Integrating the function of the geosciences information processing and analyzing of 3S(GPS,RS and GIS) and the programming technique of VBA(Visual Basic for Applications),it realized proceduralization of calculation method and automatization of calculation procedure.Because the work platform is Excel progamme,the software system is apt to operate and export report forms of evaluation results.The mode of this evaluation provides us with a good reference example of similar groundwater resources evaluvation.And,it can be popularized in any basin of xinjiang or arid area of northwest.The main elevation results are as follows: Total calculated area of groundwater resources in Xinjiang is 120.82×104 km2,including 50.91×104 km2 of plain area.The long-term average groundwater recharge in the plain area is 337.6×108 m3,the discharge is 340.5×108 m3.The volume of groundwater mining in the plain irrigated areas in Xinjiang is 56.4×108 m3 in current.The potential yield of groundwater in the plain irrigated areas in Xinjiang is 153.2×108 m3 in the short and medium terms.


The invention belongs to the field of a compliant mechanism and relates to a zero-pivot and large-corner crossed reed type flexible hinge. The zero-pivot and large-corner crossed reed type flexible hinge at least comprises a left external rotary part (1), a right external rotary part (2), a rigid middle part (3), a left crossed reed (4) and a right crossed reed (5), wherein the left crossed reed (4) and the right crossed reed (5) are arranged in a manner that crossed lines are collinear; the reed arraying manner of the right crossed reed (5) and the reed arraying manner of the left crossed reed (4) are symmetrical along the crossed lines; the upper end or the lower end of the left crossed reed (4) is connected with the left external rotary part (1), and the lower end or the upper end of the left crossed reed (4) is connected with the rigid middle part (3); the upper end or the lower end of the right crossed reed (5) is connected with the right external rotary part (2), and the lower end or the upper end of the right crossed reed (5) is connected with the rigid middle part (3); the left external rotary part (1) and the rigid middle part (3) are connected through the left crossed reed (4) to form a left flexible hinge; the right external rotary part (2) and the rigid middle part (3) are connected through the right crossed reed (5) to form a right flexible hinge; and ideal rotary central shafts of the left flexible hinge and the right flexible hinge are coaxial.


Summary form only given. The distribution of anisotropy energies is an important consideration in the performance of high-density recording media. Particles with very small anisotropy energies will be thermally unstable and particles with very large anisotropy energies may not be switchable. It was recently shown that large anisotropy distributions exist in L1/sub 0/ materials with partial chemical ordering, including FePt nanoparticles and CoPt/SiO/sub 2/ multilayer films. It was also observed that these partially ordered materials have large remanent to ordinary coercivity ratios that may be related in part to the anisotropy distribution. We have calculated the dependence of the coercivity ratio on the anisotropy distribution width and examined the effect of interactions on this dependence. The effect of both anisotropy distribution and mean field interaction parameter on the width of the irreversible susceptibility versus field curve was also calculated. These results suggest that the coercivity ratio can be a useful parameter for estimating anisotropy distribution widths in granular systems with weak interactions.


A novel methodology is proposed for discrete model predictive gain-scheduled controller design for nonlinear systems for finite prediction horizons. The proposed design procedure is based on the linear parameter-varying (LPV) paradigm, quadratic stability and on the notion of the parameter-varying guaranteed cost. The obtained design procedure is in the form of BMI and LMI. Numerical examples show the benefit of the proposed approach.


Batik is a genuine Indonesian product and has been its cultural heritage for several decades. The production process is mostly conducted manually by many small industries in different cities such as Solo, Yogyakarta, Pekalongan, Cirebon, Madura, and others. The small batik industry, however, has some limitations including simple production technology, marketing, human resources, and the knowledge of the impact of batik production on the environment. The purpose of this study was to recommend a workstation design for wax removal in the batik production process in order to improve the Eco-Efficiency Index (EEI) and provide comfort to the workers (ergonomic). This involved the application of the Eco-Efficiency analysis method and the Green Ergonomic concept in this study. The EEI analysis conducted on 2 Batik SMEs showed SMEs using firewood has a lower EEI compared to those using used oil while Green Ergonomic was used to recommend the change from the initial use of firewood in the furnace to used oil while designing a wax removal workstation. This new design is also expected to provide comfort to the workers.


In the article the strategy of increasing the intellectual capital of the modern chair is developed, the cost estimate of quantities of intellectual capital of the company, firm or institution is proposed. The principal directions of innovation search are showed. The role of the business-community in increments of intellectual capital of the modern chair of the high school is designated.


Traditional exercise regimens are based on maintaining a prolonged increase in heart rate, followed by a single recovery period. The cyclic exercise protocol is a novel protocol that is designed to create a series of parabolic waves of exercise and recovery. It is a known fact that the magnitude of the ultradians and the heart rate variability are reduced in people having diseases. Ultradians are the waves that occur every one and half-hours in a 24-hour circadian rhythm. By implementing this cyclic exercise protocol on people having AIDS, an increase in the slope base parameter, is seen. This parameter is of considerable importance because, it directly reflects on the magnitude of the ultradians and therefore also on the magnitude of the circadian rhythm.


A common goal of tumor sequencing projects is the identification of genes whose mutations are selected for during tumor development. This is accomplished by finding genes that have more nonsynonymous mutations than expected by an estimated background mutation frequency. While this frequency is unknown, it can be estimated using both the observed synonymous mutation frequency, and the nonsynonymous to synonymous mutation ratio. The synonymous mutation frequency can be determined across all genes, or in a gene-specific manner. This choice introduces an interesting tradeoff. A gene-specific frequency is difficult to estimate given small or missing synonymous mutation counts, but adjusts for an underlying mutation load bias. Using a genome-wide synonymous frequency is more robust, but is less suited for adjusting for the same bias. Studying three evaluation criteria for identifying genes with high nonsynonymous mutation burden (preferential selection of expressed genes, genes with mutations in conserved bases, and genes that show loss of heterozygosity), we find that the gene-specific synonymous frequency is superior in the gene expression and conservation tests, while both frequencies perform similarly for the loss of heterozygosity test. In conclusion, we believe that the use of the gene-specific synonymous mutation frequency is well suited for estimating a gene's nonsynonymous mutation burden.


Tobacco use remains a global problem, and as a demographic group, adolescents are at a high risk of its adverse effects. In addition, disparities exist in strategies to address tobacco control, particularly among youth from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. The health risks associated with tobacco use provide a compelling reason for all nations to prioritize addressing and regulating its use and providing sustainable funding sources for training healthcare professionals and others under Article 14 of the World Health Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). This article has four primary goals: (1) to provide an overview of the 2005 World Health Organization's international public health treaty the World Health FCTC; (2) to examine the prevalence of tobacco cigarette use among adolescents globally and the impact of cultural/social influences on use; (3) to provide an overview of current evidence based smoking cessations interventions that have shown success with this group; and (4) to discuss the overarching social work implications and practice when working with adolescents who use tobacco cigarettes.


The aim of the paper was to define a relationship between the structure and dynamics of the Carex digitata population. Additionally, modifications in the development of an individual and its life strategy in disturbed communities were analysed. The species was studied in the natural and anthropogenically disturbed oak-hornbeam communities over 23-years of research (1987-2009) conducted on permanent plots in the Knyszynska Forest. The results of the research indicate that in the natural community, C. digitata individuals reach the phase of flowering and fruition in the 4 th year of the life cycle, while in the disturbed community dominated by pine trees - in the 2 nd year of the life cycle. Modification of the C. digitata life cycle can be attributed to different reactions of individuals to disturbances in the community, microclimatic, phenological and biocenotic balance to which C. digitata is exposed as a results of the degeneration (pinetization) of the community. The sedge responds differently to specific ecological conditions in the natural and anthropogenically disturbed oak-hornbeam communities due to different life strategies, which affect morphological and developmental features of individual plants, and thus induces changes in the structure and dynamics of populations. This is reflected in a different spatial organization, age structure, size diversity of the individual plants, as well as in various mechanisms regulating the number of individual plants in a population.


Objective: The internal consistency, test–retest reliability, and validity of the Quick Personality Assessment Schedule (PAS-Q), as a screening instrument for personality disorders were studied in a random sample of 195 Dutch psychiatric outpatients, using the SCID-II as a gold standard. Method: All patients were interviewed with the PAS-Q. With an interval of 1 to 2 weeks, they were interviewed with the SCID-II. Three weeks later the PAS-Q was re-administered. Results: According to the SCID-II, 97 patients (50%) were suffering from a personality disorder. The PAS-Q correctly classified 81% of all participants. Sensitivity and specificity were 0.80 and 0.82, respectively. Conclusion: The results provide evidence for the usefulness of the PAS-Q as a screening instrument for personality disorders in clinical populations.


Objective:To determine two triterpenoids,luteolin β-amyrin acetate(compound Ⅰ)and 24-methylene-cycloartanol(compound Ⅱ),in roots of Euphorbia ebracteolata Hayata.Methods:Separation was carried out on Agilent HC-C8 column(150 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm).The mobile phase was acetonitrile-water(85∶15)at a flow rate of 1.0 mL·min-1 at 25 ℃,and the detector was set at 205 nm.Results:The linearity was in the range of 0.1-5.0 μg for compoundsⅠand Ⅱ,and the correlation coefficients were more than 0.9998(n=6).The average recoveries(n=6)for compound Ⅰand Ⅱ were 99.3%(RSD=1.9%)and 96.9%(RSD=0.86%)respectively.Conclusion:This method is accurate,reliable and sensitive for determination of two triterpenoids in Euphorbia ebracteolata Hayata.


A method of embedding data in a JPEG color image for applications such as authentication of an employee carrying a picture identification card is described. Embedding of data, such as key biometric or other unique identification information of the person, is carried out by modifying the spectral power at a pair of one-dimensional frequencies. These frequencies may be selected arbitrarily for each block of image and for each color in the one-dimensional version of the image. Preliminary results show that the 1-D spectrum modification technique causes barely noticeable distortion in the embedded image if a moderately high sampling rate is chosen for the converted 1-D signal. Using an oblivious technique and a key consisting of the frequencies where spectrum is modified, successful data retrieval with no bit errors has been achieved. Results show that an embedded image corrupted by low level noise still retained the hidden data with low bit errors


In this paper the authors report the electron energy loss analysis of the micas and two sheet silicates. An attempt is made to correlate the structure in the electron energy loss spectra with the structural differences of these complex mineral silicates.


We have previously shown that nitrite ions can be reduced by hemoglobin to nitric oxide (NO), a ubiquitous signaling molecule and potent vasodilator. Nitrite serves as a stable tissue and vascular source for NO production; the reduction reaction is maximal at about 50% oxygen saturation values and is enhanced at low pH but little is known about other effectors of this reaction. In the current work, we studied the effect of ascorbic acid on nitrite reduction under physiological conditions using chemiluminescence to quantify NO production. In physiological buffer, this reaction has a rate constant of about 1×10−5 M−1.s−1. Thus, a significant production of NO would likely occur in plasma only at pharmacological levels of ascorbic acid (> 1 mM) although lowering pH below 7.0 markedly enhances this reaction. Loading human erythrocytes with 0.5 mM dehydroascorbic acid, which is in redox equilibrium with ascorbic acid and which can significantly raise intracellular ascorbic acid levels, increased basal levels of nitrite ions from 42±9.0 nM to 98±56 nM. Uptake of nitrite ions into erythrocytes by incubation in 10 μM nitrite was increased about 1.5 fold by dehydroascorbic acid and the half-time of nitrite loss was slowed to the same extent. Ascorbic acid also reduced free ferric heme in erythrocytes and plasma to ferrous heme which catalyzed the reduction of nitrite to NO with a rate constant of 2.3×103 M−1.s−1 under physiological conditions. However, free ferrous ions did not significantly produce NO in physiological buffer (rate constant = 1.8×10−2 M−1.s−1). The reaction of ferrous heme with nitrite was not affected by heme binding to proteins such as hemopexin and albumin, or erythrocyte membranes. These results suggest that physiological levels of ascorbic acid (20–80 μM in plasma and erythrocytes) may act to catalyze NO production in the blood by promoting the reduction of nitrite ions by free ferrous heme and by increasing intra-erythrocytic levels of nitrite ions which can be reduced to NO by deoxyhemoglobin.


Using entropy density of the rectilinearly accelerating non-stationary black hole with electric charges and magnetic charges, we obtain conclusion that the entropy density near the event horizon of non-stationary blank hole in a direction is proportionate to cubic power temperature of event horizon on this direction .It is found that at anytime the entropy density near the event horizon of the straightly accelerating non-stationary black hole is depends not only on the time, but also on the polar angle.


This paper deals with ancient clepsydrae and water docks in Greece and Rome. While clepsydrae are very oid time measuring instruments, the difiusion of water docks is strictly connected with the development of the mechanical studies. Ctesibius of Alexandria was the first one to understand the bind links between pneumatical toys and the water docks. Really interesting is the description of the Archimedes water dock, a complex device whose mechanical engine is just similar to the Vitruviu's odometer.


This work aims to systematically study a reactive extrusion process for the synthesis of graft copolymers with polystyrene (PS) as backbone and polyamide 6 (PA6) as grafts. The underlying chemistry relies on the use of a random copolymer of styrene (St) and 3-isopropenyl-α,α-dimethylbenzene isocyanate (TMI), PS-co-TMI, to activate the polymerization of e-caprolactam (CL) using sodium e-caprolactam (NaCL) as a catalyst. To obtain sufficiently high polymerization rate and monomer conversion, the following conditions should be met simultaneously: polymerization temperature higher than 220°C, TMI content in PS-co-TMI higher than 2 wt%, and the molar ratio between the isocyanate group in PS-co-TMI and NaCL smaller than 3. Moreover, feeding mode has a little effect on the CL conversion and the composition of PS-g-PA6 but has a strong effect on the polymerization induction time. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2011. © 2011 Society of Plastics Engineers


In the framework of measures required for the Europe 2020 strategy – and with regard to the prevention of early school leaving based on frequentist definition of probability and multilevel logistic regression model, we identify the risk groups of grade retention. PISA 2012 data analysis suggests that early retention is a strong predictor of late retention and that the probability of early retention is 35 times higher in the first tenth of the distribution of the students' socioeconomic status in comparison with the top tenth. The odds ratio calculated using the multilevel logistic model indicates that male students are on average 1.7 times more likely to be retained than female students; for each additional unit of standard deviation in the socioeconomic status of the student, the odds ratio of non-retention increases 1.5 times, and four times per unit of school socio-economic composition. With regard to mathematics self-concept, for each additional unit of standard deviation, the odds ratio of non-retention increases 1.5 times. Bearing in mind the international debate on the long-term effect of grade retention on individual careers, and knowing that Portugal is among the OECD countries with the highest degree of inequality in income distribution, the interpretation of the results recommends the design, planning and implementation of intervention programs aimed at improving the learning in risk groups, with the 1st and 2nd cycles of basic education as priorities.


This work focuses on euthyna, the accountability procedure to which all people who performed an official task for the community, both Athenian magistrates and citizens occasionally assigned to particular tasks, were required to undergo at the end of their office. The only source that illustrates this procedure is Athenaion Politeia, whose account arouses problems in comparison with the period preceding the fourth century. Starting from a systematic analysis of evidence, this thesis addresses the issue of euthyna history, following the turning points of Athenian institutional history and collecting the evidence of euthyna trials in a catalog raisonne. Moreover, this thesis deals with the issue of connections between euthyna and other procedures prescribed by Athenian law (graphai, dikai, eisangheliai), in respect of which euthyna seems to have played a preliminary function. The work is divided into two sections. The first part includes an historical profile of the euthyna procedure from its origins to the Ephialtes' reform and the end of the fifth century. The second section consists of a detailed discussion of trials peri ton euthynon, collected in the catalog raisonne. To make the consultation facilitated, the results are collected in two tables, which close the work.


In view of index data's uncertainty and high dimension in the evaluation of enterprises'accounting information quality,in order to overcome the deficiencies of previous evaluation methods,projection pursuit model was put forward for the comprehensive evaluation of enterprises'accounting information quality.The evaluation index system of accounting information quality was set up and projection pursuit model was applied to comprehensively evaluate the accounting information quality.The results show that this method is feasible.


Currently, the processes of interaction between municipal authorities and the local community are spontaneity. At the same time, namely at the local level is close enough to "touch" the interests of society and state. So it is especially important at the present stage to have a clear system of science-based measures to improve the quality of this interaction. The authors conclude that the effectiveness of the implementation of local self-government depends largely on social action and citizenship of the population. Local government is a school of civic participation, supporting community initiatives, bringing up patriotism and civic responsibility. The article presents the results of a survey of residents, Tyumen, reflecting the effectiveness of the interaction of local authorities with population. Identified low civic engagement of the municipal population, reflected in the unwillingness and reluctance of the population to cooperate with authorities in the implementation of local self-government.


Although high rates of anthropogenic mortality are often reported for carnivores near reserve borders, the resulting edge effects are rarely quantified, and the consequences on conservation goals are usually unknown. Here, we assess the extent and impact of edge effects on a protected leopard Panthera pardus population in the Phinda‐Mkhuze Complex (PMC), South Africa. We compared the spatial and demographic characteristics of leopards in two areas of the PMC, one closer to the border than the other. Leopard density declined from the core of the reserve (11.11 ± 1.31 leopards 100 km−2) to the border (7.17 ± 1.12  leopards 100 km−2), and was the lowest in non‐protected areas adjoining the PMC (2.49 ± 0.87 leopards 100 km−2), but was not related to prey abundance or interspecific competition. Radiotelemetry showed that leopards near the border spent a greater proportion of their time outside the reserve and suffered higher annual mortality rates (0.358 ± 0.075) than those closer to the core (0.122 ± 0.065). A Cox proportional hazards model further demonstrated the negative effect of time spent outside the reserve on the survival probability of leopards. Despite an increased risk of mortality, leopards did not avoid non‐protected areas, which may have functioned as an ecological trap for predators. Although the overall conservation outcome of the reserve was positive, edge effects clearly weakened the potential of the PMC to protect leopards. Our findings show that high mortality rates of carnivores in areas bordering reserves can extend to protected populations. Management approaches that control human activities on both sides of administrative borders are therefore essential if reserves are to conserve large carnivores effectively.


The objectives of the high-temperature structures program are threefold: to assist in the development of analytical tools needed to improve design analyses and procedures for the efficient and accurate prediction of the nonlinear structural response of hot-section components; to aid in the calibration, validation, and evaluation of the analytical tools by comparing predictions with experimental data; and to evaluate existing as well as advanced temperature and strain measurement instrumentation. As the analytical tools, test methods, tests, instrumentation, as well as data acquisition, management, and analysis methods are developed and evaluated, a proven, integrated analysis and experiment method will result in a more accurate prediction of the cyclic life of hot section components.


Hydrolysis of a divinyl ether-maleic anhydride copolymer in water and acetone was studied at room temperature. The kinetics of hydrolysis in water was studied using FT-IR spectroscopy ; kinetic parameters of the process were estimated. It was found that the hydrolysis proceeds via the formation of hydrogen bonds in the system. The rate of the hydrolysis of the copolymer in acetone is higher then that in water.


Background and Aim:  Symptoms of functional dyspepsia (FD) are highly prevalent in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). However, the effects of therapeutic agents for IBS on the pathophysiology of FD are unclear. In this study, therefore, we examined the effects of ramosetron, a serotonin 5‐HT3 receptor antagonist, on corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)‐ and soybean oil‐induced delays in gastric emptying of rats, in comparison with anti‐diarrheal agent and spasmolytics. The involvement of 5‐HT and the 5‐HT3 receptor in delayed gastric emptying was also evaluated.


Certain alloys of nickel have recently been shown to reduce CO2 to multi-carbon products electrochemically without the need for copper. Here we show that Ni3Ga thin film electrocatalysts on carbon electrodes discriminate between CO2 reduction pathways and products based on their surface morphologies, which are controlled by catalyst-carbon support interactions. It is also observed that unsupported, bulk Ni3Ga reduces CO but not CO2. With this understanding, a tandem electrocatalyst utilizing two variants of the Ni3Ga material—one supported and one unsupported—was developed. In this two-electrode system, CO is generated from CO2 on an electrode optimized for this process, and the CO is then further reduced to methanol in the same reactor. It appears that choice of carbon support impacts the morphology of Ni3Ga during the synthesis of the catalyst, thereby influencing the electrolysis product distribution. © The Author(s) 2018. Published by ECS. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC BY, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse of the work in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. [DOI: 10.1149/2.0791807jes]


Fuel consumption and emissions in parallel hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) are directly linked to the way the load request to the wheels is managed between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor powered by the battery. A significant reduction in both consumption and emissions can be achieved by optimally controlling the power split on an entire driving mission (full horizon—FH). However, the entire driving path is often not predictable in real applications, hindering the fulfillment of the advantages gained through such an approach. An improvement can be achieved by exploiting more information available onboard, such as those derived from Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and vehicle connectivity (V2X). With this aim, the present work presents the design and verification, in a simulated environment, of an optimized controller for HEVs energy management, based on dynamic programming (DP) and receding horizon (RH) approaches. The control algorithm entails the partial knowledge of the driving mission, and its performance is assessed by evaluating fuel consumption related to a Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Cycle (WLTC) under different control features (i.e., horizon length and update distance). The obtained results show a fuel consumption reduction comparable to that of the FH, with maximum drift from optimal consumption of less than 10%.


We investigated an antihypertensive effect of insulin in aged ZDF rat (24 weeks) in which insulin resistance is highly developed. Insulin treatment caused no change in plasma glucose levels but considerably decreased blood pressure, which was accompanied by an increase in plasma NO metabolites (NOX) in these animals. These findings suggest that NO production may be involved in the antihypertensive effect of insulin in the aged ZDF rat, in which insulin resistance had been established. Hypertension is one of the complications in diabetes mellitus (DM) and considered to be a risk factor for such serious vascular episodes as myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction in diabetic patients (8, 9). It is reported that insulin has vasodilative and hypotensive effects (1, 3, 4). Recently, we have observed that insulin decreased blood pressure possibly via increased production of nitric oxide (NO) in the 12-week Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) rat, an animal model of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) (5, 6). In these animals at the age of l2 weeks, insulin showed both hypoglycemic and antihypertensive effects. It is well known that the hypoglycemic effect of insulin is reduced in the course of NIDDM by increasing insulin resistance. In the present study, we further investigated the antihypertensive effect of insulin in 24-weekold ZDF rats in which insulin resistance was highly developed, and a possible role of NO in the antihypertensive effect of insulin was further examined by measuring plasma level of NOX. Drugs. Recombinant human insulin (Novolin Correspondence and reprint request to: Dr M. Kawaguchi at the above address. Phone: +8l—853-20-2185, Fax: +81-853~23-8650, E-mail: k-mikiko@shimane-med. ac. jp N) was purchased from Novo Nordisk (Bagsvaerd, Denmark). All other chemicals are of the purest grade available from regular commercial sources. Animals. Male ZDF rats and Lean rats (nondiabetic phenotype) were obtained at the age of 7 weeks from Genetic Models Inc. (Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.), housed in pairs, kept on an artificial lighting (lights on 8 :00, off 20:00). Food and tap water were freely given until the age of 24 weeks. Then both groups of animals were divided into two groups, respectively: insulin-treated subgroup and control subgroup. Insulin therapy was started at the age of 24 weeks and lasted for 3 weeks. Insulin was administered by continuous subcutaneous infusion (3-l0 U/day) using an osmotic mini pump (Alzet Model ZML4, Alza, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.) combined with subcutaneous bolus injection between 5p.m. and 6p.m. daily in a dose of 3.7 U/day. Control animals were injected with saline instead of insulin. During the experimental period, food and water intake as well as body weight and blood pressure were monitored at 6p.m. every day. Systolic blood pressure was measured by the tail-cuff method. Blood samples were obtained from the tail vein without anesthesia between 9 a.m. and ll a.m. every week before and after the start of the


ABSTRACT This article explores continuities and changes in the damming of rivers in the global South. By the 2000s, the infrastructural promises of large dams seemed exhausted. Yet, currently dams are making a strong comeback with new justifications highlighting their capacity to produce low-carbon energy and climate-proofed waterscapes, while the harms they generate are being presented as fixable. Through cases from the Mekong (Laos and Cambodia), and the Grijalva (Mexico) River Basins, we problematize these claims. Despite changes in the aspirations and agencies that foster damming, obdurate dam materialities and the new profit-maximizing operation modes provoke violent continuities of infrastructural harms and hinder the repurposing of dams to serve climate combat. Neoliberalised dams even augment climate vulnerabilities, as the more volatile rivers increasingly exceed their ordering capacities. We also show how the new dam assemblages continue dispossessing riverine residents while divergently strengthening corporate and state powers and obscuring relations of responsibility.


Volvulus of the ileal stump in a side-to-side ileocolic anastomosis is a rare complication of intestinal surgery. Such a case, with several unusual roentgenologic findings, is presented. R. G., a woman aged 60, was admitted to the hospital because of abdominal cramps and weight loss over a period of six months, vomiting and diarrhea for two weeks, and constipation for two days preceding entry. She proved to have an incomplete intestinal obstruction, and exploratory laparotomy was undertaken. An infiltrating colloid carcinoma of the cecum with lymph node metastases was found, and an isoperistaltic side-to-side ileosigmoidostomy with exclusion was performed. The blind ileal stump extended 3 inches beyond the anastomosis. A second-stage ileocolic resection was done approximately six weeks later, including the terminal ileum, ascending colon, and hepatic flexure. The patient was discharged to the follow-up clinic, asymptomatic, approximately three months after her original entry. She remained well for over fo...


In the field of object detection, recently, tremendous success is achieved, but still it is a very challenging task to detect and identify objects accurately with fast speed. Human beings can detect and recognize multiple objects in images or videos with ease regardless of the object's appearance, but for computers it is challenging to identify and distinguish between things. In this paper, a modified YOLOv1 based neural network is proposed for object detection. The new neural network model has been improved in the following ways. Firstly, modification is made to the loss function of the YOLOv1 network. The improved model replaces the margin style with proportion style. Compared to the old loss function, the new is more flexible and more reasonable in optimizing the network error. Secondly, a spatial pyramid pooling layer is added; thirdly, an inception model with a convolution kernel of 1 ∗ 1 is added, which reduced the number of weight parameters of the layers. Extensive experiments on Pascal VOC datasets 2007/2012 showed that the proposed method achieved better performance.


This article is divided in two parts; the second part (consisting of Sections 3, 4 and 5) will be published in the next issue of FQS. After asking what is typical or general in the life history of Hulya as a migrant worker in Germany and what is exceptional or unique (Section 1) the biographical processes of her life history up to the most central episodes of her conventional and estranging pre-arranged marriage and her way out of it through divorce after having stayed in Ger- many for several years will be delineated (Section 2). Before reaching this turning point Hulya not only undergoes the "common" type trajectory of a migrant worker—the trajectory of being a cultural stranger, of being void of language, of being exploited by hardest sorts of work—, but, in addition, her personal biographical development is retarded by the exceptional, but probably not totally untypical experience of being trapped within a situation of compulsory labour (resembling slave labour). For a long time she also feels obliged to remain in her trajectory position of an isolated migrant worker, since originally she had mainly meant to go to Germany in order to support her poverty stricken family back in Turkey with her earnings. Partly based on the fear that she will get self-alienated and "petrified" like the older women with whom she dwells and works together Hulya accepts a pre-arranged marriage (probably mainly negotiated by her mother) as the only way out of her predicament. But willy-nilly Hulya must learn that she—already embarked on her way to an individualized and emancipated existence—cannot live in such a superimposed arrangement, and therefore she distances herself from her husband through the biographical escape action schemes first of returning to Germany alone and then of pushing ahead her divorce. Hulya's way of rendering her life history (which Section 3 will focus on) is quite straightforward in most parts of her narrative. But it is obvious that she is ashamed to tell about her estranging marriage and her disreputable divorce. Dealing with this emotionally difficult turning point in her life history Hulya tends to report in a quite laconic and evasive way. But in doing so she realizes that her story line would get implausible if she continued narrating like this. Therefore she inserts a number of background constructions and argumentative explanations in her laconic line of narration. Part of the article is focussed on this "disorderly" kind of rendering. Then the 4th part of the article resumes the reconstruction of the biographical processes of Hulya's life up to the "presence" of the interview situation in 1986. Here the focus is on (a) Hulya's medical problems seen as a typical transformation of the migrant worker's trajectory of exploitation and self-alienation and (b) her processes of learning and metamorphosis in reaching the present biographical and social state of a highly individualized and emancipated woman. Part of Hulya's emancipation process is her disguised self-distancing from the ways of feeling and thinking of her late beloved mother and her expec- tations towards the life course of her daughter Hulya. (This is biographical work hidden even to her- self.) The 5th section of the interview deals with Hulya's blend of biographical work and of collective identity work in existing as a "marginal personality" according to the early Chicago Sociologists'


The pollution prevention of NOx in coal-fired industrial boilers is in the starting phase.From the view point of economy,removal rate of NOx and engineering performance,the perfect control technology of NOx emission should be chosen for the renovation in coal-fired industrial boilers.SNCR technology shows low costs,boiler hearth is used as a reactor,so its technology can be applied by transforming the boiler.The breakthrough point is to develop the low temperature with low costs or medium temperature denitrifying catalyst or develop SNCR technology that could bear the load change of industrial boiler.


Cultural workforce diversity has become a topic of growing interest in the management and corporate social responsibility (CSR) literature because of its potential to influence organizational outcomes, depending on how organizations tackle it. At the same time, organizations have begun to communicate their outlooks on diversity and their efforts in this area for various motives. Yet, little to no advancements have been made in terms of researching potential trends in diversity reporting and the factors that may shape the latter. Using a theoretical framework provided by Ely and Thomas (2001), this paper explores the trends in cultural workforce diversity communication across a series of fifty-five Dutch organizations over a time period ranging from 1997 to 2018. In investigating this largely underexplored field, the study also attempts to determine whether the sector a company operates in may influence the way the latter reports on diversity. In doing so, the paper employs automated quantitative content analysis as a research method and subsequently contributes towards bridging a methodological gap by developing and advancing a reliable and optimizable analysis Python-based software. While contributing to the underdeveloped literature on the topic by identifying and modelling the trends in organizational diversity reporting, due to data availability-driven limitations, the study incurs difficulties in establishing the potential factors that may influence the ways organizations choose to report on workforce diversity. Yet, the paper provides valuable insights into the topic, such as identifying the most widely reported as well as the fastest growing diversity perspective across time, as well as caveats and suggestions concerning how future research on the subject ought to move forward.


The paper proposes the novel concept of smart bricks as a durable sensing solution for structural health monitoring of masonry structures. The term smart bricks denotes piezoresistive clay bricks with suitable electronics capable of outputting measurable changes in their electrical properties under changes in their state of strain. This feature can be exploited to evaluate stress at critical locations inside a masonry wall and to detect changes in loading paths associated with structural damage, for instance following an earthquake. Results from an experimental campaign show that normal clay bricks, fabricated in the laboratory with embedded electrodes made of a special steel for resisting the high baking temperature, exhibit a quite linear and repeatable piezoresistive behavior. That is a change in electrical resistance proportional to a change in axial strain. In order to be able to exploit this feature for strain sensing, high-resolution electronics are used with a biphasic DC measurement approach to eliminate any resistance drift due to material polarization. Then, an enhanced nanocomposite smart brick is proposed, where titania is mixed with clay before baking, in order to enhance the brick's mechanical properties, improve its noise rejection, and increase its electrical conductivity. Titania was selected among other possible conductive nanofillers due to its resistance to high temperatures and its ability to improve the durability of construction materials while maintaining the aesthetic appearance of clay bricks. An application of smart bricks for crack detection in masonry walls is demonstrated by laboratory testing of a small-scale wall specimen under different loading conditions and controlled damage. Overall, it is demonstrated that a few strategically placed smart bricks enable monitoring of the state of strain within the wall and provide information that is capable of crack detection.


Abstract Optical metamaterials give birth to the control and regulation of light. However, because of strong energy dissipation and fabrication difficulty in meta-atoms, low-loss isotropic three dimensional negative index metamaterials (NIMs) in the visible spectrum has long been regarded as an extremely challenging. Here, we report an ultralow loss isotropic metamaterials for visible light and its inverse Doppler effect. The ball-thorn-shaped metaclusters with symmetrical structure consisting of the dielectric and its surface dispersed super-thin silver layer was proposed, the surface plasma resonance is formed by discrete silver layer with a thickness of two or three atomic layers. We invented a unique technique for preparing ultralow loss isotropic clusters and three-dimensional large block samples. The negative refractive index and the inverse Doppler effect of green and red light is measured by the prism method for the first time. The discrete super-thin silver layer produced by the photoreduction method greatly reduces the generation of loss and break through noble metal high energy losses of traditional optical frequency metamaterial, the metaclusters unfold bottleneck of the nano-assemble visible light metamaterials, opening a door for disorder assembling ultralow loss isotropic three-dimensional large block NIMs devices of arbitrary shape.


Increased fructose (FR) consumption has been associated with obesity and insulin resistance, which, if present during gestation, may increase the risk of metabolic disease in the offspring. Alterations in placental transport may mediate these effects. This study examined the effect of FR consumption during gestation on placental mRNA expression of nutrient transporters (GLUT3, CD36, SNAT2) and the pro‐inflammatory cytokine TNF‐α. Female rats received either 10% FR solution (n=18) or tap water (CNTL) (n=17) during gestation. Maternal blood was collected before gestation, and on gestational days (GD) 12 and 19; pregnancies were terminated on GD 20. Fetuses and placentas were weighed. Placental mRNA expression was quantified using real‐time PCR. Maternal weight, placental weight, fetal weight and GLUT3 and CD36 expression were not different between FR fed rats and CNTL rats. Maternal glucose (mmol/L) was elevated on GD 19 in FR vs. CNTL rats (6.26 ± 1.2 vs 5.18 ± 0.7; p<0.05). Insulin (ng/ml) was increased at mid‐gestation (FR: 2.74 ± 1.5; CNTL: 1.41± 0.5; p<0.05) and on GD 19 (FR: 2.11 ± 1.3; CNTL: 1.07 ± 0.4; p<0.05). Placental expression of SNAT2 (FR: 1.61 ± 0.1; CNTL: 0.90 ± 0.3; p<0.05) and TNF‐α (FR: 1.38 ± 0.2; CNTL: 0.82 ± 0.2; p<0.05) was increased in FR rats compared to CNTLs. Although overall fetal growth appeared to be unaffected, further studies examining changes in offspring metabolism are warranted. NSERC


A new 1D-coordination polymer [Co(Piv)2(NH2(CH2)6NH2)]n (1, Piv is Me3CCO2− anion) was obtained, the mononuclear fragments {Co(O2CR)2} within which are linked by μ-bridged molecules of hexamethylenediamine (NH2(CH2)6NH2). For this compound, two different monoclinic C2/c (α-1) and P2/n (β-1) phases were found at room temperature by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, with a similar structure of chains and their packages in unit cells. The low-temperature phase (γ-1) of crystal 1 at 150 K corresponds to the triclinic space group P-1. As the temperature decreases, the structural phase transition (SPT) in the α-1 and β-1 crystals is accompanied by an increase in the crystal packing density caused by the rearrangements of both H-bonds and the nearest ligand environment of the cobalt atom ("octahedral CoN2O4 around the metal center at room temperature" → "pseudo-tetrahedral CoN2O2 at 150 K"). The SPT was confirmed by DSC in the temperature range 210–150 K; when heated above 220 K, anomalies in the behavior of the heat flow are observed, which may be associated with the reversibility of SPT; endo effects are observed up to 300 K. The SPT starts below 200 K. At 100 K, a mixture of phases was found in sample 1: 27% α-1 phase, 61% γ-1 phase. In addition, at 100 K, 12% of the new δ-1 phase was detected, which was identified from the diffraction pattern at 260 K upon subsequent heating: the a,b,c-parameters and unit cell volume are close to the structure parameters of γ-1, and the values of the α,β,γ-angles are significantly different. Further heating leads to a phase transition from δ-1 to α-1, which both coexist at room temperature. According to the DC magnetometry data, during cooling and heating, the χMT(T) curves for 1 form a hysteresis loop with ~110 K, in which the difference in the χMT values reaches 9%. Ab initio calculations of the electronic structure of cobalt(II) in α-1 and γ-1 have been performed. Based on the EPR data at 10 K and the ab initio calculations, the behavior of the χMT(T) curve for 1 was simulated in the temperature range of 2–150 K. It was found that 1 exhibits slow magnetic relaxation in a field of 1000 Oe.


Geologic and historic information on seismic cycles and on the magnitude and source faults of past earthquakes is essential information to understand future large earthquakes. The study of past faulting and seismicity is an important issue for an interdisciplinary community of seismologists, geologists, geomorphologists, archaeologists, and historians.


Abstract Experiments with a few crop plants have revealed the existence of different mechanisms of Fe‐stress tolerance. However, there are some physiological responses obtained in common, like pH reduction, release of reductant chemicals, and chlorosis recovery in the Fe‐efficient cultivars. Five cultivars of tobacco were subjected to Fe‐deficiency stress in nutrient culture. All of them exhibited varying degrees of chlorosis, released riboflavin into the medium at different stages of growth, and reduced the pH. Studies with ash gourd and pumpkin showed that the former was susceptible and the latter tolerant to Fe‐stress. The pH of the medium was reduced followed by release of riboflavin and formation of swelling and yellowing of root‐tip in pumpkin. The ash gourd cultivar CO‐2 responded to treatment with 100 ppm phthalic acid by producing new green leaves.


REPLY: We thank Thomas et al. (2) for their interest in our recently published work (1), and we appreciate their applauding our efforts to test the limits of imaging transcranial Doppler ultrasound (ITCD). We, like many others, are looking to develop routine measurements that provide a better understanding of the somewhat elusive vascular responses of the brain in both health and disease and our recent work is an initial step in that direction. In terms of the specific content of the Letter to the Editor, we must initially note that the author's title implies that our work using ITCD may not give an accurate picture of "cerebral hemodynamics," when in fact, we do not imply that the reported method is best used to accurately measure hemodynamics of the brain (1). Rather, our paper highlights ITCD as a novel tool and focuses on specifically measuring middle cerebral artery (MCA) diameter and, in combination with traditional velocity assessments, the assessment of changes in blood flow in the MCA. Therefore, the answer to the question, "does ITDC give us an accurate picture of cerebral hemodynamics?" is no, but this lofty goal was not our intent. Regarding the validation method, we agree that color Doppler has inherent technical limitations in terms of the accuracy of determining absolute vessel diameters. Furthermore, we agree that a validation protocol, in a deeper vessel, with a lower imaging Doppler frequency, would have been more aligned with the ultimate assessment of the MCA diameter. However, these measures, made in the brachial and radial arteries (using the appropriate transducers and settings for these vessels), as noted in the paper (1), were initial efforts to simply "verify that color flow imaging assessments of diameter reflect the more traditional B-mode assessment." Thus, we concur that, in the future, additional vessel and setting-specific validation studies would be of use. We also agree there are technical limitations inherent to color Doppler ultrasound. Specifically, this pertains to lowfrequency, nonisovolumetric pixels, good axial resolution, and poor lateral resolution. However, as you point out, the observed changes in diameter are, likely, still valid. With respect to the focal zone settings in the published image, which are somewhat deeper than the specific area of interrogation in this example, our experience has been that with this method (assessing diameter in motion (m)-mode), we have attained better images and more consistent diameter measures when the focal point is set distal to the M1 segment of the MCA, which is running somewhat vertically on the image. We expect that you will agree that the image quality (see Fig. 2, A and B, in Ref. 1) along the vessel is quite consistent proximal to the focal point. Of importance, and as highlighted below, once determined, the focal point was kept consistent between conditions. Finally, we concur that system settings should be optimized to image the MCA of individual participants and kept consistent across conditions when looking to detect changes in vessel dimeter, and, of course, this was the case in the current work. It is true that the calculation of blood flow relies on the square of vessel diameter, and, thus, modest errors in the estimation of diameter can result in large errors in calculated blood flow. However, utilizing simple TCD, in which there is no measure of diameter or insonation angle, certainly has room for improvement. We acknowledge that the current work (1) has some pitfalls, but, again, we contend that our recent work is an initial step in a more positive direction. Again, we thank the authors for their letter and bringing to light a collective interest in the clear challenges of measuring MCA blood flow with ITCD. We look forward to reading future work in this area, which builds on our efforts, either from the current authors or others in the field.


hybrid pigs (31 piglets,34 fatten pigs) in ledu county,Qinghai Province were used to determine serum amylase activity.The results showed that serum amylase activity of ledu hybrid pig was 280.53 IU/L;there was no significant difference in serum amylase activity between piglet and fatten pig(P0.05)


The article deals with processes taking place in treatment zone, factors influencing the state of machined surface coating, modes and methods for processing of transition sections. On the basis of theoretical and experimental studies of transition zones the authors introduce enlarged technology for processing of transition zones by unshaped tool


There is a long tradition of research into consumers' food choice and quality perception. In the last few years, however, these topics have received even more attention due to the intense debate about such issues as ethical considerations in relation to food production and quality, food scandals and the resulting food scares among consumers, genetic modification of foods, and animal welfare (or, rather, non-welfare), which has made questions regarding food quality and consumers' supposedly rational or irrational food choices even more urgent. In-creased interest in health and quality stands in stark contrast to a perceived unwillingness to pay the higher prices this implies, and scepticism about industrial food production stands in contrast to busy lifestyles and a resulting demand for convenience. However, while the topics of food quality perception and choice have certainly become more complex, research has also provided new insights into them. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of research carried out on consumers' food quality perception and choice at the MAPP Centre during the last 10 years, and is part of a major research project at Fodevareokonomisk Institut (FOI). In this project, the paper will serve as input on quality per-cep-tion from a consumer point of view. The results presented in the paper will give insights into how consumers perceive food quality and why they choose the food products they do, and may thus help in understanding the complicated concept of food quality. Although the starting point of the paper is in research carried out at the MAPP Centre, it will also include results from other sources where needed for a more thorough discussion of a specific topic. The criteria for including additional material are relevance to the topic in question and the extent to which the topic has been researched at MAPP. As a general framework for ana-lysing consumer quality perception and choice of food products, MAPP has developed the Total Food Quality Model, which will be used to structure this overview. We start by presenting the Total Food Quality Model and an overview of the research methods involved. We then describe the various elements of the model in more detail, based on four major quality dimensions – health, taste, process characteristics, convenience.


Medicinal plants have been part of the culture for millennia; however the benefits of derived products have not been utilized optimally by the population of La Mana due to the lack of promotion; so it became necessary to design a business plan for the development and marketing of medicinal aromatic chamomile tea and lemon verbena for medicinal purposes; by performing a detailed market study through surveys directed towards consumers and traders of the product. The results indicated preferences in terms of aroma, price, presentation and frequency of consumption that are fundamental data to determine supply, demand and prices; the description of the manufacturing process of aromatic tea, location, plant layout and availability of resources are detailed in the economic study; Through marketing mix was stablis strategies to highlight the medicinal benefits of chamomile and lemon verbena settled. The economic and financial study detailing the requirements to implement the project, which requires an initial investment of $ 68.643, 69; which will be financed by contributions from shareholders and a bank loan. The NPV calculation allowed to determine the next value $ 22.056,04 and an IRR of 24% greater than zero, whereupon it was established that due to the considerable amount of the initial investment profitability decreased in the early years, however, the proposal is feasible so its implementation is recommended.


Objective To compare two different techniques of percutaneous tracheostomy: Griggs' forceps-dilational technique and Fantoni's translaryngeal technique, both performed with the manufacturer's basic kit and with bronchoscopic guidance. Design A prospective, randomized trial was designed to compare the two tracheostomy techniques. Critically ill patients requiring elective tracheostomy for long-term ventilation were randomized for translaryngeal tracheostomy or forceps-dilational tracheostomy. Setting Intensive care unit of a military teaching hospital. Patients A total of 100 adult patients in the intensive care unit who were mechanically ventilated. Procedures All tracheostomy procedures were performed at the bedside by using a commercially available set. The procedures were performed by two surgeons, one for bronchoscopic guidance and management of the airway and one for the tracheostomy. Measurements and Main Results The measurements were divided into procedure-related variables (duration, technical difficulties, oxygenation): major and minor complications. The procedure was longer in the translaryngeal technique group (12.9 vs. 6.9 mins, p = .0018). Technical difficulties occurred in 11 patients in the translaryngeal technique group. Uneventful forceps dilational tracheostomy was performed instead. There has been no mortality associated with either technique. Serious complications occurred in one patient in the forceps-dilational technique group (one posterior tracheal wall injury) and in four patients in the translaryngeal technique group (one with a posterior tracheal wall injury and three with severe hypoxia). Significant hypercarbia and acidosis occurred in both the translaryngeal technique group and the forceps-dilational technique group. A significant decrease in Pao2 was observed in the translaryngeal technique group (311 to 261, p = .0069). No bleeding requiring intervention occurred. Conclusions Serious complications related to percutaneous tracheostomy occurred in 8.5% and 1.8% of the cases in the translaryngeal technique and the forceps-dilational technique group, respectively (p < .001). Technical difficulties were not rare when using the translaryngeal technique (23%). On the basis of our results, we concluded that the forceps-dilation technique is superior to the translaryngeal technique, with fewer technical difficulties and fewer complications for critically ill patients.


The article is devoted to the investigation of the influence of the parameters of printed material, the number of colors playable in the conditions of modern systems of multi-colored printing. Recommendations are given on the methodology for the selection of printed material to match the color of the scope of the original and opportunities color printing system. The analytical expression of the dependence of the volume of the body color coverage and quantitative parameters characterizing the properties of the surface of printed material are obtained.


This text describes a research experience which is aimed at comparing the efficiency of three types of strategies to improve text comprehension. The first strategy is comprised of retelling, discussion and re-reading. The second and third strategies are summary and the technique of questions, respectively. This work is aimed at analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of each of these strategies.


The application of security engineering principles is primarily targeted at new information systems under development or systems undergoing major upgrades and should be integrated into the system development life cycle. For legacy information systems, organizations should apply security engineering principles to system upgrades and modifications, to the extent feasible, given the current state of the hardware, software, and firmware components within the system.


There is provided a vehicle accessory (30, 40, 50, 60) for enhancing smells within a vehicle (10). The accessory (30, 40, 50, 60) comprises: (a) sensors (30, 40) for sensing at least one of visual objects and smells present in an environment (20) surrounding the vehicle (10) and generating corresponding sensor signals; (b) a processor (50) for receiving the sensor signals and analysing them for detecting the presence of one or more sensed objects and/or one or more sensed smells in the environment (20), the processor (50) being operable to filter a subset of the one or more sensed objects and/or one or more sensed smells; and (c) an odour source (60) coupled to the processor (50) for receiving instructions there from to generate and release into the vehicle (10) one or more smells corresponding to the subset of the one or more sensed objects and/or one or more sensed smells.


The Fermi secondary pump is a centrifugal single stage design. The pump had been operated more than 42,000 hours between 450 and 800/sup 0/F. Sodium was drained from the pump in 1973 and the system was back filled with carbon dioxide. The pump was fabricated for 2.25 Cr-1 Mo Croloy steel. Prior to cleaning the pump was inerted and heated with 150/sup 0/F nitrogen using the pump casing as the containment vessel. The water-vapor-nitrogen process was used in three increasing stages of water concentration. The hydrogen concentration in the discharge line was followed as an indicator of the sodium-water reaction rate. Upon completion of the hydrogen evolution, the pump was rinsed several times with hot water. Six pounds of sodium were removed from the pump during a process cycle of 79 hours including rinsing. The maximum pump temperature recorded was 175/sup 0/F with no variation exceeding 10/sup 0/F. The hydrogen concentration in the effluent provided a very satisfactory index for control of the reaction by adjustment of the water-vapor concentration feed to the system. Rinsing effectiveness was limited by a pool of water in the volute that was not drainable with the available system hook up. Sodium and its compoundsmore » were removed from all internal surfaces that could be observed by the first stage of disassembly. All such surfaces were coated with a black deposit. Areas above the sodium liquid level were coated with a vermillion colored oxide. Sodium was found on the (1) threads of the impeller nut lock screw, (2) impeller nut-tapered shaft interface, and (3) vapor deposited sodium was found in the oil seal.« less


Based on a SUS study in the State of Minas Gerais, with the application of a survey in all 3.026 state's Basic Health Units that use the information system of the State Neonatal Screening Program (PETN-MG). In this context, the main problem of this study is to know: What are the determinants of use of a PTN -MG information system and what are the relations between them? To answer that question, it was developed a study based in the PTN-MG, with a survey to all state UBS that use a module of intelligent information system, to know the perceptions of users based on the    Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Task Technology Fit (TTF) models integration with the Human Development Index (HDI) variables of the counties and the UBS data treatment capacity        analyzing the information system´s determinants of the use and their relationships.  The study had a sample of 308 responses and, of the 16 initial hypotheses, 6 were confirmed by means of modeling of structural equations. The main results confirm that TAM and TTF models complement each other, since they have several significant relations between their constructs. Another important finding of this study was the inverse relationship found between Counties´ IDH and the perception of usefulness of TAM model. It is understood that this research proposal was achieved and also indicates future research such as: application of the model in other social context including new social variables to do different analysis of TAM and TTF models.


We examine W pair production in the Noncommutative Standard Model constructed with the Seiberg-Witten map. Consideration of partial wave unitarity in the reactions WW {yields} WW and e{sup +}e{sup -} {yields} WW shows that the latter process is more sensitive and that tree-level unitarity is violated when scattering energies are of order a TeV and the noncommutative scale is below about a TeV. We find that WW production at the LHC is not sensitive to scales above the unitarity bounds. WW production in e{sup +}e{sup -} annihilation, however, provides a good probe of such effects with noncommutative scales below 300-400 GeV being excluded at LEP-II, and the ILC being sensitive to scales up to 10-20 TeV. In addition, we find that the ability to measure the helicity states of the final state W bosons at the ILC provides a diagnostic tool to determine and disentangle the different possible noncommutative contributions.


In State Farm, the Supreme Court said that an agency decision is arbitrary and capricious if the agency did not consider adequately a relevant factor or did consider an impermissible factor. The Court did not indicate how courts should distinguish among three categories of potential decision making factors: mandatory, discretionary but permissible, and impermissible. Until 2007, the case law in both the D.C. Circuit and the Supreme Court addressed these questions in sensible ways. In particular, both courts held consistently that congressional silence with respect to a logically relevant factor rendered the factor a permissible factor that an agency could consider in its discretion. Two poorly-reasoned majority opinions issued in five-to-four decisions handed down in 2007 can be interpreted to overrule that long line of cases and to hold that congressional silence should be interpreted to render a logically relevant factor impermissible. In this article, I argue that: (1) the internally inconsistent 2007 opinions should not be interpreted in that manner; (2) the Court should issue another opinion soon in which it clarifies this aspect of its problematic 2007 opinions; and,(3) more broadly, the Court should take doctrine more seriously as one means of counteracting the powerful tendency of each Justice to ignore, discount, or distort doctrine to allow the Justice to vote in accordance with his or her ideological preferences.


Hybrid telescopic double crown have ever been good treatment option for patient with periodontally unfavorable few remaining teeth for successful prognosis. Tooth and implant combined telescopic double crown can be used for improving retention and support for denture with strategically placed implants on edentulous ridge. In this case, an 55-year-old female patient had chronic periodontitis with few remaining teeth on maxilla and fixed partial prosthodontics on mandible. Treatment of hybrid telescopic double crown with friction pin lasted 9.5 years only with natural teeth. After 9.5 years, additional implants was installed due to fracture of cast-posted abutment teeth. After implantation, tooth and implant combined double crown had fabricated. Through re-treatment, no complications of new denture has been found during 2 years follow up. This case presents fair prognosis of tooth and implant combined double crown denture in periodontally unfavorable condition. (J Korean Acad Prosthodont 2018;56:384-90)


Process parameter influence in resist process with negative tone development (NTD) to pattern size (CD), CD uniformity (CUD), and defectivity are studied to estimate the impact for process stability in high volume manufacturing (HVM) of semiconductor devices. Since double exposure process is one of the candidates in contact hole patterning, exposure to exposure delay was studied. There is a possibility to design the off-line system with NTD process, therefore, exposure - PEB delay and PEB - development delay were studied. As basic development parameter studies, development time, developer temperature, developer volume, and rinse time dependency on CD, CDU, and defectivity were investigated.


The district economic operation is a core problem in the unification of the district economy. In the Yangtze River Delta Area, they adapt the mode of government promotion, market guidance, and enterprise being main part. Its basic ideas are :The government need to play a great role in dismantling administrational barriers of different districts, providing the same service for all the concerned districts, including non-discrimination rules and regulations, instead of simply relying on administrational means, plan, and coordination means of inter-government, so as to create a fair environment. At the same time, the functions of market system need to be stressed to push enterprise to be in the front place, so that the goals of enterprise development, inter-regional development and the unification of the district economy can be achieved.


Artificially hydrophobised soil has been recently considered as an alternative engineering material that may be used to reduce water (or rainfall) infiltration and hence to enhance the geotechnical performance and stability of earthen structures such as slope and landfill covers. Thorough research has been conducted to study the hydrological behaviour and properties of hydrophobised soil in the last four decades. Mechanical properties of this kind of material has received some attention only since 2011, focusing on how hydrophobisation may affect the shearing behaviour and shear strength parameters including friction angle. Knowledge on the effects of hydrophobisation on other hydromechanical properties of soil that are relevant to geotechnical engineering applications is lacking. This paper therefore aims to conduct a comprehensive review and carry out some reinterpretation of selected literature with references to existing theories or frameworks of soil mechanics. Attempts are made to generalise and highlight not only the shearing behaviour, but also dilatancy, compressibility and stiffness of hydrophobised soil. Research gaps that may be worth exploring are given after the review.


For the past six months, Mr Loos has been collaborating closely with dental technician (DT) Jens Richter at Kerstin Strassburger dental laboratory, based at an external dental laboratory, via the CEREC Connect web portal from Sirona. With the aid of the CEREC Bluecam, he scans patients' teeth and transmits the data electronically to the dental laboratory, which then fabricates prosthetic restorations on his behalf. This treatment method has elicited a positive response amongst patients. For Mr Loos, digital impression-taking has streamlined the workflow between his dental practice and the dental laboratory.


Despite mounting international and national efforts in recent years, low birth weight and stunting continue to remain highly persistent in Southeast Asia, contributing to a myriad of health, social and economic consequences, and potentially, a vicious cycle on the future generations. On the other hand, little attention was paid to gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Southeast Asia despite its emerging prevalence. If left untreated or poorly managed, this may lead to higher risk of Type 2 diabetes mellitus and long-term health implications in both mother and offspring.


Transport and mixing in dynamical systems are important properties for many physical, chemical, biological and engineering processes. The detection of transport barriers for dynamics with general time dependence is a difficult, but important problem, because such barriers control how rapidly different parts of phase space (which might correspond to different chemical or biological agents) interact. The key factor is the growth of interfaces that partition phase space into separate regions. In a recent paper, Froyland [1] introduced the notion of dynamic isoperimetry: the study of sets with persistently small boundary size (the interface) relative to enclosed volume, when evolved by the dynamics. Sets with this minimal boundary size to volume ratio were identified as level sets of dominant eigenfunctions of a dynamic Laplace operator. In this dissertation, we develop a data-driven approach for transport barrier detection, by extending and generalising dynamic isoperimetry to graphs and weighted Riemannian manifolds. First, we model trajectory data as dynamics of graphs. We use minimum disconnecting cuts to search for coherent structure in dynamic graphs, where the graph dynamic arises from a general sequence of vertex permutations. We develop a dynamic spectral partitioning method via a new dynamic Laplacian matrix. We prove a dynamic Cheeger inequality for graphs, and we demonstrate the effectiveness of this dynamic spectral partitioning method on both structured and unstructured graphs. This work has been published in [2]. We then generalise the dynamic isoperimetric problem on manifolds to situations where the dynamics (i) is not necessarily volume preserving, (ii) acts on initial agent concentrations different from uniform concentrations, and (iii) occurs on a possibly


Let be a Jordan domain with smooth boundary, a function meromorphic in , and the holomorphic component of in . It is shown that , where is the number of poles of in .Bibliography: 8 titles.


Real transforms require less complexity for computations and less memory for storages than complex transforms. However, discrete fractional Fourier and Hartley transforms are complex transforms. In this paper, we propose reality-preserving fractional versions of the discrete Fourier, Hartley, generalized Fourier, and generalized Hartley transforms. All of the proposed real discrete fractional transforms have as many as O(N2) parameters and thus are very flexible. The proposed real discrete fractional transforms have random eigenvectors and they have only two distinct eigenvalues 1 and -1. Properties and relationships of the proposed real discrete fractional transforms are investigated. Besides, for the real conventional discrete Hartley and generalized discrete Hartley transforms, we propose their alternative reality-preserving fractionalizations based on diagonal-like matrices to further increase their flexibility. The proposed real transforms have all of the required good properties to be discrete fractional transforms. Finally, since the proposed new transforms have random outputs and many parameters, they are all suitable for data security applications such as image encryption and watermarking.


This article describes the most topical problems of European integration. The results of the Brexit voting held on 23 June 2016 are analyzed without delay. The decision of the UK people to withdraw from the EU is far from being unanimous, and from a legal point of view is open-ended. At the same time, the British and European officials perceive Brexit as fait accompli. Moreover, the exit procedure is being encouraged from the European side. The analysis of the possible consequences of this event shows that disintegration will not pass without serious consequences for any of the stakeholders. In addition, one can expect that the EU would undertake a number of serious reforms.


In this article itself is an approach  to philosophical thinking Zaira Rodriguez Ugidos with intent to disclose the particular dimension which clearly shows to study philosophical reflections present in  theoretical and  scientific  production in which offers significant intellectual creation  cuban contributions and latin; as well as the  marked humanist thought that identify  her  work, is result of the influences received from marxist  formation which are expressed in the  approach  that gives  her  texts,  conferences, interventions  and  all  the professional work, making  an  stamp  that distingue.  Likewise emphasizes  recognition  doing the  role of  culture and science as process agents catalysts traffic towards social progress. Keywords: humanist thought, social progress, science, culture.


Abstract. Capacitive gate transient noise has been problematic for the high-speed single photon avalanche photodiode (SPAD), especially when the operating frequency extends to the gigahertz level. We proposed an electro-optic modulator based gate transient noise suppression method for sine-wave gated InGaAs/InP SPAD. With the modulator, gate transient is up-converted to its higher-order harmonics that can be easily removed by low pass filtering. The proposed method enables online tuning of the operating rate without modification of the hardware setup. At 250 K, detection efficiency of 14.7% was obtained with 4.8×10−6  per gate dark count and 3.6% after-pulse probabilities for 1550-nm optical signal under 1-GHz gating frequency. Experimental results have shown that the performance of the detector can be maintained within a designated frequency range from 0.97 to 1.03 GHz, which is quite suitable for practical high-speed SPAD applications operated around the gigahertz level.


In new era of medication, recently under development of biotechnology and genetic engineering, the industry is capable of producing number of therapeutic peptides and proteins commercially. The research efforts to formulate the immediate and sustained release formulation of protein and peptide based pharmaceuticals which is given to body directly or using polymeric carriers. Disease related to CVS, CNS, GIT, hormones and cancer can be effectively treated by this new class of therapeutic agents. We have primary aimed to improve bioavailability, half life, penetrability and stability. Generally, protein and peptide drugs are administered by parenteral route. Many peptide based pharmaceuticals can't accomplish their full range of therapeutic benefits when delivered by parenteral route because they are limited by extremely short duration of their biological function. Alternate nonparenteral routes like oral, nasal, pulmonary, ocular, buccal, rectal, vaginal and transdermal have been tried with varying degree of success. Various problems associated with administration of protein and peptide drugs are needed to overcome by different pharmaceutical approaches. Several approaches available for maximizing pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties are chemical modification, formulation vehicles, mucoadhesive polymeric system, use of enzyme inhibitors, absorption enhancers, penetration enhancers etc. This review summarizes recent approaches in protein and peptide drug delivery system.


Abstract. A simplified entanglement-based quantum secured direct communication system over optical fibers is proposed. Instead of the complicated optical and electronic devices used in the transmitter of standard systems for security checks, a decoy-state generator is integrated with the encoder. This provides a simple yet efficient and easy to implement solution to reveal the presence of intruders. A significant advantage of the proposed system is that it eliminates the need for quantum memory elements in the security check procedure performed in the transmitter. This greatly enhances the information transmission capacity of the quantum channel. All system parameters are defined from commercial specifications to account for components' non-idealities. A numerical simulation shows that, after a 10-km transmission distance, a quantum state visibility of the polarization entangled Bell state of 88.57% is found, and a maximum coincidence rate of 4  ×  107  Hz is achieved.


Based on the data analysis and the statistics of equipments failures, we have found the main cause of the Ventilator Management Center's equipments failures, and some correspodent measures should be taken both in management and technology in order to increase the using efficiency and to reduce the failure rate.


A patient specific finite element biphasic brain model has been utilized to codify a surgeon's experience by establishing quantifiable biomechanical measures to score orientations for optimal planning of brain tumor resection. When faced with evaluating several potential approaches to tumor removal during preoperative planning, the goal of this work is to facilitate the surgeon's selection of a patient head orientation such that tumor presentation and resection is assisted via favorable brain shift conditions rather than trying to allay confounding ones. Displacement-based measures consisting of area classification of the brain surface shifting in the craniotomy region and lateral displacement of the tumor center relative to an approach vector defined by the surgeon were calculated over a range of orientations and used to form an objective function. The objective function was used in conjunction with Levenberg-Marquardt optimization to find the ideal patient orientation. For a frontal lobe tumor presentation the model predicts an ideal orientation that indicates the patient should be placed in a lateral decubitus position on the side contralateral to the tumor in order to minimize unfavorable brain shift.


Several samples in the nearly solid ideal solution series K[MnO4, ClO4] are prepared and analyzed, and a simple theoretical treatment based upon aqueous solubility equilibria is found to account almost quantitatively for the results.


When slight-rubbing of rotating machinery happened,the fault characteristic signal energy relatively weak,affected seriously by noise,structural vibration and delivery channels.Fault signal feature extraction based on the amplitude spectrum method is not ideal.By studying the signal and noise characteristics of the relevant character,using the relevant spectral analyzed the slight-rubbing vibration signal of rotating machinery,we extracted efficiently the fault signal characteristic frequency of rotating machinery when it rubbing occurred.


While Adolf Hitler was undoubtedly the nexus around which the Nazi Party and the Third Reich revolved, he could not nor did not act alone. A cabal of men supported Hitler and enabled him to implement his vision of an anti-semitic nationalistic German state. These men formed the core of the Nazi Party and, in turn, the government of the Third Reich. Some were true believers, ideologues and early members of the Nazi Party. Others were opportunistic and ambitious men who joined the Party as it rose to power. Whatever their early allegiance, they all worked enthusiastically for the cause, providing the support necessary to effect the Final Solution and colluding in a massive criminal conspiracy. The leaders of the Nazi Party (NDSAP) had organized the Party into three main groups. The Chancery of the Fuhrer acted as Hitler's office; the Chancery of the Party oversaw Party business and strategy, and the Reich Party Directorate (Reichsleitung) assigned Party leaders to specific areas of focus, including Foreign Policy and Finances. In this manner, it was similar to other political parties the world over. However, the Nazi Party also had directorates for "Germanization" and for "Propaganda," specialties that indicated its nationalistic, anti-democratic focus. When Hitler won the election of March 1933, the Nazi Party was quick to take over all aspects of government. The new Reich government resembled the structure of the Party itself, including a Reich Cabinet (Reichsregierung). Many of the Party officials of the Directorate took the equivalent role in the Reich Cabinet. Nazi leaders also instituted other groups within the administration, including a Secret Cabinet Council (Geheimer Kabinettsrat) consisting of the most trusted


Although implementation of the national health insurance (NHI) scheme in Taiwan has ensured that over 97% of all residents are under coverage, inefficient utilization of medical resources and rapid expansion of NHI-related medical expenditures have severely strained governmental and societal resources. This study analyzes the utilization of healthcare resources for first category insured diagnosed with respiratory system diseases in the Northern Region Bureau of National Health Insurance (NRBNHI) in Taiwan. This study adopts two statistical analysis approaches: independent two sample t-test and one-way analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA). Results provide a valuable reference point that age, income and provider type are significantly affects utilization of healthcare resources, but the region does not impact outpatient expenditures. Introduction Countries whose health systems are more oriented towards primary care achieve better health levels and higher satisfaction with health services for their residents, as well as lower overall service costs than those not (Starfield, 1994). Primary care is thus widely perceived as the rationale for establishing a healthcare system. After implementing three major health insurance programs, i.e., Labor Insurance, Governmental Employee Insurance and Farmer Health Insurance, the Taiwanese government consolidated those programs under a unified framework and inaugurated the national health insurance (NHI) scheme in March 1995 (Chiang, 1997; Chou, Liu, and Hammitt, 2003; Fu et al., 2004), with the aim of promoting the health of all island residents, administering national health insurance policies and providing healthcare services. Since its implementation, NHI has over 97% of all residents under its coverage (Chou et al, 2003; Fu et ai, 2004). Unfortunately, inefficient utilization of healthcare resources and rapid expansion of NHI-related healthcare expenditures have created a fiscal imbalance in NHI operations and a growing governmental deficit in NHI allocated budget. Four health care provider types in Taiwan are medical centers, regional hospitals, district hospitals and clinics (Chiang, 1997). The Taiwanese government implemented a hierarchical referral system in July 2005 to counteract the squandering of healthcare resources and control NHI healthcare expenses. However, administering stringent regulations has failed to fully utilize healthcare resources efficiently, necessitating the need to survey the demographics of Taiwanese residents and demonstrate the validity of such a survey method. Previous studies have focused on utilizing healthcare resources, e. g. Pawar & Smith, 2006; Holl et al, 2000; Murray et al., 1997; Markides et al, 1985. While following developments after the Taiwanese government inaugurated NHI, Liu & Romeis (2004) examined changes in drug utilization following NHI outpatient prescription drug cost-sharing program for Taiwanese residents over 65 years old. Chen et al. (2004) investigated the utilization level of well-baby care visits and explored relevant factors in Taiwan. Chou et al. (2003) examined healthcare expenditures related to income and age, suggesting that such expenditures are related to income, remain constant and then generally increase with age. While performing regression analysis, Harrison et al. (2003) identified age, gender and income as explanatory variables to healthcare resource utilization. Additionally, Rosner et al. (1988), Cox (1986) and Bertakis et al. (2000) noted that females utilize healthcare resources more than males do. More recently, Taylor et al. (2006) examined the utilization of healthcare resources among females. While exploring the role of age, Bertakis et al. (2000), Cox ( 1986), Wolinsky & Johnson (1991) conferred that age profoundly affects the utilization of healthcare resources. Additionally, Malmstrom et al. (2001) concluded that individuals with a low socioeconomic position have a high score on the care require index. …


The Federal Railroad Administration's Office of Research, Development and Technology has been conducting research into passenger fuel tank crashworthiness. The occurrence of a fuel tank puncture during passenger rail collisions and derailments increases the potential of serious injury and fatality for crew and passengers due to the possibility of fire. The purpose of the FRA research is to help support regulatory and standard development with technical data. In the last decade, the research has focused on understanding how fuel tanks are punctured during an impact and how various tank designs respond to common types of loading in collisions, derailments and general operation. Throughout the research, surveys have been conducted to determine the most likely scenarios that are causing fuel tank punctures. A previous FRA survey found that fuel tank punctures occur under two types of loading conditions: a blunt impact or a raking impact. A limited number of accident/incidents were evaluated in this survey. These incidents showed that fuel tanks are punctured on any side that is not protected or shielded.
 The purpose of this paper is to report on a recently conducted fuel tank puncture survey updated to include the last decade. This paper identifies and describes accidents and incidents that led to breached fuel tanks in freight and passenger trains traveling on the general railroad system in the U.S. between 2008 and 2020. The results include data from the FRA's Railroad Accident/Incident Reporting System (RAIRS), queried from 1995 to 2020. This data include the number of recorded accidents/incidents and other trends like fuel spillage, operating authority and cause of accident/incident. RAIRS data showed accidents/incidents with fuel tank puncture ranging from 10 to 55 accidents/incidents per year. Additionally, more detailed results are shared from field investigations recently conducted by the FRA or Volpe Center. These more detailed investigations provide additional insight into the types of loading that may lead to a fuel tank puncture. This survey supplements the RAIRS data with more detailed information from field investigations. The paper finally discusses the conditions that lead to fire and the associated hazards.


Parallel operation between distributed generator and distribution system can exploit its advantages to the full and improve the reliablity of power supply.Consulting the overseas rules of parallel operation,discusses the basic technology and correlative needs for operation parameters of parallel operation of distribted generator,points out the direction should be followed to make rules of parallel operation.


Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is considered to be the ultimate limitation in high-speed optical fiber communication systems. We use the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm into self-adaptive PMD compensation as feedback control algorithm, which could search and track the PMD signals in the fiber link, and control the Polarization Controller. Using PSO algorithm, we have made a successful experiment of the second order PMD self-adaptive compensation. The experiment results show that PSO algorithm had some unique features of rapid convergence to the global optimum without being trapped in local sub-optima and good robustness to noise in the optical fiber transmission line, and the compensation results proved the effectivity of the PSO algorithm.


DKO mice display reduced blood pressure, renal vascular thickening, medullary atrophy, and tubulointerstitial injury. Juxtamedullary efferent arterioles of AT1A−/− mice, and afferent arterioles of DKO mice exhibit significantly larger baseline vessel diameters compared to wild type (WT). We propose that an imbalance of AngII and nitric oxide signaling produces renal microvascular dilation. Kidneys were harvested from WT, AT1B−/−, AT1A−/−, and DKO mice, fixed, sectioned, and immunostained for renin and nNOS protein localization. The percent of glomeruli positive for JGA renin and the density of JGA renin immunostaining were significantly higher in AT1A−/− and DKO than WT (60±1%, n=3; 56±9%, n=6; 22±3%, n=6 and 15±9; 15±7; 1±0 fold, respectively). Renin expression of AT1B−/− was not different from WT. AT1A−/− and DKO mice displayed significant recruitment of renin protein expression along the afferent arteriole and interlobular artery (15±7%, 7±3 vessels/kidney n=3; 9±3%, 3±1 vessels/kidney n=6, respectively) compared to WT. WT and AT1B−/− kidneys displayed only JGA renin. Percent of glomeruli with positive MD nNOS immunostaining was not different for WT, AT1A−/−, AT1B−/− and DKO kidneys (46±2, 33±4, 34±, 38±5%), however, AT1A−/− kidneys demonstrated a significant increase in the percent of glomeruli with nNOS positive JGA (19±5 WT, 52±3 AT1A−/−, 8±3 AT1B−/−, 33±10 DKO), afferent arterioles, and interlobular arteries. Density of MD nNOS immunostaining was 7.0±2.6 fold in DKO compared to WT. Density of vascular nNOS immunostaining was 20±7 fold in AT1A−/− relative to WT. Loss of AT1 receptor signaling is coupled to enhanced nNOS protein expression in renal tubular and microvascular structures and may lead to increases in nitric oxide generation. NIDDK‐62003 & P20RR018766


Despite its longevity, its numerous fundamental contributions to the economic science and its genuine originality, the Austrian School of Economics is to a great extent still unknown and ignored, if not despised. The Austrian economic tradition is, however, vivid and active and, moreover, still consistent with its intellectual roots. The main reason for this is to be found in its solid and strongly performing methodology used in its inquiry of human action. This paper aims at presenting concisely the methodological foundations on which the Austrian analysis is built. It is more of an attempt to popularise rather than critically discuss those methodological pillars.


This study aims at looking into consumer perception towards green values created by the green marketing efforts by the promoters and its impact on their purchasing behavior of ecofriendly sustainable products. This study also highlights the resolution of the efforts set by marketers in promoting green brand awareness in the consumer's mind relative to the non-green products. It further highlights the consumer perception and the impact of green marketing communication to see how consumers are influenced to opt for green products. The study includes the result of a consumer product and green marketing survey using a questionnaire devised by the authors on the basis of several types of research carried in the field. This study holds that despite there is a lot of scope in Bangladeshi market for green products to be utilized more within consumer groups that have pro-environmental preferences, green product marketing communication isn't revealing enough to consumers. The study urges that the greater use of marketing and brands to promote and sell products that are environmentally favorable and function effectively.


InDIc, D., S. VukoVIc, S. GVozDenac and M. GrahoV ac, 2013. Monitoring of colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) sensitivity to insecticides. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 19: 1071-1075 Sensitivity of two field populations of Colorado potato beetle ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say.) - CPB (Vilovo and Curug) adults to insecticides were determined in 2008 and 2012. Bioassay was performed using screening test that allows rapid assessment of sensitivity of over wintered adults to insecticides. Sensitivity to four insecticides commonly used for CPB control in Serbia (chlorpyrifos, cypermethrin, thiamethoxam and fipronil) was assessed. Insecticides were applied at label rates, and two, five and 10 fold higher rates by soaking method. Insect mortality was assessed after 72 h. Sensitivity was assessed using a modified IRAC method (2009) and 1-5 scale. In 2008, both tested CPB populations were resistant to chlorpyrifos label rate, as well as in 2012. Both tested populations were also resistant to cypermethrin in 2008, while in 2012, population from Vilovo was resistant, and population from Curug was moderately resistant. Significant differences in CPB sensitivity to thiamethox am between populations tested in 2008 and 2012 were recorded.


Objective To estimate the skills of probing combined with irrigating antibiotic in treating congenital dacryocystitis.Method Between 2005~2007,there were 48(68 eyes) congenital dacryocystitis cases,aged 6 months to 6 years.They were treated with lacrimal passage probing and irrigating 0.3%Ofloxacin gelatum under basal anesthesia. Successful cases were defined with the overflow of gelatum from canalis nasolacrimalis.After the treatment,the patients were droped with antibiotics and non-steroid anti-inflammatory eye drops.Results 65 eyes success by once treatment.3 eyes success with second time treatment which had the history of probing in local anesthesia.The cure rate is 100%.Conclusion The skills of probing and irrigation in treating congenital dacryocystitis are very important,that can improve the achievement ratio and safe.


Aortocaval fistula is a rare complication of aortic aneurysm, occurring in approximately 0.2% to 6.04% of all abdominal aortic aneurysms. 1 It may occur in the context of aortic aneurysm rupture, aortitis, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Marfan syndrome, or penetrating abdominal trauma. 1,2 The classic clinical signs are abdominal pain, abdominal thrill, and symptoms of decompensated heart failure. 1 It is usually diagnosed via computed tomography angiography, and typical findings include early contrast enhancement of the inferior vena cava (prior to contrast of the renal and hepatic parenchyma) and retrograde enhancement of the renal or iliac veins. 1 Open surgical treatment has high associated morbidity and mortality, with reported rates of approximately 30%. With the advent of endovascular therapy, these rates have been reduced, with success rates as high as 96%. 3 An 85-year-old male patient, with hypertension and history of tobacco use, was admitted to the emergency unit with a history of sudden onset of abdominal pain four days prior, associated with a pulsating abdominal mass in the hypogastric region. Tomography angiography of the total aorta was performed, showing a pararenal abdominal aortic aneurysm with a diameter of 11.5 cm, extending from the right renal artery to the aortic bifurcation,


Recent advances in theoretical celestial mechanics are examined in reviews and reports. Topics addressed include resonant integrable models of galaxies, new integrable systems, Painleve expansions for integrable and nonintegrable ordinary differential equations, and particle-simulation solutions of the Vlasov equation in general relativity. Consideration is given to repulsive and attractive double-bubble space-times, the integrability of magnetic-confinement systems, Hannay's angle and Berry's phase in the classical adiabatic motion of charged particles, the integrability of the nonlinear wave equations, normalization in the face of integrability, and simplifications toward the integrability of perturbed Keplerian systems.