Forest ecological security is an important guarantee for national security and the healthy development of forestry. Existing research has been limited to the comprehensive evaluation and obstruction factors of forest ecological security, and this study innovatively analyzes internal coordination of forest ecological security and its spatial influencing factors in order to enhance the internal coordination of the forest ecosystem and promote the coordinated improvement of regional forest ecological security. Firstly, the forest ecological security in China from 2006 to 2020 was evaluated. On this basis, the coupling coordination degree of forest ecological security (FESD) was calculated, and its influencing factors and spatial spillover effects were analyzed using the spatial econometric model. The results show that: (1) most of China's provincial forest ecological security is at a critical and relatively safe level, and shows a trend of gradual improvement; (2) FESD in 25 provinces, represented by Guangxi, is in the acceptable range and is constantly improving; and (3) annual mean temperature, urbanization rate, completed forestry investment, and forest pest control have been positive influences on FESD. Forest population density, per capita GDP, and investment in environmental governance have significant negative influences. In addition, completed forestry investment, annual mean temperature, urbanization rate, forest population density, and forest pest control have significant spillover effects on FESD. Therefore, in the process of forest ecological management, it is necessary to further strengthen investments in forestry and pest control, and to pay more attention to the interaction between regions.


The background of this research is based on many cases of early mariages that under age girls do. Early marriages that occur in children is related with their sorroundings, such as family and peer groups. This research aims to determine the correlation of the intensity of parent – child communication, the intensity of communication with peer groups, an girl's interest to marry early. The method which is used in this research is the quantitative with positivistic approach. This research used The Reasoned Action Theory and The Reference Group Theory. This research is using non probability samling technique. The population in this research is girls age 10-16 in Indramayu district. While the sample is 60 respondens. The data is analyzed with the aid of SPSS aplication with Pearson correlation test. The result of this research indicate there is correlation between the intensity of parent – child communication and girl's interest to marry early with significance value is 0,001 and Pearson correlation value is -0,434. It means the correlation's power of the intensity of parent – child communication and girl's interest to marry early is medium with not unidirectional. So, if the intensity of parent – child communication is high, then girl's interest to marry early is low. If the intensity of parent – child communication is low, then girl's interest to marry early is high. And also there is correlation between the intensity of communication with peer groups and girl's interest to marry early with significance value is 0,006 and Pearson correlation value is 0,353. It means the correlation's power is weak and unidirectional. So, if the intensity of communication with peer groups is high, then girl's interest to marry early is high. If the intensity of communication with peer groups is low, then girl's interest to marry early is low. The suggestion of the researcher is for the goverment to give counseling for parents through BKKBN about early marriage and its impact, and also for parents go intensify the communication with their children, so the children will get knowledge and a good understanding about early marriage and its impact on them. The counseling can be done through local resident's regular meeting.


This article provides a broad survey of U. S. progress during the quadrennium 1983–1986 in the category 'numerical simulations of magnetospheric plasmas'. There has been a substantial increase of activity in this area during this period. Simulations have been instrumental in providing valuable insights into large scale dynamic phenomena, nonlinear effects, and complex kinetic phenomena in a wide variety of subject areas, including shocks and double layers, ionosphere-magnetosphere coupling phenomena, and important microphysical processes such as broadband electrostatic noise. The methodology of computer simulation has also been advanced during this quadrennium. Vlasov algorithms have been improved; hybrid codes in 2 and 3D have been developed and applied to magnetospheric problems; and complex problems have with increasing frequency been subjected to a multipronged attack in which several types of simulation models, each designed to accurately model phenomena within a particular range of temporal or spatial scales, are employed synergistically.


This article explores the complex interactions between national citizenship and local citizenship in the divided city of Belfast, Northern Ireland, as they are emerging a decade after the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement was signed. Utilizing in-depth, qualitative interviews with citizens with varied community roles and perspectives, combined with a media survey, this article addresses the question of how local citizenship is evolving in Belfast and how the evolution of a shared local citizenship may ultimately affect national citizenship. The study of this unique case sheds light on the broader theoretical question of the relationship between local and national citizenship within a democratic polity.


Something Old, Something Newer Janeen M. Taylor and Toni W. Linder Effective Leadership James McGowan and Sarah A McGowan Providing Leadership for Interagency Collaborative Efforts Carol Ann Baglin The First Step for Children and Families: Setting up a System for Screening, Evaluating, and Assessing Young Children with Disabilities and Their Families Mary Hendricks and Janeen Taylor Program Planning and Implementation for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and Their Families Anne Hickey and Janeen Taylor Program Planning and Implementation for Preschool Children with Disabilities and Their Families Marisa Conner, Jeannie Norissa, and Toni Linder Technology in Early Childhood Special Education Linda Tsantis and John Castellani Transitions and Service Coordination in Early Childhood Special Education Brenda Hussey Gardner Professional Development and Mentoring Cindy Johnson and Janeen Taylor Supervision of Professionals, Paraprofessionals and Volunteers James McGowan Health and Safety Considerations W. Scott Taylor, M.D. and Nancy Ross, R.N. Budget and Finance of Early Childhood Special Education Programs James McGowan Proposal Writing, Submission, and Management Naomi Tyler of the Alliance Project.


The conventional TZM alloy plates have limited manufacture and application due to the lacking of enough mechanical property. To resolve this question, La doped TZM alloy plate was made by the powder metallurgy. With solid-solid rare La2O3 doping, sintering, hot rolling, warm rolling and cold rolling, the molybdenum alloy La-TZM plates were got. This kind of TZM alloy has better properties in both strength and elongation. The tensile strength of La-TZM alloy is 1038 MPa, and the elongation is 10.4%. Metallography test and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) are used to examine the microstructure of the La-TZM alloy plate specimen.


Food plants are regarded as a basic source for life, being the first producers in the food chain. However, plant can do much more and recently the discovering of functional foods has prompted a series of new and exciting research aimed to close the circle between food and health. Biotechnology is one of the most useful and criticised technologies ever developed Through recombinant DNA technology transgenic organisms are formed and new characters are inserted from different and not related species. This technology is matter of ethical considerations and public concern when recombinant DNA technology is applied to food plants. The present overview analyses some aspects related to food. nutrition, functional foods, diet and biotechnology.


In accordance with the issues of substation bus bar and transformer phase conversion connection occurred on Mar. 2008 during Sijiazhuang West substation reconstruction, the resons have been found by applying theory analysis and test analysis. Puts forward several practical and feasible measures with reference of other two exsamples of phase conversion obtained from operation and construction.


Overriding consideration is that primary productivity in aquatic crops in enclosures is critical to the success of aquaculture activities, identifying the quality of water, depending on their nature. From this starting point shrimp industry in our country has been successfully developed based on research and experience acquired over time, constituting a development generating activity, economically viable, ecologically sustainable. Hence the need to understand the important role of natural food in the diet of species growing under controlled conditions. The additional power is important because it represents if the item of greatest value in operating costs of the activity, and being able to get to be in one of the main sources of pollution captive culture system and surrounding aquatic ecosystems. In order to point out this work, we proposed the following objective: 1. Qualitatively and quantitatively analyze benthic organisms found in the gut of shrimp production in ponds. The research was aimed at comparing the existing benthic community at the bottom of the ponds and in the intestinal contents of Litopenaeusvannamei. The study was conducted in the shrimp farm located in the area belonging to the canton PaguaGuabo province of El Oro and Planctonologia laboratories and Aquaculture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the Technical University of Machala. This work lasted four months, beginning in June of 2012 and culminated in October the same year. For statistical analysis, samples were taken weekly weights in grams and length in centimeters of shrimp found in ponds 1 pond 2 and pond 3; indicating that variations are equal and the null hypothesis is accepted. The two means are not significantly different.


Technology has influenced the ways of education at all levels. For the educational practices to benefi t from technology in an optimum way, a number of factors n eed to be taken into consideration. Two important f c ors of these are attitudes of teachers and students towards the use of the computer in teaching-learning. But it is ver y important to know the attitude of student teachers towards the use of the computer in teaching learning because they are the prospective teachers of society. In order to become an efficie nt and effective teacher, the training periods of t he prospective teachers should be taken into consideration. The present pap er examined the student teacher's attitude towards the use of the computer in teaching and learning. Respondents were 100 student teachers of teacher education colleges of Jalpaiguri District. Attitude scale towards information techno logy (Dr. Nasrin and Dr. Fatima Islahi 2012) was us ed to collect data from the respondents. Findings revealed that majori ty of the student teachers have a positive attitude owards the use of IT in teaching-learning process and no significant dif ference was found in attitude towards the use of IT in the teaching learning process in relation to gender variable. Bu t significance difference was found in teachers' in terest and acceptance dimension of ASTITT scale in relation to gender var iable.


The development of core technology in terms of high-tech industry depends on the ability of self-innovation,especially the frontier technology and high strategic technology.The ability of self-innovation lies in its institutional arrangement,which optimizes the distribution of resources,endures the motivation of innovation and enhances productivity.Therefore,in order to promote the ability of self-innovation,institutional innovation must be implemented in the high-tech industry.Basad on the comparison analysis on institutional arrangements among America,Japan,Germany,France and South Korea,the approaches to promote the ability of self-innovation in high-tech industry in our country have been explored in this paper.These approaches consist of the optimization of institution of the science and technology,the establishment of effective operating system for investing scientific fund and optimization the system of talents.


3D finite element analysis of laboratory punch tests on ice rubble. : Proceedings of the 17th International Conferance on Port and Ocean Engineering under Artic Conditions. Trondheim, Norway, Vol.2, pp. 599-610


The new drilling, made in 2011 in the Ferdynandovian interglacial stratotype site in Ferdynandow near Kock (E Poland) allows to carry out high resolution palaeobotanical analyses (including palynological and plant macrofossils ones). The results of the analyses are presented and interpreted against the background of the earlier partition of the ferdynandovian succession (acc. to Janczyk-Kopikowa 1975). A particular attention was paid to the similarity of succession derived from the profile Ferdynandow 2011 with those from neighboring sites in Łukow and Zdany. Very clearly it outlines the division of the three analyzed profiles of the ferdynandovian succession into two distinct interglacials separated by a sediment section bearing the record of the succession typically glacial with its stadial-interstadial oscillations. In the light of the new data from the Ferdynandow 2011 profile, it is clear that the division which was first used by Mamakowa (1996), applies to all ferdynandovian successions in Poland, if only two warm periods were registered in them (formerly known as two climate optima). The warm units in the Ferdynandow 2011 succession correspond to climatostratigraphic units Ferdynandovian 1 and 2, and the cold unit – to Ferdynandovian 1/2 (Lindner et al. 2004). The whole ferdynandovian succession s.l. correlates with the Cromerian complex in the early Middle Pleistocene of Western Europe stratigraphy (Cromerian II Westerhoven and Cromerian III Rosmalen) and marine oxygen isotope stages (MIS) 13–15. The new geological and palaeobotanical data allowed to reconstruct the functioning of interglacial lake and its palaeogeographic context on the stratotype site and its evolution.


The aim of the study was to examine the attitudes towards learning of farmers with different working experience and age from animal production in Taiwan. A questionnaire was prepared and distributed to the participants of conferences or training courses. Data obtained from the questionnaires were analyzed using SAS. The results showed that workers with experience of less than 1 year and younger ages in the animal industry thought it necessary to invite professionals to farms for training. Workers with experience above 6 years, and working more than 12 hours daily were willing to spend time reading professional books or magazines. The more hours the people worked daily, the more they felt the necessity of attending professional training courses and conferences. The elder the workers, the more they disagreed with the necessity to invite industry professionals for training. When problems occurred, those with work experience above 6 years and age above 65 years old would seek experts first to solve problems. Respondents of longer working hours and more work experience had a much higher desire to learn. Farmers' needs and preferences should be taken into consideration when implementing extension education.


The need to turn around the beverage can recycle table from conventional can-can to can-automobile (bumper applications) that was seen as a gap to be filled through a novel Experimental 7475 Aluminium Alloy (X7475). In this study, Aluminium, Zinc, Manganese and Copper were sourced from Recycled Beverage Can (RBC), spent DR 20-BG/T 8897.2 - 2008 Hawk battery and coils of used standing fans respectively. Experimental samples were stir cast. Morphological investigations on over 35 sites revealed elemental composition, nature of defects and possible phases. Annealed (O), naturally aged (T4) and artificial aged (T6) samples were indented for hardness (H). Imperfections and inclusions such as C, O (pores), Na and Fe were observed in the α-Al phase. Hardening precipitates like MgZn2, Mg3Zn3Al2, Mg32 (Zn, Al)49 and Al0.5Fe3Si0.5 were identified. Peak obtainable H of 140.45 Hv (T6), 134.32 Hv (T4) and 89.11 Hv (O) with the least H of 52.18 Hv. Pores and casting defects were observed due to the production route and constituents from secondary sources which affected the mechanical properties. Future research should focus on Optimization of Mechanical Properties. H should be correlated with tensile strength. The use of alumina crucibles may be options.


Brain source localization is a growing field of research in neuroscience as it has diversified applications for diagnosing of various brain disorders. It encompasses 2segments: forward problem and inverse problem. Various numerical techniques such as finite element method (FEM) and Boundary element method (BEM) are used for head modelling to solve forward problem. However, the inverse problem is evaluated utilizing optimization techniques which include minimum norm estimation (MNE), low resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (LORETA) and Bayesian framework based multiple sparse priors (MSP). This research work uses EEG signals for localizing active sources of brain. EEG data is generated at SNR value of -5dB synthetically. Thus, BEM is used for forward modelling and classical MNE, LORETA and MSP are used for inverse problem. However, novel concept of increasing number of patches to improve localization accuracy is implemented within Bayesian framework. Hence, this technique is termed as modified MSP (M-MSP). Thus, the data is subjected to multiple trials to validate results statistically. The trends are plotted between various parameters of localization. According to results, MMSP has improved accuracy related to free energy and localization error.


Abstract Traditionally, the subject of revascularization of cerebral arteries for stroke prevention has been limited to discussions of carotid endarterectomy (CEA). More recently, endovascular therapy, particularly stenting, has become the focus of intense investigation. Probably, there is no better potential application for endovascular stenting than in the treatment of lesions involving the intracranial portions of the cerebral arterial vasculature. Indeed atherosclerotic pathology of these vessels seems to be associated with a significantly high risk for stroke, even when medical therapy is maximized. In addition, the evolution of technology and experience of the interventionalists have resulted in improved outcomes and has underscored the potential of treating these patients using endovascular techniques. The present is a summary of the current techniques and experience in the elective treatment of intracranial lesions using endovascular stenting.


Seed vigour evaluation of 5 genotypes of oat (Avena satiua L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) were made at the seed testing laboratory of the Antonio Narro University in Saltillo, Mexico. Two evaluation methods were tried: 1) the accelerated ageing test (AA or with stress, or 2) the standard germination test, without stress. The material was:two commercial varieties, two landraces, and a local variety (farm) of each species. Statistical analyses were made through a planned contrast treatments test. Oat varieties Babicora and Cuauhtemoc were stronger than the landraces AvL2, AvL8 and the farm seed. Cuauhtemoc had the highest vigour. In barley, the landraces CeLA46 and CeLA43 were more vigourous than the commercial varieties, Esperanza and Cerro Prieto, and the local seed farm variety; line CeLA46 was the strongest. Barley confirmed more resistant than oat, and proved significantly superior in some variables like plumule length, after AA. Our results suggest that the standard germination test is less reliable than AA to determine seed vigour.


The present study was carried out at Antoniadis Research Branch, Horticulture Research Institute A.R.C. Alexandria, Egypt during 2017 and 2018 seasons. This study aim to investigate the effect of for levels of lead 0,100, 200 and 300 ppm) in water irrigation and three different concentrations of citric acid (0,250 and 500 ppm) as foliar application on the vegetative growth and chemical composition of Senecio cineraria. Moreover, this investigation aim to study the ability of using Senecio cineraria as lead phytoremediation. The results exhibited significant reduction in all vegetative parameters as affected by lead concentration treatments. On the other hand, significant increment in vegetative growth parameters was detected by using 500 ppm citric acid. Concerning chlorophyll and carbohydrates contents, the highest significant values were obtained under tap water irrigation (0 and 0 levels of lead and citric acid). Moreover,the results showed no significant effect of the combinations (interaction) between lead and citric acid concentrations on vegetative growth parameters. Meanwhile, the results showed, the highest amount of lead sentient in leaves and roots was detected under the treatments combination (300 ppm load 0 citric acid). Finally, the results also showed, it is possible to use Senecio cineraria hands as lead phytoremediation by using citric acid (300 ppm) as foliar application.


"New rural amenities"and"New agriculture"movements are important parts of the Taiwan overall agricultural policies.Historically,Taiwan's agricultural policies have experienced two fundamental restructurings,the first was turning agriculture supporting industry to industry re-feeding agriculture;the second was turning traditional agriculture development to modern agriculture model(refined agriculture).Two fundamental changes in Taiwan's agricultural development have laid its overall strategic thinking."New rural amenities"and"New agriculture"movements are the further action following refined agriculture to promote agricultural development of Taiwan.This article attempts to analyze the background and the implementation of the two agricultural policies in order to provide the reference for the new rural construction of mainland.


I read with great interest Dr Morild's article concerning fractures in hanging (Morild, 1996). In his/her final comment, the author states: 'The type of hanging which gives the highest number of fractures in this study was the atypical complete hanging; however, the number of cases in this study was too few to draw any firm conclusions'. Although I agree, I feel I would like to make a few comments. Table I shows that there is no significant difference in the percentage of fractures among the following three types of hanging: typical-incomplete, atypical-complete and atypical-incomplete. However, there is between those three and typical-complete. Ai; a defmition of 'typical hanging' I here adopt Polson's description: 'when a fixed loop is used with the knot at the back of the neck' (Polson, 1991). It would have been very interesting to have read the author's views on what caused these differences. I think that, in typical-complete hanging, death occurs faster than in typical-incomplete because of the completeness of the obstruction of the neck arteries and airway (Terazawa and Takatori, 1992). In typical-incomplete hangings, convulsions in the terminal stage may occur in a different manner to that found in typical hanging, as the brain will become hypoxic more slowly with a consequently higher incidence in fractures. Therefore, I would like to ask the author to present the individual data for all the typical-complete and typical-incomplete hangings along with the deceased's age and suspension time etc., so that I might be better able to consider the mechanism of the generation of the fractures. It appears in Figure 2 that the longer the suspension time the less frequently the fractures occur, which contradicts the author's statement in the abstract. I would like to hear the author's explanation of this. On this point, I would also like to investigate the details of the individual cases; the reason for this lower frequency could then be considered on the basis of age, ligatures used, and the type of hanging employed by the deceased. I have been investigating the mechanism involved in the generation of petechial haemorrhages in the conjunctivae in hanging in order to provide Letters to the Editor 271


The Oldroyd 8-constant model is a continuum framework containing, as special cases, many important constitutive equations for elastic liquids. When polymeric liquids undergo large-amplitude oscillatory shear flow, the shear stress responds as a Fourier series, the higher harmonics of which are caused by the fluid nonlinearity. We choose this continuum framework for its rich diversity of special cases (we tabulate 14 of these). Deepening our understanding of this Oldroyd 8-constant framework thus at once deepens our understanding of every one of these special cases. Previously [C. Saengow et al., Macromol. Theory Simul. 24, 352 (2015)], we arrived at an exact analytical solution for the corotational Maxwell model. Here, we derive the exact analytical expression for the Oldroyd 8-constant framework for the shear stress response in large-amplitude oscillatory shear flow. Our exact solution reduces to our previous solution for the special case of the corotational Maxwell model, as it should. Our worked exampl...


The present invention relates to a method for processing waste (12) in a mechanical or mechanical-biological waste treatment plant (1), comprising the steps of: a) at least one input point (40,42,44) waste (12) introduced into the waste processing apparatus (1); b) that the waste (12) is homogenized, c) by at least one agitator (29) to determine the waste processing apparatus (1), waste (12) consistency, d) if the waste treatment plant (1), waste (12) of the water content is too low, the addition of water or higher water content than the waste disposal apparatus (1), waste (12); if the waste (12) of the water content is too high, removal of water is added, or lower water content wastes, e) conveying the waste (12) introduced into the at least one output point (64), f) removing the waste, wherein the waste processing apparatus (1) is subdivided into at least two regions (15, 16 , the waste input and / or removal or addition of water to adjust 17), in each region (16, 17), the waste (12) respectively consistency. Further, the present invention relates to an apparatus for implementing the method.


This paper discusses the potential benefits of artificial intelligence techniques. First, the role of alarm interpretation in complex process monitoring is examined followed by an analysis of the alarm interpretation task. The techniques used in several industrial applications are described. They are compared and the common features are highlighted. This paper has been written so as to provide the adequate introductory material to the ECC'99 invited session on Artificial Intelligence for Industrial Process Supervision.


The conjecture of Masser-Oesterl\'e, popularly known as $abc$-conjecture have many consequences. We use an explicit version due to Baker to solve a number of conjectures.


The regulation of Ca in human body is performed by Ca-ATPase. The affinity of erythrocyte plasma membrane Ca-ATPase (PMCA) was examined for three different porphyrin compounds, Tetraphenylporphinesulfonate (TPPS), 5,10,15,20-Tetrakis (4-sulfonatophenyl) porphyrinato Iron(III) Chloride (FeTPPS) and 5,10,15,20-Tetrakis (4-sulfonatophenyl) porphyrinato Iron(III) nitrosyl Chloride (FeNOTPPS), by enzymatic assays. The plasma membrane Ca-ATPase was inhibited by all three of these compounds resulting in an increase in intracellular calcium.


In Finnish hospitals, heat labile equipment is mostly sterilized by ethylene oxide (EO) gas. Formaldehyde sterilizers are rarely used. We have tested a new commercial autoclave constructed exclusively for formaldehyde and low-temperature steam (F-LTS) sterilization, offering a potentially safer and cheaper method of sterilization. Both the sterilizing efficacy of the apparatus and the levels of formaldehyde in the processed materials were studied.


Controlled Markov chains. Unconstrained Markov chains: Lagrange multipliers approach penalty function approach projection gradient method. Constrained Markov chains: Lagrange multipliers approach penalty function approach nonregular Markov chains practical aspects.


The present invention discloses a touch switch terminal and application, the method comprising: receiving a user's touch operation on a touch-sensitive terminal; said trigger level in response to the application according to the level corresponding to the touch operation operating. Embodiment of the present invention, allows the user to switch between multiple applications more convenient, higher compared to the original method of switching operations efficiency, may also be implemented freely switch between multiple applications in the case of failure of the physical keys, improved user operating experience.


The current study investigated on changes in soil chemical environment by integrated nutrient management practices and its effect on yield, economics under rice-fallow cropping system. The results indicated application of 50% RDF + 10 t FYM + Azotobacter, Azospirillum & PSB @5kg ha each recorded higher organic carbon(0.446 %), N(211 kg ha), P(25.50 kg ha), K(198 kg ha), S (25.7 kg ha ), Ca(0.22 %), Mg(0.09 %) , grain yield (51.43 q ha), harvest index (49.81 %), gross return (Rs.69470 ha) and influenced greatly on changes in soil chemical environment which enhances the yield, economics of rice and soil fertility. * Correspondence T. K. Samant Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


Electricity theft by cyber attacks to smart meters in advanced metering infrastructure causes financial losses to utilities every year. This paper proposes an electricity theft detector using metering data based on Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost). The metering data are preprocessed, including recover missing or erroneous values and normalization. The classification model based on XGBoost are trained using both benign and malicious samples after data preprocessing. Simulations are done by using the Irish Smart Energy Trails with six attack types. Compared with the support vector machine, propagation neural network, and k-nearest neighbors algorithm, the proposed method can detect electricity theft with either higher accuracy or faster speed.


Goals individuals have toward their romantic relationships may help explain why some people are more motivated to engage in relationship maintenance than others. This study tested a motivational model of relationship maintenance based on approach and avoidance goals. Data collected from 184 romantically involved individuals revealed that approach goals were associated with greater use of positivity, openness, assurance, networks, and tasks but avoidance goals were not associated with any of the maintenance behaviors. These maintenance behaviors also mediated the association between goals, satisfaction, and disillusion. These findings demonstrate that relationship goals play an important role in the relationship maintenance process.


The RhaiCAL system provides novel visualizations and interaction techniques for interacting with an intelligent agent, with an emphasis on calendar scheduling. After an agent interprets natural language containing meeting information, a user can easily correct mistakes using RhaiCAL's clarification dialogs, which provide the agent with feedback to improve its performance. When an agent proposes actions to take on the user's behalf, it can ask the user to confirm them. RhaiCAL uses novel visualizations to present the proposal to the user and allow them to modify the proposal, and informs the agent of the user's actions in a manner that supports long-term learning of the user's preferences. We have designed a high-level XML-based language that allows an agent to express its questions and proposed actions without mentioning user interface details, and that enables RhaiCAL to generate high-quality user interfaces.


Face recognition has achieved significant progress in deep learning era due to the ultra-large-scale and well- labeled datasets. However, training on the outsize datasets is time-consuming and takes up a lot of hardware resource. Therefore, designing an efficient training approach is in- dispensable. The heavy computational and memory costs mainly result from the million-level dimensionality of the fully connected (FC) layer. To this end, we propose a novel training approach, termed Faster Face Classification (F2C), to alleviate time and cost without sacrificing the performance. This method adopts Dynamic Class Pool (DCP) for storing and updating the identities' features dy-namically, which could be regarded as a substitute for the FC layer. DCP is efficiently time-saving and cost-saving, as its smaller size with the independence from the whole face identities together. We further validate the proposed F2C method across several face benchmarks and private datasets, and display comparable results, meanwhile the speed is faster than state-of-the-art FC-based methods in terms of recognition accuracy and hardware costs. More-over, our method is further improved by a well-designed dual data loader including indentity-based and instance- based loaders, which makes it more efficient for updating DCP parameters.


The rhetoric strategy is an important concept in rhetoric,which includes five essential elements: intercommunicate movement,intercommunicate purpose,adaptation,rhetoric means,and strategy design.The artistic using of rhetoric means in the comedy "Bu Cha Qian",which was brought about the huge social sensation,was studied in this text.


The aim of this study was Correlation Between Suicidal Ideation and Student Alienation Among Undergraduate Girls Students. The total number of sample was 60 (30 Arts Girls and 30 Sci. Girls) was selected from Tuljaram Chaturchand College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Baramati Dist-Pune. Two scales namely suicidal ideation  Scale developed by Dr. Devendra Singh Sisodia and Dr. Vibhuti Bhatnagar (1971) and Students Alienation Scale prepared by Dr. R. R. Sharama (1988) were used. In the present research descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation, as well as the correlation used for the analysis of relationship between variables.


The main aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between interpersonal difficulties in adolescence, on the one hand, with social phobia (both generalized and non-generalized), and, on the other hand, with personality variables (intraversion and neuroticism). A sample of 538 schoolchildren between the ages of 12 to 18 were recruited. They then filled in the following set of self-reports: the Questionnaire about Interpersonal Difficulties for Adolescents, the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory, the Personal Report of Confidence as Speaker (shortened 12- item version), and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Adolescents with generalized social phobia, with fear of public speaking, introverted, and emotionally instable reported more interpersonal difficulties than adolescents without generalized social phobia, without fear of public speaking, extraverted, and emotionally stable (p<0.001). The prevalence of generalized social phobia was 8.18% and was more frequent among females than among males, with a proportion of 2:1, reaching a peak in mid-adolescence (14-15 years old).


Andaman and Nicobar islands are eastern most fringe of our country consisting 572 islands with an area of 8429 sq km having only 6% area under cultivation. Although the islands region receives an average annual rainfall of 3070 mm spread from May to November, agriculture is mostly rainfed and people even face problem of drinking water during dry period. Ground water availability is almost zero with no well defined aquifer except some perched aquifers, leaving rain water management as the only viable solution for providing water for irrigation as well as domestic water supply. An attempt has been made to devise rain water management pratices in different topographical situations to provide water during the dry season. This article describes the potential of such management.


Charity sport events constitute a dynamic type of sport events. The aim of the present study was to explore the role of involvement and activity attachment as predictors of intention to repeated participation in charity sport events. Members of a UK charity took part in the survey. Kyle, Graefe, Manning and Bacon's (2004) questionnaire was used to measure involvement and Funk and James' (2006) questionnaire was used to measure attachment. Results revealed three dimensions for involvement and three dimensions for attachment. A hierarchical regression analysis was used to predict the intention to re-participate at the charity sport events. The dimensions of involvement predicted 13,7% of the variance in the intention variable [(F (3,107) =5.68, p<.001)] and the dimensions of activity attachment increase the prediction of intention to 24,3% of the variance [(R2 =.106, F change (3,104)=4.84, p<.005)]. The present study could help charities n their efforts to develop this area in the future.


Modeling is one of the key categories of modern cognitive theory and design-engineering practice. Simulation and visualization of real physical processes and phenomena are important technological tools and simulation results. The article presents a comparative review and analysis of existing emulators, such as Cisco Packet Tracer and UNetLab, as well as the rationale for choosing CupCarbon as a platform for modeling, in particular, wireless networks for the Internet of Things. The functional potential of today's most common emulators like Cisco Packet Tracer and UNetLab are significant. Cisco Packet Tracer is a powerful software emulator, which gives the possibility to users to simulate networks, organizing them with the almost unlimited number of devices, using the equipment and adjusting it for the specific tasks of this or that environment. The program gives the opportunity to develop the quality of decision-making speed, creativity and critical thinking, configuration and troubleshooting networks with the use of virtual equipment and simulated connection. Despite the great advantages of this software emulator, it has several disadvantages, which make it incorrect for modeling IoT networks, such as the lack of simulation in a 2D/3D environment and adding urban and natural noise, not a complete emulation of IOS, almost everything that goes beyond the CCNA, it also cannot be built on it, the possible manifestation of a variety of bugs that are treated only by restarting the program.


A systematic review of bridge power factor correction (PFC) boost rectifiers is presented in this paper. Both open-loop and closed-loop controlled boost converters are modeled and simulated using the Simulink blocks. The bridge PFC topologies may reduce the conduction loss by reducing the number of semiconductor components. The bridge PFC boost implementations have received increased attention. In each circuit, the boost converter is implemented by replacing a pair of bridge rectifiers with switches and employing an AC side boost inductor. The construction and implementation of these PFC boost rectifiers are fairly easy, which can prove useful in the real world.


Imiquimod (Toll-Like receptor [TLR] 7 agonist), is a small nucleoside analogue that has shown excellent efficacy towards a variety of tumors. It is currently marketed as a topical formulation against many primary skin tumors and cutaneous metastases. The mode of action is complex and appears to comprise several presumably mutually enhancing components. The predominant antitumor mode of action is mediated via activation of central transcription factors, which leads to induction of pro-inflammatory cytokines and thereby initiates a strong antitumor cellular immune response. This activity is augmented by suppression of regulatory mechanisms, which normally limit inflammatory responses and at higher concentrations it has been shown that imiquimod exerts pro-apoptotic activity against tumor cells. A recent study has indeed shown antitumor effects of imiquimod against bladder cancer cell lines in vitro and in vivo. Acceptable strategies for immunotherapy will require durable responses without systemic toxicity. In this issue of the International Journal of Urology, Hayashi et al. investigated the potential for a formulation containing TLR-7 agonist R-837 (imiquimod) and different ratios of lactic acid , poloxamer (Lutrol F 127), and 2-(hydroxypropyl)-b-cyclodextrin (HPbCD) to potentiate the anti-neoblastic effect and indeed limit the side-effects in an orthotopic, syngeneic mouse model of bladder cancer. Therapeutic efficacy was demonstrated in the mouse model in that tumor loads of the formulated imiquimod-treated mice were significantly lower than tumor loads in mice that were only vehicle-treated or non-treated. The study also showed a decreased absorption of imiquimod and reduced systemic and local induction of keratinocyte-derived chemokine, thereby possibly reducing systemic toxicity. Although intravesical therapy is generally safe, even when used within the guidelines of the American Urological Association and the European Association of Urology, local, systemic complications, and even fatalities do occur. The complications of intravesical therapy can be classified as those occurring locally as a result of direct effects on the bladder and those occurring as a result of systemic absorption of the agent. This study has addressed both of these effects in the mouse model. New therapeutic strategies for intravesical therapies utilizing TLR-7 agonists and formulations there of, must be designed based on thorough randomized investigations comparing these drugs with current therapies including bacillus Calmette–Guérin, intravesical chemotherapies, and eventually other TLR agonists including TLR-9. I look forward to the results of such studies revealing the therapeutic potential, as well as economic consequences, of these new and exciting treatment modalities.


ARTHRODESIS OF THE ELBOW: INDICATIONS Elbow arthrodesis (EA) is the most disabling arthrodesis that can be performed in the upper extremity. Once the elbow is in a fixed position, the remaining joints in the extremity are unable to compensate for the loss of motion. EA should only be performed when other motion-preserving interventions are not possible. Total elbow arthroplasty is reserved for functionally older patients without significant weight-bearing demands. Proposed indications for EA include chronic infection, acute traumatic nonreconstructible elbow injuries in the functionally young, posttraumatic arthritis or instabilityinthefunctionallyyoung,andfailedtotalelbow arthroplasty. The goal of EA should be to relieve pain and to retain function that would be lost with amputation. When planning for EA, the surgeon must have an understanding of how to approach elbow arthrodesis in the setting of acute and late reconstructive elbow trauma and to be able to anticipate and manage potential complications. Realistic patient expectations are paramount.


43 Abstract— In this paper, a comparative performance analysis of two-switch Pseudo-inverter and Full-bridge inverter for Off-Grid Photovoltaic (OGPV) system is presented using single 250W-PV module. The performance of Pseudo-inverter and conventional Full-bridge inverter in terms of total harmonic distortion of the output voltage and current are compared based on the internal control of the inverter (open loop control) using Bipolar and Unipolar Sinusoidal Pulse-Width Modulation (SPWM). The total harmonic distortion (THD) of the conventional Full-bridge inverter and Pseudo-inverter, before and after implementation of filtering components also being analyzed. The results show that the Unipolar Pseudo-inverter with filter significantly provide lowest THD which are (5.01% and 5.35%) compared to conventional Unipolar Full-bridge inverter (13.9% and 35.55%), for current harmonic and voltage harmonic, THDi and THDv respectively. All the analytical work was performed using MATLAB Simulink software.


Objective To determine the cutoff point between normal and abnormal value of 4-7 years old asthmatic children with impulse oscillation system(IOS).Methods IOS lung function was measured in 124 normal children and 160 asthmatic children with attack.The sensitivity and specificity to judge abnormality with IOS main parameters in different levels of predicted normal value was calculated.Results The value of IOS parameters between normal and asthmatic children was significantly different.The sensitivity and specificity were all 0.68 when total respiratory impedance(Zrs)≥115% normal predicted was adopted as abnormality.The sensitivity and specificity were 0.61 and 0.63 when respiratory resistance at 5 Hz(R5)≥115% normal predicted was adopted as abnormal;and the sensitivity and specificity were 0.84 and 0.81 when airway reactance at 5 Hz(X5)≥110% normal predicted was adopted as abnormal.Conclusion Zrs,R5≥115% normal predicted,X5≥110% normal predicted could be considered as abnormal.


Method for determination of mono- and diglycerides by gas liquid chromatography as their TMS derivatives or acetates were examined. Chromatograms which show completely separated and sharp peaks were obtained for the both derivatives.Calibration factors for glycerides of fatty acids of carbon numder 14, 16 and 18 were determined by using standard materials. Peak areas observed for diglycerides were relatively small in comparison with those for monoglycerides.Five sorts of commercial products of monoglycerides were used for investigation. Saponification value and hydroxyl value calculated from the GLC composition of the products well agreed with those values determined by chemical analysis, respectively. Contents of monoglyceride of the products determined by GLC and chemical analysis also showed good coincidence.


This paper is on the basic features of communication between teachers and students in the teaching process, as well as the barriers that often interfere. Special attention has been the role of teachers as a factor in successful communication in teaching and the factors that may affect the improvement of the process. Also, the results of research carried out among students of Teacher Training Faculty, teaching classes in Novi Pazar, which had intended to show how students assess the quality of communication in the teaching and what are the main obstacles in achieving good communication between teachers and students. The tasks of the study were to demonstrate how students perceive communication in the educational process, what they see as its main factors and the extent to which teacher education as a factor responsible for the quality of communication in the classroom. The research was conducted on a sample of 138 students, we used descriptive method, technique survey by a questionnaire which was composed of 13 questions open, closed, and mixed type. The results show that the teacher has a key role in the process of communication in teaching and that of his methodological skills, creativity, clarity in speaking, nonverbal language skills and use of timely feedback depends on the quality of relationship the teacher - student.


The development of ultrafine grained structures in 316L and 304-type austenitic stainless steels subjected to large strain cold working and subsequent annealing and their effect on mechanical properties were studied. The cold rolling was accompanied by a mechanical twinning and a partial martensitic transformation and resulted in the development of elongated austenite/ferrite grains with the transverse size of about 50 nm at a strain of 4. The grain refinement by large strain cold working resulted in an increase of tensile strength above 2000 MPa in the both steels. Annealing at temperatures above 500°C resulted in ferrite-austenite reversion. However, the transverse grain/subgrain size remained on the level of about 100-150 nm after annealing at temperatures up to 700°C.


Abstract In hydrogen-bonded mixed crystals of ferro- and antiferro-electrics, Rb1-x(NH4)xH2PO4, the domain structures for all phases are discussed by means of 2D-Monte Carlo simulation. To confirm the structures, 87Rb NMR-NQR spectra are also derived theoretically in good agreement with the observed NMR signals.


The number of abomasal displacements has increased consistently in the last ten years with increasing milk production in a large animal practice in northern Germany despite improved management. Besides disposition (1), and mistakes in management (overfeeding during the dry period, inadequate "steaming up"), it is primarily due to feeding regimes (2) which in this practice include silage of corn, grass or turnip greens, hay, turnips and concentrates. The abomasal displacement has been observed frequently secondary to diseases such as liver disease with ketosis, latent hypocalcemia, abomasitis, pelvic phlegmons, endometritis, and lamenesses with associated general malaise and a decrease in food intake. About half of all abomasal displacements can be cured or disappear spontaneously with fluid therapy, intensive therapy of the underlying disease, change in feeding and peroral therapy (via stomach tube) to improve rumen digestion. If conservative treatment of the patient is not possible, the surgical correction of the abomasal displacement is necessary. Besides the rightsided laparotomy and omentopexy (3), the author used a modification of the method described by HULL (1972) which is fast and simple, and is accepted by many farmers even for the treatment of valuable cows.


An inscription in Sabaic recently discovered on the site of Jabal Riy ā m (Yemen) gives an account of a journey — probably a diplomatic mission — carried out by a Sabaean dignitary on behalf of the rulers of the tribe of Ḥ uml ā n. He listed the territories he passed through in western and northern Arabia and in the Middle East, up to Palmyra and Mesopotamia. This text, assumed to date back to the 3rd century AD (more probably c .260–280), provides a unique picture of the political forces in the area and throws new light on the regional map of the time.


We report a case of a mandibular dentoalveolar fracture caused by severe iatrogenic hyponatremia-induced grand mal seizure in a 31-year-old pregnant lady who underwent normal vaginal delivery. She had oxytocin augmentation of her labor, and the seizure happened in the immediate postpartum period. The seizure was thought to be because of severe hyponatremia and prompt management controlled the metabolic disorder. The fracture was reduced and fixed successfully, and she was discharged after 48 hours, healing was uneventful.


Objective:To compare the clinical efficacy of primary angioplasty with thrombolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction (AMI).Methods:Twenty patients with AMI underwent intravenous thrombolytic therapy with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt PA) and other eighteen patients underwent primary angioplasty.The recanalizing rate of infarct related artery (IRA) and the cardiac function (left ventricular ejection fraction LVEF) in patients was assessed during hospitalization.Results:There were no significant differences between the two in age, risk factors,time from onset of symptom to hospital management and infarct location but apparent differences were found in recanalizing rate of IRA ( 75% vs 100%, P0.05) and LVEF (0.50±0.13 vs 0.58±0.10,P0.05).Conclusion:This study suggests that primary angioplasty provides a short term clinical advantage over thrombolytic therapy with rt PA in preserving cardiac function after AMI. Primary angioplasty, if accomplished promptly,is an excellent alternative for myocardial reperfusion.


Between 1970 and 1975, Knight (1978) found that 263 Ohio agriculture teachers left the profession for reasons other than retirement or death. Similarly, Morgan (1988) concluded that approximately 11 percent of all secondary agriculture teachers left the profession annually for reasons other then death or retirement. Is there a casual link between leaving the profession and job satisfaction ? If one can hypothesize that there is a causal link, then it becomes important that agricultural educators assess the level of job satisfaction among agriculture teachers.


In this research, the effect of machining parameters on the various surface roughness characteristics (arithmetic average roughness (Ra), root mean square average roughness (Rq) and average maximum height of the profile (Rz)) in the milling of AISI 4140 steel were experimentally investigated. Depth of cut, feed rate, cutting speed and the number of insert were considered as control factors; Ra, Rz and Rq were considered as response factors. Experiments were designed considering Taguchi L9 orthogonal array. Multi signal-to-noise ratio was calculated for the response variables simultaneously. Analysis of variance was conducted to detect the significance of control factors on responses. Moreover, the percent contributions of the control factors on the surface roughness were obtained to be the number of insert (71.89 %), feed (19.74 %), cutting speed (5.08%) and depth of cut (3.29 %). Minimum surface roughness values for Ra, Rz and Rq were obtained at 325 m/min cutting speed, 0.08 mm/rev feed rate, 1 number of insert and 1 mm depth of cut by using multi-objective Taguchi technique.


aInnovative Sensor and Functional Materials Research Group, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany bFraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM, 28359 Bremen, Germany cDepartment of Production Engineering, Near Net-Shape Manufacturing Technologies, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany dMAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany


Financial Independence is the ability of a self-financed activities in the area of governance, development and service to the people who have paid taxes and levies as a source of local revenue needed. This research objective is to analyze the financial i ndependence year 2008-2012 City of Bandar Lampung and analyze effectiveness financial year 2008-2012 City of Bandar Lampung. These results indicate that the independence of the Fiscal Year 2008-2012 City of Bandar Lampung as measured by (1) Financial Independence ratio indicates that Bandar Lampung city is likely to have a very high financial dependence to central government or patterned instructive, viewed from the contribution of PAD is still not adequate to finance the construction of Bandar Lampung area and help the central government contribution is more dominant in local government activities. (2) The effectiveness ratio showed that the performance of the City of Bandar Lampung is very effective, judging from the target of the PAD always increasing and always be realized by both the budget each year Bandar Lampung city has not been independent in the implementation of regional autonomy. Therefore, Bandar Lampung city should be optimized the factors that affect the ability of local governments in raising revenue, particularly the public participation factors, in addition to the City of Belfast also have more taxes to maintain a highly potential area and always make a major contribution to the Revenue The original area of each fiscal year, the Street Lighting Tax and Restaurant Tax, so that local needs can be met properly.


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The Internet revolution has brought about significant changes in the level of market transparency, providing consumers access to information about products and prices. This research examines technology-driven changes in market transparency and its implications on firm strategies. I performed three studies at the individual, firm, and industry levels.
In the first study, I examine how market transparency impacts consumer demand. For that purpose, I perform an econometric analysis of a large data set of airline tickets sold by both Internet-based and traditional travel agencies. The results suggest that price transparency increases price elasticity, while product transparency decreases price elasticity. In addition, demand in the online channel is more elastic than in the offline channel.
The second study develops an economic model to derive the prices and transparency levels that a seller should adopt in the online and offline channels in order to maximize profits. The model provides guidelines for firms to set relative transparency levels and prices across channels in order to maximize profits. The general result is that if market transparency increases price elasticity, the price for each channel should be set relative to the level of market transparency. Real-world strategies of online and traditional travel agencies are evaluated against the findings of this model. I find that relative prices and transparency levels across the Internet and traditional air travel channels are sub-optimal.
In the third study, I use case studies of the air travel and financial securities industries to develop a theoretical framework that explains how IT impacts market structure and uncovers the forces that, together with IT, will lead to electronic markets to provide accurate, complete, and unbiased information. Initially, firms will have economic incentives to use e-commerce technologies to bias, conceal, and distort information, resulting in the predominance of biased and opaque electronic markets. Subsequently, in the presence of IT advances and competitive, institutional, and industry-specific forces, firms will make individual market design decisions that, in aggregate, will lead electronic markets to become transparent. On the other hand, the absence of any of these forces will inhibit the move to transparent electronic markets.


Efforts to improve the quality of learning by improving teaching methods and as a teacher's reference to create more interesting and varied learning in the learning process so as to increase student interest and motivation in learning can influence the improvement of student outcomes in learning. The purpose of this research is to find out the increase in the learning value of Creative Products and Entrepreneurship with the application of a portfolio-based learning model at SMKN 1 Cirebon. This research was conducted in two stages, namely the observation stage and the implementation stage. This research uses Classroom action research, which is carried out in three cycles and several stages, namely planning, action, observation, and reflection. This Classroom Action Research (PTK) uses a portfolio-based learning model with learning methods in the form of inquiry methods and group discussions. In each implementation cycle sequence with the steps and goals set. At the final stage of the cycle implementation, a test was conducted to measure students' understanding and abilities. The data collection technique used is a test. The test is given at the end of each cycle. In cycle I and cycle II, students were given a multiple choice test consisting of 10 questions. In cycle III, students are given 20 multiple choice questions. In the first cycle of students who have met the Minimum Completeness Criteria (KKM) of 26.47%. In cycle II, 38.24% of students were able to achieve the Minimum Completeness Criteria (KKM). The highest increase was in cycle III, 76.47% of students were able to achieve the Minimum Completeness Criteria (KKM).


New research unit at LSE's Department of Anthropology will investigate how and why poverty persists for marginalised communities in India.


[Objective] To explore the clinical diagnostic value of determination of three tests [neopterin(NPT),interleukin-1(IL-1) and TNF-α ] for rheumatoid arthritis(RA).[Methods] The serum levels of NPT,IL-1,and TNF-α in patients with RA(active and remissive),and normal controls were determined,and the correlation between determination values and RA active index(DAS) were analyzed.[Results] The serum level of NPT was 24.7±17.3 nmol/L,IL-1 was 1 106.3± 627.7 pg /ml and TNF-α was 531.1±264.6 pg /ml in patients with active disease,which were significantly higher than those in remissive patients(NPT 9.4±2.5 nmol /L,P﹤0.001;IL-1 292.8±101.8 pg /ml,P﹤0.001;TNF-α 83.5±16.3 pg /ml,P﹤ 0.001) and those in normal controls(NPT 5.5±2.0 nmol /L,P﹤0.001;IL-1 129.2±57.1 pg /ml,P﹤0.001;TNF-α 42.3± 14.2 pg /ml,P﹤0.001).The serum levels of NPT,IL-1 and TNF-α correlated significantly with DAS(r1=0.482,P = 0.000;r2=0.320,P = 0.013;r3=0.469,P = 0.000).The sensitivity and specificity of active RA were 91.7%,81.7% ;98.3%,51.7%;91.7%,55% respectively.The sensitivity and specificity of combined determination for these three markers could be 86.7%,91.7% respectively.[Conclusion] The serum NPT,IL-1 and TNF-α levels correlate with the disease activity of RA and combined determination of these three markers is useful for monitoring the disease activity of RA.


The traditional biochemical detector exhibits poor adaptability, inconvenient carrying and slow detection, which can't meet the needs of first-aid under field condition like natural or man-made disasters etc. Therefore a scheme of first-aid biochemical detector based on MOMES Micro Spectrometer, UV LED and Photodiode was proposed. An optical detection structure combined continuous spectrum sweep with fixed wavelength measurement was designed, which adopted mobile detection optical path consisting of Micro Spectrometer and Halogen Lamp to detect Chloride (Cl-), Creatinine (Cre), Glucose (Glu), Hemoglobin (Hb). The UV LED and Photodiode were designed to detect Potassium (K-), Carbon dioxide (CO2), Sodium (Na+). According to the field diagnosis and treatment requirements, we designed the embedded control hardware circuit and software system, the prototype of first-aid biochemical detector was developed and the clinical trials were conducted. Experimental results show that the sample's absorbance repeatability is less than 2%, the max coefficient of variation (CV) in the batch repeatability test of all 7 biochemical parameters in blood samples is 4.68%, less than the clinical requirements 10%, the correlation coefficient (R2) in the clinical contrast test with AU5800 is almost greater than 0.97. To sum up, the prototype meets the requirements of clinical application.


Objective:To reach the difference and relationship of type A behavior between bipolar disorder and depressive.Methods:50 patients with bipolar disorder,50 patients with depressive and 93 normal adults as control were investigated by type A behavior questionnaire(TABQ).And the data of patients with type A or B behavior were compared.Results:(l) The rate of type A behavior in patients with bipolar disorder was significantly higher than in control.And the rate of type B behavior with depressive was higher.(2) There were commonly acute upset,significant psychosocial factors,cognitive disorder in patients with type A behavior,while common anxiety somatization and retardation in patients with type B behavior,(3) The efficacy of patients with type A behavior was superior to patients with type B behavior.Conclusions: Patients with bipolar disorder had certain characters of type A behavior,and patients with Depression Episode had not those characters.So investigating type A behavior maybe useful to distinguish bipolar disorder and depressive.


'Negotiating Brexit: national governments, EU institutions and the UK' brings together specialists from across Europe to monitor approaches to the negotiations and the internal politics of Brexit. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, associated with 'The UK in a Changing Europe' programme, and based at the University of East Anglia. It is committed to high quality, independent research. (www.uea.ac.uk/political-social-international-studies/research/negotiating-brexit)


In order to profit from the high granularity of the calorimeters proposed for the ILC that are suitable for the Particle Flow Approach, specialised clustering algorithms have to be developped. GARLIC is such an algorithm with the goal to find and identify pointing photons in the electromagnetic calorimeter. This would help to improve the energy resolution on the photon contribution in jets.


A lot of research literatures in end-users' acceptance of ERP systems, give a wide range of the failure factors on impacting ERP systems, and presented a number of models, including the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Unified Technology Acceptance and Use of Theory (UTAUT) are more applied. In this paper, combining the UTAUT model and the organizational system of Chinese enterprises, we explored different system impacts to UTAUT model. And then aiming at the acceptance of ERP system of state-owned enterprises in China, we put forward some methods to improve the acceptance.


In ХХ1 century changes are in process, radically changing life of Humanity. Only that remains unchanging: people are ill and, eventually, die. Thus, nobody sees paradoxes in a fight against inevitability of illnesses and death. However, they exist. First from them consists in that, putting the task the achievement of health, medical science wrestles with illnesses. This paradox erroneous, but firmly deep-rooted ideas are the basis of that a health is this absence of illness. Meantime, different mechanisms and different technologies of influence have a health and illness in the basis on them. The second paradox yet more striking: a fight against illnesses takes place despite good sense, id Est contrary well to the known Natural laws.


Prior to the adoption of Structural Adjustment Programme in 1986, the major reason given for non-participation of foreign investors in industrialization was weak institutions in the economy. Years after, Nigeria is still saddled with low level of industrial sector performance especially given low capacity utilization and declining industrial output. This study investigates the effect of external financing on industrialization in Nigeria covering the period of 1985-2016. The study is hinged on the Dual Gap Model (1966) and adopted the Johansen Co-integration test, Error Correction Model under the VAR framework for data analysis. Data was obtained from Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin and World Development Indicators on External Loans, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Portfolio Investment, Remittance, Official Development Assistance and Exchange Rate. Findings reveal a negative relationship between external financing and industrialization in Nigeria given that external loans, foreign portfolio investment, remittance, official development assistance are negative while foreign direct investment exerts a positive impact on industrial output. The study therefore recommends that Nigeria government should properly align foreign funds inflows to suit the industrial sector, as the current external financing has not recorded significant gains. In addition, the government should also advocate for more of the official development assistance to industrial sector given the small proportion allocated to the sector within the study period.


We asked our editorial consultants to highlight the significant advances made in their therapeutic areas over the past 20 years. Here we look at developments in neurology and dermatology. Copyright © 2010 Wiley Interface Ltd


Artficial neural networks hold great promise for solving problems that have been extremely difficult to solve using conventional methods. We used an artificial neural network to diagnose paper web breaks on a commercial newsprint paper machine. Process data for pulping and papermaking operations were collected from paper machine's distributed control system. Additional data were obtained from on-line wet end sensors (zeta potential, first pass retention, conductivity and pH) that were installed for this study. The essential variables contributing to paper web breaks were extracted using a three-stage multilayer neural network and back-propagation method. Great savings of production costs were achieved : the number of web breaks was reduced, fiber loss in the effluent was decreased, and operators spent less time cleaning, rethreading, and restarting the paper machine.


East Asian countries were hit hard by the financial crisis in 1997 and have shown significant and remarkable recovery with far-reaching economic and regulatory reforms since then. A decade later, the Asian countries are suffering again from the on-going global economic crises beginning in the summer of 2007. If this current crisis is not managed effectively, the Asian economic situation could escalate into a more serious crisis mode than that of 1997-8. Due to the increased globalization of financial markets, crises tend to become more severe and contagious even if the effected countries have strong macroeconomic fundamentals. This paper focuses on the Korean economy, which experienced the hardest crisis hit as well as most successful recovery from the 1997 crisis, and discusses interrelated and general policy lessons from the 1997 and 2008 crises to help prevent from the reoccurrence of similar financial crises and economic downturns in the future. Specific lessons, among many, to be analyzed in this paper are drawn on 1) monitoring international capital flows and conducting better international debt management, 2) maintaining a competitive, efficient and well-regulated financial system to be protected from international contagion, 3) establishing an effective nonperforming asset management mechanism, such as the Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO) of Korea, and 4) enhancing regional financial cooperation among the East Asian countries, like a renewed Chiang Mai Initiative, to provide a short-term liquidity support, defend Asian currencies from speculative attack, and assist long-term economic growth in the East Asian region. In deriving the main policy lessons, both the commonalities and uniqueness of the two crises-old in 1997 and new in 2008-are examined from the perspective of the Korean economy.


FIELD: automatic accompaniment microphones and receivers. SUBSTANCE: microphone is designed to produce mixed audio signal of chosen melody and song voice signal resulting from singing to accompaniment of chosen melody as well as image control data corresponding to accompaniment melody and also to memorize and reproduce mixed audio signal and/or song voice signal to be produced. In the process mixed audio signal and/or song voice signal brought out from microphone arrives at receiver for its transfer to television receiver at the same time forming still image corresponding to song words and background image for conveying to television receiver. EFFECT: reduced noise. 11 cl, 4 dwg


Herpes B-virus,cercopithecine herpesvirus 1;herpesvirus simian endemic in Asian macaques is related to herpes simplex(HSV) type 1 in humans; infection with herpes B-virus in humans can result in fatal encephalitis and neurologic impairment. Human infections have been by bites, scratches, and percutaneous inoculation. HerpesB-virus infection causes minimal morbidity in macaques. Inhumans herpes B virus infection presents as rapidly ascending encephalitis with death rate of approximately70%.Neurologic sequelae are common in survivors. Intravenous antiviral therapy decreases the death rate, promptdiagnosis and treatment is essential to limit CNS damage. New guidelines for prevention and therapy for exposure to herpes B-virus are useful.


The contribution of former Philippines president Cory Aquino to the 1986 People's Power Revolution in the nation is discussed. Aquino recently passed away from cancer. Her involvement in the revolution that overthrew tyranny and brought democracy to the country is discussed, as also her subsequent detachment from political power as she had earlier promised.


A two‐week (30 hour) teacher training workshop in mathematical problem‐solving was conducted by the authors at the University of Pittsburgh. Content included a discussion of various psychological theories of problem‐solving and a presentation of problems emphasizing certain heuristic strategies. Each idea was examined for possible classroom implementation. A problem‐solving inventory constructed by the authors served as an evaluation instrument for the workshop. Results indicate that participants developed a more positive attitude toward a problem‐solving approach. However, refinement of the problem‐solving inventory may be necessary for future consideration.


The sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) hinders the development of electrocatalytic water splitting for energy conversion and storage. Therefore, it is imperative to explore the cost-effective and highly efficient noble-metal-free electrocatalysts for OER. Herein, we are introducing such OER electrocatalyst based on Co, fabricated through an ionic-liquid-assisted one-step synthesis, where ionic liquid played a dual role as solvent cum structure-directing agent. Besides possessing large-accessible surface area and numerous active sites, the as-prepared stable CoO nanosheets exhibited excellent electrochemical activity through establishing an extensive contact with the electrolyte. Under alkaline conditions, the overpotential to achieve a current density of 10 mA cm–2 is only 320 mV, and the Tafel slope is as small as 70 mV dec–1. Thus, our work provides a new pathway for designing and engineering the highly efficient non-noble metal OER electrocatalysts by using ionic liquids.


Moment around the supporting axis of quadruped trotting is modeled and its impact on body attitude is analyzed in this paper. A new method called Trichotomy is put forward which uses the initial stance to minimize the impact of the moment on body attitude.


Robust Time Series Estimation via Weighted Likelihood.- An Exchange Algorithm for Computing the Least Quartile Difference Estimator.- Selected Algorithms for Robust M- and L-Regression Estimators.- A Simple Test to Identify Good Solutions of Redescending M Estimating Equations for Regression.- Algorithms to Compute CM- and S-Estimates for Regression.- Quantile Models and Estimators for Data Analysis.- Estimation in the Generalized Poisson Model via Robust Testing.- A Comparison of Some New Measures of Skewness.- Robust Inference Based on Quasi-likelihoods for Generalized Linear Models and Longitudinal Data.- Robust Tools in SAS.- Robustness Issues Regarding Content-corrected Tolerance Limits.- Breakdown-point for Spatially and Temporally Correlated Observations.- On Marginal Estimation in a Semiparametric Model for Longitudinal Data with Time-independent Covariates.- Robust PCA for High-dimensional Data.- Robustness Analysis in Forecasting of Time Series.- Lift-zonoid and Multivariate Depths.- Asymptotic Distributions of Some Scale Estimators in Nonlinear Models.- Robust Nonparametric Regression and Modality.- Computing a High Depth Point in the Plane.- Robust Portfolio Optimization.- BootQC: Bootstrap for Robust Analysis of Aviation Safety Data.- Optimal Weights of Evidence with Bounded Influence.- Robust Estimators for Estimating Discontinuous Functions.- Breakdown Point and Computation of Trimmed Likelihood Estimators in Generalized Linear Models.- Comparison of Three Methods for Robust Redundancy Analysis.- A Test for Normality Based on Robust Regression Residuals.- Tests on Fractional Cointegration.- Robust Linear Discriminant Analysis and the Projection Pursuit Approach.- Small Sample Corrections for LTS and MCD.- Computation of the Multivariate Oja Median.- Robust Estimation in the Linear Structural Relation Model: A Study on Tuning Constants.- Control Charts for the Median and Interquartile Range.- Unbiasedness in Least Quantile Regression.- Tests of Independence Based on Sign and Rank Covariances.- Java and Computing for Robust Statistics.- A Robust Hotelling Test.


An evaluation method using hypothesis testing is proposed in this paper. In the application example, this method is used to evaluate the probability of correct identification and it's robustness in all aspect angle conditions of a recognition algorithm based on 1D range profile. The application result shows that the method is practicable.


Gasification technologies have been widely employed to produce fuels and chemicals from biomass or even solid wastes. However, rare studies have been conducted to quantify the particulate matter emission from gasification, and relevant inhalation exposure assessment is still lacking. In this work, we characterized the size distribution and chemical composition of particulate matters (PM) emitted from a series of gasification experiments with respect to food wastes and sewage sludge. The temporal variation of airborne PM was monitored using aerosol spectrometers and the potential influence of gasification towards environmental particulate concentration was explored. The size dependence of chemical composition in emitted PM was studied. The effects of experimental conditions (i.e. feedstock type and air flow rate) on the size distribution and chemical compositions of emitted PM were studies, which shed light on the PM emission control of gasification. Finally, existing respiratory deposition models were employed to analyze the deposition distributions of particles and chemical compositions in the human respiratory system based on the data of particle size and chemical compositions, which could potentially serve as the basis for proposing protective measures against the particulate pollution from gasification technologies.


Introduction: During recent years 14 lunar meteorites have been recovered from the Antarctic or from hot deserts. Recently, three small lunar meteorites have been found in Oman: Dhofar 025, an anorthositic regolith breccia, Dhofar 026, an anothositic crystalline melt breccia [1], and Dhofar 081, classified as a feldspatic fragmental highland breccia [2]. The first two meteorites were found about 20 km apart from each other. The find location of Dhofar 081 is more than 200 km away from the other two lunar meteorites. We have measured the noble gases in samples of all three meteorites to obtain information on a possible pairing, on the trapped noble gas component and on the irradiation history of this lunar material. Measured concentrations and isotopic composition of noble gases in bulk samples as well as the sum of temperature steps of a Dhofar 025 sample are given in Tab.1.


This study aims to determine whether the debtor has carried out his achievements as they should and knows the legal consequences for the debtor when trying to carry out his achievements more than the specified due date. This research is a normative or doctrinal research that is descriptive in nature using secondary data types. In this research, the data collection technique used is the study of literature. The results showed that Sujono, as the debtor and PT BPR Mranggen Mitra Persada as the creditor had carried out the credit agreement. By fulfilling the legal conditions of the agreement as stipulated in Article 1320 of the Civil Code, both subjective and objective terms, the agreement credit between PT BPR Mranggen Mitra Persada as the creditor and Sujono as the debtor is a legal agreement, but in credit repayments Sujono has an arrears of credit repayments calculated from the principal debt, interest, and costs incurred due to arrears. Since PT BPR Mranggen Mitra Persada filed a lawsuit with the Blora District Court, Sujono as a defendant had no good intention to attend the trial. The Panel of Judges decided to drop the verdict without the presence of the defendant called verstek. From this decision the defendant or Sujono fought against verstek or what was called the verzet. With respect to the verzet submitted by Sujono, the judge considered that the resistance was rejected by the Panel of Judges based on the consideration that Sujono had wrongly determined his legal subject and incorrectly determined the arguments of the resistance proposed by Sujono against PT BPR Mranggen Mitra Persada. Based on the decision of the Panel of Judges, Sujono is still considered to have defaulted and must fulfil his achievements.


Udimet alloy 188 was subjected to grain-boundary engineering involving thermomechanical processing in an attempt to improve the creep performance and determine the effects on creep deformation processes. The as-received sheet was cold-rolled to either 10, 25 or 35% reduction per pass followed by a solution treatment at 1191°C for 1 h plus air cooling. This sequence was repeated four times and the resultant microstructure and grain-boundary character distribution were described using electron backscatter diffraction. The fraction of general high-angle grain boundaries tended to increase with increased cold rolling. The 10 and 25% cold-rolled materials exhibited lower creep rates than the 35% cold-rolled material. The measured creep stress exponents and activation energies suggested that dislocation creep with lattice self-diffusion was dominant at 760°C for stresses ranging between 100 and 220 MPa. A transition in the creep exponent below the applied stresses of 100 MPa indicated that a different secondary creep mechanism was rate-controlling at low stresses. A significant amount of grain-boundary cracking was observed both on the surface and subsurface of deformed samples, but surface cracks were greater in number and size than those within the bulk. The cracking behaviour was similar in both vacuum and air environments, indicating that grain-boundary cracking was not caused by environment. To assess the mechanisms of crack nucleation, in situ scanning electron microscopy was performed during elevated-temperature (T ≤ 760°C) tensile-creep deformation. Sequential secondary electron imaging and electron backscatter diffraction orientation mapping were performed in situ to allow the evolution of crack nucleation and linkage to be followed. Cracking occurred preferentially along general high-angle grain boundaries and less than 15% of the cracks were found on low-angle grain boundaries and coincident site lattice boundaries. A fracture initiation parameter analysis was performed to identify the role of slip system interactions at the boundaries and their impact on crack nucleation. The parameter was successful in separating the population of intact and cracked general high-angle boundaries at lower levels of strain, but not after crack coalescence dominated the fracture process. The findings of this work have significant implications regarding grain-boundary engineering of this alloy and potentially for other alloy systems.


Objective To observe the clinical characteristics of patients with severe/critical care new influenza A (H1N1) virus infection and improve the understanding of the disease. Methods The clinical data of 14 patients with severe/critical care new influenza A (H1N1) virus infection were analyzed retrospectively. Results Among the 14 cases, six patients were severe cases,eight patients were critical cases. Two cases were male, 12 cases were female (nine cases were pregnant, two cases were puerperants). The interval time from the onset of symptoms to visit was respectively (4.8 ± 2.6) days and (7. 0±2.0) days in severe and critical cases ( P =0. 05). Compared with the severe cases,the duration of fever was longer ( P <0. 05) ,serum albumin level decreased more significantly ( P <0. 01 ), the levels of lactate dehydrogenase, triglyceride and blood glucose increased more significantly ( P < 0.05) in the critical cases. Chest X ray/CT showed increased lung markings, bilateral patchy infiltration,consolidation of lung,cord-like fibers and ground-glass-like changes. All of the critical cases had type Ⅰ respiratory failure, five cases had toxic shock, two cases had septicemia, and three cases had acute respiratory distress syndrome. In the end, 11 cases were cured, while three cases were dead. Conclusions The patients with critical influenza A (H1N1) virus infection are usually delayed for visit, have longer duration of fever,are easy to have hypoproteinemia, significantly increased lactate dehydrogenase and metabolic disturbance.Bilateral diffuse infiltration or consolidation are common in the imaging. The patients are prone to respiratory failure, shock and septicemia, and have relatively higher mortality.

Key words:
Influenza A virus,H1N1 subtype; Critical illness


The results are reported of an experimental investigation of the frequency multiplication in nonlinear lithium iodate crystals. The advantages and disadvantages of lithium iodate are compared with the properties of other nonlinear crystals. The optimal second-harmonic generation conditions are obtained when a crystal is placed in a laser resonator. The energy characteristics of the second and third optical harmonics are given.


An organization or company is certainly the center of activity in the factors of production, both services and goods. There are many supporting facilities to facilitate operational activities within the company. Like modern tools, production raw materials, and so on. All these things will be very useful if supported by adequate quality human resources. In a company, one of the most important factors is human resources themselves. Improving the quality of human resources must be done in various ways for progress in a company. One of them is PT. Pertamina (Persero) which in this case, is specialized in the Malang BBM terminal, JL. Halmahera. No. 13 sukun, Malang. Because the quality of human resources in PT. Pertamina is not too good, so a program is made to improve the quality of their human resources. The program is a people review program, which was implemented in 2010 to date. (2018) This program is carried out once a year to assess the performance of employees.
This study uses a qualitative approach that is descriptive in type. Descriptive method is a method of examining the status of a group of people, an object, a set of conditions, a system of thought or a class of events in the present. The purpose of this descriptive study is to make a systematic, factual and accurate description, description, or painting of the facts and properties, as well as the relationships between the phenomena investigated. Data collection techniques through observation, interviews and documentation that support the results of the study. Determination of subjects in this study using purposive sampling technique is the selection of subjects based on certain criteria that have been determined previously by the researcher through various considerations. The data analysis technique used is data reduction, data presentation and verification or conclusion. Then test the validity of the data by extending the observation, increasing persistence and time triangulation.
The use of the theory to analyze the results of this study is to use Talcott Parsons's theory of structural functionalism, the reason researchers use structural functionalism theory because this theory focuses its attention on the structural elements and maintains the function in seeing the implementation of the people review program at the Malang BBM Terminal Office.
The results of this study are that since 2010 the beginning of the people review program was applied to all employees, until now 2018 has experienced a very significant increase. not only from the renewal of the people review program system, but a very large influence on the progress of the quality of human resources in PT. Pertamina, especially the poor BBM terminal, has been very good. as said by the head of the RSD field, Mr. Jhodi Irawan as the second highest ranked employee in the Malang BBM terminal said, the development from 2010 to the present is the quality of human resources has increased to 90% thanks to the people review program. That means that for 8 years the unfortunate BBM terminal has experienced an increase in the quality of their human resources which is only affected by one such program.


Two mechanisms are conjectured for the non-diffusional refinement of prismatic dislocation loops. These mechanisms offer an alternative to the widely accepted concept of spontaneous disintegration below some critical dipole height. In one, a loop array is refined by reaction with a mobile dislocation having the same Burgers vector. Loop shrinkage then depends on the geometry of the array and on the position of the plane of incidence. In principle, any loop array can be refined via this mechanism provided that all the loops have the same sign. An alternative mechanism may take place in dense walls formed of randomly arranged dipolar loops of both signs. As the wall is densified by impacting dislocations that push pre-existing loops on their glide prism against each other, refinement occurs conservatively when two loops of opposite sign come into contact.


The Bellevue and the Hagley Park mental health outpatient clinics in Jamaica serve the majority of psychiatric patients in the country, but there is a dearth of research on medication compliance, which is a very important mental health issue. Medication compliance affects intervention outcomes. Therefore, this study seeks to examine medication compliance among psychiatric patients in Jamaica. A 33-item questionnaire which included items on demographics, health conditions, medication compliance and insightfulness was administered to a sample of 370 participants with a response rate of 93%. The majority of the participants have schizophrenia, followed by depression, bipolar disorder and drug-induced psychosis. The majority of the participants (65.3%) did not comply with their prescribed medication regimen. Medication compliance was significantly related to: gender (P < 0.05) where males were more likely to take the prescribed medication, family support (P < 0.05) where the participants who received family support (the majority being males) were more likely to take the prescribed medication, and insightfulness (P < 0.05) where the majority of participants with insightfulness were females. Locus on control was not statistically tested but a majority of the non- compliant participants reported that factors external to themselves had greater control over their disorder. Conclusion: There are three significant factors that explain the medication compliance of psychiatric patients in Jamaica. An important non-tested factor is locus of control so there needs to be more research to understand the range of factors that can inform and improve patient education about medication compliance.


Offshore wind farms are venturing into deeper water, where wind is steadier and stronger, to tap on more wind energy. The installation of wind turbines in deeper waters requires the use of a floating wind turbine. Designing the floating platforms is challenging as dynamic effects waves, wind, and currents, have to be considered. Hydrodynamic behaviours can only be modelled accurately in time domain analysis, which requires an immense computational effort, when several load cases are taken into consideration. A more efficient approach is to first conduct stability analysis to identify the modal frequencies, and subsequently carry out time domain analysis using those modal frequencies.
 This paper describes a static study and time domain analysis on an innovative offshore spar turbine with hulls. Ansys Aqwa, a finite-element software, is used to study a model proposed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The key objective is to explore a more cost-effective offshore platform by investigating the relationship between the geometry of hulls and the responses of the platform.


The document on track and field training is an important method for coaches to learn advanced concepts and excellent training approaches.Therefore,it is necessary to review the track and field documents in the core sport journals.The study on the research orientation,the proportion of each event,and the citation in track and field documents still have a long way to go in China.While there is a blank in the study on the researchers,so the article aims to fill this blank.


Objective By study the liability factor,disease incidence,and prognosis,provide early diagnosis and therapy method for multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.Methods Review 85 patients with severity trauma from April 2002 to July 2005,study the dependability between liability factor and organ failure with trauma score.Results Eight patients were died in the 18 patients complic MODS.The case fatality rate steps up concomitant increase of the trauma score.The circulation and respire functional disturbance was more,the center and blood functional disturbance was less.Conclusion There is positive correlation between the mortality of MODS and the number of organ failure and severity evaluation score.Intensive care can improve the survival rate.


Behavioral medicine research often seeks to examine relatively complex theoretical models and clinical processes. Traditional designs, based on retrospective self-report in the natural environment or laboratory-based studies, cannot assess complex and temporally dynamic psychological, behavioral, and physiological processes in the natural environment. An alternate research approach, Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA), provides a method to collect such data. This research approach and these data allow investigation of a number of research questions not amenable to other data collection methods. Examples of research questions uniquely suited for EMA data include, but are not limited to: (1) the comparison of retrospective data to momentary data; (2) evaluation of physiological and psychosocial processes in the natural environment; (3) the relation of symptoms and other disease processes to characteristics of the natural environment; and (4) examination of dynamic changes in psychosocial variables that may mediate improvement following treatment. Despite the strengths of EMA data, a number of challenges exist – including logistic, analytic, and interpretation problems – to the easy implementation of EMA approaches in behavioral medicine.


Objective
To evaluate the efficacy of allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) in patients with myeloid sarcoma (MS).

Methods
The therapeutic effect of allo-HSCT on 16 patients with MS in our center was retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 5 patients were diagnosed as isolated MS, 10 patients were MS presenting with acute myeloid leukemia(AML)and 1 was accompanied with myelodysplastic syndrome/myeloproliferative neoplasm(MDS/MPN).

Results
All of the 16 patients were diagnosed as MS by pathological biopsies. Patients were initially treated with chemotherapy and then allo-HSCT. Hematopoiesis reconstitution was achieved in all the patients, with a median follow-up time of 36(4-106)months after transplantation, 7 patients died. The 3-year overall survival(OS) was 54.17%. Six patients(37.5%)relapsed after allo-HSCT, and the relapse was the major cause of death.

Conclusions
Allo-HSCT is an effective therapeutic option for patients with MS.

Key words:
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Myeloid sarcoma; Outcome


The present study aimed to evaluate the vascular function of atherosclerotic aortic rings after intraluminal injection of MMP‐2. Thoracic aorta isolated from New Zealand rabbits with atherosclerosis (feed 1% cholesterol for 8 weeks) and controls (normal diet) were isolated and tested for vascular reactivity function after intraluminal exposure to Krebs solution (vehicle) or MMP‐2 at 1.2 μg/mL, at 37º C for 30 minutes. Curves for Acetylcholine (ACh) and Phenylephrine (PE) were performed in endothelium‐intact rings. The vascular contraction was normalized by grams of tension by dry tissue (g/g) and the relaxation by % of PE contraction. In the vascular reactivity of atherosclerotic vessels, MMP‐2 increased Emax of PE (1842,08±138,77g/g, n=6) versus vehicle (1432,28±124,13g/g, n=7; p<0.05), but no differences were observed on Emax between vehicle in control vessels (1416,13±120,87g/g, n=7) and MMP‐2 in those vessels (1550,44±110,93g/g, n=7). Atherosclerotic vessels filled with vehicle had an impaired relaxation to ACh (80,98±4,63%, n=7) compared to control vessels filled with vehicle (99,86±3,13%, n=7), and MMP‐2 had no effect on relaxation. Since MMP‐2 was able to increase the effect of PE, it can be speculated that it may worsen the endothelial dysfunction of atherosclerotic arteries.


The characteristics of clonal plants and genetic diversity were described and the fnture in research on clonal plants was described too.


The ellipsoid egg is one of the egg shape mutations in silkworm( Bombyx mori). It is controlled by a recessive gene elp located in the 18th linkage group of silkworm. Molecular mapping of silkworm ellipsoid egg mutation gene is helpful for elucidation of the occurrence mechanism of silkworm egg shape mutations. Based on primary mapping to STS markers of elp gene,we performed fine mapping of the elp gene,screened for candidate genes,constructed a genetic linkage map of molecular markers of elp gene,and primarily mapped the elp gene into a range of about 550 kb between marker T1809 and T1826 in silkworm genome nsacf2902. Through Blast searches in KaikoBase and SilkDB,gene function analysis was conducted to the candidate genes with EST sequences within this region. Based on CDS and EST sequences,primers were designed for RT-PCR amplification. No sequence difference of candidate genes was discovered between silkworm variety 167elp with ellipsoid egg and normal variety P50 within the scope of amplified sequences. The full-length sequence of candidate genes need to be further cloned and sequenced.


Based on the characteristic of the noise's wavelet transform, a novel algorithm of the optimal scale subbandwise extended Kalman filtering (EKF) is proposed. The wavelet transform coefficient spectrum is employed as a criterion to select the optimal decomposing scale, and combined with the wavelet multiple-scale decomposing of the noised measurements and subbandwise EKF filtering, the better filtering precision is achieved for the nonlinear system with high-level noise. The Monte-Carlo simulations show that, compared with traditional EKF, the proposed method improves filtering precision to 10 percent averagely.