (least important). The items were subsequently aggregated to include patient‐physician relationship factors (items 1,2,4,5,7), disease‐specific factors (items 3,6,8,9,10) and external factors (items 11,12). To test the differences between groups of factors, the Wilcoxon signed‐rank test was used in SPSS v24. The highest ranked group of factors was compared to the second highest group and the second highest group was tested for statistically significant difference to the third group. A p‐value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. All of the 101 approached BCC patients completed the questionnaire (100% response rate). About one‐ third of patients were diagnosed with BCC for the first time, the median age was 66 years and 56% were female. They scored patient–physician related factors as most important, with 'explanation of the seriousness of the skin cancer' as the most important factor regarding BCC care (Table 1). The second most important factor to patients is the 'feeling that the physician listens well to the patient'. Patients ranked patient‐physician related factors higher than disease‐ specific factors (p < 0.001). Of the disease‐specific factors they ranked 'full skin examination during follow‐up appointment' and secondly 'early detection of skin cancer' as most important. The external factors (costs and travel time) were considered least important (compared to disease‐specific factors; p < 0.001). Whereas physicians traditionally tend to focus on disease‐oriented aspects and outcomes, this study highlights the importance of patient‐centred aspects of care to BCC patients. Particularly explanation of the seriousness of the skin cancer and the feeling that the physician listens well were considered important to patients. This is consistent with previous studies showing that physicians' interpersonal skills largely


I consider post-colonial approaches to the eighteenth century as an instance of the critical imperative to spatialize history. The most productive point of contact between post-colonial studies and the eighteenth century is the history of consumption and consumer culture. A global network of economic relations bound geographically dispersed communities together according to the dynamics of production and consumption. Such an approach provides for a more flexible and reflexive understanding of the processes of identity-production in the age of imperial expansion.


Shock wave/boundary layer interactions (SWBLI) is an unavoidable problem in supersonic and hypersonic flow. The inherent defects caused by Reynolds-averaged method make the RANS (Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes) turbulent models unable to reveal the impact of small-scale recirculation zone on shock wave. Meanwhile, the LES (Large Eddy Simulation) turbulent model is still unaffordable for engineering since a huge amount of calculation. Therefore, the DES (Detached Eddy Simulation) turbulent model is a more economical choice which is a hybrid model combing the RANS in main flow and the LES in the boundary layer. In this paper, the study of Reynolds stress on SWBLI in isolator is conducted using four different commonly used RANS turbulent models (including Standard k - ε model, RNG k - ε model, standard k - ω model and SST model). The results could be used as a guide to choosing the RANS in core flow of the DES model. It was found that, in the boundary layer, the Reynolds Stress u"u" is usually under predicted and the Reynolds Stress u"v" is over predicted. The maximum difference was more than 50%. Averaged velocity ṽ was far more over predicted, and the maximum difference was about 500%. In main flow area, the SST model and the Standard k - ε model were more accurate, and its results could basically reflect the changes of averaged velocity and Reynolds stress. Analysis suggests that Reynolds stress difference in u"v" caused its difference in averaged velocity, especially velocity ṽ in the y direction. This is because the over prediction of u"v" enlarges the recirculation zone. Comparing the four turbulent models simulation results, it was suggested that, in main flow, the SST model had enough accuracy in Reynolds averaged velocity, Reynolds stress and the shock wave intermittent resolution. It is most suitable main flow area turbulent model in the DES model.


In order to achieve an effective refinement of animal welfare, it is necessary to intervene on all phases of the experimental process: animal housing, experiment, rehoming of animals that have undergone experimentation, with an active intervention by researchers and veterinary surgeons. It is crucial to know the ethology of the hosted animal species, in order to house animals in a physical and social environment that is as similar as possible to the environment in which that species live in natural conditions. A particular care must be devoted to experimental phase in which animal welfare is at greatest risk: a careful control by the veterinarian is necessary to identify the slightest signs of pain in the animal, intervening with an adequate analgesic therapy. At the end of the experimental phase, once the state of good health has been recovered, animals can be rehomed.


Three phase DC/AC inverters in power electronic applications produce electromagnetic interference (EMI) due to switching of the power semiconductor devices at high frequencies. Dithering the switching frequency is one of the effective and low cost tools to reduce EMI. To maximize the usefulness of the dithering process, the effect of each of its parameters on the EMI reduction needs to be understood. In this paper, the parameters of triangular periodic dithering are investigated to find their values in minimizing EMI for three phase DC/AC inverters. The paper presents that, by increasing the amplitude of the dithering signal and selecting its frequency to be equal to the inverter voltage frequency, the EMI can be reduced. Moreover, by selecting a phase shift of π/12 between the dithering signal and any of the inverter currents, the EMI is minimized compared to other phase shift amounts. The proposed technique is validated through simulation studies.


—OFDM based wireless systems are spectrally efficient but they are very sensitive to Doppler shift. The high mobility causes the channel to vary fast and the rapid variation of the channel can induce Inter Carrier Interference (ICI). ICI due to fast fading channel is more difficult to handle and it causes loss of orthogonality between the sub carriers. This kind of ICI can be easily reduced by increasing the sub carrier bandwidth. In this paper we proposed an Adaptive OFDM system which will use Variable Sub carrier Bandwidth (VSB) and Variable Bit Loading (VBL) based on the Doppler velocity to minimize the effect of ICI. We investigate the performance of such Adaptive OFDM system with conventional OFDM system based on throughput.


The use of bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) grafting in coronary artery revascularization has been at the center of debate in recent years. Despite compelling evidence from a large body of observational studies advocating the clinical and angiographic advantage of BITA over standard single ITA and saphenous vein grafting, the largest randomized controlled trial (RCT) currently available, the Arterial Revascularization Trial (ART), reported neutral results. Methodological flaws might have affected the reliability of both the randomized and observational data currently available. However, this apparent contradiction has generated a significant degree of controversy, with the surgical community demanding for additional evidence to clarify the benefit and role of multiple arterial grafting in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). In this review we examine the evidence on BITA acquired before ART, the results and potential limitations of the trial and discuss pending questions and future perspectives taking into consideration the current state of the knowledge about CABG.


Purpose – Avian influenza (AI) has prompted widespread poultry culls and retail changes. Traditional live poultry sales can increase risk for AI virus transmission. Attitudes and risk perceptions regarding these sales influence policy. The purpose of this paper is to report Hong Kong risk perceptions and attitudes regarding live poultry sales and central slaughtering illustrating population reactions to inform policy.Design/methodology/approach – A total of 25 healthy Hong Kong adults completed grounded theory qualitative interviews regarding perceptions of live chicken sales and acceptability of central slaughtering. Taped interviews were transcribed and translated in to English and coded in parallel by the authors working independently, using grounded theory approaches.Findings – The paper finds that hygiene efforts reflected confusion between bacterial contamination and influenza. Hand‐transmission was not recognized as a transmission pathway. Opposition to central slaughtering was based on concerns ab...


posterior fossa tumors are more common in children that in adults. Between 54% and 70% of all childhood brain tumors originate in the posterior fossa. About 15-20% of brain tumors in adults occur in the posterior fossa. Certain types of poeterior fossa tumors, such as medulloblastoma, pineoblastoma, ependymomas, primitive neuroectodermal tumors, and astrocytomas of the cerebellum and brain stem, occur more frequently in children.

 the aim of this study was to review the preoperative diagnostic modalities, surgical procedures and outcome for different midline posterior fossa space occupying lesions.

 this is retrospective study has been conducted on 50 patients with posterior fossa midline space occupying lesions during the period March 2013 to October 2015, at Department of Neurosurgery, Ain Shams University. All Patients have been subjected to preoperative clinical assessment; thorough history taking, complete general and neurological examination according to Ain Shams University neurosurgical sheet.

 this study was conducted on 50 patients with midline posterior fossa space occupying lesions. All of them underwent a midline suboccipital approach. The pre and post-operative data were collected and analyzed. This study included 50 patient, 26 female (52%) and 24 male (48%) patients. The mean age ranges from 1 year to 60 years.

 surgery is the treatment of choice for the cases of posterior fossa mid line lesions especially in children and adolescents to decreases the risk of disabilities and increases the survival.


Introduction Small bowel diverticula are a rare cause of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Their pathogenesis is still unclear and can be found in up to 1–2% of the general population. Although these lesions are usually asymptomatic, mid-gut bleeding from diverticula in the jejunum or ileum could lead to a life-threatening situation, warranting emergency invasive therapy and often abdominal surgery. Aims and Methods Our aim was to demonstrate the usefulness of the double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) in the setting of an acute, severe small bowel diverticular bleed. A 79-year-old woman with hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus was referred to our institution with melaena and severe anaemia requiring urgent, repeat blood transfusions. Bidirectional conventional endoscopy did not reveal the cause of bleeding. Small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) showed multiple diverticula within the jejunum and ileum. Emergency computed tomography (CT) mesenteric angiography demonstrated a faint 'blush' at one of the jejunal lesions. Results Once the patient w as haemodynamically stable, emergency anterograde DBE was performed under general anaesthesia (GA) in our main operating theatres. The enteroscope was inserted into the jejunum, approximately 1.5 meters post-pylorus. The culprit cause of the bleeding was identified within a large (5 cm orifice) diverticulum, where a large, adherent, pulsating blood clot was seen. In the first instance, peri-lesion, quadrantic injection of a total of 20 mls of adrenaline solution (1 in 10,000 dilution) was performed. The clot was then cautiously removed with a long endoclip to reveal the actively bleeding vessel which was then promptly clipped. A total of 3 clips were placed for effective haemostasis and a submucosal tattoo was placed adjacent to the bleeding point for future reference. The patient remained stable after the procedure and did not require any further blood transfusion. Conclusion DBE facilitated endotherapy is a precise, safe and minimally invasive approach to the effective management of severe bleeding caused by small bowel diverticula.


Debris flow is a natural disaster phenomenon in
mountainous areas. It usually causes great damages in deposition
area. This paper quantificationally discussed developmental stages
and affecting factors of debris flow deposition based on 129
laboratory experiments under the condition of different debris flow
densities, different slopes in the accumulation area and different
channel slopes. The ratio of the average deposition slope in the
longitudinal direction (γ) to the average deposition slope in the
transversal direction (λ) was used to divide the development process
of viscous debris flow deposition into three stages. The first stage is
characterized by rapid development in the longitudinal and
transversal direction of the deposition. In the second stage, debris
flow mainly develops in the transversal direction. The third stage is
a longitudinal development stage and the width of the deposition
develops slowly in this stage. As far as the affecting factors of the
development processes are concerned, debris flow scale mainly
influences the development speed of the deposition. The bigger the
scale is, the faster the development speed in the longitudinal and
transversal direction is. The smaller the bulk density is, the faster
the development speed in the longitudinal and transversal direction
is. The bigger the slope in the accumulation area is, the faster the
development speed in the longitudinal is and the slower the
development speed in the transversal direction is. The smaller the
channel slope is, the bigger the siltation length is and the smaller
the relative siltation slope is.


Electronic approval is an important direction and trend in infomationization work of City Planning Bureau. It can greatly improve the normalization, scientificalness, strictness and efficiency of case handling in City Planning Bureau. This paper firstly puts forward comprehensive plan for electronic approval in the small and medium-sized city, and then discusses some key problems in system construction such as frame, function, approach, mode etc. The measures and technical routes of this paper have very good idea for implementing electronic approval in the small and medium-sized city.


Evaluation of RAPD technique in differentiating the genotypes of 11 Musa cultivars. RAPD and UPGMA analysis was carried out to differentiate the genotypes of 11 Musa cultivars. Among the 08 primers, OPC-06 demonstrated highest number of amplicons while OPA-11displayed the least amplicons. The dendrogram OPR-08 displayed three clusters and one outlier that differentiated 11 Musa cultivars into 4 genotypes (AAA, AAB, ABB and AB). Among the primers employed in the study, OPR-08 was found to be efficient in differentiating the genotypes of 11 Musa cultivars. The present study recommends further investigation for the validation of OPR-08 primer in the differentiation of the Musa cultivar genotypes.


The Skew-Normal (SN) class of densities was introduced by A. Azzalini in 1985. His aim was to determine a statistical model, including normal densities, for handling a precise kind of departure from normality the skewness. In this paper we show the "strange" behaviour of the SN class from the point of view of likelihood based inference. Finally we compare the usual frequentist approach with a Bayesian analysis proving that the former corresponds to a "strange" prior distribution of the parameters of the SN densities.


EFFECT OF MEMORY TRAINING PROGRAM ON NURSING TEACHING STAFF'S PERFORMANCE AT THE FACULTY OF NURSING Eman Shokry Abd Allah , Nashwa Ahmed Hussein, Shadia Fathy Mahmoud 1 Gerentological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt Psychiatric and Mental Health nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt Email of Corresponding author: email@example.com Abstract Aim: The aim of study was to evaluate the effect of the memory training program on nursing teaching staff's performance at the Faculty of Nursing. Design: A quasiexperimental design was used in this study. Methods: Prepost assessment of outcome was used in this study. Setting: The study was conducted in the Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt. Sample: 45 nursing teaching staff who worked in the previous mentioned setting were included in this program. The intervention program consisted of theoretical and practical parts about memory and performance implemented through 14 sessions, and lasted for two months. Tools included sections for Socio-demographic data sheet, Memory assessment clinics-self rating scale and Performance scale. Results: of the present study showed that the memory training program has a significant effect on performance .There was an improvement of memory after the memory training program between pre and post-test. Conclusion: It was concluded that the training program achieved its objectives in enhancing the nursing teaching staff's memory and that this training program has a significant effect on performance. Recommendation, It was recommended that conducting an annual course for all nursing teaching staff to enhance the memory in the form of conferences, seminars and workshops.


The article deals with the analysis of microeconomical indicators of Vietnam development: Vietnam economic success, high rates of growth of its economy in the 20s show the general effectiveness of Vietnam reforms. Therefore studying the experience of Vietnam in this respect appears to be significant for both economic science and practice. One of the peculiarities of Vietnam reforms is maintenance and low speed of state sector reconstruction remaining the most important in the economy. These problems determine the urgency of studying the problems connected with state plants in Vietnam, their role in the economy, ways of their reconstruction.


This article discusses how the concept of ecologica l debt has the potential of enriching the sustainability paradigm by provoking a real "gestalt-switch": once the idea of ecological debt is adopted, a comm odity can no longer be seen without simultaneously realizing the network o f environmental and social links, often non-sustainable and non-equitab le, that were needed to produce it. It thus reinforces the recent calls for radical transitions and system innovations in industrialized countries. Furthermor e, its origins as a grassroots concept position it on the interface bet ween politics and science, in that way providing an example of the need for more reflexivity and openness towards the political dimension in sustainability s cience.


We develop an optimization method for stable geometries of atomic clusters.It combines adaptive genetic algorithm,which has the ability of global optimization,with a local optimization method proposed in this paper which is based on the Newton method.Geometry optimization of carbon clusters is used to test the method.Compared with adaptive genetic algorithm,it is found that the new local optimization method can find local extremum effectively.Compared with hybrid genetic algorithm,it shows that the method can jump out of local extremes.The method presents good stability in four optimizations of C12.


This study aims to explain how factors that influence students that their answer was correct mathematically and plausible on the problem of the inverse proportion concept. The subjects of this study were four students of grade 7th, a junior high school in Bandung. This research used the qualitative method with the triangulation for collecting data in the forms of written test, interview, and documentation. The result of this study analyzed by using relevant theories. This implies the need for analysis of written tests and students interview as evaluation to improve learning. During the study, we found factors that influence students in to find their answers correct mathematically and plausible. These factors include students' understanding related to inverse proportion concept, understanding of students related to calculating operations, understanding of students related to reading and forming tables, understanding of students in terms of graphs, and understanding of mathematics equation. Based on the results of this study concluded that students could understand the questions with plausible. However, these factors affect students in problem-solving of the inverse proportion concept so that students' difficulties in finding the right answers mathematically.


This thesis aimed to investigate stress-induced eating behaviours across emerging adulthood and identify moderating variables on this relationship. Firstly, the findings of two meta-analyses highlighted that stress is associated with changes in the amount, and type, of foods consumed in adults and adolescents. The meta-analyses identified gaps in the literature including limited research using samples of adolescents and a paucity of objective measures of stress. A daily diary study was conducted to determine stress-eating associations in adolescents (N = 78) and young adults (N = 98). Results identified that daily stress was associated with increased consumption of between-meal snacks but was not associated with a change in healthy food consumption. Conscientiousness moderated stress-eating associations in young adults, where stress-eating associations were greatest in individuals high in conscientiousness compared to lower levels of this personality trait. Secondly, an experimental study combined objective (saliva and hair cortisol) and subjective measures of stress to determine the role of cortisol reactivity (to a stress-induction task) on daily stress-eating associations. In a sample of 123 participants (59 adolescents and 64 young adults), the study found that days with low levels of stress were associated with significant differences in total snacks consumed across AUC (i.e., cortisol reactivity) groups. However, on high stress days, there were no differences in total snack intake across the AUC groups. Chronically occurring stress (measured via hair sampling) was not associated with changes to stress-related eating habits across emerging adulthood. Eating style and emotion regulation differentially influenced stress-eating associations between adolescents and young adults.Combined with previous research, the findings of this thesis indicate that stress-eating associations are present in adolescents and may continue into adulthood. Moderating variables (such as cortisol reactivity, conscientiousness and eating style) should be considered in future research to understand the complex associations between stress and health.


Since about May 2020 COVID-19 has been rampant in Japan nonetheless it is not so expanded as in the other severe countries. Two waves have been observed in the daily numbers of the reported patients in Japan of which peaks are on April and August. Looking into the patients report numbers classified by week, prefecture and age-group, the rampant prefectures were only a few overpopulated ones, and probably Tokyo is the only prefecture which failed to terminate the spread of the viruses during the state of emergency from April to May. We can look into the more detail geographically using the 500-meter grid population statistics all over Japan that is obtained by Mobile Spatial Statistics provided by DOCOMO Insight Marketing, INC. (Mobile Spatial Statistics is a registered trademark of NTT DOCOMO Inc.) It reveals that the infection largely occurred probably only a few of very narrow geographic spaces in three cities (Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo) because the mingling of people happened effectively almost only there concerning the people influx.


Summary The design and implementation of a system that supports management of community real estate system is presented. The project is based on the three-layer architecture in which one uses JSP technology as well as MVC template.


lugar Abstract Introduction: Worldwide, the prevalence of blindness in children and causes of low vision are partially known. The main purpose of this study is to de-termine the causes of visual loss in the pediatric population of a low vision unit, identifying potentially preventable causes. Material and methods: A retrospective, descriptive, trans-versal study was conducted in all patient records between 0 and 15 years, who attended the Low Vision Unit of Hospital de Ojos y Oídos "Dr. Rodolfo Robles V." Benemérito Comité pro Ciegos y Sordos de Guatemala from 2004 to 2009. It was collected: sex, age, eth-nicity, place of origin, visual acuity in the better eye and degree of visual loss, cause of visual loss, and causes of potentially avoidable visual loss.


Queensland University of Technology (QUT) completed an Australian National Data Service (ANDS) funded "Seeding the Commons Project" to contribute metadata to Research Data Australia. The project employed two Research Data Librarians from October 2009 through to July 2010. Technical support for the project was provided by QUT's High Performance Computing and Research Support Specialists. ----------

The project identified and described QUT's category 1 (ARC / NHMRC) research datasets. Metadata for the research datasets was stored in QUT's Research Data Repository (Architecta Mediaflux). Metadata which was suitable for inclusion in Research Data Australia was made available to the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) in RIF-CS format. ----------

Several workflows and processes were developed during the project. 195 data interviews took place in connection with 424 separate research activities which resulted in the identification of 492 datasets. ----------

The project had a high level of technical support from QUT High Performance Computing and Research Support Specialists who developed the Research Data Librarian interface to the data repository that enabled manual entry of interview data and dataset metadata, creation of relationships between repository objects. The Research Data Librarians mapped the QUT metadata repository fields to RIF-CS and an application was created by the HPC and Research Support Specialists to generate RIF-CS files for harvest by the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). ----------

This poster will focus on the workflows and processes established for the project including: ----------

• Interview processes and instruments
• Data Ingest from existing systems (including mapping to RIF-CS)
• Data entry and the Data Librarian interface to Mediaflux
• Verification processes
• Mapping and creation of RIF-CS for the ARDC


According to the properties of model in grey forecasting theory,bi-auto-seeking-weight method was proposed and applied to forecast the economic sequences which rise and fall by a wide margin.The result shows that the method can improve the forecasting precision effectively.


Different Ag/Si(111) systems have been examined using synchrotron x-ray diffraction. Multi-atomic-layer deposition of Ag onto a Si(111)-(7\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}7) surface maintained at room temperature results in an unstrained, (111)-oriented film. The interface shows a Ag-modified (7\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}7) structure which when annealed above 200--250 \ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}C transforms to a (1\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}1) structure. Although this is near the characteristic temperature for formation of the (\ensuremath{\surd}3 \ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{} \ensuremath{\surd}3 )R30\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} surface reconstruction commonly observed for a monolayer of Ag adsorbed on Si(111), no evidence of this (\ensuremath{\surd}3 \ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{} \ensuremath{\surd}3 )R30\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} reconstruction was found at the interface. A Ag monolayer (\ensuremath{\surd}3 \ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{} \ensuremath{\surd}3) R30\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} surface, further covered by multilayer Ag deposition at room temperature, also shows no indication of the (\ensuremath{\surd}3 \ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{} \ensuremath{\surd}3) R30\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} reconstruction at the interface. This indicates that the actual interface structure may or may not be related to the clean or adsorbed layer structures. The structure of the Ag-Si interface was further characterized by scans of the crystal truncation rods. Both the (7\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}7) interface prepared by room-temperature deposition and the annealed (1\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}1) interface show fairly sharp boundaries. The results suggest some intermixing occurs at the monolayer level for the annealed interface. The structure of the Ag film was also investigated.


This paper develops a dispatching algorithm to improve on-time delivery for a make-to-order semiconductor wafer fab with two special characteristics: mask set-up and machine dedication. A new algorithm is proposed for dispatching series workstations. Simulation experiments show that the algorithm outperforms the previous methods both in on-time delivery rate, cycle time, and only slightly less than the best benchmark in throughput. The experiments are carried out in 10 test scenarios, which are created by the combination of two product-mix ratios and five mask set-up times.


ABSTRACT This editors' introduction provides an overview of the special issue of Amerasia Journal, "Rethinking Gendered Citizenship: Intimacy, Sovereignty, and Empire." This introduction offers expansive definitions of intimacy to account for a fuller range of modes of belonging and connection beyond juridical and state-based frameworks. The contributions to the special issue draw from critical ethnic studies, indigenous studies, queer studies, trans studies, and gender studies to elaborate how intimate connections are consciously and unconsciously forged under multiple regimes of settler colonialism and empire, the connections forged across geographies and temporalities, complicate the meanings of inclusion and exclusion.


Given that the economic and social spheres are increasingly being pitted against each other in modern societies, it has become imperative to evaluate the social impact of regional development strategies with the use of precise indicators. Forest co-operatives in Quebec represent a regional development strategy because they are considered a response of forest communities to economic insertion and to economic innovation. By using an novel approach centred on quantitative methods, this article measures social cohesion generated by Quebec forest co-operatives within their community, according to their level of economic innovation. This article is divided into four major parts. The first explores the relation between social cohesion and economic innovation. Our methodological approach enabled us to create an average index of social cohesion according to the economic level of innovation of our sample forest co-operatives. The average indices of social cohesion reveal that the more innovative forest co-operatives generate greater social cohesion than traditional co-operatives. This leads us to reassess the apparent contrast between the economic and social spheres within a regional development dynamic. The second part identifies the social cohesion dimensions commonly shared by Quebec forest co-operatives according to innovation level or category. The interest of our statistical approach comes from its capability to define the nature or aspects of social cohesion observed among Quebec forest co-operatives according to their innovation level. We identified seven social cohesion dimensions commonly shared by all different innovation categories: the legitimacy of co-operative governance authorities, the strategic participation of members within their co-operative, the usual participation of members within their co-operative, equity among members relating to economic insertion, the insertion of members within the co-operative, and the mutual involvement of the co-operative and the community in community development. The third part of our research shows which social cohesion dimensions characterize each innovation category. Finally, the fourth part measures the impact of each social cohesion dimension on the forest co-operatives' capacity to innovate. To this end, it appears that the members' capacity to be substantially involved, or to take an active role in the co-operative, particularly through committees and decisional and administrative authorities, constitutes a significant variable influencing forest co-operatives' capacity to innovate. The strategic participation of members within their co-operative shows greater involvement in key functions. Thus, with respect to the definition and direction of their common business organization, members in more innovative co-operatives play a more active role than members in traditional co-operatives. Concerning this last point, an ordinal regression analysis illustrates that the strategic participation of members within their co-operative has the greater impact on the capacity to innovate. This variable sets apart the more innovative forest co-operatives. Dans un contexte ou il est admis que l'economique et le social s'opposent de plus en plus dans nos societes, il devient imperatif d'evaluer l'impact social des strategies de developpement regional a l'aide d'indicateurs precis. Les cooperatives forestieres du Quebec sont une strategie du developpement regional puisqu'elles constituent une reponse des communautes forestieres quant a leur insertion economique et, surtout, parce qu'elles tentent de plus que jamais d'innover economiquement. A l'aide d'une approche novatrice axee sur les methodes quantitatives, cet article tente de mesurer la cohesion sociale que les cooperatives forestieres du Quebec reussissent a generer dans leur communaute selon leur niveau d'innovation economique. ********** Ce texte s'inscrit dans un projet de recherche sur les cooperatives forestieres du Quebec dans leur relation avec l'innovation economique et la cohesion sociale. …


The system and method includes sensing whether a shock to the heart is required, prior to delivery of a shock, and to bring at least a partial contraction of the musculature of the chest, musculature is at least partially and a supplying shock while being contracted. Bringing at least a partial contraction of the musculature of the chest includes applying one or more pre-therapy adjustment electrical pulses derived to provide the at least partial contraction of muscles the chest portion .


This article explores the challenges involved in research at the end of life and suggests related strategies and opportunities home care and hospice organizations can use to become involved in end-of-life research.


Radioiodine and natural iodine are chemically and physiologically identical, providing the former is present in quantities so small as to be without biologic effects due to radiation per se. A minute quantity of radioiodine may be used to trace, by its radioactivity, the course of a given quantity of iodine through various chemical and biologic reactions. Hertz (1, 2) was the first to call attention to the unique possibilities of this method in the study of thyroid function. Hamilton and Soley ( 12) were the first to apply it to the clinical investigation of the human thyroid. Radioiodine tracers have subsequently been utilized in many studies dealing with the thyroid of laboratory animals, in vitro experiments and clinical investigations. The method has been applied to the study of the biosynthesis of thyroid hormone (1, 3 to 9), the action of thyrotrophic hormones (4, 10), the action of goitrogens (5, 11) and of other factors influencing the function of the thyroid (6), the functional activity of various thyroid tumors and a number of other problems. It is possible that radioiodine may prove most useful in the study of thyroid function in man. To date, relatively few definitive clinical studies employing this technique have been published. The first was that of Hamilton and Soley (12), who compared the collection by the thyroid of iodine labeled with radioiodine and its excretion in the urine and feces in normal subjects and in patients having various thyroid disorders. Radioiodine in the thyroid was measured directly by the recording of its gamma radiation by means of a Geiger-Muller counter placed over the trachea and in some instances by analysis of surgically removed specimens of thyroid tissue. It was found that an orally administered dose of labeled iodine was absorbed very rapidly and could be detected in the thyroid within 20 minutes. Normal subjects excreted 74 to 89 per cent of the dose in the urine during a period of 5 days, 53 to 81 per cent appearing during the first 24 hours. Two myxedematous patients excreted 91 and 94 per cent, respectively, in the urine during 5 days but at a slower rate than did the normals. Patients who had hyperthyroidism excreted as much in the urine as did the normals. This finding may have been due to the fact that most of the patients had received strong solution of iodine (Lugol's solution) and in part to the very large amount of iodide (14 mgm.) which was administered as a labeled dose. Fecal excretion was variable but averaged only about 1 per cent of the dose. In another series of in vivo measurements employing the same dose of iodide, Hamilton and Soley (13) recorded characteristic collection curves for various thyroid states. The curve typical of normal thyroids was a smooth curve which leveled off to a flat plateau in 2 days. Iodine collection by thyroids of hyperthyroid patients was greater and much more rapid than in normal thyroids. It rose to a peak within 4 to 8 hours and thereafter decreased almost as rapidly to a plateau lower than that of the normal thyroids. This curious phenomenon was also observed in 2 children who had goiters and hypothyroidism. When a dose of 0.1 microgram of sodium iodide was given instead of 14 mgm. such rapid loss of radioiodine from the thyroid was not observed (14). Hertz, Roberts and Salter (3) studied 22 patients who had exophthalmic goiter and compared these with 2 normal subjects. The quantity of radioactivity was measured in the urine; that in the thyroid was measured in situ by applying a Geiger-Muller counter to the neck. Thyroid tissue was obtained in some cases following thyroidectomy. This was fractionated into diiodotyrosinelike and thyroxine-like fractions, which were also analyzed for radioactivity. The collection by thyroids in untreated exophthalmic goiter averaged


In this paper a new paradigm of education in the Summer School Courses (SSC) in Renewable Energies is present. This course aims at enabling students to learn about the various types of Renewable Energies, which can provide a great improvement in learning throughout life with many advantages. This paper presents the use of active and cooperative learning in Summer School Courses. Through this approach, it is expected that students develop positive interdependency, individual responsibility, dynamic interaction, appropriate use of collaborative skills as well as group work. The cooperative learning method differs substantially from the classical methods. This represents a new paradigm of education with many advantages. Cooperative learning is a dynamic process in which students are required to work as a team, with a common goal. At the end, it is expected that the students are able to understand the importance of Renewables Energies in general.


The substancial matter of Aristotle's Physics is the question about motion, which should be understood from a causal point of view: there's a cause for everything that is or comes to be.The science of Physics should inquire of natural beings, which have the principle motion by themselves. Although cause is understood many senses, the question about motion demands the concerning about different causes, those that should be attributed to four more known modes, namely, matter, form, it that has begun motion and end. From these four main modes, Aristotle founds a science about the physical world. After presenting the four causes doctrine, however, he considers necessary to inquire about chance and spontaneity, also called accidental causes of accidental beings and events. We aim to plot out in this paper some considerations about relation between the four more known modes of cause and accidental causes and also how accidental causes prevent the existence of an absolute finalism in the physical sublunary world.


The fluid dynamics of animal locomotion, such as that of an undulating fish, are of great interest to both biologists and engineers. However, experimentally studying these fluid dynamics is difficult and time-consuming. Model studies can be of great help because of their simpler and more detailed analysis. Their insights may guide empirical work. Particularly the recently-introduced Mul-tiparticle Collision Dynamics method may be suitable for the study of moving organisms because it is computationally fast, simple to implement, and has a continuous representation of space. As regards the study of hydrodynamics of moving organisms, the method has only been applied at low Reynolds numbers (below 120) for soft, permeable bodies, and static fish-like shapes. In the present paper we use it to study the hydrodynamics of an undulating fish at Reynolds numbers 1100–1500, after confirming its performance for a moving insect wing at Reynolds number 75. We measure 1) drag, thrust and lift forces, 2) swimming efficiency and spatial structure of the wake and 3) distribution of forces along the fish body. We confirm the resemblance between the simulated undulating fish and empirical data. In contrast to theoretical predictions, our model shows that for steadily undulating fish, thrust is produced by the rear 2/3ds of the body and that the slip ratio U/V (with U the forwards swimming speed and V the rearwards speed of the body wave) correlates negatively (instead of positively) with the actual Froude efficiency of swimming. Besides, we show that the common model practice of constraining individuals from accelerating sideways causes them to resemble unconstrained fish with a higher tailbeat frequency. In this context, undulatory swimming is important because it seems to be an efficient mode of locomotion, whether fish swim alone (Barrett et al., 1999) or in groups (Weihs, 1973). However, it is still unknown what influences the efficiency of an undulating fish. It


A hybrid Semi-Analytical Finite Element (SAFE) and standard finite element procedure is adopted to locally detect and characterize an outer surface breaking, axisymmetric notch in an otherwise infinitely long steel pipe. Numerical simulations demonstrate that interactions between incident, dispersive ultrasonic guided waves and the notch change a radial displacement's temporal history and introduce singularities in the previously unblemished pipe's Frequency Response Function (FRF). The new singularities indicate the presence of a nearby notch. Furthermore, the frequency differences between the singularities of the unblemished and blemished pipes are shown to reflect the axisymmetric notch's dimensions. The conceptually straightforward but computationally expensive extension to nonaxisymmetric notches is also suggested.


In this study, we assessed whether a program involving simple hand-movement responses combined with optic microswitches and followed by preferred stimuli would be successful (i.e., increasing responding and stimulation) with two persons with multiple disabilities. Data showed that both persons reached fairly high levels of responding during intervention and retained their achievement through subsequent maintenance periods of 3 or 6 months. Procedural issues, practical implications of the findings, and measures for promoting long-term response maintenance–extensions were discussed.


We extract from the double logarithmic contributions to DGLAP anomalous dimensions for twist-two operators up to three-loops the magnon dispersion relation for planar = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills. Perturbatively the magnon dispersion relation agrees with the expansion of the anomalous dimension for spin-one as well as with the non-collinear double logarithmic contributions to the BFKL anomalous dimensions analytically extended to negative spin. The all-loop expression for the magnon dispersion relation is determined by the double logarithmic resummation of the corresponding Bethe-Salpeter equation. A potential map relating the spin chain magnon to BFKL eigenfunctions in the double logarithm approximation is suggested.


This master thesis on the subject of "Analysis and reconstruction of the Victorian Gown Dress" primarily concerns the history of 19th century clothing. The whole of the 19th century has been marked by great changes, both in clothing and in the overall lifestyle. In detail, each segment of clothing women dressed in back then will be analyzed, with emphasis being placed on the Victorian era, ceremonial dresses, and analysis of the chosen portrait. The portraits to be analyzed will be compared with the preserved fashion artifact in order to obtain the most credible form and silhouette that prevailed under the rule of Queen Victoria and this will be presented in the practical part of the work where the selected model will be created.


"The application of our knowledge to improving medical services alone, while important and humane, will not result in major improvements in our health record. What is needed now is a partnership between medicine and society for the application of what we know."


We represent two conic surface models generated by developable surface. The first one supported by two parallel space curves is called simple conic, and the second one in which its two boundary curves are different, is called complex conic. Then, related to application in Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD), visualization procedure based on numerical calculation for the first model is also introduced in some different degrees Bezier surface.


The calculation of the dynamic stress of a large and complex welded carbody is the key to the fatigue design and the durability evaluation of the carbody. Adopting the advanced structural stress based on the finite element method, a new finite element transformation method between random loads and dynamic stresses is proposed to be applied in carbody for high-speed trains. The multi-axial random dynamic load spectrums of full-scale carbody are obtained by the vehicle system dynamics method, and the shell finite element model of a full-scale carbody is established. Adopting the concept of a surrogate model, the finite element transformation relationship between the random load and the dynamic structural stress at concerned points is constructed by using multidisciplinary methods to compute the dynamic stress spectrums of concerned points at the welding seam, and dynamic structural stresses are compared and validated through carbody rig-test. The analysis methods of dynamic structural stress are performed systematically for a full-scale welded structure, which provides reference methods for the fatigue durability evaluation of large-scale welded structures.


✓ Anesthetized dogs were subjected to elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) of 60 and 100 mm Hg. At 60 mm Hg, decreases in heart rate and arterial blood pressure were observed associated with an increase in femoral blood flow that suggested vasodilation in the somatic areas. Cardiac output showed little change. Subsequent elevation of ICP to 100 mm Hg was followed by an increase in arterial blood pressure; cardiac output increased, and femoral flow increased still further. Since resistance to flow did not change, the hypertension was thought to be due to an increase in flow rather than peripheral resistance. An increase in heart rate was associated with the elevation in cardiac output; the fact that femoral blood flow increased proportionately more than cardiac output suggested a redistribution of blood flow. The changes in peripheral blood flow and in cardiac output were associated with a decrease in the arteriovenous oxygen (A–VO2) difference. No signs of tissue hypoxia were observed; specifically there ...


The Kondo ground state has been investigated by numerical and exact methods, but the physics behind these results remains veiled. Nobel prize winner Wilson, who engineered the break through in his numerical renormalization group theory, commented in his review article "the author has no simple explanation ...for the crossover from weak to strong coupling". In this article a graphical interpretation is given for the extraordinary properties of the Kondo ground state. At the crossover all electron states in the low energy range of k_{B}T_{K} are synchronized. An internal orthogonality catastrophe is averted.


The expansion of creativity or creative imagination, i.e. the creation and development of an imaginary world that anticipates and guides the planning and construction of the future, is the sure sign that the evolution of life has continued, and that human species is expressing its apogee. Imagination, the real proof that love and hope never die, as well as hatred and retaliation, is the immanent function of vitality; it it results, naturally, from the safe state of homaostasis with a supplement ofenergy that drives the being forward - protention. Alike the Higgs boson in quantum mechanics, mutual enchantment or bi-univocal repudiation in the interhuman encounter gives purpose and composes the plot to the deterministic flow of matter. In this way, out of the mass and energy in motion, sprouts - by the blow of the wing or of the genius of the human encounter, expressed in a smile or in a bite (the touch or the attack of souls) - the mentality: the story, the narrative, the fiction – which writes in an epic poem or in drama what the impulse, the desire and the ambition pre-figured in the dust of the road or in the mud of the marsh. And so, one goes from barbarism (zero sum, what one wins is what the other loses) to the culture (multiplication, both win and a third is created).


The slotted waveguide (SWG) is a continuously longitudinally slotted rectangular waveguide with a TElO-mode. It is used for noncontacting broadband communication with guided vehicles in the frequency band around 3 GHz. As the transmission properties of the SWG are equal to those of a standard, unslotted rectangular waveguide, the quality of the entire system for continuous access guided communication is mainly affected by the other components within the communication link. In the last years such components have been developed, tested and appfied in several slotted-waveguide communication-systems. This is a comprehensive review of the results of these developments. Construction details and performance data ofthe following components are given: adapters from SWG to caxial-line, rigid waveguide connections and expansion joints, vehicle couplers with and without directivity, stationary and moving absorbers. A special comb-reflector has been developed for appli cation in some adapters and expansionjoints, with which a non-contacting, movable short for the TEl 0mode in a rectangular waveguide can be realized.


This paper evaluated overall tourism economy development level of Shandong Province using factor analysis and classifies five styles combined cluster analysis taking 17 regions of Shandong Province as study unit.Based on results with statistics,the author gave places and styles of all regions and made analysis for formative reasons.


In this paper we shall define a generalised A-quadratic form and prove that in some way this form and an A-bilinear form are equivalent to each other. Our result characterises that of Vukman in the sense that we use any n vectors for a fixed n ≥ 2, instead of any two vectors. Consequently, a new generalisation of an inner product space among vector spaces is obtained. This also leads to a new relationship between a 2-inner product space and a 2-normed space.


This article discusses the role of women in the life of "Russian-speaking Israel". The author gives the names of outstanding women — writers, poets, literary critics, representatives of Russian aliyah in Israel, the seventies and nineties. Among them are: Dora Shturman, Lydia Yanovska, Nina Voronel, Elena Axelrod, Maya Kaganskaya. It turns out that women are a significant part of the cultural space of Israel and the Russian literature of emigration.


Jason Wright, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State, has been thinking about the different technosignatures we could pick up using the telescopes we already have, and the telescopes that we could develop in the future.


Correction for 'An efficient one pot ipso-nitration: structural transformation of a dipeptide by N-terminus modification' by Rajib Sarkar et al., RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 59570–59575.


Abstract Disclosure: A.G. Olafimihan: None. V. Deenadayalan: None. P.E. Ojemolon: None. R. Litvin: None. U.A. Ogar: None. E. Krishnaraju: None. F. Sami: None. E.H. Olojakpoke: None. Introduction: Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a medical emergency associated with high mortality rates. Hyperthyroidism has been associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism and PE. However, there are limited studies on its impact on the outcomes of patients with PE. We aimed to assess hyperthyroidism's effect on in-hospital PE outcomes using the National Inpatient Sample (NIS). Methods: Data were extracted from the US Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 2016 to 2019. The NIS contains hospital discharge information estimating yearly US hospitalizations. We included hospitalizations with a principal discharge diagnostic code for PE using the ICD-10-CM code (E22.2). Hospitalizations of patients less than 18 years of age were excluded from the study. This cohort was divided based on the secondary diagnosis of hyperthyroidism.The primary outcome was inpatient mortality, and secondary outcomes were hospital length of stay (LOS), total hospital charge, odds of acute respiratory failure (ARF), acute renal failure (AKI), undergoing embolectomy, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) use and Inferior vena cave (IVC) filter placement. Multivariate linear regression analysis was used to adjust for confounders. Statistical significance was set at a p-value < 0.05. Results: There were 745,360 hospitalizations involving PE as the reason for admission, and 20.1% had comorbidity with hyperthyroidism. Admissions for PE with comorbid hyperthyroidism had similar in-hospital mortality (adjusted OR:1.17, P=0.41), mean LOS (4.9 vs 4.3 days, P=0.11) and mean THC ($53,127 vs $48,236, P=0.43) compared to those without hyperthyroidism. The odds of developing ARF (aOR: 0.93, P=0.466) or AKI (aOR: 0.95, P=0.71) were similar. Odds of undergoing embolectomy (aOR: 1.07, p=0.83), receiving tPA (aOR=1.03, P=0.87) and placing IVC filter (aOR=0.80, P=0.19) were similar between both groups. Conclusion: Hospitalizations for pulmonary embolism with hyperthyroidism had similar inpatient mortality compared to those without hyperthyroidism. Also, mean LOS, total hospital charge, ARF and AKI complications, and odds of embolectomy, tPA administration and IVC filter placement were alike for both categories. Presentation Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023


1 Square cells in tabular Late last year, there was a question on the Mac OS X TEX mailing list asking if it were possible to create a table with square cells. My solution made extensive use of the array package (as well as some basic LATEX programming concepts), so it seemed appropriate to make something of a tutorial out of it. So here we are! In typical style, I shall begin with the final result, followed by a detailed description of the implementation. Admire the squarecells environment:


The packaging of avionics and mechanisms in containers, called orbital replacement units, which permits in-orbit repair and replacement is the key to man's expanded ventures into space with increasingly costly assets. In designing ORUs, the designer must accommodate the environments of launch and space. The subjects of ORU attachment, thermal, electrical connectors, and size and configuration, are addressed.


The present invention discloses a multi characteristic multilevel comprehensive evaluation of the wind turbine main drive fault diagnosis method for the measured wind turbine only by acquiring a history data obtained by the sensor and eigenvalues two evaluation model running wind turbine when, the gearbox can collect real-time operating data, for a failure of a member, call the appropriate digital signal processing algorithms to the collected data are processed to extract and dried typically characterized as a sensor value and the feature value after two fuzzification judge the model input parameters, the model that is the final judgment result vector component of the fault probability, loop perform the above steps to obtain a probability for each member machine failure. The invention realizes the real time status of the different types of wind turbine gearbox monitoring and fault diagnosis, diagnosis simple way, fast, robust and has a strong fault tolerance.


The requirements for the accuracy of measurements in a wind tunnel test become more and more severe while the complexity of the test increases. In an environment of reduced time available for wind tunnel test and increasing test costs, it is important that the accurate calibrations and verifications of all components of the measurement chain in a wind tunnel facility are established, maintained and statistically controlled through prolonged periods of time. The paper presents the efforts undertaken to establish and maintain a system of control of the quality of measurements in the T-35 4.4 m × 3.2 m low-speed wind tunnel of the Military Technical Institute in Belgrade. The assurance of the quality of measurement in this facility is based on ensuring the quality of three main constituents: the calibration of the test section of the wind tunnel, the calibration of the instrumentation used, and the periodic tests of the standard wind tunnel models. Sample results from relevant wind tunnel calibration tests are presented and compared with the results from other facilities. The tests confirmed a good overall quality of the facility, and that the achieved quality level has to be maintained, periodically checked and systematically documented.


ABSTRACT In a rabbit model of wound infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus, 2 × 109 PFU of staphylococcal phage prevented abscess formation in rabbits when it was injected simultaneously with S. aureus (8 × 107 CFU) into the same subcutaneous site. Phage multiplied in the tissues. Phages might be a valuable prophylaxis against staphylococcal infection.


Poly ADP-ribose ploymerase (PARP) is a kind of ploymerase which widely exists in cells, has the function of protein modification and nucleotide polymerazition, and participates in the repair processes after DNA has been damaged. It has been proved that PARP has lots of physiological and biochemistry functions and correlates with cell death. Many kinds of damage factors such as radiation may influence the activity of PARP.


A remote technical support system is constructed based on COTS(Commercial Off,The ,Shelf). The pcAnywhere is selected as the remote control software to supervise,control and operate the remote computers,and the Microsoft Portrait software is used for IP address acquisition,information report and voice communication. The 'glue' codes are developed on VB platform. Win,dows API function and OLE(Objects Linking and Embedding) automation technology are respecti,vely used to integrate Microsoft Portrait and pcAnywhere software to realize software binding. The implementation steps of remote technical support are introduced.


This is the second and last part of a paper on numerical prediction of a bluff-body stabilized turbulent diffusion flame of syngas and air. Part 1 investigates the effect of the turbulence model an...