"Lemnian Deeds" is a well-known literary and mythological topic. It includes two events: 1) the murder of the husbands and all the men of the island by the Lemnian women; 2) the killing of the Athenian women and their children by the Pelasgians. Researchers have long noticed the affinity of these events. Some scholars believe that the narration of the crime of the Pelasgians was created according to its Lemnian prototype. Or, to put in other way, one of the events became a kind of copy for the other. This paper provides a different interpretation to the noted similarity.


Natural frequencies identification is important for dynamic analysis of subgrade for high-speed railway. The most commonly used method is analyzing the response spectrum feature undergoing ambient excitation directly without any processing. However, this method requires that the ambient excitation should be close to the white signal. If the ambient excitation includes some kinds of non-white signals, this method becomes hard to use. In this paper, based on empirical mode decomposition (EMD) method and random vibration theory, an improved identification method undergoing ambient excitation is proposed. First, the self-correlation function of an acceleration record is decomposed into several intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) via EMD method. Then natural frequencies are determined by Hilbert transform and basic modal analysis theory. The original acceleration records from the Wu-Guang Passenger Dedicated Railway are processed by the proposed method to identify natural frequencies of the subgrade. The identification results are compared with results from the field excitation tests and finite element analysis. Comparisons demonstrate that the proposed method is reliable to identify natural frequencies of subgrade for high-speed railway. The natural frequencies of the test subgrade are at low level.


Summary. Preliminary surveys undertaken in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia during 1988 to 1990, revealed the presence of several nemarode species associated with chickpea, faba bean, lentil, and rea. Root-Iesion nematodes were the most widespread nematodes on ali crops. Pratylenchus thomei, P. penetrans, and P. mediterraneus though occurred in ali countries, were dominant in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, respectively, and were suspected to be responsible far the decline of legume crops. P. crenatus and P. neglectus were also present in Algeria, buI Pratylenchoides leiocauda was most widespread in Algeria and P. ritteri was found in two chickpea samples in Tunisia. Zygotylenchus guevarai was present in few samples in ali countries. Heterodera goettingiana was detected in ali countries, buI only in a few samples of faba bean and rea it was in large numbers. Nematode specimens, mostly juveniles, were also found in the roots of chickpea, buI severe damage was observed only on faba bean and rea. Meloidogyne artiellia was also present in ali countries, buI symptorns of the nematode attack were evident only on chickpea, especially in Morocco. AlI stem and leaf samples of faba bean contained many Ditylenchus dipsaci specimens which were often associated with severe tissue necrosis and distortions. Other nematodes, found in the scii, buI never associated with crop decline, were species of Helicotylenchus, Hoplolaimus, Paratylenchus, Rotylenchus, Rotylenchulus, 7}llenchus and Tylenchorhynchus. Paralongidorus sp., Trophurus sp., and Xphinema pachtaicum were each found only in one sample.


Numerous terms are used in Soviet psychology, the direct translation of which may be misleading to American psychologists because they are habitually used in a different sense from that familiar to Western psychology. For example, righteous indignation has been vented by Western psychologists over the "Russian preoccupation" with interpreting all behavior in terms of Pavlovian reflexes. To the Russian psychologist, the word refleks is no more a specific term than the word "response" is to an American psychologist. Its use does not imply the classical Pavlovian conditioning paradigm. Since interpreters are not necessarily aware that the cognates are not synonymous, it is worthwhile for any Western psychologist to become aware of the most common and easy sources of terminological confusion. The following is a glossary of terms which are so familiar to the Russian psychologist that he will seldom stop to explain them. Most of them are cognates. Some are synonymous with their usual English translations; many ...


The stock of real estate loans held by New England banks has declined dramatically. Given the limited potential for real estate investments, weak demand for real estate loans is to be expected. However, supply as well as demand factors may account for some of the decline in bank real estate loans. This paper documents that bank lending for real estate may have been constrained by a capital crunch, whereby poorly capitalized banks shrank their assets, including real estate loans, to satisfy capital requirements. Because the loss of bank capital is so widespread in New England, bank-dependent borrowers may have difficulty obtaining real estate financing. Copyright American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association.


The purpose of this empirical study is to investigate the influence of macro economic,growth firm on leverage and value of the firm.This study uses Agency Free Cash Flow, Static trade off Theory, Pecking Order Theory and Signaling Theory.This study uses empirical data from Indonesian Capital Market Directory 2015 issued By Indonesian Stock Exchange. This research uses quantitative analysis. The Population of the research are manufacturing firm listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange. The hypothesis test uses structural equation model-ing with the degree of signifance at 0.05. Sample in this study are manufacturing company listed in Indone-sian Stock Exchange during 2012-2014. As much as 75 manufacturing firm listed in Indonesian Stock exchange were taken as a sample using a purposive sampling method. The data were there analyzed by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The Result of the study show that: (1) Macro economic factor have negative significant influence on leverage with p value 0.06 (2) Growth firm have significant influences on leverage with value 0.004 (3) Macro economic have negative t influences on value of the firm with p value 0.006 (4) Growth firm have positive significant influence on value of the firm with p value 0.005 (5) Leverage have negatives significant influence on value of the firm with p value 0.006 The result of the study is support to Agency Free Cash Flow,Jensen (1986),Static Trade off Theory, Pecking Order Theory, Myers and Majluf (1984) and Signaling Theory, Ross (1977


To my wife Kat, the greatest thing to happen to me. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First, I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Sujit Banerjee for guiding me through my graduate studies. There were some difficult times during my years at Georgia Tech, but he helped me see the light at the end of the tunnel. My wife Kat deserves credit for helping me through graduate school. She was very supportive of my quest to become Dr. Jacobson, and she helped me push through some difficult times. I have a great set of parents who did a great job of raising me and emphasizing doing well in school and setting your goals high. Thanks, Mom and Dad. My sister Laura for ensuring that I was born, with countless wishes for a little brother. My sister Kathy for being a good role model while I was growing up. My sister Connie for helping me through undergraduate with numerous care packages and encouraging me to attend grad school. My twin sister Amy, for being excellent competition and for being a good friend when we weren't living at home together. For my friends and colleagues at IPST and Georgia Tech, in particular, Dr. Tim Patterson for all the extra work we did together, Greg Fike for being a good mentor, and Cameron Thomson for countless academic debates.


To the Editor: Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) was discovered in 2012, during a study to identify new coronaviruses in mammals and birds in Hong Kong (1). In February 2014, this novel porcine coronavirus was detected in pigs in Ohio, United States (2), and has since been reported in at least 17 US states (3–5). Concern regarding the epidemiology, evolution, and pathogenicity of this emerging virus is increasing. Recently, PDCoV was identified in South Korea (6). We report PDCoV in mainland China.

Since December 2010, a large-scale outbreak of diarrhea in suckling piglets has occurred on swine farms in mainland China (7). The causative agent was considered to be a variant of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) (8), and the role of PDCoV in the outbreak was not investigated at that time.

Using 2 pairs of specific primers to detect PDCoV, as described by Wang et al. (2), we tested 215 intestinal or fecal samples collected at various times during 2004–2014 from piglets with clinical diarrhea in Anhui, Guangxi, Hubei, and Jiangsu provinces, mainland China (Technical Appendix Table 1). All samples were submitted from commercial pig farms to our laboratory for enteropathogen detection. Of these samples, 165 (124 from Hubei, 41 from Jiangsu) had been collected in 2014, and 50 (40 from Jiangsu, 6 from Anhui, 4 from Guangxi) had been collected during 2004–2013 and preserved in our laboratory. The 215 samples were simultaneously tested for PEDV and transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) by using the primers listed in Technical Appendix Table 2. Of the samples tested, 14 (6.51%) were positive for PDCoV, 110 (51.2%) were positive for PEDV, and 5 (2.3%) were positive for TGEV. Of the 14 PDCoV-positive samples, 7 (50%) were also positive for PEDV; 2 of the 215 samples were co-infected with PEDV, TGEV, and PDCoV (Technical Appendix Table 1). Previous studies have shown that prevalence of PDCoV in the midwestern United States in 2014 was high (30%) and that PDCoV co-infections with other pathogens (such as PEDV and rotavirus) are more common (78% of PDCoV infections) (4). At the same time in mainland China, the rate of PDCoV positivity was lower (7.27%), whereas that of PEDV was higher (52.73%), suggesting that PEDV remains the main causative agent of piglet diarrhea diseases in mainland China. Similarly, in South Korea in 2014, only 2 PDCoV-positive samples were detected in 113 samples of diarrhea from pigs (6).

We also examined the collection dates and geographic locations of the PDCoV-positive samples and found that PDCoV was detected in pigs in Hubei (8/124), Jiangsu (4/81), and Anhui (2/6) Provinces. However, all samples from pigs in Guangxi Province were negative for PDCoV. All PDCoV-positive samples from Hubei and Jiangsu Provinces had been collected in 2014, whereas the 2 PDCoV-positive samples from Anhui Province had been collected in 2004.

Among the PDCoV-positive samples, we selected 3 for complete genome sequencing with 16 pairs of overlapping primers, as described previously (2): one (CHN-AH-2004) collected from Anhui Province in 2004, one (CHN-HB-2014) from Hubei Province in 2014, and one (CHN-JS-2014) from Jiangsu Province in 2014. These complete genome sequences have been deposited in GenBank under accession nos. {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KP757890","term_id":"807119213","term_text":"KP757890"}}KP757890 (CHN-AH-2004), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KP757891","term_id":"807119221","term_text":"KP757891"}}KP757891 (CHN-HB-2014), and {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KP757892","term_id":"807119229","term_text":"KP757892"}}KP757892 (CHN-JS-2014). The complete genome sequences of 3 PDCoV strains from pigs in mainland China shared high nucleotide identities (>98.9%) with all previously reported PDCoV strains. Previous studies found that Hong Kong strain HKU 15–44 and all PDCoV strains from the United States and South Korea have a 3-nt insertion in the spike gene, which is not present in Hong Kong strain HKU 15-155 (2–6). This insertion is also present in CHN-AH-2004, whereas CHN-HB-2014 and CHN-JS-2014, like HKU 15-155, lack this insertion (online Technical Appendix Figure).

Although all reported PDCoV strains from China shared high similarity with each other, a phylogenetic tree based on all available complete PDCoV genome sequences showed that these PDCoV strains clearly cluster in different clades (Figure). Strain CHN-JS-2014 shares an ancestor with the strains from the United States and South Korea. CHN-AH-2004 and HKU15-44 share a common ancestor, and CHN-HB-2014 shares a common ancestor with CHN-AH-2004 and HKU15-44.

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Phylogenetic tree of all complete porcine deltacoronavirus genome sequences available in February 2015. The phylogenetic tree was constructed by using the distance-based neighbor-joining method in MEGA 6.06 software (http://www.megasoftware.net/). Bootstrap ...

As an emerging virus, PDCoV has been poorly understood. Our data suggest that PDCoV has existed in mainland China for at least 11 years. Although the rate of PDCoV infection detected in mainland China in this study was relatively low, the results may not accurately reflect the prevalence of PDCoV in mainland China because the tested samples were collected from only 4 provinces. Extensive surveillance is required to define the epidemiology and evolution of PDCoV in mainland China. Recent confirmation that PDCoV is enteropathogenic in gnotobiotic pigs (9) highlights the need for effective vaccines against this emerging virus.

Technical Appendix:
Additional methods used to detect porcine deltacoronavirus in pigs from mainland China and virus sequencing results.

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Provided that allows users to remotely access and view their desktops another computer regardless of whether that desktop computer desktop or a typical relatively static images being played, such as whether the method and system from the video DVD. Along with full-motion video can take a relatively static display screen in such a system. These two systems may also provide a short time delay in displaying the mouse full-motion video. In one implementation, hardware and firmware capture and encode video from a remote computer, and the software on the client computer decodes the encoded video and displayed to the user.


Japanese symposium on liquid atomization and spray systems has been successfully held once a year since 1972, with the purpose of the interchange between researchers and engineers in many fields of atomization. Such activity in Japan gave the hopeful impact to other countries, made the opportunity of international exchange, and the first conference was held at Tokyo in 1978.Papers submitted to the domestic seventeen symposiums and the four international conferences covers the wide ranges of studies on liquid atomization correspondind to the developing of industrial techniques. Liquid break-up mechanisms are fully investigated on liquid columns and films, liquid droplets, and liquid jets injected from various nozzles. Many reports on the improvement of atomizers and spray characteristics are presented every time, especially on twin-fluid atomization, and ultra-sonic atomization was concentricly reported in 1985. Atomization of coal-water slurry and flashing atomization were also appeared at the third international conference.Real-time laser measurements of spray based on various optical principles have been brilliantly proposed since 1985. They are very useful for the clarification of liquid disintegration and spray transport phenomena, but have several ploblems to be solved concerning spatial spray dennsity, data management and explanation of spray informations.


Based on biological, morphological, distributional and genomic data, it is concluded that the malvid-associated Baris albosparsa (Faust), Malvaevora timida (Rossi) and Squamobaris aurea Pajni, Kohli Kumar are monophyletic and distinct from Baris Germar. Squamobaris Pajni, Kohli Kumar is synonymized with Malvaevora Zaslavskij (new synonymy). Baris albosparsa and S. aurea are transferred to Malvaevora (new combinations). Baris timida polita Reitter, B. subtilina Reitter, Baridius landgrebii Hochhuth and Baridius striatopunctatus Gistel are synonymized with M. timida and Baris striatopunctata Reitter is synonymized with Melanobaris carbonaria (Boheman) (new synonymies). Lectotypes are designated for B. timida polita and B. landgrebii. Baris striolala Aurivillius is recorded from China for the first time.


Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are ATP-dependent molecular chaperones which aid folding of nascent polypeptides, maintain proteins in unstable conformations and prevent protein denaturation. These functions are essential in many biological contexts, including assembly and disassembly of macromolecular complexes, trafficking of proteins and regulation of enzyme activity [1]. Mitotic cell division is particularly complex involving rapid changes in cytoskeletal and organelle architecture. One would therefore expect it to be highly dependent on HSPs; however, much remains to be learnt about the roles of HSPs in mitosis.

In a recent study, we discovered that Hsp72, an inducible cytoplasmic isoform of the Hsp70 family, is essential to build a mitotic spindle capable of efficient chromosome congression and segregation [2]. Firstly, Hsp72 contributes to generation of stable kinetochore (K)-fibres. K-fibres are bundles of microtubules that connect the spindle poles with the kinetochores and are essential for chromosome movement. Upon depletion of Hsp72 or addition of an Hsp70 inhibitor, cells exhibited reduced K-fibres. This was coincident with misaligned chromosomes, metaphase delay and a strongly active spindle assembly checkpoint. The loss of K-fibres was not caused by reduction in microtubule nucleation, but rather failure to recruit the K-fibre-stabilising proteins, ch-TOG and TACC3. Hsp72 localises to spindle poles and spindle fibres in a similar manner to ch-TOG and TACC3. Furthermore, when TACC3 was immunoprecipitated from cells treated with the Hsp70 inhibitor, association with its partner, ch-TOG, was reduced. Together, this suggests that Hsp72 stabilises K-fibres by facilitating assembly of ch-TOG and TACC3 into a complex that can then serve to bundle K-fibre microtubules [3].

Secondly, abrogation of Hsp72 function led to reduced interpolar distances, reduced astral microtubules and misoriented spindles. Astral microtubules attach the spindle to the cell cortex to maintain its shape and position. These data indicate that Hsp72 has additional functions in astral microtubule organization or cortical attachment. This is likely to be independent of the ch-TOG-TACC3 complex as this is not thought to be required for astral microtubule function. Importantly, whilst Hsp72 depletion and chemical inhibition of Hsp70 give similar phenotypes, there are some clear differences. This can be explained by that fact that chemical inhibition blocks the activity of all Hsp70 isoforms and it is possible that other Hsp70 isoforms have roles in mitosis. On the other hand, chemical inhibition does not remove the protein and so the different phenotypes may result from Hsp72 having mitotic functions as a scaffold that are independent of its catalytic activity.

Hsp72 is phosphorylated in mitosis by Nek6, a protein kinase that is also required for robust spindle assembly [4, 5]. Nek6 phosphorylates Hsp72 on T66, a residue that sits within the nucleotide-binding domain just upstream of the catalytic lysine (K71). Mislocalization of a T66A mutant and failure of Hsp72 to associate with the spindle in the absence of Nek6 indicate that phosphorylation mediates localisation of Hsp72 to the spindle. Furthermore, expression of the T66A mutant resulted in reduced K-fibres, whilst the T66E mutant could rescue the K-fibre defects and loss of ch-TOG/TACC3 recruitment to K-fibres seen upon either Hsp72 or Nek6 depletion. However, understanding the mechanism through which phosphorylation regulates Hsp72 will require molecular insights on Hsp72 interactions with its mitotic partners.

Interestingly, a phosphospecific antibody revealed that Hsp72 phosphorylated on T66 was not only localised to the spindle apparatus, but also enriched on spindle poles and kinetochores. This begs the question of whether phosphorylated Hsp72 has additional, perhaps distinct, substrates at the kinetochore. The absence of total Hsp72 may lead to loss of function of these proteins as well, exacerbating the K-fibre assembly and chromosome congression defects. Similarly, problems in cortical attachment of microtubules could contribute to loss of astral microtubules and spindle orientation defects. It will thus be important to ascertain whether (phosphorylated) Hsp72 may stabilize the plus ends of microtubules that contact kinetochores and the cell cortex.

Besides their homeostatic function, HSPs have an important role in protecting cells from the proteotoxic stress that can arise in different pathological states [6]. These include protein-folding disorders, autoimmune diseases and cancer. In cancer, the induced expression of Hsp70 due to proteotoxic stress promotes cell survival and tumor progression. As cancer cells undergo frequent mitotic division, Hsp70 inhibitors could have therapeutic value in targeting the proliferating tumour tissue. Whilst it has been frustratingly difficult to develop potent and selective inhibitors of Hsp70 itself [7], drugging upstream regulators, such as Nek6, offers an alternative approach. In contrast to cancer, Hsp70 proteins are beneficial to the patient in slowing the onset of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's or Parkinson's disease. Here, they promote removal of misfolded proteins through autophagy or proteasomal degradation. However, as neuronal cells are post-mitotic and do not undergo division, anti-cancer therapies specifically targeting the mitotic form of Hsp70 would have the advantage of not precipitating the onset or progression of neurodegenerative diseases.


We evaluate the operating conditions of the cascaded intensity and phase modulators used for the generation of the optical frequency comb lines having the sharpest spectral edges for a given spectral flatness. These operating conditions (to achieve the sharpest spectral edges) are different from those for the best spectral flatness. By operating the cascaded intensity and phase modulators with these conditions, we can place multiple sets of frequency comb lines as close as possible in wavelength, and thus improve the spectral efficiency of the system.


Selected CD34+ cells from mobilized apheresis products were cultured in serum‐free or serum‐containing media supplemented with granulocyte colony‐stimulating factor (G‐CSF), granulocyte‐macrophage colony‐stimulating factor (GM‐CSF), interleukin‐3 (IL‐3), and stem cell factor (SCF; c‐kit ligand). We examined the emergence of a CD15+ CD11b‐ population, which appeared morphologically to be promyelocytes. This CD15+CD11b‐ population can be further expanded in culture into morphologically mature granulocytes. In an attempt to characterize this culture‐derived CD15+CD11b‐ promyelocytic population, single cells were clone sorted into wells of a Terasaki plate containing various growth factors. We compared the growth factor requirements and kinetics of this apheresis culture‐derived CD15+ CD11b‐ population to the CD15+CD11b‐ population from fresh bone marrow samples. Our studies indicate that the CD15+CD11b‐ promyelocytic population from bone marrow and blood are equivalent in their ability to proliferate and in their requirements for growth factors. The CD15+CD11b‐ population in vitro shows a high proliferative capacity when compared with the other CD15/CD11b populations (CD15‐CD11b‐, CD15+CD11b+, CD15‐CD11b+). Thus, we can manipulate CD34+ cells in vitro to proliferate and differentiate toward a mature neutrophil lineage. The CD15+ CDllb‐ promyelocytic population derived from this culture may represent the most effective cultured cell population for therapeutic reduction of neutropenia in vivo based on both its stage of differentiation and its proliferative potential. J. Leukoc. Biol. 62: 480–484; 1997.


Synthesis of proteins is one of the most fundamental biological processes, which consumes a significant amount of cellular resources. Despite many efforts to produce detailed mechanistic mathematical models of translation, no basic and simple kinetic model of mRNA lifecycle (transcription, translation and degradation) exists. We build such a model by lumping multiple states of translated mRNA into few dynamical variables and introducing a pool of translating ribosomes. The basic and simple model can be extended, if necessary, to take into account various phenomena such as the interaction between translating ribosomes or regulation of translation by microRNA. The model can be used as a building block (translation module) for more complex models of cellular processes.


Background: Diabetes mellitus is a group of chronic metabolic disorders known to exhibit a myriad of complications over a period of time. Periodontal disease is the sixth most common complication in diabetic patients. The aim of the study was to assess the periodontal status of adult diabetic patients.Methods: 100 diabetic patients in the age group of 25-80 years fulfilling the inclusion criteria were examined by a calibrated WHO CPI probe to assess their periodontal status as per the scoring criteria of the community periodontal index. Student t test, Chi square test and ANOVA F were applied for statistical analysis. p>0.05 was considered not significant and p<0.01 was considered highly significant.Results: A prevalence of 73% periodontitis was found in diabetic study population with statistically high significance (p=0.001) found according to age. A total of 52% Shallow pockets and 15% Deep pockets were reported respectively in middle (41-56 years) and older (57-80 years) age groups. Further, 47% male population was found to have statistically significant (p=0.027) more periodontitis (shallow and deep periodontal pockets) compared to female (26%) population.Conclusions: Within limitations of the study it may be safely concluded that assessment of periodontal status of DM patients revealed chronic periodontal destruction particularly in age groups beyond 40 years in majority of study population depicting that age is significantly associated with the increased prevalence and severity of periodontal disease in patients with diabetes.


Computer programs for the analysis of cascaded two-ports, based on chain parameters, can be easily extended to incorporate computation of the noise properties of passive networks. The numerical results obtained for a five-section microstrip bandpass filter indicate that the noise factor is approximately equal to the attenuation, and no significant improvement can be obtained by a mismatch of the source.


Research in domain knowledge has progressed to the point where it should undergo further examination. As a basis for that reexamination, the nature of domain knowledge and its relationship to other knowledge forms are considered. The status of research on expert-novice differences, on the relationship between domain and strategic knowledge, and on misconceptions is also explored. Clarification of the boundaries between expert and novice performance, a research agenda that incorporates domain and strategic knowledge as partners in knowledge acquisition and use, and specification of the terminology used to examine misconceptions are called for.


Internet has been acknowledged as the source of information, all kinds of it. Especially in education, it is resourceful both for the students and teachers. The use of the internet as an aid to education is also applied in our maritime academy in Jakarta. Providing access to the internet for students, called cadets, is relatively new on the premises. This study is intended to find out how the cadets access the internet and how their access to the internet gives impact to the process and eventually the result of their studies. This quantitative study is conducted by distributing online questionnaire. Data was collected from 240 respondents as sample and analyzed using Pearson correlation formula. At level of significance 0.01, the results are as follow: there is a positive and significant correlation between the intensity of internet usage and the cadets' achievement with R correlation = 0.701; there is also a positive and significant correlation between the availability of internet access and the achievement with R correlation = 0.453.


Schistosomiasis is a water-borne tropical disease plaguing approximately 240 million people worldwide. Approximately 3-70 million disability-adjusted life years are lost due to the disease. In the Philippines, schistosomiasis japonica is currently endemic in 28 provinces, 190 municipalities, and 2230 barangays (villages). Approximately 12 million residents of these endemic areas are vulnerable to infection. Preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel has been the cornerstone for schistosomiasis control in the country. The current national control program comprises annual free mass drug administration (MDA) (40 mg/kg PZQ) in all schistosomiasis-endemic communities with a prevalence of >10%. The Philippine National Schistosomiasis Control Program has recently reported that human prevalence has declined to less than 3% nationally. However, contradictory reports claim the national program is faltering. Poor drug coverage, poor drug compliance, infrequent monitoring and evaluation, and high reinfection rates daunt control efforts. Zoonotic transmission further complicates control efforts. Furthermore, advanced disease cases and schistosomiasis-related deaths are currently being reported in endemic areas throughout the country.


OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to compare the local efficacy of nonsurgical periodontal therapy between type 2 diabetic and non-diabetic patients and the effect of periodontal therapy on glycaemic control.

BACKGROUND
A complex two-way relationship exists between diabetes mellitus and periodontitis.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
After selection, 20 subjects (10 diabetic and 10 non-diabetic) underwent baseline examination, periodontal clinical study and biochemical analysis of gingival crevicular fluid (GCF). After the pre-treatment phase, subgingival scaling and root planing were performed. Subsequently, all subjects continued the maintenance programme and were re-examined at 3 and 6 months.

RESULTS
Diabetic and non-diabetic subjects responded well after therapy, showing a very similar progression during the follow-up period. Both groups showed clinically and immunologically significant improvements. Significant reductions were also found in the total volume of GCF and levels of interleukin-1beta and tumour necrosis factor-alpha. Diabetic subjects showed an improvement in their metabolic control. The change in glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA(1C)) was statistically significant at 3 and 6 months.

CONCLUSIONS
The clinical and immunological improvements obtained were accompanied by a significant reduction in HbA(1C) values in type 2 diabetic subjects. Larger studies are needed to confirm this finding and establish whether periodontal therapy has a significant effect on glycaemic control.


The mountainous forest located at northwestern arid - semiarid part of China is the base of stable development of eco - economic system at piedmont plains and oasises due to its particular hydrological function.With contrast of non - forest land,this article studied the soil - hydro - physical characters,soil infiltrate features,water reserve capabilities of four forest types in typical water reservation forests of Qilian Mountains.Our research showed that:(1) land surface with forest have the function of alkali - depression and can improve organic content of soil. The indexes denotes the hydro - physical features of soil such as soil content,porosity degree and porosity rate at different type of forest are obviously better at land surface with forest than that of non - forest,and those indexes are better at 0~20 cm soil layer than that of 20~40 cm.Large variations exist among different forest types,specifically, the average infiltrate speed is better at Qinghai spruce forest and high mountainous shrub than that of Qilian sabina forest and droughty shrubs.(2) Power functions can effectively simulate the soil infiltrate process of different forests,the infiltration of land surface with forest is better than that of non - forest.The average infiltrate speed of Qinghai spruce forest,high mountainous shrub,Qilian sabina forest is 15.72,13.39 and 1.94 times of droughty shrubs(1.68 mm/min ) respectively.(3 ) The general rule of water reservation amount,water descent and effective water holding of land surface with forest is Qinghai spruce foresthigh mountainous shrubQilian sabina forestdroughty shrubsnon -forest land surface.The water reserve capability of 0~20 cm soil layer is better than 20~40 cm layer.Indicate that Qinghai spruce forest and high mountainous shrub have better functions of water conservation and effect than Qilian sabina forest and droughty shrubs.With consideration of water content reservation and conservation,the Qinghai spruce forest and high mountainous need to be think over.


This paper investigates a method of creating robust speaker models that are not sensitive to session-dependent (SD) utterance-variation and handset-dependent (HD) distortion for hidden Markov model (HMM)-based speaker veri cation systems in a real telephone network. We recently reported a method of creating session-independent (SI) speaker-HMMs that are not sensitive to SD utterance-variation. In that method, the distortion function that transforms SI speaker-HMMs to SD speaker-HMMs is introduced, and the parameters in the function and the speaker-HMM parameters are jointly estimated using a speaker adaptive training algorithm. This paper proposes a new method that is less sensitive to SD utterance-variation and HD distortion than the previous method. This new idea focuses on di erent di culties in estimating parameters in distortion functions for SD utterance-variation and HD distortion. In text-independent veri cation experiments with recorded data from di erent handsets, the error reduction rate of the improved method compared with that of the conventional method of cepstral mean normalization is 24% when each speaker-HMM is recreated using data uttered in ve sessions.


We present a novel method to study transduction of external shear forces through vesicle membranes and their effect on the dynamics of the enclosed lumen. Beads inside giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are used as tracer particles to visualize the effect of external liquid flow on the GUV lumen mediated by the forces acting on the vesicle membrane. Using defocusing microscopy we were able to track the particles in three dimension. GUVs were placed inside a microfluidic channel through which fluids were pumped. The resulting shear stress acting on the GUV membrane scaled with the flow velocity through the channel and caused liquid flow inside the GUV. Thereby, we were able to track the particle trajectory in 3D as well as its velocity, but also the deformation of the GUV with increasing external flow through the microfluidic channel.


In the work described in detail the structure of the skull raccoon dog, and held his morphometric analyzes craniological. As a result of researches the structural features of the skull raccoon dog, and the fact that the length of the bone sky is actually half of the total length of the skull, and taking into account the structural features of the palate bone can conclude about the features in the structure of the dental system, which is typical for different types of food. Brainstorming is practically equal to the personal department. The total length of the lower jaw only 10 % less than the total length of the skull, and the length of the sagittal crest is 40,7 % of the total length of the skull, despite the fact that he sagittal crest is weak. Maximum width of the skull at the level of the zygomatic arch.


A statistical approach of scattering interaction between close radiators within UWB arrays is proposed in this paper. The statistical analysis has been carried out for a class of UWB planar monopoles, obtained by random variation of three different antenna designs.


The prophylactic efficacy of garlic (Allium sativum Linn) (Alliaceae) extract was studied on some biochemical parameters in male albino rats. The rats were divided into four groups A, B, C and D, keeping group A as a healthy control. The garlic extract was tried in three different doses, 1mL, 2mL and 4mL/ kg body weight as low, medium and high dose respectively and given orally for the period of 7, 14, 21 or 28 days daily to the rats of group B, C and D as stated above. The observation clearly indicates that there was significant decrease (p<0.01) in glucose and cholesterol level at each dose and time period, whereas SGPT and SGOT level decreases significantly (p<0.05 and p<0.01) at low and medium dose at all the periods of treatment, but at higher dose its level increases significantly (p<0.05 and p<0.01) with respect to control. The above study clearly indicates the benefits and drawbacks of raw garlic.


This study conducts a literature analysis on integrating tourism development into urban planning to understand the current state of research in the field and identify potential areas for future study. The analysis, based on 11,134 articles published between 2010 and 2023, in the Scopus database, aims to identify emerging research themes, emphasize interdisciplinary collaboration, and reveal global research networks. Utilizing citation analysis, co-authorship analysis, co-occurrence analysis, bibliographic coupling analysis, and co-citation analysis with the use of VOSviewer and Python programming language, the study sheds light on key trends in the integration of tourism development into urban planning. The findings provide a comprehensive understanding of the field's current landscape, highlighting the importance of interdisciplinary cooperation and global research networks. This study offers valuable insights for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, facilitating the advancement of sustainable urban tourism practices and guiding future research endeavors in integrating tourism development into urban planning.


During recent years the nonlinear progressive wave equation (NPE) model has been developed as a nonlinear time domain counterpart of the linear frequency domain parabolic equation (PE) model [B. E. McDonald and W. A. Kuperman, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 81, 1406–1417 (1987)]. It was motivated by investigation of nonlinear wave evolution, so that time domain formulation was natural. With nonlinearity absent, the NPE gives an efficient algorithm for linear broadband propagation in the time domain. (No Fourier transforms between frequency and time domains are involved.) Recent simulation results from the NPE model (given in a color movie) illustrate linear and nonlinear pulse propagation through a deep ocean convergence zone. Differences in physics between broadband linear and nonlinear propagation will be pointed out and discussed. Linear results reveal transients whose time scale as a function of range is "remembered" from the source. In corresponding nonlinear results, steepening and shock formation cause the so...


The perspective development of large-modular housing construction is considered as an important area of a significant increase in the pace and volume of housing construction. The analysis of the manufacture and use of blocks used for container mobile buildings for industrial and auxiliary purposes, as well as aggregated blocks for complete block construction of oil and gas facilities is given. The types of block modules of large-scale residential buildings and the technological sequence of their installation are indicated. The problems of transportation of block modules and mechanization of their lifting and installation in the design position are formed and analyzed, and the ways of their solution are revealed.


In feminist criminology, there is a growing body of research exploring gendered pathways into prison. However, this research has focussed predominantly on women. There are few gender comparative studies. Further, most feminist pathways research is western centric having, for the most part, been undertaken in the United States. Utilising categorical principal components analysis alongside descriptive statistics and illustrative case study examples, this paper adds to the feminist pathways research by describing and comparing women's and men's pathways to prison in Thailand. Three common pathways to prison emerged for both women and men: (1) peer group association/deviant lifestyle, (2) harmed and harming, (3) economically motivated. However, gendered variance was found within these common pathways. Further, two pathways emerged exclusively for women: (1) adulthood victimisation and dysfunctional intimate relationships, (2) naivety and deception. These results substantiate the notion that trajectories into prison are gendered, add empirical support to the feminist pathways perspective beyond the west, contribute to knowledge on how both women and men come to be in prison in Thailand, and in doing so, have utility for the development of gender-informed prison policies, and practices as per the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules).


Abstract On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Gyorgy Lukacs's birth, the Georg Lukacs Archives affiliated with the Institute for Philosophical Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences held a one-night show, Interventions, that was conceived and organized by artist Tamas Soos who invited Balazs Beothy, Miklos Erhardt, the artist duo Little Warsaw and Janos Sugar to contribute to the event. There is a considerable difference between Lukacs's reception in Hungary and abroad (mainly in the Western world). In his native country Lukacs has sunk into near oblivion, while elsewhere – also on the occasion of the jubilee – several conferences and publications support the reinterpretation of Lukacs's legacy parallel with the renaissance of the Western new left. Gail Day's recent essay looks into Lukacs's legacy in fine arts. She argues that Lukacs's concept of realism is probably best represented by Allan Sekula's art whose "critical realism" is indeed connected to Lukacs's late concept of art in many re...


Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) has been known to be an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain. There are several reports indicating anticonvulsant effects of GABA-agonists on kindled seizures.2 5 t i Recently, Tuff et a1.O lo reported an increase in GABA-mediated inhibition of the dentate gyrus following kindling. To examine a possible role of hippocampal GABA on kindled convulsions, gabaculine, a GABA-transaminase inhibitor, was microinjected into the bilateral hippocampi of rats kindled from the amygdala in this study (Experiment 1 1. Moreover, the regional GABA content in the rat brains after an intra-hippocampal administration of gabaculine was measured (Experiment 2). In Experiment 1, 12 male Sprague-Dawley rats, weighing 280-320 g, were used. Bipolar electrodes were implanted stereotaxically into the left amygdala for EEG recording and electrical stimulation. Each rat had an electrical stimulation at the left amygdala with one second trains of 60 Hz sine wave, at an intensity of 300pA, once a day. Motor


As the P2P technology brings an abundance of network shared resources and information services, P2P technology also brings a lot of bandwidth, intellectual property, information security problems. Against the problems, and studying technologies of P2P traffic flow monitoring, the paper presents an improved P2P traffic monitoring method based on advantages and disadvantages of current P2P flow monitoring methods. According to the test results, the system achieved well in the demand of control P2P traffic.


The full-length cDNA encoding peroxiredoxin-4 (designated as OoPrx-4) was cloned from Octopus ocella- tus. The full-length cDNA was 934bp, containing a 19bp 5′ untranslated region (UTR), a 177 bp 3′UTR with a poly (A) tail, and a 738 bp open reading frame (ORF) of encoding a polypeptide of 245 amino acids. The predicted molecular mass of the amino acid is 27.1kDa with an estimated pI of 6.65. The expression patterns of OoPrx-4, in both normal and Listonella anguillarum-challenged tissues were then characterized by Real-Time PCR (RT-PCR). OoPrx-4 was found expressed in many tissues, including hemocyte, muscle, systemic heart, gill, stomach, saccus renalis, gonad, mantle, and hepatopancreas, and especially, it was highly expressed in hepatopancreas. The mRNA expression of OoPrx-4 in hemocytes was signifi- cantly up-regulated (P0.01) at 6h and 48h post challenge. The results indicate that OoPrx-4 played an important role in scavenging ROS generated during L. anguillarum invasion.


Discrimination is a universal problem in various fields. Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy combined with pattern recognition technique has shown great power and gained wide acceptance for analyzing complex samples. A principal component accumulation (PCAcc) method was proposed in our previous work for the two-class problem of cancer classification based on microarray gene expression data. In this work, PCAcc is applied to the multiclass problem of plant sample classification based on NIR spectroscopy. A hierarchical way is adopted as in the decision tree methods, each node dividing the samples into two classes. A parameter of resolution (Rs) is used to quantitatively measure the difference between the two classes. To validate the performance of the proposed method, it is applied to the NIR spectral datasets of different parts of tobacco leaves and different brands of cigarettes. The results show that the method can discriminate these samples with a very good performance in terms of classification accuracy.


Background: Our purpose was to present our experiences with transperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephrectomy in patients with renal cancer and to compare our results with those published in the literature. Patients and methods: Between June 2000 and March 2006 in 11 patients with age range 39 to 82 years (mean 56.3 years) in whom the renal cancer was found, we tried to do transperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephrectomy. For diagnosis of renal cancer abdominal ultrasound, CT scan, chest X-ray, blood and urine tests were done. During operative procedures we measured the operating time and blood loss. After procedure we registered analgesics needs of patients, hospital stay and patient's return to normal activity. In all cases pathological examination of the specimen was done. Results: Laparoscopic procedure was performed entirely in 8 patients. We have to reoperate 1 patient on second day after the first procedure because of the bleeding caused by blood coagulation disturbances. In 3 patients conversion into classical technique was necessary (major bleeding or technical difficulties). In 2 patients among 8 cases we finished the laparoscopic procedure using the hand-assisted technique. All patients had a renal cell carcinoma, 4 patients (50 %) in stage pT1, 2 (25 %) in stage pT2 and 2 (25 %) in stage pT3. The mean operating time was 209 minutes. Two patients were transfused with packed red cells. Analgesics were in all patients necessary on the day of operating procedure and the day after. The postoperative hospitalization range was 4 to 7 days. The patients began with normal physical activity 5 to 15 day after surgery. Conclusions: Our initial results with transperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephrectomy are comparable with those published in the literature. We believe that use of proper vascular staplers, other needful instruments and more experiences can significantly reduce the operating time.


This paper introduce the researth status in loadtransfer function in our country and abroad,put forward new loadtransfer function according to the date of load-transfer function.


We report experiments on proton radiation-enhanced self- and boron (B) diffusion in germanium (Ge) for temperatures between 515 ∘C and 720 ∘C. Modeling of the experimental diffusion profiles measured by means of secondary ion mass spectrometry is achieved on the basis of the Frenkel pair reaction and the interstitialcy and dissociative diffusion mechanisms. The numerical simulations ascertain concentrations of Ge interstitials and B-interstitial pairs that deviate by several orders of magnitude from their thermal equilibrium values. The dominance of self-interstitial related defects under irradiation leads to an enhanced self- and B diffusion in Ge. Analysis of the experimental profiles yields data for the diffusion of self-interstitials (I) and the thermal equilibrium concentration of BI pairs in Ge. The temperature dependence of these quantities provides the migration enthalpy of I and formation enthalpy of BI that are compared with recent results of atomistic calculations. The behavior of self- and B diffusion in Ge under concurrent annealing and irradiation is strongly affected by the property of the Ge surface to hinder the annihilation of self-interstitials. The limited annihilation efficiency of the Ge surface can be caused by donor-type surface states favored under vacuum annealing, but the physical origin remains unsolved.


There are ideal societies created in Gulliver's Travels and Flowers in the Mirror.These societies share many similarities.The first one is simplicity.People of the ideal societies rely on morality or rationality,instead of complicated politics,to run the countries with the laws being downplayed.The inhabitants all enjoy a kind of simple thoughts with which they depreciate knowledge,exempt themselves from useless feelings and affront death.Moreover,they have little desire for materials.The second one is order.People unanimously stick to the order of the society and that keeps the ideal societies running.The third one pertains to the society's contribution to people's development.In the ideal societies,education and marriage are just designed for the development of human race.All the ideal societies have their own unavoidable disadvantages due to the limitation of the age,while their similarity shows the common yearning of human beings for the ideal society.


To study the native center with the deep energy level in ZnO crystals, the experiment of admittance spectroscopy was performed for Au–ZnO Schottky diodes. The results agree fairly well with the theory of admittance spectroscopy, and by analysing the experimental data, the following results are obtained. The deep energy level is located at about 0.3 eV below the bottom of the conduction band. The electron-capture crosssection and the concentration of the center are found to be of the order of 10-15 c2 and 1017 cm-3, respectively.


ABSTRACT The unit described in this article targets lower elementary students, encouraging them make connections between literature, nature, personal explorations, and the Earth. Students were encouraged to keep a daily journal from our outdoor nature visits, drawing pictures of what they see, and recording activities from class that improved their understanding of the content being introduced. While multiple content areas could be integrated through this lesson, we focused this unit on one guiding question: Why does the Sun appear to move throughout the day? Additionally, the classroom teacher was encouraged to integrate activities and to make learning interdisciplinary. (Connections are provided throughout this unit and in the Appendix.) We found that the repetition of ideas was very helpful for the students to actually begin making sense of what rotation meant in their life and was provided through the center activities. We also found that students were naturally curious and expressed great interest in discussing the changes they observed, and they were able to make connections with the constant change of seasons they experience in the Northern Hemisphere.


Typically, Softmax is used in the final layer of a neural network to get a probability distribution for output classes. But the main problem with Softmax is that it is computationally expensive for large scale data sets with large number of possible outputs. To approximate class probability efficiently on such large scale data sets we can use Hierarchical Softmax. LSHTC datasets were used to study the performance of the Hierarchical Softmax. LSHTC datasets have large number of categories. In this paper we evaluate and report the performance of normal Softmax Vs Hierarchical Softmax on LSHTC datasets. This evaluation used macro f1 score as a performance measure. The observation was that the performance of Hierarchical Softmax degrades as the number of classes increase.


The present invention is highly polished aluminum wheel and to counter relates to a process for the preparation, more specifically to (i) the surface is to increase the smoothness of the coarse aluminum wheels step (ii) the powder for coating the primer powder coating to promote adhesion of Eun Kyung coated side to form a mirror surface of a high-gloss, high-reflection coating on the coating surface to form a coating film is by applying a coating liquid (Iii) it relates to a process for the preparation of high-gloss aluminum wheel, comprising the step of forming at least one kinds of a transparent top coat to protect the surface Eun Kyung, increase wear resistance, salt water. The present invention can be made of aluminum wheels of high gloss and a high reflection with a relatively cheap and simple process. Aluminum wheels, high gloss, is coated, coating


Nowadays, instrumentation plays a leading role in new tendencies like Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things, or cloud computing. Instrumentation applied to induction motors for fault detection seeks to streamline scheduled maintenance. Maintenance tasks are imperative to ensure the correct operation of the induction motors. Therefore, fault detection is a topic of interest for researchers. Several techniques for electric machine monitoring have been developed to solve problems inherent to induction motors. Some are commonly based on spectral analysis that requires identifying the characteristic fault components. This paper proposes a novel technique non-based on identifying fault components using the Rate Of Change of Frequency of current signals and a decision tree for broken squirrel-cage rotor bar detection under three load conditions: unloaded, 50%, and 75% of load. Provided results reported an accuracy of 100% for the three loading conditions and 2% of false positives for the half-loaded motor.


This original empirical work examines the development process characteristics of small entrepreneurial service firms. The results of 12 interviews suggest that successful entrepreneurial innovation projects are the result of a five-stage process model. This entrepreneurial new service development process model differs somewhat from the proposed process models, focusing on large service corporations. Besides a more flexible and informal process for entrepreneurial services, the development cost and the final market price are strongly related to success.


From dynamic customer demand, supply chain is composed of supplier and retailer, combining P-control strategy with z-transformation, a dynamic model is given, building model of traditional, EPOS, VMI supply chain respectively. By simulation, analyzing the effect of impacting of dynamic customer demand information on supply chain performance.


Abstract Strategies of territorial rescaling are investigated in face of the emergent metropolitan configuration of Randstad Holland. Recent governance practices are investigated at three levels of scale: the urban agglomeration around the major cities, the urban conurbations (the northern and southern parts of the Randstad), and the metropolitan level of the Randstad as a whole. The frame of analysis interconnects economic and social interaction, spatial trends and policies, and institutional conditions. The crucial question is how institutional strategies can respond to the changeable spatial context of economic and social interaction. New ways need to be found to create a "mutual fit" between territorially based governmental institutions and trans-scalar strategies of co-production.


The paper analyses the trend and the meaning of National Peasants'Sports whose track and field events now develop with more characters.The sports have the following characters:the capacity and unbalance of setting up events,the entertainment and collectivization of the competition,the passing on and variability of the technology;and the variety and complex of athlete's necessary physique,etc..


PURPOSE: A multiband antenna structure is provided to improve a isolation degree between adjacent antennae by electrically interlinking a plurality of antennae through a connection line. CONSTITUTION: A multiband antenna structure(200) comprises a first and a second feeding point(250,260), a pair of antenna elements(220,240), and a connection line(270). A pair of antenna elements are connected to the first and the second feeding point, respectively. A pair of antenna elements include a meander structure. A pair of antenna elements have the same resonant frequency and a dissimilar length. The connection line electrically interlinks the first and the second feeding point.


Malignant phyllodes tumors and stromal sarcoma are rare malignancies of the breast. The efficacy of systemic chemotherapy against metastatic malignant phyllodes tumors and metastatic stromal sarcoma remains unknown. Patients and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 8 patients with metastatic malignant phyllodes tumors or stromal sarcoma, who were treated with MAID (mesna, doxorubicin, ifosfamide, dacarbazine) chemotherapy. The MAID therapy was administered intravenously every 4 weeks as follows: mesna 1,500 mg/m2/day, days 1-4; doxorubicin 20 mg/m2/day, days 1-3; dacarbazine 300 mg/m2/day, days 1-3; ifosfamide 2,500 mg/m2/day, days 1-3. Results: Although complete response was not achieved in any of the patients, 4 of the 8 patients showed partial response. The median time to disease progression was 74 days, and the overall median survival was 148 days. Grade 3 or more severe hematological toxicity was encountered in all patients. Conclusion: MAID therapy for metastatic malignant phyllodes tumors and stromal sarcoma was moderately effective in terms of tumor reduction. However, the treatment was associated with severe toxicity.


Many fishes make sounds during spawning events that can be used to estimate abundance. Spawning stock size is a measure of fish population size that is used by fishery biologists to manage harvests levels. It is desirable that such an estimate be assessed easily and remotely using passive acoustics. Passive acoustics techniques (hydrophones) can be used to identify sound-producing species, but it is difficult to count individual sound sources in the sea, where it is dark, background noise levels can be high, but species can be identified by their sounds. We have developed a method that can estimate the density of calling fish in an aggregation from single-hydrophone recordings. Our method requires a sound propagation model for the area in which the aggregation is located. We generate a library of modeled sounds of virtual Monte-Carlo generated distributions of fish to determine the range of fish population densities that match the characteristics of single-hydrophone sound recording. Such a model could be...


Good teaching is a craft. It requires constant honing. While perfection eludes most of us most of the time, our best days are intellectually generative, meaningful, and often quite fun. I intend this essay as a gesture in that same spirit. At the 2011 American Anthropological Association (AAA) meetings, I had the distinct pleas ure of being a panelist on a workshop: teaching anthropology of religion courses to under graduates.1 The workshop goal was to explore strategies, questions, and resources for creatively and effectively building courses in the anthropology of religion. The stated hope was to host a dialogue that would offer equal benefit to all. Those designing a course for the first time could play with different approaches. The veteran and confident could discover a few possibilities for those pesky portions in need of tweaking. And the frustrated could begin reimagining a course. Based on the attendance and enthusiastic participation at this early morning session, I would wager we were more successful than not. In this essay, I reflect on some questions that have occupied my thinking since the workshop and will no doubt find their way into my next version of the course. I hope the following will serve as a practical guide for as many readers as possible: a little musing, a lot of question raising, some advice, and absolutely no checklists, directives, or formulas.2 This essay concentrates on two questions that emerged from the workshop, which I am considering most thoroughly, and a coda emphasizing the need to be ethnographers in, of, and for courses in the anthropology of religion.


The δ Scuti variable V873 Herculis has previously been studied only once as a variable star, and with a small data set. However, its position in the amplitude range between the high-amplitude δ Scuti and the more common low-amplitude δ Scuti makes it an important target for more extensive studies. From 24 nights of photometric data, we determined a new period of 0.12716809 d. We also found a rich frequency spectrum from a multiple-frequency analysis with two dominant frequencies at 7.864 cycles d-1 and 8.231 cycles d-1. From three nights of spectroscopic observations, we found a rotational velocity of 44 km s-1 and an average radial velocity of -34.4 km s-1. We find V873 Her to be an ideal candidate for a multisite asteroseismology campaign.


In this paper, we concentrate on the problem of landscape evaluation which is of great importance in landscape design and construction. First of all, we present a landscape evaluation index system, which is made up of four kinds of indexes, such as "regional ecoenvironment", "social, cultural and residential environment", "man-made physical environment and ecocivilization construction" and "organizational management environment". Particularly, the proposed landscape evaluation index system is made up of 27 influencing factors, which cover all aspects related to the problem of landscape evaluation. The main innovations of this paper lie in that we introduce the analytic hierarchy process technology to calculate the index weights. To compute the priority vector effectively, we exploit the EV approach to tackle the eigenvector problem. Afterwards, the interval AHP is used to formulate the landscape evaluation problem to a linear programming problem. Finally, we design an experiment to testify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. Furthermore, data of ten famous landscape examples are collected to construct a dataset, and evaluation precision is used as measuring metric. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed is effective in landscape evaluation.


Introduction: Heart failure (HF) is an expensive clinical condition, which imparts a considerable burden on patients and society. Fatigue and depression are the most common physical and psychological symptoms, and together may have more impact on use of medical services than one symptom alone. Hypothesis: We hypothesized that fatigue and depression would have the synergistic effects on use of different medical services controlling for common covariates. Methods: We conducted a secondary data analysis of a university medical center electronic database (N = 582, mean age 63 ± 14 years, 54% males). Data were collected on fatigue, depression, covariates (i.e., sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, vital signs, laboratory tests [serum troponin, albumin, triglycerides, creatinine, sodium, hemoglobin, monocytes, and neutrophils], and medication [beta-blockers, antidepressants, and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors]), and frequency of medical service use based on CPT codes. Patients were categorized into one of four symptom groups based on ICD-9 codes: no symptom, fatigue only, depression only, and fatigue and depression. General linear regression was used to analyze the data. Results: The mean number of total medical service use was 96.5 ± 84.3 over 3 years. The mean number in the fatigue and depression group (152.6 ± 103.4) was greater than the fatigue only (122.9 ± 97.9, p = .016), depression only (84.3 ± 62.0, p Conclusion: Fatigue and depression showed synergistic impact on the number of total medical service use. Clinicians should assess and manage fatigue and depression together and provide interventions to manage them effectively to assist in reducing medical service use.


This paper presents findings from a survey of interests and expectations conducted in 2007 with commencing LLB students, and repeated in 2008 with commencing JD students at the University of Melbourne. The 'Studying Law' survey was designed to elicit information regarding: • Students' interests in studying law, including their intended use of the degree • Students' expectations of academic study, success and support • Students' learning strategies and academic readiness for study in law Differences in the interests and expectations of the undergraduate and graduate cohorts are discussed. The findings have implications for selection processes, for language and academic skills support programs, and for first year teaching in law.


Detecting myocardial perfusion reserve differences using blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) MRI may improve at 3 T vs 1.5 T. Stenosis-model dogs (n=3) were imaged at 3 T using a gradient echo sequence (GRE) with T2-preparation for BOLD weighting and without as a control. 3 short-axis slices were acquired at rest and during stenosis and adenosine-induced stress with fluorescent microspheres injected to provide blood flow information. Quantitative measurements showed significant changes for BOLD images (left anterior descending (LAD) or septal vs left circumflex (LCX) regions=1.20/spl plusmn/0.11; LAD vs septal regions=1.03/spl plusmn/0.06; p<0.001), but not for control images (LAD or septal vs LCX regions=1.01/spl plusmn/0.04; LAD vs septal regions=0.99/spl plusmn/0.05; p=0.09). BOLD MR vs microsphere measured flow (MR=0.053*SPHERE+1.03) showed good correlation (R=0.61). In conclusion, 3 T BOLD imaging was able to identify myocardial perfusion changes.


The article has conducted t in-depth research and analysis above the POP3 realization process,the active status and the order,and simply realized POP3 to receive a letter the function.


In this paper,a new type of extended compartment is designed,which can meet the need of the height limitation of the whole vehicle for railway transportation.The compartment is extended symmetrically with board style,simplified structure,cornual structure of the extended top board,which increases the inner height of the extended compartment and strengthens the rigidity and intensity of the fixed compartment and extended top board.With the design of extended device,the design of electrical rope roller,the optimization of best pulling point,rope guide,synchronous rope pressing device and etc,it make the whole structure more reliable for the extending and folding of the top board and bottom board.


Supercapacitors are promising candidates for alternative energy storage applications since they can store and deliver energy at relatively high rates. In this work, we integrated large area chemical vapor deposition (CVD) grown three dimensional graphene heterostructures with high capacitance metal oxides (MnO2) to fabricate highly conductive, large surface-area composite thin films. Uniform, large area 3D graphene heterostructures layers were produced by a one-step CVD on nickel foams. MnO2 nanowires were deposited on the as-obtained 3D graphene heterostructures film by a simple chemical bath depostion process. The oxide loading of the 3D graphene/MWNTs/MnO2 nanowires (GMM) composite films can be simply controlled by deposition time and nanowire solution concentration. The surface morphology was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), and Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) was performed to characterize the MnO2on the surface of the film. By introducing the fast surface redox reactions into the graphene heterostructures film via integrating pseudocapacitive material like MnO2, the capacitive ability of the system enhanced dramatically. Supercapacitor was fabricated based on the 3D graphene heterostructures /MnO2 hybrid film electrodes; the measurements of cyclic voltammetry, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) are conducted to determine its performance for the electrodes of supercapacitors.


Hydrolases are ubiquitous cellular enzymes with more than 1200 different hydrolases, >1/3 of all enzyme structures in the PDB, and 13 different enzyme commission subclasses. Hydrolases are also fairly promiscuous and can also catalyze hydrolysis reactions on varied substrates including esters, amides, thioesters, phosphoric acid esters, and acid anhydrides. All of these reactions originate from the same α/β hydrolase protein fold and utilize the catalytic triad, suggesting great plasticity and generality in this reaction. Using a fluorogenic mimic of palmitic acid linked molecules, we performed a high‐throughput screen in Escherichia coli searching for previously unidentified depalmitoylase activity. Simultaneous analysis of forty‐five different hydrolase knockout strains with this fluorogenic probe identified a single uncharacterized esterase with high specificity for the probe. To confirm this reactivity, this hydrolase was heterologously expressed, purified to homogeneity, and characterized for its detailed substrate specificity using a library of fluorogenic esters. Our screen highlighted the potential novel hydrolase reactivity present within even model organisms like E. coli that could have applications in protein engineering or biological imaging.


I. Introduction 1
 1. The background and the purpose 1
 2. The scope and method 3
 3. The organization of this research 4

Ⅱ. Methodology 5
 1. The definitions of efficiency 5
 2. The Concepts of measuring efficiency 6
 2.1. Input-oriented measures 6
 2.2. Output-oriented measures 8
 3. Estimation approach of efficiency 10
 3.1. Deterministic frontier approach 11
 3.2. Stochastic frontier approach 11

Ⅲ. Literature review 15
 1. Status of Korea's logistics industry 15
 1.1. The definitions of logistics 15
 1.2. The characteristics of logistics industry 16
 1.3. The classification of logistics industry 17
 1.4. The status of logistics industry 20
 2. Literature review on efficiency analysis 27
 2.1. The research on efficiency analysis of logistics industry 27
 2.2. The research on efficiency analysis with SFA 31
 2.3. The characteristics of this research 34
Ⅳ. Analysis 35
 1. Estimation model 35
 2. Selection of input and output variable 37
 3. The data 39
 4. Estimation results 42
 4.1. The efficiency of overall logistics industry 42
 4.2. The efficiency by sub-categories 51
 5. Implications 60

Ⅴ. Conclusion 62

Reference 65


Objective To investigate the effect of anti hepatitis B virus treatment to the prognosis of patients accepted hepatectomy with hepatocellular carcinoma combined positive expression of HBV DNA.Methods Analysed patients accepted hepatectomy with hepatocellular carcinoma combined positive expression of HBV DNA in General Surgery Department of 1st Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University from January 2007 to December 2012.Totally 68 patients were divided into non-antiviral group(33 cases) and antiviral group(35 cases) which protocol was lamivudine + adefovir or entecavir alone.The clinical / pathological parameters,HBV DNA level in serum,postoperative total and tumor free survival time were compared in these two groups respectively.Results The clinical / pathological parameters and preoperative HBV DNA level in two groups didn't show the significant difference(P 0.05),while postoperative HBV DNA level in antiviral group was decreased significantly than in non-antiviral group(P 0.05).The patients in antiviral group had a significantly greater total and tumor free survival time than in non-antiviral group after hepatectomy.Conclusion The anti hepatitis B virus treatment can decrease the HBV DNA level in serum and prolong the total and tumor free survival time in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma combined positive expression of HBV DNA after hepatectomy.


The purpose of this study is to investigate the angular velocity of forearm pronation/supination movement in Parkinson's disease patients, as a quantitative measure of the bradykinesia. Thirteen Parkinson's disease patients ( yrs, male:6, female:7) participated in the experiments. The subjects' both right and left forearms were scored by a rater according to rapid alternating movement of hands category in the UPDRS (unified Parkinson's disease rating scale) and the angular velocity of forearm pronation/supination was measured at the same time. As analysis parameters, RMS (root mean square) angular velocity and RMS angle were used. The parameters showed negative correlation with the clinical score (RMS angular velocity: r= - 0.914, RMS angle: r= -0.749). The RMS angular velocity of all clinical scales were significantly different one another except for the non significant difference between those of scale 3 and 4. RMS angle of scale 0 was significantly different from those of scale 2, 3, 4 and that of scale 1 was significantly different from those of scale 3 and 4. This suggests that RMS angular velocity can be used for a quantitative measure of bradykinesia in motor examination.


The field experiment was conducted during kharif season of 2017 to investigate the, "Integrated weed management in kharif finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn) under lateritic soil of Konkan" at Agronomy Farm, College of Agriculture, Dapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri (M.S.). The soil of experimental plot was sandy clay loam in texture, acidic in pH and medium in organic carbon content. It was low in available nitrogen, medium in available phosphorus and available potassium. The soil was leveled, well drained and uniform in depth. The treatments comprised of oxyfluorfen (PE) (T1), oxadiargyl (PE) (T2), oxyfluorfen (PE) fb HW at 30 DAT (T3), oxadiargyl (PE) fb HW at 30 DAT (T4), oxyfluorfen (PE) fb bispyribac sodium (POE) (T5), oxadiargyl (PE) fb bispyribac sodium (POE) (T6), oxyfluorfen (PE) fb metasulfuron methyl + chlorimuron-ethyl (POE) (T7), oxadiargyl (PE) fb metsulfuron-methyl+ chlorimuron-ethyl (POE) at 25 DAT (T8), Weed free check (T9), unweeded check (T10). During the course of present investigation, periodical growth observations, yield contributing characters and yield were recorded to evaluate the treatment effects. Weed intensity, weed control efficiency worked out. Results revealed that among all the treatments, treatment weed free check and among weedicide treatments, treatment oxyfluorfen (PE) @ 0.1 kg a.i. ha fb HW at 30 DAT produced higher growth and yield attributes as compared to rest of the treatments under study.


In recent years, China's beauty market has developed rapidly, and with the blessing of short video marketing platforms, it is developing at an alarming rate. However, because Chinese local brands have lagged behind European, American, Japanese and Korean brands for many years, the Chinese beauty market is being dominated by European, American, Japanese and Korean brands. Under such market conditions, how will Chinese local brands stand out? How to find your own way amid the attacks of European, American, Japanese and Korean brands? This article will analyze the problems encountered by the current development of Chinese local brands and propose solutions.


Die attach process plays a key role in the thermal management of high power LED packages by governing the thermal resistance of the solder interfaces between the LED chips and the substrate materials. In this paper, comparison was made between the GaN based flip chip LED packages fabricated by (1) heated collet and (2) flux reflow eutectic die attach process. Thermal transient characteristics of the samples had been investigated based on the evaluation of the differential structure function and chip temperature measurement by infrared microscopy. It was shown that LEDs with higher void content would result in higher thermal resistance and chip temperature. Under high power operation at 6W, it was estimated that the junction temperature would exceed 80°C with void content 40%, which was at least 10°C higher comparing to that with void content 20%. Based on the result, LEDs samples bonded by heated collet die attach process had an average void content of 8.8% with 0.9% standard deviation, which were smaller comparing to the samples bonded by flux reflow die attach process (40% void content with standard deviation 20.5%). Due to the advantage of small void content control, it is possible to fabricate high power LED package with low thermal resistance, consistent and reliable die attach quality by using heated collet die attach process.


The relevance of the work is caused by necessity to improve the competitiveness of Russian professional education in the international education market. Objective of the work: to justify the necessity of defining possible ways to improve the competitiveness of Russia in the export market of educational services in promoting educational migration to the Russian professional educational organizations (professional schools, vocational schools, colleges, technical schools) and to indicate the range of problems, that must be solved for this. Research methods: within the framework of a systems thinking, the method of legal monitoring was used for researching the current federal law, that allows estimating the completeness and effectiveness of the legal regulation of educational migration in Russia; the method of detailed study was used as well for domestic and foreign experience to analyze qualitative and numerical results of sociological researches. Results: the authors have determined the challenges when developing educational migration in professional educational institutions: unfavorable Russian demographic dynamics, structural deficit of university entrants, competition of vocational education institutions and their competition with the institutes of higher education, higher prestige of education received in the major cities. To solve the problem the authors worked out possible models of strategies of developing the system of vocational education under present circumstances.


In order to gain the phase retardation and birefringence of mica wave plate according to the increase of the wavelength,the phase retardation of the mica wave plate is measured continuously in the spectral region of 400~770 nm using a spectroscopic ellipsometer.After the calibration of the mica plate,the experimental data are collected by the detector and sent to the computer.From the outputted data,the retardation can be obtained according to the increase of the wavelength.With the measured phase retardation,the birefringence of the mica wave plate can be calculated.The birefringence dispersion curve and dispersion formula are also gained.The proposed method can measure a mica wave plate with arbitrary phase retardation and has the merits of convenient,quick and high accuracy.


The importance of voice in a representative system cannot be understated; voice through representation is the best way for citizens to have a say and presence in government. The American founders expected that Representatives would give sound to that voice by presenting again the citizen's characters and virtues along with their wants and fears. This re-presentation thus requires an intricate and intimate knowledge of the citizens so that Representatives can better voice the citizens' concerns in the House and to the rest of the government. This paper thus argues for the need to recover the republican sense of representation as re-presentation, stressing that it can offer a better foundation from which to investigate the actions of Representatives. Such an approach can enhance the already existing knowledge about the House and can help answer some of the puzzles about Representatives that trouble political science today.


The definition of sex in Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been a topic of debate, resulting in changes to protections for transgender and gender diverse individuals. The authors invite Christian social workers to engage the intellectual side of policy development while attending to our professional and Biblical calls to care for clients who are negatively affected by policy changes. A brief discussion on gender definitions and an overview of the Christian, trans-affirming approach are included to demonstrate that there is more than one Christian perspective on gender. Current research on the experiences of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals in healthcare offers important information for Christian social workers to reflect on regarding the equitable treatment of TGD individuals despite theologically different starting points. The paper will also assist the profession, at large, to understand the diversity of voices among faith-based social workers.


(especially that on the later prose) connect more directly to the preceding chapter, while also presenting more powerful claims and close readings. In the later chapters, Stoll's continued insistence that the conscience becomesmore "destructured"may remain accurate in the broad sense that English society becomes divided during the Civil Wars. But in a more granular view, the view made possible by the literary method of close reading that Stoll does so well in a variety of texts including Hobbes's Leviathan and Leveller tracts, the conscience becomes more highly structured along the lines of particular thinkers and parties. A separate conclusion would have been much welcomed, providing perhaps an exception, a caveat, or some kind of complexity to the totalizing "inchoate" thesis. Stoll provides many valuable insights into the early modern English conscience, as into several contemporary texts of literature and theology, especially those of Perkins, Spenser, and Milton. Yet the inflexibility of his thesis often mutes his freshest insights, belying the volatile caprice of early modern English texts and consciences.


The overall situation about the largest international contractor——Hochtief AG was introduced.The management situation was analyzed from the view of administration structure,risk management and innovation management.The development strategy,the vision and guiding principle were clarified.Four aspects of experience were concluded for Chinese contractors to learn,including its positive attitude on developing international market,the philosophy that creating the benefits for the clients is for our own,the way to set up branches according to the enterprise features,and the focus on the technology innovation.


We elucidate the geometry of quantum adiabatic evolution. By minimizing the deviation from adiabaticity, we find a Riemannian metric tensor underlying adiabatic evolution. Equipped with this tensor, we identify a unified geometric description of quantum adiabatic evolution and quantum phase transitions that generalizes previous treatments to allow for degeneracy. The same structure is relevant for applications in quantum information processing, including adiabatic and holonomic quantum computing, where geodesics over the manifold of control parameters correspond to paths which minimize errors. We illustrate this geometric structure with examples, for which we explicitly find adiabatic geodesics. By solving the geodesic equations in the vicinity of a quantum critical point, we identify universal characteristics of optimal adiabatic passage through a quantum phase transition. In particular, we show that in the vicinity of a critical point describing a second-order quantum phase transition, the geodesic exhibits power-law scaling with an exponent given by twice the inverse of the product of the spatial and scaling dimensions.


The 2011 AAPS Annual Meeting provided several programs on dissolution and related topics, including a Roundtable on IVIVIC, a sunrise session on bioequivalence studies, and meetings of the In Vitro Release and Dissolution Testing Focus Group (IVRDT FG). There was also a workshop on the topic of Oral Dosage Forms, which will be reported on in the May issue of Dissolution Technologies. In addition to programming directed specifically toward dissolution, there were many other programs of interests to pharmaceutical scientists. Some highlights were:


In July this year, the KZN Inland Branch of BotSoc hosted 'the longest tea party' to mark the centenary of the KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden's magnificent avenue of London plane trees. (See Isabel Johnson's article on page 192). This avenue was featured in Thomas Pakenham's new book In search of Remarkable Trees and although they are not indigenous trees, the avenue is an integral part of this beautiful garden.


IEEE GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2020 6 Traditionally, the September "President's Message" is dedicated to highlighting the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), normally held in July. However, this year, as of this writing, we are still waiting to attend the first-ever virtual IGARSS, to be held from 26 September to 2 October 2020 (see https://www.igarss2020.org). This is one of the challenges we are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has changed our lifestyle so much and is going to have an impact on the way we, as IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) members, interact and work together for quite a while. The virtual IGARSS 2020 is going to be a different event from our traditional IGARSS—but not all that different with regard to opportunities to interact and connect. We are forced to replace the in-person connection and meetings with virtual meetings and electronic connections. However, the content will be the same, and the attitude of our membership toward sharing and discussing interesting scientific and technical results is and always will be the same. We are members of this Society because we believe that there is an advantage in working together to achieve greater scientific and technical goals and we understand that only by sharing and working together can we achieve them. As a matter of fact, IGARSS will provide the same opportunities, via presentations and live discussions, from which we benefit during traditional in-person conferences (https://s3.amazonaws.com/video .igarss2020.org/IGARSS2020_in_a_nutshell.mp4). Of course, since there may be issues with some electronic connections, we have put into place a lot of "redundancy" in the form of prerecorded presentations as well as additional people available to manage the sessions. We will have both session chairs and session managers, with different yet complementary tasks, to help sessions run smoothly and be useful to every attendee. Equally important to the many members who are involved in our seven technical communities (TCs; see http://www .grss-ieee.org/community/technical-committees/), there will be opportunities to interact even without the traditional TC and Chapters dinner. The same is true for our Chapter chairs, who have traditionally met in person each year, beginning with IGARSS 2015 in Beijing, to discuss their activities as well as share best practices and good ideas for projects and ChapNet initiatives. Instead of the traditional inperson meeting, this year there have been and will continue to be webinars and online meetings that provide the same opportunities to interact and connect. Please stay tuned and look for the multiple emails (and social media posts!) you have received or will be receiving from IGARSS about the Technology, Industry, and Education (TIE) Forum events. All TIE events, including the links to webinar videos already offered as well as registration links for future ones, are available on the IGARSS 2020 website at https://igarss2020.org/ TIEEvents.asp. I encourage you to take a look and share the links and other resources with your local and technical communities because these stable sources of information will be useful to anyone who would like to better understand our Society's TIE and Chapter activities and how to participate in them. There are many advantages to being a GRSS member, but an invaluable one for many of us is the opportunity to become part of one of our technical or geographical communities. This is something you may wish to consider starting in your own country or topic of interest! Another challenge we have had to face due to COVID-19 is the implementation of some of the educational activities planned in connection with (or as a complement to) IGARSS. This is the case for the GRSS Summer School (GR4S), typically held just before IGARSS (https://hilo.hawaii.edu/depts/geography/igarss-2020/). However, during the past two years the GRSS has begun organizing similar events in other parts of the world, including experiential training activities for students Facing Challenges, Creating Opportunities


The gingival oral mucosa in teenagers with chronic catarrhal gingivitis after seven-day course of complex therapy (everyday sequential application of low-intensive laser irradiation and diadynamophooresis treatment) was examined with the help of transmission electronic microscopy. Normalized architectonics of cells, cellular and noncellular structures of oral epithelium, basal membrane of oral epithelium, and connective tissues of the gingival oral mucosa was revealed. This therapeutic effect is provided by the processes connected with the corrective influence of laser therapy and diadynamophoresis treatment on gingival oral mucosa. These processes are directed to the normalization of ultrastructural homeostasis of coagulation-peptization geneses, the restoration of microcirculatory vascular system and electroconductivity of all tissues including nervous myeline and nonmyeline fibers of peripheral nervous system.


The bachelor thesis analyzes university graduates' employability development dependent on chosen business cycle period. The theoretical overview explains fundamental terms connected to notions such as business cycle, unemployment and labor market. The practical part of the bachelor thesis focuses on realization of the real situation analysis of the Economy and Business graduates' unemployment in Zlin, South Moravia and Prague regions. The analysis finally applies business cycle period influence on the Economy and Business graduates' employability in general.


Aim: To evaluate the plasma TGF-β1 level in erectile dysfunction (ED) patients of various causes. Methods:Sixty-two patients with ED and 26 potent men were subjected to the study. Based on multidisciplinary work-ups,including medical history, physical examinations, blood tests with lipid profile and hormones, penile duplex Doppler ultrasonogram and neurophysiological tests, causes for ED were classified as psychogenic (n= 15), neurogenic (n=16)and vasculogenic (n=31). The plasma TGF-β1 level was measured by the ELISA method. Results: The plasma TGF-β1 level was significantly increased in the ED group (6.7±4.9 ng/mL), compared to the control (4.0±2.1 ng/mL) (P<0.01). In the ED groups, there was a significant increase in the vasculogenic group (9.0±5.5 ng/mL), compared to the psychogenic (3.8±1.8 ng/mL) and neurogenic groups (4.8±3.2 ng/mL) (P<0.01). Of the vascular risk factors,both the smoking (7.5±4.7 ng/mL) and dyslipidemia groups (7.4±4.4 ng/mL) showed significantly increased plasma TGF-β1 levels, compared to the non-smokers (5.5±2.8 ng/mL), and those without dyslipidemia (4.8±2.8ng/mL) (P<0.05). Conclusion: Vascular risk factors are associated with an elevated plasma TGF-β1 level, which may contribute to cavernous fibrosis and ED. (Asian J Androl 2004 Dec; 6: 349-353)


Vector runahead delivers extremely high memory-level parallelism even for the chains of dependent memory accesses with complex intermediate address computation, which conventional runahead techniques fundamentally cannot handle and, therefore, have ignored. It does this by rearchitecting runahead to use speculative data-level parallelism, rather than work skipping, as its primary form of extracting more memory-level parallelism in runahead mode than a true execution can, which we hope will bring about an entirely new dimension for high-performance processors.


Daily-deals sites (DDSs), such as Groupon and Peixe Urbano, attract millions of customers in the hunt for offers at significantly reduced prices. The challenge of DDSs is to find the best match between deals and customers while generating as much revenue as possible. One important objective of a DDS is to improve the aggregated value customers give to emails, which should not be seen as spam. This thesis solves three different problems in order to guarantee revenue maximization and customer satisfaction. First, a method for predicting the number of coupons a deal is going to sell is proposed. Second, we present an email prioritization approach. Third, we introduce a new strategy for deals recommendation via email. All three methods improved the results of state-of-the-art algorithms for the tasks being addressed, with gains in precision varying from 7% to 21%, while reducing the number of emails sent in 40% without affecting the number of customers clicking the deals in emails.


This investigation will determine a methodology for obtaining the elements that make efficient document management in the company Comercializadora S.A.S. with a approach on PMI standards Project Management Institute; document management understanding that covers the process of generating, approving, disseminate, implement and manage both physical and digital documents. The article defines the methodology based on an initial diagnosis made to the company and compared with other economic sectors which allowed defining the essential components for the effectiveness of a document management system, which were then analyzed and disaggregated to find that standards PMI they could relate to.


Accelerating social integration of floating population is an important issue in urbanization. Based on the data from the dynamic monitoring on migrant population in 2013, this paper demonstrates a two-way mechanism in the process of urbanization from the individual perspective: the backwash effect of the area of endowment and the merging effect of the area of destination. The results show that the endowment of registered residence accounts for 1-1.5% of the backwash effect of drifting population, and the merging effect of the area of destination is 521%, 4%, 9% and 40% in economical, institutional, social and psychological aspects respectively. Meanwhile, there are differences between the two effects on the residence or settlement intention of floating population: residency decisions are more dependent on economic factors, while settlement decisions are mainly dictated by institutional and social factors. To speed up the social integration in new urbanization, social and psychological integration should be enhanced by promoting equalization of public services and encouraging fairness in social and community governance.


With the excessive use of ICT and other IT components in language courses for every levels in the past few decades, design and development of teaching and learning activities in language courses seem to be dominated by computer experts. Language teachers or instructors are either become coworkers of computer programmers, IT designers and content developers or needed to be trained as experts of IT. However, we cannot conclude that teachers are of little contribution on building and development processes of language courses in the IT world. This paper reports on the process of design and development of how a comprehensive and complicated web-based listening component for university students to enhance their language learning can be built by computer-naive language teachers. In 2008, we launched the Professional Presentation Supporting Project. The objective of this project is to provide extra self-training materials for university students to enhance their verbal presentation skills in Chinese language. We designed, developed and delivered teaching materials, learning tasks, multimedia clips, ebooks etc. with WebCT. Further to that, ICT components like text-to-speech engine are ready on an independent server to build a content-independent listening environment. By 2011, these components are ready to run on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones. The conclusion of this paper is that although many language teachers are not experts in computer technology, a right choice of server, software and learning platform can mitigate anxiety of IT and also deminish the design and development time, and students can still have a flexible and interactive learning environment. It can also elevate cost effectiveness of university language courses. Last but not the least, it can help language teachers to regain control over the development of the couse and build ready-to-use ICT components that will better suit for teaching and learning.


Endosulfan is an organochlorine insecticide and acaracide used to control a broad range of insect and arthropod pests on a wide variety of crops in many agrosystems. It can cause acute and chronic toxicity. Endosulfan is a neurotoxin, haematoxin, genotoxin and nephrotoxin. Toxicity of this insecticide on reproductive organs is confirmed. So this article reviews experimental and epidemiological studies of reproductive toxicity of endosulfan in males. The Literature search was carried on PubMed for the years 1994 -2014. Twelve experimental studies and two human studies on Male Reproductive Toxicity induced by endosulfan were identified. Based on the findings, it suggest that endosulfan can affect the male reproductive system and also that these effects are likely to be larger if exposure occurs during the developmental phase. Further investigation of endosulfan as reproductive toxicant is warranted.