The concept of access control relates to permissions and obligations, which are represented by rules in different granularities, and their enforcement achieved by various operating systems, network software/hardware, and applications. Involvement of different technologies, vendors, and standards make it hard to provide a complete solution in access control for information systems. Moreover, access control requirements started to change with the increased development and use of large-scale, distributed, loosely coupled applications, which run on open and complex environments. This talk will reveal long-time existing access control approaches, declare new requirements for access control and present new trends in the access control field.


Economic conditions have improved since the U.S. mortgage market crisis, and home prices have recovered in many areas. Yet many more older families have taken on greater mortgage debt than in the past, and they are increasingly carrying mortgage loans into retirement. Foreclosure rates for all loans have decreased to pre-recession levels for borrowers under age 50, while for borrowers age 50+, foreclosure rates in 2017 were higher than in 2007. This means that many older homeowners may face the loss of their homes, even though the economy has improved.


This paper presents a fast procedure for the system-level evaluation of noise and distortion in continuous-time integrated filters. The presented approach is based on Volterra's series theory and matrix algebra manipulation. This procedure has been integrated in a constrained optimization routine to improve the dynamic range of the filter while keeping the area and power consumption at a minimum. The proposed approach is demonstrated with the design, from system- to physical-level, of a seventh-order low-pass continuous-time elliptic filter for a high-performance broadband power-line communication receiver. The filter shows a nominal cut-off frequency of ƒc=34MHz, less than 1dB ripple in the pass-band, and a maximum stop-band rejection of 65dB. Additionally, the filter features 12dB programmable boost in the pass-band to counteract high frequency components attenuation. Taking into account its wideband transfer characteristic, the filter has been implemented using Gm-C techniques. The basic building block of its structure, the transconductor, uses a source degeneration topology with local feedback for linearity improving and shows a worst-case intermodulation distortion of -70 dB for two tones close to the passband edge, separated by 1MHz, with 70mV of amplitude. The filter combines very low noise (peak root spectral noise density below 56nV/√Hz) and high linearity (more than 64dB of MTPR for a DMT signal of 0.5Vpp amplitude) properties. The filter has been designed in a 0.18μm CMOS technology and it is compliant with industrial operation conditions (-40 to 85°C temperature variation and ±5% power supply deviation). The filter occupies 13mm2 and exhibits a typical power consumption of 450 mW from a 1.8V voltage supply.


Fatty tissue produces a variety of adipocytokines, such as adiponectin, resistin, omentin, and retinol binding protein 4 and so on. Recent studies focus on the effects of adipocytokines on cardiovasculardiseases. In both animal and human studies, it has been found that RBP4 level is closely linked to insulin resistance, arteriosclerosis, lipid metabolism and hypertension. This article reviewed related progress.


The problem of (semi-)automatically computing mappings between independently developed ontologies is usually referred to as the ontology matching problem. A number of sophisticated ontology matching systems have been developed in the last years [7, 26]. Ontology matching systems, however, rely on lexical and structural heuristics and the integration of the input ontologies and the mappings may lead to many undesired logical consequences (e.g., unsatisfiable classes). The fix of unsatisfiable classes caused by ontology mappings is known as the mapping repair problem [13]. Mapping repair can be addressed using state-of-the-art approaches for debugging inconsistencies in OWL 2 ontologies, which rely on the extraction of justifications for the unsatisfiable classes (e.g., [24, 14, 29, 12]). However, in [10] it was pointed out that justification-based technologies do not scale when the number of unsatisfiabilities is large (a typical scenario in mapping repair problems). In this paper we provide an update on the results presented in [10] by evaluating the feasibility of using up-to-date OWL 2 reasoners in mapping repair problems. We have conducted an extensive evaluation using the datasets and ontology matching systems from the Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative (OAEI) [7]. Our results suggest that the classification of the integration of large ontologies via mappings still poses a challenge to OWL 2 reasoners. Furthermore, the repair of unintended entailments (e.g., unsatisfiable concepts) using OWL 2 reasoners critically compromises the performance of mapping repair systems.


The present invention discloses an optimization method and an optimization system for dispatching in semiconductor manufacture. The optimization method includes the steps of: creating an information table of machines and products under production to obtain the dispatching for implanting ions from ion source; comparing the Q-time of the products under production with a fist preset value; comparing the number of the products under production with a second preset value; comparing the number of continuous dispatching of the products under production containing the C ion or Ge ion with a third preset value; and forming a list of dispatching. High-efficient production can be achieved according to the list of dispatching optimized through the said steps, furthermore, excessive deposition of C ions or Ge ions in an accelerating tube can be prevented when C ions or Ge ions are implanted continuously, and thereby the maintenance frequency of ion implantation machine can be reduced and the normal production can be maintained.


The binning of metagenomic sequences is one of crucial steps in metagenomic projects which allow the study of uncultured organisms. Although the projects need to analyze a huge amount of data, most available binning methods run in single mode, and thus require much processing time. This paper proposes a parallel binning algorithm for metagenomic sequences without reference databases. The method is able to utilize the strength of computing clusters and shared-memory multiprocessing systems by using MPI and OpenMP techniques. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm outperforms a single-mode binning algorithm in the aspect of computational performance while still achieving similar classification quality. The source codes and datasets used in this work can be downloaded from https://bioinfolab.fit.hcmute.edu.vn/BiMetaPL.


This article presents an optimization method for solving a material flow traffic assignment problem (TAP) in a large-scale construction project considering a hierarchical structure with fuzzy random variables. A multiobjective bilevel decision-making model is established in which the transportation time and cost in each arc are considered as fuzzy random variables. The construction contractor, the leader in the hierarchy, aims to minimize both total direct and transportation time costs. The transportation agency, next in the hierarchy, assesses the target to minimize total transportation cost. To deal with the uncertainties, the expected value operator and chance constraint method are used to transform the uncertain model into a calculable one. Furthermore, a multiobjective bilevel particle swarm optimization algorithm with a fuzzy random simulation-based constraint checking procedure is applied to solve the model. Finally, the Shuibuya Hydropower Project is used as a practical example to demonstrate the practicality and efficiency of the proposed model. Results and a sensitivity analysis are presented to highlight the performance of the optimization method.


What kind of sociological knowledge is transmitted in college education? Introductory textbooks on sociology represent its identity as a discipline. In this paper, I analyze the contents of introductory sociology textbooks in Japan and the United States from a comparative perspective. I find different degrees of institutionalization or standardization of sociological knowledge between the two countries. Japanese textbooks cover fewer fields of sociological research and the demarcation between the different fields is weaker in Japan than it is in the United States, i.e., the textbooks are less standardized in Japan.I argue that these differences are derived from the different educational contexts of college education in these two societies. Japanese textbooks are increasingly shifting toward "perspective-oriented" knowledge from explanations of sociological concepts or theories. This tendency further reduces the standardization of sociological knowledge imparted in Japanese colleges. Finally, I raise a question about the direction Japanese sociological knowledge production will take and the extent to which this knowledge production is influenced by the changing styles of reproducing knowledge.


As such internet and information technology have influenced the human life significantly thus the current technology cannot solely assure the security of shared information. Hence, to fulfil such requirements mass amount of research have been undertaken by various researchers among which one of the mechanisms is the use of dynamic key rather than static one. In this regard, we have proposed a method of key generation to provide the dynamic keys. The scheme not only can change the key but also provide the error control mechanism. At the end of this paper, a comparison with the existing techniques has also been made to prove the efficiency of the proposed scheme.


In 1903, after the publication of the second volume of the Irish R.M. stories, Edith Œ. Somerville and Martin Ross revised and republished their first novel, An Irish Cousin (1889), under its original name. They reduced it from two volumes to one, made global revisions to the plot, and edited it at the word and sentence level. More interestingly, they modified the representation of the main Irish protagonists of the gothic plot, both landlords and tenants. To date, no extensive comparison between the two editions exists. The 1889 edition is rare, so commentators have relied on the 1903 edition even though they often cite the social context of the first edition. This article compares the two editions and provides explanations for the revisions, examining the authors' personal and professional reasons for these changes voiced in their published and unpublished letters and diaries within the cultural, social, and political context of the period. The comparison briefly considers the implications of these changes for theorists of the Irish Gothic.


Problems with very slow waveforms or very long diffusion times may be difficult to treat using finite-difference time-domain techniques because of the Courant stability condition. Problems of this class, however, often prove to have a response which does not depend on the speed of light. The examples presented here show cases where internal fields do not change if c is reduced by as much as five orders of magnitude. This permits /spl Delta/t to be proportionally increased. For simplicity much of this paper is restricted to one dimension, although generalization to three dimensions is also presented. The author considers an aluminum enclosure. Initially, the transient field will induce eddy currents on the enclosure which exactly cancel the external field and exclude it from the enclosure interior. This scheme has been, in fact, proposed to shield large systems which contain magnetic memories. >


Experience and performative prescriptions in the printed press) - The marketing/media/advertising system garners forms from the lifeworld to materialize its products and services based on discursive technologies, in a process of aesthetization of the product: exchange and libido values mold themselves. In this context, syncretic texts are produced by gyratory thematic cartographer-pundits according to specific rules of visibility and veridication, supplying the reader with cognitive maps for social guidance in the various identity spaces of belonging. The communication agreements of such texts present modalizations to mold the body with diets, treatments and exercises, and to change the attire, in search of a good and attractive figure and of success.


Abstract : Mixtures of acetylene and nitrogen, highly diluted in argon were subjected to reflected shock temperatures, 2244-4923K, at total pressures up to 550 cm Hg. Changes in sample compositions were followed spectrophotometrically by photographing the total emission spectrum, by recording relative emission intensities as a function of time over selected narrow band widths, and by measuring time dependent absorptions of characteristic radiation at the (0,0) band heads of C2 and CN. The effect of added oxygen (20ppm level) was tested. The results served to eliminate several simplistic mechanisms, and point to the necessity for considering a somewhat extended chain of coupled radical reactions. (Author)


This issue brief focuses on some of the health and safety issues that might confront businesses employing growing numbers of older workers. Does an aging workforce mean more workers at risk of costly illness or injury? The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) seems to think so, noting that the "cost implications of severe injuries to older workers [discussed below] are especially troublesome for the future," given a labor force growth rate for older workers that is higher than that for the total civilian labor force. BLS maintains that older workers' "share of all serious injuries. . .is likely to increase. . .even though their risk of injury is relatively low" (U.S. Department of Labor 1996: 2).


The genus Ambrosia consisting at least 40 species, with numerous intraspecific taxa (Essl et al. 2015). The first observation of Ambrosia from Iran was reported by Mozaffarian (1991). He reported distribution of A. artemisiifolia L.in Bandar-e Anzali (Gilan province, N Iran). Expanding new colonies of Ambrosia species were increasingly observed from road-sides and coastal areas of Bandar-e Anzali in 2014.


As a systematic project,which is high-technical and comprehensive in nature and involves multiple aspects,land consolidation must be supported by multi-technology.At present,there are few studies on new method application in domestic land consolidation design.Since geo-information technology has been used widely,how to apply these methods to land consolidation is of great practical value.Taking into consideration the reality of land consolidation in China,this paper discusses the application of GIS technology in setting up database of land consolidation,land area computation and farmland consolidation project design.It is concluded that GIS technology is characterized by high efficiency,accurate computation and convenient application in land consolidation projects and,therefore,is recommended for further study and extension.


The piezoelectric effect is a coupling between electrical and mechanical fields within certain materials that has numerous applications ranging from ultrasound generation in medical imaging and therapy via acceleration sensors and injection valves in automotive industry to high precision positioning systems. Driven by the increasing demand for devices operating at high field intensities especially in actuator applications, the field of hysteresis modeling for piezoelectric materials is currently one of highly active research. The approaches that have been considered so far can be divided into four categories:


Metal on metal hip prosthesis is widely used in total hip arthroplasty because of its good activity,However,due to metal on metal hip prosthesis can produce large amounts of cobalt-chromium metal ions and go into the body with a high levels in blood and urine,.The elevated levels of metal ions could have a negative impact on the body,this article will give a review about the influence of metal ions on the body after metal on metal total hip arthroplasty.


An agenda for modelling knowledge is set down. We argue that for PUM a model that allows for less than perfect behaviour is required. Gärdenfors' [3] approach is looked at and we explain why we consider that the notion of rationality that underlies Gärdenfors' approach is too strict for our purposes. It is suggested how we can import epistemic logics based on local reasoning and explicit and implicit beliefs to create a model that more suits our needs.


SOME 111llts ag,, in an issue of THE AMERICAN NATURtALIST, I chanced upon a paper by Dr. E. W. Gudger, of the American Museum of Natural History, dealing with some notes on the occurrences and habits of the triple tail, Lobotes siorinambensis Bloch, in our waters. Interested, I wrote to Dr. Gudger in regard to data I possess, and, encouraged by him, have since prepared this note, based on a rather large correspondence with various sources oin the east Florida and Gulf coasts, and on1 various notes of my own made on the Texas coast. Besides those gentlemen mentioned in the text, I am particularly indebted to Ronald Halgrimn, of Fort Myers, Fla.; to Stewart Springer, of the Bass Biological Laboratory, Englewood, Fla.; to H. B. Kraft, Stuart, Fla.; to Anthony Ragusin, of Biloxi, Miss., and to Mrs. Lyle McCaleb, of Aransas Pass, Texas, as well as to various others too numerous to mention, all of whom very kindly aided me in gathering information on this species. Prior to the publication of Dr. Gudger's paper (1931), the recorded occurrences of this fish in any numbers on the Atlantic coast, from North Carolina to Georgia, were few, and none of these was from any farther south on the Florida east coast than Jacksonville. Later (1937) Hughes recorded it from Fort Pierce, Daytona and Canaveral Harbor, Fla. Now from Stuart and West Palm Beach, Fla., I have guides, issued for fishermen, in which the triple tail is listed among the other common game fishes of those localities. Further, Ernest Lyons, sporting editor of the Stuart Daily News, says, "We catch


Urban mobility is the condition in which people travel in the urban perimeter of the municipalities. The driver's work is badly rated, turning this professional into an invisible person to society. This study had as its object the experience of being a bus driver in the context of urban mobility, and the thesis defended was that, based on the perception of his experience in urban mobility, it would be possible to overcome social invisibility, establishing a more conscious direction and preventing accidents. As general objective, it was intended understanding the perception of the experience of being a bus driver in the context of urban mobility, based on Merleau-Ponty's referential. As specific objectives, it was aimed describing the perception of the experience of being a bus driver, discussing the perception of the experience of being a bus driver in the context of urban mobility based on Merleau-Ponty's
referential and health care sciences and proposing possibilities of a phenomenological nature that sought a new reformulation of the problem raised by the thesis, based on listening to bus drivers. The study was characterized as a descriptive field, qualitative, and the research scenario was a public transportation company in the East of Rio de Janeiro, in the city of Sao Goncalo. The drivers participated in accordance with the informed consent form. Data collection occurred through the phenomenological interview, guided by a question: How do you experience being a bus driver? The treatment of the data took place by units of meaning, grouped by the highlighted content of the subjects' reports, subsidized by concepts from the phenomenological thought of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Five categories were found: 1) The bus driver and the crossings faced in daily life; 2) I am for the other: the world experiencing its own being in relation; 3) Guiding education for safe traffic: driver activity permeated by temporality and subjectivity; 4) Urban mobility: the self-driver in motion; 5) The care and context of bus drivers: a phenomenological perspective of transcending the perceived world. It was understood that the profession of bus driver generates impacts on the health of the driver, and the behavior of users and other drivers also influences the psychological of this worker. From the
phenomenological interviews, philosophical knowledge was translated into social construction.


This paper takes stock of discourse analysis studies favoring lexical input by revisiting the Lexical Discourse Analysis (LDA) project (Analyse du Discours a Entree Lexicale – ADEL) as defined by Marcellesi (1976). In an attempt to familiarize ourselves with the history of discourse analysis (Maziere 2005; Paveau and Rosier 2005), we first recount the development of studies that adopt the lexical input approach, from sociolinguistic lexicology through to studies incorporating interdiscourse. We then return to what for us characterizes LDA and what was first uncovered by Dubois (1969), namely the connection between lexicon and utterance. By highlighting the limitations of vocabulary studies in the study of texts and by introducing the utterance alongside the word, Dubois opened up a channel in discourse analysis that is specific to it and that distinguishes it from other approaches such as history, sociology, and more recently, the information and communication sciences. This approach illustrates one of the postulates of discourse analysis, namely that there is a link between meaning and syntax. Thus in seeking to connect the lexicon with other discursive dimensions, the paradoxical principle on which word-based research depends posits that words are superseded as a result of their interdependence with the syntagmatic chain and the discourse. This principle, which is at the root of LDA, is the one we seek to model from a semantic perspective. We defend the notion that recent advances in semantics – such as the praxeological approach and the semantics of constructions – can give an account of how meaning connects to discourse, and we illustrate this proposition through two case studies.


The aim of this study was to describe the effects of the interdisciplinar dynamic clinical assessment in a case attended at the Research Ambulatory of Language in Hearing Disorders of the Sao Paulo Hospital - Federal University of Sao Paulo. It is describe the case of a 26-year-old woman who presented sudden bilateral deafness, as a result of Cogan's syndrome - which also affects the vision. When the intervention process began, the patient had restricted orofacial reading, difficulty to communicate with her family, social isolation and depressive symptoms. The dynamic assessment based on interactivity and humanistic listening provided conditions for the patient to improve her communication, self-concept and social interaction. From this perspective, it was noticed that, with only ten sessions of intervention, therapeutic effects were operated, therefore breaking the classic assessment/intervention dichotomy at different moments.


OBJECTIVE To explore the feasibility of detecting the mutations of rpoB gene in rifampicin (RIF)-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and that of katG and inhA genes in isoniazid (INH)-resistant by gene chip, and to develop a new, rapid detection method for drug resistance. METHODS Using traditional drug susceptibility testing and PCR-DNA sequencing as control, the rpoB, katG, and inhA genes from 70 M. tuberculosis clinical isolates were analyzed by PCR-oligonucleotide microchip. RESULTS Thirty of the RIF-resistant M. tuberculosis strains were detected for the mutations of rpoB gene by gene chip. Among 50 INH-resistant M. tuberculosis strains, 40 strains were detected for the mutations of katG gene and 10 strains were detected out the mutations of inhA gene. Twenty of the drug-sensitive strains were identical with the type strain, which were consistent with the results of DNA sequencing.CONCLUSIONS Using the gene chip can detect gene mutation of drug resistantce with higher specificity and sensitivity, which can be used for clinical detection of drug-resistant strains in clinics.


NOx emissions from lightning have been added to the CHIMERE v2020r1 model using a parameterization based on convective clouds. In order to estimate the impact of these emissions on pollutant concentrations, two simulations, using the online coupled WRF-CHIMERE models with and without NOx emissions from lightning, have been carried out over the months of July and August 2013 and over a large area covering Europe and the northern part of Africa. The results show that these emissions modify the pollutant concentrations as well as the meteorology. The changes are most significant where the strongest emissions are located. Adding these emissions improves Aerosol Optical Depth in Africa but has a limited impact on the surface concentrations of pollutants in Europe. For the two-month average we find that the maximum changes are localized and may reach ±0.5 K for 2 m temperature, ±0.5 m s−1 for 10 m wind speed, 10 W m−2 for short wave radiation surface flux, and 50 and 2 μg m−3 for dust and sea salt surface concentrations, respectively. This leads to maximum changes of 1 μg m−3 for surface concentrations of PM2.5.


Objective To study the changes of expression of nestin in fetal lung and to explore the function of nestin during lung development in human. Methods Fetal lung tissues from 3-8 months' embryos were dissected and fixed for paraffin section.Immunohistochemical staining was proceeded to examine the expression level and distribution of nestin in fetal lung. Results Nestin was highly expressed strongly throughout lung in human fetal of 3-8 months' embryos.Nestin-positive cells distributed in pulmonary,entobronchus and blood vessels,but it was not found in bronchial epithelium. Conclusion Nestin widely expresses in normal human fetal lung.The level of expression decreases with the increase of gestational age.


Left atrium (LA) is a principal site of thrombus formation inducing thromboembolic events, which have been associated with LA low flow velocities. Recent developments in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) 4D flow analysis enable a non-invasive visualization of LA flow patterns. Our main objective was to investigate modifications of the main vortices in the LA with regards to LA functional indices in 4 patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and 6 healthy volunteers. Vorticity threshold and Q-criterion indices were computed from the centered vorticity calculation on filtered 4D velocity MRI images. Phasic LA longitudinal strains were computed on cine MRI images using LA feature tracking algorithm. LA dilation in AF came along with a drop in LA longitudinal strains. Best correlations between LA flow and functional changes were found for velocity vs. longitudinal strains corresponding to reservoir and LA contraction phases (r=0.69 and r=0.81, p<;0.03). Similarly, the highest correlation was found during LA contraction phase for associations between LA longitudinal strains and Q-criterion (r=0.52). In AF, LA functional changes are tightly associated with flow disorganization during the cardiac cycle especially during LA contraction phase.


Reconstructing maps of fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation from observed data requires a number of steps in the data analysis. Among these are the removal of receiver noise, the deconvolution of the image and the separation and subtraction of foreground contaminants. The latter is usually achieved by the use of multifrequency observations, which exploit the different spectral behaviour of the physical foreground sources. Here we will consider the case of a single image and develop a maximum entropy method (MEM) for the reconstruction that involves a regularisation in wavelet space. In a simplified model we will assume that the data D observed by an experiment are given by a convolution of the true sky signal or image h with the point spread function P of the instrument, plus some Gaussian random noise :


models of acute colitis. The protective role of IL-33 was demonstrated by showing that the IL-33 receptor ST2 is preferentially expressed on colonic T regulatory cells (Tregs), were it promotes Treg function by enhancing the expression of transforming growth factor-b. The double life of IL-33 was assessed further. Peritoneal injection of IL-33 exacerbated inflammatory bowel disease in IL-10-deficient mice, whereas IL-33-treated IL-10 wild-type mice were protected from disease induction. Here, IL-33induced CD19 CD25 CD1d-producing IL-10 B regulatory cells (IL-33 Bregs) were identified to be the outcome of its protective action. Isolated IL-33 Bregs could suppress immune effector cell function when adoptively transferred. The IL-33/ST2 axis can promote both Th1 and Th2 immune responses, depending on the type of activated cells and cytokine network in damaged tissue. In this case, the IL-33/ST2 axis again proved to have a protective role in ConA hepatitis. Here, ST2-deficient mice had more severe hepatitis, with a dominance of Th1/Th17 inflammatory response. Pretreatment of mice with IL-33 prevented ConA-induced liver damage through Th2 amplification. Having mentioned all of this, the Th2 cytokines IL-33, IL-25 and TSLP are still considered in most models to be proinflammatory and proallergic, which is in line with the interesting findings of Kay et al. In support of this assumption is the finding of increased serum IL-33 in patients with atopic dermatitis, and in correlation with disease severity. It is suggested that IL-33 released from injured or barrier-disrupted skin may increase inflammation in atopic dermatitis. Further studies are needed in order to understand better the dual role of IL-33. Is this due to the site where IL-33 is produced, skin vs. gut? Or it is the cytokine concentration and its threshold in affected tissues? Conflicts of interest


IN 1957, THE AMERICAN Social Hygiene Association established a research project on venereal disease in adolescence which is being conducted in several localities. This paper is a report on the study in progress in Santa Monica. The representatives of the Association asked us to design and conduct a study which would have relevance to the prevention and correction of a slightly rising rate of venereal diseases among adolescents. It seemed to us that, since most venereal disease is the result of overt sexual interaction, any preventive program would involve either or both of two possibilities: 1) an aggressive health education program which would inform adolescents how to avoid venereal diseases even though they increasingly got themselves involved in sexual activities; 2) a socio-moral approach to reduce the overt sexual interaction. Although both approaches could be seen as desirable from a public health point of view, it was obvious that the first was not


This chapter examines the performance of highly indebted countries that are linked with the international financial markets. The paths followed by some countries in the globalization process led to segmented integration. Persistently high country risk premiums place these countries in a financial trap, with high interest rates and low growth, vulnerability to contagion and other sources of volatility and the imposition of narrow limits to the degrees of freedom of economic policy. Domestic policies implemented during the process of financial integration account for most of the variation in the present situations of the different emergent markets. Although the analytical parts of this chapter do not refer specifically to Latin America the experiences of these regional emergent markets provide useful examples and historical background. Two reasons explain this focus. First, Latin American countries participated in the earliest stages of the financial globalization process in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Second, the most important cases of high indebtedness took place in this region. The chapter is divided into three sections. The first presents the historical background and briefly discusses domestic policies of the 1990s. The second section analyzes the links between individual countries and the international financial market and characterizes financial traps. Conclusions are presented in the third section.


Abstract This article is an attempt to respond to the question, "What lessons do philosophers have for psychotherapists?" The author approached the question by examining the role an implicit philosophical anthropology (Cartesian) played in the formation of a specific therapeutic construct. In particular, he explored how theoretical constructs conceal phenomena. The example employed was "projective identification." It is shown that this construct which cradled a Cartesian philosophy actually hindered the psychotherapist who used it from accurately perceiving the experience of his client.


Controlling emission by means of combined plasmonic and photonic modes has shown very promising results in the last years [1] with applications in several fields as laser devices or biosensing. Recently [2,3], it has been demonstrated that mixed structures formed by self-assembled photonic crystals based on monolayers of spheres and metallic substrates provide an easy-implementation fabrication method to obtain large emission enhancements as well as controllable angular emission patterns. It has also been demonstrated that large tunability can be easily achieved by means of after-grown polymeric spheres modifications [4]. Using a plasma etching technique, accurate control over the final diameter of the spheres and, as a consequence, over the optical response of the samples, can be achieved.


A study which examined spatial variation, dust and chemical composition factors associated with precipitation pH in the Klang Valley had been conducted. Precipitation samples were collected on a monthly basis at 3 different locations during the periods of 1993-1995. These long term sites were situated at varying distance from the industrial zone of the Klang Valley. Data were collected on a monthly basis and where possible after every rainfall. This included the field pH, electrical conductivity (EC) and analysis of chemical components. To date, the general pH trend at these stations is decreasing towards the acid range. The site furthest from the industrial zone had the highest pH values while site closest to the industrial zone had the lowest pH. There appeared to be a correlation between the precipitation pH and electrical conductivity (EC), the EC readings increased with increased acidity. Variations in precipitation pH was closely associated with the changes in sulfate concentration. The pH of precipitation is determined not only by the anions, but also by the concentration of cations in the atmosphere which neutralized the acidity by forming salts. The main cause for the decrease in the pH values is the significant increase of acidic components andmore » decrease of soil-oriented components (Mg and Ca) in the rain water.« less


This chapter examines how white working-class men cope with their inability to sustain the masculine legacy of provision, protection, and courage that they inherited from their fathers and grandfathers. Some white men struggling to provide for their families put dignity, fairness, and economic justice for workers at the center of their politics, criticizing politicians who have failed to fight for workers' rights. These men feel frustrated by the lack of social recognition for their persistent struggle, personal integrity, and generosity toward others. To compensate, they exclude racial minorities, immigrants, refugees, and nonworkers from their vision of collective bounty. Among other working-class men, particularly those who have never known a social contract between labor and business, hard work and self-sacrifice remain at the center of their identities. Glorifying their own suffering, their harshest scorn is reserved for those who succumb to dependence. A few men detach masculinity from wage-earning, stoicism, and aggressiveness, searching for new foundations on which to anchor the masculine self.


We report the observation of conventional superconductivity at the highest temperature yet attained without mechanical compression, around 54 kelvin in palladium-hydride and 60 kelvin in palladium-deuteride. The remarkable increase in Tc compared to the previously known value was achieved by rapidly cooling the hydride and deuteride after loading with hydrogen or deuterium at elevated temperature. Our results encourage hope that conventional superconductivity under ambient conditions will be discovered in materials with very high hydrogen density, as predicted more than a decade ago.


We investigate a generalized Camassa-Holm equation : . We show that the equation can be reduced to a planar polynomial differential system by transformation of variables. We treat the planar polynomial differential system by the dynamical systems theory and present a phase space analysis of their singular points. Two singular straight lines are found in the associated topological vector field. Moreover, the peakon, peakon-like, cuspon, smooth soliton solutions of the generalized Camassa-Holm equation under inhomogeneous boundary condition are obtained. The parametric conditions of existence of the single peak soliton solutions are given by using the phase portrait analytical technique. Asymptotic analysis and numerical simulations are provided for single peak soliton, kink wave, and kink compacton solutions of the equation.


This study investigated the formation of different active species (·OH, H 2 O 2 , O 3 ) in aqueous solutions using needle-plate gas-liquid discharge non-thermal plasma (NTP) with different atmospheres (air, argon, and oxygen). The changes in the pH and conductivity of a blank solution with different discharge atmospheres were also investigated. The degradation of the model compound, bromamine acid (BAA), in an aqueous solution was investigated. The effects of different factors on the BAA degradation were studied, including the types of discharge atmospheres, initial BAA concentration, and initial pH. The experimental results showed that, after a 60-min treatment, approximately 90.86%, 68.99%, and 49.96% of BAA was removed by plasma with oxygen, air, and argon discharge atmospheres, respectively, and input discharge powers of 49.23 W, 41.49 W, and 16.17 W, respectively. The BAA removal rate was lowest with an argon discharge atmosphere; however, the energy yield with argon was 1.73 and 1.6 times those with air and oxygen, respectively. The plasma degradation of BAA fitted the pseudo-first-order kinetic model. Compared to oxygen and argon, the initial concentration had little effect on the degradation of BAA when air was introduced into the reaction system. UV–vis absorption spectra of the BAA solutions were measured to illustrate the discharge degradation mechanism. No new peaks appeared in the UV–vis analysis of the BAA solution after the 60-min treatments. Therefore, the results essentially demonstrate that NTP is a suitable alternative method for the degradation of organic pollutants.


Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was born in Orcines, France and served in the Jesuit Order from 1913 to 1955. Teilhard studied theology in Sussex, and perhaps more significantly, paleontology at the Sorbonne. Teaching for a short time at the Catholic Institute of Paris, Teilhard ran afoul of Vatican officials over his statements regarding evolution and the nature of humanity. Consequently, most of his career was spent away from Europe, participating in archaeological digs in China, Africa, and Indonesia, briefly teaching at a Jesuit institution in New York.

Keywords:

Teilhard de Chardin (1881–1955);
pluriform knowledge of God;
the phenomenon of man;
Teilhard's belief in the noosphere, cosmic conscious


Brake liners are composed of relatively soft but tough and heat resistance material with a high coefficient of dynamic friction typically mounted on a solid metal backing using high temperature adhesives or rivets. Before using brake liner in assembly it is needed to get finished the excess material on liner plate. Industry named "PETHE BRAKE MOTORS PRIVATE LIMITED", uses two tools to finish excess material(asbestos lining) from 2 sides of liner plate which requires double tool setting time and results in increased process time. Here, in this project we are going to modify the tool in such a way that, excess time required for resetting of tool will be reduced and production rate will be increased without disturbing any other process parameter


PURPOSE: To prevent output from lowering by suppressing a circulating current, which flows between parallel-connected inverters to cause lowering of the output, at the time of the parallel operation of the inverters via a reactor. CONSTITUTION: Respective phases of inverters 8A, 8b are provided with current detectors 20A, 20B; a zero-phase current is obtained from the sum of outputs of the current detectors 20A, 20B by a microcomputer 23; and the output of the inverters 8A, 8B is controlled so that the zero-phase current is reduced. COPYRIGHT: (C)1993,JPO&Japio


Lucerne Cantonal Hospital (with three branches at Lucerne, Sursee and Wolhusen) is implementing a companywide, homogeneous electronic patient record system based on distinct basic record systems (surgery/internal medicine, gynaecology/obstetrics, paediatrics). The documentation is built up along the hospitalisation process. The intensive care unit's special documentation system will be fully integrated in a second step, otherwise much data or time are wasted at the interfaces if patients are transferred from one clinic to another. The patient's general condition, requisite procedures and ensuing costs are represented in the electronic patient record by a schematic and simplified four step model of the care process (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation). We adopt a practice-oriented approach with outcome-centred care assessment (ePA-AC®). Inputs into the assessment may initiate planning suggestions. We therefore use the mapping from ePA-AC® to the intervention catalogue of "nursing manpower use measurement" (NMUS). Interdisciplinary documentation requires a great deal of functionality in its application and a sophisticated access control system. Cooperation is focused on the clinical process map (e.g. medication, interventions and procedures). Redundant data collection should be avoided whenever possible.


The effect of collisions on the polarization current caused by a rotating island in a Tokamak plasma is studied with guiding center particle simulations. The simulations are performed with a δf code which includes a Monte Carlo model for Coulomb collisions. The transition between the two limiting cases of low and high collision frequency ν (compared to the island rotation frequency ω) is found to occur at ν≈ω in agreement with a recent analytic theory.


Objective To identify the risk factors affecting the intermittent time between first seizure and recurrence and to guide the therapy after first seizure.Methods Retrospectively studying was done to analyze the clinical data of 667 patients at least two onset. The univariate analysis and Cox regression analysis were done to establish proportional hazard model in order to judge the risk factors affecting the intermittent time. The Kaplan-Meier survival curve was used to estimate the rate of recurrence.Results The mean intermittent time of all the patients is 7.03 months. In univariate analysis, sex, initial age, seizure type, onset in sleep, history of febrile convulsions, family history had no statistic difference in intermittent time(all P0.05), whereas definite etiology, partial or generalized seizure, generalized tonic-clonic seizure, epileptic syndrome, nervous system signs, EEG slow wave, EEG epileptiform discharges, imaging abnormalities and therapy after first onset had statistic difference in intermittent time between first seizure and recurrence (all P0.05).Conclusions The definite etiology, EEG slow wave, EEG epileptiform discharges,imaging abnormalities and nervous system signs were risk factors affecting the intermittent time between first seizure and recurrence.It is better to therapy with anti-epileptic drugs after first seizure in these patients.


The apparatus, system, and method for generating map data is described - location and path position and path for displaying a map. The apparatus 20 includes a first set of sensors for generating a first plurality of data signals relating to the object position (attitude) (14); A second set 16 of sensors for generating a plurality of second data signal related to the posture of the object; Imaging device (17) for generating a plurality of third data signal containing the most important features (most significant feature) disposed on at least two images of the imaging device; And calculating a moving direction (orientation) of the device using the plurality of first data signals and the plurality of second data signals; Calculating the distance (85) is moved along the moving direction using the plurality of the third data signal; Wherein the calculated travel direction and the calculated distance traveled to be two-dimensional or three-dimensional path, for visually displayed on the system - at least one processing device (11) is adapted to convert a part of the leg (leg) of the map or the leg It includes.


The theory of theme-rheme patterns provides an entirely new angle for translators to do translation.It plays an important guiding role in the processes of both comprehension and expression in translation for translators.With the aid of these patterns,they can accurately analyze the thematic process of the source text and pay adequate attention to its cohesive ties and finally fulfill the writing purpose of the author of source text.


uniparental disomy and homozygous mutations, including novel missense substitutions of c-Cbl, in myeloid malignancies. CBL mutations associated with 11q acquired uniparental disomy in myeloproliferative neoplasms. Gain-of-function of mutated C-CBL tumour suppressor in myeloid neo-plasms. Single-cell profiling identifies aberrant STAT5 activation in myeloid ma-lignancies with specific clinical and biologic correlates. A Munc in the platelet granule works The membrane fusion regulator Munc13-4 facilitates calcium-stimulated release of cytolytic and inflammatory mediators from lymphocytes and granulocytes. In this issue of Blood, Ren et al reveal a similar requirement for Munc13-4 in secretion from activated platelets and provide new insights into a human genetic disease. 1 W hen platelets are stimulated, they release a variety of soluble mediators from 3 different types of intracellular storage compartments: ␣-granules, dense granules, and lysosomes. To release their contents to the extracellular space, the membrane of each compartment must fuse with the plasma membrane, a process that is driven by cognate interactions between soluble N-ethylmaleimide– sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) family proteins. Formation of a 4-helix bundle by cytoplasmic coiled-coil domains of a tSNARE complex on the plasma membrane and a vSNARE on the granule membrane liberates the energy required to drive membrane fusion. 2 Similar SNARE-dependent fusion events mediate intracellular membrane trafficking between all secretory and endosomal compartments , but granule release must be more tightly regulated so that it only occurs after calcium influx induced by platelet activation. The SNAREs themselves are not calcium-responsive ; rather, regulatory proteins must ensure that granules accumulate at plasma membrane fusion sites and that appropriate SNARE complexes form at the right time. Identifying these regulatory proteins is of paramount importance both for understanding how to manipulate platelet granule release for therapeutic means and for identifying genetic abnormalities that might underlie bleeding disorders. Ren et al identified Munc13-4 as one such SNARE regulator in platelets. 1 Munc13-4 is a member of a small family of proteins that regulate SNARE-dependent fusion at the plasma membrane. The gene encoding Munc13-4 is mutated in familial he-mophagocytic lymphohistocytosis type 3 (FHL3), 3 a disease in which patients suffer from uncontrolled inflammation, lymphopro-liferation, and neuronal abnormalities. The hematologic symptoms of FHL3 reflect the failure of several hematopoietic cell types to secrete contents from storage compartments— referred to collectively as lysosome-related or-ganelles (LROs) 4 —in response to agonists. The affected LROs include cytolytic granules of cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells, 3,5 azurophilic granules of …


The mortality of Pissodes punctatus infected by Paecilomyces farinosus was tested in lab.The result showd that the mortality of P.punctatus infected by the strain RCEF0401,RCEF0402 and RCEF0301 in the concentration of(1.7×10~8) spores/mL was 85%,85% and 82.5% respectively and there was no significant difference among these strains.


Background: In the literature, there is increasing interest in the effects of subliminal stimuli on humans.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of the positive subliminal messages placed in a video used for ventrogluteal intramuscular injection training of nursing students on students' remembering, anxiety, self-confidence, general self-efficacy and practice skill levels.

Methods: The population of the randomized controlled study conducted between 9-10 October 2018 consisted of first year nursing students at a faculty of health sciences (n=64). An animated video on ventrogluteal intramuscular injection that contained subliminal messages was shown to the students in the experiment group. In the study, the students in the control group were given only practice together with the theoretical education on the subject. A Student Information Form, Trait-State Anxiety Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, Self-Confidence Scale, and Ventrogluteal Intramuscular Injection Practice Skill Evaluation Form were used. In the study, the independence Chi-square test was used to compare the experiment and control groups.

Results: Although statistically non-significant (p>0.05), identifying ventrogluteal intramuscular injection sites (n=21, 33.9%) and proper injection technique (n=22, 35.5%) steps were remembered more by students in the experiment group. It was found that ventrogluteal intramuscular injection practice skill was at 'adequate' level in the experiment group (n=21, 35%).

Conclusion: Visual subliminal messages used in ventrogluteal intramuscular injection training have no effect on nursing students' anxiety, self-confidence, and general self-efficacy levels. Basic nursing skill applications can be prepared with animated videos in a way to attract students' attention.


An analytic methodology involving modeling and simulation could help decision makers determine how their employees' use of social networks impacts their organization, identify how to mitigate potential risks, and evaluate the financial and organizational implications of doing so.


In this paper, the coverage analysis for the high-speed railway communication system with hard handoff is investigated. In the system, the base stations (BSs) are deployed along the railway track, two directional antennas are installed on each BS to enlarge coverage area, and thus the narrow-strip-shaped cells are generated to coverage the system. By considering the hard handoff, the relationship between the edge coverage probability (ECP) and the cell radius is derived. Moreover, given the ECP and the cell radius, the theoretical expression for the percentage of cell coverage area is derived, which is expressed as the ECP plus a positive increment. The existing expressions and results for coverage analysis in literature are all special cases of the expressions derived in this paper. Numerical results show that the derived theoretical results match simulation results very well, which indicates that the correctness of the derived theoretical expressions. Compared to the system without handoff, the derived coverage performance in this paper can be significantly improved. Moreover, the impacts of the cell radius, transmit power, hard handoff hysteresis, path loss exponent, and shadow fading on the coverage performance are also provided.


The possibility of contact hypersensitivity among etiologies of oral mucosal diseases was studied. Epicutaneous patch test was performed in 34 patients with oral lichen planus(OLP), 28 patients with burning mouth syndrome(BMS), 29 patients with recurrent aphthous ulceration(RAU) and 40 subjects without oral mucosal diseases. The aim of present study was to investigate the frequency of positive patch test reaction to dental materials in 131 subjects and to find dental materials showing high frequency of positive patch test reaction. The obtained results were as follows :
1. The number of lesions in contact with restorations was significantly larger in OLP, BMS group than RAU group(p
2. The number of patients showing positive patch test reactions was significantly larger in OLP, BMS, RAU group than control group(p
3. Dental materials causing positive reaction to patch test were mainly as follows : cobalt chloride(32%), potassium dichromate (25%), nickel sulfate(22%), goldsodiumthiosulfate(21%) and mercury(10%) in three patient groups, cobalt chloride(15%) and mercury(7.5%) in control group.
4. The frequency of the positive reaction to potassium dichromate and goldsodiumthiosulfate was significantly higher in three patient groups than control group(p
5. In OLP group, the group of negative patch test reaction showed significantly more favorable response to routine treatment than group of positive patch test reaction(p<0.05).


In this paper we design network coding schemes for Differential Chaos Shift Keying (DCSK) modulation. In this work, non-coherent chaos-based communication system is used due to its simplicity and robustness to multipath propagation effects, while dispensing with any channel state information knowledge at the receiver. We propose a relay network using network coding and DCSK, where we first present a Physical layer Network Coding (PNC) scheme with two users, A and B, sharing the same spreading code and bandwidth, while synchronously transmitting their signals to the relay node R. We show that the main drawback of this design in multipath channels is the high level of interference in the resultant signal, which severely degrades the system performance. Hence, in order to address this problem, we propose two coding schemes, which separate the users' signals in the frequency or the time domains. We show also in this paper that the performance of the Analog Network Coding (ANC) with DCSK modulation suffers from the same interference problem as the PNC scheme. We present the analytical bit error rate performance for multipath Rayleigh fading channel for the different scenarios and we analyse these schemes in terms of complexity, throughput and link spectral efficiency.


The article deals with the results of research, monitoring the attitudes of specific pedagogical staff – teaching assistants (TA) – in the Czech Republic to their undergraduate and postgraduate education. It includes statements of more than 800 respondents. It evaluates the qualifications, teaching assistants´ skills of working with children of the target group (disablements and social disadvantages). It provides a comparison of attitudes of both teaching assistants´ groups (acting as teaching assistants in two mentioned groups of pupils). It answers the questions: Which qualifications are regarded by TA as the most important? Which skills have not been provided by existing training programs and courses? How do they assess the conditions of executing the profession in schools? The research confirmed the difference between legislatively determined mandatory minimum of educational curriculum for TA and their real needs. It makes proposals to modify training programs.


Background Effective partnership between Aboriginal health workers and non‐Aboriginal health care providers is critical in reducing the health inequity facing Aboriginal Australians. Many factors can obstruct successful workplace partnerships causing them to be damaging and unproductive. Understanding the elements of best practice in forming and maintaining successful working partnerships between Aboriginal health workers and non‐Aboriginal health professionals is essential. Objectives To systematically review the qualitative evidence on the lived experience of interprofessional collaboration between Aboriginal health workers and health professionals delivering care to Aboriginal Australians, with a view to identifying the perceived skills, knowledge, attitudes, management practices and institutional policies that enable successful interprofessional partnership. Inclusion criteria Types of participants The review considered qualitative studies that included Aboriginal health workers, Aboriginal liaison officers, Aboriginal community health workers and health professionals working collaboratively to deliver clinical care to Aboriginal Australians across a variety of Australian health care settings. These studies were conducted across a variety of rural, remote and urban Australian health care settings and included both Aboriginal community controlled and mainstream health organisations. Types of intervention(s)/phenomena of interest The review considered studies that described the experiences of delivering/receiving care from Aboriginal health workers and non‐Aboriginal health care providers in collaborative work practices, told from the perspectives of non‐Aboriginal health care providers, Aboriginal health workers and the Aboriginal clients receiving care. Types of studies Qualitative studies including, but not limited to, designs such as phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, action research and feminist research were included in this review. There was adequate evidence in the qualitative studies included in this review, so text and opinion papers were not considered. Types of outcomes The review focussed on qualitative research findings reported as themes/categories in the included studies that related to the perspectives of the Aboriginal health workers, non‐Aboriginal health care providers and Aboriginal clients regarding their experiences receiving/delivering care as a result of a clinical collaboration between an Aboriginal health workers and non‐Aboriginal health care providers. It was also concerned with the experiences within the workplace, to identify those elements that support or obstruct collaboration between Aboriginal health workers and non‐Aboriginal health care providers in order to enable the provision of culturally safe care. Search strategy Using a three‐step search strategy, databases of CINAHL, Pub Med, Scopus, Embase, Mednar, TROVE, ProQuest dissertation and Thesis, NHMRC, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Indigenous Health Infonet and Conference proceedings and Australian Digital Theses where searched for published and unpublished studies in English from 1995 to 2012. Hand‐searching the Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal was also included in the searching process. Methodological quality Qualitative papers were assessed by two independent reviewers for methodological validity prior to inclusion in this review using standardised critical appraisal instruments from the Joanna Briggs Institute Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument. Data collection Qualitative data was extracted from papers included in this review using the standardized data extraction tool from the Joanna Briggs Institute Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument (QARI). Data synthesis Qualitative research findings where pooled using QARI The process of meta‐synthesis involved the extraction of qualitative findings of significance to the review question, which were grouped into categories, then analysed to generate synthesised findings. Results Thirteen qualitative papers met the inclusion criteria for this review. From these studies, 429 findings were extracted and aggregated to from 39 categories. Seven meta‐syntheses were derived from the categories with key themes relating to the benefits of effective partnership for the practitioner, the health service and the Aboriginal community, negative experiences as a result of a disabling work environment, and empowering factors at the organisational, workforce and interpersonal/practitioner level which enable successful partnership. Conclusions Workplace culture and environments impact on the experiences of Aboriginal health workers and non‐Aboriginal health care providers working in collaborative clinical arrangements. When Aboriginal health workers and non‐Aboriginal health care providers are empowered to work in a successful clinical partnership, through an enabling workplace, there is a great benefit for both the health professional and Aboriginal health worker, the Aboriginal community and the health service. When the workplace is a disabling environment to successful interprofessional partnership, this undermines the capacity of the Aboriginal health worker and non‐Aboriginal health care provider to perform their roles within a partnership, resulting in negative experiences for the Non Aboriginal health care provider, Aboriginal health worker and Aboriginal client.


Objective To explore the effects of sodium p-amino-salicylic acid(PAS-Na) on learning memory and expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein(GFAP) positive cells in hippocampus of sub-acute manganese(Mn) exposed rats.Methods 40 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into the control group,Mn exposed group,low and high doses PAS groups.The rats were injected intraperitoneally daily(i.p.) with manganese chloride(MnCl2·4H2O 15 mg/kg),5 days/week for 3 weeks,followed by a daily subcutaneous injection of low and high doses PAS-Na(100 and 200 mg/kg) as the L-PAS and H-PAS groups respectively at the back for another 5 weeks.The ability of learning memory was tested by Morris Water Maze(MWM) and the GFAP-positive cells in the hippocampal CA1 area and dentate gyrus were detected by immunohistochemical technique.Results The weight gain of Mn exposed group was evidently reduced in the 3rd week and lasted 5 weeks after suspending Mn exposure(P0.05~0.01).However,a marked weight gain in PAS-Na treatment groups were observed,especially in high dose PAS group(P0.05~0.01).The escape latency and the total swimming distance of Mn exposed group were longer than those of the control group(P0.05).The escape latency and swimming distance of the high dose PAS group were obviously shorter than those of the Mn exposed group(P0.05).GFAP positive cells in the Mn exposed group increased compared with that of the control group(P0.01).A significant decline of GFAP positive cells was found in the high dose PAS-Na group(P0.05).Conclusions PAS-Na may have the intervention effect on growth retardation,learing and memory impairment,glial abnormal proliferation in hippocampus of rats induced by manganese.


This study examined the proportion of children in 1 and 2 grade classes who were currently prescribed medication for psychotropic disorders. The study also examined the attitudes of 1 and 2 grade teachers toward diagnosis of psychiatric disorders and use of psychiatric medication to treat children. Results of the current study indicate that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) was by far the most prevalent psychiatric disorder (80%) occurring in children in first and second grade. In the current study, approximately 5.6% (172) of the children in the sample were identified as taking one or more psychiatric medications, with 6.9 % of those treated with medication receiving multiple medications. The most prevalent medication being used was stimulants (72.5%) alone or in combination with other medications. Finally, results from the current study revealed that teachers believed medication improved the behavior and learning ability and academic achievement of children in the classroom. These beliefs may result in teacher's acceptance and promotion of treatment with medication.


ABSIXACInewapproach todetermining thesequence ofcloned DNA isdescribed. Unique regions near eachendofthetransposable element gamma-delta provide apair of"portable" primer-specific sites forbidirectional sequencing bythedideoxy chain termination method. A setofgammadelta insertions positioned about 200bpapart overtheentire cloned DNA allowed usto determine thesequence ofbothstrands inasingle parental plasmid without subcloning. The avtA(alanine-valine transaminase) geneofE.coli K-12wassequenced bythis approach. Surprisingly, gamma-delta insertions downstream ofthecoding region werefoundto significantly reduce avtAexpression. Wesuggest that these nondisruptive insertions probably change theDNA topology andthereby alter geneexpression.


For more than a century, naturalists and others interested in the fauna and flora of north-central Texas have provided information about the wildlife and vegetation there. Captain Randolph B. Marcy, who led several expeditions to the area in the 1850s, provided early information on natural history of the region in his various reports (Marcy and McClellan, 1853, 1854; Marcy, 1856, 1874). Additional government surveys were carried out in the region in 1876 (Baker, 1985). Information on the mammals of north-central Texas was provided in the works by Bailey (1905), Davis (1974), and Hall (1981). Specific treatments of mammals of the area were contributed by Dalquest (1968) and Dalquest and Horner (1984). The purposes of this report are to present some additional information on the mammals of north-central Texas and to make known to science the existence of additional specimens of mammals from the area heretofore unreported in the literature.


The way of using thermal spray stainless steel coating for anti-corrosion of quenching car used in wet coke quenching is described.


The aim of this paper is to provide a high level architectural description of portable sleep apnea screening system. Proposed patient mobile monitoring solution increases their mobility, flexibility and measures vital data with minimal patient disturbance with increased reliability. Data is acquired with synchronous dual multi-wavelength optical sensors, placed on the foot. Movement artefacts are reduced with the correlation of accelerometer readings. Results are sent over the wireless link to the smartphone for further diagnosis which gives also feedback to the end user. Because of the limitation of the measuring device dimensions and computational power some of the signal processing is done on the smartphone. Combining different latest technology achievements makes our proposed solution suitable for neonates and children for sleep apnea pre-screening.


A 71 years old man, ex-smoker, moderate drinker, with a history of diabetes mellitus (type II), moderate arterial hypertension, mild aortic stenosis and moderate uniform left ventricular hypertrophy echographically documented, developed a non Hodgkin low malignancy cavum lymphoma. He has underwent chemotherapy for two years (adriamycin and other chemotherapy drugs) at moderate dosages. A complete remission of the lymphoma followed the treatment, but an initial deterioration of left ventricular function, with heart dilatation and congestive heart failure, was found. The patient improved by medical treatment, returning to the previously stable clinical condition. However a ventricular dilatation reoccurred and a paroxysmal complete atrio-ventricular block developed, necessitating the implantation of a pace maker. The patient died suddenly, during sleep, at home. This is a unique case, because of the numerous cardiac factors associated (chemotherapy and clinical findings). More probably the combination of these multiple factors and their interrelationship could explain the unique non-linear evolution of the left ventricular hypertrophy. In conclusion in these patients a very strict clinical and pharmacological follow up with serial echocardiographical examinations is fundamental and highly recommended.


Submitted for the MAR07 Meeting of The American Physical Society Transport and optical properties of electrochemically fabricated Bi nanowires1 HONG ZHANG, HAIDONG LIU, ZUXIN YE, WENHAO WU, SERGUEI JEREBTSOV, ALEXANDRE KOLOMENSKI, HANS SCHUESSLER, Texas A&M University — We present transport and optical studies of Bi nanowires electrochemically deposited into porous aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes. The Bi wires have nominal diameters of 20∼100 nm and length of 60 μm. For transport measurements, electric contacts with negligible contact resistance were formed on single Bi nanowires in-situ during electrochemical deposition. The temperature dependence of the resistance of Bi single nanowires in AAO showed a semiconductorsemimetal transition when the samples were cooled below 50 K. The transverse magnetoresistance increases monotonically up to the highest available field of 8 T, while the longitudinal magnetoresistance tends to flatten at high field values. For optical measurements we first etched away the membranes and suspended Bi nanowires in water and then collected Bi nanowire on glass substrates. Coherent optical phonons were studied in Bi nanowires using a femtosecond pump-probe technique. The frequency of the excited phonon oscillations was found to be 2.35 THz at a pump fluency of 10 mJ/cm2. 1This work was supported by NSF Grant Nos. DMR-0551813, DMR-0606529 and the Robert A.Welch foundation under grant A1546. Hong Zhang Texas A&M University Date submitted: 02 Dec 2006 Electronic form version 1.4


This paper presents a framework in which a group of nonholonomic wheeled robot manipulators are cooperatively utilized to manipulate a polygonal object in SE(2). In this framework, the robots are assumed to contact the object without friction, applying forces only in the normal direction. The dynamics of the whole system can be decomposed into task and nullspaces (internal motions). The desired object pose is achieved by controlling the task-space. On the other hand, as the contact point is driven to its desired value by controlling the internal motions, force-closure is ensured. An extensive simulation study is presented to validate the proposed framework.


Background: Degludec (D), a once-daily basal insulin, takes 2-3 days to achieve steady state. When transitioning from insulin glargine (G) to D, 1:1 conversion is recommended. We studied the off-label effects of a bridging dose of G with the first dose of D in type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients using a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) 48 hours before and after the transition.
 Methods: Patients with T1D on a stable G regimen and A1C <9% were randomized (double-blind) to a dose of placebo or G with first dose of D. Patients transitioned to D at 80% of total baseline G dose, based on result of SWITCH 1 clinical trial of transition to D. Bridging dose of G was 50% of total daily G dose for patients on once daily (QD) regimen at baseline and 50% of evening G dose in those on twice daily (BID) G and was taken with only the first dose of D. All participants wore a study CGM (Dexcom G6) and were instructed to manage their diabetes as usual except for not administering correctional doses of insulin unless glucose was greater than 250 mg/dL in the 48 hours before and after first dose of D.
 Results: Forty participants were randomized and 37 completed the study. The study population was 65% male with mean age of 47 years, 22 years duration of T1D, BMI 26 kg/m2, A1C of 6.8% and total daily insulin dose of 0.7 units/kg body weight. Nineteen patients (12 QD, 7 BID) received a bridging dose of G with their first dose of D; 18 patients (12 QD, 6 BID) received placebo. Among the BID users, patients bridged with G had a mean 9% increase in time in range (70-180 mg/dL) on CGM, while placebo patients had a mean 12% decrease (p=0.003). Time above range (180-250 mg/dL) also showed a mean 11.4% decrease in the BID users bridged with G, contrasted with an 11.5% increase in BID users on placebo (p=0.002). There were no significant differences in time below ranges (<70 mg/dL, <54 mg/dL).
 Conclusions: Well-controlled twice-daily G users transitioning to D may benefit from a 50% bridging dose of evening G with first dose of D.

 A.Thirumalai: Research Support; Novo Nordisk, Fractyl Health, Inc. J.H.Chao: None. T.Kaleru: None. X.Dong: None. P.Mandava: None. D.Khakpour: None. I.B.Hirsch: Consultant; Abbott Diabetes, Lifecare, Inc., Hagar, Research Support; Beta Bionics, Inc., Insulet Corporation, Dexcom, Inc.

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Polarisation observables are measured with the Crystal Barrel/TAPS experiment at ELSA for photoproduction reactions with various final states, using a circularly or linearly polarised photon beam and a longitudinally or transversely polarised frozen spin butanol target. The Crystal Barrel/TAPS setup provides a nearly 4$\pi$ angular coverage, a good energy resolution and a high detection efficiency for photons, and is therefore ideally suited to study final states comprising neutral mesons.
Results for the measurement of the double polarisation observable E for pion and eta photoproduction off the proton are presented.


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The Kara mandarin is a tangerine-type citrus fruit, which was first described in 1935. Its parents were the Satsuma mandarin and the King-probably a tangor. Because of its high quality, additional studies were made in 1952 on the behavior of the Kara.


The Effects of Endurance Exercise on Expression of Myokines and Tumor Tissue in Colon Cancer-induced Mice June-Hong Kim Department of Physical Education The Graduate School of Seoul National University A few studies have demonstrated that exercise induces the release of cytokines from contracting muscles. These muscle-derived cytokines are collectively named myokines. Skeletal muscle is the largest organ in the human body, as an endocrine organ, muscle tissue has had a central role in orchestrating metabolism of other organs. The researchers have found a link between muscle contraction and these myokines in the form of an 'exercise factor'. Recently accumulating evidence indicated that myokines may also play a role in cancer protection. It was shown that the contracting muscle by an acute exercise release humoral factors such as OSM, IL-10, SPARC that can inhibit cancer cell proliferation and induce cancer cell apoptosis. Base on the prevailing literature, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of long-term exercise on expression of cytokines in muscle, blood and tumor tissue, thus to examine whether exercise mediates independent protective effect against cancer through the release of antiproliferative proteins from contracting muscles according to exercise intensity. First, to identify the therapeutic effect of exercise, all mice at 6-wk old were injected AOM and were treated 3 cycles of DSS solution in drinking water to induce colon cancer. Then at 17-wk of old,


Pre-launch characterization and preparation of a Lincoln Experimental Satellite (LES 8/9) ablative pulsed plasma thruster (APPT) module for the COMPASS POINT Mission are described. COMPASS POINT is a joint project between the Electric Propulsion and Plasma Dynamics Lab (EPPDyL) of Princeton University and the Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation of the Russian Academy of Science (IZMIRAN) to carry inorbit investigations with an ablative pulsed plasma thruster onboard COMPASS, an IZMIRAN scientific microsatellite to be launched in October, 1996. The unmodified LES 8/9 APPT module produces impulse bits of 285 μN-s at an Isp of 836 s using 25 W of power on average. The APPT module will be used to conduct in-orbit investigations of pulsed plasma propulsion as well as to provide attitude control of the satellite and a source of plasma for active space experiments. Details of the power, command, and telemetry signals required to operate the device on the COMPASS satellite are presented. Thermal control and various operational modes are also outlined. ∗Support from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, grant number: F49620-95-1-0291 †Graduate Student, Research Assistant. ‡Graduate Student, Research Assistant. §Chief Investigator at EPPDyL. Assistant Professor, Applied Physics Group. Senior Member AIAA. ¶Director, IZMIRAN. ‖Chief Investigator, IZMIRAN. ∗∗Presented at the 32 AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference Operational modes include a combination of right and left nozzle pulse sequences for determining the performance and impulse bit of the APPT module in space. Documented pre-flight experiments include a temporary hardware addition that simulates the plasma discharge necessary for the pre-flight atmospheric integration test at IZMIRAN. Also described are the experimental measurements of the thrust efficiency, center of mass, and moments of inertia of the module.


Fractional-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${N}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> frequency synthesizers can exhibit a phenomenon known as wandering spurs. This brief traces the root cause of the phenomenon to the divider controller. Predictions of the repeat period and the wander rate in the case of a multi-stage noise shaping delta-sigma modulator (MASH DDSM)-based divider controller are given. Simulations, based on CppSim simulations of a type-II CP-PLL with a third-order digital delta-sigma based divider controller, confirm the theoretical predictions.


ABSTRACT The aim of this work is to simplify the definitions related to the study of singularities of normal varieties initiated in [3] and [8]. We introduce a notion of discrepancy for normal varieties, and we define log terminal+ singularities. We use finite generation to relate these new singularities with log terminal singularities (in the sense of [3]).


The author points out some problems in the college and students according to him college students management work in resent years and puts forward some countermeasures for solving these problems.


This paper studies the On/Off patterns of users in large-scale ad hoc networks, with both the packet arrivals at each user and the user locations following Poisson distributions. We derive the probability of an arbitrary user being in On state at any time to learn the average spectrum usage in temporal and spatial domains. The derived results are useful to estimating the spectrum utility in large-scale random networks. Simulation results are provided to validate our analysis.


Chronic abdominal pain represents a common problem in children. In almost 90% of children presenting with chronic abdominal pain, no organic cause is found and a diagnosis of functional abdominal pain is made. Initially this condition was referred to as 'recurrent abdominal pain' by Apley and Naish and it is currently defined as abdominal pain-related functional gastrointestinal disorders (AP-FGIDs); divided into functional dyspepsia (FD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), abdominal migraine (AM), functional abdominal pain (FAP) and functional abdominal pain syndrome (FAPS) according to the Rome III criteria. Children with AP-FGIDs report impaired health-related quality of life in relation to physical complaints and AP-FGIDs are ranked as second in causing school absence. The underlying pathophysiology of AP-FGIDs is considered to be multifactorial, but needs further elucidation. This lack of understanding often leads to extensive investigations, non-effective therapeutic modalities and staggering healthcare costs. This thesis elucidates current and new knowledge regarding epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnostic workup and treatment of functional abdominal pain to improve the understanding and to maximize the quality of care for children suffering from this condition. The focus of this thesis is to identify risk factors for developing pediatric AP-FGIDs and to evaluate diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. This thesis ends with the evaluation of a new complementary treatment option.


Provided is an etching method, an etching apparatus and a computer readable storage medium. The etching method is capable of etching even a silicon film that is included in a multi-layered structure by using a resist film or an organic film as a mask, and also capable of integrally etching the silicon film and a silicon oxide film disposed under the silicon film. The etching method which etches the multi-layered structure including the silicon oxide film and the silicon film formed on the silicon oxide film, includes: integrally etching the silicon film and the silicon oxide film included in the multi-layered structure by using a resist film or an organic film as an etching mask and using an etching gas containing a CH2F2 gas as an etching gas, when the silicon film and the silicon oxide film in the multi-layered structure are etched.


The development of secondary sexual characteristics before the expected age and sex is termed precocious puberty. It is usually due to excessive sex steroids production. Cases of precocious puberty are uncommon worldwide with a prevalence of 1/5000–1/10000 per children population and a female to male ratio of 10:1. In Nigeria, the prevalence is unknown with only a few reported cases, probably due to superstitious and religious beliefs. A high proportion of reported cases globally are of the gonadotropin-dependent (central) type. A case is being reported of a 30-month-old female non-identical twin in Cross River State, South-South of Nigeria, who presented with a 6-month history of bleeding per vagina, premature breast development and pubic hair distribution (Tanner stage 3). The patient had appropriate serum concentrations of the pituitary gonadotrophins and gonadal hormones for age. Precocious puberty was not a finding in the family history, and twin and other siblings had normal growth pattern. Radiological and endocrine investigations were diagnostic of precocious puberty. Hence, being proactive with a high index of suspicion is required of clinicians to be able to identify endocrine abnormalities that are increasing in prevalence and are going unnoticed in our environment, among the pediatric age group.


You have the satisfaction in your conscience that you are in the right; that the King ought not to grant what is required of him …. but for my part, I do not like the quarrel and do heartily wish that the King would yield and consent to what they desire; so that my conscience is only concerned in honour and gratitude to follow my master. In this way Sir Edmund Verney, the patriarch of an old Buckinghamshire gentry family, explained his decision to side with the King in the Civil War, a choice which cost him his life at the battle of Edgehill. In 1642, many English gentlemen were confronted with a similar choice. It is significant that Verney attributed his choice of King over Parliament to "honour and gratitude." In Sir Edmund's explanation we may find the basis on which many English gentlemen supported the King in 1642. The political behavior of the Royalist gentlemen in the 1640s is part of a problem which has long plagued historians of the English Civil War. The economic interpretations proposed by both R. H. Tawney and H. Trevor-Roper stimulated much interest because they seemed to provide what had long been sought — a theory that could consistently account for the political choices of upper class gentlemen in the 1640s. When tested, however, neither theory proved satisfactory. Careful studies of key institutional bodies like the Civil Service and the Long Parliament revealed no significant social or economic differences between Royalists and Parliamentarians.


Whole dates (Phoenix dactylifera L.) were analyzed for moisture content using near infrared spectrophotometry in a direct transmittance geometry. In the cal- ibration experiment using 72 samples, the correlation coefficient was 0.977 and the standard error of calibration (SEC) was 0.89%. When the calibration equation was used to predict the moisture in another set of 72 date samples, the standard error of performance (SEP) was 1.5%. When the method was used to sort these 72 dates into four industry-standard grades, 74% were correctly graded and 15% missed the grade by 23% moisture; waxy, 20% to 23% moisture; No. 1 dry, 15% to 19% moisture; and No. 2 dry, < 15% moisture. The conventional method


Multiplications and multipliers dominate area, power and speed requirements of modern designs. A standard technique to reduce these requirements is to use combinations of shifts and additions to execute multiplications. The approach is particularly effective when multiple constant multiplications are necessary. We introduce a simple, yet effective multiple constant multiplication (MCM) algorithm based on the iterative probabilistic greedy principle. Reusability and time to market constraints and therefore rapid implementations of integrated circuits placed design intellectual property at risk for piracy. We introduce a new intellectual property protection (IPP) technique for the protection of IP during the process of implementing constant multiplications using shifts and additions. Specifically, we introduce eight hard and soft watermarking techniques applied during the preprocessing phase of the MCM process. We demonstrate the technique on a number of constant multiplication benchmarks. The technique consistently achieves high statistical proof of authorship while introducing acceptable overhead in terms of required shifters and adders.


A record high efficiency and reduced efficiency roll-off were achieved for blue phosphorescent OLEDs with novel bipolar host materials containing both carbazole electron donor and pyridine electron acceptor because of good confinement of triplet excitons on the guest molecules and improved carrier balance injected into the emissive layer.


While neutrino decay photons could be the main source of the widespread ionization of the warm interstellar medium, and so of its cooling via the collisional excitation of C II, they are too soft to be its main heating agent. We rediscuss here the possibility that this agent is photoelectric emission by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), induced by stellar UV photons. We use recent HST observations of the UV spectrum of a halo star by Spitzer & Fitzpatrick (SF) to show, from the column density N of C II * , that the cooling rate per H nucleon in each of their four slowly moving warm absorption components has the same value to within 10%, namely 4×10 −26 ergs s −1


Network informatization brings new challenge to archives management in universities.This study concludes achievements in theories of archives management informatization,introduces its current situation,analyzes the problems and challenges brought about by the information age,and puts forward coping strategies of integrating archive platforms,unifying administration,re- establishing achieves collection flow and systematizing staff training.


This piece was written as a creative writing exercise for a tutorial during the Ethnography: Theory and Practice course. I was trying to create a compelling ethnographic hook to introduce our longer group project based on fieldwork carried out in a 5Rhythms class in Edinburgh.


By using regular grid and transect methods, plot and sub-plots were established in the forest gap of Pinus koraiensis-dominated broadleaved mixed forests in Xiao Xing'an Mountains, China. The surfacial, maximum and minimum temperature(Ts, Tmax, and Tmin), and the temperature at 5, 10, 15, and 20cm soil depths were measured from May to September 2006 to illustrate their spatiotemporal distribution patterns. The results showed that high-value regions of daily Ts were not at the gap center, but at north-western and eastern sides of the gap, with an asymmetric distribution. Their mean difference between daily Tmax and Tmin was bigger in the trees early and late growth periods, but relatively smaller in fast growth period. As for daily and monthly mean soil temperatures over soil depths, a bimodal behavior was observed in east-west direction. Daily and monthly mean temperature exhibited no apparent and single peak behavior in northsouth direction, except in May, respectively.


The aim of this article is to analyze the late involvement of French astronomers in extragalactic research. This study reveals the uncontested leadership of the United States and the considerable lag of Europe and in particular, France. In North America this field became a recognized specialty, one pursued exclusively by some, like Edwin Hubble. There are many reasons for this lag, but some of the factors are correlated. The lack of powerful telescopes is not the main cause, for all the initial discoveries were carried out with equipment that many French and, more generally, European observatories had at their disposal. Financial causes were no doubt important: less private funding and government support as well as World War One. However they do not provide a sufficient explanation. More importantly, the organizational setup of American observatories was conducive to innovative research, in contrast to that of their European and French counterparts. Secondary tasks, which American astronomers were able to avoid (geophysics, meteorology, time-service), elsewhere prevented researchers from pursuing new developments. Finally, it seems that astronomers in France were not by training interested in the question of nebulae. Undoubtedly, this lack of interest was further enforced by a strongly centralized organization of the domain, which maintained the observatories in a routine continuity, as demonstrated in the reports written at the end of the period under study. The end of World War Two was accompanied throughout the world by a rapid growth in astronomical research, which brought about the development of extragalactic astronomy in France and, more widely, Europe.


The travel pattern of tourists for the development of the tourist course is designed to collect and analyze tourist information based on the big data of the carrier to improve the quality of the tourist course. In particular, the analyzed data is used to derive empirical data that can estimate the effect of tourists' inflow into tourism, and to utilize the information as basic data for the development of the tourist course. In addition, the travel pattern of tourists for the development of regional tourism courses is to collect and analyze information on the route and duration of tourists' travel based on big data collected by telecom operators, credit card companies and other data to improve the quality of tourist course development, and to derive empirical data to estimate the effect of tourist inflow through the analyzed data, based on the characteristics of the tourism course and the data needed for the development of new tourist courses in the future.


The X-ray crystallographic structures of the novel redox- active cryptand 1 and its homobinuclear complex with sodium perchlorate are reported and discussed.


From Anti-Judaism to Supersessionism In the years following the Second World War, when the gates to Auschwitz and the drawers of Nazi archives had been thrown open and the grim horrors of Hitler's "final solution" came more fully into view, the painful question presented itself of how such an industry of genocide could have been conceived and carried out at the heart of Christian Europe. It quickly became apparent that, while Nazi anti-Semitism may not have been Christian,2 it was rooted in soil that had been fertilized by centuries of anti-Jewish teaching and preaching by the church as a whole. Given the negative depiction of some Jews and some aspects of Judaism in parts of the New Testament, it was inevitable that the scholarly reassessment of Christian attitudes to Jews and Judaism would deal not only with later theology and exegesis, but with the origins of the Christian movement and the foundational New Testament documents. From the beginning of this scholarly reassessment,3 and indeed until relatively recently, the dominant categories for this discussion have been "antiJudaism" and "anti-Semitism." "Is the New Testament anti-Semitic?" or "Do we find anti-Judaism in the New Testament?" are the terms in which the question has been posed. The "anti-Judaism" seminar within the Canadian Society of ________________


Rotating Detonation Rocket Engines (RDRE) have been marketed primarily for their higher specific impulse potential over constant pressure (CP) liquid rocket engines. However, several other performance advantages exist such as heat transfer advantages for gas expander cycle, increased completeness of combustion at low chamber L*, compact engine design, reduced coolant channel pressure drop potential, and improved injector C* performance. NASA has paved the way for liquid engine system performance enhancement since the Apollo program and continues to do so with metal additive manufacturing (AM), new advanced materials, and advanced propulsion concepts. A team of propulsion development engineers at NASA are in the process of developing high-performance 7K lbf class RDRE hardware for their potential use in lander, upper stage, and even launch vehicle applications. Clear advantages have been demonstrated with AM including program cost and schedule reductions of up to 50%. It is well known that injector performance is integrally linked to the global performance of a combustion device. This is especially the case for RDREs since detonation stability is heavily dependent on the mixedness of propellants. A major goal of this work is to identify what has been done in the open experimental literature and what injectors design features are conducive to high performance in the detonation cycle. This paper reviews the available literature and reports the primary gaps in the knowledge base needed by the pressure gain combustion (PGC) community. Major conclusions are documented, and suggestions given towards the design of high-performance liquid RDRE injectors. In addition, the integration of metal AM into the design of liquid RDRE injector schemes is included.


Complaints might be thought a priori to be a good place to find paralinguistic features in a natural setting. Using conversation analytic methodology, I argue that the phonetic design of complaints is mostly determined by other sequential features of the turn in which the complaint is delivered. In particular, a turn delivering a complaint can either be marked as designed to receive an affiliative reponse (and thus a continuation of the activity of complaining), or marked as closing down the complaint sequence.


The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground based Cosmic Microwave Background experiment that will be deployed to the Atacama Desert in Chile. SO will field over 60,000 transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers that will observe in six spectral bands between 27 GHz and 280 GHz with the goal of revealing new information about the origin and evolution of the universe. SO detectors are grouped based on their observing frequency and packaged into Universal Focal Plane Modules, each containing up to 1720 detectors which are read out using microwave SQUID multiplexing and the SLAC Microresonator Radio Frequency Electronics (SMuRF). By measuring the complex impedance of a TES we are able to access many thermoelectric properties of the detector that are difficult to determine using other calibration methods, however it has been difficult historically to measure complex impedance for many detectors at once due to high sample rate requirements. Here we present a method which uses SMuRF to measure the complex impedance of hundreds of detectors simultaneously on hour-long timescales. We compare the measured effective thermal time constants to those estimated independently with bias steps. This new method opens up the possibility for using this characterization tool both in labs and at the site to better understand the full population of SO detectors.


The invention relates to an application of a microsphere composition containing an antiparkinsonism drug to preparation of a medicine for preventing and treating parkinson diseases and complicating diseases of parkinson diseases. The microsphere composition containing the antiparkinsonism drug is selected from benserazide microspheres, L-dopa methyl ester microspheres, the L-dopa methyl ester microspheres and the benserazide microspheres, or L-dopa methyl ester and benserazide mixing drug microspheres. The invention also provides a microsphere combination medicament containing the antiparkinsonism drug. The invention explores novel medical application for the microsphere combination medicament containing the antiparkinsonism drug and develops a novel application field. The microsphere combination medicament containing the antiparkinsonism drug of the invention is safe and nontoxic, has strong pharmacological action and indicates good medicinal prospect.


The pseudo excitation method was improved and used for multi-dimensional random seismic analysis of a typical stadium canopy roof structure named Jinan Olympic Center.Theoretical formulations for multi-dimensional pseudo excitation algorithm were derived.A method of evaluating average peak responses was recommended.Seismic random models and parameters under multiple seismic ground motions were introduced intensively.The displacement responses of key nodes under single dimension and multiple dimensions were compared by calculating.The structure response under multi-dimension seismic input would be significantly magnified.The results of pseudo excitation method and the time history analysis were compared to verify the accuracy of multi-dimensional pseudo excitation method,and they were in good agreement.Multi-dimensional pseudo excitation method as an efficient random vibration analysis method provides an effective way to the field of random vibration analysis of large-scale stadium canopy roof structure.