Photochemical Reaction of Optically Active 2-(1′-Methylallyl)anilines with Methanol

It is shown that (−)-(S)-2-(1′-methylallyl)aniline ((−)-(S)-4) on irradiation in methanol yields (−)-(2S, 3R)-2, 3-dimethylindoline ((−)-trans-8), (−)-(1′R, 2′R)-2-(2′-methoxy-1′-methylpropyl)aniline ((−)-erythro-9) as well as racemic (1′RS, 2′SR)-2-(2′-methoxy-1′-methylpropyl) aniline ((±)-threo-9) in 27.1, 36.4 and 15.7% yield, respectively (see Scheme 3). By deamination and chemical correlation with (+)-(2R, 3R)-3-phenyl-2-butanol ((+)-erythro-13; see Scheme 4) it was found that (−)-erythro-9 has the same absolute configuration and optical purity as the starting material (−)-(S)-4. Comparable results are obtained when (−)-(S)-N-methyl-2-(1′-methylallyl)aniline ((−)-(S)-7) is irradiated in methanol, i.e. the optically active indoline (+)-trans-10 and the methanol addition product (−)-erythro-11 along with its racemic threo-isomer are formed (cf. Scheme 3). These findings demonstrate that the methanol addition products arise from stereospecific, methanol-induced ring opening of intermediate, chiral trans, -(→(−)-erythro-compounds) and achiral cis-spiro [2.5]octa-4,6-dien-8-imines (→(±)-threo-compounds; see Schemes 1 and 2).


This paper presents a statistics-based method for estimating the position and size of a face in a complex background. Face position and size are estimated based on robust statistical measurements which are derived from two one-dimensional histograms obtained by projecting the result of skin color filtering. The proposed algorithm also utilizes a linear Kalman filter and a simple nonlinear filter to perform smooth tracking and remove jitter. The algorithm has been implemented and tested under a wide range of real-world conditions. It has consistently provided performance which satisfies the following requirements: (1) the ability to automatically determine the initial position and size of a face and track it in a complex background; (2) is insensitive to partial occlusions and shadows; (3) is insensitive to face orientation and scale changes; and (4) is also insensitive to lighting condition changes. In addition, the algorithm is computationally simple so that it can be executed in real-time.


Laser ablation of a Near Earth Object (NEO) on a collision course with Earth produces a cloud of ejecta which exerts a thrust on the asteroid, deflecting it from its original trajectory. The DE-STAR system provides such a thrust by illuminating an Earth-targeting asteroid or comet from afar with a stand-off system consisting of a large phased-array laser in Earth orbit. A much smaller version of the same system called DE-STARLITE travels alongside the target, operating in a stand-on mode, slowly deflecting it over a long period. Such a stand-on system would also permit directing the thrust in any desired direction through careful positioning of the laser relative to the asteroid. We present orbital simulations comparing the effectiveness of both systems across a range of laser and asteroid parameters. Simulated parameters include magnitude, duration and, for the stand-on system, direction of the thrust, as well as the size and orbital characteristics of the target asteroid. These simulations indicate that deflection distance is, in general, proportional to the magnitude of thrust, proportional to the square of the laser on time, and inversely proportional to the mass. Furthermore, deflection distance shows strong dependence on thrust direction with optimal direction varying with the asteroid's orbital eccentricity. As one example, we consider a 325 m asteroid in an orbit of eccentricity e=0.2; given 15 years of warning, a force of just 2 N from a stand-on DE-STARLITE system is sufficient to deflect the asteroid by 2 Earth radii. We discuss numerous scenarios and discuss a practical implementation of such a system consistent with current launch vehicle capabilities.


Machine learning techniques for prediction and rule extraction from artificial neural network methods are used. The hypothesis that market sentiment and IPO specific attributes are equally responsible for first-day IPO returns in the US stock market is tested. Machine learning methods used are Bayesian classifications, support vector machines, decision tree techniques, rule learners and artificial neural networks. The outcomes of the research are predictions and rules associated With first-day returns of technology IPOs. The hypothesis that first-day returns of technology IPOs are equally determined by IPO specific and market sentiment is rejected. Instead lower yielding IPOs are determined by IPO specific and market sentiment attributes, while higher yielding IPOs are largely dependent on IPO specific attributes.


The mapping [rho][sub n+1] = [var phi][[rho][sub n] + kQ[sub o](exp [rho][sub n] [minus] 1)] is shown to belong to the universal class of quadratic mappings with a negative Schwarzian derivative, thus rigorously providing the reasons underlying this mapping's ability to follow the well-known Feigenbaum scenario to deterministic chaos. This scenario proceeds through an infinite cascade of period-doubling bifurcations, as noted in numerical experiments by Shabalin in a recent paper on power instabilities in periodically pulsed reactors. An analysis of this paper is also presented together with an overall perspective of the current state of research on chaotic dynamics in nuclear engineering systems.


The paper introduces the classification of the geological layers in the engineering construction of Yuxikou in Wuhu city and its geological characteristics,explores and analyzes the area's geological characteristics according to the abundant soil tests,the in-situ tests results and the borehole data,in order to assist the reasonable development and utility of the area's engineering construction.


Aim To investigate the expression of matrix metalloproteinases(MMP) and protein kinase C(PKC) in aorta of atherosclerotic rats and effect of atorvastatin on them.Methods Fifty female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into normal diet group(n=10,control group);vitamin D3 injection and high cholesterol diet group(n=40).After 8 weeks,vitamin D3 injection and high cholesterol diet rats were randomly switched to receive atorvastatin [5 mg/(kg·d)](n=20,atorvastatin group) or normal diet(n=20,model group).Another eight weeks later,all the rats were killed and some of their aortas were observed by light and electron microscope,the left aortas were removed for western blot analysis to detect MMP-2,MMP-9 and PKC;at the begin and end of experiment,serum was collected for serum lipid determining.Results There were no significant changes in serum lipids at the beginning of experiment between the groups,but after two months,cholesterol,low density lipoprotein(LDL),triglyceride(TG) of atorvastatin group were significantly lower than those of model group(all P0.01),but higher than control group(all P0.01).The pathologic changes of atorvastatin group were less serious than those of model group,there showed no any pathological changes in control group.MMP-2,MMP-9 and PKC were significantly higher in the model group than those in the control group(all P0.01),But compared with the model group,MMP-2,MMP-9 and PKC levels were markedly lower in the atorvastain group(all P0.01).Conclusions Atorvastatin inhibiting PKC expression may play an important role in depressing the express of MMP,stabilizing the atherosclerotic plaque.


This conference presentation provides a brief overview of the Downtown Seattle Transit Project, referred to as Seattle's bus tunnel. Background information is provided on why the tunnel was developed rather than a surface treatment, followed by a discussion of the major components of the project (the tunnel, the surface circulation system, surface improvements, and the dual-powered bus technology). At the tunnel's north portal there is a direct connection to the I-5 HOV lanes and at the southern most station there is a connection to an exclusive busway. By early 1992 there will also be a connect to the I-90 HOV lanes. Seattle Metro is currently operating 13 routes in the tunnel with about 15,000 passengers a day.


The process of beat tracking and tempo induction can be primarily defined in terms of the concepts of tempo and beat. Tempo refers to the rate at which a musical piece is played, and is represented in score time units per real time units (beat per minute being its most popular format). A beat can be defined as a unit in a sequence of impulses which represent the tempo of a musical piece. In fact, beat has no exclusive definition, and is dependant on the context and representation. The two properties of a beat are its period, which refers to the interval between consecutive beat occurances, and phase, which represents the difference between the time of the actual beat occurance and its position in the musical score. Based on those definitions, tempo induction can be viewed as a process of estimating basic tempo from musical data, and beat tracking can be defined as a process of extracting beat information from a musical score. Beat tracking can be differentiated from score following, another popular subject in the field of musical analysis, through the fact that score following uses a musical score as part of the process, and beat tracking does not. Some of the most popular applications of beat tracking and tempo induction include performance analysis, perceptual modeling, audio content analysis and transcription, as well as device synchronization during musical performance. There is a significant difference in the tempo induction and beat tracking process while working on MIDI and Audio musical data representations. Since MIDI, being in its nature a symbolical representation of musical information, already has the data used by the process directly encoded in itself, it does not require any preprocessing. In contrast, audio data does need to be put through preprocessing stages, during which symbolic information (eg. note onsets) is extracted from the audio stream. One of the earliest works in audio beat tracking was implemented by (Schloss 1985). During the preprocessing stage, the system detected note onsets as peaks in the slope of a high-pass filtered signal, and used some of the traditional techniques implemented for MIDI beat tracking from that point on. Another system was implemented (Allen and Dannenberg 1990), which introduced a concept of a beam search—instead of having an individual outcome of the beat detection process (which would not be able to recover from any error it might encounter), the work suggested using a …


Grain sorghum is a prominent species among the crops used in succession in the Brazilian savanna region. However, no herbicide with selectivity to sorghum is currently registered for grass weed control. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the selectivity of tembotrione applied in post-emergence on grain sorghum crop (cultivar AG-1040). The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design in a 5 x 3 factorial with four replicates. The treatments were five tembotrione doses, 0, 42, 88, 126 and 168  g  a.i.  ha-1; applied at three phenological stages of the crop: three, five, and eight expanded leaves. The variables evaluated were phytotoxicity level, plant height, shoot dry biomass and crop grain yield. Tembotrione showed higher phytotoxicity potential when applied at the early stages of sorghum growth. In spite of the different selectivity levels, which may vary depending on the dose and time of application, the sorghum cultivar studied showed a satisfactory tolerance to tembotrione. The results obtained indicate that this herbicide has the potential to be used in grain sorghum crop.


Purpose – This paper aims to present the comparative study on the composition, microstructure and dielectric behavior of a group of new nonferroelectric high-permittivity A2/3CuTa4O12 (A = Y, Nd, Sm, Gd, Dy or Bi) ceramics. Design/methodology/approach – The materials under investigation were synthesized by solid-state reaction method and sintered at 1,120-1,230°C. Dielectric properties were investigated in the temperature range from −55 to 740°C at frequencies 10 Hz to 2 MHz. Microstructure, elemental composition and phase composition of the ceramics were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) methods. DC conductivity was studied in the temperature range 20-740°C. Findings – XRD analysis revealed peaks corresponding to Cu2Ta4O12 along with small amounts of secondary phases based on tantalum oxides. Impedance spectroscopic data and the results of SEM and EDS studies imply the spontaneous formation of internal barrier layer capa...


The author considers combinatory play as an intersection between creativity, play, and neuroaesthetics. She discusses combinatory play as vital to the creative process in art and science, particularly with regard to the incubation of new ideas. She reviews findings from current neurobiological research and outlines the way that the brain activates various regions when creative, combinatory play uses conscious and unconscious cognitive and emotional processes.


The present invention relates to anesthesia equipment for dispensing a dose of oxygen (10), wherein (15) the direction of movement of the switching element converting oxygen gas path between the first (153) and the second gas path (154). A first gas path (153) leading to the patient through the connection element and the terminal (27). A second gas path (154) is configured to inject oxygen leads to the extraction terminal (20).


Herein, we report the synthesis and application of a smart polymeric acrylic syntan (synthetic tanning material), which can respond to temperature and pH. Behavior of polymer at different pH (1-10) at room temperature (28°C) was studied. Also interactions with collagen were ascertained in order to understand the polymers' response towards secondary structures of collagen. Leather made using the experimental syntan demonstrated higher temperature resistance of 3±0.5°C compared to control syntan treated leathers (1±0.5°C) when exposed to heat under artificial simulation. Experimental leathers exhibited better strength and organoleptic properties. These smart leathers find its application in extreme climatic conditions of heat or cold.


Compared to other well-established disciplines such as those in the humanities and the social, natural, formal, and applied sciences, modeling and simulation (M&S) is a relatively new discipline. For example, an important professional society, the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, was only formed in 1952 (SCS, 2008). However, the development of the field has been phenomenal. Currently, there are almost 100 associations and organizations in several aspects of M&S (M&S-AO, 2008), and M&S is successfully used in a range of application areas (Ören, 2009). Daniel Bell, who promoted the concepts of postindustrial society and information age, also predicted the importance of simulation. In a seminal article, he posited that abstract theories, models, simulations, decision theory, and systems analysis would be the methodologies in postindustrial societies (Bell, 1976). He also said that "the key political problems in a post-industrial society are essentially elements of science policy". After many success stories in challenging application areas, possibilities are still growing on what one can achieve by proper use of M&S. At the dawn of the 21st century, as also acknowledged by the US Senate, M&S is indeed a critical area for the well-being of many advanced countries. The USA adopted House Resolution 487 in 2007 (HR487, 2008). Other countries or unions such as the European Union may benefit from the USA's good example. Taking advantage of the full benefit of model-based simulation as well as complementary model-based activities wait to be tapped and offer opportunities for advanced developments in associated theories, methodologies, and technologies. In other words, decision makers who can perceive the big picture of M&S will be influential in taking advantage of the opportunities offered by M&S. This article aims to contribute to the development of a body of knowledge in M&S. Simulation is based on the concept of similarity, which has a very broad connotation. A list of over 80 terms other than simulation with similar connotations is given in the appendix.


In this study, we investigate the possibility to increase the areal capacity up to 35 GB per disc using signal processing for a high density optical storage system mid pulse erasing writing strategy, and evaluate its increasing of capacity while recording and reproducing data on commercialized 50 GB of BD dual layer disc


Based on the time series analysis method, this article develops a Bayesian method of detecting and repairing the cycle slips in the GNSS carrier-phase data. Firstly, this article analyses the characteristics of the cycle slips in the GNSS carrier-phase observations and establishes the relationships between the cycle slips and the additive outliers (AOs) in the stationary time series. When the ARMA (autoregressive moving-average) model is used to fit the stationary time series obtained by differencing the GNSS carrier-phase observations, the detection of cycle slips in the GNSS carrier-phase observations can be transformed to the detection of AOs in the ARMA model. Then, this article proposes a Bayesian method of detecting the AOs in the ARMA model, and the implementation of detecting the cycle slips in the GNSS carrier-phase observations is also developed. Finally, the new Bayesian method of detecting the cycle slips is used to the real GNSS carrier-phase data. From the comparison among the Bayesian method, the high-order differences method and ionospheric residual method, we can find that the Bayesian method has a better detection efficiency for several kinds of cycle slips in the GNSS carrier-phase observations than other methods.


by Jinxin Liu, Ph.D. Washington State University July 2016 Chair: Douglas R. Call Bioavailable antibiotic residues from treated animals likely contribute to the persistence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in agricultural systems. To determine the magnitude of this effect, we evaluated changes in the number of antibiotic-resistant E. coli in the soil of calf pens after administration of therapeutic course of antibiotics. Antibiotic treatment resulted in a ~3-log (ceftiofur) and ~5-log (florfenicol) increase in the number of antibiotic-resistant E. coli in the pen soil and these resulting "reservoirs" remained stable for at least 20 days. To determine is antibiotic residues or fecal shedding of resistant bacteria is more important in this process, treated and untreated calves were introduced into pens that had been pre-sprayed with a GFP-labeled strain of E. coli. Results demonstrated that antibiotic residues were responsible for a 10-fold greater effect than fecal loading. We also estimated the "infectious dose 50" (ID50 = 2.83 log/g) for antibiotic-resistant E. coli within the first ten days of exposure (Chapter I). To


Disclosed is a precast concrete element of a unitized curtain wall. The precast element comprises a front retaining plate, two side plates and a main connecting plate. Two sides of the front retaining plate are connected with the side plates respectively to form a 'U' shape, a semi-open internal space is encircled, the main connecting plate is arranged in the internal space, and the main connecting plate is connected among the front retaining plate and the side plates in a manner of being perpendicular to the front retaining plate and the two side plates. The precast concrete element serves as a fireproof structure of a building, and precast concrete can be produced in a professional concrete plant according to design size of the building, and is high in strength and capable of bearing weight of people or carried objects. The precast concrete element can be directly mounted on a building body through bolts extremely conveniently and rapidly without consuming a large quantity of galvanized plates and fireproof cotton, and construction progress is accelerated.


Thus far, two quantitative studies of Catholic sainthood have been attempted. Altruistic Love by Pitirim Sorokin,1 which deals with the entire history of Christianity, established the patterns of saintly behavior over a two-thousand-year period. Although many of Sorokin's analytical categories are useful, his conclusions are rather broad and do not take sufficiently into account changing conditions in church history. His geographical subdivisions, for example, which are based upon the twentieth-century nation-state, are anachronistic when applied to a medieval context. No distinctions are made between the various genres of freeman, e.g., the old feudal aristocracy and the urban-dwelling nobility, although their interests were often in conflict. Nor does Sorokin consider the role of the papacy and the political crosscurrents-Guelph vs. Ghibelline, Englishman vs. Frenchman, heresy vs. orthodoxy-which determined the function of a saint's cult and the likelihood of his being venerated in any particular epoch. Frequently these saints became the objects of cults not so much because of their personal piety but rather as a result of their political activities, family connections, or membership in an aggressive religious order. Nor does Sorokin consider the many local saints, whose worship was restricted to one or several dioceses and who failed to gain international recognition. Such relatively obscure individuals, the sources of much local pride, were often the objects of more active and long-lasting cults than their well-known confreres.


Water model experiments were carried out to understand the behavior of the bubble formation near the immersion nozzle, bubble rising velocity in the liquid. The critical state appeared when Fr number changed from 5 to 6 was described. The character of the critical phenomenon was whether the evident separation between two continuous bubbles or air masses appeared.


Colonoscopy remains the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening. Many barriers to the procedure exist including the possibility of abdominal discomfort that may occur with insufflation. Carbon dioxide (CO2), which is rapidly absorbed in the blood stream, is an alternate method used to distend the lumen during colonoscopy. The goal of this study was to compare patient discomfort, abdominal girth, and recovery time in 2 groups of patients randomized to CO2 versus room air insufflation during colonoscopy. Using a Wong–Baker score, we found statistical difference in postprocedural discomfort levels (CO2 Group: 1.15 ± 2.0 vs. room air: 0.41 ± 0.31, p = .015) and a significantly greater increase in abdominal girth over CO2 immediately postprocedure (room air: 1.06 ± 1.29 inches vs. CO2: 0.56 ± 0.73 inches, p = .054) girth immediately postprocedure; however, recovery time was similar between the 2 study arms (CO2: 9.1 ± 16.2 minutes vs. room air: 10.2 ± 18.6 minutes, p = .713). Further studies are needed to determine whether CO2 is cost-effective and improves patient satisfaction with colonoscopy.


A significant extent of immunological cross‐reactivity has been demonstrated between the basic encephalitogenic protein of bovine origin and several synthetic amino acid copolymers which have suppressive effect on experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). This cross‐reactivity has been conclusively established on the cellular level, both in vivo by means of delayed hypersensitivity skin tests and in vitro using transformation of sensitized lymphocytes, as measured by incorporation of radioactive thymidine. The in vitro experiments have been conducted with lymph node cells from guinea pigs of both random bred and inbred strains, and on spleen and lymph node cells from rabbits. Definite cross‐reactivity was observed between the basic encephalitogen and all the synthetic copolymers which were previously shown effective in suppression of EAE, whereas ineffective copolymers or unrelated proteins did not show any cross‐reactivity. In the case of strain 2 guinea pigs and rabbit lymph node cells the cross‐reactivity in vitro was manifested by direct cross‐stimulation of the lymphocytes, whereas in random‐bred or strain 13 guinea pigs and rabbit spleen cells, the cross‐reaction was detected only by means of specific inhibition of the homologous stimulation by the heterologous antigen.


Species of chironomid midge were identified as well as the superior ones in water works and other places in Shenzhen. Main factors that influenced the reproduction and growth of chironomid midge were determined by means of artificial breeding in the laboratory. Sedimentation tank is an unstable environment for the growth of chironomid midge and tank washing has a significant impact on its growth. Monitoring of larva sources, environmental and water quality parameters, density of larva and adult chironomid midge in structure will enable to foresee booming of chironomid midge and adopt corresponding preventive measures.


In the framework of relativistic quark model the behaviour of electromagnetic form factors of diquarks with $ J^{P} = 0^{+} $ at small and intermediate momentum transfer are determined. The charge radii of nonstrange and strange scalar diquarks are calculated.


Paper chromatography(PC),ultraviolet-visual spectrum(UV),infrared spectrum(IR) and high pressure liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry(HPLC-ESI-MS) were used to separate and identify the red pigment from wild Adinandra millettii(Hook.et Arn.) Benth.fruit in Fujian Province.The results showed that the red pigment is composed of two anthocyanins which are cyanidin-3-rutinoside and cyanidin-3-glucoside in bright red color and it can be used as an additive in natural health food.


The study aims to identify role of gender in decision making and work performance of major goat farming activities. Data were collected by interviewing 60 households (30 farmers each in two villages) of adopted villages of ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Goats in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh in June, 2019. Each major farm management practice was divided into 3–4 activities. Majority of the respondents were male (86.7%), landless (83.3%), middle-aged (66.7%) illiterate (63.3%) and scheduled caste (65%) categories. Majority of them (61.7) had labour as primary and goat rearing as secondary occupation (66.7%). Men played major roles in decision making and their roles varied from 36.0 to 76.4% in different activities. On the other hand, women contributed in work performance and it varied from 30.0 to 76.4% of total work in different major activities. Only 11.6% work was performed by both the counterparts together. The study revealed that goat production activities were carried out by women whereas majority of decision in goat production activities were taken by men. Capacity development of females in a holistic manner for their socio-economic development is required.


Dysprosium (Dy)‐loaded liposomes act as excellent T2‐susceptibility agents at high magnetic field strength. The R2‐enhancement increases with the size of the liposomes and the concentration of entrapped paramagnetic metal complexes. Neuro‐2a tumor cells are readily labeled when Dy‐loaded liposomes, suitably functionalized with glutamine residues (Gln), are added to the culture medium as glutamine receptors are highly expressed in such proliferating tumor cells. By using fluorescent liposomes doped with fluorescent dyes (either incorporated in the membrane or included in the inner cavity), confocal microscopy experiments showed that targeted liposomes are taken up much more avidly than non‐targeted vesicles. In vivo studies showed that glutamine‐functionalized and non‐functionalized liposomes accumulate in the tumor region to a similar extent. Confocal images of the excised tumor showed extensive co‐localization of liposomes and macrophages in both cases. It is suggested that the loss of tumor specificity, shown by Gln‐functionalized liposomes in vivo, has to be associated with the efficient removal of liposomes operated by the RES (reticulo endoplasmatic system) or tumor associated macrophages. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Relaxation and biofeedback therapies have been established as effective treatments for recurrent headaches. However, relaxation therapy usually involves many sessions of training under professional guidance, thereby limiting its value in many health care settings. This pilot study tested the utility of a minimal contact relaxation program on six secretaries. The basic program was administered with the help of audiotapes and an instruction manual. Weekly 'check-ups' and access to extra, therapist-directed help were used to ensure adherence to the program. All subjects rated their headache activity and fatigue four times per day during baseline, intervention, and post treatment periods. Results showed that every subject was able to reduce her headache intensity, and the number of headache-free days increased for five of the six subjects. The present study demonstrates that minimal contact programs of this type might be an efficient way of dealing with headache patients in occupational or primary care settings.


Hierarchical structures of ZnO were synthesized by hydrothermal method using zinc acetate and sodium hydroxide as raw materials.The as-prepared samples were characterized by SEM and XRD.The catalysis of the two kinds of hierarchical ZnO on NH4ClO4(AP) decomposition was investigated by thermal analysis.The results showed that the two kinds of hierarchical ZnO can all catalyze strongly the AP′s decomposition.The hierarchical ZnO assembled with naoplates showed better catalytic properties due to their smaller sizes.The second thermal decomposition temperature of AP decreased by 181 ℃.The low exothermic peak of AP decomposition disappeared for the two kinds of spherical hierarchical structures of ZnO.


In this paper, we theoretically investigate the manipulation of valley-polarized currents and the optical-like behaviours of Dirac fermions in graphene with single line defect. After the introduction of a local uniaxial strain, the valley transmission probability increases and transmission plateau emerges in a large angle range. Such phenomenon originates from resonant tunnelling, and the strain act as an antireflective coating for the valley states, analogous to the antireflective coating in an optical device. This indicates that perfect valley polarization can occur in a larger incident angle range compared with solely line defect. Interestingly, in the presence of Anderson disorder, even though the transmission decreases, the valley polarization is still robust. Our theoretical findings may be experimentally observable and valuable for valleytronic applications based on graphene.


. Ultrasound and MRT demon strated supraclavicular a plexiform neurofibroma and intracranial increased intensity lesions in basal ganglia and mesencephalon. In our patient, we have diagnosed a Wat son-Syndrom, the overlap and differences to neurofibro matosis type I is discussed.


As traditional interference-based measurements can not be suited to measure the surface profile of the Wolter Type I revolving aspheric mirror,a new method was proposed to measure this kind of mirror in this paper.On the basis of a Long Trace Profiler(LTP),a new measuring device was also established by introducing a pentaprism into the scanning mechanism for ray turning.The working principles,structure parameters and data processing algorithms of the device were investigated,then a standard plane mirror was used as the reference to calibrate the device.Finally,a mirror sample was measured to verify the measuring device.Experimental results indicate that designed device can achieve the slope error of RMS 6.7 μrad,repeatability of 0.75 μrad and the height profiles of PV 0.24λ and RMS 0.07λ,which meets the design requirements basically.


Ask most people in the West about Kosovo and they will think of an ethnic war where NATO intervened. Yet from that inauspicious start, one of the 21st century's newest republics has nurtured its primary health care to a level where it is now a beacon of excellence in the region. The first steps were taken in late 1999 by a group of family doctors enthused by their experience of training by visitors from the American Academy of Family Physicians and the International Medical Corps.

Forming the Association of Family Physicians, they ran workshops promoting the concept of primary care throughout the country despite opposition from secondary care specialists. The mission was later supported officially by the Ministry of Health, which set about rebuilding health centres, establishing the Centre for the Development of Family Medicine. This centre was tasked with developing and delivering a strategy for primary care and its role has been vital for the creation of …


An eight-week experiment was carried out to evaluate the growth performance, carcass characteristics and organs weight of broiler chickens fed graded levels of white guinea corn (WGC) as replacement for dietary maize. Five experimental diets were formulated and designated as T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5. Diet 1 (0% WGC) served as control, while diets 2, 3, 4 and 5 contained 25, 50, 75 and 100% levels of WGC replacing maize respectively. A total of 225 day- old Marshal Broiler chicks were randomly allotted to the five treatments. Each treatment had 45 birds replicated thrice with 15 birds each in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Feeds and water were provided ad libitum. The results of the experiment showed that average daily weight gain and feed conversion ratio of birds fed WGC up to 75% were significantly (p 0.05) different across the treatment groups. All the carcass parameters measured were significantly (p<0.05) influenced by the dietary treatments with diet containing 75%WGC better than other diets. Also, there were significant (p<0.05) differences in the weights of liver, intestine and intestinal length. It was concluded that WGC could conveniently replace up to 75% of the maize in broiler diets without any adverse effect on growth performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens.


BDNF and its receptor, TrkB, are expressed in the nTS, the principal relay site for cardiorespiratory sensoryinput in the brainstem. Studies from our laboratories demonstrate BDNF plays a sympathoexcitatory role in vivo and modulates neurotransmission between visceral afferents and nTS neurons in vitro. To determine an endogenous role for BDNF in the nTS, we examined its expression and function in Sprague Dawley rats. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was used to determine expression. Mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR) and lumbar sympathetic nerve activity (LSNA) responses to BDNF manipulation in the nTS were recorded in vivo. IHC demonstrated BDNF was localized to the solitary tract and neuropil and co‐localized with Synaptophysin (synaptic terminal marker), but not with MAP2 (dendritic marker). Unilateral microinjection of BDNF (30 nl) dose dependently increased MAP, HR and LSNA. In the presence of AntiBDNF, a BDNF scavenging antibody, the response to BDNF was abolished. Bilateral nTS blockade of TrkB receptors using K252a (20μM; 90 nl) decreased MAP, HR and LSNA (Δ −6 ± 2 mmHg, −19 ± 5 bpm, −24.5 ± 7 % respectively), responses similar to AntiBDNF alone (10 μg/ml; 90 nl). Vehicle controls (aCSF or IgY) had no effect. These data suggest BDNF is localized at visceral afferent synapses and that autonomic regulation in the nTS is subject to endogenous modulation by BDNF, mediated by its receptor, TrkB. NS057398 (DMK)


The invention relates to a method (2) for detecting the dysfunction of a gas pressure sensor (11) inside the tire of a vehicle, which comprises at least one step (20) of determining if a predetermined criterion for detecting a variation in the gas temperature is met. If a temperature variation is detected, the method (2) comprises a step (21) of determining if a predetermined criterion for detecting a variation in the pressure, as measured by the pressure sensor (11), is met. If no pressure variation is detected, the method (2) comprises a step (22) of indicating that a dysfunction of the pressure sensor (11) has been detected. The invention also relates to a device for detecting the dysfunction of a gas pressure sensor (11) inside a vehicle tire.


OBJETIVOS: Identificar los factores que influyen en las suspensiones quirurgicas (SQ) en un servicio de cirugia pediatrica, estimar su impacto economico y analizar el efecto que tendrian estrategias dirigidas a incrementar la eficiencia y mejorar la atencion medico-quirurgica. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis of SQ in 2015, depending on the patient, organization or professionals, time of year, schedule (morning or afternoon) and type of surgery: major ambulatory surgery (CMA) or with hospital admission. Implementation of corrective measures against the main causes and subsequent comparative analysis in 2016 and 2017, comparing the results using Chi2 and Fisher's test. Evaluation of the economic impact based on lost operating hours. RESULTS: The SQ rate in 2015 was 8.9%: 90.7% attributable to the patient, 6.8% to organizational factors and 2.7% to professionals. There were no significant differences according to the time of year or between morning or afternoon, but they were significantly more frequent in CMA (10.84% vs. 2.63%, p <0.001). After introducing improvement measures, SQ decreased significantly in 2016 and 2017 (6.2 and 4.9% respectively, p<0.01), mainly patient-dependent (80 and 73.9%, respectively, p=0.03). There were no differences between CMA and surgeries with admission and there was a decrease in the associated costs (€ 40,946 in 2015, € 18,217 in 2017). CONCLUSIONS: SQ represent an inconvenience for the patient, professionals and institution, that can be minimized with the implantation of simple, feasible and contrasted measures, that increase the efficiency and, probably, the satisfaction of users and professionals.


In his book, Death by Theory, Praetzellis has managed to incorporate the often troublesome concepts of archaeological theory with an easy-to-read fiction novel that both students and academics will thoroughly enjoy. Through his use of stereotypical characters, all-too-familiar excavation site politics, and entertaining illustrations, he has managed to create a work that not only intrigues the reader but also provides a foundation in archaeological theory.


INTRODUCTION. According to the WHO, tuberculosis remains one of the 10 leading causes of death in the world. Certain features of the pathogen, peculiarities of treatment regimens and some individual characteristics of patients create barriers to the effective treatment of the disease.
MATERIALS AND METHODS. Retrospective analysis of literary sources - recommendations, scientific articles and statistical data.
RESULTS. A review of the literature data showed features of the pathogen, patient-related problems and possible omissions in treatment regimens, that may be the cause of treatment effectiveness lack and a risk factor for the emergence of drug resistance in M. tuberculosis. Insufficient efficacy of treatment was described in patients with low adherence to treatment with oral anti-TB drugs, the presence of comorbidities, with a low level of intestinal permeability of oral medications and in patients with severe forms of tuberculosis. All these patients had a high mortality rate when treated within standard regimens using oral medications.
CONCLUSIONS. To solve the problems of low TB treatment efficiency in these categories of patients, the necessary measures are aimed at maximizing the elimination of causes listed in the article in order to optimize treatment regimens in accordance with the patient's characteristics and needs, taking into account the peculiarities of mycobacteria.


This paper proposes a method of trademark image retrieval based on multi-feature extraction.Firstly,the proposed approach commences with the extraction of edges using the Canny edge detector.Secondly,extracts the Hu moment invariant,eccentricity and centroid distance.Thirdly,Euclidean distance is used to measure the similarity between the query and database images.At last the performance of the proposed algorithm is compared with other algorithms.


Shui minority people live mainly in remote Qiannan mountain areas,Guizhou province.Shui Writings,Shui Songs and Horsetail Embroidery have long been considered the representative traditional culture elements,which distinguish Shui minority from other ethnic groups.In history,Shui Writings,Shui Songs and Horsetail Embroidery prevailed throughout all the villages of Shui minority.However,in recent twenty years,along with the great changes taking place in both internal and external environments of Shui society,the Shui traditional culture had been faced with unprecedented challenges.How to protect and inherit the three traditional cultural elements challenged the local people and government.This paper first,by the way of a case study,describes and analyzes the protection practices done by Qiannan local government and people and the corresponding preliminary consequences,and then carries out in-depth discussion with an attempt to summarize some rules so as to provide some references in the protection of minority culture in contemporary new context.


In the article, the authors consider the existing methods of assessing the innovative potential of the territories and offer their own to assess the innovative potential of candidate cities for the World Expo2025: Osaka, Yekaterinburg, Baku. As a result of analysis and evaluation, the innovative potential of these megacities was measured, which allowed us to identify the main differences between the candidate cities in the field of technical achievements and innovations. For the theoretical part, the concepts of territorial development, the concept of innovation management and the theory of globalization were used. Methods of research in the practical part were the analysis of statistical data, the calculation of the index of innovative potential for the city. The study resulted in an integrated assessment of the innovative potential of a developing million-plus city, which was tested on candidate cities for the World Expo2025. This assessment allows us to consider the opportunities, growth points and problems of innovative development of the largest cities in the context of globalization. The human, scientific, financial and economic potential of cities can be attributed to the most significant differences, while the information and communication component in the innovative potential of cities is assessed as equivalent. To increase the innovative potential of Yekaterinburg, it is necessary to invest both in the state and in business in science, sociocultural factors affecting the human potential, and increase the transparency of public-private decisions. An integrated assessment of the innovation potential of metropolises was proposed on the example of those cities that claimed to hold a world exhibition, which is a symbol of the era of new industrialization and technical achievements. Keywords—innovative potential, integrated assessment, assessment of innovative potential, megalopolis, globalization,


The invention relates to a fiber composite prepreg material comprising at least one layer of sheet-type textile structures in the form of wovens, meshed fabrics, knitted fabrics, braided fabrics, stitch-bonded fabrics, non-woven fabrics or felt made of inorganic and organic fibers in a plastic matrix. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing a fiber composite component and the use thereof.


This paper proposes a new method based on fuzzy logic theory to adjust the pulse width of PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) control in digital redesign and to implement it by FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) chip. The GA (Genetic Algorithm) is utilized to adjust the parameters of fuzzy logical system such that output response of controlled hybrid system closely matches with that of analog system.


In this paper an enhancement method for hyperspectral change maps based on morphological operations is proposed in comparison to two common morphological operations. the effect of 2 initial thresholds was investigated and demonstrated. It is shown that this approach can perform better than or equal to two of common morphological operations via several indexes to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed method including overall accuracy, F-Measure and etc.


Temperature acclimation influenced the desiccation tolerance of the marine snail Ilyanassa obsoleta (Nassarius obsoletus). I. obsoleta acclimated to 35‰ seawater at 18°C could survive for 116 hours, and tolerate a 57% loss of body water when desiccated at 15 °C in air with a relative humidity of 35%. In contrast, I. obsoleta acclimated to 3°C seawater survived for only 76 hours, and could not tolerate more than a 37% loss of body water. These results were used to support the proposition that freezing and desiccation tolerance are closely related in I. obsoleta.


Child welfare, state welfare and parenting issues are high on the UK policy agenda; this timely book examines recent policy developments, parental perspectives about parenting and child-rearing and parental rights to 'welfare state support'.


A manufacturing technique is described by which one can make low intensity (∼5×10−6 ergs/cm2 sec sr in units of astronomical photographic intensities at λ=4300 and Δλ=1290 A) standard light sources by the polymerization of an organic plastic scintillator containing a low energy β emitter.


'A better world is possible, and it can be recognized by the fact that its central yardstick is no longer domination and possession but listening and responding' (p. 762, original emphases), writes Hartmut Rosa in closing his recent effort to fathom the 'other' of alienation: modernity's promise to realize a yearning for deep connections to self and others, things, nature, history, God – to 'world'. It is a culturally and institutionally enabled mode of being-in-the-world whose relational dynamism is focused in its key concept and acoustic metaphor – resonance. The book can be read as Rosa's endeavour to think through the consequences of modernity's accelerating growth logic first fielded in book form in Social Acceleration (2013). In Resonanz, whose publication in English should not be too far off, Rosa turns to the potentials for a 'good' or 'successful' life; the chances of its actualization are said to depend on the quality of our relationship to the world. The crucial difference to other critical analyses of modern life – from social philosophy to happiness research – is Rosa's departure from a resource-focused approach. Modernity depends on 'dynamic stabilization', the reproduction of the 'status quo' by means of escalating growth, itself dependent on an accelerating and competitive run on resources. A 'good life' can no longer be envisaged beyond an extension of our 'reach' into the world, a grab for material, social, cultural and corporeal goods. Even when underpinned by emancipatory hope, a prevalent social science focus on resources is for Rosa yet another sign that we find it difficult at best to transcend a mind-set bent on


BACKGROUND
Oxidation of food lipids occurs in gastrointestinal tract, resulting in potential adverse health effects. Rosemary extract (RE), as one of the most popular naturally sourced antioxidants, is used widely used in the food industry. However, the effect of RE on lipid oxidation during gastrointestinal digestion has not been well investigated. Therefore, this work aimed to evaluate the effect of RE on lipid oxidation of cooked pork during simulated gastric digestion.

RESULTS
Results showed that RE at 12.5, 25, 50, and 100 mg kg-1 pork effectively decreased the formation of malondialdehyde (MDA) during simulated gastric digestion of cooked pork. RE also effectively mitigated the decline of fatty acids during the simulated gastric digestion of pork. The total phenolic content in RE was calculated to be 170.67 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE) g-1 . RE dissolved in distilled water (pH 6.5) or potassium hydrogen phthalate-HCl buffer solution (0.2 mol L-1 , pH 3.0) both exhibited strong ABTS and DPPH radical scavenging activities as well as ferric reducing capacity. The inhibitory effects of RE on lipid oxidation of cooked pork during simulated gastric digestion may be attributed to the phenolic compounds with antioxidant properties.

CONCLUSION
The results lend support to the possible application of rosemary or rosemary extract as a rich source of natural antioxidants to inhibit the oxidation of food lipids during gastrointestinal digestion. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


79 Confined masonry represents one of the most widely used construction systems in Latin America in dwellings built under government social programs. The important investments that those constructions represent makes it necessary to have a seismic behavior qualification index in order to quantify their vulnerability to seismic action. This information is also required in any study of seismic risk and to evaluate provisions of the seismic design code that involves this type of buildings.


The safety of electrode-tissue interface under electrical neural stimulation is a critical matter and thus precise control of the electrode voltage needs to be warranted. Analytical study on the electrode potential profile during electrical stimulation justifies the need of using a closed-loop system to regulate the electrode voltage. A neural stimulator with cancellation of excessive charge is proposed. The design procedure and methodology are presented to provide general guidelines for similar system designs. Simulation results demonstrate that neural stimulation safety can be achieved by the proposed design methodology.


Based on the monitoring data of heavy metal concentrations at the rice producing district located in southeastern of Sichuan Province,P. R. China,possibility of applying ordinary and indicator Kriging to screen non-rice-cropping areas was investigated. Statistical analysis of monitoring data obtained from the study district showed that the rice producing district in the southeastern of Sichuan Province,P. R. China was mainly contaminated with cadmium,with the highest concentrations of Cd up to 0.53 mg·kg-1. About 34.98% of the samples had a Cd concentration exceeding the second class of the National Soil Environment Guidelines (GB 15618-1995). The exploring spatial analysis showed that there were few outliers in the raw data and the experimental semivariograms of raw data and indicator data were isotropic. The method of automatic sill fitting under human intervention was used to fit the experimental semivariograms of ordinary and indicator Kriging. Then,on the basis of the cross-validation results,an exponential model with nugget effect and a nested spherical model with nugget effect were adopted to match the ordinary and indicator experimental semivariograms,respectively. The advantages and disadvantages of screening non-rice-cropping areas using the two models were assessed in terms of error rate(ER).The results showed that the ER of training data set and validation data set for ordinary Kriging was 3.89% and 26.09%,respectively,while for indicator Kriging they were 0.78% and 21.73%,respectively,which indicated that the indicator Kriging showed more advantages than ordinary Kriging when used for screening non-rice-cropping areas.


A central feature of developing economies is the existence of dual labor markets, with an organized formal sector usually subject to a binding wage floor, and an informal sector which pays lower wages and where entry is free. It has also been observed in the literature that the preponderance of tradable and non-tradable goods are produced in the formal and informal sectors, respectively. This paper highlights the role played by these stylized structural features in determining policy outcomes in developing economies. We consider an economy where workers employed in the informal sector face some probability of being offered a job in the high-wage formal sector but this probability increases if they do not work but actively search for such a job, i.e., there exists a job search premium. We show that the job search premium and relative size of the informal sector are key elements that affect the results of policy changes with regard to sectoral wage differentials, argue that devaluation reduces the trade balance and may be contractionary, and that policies to increase the efficiency of labor exchange have an independent effect on the real exchange rate.


ABSTRACT Light Steel Frame (LSF) system is mainly used for construction of short and intermediate-height buildings in developed countries whereas considerable heed is not given to it in developing countries. Unfamiliarity to LSF risks is one of the main reasons for this averseness so risk management can remedy this challenge and develop its application. Hence, this paper investigates the risk management of LSF considering design, construction and operation phase. Three steps entailing risk identification, assessment and responding using fuzzy Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) technique are suggested for risk management implementation and validation of responses, a novel index with respect to weighted combination of project quality, time and cost is calculated. The methodology is demonstrated on a pilot study in a developing country. By using interview, 29 significant risks are extracted in design, construction and operation and then evaluated by proposed fuzzy method. Results showed that the share of the risks in these steps are 21%, 31% and 48% respectively. The results revealed that the risks in the construction and operation phases are higher than those in the design phase. The results also show that involving safety as a project object in the risk management process could eventuate acceptable results. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


According to Triandis (1972, quoted in Cushner et aI., 1992:23), culture consists of two types of components, namely objective cultural components and subjective cultural components. The first type refers to tangible, visible aspects of culture, which include the artefacts people make, the clothes they wear and the way they name things. Subjective components refer to less tangible cultural aspects, including attitudes, values, norms for behaviour and social roles. The latter are more complicated to study and can be likened to an iceberg, where a very large part of the whole is invisible. It is at the level of people's subjective cultural differences that most intercultural misunderstandings and communication problems occur. It is therefore imperative to take a closer look at the phenomenon of subjective cultural differences and its impact on cross-cultural interaction within the school situation.


Hurricane Debra flooded this highway, which leads from Texas City to the Gulf Freeway, but the automobiles shown managed to plow through the water that covered much of the road. Few were tempted to violate the 45-mile-an-hour speed limit. The freeway itself was closed Saturday morning. (Text from caption in Houston Post.)


The invention relates to soluble polyurethane finished enamel, which consists of a composition A and a composition B, wherein, the composition A by weight portion comprises 40 to 80 portions of soluble hyperbranched polyurethane resins, 0.5 to 2 portions of antifoaming agent, 0.5 to 2.0 portions of flatting agent and 5 t0 20 portions of deionized water; the composition B is liquid terminal hydroxyl hyperbranched polymers; and the mass ratio between the composition A and the composition B is 1 to 0.25-0.35. During the preparation process of the finished enamel, no organic solvent is required to be used, thereby the organic solvent pollution of the prior solvent finished enamel is completely overcome and the environmental protection in a real sense is realized. The adoption of the hyperbranched polymers not only can reduce the viscosity of a paint enamel system, improve the solid content and accelerate solidification but also can obviously increase the shock strength and the adhesion ofsolidified products. After the finished enamel is coated on the surface of an article, a paint film is bright and plump, and tough and abrasion resistant, and has good gloss and color retention. Moreover, the soluble polyurethane finished enamel also has the advantages of simple manufacturing technique, low production cost and so on.


Based on data from pancreatic tissue samples collected from nondiabetic patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy, a new study in this issue of Diabetes (p. 994) suggests that even in the absence of frank diabetes, insulin resistance has a direct impact on islet cell biology. The article describes preand postoperative data from 18 nondiabetic patients (9 men and 9 women) who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy for treatment of tumor of the ampulla of Vater. The new study uses tissue samples taken from the downstream edge of the surgical cut. In this procedure, the volume of removed pancreas is constant at 50% and includes removal of the head of the pancreas, which contains 50% of β-cell mass. Another notable feature of the new study is that no participants were diabetic by established criteria, thereby allowing a critical examination of islet biology prior to disease onset. The investigators divided the patients into two groups—insulin resistant and insulin sensitive—based on preoperative assessments. Among the striking fi ndings was that patients who were insulin sensitive before their pancreatoduodenectomy retained their glucose tolerance, but seven of nine insulin-resistant patients developed diabetes in response to the same procedure. In addition, although the surgery resulted in a reduction in insulin secretion for all patients regardless of their preoperative insulin sensitivity, insulin-resistant patients in the postoperative follow-up period also had decrements in all phases of insulin secretion and increased glucagon secretion in response to a mixed meal. Examination of the tissue samples collected during surgery indicated that insulin-resistant patients had greater average islet cell size, a fi nding that suggests that these patients' preoperative insulin resistance impacted islet cell morphology. The use of live donors to study changes in β-cell mass may offer new opportunities to identify strategies to increase the β-cell's response to insulin resistance. — Helaine E. Resnick, PhD, MPH


Universe is Naad i.e. The sound and the vibration. Universe has originated from the pattern of frequency and therefore the matters that seem firm including the emotional, physical and mental and even the spiritual realms are all through the Naad: the sound and the vibratory basis. Einstein even formulated and accepted this fact of origin of universe. According to "Einstein":'Every atom and molecule is formed out of energy vibrations'. Everything around us is musical. Music gives us the capability to express the deepest intuitive feeling of human soul. Every individual has unlike ways of evincing the inner self through different forms of habituating music. Some prefer just listening to different genres of music, other might just like to play an instrument and some prefer to meditate or chant holy hymns or sincere chants of praise, which helps in lifting up the mind to a sublime state. Music has played crucial role in spreading religious chants to a great extent especially in Hinduism and Buddhism. In Hinduism 'Om' and in Buddhism 'Om Mani Padme Hum' and 'Nam Myoh Renge Kyo' has played an awe-inspiring role in human beings life, through the mystical vibrations that generates while chanting these hymns. Further in my paper I'll be elaborating more on the reflection of music on Buddhism including the chants: Om, 'Om Mani Padme Hum' and 'Nam Myoh Renge Kyo' with brief historical background, it's effect on body and personality when chanted melodiously. There is also a strong relationship between music and health in Buddhism.


The development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the widespread growth of Internet has revolutionized the way of performing commercial operations. Due to this the organizations must reconsider the use of systemic thinking and aim their business models towards more globalized tendencies. All this has helped many companies to see the electronic commerce as a new way of on-line commercialization; this tendency is not strange to the Ecuadorian market. An example of this are virtual stores which offer a variety of products through digital information brochures. The present research work focuses on the design and optimization of a massive data upload model representing a reduction of costs and time optimization. In order to run tests of efficiency and veracity this investigation was centered on a virtual store (YaEstá.com) which for its size and characteristics (technological infrastructure and managed data), facilitate the delimitation and execution of agreed targets. All this consolidated on mathematical models that validated the results obtained by the proposed model concluding that there was an optimization of 60% against traditional processes (manual data upload).


The increased tasking and reduced manning of a multi-mission aircraft put pressures on the mission crew in terms of their workload, skills mixture and the training required. This paper describes the simulation undertake by CORDA for the UK Air Warfare Centre. Within the model, written in EXTEND/sup TM/ (from Imagine That Inc.), the mission is defined in a modular form, which allows the mission tasks to be developed and modified as the study progresses. Workloads are associated with each task which are then distributed amongst the mission crew. Within the model's supervisory roles, relief crews and rest periods are modelled. The design has provided a generic simulation approach to mission crew loading which allows the analyst to study variations and sensitivities in a controlled manner. This allows the optimum capability to be assessed and the minimum training/manning burden to be associated with the introduction of new aircraft technologies and skills.


Our country's sports development strategy focused on the coordinated development of the strategic period,the two positions on college sports:professional sports institutions and non-professional sports faculty academic research imbalance in the practice of a loss,so that professional sports will be a growing emphasis on the institutions,non-professional sports Departments have been gradually indifference,the relations of professional sports institutions and non-professional sports faculties were fragmented,and the "two strategic" development of the theory and the direction of development are misled and the process of practice losed support for the deletion.If placed two positions in the same strategic position,we should find the historical turning point of the focus 'shift of "two strategy",at the same time,"the two strategies" should be stimulated in the vigorous development of a lasting impetus.


We present the vacuum of a two-dimensional conformal field theory as a network of Wilson lines in $SL(2,\mathbb{R})\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}SL(2,\mathbb{R})$ Chern-Simons theory, which is conventionally used to study gravity in three-dimensional anti--de Sitter space. The position and shape of the network encode the cutoff scale at which the ground state density operator is defined. In the framework of query complexity, a general argument relates the ``density of complexity'' of the network to the extrinsic curvature of the cutoff surface in ${\mathrm{AdS}}_{3}$, which accords with the holographic $\mathrm{complexity}=\text{volume proposal}$.


The United States and the European Union recognized Juan Guaido as interim President of Venezuela while increasing sanctions against the government of Nicolas Maduro to force him to call for elections and begin a democratic transition. Based on the assumption that these two actors' goals and instruments are not the same, this article analyses the similarities and differences in their policies towards Venezuela, taking into account the precedent of the Cuban case and the academic literature on sanctions.


In the present study, Sn 70-X at.% -Bi 15 at.% -Sb 15 at.%- In x at.%  alloy ( x= 0, 2, 4, 6),  were prepared by melt spinning technique. Optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy combined with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (SEM-EDX), X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), and Vickers microhardness (Hv); were used to characterize the phase transformation and the microstructure evolution. The results contribute to the understanding of the microstructure evolution in alloys of the type prepared by melt spinning technique. This work reports on a comparative study of the rapidly solidified, in order to compare the microhardness and microstructural analysis.


The experiment was conducted at four laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh to identify T. asperellum and its characterization was obtained from the rhizosphere of 49 different crops in 109 different locations of 36 districts in Bangladesh. Fifteen isolates of 88 isolates in T. asperellum were characterized on morphological and physiological features. All of the isolates were produced at 35 °C, but only TR27 and TR45 were grown and sporulate at 40 °C. Mycelial growth of all the isolates was reduced with the increasing of pH value. Molecular characterization in four isolates of TR27, TR45, TR70 and TR85 were studied at ITS and TEF region nucleotide sequencing among 15 isolates of T. asperellum and the morphological characterization at ITS and tef1 nucleotide sequencing was assimilated with molecular characterization. The isolates of TR45, TR70 and TR85 were found with 98% homology and TR27 exhibited 88% against their respective closest isolate. The isolates of TR27 and TR85 marked their respective nearest homology at 96%, while TR45 showed 99%, and 93% homology was signified with TR70 in TEF sequences. Three isolates (TR45, TR70 and TR85) were identified as T. asperellum of 100% bootstrap value and TR27 isolate was also recognized with 72% bootstrap value in phylogenetic tree. In phylogenetic analysis, tef1 extended better differentiation among the Trichoderma isolates within and among the groups of closely related species than the rDNA of the ITS region in reflecting wider variability in the isolates while a higher transversion ratio and evolutionary divergence were defined. Moreover the exploring of scientific and useful diversification of Trichoderma isolates on physiological and molecular traits has deemed in research fields. IMPORTANCE Trichoderma is an important genus in different aspect of uses as biofertilizer and bioremediation in agriculture. Specific identification in physiological and molecular characterization has also foremost attention with genome sequences as stored in databases. The diversity and genetic distances were ascertained among the isolates in phylogenetic analysis with the sequence data of the ITS region and tef1 of known Trichoderma strains was found in GenBank. Consequently, the databases of Trichoderma asperellum in molecular characterization can be frequently studied in the beneficial scope of agriculture. Trichoderma isolates of Rhizosphere soil in 4 locations with crops of (TR27) Sadar, Moulvibazar (Rice), (TR45) Sadar, Mymensingh (Sweet gourd), (TR70) Chapra, Chapai Nawabganj (Sesame) and (TR85) Nayanpur, Lalmonirhat (Maize) were found to be substantiated as Trichoderma asperellum strain in Bangladesh that were confirmed on physiological and molecular characters, and utilization of this strain can run faster in invasive technologies to control crop diseases.


This preface offers a conceptual framework for putting in context the extensive work that has been done in areas related to semantic similarity measuring, approximate semantic methods, document clustering and grouping, and many others that we call generically "Quantitative Semantics". We present some of the most relevant works in these areas, classifying them so that a kind of map emerges, allowing a reader to understand the bigger picture of this tremendously relevant area in many text-processing tasks. As part of this framework, we provide a brief explanation for the works herein exposed, giving to the reader a scaffolding structure where the works in this book can be conceptually attached.


Energy and time spectra of gamma-rays following μ-capture in natural Kr, Se, Cd and Sm, as well as isotopic enriched 82Kr, 76Se, 106Cd and 150Sm, have been measured. Total life-times of muons in different isotopes, as well as partial μ-capture rates to the excited states of 48Sc, 76As and 106Ag, were extracted. These results are discussed in the context of the double-beta decay matrix elements. The data are also compared with data from theoretical calculations and with data from charge-exchange reactions on 48Ti. It is the first time that μ-capture and charge-exchange reaction data are being compared in the context of ββ decay.


Automatic parking access using a real time embedded system for Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) and access control is common these days in urban commercial spaces, office buildings and other similar public spaces. This paper provides another method for implementing an ALPR system using an open source C/C++ library called Open ALPR, based on OpenCV and TesseractOCR. The fundamental goal of the system is to use image processing to identify every single vehicle that goes in and out through the barrier gate parking system. The hardware is implemented with the latest version of Raspberry Pi, and a Pi Noir camera.


Macromolecular self-assembly has great potential for application in the field of the design of molecular machines, in molecular regulation, for biological tissue, and in biomedicine for the optical, electrical, and biological characteristics that the assembly unit does not possess. In this paper, the progress in macromolecular self-assembly is systematically reviewed, including its conception, processes and mechanisms, with a focus on macromolecular self-assembly by stimuli. According to the difference in stimuli, macromolecular self-assembly can be classified into temperature-responsive self-assembly, light-responsive self-assembly, pH-responsive self-assembly, redox-responsive self-assembly, and multi-responsive self-assembly. A preliminary study on constructing dynamic macromolecular self-assembly based on a chemical self-oscillating reaction is described. Furthermore, the problems of macromolecular self-assembly research, such as the extremely simple structure of artificial self-assembly and the low degree of overlap between macromolecular self-assembly and life sciences, are analyzed. The future development of stimuli-responsive macromolecular self-assembly should imitate the complex structures, processes and functions in nature and incorporate the chemical-oscillation reaction to realize dynamic self-assembly.


Molecular dynamics simulations of POE melts have been performed utilizing a potential force field parameterized to reproduce conformer energies and rotational energy barriers in dimethoxyethane as determined from ab initio electronic structure calculations. Chain conformations and dimensions of POE from the simulations were found to be in good agreement with predictions of a rotational isomeric state (RIS) model based upon the ab initio conformational. energies. The melt chains were found to be somewhat extended relative to chains at theta conditions. This effect will be discussed in light of neutron scattering experiments which indicate that POE chains are extended in the melt relative to theta solutions. The conformational characteristics of POE chains will also be compared with those of other poly (alkylethers), namely poly(oxymethylene), poly(oxytrimethylene) and poly(oxytetramethylene). Local conformational dynamics were found to be more rapid than in polymethylene. Calculated C-H vector correlation times were found to be in reasonable agreement with experimental values from C-13 NMR spin-lattice relaxation times. The influence of ionic salts on local conformations and dynamics will also be discussed.


PURPOSE: To reproduce a medical image on which optimal image quality can be obtained for a diagnosis by constituting processing of nonuniform quantization of a concentration value, and processing so that an increase quantity between first and second concentration values corresponding to a sequential signal value coincides with a minimum perceptible concentration difference in the first peripheral concentration. CONSTITUTION: This is a method to make an image hard copy, which is used to make an examination on a light box and is displayed by an N-bit signal, on a recording material. For example, a digital signal display of a radiological image is obtained by a CT system and an ancillary computer, and next, an image signal is also passed through a digital interface, and a digital image signal is processed in its recorder. Its processing is composed of a step of processing a signal by mapping a signal value of the signal to a corresponding concentration value by a conversion curve, and its processing is composed of nonuniform quantization of the concentration value, and in its processing, an increase quantity between first and second concentration values corresponding to a sequential signal value is made to coincide with a minimum perceptible concentration difference in the first peripheral concentration.


Classical techniques for the ultra-dense IoMT consider conventional radio frequency (RF) wireless transmission techniques such as WiFi to convey collected screened data, despite the adverse health effects of RF waveforms utilized in these classical wireless techniques. In this paper, to develop more suitable, harmless and practical solution, the deployment of the hazardless LiFi wireless communication system to operate along with the commercially available wearable devices is adopted, by presenting and experimentally demonstrating a smart monitoring system based on a MAX30102 biomedical sensor in conjunction with LiFi transmission link. The results show the effectiveness of the presented work to monitor the oxygen saturation level in the human body and to initiate an alarm signal in case of a drop in the body oxygen level.


Optical properties of in situ Er-doped Si epilayers grown by molecular beam epitaxy at low temperatures (<450 °C), using oxygen and fluorine as codopants, are studied using photoluminescence (PL) and electroluminescence (EL) spectroscopies. Sharp and intense Er-related PL is observed at low temperatures from the as-grown Si epilayers with Er concentrations up to 5×1019 cm−3. The structure of the dominant optically active Er centers is shown to be dependent of the codopants used and can essentially be modified by postgrowth thermal annealing. The chemical nature of the codopants as well as postgrowth treatments have only a minor effect on the thermal quenching of Er-related emissions. Thermal quenching of the Er-related PL and EL is shown to occur with a similar activation energy suggesting the same quenching mechanism may be involved for both processes. The observed higher EL efficiency at elevated temperatures is tentatively attributed to the higher concentration of excited Er ions under impact ionizatio...


The general properties of conical intersections between Born–Oppenheimer potential energy surfaces for the X4 system are considered. This system is one of intermediate complexity, sharing some, but not all, of the simplifying features of the X3 system studied previously. As in X3, one can define an internal coordinate system in terms of the internuclear distances which treats all nuclei equivalently. For X4, however, the degeneracy manifolds are of higher dimension than the symmetry manifolds, which has as a consequence that the degeneracy manifolds are only partially determined by symmetry. We obtain general properties of the locations of the conical intersections, and of the phase factors which compensate the sign change in the electronic wave function resulting from traversing a closed path around the intersection. The phase factor is also chosen in such a way that the resulting electronic wave functions have simple behavior under permutations of the nuclei. This choice of phase factor leads to consist...


Gamification is the use of game mechanics in a non-gaming environment in order to solve problems and engage users. One of the problems that face corporate IT departments is the ongoing training and education of their employees such as programmers. The industry is changing so fast that it is difficult to find the time to keep everybody up-to-date with latest trends and techniques. This paper describes research into the use of gamification in mobile micro-learning in a corporate IT department. The IT department under research did most of its programming development in Java. The employees in the department ranged in education and training levels from some tertiary education up through two employees having PhDs. In an effort to keep all employees abreast of latest programming techniques and trends in addition to providing new training for some junior employees, a gamified approach to mobile micro-learning was implemented. The micro-learning was instantiated as Friday treasure hunts with clues and lessons being provided to the participants using QR codes.


An attempt was made to fabricate a rolling device for determining the plastic limit of different loamy and clay soils. Five different types of soil collected from different location were used for the present investigation. Clay was taken as the yardstick of converting the soil as a continuous particle and measuring scale of this continuity was expressed in terms of clay ratio. Thus plastic limit of the soils were determined by following rolling device, Casagrande method and cone penetrometer method. It was observed that plastic limit determined by different methods have similar values for different soils and clay ratio has played important role in varying the values. Plastic limit varied from almost 20 to 25% for loamy soil having clay ratio 0.30 to 0.40 and almost 25 to 30% for clay soils having clay ratio 0.75 to 0.78. The results revealed that values of plastic limit by rolling device method were on an average 5% less than that of Casagrande method and almost same to that of the cone penetrometer method at different levels of clay ratio. However, the construction of rolling device has been found easy and economical. It provides perfect terminal point for accurate result. Hence it is a reliable technique for determining soil plastic limit for cohesive soil. But it is not a workable means for non-cohesive soil. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/pa.v21i1-2.16767 Progress. Agric. 21(1 & 2): 187 - 194, 2010


PURPOSE: A moving picture mail communication system and method using a streaming technique is provided so that the moving picture mail communication between a moving picture mail server and a mobile terminal can be carried out in a mobile communication network system. CONSTITUTION: If a moving picture mail to be sent to a mobile terminal(120) arises, a moving picture mail server(180) creates an arrival announcement message for the moving picture mail and transmits it to the mobile terminal(120)(311). Receiving the arrival announcement message, the mobile terminal(120) creates a receiving request message and transmits it to the moving picture mail server(180)(313). If the receiving request message is received, the moving picture mail server(180) starts to send the moving picture mail to the mobile terminal(120) at a preset data rate(315).


The spatial resolution of retinal images is limited by the presence of static and time-varying aberrations present within the eye. An updated High Resolution Adaptive Optics Fundus Imager (HRAOFI) has been built based on the development from the first prototype unit. This entirely new unit was designed and fabricated to increase opto-mechanical integration and ease-of-use through a new user interface. Improved camera systems for the Shack-Hartmann sensor and for the scene image were implemented to enhance the image quality and the frequency of the Adaptive Optics (AO) control loop. An optimized illumination system that uses specific wavelength bands was applied to increase the specificity of the images. Sample images of clinical trials of retinas, taken with and without the system, are shown. Data on the performance of this system will be presented, demonstrating the ability to calculate near diffraction-limited images.


Although Mississippian rocks continue to contribute the major part of the oil produced in this region, the outstanding new feature is the discovery and development of Devonian limestone wells in five pools, Sandoval, Salem, Bartelso, Centralia, and Tonti (in order of discovery). The saturated zone in the Devonian consists of dolomitic limestone with solution cavities, and probably fissures and joints. In the pools listed the top of Devonian limestone lies from 1,100 to 1,400 feet below the McClosky oolitic limestone (the lowest large producing zone in the Mississippian), and this interval probably increases to more than 2,000 feet in the deepest part of the basin. Initial productions of the new Devonian wells are exceptionally high for the area, some exceeding 10,000 barr ls per day, thus indicating a high degree of permeability of the oil-bearing rock. Thus far all the new areas of Devonian production are on structural closures indicated in Mississippian or Pennsylvanian key beds (or both) and furthermore are in areas of previous production from shallower strata. Whether or not there are structures affecting Devonian but not younger strata and of sufficient size to cause oil accumulation is not yet known.


In this paper, I will discuss how and what type of measurements of vocal interactional behavior can be used to recognize affective and social signals. Three studies will be presented that deal with 1) the collection and recognition of spontaneous vocal and facial expressions in a gaming context, 2) the detection of laughter in meetings, and 3) the relation between dominance and overlapping speech in multiparty conversations. On the basis of these studies, (dis)advantages and issues in speech processing for affective and social computing will be evaluated. Acoustic features, but also simple speech or no-speech information were employed in these studies. In addition, fundamental issues such as 'ground truth labeling' and collection of spontaneous data are also discussed.


The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest continental ice on the earth and its mass budget and stability has an important influence on global climate change and sea level rise.Ice radar,or radio-echo sounding(RES),constitutes the principal means by which glaciologists investigate the subsurface properties of the Antarctic ice sheet.In the past fifty years,ice radar has been widely applied to measure ice sheet thickness,internal structure and subglacial morphology.These parameters are fundamental for the calculation of ice volume and mass balance as well as the reconstruction of past snow accumulation and melting rates,ice dynamics and deposition process.Now,RES has covered most regions in Antarctica and provided significant understanding of the interactions between ice sheet and global system.We briefly introduced ice radar and its technical development firstly and then mainly reviewed the progress of ice radar in investigating and researching Antarctic ice sheet thickness and subglacial topography,internal reflecting horizons,subglacial lakes and water systems,subglacial bedrock roughness and crystal orientation fabrics(COF).Finally,the prospect of ice radar in investigating and researching Antarctic ice sheet in the future and our present situation was proposed.


In a recent paper we showed that the decay of intermediate Λ̄b baryons can dramatically enhance the antihelium flux from dark matter annihilation. Our antihelium predictions were derived using several implementations of the Pythia and Herwig event generators which were calibrated to existing data on antideuteron and antihelium formation. Kachelrieß et al. have argued for a smaller antihelium flux compared to our most optimistic Monte Carlo model. However, we show that the arguments by Kachelrieß et al. are either incorrect or irrelevant for antihelium formation. Thus, the results of our original paper remain unchanged.


. This paper presents and analyses the activities in Hungarian language that took place in the spring of 2019, examining the topic of friendship and love, following Matthew Lipman's methodology. The location of our activities was one of the branches of the "Octavian Goga" Cluj County Library, with an average number of 8 participants (children aged between 6 and 15 years). These discussions helped children to understand the complexity of friendship as a moral value and phenomenon, the discussion and resolution of potential conflicts, the importance of explaining their views accurately, and their contribution to making things better.


Runoff of a local river had been forecasted by using the method of rescaled range analysis.The results show that the prediction outcomes are more reliable when the sample numbers are in the state of larger;the trends of runoff volume will be strengthened when the data of time series is small;this knowledge has been testified by partition function.The further study points out that we should check the structural characteristics of the data and certain whether there existed a hidden reverse process when the length of the scale is short or the number of the data is small.Attention will be paid more when the curve of ln(R/S)-ln e is in transition state as V while Hurst Index approaches 1.


We studied the seasonal dynamics of habitat and food utilization among bumblebee species in a community on the slope of a subarctic mountain (340-1050 m a.s.l.). During the summer all species at times utilized the whole altitudinal range. During spring all species foraged in the basal parts of the mountain, and during autumn in the intermediate zone. The altitudinal utilization of the mountain slope was the most diverse in the middle of the season. The observed weekly habitat niche and the food niche overlaps did not deviate from the overlaps calculated on the assumption of random habitat or food utilization, respectively. The segregation with respect to food was more complete than with respect to habitat. When the overlaps were calculated on the pooled, whole-season observations, a positive correlation was found between the pairwise habitat and food niche overlaps. The bumblebees separated into subalpine species (Bombus pratorum (L.), B. jonellus (K.), B. pascuorum Scop. and B. lucorum (L.)) and into alpine species (B. hyperboreus Schon., B. polaris Curt. and B. alpinus (L.)). The species, B. lapponicus (Fabr.) and B. balteatus Dahlb., utilized the whole altitudinal range. Probable factors affecting the altitudinal distribution patterns are discussed.


This research generally have aims to analisys income growth comparative in five customary territory since 2021 – 2018 at Papua Province. Data be used in secondary data, The method be used to analysis with make discreption kualitatif and finaly the output analysis will be kuantitatif, The result of analysis is 1) the research found different level of independence between region it's mean inequality in independency. This attention for government Provinsi to take policy for equality in five customary territory 2) Approach strategy or policy of developmend regional in five customary territory is depend on actor in implementation decession maker, komitmen, for to the aims of policy.Keywords: growth, comparative income, five customary territory, Papua


INTRODUCTIONResearch on firms that already from their inception see the whole world as a market and/or the whole world as a source to access resources, so called born globals (Andersson & Wicto ...


The authors consider a chain of elastic (Hertzian) grains that repel upon contact according to the potential V = a{delta}{sup u}, u > 2, where {delta} is the overlap between the grains. They present numerical and analytical results to show that an impulse initiated at an end of a chain of Hertzian grains in contact eventually propagates as a soliton for all n > 2 and that no solitons are possible for n {le} 2. Unlike continuous, they find that colliding solitons in discrete media initiative multiple weak solitons at the point of crossing.


Abstract The crystal and molecular structure of the title compound has been determined by the X-ray diffraction method. Crystals belong to the orthorhombic space group P212121 and the cell dimensions are a=7.832(1), b=20.466(2) and c=9.159(1) A. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by the full matrix least-squares method to R=0.070. The conformation about the glycosidic bond is syn probably because of the steric hindrance between the sugar moiety and the cyano group at the C(6) position of the base. The sugar puckering is C(4′)-exo, and the orientation of C(5′)-0(5′) bond is gauche-trans.


Rice feeds more than half of the world's population. In much of Asia, rice is the staple food. The highest producing countries of rice are in Asia; in 2004, China produced 177,434,000 Mt (metric ton) of rice paddy, India produced 129,000,000 Mt and Indonesia produced 54,060,816 Mt (FAOSTAT 2005). Agricultural biotechnology has been developing at a rapid pace, and genetic engineering has been proposed as a means of improving various aspects of crop production. Rice has been no exception, and developing countries have been urged to facilitate the adoption of genetically engineered (GE) rice (e.g. Datta 2004). Uptake of GE rice in Asia, particularly China, is seen by some as potentially demonstrating the benefits of genetic engineering and reducing opposition to it (Brookes and Barfoot 2004). China, the world's largest producer and consumer of rice, is reportedly on the brink of commercializing GE rice (AsiaPulse 2005; Jia 2004; Lei 2004). Chinese scientists have been researching GE rice since the 1980s. Research is also being conducted in other Asian countries, including Japan, India, the Philippines and Thailand. Despite the apparent positive outlook for GE rice, serious concerns have been raised in respect of its impact on the environment, human and animal health, and socio-economic situations (e.g. Cummins 2004; Stabinsky and Cotter 2004a, 2004b). There have also been a number of reports about unapproved GE rice entering the market and food chain in China (Barboza 2005; Brown 2005; Reuters 2005), highlighting instances of regulatory failure. In particular, it appears that GE rice research has thus far outpaced safety considerations. He Changchui, Assistant Director-General/Regional Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, has been quoted as saying that Asian governments should move cautiously before approving commercial planting of GE rice (Mohanty 2004). He urged governments to undertake extensive risk assessment on food safety. This paper examines some of the safety issues that will need to be seriously considered before any commercialization of GE rice occurs.


There is a growing amount of experimental evidence that suggests people often
deviate from the predictions of game theory. Some scholars attempt to explain the
observations by introducing errors into behavioral models. However, most of these
modifications are situation dependent and do not generalize. A new theory, called the
rational novice model, is introduced as an attempt to provide a general theory that takes
account of erroneous behavior. The rational novice model is based on two central
principals. The first is that people systematically make inaccurate guesses when they are
evaluating their options in a game-like situation. The second is that people treat their
decisions similar to a portfolio problem. As a result, non optimal actions in a game
theoretic sense may be included in the rational novice strategy profile with positive
weights. The rational novice model can be divided into two parts: the behavioral model and
the equilibrium concept. In a theoretical chapter, the mathematics of the behavioral model
and the equilibrium concept are introduced. The existence of the equilibrium is established.
In addition, the Nash equilibrium is shown to be a special case of the rational novice
equilibrium. In another chapter, the rational novice model is applied to a voluntary
contribution game. Numerical methods were used to obtain the solution. The model is
estimated with data obtained from the Palfrey and Prisbrey experimental study of the
voluntary contribution game. It is found that the rational novice model explains the data
better than the Nash model. Although a formal statistical test was not used, pseudo R^2
analysis indicates that the rational novice model is better than a Probit model similar to the
one used in the Palfrey and Prisbrey study. The rational novice model is also applied to a first price sealed bid auction. Again,
computing techniques were used to obtain a numerical solution. The data obtained from
the Chen and Plott study were used to estimate the model. The rational novice model
outperforms the CRRAM, the primary Nash model studied in the Chen and Plott study.
However, the rational novice model is not the best amongst all models. A sophisticated
rule-of-thumb, called the SOPAM, offers the best explanation of the data.


INTRODUCTION. The salivary glands can be affected by a variety non-neoplastic conditions and produce a very wide range of different tumours, both benign and malignant. Some of these conditions will have been dealt with by Prof. Skálová. It is not possible to cover all of the rest of salivary gland pathology during this presentation, which will concentrate on the more important lesions, mainly neoplastic. Comprehensive accounts of diseases and neoplasms of the salivary glands will be found in standard textbooks 1,2,3 , as well as a variety of new atlases, all of which are of a high standard.


Objectives: Efficiency assessment of Lynn method on open primary repair of acute Achilles tendon ruptures. Methods: Data were evaluated from 19 patients who treated with the Lynne method due to acute Achilles tendon rupture. Average follow-up length was 12.3 months (range 8-15 months). Dominant side was the right side by all patients and all patients were males. Plantaris tendon augmentation was applied after end-to-end repair by modified Kessler suture technique. Results: The mean postoperative AOFAS score (The American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society hindfoot clinical outcome scores) was 93.5 (range 82-100). The average of Achilles tendon postoperative assessment score, as developed by Thermann and colleagues, was 93.3. Both assessment scores were between 90-100 and were evaluated as very good. None of the patients developed post-operative wound infection. The Thompson test was negative on all patients and bilateral motor strength was 5/5. Conclusion: Lynn method, especially in young and active patients with acute Achilles tendon rupture is a method that should be considered in treatment protocols.


Abstract. Let Ω ⊂ R be a bounded domain and for x ∈ Ω let τ(x) be the expected exit time from Ω of a diffusing particle starting at x and advected by an incompressible flow u. We are interested in the question which flows maximize ‖τ‖L∞(Ω), that is, they are most efficient in the creation of hotspots inside Ω. Surprisingly, among all simply connected domains in two dimensions, the discs are the only ones for which the zero flow u ≡ 0 maximises ‖τ‖L∞(Ω). We also show that in any dimension, among all domains with a fixed volume and all incompressible flows on them, ‖τ‖L∞(Ω) is maximized by the zero flow on the ball.


"Digital criticism in literature"is a kind of literary theory of criticism concerning Chinese and foreign literature.This critical practice originates from The Book of Changes and often appears in the prefaces.In the latter half of the 20th century when the digital times came,the real independent literary criticism of digital research rose grandly.In the 21st century this theory was the first to be explained systematically and wholly.This new theory with originality and Chinese characteristics should be developed and perfected further.


Aim:  There is currently no well‐accepted therapy for central nervous system Langerhans cell histiocytosis (CNS‐LCH), a neuroinflammatory disease clinically characterized by often progressive, neurological symptoms including ataxia, dysarthria, dysphagia, hypertonicity, intellectual impairment and behavioural abnormalities. We applied immunomodulative/anti‐inflammatory treatment on a patient with progressive CNS‐LCH disease.


Equity in education is an indispensable issue that demands attention and awareness, especially in the contemporary era of pandemics and distance learning. This qualitative study aims to understand better how Filipino teachers feel about using Bitmojis in Math classes and the potential support it could offer in creating equitable education. Using a snowball sampling technique, 11 teachers who used Bitmojis last year as part of their instructional tools were individually interviewed via Zoom in a semi-structured interview format. Their experiences were thoroughly examined through a phenomenological- descriptive approach. Responses were analyzed, and the themes developed from the data explained the teachers' diverse but significant experiences, perceptions, attitudes, and challenges toward integrating Bitmojis in their Mathematics classes. Though the study presents a discovery in the field of education, the results revealed a very promising contribution of Bitmojis to Mathematics in the domains of engagement, usability, and equity. In conclusion, the employment of Bitmojis in Mathematics instruction confirms that it helps promote students' sense of equity when used appropriately and accordingly.