A book review of Spirituality, Religion, and Faith in Psychotherapy: Evidence-Based Expressive Methods for Mind, Brain, and Body , by H. Land. Reviewed by Denise L. Levy in the Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought , volume 34, number 2. Denise L. Levy, PhD, LCSW (2015). Spirituality, Religion, and Faith in Psychotherapy: Evidence-Based Expressive Methods for Mind, Brain, and Body, by H. Land, Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought , 34:2, 223-225. DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2015.1038149. Publisher


In the present experiment,most plant samples ashed by conventional dry ashing were solved completely when ascorbic was added.Atomic absorption spectrometric determination of the solutions showed that the variation coefficients ranged from 0.455 to 2.55 and the recoveries ranged from 98.5% to 103%,which were better in precision and accuracy than the results obtained using conventional dry ashing without the addition of ascorbic acid,or wet digestion.No effects of ascorbic acid on atomization and back- ground signals were detected.


A new method has been developed to estimate the stabilising activity of synthetic and natural food additives at frying. Non-refined and refined vegetable fats and oils were heated at a temperature of 170°C after adding water-conditioned silica gel for two hours. The degraded products were measured to assess the oil stability at frying temperature. The determination of polymeric triglycerides by size exclusion high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) was carried out for the estimation of the oxidative heat stability of vegetable fats and oils.

Tocopherols, various tocopherol esters and phytosterol fractions, phenolic compounds, like quercetin, oryzanol, ferulic acid, squalene, butyl hydroxytoluol (BHT), butyl hydroxyanisol (BHA), and other compounds, like ascorbic acid 6-palmitate and gallates, are added to refined sunflower and rapeseed oil and their efficacy determined.

Both linoleic and oleic rich oils gave comparable results for the activity of the various compounds. α-tocopherol, tocopherol esters, and BHA have low effects at frying temperature. Ascorbic acid 6-palmitate and some phytosterol fractions were found to have the greatest antioxidant activity.

Corn oil was more stable than soybean oil and rapeseed oil better than olive oil. It was also observed that non-refined oils proved to have a better stability at elevated temperature than refined oils. The results show that the stability of the vegetable oils at frying temperature is a function of more than just the fatty acid composition.

There is evidence which supports a co-relationship between the unsaponifiable matter content and oxidative stability.

It is believed that a radical peroxidation mechanism predominates at lower temperatures. When a large volume of oil is heated in a fryer and the oxygen supply is poor, non-radical reactions such as elimination (acid catalysed dehydration) or nucleophilic substitution take place.


Titanium oxide photocatalysis is a potential technology for environmental purification, but catalysts deactivation occurred during photocatalytic reaction. In this paper, recent advances of deactivation for the titanium oxide photocatalyst in environmental pollution control processes have been summarized. The mechanisms of deactivation in gassolid and liquid-solid reaction are discussed in detail. The effects of water on photoactivity for titanium oxide gas-solid reaction are presented. Adsorption of some non-degraded compounds on surface of TiO2 and structures of special surface of TiO2 altered by some intermediates are the most reasons for deactivation processes. Electrons and holes or the hydroxyl radical captured will give the lower apparent photoactivity of the reaction. Factors which have different effects on deactivation process are discussed also.


Students' mathematical communication is stated to be low because students learn by listening and seeing the teacher solve mathematical problems and students have difficulty in expressing everyday events in mathematical models. This study aims to determine whether there is an influence of the Inside Outside Circle (IOC) type of cooperative learning model on students' mathematical communication skills better than using scientific learning. This study uses a quantitative approach with the type of research Quasi-Experimental Design and the design of this research The Nonequivalent Postets-Only Control Group Design. The population in this study were all students of class VIII SMP Negeri 1 Nisam, while the samples were class VIIIB as the experimental class and class VIII-A as the control class with the sampling technique of purposive sampling. The data collection technique in this study used a mathematical communication ability test. The data analysis was carried out for the mathematical communication ability test using the t-test because the data were normally distributed and homogeneous, the data were processed using SPSS 18 software and the hypothesis test results were obtained with a significant value of 0.000 less than 0.05, which means reject H0 and accept Ha. The results showed that there was an effect of the Inside-Outside Circle (IOC) type of cooperative learning model on students' mathematical communication skills.


The diagonal-mass-matrix spectral element method has proven very successful in geophysical applications dominated by wave propagation. For these problems, the ability to run fully explicit time stepping schemes at relatively high order makes the method more competitive then finite element methods which require the inversion of a mass matrix. The method relies on Gauss-Lobatto points to be successful, since the grid points used are required to produce well conditioned polynomial interpolants, and be high quality 'Gauss-like' quadrature points that exactly integrate a space of polynomials of higher dimension than the number of quadrature points. These two requirements have traditionally limited the diagonal-mass-matrix spectral element method to use square or quadrilateral elements, where tensor products of Gauss-Lobatto points can be used. In non-tensor product domains such as the triangle, both optimal interpolation points and Gauss-like quadrature points are difficult to construct and there are few analytic results. To extend the diagonal-mass-matrix spectral element method to (for example) triangular elements, one must find appropriate points numerically. One successful approach has been to perform numerical searches for high quality interpolation points, as measured by the Lebesgue constant (Such as minimum energy electrostatic points and Fekete points). However, these points typically do not havemore » any Gauss-like quadrature properties. In this work, we describe a new numerical method to look for Gauss-like quadrature points in the triangle, based on a previous algorithm for computing Fekete points. Performing a brute force search for such points is extremely difficult. A common strategy to increase the numerical efficiency of these searches is to reduce the number of unknowns by imposing symmetry conditions on the quadrature points. Motivated by spectral element methods, we propose a different way to reduce the number of unknowns: We look for quadrature formula that have the same number of points as the number of basis functions used in the spectral element method's transform algorithm. This is an important requirement if they are to be used in a diagonal-mass-matrix spectral element method. This restriction allows for the construction of cardinal functions (Lagrange interpolating polynomials). The ability to construct cardinal functions leads to a remarkable expression relating the variation in the quadrature weights to the variation in the quadrature points. This relation in turn leads to an analytical expression for the gradient of the quadrature error with respect to the quadrature points. Thus the quadrature weights have been completely removed from the optimization problem, and we can implement an exact steepest descent algorithm for driving the quadrature error to zero. Results from the algorithm will be presented for the triangle and the sphere.« less


Air concentrations of PCBs and PAHs were measured in the urban/industrial complex of Chicago, IL, over southern Lake Michigan, and in a non-urban area as part of the AEOLOS (Atmospheric Exchange Over Lakes and Oceans) Project. Air samples were collected simultaneously in intensive experiments during May and July 1994 and January 1995 in order to determine the influence of contaminated air masses from the Chicago urban/industrial complex on the southern Lake Michigan atmosphere. Gas phase ∑PAH concentrations over the lake ∼10−20 km offshore ranged from 0.8 to 70 ng/m3 while urban air concentrations were 27−430 ng/m3. Photooxidation of gas phase PAHs during the day resulted in daytime over-lake concentrations that were ∼75% less than corresponding nighttime concentrations. Gas phase ∑PCB concentrations ranged from 0.14 to 1.1 ng/m3 over the lake and from 0.27 to 14 ng/m3 in the urban area. ∑PCB concentrations varied seasonally as a result of higher volatilization during the summer. The highest concentration...


Enthalpies of mixing for the binary system carbon dioxide – hydrogen sulphide were measured by means of an isothermal flow calorimeter at temperatures of 293.15. 305.15 and 313.15 K. For the first isotherm, excess enthalpy measurements were made at pressures of 0.507, 1.013 and 1.419 MPa. For the last two isotherms, these measurements were performed at pressures of 0.507, 1.013 and 1.520 MPa. The experimental data were treated by the same techniques described for the systems previously studied (Barry et al., 1982a, 1982b, 1982c).

Two types of binary interaction coefficients kij have been utilized for the prediction of experimental data from equations of state: coefficients kij independent of temperature and pressure, and kij's adjusted as function of temperature and pressure. A better prediction of the excess enthalpy experimental data was obtained from the latter series of binary interaction coefficients.


Since the full General Theory of Relativity has been unveiled to the scientific community in 1915, many solutions to the vacuum Einstein field equations have been found and studied. This paper aims at documenting exhaustively the derivation of the shape of the patch of the sky that is left completely black by a spinning black hole described by the Kerr solutions in Boyer-Lindquist coordinates. This dark zone in the observer's sky is called the black hole shadow. Conserved quantities which allow for the analysis of particle orbits are first introduced, with the help of which the trajectories of photons are uniquely described by two impact parameters (Specific angular momentum in the azimuthal direction L and dimensionless Carter's constant Q). We then derive the conditions on those parameters required for a photon to be captured by the black hole. These conditions are then translated into an equation for the black hole shadow. We conclude the paper by drawing out the black hole shadows for an equatorial observer for two separate cases.


In order to improve the precision and enlarge the measuring range of Digital Photography Visiometer (DPV) in the daytime, a bi-blackbody algorithm is derived to eliminate the effects of dark current of CCD camera and stray light of background. Some experiments have been performed to compare DPV with one VAISALA FD12 visibility meter and one VIASALA MITRAS Runway Visual Range Assessment System at Luogang Airport, Hefei, in 2002. Plentiful results showed that these instruments work consistently within a reasonable precision when the visibility varies from 50m to 20km. The further experiments proved that DPV with the bi-blackbody algorithm is feasible and reliable at least in the range of 200 times of baseline length.


Radar target recognition is an important research direction in the field of radar information processing. Low resolution radar ground target classification and recognition still has broad application prospects in modern military and civil fields. Convolutional neural network (CNN) has attracted more and more attention in the field of radar automatic target recognition, because it does not need Feature Engineering and has superior classification performance. The optimization algorithm of neural network is proposed, and the effects of different network structures on the recognition effect are compared, in this paper. The results show that the multi-scale wide residual network multi-target classification algorithm based on optimized auto-encoder has better recognition effect in low resolution radar target recognition.


A quantum algorithm for the NP complete problem of satisfying Boolean formulas with three variables per clause (3SAT) is presented. Departing from traditional models of quantum computation, this algorithm makes extensive use of irreversible operations to incoherently transfer population from states which do not solve some problem of interest to states which do. Provided that a solution exists, the algorithm yields exponential decay of nonsolution probability, at a rate controlled by the user.


Abstract For a real banach space X the maximum principle holds for every X -valued harmonic function if and only if X is a strictly convex Banach space.


Purpose

– The purpose of this paper is to discuss the invisibility of immigrants in diversity research in the management field.

Design/methodology/approach

– Reasons for the paucity of immigrant research, focusing on discrimination, exploitation, and abuse of low‐skilled Hispanic immigrants in the USA, are examined. Considerations of what can be applied to the study of immigrants from extant diversity research are explored.

Findings

– Experiences of Hispanic immigrants to the USA are largely absent from diversity literature even though immigrants are significant contributors to the diversity of the USA. There are clear differences in the employment experiences of native‐born Hispanic‐Americans and those who are immigrants, with the latter, both documented and undocumented, generally faring worse in wages, benefits, and interpersonal treatment when compared with those who are native‐born.

Research limitations/implications

– Suggestions for research are provided to increase the inclusion of immigrants in diversity research.

Originality/value

– This paper focuses on integrating the experiences of discrimination of low‐skilled Hispanic immigrants, who comprise the bulk of newcomers to the USA, into the mainstream diversity literature in management studies and provides questions to stimulate research in the area.


The results of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) with TCR αβ + /CD19 + depletion in patients with primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) are presented. The aim of our study was to evaluate the efficacy of therapy with the use of innovation technology of the transplant preparation, aimed at minimization of the risk of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) with adequate control of infectious complications after HSCT. A total of 60 patients with PIDs aged from 0.24 to 17.5 years (median 2.4 years) received HSCT with TCR αβ + /CD19 + depletion from unrelated ( n = 46) and haploidentical ( n = 14) donors from July 2012 to September 2015. The count of CD34 + -cells in the transplant was 3.2–21.3 × 10 6 /kg (median 11.7 × 10 6 /kg), the count of TCR αβ + -lymphocytes – 0.45–368 × 10 3 /kg (median 11.73 × 10 3 /kg). The cumulative incidence of acute GVHD was 19% [95% confidence interval (CI) 11–32%], without statistically significant difference between the patients receiving HSCT from unrelated (16%; 95% CI 8–31%) and haploidentical (30%; 95% CI 13–68%) donors ( p = 0.98). The majority of patients (9 of 11) developed stage II acute GVHD and only 2 patients had stage III–IV GVHD. The cumulative incidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation was 47% (95% CI 33–66%), the incidence of visceral CMV infection was 13.8% (in 8 of 58 patients), but these parameters were inessential for the overall survival of patients. Epstein–Barr virus-associated posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease was not recorded in any of the patients. The cumulative incidence of graft failure (graft failure or graft rejection) was 25% (95% CI 16–40%) without statistically significant difference between patients receiving HSCT from unrelated and haploidentical donors (25%; 95% CI 15–42% vs. 24%; 95% CI 15–42%, respectively; p = 0.92). However, a detailed analysis revealed differences between the groups of patients receiving one and two alkylating agents in conditioning regimes: the cumulative risk of the transplant failure was 33% (95% CI 20–55%) and 13% (95% CI 4–36%), respectively ( p = 0.48). Patients with the transplant failure ( n = 13) received repeated HSCT with the use of various technologies; two patients developed graft rejection after second HSCT, 1 patient died. The median follow-up period after HSCT was 442 (20–1181) days. Overall survival was 80% (95% CI 69–92%), the cumulative incidence of transplant-related mortality – 12% (95% CI 6–24%). Deaths were caused by infectious complications during the early posttransplant period in 6 of 7 patients. Hence, HSCT with TCR αβ + /CD19 + depletion proved to be a promising technology allowing the regulation of risks of the major posttransplant complications and improving the survival of patients with PIDs.


The osteogenic potential of short durations of low‐level mechanical stimuli was examined in children with disabling conditions. The mean change in tibia vTBMD was +6.3% in the intervention group compared with −11.9% in the control group. This pilot randomized controlled trial provides preliminary evidence that low‐level mechanical stimuli represent a noninvasive, non‐pharmacological treatment of low BMD in children with disabling conditions.


Few physiological studies to date have focused on whether variation among sibling groups during development can account for often large, intraspecific physiological variation. In this study, we measured heart rate in the direct‐developing frog Eleutherodactylus cooki throughout its embryonic development and examined heart rate variation among egg clutches comprising from 10 to 40 eggs. Clutches were collected in the wild in Yubucoa, Puerto Rico, and individual eggs were maintained under equivalent conditions in the lab. Heart rate showed large increases during development, rising from about 40 beats min−1 in the earliest stages to about 110 beats min−1 at hatching. The effect of stage (averaged across clutches) was highly significant (
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By using the method of principal component analysis, this article had a systematic analysis of the natural agricultural resources in the mountainous area in Anhui province. The author has come to the following conclusion: 1 Water has negative connection with plantation and water production; 2 The area has potential to develop its forestry and husbandry; 3 Water heat is the area′s advantage to develop its agriculture; 4 The backup land resource is the main factor to develop its agriculture. The natural agriculture resources can be divided into five categories . The author also gave suggestions to make use of these resources: 1 Reenforcing the protection and construction of the land ecological environment; 2 Forming a good agricultural ecological system; 3 Developing ecological tourism.


Abstract : Several subroutines have been written in COMPASS for the CDC 3800 computer to allow permanent and temporary storage on the 813 disk file. Access to such storage can be either in a random or sequential manner. (Author)


Crataegus (+Crataegomespilus) 'Kokhno' is a new graft chimera originated from the junction where Crataegus germanica (= Mespilus germanica) scion was top-grafted onto a stock Crataegus sp. In 1993, in the arboretum of one of the forestry-division offices in the Volhynia region, Vladyslav Oleshko found a putative hybrid between hawthorn and medlar, which was named in honor of well-known Ukrainian dendrologist Mykola Kokhno. He believed this plant was the result of a crossing between Mespilus germanica and Crataegus ucrainica because it was characterized by heterophylly having a mixture of both medlar and hawthorn leaves. The flowers of this plant are not solitary but placed in corymbs. The fruits are not aligned in size and range from 0.5–5.0 cm in diameter. The study of this hawthorn-medlar in the dendrological collection of the M.M. Hryshko National Botanical Garden (Kyiv, Ukraine) led to the conclusion that it is a graft chimera, not a hawthorn-medlar sexual hybrid. This hawthorn-medlar cultivar is morphologically similar to medlar but differs in the arrangement of flowers and fruits. The fruits typical for varietal medlar develop from solitary flowers, whereas atypical small fruits are located in groups. Both types of fruits have no germs in the stones. The cultivar 'Kokhno' is adapted to the Forest-Steppe of Ukraine and performs well as an ornamental and fruit plant. An outline of the history and nomenclature of graft hybrids (chimeras) between Crataegus and Mespilus is given.


An axial blower is provided that comprises a substantially circular cylindrical blower pipe 3 wherein, in the blower pipe, a blower stator is provided that comprises a central construction 8 arranged in the blower pipe and a number of guide blades 9 being disposed downstream of the blower rotor 2 to the effect that they are, at their proximal ends 11, secured to the central construction and, at their distal ends 10, securely mounted to the inner side of the blower pipe 3, whereby the guide blades and the central construction are secured relative to the blower pipe. The central construction comprises a number of separate stator segments that are mutually secured to each other; and wherein each of the guide blades is configured as an integral unit along with one of the stator segments.


The main decomposition products formed from triforine by hydrolysis in solution and by photolysis were isolated and identified. In aqueous solution at 21°, hydrolysis proceeds rapidly by formation of chloride ions and, through several intermediates, 1-(dihydroxyacetyl)piperazine and piperazine. Photolysis by ultraviolet light in the absence of water leads preferentially to the removal of one side chain, the second side chain being attacked more slowly. In aqueous solution, triforine is rapidly destroyed by ultraviolet light. N-(2,2-Dichlorovinyl)formamide was isolated as an intermediate photodecomposition product.


PDC Place North America is being organised to celebrate and learn from community-based information and resource sharing within urban settings in North America. By organising two hybrid events in Detroit, MI, USA, and Toronto, ON, Canada, we hope to bring participants together to reflect on how specific forms of information and resources get made, shared, and exchanged in urban settings. We will use art installations, teach-ins, and workshops to create a comprehensive understanding of community-based information and resource sharing in urban settings and present our findings at the PDC showcase during the conference.


L-Prolinium picrate, Rare earth elements, Neodymium, Cerium, Lanthanum doped L-Prolinium picrate and soft transition element Niobium doped L-Prolinium picrate were synthesized and grown as single crystals by slow evaporation method. The cell dimensions were obtained by single-crystal X-ray diffraction study. Optical properties, such as UV– visible–NIR absorption and second harmonic generation conversion efficiency were investigated to explore the optical characteristics of the grown crystals. Microhardness, Thermal and dielectric studies of the compound were also carried out.


The piece of work entitled A Proposal of Indicator that allows the evaluation of the components of the educative process. Dealing with it starting from the subject "Didactic of the Primary Teaching" it has a main purpose to show  the indicator already conceive for this aim and that may find exit since the particular didactics, satisfying in that way the curricular strategy: work with the mother's tongue revealing its role as a cross micro axis that crosses the curriculum . The offering of this tool to the teachers will constitute a way to guide and assist  the dificultie4s in the initial training of the future primary teacher who studies at the Pedagogical university


In this paper, the state space method is developed for analysis of the scattering of radially inhomogeneous cylindrical structures. The developed technique is based on obtaining and using the state transition matrix of cylindrical layers. The most valuable and interesting property of the presented method is its systematic approach, allowing one to easily apply this method to any types of cylindrical inhomogeneous media and simply implement it in a programming language supporting matrix manipulations. The validity of the presented method as well as the correctness of the formulation is achieved by providing some numerical examples and comparing the obtained results with the results of previously published works.


Domain dictionary is very useful in many Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications. This paper proposes a gloss-based word domain assignment algorithm to build domain dictionaries from machine-readable dictionary. Experiments on WordNet2.0 show that 62.53% of the first domain labels can match with the WordNet Domains3.0. Compared with the traditional corpus-based word domain assignment algorithms, this method can effectively use the existing dictionary resource and improve the accuracy of word domain assignment while reducing human efforts on corpus collection.


The confidential inquiry into suicides and homicides by mentally ill people was set up in 1992 by Britain's Department of Health, following consultation with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Its remit is to inquire into homicides and suicides committed by patients under the care of or recently discharged by, the specialist psychiatric services; to identify factors in the patients' management that might be related to the deaths; and to recommend preventive measures. A preliminary report on homicide was published in 1994,1 followed this year by the publication of the inquiry's first full reports.2

The inquiry identified cases by searching through the Home Office records for homicides committed by anyone in whom a previous psychiatric history was noted or who subsequently became the responsibility of the specialist services under the powers of the Mental Health Act 1983. Suicides were notified on a voluntary basis by district psychiatric audit representatives. In both cases, information was subsequently obtained by questionnaires mailed to the …


This research aims to analyze the academic field of knowledge production on the theme
of sport migration, highlighting the main authors, institutions, and countries of origin
of the knowledge produced. For this, a systematic review was used in three key
international databases. A total of 190 manuscripts were identified that dealt with the
theme, and it was observed that the rate of knowledge production increased after the
1990s. It was also determined that the theme received important contributions from
authors linked to UK institutions. It was concluded that the scientific field of the theme
of sport migration has a centrality in English-speaking nations and European countries
and could benefit from greater attention being paid to the knowledge output from
peripheral countries or researchers from these locations.


Eye-tracking has traditionally been used as a means of measuring eye scanning behavior while reading, interacting with Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) or in providing a user interface for assistive devices for individuals who may not be able to use more standard input mechanisms. As the technology matures there is extensive interest in using eye-tracking as a control mechanism, either augmenting or completely replacing an existing user interface device. Use of eye-tracking technology has the potential of increasing the control bandwidth between a user and a device, something that can be a critical advantage in complex interfaces. At the same time low accuracy or poorly designed interfaces could have a negative effect on ease of use. Thus, it is important to gain an understanding of how eyetracking accuracy can affect the performance of different control tasks under various control approaches. In this paper preliminary results are presented on eye-tracking accuracy in a simple GUI button selection task with and without cursor feedback. This research is a precursor to a larger study that investigates eye-tracking as a means of controlling a tele-operated robot in a simulated search and the results will be used to optimize the design of discrete selection events in the GUI for robot control.


DISCUSSION In this case there was a considerable delay between the onset of symptoms and diagnosis. Post lumbar puncture headache is a relatively common and well recognised complication which if severe can be treated with epidural blood-patch or epidural saline injection. 5 This patient, however, had a life-threatening condition and indeed, in the only other recent report in the anaesthetic literature of subdural haematoma after lumbar dural puncture, the patient died before a diagnosis was made. 2 It cannot be disputed that this complication does follow lumbar dural puncture, with a number of cases reported. However, it is difficult to conceive that CSF pressure can be reduced rapidly enough via a 25-gauge needle puncture to cause tearing of dural vessels. Although the anaesthetist did not recall having any difficulty with the spinal anaesthesia, the history obtained from the patient suggests that several attempts at dural puncture were made, which may be a significant, although hardly uncommon, event. In this case, with no other precipitating factors and the close temporal sequence, an association of the lumbar puncture and haematoma is difficult to disprove. We would therefore like to alert other anaesthetists to this rare complication of spinal anaesthesia which has received little mention in the anaesthetic literature. When persistent headache follows lumbar puncture one must take into account the remote possibility of this complication. If the patient develops neurologic signs referral to a neurosurgeon and CT brain scan is warranted.


Despite the preliminary nature of recent scientific discoveries, it is now possible to sketch, in a general way, the interactions of EBV and human lymphocytes.


The geographical environment influences the humanity,and the drawing art,which is regarded as an important achievement of humanity civilization,must have been influenced and infiltrated by the certain and unique natural environment,humanities environment. In the early 1950-1980s,the fine arts work of the Tibetan nationality theme presents its potential of the vigorous growth instantly. Along with the development of the time,especially the concept formation of the"Global Village"has been formed,a creation of nationality theme can not adopt the creation basic points which are mentioned above.It must be deepened.If we inspect and read this mystical,snow territory plateau carefully with our development judgment,we can feel that the moving restlessly is valuable and urgent.And this is just the contemporary significance of art creation of Tibetan nationality theme.


Advances in wireless communications and information processing systems require implementation of very high performance electronic systems. In recent years, SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) have emerged as one of the leading contenders to satisfy these demands. The low emitter-base turn-on voltage and device scaling significantly reduce power consumption in circuit operation, while maintaining high speed. With the increasing demand placed on voice and data communications, transmitting, receiving and processing information at high frequencies and high speeds, the use of SiGe bipolar transistors becomes increasingly important.


The introduction of geometrical features into standard solids result in cellular materials with unique performances. The deformation mechanisms originated by the introduced geometry may not be entirely captured by the current commercial FEM software; resulting in inaccuracies in predicting the performance of cellular metals. Additionally, the inconsistency of AM material properties will result in material models with uncertainty, thus, contributing to the inaccuracy of simulations. The present work shows a process for modeling the strength of EBM Ti-6Al-4V lattices structures; starting from the definition of the convenient experiments to generate the data for the development of material models at different orientation and finalizes with the assignment of these material models to the lattice FEMs. MSC Patran/Nastran is used in this work. Experimental results of the compressive strength of lattice structures are compared with those from the FEM utilizing the different material models created from the experiments.


With the aid of a case report the efficacy of intravenous diazepam in depressive stupor for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes is described. This may enable use of conventional drug treatment and postpone or avoid use of electroconvulsive therapy.


Background: Metabolic syndrome (Mets) is a risk factor for cardiovascular, chronic lung, liver and kidney diseases. Hypercalcaemia, hypomagnesaemia and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) produce various complications such as cardiac arrythmia, renal stones, atherosclerosis, Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity etc. Some researchers suggested that hypercalcaemia, hypomagnesaemia and elevated CRP occur in Metabolic syndrome patients.
Objectives: To measure serum calcium, magnesium and CRP levels in Metabolic syndrome patients.
Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted from March 2019 to July 2020 in the Department of Physiology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University(BSMMU), Shahbag, Dhaka. For this study, 30 female metabolic syndrome patients aged 25 to 45 year, from the Outpatient department of Endocrinology of BSMMU were selected. For comparison, 30 age and gender matched apparently healthy female subjects were control. Serum calcium and magnesium were measured by Colorimetric method and serum CRP was measured by Immunoturbidimetric method. Independent sample't' test was performed for serum calcium and Mann-Whitney U test was performed for serum magnesium and CRP.
Results: Mean serum calcium (p £0.05 and median value of serum CRP (p £0.01) were significantly higher, median value of serum magnesium was lower (p>0.05) but not significant in Metabolic syndrome patients than that of control.
Conclusion: This study may conclude that elevated serum calcium and CRP levels are associated with metabolic syndrome patients.
J Bangladesh Soc Physiol. 2022, June; 17(1): 14-20


This paper addresses the Verification and Validation(V&V) process and methodology for embedded real time software of a safety-grade Programmable Logic Controller(PLC) in NPPs and describes the V&V guidelines and procedure, V&V environment, V&V process and methodology, and the V&V tools by the APR projects. Specially, it describes the real-time operating system V&V experience which corresponds to the requirement analysis phase of the software development life cycle. Main activities of the real-time operating system Software Requirement Specification(SRS) V&V of the PLC are the technical evaluation, licensing suitability evaluation, inspection and traceability analysis, formal verification, software safety analysis, and software configuration management. The proposed V&V methodology satisfies the Standard Review Plan(SRP)/Branch Technical Position(BTP)-14 criteria for the safety software in nuclear power plants. The proposed V&V methodology is going to verify the upcoming software life cycle in the APR projects.


The forty-fourth annual meeting of the Southeastern Branch was held at the Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, Arkansas, January 26–29, 1970. The registrants included 192 regular members, 27 students, 7 invited guests, and 15 ladies. Chairman S. R Morris called the initial session to order at 9:00 A. M., January 27, 1970. The invocation was given by Gordon Barnes. An official welcome to Hot Springs was given by Charles E. Rixse, Manager, Hot Springs Convention Bureau, and Dr. E. M. Cralley, Director, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, gave a welcome to Arkansas.


One of the most important aspects in solving problems of environmental protection and human health is the control of atmospheric air quality. The most dangerous environmental pollutants are heavy metals (HM). In most European countries, the need to study the consequences of their impact on the environment and human health has led to the establishment of national and international programs for the biomonitoring of heavy metal atmospheric deposition. Data on atmospheric fallout of HMs and other toxic elements are collected based on the analysis of moss biomonitors, which serve as an analogue of aerosol filters. Under the auspices of the United Nations Commission on Transboundary Transport of Atmospheric Deposition in Europe (UNECE ICP Vegetation), an Atlas of Atmospheric Deposition of Heavy Metals is published every 5 years. International team of the sector of neutron activation analysis and applied research of the FLNP JINR contributes to these Atlases since 1995. Study of atmospheric deposition of heavy metals and other toxic elements in a number of JINR member and non-member states (Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Western Ukraine, North Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia), including some areas of Central Russia (Moscow, Tula, Tver, Ivanovo, Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Samara, Ryazan' regions, as well as the South Urals and the North Caucasus (Republic of Ichkeria, North Ossetia) made it possible to identify and assess the areas of these pollutions in the studied territories and compare with the levels of similar pollution in Western Europe The possibility of expanding this program to countries in Asia and the Pacific is currently being discussed.


The authors present different modules created between the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering programs for a new laboratory with a focus on wireless sensors applied toward biomedical data collection. Students in those programs typically have little exposure to the growing area of biomedical telemetry and control because most of their courses are restricted to classical discipline subjects. To address these motivational and technical needs, we are implementing a course with hands-on emphasis. The course exposes the students to the needs and the nature of interconnected biomedical systems, and engages them in the development of networked applications for embedded wireless devices. This elective course is being jointly offered by the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science departments beginning in the spring of 2009 and targets upper division undergraduate and graduate students from both departments. Prerequisites include a course in computer organization and proficiency with a high level imperative programming language. The planned laboratory modules expose the student to the process of designing a biomedical wireless data collection system where they are required to apply concepts from several areas. A team of instructors from CS, ECE and BME backgrounds will provide the foundation of basic concepts required and then the student teams will collaborate to the final design. The approach attempts to exemplify the type of work that could take place in a real application.


We analyse the asymptotic growth of the error for Hamiltonian flows due to small random perturbations. We compare the forward error with the reversibility error, showing their equivalence for linear flows on a compact phase space. The forward error, given by the root mean square deviation σ(t) of the noisy flow, grows according to a power law if the system is integrable and according to an exponential law if it is chaotic. The autocorrelation and the fidelity, defined as the correlation of the perturbed flow with respect to the unperturbed one, exhibit an exponential decay as exp (−2π2σ2(t)). Some numerical examples such as the anharmonic oscillator and the Hénon Heiles model confirm these results. We finally consider the effect of the observational noise on an integrable system, and show that the decay of correlations can only be observed after a sequence of measurements and that the multiplicative noise is more effective if the delay between two measurements is large.


Current modalities for treating a herniated lumbar disc include standard open discectomy, microsurgical discectomy, chemonucleoysis and percutaneous discectomy. The Food and Drug Administration has not yet approved percutaneous laser discectomy for clinical investigation. The investigators believe that percutaneous laser discectomy combines the efficacy of both chemonucleoysis and percutaneous discectomy with the safety of both open standard discectomy and microsurgical discectomy. The investigators removed two lumbar discs from a cadaveric spine and weighed each of them. The two lumbar discs weighed in the range of 13.654 grams and 15.713 grams, respectively. The investigators initiated several series of 10 firing cycles from a surgical carbon dioxide laser system. In each firing cycle the surgical carbon dioxide laser system delivered a beam of light energy having an output power of 18.0 watts at pulse duration of 0.045 second at the rate of 15 pulses per second for a period of 6 seconds and vaporized approximately 325 milligrams of disc material. Based on the findings of other investigators reported in the literature relating to percutaneous discectomy the investigators postulated that 10 to 20 firing cycles are required to vaporize 30 to 40% (2.4 to 6.4 grams) of the disc material. The investigators initiated two series of 10 firing cycles in order to perform laser discectomy in a third lumbar disc of the cadaveric spine in situ. The investigators harvested and then bisected the laser-treated third lumbar disc for gross review. Their gross findings indicated a high probability of success For percutaneous laser discectomy.


This paper investigates new zerotree structures for image compression. The objective of this research is to make the tree structures flexible enough to fit themselves to any significant coefficients within image subbands. In this fashion, a higher compression ratio can be achieved. The approach discussed utilizes predetermined tree structures corresponding to the natural directionality of the separable wavelet transformation. Without increasing the coder's complexity and side rate, the set partitioning in a hierarchical trees (SPIHT) codec proposed by Said and Pearlman (see IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol.6, no.3, p.243-50, 1996) is modified for testing these structures. The results demonstrate some significant improvement especially for highly horizontal and vertical texture images.


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Using sites from the Upper Rhone River, France, as an example, the objective of this paper is to identify the essential elements needed to test current ecological theories with previously collected data. Procedures developed may enable other groups to design comparable research strategies for syntheses of long-term studies of ecological systems.

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Because of the high number (more than 200) and turnover of researchers, the long study period (about 17 years), the evolution of research methods and interests, and the diverse systematic groups that were considered (from micro-organisms to birds), the data available for a synthesis were quite heterogeneous. The application of a 'fuzzy coding' technique allowed such disparate information to be structured for analysis.

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The habitat templet concept and the patch dynamics concept were selected for analysis with existing data on the Upper Rhone because theories, such as these, that link ecological responses to habitat templets are a focus of current ecological debate and potentially may serve as a general tool for ecologically orientated river management.

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A preliminary trial to structure the existing knowledge, to identify (and manage) gaps in it, and to create and apply the analytical tools in a way that predictions from theory could be tested was an essential element in the design of this project.

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Predictions derived from the theoretical concepts had to match the format of the available information on the Upper Rhone; potential bias was avoided by having a priori predictions developed by previously uninvolved colleagues.

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Synthesis of the long-term study of the Upper Rhone in the context of concurrently developed ecological theory required, at times, an unconventional research strategy. Hence, the generation of hypotheses and methods, the presentation of results, and consequently the discussions in papers of this special issue of Freshwater Biology (Statzner, Resh & Doledec, 1994) represent an innovative approach to testing ecological theory.


Purpose  Students often act as subjects during practical and clinical skills training sessions. This routine seems to be quite acceptable for them but may present side‐effects. Disorders, sometimes of a serious nature, have been discovered in medical students during clinical skills training. Because the incidence of and sequels to medical problems discovered in medical students during study‐related activities are unknown, we carried out an explorative study.


Autonomous vehicles is soon a reality in the every-day life. Though before it is used commercially the vehicles need to be proven safe. The current standard for functional safety on roads, ISO 2626 ...


A comparative study of the influence of limestones, crush rock and asbestos/cement dust on the respiratory function parameters of exposed workers was carried in Calabar, Mfamosing and Old Netim, both of Akamkpa Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria. One hundred and fifty adult male workers, non-smokers exposed for at least five years and 150 adult control groups from the College of Medical Sciences and Graduate School of the University of Calabar of the same age, weight and height were studied. The forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) were determined using dry wedge vitalograph spirometer, while the peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) was determined using the mini Wright peak flow meter. The data were statistically analysed and the result showed a mean FVC of 3.3L, FEV1 of 2.5L and PEFR of 467.6L/mm among Asbestos/cement workers. Also a mean FVC of 3.38L, FEV1 of 2.38L and 469.0L/mm for limestone workers, FVC of 3.56L, FEV1 of 2.56L, PEFR of 453.2L/mm for crush rock workers and a mean FVC of 4.12L, FEV1 of 3.34L, PEFR of 594.0 for control group. There were no significant differences between the ventilatory function parameters (FVC, FEV1) in all the workers (P>0.05), but there were significant differences in PEFR values in the groups of workers (P workers.


The current study was undertaken to investigate whether self‐assessment of clinical skills of undergraduate dental students could be bridged with faculty assessment by deliberate training over an extended period. A secondary aim was to explore students' perception of self‐assessment and its effect on their learning and motivation.


In the practical application of bearing fault diagnosis, the data imbalance problems caused by the lack of available fault data lead to inaccurate diagnosis. The high cost and difficulty of obtaining fault samples has become an obstacle to the development of intelligent diagnosis technology. Aiming at the problem of data imbalance caused by small samples, this paper proposes a data generation method called FEF_WGAN_GP based on Wasserstein generative adversarial networks with gradient penalty (WGAN_GP) and feature Euclidean distance filtering (FEF) theory. Firstly, WGAN_GP is used to obtain signals with similar distribution to the small sample data, which can alleviate the imbalance of the dataset. Then, the FEF method is used to filter the generated data in order to obtain a higher quality of the samples. In the test validation part, not only the used dataset is evaluated to obtain a more reasonable dataset, but also the generated signals are evaluated from multiple perspectives. In addition, this paper evaluates the effects of the number, length and signal-to-noise ratio of the parent data on the quality of the generated signals, as well as the effect of the setting of the threshold of the data filtering method on the accuracy of the classifier. The experimental results indicate that this method performs well in processing unbalance fault data. It has better stability and diagnostic accuracy than the current stable method.


The purpose of this research was to verify the effect of jumping activity on balance of deafchildren after providing self-observation. As a process, we chose 20 deaf children and divided them by screening into two different groups self-observation group(10) and non self-observation group(10). We let them do jumping activity for 16 times after self-observation and checked the difference in the counterbalance as a group and as an individual. The self-observation group observed themselves before the test by watching five-minute long videotape of their proper and improper behaviors. After this, the self-observation group did warming-up exercises with non self-observation group and moved into their stages to do jumping activities for three to four times. Jumping activities consisted of six stations and were performed in outdoor stages. The static balance test(standing on one leg with eyes closed) and dynamic balance test(backward walking) were carried out three times before and after the inspection respectively and recorded in velocity of second unit(1/100). Top to the second record was used to get the average score and standard deviation. The improvement of balance rate was calculated by subtracting the average of ante-mortem inspection from that of post-mortem inspection. The independent variable was the jumping activity with self-observation, and the dependent variable was the test result of standing on one leg and its backward walking. We shoot a video of self-observation group activities on each station. The data of this research was handled by sub-program of SPSS. The improvement and difference of each group and individual balance were analyzed by t-inspection. The conclusions were as following; First, from the improvement test as a group, we found out that both of the self-observation and non self-observation group showed similar differences statistically in the static balance test. Speaking of the balance test, the self-observation group showed some differences while non self-observation group did not show. Second, from the improvement test of each individual in the group, there were some differences in improvement statistically between the groups. After putting everything together, we understood that self-observation group had some improvement statistically in jumping activity with self-observation comparing with non-observation group in respective static and dynamic balance tests. This outcome can be interpreted that jumping activity with self-observation had a good influence on deaf children balancing ability of more than 70dB. It is expected that deaf children can develop their balancing ability by performing their jumping activity with self-observation.


acquired respiratory tract infections (RTIs), such as acute bacterial sinusitis (ABS), acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECB), and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), is vital to minimize the risk of treatment failure and subsequent hospitalization. The selected antibiotic should be active against the most likely causative pathogens, including both common respiratory pathogens (Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis) and atypical/intracellular respiratory pathogens (Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila [Chlamydia] pneumoniae, and Legionella spp.). Recently, however, antibiotic selection has been complicated by the global spread of resistance to commonly used agents among key respiratory pathogens; of particular concern is the increasing prevalence of penicillin-, macrolide-, and multidrug-resistant S. pneumoniae isolates. Increasingly, there have been calls for healthcare providers to adjust their prescribing practices to optimize patient outcomes while minimizing the spread of antibiotic resistance. Several leading researchers and clinicians have proposed that new treatment paradigms be adopted for use in clinical practice. Such paradigms suggest that first-line antibiotic choices should display enhanced potency, bactericidal activity (based on the premise that "dead bugs don't mutate"), a targeted spectrum of activity against key respiratory pathogens, and a low potential to select for or induce antibiotic resistance. A case study demonstrating the application of such a treatment paradigm is summarized in Box 1. Telithromycin (KETEK) is the first of a new class of antibiotics—the ketolides. This agent was specifically developed to provide a targeted spectrum of activity against key common respiratory pathogens such as S. pneumoniae (including antibiotic-resistant strains), H. influenzae, and M. catarrhalis, in addition to atypical/intracellular respiratory pathogens (M. pneumoniae, C. pneumoniae, and Legionella spp.). Ketolide antibiotics are chemically related to the macrolides, but have a number of structural modifications that confer enhanced activity against respiratory pathogens when compared with the macrolides. Moreover, in vitro studies have demonstrated that telithromycin has a low potential to select for or induce antibiotic resistance among respiratory pathogens. Telithromycin has recently been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical use in the treatment of adults ( 18 years of age) with ABS, AECB, or CAP of mild to moderate severity. The recommended telithromycin dosage is 800 mg (2 400 mg tablets) taken orally once daily for 5 days (ABS and AECB) or 7 to 10 days (CAP). This article assesses the potential role of telithromycin in the empiric treatment of communityacquired RTIs.


We study numerically the effects of loop quantum gravity motivated corrections on massless scalar field collapse in Painleve-Gullstrand coordinates. Near criticality the system exhibits Choptuik scaling with a mass gap and a new scaling relationship dependant upon the quantum length scale. Classical singularities are resolved by a radiationlike phase in the quantum collapse: the black hole consists of a compact region of spacetime bounded by a single, smooth trapping horizon. The 'evaporation' is not complete but leaves behind a small expanding shell that disperses to infinity.


. Many physical phenomena may be modelled by first order hyperbolic equations with degenerate dissipative or diffusive terms. This is the case for example in gas dynamics, where the mass is conserved during the evolution, but the momentum balance includes a diffusion (viscosity) or damping (relaxation) term, or, in numerical simulations, of conservation laws by relaxation schemes. Such so-called partially dissipative systems have been first pointed out by S.K. Go-dunov in a short note in Russian in 1961. Much later, in 1984, S. Kawashima high-lighted in his PhD thesis a simple criterion ensuring the existence of global strong solutions in the vicinity of a linearly stable constant state. This criterion has been revisited in a number of research works. In particular, K. Beauchard and E. Zuazua proposed in 2010 an explicit method for constructing a Lyapunov functional allowing to refine Kawashima's results and to establish global existence results in some situations that were not covered before. These notes originate essentially from the PhD thesis of T. Crin-Barat that was initially motivated by an earlier observation of the author in a Chapter of the handbook coedited by Y. Giga and A. Novotn´y. Our main aim is to adapt the method of Beauchard and Zuazua to a class of symmetrizable quasilinear hyperbolic systems (containing the compressible Euler equations), in a critical regularity setting that allows to keep track of the dependence with respect to e.g. the relaxation parameter. Compared to Beauchard and Zuazua's work, we exhibit a 'damped mode' that will have a key role in the construction of global solutions with critical regularity, in the proof of optimal time-decay estimates and, last but not least, in the study of the strong relaxation limit. For simplicity, we here focus on a simple class of partially dissipative systems, but the overall strategy is rather flexible, and adaptable to much more involved situations.


Background: Cancer in a nonagenarian patient is rarely seen and there is always a moral dilemma for the family members and the patient as well of whether to opt for the treatment or not. Aim: The main aim was to identify the survival differences between treated and not treated nonagenarian cancer patients. Methods: This was a retrospective study of hospital-based cancer registry data from 2010 to 2016. The data of all nonagenarian cancer patients were analyzed for gender distribution, leading sites of cancer, stage distribution, types of treatment received, and survival. The survival was calculated from the date of first diagnosis. Descriptive statistics was used to present the results and presented up to single decimal place. Kaplan-Meier analysis was done to present the overall survival results and Cox-regression analysis was done to estimate the unadjusted HR. The P value for significance was set at < 0.05. SPSS v17.0 was used for carrying out the analysis. Results: Of 60,087 cancer patients registered during the study period, 146 (0.2%) patients were of 90 years and above. In males, hypopharynx in 19 (20.5%), lungs in 11 (10.3%), and esophagus in nine (8.4%) patients were top three leading sites. And in females, tongue in eight (20.5%), mouth in five (12.8%), and hypopharynx in four (10.3%) patients were the top leading sites. 60% patient data were in stages III and IV. Thirty seven (25.3%) patients received treatment, and 32 (86.4%) patients received radiotherapy alone. Five patients (13.5%) received combined modality of treatment. Two (5.4%) patients each received chemotherapy alone and surgery followed by radiotherapy for their cancer. Only one (2.5%) patient received concurrent chemo-radiotherapy. The median survival was nine months [confidence interval (CI) = 4.5-13.4]. The overall survival (OS) was 14.3% and the survival in the treatment group was 21.3% versus 7.7% in the Not Received, Abandoned, and Incomplete (NRAI) group (log rank (Mantel-Cox), P = 0.001). The unadjusted HR for NRAI group was 3.8 ( P = 0.003, CI=1.5-9.7). Conclusion: This analysis gives us some insight into the various types of cancer in the very old patients in our population. Selected nonagenarian cancer patients from our population with a favorable performance status should receive curative treatments in all possible ways. The improved overall survival and lower risk of death in nonagenarian cancer patients who received treatment in comparison with the NRAI group should aware the oncologist of the weighted benefits of curative treatment instead of plain palliation.


During the past two decades, various attempts have been made to implement changes in the Belgian electoral system. While most of these attempts met with failure, some minor changes were successful. This article considers three cases in depth: demands for the abolition of compulsory voting; the ongoing discussion about splitting the Brussels electoral district according to linguistic lines; and the introduction of an electoral threshold. It demonstrates that legal barriers and veto players are instrumental in explaining the odds that attempts at electoral reform will be successful. Belgium's consociational system does indeed impose the use of supermajorities for some reforms and the in-built obligation of power-sharing grants veto power to major but also to smaller political parties in every language group. The case studies also demonstrate that political parties often fail to estimate in a reliable manner the consequences of reform.


No longer a safe haven Many biological patterns have a latitudinal component. One long-recognized pattern is that predation rates are higher at lower latitudes. This may explain why many migratory birds travel thousands of miles from the tropics to the poles to breed. Looking across thousands of records, Kubelka et al. found that climate change seems to have altered this fundamental pattern. In shorebirds, at least, predation rates on nests are now higher in the Arctic than in the tropics. Science, this issue p. 680 Climate change has caused a reversal in patterns of shorebird nest predation rates such that Arctic birds suffer more predation. Ongoing climate change is thought to disrupt trophic relationships, with consequences for complex interspecific interactions, yet the effects of climate change on species interactions are poorly understood, and such effects have not been documented at a global scale. Using a single database of 38,191 nests from 237 populations, we found that shorebirds have experienced a worldwide increase in nest predation over the past 70 years. Historically, there existed a latitudinal gradient in nest predation, with the highest rates in the tropics; however, this pattern has been recently reversed in the Northern Hemisphere, most notably in the Arctic. This increased nest predation is consistent with climate-induced shifts in predator-prey relationships.


Iliopelvic lymphoscintigraphy was performed to visualize the changes of the lymphatic system using Technetium-99m antimony sulfide colloid in carcinoma of uterine cervix. There were no differences between various indices and clinical stages, but comparison with computed tomographic and postoperative findings, there was meaningful difference in index of decrease and increase, respectively. And lymphoscintigraphy showed by pass way of lymphatic channel in 42 cases (16%) and this suggested the presence of normal shunts of lymphatic channels. Iliopelvic lymphoscintigraphy may be useful for evaluation of lymphatic system in carcinoma of uterine cervix, expecially for screening method.


With the development of process products constantly to high accuracy ,high rigidity, high speed, more dynamic characteristic are needed to spindle part, so dynamic characteristic analyse seem more and more important to spindle part. We adopt the ceramic bearing electric spindle to achieve high speed and precision grinding. In the course of grinding, the performance of the ceramic bearing electric spindle will directly influence the spindle could realize steady and high speed accurate to process whether or not. The grinding wheel pole has a simple structure, but it has a tremendous influence on the electric main spindle. Based on accurate grinding machine controlled by PMAC-PC, the influence of wheel on the performance of the ceramic bearing electric spindle is analyzed using FFT spectrum of vibration signal under different rotational speed.


The present paper describes the effect oftwo concentration (10% and 50%) of treated sugar factory effluent on growth performance of Triticum aestivum, Linn. Observation shows that 10% treated effluent concentration is promotory to plant growth, where as 50% treated effluent concentration is inhibitory to plant growth.


Vattel, therefore, like Blackstone, was generally found in every American library of note and was read, quoted and appealed to as an authority on questions involving the principles of international law and the usage of the past. Professor Lapradelle in a very interesting introduction of some forty-five pages reviews the principal events in the life and career of Vattel; describes the influence which the writings of Wolf exerted upon him; analyzes and criticizes certain of his doctrines; traces his influence on the subsequent development of international law; and estimates the authority with which his treatise was regarded in the different countries where it was read. In England it was favorably received from the first and was translated three times before 1797. In America its authority was still greater; by 1780, we are told, it had become a classic and a text book in the colleges; it was cited as the highest authority by Marshall, Kent, Story, and Wheaton; and it was relied upon by the American government in its diplomatic controversies with foreign powers. VattePs authority in Germany was less, because there his liberal ideas did not meet with favor. Few treatises on international law have gone through so many editions and been so often translated. According to a table published in the present edition (Vol. I, pp. lvi-lix) the number of such editions amounts to twenty, while nine translations have appeared in England, twelve in the United States, five in Spain, one in Germany and one in Italy. This is an honor with which only Grotius appears to have been rewarded.


Strain induced self-rolling semiconductor micro and nanotubes and related structures represent a new class of building blocks of nanotechnology. They are formed when strained planar bilayers are released from the substrate by selectively removing the sacrificial layer. Compared to other nanotechnology building blocks, one of the main advantages is the precise positioning capability due to top down fabrication approach. In this article, we demonstrate the fabrication of perfectly aligned arrays of InGaAs/GaAs nanotubes and the dispersion of freestanding semiconductor nanotubes into solution and onto foreign substrates. In addition, we systematically investigate the crystal orientation dependence of the rolling direction by using a wheel configuration. Other aspects of formation process are also discussed.


Jones and colleagues (1) found that the pattern of urinary metabolites of aldosterone was changed in pregnant compared with nonpregnant subjects. The ratio, however, of the secretion rate to the urinary free aldosterone, which was taken to indicate the over-all metabolic rate, was not appreciably altered. Daughaday (2) and Meyer (3) and their associates found that the binding of aldosterone to plasma proteins other than albumin was the same for nonpregnant and pregnant subjects and for subjects treated with small amounts of estrogens. The unaltered binding, unlike that of cortisol, might suggest that the over-all metabolism of aldosterone is unchanged in pregnancy. Tait and co-workers (4) described methods for the calculation of volumes of distribution and rate constants by measurement of the plasma radioactivity, as aldosterone, as a function of time after a single injection of the tritiated hormone. In addition, the ratio of the secretion rate to the plasma steroid concentration, which is a measure of the over-all metabolic process, could be calculated both after a single injection and after constant infusion of radioactive steroid. This ratio was previously termed a "turnover rate" (4), but as it has the dimensions of volume divided by time, it will henceforward be referred to as the "metabolic clearance rate" (MCR) of the steroid. In the present paper, the singleinjection and constant-infusion methods for estimating MCRare compared for both pregnant and nonpregnant subjects. The MCR


The aim of this study was to explore bacterial soil diversity for nitrile biocatalysts, in particular, those for hydrolysis of β‐substituted nitriles, to the corresponding carboxamides and acids that may be incorporated into peptidomimetics. To achieve this, we needed to compare the efficiency of isolation methods and determine the influence of land use and geographical origin of the soil sample.


(57) ABSTRACT A method for producing an optical film including: laminating a hard coat layer on one side of an optical Substrate in roll form, the hard coat layer having a transparent Support and an optical anisotropic layer. The transparent Support is laminated on the optical anisotropic layer, the one side is a transparent Support-side of the optical Substrate, the hard coat layer is obtained by coating, drying and curing a composition for forming a hard coat layer containing a curable monomer, a photo-polymerization initiator, and a solvent. The solvent is a mixture of at least one solvent selected from (S-1) and (S-2) and at least one solvent selected from (S-3), or a mixture of at least one solvent selected from (S-1) and at least one solvent selected from (S-2): (S-1) solvents dissolving the transparent Support: (S-2) solvents Swelling the transparent Support; and (S-3) solvents neither dissolving nor Swelling the transparent Support.


Nanocrystalline LaFeO3 perovskite oxide were synthesized by the co-precipitation method. The products were characterized with X-ray spectrometer (XRD), an Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The XRD patterns confirmed the formation of perovskite phase. The SEM micrographs indicated that perovskite samples were nanosized particles with morphology of likely high concentration of inter particle porosity. The application as ethanol gas sensor was investigated and found from the lower calcinations temperature the LaFeO3 showed great enhancement of sensitivity toward ethanol giving results that were much better than many sensors ever reported. Keywords—Perovskite, LaFeO3, Co-Precipitation method and Ethanol gas sensor.


AbstractThe aim of this paper is to determine whether there exist age dependent differences in the orientation of clusters' activities. The literature depicts different approaches to the cluster evolution process, highlighting that clusters are subject to a life cycle that emphasizes different sets of activities in various stages of their development. These activities appear to follow a certain trajectory, whereby the successful completion of initial less-intensive activities stimulates a shift in focus to more demanding, long-term projects. The presented research verifies that clusters can pass through different stages of development, and examines in detail their preferences for jointly-undertaken activities. Research, conducted on a sample of clusters of different countries and ages, was carried out through the use of questionnaires and structured interviews with cluster managers. It is a sample of so-called organized clusters, which have their own internal structure and which are characterized by consc...


In the 1990s we have heard a lot about pesticide exposure and how to minimize the risk to employees and others who may come in contact with the pesticides. A recent study at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, looked at the entire spectrum of exposure to pesticides and reported some very interesting results. In a nutshell, everything we have always believed as true was verified, but let's look a little closer at some of the information we now have. The study looked at 2, 4-D exposure by professional applicators. The total exposure was measured, that is how much 2, 4-D these people handled and then how much 2, 4-D was excreted from their bodies over a period of time. Since 2,4-D and other pheonoxy herbicides are such a hot topic with so many people today, this presents some good information with which you should become familiar. The results found no correlation between how much 2, 4-D was handled and how much was excreted. In fact, the person who was the loader/mixer at the firm actually had a lower excrement level than some of the applicators. The applicators themselves had all different levels of excrements when they were exposed to virtually the same amount of 2, 4-D. So what makes the difference? Very simply, it came down to the care taken by the person handling the pesticide. The mixer/loader understood, apparently, that he was handling a more concentrated material and therefore was more cautious. The applicators had varying levels of exposure. Rolling up hoses with bare hands, not using boots or long pants, all increased the amount of 2, 4-D excreted by the applicator. This information backs up a study done at Michigan State University several years ago that showed proper uniforms decrease overall exposure dramatically. Another aspect of this study looked at exposure to persons who walked on the sprayed turf or who ere bystanders to the application. Certainly, these are concerns for everyone who applies pesticides on golf courses. The bystanders had no measurable exposure for 96 hours after the application; and of the persons who walked on the turf, the only ones who had a measurable response were those in bare feet and shorts who sat on the turf within an hour of the application. Even so, the excrement was below any World Health Association acceptable daily intake levels. The good news here is that if people are wearing shoes (and most of our players do!) then their potential exposure is exceedingly low, if not nil. The bottom line from this study is that proper training does make a difference. Any time spent teaching our applicators and other employees about the proper use of pesticides and waiting until the applications dry before coming in contact with the turfgrass, will pay big dividends in employee health and safety. One word of warning. Don't assume that your longterm employees don't need the reminders! The MSU study indicated that it was the more experienced applicators who were a bit more careless and had higher levels of exposure. All employees need constant encouragement to work safely and to use the proper safety equipment. As the superintendent, it is your job to be sure they follow directions.


Aim:To get the idea of employing units' demand status on the vocational medical and health care personnel under the new medical system in Guangxi,so as to provide reference for the personnel cultivation.Methods:Carried out questionnaire survey on 102 regional recruitment units with uniform questionnaire of employment intent.Result:The employing demand tendency of 99.02% employing units is continuously increasing,the demand for the major types are related with the ranks and scales of the hospital,and no significant difference in the salary,and the graduates with good comprehensive quality are favored by recruit units.Conclusion:To cultivate highly talent,pragmatic individuals who are not afraid to get down to work and stay at it until the job is done well,vocational colleges still have more to do in renewing the education ideas and making adjustment in course content and teaching mode.


It is a hand tool load device having at least one battery contact device (12a; 12b) is proposed, which is provided to load at least one hand tool battery (14) undiskret positioned, wherein the battery contact device (12a; 12b) at least a contact portion (16a; 16b) of is formed elongate.


14 ➜ The imminent introduction of Solvency II will drive the application of internal evaluation and risk management models. Dynamic Financial Analysis (DFA) is becoming an ideal technique for the development of internal models. This is the name used to embrace the stochastic simulation models in insurance business that enables the evaluation of the impact of strategic decisions on the solvency and profitability of the company. ? Dynamic Financial Analysis What is


Almost all South Asian countries today face challenges which span across political, economic and social spheres. These economies require urgent reforms in order to improve governance, make markets work for poor, increase connectivity between people and places, and engage the youth bulge in the most productive manner. Recently South Asia has shown resilience to global financial crisis in the form of record high growth in exports and remittances from abroad. There has also been some rhetoric at the government level that promises greater regional integration.


The signal of optical coherence tomography (OCT) decays exponentially in depth due to tissue scattering, resulting in indistinct tissue features in three-dimension. Moreover, due to limited light penetration depth, extensive volumetric investigation is usually constrained for large-scale biological samples. By integrating serial sectioning technology with block-face imaging, we establish a volumetric OCT acquisition and reconstruction pipeline that incorporates depth-resolved attenuation coefficient estimation, volumetric stitching and filtering, and feature enhancement visualization. We demonstrate this pipeline on ex vivo human brain volumes of several cubic centimeters with 5 um isotropic resolution.


Measurements were made of the polarization in elastic nucleon-nucleon interactions, and formulas are derived for the scattering density matrix. (R.V.J.)


An algorithm is described which iteratively solves for the coefficients of successively higher‐order, least‐squares polynomial fits in terms of the results for the previous, lower‐order polynomial fit. The technique takes advantage of the special properties of the least‐squares or Hankel matrix, for which Ai,j=Ai+1,j-1. Only the first and last column vectors of the inverse matrix are needed at each stage to continue the iteration to the next higher stage. An analogous procedure may be used to determine the inverse of such least‐squares type matrices. The inverse of each square submatrix is determined from the inverse of the previous, lower‐order submatrix. The results using this algorithm are compared with the method of fitting orthogonal polynomials to data points. While the latter method gives higher accuracy when high‐order polynomials are fitted to the data, it requires many more computations. The increased accuracy of the orthogonal‐polynomial fit is valuable when high precision of fitting is require...


We have considered two representations of a longitudinal section of the shoot apex: a regular grid and a cellular template based on a real meristem section. Depending on the case, cells are represented as square or arbitrary polygons, which share with the neighboring cells the edges that represent the interface through which the cells communicate. Each edge thus corresponds to a pair of membranes with the associated wall. The model equations take into account the variation in cell and interface size present in the cellular template model. Our model treats cells as single compartments and does not explicitly simulate internal auxin gradients within a cell or the diffusion of auxin in the extracellular space. In the shoot meristem, where the cells are small and have thin walls, this is likely a reasonable approximation (Kramer 2006). In a review of computer models of auxin transport, Kramer (Kramer 2008) discusses the strengths and weaknesses of this and other approaches.


Fixing frame 14, in particular for fastening an optical sensor on a mechanical counter 4 with a base plate 16 having a front side and a back side, fastening means 24 adapted to at least non-positive receiving of a digital counter, wherein the base plate spaced 16 two through an opening of the base plate 16 from each other, legs 16a, 16b having. On the legs 16a, 16b each have at least one calibration flag 20a, 20b is disposed on the front side.


A 93 year old patient who had an acute pancreatitis caused by the obstruction of the pancreatic duct stone is described in this study. He had a history of IgG4-related disease and refused to accept steroid therapy. Abdominal CT and MRCP imagines showed that multiple calculi were located in the pancreatic and the pancreatic duct was stretched. The patient underwent Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopan-creatography detection after a multidisciplinary consultation. Yet, the catheter can't be inserted into the major pancreatic duct owning to the hyperemia of duodenal papilla, although endoscopic sphincterotomy was performed. Fortunately, The minor duct was cannulated with a standard sphincterotome, and a sphincterotomy was performed followed by successful extraction of the pancreatic stone(1.0×0.8cm). Since then the patient had no epigastric pain and had a good quality of life. Three years later, he came to our department again for diarrhea. GJMR-F Classification : NLMC Code: WI 805 Successful Endoscopic Treatment of Accessory Pancreatic Duct Stones in an Elderly Patient with Igg-4 Related Disease A Case Report and Literature Reviews Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: Xin Jiang Successful Endoscopic Treatment of Accessory Pancreatic Duct Stones in an Elderly Patient with Igg-4 Related Disease: A Case Report and Literature Reviews Li Yan , Shiping Xu , Enqing Linghu , Meiyan Pan , Xiaolin Cao , Xin Jiang Wang, Zhiqiang Wang α & Benyan Wu α Abstract A 93 year old patient who had an acute pancreatitis caused by the obstruction of the pancreatic duct stone is described in this study. He had a history of IgG4-related disease and refused to accept steroid therapy. Abdominal CT and MRCP imagines showed that multiple calculi were located in the pancreatic and the pancreatic duct was stretched. The patient underwent Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography detection after a multidisciplinary consultation. Yet, the catheter can't be inserted into the major pancreatic duct owning to the hyperemia of duodenal papilla, although endoscopic sphincterotomy was performed. Fortunately, The minor duct was cannulated with a standard sphincterotome, and a sphincterotomy was performed followed by successful extraction of the pancreatic stone(1.0×0.8cm). Since then the patient had no epigastric pain and had a good quality of life. Three years later, he came to our department again for diarrhea. Pancreatic enzyme treatment of diarrhea associated with the chronic pancreatitis was very effective for the patients. A 93 year old patient who had an acute pancreatitis caused by the obstruction of the pancreatic duct stone is described in this study. He had a history of IgG4-related disease and refused to accept steroid therapy. Abdominal CT and MRCP imagines showed that multiple calculi were located in the pancreatic and the pancreatic duct was stretched. The patient underwent Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography detection after a multidisciplinary consultation. Yet, the catheter can't be inserted into the major pancreatic duct owning to the hyperemia of duodenal papilla, although endoscopic sphincterotomy was performed. Fortunately, The minor duct was cannulated with a standard sphincterotome, and a sphincterotomy was performed followed by successful extraction of the pancreatic stone(1.0×0.8cm). Since then the patient had no epigastric pain and had a good quality of life. Three years later, he came to our department again for diarrhea. Pancreatic enzyme treatment of diarrhea associated with the chronic pancreatitis was very effective for the patients.


A 10-Gb/s on-chip 1-D eye-opening monitor (EOM) for receiver front-end equalizer boost gain adaptations is presented. The proposed EOM circuits report in real-time horizontal eye-openings using equalizer output by calculating the probability density of the waveform in the central row of pixels of the eye diagram. In addition, a novel multi-phase generator circuit with a delay gain calibration is also demonstrated. It is suitable for EOM circuits to generate a multi-phase sampling clock. The proposed 1-D-EOM circuit is included in a 10-Gb/s receiver design to verify its adaptation functions, and the circuit is implemented using the 65-nm CMOS technology. The sampling phase resolution is 1.5625 ps (where the time for one bit is 100 ps, with a total of 64 phases), and the response time is <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$64~\mu \text{s}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. The total power consumption of the EOM circuit is 1.5 mW with a 1-V supply voltage, and the circuit occupies a layout area of 60 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{m}\,\,\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> 450 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. The results show that the reported horizontal eye-opening value is proportional to the value from a real eye diagram monitor from the test buffer.


The software of SYSWELD was used to simulate the welding deformation in inner pipe wall when in-service welding onto active gas pipeline and the deference of welding deformation between in-service welding and routine welding was compared.The results show that,for a point in the region near the in-service welded seam,its deformation increases when the welding heat source closes up,and achieves maximum when the welding heat source passes through this point.The deformation decreases during the cooling process.The deformation of in-service welded joint has much difference with routine welded joint.The transient deformation and residual deformation of in-service welded joint are all convex deformation,but the transient deformation of routine welded joint changes from convex deformation to concave deformation during the cooling process and the residual deformation is concave deformation.When heat input is increased,the transient deformation and residual deformation in the region near the in-service welded seam are also increasing,but the transient deformation and residual deformation in the region far from the in-service welded seam are decreasing.


By using the analytic hierarchy process(AHP) to establish a comprehensive evaluation system,including three layers,nine indexes and four schemes.In the evaluation system the BAF process,oxidation ditch process,CASS process,and A/A/O process are evaluated from the view points of technical performance,economic benefit and management efficiency to select the optimal solutions.


This study compares different methods of calculating the core inflation rate, the latter being taken as the general price trend, i.e. the persistent component of measured inflation. This price trend is therefore assumed to be free of transitory price movements. This paper focuses on an empirical analysis of data taken from the consumer price index for (western) Germany. In addition, the different methods are examined critically from a theoretical perspective, focusing on two types of procedure: statistical methods and methods based on economic theory. The latter include a new procedure which is based on the P* approach. In order to assess the advantages and disadvantages of the various approaches, certain features of the core rates are tested, i.e. to establish whether they meet certain criteria, which would determine their suitability as indicators of the price trend. The principal finding of the study is that core inflation rates – irrespective of the method chosen – are not always able to meet the requirements. The methods encounter particular difficulties with regard to avoiding bias in relation to measured inflation, these problems being aggravated when adjustments are made to account for the effects of taxation. The predictive quality with regard to measured inflation also frequently leaves a great deal to be desired. In particular, however, the methods are unable to distinguish adequately between transitory and permanent components of the inflation rate. Statistical core inflation rates perform relatively well, while core rates based on economic theory suffer, in particular, from a constant need for revision. Even so, the newly introduced P* method is convincing, at least in the latter category. Given the relatively poor overall outcome, it would appear advisable not to use core inflation rates as the sole monetary policy indicators; however, they are a useful complement to measured inflation. Moreover, rather than focusing on one method only, it would be better to combine several selected methods.


In 1835, Madrid-based writer Mariano José de Larra characterized the recent outburst of journalistic enterprises across Europe as both a "síntoma" ["symptom"] and an "escuela indispensable... de la vida moderna" (Larra 1835a, 1475) ["indispensable school... of modern life"]. Indeed, the rise of the press in the first half of the nineteenth century was deeply connected to the social, political, and economic transformations of the time. The revolutions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, migration from the land to the city, and the social effects of technological and economic innovation favored the awakening of a sociological consciousness among increasingly large population groups, particularly in European metropolises (Osterhammel 2009, 25–82). On the other hand, the continuous relaxation of censorship, new technologies of paper production and print, and the transformation of reading practices promoted the explosion of print products across Europe and beyond. The periodical press soon would constitute a major forum to discuss the radical changes of the social and cultural world. "[H]abiendo periódicos" ["with the existence of newspapers"], Larra writes in his characteristically satirical tone, "no es necesario estudiar" ["there is no need to study"] because they provide all kinds of (useful and rather pointless) information (Larra 1835a, 1475). Newspapers, according to Larra (1476), tell us about political events and the theatre playbill, discuss what a Tory is and what a Whig is, and if Spain is or is not to be considered a progressive country. "Convengamos, pues" ["Let us agree, then"], he continues, "en que el periódico es el grande archivo de los conocimientos humanos, y que si hay algún medio en este siglo de ser ignorante, es no leer un periódico" (1476) ["that the newspaper is the great archive of human knowledge, and that if there is any way of being ignorant in this century, it is to not read a newspaper"]. The journalistic pursuit of social observation is in a unique way reflected in countless "sociographic" writings that, especially in the 1830s and 1840s, depicted new professions and technologies, social types, institutions, and cultural routines of the transforming societies. Propagating the inspection of the surfaces of the social universe, these "sketches of manners," "esquisses de mœurs," or "cuadros de costumbres," as they were called in


Cloud computing is becoming increasingly important in information technology as an enabler for improved productivity, efficiency and cost reduction; and is expected to offer benefits for public sector organisations. Cloud computing has the potential to improve the reliability and scalability of information technology systems, which allows organisations such as regional municipal governments to focus more on their core business and strategy. Research about the use of cloud computing in the public sector in general is limited. There is a lack of exploratory studies that provide an in-depth and holistic investigation of the factors perceived to influence the adoption of cloud computing. There are no empirical studies about the factors that are perceived to influence the adoption of cloud computing in reference to Australia.
This research aimed at exploring perceptions of the potential for value creation from cloud computing in regional councils, to identify factors that are likely to influence adoption of cloud computing including factors that need to be considered when planning to adopt cloud, anticipated benefits of cloud adoption, and challenges and issues that faced cloud adoption.
This research aimed to improve understandings related to the factors that influence cloud computing adoption decision making in regional municipal governments. The research employed a mixed method approach (qualitative and quantitative). In-depth interviews of Australian councils' IT managers were conducted with the aim of providing insights into the factors that are perceived likely to influence adoption of cloud computing including factors that need to be considered when planning to adopt cloud, anticipated benefits of cloud adoption, and challenges and issues that faced cloud adoption. Survey data from 480 IT staff across 47 local government councils were collected to confirm the findings of the exploratory stage.
The factors that were examined included: compatibility, complexity, cost, security concern, top management support, organisation size, government regulation, and information intensity. The findings of this research are expected to assist in making investment decisions on cloud computing adoption.


We present a new catalogue of galaxies in the direction of the Virgo Cluster's core: the Virgo Photometry Catalogue (VPC) 1 . This catalogue contains 1180 galaxies (including background objects) within a 23 square-degree area of the sky centred on R:A:1950:0 = 12 h 26 m and dec:1950:0 =1 308 0 . The VPC galaxy sample comprises of non-stellar objects brighter thanBJ25 =1 9 :0; the completeness limits beingBJ25 18:5 for the northern half of the survey area and BJ25 18:0 for the southern half. Independently-calibrated photographic surface pho- tometry is presented for over 1000 galaxies in the U, BJ and RC bands. Parameters listed for catalogued galax- ies include: equatorial coordinates, morphological types, surface-brightness prole parameters (which preserve the majority of the original surface photometry information), U, BJ & RC isophotal magnitudes, BJ and (transformed) B total magnitudes, (U BJ )a nd ( B J R C) equal-area and total colours, apparent angular radii, ellipticities, po- sition angles, heliocentric radial velocities and alternative designations. All total magnitudes and total colours are extrapolated according to a new system denoted t in or- der to distinguish it from the T system already in use. The VPC is based primarily on four (one U ,t wo B J and one RC) UK-Schmidt plates, all of which were digi- tised using the Royal Observatory Edinburgh's (ROE) COSMOS measuring machine. All magnitudes, colours and surface-brightness parameters are derived from nu- merical integrations of segmented plate-scan data, except for (in 109 cases) saturated or (in 51 cases) inextricably-


An ultrafast optical response is studied in a quasi-one-dimensional halogen-bridged mixed-valence metal complex [Pt(en)(2)] [Pt(en)2I2] (ClO4)(4) with ultrafast time resolution. Wave packet motions both in the ground and self-trapped exciton (STE) states are observed as oscillatory modulations in the time-resolved reflectivity. The wave packet motion on the STE potential surface begins after about 50 fs with respect to the photoexcitation. This delay is attributed to the lattice relaxation from the free exciton state to the STE state.


The present invention relates to the cultivation method of high temperature pleuotus nebrodensis Quel Tianshan 619 as one new variety of mushroom, and belongs to the field of fungus culture technology. The high temperature pleuotus nebrodensis Quel Tianshan 619 is cultured with wild Tianshan mountain pleuotus nebrodensis Quel and through purification and high temperature domestication. It has large and white sporophore of 6-16 cm diameter and 3-7 cm thickness and colorless smooth spore. The culture process includes compounding culture medium, inoculation and field culture, and has the advantages of high yield, high mushroom quality, low cost and other advantages.


In evidence gathering tool provides a way to allow the evidence for the security zone of separation technology is applied to mobile devices, domains, domain isolation based mobile devices presents evidence to secure devices and methods. Evidence of how it was obtained from domain isolation based mobile devices listed are the steps to collect the user identification information and the system characteristic information for the domain separation based mobile devices, delivering a user identification and a previously stored user authentication key value to the server to, from the server suitable evidence for receiving a user authentication after the user identification generated security key based on the information from the server, transmitting a system feature information to the server to, the selected domain from the server based on the system characteristics information separation based mobile devices steps, and collected evidence to gather evidence analysis required steps, using evidence-based tools, mobile devices, domain separation to receive the tool comprises encrypted using a secret key.