The rock characteristics,physical property,diagenesis and the process of porosity evolution are analysed in E1f3 reservoir of Shanian oilfield,Subei basin.On the basis,the control action of physical property from sedimentation and diagenesis is analysed,and the related factors are quantitatively analyzed by mathematical statistics method.The research shows that physical property is obviously controlled by sedimentary microfacies and diagenesis,and from subsea distributary channel,mouth bar to sheet,physical properties become worse.The porosity decreases 13.3% by compaction,9.5% by quartz secondary outgrowth and carbonatite cementation in early phase,and increases 11.9% by feldspar,debris and interstitial material corrosion,and decreases 9.7% by hydrosialite,quartz secondary outgrowth,and ankerite cementation and metasomasis in late phase.The main control factors of physical property in study area are clast size,compaction,cementation and corrosion.


The invention aims at providing a method and a device for running a plug-in application in a plug-in running environment at a host end. The plug-in running environment is provided at the host end, and the plug-in application is controlled to run in an independent process, and furthermore the independent running process of the plug-in application in the plug-in running environment is monitored, and therefore a host can perform safety control on the plug-in application. The method and the device for running the plug-in application in the plug-in running environment at the host end can achieve the safely control on the plug-in application free of installation. The safety control includes, but is not limited to, authority control and running error control. Accordingly, one the one hand, the method and the device for running the plug-in application in the plug-in running environment at the host end can limit running of the plug-in application, and thereby solve the technical problem that the plug-in application is not controlled by the host, and provide a safe running environment, and on the other hand, the method and the device for running the plug-in application in the plug-in running environment at the host end can promote a developer to develop a large number of the plug-in applications based on the host on the premise of guaranteeing safety, and thereby build a plug-in application ecosphere based on the host.


Abstract A UV detector at 235 nm and an Alltech Altima C18 column (150×4.6 mm and 5 micron) were used to develop a high performance liquid chromatographic method to determine Di (2‐ethylhexyl) phthalate [DEHP] and its metabolite mono (2‐ethylhexyl) phthalate [MEHP] in biological samples. A gradient time of 8 min and a gradient range of 60–100% acetonitrile (ACN) at pH 3.0, with a segmented flow rate gradient, were found to be optimum conditions. These conditions resulted in retention times of 4.2 and 7.1 min for MEHP and DEHP, respectively. The estimated limits of detection (LOD) and quantitation (LOQ) for DEHP were 1.37 and 4.8 µg/mL, respectively. For MEHP, LOD, and LOQ were 0.57 and 2.4 µg/mL, respectively. The developed method was applied to determine DEHP and its metabolite MEHP in blood plasma, liver, kidney, brain, and testis samples.


A project to identify tunes to the play-party songs and document the movements that accompanied them when they were played as play-party games in the late 1920s. Lesson plans from Deborah Denenfeld 's research.


The phenomenon of Cyberbullying is rife with the development of technology and information. One of the factors of cyberbullying is the behavior of social media users. This study aims to learn how to use Instagram social media on cyberbullying behavior on students at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang. The theories used in this research are uses and effects.
 The method used in this study is a quantitative method with an associative correlation category (explanatory). In this study as many as 44 respondents from a total of 321 subjects. Then the researchers used probability sampling techniques in the sample collection. And the analysis used in this study is testing product moments from Karl Pearson.
 The data that has been obtained from the results of the statistical test t is 0.923 with a probability of 0.362. The test results show | test statistics t | level of significance (α = 5%). This means that it is not important to use Instagram social media on cyberbullying behavior. This can help using social media Instagram can affect users to take Cyberbullying actions.


The transportation sector is one of the two principal contributors to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and its contributions are expected to double by 2050. Growing consumer demand for home deliveries with high service levels at low costs is quickly becoming the standard. As a result, retailers are transforming their supply chains to meet these requirements through innovation in transportation. However fast delivery is a double-edged sword – it is expensive for companies to sustain and generates greenhouse gases from fuel combustion, which is harmful to the planet. Previous studies have shown that customers may be willing to wait for their deliveries if the environmental impact of fast delivery is presented to them. Specifically, customers are willing to wait for up to 4 days for their shipments if greener means of transportation are used for delivery. The increase in delivery lead time will present opportunities to make operational changes centered on consolidating shipments and increasing density in last mile routes, which will help reduce unit cost and emissions. This is the core focus of this project. Our research considers the impact of freight consolidation on Carbon Dioxide equivalent emissions and logistics costs for omnichannel home delivery. We analyze data from a large retailer in Mexico, derive insights on current operational metrics, apply heuristic methods to minimize trips and validate our hypothesis by means of experiments run on specific scenarios. We find that increased delivery lead times can lead to better route utilization, fewer trips to deliver customer shipments and therefore cost saving opportunities and lower emissions. Advisor: Dr. Josue C. Velazquez Martinez Title: Executive Director, Supply Chain Management Residential Program Co-Advisor: Dr. Karla M. Gamez Perez Title: Postdoctoral Associate, Sustainable Logistics Initiative


Abstract. Precise total electron content (TEC) is required to produce accurate
spatial and temporal resolution of global ionosphere maps (GIMs). Receivers
and satellite differential code biases (DCBs) are one of the main error
sources in estimating precise TEC from Global Positioning System (GPS)
data. Recently, researchers have been interested in developing models and
algorithms to compute DCBs of receivers and satellites close to those
computed from the Ionosphere Associated Analysis Centers (IAACs). Here we
introduce a MATLAB code called Multi Station DCB Estimation (MSDCBE) to
calculate satellite and receiver DCBs from GPS data. MSDCBE based on
a spherical harmonic function and a geometry-free combination of GPS carrier-phase, pseudo-range code observations, and weighted least squares was
applied to solve observation equations and to improve estimation of DCB
values. There are many factors affecting the estimated values of DCBs. The first
one is the observation weighting function which depends on the satellite
elevation angle. The second factor is concerned with estimating DCBs using
a single GPS station using the Zero Difference DCB Estimation (ZDDCBE) code or
using the GPS network used by the MSDCBE code. The third factor is the number of GPS
receivers in the network. Results from MSDCBE were evaluated and compared
with data from IAACs and other codes like M_DCB and ZDDCBE.
The results of weighted (MSDCBE) least squares show an improvement for
estimated DCBs, where mean differences from the Center for Orbit Determination
in Europe (CODE) (University of Bern, Switzerland) are less than 0.746 ns. DCBs
estimated from the GPS network show better agreement with IAAC than DCBs
estimated from precise point positioning (PPP), where the mean differences are less than 0.1477 and
1.1866 ns, respectively. The mean differences of computed DCBs improved by
increasing the number of GPS stations in the network.


Previously explored vitamins and vitamin-like substances act as a means of regulating the biotransformation and pharmacological actions of drugs by altering the activity of the cytochrome P-450 3A4. To investigate the catalytic activity of the cytochromes P450 can be applied to the electrochemical system. Appointment of P450 inducers, which are antioxidants (including taurine), possibly leading to a leveling blocking effect of macrolides (Clarithromycin) and improve the efficiency and safety of care, which requires further research.


Developments after the Second World War have not only increased the volume of American trade and investment, but have vastly expanded and intensified American business, governmental and private contacts all over the world. As a result, "... problems in the fields oi international law and foreign law, and in the legal aspects of international business transactions, have ceased to be of concern only to a limited group of specialists. These problems have come to have practical importance to a wide circle of general practitioners and especially to lawyers serving corporation, business and banking clients engaged in international operations."1 In spite of this situation, and in spite of teaching and research programs in comparative law and in the legal aspects of international business offered by a number of law schools, information about international and foreign law among lawyers is still very deficient.


Since a disappointingly large number of people equate the critical psychiatry movement with the antipsychiatry movement, two psychiatrists shed light on why that is not the case.


We investigate the main parameter in the function of undetected error probability for shortened binary cyclic codes-the number of minimum weight words A/sub d/. Method for calculations is presented.


Complex reservoirs often have more variety of pore types and more complex pore shape. For example, carbonate rocks can have a variety of pore types, such as moldic, vuggy, interparticle, intraparticle and crack. This complex pore system makes the relationship between the elastic properties and porosity of the rock highly scattered. This paper have developed a new technique of pore shape substitution that accurately predicts the change in the elastic properties of the rock upon changes in pore shape, assuming no changes in the porosity or fluid. We have applied pore shape substitution to separate the effects of pore shape on the rock stiffness from the effects of porosity. The test results on the real logging data showed that the new method can be used to characterize pore structure.


A rotary machining device (1) provided with a rotation device (2) for supporting a workpiece on which helical teeth are formed and causing the workpiece to rotate, a machining device (3) for using grinding teeth (71) of a rotary grindstone (7) to grind the helical teeth of the workpiece caused to rotate by the rotation device (2), and a transportation device (4) for loading and unloading the workpiece (8) to and from the rotation device (2).
The transportation device (4) has a plurality of grippers (51) for holding the workpiece and dressers (52) for molding the grinding teeth (71). The transportation device (4) turns about a turn center axis (401), causes the grippers (51) to sequentially move nearer the rotation device (2), and causes the dressers (52) to sequentially move nearer the machining device (3). The dress teeth of the dressers (52) have tooth surfaces that are differently shaped from each other.


The use of a nonylphenoxypolyethoxylate (Antarox CO-880) as a support polymer is confirmed as a means of prolonging the life (to >50 d) of pyridoxine hydrochloride as a sensitive sorbent coating during the piezoelectric crystal detection of ammonia. However, the matrix system incurs possible interference from hydrogen chloride gas although, except for triethylamine, the other gases studied at high levels (sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide) give only a small piezoelectric signal. The extreme sensitivity of the piezoelectric crystal detection of ammonia to below the µg dm–3 range is inconsistent with the Sauerbrey equation, which normally applies to straightforward deposition on piezoelectric transducers. This is a consequence of the low slopes of the log(frequency decrease)versus log(concentration) graphs. Such slopes can be increased by modifying the syringe dilution procedure, but there are other more intransigent factors involved.


This paper examines the issue relevant to waste categorization across building construction activities in southwest states, Nigeria, this is achieved through the used of systematic random sampling to the administered questionnaire to two hundred six-one (261) questionnaires Architects, Builders, Engineers, Quantity Surveyor, Town Planners, and Project Manager etc. across the six (6) states that makeup of the southwest states of Nigeria namely Ekiti State, Lagos State, Ogun State, Ondo State, Oyo State and Osun State. The paper found that waste was generated from pre-design to post-construction stages, the wastes generated includes paper, other packaging materials, foam, cement, marbles, mortar, plastic/rubber, wood, glass, concrete, aluminium, wire, cable, and POP. Hence, the paper recommends for improvement on professional skills and materials handling, this will add to and boost the capacity of personnel and groups to achieve zero waste, waste minimization, best practices that will contribute to the general waste reduction of any form in building construction activities. Keyword: Exploration, Building Construction, Construction Activities, Waste Categorization, Southwestern States, Nigeria


Early identification of patients likely to die after acetaminophen (APAP) poisoning remains challenging. We sought to compare the sensitivity and time to fulfilment (latency) of established prognostic criteria.


We performed a retrospective analysis of 673 patients with chronic uremia treated from 1973 through 1978. While MD had a high mortality during the first year, overall mortality was less than 50% in 5 yrs. Diabetics treated by MD have lower survival than do nondiabetics, though 14% may live for 4 yrs. Our local experience with RT has not been good with only 17% of 69 patients living through their third post-transplant year. Until the reasons(s) for our unsatisfactory transplant experience is discerned and remedies introduced, it can be expected that patient preference will be biased toward MD.


Tapered roller bearing (A, F, G, H), together with a roller arranged in two rows around the outer race (24,104) within and internal race (22,102) (26,106), the bearing detector that emits a signal that reflects the state of the inner having the (D). In one embodiment (A), the external race (24) is a single piece detection device (D) is a wireless and self-powered, the external race between the raceway groove along which rollers roll (32) with the mount ring to fit in (24) (60). This ring is embedded a plurality of sensors (66) for monitoring the state of the bearing such as temperature and vibration inside. The ring, further, the radio transmitter (70), having a microprocessor sensor is connected (68), and a power supply for generating an electric energy required to operate the processor and a transmitter (64). The electric power is a permanent magnet, and the armature winding is captured between the two conical portions, using a target wheel that rotates together with the two conical portions, produced by electromechanical energy conversion. The transmitter is recorded by the sensor, the state of being processed by the processor, converts the radio signal received at the outside of the bearing. In another embodiment (F), the unitary outer race (24) has a roller groove open to the inside between the two columns (26) (88), a sensor, a radio transmitter, a processor, and the power supply is disposed in the groove (88) within. In another embodiment (G, H), the internal race (102) is a single piece, sensors, radio transmitters, processors, and power supply are mounted inside the race.


Introduce the basic characteristics of DDR2 SDRAM and analyze the theorem. To design the part of memory on the motherboard, relevant research of North Bridge, clock generator and power supply have been made, and the interface circuit of DDR2 has been designed by using the tool of Cadence and Allegro.


The Friedman rule is strongly immune to most model modifications although it has not actually been observed. The Friedman rule implicitly assumes that a government is perfectly under the control of the representative household. This paper shows that, if a government is not perfectly under the control of the representative household, but also pursues political objectives, the optimal quantity of money generally is accompanied by positive nominal interest and inflation rates through the simultaneous optimization of government and the representative household. The fact that nominal interest and inflation rates are usually positive conversely implies that a government usually pursues political objectives.


Objectives: To assess the impact of early childhood caries (ECC) on the quality of life in a population of preschool children and their families in Hong Kong. Methods: A random sample of 1,296 Chinese preschool children participated in the survey and were subjected to an oral examination for their ECC status by 2 trained examiners. The parents were asked to respond to the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) and an extra set of questions concerning their sociodemographic background. Results:The final data analysis included 1,261 children with a mean (±SD) age of 3.9 ± 0.66 years. The prevalence figures for ECC and severe ECC were 19.9 and 15.2%, respectively. Decayed teeth were found in 34.3% of the children while only 5.2% had filled teeth. The mean (±SD) dmft in this group of children was 1.5 ± 2.98. Higher ECOHIS scores were found in parents with lower education or income level, or with children who were born in mainland China (p < 0.05), or with children who had decayed, missing, or filled teeth (p < 0.001). In multiple regression analyses, decayed teeth and filled teeth in primary dentition were the better predictors (p < 0.001) of the ECOHIS score among the various parent and child characteristics collected in this survey. Conclusions: The findings of this study showed that parents of young children with dental caries experience perceived that both the children and other family members had poorer quality of life.


A MIMO-OFDM wireless communication system is a combination of MIMO and OFDM Technology. The combination of MIMO and OFDM produces a powerful technique for providing high data rates over frequency-selective fading channels. MIMO-OFDM system has been currently recognized as one of the most competitive technology for 4G mobile wireless systems. MIMO-OFDM system can compensate for the lacks of MIMO systems and give play to the advantages of OFDM system.In this paper , the bit error rate (BER) performance using linear maximum likelihood alamouti combiner (LMLAC) decoding technique for space time frequency block codes(STFBC) MIMO-OFDM system with frequency offset (FO) is being evaluated to provide the system with low complexity and maximum diversity. The simulation results showed that the scheme has the ability to reduce ICI effectively with a low decoding complexity and maximum diversity in terms of bandwidth efficiency and also in the bit error rate (BER) performance especially at high signal to noise ratio.


Application of coatings is one of the most suitable, less expensive and efficient methods of corrosion and wear control. Due to the high cost and erratic availability of various raw materials used in coatings, the need exists for search of alternate materials that are low cost, indigenously available and can be used with commercial gains. An attempt has been made in the present study to use low cost and non-traditional materials in formulation of protective coatings. Studies were conducted on the use of fly ash, an industrial waste, as extender in coatings. Simultaneously, epoxy ester resins were prepared using mahua oil, a non-traditional oil of abundant availability. The resins were characterised by IR spectroscopy and their physico-chemical and film properties were determined. Fly ash coatings were formulated using epoxy ester resins based on mahua oil. The coatings were characterised by standard methods (IS: 101-1992) for various properties, particularly for their resistance to corrosion and abrasion. The observations indicate that the use of fly ash in coatings results in improved resistance to corrosion against chemicals and abrasion. It was found that the use of fly ash had no adverse effect on coating properties. The mahua oil based epoxy ester resins gave non air-drying films and were therefore applied as baking systems with 20% melamine formaldehyde (MF). The development of the above fly ash coatings will simultaneously lead to the safe disposal of fly ash.


Diabetes is one of the most serious diseases that affect human health with a high prevalence of morbidity and complication at present.Diet factors can affect the initiation and development of diabetics.Recent studies have shown that Glycemic index can guide diabetes more effectively to arrange their diets,and then reach the goal of health improvement.This article reviews glycemic index about its conception,the meaning for foods evaluation,the relationship with diabetes and its effect in the management of diabetic diet.


The Nuclear Medicine Technology Board conducted a membership survey during the summer of 2001 designed to assess the state of the profession. A significant portion of that survey focused on current CNMT salaries. Although other information was collected, the scope of this article concerns the salary


Various authors have contributed their original works in the field of digital halftoningduring past two to three decades. Still this field has not lost its glory. The goal of thestudy was to investigate novel methods in digital halftoning specially, in ordered dithering.This paper is concerned with two novel methods of ordered dither. In the first methoddithering is done first by pre-embedding a pattern image generated from a matrix patternwith the original image. In the second method dithering is done by thresholdingthe original image with respect to a threshold matrix pattern constructed using a characterwriting pattern.The two methods may be applied in digital halftone reproduction and as special effectimaging.


A new synthesis of unsymmetrical 2,2,6,6-tetraalkyl-4-piperidones from acetonin (2,2,4,4,6-pentamethyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyrimidine) and several ketones is described. When the ketone was a naturally occurring optically active ketone, the piperidones were optically active. The piperidones were converted to unsymmetrical TEMPO-type nitroxides and chiral nitroxides. The optically active nitroxides were used as catalysts for oxidations or converted to chiral oxoammonium salts. The structures of the chiral compounds were determined by 2D 1 H and 13 C NMR, and the cyclic voltammetric properties of the various nitroxides were measured. Several other pyrrolidine oxoammonium salts were prepared, and both types were used as oxidizing agents. Preliminary results of chiral oxidations are presented


Probabilistic methods based on Markov models were developed in the last few years to determine the optimal number of spare transformers (regular spare units and mobile substation units) for a group of similar distribution power transformers. These methods accounted for a number of factors that affected the number of spare transformers. The two issues that would have an impact on the number of spare units are transformer redundancy and whether or not the station has a mobile unit substation capability. These two issues were not fully investigated in the earlier spare assessment work and need to be studied in more detail. This paper describes the recent reliability study performed at Hydro One to address the two issues. The study includes a review of three spare assessment methods, two existing and one new, and a detailed analysis of how each method handles the two issues. Examples are provided to illustrate and compare the various assessment methods and to draw some recommendations with regard to the use of these methods.


Regulatory effects which adenine nucleotides are known to exert on glycolysis and gluconeogenesis have been demonstrated in the isolated perfused rat kidney and in kidney cortex slices. These preparat


The band structure of strained Si (4–10 ML) on (001) GaAs, band lineups of the strained Si/(001)GaAs heterojunction, and confined energy levels of the Si3N4/Si/GaAs quantum well have been calculated via a pseudopotential method. It has been found that in this technically important Si3N4/Si/(001)GaAs structure, strained Si has a very narrow band gap (0.34 eV) at the Δ⊥ point in the Brillouin zone. For the strained Si/(001)GaAs heterojunction, the conduction band offsets from the Δ⊥ for Si to the Γ valley for GaAs is 0.83 eV, and that from the Δ⊥ valley for Si to the X valley for GaAs is 1.21 eV. The valence band offset is 0.25 eV. The lowest confined energy level in the conduction band of the Si3N4/Si/GaAs quantum well ranging from 4 to 10 monolayers is found to be 0.22–0.28 eV above the conduction band edge of strained Si, or 0.57–0.61 eV below the conduction band edge of GaAs, while the first confined energy level in the valence band is barely above the valence band maximum of GaAs. The accumulation and ...


Abstract : The article presents the results of studies for the purpose of selecting a cutting fluid (CF) to be used during high-speed metal working on an automation line. It is shown that the quality of a processed metal surface depends on the antiwear, antiseize effect of the lubricant. The best result was obtained with greater than 2 percent additive KhLOREF-40, containing sulphur, phosphorus, and chlorine. Other additives increased the seizing load to 178 to 282 kgf and reduced the wear. (Author)


Improvements in bioceramic technology (D. Bernache-Assolant). Development and applications of bioceramics in orthopaedic surgery (H. Oonishi). High-tech ceramic materials in hard tissue replacement (E. Dorre). Ceramics for dental and maxillo-facial use (T. Trager et al.). The phycogene hydroxylapatite - A new interconnecting porous biomaterial (R. Ewers et al.). Calcium phosphate as bioceramics (J.L. Lacout). Bioactive glasses and chemical bond (A.M. Gatti, D. Zaffe). Nuclear magnetic resonance and biomaterials (X. Marchandise). Image processing techniques for orthopaedic research (A. Merolli, P. Tranquilli-Leali). The use of high resolution electron microscopy for the study of biological crystals (E.F. Bres). Surface physics methods for biomaterials characterization (A. Mosser et al.). Evaluation of high-tech biomaterials. Biocompatibility using human cell cultures (M.F. Harmand). The reaction of bone tissue to hydroxyapatite ceramic coatings during the transition from immediate fixation to permanent fixation following total hip replacement (J.F. Osborn). Cartilage repair with biomaterials (D. Mainard et al.). Immobilization of biological active species (V.N. Hasirci). Guided tissue regeneration using periodontal membranes (H. Tenenbaum). Biodegradable aliphatic polyesters with respect to temporary therapeutic applications (M. Vert). Biofunctionality and biomechanics of implants (J. Cordey). The sterilisation of plastic materials (V.N. Handlos). Surface layers and the reactivity of metallic implants (M.A. Barbosa). Biotelemetry in orthopedics (B. Puers, F. Burny). The global biomaterials market where hard tissue biomaterials fit in (K. Mattox).


A survey on soil-plant-animal relationship in the new alluvial zone of West Bengal indicated that 41.67% of the surveyed farmers kept their animals on grazing and paddy straw supplementation, while 21.16% of them offered their animals with either rice bran or mustard-cake. Coqientrations of Ca, P, Cu, Zn, and Fe in the commonly used feeds and fodder were within the normal range of variation;  Mean plasma concentration of Ca, P, Cu, Zn and Fe were within the respective critical ranges in calves, heifers, milch animals as well as in dry ones; however, anestrous animals had shown somewhat lower plasma Ca, P and Cu concentrations. Higher plasma values were observed for Cu and Fe in high yielders. The study bolstered the importance of supplementation of the metabolically important mineral elements.


A study aimed at the rabbitfish Siganus guttatus (Bloch, 1787), the reproductive ability of one economically important marine and brackish fish in Giang lagoon systems and marine Asia. The future expectations of mariculture development were decided in Vietnam. The region had enough fingerlings for intensive culture and polyculture to contribute to environmental conservation and sustainability. There were 3 experiments in 3 different ecosystems for fish culture and maturity by feeding a commercial feed and finding suitable areas for the maturing period. The results showed that the growing fish kept in cages on the lagoon had the best growth and rate maturity, much higher than fish in cages of shrimp ponds and plastic bottom ponds, as showed a much bigger size of body, 610 g/head for females and 542 g/head for males, while other culture more 500/head, especially after 3 months of feeding, more than 20% matured for females, they reached more 50% at 6 months feeding. The length at first sexual maturity was 28.87 to 31.20 cm and 27.47 to 29.20 cm for females and males, respectively. The potential ova diameter is from 405 to 483 µm, P < 0.05; the benefit for spawning, gonads maturity stages, with GSI (gonadal-somatic index), 3.03 to 4.53 were opportunities for the spawning season, ova diameter and fecundity and the gonadal-somatic index were differed significantly (P < 0.05) males and females. This result showed the maximum (peak), and all fish can mature and get to spawning. In conclusion, different ecosystems impacted maturity and spawning during the moon season.


Let {(XmNn , Ηη/νη)}, m = 1, · · · , -/ν"η, η = 1, 2. . . . , be sequences of independent in each nth series random vectors from R, Nn Nn X = ]T XmNn , V = ]T VmNn , m=l m=l and let Υ be integer valued random variable. An asymptotic behaviour (as η — » oo, Nn — » oo) of the conditional distribution ?(X < xVDX + EX/Y = y} = PNn(x \ y) is considered. The central limit theorem and large deviation problems for Ρχη (χ \ y) are investigated.


Around the Ontario Legislature, the reports of the Camp Commission have attained the status of classics, which is to say that everyone refers to them but no one reads them. The question naturally arises, then, was this $400,000 enquiry really necessary? More to the point perhaps, did anything of substance come of it? To both questions, the answer is an unqualified yes. The Camp Commission, or more properly the Ontario Commission on the Legislature, was an attempt at redressing the crushing dominance of the Ontario executive over its legislature. As to results, a truly remarkable number of the Commission's recommendations have been implemented, and if the Ontario Legislature is still in need of substantial modernization, it has progressed enormously in recent years, due in no small measure to the Commission's impetus. The Commission's main task lay not so much in divining the problems of the Ontario Legislature, for these were never obscure, as in proposing workable remedies acceptable to the government. This the Commission did with consummate skill. Taken one by one, none of the recommendations was so outlandish as to invite out-of-hand government dismissal, yet collectively they amounted to a blueprint for very far-reaching reforms. Moreover, the Commission's work and its reports were executed with thoroughgoing pragmatism; indeed, the Camp Commission provides a first-rate illustration of how an advisory body or Royal Commission goes about maximizing its impact.


【This research is designed to study the sales promotion strategy and advertising program which can provide the effective materials to the clothing industry. The purposes of this study are as follows. First, After college students are classified according to clothing involvement level, the relations between clothing involvement groups sand demographic variables, such as, sex, residence, pocket money, and clothing cost are understood. Second, attitude toward the expression of awertising according to clothing involvement is analyzed. Third, attitudes toward the expression of advertising were analyzed according to demo- graphic variables. Subjects were 474 students of universtiy in Seoul. This study was conducted by means of a questionnaire survey and random sampling method was used. In order to test the attitude toward advertising, the questionnaire was made through pre test and validity test. Study results were as follows. First, Subjects were divided into groups ccording to the clothing involvement level, and it was proved that sex, residence, pocket money, and clothing cost were related. Second, there was significance in attitude toward the expression of advertising according to clothing involvement level. Third, sex, residence, pocket money, clothing cost, reasonable level of cost were relatively connectd with attitude according to the expression of the jeans advertising.】


Actinic keratoses (AKs) are highly prevalent precancerous skin lesions affecting primarily middle-aged and elderly White individuals. AKs result from chronic ultraviolet (UV) irradiation present in sunlight. Consequently, AKs most commonly occur on habitually exposed area such as the face and bald scalp, especially in very fair-skinned individuals with long-term occupational or recreational sun exposure. Early AKs are discrete, slightly rough (scaly) patches several millimeters in diameter that may regress and even disappear during periods of low-intensity sun exposure such as winter months but tend to reappear during periods of resumed high-intensity sun exposure, such as summer months. Eventually AKs become more numerous, fixed, and easily palpable scaly lesions, confluent in maximally irradiated areas. Histologically, AKs are characterized by disordered epidermal architecture and nuclear atypia of its composite keratinocytes. At the molecular level, numerous mutations in growthregulatory genes have been identified in AKs, with inactivating UV signature mutations in the p53 tumor suppressor gene among the most common. These mutations are understood to facilitate introduction of driver mutations in other key genes and to confer a proliferative advantage, through impaired apoptosis of damaged cells, to the cell clones that comprise the AK.4 Treatment of AKs (and consequent third-party reimbursement) is justified by the risk of progression for each AK to invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), although reported rates of progression vary widely, from 0.025% to 16% per lesion per year,5 depending on the population studied. The risk of an early AK progressing to SCC, however, particularly if sun avoidance is practiced, is certainly extremely low, as is apparent from the discrepancy between the number of cutaneous SCCs reported annually in theUnited States and the far higher prevalence of AKs estimated from requested reimbursement for AK-specific treatments.6 Most AKs are diagnosed initially by dermatologists as incidental findings during office visits for another complaint, or because the patient complains of the cosmetic annoyance of 1 or more persistent scaly (rough) often slightly erythematous (red) spots on the face. For such patients, liquid nitrogen cryotherapy is most often offered as spot therapy, with advice to avoid further unprotected sun exposure. A large but unknown percentage of such patients fail to curtail their ongoing sun damage sufficiently, however, and continue to develop new AKs and progression of their existing AKs. For many, a regimen of cryotherapy or other "spot therapy" every several months is instituted, with high recurrence rates for treated AKs and inevitable development of new lesions in the sun-exposed areas. When lesions become sufficiently numerous and easily apparent, with or without the development of SCC (or more commonly a basal cell carcinoma, known to result from mutations in different proliferative pathways and not to arise from AKs), the skin is said to have developed "field cancerization." At this point, it is acknowledged that the risk


The author discusses recent developments and ongoing issues related to regulatory authorities, contracts and pipeline matters affecting the gas industry in California, in comparison to elsewhere in the United States and Canada. Included is a review of some of the more important decisions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the California Public Utilities Commission and the National Energy Board. This paper is solely the work of the author. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the author's firm or any client of that firm.


Abstract : Every inch that we can take off of the logistics pipeline is known to result in reduced customer inventories; and therefore, it reduces costs to the taxpayer. However, unlike many other DLA response time reduction initiatives, this report addresses response time reductions in areas that are known to have cost implications to the wholesale organizations. Many logisticians believe that these added costs will be minimal in light of the potential retail inventory reductions associated with faster wholesale replenishment. In this report we quantify the costs incurred by DLA as depots reduce requisition bank time, hold time, and in-transit time. Furthermore, we investigated different stock positioning issues relating to range and depth of stock in order to provide a reduced response time at the lowest possible cost.


This study aims to examine the expansion effects of the service sector on the carbon emission in a dynamic non-linear model. Using data of 34 Asian countries ranging from 1990 to 2016, this study adopts non-linear model of the Environmental Kuznets Curve and the GMM estimator. The finding provides evidence of an N-shape association between the service sector and carbon emission which indicates that the growth of the service sector fails to reduce the carbon emission perpetually. The elasticity of urbanisation and trade openness are found to be positive which indicates that an increase in urbanisation and trade openness significantly intensifies carbon emission. Meanwhile, an increase in the ageing population tends to mitigate carbon emission in Asian countries. This current study facilitates the understanding of the impact of the services sector on carbon emission as well providing a solid ground in designing a policy that incorporates the environmental standard in line with increased economic growth.


1355This study reflects the similarities and differences between the active teaching-learning methodologies and popular education in the training of health professionals. Moreover, it reflects the epistemological foundations of popular education and the core active teaching-learning methodologies considered in the context of its use in the training of health professionals. Popular education proposes a radical fusion between the media and education because awareness is both an aim and a method of training. Under different circumstances, although identified with a student-centered pedagogical process and autonomy motivation, the active methods can be used in isolation with a utilitarian logic, which is a characteristic of banking education. Thus, popular education can be an important analyzer of active methodologies in the context of health courses, facilitating to consolidate their use in liberating formative processes.Keywords: Popular Education. Active Teaching-Learning Methodologies. Health Education.


Historian and minister, Thomas Armitage (1819–1896) (Figure 1), 125 years ago, emphasized the knowledge gained by cadaveric dissection and its contributions to the great good of man (Smith, 1999). Specifically, he said, "the practical work of the dissecting room has become vital to the true interests of humanity" (Armitage, 1895). In these uncertain times, it is worth emphasizing that the method on which our discipline is based continues to be used to propel our understanding of the human body forward and thus improve patient care. In this issue of Clinical Anatomy, studies based on cadaveric dissection are plentiful. Additionally, meta-analyses and reviews on topics ranging from the ejaculatory ducts to the superficial temporal artery are found. The reader will also find original studies using CT and ultrasound, and studies on flap-based anatomy of the hand and anatomy of the left brachiocephalic vein with application to central venous line placement that will surely interest our readership.


With the gradual perfection of game theory,its application becomes wider and wider,and,at present,the theory has been applied to resolve the problem of selecting strategy of water saving of urban consumer groups.The study result show,through analysis on the water price of urban and the "spirit income" of urban consumer groups,that: if a government raises water price,only a part of people will take the strategy of water saving;if the government take the strategy of both raising water price and improving "spirit income",all the water users will take the strategy of water saving.So this tactics can realize the target of water saving in urban consumer groups.


This paper presents recent work to develop the test procedure for the evaluation of building energy simulation tool by a committee of the Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan (SHASE). The SHASE test procedure focuses on evaluating a tool's capability of estimating thermal load and a HVAC system's energy consumption in commercial buildings, and its outline was presented at the BS2017 conference. In this paper, we report simulation trial results of additional test cases by several users and tools based on the improved and extended procedure. The test conditions of the thermal load simulation test were revised in order to specify modelling method more accurately and precisely for test participants. Test cases with new HVAC equipment and control strategy aiming energy conservation were added to the whole system test. The test results showed discrepancies in energy consumption between tools which is mainly caused by the difference in equipment characteristics, control logic modelling, and user's human errors and interpretation in modelling. We are planning to update the guideline description and conditions taking these issues into consideration. Introduction Research on the methods of evaluation of building energy simulation tools has been carried out in NREL and IEA since 1980, and in 1995 the IEA BESTEST was developed (Judkoff and Neymark, 1995). A portion of the work was published by ASHRAE as Standard 140 (ASHRAE, 2017). However, the scope of this evaluation method was limited to a few HVAC systems, which do not cover the systems commonly used in Japan. In SSPC140 by ASHRAE a HVAC system evaluation method was developed to improve the Standard, but the focus was on checking the steady state heat balance (Neymark et al., 2017). Therefore there is no common procedure for evaluating the energy consumption for HVAC systems used in commercial buildings. While in Japan major amendment to the energy conservation law took place in 2015, and when applying for building approval it has become compulsory to state the annual energy consumption. This amendment led to a demand for a method of objective evaluation of the reliability of building energy simulation tools. Therefore in 2013 SHASE established a special committee to develop Japanese own test procedure for the evaluation method, and in 2016 a guideline for the evaluation method was published (SHASE, 2016). The contents of the guideline were reported at the previous conference (Ono et al., 2017). In this paper the following results of the continuing activities of the committee are described: 1) simulation trial results of base cases by several users and tools and revision of some test conditions, and 2) details of new enhanced additional test cases. Outline of test procedure The objective of this test procedure is to determine the reliability of energy simulation tools for HVAC systems including thermal load simulation, and to enable their use in the education and training of users in the use of these tools. The scope of this test procedure is limited to air conditioning systems and associated ventilation systems. Also, systems for residential buildings is outside the scope of this test procedure. Figure 1 shows the test case configuration and the outline of this paper's contents. The parts shown in red characters are the main changes from the previous paper, and are described in detail later. From the point of view of simulation tool evaluation, the scope of this procedure is broadly divided into thermal load simulation and HVAC system simulation, and evaluation of each component and the overall system is carried out, with the objective of simplifying the identification of the cause and effect relationship. This paper describes 1) simulation trials of base cases which are whole building of thermal load simulation test and JE110 of HVAC system simulation test, 2) expansion of evaluation target for HVAC system simulation test, adding total heat exchanger for the equipment test and 6 cases of JE120 to JE240 for the whole system test, and 3) discussion about causes of the discrepancies. In the whole building test, calculations are performed for a building which has seven stories and total floor area of 10,000 m2 in Tokyo as shown in Figure 2. The heat source system is configured from air source heat pump/chillers (AHP1 and AHP2) and an absorption chiller (AR1) as shown in Figure 3. The HVAC system includes the AHU and VAV system shown in Figure 4. The air-conditioning periods are taken to be June 1st to September 30th for cooling, and December 1st to March 31st for heating. In the intervening periods it is envisaged that the HVAC system is stopped. For the detailed calculation conditions that are not reported here, refer to the previous paper. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Proceedings of the 16th IBPSA Conference Rome, Italy, Sept. 2-4, 2019 4578 https://doi.org/10.26868/25222708.2019.210592 The following is a description of the conditions and the trial results for each test case. Table 1 shows an overview of the tools used in the simulation trials. Note that the simulation trials u sing NewHASP, LCEM and BEST were not conducted by these program authors but by just users, and the results were not verified by the program authors. Figure 2: Standard floor plan of the whole building test. NWP NEP Office 1 NP


A polyoxoniobate-based 3D framework [K8H30Nb6O31] (1), was prepared through hydrothermal method and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), solid state UV-visible and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Structure and properties of 1 were investigated with various computational methods. QTAIM and NBO studies together with thermogravimetric analysis suggest strong interactions between potassium ion, Lindqvist hexaniobate and water molecules. Hirshfeld surfaces around the Nb6O198- reveal that the Lindqvist ion acts as a ɳ3 ligand for the alkali cations. One remarkable detail about the structure is the presence of an encaged potassium ion, surrounded by six water molecules and four potassium ions. The prepared polyoxoniobate (PONb) was tested in the removal of diazo dye pollutant in water. The result shows that 1 has good activity and stability during the dye removal process and can be recovered and reused at least for five cycles.


A new concurrency control scheme is introduced based on pre-committed method of transactions in mobile client.With this method,the mobile transactions are divided into two kinds: the pre-committed transaction and the request transaction.When the link is disconnected,the pre-committed transaction can update locally and the request transaction must wait until the link is reconnected.So this scheme can reduce the number of rejections and transactions commit time at mobile clients.At the same time,this method also can make the mobile transaction execute serializability.


The study investigated the effect of including high amounts of wheat bran (WB) in finisher diets on growth performance and economy of gain of broiler chickens. The WB contained g kg-1 of dry matter, 894.3; crude protein, 193.5; ether extract, 42.1; crude fibre, 97.1; ash, 49.5; neutral detergent fibre, 503.8; acid detergent fibre, 167.2; hemicellulose, 336.6; Lignin, 29.3; starch, 197.0; and metabolizable energy of 6.72 MJ kg-1. In a feeding trial, four finisher diets containing maize, fishmeal, micro-ingredients and either 150, 250, 350 or 450 g of WB kg-1 diet and designated as dietary treatments WB150, WB250, WB350 and WB450, respectively, were fed ad libitum to 480 3-week-old commercial broiler chickens for 35 days. Birds had free access to water. As the dietary WB content was increased from 150 to 450 g kg-1, there was a significant (P Ghana Jnl agric Sci. Vol.32(2) 1999: 213-219


DNA double‐strand breaks are among the most harmful forms of DNA damage and unless correctly repaired they may lead to the development of cancer. A well‐conserved protein complex, Mre11/Rad50, plays a primary role in the initial steps of DNA double‐strand break repair. Rad50 is a member of the ABC protein super‐family, which is defined by six conserved motifs that make up the two ATP active sites that are shared across subunits of the protein dimer. The identity of the catalytic base has been controversial and the kinetic mechanism for only a small number of super‐family members has been determined. We have used a combination of steady state and pre‐steady kinetics, along with site‐directed mutagenesis, solvent isotope and viscosity effects, and pH rate profiles to probe the kinetic and catalytic mechanism of this important ABC protein super‐family member. The results suggest that the catalytic mechanism of Rad50 proceeds thru a dissociative‐like, asymmetric transition state and that enzyme chemistry is the rate‐limiting step of the catalytic cycle. Mutations of the Walker B glutamate and the H‐loop histidine suggest that although these two residues are likely involved in the positioning of the attacking water molecule, neither act to abstract a proton during the transition state of the reaction. In addition, mutation of these residues results in a substantial loss of ATP cooperativity, which when combined with previous results from our laboratory, suggests two routes of communication between ATP active sites. While there does not appear to be a single unifying theme for the rate‐limiting step of the reaction, our conclusions for Rad50 regarding the catalytic mechanism and cooperativity are expected to apply more broadly to the ABC protein super‐family.


This paper investigates the operating efficiency of Vietnam microfinance institutions (MFIs) in formal and informal sectors during the period from 2010 to 2015 through the operating self-sufficiency ratio, return on asset ratio and return on equity ratio. The results show that the ratios of formal MFIs were higher than these of informal MFIs. Then authors recommend that the informal MFIs in Vietnam should concentrate on operation management rather than transforming to formal MFIs by all means.


This research and development is purpose to study about the development of practice  guideline for pain management and evaluation the nursing care of postoperative patients by using the practice guideline for pain management at Angthong Hospital. Implementation during January 2012 to February 2013. The sample is 86 registered nurses these use practice guideline for pain management, one year nursing experience in wards these take care of postoperative patients. The 172 and 176 full conscious patients and could communication  these post major operative 24 hours before and after develop practice guideline for pain management respectively. The instruments consist of practice guideline for pain management,  Nurse's questionnaire about knowledge, attitude and behavior of pain management, pain management behavior of nurses and patient's satisfaction of nursing care for pain management  questionnaire and nurse assessment form concerning compliance in practice guideline for pain management. All instruments were validated and reliability. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, percentage, average, standard deviation and test statistics by t-test and pair  t-test. Results show that, 1) The practice guideline for pain management consist of general  information as subjective, definition, policy, target group, indicators and responsible. The practice  processes have the principles of pain assessment, recording, evaluation and reporting of pain  management. During the development of practice guideline could prepared the manual to care  for patients who received the drug administration by spinal or epidural analgesia and Patient  Control Analgesia (PCA), improved the T.P.R record by add the pain score and sedative score. 2) After the development of practice guideline for pain management found that the behavior of nurses as perceived by patients and the satisfaction of pain management has been  more significant statistics at p<0.05 and no severe complications from the pain management.  3) In addition to, after the development of practice guideline: sample has knowledge, attitude  and behavior of pain management score were significant difference higher than before the development of practice guideline at p<0.05.  Keywords : Guideline, Pain management, Post-operative patients


Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic brought many new challenges that people had to overcome with ingenuity. However, many patients already suffering with psychiatric diseases saw their access to conventional health care limited, aggravating their statuses. E-Medicine is the branch of health care that provides access through the Internet, and it has been growing in the last few years. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many health care workers shifted towards E-Medicine, aiming to provide support to patients, especially with the social distance policies that were implemented worldwide. Objectives Provide an example of how e-Medicine can be a tool in establishing a therapeutic alliance, and patient follow-up Methods Case report with a brief literature review on the subject Results RG is a 19-year-old female that contacts her family doctor through e-mail, expressing concerns over not being able to leave her house for over a year, also manifesting anxiety and depressed humor. This started in April 2020 and was slowly worsening throughout the year, culminating in a panic attack. RG started counselling and follow-up appointments via Internet and started treatment with vortioxetine. Three months later, improvements were stated, namely decreased anxiety, better sleep patterns, and leaving the house for small periods. Conclusions Without E-Medicine, RG wouldn't be as able to reach out to her family doctor, and follow-up would be much more arduous since the patient avoided leaving her house, and telephone appointments lack the visual aspect of the clinical interview. E-Medicine is a valid alternative to conventional Medicine, providing a safe environment for patients concerned with public space. Disclosure No significant relationships.


Objective To discuss the mechanism of the DNA methyltrans-ferase 3b (DNMT3b) regulating the Cyclin D1 gene expression in SMMC7721 cell line.Methods DNMT3b small interfering RNA (siRNA) was transfected into SMMC-7721 cells.Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to detect the expression of the microRNA (miR)-145 and Cyclin D1 mRNA.MSP was used to detect whether the promoter of miR-145 was methylated.Results DNMT3b has been successfully suppressed in the culture cells transfected by miR-145 with a transfection efficiency over 90% ; The methylation status of miR-145 gene showed no significant differences between two groups (P >0.05) ; The expression of miR-145 was significantly higher than in control group (P < 0.01) and the change between two groups had no difference (P > 0.05).Conclusion DNMT3b can regulate the expression of Cyclin D1 by miR-145,affect the cell cycle and cause a large number of apoptosis of SMMC-7721 cells.

Key words:
Carcinoma, hepatocellular;  DNA methyltrans-ferase 3b;  Cyclin D1;  Small interfering RNA;  MicroRNA-145


In this study, a literature search was conducted on tactical unmanned aerial vehicles. First of all, it was classified as an unmanned aerial vehicle. It is mentioned about the characteristics of ZANKA-III, which is highly autonomous, passive and active morphing, aerodynamically perfect, tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) ZANKA-III, supported by TUBITAK's 1001 Ardeb program 115M603 by TUBITAK and it is mentioned that they have superior characteristics from other tactical unmanned aerial vehicles. Not only physical properties but also the autopilot system structure, the optimization method used, and the state space model through the executive equations of the body are briefly mentioned. For this purpose longitudinal and lateral dynamics modeling of TUAVs produced in Erciyes University, Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Model Aircraft Laboratory are considered in order to obtain simulation environments. Our produced TUAV is called as ZANKA-III which has weight of 50 kg, range of around 3000 km, endurance of around 28 hour, and ceiling altitude of around 12500 m. Von-Karman turbulence modeling is used in order to model atmospheric turbulence during flight in both longitudinal and lateral simulation environments. A stochastic optimization method called as simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation.


This study is aiming to find the effectivity controling internal system employee payroll on Public Works Facilities and Infrastructure Division CiptaKarya Banda Aceh. The methodology use descriptive methodology, sort of case study which use interview and archiveation to collect the data. The result is showed the procedure of payroll in Public Works Facilities and Infrastructure Division CiptaKarya Banda Aceh is good enough which caused from execution on Public Works Facilities and Infrastructure Division Cipta Karya Banda Aceh is effective and efficient that can be see on the archives which become the based of calculation already processed right and does not need took more time to calculate the wages of employee in the end it could be reduce miscalculation of employee payroll. In other side, the controling internal system on Public Works Facilities and Infrastructure Division Cipta Karya Banda Aceh already good because there is the authority and archiveary procedure on payroll archive.


A device tracking and proximity service system are described which determine respectively location and proximity information for communications devices located in one or more WLANs. The system comprises a monitoring system arranged to receive signalling data to enable a device presence to be senses within a WLAN which includes means for updating a data record for said device with location information for the device by accessing a series of data stores associated with network and service management. The monitoring system processes each data record when updated it to check if it includes one or more other device identifiers and if so, determines for each of said one or more other device identifiers a corresponding data record containing location information and processes the location information of each data record to determine proximity information between said sensed device and said one or more other devices.


The present investigation was carried out to characterize the pathogen responsible for Choanephora fruit rot disease in bitter gourd along with find out appropriate control measure using biological resources. The pathogenic fungal strain was isolated from the disease infected fruit part of bitter gourd. It was subjected to four different types of growth media named potato dextrose agar (PDA), Czapeck Dox agar (CDA), nutrient agar (NA) and Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) were used to note down the differences regarding to various characteristics appeared due to dissimilation of culture medium. Thereafter, the growth environment and medium contents were changed to evaluate the effect of temperature, pH, carbohydrate, sugar concentration, salt, organic acid etc. on the mycelial growth of the concerned fungus. In the experiment, these parameters significantly influenced the growth pattern of the fungus. For proper identification of the fungus, advanced molecular technique was used. The PCR product of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the fungi showed nearly 650 bp size of clear band followed by sequencing of the PCR product of the fungus. The sequenced data showed 99% similarities with the original sequence of Choanephora cucurbitarum. In search of suitable biocontrol measure, the antifungal activities of the seven plant extracts namely Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Ficus racemosa, Moringa oleifera, Psidium guajava, Azadirachta indica, Cassia alata and Coccinia grandis were assayed where Azadirachta indica (42.12%) and Moringa oleifera (35.71%) had promising inhibitory effects against the isolated fungus. The outcome of the experiment would be benevolent for the detection and development of eco-friendly control approach of the detrimental disease of the bitter gourd.


The basic hydrological and planktonic characteristics of the Barra das Jangadas estuary were monitored to assess the water quality and the abiotic factors influencing the plankton populations. An intensive seven day sampling program was conducted at a fixed station, during the dry (January/2001) and the rainy (July/2001) seasons. Phytoplankton, zooplankton and the water physicochemical parameters were sampled in different tides, totaling 56 sampling procedures during the 168-hours-program, in each season. The dissolved oxygen was under saturation at low tide in both seasons, indicating a polluted area; and saturated during high tide due to marine influence. High overall nutrient concentrations indicated an eutrophic environment. Chlorophyll-a was high (~25 mg.m). The marine eurihaline plankton dominated the area. Phytoplankton presented 266 species, however only six were abundant and frequent; density varied from 95.10 cel.L to 7,830.10 both in the rainy season, and cyanobacterial blooms usually occurred in the estuary unbalancing the system. The zooplankton presented 87 taxa and varied from 1,300 to 18,500 ind.m. The plankton diversity was low, mostly composed of r-strategists. The main pattern observed was marine eurihaline species in the dry season during high tide and limnetic species in the rainy season, low tide. During the neap tide in both seasons the water renovation was very poor, increasing the pollution load residence time.


Consequent to the World Trade Center (WTC) tragedy, research into the safety of tall buildings has been concentrated almost exclusively on the improvement of structural systems, fire proofing, and vertical evacuation systems. While this work is vital toward making tall buildings safer, it is in itself not enough. The problem should be considered at a more fundamental design level, not as an alternative but in addition to the improved safety provisions suggested before. Horizontal evacuation at height is proposed through creating skybridge linkages between towers. This is a good choice when vertical (usually downward) evacuation routes out of the tall building cuts off in a fire. A skybridge can increase the evacuation efficiency without increasing the number of fire stairs. This is well demonstrated in the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. There are many big cities in the Far East having so many highrise buildings (in highrise cities) built closely together. The possibility of linking currently empty refuge floors with skybridges is worthwhile to consider, especially for building clusters owned by the same developer. Skybridges retrospectively into an existing tall building cluster in the central business district of Hong Kong is taken as an example. Possible improvement on the evacuation efficiency is suggested. This can be extended to be a strategy toward the possible inclusion of skybridges in high-rise design as an improved fire safety provision of tall buildings all over the world.


The Carmopolis Field, which is the largest set of onshore oil fields in Brazil, is responsible for the most part of onshore oil production in Sergipe State. Despite its economic importance, it causes significant environmental damages, endangering the health of the population and the quality of Carmopolis landscape. In order to support management actions that minimize or reimburse the environmental impacts, following the legislation and protecting the remaining natural ecosystems, this study aimed to analyze the spatial implications of onshore oil production of Carmopolis city; mapping the use of soil and calculating the quality index of the landscape using landscape ecology as theoretical and methodological basis. It was found that a) the landscape qualityindex of Carmopolis is 0,54, classified as regular; b) oil wells, roads and pipelines, fragment the city landscape, affecting the resilience of natural ecosystems. Keywords: landscape quality, geoprocessing, landscape ecology.


Sentiment analysis has become an important research area in today's competitive business world. Customers now no longer ask friends or relatives for their suggestions to buy a product; everything is available just at a click on the World Wide Web. Opinions expressed in the user comments on the have become an important source for analysis e.g., customer reviews of products, ratings, posts, and blogs. In this paper, we focus on customer reviews of products. Specifically, we study the sentiments/opinions expressed (positive, negative or neutral) in the customer reviews. Hereby, we propose a new method i.e. fuzzy ontology tree for giving a more clear and precise analysis of sentiments to give best quality poll to customers. This approach allows the system to handle opinion words that are context dependent, which cause major difficulties for existing algorithms. In the reviews, a single sentence may exhibit multiple aspects for opinions. Bootstrapping algorithm is used to handle this problem. The proposed method doesn't require labelled data and hence easy to implement. KeywordsFuzzy ontology tree; Opinion polling; Opinion mining; Sentiment analysis.


Stress concentration effects and strengths of bonded and bolted butt joints were investigated for a glass fabric polybenzimidazole lalminate at room temperatuer and 700°F for a gloass fabric phenolic laminate at room temperature and 500°F. Specimen configurations included: (1) standard tensile specimen, (2) stress concentration specimen, (3) bolted double shear butt joint, (4) bolted single shear butt joint, (5) bonded double shear butt joint and (6) bonded single shear butt joint.

Both polybenzimidazole and phenolic laminates exhibited high room temperature tensile strengths and little degradation of that strength occured as a result of elevated temperature exposure. However, low joint effencies (22 to 32%) were obtained for bolted butt joint specimens. Although bonded joints exhibited higher efficiencies, they suffered from a thermal expansion mismatch between the plastic laminate and the Inconel butt plates.


Yields on many traditional asset classes are at or near historical lows. Low yields imply that related asset prices are already high, which suggests low future returns. Investors need to lower their return expectations. Rather than chasing yield with higher risk to boost returns, they should seek investment opportunities in specific industries, particularly those industries closely linked to the fast-rising middle class and the related increase in consumer spending.


This work was supported by the EU H2020 RISE Project CoExAN (Grant No. H2020-644076), and EU FP7 ITN NOTEDEV (Grant No. FP7-607521), FP7 IRSES Projects CANTOR (Grant No. FP7-612285), QOCaN (Grant No. FP7-316432), and InterNoM (Grant No. FP7-612624). R.R.H. acknowledges financial support from URCO (Project No. 09 F U 1TAY15-1TAY16) and Research Links Travel Grant by the British Council Newton Fund (Project No. 172695634).


The invention provides a method and a system for a mobile terminal to access a webpage, a browser and a transfer server. The method includes the following steps of resolving webpage data according to an access request of the mobile terminal for the webpage; judging whether the webpage data are multi-media data according to resolving results; and if the webpage data are multi-media data, sending a transfer request to the transfer server so that the transfer server grasps the multi-media data according to the transfer request, compresses the multi-media data and then sends the compressed multi-media data to the mobile terminal. According to the method, the multi-media data in the webpage are compressed, and the compressed multi-media data are sent to a user of the mobile terminal so that on the premise that original arrangement modes of the webpage are guaranteed, traffic is saved to the maximum extent, access speeds of the user are greatly improved, and user experience is improved.


Geotextiles have been used in the field of civil and drainage engineering for tens of years, and it has a wide development prospect. So it's a hotspot and keystone to research its application. In this paper, the material, classification, properties, function, application and existing problems are summarized. Moreover, some suggestions are put forward according to its application, development and existing problem.


B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels now are measured routinely in many emergency departments (EDs). Although high levels of BNP are associated with heart failure in dyspneic patients, the effect of BNP levels on clinical outcomes is uncertain.

In this Swiss randomized trial, 452 patients who presented to an ED with …


Two-stage and three-phase fluidized-bed MBR process for treating coking wastewater with high concentration of organics and nitrogen was introduced in this paper. Most of organic materials were removed in the first stage (MBR1), then nitrification and removal of residual organic materials happened in the second stage (MBR2). Besides, the low carbon nitrogen ratio in the second stage promoted the growth of nitrobacteria, being advantageous to the removal of the ammonia nitrogen. The experiment showed that , average removal rates of COD, ammonia nitrogen, SS, turbidity and volatile phenol were 75.05%、95.63%、99.76%、99.8% and 99.31% respectively .In conclusion, this process can maintain higher sludge concentration, with steady operation and convenient management.


Abstract Because of the necessity of assessing online resources and systems with reference to learning-related issues, this study aimed to investigate the impact of curiosity on evaluating websites' information among university students. The study was an analytical survey and correlational. Based on Cochran sampling formula, the sample included 231 undergraduate students at the Faculty of Education and Psychology located at the Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. Two highly validated questionnaires were used to measure the two main variables of curiosity and websites' information credibility. The data gathered were then analyzed by software SPSS 24.0. Pearson's correlation test showed a significant correlation between dimensions of web information credibility and the curiosity except for deprivation sensitivity. According to the findings of the general regression model, three phases for affecting trustworthiness evaluation were acceptable based on social curiosity, joyous exploration, and thrill seeking, respectively. Furthermore, three phases for affecting expertise evaluation were acceptable based on joyous exploration, social curiosity, and thrill seeking, respectively. Students with deprivation sensitivity and stress tolerance were unable to find credible sources because of the negative emotions and experiences impeding them to do it well. Curiosity factors influenced the online credibility evaluation highly in the sense that almost half of the students' evaluations were based on their curiosity-related traits.


Various localization methods based on mobile anchor nodes have been proposed for assisting the sensor nodes to determine their locations. However, none of these methods attempt to optimize the trajectory of the mobile anchor node. Accordingly, this paper presents a path planning scheme, which ensures that the trajectory of the mobile anchor node minimizes the localization error and guarantees that all of the sensor nodes can determine their locations. The obstacle-resistant trajectory is also proposed to handle the obstacles in the sensing field. Later this path planning algorithm is adjusted so that it suits most of the effective localization algorithms. The performance of the proposed scheme is to be evaluated through a series of simulations with the ns-2 network simulator.


During the past decade, high-damping elastomer, steel-laminated seismic isolation bearings have gained acceptance as a device for isolating large buildings and structures from earthquake damage. In the United States, architectural engineering firms custom design isolators for each project and ten have the isolators manufactured by one of less than a hand-full of manufactures. The stiffness of the bearing is the single most important design parameter that the molded bearing must meet because it determines the fundamental frequency of the isolation system. This paper reports on recent research that examined several factors that cause real and potential variations to the stiffness of the bearing. The resulting changes to the fundamental frequency of the isolated structure are quantified for each factor. The following were examined: (1) dimensional tolerances, (2) frequency effects, (3) temperature effects, (4) cyclical effects, and (5) aging effects. It was found that geometric variations barely affect the stiffness whereas temperature variations greatly affect the stiffness.


In the past decade, research has been conducted on the river Brahmaputra with little or no importance accorded to the lesser-known rivers such as the Lohit, Dibang and Siang that forms the tributaries of the Brahmaputra River. The present study was conducted to assess the water quality of the Lohit River at Parshuram Kund area in Eastern Himalayan region. The water samples from four different stations were collected from up and down stream for four different seasons, namely, winter, pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon. The collected water samples were analysed for different physicochemical characteristics such as water temperature, pH, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Conductivity, Turbidity, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Calcium and Chloride. The highest temperature was recorded during monsoon (31.8 degree C). The water was slightly acidic to slightly basic in nature (6.8-7.4) with highest DO during winter (8.6 mg/l). Maximum turbidity and conductivity (123.6 NTU and 97.5 μmho/cm respectively) with lowest TDS (50.1 ppm) were observed during monsoon. High chloride and calcium content (12.35 mg/l and 23.3 mg/l respectively) was recorded during winter. The results showed that the water quality is being altered during different seasons which may be attributed to various infrastructure development in and around the area.


In view of the general idea,as monopolization is a stream of power that excluding and limiting competition.Every country presents some anti-monopolization laws.It aims to maintain competition mechanismand protect consumers'benefit.However,in the course of anti-monopolization benefit measurement,we find that it promotes economical development and technical progress instead of damaging competition,decreasing efficiency and harming consumers' benefit.Therefore,exception system applying has formed as a component part for anti-monopolization.This paper gives a profound study and discussion for its concept,theoretical foundation,basic features and development trend.The author hopes that it is helpful to establish anti-monopolization law for our country.


A traditional academic scenario in which interactions among players are couducted at a designated location is studied. This teaching approach is replaced by a setting in which the requirement of continuous presence at the same place is no longer valid. Wide area computer networks not only provide a global communication medium, but also the least expeosive one. The VOICE (Virtual Organizations through Internetworked Collaborative Environments) software, developed at the University of New Hampshire, represents a robust and a low-cost environment which facilitates activities among participants dispersed around the globe. To validate the VOICE concept, a prototyping educational experiment is described between the University of New Hampshire, U.S.A. and the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary.


To even refer to a sociology of transformation today flies against the worldwide dominant cultural mood. This fin de siecle phase is proving to be no less introspective, pessimistic and conservative than the last one. There is a morbid selfconsciousness in the air, with the palpable failure, or at least crisis, of both the communist and capitalist ideals of progress. No more are we likely to hear the cry of Victor Hugo in 1855 that: 'Progress is the footsteps of God himself. There is, instead, a widespread recognition that we are faced with a global crisis of ideologies of the future. This goes far beyond a crisis in the social sciences, or a crisis of political ideologies, to embrace the whole contemporary Zeitgeist, cultural climate or social mood. As at the turn of the last century, many now question the whole basis of contemporary civilisation, its values, its ethics and its lack of vision. There is a sense of loss and disorientation, matched by a critique of what has passed as modernisation. The yearning for community, for home, for identity turns often to religious, mythical or other avenues for satisfaction. The re-found cultural values of nostalgia and melancholy also find direct echoes in that previous end of the century, when a crisis of the new capitalist system led many to question it.


This article describes a highly parallel event driven interface between a Pixel Array Detector (PAD) and its processing electronics. The method used was originally developed for the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) X-ray Pixel Array detector to allow for real-time processing of X-ray image data on its processing FPGA. This interface potentially allows for entirely asynchronous data transfer off the detector at rates exceeding 110Gbps and operates without the need for a constantly running clock. It thus presents a potential a low-power, low-noise interface option for 10-bit data transfer from photon-counting detectors at frame rates greater than 1MHz with no input dead time. This interface has been successfully tested on 64 independent 16-pixel channels at a transfer frequency of 294MHz achieving maximum data transfer rates of 16.7 Gbps.


A 79-year-old man with lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) anomaly whom we followed for about ten years is described. The immunoglobulins binding to LDH were IgG, A, and M. This combination of immunoglobulins is extremely rare. While the patient had cholelithiasis, cholecystitis and transient hepatitis B infection during the 10-year period, it was not clarified whether these diseases affected the production of LDH-binding immunoglobulins.


The IEEE 1588 precision time protocol seems to be a promising way to handle synchronization requirements of tomorrow substation automation. However, one of the remaining issues is its lack of reliability in case of the loss of the GPS signal (e.g. due to atmospheric disturbances or failure of the GPS antenna) which would lead to the desynchronization of the devices inside a substation or between different substations. To keep the devices synchronized without the GPS signal, this paper explores different drift clock prediction techniques. Three main approaches based on statistical, probabilistic and time series techniques are evaluated. On one hand, a statistical-based prediction technique can easily reach an accuracy of less than 10 musec for a prediction duration of a couple of seconds at a minimal computing cost. On the other hand, a time series-based prediction technique can provide an accuracy of 76 musec over a period of 48 hours but at a much higher computing power cost. Finally, we identify the most suitable technique for different type of GPS signal loss that typically occurs in the context of substation automation.


Recent studies have consistently revealed a 2-fold increased risk of venous thromboembolism in users of oral contraceptives (OCs) containing desogestrel and gestodene. These studies were unable to issue a safety profile for norgestimate-containing OCs however because of insufficient numbers of users to enable statistically valid assessment. To address this issue an analysis was conducted of the number of spontaneous reports of deep vein thrombosis pulmonary emboli strokes and myocardial infarction reported for norgestimate-containing OCs worldwide during 1986-95. During that period over 135 million cycles of these OCs have been distributed. Of particular interest were data from Canada and the US where norgestimate-containing OCs were introduced at virtually the same time and by the same sales force as desogestrel-containing OCs and were characterized similarly as containing a progestin with low intrinsic androgenicity. In North America during the study period more than 47 million cycles of norgestimate-containing OCs were distributed and only 13 cardiovascular events were reported. In contrast 43 cardiovascular events were reported in 36 million cycles of use of desogestrel-containing OCs. Due to similar prescribing patterns and timing of introduction of norgestimate- and desogestrel-containing OCs the North American data should not be subject to prescribing bias or the healthy user effect. Overall the available data suggest that norgestimate-containing OCs have a safety profile similar to that for second-generation OCs containing norethindrone and norgestrel.


The main goal of this study is to obtain an improvement of the spring precipitation estimation at local scale, taking into account the atmospheric circulation on the Atlantic-European region, by a statistical downscaling procedure. First we have fitted the precipitation amounts from the 19 stations with a HMM with 7 states. The stations are situated in localities crossed by the Danube or situated on the principal tributaries. The number of hidden states has been determined by means of BIC values. A NHMM has been applied then to precipitation occurrence associated with the information about atmospheric circulation over Atlantic-European region. The atmospheric circulation is quantified by the first 10 components of the decomposition in the EOFs or MEOFs. The predictors taking into account CWTs for SLP and the first summary variable from a SVD have also been tested. The atmospheric predictors are derived from SLP, geopotential, temperature, and specific and relative humidity at 850 hPa. As a result of analyzing the multitude of the predictors, a statistical method of selection based on the informational content has been achieved. The test of the NHMM performances has revealed that SLP and geopotential at 850 hPa are the best predictors for precipitation.


This article describes the ITK implementation of a Normalized Gradient Fields based image-to-image metric. Some properties of the metric are discussed and example registrations are presented.


When induction heating two-layer structures, such as a paint coated sheet steel, it is essential that the safe temperature limit of the paint shall not be exceeded. Only the outer surface, but not the paint¿steel interface¿is accessible to measurement.By controlling the constant temperature of the outer surface at two subsequent levels, it is possible to maintain a constant and known temperature gradient between surface and interface.


A flexible cantilever beam subjected to a rotational load is commonly encountered in mechanical elements, for example, a flat spring under a spring limit test, a leaf spring in a vibrating conveyor or a paper machine, a jib ( : boom) of a jib crane or a luffing crane, an arm of an industrial robot or a manipulator, and an aircraft wing. In such elastic elements, a large deflection is produced without exceeding the elastic limit of the materials. This property is of both analytical and technological interest. It is necessary to analyze the large deflection behavior to achieve high reliability of the structural components. The purpose of this report is to clarify the large deflection problem, namely elastica problem, of a cantilever beam. As an analytical example, an inclined concentrated load at the free end of a spring-hinged cantilever beam was solved in terms of elliptic integrals as well as by carrying out a large flexural-bending test. Experimental data agree very closely with the theoretical results.


This research work entitled "MOBILE APPLICATION FOR THE MONITORING AND
CONTROL OF CLINICAL TREATMENTS OF THE CLINIC" HEALTH INTEGRAL
PHARMEDICA SAC "OF TRUJILLO", this work is developed with the aim of
improving the monitoring and control of clinical treatments, and improve the doctorpatient
relationship in the clinic.
It starts from the description of the problematic reality in the clinic, considering the
specific problems that in later chapters will be addressed, the main operative processes in
the clinic are identified to rule the project in some of these processes, it is in these
processes that are fixed the user stories to make the proposed mobile application.
It also specifies the objectives that are posed to achieve with the development of the
application, with the implementation of the proposed is intended to effect the monitoring
of clinical treatment in the "CLINICA SALUD INTEGRAL FARMEDICA S. A. C. of
Trujillo", taking as area of research the development of mobile applications and great
progress in mobile devices.
For the elaboration of the system and the documentation, and to fulfill the objectives, it
was used as an agile development methodology Scrum. Additionally technology is used
as Laravel Framework, PhpStrom, Xampp, MySql database manager, Android Studio
platform.
In this way it was possible to conclude satisfactorily with the implementation of the
mobile application, with this application it was possible to carry out the monitoring and
control of clinical treatments in the Clinic Farmedica S. A. C. and improve the
relationship between the doctor and the patient.


Woods, M. (2006). Redefining the 'rural question': The new 'politics of the rural' and social policy. Social Policy & Administration, 40: 579-595.


In a symposium on November 1, 1970 commemorating the poet's bicentenary, sponsored by the English Literary Society of Japan, the topic that generated the most response was on Wordsworth and Zen. In line with the recent Japanese scho larly trend of taking the poet out of the "Western cultural matrix" and seeing him against the larger spiritual tradition of humanity, the speaker, Professor Saburo Oka of the Aoyama Gakuin University, "tried to connect the poet's cardinal experience of 'seeing into the life of things' with the Eastern attitude of kansho or contemplation." But, according to Kenkichi Kamijima, subsequent dis cussion on the issue of what Wordsworth has in common with Zen Buddhism raised


Abstract Tasmania is an island state in south-eastern Australia that has a long and rich history of seaweed use, research, and development. It is a cool-temperate system with 750 macroalgal species currently described. Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples have lived on this land for at least 40,000 years utilising seaweed as food, shelter, water carriers and medicine, as well as for ceremonial reasons. Modern taxonomic investigations began with French naturalist Jacques-Julien Houtou de La Billardière in 1791, and there are 184 type specimens of seaweeds originating from Tasmania. Ecological and physiological studies of seaweed in Tasmania have focussed on the dominant large brown seaweeds (Laminariales and Fucales) and have contributed significantly to the global understanding of these systems, particularly related to community resilience, seaweed-urchin interactions, their habitat-forming role for other species, responses to global change, and restoration of lost habitat. Ocean warming and changing oceanography have caused a 95% decline in surface canopy cover of Macrocystis pyrifera in eastern Tasmania since the 1950s and led to a focus on restoring these lost forests. Tasmanian seaweed communities have a uniquely high proportion (up to ∼90%) of seaweeds that rely solely on CO2 for photosynthesis, which has implications for responses to ocean acidification. Tasmania has industries that use brown seaweeds for fucoidan extraction and beach-cast harvest for alginates, fertilisers, and feeds for agriculture. New aquaculture initiatives include integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, offshore kelp mariculture and Asparagopsis cultivation for bioactive products to reduce methane emissions in ruminants, as and the development of unexploited species including Caulerpa spp. for food.


We analyze numerically the equation giving the number of missing label operators for reduction chains k ,! g of Lie algebras to obtain information about the maximal possible dimension of certain types of subalgebras, mainly Abelian. Applications to the minimal dimension of faithful representations are given, and the number of invariants of codimension one and two subalgebras is analyzed.


Objective: To assess the impact of quality of care and other hospital information on patients' choices between hospitals. Methods: 665 former surgical patients were invited to respond to an Internet-based questionnaire including a choice-based conjoint analysis. Each patient was presented with 12 different comparisons of 2 hospitals, with each hospital characterized by 6 attributes containing 2 levels. Hospital attributes were included if frequently reported by patients as most important for future hospital choices. These included both general hospital information (e.g., atmosphere), information on quality of care (e.g., percentage of patients with "textbook outcome"), and surgery-specific information (e.g., possibility for minimally invasive procedure). Hierarchial Bayes estimation was used to estimate the utilities for each attribute level for each patient. Based on the ranges of these utilities, the relative importance of each hospital attribute was determined for each participant as a measure of the impact on patients' choices. Results: 308 (46.3%) questionnaires were available for analysis. Of the hospital attributes that patients considered, surgery-specific information on average had the highest relative importance (25.7 [23.9–27.5]), regardless of gender, age, and education. Waiting time and hospital atmosphere were considered least important. The attribute concerning the percentage of patients with "textbook outcomes" had the second greatest impact (18.3 [16.9–19.6]), which was similar for patients with different adverse outcome experience. Conclusions: Surgery-specific and quality of care information are more important than general information when patients choose between hospitals.


We study the stability and exact multiplicity of periodic solutions of the Duffing equation from the global bifurcation point of view and show that the Duffing equation with cubic nonlinearities has at most three T-periodic solutions under a strong damped condition. More precisely, we prove that the T-periodic solutions form a smooth S-shaped curve and the stability of each T-periodic solution is determined by Floquet theory.


The aim of this study is to prove that the change of pelvic tilt angle and backrest pressure according to hip joint angle in healthy adult. Thirty healthy male and female adults consented to participate in this study. Subjects sat on the chair with 90°, 100° and 120° hip joint flexion while both the Pressure Sensors (PS) and Passive Makers (PM) were sticked to the subjects by an examiner. In difference between the distance values of the total axis (in distance between Superior Iliac Crest (SIC) and thigh) and the distance values of the total axis (in distance between Anterior Superior Iliac Spine (ASIS) and thigh), there was significant value (p<.01). And in difference between the thoracic pressure and the lumbar pressure, there was significant value (p<.001). Thus, in comparison with the subjects sitting down with a smaller hip joint angle, the subjects sitting down with the bigger hip joint angle can be exposed to danger complaining of low back pain.


Objective Discussion efficacy retrograde re - implanted tung lacrimal duct obstruction treatment. Methods Tears of the 54 cases of obstruction(54) implementation retrograde into tears road tube recanalization surgery. Results Using this method of treatment of 54 eyes of 46 cured,accounting for 85.19%;5 turn for the better,accounting for 9.26%;3 null and void,or 5.56%.The total effective rate about 94.44%,without complications.Conclusion The surgical method is simple,economic security,good effect,it is worth of promoting.


Recently, the Euclidian algorithm was independently applied to problems of BCH decoding, Goppa decoding, Yule-Walker equations, Wiener-Hopf equations, minimal partial realization of scale sequences and Pade approximation. These problems are all related to the Hankel matrix or the Toeplitz matrix. Because error-correcting codes, multichannel digital signal processing and multivariable linear systems are becoming more sophisticated, many problems related to the block Hankel matrix or the block Toeplitz matrix need to be solved. It is very important to generalize the Euclidean algorithm to solve these problems.
By a totally new approach, this dissertation concludes that the Euclidean algorithm is very powerful for solving two common problems, which form the basis for the problems mentioned above. The Euclidean algorithm is generalized for multisequence linear feedback shift-register synthesis and the generalized Euclidean algorithm is applied to decoding cyclic codes up to the Hartmann-Tzeng bound and the Roos bound. Furthermore, this dissertation also generalizes the Euclidean algorithm to a matrix polynomial form and shows that the generalized Euclidean algorithm in matrix polynomial form can be used to solve the problem of minimal partial realization of matrix sequences efficiently. Finally, some applications of the generalized Euclidean algorithm in matrix polynomial form to the generalized Yule-Walker equations, the generalized Wiener-Hopf equations and matrix Pade approximation are also briefly given.


The isolation of the pulmonary veins is the fundamental part in the surgery for the elimination of the chronic atrial fibrillation. Traditionally, we have made this surgical technique by means of cutting and sewing around the chamber that contains the four pulmonary veins. The use of electrocautery allows simplifying this procedure. We report here our four cases operated on successfully consistent of mitral valve surgery and isolation of the pulmonary veins in order to eliminate the chronic atrial fibrillation by means of the use of electrocautery.