Computational linguistics is a science combined with not only computer science and linguistics, but also mathematics, cognitive science ,and so on. With the application of computer technology into language process ,it emerged and developed gradually into an independent system. Study on linguistics influence on the development of computational linguistics and translation platform construction from the perspective of computational linguistics, promotes deep understanding ,the further research explore and effective practice on translation. There seems a certain plausible division of labor between linguistics analysis methods and language process in computational linguistics, which are combined to form a hybrid system. The approach to design the hybrid system is explored from the application of translation platform construction from the perspective of computational linguistics. The paper aims to provide some new perspectives to the translation and the teaching of foreign languages, firstly, analyzes the basic theory of the hybrid model translation platform based on computational linguistics, and then designs the translation platform in detail from the system design idea, overall structure design, and function module design three aspects.


A novel heterocyclic derivative of aluminium(III) [C6H4O{CHN(C6H5)}]2Al(μ-OPri)2Al(OPri)21 has been synthesized by the reaction of aluminium isopropoxide with N-phenylsalicylidene imine in 1 ∶ 1 molar ratio in refluxing anhydrous benzene. Reactions of 1 with alkoxyalkanols in 1 ∶ 1 and 1 ∶ 2 molar ratios in refluxing anhydrous benzene yielded binuclear complexes of the types, [C6H4O{CHN(C6H5)}]2Al(μ-OPri)2Al(OCH2CH2OR)(OPri) and [C6H4O{CHN(C6H5)}]2Al(μ-OPri)2Al(OCH2CH2OR)2 (where RCH3,
C2H5 and C4H9n), respectively. All of these binuclear complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, molecular weight measurements, and spectral studies. The FAB mass spectrum and 27Al NMR spectrum of 1 indicate that it is a discrete unsymmetrical dimer containing four- and six-coordinated aluminium(III) atoms as confirmed by its single crystal X-ray structure.


Exposures and life events during the first year of life affect the risk of wheezing in early life. Fish has been suggested to have a protective effect, while antibiotic treatment has been associated with an increased risk. However, it is unclear for how long such effects persist. In this issue of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Goks€ or et al. (1) explore the risk of doctor-diagnosed asthma at 8 years of age in a prospective, longitudinal study of more than 4000 children. The introduction of fish before the age of 9 months was found to independently reduce the risk of school-age asthma. Treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics during the first week of life independently increased the risk of asthma at school age. The effects were significant in atopic asthma but not in non-atopic asthma. The protective effect of the early introduction of fish could possibly be attributed to the high content of n3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in fish, but other constituents of fish, such as vitamin D, have also been proposed to reduce the risk of allergic disease. Furthermore, the findings support a causal effect of antibiotic treatment on asthma development, perhaps by disturbing the maturation of the immune system and the development of immunological tolerance. The study shows that factors present already in infancy affect the risk of asthma into school age. Asthma at school age can be considered a reliable diagnosis, and especially atopic asthma is associated with an increased risk of adult asthma. The significant effect on atopic asthma is of particular importance, as this phenotype is of major clinical importance and indicates an effect mediated via the immune system.


Transdermal drug delivery offers significant potential for noninvasive administration of therapeutic agents, but the stratum corneum is a major barrier limiting the passive transepidermal diffusion of most drugs.1 Iontophoresis is a simple noninvasive method for transdermal drug delivery based on the transfer of charged molecules using a low-intensity electric current.2,3 It is capable of expanding the range of compounds that can be delivered transdermally and enhances skin delivery of drugs exhibiting a poor skin absorption profile, such as hydrophilic, charged, or high-molecular-weight molecules.2,4 Furthermore, this technique enables control of the amount of drug delivered without producing severe skin irritation and can be customized for a given patient.2,5 Skin iontophoresis of vasodilators is an alternative to oral drug administration and may decrease systemic adverse effects in diseases such as systemic sclerosis (SSc) or diabetes.6–8 In addition, the topical administration of vasodilators by iontophoresis has been suggested as a suitable treatment strategy for digital ulcers, as it allows elevated concentrations to be reached in the target tissue while limiting systemic toxicity.6,7 Treprostinil is a prostacyclin analogue injected subcutaneously as a treatment for pulmonary hypertension. In recent experiments in animals and in humans, we have demonstrated that treprostinil could be safely administered and significantly increased skin microvascular blood flux on the finger pads of patients with SSc and in the legs of patients with diabetes.9–11 However, we observed high variability in the response in fingers and no response when applied to the sole of the foot. Among the parameters involved in iontophoretic transport, we previously showed that the observed pharmacological effect differed depending on the current intensity, current duration, and current pattern.11–13 Another major parameter that influences iontophoretic transport is the drug concentration at the electrode.2,3 The first demonstration by our group of the ability of treprostinil to increase skin microvascular blood flux in healthy subjects was performed on the forearm with treprostinil at 250 μM10; treprostinilinduced hyperemia was observed in all 20 subjects. Because of the potential risk of side effects with high concentrations, as has been observed with 2.5 mM treprostinil administered subcutaneously (severe injection-site pain, headaches, flushing, tachycardia, and hypotension),14–16 we had never tested undiluted treprostinil solution in cutaneous iontophoresis. Nevertheless, in all studies, cutaneous iontophoresis of treprostinil was well tolerated, with no side effects either in healthy subjects or in patients with chronic disease, in addition to low systemic exposure.10,11,13 The main objective of the present study was to evaluate and compare the effect of treprostinil solution at 1 mg/mL (2.5 mM) delivered by cutaneous


A correct know ledge of the structure of the animal tissues has long been recognized as an almost essential preliminary to a full com prehension both of their physiological functions and also o f the phenomena presented by disease, and the aid afforded in an inquiry into adult structure by the study of the processes of em bryological formation has been fully appreciated.


Evidence of a bidirectional relationship between depression and diabetes has recently been documented in large prospective studies. Comorbid depression is associated with an increased risk of poor glycemic control, diabetes complications and mortality. Moreover, incident diabetes has also been found to be risk factors for subsequent development of depressive episodes. Furthermore, in a recent systematic review, depression is associated with the subsequent development of T2DM by up to 37% as it causes central obesity, increased release of circulating corticosteroid hormone (which antagonizes the action of insulin) and insulin resistance that is a more common etiological pathway for the development of T2DM. Subsequently, the presence of depression with diabetes has a severe impact for self-care management and long term outcome which includes long term disturbance of mood. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to explain the bidirectional relationship between diabetes and depression and explore the management options that are advocated to enhance the Diabetes self-management education and improve the quality of life for diabetic patients with depression
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Purpose : To evaluate the effect of multileaf collimator (MLC) different widths 0.5 cm and 1 cm mounted on the gantry of linear accelerator on planning treatment radiotherapy for cervical cancer patients. Materials and methods: Two commercially linear accelerator type Siemens Artiste with 1 cm and 0.5 cm leaf widths were used. Twelve planes were selected with cervical cancer at Ayadi Al-Mostakbal Oncology Center, Alexandria, Egypt. The comparative analysis between two multileaf thickness 1 cm and 0.5 cm techniques were performed by comparing the basic planning optimization radiotherapy physical parameters. Number of monitor units MUs, number of segments, homogeneity index (HI), conformity index (CI), minimum dose (D min ), Maximum dose (D max ) and Mean dose (D mean ) were evaluated and compared. Results and Discussion . The average MUs required by using 1 cm mlc was (860.66±48.17) and the average MUs required by using 0.5 cm mlc was (743.75±39.12) the average difference (116.91±27.40). Measurements of number of segments showed no significant difference in number of segments. Homogeneity index absolute average difference was (0.02±0.009). Conformity index showed no significant difference between two multileaf collimators. The optimal algorithmic parameters of 0.5 cm mlc were smaller than 1 cm mlc which increase the accuracy of planning by using 0.5 cm than 1 cm mlc. The difference of D mean, D min and D max were   (27.96±3.04), (23.75±2.86) and (54.84± 7.59) respectively. Conclusion : The results confirmed that 0.5 multileaf collimator gives better dose distribution, more homogenous field, and reduce D max , D min , and D mean which optimizes radiotherapy planning and quality of treatments but failed to enhance conformity index or number of segments.


163 VALUING GEODIVERSITY FOR CONSERVATION IN DEVON P.W. Scott1,2, D. Roche1, C. Nicholas1, R.K.Shail2 and P. Denby2 1David Roche GeoConsulting, 19 Richmond Road, Exeter, EX4 4JA, U.K. 2Camborne School of Mines, School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources, University of Exeter in Cornwall, Tremough Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ, U.K. Quarries can be important sites for geodiversity, as shown by a recently completed study in Devon. However, the quality of geodiversity is variable; it can be better or worse that similar geodiversity seen in natural or other man-made rock exposures. There are established procedures for determining geological SSSIs and RIGS; but these do not enable the relative quality of geodiversity to be established. In this presentation, a procedure is proposed with a set of generic parameters for measuring the quality of geodiversity in quarries. The result is a numerical tool called the geodiversity value measure intended for use by quarry companies, planners and others as an aid to decision-making on geoconservation issues. The geodiversity value measure has three parts. The first is an audit of geodiversity using geological interest categories as a basis for scoring. The second part is an assessment of the value of the geodiversity to the community in terms of its scientific, educational, and historical, cultural and aesthetic qualities. The third part is an ecological value, interpreted as an assessment of how the geology can be used to understand the ecology of habitats within the landscape of the locality. The geodiversity value measure has been discussed at length at a focus group meeting of stakeholders in geodiversity, and the initial proposals modified. The modified proposals are discussed, and a preliminary assessment given of their application in two contrasting quarries in Devon. A REVIEW OF THE STRATIGRAPHY AND AMMONITE FAUNAS OF THE CHARMOUTH MUDSTONE FORMATION (LOWER JURASSIC, MID LOWER SINEMURIAN TO BASAL UPPER PLIENSBACHIAN) OF THE WEST DORSET COAST, SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND


Abstract : SLOTH is an object-oriented, modular, text summarization tool written in the JAVA language. It uses the concept relationship information provided from textual analysis by the eQuery software developed at Syracuse University to create a summary of a text file using extracted sentences. SLOTH stands for Summarizes Lengthy documents and Outputs The Highlights.


To cite: Van de Vijver M. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-202432 DESCRIPTION An 8-month-old girl presented with a reluctance to weight bear on her left leg following a trivial, low impact fall. X-rays showed a fracture of the distal third of the left tibial shaft. The child's general health and development were normal. There was no suspicion of non-accidental injury from history or enquiry. Investigations excluded nutritional deficiencies and endocrinemetabolic disorders. A skeletal survey showed no other abnormalities. The radiologist raised the possibility of underlying neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) in view of the anterolateral bowing of the tibia (see figures 1 and 2). However, as there was no family history and an otherwise normal examination, the National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference diagnostic criteria for NF1 were not met. On follow up, 4 months after injury, examination revealed two iris hamartomas (Lisch nodules) and three café-au-lait macules. The clinical geneticist confirmed NF1 based on the new findings and


A combined secondary and tertiary voltage regulation (SVR+TVR) methodology based on real-time optimal power flows (OPFs)is proposed to periodically update the generators' voltage regulator set points.A maximum loadability (ML) OPF approach is used for the proposed SVR+TVR control.The presented technique is compared against a "classical" SVR control,where the pilot-bus set points are determined by means of a ML-OPF-based TVR approach.Time domain simulations of the New England 10-machine 39-bus system for various operating conditions and contingencies are used to validate the proposed SVR+TVR technique,and to demonstrate its advantages with respect to existent SVR and TVR approaches.


This article dwells upon the process of the automated weld defect detection after segmentation of the weld area in radiographic images. The current software lacks automatic image processing. This paper proposes the algorithm for fully automatic weld segmentation and defect detection. The deep convolutional neural network FgSegNet is applied to weld segmentation while the neural network, consisting of 3 convolutional layers, is applied to defect detection. The experiments show that the prediction accuracy of FgSegNet is 0.9929 and the prediction accuracy of the convolutional neural network for defect detection is 0.8429 by the binary accuracy metric. The next step of automatic system development will be the improvement of accuracy of the convolutional neural network for defect detection and convolutional neural network design for defect classification.


Horizontal gene transfers are events that have no eyewitnesses; therefore, inferences regarding the nature and even existence of transfer events rely solely upon circumstantial evidence. Two general approaches have been taken to identify genes having participated in gene exchange: either examining the evolutionary history of a gene within its phylogenetic context and equating an incongruity with a transfer or examining the sequence composition of a gene within its genomic context and attributing incongruity with differential history. In both cases, discordance can arise from sources aside from gene transfer, and the degree of the discordance can provide some measure of confidence that a transfer has occurred.

Keywords:

gene transfer;
recombination;
GC content;
dinucleotide frequencies;
Markov models;
phylogenetics


Since the first report by Simpson (1957) of the association between premature birth and maternal smoking, the research on the consequences of maternal smoking during pregnancy on perinatal outcome has been intense. Even if some of the findings have been contradictory, it is now evident that maternal smoking is associated with pre-term birth and low birth weight, low birth weight for gestational age, small head circumference, low Apgar score at 5 min, stillbirth and neonatal death.


A method for accessing information from a terminal (100) movable, in which information is stored in at least one transponder (120, 122) having at least one identifier (606A) application and a content (608A) associated with the same, the method comprising: transmitting a signal from the terminal (100) movable to activate the transponder (120, 122); receiving at least the application identifier and the content from the activated transponder at the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is within the transmission range of the transponder; and invoke an application (612) of the mobile terminal using the identifier (606A) application.


Aim To study the controlled release of omeprazole enteric-coated tablets.Methods A rotating paddle was used.The released contents were determined by high performance liquid chromatography.Results More than 93% of the labeled amount of its three lots were released in 30 minutes.Conclusion The method is good for controlled release of omeprazole enteric-coated tablets.


Anhui University of Architecture reconstructs management practice, and integrates the teaching contents, and constructs practice teaching system of "four in one" —— "four practice" suggesting the content, "four whole" being the way, "four innovation" being the goal. This paper proposed that the new ideas of teaching reform practice characteristics of practice teaching system of "four in one", and "four whole" is the way to the realization of management specialty practice teaching.


Body mass index (BMI) is a simple method that is commonly used to determine whether a person is obese or not.  Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of the metabolic system because the pancreas cannot produce enough insulin or the body's cells cannot use insulin effectively. Diabetic foot is one of the chronic complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). Diabetic foot begins with hyperglycemia which causes abnormalities in neuropathy and blood vessels, causing infection. To determine the proportion of body mass index in patients with diabetes mellitus, to determine the prevalence of diabetic feet and non-foots. The research design used in this study is observational analytic. There is a relationship between body mass index and the risk of diabetic foot in type 2 DM patients at Royal Prima Hospital. Prevalence of body mass index 23. 0 in DM Type 2 at Royal Prima Hospital Medan in 2018-2020 reached 70%. The prevalence of diabetic foot in Type 2 DM at the Royal Prima Hospital Medan in 2018-2020 reached 54%.


It has previously been demonstrated that certain characteristics of the stimulus, specifically visual complexity and verbal association value, as well as mnemonic factors are important in producing the usually obtained asymmetry in human perceptual performance, and thus presumably, hemispheric asymmetry of function. The present research demonstrated that the usual superiority of the left visual field for high-complexity, low-association-value visual forms can be reversed by the acquisition and use of verbal labels for such stimuli but is only attenuated when the labels are not used to respond to the stimuli. Simple familiarity with the visual stimuli attenuated the difference between the fields, but here there was no reversal. Implications of these results for hemispheric processing are discussed.


When Australia is producing hits such as Lion (Garth Davis, 2016) and The Dressmaker (Jocelyn Moorhouse, 2015), it's difficult to remember that, not too long ago, there was nothing. Gillian Armstrong has seen it all. In 1973, she became one of the twelve students of the Australian Film Television and Radio School's (AFTRS) inaugural cohort, which also included Phillip Noyce and Chris Noonan. She was also part of the first wave of Australian filmmakers who enjoyed government support after an industry push for a film-development body was enacted by then-prime minister John Gorton in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Armstrong had her breakthrough later in 1973 when, under David Stratton's reign, the Sydney Film Festival accepted her graduate film, One Hundred a Day, which subsequently won accolades at the AFI Awards and the Adelaide Film Festival. She famously went into feature filmmaking in 1979, with her smash My Brilliant Career; became the first female filmmaker from outside the US to be approached by MGM to make a big-budget feature, Mrs. Soffel (1984); and gave Oscar winners Geoffrey Rush and Cate Blanchett some of their first roles.


This paper argues for a broader understanding of complexity; an understanding that speaks to the multidimensionality of environmental problems. As argued, environmental problems rest upon ontological, epistemological, and moral claims; they rest, in other words, upon statements about what is, knowledge, and what ought to be, respectively. To develop and illustrate this argument, the GMO (genetically modified organism) controversy is broken down according to these three dimensions. Dissecting environmental problems in this manner reveals why we cannot look solely toward the natural sciences for resolution: because these problems beg questions that cannot be answered with references to materiality alone.


We characterize the boundaries of the set of transfers (extremal transfers) implementing a given allocation rule without imposing any assumptions on the agent's type space or utility function besides quasi-linearity. Exploiting the concept of extremal transfers allows us to obtain an exact characterization of the set of implementable allocation rules (the set of transfers is non-empty) and the set of allocation rules satisfying Revenue Equivalence (the extremal transfers coincide). We then show how the extremal transfers can be put to use in mechanism design problems where Revenue Equivalence does not hold.


Anatomy students with disabilities or specific needs usually rely on help from other people to study when available materials are not accessible to them. This study presents models and requirements for the elaboration of accessible interactive technologies to the teaching and learning of Anatomy. The Contextual design was carried out in Anatomy classes, with the obtained contextual information being used in conjunction with the principles of the Universal Design for Learning as to elaborate the proposal of three technologies: the Anatome Learning Script (A-LS), a script containing the contents to be learned by the students; the Anatome Authoring Tool (A-AT), a system which allows custom elaboration of Anatomy contents; and the Anatome, created to support the study and training of those students using the A-LS. The universal design performance evaluation of the proposal was developed by Anatomy teacher and students as well as by IT specialists. The results suggest a promising path in the development of accessible educational technologies to improve the learning process of all students, regardless of disability or specific needs.


Colombian society is in an ongoing violent confrontation in which research is immediately referenced by policy debate. Assumptions about crimes of powerful actors, trusting or skeptical, oblige a choice between a corporate-led and a victim-led investigation. A fresh response to social movements seeking international support to overcome human rights violations takes critical criminology as its framework. The research approach is oriented toward the social movements' experience. Social movements are rendered not simply as victims but as conscious social actors. The role of multinational corporations is analyzed from a social movement standpoint by a methodology that combines NGO- based research with action research.


Surface mine drill operators have the highest frequency of overexposure to quartz dust, and drilling is one of the occupations associated with the highest incidence of silicosis. Previous field assessment studies of drilling machines indicate that they can emit some of the highest airborne respirable quartz dust concentrations found at surface mining operations. Typically, the surface mine drills are equipped with dry dust collector systems to capture the dust being flushed with compressed air from the hole during the drilling process. The overall control effectiveness of the dust collector system is initially dependent on capturing the dust cloud at the source via the collector inlet. To assist the initial capture of the dust being flushed from the drill hole, the bottom of the drill deck is typically shrouded or enclosed on all sides to help contain the dust for the collector inlet plenum located on the underside perimeter of the drill deck. Openings, gaps and breaches in the shroud enclosure permit dust to escape dust collector capture. 1 Mention of any company name or product does not constitute endorsement by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has developed a collector inlet hood that reconfigures the inlet plenum around the drill steel and above the hole to enhance dust capture. Laboratory development and testing show that this inlet hood improves dust capture by an average of nearly 50% over a wide range of collector flows and shroud leakage areas. This report describes the laboratory and subsequent field testing of this inlet hood concept.


The Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v. Handy provides a welcome restatement and rationalization of the law governing the admissibility of an accused person's prior bad acts ("similar fact" evidence). The court recognizes that evidence of prior bad acts is evidence of bad character. But the court clearly states that such evidence is not admissible for the purpose of showing that the accused has a bad character. Rather, evidence of prior bad acts will be admissible only if it has probative value with respect to a specific, identified, and live issue at the trial and if that probative value outweighs two kinds of prejudicial effects: its tendency to encourage the trier of fact to convict the accused for being a bad person and its tendency to confuse and prolong the trial.


A distributed system comprising a first radio receiver (1) and a second receiver (2), each receiver comprising: a tuner (11, 21), adapted to receive a radio signal and transmits the tuned radio signal; a first baseband unit (12, 22), said tuner (11, 21) is coupled, is adapted to receive a radio signal and a radio signal after tuning the tuned partially demodulate the first baseband unit (12, 22) is further adapted to transmit portion of the demodulated signal; a second base band unit (14, 24). The distributed system further includes a digital radio communication channel (3), demodulates the signal receiving portion adapted to (14, 24) portions of the demodulated signal after reallocating the second baseband unit.


The feasibility of applying burst mode control in regulation of classical switched-capacitor converters is reevaluated. The results show that contrary to switched inductor based converters, this simple and easy to implement control has no efficiency advantage in terms of conduction losses over frequency modulation control when used to regulate classical switched-capacitor based converters. It is expected, however, that the burst mode could be viable for very low power applications in reducing biasing and housekeeping associated losses if reduced during the burst off time.


To develop a project in foreign countries, it is possible to use different standards or codes, which if are properly followed, give an acceptable level of reliability. However the different usage can generate different section dimensions and also reliability of the structure can differ. The thesis has the aim to compare the design of a foundation for an oil tank according to the European code and the American standard by pre-dimensioning the structural section. The thesis starts with a description of the methodologies used by the norms, in particular of the difference between each other in term of the method used. The API 650 uses the "old design method" called Allowable Stress Design (ASD) while the Eurocode uses the Limit State Design (LSD) method. Wind, seismic and dead loads acting on the foundations have been calculated. Regarding the earthquake and wind load, they have been calculated using the methods in the Eurocode and API 650 and comparing the results according to a case studied. The number of combination loads are also presented, because, in terms of number typology are different. Moreover three approaches of Limit State Design method considered have been evaluated. The possibility of the designer to picking one of them rather than the other, require discussing the results and making conclusions. The comparison has been done in according to the following structural parts: pre-dimension of the foundation section and longitudinal steel bars (for twisting and hoop stress only).


Amyloid plaques are a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Diffuse plaques consist largely of deposited beta amyloid peptides (Ab). Neuritic plaques also contain dystrophic neurites and reactive gliosis in the vicinity of Ab deposits. The origin of Ab deposits and process of plaque development remain unknown. We hypothesize that Ab deposition begins at sites of aberrant neuroplasticity. BACE immunolabeling, Ab accumulation and neuritic alterations were analyzed in transgenic mouse models of AD (with single and combined human APP, PS1 and tau mutations: Tg2576, 2XFAD, 5XFAD and 3XTg). BACE1 immunoreactivity occurred in neuritic‐like plaques in all strains of transgenics. BACE1‐labeled elements in the plaques co‐expressed synaptophysin and growth associated protein‐43 (GAP‐43), suggestive of sprouting axons. Of note, perisomatic BACE1 and Ab labeling coexisted with synaptophysin around principal neurons in younger transgenics. These findings suggest: 1) BACE1 elevation coincides with Ab overload in neurons, synaptic terminals and plaques in transgenic AD models; (2) axonal misrouting or aberrant sprouting may be an early and crucial event of plaque pathogenesis; (3) BACE1‐mediated Ab overproduction and release from sprouting or remodeling neurites play an active role in plaque formation. Supported by SIUSOM and the Illinois Department of Public Health.


Themes of hiding abound in the developmental narratives of boys who grow up to be gay. Their need to hide is reinforced by the traumatizing public humiliation that ensues from either open expressions of same-sex desire or gendernonconforming behavior. The experience of being discovered, punished, and humiliated for showing or acting on such feelings or behaviors can lead to hiding activities that persist long after the actual trauma is forgotten. When open expressions of same-sex intimacy are driven underground, clandestine and forbidden sexual activities, highly tinged with interpersonal anxiety, may become a significant mode of relatedness. This papers offers a clinical psychoanalytic approach for working with gay men that distinguishes the concept of sexual compulsion from that of sexual identity. Harry Stack Sullivan's conceptualization of dissociative defenses is useful in clinically understanding and therapeutically working with gay men in general, and with sexually compulsive gay men in particular. This approach allows the sexual identities of gay men to be respected while addressing the compulsive behaviors that some of them find so troubling. * Jack Drescher, M.D. is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Institute and author of Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man (1998, The Analytic Press)


1. Definitions: what is intelligence, and intelligence analysis? 2. Intelligence Failure, and Success 3. From 3rd Reich to Al Qaeda: changing intelligence targets, evolving challenge 4. The Intelligence Environment: Political, cultural and ethical influences on intelligence analysis 5. Analytical Theory: The Art of Analysis 6. Analytical Theory: The Science of Analysis 7. Meeting the skills and training challenges 8. Conclusions: Art or Science?


Objective To explore the clinical significance of 3 indexes of coagulation test in liver diseases. Methods Plasma prothrombin time (PT),activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT),fibrinogen (FIB) were detected in 151 patients with liver diseases and 70 controls by Japanese Sysmex CA-1500 automatic coagulation instrument. Results The results of patients with liver diseases are abnormal to varying degrees,and hepatic carcinoma is more abnormal than hepatic cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis. As the disease increase,PT,APTT was prolonged,while the FIB was significantly reduced,and compared with the control group,there was significant difference (p 0.01). Conclusion 3 indexes of plasma coagulation test can evaluate the coagulation function of patients with liver diseases,and consistent with the severity of liver diseases. They are very important to the diagnosis,treatment and prognosis of liver diseases.


That the demand for more Faulkner-related volumes continues and that much of the response to the demand is of respectable quality reaffirm the stature of the subject. The books considered here all shed light on the man, his work, his imagination, and his milieu. In differing ways, "these Thirteen," William Faulkner and the twelve scholars contributing, offer an inventory of many of the author's literary resources, along with commentary--some authoritative, some speculative--about the relationship of those resources to what Faulkner called his "amazing gift." Faulkner's full realization of that "little patch" of Mississippi which was, as Sherwood Anderson suggested, "just as important as any other" was derived from "a whole complex web of influences and traditions, including what materials he could use, what literary techniques he could employ, and what attitudes would govern his relationship with his publishers, his critics, and his readers" (Meriwether, Fifty Years After, p. 176). As a group, these studies suggest again how much can be gained by carefully focused study and how much may be lost if the results of such study are not, or perhaps cannot be, readily and profitably related to the broader subject. These six volumes address to advantage the intricate interrelationships in the "complex web of influences and traditions" that sustained the author at work. Louis D. Rubin, Jr., and Lewis P. Simpson discuss Faulkner's progress from the experiments of the early poetry to the emergence of the Yoknapatawpha novels; Lynn Gartrell Levins treats the heroic design of those novels and suggests their relationship to the European tradition, which is also the concern of Richard P. Adams's essay. Cleanth Brooks and James B. Meriwether discuss, in turn, Faulkner and Yeats and Faulkner and Sherwood Anderson, while Sally R. Page takes a wider view of Faulkner's reverence for the inherent good in mankind. In separate pieces Joseph Blotner, Floyd C. Watkins (Fifty Years After), and Malcolm Franklin (Bitterweeds) give fresh looks at Faulkner and his land, real and mythical. Myra Jehlen writes of the class structure in that land, while Calvin S. Brown provides the non-Southern, non-agrarian reader with necessary explanations of the provincial terms and folklore that flavor the Yoknapatawpha novels and stories. Supporting it all, we have Joseph Blotner's excellent volume of letters that form, as a properly chosen collection should, the outline of an autobiography that we might desire but that Faulkner would have declined to write. In Faulkner: Fifty Years After The Marble Faun, George H. Wolfe has brought together eight essays originally presented at a symposium conducted at the University of Alabama in the fall of 1974, the fiftieth anniversary of the issue of Faulkner's first published book. Contributors to this compact volume come from the first rank of Faulkner scholars, and any collection of views from this group is of significant value to all who read their Faulkner seriously. The initial essay, "The Sole Owner and Proprietor," is appropriately the work of Joseph Blotner; it places Faulkner in his Yoknapatawpha element and discovers, again, how he nurtured his artistic "gift" as the Yoknapatawpha saga developed unevenly into an author's demon-lover. The essays that follow demonstrate how central to Faulkner scholarship the Blotner biography has already become as Richard Adams retraces classical threads in the warp of the novels and Louis Rubin examines Faulkner's "discovery" of his vocation. Floyd Watkins, in "Habet: Faulkner and the Ownership of Property," explores the three attitudes toward property manifest in Yoknapatawpha County: the impractical communal ownership yearned for by Ike McCaslin, the exploitative possession practiced by almost any Snopes, and the prudent management characteristic of the respectable yeomanry. Watkins's essay cautions us, as does Malcolm Franklin's Bitterweeds, that Faulkner's own attitudes in these matters are better read directly than drawn from the created characters of the fiction. …


Preface. Introduction. Foundation. How to use the Checklist. 1. Managing the Strategic Planning Process. 2. Managing and Leading People. 3. Driving Business Improvement. 4. Integrated Business Management (Sales & Operations Planning). 5. Managing Products and Services. 6. Managing Demand. 7. Managing the Supply Chain. 8. Managing Internal Supply. 9. Managing External Sourcing. Oliver Wight Biography.


We have investigated the properties of the OMC-2 and OMC-3 cores in the Orion giant molecular cloud using high spatial spectral resolution observations of several transitions of the (13)CO, C(18)O, C(S-32) and C(S-34) molecules taken with the SEST telescope. The OMC-2 core consists of one clump (22 solar mass) with a radius of 0.11 pc surrounded by a cluster of 11 discrete infrared sources. The H2 column density and volume density in the center of this clump are 2 x 10(exp 22)/sq cm and 9 x 10(exp 5)/cu cm respectively. From a comparison between physical parameters derived from C(18)O and C(S-32) observations we conclude that the molecular envelope around the core has been completely removed by these sources and that only the very dense gas is left. OMC-3 shows a more complex elongated structure in C(18)O and CS than OMC-2. The C(S-32) and C(S-34) maps show that the denser region can be separated into at least sub-cores of roughly equal sizes (radius approximately equals 0.13 pc), with n(H2) = 6 x 10(exp 5)/cu cm, and a mass of 10 solar mass (from C(S-32)). The very different masses obtained for the central core from C(18)O and C(S-32) (55 and 12 solar mass respectively) indicate that a massive envelope is still present around the very dense sub-cores. We report the first detection of several molecular outflows in OMC-3. The presence of an IRAS source and the first detection of these outflows confirm that star formation is going on in OMC-3. Based on the different physical properties of these regions compared with OMC-1, OMC-2 appears to be in an intermediate evolutionary stage between OMC-1 and OMC-3.


A simple analytic model for the electroluminescence (EL) intensity and the total cell current in bilayer light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with Ohmic contacts is presented. Results are in good agreement with both existing experimental data and numerical simulations. This model permits the semiquantitative analyses of the influence of the most important parameters on the EL and cell currents. In particular, dependence of EL current on the ratio of electron to hole mobilities and on the LED geometry is analyzed. The predictions of the model are compared with analogous results for LEDs with barrier-limited injection of electrons. It is shown that the values of EL currents can be comparable.


AIM: To study the effects of IκBα and its mutants (IκBαM, IκBα243N, IκBαM244C) on NF-κB, p53 and their downstream target genes. The relationship of NF-κB, p53, and IκBα was further discussed.

METHODS: pECFP-IκBα, pECFP-IκBαM (amino acides 1-317, Ser32, 36A), pECFP-IκBα243N (amino acides 1-243), pECFP-IκBα244C (amino acides 244-317), pEYFP-p65 and pp53-DsRed were constructed and transfected to ASTC-α-1 cells. Cells were transfected with pECFP-C1 as a control. 30 h after the transfection, location patterns of NF-κB, p53 and IκBα (IκBαM, IκBα243N, IκBα244C) were observed by a laser scanning microscope (LSM510/ConfoCor2, Zeiss). RNA extraction and reverse transcription were performed in cells transfected or co-transfected with different plasmids. Effects of IκBα and its mutants on the transpiration level of NF-κB, NF-κB downstream target gene TNF-α, p53 and p53 downstream target gene Bax were observed by real time QT-PCR. In all experiments β-actin was reference. Results are expressed as the target/reference ratio of the sample divided by the target/reference ratio of the control. Different transfected cells were incubated with CCK-8 for 2 h in the incubator. Then the absorbance at 450 nm was measured by using a microplate reader.

RESULTS: Cells that were transfected with p53-DsRed revealed a predominant nuclear localization. YFP-p65 mainly existed in the cytoplasm. Cells were transfected with CFP-IκBα, CFP-IκBαM, and CFP-IκBα243N respectively and revealed a predominant cytosolic localization. However, cells transfected of CFP-IκBα244C revealed a predominant nuclear localization. The mRNA levels of p65, TNF-α, p53 and Bax in CFP-IκBα transfected cells did not change significantly, while in YFP-p65/CFP-IκBα co-transfected cells, IκBα decreased the transcription of p65 downstream gene TNF-α (2.24 ± 0.503) compared with the YFP-p65/CFP-C1 co-transfected cells (5.08 ± 0.891) (P < 0.05). Phosphorylation defective IκBα (IκBαM) decreased the transcription levels of all the four genes compared with the control (P < 0.05). The N terminus of IκBα (IκBα243N) increased the transcription of NF-κB (1.84 ± 0.176) and TNF-α (1.51 ± 0.203) a little bit. However, the C terminus of IκBα (IκBα244C) increased the transcription of NF-κB, TNF-α, p53 and Bax significantly (8.29 ± 1.662, 14.16 ± 2.121, 10.2 ± 0.621, 3.72 ± 0.346) (P < 0.05). The CCK-8 experiment also showed that IκBα244C and p53 synergistically mediate apoptosis.

CONCLUSIONS: IκBα and its mutants (IκBαM, IκBα243N, IκBαM244C) have different effects on NF-κB and p53 signaling pathways, according to their different structures. IκBαM bounds with NF-κB and p53 in cytoplasm steadily, and inhibits both of the two signaling pathways. p53 and IκBα244C may be co-factor in inducing apoptosis. The C terminal of IκBα enhanced cell death, which suggests that it may be a pro-apoptotic protein existed in cells.


Elderly Health Monitor system named ELMOS as an android smartphone-based elderly health monitor service is essential in preventing elderly health problems, as well as providing a framework or basis for maintaining health awareness. This device comes with three functions which are sensing body temperature, heart rate and fall detection using Arduino. DS18B20 is used for the sense of body temperature. Body temperature could be a basic parameter for monitoring and identification human health. Heartbeat sensor was used for sensing heart rate. Accelerometer MPU 6050 was used to detect a senior citizen falling in real- time and to use the bluetooth communication to notify the administrator of such an event. As a result, we found that the system can be used to measure physiological parameters, such as body temperature, heart rate and fall detection .


To face with the environmental problems, the corporation social responsibility (CSR) is necessary to realize. However, CSR realizing exists many influences form economic, society, and environmental dimensions. This study focus on environmental aspect to draw out the way for company can consider their capability to realize CSR efficiently. This study use the interpretive structure modeling (ISM) to understand the interactive relations of criteria which help companies do environmental CSR efficiently and then set up the hierarchical structure for them to help recognize the steps and the priority criteria for efficient environment CSR realizing. Driving and dependence power also use in this study to analyze deeper about the significant role of each criterion in the hierarchical structure. This study includes seven criteria to consider.


The aim of this systematic review was to quantify the association between birthweight discordance and neonatal morbidity in twin pregnancies.


Based on studies in the mouse, it is generally thought that the granulosa cell arises from the intraovarian rete system. In humans, the migration of the pregranulosa cells to the oocytes occurs at approximately 6 months of fetal life. Thus, the cells that distinctly come into contact with the outer surface of the oocyte are cells that later in life differentiate into granulosa cells. The pregranulosa cells are usually flat and epithelioid in shape. Contacts between granulosa cells also have been observed in these early stages of development. Usually the early granulosa are attached to a basement membrane. Later on the cells develop a cuboidal shape and divide to form a follicle with multiple layers of granulosa cells. Initially, the follicle is a solid ball of cells and during later stages an antral cavity appears. A basement membrane separates the most peripheral granulosa cells from the thecal (stromal) cells and this complex membrane may be involved in the later differentiation of the granulosa cells. The exact cell types in the rete ovarii that give rise to the granulosa are essentially unknown. Factors controlling the migration and attachment to the surface of the oocyte are also enigmatic. It seems plausible that some of the many putative growth factors such as epidermal and fibroblast growth factors (EGF and FGF), transforming growth factors (TGFs), insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), and tumor necrosis factor a (TNF), as well as others, might participate in the process of migration, the clearing of a path and anchoring of the initial cells to the oocyte. Endocrine differentiation of the fetal ovary occurs before follicular development in the human as assessed by increased aromatizing capability of the ovary before development of large numbers of follicles. Thus, it seems that the increased estradiol in the fetal ovaries may stimulate and synergize with several growth factors and gonadotropins, and thus may participate in early follicle development.


A novel three-terminal device is proposed in which the base represents an undoped quantum well in a graded-gap heterostructure. The base conductivity is provided by a two-dimensional electron gas induced by the collector field. The intrinsic delay time is estimated to be about 1 ps at room temperature with a common-base current gain close to unity.


ABSTRACT Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) is widely used in aerospace, machinery, and other fields because of its excellent mechanical properties, but defects such as fiber tearing can occur using conventional automated processing. EDM has proven the possibility of machining CFRP, therefore. In this paper, an experimental study on EDM of CFRP using graphene aqueous solution medium was conducted, and by comparing with kerosene and deionized aqueous solution discharge medium for CFRP, it was found that the MRR of CFRP by EDM of graphene aqueous solution was increased by 76% and 18%. The HAZ was reduced by 8% and 4%, respectively. The influence law of the electrical parameters of EDM on the MRR, EWR, and HAZ was investigated by the orthogonal test method, and the optimal machining parameter configuration was obtained by using gray correlation analysis to optimize the multi-objective parameters into a single-objective gray correlation. The feasibility of the obtained optimized parameters was verified by experiment.


There are three general explanations for the phenomenon of college and university grade inflation. Although the most prevalent suggestion is that it represents an erosion of academic standards, it ...


An activated carbon was prepared from waste citrus peel produced in large amounts in Jeju Island, Korea, using KOH activation and its characteristics was examined. Under the condition of the KOH ratio between 100 and 300%, activation temperature from 400 to 900 ℃ and activation time from 0.5 to 1.5 h, the iodine adsorptivity of the activated carbon prepared increased but the yield decreased with respect to the increase of each conditions. The iodine adsorptivity and yield of the activated carbon prepared at the activation time of more than 1.5 h were similar to those of using 1.5 h. In addition, as the KOH ratio increased, the specific surface area and pore volume of the activated carbon increased, but the pore diameter decreased. The activated carbon has an average pore diameter of 20 ~ 25 Å . Also, the activated carbon prepared at 300% KOH and 900 ℃ for 1.5 h has the highest specific surface area of 1,527 m 2 /g and iodine adsorptivity of 1,246 mg/g.


A Philadelphia jury has found that the antidepressant paroxetine (marketed as Paxil in the United States and Seroxat in the United Kingdom) caused heart defects in a child, Lyam Kilker, whose mother Michelle David took the drug while pregnant. The jury has awarded the family $2.5m (£1.5m; €1.7m) in compensation.

The trial was the first of about 600 US lawsuits that claim that paroxetine caused birth defects in infants born to mothers who took the drug while pregnant ( BMJ …


ABSTRACT This introduction presents a general overview of the regulations, policies, programmes and actions which currently exist in Spain within the field of positive parenting. The articles featured in this special issue showcase initiatives aimed at fostering child development through the promotion of parenting competences and family support. They are divided into three sections. Those in the first section describe positive parenting support resources provided by institutions and NGOs. Those in the second analyze prenatal and perinatal periods from a positive parenting perspective and present programmes encompassing the period from birth to 11 years of age, including an online programme for the period from birth to age 3, a support programme for family reunification after temporary foster care and an analysis of family leisure time. The third section focuses on the assessment of family contexts and parenting skills throughout childhood, and presents a proposal for promoting good professional practice and programme design.


The timing of rapid erosion events, e.g., induced by river incision or by glaciation, can be determined using chronometric systems sensitive to low temperatures provided that a sample was cooled from above the system's bulk Tc to the point of quantitative retention. Even in the case of apatite He ages this requires cooling by more than 60 C, or more than a few km of erosion. Thus for all but large magnitude erosional events, traditional thermochronometry is not useful. Determination of the 4 He spatial distribution by the 4 He/ 3 He method may provide an alternative approach. An apatite residing at a temperature where significant diffusion occurs will develop a diffusive 4 He distribution decreasing to zero at the grain edge. If this apatite then rapidly cools to Earth's surface temperatures and thereafter remains cold, the concentration profile increases uniformly across the grain and the concentration at the edge is a direct reflection of the age of the event, the U+Th concentration, and α ejection. The local "age" at the edge of the grain constrains the timing of the coooling event. Depending on timescale, the temperature at which these outermost few microns have a zero effective concentration is in most cases ~30 o C, i.e., the "edge age" can be measured and constrains the timing of an erosion event provided the sample was cooled rapidly from >30 o C. In reality, cooling histories must be more complex than this, but the full 4 He concentration distribution is a remarkably sensitive indicator of cooling over the range ~80 o C to ~20 o C. Preliminary results and challenges with this technique will be discussed with reference to ongoing studies in the Sierra Nevada. Additional results will be presented by Shuster et al. (this volume).


BACKGROUND
Establishing transfusion guidelines during trauma resuscitation is challenging. Our objective was to evaluate indications for transfusion in trauma patients who emergently received ≤2 units of red blood cells (RBC) during the first hour of resuscitation.

METHODS
A single center retrospective study included non-massively bleeding trauma patients stratified into 2 groups: 1) with a clinical indication for transfusion and 2) with no indication for transfusion. Admission vital signs (VS), injury severity score (ISS), shock index, and laboratory values were compared between the two groups using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

RESULTS
Among 111 non-massively bleeding trauma patients, 40 presented no indication for transfusion. All patients presented similar ISS and VS. The 71 patients presenting with an indication for transfusion had higher bicarbonate (22.6 vs 20.8) and lower lactate levels (4.7 v 6.6) (p<0.05).

CONCLUSION
Lactate and bicarbonate blood levels may be potential indicators for RBC transfusion need during trauma resuscitation in non-massively bleeding patients.


Tire operating temperature is of vital concern to tire engineers because it relates both service life and power loss in a tire. Operating temperature therefore is a limiting factor in the choice of construction materials for truck tires, which run at much higher temperatures than do automotive tires. The power loss as well as hysteresis can be correlated to loss tangent of the compounds both at cure and following the service life. The loss tangent is negatively affected when the system faces conditions responsible for degradation. The antireversion agent,1,3 bis(citraconimido)methyl benzene (Perkalink 900) counteracts reversion and degradation in both truck and passenger tire tread. Perkalink 900 is found to stabilize the changes in the dynamic properties following ageing. This paper examines the effect of Perkalink 900 in truck tire (skim) as well as passenger tire (tread) compounds with respect to the stabilization of dynamic properties.


High-strength concrete hollow block walls using high-strength block strength is greater than MU15,and use of high strength grouted concrete(grouted concrete strength grade is greater than C30),also set with the core columns the same strength grade of concrete structural columns of reinforced masonry.With the deepening of the reform of wall materials,concrete hollow block wall material as an environmentally friendly application widely.But its application in high-rise buildings in seismic areas,especially the application there are still some problems.With the help of finite element software ANSYS,high-strength concrete hollow block masonry walls at different intensity levels and different strength of concrete core columns-columns and other structural parameters,the seismic performance analysis,its high-rise development,especially in seismic zones theoretical basis for the design of high-level masonry.


Since current challenges faced by $\Lambda$CDM might be hinting at new unravelled physics, here we investigate a plausible cosmological model where a vector field acts as source of dark energy. In particular, we examine whether an energy-momentum exchange between dark energy and dark matter could provide an explanation for current discrepancies in cosmological parameters. We carefully work out equations governing both background and linear order perturbations and implement them in a Boltzmann code. We found that a negative coupling makes the dark energy equation of state less negative and closer to a cosmological constant during the matter dominated epoch than an uncoupled vector dark energy model. While the effect of the coupling is hardly noticeable on the growth of matter density perturbations, matter velocity perturbations are enhanced at late-times when dark energy dominates. Therefore, data of redshift space distortions help to narrow down these kinds of couplings in the dark sector. We computed cosmological constraints and found common parameters also present in $\Lambda$CDM are in good agreement with the Planck Collaboration baseline result. However, our best fit predicts a much higher growth rate of matter perturbations at low redshift, thus exacerbating the disagreement with redshift space distortions data. We conclude that our coupled vector dark energy model does not solve current tensions (i.e., $H_0$ and $\sigma_8$). Moreover, having three additional parameters with respect to $\Lambda$CDM, the coupled vector dark energy model is heavily disfavoured by Bayesian evidence.


The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of stability trainer on dynamic balance in patients with distal sensory diabetic neuropathy (DSDN). Thirty subjects of both genders were divided into 2 groups. Experimental group received 45 minutes conventional physiotherapy & 15 minutes balance training on stability trainer while control group received 45 minutes of conventional physiotherapy. Results: There was significant difference between pre to post readings of DGI & TUG in both groups with overall percentage of DGI 24.5% & TUG 31.89% in experimental group and DGI 12.94% & TUG 11.82% in the control group. In pre to follow up readings there was significant difference with DGI 14.56% &TUG 30.31% in experimental Group and DGI 7.46% & TUG 6.94% in control group. Conclusion: It was concluded that training on stability trainer with conventional physiotherapy is more effective than conventional physiotherapy alone, in improving dynamic balance.


With the advancement of the era and the information,it is becoming more and more widely applicator of the pubic map.However,the traditional mapping process has been difficult to meet the needs of users in mapping present situation and diversity.Based on the ARCGIS spatial database,this paper proposes an approach to update the public mapping database quickly and form a new mapping process. According to the actual production results,it is validated that it overcomes the drawbacks of traditional mapping process and improves the efficiency and quality of mapping. In a word,this new mapping process has broad application prospects.


We propose a set of simple quantum optics experiments that test for an entirely new domain of physical laws that govern how an individual's conscious experience traverses the multiverse within Everett's many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. These experiments imply an exception to the Born rule in a proposed ''observer-specific'' reference frame. These experiments must be done by you, the reader. If it is performed by anyone else, other than you, the reader, you will observe that the person performing the experiment will observe an outcome that is not special, interesting, or different from what is already known about quantum mechanics. To the best of our knowledge, this would be the first ever modern experiment that is only meaningful if the experiment is performed by you, the reader, and cannot be inferred from the results of another experimenter. Therefore, since each individual must perform this test on his or her own, we outline a set of real experiments that can be easily performed such that as many people as possible can individually verify this for themselves. We do not know or specify what specific physical laws exist within this ''observer-specific'' domain, but come up with a number of different tests to cover as many theories as possible.


A replacement name is proposed in order to remove a case of secondary homonymy between the Cretaceous termite genus Gigantotermes Engel, Barden, & Grimaldi (Isoptera) and the Jurassic lacewing, Gigantotermes Haase (Neuroptera).  Ginormotermes Engel, Barden, & Grimaldi, new name, is established in place of the former, resulting in the new combination: Ginormotermesrex (Engel, Barden, & Grimaldi).


The simultaneous biodegradation of a mixture of atrazine and simazine by a binary community constituted by Arthrobacter sp. and Stenotrophomonas maltophila, immobilized in a porous support is reported. Both strains are able to use atrazine as the sole carbon and nitrogen source. However, accumulation of cyanuric acid (1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triol [OOOT]) was observed in axenic cultures of Arthrobacter sp., growing on the atrazinesimazine mixture. The genetic analysis of Arthrobacter sp. revealed the presence of atz A, B and C genes, but not atz D, which code for the enzyme responsible for the OOOT cleavage. For this reason, a binary community constituted by Arthrobacter sp., and the OOOT degrading strain, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, was cultivated in a two-stage fixed-bed column (2S-FBC). Air and mineral salts medium containing both herbicides were concurrently fed to the biofilm reactor. Complete removal of both herbicides, determined by liquid chromatography, was obtained when triazinic loading rates (Rv, AS) were varied from 6.4 to 214.5 mg L d. In these conditions, removal efficiencies from 92 to 100 %, measured as chemical oxygen demand (COD), and 91 to 97 %, quantified as total organic carbon (TOC), were obtained. Through classical microbiological methods, by detecting the genes codifying for the atrazine degradation pathway, and by PCR-TGGE analysis of the DNA extracted from suspended, and attached cell mass, differences in species predominance at each stage of the 2S-FBC were observed. In the first reactor ́s stage, Arthrobacter sp. predominates, whilst in the second, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia prevailed over Arthrobacter sp. However, molecular biology techniques were a good option for the screening of Stenotrophomonas sp., but not for the Athrobacter strain, due to the difficulty to extract its DNA .


This paper aualyses present situation and the necessity to construct lifelong educational system in vocation technical teachers' colleges. Some constructive ideas and proposals are also put forward.


Ants represent a unique focal group, due to their ability to navigate across all trophic levels, along with their sensitivity to any changes in the environment. The present study aims to determine the species composition of ants across varying vegetation types in Periyar Tiger Reserve of Southern Western Ghats. Thirty one (31) species of ants belonging to 14 genus and 4 subfamilies were collected from different habitats of the reserve. This study emphasizes the dominancy exhibited by the subfamily Formicinae within the ant communities, due to their ability to adapt to different niches. Harpegnathos saltator, a species endemic to Western Ghats and Paratrechina longicornis listed in the IUCN red list were collected from the habitat. Out of the total 31 species collected from the five different habitats of the study area, 24 species of ants were found in the semi-evergreen habitat making it the most species rich habitat.


in the recent paper [Journal of Physics A, 43474-0288 (2011)], B. Helffer and R. Purice compute the second term of a semi-classical trace formula for a Schr\"odinger operator with magnetic field. We show how to recover their formula by using the methods developped by the geometers in the seventies for the heat expansions.


Numerous trenches developed in the hilly and gully area of the Loess Plateau contain abundant water and soil resources. However, due to the problems such as long-term disrepair of silt dams and inadequate irrigation and drainage facilities, the use of trenches is difficult and inefficient. After the implementation of conversion of cropland to forest project and gully control and land reclamation, the problem of soil erosion in the Loess Plateau has been significantly improved, and the quality of newly added cultivated land and its productivity has also improved. In this paper, through literature research, the relevant indicators and methods for soil quality evaluation and the current status of soil quality research after gully construction are summarized, and this provides a theoretical basis for the maintenance and improvement of soil quality after gully construction.


This paper provides an overview of current research in Canada in the area of aging and paid work. We examined current literature on aging and paid work in Canada using Social Sciences Abstracts, ProQuest, and Sociological Abstracts. We focused specifically on research that was published from 2005 to 2015 and in English. We used the following keywords: older workers, aging, work, and retirement. We also include presentations done at scholarly meetings sponsored by the Aging and Paid Work Thematic Committee of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Population and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster. Common with to We also highlight the changes in women's and patterns as they are quite different as a result of receiving postsecondary


Follide stimulating hormone (FSH) plays essen- tial roles inthemaintenance anddevelopment ofoocytes and spermatozoa innormal reproductive physiology. FSHpossesses twosubunits, a andP,thelatter being responsible forFSH biological specificity. Wehavecloned andsequenced thecDNA encoding theFSH1chain fromabovine anterior pituitary cDNA library. Themature molecule is109aminoacids long andis preceded bya20-amino acld putative signal peptide. RNAgel blot analysis ofbovine pituitary RNAshows that themRNAencoding 13chain ofFSHisP1.7kilobases inlength. Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) isaglycoprotein hor- monesecreted bytheanterior pituitary (1,2).Itinduces growth oftheseminiferous tubules, maintains spermatogen- esis, andisresponsible forthegrowth ofthefollicle that, in turn, produces estrogen andstimulates endometrial growth in the uterus. FSHisonemember ofafamily offour structurally related glycoprotein hormones thatincludes chorionic go- nadotropin (CG), luteinizing hormone(LH), andthyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). Thesepolypeptides consist of twodissimilar subunits that arenoncovalently linked togeth- er.Theasubunit iscommontoall four hormones within a single species (3), while the(subunits areunique andconfer biological specificity. InasmuchastheP-subunit gene sequences forhumanCG andLH (4,5), ratLH andTSH (6-8), andmouseandbovine TSH(9,10)havebeenchar- acterized, itissurprising that theDNA sequence encoding the/3chain ofFSHhasyettobedescribed fromanyspecies. Theamino acid sequences fortheovine, human, equine, and porcine (3chains ofFSHareknown, andwehaveusedhighly conserved regions ofaminoacidsequence within these structures toconstruct twolongsynthetic oligonucleotide probes. Theseprobes wereusedtoscreen abovine anterior pituitary cDNA library, andtheresultant positive clones werecharacterized byDNA sequence analysis.


In the industry for highly specialized machine building (small series with high variety and high complexity) and in healthcare a demand for adaptive robotics is rapidly coming up. Technically skilled people are not always available in sufficient numbers. A lot of know how with respect to the required technologies is available but successful adaptive robotic system designs are still rare. In our research at the university of applied sciences we incorporate new available technologies in our education courses by way of research projects; in these projects students will investigate the application possibilities of new technologies together with companies and teachers. Thus we are able to transfer knowledge to the students including an innovation oriented attitude and skills. Last years we developed several industrial binpicking applications for logistics and machining-factories with different types of 3D vision. Also force feedback gripping has been developed including slip sensing. Especially for healthcare robotics we developed a so-called twisted wire actuator, which is very compact in combination with an underactuated gripper, manufactured in one piece in polyurethane. We work both on modeling and testing the functions of these designs but we work also on complete demonstrator systems. Since the amount of disciplines involved in complex product and machine design increases rapidly we pay a lot of attention with respect to systems engineering methods. Apart from the classical engineering disciplines like mechanical, electrical, software and mechatronics engineering, especially for adaptive robotics more and more disciplines like industrial product design, communication … multimedia design and of course physics and even art are to be involved depending on the specific application to be designed. Design tools like V-model, agile/scrum and design-approaches to obtain the best set of requirements are being implemented in the engineering studies from the early beginning.


The utility model discloses an elastic hinge of glasses. The elastic hinge comprises glasses feet and glasses legs, wherein the connecting end of the glasses feet is connected with a pin shaft through a first hinge and the pin shaft is connected with the connecting end of the glass legs through a second hinge; the two hinges are movably connected with each other through the pin shaft; a spring sheet is arranged at the outer parts of the first hinge and the second hinge; one end of the spring sheet is connected with the first hinge and the other end of the spring sheet is connected with the second hinge; and the spring sheet is in an arch shape. The elastic hinge of the glasses disclosed by the utility model is simple in structure and convenient for assembling, so that the batch production is easy to realize and the production efficiency can be improved.


This paper shows electric power transmission on battleships as a result of the latest technology developments. It also considers the AES (All Electric Ship) concept on battleships. It describes modern electrically driven battleships, i.e. gives details of electric drive systems from electric power production to ship propeller drives as well as some advantages of electric drive system of ships' propellers.


Electro-Mechanical Actuator (EMA) is one of the key components of next generation aircraft. In order to ensure the safety of aircraft, it is critical to predict the remaining useful life (RUL) of EMA. And the RUL prediction can be implemented by utilizing Gaussian Process Regression (GPR). However, the GPR algorithm is extremely complex. Hence, a weighted bagging Gaussian Process Regression (WB-GPR) algorithm is presented in this article. To be specific, the significance of RUL prediction of EMA is analyzed, and the variable which can represent the degradation progress of EMA failure is selected. Then the framework to predict the RUL of EMA is realized, with the proposed WB-GPR. Finally the performance of RUL prediction based on WB-GPR is validated by utilizing the sensor data sets from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center. Furthermore, the comparison of RUL prediction with GPR and bagging GPR has been achieved. Experimental results demonstrate that the WB-GPR is effective in the RUL prediction with low error rate and standard deviation.


Four hundred and fourteen consecutive blood donors to a hospital blood bank were studied to discover items of value in predicting the occurrence of "reactions." Since it is probable that blood donor "reactions" are almost always vasovagal faints, they are so referred to below. Several items of predictive value were found: none of the 62 Negroes, but 63 of the 352 white persons fainted; the younger the donor, the more likely a faint; the higher the resting pulse rate before venipuncture, the more likely a faint; admission of "nervousness" was associated with greater chance of fainting than was denial. Sex, resting blood pressure before venipuncture, and history of previous blood donation did not significantly differentiate fainters from nonfainters. The data are compatible with the hypothesis that vasovagal fainting in blood donors is the second limb of a diphasic response, and is part of relief from anxiety; the first limb is part of anxiety proper.


Hyaluronidase is widespread in the semen ofmammals and high concentrations occur in bull and ram semen (Buruiana, 1956). It has been suggested (Stambaugh & Buckley, 1969; Hartree, 1971) that hyaluronidase may play a role in passage of spermatozoa through the zona pellucida, e.g. by modifying the structure of this membrane to make it more susceptible to the action of acrosin which is widely believed to be involved in the penetration process (Stambaugh et al., 1969; Zaneveld et al., 1970). If hyaluronidase and acrosin were to act co-operatively on the zona pellucida it is likely that they would be similarly situated within the acrosome, and therefore the distribution ofhyaluronidase in ram spermatozoa was investigated by the fractionation procedure described to study the distribution of acrosin in ram spermatozoa (Brown & Hartree, 1974). Washed spermatozoa, which contain approximately 75% of the semen hyaluronidase (Brown, 1974), were frozen and thawed in 0\m=.\25 M-sucrose and subjected to vortex mixing. The suspension was centrifuged to give supernatant SI. The pellet was washed twice, by centrifuging, with sucrose. The first washing fluid (S2) was collected and the washed pellet of denuded spermatozoa was resuspended in sucrose. This procedure results in the removal from spermatozoa of the plasma mem¬ brane, the outer acrosomal membrane and the contents of the acrosome. The inner acrosomal membrane and the equatorial segment remain in close apposi¬ tion to the nucleus (Brown et al, 1975). Hyaluronidase activity was measured by the method of Aronson & Davidson (1967), except that release of N-acetylglucosamine was non-linear during 15 min, and incubation time was therefore reduced to 5 min. Bovine serum albumin (0-25 mg) was present in the system. The combined effects of these modifications was a 3-fold increase in apparent enzyme activity. Hyaluronic acid was prepared from human umbilical cord (Jeanloz, 1965). Experiments were carried out with seven batches of pooled ram semen and two batches of epididymal spermatozoa each from a pair of epididymides. Between 48 and 57% of the hyaluronidase activity in washed ejaculated sper¬ matozoa remained bound after the denudation process (Table 1 ). Corresponding values for washed epididymal spermatozoa were 60 and 77%. The true values for bound hyaluronidase in washed ejaculated cells may be of the order of 70% of the total, because particulate and soluble hyaluronidase were found in the combined supernatants, SI and S2. The mixed fraction contained 1-6 units/ml


Further, the research result from the waste management ideas were continuously motivated by the government approaches towards the decrease of green house impacts. In like manner, the section of biodegradable composite films using renewable resources is just toward the starting phase of research [10-13] and more data is required for proposing their utility towards the replacements for appropriate applications. In such Nawrath et al. [14] investigated the of new yield plants synergistic Abstract: In recent days, natural fibers have been replaced with synthetic fibers as an alternative material for the reinforcement in the polymer composites due to their renewability and sustainability. The aim of the present work is to study the performance of using natural fiber powder in the preparation of composite films. The fiber powder used in the present study is extracted from the Luffa cylindrica plant. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrum is utilized for the identification of functional groups in the fabricated composite film. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis is carried out to observe the bonding between matrix and reinforcement in the composite films. Thermal degradation behavior of the composite film is also studied by the Thermo-gravimetric Analysis (TGA). From the studies, it was observed that the natural fiber reinforced composite film were able to withstand higher temperatures. The fabricated composites films can be effectively used for different applications where there is a necessity of bio polymers.


It is well known that Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have come to be an indispensable tool for analyzing and managing spatial data. The synergies between GIS and Web technologies, the Web-based GIS, are also demonstrating their usefulness. With web services GIS, geospatial information is readily available to all who need it. Whether it be administrators, finance, researchers, or constituents. All authorized users can securely access necessary geospatial information and integrate it into their daily workflow. This greatly reduces fragmented and compartmentalized workflows and communication, and increase efficiencies. ArcGIS Server, a ESRI GIS software, is a complete and integrated server-based geographic information system (GIS) which is mainly used to share GIS resources across an organization and across the web. ArcGIS Server gives organizations the ability to centralize GIS software on application servers and deliver GIS capabilities to large numbers of users over networks. This report describes in detail all the procedures needed to install and to put into operation ArcGIS server at the "Sensors, Radar Technologies and Cyber-security" Unit of the Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizens. Finally, every component is working correctly and each qualified user has the possibility to create and to publish their GIS maps. ArcGIS Server is a fundamental instrument used also to develop the ECI GIS project (the GIS of the European Critical Infrastructures). The ECI GIS project will realize prototypes that could be used also in support of the Directive COM(2006) 787 on the identification and designation of European Critical Infrastructure and the assessment of the need to improve their protection, helping the Commission to organize the transmission procedures foreseen in the Directive in a rational and efficient manner, by using ArcGIS Server tools. How to obtain EU publications Our priced publications are available from EU Bookshop (http://bookshop.europa.eu), where you can place an order with the sales agent of your choice. The Publications Office has a worldwide network of sales agents. You can obtain their contact details by sending a fax to (352) 29 29-42758. The mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies. As a service of the European Commission, the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the Union. Close to the policy-making process, it serves the common interest of the Member States, while being independent of special interests, whether private or national.


Guillaume Farel and later John Calvin insisted that religious reform required uncompromising adherence to a particular set of beliefs, initially focused on the Reformed understanding of the Eucharist. This insistence made working within the existing Church completely untenable, and it put them at odds with Lefèvre, Roussel, and the evangelicals who continued to work for internal reform in France. Farel broke from his old friends when he enthusiastically took the Reformed side in the Lutheran-Reformed quarrels over the Eucharist. He moved to Switzerland, where he became an enthusiastic missionary and wrote the first French Protestant liturgy and theological guide. He and his followers also developed arguments against Nicodemism before Calvin did. When John Calvin arrived in Geneva, he altered some of Farel's early ideas, especially on the Eucharist, predestination, and moral discipline, but he gained followers, notably Farel himself and Pierre Viret.


c Mice overexpressing the prion protein (PrP) sequence from various host species are widely used for measuring infectious titers in prion disease. However, the impact that the transgene expression level might have on the susceptibility to infection raises some concerns about the final biological relevance of these models. Here we report that endpoint titration of a sheep scrapie isolate in sheep and in mice overexpressing the ovine PrP results in similar estimates of the infectious titer. B ioassays play a pivotal role in transmissible spongiform en-cephalopathy (TSE) research. They are used to characterize the nature of the agent (strain typing) and/or to measure the infectious titer, which is a critical parameter for assessing the risk of disease transmission (1). Historically, laboratory rodents have been used for titrating infectivity. However, the difficulties of transmitting certain TSE isolates, such as, for instance, sporadic Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (CJD), in conventional rodents remained a major limitation to their use. This " transmission barrier " phenomenon is mainly attributed to the amino acid divergences in the prion protein (PrP) sequences between the donor and the recipient (2). The apparent abrogation of the transmission barrier in trans-genic hosts that express an homologous PrP sequence that results in transmission to that of the donor species has led to the development of a variety of transgenic mouse models expressing the sheep, bovine, porcine, and human PrP. An inverse correlation between the survival time and expression level of the transgene in the brain has been noticed in mice transgenic for mouse, hamster, sheep, and bovine PrP (1). Whether the transgene expression level has an impact on the final susceptibility of the model to infection remains a subject of debate, and the final pertinence of infectious titers as measured in mice overexpressing PrP to the risk of transmitting the disease in the natural host species is uncertain (3). In this study, we first produced a large batch of stock inoculum, using the brain stems from 70 ARQ/VRQ sheep clinically affected with scrapie. All these animals were born and raised in a flock naturally affected by scrapie (Langlade flock) and belonged to the 2005/2006 birth cohort (4). A 1/10 dilution series of the inoculum (starting from a 4% [wt/vol] tissue homogenate) was prepared in negative sheep brain homogenate, and aliquots were stored at Ϫ80°C. Groups of (i) tg338 mice that are homozygotes for the sheep PrP VRQ variant and knock down for …


Introduction: Heart failure(HF) patients often experience cognitive impairment. However, the exact etiology of cognitive impairment is not well understood. The default mode network includes brain r...


We consider a mass-conservative fragmentation of the unit interval. The main purpose of this work is to specify the Hausdorff dimension of the set of locations having exactly an exponential decay. The study relies on an additive martingale which arises naturally in this setting, and a class of Levy process constrained to stay in a finite interval.


Professor Faustino Taderera, the celebrity and towering figure, is one of the most published International Business academics, icons and gurus in the world. This book, "Practice of Management," is a compulsory course at undergraduate and postgraduate levels for many qualifications and covers all the requirements including the now critical role of the state. It is now common modern thinking that successful businesses and nations are only possible where there is competent, transparent and credible political leadership. Rogue political leaders never make business success and are a terrible national liability. With this 45th book Faustino Taderera is now the undisputed Tom Peters of Zimbabwe, Africa and the Middle East. Professor Faustino Taderera always says, "Golden fish have no hiding place. I am the Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Solomon and Joseph of my time, the Gift of Zimbabwe, Africa and the world." His students call him, "The Rumbler, the Caterpillar and the Rollercoaster." He is a much sought after global academic and professional BRAND.


In this paper, a comprehensive analysis and systematization of theoretical and empirical studies of foreign authors on the issue of the relationship between income inequality and economic growth. The most common in the literature of channels of influence of income inequality on economic growth can be combined in the next (four) groups: political and economic mechanism that links income inequality with the pace of economic growth through redistribution policy, the channel associated with the imperfection of the capital market, a mechanism that establishes the relationship between income inequality and the rate of economic growth through social and political instability, and finally, a channel in which income inequality affects economic growth through the selection of the level of fertility of individuals. As a result of this analysis, the authors form a database summarizing the theoretical mechanisms of the relationship between growth and inequality.


Latices were synthesized using butyl acrylate(BA), ethyl acrylate(EA), ethyl methacrylate(EMA), methyl methacrylate(MMA) and styrene(St) separately. And blends of these latices were prepared and then films were made. The effects of the selection of monomer, ratio of copolymer and ratio of blending on the damping properties of the materials were studied. The results indicate that the blends of multi gradient T g polymer have a good damping property. Furthermore, PMMA is better than P(St BA) as a hard ingredient.


In 1968, Professor Don Paarlberg, a noted agricultural economist, completed his book titled "Great Myths of Economics." In this book, Paarlberg contends that while mythology is most often uncovered in the study of such subjects as weather, home remedies, and history, it can also be found in the field of economics. Paarlberg then proceeds to purge his own profession of economic folklore, half-truths, and untested rules-of-thumb through a candid assault on the validity of each. The book, being well written, was well read and enjoyed by Paarlberg's colleagues and those who were novices in the field of economics.


Introduction
 Splenic rupture is a rare but serious adverse event associated with the use of Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) and Granulocyte Macrophage-Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF). Instances of spontaneous splenic rupture following administration of these hematopoietic growth factors have been sporadically documented in case reports. We aimed to conduct a more comprehensive study to generate signal for splenic rupture with G-CSF/GM-CSF therapy using disproportionality analysis.
 Methods
 The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Events Reporting System (FAERS) database, a pharmacovigilance database, was used to extract data. All reported splenic rupture cases between January 1, 1991 and December 31,2019 for G-CSF or GM-CSF were collected by using the search terms "Pegfilgrastim", "Filgrastim", "Lenograstim", "Filgrastim-sndz", "Sargramostim" and "Pegfilgrastim-jmdb". We used reporting odds ratio (ROR) for proportionality analysis. ROR was calculated by SPSS 26 and considered significant with p value <0.05 when lower limit of 95% Confidence Interval (CI) of a ROR signal exceeded 1.0.
 Results
 Total of 58,725 reports of adverse reactions linked to G-CSF and GM-CSF were extracted from FAERS database. Out of these, splenic rupture was included as adverse event in 100 cases (Table 1). The median age of diagnosis was 54 years (interquartile range 46-62). Gender was reported in 92 cases, out of which 47 were male and 45 females. Final outcomes of 100 patients with growth factor associated splenic rupture showed that 31 were hospitalized, 30 had life-threatening illness and 18 died. ROR was calculated separately for Pegfilgrastim 16.03 (95% CI 11.90-21.59), Filgrastim (49.79; 36.32-68.26), Lenograstim (133.82; 55.39-323.32), Filgrastim-sndz (87.87; 28.21-273.71), Filgrastim+Pegfilgrastim (35.01; 11.26-108.85), Filgrastim+Sargramostim (895.20; 214.83-3730.27) and for all G-CSF/GM-CSF drugs taken together (28.13; 22.92-34.52). All calculated RORs were significant (Table 2).
 Conclusion
 This study demonstrates disproportionately elevated signals of developing splenic rupture in patient receiving G-CSF/GM-CSF therapy as compared to those receiving other drugs based on the FAERS database. Physicians should be aware of this rare adverse event as it could potentially lead to life-threatening outcomes.

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In patients with oral head and neck cancer, the presence of metallic dental implants produces streak artifacts in the CT images. These artifacts negate the utility of CT for the spatial localization of PET findings and may propagate through the CT-based attenuation correction into the PET images. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of an algorithm that reduces metallic artifacts in CT images and the impact of this approach on the quantification of PET images. Methods: Fifty-one patients with and 9 without dental implants underwent a PET/CT study. CT images through the patient's dental implants were reconstructed using both standard CT reconstruction and an algorithm that reduces metallic artifacts. Attenuation correction factors were calculated from both sets of CT images and applied to the PET data. The CT images were evaluated for any reduction of the artifacts. The PET images were assessed for any quantitative change introduced by metallic artifact reduction. Results: For each reconstruction, 2 regions of interest were defined in areas where the standard CT reconstruction overestimated the Hounsfield units (HU), 2 were defined in underestimated areas, and 1 was defined in a region unaffected by the artifacts. The 5 regions of interest were transferred to the other 3 reconstructions. Mean HU or mean Bq/cm3 were obtained for all regions. In the CT reconstructions, metallic artifact reduction decreased the overestimated HUs by approximately 60% and increased the underestimated HUs by approximately 90%. There was no change in quantification in the PET images between the 2 algorithms (Spearman coefficient of rank correlation, 0.99). Although the distribution of attenuation (HU) changed considerably in the CT images, the distribution of activity did not change in the PET images. Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that the algorithm can enhance the structural and spatial content of CT images in the presence of metallic artifacts. The CT artifacts do not propagate through the CT-based attenuation correction into the PET images, confirming the robustness of CT-based attenuation correction in the presence of metallic artifacts. The study also demonstrated that considerable changes in CT images do not change the PET images.


The mean zonal flow profile along y, for July month at different levels in the lower troposphere and at different longitudes in the Indian region, confined between two latitudinal walls is considered. The analytical function for each zonal flow profile is obtained by expressing it as a cosine Fourier series. A barotropically neutral perturbation of different functional dependency along y, and the wave structure along x is specified initially. Using non-divergent barotropic model in a Beta-plane, the barotropic energy conversion, tendency are evaluated analytically for different observed zonal flow profiles.
The study of the barotropic energy conversion tendency indicates the disturbance at levels 850 and 700 rob receives energy from zonal kinetic 'energy, the most preferred scale is around 6000 km. The barotropically growing wave moves from east to west with phase speed of about 8 m sec-l and minimum local doubling time is about 4 days.


1 Department of Communication Engineering, Chengdu Institute of Technology, Chengdu 611730, China 2 Intel-cec joint Lab, Institute of IC Mannufacturing Engineering, Chengdu 611730, China 3 Key Laboratory of Artificial Microand Nanostructures of Ministry of Education and School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China 4 Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei University, Wuhan 430072, China


The article considers the role of the mass media in the system of political lobbyism in the contemporary Russia. The idea of this paper is to analyze mass media as a main actor of political lobbyism. The article reflects different elements of this phenomenon, such as «lobbyist message» and «media noise»


Hester Prynne is a young woman of The Scarlet Letter. She has borne a child out of wedlock and been sentenced to wear the scarlet letter A, a symbol of committing adultery for the rest of her life. She refuses to take the scarlet A as a token of outlaw. With her needlework, she struggles to subvert the original signification of the letter A and to build her new identity as an able, angelic and admirable woman. She transforms the letter A for herself outside the patriarchal signifier. However, her return to Boston, where she voluntarily wears the letter illustrates that Hester acknowledges the importance of the social order and her submission to the public. She has the rebellious spirit but it is not strong enough to overthrow the patriarchy. Hester's dual image of subversion to submission is attributed to Hawthornes' ambiguous attitude toward women.


The fifth generation New Radio vehicle-to-everything (5G NR-V2X) has higher requirements for delay and reliability, which brings challenges to the physical layer signal processing. Mobile edge computing (MEC) can provide larger capacity data storage and more efficient computation through localization of on-board unit (OBU) and next generation Node B (gNB) services. This paper combines the channel estimation of New Radio vehicle-to-infrastructure (NR-V2I) communication baseband signal processing with MEC and designs an intelligent channel estimation framework. In the MEC server, this paper proposes a channel estimation algorithm based on deep learning. This algorithm uses a one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1D CNN) to complete frequency-domain interpolation and conditional recurrent unit (CRU) for time-domain state prediction. Additional velocity coding vector and multipath coding vector track changes in the environment, and accurately train channel data in different mobile environments. System simulation and analysis show that the proposed algorithm improves the channel estimation accuracy, reduces the bit error rate, and enhances the robustness compared with the representative channel estimation algorithms for NR-V2I.


Burnout is a syndrome of exhaustion, both physical, emotional, and mental caused due to excessive work. This exhaustion occurs slowly over longer periods of time in situations that are emotionally filled with demands and unwittingly. One of the factors that can reduce symptoms of burnout are self efficacy. The aims of this research is to know is the relationship between self efficacy with burnout, level of self efficacy, level of burnout, and the effective contribution of self efficacy to the burnout. The participant of this research are 101 nurses at hospital in Surakarta. Technique the sample used in this research was using a technique purposive sampling. This research used quantitative methods with self efficacy scale and burnout scale. Data analysis in this research using product moment correlation from Carl Pearson using SPSS 15 for windows program. By the outcome of data analysis showed the value of correlation -0,544 with sig. (p) 0,000 (p < 0,01) it menas there is a significant negative relation between self efficacy with burnout to the nurses. The mean empirical (ME) of variable self efficacy is 109,34 is included in high category. While the mean empirical (ME) of burnout is 71,97 is included in low category. The effective contribution of self efficacy with burnout is 29,5%


Abstract This article is an update to the first Trugman Valuation Associates (TVA) restricted stock study published in the fall 2009 issue of Business Valuation Review. The impact of the changes to the Rule 144 holding period on implied restricted stock discounts is also examined.


A conjecture of Birmelé, Bondy and Reed states that for any integer l ≥ 3, every graph G without two vertex-disjoint cycles of length at least l contains a set of at most l vertices which meets all cycles of length at least l. They showed the existence of such a set of at most 2l+3 vertices. This was improved by Meierling, Rautenbach and Sasse to 5l/3+29/2. Here we present a proof showing that at most 3l/2+7/2 vertices suffice.