ABSTRACT The ability to self-regulate learning (SRL) is a skill theorized to transfer across learning environments. Students with this ability can consider a learning task, identify a goal, develop a plan to achieve it, execute that plan, and monitor and adapt learning until the goal is met. This paper examines the educational implications of developing the SRL expertise of high and typical-ability students, as operationalized by high school performance, who entered college and struggled with mathematics in their 1st year. Students who initially failed a 6-week intensive college math course completed a 3-h SRL training mid-semester and re-engaged in math learning with an adaptive problem-solving program and resources hosted on a course website. Students trained to evaluate tasks, plan, employ cognitive strategies, and monitor learning behaved distinctly from those who completed a math refresher course. Non-parametric, comparative analyses revealed that SRL-trained students more efficiently mastered math topics during digital problem-solving, demonstrating superior learning efficiency. Under a sequential explanatory mixed methods design, a follow-up multiple case study approach aligned to the Situated Model of SRL traced adaptive learning processes employed by multiple high-ability self-regulators and contrasted them with learning processes of exemplar learners from the untrained group.


Schematics of KTO (111) surface, XANES and STEM characterizations. (A) KTaO3 lattice structure. The relative sizes of the ions are chosen to emphasize the Ta atoms. The three adjacent (111) planes containing Ta5+ ions are colored in light purple, blue and green, respectively. (B) Distribution of Ta5+ ions viewed along the [111] crystal axis. Ta5+ ions are shown with progressively smaller sizes in the three adjacent (111) planes, which are labeled as Ta – I, Ta – II and Ta – III, respectively. Solid lines between Ta5+ ions indicate the relative distance or coupling strength – with thicker lines representing stronger couplings, giving rise to a buckled honeycomb lattice for the first bilayer comprising Ta I and Ta II sites. (C) XANES data from sample EuO/KTO(111)_4 at the Ta Ledge. The KTO near the surface is only slightly reduced, with Ta valence close to its bulk value (5+). XANES data for pure Ta is also shown for comparison. STEM images of the (D) EuO/KTO (111) and (E) LAO/KTO (111) interfaces, looking down the [110] direction. Green box indicates the region near the interface. Credit: Science, doi: 10.1126/science.aba5511


Internet of Things (IoT) plays an indispensable role in bridging the gap between all the day to day things to the networking system, and creates an ease to access all the un-internet things from any distant location. Adaption to the growth in the recent trends is inexorable for the people. With all the advancement in the technology, finding a particular place to park our automobile becomes an exasperating issue. In our work we have designed a Smart Car Parking System (SCPS) with the help of infrared sensor and a database based on application of Iot, which permits the driver to find the proximate parking slot, and gives the number of free places available in that respective parking zone. This ideology mainly focuses on diminishing the time involved in discovering the parking space and also it decreases the unwanted travelling, through filled parking slots in a parking arena. This will in turn reduce the consumption of fuel, which would reduce carbon footprints in our environment. Thus, this will pave way for an eco friendly surrounding.


Ni-ZrO2 composite coatings were prepared by pulse electroplating on Cu substrate. Effects of duty cycle,ZrO2 concentration in the electrolyte and pulse frequency on the hardness,deposition rate and corrosion resistance of the obtained composite coating were studied in this paper. The results showed that the hardness,deposition rate and corrosion resistance of composite coatings all increased firstly and then decreased with the increase of duty cycle. The coating hardness enhanced with the increase of ZrO2 concentration while the deposition rate and corrosion resistance increased firstly and then decreased. All the performance showed a growth trend with the improving of pulse frequency. The optimized process parameters were as below: duty cycle was 50%,ZrO2 concentration in electrolyte was 9 g / L and pulse frequency was 2 000 Hz.


Clear knowledge on the thrust of valves is necessary to discuss the stability of valves which plays an important role concerning the stability of a pipe line. In order to have a general idea of relations between the thrust and the lift, and between the discharge coefficient and the lift of common valves, we studied the characteristics of the most simplified valve, that is, a circular disc valve. The flow between the valve and the valve seat is very complex. The pressure distribution over the valve surface and the lifting-force were calculated analytically for various types of the flow, and examined experimentally for three kinds of disc valve. Experimental results show the correlation between the lifting-force and the discharge coefficient.


K NOWLEDGE of the determination of attitudes can be gained only through an attack on specific, isolable hypotheses. It is the function of the study reported here to investigate one such hypothesis concerning the determination of racial attitudes. It constitutes an inquiry into the nature of the relationship between a category of racial attitudes, those toward the Japanese in America, and information about that minority group. With this group as a reference the investigation seeks to discover the extent to which agreement in factual knowledge will cause people to agree in attitude. Such a problem is of importance, first, because of the common characteristic of humans to believe their attitudes to be a function of knowledge and, second, as a test of that tenet of democratic educational ideology which holds that knowledge "frees" one from prejudice. The Japanese in America offer a fertile field for the testing of such a hypothesis. Our government has dealt with this minority as it has with no other group in our history and has thus forced upon the public a consciousness of the Japanese in America as an out-group. To be free of an attitude toward these people becomes well nigh impossible. Moreover, this minority was until recently concentrated in the three Pacific Coast states and by this concentration provides a control for estimating the effect of ''contact information." Further, attitudes concerning race relations differ from many other types of attitude in the emotional freight they carry. This high emotional charge usually means high interest value and it is in those intellectual areas where man is most interested that we should expect him to be best informed. It is indeed appropriate, then, to study the relationship between attitude and information in the realm of race relations since there is ample motivation for learning. It must be recognized, however, that the interest-value of which we speak may also motivate ignorance. Myrdall and others have argued that many of our most cherished beliefs serve a purpose and that at times it may be necessary to our purposes to remain ignorant of facts that conflict with these beliefs. But, while motivation may make for ignorance in some instances and knowledge in others, it is certainly an essential for learning and becomes, then, a sine qua non for a study such as this. It would certainly be fruitless to seek to determine the relationship between attitude and information in a sphere where interest was so weak that respondents would scarcely be concerned either to entertain an opinion2 on the subject or to know anything about


Luoma, Martti, Jussi Nikkinen, and Petri Sahlström (2004). The price-volume behavior of an equity: theoretical approach. In Contributions to Management Science, Mathematics and Modelling. Essays in Honour of Professor Ilkka Virtanen. Acta Wasaensia No. 122, 95–105. Eds Matti Laaksonen and Seppo Pynnönen. In spite of the fact that the technical analysis has been used for decades to analyse stocks and other commodities, the theoretical development in the area is very limited. The purpose of this article is to present the theoretical background for the price-volume behavior of a stock which is a well-known tool in technical analysis. The theoretical background stems from the supply and demand curves of the economics literature that are used to investigate how a particular market reacts to changes in supply or demand. By applying theory of supply and demand we build a theoretical background for important rules of technical analysis. Until now the justification of the rules has been purely empirical. Moreover, the theoretical background introduced helps to understand the dynamics of the equity market where the flow of information has an essential role. Since our analysis has only a few first steps for depicting the determination of equity prices by behavior of sellers and buyers, we hope that the article will encourage work in this important research area. Martti Luoma, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Vaasa, P.O. Box 700, FIN–65101. Jussi Nikkinen and Petri Sahlström, Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Vaasa, P.O.Box 700, FIN-65101.


The problem of minimizing the 2-norm of one transfer function subject to an ∞-norm bound on another transfer function is examined for increased order controllers. It is shown that, unlike controllers under full-state availability, output feedback controllers are unable to achieve the global minimum 2-norm while simultaneously meeting the ∞-norm constraint for certain levels of γ, regardless of compensator order. The solution to the mixed H2/H∞, problem is shown to lie on the boundary of the ∞-norm constraint in the increased order case for this same range of γ's. Also, it is shown that the optimal compensator order for the mixed problem is greater than the order of the plant under certain conditions. A numerical example is given.


Preset interpretation of activities in Chinese secondary school is mainly classified into four:activity curriculum,activity mode of teaching,activity instruction and activity education.Disciplinary activities can be regarded as the activity curriculum from the view of the curriculum and the activity mode of teaching from the teaching method.So disciplinary activities are of both features.It must be designed and carried out by each subject based on its fundamental notions and curriculum objectives,meanwhile focused on the activities that play very important roles in learners knowledge-learning,emotions and character-building.By creating activities for students automatic learning,we can promote the students development.


In this paper, a domain model and the complex inductance formalism are employed to study the effect of torsion stress on the low-frequency magnetoimpedance (MI) response of CoFeBSi amorphous wires (125 /spl mu/m in diameter). In particular, the torsional dependence of the calculated circumferential permeability /spl mu//sub /spl phi// is found to be very sensitive to the wire's scalar permeability /spl mu//sub dc/ which, in turn, depends inversely on the wire's induced anisotropy K/sub i/. Calculated /spl mu//sub /spl phi// exhibited a marked increase for increased /spl mu//sub dc/ and a decrease for reduced /spl mu//sub dc/. Experimental spectroscopic plots of /spl mu//sub /spl phi// under various torsion stresses (counter- and clockwise-oriented) which resulted in various helically induced anisotropies K/sub h/ are consistent with an enhancement/counterbalancing effect of K/sub i/ through the addition/subtraction of K/sub h/ to K/sub i/.


TPS1102Background: While immunostimulatory therapies have shown great success, a major challenge remains identification of mechanisms to effectively treat the majority of patients with so-called "n...


To evaluate whether a diclofenac epolamine + heparin topical (plaster) is more effective than diclofenac plaster alone in reducing deep somatic hyperalgesia in subjects without spontaneous pain and whether the effect is linked to or independent of the anti‐edematous action of heparin.


a variety of subacute nephritis, which it closely resembles. The controversy cannot be pursued here, but whatever view is held the differentiation of nephrosis, whether as a distinct entity or a variety of renal disease, is of some practical value, because in this type of case recovery may be complete (though it rarely is) even after months or years of illness, and in the fatal cases death is far more likely to supervene from intercurrent infection than from renal failure (uraemia). It is, in fact, typical of nephrosis that throughout its chronic course no failure of the excretory power of the kidney usually develops. The treatment of nephrosis, therefore, differs in some important respects from that of nephritis, and it is essential at the onset that a correct clinical diagnosis should be made. This is done by a general survey of the history and the signs and symptoms. The onset, as already stated, is insidious. If there has been a previous attack of acute nephritis, if there is or has been any haematuria, or if the blood pressure is raised, the patient should on no account be treated as a case of nephrosis, but as one of active or unhealed nephiitis. Should haematuria or hypertension develop during the further course of the disease the diagnosis should be revised, and the case treated as one of nephritis. Blood tests are of little value in the differentiation of nephrosis, because the characteristic high cholesterol and diminished protein content are also found in subacute nephritis. As there is no renal insufficiency the blood urea is not increased. Two other conditions may closely resemble lipoid nephrosis and must further be distinguished because of their special treatment. (1) Syphilis may give rise to a similar clinical picture ; if it is suspected and a positive Wassermann reaction is discovered the usual antisyphilitic remedies should be employed. (2) Amyloid nephrosis is distinguished by the coexistence of tuberculosis or chronic suppurative disease and by the other signs of amyloidosis-namely, enlargement of the liver and spleen, and diarrhoea. The prompt treatment of the underlying infection represents the only hope of recovery. Lipoid nephrosis occurs in infants, children, and young adults. General Management The diagnosis having been made, the first duty of the practitioner is to see that competent nursing can be obtained for the patient and continued if necessary for


Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children has been widely seen as typifying both postmodernism and postcoloniality. As such, it has been taken to represent a new, "de-totalizing" way of writing history, specifically, the history of India as a modern nation-state. The novel figures prominently, for instance, in Linda Hutcheon's The Politics of Postmodernism, where it exemplifies a structure that both installs and subverts "the teleology, closure, and causality of narrative, both historical and fictive" (63). Rushdie's postmodern techniques of narration, in this view, express a self-reflexive and wary detachment from all totalizing modes of historical thought. For Hutcheon, the combination of a contemporary self-reflexivity plus the relativizing juxtaposition of "Eastern" and "Western" modes of thought seems to sum up Midnight's Children. Rushdie's novel "works to foreground the totalizing impulse of western—imperialistic—modes of history-


Supernova 1987A became a milestone in physics and astronomy. The most important things that have been learned from it, the most important problems yet to be solved and the prospects for learning important new physics from future observations of nearby supernova explosions are shortly summarized.


The first wave of Every Child A Talker is already producing noticeable benefits for children and families, say Michael Jones and Sue Thomas.


Terahertz (THz) cameras comprising an uncooled micro-bolometer array have been developed for simple THz imaging, and the improvement of their sensitivity is one of the important issues. We fabricated a new micro-bolometer array with a resonant cavity structure for a real-time THz camera, alongside a new method for evaluating the sensitivity across a wide range of the THz frequency region. The frequency dependence of the sensitivity of the THz camera is measured in the 0.5-2.0-THz frequency range taking the polarization dependence into account. It was found that the resonant cavity structure effectively increased the sensitivity of the THz camera, and, actually, the improvement by one order of magnitude was achieved in the frequency range below 1 THz. The THz camera with much enhanced sensitivity will expand the frontiers of real-time THz imaging such as molecular imaging and nondestructive inspection.


Supervised Machine Learning (SML) is the quest for algorithms that reason from externally given cases to develop general hypotheses, which subsequently make predictions about future instances. Supervised categorization is one of the jobs most commonly carried out by the intelligent systems. This article presents numerous Supervised Machine Learning (ML) classification strategies, evaluates various supervised learning algorithms as well as finds the most effective classification algorithm depending on the data set, the number of instances and variables (features) (features). Seven alternative machine learning methods were considered: Decision Table, Random Forest (RF) , Naïve Bayes (NB) , Support Vector Machine (SVM), utilizing Waikato Environment for Knowledge Analysis (WEKA)machine learning program. To develop the algorithms, Diabetes data set was utilized for the classification with 786 cases with eight attributes as independent variable and one as dependent variable for the analysis. The findings suggest that SVM was determined to be the method with maximum precision and accuracy. Naïve Bayes and Random Forest classification algorithms were shown to be the next accurate after SVM appropriately. The research demonstrates that time spent to create a model and precision (accuracy) is a factor on one hand; while kappa statistic and Mean Absolute Error (MAE) is another element on the other side. Therefore, ML techniques demands precision, accuracy and least error to have supervised predictive machine learning.


Thermal emissivities of some metallic surfaces, of various metallic surface treatments and of non-metallic (paint) finishes have been measured over the temperature range 70°C to 250°C. The emissivities of polished and vapour-blasted metallic surfaces were found to be low, whilst anodised aluminium gave high values. All the paint finishes tested had high emissivities except those containing a metal pigment.


The objective of this investigation is to search for two-dimensional finite-amplitude waves in plane Couette flow. The starting point for our computations are two-dimensional travelling waves in plane Poiseuille flow which we extend numerically through the Poiseuille-Couette family to the plane Couette flow limit. Interestingly, the nonlinear states for plane Couette flow take the form of spatially localized (solitary-like) stationary waves. This gives some explanation why previous attempts to compute 2D waves in plane Couette flow failed. The lowest (critical) Reynolds number for the existence of these states, based on half the velocity difference between the walls and channel half-width, is close to 1500. The existence of spatially localized perturbed states corresponds to the subcritical aspect of transition observed in plane Couette flow experiments and the computed nonlinear equilibrium solutions hopefully represent a new basic state for secondary instabilities.


Purpose of the study: In English as Second /Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) Writing, one of the main problems of creating coherent texts comes from learners' inadequate ability to employ cohesive devices for sentence cohesion, including reference, substitution, ellipsis, conjunction and lexical ties. Particularly, the use of conjunctions and adverbial connectors was found to be the major sources of error in writing.


Objective: The current study examined the efficacy of an early intervention based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for depressive symptomatology. The ACT intervention is aimed at increasing the acceptance of negative thoughts and emotions and living a mindful and value-based life. Method: Adults with mild to moderate depressive symptomatology were randomly assigned to the ACT intervention (n1⁄4 49) or to a waiting list (n1⁄4 44). The mean age of the participants was 49 years. The majority of the participants was female and of Dutch origin. All the participants completed measures before and after the intervention, as well as three months later at follow-up to assess depression (CES-D), anxiety (HADS-A), fatigue (CIS), alcohol use and acceptance (AAQ-II). Results: The ACT intervention led to statistically significant reduction in depressive symptomatology (Cohen's d1⁄4 .60). These reductions were maintained at the three-month follow-up. Also significant reductions in anxiety and fatigue were observed. Moreover, mediational analysis showed that the improvement of acceptance during the intervention mediated the effects of the intervention on depressive symptomatology at follow-up. Conclusion: These findings suggest that an early intervention based on ACT, aimed at increasing acceptance, is effective in reducing depressive symptomatology. 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


An underwater real-time imaging system based on acoustical holography utilizing an encoded wavefront is constructed. The imaging system has a coaxial circular array consisting of ultrasound transmitters and receivers. The transmitters are simultaneously driven by Walsh function modulated signals. Transmitted pulses generate an ultrasound encoded wavefront while the echo waveforms returning from distinct points are approximately uncorrelated. Both the transmitted and received beams are synthesized by a numerical decoding and delay-and-sum process. ` The system can reconstruct images with a single transmission, but to reduce artifacts in one-shot images, a pulse repetition method has been proposed in the previous paper.15) This method utilizes a zero cross-correlation property of repetitively transmitted signals. In this paper, the prototype imaging system is described. The characteristics of newly developed transducers are demonstrated. The range of the area where the zero cross-correlation holds for given number of the repetitions is derived theoretically. The system has 16 ch arbitrary waveform generators and 16 ch A/D converters. Transmitters and receivers of wide frequency band-width and wide angle of view were developed. A performance test was carried out in a large towing tank. The system's spatial resolution is 5 mm longitudinal and 0.3 degrees


OBJECTIVES:A continuous increase in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), and indeterminate colitis (IC) has been suggested. Since Denmark provides excellent conditions for epidemiological research, we aimed to describe contemporary IBD incidence rates and patient characteristics in Copenhagen County and City.METHODS:All patients diagnosed with IBD during 2003–2005 were followed prospectively. Demographic and clinical characteristics, such as disease extent, extraintestinal manifestations, smoking habits, medical treatment, surgical interventions, cancer, and death, were registered.RESULTS:Five-hundred sixty-two patients were diagnosed with IBD, resulting in mean annual incidences of 8.6/105 for CD, 13.4/105 for UC, and 1.1/105 for IC. Time from onset to diagnosis was 8.3 months in CD and 4.5 months in UC patients. A family history of IBD, smoking, and extraintestinal manifestations was significantly more common in CD than in UC patients. Only 0.6% of UC patients had primary sclerosing cholangitis. In CD, old age at diagnosis was related to pure colonic disease, whereas children significantly more often had proximal and extensive involvement. Twelve percent of CD patients and 6% of UC patients underwent surgery during the year of diagnosis, significantly less than earlier reported.CONCLUSIONS:The incidence of IBD in Copenhagen increased noticeably during the last decades. Time from onset of symptoms until diagnosis decreased markedly, extent of CD was related to age at diagnosis, and the risk of surgery was low in UC.


Progress update from the Savannah River Site. The 75 foot 293 F Stack, built for plutonium production, was cut down to size in order to prevent injury or release of toxic material if the structure were to collapse due to harsh weather.


The ability of Scleroderma sinnamariense Mont. to utilise some organic and inorganic nitrogen (N) sources for growth was examined in axenic liquid cultures. Pisolithus tinctorius Pers. was included for comparison. Both fungi species produced measurable biomass on all the N sources used in this experiment. The growth of S. sinnamariense on ammonium-N was better than that observed on glycine and bovine serum albumin (BSA), comparable to that on glutamic acid and nitrate, but inferior to that observed on arginine, alanine and peptone. P. tinctorius showed optimal growth on ammonium-N, which was comparable to alanine and glutamic acid but greater than that observed on glycine, arginine, BSA, nitrate and peptone. This Scleroderma isolate thus has the potential to utilise nitrogen from organic substrates and this may be important for the nitrogen nutrition of its ectomycorrhizal host plants in tropical forests. Key words : Scleroderma sinnamariense, organic nitrogen utilisation, ectomycorrhiza.


The effect of local graft irradiation on' immune response in allograft in which acute rejection occurs was studied using an in vitro model. Unidirectional mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC) was used as the in vitro model of acute rejection.· 150 and 300 rad x-irradiation suppressed mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) but did not cell-mediated-lympholysis (CML) of unsensitized lymphocytes. X-irradiated alloantigen ~ensitized cells (ASC) generated in 6-day MLC suppressed MLR and CML of unsensitized lymphocytes. Suppressive effects of x-irradiated ASC were of the same. degree by x-irradiation doses of 150-500 rad. Suppressive effect of x-irradiation was maintained for only a short period after x-irradiation. Potential function of suppressor precursor cells among unsensitized lymphocytes was abolished by x-irradiation of 300 rad.


Drug-eluting stents are used in millions of patients worldwide each year to treat ischemic heart disease, and successfully reduce the rate of restenosis as compared to bare-metal stents. Despite this success, there remains concern regarding the risk of stent thrombosis beyond 1 year of treatment. The Dual Antiplatelet Therapy (DAPT) study investigated the benefits and risks of continued dual antiplatelet therapy beyond 1 year in 9,961 patients who had undergone a coronary stent procedure using a drug-eluting stent. Patients were randomly assigned to continue thienopyridine treatment or to receive placebo. Treatment with thienopyridine was associated with a lower rate of stent thrombosis and major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events, as well as a reduced rate of myocardial infarction, as compared to placebo. Although there is clinical benefit to extended treatment with thienopyridine, an increased risk of bleeding also was associated with the treatment group. (N. Engl. J. Med. 371, 23 2014) Benefit of treatment with alteplase for acute ischemic stroke


This paper is a viewpoint rather than grounded in research. It questions some of the established ICT norms and traditions which exist both in industry and academia. The aim is to review current ICT ethics educational strategy and suggest a repositioning which aligns with the concept of computing by everyone for everyone. Professional bodies, in their current role, have little influence on 97 percent of global software developers whose ethical code and attitude to social responsibility comes from elsewhere. There needs to be a radical change in how the ethical and social responsibility dimension of ICT is included in education of the whole population rather than focusing on the elitist computing professional community. It is against this backdrop that this paper explores new avenues for widening education, both formal and informal, to all those who may become involved in computing. The discussion concludes by laying out a new pathway for ICT ethics education which embraces people of all ages and all walks of life.


Purpose of the Article. To identify the informational and symbolic role of the veils and staffage in mosaics with portraits of bishops in the altar apse of the Basilica of Sant' Apollinare in Classe. To analyze whether the images of architectural details and fabrics had real prototypes in the church ceremonial of that time, or they were used on mosaics only as decorative objects that have no connection with the rite and the meaning of the image. The methodology of the study includes formal, comparative, historical, iconographic and semiotic methods. The scientific novelty of the work is to uncover the symbolic role of architectural, textile and decorative images in mosaics as important elements of the theological idea of the iconographic program and altar decoration in general. They also contributed to a deeper experience of the sacrament of the Eucharist – the most important liturgical action. Conclusions. In the portraits of the bishops in the apse of The Basilica of Sant' Apollinare in Classe, the image of the veil and the ciborium which are open to the middle of the altar reflect the prayer service and service of the bishops around a real altar Table in the middle of the apse. Four semiarches of ciboria in this system make a single ciborium dome over the altar throne. The mentioned issue is also confirmed by the symbolic images of crowns and holy bread.


A traffic quiz conducted by the traffic police during a second-hand market in Westfalenhalle, during the evening meeting of an automobile club and in a technical college showed that a large proportion of the participants do not know important traffic rules. The percentage of incorrect answers to the eight questions was very high. So, for instance, the question concerning the meaning of traffic sign 251 was incorrectly answered by 61%, 36% and 67% respectively of the three groups examined. On the basis of the poor results an appeal is made to authorities concerned to consider whether the type of traffic education as currently practiced is correct. Especially the television authorities, the traffic safety council, the federal traffic police and the motoring organisations are called upon to reflect whether the teaching of simple traffic regulations should be included into their present educational work. /TRRL/


Storage area network system, a data storage means for storing computer data, a memory manager routine executed on the client, the data storage means on the computer data snapshots to direct to be acquired a storage manager routine includes a storage manager routine has functional elements, to determine the characteristics of the snapshot, and based at least in part on characteristics of the snapshot, selectively predetermined number of snapshots and a snapshot ranked manager for deleting to. Characteristics of snapshots, the type of application that uses the data existing in the logical volume snapshot is acquired, or includes a mission-critical aspects of the data.


Background: We compared the use of lipid lowering therapy, low density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, and proportion achieving guideline-recommended LDL-C levels in patients with private vs. public insurance coverage for their lipid lowering treatment. Materials and Methods: Guidelines Oriented Approach to Lipid lowering (GOAL) Canada enrolled 2009 patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) or heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and an LDLC above the guideline-recommended target of <2.0 mmol/L despite maximally tolerated statin therapy. During two follow-up visits physicians received online reminders of treatment recommendations. Results: Of 2009 patients enrolled (median age 63 years, 42% female), there were 1284 (64%) patients with private and 725 (36%) with public insurance for lipid lowering therapy. Patients with private insurance were younger and less likely to have a history of heart failure or to be on bile acid sequestrants. There was no difference between the groups in their lipid levels or lipid lowering therapy at baseline. During the follow up, there was no difference in the use of ezetimibe; however, the use of PCSK9i was more frequent in patients with private insurance (31.7 % vs. 21%, p<0.0001), the mean LDL-C level was slightly lower (2.11±1.17 vs. 2.31±1.17 mmol/L, p = 0.001), and the proportion of patients achieving the guideline-recommended LDL-C level was greater (54% vs. 45.5%, p = 0.001). After adjustment for other factors in a multivariable model, private insurance was not a significant predictor of achieving the guideline-recommended LDL-C level in a multivariable model. Conclusion: While PCSK9i use was higher in patients with private insurance, the majority of patients with either private or public insurance experienced similar treatment inertia. The cost of non-generic medications does not appear to be the dominant reason for the continued care gap in lipid lowering of high-risk patients.


The importance of supervision to preparation of students and to assurance of quality clinical service is reflected in ASHA certification requirements. One requirement stipulates that students obtai...


The stability of a concrete gravity dam against sliding along the interface between the dam base and the foundation rock must be assured in a seismic safety evaluation. The hybrid frequency–time domain procedure is used to compute the earthquake response of gravity dams, including base sliding. The procedure accounts for the nonlinear base sliding of the dam and the frequency-dependent response of the impounded water and the flexible foundation rock. A parameter study of typical gravity dams shows how the earthquake-induced sliding is affected by the characteristics of the ground motion and dam system. Based on the results of the study, it is necessary to include the effects of dam–foundation rock interaction to obtain realistic estimates of the base sliding displacement for a dam. The sliding displacement is sensitive to the value of the coefficient of friction for the interface zone, especially for moderate to tall dams. Water compressibility also affects the base sliding displacement. Although a dam re...


The purpose of this department is to provide early announcement of significant new results, with some indications of proof. Although ordinarily a research announcement should be a brief summary of a paper to be published in full elsewhere, papers giving complete proofs of results of exceptional interest are also solicited. A NEW CLASS OF PROBABILITY LIMIT THEOREMS BY JOHN LAMPERTI Communicated by J. L. Doob, December 30, 1960 Suppose that \Xn) is a Markov process with states on the nonnegative real axis and stationary transition probabilities. Define (1) pk{x) = £[(XW+1 Xn) \ Xn = x], k = 1, 2, • • • ;


MC Physics- Fundamental Force Unification using Mono-Charges Quantization of basic elemental electrostatic charge occurred in the earliest Universe which created an uneven distribution of mono-charges (MCs) by charge type and charge strength. Mono-charges form all matter and cause all force in the Universe. Charge strength provides the inertial mass of all MCs and, therefore, of all matter. All force (electro-static, magnetic, strong nuclear, weak nuclear and gravity) is electro-static in nature and is instantly and continuously applied only between mono-charges. All force (as well as MC/ matter / mass and Space) is modified by movement in Space (dS/dT), especially at high relativistic velocities. Magnetic poles and force are caused by moving mono-charges, indicating a link between magnetism, inertia and relativity- all resistances to spatial or velocity change. Magnetic force acts only on magnetic poles, i.e. moving MCs. Following the F-SCoTt matter formation processes, modified Coulomb's Law and modified Newton's Laws, cooling of the ultra-high kinetic energy early Universe allowed progressively weaker force bondings of quantized MCs to stably form particles- starting with quarks> protons> nuclei> electrons> neutrinos> and lastly forming photons of light. From their joining processes, all particles have internal movements (rotation, vibrations, wobble) that cause variations (oscillations, vibrations) in their projected forces, causing temporary charge imbalances and excess weaker MC joinings. Such movements cause stronger MCs to have a more focused force projection source vectors than weaker MCs which have a collective fuzzy collective force projection source from (mostly) neutralized matter. This is the most likely cause of attraction force to be slightly stronger than repel forces for masses, i.e. causing gravitational force.


Contemporary German Cinema is making its way into Film Studies as an instance of deviationa deviation from dominant classical narrative, but, in the same move, also a deviation from modernist, deconstructive modes of cinema and the theoretical apparatus supporting them. Thomas Elsaesser considers recent German films "to represent... a confirmation of Baudry's and Metz's arguments [concerning the mirroring effect, the specularization of subject/object relations, the construction of a transcendental subject], and at the same time [to oifer] a textual practice which might make apparent a dimension elided or repressed in The Imaginary Signifier Z'1 In his analysis of voyeurism and fascination in the films of Fassbinder, Elsaesser suggests that we read strategies of spectator-positioning in historical terms, recognizing a particular subjectivity at stake in the specular organization of the subject. The specularization of all social relations, which Fassbinder foregrounds in his films, is undeniably linked to the problematic constitution of social identity under German fascism, a system thatfor purposes of its ownpromoted a massive specularization of public and private life. By implicating the spectator in analogous constellations, Fassbinder both mobilizes and critically dissects a specific social imaginary as it sustained the Third Reich and continued to haunt political and social relations under its legal successor, the Federal Republic of Germany.


Introduction Microwave irradiation has been used to assist photochemical and photocatalytic reactions for degradation of organic pollutants. The electrodeless discharge lamp (EDL) generates UV/VIS radiation when placed into the microwave field and is connected to the objective of microwave photochemistry [1]. The degradation of mono-chloroacetic acid (MCAA) by microwave assisted photocatalysis using TiO2 thin films has been examined. Several factors influencing the degradation of MCAA have been studied in detail [2].


Objective To evaluate the therapeutic effect of mechanical ventilation with prone positioning on acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS).Method 42 patients with ARDS was underwent mechanical ventilated on prone position at early stage.The indexes included arterial blood gas,respiratory rate(RR),FiO2,PaO2/FiO2,chest lung compliance(C),and airway resistance(Raw) were evaluated before prone position and after 1 h,2 h,3 h,4 h and 8 h,following back to supine.Results Once the patients were turned to prone position mechanical ventilation,the FiO2 and PaO2/FiO2 were improved markedly,the peak values were occurred in 1 h and then decreased,after 8 h,both FiO2 and PaO2/FiO2 were still higher than pre therapy(P0.05).The RR value decreased after 3 h,and lower than pre treatment(P0.05),then increased slightly.The Raw increased significantly after 1h(P0.05),then decreased slowly.Otherwise,other indexes,including pH value,C,HR,MAP and CVP didn't showed obvious change before and after treatment.Conclusion It demonstrated that oxygenation was improved obviously with mechanical ventilation in prone position.


Professor Cheng Xinnong mproved the "three-step needling techniques " in the 70 years of clinical practice,which includes hands-on exploration acupoints,the real wrist and the virtual needle holding,three-step needling,tremor reinforcing and reducing method,spinner circulating Qi.When it is used,the depth and direction of the three-step needle should be dialectically and flexibly determined,through by lifting and thrusting,twisting and quivering of three kinds of tactics with reinforcing and reducing Qi.


Ethnic territorial mobilization is a common phenomenon of world politics. An ethnic movement is mainly focused on the protection of separate identity and rights of a particular group of people in the society. The demand of these ethnic movements are varies from regional autonomy to the demand of sovereign statehood. These ethnic cultural mobilizations not only confined them to political mobilizations within the legal constitutional framework, but also associated with irrational violence. Being an ethnic movement, Greater Cooch Behar State Demand is the result of several factors, such as- cultural revivalism, glorification of past distort history, socio-economic deprivation, lack of infrastructural development, lack of political will of the leadership etc., demands for a separate identity of the Kshatriya Rajbangshi community within a separate state along with sustainable development of the region. The proposed area of the Greater Cooch Behar State by the Greater Cooch Behar Peoples Association is consists of six districts of North Bengal of West Bengal and the lower part of Assam. For the overall development of North Bengal and its adjoining areas besides social unity, governmental active responds is necessary.


So far we can identify at least three concepts within modern cosmology that bring into debate the question of consciousness in the universe: 1) Fine Tuning; 2) The Anthropic Principle and 3) The Multiverse. This does not exclude the question of the role of observer (i.e. consciousness) in cosmology as developed within Quantum Physics: we observe the universe through quanta and any breakthrough in understanding the origin and nature of the universe will come only through a quantum theory of gravity […]


Objective: To compare postoperative outcomes in surgical extraction of mandibular third molar with envelop flap versus modified triangular flap.
Setting & Duration: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Unit at Faculty of Dentistry, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro. Study period was from January 2021 to December 2021.
Subject and Methods: A set of 60 individuals were sequentially assigned 30 to the Group A envelop flap and 30 to the Group B modified triangular flap for surgical removal of the mandibular third molar tooth. The demographic and clinical parameters was identified and recorded in proforma. The discomfort, swelling, and restricted mouth opening linked with an impacted mandibular third tooth are all assessed prior to surgery. The flap pattern employed for the extraction of the impacted lower third molar tooth, pain, and mouth opening was all reported on the proforma at the end of the procedure. On the seventh postoperative day, each patient was evaluated again.
Results: - The average age of patients in group A was 29.77±7.17 years and 28.20±6.28 years in group B. Mean pain score was significantly low in group A as compare to group B [0.87±0.86 vs. 2.93±0.87 p=0.0005]. Mean mouth opening was significantly high in group A than group B [12.86±3.59 vs. 6.12±1.67; p=0.0005].
Conclusion: In comparison to the envelope flap, the modified triangular flap was more effective when considering the postoperative periodontal state of the surrounding third molar and the dehiscence after wound recovery.


Several studies have demonstrated that palatal rugae, found on the hard palate, behave similarly to fingerprints. In fact, these structures can aid the human identification process particularly when other processes such as dental examination, dactiloscopy and forensic genetics, cannot be used. However, much remains to be explained regarding palatoscopy, and doubts persist about palatal rugae stability following dental treatment. Hence, this study evaluates the stability of palatal rugae pattern after orthodontic treatment. Forty-six casts (24 females and 22 males) were analysed and photographed using standardised techniques. Palatal rugae patterns were measured and assessed using the classification described by Basauri and Martins dos Santos. Data analyses were performed using the software Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), 22.0. Descriptive analyses were performed and differences between cases were assessed using the Wilcoxon and the chi-square tests at a 5% significance level. There was no morphological change in any rugae for both sexes. However, in females, the first right rugae had significant differences in size before and after the treatment (p = 0.039), suggesting that, in females, palatal rugae morphology is a better marker that palatal rugae length.


Background and purpose: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is present in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex in high concentrations and has an important role in development, maintenance and regeneration of the nervous system. The aim of this study was to produce active BDNF in E.coli using transforming plasmid. Methods: To construct an expression plasmid of BDNF, a gene coding for it was obtained from human BDNF DNA. The plasmid was then transformed in the E.coli. After the extraction of plasmids, they were treated by BamHI and SacI restrictions endonuclease and the produced fragments were inserted in pTRSBDNF vector. Results: After transformation of the recombinant vector into E.coli HB101 cells, the recombinant plasmid was transformed into E.coli C600 cells to express BDNF gene. SDS-PAGE confirmed the expression of recombinant protein of BDNF in the E.coli. Conclusion: BDNF, as an important protein of nervous system, can be produced in the E.coli by use of transforming plasmids.


Consider the instationary Boussinesq equations in a completely general domain Ω ⊆ R3 and a time interval [0, T [. We deal with existence of strong solutions of the Boussinesq equations. These results will be used to prove uniqueness criteria for the Boussinesq equations which are based on the local or global identification of a weak solution with a strong solution.


Three experiments were conducted to evaluate value added uses for dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) and crude glycerol in swine and poultry diets. In Exp.1, crude glycerol from multiple biodiesel production facilities was evaluated for storage and variability characteristics. Part one reviewed the storage capabilities of crude glycerol at room temperature and excessive heat conditions on ferrous and stainless steel metal. There was no notable corrosion during the two-month experiment for either metal type under each condition. There was a slight discoloration observed on the ferrous metal stored under excessive heat conditions, but no pitting or sign of corrosion was noted. No changes were observed in the stainless steel under either environment condition. Part two evaluated the variability of crude glycerol from multiple biodiesel production facilities. Representative samples of the parent feedstock and resultant glycerol was collected an analyzed. There was considerable variation between samples, particularly when comparing glycerol from the different feedstocks (vegetable vs. animal). Exp. 2 and 3 took place in the Feed Processing Research Center in the Department of Grain Science at Kansas State University. Pellet quality and electrical energy consumption was evaluated by reviewing production rate, conditioning and hot pellet temperatures, motor load, and pellet durability index (PDI) as testing parameters. In Exp. 2, diets containing varying levels of crude glycerol were evaluated on pellet quality and pellet mill performance in a pilot mill and in a commercial facility. For part one, a corn-soy based swine grower diet was formulated to contain 0, 3, 6, and 9% crude glycerol. Each diet was steam conditioned to 150, 170 and 190 °F in an atmospheric conditioner and pelleted. An interaction existed between glycerol and conditioning temperature. For all diets containing glycerol, roll skid occurred and the pellet mill plugged as conditioning temperature approached 190°F. Pellet quality increased linearly (P < 0.01) with increasing levels of glycerol. Part two took place at Don's Farm Supply in Newell, IA. A cornsoy based turkey grower diet was formulated to contain 3% glycerol and pelleted. Results from part two were consistent with part one, in that there was an interaction between conditioning temperature and the addition of glycerol. Exp. 3 evaluated DDGS on pellet quality and electrical consumption. A poultry diet was formulated to contain 0, 15, or 30% DDGS and steam conditioned to 140, 160, and 180°F. As conditioning temperature increased, pellet quality in diets containing DDGS significantly improved (P>.001). Electrical consumption in diets containing DDGS compared to the control showed no significance in reduction in energy usage (P>.001). In conclusion, the production of pelleted diets containing crude glycerol is a feasible option; however, conditioning temperatures should be kept minimal and storage and variation of the material should be considered. In addition, improved pellet quality in pelleted diets containing DDGS is in part by conditioning at higher temperatures, respectively. The data suggests that the addition of crude glycerol and DDGS in animal diets can serve as a beneficial feed additive.


In this paper a new species and 2 subspecies of Callaphididae are described from Yunnan Province and a species is recorded for the first time from China. All the types and newly recorded specimens are kept in the Institute of Zoology, Acadomia Sinica.Shivaphis cinnamomophila Zhang so. nov.Differs from the closely related Shivaphis cclti Das in the following features: Abdominal tergites each with 4-6 marginal setae (2 in celti) ; 8th abdominal tergite with 4 setae (2 in cclti) ; 1st tarsal segments each with 5 setae (8 in celti) ; cauda with 4 or 5 setae (8-11 in latter) ; antenna 0.77x as body (0.49 in latter); 3rd-6th antennal segments in proportion 100:84:72:61+11 (100:46:46:36+8 in latter); 4th antennal segment with 9-13 setae (2-4 in latter) ; rostrum not reaching hind coxa (exceeding fore coxa in celti).Holotype, apterous viviparous female, no. 7376-1-1-1, paratypes, 2 apterous viviparous females, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 31. Ⅲ. 1982, on Cinnamomum carn-phora Nees. et Eberm. Coll. Zhang Guangxue.Callaphis nepalensis yunlongensis Zhang subsp. nov.Keadily distinguished from the nominate subspecies by the following features: Pore wing with veins bordered with black (not in nepalensis) ; pale in middle of pro-notum (dark in latter) ; 3rd antennal segment with 41-50 sensoria (16-26 in latter), 4th with 2 (0 in latter).Holotype, alate viviparous female, no. Y2457-1-1-1, paratypes, 1 alate viviparous female and 8 alatoids, Yunlong Xian, Yunnan Province, China, on Juglans regia L.Paratinocallis corylicola yunnanensis Zhang subsp. nov.Differs from the nominate subspecies by having lst-8th abdominal tergites with bun like spinal tubercles, 2nd-4th with some capitate setae, 3rd antennal segment with 5 or 6 setae (2 or 3 in corylicola), and 10 or 11 sensoria, 4th+5th rostral segments 1.7x as 2nd tarsal segment (0.9 in corylicola).Holotype, alate viviparous female, no. 7192-1-1-2, Yulong Mountain, Lijiang Xian, Yunnan Province, China, 29. V. 1980, on Corylus hcterophylla, Coll. Zhong Tiesen.Chromaphis hirsutustibis Kumur et Lavigne, 1970 new recordHostplants: Juglans regia L., Juglans sp. and Aleurites moluccana L.Distribution: Yunnan (Lijiang), China; India.


This is to certify that the thesis entitled "MORPHOMETRIC AND MELISSOPALYNOLOGICAL STUDIES ON INDIAN HONEY BEE Apis cerana F.", submitted for the degree of "Doctor Of Philosophy" of Kuvempu University, embodies the results of bonafide research work carried out by Mr. MAHANTESH. R. KAMMAR, under my guidance and supervision. I further certify that this thesis or part of it has not been the basis for the award of any other degree or di£loma.


We demonstrate through a sample application, Ebanking, that the Web Service Modelling Language Ontology component can be used as a very powerful object-oriented database design language with logic capabilities. Its conceptual syntax allows the definition of class hierarchies, and logic syntax allows the definition of constraints in the database. Relations, which are available for modelling relations of three or more concepts, can be connected to logical expressions, allowing the implicit specification of database content. Using a reasoning tool, logic queries can also be made against the database in simulation mode. Keywords—Semantic web, ontology, E-banking, database, WSML, WSMO, E-R diagram.


: Pregnancy and postpartum period are the most obvious stages of physiological changes in pregnant women, during which pregnant women are more likely to suffer from cardiovascular diseases. Traditional evaluation methods have certain limitations, therefore a more efficient and accurate evaluation method is needed. This article aims to explore the feasibility of using deep learning technology to analyze physiological data of pregnant women for risk assessment of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy and postpartum period. Deep learning technology can explore and mine features and patterns related to cardiovascular disease in pregnant women, improving evaluation accuracy. This article explores the application effects of deep learning technology from three aspects: model selection, feature extraction, and data enhancement, and conducts a series of experiments. The experimental results indicate that a recurrent neural network should be selected as the training model, and convolutional neural network methods should be used for feature extraction. By combining appropriate data augmentation techniques, the accuracy of maternal cardiovascular disease risk assessment can be improved.


The invention discloses a carrier phase-shifting controller based on a multi-winding transformer. The carrier phase-shifting controller comprises a carrier phase-shifting modulator (2), wherein carrier Uci amplitudes of N power modules (6) are the same, and phases are respectively 0, Ts/M, Ts*2/M, ..., Ts*(M-1)/M, wherein Ts is a carrier period, a phase-shifting coefficient M is any integer smaller than and equal to N. Modulating waves Uri of the N power modules (6) use carrier Uci to perform SPWM (sinusoidal pulse width modulation), so that PWM (pulse-width modulation) pulses are generated. In order to solve non-current sharing, caused by carrier phase shifting, of power modules (6), a current-sharing controller (3) is introduced. The carrier phase-shifting controller improves equivalent switching frequency of the system by M times (M being a module number of carrier phase shifting), effectively lowers switching frequency, reduces system switching loss and improves device efficiency. Meanwhile, the simple current-sharing controller (3) is adopted to restrain non-current sharing of the power modules.


A description is given how IBM's Enterprise Systems requirements for data management are implemented in the ES/9000 process series. The ES/9000 processor family is the next step in efficient data movement/management for data that reside anywhere in the Enterprise. To manage this vast amount of data, certain high end ES/9000 models utilize four levels of memory (L1 or first level cache, L2 or second level buffer, L3 or main store and L4 or expanded store). Design trade-offs were made to improve processor availability. The processors have been designed to achieve fault tolerant function in power, processor and memory arrays. For example, if one of the power supplies fails, others increase their output to provide full power to the system. Extensive use is made of error detection/correction codes throughout the processor complex. Expanded storage incorporates a sophisticated error correction capability. All double bit errors are corrected, and triple bit errors, are detected.<<ETX>>


In order to realize the automatic identification and correct diagnosis of the faults of A330 flight control system accurately,a new method based on expert system is presented.Expert system and neural network are integrated by building a knowledge base and inference engine.Consequently the expert system for the fault diagnosis of flight control system is successfully developed.The diagnosis results show that the intelligence of the expert system works perfectly and faults in flight control system are diagnosed exactly and fast.The system is entirely practicable for the flight diagnosis of A330 flight control system.


This paper examined the relationship distance learning education and Open Educational Resources in National Open Universities of Nigeria. Descriptive Survey research method was adopted for the purpose of the study. The total number of students who participated in this study was two hundred and fifty two (252). But only two hundred and fifty (250) students returned questionnaire that were found useful for analysis. Pearson product statistics was used to analysis the data. This study revealed that Open Educational Resources (OER) has capacity to provide quality educational resources for teaching and learning in National Open University Nigeria, that there was a significant relationship between Distance learning education and Open Educational Resources ability to enhance access to quality knowledge repositories for learners, teachers and researchers in National Open University Nigeria, and that the integration of Open Educational Resources in distance learning education would expand access to higher education and training .provision in a cost effective manner. There is need for reengineering and integration of open educational resources in National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) with learning management system software.


When I started in practice, the thing that gave me joy was the solving of clinical puzzles, the making of good diagnoses, thus impressing my colleagues. As time went on I found myself preoccupied more and more with the patients I had come to know. It was their joys and sorrows, their suffering and healing, that moved me. Of course, clinical diagnosis and management did not cease to be crucial: simply that a patient's illness or disability became interwoven with a life story. I came to see medicine as more complex, more context-dependent, more poignant, more a reflection of the human condition.


VIA in San Antonio, Texas is completing the conceptual design process for a comprehensive upgrade of their revenue management system. This paper provides an overview of the decision process VIA used to select a conceptual design alternative, which involved the following fundamental decisions: (1) whether to introduce smart cards or rely solely on magnetic stripe farecards; and (2) if using smart cards, whether to complement these with magnetic stripe farecards. Based on an assessment of VIA operational and maintenance issues, a set of screening criteria and weights were developed and used to evaluate alternative revenue management technologies. As a result of this assessment, a shortlist of alternative conceptual designs was defined. These alternatives were distinguished primarily on the basis of the mix of advanced technology fare media involved. A smart card only alternative was selected as the basis for the more detailed conceptual design development.


The study of the production and loss of negative ions, H/sup -/ and D/sup -/, in the volume of a plasma has received considerable attention since the measurement of anomalously high densities of H/sup -/ in 1977. The most probable mechanism for production is dissociative attachment (DA) to vibrationally highly-excited hydrogen molecules. New diagnostics developed for this purpose are photodetachment and the extension of coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) systems to the sensitivity required for low-pressure gases. Measurements and calculations indicate that the important loss mechanisms are diffusion to the walls at low densities and collisional destruction of several types at plasma densities above 10/sup 10/ cm/sup -3/. Production mechanisms must be highly efficient to compete with the losses. It appears to be straightforward to extrapolate measurements and theory to the densities above 10/sup 12/ cm/sup -3/ that are required for an intense source of D/sup -/ for neutral beam injection into magnetically-confined fusion devices.


In 2014 t In the framework of the MEDSUV project, the Solfatara area, part of the Campi Flegrei caldera, was chosen as test site for the RICEN (Repeated InduCed Earthquakes and Noise) experiment mainly oriented to the use of seismic waves (both in passive and active mode) as a diagnostic tool to investigate the changes in the properties of the medium at small scales. Besides the study of seismic waves (both in passive and active mode), part of the RICEN activities was focused on the detection and characterization of the Seismo-Electromagnetic signals (SES) associated with their propagation.

Considering the abundance of fluids that characterize the shallow hydrothermal system of Solfatara area, SES arewere expected to be detectable and informative of the subsoil structure. On May 2014, Hence for their detection during RICEN experimthree magnetotelluric (MT) stations were installed outside the seismic grid and close to the main volcanic fumaroles in the Solfatara area. Thusing electrical and magnetic components concurrently with seismic and geochemical measurements were recorded. As a result, SES related to Vibrosesis seismic source energization in 100 sites, distributed on an almost regular grid on an area of about 115m x 90m, were analyzed. The m.

Although Unfortunately the electrical part of the SES could not be extracted by the recorded time series due to the severe effects of the Solfatara volcanic environment on the unmpolarizable electrodes. ,Converselyagnetic components, instead of the electrical ones, were generally better appreciable, in terms of amplitude, with respect to the natural electromagnetic fluctuations(s?). This circumstance allowed to verify the strict causality relationship between of the SES with and seismic signals for interstation distances (Seismic source -MT stations) ranging between 100 m and 200 m..

Focusing on the magnetic part, a comparative Wavelet analysis on SES and on seismic source permitted to evaluate that in the time domain that SES signals are mainly associated with Rayleigh wave, due to relatively large average distance between shot and MT sites, ranging between 60 m and 200 m.

Once defined SES characteristics, in terms of frequency content and amplitude, possible information on the subsurface status and new inferences on fluids characterizing the subsoil of the studied area were obtained. This was possible by investigating the spatial distribution of SES amplitude and by comparing it with 3D model of Vp, Vs and resistivity as well as with temperature and CO2 flux maps.


Composite built by patchouli biochar and metal oxide, Cr 2 O 3 , is a potential material for remediation of contaminated wasterwater. Oxidation of biochar using acid or salt oxidators can improve its surface polar functional groups. This treatment may be able to increase impregnation of  metal cation (as salt) before calcination to form its oxide. In this research, 3 types of oxidators were used to oxidize the biochar before impregnation with purpose to study its influence toward physichochemistry and adsorption performance of the composite. Preparation of the composite included 3 steps, including preparation of biochar by pyrolisis of patchouli biomass using ZnCl 2 activator at 450 o C, oxidation of the biochar using 3 different oxidators (H 2 SO 4 -HNO 3 , H 3 PO 4 -HNO 3 , H 2 O 2 –HNO 3 ) at 60 o C,  impregnation of the oxidized biochar using CrCl 3 followed by calcination process to form biochar–Cr 2 O 3 composite at 600 o C. Characterization using X-ray diffraction indicated that the composite containes the Cr 2 O 3 structure.  FTIR spectrophotometry characterization indicates the different content of C=O, C-O, and –OH on the composite surface. SEM images shows irregular micro ball shapes. EDX characterization indicates the different Cr content in the composite with same sequence with FTIR absorbances of  both C-O and –OH. Adsorption of paracetamol  indicates effect of Cr 2 O 3 showing the same sequence of both.


Background: Definite diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) requires demonstration of TB bacilli in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) on smear, culture, or nucleic acid amplification. However, the sensitivity of these tests is low. This study was done to see if smear and culture done on a larger volume and repeated samples of CSF increases the diagnostic yield of these tests. Methods: Adult patients with clinical features of meningitis for >5 days were prospectively and consecutively recruited. At admission, the usual 1 ml of CSF was taken for mycobacterial testing; another 4–8 ml was also taken for the same as the comparison. On the 3rd hospital day, 4–8 ml of CSF was taken for mycobacterial testing. Mycobacterial smear and culture were done by Auramine O stains and on modified Lowenstein–Jensen medium, respectively. The composite reference standard for TBM was considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of TBM. Definite and probable diagnosis was taken as positive, while a possible diagnosis and no TB were considered negative for TBM. In a subset, Xpert MTB/Rif assay was also performed on the CSF samples as per the routine diagnostic protocol. Results: 66/80 (82.5%) had the initial CSF examination in the emergency department, 80 (100%) had large-volume CSF on day 1, while 22/80 (27.5%) consented for the second large-volume CSF examination on day 3. There was a marginal increase in sensitivity from 22% to 26% with increasing CSF volume from 1 ml to 4–8 ml and 36% if another large-volume CSF was collected at 72 h. The specificity was 100% at all times. The negative likelihood ratios were 0.78, 0.74, and 0.64, respectively. The sensitivity of Xpert MTB/RI compared to the composite reference standard of TBM was 30.4%. Conclusions: Increasing the volume and frequency of CSF testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, marginally improves the sensitivity and negative likelihood ratios, but may not be adequate to rule out TBM with the certainty required to withhold antitubercular therapy. The feasibility of repeat CSF examinations needs to be considered while making guidelines.


11 Background: The molecular clock is the most important genetic tool to 12 estimate evolutionary timescales. However, the detection of a time 13 dependency effect on the mutation rate estimates is complicating its 14 application. It has been suggested that demographic processes could be the 15 main cause of this confounding effect. In the present study I propose a new 16 algorithm to estimate the coalescent age of phylogenetically related 17 sequences, taking into account the observed time dependency effect on the 18 molecular rate detected by others. 19 Results: Applying this method to real human mitochondrial DNA trees, 20 with shallow and deep topologies, I have obtained significantly older 21 molecular ages for the main events of human evolution than in previous 22 estimates. These ages are in close agreement with the most recent 23 archaeological and paleontological records that are in favor of an 24 emergence of early anatomically modern humans in Africa at thousand years ago and the presence of recent modern humans out of 26 Africa as early as 174 ± 48 thousand years ago. Furthermore, in the 27 implementation process, we demonstrated that in a population with 28 fluctuating sizes, the probability of fixation of a new neutral mutant 29 depends on the effective population size which is more in accordance with 30 the fact that, under the neutral theory of molecular evolution, the fate of a 31 molecular mutation is mainly determined by random drift. 32 Conclusions: I suggest that the demographic history of populations has a 33 more decisive effect than purifying selection and/or mutational saturation 34 on the time dependence effect observed for the substitution rate. 35


The closed loop hardware and software design of DC motor were presented,which was used in the robot sub-system of soccer robot match system.In order to improve the speed and control precision of the motor,PID control arithmetic method was adopted.The motor's character was greatly improved through adopting debugged arithmetic parameters in experimet.


The apparent displacement of the stars caused by the inflection of light in its passage through the atmosphere, is treated by the astronomer like most other irregularities which he has occasion to consider. A set of mean quantities is first provided; and the occasional deviations of the true places from the mean are ascertained and corrected according to the state of the air, as indicated by the meteorological instruments. The subject of the astronomical refractions is thus resolved into two parts very distinct from one another; the first embracing the mean refractions, which are an unchangeable set of numbers, at least at every particular observatory; the second relating to the temporary variations occasioned by the fluctuations which are incessantly taking place in the condition of the atmosphere. It is the first of these two questions chiefly, or that regarding the mean refractions, of which it is proposed to treat in this paper. In order to form a just notion of the mean refractions, we may suppose that some particular star is selected, and assiduously observed for a course of time so considerable as to comprehend every possible change in the condition of the atmosphere; all these observed places being severally reduced to some assumed state of the thermometer and barometer, and being combined so as to eliminate occasional irregularities, will determine the mean refraction of the star. In this procedure it is supposed, what experience confirms, that the result will ultimately be the same for the same altitude above the horizon, provided the observations are numerous enough, and extend over a sufficient length of time. We may instance the star α Lyræ observed by Dr. Brinkley; his observations are forty-four in number, extending over five years; and the greatest deviation of single observations from the mean quantity may be stated at ± 20". The supplementary Table, extending from 85° to 89°½ of zenith distance, published in Bessel's Tabulæ Regiomntaæ, is one of mean refractions calculated from many observations at every altitude. The Table, in the same work, extending to 85° of distance from the zenith, which the supplementary one is intended to complete, may likewise be considered as having the authority of actual observation; for although a theoretical formula was used in the calculations, yet the results have been carefully corrected by a comparison both with the observations of Bradley and with those made with very perfect instruments in the observatory over which Bessel presides. These two make together a table of mean refractions of the highest authority; and being free from hypothetical admissions, to speak with precision, they form the only table of the kind of which astronomy in its actual state can boast.


It has been proposed recently a new incremental modelling to describe the mechanics of soil. It is based on two parameters called the pseudo Young modulus E=1/Co and the pseudo Poisson coefficient n, which both evolve during compression. Evolution of n is known since it shall fit the Rowe's law of dilatancy, but Co has to be evaluated from experiment. In this paper we proposed a way to evaluate the Co variation from other mechanical modelling. The way cyclic behaviour of drained sample can be modelled is also described.


Context-aware services concern with reasoning about surrounding context and adapting services accordingly have attracted much research attention during recent years, whereas the relation between context-aware service evolution and requirements evolution has not caught many researchers' eye. Conventionally, requirements engineering particularly focuses on users' needs, we argue though that developers' needs must be discovered in the course of services evolution process. In this case, the connection between context-aware service evolution and requirements evolution will be fully discovered, in turn, it will better the guide as to how to evolve exiting context-aware services in order to benefit the best from current service assets. To build this connection, we propose a process management requirements model with requirements elicitation techniques to support context-aware service evolution. A medium sized open source case study is carried out for evaluation.


The invention relates to the control of electric heating elements of a vehicle. In particular, the invention relates to electric heaters for vehicle components, which with liquids such. may come as water into contact. It describes a control unit for controlling the heating capacity for a radiator of a heated component of a vehicle. The heated component comprises a heatable by the heater body. The heated body has a surface that is in contact with a vicinity of the heated component. The control unit is adapted to drive the radiators with a first heating output. Furthermore, the control unit is adapted to determine an indicator of a temperature difference between a temperature of the surface of the heatable body, and a temperature around the heated component. The heating capacity of the radiator is then adjusted depending on the indicator of the temperature difference.


The knowledge of the soil moisture state in a region plays an important role in hydrology, with particular reference to the flood events prediction. A valid tool for the evaluation of the saturation state at watershed scale is given by remote sensing imagery. In this work temporal sequences of LST images from satellite platform (MSG-SEVIRI and Terra-MODIS) have been used in an assimilation procedure, ACHAB, in order to retrieve estimations of the land surface energy balance components and daily maps of soil moisture saturation index (SMSI). The simulation has been performed over the Italian territory for seven years (2005-2011) with about 5 km of spatial resolution. A climatology of the SMSI maps has been computed and reliability index maps have been provided. This study was realized in the framework of "OPERA - Protezione Civile dalle Alluvioni" ([1]), a project of the Italian Civil Protection aimed to the operational use of satellite data for floods prediction and management.


Central subfield thickness (CST) can assist in the diagnosis of many diseases, which can be observed through OCT images. This paper proposes a new deep learning framework for measuring CST. In this paper, the original OCT image is segmented based on U-Net, and a classification task is introduced here to determine whether the original image is taken from the center of the eye, so as to improve the segmentation effect of the center of the retina. The CST value of the segmented image is calculated through a double tower regression model, which is composed of the reduced dimension self-attention model and ResNet splicing. Through experimental verification, the regression accuracy of this framework is about 8% higher than that of other models.


An overview of some of the most interesting patents covering various nanotechnologies is provided in an interview format between a reporter and the authors. Topics covered include nanotechnology patents at large, as well as the rapidly-changing patent landscape in nanooptoelectronics and in nanotechnology as applied to biotechnology and the life sciences. Also discussed are general patent considerations and strategies that inventors and investors need to be mindful of.


A Mach-Zehnder interferometer based on seven-core fiber (SCF) and muti-mode fiber (MMF) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The interferometer is fabricated by splicing a segment of SCF spliced with two MMFs. The SCF length and MMF length are 5cm and 1cm, respectively. When the broadband light is injected into the interferometer through a lead-in single mode fiber, a pronounced interference pattern appears in the transmission spectrum. By monitoring the wavelength and power shifts of interference dips, simultaneous measurement of strain and torsion can be achieved. The experimental results show that the wavelengths at interference dip have a blue shift with the increases of strain, but the wavelength does not respond to the torsion. The power sensitivities of the interference dip to the strain and torsion are sensitivities are 0.001dB /° and 0.16dB/°, respectively. The simultaneous measurement of strain and torsion is demonstrated based on the sensitive matrix. The proposed MZI exhibits the advantages of easy fabrication, low cost, and simultaneous measurement of strain and torsion, which will make a significant contribution to torsion measurement.


This paper uses CoandăEffect to reduce motors, the source of noise, and finds low noise materials with sufficient lift force so that it can achieve acoustical stealth UAVs.According to NASA research [1], the noise of UAVs is better heard to people. But there must be some moments when we need to operate the drones quietly, so how can we reduce the noise? In previous research, there have also been steady attempts to produce UAVs using CoandăEffect, but have never tried to achieve Acoustic Stealth through Coanda UAVs. But Coanda Effect uses only one motor and is structurally quiet. So we tried to find quiet methods (materials, structures) while at the same time having sufficient stimulus through the CoandăEffect. Verification went through experiments. The control group used the most common type of Quadrone, and determine if the hypothesis is correct by testing various structures and materials under the same conditions, and measuring noise. UAVs using CoandăEffect are not of any shape or structure that is not changeable, and internal space is also empty. That's why the CoandăEffect UAV we present can be improved through follow-up research. That's why the CoandăEffect UAV could open up a new frontier for the Stealth UAVs.


Purpose Diagnosis of iris melanoma is challenging as no clear cut differentiating points exists for differentiation between iris naevi and melanoma. On the basis of our and others experience of iris tumors, an "iris melanoma module" was developed at LUMC in 1997 which included important clinical and UBM features of iris melanoma to diagnose and differentiate between iris naevi and ‐melanoma.This study is to identify important clinical and UBM variables predictive of diagnosing iris melanoma.


Tokamaks achieve stability against MHD localized interchange instabilities through toroidally produced average magnetic well and through shear of the magnetic field lines. If the plasma beta exceeds a critical value, ballooning modes can be driven unstable by plasma pressure gradients in local regions of unfavorable curvature. The critical ..beta.. for these pressure-driven modes depends on the current density profiles, with flatter profiles being favored. However, these have steep current density gradients and are destabilizing for the current-driven external kinks and axially symmetric modes in the absence of wall stabilization. Hence, complementary studies of pressure- and current-driven modes are required to optimize tokamaks for maximum stable ..beta.. with respect to both classes of instability. The techniques used include a fully global, numerical variational analysis of the ideal MHD theory of computed equilibria; approximate, semi-analytical localized interchange and ballooning analyses of this theory; a kinetic theory extension of the local ballooning analysis that includes the effects of individual particles and electrostatic fields neglected in ideal MHD; and an approximate, semi-analytic kink and incompressible axially symmetric mode analysis, valid for equilibria with elongated cross sections.


Basing on the knowledge about deep foundation pit engineering, and its supporting and protecting system, a hierachical structure graph by layers concerning the traget system on deep foundation pit system is constructed through comprehensivel application of systematic engineering and fuzzy mathematical theory. Basides, muttistrata and comprehensive evaluation model is established, concerning with the supporting and protecting system on deep foundation pit. Finally, the proposed method is applied to a practical engineering.


Helga Wanglie, an 86-year-old Minneapolis woman, died of sepsis on July 4 after being in a persistent vegetative state for over a year. She was the focus of an extremely important controversy over ...


In this study, new multiplier and adder method designs with multiplexers are proposed. The designs are based on quaternary logic and a carbon nanotube field‐effect transistor (CNTFET). The design utilizes 4 × 4 multiplier blocks. Applying specific rotational functions and unary operators to the quaternary logic reduced the power delay produced (PDP) circuit by 54% and 17.5% in the CNTFETs used in the adder block and by 98.4% and 43.62% in the transistors in the multiplier block, respectively. The proposed 4 × 4 multiplier also reduced the occupied area by 66.05% and increased the speed circuit by 55.59%. The proposed designs are simulated using HSPICE software and 32 nm technology in the Stanford Compact SPICE model for CNTFETs. The simulated results display a significant improvement in the fabrication, average power consumption, speed, and PDP compared to the current best‐performing techniques in the literature. The proposed operators and circuits are evaluated under various operating conditions, and the results demonstrate the stability of the proposed circuits.


This paper introduces design principle and experimental results of the electronic circuit which can realize the signal transmission from the high voltage side to low voltage side of the electronic transformer by using control pin of the MAX195 serial out A D conversion chip. Experimental results show this circuit can realize the signal transmission reliably with just one transmission line. And it can satisfy the demands about high-speed and high accuracy of analog-to-digital conversion in the signal processing of electronic electric-power transformers and it has important significance to the application of electronic transformer.


Knowledge about particle-size distribution of riverbed sediments is essential to use indirect methods for calculating the total fluvial sediment discharge in a river cross-section, as well as for other hydro-sedimentological studies. In general, the techniques used to determine the particle-size distribution of a sample result in point values, requiring subsequent interpolation to fit the complete particle-size distribution curve and to obtain specific characteristic diameter values. The transformation of discrete points into continuous functions can be performed by mathematical models. Thus, the objective of this paper was to evaluate and recommend the best model or group of models for fitting particle-size distribution curves of riverbed sediments. Using the particle-size distribution results of 30 riverbed sediment samples, 14 different models were tested. The parameter used to compare the models was the sum of the square errors between the measured and calculated values, obtained in the adjustment of each model. The results showed that the Lima & Silva 3P model is best for fitting particle-size distribution curves of riverbed sediments


We demonstrate a method of bonding between polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and crown glass surfaces using solid-source H2O plasma for the fabrication of microfluidic devices. We used a plasma treatment system with H2O vapor supplied from solid H2O (ice) in a beaker placed in a process chamber. The bonding between PDMS and crown glass surfaces was achieved at a contact angle lower than 50° one hour after plasma treatment. In addition, we confirmed that the materials were completely bonded with a bonding force of at least 9 N/cm2. We also observed the low-speed laminar flow of two layers from the confluence point to the entrance of the tube of the outlet in a microchannel device fabricated using the solid-source H2O plasma treatment.


Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) have received increasing attention in academy and in industry. Being able to handle uncertainties and complexity, fuzzy systems are applied in vast areas of real life including intelligent transportation systems. In this paper, a comprehensive survey of the research on the application of fuzzy systems in various traffic control engineering domains and its surroundings is presented. Main issues such as different control levels, different view levels as well as the advantages and disadvantages of fuzzy approaches are reviewed. To conclude, open questions and interesting issues in the field are discussed.


The purpose of this study is to investigate the thermal behavior and their interaction patterns of SS and WH co-pyrolysis. The mixture was non-isothermally heated at different heating rates (20,30,40°C/min) using a thermogravimetric analyzer under N2 atmosphere and reaction temperature range of 20 – 800°C . The study found that both SS and WH pyrolysis can be divided into three parts, in order of water release zone, major volatile fraction release zone, and slow carbonization zone. The individual pyrolysis performance of WH(CPI=26.17) was significantly better than that of SS (CPI=6.22), and the co-pyrolysis of samples with different mixing ratios showed inhibition or promotion, with W7S3 showing the strongest promotion  interaction. From the viewpoint of thermal behavior and kinetics, co-pyrolysis of SS and WH is highly feasible, and the proportion of WH should be appropriately increased in practical engineering applications to achieve more effective utilization of waste.


High-voltage spinel oxides combined with Li4Ti5O12 result in 3 V Li-ion batteries with a high power capability, but electrochemical performances are limited by electrode/electrolyte interfacial reactivity at high potential. We have investigated glutaric anhydride (GA) as an electrolyte additive to improve the performances of LiNi0.4Mn1.6O4/Li4Ti5O12 cells. We showed that GA efficiently reduces both the capacity fading upon cycling and the self-discharge. From X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements, we showed that GA reduces salt (LiPF6) degradation. Addition of 2% GA in the electrolyte results in a passivation film at the surface of both electrodes, which is mainly composed of organic compounds resulting from degradation of GA. The film is much thicker but less resistive due to a better ionic conductivity, and behaves like a polymer electrolyte interface.


We compute the Ozsv ath-Szab o Floer homologies HF and d HF for three-manifolds obtained by integer surgery on a two-bridge knot. AMS Classication 57R58; 57M27


This study identifies the location and intensity of pain in a sample of 75 women during the first 4 days postpartum. The emphasis on normal processes and shortened hospital stays may decrease attention to maternal postnatal pain. Individual women's variations of pain in both location and intensity from day to day suggest that the reality of postnatal pain needs to become a more important aspect of perinatal education and postnatal care.


Age of information (AoI) and energy cost (EC) are two key metrics in real-time remote monitoring systems. In this letter, we investigate the age-energy tradeoff for a short packet-based two-hop status update system, where the packet transmission may fail because of channel errors. In this case, the source can either retransmit the failed update to save EC for sensing, or generate a new one to maintain the AoI. Accordingly, we consider the truncated automatic repeat request (ARQ) scheme in both the first and second hops with different retransmission thresholds. Closed-form average AoI and average EC are given as a function of the failure probability and the thresholds of two hops. Moreover, a weighted sum of AoI and EC is minimized to tradeoff the age and energy. Numerical results demonstrate that increasing the difference between the thresholds of two hops can reduce the average AoI but increase the average EC, and an optimal packet length can always be identified to achieve age-energy tradeoff.


Many people get the wrong impression when they hear me (a ninth grade student) say I abstain from abstinence. Most people think that means I am sexually active; I'm not, but I do disagree with abstinence-only sexuality education. No, I don't think that teenagers should be having sex, but I also recognize that there are other views than mine, and that just because I choose not to do something doesn't mean everyone should choose that. I also think that there is a big difference between teen sex and premarital sex. Teen sex is between two teens, who arguably aren't mature enough to be making sexual decisions, but that is not always the case. Premarital sex is sex before marriage. That can be sex between two very mature consenting 50-year-olds or 25-yearolds. Because abstinence-only programs usually fail to distinguish between premarital and teen sex, I feel that they are inaccurate and unrealistic in their approach. But my biggest reason for being against abstinence-only education is that it creates a taboo. Once sex is labeled as "bad" no one feels open to talk about it; therefore, no one discusses the real facts. Also, abstinenceonly programs tend to spread false and biased information, which fails to help, and worse, actually may harm students. It is for these reasons that I abstain from abstinence. Sexual behaviors are a personal decision. Like all personal decisions there is no one right answer or set of rules/instructions to follow. There are many different views and opinions that might help the person make a final decision, but in the end that decision still rests with the person it effects. If only one side of an issue is presented, how can an individual make the "best" decision? This is what abstinence-only sexuality education creates; a person at his or her sexual prime, partially educated, and with biased information. This person is at greater risk of making a wrong choice than one who is fully educated in abstinence and safer sex. An article published in Newsweek reported that only about 20% of the kids taught in an abstinence-only program stay abstinent, and the 80% who don't are the most likely members of society to contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD) or have an unplanned pregnancy. This is because they have not been fully educated. If they had been taught how to use birth control and how to have protected sex, they would have known how to keep themselves safer. Because abstinence-only programs teach that not staying abstinent is "irresponsible" and a "betrayal of values," those programs don't reach the kids who have a different view. They fail to teach how to be protected, and it is then up to the kids to find the facts. They leave the classroom without the information they need to make well-considered choices. Sex-ed isn't like advanced math, which doesn't necessarily come into play in everyday life for most people. Sex education is something everyone needs to be fully educated in. Abstinence-only is partial education. Secondly, there is a large difference between premarital sex and teen sex. Abstinence-only programs would like to pretend they are one and the same. In various school health texts it is stated that "sexual involvement has many negative consequences." To stop there for just one moment, so do almost all other actions in life. They then go on to say, "which many teens are not prepared for"; I believe that is true. Many teens Abstaining from Abstinence


v Epigraph 1 Chapter I: Introduction 2 Chapter II: A Crisis of Policy and a Policy of Crisis 10 Chapter III: The Operation Begins (July 2007 to September 2007) 29 Chapter IV: Stitching Up (September to December 2007) 42 Chapter V: Life Support 54 Bibliography 66 Appendices 72 Vita 75


International education is impacted by multiple discourses, in particular the discourse of university as an educational institution responsible for producing and curating knowledge for the public good, pursuing truth and transforming student life, and the neoliberal marketing discourse which portrays the university as a business organization providing a service for international students as customers/consumers. Following a multimodal discourse analytic perspective, this study examines 'Why Choose' webpages of one British and two Australian universities to identify how the apparently conflicting higher education and neoliberal marketing discourses are managed in the interdiscursive space using language, images and videos. The results reveal that 'Why Choose' webpages are hybrid texts where the discourse of higher education is upheld in relation to the neoliberal marketing discourse through multimodal strategies of accentuation, infusion and progression. The study argues for the necessity of undertaking a multimodal discourse approach to understand how various positions are negotiated interdiscursively in online media.


The mean-time-to-failure (MTF) of equipment in the vicinity of a rotating machine can be correlated to the vibration levels induced by that machine. Hence equipment MTF can be increased by the application of vibration control technology to the rotating machine. This paper reviews the theoretical and practical aspects associated with one particular vibration control technology; namely, passive vibration isolation. It discusses the design/selection of steel spring or elastomeric isolators and the role of inertia blocks for single degree-of-freedom machines; and it presents a brief qualitative discussion of isolation of multidegree-of-freedom machines.


Background and Objectives: Vulvar carcinoma accounts for 4.9% of all female genital tract malignancies in the south of Israel. The most common histologic type is squamous cell carcinoma (82%). The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical findings, treatment, and outcome of patients with vulvar squamous cell carcinoma in the south of Israel.


The effects of the growth regulator were evaluated for peach seeds rootstock 'Okinawa' germination. First an experiment was performed in a refrigerator (3-4oC), with the seeds were put during 60 days. Then, the seeds were put in a germinator, using as a medium for seed germination filter paper wetted with distiled water. Seeds were treated with giberelic acid during 24 hours. The treatments were: 0 (control); 25; 50; 75 and 100 mg per litre of GA3 on the seeds with and without endocarp. The experimental design was in the subdivided parcels with nine replications and 54 seeds per replication, where the parcels was the GA3 concentrations and the subparcels the days of evaluation after the seeded (22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 and 34 days). It were evaluated the seeds percentage, time and medium velocity of germination. The results showed that the seeds treated with GA3 54 mg per litre showed the high percentage (68,9%) and the least index germination velocity (0,06 seeds germinated per day), being the medium time germination was the 20 days.


Of a totalof 1200 patients, 83 (7%) were aged 80 years or older. Among these, 59% were male and 22%were diabetic. The mean lapse between onset of symptoms and admission was 11 hours and 59%were admitted with less than 6 hours of evolution. Sixty three percent had a history of a previousinfarction and 24% had a Killip IV classification on admission. Reperfusion therapy was done in19% and 70% had heart failure during evolution. A coronary angiography was done in 22% and6% were subjected to revascularization. Mortality was 34%, specially due to cardiogenic shock orventricular rupture. Of 55 patients discharged from the hospital, 31% died within one year and64% within five years, mainly due to cardiac causes.


Spread transform (ST) is a quantization watermarking algorithm in which vectors of the wavelet coefficients of a host work are quantized, using one of two dithered quantizers, to embed hidden information bits; Loo (2002), had some success in applying such a scheme to still images. We extend ST to the video watermarking problem. Visibility considerations require that each spreading vector refer to corresponding pixels in each of several frames, that is, a multiframe embedding approach. Use of the hierarchical complex wavelet transform (CWT) for a visual mask reduces computation and improves robustness to jitter and valumetric scaling. We present a method of recovering temporal synchronization at the detector, and give initial results demonstrating the robustness and capacity of the scheme.