 Abstract — The importance of developing multi-language abilities in our global society is noteworthy. However, the necessity, interest, and consciousness of the significance that the development of another language represents, apart from the mother tongue, is not always the same in all contexts as it is in multicultural communities, especially in rural higher education institutions immersed in small communities. Leading opportunities for digital interaction among learners from Mexico and abroad partners represents scaffolding towards, not only language skills development but also intercultural communicative competences (ICC). This study leads us to consider what should be the best approach to work while applying a program of ICC integrated into the practice of EFL. While analyzing the roots of the language, it is possible to obtain the main objective of learning another language, to communicate with a functional purpose, as well as attaching social practices to the learning process, giving a result of functionality and significance to the target language. Hence, the collateral impact that collaborative learning leads to, aims to contribute to a better global understanding as well as a means of self and other cultural awareness through intercultural communication. While communicating through the target language by online collaboration among students in platforms of long-distance communication, language is used as a tool of interaction to broaden students' perspectives reaching a substantial improvement with the help of their differences. This process should consider the application of the target language in the inquiry of sociocultural information, expecting the learners to integrate communicative skills to handle cultural differentiation at the same time they apply the knowledge of their target language in a real scenario of communication, despite being through virtual resources.


Abstract : The EPA recently enacted new emission standards for composite manufacturing and repair that specifically target styrene as a regulated hazardous air pollutant (HAP). In this report, the Army Research Laboratory team developed two resin systems that contain considerably less styrene but similar viscosities as compared to commercial vinyl ester resin systems. The FAVE neat resins and composites have slightly inferior strength, modulus, and thermal properties, but superior fracture toughness as a result of the plasticizing effect of the long fatty acid chains that replace all but 10 to 20 wt% of the styrene. The BM-VE neat resin and composites have similar strength, modulus, and thermal properties, but also superior fracture toughness as a result of the bimodal molecular weight distribution of VE monomers with styrene contents as low as 30 wt%. Both low VOC/HAP resins produce far less emissions than commercial resin systems and can be used as drop-in replacements for existing vinyl ester technologies in the composites industry.


High-temperature series expansions for thermodynamic functions of random-anisotropy-axis models in the limit of infinite anisotropy are presented, for several choices of the number of spin components, m. In three spatial dimensions there is a divergence of the magnetic susceptibility ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\chi}}}_{\mathit{M}}$ for m=2. We find ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$/J=1.78\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.01 on the simple cubic lattice, and on the face-centered cubic lattice, we find ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$/J=4.29\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.01. There is no divergence of ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\chi}}}_{\mathit{M}}$ at finite temperature for m\ensuremath{\ge}3 on either lattice. We also give results for simple hypercubic lattices.


High-capacity microwave systems demand high-efficiency transmit architectures that support complex waveforms with high peak-to-average-power-ratio (PAPR) modulation. The outphasing scheme transforms the arbitrary amplitude and phase of a complex signal into two phase-modulated constant-envelope waveforms and allows the power amplifiers (PAs) to operate at peak power and efficiency while transmitting high PAPR waveforms. Recent work has adopted outphasing modulation with off-chip digital signal processing (DSP) [1-3], or with on-chip DSP approximations [4]. However, these approaches tend to require high power consumption and degrade the overall system power efficiency as symbol rates scale up.


Dynamic characteristics of a beam structure with an active electromagnetic damper are investigated by the use of the finite element method and the Laplace transformation. A shock pulse is applied to a beam subjected to a camping force by the active electromagnetic damper. In the analysis, first, the governing matrix equations of the coupling system consisting of the beam and the active electromagnetic damper are obtained by the use of the finite element method. Then, the governing matrix equations are transformed into the complex domain by the Laplace transformation method, and the transient vibration responses of the coupling system are derived directly by the application of the residue theorem. Furthermore, numerical calculations are carried out for an exponentially decaying pulse and a half sinus one, and the numerical results agree well with the previous experimental ones.


In this paper, we propose a mobile application that pr ovides users with physical activity recommendations on a daily basis. The increasing percentage of physical inactivity among individuals [1] is the main motivation behind this system. Thus, this system represents one possible solution to counter this issue by recommending the minimum threshold of daily physical activity required for individuals to maintain an active lifestyle. The system performs this task by utilizing a biofeedback sensor (accelerometer) that tracks user's movements. Users' calorie consumption is calculated from acceleration data and is then used as a foundation for system recommendations. Also, context data is utilized to provide context- aware recommendations, which will make the suggested activities from our system easier to follow for individuals. The proposed system gives recommendations in the forms of textual, audio and haptic recommendations. A questionnaire has been conducted in order to estimate the importance of the proposed system through estimating participants' daily activity levels. Additionally, it aims to determine context data that can support the proposed system most fully. Results upheld the proposed system with 46% of participants who exercise for less than 15 minutes daily. Our findings also show that weather conditions and work commitments are the factors, which have the strongest negative impact on an individual's physical activity.


Clinical classajication of food allergy Food allergy has become a contentious subject. True food allergy is dependent on evidence of intolerance to a specific food-in other words recurrence of symptoms on two or more occasions when that food is taken (preferably blind and in the presence of the doctor). There should also be direct or indirect evidence of an immunological component to that reaction. Patients may have 'simple' intolerance to foods rather than true allergy for various reasons. For example, the patient who develops tachycardia while drinking ten strong cups of coffee daily has a pharmacological cause of food intolerance. The patient with food-induced migraine may in some instances have low phenol sulphotransferase levels. Thus an enzyme defect may be misinterpreted as an allergy. If we are to study well-defined groups we should not talk of food allergy in these cases any more than we should for a patient with gallstones who cannot eat eggs. Furthermore, food allergy is frequently applied to people who for one reason or another have a behavioural aversion to foods without any objective evidence that that food upsets them at all. The correct diagnosis in such cases may range from anorexia nervosa or food fads to hyperventilation syndrome. The following represents a clinical classification of food allergy based on the experience of the Guy's Hospital Allergy Clinic. Alimentary tract reactions. These can be divided into: ( I ) Oropharyngeal reactions. ( 2 ) Lower gastrointestinal reactions, e.g. nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.


Model-independent pharmacokinetics. Non-compartmental analysis, based on statistical methods is used to characterize drug's kinetics and it's fate after administration, especially that, no assumption of specific compartmental model must be done. It's useful in estimation of some parameters such as: Area Under the Curve (AUC), Area Under the First Moment Curve (AUMC), Mean Residence Time (MRT). clearance (Cl) or volume of distribution at steady state (V s s ). In this paper, we present some definitions, reciprocal associations and applications of model-indepentent parameters, connected with moment analysis.


We demonstrate the theoretical possibility of obtaining a pure spin current in a 1D ring with spin-orbit interaction by irradiation with a non-adiabatic, two-component terahertz laser pulse, whose spatial asymmetry is reflected by an internal dephasing angle $\phi$. The stationary solutions of the equation of motion for the density operator are obtained for a spin-orbit coupling linear in the electron momentum (Rashba) and used to calculate the time-dependent charge and spin currents. We find that there are critical values of $\phi$ at which the charge current disappears, while the spin current reaches a maximum or a minimum value.


The role of acidic electrolyzed oxidizing water on the degradation of unsymmetric dimethyl hydrazine(UDMH) was studied.The relevant factors affecting the degradation of UDMH by acidic electrolyzed oxidizing water were investigated.The experimental results show that the degradation rate of UDMH can reach 94.8% when the volume ratio of waste water containing initial UDMH mass concentration of 150 mg/L to acidic electrolyzed oxidizing water is 1:4,reaction time is 1.5 min,reaction temperature is 19℃.


By differential feed line 103c, to operate the open-ended slot resonator 601, 605, which is set so that the slot length at the time of operation is one-half the effective wavelength, reverse-phase equal amplitude excitation slot resonator group the circuit to appear in, selective radiation portions 601b in each slot structure, 601c, 603b, 603c, 605b, 605c, 607b, dynamically switch the placement conditions of the open-end point of 607c.


In the present glasshouse work it was aimed to evaluate changes in the productive attributes of Marandu palisadegrass (Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu) in response to soil fertilization with nitrogen forms and sulphur rates. Soil fertilization treatments were the combination of four nitrogen forms (none, nitrate, ammonium+nitrate and ammonium) and four sulphur rates (none, 15, 30 and 45 mg/dm 3 ). Treatments were arranged in a randomized complete block design, with four replications. Marandu palisadegrass was grown for 33 d after the transplanting, at which time number of leaves and tillers, leaf area and shoot dry matter were assessed. The productive response of Marandu palisadegrass fertilized with nitrogen and sulphur was affected by the nitrogen form supplied. Nitrate as nitrogen source strongly influenced the leaf area and shoot dry matter production of the forage grass. In general, grass production responses to sulphur rates seem to be more pronounced when the plants were fertilized with nitrate as nitrogen source.


The insect renal (Malpighian) tubule has long been a model system for the study of fluid secretion and its neurohormonal control (Maddrell, 1981; Maddrell and O'Donnell, 1992). Classical physiology suggests a model for tubular secretion of iso-osmotic fluid in most insects, in which ions are thought to enter basally either through a series of ion channels (Na+, K+ and Cl2) or through a bumetanide-sensitive Na+/K+/2Cl2 cotransport. Apical fluxes are energised by a plasma-membrane H+-pumping V-ATPase, driving secretion of Na+ or K+ through one or more exchangers, at least one of which is amiloride-sensitive and appears to be closely similar to the Na+/H+ exchanger of vertebrates (Maddrell and O'Donnell, 1992). Cl2 follows passively, perhaps through apical Cl2 channels. Water follows the major ions, and haemolymph solutes diffuse across the tubule wall passively via a paracellular route. There are also transcellular active transport processes for certain metabolites or toxins, such as acylamides (Maddrell et al. 1974) and plant alkaloids (Maddrell, 1976; O'Donnell et al. 1983). To extend studies of ion transport beyond that revealed by the techniques of classical physiology, it is necessary to adopt a molecular genetic approach, in which the relevant genes are identified, characterised and mutated. However, the generalised molecular genetic dissection of the major genes responsible for a stimulus–secretion pathway in any vertebrate epithelium remains a daunting task, as the genetic tools available are relatively unsophisticated. Encouraged by previous physiological work on the larger, but less well genetically mapped, Drosophila hydei (Bertram et al. 1991; Wessing and Eichelberg, 1978; Wessing et al. 1987), we have investigated the feasibility of adapting the established tubule secretion assay to the study of tubules of larval and adult Drosophila melanogaster. The results (i) demonstrate that these Malpighian tubules, to


Adaptive optics systems are highly complicated networks of devices that makes an analytical study of such systems difficult. Hence numerical simulations are crucial in providing a quantitative evaluation of capabilities of adaptive optics systems. The integrated simulations of atmospheric turbulence, wind profiles, Fresnel light propagation, model of Shack- Hartmann wavefront sensor, and wavefront reconstruction are done, and the aim is to simulate adaptive optics correction process and investigate the atmospheric turbulence and Shack-Hartmann sensor parameters on optimal results. The results of simulation of light propagation through turbulent atmosphere are presented.


Free-ranging red foxes (Vulpes fulva) and gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) were trapped in southwestern Wisconsin. Fox sera were tested to determine the prevalence of antibody for five different Leptospira interrogans serovars, canine distemper virus (CDV), infectious canine hepatitis virus (ICHV), and Franciscella tularensis infections. Grippotyphosa was the most prevalent leptospiral serovar antibody observed. Twenty-five of 53 (47%) red foxes and 11 of 36 (31%) gray foxes had specific antibodies to grippotyphosa. Juvenile foxes had geometric mean antibody titers to grippotyphosa significantly higher (P<0.05) than those of the adults of both species. CDV antibody was detected in sera of red foxes only. Six of 57 (11%) red foxes had CDV antibody. ICHV antibody was detected in 2 of 57 (3%) red foxes and 3 of 32 (9%) gray foxes. Antibody to F. tularensis was not detected in any fox sera.


This paper discusses the publication of dissertation and various publication forms of extracted contents in dissertation. It points out that from the perspective of motivation,purpose and effect,the fact that the author submits to journals the paper with extracted contents from the unpublished parts of dissertation of his or her own,or writing dissertation with contents in his or her own papers published in journals should not be considered as academic corruption. In addition,publishing the dissertations in printing already included in database cannot be critiqued as"academic misconduct".


In article the axiological contents and its value is designated during the forming and development of social responsibility in students of technological higher education institution. The analysis of references allowed to concretize a definition "social responsibility". The concept social responsibility is opened as the value, the moral and valuable steady personal education reflecting the valuable relation of the personality to other people, surrounding reality and to itself in unity of otvetstvennost "before" and pro, being realized in a humanistic orientation of its activity and awareness of the social importance of consequences. Axiological approach is one of defining aspects of training of students – future engineers, engineers-architects as specifics of the most engineering activity consist in its axiological sense – in anticipation, forecasting and a moral assessment of universal consequences from constructions created by them, equipment and technologies, – that acts as direct expression of essence of social responsibility as values.


Patients above 20 years age group attending the Radiology OPD with the digital radiograph of the antero-posterior view of lumbo-sacral spine, with history of low back pain was considered. In the present study, it was proved that deficiency on the dorsal surface of the sacrum is higher among the low back pain patients in whom it is one of the causes of the disease firmly established a larger study involving the living patients suffering from low back pain.


The BC557 transistor is widely used as a silicon diode thermometer in which the collector-base voltage, at a constant bias current, is measured as the indicator of temperature The normally applied bias current for this measurement is 10?A, however under some circumstances advantage may be gained by biassing at a higher current Since its first use in thermometry the BC557 has undergone changes in its production technology and these have had some impact on its temperature characteristics. In this paper the sensitivity of calibration to bias current is discussed and data is presented on old and new technology devices which have been characterised at 10 and 50?A. At higher temperatures, a reduced spread in the V-T characteristics of the devices is observed with the higher current, giving an improved conformity to standardised calibration data.


Ga'araDepression is the largest natural depression in the Iraqi Western Desert. The oldest and youngest exposed rocks in the area are of Permian and Eocene ages. Although the beds are almost horizo ...


The paper is aimed at presenting the author's research on the vulnerability assessment method for the industrial facilities in case of terrorist attacks. As is known, much greater concern has been shown on the terrorist attacks by the governments, mass media as well as the general public since Sept.11's attack on the World Trade Center, which has even turned the research on such attack prevention a new field of safety science. Since the potential material loss and casualty can hardly be predictable, especially with iindustrial facilities in chemical and energy storage in nature. The author has developed and established his vulnerability assessment methodology for industrial facilities on the basis of analyzing the key factors inherent in iindustrial facilities which have effect on the target's utility in the eyes of an aggressor.


In the near-fault region of an earthquake, ground motions are strongly affected by complex mechanisms and can be significantly different from typical far-fault ground motions. Although the significance of near-fault ground motions has been widely recognized, its influence on the earthquake performance of concrete gravity dams has not yet been fully quantified. This article investigates the effects of near-fault ground motions on the nonlinear seismic response behavior of concrete gravity dams. In particular, the characteristics of different aspects of near-fault ground motions are evaluated and the significance of various near-fault ground motion parameters is examined.


The longitudinal deformation profile(LDP) is important in determining the deformation magnitude of tunnel wall as a function of distance to tunnel face.But the widely used empirical equations were derived from numerical analysis of fullface excavation of a tunnel with circular cross-section.It is not clear if the equations can still be used for city-gate shaped tunnel under top heading and bench excavation.Therefore,the LDP for top heading and bench excavation is analyzed by FLAC3D.The difference of LDP between full face and top heading and bench excavation is investigated by FLAC3D under different geo-mechanical properties of surrounding rock and in-situ stress conditions.Finally,the method on determining the LDP and its empirical equation are suggested for large tunnel using top heading and bench excavation and the equation is verified against measured data of the upper side walls at a diversion tunnel of Zipingpu project.The results show that there is similar shape for LDP curves between full face and top heading and bench excavation,but the displacement ratio at face is obvious different between them;the LDP for side wall does not vary obviously with the varied horizontal stress when the ratio of horizontal to vertical initial stress is lager than 1.0;the LDP for city-gate shaped tunnel under top heading and bench excavation can be formulated in virtue of the proposed empirical equation and numerical analysis with plain strain model,and it is verified against measured data well.The empirical equation can be easily and reliably applied to deformation analysis,and the total deformation magnitude for large tunnel can be predicted well with the monitored data.


Abstract The investigation described values and norms implicit in secondary school physical education classes and athletic team practices and tested hypotheses concerning differences between male and female physical educators and between teachers and coaches. The 1976 revision of the Implicit Values Instrument for Physical Education which was used to collect data for the study consisted of three subsections: observation of teacher verbal behavior, observation of class organization, and a questionnaire concerning procedural regulations. The data collected were scored on seven value dimensions: autonomy, competitive achievement, instructional achievement, orderliness, privacy, specificity, and universalism. The sample in this study consisted of ten men and ten women physical education teachers and ten men and ten women coaches from ten public secondary schools in the Houston metropolitan area. A two-way analysis of variance was employed to examine value differences due to sex or situation (teaching or coach...


Feature selection is selecting a subset of optimal features. Feature selection is being used in high dimensional data reduction and it is being used in several applications like medical, image processing, text mining, etc. Several methods were introduced for unsupervised feature selection. Among those methods some are based on filter approach and some are based on wrapper approach. In the existing work, unsupervised feature selection methods using Genetic Algorithm, Particle Swarm Optimization with Relative Reduct, Quick Reduct and Ant Colony Optimization have been introduced. These methods yield better performance for unsupervised feature selection. In this paper we proposed a novel method to select subset of features from unlabeled data using binary bat algorithm with sum of squared error as the fitness function. The proposed method is then tested with various classification algorithms like decision tree, multilayer perceptron, support vector machine and clustering quality measures like sum of squared error. The results show that our proposed method gives more accuracy when compared with other optimization algorithm.


................................................................................................................................................ v Table of contents ................................................................................................................................. vii List of figures ....................................................................................................................................... xi List of tables ....................................................................................................................................... xiii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 1 ENDOMETRIAL CANCER .............................................................................................................. 2 Histopathological classification of endometrial cancer .................................................................. 2 Pathogenesis of endometrial cancer ............................................................................................... 3 Molecular classification of endometrial cancer .............................................................................. 5 UPSC patterns of spread ................................................................................................................. 6 Current treatment strategies for endometrial cancer ....................................................................... 7 Development of targeted therapeutic strategies for UPSC ............................................................. 8 THE UBIQUITIN-PROTEASOME SYSTEM ................................................................................ 10 UCHL1 ......................................................................................................................................... 11 Dysregulation of UCHL1 in cancer .............................................................................................. 12 Mechanisms of action of UCHL1 ................................................................................................. 13 CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION ...................................................................................................... 15


As our children and teens race down the onramp to the Information Superhighway, many parents feel left behind in the dust. News stories about online sexual predators, child pornography, cyberbullies, hate groups, gaming addiction, and other dangers that lurk in the online world make us feel increasingly concerned about what our children are doing (and with whom) in cyberspace. In CyberSafe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens, Internet safety expert Nancy Willard provides you with need-to-know information about those online dangers, and she gives you the practical parenting strategies necessary to help children and teens learn to use the Internet safely and responsibly.


Traditional single-view object detection methods often perform worse under unconstrained video environments. To address this problem, many modern multi-view detection approaches model complex 3D appearance representations to predict the optimal viewing angle for detection. Most of these approaches require an intensive training process on large database, collected in advance. In this paper, the proposed framework takes a remarkably different direction to resolve multi-view detection problem in a bottom-up fashion. First, a scene-specific objector is obtained from a fully autonomous learning process triggered by marking several bounding boxes around the object in the first video frame via a mouse. Here the human labeled training data or a generic detector are not needed. Second, this learning process is conveniently replicated many times in different surveillance scenes and results in a particular detector under various camera viewpoints. Thus, the proposed framework can be employed in multi-view object detection applications from unsupervised learning process. Obviously, the initial scene-specific detector, initialed by several bounding boxes, exhibits poor detection performance and is difficult to improve with traditional online learning algorithm. Consequently, we propose Generative-Discriminative model to partition detection response space and assign each partition an individual descriptor that progressively achieves high classification accuracy. A novel online gradual learning algorithm is proposed to train the Generative-Discriminative model automatically and focus online learning on the hard samples: the most informative samples lying around the decision boundary. The output is a hybrid classifier based scene-specific detector which achieves decent performance under different viewing angles.


also considers relevant novels of the Concept of the Unified Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. at the stage of initiation of the case, the fact of the exer-cise of the right to judicial protection.


The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of corporate social
responsibility that is disclosed in the company's annual reports to the earning
response coefficient. The hypothesis is negative effect of CSR disclosures to the
ERC as the CSR disclosures provide investors more information which is not
provided by the accounting earnings. The sample is 48 annual reports of the
mining companies that listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange for period 2010-
2013. The empirical result shows that the level of CSR disclosures has negative
significant effect to the ERC. Therefore, it indicates that the investors consider
CSR information disclosed by the companies in annual reports as their base to
make investment decision.


This study examines the question whether uncoordinated steps of some EU states changing their deposit insurance schemes in the middle of 2008 could have led to shift of deposits among EU countries. The paper deals with changes of the rules which were introduced at the end of year 2008, and concerns with the amended Directive on Deposit Guarantee Schemes. Empirical analysis concentrates on the impact of state guarantees on the deposit grow rate in individual states. In the final part, we discuss the consequences of recent development.


INTRODUCTION: Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) species are upregulated in the failing human heart and influenced ventricular remodeling. We assessed the hypothesis that disparity between MMP-9 and ti...


Some new measurements of the nucleon structure functions F/sub 2/ and xF/sub 3/ have been carried out in an antineutrino experiment with a 15-foot bubble chamber. The structure functions are analyzed. The scaling violation in xF/sub 3/ can be described by quantum-chromodynamics effects with the scaling parameter ..lambda../sub M/S-bar roughly-equal0.3 GeV and also by higher-twist effects.


We discuss the design optical add-drop multiplexers. This includes the design of single mode waveguides as well couplers and ring resonators. We study the add-drop characteristics of this design as a function of various parameters. An add or drop multiplexer is a wavelength selective device that separates a given optical wavelength from a bus waveguide as well as adding a desired wavelength to the bus waveguide. As an element of add-drop multiplexer, waveguides are used in form of rib or ridge waveguide structure in our work. Also we used disc or ring resonator as a coupler. Further, this paper includes overview of design of the waveguide and importance of parameters to prevent losses on. INTRODUCTION Wavelength selection is an important function in the design of optical circuits. Selecting and separating a given wavelength to detect a signal or to reroute is critical to operation of many photonic circuits. Optical add-drop multiplexers are class of wavelength selection devices. Their main effective usage is as an optical filter. Add-drop multiplexer is composed of two bus waveguide that can carry many wavelength separates by a ring or disc resonator that performs the wavelength selection. As the name implies, a ring resonator is a resonant device to which only resonant wavelength can couple. Once coupled from a bus waveguide it is possible to drop this signal to another bus waveguide. In this work, we concentrate on the design of single mode waveguides since they are the basic elements of an add-drop multiplexer, Fig.1 Optical ring resonators are used as a building block in filter delay line, channel dropping, combining or compensation of dispersion on a system. [1] In addition we use standard design rules to design ring resonators. Ring resonators have a significant place on recent technological improvement. Its key factors are functionality and compactness. One can couple multiple ring resonators to build wide range of different filters. Compactness refers the fact that ring resonators with radii less than m  25 can lead to large scale integration of devices with densities on the order of 5 4 10 10  devices per square centimeter. [2] A ring resonator is a circular device built from the single mode waveguide designed earlier. An attenuation constant, is used to include losses to the ring resonator. Also we used power coupling coefficient K to describe the coupling of the optical of the optical signal from the bus waveguide to the resonator and back. The working principle of adddrop multiplexer is as follow; light at many different wavelengths propagate in the single mode bus waveguide and at a specific design wavelength, evanescent field of the propagating filed couples to the ring. A ring resonator can be thought of as a Fabry-Perot resonator in which only those wavelengths that satisfy the constructive interference of back folding waves survive. To calculate circumference of resonator we will use L N wg   relation where N is mode number,  is free space wavelength and L is circumference of resonators. Fig.2 Single ring resonator with two ports [1] Fig.3 Single ring resonator with four ports [1] Normally, most of the signals, which are around specific frequency, are injected into resonators from port 1 and they exit from port 3. However, some of input signals enter from port 1 and they leave from port 2. Hence, we mark port 1 as input port, port 2 as through port, port 3 as drop port, and port 4 as add port. This effect of ring resonator is called an add-drop filter or an add-drop multiplexer. In our design of add-drop multiplexer (ADM) we ignore some effects. For example, we omit facet discontinuity, waveguide scattering or waveguide wall surface roughness. Since they are very small in magnitude, one can ignore them without any problem. [1] Fig.4 Schematic of ring resonator [8] In ring resonators one should observe sharp dip when signals drop. During an ADM experiment, one can detect these deeps for specific wavelength and interpret relation between these wavelengths and radius of ring resonator or any other parameters. Fig.5 Transmission measurement of a typical ring resonator. A dip occurs around 1524 nm wavelength. [3] METHOD There are many methods, which we used for design of single mode waveguide. These are effective index method, beam propagation method and finite difference method, which can be listed among many ways of analyzing an optical circuit. So we have employed these methods in our design. I. Effective Index Method: Effective index method is basically a method to solve 2 dimensional waveguide"s effective index as a whole structure. Let us visualize a rib waveguide; Fig.6 Domain by domain separation of a typical rib waveguide for effective index calculation. [4] In this method we divide in three slab waveguides vertically. Firstly we solved these three, and then we solved other three slab waveguide which are dividing horizontally. We use these equations to calculate propagation constant,


In the title compound, C16H12Cl2O2, the olefinic double bond adopts an E configuration. The molecule is non-planar, as shown by the dihedral angle of 15.40 (19)° between the 2,3-dichlorophenyl ring and the 2-methoxyphenyl ring. In the crystal, molecules are linked via weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming zigzag chains propagating along the c axis.


A 3D reflection seismic survey was performed in 2005 at the Ketzin carbon dioxide (C O2 ) pilot geological-storage site (the C O2 SINK project) near Berlin, Germany, to image the geological structure of the site to depths of about 1 km . Because of the acquisition geometry, frequency limitations of the source, and artefacts of the data processing, detailed structures shallower than about 150 m were unclear. To obtain structural images of the shallow subsurface, we applied 3D traveltime tomography to data near the top of the Ketzin anticline, where faulting is present. Understanding the shallow subsurface structure is important for long-term monitoring aspects of the project after C O2 has been injected into a saline aquifer at about 650-m depth. We used a 3D traveltime tomography algorithm based on a combination ofsolving for 3D velocity structure and static corrections in the inversion process to account for artefacts in the velocity structure because of smearing effects from the unconsolidated cover. Th...


This paper present a Giant Magnetostrictive Actuators (GMA) which used magnetostrictive characteristics of Giant Magnetostrictive Material (GMM) and is applied on Micro displacement of precision instrument. Since GMM is influenced by temperature and the electrified coils generating magnetic field are the main sources of heat in GMA, so the temperature impacts factors on the output displacement of magnetostrictive material are analyzed firstly, and also a control method based on existing magnetostrictive actuators is redesigned, while model is established according to the relation between output displacement and voltage values. Finally a solution is proposed about heat compensation control in GMA, and also adds a water cooling system to the cavity of GMA and controls the temperature of cooling water by Single Chip Microcomputer (SCM) according to the detected temperature of magnetostrictiverod; therefore compensations for the GMAs feed displacement are allocated. Displacement closed-looped PID controls are used to tests, which can proves that the heat compensation control system of GMA can lower the impact of increasing temperature on GMMs magnetostriction coefficient and increase positioning accuracy.


The issuing and taking effect of the standards for CIO profession is a strong stimulator to the teaching and teaching reform of information management and management information system .In this article, by considering how to match the vocational education with the technical developments and needing shifts, many suggestions on training direction, curricula structure and teaching are given.


High-current avalanche switching in a bipolar transistor structure in combination with negative differential mobility at extreme (~1 MV/cm) electric fields (e.g. in GaAs) causes generation of ultra-narrow, powerfully avalanching ("collapsing") multiple field domains moving in a dense electron-hole plasma, which those domains form. Electrical switching with unique speed and high-power-density emission in sub-THz frequency range open impressive prospective applications of the phenomenon.


We discuss the protection of Gaussian biometric templates. We first introduce the Juels-Wattenberg for binary biometrics, where the binary biometrics are a result of hard-quantized Gaussian biometrics. The Juels-Wattenberg scheme adds a random binary code word to the biometric for privacy reasons and to allow errors in the biometric at authentication. We modify the Juels- Wattenberg scheme in such a way that we do not have to quantize the biometrics. We investigate and compare the performance of both approaches.


Alzheimer disease (AD) is a complex multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by mild cognitive impairment and late dementia. Understanding and treatment of AD is one of the greatest challenges in modern medicine. The pathological brain features includes formation of extracellular amyloid plaques, intracellular neurofibrillary tangles, leading to neuronal cell death. The underlying process, onset and progression are not yet elucidated, although impaired neurogenesis, synaptic dysfunction, and dysregulation of lipid metabolism are known to be involved. Homeostatic balance of Amyloid‐beta (Aβ) peptide during normal brain development and function, are depending on soluble or insoluble isoforms, aggregation state, developmental stage of the brain and concentration of Aβ peptide. Physiological and pathophysiological features of Aβ peptide remain controversial due to complexity, inconsistency and contradictory results. Investigating the effect of low concentration of human synthetic Aβ isoforms on adult neurogenesis, synaptic plasticity, and alteration of lipid metabolism might help better understanding the biochemical pathways in AD.


Background: Chronic non-communicable diseases are the major causes of mortality in the world. However, few studies have investigated the association between multi-categories BMI and chronic diseases from perspective of sex stratification. This study aimed to investigate the risk of chronic diseases at different BMI levels, and to further explore whether BMI-health risk associations differ by sex. Methods: In total, 21,134 participants aged 19–65 years (60.4% men) from the Tianjin People's Hospital, Tianjin Union Medical Center-Health Management Center were recruited for this cross-sectional study. Sex-specific percentiles of BMI were calculated and divided into 11 categories according to the 2000 CDC growth charts. Health-related indicators, such as hyperglycemia, hypertension, non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD), hyperuricemia, etc., were used as dependent variables in this study. Statistical differences were tested by unpaired Mann–Whitney U-test and chi-squared test. Logistic regression models were used to examine the associations between BMI and health-related indicators. Results: The risk of hyperglycemia (OR: 1.67, 95%CI: 1.23–2.29), NAFLD (OR: 2.22, 95%CI: 1.74–2.85), hypertriglyceridemia (OR: 1.65, 95%CI: 1.28–2.12), and hyperuricemia (OR: 1.39, 95%CI: 1.12–1.72) in men began to increase significantly when BMI was in the range of 22.59–23.89 kg/m2. However, in women, the risk of hyperglycemia (OR: 3.02, 95%CI: 1.25-8.98) and hyperuricemia (OR: 1.94, 95%CI: 1.26–3.05) began to increase significantly when BMI was in the range of 22.76–23.62 kg/m2, and the risk of NAFLD (OR: 5.48, 95%CI: 2.49–14.47) began to increase significantly when BMI was in the range of 21.08–21.97 kg/m2. Besides, at the same BMI level, the risk of diseases in women were significantly higher than that in men, especially when BMI > 25 kg/m2. Conclusion: In the Chinese population, the risk of chronic diseases in women were significantly higher than that in men at the same BMI level, especially when BMI was >25 kg/m2. In addition, the risk of chronic diseases began to increase significantly when BMI was >21.97 kg/m2 in women and 23.89 kg/m2 in men. The results indicated that women should be more alert to the risk of chronic diseases caused by the increase of BMI than men.


The discussion on problems of urban house is quite necessary. If it had been normal, there should have been supply of public rental housing in proportion to urbanization. Furthermore, there is a structural imbalance faced in the direction of pursuing qualitative development through the lack of supply of small housing in comparison with a rapid decrease in population, decrease in urban population and saturation of housing supply etc., that are in progress recently. Existing housing policy is not considering the position of consumers at all if we investigate problems in depth because the standards of public rental housing has a non-local characteristics which are not related to maintenance and urban eco-system. In case of advanced countries in Western Europe, they establish the priority right of object in accordance with the urban ecosystem and maintenance such as key-worker not such as income quintile when supplying public rental housing into urban area. Through this, standards of selection of object considering urban ecosystem and functions in Korea is necessary for effective supply of public rental housing, which is very insufficient in comparison with urbanization rate and population compared to advanced countries in Western Europe. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to check the residential status of key-workers in Seoul and identify the objects in need of aid of public rental housing.


We report the results of the first X-ray observation of the luminous and helium-rich O-type subdwarf BD +37° 442 carried out with the XMM-Newton satellite in 2011 August. X-ray emission is detected with a flux of about 3× 10−14 erg cm−2 s−1 (0.2–1 keV) and a very soft spectrum, well fit by the sum of a blackbody with temperature kTBB = 45+11− 9 eV, and a power law with a poorly constrained photon index. Significant pulsations with a period of 19.2 s are detected, indicating that the X-ray emission originates in a white dwarf or neutron star companion, most likely powered by accretion from the wind of BD +37° 442.


INTRODUCTION
 T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) is a rare, aggressive malignancy of mature T-cells. Although responses may been seen with initial alemtuzumab-based therapy, relapse is inevitable and relapsed/refractory disease carries a dismal prognosis. T-PLL has shown in vitro sensitivity to venetoclax, and short-lived clinical responses to venetoclax monotherapy (Smith, Blood Advances 2020; Boidol, Blood 2017) or when given in combination with pentostatin (Alfayez, Leukemia & Lymphoma 2020). Given the lack of standard treatment options, we reviewed the outcomes of patients (pts) with relapsed T-PLL on venetoclax-based therapy.
 METHODS
 Using an institutional clinical database of pts with T-PLL seen in the Division of Hematology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, all pts treated with venetoclax or venetoclax-based therapies in a relapsed/refractory setting were identified. Clinical, laboratory, and pathology data, as well as treatment dosing and toxicity were ascertained retrospectively from the medical records. Diagnostic criteria and response definitions were utilized as per the T-PLL International Study Group (Staber, Blood 2019).
 RESULTS
 Between 8/2017 and 5/2020, 9 pts with relapsed/refractory T-PLL treated with venetoclax were identified. The median age was 63 years (range 49-75), and one-third were male. Baseline characteristics are detailed in Table 1. Rearrangement of TCL1 family genes was present in all 8 pts evaluated with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Using conventional cytogenetics, a complex karyotype was present in 4/6 pts tested. The median prior lines of therapy was 3 (range 1-4), including alemtuzumab in 8 of 9 pts (intravenous 7/8); and two pts had undergone prior hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (1 allogeneic; 1 autologous) after achieving a complete remission. Additional individual pt details are included in Table 2.
 Prior to venetoclax therapy initiation, 2 pts had B-symptoms (2 night sweats; 1 fever) and 6 pts had an ECOG score ≥ 2. Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly were present in 6 and 9 pts, respectively. Extranodal involvement included 3 pts with cutaneous involvement and 5 pts with effusions (4 ascites; 1 pleural).
 The target maximum dose of venetoclax (800 mg [n=4]; 400 mg [n=1]) was reached by 5 pts at a median of 12 days (range 7-40 days). The other 4 pts had disease progression after a median of 10 days (range 5-22 days) during the dose ramp-up, including 2 pts undergoing rapid dose escalation. Altogether, 6 of the 9 pts initiated venetoclax with a rapid dose escalation. Bendamustine was given with venetoclax in 5/9 pts; median number of cycles 1 (range 1-4) with variable starting dosing (range 60-100 mg/m2).
 The disease control rate was 56%; best response was partial remission (PR) in 4 (44%) pts and stable disease (SD) in 1 (11%) pt. The 1 pt with SD received venetoclax monotherapy; however, the overall response rate among pts who received the combination of venetoclax and bendamustine was 80% (4/5 pts). One pt with a partial remission met all criteria for complete remission but did not have a confirmatory bone marrow biopsy. Cutaneous disease improved in 2 of 3 pts (both with PR as best response), and effusions improved in 2 of 5 pts (1 PR and 1 SD as best response). Among those in PR, the median decrease in absolute lymphocyte count was 67x109/L and the median decrease in lactate dehydrogenase was 1,162 U/L (normal range 122-222 U/L). Median duration of treatment for all pts was 42 days (range 4-201 days). All pts ultimately died during follow-up with a median overall survival of 53 days (range 4-464 days); Figure 1.
 All pts experienced at least one adverse event and 8 of 9 pts had a grade ≥ 3 toxicity, most commonly edema (n=7) and neutropenia (n=6). Five pts required dose interruptions due to neutropenia (n=3), tumor lysis syndrome (n=1), and edema (n=1). Three pts had dose reductions, all from 800 mg dosing, due to hematologic toxicity (n=2) and nausea (n=1). No pts discontinued venetoclax as a result of adverse events.
 CONCLUSION
 Treatment of pts with relapsed/refractory T-PLL remains a significant unmet need. The 9 pts described herein represent the largest cohort of pts treated with venetoclax-based therapy in this setting to the current date. Despite initial reports of clinical efficacy, our results show that venetoclax (with or without bendamustine) has modest efficacy in the treatment of relapsed/refractory T-PLL after prior alemtuzumab exposure.

 Parikh: TG Therapeutics: Research Funding; Verastem Oncology: Honoraria; GlaxoSmithKline: Honoraria; AbbVie: Honoraria, Research Funding; Genentech: Honoraria; Merck: Research Funding; MorphoSys: Research Funding; Pharmacyclics: Honoraria, Research Funding; Janssen: Honoraria, Research Funding; Ascentage Pharma: Research Funding; AstraZeneca: Honoraria, Research Funding. Shah:Dren Bio: Consultancy. Bennani:Verastem: Other: Advisory Board; Affimed: Research Funding; Purdue Pharma: Other: Advisory Board; Kite/Gilead: Research Funding. Wang:Incyte: Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; Innocare: Research Funding. Kenderian:MorphoSys: Research Funding; Lentigen: Research Funding; Gilead: Research Funding; Juno: Research Funding; BMS: Research Funding; Tolero: Research Funding; Sunesis: Research Funding; Kite: Research Funding; Novartis: Patents & Royalties, Research Funding; Torque: Consultancy; Humanigen: Consultancy, Patents & Royalties, Research Funding; Mettaforge: Patents & Royalties. Kay:MEI Pharma: Research Funding; Oncotracker: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Research Funding; Morpho-sys: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Acerta Pharma: Research Funding; Cytomx: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Juno Theraputics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Dava Oncology: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Bristol Meyer Squib: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Tolero Pharmaceuticals: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Rigel: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Agios Pharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Pharmacyclics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Sunesis: Research Funding; Astra Zeneca: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Ding:Octapharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Astra Zeneca: Research Funding; alexion: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Beigene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; MEI Pharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Merck: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; DTRM: Research Funding; Abbvie: Research Funding.

 Venetoclax: off-label use in treatment of relapsed/refractory T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia


The article presents models of thermal radiation mode of heat treaters' working places based on data science means. In determining the heat flow patterns at heat treaters' working places k-ω turbulence modeling (ShearStressTransport (SST)), implemented based on ANSYS software, and it plug-in FluidFlow (CFX) was used. The model equally outlines the required parameters both in the wall-adjacent and far-field zones. The outlined mathematical model allows calculating the values of thermal radiation and temperature at a heat treater's working place that can be applied for forward estimates of the state of the working environment in the design and reconstruction of thermal or cast houses to ensure rational planning of factory equipment.The article presents models of thermal radiation mode of heat treaters' working places based on data science means. In determining the heat flow patterns at heat treaters' working places k-ω turbulence modeling (ShearStressTransport (SST)), implemented based on ANSYS software, and it plug-in FluidFlow (CFX) was used. The model equally outlines the required parameters both in the wall-adjacent and far-field zones. The outlined mathematical model allows calculating the values of thermal radiation and temperature at a heat treater's working place that can be applied for forward estimates of the state of the working environment in the design and reconstruction of thermal or cast houses to ensure rational planning of factory equipment.


Abstract Short term effects of 2-(C-dichloro-acetylamino)-3-chloro-1,4-naphthoquinone (Hoe 13465, quinonamid*) and 2-amino-3-chloro-1,4-naphthoquinone (Hoe 17399, 06K-quinone) on cell suspensions of Chlorella vulgaris, Anabaena flos aquae, Porphyridium cruentum, and on isolated spinach chloroplasts were studied. The results clearly show that both substances inhibit the photosynthetic O2 production of algal suspensions as well as the electron transport of PS II in spinach chloroplasts. PS I is not inhibited by the action of the two algicides. At low concentrations quinonamid acts as a photosynthetic electron transport blocker, whereas Hoe 17399 is a weak inhibitor of photosynthetic electron flow. Mode of action of the two naphthoquinones is discussed. Both naphthoquinone derivatives can operate as an electron acceptor for PS I at low concentrations (10-5-10-6м). In addition there is observed a strong stimulation of dark respiration in algal cells induced by both of the compounds, Hoe 17399 causes a much higher stimulation rate than quinonamid does.


A strain of utilizing gasoline as sole carbon source was isolated from the sludge discharged from a refinery.Through morphological and physio-biochemical experiments,this strain was identified as Pseudomonas sp.The influence of temperature,pH and shaking speed on degradation of gasoline by the strain was investigated.The optimum degradation conditions of the strain are temperature of 37 ℃,pH of 7.0 and shaking speed of 180 r/min.The degradation rate of gasoline under the optimum conditions is about 80%.Cu2+ and surfactant(SDS)with certain concentration can promote gasoline degradation.The strain can be reused.


A study was made of the zooplankton of a small, warm monomictic, closed, alkaline lake. This was located on Mayor Island, an offshore island of the North Island of New Zealand. Morphometric, thermometric, and chemical aspects of this lake are discussed. The vertical distribution of the zooplankton was investigated by the vertical hauling of a closing net and by the horizontal towing of a Clarke-Bumpus sampler. The vertical distribution of zooplankton biomass and of the different planktonic crustacean species at different times of the year is discussed. When thermal stratification was well developed, all crustacean and rotatorian species had a very sharply defined lower limit between the upper limit of the metalimnion and the thermocline; minimal population densities existed some distance above this lower limit. A reversed diurnal vertical migration is reported for Daphnia carinata and the mature males of Boeckella propinqua. The following investigations and findings refer to Boeckella propinqua: the vertical distribution of four population components (C I-V, C VI♂♂, C VI(symbol found), and C VI(symbol found) with eggs) at different times of the year is discussed; departure of sex ratio from 1: 1 is reported; cyclic seasonal changes, which correlated inversely with temperature during part of the year, occurred in mean length and mean number of eggs in sacs; mean egg number also correlated with mean body length; considerable simultaneous interpopulational variation in mean egg number was found; length measurements of adults from November surface collections showed a bimodal distribution, and at the same time vertical variation occurred in the nature of size-frequency distributions-in both sexes the upper mode was progressively diminished with increasing depth and finally eliminated; in these November collections the percentage of lower modal females with eggs was much smaller than that for upper modal ones; when surface collections showed unimodal size distributions there appeared to be no vertical variation in size-frequency distributions; variation in the lobulation of the last metasomal segment of females is mentioned; the occurrence of a cestode cysticercoid stage in male and female stages C V and VI, and parasitic castration of C VI$$ is reported. General observations are made on the Rotatoria and the vertical distribution of Filinia longiseta is dealt with. Comparisons are made between the zooplankton of a number of mainland lakes and that of the Mayor Island lake.


The tensile and fatigue crack growth behavior in air in hydrogen and in oxygen of an Fe-Al-Cr-Zr alloy is described. The results are compared to data for FA-129. A detailed analysis of frequency effects on fatigue crack growth rates of FA-129, tested in the B2 condition, shows that dislocation transport of hydrogen from the surface is the rate limiting step in fatigue crack growth.


Future human planetary exploration field teams will need daily communications with their base and with mission control. A remote field wireless digital network will be a requirement for safe and productive human exploration. Proper selection of radio-frequency hardware and antennas will be vital to its success in remote, hostile environments. This paper reviews the communications techniques explored in the Mobile Exploration 2000 field season at the Haughton-Mars Project, which was located at a remote impact crater field science site in the Canadian Arctic. Results from 2.4 GHz spread-spectrum signal-strength and data throughput tests, conducted during remote field deployments, show a marked variability with given hardware and antenna choices, with directional antenna performance less than expected from theory. Changing the antenna schemes for repeater-to-base and repeater-to-rover increased the rover's effective communication range to base camp to over 3 km.


Objective To investigate the effect of follow-up management with solution-focused approach among patients with type 2 diabetes complicated by non-alcohol fatty liver disease.Methods One hundred outpatients with type 2 diabetes complicated by non-alcohol fatty liver disease were divided into the experimental group(n=50) and the control group(n=50).The patients in the experimental group received follow-up management with solution-focused approach,while the patients in the control group received conventional follow-up management.Results The diabetes self-care behavior score in both groups were significantly increased after 3 and 6-month follow-up(P0.05),and the score in the experimental group was significantly higher than that in the control group(P0.05).The level of glycosylated hemoglobin(HbA1c),triglyceride(TG),body mass index(BMI) and waist circumference(WC) were significantly decreased after 6-month follow-up(P0.05),and the diabetes knowledge were significanlty improved after 6-month follow-up(P0.05).Moreover,the results in the experimental group were significantly better than those in the control group(P0.05).Conclusion Applying solution-focused approach to follow-up management for patients with type 2 diabetes complicated by non-alcohol fatty liver disease can improve the clinical indices,enhance their treatment compliance and self-care behaviors.


Complex terrain creates many challenges for modelling aerologic phenomenon. Local variations can have drastic effects on airflows; a good representation of local orography is, therefore, crucial in models. While finer-resolution improves the orographic description in models, it creates a “grey zone” problem for boundary layer schemes. The grey zone, for PBL schemes, is where model-resolution comes close to the size of turbulent structures, leading to the structures being partly resolved and partly sub-grid scale. Research on the grey zone has focused mostly on daytime, neutral-to-unstable conditions. In thinner nocturnal stable layers, local processes become predominant, such as channelling, the simulation of which demands higher resolution in models.

In this research, we run a nested grid version of WRF with a resolution of the innermost domain at 111 m and the coarsest domain at 9 km. We focus on the 1 km wide pre-Alpine valley of Cadarache, a tributary of the Durance River. Previous simulations did not succeed in representing the valley with resolutions of 1 km. We test the indicative value of turbulent length-scales for decisions on the grey zone. Based on the KASCADE 2017 data of several sonic anemometers, placed along the valley thalweg, we determine the turbulent length scales to verify whether the turbulence remains sub-grid or not.

Our first results indicate that turbulent structures in this sub-kilometre scale valley remain well below the model resolution for night time conditions. First runs with 111 m resolution show realistic night time winds and produced the correct overall-structure in the valley. A general under prediction of 2 m-temperatures was found, especially during daytime. Further runs aim to improve forecast precision.


The multiple unicast network coding conjecture states that for multiple unicast in an undirected network, network coding is equivalent to routing. Simple and intuitive as it appears, the conjecture has remained open since its proposal in 2004 [1], [2], and is now a well-known unsolved problem in the field of network coding. In this work, we provide a proof to the conjecture in its space/geometric version. Space information flow is a new paradigm being proposed [3], [4]. It studies the transmission of information in a geometric space, where information flows are free to propagate along any trajectories, and may be encoded wherever they meet. The goal is to minimize a natural bandwidth-distance sum-product (network volume), while sustaining end-to-end unicast and multicast communication demands among terminals at known coordinates. The conjecture is true in networks only if it is true in space. Our main result is that network coding is indeed equivalent to routing in the space model. Besides its own merit, this partially verifies the original conjecture, and further leads to a geometric framework [5] for a hopeful proof to the conjecture.


Method for determining the wheel position (VL, VR, HL, HR) of the wheels (2-5) of a motor vehicle (1), wherein at least one wheel (2-5) for monitoring purposes, an electronic wheel unit (7-10) is assigned, wherein the - at least one electronic wheel unit (7-10) is transmitted a data signal (D1-D4) having first data on the properties of the associated wheel (2-5), - the field strength of the transmitted and received data signals is evaluated (D1-D4), at least on one wheel (2-5), a wheel angle (α) is determined and - on the basis of the evaluated field strength, a determination of the respective wheel position (VL, VR, HL, HR) is made, - wherein the information about the determined wheel angle (α) for determining the wheel position (VL, VR, HL, HR) is taken into account, characterized, in that the wheel angle (α) with the aid of the wheel (2-5) are arranged means (18-21) for detecting a wheel angle (α) is determined.


Recorded in Alumni Memorial Chapel. Introduced by Lucien Coleman. The third of four lectures. This recording has been trimmed to include only the introduction and lecture. Complete chapel service available in Archives.

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We present results of a predictive model of the non-uniform thermionic electron emission from spatially heterogeneous material surfaces in a parallel diode. This model includes the effects of 3-D space charge, patch fields, and Schottky barrier lowering. The model predicts the temperature-limited (TL) emission, the full-space-charge-limited (FSCL) emission, and the smooth, rounded transition between TL and FSCL emission regions, which is the so-called "roll-off" or "knee" feature of the emission current density-temperature J-T (Miram) or the emission current density-voltage J-V curves. The results demonstrate that a thermionic emission cathode with a spatial distribution of discrete-valued work functions will have a smooth transition between TL and FSCL regions for both Miram curves and J-V curves. This physics-based model of thermionic emission has demonstrated characteristics in agreement with experimental observations in emission tests, without any empirical equations or a priori assumptions of continuous work function distribution. The emission model established here has direct implications for modeling of electron emission from realistic, heterogeneous surfaces, which is a key research area for improved understanding of the interplay of emission physics, cathode materials engineering, and design of devices employing electron emission cathodes.


Method Our results are based on neurological examinations of about 1,400 full-term newborn infants, who had preor peri-natal obstetrical complications in their histories, such as toxemia, bleeding, foetal distress, forceps delivery, Cesarean section, tight cord strangulation, breech presentation, &c. In addition to this experimental group, a series of 116 neonates without any obstetrical complication have been examined to serve as a control group. The purpose of selecting such a large group of neonates with obstetrical complications was to ensure the likelihood of the emergence of abnormal neurological signs in these infants with 'high risk'. All the infants were born in the University Hospital.


Abelmoschus esculentus (Malvaceae) commonly called okra, lady's finger, bhendi or bindi is an important vegetable crop grown in West Bengal, India. The plant is susceptible to a most important and destructive Begomovirus : Bhendi yellow …


[Objective]The study aimed to discuss the start-up and operation of A2O-MBR process in winter. [Method] Self-designed A2OMBR process was used to treat simulated domestic sewage in winter,and its start-up and effects on nitrogen and phosphorus removal were analyzed. [Result]Under the conditions of water temperature 5- 13 ℃,HRT 13 h,reflux ratio 1. 5∶ 1. 0- 2. 0∶ 1. 0,and DO concentration 1. 59- 3. 71 mg / L in the aerobic zone,MLSS and MLVSS could reach 6. 34 and 5. 08 g / L respectively on the 41thday after the process operated. The average COD of the effluent was 13. 71 mg / L during the experimental period. The average concentration of ammonia nitrogen and TN in the effluent reached 2. 87 mg / L on the 9thday and 10. 99 mg / L on the 24thday separately,which could meet the first-class A standard of Discharge Standard of Pollutants from Urban Sewage Treatment Plants( GB 18918-2002). However,the the removal effect on TP was not good enough,and the minimum concentration of TP in the effluent was 0. 81 mg / L,which could meet the first-class B standard of Discharge Standard of Pollutants from Urban Sewage Treatment Plants( GB 18918-2002). The TP phosphorus needs to be removed by chemical treatment. [Conclusion]The research could provide scientific references for the start-up and operation of A2O-MBR process in winter.


Transient performance of centrifugal pumps during transient operating periods, such as startup and stopping, has drawn more and more attentions recently due to the growing engineering needs. Up to now, the working fluid during startup period is limited to water only in those precious investigations. However, this is not always the case in practice; the study on solid-liquid two-phase flow is not reported. In this paper, the unsteady flows inside pump are numerically simulated using commercial code FLUENT during startup period when a low-specific-speed centrifugal pump is used to transport the pure water and the solid-liquid two-phase flow, respectively, and then the numerical results are compared with the experimental results of the pure water. In this numerical simulation of startup process, the variations of the rotational speed and flow rate with time obtained from experiment are fitted the function of time, and then are written into program by user defined function. The research results show that when the centrifugal pump is used to deliver the solid-liquid two-phase flow, there exist an overshoot in head during startup period, which is obvious higher than that of pure water. Moreover, the former obviously lags behind the latter to reach the stable operation state during startup period.


In this work it is presented the prime, and the earlier, not tested experience of application of new sodium hypochlorite preparation received by electrolysis, for treatment of the intestinal form of dogs' plague and its efficiency in comparison with the standard methods.


For pt.I see ibid., vol.20, p.6271. The path integral treatment of the hydrogen atom in a hyperbolic space is discussed. The authors show by mapping the radial path integral into the SU(1,1) group manifold that the system has a dynamical SU(1,1) symmetry. The energy spectrum and normalised energy eigenfunctions are calculated. In the flat-space limit, the standard hydrogen spectrum and corresponding normalised wavefunctions are regained.


Quartz is a hard and brittle material that is difficult to cut with mechanical tools without generating microcracks and debris, leading to potential weakening of the material and scratches. Herein we present the findings of an investigation into high quality quartz (JKS2) cutting with high uniformity and repeatability using a Ti:Sapphire femtosecond pulse nondiffraction zero order Bessel laser beam filamentation to induce a change in material refractive index followed by mechanical cleavage. The Bessel beam was generated by passing the laser beam through an axicon lens with a physical angle of 20.0. Our experimental results show that vertical wall stealth dicing can be achieved with workpiece thicknesses of 0.5 mm and 1 mm with a zero cut kerf width and with no debris or microcracks on the cut surface. The cut surface roughness was below 340 nm Ra. The effects of pulse energy and scanning speed of Bessel beam on cleavage force and sidewall surface roughness were discussed.


Polarimetry, or transmission ellipsometry, is an important experimental technique for the determination of polarization properties of bulk materials. In this technique, source radiation of known polarization is passed through bulk samples to determine, for example, natural or induced birefringence and dichroism. The laser is a particularly appropriate source for this technique because of its monochromaticity, collimation, and radiant intensity. Lasers of many different wavelengths in different spectral regions are now available. Laser polarimetry can be done in any of these wavelength regions where polarizing elements are available. In this paper, polari-metry is reviewed with respect to applications, sources used, and polarization state generator and analyzer configurations. Scattering ellipsometry is also discussed insofar as the forward scattering measurement is related to polarimetry. We then describe an infrared laser polarimeter which we have designed and constructed. This instrument can operate over large wavelength regions with only a change in source. Polarization elements of the polarimeter are in a dual rotating retarder configuration. Computer controlled rotary stages and computer moni-tored detectors automate the data collection. The Mueller formulation is used to process the polarization infor-mation. Issues and recent progress with this instrument are discussed.


A large signal model of three-level superfluorescent sources (SFS''s) is presented. It is found that due to the ground state signal absorption present in three-level systems theoretical backward signal quantum efficiencies well in excess of the limit of 0. 5 exhibited by four-level systems can be achieved. Feedback is also studied and it is shown that when used in high feedback applications SFS ''s may require the use of an optical isolator.


A media content processor system including a control unit configured to receive radio data including metadata and media content and to identify an element of the actionable content based on parsing data fields of the metadata tagged as including elements of data other than the actionable content, and a method of identifying the same. The metadata represents actionable content for presentation to a user. The method includes receiving radio data, identifying an element of the actionable content included in the metadata of the radio data, generating an option, and providing the option to the display screen.


BOARDS OF EDUCATION [Report of an N. E, A. committee of which Charles E. Chadsey of Detroit was chairman.I Of 1.271 cities reporting. 179 have boards of 3 members. 4 of 4 members. 365 of 5 members. 236 of 6 members. 306 of 7 members, 27 of 8 mernhers. 97 of 9 members, 20 of 10 members, 8 of 11 members. 19 of 12 members, 3 of 13 members, 2 of 14 members. 2 of 15 members. 1 of 16 members. 1 of 19 members, 1 of 2! members. Onlv 181 boards have more than 7 members, and only 8-1> more than 9. The small cities having the largest boards are those working under special charter. Experience has shown that in a small cit V a large board becomes unwieldy. There is 'not enough business to hold the attention of more than 5 or 7 men. In practice the size of school boards in cities of 100,000 or more population ranges from -1 to -16 -mernbers. The median number is 9 and the mode 5. In cities between 25,000 and 100,000 population the number of board members ranges from 3 to 21. The median number is 7 and the mode 9. The usual method of choosing boards of education in cities is by election at large. In 1,09.Ji cities of 1.288 reporting, the board is elected by popular vote, and in 19-1 the board is appointed by the mayor or city council. In cities 'between 25.000 and 100,000 population '19 per cent. are elected by popular vote, 16 per cent, are appointed by the mayor, and 5 per cent. by the councilor commission. Of 1,073 cities that elect boards of education bv popular vote, 975 elect them at large and 98 by wards. In some instances a member represents a certain ward but is voted for 'by all the electors of the city. Of the cities appointing boards of educarion, 170 appoint members to represent the whole city and 11 to represent wards. The tendency is toward election at large. In fact, the ward system of election 'has almost disappeared, as this method has been found to be the least desirable. Election at large has in practically every instance brought about a more efficient management of citv schools. The ward system has almost disappeared, and within a f~w years will no doubt give way entirely to election at large. In 1902. 25 of 57 cities elected or appointed school board members by wards or distriots. In 1916 there were in these same 57 cities only 9 in which the school board was elected or appointed by ward or district. In practice 86 per cent. of the cities of 100.000 or more population electing board members elect them at large, 11 per cent. by wards, and rper cent. by a combination of the two methods. Of the cities of between 25,000 and -100,000 populaMarch.22, 1917


This paper presents some simple criteria for choosing the prediction horizon in extended horizon predictive control (EHPC) so that the closed-loop system is stable. In these criteria, the horizon is selected according to some characteristics of the impulse response of the plant. >


This paper addresses the question of optimal sensor placement for magnetocardiographic field imaging. New magnetic sensor technologies allow less restrictive sensor positioning in this application. We develop a constraint framework for sensor positioning and use tabu search (TS) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) for finding an optimal set of sensors, whereby a new PSO algorithm is designed to fit the needs of our constraint framework. Numerical simulations are carried out with a three compartment boundary element torso model and a multi-dipole heart model. We find an optimal value of about 20 to 30 vectorial sensors and both TS and PSO yield similar sensor distributions. The comparison to sensors on regular grids shows that optimization of vectorial magnetic sensor setups may significantly improve reconstruction quality and that the number of sensors can be reduced.


Vietnam is considered as a good candidate for supplying the deficit of the world market in cocoa beans. Fertile soils in the South East and Central Highlands regions and western part of the southern region are particularly suitable for cocoa growing and enable yield between 1.5 and 2.0 tons. Yet, cocoa production is reduced by emerging pests like plant bugs, also called mirids, of the genus Helopeltis. For the moment, these pests are not well known on cocoa in Vietnam and pest management recommendations do not exist. We were contacted by Mars Inc. to conduct a support mission, with the global objectives to evaluate the situation in terms of species involved, damage, farmer practices, and to consider the possibility of conducting projects on cocoa mirids in Vietnam. The mission consisted of (i) inspecting cocoa plantations in three regions of Vietnam: the Dong Nai province, near Ho Chi Minh City, the Dak Lak province, in the highlands, and the Ben Tre province, in the Mekong Delta; (ii) running a workshop in order to train Vietnamese students, agronomists and entomologists in experimentation with cocoa mirids and to develop project proposals on IPM for cocoa mirids in Vietnam. Our investigation showed that Helopeltis spp. was present in all inspected farms, yet damaging cocoa with very variable levels. Damage was much more severe in the Dak Lak province, despite the fact that farms were usually regularly sprayed with insecticides. In the more diversified cocoa farms of the Mekong Delta, lower mirid damage was noticed, in spite of the absence of chemical control. Natural enemies, especially ants, were usually numerous in farms of this region. Farmer's spraying practices were very heterogeneous, regarding chemicals and spraying calendars and evidence has been given that recommendations for chemical control of cocoa mirids do not exist in Vietnam. Twenty participants belonging to seven organizations took part of the workshop on cocoa mirids in Vietnam, in Nong Lam University. PowerPoint presentations dealing with activities conducted on cocoa mirids in Cameroon were read. Demonstration was given for the rearing of cocoa mirids and for the assessment of cocoa resistance to mirids. Training was given on identification of the different development stages of Helopeltis sp. collected on cocoa. Finally, a brainstorming session gave the basis for a project proposal, involved organizations, expected funding and main components of which are briefly presented in this report. (Resume d'auteur)


When we are out of the home, we see a huge number of vehicles in the street. It is observed that numbers of vehicles are increasing very rapidly. However, number of vehicles for repairing also increasing in the workshop. Now, there is a tough competition held between the workshops. When there is a huge waiting line in one workshop then a customer withdraw and go to the competitor's door; the service time may need to be improved. In this paper, we show that a queuing theory satisfies the model when tested with a real case scenario. A workshop in Arthoni provide us a data and also we derive the arrival rate, service rate, utilization rate, waiting time in queue and the probability of potential customers to balk based on the data using Little's theorem and M/M/1/GD/∞/∞ queuing model. The mean arrival rate at Kavisha during its busiest period of the day is 2.22 customers per minute (cpm) while the service rate is 2.24 cpm. The average number of customers in the workshop is 133 and the utilization period is 0.991. Our result involved the benefits of performing queuing analysis to a busy workshop.


Collocation and Galerkin finite element algorithms are developed to solve the steady state population balance equation. Unlike previously proposed schemes, the algorithms are derived over an unscaled domain which permits accurate prediction of both the moments and the density distribution over domains large enough to reduce finite domain errors to negligibly small values. The utilization of supercritical fluids (SCFs) for the processing of several products has attracted considerable interest in recent years as an emerging "green" technology. Particle formation using SCFs can be carried out according to several different techniques, including antisolvent techniques such as the supercritical antisolvent (SAS) process. However, depending on the considered particle formation mechanism, population balance model of SAS process may include phenomena such as primary nucleation, secondary nucleation, crystal growth, as well as agglomeration and/or breakage (attrition) of crystals. The resulting equation is often of the integro-partial differential form. A powerful numerical algorithm for the treatment of the implemented population balance model structures was applied in this work. Algorithm simulations were performed for changes in the main SAS process operating parameters, i.e., the antisolvent addition rate and saturation level.


In order to explore change regularity of flue-cured tobacco leaf thickness in Henan province,95flue-cured tobacco samples of different parts were selected from different counties of Henan province in 2012.Leaf thickness of these samples were measured by single layer method, and analyzed.The results showed that the upper-part leaf of tobacco was thicker than the middle of all part,and the middle part was thicker than the lower part,which appeared in more than 90 percent areas.Tobacco leaf was thick as a whole,especially in Yuzhou.Variance analysis results showed that the thickness difference of the same part leaf was very significant from different areas.The leaf thickness of flue-cured tobacco in Henan province was studied by K-means cluster, and leaf thickness was divided into 5grades,respectively described as thin,slightly thin,mild, slightly thick,thick,which was consistent with the grade division of tobacco thickness in the course of identifying.The first category was marked as slightly thin,with lower-part tobacco predominate,accounting for 51.85%,middle-part and upper-part tobacco accounting for 29.63%and 18.52%respectively.The second category was described as thin,82.35% of the total was lowerpart tobacco,and the rest was middle-part tobacco.The third category was marked as slightly thick,65.22% of the total was upper-part tobacco,middle-part tobacco was 30.43%,and lowerpart tobacco was all from Yuzhou.The fourth category was described as moderate thickness, 38.46% of the total was upper-part tobacco,middle-part tobacco was 53.85%,and lower-part tobacco was a little,mainly from Xiangxian and Yancheng.The fifth category was marked as thick, all of which was upper-part tobacco,mainly from Yuzhou and Xuchang county.


Six groups consisting of 3 male sdult rabbits were irradiated with a single whole-body exposure of 1600 r, 800 r, 80 r, 40 r, 30 r, and 20 r. The blood platelet count appeared significantly diminished in those exposed to more than 80 r. Those receiving over 40 r showed morphological changes such as vacuolization in the peripheral platelets as well as in platelets in the bone marrow. After exposure of 1600 r and 800 r there was a decrease in mature and senile megakaryocytes, and a temporary increase in naked-nucleus platelets in the marrow. In x-ray workers, x-ray technicians, and schoolboys the platelet counts were within normal limits. No basophilic or agranular platelets were seen in normal adults, x-ray workers, and schoolboys. However, in x-ray technicians, some increase in normocytic and vacuolized platelets (parallel with the duration of working with x-rays) and an increase in macrocytic platelets were seen. (Abstr. Japan Med., 1: No. 10, 1961)


The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of integrating universal design concepts into a web-based faculty development training module at a mediumsized community college in the southern United States. Universal design was initially developed in the 1960's and is training that is designed for the widest possible number of learners, regardless of age or ability. The use of a module using universal design concepts in a development program for preparing faculty to teach online is partially based on the diffusion of innovation concept (Rogers & Scott, 1997). The subjects for this project will be full-time faculty that are new to the webbased classroom and enrolled in a web-based module that introduces techniques for teaching effectively online. Two groups of faculty will be used, with one group taking the module incorporating universal design principles, and the other group taking the module without incorporating these principles. The instrument used is a questionnaire entitled Faculty Attitudes Toward Web-based Distance Education and is based partially on Guskey's (2000) five critical levels of faculty development. Problem Statement The average worker in the United States can expect to change careers three to five times before retirement. Because of this it is no surprise that higher education, particularly schools offering two-year AA degrees and certificates are growing at a rate equal to their four-year and graduate counterparts. However, adult learners have difficulty in attending campus-based programs due to work, family and other commitments. Unlike the typical 18-22 year old student entering college straight out of high school, the adult learner has other obligations that make a campus-based education impossible. This is one of the reasons that the demand for distance learning programs has increased at such a significant rate over the past several years and the primary reason that institutions of higher learning are increasing the number of courses and programs being offered at a distance. A report from the Sloan Consortium detailing trends in online education in the United States found that 63 percent of undergraduate institutions offering traditional seatbased courses are also offering Web-based courses (Allen & Seaman, 2004). The report also found that 56 percent of schools mentioned online delivery as being of critical importance in long-term strategic planning. The largest increase came from two-year community colleges, with 72 percent agreeing that the online classroom has become part of the institution's long-term strategic planning, up from 58 percent in 2003. This emphasis on the online classroom has had double-digit percentage increases over the past several years. Demand for distance learning courses has also mirrored the demographic changes that have appeared over the last several years. With this ever-growing demand for Web-based courses and programs comes a subsequent demand for qualified faculty to teach effectively in an online environment. Mwaura (2003) found several primary factors influencing faculty decisions on the adoption or rejection of Web-based instruction (WBI). These factors included faculty development on the development and implementation of WBI, the complexity of the WBI implementation, the compatibility of WBI with the teaching values of the faculty, the amount of time and effort required to develop and implement WBI, the relative advantages of using WBI, and the lack of any sort of incentives when adopting WBI. The findings called for institutions to encourage collaboration among faculty when developing WBI, providing support focusing on the instructional needs of the faculty, knowing the technological skills of the faculty for proper pacing of training, providing for incentives such as course release time or monetary incentives, and encouraging faculty to embrace WBI into their philosophy and pedagogy of teaching. Mitra, Steffensmeier, & Lenzmeier (1999) concluded that a stronger emphasis on faculty development in technology will improve the adoption of such technologies. Such training must go beyond simply providing handbooks and instruction manuals and actually provide specific trainings for the technologies being adopted. Medlin (2001) found that faculty are significantly influenced by a number of social contacts such as friends, mentors, peers, and students. Contacts such as these may be the influence needed to adopt such technologies for the classroom. It is critical that the influences that come into play for both faculty and administrators in the adoption of Web-based learning technologies be examined before a comprehensive faculty development initiative for Web-based instruction be implemented (Christi-Baker, 2004.) Faculty currently using the Web-based classroom, faculty that are considering using the Web-based classroom, and academic administrators that influence these two entities must work in tandem for the successful implementation of a faculty development program for Web-based classes to work efficiently and effectively.


The physical basis of frequency selection is considered for electromagnetic waves, reflected by a rough metal surface. The paper investigates the interdependence of metallic surface parameters and the frequency selection properties for reflected electromagnetic radiation with regard to dissipating IR radiation on millimeter-wave antenna mirrors. The coincidence of experimental and calculated data on the spectral properties of a millimeter-wave antenna mirror in the IR frequency band is obtained.


Background: It is uncertain whether neurogenesis occurs in humans after stroke. We studied the morphologic changes that occurred in the subventricular zone (SVZ) in patients who died following an acute ischemic stroke. Methods: We examined coronal brain slices from patients who died after a first-ever cerebral nonlacunar infarction in the middle cerebral artery territory. We evaluated the morphologic changes in the ipsilateral and contralateral SVZ by light and electron microscopy. Using immunochemistry with Ki-67 and PCNA, we detected cell proliferation. We used Tuj-1 for immature neurons and PSA-NCAM for migrating cells. Results: The study included 7 patients with a mean age of 82 ± 5 (mean ± SD) years; 4 were men. They died a mean of 10 ± 5 days after the ischemic stroke. Brain samples were obtained a mean of 4 ± 2 hours after death. In comparison with the contralateral SVZ, the following changes were observed in the ipsilateral SVZ: an increase in the width of the gap and ribbon layers, as well as in the cell density of the ribbon layer, an enlargement of the cytoplasmic volume of astrocytes, and an increase of Ki-67-positive cells. In the ipsilateral SVZ, mitoses and cells that stained for either Tuj-1 or PSA-NCAM markers were observed more frequently than in the contralateral SVZ. Conclusion: We found unequivocal evidence of active cell proliferation in the ipsilateral subventricular zone following an acute ischemic stroke in our patients.


The goals of this research effort have been to use MF radar and UARS/HRDI wind measurements for correlative studies of large-scale atmospheric dynamics, focusing specifically on the tidal and various planetary wave structures occurring in the middle atmosphere. We believed that the two data sets together would provide the potential for much more comprehensive studies than either by itself, since they jointly would allow the removal of ambiguities in wave structure that are difficult to resolve with either data set alone. The joint data were to be used for studies of wave structure, variability, and the coupling of these motions to mean and higher-frequency motions.


STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT academic self-concept and academic achievement are closely related and that academic self-concept is multidimensional. Most studies on academic self-concept have been conducted with school age children and little is known about developing academic self-concept in younger children. In this study, we investigated the evolving academic self-concept of a sample of 97 four-year-old children attending four different early childhood settings across Melbourne, Australia, during the year prior to school commencement. Analysis indicated that at this age, academic self-concept remains a global construct rather than distinguishable into literacy and numeracy self-concepts, and has little connection with children's actual performance on a range of assessment measures. In addition, children overestimated their academic self-concept to a lesser degree at the end of the year than at the start of the year. Implications for early childhood education pedagogy are discussed.


During the last two decades, resistance to selected antimicrobial agents commonly used to treat infections caused by Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria gonorrhoeae has become increasingly prevalent. In addition, during the last 10 years, information has accumulated which supports the role of Branhamella catarrhalis as the etiologic agent of a variety of human infections. It is now clear that most clinical isolates of B. catarrhalis produce 3-lactamase and are, therefore, possibly not susceptible to beta-lactam antimicrobial agents such as penicillin, ampicillin, and amoxicillin, agents often considered the drugs of choice for treating infections such as those with which B. catarrhalis is often associated. The recognition of antimicrobial resistance among these three organisms has led to a need for in vitro susceptibility test procedures and interpretive criteria for the results which reliably predict therapeutic outcome. Because of the fastidious nature of these three organisms, susceptibility testing procedures which effectively assess the in vitro activity of antimicrobial agents for rapidly growing bacteria are of questionable value. The intent of this review is to provide specific recommendations for in vitro susceptibility testing of H. influenzae, B. catarrhalis, and N. gonorrhoeae.


In the study of the retinal diseases are nowadays available several kind of diagnostic tests. However, their diagnostic findings are typically images of anatomical portions of the eye obtained by a different optical method and, consequently, by presenting, each of them, a different resolution, rotation and angle of view. Moreover, each of these diagnostic images is useful to highlight only few aspects of the characteristic lesions of the occurring pathology. For this reason, the ophthalmologist needs to analyze and compare different images obtained from different diagnostic instrumentations. On this topic, the registration of such retinal images presents a significant importance in the diagnosis as well as in the evaluation of the retinal disease progression. In this paper, we depict a new software tool (MicroRetina) properly tailored for the comparative analysis of images of the fundus oculi, acquired during diagnostic tests by different ophthalmic instruments. In particular, it will be able to give a helpful support to perform comparative analysis of different diagnostic images of the fundus oculi allowing the ophthalmologist to perform in real-time the comparative analysis of the different clinical findings allowing him to have further diagnostic information not otherwise available by the analysis of single image only.


The dynamic response of axisymmetric poroelastic bone subjected to transient pressure along the curved surface of the cylinder is studied. In the analysis, exact solutions that satisfy the boundary conditions are obtained by applying Laplace transformations to the equations of motion and fluid flow. The Laplace inversion is obtained from the residue theorem. The stress component σrr* (dimensionless) is plotted with T (dimensionless time) for various η* (dimensionless decaying parameter). It is seen that the stresses behave alike for different η*. In the region 1<T<1.5, for η*=2 a slight oscillation is present. The stress component σ* (dimensionless) is plotted for the same parameters. Similar behavior is exhibited with the crossing of curves for η*=2 and 3. The comparison between the elastic and poroelastic behavior of stress σrr* for η=1 is carried out. It is seen that there is rapid oscillation for the elastic case, while it is absent in the poroelastic case. For larger time there is no significant effe...


Biodegradable support, which carries a mixture of non-pathogenic bacteria present in the waste water and the presence of toilet sewage collection and treatment tank decompose organic pollutants collaboration. The bacterial mixture comprising Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus polymyxa and circulans, Bacillus species strains of bacteria.


Optical micro/nanofibers (MNFs) with a diameter below or close to the wavelength of the light, have attracted significant interest for applications ranging from optical sensing, nonlinear optics, to optomechanics and atom optics. While continuous-wave (CW) optical waveguiding is frequently adopted, so far most of the MNFs are operated in a low-power region (e.g., < 0.1 W). Here we demonstrate high-power CW optical waveguiding around 1550-nm wavelength in a silica MNF with power up to 13 W, which is more than 30 times higher than demonstrated previously. Our results may pave a way towards high-power MNF optics, for both scientific research and technological applications.


A review, with 26 references, is given. This paper summarizes recent work on the physical properties of quasicrystals-dislocations, grain boundary structure, and structural phase transitions-in the context of random tiling or entropic models of quasicrystals. Several testable predictions are made on the basis of these models. These should provide decisive tests to settle the question whether the quasicrystal state is the decoration of a single perfect tiling or a statistical superposition stabilized by the large configurational entropy associated with phasons.


The concurrent occurrence of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and myasthenia gravis (MG) has rarely been reported with thymoma. We describe what we believe is the first reported case of a newly diagnosed unresectable thymoma with acute-onset transaminitis and myasthenic crisis that responded to chemotherapy following plasmapheresis.