Purpose of the study: Nearly all published series of Ewing sarcoma present the present of bone metastasis as a factor of very poor prognosis. Reviewing our experience, we noted that the prognosis is not as bad as expected in these patients if surgical resection of all known foci can be achieved. Case reports: Case n° 1 was a 16-year-old girl who presented a Ewing sarcoma involving the left iliopubic ramus. No other foci could be identified on the plain x-rays, scintigraphy and bone computed tomography. Preopeartive magnetic resonance imaging revealed a metastatic focus in the neck of the homolateral femur. The two foci were resected after preoperative chemotherapy: resection of the left hemi-pelvis and resection of the upper potion of the femur with replacement with a pelvic prosthesis and and massive prosthesis for the proximal femur. Eight years later, the patient has remained in complete primary remission, consulting for orthopedic gait problems related to prosthetic loosening. Case n° 2 was a 13-year-old boy who presented an Ewing sarcoma of the upper tibial metaphysic. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging revealed three other metastatic localizations in the homolateral femur. Bifocal resection of the tibia and the femur was performed with implantation of an active growth prosthesis. Chemotherapy was continued. Seven years later, the patient remains in primary complete remission. Lengthening the prosthesis has enabled equivalent growth for the two limbs. The patient has a normal life style excepting contact sports which are prohibited. Case n° 3 was a 17-year-old boy who presented a voluminous Ewing sarcoma of the right pelvis. Search for extension revealed a unique metastasis in the fourth lumbar vertebra. The patient was given preoperative chemotherapy before resection of the pelvic tumor then two months later resection of the vertebral metastasis. The patient died 4.5 years later from a traffic accident. He had remained in complete remission. Discussion and conclusion: These three cases of complete long-term primary remission of patients with primary bone metastases show that like other bone sarcomas, eradication of all recognized bone metastases is essential for the prognosis of Ewing sarcoma.


Abstract Initial velocity patterns have been obtained for rabbit muscle phosphofructokinase at pH 7.4, 25°, with six nucleotides as substrates, and also with 2,5-anhydro-d-mannitol-6-P and 2,5-anhydro-d-mannitol-1,6-P2 as substrate analogs. In the forward (MgNTP, fructose-6-P) direction most of the patterns were parallel or nearly so, but with MgITP and MgCTP there was clear convergence. In the reverse direction all patterns except for MgGDP were clearly intersecting. The mechanism must therefore be sequential. The good activity of the anhydromannitol analog, but the failure of l-sorbose-6-P or 2,5-anhydro-d-glucitol-6-P prepared either chemically or enzymatically to act as a substrate suggests that the enzyme is specific both for the β anomers of fructose-6-P and fructose-P2 and for the d configuration at carbon 5. The activity of fructose-1-P (presumably the β anomer) as a substrate is consistent with this view, as is the failure of l-sorbose-1-P to act either as inhibitor or substrate.


The article is devoted to the study of the main forms of interaction between Torgsin (trade with foreigners) trading institutions and the population of Ivanovo Industrial Region in 1933–1935. The question of the evolution of Torgsin's own money issued to customers in exchange for surrendered values was investigated. The stages of replacement of trade orders with commodity books are indicated. Data on prices for basic food and industrial goods in Torgsin stores are presented, the dynamics of sales, factors that influenced the policy of lowering and raising prices. Legal documents were considered that contributed to improving the supply of goods to the population, as well as the issue of the ratio of Torgsin sales prices and Soviet industry selling prices. An assortment of domestic and imported goods is presented. Special attention is paid to the prices of collective farm markets of the largest towns of Ivanovo Industrial Region. The ratio of market and official rates of the gold and Soviet rouble was considered. The study allowed to consider the advantages and disadvantages in Torgsin's work with the population of the region. The direction of consumer demand has been studied. Based on a comparative analysis of Torgsin prices and the free market of the region, an idea of the level of accessibility of various groups of goods for buyers is made.


To investigate the feasibility of high‐sensitivity cellular MRI of embryonic stem (ES) cells using a novel cell permeable and cell retentive T1 contrast agent.


For Lot of companies across thr world for energy and utilities industry the key challenge I not just to optimize and transform existing processes and business models in more efficient way but also to find completely new ways to conduct their business across numerous areas and functions. The opportunities and challenges may seem in lot , talent and technology funding are not. As industry leaders balance the need to pivot for the future with current daily demands, the question is 'where do you start the journey of digital transformation?'. This paper attempts to provide an insight in example just to demonstrate on how using components of Digital Transformation with defined approach and methodologies can allow utilities need to create lasting operational improvements. ions need to transform to address rapidly changing business landscapes, which is the main reason why digital transformation is so crucial for companies that enables to redefine the complex business process into simple and innovative solutions that helps business executives focus more on business results, innovation and continuous development. The main focus of this paper is on howdesign thinking redefines business performance by generating innovative ideas and providing sustainable, groundbreaking customer-centered solutions by glancing through the viewpoint ofuser needs


Objective
To observe the guidance role of ultrasound biomicroscope (UBM) examination results for pterygium operation.

Methods
Eighty-five eyes of 85 cases with primary pterygium were randomly divided into clinical trial group, 46 eyes, using UBM examination results for guiding the pterygium operation; and the control group, 39 eyes, in which traditional pterygium operation was performed. The operation time, postoperative corneal epithelium healing time, patient comfort and recurrence rate between the two groups were compared.

Results
The conjunctival flap of patients in the two groups healed well. The operation time of the trial group and the control group were (23.06±1.87) minutes and (30.63 ± 2.43) minutes. The difference was statisially significant (t=5.46, P=0.000); The healing time of corneal epithelium were (2.13 ± 0.37) days in trial group and (2.87 ± 0.41) days in control group and the difference was statisially significant (t=4.91, P=0.002); The scores of postoperative discomfort were 0.89±0.39 in trial group and 2.43±0.74 in control group and the difference was statisially significant (t=3.13, P=0.025). The follow-up time was 6 months, and there was no recurrence being found.

Conclusion
Preoperative UBM examination of pterygium can effectively identify corneal infiltration and adhesion of pterygium, which is conductive to better removal of pterygium head.

Key words:
Pterygium; Ultrasound biomicroscopy; Stem cell transplantation


The in situ formation of nanostructured aluminum hydroxides on the surface of alumina particles, which can work as inorganic binder, was reported in this paper. The effect of the suspension pH during milling of alumina powder and subsequent hydrothermal treatment for the hydroxide formation and microstructure was depicted. Under acidic pH condition, the formation of hydroxides was not observed. When the pH of suspension changed from acidic to basic during milling, bayerite [Al(OH)3] nanoparticles were formed, but only a fraction of this hydroxide was converted to boehmite (AlOOH) during subsequent hydrothermal treatment. The aluminum hydroxide and oxyhydroxide formed in this condition improved the smoothness of extruded rods and the strength of presintered segments. For the powder milled under basic pH condition, the mechanochemically formed bayerite was completely converted into boehmite nanoparticles during the hydrothermal treatment. The presence of boehmite nanoparticles contributed to improving plasticity during extrusion, which allowed the reduction of organic binder and increased the strength of presintered alumina rods.


The invention provides a halloysite Ag-carrying antibacterial agent and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) activating halloysite: adding the halloysite with the purity of not less than 80wt% to 1-5wt% of nitric acid solution, and stirring for activating at normal temperature, wherein, the solid-to-liquid ratio of a reaction system is 5-10% (mass percent); (2) drying: centrifugally dewatering and drying the activated halloysite to obtain the activated and dried halloysite; (3) loading: preparing 0.5-3wt% of silver nitrate solution, adjusting the pH value of the silver nitrate solution with dilute nitric acid to 5-6, adding the activated and dried halloysite, and stirring at the temperature of 40-60 DEG C for 0.5-2h, wherein, the solid-to-liquid ratio of a reaction system is 5-20% (mass percent); and (4) after reaction is ended, carrying out centrifugal filtration on the product, washing and drying the obtained filter cake to obtain the halloysite Ag-carrying antibacterial agent. The preparation method is simple and has low production cost and good loading effect; and the halloysite Ag-carrying antibacterial agent obtained by the preparation method has the advantages of good antibacterial effect, broad-spectrum antibacterial function, firm loading and good slow-releasing property of antibacterial silver ions, and good heat resistance.


Purpose – The paper aims to offer a preliminary insight into the issue of whether service providers eliminate their offerings in various stages of their life cycle, and if so, whether elimination decision‐making differs depending on the service's life cycle stage.Design/methodology/approach – Data were secured by means of a structured questionnaire which was completed through personal interviews. Respondents answered all questions having a recently eliminated service in mind. The initial calls and follow‐up efforts generated 164 usable responses (49.8 per cent response rate).Findings – A service may be eliminated from a service provider's portfolio in any stage of its life cycle. Further, in terms of precipitating circumstances, evaluation factors and elimination strategies, the service elimination process differs depending on the stage of the service life cycle that the elimination decision is taken.Practical implications – The most important implication is service providers eliminate services not only a...


This report contains the results of additional studies which were conducted to confirm the conclusions of the MSC Mission Report and contains analyses which were not completed in time to meet the mission report deadline. The LM IMU data were examined during the lunar descent and ascent phases. Most of the PGNCS descent absolute velocity error was caused by platform misalignments. PGNCS radial velocity divergence from AGS during the early part of descent was partially caused by PGNCS gravity computation differences from AGS. The remainder of the differences between PGNCS and AGS velocity were easily attributable to attitude reference alignment differences and tolerable instrument errors. For ascent the PGNCS radial velocity error at insertion was examined. The total error of 10.8 ft/sec was well within mission constraints but larger than expected. Of the total error, 2.30 ft/sec was PIPA bias error, which was suspected to exist pre-lunar liftoff. The remaining 8.5 ft/sec is most probably satisified with a large pre-liftoff planform misalignment.


A process for the recovery of fibers by means of flota tion de-inking of waste paper which bears ink applied by flexographic printing or xerography, by reducing the paper to fibers in an aqueous medium with the addi tion of bleaching chemicals and auxiliaries containing peroxide, fatty acids, complexing agent, sodium hy droxide, and an additive based on polyglycol and a phosphoric ester mixture, produces fibers which are free from ink, which are useful as a recyclable material.


Summary form only given. An application of a Hopfield network to the discrete Fourier transform was studied. First, the commonalities and differences were defined by a study and comparison of the discrete Fourier transform and Hopfield network structures, and then, in order to investigate the difference, a numerical analysis was conducted. As a result, it became clear that since the coefficient matrix of the Fourier transform and the connection weight matrix of the Hopfield network each have a symmetry, the Fourier transform can be conducted by the Hopfield network. Moreover, its convergence was confirmed by simulation.<<ETX>>


Many anthracene derivatives possess excellent anti‐tumour activity and are extensively used clinically as anti‐tumour agents. However, their clinical use is frequently limited by emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR) in tumour cells. Therefore, new agents with the ability to overcome MDR are needed for cancer treatment. HL‐37, a novel anthracene derivative, exhibited potent anti‐cancer activity in both drug‐sensitive (K562) and multidrug‐resistant (K562/DOX) leukaemia cells. Mechanistically, we found that HL‐37 was neither a substrate nor an inhibitor of P‐glycoprotein (P‐gp) and could overcome apoptotic resistance via up‐regulation of p53 protein and down‐regulation of Bcl‐xL protein. In addition, HL‐37 also induced K562/DOX cell apoptosis and a decrease in G0/G1 phase. Moreover, reduction of mitochondrial membrane potential, release of cytochrome c and an increased expression of cleaved protein fragment of caspase‐3, caspase‐9 and caspase‐8 were also observed. Importantly, HL‐37 was found to be better tolerated and more effective at inhibiting tumour growth than bisantrene in a xenograft mouse model.


Using the sweet cherry cultivar Italyzaohong,Hongdeng,Lapins,Ukraine zaodaguo,Qihao and Victor as test materials,the effect of laying on Promalin and Chouzhibao on branch abilities after carving buds were studied.The results showed that the effects of Promalin on Italy zaohong,Hongdeng,Ukraine zaodaguo,Qihao were better than that of Chouzhibao,it proved that compound plant regulator increased the effect on branch abilities.When Lapins and Victor cultivars were tested,the effects of the two plant regulators on branch abilities were reversed.


Objective:To develop an HPCE method for determination of swertiamarin and isovitexin in Swertia mileensis T.N.Ho et W.L.Shih.Methods:Swertiamarin and isovitexin in Swertia mileensis were extracted with 50% methanol solution by supersonic wave technique,and then determined by capillary electrophoresis.A uncoated fused-silica capillary column (60.2 cm×75 μm,an effective length of 50 cm) was adopted.The running buffer was composed of 50 mmol·L-l borax solution containing 5% methanol (pH=9.37).The applied voltage was 15 kV and the capillary temperature was 25 ℃.The detection wave length was 236 nm.Results:A good linearity between peak area and concentration was found in the range of 0.1304-1.304 mg·mL-l(r=0.9998) for swertiamarin and 0.0298-0.298 mg·mL-l(r=0.9994) for isovitexin;Their average recoveries(n=6) were 98.5% and 99.3% respectively,and the relative standard deviation was less than 2.0%.Conclusion:The method is simple and rapid.It can be used to determine swertiamarin and isovitexin in Swertia mileensis.


The beneficial effect of antihypertensive pharmacotherapy in decreasing morbidity and mortality in hypertensive patients may be counteracted by metabolic and biochemical disturbances, such as hypokalemia, hyperglycemia, hyperuricemia, and hyperlipoproteinemia, that occur with the administration of thiazides and related diuretics. Antiatherogenk high-density lipoprotein cholesterol may be unchanged, whereas the potentially atherogenic low-density lipoprotein cholesterol may be increased by long-term therapy with thiazide diuretics. Indapamide is a methylindoline antihypertensive diuretic with a considerable peripheral vasodilatory effect. At a low dose of 2.5 mg daily, it did not alter total circulating cholesterol, in contrast to chlorthalidone. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels increased significantly in 20 hypertensive men after 6 months of therapy with indapamide, resulting in a significant fall of the low-density lipoprotein/high-density lipoprotein ratio, an atherogenic risk factor, regardless of preexisting lipid disorders.


Both heart failure (HF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are common in the elderly population and are at least partly understood as accelerated aging. They share smoking and systemic inflammation in etiology, with a chronic progressive disease trajectory characterized by exacerbations. Overlap is large in symptoms and signs as well as in chest radiography, electrocardiography, and spirometry results.1,2 The study by Lawson et al3 used the large Clinical Practice Research Datalink linked to Hospital Episode Statistics between 2002 and 2014. In 2 separate nested case-control studies, patients with HF who developed COPD were compared with those without. The diagnoses of COPD and HF were based on clinical assessment and routinely requested further investigations, ie, echocardiography in those diagnosed with HF. Approximately 40% of patients additionally diagnosed with COPD received spirometry.3 The study showed that in patients diagnosed with HF, the development of COPD and increasing COPD severity were associated with first all-cause hospitalization and all-cause mortality.3 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity was based on medication intensity and forced spirometry. A finding that still holds true if we realize that the diagnostic workup for both COPD and HF were incomplete—very common in routine (primary) care—and may have resulted in some misclassification of either disease. The clinical implications are, however, challenging owing to the overlap of COPD and HF as it relates to diagnosis and potential for misclassification of patients. Misclassification happens in both COPD and HF, notably in primary care. Spirometry is the most commonly applied examination for COPD4 and is readily available in primary care, but it is sensitive to misinterpretation in patients with (undetected) HF.2,5 Patients with HF should be stable and euvolemic for several months before a spirometry-derived ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) to forced vital capacity less than 0.70 may be considered as obstruction within the small airways and compatible with a diagnosis of COPD.2,5,6 Overdiagnosis of COPD in HF is common, as HF causes pulmonary congestion and thus external compression of the small airways, resulting in an obstructive spirometric pattern as in true COPD, while in the latter the obstruction is caused by inflammation and phlegm production in the small airways.2 Misclassification of COPD in patients with HF may range from 40% to 80% if based on forced spirometry only.5,7 Moreover, spirometry overestimates the COPD severity based on FEV1 because HF itself reduces both FEV1 and forced vital capacity values by 10% to 20%. 8 If unsure about stability and pulmonary fluid status, it is better to perform body plethysmography to identify COPD, especially in patients with HF.5 Because air trapping is not influenced by pulmonary congestion, the ratio of the residual volume to total lung capacity as derived from body plethysmography is not affected and may even be used in patients with HF with clear signs of pulmonary congestion.5 However, body plethysmography is not available in primary care. Clinicians should realize that adequate (diuretic) treatment of HF may create an euvolemic state in patients with HF, that is, without pulmonary fluid overload not only relieving the patient's shortness of breath but also critically reducing the risk of overdiagnosing COPD with spirometry. Although HF is a clinical syndrome with typical symptoms and signs, a definite diagnosis requires echocardiographic evidence of structural and/or functional cardiac abnormalities. Heart failure is also prone to misclassification, although in general, underdiagnosis may be more common + Related article


had come at a late hour and on a busy day, and the symptoms presented no signs of urgency, I deferred further nasal examination and simply ordered a nasal douche. Two days later I was summoned to a coroner's inquest to explaiD what operation I had performed without permission of the parents, etc. Happily this had only consisted in the introduction of a nasal speculum and the rhinoscopic mirror-not even a probe had been used. It appeared that the patient, on her return from the hospital, had complained of increased headache, had in the course of the day become unconscious, and had died during the following night after several convulsive attacks. At the post mortem examination a basal purulent meningitis was found and a perforation, probably of a syphilitic nature, in the sphenoid bone near the sella turcica. Meningitis Afected bv Eye SymPtom8. In many cases the meningitis or other cerebral symptoms arose consecutively to an orbital abscess or to one or another of the various eye complications before mentioned. Thus in one case blindness of both eyes developed eight days before the fatal meningitis (Duplay), in another strabismus was observed three weeks before basal meningitis (Grtinwald), in another ptosis, dilated pupil, paralysis of eye muscles two weeks before basal meningitis (Demarquay), disease of visual power and ptosis before intradural abscess (Russell), blindness and exophthalmos of both eyes before basal meningitis (Raymond), etc. Several cases of fatal meningitis have been observed after operation on the adnasal cavities, we will take it not because they were operated on, but on account of the operation being performed too late. LITBRATURE. 1 Lindenthal, 0, Wien. 7clin. Woch., X897, No. I5. 2 Fraenkel, E., Virchow's Archiv, I896, vol. xliii. 3 Weichselbaum, Fortschritte d. Med., 1887. 4fHfjek, M., Patholog. u. Therap. d. Nebenhiihlen d. Nase, ii, Aufl.. Wien, 1903. 5Grunlwald, Lehre von d. Naseneiterungen, Munchen, 1893 6 Hack, Ueb. Operative Behandlung, Wiesbaden, X884. 7Onodi, A., Arch. f. Lar>ngol, vol. xi, vol. xv, and BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, November, 1904. 8 Kuhnt, Erkranku-ngen d. Stitnhohlen, 2895. 9 Ziem, Monats. f. Ohremhetlk., 2893, etc. '0 Eversbusch, O., Graefe-Memisch. Haandb. d. Ge8. Augenheilk., 6I and 62, Lieferg, 1903. 1L Dreyfuss, Krank. d. Gehirns in Folge von Naseneiterungen, Jenw, I896.


In this note we show that any derivation of a simple C*-algebra, whose range is not dense, is closable. We also derive a necessary and sufficient condition for a *-derivation of a C*-algebra, which is defined on the domain of a closed *- derivation, to be closed.


Objective To recognize the features of genitourinary dysfunction in multiple system atrophy (MSA). Methods Four cases of MSA were reviewed. Results Genitourinary dysfunction in MSA comprised of impotence,urinary retention and incontinence resulted from a combination of detrusor hyperreflexia and urethral sphincter weakness followed by failure of detrusor contraction.MRI and CT show brain atrophy. Conclusions MSA is a disorder characterized by progressive neuronal atrophy at certain sites of the central nervous system that control the urogenital function.The symptoms simulated those of bladder outflow obstruction.It is importment to avoid misdiagnosis and unnecessary surgery.


Abstract The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a flexible model for representing information about resources on the Web. As a W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Recommendation, RDF has rapidly gained popularity. With the widespread acceptance of RDF on the Web and in the enterprise, a huge amount of RDF data is being proliferated and becoming available. Efficient and scalable management of RDF data is therefore of increasing importance. RDF data management has attracted attention in the database and Semantic Web communities. Much work has been devoted to proposing different solutions to store RDF data efficiently. This paper focusses on using relational databases and NoSQL (for 'not only SQL (Structured Query Language)') databases to store massive RDF data. A full up-to-date overview of the current state of the art in RDF data storage is provided in the paper.


The problem whether the social management system is good or not is an important guarantee for a district to attract talents or not.This paper discusses the establishment of the social management system about the flow of talents,which will be suitable for the development of economy and society in Qinghai,through the following five aspects:the optimization of climate for employment,the promotion of institutional policies,the development of proper talents,the improvement of current economic situation,the regulation of professional talent market as well as medium institutes for talents.


Over the years public perception and understanding of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) have been influenced by its frightening depiction in movies, such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and the earlier primitive methods by which it was administered. However, ECT has advanced considerably since its introduction in 1938, and, despite some controversy surrounding its efficacy versus side effects, it is today well established as a safe, effective, and even lifesaving treatment for certain psychiatric disorders. "ECT has undergone a lot of changes and improvements since the late 1930s," says Joan Prudic, MD, Medical Director, Electroconvulsive Therapy Service, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. ECT is now employed for relieving symptoms of major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and non-psychiatric medical conditions, including Parkinson's disease. "Eighty-five percent of our patients have depression, which often is treatment-resistant," says Dr. Prudic. "While ECT looks like a last resort when you're dealing with treatment-refractory depression, if the person is psychotically depressed or extremely suicidal, this level of severity can be an indicator to give ECT as a first-line treatment." Dr. Prudic, who is also Director of the Clinic for Innovations in Treatment Resistant Depression and a research psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, has participated in pioneering research in


The existing problems of the experiment device of pneumatic braking automatic adjusting equipment used in railway were discussed, and its CAT reforming plan was put forward. Through improving its software and hardware, the CAT experiment device was accomplished.


Porcine circovirus type 2 was detected in porcine tissue samples from Shanghai and neighboring area.The positive percentage of PCV-2 was 39.06%(25/64) in sick pigs,13.51%(5/37) in healthy pigs,and 29.70%(30/101) in all samples.The virus isolation rates of PCV-2a genotype and PCV-2b genotype were 1.98 % and 27.72%,respectively.Sequence analysis illustrated that nucleotide homologies of ORF2 of PCV-2a and PCV-2b isolates were 99.6% and 84.4%-100%,respectively.Out of 28 PCV-2b isolates,24 isolates belong to one group represented by Q151643.This study revealed that in Shanghai and neighboring area,PCV-2 infection was highly prevalent,and infection rate in sick pigs was much higher than in healthy pigs.The PCV-2b group strains were predominant strain.


Three-wave interactions of Jeans-type waves in the gaseous disk of a galaxy are analyzed. The characteristic scale of the waves considered exceeds the thickness of the disk. Hamiltonian formalism is employed to derive equations describing the wave interaction. Conditions for decay are established and the growth rate of the decay (breakup) instability is calculated. Solutions are obtained in the form of stationary triplets of interacting waves. These results will serve as a basis for an analysis (Paper II) of weak turbulence in the ''gas'' of interacting waves.


ABSTRACT Background: Prisoners are a high-risk population with a high prevalence of psychiatric diseases and substance use disorder (SUD). Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate sleep quality and the related risk factors in prisoners with SUD in Iran. Method: In This descriptive cross-sectional study, a group of prisoners from Tehran Central Prison with a history of SUD were presented with a questionnaire to answer. The questionnaire had two parts: the first part served to gather demographic information and the second part was the standard Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Results: From the sample population (N = 500), 382 prisoners completed the questionnaire (response rate: 76.4%). The prevalence of poor sleep quality was 87.7%. Poor sleep quality was shown to associate with the total duration of imprisonment, the remainder of the prison term, having a tattoo, history of sedative use, use of more than one substance, and use of more than one sedative. No association was found between sleep quality and either age, incarceration history, or daily methadone dose. Conclusion: This study shows a high prevalence of poor sleep quality in prisoners with substance use disorder, indicating that prisoners need special care for their sleep problems.


Transworld is supported by the Seventh Framework Programme A theoretical framework is needed to make sense of a new international order and the place of the transatlantic alliance in it. We focus on three variables: 1) rising multipolarity; 2) the future of multilateralism, and 3) the scope for transatlantic leadership. We argue that systemic theories of international relations are likely to fail to explain the behaviour of major powers that are focused inward on profound domestic challenges. The study of IR becomes increasingly the study of its parts: individual policies. The US and Europe have capacity to lead in many policy areas, but must focus on reforming multilateral institutions. Multipolarity and Transatlantic Relations


This paper summarises the conclusions from research which explores how people learn entrepreneurial behaviour. Although learning can be said to have a critical role in entrepreneurial achievement, the relationship is not well understood and, given the growing public policy emphasis which aims to stimulate entrepreneurship through formal education, there is a need for a greater understanding of how entrepreneurial capabilities are developed through life and work. The primary research method is through life story interviews with people who have demonstrated entrepreneurial attainment in running business ventures. In‐depth interviews explored their stories of the learning they experienced during their careers and business ventures. From the interpretation and analysis of these narratives, a number of significant themes emerge which suggest how the respondents made sense of their experiences and developed their entrepreneurial capabilities. From these themes, a conceptual model which relates the development of entrepreneurial learning to entrepreneurial achievement is proposed.


The article "Perception of the progress announced by general education schools: a community approach" presents School's progress and its dissemination from the viewpoint of general education school community. Thus, for almost three decades, Lithuania has been developing its own educational system after the Restoration of its Independence. The Restoration of the Independent State of Lithuania on March 11, 1990, prompted a systemic reform of all areas of education. This transformation of education in Lithuania was stimulated by internal (factors that existed in the system of education itself) and sociocultural (factors from other socio-cultural areas of life). According to the national rapports Lithuanian education had to model and develop a new concept of education goals, objectives, structures, curriculum, methods, strategies, which Western European countries had been developing for decades, constantly changing, refining, reforming. The article addresses the scientific problem that the There is a lack of research, concerning the general education school community's approach towards student›s education results, as a significant sign of progress. National goal for 2020 is that all general education schools would announce their progress report but according to studies changes are too slow. This is why aim of research is to analyze general education school community attitude to school's progress announcements. The object of the research is the attitude of general education school communities to the announcement of school progress 2018 m. The current study (Perception of the progress announced by general education schools: a community approach) is development (described in more detail) part of the research "The Conception of School Community of General Education School Progress in terms of the Good School Concept" (from V. Targamadzė, G. Žibėnienė and J. Cesnavicienė). The article presents a quality research – a interview performed in 2018, which involved representatives of general education school management and teachers, as well as 7-12 grade gymnasium students and their parents. With the help of purposeful sampling there were chosen comprehensive schools that delegated one parent each who had a child studying in grades 7-12 and were acquainted with the school activities. The criteria applied for the selection of comprehensive schools were as follows: comprehensive schools had to be from different regions of the country: schools in a city; schools in a big town; schools in a town and in a village; comprehensive schools according to different founders: state and public institutions. When analyzing the perception of the progress announced by general education schools, we must remember, the fact that a school is an organization operating in a complex and changing social environment and involving many different society groups, such as school administration, teachers, students, parents and other society. Based on the idea already found in the Good School Concept (2015) that the education in Lithuania is founded on close collaboration between the family, school and society. The research methods were used: analysis of academic literature and educational documents, structured interviews. To analyze the interview, the content analysis was adapted, (Bitinas, Rupsienė, Žydžiūnaitė, 2008,) which allowed to make conclusions based on the analyzed text. The qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the interview data, which allowed to draw conclusions based on the analyzed text. This method of analysis was based on systematic analytical steps: multiple readings of records, systematic interpretation of distinguished categories and subcategories and their justification based on the evidence from the transcribed texts – the confirmatory statements. According to the qualitative research methodology, the confirmatory statements are extracts from answers provided by the participants which cannot be changed by the researcher; therefore, they are quoted exactly as given by the participants. The initial interview data was handled in such a way as to ensure that it was impossible to identify the persons involved in the study. The research was organized, data analysis was carried out and presented based on the principles of qualitative research ethics: insuring the respect for individual privacy, confidentiality and anonymity, with goodwill and justice. While analyzing legal documents concerning education, it was revealed that there is no clear obligation for general education schools to publish the progress of their schools. Legislation (Good School Concept, 2015; State Strategy for Education 2013–2022) identifies the announcement of the progress of general education schools as an aspiration to achieve educational progress as one of the features of a modern, good school. According to general education school administration's, teachers' parents' and students' data, schools progress is announced because of external and internal factors, moreover, was revealed school community attitude to school progress announcement. All general education school community groups mention the external factors of school progress as a response to the principle of publicity (indicated by all target groups - school administration representatives, teachers, pupils and parents of parents. School administration and pupils also associate school progress with attracting new pupils. The study of school administrations revealed an insufficient understanding of the purpose of the School Progress Announcement (publicity, accountability to society, learning from each other), did not identify the aspect of learning from each other and clearly expressed doubts about the expediency of the announcement (published as education coordinators. Identified internal factors reveal the perception of the relevance of school progress announced by Schools, revealed through distinct categories: for joy and inspiration to improve, for joy and commitment; for learning from each other. Teachers, students, and their parents associate the school progress announcement with learning from each other, but no representative of the administration mentioned it. Pupils and their parents believe that proclaiming school progress allows them to rejoice in the results and inspire them to do even more, but the school administration links this to an internal commitment to rejoice, but at the same time comes a commitment to do even better next time. The results of the study are presented in a descriptive manner and the results are visualized in a table (Perception of the table of progress announced by general education schools according to teachers, students and their parents and administration).


Vertical intensification through heterosis breeding is one of the most practical options for the acceleration of wheat productivity. This can be possible by the use of chemical hybridising agents (CHAs) for hybrid wheat development. Thirty five analogues of N-acylanilines were synthesized, fully characterised using spectral data and screened as potential CHAs for wheat on three genotypes viz., PBW 343, HD2687 and HD 2733 during 1999–2001. Ethyl oxanilate, ethyl 4'-fluoro oxanilate and ethyl 4'-bromo oxanilate were found to be the most promising CHAs inducing over 90 per cent spikelet sterility at 1500 ppm on the genotypes tested. Thirteen F^hybrids were prepared using ethyl 4'-fluoro oxanilate as test CHA and have shown encouraging primary seed characteristics namely test weight and average seed set per spike.


Epdetmal gowth factor (EGF) isa mitogenic polypeptide capable of stimulating the proliferaton of both mesenchymal and epthelial cells (1). Previy swe have shown that EGF solatedfrom the submaxiltary gland of the rat (rEGF), whie missing the C-termina 5 amino acid residues present in both mouse and human EGPs, is equipotent with mEGF in both receptor bidng affinity b human A431 cels and mitogenic actiity formouse 3T3 cels (2). We have doned a cDNA encoding the EGF precuror from an adult rat kidney Xgt 1 1 library (Clontech Labornatoies hc., Palo AlMo, CA). The library was screened with a mEGF precursor cDNA probe (obtained from Dr. G.i. Bell, Chiron Co., Emeryville, CA) containig the EGF coding region (3). A numberof doneswere identified and the nucleotide sequence of one of these (3.3 kb) encoding mature rEGF was determined.


We consider the dynamics of fluctuations in the quantum asymmetric simple exclusion process (Q-ASEP) with periodic boundary conditions.
The Q-ASEP describes a chain of spinless fermions with random hoppings that are induced by a Markovian environment. We show that fluctuations of the fermionic degrees of freedom obey evolution equations of Lindblad type, and derive the corresponding Lindbladians. We identify the underlying algebraic structure by mapping them to non-Hermitian spin chains and demonstrate that the operator space fragments into exponentially many (in system size) sectors that are invariant under time evolution. At the level of quadratic fluctuations we consider the Lindbladian on the sectors that determine the late time dynamics
for the particular case of the quantum symmetric simple exclusion process (Q-SSEP). We show that the corresponding blocks in some cases correspond to known Yang-Baxter integrable models and investigate
the level-spacing statistics in others. We carry out a detailed analysis of the steady states and slow modes that govern the late time behaviour and show that the dynamics of fluctuations of observables is described in terms of closed sets of coupled linear differential-difference equations. The behaviour of the solutions to these equations is essentially diffusive but with relevant deviations, that at sufficiently late times and large distances can be described in terms of a continuum scaling limit which we construct. We numerically check the validity of this scaling limit over a significant range of time and space scales. These results are then applied to the study of operator spreading at large scales, focusing on out-of-time ordered correlators and operator entanglement.


ObjectiveTo assess the thermogenic response of dopamine at three different infusion rates and to analyze its effects on various biochemical variables. DesignRandomized sequential experimental treatment bracketed by control periods. PatientsEight young healthy male volunteers with normal body weight (51 to 89 kg). InterventionsThree experimental periods during which dopamine was administered iv in a randomized order at rates of 2.5, 5, or 10 μg/kg·min with one preinfusion baseline and two recovery periods in between. Measurements and Main ResultsA significant (p < .01) increase in resting energy expenditure was observed in response to the two highest dopamine infusion rates (5 and 10 μg/kg·min), corresponding to 6% and 15% median increases, respectively, as compared with preinfusion values. At the lowest dopamine infusion rate, no variation in resting energy expenditure was observed. Dopamine induced a significant (p < .01) increase in hyperglycemia at all three infusion rates, and, at the highest infusion rate, dopamine induced a significant (p < .05) increase of plasma free fatty acid concentrations. Insulin plasma concentrations were significantly (p < .05 to p < 0.1) increased at the three dopamine infusion rates. ConclusionsDopamine infusion produces a dose-dependent thermogenic effect and induces various metabolic actions in man.


With attractive research and development of new biodegradable polymers and their packaging applications, there is a need to address their environmental performance. This study aimed to compare the compostability of biodegradable materials (BM) produced with cassava starch, glycerol, poly (lactic) acid, with and without oat hulls to compost organic waste and also to evaluate if the BM influenced the compost process and its final product. The composting was carried out in 100 L reactors, 30 L of which were occupied with household organic waste and 66 L with tree pruning. The process was monitored for 60 days using the following parameters: temperature, C/N ratio, total organic carbon, total nitrogen, pH, electrical conductivity, series of solids, humidity, and reduction in mass and volume. At the end of the experiment, the degradation of the BM was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In the SEM images, cracks, voids, and irregular surfaces were observed, which did not exist in the BM before composting. The degradation of BM occurred, and their presence did not interfere in the composting process or the final compost's quality.


70 to 130, preferably 80 to 120, in most preferably an isocyanate index of 100~115, 1) a) 80~100 a weight percent of the diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) component, based on 100 parts by weight of the MDI component, 1) 15 to 75 parts by weight, preferably 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate 25 to 75 parts by weight and most preferably 30 to 70 parts by weight, 25 to 85 parts by weight, preferably 25 to 75 parts by weight and most preferably is comprising 2,4'-MDI of 30 to 70 parts by weight, and 2,2'-MDI and / or a liquid modified product of such diphenylmethane diisocyanate, 75 to 100 parts by weight, preferably 85 to 100 diphenylmethane diisocyanate parts; and, 2) three or more Lee Having a cyanate functionality, diphenylmethane diisocyanate homologues of 0 to 25 parts by weight preferably 0 to 15 parts by weight, MDI component comprising; and, b) 20 to 0% by weight of toluene diisocyanate; comprising a polyisocyanate composition of 40 to 65 parts by weight and preferably 45 to 63 parts by weight; 2) the average molecular weight of 4,500 to 10,000, 2-6 and preferably has an average nominal functionality of 2-4, oxypropylene and optionally comprising oxyethylene group by 20 to 45 parts by weight, preferably 20 to 40 parts by weight of polyether polyol (polyol 2), wherein the amount of oxypropylene groups is calculated and, based on the weight of the polyol at least 70 wt%; 3) 700-4000 and preferably 1000 to Average molecular weight of 000, an average nominal functionality of 2-6, and has a hydroxyl number of 225 mg KOH / g at the maximum, comprising oxypropylene group by oxyethylene and optionally, 3-20 parts by weight of polyether polyol in (polyol 3), wherein the amount of oxyethylene groups is at least 70% by weight calculated based on the weight of the polyol; and, 4) 2-6 parts by weight of water, comprises reacting a It becomes polyisocyanate 1), polyol 2), polyol 3) and the amount of water is 100 parts by weight, the preparation method.


The utility model discloses a self-propelled mobile atomizing machine, which comprises a vehicle body, and a medicine box, a pump, an engine, a reduction box and an atomizing spray head, which are arranged on the vehicle body, wherein the pump is connected with the medicine box and the atomizing spray head, an output shaft of the engine is connected with the reduction box through a belt transmission mechanism, the belt transmission mechanism is provided with a belt tension roller, the reduction box is connected with a drive axle of the vehicle body, the outer end of the output shaft of the engine is connected with a clutch, an output shaft of the clutch is connected with a power input shaft of the pump through the transmission mechanism, and the clutch is connected with a clutch control rod. According to the utility model, through providing the engine and a special connecting structure, the power can be input into the pump and a drive wheel of the vehicle body through the engine without any interference with each other, and independent control can be preformed to realize self-walking and atomizing.


Windows function design method of FIR digital filter is introduced,and the parallel distributed arithmetic is used to implement a 32 orders FIR digital filter.Using the Altera′s Stratix series FPGA to design a new structure of FIR.Using the ROM in FPGA,this design can convert convolution to summation.Thus,a high process speed is improved and the Logic Elements(LE) is saved.The result of simulation shows that the max speed of FIR filter can arrive at 200MHz based on parallel distributed arithmetic.


In this text the author presents the problem of the impact of migration movements on Hungarian culture, society, its behavior towards strangers, visitors and representatives of other nationalities. Hungary after the collapse of the communist system experienced several times the wave of refugees who, in search of a better or safer life, reached the Danube. First, they were newcomers from the former Soviet Union and disintegrating Yugoslavia, later economic immigrants from Asia, and recently escapees from war zones in Syria or Libya. Each time a clash of cultures, a meeting of representatives of different nationalities led to the confrontation of stereotypes with reality. Hungarian filmmakers have often been fascinated by these phenomena, in their films they showed the impact of these events on the perception of reality, understanding by the Hungarians the surrounding world, they presented reactions of their countrymen: from hostility, indifference, compassion and to willingness to help. The work will show these various attitudes.


This article aims to evaluate the epidemiological determinants of TBI in pediatric patients. An integrative review was performed by searching indexed articles in the Virtual Health Library, in which analysis after final analysis included 08 articles. For better elucidation, two categories were formulated: Epidemiological profile of children with TBI and Epidemiological determinants and the clinical implications of TBI in children. It was possible to verify that there is a male predominance, the fall is considered the main mechanism for the condition and TBI, in addition, age groups under 5 years have a worse prognosis. Keywords: Craniocerebral Trauma; Child; Epidemiologic Factors.


Molybdenum and vanadium oxides were known to be an effective catalyst for light olefin (propane) activation for conversion to value-added chemicals. However, it is difficult to control the selectivity to desired product whereby subsequent reaction can lead to coking and rapid catalyst deactivation. One of the key ways to improve on the above limitation is to optimise and control the molybdenum phase structure, particularly during catalyst precursor activation stage. This paper demonstrates the combination of optimal in situ activation under different condition and thermal analysis for structural control that can help to guide and gain an insight into the structure– activity relationship of the nanostructured catalyst system. In situ XRD analysis reveals the crystallization of molybdenum vanadium oxide was highly influenced by the activation condition hence exhibiting different structural properties. Activation under Air at 300 C forms highly crystalline hexagonal phase and transforms to thermodynamically stable orthorhombic (o-MoO3) phase at 450 C. Activation under inert (helium) reveals the precursor remains amorphous until nanostructuring occurs at 450 C. The precursor further transforms to the thermodynamically stable crystallized tetragonal phase (Mo5O14) at 500 C. The obtained structural transition information is important in order to control and identify the catalytic active phase that is suitable for a particular reaction.


In the economic view, the manufacturing sector is important in relationship to its role in economic growth and the whole economy. This empirical work examines why manufacturing disparity exists, and what institutional and spatial factors empirically have an important effect on the manufacturing sector development in Central Java Province, Indonesia. The variables that are identified that have an influence on the manufacturing performance are ethno linguistic, legal rules, bureaucratic financial performance, democracy, city fascination, regional location index, the manufacturing base, infrastructure, the labor force, the intermediary finance institution and the types of regional administration (regency and city). To analyze it, this research uses the spatial econometric method on its methodological analyses. It is used to reduce the potential problem that arose in the cross section and panel data which had spatial interaction, and spatial structure. This empirical work shows that all of the institutional variables have positive and significant effects on the dependent variable. The other result is that every spatial variable also tends to have a positive and significant impact on manufacturing development. For economic policy, labor activity, the roles of financial intermediaries and infrastructure variables also have a positive effect on the manufacturing development. Keywords: manufacturing disparity, spatial econometrics, institutional, ethno linguistic, regional location index


The irradiation effects were studied by the methods of exposing the pollen of maize hybrid(F\-1M\-1) to 60 Co γ\|ray and self\|crossing in the F\-1M\-1 and subsequent generations.The results were as follows.The seed setting of F\-1M\-1 generation was severely affected after pollen was treated with a rather high dose(100Gy),the ear bearing more scurfy seeds,alveola\|liked structures and less plump seeds.The difference between two treatments,(1)irradiating two inbred lines of one hybrid with two doses(100 and 50Gy) separately,then pollinating with blended pollen, (2) irradiating with single dose,was not significant.Anther and (or) pollen\|aborted plants appeared in F\-2M\-2 generation.The damage effects of irradiation still existed in F\-3M\-3 generation,several plants having mutant characters appeared, and the opportunity of breeding selection increased.


The privacy and protection of medical data are key concerns during medical treatment. Most people are concerned about the security of their medical data. In order for a healthcare system to function efficiently and effectively, it needs a platform for communicating securely. Several years ago, blockchain emerged as an emerging technology. Some of the features that make blockchain attractive to developers include immutability, decentralization, transparency, and distributed ledgers. HealthCare systems can use Blockchains to securely store medical data, making their use a significant development. In this paper, a secure health care system is described that allows interaction between doctors, patients, insurance companies, and pharmacies. It describes the scope of the system, as well as potential work areas for future work, and compares this to a traditional system.


To the compound represented by general formula (1), a composition containing a specific component. Of formula 1, R A ... Is Formula 1 Skin care, whitening, anti-aging, skin external preparations


An alkylated azo compound (SB6) with an n-hexyl group into 1-phenylazonaphthalene-4-ol was newly synthesized, and its thermal behaviour was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized optical microscope (POM) observation. After melting, the SB6 underwent a supercooled state in the cooling process, and showed an exothermic peak of 27 kJ mol –1 at 15°C in the subsequent heating process. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns revealed that the exothermic peak was accompanied by the crystallization. These results indicated that SB6 exhibited cold crystallization. In addition, the activation energy of the cold crystallization was confirmed to be 60 kJ mol –1 .


In view of the able presentation of the material in this manual, together with the appearance in the world literature of several publications supporting the thesis that mites are an important contributing factor to the allergen of house dust, the clinician involved in the field of allergy should give serious consideration to the possible role of mites in this problem. On the other hand, confirmation of the role of mites must await the development of more sophisticated studies in both immunochemistry and immunology which will permit the isolation and characterization of the antigen in mites and relate it to the allergen or allergens encountered in house dust.


We have investigated the time series by the mapping them to the complex network. We have studied the behavior of the relative number of clusters in dynamic visibility graphs near the critical value of the angle of view. Time series of different nature both artificial and experimental were numerically investigated. In all cases, the dependence of the relative number of clusters on the proximity to the critical angle of view had a power law behavior. Thus, it was shown that there is a similarity between the behavior of the relative number of clusters and the order parameter in the second-order phase transition theory and percolation theory. Each time series is characterized by its own value of the critical index - an analog of the critical index in second-order phase transition theory.


Accurate and real time acquirement of vehicle state variables in running is of great significance to vehicle chassis control.However,these key state variables are not easy to measure directly or cheaply.An improved strong track filter(ISTF) which is much more stable is introduced in this paper.By using a nonlinear 3 degree-of-freedom vehicle model including longitudinal motion,lateral motion,and yaw motion,a state estimation algorithm was established and applied to vehicle state estimation.Comparison was made between extended Kalman filter(EKF) and ISTF.A double lane change test was carried out on Carsim and Matlab/Simulink co-simulation as well as on a real vehicle.The results showed that ISTF is better than EKF in the estimating accuracy,tracking speed,and restraining noise.It was proved that ISTF can satisfy the requirements of vehicle state estimation.


Penetrating knife wounds in the chest usually result in pneumothorax or haemothorax, the majority of which will resolve with insertion of a chest drain without requiring thoracotomy.1 Injuries on the left side of the chest wall below nipple level (5th intercostal space) are at risk of injuring the diaphragm, many of which will be asymptomatic and present many months or years after the original injury.2 We present four cases where delayed presentation was precipitated by pregnancy (Table 1). Patients


Neural networks are important methods in data mining.This paper introduces a data mining method based on neural networks.The data mining workflow and the key techniques are outlined.


SUMMARY

Oxidation of methyl linoleate in a model system based on microcrystalline cellulose was studied in the presence and absence of added amino acids in concentrations ranging from 10-4 to 10-2 moles- of additive per mole of linoleate. All experiments were conducted in freeze-dried model systems, in absence of water; the oxidation was followed manometrically and by determination of diene conjugation. Parallel experiments were conducted on the same systems in the presence of conventional antioxidants including propyl gallate.

Certain amino acids, including histidine, p-amino-butyric acid, lysine, and cysteine, had substantial antioxidant activity. The nature of this activity was found to be different from that observed with propyl gallate, since the main, if not sole, effect of the amino compounds was to prolong the induction period and to affect the initial rate of oxidation. No effect was present in the more rapid, bimolecular phase of oxidation; whereas propyl gallate had an inhibitory effect in this later stage also.

Kinetic interpretation of the data and the significance of the findings to stability problems in dehydrated foods are discussed.


The transamidase which synthesizes glucosamine-6-phosphate was studied in liver and connective tissue of rats. Adrenalectomy was found to result in a significant reduction in enzyme activity in liver. Adrenal steroid therapy with individual corticoids did not restore the level of activity, and cortisone caused a further significant decrease.Neither adrenalectomy nor therapy with the adrenal steroids corticosterone or cortisone effected any significant change in the level of activity in connective tissue. However, in the case of three other steroids, deoxycorticosterone, hydrocortisone, or progesterone, which were tested individually, the level was significantly decreased. Treatment with Reichstein's substance S resulted in a significantly increased enzyme activity.


Objective To explore the effect of individualized nursing intervention on the quality of life in postoperative patients with gynecologic cancer.Methods Forty postoperative patients with gynecologic cancer were randomly divided into two groups.The patients in the control group received routine treatment and nursing care,while the patients in the experimental group received individualized nursing intervention besides the routine treatment and nursing care.Then,the Quality of Life Inventory was used to assess the patients' quality of life before and after the intervention.Result The patients' quality of life in the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control group (P0.05).Conclusion The individualized nursing intervention can improve the quality of life in postoperative patients with gynecologic cancer.


The Citation for Chemical Breakthrough (CCB) awards are conferred annually by the Division of the History of Chemistry (HIST) of the American Chemical Society. According to HIST's cr i ter ia for the awards (http://www.scs.illinois. edu/~mainzv/HIST/awards/ citations_chem-breakthroughs. php), "The Citation for Chemical Breakthrough award recognizes breakthrough publications, books and patents worldwide in the field of chemistry. The term 'breakthrough' refers to advances in chemistry that have been revolutionary in concept, broad CITATION FOR CHEMICAL BREAKTHROUGH AWARDS: CHOOSING PASTEUR'S AWARD-WINNING PUBLICATION


Efficiently scheduling data processing jobs on distributed compute clusters requires complex algorithms. Current systems use simple, generalized heuristics and ignore workload characteristics, since developing and tuning a scheduling policy for each workload is infeasible. In this paper, we show that modern machine learning techniques can generate highly-efficient policies automatically. Decima uses reinforcement learning (RL) and neural networks to learn workload-specific scheduling algorithms without any human instruction beyond a high-level objective, such as minimizing average job completion time. However, off-the-shelf RL techniques cannot handle the complexity and scale of the scheduling problem. To build Decima, we had to develop new representations for jobs' dependency graphs, design scalable RL models, and invent RL training methods for dealing with continuous stochastic job arrivals. Our prototype integration with Spark on a 25-node cluster shows that Decima improves average job completion time by at least 21% over hand-tuned scheduling heuristics, achieving up to 2x improvement during periods of high cluster load.


Many different forms of infrared heat sources have been developed throughout the years. The familiar forms seen today are metal sheathed tubular heaters, quartz tubes, quartz lamps; gas fired catalytic, flat faced panels and ceramic emitters. The ceramic infrared has the most radiant efficiency, emitting 96% of radiant energy [2]. Ceramic infrared heaters are applied in various domestic and industrial uses, majority of which includes heating, drying purposes and infrared saunas.


Objective
To evaluate the effect and mechanism of dihydromyricetin(DHM) on the proliferation of human bladder cancer cells.

Methods
UMUC3 cells were incubated with DHM at the concentrations of 0, 5 and 20 μmol/L respectively, then the inhibitory effect were investigated by thiazole blue (MTT) assay and flow cytometry. The expression of Cyclin D1 and Cyclin E1 and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK2 and CDK4) was detected using real-time fluorescence quantitativepolymerase chain reaction (FQ-PCR) and Western blotting. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 21.0 software and the results were expressed by mean value±standard deviation (Mean±SD). The statistical method was one-way analysis of variance incorporated with the least significant difference (LSD) method and Duncan multiple range test.

Results
DHM inhibited the proliferation of UMUC3 cells obviously. Compared with the control group [(48.4±0.6)%], the percentage of G0/G1 phase cells in low concentration group [(55.2±0.1)%] and high concentration group [(60.5±0.3)%] increased, and the difference was statistically significant (F=417.668 in the low concentration group, P<0.01, F=401.652 in the high concentration group, P<0.01). The percentage of G0/G1 phase cells was higher in the high concentration group than in the low concentration group, and the difference was statistically significant (F=100.221, P<0.05). The results of RT-PCR and Western blotting showed that the expression of CDK2, CDK4, Cyclin D1 and Cyclin E1 decreased obviously.

Conclusion
DHM can effectively inhibit the proliferation of human bladder cancer cells, and its mechanism may be related to blocking the transition of cell cycle from G0/G1 phase to S phase.

Key words:
Dihydromyricetin; Bladder cancer; Proliferation; Cell cycle


A 22-m3 residential room was converted to a seed storage facility by retrofitting a solar collector on the roof. Three different chimney sizes of diameter and height of 200 mm x 3.6 m, 200 mm x 4.8 m, 300 mm x 3.6 m, and 300 mm x 4.8 m were investigated to determine the best size of the chimney to be used for ventilation in a storage facility. The parameters measured were the air velocity in the chimney duct, as well as the air temperature and relative humidity at the inlet, centre, and outlet of the storage facility. The diameter of the chimney had a significant effect (P<0.05) on the ventilation rate achieved in the storage facility. Significant differences were found between the different chimney diameters and heights (P≤0.05). The 300 mm diameter chimneys were able to extract hot air from the roof solar collector; however, the 200 mm diameter failed. The modified naturally-ventilated seed storage room was able to reduce the relative humidity from 69.7% to a safe relative humidity of 37.9%, while at the same time the temperature increased from 23.3℃ to 35℃ in the 300 mm x 4.8 m chimney.


Fertiliser production process is characterised by being a dynamic process which is not easy to be predicted and controlled due to uncertain, imprecise and vague parameters' relations. Although mathematical modelling techniques are very well developed, these types of dynamic processes are difficult to be modelled by those techniques and also the regression models are complex to be used for real time control and, usually, their errors are significant. The main and most important quality characteristic in the fertiliser production process is the moisture content. This parameter affects the product shelf life, effectiveness and harmful internal reactions. In this research, two different artificial neural network (ANN) approaches are developed to predict the moisture content of the produced fertiliser: the back-propagation multilayer perceptron (BPMLP) and the radial basic function (RBF) nets. The two models performed satisfactory in predicting the moisture content with low error percent. Predicting the moisture content, the quality of the produced fertiliser can be enhanced either by reheating, adding chemicals, or both.


A fuzzy reinforcement learning architecture called GARIC is used to develop a controller for tether control on board the Space Shuttle. The primary objectives were to deploy the Italian satellite weighing 525 kg to a distance of 20 km above the Space Shuttle by means of a conducting tether, to acquire necessary scientific and operational data, and to retrieve the satellite to the shuttle for reuse. Learning experiments were performed during deployment phase where GARIC learned to maintain a tighter dead-band in a small number of trials. The performance of this controller is compared with a controller which uses conventional control theory, and a non-adaptive fuzzy controller. Our results, which were obtained with the Orbital Operations Simulator (OOS) system, demonstrate that more difficult tasks can be learned by a controller based on fuzzy reinforcement learning.<<ETX>>


According to the grey characteristics of brand agriculture,through the analysis based on the grey relational about brand agriculture and its influence factors,the paper found the average disposable income of urban households,per capital net income of rural households,agricultural products logistics and agricultural technology were the four most main influencing factors in the current stage of brand agriculture development,analyzed the long-term stable relationship between brand agriculture and the four main influence factors using the analysis of association and finally put forward countermeasures for the current brand agriculture development.


TECHNIQUES IN OAT BREEDING, as in all other fields of science, have undergone numerous changes. As a result they have become more and more complicated and exacting. Doubtless, this trend will continue, and techniques aoceptable today may be replaced by still more complicated ones in the future. In general, the techniques for oat improvement are divided into two categories, those concerned with the breeding and agronomic testing phases and those concerned with the pathologic testing or so-called screening for resistance to diseases. The breeding techniques will be discussed first.


It is of significance to dynamically monitor the mine environment via remote sensing for protecting mine ecology and developing mineral resources.This paper,based on a case study of Anshan mine area,monitors the mine environmental changes dynamically via remote sensing at different time phases and different resolutions.Anshan mine area as a vital energy base abundant in iron and coal resources has been largely mined,resulting in a deteriorating mine environment and becoming a barrier to economy and ecology.This study reveals that during 2000 to 2006 the land utilization types have been changed,industrial and mining areas were enlarged while the vegetation coverage declines and the environment becomes deteriorated,and presents a suggestion to reestablish a ecological environment in Anshan mine area.


Social problems scholars have pointed to sensitive depictions of social problems like smoking, rape, and spousal abuse on television as evidence of the success of movements devoted to those causes. Media scholars have countered that the pressure on television producers to hew to formula inevitably leads to stereotypical depictions of social problems. We appraise these two perspectives by way of an analysis of the portrayal of date rape on teen television dramas over the course of 2 decades. We show that, for a period, advocates did secure portrayals of date rape that were in line with a feminist antirape agenda. However, that depiction yielded to one in which date rape figured as a narrative device, used to tell audiences something about the show's characters or their situation, not to tell them something about rape. Developments in teen serials' content and especially their form led eventually to antifeminist portrayals, in which rapes were portrayed as unjust but routine events. Behind these developments, however, were demands on television writers to produce not formula, but novelty. We conclude by theorizing more generally the effects of the demand for novelty on the depiction of social problems on television.


New research in the field of prosthesis showed a lack of satisfaction of amputees with their prosthesis and the prosthesis shaft, despite of the technology that is used. Correlative studies show a relation between satisfaction of the prostheses user and appearance. Interpreting appearance as a descriptor for body scheme integration, due to the significant correlation with voluntary movements, the consideration of this human factor is expected to be most useful to optimize biomechanical functionality. To enhance this human factor in the future the transfer of the rubber hand illusion (as a neuroscientific paradigm) to the foot is tested within an experimental setup that is able to identify different haptic paths and to examine the effect of these paths on the rubber foot illusion. First results show small effects during the evoking of the rubber foot illusion. For now, different haptic stimulation paths have no impact on the evoking of the rubber feet illusion. Consequences for the optimization of biomechanical functionality within the concept of appearance and the measurement of the satisfaction of the prosthesis user in the future are discussed.


ABSTRACT The mineralogy of clay size bottom sediment was studied in the main channel and adjacent fiords in Glacier Bay, Alaska to determine if a lateral change in clay composition occurs as sediment is carried from, a fresh water to marine environment. X-ray analysis, indicates a dominance of chlorite and trioctahedral mica which does not change in composition or abundance laterally. The lack of diagenetic formation of new minerals probably is due to the rapid rate of clay sedimentation and also due to the minor amount of chemical degraduation at the source in this sub-arctic environment.


Riparian forests are productive and species rich ecosystems where the vegetation is structured by sharp environmental gradients. The study describes community patterns of bryophytes in stream-side forests, relates these patterns to major environmental gradients, and compares within-site factors with site level variables. Samples were collected from 360 plots 2 X 4 m in size distributed among 42 sites in old-growth Pseudotsuga- Tsuga forests. The sites ranged from 420 to 1250 in as1 and stream size from 1st to 5th order streams. There were significant changes in species richness and composition along several environmental gradients. Richness within sites varied among different geomorphic surfaces with the highest number of species on areas periodically flooded. Richness was also higher in plots with high abundance of woody debris. No site level factors influenced richness at the sample plot level, while the highest species number at the site level was for large streams. The main gradients in the species composition within sites were changes with increasing distance from the stream and amount of woody debris. Both elevation and stream size significantly influenced species composition. The complex set of factors that influenced species richness and composition implies that management of riparian vegetation must be based on both coarse scale considerations such as regional distribution of different stream types and fine scale factors such as spatial availability of different substrate types.


This paper studies the depth of noisy decision trees in which each node gives the wrong answer with some constant probability. In the noisy Boolean decision tree model, tight bounds are given on the number of queries to input variables required to compute threshold functions, the parity function and symmetric functions. In the noisy comparison tree model, tight bounds are given on the number of noisy comparisons for searching, sorting, selection and merging. The paper also studies parallel selection and sorting with noisy comparisons, giving tight bounds for several problems.


When placenta appears large on ultrasound, there are certain differential diagnoses to be kept in mind. We present a series of three cases in which large placenta was observed in first trimester scan. All three pregnancies resulted in Foetal Growth Restriction (FGR) associated with placental morphological abnormality.


ABSTRACT The study aims to determine the type and predators of insect populations in lowland rice ecosystems in the district Tombatu Southeast Minahasa regency. The experiment was conducted on the rice in the village Tombatu, District Tombatu, Southeast Minahasa Regency. The research carried out by the survey on rice crops in the district Tombatu Southeast Minahasa District, the Village Tombatu One, Tombatu Two, and Three Tombatu. Sampling was carried out with a diagonal slice method that establishes five sub-plot that is on the corner and the middle of the sampling sites. Sampling was performed using insect nets swung over rice plant as much as ten times the double swing. Insects are netted immediately put into "killing bottle" then collected in 70% alcohol to be identified. Identify the type of insect predators conducted using the facilities of Entomology and Pest Plant Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture UNSRAT. The research found seven insect predators with an average population Menochilus sp. (5.18 tail) Paederus sp., (3.34 tail), Agriocnemis spp. (2,24 tail), Conocepalus sp. (1.10 tail), Ophionea sp. (0.68 tail), Sphecidae (0.52 tails), and Libelulla sp. 0.27 tails). On average the highest predator insect populations found in the village Tombatu Two (4.55 tail), then the Village Tombatu One (1.07 tail) and the village of Three 0.91 Tombatu tail). The higher the age of the plant the more predatory insect populations.


We report here a case of left ectopic undescended parathyroid nodule located high in the neck, at the angle of jaw which was diagnosed primarily on high-resolution color Doppler ultrasound imaging at our institution, followed by Sestamibi and computed tomography-single photon emission computed tomography (CT-SPECT) and surgery. A 41-year-old female having endometrial hyperplasia and planned for TAH + BSO. Her routine preoperative investigations showed serum calcium to be 13.0 mg/dL. Serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) was 914.6 pg/mL and 25–OH Vitamin D 8.0 g/mL. Ultrasound neck with color Doppler localized an ectopic undescended left parathyroid adenoma located high in the neck just adjacent to the left submandibular gland. Sestamibi was suggestive of the left ectopic undescended parathyroid adenoma (below the pole of the left submandibular gland), confirmed further on CT-SPECT. The patient was operated and a 30 mm × 23 mm × 10 mm sized parathyroid adenoma was removed and confirmed on histopathology. A dedicated high-resolution color Doppler ultrasound has a great potential to localize the parathyroid nodules in all cases of raised serum PTH and must be utilized in all cases along with other imaging modalities.


Summary Administration of human albumin to rats, with resultant proteinuria, prior to administration of mercurial diuretics, sharply reduces renal toxicity of the mercurial. This effect is attributed to inhibition, of mercurial reabsorption when the tubules are saturated with protein. Simultaneous administration of human albumin and the mercurial enhances toxicity. This effect is attributed to the more rapid absorption of mercurial, concomitant with more rapid reabsorption of protein during the tubular loading phase. The author gratefully acknowledges the invaluable technical assistance of Helen J. Ureen and Ruth Taniguchi. Dr. Lelland J. Rather reviewed the microscopic sections made for preliminary studies. The definitive studies were aided by Dr. Harry Goldblatt, who kindly reviewed and described the microscopic sections.


Background: Psychological and health outcomes of natural disasters such as earthquakes affect survivors and health services for a long time. In the present study, posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD), symptoms of psychopathology, sleep quality, and insomnia disorder were investigated among survivors of earthquake occurred at the Western Iran on November 12, 2017. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on 1031 adult participants from rural and urban areas of Sarpol-e Zahab, a city in Kermanshah Province (Western Iran), who suffered from mental health problems due to the earthquake, a magnitude-7.3 quake, occurred in the Western Iran in 2017. Participants completed the Symptom Checklist 90, Insomnia Severity Index, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and Self-Rating Scale for PTSD. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multivariate regression analysis by Statistical Package for Social Sciences Software (Version 21). Results: A positive correlation was observed between insomnia severity and all psychopathological symptoms. There was a positive correlation between sleep quality and somatization, obsessive–compulsive disorder, depression, and psychoticism. In addition, acute stress was positively correlated with insomnia severity and sleep quality. Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, it is recommended that psychological disorders in earthquake victims be considered to enhance their sleep quality.


Cu-Fe based diamond composite was sintered in a vacuum pressed sintering furnace,and Scanning Electron Microscopy,Energy Dispersive Spectrometer,X-ray Diffraction were used to investigate the bonding interface between diamonds and sintered matrix.The results showed that Fe atoms of the sintered matrix diffused to the diamond surface,and a certain thick diffusion layer of CFe15 had been formed between them under the conditions of sintering temperature 930 ℃ and pressure 15 MPa,the diffusion layer seems to distribute in a non-continuous layer form which achieve a chemical bond between diamonds and the sintered powder metal matrix.


Nitrogen dioxide( NO 2),sulfur dioxide( SO 2),and smoke are major pollutants from coal-fired power plants. In this study,we evaluated the air quality in coal-fired power plants by using satellite observations of NO 2,SO 2,and Aerosol Optical Depth( AOD). We first compared and analyzed the different temporal and spatial resolutions of NO 2,SO 2,and AOD in the North China Plain. Five classification grades were assigned to each pollutant factor,and then different images were overlaid based on the different weights of the pollutants. Next,the air quality model for near-surface evaluation was established. Multi-factors were s elected for a comprehensive evaluation to avoid the disadvantages of a single factor or function relation and to improve evaluation accuracy. Results show that the proposed model can reflect the characteristics of power plants in different regions.


The biomimetic oxidation of dihalogenated phenols employing TTN or electrolysis, effected the construction of a diaryl ether linkage, leading to the syntheses of isodityrosine natural products. In particular, the halogen substituents were found to control the oxidation-direction. The vancomycin derivatives were also synthesized, and their interaction to models of bacterial cell wall precursors were observed by NMR techniques, coupled with the theoretical calculations.


It is important to judge accurately the geomorphological deformation due to landslide in each landslide area. Reflecting differences in both geological structure and geomorphological development in a landslide area, such deformation is considerably complicated.In a landslide area of mountainous district along the River Saigawa in northern part of Nagano prefecture, the aspect of deformation is rather simple in case the land consists mainly of mudstone. However, when pyroclastic deposits are mixed in the sedimentary rocks such as mudstone, sandstone, etc., the process of landslide is complicated. This report describes a case, as a typical example, on the deformation of landslide area at Kuranami District in Nagano city to investigate the relation between geological features and groundwater mechanism.In Kuranami Landslide Area. the groundwater flows down through debris accumulation on the upper reaches and is dammed by mudstone layer down at the village, where it makes the mudstone layer soften to cause sliding intra-stratum on the lower reaches. As the result, a remarkable three-stage cliff has been developed on the upper reaches, and a rolling slope unique in the landslide area has been formed on the lower reaches.


Abstract Green technology innovation meets the dual expectation of innovative development and green development perspectives. Under the canonical demand-pull and policy-push theories, a long-term mechanism for green technology innovation could be formed through upstream policy push and downstream demand-pull. Leveraging China's regional carbon emission trading scheme pilots as a quasi-natural experiment, this paper examines the policy-push and demand-pull effects on innovation in renewable energy patents. The data pertain to the city-level renewable energy patents from 2000 to 2020. Based upon the triple difference-in-difference method, results suggest that both policy-push and demand-pull factors exert positive effects on innovation. This paper further explores the practical and theoretical implications of green technology innovation under the new development perspective.


Special Needs Education has evolved from segregation to main streaming and then to inclusion of students with disabilities. This evolutionary process was fuelled by the social need for equality of humanity. This process has been met with fierce idealogical resistance from certain social quotas. The most radical and dynamic changes in Special Needs Education to date, which have withstood such resistance, are those that relate to inclusive education. In response to changes characterising inclusive education, drastic reforms have been experienced in those countries such as the USA and the United Kingdom. These countries have been used as models for the implementation of genuine inclusion of students with disabilities into ordinary schools.  This treatise examines reforms of the ordinary school that would save as necessary conditions for successful inclusive education in developing countries such as Zimbabwe. Such reforms relate to the organization and philosophy of the school, the physical and social environment, resourcing, curriculum and policy change processes. Examples from Zimbabwe are used to guide the discussion and the terms 'inclusive education', 'major reforms' and 'mainstream/ordinary school' are immediately defined in order to operationalize the topic. Some of the main reasons for failure of inclusive education in developing countries such as Zimbabwe have been lack of political will and negative social attitudes towards people with disabilities. In the ultimate analysis, the paper concludes that, for inclusive education to operate or function, there is need for a revolutionary change of attitude toward people with disabilities at political, social and professional levels. This should be punctuated with restructuring of the school infrastructure and mainstream curriculum, mainstreaming of social and educational policies to become disability friendly and improved resourcing. Teachers should be re-capacitated to face the challenges that go with inclusive education and community ownership of inclusive initiatives, guided my national policy and support is proposed.


Background/Aims Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza is a public health issue of international importance. The Northern Territory (NT) has unique characteristics such that the progress of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 may differ somewhat from that reported elsewhere. We present early data on the epidemiology and geographic spread of this pandemic strain in the NT. Methods A descriptive study of the epidemiology and geographic spread over time of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 using prospectively collected surveillance data, with comparison to 2007-8 seasonal influenza notifications where appropriate. Results


WT5"BZ]Based on the linear stability analysis, the characteristic equation was deduced and numerically solved which delineates the evolution of a general 3 dimensional disturbance at the free surface of a hollow cylindrical jet of viscous liquid. Dimensionless parameters that affect the breakup and atomizaton behaviour of liquid jets were discussed with the emphasis on the number Ah, the ratio between the inner radius and the thickness of the liquid sheet. Computational results show that in the case of J e1, where J e is the ratio of the Weber number to the density ratio of gas and liquid, the breakup mode may be either axisymmetrical or nonaxisymmetrical strongly dependent on the number Ah, while in the case of J e1 the axisymmetrical disturbance is always dominant. [WT5HZ]


Osteoporosis, associated with low BMD, is a public health problem. Peak bone mass (PBM) is influenced by genetics, nutrition, body weight and physical activity, with 90% of PBM obtained by age 18 years. Recent research challenges the belief that obesity protects against low BMD. In a study of overweight and obese adults, researchers noted that overweight status was neutral or protective of BMD, whereas obesity was associated with lower bone mass (Greco et al. 2010). Relationships between adiposity, bone health and fracture risk in children and adolescents remain under debate. One study reports overweight/obese children have insufficient bone health relative to body weight and may be at increased risk of bone fractures (Goulding et al. 2000). Studies in older adolescents are needed, as bone mass in this period may best predict future bone health. Methods


Natural killer (NK) cells and cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL) express activating and inhibitory accessory receptors specific for class I human leukocyte antigens (HLA-I) or stress induced antigens. Signals from the ligation of these receptors are integrated to modulate T-cell mediated cytolysis and to determine NK cell cytolytic activity. Signals generated from the ligation of inhibitory receptors also mediate several other functions, such as reducing apoptosis and activation induced cell death. In mouse models these inhibitory receptors 'license' NK cells. NK cells expressing an inhibitory receptor, from mice expressing the ligand, have the ability to mediate both general and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). NK 'licensing' also appears to account for human NK cell activity. Data from two studies have demonstrated a role for licensing of general NK cell mediated cytolysis, but data regarding ADCC are conflicting. As activating and inhibitory receptors are of much importance to both NK and T-cells, we investigated the potential expression and/or involvement of these receptors in the HLA-I unrestricted cytolysis mediated against CD4⁺ T-lymphocytes by a subset of CD8⁺ CTL in HIV infection. The TCR-dependent and HLA-I-independent CTL demonstrated a phenotype that matches generalized changes on CD8⁺ T-lymphocytes in progressive HIV infection. The CTL that killed activated uninfected CD4⁺ T-lymphocytes lacked expression of the CD56 marker and the inhibitory NKG2A receptor. We also investigated the role of NK cell 'licensing' for ADCC in humans. The potency of NK cells expressing the inhibitory KIR3DL1 receptor was investigated in samples taken from individuals expressing and not expressing the HLA-BW4 ligand. Our results suggest NK cell licensing is involved in ADCC.


Basocellular skin carcinoma is the most common skin tumour and generally the most common human tumour. The incidence of this tumour is constantly rising. Ultraviolet radiation, especially in the range from 320 to 280 mμ, is considered the main etiological factor involved in BCC occurrence. The presence of BCC induces numerous changes within the dermis. Rougly speaking, these changes may be stratified into three main types. In the first care a dense cellular infiltrate is formed around the BCC tumour plaques, with predominant lymphocytes and in a lesser degree plasmocytes and mastocytes, while hystiocytes and giant cells are rare. In the second reaction type, around the BCC plaques formed is the broader band of fibrous collagenous connective tissue, while the lymphoplasmocytic infiltrate is less marked and at a distance from the tumour. In the third reaction type, the reactive infiltrate is almost absent and the BCC plaques extend deep into the dermis in the form of narrow bands through the preserved fibrocollagenous structure. One hundred and ten sections from patients with different kinds of BCC, old 37-90 years, were examined. After routine preparation for light-microskopy examination, sections were stained with classical HE method and specific Van Gieson, Gomory, Aldehid fuchsin-alcian blue, PAS, AB-PAS, Giemsa and Biebrich Scarlet-acid fuchsin metods.


This work presents a model railway based demonstrator for safety-critical applications. The demonstrator is intended as a use case for both R&D projects as well as educational activities of the authors in context to courses that are related to aspects of functional safety and fault-tolerant design. Furthermore, the demonstrator shall pose an attractive eye-catcher for public events of the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien. Both details of the demonstrator's design as well as implementation results including design decisions and requirements are presented herein. Possible application scenarios are outlined as well as already existing demonstrators that influenced the work of the authors. The paper concludes with an outlook of future activities that will rely on the demonstrator.


Objective:To study the clinical application of four chamber view (connect) with descending aorta (DAO) recessive scout for the diagnosis of congenital heart disease.Methods:A total of 260 pregnancy women who underwent fetal ultrasound screening were analyzed retrospectively. 269 patient were referred for fetal echocardiography altogether seven views, including fetal four charber, vessels, aortic arch, left ventricular outflow tract, ductus arteriosus arch, right ventricular outflow tract and short axis views, who come by four chamber view (connect) with descending aorta (DAO) recessive scout.Results:6 ases of fetal congenital heart disease were detected with fetal echocardiography, the diagnosis was confirmed by fetal autopsy and postnatal echocardiography. Its diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity were 99.2%, 85.7%, 99.6%.Conclusion:Thinking and image are intuition of four chamber views (connect) with Descending aorta (DAO) recessive scout for the diagnosis of congenital heart disease. It has a highter accuracy. It is worth generalizing and applying. It has good clinical application.


The article reveals the state of the institute of administrative responsibility in the field of urban planning in Ukraine in modern conditions. Attention is drawn to the fact that the institute of administrative responsibility in the sphere of urban planning is in a state of transformation, but the scientific understanding of this process is at an inappropriate level.  It is necessary to begin with the codification of the norms of town-planning legislation, but this is quite a difficult step, given the existence of diverse legislation in this area.  Solving the critical issues of the institute of administrative responsibility in the field of urban development is possible thanks to the harmonious and systematic development of legislation and increasing the efficiency of its application in practice.


The invention provides a method and device for screening candidate items in character input. The method comprises the steps that a screening sequence input by a user in a screening mode is received; according to conversion of the screening sequence and an initial sequence, more than one word group candidate item is obtained and displayed; the initial sequence is the sequence which is the words not displayed on a screen and is input by the user before the screening mode, and the word group candidate items comprise words corresponding to at least one part of the initial sequence; the words, which correspond to at least one part of the initial sequence and are selected by the user, of the word group candidate items are displayed on the screen. The method and device for screening the candidate items in character input can reduce the number of candidate items for selection, and improve the efficiency when the user selects the candidate items and the input efficiency of the user.


Cajun musician, poet, and activist Zachary Richard is a vocal advocate for the revival of the Cajun French language and for the preservation of the environment. In his 2001 collection of poetry, Feu (Fire), Richard unites three themes that initially seem distinct: the promotion of Cajun French as his community's native language, the exploration and memorialization of his Acadian roots, and environmental exploitation. On closer inspection, however, it becomes clear that throughout the collection Richard frames energy production as an act of imperial aggression, thus aligning the historical persecution of the Acadians and the linguistic and cultural marginalization of the Cajuns, with resource appropriation in Francophone North America. This article examines ways in which Richard deconstructs myths of Arcadia that shaped the Acadian and Cajun experience, and problematizes the use of pastoral rhetoric to promote imperial expansion in North America. By refocusing the reader's attention onto populations, landscapes, and histories marginalized by power struggles, often within a single poem or a single series of poems, Richard creatively intervenes in the typically static hegemonic narrative of resource domination in North America, thereby forcing a reevaluation of what it means to occupy physical and rhetorical space, an issue that has been seen as central to the modernization of the pastoral genre.


This document presents a speech concerned with the administration of higher education in an era of change and conflict. Emphasis is placed on the variable context of administration, change, conflict, and responses to the new context. The role and the fate of the president are discussed as indicative of the position in which other administrative officers have found themselves in the past and do find themselves now. Responses to this speech are included.


Location trajectories collected by smartphones and other devices represent a valuable data source for applications such as location-based services. Likewise, trajectories have the potential to reveal sensitive information about individuals, e.g., religious beliefs or sexual orientations. Accordingly, trajectory datasets require appropriate sanitization. Due to their strong theoretical privacy guarantees, differential private publication mechanisms receive much attention. However, the large amount of noise required to achieve differential privacy yields structural differences, e.g., ship trajectories passing over land. We propose a deep learning-based Reconstruction Attack on Protected Trajectories (RAoPT), that leverages the mentioned differences to partly reconstruct the original trajectory from a differential private release. The evaluation shows that our RAoPT model can reduce the Euclidean and Hausdorff distances between the released and original trajectories by over 68 % on two real-world datasets under protection with ε ≤ 1. In this setting, the attack increases the average Jaccard index of the trajectories' convex hulls, representing a user's activity space, by over 180 %. Trained on the GeoLife dataset, the model still reduces the Euclidean and Hausdorff distances by over 60 % for T-Drive trajectories protected with a state-of-the-art mechanism (ε = 0.1). This work highlights shortcomings of current trajectory publication mechanisms, and thus motivates further research on privacy-preserving publication schemes.


The existence of time-invariant Kahler structures is analyzed in both Classical and Quantum Mechanics. In Quantum Mechanics, a family of such Kahler structures is found, in the finite-dimensional case it is proven that this family is complete.