Abstract This study involved fourteen semistructured interviews with teaching staff at a Brazilian university. These interviews were aimed at unveiling possible transformations caused by distance education in classroom teaching and in medical assistance practices. The discourses collected were analyzed using qualitative methods and divided into groups with convergent meanings, resulting in the following units: Infrastructure, Personal Use of Information Technology Resources, Impressions of Distance Education, Intensity of Dedication, Interactivity, Benefits of Distance Education, Teaching Practices, and Changes in Assistance. Results suggest that virtual teaching has resulted in positive changes in the professor–student relationship that allow improvements in interactivity and the creation of different expectations from those observed in classroom practice. There was a significant appropriation of the technological resources and pedagogical activities used in online courses for classroom teaching practice. Also observed was the transfer of knowledge to the personal and medical assistance spheres.


BACKGROUND
The present objective was to compare medial mini-open and percutaneous treatment of pediatric supracondylar fractures according to fluoroscopy time, duration of surgery, and iatrogenic ulnar nerve injury.

METHODS
A total of 104 Gartland type III supracondylar humerus fractures were prospectively evaluated between 2011 and 2013. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to type of fixation. In Group A (41 patients), medial pin was inserted with mini-open incision with 2 lateral pins inserted percutaneously. In Group B (63 patients), all pins were inserted percutaneously. Mean follow-up time was 14.1±1.2 months in Group A, and 14.6±2.1 months in Group B. All patients were postoperatively evaluated for nerve injury with both motor and sensory function assessment. Length of surgery, total fluoroscopy time, fluoroscopy time for medial pin insertion, Baumann's angle, humeral capitellum angle, final carrying angle, and range of motion were recorded.

RESULTS
Sensorial evaluation showed that Group A had 3 poor, and 1 fair results, and Group B had 2 poor, and 1 fair results. No statistically significant differences were observed, including no differences in either surgery or total fluoroscopy times between groups. However, fluoroscopy time during medial pin placement was significantly lower in the mini-open group.

CONCLUSION
In conclusion, similar results of both techniques were observed, and both carry risk of iatrogenic ulnar nerve injury. Medial pin placement is easier and less demanding when used with mini-open technique.


This paper is focusing to develop a method based on association rule-mining to enhance the diagnosis of ultrasound kidney images. This is to implement a computer-aided decision support system for an automated diagnosis and classification of kidney images. The method uses association rule mining to analyze the medical images and automatically generates suggestions of diagnosis. It combines automatically extracted low-level features from images with high-level knowledge given by a specialist in order to suggest the diagnosing. Association rule mining is a well-known data mining technique that aims to find interesting patterns in very large databases. The proposed method distinguishes three kidney categories namely normal, cortical cyst and medical renal. The segmented US kidney images are taken for processing. Then feature extraction process is applied to extract the features and from that extracted features only the relevant features are selected. So feature selection and discretization process is done on the extracted features that reduce the mining complexity. The association rules are generated based on the selected features. The proposed method uses the algorithm Bayesian Classifier which is a new associative classifier based on Bayesian theorem. This classifies the given image with high values of accuracy to suggest a diagnosis.


Polycrystalline (Mn, Zn)Fe2O4 films were prepared on silica glass substrate by CVD using three kinds of acetylacetonatocomplexes, Mn(acac)2, Fe(acac)3 and Zn(acac)2.H2O as starting materials. These complexes were evaporated at a reduced total pressure of 10 Torr and at temperatures of 205°C, 140-150°C and 85°C, respectively and transported with nitrogen carrier gas to the deposition zone. The growth conditions and magnetic properties of the polycrystalline (Mn, Zn)Fe2O4 films were as follows. deposition temperature: 500-600°C, oxygen gas flow rate: 10 ml/min, reaction time: 20 min, saturation magnetization: 50 emu/g, coercive force: 80 Oe and Curie temperature: 270°C.


From the perspective of Confucius moral ideals, value orientations and norms, this paper analyses the guiding role played by Chinese moral values in adopting lofty ideals, forming correct views of righteousness and profit and harmonious ways of life for university students.


In the manufacturing of microwave and millimeter wave thin-film circuit, high accurate masks were manufactured by laser direct writing system (LDWS) and step & repeat printing system (SRPS) respectively. The alignment marks were studied in Cr mask and Ultra-grain glass mask. The lines of the marks were more straight and clear in Cr mask. It was easier to align between the Cr mask and the thin-film circuit. Vernier design was used to monitor the accuracy of Alignment. It is more convenient to identify the direction of Alignment. The calculation method of Alignment accuracy was provided. The Alignment process ability increased to $\pmb{\pm 1\mu} \mathbf{m}$ by Cr mask made by laser direct writing system.


The appearance and development of modern linguistics have always been bringing about new literary theories.Linguistics and literary theory have been closely related in history and this make it seem natural for textlinguistics and literary theory to interrelate with each other in expectedly many various ways. But the contemporary facts in the studies in the two fields does not seem cooperative as expected,mainly for two reasons as we believe.The first is that the scholars in the two fields are reluctant to know more from each other and unwilling to cooperate.The second can be ascribed to the fact that the early modern literary theories holds that literariness lies in the special uses of language,and therefore the early "text grammar" can be directly used in literary analyses, but the contemporary textlinguistics is more concerned with micro-social situations in communication and the contemporary literary theories is more concerned with macro-social background instead.However,since the two studies are concerned with the one and the same thing——i.e.text,there are reasons for us to expect the conscious cooperation between the textlinguistics and literary theories,as linguistics and literary study were actively cooperative in history.


Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive interferometry imaging technique with micrometre scale resolution at millimetre scale penetration depths in highly scattering tissues. This study describes a new evolution of OCT, termed molecular optical coherence phase microscopy (molecular OCPM), which is capable of imaging the expression of molecular markers at the cellular level using gold nanorods as photothermal imaging agents. Gold nanorods were selected as the imaging agents due to their excellent photothermal energy conversion efficiency and tuneable plasmon bands. The gold nanorods were surface functionalized to achieve efficient and specific targeting of the tyrosine kinase human epidermal growth factor receptor HER2 molecular markers used as a model tumor biomarker. Phase modulation retrieval was used to generate photothermal maps which were overlayed on intensity images. Phase modulation within the filter corresponding to the laser excitation modulation frequency was clearly observed for cells targeted with the molecular photothermal imaging agents. These results confirm the ability of photothermal optical coherence phase microscopy to image accurately at the cellular level gold nanorods molecularly targeted to a biomarker expressed on cancer cell membranes, paving the way for its application to novel bioimaging procedures.


The vascular addressins mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule‐1, P‐selectin and ICAM‐1 permit α4β7‐integrin‐expressing DC, especially those of the myeloid lineage (CD11c+CD11b+ DC), to access the pregnant mouse uterus. Injection of blocking monoclonal antibodies against mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule‐1 in P‐selectin−/− mice or experimental approaches with β7‐integrin−/− or ICAM‐1−/− mice revealed that limited access or absence of CD11c+CD11b+ DC at the maternal/fetal interface negatively affects the frequency, size and functional properties of uterine NK (uNK) cells. Adoptive transfer of DC obtained from WT mice into β7‐integrin−/− mice abrogates these effects and emphasizes the importance of DC in uNK cell differentiation. Interestingly, those implantation sites lacking CD11c+CD11b+ DC are characterized by decreased IL‐15 and IL‐12 mRNA and/or protein levels. Chronic administration of IL‐15 in these mice gives rise to uNK cell numbers and size comparable to those of WT mice, whereas additional injection of IL‐12 positively affects the IFN‐γ expression of uNK cells. Real‐time RT‐PCR and protein arrays performed with isolated uterine DC underline the role of DC as a source of IL‐15 and IL‐12 in the pregnant mouse uterus.


One of the most convenient way of analyzing antenna parameters using Rao-Wilton-Glisson (RWG) edge elements where the antenna surface is divided into a two dimensional array of very small triangle of alternately charged in continuous fashion. In this paper, the concept of RWG edge elements and method of moment (MoM) have been explored to determine distribution of surface current density, profile of magnetic field intensity and current density along the horizontal dimension of the antenna. In this paper, we have made a comparison between bow-tie and slot antennas in selecting appropriate antenna for a particular wireless link based on RWG edge elements.


Objective: analyze the acute effect of being outdoors in the mood of a group of college students of Costa Rica. Methods: participants of this study were 50 college students (age 21.88  4,11 years): 27(age 21.33  2.96 years) physical education students (PEG) and 23 (age 22.52  5.14 years) health promotion students (HPG). The 44 items POMS Mood State Questionnaire version was used, reestructured from the spanish version. Two assessments were performed immediately before and after a 35-minute being outdoor session, students were asked to be seated, open eyes and quiet. The participant were exposed to a natural grass environment surrounded by trees. Results: there were found significant differences in tension-anxiety, depression and fatigue. Conclusions: forest therapy does work for improving the mood state of college students.


The elasto-plastic deformation behavior, yield strength and strain rate of material under shock compression can be represented by shock front, and the shock front is also related to the variation of strength after shock compression. In this paper, we study the dynamic plastic deformation processe of nanocrystalline copper under shock compression through molecular dynamics simulations. We also explore the dependences of the shock front and the mechanism of elasto-plastic deformation on grain boundary, and make a comparison with the case of the shock response of nanocrystalline aluminum. This investigation shows that the contribution of grain boundary to the shock-front width of nanocrystalline copper are smaller than that of nanocrystalline aluminum. The plastic mechanism of nanocrystalline copper is dominated by the emission and propagation of partial dislocations, and the full dislocation and deformation twin are rarely found in the samples. From the simulations are also found that the shock-front width decreases with the increase of loaded shock stress. A quantitative inverse relationship between the shock wave front width and the shock intensity is obtained. This quantitative inverse relationship is close to other simulation result of nanocrystalline copper and quite different from results of coarse-grained copper compression experiments.


Today all the peoples are using the social websites for the interaction and creating profile and many more purposes. In this paper, Focused on the restriction access of information which is handling by social websites. All people knows, Social Network (OSNs) have much more growth in the current year and having the facility for hundreds of millions of internet users. When user use the Social websites that provides the attractive means for communication and the information sharing purpose but it will increase the number of conflict. Because of this issues Online Social Network allow user to restrict access to shared information. They do not provide any mechanism for same security and privacy issues with multiple users which is happened in the Online Social Network. So propose an approach to enable the security of shared information associated with multiple users in Online Social Network. For that purpose, here formulate an control model to get intrinsic nature of multiparty authorization requirement along with the condition and a conditional mechanisms. Here present a logical representation of our control model which performs many analysis tasks on our model. Here also discuss the proof of concept prototype which is the part of an application in face book.


SUMMARY: Standard cytochemical methods were used to investigate the ameliorative effect of melatonin (0.2 mM) on chromosomal aberrations in human lymphocyte cultures induced by arsenic (As 2 O 3 , 1.4 µM) and/or fluoride (NaF, 34 µM). As2O3 and/or NaF generated a significant increase in the incidence of chromosomal aberrations as compared to control levels. Combined treatment with As 2 O 3 and NaF induced more chromosomal aberrations and aneuploidy than either reagent individually. Melatonin supplements brought about a significant decrease in the number of aberrations, with the percentage of amelioration varying between 53% and 88%. This reduction by melatonin of genotoxic effects exerted by As and/or F is probably attributable to its protective antioxidant action.


In editorial follow up on these issues, underlying images from the original panels of concern were provided for Fig 5A. However, the PLOS ONE Editors consider that the underlying image provided for the 72h SH-SY5Y alpha tubulin panel of Fig 5A did not appear to match the blot shown in the published figure. The corresponding author stated that the remainder of the original data for the western blots presented in this article are no longer available. The corresponding author provided image data from replicate experiments in support of results reported in Figs 1B, 2B, 2C, 3, 4A and 5B, but these did not resolve the concerns about the published figures. In light of the above issues, which could not be resolved in the absence of the original underlying data, the PLOS ONE Editors retract this article. LC and CLE stand by the article's findings. LC and CLE disagreed with retraction. VdF and AD could not be reached.


This work presents the effects of real biocompatible insulation layers on implanted antennas. An analytical tool, based on spherical wave expansion, is developed to model the human body. The study aims to discuss the insulation's characteristics that enhance the radiation of ideal sources embedded in a muscle shell.


The standard enthalpies of dilution (ΔdilH°) and isentropic compressibilities (K°s,2) of some saccharides and their derivatives; (−)-d-ribose, (+)-d-glucose, 2-deoxy-d-glucose, (+)-methyl α-d-gluco...


This paper explores the issue of player risk-taking and reward structures in a game designed to investigate the psychological phenomenon known as the 'hot hand'. The expression 'hot hand' originates from the sport of basketball, and the common belief that players who are on a scoring streak are in some way more likely to score on their next shot than their long-term record would suggest. That is, they are on a 'hot streak', or have the 'hot hand'. There is a widely held belief that players in many sports demonstrate such streaks in performance; however, a large body of evidence discredits this belief. One explanation for this disparity between beliefs and available data is that players on a successful run are willing to take greater risks due to their growing confidence. We are interested in investigating this possibility by developing a top-down shooter. Such a game has unique requirements, including a wellbalanced risk and reward structure that provides equal rewards to players regardless of the tactics they adopt. We describe the iterative development of this top-down shooter, including quantitative analysis of how players adapt their risk taking under varying reward structures. We further discuss the implications of our findings in terms of general principles for game design.


Methods Recommendations on management considerations for pediatric oral surgery and oral pathology were developed by the Council on Clinical Affairs and adopted in 2005. This document is a revision of the previous version, last revised in 2014. It is based on a review of the current dental and medical literature related to pediatric oral surgery, including a systematic search of the PubMed®/MEDLINE database using the terms: pediatric, oral surgery, extraction, odontogenic infections, impacted canines, third molars, supernumerary teeth, mesiodens, mucocele, eruption cyst, eruption hematoma, attached frenum, ankyloglossia, gingival keratin cysts, Epstein pearls, Bohn's nodules, congenital epulis of newborn, dental lamina cysts, natal teeth, and neonatal teeth; fields: all; limits: within the last 10 years, humans, English, clinical trials. Papers for review were chosen from the list of articles matching these criteria and from references with selected articles. When data did not appear sufficient or were inconclusive, recommendations were based upon expert and/or consensus opinion by experience researchers and clinicians. In addition, the manual Parameters of Care: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,1 developed by the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS), was consulted.


Objective:To evaluate the modulation of motoneurons(MNs) by contralateral descending activation in neonatal rat spinal cord slices.Methods: The intracellular recordings were performed in MNs of spinal cord slices isolated from neonatal rats(8~14 days old),and contralateral ventrolateral funiculus(cVLF) or ipsilateral VLF(iVLF) stimulation was applied to activate the descending fibers.Results: Among 32 tested MNs,depolarizing responses(excitatory postsynaptic potential,EPSP) were elicited by cVLF stimulation(cVLF-EPSP) in 21 MNs,hyperpolarizing response(inhibitory postsynaptic potential,IPSP) in 1 MN,and IPSP preceded by EPSP in 4 MNs.The cVLF-EPSPs were stimulus intensity-dependent,and could be abolished by low Ca2+/high Mg2+solution.Compared with iVLF-EPSPs, cVLF-EPSPs showed longer latency(P0.001).The cVLF-IPSP presented with membrane potential-dependent property and was eliminated by the perfusion of picrotoxin(30 μmol/L) and strychnine(1.0 μmol/L).Conclusion: The findings suggest that the contralateral descending activation in VLF may modulate the activities of MNs in neonatal rat spinal cord slices by excitatory or inhibitory synaptic transmission,and the cVLF-IPSP may be mediated by GABAA receptor and/or glycine recep-tor.


UTILIZING THE FACT that sodium iodide is normally excreted in the urine, Rowntree conceived the idea of utilizing this substance as a urographic contrast medium by means of intravenous injection rather than catheterization. Swick in 1929 reported the first use of an iodinecontaining compound for excretory urography. Subsequently, Swick also introduced hippuran as an additional and improved urographic medium. For a long time, Diodrast and NeoIopax served as intravenous urographic contrast media. The recent introduction of Urokon Sodium was made following the study of several iodinated acetoaminobenzoic acid compounds by Wallingford. Reports of the utilization of Urokon Sodium in the 30, 50, and 70% concentrations have already been noted in the literature. Constant efforts, however, have been directed to the development of improved urographic media of low toxicity which would insure a high degree of opacification. Essentially, the present report is concerned with the preliminary findings after the use of a new compound designated as Hypaque.f Hypaque (sodium-3, 5diacetamido2, 4, 6triiodobenzoate) is a white crystalline solid containing 59.87% iodine and is very soluble in water. It is distributed in 30 c.c. ampules containing a 50%o solution. The amount of iodine per c.c. and per injection of Hypaque and the concentrations of iodine in the currently popular excretory media are illustrated in Table I. Since the quality of visualization is largely dependent upon the amount of iodine injected, the advantages of Hypaque's "intermediate" iodine concentration can be readily appreciated. ("Intermediate" in comparison to Urokon 70% solution which is comparatively high and Urokon 30%


High-level generative models provide elegant descriptions of videos and are commonly used as the inference framework in many unsupervised motion segmentation schemes. However, approximate inference in these models often require ad-hoc initialization to avoid local minima issues. Low-level cues, obtained independently from the high-level model, can constrain the search space and reduce the chance of inference algorithms falling into a local minima. This paper introduces a novel principled fusion framework where, local hierarchical superpixels segmentation of images are used to capture local motion. The low-level cues such as local motion, on their own, not adequate to obtain full motion segmentation as occlusion needs to be handled globally. We fuse the low-level motion cues with the high-level model in a principled manner to surmount the shortcomings of using only the high-level model or low-level cues to perform motion segmentation. The fused model contains both continuous and discrete variables which forms a number of Markov Random fields. Variational approximation or belief propagation algorithms cannot be applied due to the complex interactions between the variables. Hence, approximate inference is performed using expectation propagation (EP) algorithm. The scheme is demonstrated by performing motion segmentation in two video sequences.


The development of simplified procedure for evaluating susceptibility of slope to rainfall induced, shallow-depth landslides is presented. The procedure is based on the concept that for extended slopes, the shear strength of the slope material should be greater than the applied load on the slope. The concept is extended to include all types of slope materials including rocks and intermediate geomaterials by developing an empirical shear strength rating system. The proposed system does not require expensive and sophisticated laboratory or in situ field tests and can be performed using improvised tools for estimating slope angle and material strength. This approach makes it suitable for preliminary landslide susceptibility screening by non-experts. A system of empirical weighting factors to take into consideration the effects of vegetation, prior slope failures and ground deformation, land use, drainage and artesian flow are presented. Comparison of the proposed procedure with existing procedures for estimating landslide susceptibility shows good agreement in results.

Keywords: Landslide, slope stability, risk rating, land use planning


Abstract Additive manufacturing (AM) has advantages in terms of production cycle time, flexibility, and precision compared with traditional manufacturing. Spatial data, collected from optical cameras or in situ sensors, are widely used in various AM processes to quantify the product quality and reduce variability. However, it is challenging to extract useful information and features from spatial data for modeling, because of the increasing spatial resolutions and feature complexities due to the highly diversified nature of AM processes. Motivated by the aerosol jet® printing process in printed electronics, we propose a smooth spatial variable selection procedure to extract meaningful predictors from spatial contrast information in high-definition microscopic images to model the resistances of printed wires. The proposed method does not rely on extensive feature engineering, and has the generality to be applied to a variety of spatial data modeling problems. The performance of the proposed method in prediction and variable selection through simulations and a real case study has proven to be both accurate and easy to be interpreted.


Although the electrical-resistance-change method is useful for monitoring delamination cracking of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) laminates, the method requires many experiments or FEM analyses to obtain the relationship between the electrical resistance changes and parameters describing delamination cracking. In our previous studies, one of the authors proposed using an anisotropic electric potential function to analyze electric current density in CFRP laminates. The function was applied only to thick CFRP laminates. In the present study, the method is expanded to thin CFRP laminates using an image method. The number of images is determined using the electric current analysis of thick CFRP laminates. The electric potential changes caused by delamination cracking can be calculated using an anisotropic doublet line. The associated method is applied to calculate the electric voltage change at the surface of a thin CFRP laminate. The results are compared with an FEM analysis, and, overall, the method is shown to be very effective.


BACKGROUND
Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of fosphenytoin sodium, a water-soluble phenytoin prodrug, were investigated after a temporary substitution of intramuscular fosphenytoin for oral phenytoin sodium in 240 epileptic or neurosurgical patients taking oral phenytoin sodium (100-500 mg/d).

METHODS
Patients were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 parallel groups. During screening and follow-up, patients were maintained on a regimen of oral phenytoin at an individualized dose. During treatment, the phenytoin-treated patients received intramuscular placebo and their prescribed dose of oral phenytoin; the fosphenytoin-treated patients received oral placebo and intramuscular fosphenytoin equimolar to their phenytoin dose.

RESULTS
Both groups had similar types and frequencies of mild to moderate adverse events. Fosphenytoin was as well tolerated as intramuscular placebo at the injection site. Intramuscular fosphenytoin equimolar to a patient's oral phenytoin dose produced equal or greater plasma phenytoin concentrations.

CONCLUSIONS
Dosing adjustments are not required when intramuscular fosphenytoin is temporarily substituted or oral phenytoin therapy is resumed. Intramuscular fosphenytoin is a safe and well-tolerated alternative to oral phenytoin when oral administration is not feasible.


This paper reports a new single-stage wireless inductive power transfer (IPT) topology, which accepts both ac and dc input for charging EV battery. Also, the proposed system is capable of bi-directional power flow, thereby enabling V2G operation. To achieve unity power factor with traditional IPT topology is challenging due to buck derived configuration, when viewed from input. To overcome this challenge a new topology is proposed which has boost derived structure. Details steady state operation and closed loop control of ac-dc (G2V), dc-ac (V2G) and dc-dc (S2G) power conversion modes are reported. Simulation results obtained from PowerSIM verifies different operations and closed loop control of the proposed converter.


The present invention relates to a chip conveyor device capable of smoothly transporting chips to be carried out of any type of chips and maintaining the cutting oil introduced into the frame at a constant level at any time, A frame including a horizontal frame having a front upper portion opened to receive a chip and cutting oil and an inclined frame extending upward from the rear of the horizontal frame and having a rear lower portion for discharging the chips, A pair of right and left chains installed so as to be able to travel in an infinite track manner, a main sprocket rotatably installed in front of the horizontal frame and behind the inclined frame, A driven sprocket, and a main sprocket, A conveying unit coupled to the frame in the longitudinal direction along the left and right chains and conveying the chips supplied from the front of the frame to the rear of the frame and discharging the chips; A drum filter for filtering the cutting oil supplied to the inside of the horizontal frame and separately collecting the opened cutting oil to the left and right by a mesh type filter member on an outer circumferential surface thereof; And a chip collection box for collecting the chips transferred to the rear lower portion of the frame.


In a research in which one of us was associated with Dr. A. Croft Hill, it was discovered that Hæmoglobin is a dextrorotatory body, whilst the interesting Histon-like albuminous substance Globin, which is obtained by the splitting up of Hæmoglobin under the influence of highly diluted hydrochloric acid, and of which the characters, no less than the mode of preparation, have only been known since the researches of Fr. N. Schulz, is a normally lævogyrous albuminous body. These interesting observations naturally suggested the probability that the Nucleoproteids might, like Hæmoglobin, prove to be dextrogyrous, and the research of which the first results are contained in this paper is the outcome of this idea. The hypothesis has been fully confirmed, as will be shown in the sequel, and it has thus been proved that some of the members of a group of albuminous bodies of great importance in the life-history of the organism, are dextrorotatory bodies.


The industrial sector plays a fundamental role in the consolidation of a strong and sustainable economy, functioning as a source of technological advancements and long-term growth. However, in recente years in Brazil, the sector is losing participation in the composition of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), phenomenon known as deindustrialisation. As an alternative to restore growth in the industrial sector and make it competitive again in a digitized global scenario, are the principles of Industry 4.0. Defended by many scholars as the fourth Industrial Revolution, Industry 4.0, or Advanced Manufacturing, aims to integrate digital information and communication technologies to the productive systems, generating exponential gains throughout the value chain. This work aims to contribute with the digitalization process of the Industry in Santa Catarina, through the current diagnosis of implementation of Industry 4.0 in the industrial sector of the state and the identification of the challenges and opportunities during this process. For this reason, are applied statistical techniques on data from the state of Santa Catarina industries, in the period from March 2017 to May 2017. The results obtained show that many sectors of the state industry are already incorporating the technologies of the Industry 4.0 to its productive process, such as Big Data and Internet of Things. It was also identified the high cost of initial investment, the lack of IT infrastructure and the lack of skilled labor as the main obstacles to Industry 4.0 in the state. These findings may help the industrial sector of the Santa Catarina state to take more effective measures in aid to companies during this industrialisation process that, in many countries, is already quite well established.


One of the main pollutions from textile wastewater is the dyeing wastewater containing color and organic matters. Among the treatment methods of dye wastewater, ozonation membrane contactor was used as the concept of this research. PVDF membranes were developed by pulse inductively coupled plasma (PICP) and grafted by organosilanes for hydrophobicity enhancement applied for dye wastewater treatment by ozonation membrane contactor. To obtain a stable grafting, the surface of PVDF hollow fiber membrane was activated by the plasma operating condition including two different plasma gases (oxygen and argon), applied voltage and pressure, plasma treatment shot, followed by grafting with four different organosilanes (methyltrichlorosilane (MTCS), trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS),1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane (FAS-C8), and 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctyltriethoxysilane (FAS-C6), organosilane concentration and different grafting time. The results found that oxygen plasma activation of PVDF membrane was more effective compared to argon plasma. The hydrophobic membrane modified by MTCS and FAS-C8 was increased, while the plasma-activated membranes grafted by TMCS and FAS-C6 did not change. The success of membrane modification was confirmed by the presence of silicon functional group and composition in FTIR and EDX results and the decrease of surface roughness. After activated by oxygen plasma under 10kV/0.3 mbar/2 shots followed by grafting with MTCS for 4h and FAS-C8 for 6h, the water contact angle was greatly increased from 74.7o to 125.3o and 112.7.4o, respectively. The ozone flux of modified membranes was higher and more stable than that of the original PVDF membrane. In addition, PVDF-FAS-C8 membrane gave the highest results in terms of ozone flux and dye removal. Direct Blue 71 (DB 71) and Reactive Red 239 (RR 239) decolorization by PVDF-FAS-C8 membrane were almost complete decolorization. After 90 mins, the COD removals of DB 71 and RR 239 by PVDF-FAS-C8 were 62.5% and 67.5%, respectively. The energy consumption of modified membrane in membrane contactor for dye wastewater was lower than that of original membrane. This study demonstrated that the modified membrane has a potential interest in improving hydrophobicity and membrane contactor applications.


This brief essay introduces the group of essays of the volume, which emerged from the 2011 "Purdue Renaissance Comparative Prose Conference 2011: The King James Version of the Bible, Across Centuries, Across Borders," by way of reflecting on Michel Foucault's "The Prose of the World."


A finite element formulation combined with stochastic linearization method is developed to study the large amplitude vibration characteristics of structures subjected to random loadings. This study is limited to stationary response. Examples include beam and frame structures with different boundary conditions under various random loadings. Results are compared with alternative solutions, wherever available, and also with those calculated here by Monte Carlo simulation method.


Chapter 4 explores the years after 1991, when Bin Laden was given sanctuary in Sudan. Five years later he and his followers were expelled. The Sudan years were an exceptionally busy period of building alliances and laying the groundwork for attacks on U.S. embassies and military installations in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Nairobi, and Tanzania. At the same time, Bin Laden was supporting militants across the Muslim world and funding military instructors in training camps in Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, and East Africa. He was also seeking out terrorist expertise wherever he could find it. One of those places was Iran, which for a period became a sleeping partner in Bin Laden's terrorism business. Above all, he was working to integrate Arab and North African exiled militants into a coherent, global organization. From Sudan, Bin Laden assisted his Egyptian allies in their terrorist campaign in Egypt, funded experimentation with the use of liquids bombs to blow up international commercial airliners, made plans to set up a base in the Balkans for Al Qaeda, set up a business office in London, and initiated preparations for the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.


Technologies for autistic children dominantly focus on diagnostic procedures, interventionist approaches or therapeutic support. The space of technologies for positive experiences for autistic children has only recently been explored. My research is situated in the OutsideTheBox project where we co-design such technologies with autistic children. Concretely, my PhD tackles the questions of how to assess the experiences autistic children have with the resulting technologies and how these technologies are meaningful to them. To this effect, I conceptually broaden a critical understanding of experience within HCI and develop an approach for participatory evaluation with autistic children.


The paper focuses on the challenge which companies face today when they try to determine their true value; namely how to evaluate their intangible assets. From the overview of different method groups used to measure intellectual capital, a method from each group was chosen and considered for implementation in the Slovene company Gorenje, d. d. The chosen methods were the following: Technology Broker ( Audit), Marketto-Book Value, Tobin's q, Value Added Intellectual Coefficient (TM) and Balanced Scorecard (). Theoretical descriptions of these approaches seemed very straightforward, but with their implementation in practice the authors encountered several difficulties such as: gathering the right information, estimating values of future returns, interpreting data, etc. By taking into consideration the comparison of practical experience, recognized strengths and weaknesses, usability of chosen methods as well as the true value added into the organization, two methods were chosen for further implementation in Gorenje, d. d.


Israel's Divine Council, Mormonism, and Evangelicalism: Clarifying the Issues and Directions for Future Study I wish to thank Daniel C. Peterson, editor of the FARMS Review, both for his gracious offer to publish my critique of Mormonism's use of Psalm 82 and for the opportunity to briefly reply to David E. Bokovoy's response to my essay. I found Bokovoy's response to my work stimulating and helpful, and I hope to share some of the insights that occurred to me as I read his essay. I will also offer a few comments of clarification. I will follow the order of his section headings so readers who have read both essays can easily follow the discussion. Page number references are to Bokovoy's paper, immediately preceding this one. "An LDS View of the Council" (pp. 269–76) In his discussion of the LDS understanding of Psalm 82, Bokovoy highlights the language of Psalm 82, noting that "from an analysis of the legal material in the Hebrew Bible, it appears that in a traditional judicial setting, judges sat while plaintiffs stood" (p. 272). This "standing" language is deemed significant, for it is part of the argument to distinguish Yahweh from his father-God, Elyon, who is head of the council. He then quotes the work of the late Simon B. Parker on this issue, as well as Isaiah 3:13, which has Yahweh standing to plead a cause. This view is common among scholars of Israelite religion, but in my judgment it fails in a number of regards. In my essay, which was originally a paper read in a thirty-minute time slot at a conference, Michael S. Heiser 316 • The FARMS Review 19/1 (2007) I said little about this issue. It receives a good deal of attention in my dissertation. I summarized that material in another article published in October 2006. Readers can reference that article at no cost, so I will not reproduce the analysis and arguments here. A couple of observations are noteworthy. First, Psalm 82:1 does not say Yahweh is standing. Rather, it says Elohim is standing. Scholars theorize that the text once said Yahweh (this is in the so-called Elohistic psalter), which may be the case. However, there is no textual evidence for that conclusion. The idea rests solely on a hypothetical postulate. Second, Bokovoy never addressed an important issue in his discussion of the Psalm 82 scene: If Yahweh is standing as the plaintiff and not the judge (who is presumed to be Elyon in his view), then why is it that we do not see Elyon judging in Psalm 82:8? Instead of Elyon pronouncing judgment, the psalmist asks for Elohim to arise and judge—the same word used in 82:1 of the God who is standing. If we allow Bokovoy's apparent thesis—that of the name Yahweh being changed to Elohim in 82:1 due to some motive of the Elohist, then we need to have Elohim in Psalm 82:8 replacing Yahweh as well. This would mean that Yahweh is both the plaintiff who stands and the judge who judges—which defeats the notion of a separation of Yahweh and Elyon in this passage. Again, this is not the only problem with this common understanding, but these points are sufficient here. Later in this section, Bokovoy makes the point that I did not address the issue of the separation and combination of the names Yahweh and Elohim that occurs in the early chapters of Genesis. He is correct. This issue was well outside the scope and purpose of my essay, so I never introduced it into the discussion (as Bokovoy acknowledges). Bokovoy quotes David Noel Freedman, who opines that Israel's initial God was El and that Yahweh is not an El name (it has no "el" element in the name). This is taken as proof that El and Yahweh were separate in Israelite religion. 1. Michael S. Heiser, "Are Yahweh and El Distinct Deities in Deut. 32:8–9 and Psalm 82?" HIPHIL 3 (2006); online journal, posted 3 October 2006; pdf available at www.see -j.net/Default.aspx?tabid=77 (accessed 9 April 2007). Israel's Divine Council (Heiser) • 317 This issue is a complex one and, I think, a bit of a red herring on the part of critical scholarship. If we take the Pentateuch at face value, we have a slave people in Egypt who, at best, are somewhat faithful in orally transmitting the stories of the appearance of El (the God of their fathers) to their patriarchal ancestors. Moses comes along and receives the revelation at Sinai that this same God's name is Yahweh. Yahweh, as Bokovoy points out, may mean "He who procreates" or "He who causes to be" (p. 281). Moses then informs the people that the two deities are one and the same and writes as much in the Pentateuch. Israel can be called after El's name (cf. the El element in "Israel") since that is perfectly appropriate. They were named after their God's self-revelation by that name. What else would we or they expect? El subsequently reveals himself as Yahweh when the people are delivered from Egypt, and their god does not change their name again—instead he changes his own name (or reveals another name) to signify the act of his creation of a nation from a motley group of slaves. My point is that there is no reason to conclude from the text that we are dealing here with two separate deities. That idea has arisen in tandem with critical views of Pentateuchal authorship and more knowledge of Israelite religion in its wider milieu. If one accepts any form of Mosaic authorship, it can easily be argued that Moses wrote certain statements about El and Yahweh being the same deity, and later scribes further inserted that idea into Pentateuchal material that he did not write. Of course uneducated (slave) Israelites could have been confused or even believed outright that El and Yahweh were distinct. That is not the question, though. Our goal is not (or should not be) to psychologize the biblical writer or the Israelites in general. We can only know the what (the text as it is), not the why (the reason for its final form). Certain scholars attempt to do the latter all the time, but all such attempts are only guesses, not an assessment of the text. 2. Like Bokovoy, I favor this view of the divine name's meaning. However, Bokovoy should perhaps exercise more caution in advancing it in print, for few scholars accept it on the grounds that no comparable hiphil of the verb hyh / hwh has been found in extrabiblical material. Scholars are therefore predisposed to conclude the idea is wrong since they lack comparative evidence. I am not of the opinion that we need a Semitic parallel for an idea to be coherent, but other scholars will reject this thesis out of hand. 318 • The FARMS Review 19/1 (2007) Too much of scholarship, in my judgment, focuses on trying to identify the why when this is impossible. We can certainly entertain the why and enjoy the process, but to make conclusions that guide our understanding of the text and the people who produced it is not a sound exegetical method. The fact of redaction in this regard does not prove that we have two separate deities. Even if one rejects all notions of Mosaic authorship, it can cogently be argued that the literary artists who created the Pentateuch did so to tell the above story. To insist that their story must reflect a distinction in gods is to psychologize the authors. We know the what—we have the text and can see what was done to convey the El = Yahweh idea (they are merged in the earliest biblical material, like Deuteronomy 32). To go beyond that is to try to exegete their psyche, which cannot be done. One final note in this regard. We would have far less affinity for separating El and Yahweh if we did not approach the text with a preconceived notion that Israelite religion evolved from polytheism to monotheism. This modern misguided hermeneutic was the focus of much of my dissertation work. Since I do not accept the idea and the contrived definitions and data used to support it, I feel no tension in dismissing its elements. I can only wonder (out loud) what we would think of El and Yahweh were we not to proceed from this starting point. Younger scholars in most cases do not, since the academy has sold its soul to the idea and thereby filters all evidence through the grid that it has itself erected over the text. "Yahweh as a Being Species-Unique" (pp. 282–88) Bokovoy takes issue with my argument that the ability to strip other gods of their immortality does not denote species-uniqueness (pp. 284–85). He quotes Paul Sanders on Deuteronomy 32:8, where Sanders comments that the verse conveys the idea that the sons of God "are relatively independent" and "have their own dominions, like YHWH." The implication is that a higher god (Elyon), separate from Yahweh, gave Yahweh and his other sons their dominion—so they are 3. Paul Sanders, The Provenance of Deuteronomy 32 (Leiden: Brill, 1996), 370. Israel's Divine Council (Heiser) • 319 essentially equal. Again, this argument has fatal flaws, and those flaws are addressed in my HIPHIL article cited earlier. Two short comments will therefore suffice. First, the morphology and grammar of Deuteronomy 32:8 make it clear that the nations were assigned to the gods (and Sanders agrees). This is a passive idea (the greater being gives to the lesser). Notice in Deuteronomy 32:8–9 that the text does not actually describe Yahweh being given a portion—the statement is simply declarative ("for Yahweh's portion is Israel; Jacob is his allotted inheritance"). The "allotted inheritance" could be construed as passive (as Bokovoy contends) or it could be a simple statement of reality. How can we know which it is? Very simply—by noticing the language of Deuteronomy 4:19–20, a passage everyone in the field takes as explicitly parallel to Deuteronomy 32:8. There Yahweh "takes" (חקל) his inheritance. It is not given to him—he takes it in power. And if he takes it, then it makes far more sense to say there is none over him. He is the dispenser of the other allotments. This leads to the second point. The fact that other gods have their own dominion does not make them species-equal to Yahweh, especially when the


The consistency property between cement and admixture is an important factor that affects the quality of concrete.The consistency property is gained by the mutual suitability between cement and admixture.There are three aspects in which the consistency property of cement and admixture is affected,including,first,the cement's mineral composition,state and admixed amount of gypsum functioning as a set-controlling agent,alkali content,fineness of grinding,cement's freshness and temperature and other factors;second,the chemical properties,the molecular weight,the cross-linking index,the sulphonation degree and the balanced ion degree of the high-performance water reducer in admixture,the category and amount of the retarder;third,temperature,time,humidity and other surrounding conditions.


Objective:To explore the effect of angiopoietinlike 4(ANGPTL4) gene and its deletion mutants on growth of hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721 cells.Methods:ANGPTL4 ORF cDNA and its deletion mutants in functional domains(fibronectin like domain,signal peptide,coiled-coil domain) were cloned into EGFP-N1 vector and named as ANGPTL4-GFP-N1,ANGPTL4-del1-GFP-N1,ANGPTL4-del2-GFP-N1,and ANGPTL4-del3-GFP-N1,respectively.Hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721 cells were transfected with EGFP-N1 empty vector as control and ANGPTL4-GFP-N1,ANGPTL4-del1-GFP-N1,ANGPTL4-del2-GFP-N1,and ANGPTL4-del3-GFP-N1 by lipofectAMINE mediation.The stable colonies were obtained by G418 screening.The growth of SMMC-7721 cells were studied by in vitro colony formation assay and MTT assay.The ectopic tumor formation was assessed in tumor-bearing nude mice.Apoptosis and cell cycle of SMMC-7721 cells were analyzed by FACS.Results:Compared with control,transfection of ANGPTL4 and its deletion mutants significantly inhibited the growth and colony formation of SMMC-7721 cells in vitro(P0.01).Transfection of ANGPTL4 and its deletion mutants ANGPTL4-del1-GFP-N1 and ANGPTL4-del2-GFP-N1 also markedly inhibited the ectopic tumor formation of SMMC-7721 cells in nude Balb/c mice(all P0.01).However,no significant difference in cell cycle and apoptotic ratio was observed between SMMC-7721 cells transfected with ANGPTL4/deletion mutants and those transfected with empty vector(P0.05,P0.05).Conclusion:(ANGPTL4) and its deletion mutants can inhibit growth of SMMC-7721 cells in vitro and in vivo.Non apoptosis-mediated mechanisms are thought to contribute to the inhibitory effects.


In Seo and Tsuchiya (2004), emsR should read esmR throughout the text. More specifically, this error appears on p. 413 lines 9 and 10 of the Abstract, p. 414 left column line 37 and right column 6 lines from the bottom, p. 415 upper right in Table 1, p. 416 upper right and a footnote of Table 1, p. 417 right column lines 17, 8, 5, 4 and 2 from the bottom, and p. 418 left column lines 2, 8, 9, 10 and 14. We apologize for this error.


Literary and artistic communication, as an aesthetical medium between the author and the reader, is necessary for a complete literary and artistic activity. The different media of communication will lead to different effects. On the basis of an introduction to the modern western communications and theories of cultural communication, the paper traces back the different practices and concepts of literary and artistic communication in Chinese history. The author points out there are three methods of literary and artistic communication, i.e. spoken language, written word and electronic device, which reflect a developing process from the simple to the complicated. The developments of communication make the literature and arts of the different nation more clearly. The literary and artistic communication will play an important role when Chinese literature strengthens relations with the world literature in the 21th century.


A plasmo-thermomechanical radiation detector based on suspended nano-antennas with a Si<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf> waveguide optical readout circuit has been demonstrated. The responsivity and noise equivalent power of the detector are measured to be 3.954×10−3 μm2/μW and 3.01μW/VHz, respectively.


With the increase in energy demand, extreme climates have gained increasing attention. Ice disasters on transmission lines can cause gap discharge and icing flashover electrical failures, which can lead to mechanical failure of the tower, conductor, and insulators, causing significant harm to people's daily life and work. To address this challenge, an intelligent combinational model is proposed based on improved empirical mode decomposition and support vector machine for short-term forecasting of ice cover thickness. Firstly, in light of the characteristics of ice cover thickness data, fast independent component analysis (FICA) is implemented to smooth the abnormal situation on the curve trend of the original data for prediction. Secondly, ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) decomposes data after denoising it into different components from high frequency to low frequency, and support vector machine (SVM) is introduced to predict the sequence of different components. Then, some modifications are performed on the standard SVM algorithm to accelerate the convergence speed. Combined with the advantages of genetic algorithm and tabu search, the combination algorithm is introduced to optimize the parameters of support vector machine. To improve the prediction accuracy, the kernel function of the support vector machine is adaptively adopted according to the complexity of different sequences. Finally, prediction results for each component series are added to obtain the overall ice cover thickness. A 220 kV DC transmission line in the Hunan Region is taken as the case study to verify the practicability and effectiveness of the proposed method. Meanwhile, we select SVM optimized by genetic algorithm (GA-SVM) and traditional SVM algorithm for comparison, and use the error function of mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), root mean square error (RMSE) and mean absolute error (MAE) to compare prediction accuracy. Finally, we find that these improvements facilitate the forecasting efficiency and improve the performance of the model. As a result, the proposed model obtains more ideal solutions and has higher accuracy and stronger generalization than other algorithms.


This chapter is based on a study at a selected organization to evaluate the impact of mobile technology and collaborative environment on its business processes. The existing business processes of the organization are placed within the proposed model of mobility. Also, additional collaborative business processes are engineered to operate on Collaborative Web-Based System (CWBS) in order to examine how an organization can benefit from the model. This chapter will also explain the shortcomings of the proposed re-engineered and engineered processes enabling better understanding of them. This study will help the organization under study to understand and experience the importance and value of the two important technologies of mobility and WS and the need to adapt them in order to remain competitive.


A computer code for transient two-dimensional coupled hydrodynamic-structural response analysis of piping systems under the effect of internally travelling pressure pulses is described. Two dimensional hydrodynamic models for straight pipes, elbows, generalized piping component, tee branching junctions, and surge tanks are included and coupled together to form a general piping system that can be subjected to simultaneous pressure pulses. Options are provided in the generalized piping component; namely, interior rigid wall simulation, nine different exterior wall configurations, and heat exchanger tube bundle effects. Thus, it can be used in modelling of valves, pipe flow area changes and heat exchangers. A finite difference implicit Continuous Fluid Eulerian technique is used in the hydrodynamics for all models.


The deployment of the advanced metering infrastructure provides the opportunity for performing Short-Term Load Forecasting (STLF) for a single energy user. In the last few decades, Artificial neural networks (ANNs) have been widely implemented in STLF. Conventionally, a user trains an ANN only based on her/his own historical load data. In recent years, collaborative learning techniques have been applied to facilitate multiple users to train the ANNs to enhance the STLF performance that can hardly be achieved by the users individually. This paper presents a comparison study evaluating the performances of three state-of-the-art collaborative learning STLF methods on an Australian "Smart Grid, Smart City" residential power load dataset. The work is expected to reference researchers and engineers the practical implementation of STLF systems in the residential sector.


Post-transcriptional regulation is emerging as a fundamental step in gene expression that, when altered, can contribute to carcinogenesis. To identify potentially altered translational networks in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the worst of brain tumors, we correlated genomic alterations and mRNA levels of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) in 372 publicly available GBM samples and identified 56 RBPs whose copy number alterations correlate with their altered expression levels in at least 15% of the samples. Among the genes identified using our parameters, HuB (ELAVL2) was deleted in 48% of the samples and down-regulated in more than 90% of these. Given the evidence for HuB activity as a differentiation factor in neuronal cells, we hypothesized that it may act as an oncosuppressor. However, ELAVL2 maps to the same chromosomal band (9p21.3) as CDKN2A, the most frequently inactivated oncosuppressor in gliomas, giving the possibility that ELAVL2 loss is simply a consequence to the CDKN2A deletion and therefore a passenger, albeit very frequent, mutation. To test this possibility, we analyzed the structure of the deletion spanning the two loci by qPCR analysis of 233 GBM samples, testing for the presence of the intervening region, and we obtained evidence that two independent focal deletions occurred in about 20% of the GBM samples bearing homo- and/or heterozygous deletion at CDKN2A and ELAVL2. This result highlights that, in rare but recurrent cases, ELAVL2 deletion occurs independently from CDKN2A deletion, supporting the hypothesis that loss of HuB activity is a condition contributing to tumor progression. This hypothesis was tested using U87MG cells, a commonly used glioma cell line homozygously deleted for CDKN2A and heterozygously deleted for ELAVL2 and primary glioma initiating cells (GICs) homozygously deleted for both genes. Migration, invasion and capacity to form nuerospheres were determined in U87MG cells upon HuB silencing and overexpression, and in GICs upon HuB expression. HuB expression in both cell models resulted in a decreased in migration, invasivity and the capacity to form neurospheres, supporting the hypothesis that HuB act as a tumor suppressor. We finally showed that HuB is able to determine an increase of p21 protein in normal murine neuroblast cells, providing a possible mechanism for HuB-mediated suppression of glioma cell clonality.


The environmental effects of biomass energy development are assessed. It is contended that poor management of biomass energy could be quite damaging to the environment; however with careful management and effective environmental controls on conversion plants, biomass energy could be an unusually beging source of energy. (AIP)


Evidence for eclogite‐facies metamorphism is widespread in the Western Iratsu body of the oceanic subduction type Sanbagawa Belt, Southwest Japan. Previous studies in this region focused on typical mafic eclogites and have revealed the presence of an early epidote‐amphibolite facies metamorphism overprinted by a phase of eclogite facies metamorphism. Ca‐rich and titanite‐bearing eclogite, which probably originated from a mixture of basaltic and calc‐siliceous sediments, is also relatively common in the Western Iratsu body, but there has been no detailed petrological study of this lithology. Detailed petrographic observations reveal the presence of a relic early epidote‐amphibolite facies metamorphism preserved in the cores of garnet and titanite in good agreement with studies of mafic eclogite in the area. Thermobarometric calculations for the eclogitic assemblage garnet + omphacite + epidote + quartz + titanite ± rutile ± phengite give peak‐P of 18.5–20.5 kbar at 525–565°C and subsequent peak‐T conditions of about 635°C at 14–16 kbar. This eclogite metamorphism initiated at about 445°C/11–15 kbar, implying a significantly lower thermal gradient than the earlier epidote‐amphibolite facies metamorphism (∼650°C/12 kbar). These results define a P–T path with early counter‐clockwise and later clockwise trajectories. The overall P–T path may be related to two distinct phases in the tectono‐thermal evolution in the Sanbagawa subduction zone. The early counter‐clockwise path may record the inception of subduction. The later clockwise path is compatible with previously reported P–T paths from the other eclogitic bodies in the Sanbagawa Belt and supports the tectonic model that these eclogitic bodies were exhumed as a large‐scale coherent unit shortly before ridge subduction.


The effects of particle dampers attached on a classical column under dynamical loadings are investigated. A number of tests were performed to evaluate the ability of particle dampers to control the vibration of a small scale multi- drum column under a swept-frequency sinusoidal signal. The particle damper can reduce considerably the response of the column to sinusoidal excitation when the size of the container, the mass ratio, the particle size and the placement of the damper are properly selected.


A study of the physico-technical properties of a novel co-processed multicomponent Lentinus tuber regium (LTR) based excipient (fizlent) designed to improve flowability and compressibility of LTR was carried out. A wet mass obtained by solvent evaporation of alcoholic dispersions of LTR, sodium bicarbonate, tartaric and citric acids in proportions of 80, 10, 6.5, 3.5 % w/w respectively was granulated, dried at 60o C and classified with 250μm sieve. Densities (bulk, tapped and particle), flow properties (flow rate, angle of repose, Carr's index, Hausner's ratio), swelling index, hydration capacity, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and pH were determined for the natural, processed LTR and fizlent. Fizlent appeared as a compactable, tasteless, off-white powder without distinct odour. Aqueous dispersion of it has pH of 6.92 ± 0.13. Results show that a new pharmaceutical grade co-processed excipient, fizlent with enhanced flow, compressibility and dilution potential of 70-80% (paracetamol) and ≤ 30% for metronidazole, ascorbic acid and ibuprofen respectively was developed by particle engineering of Lentinus tuber regium, citric acid, tartaric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate. Fizlent may be a useful filler-binder with potentials as directly compressible powder especially for most low dose drugs and may possibly serve as superdisintegrant.


Part I. Overview of Care Planning. Part II. Approved Nursing Diagnoses. Part III. Care Planning: Nursing Diagnoses and Outcomes. Part IV. Differential Diagnosis.


Objective To assess the image findings of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI).Methods Image findings of 9 patients with surgically proved femoroacetabular impingement were retrospectively reviewed for characteristic image findings of FAL All 9 patients underwent X-ray examinations and MRI of affected hip, and 1 patient underwent MR arthrography (MRA) additionally. Results X-ray examinations of all 9 patients showed bump at femoral head-neck junction or overcoverage of the acetabula.MRI showed various degrees of injury of anterosuperior labrum in all 9 patients. The injuries were stage Ⅰ A in2 cases, stage Ⅰ B in3, stage ⅡA in2, and stage ⅡB in 2. MRA of the case showed tears of anterosuperior labrum, with contrast media entering into the teared labrum. There were sclerosis and cystic degeneration of subchondral bone of femoral head in 2 cases, and these findings were confirmed as cartilage delamination by surgery. Conclusions MRI can display the injures of labrum and articular cartilage, whichis helpful to the early diagnosis of FAI.

Key words:
Femoroacetabular impingement; Labrum; Articular cartilage; α-angle; Magnetic resonance imaging


This article has been retracted by IOP Publishing following a request by the authors that this article may contain inaccurate results. IOP Publishing has investigated in line with COPE guidelines with the help of an independent subject expert, who agrees this article contains flaws in the methods that may impact upon the conclusions on the paper. As such, the findings of the article may be unreliable, and IOP Publishing conclude this article should be retracted. The authors agree to this retraction. Retraction published: 14 October 2022


In recent years, Smart health monitoring devices has revolutionized the medical field by bringing in an opportunity for an individual to take care of his own health. Medical support has to be extended to anyone in need during normal condition or situation of emergency, this clearly emphasis the importants of connecting doctors and patients is the need of hour. By the introduction of a smart heart monitoring system with zero waiting time, the doctors may tackle the emergency situation of the patient. This paper reviews various smart heart monitoring systems and its impact on improving the health of a patient. We summarize the application field, architecture, parameters measured, their advantages and disadvantages of the health monitoring system. This paper also suggests open research issues and challenges in smart health monitoring systems.


The recent trend of globalization of the telecommunications service industry draws the attention of business researchers. This is because the telecommunications service industry has been relatively slow in their globalization, despite its significant role in driving the other industries towards globalization. The major reasons of globalization of the telecommunications service industry are the privatization of the telecom operators and the deregulation of the industry. However, the global moves in the telecommunications service industry happen faster and more complicated than business researchers have expected. Thus, understanding the trend of the industry and the behavior of individual firms in the industry is an essential step to see whether traditional theories can explain the recent phenomena in the telecommunications service industry. This paper is an exploratory study that briefly reviews the recent globalization trend in the telecommunications service industry and. describe the Korea Telecom`s globalization process and plan.


Eldon Chuinard, MD, clinical professor of orthopedics at the University of Oregon School of Medicine and past president of the Oregon Medical Society, has done a distinct service to the history of medicine by describing the Lewis and Clark expedition from a medical rather than a geographic point of view. The time between the Lewis and Clark expedition and the present is relatively short, while the change in medical practice in that time is enormous. When this band of hardy explorers began their journey in 1803, the principal treatment for all illnesses was blood-letting, a practice enthusiastically employed by Benjamin Rush, MD, who provided Lewis with instruction in the art of venesection. The expedition did not include a physician in its ranks, which is perhaps just as well in view of the treatments used at that time. Continued on p 2529 . Continued from p 2528 . The explorers suffered from physical


We provide a lowerbound on the sample complexity of distribution-free parity learning in the realizable case in the shuffle model of differential privacy. Namely, we show that the sample complexity of learning d-bit parity functions is Ω(2d/2). Our result extends a recent similar lowerbound on the sample complexity of private agnostic learning of parity functions in the shuffle model by Cheu and Ullman . We also sketch a simple shuffle model protocol demon- strating that our results are tight up to poly(d) factors.


The theme of this work is "International humanitarian law and its application in situations of armed conflict", being justified through the knowledge that despite the great technological and intellectual advance of individuals there is still international conflicts and that there are several people who work in search of world peace. It has risen as problematic: what are the delimitations imposed by the norms of international humanitarian law in cases of armed conflict? It aimed to establish and distinguish the greatest challenges to international humanitarian law in armed conflicts. And as specific objectives: to conceptualize international humanitarian law on armed conflicts, analyze the standards in force in the Geneva Protocols for armed conflicts, document disrespect for Geneva protocols and identify the application of international humanitarian law today. The study is characterized as a bibliographic and documentary research. It was found that war has always been present along with human evolution, in the past it was not a worrying factor as in current times, because from population growth, the advancement of technologies and trade relations between countries, legitimation about the use of force became a cause for concern. With the realization of it it it was possible to show that the various armed conflicts, in the past and present, demonstrate the effectiveness of action in the face of the search for international humanitarian law, and world peace has always been desired. However, it is believed that there is still much to be done, especially with regard to legislation and their applicability.


The search for more appropriate ways to maintain an open, ongoing and consistent relationship with the different stakeholders is also a reality in the hotel sector. To facilitate and provide a better understanding, the main aim of this study is to identify, in an exploratory and contextualized analysis, by a case study, the most important aspects of stakeholder relationship management of the hotel sector. These are two Spanish hotel groups in process of expansion and internationalization, who bet on the relationships with different stakeholders in the development of strategies and is widely recognized in an environmental and social field. The characteristics of its own activity and the interest of each stakeholder determine the type of relationship they have and the variety of communication channels and mechanisms they employ.


This introductory chapter gives an overview of concepts of subsequent chapters covered in the book on Approaches to Literary Readings of Ancient Jewish Writings . The book presents some observations regarding the relationship between literary analysis on the one hand and ancient Jewish text studies on the other hand. The first issue Weitzman touches upon is that the literary approach is an 'old' method. Furthermore, ancient Jewish texts cover more than the Hebrew Bible, and many of these other texts benefit from a literary analysis that sheds new light on them and their internal functioning. Exoneration of the Bible was one of the main grounds for approaching it through literary analysis. In all cases, the literary is questioned either as method or as textual characteristic and forms the outset of contributions that placed together give an overview of the 'after of the Art of Biblical and other Ancient Jewish Texts'. Keywords: ancient Jewish texts; Hebrew Bible; literary readings


A combinatorial approach was employed to ion beam synthesis and optical analysis of buried II-VI compound CdSe semiconductor nanocrystals. Typically standard ion implantation setups are designed in a way to create a laterally homogenous dose distribution of the implanted ion species. In order to achieve intentional lateral variations of the implanted doses a special implanter endstation was constructed. Computer controlled apertures in front of the wafer cover up in succession parts of a 4 in. wafer, so that a lateral pattern of distinct dose combinations of the implanted elements Cd and Se was generated. The obtained materials library consists of 1:1 stoichiometric, but also off-stoichiometric dose ratios. After implantation the wafers passed through a rapid thermal heat treatment, where the implanted material forms buried semiconductor nanocrystals. Photoluminescence spectra of the elements of the materials library were screened in rapid succession in an optical cryostat into which the whole wafer was mounted and cooled down. The obtained spectra were compared and key-parameters determined which control the photoluminescence properties. In this contribution will be shown, that slight variations of the dose ratio significantly alter the optical properties and that new efficient photoluminescent materials and processing parameters can be found. In this way, also other complex interdependencies of physical and chemical parameters in the field of multiple element ion beam implantation might be efficiently investigated.


Void formation in resistance welding of woven fabric reinforced thermoplastic composites was investigated. Void contents were measured using optical microscopy and digital image process. Un-even void distributions were observed in the joints, and more voids were found in the middle of the joints than the edges. A higher welding pressure was shown to help reduce the void generation. The mechanisms of void formation, in particular fibre de-compaction induced voids and residual moisture induced voids, were analysed. The model estimations were correlated with the experimental results.


This publication of The Future of Diving: 100 Years of Haldane and Beyond is co-sponsored by the smithsonian institution and the office of naval Research. The symposium was convened by the Baromedical and Environmental Physiology group of the norwegian University of science and technology in trondheim, norway, on 18–19 December 2008.


Abstract:This paper reports on the production of an interactive 3-dimensional model over a key section of a pre-glacial channel feature in Dublin City. Significant infrastructural developments, most importantly the Dublin MetroLink project, are planned in the study area. The model presented here represents a complex depositional environment produced by several discrete phases of glaciation and deglaciation during the Quaternary and is consistent with previous published reports on the area. The geology in the study area typically consists of a Quaternary channel cut into the Carboniferous limestone bedrock, an intermittent lower glacial till, a large fluvio-glacial sand and gravel deposit and an intermittent upper glacial till.The digital software used to manage and create a 3-dimensional ground model is described and is comprised of several commercially available modules. The digital 3-dimensional ground models are particularly useful as a single data repository which can easily be updated as new data becomes available. Interpretation of a large body of geotechnical tests confirmed the fluvio-glacial sand and gravel deposit is relatively non-homogenous but can be broadly characterised as a medium to very dense slightly sandy to sandy gravel. Simple index tests, such as particle size distribution analyses and standard penetration testing, are very useful for both material characterisation and interpretation of profiles, albeit the latter test results can be influenced by the presence of cobbles or boulders. Geophysical testing, especially shear wave velocity profiling, was shown to be a very useful characterisation tool in these deposits. The findings of this work are consistent with the overall understanding of the erosional features, pattern of glacial deposition and general geological history of the study area in Dublin.This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons attribution license, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Open Access funding provided by IReL.


An idea for a fast closing mechanically operated electrical switch that utilizes a differential pressure principle was previously discussed in SCTM 198- 58-(51). In this repert the idea is further discussed, and results of tests with the first experimental model, the DPS-1, are presented. When voltage standoff across the switch terminals as high as 100 kv is required, it is shown that closure can be effected in times less than 100 microseconds with ordinary "bottle" pressure sources. If pressures of the order of 12,000 psi (insulating material compressive strength limit) are used, it is estimated that the same closure can be accomplished in less than 10 microseconds. An estimate is made from contact resistance tests that the model will pass electrical action ( integral i/sup 2/ dt) equivalent to a million amperes flowing for 200 microseconds. It is predicted that the switch size can be scaled upward while the relationships between required voltage standoff and closure time are maintained. It is shown that the action capability should increase as the square of the area of the switch contacts. It is concluded that the DPS-1 tests are encouraging enough to warrant more work on the general differential pressure switch idea, andmore » the work that should be done is outlined. (auth)« less


BOVINE spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is characterised by abnormalities in behaviour, sensitivity and locomotion (Wells and others 1987, Cranwell and others 1988, Wilesmith and others 1988, 1992, Winter and others 1989, Braun and others 1998). Many affected cattle are ataxic, with a gait that becomes progressively stiffer, sometimes accompanied by hypermetria of the foreor hindlimbs. There is only one report in the literature describing pacing as a clinical sign of BSE (Cranwell and others 1988). Pacing is a modified two-beat gait in which the legs move in lateral pairs, in contrast to the normal gait, which is a four-beat gait with the limbs advancing in diagonal pairs (Nickel and others 1968). In ungulates such as camelids, giraffes and elephants, pacing is a natural gait. Horses, particularly standardbreeds, may pace naturally or be taught to pace. Pacing allows an animal to move forward quickly with long strides, without contact between the feet on the same side. In cattle, pacing is considered pathological (M. Vandevelde, personal communication), although detailed studies of its occurrence are lacking. At the authors' clinic, little attention was paid to this clinical sign until 2001, and subsequently 2002, when pacing was observed in three cows with BSE. This short communication describes an investigation of whether pacing in cattle is associated with BSE and other diseases of the central nervous system, and whether it occurs in healthy cattle. Video film recordings of 53 cows with BSE and 268 cattle with other diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) referred to the authors' clinic were reviewed for signs of pacing. The cattle also underwent clinical and neurological examinations (Stöber 1990) and an antemortem BSE evaluation (Braun and others 1997). A diagnosis of BSE was made on the basis of histological findings (Wells and others 1989) and immunohistochemical identification of protease-resistant prion protein (PrPSc) (Graber and others 1995). Controls consisted of 2034 healthy slaughter cattle, whose gait was evaluated upon arrival at a local slaughterhouse. In the video film recordings of the 53 cattle with BSE, pacing was seen in 14 (26·4 per cent) animals (Fig 1a), which were three to seven years of age. In 11 of these 14 cattle, which had been referred from 1996 to 2002, pacing had not been recorded during the initial clinical examination. The video recordings showed that 11 cattle paced continually, two paced only when loose in a paddock and one paced only when led by its halter (Table 1). Two cows also had severe generalised ataxia and uncoordinated limb movements (Table 2); five other cows had hypermetria of the hindlimbs. In five other cows that paced, additional signs included exaggerated jumping over the manure gutter or a pole on the ground. All 14 cows had signs characteristic of BSE, such as nervousness, apprehension, panicky behaviour and hyperaesthesia to stimulation of the head and neck with a pen (Table 2). All 53 cattle with BSE reacted to noise (starting when a metal pan was hit with a rubber hammer), light (starting when a light was turned on in a dark stall) and camera flash (starting when a camera flash was turned on) tests, but only seven had a positive reaction to the broom test (kicking in response to hind fetlocks being touched with a broom) (Braun and others 1998). Video film recordings of 268 cattle with other diseases of the CNS showed that three (1·1 per cent) paced (Fig 1b); this pacing had not been recorded during initial examination at the authors' clinic, in 1993, 1994 and 2001. These three cattle also had ataxia and weakness of the hindlimbs but no behavioural changes, which indicated disease of the thoracic or lumbar spinal cord. Postmortem examination revealed an abscess between the seventh cervical and first thoracic vertebrae in one animal, an abscess involving the third thoracic vertebra in another, and a fracture of the fourth thoracic vertebra in the third. Pacing was not seen in any of the 2034 healthy slaughter cattle (1916 cows and 118 bulls), which were all more than three years of age and observed at the slaughterhouse on 36 days between January and August 2003. All of the animals had a normal four-beat gait and walked with their legs advancing in diagonal pairs (Fig 1c). The PrPSc test (Korth and others 1997) was negative in all animals. Pacing was recorded during initial clinical examination in only three cattle with BSE. In 11 further cattle, pacing was missed during the initial examination and was recognised only after viewing digital video film recordings looking specifically for pacing. Cattle should thus be evaluated for pacing during gait analysis because, together with behavioural and sensitivity abnormalities, even without ataxia, it is a strong indicator of BSE. Based on the findings from three animals in the present study, pacing without behavioural and sensitivity abnormalities indicates spinal cord disease. These animals also had severe ataxia and weakness and were Veterinary Record (2004) 155, 420-422


the article discusses strengths and weaknesses of major approaches to subjective modality. Special attention is paid to idiomatic structures used by speakers of Russian.


The main objective of the study was to further the understanding of age-related differences in children's ability to give an account of suspected sexual abuse during questioning. Video recordings of 285 Investigative Interviews referred by police and judges to the Children's House in Reykjavik over a five-year period were analysed. The great majority of the youngest children (3½–5 years), and almost all of the older children, had the basic abilities to give testimony, although there were major age-related differences in their understanding of why they were being interviewed, their ability to answer open-ended questions about the suspected abuse, describe the immediate antecedents, conversation with the perpetrator, events immediately after the abuse, and ability to sustain concentration during the interview. The findings show that the interview technique used in the Children's House, which is based on Child Advocacy Model principles and protocol, is being used effectively in Iceland.


This book is one of 7 separate presentations that compose the text material for an Open University first-year introductory course inanundergraduateprograminhealth sciences. As the foundation for a distanceeducation course, its DVD and Web site provide multimedia learning materials and activities. Some resources and activities are only accessible by enrolled Open University students, but this does not detract from the text's ability to stand alone. The book is professionally presented, with liberal use of color photographs, charts, tables, and boxes. Interspersed through the text are "life snippets" from 2 women with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which personalize the text's academic points. The book's intended audience is novices; it introduces many global issues associatedwithdisease ingeneral andCOPD in specific. The book is very easy to read and uses a global approach, both geographically and theoretically, which is refreshing. It assumes a very low entering knowledge base and discusses such concepts as scientific objectivity, statistical probability, and how chemical bonds hold atoms together to form simple and complex molecules. One peculiarity that manifests the book's European roots is its use of the terms "respiratory nurse" and "clinical specialist respiratory physiotherapist," rather than the more familiar North American terms "respiratory therapist" and "pulmonary function technician." It also uses British spellings such as "humour." Chapter 1 presents a very basic introduction to COPD and its morbidity and mortality. A couple of very interesting tables are provided. One compares the 10 leading health risks in the world, Europe, and Africa, based on 2000 data from the World Health Organization. Europe has a predictable list of risks, similar to that in the United States. Health risks worldwide and in Africa are quite different; the number 1 and 2 health risks are being underweight and unsafe sex (the latter barely made the European list, at number 10). The other noteworthy table lists the leading causes of mortality globally in 2002 and the predicted leading causes in 2030. The DVD has a fascinating 13-minute video that focuses on the personal experiences of individuals coping with COPD. It provides insight on the plethora of factors that contribute to COPD sufferers' limitations during physical and social activities. A common reason given for not attending social functions was the fear of having a coughingattack thatwoulddrawdisapproval in a formal setting or unwanted attention in a casual setting. Given the overall tenor of the book, Chapter 2 provides a surprisingly thorough discussion of the worldwide prevalence of COPD and which populations are most likely to contract it. Various studies are referenced, and the Latin American COPD prevalence study (PLATINO, http://www. platino-alat.org) is used to make several points. There is a revealing discussion on the role of sex in COPD development, and the contrast between developed nations and developing nations in the pattern of COPD. A theme throughout the book is that tobacco is the most important cause of COPD worldwide. Globally, approximately 15% of COPD may be due to occupational exposure. Although workplace health and safety are increasingly being addressed by a growing number of countries, smoky and dusty work environments continue to have a global impact. Another rarity in western society is home exposure to smoke from biomass fuels such as dung and crop residues, which, globally, remain an important cause of respiratory disorders, including COPD. Chapter 3 focuses on respiratory anatomy and physiology. Considerable space is spent on such basic concepts as molecules, chemicalbonds,balancingofchemicalequations, and gas physics. The chapter ends with a brief description of the oxygen cascade. The majority of the 15-min multimedia presentation provides little that is not found in the text, but in a different format. The presentation ends on a high note, with innovative magnetic-resonance-imaging lung studies with inhaled magnetized hyperpolarized helium 3, in a healthy volunteer and in a patient with COPD. The images clearly show the marked contrast in gas movement and distribution between the normal lungs and those with COPD. There is also an excellent artificially colored electron microscopy image of respiratory epithelium, which shows cilia, mucus-producing cells, sputum, and a dust speck. Chapter 4 describes the mechanisms involved in transportingoxygen fromthe lungs to the tissues via the cardiovascular system. The crucial relationship between hemoglobin and oxygen transport is well discussed in simple terms. A nice presentation is made on the impact of carbon monoxide poisoning on oxygen transport. Other topics discussed include cor pulmonale and the effects of hypoxia on cognitive function. Staying at the introductory level, the authors indicate that it would benefit a patient with COPD to breathe 100% oxygen rather than air for most of the day. This simplification is justified perhaps at the introductory level, but it does gloss over some important clinical considerations, such as that patients with COPD generally respond readily to small increases in FIO2, and that when initiating oxygen therapy we must monitor for oxygen-induced hypoventilation, though that is fairly rare. I give this example because it represents the book's overall approach. The chapter ends with a brief discussion of the relationship between CO2 and blood pH and how in COPD pulmonary dysfunction may lead to a low blood pH that can interfere with many body processes. Chapter 5 gives an overview of the immune system and how chronic irritation affects the lungs. It presents how large numbers of phagocytic cells migrate to the lungs, where they release large amounts of elastase, which overwhelm the body's natural defenses and break down healthy lung tissue. This leads to loss of alveoli, as in emphysema, and chronic airway changes associated with bronchitis. The presentation is consistent with the target novice audience. There are 2 great figures in this chapter. One is a color electron microscopy image of a particle being engulfed by a phagocyte. The second is photographs of normal lungs, alveoli, and an airway juxtapositioned with pictures of severely emphysematous lungs, alveoli, and an airway with chronic bronchitis. Chapter 6 focuses on the diagnosis of COPD. The text proposes that there are 2 methods of diagnosis. The first is chest raBOOKS, SOFTWARE, & OTHER MEDIA


The Thai fermented foods evolved in parallel with Thai culture enjoy a long history with different product varieties. Nham, the Thai fermented pork sausage, is produced iTom ground pork mixed with sliced pork skin, garlic, pepper, salt and a small amount of potassium nitrate. The mixture is wrapped with banana leaves or Pjastic bags and fermented for 3-4 days. It is usually served as a"dish and consumed raw. At present, nham production has developed into a multimillion baht industry but the technology still remains indigenous relying on adventitious microorganism. There have been numerous studies in the last 20 years among the Thai scientist community trying to shed some light into the complex biochemical and microbiological interaction of the fermentation (Tanasupawat and Daengsubha, 1983; Suzuki e/ al., 1987; Wiriyacharee, 1992; Phitakpol e/ al. 1995; Tanasupawat and Komagata, 1995). However, the role of each microrganism during the course of fermentation is not well understood. Such information is fundamental to the better understanding of microbiology and biochemistry of the fermentation and how this has impact on product quality. The knowledge will provide us with the tool for developing technology for more reliable commercial production.


This study aims to determine the legal position PPAT deed as evidence in
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literature, in order to obtain answers to the problems posed.
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This paper determines which gravity models are the best adapted to the study of the trade evolution of several economic areas and the behaviors heterogeneity of the countries that belong to these areas (fixed effect model; random effect model). Applied to the countries of UE15, NAFTA, MERCOSUR, Andean community and APEC, the retained model contains random bilateral effects and has proved to be the most suited to describe the specific bonds between different countries. It enables also to apprehend, in terms of trade creation and trade diversion, the trade relations between the countries of the reference areas and MERCOSUR in particular.


Taking peanut embryos as explants,2.0 m g·L-1 6-BA+0.5 mg·L-1 NAA、2.0 mg·L-1 6-BA+1.0 mg·L-1 NAA and 2.0 mg·L-1 2,4-D+0.5 mg·L-1KT、2.0 mg·L-1 2,4-D+1.0 mg·L-1 KT as hormone combinations,the effect of the different plant hormone combinations on the peanut embryo in vitro culture and plant regeneration was conducted.The results showed that the induction of peanut embryo in vitro culture varied with the addition of hormone and the best medium for its induction was the medium MS with 2.0 m g·L-1 6-BA and 1.0 m g·L-1 NAA.


Pt nanoparticles with an average size of 2–3 nm in diameter were reproducibly synthesized by reduction of H2PtCl6 solution containing inositol hexaphosphate (IP6) as the stabilizing agent. Single crystals with Pt(111) faces of the resulting cubic nanoparticles were revealed by the electron diffraction pattern. The PtNPs–IP6 nanoparticles were used to modify an electrode as a nonenzymatic sensor for H2O2 detection, exhibiting a fast response and high sensitivity. A low detection limit of 2.0 × 10−7 M (S/N = 3) with two linear ranges between 2.4 × 10−7 and 1.3 × 10−3 M (R2 = 0.9987) and between 1.3 × 10−3 and 1.3 × 10−2 M (R2 = 0.9980) was achieved. The attractive electrochemical performance of PtNPs–IP6 enables it to be employed as a promising material for the development of Pt-based analytical systems and other applications.


In this paper, we critically evaluate the capabilities of the state-of-the-art multimodal large language model, i.e., GPT-4 with Vision (GPT-4V), on Visual Question Answering (VQA) task. Our experiments thoroughly assess GPT-4V's proficiency in answering questions paired with images using both pathology and radiology datasets from 11 modalities (e.g. Microscopy, Dermoscopy, X-ray, CT, etc.) and fifteen objects of interests (brain, liver, lung, etc.). Our datasets encompass a comprehensive range of medical inquiries, including sixteen distinct question types. Throughout our evaluations, we devised textual prompts for GPT-4V, directing it to synergize visual and textual information. The experiments with accuracy score conclude that the current version of GPT-4V is not recommended for real-world diagnostics due to its unreliable and suboptimal accuracy in responding to diagnostic medical questions. In addition, we delineate seven unique facets of GPT-4V's behavior in medical VQA, highlighting its constraints within this complex arena. The complete details of our evaluation cases are accessible at https://github.com/ZhilingYan/GPT4V-Medical-Report.


This paper explains how, during the 2018 presidential elections in Mexico, in the context of evangelical politicization (predominantly Pentecostal and neo-Pentecostal) against "gender ideology", the National Front for the Family, as a civil society actor, engaged in religious citizenship practices from the digital public sphere, for the purpose of governance. The analysis underlines the fact that the mobilization of beliefs from the digital public sphere to achieve the recognition of religious rights was articulated on the basis of three strategies: the construction and appropriation of an imaginary about "gender ideology", the elaboration and defense of a discourse on "false rights" and the conditioning of political actors through the protest vote, as well as surveillance and symbolic


Ionizing radiation is hormetic. The concept of hormesis, which is not generally understood by news media and governments, is that small doses are beneficial, while large doses are harmful. This effect is known to occur for about 40 essential nutrients, all drugs, and most other agents. Both chronic and acute exposures to ionizing radiation exhibit hormesis. Consideration of the full spectrum, beneficial as well as harmful, of the biological effects of ionizing radiation is vital to understanding the importance of nuclear fallout. There are thousands of scientific papers showing benefit from low doses of ionizing radiation. Japan could consult its own world renowned scientist, Dr. Sadao Hattori, retired director of research for the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry of Japan. Instead, there is a tendency to rely on the Radiation Effects Research Committee (RERF) in Hiroshima, which spends millions of dollars searching for the harm from ionizing radiation, and is not a reliable source of information about the health benefits from ionizing radiation.


In this paper, a hybrid cache architecture with high versatility and a wide range of applications is proposed, which is effective in image and video processing. Meanwhile, a new 2D-based prefetching scheme for image and video processing, fully exploiting two dimension data locality, is used in this cache. In this scheme, Prefetching Address Generation (PAG) and Prefetching Time Generation (PTG) are adopted to enhance the accuracy and effectiveness. The experiment results show that 2D-based prefetching scheme can achieve 30% reduction in cache miss rate and accordingly 30% total access time for 2D memory access pattern (dct). This new hybrid cache is verified in JPEG decoder, MPEG-2 decoder and H.264 decoder.