This report presents the results of a limited time evaluation of the block cipher Cipherunicorn-A. The round function of Cipherunicorn-A is very complex, which makes it hard to analyse. We have outlined a few surprising properties of the round function. First we discovered a differential which specifies 32 bits in the 64-bit outputs with a probability orders of magnitudes higher than for a random function. Also, it holds with a high probability that up to four rounds of the Feistel network inside the round function can be ignored. Our findings are not sufficient to establish cryptanalytic attacks faster than an exhaustive search for the key. But it is felt that there are potential in the round function of Cipherunicorn-A for cryptanalysis of a substantial number of rounds. However, we believe that with respect to the state-of-the-art a cryptanalytic attack on all 16 rounds of Cipherunicorn-A is likely not to exist or to be of a very high complexity. Finally we mention that this report is the result of a limited time of review, and the analysis was performed without access to computer code implementing the block cipher. A longer, concentrated analysis might reveal properties of Cipherunicorn-A which we were not able to detect.


Fatwa is recognized as one of the sources of Islamic law in Malaysia. In some situations and cases, fatwa becomes reference in the Sharia court to resolve particular disputes and legal issues. However, the position of the fatwa and mufti's opinion as authority in the Sharia court as subject of study does not much receive much of attention by many scholars. This article aims to discuss the position of the fatwa and mufti's opinion as an authority in judgment of the Sharia court. Thus, the document analysis method is used on the reported cases to analyze the authority of fatwa and mufti's opinion in the Shariah court in Malaysia. The study found that the court refers and follows the fatwa in their decision. In contrast, there is also evidence that the Sharia court did not refer to the relevant fatwas although there were related. This article argues that legal reform need to be made so that mufti and fatwa can play their roles effectively in the Shariah judicial system. This is an important study because it helps to describe the position of fatwa and mufti's opinion as one source of legal authority in the Sharia judicial system in Malaysia.


California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) is a leader in establishing cooperative education programs in the former Soviet Union. CSUS librarians are active participants in several of these projects. This article describes my three-week visit to Vladivostok in 1997 as part of a collaborative project initiated in 1996 and funded by a USIA grant through 1999.


New zinc(II) and mercury(II) complexes of 2,2′-diamino-4,4′-bis(1,3-thiazole) (DABTZ), [M(DABTZ)(CH3COO)2], have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR-, 1H NMR-, 13C NMR spectroscopy and studied by thermal analysis and X-ray crystallography. The structural characterization of the [Zn(DABTZ)(CH3COO)2] complex shows the complex to be a monomer and the Zn coordinated by two nitrogen atoms of the "DABTZ" ligand and four oxygen atoms of the acetate anions.


The invention discloses a system and method for supporting selective backtracking data recording. The system and method herein can support a data processing apparatus. The data processing apparatus can include a data processor that is associated with a data capturing device on a stationary object and/or a movable object. The data processor can receive data in a data flow from one or more data sources, wherein the data flow is configured based on a time sequence. Then, the data processor can receive a control signal, which is associated with a first timestamp, wherein the first timestamp indicates a first time. Furthermore, the data processor can determine a first data segment by applying the first timestamp on the data flow, wherein the first data segment is associated with a time period in the time sequence that includes the first time.


The impact of land‐use change in an urban ecosystem on soil aggregate dynamics and soil carbon storage was studied through two annual cycles under five land uses. All the land uses namely: (1) natural mixed vegetation (NV) growing in a protected area; (2) grass fallow (GF); and tree plantations of (3) Cassia siamea (CP); (4) Jatropha curcas (JP); and (5) Tectona grandis (TP) were grown on urban degraded waste lands in a dry tropical region of India. Proportions of soil aggregate fractions, their stability, and soil carbon storage were analyzed at upper (00–15 cm), and lower (15–30 cm) soil depths during the rainy, winter, and summer seasons. Across all the land uses and at both the soil depths, the proportion of macroaggregate was highest during summer and lowest during the rainy season, whereas the reverse trend was observed for mesoaggregate. The annual mean proportion of macroaggregate decreased while meso‐ and microaggregates increased, with increasing soil depth across all the land uses. At the upper layer, the trends of macroaggregate, aggregate stability, and soil C storage were NV > CP > JP > TP > GF whereas at lower depth, the trend was NV > TP > CP > JP > GF. Across all the land uses in both the depths, soil C storage was strongly and positively correlated with annual mean fraction of soil macroaggregate. All tree plantations improved soil properties considerably as compared to GF at upper soil layer, yet TP reached near NV in these soil properties at lower depth. Soil aggregate fractions may be used as an index of carbon storage capacity in the urban ecosystems.


With the wide use of power electronic components, the traditional electromagnetic transient simulation or electromechanical transient simulation has been difficult to satisfy the accuracy and speed of simulation at the same time, Electromagnetic electromechanical hybrid simulation can improve the simulation speed and accuracy at the same time. In this paper, Norton equivalent method and frequency dependent network equivalent (FDNE) method are used for the sub network on the electromechanical side. The traditional reference frequency equivalent admittance is replaced by frequency dependent equivalent admittance, so that the equivalent circuit can better reflect the frequency characteristics of the network and improve the accuracy of simulation. Finally, a case study is carried out to verify the principles of frequency scanning, vector fitting and single port and multiport electromagnetic electromechanical real-time hybrid simulation. Through comparative experiments, the superiority of frequency correlation network equivalence over traditional Norton equivalence is verified.


Structural responses of geogrid reinforced asphalt concrete pavement are analyzed in this paper based on principles of composite material mechanics and finite element method(FEM).The calculation about stress and displacement,with different load positions and different conditions of the base course,indicates the rational geogrid position in pavement structure,its anti cracking effects and its reinforcement mechanism.


In this well-annotated cohort of patients on active surveillance for prostate cancer, one third eventually underwent treatment. Theoretically, delayed treatment may pose an increased risk of urinary incontinence compared to immediate treatment, potentially due to increasing age, multiple previous biopsies, more advanced cancer requiring multimodal therapy, or need for non-nerve sparing surgery.1, 2 This study is suboptimal since it lacks a control group, uses non-standardized questionnaires, and has physician-reported outcomes. Nevertheless, it is reassuring urinary continence rates are consistent with previous reports of patients undergoing immediate treatment, suggesting that active surveillance does not compromise urinary continence among those patients subsequently requiring whole-gland treatment.


Pixel unit in pixel array possesses multiple array distribution. Each pixel unit possesses multiple zonal patterns. Two adjacent pixels in same column possess zygomorphic distribution. The invention prevents involutorial arrangement of liquid crystal molecule caused by dense adjacent pixel electrodes effectively as well as dark line from occurring on LCD screen.


Chromatographic techniques used in the sepration, preparation, structural comfirmation and determination of pyrethrin, cinerin, jasmolin, pyrethrin, cinerin and jasmolin are mainly TLCGCHPLC and GC-MS. This text introduced the applications of these chromatographic methods to the analysis of pyrethrins.


The Green Book of the Lombard Forests is the result of a participation initiative promoted by ERSAF to gather ideas, contributions and proposals to re-launch at the regional level a perspective of reflection and development of the forest sector. In highlighting the importance of the social role of forest resources, the document identifies: -       the main priority themes today priority for Lombard forests and their role in society; -       the governance model that allows the effective involvement of each level of interest in a framework of common objectives, roles assumed with responsibility and shared rules; -       the strategic objectives of the coming years; -        possible guidelines and definition of possible large areas of regional project, for which to define priorities and resources.


In an earlier paper from this laboratory, it was reported that about 20 per cent of the wild Norway rats of Memphis gave positive tests for toxoplasmosis using the Sabin-Feldman dye test. Only about three per cent of the same group of rats could be shown to harbor parasites which could be recovered after the inoculation of brain tissue into susceptible mice or guinea pigs (Eyles, 1952). In the discussion of that paper, it was pointed out that experimental infections in rats would have to be studied before the significance of the positive serologic reactions could be interpreted. The present paper reports serologic findings using the Sabin-Feldman test from albino Norway rats with experimentally induced Toxoplasma infections.


In most developing countries the vocational curricula are still lagging behind in terms of linkage and matching with skills needed by the industry. Teaching factory is a suitable learning and training model that can produce graduates who are competent with industry desirable skills. Teaching factory has great potential to narrow or close the skills gap. The purpose of this study was to determine the potential of teaching factory to produce competent graduates. The observation done in some vocational schools (SMKs) in Bandung revealed that learning was done under industry conditions but shortages of training infrastructure was slowing down the training processes. All the schools used a block time table in which grouped students rotate between theory and practice. The government should increase the infrastructure budget for the vocational schools (SMKs) and also help schools to mobilize capital development funds. Keywords—teaching Factory, skills gap, SMKs, vocational education


The Efficacy of Autologous Epidermal Grafting Based on Clinical Types for the Treatment of 320 Stable Vitiligo Lesions Chul Hwang, M.D., Young Ok Park, Ph.D.1, Young Lee, M.D.,Young Joon Seo, M.D., Jeung Hoon Lee, M.D., Jang Kyu Park, M.D. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Department of Statistics,College of Natural Science1, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea Background: Autologous epidermal grafting was reported by several authors to be successfully used for the treatment of stable vitiligo lesions. However, there have been only a few studies with a sufficient number of cases and long-term follow up. Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term efficacy of autologous epidermal grafting for the treatment of stable vitiligo lesions. Methods: We evaluated 187 patients (320 lesions) after autologous epidermal graftings using suction blistered epidermis. The effects were analyzed based on age, sex, clinical types, recipient sites, the ablative methods for recipient sites and the time after the operation. Results: Autologous epidermal grafting was more effective for younger patients, for asymmetrical types and when the recipient sites were the head and neck. Pigment production increase until about 3 years after the operation was also found for patients who were evaluated regularly for more than 3 years. Conclusion: Autologous epidermal grafting is a safe, effective treatment modality for stable vitiligo. In order to determine the long-term efficacy of epidermal grafting, doctors should closely observe for at least 3 years after the grafting. (Korean J Dermatol 2008;46(12):1588∼1594)


Progressive change of flow pattern of two phase flow was studied experimentally in the transition region from bubble flow to slug flow or annular flow. In the experiment, three transparent straight circular tubes which had different diameters were employed for the test section. The water flew upward in the test section and the air was issued from a circular nozzle located at the bottom of the test section. The experiment was performed at atmospheric pressure and temperature. The transition from bubble flow to slug flow is classified into three parts for the region of flow state in the result. The first part is a lump of air contacting the nozzle, the second part is a developing region from bubble flow to bubble cap and the third part is a region between the bubble cap and Taylor bubble. The entrance region from the air nozzle to the Taylor bubble is independent of Reynolds number of the water flow, but depends considerably on the ratio of air flow rate to the flow rates of air and water.


These matters of concern are not only tools for 'mapping', or for exploring and delineating agendas and positions but are also very concrete instances of thought. Though as framing devices they ind ...


In a recent commentary in January, 2018, Fa Wang reported on what looked like a gift from Nature. The iron based superconductor FeTe1−xSex(x = 0.45) has a band inversion which creates a topological Dirac surface state. The fact that this is also a superconductor with a rather large gap allows one to realize the Fu-Kane proposal [1] of creating a system that supports Majorana edge modes, without the need to proximity couple to another superconductor. It has long been suggested that the vortex core of this state supports a Majorana zero mode. Indeed scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) performed at 0.55K revealed zero bias peaks within the resolution. [2] This is a promising and exciting development, even though many questions remain to be answered, such as what happens at lower temperature and better resolution and why only 20 percent of the vortices show this zero bias peak. These questions are addressed in one of our recommended papers, Machida et al. However, we first turn our attention to an interesting point already made by Fa Wang, namely, there was an earlier report of zero bias peak in the same system in zero magnetic field that were tied to Fe interstitial defects. [See recommended article by Yin et al.] At that time the topological nature of this material was not known, and the observation appeared to be quite mysterious.


The 90° domain switching in single crystalline BaTiO3 under an external static electric field has been investigated by in situ transmission electron microscopy using a special homemade transmission electron microscope stage. With the initial domains gradually disappearing, new domains that are 90° away from the initial ones are observed to occur with polarizations being switched to the direction of the external electric field, and domain boundaries being changed from ⟨101⟩ to ⟨1¯01⟩ in order to maintain a "head-to-tail" arrangement.


The objective of this study was to determine whether vibroacoustic stimulation would improve the visualization rate of the four‐chamber cardiac view. Patients between 26 and 42 weeks' gestation were considered to be candidates for this study if the amniotic fluid index (AFI) was between 8.0 and 24.0 cm, no malformations were detected on a careful fetal anatomical survey and a four‐chamber cardiac view was not obtainable. Once a four‐chamber view was considered to be not obtainable due to fetal position, the patient was asked to withdraw a sealed envelope and was assigned to either the study or the control group. The 164 study patients received one to three 3‐s vibroacoustic stimulations. Five minutes later a second attempt was made to visualize the four‐chamber view adequately. The control group consisted of another 198 subjects in whom a four‐chamber view could not be obtained. The control group did not receive vibroacoustic stimulation. A similar 5‐min time interval was allowed to elapse before an attempt was made to visualize the four‐chamber view.


This research project focused on the measurement of the effect of an organization ' s leadership development program relating to employees' perceived improvement in job satisfaction and intent to stay. There are three core elements of the leadership development program: teamwork, commitment to the team and leadership. The literature review focused on research of the three core elements and why they are important in creating leaders and leadership within an organization. The focus of the study was only in the Canadian Operations of the organization. The survey was designed to measure the relationship between the program' s core elements and employees ' job satisfaction and intent to stay. The majority of the results poorly supported the hypotheses due to the very small survey population. There were some promising results with positive correlations between intent to stay for ethical considerations of the program and a company that offers such training. There are opportunities for the organization to use these results and develop a continual improvement process for the program to focus on, developing the connections between the core elements and how the program is initiated within the organization. There were several limitations such as small population size, the research questions themselves and focus on just the Canadian Operations.


Thank you very much for downloading control of light. As you may know, people have look hundreds times for their chosen novels like this control of light, but end up in malicious downloads. Rather than reading a good book with a cup of tea in the afternoon, instead they are facing with some malicious virus inside their desktop computer. control of light is available in our book collection an online access to it is set as public so you can download it instantly. Our books collection saves in multiple locations, allowing you to get the most less latency time to download any of our books like this one. Kindly say, the control of light is universally compatible with any devices to read.


Muffler means may be ventilated and the muffler means for bumper and grill portion depth frontal area and can not be increased ventilation airflow direction portion of the front car, to reduce the vehicle exterior noise such as engine noise wide band, keep the engine room ventilation with cooling air or the like. The housing having a vent-type muffler portion and an adjacent portion of the silencer unit, before and after the opening portion of the vent passage forming muffler, the muffler portion is formed with a plurality of plate divided by the partition walls of different path length of the silencing passage closed front-rear direction, the plurality of silencing channel, at least one partition plate provided with extended channels communicating with the silencing passage communicating with the opening portion of the partition plate.


Previous research in the area of second language education and learning sciences proposes that second language learning is a social process where learners negotiate their identities. By conceptualizing second language learning as a social process, this presentation focuses on the context of graduate students' experiences of learning English. Graduate students' English language learning entails a unique aspect where learners negotiate their identities as an English language learner and also as a member of academic communities. By using the method of collective autoethnography, this presentation presents voices of international graduate students on their English language learning processes. I will conclude this presentation by introducing the "mutual academic support group" where students who are relatively new to Canadian higher education provide peer academic support.


Abstract Tax compliance is a major concern as states try to increase state revenues in order to provide services for their populations. Remarkably, taxation has not figured centrally on the agenda among scholars working on the African voter. This article contributes through studying the social practice of taxes, by asking: how is taxation understood as a political practice? This is studied using focus groups across the private and public sector in Namibia, where the willingness to pay taxes and the relative tax burden is high. This micro-study of citizens' experiences focuses on the perceived room for political practice in relation to taxes, sense of influence over taxes and whether taxes are thought about in citizenship terms. The article shows that taxes are relegated to a sphere of politics where deliberation and opportunities for accountability are missing, yet ideas of duty are central elements of tax compliance.


Surveys are currently used in different fields and household health surveys are especially useful in developing countries due to the absence or scarcity of registration systems. This article summarizes the main limitations and challenges of the methodology of household surveys, focusing the attention in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). From 80´s until today health questionnaires have been improved with additional supply and demand side questions including specific socioeconomic variables. However, there is still room for improvement in crucial issues like the dynamic aspects of the sample.


Patterned Self‐Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) promoting both homeotropic and planar degenerate alignment of 6CB and 9CB in their nematic phase were created using microcontact printing of functionalized organothiols on gold films. The effects of a range of different pattern geometries and sizes were investigated, including stripes, circles and checkerboards. Evanescent wave ellipsometry was used to study the orientation of the liquid crystal (LC) on these patterned surfaces during the isotropic‐nematic phase transition. Pretransitional growth of a homeotropic layer was observed on 1 µm homeotropic aligning stripes, followed by a homeotropic monodomain state prior to the bulk phase transition. Accompanying Monte Carlo simulations of LCs aligned on nanoscale‐patterned surfaces were also performed. These simulations also showed the presence of the homeotropic monodomain state prior to the transition.


This paper emphasizes well how precarious the doctor's professional life and activities are when considered in a medicolegal setting. It may be well for every practitioner to read carefully a paper of this type and then sit and ruminate about it for a bit.


This paper gives procedures and tables for evaluating the operating characteristic curves and associated measures of dependent mixed acceptance sampling plans for the case of single specification limit and known standard deviation, assuming a normal distribution. Joint probabilities necessary for evaluating these measures are derived and methods to facilitate their computation are provided. A useful generalized dependent plan is also presented, using two attributes acceptance numbers rather than one. Tables of joint probabilities necessary for evaluation of mixed plans are presented for first sample sizes of 4, 5, 8, and 10, acceptance numbers of 0, 1, and 2 and various percentages defective.


Although Strichartz estimates have been widely applied for the nonlinear dispersive equations like Schr dinger equation and wave equation in Besov spaces, it is rare in nonlinear kinetic type equations such as Vlasov-Poisson equation. In this paper, we are concerned about the dispersive estimates for the kinetic transport equation in Besov spaces, which could be applied to establish Strichartz estimates in Besov space and further may be exploited to investigate the solutions for Vlasov-Poisson equation and Boltzmann equation in Besov space.


One of the problems in our agriculture at the present time is the lack of upgrade of the indexes of consumption of fuel for the different agricultural works, of there the necessity on the part of the agricultural entities of the Ministry of the Agriculture to upgrade the same ones under the real conditions of production. For that arouses the necessity of the realization of a research related with the determination of the consumptions of fuel in real conditions of the Base Unit of Science and Technology (UCTB) located in the municipality of Alquizar, Artemisa province, being used the tractors YUMZ-6M and New Holland TT-55 and TT-75 coupled to different implement for soil farming, cultivation works and harvest, being determined the indicators of operation, with emphasis in the consumption of fuel. It was observed that in the cultivation work carried out with the tractor YUMZ 6M an increment of the consumption of fuel in 16.47% regarding the established index for this work.


. Direct theorems of Jackson type on estimating the degree of the best approximation in Banach spaces are obtained by means of the moduli of continuity of higher orders of elements having certain smoothness properties.


The new teaching outline and standard asks us to take the examination performance of physical education and health class as the guideline. The overall quality of evaluation should be paid attention to such as learning attitude, practical initiative, consciousness and creativeness. Through a lot of accumulated experience, we have found that teaching and evaluation of parallel "interaction" will not only make the results more accurate assessment, scientific, but also be conducive to learning in class and out of class for students. Meanwhile,it benefits the teachers to study the teaching method and gives full play to students' professional skill.


The demand for beef in the market is still increasing, and therefore the part of beef production comes from dairy male calves. Thus studying the growth promoting mechanism of feed additives in dairy male calves is necessary. During the growth period, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) plays a key role in regulating protein synthesis via activating through its downstream genes, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 (4EBP1) and ribosomal protein S6 kinase ABSTRACT. The study evaluated the effects of branched-chain volatile fatty acids (BCVFA) addition on growth performance, ruminal fermentation, nutrient digestibility, hormone secretion and hepatic gene expression in dairy calves. Thirty-six Holstein male calves (45 ± 3.5 days of age; 56 ± 1.8 kg body weight) were randomly assigned to four groups: control, low-BCVFA (LBC), mediumBCVFA (MBC) and high-BCVFA (HBC) with 0, 1.5, 3.0 and 4.5 g BCVFA per kg dietary dry matter (DM), respectively. Supplemental BCVFA was premixed into concentrate of the ration. DM intake and average daily gain (ADG) were increased, and feed conversion ratio was decreased in MBC and HBC groups in comparison to control one. In MBC and HBC groups ruminal pH and ammoniaN were lower, whereas total volatile fatty acids concentration was higher than in control group. Acetate:propionate ratio and digestibility of DM, organic matter, crude protein, ether extract, neutral detergent fibre and acid detergent fibre were higher in MBC and HBC groups than in control one. Blood concentration of glucose, albumin, growth hormone releasing hormone, growth hormone (GH), insulin (INS) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), and hepatic mRNA abundance of GH, INS, IGF-1, receptors of GH, INS and IGF-1, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 and ribosomal protein S6 kinase were higher in MBC and HBC than in control group. It was indicated that BCVFA addition increased ADG by stimulating feed intake, ruminal fermentation, nutrient digestion and hepatic mTOR expression, and the optimum dose of BCVFA was 3.0 g/kg DM under the current experimental conditions. Received: 7 October 2018 Revised: 25 July 2019 Accepted: 16 September 2019


This work focuses on the determination of particle currents in the three-dimensional electrode system by using two small pole pieces simulated particles,and electrochemical workstation which makes corrosion current measure as reference.For proper determination,it is important to set the appropriate instrument parameters,ensure the simulant particles to be parallel to the main electrode and vertical placement,fix the spacing of simulant particles and the space away from main electrodes,and stir the solution.


The development of an artificial skin interface would add the sense of touch to the rapidly developing field of robotics. This added capability would significantly enhance the interactive aptitude of humanoid and bipedal robots and accelerate their adoption in more productive environments. Despite the vast variety of tactile sensors currently available, their integration over complex geometries remains deterred by their stiff and un-stretchable nature attributed to the presence of a wire mesh within the sensing area. Eliminating the need for wires within the pressure sensing area will significantly enhance the flexibility and stretch capabilities of resistive tactile sensors. An Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) based pressure sensor can acquire the pressure profile from a conductive sheet by limiting electrodes only to its boundary, hence allowing for a simpler stretchable artificial skin interface. In this paper, we characterise the use of the conductive polymer CS57-7RSC as an Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) based pressure sensor. Sensor development and the EIT system configuration are highlighted. In addition, corresponding test protocols and evaluation methods are introduced. With electrodes placed only at the boundary of the sensing area, the relationship between pressure and change in conductivity is validated using normal loading experiments. Sensor calibration is performed and the resolution and position error are selected as the primary means to objectively quantify the performance of the sensor. Moreover, the quality of the reconstructed images is investigated and the nonlinear relationship between pressure and relative change in conductivity is validated using


The synthesis of the isostructural MOF-5 analogue 3D-[Co4(μ4-O)(Me2pzba)3] with the bi- or mixed-functional pyrazolate-carboxylate linker was improved by the use of microwave heating instead of previously described conventional thermal heating, giving a higher yield at drastically shorter reaction time with nearly doubled BET surface area, smaller size, and less aggregation. The significantly increased air/moisture stability of [Co4(μ4-O)(Me2pzba)3] compared to MOF-5 made the Co-MOF amenable for the preparation of moisture-tolerant [Co4(μ4-O)(Me2pzba)3]/Matrimid mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) without the use of inert conditions. Uniformly embedding of the small metal–organic framework (MOF) particles was achieved in the polymer, without aggregation and with good MOF–polymer compatibility. [Co4(μ4-O)(Me2pzba)3]/Matrimid MMMs exhibited an improved CO2/CH4 separation performance over neat Matrimid membranes with an increase in mixed-gas selectivity from 41 for Matrimid to 60 for the 24 wt % MMM at 3 bar trans...


With secondary English learners (ELs) often falling behind their peers in reaching grade-level expectations, a push to find research-based strategies to aid instruction to significantly decrease this gap is in place. This chapter addresses where to begin assessment and instruction with limited-level English learners to aid these students in accessing grade-level academic content in a timely manner. It provides key principles and research-based strategies for developing assessments and assignments to help break through initial barriers and provide an affective atmosphere (promoting confidence) for students to begin experimenting with language through meaningful and culturally relevant topics that will also address grade-level content standards. The texts and assignments should be rigorous, challenging the student to higher-order thinking and guiding the student to reach their full potential. Instruction should include multiple opportunities for extended discourse to allow the student to experiment and practice language across all language domains: reading, writing, listening, speaking.


Pakistan is an earthquake prone country. A wide area including major cities is covered by thick sediments and the amplification of seismic waves is likely to occur. Studies to estimate velocity structure and amplification ratios in sedimentary layers in various parts of country are necessary. The microtremor can be considered as a dominant tool for estimating the earthquake site response. Therefore, the two methods, i.e., SPAC and HVSR, selected to carry out the present study are mainly based on microtremor. This study was carried out to check the validity of these microtremor methods. The focus was on the estimation of subsurface shear wave velocity structure and the calculation of the resonant frequency and/or the amplification of seismic waves in sedimentary layers. Velocity structures estimated by SPAC method were reliable and fairly accurate. The HVSR curve corresponded to the resonant frequency of the thick sediments but no clear relationship was found between this ratio and the amplification of waves.


Shallots ( Allium cepa var. aggregatum ) are a type of onion which form several bulbs from a single basal disc. They are characterized by a high total solids content which improves their gastronomic and neutraceutical properties. Shallots ( Allium cepa var. aggregatum ) are a culinary staple with high commercial value in European, North American and South American markets. Their commercial production via vegetative propagation, however, is time-consuming and strongly affected by viral diseases. The aim of this study was to establish an in vitro apical meristem culture protocol for the regeneration of shallot plants. The efficiency of different regeneration and bulb-formation media were evaluated in this investigation. The best results for plant regeneration (68 % efficiency) were obtained with MS + 30g. L -1 sucrose + 1.5g. L -1 benomyl + 1.1uM NAA + 8.9uM BAP and for bulb formation (77% efficiency) with MS + 10uM ancymidol and 50g. L -1 sucrose. Moreover, 50% of all plants regenerated from apical meristems were effectively acclimatized. The protocol developed and standardized in this investigation can be used to increase the efficiency of shallot bulb-seed production for commercial applications.


Integral field spectroscopy is a modern technique used in Astronomy to obtain simultaneous spectral information of all points in a bidimensional field of view. This communication presents the preliminary design of a multi-slit image slicer to be coupled to the spectrographs of the 4 meters aperture European Solar Telescope. This integral field unit will provide the observation of an 80 arcsec2 field of view, rearranged into 8 slits of 200 arcsec length by 0.05 arcsec width. Different optical design alternatives with diffraction limited optical quality, as well as the design of a prototype for the GREGOR solar telescope, are presented.


The present invention provides a method for treating retinal disorders, and ophthalmic NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents) as adjuvants for VEGF inhibitors useful in the treatment. Examples of retinal disorders include, but are not limited to, wet AMD (age-related macular degeneration), diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, central retinal vein occlusion, and retinal vein branch occlusion.


This paper briefly discusses findings from a recent study of needs in drilling research and development that was conducted at Sandia National Laboratories for the Office of Energy Research of the Department of Energy. The purpose of the study was to identify areas in which research and development are necessary in order to meet future drilling requirements. The complete study will be documented in a soon-to-be-published final report.


Based on density functional theory and electronegativity equalization principle,the valence-state electronegativity and hardness parameters of atoms and bonds in the model were determined by applying an atom-bond electronegativity equalization.By employing these parameters,the charge distributions of a series of MPc complexes were calculated.The results of calculation may be well relevant to those from ab initio method.


1. Prolonged heavy drinking can produce permanent brain damage. 2. This brain damage is responsible, in many cases, for the permanent loss of control over alcohol that is pathognomonic of alcoholism.


There are several differences in today's continuously fluctuating airline ticket prices. Within a few hours, the same flight's price continues changing. The shoppers want to get the best deal possible, while the airline corporations want to make as much money as they can. Researchers have developed many models to address this issue, including ones that estimate the minimal price and the best time to buy a ticket, while airlines use strategies like demand forecasting and price discrimination to increase their profits.


The wide spread use of computers and communication devices in every aspect of life demands the data transmission to be reliable as well as secure. Different design procedures and algorithms are being designed to overcome the security and reliability issues related to transmission of electronic information. Convolutional encoding with Viterbi algorithm is one of the most powerful forward error correcting schemes. It has been widely used in many of the communication areas to improve the limitation of channel capacity and power consumption of a system. This paper presents the implementation of a soft decision Viterbi decoder with code rate 1/2 for variable constraint length on Virtex-6 FPGA. Viterbi algorithm with parallel architecture has been implemented here for the purpose of achieving high decoding speed, low power consumption and for less device resource utilization. The parallel architecture implementation is then simulated through ModelSim 10.1 with 50 MHz clock rate, through which the encoded blocks are decoded in turn. Similarly, simulation result also indicates that traceback operation is started after calculating all survivor paths and thus the decoded output sequence is then presented in reverse order to that of the input information sequence KeywordsViterbi Decoder, Parallel Viterbi Decoding, Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA, RTL Design, ModelSim


The adsorption of Eriochrome Black T (EBT) has been studied on acidic and basic forms of polyaniline from aqueous and methanolic solutions. The adsorption has been studied as a function of adsorbate concentration (2-40xl 0M), adsorbent particle size (30 140 mesh) and temperature (293.15-313.15 K). The data have been fitted to Langmuir isotherm and its parameters have been obtained. Langmuir p_arameter b has large magnitude and increases with temperature suggesting that the adsorption is endothermic and entropy dominated'. Kinetic studies have been performed to calculate rate constants for adsorption processes. The first order kinetics in the initial stages confirms that the rate controlling step is the diffusion of the dye molecules through a stagnant layer formed around the adsorbent particles. This mechanism is overtaken at later stages by the rearrangement of the dye molecules on the surface of the adsorbent and finally by intraparticle diffusion. The energetics of the adsorption process have been obtained.


Resistance to antimicrobials in zoonotic bacteria is of special concern since these pathogens may compromise the effective treatment of infections in humans. To follow the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance Salmonella isolates from different sources are analysed regularly for risk assessment purposes at BfR. The objective of this paper is to summarise the resistance patterns observed in Salmonella isolates collected in the years 2000 to 2008.


Acknowledgments Note on Dating and Transliteration Introduction Chapter 1: Chaikovsky and Decadence Chapter 2: Rimsky-Korsakov and Religious Syncretism Chapter 3: Scriabin and Theurgy Chapter 4: Prokofiev and Mimesis Conclusion Appendix: The Libretto of the Preparatory Act Index


In this article, preliminary results on general features, type, function, origin and construction technology of Yenikapi (YK) 17 shipwreck, which was uncovered in one of the largest commercial harbours of the Byzantine period, have been evaluated. Dating between 8-9 centuries AD, the wreck was found without its cargo, rigging and anchor equipment. The coarse stones found on board have been considered as the ballast improving the stability of the ship.  Surviving portion of the hull represents one end of the port or starboard bottom of the original ship. On the basis of its dimensions, hull form, and the features of extant hull members the wreck has been identified as a cargo carrier or a merchantmen which bears the characteristic flat bottom profile and rounded hull shape of the period. The fragmentary archaeological evidence limits the discussion on ship's origin or homeport. YK 17 is one of the earliest and a rare example of a non-planking edge fastened ship in the Mediterranean.  Hull members suggest that the ship was built with a combined technique of shell and skeleton construction traditions reflecting the technological transformation in Mediterranean shipbuilding during the 1st millennium AD.  shipwreck, shipbuilding,


1. Anjali Jain, MD*
2. Robert S. Daum, MD*

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2. *Department of Pediatrics, Sections of General Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, the University of Chicago, Chicago IL.

After completing this article, readers should be able to:

1. List the toxins and virulence factors that allow Staphylococcus aureus to be a highly virulent pathogen for children.

2. Define the important host defense mechanisms against staphylococcal infection.

3. Describe appropriate evaluation and therapy of a child who has a red and swollen eye.

4. Describe the clinical syndromes of impetigo, indicate how their etiologies differ, and delineate the appropriate diagnosis and management of each.

5. Describe the management of a febrile child who has an indwelling central venous catheter.

It was more than a century ago that the Scottish surgeon Alexander Ogdson initially noticed an association between skin abscesses and an organism that formed clusters of" berries" when seen by light microscopy. Today, we designate this organism Staphylococcus aureus , the most pathogenic of the genus Staphylococcus , and know that it is responsible for many serious community-acquired and nosocomial infections and for several more recently recognized toxin-mediated diseases. The defining characteristics of this species are the production of the extracellular enzyme coagulase and protein A. Staphylococci that do not produce these proteins are termed coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS); they were once believed to be nonpathogenic constituents of normal human bacterial flora, but we now appreciate that they also are important causes of nosocomial and urinary tract infections in children.

Colonization with S aureus occurs intermittently in children; 10% to 40% are colonized, as are about 30% of adults. The most common site for colonization is the anterior nasal vestibule. Additionally, the skin, hair, nails, axillae, perineum, or vagina (in about 10% of menstruating women) may be colonized. Hospital personnel and individuals who have chronic skin conditions or medical devices (eg, indwelling catheters) have a higher rate of S aureus colonization than do individuals in the community.

Unlike S aureus , CoNS colonize human skin …


When my article on "Morand and the Ancient Laws of Ireland" (ZCP XVI305 ff.) was written, the Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the British Museum by O'Grady and Flower was unpublished in its present form and inaccessible to me. Certain texts in this Catalogue are to be cited as showing the existence of a larger number of legal documents ascribed to Morand than was at first to be supposed. The Cotton MS. Nero A. VII, 132-157, contains a copy of the Corus Brefha Neimhedh*) (compare H: 3.17, T. C. D., col. 654—662), which would seem, from the nature of the formulas which it employs, to be the source for the quotations which I ascribed to a "legal work belonging to an earlier period in Morand's life" than the Audacht or the Tiganal Moraind. In fact, the quotation from O'Dav. 1535 (p. 305) occurs as the opening sentence of § 4 of the BM text, in the form A Mhoraind a mainig a mochtadh co trebttr co caomar cembedha ana airccecha anrechda, wrongly rendered by O'Grady.) (Cf. Abbott's Catal. H. 3.17, col. 662.) Of the two quotations in the Laws I find no trace in the IBM manuscript, although the first (IV, 384,15) suggests somewhat the same subject matter as § 8 of the JBretha Nemed. The same formula, however, is employed in the BM text, §§ 4—8, 19.


The author discusses the historical developments leading to the detection systems currently employed offshore and in addition, examines a variety of methods by which the presence of inflammable gases may be detected. The detection of inflammable gases as an integral part of the protection system of oil production platforms has increased in importance over the last decade. The author examines why such detection systems are required and how, fundamentally, they are used as part of an overall protection system.


Exchange bias effect is the unidirectional anisotropy induced by the interface between ferromagnetic (FM) and antiferromagnetic (AFM) layers below the Neel temperature of antiferromagnetic materials, leading to a shift of hysteresis loop. The effect of exchange bias has been studied for many years because of its possible application in spintronics, especially in spin valves for magnetic recording and sensor devices [1]. The essentials of exchange bias effect are not fully understood yet. It is generally accepted that the uncompensated moments in the AFM layer play an important role in pinning the spins at the interface and determine the strength of exchange bias field [2]. We prepared bilayer systems composed of the FM layer Ni 0.8 Fe 0.2 and the AFM layer Co x Ni 1−x O (x = 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6) by using the DC/RF magnetron sputtering method. Exchange bias field H EB , the shift field in hysteresis loop, was observed in all the Ni 0.8 Fe 0.2 /Co Ni 1−x O bilayer systems. The changes of H EB were explicitly studied for various parameters such as the composition of AFM material x, the measured temperature T, and the angle θ of applied magnetic field. We measured anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) and analyzed the AMR data to extract the H EB , since the peak structure in AMR is not exactly same to the coercive field H C , unlike the magnetization data. We propose a new approach to analysis for AMR in determining H EB and H C along the field angle θ with respect to the field-cooling direction. The results were compared with the variations of H EB and H C simulated by Mauri model and spin-glass model [3].


Objective To clone human endostatin gene into fusion expression vector and to express in E.coli BL21(DE3). Methods Human endostatin gene was acquired by means of RT-PCR, and was cloned into PGEM-T vector and its sequence was identified. The gene was inserted into fusion expression vector pTRX, and transformed in E.coli BL21(DE3),then endostatin was expressed in E.coli by IPTG inducement. Results SDS-PAGE analysis showed a specific protein strip which was identical to the expected one. Conclusion Human endostatin gene was successfully expressed in E.coli. The experiment lays foundation for antiangiogenesis therapy with endostatin gene.


This paper studies the scientific literacy of immigrant children in a cross-classified multilevel framework. Using data from the 2006 PISA survey, features of immigrant children's countries of origin, countries of destination, and communities (the specific origin-destination combination) are taken into account in order to explain macro-level differences in immigrants' educational performance. Our sample consists of 9414 15-year-old immigrant children, originating from 46 different countries, living in 16 Western countries of destination. Results show that differences in scientific performance between immigrant children from different origins and between children living in different countries of destination cannot be fully explained by compositional differences. Contextual attributes of origin countries, destination countries, and communities matter as well. It is for instance shown that the better educational performance of immigrant children living in traditional immigration receiving countries cannot be explained by these children's favourable background characteristics. The political and economic features of the origin countries did not influence the science performance, in contrast with the origin countries' prevailing religions.


The performance of computer systems is heavily dependent upon the caching systems used. This article investigates the eeect of two well known caching systems , Victim caching and Prefetching. Markov Models for memory systems are presented for the performance analysis of systems using the combination of these two techniques. Simulation results are presented and compared with standard caching methods. The techniques are then shown to be eeective at improving computer systems performance.


The microstructure,mechanical and corrosion property of 7085 aluminum alloy deformed at different isothermal free forging temperatures were analyzed using optical microscope(OM),scanning electron microscope(SEM),mechanical tensile test and exfoliation corrosion.The experimental results show that serious recrystallization occurs at 370 ℃ or 400 ℃,resulting in the strength severely decreases,the elongation increases slightly and exfoliation corrosion gets worse.At 420 ℃,the alloy exhibits small and uniform sub-grain structure,leading to better strength,elongation and exfoliation resistance.The ultimate strength,yield strength and elongation achieve 533.2 MPa,495 MPa and 13.3%,respectively.Exfoliation corrosion grade reaches EA.While the deformation temperature rises 450 ℃,the grains begin to grow up.The strength and exfoliation resistance decrease,but the elongation increases slightly.Considering the factors of microstructure,strength,plastic and exfoliation resistance,420 ℃ is determined to be the best isothermal free forging temperature.


What mentoring is and isn't developing teaching skills observing your mentee - how to focus observations giving feedback planning lessons collaborative teaching with your mentee developing a departmental approach to mentoring developing a whole school approach to mentoring form tutor mentoring appraisal using government standards standards for QTS (qualified teacher status) working with NQTs stimulating refelctive practice mentoring for your own professional development making the most of partnership making the most of a consortium.


Abstract This paper investigates the role of local financial development in facilitating the materialisation of the growth-enhancing effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) in African countries. To this end, we improve on earlier studies by using a panel smooth transition regression model (PSTR) which is able to deal with heterogeneity issue associated with cross-country data. Based on a sample of 26 African countries over the period of 1990–2013, the results show that there is a minimum threshold level of financial development above which the growth-enhancing effect of FDI is unlocked in African countries. In other words, only countries that are located above a certain threshold level of financial development enjoy the growth-enhancing effect of FDI. These findings suggest that effort should be made by financial policymakers in African countries to improve the local financial markets conditions in order to extract the economic gains from FDI.


Introduction: Recurrent miscarriage (RM) is a mysterious reproductive problem affecting a proportion of couples trying to conceive. Although spontaneous abortion occurs in approximately 15 to 20% of clinically diagnosed pregnancies of reproductive-aged women, recurrent miscarriage occurs in approximately 1 to 2% of these women. Many syndromes are involved in the aetiology of RM, where genetic factors appear to be highly associated. Indeed, chromosomal anomaly constitutes the single most common cause. About 7% of couples with RM have one partner with balanced chromosomal rearrangement.
Aim of the study: This study is a prospective study carried out to evaluate the incidence of chromosomal abnormalities in couples suffering recurrent miscarriage.
Patient and methods: The present study included one hundred couples attending the antenatal clinic. They have been divided into two groups; the first, is a study group, included 50 couples with recurrent miscarriage. And the second, is a control group, included 50 couples with normal reproductive history. Conventional cytogenetic analysis was done for both groups.
Result: We have found four cases (8%) carrying chromosomal rearrangements (two reciprocal translocations, one Robertsonian translocation, and one with duplicated chromosome segment) among RM group, and no cases of chromosomal rearrangement among those with normal reproductive history. Statistically, there was a significant association between recurrent miscarriage and chromosomal rearrangement.
Conclusion: We have concluded that chromosome analysis is highly important to evaluate such cases with RM.


The full rotating podded propeller is one of the most advanced special propellers, the study on the entire hydrodynamic characteristic of which has been focused on by the industry in these years. Whereas, the study on the design of podded propeller is few. Because the paticular structures of the pod, such as the propeller, the body and the davit, influence each other, the design method of its propeller is quite different from that of normal propeller. In this paper, the numerical lifting surface theory and the CFD method are used, to study the hydrodynamic variation of the podded propeller, to analyze how the podded structures influence the hydrodynamic characteristic of the propeller, and to provide a reliable method for the propeller design of podded propeller.


Introduction: The skeletal and soft tissue profile is important in establishing diagnostic and planning an orthodontic treatment. It has been assumed that different ethnic group or race has different facial profiles. The purpose of this cross sectional study was to know the correlation between the convexity degree of skeletal and soft tissue profiles. Materials & Methods: A sample of 50 cephalometric radiographs of untreated individuals (31 females, 19 males) was obtained. Criteria for sample selection comprised: absence of interproximal caries / filling, aged over 18 years, never undergone orthodontic treatment, no tooth deformity, had Deutero-Malay Indonesian ethnicity , presence of complete teeth from the left first molar through the right first molar with,  both on the upper and lower jaws,. The following angular measurements were performed on lateral cephalograms: skeletal convexity degree was represented by N-A-Pog, and soft tissue profile was determined as n-sn-pog. Results : The mean values for skeletal profile convexity were : 167,37 o ( males ),  166,55 o ( females ); and  for soft tissue profile convexity  were : 159,05 o (males) and 162,77 o (females). Correlation: By using correlation test, it showed there was a strong correlation between skeletal and soft tissue profile both on males and females.


Last year's Eurocorr conference took place at the Acropolis Convention Centre in Nice from 6 to 10 September. The focus of the meeting was 'Corrosion from the Nanoscale to the Plant'. The meeting attracted 800 delegates and over 360 papers and 200 posters were presented during the 25 sessions and workshops. Part 1 of the report, published in the December issue, covered the opening session and plenary lectures. Part 2 of the report, published in the February issue, reviewed technical sessions on automotive corrosion, corrosion of archaeological and heritage artefacts, organic coatings and cathodic protection and marine corrosion. Part 3 of the report, published in the April issue, reviewed technical sessions on inhibitors, oil and gas, polymeric materials, metallic and inorganic coatings and pretreatments. Parts 4 and 5 will review the remaining technical sessions with corrosion and corrosion protection in drinking water systems, recent advances in surface analytical techniques and applications to corrosion research, simulation, modelling and life prediction, environmental sensitive fracture and corrosion mechanisms and methods covered in this report.


The caudal half of the spinal cords of 3 day old Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to 2000 R x-irradiation. Morphological studies revealed that a considerable number of oligodendroglia were destroyed in the irradiated animals by 5 days post-irradiation, and that the proliferation of the surviving glia as well as myelination were inhibited. By 35 days post-irradiation there appeared to be a cephalo-caudal progression of glial proliferation and myelination within the irradiated area, which by 50 days post-irradiation had progressed into the upper lumbar segments; little further progression was noted after GS days post-irradiation. Although the lower lumbarand sacral segments remained unmyelinated, the animals displayed no permanent neurological abnormalities. The appearance of Schwann-like cells within the irradiated spinal cord was first noted at the dorsal aspect of the cord 25 days after irradiation. In later periods the cellular invasion was found to be more extensive and accompanied by the deposition of peripheral myelin within the cord. Histochemical evidence also suggested that these cells were Schwann cells.


Liping argues from a Chinese perspective for a continued role of the NPT as the main nuclear non proliferation mechanism, but also identifies its main shortfalls and conflicts of interest between major stakeholders. Liping proposes concrete measures to reform the non proliferation regime. He suggests that if the U.S. and Russia would reduce their nuclear warheads to 1,000 respectively, China and other nuclear-weapons states should join the process of nuclear disarmament. According to Liping, China supports the establishment of an internationalized multilaterally controlled nuclear fuel cycle and Beijing would not oppose the revision of Article X of the NPT Treaty. If the U.S. Senate ratifies the CTBT, he suggests the Chinese People's Congress would ratify it soon.


isocratic mobile phase composed of 10 mM ammonium formate (pH 4.0) and acetonitrile in the ratio of (20:80 v/v), at a flow -rate of 0.3 mL/min. Rifaximin and rifaximin D6 were detected with proton adducts at m/z 786.4 →754.4 and 792.5 →760.5 in multiple reaction monitoring positive mode respe ctively. The acidified samples were subjected to liquid‐liquid extraction using a mixtu re of methyl t-butyl ether dichloromethane (75: 25) followed by centrifugation, nitrogen-aided evaporation and reconstitution. The method was validated over a linear concentration range of 20 20000 pg/mL with correlation coefficient of more th an 0.9995. This method demonstrated intra and inter-day precision within 0.6 - 2.6% and 2.2 - 5.6%, and accuracy within 95.7 - 104.2% and 95.8 - 105.0% for rifaximin, respectively. Rifaximin was found to be stable throughout freeze‐thawing cycles, bench top and postoperative stability studies. This method was applied successf ully for the analysis of blood samples following oral administration of rifaximin (200 mg) in 17 healthy Indian male human volunteers under fasting conditions.


This research realizes the changes that occur in a group of college students, when performing peer assessment practices. This was a qualitative study, framed in an action research design. The research results showed that the exercise of peer assessment favored the participation of students in classes, however the development of critical thinking is limited, especially in the substantive dimension of this.


The Van Zylspruit River Bridge is a 90 m long, fully integral bridge located on the South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd national N1 route. It is a situated in central South Africa, an area ...


In this paper, we propose a secure customer centric mobile payment scenario in which the merchant is disconnected from acquirer due to lack of internet connection and still can be used for mobile transaction. Our protocol protects the real identity of the customer during the transaction flow. The proposed protocol is based on symmetric key cryptography which further reduces computation at all the entities of the protocol. The protocol satisfies all the security requirements met by the existing standard protocols like SET, iKP, Kungpisdan et al and Tellez et al. Based on the author knowledge, the proposed protocol is the first protocol which satisfies all the cases of Non Repudiation. All the above mentioned protocols satisfies only Non Repudiation of Origin, where as our proposed protocol satisfies Non repudiation of Receipt, Non repudiation of Submission, Non repudiation of Delivery.


An analytical model for single and double heterojunction bipolar transistors has been developed by employing the concepts of the Gummel-Poon model. The equations for injected minority carrier concentrations are developed based on the thermionic diffusion theory. Linking current and total charges in the base are calculated. The Early voltages are treated as functions of the applied voltages rather than as constants. Tunnelling effect has been considered for abrupt heterojunctions. The resemblance of this model with the SPICE BJT model makes it easy to implement it in SPICE.


Until 1950, Ulwa, or southern Sumu, was the primary language of the
eastern Nicaraguan town of Karawala, population 935. In 1950, the Nolan
Lumber Company came to Karawala, drastically changing the linguistic
picture through the introduction of a sizable Miskitu-speaking workforce.
Since thepeople of Karawala were bilingual in Ulwa and Miskitu, the shift
to Miskitu on the pari of the whole town was not a hardship. But the shift
had serious consequences for Ulwa. At this point, only 18 percent of the
population under 20 years of age speaks Ulwa. This fact has not gone
unnoticed by the Ulwa people of the town, and they have taken Steps to
address the matter, both by documenting the grammar, lexicon, and oral
literature of the language and by giving serious consideration to measures
that might be taken to stop the decline of Ulwa. This article describes the
condition of Ulwa and the processes leading to its present state, as well as
the work oflinguistics and UYUTMUBAL, the six-member Ulwa Language
Committee, to develop materials and strategies for strengthening the Position of Ulwa in the Karawala Community.


Abstract: This paper researches the evolvement of social fairness ideas since China's reform and open policy.Marx thought that actual construction and rational evolution would unify in the end.Marx thought that The communism society supposed by Marx has become the rational value orientation of China's social fairness development.The social fairness ideas of Chinese Central Communist collective leadership with Deng Xiaoping for core of the inside could be considered the jumping-off point of the progress from actual construction to rational evolution.The social fairness ideas of Chinese Central Communist collective leadership with Jiang Zemin for core of the inside couldn be thought the momentum of the progress from actual construction to rational evolution.The social fairness ideas of Chinese Central Communist collective leadership with Hu Jintao for core of the inside has moved forward newly from actual construction to rational evolution.The process of evolvement of social fairness ideas since China's reform and open policy is a dialectic and long history process,which begins from actual construction,moves forword rational evolution gradually.


Aim: This study investigated the advantages/disadvantages of commercial red blood cell (RBC) genotyping platforms. Methods: DNA samples (n = 196) from extensively phenotyped red blood cell (RBC) donors were genotyped utilising three genotyping platforms: BLOODchip Reference v4.1 (Progenika); Human Erythrocyte Antigen (HEA) BeadChip v1.2 (BioArray Solutions Ltd); and HemoCarta Blood Group Typing Panel pre-released v1.0 (Sequenom Inc). Results: BLOODchip Reference is a low-throughput platform which genotypes 138 polymorphisms, encoding 33 RBC antigens and 12 human platelet antigens (HPA). HEA BeadChip is medium-throughput and genotypes 24 polymorphisms, encoding 34 RBC antigens. HemoCarta Blood Typing Panel is medium to high-throughput and genotypes 107 polymorphisms, encoding 78 RBC and 23 HPA and neutrophil antigens. Flexibility is offered by the BeadChip platform with the availability of different test chips and the HemoCarta platform by customisation into smaller modules. In this study a phenotype genotype discrepancy rate of 10.4% was detected and genotyping outcomes between platforms were 100% concordant where comparison was possible. Discussion: All genotyping platforms worked well as an adjunct to serology with sensitivity and specificity of 100% on the sample set tested. Factors to consider when comparing platforms are the polymorphisms detected, depth of coverage (replicates), sample through-put, cost per sample and cost per requested result.


In the study of bridge pier's dynamic characteristics, the modal analysis is the foundation of other dynamic analysis and is of great significance for studying other dynamic performance. Based on the dynamic theory of fluid-solid interface coupling, a 3D water-structure coupling finite element modal is established and computed by ANSYS. To verify the validity of the calculation results, the results of finite element software is compared with the analytical solutions in reference books. The analysis indicated that the results of finite element software are reasonable when the radius of bridge pier is five times the radius of water body. The ratio of water depth and the bridge pier's height has a great influence on the change scale of bridge pier's frequency. With the increase of bridge pier's height-diameter ratio, the first three order natural vibration frequency is reduced.


Ptilochronology does not appear to be a reliable measure of the daily growth rate of contour feathers or the nutritional state of nestling Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca. Growth bars on primary remiges, which according to ptilochronology represent a day's increment of feather growth, are only about half as wide as the actual daily increase in the length of these feathers while they are growing. The average width of the growth bars on primaries was also uncorrelated with other commonly used measures of growth or nutritional status (increase in body mass or in the size of the wing or tarsus), although these were highly correlated with each other. In adult flycatchers, the average width of the growth bars on tertials was unrelated to the average bar width on greater coverts, although both feathers are replaced during the winter (prenuptial) moult. This suggests that the growth bars either do not reflect the nutritional status of adults during normal periods of moult or that contour feathers in different tracts vary in their sensitivity to the nutritional status of the moulting bird. To our knowledge, this is the first time that anyone has attempted to apply ptilochronology to nestlings. It is noteworthy that a method of measuring growth and nutritional state that has shown promise when applied to induced feathers of adult birds seems to be unreliable when applied to the developing plumage of nestlings, and perhaps the normal (not-induced) replacement plumage of adults.


[Mn(C12H10N6)2(H2O)2]Br2, Mr = 727.28, orthorhombic, Pbca, a = 10.734 (6), b = 17.084 (0), c = 15.182 (6) angstrom, V = 2784 angstrom 3, Z = 4, D(x) = 1.734 g cm-3, lambda-(Mo K-alpha) = 0.71073 angstrom, mu = 33.23 cm-1, F(000) = 1450, T = 295 K, final R = 0.032 for 1493 reflections [I > 2-sigma(I)]. The title compound is the first reported mononuclear compound with the ligand 4-amino-3,5-bis(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazole. The manganese ions, situated on an inversion centre, are coordinated by four nitrogen atoms with an N-Mn-N angle of 74.1 (1)-degrees and Mn-N distances of 2.188 (4) and 2.266 (4) angstrom. Two axial water molecules [Mn-O = 2.200 (4) angstrom] complete the coordination sphere of the metal, which is pseudo-octahedral. The two bromide ions are not coordinated but are involved in an extended hydrogen-bridging network with the water ligands and the amino group of the triazole.


BACKGROUND: Emergency interhospital transfer of patients with stroke with large vessel occlusion to a comprehensive stroke center for mechanical thrombectomy is resource-intensive and can be logistically challenging. Imaging markers may identify patients in whom intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) alone is likely to result in thrombus resolution, potentially rendering interhospital transfers unnecessary. Here, we investigate how predicted probabilities to achieve IVT-mediated recanalization affect cost-effectiveness estimates of interhospital transfer.


PURPOSE: To maintain the output quality of a printer and to prolong the operation life of a cassette by allowing a printer control unit to receive history of application information from the cassette and adjust an operating parameter, when the cassette is inserted into the printer, as a cassette capable of making an exchange with a developing device and a programmable memory. CONSTITUTION: When the power of the printer is turned on, the number of printing times stored in a cassette memory 30 is read out and stored in the nonvolatile memory of the printing control unit 40. The printer control unit adjusts the levels of electrification, an exposure, a developing bias and an automatic density control system response, for a photoreceptor, according to this information. This printer is programed to synchronously update the number of the printing times in the cassette memory and even if the cassette is removed from the printer, the data is retained in the cassette.


In high-vacuum small-space,two dimension motion control of workbench is realized by SCM.SCM communicates with upper monitor by using serial port protocol and gets rotating direction,speed and angle etc.SCN creates special frequency pulse to drive step motor rotating,leading screw linked with step motor converts rotating motion to rectilinear motion.The system has the characteristics such as high speed,rapid response.


Objective To explore the preventive and treatment measures of the eclampsia so as to reduce the occurrence of eclampsia.Metheds The clinical information on 12 patients with eclampsia in our hospital during Dec 2000 and 2006.11 were reviewed and analyzed.Results There are four patients(2 antepartum eclampsia and 2 intrapartum eclampsia)whose eclampsia developed in the hospital.Of them,one didn't receive prenatal examination.There are 8 patients(4 antepartum eclampsia,1 intrapartum eclampsia and 3 postpartum eclampsia)whose eclampsia developed from the outside of hospital.All of thme didn't receive normal prenatal examination.All 8 patients were delivered by cesarean section,1 of the 8 patients was with postpartum hemorrhage,1 with placental abruption,and 1 with the perinatal death.Conclusions The important measures in preventing and reducing the incidence of eclampsia include Perinatal healthy care as well as systematic examination and treatmeat for emergency patients and prophase patients of the atypical preeclampsia in the hospital.


Purpose – To draw attention to the triad of coeliac disease (CD), occipital calcifications, and drug‐resistant epilepsy, with focus on the outcome of epilepsy surgery.


Abstract : A survey of infrared Image Simulation Systems for Military Targets and Scenarios was conducted by the authors. Both existing systems and systems planned for near term release were surveyed to determine features and capabilities. A sampling of users of such systems and the data the systems produce was also conducted to determine present satisfaction and future needs. Recommendations for future development of Infrared Simulation technology are made in the context of the most relevant technical aspects of Infrared Image Simulation for military purposes


We consider the problem Enum·IP of enumerating prime implicants of Boolean functions represented by decision decomposable negation normal form (dec-DNNF) circuits. We study Enum·IP from dec-DNNF within the framework of enumeration complexity and prove that it is in OutputP, the class of output polynomial enumeration problems, and more precisely in IncP, the class of polynomial incremental time enumeration problems. We then focus on two closely related, but seemingly harder, enumeration problems where further restrictions are put on the prime implicants to be generated. In the first problem, one is only interested in prime implicants representing subset-minimal abductive explanations, a notion much investigated in AI for more than thirty years. In the second problem, the target is prime implicants representing sufficient reasons, a recent yet important notion in the emerging field of eXplainable AI, since they aim to explain predictions achieved by machine learning classifiers. We provide evidence showing that enumerating specific prime implicants corresponding to subset-minimal abductive explanations or to sufficient reasons is not in OutputP.


This study critically explores both modernist and postmodernist narratives tracing themes of metamorphosis. Through an emphasis on transformation, literal metamorphoses reveal much about modern literary criticism and culture.


For an N-body Stark Hamiltonian H =− �/ 2 −| E|z + V, the resolvent estimate �� x� −σ � −1/4 (H − ζ) −1 � x� −σ � −1/4 � B(L2) ≤ C holds uniformly in ζ ∈ C with Re ζ ∈ I and Im ζ �= 0, where σ � > 0, and I ⊂ R is a compact interval. This estimate is well known as the limiting absorption principle. In this paper, we report that by introducing the localization ˜ q0(x) = √ 1 − z/� xin the configuration space, a refined resolvent estimate �� x� −1/4 ˜ q0(x)(H − ζ) −1 ˜ q0(x)� x� −1/4 � B(L2) ≤ C holds uniformly in ζ ∈ C with Re ζ ∈ I and


In this paper, we present a new approach that explores the application of graph energy variants in chemistry, specifically in the development of platinum anticancer drugs. While previous energy variants have been proposed without considering their direct relevance to chemistry, our study focuses on two key aspects. First, we investigate the correlation between seven degree-based and four distance-based topological indices and their corresponding energies in platinum anticancer drugs. Furthermore, we mathematically analyze the properties of these energies, establishing upper and lower bounds that can be generalized to other structures. Second, we examine the possibility of utilizing the energies of these topological indices as structural descriptors. Our research showcases promising results, suggesting potential improvements in the future manufacturing of anticancer drugs. In addition, we employ density functional theory

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This guide shows the Virginia Transportation Research Council's 2018 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting Schedule. Overview of the TRB2017 guide.


Introduction: School health nurses' role in a school environment is underscored by the national school health policy in Nigeria. Understanding their role in promoting adolescents' health especially in their reproductive health would enable them to perform their role as expected of them. The existing literature shows that school health nurses are deficient in their role expectations. It is not clear whether they are aware of their role, and whether they were prepared for the role they perform. This gap served as a motivation for the researcher to explore and describe the role of school health nurses in Ijebu Ode local government of Nigeria. Methods: A qualitative approach with an explorative and descriptive design was used. School health nurses who have spent more than two years in the school health service were purposively selected. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight school health nurses and one school health coordinator.  Inductive content analysis was done to interpret the data. Findings: The findings revealed that school health nurses were not aware of their role in school health service, and all of them were posted to school environment immediately after their employment to work as school health nurses without any form of programme that would prepare them for the new challenge as most of them had acute care background. Conclusion and Recommendations: Against the backdrop of the findings, school health nurses should be properly oriented toward their expectations in the school health setting. They should be provided with the adequate training in order to function at the optimal level.


The decision to perform tracheostomy during the COVID-19 pandemic has been based mainly on practical and empirical standards. Also, the amount of scientific evidence to determine the exact timing of tracheostomy in patients with severe COVID-19 on mechanical ventilation is not significant. We conducted a retrospective cohort study on mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients from April 25, 2021 to January 25, 2022 in intensive care units of Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran, Iran. The 30-day survival of patients was calculated and compared between patients under tracheostomy and those without tracheostomy. A number of 135 COVID-19 cases (75 patients in the intubated group and 60 patients in the tracheostomy group) were included in this study. The mean age of the population was 53.6±12.4. The overall mortality rate was 101 (74.8%). The 30-day mortality rate was significantly higher in the intubated group (90.6%) than in the tracheostomy group (55%) (P< 0.001). The mortality rate was 60% in the early (≤ 7 days) tracheostomy group and 50% in the late (>7 days) group. This difference was not statistically significant (P> 0.05). Tracheostomy is a preferred method in airway management of severe COVID-19 patients under mechanical ventilation; however, early tracheostomy during the first week of intubation may not be superior to late tracheostomy in decreasing the mortality rate.


The postural balance that allows individuals to perform the most varied everyday tasks can decline over the years. The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the postural balance of individuals of different age groups. We evaluated 211 unrelated individuals for healthy, inactive self-care, with similar body composition, of different age groups divided into equal groups divided in age group: 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 60 to 69 years. The volunteers were subjected to the tests: Timed Up and Go (TUG), one foot with eyes open and eyes closed, and battery Guralnik tests. To compare the results between groups was used analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the significance level of 5% was adopted. Data were analyzed in the program GraphPad Stat (DATAASET1.ISD). The average values of motor performance variables in different age groups worsened with increasing age. The worst results were presented by individuals belonging to the group of those with 60-69 years, however, regarding the results of individuals aged 20-29. However, the decline from this age group is already noticeable after the third decade of life, especially on one foot test with eyes closed. We conclude that postural balance will decrease as the age group increases.


Background: Chromoblastomycosis, a chronic subcutaneous mycosis, is caused by several dematiaceous Fungi, the most common being
Fonsecaea pedrosoi. A majority of cases from India have been reported from the sub-Himalayan belt and South India.
Aim: The aim was to study chromoblastomycosis in around Darbhanga reason of Bihar including demographic and clinicomycological prole.
Materials and Methods: This report is a retrospective hospital record-based analysis of all cases of chromoblastomycosis who presented to the
dermatology outpatient department of our tertiary care hospital during the past 3 years.
Results : A total of 11 cases of chromoblastomycosis were diagnosed during the above period. The disease was seen predominantly in middle-aged
male. The lower extremity (72.7%) was more commonly affected. Verrucous and nodular lesions are the common clinical presentation. Sclerotic
bodies are demonstrated in potassium hydroxide mount and histopathological section in 81.8% and 90.9% cases, respectively. The causative
fungus was isolated in 90.9% and cass with F. pedrosoi, as the most common species


The cyperoid spikelet was described for Cyperus s.l. by Kiikenthal (1935-6). The concept has been subsequently enlarged by the inclusion of other genera. The appropriateness of their inclusion will depend on the way in which the spikelet is defined. I believe a rather narrow view is useful for deciding on the relationships of genera with a cyperoid embryo and would emphasize three essential elements: (1) a lateral, indeterminate axis (rhachis or rhachilla) borne in the axil of a bract or bracteole (which therefore does not form part of the spikelet); (2) a basal more or less distinctly sheathing prophyll distinguished by the absence of a median vein (and frequently by the presence of two lateral veins) and its lack of a subtended flower; (3) more or less distanced from the prophyll, depending on whether the spikelet is terminal or lateral, are distichously arranged (rarely secondarily spiral) decurrent glumes the basal one or more subtending bisexual flowers, the apical either with male flowers or reduced and empty. I would regard these three elements as defining a cyperoid spikelet type. Note that empty basal glumes are normally lacking, though present exceptionally (and secondarily?) in a few species of Cyperus s.s. The position of Remirea maritima Aubl. is a peculiar one (Hooper 1983). Koyama (1961) states that Kyllinga, Remirea and Lipocarpha (presumably in contrast to Cyperus) have 'reduced empty floral scales'. This is incorrect for Lipocarpha and does not distinguish between the basal empty scale of Remirea and the reduced empty apical glumes of most Cyperus s.l. (including Kyllinga) species. It may have been this imprecise statement which allowed quite erroneous diagrams for Kyllinga, Lipocarpha and in part Cyperus, spikelets to creep into Koyama (1982). Whilst his Fig. 1 is accurate, Fig. 2 A, B and E (left) show a prophyll (conventionally indicated by a bifid tip) followed by empty glume or glumes below the fertile ones-where none exist. Eiten (1976) includes the cyperoid spikelet as here understood in her Group I type inflorescence but her concept includes not only Ascolepis where prophylls are lacking but scirpoid and rhynchosporoid genera where empty basal glumes are normal. I believe a narrower concept to be more useful in detecting relationships amongst genera with cyperoid embryos. In Lipocarpha only a reduced prophyll and single fertile glume, both hyaline, remain within the subtending bracteole. The rhachilla is detectable only from the peg-like scar left after achene fall, and the presence of the prophyll. This extreme reduction is approached by some species of Kyllinga where there is, however, normally at least one other glume present and also by some species currently uncertainly placed and to be discussed in a forthcoming paper.


This paper made an overall study on the erosion control of a plunge pool for dam body flood discharge trajectory energy dissipation in the case of a narrow valley, a high arch dam and a large discharge, and its concrete lining optimization design. The application of the theories of transient flow and oscillating flow was advanced to study the mechanism of scouring damage of the plunge pool lining, and to form a new design mode concept based on the study of the scouring - resistant stability of the plunge pool concrete lining blocks using the hydraulic model test for the Xiaowan hydropower project. The paper also discussed some problems relating to the design mode of the plunge pool concrete lining and offered some specific suggestions on the design of the plunge pool concrete lining for the Xiaowan project.


Abstract : Light off temperatures of oxidation catalysts are considered as one of the important parameters for catalyst performance evaluation. In this study, the in situ Fourier Transform IR technique was developed and used to determine the light-off temperatures and reaction products of three three-way automotive catalysts with 20 torr monomethylamine in air at 0.5 L/min flow rate. Light-off temperatures were 140, 143, and 170 C for Davison, Allied-Signal, and Degussa oxidation catalysts, respectively. CO, CO2, H2O, and nitric acid were the major oxidation products. The activation energies of formation of CO and CO2 on the catalysts were also determined. Keywords: Light off temperature, Fourier transform; Infrared spectroscopy; Oxidation products; Oxidation; Catalyst.


how object orientation is taught. To investigate this, a qualitative study on educators' views on object orientation has been conducted and categories of views concerning object orientation, objects, and examples for object orientation dened. In all, ten educators have been interviewed, six teaching in upper secondary school and four teaching at university-level. The results indicate that educators have a simple conceptual model of object orientation, which is likely to aect the presentation of the paradigm.


The housing vacancy rate is an important indicator that reflects the health of the real estate market in a region, developed areas abroad have relatively complete statistical systems and methods, but there is no completely unified calculation method in China. The article uses the electric Electricity big data platform, obtain residential electricity consumption data, define a user who consumes less than 10 kWh for 10 months each year as an empty user, get the housing vacancy rate based on the number of vacant households and the total number of households. To research the housing vacancy rate of the province with the four cities as pilots, in-depth analysis of the main factors affecting the housing vacancy rate, study the regional distribution characteristics and change trends of the housing vacancy rate, provide reference for local governments to formulate macro policies.


This paper briefly describes a prototype interface for computer network defense (CND) that has been developed using the cognitive systems engineering (CSE) / ecological interface design (EID) frame...


Objective: High Blood Pressure (HBP) is responsible for 7.5 million deaths per year worldwide. About 15 million of French people are hypertensive and 4 millions of them are undiagnosed. More than 7 millions of Moroccans are hypertensive. Today, a high percentage of hypertensive patients remain undiagnosed and mass screening programs in pharmacies or shopping centers are not very efficient. Therefore, there is a need to develop new strategies to identify untreated hypertensive patients. To evaluate the feasibility and the effectiveness of a HBP screening strategy for unknown or insufficiently treated hypertensive patient with Self-Blood Pressure Measurements (SBPM) in barbershops. Design and method: Prospective multicenter study of HBP screening in France and Morocco. Willing customers of 23 barbershops in France and 6 in Morocco were included between January and April 2013. Three validated humeral Omron M7 Automatic BP monitors connected to a printer were needed in each barbershop. An information formular was delivered to all customers. Customers were free to give their phone number to be contacted 3 months later for a standardized follow-up questionnaire. Suspected HBP was defined by an average of 3 SMBP >  = 135 and/or > 85 mmHg. The primary endpoints of the study were: number of patients with treated or untreated HBP, number of patients referred to their physicians, proportion of permanent HBP diagnosis after screening and the acceptability of this screening strategy. Results: Table 1: Figure. No caption available. The screening identified a very high percentage of untreated hypertensive patients particularly in Morocco (70.2%) and France (25.7%). In France, 40.2% (n = 41) of customers having an average of SMBP >  = 135/85 mmHg have consulted a physician after screening. 75.8% (n = 213) of participants contacted for the follow-up considered the screening test to be innovating and none have found it inappropriate Conclusions: HBP screening by SMBP in the barbershop helped to identify unknown or insufficiently treated hypertensive patients in proportions consistent with published data in USA (threshold >  = 135/85 mmHg). This method was well accepted. Our results may further inspire HBP screening in unconventional spots in particular in developing countries where direct access to health care may be limited.


In this paper we give some common fixed point theorems for Ciric type operators in complex valued b-metric spaces. Also, some corollaries under this contraction condition are obtained. Our results extend and generalize the results of Hammad et al. In the second part of the paper, in order to strengthen our main results, an illustrative example and some applications are given.


Objectives: To determine if subgroups of patients exist based on the recovery trajectory of health-related quality of life following hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS), and to determine clinical data predictors for these subgroups of patients. Methods: A clinical hip data repository was queried for patients who underwent primary hip arthroscopy for the treatment of FAIS between January 2012 and May 2018. Patients who completed pre-operative, 1-year, and 2-year International Hip Outcome Tool-12 (iHOT-12) were included in the study. Latent class growth analysis (LCGA) and growth mixture models (GMM) were used to identify subgroups of patients based on trajectories of recovery for iHOT-12 utilizing 3 clinical time points (pre-operative [within 1 week of surgery], one-year postoperative, and two-year postoperative). LCGA and GMM models using 1 – 6 classes were assessed for best model fit according to AIC, BIC, bootstrapped likelihood ratio test, and log-likelihood ratios. Following the final model selection, a multivariable multinomial logistic regression on the final model was performed with the largest class as the reference group to determine clinical predictors of subgroup membership. Results: A total of 443 patients with an average age of 34.25 ± 12.65 and BMI of 25.02 ± 5.11met inclusion criteria. The 3-class GMM was the best fit model, and the resulting subgroups were named based on trajectories of iHOT-12 scores: early progressors, late regressors, and late progressors (Figure 1A). The early progressors comprised 70.0% of the study group and had substantial early improvement between preoperative and 1-year follow-up with further improved 2-year outcomes (Figure 1B). The late regressors comprised 22.3% of the study sample and demonstrated improvement between preoperative and 1-year follow-up with decreasing function between 1-year and 2-years postoperatively (Figure 1C). The late progressors represented the smallest group at 7.7% and only demonstrated improved outcomes after 1-year postoperatively (Figure 1D). Predictors of the late regressor membership were worker's compensation status, psychiatric history, preoperative chronic pain, and lower preoperative iHOT-12 scores. Patients in the late progressor subgroup were less likely to participate in physical hobbies/exercise. Conclusions: Using growth mixture models, three natural courses of health-related quality of life recovery following hip arthroscopy for the treatment of FAIS were identified: early progressors, late regressors, and late progressors. Worker's compensation status, psychiatric history, preoperative chronic pain, and lower preoperative iHOT-12 scores were predictive of less than favorable trajectories of recovery. Figure 1.


Objective To study the curaive effect of intrapleuralin chemotherapy of carboplatin, topotecan and IL-2 on malignant pleural effusions. Methods All cases were performed pleurocentesis, the carboplatin 400~600mg,topotecan 4mg, IL-2 500,000~800,000IU were dissolved respectively in saline 20ml and injected by turns when the effusions had been drained out.Results Thirty-seven cases were treated. Complete remission rate was 46.0%(17/37).The overall effective rate was 89.2%(33/37). The median remission time was 6.7 months(2~14months).The side effects were digestive tract reaction, arrest of bone marrow,temporary fever and alopecia.Conclusion This therapy is effective, could extend the remission time and the survival time, the side effects are light. Therefore,it is warranted for wide use.


Summary Inhibition tests using varying numbers of pneumococci in varying concentrations of sulfapyridine and sulfathiazole indicated that except for highly resistant strains, there is a straight line relationship between the amount of drug required to inhibit growth and the number of pneumococci inoculated up to about 100,000. Larger inocula were not inhibited regardless of the amount of drug present. A method is described whereby this quantitative relationship may be applied to testing the sulfonamide susceptibility of pneumococci and expressing the results in terms of the concentration of sulfonamide required to inhibit the growth of a given number of bacteria.


Real time prediction of cutting tool condition and machined surface finish have been attractive research objectives over the last decades. However, providing practical and reliable solutions is still a demanding task for milling machine tools. One of the most challenging literature goals is to obtain a robust estimation of the cutting forces through indirect sensor measurements since many process and tool related quantities are indirectly linked to cutting forces. Another challenging issue in machining process monitoring and control is prediction of surface finish and quality. As the vibration plays a major role in the surface generation, this can be done by accurate prediction of the vibrational displacements at the tool tip during machining operation. In this paper, a novel model based estimation of cutting force and tool tip acceleration is designed and tested based on data fusion of different sensors measurements. In this context, two sensors (piezoelectric accelerometer and eddy-current displacement both mounted inside the spindle structure) have been utilized to acquire the experimental signals over a wide range of frequencies. In order to predict the above mentioned quantities, an optimal state estimator based on Kalman Filter (KF) is used. The models have been obtained by system identification method based on experimental measurements performed on a machine tool. The model based estimator is fed by real data. The results show that the estimation of the impulse force and tool tip acceleration can be achieved accurately in low and high frequency ranges by assigning different weights to the measurement sensors. © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier BV. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Professor Roberto Teti.


Although human capital investment plays an important role in hospital management,it has not yet been attached enough importance by most hospital administrators.The present article discusses the risk of human capital investment in hospital and its prevention through elaborations on the human capital theory and its connections with the hospital,and the connotations of the risk of human capital investment.


In this paper, results of an operational study investigating the legibility distance of unlighted overhead guide signs are presented. Opaque sign backgrounds, as well as engineer, superengineer, and high-intensity reflective sheetings were used in combination with button-removable and high-intensity reflective copy. There was no significant difference between lighted and unlighted signs (lighted, 787.7 ft; unlighted, 788.1 ft) by sign material. Several sign combinations performed better than others. Engineer reflective sheeting was legible at more than 900 ft both on the lighted and on the unlighted routes, whereas engineer reflective sheeting with high-intensity stick-on copy was legible at 775 ft (lighted) and 646 ft (unlighted). The following combinations were visible at more than 800 ft: superengineer/button (863 ft), high-intensity/stick-on (825 ft), and superengineer/stick-on (811 ft).