Staphylococcus aureus plays a central role in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis and is the predominant microorganism both in the lesions and in adjacent clinically normal skin. Chronic infection might aggravate the underlying lesion and serve as a source for further S. aureus infection. Nisin is a non‐toxic and non‐irritant peptide with no antibiotic‐like side effects.


Salmon gonadotropin failed to induce in vitro ovulation of catfish oocytes at concentrations of 1–40 μg/ml. This observation is consistent with the view that gonadotropin may not act directly on the ovary of catfish in inducing ovulation.


Mapping urban areas is important for monitoring urban development and preventing urban disasters. In this research, the two algorithms such as machine learning and urban index were employed for mapping the urban areas using the Landsat-8 image acquired in Daegu, South Korea through the following steps. First, the machine learning technique was employed for detecting the urban areas from the given Landsat-8 image. Next, the urban areas were also detected from the urban index image generated using the multispectral bands of the Landsat-8 satellite image. Finally, the accuracy of these detected urban areas was separately assessed. The marine farming business is conducted in seas, making it difficult to identify the state of marine farms, and the illegal marine farming facilities worsen the fishing environment, and lead to the production and distribution of low-quality farmed marine products thus harming the appropriate supply of marine products and stabilization of prices. Therefore, this study used high-resolution aerial images of Wando-gun, South Jeolla Province, Korea in estimating the facility capacity for laver, sea mustard, abalone, fish and oysters so the marine farms state was identified along with the identification of illegal marine farming. To that end, the marine farming approval book was arranged according to the standardized table so as to build property DB. The location and area map of the water surface was digitized based on the GPS coordinates, and thus a spatial DB was constructed. The DB then was integrated into a single GIS database and superimposed on the aerial imagery. Further, to verify the accuracy of this study, the administrative data of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and Wando- gun was compared. This study enables the estimation of the itemized facility capacity, making it possible to ensure a systematic management of marine farms, and to serve as the basic research data and estimate the output for production statistics agencies. For the human-centric society and improving individual Quality of Life (QOL), extracting and analyzing key QOL indicators are crucial. In this paper, we aim to develop a model to extract key QOL mobility indicators from a city-scale low-sampling rate mobile phone GPS data. The model estimates stochastic individual activity from mobility pattern and we evaluate the result based on census and other related panel survey data. The individual key indicators can be used for spatiotemporal analysis and also useful for aggregated analysis in the different spatiotemporal units. We showcase the advantage of our model using a web- based analytic dashboard. The population of Nanto city is declining year by year due to the sub-replacement fertility and the aging of the population and the migration from small and medium-sized cities to metropolitan areas. Population decline has had a major impact on the social structure and economic development of the city of Nanto. The reduction of residents in Nanto leads to the idling of many communal facilities, as well as the reduction of local tax revenue and the increase of the operation and maintenance cost of public facilities. The decrease in the population has imposed a serious financial burden on the local government. To address the problem, the government of Nanto has proposed a plan to restructure public facilities in which officials prepared to sell underutilized facilities to the private sector for reducing public facilities. In order to effectively distinguish public facilities with different utilization rates and predict the number of visitors. This paper will use mobile phone data and relevant models to statistically analyze and predict the frequency and number of visitors to public facilities by local residents, so as to help the government formulate a public facility restructuring plan. and environmental background for designing suitable policy measures to improve and restore the environment. Africa is the continent facing many challenges and suffers from various drastic environmental problems, including drought, deforestation, water pollution, Argo- industrial agriculture, overfishing and overgrazing, etc. Here we quantify the status of eco-environmental vulnerability in African Countries (57 countries), employing 16 indicators across six domains, including hydrometeorology, natural hazards, socioeconomics, land resources, topography, and climate change. The eco-environmental vulnerability is scaled into six levels consisting of potential, light, slight, medium, heavy, and very heavy. Results show that different African Countries have widely varying patterns of eco-environment vulnerability requiring different unique performances for environmental improvement. Among African Countries, a largest fraction of very heavy vulnerability level is attributed to Ethiopia (27.96%), followed by Madagascar, Kenya, Nigeria, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Congo (16.61%, 7.09%, 5.67%, 5.30%, 5.04%, 2.48% respectively). In general, high vulnerability levels are concentrated in Southeast Africa where are of low-income nations with high population and growing rate, and suffer from high frequencies of natural hazards. These findings help us understand the key ecological and environmental characteristics of African Continent to assist policy-makers to set improvement targets on specific areas and adopt effective practices, while keeping track of other aspects of eco-environment. different time scales indicate the different forms of drought. The monthly gridded data of Climate Hazards Group Infrared Precipitation with Stations precipitation, and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroscopy Terra NDVI products were used to assess the spatial and temporal meteorological drought. Furthermore, a non-parametric Mann-Kendall method was used to test for a monotonic trend at each grid level, and magnitude was estimated by the Sen's method. Results show that the most frequent droughts occurred in the middle and lower Awash Basin during the period of analysis (2001-2018). The SPI 12 results indicate that severe hydrological drought events occurred in the middle Awash Basin during the years 2009, 2011, and 2015. Similarly, a large area of significant NDVI declining was found in those years, which coincide with the crop growing seasons. Pixel-based trend analysis revealed significant decreasing trends ( ) of rainfall and NDVI occurred in the middle and lower parts of the basin. Geographically weighted correlation and partial correlation analyses are used to map spatial variations of correlations in a spatial data set. The geographically weighted approach uses a moving-window kernel running across geographical space and calculates a statistical model and summary statistics with distance-decayed weighted data. Although some bandwidth optimization approaches, such as cross-validation, have been proposed, it is important to allow geospatial statistic practitioners to easily explore the influence of spatial scale (localness) on analyses. We demonstrate our developed interactive map as a user-friendly visualization tool to analyze geographically weighted correlation and partial correlation analyses in a web browser. Census data with over 200 variables in Tokyo in 2005 were applied for the demonstration. This paper introduces a generalized conceptual framework for evaluating eco-environmental vulnerability due to any influential variables of interest, including nature and manmade disturbances. Freely accessible remote sensing and census dataset are used to derive the driving variables with aid of Geographical Information System (GIS). Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) or Machine Learning (ML) can be applied to judge the importance and assign the weights of the influential variables. The designed framework is well suitable for eco-environmental assessment at a various spatial scale and a useful tool for assessing and monitoring long-term eco-environmental status due to any impacting factors. Finally, we present results of some case studies that utilize the generalized framework for eco-environmental vulnerability assessment in Vietnam, Indonesia and global scale due to nature and human disturbances. prefecture. The district is located at the mouth of Kaifu river. We evaluated the living environment using the proximity of living facilities and the results of flood depth estimation. From the results of the evaluation, at the central area of the town, the living environment was high, but at the same area, there are many vary of the flood depth. Inland flood depth on the farmland where is the west side of the central area was high. In the future, high living environment area with high flood depth needs to be control new development. And farmland near the central area has important role to mitigate flood risk as a GI, so new development in the area is to be prohibited. Development of This study presents the development of the function designed for 3D visualization of rainfall radar data using the terrain of the unity engine. The provided rainfall radar data is about the rainfall data provided by radars operated in Seoul. The data has an extension of tif, and a resolution of 1000*1000. In order to create a terrain, first, tif files were converted into png and RAW files. When converting png files, tif values were converted into RGB color values and stored according to the arbitrary legendary reference table. The RAW files were converted in the same way, but they are converted not into RGB but into white and black values and used. Based on the legend, the higher value was converted into whiter, and the lower value was converted into blacker. The terrain model was created in a RAW file, and using the png data converted in the Material's Transparent Shader, the 3-dimensional rainfall radar was implemented. To ensure the utilization of the relevant data, the base map used the Google map, and the Alpha value was designated in the Terrain Material of the created ra


Language learning pedagogy is currently dominated by the Careful Speech Model (CSM), key components of which are the citation forms of words, the relationship to grammatical categories (tone groups to clauses, intonation to questions, etc) and the rules of connected speech. However these aspects of the CSM – and particularly the rules of connected speech – are inadequate to characterize the unruliness, wildness, and massive reductions that occur in spontaneous speech. To teach listening more effectively we need a new model of speech – the Spontaneous Speech Model (SSM) – some of the components of which are outlined in this paper. I also argue: that we language teachers need a new mind-set which permits and accepts conflicts between what we teach in the CSM and what we teach in the SSM; that we need to take active steps to guard against our expert-listener tendency to hear full words where only massively reduced traces occur; that we need to let go of some of our favorite rules of connected speech.


We compared rates of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations between HCV patients who achieved sustained virological response (SVR) after direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy (cases) to matched controls. Among 3049 pairs, cases demonstrated lower rates of liver-related ED visits (P=.01) than controls; all-cause and liver-related hospitalization rates and hospitalized days were also lower in cases (P<.0001).


52 minute Contemporary music/drama/opera. Written and composed for Channel 4 TV. Featuring the singer Dagmar Krause.

The story of a woman who declared her house a country exempt from all taxes until one day a Tax inspector knocks on the door.


The synthesis of 4-methyl-N-(4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)-2-benzothiazolamine, 4, a by-product in the synthesis of tricyclazole, 1, by oxidative cyclization of the corresponding thiourea, 12, with thionyl chloride, is described.


This research introduces the basic concept and the establishment process of the T-plan technology roadmap.T-plan indirectly has positive effect on product innovation by providing structural method for knowledge integration,while directly has positive effect on product innovation by providing normalized method for it.


The agar-decomposing strain AT-22 was isolated and selected from some species of red algae (Gelidium amansii) in the coastal water of Qingdao. The growth and enzymeology properties were studied. The results show that the strain is a gram-negative rod strain which grows singly,producing crater-like depression zones surrounding cenral colonies of strain AT-22 on the agar plate,and producing red pigment on the 226E culture medium. The agarase produced by AT-22 is an inducible enzyme. When growing in the liquid culture medium containing agar as sole carbon source,it breaks down the agar rapidly,causing the increase of reduced sugar concentration and decrease of fermentation medium mucosity,and the production of agarase reaches maximum at 36h. The enzyme producing ability will be restrained by addition of 0.2% glucose in culture medium containing 0.2% agar,whereas its growth will be stimulated abundantly at the same time. The agarase produced by strain AT-22 appears to be a very specific enzyme and not a nonspecific glycosidase,inactive against polysaccharides such as κ-carrageenan,cellulose and alginate. The optimal pH is at 6.0-7.0 and temperature 40℃,stable in the pH range of 6.0-7.0,and falling off rather rapidly over 50 ℃. The optimal concentration of agar substrate is 1.0%-1.2%,addition of Ca2+ will greatly promote the enzyme activity,whereas under the presence of Fe3+,Mn2+,Cu2+ and Hg2+. The agarase activity is reduced.


Brucite,with magnesium hydroxide(MH)as the main component,is used as a non halogen flame retardant with great application prospect due to a series of advantages such as low cost,high processing temperature.In this paper,the flame retardancy and mechanical properties of the two different kinds of modified brucites which are incorporated into a blend of polypropylene(PP)and ethylenepropylene-diene mischpolymer(EPDM)are studied.It is showed that the flame retardancy and mechanical properties are improved by incorporation of MH-B due to the best dispersion and compatibility in the composites.When the content of MH-B is 175phr,the value of LOI reaches 29.5%with the tensile strength and elongation at break being 12.5MPa and 425%.


Gout is one of the most common rheumatic diseases, the peculiarity of which is the development in conditions of prolonged hyperuricemia (HU). The rapid increase in the incidence of gout with a slight increase in the prevalence of HU actualizes the issue of diagnosing gout at the preclinical stage.Objective. To determine the frequency of ultrasound signs of urate crystal deposition in patients with asymptomatic HU (AHU) and gout.Results. 112 patients with AHU and gout were included, the mean age in both groups was 49.7 years. Ultrasound signs of deposition of sodium monourate crystals (SMC) among patients with AHU were determined in 21.1% of the patient by ultrasound of the knee joints and 17.5% of patients by ultrasound of the feet. Patients with gout showed the same US features in 38.1% and 56.3% of cases, respectively. There is a strong correlation between the detection of SMC by ultrasound and a history of arthritis attack of the respective joints.Conclusions. The detection of SMC and concomitant HU is very common among patients with AHU, which can be considered the preclinical stage of gout.


Flood is among the most devastating natural hazards in the world claiming lives and properties more than any other natural phenomena. During high flow, the Geray River flooded the vicinity of the area and causes loss of cultivated land and life. The objective of this study describes the flood extent and depth in the Geray River for different flow conditions. This research involves the integration of HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, and GIS to develop a regional model for floodplain determination and modeling analysis representation. The hydrologic model is calibrated using of HEC-HMS for daily time series data for return periods of 2, 10, 25, 50 and 100 years. One dimensional hydraulic model HEC-RAS with HEC-GeoRAS interface in coordination with ArcGIS was applied for the analysis. The result of the hydrologic model by HEC-HMS showed a flow value of 109.1m 3 /sec, 214.9m 3 /sec, 274.4m 3 /sec, 318.4m 3 /sec and 362.7m 3 /sec for return periods of 2, 10, 25, 50 and 100 respectively. Accordingly, the flooded area generated, for the mentioned return periods are 0.87km 2 , 1.08km 2 , 1.16km 2 , 1.23km 2 and 1.29km 2 respectively. The classification of flood depth area showed most of the flooding area had water depth less than 1.5m.


Deeply excavated: Platinum nanoframes with highly concave {740} facets are synthesized directly by a facile oleylamine-assisted solvothermal method. Because of the unique structure and exposed high-index facets, the as-prepared Pt nanoframes exhibit very high electrocatalytic activity and remarkable stability for the oxygen reduction reaction and the oxidation of methanol and formic acid.


We outline the mesh generation concept implemented in the ad aptive Eulerand Navier-Stokes solver QUADFLOW. This solver uses multibloc k grids, whose single blocks are represented as tensor product B-Splines or, m ore generally, as parametric mappings from the unit square respectively unit cube to the physical domain. This approach offers several advantages that we will d emonstrate here. In particular we show, how to convert a smooth Euler-Grid into a re sonably resolved anisotropic grid for a Navier-Stokes calculation us i g stretching functions and how to manage non-matching block interfaces.


punching frame and tray comprising at least one feed mechanism 6 which can move along a guide rail of a frame 4, preferably supported by two columns 20, 22, on top of a table 14 provided with a plate 18. the plate 18 is designed as a turntable or part thereof and, as such, is rotatable with at least one section thereof lying in each case in the gantry 4.


Along with praise of fieldwork should go, and sometimes can go, praise of field-camps and even praise of field-camp cooking when those are a matter of celebration. The social experience when a mob of (mostly British) students are camped in the primary school of a little Italian hill-town is one that sticks in the mind from more than one season long ago, and the small tensions that follow are not fully forgotten. They seemed large at the time. Twenty (or was it thirty?) sweaty and grubby students, but the water-heater only gives hot water for two warm showers or for one if an imperative of washing long hair with all the rinses is followed by the first who gets into the shower: and every day it seems to be one of those doing the cool and quiet work on the finds back at the school who gets into the shower first because they don't have to travel back from the site after work ends. Food comes to matter more; is the task of cooking to rotate even amongst those who can't really cook, or is it only those who can who get lumbered with this extra chore? What if the meat for dinner seems to be off? Remember Elizabeth David's dictum: there is no such thing as off meat! If you can still pick the stuff up, then you can cook and eat it; if it has turned to a green liquid and run away, then it isn't meat anymore. My fieldwork these last six years has addressed rock-art in the Top End of Australia the country east of Darwin at the top of the middle of the continent in and around the 'stone country' of the Arnhem Land plateau. This is hot, hard and empty country remote beyond most European experience even when you are not many kilometres by the map from a sealed tarmac road in Kakadu National Park. Often it is a long walk in along the creek-lines (no paths whatever in this land): sometimes trudging through sand, sometimes hopping from stone to stone, sometimes scrambling up the boulders and abrupt little cliffs when the creek comes to a 'squeeze', sometimes cutting through the swamp or across the ridge to the next creek-line (may it not be wattle thickets, dissected sandstone pinnacles and gullies, or the waist-deep gripping stickiness of kerosene grass; or, as occasionally and wretchedly it is, all three at once!). Often it is a helicopter job, in which the thrill of the flight is offset by the counting of how many dollars a minute it costs (though Rotor Services are good to us in how they figure the hourly rate): what do British funding bodies make of these budgets in which the large items are helicopter charter and payments to traditional owners of country who accompany the researcher? I wanted, and never dared, to reply, when asked if we couldn't instead take a four-wheel-drive in: yes, we could -but taking a 4WD in would mean chartering a heavy-lift helicopter that could carry it in slung underneath, which would cost much more than the little Rotor Services' Jet Ranger, and once the 4WD had been lifted in , we wouldn't be able to use it on the plateau. My favourite of the many field-camps Paul T q o n and I have had in our years of working together in western Arnhem Land was our very last, at the end of this June: high on the upper reaches of Deaf Adder Creek, with Meredith Wilson joining us as third archaeologist, and in the company of Mr David Canarri, Gundjeibmi elder in his country, and his wife Rosie. For camping-place there is a spread of sand by a side-creek, still flowing though it is well into the dry season; good-sized good eating fish drift in shoals through the pool alongside camp; a high dead paperbark tree stands opposite where each morning the two sea-eagles, male


Localization of anatomical structures is a very important step in many medical image analysis algorithms. However, our interest in localization algorithms is related to an ongoing research study, which investigates the possibility of replacing X-ray imaging with radiation-free MRI based imaging for the purpose of Bone Age Estimation (BAE). BAE is an important topic in both forensic and clinical medicine, at the moment, mainly performed by trained radiologists manually inspecting the hand bones within X-ray images. They suffer from a high inter-observer variability and are very time consuming and tedious. Therefore, development of a fully automated BAE method based on MRI images of the hand, allowing an objective estimation of the bone age without the need for harmful ionizing radiation, is considered of high practical impact. To extract features for BAE, localization of the joints between hand bones is a crucial first step in a fully automated BAE pipeline. We propose a landmark localization algorithm using multiple Random Regression Forest localization stages at different scales together with a weighting scheme, that lets local structures have a higher contribution to the position estimation, thus following the idea that coarse localization of landmarks is supported by global information from all over the image, while closer structures provide more information to increase the precision of landmark localization. We are able to clearly outperform related approaches on our dataset of 60 T1-weighted MR images, achieving a mean landmark localization error of 1.4±1.5mm, while having only 0.25% outliers with an error greater than 10mm.


This paper presents the importance of precision agriculture over the tradition agriculture that how farmers can get the exact details about their cultivation land while deploying the sensor and measure the various parameters of the land and then do the farming according to that parameters so they can earn more and through the deployment of sensor in land also helps the farmers in excellent crop yield. The wireless sensor system which is discussed in this paper tells about the various sensors used for measure the various parameters of land like moisture, temperature and soil salinity, which is the most important part of farming. Another thing is deployment and communication techniques through the hybrid network and the concept of microbial fuel cell membrane, in which anode and cathode is there and various bacterias will used to produce the current work as a acetate which will make the sensor node self powering. Bacteria's perform the reactions through the anode and cathode in the compartment and also added the various chemicals like methylene blue, neutral red, thionine produce which will accelerate the current for batteries used for sensor, which will expand the network lifespan.


Puerto Rican Women Living with HIV and Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence by Sharon Cuba Rodriguez MA, Ashworth College, 2011 MSW, Rutgers University, 2004 BA, Rutgers University, 2002 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Social Work Walden University November 2017 Abstract Puerto Rican women experience increased risk of bio-psychosocial challenges due to their ethnicity. This phenomenological study examined Puerto Rican HIV-positive women's perceptions of intimate partner violence (IPV), which consists of physical, sexual, verbal, and psychological abuse. Although HIV-positive status and IPV have been a focus of previous research, specific research examining the phenomenological experiences of HIV-positive Puerto Rican women who experienced IPV has not been studied. The basis of the study was feminist intersectionality theory, which supported the process used to explore and understand the essence of the participants' experiences. Feminist intersectionality theory examines intersecting social systems including gender, ethnicity, and cultural influences in assessing the lived experiences of the participants. Purposive sampling was used to recruit six participants. Data collection consisted of indepth, audio-recorded interviews, and data were analyzed by transcribing interviews to explore common themes. Some of the themes that evolved from the research findings are traumatic experiences, feelings about the abuse, reaction to the abuse, trust issues, cultural influences, and positive life changes. The results of this research study provided valuable information of the participants' lived experiences. This research may provide domestic violence specialists, health care providers, law enforcement providers, public advocates, and government agencies with explanation and understanding of the unique challenges Puerto Rican women face. This research has the potential to impact social change in improving IPV screening, offering bi-lingual and bi-cultural service providers, and educating individuals in the helping profession of the impact of IPV.Puerto Rican women experience increased risk of bio-psychosocial challenges due to their ethnicity. This phenomenological study examined Puerto Rican HIV-positive women's perceptions of intimate partner violence (IPV), which consists of physical, sexual, verbal, and psychological abuse. Although HIV-positive status and IPV have been a focus of previous research, specific research examining the phenomenological experiences of HIV-positive Puerto Rican women who experienced IPV has not been studied. The basis of the study was feminist intersectionality theory, which supported the process used to explore and understand the essence of the participants' experiences. Feminist intersectionality theory examines intersecting social systems including gender, ethnicity, and cultural influences in assessing the lived experiences of the participants. Purposive sampling was used to recruit six participants. Data collection consisted of indepth, audio-recorded interviews, and data were analyzed by transcribing interviews to explore common themes. Some of the themes that evolved from the research findings are traumatic experiences, feelings about the abuse, reaction to the abuse, trust issues, cultural influences, and positive life changes. The results of this research study provided valuable information of the participants' lived experiences. This research may provide domestic violence specialists, health care providers, law enforcement providers, public advocates, and government agencies with explanation and understanding of the unique challenges Puerto Rican women face. This research has the potential to impact social change in improving IPV screening, offering bi-lingual and bi-cultural service providers, and educating individuals in the helping profession of the impact of IPV. Puerto Rican Women Living with HIV and Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence by Sharon Cuba Rodriguez MA, Ashworth College, 2011 MSW, Rutgers University, 2004 BA, Rutgers University, 2002 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Social Work Walden University November 2017 Dedication First and foremost, I would like to thank God for being the guiding force in my life. He is an amazing and awesome God. Most importantly, this dedication is to the six participants who made the decision and commitment to share their stories and lived experiences. Also, this dedication is for the women who wanted to share their stories but were not ready and to all the untold stories of IPV and HIV among Puerto Rican women, this research is for you giving you your worth and voice. Acknowledgments I dedicate my accomplishments to my family: mother Matilde, sisters Viviana and Grace, and extended family and friends for the continual support throughout these years full of praise, empowerment, encouragement, support, and love. To my husband Luis, children Krystal, Dannessa, and Luis Jr. thank you for putting up with the madness and your undivided encouragement and love. I hope I have encouraged you to pursue academic success. To everyone that has had a positive and negative impact in my life, my former teachers, professors, and friends, and to those who have influenced me in some special way, big or small, I thank you. Last but definitely not least, special thanks go to my committee members. To my Chair Dr. Pablo Arriaza, thank you for providing me with your undivided attention, continuous kind words, cheering me along every step of the way, encouragement, meticulous feedback, support, and offering me your expertise throughout the dissertation journey. To my committee members Dr. Peter J. Meagher, Dr. Marie A. Caputi, and Dr. Martha King, thank you for being a member of this team. Your expertise, interest, and continuous support have played a vital role in allowing this dissertation to take place.


This paper proposes a test for the existence of placebo effects, as described by the so-called expectancy theory. This theory, which is the dominant medical theory of how placebo effects operate, posits that health outcomes rise in individuals' beliefs about the probability that they are getting a beneficial treatment and their beliefs about the efficacy of that treatment. Blinded, randomized, controlled trials provide near-perfect environments in which to test this theory because they offer objective, controlled manipulations of subjects' beliefs about treatment. If the expectancy theory is correct, outcomes in trials offering a higher probability of receiving an experimental treatment should be superior to outcomes in trials offering a lower probability of receiving that treatment, conditional on treatment assignment. The paper applies this test to data from over 200 trials of anti-ulcer medications and finds robust evidence of placebo effects in trials of H2-blockers (e.g., Zantac, Tagamet and Pepcid) and of proton-pump inhibitors (e.g., Prilosec, Nexium, and Prevacid). Indeed, trials of H2-blockers manifest placebo effects that are 50 percent as large as the physiological effects of these medications. Because placebo effects are not confined to clinical trials, this result suggests that the standard difference-in-means estimator of treatment effects may seriously underestimate the efficacy of anti-ulcer medications


%(a 6,b,c) of analytic functions which unifies a ABSTRACT. We study a class M k number of classes studied previously by Paatero, Robertson, Pinchuk, Moulis, Mocanu and others. Thus our class includes convex and starlike functions of order 6, spirallike functions of order 6 and functions for which zf' is spirallike of order , functions of boundary rotation utmost k, a-convex functions etc. An integral representation of Paatero and a variational principle of Robertson for the class V k of functions of bounded boundary rotation, yield some representation theorems and a variational principle for our class. A consequence of these basic theorems is a theorem for this class M (a,6,b,c) which unifies some earlier results concerning the radii of convexity of functions in the class V() of Moulis and those concerning the radii of starlikeness of functions in the classes U k of Pinchuk and U2(8) of (0) Robertson etc. By applying an estimate of Moulis concerning functions in V k we obtain an inequality in the class M k (a,8,b,c) which will contain an estimate for the Schwarzian deriative of functions in the class Vk(8) and in particular the estimate of Moulis for the Schwarzian of functions in V(0).


Based on a study of remolded young clay, this paper shows that the time effects observed at constant strain rate shearing, stress relaxation and creep processes in triaxial tests and the secondary compression for the consolidation process are commonly simulated by the time dependency of dilatancy. The fundamental aspect of the proposed procedure is to solve the following two state equations as a simultaneous equation, without using the plastic flow rule. One is an equation for specifying a volumetric strain due to consolidation and dilatancy. The other is the energy equation used in the original Cam Clay model, which gives a plastic shear strain corresponding to a plastic volumetric strain. The proposed procedure duplicates fairly well the time effects in undrained triaxial test. For the process of consolidation, the equation for specifying a volumetric strain and a constraint for restricting lateral deformation are solved as a simultaneous equation, because the energy equation may not hold for this process. The procedure provides a settlement curve which is consistent with the curve observed in a standard oedometer test for the normally consolidated region, and clarifies the following properties. 1) The secondary compression in remolded young clay is represented by the delayed occurrence of dilatancy. 2) In the standard oedometer test, the secondary compression takes place repeatedly at each step of loading, due to the mean effective stress which initially exists within the test specimen. 3) The secondary compression coefficient tends to decrease with increasing loading pressure, because the magnitude of dilatancy expected may decrease with the progress of step loading. 4) The secondary compression begins in the primary consolidation stage, depending on the value of the stress ratio. 5) The consolidation process value estimated by the procedure agrees well with the value monitored by triaxial equipment. (A)


We report the successful growth of high‐quality InP/InGaAs double‐heterojunction bipolar transistors with heavily Zn‐doped base layers (p=4×1019 cm−3) using metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy. Interrupting the growth for 30 min after growing a heavily Si‐doped subcollector (n=2×1019 cm−3) is shown to eliminate the excessive nonequilibrium group III interstitials that enhance abnormal Zn diffusivity in the subsequently grown base region. Gummel plots of the fabricated microwave transistors show that they have ideal turn‐on characteristics in spite of having only 5‐nm‐thick undoped spacer layers inserted between the emitter and base. The transistors obtain a maximum oscillation frequency fmax of 178 GHz and a current gain cutoff frequency fT of 126 GHz.


Background: Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 is an autosomal dominant disorder with an estimated prevalence of 1 per 30,000 in the general population. Classical multiple endocrine neoplasia 2A is the most common variant. It is a heritable predisposition to medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, and primary parathyroid hyperplasia. The respective frequency of these tumors in classical MEN2A is over 90 percent for MTC, approximately 10 to 50 percent for pheochromocytoma, and 10 to 20 percent for multigland parathyroid hyperplasia.
 Discussion: our interesting patient is a 67-year-old patient with past medical history of prophylactic total thyroidectomy at the age of 25 years after a positive pentagastrin test (sister was diagnosed with MTC, pheochromocytoma),niece with metastatic kidney cancer.at that time, patient had benign pathology. Patient presented to the ED with a complain of shortness of breath after being referred by her PCP for evaluation of possible pneumonia. In the ED, her vitals were within normal, chest X-ray was done and didn't show pneumonia but the patient was found to have elevated procalcitonin of 22.7 ng/mL(0.09 ng/mL) CT chest was done and showed enlarged necrotic cervical lymphadenopathy which was confirmed by obtaining CT of the neck. Patient had right cervical LN core biopsy, pathology was positive for medullary thyroid cancer with Immunohistochemical studies positive for TTF-1, chromogranin, synaptophysin and calcitonin, testing for pheochromocytoma came back within normal, CEA 70.7ng/ml (<0.25 ng/ml), calcitonin 2949 pg/ml (5 pg/mL) Chromogranin was high at 453 ng/ml (25 - 140 ng/mL) had PET CT with multiple low right cervical and supraclavicular lymph nodes with internal calcifications and abnormal FDG activity, which were suspicious for medullary thyroid cancer metastases, she eventually had radical neck dissection with pathology from inferior parathyroid gland positive for medullary thyroid cancer and 12/15 regional LN positive for malignancy, after the procedure her calcitonin dropped nicely to 194pg/ml, CEA dropped to 4.0, chromogrannin to 394, she was referred to genetic testing and tested positive for pathogenic variant within RET (c.1859G>T, p.Cys620Phe), which is known to be associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A, she is currently being evaluated for Lutathera treatment.
 Conclusion: In contrast to MEN1, in which the long-term benefit of early diagnosis by genetic screening is not well established, early diagnosis by screening of "at-risk" family members in MEN2 with positive RET mutation kindreds is essential because MTC is a life-threatening disease that can be cured or prevented by early thyroidectomy. Total thyroidectomy has been recommended for patients as young as 3 years for MEN2A if they contain the genetic mutation.


Recently, the domain wall (DW) motion device has attracted a great deal of attention, because it will be a candidate for a nonvolatile information storage, which has a potential for reducing consumption power [1]. In this device, the DW motion is controlled by the magnetic field (MF) or the current. However, it is required to reduce the consumption power. In recent years, as a new method for reducing the power, the electric field-driven DW motion method has been proposed [2-5]. In these studies, they used not only a electric field, but also a magnetic field for DW motion to increase the driving force. In this study, we perform the micromagnetic simulations, and investigate the DW motion by using a slope electric field (SEF). Since the anisotropy field in the magnetic nanowire can be changed at each position in this approach [6,7], it lead to change the DW energy at each position, and accordingly, the DW moves only by this electric field [8].


We developed a new method to improve visual similarity between a queried mass region and a set of reference regions selected by computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) schemes. For each queried region, CAD scheme first segmented the region, detected its boundary spiculation level, and computed 14 image features. The scheme then used a k-nearest neighbor algorithm to select a set of 25 most "similar" regions with the same computed spiculation level from a large reference library. The scheme computed the mutual information (MI) between the queried region and each of these 25 reference regions. The scheme finally selected and displayed six reference regions with the highest MI scores. In an observer preference study involving 85 queried regions, two sets of reference regions selected by this new scheme and the previously developed interactive method were randomly displayed with the queried region. Four observers participated in the study to select the more visually similar reference image set. On average for 54.1% of the queried regions, four observers preferred the automated selected reference region sets as being more visually similar to the queried region. The results suggested that both this automated and the interactive methods achieved the comparably visual similarity, which is significantly higher than the traditional CAD schemes


Trust, between regular buyers and sellers, is thought to underpin retail-level illicit drug markets, discouraging sellers from taking advantage of buyers. Although dealers report rewarding regular, trusted customers with assured purity, less is known about their customers' experience of trust. Interviews with 101 methamphetamine users in New South Wales, Australia, confirm that users establish ongoing relationships with dealers. Irrespective of their level of methamphetamine use, some users trust their main dealer to supply a fair deal, whereas others expect to be taken advantage of. The study identified factors other than trust that might regulate dealer behavior. Methamphetamine use ebbs and flows. Users source drugs from multiple dealers, substitute other drugs for methamphetamine, and some buy a range of drugs from the one dealer. Our findings emphasize the complexity of factors that influence decisions about purchasing illicit drugs and point to a more holistic view of what regulates dealer behavior.


This study was conducted at the Oklahoma City Zoo in fall 2010 and subjects were students' ages 14-18 who either participated in a formal conservation education class led by zoo educators or in a field trip in which they were engaged in free-choice learning. Two research questions were: 1) Does a trip to the zoo affect conservation attitudes and 2) does learning experience, free-choice or formal, affect conservation attitudes? A criterion group design was used and the instrument used to measure conservation attitudes was Tool 4 from the Visitor Evaluation Toolbox produced by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums MIRP study (Falk, J., Bronnenkant, K., Vernon, C., & Heimlich, J., 2009). Group one (N=110) engaged in a free-choice (field trip only) experience and group two (N=367) engaged in a formal conservation education class. The survey was administered retrospectively to both groups upon completion of their learning experience at the zoo. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 17.0. A paired sample t-


Orbiter is a software package to classify discrete objects such as designs, graphs, codes, and objects from finite geometry. It employs the method of breaking the symmetry to attack difficult problem instances by means of subobjects that serve as a stepping stone. The algorithms combine techniques from Group Theory and from Combinatorics. Orbiter is a library of C++ functions that provide functionality for Discrete Mathematics. In order to be applied to a specific problem, code has to be written taylored to the specific application.


A Super Proton-Proton Collider (SPPC) that aims to explore new physics beyond the standard model will be built in China. Here we focus on the impact of beam-beam interactions in the SPPC. Simulations show that with the current optics and nominal tunes, the dynamic aperture (DA) with all the beam-beam interactions is less than 6{\sigma}, the dominant cause being the long-range interactions. First, we show the results of a tune scan done to maximize the DA. Next, we discuss the compensation of the long-range interactions by increasing the crossing angle and also by using current carrying wires.


The treatment of Parkinson s Disease (PD) remains largely symptomatic and it controls effectively motor symptoms of the disease for some years. This is a treatment that is considered basically substitute, which only acts on the nigrostriatal pathway but does not provide adequate plasma levels 24 hours a day in most cases. As a result, conventional medication, especially levodopa, produces pulsatile stimuli that with the progression of the disease is associated with the development of motor complications (Markham & Diamond, 1986). In recent years new formulations and alternative therapies (dopamine receptor agonists extended release, rotigotine patch, continuous infusion of apomorphine and continuous duodenal infusion of Duodopa) have been introduced in order to avoid pulsatile stimulation and thus prevent the "peaks " and "valleys" and achieve continuous dopaminergic stimulation to avoid, reduce or control the motor fluctuations and dyskinesias. Thus concept of continuous dopaminergic stimulation is born, which is not intended to restore modulatory physiological role exerted by dopamine on striatal function but to explain the benefits of using drugs that provide a more uniform and consistent dopamine stimulation, which has proven to be most appropriate and in practice more beneficial than traditional treatments. This review focuses on the treatment for symptomatic control of Parkinson's disease and complications from chronic treatment, the usefulness of new dopamine agonists and the beneficial effect of Duodopa as a possible alternative in the treatment of advanced PD compared with subcutaneous apomorphine infusion or deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus, this latter effective to control of motor complications but applicable to a very selective population with no cognitive or behavioral complications. It is clear that oral Levodopa combined with peripheral inhibitory amino-acid decarboxylase remains still the gold standard in the treatment of PD 40 years later after their use by Cotzias. However, chronic treatment with levodopa (LD) is related to the onset of motor complications in form of fluctuations in the response with wearing-off phenomenon and dyskinesia, which may occur after 3 to 5 years after the start of the LD (Markham & Diamond, 1986; Marsden, 1994). This variability in motor response is correlated with the


OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of TachoSil (Nycomed UK, Oxford, Buckinghamshire, UK), a hemostatic sponge, to seal major collecting system injuries (in addition to providing an adjunct to hemostasis) after partial nephrectomy in a porcine chronic survival model.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
Laparoscopic upper-pole partial nephrectomies were performed in 10 farm pigs (>40 kg). After hilar clamping, an energyless incision was made at a point halfway between the hilum and the upper pole of the kidney and the collecting system was opened widely. TachoSil was applied to cover the defect; 15 to 20 minutes after the application of TachoSil, the hilar clamp was removed, hemostasis confirmed, and the pig survived. Assessment was made for hematoma and urinoma. Four weeks postoperatively, the pigs were euthanized. Ex-vivo retrograde studies were performed to assess collecting system leak. Weight, blood pressure, estimated blood loss, the weight of the partial and completion nephrectomy specimen, presence/absence of urinary leak on retrograde study, histopathologic findings, and complications were recorded.

RESULTS
All pigs survived. Mean warm ischemia time was 18 minutes, mean blood loss was 90 mL, and mean resected weight was 13.7 g. There was no evidence of leak on retrograde study. Histologically, nonspecific changes were noted in all specimens, which included dystrophic calcification, scarring, and areas of fibrosis at the partial nephrectomy surgical margin.

CONCLUSION
TachoSil seals the collecting system after partial nephrectomy on a porcine chronic survival model, in addition to providing an adjunct to hemostasis. More studies, including human trials, are warranted to evaluate this observation further.


On the basis of analyzing the application background of artificial intelligence technology, this paper analyzes the working mechanism of intelligent cockpit from the two dimensions of combat application and technology realization, aiming at the application requirements of intelligent technology in cockpit. In this paper, We present the challenge of intelligent cockpit test flight, propose a test scheme for intelligent cockpit flight, and identify the requirements of the intelligent cockpit test task, the key points of the test task, the evolution mode of the intelligent level, the conception of the test environment and so on. This concept of intelligent cockpit test scheme has certain reference significance for subsequent intelligent technology flight test and environmental construction design.


It describes various systems and methods for diagnosing the injector variability in a dual fuel system having multiple injectors. In one example, a single injection nozzle is enabled in a cylinder, while the remaining cylinders are acted upon by a first fuel, then a second fuel through the enabled injector in a cylinder is injected in a predetermined sequence and the fuel rail pressure drops are measured. Furthermore, the measured pressure drop is corrected after each injection event with respect to an increase in the injector closing delay.


We consider a quantum dot described using a cylindrically symmetrical 2D Dirac equation. The potentials representing the quantum dot are taken to be of different types of potential configuration, scalar, vector, and pseudo-scalar to enable us to enrich our study. Using various potential configurations, we found that in the presence of a mass term, an electrostatically confined quantum dot can accommodate true bound states, which is in agreement with our previous work. The differential cross section associated with one specific potential configuration has been computed and discussed as a function of the various potential parameters.


Its stated goal is to reduce the number of drug users by threatening them with exposure and sanctioning. Positive drug tests lead to imprisonment, loss of employment, loss of custody of children, homelessness, expulsion from school based extra curricular activities , loss of insurance coverage and expulsion from drug treatment programmes . Although drug testing may deter some people from using drugs, for those not deterred it makes the maintenance of health and welfare more difficult. Rather than strengthening, it weakens drug users' ties to conventional life and reduces the likelihood that drug use will be transitory. It also increases the likelihood that family members and others will be harmed .


ABSTRACT Some sacrifices are cosmogonic acts. Along with (re)creating the world, they create male social bonds by ritually appropriating and transcending women's corporeal reproductive powers. Departing from these androcentric representations, this paper considers when, why and how (differently) women sacrifice. I compare an exclusively female domestic worship to the mother/midwife goddess Periyacci in Singapore from which men are forbidden with a male-centric sacrifice to tutelary deities by a patrilineage in rural Tamil Nadu, India. Focusing on women as active ritual sponsors and sacrificers, rather than as is usual, ritually prohibited and symbolically denigrated objects, I scrutinise sacrifice's avowed theological, ritual and ethical claims regarding reproduction. Women's native fertility, customarily denigrated to counterintuitively locate reproduction in the sacrificial covenant between men and their tutelaries, is centred in Periyacci's worship. Dwelling on the body and its frailties, failures and infertility, women-led sacrifice demonstrates that life is only possible through women. Women's actual sacrifice of their own bodies and labours to organically generate and nurture life negates the need for the dramatic symbolic sacrifice of animal surrogates. Entangling body and mind, sacrifice and subsistence, ritual and the routine, Periyacci's worship offers alternative ways of thinking about sacrifice and its creative imperatives. Sacrifice need not be spectacular event but can also be an everyday sacrament.


This study started by nutritional evaluation (digestion coefficients and feeding value) to determine using commercial microbial additives BGY35 (yeast culture) or AVI-BAC® (lactic acid bacteria and enzymes) in the diet of Rahmani sheep feeding trails were carried out using 12 crossbred cows. Animals received the control diet (unsupplemented ration), plus probiotic AVI-BAC® or BGY 35 for the three groups G1, G2 and G3, respectively. The obtained results concluded that feeding Rahmani sheep on microbial additives increased digestion coefficients of most nutrients compared with control group (G1). In the same time, both CP and EE digestibility were significantly higher (p<0.05) with G2 and G3 compared with G1. The same positive effect was observed also with feeding values (TDN and DCP). Treated rations (G2 and G3) for sheep didn't influence in ruminal pH values, but ruminal total VFA's and microbial protein content were significantly higher (p<0.05). Moreover, ruminal ammonia-N concentration was increased with the control group compared with the other groups. The milk yield of lactating cows was higher with microbial additives (G2 and G3) compared with control (G1) and the differences significant during the second period (from 61-120 days). Some positive effects were observed also as a result to using the treatments in milk content such as milk fat, protein and total solids. The treatments increased unsaturated fatty acids as well StearicC18:0 slightly increased unlike Linoleic C18:2n6 and Linolenic C18:3n3 slightly decreased. Moreover, the effect of the tested rations on somatic cell counts (SCC), pH value and acidity% as milk quality were not significant. BGY35 (G3) gained the highest points followed by AVI-BAC® (G2) then the control that was the lowest organoleptic properties.


Objective This study examined the association between family planning counselling receipt during the 12 months preceding the survey and postpartum modern contraceptive uptake in Ethiopia. We hypothesised that receiving family planning counselling either within the community setting by a field health worker or at a health facility by a healthcare attendant during the 12 months preceding the survey improves postpartum modern contraceptive uptake. Design We used a cross-sectional study of the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2016. Setting Ethiopia. Participants A total of 1650 women who gave birth during the 12 months and had contact with service delivery points during the 12 months preceding the survey. Primary outcome A weighted modified Poisson regression model was used to estimate an adjusted relative risk (RR) of postpartum modern contraceptives. Results Approximately half (48%) of the women have missed the opportunity to receive family planning counselling at the health service contact points during the 12 months preceding the survey. The postpartum modern contraceptive uptake was 27%. Two hundred forty-two (30%) and 204 (24%) of the counselled and not counselled women used postpartum modern contraceptive methods, respectively. Compared with women who did not receive counselling for family planning, women who received counselling had higher contraceptive uptake (RR 1.32, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.67). Conclusion Significant numbers of women have missed the opportunity of receiving family planning counselling during contact with health service delivery points. Modern contraceptive uptake among postpartum women was low in Ethiopia. Despite this, our findings revealed that family planning counselling was associated with improved postpartum modern contraceptive uptake.


The utility model relates to a vehicle carried navigation control multimedia device which belongs to the technical field of mobile communication and automatic control. The vehicle carried navigation control multimedia device comprises a processor, a memorizer and an input-output device, and is characterized in that the processor is a vehicle carried embedded computer which is connected with a GPS, a mobile phone core panel, a CAN controller, a vibration sensor data input device, a display and a voice data output device by data interfaces. The utility model has the characteristics of complete function, soft and hard ware upgrade convenience, simple maintenance, simple operation, low cost, etc.; the properties of safety, comfort and entertainment of vehicle driving can be enhanced.


Methods developed to study passenger travel behaviour can be usefully applied in studying perceptions, preferences, and behaviour of important actors in freight transportation. Transportation planners throughout the world can benefit by gaining improved understanding of how trucking companies are coping with changes in transportation system levels of service and how companies are likely to react to opportunities presented by information technologies and intelligent transportation systems. In this paper we present five different structural equations models (SEM) that have been estimated using large-scale survey data from the trucking industry. These models are used to examine carrier perceptions related to problems accounting for operational inefficiencies, impacts of traffic congestion on roads and at terminal facilities, transportation policy priorities, and uses of and opportunities for implementing computer and information technologies.


Research concerning polyolefin synthesis is often focused on the particular catalyst being used, and the importance of the support material is generally not fully appreciated. Only a few common inorganic carriers, such as SiO2 or MgCl2, are typically described in literature, with new developments in support materials rarely found. Acknowledging this lack in fundamental research on support materials, numerous cases in which the catalyst support, particularly organic nanoparticles, plays a critical role in the formation of polyolefins are described. Here, new organic supports for both Ziegler–Natta and metallocene catalysts are described under the same conditions used for inorganic supports. In these cases, similarly high activities can be achieved, while also offering additional features based on designed polymer architectures which inorganic supports cannot provide. These features produce polyolefin fibers and core–shell structures directly from the reactor. Due to the broad synthetic variety, nanoparticl...


TRIUMF's Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear science (TITAN) constitutes the only high precision mass measurement setup coupled to a rare isotope facility capable of increasing the charge state of short-lived nuclides prior to the actual mass determination in a Penning trap. Recent developments around TITAN's charge breeder, the electron beam ion trap, form the basis for several successful experiments on radioactive isotopes with half-lives as low as 65 ms and in charge states as high as 22+.


This article examines the construction of inheritance law reform in the transfer of properties through wasiat wājibah to non-Muslim heirs. Questioning the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court which makes wasiat wājibah  as an alternative in giving inheritance rights to heirs who are prevented from getting an inheritance due to religious differences (non-Muslims). This study is an empirical legal study that examines the decisions of the Supreme Court relating to the transfer of inheritance to non-Muslims. The study concludes that in terms of inheritance law reform is an alternative in changing Islamic law that must be carried out in response to changes in community social conditions. The construction of inheritance law reform in judicial decisions has formulated inheritance law by giving inheritance rights to heirs of different religions (non-Muslims) by means of wasiat wājibah . The jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia has expanded Article 209 of the Compilation of Islamic Law by adding parties who can receive a wasiat wājibah, including heirs who are prevented from inheriting due to religious differences. The construction of inheritance law reform on the transfer of inheritance properties with wasiat wājibah  in the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia has exceeded the quantitative limit in granting wasiat wājibah. The impression does not pay attention to the signs in the application of wasiat wājibah  by ignoring the maximum limit. Wasiat wājibah  as a solution is not unacceptable as inheritance law reform but must still guide the legal media used by considering the basic rules that surround it.


© 1995 Michael Rustad & Lori E. Eisenschmidt. t Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School; LL.M., 1986, Harvard University; J.D., 1984, Suffolk University Law School; Ph.D., 1981, Boston College. Prof. Rustad teaches courses in commercial law, torts and high technology law. He is a member of the American Law Institute and a Task Leader of the ABA Business Law Section's Subcommittee on Software Contracting. He is Co-Chair of the Task Force on General Provisions of the Proposed U.C.C. Article 2B on the licensing of intangibles. tt J.D. Candidate, 1996, Suffolk University Law School; B.A., 1985, University of South Florida. Ms. Eisenschmidt co-authored working papers on tort law and security with Professor Rustad for the ABA Science and Technology Section's Law and Ethics on the 'Nets project ("Project LEON") in the Spring of 1995. The authors gratefully acknowledge the exhaustive technical consultation and review provided by Harold H. Leach, Jr., J.D., LL.M. Mr. Leach is a principal in the Boston-based computer consulting firm Legal Computer Solutions, Inc. His firm specializes in automating law firms and legal departments. Mr. Leach was formerly a partner at the Boston law firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart. The authors would like to thank Professor Jeffrey Atik of Suffolk University Law School and Ellen Kirsh, Vice President and General Counsel of America Online, Inc., for providing materials and valuable suggestions. We would also like to thank Barry Nelson, a former BBN systems engineer and current third-year student at Suffolk University Law School, for his critical reading and editorial assistance. Fourth-year evening students Charles Rosenthal and Elaine Martel were instrumental in the design and execution of the Computer Law Association Survey. The valuable research assistance of Kizuki Kuzuhari, F.A. Lichauco and Chris Palmisano should also be acknowledged. We would also like to thank the reference librarians of Suffolk University Law School. Finally, our thanks and appreciation are extended to Sylvia Michaud for unflagging administrative assistance. The opinions expressed in this paper should not be attributed to our colleagues or institutions.


A multimedia information system for the ornamental woody plants is presented. The system contains functions of browsing inquiry and printing most of the information of the ornamental woody plants. The quality of instruction and the speed of plants inquiry can be improved greatly.


Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. The material cannot be used for commercial purposes. ________________________________________________________________________________ * Corresponding author HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS AS A DRIVER OF RURAL PRODUCTIVITY


The stability of sorbic acid to light and the interaction of sorbic acid with sulfurcontaining amino acids were studied. It was found that the trans-traps form of sorbic acid was markedly isomerized by ultraviolet irradiation. The stability of sorbic acid fell markedly and the formation of TBA-active substances increased remarkably in the presence of cysteine and cystine under all conditions of irradiation with ultraviolet and fluorescent light, and even on standing in the dark. These reactions were inhibited by ascorbic acid, propyl gallate and dibutyl hydroxy toluene, but were stimulated by ferric salts and histidine. The main reaction product was identified as 5-(S-cysteinyl)-3-hexanoic acid, which was formed from sorbic acid and cysteine under all the conditions tested. (Received September 27, 1983)


We propose a new method for localizing intracerebral current sources at the origin of epileptic spikes from non-invasive EEG/MEG data. This method was designed to account for three main constrains. First, most relevant spike generation models assume that sources are extended, i.e. spatially distributed over a focal or muti-focal area. Second, the background activity of the brain also contributes to EEG/MEG signals recorded during epileptic events. In this context, it can be seen as a penalizing Gaussian and spatially correlated noise. Third the array manifold is usually corrupted by errors due to the complexity of the conduction head volume. The proposed method is an adaptation of the well-established MUSIC method, that allows for the localization of Extended Sources (ExSo) assuming that all current dipoles comprised in the extended source are synchronous. In addition, we use Higher Order (HO) statistics, which are asymptotically insensitive to a Gaussian noise of unknown spatial coherence and which offer a greater robustness with respect to modeling errors. The method is called 2q-ExSo-MUSIC (q ≥ 2) as it combines the ExSo-MUSIC principle with the use of HO statistics. Using computer simulations of EEG signals, it is shown to highly increase the performance of classical MUSIC-like algorithms when physiologically relevant models for current sources and for volume conduction are considered.


The grafting is one way to improve the quality of plants by attaching buds from one plant to another. Citrus types that develop in West Sumatra are generally Siam citrus. Japanese citroen is the most widely used citrus plant as a rootstock. This study aims to determine the best interaction of grafting citrus plants by using various sources of clones scion and the rootstock age of JC (Japanese citroen). This research was carried out at the Lubuk Minturun Horticultural Seed Center, koto tangah, Padang, West Sumatra from August - December 2018. This study used a two factor factorial design arranged in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The first factor is the different types of sources of citrus clones scion consisting of 3 levels namely Siam Gunung Omeh, Madu and Pontianak and the second factor is the age of the rootstock consisting of 2 levels of treatment Age 8 and 12 Months. Data were analyzed statistically by the F test at 5% significance level, if the F count was greater than the F table then it was followed by the Duncan's Multiple Range Test (DMRT) at the 5% level. The results of this study showed that there was no interaction between the source of clones scion and the age of the rootstock on the growth of grafting seedlings. The pontianak siam shows a low percentage of life and is unable to form shoots with JC rootstock both 8 months and 12 months old. The clone of scion in the gunung omeh entrance has a good influence on the results of grafting compared to pontianak and madu The 8 month JC rootstock had a good effect compared to the 12 month JC


By using catamnestic examination techniques we checked the effects of 2 different tubal sterilization procedures (high frequency [HF] current and endocoagulation technique) in relation to the occurrence of late complications. In the years following high frequency sterilization (n=258) 23 women (8.9%) were hysterectomized while in the endocoagulation group (n=386) only 9 patients (2.3%) had hysterectomies. We also used the endocoagulation procedure up until 1977 in a very radical way in relation to the tissue effect which was seen using the HF-technique. The patients sterilized by the unipolar high frequency current technique required 1-3 curettages in 7.8% compared with only 2.1% of the endocoagulation group. 79 (30.6%) patients in the high frequency current group exhibited menstrual disorders compared with only 45 (11.7%) in the other group. The combination of menstrual irregularities and menopausal complaints was found in 7.4% of the HF group while only 2.8% of those women in the endocoagulation group experienced these problems. Menopausal complaints without menstrual disorders showed in 4.7% and 3.9% of the women. 85.5% of 330 patients who were sterilized by the endocoagulation technique (according to Semm) had no menstrual complaints and no menopausal symptoms; in the HF group this was the case for only 160 women (62%). Our results demonstrate that postoperative late complications arise less often in patients sterilized by endocoagulation. This is likely due to the high degree of destruction of nutritive vessels and the nervous system (rete ovarii) of the ovary by using high frequency current. Because of excretory system disturbances this results in ovarian disorders to the women sterilized in such a manner. (authors) (summary in ENG)


More than 2 decades of developments in the field have led to a wide variety of test kits available for addressing the different needs of surveillance, diagnosis, and monitoring of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and antiretroviral therapy ([20][1], [23][2]). These test kits are based on


Because of the importance of the increasing integration of
 European nation states into the European Union, this article describes the influence
 of this body on the variety of traditional relationships between religions and
 states within the countries that now form part of it. The contribution focuses on
 European laws and the Europeanisation of religious organisations within the context
 of the shift of state to civil society.


Objective: To observe the effects of Sterimar physiological sea water nasal spray in nursing childhood patients with rhinitis. Methods: 16 cases of 6 ~ 12 years old children with rhinitis were involved in the study and all of them were given Sterimar physiological sea water nasal spray nursing for two weeks. Nasal symptom scores and visual analog scores (VAS) were recorded before and after the nursing. Results: After two weeks of nursing, nasal symptom scores and visual analog scores (VAS) were both improved from 14.0 to 6.0, and 22.1±8.85 to 10.4±8.53, whichshowed significant difference ( χ2=7.48 and 11.2378). Conclusion: Nursing with Sterimar physiological sea water nasal spray could be benefit to improve nasal symptoms of rhinitis children.


During the 1970s, conflict over land development restrictions in the Lake Tahoe Basin intensified. Funding of costly land purchases to preclude development emerged as a key problem in implementing timely and effective environmental protection. This timing coincided with pressures for land sales in and adjacent to urban "islands" in the public land "sea" of the West. One result was enactment of Public Law 95–586, co-authored by Congressmen Santini and Burton. Proceeds from public land sales near Las Vegas, Nevada, would be dedicated to purchase of environmentally sensitive lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin some 450 miles to the north. This study traces formation of the temporary coalition among local interests and Congressional leaders that yielded a possible model for future public lands conflict resolution. It then reviews and critiques the first four years of experience with implementation of the land sales element of the act. It concludes by suggesting some "fine tuning" which, if accepted by environmentalist groups at the national and local level, would point toward the use of the Santini-Burton approach as a source of funds to be used for environmental protection in other areas.


Purpose – Asks why performance improvement is debated so much more in sport than in business, and whether business has anything to learn from sport techniques.Design/methodology/approach – Looks at different performance levels and why it is beneficial to utilise modern techniques.Findings – Finds that a major reason the performance of the average UK firm lags behind that of the average business in the US, France and Germany is that UK senior managers are often failing to use modern management practices.Practical implications – Points out that France, Germany and the USA have had business schools since the turn of the twentieth century, but it was not until the mid‐1960s that they came to the UK. But there is now a national network of management scientists, far more numerous than sport scientists. The resource is there, but businesses need to learn how to use it.Originality/value – Argues that if sport scientists can help athletes, business schools and industry need to work more closely together to get the...


Physical activity promotion messages have received increasing empirical attention over the last decade, and despite contributions to the literature, researchers have advocated a need to utilize a more complex approach. The Comprehensive Messaging Strategy for Sustained Behavior Change (CMSSBC) is a recently conceptualized approach to messaging that may be a promising alternative to understanding how to effectively deliver physical activity promotion messages. This approach recommends that messages be tailored to the recipients stage of change (detection, decision, implementation, or maintenance stage), yet framed intrinsically, following a Self-Determination Theory conceptualization. This research served as a preliminary study designed to test participants' preferences for, attention to, and evaluation of physical activity promotion messages guided by the CMSSBC. Participants included 81 male, 211 female, and 1 transgender adult(s), aged 19 – 65 (Mage = 29.06), with BMI's that ranged from 17.22 to 52.45 (M = 25.53), and on average reported engaging in 37.02 METs of moderate to vigorous leisure-time physical activity. This cross-sectional study required participants to complete a demographic section, questions about their stage of change, motives, and goals for physical activity, and to evaluate eight physical activity promotion messages that were tailored to one of the stages of change and framed either intrinsically or extrinsically. The results of the study findings indicated that participants in general preferred the intrinsically framed messages as opposed to the extrinsically framed equivalent messages, and reported notable aversive reactions to the extrinsic messages, in particular the images. Acknowledgments: Funded by the University of Lethbridge Research Fund


ABSTRACT Women's public appearance is subject to ongoing debates. In many parts of the world, women have been forced to cover their body, or to uncover it, due to incompatibility with local, cultural or religious values. This paper is based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted between August 2016 and February 2017 in Aceh, Indonesia; the only province with a special autonomous right to implement Islamic law. This paper aims to look at how Aceh's shari'a regulates people's public appearance. The research found that Aceh's shari'a regulates women more than men and that the law has homogenized the interpretation of religious texts, which is monopolized by the government. The law endorses a unitary standard of women, into one standard model of femininity; particularly regarding their dress. Through the law, the government controls women's bodies in public and imposes cultural uniformity onto them. This paper argues that the practice of Islamic law in Aceh disseminates a narrative of western hegemony through colonial legacies and stereotypes, in an Islamic culture that is male-dominated and in which women are subjugated.


The paper addresses the time synchronization of multiple wireless ECG sensors. The approach to the problem is practical, by conducting laboratory experiments on an artificially generated signal. The performed analyses show that the sampling frequency should be followed continuously or the clock drifts will lead to clock offsets in the order of several samples per day. A method has been developed for continuous sampling frequency monitoring. It has been demonstrated to limit the clock drift to about 4 ms (0.5 sample at sampling frequency 125 Hz) over the period of 80 hours.


In this study, we investigated the growth of single-crystallinity α-Ga2O3 thin films on c-plane sapphire substrates using halide vapor pressure epitaxy. We also found the optimal growth conditions to suppress the phase transition of α-Ga2O3. Our results confirmed that the growth temperature and partial pressure of the reactive gas greatly influenced the crystallinity. The optimal growth temperature range was about 460~510C, and the α-Ga2O3 thin films with the highest crystallinity were obtained at a III/VI ratio of 4. The thickness and surface morphology of the thin films was observed by scanning electron microscopy. The film thickness was 6.938 μm, and the full width at half maximum of the ω-2θ scan rocking curve was as small as 178 arcsec. The optical band gap energy obtained was 5.21 eV, and the films were almost completely transparent in the near-ultraviolet and visible regions. The etch pit density was found to be as low as about 6.0 × 10 cm.


Low back injury continues to be a problem for residential care workers. There i s an absence of an assessment tool that will determine probability of low back injury based on occupational exposure. This study analysed injury incidence among residential care workers and determined perceived stress and exertion, hand forces, postures, and task frequencies encountered in routine work tasks. Biomechanical analysis determined joint forces at the low back to be in the range of 467N to 381 1 N compression and 66N to 471 N A-P shear over all tasks. Task frequencies, joint compression forces, population low back injury data and material fatigue characteristics were used to model risk o f low back injury as a function of occupational exposure. The fatigue model predicts that 50% of residential care workers will experience a low back injury by their eighth year of work experience, and 95% by their fifteenth year of work.


Fujita's second theorem for K\"ahler fibre spaces over a curve asserts that the direct image $V$ of the relative dualizing sheaf splits as the direct sum $ V = A \oplus Q$, where $A$ is ample and $Q$ is unitary flat. We focus on our negative answer (\cite{cd}) to a question by Fujita: is $V$ semiample?
We give here an infinite series of counterexamples using hypergeometric integrals and we give a simple argument to show that the monodromy representation is infinite. Our counterexamples are surfaces of general type with positive index, explicitly given as abelian coverings with group $(\mathbb Z/n)^2$ of a Del Pezzo surface of degree 5 (branched on a union of lines forming a bianticanonical divisor), and endowed with a semistable fibration with only $3$ singular fibres.
The simplest such surfaces are the three ball quotients, already considered in joint work of I. Bauer and the first author, fibred over a curve of genus $2$, and with fibres of genus $4$.
These examples are a larger class than the ones corresponding to Shimura curves in the moduli space of Abelian varieties.


A fundamental problem when aggregating Markov chains is the specification of the number of state groups. Too few state groups may fail to sufficiently capture the pertinent dynamics of the original, high-order Markov chain. Too many state groups may lead to a non-parsimonious, reduced-order Markov chain whose complexity rivals that of the original. In this paper, we show that an augmented value-of-information-based approach to aggregating Markov chains facilitates the determination of the number of state groups. The optimal state-group count coincides with the case where the complexity of the reduced-order chain is balanced against the mutual dependence between the original- and reduced-order chain dynamics.


We have investigated the low-temperature magnetoresistance (MR) behavior of Co nanowires with varying widths between 40nm and 5.2μm prepared by high-resolution electron-beam lithography. The wires have a thickness of 20nm and are protected from oxidation by a 10nm carbon cap layer. The magnetoresistance—for magnetic fields applied transversal or perpendicular to the wire—is negative and can be attributed to anisotropic magnetoresistance. The MR curves exhibit a strong dependence on the wire width from which the shape anisotropy and the demagnetizing factors can be deduced. The experimental results are in perfect agreement with the theoretical values for the demagnetization tensor of the general ellipsoid. During the magnetization rotation process a minor contribution from domain-wall nucleation and annihilation occurs.


Abstract : A 3-phase design-of-experiment approach was used to investigate hydrogen re-embrittlement effects of common aviation maintenance chemicals and coatings. Both material and geometry were examined to uncover the best constraints for a novel method. While traditional testing uses a pass/fail approach, the developed method employed load monitoring cells over a range of material strength, hydrogen-emitting environment, and applied load. This method allowed prospective solvent replacement chemicals and cadmium replacement coatings to be finely delineated in terms of performance and formed the basis of a tool for predicting time to failure under any combination of parameters. In the aviation community, heavy restriction on using alternative chemicals and coatings could therefore be eased, and applications could be expanded for using highstrength steel.


Background: Current evidence indicates mixed findings with regard to the effects of low and high maternal dietary salt intake during pregnancy on the maternal blood pressure.
Objective: This study investigates the effects of low and high maternal dietary salt intake on the systolic blood pressure (SBP) at third week of gestation as compared to pre-pregnancy SBP.
Methodology: 30 female Sprague Dawley normotensive rats were randomly assigned into three groups based on maternal dietary salt concentration; low salt (0.145% NaCl, n=10), normal salt (1.0% NaCl, n =10) and high salt (3.0% NaCl, n=10). Food intake and maternal body weight were recorded. SBP (mmHg) and heart rate (HR) were measured during pre-pregnancy and at third week of pregnancy by using non-invasive tail cuff blood pressure monitoring device.
Results: There were comparable pre-pregnancy body weight, mean daily food intake, HR and SBP (116.5± 1.54 vs. 118.07 ± 1.22 vs. 115.83 ± 1.76) among LSD, NSD and HSD dams respectively. There were no significant differences in maternal mean daily food intake throughout the pregnancy, body weight at third week of gestation, HR and SBP (113.67± 2.74 vs. 111.37 ± 1.84 vs. 113.93 ± 2.11) at third week of gestation among LSD, NSD and HSD dams respectively. Statistically significant difference in term of SBP between pre-pregnancy and third week of gestation was only seen in the NSD dams (118.07 ±1.22 vs. 111.37 ±1.84) (P<0.05). HR was comparable among the three dams.
Conclusion: The SBP decreases in all maternal groups at third week of gestation. However, within group analysis revealed that only NSD dams has significantly lower SBP at third week of gestation as compared to pre- pregnancy SBP. The decrement of SBP is more pronounced in the NSD dams depicting the possibilities of aberration in the expected cardiovascular physiological changes in LSD and HSD dams.


FPGA-based architectures have emerged as a versatile acceleration solution for various applications, aided by High-Level Synthesis (HLS) tools. For applications with some level of error resilience, the use of approximate logic components such as imprecise multipliers and adders can improve resource usage and energy efficiency. Nevertheless, these components must be carefully composed and combined to prevent error accumulation and to ensure that the application produces valid outputs. In this work, we explore approximate multiplier and adder designs used in Multiply-accumulate (MAC) operations for accelerators implemented in HLS, aiming to find combinations of components that can save power and resources while effectively mitigating errors in application outputs. We show that the best combinations of components can improve the Power Area Product (PAP) of a Sobel filter accelerator design by 36-49% compared to a precise design while limiting errors and maintaining an acceptable quality of results.


Waveguide Raman spectroscopy (WRS) allows one to monitor the spectrum of a polymer film in contact with a liquid phase. A unique advantage of WRS is its ability to monitor as a function of time all of the molecular species involved in the diffusion process simultaneously with minimal interference from the bulk solvents or substrate. Combining the linear Raman response with the integrated optical field in the polymer waveguide allows the mass sorption to be measured. If an adequate model is available, diffusion profiles, at any particular time in the experiment, can be calculated. The system studied in the present work consists of a polystyrene waveguide on a fused quartz substrate in contact with a binary solvent mixture of ethanol and perdeuteriotoluene. In this case the diffusion takes place over a distance of approximately 1 {mu}m. Finally, experimental results will be compared to several diffusion models.


The article is a study of the honorific use of the plural when referring to a single person who is not spoken to in the Croatian dialects of the Burgenland.


Peer-to-peer networks have emerged as a popular alternative to traditional client-server architectures for the distribution of information goods. Recent academic studies have observed high levels of free-riding in various peer-to-peer networks, leading some to suggest the imminent collapse of these communities as a viable information sharing mechanism. Our research develops an analytic model to analyze the behavior of P2P networks in the presence of free-riding. In contrast to previous predictions we find that P2P networks can operate effectively in the presence of significant free-riding. In future work we plan to explore how much peerto-peer network performance could be improved if free-riding were eliminated and discuss both the costs and benefits of managerial mechanisms to limit free-riding.


Envariance is a symmetry exhibited by correlated quantum systems. Inspired by this "quantum fact of life," we propose a novel method for shortcuts to adiabaticity, which enables the system to evolve through the adiabatic manifold at all times, solely by controlling the environment. As the main results, we construct the unique form of the driving on the environment that enables such dynamics, for a family of composite states of arbitrary dimension. We compare the cost of this environment-assisted technique with that of counterdiabatic driving, and we illustrate our results for a two-qubit model.


In attempt to understand LGBT studies, it's important to view it from an interdisciplinary lens. Studies focusing on LGBT people have not been subject of any single discipline with single object of study. The objects to large extend has been lives of LGBT people themselves. Hence, it is important not to isolate their experiences from social and scientific context. This implies that LGBT studies can only be practiced in amalgamation with different disciplines, in particular sociology, anthropology, biology, psychology, literature, law and history. At present in India and in many other cultures, all orientations and behaviours other than heterosexuality have been seen as "unnatural", "abnormal" or "sinful". In such a situation it is even more critical to understand Biological and Psychological perspective and theories behind variant sexual orientations, put forward in this paper. [


In this study, the mathematical model of four differential equations for organisms that describe the effect of anti-predation behavior, age stage and toxicity have been analyzed. Local bifurcation and Hopf bifurcation have been studied by changing a parameter of a model to study the dynamic behavior determined by bifurcation curves and the occurrence states of bifurcation saddle node, transcritical and pitch fork bifurcation. The potential equilibrium point at which Hopf bifurcation occurs has been determined and the results of the bifurcation behavior analysis have been fully presented using numerical simulation.


This article presents reviews of several books including, "Production & Operations Management," by Richard B. Chase and Nicholas Aquilano, "Production & Operations Management," by Richard P. Mayer and "Operations Management," by Arthur C. Laufer.


In this paper, an electroweak model with massive neutrinos is proposed. The symmetry of the model is $SU(2)_L \times U(1)_Y \times U(1)_M$. Because of the mixing of neutrinos, the conversion of one lepton type to another is possible, but many of those kind processes are of extremely small possibilities. The total lepton-number conservation still holds in this model, so neutrinoless double beta decay is prohibited. Though right-hand neutrinos are introduced into the model, their coupling with matter fields is extremely small and therefore they are much harder to be detected in experiments.


Background. The authors attached basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF‐2), a growth factor for numerous tumors and normal cell types, to saporin (SAP), a ribosomeinactivating protein isolated from the plant Saponaria officinalis. The conjugate (FGF‐SAP) then was tested for antitumor activity using B16‐F10 melanoma cells. This rapidly growing murine melanoma cell line has been used classically as a model to screen antitumor agents.


The benchmark problem addresses the efficient allocation of an agile-beam radar in the presence of highly maneuverable targets and radar ECM. The multisensor benchmark tracking solution is aided by the presence of a scanning infrared search-and-track (IRST) system. This paper presents methods for applying a tracker with interacting multiple- model (IMM) filtering and multiple-hypothesis tracking (MHT) data asso- ciation to this multiple-sensor tracking and resource allocation problem. It presents a hybrid multisensor tracking architecture in which an IMM- MHT tracker operating on IRST data provides the global IMM-MHT tracker with selected observations. Simulation results quantify the poten- tial improvement from the use of advanced tracking methods and IRST data to enhance agile-beam radar tracker capability. © 2000 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. (S0091-3286(00)03205-0)


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Abstract Aim: To identify existing theories and conceptual models that inform care transition interventions and to explore whether the role of rehabilitation professionals is explicitly stated or implied in these theories and models. Methods: We searched multiple databases and included articles published from 2000 to 2018, with distinct mention of care transitions of older adults (>65 years) from one care setting to another. Result: Two theories (Middle Range Theory and System of Care Philosophy), and six conceptual models (Coleman's Model, 4Cs of Transitional Model, Quality Cost Model of Advanced Practice Nurses Transitional Care, Health Belief Model, Care Transition Framework, Ideal Transition in Care) were identified in 13 of the 21 articles; however, only one conceptual model in an opinion paper illustrated the role of a physiotherapist in care transition. Conclusion: Most of the models, frameworks and theories that inform care transition interventions did not explicitly consider the role of RPs.


Ka-band Interfeometry SAR (InSAR) is a promising technique for global submesoscale sea surface tomography mapping, which still remains blank today. In this paper, we will introduce the arrangement, key techniques and preliminary results of our airborne Ka-band InSAR experiment. In the condition of small look angle, we have demonstrated good coherence of the two SAR images. To inverse precise sea surface tomography uncontrolled condition, we have proposed a nadir track based calibration method. By comparing to the buoy data, the inverse error is demonstrated to be less than 10cm. These results have established a solid foundation for the design and data processing of the global submesoscale oceanographic phenomenon by the Ka-band SAR Interferometry payload of the future Chinese Guanlan satellite.


At the same time that the legal profession is experiencing great upheaval, mindfulness is being embraced as an important vehicle for assisting both the individual and the larger collective in responding to the many challenges posed by a rapidly changing world. A secular practice with roots reaching back thousands of years, mindfulness is commonly regarded as a tool for reducing stress, achieving greater focus and concentration, and working with anxiety, depression, substance abuse, pain, and a host of other physical and emotional challenges. Whereas five years ago there was little mention of mindfulness in the law, today it is a widely recognized term. Furthermore, a growing number of law schools are offering mindfulness programs, legal conferences are organizing mindfulness presentations and workshops, and legal organizations are introducing mindfulness to their members. "Mindful Ethics," an approach that we developed for integrating mindfulness and professional responsibility, is among the various methods through


Coagulopathy is a complex finding in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), and it may occur due to interplay of the various factors. Neurological manifestations are rare as the initial presentation in APL. This case illustrates status epilepticus as the initial presentation in this disease. Atypical cells on peripheral smear led to the diagnosis of leukemia. This report demonstrates that the patient of APL can present as status epilepticus.


This paper analyzes the issue of social protection for migrants by looking at formal and informal social protection provisions. In particular, it presents the latest global data on the social protection status on migrants, including undocumented migrants. The paper gives special attention to lower-income countries drawing upon recent studies from the Southern African Development Community (SADC). It finds that migrants in poorer countries have very limited access to formal social protection such as social security systems, and that the legal social protection frameworks are far from making benefits portable. Rather, migrants have to rely on informal social protection, and it is often migration itself that constitutes a form of social protection for migrants and their families. This means that making migration safer for low-income migrants is vital to allow migrants to fully benefit from their migration experience and to ultimately enhance their social protection.


The information from foreign literature on the use of organic consumption food waste, substandard food products generated at trade objects, as well as their mixtures in the composition of solid municipal waste as substrates for growing larvae and prepupae of the fly Hermetia illucens is briefly summarized. Also shown the possibility of using specific waste as a substrate, such as, in particular, waste from the processing of seafood and mushrooms. It was shown that the larvae and prepupae of Hermetia illucens contribute to the high conversion of the organic substrate into the larvae biomass and waste processing efficiency with a decrease in its mass and volume. Larvae of Hermetia illucens, grown on organic substrates, are characterized in most cases by a high content of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids and proteins. The compost formed after the bioconversion of organic substrates using Hermetia illucens larvae contains a high amount of nutrients and can be used as fertilizer or soil for growing indoor plants and crops. It was revealed that the processing of organic food waste contributes to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to simple composting or anaerobic digestion.

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In this paper we show that sieve methods used previously to investigate primes in short intervals and corresponding Goldbach type problems can be modified to obtain results on primes in Beatty sequences in short intervals.


ABSTRACT We report the draft genome sequence of Anaerolineae bacterium strain TC1, newly isolated from a methanogenic wastewater treatment system. The assembly contains 16 contigs in 3 scaffolds representing 3,510,630 bp in total with a G+C content of 41.35%. The genome is predicted to contain 2,793 protein-coding genes and 56 RNAs.


THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES which produced the generation of junior college English teachers to which I belong obviously cannot be reproduced, and if they could, it is unlikely that the product would be suitable preparation for teaching the students who will come to the junior college in the future. But certainly, parts of our experience are valuable in teaching at the junior college now. To have lived through the Great Depression can give us some sense of identification with students from poor homes and poverty areas. To have gone to college close to home because we couldn't afford to go away, can help us understand the junior college student at a commuter college who must shuttle, with varying degrees of unease, between the widening horizons of the college classroom and the familiar and comfortable attitudes of home. To have been