The macrophytes of six lagoons in the Darwin region were recorded over a period of
approximately one year. Results showed a large variety of plant species per lagoon and a
strong individuality of lagoon plant lists. A total of 160 plants was recorded, 49 of which were
aquatic or aquatic/terrestrial. Only six species were found in all six lagoons. The group of
introduced plants totalled 26.
The general paucity of information on wetland plants in lagoons and billabongs in the Top End
was pointed out.
Water quality parameters were measured during the plant surveys. No relation between plant
species composition and water quality were found. Neither was a relation between land use in
the lagoon catchment and plant species composition observed.
A wetland health indicator based on plant species richness and the presence of declared weeds
was calculated. Two of the lagoons reached the highest score being classed as 'largely
unmodified'. Three lagoons ranked as 'slightly modified' and one lagoon 'moderately modified'.
These scores were based on data collected during one wet season. More data would be
needed to assess the validity and suitability of the indicator and its weighting of the components
of species richness and weeds.
It is assessed that the current macrophyte indicator is not ideal due to the high variability in data
collection and the large effort required in the field. Suggestions are made to trial weeds or
vegetation cover as indicators for wetland health.


Medical network traffic is characterized by the mix of modalities and applications on the network. Since different modalities or applications have different characteristics on the network, understanding the mix of traffic loads is important in analyzing network activity. Although many commercial products can analyze network traffic at the packet level, they do not capture higher level modality load characteristics or isolate the impact of large image transfers. More insight can be obtained through a high-level analysis of this packet data in which network traffic is examined at an application level. In this paper we report on data collection and analysis of medical network traffic over a local area network. The measurements of the LAN are made using a raw ethernet packet capture program (tcpdump) running on a Sun workstation, and the analysis was accomplished using a PERL script and the ACE/gr data analysis program. The contribution of each modality is isolated and the network protocol performance is examined in detail.


The quantification of the stray load losses such as the in-plane eddy-current loss in electrical steel sheets, and circulating-current loss in the armature windings is important in order to develop rotating machines with high efficiency. We investigate the losses caused by the in-plane eddy current in the stator cores of permanent-magnet synchronous machines by using three-dimensional finite element method. The influences of the coil-end structure, skew structure, and carrier harmonics of a pulse-width-modulated inverter on the in-plane eddy-current loss in the stator core are described. The circulating-current loss in the parallel connected armature windings is analyzed by using two-dimensional finite element method. The accuracy of the analyses is confirmed by the comparison with experimental results.


This report summarizes the results of testing and evaluation of noble metal surrogates that will support testing of noble metals in melters. The candidate system, potential surrogates, model glass systems, and test conditions have been chosen based on the existing reported data in literature as well as expertise existing at various sites, thermodynamics, physical properties, and cost. The methodology involves testing interaction of RuO2 and WO3 and other surrogates in the test melt followed by characterization of the bulk glass and oxide-glass melt interfaces. The report explains different techniques used for studying settling, crystallization, rheology, and partitioning of noble metals or surrogates or spinel phases in the selected systems. The report presents and discusses how these results support the selection of the suitable surrogate for RuO2. Finally the report concludes with the best-suited surrogate (WO3) proposed and makes suitable recommendations for the follow up melter test activities.


. We investigate how large lepton asymmetries affect the evolution of the early universe at times before big bang nucleosynthesis and in particular how they influence the relic density of WIMP dark matter. In comparison to the standard calculation of the relic WIMP abundance we find a decrease, depending on the lepton flavour asymmetry. We find an effect of up to 20 per cent for lepton flavour asymmetries l f = O (0 . 1).


The problem of serious ash accumulation at the lower part of flat box filter cartridges is an important limitation for the improvement of ash cleaning efficiency in this kind of filter. To solve the above-mentioned problem, the type of slotted blowing hole impacting the performance of the ash removing under the same ash cleaning area was studied. In the present work, a total of four types of slotted blowing holes with different length were designed. The influence of blowing distance and blowing pressure on dust removal performance were investigated. Numerical simulation was conducted to demonstrate the mechanism of the dust removal process. An industrial coating test was also carried out to investigate and verify the actual ash cleaning performance under the optimal conditions as obtained from the above investigations. The results showed that: (1) the performance of dust cleaning produced by a three-slit blowhole was better than that by a four-slit blowhole; (2) 0.2 MPa was determined to be the optimal blowing pressure, which meets the requirement of ash cleaning; (3) 20 mm was selected as the optimal blowing distance, as this was the distance at which the surface side wall pressure at the non-positive-to-blow hole area was obviously increased, indicating that the whole performance of ash cleaning could be improved. The results obtained in this study are of great significance for improving the efficiency of dust removal in the use of flat box filters, promoting the development of dust removal technology, protection of environment, and reduction of human health damage.


In this paper, a new procedure for solving the multi-level lot sizing and scheduling problem in an integrated manner is presented. A Lagrangian heuristic is used to generate feasible production plans for a xed sequence of operations, by solving the dual problem of production planning and applying a smoothing procedure to repair production plans. Detailed capacity constraints are considered in the lot sizing mathematical model to guarantee consistency between planning and scheduling decisions; and in order to consider multi-level production requirements, nomenclature constraints are included, using echelon stock formulation.


Forbidden-set labeling schemes is a way to associate with each node of a graph G a compact data-structure, i.e., a short label, supporting queries Q(s,t,X) between any two nodes (s,t) of G\X where X is any set of "forbidden" nodes of G. The query Q(s,t,X) must be solved from the labels of the nodes involved in the query only, without any other source of information. Several important distributed applications are captured by this framework, like for instance fault-tolerant and policy routing in the Internet. In this talk, I show how to derive new time-efficient algorithms for some problems in dynamic graphs.


Annually large flocks of lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) wintering off the Louisiana coast would, at times, move inland into small ponds and lakes throughout the southern portion of the state. In order to obtain information on this wintering species, a bait banding program was begun on Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Grand Chenier, Louisiana, in 1960. Since that time 4,970 lesser scaup were captured and banded. The scaup have increased in recent years and wintering populations in Louisiana now number about 1.5 million. They arrive in October, depart in May and are distributed in all parts of the state but largest concentrations are found along the coast. Large flocks have been seen in the Gulf of Mexico as far as 25 miles offshore, apparently unaffected by heavy seas. Rockefeller Refuge is owned and operated by the Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission and is located in the prairie marshes of Cameron and Vermilion Parishes in Southwestern Louisiana. A banding program was begun on Rockefeller Refuge in January, 1960. The first part of this program was instituted as a pilot study, set up to develop ways and means of live-trapping large numbers of birds under the conditions as found on the refuge. The 1960 banding program was terminated with the beginning of the northward migration. A total of 588 scaup were banded during that spring. An expanded banded program was planned for 1961. Large concentrations of scaup were located in the Gulf off Rockefeller Refuge during early winter. Normally scaup moved inland in January and February, but for some unknown reason the birds remained offshore until the time for migration. As a result, no scaup were banded that spring. The banding program was again planned for 1962, but again the scaup remained in the Gulf, coming inshore only when enroute northward. Conditions changed in 1963 and the scaup moved inland on schedule. By mid-April 1,270 scaup were captured and banded. In 1964 an expanded banding program was planned and again the scaup moved inland in large numbers. Trapping began in mid-January and by midApril 3,111 scaup were banded (Chabreck, 1964). The reason for the scaup remaining offshore in 1961 and 1962 could have resulted from an abundance of surf clams (Mulinia lateralis) present in the Gulf. Several trips were made into the Gulf and a number of scaup collected. The birds were in excellent condition with weights averaging about 20 per cent over those found inland and having gullets filled with these surf clams. Bottom samples were taken in the area and revealed an abundance of surf clams present in amounts often exceeding 200 pounds per acre (Harmon, 1961). The movement of scaup inland


The study utilized the descriptive-survey and development methods of research aimed to evaluate Social Science instruction in state universities and colleges (SUCs) in Region 1. It sought to inquire on the profile of the Social Science teachers and their teaching effectiveness in the General Education Social Science courses. The study employed fourth year Teacher Education students of selected campuses of the SUCs and their Social Science teachers. The study found out that a majority of the Social Science teachers have academic degrees which are not vertically articulated but were determined to be effective in all of the Social Science courses. Some significant relationships are manifested in the correlated variables of the Social Science teachers' professional profiles (educational attainment, academic rank, teaching experience). No significant differences in the instructional competencies among the vertically and non-vertically articulated teachers were evident. In most cases, no significant differences were also noted among the vertically and non-vertically articulated teachers in terms of teaching effectiveness. It can be concluded that Social Science teachers are generally proficient in terms of instructional competencies and teaching effectiveness in the Social Science courses and vertical articulation of academic degrees does not have much bearing on them. Based on the results of the study, a Master of Arts in Social Science Education curriculum was developed.


Due to viscous decay, a planar surface acoustic wave (SAW) diffracting from a solid substrate into a liquid film produces a time-averaged, exponentially decaying acoustic pressure in the film. We show that if the film is pinned against a bounding wall, the localized acoustic pressure generates a sequence of surface drops at the contact line, whose dimensions decay in the same exponential manner as the localized acoustic pressure. The undulating interfacial profile near the contact line also inherits this exponential decay, such that the averaged contact angle is exponentially small. The bulk film topology and the aerosolization mechanism are hence insensitive to the wettability of the surface but are controlled only by the localized acoustic pressure and the decaying undulations it produces at the contact line. The size distribution of surface drops is collapsed under the exponential scaling that depends only on the SAW decay rate and amplitude. Numerical modeling based on the Young-Laplace equation is used to model the liquid profile and to predict two aerosolization regimes.Copyright © 2012 by ASME


durIng recent years, the emergence of infectious diseases has caused global concern due to its link
with species extinctions and population declines (Jones et al., 2008; Frick et al., 2010; Fisher et al., 2012; Lorch et al., 2016). Although biodiversity losses have been documented globally across multiple taxonomic groups
(Gibbons et al., 2000; Mooney, 2010)


Fundamental optical properties of heavy metal fluoride glasses are presented as well as the different families of these new optical materials. The main characteristics of rare-earth doped glasses such as emission, energy transfer, non radiative loss, are discussed. A survey of the recent laser operations obtained on bulk and especially on fiber is reported.


The teaching of Junior Moral Education includes not only giving the students basic knowledge,instructing the students to form good morality but also fostering their creative ability which is the spirit and motive power of the nation.Under the New Curricula we teachers should pay special attention to the fostering of students' creative ability in the teaching of Junior Moral Education.


NASA has highlighted reliability as critical to future human space exploration, particularly in the area of environmental controls and life support systems. The Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) projects have been encouraged to pursue higher reliability components and systems as part of technology development plans. However, no consensus has been reached on what is meant by improving on reliability, or on how to assess reliability within the AES projects. This became apparent when trying to assess reliability as one of several figures of merit for a regenerable water architecture trade study. In the spring of 2013, the AES Water Recovery Project hosted a series of events at Johnson Space Center with the intended goal of establishing a common language and understanding of NASA's reliability goals, and equipping the projects with acceptable means of assessing the respective systems. This campaign included an educational series in which experts from across the agency and academia provided information on terminology, tools, and techniques associated with evaluating and designing for system reliability. The campaign culminated in a workshop that included members of the Environmental Control and Life Support System and AES communities. The goal of this workshop was to develop a consensus on what reliability means to AES and identify methods for assessing low- to mid-technology readiness level technologies for reliability. This paper details the results of that workshop.


Reviewing the process of establishing quantum theory in retrospect, the writer reveals the law of the forming of new scientific thoughts which come from considerable experimental phenomenon and dialectics thoughts and independent critical spirit.


Objective To Conclude the empiricism in the early diagnosis of testicular torsion.Methods51 patients with testicular torsion were detected before operation.Two dimensional imaging and color doppler imaging were divided in different stages.Results Missed diagnosis and faulse diagnosis offen occurred in early stage.The succession rate of reposistion by operarion is high,as soon as the diagnosis is comfirmed.The excision rate of testicle is high at middle and late stage.Conclusion Testiclar torsion should be payed attention to.Contrast bilateral testicle repeatedly when it is detected.contrast-enhanced ultrasound can improve the diagnosis accordance rate and reduce the excision rate of necrotic testicle.


Electrification of heavy-duty vehicles draws increasing attention, which could lower fuel consumption and emission. A novel concept design of a 2-speed transmission for electric heavy-duty mining vehicles is proposed in this paper. Its working principle and shift process are introduced. A shift strategy considering vehicle speed, torque ratio and payload coefficient is developed for such vehicles, which takes account of the influence of payload variation. A mining vehicle (payload: 50 metric tons) is modeled including 5 subsystems, namely drive cycle, driver, transmission, battery and motor, and vehicle dynamics. Simulations are conducted under a typical operation cycle defined with payload, speed and grade profiles of such mining vehicles to investigate economic and power performance of the proposed transmission. The economic efficiency of the vehicle model with a 1-speed gear box and the proposed transmission are evaluated in terms of state of charge (SOC) and energy consumption under one working cycle. The results suggest the vehicle implementing a 2-speed transmission reveals lower energy consumption and much higher accelerating and grade ability compared with a 1-speed gearbox. It is demonstrated that the implementation of the 2-speed transmission improves economic and power performance of such vehicles, which could be employed in the future electric heavy-duty mining vehicles.


Christmas has come early for copyright owners in Australia. The film company, Roadshow, the pay television company Foxtel, and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and News Limited--as well as copyright industries--have been clamoring for new copyright powers and remedies. In the summer break, the Coalition Government has responded to such entreaties from its industry supporters and donors, with a new package of copyright laws and policies.

There has been significant debate over the proposals between the odd couple of Attorney-General George Brandis and the Minister for Communications, Malcolm Turnbull. There have been deep, philosophical differences between the two Ministers over the copyright agenda. The Attorney-General George Brandis has supported a model of copyright maximalism, with strong rights and remedies for the copyright empires in film, television, and publishing. He has shown little empathy for the information technology companies of the digital economy. The Attorney-General has been impatient to press ahead with a copyright regime. The Minister for Communications, Malcolm Turnbull, has been somewhat more circumspect, recognizing that there is a need to ensure that copyright laws do not adversely impact upon competition in the digital economy. The final proposal is a somewhat awkward compromise between the discipline-and-punish regime preferred by Brandis, and the responsive regulation model favored by Turnbull.

In his new book, Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age, Cory Doctorow has some sage advice for copyright owners:

Things that don't make money: Complaining about piracy. Calling your customers thieves. Treating your customers like thieves.

In this context, the push by copyright owners and the Coalition Government to have a copyright crackdown may well be counter-productive to their interests.


The goal of this work is to check that there are no arbitrage opportunities in the CBOE market for SP in Section 3 we consider two models which seem to be consistent with the market prices of index options: the CEV model and the Merton model; finally, in Section 4 we estimate the state-price density consistent with the Merton-Geske model. Some conclusions follow.


As in other countries cyclicaI fluctuations are aIso present in the Brazilian economy. This idea has not been chaIlenged in the literature on Brazilian long-term growth, but most of these cycles have been attributed to occasionaI shocks. Many of these are externaI shocks, such as the fali in coffee prices at the end of last century and the beginning of this one, or oil shocks, as those in the seventies. There are aIso some shocks generated internally, however, as the Paraguayan War and the Proclamation of the Republic (Contador & Haddad, 1975) in the last century, and inflation and political disruptioils in the sixties. These ideas are in line with those presented by Blanchard and Watson (1986) for the United States, when they argue that there is possibly no such things as


Nano antennas recently became popular due to their ability to localize incident electromagnetic fields in sub-wavelength volumes. In this paper, a beam antenna is proposed for THz application, which is based on a switchable high-impedance surface (HIS) using a single-layer graphene. The use of graphene as reflection surface to enhancement the reflection power of the Nano antennas' system due to its unique electronic and optical properties which lead to a complex surface conductivity at THz frequencies. We report the configuration of a graphene patch array antenna based on grapheme surface deposited by Sio2/Si substrate.


The aim was to establish phase relationships between the principal harmonic, related to the heart rate, of synchronically registered longitudinal corneal apex displacement (LCAD), blood pulsation (BP) and electrical heart activity signals in a group of healthy subjects.


With the advancement of molecular biology, breeding is now practiced with marker assisted selection. Therefore the objectives of the present study were to characterize the morphology and validate previously recorded fruit size and shape linked microsatellite markers using an Ex situ Capsicum collection in comparison to the commercial cultivars. Five microsatellite markers (HpmsE045, CAeMS010, GPMS178, CAMS451 and CAMS493) were used to genotype all 49 accessions using PCR and bands were size separated using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. According to the fruit shape, six groups were identified namely Triangular, Elongated long, Elongated short, Spherical sharp-end, Spherical blunt-end and Rectangular. The plant height had a negative correlation with the number of fruits of the plant at first harvest. Number of seeds per fruit and the fruit diameter were significantly associated with the fruit weight (P<0.05). Microsatellite marker analysis revealed 44 alleles explaining very high level of genetic diversity (in the range of 62% to 87%). Out of the 44 alleles, 15 alleles were found to be significantly affecting on fruit size traits and 23 alleles were associated with fruit shape. These markers information could be used in future breeding programs and genetic studies of chili pepper.


Abstract Objectives: The objective of this study is to identify patient reported experiences of using community rehabilitation and/or support services whilst living with a long-term neurological condition, and perceptions of their impact on quality of life. Methods: Nine electronic databases were searched for peer-reviewed qualitative studies from 2005 to 2016, which met the inclusion criteria. Critical appraisal, data extraction, and quality assessment of 37 included papers were performed by three reviewers. One hundred and one findings were extracted. Meta-aggregation was used to synthesize findings. Findings: Seven 'synthesized findings' [SF] were produced: Interactions with some professionals provide active participation, choice, confidence and autonomy [SF1]; Interactions with some professionals are disempowering and depersonalized [SF2]; Effective communication, specialist knowledge and an individualized approach to information provision is needed [SF3]; Indicators of success vary and may not be clear [SF4]; Informal support from family/friends is valued [SF5]; Opportunities for peer support/social interaction is valued [SF6]; Coordination required to ensure continuity during transition to community [SF7]. Conclusion: Patient reported experiences identified common factors associated with process quality (respect, choice, autonomy, information provision, communication) and activities of patient centered care (personalized care, shared decision-making, self-management support) despite heterogeneity of neurological conditions, service configurations, and geographical location. These factors impact quality of life. Implications for Rehabilitation Patient reported experiences provide useful information about courtesy, respect, choice, autonomy, information provision, and communication. Outcomes of self-efficacy and self-management are important for people with stable and progressive long-term neurological conditions. Interactions with individual professionals influence engagement, self-efficacy, and self-management for people with long-term neurological conditions. Training for health and social care professionals should develop the advanced communication skills and behavior required to facilitate self-efficacy and self-management.


Involvement of foreign consultants in the Lesotho curriculum design has been in operation since the beginning of formal education around 1833 in the country to-date. The expectation was that, with time, Lesotho would produce enough quality curriculum specialists who would be entrusted with the task of curriculum design. However, the trained citizens continued to engage foreign consultants in curriculum design. This paper presents some of the reasons for continued engagement of foreign consultants in the Lesotho curriculum centre. The study is a case study in which a qualitative approach was used as the conceptual framework to interrogate the value of curriculum specialists mandated to design the Lesotho curriculum. Data used in this study were solicited from one-on-one interviews of curriculum specialists. The findings reveal one of the main reasons for engaging foreign consultants as lack of training for newly employed curriculum specialists while on the other hand, less qualified and inexperienced curriculum specialists are employed which led to a huge staff turnover due to unfavourable working conditions in the Lesotho curriculum development centre. This resulted in the lack of knowledge of curriculum design where curriculum specialists took too long to design a low quality curriculum.


The use of technology in agriculture plays an important role in the production chain cycle, as well as in the improvement of processes and productivity. To develop a model for measuring the technological capacity of family agriculture systems, it is necessary to assess the gaps related to indicators and the technological potentialities of these farmer groups, which are often not considered when they require financial support and do not get enough. Thus, the aim of this study is to identify the indicators used to evaluate the technological capacity of farm systems and agriculture. A bibliometric analysis between 2005 and 2017 was carried out on five scientific databases, identifying a first set of 233 scientific articles, which, after an in-depth reading, led to outlining an article portfolio of 33 studies. The H-index results estimated over databases verified that Springer is the most important regarding the topic Technological Capability in Agriculture Systems. The Technological Capacity Systems evolution is important in that technologies are in constant development and the use of indicators provides a quantitative evaluation to compare different agricultural properties.


The purpose of this study is to explore the place of humankind amidst the entire creation according to the Islamic perspective. We have examined the critical areas of knowledge on human beings. Focusing on the empirical, emotional and rational sides of human beings; we have discussed the mechanisms that accentuate a human soul, and the place of human reason in this mechanism. Pointing to the arguments of whether human beings are born in a neutral or laden with meanings, we have been reminded of human's venture of giving meanings to things and beings in the universe. Referring to the vicegerency of human beings on earth, we have indicated how human beings have contributed to the maturation process in the universe with all the talents, blessings and faculties they are given such as speech, rhetoric and intellect.


Introduction: In some patients the brain abnormalities related to the epileptic focus are subtle and difficult to be detected in the conventional visual analysis of the MRI studies. Overlaying a blurry functional positron emission tomography (PET) scan to the high-resolution structural images may improve the accuracy in the localization of epileptogenic focus. Nevertheless, because of the different contrasts between functional and anatomical images, to assess the registration quality is a necessary, but not easy, task. In this work we present a procedure we performed to evaluate a mutual information based rigid registration algorithm we developed [1].


This paper presents the design and test of elliptical vibration assisted cutting tool post. It is actuated by two piezoelectric actuators which are connected to the moving part through the elastic hinge with its role of imposing the preliminary pressures. These two actuators are located at right angles so that the resulting tool tip moves like a two-dimensional ellipse. Also, the tool post is activated within the region of linear actuation in order to overcome the distorted elliptical motion. For the precise measurement of the displacement of the tool tip, three-dimensional experimental apparatus was designed and the strokes of the tool post in major and minor axes were measured. The results show that the tool post can produce the variety of vibration locus from a circle with a radius of 5 ㎛ to an ellipse with a major axis, a = 10 ㎛, and a minor axis, b = 2.5 ㎛.


The multicriteria optimization of an irrigation system is presented. The emphasis is on designing alternative systems and defining optimization criteria. Multicriteria optimization of the irrigation system "Leskovacko polje" is performed by the Compromise Ranking Method.


The influence of composition and surface microstructure on the corrosion behavior of low carbon steel specimens from Nigeria (NCS) and China (CCS) in a 0.5 M H2SO4 environment has been investigated using electrochemical techniques and surface probe techniques. The corrosion inhibition performance of Chrysophyllum albidum extract (CA) and synergistic iodide additives (KI) were assessed as well. The obtained results reveal that NCS was more susceptible to corrosion in uninhibited 0.5 M H2SO4 solution than CCS, which presented a more positive surface charge. CA inhibited the corrosion of both specimens, yielding maximum inhibition efficiencies of 89.6% and 48.5% for NCS and CCS, respectively, which were further increased to 93.9% and 98.9% on introduction of iodide ions. The corrosion and corrosion inhibition behavior of the carbon steel specimens were influenced by the metal composition and microstructure.


Gokhru (Pedalium murex L.) is one of the important medicinal plants propagated through seeds but no germination test has been standardized for this crop yet. Germination test is mandatory for seeds sale which is required for labelling. The fruits of Pedalium murex L. are four angled indehiscent hard pyramidal with four sharp spines and it is very difficult to extract the seeds from fruits. Hence, study was conducted to find out suitable method and optimum temperature for germination test of fruits as well as seeds of gokhru. The study was conducted by using three germination testing methods viz., Top of Paper (TP), Between Paper (BP) and Sand (S) methods and three temperatures i.e. 25, 30 and one alternating temperature of 20-30℃. The results revealed that during germination test of fruits, 'Sand' method showed superiority by registering maximum germination (29.67%) over 'Between Paper' (23.33%) and 'Top of Paper' (3.11%) methods. Viogur index-I (213) and Vigour Index-II (2.20) were also observed maximum in 'Sand' method while maximum seedling length (8.00cm) and seedling dry weight (0.075mg) were observed in 'Between Paper' method. Among the temperatures, maximum germination (22.78 & 36.00%), seedling length (8.00 & 9.44cm), seedling dry weight (0.142 & 0.077mg), Vigour index-I (186 &341) and Vigour index-II (2.26 & 2.79) were observed at 30℃ in fruits and seeds respectively. No germination was recorded below 20℃. Good germination was observed in seeds compared to fruits. In case of seeds, maximum germination (38.33%), seedling length (9.00cm), seedling dry weight (0.076mg), vigour index-I (329) and vigour index-II (2.77) were recorded in 'Between Paper' method. It is concluded that 30℃ temperature is optimum for germination test of both seed as well as fruit in Gokhru and 'Sand' method is best for fruit germination test while in case of germination test of seeds 'Between Paper' method is best.


In order to study cardiac pathology in different subtypes of ischemic stroke we examined 165 stroke patients. The 1 st group included 90 (54.5%) patients with hemodynamic stroke, the 2 nd one - 75 (45.5%) patients with cardioembolic stroke. Control group consisted of 45 individuals without cerebrovascular diseases. Cardiac pathologies with the prevalence of various types of ischemic heart disease were observed in all groups. The parameters of left ventricular stroke volume and ejection fraction were lower in patients with hemodynamic stroke than in other groups, but were within normal limits. Potential sources of cardiogenic embolism were found in all groups: in the 1 st group at 74.4%, in the 2 nd one at 100%. Thus, most patients with ischemic stroke have different heart defects related to the subtypes of ischemic stroke.


A lattice wireless network consisting of plural units, which possess sensor devices, communication devices, control devices, and processors, will be flexibly adapted for autonomous distributed sensor network systems. This paper clarifies the transmission characteristics of lattice wireless networks when a lot of communications happen at the same time between plural units and gives an approximation of data transmission time.


In order to maintain its market share in current competitive scenario, every design organization should enhance its creativity skills, the basis to innovate and develop adequate solutions to changing costumers' needs. A great expertise is required to reach such creativity level, a skill currently dependent on human capability. As such knowledge is subjected to availability, the development of a computational system with the capacity of selecting appropriately creativity techniques becomes relevant, emulating decision-making ability. This work aims to elucidate development cycles and implemented metrics of a knowledge-based system (KBS) for asserting creativity techniques from various study fields, converging knowledge from Mechanical Engineering, Design Methodology, User-Centered Design, Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Engineering. The presented prototype is showcased chronologically in three incremental development cycles, each progressing on aspects previously unfulfilled. First cycle presents the structure and initial implementation, as well as the main inference logic. Second approaches enhancements and enlargement of the developing system. Third focuses on validation advices and interface improvement. To assert appropriately creativity techniques, the KBS prototype requires a logic connection between factors that lead to the choice and the actual tool selection, i.e. the system output results. Such chaining was structured in a double inference process using categorization, which describes the entry scenario in terms of five categories and matches the identified values of each category with available creativity techniques. In its current version, the prototype selects among 24 creativity support techniques in a combination of more than 500 design scenarios. The outputs include explanations on the used inference process, learnings on how to use each tool, overall information and examples.


Braided quantum field theories, proposed by Oeckl, can provide a framework for quantum field theories that possess Hopf algebra symmetries. In quantum field theories, symmetries lead to non-perturbative relations among correlation functions. We study Hopf algebra symmetries and such relations in the context of braided quantum field theories. We give the four algebraic conditions among Hopf algebra symmetries and braided quantum field theories that are required for the relations to hold. As concrete examples, we apply our


Abstract : This document summarized modifications of ASL supplied atmospheric extinction models carried out at NMSU. The particular modifications which have been examined and completed are the following: (1) Revision of the line-by-line model (ATRAN) to include an additional line-profile (the 'Gross' profile) for use at near-millimeter wavelengths, (2) Revision of the single-scattering aerosol code AGAUSX to provide for user supplied inputs and program outputs describing the polarization properties of incident and scattered radiation, (3) Development and demonstration of a code for calculating, tabulating and plotting the results of Mie calculations using those WSMR facilities which are routinely available to ASL, (4) Adaptation of an ASL supplied 'continued fraction' approach to Bessel function calculations as a substitute for the forward recursion methods previously employed by subroutine MIEGX in program AGAUSX, and (5) Further examination of the effects of relative humidity on extinction by hygroscopic aerosols using an FS smoke model.


The menstrual cycle has been shown to impact many facets of women's social behavior (Beall & Tracy, 2013; Saad & Stenstrom, 2012) and the recent enduring social media trend has provided a new arena to investigate this association. The purpose of this study was to determine if women's conception risk (high vs. low) will predict their selfie sharing activity via social media. Sixty females responded to online self-report questionnaires assessing the menstrual cycle and selfie sharing activity over the previous 5 weeks. Results revealed significant associations between high conception risk and increased selfie sharing in week 4. The implications of these findings will be further discussed.


Developing nonprecious oxygen evolution electrocatalysts that can work well at large current densities is of primary importance in a viable water‐splitting technology. Herein, a facile ultrafast (5 s) synthetic approach is reported that produces a novel, efficient, non‐noble metal oxygen‐evolution nano‐electrocatalyst that is composed of amorphous Ni–Fe bimetallic hydroxide film‐coated, nickel foam (NF)‐supported, Ni3S2 nanosheet arrays. The composite nanomaterial (denoted as Ni‐Fe‐OH@Ni3S2/NF) shows highly efficient electrocatalytic activity toward oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at large current densities, even in the order of 1000 mA cm−2. Ni‐Fe‐OH@Ni3S2/NF also gives an excellent catalytic stability toward OER both in 1 m KOH solution and in 30 wt% KOH solution. Further experimental results indicate that the effective integration of high catalytic reactivity, high structural stability, and high electronic conductivity into a single material system makes Ni‐Fe‐OH@Ni3S2/NF a remarkable catalytic ability for OER at large current densities.


Abstract : Recent policy developments in the Department of Defense (DOD) impose new and significant challenges for the Nation's strategic engineering directorate, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). DOD Directive 3000.05 requires the Army to ensure specified programs and the quantity and quality of personnel needed for Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction Operations (SSTR) are developed, specifically engineers. Success in SSTR relies heavily on a highly competent Army engineering component. The Army will look to its transformation efforts and pentathlete" leader development model as significant steps in the right direction. This paper assesses these Army-level initiatives with respect to engineer officer leader development in order to determine if additional quantity and quality measures are required to successfully perform critical SSTR engineering tasks among other ongoing engineering priorities. Recommendations are provided to enhance the Army's overall SSTR engineering effectiveness while developing engineer leaders with campaign quality competence.


The isolation and identification of an alkaloidic compound similar to Calothrixin-A for were done here first time from the green algae (Chlorophyta) Cladophora crispata, isolated from Garmat-Ali river in Basrah in Iraq, purified and cultivated in Chu-10 medium. The growth rate was K=1.3 and the generation time G=0.23. The identification of the compound was made depending on its chemical and physical properties by using thin layer chromatoghraphy (TLC) and column chromatoghraphy. A single compound was isolated and tested by University and IR spectra. The melting point and solubility of the purified compound were determined using organic and inorganic solvents. The minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) value was 5.5 μg /cm3 against G-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aurrus (ATCC25922) and 6 μg/cm3 against G-negetive bacteria Escherichia coli (ATCC25923). The toxicity of the alkaloidic compound was examined against human red blood cells and no toxic effect was detected.


Significance The four dengue virus serotypes (DENV1–4) are the most prevalent arboviruses worldwide and cause outcomes ranging from inapparent infection to severe disease. Neutralizing antibodies are believed to be critical for protection and therefore for dengue vaccines, but the titers required to prevent symptomatic DENV infection have not been well established. Here, we show that higher preinfection neutralizing antibody titers correlate with lower probability of symptomatic infection in children in a longitudinal cohort study in Nicaragua. Further, we find evidence that levels of cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies are maintained over time, possibly due to reexposure. These findings provide insight into the determinants of DENV infection outcome and long-term immunity in an endemic setting and are relevant for dengue vaccine development. The four dengue virus serotypes (DENV1–4) are mosquito-borne flaviviruses that infect ∼390 million people annually; up to 100 million infections are symptomatic, and 500,000 cases progress to severe disease. Exposure to a heterologous DENV serotype, the specific infecting DENV strains, and the interval of time between infections, as well as age, ethnicity, genetic polymorphisms, and comorbidities of the host, are all risk factors for severe dengue. In contrast, neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) are thought to provide long-lived protection against symptomatic infection and severe dengue. The objective of dengue vaccines is to provide balanced protection against all DENV serotypes simultaneously. However, the association between homotypic and heterotypic NAb titers and protection against symptomatic infection remains poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that the titer of preinfection cross-reactive NAbs correlates with reduced likelihood of symptomatic secondary infection in a longitudinal pediatric dengue cohort in Nicaragua. The protective effect of NAb titers on infection outcome remained significant when controlled for age, number of years between infections, and epidemic force, as well as with relaxed or more stringent criteria for defining inapparent DENV infections. Further, individuals with higher NAb titers immediately after primary infection had delayed symptomatic infections compared with those with lower titers. However, overall NAb titers increased modestly in magnitude and remained serotype cross-reactive in the years between infections, possibly due to reexposure. These findings establish that anti-DENV NAb titers correlate with reduced probability of symptomatic DENV infection and provide insights into longitudinal characteristics of antibody-mediated immunity to DENV in an endemic setting.


ABSTRACTThe effect of formulation components and the addition of fireretardants on the impact sensitivity of Viton B fluoroelastomer in liquidoxygen was studied with the objective of developing a procedure for reliablyreducing this sensitivity.Component evaluation, carried out on more than 40 combinations ofcomponents and cure cycles, showed that almost all the standard formula-tion agents, including carbon, MgO, Diak-3, and PbO 2 , will sensitize theViton stock either singly or in combinations, some combinations beingmuch more sensitive than others. Cure and postcure treatments usuallyreduced the sensitivity of a given formulation, often dramatically, but noformulated Viton was as insensitive as the pure Viton B stock. Coatingformulated Viton with a thin layer of pure Viton gave some indicationof reduced sensitivity, but additional tests are needed. From theseresults we conclude that sensitivity in formulated Viton arises from avariety of sources, some physical and some chemical in origin.Our studies of the effect of polymer fire retardants on the sensitivityof fully formulated and cured Viton B indicate that among the sixretardants or combinations tried, only SbOCI was effective in significantlyreducing the sensitivity at loadings of 17 and possibly 4.3 pph. Theseresults with SbOCl give us some confidence that a satisfactory procedurecan be found for desensitizing formulated Viton and other fluoroelastomerswithout significantly sacrificing their physical properties.Elemental analyses for all the formulated Vitons are reported as arethe results of a literature search on the subject of LOX impact sensitivity.ii


Presently a day ration card is critical for each home and utilized for different field, for example, relatives subtle elements, to get gas association, it go about as address confirmation for different purposes and so forth. Every one of the general population having an apportion card to purchase the different materials (sugar, rice, oil, lamp fuel, and so on) from the proportion shops. In any case, in this framework having two disadvantages, initial one is weight of the material might be erroneous because of human errors and furthermore, if not purchase the materials toward the end of the month, they will deal to others with no implication to the legislature and clients.


Pisarenko's harmonic retrieval method provides unbiased spectral estimates of a signal consisting of the sum of n sinusoidal signals in additive white noise. Recently, a few adaptive versions based on Pisarenko's method have been developed. In this paper we propose an alternative technique for adaptive spectral estimation based on the method of conjugate gradient, which is used for iteratively finding the eigenvector corresponding to the minimum eigenvalue of the covariance matrix. The new method is an exact adaptive version of Pisarenko's method and converges in finite steps for any initial guesses. Simulations have been performed to compare the new method with the existing ones. It is seen that the new method improves the CPU time by a factor of 40. Also, the technique performs very well for both narrow band and wide band signals.


Abstract This article, based on an ongoing Canadian study of women who self-identify as bisexual, explores what it means to claim a bisexual identity. Semi-structured interviews with 22 women were analyzed using thematic decomposition, an analytic technique that combines discursive approaches with thematic analysis. Women in this study constructed their sexuality as a succession of interrelated impediments and imperatives that act in tandem to both prohibit and potentiate bisexu-ality. Specifically, they resist adopting the bisexual label while simultaneously working for bisexual visibility; they strive for credibility in a cultural context in which bisexuality occupies an ambiguous position; and they negotiate the dilemma of "belonging" to lesbian communities. Although diverse, these narratives of interrogation can be read as efforts to confront the inadequacies of dominant discourses of sexuality rooted in monosexism.


This paper talk about the international agreement which falls, at least in part, within the exclusive competence of the European Union, and yet the Member States are parties to the agreement and the Union is not. The paper has explored the Union law obligations that arise for the Member States, and the status of agreements within the Union legal order where those agreements are concluded by the Member States on behalf, and in the interests, of the Union. The Union's exclusive competence requires that the Member States act under Union authorization, that Union negotiating positions are formulated and adhered to. These agreements illustrate the constraints under which the Member States, although fully sovereign States, operate at an international level as a result of their Union obligations; the way in which the international identity of the Union may be represented by the Member States alongside the Union. Keywords:European Union; international agreement; Member States; sovereign States; Union Law


s 145 Oral session 3 Free Communication Oral Presentations 3.1 THE EFFECTS OF ANTICONTRACTILE PROPERTY OF PERIVASCULAR ADIPOSE TISSUE IN OBESE MICE C. Agabiti Rosei , C. De Ciuceis , C. Rossini , E. Porteri , R. Rezzani , L. F. Rodella , A. M. Heagerty , D. Rizzoni , E. Agabiti Rosei 1 Clinica Medica, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy Chair of Human Anatomy, University of Brescia, Italy Cardiovascular Research Group, Core Technology Facility, University of Manchester, United Kingdom It's known that perivascular adipose tissue(PVAT)has an anticontractile effect maybe mediated by adiponectin, a physiological modulator of local vascular tone with mechanism still unknown. The PVAT function is lost in obese patients with the development of adipocyte hypertrophy, hypoxia, inflammation and oxidative stress(Circulation 2009; 119(12):1661-1670).The aim of the study was to investigate functional responses of small mesenteric arteries in a animal model of genetic obesity. Materials and Methods: we investigated 8 obese mice(B6.V-Lep ob/OlaHsd, ob/ob) and8control lean mice (CLM).Mesenteric small resistance arteries(internal diameter about 200 mm) were dissected and mounted on a wire myograph. A concentration-response curve to norepinephrine(NE, from 10 to 10 Mol/l) was evaluated in vessels with intact prerivascular fat tissue(WF) and in vessels in which perivascular fat tissue was removed(NoF) in basal conditions and during vascular hypoxia (30',95%N2/5%CO2).Concentration response to NE was repeated in the presence of iberiotoxin(100 nm/L for 30'),a selective blocker of calcium-dependent potassium channels (BKCA),that have been previously suggested to be involved in vascular tone regulation. Results: are summarized in the figure(active media stress:KPa).The presence of PVAT reduced the contractile response to NE in both ob/ob(ANOVA pZ0.002 vs. noF)and CLM(ANOVA pZ 0.001 vs. NoF),however, the effect was reduced in ob/ob compared with CLM. The anticontractile effect of PVAT completely disappeard with iberiotoxin preincubation(Maximum contraction to NE.ob/ ob:WF:176 47,68,NoF:218 66,02*,WF+iberiotoxin:289 98,06*;CLM:WF:118 53,92,NoF:245 51.8*,WF+iberiotoxin:211 31*;*p<0.05 at least vs. WF) In conclusion, the anticontractile effect of perivascular fat is partially maintained in an animal model of genetic obesity. This effect may be related to the activity of BKCA channels, since it is blocked by iberiotoxin, a scorpion toxin that inhibits calcium-dependent potassium channels 3.2 THE ENDOGENOUS NA,K-ATPASE LIGAND, MARINOBUFAGENIN, INDUCES VASCULAR FIBROSIS VIA A PRESSURE-INDEPENDENT MECHANISM IN NACL-LOADED DIABETIC RATS Y. N. Grigorova , A. V. Fadeev , K. A. Bagrov , E. V. Frolova , O. V. Fedorova , A. Y. Bagrov 2


The development of web contributes a huge quantity of user created content such as customer feedbacks, opinions and reviews. Sentiment analysis in web embraces the problem of aggregating data in the web and extraction about opinions. Studying the opinions of customers helps to determine the people feeling about a product and how it is received in the market. Various commercial tools are available for sentiment analysis. In this paper, we are going to compare and analyze the techniques for sentiment analysis in natural language processing field. Keywords—Machine learning, Natural Language Processing, Opinion Mining, Sentiment Analysis. ——————————  ——————————


This study sought to establish level of accountability of education actors in relation to current status of education delivery and its resultant academic performance of secondary schools in Tandahimba and Mtwara Districts, Tanzania. The study was underpinned by Principal-Agency Theory and Public Choice Theory and it employed the cross-sectional explanatory design through questionnaire as source of data from 229 respondents who were sampled from the population of 563 education administrators. Furthermore, seven district level officers were purposively selected for in-depth interview while 10 teachers and 10 parents were conveniently selected to participate in the focus group discussion. Quantitative data was analysed using descriptive statistics whilst qualitative data was analysed using content analysis. The quantitative findings indicate that education actors were accountable in their roles. However, the qualitative findings revealed that heads of schools and school management teams were not accountable for involvement of parents in school management; some heads of schools were burdens to schools since they did not have managerial skills, experience and knowledge. The findings are in line with the theoretical thinking of public choice theory, which proposes that lower accountability of education actors compromises delivery of quality education in secondary schools. Based on the findings, this study recommends that the local government should enhance the accountability of head of schools and school management teams by involving community and parents in the management of schools. Moreover, heads of schools have to be trained after being appointed so as to impart them with managerial knowledge and skills so as to regulate their performance and eventually their accountability.


Often as an epidemic spreads, the leading front is irregular, reflecting spatial variation in local transmission rates. We developed a methodology for quantifying spatial variation in rates of diseasespreadacrossheterogeneouslandscapes.Basedondatafor epidemic raccoon rabies in Connecticut, we developed a stochastic spatial model of rabies spread through the state's 169 townships. We quantified spatial variation in transmission rates associated with human demography and key habitat features. We found that large rivers act as semipermeable barriers, leading to a 7-fold reduction in the local rates of propagation. By combining the spatial distribution of major rivers with long-distance dispersal we were able to account for the observed irregular pattern of disease spread across the state without recourse to direct assessment of host-pathogen populations.


All the species of the genus Orchymontia Broun, 1919 are reviewed, including O. nunni described as a new species from Karori, Wellington.The male genitalia of all 14 species are discussed and figured in both lateral and ventral views.A new arrangement of the species in groups and subgroups is proposed, mainly based on the morphology of the male genitalia and supported by features of the male middle tibiae. New locality records are given for 5 species.


Abstract We prove that, in a setting of local Dirichlet forms on metric measure spaces, a two-sided sub-Gaussian estimate of the heat kernel is equivalent to the conjunction of the volume doubling property, the elliptic Harnack inequality, and a certain estimate of the capacity between concentric balls. The main technical tool is the equivalence between the capacity estimate and the estimate of a mean exit time in a ball that uses two-sided estimates of a Green function in a ball.


MANY ROUTES TO ALPPS S urgical advances generally follow either a scientific discovery or a technological breakthrough, for example, magnetic resonance imaging or laparoscopic instruments. Over the past few years, the advent of new energy sources has had an increasing impact on surgical practice, notably in the field of liver surgery. In 2010, while the entire Europe was grounded by Icelandic volcanic ash, an interesting abstract from a German group was exhibited at the International Hepato-Pancreatico-BilaryAssociation(IHPBA) meeting in Buenos Aires. Few would have foreseen at the time that it could become one of the most important surgical innovations in liver surgery. The full article was published a year later. Astutely, Pierre-Alain Clavien coined the term ALPPS subsequently (associating liver partition with portal vein ligation for staged liver resection) to summarize this technique. Since its introduction, ALPPS now also acts as a summit term, under which many variations and adaptations exist. A main rationale for further innovation is to decease a high morbidity and mortality associated with the conventional ALPPS, one of the major criticism of this technique, while maintaining rapid future liver remnant (FLR) hypertrophy. This issue of the Journal describes yet another new technique on ALPPS using percutaneous microwave ablation to liver parenchyma combined with portal vein embolization for induction of liver hypertrophy in a patient with multiple hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The principle of virtual splitting of liver parenchyma with an energy source at the time of laparoscopic or open ligation of the right branch of portal vein was first introduced by Gall in which radiofrequency ablation (radiofrequency assisted ALPPS, RALPPS) was applied to


Combined with specific engineering, it introduces foundation pit support method of sectional high-pressure spiral spraying pile, illustrates main technical links and puts forward matters need attention, its effect is analyzed, and summarizes characteristic of the method to be used extensively.


Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic, people with disabilities are a high-risk group, but they are also the group that is most easily ignored by public policy. Non-disabled people might not be able to imagine how many barriers disabled people encountered during this challenging period. This paper focuses on the barriers encountered by people with disabilities in China and the adjustments made to public policies in response. A deeper, social-physiological factor which should also be responsible is overlooked, and that is the 'empathy deficit'. Human rights and empathetic attitudes should go hand in hand with each other when formulation and implementation of welfare security policies for persons with disabilities during a major public health crisis.


Resumen— We present a parallel implementation for Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) of a model based on cellular automata (CA) to simulate laser dynamics. A cellular automaton is an inherent parallel type of algorithm that is very suitable to simulate complex systems formed by many individual components which give rise to emergent behaviours. We exploit the parallel character of this kind of algorithms to develop a fine-grained parallel implementation of the CA laser model on GPUs. A good speedup of up to 14.5 over a sequential implementation running on a single core CPU has been obtained, showing the feasibility of this model to run efficient parallel simulations on GPUs.


We analyze a variety of Gaussian integrals with the aim of revisiting the derivation of the Hubbard–Stratonovich transformation as given in standard graduate-level textbooks and provide an overview of its applications. We pinpoint problematic steps in the usual discussions and propose careful derivations of the Hubbard–Stratonovich identity pertinent to a variety of situations relevant to statistical physics and quantum field theory. These derivations are based on direct use of either a resolution identity or a series expansion. A few homework problems for students are suggested.


As transistors in integrated circuits (ICs) are becoming smaller, faster and more, it has become harder to avoid malfunctioning. Embedded instruments are increasingly used to test, tune, and configure the transistors in ICs. IEEE Std.1149.1-2013 and IEEE Std.1687 standardize the access to these embedded instruments. IEEE Std.1687 enables reconfigurable scan networks which allow only desirable instruments to be included in the active scan-path. Reconfigurable scan networks can become faulty, which may lead to the situation there will be no possibility left to test, trim and configure the IC. In this thesis, we focused on the test and repair of the faulty scan registers. We have introduced two solutions, based on the hardware and software, to test the reconfigurable scan network, to identify faulty scan registers, and repair the network by excluding the faulty scan register from the network. We did two experiments to measure the overhead in terms of area and data. Here, the data overhead is the data needed to be sent to IC for testing and repairing the reconfigurable network. From these experiments, we found both the solutions have unique advantages. The software solution does not use hardware area, while the hardware solution results in low data overhead. (Less)


ABSTRACT Digital documentation is increasingly important for theatre and performance studies. However, there are still few digital theatre and performance archives and many of them are not yet equipped to realize the potential of digital documentation; they have been slow to adopt standards for data reusability, findability and interoperability. A field that provides an example is language documentation, even though this comparison might not readily strike performance scholars as immediately apparent. While there are a number of important differences, this article suggests that some aspects of language documentation might be relevant to the documentation of performance. Language documentation is still an incipient field but it has a more stable set of tools at its disposal. This article was written as a collaboration between a language documentation practitioner and a theatre scholar. It is our contention that both performance and language documentation can borrow from each other's technical and conceptual toolkits, a possibility that has been largely ignored to date in both disciplines. We hypothesize the reasons behind this omission and offer some suggestions of how a conversation across these disciplines might begin, by focusing on a case study where a language documentation perspective improves the functionality of a theatre documentation project.


The importance of science in the modern world has made it inevitable for human operationsBy concept, science is abstract but is physically expressed in systematized human activities by means of demonstration, inquiry, discovery, laboratory exercises and fieldtrip. This systematized way of expressing science is the practical approach, The paper considers improvisation in the realm of science teaching skills. It highlights means and types of improvisation. It highlights the ways by which improvisation could be used to enhance science teaching. The paper highlights the techniques of enhancing science-teaching skills using improvisation. It then makes some recommendations.


This paper presents the results of research framed in sustainable development goal number 6 called Clean water and Sanitation. Through research, it was found that water quality can be determined by measuring its turbidity, research objective was to design a measurement system which would allow to measure turbidity level in different samples using digital image analysis. This work was divided into different phases, starting with an image capture of the samples illuminated with LED light sources of different colors and different angles. Second instance, the processing and analysis of the captured images was carried out, and finally, with data obtained, mathematical model was obtained, it would allow the system to be designed. Study allowed observing the qualities and LED light depending behavior on its wave frequency and location from which the photographic shot is taken. Results obtained allowed finding a correlation between 0.95 and 1.0. Likewise, it was found that blue colored LED light with capture angle from the side offered the best correlation, therefore the most optimal option for the measurement was determined.


Inthispaper, a realtimeandrobust multi-view lip localization invideoframes isproposed. Theobjective of this research istoexactly localize lipsurrounding boxwith sub-pixel accuracy inlowquality videoframes. Thisis achieved bymulti-view facedetection invideoframes, lip ROIextraction, color spacetransformation, vertical edge feature detection andliplocalization byafeature-spatial profile analysis onajoint color-edge plane. Onepossible application oftalking facedetection invideoisusedto evaluate ourwork.Experimental results onTV programs andmoviesdemonstrate thattheproposed approach is efficient androbust inliplocalization.


Antennas used for communication purpose have been grown recently using the direct printing methods to ensure light weight technology, ease of fabrication and simply available flexible substrates in the field of printed electronics. The use of flexible non-conventional substrates in this regard has been the current issue for the provision of same results obtained as that of using a conventional substrate. In this paper, we propose low cost printed antenna on a non-conventional substrate that provides higher read range (using ISM Band) for Real time location systems (RTLS) (for e.g. wireless sensing). This antenna makes use of the deployment techniques that involve the selection of environment friendly RF substrate thatcan be served by the localized networking companies in low cost.It further evaluates the substrate characteristics and mathematical properties using the EM Simulator Software (HFSS-High Frequency Structure Simulator) followed by the fabrication of antenna, both on a conventional PCB (FR4) substrate and on a non-conventional substrate (Kodak photo paper) having different materialistic properties using a direct write printing technology. The results include the resonant frequency and the input impedance matching for the feed on a Vector Network Analyzer.


The invention relates to a cargo transship and conveying system, and comprises a transshipping truck and a conveyor, wherein, the transshipping truck is provided with a first communication unit and a transshipping-truck control system that controls the operation of the transshipping truck; the conveyor is provided with a second communication unit and a conveyor control system that controls the operation of the conveyor; the transshipping-truck control system and the conveyor control system transmit the loading-unloading status signals through the first and the second communication units; an operation module that is used for operating the conveyor is arranged on the transshipping truck; the operation order that is issued by the operation module to the conveyor is transmitted to the second communication unit through the first communication unit, and then is transmitted to the conveyor control system; the conveyor control system issues a control signal to control the conveyor to execute the order. The signal transmission and cargo processing system effectively saves the labor power, reduces the cost, and improves the working efficiency and the safety property.


Background Work-related exposure to silica is a health hazard worldwide causing i.e. silicosis. Inflammation is known to be a cause of cardiovascular diseases and some studies have presented elevated cardiovascular disease mortality in relation to silica exposure. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between inhalation of exposure to silica in Swedish iron foundries and markers of inflammation and coagulation in blood. Methods Personal sampling of respirable dust and silica was performed for 85 subjects in three Swedish iron foundries. Stationary measurements were used to study concentrations of respirable dust and silica, inhalable and total dust, PM10 and PM2.5, the particle surface area and the particle number concentrations. The markers of inflammation analyzed were, interleukins (IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10 and IL-12), C-reactive protein, serum amyloid A (SAA), and markers of coagulation fibrinogen, factor VIII (FVIII), von Willebrand factor, and d-dimer were measured in plasma or serum. The sampling was performed on the second or third day of a working week following a work free weekend, and additional sampling on the fourth or fifth day. The personal and stationary measurement data were categorized into three classes to introduce high contrast with a minimum of 10 workers in each group. A mixed model analysis adjusted for sex, age, smoking, infections, blood group, sampling day and BMI was used. Results For personal sampling the average 8 hour time-weighted average air concentration of respirable dust were 0.85 mg/m3 and respirable silica 0.052 mg/m3. For the high exposure group, statistically significant increased levels of SAA, fibrinogen and FVIII were determined for some exposure measures. Conclusions This study may indicate an increased risk of cardiovascular disease when observing relations between particle exposure and inflammatory markers.


A stirring mill, comprising a grinding vessel (1), the container having an agitator (12) rotatably driven disposed therein. A grinding stock supply pipe (24) is provided mill blank supply pump (26), to the mill blank and a discharge pipe (27) provided with a grinding stock discharge pump (39). At least one pump (26,39) can be controlled.


relief and for ambulation. Any study about PONV that includes the routine use of opioids may be trying to get the right answer by asking the wrong question. Avoiding the routine use of opioids, Friedberg recently published a 0.6% PONV rate in a series of 1,264 patients, one third of whom had PONV with the use of previous opioid-based anesthetics. Was Pogo right after all? Have we met the enemy, and is it us?


Abstract : The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations) requested this audit because of an allegation by the Army. The 1995 Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment had criticized the Army for its failure to include, in its data submission supporting the recommendation to close Fort Ritchie, Maryland, a cost to relocate the Defense Information Systems Agency Western Hemisphere from Fort Ritchie to another location. The Army contended in its allegation that it was unaware of any decision by the Office of the Secretary of Defense to proceed with the stationing of additional Defense Information Systems Agency Western Hemisphere personnel at Fort Ritchie. The primary audit objective was to validate support for the expansion of the Defense Information Systems Agency Western Hemisphere at Fort Ritchie. A second objective was to evaluate the adequacy of the management control program as it applied to the primary audit objective.


Most Africans can hardly act as real consumers in the global market economy and thus constantly have to create normative tactical plans to overcome their difficulties. My aim here is to give a short case study on such tactical planning and show how the Mursi, a semi-nomadic people in South-Ethiopia, engages with the transnational world. In the first part of the article I focus on people's ideas of consumption, production, sharing and exchange and the institution of hospitality. In the second part, building on the understanding of the Mursi moral economy, I describe the different economic tactics they apply to reach out to the world. With this I argue that the idea of global-local scales should be understood as reflexive, creative and mobile relationships rather than unidirectional encompassing and unifying transactions where the larger always wins over the smaller. This topic is more valid now than ever as the Mursi people are currently facing the biggest challenges in their ethnic history in the forms of foreign land investment and a hydroelectric dam.


approved: ________________________________________________________ Judith L. Li The West Fork Smith River, a 69 km2 watershed in the Coast Range of Oregon, is prone to short periods of very high water temperature in mid-summer due to a combination of human and natural influences. In the summers of 2003 and 2004 more than 400 juvenile coho salmon regularly packed themselves into a 4m2 area of cooler water near Crane Creek. In the same watershed, other groups of coho salmon and trout were monitored in three other cold refuges where they avoided main channel water temperatures that reached as high as 25oC. In 2003 we mapped cold refuges and performed snorkel surveys and fish counts at several sites. In 2004 we chose four main refuges as study sites. We installed temperature loggers in each refuge and nearby main channel. We measured (length, weight) and PITtagged juvenile coho salmon at each site in early July and recaptured and measured fish in September. We tracked fish movement throughout the summer using a portable PITtag reader and snorkel surveyed to count fish numbers in the refuges and nearby pools at various water temperatures and to observe fish behavior. However, of the 178 coho salmon tagged only 50 were recaptured.


In this paper, we propose CRadix sort, a new string sorting algorithm based on MSD radix sort. CRadix sort causes fewer cache misses than MSD radix sort by uniquely associating a small block of mai...


In this paper,a conductive adhesive was prepared,in which a thermosetting acrylic resin was used as matrix and a surface treated nickel powder used as conductive filler.The effects of nickel powder content,curing time,curing temperature of the conductive adhesive on T-peel strength and conductivity were studied.The results showe that the"percolation threshold"of the conductive adhesive is between38%~40%by nickel powder content,in which the volume resisˉtivity of the conductive adhesive is about0.1Ω·cm.


In the late nineteenth century, the Comstock Act of 1873 [7] made the distribution of contraception [8] illegal and classified contraception [8] as an obscenity. Reflecting the predominant attitude towards contraception [8] at the time, the Comstock Act was the first federal anti-obscenity law that targeted contraception [8]. However, social acceptance of birth control [9] changed at the turn of the twentieth century. In this thesis, I analyzed legislation, advocates, and literature pertinent to that social change to report on the events leading up to the decriminalization of contraception [8]. Because of the complexity of social history, I used legislation and court cases to track pivotal movements that reflected a change in the accessibility and acceptability of birth control [9]. I focused on the efforts of two prominent birth control [9] advocates, Margaret Sanger and Mary Dennett, and analyzed the impact of their efforts in that social movement. I learned that they incited court cases that questioned the validity of the Comstock Act and helped influence societal acceptance of birth control [9]. Through my research, I discovered that the medicalization of contraception [8] influenced its decriminalization and acceptance by society.


This paper discusses the acquisition of Jensen Inequation by expatiating on convex functions and the relationship between convex functions and inequations. That is, a succession of inequations can be obtained directly by using convex functions or quadratic derivative symbols in calculous. Thereby, it can be concluded that, in the case of the stability of quadratic derivative symbol, a series of subsequent inequality will be obtained on the basis of Jensen Inequation, thus providing some theoretical basis for some inequation problems in mathematic contests and elementary mathematics constructions as well.


Chlordecone (CD) has been shown to dramatically increase CCl/sub 4/ hepatotoxicity, but the mechanisms by which this effect occurs are not clear. Dose-response studies were performed to determine the size of CD's potentiating action on CCl/sub 4/-induced liver enzyme release and loss of hepatic microsomal enzymatic functions. Rats were pretreated with 15 mg CD/kg BW i.g., or vehicle. After 48 hrs, 0-250 ..mu..1 CCl/sub 4//100g BW were given i.p., and the rats were killed 24 hrs later. In CD-treated rats, 6 ..mu..1 CCl/sub 4//100 resulted in a mean SGOT level similar to that found after administration of 100 ..mu..1/100g to control animals. CD also potentiated the CCl/sub 4/-dependent loss of cytochrome P-450 and glucose-6-phosphatase, with the 6 ..mu..1 CCl/sub 4//100g dose in the CD-treated rats being equieffective to the 100 ..mu..1/100g dose in the controls. Since CD treatment increased cytochrome P-450 content by 67%, an experiment was performed to see if this induction increased the metabolism of /sup 14/CCl/sub 4/ to reactive products (/sup 14/C covalently bound to microsomal protein and lipid after 1 hr). An increase in the metabolism of the 6 ..mu..1/100g dose of CCl/sub 4/ was observed in the CD-treated rats with binding of /sup 14/C tomore » both protein and lipid being increased 2.7- and 1.7-fold, respectively; there was no difference in binding at the 100 ..mu..1/100g dose. These results suggest that an increase in CCl/sub 4/ metabolism may contribute to the potentiation of CCl/sub 4/ hepatotoxicity by CD.« less


The significance and feasibility to establish risk management system for petrochemical enterprises in China is analyzed and discussed from the angle of the prevention of major production accidents.By combining the features of high danger and wide impact in petrochemical industry,the design of risk management system for production installation in petrochemical enterprises and its process flow are primarily explored according to the principle of risk management.The basic idea and system structure to establish risk management system for petrochemical enterprises in China are put forward.Some key technical problems,which may be faced during the implementation of this plan,are pointed out.The conclusion obtained can be a reference for the decision-making of related agencies.


A new kind of Cd2+adsorption material was prepared using maifan stone by composite modification with chemical and heat treatment methods. The modified maifan stones were characterized by SEM and EDS. Effects of the modified maifan stone content, contact time and the initial pH of the solution on the adsorption of Cd2+ were studied. The research results show as follows: 1) The composite modified maifan stone was prepared with heat treatment for 1 h at 340 ℃ after the chemical dipping for 24 h with 2 mol/L CaCl2 solutions; 2) The composite modified maifan stone had even more obvious poor porosity holes and more contact area for ion exchange and adsorption of Cd2+; 3)In the condition of the initial Cd2+ concentration=50 mg/L, the maifan stone content=50 g/L, the contact time=40 min and pH=8, the adsorption of Cd2+ was up to 87.6 %.


At the origin of the bioethics law enacted in 2004 when he was Minister for Health, Jean-Francois Mattei himself included a requirement for the legislation to be reexamined within five years. This decision speaks volumes about the continual cogitation of this wise geneticist who has placed his medical and political careers at the service of his ideals.


In this paper the leading editor of the Law Enforcement Lexicon try to reflect on academician Laszlo Korinek's concrete comments and opinion. He explains his reflections including strengthening certain parts of facts.
Arrived: 8 November 2020Accepted: 12 December 2020


This research investigates the heritage language (HL) as a core value of first-generation Yorùbá English bilingual immigrants in the United States and explicates HL maintenance practices among them. It uses observation and semi-structured interviews with first-generation Yorùbá–English bilingual immigrants residing in New York, Texas and Maryland. Transcripts from the interviews and field notes from the observation were analysed and coded using Reflexive Thematic Analysis (RTA) and some features of the Interlinear Morpheme Glossing (IMG) rules which are conventions useful for transliterations and translations. The heritage language is the distinctive identity of first-generation Yorùbá–English bilingual immigrants in the United States. Hence, they adopt maintenance strategies similar to those of other immigrants identified in previous studies (home language, language of familiarity, language as code and language for admonition) and devise ingenious strategies to ensure maintenance including language for setting intergroup boundaries, language for maintaining connectedness and language for naming realities. Previous studies have examined HL maintenance among Asian, Hispanic and European immigrants who have HLs with high numeric strength, but this study examines immigrants of African descent and an HL with low numeric strength. It also presents unobserved HL maintenance strategies which are peculiar to first-generation Yorùbá–English bilingual immigrants in the United States. Despite English monism, immigrants/ethnic minorities can go beyond common HL maintenance strategies and create unique ones that will ensure the continued use of their languages. The ability to do this advances a positive ethnic identity, guarantees an improved lifespan for HLs in host communities and reduces instances of identity crisis among immigrants.


Using BP neural network model to analyze the urban land development status of Zhengzhou City from 2013 to 2017, the evaluation grades are divided into over-utilization, intensive use, moderate utilization and extensive utilization, and from the land input intensity, land use intensity and a total of nine indicators were selected for evaluation in three aspects of land output benefits. The results show that the urban land intensive degree of Zhengzhou City during the five years from 2013 to 2017 is 0.3039, 0.5118, 0.6189, 0.6914, 0.8509, and the intensive degree is gradually increased every year. The degree of intensive use is gradually increased every year, the evaluation level has risen from extensive use to intensive use, and the intensity of land intensive use has continued to increase.


Polypyridine was prepared by means of chemical oxidation with H3PMo12O40 as oxidant and dopant.The structure and microscopic morphology of the product polypyridine were characterized with FT-IR and SEM,and its electrochemical performance was studied,also.The result showed that the prepared doped polypyridine was irregular granule with 0.1~0.6 μm granularity.The electrochemical performance of H3PMo12O40 and polypyridine could be manifested.The product possessed definite thermostability.Polypyridine was decompounded at temperature above 511 ℃.


Risk management is receiving much attention, as it is seen as a method to improve cost, schedule, and technical performance of new products. However, there is a lack of empirical research that investigates the effective integration of specific risk management practices proposed by various standards with new products and their association with various dimensions of risk management success. Due to globalization and intense competition, risks are increasing and risk management is becoming an integral part for the success of almost every organization. The complexity of the industrial activities and the important mass of flows crossing the supply chain promotes the emergence of risks that must be considered in the decision process. This review attempts to contribute in the literature by evaluating the concept and impact of risk management on an organization efficiency.


Solanesol is one active ingredient of the tobacco, which can be used as a starting material in the synthesis of medicinal coenzyme Q10 and vitamin K2. In this article, various methods of determining solanesol from tobacco leaf or waste tobacco were reviewed, which can be used to guide farther research for solanesol.


Many quantum states of light and matter, such as coherent states, squeezed states, minimum-uncertainty states, intelligent states, quasi-intelligent states, and symmetric states, have long been of academic interest.1 However, because of the success in realizing and using light squeezing in feasibility experiments, attention is now turning to the realization of more practical light sources. In this paper we adopt a new constructive procedure to look for new states of matter that may eventually permit the generation of squeezed light from new types of advanced semiconductor light sources.


Based on the analysis of the general characteristics of the durations of the aftershock sequences of 39 relatively larger earthquakes in China in recent years and their relation with the stress drops of the main shocks and the negative anomaly of the seismic wave velocity ratios after the main shocks, a tentative idea has been advanced that the aftershock activity of an earthquake can be separated into two stages by the transition point of the seismic wave velocity from decreasing to increasing after the main shock, and a discussion made of the characteristics of the aftershock activity in each of the two stages.


This article explores the significance of the art of memory as a mnemonic poetics in Philip Sidney's literary theory and practice. The art of memory is more than an ancient mnemonic method, I argue; rather, it constitutes a poetics that evolves from Plato to Petrarch as part of an interdisciplinary dialogue and debate about how the past is remembered (particularly through love stories) and remade in the present. This tradition of mnemonic poetics is central to Sidney's portrayal of the art of poetry as an art of memory in his Apology for Poetry, a tradition that Sidney remembers anew in his sonnet sequence, Astrophil and Stella. Sidney constructs his poem as a memory theatre in which he demonstrates and indeed dramatizes the art of memory indirectly and ironically: through a poetic persona, Astrophil, who longs for an "art of forgetting" in his pursuit of originality.


The composition of and method for preparation of nutrient medium for the isolation of Lactobacilli from biologic material are described. The medium is simple to prepare, consists of only Soviet reagents, this making it available for laboratories in this country.


ERA PD measuring system has been using for partial discharge evaluation of power appratus in test laboratories. So, the measurement uncertainty of PD measuring system (ERA), such as PD pulse calibrator rise and fall time, sacle factor(k) and linearity, transfer impedance etc, is very important factor of test result in test laboratory. In this paper, we describe tracebility and uncertainty improvement of PD measuring system in test laboratory based on IEC 60270.


The notion of an independent middle class. A survey of research, Francois Gresle. ; Unshakable and learned, the sociologists — followed by the historians ? — deny the middle classes their independent status. What if independence was not an empty word ? If it was necessary to look, far from the statistics, at internalized values and a certain appetite for the quality of life ? A monotonous bibliography reread.


During the 1930s and World War II the British government and its state apparatus, for complex reasons relating to the dominant liberal ideology and culture, as well as diplomacy, generally downplayed the fate of the Jews under Nazi control. As Frank Roberts, a senior official in the Foreign Office put in May 1944: "The Allies rather resent the suggestion that Jews in particular have been more heroic or long-suffering than other nationals of occupied countries." This was, of course, the point at which Hungarian Jews were being openly transported to Auschwitz and the gas chambers there were working at full capacity. From the end of the war until at least the 1980s British society as a whole was, for the most part, at best indifferent and at worst antipathetic to recognizing that Jews had, in fact, been subject to specific treatment by the Nazis. The net result was that Holocaust commemoration and education in Britain was left to a small group of largely Jewish activists, including some survivors. It was thus manifested mainly in the private domain, such as memorials in Jewish religious and communal buildings, or as ideas, such as a Holocaust museum, that seemed, as late as the early 1990s, to be pipe dreams given that the major site of British memory in relation to World War II, the Imperial War Museum, hardly mentioned the fate of the Jews. The approach the activists faced was summed up in the response to the proposal in the early 1970s for a national Holocaust memorial in a prominent space in London: "this is not the time, this is not the place." From such comments it becomes apparent that the Eichmann Trial, as with other significant moments of memory work after 1945, may have put in the British public domain the historical details of the Holocaust, but its longerterm impact was no more than a minor ripple. In contrast, in the last decade of the twentieth century and beyond, the situation has changed markedly and remarkably. The Holocaust has been placed in the school national curriculum, war crimes legislation has been passed and implemented (if only successfully in one case), and the small but immensely successful private Holocaust museum at Beth Shalom in Nottinghamshire has been


The invention provides a calibration device for realizing an accurately quantified dust material diffusion test. The calibration device is characterized by comprising a sealed cabin of which temperature, humidity and pressure can be controlled, and a calibration cabin; an external groove belt driven by a stepping motor and a driving gear to rotate at uniform speed is arranged in the sealed cabin; calibration powder in a powder bin with a vibration function is planed through a power collection plate with a vibration function; the calibration powder left in a quantitative groove is conveyed to the circumference middle part of a driven gear and the calibration powder falls into a powder collecting tank when being rejected by powder scrapping needles, and then is conveyed to a powder spraying head at the upper part of the calibration cabin through a power conveying pipe; under the control of a compressed gas source and a flow controller, the powder spraying head sprays the calibration powder to enable the calibration powder to diffuse to form suspended particulates of which concentration and distribution can be accurately quantified; a calibration instrument in the calibration cabin is used for calibration; the whole diffusion and calibration process is completed under the control of a computer controller. The calibration device has the benefits that the automatic control of the developed device capable of accurately quantifying dust material diffusion and calibration is realized, and difficult problems in realization of convenient, fast, automatic, safe, accurate and standard dust material diffusion calibration operation are solved.


The quantum Hall effect (QHE) is the remarkable observation of quantized transport in two dimensional electron gases placed in a transverse magnetic field: the longitudinal resistance vanishes while the Hall resistance is quantized to a rational multiple of h/e2. The theory of the QHE is built largely around the special properties of single-particle free-electron states in a magnetic field—the celebrated Landau levels. This is particularly true of the F(ractional)QHE, where the construction of model wave functions with built-in analyticity forced by a restriction to the lowest Landau level has played an extremely important role in the theoretical development. Now, in three papers published back-to-back in Physical Review Letters[1–3], three research groups develop lattice models lacking this Landau level structure whose realizations could, in principle, exhibit a FQHE in the absence of an external magnetic field.


Background: the use of antidiabetic drugs to control gestational diabetes was controversial. Some studies suggest a possible link between the use of oral antidiadetics and fetal anomalies, fetal macrosomia and neonatal hypoglycemia whereas others have demonstrated no such relationship. Objective: This study aims to assess the efficacy of metformin in controlling maternal blood glucose level compared to insulin in women with GDM. Patients and Methods: The present study included 116 pregnant women who have been diagnosed as gestational diabetics before 34 weeks gestation with singleton pregnancy. They had FBG level ranging from 90- 169 mg/ dl or 2-hour postprandial blood glucose level ranging from 110-176 mg/dl. The exclusion criteria include pregnant women with preexisting DM and underlying diseases known to affect fetal growth, preeclampsia, unbalanced chronic disease, twin pregnancy, or refused to participate. Results: Comparison of the baseline characteristics was performed between 2 groups and there were no significant differences between the two groups regarding maternal age, gravidity, parity, GA at time of diagnosis, GA at beginning of treatment, and BMI at time of diagnosis. Analysis of the results revealed that

metformin was an effective medication for control of euglycemic with diet only.


Transdisciplinarity, gender analysis, social equity and participation are the methodological pillars of the Ecohealth approach, whose main goal is to improve human health and well-being while simultaneously maintaining a healthy ecosystem. In the present study, social network analysis is presented as an innovative tool to address gender, equity and community participation in Ecohealth research, by drawing upon experiences and results from the Caruso project which studies environmental dynamics and health effects of mercury in the Brazilian Amazon with the objective to reduce mercury exposure. As a participatory research tool, social network analysis is used to analyse the relationships between community action to reduce mercury exposure and 1. the distinctive roles of men and women; 2. the involvement of the different social groups and 3. the patterns of community participation. As a participatory development tool, social network analysis can contribute to the promotion of gender and social equity as well as local participation.


Introduction: Liver regeneration that follows after partial hepatectomy (pHx) is well-defined process, which involves the concerted action of extra and intracellular factors resulting in induction of cell replication and its inhibition at time when the entire liver mass is restored. Concomitantly, the breakdown of previously maintained tolerance and the exposure of self antigens lead to the activation of pre-immune and immune repertoire, which participate in surveillance against aberrant cells and re-establishment of previous morphostasis. Since, in these events, important biological function might have metallothioneins and tissue minerals which are affecting the structural integrity and enzyme activities, transduction signals, and replication factors during cell proliferation and apoptosis, as well as, the development and maintenance of immune functions, in this study we analyzed early metallothionein I+II (MT) expression and tissue kinetics of zinc, iron, magnesium and calcium in the liver, thymus and spleen after pHx. Material & Method: Analysis were done on 1st, 2nd, 6th, 12th, 24th and 48th hour after 1/3 pHx in C57Bl mice, using immunohistological staining and inductivity coupled plasma spectrometry for determination of MTs and tissue metals kinetics, respectively. Results: Hepatectomy was followed by fast upregulation of MT expression in the remnant liver, but also in the spleen and the thymus. In the liver it started in sinusoids (1h after pHx) and became impressive in hepatocytes (between the 6th and 72nd hour), where cytoplasmic and nuclear staining was seen (between the 6th and 72nd hour). In the spleen a marked overexpression of MT was found in parafollicular areas 24h after pHx, while in the thymus MT staining moderately increased in the subcortical and medullar zones (after 24h). Simultaneously, in the regenerating liver, immediately after the operation, accumulated Zn++, Fe++, Mg++ and Ca++, while their concentrations significantly decreased in the thymus (Zn++) and in the spleen (Zn++, Fe++, Ca++ and Mg++). Conclusions: The data point to early activation of highly interconnected network of growth-factors and cytokine-regulated pathways by pHx, in which metallothioneins in the regenerating liver, thymus and spleen could participate in a DNA synthesis-related processes, and transduction signals through abstraction or donation of metals such as Zn++, Fe++, Mg++ and Ca++. ((Supported by grants from Croatian Ministry of Science, projects No 0062018 and 0062002).


Objective To investigate into the rescue and triage mass casualties in the hospital.Methods According to the degrees of injuries and different regions,nursing resource was reasonably allocated and individual responsibility was confirmed.Results In the rear-end accident of CRH train,35 cases with multiple injuries were delivered to the hospital,the rescue rate was 97.1%.The rescue mode adopted by the hospital was based on the rescue mode of emergency department with coordination and command of the hospital leadership.All the wounded achieved favorable prognosis.Conclusion The mode of coordination rescue is worth recommending and needs to be improved to raise the rescue ability of mass casualties.


Center for Non-crystalline Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchondong Seodaemungu, Seoul 120-749, Korea Division of Applied Science, Cheongju University, 36 Naedokdong, Cheongju 360-764, Korea IFW Dresden, Institute for Complex Materials, P.O. Box 27 01 16, D-01171 Dresden, Germany TU Dresden, Institute of Materials Science, D-01062 Dresden, Germany


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 This chapter includes questions and answers related to the nature, morphology, existence, life cycle, survival, reproduction, infestation, location/geographical distribution, spread and seasonality of dog and cat fleas.