The ethics is completely necessary in a global universe in which they prioritize the individual principles and interest front to the groups, because the economy, the policy and the daily life cannot work without a network of values like the confidence, the credibility, loyalty, honrades, the creativity, the efficiency, the coresponsibility.The companies that develop an ethical code contribute to that the economy fulfillshis authenticates mission when contributing to satisfy the human necessitieswith quality and justice by means of the rationalization with the productive activityand the lessening of its effects in the social and environmental surroundings.


An embodiment of the invention discloses a video downloading method. The video downloading method includes that a server receives a video downloading request transmitted by an optional client, and the video downloading request comprises a network path of a requested original video file and expected transcoding parameters; the server acquires the original video file requested by the client according to the network path of the requested original video file; the server acquires a transcoding file of the original video file requested by the client according to the expected transcoding parameters and the original video file; and the server returns the transcoding file to the client. The embodiment of the invention further discloses the server and clients. Transcoding files are directly provided for the various clients by the server, so that each transcoding process and a corresponding video downloading process are synchronously completed, the video downloading efficiency is improved, and resource wastage caused by individual video transcoding for each client is eliminated.


Why are political leaders often attacked by their ideological allies? The paper addresses this puzzle by presenting a model in which the conflict between the incumbent and his allies is ideological, dissent is electorally costly, and voters are learning about their own policy preferences over time. Here, by dissenting against the incumbent (and thereby harming the party in the upcoming election), the allies can change his incentives to choose more or less extreme policies, which affects the amount of voter learning. This induces a trade-off between winning the current election and inducing the party leadership to pursue the allies' all-things-considered more-preferred policy. Optimally balancing this trade-off sometimes involves active dissent that damages the party in the short-run. In equilibrium dissent arises precisely because it is electorally costly.


In 2006, I visited an exhibition entitled Luigi Russolo: Life and Works of a Futurist at a little gallery in London, the Estorick Collection, dedicated to modern Italian art. Included in the show were not only Russolo's paintings, a curious mix of typically dynamic futurist scenes and rather less stereotypical mystical reveries, but also peculiar wooden boxes. Upon request, the attendant turned a handle attached to these boxes, filling the gallery with strange sounds. These were Russolo's intonarumori [noise intoners]. Well, they were reconstructions: the original noise-creating machines which Russolo built between 1913 and 1921, and which were infamously demonstrated in the concert halls of London and Paris at the time, were destroyed during the Second World War. Indeed, as Luciano Chessa explains in his fascinating account of Russolo's noise experiments, Luigi Russolo, Futurist, we cannot know what Russolo's original intonarumori really sounded like. Recordings made at the time are too crude and we do not possess precise enough specifications to rebuild them faithfully. According to Chessa, astonishingly, the best source of reference to appreciate the intonarumori's sound is the use of glissando in Maurice Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges. Ravel had originally intended to use one of Russolo's noise intoners in the score and, according to Chessa, given his 'supreme ability as an orchestrator', Ravel's L'enfant 'may be considered a more faithful picture of the intonarumori than any gramophone recording' (150). The true aural quality of the intonarumori matters because, contrary to received wisdom about Russolo and the Italian futurist movement, Chessa argues that futurist noise machines were scientific experiments in the mystical and spiritual power of sound vibrations. In such experiments, the spiritual effects of sound were dependent on precise


As heavy investment in the smart grid in China, the research and application of new technology has obtained rapid development. To meet the requirements of reliability, stability, robust and low energy consumption in smart grid, ZigBee plays an important role with its own inherent advantages and reasonable design. In this paper, we focus on the route algorithms of ZigBee, introduce the principles and evaluate the performances of them. The simulation results provide feasible effective evidence and feasible solution for further development for smart grid by using ZigBee technology.


It is Article 71 in Chinese Tort law that imposes strict liability on the operator of an aircraft.The operator takes strict liability for ground damage and the passenger's damage.The plaintiff must prove the following: the realized risk of aircraft,damage to property and personal injury,and the causation between both.It is the operator who is liable for the damage.And the liability of the operator can only be avoided by proof of the intent of the victim and force majeure in particular cases.There is caps limiting of the amount of damages when the operator is liable.


Experimental work was carried out to study the effect of fuel injection techniques on the high intensity non-swirl multi-jet shear layer combustion performance of a fourhole conical burner. Two modes of gas oil fuel injection were investigated using a simple type atomiser with four holes positioned 45o to the horizontal axis and can be manually aligned either offset or inline with the hole centre. This enables the fuel to be radially injected either straight into or between the jet shear layers. The test results show that the fuel injection techniques had strong influence on the fuel atomisation and the fuel/air mixing and hence the combustion performance. The NOx results of the offset fuel injection showed a typical NOx profile of an aerodynamic lean/rich combustion. The inline fuel injection produced better combustion performance as compared to the offset injection but was limited by a narrower stability. However, the relatively high combustion inefficiency , as indicated by high CO and UHC emissions, with the inline injection mode even though at high pressure losses indicate the problems of inadequate atomisation and mixing which were attributed mainly to the aerodynamic features of the system concerned.


Each Keck instrument presents a consistent software view to the user interface programmer. The view consists of a small library of functions, which are identical for all instruments, and a large set of keywords, that vary from instrument to instrument. All knowledge of the underlying task structure is hidden from the application programmer by the keyword layer. Image capture software uses the same function library to collect data for the image header. Because the image capture software and the instrument control software are built on top of the same keyword layer, a given observation can be 'replayed' by extracting keyword-value pairs from the image header and passing them back to the control system. The keyword layer features non-blocking as well as blocking I/O. A non-blocking keyword write operation (such as setting a filter position) specifies a callback to be invoked when the operation is complete. A non-blocking keyword read operation specifies a callback to be invoked whenever the keyword changes state. The keyword-callback style meshes well with the widget-callback style commonly used in X window programs. The first keyword library was built for the two Keck optical instruments. More recently, keyword libraries have been developed for the infrared instruments and for telescope control. Although the underlying mechanisms used for inter-process communication by each of these systems vary widely (Lick MUSIC, Sun RPC, and direct socket I/O, respectively), a basic user interface has been written that can be used with any of these systems. Since the keyword libraries are bound to user interface programs dynamically at run time, only a single set of user interface executables is needed. For example, the same program, 'xshow', can be used to display continuously the telescope's position, the time left in an instrument's exposure, or both values simultaneously. Less generic tools that operate on specific keywords, for example an X display that controls optical instrument exposures, have also been written using the keyword layer.


Eight-year medical education has been run in some of the unversities in China,which has made some effective trials in personnel training mode according to the training purposes sent by Ministry of Education,but there still exists weaknesses in curriculum provision and reasearch training.This article briefly analyzed the major construction of the eight-year medical education and displayed several views.


Growth behaviors of InxGa1-xN (x <= 0.2) materials by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PA-MBE) are investigated in detail. A precise control of the incorporation of indium into InxGa1-xN at a growth temperature of 580 degrees C is realized. The In019Ga0.81N shows a very narrow width of 587 arcsec for the (10.2) asymmetrical reflection from high-resolution X-ray diffraction and the background electronic concentration is 3.96 x 10(18) cm(3). In the region of metal-rich growth, no negligible indium incorporation is observed even if the Ga beam flux is much larger than the equivalent N flux. This growth behavior might be ascribed to an incomplete Ga incorporation during InGaN growth. In addition, a slight increase of In flux results in crystalline quality degradation of InGaN epilayers.


Objectives A previous study of 371 patients with extracapsular spread (ECS) of cervical metastases from squamous cell carcinoma (SCCA) of the head and neck revealed a survival advantage for patients treated with adjuvant chemoradiation, compared with those treated with surgery and radiation or surgery alone. While all patients in the study were offered adjuvant chemotherapy, only 35% selected this option. Comorbidity was identified as a reason for declining chemotherapy. Recently, Piccirillo demonstrated that the Modified Medical Comorbidity Index (MMCI) is a valid instrument to classify and quantify severity of comorbidity. We applied this instrument to previously reported patients with ECS to determine 1) how comorbidity affected treatment selection, 2) whether the survival advantage of adjuvant chemoradiation persisted after controlling for comorbidity, and 3) the impact of comorbidity on outcome.


An Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Birthing ball upon Labour pain and Coping during First Stage of Labour in Primiparturient Women at Andhra Mahila Sabha Hospital, Chennai.
OBJECTIVES:
1. To assess the level of labour pain, coping and feto-maternal parameters during the first stage of labour before and after use of birthing ball in the control and experimental group of primiparturient women.
2. To assess the effectiveness of birthing ball by comparing the level of pain, coping and feto-maternal parameters during first stage of labour before and after use of birthing ball in the control and experimental group of primiparturient women.
3. To determine the level of satisfaction upon use of birthing ball in experimental group of primiparturient women.
4. To find the association between the selected demographical variables and the level of pain and coping during first stage of labour before and after use of birthing ball in the control and experimental group of primiparturient women.
5. To find the association between the selected obstetrical variables and the level of pain and coping during first stage of labour before and after use of birthing ball in the control and experimental group of primiparturient women.
The conceptual framework setup for the study is the model of Modified Wiedenbach's helping art of clinical nursing theory. The variables of the study were birthing ball and labour pain. Null hypothesis were formulated. An extensive review of literature was made based on the opinions of the experts. An experimental study of pre-test and post-test design was used. The study included 60 Primiparturient mothers who were selected by systematic random sampling. The study was conducted at Andhra Mahila Sabha Hospital, Chennai.
Demographic variable proforma, obstetric variable proforma, Numerical pain intensity scale, Pain Coping Scale, Rating Scale on Satisfaction of birthing ball and modified WHO Partogram were the various tools used by the researcher. The validity was obtained from various experts and reliability was established. The main study was conducted after the pilot study.
The level of labour pain, coping and feto-maternal parameters were assessed for the control and experimental group of primiparturient womens. The birthing ball was provided for 15 minutes in the interval of 2cm, 4cm, 6cm cervical dilatation for the experimental group. Then the level of labour pain, coping and feto-maternal parameters were assessed again for both the groups. The level of satisfaction on use of birthing ball was assessed among the experimental group of primiparturient women after the labour. The data obtained were analyzed using Descriptive and inferential statistics.
MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY:
All the women were home makers (100%, 100%), didn't received previous knowledge regarding birthing ball (100%, 100%) and majority of the women were homogenously distributed between the age group of 21-25 years (70%, 60%) had completed their secondary education (60%, 70%) with monthly income of 5000-7000 rupees (70%, 50%) and living in urban (50%, 60%) in the control and experimental group respectively.
• All the women had more than 8 ante natal visits (100%, 100%), with none receiving any pain management during labour (100%, 100%), didn't developed any fetal and maternal complications during labour (100%, 100%) with the APGAR score of the new born (100%, 100%) and majority of the women were between the gestational age of 39-40 weeks (70%, 70%) under gone normal vaginal delivery (70%, 90%) with duration of first stage labour 9-10 hours (60%, 70%) and with the duration of second stage of labour 51-60 minutes (70%, 90%) in control and experimental group respectively.
• The mean and standard deviation of level of labour pain was higher after therapy (M=5.8, S.D=0.63) when compared with labour pain before therapy (M=5, S.D=0.44) in the control group, where as the mean and standard deviation of the level of labour pain was lower after therapy (M=5, S.D= 0.6) when compared with labour pain before therapy (M=6.1, S.D=0.5) in the experimental group. This was statistically proven at p<0.01 level of confidence. Hence the null hypothesis Ho1 was rejected.
• The mean and standard deviation of coping level in the control group was lower after therapy (M=2, S.D=0.87) than before therapy (M=4.2, S.D=0.84) and the mean and standard deviation of coping level in the experimental group was higher after therapy (M=4.3, S.D=0.69) compared to before therapy (M=3.3, S.D=0.60) which was significant at p<0.05 level, thus the null hypotheses H01 was rejected.
• The mean and standard deviation of the frequency of uterine contraction in the experimental group was lower after therapy (M=3.9, S.D=0.11) when compared to before therapy (M=2.5, S.D=0.50) and uterine contraction was higher after therapy (M=4, S.D=1.50) compared to before therapy (M=3, SD=0.70) at p<0.05 level of significance for control and experimental group respectively. Hence the null hypothesis H01 was rejected.
• Majority of the mothers were highly satisfied 96.7% with birthing ball during the first stage of labour and none of them reported low satisfaction.
• No significant association was found between selected demographic and obstetric variables with the level of labour pain, coping and feto-maternal parameters before and after the birthing ball in control and experimental group of primiparturient mothers. Thus the null hypotheses H02 and H03 were retained.
The above finding reveals that the birthing ball used by the researcher during the first stage of labour among primiparturient women were effective in reducing the perception of labour pain and increasing the coping level during the labour without affecting the feto-maternal parameters.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. The same study can be conducted with larger number of samples.
2. A comparison can be made between primi and multigravid.
3. A comparison can be made with different stages of labour.
4. The same study can be conducted at different setting.
5. A comparison can be made between different types of alternative and complementary therapies.


The use of an operational Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) and the remaining ground stations for the STDN (GSTDN) was investigated. The operational aspects of TDRSS concepts, GSTDN as a 14-site network, and GSTDN as a 7 site-network were compared and operations control concepts for the configurations developed. Man/machine interface, scheduling system, and hardware/software tradeoff analyses were among the factors considered in the analysis.


A rather complete investigation of anisotropic Bessel potential, Besov, and H\"older spaces on cylinders over (possibly) noncompact Riemannian manifolds with boundary is carried out. The geometry of the underlying manifold near its 'ends' is determined by a singularity function which leads naturally to the study of weighted function spaces. Besides of the derivation of Sobolev-type embedding results, sharp trace theorems, point-wise multiplier properties, and interpolation characterizations particular emphasize is put on spaces distinguished by boundary conditions. This work is the fundament for the analysis of time-dependent partial differential equations on singular manifolds.


In 2011, the Public Health Accreditation Board's (PHAB's) national voluntary accreditation program was launched, offering nationally recognized standards to assess the performance of state, local, Tribal, and territorial health departments against the 10 Essential Public Health Services. The inherent value of pursuing PHAB accreditation lies not in the accreditation status itself but in the program's theoretical and practical grounding in performance improvement (PI). PHAB's requirements of a community health assessment (CHA) and a community health improvement plan (CHIP) are designed to strengthen the local health department's (LHD's) cross-sector partnerships and stimulate community engagement, both of which are essential in addressing a community's specific, and largely complex, population health challenges. Married with these requirements are those focused on an internal strategic plan, performance management system, and continuous quality improvement (QI). These requirements not only specify alignment with the CHIP—diverting organizational strategic priorities and resources to the most pressing community needs—but also inspire a PI skill set previously limited across the public health workforce.


What is the role of local government? David King claims that countries with strong local government are richer than those without, but argues that it could shed some of its functions to the market.


Genotypes H1 and H2 are two ancient haplotypes on Lr10 locus,which is a resistance gene to wheat leaf rust.They are identified based on the presence of both Lr10 and RGA2 in full length(H1),and the absence of Lr10 and chromatin rearrangement of RGA2(H2)due to chromosome 1AS reorganization during species evolution.Both haplotypes contain several subhaplotypes.To understand the genetic diversity on Lr10 locus,we tested the frequencies of H1 and H2 haplotypes and their subhaplotypes in189 wheat cultivars and 58 breeding lines from various provinces of China.The H2 haplotype was dominant in the developed cultivars and breeding lines with the frequencies of 95.2%(180/189)and 96.6%(56/58),respectively.Five novel subhaplotypes were detected in the developed cultivars,namely H1-2,H2-4,H2-5,H2-6,and H2-7.In cultivars,subhaplotype H2-1 was the most frequent(69.3%),whereas subhaplotypes H2-3 and H2-6 had the lowest frequencies(0.5%).Among the five subhaplotypes detected in breeding lines,subhaplotype H2-1 had the highest frequencies(27.6%),whereas subhaplotypes H1-2 was the least frequent(3.5%).Interestingly,the subhaplotypes except for H2-1 and H2-2 were highly breeding location-dependent(P 0.05).These results support the hypothesis that both haplotypes have been maintained through a balanced polymorphism mechanism during wheat domestication.Furthermore,the five novel subhaplotypes suggest that genetic diversities resulting from recombination and other types of chromatin reorganizations(e.g.,origin of the H2 haplotype and polymorphism for the Lr10 locus)have been going on since the formation of the hexaploid wheat.Significantly,identification of the H1-2 subhaplotype is a clear evidence of occurrence of recombination between the two ancient haplotypes,which disagrees with the previous notion.Importantly,because the frequencies of H1 is lower than 5% in developed cultivars and breeding lines,actions for protecting germplasm with the H1 haplotype are highly recommended.


In recent works of grass-root literature,we can find that the linear time has lost its validity which had been a dominating concept for the grass-root population since the beginning of the twentieth century.These works either indulge in empty nostalgia,or present fragmented existence,or express a sense of despair towards the future,which shows the fragmented panorama of the modernity project in current China.


A process for extracting oligoprotoanthocyanidin from plant includes pulverizing dried raw plant, preparing leach liquid, adding inorganic salt to deposit inpurities, extracting oligoprotoanthocyanidin by polar organic solvent, separating out the oligoprotoanthocyanidin from organic polar solvent by organic non-polar solvent, and purifying. Its advnatages are low cost, less pollution and high purity.


Recent measurements of neutron emission in coincidence with fission fragments indicate a strong enhancement of the neutron multiplicity preceding fission compared with statistical model calculations. This enhancement has enabled the determination of the reduced nuclear dissipation coefficient ..beta.. which, in turn, indicates that nuclear collective motion is overdamped. We examine some possible sources of error in this determination and speculate on the consequences of the obtained value of ..beta...


Discussed here are recent theorems proving that artificial neural networks are capable of approximating an arbitrary mapping and its derivatives as accurately as desired. This fact forms the basis for further results establishing the learnability of the desired approximations, using results from non-parametric statistics. These results have potential applications in robotics, chaotic dynamics, control, and sensitivity analysis. An example involving learning the transfer function and its derivatives for a chaotic map is discussed.


In an episode of Jill Soloway's Transparent (2014–), a character laments the fate of intersectionality, describing it as a word which has 'too many syllables: in-ter-section . . . I'm bored', she says. 'I'm not even finishing it' (3:2). By mentioning the concept in this way, the scene not only overtly signals the show's preoccupation with it, but also points towards the type of viewer one can reasonably assume the series is addressing; one informed enough to have at least heard about intersectionality, who may or may not agree with the character's point. In examining the link between intersectionality and television, I thus focus this entry on the series' third season, which explicitly thematises the notion at various instances. Intersectionality is mentioned in conversation between characters and is even seen during a protagonist's hallucination, as Ari (Gaby Hoffman), referred to in the season as Ali, imagines attempting to guess the word during a psychedelic game of Wheel of Fortune, with none other than poet Ntozake Shange and reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner as their co-contestants (3:3). My focus on the series thus stems from two central reasons: on the one hand, from its relevance as one of the key LGBTQIþ televisual texts on the US media landscape; and on the other, from its overt engagement with the term and how this can be understood. The series revolves around the Pfefferman family, with Maura Pfefferman (Jeffrey Tambor) coming out to her children as transgender in the beginning of the show. As Amy Villarejo (2016) points out, Transparent takes place within what can only be described as a 'carefully constructed white world' (12), the limits of which are often quite narrowly defined by the material privilege the family possesses. In the initial episode of the third season, the spatial limits in which the characters are normally sequestered are emphasised through a plot line centring around Maura volunteering at an LGBTQIþ helpline, where she receives a call from the African American Elizah (Alexandra Gray). The two characters are initially presented as being unable to find common ground, with Maura


Linear polyurethane melts were prepared by a polycondensation reaction of poly(oxypropylene) (POP) diol with a diisocyanate. Covalently cross-linked gels were obtained using three-armed star POP triol. The glass transition temperature and the viscoelastic properties were investigated as a function of the molar mass of the POP precursors. The variation of Tg is dominated by the density of urethane links. The loss peak of the shear modulus at high frequencies or low temperatures broadens with increasing density of urethane links. The gel modulus of end-linked POP triol decreases linearly with increasing molar mass of the precursors. The loss shear modulus of end-linked POP triol has a power law frequency dependence at low frequencies. The exponent of the power law dependence decreases with increasing molar mass of the precursors. Gels formed with POP triol with molar mass larger than 6 kg/mol show the effect of entanglements at intermediate frequencies.


SUMMARY (1) Adult natterjack population density and toadlet production per 100 m2 of breeding water were substantially higher (5-fold and 2-9-fold, respectively) on a eutrophic (dune) habitat than on an oligotrophic (heathland) study site.


Micromachined microwave cavity filters offer a light-weight, high-Q and highly integrated alternative in the frequency range of 20 GHz-100 GHz as compared to conventional filter types. The filter technology shows potential for use in 5G portable devices and as such, the design of a duplexer operating in the 28 GHz band is demonstrated.


Through the survey on higher vocational students' volunteer service spirit and ability,the result shows that higher vocational students identity volunteer service highly,but their understanding is superficial.They participate in volunteer service,but the specific practice is not enough.The ability of higher vocational students' comprehensive volunteer service needs increasing further,and the environment of service needs improving further.It suggests strengthening propaganda and guidance so that volunteer service spirit can be understood well.It needs effective organization to develop broad volunteer activities deeply.It needs guidance and training to promote volunteer service ability continually,and optimizes the environment of higher vocational students' volunteer service.


The purpose of this study was to examine the role normal accrual items in stock trading in the listed companies on Tehran Stock Exchange. The research was descriptive and correlation type. The population included all pharmaceutical companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange between 2004 to 2014. The obtained results by more analyses showed that normal accruals items had positive meaningful effect on transaction costs, and cost of the companies' trading has increased by increasing these items. It is recommended to investors and analysts that pay particular attention to quality and components of accrual items of company, in addition to other information, for investment decisions. They should consider the important matter in their assessments about the considered stocks.


This issue carries a number of opinions. An opinion is a 'judgement resting on grounds insufficient for complete demonstration' (Shorter Oxford English Dictionary). Suppose it were indeed possible to find the truth about abortion and the mother's subsequent mental health? And suppose the answer was that it does confer a beneficial effect, as intended? For better or for worse, ethical and religious resistance to the procedure would remain. In this issue of the Journal, Fergusson et al. (2013) reappraise evidence that abortions reduce the risk of women having subsequent mental health problems. They conclude that there is unlikely to be a therapeutic effect, but that there may be a small to moderate increase in the risk of some mental health problems. Alongside this, we also publish two Viewpoints arguing that Fergusson et al.'s data are unsuitable to test the central hypothesis, and that such data can never be obtained. Steinberg (2013) carefully considers what the target population should be, advocating that it should include women who have an unwanted pregnancy but do not seek an abortion. Romans (2013) points to the impossibility of finding an adequate control group. Her final Tacitean sentence captures the core of the matter. A randomised control trial is not practicable in a civilised society, for obvious reasons. But we can add yet another deficiency in the studies used, surprisingly overlooked by all our contributors: none of the samples of women can be confidently assumed to be representative of the true denominator. This should be all women in any large population who are pregnant, who seek an abortion and who then either have, or do not have an abortion. The samples are unlikely to have included women whose abortions were never formally recorded, probably a nontrivial number, but powerfully germane to the question in hand because, as in drug trials, they may be systematically different from those included in the study. In the end, we shall never know if there are benefits or hazards to mental health from having an abortion, over what time period either outcome might hold, or if some women may benefit while others have adverse consequences. One of the most precious attributes that our species has acquired is the capacity for choice, but there is apparently disagreement about whether this should apply to a woman having a baby. Here, we have to live with different opinions. In a deeply thoughtful essay, Kecmanovic's (2013), a psychiatrist, sets out his opinion on how the general population deal with 'mad' people. They look upon them with stigma and rejections because of their deviance, but at the same time provide care through mental health services. He sees psychiatrists as agents of social control but argues that control of the socially unsettling aspects of psychotic people and psychiatric treatment are not at odds. The discipline of psychiatry, he thinks, brings about this syncretism. Pilgrim (2013), a professor of Health and Social Policy at Liverpool in the UK, presents a very different approach. Unlike him, few of us in psychiatry have the cognitive equipment plus erudition to traverse the borderlands of sociology and philosophy, while also having a sound grasp of the history of ideas in relation to mental illness. Pilgrim expects that some of Kecmanovic's article could offend some readers, and asks why only psychotic people should be selected for consideration. In his 'pilgrimage' he points out that psychiatry is frequently far from benign in its routine practices. Berk et al. (2013) draw attention to a grave anomaly in mental health services: the discordance between the burden caused by serious mood disorders and their current pattern of care. In Australia, severe mental illness is taken to be mainly the responsibility of the states, while the high prevalence disorders, so frequent in general practice, are handled largely through federal resources. The authors recommend a strengthening of collaborative care, whereby there is translation direct from the clinic to education and to the community. A possible cause for alarm is that they propose this would be done using 'specialised managers' (sic). The opinions of our colleagues are likely to have a significant impact on policy, so their argument deserves close attention. Opinions, data and policy


The present investigation was conducted during three successive seasons 2017, 2018 and 2019 years, respectively on Washington navel orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) twenty five years old budded on sour orange (Citrus aurantium L.) rootsock at Giza experimental station Agricultural Research center, Egypt. To study the effect of foliar application with Potassium sulphate K2SO4 at (2 and 3%), putrescine (PUT) at (50 and 100 ppm), a mixture of (putrescine (PUT) at 50 ppm + Potassium sulphate (K2SO4) 2%) and a mixture of (putrescine (PUT) at 100 ppm + Potassium sulphate (K2SO4)3%) compared with control treatment (untreated tree) on vegetative growth, fruit set, fruit size, yield, fruit quality of washington navel orange trees to improved fruit quality and yield in quantity and quality. The result showed that treatment with foliar application with a combination of (PUT) at 100 ppm + (K2SO4) 3% gave the highest values of vegetative growth (shoot length (cm), leaves number / shoot), fruit set (%) , fruits retention (%), yield /tree and yield T/ha, number of fruits/ tree, weight of fruits (g), Juice volume (cm), fruit pulp weight (g), fruit length (cm) and fruits size (cm) , peel thickness (mm), Chlorophyll (a) & (b) & (a + b) (mg/g fresh wt), vitamin C content (mg / 100mL juice), T.S.S%, and T.S.S /acidity %,Total protein (%),Total carbohydrates (mg/g), and total sugars (%), while, recorded the lowest fruits drop(%), softening (%), juice total acidity %, Moreover, increased leaf mineral contents (N, P, K, and Fe, Zn ppm)as compared with other treatments including control trees during three seasons. Foliar application of (PUT) at 100 ppm recorded the highest significant values of shoot diameter (mm), Carotenoids (mg/g fresh wt), peel weight (g), fruit set and decreased fruit drop percentage, softening (%), acidity % as compared with control trees. Foliar application with a combination of (putrescine (PUT) at 50 ppm + Potassium sulphate (K2SO4) 2%) gave the highest values of fruit diameter (cm), Mg % as compared with other treatments including untreated trees and significantly increased T.S.S %, T.S.S/acidity % also, decreased fruit drop percentage, acidity % as compared with control. Foliar application with K2SO4 (2% and 3%) increased most physical and chemical parameters of washington navel orange trees. For the interaction found that the combination between putrescine (PUT) and Potassium sulphate K2SO4 gave the best results in the most of taken characters.


Multi-robot decision-making is the process where multiple robots coordinate actions. In this paper, we aim for efficient and effective multi-robot decision-making despite the robots' limited on-board resources and the often resource-demanding complexity of their tasks. We introduce the first algorithm enabling the robots to choose with which few other robots to coordinate and provably balance the trade-off of centralized vs. decentralized coordination. Particularly, centralization favors globally near-optimal decision-making but at the cost of increased on-board resource requirements; whereas, decentralization favors minimal resource requirements but at a global suboptimality cost. All robots can thus afford our algorithm, irrespective of their resources. We are motivated by the future of autonomy that involves multiple robots coordinating actions to complete resource-demanding tasks, such as target tracking, area covering, and monitoring. To provide closed-form guarantees, we focus on maximization problems involving monotone and "doubly" submodular functions. To capture the cost of decentralization, we introduce the notion of Centralization Of Information among non-Neighbors (COIN). We validate our algorithm in simulated scenarios of image covering.


Islam into an assumed multiplicity. The first half of the book is a critical engagement with the Western notions of Liberalism, Secularism, Relativism and Democracy. In the second half, he engages with and articulates the aspirations of the Muslims vis-à-vis the caliphate. Drawing on Carl Schmitt's idea of the political, Sayyid situates the ontological grounding of Islam in the domain of the political. He argues that redemption, for Muslims, lies 'not in a return to a homeland but a rooting in the world' (p. 118). The insistence on the importance of the political is central to his imagination of the caliphate that can provide Muslims such a rooting in the world. Sayyid is successful in his attempt to echo the aspirations of a people subjected to 'constant subjugation and marginalisation' (p. 118) by provincialising the Western episteme through the rejection of 'the continuity of the founding axiom of coloniality/modernity: the violent hierarchy between the West and the non-West' (p. 13). However, the book falters in providing a sustained road map to realise these aspirations in practical terms. One can relate Sayyid's rejection of Kemalism – while asserting the significance of the political – with Allamah Muhammad Iqbal's emphasis on the political salience of Islam in the wake of a Eurocentric assault on the public presence of religion. I think Sayyid's assertion that the act of recalling the caliphate has to be only a political act fails to comprehend the Muslim question in its wholeness. In this regard, Iqbal seems to accept the importance of the political in a larger struggle where the ontic and the ontological are not necessarily dissociated from each other.


Spatial organization of polymer chains upon ionic or covalent cross-linking to form a hydrogel is examined on the molecular scale using a fluorescent resonance energy transfer (FRET) technique. Minimal changes in the conformation in the polymer chains but significant changes of the intermolecular association of polymer chains are found when polymer chains are cross-linked with a different number of cross-links. This study provides a previously undescribed technique to analyze hydrogel structure in a noninvasive manner.


Recently, the adenosine A2A receptor (A2AR) has emerged as an attractive target for Parkinson's disease (PD) treatment by virtue of its coexpression with the dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) in the striatum and its modulation of dopamine receptor‐mediated functions. Moreover, the adenosine antagonist, caffeine, has recently been linked to a reduced risk of developing PD in large prospective epidemiological studies, raising the possibility that caffeine and more specific adenosine antagonists may protect against dopaminergic neuron death. Recently, we and others have developed a series of A2AR and D2R knockout (KO) mouse models. These mutant mouse models with complete, specific genetic inactivation of A2ARs and D2Rs overcome some of the intrinsic limitations of A2A antagonists and provide an opportunity to investigate A2AR's role in the development and treatment of PD. First, we used D2 as well as A2AR KO mice to dissect the molecular mechanism of the A2AR's action by determining the dependence of A2AR function on D2 receptors. The A2A antagonist (CSC) and the nonspecific antagonist caffeine induced motor stimulation in naive and reserpinized mice deficient in D2 receptor. These results suggest that A2AR antagonists enhance motor function at least partially independent of D2 receptors. Second, we explored the role of A2ARs in the development of L‐dopa‐induced behavioral sensitization in unilaterally 6‐hydroxydopamine‐lesioned mice, an animal model of the behavioral and neurochemical features of dyskinesia in PD. Genetic inactivation of A2ARs markedly attenuated the development and persistence of L‐dopa‐induced rotational behavioral sensitization and attenuated induction of dynorphin mRNA in the striatum. The results suggest that A2AR plays a critical role in the development of persistent maladaptive dyskinetic responses to chronic L‐dopa treatment in PD. Finally, we showed that genetic inactivation of A2ARs attenuates MPTP‐induced depletion of dopamine and dopamine transporter (DAT) in the striatum and loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Together, these results obtained with genetic approaches demonstrate that A2AR inactivation may have multiple therapeutic benefits for PD: motor enhancement through a partial D2‐independent mechanism, prevention of L‐dopa‐induced behavioral sensitization, and attenuation of dopaminergic neurodegeneration. The generation of tissue‐specific and inducible A2A KO mouse models will further refine our understanding of the A2A receptor's role in the development and treatment of PD. Drug Dev. Res. 58:354–367, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Tannic acid was extracted from Rhus chinensis Mill. At a concentration of 50 micrograms/ml it could significantly prevent the DNA damaging effects induced by TPA (100 ng/ml) or cigarette smoke condensate (400 micrograms/ml). At concentrations of 5 micrograms/ml and 80 micrograms/ml, it could effectively scavenge the O2-. produced by VB2 + hv and cigarette smoke condensate, respectively. The lipid peroxidation of red cell membrane induced by H2O2 was decreased significantly by tannic acid at a concentration of 5 micrograms/ml.


Ten classes of Uyghur and Han are chosen from middle schools and universities,and two kinds of teaching with different motivational atmosphere are adopted in the ten classes to investigate whether the motivational atmosphere affect the two indexes,goal orientation and body self-esteem.With classroom atmosphere as the independent variable,Ames' teaching model(TARGET) as the instruction,the paper tries to construct study atmosphere and achievement atmosphere.The following conclusions are drawn from the 8-week experimental teaching:1) Mativational atmosphere can change students' goal orientation and body self-esteem.Study atmosphere teaching can raise students' task-orientation and body self-esteem; achievement atmosphere contributes to increase students' self-orientation.2) There are no grade difference and ethnic difference in the motivational atmosphere as the main effect.


We investigated magnetic and transport properties of variable-thickness bridges (VTBs) having a Nb∕Pd0.85Ni0.15 bilayer microbridges. It was found that the superconducting critical current Ic of the VTBs monotonically decreased with increasing PdNi thickness dF, while nonmonotonic behavior of the superconducting transition temperature Tc was observed as a function of dF in large Nb∕PdNi bilayer films.


Raman spectra were obtained and analysed for polyhedrin and virion protein of Trabala vishnou nuclear polyhedrosis virus (TvNPV-P and TvNPV-VP, respectively). It was found that the secondary structures of the protein of the two samples differ: the protein of TvNPV-P has predominantly an α-helical and β-sheet structure whereas that of TvNPV-P contains predominantly a β-sheet content, with an α-helix content and a lower random-coil or β-turn content. All tyrosyl residues in the protein of TvNPV-P are exposed, whereas 80% of the tyrosyl residues are exposed and 20% are buried in the protein of TvNPV-VP. The majority of the tryptophan residues in the protein of TvNPV-VP are in a hydrophobic environment. The TvNPV-VP has a trans-gauche-trans configuration of the CCSSCC linkage.


[Plates 29-34, 36-41 and plate 50 of volume 12 of Seitz, Macrolepidoptera of the World, were published without all the relevant text, the only copy of the manuscript being destroyed during the war. In order to validate the names of those new species which were figured on these plates, descriptions have been prepared from Mr. Prout's notes and papers, which came to this department after his death. Revised descriptions with comparative notes and full type data have been included for a number of species described in the German edition of vol. 12, and published in 1940-41. All the specimens listed are in the British Museum (Natural History) with the single exception of the type of Chloroclystis antarctica Hudson ab. hudsoni ab. n., which is in the collection of Mr. G. V. Hudson in New Zealand. Part I also includes a legend to all the species illustrated on the plates listed above : due to the war Mr. Prout did not have the opportunity of correcting proof copies of these plates, which were printed in Germany, and they appeared with a number of the names wrongly spelt or transposed. With the exception of those species described in the following pages, each name is followed by the date of its original publication. The colour names used in the descriptions are taken from Ridgway, Color Standards and Color Nomenclature.—D. S. Fletcher, Dept. of Entomology, British Museum (Natural History).]


Purpose This study aimed to explore the sociodemographic characteristics, experience, knowledge level, self-efficacy of food handlers at home industry in Ambon and their relation to food safety practices. Methods This research was a cross sectional study with 51 samples of home industry with 135 respondents. Statistical analysis used chi square and logistic regression tests. Results There was a correlation between education level, training, knowledge with self-efficacy. There is a significant association of education level, self-efficacy, knowledge with food safety practice of food handler. Conclusion Food safety in home industry depends on food handling practices. This study suggested to increase the monitoring system for food handlers in order to prevent foodborne disease.


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An 83 year-old patient was referred to the neuro-ophthalmology service with symptoms of headaches and vision loss. She had been diagnosed with stable size meningioma one year prior to presentation. She had a history of breast cancer treated by lumpectomy and radiation 20 years ago. MRI of the orbit showed encasement of the optic nerve on the right orbital apex. Craniotomy was performed and the specimen was diagnosed as a meningioma. After resection, the tumor grew rapidly. When it was resected for the second time, the diagnosis was metastatic breast adenocarcinoma.


It is well know that formation of a passive oxide film on aluminum can enhance its corrosion resistance. However, microbiologically species are able to damage this film. Microbial adhesion is widely accepted as important stage prior to the induction or initiation of biocorrosion. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Cladosprioum sp. have been commonly associated with the microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of aluminum and its alloys. In this study, the effect of an organic dye (Quinizarin), on the resistance of aluminum plates to MIC has been investigated by some corrosion monitoring methods such as FFT impedance spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry and SEM (scanning electron microscopy). In this work, the surface of aluminum plates were changed after exposing them (five types: only polished, anodized, anodized and colored, anodized and colored and sealed) to Pseudomonas aeuroginosa in ASW (artificial sea water) as a microbial culture. The results showed that, the mentioned color caused a decrease in the growth of bacteria, because the color acts a protected layer on the surface of aluminum. This characteristic can reduce intensity of biocorrosion on aluminum plates, so the anodized and colored and sealed plates have the most resistance to MIC, and it can be shown and proven by these techniques which are mentioned above.


Case Report A 39-year-old woman developed sudden onset of severe papular urticaria with more than 40 lesions developing in 2 days. The lesions appeared in clusters of 2 to 5, with the majority of lesions around both ankles. The patient's dermatologic history was remarkable for severe reactions to insect bites and wasp stings. She had lived in her home for 6 years and had never owned a pet in that home, had not visited any homes with pets in the 2 weeks prior to the eruption, and did not work with animals. There were no signs of rodent droppings in the home. She lived in a quiet neighborhood with many trees in Indianapolis, Indiana. After her dermatologist suggested a search for fleas, the patient found several live fleas in her home. The patient's dermatologist (H.S.G.) suggested examination of the chimney, recalling a case he had seen 30 years prior of a petless patient with papular urticaria due to a flea-infested chipmunk living in the chimney. The current patient recalled hearing noises from the chimney and hired a chimney sweep. Examination of the patient's chimney revealed a raccoon, which was chased out. Sweeping of the chimney revealed copious amounts of loose fur, suggesting the raccoon had been living in the chimney. Examination of the roof revealed raccoon feces. Caps were placed on the chimney and furnace flues, an indoor fogger containing pyrethrins and permethrin was used in the home, and an outdoor insecticide containing bifenthrin was used around the perimeter of the home. Fleas were still seen during the following week and the patient's papular urticaria continued. Examination of all mattresses and sudden nighttime examination of the sheets were negative for bedbugs. Home flea treatment was repeated using an indoor fogger containing resmethrin one week later. Additional fleas were present after the second round of treatment. The patient purchased a vacuum cleaner with a bag, began vacuuming frequently, and sprinkled all carpets with diatomaceous earth. The patient's papular urticaria continued, and living and dead fleas continued to be found. One of the dead fleas was sent for evaluation and identified as Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea). Treatment was repeated for a third time with a fogger containing pyrethrins and permethrin approximately 2 weeks after the second treatment. Over 4 weeks, the patient developed more than 150 lesions with severe itching. Oral antihistamines and high-potency topical steroids were used with some relief. The patient developed insomnia and mild anxiety, finding it difficult to sleep because she worried about getting bitten further during the night. Approximately 8 weeks after the onset of the first eruption, no other lesions appeared, but a roof leak was noted. The roof inspector saw a raccoon walking from the roof to a neighboring tree as he pulled into the driveway and found several shingles ripped off, apparently by the raccoon. The roof was patched and the tree next to the home was taken down. All air ducts in the home Dr. M. R. Golomb is from Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis. Dr. H. S. Golomb is from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC. Dr. M. R. Golomb is supported by the National Institutes of Health NINDS grant K23 NS048024. The authors report no conflict of interest. Correspondence: Meredith R. Golomb, MD, MSc, Indiana University School of Medicine, Building XE, Room 040, 575 West Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46202 (firstname.lastname@example.com). What's Eating You? Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides felis)


Vision-based autonomous navigation and path planning is a key technology for mobile robot research. This paper surveyed the developments of the decades in the area of vision-based navigation and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) for mobile robot. Expatiated the feature and approach to per environment category. For indoor navigation,made a enumeration consist of several approach and typical model of environment. Probed into the lastest works on SLAM: HTMSLAM and feature-based algorithm. For the outdoor visual navigation,summarizes the achievements obtained by many countries and institutes.


The scalings for basic plasma modes in the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker model of the expanding Universe are revised. Contrary to the existing literature, the wave collisionless evolution must comply with the action conservation theorem. The proper steps to deduce the action conservation from ab initio analytical calculations are presented, and discrepancies in the earlier papers are identified. In general, the cosmological wave evolution is more easily derived from the action conservation in the collisionless limit, whereas when collisions are essential, the statistical description must suffice, thereby ruling out the need for using dynamic equations in either case.


In this major new biography of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and the first to appear in English based on Turkish sources, Andrew Mango strips away the myth, to show the complexities of one of the most visionary, influential, and enigmatic statesmen of the century. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was virtually unknown until 1919, when he took the lead in thwarting the victorious Allies' plan to partition the Turkish core of the Ottoman Empire. He divided the Allies, defeated the last Sultan, and secured the territory of the Turkish national state, becoming the first president of the new republic in 1923, fast creating his own legend.


Well-defined linear (n = 1, 2) and star (n = 3, 4) architecture [polystyrene-b-poly(dimethylsiloxane)]n or (PS-b-PDMS)n block copolymers were synthesized by anionic polymerization and using various chlorosilanes as linking agents. The self-assembly of the novel synthesized copolymers revealed that microphase separation for the star-block copolymers is significantly influenced by entropy constraints due to the increased number of junction points.


Objective: To evaluate the clinical performance of In Ceramic crowns. Methods: forty patients were examined with a total of 50 In Ceram crowns (28 anterior single Crowns.22 posterior single crowns). This study documented the marginal integrity, the Shape and color of crowns,secondary dental caries,and visible cracks in the crown.Results:Marginal integrity for 92% of In Ceram crowns was good,so was the shape for 94% of crowns, and the color for 98% of crowns. No secondary caries and cracks in the crowns.Conclusion:In Ceram crowns demonstrated satisfactory clinical performance.


This article examines the dynamics of postdoctoral training affecting scientists' academic employment, focusing on timing and prestige dimensions. Postdoc training proves beneficial to academic employment—more so in less prestigious departments than in top ones. Postdoc duration is subject to diminishing returns. The benefits of training vary across scientists with different demographic characteristics.


This paper presents a modification to the standard Bass Diffusion Model applied to new services along with an analysis of different aspects which influence the parameters essential for defining a product's life cycle. An analysis of the potential application of the modified model – a model with gradual market potential growth in which the successive introduction of service alters both territorial coverage and new service availability – has been conducted on a sample of two financial services offered by the PE Post of Serbia (a new service – international postal money order, and an existing service – Western Union money order). Due to confidentiality of the data owned by the operator, a quantitative parameter which estimates market potential for the new service is not available. However, a detailed analysis of various influential factors (infrastructure, social environment, migrations, and demographical and psychographic population characteristics) is provided, while the parameters which define the rapidity of the acceptance of the new service and its later growth have been calculated using comparison with the existing service. Various forecast models have been gaining significance concerning business decision making and gaining competitive advantage. For this reason, the authors tried to provide directions for diffusion model implementation in postal traffic and to emphasize its applicability and significance, for both the abovementioned financial services and other types of services offered by postal operators.


In the poems of obscurity,man or any subject is vividly described as one with blood and flesh who dares to use his own wisdom,and is capable to doubt,to think the "self",and therefore,to present or show a "Capital Man" or a "General Principal Part" mingled together with reality,history,nationality and culture.Yet its internality and tendency of spiritualization endow the principal poetics with a modern connotation.


Four field experiments were conducted during 1995 and 1996 to evaluate increased fruit set of navel and 'Valencia' oranges or 'Marsh' grapefruit varieties by controlling Frankliniella bispinosa (Morgan) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on citrus flowers during bloom. In three experiments, Chlorpyrifos 4EC at 4.68 liters/ha provided 5, 5, and 4 days of effective residual control of F. bispinosa adults on citrus flowers and 3 or more days at 3.16 liters/ha in the remaining experiment. Corresponding lengths of larval thrips control were 12, 12, and 8 days, respectively. The Chlorpyrifos 4EC treatments at 3.16 liters/ha applied on 25 March in the fourth experiment provided 11 or more days of larval thrips control. Use of a single, properly timed insecticide application between maximum bud swell and full bloom, when F. bispinosa or F. kelliae adults are increasing, will increase fruit set. Preventing establishment of larval thrips populations appears to be important.


Non timber forest products consist of goods of biological origin other than timber. Pakistan has great diversity in its relief feature, giving arise to unique floral compositions. 80% of the forest dwellers are dependant on NTFPs in one-way or the other due to poverty. Forest dweller relies on their indigenous knowledge for collection, processing, packing, drying, marketing and consumption of various non timber forest products (NTFPs). Some of the important NTFPs produced in Pakistan are; morels, honey, fruits and nuts, vegetable, condiments and spices, mazri palm, silk cocoon, and many other. 131 species are reported during the study. About 34% of local people are dependent on NTFPs for income generation. The prices and production of many NTFPs are fluctuating in different years. Some of NTFPs are exported, earning valuable foreign exchange like chalghoza, morels, walnuts etc. There was an export of 1384.72 million in 1999-00. These products, after collection and processing sold to the middleman who than sells into main market. 65% of the product is lost during the way to final product. The study reveals present situation of trade and marketing of NTFPs and future guidelines for proper planning and management. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Brownian dynamics play a key role in understanding the diffusive transport of micro particles in a bounded environment. In geometries containing confining walls, physical laws determine the behavior of the random trajectories at the boundaries. For impenetrable walls, imposing reflecting boundary conditions to the Brownian particles leads to dynamics described by reflecting stochastic differential equations. In practice, these stochastic differential equations as well as their refinements are quite challenging to handle, and more importantly, many physical processes are better modeled by processes conditioned to stay in a prescribed bounded region. In the mathematical literature, these processes are known as taboo processes, and despite their simplicity, at least compared to the reflecting stochastic differential equations approach, are surprisingly not much exploited in physics. This paper explores some aspect of taboo processes and other constrained processes in simple geometries: interval in one dimension, circular annulus in two dimensions, hollow sphere in three dimensions, and more. In particular, for the two-dimensional (2D) taboo process in a circular annulus, the Gaussian behavior of the stochastic angle is established.


Porous silica sol-gel glasses into which reactive vanadium oxide functional groups incorporated exhibit number of unique characteristics. Because they bind molecules of some species both reversibly and selectively, useful as chemical sensors or indicators or as scrubbers to remove toxic or hazardous contaminants. Materials also oxidize methane gas photochemically: suggests they're useful as catalysts for conversion of methane to alcohol and for oxidation of hydrocarbons in general. By incorporating various amounts of other metals into silica sol-gel glasses, possible to synthesize new materials with broad range of new characteristics.


This essay aims to analyze the Andean symbols, homosexuality and duality concepts in the Andean cosmovision as well as to provide an understanding regarding the tradition of embroidery, in order to relate them and recreate by means of embroidery illustration, homosexual concepts using symbols of the Man-woman duality that will be discussed in a book...


The structure of EPS system was described in the paper.The straight-line assist characteristic cure was chosen to control.Controlling means of PID was used to control the assist motor and estanblish a mathmatical model.The EPS model was constructed by Matlab/Simulink.The observing outcome of the controller parameters was constanlty adjusted until potimized controlling effect of the controling systtem was obtianed.


The article commences with a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the `sociology of sociology' enterprise. It is argued that a careful use of the approach can be illuminating in so far as it relates perceived internal contradiction in a given work to the wider intellectual milieux. The first section deals with the way in which some writers have depicted the strains between individuals and their worlds. I then go on to examine the way in which George Brown and his co-workers have chosen to explain the relationship between the `social structure' and the aetiology of depression in women. There then follow two sections dealing with the ambivalent relationship between two strands in Brown's work - the impulse of `romanticism' and the constraint of `classicism'. This ambivalence it is argued, derives from his assumptions regarding the nature of man and scientific method. The paper concludes with an examination of the way in which an adherence to a `scientific' methodology negates the `romantic', political implications he claims for his work. I do not offer any alternative research strategies, but simply point out that a more self-consciously `political' theory is required with a lesser dependence on clinical classification, if we are to understand the social nature of mental illnesses such as depression in the hope of finding socio-political remedies.


The taxonomic status of Gerres erythrourus (Bloch, 1791) and G. abbreviatusBleeker, 1850, was studied. The dried holotype (ZMB 8596, 162 mm in standard length) of G. erythrourus has been found to be identical to the lectotype (RMNH 6682, 187 mm SL, herein designated) and nontype specimens, originating from the known geographical distribution range, of G. abbreviatus from the basis of meristic and morphometric characters. Gerres erythrourus has priority over G. abbreviatus and thus is redescribed as a valid gerreid species and a senior synonym of G. abbreviatus. The species is currently known from India, southeastern Asia, New Guinea, Micronesia, northern Australia, southern China, and the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.


Objective:To construct a large human Na ve Fab antibody library and to screen the anti-cMet phage antibody from the library. Methods:Human Fab genes from bone marrow lymphocytes of 20 healthy donors were amplified by PCR,and the products were ligated into the phagemid vector pComb3XSS to construct a human naive Fab library. Antibodies against c-Met were screened by biopanning with immobilized antigen. After six rounds of panning,sixty randomly selected clones were identified by phage ELISA to select specific ones with high affinity for c-Met. After analyzed by BstOI digest,the positive clone was used for soluble expression in Escherichia coli. and was characterized by ELISA. Results:A large human na ve Fab phage-display library consisting of 1.2 × 109 clones was successfully constructed. From the enriched phage library,a Fab fragment designated AM2-26 with fine activity to c-Met was selected. DNA sequence analysis show the V genes were human variable region immunoglobulin sequences. AM2-26 was functionally expressed,which was identified by Western blot,and its specificity was confirmed by ELISA. Conclusion:The construction of the human phage antibody library and the preparation of the anti-cMet phage antibody provide a promising candidate for the research of antineoplastic agents.


Abstract The hydrogen uptake by steels naturally corroding in an acidic H2S solution, varied significantly with microstructure and chemical composition. It changed in very close association with th...


Revaluation of xed assets are revalued to give advantages and disadvan- tages for the company. In terms of corporate performance assessment, the balance will show a reasonable property po- sition. Thus means that users of nancial statements receive more accurate information. Revaluation of xed assets can be used as a means for the government or the Directorate General of Taxation to increase state revenues derived from the Corporate Income Tax, while the taxpayers own the revaluation of property can be used as a means of tax plan- ning in order to save payment of Corporate Income Tax. The purpose of scienti c writing is to know clearly whether the method revaluation of xed assets is pro table or not. Based on the results of research and analysis on nancial statement data and xed assets data, it can be concluded that there are positive and negative eects of revalued xed assets.


The invention provides a construction mixing temperature determination method of a warm-mix asphalt mixture using a surface active warm-mix agent. The method comprises the steps that: two parts of asphalt used for a designed asphalt mixture are weighed, wherein the masses of the two parts are the same; two parts of mineral powder used for the designed asphalt mixture are weighed, wherein the masses of the two parts are the same; two parts of original asphalt mastic are obtained; One part of the original asphalt mastic is selected, and is mixed according to a ratio of the original asphalt mastic to the surface active warm-mix agent; a viscosity-temperature curve of the original asphalt mastic and the viscosity-temperature curve of the warm-mix asphalt mastic are drawn respectively; the construction mixing temperature of the designed asphalt mixture is obtained in the viscosity-temperature curve of the original asphalt mastic, and the construction mixing temperature of the warm-mix asphalt is obtained in the viscosity-temperature curve of the warm-mix asphalt mastic. With the method provided by the invention, the difficulty in accurately evaluating the construction mixing temperature of the warm-mix asphalt mixture using the surface active warm-mix agent is effectively solved, such that beneficial basis is provided for in-situ warm-mix asphalt pavement construction condition design and for selection of warm-mix agent.


Security exploits and ensuant malware pose an increasing challenge to computing systems as the variety and complexity of attacks continue to increase. In response, software-based malware detection tools have grown in complexity, thus making it computationally difficult to use them to protect systems in real-time. Therefore, software detectors are applied selectively and at a low frequency, creating opportunities for malware to remain undetected. In this paper, we propose Malware-Aware Processors (MAP) - processors augmented with a hardware-based online malware detector to serve as the first line of defense to differentiate malware from legitimate programs. The output of this detector helps the system prioritize how to apply more expensive software-based solutions. The always-on nature of MAP detector helps protect against intermittently operating malware. We explore the use of different features for classification and study both logistic regression and neural networks. We show that the detectors can achieve excellent performance, with little hardware overhead. We integrate the MAP implementation with an open-source x86-compatible core, synthesizing the resulting design to run on an FPGA.


Batanghari River is the primary source of water for the people of Jambi. Batanghari River's condition nowadays is worrying because its color is no longer clear. This research focused on determining the content of heavy metals in the Batanghari River's water and sediment. The conducted analysis is an ICP-MS analysis to determine the level of heavy metal (Cu, Cr, Co, Cd, Hg), and an enrichment factor calculation is conducted to determine the source of pollution. The enrichment factor value from the Batanghari River sediment sample declined with the following sequence Cd>Hg>Cu>Cr>Co, in 10 pinpoint locations. These indicate a high degree of anthropogenic activities along the Batanghari River which become the source of heavy metals entering the Batanghari River. The average concentration of heavy metals in the Batanghari River showed that the metal concentrations of Cd, Cu, and Hg are higher than the quality standards that have been set, whereas the metal concentrations of Cr and Co are still by the quality standards that have been set in PP 22 the year 2021.


In order to achieve the effective and fast condition diagnosis for water-tree aged XLPE cables, this paper investigates the variation of conduction current of watertree aged cables during the polarization process, and compares the asymmetrical current between polarization and depolarization process. Cables samples were subjected to an accelerated water tree experiment. The cable samples with different water tree aging time were subjected to the PDC( Polarization and Depolarization Current) test, and were sliced around the pinholes to observe water tree morphology. According to the test results, the conduction current extracted from the PDC test presents a peak value for water-tree aged cables, and this peak becomes more obvious with the increase in deterioration of water-tree aged cables. The result shows the polarization process of water-tree aged cables is fast and the depolarization process is slow due to the nonlinear variation of relative dielectric constant and conductivity of water tree region, which leads to appearance of the conduction current peak. Asymmetry coefficient K is presented to show the asymmetrical interface polarization characteristics of water-tree aged cables and diagnose insulation performance of cables.


In view of the flooding problems faced by colleges and universities, we first reviewed current research on flood bearing resilience in order to clarify the ideas put forth by previous studies regarding the improvement of flood bearing resilience. Then, using the China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, as an example, a framework for promoting the cooperation of various ecosystems on the college campuses to cope with flooding was established. This framework makes it possible to effectively enhance the flood bearing resilience of the college campus and promote ecological, sustainable development therein. It includes a design strategy for renewal and renovation of college campuses that can improve their resilience to flooding. In partnership with natural systems, semi-artificial and artificial ecosystems on the college campus will be redesigned to cope with rainfall and flooding. In order to increase flood bearing resilience, the proposed strategy involves systematically renovating the site, using the China University of Geosciences, Wuhan (hereinafter referred to as the CUG, Wuhan) and its surrounding area as the experimental object. This strategy of renewal has already been proven effective in and around the koi pond at CUG, Wuhan.


As the situation develops,the basic level statistical requirements also change.By using the external environment PEST analysis model and the trend-driven method,requirements for basic level statistics were analyzed.According to the analyzing results,10 performance dimensions such as reliability,comprehensiveness,effectiveness and scientific normative,positive initiatives were obtained.


Development and prevalence in recent years. Gamification has been characterized in [1] as ''the use of game design elements in non-game contexts''. Gamification uses the philosophy, elements, and mechanisms of game design in non-gaming environments to enhance user motivation and engagement in a particular task. In other words, gamification has the characteristics that can make real games fun and attractive and uses them to enhance the player's experience in a non-game environment, such as school, workplace, etc. [2]. It has proven to be a challenging task to teach computer programming skills in a university [3]. IT teachers have expressed growing concern about the challenges facing beginners, learning the programming principles [4]. Research has discovered that even following 2 years of learning programming, most beginner developers are as yet attempting to be proficient [5]. To attain the skills and knowledge needed for Java programming learning gamification which is the use of game elements in non-gaming environment context, gamification can be used to motivate users, solve problems, increase user experience and encourage desired behaviors [2]. Most beginner students have difficulties to understand the concept of Oriented Object Programming (OOP) in Java. This study is focused on gamification in java programming language to be useful to learners. Journal of Computers


(WiMax) is a wireless broadband technology based on IEEE 802.16 standard. WiMax has two potential access conditions; Line-of-Sight condition, and Non-Line of Sight condition. In Non-Line of Sight condition a Path Loss arises when an electromagnetic wave propagates though space from transmitter and receiver. Prediction of WiMax path loss is a fundamental tool for designing any broadband wireless communication system. Several models are available to estimate the path loss, such as: COST 231-Hata model, Hata-Okumura model, COST 231 Walfish-Ikegami (W-I) Model , Stanford University Interim model, and Ericsson model. In this paper , we aim to simulate the propagation path loss models using MATLAB software. This simulation is done based on the variation of the distance between the base station and the receiver in the range of 0.5 km to 5 km, for different height of the receiver antenna 3, 6, and 10m, within the operating frequencies 2.5 GHz, and 3.5GHz. All simulations carried out separately for urban, suburban, and rural environment. The simulation results of all models are compared and analyzed to identify a suitable model in different environments. The comparison and analyses are done based on the influence of variation of the distance between the transmitter and receiver, the operating frequency, and the receiver antenna height on the path loss prediction.


For free-radical photopolymerization with a photobleaching initiator, we develop an unsteady one-dimensional model accounting for initiator consumption and optical attenuation and derive relationships for the spatial and temporal variation of the local initiator concentration and initiation rate. With increasing absorbance, the local initiation rate becomes increasingly nonuniform and assumes the form of a highly localized traveling wave propagating with speed φI0/CA,0 (where φ, I0, and CA,0 are the quantum yield of photoinitiator consumption, incident intensity, and initial photoinitiator concentration, respectively), independent of photoinitiator absorption coefficient. At high attenuation, the maximum photoinitiation rate (as a function of position) is asymptotically one-fourth the initial rate at the front of the layer. Qualitative effects of nonuniform initiation in free-radical photopolymerizations with simple and more complicated kinetics are discussed in terms of the model and results.


Grey (Areolate) mildew (Ramularia areola) and Alternaria blight (Alternaria macrospora) are two important fungal foliar diseases affecting cotton in India. Both the diseases are polycyclic in nature. The primary inoculum for grey mildew is through conidia or ascospores from infected debris and/or perennial cottons and the secondary spread is through primarily infected leaves. Whereas for Alternaria blight the spread is initially from seed-borne inoculum (in Gossypium herbaceum and Gossypium arboreum cottons) and/or crop debris and the secondary spread is from sporulating lesions on older leaves. Both R. areola and A. macrospora require a temperature regime of 20–30 °C with prolonged high humidity (>80%) and frequent rains for infection and disease development. However, it has been observed that cool weather coupled with prolonged dewy periods in the absence of rains has also been found conducive for the development of both the diseases. So, suitable epidemiological tools and models are required to predict the disease development, spread and to design suitable management practices.


In containers found in home surroundings Aedes fluviatilis, Anopheles albitarsis, Anopheles argyritarsis, Anopheles evansae, Anopheles strodei, Culex bahamensis, Culex bigoti, Culex coronator, Culex eduardoi, Culex mollis, Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex sp., Limatus durhamii and Psorophora cingulata larvae were collected. The most densely colonized containers were water tanks, cement trough and tyres. Among the most frequent species a meaningful population variation to Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes fluviatilis, the firstl being more frequent during the spring and the second during the summer. Anopheles albitarsis, Anopheles evansae, Anopheles strodei, Culex bahamensis e Culex sp. were only collected in large- sizer cement containers. The other species did not show any particular preferences.


This paper presents a new technique for providing the analysis and comparison of wiretap codes in the small blocklength regime over the binary erasure wiretap channel. A major result is the development of Monte Carlo strategies for quantifying a code's equivocation, which mirrors techniques used to analyze forward error correcting codes. For this paper, we limit our analysis to coset-based wiretap codes, and give preferred strategies for calculating and/or estimating the equivocation in order of preference. We also make several comparisons of different code families. Our results indicate that there are security advantages to using algebraic codes for applications that require small to medium blocklengths.


The article reviews the role and the functions of the President of the Chamber of Deputies in the majoritarian Italian parliamentary system i.e. from 1994 to the present day. Before dealing with that period, however, the first part of the article describes the history of the relationship between the President and the Government majority after unification (1861). The author then goes on to point out the particular role of the Italian President of the Chamber of Deputies between 1976 and 1994 when the Presidency was assigned to a representative of the opposition Communist Party: a unique situation in the Western European context. On the contrary, since 1994 the Presidents of both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate were chosen by the majority and have been put under strong political influence. According to the author, the current dispute between the President of the Chamber of Deputies (Fini) and the Government majority represents the starting point for rebuilding the role of the President as a guardian of Parliament, verifying his lack of political accountability and demonstrating that a motion of no confidence would not force the President to resign.


The advances in the study of optimal experiment design for identification are summarized.First,the background of the problem is introduced.Second,based on the time domain and the frequency domain,several different methods to handle this problem with their merits and shortcomings are analyzed.Finally,further research directions are discussed.


The V-system is a special multiwavelet with detailed mathematical expressions. The construction of the V-system is based on the scaling functions and wavelet functions. In the existing literature, the wavelet functions of the V-system are determined by employing the method of undetermined coefficients and thus solving a system of nonlinear equations. This paper uses a new method completely different from that in existing literature to construct the V-system. The basic steps are as follows: Starting from the Legendre polynomial and the truncated monomials, through the Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization process, an orthogonal function group is obtained in $L^{2}[-1, 1]$ with a recursive method, and some functions in the orthogonal function group are proved to be just the wavelet functions of V-system. The V-wavelet functions obtained in this paper have explicit mathematical structure. The existence of the wavelet functions is also verified, and the relationship between wavelet functions of lower degree and that of higher degree is established, which makes the mathematical structure of the V-system more concisely and has important theoretical significance for further analyzing the mathematical properties of the V-system. An applicable example reflecting the advantages of the V-system is provided in the end of this paper.


The use of upstream wind measurements has motivated the development of blade-pitch preview controllers to improve rotor speed tracking and structural load reduction beyond that achievable via conventional feedback design. Such preview controllers, typically based upon model predictive control (MPC) for its constraint handling properties, alter the closed-loop dynamics of the existing blade-pitch feedback control system. This can result in the robustness properties of the original closed-loop system being no longer preserved. As a consequence, the aim of this work is to formulate a MPC layer on top of a given output-feedback controller, with a view to retaining the closed-loop robustness and frequency-domain performance of the latter. The separate nature of the proposed controller structure enables clear and transparent qualifications of the benefits gained by using preview and predictive control. This is illustrated by results obtained from closed-loop simulations upon a high-fidelity turbine, showing the performance comparison between a nominal feedback compensator and the proposed MPC-based preview controller.


A method was developed to determine automatically sample positions and correct peak intensities for sample positional variations in x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis. Small shifts in Compton backscatter peak energy are accurately measured in the spectrum and used to compute the mean scatter angle, from which the effective scatter position is determined. New equations were derived to express fluorescent and scatter positions within samples, and to correct peak intensities for geometry variations in a sample of arbitrary thickness, position and composition. The method was validated with an energy-dispersive XRF system with secondary excitation. With thin samples, the method corrected intensity errors of up to 69% to within 2%, and with samples of intermediate thickness it corrected errors of up to 83% to within 1.7%. The method is important in quantitative fundamental parameter calculations, such as the CEMAS method, which otherwise define the sample to lie in a pre-determined plane.


The targeting moiety (B-subunit) of the Shiga toxin (STxB) is a very potent ligand for the glycolipid Gb3, which is expressed in ovarian, colorectal and breast carcinomas. It is also present on endothelial cells of tumor neovascularization. This study demonstrates the use of STxB for targeting microbubbles onto cancerous cells.


Shows that the 'non-conservative' gravitational theories of the type considered by Rastall (1972), Smalley (1974) and Malin (1975) do have conservation laws and are formally equivalent to general relativity. The supposed 'difference' between these theories and general relativity is shown to lie entirely in the question of whether the stress-energy tensor of matter fields is conserved in special relativity (flat space-time). If one chooses to interpret these theories as non-conservative, then the coefficient lambda in these theories, which measures the degree to which stress-energy is not conserved, can be constrained to values mod lambda mod <or=10-15 by considering the propagation of sound in a fluid.


Patients with moderate-severe atopic dermatitis are at high risk of having inadequate disease control, according to a cross-sectional study in JAMA Dermatology.


This paper describes and assesses growth of Hg1-xCdxTe (MCT) layers by liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) from Te-rich solutions by the tipping (rotating) method. Epitaxial layers with different compositions from x = 0.18 to x = 0.22 and thicknesses from 10 to 20 μm were grown on (111)B oriented CdZnTe substrates. Growth was carried out in the temperature range 460 - 480°C with cooling rates 0.05 - 0.1°C/min and under flowing H2. The attention was paid mainly to the surface morphological quality, good decantation from the layers, uniformity of composition and thickness of films. HgCdTe layers were characterized using different methods: microscopic examinations, infrared microscopic transmission, secondary ion mass spectrometry and scanning electron microscopic measurements. By optimizing the growth parameters and construction of graphite boat it was possible to obtain high quality Hg1-xCdxTe photodiodes.


We investigate the thermodynamic and transport properties of molybdenum-doped BaFe2As2 (122) crystals, the first report of hole doping using a 4d element. The chemical substitution of Mo in place of Fe is possible up to {approx} 7%. For Ba(Fe1-xMox)2As2, the suppression rate of the magnetic transition temperature with x is the same as in 3d Cr-doped 122 and is independent of the unit cell changes. This illustrates that the temperature-composition phase diagram for hole-doped 122 can be simply parameterized by x, similar to the electron-doped 122 systems found in the literature. Compared to 122 with a coupled antiferromagnetic order (TN) and orthorhombic structural transition (T0) at {approx}132 K, 1.3% Mo-doped 122 (x=0.013) gives TN=T0=125(1) K according to neutron diffraction results and features in specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, and electrical resistivity. The cell volume expands by {approx}1% with maximum Mo doping and TN is reduced to {approx}90 K. There is a T* feature that is identified for lightly Cr- or Mo-doped 122 crystals, which is x dependent. This low-temperature transition may be a trace of superconductivity.


ABSTRACT This study examined the response of early life-stages (ELS) of zebrafish to organotin-contaminated sediment from Lake Huruslahti (HL) in Central Finland. A dilution series (0, 10, 33, and 100%) of the native (HL) and the sediment spiked with tributyltin (TBT) determined a dose-response of zebrafish ELS to organotin-contaminated sediment. Sediment elutriates were assessed by bacterial bioluminescence assay and microscopical pathologies of 1–3 days post-fertilization zebrafish (1–3dpfZF). Brain aromatase (cyp19a1b) and tissue vitellogenin (vtg1) were assayed from early-juvenile zebrafish (20dpfZF) exposed to intact sediment. In vivo modulation of cyp19a1b and vtg1 transcripts in 20dpfZF was targeted to screen potential sediment contamination by TBT, an anti-estrogenic chemical. Bioluminescence assay (EC5030min = 34.6% of HL-100) determined that the HL-100 elutriate was toxic. Exposed developing embryos (1–3dpf) showed toxicities, including lowered heart rate. Results showed down-regulation of cyp19a1b and up-regulation of vtg1 in 20dpfZF exposed to TBT-spiked sediment (185–1620 µg/kg d.w.).


Organizations are confronted with a growing array of methodologies, tools and cloud offerings to address their business needs. On one hand, engineers and operations staff can leverage innovative DevOps oriented approaches for Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, containerization etc. On the other hand, project and operation leads are increasingly relying on agile methodologies to manage software development and release lifecycles. The number of tools available and used to run agile project tasks effectively is increasing and can yield an immense number of unmanageable information views for stakeholders. This paper focuses on the consolidation of these views through an information system built during a case study at South African SME, GZ Consulting Services. By designing an information system which is used as a central portal to aggregate data from internal systems used by the firm, we argue that an organization could better manage its agile and DevOps activities.


A disordered Kronig-Penney model of length L in an electric field F is studied. The transfer matrix approach is used to evaluate the transmission coefficient T. It is found that for F not=0, and large L, -ln T/L identical to alpha is well behaved statistically, although with a nongaussian probability law. The possible existence of a critical field above which states would be strictly extended is discussed in terms of a breakdown of a non-standard form of the central limit theorem.


Receive 06 Aug 2017, Revised 14 Aug 2017, Accepted 18 Sep 2017, Online 30 Oct 2017 Abstract—'Quantum'is one of the important and valuable names in the field of Physical Science. However, due to its importance and applications in several sectors or domains; it is treated as valuable Applied Science Field. Quantum in generally has important linkages with Physics and then Mathematics. The importance of Quantum in Computing developed a domain called Quantum Computing which is responsible for healthy and speedy Computing and Technological Science. Computing has an important relationship with Information Science. Information collection, selection, organization, processing and management and dissemination are the main roles of Information Science and for building and developing such information activities; computing tools play an important role. Thus, Quantum Computing is also helpful in better Information Science Practice and ultimately responsible for sophisticated Informatics practice. In this paper, Quantum Science and Information Science, and their integration role as Quantum Information Science; including its need, value and role are discussed and analyzed.


Brewer spruce (Picea breweriana Wats.) persists as a relict in protected physiographic situations in southwestern Oregon and northwestern California, where a cool, montane, temperate zone inland from the Pacific Ocean is moderated in summer by maritime air masses. We attempted to uncover the reasons for its survival. We surveyed the species distribution and geologic and floristic associations, then studied effects of environment on growth and survival of two widely distributed species, Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco and Abies magnifica Murr. var. shastensis Lemm., for a common basis for comparison. The survey included 130 plots along a 250-km transect. Brewer spruce was encountered along 70 km of the transect. Brewer spruce ranked well with other conifers in tolerance to soil moisture stress, cold temperatures, low light, and heavy, deep snow. Although sensitive to high evaporative demand, it appears to compete well with sparse vegetation in infertile or unbalanced soils developed from ultrabasic ma...


The solid solution of LiMn1/3Cr1/3Fe1/3O2 with the structure of α-NaFeO2 isostructural with the widely used LiCoO2 has been synthesized and investigated as a cathode material. Rated voltage of LiMn1/3Cr1/3Fe1/3O2 relative to the lithium is 4 V. The possibility of charging − discharging the material to a specific capacity of 220-250 mAh/g at currents of C/15-C/50 without phase transformations has been experimentally demonstrated.


Background: In non ST elevated acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS) significant coronary artery disease cannot be predicted by biological markers, electrocardiogram (ECG) or formal two dimensional echocardiography (2DE). Recent studies have demonstrated role of strain 2DE in determination of significant coronary artery disease but no studies on three dimensional echocardiography (3DE) is available in literature. Our objective was to evaluate role of 3DE in predicting SCAD among NSTEACS patients and compare 3DE viz-a-viz 2DE. Methods and Materials: Three dimensional echocardiography in non ST elevation acute coronary syndrome in North India (3D-EINSTEIN) study is a hospital based prospective study where 324 NSTEACS patients were evaluated by Troponin I levels, ECG, laboratory parameters. Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) risk score were calculated. 2DE and 3DE (4 beat full volume) loop were recorded in Philips iE33 xMATRIX, global ejection fraction (EF) and parametric images were analysed using QLAB9 3DQAdv software. Coronoary angiograms were undertaken and significant coronary artery disease was defined as luminal narrowing >70% in any epicardial coronary artery. Results: Unstable angina comprises only 15% of NSTEACS and clinical profile of them are similar to NSTEMI. Two third of NSTEACS patients had >70% stenosis in at least one coronary artery. 70% of them have single vessel disease (SVD). One third of NSTEACS patients had no significant ECG changes and 50% of them had lesions in left circumflex artery (LCX). Severe MR was present in 10% of total NSTEACS patients. Half of them had concomitant lesion in right coronary artery (RCA). Elevated Troponin I & 3DE changes are significantly more to be associated with significant coronary artery disease whereas ECG changes, 2DE changes & GRACE risk scores are not. Conclusion: In NSTEACS patients, 3DE is found to have more sensitivity and specificity than 2DE in predicting significant coronary artery disease and localising culprit arteries, which can be missed by 2DE in 23% cases. Large multi-centric studies exploring the role of 3DE in assessment of NSTEACS patients are needed.


This paper aims at estimating the delay bounds of linear systems with un-known state delay via a novel fuzzy model-based approach. Both robust stability analysisand stabilization problems are investigated with the estimation. Fuzzy techniques are uti-lized novelly by setting the time-varying delay to be distributed on the fuzzy set, and anovel fuzzy model is proposed to describe the linear time-delay system, where the statewith time-varying delay is represented by an interpolation of states with some local con-stant delays. Based on the model, a new approach incorporating with the developed fuzzydiscretized Lyapunov functional and slack matrix techniques is presented, and new sta-bility criteria of time-delay systems are obtained. Further, the controller design methodis developed to guarantee the asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system. The obtainedstabilization conditions developed by the proposed fuzzy model-based approach are muchless conservative than those obtained by the traditional methods in some literature. Theresults are presented in the form of linear matrix inequality, which can easily be solvedby standard software packages. Simulation examples are provided to show the less con-servativeness and effectiveness of the obtained results.


Corrections to the standard expressions for the volume fraction of the crystalline phase which arise due to time-dependent nucleation effects are considered both for the isothermal (transient) and nonisothermal (quench) situations. Analytical results are tested against numerically exact solutions of the Turnbull-Fisher nucleation equations. Physical consequences of the obtained expressions are discussed.


Photogrammetry has been applied to make precise measurements of post-construction displacements of 38.2-metric ton (42-ton) dolosse on the outer breakwater at Crescent City, California. Data from two storm seasons are currently available from this monitoring program which was initiated in November 1986 and which is expected to continue at least through the next three winters. Supplemented by conventional land surveys, wave measurements, aerial inspections, and side scan sonar underwater imagery, observations from the photogrammetric monitoring have led to several preliminary conclusions regarding regions of relatively large dolos movement, dolos nesting, the dependency on breakwater slope of uprush or drawdown dominated armor unit movement, and the relative importance of armor unit movement and boundary conditions in dolos breakage. This paper describes the methods used for, and results obtained from, this monitoring effort along with the application of these results to a Corps study (Howell, 1988) Whose objective is to develop structural design criteria for the dolos concrete armor unit.


To explore the intellectual structure of web services research in the last eight years, this study identified the most important publications and the most influential scholars as well as the correlations among these scholar's publications. In this study, bibliometric, social network and tag clouds analysis techniques are used to investigate the intellectual pillars of the web services literature. By analyzing 22,785 citations of 1,510 articles published in SCI and SSCI journal in web services area between 2001 and 2008, this study maps a knowledge network of web services studies. The results of the mapping can help identify the research direction of web services research and provide a valuable tool for researchers to access the literature in this area.


In the May issue: John Ernest. "Economies of Identity: Harriet E. Wilson's Our Nig" Neil Fraistat. "Illegitimate Shelley: Radical Piracy and the Textual Edition as Cultural Performance" Yury M. Lotman. "The Text in the Text." Introduction by Julia Kristeva Amy Mandelker. "Semiotizing the Sphere: Organicist Theory in Lotman, Bakhtin, and Vernadsky" Gordon Teskey. "Irony, Allegory, and Metaphysical Decay"


Gamification is growing increasingly prevalent as a means to incentivize user engagement of social media sites that rely on user contributions. Badges, or equivalent rewards, such as top-contributo...