Opinions on political factors affecting the U.S. market for wind power are presented in this paper. The position of the Assistant Secretary of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Division of the U.S. Department of Energy is stated. Political aspects of renewable energy sources are reviewed. The link between clean energy sources and a clean environment is discussed. The role of the Federal Government in promoting clean energy sources is also discussed.


Corporate Annual Reports (CARs) are corporate communication tools which have been around for 75 years. They report company's progress, profits and losses. At first, reports were provided in English, because they were published in an English speaking context. After a while, non-English speaking companies started to publish CARs in English to attract international investments. So far studies on CARs considered themes in text and images of CARs, subgenres of CARs, rhetorical construction, discourse and genre structure. During the last two decade; however, not many studies have been conducted on CARs from a language perspective. We aim to evaluate those studies and provide insight for further research. Findings of previous studies revealed that CARs consist of various sections functioning as sub-genres that have features of their own. Researchers so far have been interested in management forewords section as it is considered to be the most widely read section of CAR, which are supposed to gain the trust of readers. Other sub-genres studied include: operational and financial performance, corporate history and mission statements. As modern CARs are considered to be multimodal, images that appear in CARs have also been studied.


The role of S&T in the economic. social and cultural development of nations has been realized from at least the beginning of the 20 century if not even earlier. It was therefore, not surprising that as the developing countries of today who were all colonial territories in Africa and Asia of the major imperial powers of the 19 and 20 centuries, came to acquire their political independence starting from Indonesia in 1945 and turned their attention to their economic, social and cultural development, they strove to build up their S&T capabilities as well.


From the recent observations, it is well known that the expansion rate of our universe varies with time (early decelerating and accelerating in the present epoch) which is an unsolved problem. This motivated to us to consider this paper and so we have developed a new cosmological model in Einstein's modified gravity theory using two types of modifications: (i) Geometrical modification, in which we have used Lyra's geometry in the curvature part of the Einstein field equations (EFE) and (ii) Modification in gravity (energy momentum tensor) on right hand side of EFE, as per the Brans–Dicke model. With these two modifications, we have obtained the exact solutions of Einstein Brans–Dicke field equations in Lyra's geometry for a spatially homogeneous Bianchi type-I space-time with time variable deceleration parameter (DP). We have calculated various physical parameters for the model and found them consistent with recent observations. We have also examined the energy conditions for the model and found them satisfactory. We have found that the scalar field of Brans–Dicke theory behaves like a best fit dark energy candidate in the reference of Lyra's geometry.


The present study aimed to examine whether people with special needs (disability carriers) have facility to buy footwear. We performed a descriptive research using questionnaires in APAE - Jahu with hemiplegic women. It was found that the participants consider several attributes in women's shoes, but has no facility to buy footwear desirable.


73 W orld Health Organization estimates suggest a worldwide yearly toll near 1.6 million neona-tal deaths from infection. 28 Neonatal mortality disparity ranges from 5 cases per thousand live births in developed countries to 42 cases per thousand in some African countries. There are 2 classes of NS: early onset , within the 1st week of life from intrapartum organism transmission; and late onset, within weeks 2–4 of life from community and nosocomial sources. 28 The occurrence of hydrocephalus in survivors of neo-natal meningitis was well described by the 1960s, with incidences in developed countries as high as 31%. 17 By the 1970s, pneumoencephalography demonstrated that in such patients, there were intraventricular septa and locula-tions, which appeared related to a progressive ependymal inflammatory process. 24 Ventriculoscopy has recently provided direct observation of ependymal and choroid plexus scarring, postinflammatory aqueductal obstruction, and intraventricular deposits of pus and hemosiderin. 32 The latter finding appears to be the pneumoencephalographic detritus described in such cases by Handler and Wright, 14 who reported that PIH accounted for 30%–40% of cases in a South African population of infants with hydrocephalus, Object. Infantile hydrocephalus in East Africa is predominantly postinfectious. The microbial origins remain elusive, since most patients present with postinfectious hydrocephalus after antecedent neonatal sepsis (NS) has resolved. Methods. To characterize this syndrome in Ugandan infants, the authors used polymerase chain reaction targeting bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA from CSF to determine if bacterial residua from recent infections were detectable. Bacteria were identified based on the relationship of genetic sequences obtained with reference bacteria in public databases. The authors evaluated samples from patients presenting during dry and rainy seasons and performed environmental sampling in the villages of patients. Results. Bacterial DNA was recovered from 94% of patients. Gram-negative bacteria in the phylum Proteobac-teria were the most commonly detected. Within this phylum, Gammaproteobacteria dominated in patients presenting after infections during the rainy season, and Betaproteobacteria was most common following infections during the dry season. Acinetobacter species were identified in the majority of patients admitted after rainy season infection. Conclusions. Postinfectious hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants appears associated with predominantly enteric gram-negative bacteria. These findings highlight the need for linking these cases with antecedent NS to develop more effective treatment and prevention strategies. key WoRDs • hydrocephalus • central nervous system infection • tropical medicine • pediatrics • developing country 73 Abbreviations used in this paper: NS = neonatal sepsis; …


This paper analyzes ill conditioned Lagrange Equation of multibody system with three degree of freedom rotational joint and presents a mixed pseudo coordinate lagrange's method based on constraint replacement.


Rye 6R-derived stripe rust resistance gene Yr83 in wheat background was physically mapped to fraction length (FL) 0.87-1.00 on the long arm by non-denaturing-fluorescence in situ hybridization (ND-FISH), Oligo-FISH painting and 6R-specific PCR markers.Stripe rust resistance gene Yr83 derived from chromosome 6R of rye (Secale cereale) "Merced" has displayed high resistance to both Australian and Chinese wheat stripe rust isolates. With the aim to physically map Yr83 to a more precise region, new wheat- 6R deletion and translocation lines were produced from derived progenies of the 6R(6D) substitution line. The non-denaturing fluorescence in situ hybridization (ND-FISH) patterns of 6R were established to precisely characterize the variations of 6R in different wheat backgrounds. Comparative ND-FISH analysis localized the breakpoints of 6RL chromosomes relative to Oligo-pSc200 and Oligo-pSc119.2 rich sites in deletion lines. Molecular marker and resistance analyses confirmed that Yr83 is physically located at the fraction length (FL) 0.87-1.00 of 6RL and covers the corresponding region of 806-881 Mb in the reference genome of Lo7. Oligo-FISH painting demonstrated that the region carrying Yr83 is syntenic to the distal end of long arm of homoeologous group 7 of the Triticeae genome. The developed wheat-6R lines carrying the Yr83 gene will be useful for breeding for rust resistance.


In the aftermath of the British security authorities' discovery of two cars laden with gas canisters in central London on 29 June 2007 and the crashing of a car into Glasgow airport, British Security Minister Alan West revealed that the country faced a threat from more than 200 militant cells. Despite these terrorist incidences and the announcement of the Security Minister no country has issued a travel alert or ban to the UK. Similarly, when 52 people were killed by a series of terrorist bombs on 7 July 2005 in London, no travel alerts or bans were imposed on the UK. Notably, these bombings took place when the most powerful leaders of the world were meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland. In a show of solidarity with the British people, these leaders held a joint press conference and issued


This capstone thesis explores music therapy treatment for preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. The first section outlines developmental considerations and interventions for preterm infants which include minimizing stress, prioritizing sleep, developing feeding behaviors, and promoting strategies for self-regulation of the infant. Both standard care and music therapy interventions are included in this discussion. The second section includes considerations and interventions for attachment and social development. These include skinto-skin contact between infant and caregiver, the importance of emotional closeness in the infant-caregiver relationship, and supporting parents as they interact with their child in the hospital environment. The third section makes two claims: (a) secure attachments with caregivers facilitate healthy social functioning later in life and (b) music therapy can help create these attachments. Communicative musicality and creative music therapy are two methods that can be incorporated into existing models of NICU care to help create and strengthen bonds between preterm infants and their caregivers. The purpose of this capstone thesis is to improve treatment outcomes for preterm infants through music therapy and to provide rationale for the development of NICU-MT programs to support this population.


Multilevel hypergraph partitioning is a significant and extensively researched problem in combinatorial optimization. In this paper, we present a multilevel hypergraph partitioning algorithm based on simulated annealing approach for global optimization. Experiments on the benchmark suite of several unstructured meshes show that, for 2-, 4-, 8-, 16-and 32-way partitioning, although more running time was demanded, the quality of partition produced by our algorithm are on the average 14% and the maximum 22% better than those produced by partitioning software hMETIS in term of the SOED metric.


A comparative analysis of fairyland theme in poems and legends from the perspectives of composition and description of fairyland indicates that literary works with the same theme have great differences because of the difference of cultural background.


The object of the present work is the identification by Raman spectroscopy of the chemical nature of the black and red pigment employed in the manufacture of some Hellenistic ceramics in the Salt Lake region of Central Anatolia. Studies on the identification of pigments in archaeological ceramics by Raman spectroscopy have increased recently [1,2,3,4]. The identification of pigments is important for understanding the technology and use of raw materials in the production of ceramics. Raman spectroscopy is leading the way in many novel applications, providing far more detail and contrast than is possible through more traditional techniques [5]. This technique provides high level of spatial and depth resolution, requires little or no sample preparation, robust to temperature changes, not suffer from water absorption effects, directly proportional to the concentration of the particular species and not require sophisticated data analysis protocols and detailed algorithms. Raman technique focuses a laser beam down to a small volume (1 μm in air), backscattered light is collected by the same objective and focused onto the photodetector. The optical resolution (OR) is given by OR = 0,56 λ / NA for x-y; OR = 0,89 λ / (NA) for z. NA numerical aperture of the objective lens, λ the light wavelength. Confocal Raman spectroscopy measures intensity Raman lines as a function of spatial position and a two or three dimensional image of the chemical composition of the sample. The Raman spectrum is unique to each material and can therefore be treated as a 'fingerprint', thereby allowing characterisation of that material [6]. The Raman spectrum collected have to be compared with those obtained previously from reference materials. Published databases of spectra are now available in the literature [7,8].


Diabetes mellitus is one of the major diseases currently affecting millions of people worldwide. There is a renewed interest in the marine natural products. The present study aimed to identify the bioactive constituents by GC-MS analysis from ascidian P. nigra and screen against type 2 diabetes mellitus protein (aldose reductase) using In-silico approach. Docking studies of the identified compounds were carried out using Arguslab docking software. Analysis of the results indicated Pthalic acid as the potent bioactive constituent attributing Type II Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) activity from ascidian P. nigra and it showed significant activity than the standard, fidarestat.


13C NMR chemical shifts have been measured for the homologous series of propane through n-octane and of n-dodecane as neat liquids and as dilute solutions in methanol, carbon tetrachloride, acetone, cyclohexane, and cyclopentane. The resulting shift differences, corrected for bulk susceptibilities, were compared with those of a number of di-, tri-, and tetramethylcyclohexanes. Similar measurements were carried out for the series 1-butene through 1-nonene and for 1-dodecene as well as for some (E)- and (2)-2-alkenes with the exception of acetone solutions. The results for the substituted cyclohexanes indicate that solvent effects and thus site factors do not differ significantly for methyl groups with or without steric y interactions. The same applies to methylene carbons. Subsequently, the results for the alkanes and for the aliphatic part of the alkenes show that the conformational equilibria in methanol, carbon tetrachloride, and cyclohexane solutions do not differ by more than 1 or 2%. By means of a few additional experiments it is shown that the same is true for neat hydrocarbons. These conclusions are compared with recent results on hydrocarbon conformational equilibria obtained with other physical measurements like vibrational spectra, SANS, light scattering, etc. A number of recent results from thermodynamic experiments and from different types of calculations are also reviewed in light of the conclusion drawn in the present paper. For some alkenes for which anomalous GC behavior was reported in the literature, anomalies also are observed


Aqueous leaf extract of Annona senegalensis was screened for phytochemical and elemental components using standard methods. LD50 was evaluated using the arithemetic method. The phytochemical screening revealed the presence of carbohydrates, cardiac glycosides, terpenoids and flavonoids. The elemental analysis revealed the presence of iron (Fe), copper (Cu), magnesium (Mg), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co), zinc (Zn) and manganese (Mn) in parts per million concentrations and their values are 7.202, 0.893, 6.637, 0.014, 0.070, 0.057, 0.604, 1.732 and 2.362, respectively. The number of rats used for the LD50was 30. Mortality was not observed in any of the doses 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 except at 3200 mg/kg which produced 100% death of the animals. Thus, the calculated LD50 is 2400 mg/kg. The presence of the phytochemicals, elements and the LD50 may account to its uses by the natives as traditional medicine and food.


We study the structure of Jacobians of geometrically reduced curves over arbitrary (i. e., not necessarily perfect) fields. We show that, while such a group scheme cannot in general be decomposed into an affine and an Abelian part as over perfect fields, several important structural results for these group schemes nevertheless have close analoga over non-perfect fields. We apply our results to prove two conjectures due to Bosch-L\"utkebohmert-Raynaud about the existence of N\'eron models and N\'eron lft-models over excellent Dedekind schemes in the special case of Jacobians of geometrically reduced curves. Finally, we prove some existence results for semi-factorial models and related objects for general geometrically integral curves in the local case.


We study Rational Expectations equilibria in dynamic models that feature dispersed information and signal extraction from endogenous variables. We demonstrate the advantages of solving these models in the space of analytic functions. Existence and uniqueness restrictions are derived, along with analytical characterizations of the equilibria that generalize the celebrated Hansen-Sargent optimal prediction formula. An important property of the equilibria is a dynamic response of endogenous variables to economic shocks that displays waves of optimism and pessimism which are not present in the full information counterpart. These dynamics arise entirely due to incomplete information and the corresponding optimal signal extraction formulas. We refer to these dynamics as confounding. We show how our approach permits closed-form expressions for higher-order beliefs and can be used to solve a variety of dispersed informational setups.


In accordance with the problem that the past fuzzy identifying method can not optimize the input-output space of fuzzy model,this paper proposes a fuzzy clustering method based on a new objective function.This method enables the input-output mapping space to approach the real output,thus optimizing the model structure.Simulation example demonstrates that this method can identify non-linear systems and significantly improve modeling accuracy.


This research aims to know the influence of organizational justice against organizational cynicism moderated by hope . Research design used eksplanatory correlation research. The subject in this study are employees of the State police school Mojokerto of 126 subject taken using census sampling technique. Measuring instrument which is used i.e. organizational cynicism, organizational justice scale and hope scale. Technique of data analysis is moderated regression analysis (MRA). The results showed that there was a significant negative influence among distributive and interactional justice against organizational cynicism, while influence distributive justice against organizational cynicism was moderated by hope. Hope was moderating on influence of procedural justice against organizational cynicism. Then, hope was also moderate the influence of interactional justice against organizational cynicism.


Interventional cardiology has been on the leading edge of what has become a broad movement to improve transparency in healthcare. Several states, for example, now publicly report percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) mortality rates for either institutions or interventional cardiologists (ICs). Beyond outcomes data, there has been an interest in whether other publicly available information about ICs might serve as markers for care quality, to potentially be used by patients to make informed decisions about their care. In this issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Khatana et al1 explore this very question, examining if publicly available attributes for ICs practicing in New York State—including IC board certification, maintenance of certification (MOC), graduation from a US medical school, medical school ranking, and length of practice—are associated with publicly reported 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates after PCI.1 Overall, they find that board-certified ICs had modestly lower 30-day mortality compared with noncertified providers but not after accounting for differences in physician caseload. All other physician attributes examined in the study were not associated with 30-day mortality rates after PCI. The authors finding that among ICs, MOC participation bore no relationship with PCI outcomes, is particularly timely. In 2014, the American Board of Internal Medicine announced several changes to MOC, including a mandate that physicians complete any MOC every 2 years, and an announcement that participation in MOC would be publicly listed. These changes rapidly drew the ire of the physician community at large, with many suggesting that MOC had simply become a money-generating activity for American Board of Internal Medicine.2 In this context, Khatana et al1 make an important contribution to a growing evidence base that questions whether certification or participation in MOC translates into what matters most—better patient outcomes.3,4 Through the certification process, the American Board of Internal Medicine's intent is to ensure that physicians can provide the highest quality evidence-based care to their patients. Is it not ironic, then, how little evidence there is supporting the benefits of the certification process itself? Khatana et al1 also demonstrate that other physician attributes, including graduation from a US medical school and higher medical school ranking, bare no relationship with PCI mortality rates. This is perhaps, not surprising, as it is hard to imagine that either of these factors would actually be meaningful surrogates for care quality, given the near decade of additional training required to become an IC. The authors do find, however, that higher physician caseload is independently associated with lower PCI mortality, consistent with a body of literature that has shown a strong relationship between physician volume and outcomes Rishi K. Wadhera, MD, MPP, MPhil Robert W. Yeh, MD, MSc EDITORIAL


The packet classification plays a significant role in many network systems, which requires the incoming packets to be categorized into different flows and must take specific actions as per functional and application requirements. The network system speed is continuously increasing, so the demand for the packet classifier also increased. Also, the packet classifier's complexity is increased further due to multiple fields should match against a large number of rules. In this manuscript, an efficient and high performance modified bitvector (MBV) based packet classification (PC) is designed and implemented on low-cost Artix-7 FPGA. The proposed MBV based PC employs pipelined architecture, which offers low latency and high throughput for PC. The MBV based PC utilizes <2% slices, operating at 493.102 MHz, and consumes 0.1 W total power on Artix-7 FPGA. The proposed PC considers only 4 clock cycles to classify the incoming packets and provides 74.95 Gbps throughput. The comparative results in terms of hardware utilization and performance efficiency of proposed work with existing similar PC approaches are analyzed with better constraints improvement.


Introduction. The effectiveness of the research of folklore for the cognition of the cosmo-psycho-logos of the ethnos determines the relevance of this work. The research novelty of this study is studying Erzya and Moksha folk tales with the application of deixis analysis of folk tales with similar plots circulating in various ethnic groups. The object of the study is the texts of the Erzya and Moksha fairy tales with the plot motif "Tom Thumb" in comparison with Russian, German, English, Spanish and Latin American fairy tales with a similar plot. The subject of the research is the features of ontology, axiology, anthropology of Erzya and Moksha in a fairy tale. The purpose of the work is to identify the ontological, axiological and anthropological features of the Mordovian fairy tale. The objectives of the study are to perform a deixis analysis of the texts of several variants of the Mordovian fairy tale and its foreign-ethnic counterparts; identify their similarities and differences; to formulate the ontological, axiological and anthropological features of the Mordovian fairy tale.
Materials and Methods. To achieve the purpose of the study, the author carried out a comparative content analysis of the deixis of seven fairy tales with the leading plot motif "Tom Thumb". The author applies the method of critical selection of sources choosing the authentic versions of folk tales. General research methods allow the author to analyze and systematize the information obtained and synthesize the conclusions.
Results and Discussion. All the considered folk tales record the tragedy of the absence of children in an ethnic family, the desirability of procreation as children are the happiness and the meaning of human life. The Erzya folk tale demonstrates the local-common solidarity, the fight against aggressive authorities, and armed restorative justice. In the Moksha fairy tale, there is a motif of deception by a deceiver as a form of restorative justice to improve the financial situation of the family. Both in the Erzya and Moksha fairy tales, the intention of returning home in an indirect way and living in labor in one's place of development is realized.
Conclusion. A comparative analysis of the deixis of fairy tales of different ethnic groups with a similar plot makes it possible to identify the general and special in the content of fairy tales, to determine the features of the ontology, axiology, and anthropology of the ethnic group. The study showed that the ontological, axiological and anthropological features of the Erzya and Moksha fairy tales are close, but not identical; it revealed similarities and differences with the fairy tales of other ethnic cultures.


"Jiediqi" belongs to the northern dialect, has long been used among the folk people. In recent years, with the popularity of social networking in the country, it is now widely used in all fields of society. But there is no corresponding entry of "Jiediqi" in the traditional authoritative dictionaries, the emerging online translation websites and the online communities, some translations are far-fetched, some are superficial. As the word "Jiediqi" has similarities with "down-to-earth" in the meaning of "people first" and "people-oriented", it is often used in political reporting. What is more, it is close in meaning with "keep/have feet on the ground, common touch, be bound up with the masses (people)" from the sense of "close to life", those English equivalents are available for daily communication and translation according to the circumstances.


at the same time as an erosion of the patent system in Britain by compulsory licensing and a strengthening of the system in some other countries? The broad objective of the patent system should be to obtain for society the maximum benefit from innovation. To do this it must encourage the inventor and encourage exploitation of invention. Also, and no less important, it must ensure a public disclosure of the details of the invention so that each innovation is published and used as quickly as possible. The significance of this time factor requires some explanation. Jewkes has shown that innovation is by a series of, usually, quite small steps often made by different people. An idea which appears new to an inventor is only new in fact if it is a step ahead of all that went before. The longer the delay between inventions and their publication the greater will be the delay and the waste of other inventors' efforts.


The development of mining and processing industries is accompanied by the formation of fine-grained waste materials that must undergo the treatment. Sometimes, grinding materials is a prerequisite for further processing. The issues of coal dust and fine coal granulation conducted to obtain homogeneous and persistent pieces for application in various branches of industry were presented. The article describes the binders and additives were applied in order to change the properties of the granules. The key factors affecting the process of fine-grained coal granulation is discussed. Granulated coal dust is most useful as an alternative fuel for combustion in industrial and household heating systems. However, carbon fuel requires a systematic control of the mechanical strength and resistance to external factors.

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Momonides landbergi Lundblad, 1971 is newly recorded from Iriomote Island, Okinawa, southern Japan. This is the first record of the subfamily Momonidinae from Japan. Characteristics of the present Japanese specimens accord well with those of the specimens from Indonesia originally described by Lundblad (1971), except for somewhat smaller number of genital acetabula of the Japanese specimens. The present record extends northward the worldwide distribution of M . landbergi to near the Palearctic region.


FIELD: chemistry. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a modified polyacrylate containing fluorinated oxetane polymer links functionalised with unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, and siloxane links. The invention describes an antifrictional and smoothing additive, characterised by that it contains a copolymer which can be obtained via copolymerisation of A) at least one link of a fluorinated oxetane polymer, functionalised with unsaturated dicarboxylic acid of formula I, in which R 1 denotes a link obtained from a fluorinated oxetane prepolymer having structure II, in which R denotes C 1 -C 6 alkyl, R f denotes linear or branched perforated alkyl or isoalkyl groups containing 1-20 C atoms, n ranges from 1 to 3, x ranges from 2 to 20; Z denotes a hydrogen atom or CF 3 CH 2 -, or HO-CO-CR 3 =CR 4 -CO-, or R 1 -O-CO-CR 3 =CR 4 -CO-, where R 1 assumes values given above; R 2 denotes a hydrogen atom or R 1 ; R 3 and R 4 independently denote a hydrogen atom or C 1 -C 6 alkyl, or phenyl; B) at least one terminal reactive polysiloxane link; C) at least one alkyl(meth)acrylate link or cycloalkyl(meth)acrylate link and/or (meth)acrylic acid and/or other links obtained from vinyl compounds which can form radicals. The invention also describes an antifrictional and smoothing dispersion, coating material, printing ink or plastic material containing said additive. EFFECT: additive having improved surface properties, such as high anti-mottling capacity, low coefficient of friction, good adhesion, and having good antifoaming properties. 8 cl, 5 tbl, 5 ex


Social media is a platform where people shares various information. Twitter is the most popular platform to share information about real-world events. The relevant information for people based on their interest in an event, attracts more and more public attention. The shared information could pertain to either local events (such as natural disasters, protests, or accidents) or global events (such as political events, wars, or international news with high impact).

Event detection via tweets saves a lot of time to read thousands of tweets and informs users about the major events.

This article proposes a graph modeling approach, which automatically extracts important information from tweets concerning local or global events. The proposed approach consists of three major components. The first component selects the candidate terms for an event using a modified Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF) weighting scheme, which is suitable for Twitter dynamics. The second component proposes an event detection algorithm - Edge-Significance Based modified Louvain Algorithm (ESBLA), which clusters the event terms using modified Louvain algorithm. ESBLA improvise Louvain 1 through the utilization of significant edges. The last component detects the location of an event using the content-based technique.

The proposed approach is compared with existing approaches for the detection of events from tweets. The experimental results on labeled and real-time data show that the proposed approach is better than the compared approaches.

The proposed event detection approach extracts events with a high degree of quality and run-time performance over the existing methods used for the event detection.


The main themes in the artist's work are considered on the example of a number of works relating to different periods of her work: themes of folklore and literary fairy tales, Russian and Soviet myth.


Fine sprays provide enhanced retention for directed spraying on the target including: Medium sprays are the most widely used spray type. Coarse sprays are used with systemic, residual, and soil-applied herbicides. • Foliar-acting weed control • Contact-acting fungicides and insecticides • Used by default by most applicators when spray quality is not defined by the label • Systemic-acting fungicides, insecticides and herbicides.


This text introduced the grid technical foundation knowledge, the research present condition and system structure. Combine also rather the actual circumstance of the campus net of high schools in Ningbo and put forward a kind of grid system structure, with this will rather the campus net of Ningbo high schools inside various teaching resources of the dispersion is whole to put together, the utilization of the exaltation teaching resources, remove each campus net of high school under of an information isolated island, carry out rather full share of the teaching resources of high schools in Ningbo.


Advanced is the evolution of LTE to 4G. Standardization work was done as part of Release 10 of the 3GPP specification, with further enhancements in Re lease 11 and beyond. LTE -Advanced introduces a number of enhancements and new technologies to enable peak data rates of up to 1 Gbps in the downlink and 500 Mb ps in the uplink. Carrier aggregation (CA) is one of the key features for LTE -Advanced. By means of CA, users gain access l bandwidth of up to 100 MHz in order to meet the I MT -Advanced requirements. Carrier aggregation is used Advanced in order to increase the bandwidth, and th ereby increase the bitrates. This paper presents a review ments in Carrier Aggregation. It also includes the overview of deployments and future scope of Carrier Aggregation in various part s of world. Carrier Aggregation (CA), Inter -band aggregation, Intra-band aggregation, LTE-Advanced, 4G.


Carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF) is a rare neurological condition with risk of death in case of inappropriate management. The outcome of this pathology is very bad in developing countries with inadequate technical Platform. We underlined the main difficulties of the management of CCF in a 43 years-old Togolese woman with a fatal outcome. DOI : 10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-16-1279 Corresponding author: KOMBATE Damelan, University of Lomé , Teaching Hospital CAMPUS – Lomé , Neurology Department, 03Bp 30284, Email : firstname.lastname@example.com


Vigilance by California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi) following two kinds of naturally occurring "alarm" calls was examined. Chatters were usually singly emitted calls while repetitive calls were initiated by one or more chatters and continued with a variable, but long, series of "chats." During noncalling periods adults tended to be more vigilant than were pups (young of the year); adult male and female levels were similar, but males altered the time they spent in various forms of vigilance seasonally (before vs. after pup emergence). There was little evidence of age differences in vigilance elicited by either call type. However, prior to pup emergence, adult females had higher levels of bipedal vigilance to chatters than did males, but males had higher levels of vigilance to repetitive calls than did females. These differences disappeared after pup emergence. Repetitive calling has been shown to increase vigilance over that elicited by chatters alone. This effect was found to hold when adult males were examined separately and pups also tended to show the same result, but adult females did not. This may have been because females responded with high levels of vigilance to both types of calls.


Superparamagnetic nanoparticles are attracting significant attention. Therefore, being explored in microsystems for a wide range of applications. Typical examples include lab‐on‐a‐chip and microfluidics for synthesis, detection, separation, and transportation of different bioanalytes, such as biomolecules, cells, and viruses to develop portable, sensitive, and cost‐effective biosensing systems. Particularly, microfluidic systems incorporated with magnetic nanoparticles and, in combination with magnetoresistive sensors, shift diagnostic and analytical methods to a microscale level. In this context, nanotechnology enables the miniaturization and integration of a variety of analytical functions in a single chip for manipulation, detection, and recognition of bioanalytes reliably and flexibly. In consideration of the above, recent development and benefits are elaborated herein to discuss the role of magnetic nanoparticles inside the microchannels to design highly efficient disposable point‐of‐care applications from transportation to the detection of bioanalytes.


Spread spectrum techniques are widely used for a multiple access scheme, but another main advantage of this technique is its robustness against important fading. If it is well known that to spread the signal improves the quality of the link, quantitative results relating the BER, the coherence bandwidth and the spread bandwidth of the channel are still missing and it is thus the objective of this contribution to give insights on this point.


Extra low carbon (ELC) steels are prone to surface defects due to hook formation below oscillation marks, which are deeper than for low carbon steels.


1 This paper presents the construction of a new historical road network data set, capturing conditions 2 between 1500 and 1900, focusing on the 19 and 18 century. It continuous the work presented at 3 TRB in 2015 on Reconstruction of 1950s Global Road Network Using American Army Maps. It 4 covers Western Europe. The main part of this paper reports in detail the heuristics used, which 5 were established based on an assessment of 900 or so collected historical transport related 6 documents, mostly transport maps. Switzerland in 1850 is employed as an example of a 7 geographical information system used to generate historical travel times. As far as the authors can 8 ascertain, such comprehensive and detailed historical transport data has not been available until 9 this point, but it enables examination of various historical and current transport-related research 10 questions using spatial and time-variant data. The purpose of this paper is: first, to report on the 11 reconstruction of these historical road network data and to position it in the existing literature and 12 research tradition; second, to explain how the network is generated; third, to present our approach 13 to model historical generalized travel costs; fourth, show how to use such information by applying 14 it in a Swiss case study. 15 16 17 18 19


Motivation: A great number of road investments are currently underway in Poland. Analysing their efficiency requires a range of forecasts and estimates which are not always corroborated by reality. This is due to both objective and subjective causes. Improvements to methods of analysing the efficiency of transport infrastructure investments can be based on ex-post analysis results. These results should serve to eliminate errors and consequently improve the quality of ex-ante analyses. Aim: The paper aims to identify, based on ex-post analysis, divergences between assumed and real properties of road investments that have key effects on the results of ex-ante efficiency calculus of the investments. Results: The study was based on selected investments in national and regional roads in the Świetokrzyskie region in 2007–2016. The ex-post analysis has shown that the capital expenditure and traffic volumes were overestimated, with ADT overestimation reaching nearly as much as 50% in four cases. Most investments were completed on time. There was a substantial delay in only one case. The overestimations of capital expenditure and traffic volume have a significant impact on the ex-ante evaluation of road investment efficiency, which may lead to misguided decisions when choosing the projects to be completed. The analysis results are a starting point for continuing the research and an indication of the need to improve the quality of ex-ante analyses.


The present invention relates to novel benzimidazole-2-yl-alkylamines, which have antimicrobial properties, to processes for preparing these compounds and their use as microbicidal agents in pharmaceutical preparations or plant protection products. Although many microbicidal agents are known, is due to the adaptability of microorganisms and the associated development of resistance is a constant need for new, highly effective, but also physiologically acceptable substances with novel mechanisms of action and possible wider action spectra. The benzimidazole derivatives described have a good antimicrobial effect on especially against species of the genus Candida. Toxicity tests showed good compatibility of the new drugs. two different forming methods are described for preparing the compounds. The compounds are used for systemic and local treatment of humans, animals and plants that are infested with harmful microorganisms, especially fungi, bacteria, viruses, algae, protozoa and other parasites.


Objective To explore the burden level of the main caregivers of stroke patients at home and its influencing factors. Methods Seventy nine main caregivers of stroke patients at home were enrolled in this study.All the participants were assessed by using the Burden Scale and the Social Support Scale. Results The burden of the main caregivers of stroke patients at home was at medium level in which physical burden was in the first place and economic burden the second.The greatest influencing factor was the total score of care items needed by the patient and the second was the social support to the caregivers (P0.001).Other factors included concomitant chronic diseases,way of medical payment,symptomatology at home,time spent perday in the care and religions belief of the caregiver (P0.05 or P0.01). Conclusion The main caregivers of stroke patients at home endure heavy physical and economic burden without adequate information support.So measures should be taken to reduce the physical and economic burden of caregivers and information support should be enhanced to reduce their burden comprehensively. Promotion of their physical and mental health will improve the quality of their care for stroke patients.


In the studies of geophysical normal problem and inverse problem concerning the surface vertical displacements, the real surface vertical equals the sum of apparent vertical displacement and geoidal height variation. In this paper, formulae determining the geoidal deformations by means of the data of surface vertical displacements and gravity changes have been derived starting out with generalized Brims, Stokes and Vening. Meinesz formulae. The effects of surface vertical displacements and gravity changes upon the geoidal height variation have been also discussed. Based on these, the results represented the effect of the geoidal height variation due to surface loading source and several dilatancy-diffusion sources filled by different material medium as well as dislocation source upon apparent vertical displacements have been presented quantitatively. Characteristices of the geoidal height variation due to local geophysical event have been analysised. Finally, computed results of the geoidal height variation and its effect on the apparent vertical displacement determined by the data observed by repeated levelling and gravity in the southern of Liaoning provice have been presented as examples.


The purpose of this study is to determine the factors that influence final year students in selected public university Malaysia to select franchise business as career option. This research includes dependent variable and independent variables. For the dependent variable is the intention to select franchise business as career option and independent variables which are attitude, financial support, perceived behavior control, knowledge and subjective norm. Questionnaires are distributed to 240 respondents that are final year students from 8 of the public university, that were from University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK), University Utara Malaysia (UUM), University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), University Teknologi Mara (UiTM), University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), University Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and also University Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) that consists of 30 respondents from each university. From this research, frequency distribution analysis and Pearson Correlation Analysis were ran by Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS) version 23 to analyze the data. Result from the finding shows that all independent variables namely attitude, financial support, perceived behavior control, knowledge and subjective norm have positive relationship with dependent variables which is intention to select franchise business as career option. From regression analysis also proves that attitude has the strongest influences on intention to select franchise business as career option.


In this paper we introduce a new laser diode simulator for general multisection and multielectrode structures. Lasing mode features like linewidth, intensity and frequency modulation responses, etc., are calculated considering all the major physical effects. Furthermore, this model allows us to evaluate thermal effects in order to obtain more realistic results also at high injection rates.


Along with taking high tech and Internet as representative's information technology impetus economical globalization in various countries advancement thorough,not only brings the challenge and the impact on our country's economical development,also causes the university's Ideological-political work face the serious challenge.Thorough research under economy globalization background the university Ideological-political education faces the new situation,the new characteristic,discover the new rule,keeps pace with the times,the development innovation,is a important topic of university Ideological-political education work.


Hebei Guohua Dingzhou Power Plant Unit No.9 is China's first 660 MW supercritical and air-cooling system equipped with independent booster fans and with the WFGD bypass system closed;and its trial operation is different from other units.This paper introduced the trial operation process,analyzed problems caused by cancellation of bypass and proposed corresponding solutions,and emphasized on the influence on the reliability of the major unit,which provides reference for other cases of bypass cancellation.


The Applied Technology Council (ATC) has developed another report beneficial to structural engineers. This paper describes the benefits of the ATC‐63 report. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


A sense of vision is a prerequisite for a robot to function in an unstructured environment. However, _-wor!d scenes cont.ain m_ny intera_ng phenomena that lead to complex images which are difficult to interpret automatically. Typical computer vision research proceeds by analyzing various effects in isolation (e.g. shading, textuxe, stereo, defocus), usu',dly on images devoid of realistic complica_g factors. This leads to specialized algorithms which fail on real-world images. Part of this failure is due to the dichotomy of useful representations for these phenomena. Some effects are best described in the spal_al domain, while others are more harm-allyexpressed in frequency. In e_der to resolve tl-ds dichotomy, we present the combined space/faequency representationwhich, for each point in an image, shows the spatial fiequencies at that point. Within this common representation, we develop a set of simple, natural theories describing phenomena such as textuxe, shape, aliasing and lens parameters. We show how these theories lead to algoriLhms foz shape from texture and for dealiasing image data. The space/frequency representation should be a key aid in untangling the complex interaction of phenomena in images, allowing automatic understanding of real-world scenes. /"t. _-"-" (re


Based on the current background of scenic spot management and tourism planning in China, this paper establishes an uncertain tourism route expectation-constrainted programming model under the framework of uncertainty theory. Finally, eight attractions in Jinan are used as practical cases to illustrate the usefulness of the model. The research results show that the proposed model can effectively alleviate the problems of unreasonable allocation of tourists' time and cost in the traditional model, and make the layout and programming of routes more reasonable and efficient.


The aim of this study is to develop an Android-based learning application which is named worked example mechanics. This application was made for learning classical mechanics class IX Natural Sciences Program in Indonesia. This application is specifically designed to train and improve students' ability to draw and interprete Free Body Diagram (FBD). This application contains classic mechanic material content, animated learning of classical mechanics, drawing exercises and interpreting FBD  and a self-evaluation system. This application has passed the feasibility test of both the material and the media by Yogyakarta Negeri University physics learning experts. The app is also useful in enhancing the ability to interpret FBD, in trials at Sekolah Menengah Atas 2 Kupang/SMAN 2 Kupang (State Senior High School 2 Kupang), SMAN 3 Kupang, SMA TIMPOLMAS Kupang and State Alyah Madrasah (MAN) 1 Yogyakarta


Objective
To describe the true feelings and needs in oncology professional nurses training, so as to provide evidences for improving training content and patterns, orientating the career development.

Methods
Phenomenological methodology of qualitative study was adopted in this research. Indepth interview were conducted on 1-5 session specialized nurse in Zhejiang tumor base. Data was analyzed by Colaizzi analysis.

Results
Oncology professional nurses teaching effect was good, there were quite abundant harvest. Nurses' professional attitudes were positive. Their training pressure was bigger, but there were good external support ways to cope. They had increased theory class time, improve the effect of theory course, refine the training content, and strengthening clinical practice teaching needs.

Conclusions
The training of tumor specialized nurse has certain necessity, and the nurses' ability has great advanced. Respondents were optimistic to the career prospects. However, the training patterns and content should be continuously perfected and updated, in order to improve the training effect.

Key words:
Neoplasms; In-service training; Specialized nurses; Experience


The importance of proper melt flow in continuous casting tundish for production of clean steel was well recognized, more in-depth research melt flow by physical models can promote tundish metallurgy effect and improve the quality of liquid steel. Based on the requirements of Re and Fr similar on the same time in the continuous casting water simulation, a synthetical hydraulic simulation platform of continuous casting was established. Flow characteristics with velocity field, vorticity field, RTD in extra thick slab tundish were got by the platform using NI image processing and PIV. The results showed that flow in the tundish had larger turbulent eddies, which formed a similar "funnel" vortex structure in inlet section of tundish. Flow brought two big circulations in the exit section because of the channel and had a great impact on the side walls. RTD with noncontact measurement was coincident with the results


Behavioral flexibility is learning from previous experiences and planning appropriate actions in a changing or novel environment. Successful behavioral adaptation depends on internal models the brain builds to represent the relational structure of an abstract task. Emerging evidence suggests that the well-known roles of the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex (HC-EC) in integrating spatial relationships into cognitive maps can be extended to map the transition structure between states in non-spatial abstract tasks. However, what the EC grid-codes actually compute to afford generalization remains elusive. We introduce two non-exclusive ideas regarding what grid-codes may represent to afford higher-level cognition. One idea is that grid-codes are eigenvectors of the successor representation (SR) learned online during a task. This view assumes that the grid codes serve as an efficient basis function for learning and representing experienced relationships between entities. Subsequently, the grid codes facilitate generalization in novel contexts such as when the goal changes. The second idea is that the grid-codes reflect the inferred global task structure. This view assumes that the grid-code represents a structural code that is factorized from specific sensory content, enabling structural information to be transferred across tasks. Subsequently, the brain could afford one-shot inferences without requiring experience. The ability to generalize experiences and make appropriate decisions in novel situations is critical for both animals and machines. Here we review proposed computations of the grid-code in the brain, which is potentially critical to behavioral flexibility.


The synthesis and characterization of poly(thiophenylenesulfonic acid), a novel class of polyaromatic electrolyte possessing up to 2.0 sulfonic acid groups per phenylene unit (m = 2.0), are described. 4-(Methylsulfinyl)diphenyl sulfide (1) was polymerized in sulfuric acid upon heating (<140 °C) or in the presence of SO3 to yield a sulfonated poly(sulfonium cation) (4), which can be converted to the corresponding sulfonated poly(thiophenylene). The precursor method using the soluble poly(sulfonium cation) makes it easy to control the sulfonation reaction in a homogeneous system. The resulting poly(thiophenylenesulfonic acid), unlike the nonsubstituted polymer, is soluble in water and methanol and can form a transparent film. The sulfonated polymer exhibits a good water affinity and an excellent proton conductivity due to the high carrier concentration. The highest conductivity (σ = 4.5 × 10-2 S cm-1) was achieved for the polymer with m = 2.0 at 80 °C.


Due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, conference virtualization has happened, is happening, and will happen for the recent past, ongoing, and upcoming periods, respectively. An ongoing example of conference virtualization is ICSE 2020, the largest conference in software engineering. ACM has recently formed the ACM Presidential Task Force on What Conferences Can Do to Replace Faceto-Face Meetings; in May 2020, this task force released a guide to best practices on virtual conferences (https://www.acm.org/virtual-conferences). The availability of videoconferencing and/or Webinar systems such as Zoom has made online live presentations of accepted conference papers easy and low cost. One may wonder whether the current technology and platform availability for live presentations can facilitate some innovations of disseminating journal papers, going beyond the current common practice of partnership between journals and conferences, e.g., journal-first papers. For example, a journal may consider organizing a virtual journal summit every year or every half of a year for authors of accepted or published papers in that journal to present their papers in an online live manner. Indeed, community discussion is needed before these kinds of innovations are put into action. We welcome your thoughts on possible innovations of disseminating journal papers (especially in the face of conference virtualization), and these innovations' potential pros and cons. This issue contains two papers. In the first paper, Lucas R. Andrade, Patricia D. L. Machado, and Wilkerson. L. Andrade address the problem of predicting the fault detection capability of a test suite. It has previously been observed that although code coverage is often seen as being important, the actual coverage achieved by a test suite is a poor predictor of effectiveness. To address this, recent work has introduced metrics (forms of Operational Coverage) that combine code coverage with information from an operational profile that models the expected usage of the system. This paper reports on the outcomes of a case study that considered 46 versions of a proprietary system. In order to provide an estimate of the effectiveness of a test suite, the authors used the number of post-release bugs reported (the fewer found, the more effective the test suite). Interestingly, it was found that there was a negative correlation between measures of test suite effectiveness with both versions of statement coverage but that the correlation was stronger with operational statement coverage. (Recommended by Lori L. Pollock). In the second paper, Yanqiang Liu, Fangge Yan, Mingyuan Xia, Zhengwei Qi, and Xue Liu present TimelyRep, an efficient and deterministic replay tool for web-enabled mobile applications. TimelyRep achieves deterministic replay of program states and low replay delays in face of the high input rate of mobile interaction. In particular, TimelyRep includes a mechanism for delivering an HTTP response stream with deterministic sequence, contents and latencies, without requiring modification of the browser core or the OS. TimelyRep also includes a mechanism to control replay delays in the JavaScript space, applicable for both the mobile web embeddings and traditional web browsers. This paper reports on an evaluation with two real-world web game applications with complicated non-determinism and intensive user inputs. The evaluation results show that TimelyRep is useful for recreating program bugs and maintaining low delays for touch-intensive web games. (Recommended by Robert Hierons).


We performed dome pelvic osteotomy in 57 hips (54 patients) because of acetabular dysplasia. All patients had preoperative scintigraphy and were followed for more than 2 years. Excellent or good results were obtained in 49 hips, but 8 hips deteriorated. All hips which deteriorated had preoperatively a spotty isotope uptake image localized to the weight bearing area and the medial area of the joint. No hip without this image deteriorated, even when preoperative radiography showed advanced arthrosis. Our findings indicate that bone scintigraphy may be a more reliable predictor of failure for this operation than radiography.


This study aimed to investigate the seasonal patterns and trends of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) concentrations and to compare the prediction performance of three machine learning models for particulate matter trends in Chiang Mai province, Thailand. The trends and seasonal patterns were analyzed using the cubic spline function of PM2.5 and PM10 from 2012 to 2021. The prediction performance of three models, which included support vector machine (SVM), artificial neural network (ANN), and multiple linear regression (MLR), was compared by looking at the root mean square error (RMSE), the mean absolute error (MAE), and mean absolute percent errors (MAPE). The models with the lowest RMSE, MAE, and MAPE are considered the most suitable. The trend of PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations in Chiang Mai province had been determined to be high in March. PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations in Chiang Mai province have been slightly decreasing during the last 12 years. A model comparison revealed that SVM was the best model for predicting PM2.5, while MLR was the best model for predicting PM10.


Hidden curriculum is a rich educational resource,hidden curriculum in early education has its own unique characteristics.It helps foster children's feelings and help children's personality development and character building.We should be concerned about their educational role to promote the comprehensive development of early education.


This paper discusses the design of adaptive elearning system based on student's learning styles. The system adaptivity is based on two learning style models, which are VAK and Felder. The VAK learning styles include visual, auditory, and kinesthetic, while the Felder learning styles include global and sequential. This system will combine these learning styles to alter its course presentation to each student. The system extends the advantages of conventional e-learning which are classroom and platform independence. Keywords— adaptive, e-learning, learning styles


Considering the stray-capacity interference in small capacitance detection in ECT system,the stray capacitance in FPGA-based ECT system was analyzed,including that in sensors,parasitic capacitance in high-speed PCB and the crosstalk between integrated circuit chip pin and electrode lead.The corresponding measures against stray capacitance were proposed to ensure a signal accuracy and completeness in data acquisition and transmission.


BACKGROUND
Ocular trauma (OT) is a common cause of monocular blindness and visual impairment worldwide. The Ocular Trauma Score (OTS) is a scale that estimates visual function that an injured eye can achieve 6 months after OT. In a sample population, the OTS may be useful to compare the expected functional result with the result of therapeutic interventions in OT. We undertook this study to identify the expected effect of treatment on the rate of visual deficiency 6 months after OT.

METHODS
The rate of eyes with trauma-related visual deficiency (best corrected visual acuity <20/40) at the time of diagnosis was compared with that estimated 6 months later using the OTS (95% confidence intervals, CI).

RESULTS
We evaluated 742 patients; 46% had visual deficiency initially (95% CI 43-50.2) and 32.1% would demonstrate it 6 months later (95% CI 28.7-35.4, p <0.001, OR 0.54). The rate changed from 29.1 to 18% in closed-globe (CG) trauma and from 84.3 to 63% in open-globe (OG) trauma.

CONCLUSIONS
Treating OT would reduce the proportion of visual deficiency by 14.5 percentage points (11 in CG, 21.3 in OG trauma). Up to 66% of the injured eyes could reach normal vision. OT prevention requires enhancement because a high rate of eyes would remain disabled despite receiving the best available treatment.


The Praying Mantis, Mantis religiosa , was introduced into eastern North America in the 1890s and is now a common species throughout much of the eastern United States and southern Ontario and Quebec. It was introduced from Ontario into the southern interior of British Columbia to control grasshoppers in 1937 and 1938. These introductions became established only in the southern Okanagan Valley where populations have persisted from Okanagan Falls south to Osoyoos. Since the late 1990s, the species' range has expanded from the South Okanagan north at least to Kamloops and east to Nelson. In addition, in the core of its traditional British Columbia range, the South Okanagan, this mantid has become more commonly encountered during the past decade. M. religiosa has also been collected on Vancouver Island. Specimen, photograph and sight records that document this change in status are listed and discussed and a distribution map is included. Characters used to distinguish M. religiosa from the native Ground Mantis, Litaneutria minor , and the exotic Chinese Mantis, Tenodera aridifolia sinensis , which is available commerciallv as a biocontrol agent are summarized.


Kim, Byung Hyun / Han, Kun Yeon / Kim, Ji Sung AbstractThe objective of this study is to develop the accurate, robust and high resolution two-dimensional numerical model that solves the computationally difficult hydraulic problems, including the wave front propagation over dry bed and abrupt change in bathymetry. The developed model in this study solves the conservative form of the two-dimensional shallow water equations using an unsplit finite volume scheme and HLLC approximate Riemann solvers to compute the interface fluxes. Bed-slope term is discretized by the divergence theorem in the framework of FVM for application of unsplit scheme. Accurate and stable SGM, in conjunction with the MUSCL which is second-order-accurate both in space and time, is adopted to balance with fluxes and source terms. The exact C-property is shown to be satisfied for balancing the fluxes and the source terms. Since the spurious oscillations in second-order schemes are inherent, an efficient slope limiting technique is used to supply TVD property. The accuracy, conservation property and application of developed model are verified by comparing numerical solution with analytical solution and experimental data through the simulations of one-dimensional dam break flow without bed slope, steady transcritical flow over a hump and two-dimensional dam break flow with a constriction.Keywords : unsplit scheme, source terms, MUSCL scheme, SGM, conservation property 요 지본 연구에서는 마른하도 및 복잡한 지형에서의 파의 전파와 같은 수공학 분야에서 해결하기 어려운 문제를 해석하기 위한 고정확도 2차원 수치모형을 개발하기 위해, unsplit 유한체적기법과 HLLC Riemann 해법을 이용한 흐름율 계산으로 쌍곡선형 적분 보존형의 2차원 천수방정식을 해석하였다. Unsplit 기법의 적용을 위해 하상경사항은 발산정리를 이용하여 이산화한 형태를 적용하였으며, 흐름율과 생성항의 균형을 이루기 위해 수면경사법을 시간과 공간에 대해 2차정확도를 가지는 MUSCL 기법과 연계하였다. 그리고 적용한 생성항 처리기법과 흐름율과의 보존특성이 만족함을 보였다. 2차정확도의 사용으로 불연속 지점에서 발생할 수 있는 수치진동을 제거하기 위해서 경사제한자를 사용한 TVD 기법을 적용하였다. 개발모형을 정확해가 존재하는 생성항이 없는 1차원 댐 붕괴 흐름에 적용하여 흐름율 계산의 정확성을 검증하였고, 하상융기를 가진 하도의 정상류 및 천이류 모의를 통해 개발모형의 보존특


The developmental neuroanotomy of the human scrotum may not have been evaluated up to now, but the authors from San Francisco report here on an outstanding study in foetuses of this important area of interest. They have helped to define clearly the neuroanotomy of this region, which will be useful in planning surgery to the scrotum and penis in children.


Topic
The finding of megalithic tradition sites on Muria Mountains is apparently
interesting to examine, since people still using those sites for Kejawen ritual. Though
the sites were found scattered into a few location, it is still connected to each other.
There is a modification to the sites in shape and influence from another beliefs as
Hindu-Budha and Islam, but still with an obvious concept of ancient cult. Then the
question that appear is about the context of those megalithic sites present days.
Problems and Objectives
The question of this research is �How the contextualization of megalithic
sites of Muria Mountains in the Kejawen belief system?�
The objective of this research is to know the context of megalithic sites on
present days, especially in the Kejawen belief system. To complete the objective, the
writer need to assemble the data about religion development in the south side of
Muria Mountains area.
Methods
Inductive approach was used in this research, with deep descriptive which
is giving the archaeological data through the etnographical work system. Then
artefactual analysis is done with artefact and environment as the variable, also
analysis of symbol with the stage of the exegesical meaning, operational and
positional approach. The result of analysis was synthesised and the conclusion
appear so the quaestion of the research can be answered.
Conclusion
The megalithic tadition sites that had been found were related to the cult
ritual. The utilizing of site that continues has made the modification and interference
of belief that developed in Indonesia. Syncretism between megalithic tradition, Hindu-
Budha and Islam has showed up a site context in Javanese traditional belief or it
called Kejawen that can be seen on the sites in Muria Mountains.


Sir Edward B. Tyler saw ethnology and ethnography as the twin pillars of cultural anthropology. Yet, ethnology has had a marginal role in anthropology compared to ethnography. The inductive compara...


Excerpt Although internists think of themselves as diagnosing and treating disease, they actually spend substantial practice time working to prevent disease and preserve health, largely through the...


Postoperative pain management is an important part of nurses' work in the post operative ward, so you should pay special attention to its severity in patients on first post-operative days. Nurses play a key role in pain management because they spend the most time with patients and can closely monitor them; therefore there is no overestimation of their role in the assessment and monitoring of pain.


In this dissertation, we report on results of an in-depth observational study to understand the temporal dimension of communication in the workplace. By employing the shadowing method for in situ to-the-second data gathering of information workers' behaviors, we gained a detailed snapshot of informants' workdays, "warts and all." Our ethnographic inquiry was conducted on 30 employees from two separate companies. Each informant was observed for a minimum of three whole workdays (e.g., 8AM-5PM). Time has long been ignored as a unit of analysis because of the lack of real, time-stamped data of information workers and the difficulty in carrying out data analysis of temporal data. This work is a first step to redressing this gap of socio-technical research in the workplace. Specifically, this dissertation seeks to understand how information workers draw on multiple forms of media through temporal structures to accomplish work. Three patterns of temporal structures reflecting media appropriation were discovered: (1) communication chains, varied media use one after another in rapid succession, (2) a working sphere's (project) routineness, a continuous, rather than discrete scale of regularity in media use, and (3) day patterns about lunchtime, reflecting different strategies for multitasking media with the lunch "interruption." In the course of our investigation, we developed the workplace connector construct to describe multitasking among different sets of people. Quantitative analysis with psychometric measures of stress, productivity, and personality are tied with qualitative methods drawn from grounded theory to develop a rich story of how time structures much of our communicative and solitary work in modern organizations. We posit that these temporal structures encapsulate different approaches people have to appropriating media deftly; such differences can be tied to their reported mental state (e.g., stress). Our study of these micro-scaled temporal structures of media in work suggests that tools for multitasking might benefit by explicitly integrating a temporal lens.


Introduction Globally, the burden of interpersonal violence and its significant impact on mortality, morbidity and disability makes it a major public health problem which necessitates intervention. This article examines characteristics of victims of interpersonal violence and violent events in Malawi. The focus is on a population that has been traditionally neglected in literature. Methods Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) maintains a trauma registry with data that is prospectively collected. Patients offered trauma care after interpersonal violence from May 2013 to May 2015 were evaluated. Results There were 1431 patients with violent events recorded at the Adult Emergency Trauma Centre (AETC) with a male predominance of 79.5%. The dominant age group was young adults between 25–29 years old (22%). Most attacks occurred during cold and dry season (46.9%) and most common location was on the road (37.2%). Alcohol use by victims was recorded in 10.5% of cases. Soft tissue injuries were the most common injuries sustained (74.1%). Most patients were treated as outpatients (80.9%). There were two deaths. At multivariate analysis, women had a lower risk of interpersonal violence as compared to men, (OR 0.82 [0.69–0.98]). Victims' use of alcohol was associated with increased risk of assault (OR 1.63 [1.27–2.10]). As compared to other places, odds of being assaulted were higher at home (OR 1.62 [1.27–2.06]) but lower at work (OR 0.68 [0.52–0.89) and on the road (OR 0.82 [0.65–1.03]). Odds of being assaulted were higher in the cold and dry season as compared to hot and dry season, (OR 1.26 [1.08–1.47]). Conclusion Young males were most involved in interpersonal violence. Location of injury and seasonal variation were significant factors associated with interpersonal violence and most commonly sustained injuries were soft tissue injuries. These findings will help in identifying targeted interventions for interpersonal violence in Malawi and other low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs).


An instrument package, designed to monitor both the hydraulic and sediment movement conditions, has been constructed at the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute.


We have demonstrated a technique for full spectral characterization of potentially embedded FBG that will enable multiaxial strain measurements in the presence of strain gradients.


Ancient Chinese people have always attached importance to and pursue the harmony between man and nature.In ancient times,there is abundant resource for today's eco-aesthetic study,especially the natural view and eco-ethical consciousness presented in literary works of ancient Chinese landscape poetry as the representatives.Not only does it play an important role for ancient people in protecting the ecological environment and maintaining the natural ecological balance,but also it inspires today's people to do philosophical aesthetics thinking about coexistence between man and nature and human being's living condition from the new eco-aesthetic point of view which guides them to re-discover and examine the beauty of nature and close to nature.


Objective:To introduce the management methods and measures in high-quality programme.Methods:Based upon idea of high-quality nursing document and hospital'service goal;Through organizing study;combining section characteristics to make out carrying schemes,consolidating"three-well one-satisfactory"activity,smiling service to make high-quality service atmosphere and enriching nurse conceptions;deeply understanding the service idea of"lovely nursing,developing nurse culture",carrying on chief nurse' responsibility;training nurse,carrying out key systems,taking safety management,ensuring safe nursing,raising member's quality,prompting nurse's action,using encouragement allocation all to provide satisfactory service.Results:More satisfactory from patients,enhancing nurse' responsibility idea,raising service quality,improving relationship between the hospital and the patient.Conclusion:Improving modern management method and management system through developing high-quality programme,and emphasizing individual and humanizational service to prompt relationship between the hospital and the patient,setting up well nursing image for hospital to enhance competitive ability and affecting the society.


Background: ADA recommends testing for GDM at 24-28 weeks gestation. This recommendation is based on the assumption that glucose tolerance worsens during pregnancy and, therefore, testing earlier in pregnancy will miss many cases that develop only later. We tested this assumption in the LIFE-Moms consortium. Methods: LIFE-Moms was a consortium of randomized clinical trials of lifestyle interventions aimed at limiting gestational weight gain compared with standard care in 1,150 pregnant women with BMI ≥25 kg/m 2 recruited from different racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. Women with known or probable diabetes preceding this pregnancy were excluded. As previously reported, the lifestyle interventions modestly reduced excessive gestational weight gain (the primary outcome) but had no significant effect on the prevalence of GDM at 24-31 weeks. We report here results of 75 g 2-hour OGTTs performed sequentially during pregnancy in a subset of 296 women tested at Results: Plasma or serum glucose declined from the early to later tests by a mean of 2.5 mg/dl (fasting), 10.9 mg/dl (1-hr), and 9.3 mg/dl (2-hr), each p Conclusions: In pregnant women with BMI ≥25 kg/m 2 who are otherwise healthy, glucose tolerance improves on average rather than deteriorates during gestation. Testing for GDM early in pregnancy is needed to understand pregnancy effects on glycemia and the clinical implications of earlier detection of GDM. Disclosure W.C. Knowler: None. K. Drews: None. L. Redman: None. K.J. Joshipura: None. S. Arteaga: None. X. Pi-Sunyer: None. L. Van Horn: None. R.R. Wing: None. S. Klein: Stock/Shareholder; Self; Aspire Bariatrics. Consultant; Self; Pfizer Inc.. Research Support; Self; Merck & Co., Inc., Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc., REMD Biotherapeutics.


Dental pulp is an unmineralized oral tissue containing soft connective, vascular, lymphatic and nervous elements which occupies the central pulp chamber. It is the most vital part of the tooth. Vital pulp therapy is done to maintain the vitality and preserve the pulp tissue that is compromised and is indicated depending on the amount of exposure of the pulp and presence of infection. The different types of vital pulp therapy are indirect pulp capping, direct pulp capping and pulpotomy. Vital pulp therapy is also indicated for open apex to ensure proper root growth. The aim of our survey was to evaluate the knowledge attitude and practice regarding pulp therapy among dental students. A questionnaire consisting of 16 questions was distributed among dental students in saveetha dental college. Responses were collected through google forms. Data was collected and analysed using SPSS software. From the study it was concluded that there was a fair knowledge and practice regarding pulp therapy among dental students. Continuing education programs should be conducted to increase knowledge regarding pulp therapy.


Electronic (online) auctions have received considerable publicity during the heyday of "Internet-boom". The online auction industry was born in 1995 with the founding of eBay, now the biggest auction-site in the world, with an 85% market share of the online auction sector (Lansing & Hubbard, 2002). Albert (2002) presents several industry growth related numbers, of which the number of participants perhaps illuminates the situation best: 6.5 million participants was the projection in online auctions in 2000, which was exceeded with considerable margin (35 million participants). Also the number of online auction transactions is considerable; 1.3 million transactions per day in 2001. Online auctions have several characteristics that make them appealing from the viewpoints of both consumers and businesses. According to Koch and Cebula (2002), electronic auctions can yield to better prices to sellers than via other electronic channels. They point out that while the Internet in general tends to lower prices, product branding, price discrimination and online auctions may raise prices. Lansing and Hubbard (2002) also point out higher prices to sellers, and add low overhead costs. According to them, the online auctions are a classic example of the ideal online business, where the online auctions act solely as intermediaries between sellers and buyers, without considerate investments in land, property and inventory. In addition to the famous, big general auctions such as eBay and Amazon's and yahoo's auctions sites, there has been a surge of more regional or niche-market focused auctions (see for example Lansing and Hubbard, 2002). However, the majority of consumer focused auctions have proved to be short-lived, some due to not reaching critical mass of users and some due to not finding a sustainable business model. In addition, one must note that there may be and probably are differences whether an auction operates in large markets (eBay: USA plus world) or in smaller, more language and location dependant markets such as Finland. 401


The vortex shedding condition of three rows of staggered circular cylinder with a same diameter was experimentally investigated. The cylinders being tested were made of acrylic glass cylinders with a diameter of 30mm. During the tests the two-phase gap-flow Reynolds number ranges from 2.0×10 4~6.0×10 4 and the range of void fraction, from 0 - 0.3. By way of experimental analyses the Strouhal number of two-phase flows was determined in staggered tube bundles with different layout modes. The test results indicate that the Strouhal number of the two-phase flows decreases with an increase in the void fraction. The characteristic curves of Strouhal numbers are presented for the staggered tube bundles with a rotating regular-triangle layout. It is noted that Weaver curves of single-phase flows can be approximately used as discrimination criteria for the tube bundle vibrations induced by the vortex shedding in rotating-square arranged and regular-triangle arranged tube bundles in two-phase flows.


PURPOSE
To develop an evaluation system of clinical competencies for the practicum of nursing students based on the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC).

DESIGN AND METHODS
Psychometric validation study: the first two phases addressed definition and content validation, and the third phase consisted of a cross-sectional study for analyzing reliability. The study population was undergraduate nursing students and clinical tutors.

FINDINGS
Through the Delphi technique, 26 competencies and 91 interventions were isolated. Cronbach's α was 0.96. Factor analysis yielded 18 factors that explained 68.82% of the variance. Overall inter-item correlation was 0.26, and total-item correlation ranged between 0.66 and 0.19.

CONCLUSIONS
A competency system for the nursing practicum, structured on the NIC, is a reliable method for assessing and evaluating clinical competencies. Further evaluations in other contexts are needed.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE
The availability of standardized language systems in the nursing discipline supposes an ideal framework to develop the nursing curricula.


The double antiplateled therapy (DAT) with an acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and clopidogrel is a standard therapy of patients with myocardial infraction but its efficiency in patients is different. Cardiologists of all over the world chose the causes of aforesaid for a long time. Aim of research is to establish predictors of development of a high shutdown reactivity of platelets (HSTR) to ADP and AA (arachidoic acid) in patients with MFST (myocardial infraction with elevation of ST segment) and to evaluate its impact on the clinical course. Materials and methods : It was examined 105 patients with an acute coronary syndrome with elevation of ST segment who underwent thrombolytic therapy. Examination of SRP (shutdown reactivity of platelets) to ADP and AA was carried out on analyzer of aggregation ALAT-2 Results: Values of SRP to AA >1,33 relative units (RU) an odds ratio (OR) 4.6; 95% of confidence interval (CI) 3.3-15.4, р 1,78 RU (OR 5.4; 95%CI 4.7-13.3, р 1,33 and to ADP >1,78 ВО was reliably lower than in patients with level <1,33 RU (р=0,042) і <1,78 RU (р=0,034), respectively. Multifactorial regressive analysis revealed an independent predictors of an increase of SRP to AA and ADP, among them the levels of estradiol, progesterone and its ratio in postmenopause (PM), duration of an arterial hypertension (AH) and postmenopause, pancreatic diabetes (PD)of the 2 type and female sex (all p<0,05). Conclusions. In patients with MI an increase of SRP to AA and ADP is associated with a growth of risk of CEP development in 4,6 і 5,4 times


In the whole world it should be mentioned an upsurge in interest in syndicated lending market of borrowers and creditors. Such a type of crediting provides borrowers an opportunity to seek financing on a large scale from certain banks through their syndication. That's why the procedure of provision of syndicated loans should be regulated. Normative legal acts regulating syndicated lending in Russia are analyzed in the present article, the main problems in the indicated above sphere are examined and ways of solving of them are suggested.


This paper presents design methods of a fuzzy controller and an operator model for a wire-driven heavy material lifting system helping human workers. The wire-driven heavy material lifting system is a kind of human-assistive systems in which a human is involved in the control loop. Thus, human's control characteristics and requirement of reducing worker's force to lift a heavy material are considered in the design process of the proposed fuzzy controller. An automatic weight measurement algorithm during the early stage of lifting is also introduced. Finally, the effectiveness and performance of the proposed system are proved by experiments.


Objective: This paper aims to build an Effort Estimation Model for design, coding and testing Web Applications Based Fuzzy and Practical Models, which will help in optimizing the efforts in software development. Methods/Analysis: Soft computing approach is adopted and applied in the effort estimation and then compared with practical efforts in the development process with interpreting the historical data available for the existing functionalities. Findings: The effort estimation model presented in this paper focuses on the first level estimates published by Project Managers and the second level estimates presented by Project Leaders or Developers for any new requirement or enhancement for a web application built on 3-tier architecture using Microsoft technologies. The model considers the classification of each task as either Low or Medium or High complexity. These tasks pertain to the lowest level parts in bottom-up estimation. Efforts are estimated for designing, coding and unit testing of these tasks and the efforts are summed up to get the effort estimation for the higher level which is a feature to be implemented. Novelty/Improvement: The paper also discusses about the application of the effort estimation model by taking a new requirement as a case study. The first level estimates calculated using the effort estimation model has a variance of about 25% when compared with the actual effort. This variance is very much acceptable considering the fact that the first level estimates can be tolerable up to 35%. The proposed effort estimation tool would help the project managers to efficiently control the project, manage the resources effectively, and improve the software development process and also trade off analyses among schedule, performance, quality and functionality. Fuzzy logic is used to verify the claims made in efforts estimation. It is proposed a new relation between the number of data and efforts value membership for actual data. And converts it into crisp value in the range [0…1] which helps to classify the complexity of the task and subtask in the design, coding and testing phases.


Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)/usual interstitial pneumonia is a ravaging condition of progressive lung scarring and destruction. Anti-inflammatory therapies including corticosteroids have limited efficacy in this ultimately fatal disorder. An important unmet need is to identify new agents that interact with key molecular pathways involved in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis to prevent progression or reverse fibrosis in these patients. Because aberrant activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling cascade occurs in lungs of patients with IPF, we have targeted this pathway for intervention in pulmonary fibrosis using ICG-001, a small molecule that specifically inhibits T-cell factor/β-catenin transcription in a cyclic AMP response-element binding protein binding protein (CBP)-dependent fashion. ICG-001 selectively blocks the β-catenin/CBP interaction without interfering with the β-catenin/p300 interaction. We report here that ICG-001 (5 mg/kg per day) significantly inhibits β-catenin signaling and attenuates bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis in mice, while concurrently preserving the epithelium. Administration of ICG-001 concurrent with bleomycin prevents fibrosis, and late administration is able to reverse established fibrosis and significantly improve survival. Because no effective treatment for IPF exists, selective inhibition of Wnt/β-catenin-dependent transcription suggests a potential unique therapeutic approach for pulmonary fibrosis.


Abstract : Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) has become a new standard of care for early stage lung cancer in patients who are not candidates for surgery because of excessive surgical risk, and will be an important treatment option for a growing segment of patients with lung cancer. This is particularly true as lung cancer screening efforts are expected to diagnose a greater proportion of lung cancers at earlier stages, yet the aging of the population will lead to a greater proportion of patients having comorbidities that increase surgical risk. Tumor hypoxia is a major known mechanism of radiation resistance and is especially expected to affect very short courses of radiation as in SABR. Imaging using a third generation hypoxia PET agent, 18F-EF5, is a promising approach for noninvasive hypoxia measurement that needs to be validated in the clinical setting. Our objectives are (1) to understand the prevalence of hypoxia detectable by imaging in early stage NSCLC; (2) to validate 18F-EF5 PET as an indicator of tumor oxygenation status in this patient population; and (3) to evaluate 18F-EF5 PET as a prognostic imaging biomarker for local primary tumor control after SABR.


The utility model belongs to the technical field of air purification equipment, and particularly relates to an air purification temperature and humidity adjusting machine, which is technically characterized by including an outdoor main air blower provided with an air purification filter element and connected with a central processing unit, wherein the main air blower is connected with an indoor air outlet through an air inlet pipe and connected with an indoor air exhaust outlet through an air exhaust pipe; and the central processing unit is connected with a photovoltaic panel, a storage battery, a 220 V power supply, an operation control display screen, a fan, an indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity sensor, an electronic heating and refrigerating assembly, a humidifier, a sound insulating and noise reducing filter screen, an indoor and outdoor air quality sensor, an indoor oxygen or carbon dioxide sensor, an outdoor air inlet, an adjustable air door, an indoor person condition infrared sensor, a human comfort state colored lamp assembly, a horn, an anion generator and an IOT (Internet of Things) joint. The air purification temperature and humidity adjusting machine has low noise and electromagnetic radiation, is simple to operate and control, and can automatically and dynamically analyze data of the sensors, so as to operate in an optimum way.


The utility model discloses a comprehensive household mosquito killer which comprises a housing and a circuit board, wherein an opening end face of the housing is provided with a cap cover in a matching way, an inner cavity of the housing is a mosquito killing cavity, a suction force fan is mounted in the mosquito killing cavity, a collecting net is arranged under the suction force fan, a lamp tube and a buzzer trumpet are electrically connected with the circuit board and are mounted on the cap cover, a bait bottle filled with mosquito killing bait liquid is arranged in the mosquito killing cavity, a volatilizing plate communicated with the mosquito killing cavity is arranged on the cap cover, the volatilizing plate is connected with one end of a core rod, the other end of the core rod is immersed into the mosquito killing bait liquid, a diffuser electrically connected with the circuit board is further arranged on the cap cover, and an air inlet and an air outlet used for communicating the mosquito killing cavity with the external environment are arranged on the housing. The comprehensive household mosquito killer adopts the lamp tube, the buzzer trumpet and the bait mosquito killing device to kill mosquitoes, and has a reasonable and reasonable structure, so that the mosquito killing effect is improved, meanwhile the bait liquid is volatilized through the diffuser and the volatilizing plate, so that the volatilizing effect of the bait is improved and the mosquito killing effect is further improved.


BS>Urinary concentrations of creatine, beta -aminoisobutyric acid, pyrrole --carboxylic acid, and free hydroxyproline were determined in human subjects accidentally exposed to ionizing radiation at various time intervals after exposure. The range of doses of radiation varied from about 100 to 4000 rads. Increased concentrations of creatine and beta -aminoisobutyric acid in urine were found in most of the patients. Excretion of free hydroxyproline was decreased in the three most heavily exposed patients, whereas pyrrolecarboxylic acid was increased only in the fatally injured patient. (auth)


FIELD: hydrocarbon production, particularly to obtain hydrocarbons from kerogen-bearing underground shales deposits and to use formations exhibiting reservoir properties as heat sources to convert kerogen into hydrocarbons. SUBSTANCE: method involves using rock rich in organic compounds and located near formations exhibiting reservoir properties; generating heat in above formations, wherein the heat is enough to rise temperature of rock rich in organic compounds in underground formation to increase rate of kerogen conversion into hydrocarbons. To realize above method oxygen-containing gas is injected into reservoir to increase reservoir temperature up to 220°C. EFFECT: increased rate of kerogen conversion into hydrocarbons. 13 cl, 3 dwg


Two cases of aneurysm of membranous septum (AMS) in adults are pre sented, both of which support the hypothesis that it may be the mechanism of spontaneous closure of ventricular septal defects (VSDs). In one case, a trivial residual VSD persisted. In the second case, serial catheterization studies were available; the VSD was large in childhood, gradually became smaller, and com pletely closed with the formation of AMS after the age of 14.


The work is devoted to the study of the family budget of a modern student. The analysis of psychological literature testifies to the interest in the problem of psychological features of the student's economic behavior, which is associated with its significance in life, activity, personality formation. The methodological basis was made up of the works of L. S. Vygotsky, A. N. Leontiev, L. I. Bozhovich and others. The results of the study are described, the main directions of expenditures and distribution of the family budget, its criteria are identified. A comparative analysis is given, and the correlation dependence of the parameters for different groups of college and institute students is calculated.


Objective To assess the clinical effects of Shenfu injection which consists mainly of panaxoside and water-solubility alkaloied on chronic pulmonary heart disease complicated with heart failure.Methods Ninetysix patients were randomly divided into two groups ,40 patients underwent regular treatment (control group) and 56 patients were treated with Shenfu injection additionally to regular treatment (treatment group ).There were 2 treatment durations,with 15 days in one duration.The symptoms,left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and B type UNa peptide (BNP) were measured before and after treatment.Results The total effective rate in the treatment group was 91.1% (51/56) ,which was significantly higher than that in the control group (72.5% ,29/40) (P <0.05 ).After treatment,the treatment group has significantly higher LVEF than the control group(53.27% ±7.45%vs.49.12% ± 5.89% ) ( P < 0.05 ),and significantly lower BNP ( ( 209.1 ± 18.7 ) ng/L vs.( 261.2 ± 19.3 ) ng/L ( P < 0.05).Conclusions Shenfu injection could strengthen the contractility and increase LVEF,therefore improve the function of left ventricle,as well as decrease BNP and repair heart failure.

Key words:
Pulmonary heart disease; Heart failure; Shenfu injection


Contraceptive use in Nicaragua has dramatically increased over the last 20 years, from 49 percent of currently married women in 1992/93 to 72 percent in 2006/07 (see Figure 1). In spite of this, many inequalities and disparities still exist among certain population groups. This underscores the need for public family planning (FP) resources to be used equitably in favor of poorer women, and for those with greater resources to obtain FP services and contraceptives from the non-state sector. Non-state providers of FP programs are nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), pharmacies, self financing providers, and services financed by insurance. Together these service providers comprise the total market. Under a total market approach, the government coordinates and supports public and private providers to leverage their comparative advantages to enhance equity and access of FP services. The Ministry of Health in Nicaragua (MINSA), in coordination with a contraceptive security committee (Disponibilidad Asegurado de Insumos Anticonceptivos, or DAIA Committee), has already identified the need to strategically focus public resources on more vulnerable consumers and promote participation of Nicaraguan Social Security Institute (INSS) and NGOs to provide FP services to those populations with insurance coverage and/or a greater purchasing power.


VR applications inevitably need to adapt high performance computing to allow usability without users inconveniences. In this paper we introduce a hardware oriented fast algorithm for foveated rendering in mobile real time ray tracing hardware. For this purpose, a selective dithered rendering method is used for peripheral and blend region to compensate for the degradation of image quality. The proposed algorithm can improve the rendering performance with reducing the penalty for cognitive factors. The experimental results show its performance improvement by decreasing the number of pixels rendered with average PSNR values.


An ion chromatographic method was established for the determination of acetic acid in compound amino acids injection.An IonPac ICE-AS1 column and an AMMS-ICE II micromembrane were used with 0.5mmol/L octane sulfonic acid as the eluent and 5mmol/L tetrabutylammonium hydroxide as the regenerant.The assay was performed by conductimetry.The calibration curve was linear in the concentration range of 0.3-2.7mmol/L.The quantitative limit was 8.0×10-6mmol.The average recoveries of acetic acid in four brands of compound amino acids injection were 98.7%-101.2%.