The Amine Guard ST corrosion inhibition system eliminates corrosion as a design and operating constraint, saving capital and operating costs and increasing acid gas removal capacity. The system involves two corrosion inhibitors that are initially added to the ciculating solution on parts per million to passivate the unit. Once inhibited, unit amine concentration can be increased to 30wt% MEA or 55wt%. DEA, along with higher acid gas loadings, without incurring corrosion. Continuous reclaiming is eliminated with MEA since absence of corrosion removes the need. Two limitations apply to Amine Guard ST inhibitors; hydrogen sulfide to carbon dioxide ratio in sour gas or liquid must be at least one part in 200, and the system must be free of aluminum, zinc and copper, including such alloys as ''Monel'', cupro-nickel and brass which destroy the inhibitor and are destroyed by it.


With the rapid proliferation of inverter-based energy resources (IBERs) in distribution power networks (DPNs), conventional protection systems designed for unidirectional power flow will soon face significant operational challenges. Based on experimental tests, some of the protection coordination issues are demonstrated with an actual battery powered, grid-connected IBER. The responses of the protection relays protecting a hardware mockup of a DPN radial feeder are shown for different IBER configurations and penetration levels.


Objective: To evaluate the application value of the computer radiography. Methods: One thousand and two hundred cases of computer radiographic images and 1200 cases of screen-film radiographic images were selected from our hospital to be analysed by 2 radiologists and one senior radiologist respectively. Results: ①With CR system, the quality of the image was classified into as grade A in 51.6%, grade B in 35.5%, grade C in 12.2% and waste in 0.7%. With screen-film system, the quality of the image was classified into grade A in 40.6%, grade B in 42.5%, grade C in 15.2% and waste in 1.7%. ② Compared with the screen-film system, the required voltage of CR system was 1-5 kv higher, and exposure was 20% higher. Conclusion: The CR system provided high quality image, so that reliable diagnosis could be obtained for clinical practice. The disadvantage of CR system was to require higher voltage. This will result in higher radiation dosage for the patients.


(57) Abstract: The present invention, base modified epoxy resin having an ammonium group Toshikatsu A) I. Mixture and b) preferably hydroxyl groups of a) diepoxy compound or diepoxy compound, a carboxyl group, a mixture of aromatic or aliphatic compounds or those compounds having a phenyl group and / or thiol groups, preferably at a temperature 120 to 180 ° C. , particularly preferably a preliminary product which can be prepared under reaction with phenolic hydroxyl group and an epoxy group at 125 to 150 ° C., II. A mixture of at least one organic amine or organic amine, 60 to 130 ° C., preferably by reaction at a temperature which is reduced in 90 to 115 ° C. epoxide - to form an amine adduct, B) subsequently or simultaneously, the two hydroxyl groups and a) the epoxide prepared in step - epoxy group of the amine adduct, temperature 110 to 150 ° C., preferably reacted with the addition of a catalyst, optionally at 130 ° C., C) temperature 0.99 ° C., preferably preferably the mixture is added a solvent-free crosslinking agent or various crosslinking agents at 90 to 110 ° C., D) optionally at a temperature 90 to 110 ° C., preferably neutralized vital E by the addition of acid) a to the mixture obtained in step D is obtained by dispersing in water, preparation and use thereof in the aqueous binder dispersion and the dispersion for the cathode depositable electrodeposition paint About.


Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to understand the development of the five dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) over time by taking a founder's perspective.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper draws on an in-depth single-case study. It combines semi-structured interviews in the company with archival data, such as annual reports, press clips and interviews in business magazines.

Findings
The results indicate that the EO dimensions change from being personalized and directly solution-oriented to being intangible value-creation-oriented.

Originality/value
By suggesting ownership-based EO configurations, this study contributes insights into how different ownership forms propel EO. These configurations – that is, personal, administrative based and intangible focused – show the impact of the EO dimensions and provide a systematic and theoretical understanding of EO change over time.


Introduction: The special test is an instrument that is carried out to select prospective students who have motor skills to be able to take part in sports practice lectures at FIK UNP. However, the grades for athletic practice courses were relatively low, leading to the emergence of various assumptions that the special tests carried out in selecting prospective students had little role. This study aims to see the relationship between the results of special tests with the learning outcomes of basic athletic practice for students majoring in coaching  FIK UNP. Materials and methods:  This type of research is quantitative descriptive research with a correlation study. The instruments used to obtain specific test results are the wall pass test, Basket Ball Throw, Standing Broad Jump, and Obstacle Race. Furthermore, on the learning outcomes of athletic practice through learning outcome data. This study was conducted on sports education students at FIK UNP using a Total Sampling sampling technique, with a total of 39 students taking basic athletics courses sampled. In terms of data verification, only 33 students were used for analytical computations. The SPSS version 26 application was used to help with the analysis in this investigation. Results: Based on the results of the special test correlation test with the results of the 100-meter run, it is known that the significance value is 0.000 > 0.05, which means there is a significant relationship. The results of the special test with discus throwing results are known, a significance value of 0.000 > 0.05, so there is a significant relationship between the special test and discus throwing results. Furthermore, special tests with the results of basic athletic results are known to have a significant value of 0.000 > 0.05, so there is a significant relationship between the special tests and the results of basic athletic results in students. Conclusion: The results of this study provide evidence that there is a significant relationship between the results of special tests and the learning outcomes of basic athletic practice in FIK UNP students. Where these results have provided a new reference related to the learning outcomes of basic athletic practice. Furthermore, you can find information related to factors that influence the learning outcomes of basic athletic practice in sports students.
Keywords:  Special Tests, Practical Learning Results, Basic Athletics, Sports Students


In this paper, potential antenna technologies are presented for 6G applications at sub-terahertz frequencies to reduce the propagation loss in the air and dielectric substrates. The proposed work employs a homogeneous uniform lens-based architecture excited by multiple single antenna elements. The feed antennas have simple structures for dual-polarized radiations without implementing any sophisticated microstrip line beamforming circuits to form the directional beams. Numerical simulations by HFSS are presented to validate the concept and demonstrate the feasibility.


Though angiographic embolization (AE) is a type of effective treatment modality for duodenal ulcer bleeding, the optimum time at which to perform the procedure, early or delayed, is unknown. The authors compared the prognosis of early AE (EAE) and delayed AE (DAE) in patients with duodenal ulcer bleeding.


Abstract Our systematic review aimed to identify evidenced-based training interventions to prepare counselors and mental health professionals to work in integrated care settings. We utilized the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses protocols (PRISMA-P). Search terms were created that specifically investigated integrated care training interventions involving mental health professionals within the years 2000-2021 from peer-reviewed journals and academic databases. 18 articles were included for our final analysis. A quality analysis on our included studies followed the Mixed Methods Appraisal (MMAT). Following the quality analysis, we developed the following themes from the study results: (a) HRSA-funded studies; (b) skill development; (c) self-efficacy; and (d) interprofessional collaboration. Further investigation is needed to demonstrate the sustainability of integrated care training for counselors. Specifically, how training impacts client therapeutic outcomes and addresses multicultural and social justice competencies.


This paper describes the design of an autonomous attitude determination and estimation system based only on magnetometer measurements. Initial angle determination is performed through averaging of a large pool of measurements which eliminates the large error in the theoretical field model. Attitude estimation is undertaken using a so-called covariance intersection method which guarantees consistent estimates even if the correlation level between the predictions and measurements is not known. Test results show that this averaging approach is capable of providing very accurate initial attitude determination and that the covariance intersection estimator is capable of maintaining this property. Overall, we conclude that the system developed here is feasible for obtaining and maintaining high accuracy attitude estimation using only magnetometer measurements.


Indonesia is one of the world's top coffee producing and exporting countries. Liberica coffee was one of the most widely cultivated types of coffee in Indonesia, especially in Tanjung Jabung Barat Jambi Province. Liberica coffee known as the coffee with highest levels of caffeine if compared with Arabica and Robusta coffee but the research about Liberica coffee was still very little if compared to the other two types of coffee. In the previous research, caffeine shown to be increasing alanine aminotransferase enzyme. Otherwise, coffee also contain chlorogenic acid which is a potent antioxidant and play a role in the protection of liver. The aim of this study are to investigate the effect of dark roasted Liberica coffee consumption on liver histological appearance, macroscopic anatomy and physiological function (serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) level). This was an experimental study with posttest only control group design, using 45 male white mice and divided into 4 groups: control (with no coffee treatment), P1, P2 and P3 which were given coffee treatment consecutively 8000 ppm; 10.000 ppm and 12.000 ppm for 28 days. The result showed that liver histological damage level associated with the extent coffee intake. Although, the damage shown is still in a low level and has no impact in increasing SGPT level.Keywords : Liberica coffee, Liver, Histological appearance, SGPT level


Based on parametric model of signal-multicomponent polynomial phase signal,a novel time frequency kernel is presented.It estimates the instantaneous frequency of each signal component by matched-phase transform,according to different features of phases between the autoterms and crossterms of the instantaneous correlation function of the signal under analysis.The novel time frequency kernel constructed not only shows ideal frequency concentration,but also suffers from few or no crossterms.So,compared with the existing multilinear time-frequency representations,it has advantages in exposing inner characteristics of signals.


Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is widely used for noninvasive activation of neurons in the brain for research and clinical applications. The strong, brief magnetic pulse generated in TMS is associated with a loud (>100 dB) clicking sound that can impair hearing and that activates auditory circuits in the brain. We introduce a two-pronged solution to reduce TMS noise by redesigning both the pulse waveform and the coil structure. First, the coil current pulse duration is reduced which shifts a substantial portion of the pulse acoustic spectrum above audible frequencies. Second, the mechanical structure of the stimulation coil is designed to suppress the emergence of the sound at the source, diminish down-mixing of high-frequency sound into the audible range, and impede the transmission of residual sound to the coil surface but dissipate it away from the casing. A prototype coil driven with ultrabrief current pulses (down to 45-μs biphasic duration) is demonstrated to reduce the peak sound pressure level by more than 25 dB compared to a conventional TMS configuration, resulting in loudness reduction by more than 14-fold. These results motivate improved mechanical design of TMS coils as well as design of TMS pulse generators with shorter pulse durations and increased voltage limits with the objective of reducing TMS acoustic noise while retaining the neurostimulation strength.


Some of Haiti's most beloved musicians raised their voices to counter the antics of President Martelly and his associates. This chapter studies the carnival songs of two anti-establishment artists who captured the public's imagination through their alternate approaches to political activism. The first is musician-comedian Matyas, around whom a protracted and preposterous storyline was constructed about his unlikely candidacy for the presidency, subsequent win, and the havoc he is able to bring about as a result of his high-powered fictitious position. Second, the roots-reggae group Brothers Posse released a consecutive series of acerbically critical music videos for each carnival during which Martelly was in office, before Brothers Posse's lead Don Kato took his musical engagement to a literal conclusion and was elected to the Senate in 2015. As senator, Don Kato delivered a pointed warning in a carnival song about the PetroCaribe scandal, in which several billion dollars have gone missing.


We investigated the genetic variation of Cunninghamia lanceolata var. konishii, on basis of eight ISSR markers. Samples from 182 trees of four populations in the Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces were included in this study. The ISSR data showed low genetic variability at both population and species level, with an average of 0.1025 and 0.1357, respectively. Genetic differentiation among populations was high (Gst = 0.2554) indicating limited gene flow (Nm = 1.4575). The implication of the results from the study to conserve genetic resources of the species was proposed.


The Nuclear Pore Complex (NPC) is a ~50 MDa protein complex that forms the sole conduit for macromolecular transport across the nuclear envelope. It assembles from ~30 proteins, termed nucleoporins or nups, symmetrically arranged about a central 8-fold axis. Some nucleoporins also contribute to other structures or perform diverse other functions. A subset forms a stably-associated core scaffold for the NPC, organized into two large subcomplexes, the Y-complex and the Nic96-complex. Studies using electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography have begun to elucidate the architecture of the NPC scaffold. To better understand the NPC and related proteins, two studies were performed: 1. The crystal structure of the C-terminal α-helical domain of Nup133 in complex with the C terminus of Nup107 revealed (with a prior structure of the N-terminal β-propeller domain of Nup133) the complete structure of Nup133 and its connection to the Y-complex. This contributes to a nearly complete molecular model of the Y-complex. Nup107•Nup133 forms the distal half of the stalk of the Y-complex. Sequence similarity between Nup133 and another nucleoporin, Nup170, was detected, and structural similarity proven by solving the structure of the α-helical domain of Nup170. Nup170 is a member of the Nic96-complex. Similarity between Nup133 and Nup170 suggests that the Y-complex and the Nic96-complex employ the same architectural principles. 2. Four nucleoporins contain an α-helical domain structurally related to the COPII coat protein Sec31. This domain is called the ancestral coatomer element 1 (ACE1). Sec13•Sec31 and Nup84•Nup145C•Sec13 complexes form analogous edge elements for the COPII coat and the NPC. A sequence-based search for other ACE1s identified the COPII accessory protein Sec16. Sec16 and Sec13 were shown to form a 2:2 heterotetramer. A crystal structure of Sec13•Sec16 revealed similarities to the Sec13•Sec31 edge element. Together with other structural and in vivo data, this result suggests that Sec13•Sec16 is a template for the Sec13•Sec31 coat. These studies demonstrate that duplication of multiple classes of architectural proteins occurred in the evolution of the NPC and COPII coat, and support the hypothesis that these systems evolved from a common, ancestral membrane-coating complex. Thesis Supervisor: Thomas U. Schwartz Title: Associate Professor of Biology


The promising development of convective drying of thermolabile materials is the use of heat pumps. The main advantages of heat pump drying are high energy efficiency, controlled thermal conditions of drying, high quality of the final product, environmental cleanliness of the technological process.The processes of air treatment in convective heat pumps with different schemes of dehydration of the drying agent are considered in the paper. As determined, the main disadvantage of heat pump drying is the long duration of the process due to the drying temperature limitation not exceeding 50-60 °C, and the dried material is not initially heated above the temperature of the wet thermometer, which is 25-30 °C. The possibility of using infrared radiation in combination with a heat pump was studied to intensify the process of low-temperature convective drying. It is shown that the combination of heat pump and infrared drying processes provides a synergistic effect, which leads to a shorter drying time and reduced energy consumption, as well as to obtain better quality dried products.


"One country,two systems" strategy has always been a hot issue for academic circles to study.With further discussion,scholars have reached consensus focusing on connotation,characteristic,Implementation,influence,significance and practical experience of "One country,two systems" strategy since 2008.But there exist debate and disagreement on such issues as theoretical origin,the form of state structure and Taiwan model.Reviewing and organizing the recent frontier hot issues and the viewpoints in "One country,two systems" study will be beneficial for the future research and its implementing of this issue.


The federal government, among other employers, has been providing various work/family programs and numerous studies have tried to uncover whether those programs are effective in terms of job-related attitudes and also their disparate effect on various demographic groups. However, when it comes to the actual effectiveness of those programs, empirical results are mixed, and some studies have found that those programs remain less utilized or underutilized. The availability of work/family policies does not necessarily result in perceived accessibility or even actual use by employees. Why is there a gap between work/family benefits availability and actual use by employees? This article investigates this question by studying organizational factors using perceived organizational support theory as a framework. Using the 2011 Federal Human Capital Survey, this article examines the effects of supervisor's support for employees' work–life balance and diversity management on employees' use of work/family programs. This article suggests that supervisors' support for employees' work–life balance and diversity management are often overlooked factors that may provide possible reasons for those variances. This study finds preliminary evidence to support the hypotheses that public employees are more likely to participate in work/family programs when there is supervisor's support for employees' work–life balance and especially when effective diversity management is interacted with supervisor's support. The findings of this study can contribute to public managers' understanding about the necessary organizational antecedents to accommodate the work–life balance of a diverse workforce.


Survivability is one of the most important factorsconcerning the warship design.But it is not well implemented in the process of ship design,due to the lack of"standard" survivability assessment methodsand quantitative design requirements.In order to deal with this problem,a "top-down" survivability assessment system is established,and the operationally-related survivability design requirement sets are obtained,and meanwhile the probabilistic survivability design requirements are gi-(ven.)


VSC-HVDC Power Transmission is reviewed,including its structure,basic principle and control strategy.The paper ana-lyzes the technology characteristics and application fields of VSC-HVDC transmission,and explores its current research situation and development trends,pointing out that VSC-HVDC transmission has extensive application prospect and is an important branch of the developing power transmission technology.


The present paper is devoted to the discussion of the results obtained by a series of non-linear static and dynamic analyses performed on a relevant structural Roman artwork: the Augustus bridge in Narni (Central Italy). The Roman bridge, which was in origin arranged into four arches with a maximum span of approximately 32 m, is nowadays constituted by the lateral left arch and a portion of the right part of the abutment. As a matter of fact, it ruined some centuries ago because of a combination of different causes. A recent experimental investigation pointed out the role played by a vertical foundation settlement mechanism that took place at the base of the second pier and probably led to the collapse of the two central arches. In addition, the highly prone seismic area and the great variability of the mechanical properties of the Roman concrete used to construct the bridge clearly played a crucial role. The present work is aimed at investigating the influence of such parameters on the collapse of the original structure. To this scope, a 3D model has been created starting from the geometric survey of the original four arched bridge. The double leaf masonry used by Romans has been considered in the present analyses subdividing the adopted discretization into two materials: the Travertine stone adopted for the outer leaf and the Roman concrete used as filling. Two series of non-linear static and dynamic analyses are performed respectively applying: (i) a G1 distribution of the horizontal loads along the height of the bridge and (ii) a spectrum-compatible accelerogram with two components along the vertical and transversal directions. The results are comparatively assessed with respect to the experimental observations of the ruins of the Augustus bridge. Particular attention is focused on the global force-displacement capacity curve and the damage maps obtained at the end of the analyses. The numerical results, in addition to the experimental observations, clarified the strong negative effect that a vertical settlement of the ground had on the stability of the bridge. 2423 Available online at www.eccomasproceedia.org Eccomas Proceedia COMPDYN (2017) 2423-2430 © 2017 The Authors. Published by Eccomas Proceedia. Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of COMPDYN 2017. doi: 10.7712/120117.5578.17286 E. Bertolesi, G. Milani and M. Acito


In this paper, the computer network is first re-evaluated as the tool, media and creative space and then proposed as powerful facility of the information service, education and management during the guidance of social activities of college youth.


Abstract. The advent of convolutional neural networks has been driving the rapid development of image super-resolution (SR) tasks. Existing works, however, tend to devise deeper and wider networks to boost accuracy, leading to huge model sizes and computation costs. In addition, they also ignore the effect of frequency domain information on image restoration. To address these challenges, we propose a simple and effective frequency-based attention network, comprising a series of frequency-domain enhancement modules (FDEMs), for accurate image SR. Each FDEM integrates a two-dimensional discrete wavelet transform, progressive frequency enhancement module (PFEM), and frequency aggregation module (FAM). Specifically, DWT first decomposes the features into high-frequency and low-frequency parts, and then the low-frequency branch is processed and gradually added to the high-frequency branch to realize the interaction of frequency information in PFEM. Finally, frequency representations from the PFEM are upsampled to the FAM to further achieve information enhancement in a specific space. Extensive experiments indicate that our method is efficient in reconstruction accuracy with less model capacity, exceeding most existing lightweight SR networks.


International law prohibits intervention in the domestic affairs of other states. But this prohibition, which is once again in the news in connection with the crisis in Venezuela, is now generally portrayed as either so strict that it precludes common elements of foreign policy like economic sanctions or so vague as to be meaningless. This Article seeks to restart what once was a thoughtful debate regarding nonintervention. It traces the negotiating history of the non-intervention norm in an effort to understand why some states have characterized it as clear in its stringency. And it unpacks the crucial concept of "coercion" to show that those states that see non-intervention as difficult to apply stand on solid ground. Throughout, the Article takes a broad, comparative approach, looking to analogies in domestic law and other areas of international law to try to explain how we got to where we are today. The Article concludes by applying the "rules" versus "standards" dichotomy to sketch a potential path forward—a reframing of the prohibition of intervention as more standard-like. ABSTRACT ............................................................................1167...........................................................................1167


On the basis of studing on the present technology of Sulfur Hexafluoride(SF6) leak detection,infrared laser absorption used in detecting the concentration of SF6 is studied and analyzed in this paper.The simulation and experiment has proved that the system has realized the gas leakage detection in the room where the SF6 Breakers are installed,and provide a new method to identify high leaking sources more quickly.Compared with traditional detection technologies,optical imaging technology is a great bteakthtough in the SF6 gas leakage detedtion.and it has an extensive application value.


The extent to which social class differences in the measured ability of children change as the children get older is an important educational, sociological and even political question. Using the results of tests taken by Aberdeen school children at ages 7, 9, and 12, it was found that there was no significant increase in the `class gap in ability' with age, but that there was significant variation in the `class differentiating power' of the tests used. One of the methods used by Douglas, in The Home and the School, to demonstrate an increasing gap between both social classes and ability streams is shown to be unsound. It is also suggested that the regression effects which invalidate the method may affect differentially the accuracy with which we can predict the later performance of children belonging to the several social classes front their success at a selection examination.


We combine Rayleigh wave ellipticity, or H/V (horizontal
to vertical) amplitude ratios, measurements obtained using
teleseismic earthquake recordings and ambient noise cross
correlations to provide improved constraints on the crustal models
across the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco. To obtain the H/V ratios,
we use more than 250 shallow (h<40 km) teleseismic events with
magnitudes Mw>6.0 recorded at more than 450 seismic stations. We
also use all the multicomponent ambient noise cross correlations
computed for each station pair for the time period 2010 to 2012.
Periods between 20 and 100 seconds are investigated. We observe a
good agreement between the uppermost geological features of the
crust and the obtained Rayleigh H/V ratios, with low values in major
mountain ranges and high ratios in sedimentary basins. Combination
of Rayleigh H/V ratio measurements from both earthquakes and
ambient noise data with phase velocities and other types of seismic
data will help to better constrain the Earth's structure at different
crustal levels.


The Endanga basin is one part of the Konaweeha watershed located in South Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi Province, covering an area of 1,353.67 hectares. The land use patterns in Endanga Watershed contained forests, shrubs, oil palm plantations, pepper fields, and cultivated fields of field rice, corn monoculture and intercropping of peanuts and corn. This watershed needs serious attention because most of its territory is on slope of 15-40%, with erosion hazard levels (EHL) varying from mild erosion to severe erosion. The loss of organic carbon (C-organic) soil is measured from the soil carried along with the surface stream and into the reservoir on various land uses. The result measurement of C-organic soil loss on forest land use is 14.02 kg ha-1, shrubs land 22.71 kg ha-1, oil palm 151.32 kg ha-1, pepper garden 93.69 kg ha-1, field rice 313.80 kg.ha-1, monoculture of maize 142.44 kg ha-1, intercropped maize and corn 51.10 kg ha-1 and open land 1,909.16 kg ha-1. The forest land and shrubs is best in conserving soil C-organic, but economically unfavorable for the community, so land use pattern for intercropping and pepper plantation can be used for soil C-organic conservation


With employment of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) in treatment regimens of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL), vast majority of patients achieved complete remissions (CRs). While extramedullary relapse following therapy with ATRA have been reported more frequently. The most commonly reported involved sites are CNS, skin and lymph nodes. In this case, we reported a particularly rare APL patient who suffered extramedullary relapse in auditory canal after a very long completed remission for nearly 10 years. A 20-year-old male was diagnosed as APL and accepted induction therapy with daunorubicin (DNR) and ATRA. The completed remission was achieved and last for 10 years. Then he complained of hypoacusia and intermittent tinnitus on the right ear. He was misdiagnosed and mistreated as otitis media for about 3 years. After confirming as the extramedullary relapse with biopsy fragment of the mass and immunohistochemistry, this patient was treated with chemotherapy combined with ATO and achieved a complete molecular remission again. Unfortunately, the patient finally died of severe bone marrow suppression. Moreover, we reviewed the previous reported cases and hypothesized mechanisms of ear involvement in APL relapse, and discussed the importance of prompt diagnosis and relative reasonable treatment for these patients present with auditory symptoms with history of APL. This case provide information for rare extramedullary relapse and may remind clinicians recognizing the possibility of unusual APL relapses, especially in those acquired a long time complete remission.


There is probably no surgical affection in which the result of operative interference depends so much upon prompt action as in strangulated hernia, and the fact that almost every case first falls into the hands of the family physician, who is a general practitioner, leads me to offer a plea for early operation in cases where the fact of strangulation is well established, and to urge that should he himself be unwilling to operate, no time should be lost in calling in the as sistance of some one who can. Statistics show beyond any doubt that where a fatal issue follows this operation, it may, in almost every instance, be traced to either the pathological change that has taken place in the intestine, or the exhaustion of the strength of the patient by prolonged pain and vomiting. The modern surgical methods have perfected the opera tion, so that it has been removed from the category of capital, and transferred to that of minor, operations, provided it is done before the above mentioned conditions have arisen. The time in which destructive changes may take place in an in testine completely strangulated varies, but the fact that they may


Conjoint analysis is a useful measurement method for implementing market segmentation and product positioning. The authors describe how recently developed optimal product design models provide a way to test the effectiveness of a selected class of market targeting strategies. They first propose a conceptual framework for describing segmentation in the context of conjoint analysis input data. Then they apply that framework to an illustrative case study entailing physicians' preferences for a newly developed prescription drug. They conclude with a discussion of the limitations of the proposed method.


: The zinc oxide/carbon (ZnO/C) nano composite was prepared by self-propagating solution combustion method by using dextrose as a fuel and carbon source. The prepared catalyst was characterized by XRD, SEM, EDAX and BET analysis techniques. The nanoZnO/C composite exhibited enhanced photocatalytic activity for the degradation of acid yellow 110 when compared with commercial ZnO and pristine nanoZnO. The photocatalytic activities of composites with different amounts of carbon were evaluated for the degradation of the dye. The best photocatalytic activity was observed for a sample with a 10% of carbon. The influence of various parameters such as the initial dye concentration, pH and catalyst weight on the photocatalytic degradation of the dye was studied. The optimum pH was found to be 6.2. The dye degradation obeyed first order kinetics and could be explained on the basis of Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism. The electrical energy efficiency for the degradation of dye was also determined. The efficiency of the ZnO/ C nano composite catalyst was also tested for the degradation of real time effluent collected from textile industry. The reduction in the COD values of the treated effluent indicated a complete destruction of the organic molecules along with the color removal.


Background and Aim: There is insufficient information about the successfully managed Lassa fever (LF) patients in Nigeria. This study aimed to utilize the One Health approach to identify the risk factors for LF infection among LF patients who were managed and on follow-up at the Federal Medical Center, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was done on 101 LF survivors who were managed and on follow-up at the Federal Medical Center. The data were collected using a semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. The respondents were assessed for symptoms and factors that might have predisposed them to LF, and the data were analyzed with SPSS version 23 (IBM Corp., NY, USA). Those who had more than 3 identifiable risks were categorized as high risk. Descriptive statistics were done, and the association between sociodemographic characteristics and high risk was explored using Chi-square test. Results: The median age of the respondents was 33 years (8-85 years); 62 (61.4%) were male, and 93 (92.1%) have heard of LF before diagnosis. The perceived cause of LF infection among the respondents included the consumption of food contaminated by rats' feces among 57 (56.4%) persons, while 16 (15.8) attributed their infection to contact with LF-infected persons. Among the respondents with primary education and below, 5 (29.4%) were at higher risk for LF infection compared to 7 (8.3%) with secondary education and above (p=0.014). Conclusion: The mass media and other sources of information should be well-harnessed in the communication of risks and preventive practices for LF. Public information campaigns should be organized to discourage bush burning in affected communities.


4030 Background: HCC is well known for hypervascular tumors and currently clinical trials for many antiangiogenic drugs are conducted. TSU-68 is an oral compound which inhibits VEGFR, PDGFR and FGFR, and it showed promising efficacy with a high safety profile, even in heavily pretreated HCC pts with Child-Pugh B liver cirrhosis (Kanai et al., 4589, ASCO 2008). TACE is an internationally established standard treatment for pts with intermediate stage HCC. Most pts will have intrahepatic recurrence after TACE, and VEGF level has been reported to be associated with recurrence. We conducted a randomized phase II trial to assess the efficacy and safety of the TSU-68 after TACE. Methods: This study was an open-label, multicenter, randomized phase II trial. Pts who were not indicated to surgical treatment or local treatment such as radiofrequency ablation, absence of portal vein thrombosis and extrahepatic metastases, and had either Child-Pugh A or B liver function were randomly assigned to group A with TSU-68 40...


Osogovo mountain is located at the border area with R Macedonia and till the end of 80-ties was part of restricted border zone. This is a reason for the nowadays relatively well conserved habitats and low anthropogenic pressure, but on the other side determines Osogovo as one of the least studied mountains in Bulgaria. This study aims delivery of new information on the status and distribution of the mammalian fauna in Osogovo mountain. It includes data survey on the large and medium game species census for the period between 1999 and 2003, provided by the State Game-Breeding Station "Osogovo" and the local hunting unit areas surrounding the Station as also data collected through a field study done between March and December 2003. During the field work we had found and identified the presence of totally 19 mammal species, as additionally 7 more are listed according different literature sources. One species (snow vole Microtus nivalis M.) was recorded for the first time for the mountain during our field work. Bats are not included in this study.


An intrusion detection system (IDS) is a necessary addition to the security infrastructure to detect malicious attacks that attempt to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or to bypass the security mechanisms of a networked-based system. This paper studies the IDS configuration problem with information limitation, where the attacker has no permission to access the states of a system. For strategy planning, the attacker competes with an imaginary weighted detector by using beliefs of the states, and the corresponding decision-making process is addressed within the framework of a continuous zero-sum stochastic game, with existence of a stationary saddle-point equilibrium being shown through continuity and compactness. Owing to the full access to real states, the IDS establishes strategy by solving a Markov decision process with both continuous and discrete states. Moreover, to cope with the continuous belief state space, a deep reinforcement learning based algorithm is presented to find optimal stationary attack/detection strategies in an online fashion. An example is also included to show the effectiveness of the current results.


Surveys carried out during the military regime have shown that the evaluation of different public policies have low correlations with each other, are particularly low among illiterates and poorly educated respondents and were poor predictors of voting intention and party preferences. However, data from a large pre-election poll, with a stratified random household sample in the Distrito Federal, contradict these findings. In this survey, evaluations of public policies cluster, yet are not "block and blind" answers, the magnitude of their inter-correlations does not follow educational lines, and the evaluations are excellent predictors of voting preference for governor. The disparities among these findings may result from real changes in the population During the last decade and a half, to specificities of the Distrito Federal (higher per capita income and one of the highest educational levels in the nation), to an election in which the incumbent governor ran against a former governor, to the campaign emphasis of the incumbent governor, who was running on his record, to characteristics of the military regime, or to combinations thereof. Regardless of the explanation that one may favours, the 1998 elections showed the existence of rationality that linked voting intention to the evaluation of public policies. However, this linkage might be specific to this particular election, and not generalizable to other electoral levels or to party preferences.


D-Xylulose is phosphorylated to D-xylulose-5-phosphate by D-xylulose kinase before it enters glycolysis via the nonoxidative pentose phosphate pathway. A gene encoding a novel D-xylulose kinase (XK) from K. gwangalliensis strain SJ2 was sequenced and expressed in E. coli. The sequence of the isolated XK gene was 1,419 bp, encoding 472 amino acids. The XK protein was more closely related to the Arthrobacter phenanthrenivorans XK than to the Bifidobacterium catenulatum one, as reflected in the sequence identity (54.9% vs. 38.7%). The XK gene was subcloned into the pCold-II expression vector. The resulting plasmid was transformed into E. coli strain BL21 (DE3) cells and the expression of the recombinant XK protein was induced by the addition of IPTG. The resulting protein was expressed as a fusion protein of approximately 48 kDa containing a N-terminal six-histidine extension that was derived from the expression vector. The expressed protein was homogenized by affinity chromatography and showed enzymatic activity corresponding to D-xylulose kinase. XK enzyme kinetic studies with D-xylulose and ATP showed a Km of 250±20 μM and 1,300±50 μM, respectively. The results obtained from this study will provide a wider knowledge base for the characterization of D-xylulose kinase at the molecular level.


Here are the standards from ASHRAE and NADCA the leading authorities on maintaining your HVAC system. They may give you insight when questions are asked about a facility as a result of the pandemic from Coronavirus that we are experiencing. If there


This paper regarded the tube hauling process as a system involving its circumstance,and analyzed the data processing,system frame construction,the relevant arithmetic and the realization of the mathematical simulation,route optimization,risk prediction in the tube hauling process.The methods proposed in the paper were used in practical engineering and its feasibility,correctness and superiority were verified.


221 Background: In recent years, new treatments for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with excellent response rates and varying toxicity profiles have emerged. In the setting of multiple available options, shared decision-making is critical. Developing strategies to enhance shared decision-making requires better understanding of how patients and providers make treatment decisions.

METHODS
Patients with CLL and health care providers within the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System Cancer Community Network were to assess how treatment decisions are made.

RESULTS
Forty-four patients with CLL completed telephone-based surveys. The median age was 69 years old. Thirty percent had completed ≤12 years of education, 20% had some college education. Seventy-three percent of patients preferred an active or shared role in decision-making (27% preferring to make decision, 23% making decision with physician input, and 45% a shared role). Only 2% of patients preferred the doctor select the treatment. Despite >50% preferring an active role, only 20.5% perceived having an active role (Table 1). Thirty-three lay patient navigators, 26 oncologists, and 28 nurses (RN)/advanced care providers (ACP) completed web-based surveys. Navigators and nurses perceived a greater patient role in decision-making than physicians, who perceived that decisions were most often shared.

CONCLUSIONS
Patients and providers have differing perceptions of their roles in decision-making in CLL treatment. Patients desire higher levels of participation in decision-making than they perceive that they receive, suggesting an opportunity for education of patients and providers to improve shared decision-making. [Table: see text].


This paper describes the University of Sheffield's entry in the 2010 TAC KBP entity linking and slot filling tasks. This was our first participation in the TAC KBP track. Given limited human resources and a relatively late decision to participate 1, we chose to view our participation as an exploratory effort, aimed at educating us in the issues surrounding the tasks. With that perspective we decided to first adopt a fairly naive approach, see where it went wrong, then refine the approach as time permitted. Our first "naive" approach to the entity linking (EL) task was to build a text collection from the textual description portion of the KB nodes, index this collection using a search engine tool, convert the EL query into a search engine query and return the top ranked KB node whose name matched the entity name in the query as the answer to the query, provided the similarity score between the query and the KB node exceeded some threshold. Analysis of the failures of this approach suggested that a major problem was the insistence that a KB node name must match the query entity name exactly. The rest of our effort on the EL task went into exploring how we could relax this assumption. Our first "naive" approach to the slot filling (SF) task was to treat it as a relation extraction task, which we tackled with a rule-based approach, given the shortage of training data and our limited development time and resource. We observed that the majority of slot values were one of the entity types person, organization, GPE or timex. We therefore chose to run a named entity recognition and classification (NERC) component that identified these entity types over the top ranked texts retrieved from the test corpus (which had been indexed previously by our search engine tool) using a query derived from the SF query name and associated document. For each slot a set of manually developed rules were applied to sentences containing the query entity name and another entity whose type indicated it was a candidate value for that slot. Candidate entities matched by the rules were returned as slot values. After implementing this approach little time was left for refinement. What limited time we had was spent analyzing what value of n should be chosen in selecting the top n documents returned in the retrieval stage for subsequent slot extraction. The rest of this paper describes our approach and related investigations in more detail. Section 2 briefly describes existing language processing tools which we took "off-the-shelf", to reduce our development time and to allow us to concentrate on the most interesting aspects of the tasks. Sections 3 and 4 describe in detail our approaches to the EL and SF tasks respectively. Section 5 concludes the paper and discusses potential future work.


with the ITER-like Wall P.Mantica, C.Angioni, F.J.Casson, T.Pütterich, M.Valisa, M.Baruzzo, P.C.da Silva Aresta Belo, I. Coffey, P. Drewelow, C.Giroud, N.C.Hawkes, T.C.Hender, T.Koskela, L. Lauro Taroni, E. Lerche, C.F. Maggi, J.Mlynar, M.O'Mullane, M.E.Puiatti, M.L.Reinke, M.Romanelli and JET EFDA contributors* JET-EFDA, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, OX14 3DB, UK 1 Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, CNR/ENEA, Milano, Italy 2 Max Planck Institut fur Plasmaphysik, Garching, Germany 3 CCFE, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, OX14 3DB, UK 4 Consorzio RFX– CNR/ENEA, Padova, Italy 5 Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear, IST, Lisbon, Portugal 6 Aalto University, Tekes, P.O.Box 14100, FIN-00076 Aalto, Finland LPP-ERM-KMS, Belgian State, TEC partner, Brussels, Belgium 8 IPP.CR, Institute of Plasma Physics AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic 9 York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK The development of H-mode scenarios in JET with ITER-like wall (ILW) has indicated the need of understanding and controlling W accumulation, which hinders the attainment of good confinement for long durations [1,2]. This paper presents experimental results, interpretative modeling and theory predictions of W transport in JET ILW standard H-mode (STH) and Hybrid plasmas, including first results of heavy impurity Laser Blow-offs (LBO). A key element for the understanding has been the availability of theory models for W neoclassical and turbulent transport (NEO [3] and GKW [4] respectively) that include the effects of rotation on transport coefficients and poloidal asymmetries. The typical pattern towards W accumulation has been identified in a Hybrid discharge [2] as due to progressive peaking of the density [5] and reversal of neoclassical convection from outward to inward, but is in fact common to both scenarios, as can be seen from the time traces shown in Fig.1. Both discharges feature NBI heating only and show similar time evolution of the density profiles and SXR emission (Fig.1 d and e). In the STH however the more regular and frequent sawtooth activity (Fig.2) limits the central W peaking, allowing attainment of a stationary discharge, which in Hybrids is not possible (Fig.1b). The sawtooth activity seems a better candidate than ELMs to explain the difference in stationarity in STHs vs Hybrids, because ELMs, although more frequent in STH (Fig.2), regulate the W influx from the edge rather than its spatial profile. So the presence Fig.1: Main time traces of discharge 82722 on the left (Hybrid, BT= 2 T, Ip= 1.7 MA) and 83351 on the right (standard H-mode, BT= 2.6 T, Ip= 2.75 MA). t19, t22 and t25 are SXR line integrals with tangency radius respectively at r/a=0, 0.22, 0.4. The dashed lines indicate the times for the NEO+GKW modeling. 0.5 1.0


In Reply.— Dr Goldman is correct in pointing out the possibility that erythema chronicum migrans may be associated with a delayed-onset arthritis. The asymmetric, monoarticular or oligoarticular arthritis may occur as long as ten months after the skin eruption, and two thirds of patients with joint involvement may have at least one recurrent attack in the following two years. 1 However, our patient suffered his tick bite and eruption in June 1975, and in the following year, in which we drew convalescent serologic titers, no joint symptoms had developed. Since then, the patient reported two episodes of stiffness in the right hip, occurring one year and eight months, and 2 1/2 years after the bite. He related this to walking long distances, and he did not see a physician on either occasion. My feeling is that these symptoms were unrelated to his erythema chronicum migrans, because of the long duration


When the shuffled frog leaping algorithm (SFLA) is used to solve the robot path planning problem in obstacle environment, the quality of the initial solution is not high, and the algorithm is easy to fall into local optimization. Herein, an improved SFLA named ISFLA combined with genetic algorithm is proposed. By introducing selection, crossover and mutation operators in genetic algorithm, the ISFLA not only improves the solution quality of the SFLA, but also accelerates its convergence speed. Moreover, the ISFLA also proposes a location update strategy based on the central frog, which makes full use of the global information to avoid the algorithm falling into local optimization. By comparing ISFLA with other algorithms including SFLA in the map environment of different obstacles, it is confirmed that ISFLA can effectively improve the minimum path optimization and robustness in the simulation experiments of mobile robots.


Bifidobacterium breve 203, an isolate which assimilates β-d-glucosides weakly, came to grow well on cellobiose (B. breve clb strain) or gentiobiose (B. breve gnt strain) after successive transfers in medium containing cellobiose or gentiobiose as a carbon source. The elevation of the assimilating ability of B. breve clb, which might reflect both higher cellobiose consuming- and β-d-glucosidase I activities than those of the original B. breve 203, was specific to cellobiose. In the case of B. breve gnt, the elevated assimilating ability was specific to gentiobiose, with higher gentiobiose consuming- and jg-d-glucosidase II activities. Subsequent transfers (10 times) of B. breve clb in medium with glucose as a carbon source resulted only in a decrease in cellobiose consumption by the intact cells, while similar treatment of B. breve gnt resulted in decreases in both gentiobiose consumption and β- d-glucosidase II activity. β-d-Glucosidase I partially purified from B. breve clb grown on glucose as a carbon s...


Based on long-term survey on the outpatient service of specialized hospital,the author compared and analyzed several common methods of appointment to learn the patients' attitudes and requirements towards the appointment service.After summarizing the actual situation,the author raised optimized scheme hoping that it could both provide patients with more convenient appointment system to ease the patient-hospital contradiction,and optimize the treatment process,to effectively solve the problems of patients when receiving medical service.


Innovative Technologies in Engineering Conference Proceedings report on the 7th International Scientific Practical Conference held at the Yurga Institute of Technology branch of the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University from 19th to 21st May, 2016. The Proceedings contain selected scientific reports submitted to the Conference. Having started in 1996 the scientific conference at the Yurga Institute of Technology branch of the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University acquired its international status in 2010. This year scholars from Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine, USA, Azerbaijan, China, Germany and Poland have submitted their papers to the Conference. The scientific reports published in these Proceedings have been revised and approved by the editorial team of the Conference. All of the reports exhibit clear, concise, and precise expositions that appeal to a broad international readership interested in mechanical engineering, welding, metallurgy, material science, as well as in computer-aided manufacturing. The reports present original ideas or results of general significance supported by clear reasoning and compelling evidence, and employ methods, theories and practices relevant to the research. The authors state clearly the questions and the significance of their research to theory and practice, describe how the research contributes to new knowledge; and provide tables and figures that meaningfully add to the narrative. The Organizing Committee of the Conference thank all the participants of the Conference for their fruitful work and personal contribution to the development of these Conference Proceedings.


Parents often bring their children to an orthopaedic surgeon to evaluate an in-toeing gait. During these visits, some parents may have difficulty understanding that in-toeing is part of typical development, and that the vast majority of children do not require treatment. In addition to causing parental distress, poor parental understanding of in-toeing may lead parents to seek additional care. This may subject the child to unnecessary treatment and put additional stress on an already overburdened healthcare system. The purpose of this study was to investigate parental understanding …


The scattering and reflecting properties of surfaces which are perfectly conducting but which have random irregularities are investigated in a statistical manner. The surface is assumed to be not too precipitous. With a statistical model for the surface, the scattering of light by a disturbed water surface is considered, and the method is used to calculate the amount of sea clutter observed in centrimetric radar. A comparison with some observations is made.


Prepared for the conference on Capital Markets and Debt Management of the Italian Macroeconomic Policy Group and the Centre for Economic Policy Research, Castelgondolfo, Italy, June 15-17, 1989.--p. [1]


Official RFU-endorsed publication.Skills and techniques fully explained and illustrated with specially commissioned photographs of England players.Guide to health, fitness, training and kit.Training drill programmes for beginner, intermediate and senior players.'Simply the best' features on England's best ever players in each position.Rules of the game: the definitive rules, reproduced in full.


It has previously been reported that pretreatment of human islets with anti-MHC class I antibodies leads to their prolonged survival when subsequently transplanted into naive mice, suggesting that, as in allotransplantation, these molecules also play a role in the recognition and the initiation of effector responses to xenoantigens.1 However, this protracted survival of cellular, unlike primary vascularized organ transplants, can also be ascribed partially to their inherent resistance to antibody-mediated injury; a feature largely attributed to the neovasculature, which is essentially of recipient origin. Of the vascularized organs, liver but not heart xenografts are an exception; they are relatively resistant to humoral rejection, thereby allowing for the development of cell-mediated responses.2 This peculiar observation provides a unique opportunity to study the role of donor MHC class I and class II cell surface molecules in the acceptance or rejection of primary vascularized xenografts. To this end, we used MHC class I and class II "knock out" mice as donors of organs (liver and heart), which were transplanted into naive rat recipients. Furthermore, the influence of MHC disparity on xenograft survival in the reciprocal (rat to mouse) combination was also investigated.


In transformerless photovoltaic systems, common-mode voltage (CMV) fluctuations causes high-frequency harmonics, and leakage current flow. This paper proposes a strategy for finite control set model predictive control (FCS-MPC) with virtual voltage vectors (VVVs) to fix this issue. Only odd vectors are utilized to reduce CMV fluctuations and total harmonic distortion of the output current load. Using the proposed method, the fluctuations and high-frequency harmonics of the common-mode voltage are reduced. Also, using the virtual voltage vectors in the proposed method, the possible number of switching stats increases. This leads to the reduction of discrepancy between the measured and reference currents in cost function and also THD output current. The results of the proposed theory are evaluated through the simulation of a two-level voltage source inverter.


This paper proposes the scheduling model based on the resources optimization disposition,the resource costs and earliness/tardiness penalty,in which three-layer encoding methods is used to realize dynamic scheduling of flexible constraints based on the variable craft route and the man-machine coordination.The no-dominated sorting genetic algorithm is also used to optimize production path under the coexistence of multiple production lines,simultaneously,optimize the wage cost and earliness/tardiness penalty of work piece.Takes into account both resource allocation and resource costs,this model is cost-effective and can rapidly respond to market changes with adaptive and self-optimizing capabilities.


The explosion started with germanium devices, which were quickly eclipsed by silicon. The subsequent developments were the bipolar integrated circuit and the emergence of metal-oxide semiconductor techniques which could well be supplanted in some applications by charge-coupled devices.


We are proposing a novel model for Classify the given genetic variations/mutations based on evidence from text-based clinical literature. Our model helps Molecular pathologists to classify the cancer tumor variations into 9 classes. As before molecular pathologists have to manually study all the variations which took a lot of time and effort. To solve this problem we are making a machine learning model and training it on more than 4k data points which is provided by the cancer organization of America for research and development purposes and achieve 97% accuracy by applying the optimal machine learning algorithm. Technology Stacks: Python3, Natural language processing, Google Colab. KeywordsMolecular, pathologist, cancer, mutations


Objective To explore relationship between serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factors(BDNF) and tardive dyskinesia(TD) in schizophrenic patients with TD and those without TD.Methods All patients satisfied DSM-IV criteria for schizophrenia.The serum BDNF levels were examined by using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay in patients with TD(n = 61) and patients without TD(n = 78) and controls(n = 102).The severity of TD and psychopathology were assessed using the abnormal involuntary movement scale(AIMS) and positive and negative symptom scale(PANSS),respectively.Results The patients with TD [(9.35 ± 1.60)μg/L] and those without TD [(10.12 ± 2.03)μg/L] had lower serum BDNF levels than normal controls [(12.27 ± 2.7)μg/L](F = 37.8,P 0.01).The patients with TD had markedly lower serum BDNF levels than those without TD(P = 0.04).The serum BDNF levels of patients with TD was inversely correlated with AIMS total score,age and duration of illness.In all patients,no significantly differences in serum BDNF levels was noted between atypical and typical antipsychotic treatment [(9.78 ± 1.93)μg/L vs(10.10 ± 2.20) μg/L,t =-0.88,P 0.05].Conclusion The BDNF levels of schizophrenia with TD was decreased significantly.There may be a relationship between decreased BDNF levels and dyskinetic movements.BDNF may play an important role in the pathophysiology of TD.


Now we know that Stephen Crane composed The Red Badge of Courage as an ironic tale of a young soldier's egotistical self-deceptions.1 Crane showed Henry Fleming to be as deluded in his attitude toward his heroic acts as he was in his earlier rationalizations about his running from battle. Throughout the story, the narrator consistently undercuts Henry's unfailing egotism, both his lack of concern for others and his belief in his own uniqueness (either as victim or prophet). Crane con? cluded his novel with a masterful ironic coda in which Henry's evalua? tion of his past conduct appears as just one more self-delusion. This is the Red Badge that Crane wrote. However, it is not the book that D. Ap pleton & Co. published in October 1895. A cut-down version of Crane's final manuscript, the text of the Appleton first edition was the result of wholesale expurgations but no extensive rewriting. Appleton did not print several passages that can be found in the ex? tant pages of Crane's manuscript as well as others that existed on pages now missing. Some of these deletions were made in the manuscript; for example, passages at the ends of chapters 7, 10, and 15 were crossed out in pencil or blue crayon, and all the pages of chapter 12 were removed. Other passages (such as those in chapters 16 and 25) were left uncan celled in the manuscript but were not published in the first edition.2 All this material was cut from the story at the insistence or suggestion of Crane's Appleton editor, Ripley Hitchcock.3 The result was a radically different story than the one Crane had originally written. Most readers of the Appleton Red Badge have interpreted it as a story of a young soldier's growth to maturity. However, as I will show, there has been widespread disagreement among Red Badge critics about exactly how Henry grows in the Appleton text. A few dissenting critics have even denied that he develops at all.


An efficient and inexpensive service has been developed for the monitoring of fishing vessels in West Africa using Earth Observation (EO) data. The service makes use of fast-delivery data from the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument on Sentinel-l and the Multi Spectral Imager (MSI) on Sentinel-2, detecting objects that differ markedly from their immediate background using a constant false alarm rate (CFAR) test. The selected objects are then discounted from further analysis if they fall within the bespoke land mask or can be shown from time series analysis to be static (signals associated with jetties, oil platforms and "ghost objects" arising from very bright land targets). Detections are matched to, and verified by, AIS data, which provides location and dimensions of ships that are legally in the region. Both matched and un-matched data are then displayed on a web portal for use by the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) state authorities.


The article documents the relation of performance art, actions, interventions, happenings, and the democracy of capital for the ruling power through double optics. The first optics constitutes a niche within which art is treated as a crime, as in the case of e.g. the individual guerrilla action Black Peristyle (Crni Peristil) from 1998, the author of which was summoned for interrogation at the Department for Terrorism and War Crimes.The second optics constitutes a niche within the framework of which art engagingly views what is political, what is criminal, what is taking place in this Balkan planetarium of ours – thus demonstrating that personal is (indeed) political – on the example of the independent scene on the one hand (Močvara Club and ATTACK!; I only address the independent scene of Zagreb on this occasion), but also the concept of "Green Democracy" (whereby I used the syntagma by Vandana Shiva) on the example of the activist practice of Animal Friends, as well as the examples of the artistic practice of multimedia artist Ivan Mesek, who also sought to indicate the suffering of animals on the barbed wire (Hungarian-Croatian and Slovenian-Croatian borders). With the aforementioned examples from the niche of animal rights, I sought to document the refugee crisis on the Balkan Route through the optics of equalising speciesism (species-based discrimination) and racism.


This study proposed to verify the influences on the speed of refuge from a disaster by the sex and body size in a junior high school & high school. We executed the evacuation experiments in a junior high school & high school in Daejeon Metropolitan City and analyzed the behavior patterns and evacuation speed of evacuee. The results of this study are as follows ; First, we found the evacuation speeds of evacuee are different the velocity of Simulex simulation program. It is necessary to reflect the body types and evacuation behavior characteristics of Koreans in simulation. Second, the body size doesn't have any good relations with the evacuation speed of evacuee in junior high school & high school students, but the physical and psychological conditions in aging affects on the evacuation behaviors. Third, the congested condition of stairway is more critically affects the speed of following evacuee in a middle school & high school, and evacuation condition is unfavorable for women and middle school students.


Two statistical copolymers III and IV combining features of the two reference polymers I and II were synthesized by a Wittig reaction with the objective of raising the electron-transport properties and fluorescence quantum yields relative to the alternating block copolymers I and II. The electroluminescent properties of single-layer LEDs using these copolymers were studied. External quantum efficiencies of 0.035 and 0.11% were obtained from single-layer devices on the basis of III and IV, respectively, which are higher than those of similar devices using I and II. Two single-layer LEDs using a blend of I and II (4:1 and 1:1 wt/wt) corresponding to the compositions of copolymers III and IV, respectively, were also fabricated for comparison. Results indicated that the covalent incorporation of oxadiazole is effective in improving the efficiency of LEDs and that the molar content of oxadiazole plays an important role in the performance of the devices. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 235–241, 2002


Introduction: It has been previously reported that pegylated interferon alpha-2a can induce hematologic and molecular responses in patients with essential thrombocythemia "ET" and polycythemia vera "PV", but the follow up in these studies were relatively short.

Objective: We present longer-term efficacy and safety results of a prospective phase II study of pegylated interferon alpha-2a in patients with ET and PV after a median follow up of 82.5 months (range, 8-107).

Methods: Patients with a diagnosis of ET or PV, in a need of therapy, either newly diagnosed or previously treated, were eligible for this study. Median interferon starting dose of 180 mcg/week SQ (range, 450-90; 39% started on 90mcg/week) was modified in majority of the patients based on toxicity or lack of efficacy. Clinical and molecular responses were assessed every 3 to 6 months.

Results: Among 83 enrolled patients (43 PV, 40 ET), 32 patients (39%) are still on study (but in 8 therapy is on hold: 5 due to toxicity, and 3 for financial reasons). Median age was 53 years (range, 19-78). Overall 37% of patients did not receive prior cytoreductive treatment. The overall median exposure to therapy was 87 months (range, 58-107) and was no different for patients still enrolled on the study and those who stopped study participation. Nine (28%) patients still on study are currently on a dose equal or higher than 90 mcg/week and 15 (47%) are on dose equal or smaller than 45mcg/week. JAK2 status or allele burden had no impact on achievement of response (clinical or molecular), time to response or duration of therapy. 55 of 59 (71%) JAK2V617F positive patients were evaluable for molecular response (Figure); 8 patients carried CARL mutation, 3 carried MPL and in 13 were triple negative. Median duration of hematologic and molecular response was 66 and 53 months, respectively; and directly correlated with treatment length and type of response (CMR had the longest duration of response). Overall yearly discontinuation rate were gradually decreasing for first 5 years, from 17% to 5%, and slowly increasing afterward to 10%. Of the 51 patients not on the study anymore, 27 (35% of the total) discontinued therapy primarily due to treatment toxicity. New late (≥24 months from start of therapy) G3/4 toxicity occurred in 17% of patients. Among patients in complete hematologic response treatment failure due to vascular adverse event or disease transformation was seen in 5 patients each. Three patients died on study (not related to therapy or disease), and 8 after stopping participation. Mean changes in allele burden over time in JAK2 positive patients are depicted in figure.

Conclusions: Although pegylated interferon alpha-2a can induce significant hematologic and molecular responses; toxicity still limits its use over longer period of time and loss of response or transformation is encountered.

| Response | Characteristics | First response | Last response |
| ------------------------------------ | ----------------------- | -------------- | ------------- |
| Hem Resp, N. of patients (No), (%) | CHR | 62 (76) | 25 (40)a |
| | PHR | 4 (5) | 1 (25) |
| | ORR | 66 (79) | 26 (39)a |
| Mol Resp, No, (%) | CMR | 10 (18) | 9 (90) |
| | PMR | 20 (36) | 5 (25)* |
| | mMR | 5 (9) | 2 (40) |
| | ORR | 35 (74) | 16 (46) |
| Safety | | Any grade | Grade ≥3 |
| Overall Adverse Events (AE), No, (%) | any AE | 83 (100) | 57 (67) |
| | recurrent AE | 74 (89) | 13 (16) |
| AE subtypes, No, (%) | musculoskeletal | 73 (88) | 6 (8) |
| | neurological | 53 (64) | 2 (4) |
| | psychiatric | 38 (46) | 4 (11) |
| | gastrointestinal | 54 (65) | 11 (20) |
| | LFT elevation | 27 (33) | 5 (18) |
| | skin | 18 (22) | 2 (11) |
| | infection/fever | 26 (31) | 3 (12) |
| | respiratory | 23 (28) | 2 (9) |
| | cardiovascular | 13 (16) | 3 (23) |
| | metabolic | 16 (19) | 2 (13) |
| | neutropenia | 37 (45) | 21 (57) |
| | thrombocytopenia | 18 (22)a | 1 (6) |
| | anemia | 36 (43) | 1 (3) |
| Autoimmune toxicity, No, (%) | hepatitis | 1 (2.5) | |
| | CNS vasculitis | 1 (2.5) | |
| | lupus nephritis | 1 (2.3) | |
| | Sjogren sy & dermatitis | 1 (2.5) | |
| Vascular AE (TEE/bleeding), | Unprovoked | 6 (7) | 5 (83) |
| No, (%) | Provoked | 4 (5) | 3 (75) |
| Disease transformation, No, (%) | Myelofibrosis | 6 (7) | |
| | AML | 1 (1) | |
| Safety over ≥24 months** | | Any grade | Grade ≥3 |
| New AE, No (%) | 3th year | 10 (17) | 4 (40) |
| | 4th year | 6 (11) | 4 (67) |
| | 5th year | 5 (10) | 1 (20) |
| | ≥ 6th year | 10 (24) | 1 (10) |

* **Effective sample size for patients on therapy/year: Initial number of patients at risk at the beginning of period minus half of patients censored during that period

* *% calculated from 19 patients

* astatistically significant differences by Fisher's exact test

* Abbr. CMR= complete molecular remission (undetectable JAK2 allele burden), PMR= partial molecular remission (>50% decrease in allele burden), mMR= minor molecular remission (20-49% decrease in allele burden)

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Disclosures Off Label Use: Pegylated Interferon alfa-2a used for patients with essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera. Cortes: Novartis: Consultancy, Research Funding; BerGenBio AS: Research Funding; Teva: Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Research Funding; Pfizer: Consultancy, Research Funding; Ariad: Consultancy, Research Funding; Astellas: Consultancy, Research Funding; Ambit: Consultancy, Research Funding; Arog: Research Funding; Celator: Research Funding; Jenssen: Consultancy. Konopleva: Novartis: Research Funding; AbbVie: Research Funding; Stemline: Research Funding; Calithera: Research Funding; Threshold: Research Funding.

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In order to unmask a false conflict between contemporary art and emancipatory education, this study presents a reflection on the conceptual clashes needed to address the contemporary art in school art education. For this, one starts with a description of the intertwining of art and the market, considering the post-modernist nuances of this relationship. The theoretical construct is supported through the historical and dialectical materialism, with emphasis on Terry Eagleton and Antonio Gramsci, in so far as they highlight the importance of historical thinking in the humanemancipation process. The rise of the art as commodity from the 1970s and the privatization of culture started in the 80s are investigated as important dimensions in the redirection of the role of art and the artist today.


Abstract : The work comprises a theoretical and experimental study of macrosegregation in solidification of ingots and castings. A general expression is given for macrosegregation, which is viewed as resulting from mass flow into, or out of, local regions of the ingot during solidification. The mass flow considered in detail results from flow of solute rich liquid to feed solidification and thermal contraction.


The relation between the spin-density-wave (SDW) and superconducting order is a central topic in current research on the FeAs-based high T{sub c} superconductors. Conflicting results exist in the LaFeAs(O,F)-class of materials, for which whether the SDW and superconductivity are mutually exclusive or they can coexist has not been settled. Here we show that for the (Ba,K)Fe{sub 2}As{sub 2} system, the SDW and superconductivity can coexist in an extended range of compositions. The availability of single crystalline samples and high value of the energy gaps would make the materials a model system to investigate the high T{sub c} ferropnictide superconductivity.


Experimental study is made on the fatigue limits of the material and the railway vehicle's axles of LZ50 steel. Four kinds of specimens, i.e. the smooth surface bars with diameters of 7.5 mm and 9.5 mm, the notched bar with a diameter of 9.5 mm, and the realistic axle of the railway vehicle, are tested by an up-and-down method under a running-and-bending loading mode. The test data of fatigue limits are obtained respectively by the conventional method and the improved method of local random Basquin S-N relations. The probabilistic fatigue limits for the four kinds of specimens are given respectively from the two methods under an assumption of the fatigue limits following the normal distribution. It is verified that the conventional method is slightly non-conservative and the improved method of local random Basquin S-N relations is appropriate.


The rotational spectrum of the nu 3 states of OCS and N2O, whose levels lie near 2000 cm-1, has been observed through a vibrational energy transfer from active nitrogen. The frequencies of many transitions between 48 GHz and 158 GHz have been measured; a determination of the rotational and centrifugal distortion constants of these states has been derived.


Abstract : The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory designed, developed, and installed hardware and software for the GPS Monitor Station Timing Subsystem Enhancement (MSTSE) at the GPS Monitor Station (MS) located at the Kaena Point Satellite Tracking Station, Hawaii. From December 1995 to the present as part of the evaluation of the system, the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) has been performing time transfers through the Two Way Satellite Time Transfer portion of the MSTSE. It will be shown that the new cesium-beam frequency standard (CFS) HP5071 has been disciplined to the DoD Master Clock by the MSTSE during this period to within plus or minus 3 pp 10E14. The phase measurement subsystem of the MSTSE has, for the first time, allowed independent measurement of the two operational GPS Monitor Station HP5061 CFSs. During June 1996 a modification was made to the MSTSE to reflect improvements in the system architecture developed during the initial evaluation period. This modification has increased system performance, improved reliability, and facilitated easy integration with future GPS Monitor Station improvements. This paper describes the equipment configuration and the test data collected after the installation of the MSTSE. Results are presented from data collected from June 1996 through October 1996.


A secondary analysis from a cross-sectional survey on the sexual behavior of Mexican-American andA nglo adolescent women was conducted using the methodology of survival analysis. The study examined whether socioeconomic factors or subcultural factors account for observed ethnic differences in the incidence of first premarital intercourse. Under the between-group analysis, a series of regression analyses was conducted in which the independent variables were entered one at a time to determine whether the gross impact of ethnicity on the incidence of first premarital intercourse was reduced. Under the intragroup analysis, the impact of acculturation -independent of socioeconomic factors -on the incidence of first intercourse experience among Mexican Americans was assessed. The results supported the model of subcultural values: Ethnic differences in socioeconomic circumstances alone do not accountfor the observed ethnic differences in the incidence offirst premarital intercourse; however, cultural differences relating to premarital sexual activity do partially account for this gap.


This paper discusses critical thinking and ways education leaders can apply it to problems in educational settings. It forwards a model of critical thinking, called TC2, designed by The Critical Thinking Consortium, a group of scholars, teachers, and educational leaders in British Columbia, Canada. The model addresses four interrelated components that influence the making up of one's mind: (1) the critical community: a supportive environment for thinking; (2) the tools for thought: intellectual resources, including background knowledge, criteria for judgment, criticalthinking vocabulary, thinking skills, and habits of mind; (3) the critical challenge: the thinking task; and (4) assessing the tools: adjudicating the quality of thinking. The paper examines the dilemmas of leadership and presents ways to apply the TC2 model through a case study of the opening of a new school and the leadership of its vice principal. (WFA) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Critically Thoughtful Leadership. Elaine Decker Debbie Gregg Maureen McDermid


Propagation studies within buildings were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of polarisation diversity and antenna directivity for combating cochannel interference. Dipole antennas and a 15 dB gain Yagi antenna were used as transmitting antennas in the experiments. By positioning the dipole antenna horizontally and aiming the null of the radiation pattern towards the cochannel cell, or by using a directional antenna generally resulted in a reduction in the level of cochannel interference. The gain in cochannel interference protection is around 3 to 5 dB. >


Two direct pseudospectral methods based on nonclassical orthogonal polynomials are proposed for solving finite-horizon and infinite-horizon variational problems. In the proposed finite-horizon and infinite-horizon methods, the rate variables are approximated by the Nth degree weighted interpolant, using nonclassical Gauss-Lobatto and Gauss points, respectively. Exponential Freud type weights are introduced for both of nonclassical orthogonal polynomials and weighted interpolation. It is shown that the absolute error in weighted interpolation is dependent on the selected weight, and the weight function can be tuned to improve the quality of the approximation. In the finite-horizon scheme, the functional is approximated based on Gauss-Lobatto quadrature rule, thereby reducing the problem to a nonlinear programming one. For infinite-horizon problems, an strictly monotonic transformation is used to map the infinite domain onto a finite interval. We transcribe the transformed problem to a nonlinear programming using Gauss quadrature rule. Numerical examples demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed methods.


Background/Objective  Studies suggest that diet may influence in skin ageing and skin appearance. However, the effect of diet in the elastotic changes of dermis, which is the main histological sign of ageing, has not been studied previously. The objective was to investigate if the dietary habits influence the dermal elastosis observed in BCCs.


Cangdong Guohua Power Plant Unit # 4 in the commissioning process by rotor-free regulator blowpipe technology is analyzed in the process of some key points and corresponding countermeasures is put forward.Practice has proved that good results to reach the expected goal,the full regulator-free rotor blowpipe is successful.


Today in the present world ,society and organization can be developed that follow a process among the people of organization as an instrument in order to get new styles in proceeding, production and services and effective decision making and the comparison of organization with dynamic environment and competitive market which this process is beds for the developed employment skill. The present article investigates the relationship of knowledge management with organizational entrepreneurship in organization of education for Mazandaran province. The method of research which used was correlation and collecting information was achieved by questioner and its results was analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics methods and SPSS Software was used for the test. The results show the main hypothesis and 3 hypothesis of secondary was certified .It means there is meaningful relationship between knowledge management (trade, using knowledge) with organizational employment.


Seventeen million people are left with limb impairment following stroke, and there is an urgent need for new effective rehabilitation technology. Functional electrical stimulation (FES) has been shown to facilitate motor re-learning by artificially activating muscles during practice of motor tasks, however clinical outcomes depend on how closely FES matches the intended motion. Electromyography (EMG) signals recorded from muscle can capture voluntary intention, and have successfully been employed in openloop FES controllers. Likewise, model-based controllers using force and/or position data have yielded accurate movement control in clinical trials. Iterative learning control (ILC) in particular has been successful in clinical tests, since the process of rehabilitation is inherently iterative. This paper develops a new control strategy to combine both EMG and model-based control. It begins by developing a novel hybrid model of muscle dynamics incorporating both EMG and FES. ILC is then employed to enable precise control over both variables, thereby offering substantial improvements over existing control schemes in the domain of stroke rehabilitation. Experimental results confirm efficacy of the hybrid control scheme, as well as its suitability for clinical application.


We report on the fabrication and electroluminescence of an n-ZnO nanorod/p-Si heterojunction. ZnO nanorods were grown on p-type Si substrates employing an easy low-temperature aqueous solution method. As-grown ZnO nanorods showed good crystallinity and a preferable c axial orientation. Electroluminescent devices were constructed using high-molecular-weight polymers as the fill-in, and the I–V characteristics were diode-like. A typical electroluminescent spectrum of such an n-ZnO/p-Si heterojunction under forward bias was composed of a narrow ultraviolet peak centred at 387 nm and a broad green band at 535 nm, consistent with the photoluminescent spectrum. The intensity of the ultraviolet light grew more quickly than that of the green light with the increasing of bias.


The distributed detection combining scheme is analyzed and compared to selection and maximal ratio combining for DPSK DS-CDMA over a shadowed Rician fading land-mobile satellite channel. Numerical results are presented for performance comparisons for the DPSK DS-CDMA under light, average, and heavy shadowing.


Abstract
Motivating Adult Students taking a Basic Algebra Course in a University Setting
Carol Beddard
Understanding the motivation of students learning mathematics and using this understanding to strengthen motivation can improve mathematics instruction for students, especially students who may dislike math. Motivation is modeled as arising from an interaction of needs, goals and dimensions of the self, resulting in behavior that is regulated by feedback and external factors.
The study uses a Conjecture-Driven design in the teaching situation of MATH 200 – Fundamental Concepts of Algebra which is a required course for many students. That they have to take a basic algebra course at the university level is indicative of some previous difficulties with mathematics which in turn can be linked to negative affect towards math. The conjecture was that motivation would be lacking among this group of students but that a class that is taught from a motivational standpoint would result in better attitudes towards math. Based on an a priori profile of motivational characteristics, the hypothetical student, the course was taught with the aim of improving motivation. Observations, course evaluations, a questionnaire and a survey were used to: (1) create a profile of observed motivational characteristics, the realistic student, and (2) to describe the effect of the course on student motivation.
It was found that a classroom that addressed students' needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness, promoted an understanding of why a procedure was used (rather than just how to apply the procedure), and that at all times respected the dignity of students, was motivational. In this classroom, the students reported improved affect towards mathematics across the dimensions of emotions, attitudes, beliefs and values.


Background: Despite efforts to fight, HIV/AIDS mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 (MTCT), as well as abortion and infant mortality, remains a problem in sub-Saharan Africa. Indeed, a low level of CD4 and a high viral load can be associated with these situations. The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors associated with the occurrence of MTCT, spontaneous abortion and infant mortality in HIV-1 infected women in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. This was a prospective study conducted from May 2014 to September 2017 and involved 423 HIV-1 infected women followed at Saint Camille Hospital in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Sociodemographic data were collected through a questionnaire. The CD4 count and HIV-1 viral load were determined using respectively BD FACSCount and Abbott m2000rt instruments. Bivariate analysis and multinomial logistic regression were performed for associations with a significance threshold for p < 0.05. Results: The average age of women was 38.75 ± 7.98 years. Rates of MTCT, abortion and infant mortality were 16.31%, 30.49% and 34.75%, respectively. The number of pregnancies was associated with the number of infant deaths (p = 0.002). A correlation between the number of pregnancies and infant mortality was observed (p = 0.002) with a relatively high rate (28.6%) among women who had three pregnancies. In addition, marital status was associated with HIV-1 infection in infants (p = 0.042) and spontaneous abortion (p = 0.033). HIV-1 infected women with low CD4 counts (less than 350 cells/μL) and those with viral load more than 1000 copies/mL were about twice as likely to have an spontaneous abortion [OR (IC 95%): 2.50 (1.085 - 5.760); p = 0.03] and [OR (95% CI): 2.16 (1.043 - 4.505); p = 0.04]. Conclusions: The results of this study show the need to improve the treatment of HIV-1 infected women in order to restore CD4 levels and make viral load of HIV-1 undetectable.


Change with time in the germination of scentless chamomile (Matricaria perforata Merat) seeds was investigated. Seeds were placed in nylon net bags, buried 7 cm deep in soil, exhumed at monthly intervals for 2 yr and allowed to germinate in temperature regimes of 10/2 °C, 20/5 °C, 25/10 °C and 35/20 °C (16/8 h), simulating temperatures found during early spring or late fall, spring or fall, summer and mid-summer on the soil surface, respectively. Exhumed and refrigerator-stored (2 °C) check seeds exhibited no yearly dormancy/nondormancy germination cycle, but mortality of buried seed increased to 36%, after 10 mo in contrast with that of the check seeds which remained low for two years. Light was required for germination during the first year but was not required for a portion of the seed during the second year. The retention of viability in buried seed explains the persistent seed bank and seedling emergence throughout the growing season when moisture and temperature are nonlimiting. Key words: Seed buri...


We show that the dynamical electron correlation suppresses the dipole field of incoming photon while inducing a strong attractive force at the spectral region of the giant plasmon resonance of C60. A signature of this force is seen in the form of a binding well in the imaginary part of the induced potential. This attraction can significantly influence the emerging photoelectron's temporal delay behavior.


Fresh-cut heads of globe artichoke cultivar "French Hyrious" were dipped in solutions of Gibberellic acid (GA3) at 100, 200 and 300 ppm, Potassium sorbate (PS) at 1, 2 and 3% and edible coating Chitosan at 1, 2, and 3 % for 5 minutes then placed in polyethylene trays that covered with polypropylene film which closed thermally and stored at 0oC and 95% R.H. GA3 exhibited comparatively the most obvious results during storage in lessening the deterioration of loss in weight, unmarketable percentage, T.S.S, inulin beside lowering the activity of polyphenol oxidase enzyme. The maximum T.S.S % was obtained from gibberellic acid at 200 ppm, potassium sorbate 1% and chitosan 3%. The application of gibberellic acid led to keep the highest total sugars content at 200 ppm followed by potassium sorbate at 1% and finally chitosan at 2%. The maximum inulin content happened due to the application of gibberellic acid at 200 ppm followed by potassium sorbate 3% and at least was chitosan at 3%. The highest ascorbic acid was obtained from the application of GA3 at 200 ppm, 3% potassium sorbate and 2% chitosan respectively. Gibberellic acid at 200 ppm followed by potassium sorbate 1 % exhibited the least enzyme activity while chitosan at 1 %reflected the highest activity during the various storage periods.


The paper describes a series of experiments in waves with a flooded model of a typical passenger and vehicle ferry. The objective was to provide designers and approving authorities with data with which to assess ship safety in damaged conditions in a quantifiable manner relative to sea conditions. Safety in this context is not absolute, depending upon compliance with a regulation, but a continuous function related to environmental conditions. /Author/


Abstract The steady propagation of a convex laminar flame front in long channels is under consideration. In comparison to the previous theoretical efforts by Zel'dovich (1944), Tsien (1951), Chernyi (1954) and Borisov (1978) the existence of a stagnation zone fixed with respect to the flame front is taken into account. The flame front is supposed to be a hydrodynamic discontinuity with the known normal rate of propagation through the cold gas; the boundary surface of the stagnation zone is considered as a discontinuity of the tangential component of velocity, i.e. as a vortex sheet The upstream flow field of cold gases can be treated as a potential one; however, the downstream flow of combustion products must be rotational. Vortices generated at the curved flame front drift along the streamlines and fill the whole flow area behind the flame. The gas viscosity, thermal conductivity, and diffusivity of the reacting components and heat losses at walls are neglected in this hydrodynamic model. The integral eq...


Objective: To observe the effects of Reduqing oral liquidinfection on inflammatory response in rat with Klebsiella pneumoniae,investigate its partial mechanism, to provide experimental basis and the basis for the clinical application of treatment of senile pneumonia of Reduqing oral liquid. Methods: 75 aged male rats were randomly divided into 5 groups, respectively as the normal control group, model group,Chinese medicine group, western medicine group and integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine group, 15 rats in each group.Intratracheal injection of Klebsiella pneumonia infection modelestablishment of Klebsiella pneumoniae, the treatment group were treated with Reduqing oral liquid(Chinese medicine group), cefuroxime axetil(Western medicine group), Reduqing oral liquid + cefuroxime axetil(WM group) treatment, after the last administration of 24 h materials.Observing the rats in general, lung tissue pathology, imaging changes,total white cell count was detected in peripheral blood and neutrophil count, content detection of serum C reactive protein by ELISA method.Results: in the model group rats appeared obvious infection symptoms,lung tissue generally hyperemia and edema, touch sense, under the light microscope revealed inflammatory cells in lung tissue infiltration, imaging revealed a real variable signs, peripheral white blood cell count,neutrophil count and C reactive protein content was increased.Compared with the model group, the expression of each treatment group were compared with the model group reduced, C-reactive protein in peripheral white blood cell count, neutrophil count and C were lower, with the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine group obviously improved. Conclusion: inflammation of Reduqing oral liquid can reduce senile pneumonia of rat model, reduce inflammatory injury, lungtissue protection. The mechanism of Reduqing oral liquid in treatment ofpneumonia may be associated with inflammatory reaction.


The article reviews the books "Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook" and "Intermediate Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook," both volumes of the Grammar Workbook series, by Jenneke A. Oosterhoff.


Summary Sandstone and quartzite with fluorspar cement A gray sandstone and a dark blue quartzite of Lower Cambrian age from around Kyrkberget in southern Swedish Lapland contain large quantities of small white spheroids. This is specially apparent in the dark quartzite (Fig. 1). The spheroids consist of quartz, cemented with fluorspar. The quartz occurs partly in larger, rounded grains, partly in smaller, edged grains. The fluorspar is seen to fill all open spaces between the quartz grains (Figs. 2 and 3). In some cases a reiterated cementation of fluorspar occurs in an outer ring of the spheroids outside a zone of unaltered quartzite (Fig. 4). An analysis of fluorine in the rock, as seen in Fig. 1, gave 5,98% F corresponding to 12.21% fluorspar. The spheroids are assumed to represent parts of the rocks, which originally have had an aggregation of less compact portions which have been more receptive to mineralization. The angular grains of quartz in the spheroids may be ascribed to corrosion by fluorine.


&NA; Thirteen patients with severe chronic nonmalignant pain were treated with repeated bupivacaine (0.75 percent) epidural blocks. In 10, permanent marked to complete (over 6 months) relief occurred. The technic seems a simple and safe addition to the various treatments of intractable pain. A possible action on the spinal substantia gelatinosa is postulated.