In the Philippines, contact-tracing is done in the conventional method where people fill-up health-declaration forms. Proper physical distancing is not followed, especially in public places. This study is focused on concerns involving the conventional contact tracing and physical distancing in Pamantasan ng Cabuyao. Developed using modified incremental-prototyping methodology. The objective is to develop module device with ranging position, triggered when one-meter distance is compromised and physical distancing notification. Included a web-based application interface for contact-tracing where the administrator can update the status and registration of the users. Utilized block-chain technology as storage for the users' information. The device is developmentally-designed, implemented and evaluated. Based on the series of testing, the device provides notification through blinking light, and set-off to exchange identifications. Users' information is secured through the Block-chain. When a user is reported to be COVID-19 positive, all the users who have been in contact, will be alerted via text message.


that others may be stimulated to read the publication. The author states in his preface: "The inten t here is to reveal something of how competition operates and the difficulties which its regulation is up against." He does a good job in his attempt. He foresees an "era of competitive nationalism," which will have a decided effect on our national economy. He believes that pure competition is a thing of the mind, perfect competition is a creature of the intellectual method, and competitionin-general is a luxury of the schools which the nation can hardly afford. Professor Hamilton points out the vast changes that have taken place in our national economy, the development from a simple economy to one of big business enterprises. He believes that the usual concepts of supply, demand, and price have very limited application under present conditions, or, at least, there are many exceptions to the usual generalizations. There are areas of competition where we might not expect it and areas of monopoly where there should be competition. "Competition goes, yet it endures, for the only norm of its reality is a spectrum." We tried, the author points out, to force competition by enacting laws, e.g., the Sherman Act. This led to ineffective litigation. "The use of litigation to give effect to economic policy is not the happiest of human inventions." He believes, apparently, in the use of the administrative process as a means for holding business enterprise to its lawful orbit. "Authority is an essential of the cornpetitive pattern." The administrative process demands agencies skilled in industrial analysis and the technology of regulation. This necessitates a large appropriation and a large staff of qualified personnel if we are to have effective federal regulation of American industry. Difficult problems are presented, but he states, "From an adventure in the formal control of business there is no longer an escape." Because industries are moving at various tempos in different directions no single method of attack can be employed by public policy. "The need," therefore, in the words of the author, "is a procedure rather than a recipe." THE 'jOURNdL OF MdRKETING


In this paper,fuzzy mathematical method was adopted to do the sensory evaluation of three orange juice beverages. The results showed that rank of the 206 was between very good and good,rank of the 561 and 392 was very good,392 was better than 561,the analysis of sensory evaluation of three orange juice beverages was ranked as follow: 392﹥561﹥206.


This panel of experts was broadly based with representation from airlines, government, aerospace manufacturers, the financial community, academia and consultants. The panel first looked at the characteristics of the existing market for air travel. Next it examined the growth factors that may influence the future passenger air travel market. This was followed by an examination of airline marketing strategies and tactics, and then by an examination on the constraints imposed by the infrastructure. The panel concluded with some specific forecasts and suggested some research needs related to market forces.


HE first recorded example of a tumor of T the nasal fossa containing olfactory neuroepithelial elements was by Berger et al. in 1 9212 and designated "esthCsioneurokpithdliome olfactif." Since then approximately thirteen additional cases have appeared in the European literature. Between 1951 and 1955, fourteen cases were recorded in American journals. The tumor is mentioned briefly in the Atlas of Tumor Pathology10 published by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and in the treatise The Shin by Arthur C. Allen.1 It is the purpose of this paper to tabulate availabIe information with reference to the clinical characteristics, morphology, and biological behavior of this neoplasm. Six additional cases, including one with autopsy, are added to the literature. The author has drawn data from a table that appeared in Seaman's9 article (nine European cases) and has tabulated the fourteen cases reported in the American literature, to which he has added the six new cases. Thus, the total material evaluated is based on incomplete data from nine cases and more complete data from twenty cases (Table 1). Frequency, Age, Sex. The tumor is uncommon, yet aside from individual case reports, some laboratories have been able to produce groups of three, four, five, and six cases respectively. The youngest patient was 8 years old, the oldest 79 years. Cases occurred in all eight decades (Table :!). Sex was stated in twenty-eight rases; there were fourteen female and fourteen male patients. Race was listed in thirteen instances; twelve patients were white, one was a Negro. CIinicaE Features. The most common complaint was unilateral nasal obstruction and this occurred in nineteen instances. Recurrent epistaxis occurred in twelve, anosmia in two.


Chemical composition and mechanical properties of nickel maraging steel plate, forged, and weld wire materials for 260 inch diameter motor chamber and nozzle shell


A novel PID controller based on particle swarm optimization (PSO) has been applied to permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM). The PSO controller has replaced the conventional PID controller in the speed-regulation loop of vector control. It is intelligent and convenient to find the PID parameter. Experimental results have also demonstrated that PMSM which uses the PSO controller has better robustness and smaller torque ripple than the one uses the conventional PID controller.


The analysis of construction initial energy use is necessary in the life-cycle use of residential building.Taking three residential buildings in Zhengzhou area as examples,the construction initial energy uses are analyzed.The results show that the proportion of the total embodied energy of construction materials is the largest one in the construction initial energy use,the proportion of the total transport use of materials is the second,and the proportion of the total energy use in the construction courses is minimum.It is the key for the reduction of construction initial energy use to reduce the embodied energy intensity and quantity in per usable floor area of the main materials.


The Wilcott Footbridge that crosses the new A5 Nesscliffe bypass, UK, is described. The Advanced Composite Construction System (ACCS) selected for the bridge was originally developed by FaberMaunsell to enclose the deteriorating steel structure of the Tees Viaduct. The technique has gone on to become a bridge building technique. The first advanced composite footbridge was built at Aberfeldy golf course. The system uses sections of lightweight bridge deck prefabricated from cellular glass bonded with polyester using a pultrusion manufacturing technique. Wilcott Footbridge is an elegant single 52m span suspension bridge with a 400mm deep deck and gently curving shape. The bridge is supported on a simple concrete raft. The three girder sections of bridge deck were assembled in a factory environment. The bridge was assembled in just 2 days. The sections are given extra strength by an epoxy adhesive. The flexibility of the fibre reinforced plastic means it can absorb any settlement in the foundations more easily than steel.


The invention relates to a drink feeder with a modified water holding groove, specifically relating to a structure of a water holding groove filter and a drink feeder with a water holding groove. The drink feeder comprises a drink feeder body which recesses from the front to the back to form a space for holding the drink, and a water holding groove arranged at the front of the body, wherein the water holding groove is formed by a water holding box and a filter; the filter is formed by an edge part which is connected to the inner wall of the upper end of the water holdign box, and a internally square-shaped horizontal and longitudinal guards; the surface of the horizontal guard toward the front of the body inclines toward the holding space to form an inclined plane; in the drink feeder body, the front extending outward at the back of the space for holding drink inclines toward the front of the space for holding drink so as to form an inclined plane, thus being connected with the front of the body so as to shield the side wall of the water holding groove which is connected with the body; and according to the invention, even the water drops dropped from above of the holding space are splashed on the horizontal guard, the water drops are not flipped to a user.


To study intensive care unit (ICU) patients' and relatives' satisfaction in regard to communication with medical staff (nurses and physicians), perceived support, environmental strain and their psychological distress. Patients and relatives were more satisfied with the communication than expected by the staff. The staff overestimated the patients and relatives' psychological distress. Relatives report more psychological distress symptoms post-ICU discharge compared to the patients. Medical staff is aware of psychological distress in ICU patients and relatives and effort to reduce this during ICU stay and afterwards should be implemented.


Tests on a specific designed linear nozzle guide vane cascade with trailing edge coolant ejection were carried out to investigate the influence of trailing edge bleeding on both aerodynamic and thermal performance. The cascade is composed of six vanes with a profile typical of a high pressure turbine stage. The trailing edge cooling features a pressure side cutback with film cooling slots, stiffened by evenly spaced ribs in an inline configuration. Cooling air is ejected not only through the slots but also through two rows of cooling holes placed on the pressure side, upstream of the cutback. The cascade was tested for different isentropic exit Mach numbers, ranging from M2is = 0.2 to M2is = 0.6, while varying the coolant to mainstream mass flow ratio MFR up to 2.8%. The momentum boundary layer behavior at a location close to the trailing edge, on the pressure side, was assessed by means of Laser Doppler measurements. Cases with and without coolant ejection allowed to identify the contribution of the coolant to the off the wall velocity profile. Thermochromic Liquid Crystals (TLC) were used to map adiabatic film cooling effectiveness on the pressure side cooled region. As expected, the cutback effect on cooling effectiveness, compared to the other cooling rows, was dominant.Copyright © 2011 by ASME


Aim of this study was to select superior rams by assessing their scrotal size and quality of semen. In ten indigenous Bangladeshi rams, the body weight, scrotal circumference, and scrotal volume of rams increased with age (P<0.05). Body weight at 381-410 days (13.6 ± 1.5 kg) was higher than at 169-200 days (10.2 ± 0.1 kg) and 201-230 days (10.4 ± 1.2 kg) (p<0.05). Scrotal circumference at 381 - 410 days (19.1 ± 0.3 cm) was higher (p<0.05) than at 169 - 200 days (17.2 ± 0.1 cm), 201 - 230 days (17.2 ± 0.6 cm), and 231 - 260 days (17.2 ± 0.5 cm). At 381 - 410 days, scrotal volume (87.4 ± 5.5 cm3) was higher than in the five youngest groups (p<0.05). Both scrotal circumference and volume were positively correlated (R2=0.519) with the increased body weight. Semen volume increased with age, which varied from 0.4 ± 0.0 - 1.2 ± 0.3 ml. The semen volume at 381 - 410 days (1.2 ± 0.3 ml) was higher than other age groups (P<0.05) except for 351 - 380 days. The mass activity of sperms of different age groups varied from 2.8 ± 0.4 to 4.3 ± 0.3. Sperm concentration, progressive motility (%), and normal spermatozoa (%) improved progressively with age, but significant changes in these parameters were seen when the animals reached 291 days or more (P<0.05). However, normal spermatozoa (%) improved from the age of 261 days. The mass activity was positively correlated with sperm concentration (R2 = 0.568) and with progressive motility (%) (R2 = 0.616). Measurements of scrotum could provide a reliable guide in estimating sperm production capacity, which are important for breeding soundness evaluation, and genetic improvement of indigenous rams.
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A multi-band square patch antenna based on shorted pins and asymmetric-circular shaped slots is proposed for L-band and S-band communication applications. The desired bandwidth can be obtained by adjusting the positions of these shorted pins and asymmetric-circular shaped slots. Also, the positions of the asymmetric-circular shaped slots can be used for choosing the desired resonance frequencies. The simulation results indicate that the designed antenna can be used for dual- and quad-band communication applications. Additionally, the proposed antenna has a good impedance matching characteristic in the operating bands and possesses directional radiation patterns.


: Liquid Chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) based metabolomics suffers from extended duty cycles and matrix-dependent quantitation. Chemical tags with 96 unique masses are reported which alleviate the metabolomic workflow bottleneck and allow for absolute quantitation. A metabolic screen for carboxylic acids was performed on mammalian cells deprived of various nutrients and showed 24% RSD and analysis of 288 samples in 2 hours.


Objective To establish a geographic information system for Brucella abortus species and study the spatial distribution of Brucella abortus species and strains in Qinghai Province.Methods We got the strains'information from Brucellosis Prevention and Control Department,Qinghai Institute for Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control.Through the geographical information technology software,we established the geographic information system database for Brucella abortus species in Qinghai Province and system fast query function.Time and space distribution of Brucella abortus species and strains was retrieved by the system fast query function and the layer set.Results Through the system fast query function,we got 113 strains' time distribution information.Through the layer set of time and space distribution for spatial distribution,we got 113 strains' and 3 species' spatial distribution information.One hundred and thirteen strains distributed in 21 counties(towns,cities) of Qinghai Province,most in Dulan County (21 strains),Qilian County (16 strains),Dachaidan Town (15 strains),Xinghai County(13 strains) and Gonghe County(10 strains).One hundred and three Brucella melitensis strains distributed in 17 counties(towns,cities) of Qinghai Province,most in Dulan County(20 strains),Qilian County(16 strains),Dachaidan Town (15 strains),Xinghai County (13 strains) and Gonghe County (10 strains); 8 Brucella abortus strains distributed in 6 counties(cities) ; 2 Brucella suis strains distributed in 2 counties.Conclusions We have successfully established a geographic information system for Brucella abortus species and strains in Qinghai Province.Through the layer set for spatial distribution,we could intuitively observe the spatial distribution of Brucella abortus species and strains in Qinghai Province.

Key words:
Brucella;  Geographic information system;  Spatial distribution


STUDIES on the ecology and prevention of neonatal staphylococcal infection in a maternity hospital in San Salvador, El Salvador, have been reported previously.' A three-month follow-up study of a hospital-derived population was carried into the community to define the epidemiology of staphylococcal infection and disease, and reported.2 The present investigation determined staphylococcal carriage among infants and their mothers one year after the conclusion of these studies, and correlated new findings with those previously reported.


The physiological characteristics and function of respiratory tract and the absorption of drug were introduced. The recent development of pulmonary delivery system was reviewed, including metered dose inhaler, nebuliser, dry powder inhaler and microspheres as well as liposomes for pulmonary drug delivery.


Vidal-Eychenie et al. describe how two protein kinases team up to respond to DNA damage at stalled replication forks.

DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) promotes the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ). The ATR kinase, on the other


The synthesis of polymer materials from renewable biomass resources has attracted lots of attention. In this study, lignin based polyurethane heat insulating building materials were prepared from isocyanate and lignin polyol. Lignin was modified by polyethylene glycol and glycerol with 0.6% acid at 120°C to obtain lignin polyol containing reactive hydroxyl groups, and then polyurethane foams were prepared by the reaction between the above lignin polyol and isocyanate. Hydroxyl value of lignin polyol, gel time, apparent activation energy for polymerization, impact strength and thermal conductivity of lignin based polyurethane were investigated. The results showed that: (1) hydroxyl value achieved 397.0 mgKOH/g at temperature 120°C; (2) the apparent activation energy for lignin based polyurethane polymerization was 34.12 kJ/mol; (3) compressive strength reached 291 kPa with lignin polyol content 30%; (4) thermal conductivity was 0.02517 W/mK when lignin polyol dosage was 30%. It was detected that lignin could be used to prepare polyurethane heat insulating building materials in replacement of petroleum polyols.


A% fls^W9p\ LBL-9392 SAC-26 UC-70 if MASTER SWEDISH-AMERICAN COOPERATIVE PROGRAM ON RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE IN MINED CAVERNS IN CRYSTALLINE ROCK Technical Information Report No. 26 L SOME RESULTS FROM A HELD INVESTIGATION OF THERMO-MECKANICAL LOADING OF A ROCK MASS WHEN HEATERS ARE EMFLACED IN THE ROCK Michael Hood University of California, Berkeley c -f° II. THE APPLICATION OF FIELD DATA FROM HEATER EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED AT STRIPA, SWEDEN TO PARAMETERS FOR REPOSITORY DESIGN Michael Hood University of California, Berkeley and Hans Carlsson and Philip H. Nelson Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory University of California July 1979 A Joint Project of Swedish Nuclear Fuel Supply Co. Fack 10240 Stockholm, Sweden Operated for'the Swedish Nuclear Power Utility Industry Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Earth Sciences Division University of California Berkeley, California 94720, USA Operated for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract W-7405-ENG-48 I riiSTFiciiTie;; ;f ~::~ wavix is UKLISHTE


Introduction Suicide is the third leading cause of death in adolescents in the world. Although the firearm injuries are a common method of suicide in the United States, it is not common in Sri Lanka. We want to report the first case of teenage suicide with a firearm injury in Sri Lanka and describe the unusual mechanism the victim used to fire the gun. Case report A 16 years old teenager who had 2 previous suicidal attempts was found dead with a close-range shotgun injury on the front chest. The shotgun which belonged to his father was fixed on to a 5 feet tall coconut tree in a wedge between the stem and the leave facing the free end of the barrel towards the victim. A suicidal letter was at the scene. There was a single firearm entry wound on the front mid chest wall with a rim of burning and blackening. The measurements of the arm length and the barrel revealed that the child could stand in front of the gun and stretch the arm and pushed the trigger. Conclusions The manner of death was determined as suicidal. This case report highlights the new method of suicide of adolescents in Sri Lanka. Also, this case report confirms the importance of protecting the scene which was helpful to determine the manner of death. Seeking professional health care services including counselling of these adolescents with high risk could prevent this kind of tragic events.


The present work becomes separated in two parts: the study of the binary mix grinding of minerals with different grindabilities and simulation of the binary mix grinding through a neural network (multiple-layer perceptron retropropagation-like algorithm with momentum). In the first stage took place the study of the behavior of the principal factors related to the batch mix binary grinding of the minerals dolomite and quartz, seeking to establish the ideal conditions for obtaining a larger granule contrast between such mineral species. Through several physics trials in different volumes proportions of those minerals and different grinding cycles, the granule evolution of the products was checked. The results of the size analyses of the products proved that the same ones stuck to the sigmoid of Hill distribution probabilities function satisfactorily, which was adopted to give analyzes support to compare the results, jointly with the global granule contrast indicator (IGCG), defined in this work. In the second stage, the results obtained in the first one were used to train a neural network system, which was capable to foresee good results starting from entrance patterns witch were not part of the training group.


Flash memory today is more popular because of its advantages, such as low power consumption, high mobility and fast data access. In NAND flash memory, a solution called Flash Translation Layer (FTL) was proposed to solve its disadvantages like erase-before-write and unsymmetrical read or write response time. During the process of using the data, the data might be lost on the power failure in the systems. In some systems, the data is very important. Hence, recovery of data in the event of the system crash or a sudden power outage is of prime importance. One of the methods to fix is the error code correction (ECC), supplied with the flash device by the manufacturer. In the process of power off failure recovery, there have been previous schemes such as In-Page Backup, In-Block Backup, Hybrid Backup, A-PLR (Accumulation based Power Loss Recovery), HYFLUR (Hybrid FLUsh Recovery), and C-HYFLUR (Compression scheme for HYFLUR). In this paper, we introduce a technique based on the page leveling mapping using the spare area in FTL divided into ECC, map information, and reserved. To estimate the performance of this technique, we compare the recovery time and mapping information management cost of our approach with those of previous schemes such as In-Block Backup and In-Page Backup.


An equation of transfer for elastic scattering and the corresponding Fokker‐Planck equation are solved for strongly forward‐peaked scattering. The cross sections employed are appropriate to kilovolt electrons scattering off light nuclei. Results are shown for which the backscattered flux calculated with the transfer equation is sensitive to the cross section at large angles, indicating that single large‐angle scattering can be important even though the cross section for it may contribute but a small fraction of the total cross section. Solutions of the Fokker‐Planck equation agree well with those of the counterpart integral equation, provided sufficient scatterers are present to make multiple small‐angle scattering dominant. For thin systems, the Fokker‐Planck results for backscatter fall below the integral‐equation results. The integral equation of transfer has been solved both numerically and in terms of its eigenfunctions and eigenvalues. Solutions by the two distinct methods agree to at least three si...


Efficiencies and selectivities of competitive alkali metal transport into toluene by 2-((sym-dibenzo-16-crown-5)oxyl)-decanoic acid and (sym-bis(4(5)-tert-butylbenzo)-16-crown-5)oxy)acetic acid are determined in solvent extraction, bulk liquid membrane transport, and liquid surfactant membrane transport (water-in-oil-in-water emulsion) and compared with those previously measured for solvent extraction and bulk liquid membrane transport with chloroform as the organic phase. 4 figures, 2 tables.


Miocene sandstones studied were used extensively to build Aragon's architectural heritage, are still used in modern construction. The quarries presently located on the edge of the Ebro Valley depression. The present paper describes an exhaustive petrophysical study of these materials, which while, of the same age and from the same deposition basin, exhibit different mineralogical and textural characteristics and as a result, different physical and mechanical properties and durability. The petrographic and petrophysical characteristics of these materials were evaluated with tests prescribed in UNE (Spanish), NORMAL and ASTM standards. All the results were subjected to statistical analysis to identify possible textural and compositional nonuniformities in the material that may underlie behavioural changes. The results of the present paper show that their petrophysical characteristics afford these sandstones substantial industrial value as construction materials. Durability was found to be longest in the Alcaniz stone, as a result of the geometry of its pore network.


The Mountain Resort and Outlying Temples have important historical and cultural research values,which have attracted great attention from scholars both in China and abroad and fruitful research findings have been achieved in the past fifty years. The paper has a review of the researches in this field from the view of politics, economics, military, diplomacy, culture, art, nationality, religion, construction and gardens. It would provide material clues for scholars, and promote the relative studies.


Self-assembly of n-heptadecane (n-C17H36) and n-hexatricontane (n-C36H74) was studied by means of scanning tunneling microscopy. A droplet of a solution of n-C17H36 containing 0.6 wt % of n-C36H74 formed an ordered binary alkane monolayer on the herringbone Au(111) surface, which was composed of 30% n-C36H74 and 70% n-C17H36. The alkane molecules were arrayed in parallel to the [011] azimuth, and their intermolecular distance was 0.48 nm, which is equal to the distance of solid alkanes. In contrast, the alkane monolayer formed on a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface was predominantly composed of an n-C36H74 layer including only ca. 3% of n-C17H36 as an impurity. The n-C36H74 molecules on the HOPG surface were compressed along the molecular axis and in the perpendicular direction to the molecular axis. It is deduced that the intermolecular interaction is optimized when the surface structure is profitable for self-assembly of alkanes where no strong alkane−surface interaction is required.


Between 1979 and 2006 a lot of research has been developed in a field such as language for specific purposes (LSP) in Catalan linguistics. In both years two different versions of an Estatut d'autonomia de Catalunya, Catalonia's self-government statute, were approved. Both versions are therefore supposed to reflex changes in discourse that have taken place during this period and which are described in legal and administrative language handbooks. Despite that, Administration's praxis doesn't always take into account them: such linguistic recommendations are omitted voluntarily or involuntarily. This article is aimed to identify and analyse some linguistic features associated to each text. In cases where linguistic differences have been identified, we will try to explain them according to linguistic conventions that rule this specific field from a scholar point of view.


Graphene nanoplatelets (Gnps) were covalently functionalized by 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (KH550) and noncovalently functionalized by Triton X-100, respectively. The morphology and structure of KH550 modified graphene (K-Gnp) and Triton X-100 modified graphene (T-Gnp) were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron micrograph, and Raman spectrometer. The influences of K-Gnp and T-Gnp on thermal conductivity, fracture toughness, and thermal stability of the boron phenolic resin (BPR) were investigated. Both covalently functionalized K-Gnp and noncovalently functionalized T-Gnp not only improve the dispersion of Gnp in the polymer matrix but also increase interfacial bonding strength between the BPR matrix and Gnp, thus leading to the enhanced mechanical property and thermal stability of nanocomposites. Besides this, mechanical property and thermal stability of the BPR containing K-Gnp are superior to those of BPR containing T-Gnp.


Aircrafts that are designed with fixed wing structure have to sacrifice design efficiency. Most airplanes wings are designed to perform optimally at cruising speed in order to save on fuel consumption. Flight conditions that consume the most fuel are: take-off, ascending, descending and landing. At these instances, the aileron is expected to deflect, thereby using more energy. In this work, shape memory alloy, Cu-Zn-Al was used to simulate an aileron deflection, using the effect of temperature change in the behavior of this material. The rate of austenite and Martensite start and finish were first established. With that knowledge, a suitable dimension and the number of the alloy to be embedded for the desired aileron deflection was determined by iteration method, using MATLAB codes. The effect of temperature on the embedded material at different altitudes were determined and plotted. It was observed that it is very easy to reach a down aileron with the shape memory alloy than it is to get the aileron up. It was also concluded that a shape memory, self-actuating material can be used to achieve this motion in an aircraft wings without additional energy.


Objective: To investigate age-related changes of the serum testosterone (T), estrodiol (E2) lever and T/E2 ratio in aging males and to study the correlation between T, E2, T/E2 and bone mineral density (BMD). Methods: Eighty four Men aged from 51 to 89 were divided into four groups. Serum T, E2 and their ratio were measured using radioimmunoassay. BMD was tested in 24 cases and performed it' s regression analysis with T, E2 and T/E2 ratio, respectively. Results: Serum E2 lever did not appear different among these groups. Serum T lever and T/E2 ratio decreased gradually with aging. A positive correlation between T and BMD was found (r = 0.80, P 0.01). T/E2 ratio was positively correlated with BMD (r = 0.92, P 0.01). There was no association between E2 and BMD. Conclusion: It is concluded that androgen is more important than estrogen in maintaining the constancy of bone mass through its effect on remodeling the bone turnover during the process of aging in the male.


Objective\ To study the relationship between the expression of tumor suppressor gene p16 and the carcinogenesis and developme nt of endometrial carcinoma.\ Methods\ A reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT P CR) and immunohistochemistry were used to detect the expressions of p16 mRNA and p16 protein in 42 endometrial carcinomas and 15 normal endometrial tissues.\ Results\ The positive expression rates of p16 mRNA and P16 protein in endometrial carcinomas were 69.05% and 59.52%, respectively, which were significantly lower than those in the normal endometrial tissues ( χ 2=6.015, 8.625 ; P 0.05). Loss of expression of p16 mRNA and P16 protein was signif icantly associated with FIGO staging and pathological grading ( χ 2=3.954, 6. 873; P 0.05), but irrelevant to histological typing ( χ 2=0.100, 0.294; P 0.05).\ Conclusion Loss of expression of p16 gene may play an importan t role in the genesis and development of endometrial carcinoma.


Considering data display requirement in the electronic measurement field,this paper propsed a design resolution of data acquisition and VGA(video graphics array)waves display based on FPGA(field programmable gate array).This paper used a single core chip of StratixII series FPGA,achieved three main control modules,data acquisition A/D conversion,double port RAM storage and VGA display,which realized the system function of data acquisition and display with external signal regulation circuit,A/D and D/A converters.The design has the characteristic of simple periphery circuit,stable performance,high reliability and easy expansion function.Signal waveforms can be displayed clearly according to the experimental results.


For a developing nation, Bangladesh has a surprisingly large number of active archaeological excavations and museums. Resources have been invested not only in the capital city of Dhaka, but also in regional centres where there are archaeological museums and sites open for public visitation. These venues, identified by politicians and philosophers as the repositories for symbols of heritage and national identity, provide another significant benefit in the form of open public space for recreation and leisure. The use of these spaces by growing numbers of urban-dwelling Bangladeshis illustrates the often under-appreciated phenomenon of domestic tourism as a component of archaeological heritage management in developing nations.


Clinical data of 1880 newly diagnosed and hospitalized AIDS cases in adults and adolescents were analyzed retrospectively. Most of them were infected by sexual transmission. Their most common symptoms at onset were fever, cough and weight loss, accounting for 91.4% ( 1719) , 72.2% (1357 ) and 64. 8% ( 1218) of the total cases, respectively. Their common opportunistic infections included oral candidiasis, pneumosystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) , recurrent bacterial pneumonia and tuberculosis,accounting for 52.4% (985), 33.4% (628), 28.4% (534) and 26. 3% (494) of the total cases, respectively. Therefore, for those with manifestations of compromised immune system, such as oral candidiasis, PCP, recurrent bacterial pneumonia or tuberculosis, serum HIV antibody should be tested timely.

Key words:
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome;  Disease attributes


In this article, a newly modified Bessel wavelet method for solving fractional variational problems is considered. The modified operational matrix of integration based on Bessel wavelet functions is proposed for solving the problems. In the process of computing this matrix, we have tried to provide a high-accuracy operational matrix. We also introduce the pseudo-operational matrix of derivative and the dual operational matrix with the coefficient. Also, we investigate the error analysis of the computational method. In the examples section, the behavior of the approximate solutions with respect to various parameters involved in the construction method is tested to illustrate the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method.


Patient satisfaction is an important quality endpoint in perioperative care.1 For pediatric patients, previous work has described improving family education and reducing anxiety using visual information.2 In this prospective randomized study, we assessed whether adding an interactive, web-based perioperative teaching platform (IPTP) to conventional pre-operative education would improve caregiver satisfaction and comprehension of the perioperative process, while reducing anxiety.


ion and personification, it is very difficult to grasp. It is also very difficult to state since we lack the terminology. Mary, then, in Apocalypse xii is and represents the Church. She is the representative individual in whom the collectivity is impersonated. In this semitic totality conception the two lines of our traditional evidence east and west appear to coalesce. Between the eastern and western writers we have examined, there appears to be a difference of emphasis. The eastern writers state the fact that Mary is the Church, emphasizing the oneness aspect of the semitic totality conception of St. John. The westerns on the other hand, speaking of Mary as the type of the Church, bring out a different aspect of the Johannine conception, that it is a typical or representative individual who impersonates the totality. The full thought of St. John does not appear to have survived its transfer to Greek and Latin moulds. The patristic evidence indicates a certain fragmentation. Thus the idea of a relationship of Mary and the Church appears grounded in tradition and ultimately in the written word of God. To speak of Mary as the prefiguration of the Church calls for some clarification of the s('nse of the word , Church' here. Do we mean that Mary prefigures the Church as a hierarchical society effecting by the power of Christ the redemption of mankind? We obviously do not. The Church in so far as she is redeeming, offering sacrifice, binding and loosing does so in the name and in the person of Christ. She carries on Christ's own mission as the bearer of redemption to men. In this work, in this aspect, she is prefigured in Christ Himself. There is, however, another aspect of the Church, that in which she is the receiver of redemption-the order of grace, the interior aspect of the Church. It is in this aspect as the object of redemption that she is prefigured in Mary. This is the true sense of the feminine symbolism 14 THE IRISH ECCLESIASTICAL RECORD of the Woman-the receptivity of the creature before God. The Church can study her own life in the life of Mary. She can see herself in Mary receiving the Word of truth through God's intermediary. She can see the perfect pattern of her response in the Virgin who said: 'Behold the handmaid of the Lord.' In the sorrowful hour of the Passion she can see her model, Mary, in the endurance of her Compassion, suffering . in her heart, as the Church must suffer in the hearts of her members till the end of the world. In the glorification of Mary in her bodily assumption, she can see the promise, the very pattern of her own ultimate glorification. The mysteries of Mary's life are our mysteries. They reveal the pattern of our salvation in the Church whose exemplar Mary is, for the Church is here in the words of St. Jerome no other thing than those souls who believe in Christ.! The theology of Mary arid the Church in spite of the huge number of writings on the subject in recent years is as yet in an unformed state. A glance at the programme of the International Mariological Congress held last month in Lourdes on this theme serves to confirm this view. 2 This programme outlines in many searching questions the topics to be discussed. It holds out the promise of a mighty enrichment of Marian doctrine, especially as regards the scriptural basis of mariology. The publication of its proceedings will be eagerly awaited. It is not without significance that this 'Age of Mary' is also the 'Age of the Church.' The unprecedented development of Marian doctrine of the last fifty years is parallelled by an equally remarkable theological 'rediscovery' of the Church. These two full-flowing streams 1 Tract de Ps. 86. Anee. Maredsol. 3.2.104, 23-105.25. Eec1esia Christi non est alia nisi animae eredentium in Christo. I See Nuntia Periodica i, Aead. Mar. Internat., Romae, 1957. MARY AND THE CHURCH 15 meet in the theology of Mary and the Church. An isolated mariology is no longer possible. Neither is an isolated ecclesiology. Development of doctrine on the Church seems destined to advance hand in hand with doctrinal development on Mary.


BACKGROUND Abdominal obesity is associated with hyper‐responsiveness of the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenocortical (HPA) axis to stimulatory neuropeptides and to stress. Catecholamines are involved in the regulation of the HPA axis, particularly during stress, via α‐adrenoceptor modulation.


Objective To investigate the value of minimally invasive surgery in resecting benign breast lumps under the guidance of color Doppler ultrasound.Methods The excision of 125 lesion in 78 patients was performed with Mammotome system under the guidance of ultrasound between September 2008 and September 2010.The complications and degree of satisfaction after resection were recorded and compared with patients experiencing traditional surgical removal of breast lesions.Results Ultrasound could clearly show the process of resecting benign breast lumps.A total of 125 breast lesions in 78 patients were completely resected.The pathological types of 125 lesions were as follows: fibroadenoma in 45(36%),intraductal papilloma in 4(3.2%),cyst in 5(4%),breast fibrous hyperplasia in 20(16%),cystic hyperplasia in 26(20.8%),and other breast disease in 25(20%).Compared with traditional surgical removal,minimally invasive resection with Mammotome system under the guidance of ultrasound could reduce hospitalization and complications after surgery with a high degree of satisfaction during follow-up.Conclusion Complete removal of clinically benign breast lesions with the ultrasound-guided Mammotome system is easily achieved and it has fewer complications with a high degree of satisfaction during follow-up.This method is worthy of being widely applied.


This paper examines the role played by the European issue in the Scottish referendum campaign, especially the way the SNP tried to use it to its advantage. It also focusses on the complex interplay between the Scottish referendum on independence and the possible future referendum on 'Brexit' which was promised by David Cameron for 2017, in particular looking at the different scenarios possible.


SUMMARY Forestry and forest industries in British Columbia are described by the authors who attended a Congress of senior students of forestry during Canada's Centennial celebrations.


Some problems existing in the system design and practical operation of Chinese Labor Standard Legal System are analyzed from the practice and theory.It is presented that Chinese Labor Standard Legal System can be perfected from the following aspects like the guidelines of labor standard legal system,the establishment of special labor standard law,the perfection of supervision security mechanism for the implementation of labor standard law,the protection of labor's collective negotiation right,and the solution to the problems in the conduct of social insurance.


Olanzapine is the second-generation antipsychotic most frequently prescribed for treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder. Its side effects include sedation, weight gain, hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia. It is considered to be devoid of any abuse or dependence potential. We report a case of olanzapine dependence in a patient with past history of multiple substance dependence (German J Psychiatry 2010; 13: 51-53).


author's exposition of the principles of international trade and commercial policy is comprehensive and thorough, and reveals a wide acquaintance with foreign trade literature. Quite different from the broad, general approach of Professor Towle, is the analysis of a specific trade problem undertaken by Charles J. Miller in A Foreign Trade Zone for Puget Sound: Its Economic Desirability and Feasibility. The foreign trade zone is an old device, adopted in the United States in 1934when Congress passed the Celler Act. It refers to an enclosed area into which goods may be brought and reshipped to foreign points without payment of customs duties. The objectives of the study are to present material to assist qualified businessmen in determining whether a zone on Puget Sound is advantageous to the business community, and to ascertain whether such a zone can be self supporting. The study traces the zone background abroad and in the United States, compares zones and customs bonded warehouses, and gives advantages of and objections to zones. The experience of Foreign Trade Zone Number I at New York and Foreign Trade Zone Number 2. at Mobile is examined. The opinions, obtained through personal interviews, of some Puget Sound businessmen are summarized. A possible zone site on Puget Sound is selected, the cost of conducting it and the volume of business necessary to meet expenses computed, and an estimate of t~e possibility of attaining this volume of bUSIness made. The text is accompanied by several tables, charts, and short appendices which, in spite of the limitation of nonavailability of some pertinent data, provide otherwise scattered material in a convenient and readily accessible form. Professor Miller's report is of wider interest than its title indicates, for it brings together much information pertaining to foreign trade zones in general. It represents an attempt to collect and analyze data objectively in order to provide some basis for action. Both sides of controversial issues are discussed, and statements are carefully qualified. Special case studies of foreign THE yOURNAL OF MARKETING


The road marking machine includes a vehicle frame, lacquer barrels, an engine, an air compression system, a walking system, a road marking system and a control system, as well as an increased bead spreading system. The bead spreading system is one bead spreading machine including a solenoid valve connected to the air compression system and the control system, a cylinder and a driving gear interlinked with the walking system. The bead spreading system spreads beads while the road marking machine marks, and this results in high construction efficiency and high construction quality.


Strategic trend to the development of nuclear industry in Russia, as the State Corporation "Rosatom" management thinks, is enhancement of intellectual potential of the industry. The strategy highlights complex problems, such as social protection, motivational system, competence and professional skill improvement, related to optimization of personnel management. With account of features of the nuclear industry one can understand, that the main problem of personnel management is the problem of radiological safety. Basic characteristics of the personnel necessary for identification of workers under high individual risk were determined. It appeared that in 2010 among 13062 men and 3880 women under individual dosimetric monitoring 218 men (1.67 %) and 6 women (0.15 %) only were included in the group of high risk. The average attributable risk (fraction of probability of radiation-associated cancer development) in this group was found to be 11.51 % for men and 15.33 % for women. For other 98.7 % of the personnel under individual dosimetry monitoring the attributable risk was within limits of the acceptable risk.


This paper establishes a model-free finite-time tracking control of nonlinear robotic manipulator systems. The proposed controller incorporates both time delay estimation (TDE) and an enhanced terminal sliding mode control (TSMC). The improved TSMC scheme is devised using fractional-order TSMC (FOTSMC) and proportionalintegral-derivative (PID) control to obtain robust tracking and high control performance. The TDE is designed to estimate the unknown nonlinear dynamics of robotic manipulators, including the Stribeck friction and the external disturbances. Due to Stribeck friction, the effect of TDE error may fail to obtain the desired error performance; thus, another TDE loop is devised to compensate for TDE error generated by non-smooth frictions. The Lyapunov criterion is used to investigate the finite-time stability to analyze the behavior of the designed approach. Finally, computer simulations of the proposed method on PUMA 560 robotic manipulators are performed in contrast with FOTSMC and adaptive fractional-order nonsingular terminal sliding mode control (AFONTSM).


Despite the many studies that have established a positive relationship between perceived organizational support (POS) and employee performance, research is lacking concerning the relationship of PO...


The present invention discloses a detachable multi-directional slide adjustment means, multi-directional slide by adjustable buckle means attached to the handle rail activities, mounted on the drawer and adjusting seat flaps mounted on the handle structure of the complex, you can slide, and the drawer cabinet assembly or spin fast, high stability, easy operation and flexible; and the left and right adjusting member by means of a multi-directional slide adjustment, the front and rear height adjustment adjustment member and the structural member with, the drawer during installation can be adjusted according to the actual size of the mounting member, against the installation error of the drawer, the drawer to ensure that the overall effect of the furniture installed, but also improve the stability of the slide, to ensure the normal use of the drawer.


The design and construction of next-generation telescopes involves the development of new technologies capable of fabricating and testing large dimension mirrors with small f-numbers in order to get rapid surfaces. Secondary mirrors in Cassegrain-type telescopes are convex and hyperbolic. When the dimensions are increased and its f-number is reduced, the difficulty in testing the surface increases exponentially and traditional optical testing is no longer feasible. The present study offers a technique developed to test a mould to be used in fabricating the secondary mirror of the Large Millimeter Telescope (LTM). The mould is a hyperboloid surface with a conic constant of -1.1474, a paraxial curvature radius of 1764.94 mm and a diameter of 1600 mm. Since the telescope will work within wavelengths ranging from 1 to 3 mm, surface errors must be less than 15 μm in rms. The mould was evaluated by measuring the coordinates of 53,824 points on its surface using an advanced coordinates measurement machine (CMM) at the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE) in Mexico. From this we obtained the shape of the conic surface that better fits this distribution of points, using a Genetic Algorithms (GA) program developed for this purpose. Finally, the results obtained are shown.


This article gives an overview of the medical information systems and the dynamics of its development in 2005-2011, the average data are given on completed installations, distribution and development of technologies for database management systems, by type of health care institutions and forms of ownership. We also made the overall assessment of the market HIS, a forecast of its development and highlights the main trends that have emerged over the years of observation


Objective To evaluate the characteristics of two angiographic manifestation of ocular fundus in choroidal metastatic carcinomas. Methods Fundus fluoresein angiography (FFA) and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) were performed on 17 patients (24 eyes) with choroidal metastatic carcinomas, and the characteristics of these two kinds of angiograms were analyzed and compared each other. Results According to various clinical features, e.g., locations of metastatic tumor in ocular fundus, disease course, and different kinds of original malignancy, the findings of ocular fundus were divided into (1) Isolation type: FFA showed pinpoint and mottled leaks against hypofluorescence background, increased and confluent fluoresecence in later stage. ICGA showed the similar images as in FFA, except later appearance of leaks and the choroidal vesseles could be seen beneath the thin metastatic tumor mass.(2) Diffusion type: Tumors showed hypofluorescence in early stage and uneven ill defined hyperfluorescence both in FFA and in ICGA. (3) Small metastatic carcinomas: Hypofluorescence in early stage and mild mottled hyperfluorescence were found in FFA as well as in ICGA. Conclusion Both FFA and ICGA are helpful in the diagnosis of choroidal metastatic tumors and ICGA may be conducive if there are some troubles in diagnosing the tumors with FFA.


'Exploring Wild Law is multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary, both practical and wildly innovative. This complex, multi-vocal work contributes elegantly to a growing chorus of scholars, activists and artists who are singing up visionary and pragmatic forms of more-than-human conviviality here on planet Earth.' – Professor Deborah Bird Rose, author of Reports from a Wild Country: Ethics for Decolonisation


The theme of this dissertation is the class of partially-commutative contextfree graphs. It is a computation model, which reflects both recursive and concurrent behaviour of programs. In the field of automatic verification and analysis of programs there is a strong need for systems, which have capability to model various aspects of programs and additionally have good algorithmic properties. It seems, that we are still on the beginning of the way to obtain efficient automatic verification. However, some techniques are already used in the industry. Results shown in this thesis are divided into two main parts. The first one focuses on expressivity of investigated model, while the second one presents methods of its analysis. The algorithmic part considers the reachability problem and the bisimulation problem.


The detection accuracy of gaze direction mainly depends on the performance of features extracted from eye images. Limitations on the estimation of gaze direction include harmful infrared (IR) light, expensive devices, static thresholding, inappropriate and complex segmentation techniques, corneal reflections, etc. In this study, an efficient appearance cum feature-based detection model, namely, iris center-based gaze estimation (ICGE), has been proposed. The model is an extension of the earlier proposed glint-based gaze direction estimation (GDE) model and overcomes the above limitations. The ICGE model has been analyzed for GDE based on iris center coordinates using a local adaptive thresholding technique. An indigenous database using more than two hundred images of different subjects on a five quadrant map screen generates almost 90% accurate results for iris and gaze quadrant detection. The distinguishing features of the low cost, non-intrusive proposed model include a lack of IR and affordable ubiquitous H/W designing, large subject-camera distance and screen dimensions, no glint dependency, and many more. The proposed model also shows significantly better results in the lower periphery corners of the quadrant map than traditional models. In addition, aside from the comparison with the GDE model, the proposed model has also been compared with other existing techniques. Category: Smart and Intelligent Computing


Based on surface station rainfall data and NCEP /NCAR daily reanalysis data,precipitation anomaly and its corresponding dynamic factors and moisture sources during the period around abrupt alternation of drought and flood in the middle-low er reaches of the Yangtze River from May to June 2011 w ere analysed. The results show that before the alternation,there's no obvious precipitation in all east parts of China,but after that,more rainfall in regions south of the Yangtze River w hile still less rainfall in north of the river and south of China. Before and after the alternation,northeast cold vortex shifts eastw ard,w est Pacific subtropical high turns from w eakness to strength,and its ridge line propagates from southw est to northeast. In the low er troposphere,northw esterly prevails in the middle-low er reaches of the Yangtze River. Both the northw esterly flow w hich is dry and cold and southw esterly flow w hich is w arm and w et contribute to the flood. On 200 hPa,the entrance of a jet stream in the middle-low er reaches of the Yangtze River turns into an exit. The ascending motion in middle troposphere is caused by the interaction betw een high and low level jets w ith its maximum speed located on about 500 hPa,w hich provides dynamic condition for the persistent precipitation.


JP is an elected Member of Council, Royal College of Anaesthetists. The views are personal and not reflective of the views or policy of that organisation. No other competing interests declared. References 1. Dhillon RS, Rowin WA, Humphries RS, et al. Aerosolisation during tracheal intubation and extubation in an operating theatre setting.Anaesthesia 2021;76: 182–8. 2. Brown J, Gregson FKA, Shrimpton A, et al. A quantitative evaluation of aerosol generation during tracheal intubation and extubation.Anaesthesia 2021;76: 174–81. 3. El-Boghdadly K, Wong DJN, Owen R, et al. Risks to healthcare workers following tracheal intubation of patients with COVID-19: a prospective international multicentre cohort study. Anaesthesia 2020;75: 1437–47. 4. Kakodkar PS, Sivia DS, Pandit JJ. Safety of aerosol-generating procedures in COVID-19 negative patients: binomial probability modelling of intubateCOVID registry data. Anaesthesia 2020; 75: 1415–9.


Objective:To investigate the relationship between pemphigus vulgaris(PV) and HLA-DR,DQ haplotypes in Han nations of northeast China.Methods:Polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primers(PCR-SSP) method was used to detect the HLA-DRB1 and DQB1 alleles of 27 PV patients of Han nation of northeast China, analysed haplotyes and compared with 99 healthy controls.Results:Compared with control group, the frequencies of the haplotypes of HLA-DRB1*140x-DQB1*0503,DRB1*140x-DQB1*0201,DRB1*120x-DQB1*0503 and DRB1*140x-DQB1*0302 increased significantly in PV group. After statistical test, the difference between the two groups was significant.Conclusion:The special haplotypes may contribute to genetic susceptibility to PV in northeast Chinese.


Although naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions have a sizable and growing evidence base for supporting the development of children on the autism spectrum, their active ingredients and mechanisms of change are not well understood. This study used qualitative content analysis to better understand the intervention process of a parent-mediated naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention. Caregivers completed weekly written reflection responses as they learned each intervention technique. These responses were coded, and code co-occurrences were examined to understand the relationship between implementation of specific intervention techniques and potential mechanisms of change according to caregiver observations. The responses were subsequently compared to a theoretical causal model derived from the intervention manual. Many responses were consistent with the intervention theory; however, some theoretical outcomes were not reported by caregivers, and caregivers described some potential mechanisms that were not explicitly stated in the intervention theory. Importantly, we found that individual techniques were associated with various mechanisms, suggesting that global measures of social communication may be insufficient for measuring context-dependent responses to individual intervention techniques. Our findings point to specific observable behaviors that may be useful targets of measurement in future experimental studies, and as indicators of treatment response in clinical settings. Overall, qualitative methods may be useful for understanding complex intervention processes. Lay abstract Although naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions are supported by research for supporting the development of children on the autism spectrum, how they work is not well understood. This study reviewed parent reflection comments in a systematic way to better how one such treatment worked, when delivered by caregivers. Caregivers completed weekly written reflection responses as they learned how to use the treatment techniques. We studied these responses to understand caregiver perspectives on how their children responded to the techniques. The responses were then compared to a theory of how the treatment works. Many responses were consistent with the treatment theory; however, others were not. We found that individual techniques were associated with different child responses, suggesting that general measures of social communication may not measure these specific short-term changes. Our findings point to specific behaviors that may be useful to measure in future research, or useful as indicators of treatment response in clinical practice settings. Overall, qualitative methods may be useful for understanding complex treatment processes.


Objective To find fast and accurate methods for reconstructing three-dimensional(3D) model of hip joint after avascular necrosis of femoral head through exploring virtual reality technique.Methods Based on 64 row spiral CT continuous two-dimensional images of hip segments,3D visualization structure of acetabular bone,proximal femur,femoral neck and femoral head(including cystic area and hardening area) were reconstructed by mimics software.Results Structures of acetabular bone and proximal femur were distinctly displayed by the 3D reconstruction,thereby the diseased tissue can be positioned and its volume can be calculated.Conclusion The application of thin-layer CT and Dicom standard ensures more accurate 3D model of hip joint,providing an objective basis for assessing hip joint after avascular necrosis of femoral head and choosing of treating methods.


This research study proposes a multi-sensor data fusion technique to determine the complex interactions between the sensory, muscular and mechanical components of the human locomotor systems (neuromechanics). The object in this work is to demonstrate the viability in using inertial sensors for accurate gait phase determination and to present the acceleration effect specific body segment contributes in order to establish a functional gait. The current method used in determining gait phases consist of combining ground reaction force and angular data, this method is time consuming and cannot be totally reliable. We found out that gait phases can be determined distinctively by measuring vertical and horizontal accelerations (X-Y) in the sagittal plane on the foot. The foot acceleration graph show 98% unique consistency in determining the seven gait phases, during the experiment when the subjects were walking at normal; fast; even running. Note that this foot acceleration pattern was accurate for three consecutive experiments carried out on three different days under the same experimental conditions. Although the shank, thigh and hip acceleration showed uniqueness in determining the gait phases when the subjects were walking at normal speed, we discovered irregularities in the graph pattern when the subjects were running. For 132lbs, 5.6ft male subject walking at 0.9m/s we noticed that the highest negative acceleration (-0.460g, foot y-direction in the sagittal plane) occurred at heel strike and this is due to the slowing down of the muscles as the leg stabilizes from the


Further studies are required to assess the physiopathological and clinical impact of CMV on gentamicin Vd , although in these patients it seems advisable to monitor serum gentamicin concentrations more frequently to achieve optimal therapy. Supported in part by grant no. FISss 89/055 from the Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo. CARLES TRIGINER, M.D. Resident Intensive Care Department Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Av. Sant Antoni M" Claret. /67 08015 Barcelona, Spain RAFAEL FERNANDEZ, M.D. Resident Intensive Care Department


Problem of vibration control represents one of the most common issue in many engineering applications specifically for mechanical structure, so the importance of suppression undesired vibration increases day after day. The present study introduces programming of two controlling methods,where proportionalintegral-derivative (PID) and velocity feedback method (VF) are formulated to be utilized in active vibration control (AVC) of a scaled typical delta wing where such structure is subjected to different types of oscillations due to many causes. ANSYS software was used in this analysis as a programming environment, where the total wing was modeled and controller macro was created. This technique of programming can be generalized for numerous applications consequently, make the testing and controlling easy to be predicted and damped numerically. A comparison between two controlling techniques was carried out for two manufacturing materials {Aluminum, symmetric laminated glass epoxy composite [45/-45]} to show the effective method which can enhance the free response of tested model. Numerical Results show that VF method in which settling time of vibrated wing was decreased by 6sec. from its original value was more effective in vibration suppression than PID for both Aluminum and composite.


Objective:To investigate the characteristics and effects of conjunctival extracelluar matrix(ECM) as surrogate of conjuctiva in conjunctivoplasty.Methods: 6 of 42 rabbits were selected as model of conjunctiva defect.36 of 42 rabbits were randomly divided into three groups undergoing conjunctivoplasty(n=12): experiment group with ECM grafts,control group Ⅰ with fresh allografts and control group Ⅱ with freezed amniotic memebrance grafts.The effects of conjunctivoplasty were observed and macroscope and microscope observation,immunohistochemical examination and lymphocytotoxity was performed.Results:In experiment group,The new vessels were implanted from the margin of grafts after 1 weeks,the grafts were similar to normal conjucntica by macroscope observation after 8 weeks or by microscope observation after 4 weeks,there was no immunological rejection.In control group Ⅰ,there were still massive inflammatory cells infiltration in grafts after 2 weeks.In control group Ⅱ,there was defected epithelium in transplanted region after 4 weeks.Conclusion:Conjunctival ECM is ideal surrogate of conjuctiva for ocular surface reconstruction.


The research used watermarking techniques to obtain the image originality. The aims of the research were to identify small area in eggs properly and compared preprocessing, the methods, and the results of image processing. The study has been improved from the previous papers by combined all methods and analysis was obtained.This study was conducted by using centroid and the bounding box for determining the object and the small area of chicken eggs. The segmentation method was used to compare the original image and the watermarked image. Image processing using image data that are subject watermark to maintain the authenticity of the images used in the study will the impact in delivering the desired results. In the identification of chicken eggs using watermark image using several methods are expected to provide results as desired. Segmentation also deployed to process the Image and counted the objects. The results showed that the process of segmentation and objects counting determined that the original image and watermarked image had the same value and recognized eggs. Identification had determined percentage of 100% for all the samples.


The purpose of research is want to understand the influence of the application of corporate governance against ROE, Tobin s Q, and dividend policy. The sample selection is done with less use purposive sampling technique.
The populations in this research are all companies listed in the publication CGPI 2005-2009. The sample selection is done with less use of purposive sampling is using a particular sampling considerations and which satisfies the criteria of there is 53 company. Because in this research using one the independent variable hence an analysis of the data used is linear regression simple where corporate governance as the independent variable.
The results of the analysis can be inferred that the corporate governance as the independent variable not significant to the ROE, Tobin's Q, and dividend policy as the dependent variables. This is because the market's response to the implementation of corporate governance could not directly or short term, low public awareness of applying corporate governance, management company has not interested benefits of long term the application of corporate governance and they feel they can run the company without necessarily apply corporate governance, and ownership issue a still concentrated to individuals.

Key words : corporate governance, ROE, Tobin's Q, dividend policy


We define topological invariants in terms of the ground states wave functions on a torus. This approach leads to precisely defined formulas for the Hall conductance in four dimensions and the topological magneto-electric $\theta$ term in three dimensions, and their generalizations in higher dimensions. They are valid in the presence of arbitrary many-body interaction and disorder. These topological invariants systematically generalize the two-dimensional Niu-Thouless-Wu formula, and will be useful in numerical calculations of disordered topological insulators and strongly correlated topological insulators, especially fractional topological insulators.


Abstract : Measurements of non-methane hydrocarbons, as well as ozone, meteorological and trace gas data, were made at four rural sites located within the southeastern United States as a part of the Southern Oxidants Study. Fifty-six C2-C10 hydrocarbons were collected from 1200-1300 local time, once every six days from September 1992 through October 1993. The measurements were made in an effort to enhance the understanding of the behavior and trends of ozone and other photochemical oxidants in this region. The light molecular weight alkanes (ethane, propane, n-butane, iso-butane), ethene and acetylene display a seasonal variation with a winter maximum and summer minimum. Isoprene was virtually non-existent during the winter at all sites, and averaged from 9.8 ppbC (Yorkville, GA) to 21.15 ppbC (Centreville, AL) during the summer. The terpene concentration was greatest in the summer with averages ranging between 3.19 ppbC (Centreville, AL) to 6.38 ppbC (Oak Grove, MS), but was also emitted during the winter months, with a range of 1.25 to 1.9 ppbC for all sites. Propylene-equivalent concentrations were calculated to account for differences in reaction rates between the hydroxyl radical and individual hydrocarbons, and to thereby estimate their relative contribution to ozone, especially in regards to the highly reactive biogenic compounds such as isoprene. It was calculated that biogenics represent at least 65% of the total non-methane hydrocarbon sum at these four sites during the summer season when considering propylene-equivalent concentrations. An ozone episode which occurred from July 20 to July 24 1993 was used as an example to show ozone profiles at each of the sites, and to show the effect of synoptic meteorology on high ozone by examining NOAA daily weather maps and climatic data.


In his reply to my article, Professor Ofer Raban provides a number of insightful and important points of disagreement with my argument against interpretation as an alternative to invalidation. Thanks to Professor Raban for his careful engagement with my piece. Several points of disagreement stem, I suggest, from the different perspectives we have about constitutional design and practice. Professor Raban approaches the issue from an American perspective, while I approach it from a comparative perspective. Comparative constitutional law has upended a number of assumptions about design and practice sometimes held in the US. Professor Raban's first, and principal, point of disagreement is that, in his view, interpretation is 'clearly more modest' than invalidation. This argument is based on two claims: that an interpretation 'must remain consistent with the fundamental features of the statute' while an invalidation need not and that 'it is much harder [for a legislature] to overcome a constitutional invalidation' than an interpretation of a statute. With respect to the first claim, its significance as a point of distinction greatly diminishes when examined from a comparative perspective. While the UK courts, for example, refrain from interpretations that are inconsistent with a statute's fundamental features, they are nevertheless able to rectify most incompatibilities with rights using the power of interpretation. They rarely need to resort to their alternative power—the declaration of incompatibility. The power of interpretation can be used in most situations because it is a far-reaching power, allowing courts 'to depart from the unambiguous meaning the legislation would otherwise bear'. The UK's experience suggests few incompatibilities with rights affect a statute's fundamental features. Further, there is nothing stopping a constitutional designer from reducing or outright removing this limitation on the power


The Central China Power Grid (CCPG) and North China Power Grid (NCPG) are connected together by a single AC ultra-high-voltage (UHV) transmission link. When suffering power disturbances, power oscillation with high magnitude and long period would happen on the UHV tie-line, which may affect the synchronous and stable operation of the interconnected two power grids. This study proposes a novel emergency control scheme for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) in CCPG to suppress the high peak value of the power oscillation. Based on a two-machine equivalent model, the maximum rising slope of power oscillat`ion is used to predict the peak value of power oscillation and power disturbance which is used as the reference of emergency power modulation. Simulation verification is carried out based on the full model of the CCPG and NCPG, using Power System Analysis Software Package. Moreover, field test has also been carried out in CCPG. Both simulation results and recorded wave curve show that the proposed HVDC emergency control scheme can effectively suppress the peak value under different power disturbances. This significantly improves the transient performance of the interconnected power system and the power transfer capacity of the UHV tie-line.


The unitary sum rules obtained previously by the author (Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. 27, No. 4 (1978); JINR preprint R4-10618, Dubna, 1977; Phys. Lett. 72B, 41 (1977)) are used to investigate the time dependence of resonance processes at very high level density of the compound nucleus.


International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is a big international cooperative project. China is in charge of first wall (FW) research which is made of blanker Be, Copper alloy and SS cooling tubes. The inspection of bonding quality between Be-Cu-SS tubes is essentially necessary. According to the structure and material acoustic characteristics, the acoustic amplitude-phase was theoretically analyzed, and a broad-band ultrasonic scanning system and a rotated acoustic mirror device were developed. The experimental results indicate that the broad-band ultrasonic technique is one of the most effective methods to evaluate bounding quality in ITER.


Introduction:
 Elevated right atrial pressure (RAP) exhibits residual congestion and poor clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). In HF patients, persistent high RAP causes liver damage, which leads to liver fibrosis. Recent advances in T1 mapping of the liver using MRI allow the quantification of liver fibrosis.

 Hypothesis:
 Hepatic T1 mapping value may predicts high RAP in patients with chronic HF.

 Methods:
 We examined the data from the consecutive 40 patients with DCM ( 60 ± 13 years, 27 men) who underwent 3 Tesla cardiac and liver MRI, which were conducted within seven days of right heart catheterization. RV end-diastolic volume (RVEDV), end-systolic volume (RVESV), RV ejection fraction (RVEF), right atrial (RA) and left atrial (LA) volume, left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV), end-systolic volume (LVESV), LV ejection fraction (LVEF) and LV mass index (LVMI) were calculated from cine cardiac MRI. Native T1 mapping image (T1 short modified look locker inversion recovery-ShMOLLI- sequence) was acquired the heart and the liver (Figure A). Patients were divided into two groups according to RAP; high ( ≥ 8 mmHg; n=10) and low ( <8 mmHg; n=30).

 Results:
 Ten patients had high RAP. There were no significant differences in LVEDV,LVESV, LVEF, LVMI, RVEDV, RVESV and RVEF between patients with high RAP group and those without ( 192 ± 54 ml vs 212 ± 57 ml; 136 ± 49 ml vs 154 ± 51 ml; 30 ± 9 % vs 28 ± 8 %; 79 ± 21 g/m
 2
 vs 81 ± 22 g/m
 2
 ; 45 ± 27 ml vs 46 ± 19 ml; 27 ± 18 ml vs 25 ± 15 ml; 42 ± 19% vs 46 ± 18%, respectively). The hepatic T1 mapping value was higher in the high RAP group ( 845 ± 47 ms vs 759 ± 90 ms, p < 0.01) and exhibited a positive correlation with RAP ( R = 0.34, P < 0.05). The hepatic T1 mapping value of ≥ 820ms was the optimal cutoff values for identifying high RAP ( T1: sensitivity, 89%; specificity, 72%; AUC, 0.80, Figure B).

 Conclusion:
 Increased native T1 mapping value of the liver may be helpful in non-invasively estimating elevated RAP.


Despite the use of alkylating agents, patients with multiple myeloma have a median survival period of only two to three years.1 , 2 No series of patients with multiple myeloma surviving for more th...


The article analyzes the experience of Republic of Belarus in solving the problems of development of urban public transport and emphasizes the role of the state and public organizations in the industry.


A novel technique for chromatic dispersion monitoring is proposed. It utilises electro-optical mixing to dramatically decrease the number of high-bandwidth components required for a WDM 40 Gbit/s chromatic dispersion monitoring system applicable in dynamically-reconfigurable optical burst switched networks. (2 pages)


Snacks are part of peoples lives. Snacks are essential for students when presented in hygienic. A meal that biologically or chemically contaminated caused poisoning, health problems, an outbreak. Outbreak-related to food poisoning in Indonesia were 27.38% from home cooking, 16.67% from catering, 14.38% from processed food, 16,67% from snack and 4.17% from an unknown cause. These conditions if not resolved will cause health problems for children. The purpose of the research was to identify the borax contaminant of cilok as well as to analyze the influencing factors. The sampling method was a purposive sampling of 20 samples. Methods of data collection were interview and laboratory examination to know borax contaminant. The Laboratory examination using the flame method. The data were then analyzed using descriptive. The results showed 20% samples of positive borax contaminant. The extended storage of cilok were 1 – 3 days.


Site‐specific paleoenvironmental reconstructions are necessary to isolate environmental factors from social forces that influence shifting human practices in the coastal environment. This interdisciplinary study included the collection and analysis of marine and freshwater pond sediment cores and terrestrial sediment samples along with archaeological excavations at three directly associated pre‐Columbian sites in Horseshoe Cove on the northern Gulf Coast of Florida. This research shows a strong correlation between environmental change, the timing of initial occupation, and the morphological characteristics chosen for settlement by the pre‐Columbian residents of this area. Specific attributes sought for new settlements included elevated landforms in protected areas away from the immediate shoreline, access to fresh water from nearby spring‐fed ponds or tidal creeks, and easy access to marine resources via tidal creeks. The result of this study can be useful as a model for locating and identifying archaeological sites in similar environmental settings.


Applying acoustic emission(AE) technology, combining the strain measurement and other conventional testing method, we have carried out the testing and evaluation of an overtime service reforming reactor of a petroleum refinery, whose bottom head has small dispersed interlayers . The result shows that the first sound source and the second sound source are invalid. The grade of the third sound source is B, it is caused by the interlayers. It is these locations that should be carefully tested.


In constructing generating systems involving combined use of electrical machines and electronic devices, in which a multiphase AC voltage is converted into a DC voltage, a so called ring connection diagram of the electrical generator armature windings is used. However, lack of evidence that such an arrangement has advantages over the widely used "beam" connection diagram may be one of factors limiting its wider use for practical applications. The article presents the results from studying the working processes in a converter-fed generator with a 9-phase armature winding connected according to a "ring" circuit arrangement made in two versions: in the traditional makeup (CFG-9R) and in the version using the multichannel conversion principle (CFG-9RM). Advantages of the CFG-9RM version are shown, and the model description necessary in designing the system is presented. Computer-aided simulation is used as a tool for solving the stated problems.


Alcohol consumption has seen sharp rise in India in last some time. In addition to the health risks it involves heavy socio-economic costs for the person consuming alcohol as well people around him. In this paper an attempt is made to examine the current pattern of consumption of alcohol, determinants of its demand and supply, price elasticity of demand for alcohol and its policy implications in order to assist the decisions of government from demand and supply perspective. Keywords— Alcohol, demand, supply, consumption pattern, illicit production, elasticity, government.


This paper considers the semiparametric regression model y i=X T iβ+s(t i)+e i (for i=1,2,...,n). Where s i=s(t i) denotes the nonparametric signal of the observation and y i a number relating to the observation at t i, X i∈R p (np), β=(β 1,...,β p) T is parameter vector with p denoting the number of parameters, e i denotes the noise and is assumed to be independently N(0,σ 2 i) distributed.


: Decision-making is an important part of human behavior. With the progress of brain imaging technology in human behavior, a new field called neuroeconomics has emerged recently and attracted wide attention. A large number of studies have used brain imaging technology to study human decision-making behavior. This review emphasized findings obtained in experiments. In this paper, an overview of three popular brain imaging techniques was first provided. Then, this article presents and integrates several typical behavioral and neural experimental studies to further illustrate that the use of brain imaging technology can enhance our understanding of human decision-making behavior. Finally, this paper discusses the challenges at present and puts forward the prospects in neuroeconomics.


Perturbative application of the theory of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCQ) are examined and compared with experimental data. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the similarities and differences between the QCD results and the expectations of the naive parton model.


This paper conceptualizes and mathematically models a dielectrophoretic microdevice with planar corrugated electrodes for focusing micro-particles at any lateral location along the width of the micro-scale flow passage; two of these electrodes are placed on the top and bottom surfaces of the micro-scale flow passage with the electrodes on the top and bottom aligned with each other to form a pair. The mathematical model includes equations of motion, Navier-Stokes equations, and equations of electric voltage and field and considers the influence of several phenomena, including inertia, sedimentation, drag, virtual mass and dielectrophoresis on the focusing of micro-particles. The mathematical model is solved using the finite difference method. The mathematical model is used for parametric study, thereby revealing that the performance metrics related to focusing depend on the geometric (micro-scale flow passage and electrode dimensions) and operating (applied electric voltages and volumetric flow rate) parameters of the microdevice. The mathematical model allows for determining the operating and geometric parameters for achieving the desired performance metrics based on constraints. The mathematical model is validated using experimental data from the literature.


Purpose A close interaction between neurosensory retina and the retinal pigmentepithelium (RPE) is a prerequisite for normal vision. Glaucomatous damage is characterized by neuroretinal degeneration. As a result, an imbalanced interaction exists. However, there is only limited evidence regarding RPE involvement in glaucoma patients' eyes. This study investigates the correlation between retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and RPE alterations as detected by widefield fundus autofluorescence (FAF).


In this article, we establish a new Mann-type method combining both inertial terms and errors to find a fixed point of a nonexpansive mapping in a Hilbert space. We show strong convergence of the iterate under some appropriate assumptions in order to find a solution to an investigative fixed point problem. For the virtue of the main theorem, it can be applied to an approximately zero point of the sum of three monotone operators. We compare the convergent performance of our proposed method, the Mann-type algorithm without both inertial terms and errors, and the Halpern-type algorithm in convex minimization problem with the constraint of a non-zero asymmetric linear transformation. Finally, we illustrate the functionality of the algorithm through numerical experiments addressing image restoration problems.


Wide frequency spectrum can be received and high probability of intercepting can be got and the simultaneously attend signals can be processed by wide band radar EW reconnaissance digital receiver. The efficient architecture is to be built using a poly-phase filter Channelization implementation, by decimating the date prior to filtering, the flow-up processing can be realized easily because it's low operations amounts and low output data rate. The principle and the method of implementation are presented in this paper, the receiving dead zoon can be eliminated efficiently by half overlap ployphase filtering channelization receiver, full probability receiving can be realized and eliminate the false outputs, the computer simulation show the validity of it.


Generalized use of ECL in telemetry systems requires the reduction of transmission line theory, power distribution, topology considerations, and device characteristics to an implementation that is reproducible, permits rapid changes, and is cost effective. Bringing high data rates (up to 150 Mb/s) to everyday status was one goal in the development of a LANDSAT-D format synchronizer. The unit had to perform preamble and minor frame synchronization followed by decoding, decommutation, and formatting at the Thermatic Mapper real-time rate of 85 Mb/s. To additionally handle MSS and standard telemetry, as well as stream simulation and bit error rate measurements, a generalized solution was required. This is in opposition to a specially designed unit to fulfill only LANDSAT mission requirements. To produce the unit best suited to telemetry disciplines where formats change rapidly, the unit was implemented using wire wrapped modules with the stated goals realized.


The distributions of injuries occurring to drivers of recent model year cars involved in highway crashes are compared with the injury rates predicted by the NCAP crash test results. Fatality rates, fatal and serious injury rates, and moderate through fatal injury rates are compared with five different crashworthiness indices derived from the crash test results. Comparisons are also made under varying crash conditions ranging from drivers wearing and not wearing safety belts in all types of crashes, to belted drivers only involved in moderate to high speed frontal impact crashes. In general, injury rates predicted by NCAP crash test results are found to bear little resemblance to those observed in real world highway crashes. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287637. (Author/TRRL)


At present, China's equipment manufacturing industry is still in the low development level. The application of information technology can bring about a multiplication effect, which can effectively improve the level of equipment manufacturing industry. This paper focuses on the application of information technology in the development fields of equipment manufacturing industry, including the design, production, marketing and supply chain, to contribute for the upgrading of equipment manufacturing industry in China.


This data contain those companies whose share ownership in the latest available quarter reflects a rise in the ownership by Promoters, Foreign Institutional Investors, and Mutual Fund at a time. Selection is based on a rise in percent of shares owned. The results of the query are filtered to remove small and illiquid stocks. The data leaves only those companies that have a market capitalization of Rs. 100 crores in the last 30 days, were traded for more than 80 percent of the last 365 traded days.


Objective: To investigate vascular reactivity in heterozygous and homozygous offspring with a genetic predisposition for hypertension after postnatal cross fostering to mothers with the opposite genetic inheritance of the NOS3 knockout allele. Study design: Homozygous NOS3 knockout (C57BL/6J-NOS3 − / − KO ) and wild-type mice (NOS3 +/+WT ) were bred to obtain heterozygous litters with a paternally-derived (NOS3 +/ − pat ) or maternally-derived (NOS3 +/ − mat ) knockout allele. After delivery, heterozygous and homozygous litters were cross fostered to a mother with the opposite NOS3 gene status. Carotid arteries were placed in a wire myograph for isometric tension recording using contractile and relaxant agents. Statistical analysis with One-Way ANOVA and Neuman-Keuls post-hoc testing was performed. Results: Increased sensitivity to phenylephrine and absent relaxation to acetycholine in NOS3 +/ − mat was reversed with cross-fostering and vasorelaxation to isoproteronol was increased. Contraction to calcium was increased in the cross fostered paternally-derived and wild-type litters. Conclusion: Postnatal interventions may favorably alter the adult vascular profile resulting from an abnormal intrauterine environment. CONDENSATION The postnatal environment alters fetal programming of vascular function in an animal model of adverse uterine environment induced by absence of endothelial nitric oxide synthase.


summary:Historians of medicine—and even Louis Pasteur's biographers—have paid little attention to his close relationship with the Finnish artist Albert Edelfelt. A new look at Edelfelt's letters to his mother, written in Swedish and never quoted at length in English, reveals important aspects of Pasteur's working habits and personality. By understanding the active collaboration through which this very famous portrait was made, we also discover unnoticed things in the painting itself, gain a new appreciation of its original impact on the French public's image of science, and better understand its enduring influence on the portrayal of medicine in the art and the popular culture of many countries even to the present day.


We investigate the expressive power of a Turing-complete logic based on game-theoretic semantics. By defining suitable fragments and variants of the logic, we obtain a range of natural characterizations for some fundamental families of model classes.


Relates to a film and a manufacturing method thereof, the film is a film comprising a cellulose ether and sodium chloride, the content of sodium chloride, based on the total weight of the film is 0.25 to 0.6 wt% , transmittance reduction ratio is 15% or less.


Media reports of fatal crashes involving alcohol often leave the public with the impression that most impaired drivers lwalk awayr following a crash that has killed one or more innocent victims. While such stories are tragic, they are not necessarily representative of all alcohol-related fatal crashes. Impaired drivers are most likely to be the victim. These two very different crash scenarios may differ in terms of the characteristics of the impaired drivers involved and the circumstances of the crash itself. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that impaired drivers who survive fatal crashes do not differ from impaired drivers who die in fatal crashes in terms of circumstances of the crash or the characteristics of the drivers. Drivers involved in fatal crashes in the province of Saskatchewan from 1996 through 2009 were divided into groups according to alcohol status (no alcohol, had been drinking, BAC over 80 mg/dL) and crash survival. In the case of high BAC drivers, the driver was the most likely to die followed by a vehicle occupant. Driver records were also assessed by high and low BACs. In the case of surviving drivers their prospective record was also assessed. The findings serve to highlight the risks impaired drivers pose to themselves as well as other road users. The observed differences in impaired drivers who die in crashes and those who survive a fatal crash are of value in the development of public awareness and prevention programs as well as enforcement efforts.


A lateral-flow membrane strip was developed to detect the signal of deoxyribonucleic acids. The signal amplification was demonstrated by the detection of the model sample, biotinlyated Avian-Influenza (AI) genetic sequence, with a sandwich configuration of the target-RCA template complex captured between a RCA (Rolling Circle Amplification) template and streptavidin protein immobilized on a nitrocellulose membrane strip.


Prediapause summer adult Oulema melanopus (L.) were fed acetate-1-C14 and their total lipid was fractionated by silicic acid chromatography. Most of the acetatc-1-C14 was incorporated into the triglyceride fraction (75%), saturated hydrocarbons (13%), phospholipids (5.5%), and the steryl esters (2.2%). The remainder of the radioactivity was distributed among the rest of the lipid fractions eluted with about 1% of it in the unsaturated hydrocarbon fraction.

Gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of the fatty acid moeities of the eluted lipid fractions demonstrated that most of the acetate-1-C14 was incorporated into palmitic (15–30%) and oleic acids (54–77%). The relative distribution of fatty acids measured by peak area also demonstrated high quantities of linolenic acid (8–59%). The latter method of analysis showed also that stearic acid was high (19%) in the steryl esters fraction. The high quantities of linolenic and stearic acids found were thought to be of nutritional origin.


Taking the fuzzy outranking and discordant relations for example, a method of information aggregation based on operator of maximun or minimun after grouping weighted average is presented with respect to fuzzy preference relations. The properties such as consistence and non\|dictatorship are discussed.


The invention relates to a device and to a method for determining under wearing conditions at least one component of the orientation of a correcting ophthalmic lens of eyeglasses relative to the head of a future wearer. Provision is made for mounting a position-identification system (20) on the frame (10) and/or on a presentation lens fitted to the frame, which system (20) includes at least one identification element (60, 70, 80) having at least one known geometrical characteristic, for capturing the image of the identification element in two dimensions in a vertical facial plane, for processing said captured image to measure the captured geometrical characteristic of the image of the identification element that depends on the known geometrical characteristic of the identification element, and for calculating at least one component of the orientation of the lens by comparing the captured geometrical characteristic with the known geometrical characteristic. The invention also relates to a method of optically designing the correcting lens.


Summary Understanding the genetic and physiological basis of abiotic stress tolerance under field conditions is key to varietal crop improvement in the face of climate variability. Here, we investigate dynamic physiological responses to water stress in silico and their relationships to genotypic variation in hydraulic traits of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), an economically important species for renewable textile fiber production. In conjunction with an ecophysiological process‐based model, heterogeneous data (plant hydraulic traits, spatially‐distributed soil texture, soil water content and canopy temperature) were used to examine hydraulic characteristics of cotton, evaluate their consequences on whole plant performance under drought, and explore potential genotype × environment effects. Cotton was found to have R‐shaped hydraulic vulnerability curves (VCs), which were consistent under drought stress initiated at flowering. Stem VCs, expressed as percent loss of conductivity, differed across genotypes, whereas root VCs did not. Simulation results demonstrated how plant physiological stress can depend on the interaction between soil properties and irrigation management, which in turn affect genotypic rankings of transpiration in a time‐dependent manner. Our study shows how a process‐based modeling framework can be used to link genotypic variation in hydraulic traits to differential acclimating behaviors under drought.


grouchiness, provoking intercontinental migration, Civil War, and a great deal of satire. Whether the Puritan as discontent will, in the end, prove more persuasive and realistic a figure than the Puritan as moderate reformer is hard to say. It seems clear, though, that this debate is a productive and interesting one. It has the added benefit of highlighting the reciprocal importance of emotion and religion to each other in the early modern era, and indeed afterward, thereby reinforcing the importance of Puritanism to many aspects of seventeenth-century England and North America.


The title compound, C14H8N2O4, was synthesized by reacting p-nitroanthranilic acid and benzoyl chloride at ambient temperature. The structure is stabilized by an intramolecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bond and an intermolecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bond. Additionally, weak π–π stacking interactions [centroid–centroid distance 3.6 (17) A] between adjacent molecules further stabilize the crystal structure and form parallel layers along the b axis.