The utility model discloses a sectional revolving type rare earth continuous burning furnace for the oxidation processing of the rare earth, which is an electric heating burning stove composed of a furnace tube, a rotating mechanism, heating components, a heat-insulating layer, a temperature controlling apparatus, etc. The furnace can implement that materials can directly enter the furnace. The furnace has the advantages of even heating, fast oxidation reaction speed, continuous production for the rare earth oxide, and good electricity saving effect. The main technical characteristic of the utility model is that the furnace tube with an opening can be sheathed via three sections; the axial line of the furnace tube has certain angles with the horizontal line.


Ontologies are increasingly used for machine reasoning over the last few years. They can provide explanations of concepts or be used for concept classification if there exists a mapping from the desired labels to the relevant ontology. Another advantage of using ontologies is that they do not need a learning process, meaning that we do not need the train data or time before using them. This paper presents a practical use of an ontology for a classification problem from the financial domain. It first transforms a given ontology to a graph and proceeds with generalization with the aim to find common semantic descriptions of the input sets of financial concepts. We present a solution to the shared task on Learning Semantic Similarities for the Financial Domain (FinSim-2 task). The task is to design a system that can automatically classify concepts from the Financial domain into the most relevant hypernym concept in an external ontology - the Financial Industry Business Ontology. We propose a method that maps given concepts to the mentioned ontology and performs a graph search for the most relevant hypernyms. We also employ a word vectorization method and a machine learning classifier to supplement the method with a ranked list of labels for each concept.


This paper offers a brief overview of Neolithic exchange in southern Italy during the Early to Late Neolithic (from 6200 to 4000 BC). There have been a number of archaeometric studies which have focussed on certain 'core' materials: pottery, flint and obsidian. Different materials traded by the same communities seem to follow various circulation model(s) for raw materials, final products or ideas. Some positive insights can therefore be gained into the inter- and intra-group organization of the many Neolithic communities, who shared so many other common behavioural features.


Keeping in consideration the high demand for clustering, this paper focuses on understanding and implementing K-means clustering using two different similarity measures. We have tried to cluster the documents using two different measures rather than clustering it with Euclidean distance. Also a comparison is drawn based on accuracy of clustering between fuzzy and cosine similarity measure. The start time and end time parameters for formation of clusters are used in deciding optimum similarity measure.


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We have developed a new measurement technique to improve the accuracy and sensitivity of the nondestructive assay (NDA) of plutonium scrap and waste. The 200-{ell} drum assay system uses the classical NDA method of counting passive-neutron coincidences from plutonium but has added the new features of ``add-a-source`` to improve the accuracy for matrix corrections and statistical techniques to improve the low-level detectability limits. The add-a-source technique introduces a small source of {sup 252}Cf (10{sup {minus}8} g) near the external surface of the sample drum. The drum perturbs the rate at which coincident neutrons from the {sup 252}Cf are counted. The perturbation provides the data to correct for the matrix and plutonium inside the drum. The errors introduced from matrix materials in 200-{ell} drums have been reduced by an order of magnitude using the add-a-source technique. In addition, the add-a-source method can detect unexpected neutron-shielding material inside the drum that might hide the presence of special nuclear materials. The detectability limit of the new waste-drum assay system for plutonium is better than prior systems for actual waste materials. For the in-plant installation at a mixed-oxide fabrication facility, the detectability limit is 0.73 mg of {sup 24O}Pu (or 2.3 mg of high-burnupmore » plutonium) for a 15-min. measurement. For a drum containing 100 kg of waste, this translates to about 7 nCi/g. This excellent sensitivity was achieved using a special low-background detector design, good overhead shielding, and statistical techniques in the software to selectively reduce the cosmic-ray neutron background.« less


Neural networks are investigated for real-time matched filter selection in an optical correlator system. The input to the neural network is a sample space of the optical Fourier transform and the output is a pointer to the correct matched filter. Smaller feedforward network models were ported to analog neural hardware. Simulation and hardware results are discussed. Some architecture recommendations are suggested, specifically an associative memory for filter synthesis.


1st Kyiv Round Table (RT) dedicated to temporomandibular joint (TMJ) fractures treatment was extremely successful. And it`s symbolic that initiative of Professor Kopchak, Associate Professor Chepurnii, and Professor Ankin to establish TMJ RT was supported by the world titan in the diagnostics and treatment of TMJ fractures–Dr. Andreas Neff (Marburg, Germany).
Andreas Neff, MD, DMD, PhD, FEBOMS, Univ. Prof. is a Head and Chairman in the Department of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Oral Surgery and Implantology UKGM GmbH, University Hospital of Marburg & Medical Faculty, Philipps University Marburg [1].


. In this paper we shall prove that λepsF(T) is Γ-regular if and only if there exists a family of holomorphic vector functions {fi(μ)}ίei defined in some neighborhood Δ of λ such that {fi(μ)}iei forms a basis of ker(Γ— μ) for μ£Δ, where T is a densely defined closed operator acting in a complex Hubert space, PSF(T) is the semi-Fredholm domain of T.


On the basis of the conceptual metaphor theory of Lakoff Johnson,this paper discusses the understanding of the target domain through a known source domain with perception,imagination and mapping in the concept of metaphor and analyzes the different vehicles of structural metaphor,orientational metaphor and ontological metaphor. With a large number of examples in English economic news discourse,it studies and analyzes metaphors in brief. It suggests using the metaphorical thinking to learn and understand English economic news,to understand the western culture and the differences between Chinese and Western culture,and to promote English education,learning and daily reading.


Objective To observe the effect of herbal foot application nursing on the sleep quality of gynecological patients before surgery. Methods 78 gynecological patients before surgery were randomly divided into two groups. 39 patients in control group received traditional Chinese medicine gynecology routine nursing,39 patients in interventional group received herbal foot application nursing on the basis of control group treatment. The improvement of emotions and sleep quality were observed in two groups. Results The scores of self- rating anxiety scale( SAS)and self- rating depression scale( SDS) after intervention in interventional group were significantly decreased as compared with those in before intervention( P 0. 01),and the decrease in interventional group was lower than that in control group at the same time( P 0. 01). The scores of SAS and SDS after intervention in control group were increased as compared with those in before intervention,and there was statistical significant difference between before and after intervention on SDS score( P 0. 05). The fall- sleep time,awakening time,sleeping time and total effective rate of sleep after intervention in interventional group were superior to those in control group( P 0. 01),the usage rate of hypnotics in interventional groups was lower than that in control group( P 0. 01). The obvious increase rate of complaint of sleep quality in interventional group was higher than that in control group( P 0. 01). Conclusion Employ herbal foot application nursing in gynecological patients prior to surgery,can effectively raise patient's sleep quality,improve the emotion of anxiety and depression,that make the patients received operation with good condition of mind and body,decrease surgical risk,promote patient's recover,worthy of clinical popularization.


In this paper the author examines the term structure of Eurocurrency interest rates from six countries (with maturities of one, two, three, and six months) using unit root tests and cointegration tests that are robust to departures from independent and identically distributed errors. The main conclusions are: (1) Eurocurrency interest rates have one (and only one) unit root when viewed individually, and (2) for each of the countries examined, Eurocurrency interest rates are cointegrated--with one equilibrium relationship--when viewed jointly. These conclusions are consistent with the weak form of the efficient market hypothesis and suggest that in efficient markets arbitrage generally prevents rates on different maturities of a given asset from drifting too far for an extended period.


Trichlabendazole is highly effective against imaginal and inmature Fasciola hepatica. It's efficacy at dose levels of 7,5; 10 and 12,5 mg/kg of body weight appears to be 94,3; 100 and 100% against adult specimen and 92,4; 99,2 and 100% against inmature specimens respectively. The agent at dose levels of 10 (the therapeutic one) and 30 (the 3-fold one) is safe for sheep. Thichlabendazole causes nectrotic reactions in genital organs and disturbances in spermatogenesis of Fasciola.


In recent years the training scenarios are undergoing major transformations, mostly caused by the arrival of information and communication technologies.
One of these changes has been translated into the expression Blended Learning, a formative methodology that combines face-to-face and online teaching largely
embraced by the education field. Although it is true that research in this model is very abundant, the study on the adoption and perception of Blended Learning
by teachers seems to have been neglected. For this reason, a quantitative study is presented focused on researching university teacher's perception regarding this
formative modality. A total of 982 teachers from 35 Spanish public universities responded to the Questionnaire on Combined Formative Modality. The results
show that, although a high percentage of teachers say that they know how this modality works and the advantages it reports, the percentage of teachers that
acknowledge not having integrated it into the courses they teach is high. On the other hand, although the training offered by universities is considered important
for its implementation, the intention of use is positively correlated with the teacher's self-perception of the resources and knowledge at their disposal.
In this sense, it is important to point out the need to recognize, by higher education institutions, both the training and the adaptive work of teachers in the
implementation of the combined training strategy.


This study was done to analyze and develop the concept of coping in patients receiving hemodialysis. The Hybrid Model of concept development was applied to develop a conceptual structure of coping in patients receiving hemodialysis, which included a field study carried out using an in-dept interview with 18 patients in the hemodialysis room of one general hospital in Seoul. Data-analysis was done in three phases as suggested by the Hybrid Model. Finally, by summarizing the results from each case, the attributes of coping, its dimensions, definition and structure were outlined. According to the results of the study, a conceptual structure of coping which centers around stressors, stress-appraisal, strategy of coping and new definitions of coping in patients receiving hemodialysis was suggested : The coping of patients receiving hemodialysis is a process that deals with physical, emotional, inter-personal, and role stress caused by hemodialysis due to renal failure. It has a series of phases which include a phase that appraises the stressful situation based on past experience of chronic disease management, one's remaining rears, the extent of family support, the extent of economic dependency, inter-personal support. education and uncertainty, and a phase of developing coping strategies that con be affected by social support and self esteem. As a result of coping, patients adapt or not to the life situation of receiving hemodialysis.


The authors investigate the anodic behavior of molybdenum in aqueous buffer solutions based on sodium sulfate, and determine the kinetic parameters of its dissolution. They show that these depend both on the concentration of hydroxyl ions and on the anodic current density. They suggest a mechanism for the anodic dissolution of molybdenum. They show that in neutral solutions in the presence of atmospheric oxygen molybdenum corrodes by a transpassivation mechanism.


Single micron-sized melamine-formaldehyde particles are levitated in the sheath of an rf-plasma and exposed to an intense laser beam, while being trapped in optical tweezers. A reversible change in the particles' properties is observed and quantitatively analyzed using reference particles. The investigations indicate a gain in particle charge where the initial charge restores within minutes. Possible reasons for these findings are discussed.Single micron-sized melamine-formaldehyde particles are levitated in the sheath of an rf-plasma and exposed to an intense laser beam, while being trapped in optical tweezers. A reversible change in the particles' properties is observed and quantitatively analyzed using reference particles. The investigations indicate a gain in particle charge where the initial charge restores within minutes. Possible reasons for these findings are discussed.


One aspect of the disclosed invention relates to a stereoscopic display device, the stereoscopic display device is a stereo image obtaining unit configured to obtain the second stereo image of the first stereo image and the second image for the first image and; And the boundary generating unit configured to generate a boundary to separate the first image from the second image; The combination of the two stereo images, and the resulting boundary of the first stereo image, and includes a disk-playing unit adapted to display a combined stereo image.


The customer communication course implements the action system curriculum model based on the employment-ori-ented and capacity-based,project-oriented and working process,workplace orientation and three-dimensional control of the action-oriented curriculum thought.In the teaching of customer communication curriculum,based on employment-oriented and sustainable development of students,to build a healthy personality competency standards;based on the of integration whole personality of competency standards,positions communication flow and the post task,to build curriculum content system;based on students active building view,to carry out coach teaching which match with workplace training.


The 11-cis-locked-cyclopentatrienylideneretinals (7a), (7b), (8a), (8b), and (9) have been obtained in a short-path synthesis from the β-ionyl sulphone (3). Their characteristic spectral properties (u.v. and 1H n.m.r.) are discussed.


Surface plasmon polariton waveguide modes excited in mutually orthogonal line defects of a surface polaritonic crystal (two-dimensional photonic crystal on a metal surface) are observed to be extremely sensitive to the polarization state of excitation light. Full switching between orthogonal waveguides can be achieved with less than 10° variation of the polarization angle. For oblique incidence, the polarization sensitivity of switching is even higher but full switching cannot be realized. This effect can be considered as a polarization-domain analog of the photonic crystal superprism effect. It suggests the possibility of building actively controlled photonic crystal devices for optical signal processing.


The article discusses the problems that faced the English translator of Balys Sruoga's Forest of the Gods, a novel written immediately after World War II and based on the author's experience as a prisoner in the Stutthof concentration camp. The article shows that, largely owing to the translator's choices in rendering culture-specific concepts and expressions, the original and the translation may acquire different kinds of standing in the literary-historical process.


Background: Labor pain is the worst pain experience during women's life. The management of labor pain is amongst the leading goals of maternity care. Unrelieved labor pain may adversely affect both mother and the neonate. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Hoku point ice massage on pain intensity in primiparous women during labor. Materials and Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 60 primiparous women who were expected to have normal childbirth in Hajar Hospital of Shahrekord. All participants were randomly assigned in two groups (n = 30): ice massage (treatment) and sand bag group (control). The severity of the basal pain was measured at the beginning of active phase (4 cm cervical dilation) based on Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Then, after two groups received intervention, the severity of the labor pain in 4, 6, 8 and 10 cm cervical dilation was measured. In the case group, the crushed ice twisted in a terry bag was rocked on the web of skin between thumb and forefinger. The massage was carried out in Hoku point throughout three contractions. The sand bag tactile massage in Hoku point was served in the control group. The data were analyzed using SPSS software and descriptive analysis using Mann- Whitney, x 2, paired and independent t tests and P<0.05 was considered significant. Results: After completion of intervention, the pain intensity in the treatment group was significantly less than the control group P<0.001). Also, mean duration of active phase of labor in treatment group was significantly less than the control group (P<0.05). In the treatment group, the difference between the mean of the pain pre and post intervention was significant just in 4, 6 and 8 cervical dilation (P<0.001). Conclusions: Regarding the ice massage as a cost-effective and noninvasive nursing intervention and considering high satisfaction of patients, we recommend this safe and easy-to-use technique for alleviation of the labor pain


Cushing's Syndrome results from chronic exposure to excessive circulating levels of glucocorticoids. Cushing's disease is the most common cause of endogenous hypercortisolism. The recommended screening tests include 1mg overnight dexamethasone suppression test, late-night salivary cortisol and 24-hour urinary free cortisol (at least 2 24-hour collections). If the initial test is positive on 2 occasions the patient should be referred to an endocrinologist for further assessment. An elevated midnight serum cortisol and no suppression of cortisol during a low-dose dexamethasone suppression test will confirm endogenous hypercortisolaemia. Plasma 09:00h ACTH measurement guides imaging and further investigations. If ACTH is elevated/inappropriately normal, MRI scanning of the pituitary should be performed, but if ACTH is suppressed imaging of the adrenals should follow. The corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH) test helps distinguishing pituitary from ectopic ACTH-dependent CS and bilateral petrosal sinus sampling remains the gold standard test and should be considered, if available, with the exception of the presence of a macroadenoma. Transsphenoidal surgery is the first line treatment for Cushing's disease, followed by radiotherapy as a second-line option. Bilateral adrenalectomy is the first choice treatment for adrenal ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome and resection of the ACTH source should be performed for the ectopic ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. Steroidogenesis inhibitors remain the most effective medical agents and are useful when surgery or the effects of radiotherapy are awaited or unsuccessful. INTRODUCTION Cushing's Syndrome results from chronic exposure to excessive circulating levels of glucocorticoids. It is now more than one hundred years since Harvey Cushing reported the classical clinical syndrome that bears his name. Even now, its investigation and management can vex the most experienced endocrinologist. It may be difficult to miss the diagnosis in its most florid form but, given the high prevalence of many of its non-specific symptoms such as obesity, muscle weakness and depression, clinicians are now required to consider the diagnosis in its earlier manifestations. The plethora of investigations often needed for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis has grown over the intervening century, and require careful interpretation. In its severe form and when untreated, the metabolic upset of Cushing's syndrome is associated with a high mortality. However, more subtle excesses of cortisol may also have significant effects on glycaemic control and blood pressure, and may therefore be an important cause of morbidity. Treatment is often complex and may require all the modalities of surgery, radiotherapy and medical management. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, AETIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CUSHING'S SYNDROME In normal physiology the final product of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is the glucocorticoid cortisol, secreted from the zona fasciculata of the adrenal gland under the stimulus of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) from the pituitary gland. ACTH is secreted in response to corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH) and vasopressin from the hypothalamus. Cortisol exerts negative feedback control on both CRH and vasopressin in the hypothalamus, and ACTH in the pituitary. In normal individuals, cortisol is secreted in a circadian rhythm; levels fall during the day from a peak at 07.00h-08.00h to a nadir at around midnight: they then begin to rise again at 02.00h. It is the loss of this circadian rhythm, together with loss of the normal feedback mechanism of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which results in chronic exposure to excessive circulating cortisol levels and that gives rise to the clinical state of endogenous Cushing's syndrome (1). Any of the numerous synthetic steroids that have glucocorticoid activity, if administered in excessive quantities, can give rise to exogenous Cushing's syndrome. This is the commonest cause of Cushing's syndrome seen in general clinical practice, usually due to treatment for chronic conditions such as asthma or rheumatological disease. The aetiology of Cushing's syndrome can broadly be divided into two categories, ACTH-dependent and ACTH-independent (Table 1). Cushing's Syndrome Endotext NCBI Bookshelf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279088/?report=... 1 of 47 2/6/19, 8:45 AM ACTH-dependent forms are characterised by excessive ACTH production, which stimulates all three layers of adrenal cortex and results in bilateral adrenocortical hyperplasia and hypertrophy of adrenal gland. This results in increased weight of adrenals, which often show micronodular or sometimes macronodular changes. Circulating glucocorticoids are increased and often, to a lesser extent, are accompanied by a rise in serum androgens. ACTH-independent forms constitute a heterogeneous group characterised by low levels of plasma ACTH, either because of adrenal glucocorticoid hypersecretion or secondary to the exogenous application of glucocorticoids. Except for adrenal adenomas, which usually secrete only glucocorticoids, among the other endogenous adrenal entities there is usually also a rise in androgens and sometimes steroid precursors. The microscopic and macroscopic appearance of non-affected adrenal tissue mainly depends on the aetiology of the disorder. Table 1. Aetiology of Cushing's syndrome ACTH-dependent Pituitary-dependent Cushing's syndrome (Cushing's disease) Ectopic ACTH syndrome Ectopic CRH syndrome (very rare) Exogenous ACTH administration ACTH-independent Adrenal adenoma Adrenal carcinoma ACTH-independent bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (AIMAH) – now known as bilateral macronodular hyperplasia (BMAH) AIMAH secondary to abnormal hormone receptor expression/function Primary pigmented nodular adrenal disease (PPNAD), associated with Carney complex or sporadic McCune-Albright syndrome Exogenous glucocorticoid administration ACTH-dependent Cushing's Syndrome


Protons have demonstrated that they are effective for medical use. They are effective because: 1) their mass and charge provide three- dimensional controllability that more nearly approaches the ideal clinical distribution than photons or electrons; 2) they have a favorable and familiar radiobiologic effect; and 3) it is technically feasible to accelerate and deliver protons in a hospital-based facility. Loma Linda University Medical Center, working with scientists, government officials and industries worldwide, demonstrated that feasibility by building and operating a proton-beam delivery system in a health-care setting. Scientists from particle-physics laboratories, universities and industries cooperated to produce a conceptual design for accelerating and transporting 70-250 MeV protons in a facility dedicated to patient treatments. Three 360 rotating gantries and two fixed horizontal beam lines deliver proton beams from any angle while the patient is precisely and comfortably immobilized. A dedicated research room, with three beams, also exists. Clinical operation began in October 1990; by July 1, 1994, nearly 1000 patients had completed treatment and several investigative protocols were underway.


Application developers today have three choices for exploiting the knowledge present in Wikidata: they can download the Wikidata dumps in JSON or RDF format, they can use the Wikidata API to get data about individual entities, or they can use the Wikidata SPARQL endpoint. None of these methods can support complex, yet common, query use cases, such as retrieval of large amounts of data or aggregations over large fractions of Wikidata. This paper introduces KGTK Kypher, a query language and processor that allows users to create personalized variants of Wikidata on a laptop. We present several use cases that illustrate the types of analyses that Kypher enables users to run on the full Wikidata KG on a laptop, combining data from external resources such as DBpedia. The Kypher queries for these use cases run much faster on a laptop than the equivalent SPARQL queries on a Wikidata clone running on a powerful server with 24h time-out limits.


The year 2020 marked the first time that commercial industrial hemp was legally grown in the state of Florida. This publication is intended as a reference for permitted acreage in hemp for members of the Florida hemp industry, associated trades, and agencies. Written by Matt Smith, Christian T. Christensen, and Zachary Brym, and published by the UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, May 2021.


To assess the effect of energy levels on the reproductive performance of African Land Snails, ninety young snails of one month of age, weighing between 1 and 1.5 g, of shell length between 15.5 and 23.85 mm and shell diameter between 12.60 and 16.85 mm and free from wounds or shell defects were divided into 3 groups of 5 snails each and 6 replicates in cages equipped with feeders and drinking troughs. Each treatment was randomly assignedto one of the experimental feeds with variable energy levels (2600, 2800, and 3000 kcal/kg) in addition to pawpaw leaves as a staple feed. The cultured substrates were watered daily, and the animals were monitored for a period of 24 months. The results showed that the shortest ages of onset of maturity as well as the highest number of spawns per treatment were observed in snails receiving 2600 kcal/kg of energy in the feed compared to other treatments. The highest egg morphometric and fertility characteristics were found in animals fed the highest energy level of the feed. The highest protein level in the hemolymph was observed in snails given 3000 kcal/kg energy of the feed while the lowest cholesterol level was observed in animals receiving the same treatment. The highest total meat and gonad weight were observed in animals receiving 2800 kcal/kg energy in the feed compared to other treatments. The levels of dry and organic matter, protein, and fat in the ash increased with the energy level of the diet. Animals that received 2800 kcal/kg energy in the diet recorded a significantly lower calcium level in the flesh compared to the other two treatments. On the other hand, the percentage of phosphorus increased significantly with the energy level of the diet. In conclusion, the 2600 kcal/kg energy level can be retained in the feed of adult snails.


A family of synthetic receptors for protein surface recognition has been prepared. The receptors are based on a design in which four peptide loops are arrayed around a central calilx[4]arene core. By varying the sequence of the loop regions a range of differently functionalized receptor surfaces approximately 450 A2 in area can be prepared. From this family we have identified potent inhibitors of chymotrypsin that function by binding to the surface of the protein. The most potent of these (1) shows slow binding kinetics in an analogous manner to several of the natural protein proteinase inhibitors. Detailed kinetic analysis showed 1 to be a competitive inhibitor with Ki and Ki* values of 0.81 and 0.11 μM, respectively.


Based on the concept of translation elasticity we restate in this note the Fare and Grosskopf's [1] conditions for additive separability of the profit function. We show that for the profit function to be additively separable, the technology must satisfy both simultaneous input-and-output translation homotheticity and graph translation homotheticity.


According to the dual continuous medium model,the nuclide transport equations of fissure and matrix are derived in parallel plate single fractured granite based on the nuclide migration rule in this paper,the relative concentrations of nuclide are obtained in fissure and matrix.The 239Pu(Ⅳ)is selected as the simulation subject,the distributions of relative concentration are analyzed in granite fissure and matrix of the study region,combined with the permeability coefficient,the partition coefficient and other parameters of the study region,and the developing trend and migration of 239Pu(Ⅳ)are predicted in fissure and matrix.The simulation shows that this diffusion velocity of 239Pu(Ⅳ)is very slow,the range of diffusion is only millimeter level after 0.5×105 a in matrix,but it is 3min fissure.The result shows that this area of the granite meets the condition of radioactive waste disposal containing 239Pu(Ⅳ)etc.At the same time,the rule of the nuclides migration is discussed due to the variation of some parameters in the fissure,including the average speed of fissure water,gap width,permeability coefficient,radionuclide half-life,retardation factor in matrix and fissure etc.


Dwarf ginseng (Panax trifolium L., Araliaceae) is a diphasic ("sex changing") species in which one phase has staminate flowers and the other has hermaphroditic flowers. In order to determine the relative allocations of the hermaphroditic gender phase to male and female functions,variation in population gender phase ratios, pollen production and viability, and ovule and seed production were documented. Gender phase ratios are highly male-biased. Dwarf ginseng is self-compatible, and both gender phases have viable pollen capable of effecting fertilization. Males produce more flowers and more viable pollen per anther than hermaphrodites. The phenotypic gender of hermaphrodites is extremely female-biased; it is likely that hermaphrodites function essentially as females. Sexual selection may have a role in the evolution and maintenance of differences between the gender phases in allocation to male function.


We present a MEMS microphone that converts the mechanical motion of a diaphragm, generated by acoustic waves, to an electrical output voltage by capacitive fingers. The sensitivity of a microphone is one of the most important properties of its design. The sensitivity is proportional to the applied bias voltage. However, it is limited by the pull-in voltage, which causes the parallel plates to collapse and prevents the device from functioning properly. The presented MEMS microphone is biased by repulsive force instead of attractive force to avoid pull-in instability. A unit module of the repulsive force sensor consists of a grounded moving finger directly above a grounded fixed finger placed between two horizontally seperated voltage fixed fingers. The moving finger experiences an asymmetric electrostatic field that generates repulsive force that pushes it away from the substrate. Because of the repulsive nature of the force, the applied voltage can be increased for better sensitivity without the risk of pull-in failure. To date, the repulsive force has been used to engage a MEMS actuator such as a micro-mirror, but we now apply it for a capacitive sensor. Using the repulsive force can revolutionize capacitive sensors in many applications because they will achieve better sensitivity. Our simulations show that the repulsive force allows us to improve the sensitivity by increasing the bias voltage. The applied voltage and the back volume of a standard microphone have stiffening effects that significantly reduce its sensitivity. We find that proper design of the back volume and ∗Address all correspondence to this author. capacitive fingers yield promising results without pull-in instability.


The effects of heat treatment of r-cut sapphire substrate on the crystal quality,surface morphology and superconductivity of Tl-2212 films were investigated.SEM and XRD show that the Tl-2212 films grown on CeO2-buffered sapphire substrates annealed under optimum conditions 1000 ℃×20 h have excellent c-axis orientation,dense crystal structure and good electrical properties.


Imagery and poetic representations of urban landscape in social media networks This dissertation aims at investigating visual narratives produced by mobile cameras and posted on social networks, specifically Instagram. Exploring how mobile device technology, coupled with the movement of body and eye, contributes to new aesthetic of production on everyday imaging. The city of São Paulo comes as the study's context and explores new ways to register and to relate to the urban space stemming from the production and posting of images online. The research focuses on poetic bias of the produced images mediated and shown on Instagram and investigates the context and nature of the images on social networks, which are presented in a piecemeal fashion, in a continuous process of posting through endless vertical scroll on the app's user screen. The work will explore the possibilities of language construction from artmedia point of view, and its respective technological and aesthetic attributes. In addition, it will investigate how editing and subjectivity of these narratives take place, built in real time, inquiring the role of the author, of the curator and of the editor when the process becomes collaborative. The mobile image will have images brought through an authorial essay; a compilation of narratives gathered in the notebook Urban Imagery, made with mobile images from collective or individual publications and appropriations, organized from algorithm data tagging by the "#" (hashtag preceded by keyword) and pins of geolocation. Such publication is both the theoretical and practical object of this research study and represents some places of the city of São Paulo through the data aesthetics. From this material — and its interdisciplinary overlaps — we provide the theoretical basis to deepen into the poetic language in visual narratives of networks.


This slide presentation reviews work to combine the hydrological models and remote sensing observations to monitor Devils Lake in North Dakota, to assist in flood damage mitigation. This reports on the use of a distributed rainfall-runoff model, HEC-HMS, to simulate the hydro-dynamics of the lake watershed, and used NASA's remote sensing data, including the TRMM Multi-Satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) and AIRS surface air temperature, to drive the model.


In this paper, we propose a novel multi-resolution background subtraction method. We adopt coarse to fine strategy, which is the essence the multi-resolution scheme, to obtain the foreground mask. The rough mask is first gained relied on the Single Gaussian Model, which holds minor computation cost. Then, the slightly accuracy mask is calculated by the Saliency-based Extraction Model, which contains high accuracy and stability. Finally, Contour-based Refining Model is used to refine the mask edge. Our algorithm is evaluated against several video sequences, and experimental results show that the proposed method is suitable for various scenes and is appealing with respect to robustness.


This report presents questions and typical responses from focus group discussions conducted at Johnson County Community College (JCCC, Kansas) in March 1999. A total of 23 individuals of varying ages from all geographic regions in Johnson County participated in three focus groups, designed as a follow-up to a phone survey about constituency perceptions and opinions of the college. Participants voiced suggestions for how JCCC could better meet the educational needs of Johnson County residents. Many participants expressed a generally favorable impression of JCCC, but were unaware of programs and services, other than transfer and career preparation, detailed in the college's mission statement. Advertising and marketing generated the most discussion, with the general consensus being that the college's marketing efforts need to be enhanced. Participants suggested more effective use of flyers, radio and newspaper advertisements; targeting of specific groups; and expanded use of the Internet. Technology was of great interest to all three groups, with discussion centered around the availability of computer courses and labs, expanding distance learning opportunities, and expanding World Wide Web use for both information and registration. Appended are a participant recruitment form, focus group script, and participant response survey. (AS) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** JCCC'S ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN: RESULTS OF FOCUS GROUPS CONDUCTED WITH JOHNSON COUNTY RESIDENTS BEST COPY AVAILABLE March 1999 K. Conklin JCCC'S ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN: RESULTS OF FOCUS GROUPS CONDUCTED WITH JOHNSON COUNTY RESIDENTS Karen A. Conklin Office of Institutional Research Johnson County Community College 12345 College Boulevard Ovedand Park, KS 66210-1299 Phone (913) 469-8500, ext. 3443 E-mail: email@example.com I3E$T COPY AVAILABLE 3


Speths (Gustav Spet/Speth/Spth) theory of language, which subjects W. von Humboldt's linguistics, rooted in the semantic production of Indo-European languages, to phenomenological criticism, problematizes the limits of linguistic expression. For Speth, the inner form of the word is not just a matter of etymological image, capable of generating other, more efficacious images, actualized in poetic invention. Speth understands the poetic already on the basis of the distinction between the content of consciousness and the object of consciousness in the school of F. Brentano, and therefore interprets poetic speech as a resource of constant interpretation of language data. Inner form then turns out to be the very content of consciousness that exists before interpretations - whereas interpretation is produced by the very energy of language, by its social existence itself, and the social being of language coincides with the making of stable images with a form of their own. Ways of writing, then, may not be limited to the familiar script, but may convey a sustained syntax of the imagination that differs from the school syntax that goes back to the Aristotelian understanding of predication. Speth's rejection of the doubling of consonants within a morpheme and V. Bibikhin's rejection of the comma as a separating rather than intonational sign belongs to the general line of rejection of the separation of the similar, which contradicts the new understanding of the sociality of language. Bibikhin sees Speth as an administrator, but of a new type, knowing the internal form as the basis of correct scientific production and giving ritual duty to the internal form, whereas Potebnya took ritual seriously. But this administrative experience is what allowed Spet to formulate all those prerequisites for a sociological understanding of internal form, which Bibikhin interprets in light of Speths biography. Understanding Speth as a virtuous administrator, Bibikhin reveals Speths doctrine of internal form as a doctrine of the creation of new disciplinary boundaries, as opposed to the avant-garde overcoming of boundaries. A close reading of Shpeths work shows that his particular apophatic approach to inner form was the source of the generation of new disciplines and practices within disciplines, which Bibikhin understood as the project of a new Renaissance, the rebirth of productive scholarship.


Electrocardiogram(ECG) plays an important role in monitoring the state of heart.The portable ECGmonitoring products in market have shortcomings such as heavy,high power consumption and short operating time.Areal-time ECG monitoring system consisting of a mobile Android device and an ECG data acquisition module arepresented.Data communication between the two devices is implemented utilizing Bluetooth BLE protocol.The functionof data processing is implemented on the Android device,therefore the data acquisition module has features such assimple,small and low power consumption.The system is capable of monitoring human's ECG signal for a long timeand has a broad application prospect.


We present a novel approach for exact array dataflow analysis in the presence of constructs that are not static affine. The approach is similar to that of fuzzy array dataflow analysis in that it also introduces parameters that represent information that is only available at run-time, but the parameters have a different meaning and are analyzed before they are introduced. The approach was motivated by our work on process networks, but should be generally useful since fewer parameters are introduced on larger inputs. We include some preliminary experimental results.


The negative impacts of success on the psychological development of college students are explored from motivation,targeting and results attributed. Vulgar concept of success inspires college students to learn for external motivation. Too high targeting makes students' SWB reduced and excessive internal attribution reduce the college students' sense of self- efficacy.


This article not only discusses the ethical issues in the use of gene diagnosis and therapy, but analyzes the principles that constitute the foundation of clinical research in this realm as well. While there is disfigurement need for improvements, there is also a resplendent prospect.


The southeastern corner of Kansas, particularly the area included within the borders of Cherokee County typified by numerous creeks rivers, ponds and wayside pools, is a region which possesses more pronounced eastern ecological factors than any other in Kansas. It has been included for this reason within the Austroriparian life zone, and obviously it possesses also some of the characters of the Ozark region, on the extreme northwestern border of which it is located. This area, within a state largely arid or semi-arid, theoretically should, and has been proved to, possess faunal life as typical of it as is the faunal life of the more arid soa:thwestern region. A complete list of the reptiles and amphibians of the southwestern region was published in 1929 by Taylor (1), and in 1931 Hill (2), added another species to the list. It is hardly surprising, in view of the fact that Kansas has been so little explored herpetclogically, that these new records, together with the ones reported in this paper should appear. Nearly half of the counties have not even a single record from them of even the commonest amphibians, and several have but one or two records.


Introduction. The features of the cognitive activity of the individual, which influence the perception of the image of the enterprise as a place of work, are analyzed. Regardless of the type of the prevailing organizational culture of the enterprise, the attitude of the staff to the enterprise may differ, and such differences are associated with cognitive distortions in the thinking of employees. However, there are no methods diagnosing these distortions in organizational activity. The purpose of the article is to describe the method of studying cognitive distortions of a person's thinking in organizational activities. Methodology (materials) and methods: the author proposes the methodology "Cognitive distortions in organizational activity", which allows to identify cognitive distortions of the staff. Results: in the course of the questionnaire standardization procedure, data on its reliability and validity were obtained, as well as data from the expert community, which allows us to conclude that the Cognitive Distortions in Organizational Activity questionnaire successfully realizes its goal: to study the cognitive attitudes of the individual in the perception of the organization. Reliable values were determined for each of the scales: dichotomy, catastrophic thinking and depreciation of the positive, emotional justification, labeling, mental filter, mind reading, personalization, obligation and overgeneralization. The calculated values of Cronbach's α-coefficient were in the range of 0.8-0.9, which indicates the development, balance and reliability of the questionnaire.


The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission is a first tier mission in NASA's Earth Science Decadal Survey. SMAP will provide a global mapping of soil moisture and its freeze/thaw states. This mapping will be used to enhance the understanding of processes that link the terrestrial water, energy, and carbon cycles, and to enhance weather and forecast capabilities. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been selected as the lead center for the development and operation of SMAP. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has an extensive history of successful deep space exploration. JPL missions have typically been large scale Class A missions with significant budget and staffing. SMAP represents a new area of JPL focus towards low cost Earth science missions. Success in this new area requires changes to the way that JPL has traditionally provided the Mission Operations System (MOS)/Ground Data System (GDS) functions. The operation of SMAP requires more routine operations activities and support for higher data rates and data volumes than have been achieved in the past. These activities must be addressed by a reduced operations team and support staff. To meet this challenge, the SMAP ground data system provides automation that will perform unattended operations, including automated commanding of the SMAP spacecraft.


The elastic maximum equivalent stress in a pin-loaded, straight- or taper-shanked, round-ended lug subject to inclined loading is investigated using the finite element and the boundary element methods, and, partly, photoelasticity. The influence of the load direction, of the ratio between the bore diameter and lug width, and of the shank taper angle are particularly addressed. In addition, the effects of the axial length of the lug trunk and, partially, of the initial clearance between the lug bore and pin are numerically examined in the presence of a loading variously inclined to the lug axis. An interpolating expression for the maximum equivalent stress as a function of the ratio between the bore diameter and lug width, taper angle, and load inclination angle is proposed.


The national Symposium on 'Research and Development in Marine Fisheries', conducted at Mandapam Camp by CMFR Institute during 16-18 Sept. 1987, was part of the celebrations of the Fortieth anniversary of Independence of the country, which also marked forty years (1947-87) of dedicated and fruitful work in marine fisheries research
and development in India.


Objective To explore the therapeutic effects of metoprolol on Chronic heart failure(CHF)in patients with uremia.Methods A total of 48 NYHA class II-III patients with CHF complicated by uremia were randomly divided into regularly therapy group and regularly therapy + metoprolol group.The therapeutic effects was evaluated at the end of the 4 months follow-up.Results Compared with regularly therapy group,regularly therapy + metoprolol group resulted in significant heart rate decrease and cardiac function improvement(P0.05).Conclusion The regularly therapy + metoprolol produces better effect than regularly therapy in the treatment of CHF complicated by uremia.


Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is a 500 MWe, sodium cooled, plutonium oxide-uranium oxide fuelled, pool type fast breeder nuclear reactor under construction in India. Control and Safety Rod Drive Mechanism (CSRDM) is part of one of the shutdown systems and is used to drive neutron absorber rods up and down. Instrumentation and control for CSRDM realises significant functions like power control, power set back and controlled shutdown. A study was carried out into incidents during the operation of 40 MWt experimental reactor called Fast Breeder Test Reactor and testing of a prototype CSRDM. Significant incidents in FBTR like uncontrolled withdrawal of absorber rod, movement in unintended direction, partial absorber rod drops are found to have occurred. Corrective measures are taken in the I&C of PFBR. PFBR I&C for CSRDM is presented. I&C designers for nuclear systems may gainfully make use of the experiences described in the paper.


the chapter discusses Africa's emergent gender regime which is supported by a human rights discourse. it underscores the specific contexts within which the discourse on gender equality has been restricted.


The effects of loading rate and confining pressure on transverse mechanical response of unidirectional S2-glass/epoxy composites are investigated along with characterization of damage and failure. A confining sleeve technique is used to generate stress multiaxiality in composite specimens under both quasi-static and dynamic strain rates up to 4x10 s, which is reached by using the Kolsky (split Hopkinson) pressure bar. Experimental results show that the compressive strength increases significantly at high strain rates. However, the stress multiaxiality has a much more pronounced effect on both strength and strain to failure. The investigation of recovered specimens using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) suggests that the transverse failure occurs within localized shear bands through multiple fiber-matrix interface failure at micro scale. The orientation of localized shear failure planes points out that a Mohr-Coulomb type criterion dominates the transverse failure of S2-glass/epoxy composites. The shear failure is observed to be diffuse at quasi-static strain rates while it is much more localized at high-strain-rates. Confinement is found to promote the evolution of homogenized damage distribution with considerable amount of inelastic deformation prior to failure.


By the summer of 1990, the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG) had been in existence as Canada's premier gastroenterology society for nearly thirty years. The specialty of gastroenterology was in an exponential growth phase and many changes were on the horizon, including discussions as to whether the CAG should continue to conduct its annual meeting in conjunction with the Royal College meeting. In 1990, the CAG Governing Board and then president Dr Eldon Shaffer initiated a membership needs analysis (with technical assistance provided through the Strategic Planning Group at Searle Canada Inc) to provide a foundation for a strategic planning process that was to carry forward over the next several years and ultimately produce the CAG's first strategic planning document. After substantial review and assessment, the 1991/1992 and 1992/1993 CAG Governing Boards approved the 1993 CAG Strategic Plan. This strategic plan served the organization well over the past decade and has provided the cornerstone upon which the CAG advanced many progressive initiatives.


Confronted with new global competitive environment, rising R&D costs, growing integration of different technologies, shorter life cycles, and increased pace of innovation, high-tech companies increasingly collaborate with external partners. Innovation networks became unconditional driver of technological dynamics and growth of high-tech industries. The article aims to explore the role of proximity in innovation networks formation in the two high-tech industries – biotechnology and aviation. Both industries are characterized by different stages of technological maturity, different product life-cycles and development periods, yet both equally depend on highly specialized human capital and collaborative innovation. The article addresses the following research questions: What is the role of proximity – geographical, cognitive, institutional, organizational, social and cultural – in facilitating innovation networks formation in the above mentioned high-tech industries? What type of proximities and the related network externalities assist these industries along their life-cycles? What is the relationship between technology dynamics and innovation networks formation?


Rates of dark respiration were determined for foliated twig tips of branches from Pinuscontorta and for aerial shoots of Arceuthobiumamericanum. Tree samples were obtained from twigs of branches on...


Carbon doped Si (Si:C) layer suppresses the boron diffusion and makes the steep channel profile; therefore, it is important to clarify the advantage of channel profile engineering using Si:C layer for the bulk planar nMOSFETs of post-32 nm technology node. In this paper, we demonstrate the merits of retrograde channel device with Si:C layer at 25 nm gate length, including the application for the bulk planar nMOSFETs with metal gate/ higher-k dielectrics by TCAD analysis.


Recent studies indicate that some aminoacyl tRNA synthetases (ARSs) have regulatory functions unrelated to aminoacylation. Glutamyl‐prolyl tRNA synthetase (EPRS) is a bifunctional ARS that has a regulated, noncanonical activity which blocks the translation of ceruloplasmin (Cp) mRNA. EPRS is a component of the Gamma‐interferon Activated Inhibitor of Translation (GAIT) complex along with three other proteins that binds the GAIT element in Cp mRNA and blocks its translation. Here we investigate the mechanism of activation of EPRS by phosphorylation, and the role of EPRS phosphorylation in formation of the GAIT complex. Our studies show that gamma‐IFN treatment of U937 monocytic cells causes rapid phosphorylation of EPRS at serine residues in the linker domain that couples the glutamyl and prolyl tRNA synthetase domains. Immunoaffinity purification of EPRS, coupled with mass spectrometry, revealed Ser886 and Ser999/1000 as the sites phosphorylated, possibly by distinct Ser/Thr kinases. Phosphorylation induces release of EPRS from its usual residence in the tRNA multisynthetase complex (MSC). EPRS release from the MSC depends on its phosphorylation, and is reversed upon withdrawal of IFN. Released EPRS, by a phosphorylation‐dependent mechanism, interacts with the other 3 protein components to form the active GAIT complex that binds the Cp mRNA GAIT element. Our results show that serine phosphorylation of EPRS is required for its translocation from the MSC to the GAIT complex, thereby regulating transcript‐specific translational silencing in inflammatory macrophages.


The aim of this work was the study and analysis of the aesthetic values represented in the "Loyalty and wisdom, Lealtad y Sabiduria", monument within the field discipline art and visual communication are part of our daily life but we just look at the superficial part that seem pleasant or unpleasan according to each individual taste, aesthetic valuation of the human being with the realities of the world should be characterized by the assimilation the pleasure and above all by a creative with artistic work attitude, so it is necessary to constantly educate them in each social group where he is, this will lead to an interpretation of the aesthetic in the world as a trainer of the personality, for example, will help in the education of human feelings that arise fact an ideas that conribute to social development. The educational teaching process is the main pathway for the formation of values, the same that would be impossible without the contribution of the aesthetic as it is considered as fundamental and medium basic ingredient that is highlighted in the social formation, this research is intended to encourage the people interest in art and iterpret aesthetic values by a proper reading of the same taking into account, that is a reality of little interest by party authorities and institutions where teaching to be displayed, imitate and create works of art, but there is a weak education within the context of how to interpret a painting or sculpture and we go with the true meaning of what the Creator wants to convey, the interpretation of the work of art is the primary objective of science and is the starting point for the study of any scientific objective related to he artistic act Therefore, to decrypt them required knowledge of artistica language, plastic sytax and the meanings of the images. Figures or forms that we se in a plastic space, are related with the environment, ideas, feelings or the feelings of the author, the contemplator public must avoid falling into the vicious circle of presuppose that there are good and bad works; submissions made aesthetic arising without falling into the elitism of considered works of art only to those designed by the great master nor should be considered as art only th those you dictate your own personal taste and interest, analyze or considering only the General principles of aesthetic rules based on the classical beauty in formal canons in the imitation of nature or its meaning, this leads to interpretative judgments in authentic. Every epoch and every artist have mental and formal postulates which can be known only through a correct interpretation of the work of art, and its standards.


An experiment was conducted at Horticultural Research Station, Kodaikanal to find out the suitable variety or genotype for cultivation under protected structure. The treatment consists of 7 garlic genotypes collected from different institutions and local types viz., Ooty 1 Garlic , Agrifound Parvathi, Yamuna Safed-4, Yamuna Safed-5, KKL-1 (Poombarai local (Pink), KKL-2 (Kodaikanal local (White), KKL-3 (Kodaikanal local (Single bulb). The variety Yamuna Safed-4 registered the highest yield both under open field (11.21 t ha-1) and polyhouse condition (11.04 t ha-1). The TSS content was 37.33° Brix under open field conditions and 35.21° Brix under polyhouse condition. During 90 days of storage the physiological loss in weight was 38.80per cent and 37.42 per cent respectively in open field and polyhouse condition. Hence it is concluded that Yamuna Safed-4 can be cultivated both under open field and polyhouse condition of Kodaikanal with higher yield and quality.


This paper analyzes the role of communication between firms in an infinitely repeated Bertrand game in which firms receive private signals of a common value i.i.d. demand shock. It is shown that firms can use stochastic, inter-temporal market sharing as a substitute for communication in low demand states. Partial communication in high demand states is sufficient to achieve the most collusive, full communication outcome and strictly dominates partial communication in low demand states. Communication in high demand states allows firms to coordinate their pricing, choose the most efficient uninformed price and avoid price wars. I demonstrate that under some conditions consumers are better off with communication among colluding firms.


The volatility and risk in the capital market affect the mutual fund industry to a great extent and had led the investors in dilemma regarding the choice of funds for investment.  This study focused on Risk and Return Risk-return relationship of all the open ended equity linked mutual fund schemes based on 7 investment styles in relation to the benchmark portfolio is computed.  The study also describes the number of schemes that fall under each class of variance in portfolio returns among the 7 investment styles.  The study also analyses the return and systematic risk associated with the selected open-ended equity mutual fund schemes and the same are classified under seven Investment Styles. Key words: Risk, Returns, Investment styles, Open ended equity mutual fund


A facile synthetic method to access 3-substituted isoquinoline or dihydroisoquinoline derivatives has been developed via a novel cyclization reaction of N-sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazole derivatives by thermally induced rearrangement.


43 Objectives: Quantitative yttrium-90 (Y90) bremsstrahlung SPECT imaging in radionuclide therapy is challenging. Recently proposed joint spectral reconstruction (JSR) with wide energy windows yielded promising improvements in quantitative image qualities with low noise over single spectral reconstruction (SSR). In this work, based on our observations of the contrast and noise trade-offs over iterations, we propose guided filtering (GF)-aided reconstruction methods to reduce noise level while maintaining other image qualities and details.
 Methods: Reconstructed images at early iterations often contain low noise and rough image details (e.g., low contrast), while reconstructed images at later iterations usually contain high noise and better image details. The guided filter yields the output by considering the content of a guidance image based on a local linear model and can be used as an edge-preserving smoothing operator. We conjecture that images at early iterations are perfect candidates to be guide images of GF and proposed GF-aided image reconstruction methods for both SSR and JSR in Y90 bremsstrahlung SPECT. Assuming that one cycle consists of k iterations, GF was performed every cycle (k = 4 in our case) using the guided filtered image at the previous cycle as a guide image. The output of GF was used for both an initial image for the next k iterations of 3D OS-EM as well as a guide image for the next cycle. Our proposed scheme was applied to both SSR (called SSR-GF) with a 105-135keV energy window and JSR (called JSR-GF) with six 30keV-width energy windows on 105-285keV with phantom simulation and experimental measurement using high-energy collimators on SPECT/CT. MC scatter correction was used for reconstructions with experimental measurement.
 Results: Qualitatively, in both simulation and phantom experiment (2 to 100 mL spheres in warm background), our proposed SSR-GF and JSR-GF yielded significantly reduced noise levels compared to SSR and JSR. Quantitatively, for simulation, SSR-GF, JSR-GF yielded 126.5%, 71.5% higher contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) than SSR, JSR, respectively. Note that JSR-GF still yielded 15.2% better CNR than SSR-GF. Similarly, in phantom measurements, SSR-GF, JSR-GF yielded 60.9%, 46.1% higher CNR than SSR, JSR, respectively. Note also that JSR-GF still yielded 31.2% better CNR than SSR-GF. Our proposed GF scheme yielded substantially lower root mean square error (RMSE) as follows: for simulation from 4.41 to 3.80, from 4.00 to 3.75 for SSR, JSR, respectively, and for measurement from 3.94 to 3.74, from 3.63 to 3.54 for SSR, JSR, respectively. For given average recovery coefficient, JSR-GF yielded the lowest noise level among all methods for both simulation and experiment.
 Conclusions: We propose Y90 single and joint spectral reconstructions using guided filtering with reconstructed images at lower iterations as guidance images. Our proposed methods yielded the highest CNR, the lowest RMSE, the best averaged recovery coefficient - noise level trade-offs, and enhanced visual quality images.
Research support: This work was supported in part by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2017R1D1A1B05035810) and in part by grant R01 EB022075, awarded by National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institute of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.


The concept of using the advance second moment reliability assessment method (ASMRAM) for structural analysis and assessment is presented. This is a full probability approach to structural assessment which gives a deterministic result and save parameters considering all the possible variability in structural assessment. The load, material and geometrical properties of a structure which determine the performance function of the system are treated as random quantities with assumed practical probability distributions. A concrete beam of fixed cross section is analyzed and assessed within the context of possible variables to appreciate the effectiveness of ASMRAM in comparison to the traditional deterministic partial safety factor design. The intent of the work is realized through user friendly computer modules developed in FORTRAN programming language.


Growing concerns over high energy consumption and CO2 emissions from residential buildings have boosted the adoption of passive design strategies (PDS) globally, for their promising solution to address these issues, and also positively influencing occupant productivity. As such, many governments and organizations have developed relevant codes and procedures to encourage and enforce the adoption of PDS. Despite the increased focus, the adoption of PDS is still trailing behind in developing countries, particularly in a hot, dry and humid climate zone. This paper examines the current state of PDS adoption in such climates, and extracts relevant motivators, and challenges. The data was gathered through a structured review of literature. Initial results show the extraction of thirty-five motivators and forty-six challenges to PDS adoption. The key motivators include reduction in energy consumption and energy bills, while key challenges include high initial investment and lack of awareness. These are expected to generate a general awareness among stakeholders and allow a better understanding of the underlying issues for non-adoption of PDS. Future research will examine the extracted sets of motivators and challenges through a questionnaire survey in a hot, dry and humid climate zone.


Chordal rings are important models for the development of parallel and distributed interconnection networks. Hence, much research on their variations and properties had been published over the years. In this study, a new type of chordal ring network is presented, the degree six 3-modified chordal ring (CHR6m_3) which is able to accommodate both odd and even numbers of nodes so long as the network size is divisible by 3. The aim of the research was to develop relations for the theoretical diameter and average path length for CHR6m_3 as well as to present the main properties of CHR6m_3. The relations were developed based on data from the tree visualisation of CHR6m_3 while the main properties encompass Hamiltonicity, asymmetry and node colouring. Results for theoretical diameter and average path lengths for their corresponding network sizes were based on the formulae generated. Several theorems regarding the main properties were constructed and proven. Hamiltonian circuits could be constructed on the basis of certain types of chords if certain conditions were met. CHR6m_3 was proven to be asymmetric. A proper node colouring was proposed along with the conditions for its existence. A small chromatic number is important in minimising network process completion times.


An 87-year-old gentleman was referred following accidental aspiration of a metallic suction tip during a routine dental procedure. He was asymptomatic at presentation, and the object was seen on chest radiography (Figure 1). He underwent successful retrieval of the suction tip from his right lower lobe bronchus with the aid of a 5.5-mm rigid bronchoscope and a pair of alligator forceps (Figure 2). This was confirmed on a postoperative chest radiograph (Figure 3). The procedure was technically challenging due to the length of the foreign body, the type of device, and the limitations of current instruments employed in bronchoscopic retrieval. We achieved success without recourse to a thoracotomy, and the patient was discharged on the first postoperative day. Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals 2017, Vol. 25(1) 72–73 The Author(s) 2015 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0218492315591104 aan.sagepub.com


A novel concept of a micromotor is presented. The idea of this micromotor is to transform the vibrational energy into rotational mechanical energy in a simple way. The principle of operation of this motor is not the same as the ultrasonic motor. The vibrational energy can be a direct mechanical or acoustical energy. It can be also used as a sensor of vibrational motion. The device consists of a pivoted fork with a straight handle. The fork ends touch the teeth of a sprocket (ratchet). The ratchet is connected to a microshaft at its center, with appropriate bearings, which delivers the rotational energy as the output of the micromotor. When the vibrational (mechanical or acoustic) energy excites the handle of the fork causing it to vibrate, which in turn exerts intermittent forces on the sprocket's teeth causing it and the connected shaft to rotate in one direction only. It is not sensitive to the initial conditions nor to the direction of flow of vibrational energy. A macrolevel working model is constructed to demonstrate the feasibility of this micromotor. Early testing showed successful transformation of vibrational energy to rotational energy in the macromotor.Copyright © 2008 by ASME


We present a practical scheme for measurement-device-independent polarization shift keying using two state polarization encoding. Most of the previous work on optical free space laser communications through the atmosphere was concentrated on intensity modulated systems. However, polarization modulated systems may be more appropriate for such communication links, because the polarization seems to be the most stable characteristic of a laser beam while propagating through the atmosphere. Thus, a detailed comparison between intensity and polarization modulated systems is of much interest. We analyse the noise in presence of simulated smoke and fog conditions within laboratory and propose a practical scheme for extracting message from the received data. The proposed method uses only two detectors to analyse the polarizations and the practical definition of state of polarization enables a higher signal-to-noise ratio even in presence of depolaration elements in atmosphere such as fog and smoke. The system also takes into account existing imperfections within the experimental setup and hence is more robust.


Civil society" is a new subject in China′s intellectual circles.Citizen′s ethical construction is a basic project which can improve the ideological and ethical standards of the whole nation.The construction of civil society depends on citizen′s quality,especially the level of ideological and ethical standards.Citizen′s morality is the foundation of our country′s moral system construction,so it is important and realistic to establish citizen′s basic code of ethic.In following and carrying out the practice of citizen′s basic code of ethic,we must understand and deal with a series of important issues correctly,such as the relation of "basic" moral code and "important" moral code,the relation of "basic moral code" and "basic moral requirements" for citizens,and the most important part of "Three morals" and so on.


PURPOSE: Provided are a nucleic acid, a probe comprising the nucleic acid and a screening method using the probe for a gene diagnosis. CONSTITUTION: A nucleic acid is characterized by comprising (a) a nucleic acid comprising a base sequence shown in a base sequence number 1-39726 of SEQ ID NO. 1, or (b) a nucleic acid wherein a part of the base sequence of the base sequence number 1-39726 is deleted, substituted or added, and having a homology of 80% for the base sequence.


This paper promotes a user-centered design approach known as empathic design in which special emphasis is placed on observation of the affective nature of user-product relationships. Through empathic observation in real-world contexts, designers can come to understand end users' emotional reactions to a product on multiple cognitive levels, including the customer's true latent goals and desires. From these observations, there is an opportunity to better interpret how the design problem arises from actual user experiences. In this paper, we begin construction of a systematic framework for empathic design, and propose the development of a methodological toolbox for use within the scope of traditional design processes. Problem identification is reframed to aid in identification of hidden and latent customer needs through awareness of distinct levels of implicit and explicit cognitive processing and evaluation. This approach is meant to help designers better understand the root cause of user behavior and affective response to a product. Additionally, a number of types of supporting design tools are identified, and promising areas of future development are discussed.Copyright © 2010 by ASME


"Pedestrian Priority" protects the safety of pedestrians adequately by distributing the right of way, which is the embodiment of "people oriented" of Law of the People′s Republic of Chi- na on Road Traffic Safety. But pedestrians must be aware of that only when pedestrians cross the road through crosswalk according to regulations, can the priority be affirmed. Meanwhile, the real im-plement of "Pedestrian Priority" in road traffic of China needs the striving and improvement on many aspects.


This paper compares and contrasts the mode of foreign market entry decision from the transaction cost/internalization and organizational capability perspectives. Each of these perspectives operates at a different level of analysis, respectively the transaction and the firm, and consequently differs in the primary arena of attention, namely transaction characteristics and the capabilities of firms. In making the comparison, a key distinction is made between the cost and the value aspects in the management of know-how, based on which issues pertaining to the transfer of knowledge within and across firm boundaries and the exploitation and enhancement of competitive advantage are closely examined. The main purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the implications of a shift in frame from cost to value in the analysis of decisions related to firm boundaries. Entry into foreign markets is used primarily as a vehicle for the accomplishment of this purpose. The paper shows how the value-based framework of the organizational capability perspective radically and fundamentally shifts the approach towards the governance of firm boundaries and argues that, even though TC/internalization theory raises some valid concerns, the organizational capability framework may be more in tune with today's business context. Some of the assumptions of the TC/internalization perspective, both direct— ‐opportunism, exploitation of existing advantage—and indirect—preservation of the value of know-how across locational contexts, asymmetry between bounded rationality for transaction and production purposes—are critically examined and questioned. Implications of a shift from a cost to a value-based framework are discussed and the need for a shift in research focus is emphasized.


A learning organization is a place where people continually expand their abilities to create the results they are seeking for. Peter Senge argues that LO is where new patterns of thinking are grown and spread, collective thoughts are extended and people are continually learning how to learn together. In other words, a learning organization is an organization where is expanding to attain future success by rapid creating and fostering needed capabilities. The main research question is the extent of use of the components of a learning organization in Tax Affair Administration of Mazandaran province. The type of survey, considering its goal, is applied and its nature is descriptive. The population consists of assistants, managers and employees of different status in tax affair administration in Mazandaran province including 461 people and the sample size was determined 214 people based on Krejcie & Morgan table which were selected by stratified random sampling method. Data collection tool is also a researcher-made questionnaire composed of 40 questions in Likert Spectrum (very much, much, OK, low, very low) which was collected after distribution and completion by respondents. Then data was defined in SPSS and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics (T Test, binomial test, ANOVA, the Mann-Whitney test and Kruskal-Wallis test). The results show that apart from the factor of individual capabilities, other components of learning organization (mental patterns, shared vision perspective, collective learning, and thinking-oriented system) were not desirable in Tax Affair Administration in Mazandaran (moderate to low). Also according to the views of respondents: 1) there is no significant difference in terms of gender,2)There is a difference of opinion regarding the organizational position so that in their ideas, the factors of individual capabilities and mental patterns are identical but they do not have the same views about other components. 3) There is a difference of opinion on education so that in their ideas factors of individual capabilities, mental patterns and collective learning are identical but they do not have the same ideas about other components.


Although the molecular basis for the sickling disorders was identified more than 50 years ago (reviewed in Weatherall 2001), progress towards definitive therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD) has been frustratingly slow. Until the mid1990s, treatment was almost entirely supportive with no clinically useful drugs available to prevent or reverse the polymerization of HbS. However, a number of key observations about the role of HbF (Stevens et al, 1981; de Simone et al, 1982, Platt et al, 1984, 1991; Veith et al, 1985; Noguchi et al, 1993) led, in 1995, to the publication of a crucially important study in which a new therapeutic agent, hydroxyurea, was heralded as a major breakthrough in the management of SCD (Charache et al, 1995; Schechter & Rodgers, 1995). The initial clinical trials of hydroxyurea in SCD were stopped early as a result of outstanding results in the treatment arm and the drug was rapidly licensed in the USA for the treatment of patients with severe SCD. Since then, hydroxyurea has been used successfully in a variety of situations in SCD, including new studies in very young children (Wang et al, 2001). However, doubts remain both about its efficacy and safety in the long term. This review aims to outline current information about the mechanisms of action of hydroxyurea in SCD, its clinical efficacy in sickling disorders, the approaches to monitoring treatment and to update the evidence about its short-term and long-term toxicity.


Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) usually works well with close-talking microphone environment rather than in far-field conditions. A major challenge in the far-field ASR systems is to handle the background noise, multi path reflections, and reverberation, that leads to decrease in the quality of the speech signal. To that effect, we propose Teager energy-based Gabor filterbank (TGFB) features that preserve the amplitude and frequency modulation of a resonant signal, and improve the time-frequency resolution. In addition, via TGFB features, we exploit noise suppression capability of Teager Energy Operator (TEO) for improving ASR performance under signal degradation conditions due to far-field speech. The ASR experiments are performed on LibriSpeech (near-field) and CHiME-3 (far-field) corpora. Marginal improvements were observed for TGFB features over MFCC features in our experiments. We observed that the system combination of TGFB and MFCC features could provide significant improvements over the standalone MFCC features. For LibriSpeech corpus, a relative improvement for Word Error Rate (WER) of close to 5% was observed. On the other hand, for CHiME-3 corpus, the average relative improvement of 7.20 % was obtained over the baseline features using system level combination.


Objective: A large percentage of the adult population worldwide is affected by hypertension, which is the most common cardiovascular disease. Essential hypertension is primarily caused by an absence of nitric oxide (NO), which leads to endothelial dysfunction. This study examined whether Coffea Arabica seeds extract (CA) was effective against L-NAME-induced hypertension and oxidative stress in wistar rats. Method: Approximately 40 mg/kg of L-NAME, a non-specific nitric oxide inhibitor, was administered to male Wistar rats to induce hypertension in them, while CoQ10 served as a standard anti-hypertensive agent. L-NAME was administered orally to all of the other groups along with the CA extract for three weeks. A direct cannulation procedure was used to measure hemodynamic parameters after the treatment. The lipid profile, kidney and cardiac functions along with markers of oxidative stress were examined, as well. Result: It has been found that L-NAME increases blood pressure, depletes NO, causes oxidative imbalance, and damages cardiac and kidney function in animals. As compared to control and L-NAME groups, the CO-treatment group had significantly lower levels of cardiac markers than the L-NAME only group. The CA treatment of hypertensive rats significantly reduced the levels of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and mineralocorticoid receptor expression. It was found that when L-NAME and CA extract were administered concurrently, all injuries were prevented without affecting the heart rate or raising the blood pressure. Conclusion: This study confirms the antihypertensive action of Coffea Arabica seeds extract and indicates its protective properties in a L-NAME induced hypertension model in rats, most likely due to the presence of antioxidant potential and by inhibiting inflammation in the tissues.


ABSTRACT This paper presents the development and the experimental validation of a model of a scroll expander integrated into a Liquid Flooded Ericsson Cooler (LFEC) as proposed by Hugenroth (2007). This system uses liquid flooding of the compressor and the expander to approach isothermal compression and expansion processes. A detailed model of the flooded scroll expander has been constructed which allows prediction of its performance over a wide range of operating conditions. This model is validated with experimental data collected on a prototype of a Liquid Flooded Ericsson Cooler. A parametric study is finally conducted for investigating the performances of the expander under different design changes, such as the shape of the tip of the scroll and the leakage gap size. 1. INTRODUCTION The purpose of the present work is to develop and validate a comprehensive model of a scroll expander integrated into a Liquid Flooded Ericsson Cooler ( LFEC ). This system uses liquid flooding of the compressor and the expander to approach isothermal compression and expansion processes. The model must be detailed enough to investigate the performances of the expander under different operating conditions and design changes and to point out the losses that occur in flooded expansion.


In this article, we introduce a localization system to reduce the accumulation of errors existing in the dead-reckoning method of mobile robot localization. Dead-reckoning depends on the information that comes from the encoders. Many factors, such as wheel slippage, surface roughness, and mechanical tolerances, affect the accuracy of dead-reckoning. Therefore, an accumulation of errors exists in the dead-reckoning method. In this article, we propose a new localization system to enhance the localization operation of the mobile robots. The proposed localization system uses the extended Kalman filter combined with infrared sensors in order to solve the problems of dead-reckoning. The proposed system executes the extended Kalman filter cycle, using the walls in the working environment as references (landmarks), to correct errors in the robot's position (positional uncertainty). The accuracy and robustness of the proposed method are evaluated in the experiment results' section.


The paper presents the results of comparative studies of Ti-Al-N and Ti-Al-N-Ni coatings deposited on 20H13 (DIN 1.4021) steel, used as bearings in shipbuilding and working in a friction pair with UGET (carbon epoxy fabric) carbon plastic. It was found that the addition of nickel into the coatings composition significantly improves the corrosion resistance of the coatings in sea water. The study of tribological characteristics indicates an increased wear of steel and Ti-Al-N coating, determined by the corrosion destruction of the samples, which accompanies the process of friction


In the present study, the serviceability reliability of corroded steel highway bridges is investigated by means of a simulation technique. At each sampling point with given values of corrosion parameters, slab thickness and elastic moduli of materials, the penetration of corrosion and the effective cross-section are calculated based on Kayser's observations. Then, a finite strip analysis of the bridge under design trucks is carried out to compute the maximum deflection of the bridge deck. If this deflection exceeds the code requirement, serviceability failure is assumed to occur, and the failure probability is determined. After the failure probability is integrated over all sampling points, the serviceability reliability of the bridge is obtained. Numerical examples are presented to illustrate the proposed methodology and to investigate the serviceability reliability of corroded steel bridges according to the AASHTO specification and Ontario Highway Bridge Design Code.Key words: serviceability reliability...


In this paper, a virtual mouse that is based on tracking the movement of a finger is presented. The idea is for users to control their computer or TV system simply by moving their fingers, without any contact on realistic objects. A fast and robust method that can trace the position of finger tip is proposed. The method consists of four steps. First, the skin-color pixels of figures are detected by color segmentation using the chrominance component of the input from a CMOS image sensor. Second, density regularization processes are carried out to reinforce the regions of skin-colour pixels. Third, an effective window search technique is applied for minimizing computational cost. Fourth, a finger-tip tracking algorithm is applied to find out the finger-tip position. Clicking action is also implemented by a specific movement. The virtual mouse has been designed in an embedded Linux system. The device works successfully, the response is quick and accurate positioning is obtained.


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Given the class of Finsler spaces with Lorentzian signature (M,L) on a manifold M endowed with a timelike vector field 𝒳 satisfying g(x,y)(𝒳,𝒳) < 0 at any point (x,y) of the slit tangent bundle, a ...


3630 Background: EGFR is commonly expressed in CRC (72–82%) and is therefore a target for anticancer therapies, such as the anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody cetuximab (Erbitux). There appears to be no...


At present,many multifunction meters used for power monitoring and measuring have no uniform communication protocol,which brings great inconveniences to the implementation of automation meter reading technology.To ensure that the multifunction meters communicate with the center control machine by uniform communication protocols,the architecture of data collecting system with communication protocol converter is presented,and the communication protocol converter based on single chip microcomputer 8032 is introduced.


In pregnancy, anxiety is a common psychological condition. Moreover, when pregnant women enter the third trimester and are approaching the estimated delivery. Pregnancy-related anxiety is also considered to be different from anxiety disorders in general. This due to the specific characteristic of anxiety, in the form of concerns about facing childbirth, the baby's condition, and mother appearance. Pregnancy-related anxiety needs to be identified in order to prevent problems for the mother and baby, such as postpartum depression, delayed fetal development and premature birth. Anxiety in pregnancy can be alleviated with prenatal yoga. Yoga provides favorable benefits for pregnant women, both physically and psychologically, including in reducing anxiety for pregnant women. This study aimed to identify the relationship between prenatal yoga and anxiety in pregnant women. This was a cross-sectional study. The population in this study were all pregnant women at the Depok Regional Health Center. This research was conducted in June-October 2022. The sample size was taken by purposive sampling. Data collection in this study used the HARS anxiety scale to measure the level of anxiety in pregnant women. Data analysis using Chi-Square test, multivariate analysis using Logistic Regression. Chi-Square test value shows that there was a relationship between prenatal yoga and anxiety in pregnant women (p value = 0.046). The results of multivariate analysis showed that only occupational factors that affected anxiety in pregnant women with p value = 0.010 (p < 0.005). There was a relationship between prenatal yoga and anxiety in pregnant women so that it provides recommendations to facilitate prenatal yoga for pregnant women in order to carry out pregnancy comfortably.


The involvement of China in TransPacific Partnership Agreement has brought a new chapter for this agreement. China seems to overtake the US Position after the country dropped from the partnership. Indonesia's has a considerably important position in both this partnership and relationship with China. It is because Indonesia lies in the strategic geographical area in Asia Pacific and also for 21century Maritime Silk Road Initiative. Therefore, this work is aim to questioning how Indonesia can take advantages from both Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Relationship with China. This paper seeks to unearth the potential of Indonesia to take benefits from Trans-Pacific Partnership and the involvement of China in the framework. This paper examines three sectors: economic, politics, and socio-cultural field to get more comprehensive views on the benefits that Indonesia can grab. Moreover, this study also considers challenges which may appear from taking both benefits from China and Trans-Pacific Partnership. The domestic condition in Indonesia and the perception of Indonesian society are also considered in examining those advantages.


This paper presents an automatic hierarchical approach to detecting shallow avalanches and landslides by the combination of multi-spectral RS images and DEM derivatives, which identifies these geohazards by six boolean operations based not only on their reflectance but also on geometric shapes and their geomorphic context.Corresponding experiments with 10 m resolution RS imagery and 1:50000 scale DEM in the Biluo Mountain gorge were performed to check the results of automatic recognition of the avalanche, landslide and debris flows.The results demonstrate that:1) this approach can effectively raise the accuracy of recognition of avalanches, landslide and debris flows with the influences of their geometrical features considered;2) it is characterized by definite relationship between the data and the recognized objects, simple logistic and easy determination of the threshold;3) the data sources(i.e.mediumscale DEM and RS imagery with infrared and near-infrared spectra) can be widely obtained;and 4) the main problems of this method is to divide conglutinating pixels.


This paper presents a new in-vitro simulator that can simulate the new technology of three-dimensional digital subtraction angiography (DSA) to perform a cerebral aneurysm surgery. Then, propose a new technique for the numerical evaluation of the surgical tools applied within this interventional surgery to aid in the design and selection of surgical instruments. Initially, the in-vitro intravascular simulator was constructed, followed by cerebral aneurysm models that were fabricated with highly sensitive photoelastic materials of epoxy resin. Then reconstruct virtual reality modeling of the blood vessel and catheter to record the position information and realize virtual guidance for training. Meanwhile, conduct image processing of photoelastic effects for numerical evaluations of surgical instruments such as catheter insertion and stent expansion. During the stent expansion experiment, the average stress in the selected region of interest caused by the expansion was calculated and compared with the corresponding value obtained before the expansion. The presented simulator and measurement technique can assist in improving a surgeons skills, quantifying the performance of medical mechanisms, and contribute to 3D analysis of stress distribution. This approach can also provide feedback control for robot assisted endovascular systems.


In this paper, we study the control system associated with the incompressible 3D Euler system. We show that the velocity field and pressure of the fluid are exactly controllable in projections by the same finite-dimensional control. Moreover, the velocity is approximately controllable. We also prove that 3D Euler system is not exactly controllable by a finite-dimensional external force.


Introduction Linear semidefinite programming can be viewed as a generalization of linear programming. While keeping many good properties of LP (such as the duality theory and solvability in polynomial time), SDP introduces a new highly nonlinear type of constraint – matrix inequality. It is an inequality on the eigenvalues of a matrix which depends on the decision variables. Typically, the matrix inequality is written in the form to request all eigenvalues of the matrix to be non-negative, thus the matrix is to be positive semidefinite. Mathematically linear SDP might be written as a minimization (or maximization) of a linear objective function subject to linear matrix inequalities and possibly standard linear constraints and box bounds:


This short communication is intended to demonstrate the influence of spectral resolution on the quantitative determination of an active ingredient in a solid drug formulation by diffuse reflection near infrared spectroscopy. As model system we have chosen a mixture of the active ingredient acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) with cellulose and starch as excipients.


Objective:To study the causes and treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage(SAH)after intracranial stenting.Methods:Three patients with symptomatic stenosis of the middle cerebral artery underwent intracranial stenting.Occurrence of acute SAH after stenting was determined by immediate CT.Regular anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy were immediately terminated.Bed rest,stabilizing the blood pressure and anti-vasospasm agents were applied.Results:The patients have recovered at days 11,7 and 10 respectively after stenting.Antiplatelet treatment was required after recovery of the SAH.These patients in the follow-up presented no abnormalities.Conclusion:The causes of SAH after intracranial stenting were complicated.With appropriate and timely treatments,the prognosis was satisfactory.


The chapter explains the chosen conceptual categories, clarifies the tropes of their deployment, and stitches together the two dual narratives of India's domestic and external imaginations. The author goes on to show that India's transforming models of nation building have evolved within the framework of sovereign territoriality. He also makes the argument that while the domestic/international divide is inappropriate to make sense of India's negotiations in South Asia, it is equally facile to see the region as an extension of India's domestic contests. This chapter shows how India has framed its project and negotiated with others in its neighbourhood. However, the fact that the lines of peoplehood and territorial nationalism never coincided in South Asia meant that there will always be tension in working out national projects predicated upon sovereignty. These states embarked on different projects of difference that were crucial to the making of modern South Asia.