Objective: T o establish the prevalence of hookworm infection among patients who reported at the parasitology laboratory of the K omfo A nokye T eaching H ospital for intestinal parasitic investigation. Method: T his retrospective study covered available data from J anuary 2001 to D ecember 2011 . R ecords of patients referred to the parasitology laboratory of the hospital were manually reviewed for hookworm infection. D ata on age, sex and status of hookworm infection ( either present or absent ) were retrieved and analyzed by using M icrosoft E xcel 2007 statistical package. Results: A total of 47 147 patients was reported at the laboratory for intestinal parasitic investigation. A mong these patients, 158 patient were positive, representing an overall prevalence of 0 . 3 % ( 158 / 47 147 ) . A mong the positive cases, the study revealed that the proportion of individuals in age groups < 1 , 1 to 9 , 10 to 19 , 20 to 29 and 30 to 39 years were 1 . 3 % ( 2 ) , 10 . 8 % ( 17 ) , 16 . 5 % ( 26 ) , 27 . 2 % ( 43 ) and 23 . 4 % ( 37 ) respectively. F urthermore, people in age group 40 to 49 , 50 to 59 and ≥ 60 years were infected in the proportion of 8 . 7 % ( 14 ) , 5 . 7 % ( 9 ) and 7 . 0 % ( 11 ) respectively. A mong the infected patients, was 62 ) while of was 37 ) he yearly prevalence dropped consistently from 0 84 % in 2001 to 0 . 11 % in 2005 . H owever it increased marginally in 2006 ( . 27 %) and dropped to 0 . 00 % in 2011 . Conclusion: H ookworm infestation was found to be generally high between A pril and A ugust. H owever the overall prevalence was relatively low among the study population.


Our study examines market information processing in five different stages of the new product development (NPD) process (idea stage, R&D stage, design stage, test stage, and launch stage) and its impact on overall NPD performance. It demonstrates that using market information is especially important in the early and late stages of the NPD process. Moreover, it zooms into the location of the market information by distinguishing between domestic and international sources. Our results show that domestic market information can well be superior to foreign market information. We test our hypotheses using a panel sample of more than 1,500 German companies from both manufacturing and services.


Contact The need for good maps to assist the physical settlement of refugee populations, and the opportunities created by recent technological advances (such as remote sensing and global positioning systems), are increasing the importance of the land surveyor in humanitarian crisis situations. The creation of new Palestinian authorities for Gaza and the West Bank after the Oslo peace accords has combined with major investment in environmental improvements to create an urgent need for the first accurate large-scale maps of the refugee camps of the area. Based upon the field experience of one of the authors, this paper explores some political factors affecting this surveying and mapping work, and its relationship to complex local land codes and disputed land rights. The management of land – that basic resource – offers a particular challenge to governments and international agencies confronted with refugee situations, in which the needs of displaced populations may be superimposed upon existing structures of land law. Political settlements of long-running refugee situations, as in Gaza and the West Bank, create new demands for the regularisation of occupation and land title, and for the upgrading of refugee camps through infrastructure investment and environmental improvements. Such initiatives require accurate large-scale maps, the field survey information for which usually has to be obtained under difficult physical conditions, in a politicised environment, and using as source materials maps that are outdated and perhaps subject to political manipulation. temporary easily political solutions


Maracaibo Basin in Western Venezuela, Figure 1, has an area of 90,000 square kilometers. It is isolated from the rest of Venezuela on the East and South, and from Columbia on the West, by mountain ranges which reach a height of 5,000 meters at the southern boundary of the Basin. Lake Maracaibo and its marginal swamps cover 17,700 square kilometers of the Basin. The Lake proper, approximately 150 kilometers long by 110 kilometers wide, is connected to the Gulf of Venezuela by the Straits of Maracaibo and broad shallow Tablazo Bay. It is about 50 kilometers from the lake proper to the gulf. Tablazo Bay is separated from the Gulf of Venezuela by a series of shifting sand islands and bars.


In 2000 and in 2001 twelve states of Northern Nigeria reintroduced shari'a criminal law. New Shari'a Penal Codes included punishments for hudud offences: capital punishment by stoning, amputation and flogging. Trials of women accused of adultery gained media attention in some western countries. Citizens of these countries organized letter writing campaigns to assert pressure on Nigerian politicians and shari'a courts. Experts and Nigerian NGOs argue that this type of intervention can be inefficient and may even put in danger both defendants and local activists.


The surface of natural graphite was modified by the use of hydrogen peroxide and evaluated as an anode material for lithium ion capacitors (LICs). The surface treatment was carried out under various ultrasonic conditions of 200, 300, and 400 W, which were applied to a mixture of natural graphite and hydrogen peroxide solution for 1 h. While the bulk structure was maintained, the hexagonal symmetry and physical properties of natural graphite, such as BET surface area, tap density, and particle size, were affected by the surface treatment. FT-IR and XPS measurements confirmed the signature of C=O on the surface of graphite samples after treatment. Both the pristine and surface-treated graphites showed a similar reversible capacity of 370 mAhg, and the coulombic efficiency of surface-treated graphite decreased with higher ultrasonic energies (89.1%, 89.0%, and 88.0% for 200, 300, and 400 W) comparing with pristine graphite (89.4%). The capacity retention of LICs was greatly improved with the treated natural graphite. The graphite treated under the ultrasonic energy of 300 W and pristine natural graphite showed capacity retention of 77.5% and 42.9%, implying that the surface treatment was an effective method for the improvement of natural graphite as an anode material for LICs.


The aim of the present study is to develop the method of determining the kinetic boundary condition (KBC) at a vapor-liquid interface in net evaporation/condensation. We proposed a novel method for determining the KBC by combining the numerical simulations of the mean field kinetic theory and the molecular gas dynamics. The method was evaluated on steady vapor flow between two liquid slabs at different temperatures. A uniform net mass flux in the vapor phase induced by net evaporation and condensation is obtained from the numerical simulation of the mean field kinetic theory for both vapor and liquid phases. The KBC was specified by using the uniform net mass flux, and the numerical simulation of the molecular gas dynamics was conducted for the vapor phase. Comparing the macroscopic variables in the vapor phase obtained from both numerical simulations, we can validate the KBC whether the appropriate solutions are obtained. Moreover, the evaporation and condensation coefficients were estimated uniquely. Th...


12), 108 females, 90 type 2 diabetic patients, 130 hypertensive patients, 85 patients with dyslipidemia and 39 smokers. Group A: N 74 (C3 120), mean age 59 -11 years, 30 males. Group B: N 130 (C3 75-120), mean age 56 -12 years, 66 males. BMI(kg/m Waist circumference (cm). Glycemia, triglycerides and HDL: HITACHI auto-analyzer. LDL: Friedewald formula. IR: HOMA score: fasting insulin (uU/ml) x fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)/22.5. C3 (mg/dL) Statistical analysis: t Student, multivariate analysis. Results: 1.Patients in both groups were of similar age and sex gender, but had different BMI (30,03 -0,6 vs 26,08 -0,39; p 0,000), waist circumference (98,5 -1,17 vs 92,3 -1,02; p 0,000), triglyceride levels (175,19 19,95 vs 121,31 11,61; p 0,021), HDL levels (50,21 1,65 vs 58,31 1,53; p 0,000) and degree of IR (3,34 -0,22 vs 2,61 -0,27; p 0,04). 2.In the multivariate analysis: BMI: OR 1,13; C I 95 % (1,028;1,24); p 0,012; IR: OR 1,24; CI 95 % (0,98;1,56); p 0,05. Conclusions: 1.In patients with cardiovascular risk, the BMI is the most important clinical-biochemical parameter of activation of the immune system. 2.High levels of C3 are considered as supportive data of the participation of the immune system in the genesis or the vascular consequences of the metabolic syndrome.


A fast encoding algorithm which is based on the mean square error (MES) distortion for vector quantization is introduced. With wavelet transform features of this algorithm, the vectors can be effectively constructed. In the process of searching for code, a part of code words can be rejected by utilizing the non-linear interpolated vector quantization (NLIVQ) technique, the partial distance search technique and the method of using the difference between the vector sum values of two vectors. Experimental results show that the reduction of computation is considerable and computing time is reduced by about 97% as against full search method in the encoding.


Introduction: Multiported register files and bypass networks lie at the heart of a superscalar microprocessor core, providing buffered communication of register values between producer and consumer instructions. As issue widths increase, both the number of ports and the number of registers required increase, causing the area of a conventional multiported register file to grow more than quadratically. Therefore, we examine the design of banked multiported register file that employ multiple interleaved banks of fewer ported register cells to reduce power and area. Banked register files designs have been shown to provide sufficient bandwidth for a superscalar machine, but these previous designs had complex control structures that would likely limit cycle time and add to design complexity. We develop a banked register file with much simpler and faster control logic while only slightly increasing the number of ports per bank.


Special economic zones (SEZs) in Africa are generally regarded as underperforming relative to their peers in the rest of the world. This study focuses on the design features of the SEZ in Africa that may help explain this underperformance. Literature was reviewed to identify the key design attributes of SEZ programmes that could enhance their success. A case study of six Southern African countries?Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe?is then used to assess if these countries' SEZ programmes meet the ideal design features.


The utility model relates to a repairing and machining tool, which is composed of a table top plate (1), a side panel (2), a front baffle plate (3), a table wall plate (4), a top panel (5), a partition plate (6), a rear panel (7), a dust hopper (8), a grinding wheel cover (9), a notch of the table top plate (10), the notch of the table wall plate (11), a channel of the notch of the table top plate (12) and a tool hopper (13). The utility model has the advantages that the utility model has good dust-sucking and dust-removing effects; dust is hardly blown outward; an operator basically work in dust-free environment, and needs not to wear a mask all day; the environment quality of the whole grinding shop is increased; the utility model has wide purpose, and can be used for all occasions needing the grinding of grinding wheels and cloth wheels; the utility model has complete integral function, simple structure, and convenient cleaning.


A new iterative algorithm is proposed by using the hyperbola approach method, analyzing the fundamentals of iterative algorithm and considering the process simulation simultaneously. The iterative format and the iterative calculating ruler of the new algorithm are given. The simulated results show that the convergence speed is faster than that of Secant iterative algorithm and the convergence stability is better than that of Secant iterative algorithm and Newton iterative algorithm. Moreover, the selective range of the value is also widened. Thus the proposed new iterative algorithm is significant in solving equations both theoretically and practically.


To improve the accuracy of traditional Dendritic Cell Algorithms in data abnormality detection tests,we propose the Dendritic Cell Algorithm used by an anomaly detection system based on Toll-Like receptors in combination with the working mechanism of innate immune Toll-Like receptors in the biological immune system.In this algorithm,mature and immature Dendritic Cells are first obtained by using the Dendritic Cell Algorithm,and then provided to the Toll-Like receptors as inputs,and the TC level is activated to judge whether the algorithm is abnormal.


The Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) arises whenever two fluids with different
densities are arranged such that the heavier fluid sits above the lighter fluid, with
a sharp interface in between. The magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor instability (MRTI)
has the further complication due to the presence of a magnetic field throughout
both media. The two fluids in question may also have differing magnetic
properties, such as the magnetic permeability. When the fluids in consideration
are in fact plasmas comprised of charged particles, induced currents, magnetic
_fields and Lorentz forces can all act in ways that will affect the stability of the
system.
The RTI has widespread applications in atmospheric physics, oceanography,
meteorology, laboratory plasma physics, nuclear reactors, inertial confinement
fusion as well as the field of astrophysics, where the instability plays an important
role in supernova explosions, accretion discs, plasma jets and H II regions
(clouds of gas in which star formation has recently taken place) amongst others.
It is closely related to two other hydrodynamic instabilities, namely the Kelvin-
Helmholtz instability (KHI) and the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability (RMI).
This thesis considers in detail several different flow configurations in which
the RTI arises. A key feature of these configurations is that small wavelike
disturbances to the flow are unstable. These configurations are studied to determine
the behaviour of these unstable flows. A particular focus is the effects
due to the presence of a magnetic field, and the mechanisms that alter the flow
in the magnetic case.
The thesis begins by considering two dimensional planar flow in Cartesian
geometry in which the amplitude of the waves is small compared with their
wavelength. The flow is assumed to be incompressible and inviscid. In this
scenario, linear theory is used to derive a closed form solution for the evolution
of the interface between the two fluids. This solution shows quantitatively how
the position of the interface depends on the ratio of the densities of the two
6 fluids, the wavelength of the disturbance, as well as the strength and direction
of the applied magnetic field.
The unstable nature of the RTI means that after some finite time, the amplitude
of the waves will grow to a size comparable with their wavelength, and
in this scenario, linear theory is not appropriate. For this reason, a non-linear
model is considered, again for two dimensional planar flow in Cartesian geometry.
The flow in this case is considered to be weakly compressible, and
viscous. Results in the non-linear case are obtained by use of a combination
of streamfunction, spectral and finite difference techniques. The results show
qualitatively various non-linear phenomena such as interface roll-up, fingering
and bubble formation. It is shown in particular how different initial conditions
give rise to outcomes that are very different in terms of the geometry of the interface
between the two fluids, primarily the differences between a single mode
disturbance and a multi mode disturbance to the interface at time t = 0.
The final problem studied in this thesis considers two dimensional flow in
circularly symmetric cylindrical geometry. The configuration in this case is
comprised of a heavy fluid surrounding a light fluid, and gravity is directed
radially inwards. A massive object is located at the centre of the light fluid,
and it behaves like a line dipole both for fluid flow and magnetic field strength.
In the non-linear, weakly compressible, viscous regime, the initially circular
interface between the two conducting fluids evolves into plumes, dependent on
the magnetic and fluid dipole strengths and the nature of the initial disturbance
to the interface. A spectral method is presented to solve the time-dependent
interface shapes, and results are presented and discussed. Bipolar solutions are
possible, and these are of particular relevance to astrophysics. The solutions
obtained resemble structures of some HII regions and nebulae.


Low-temperature cracking occurs on some asphalt pavements even though the high-performance grade (PG) binders are applied in asphalt mixtures. It is neither realistic nor economic to solve the problems related to low-temperature cracking on asphalt pavements by purely using high PG binders. Other factors need to be investigated so that this type of distress can be further restrained. This study focuses on investigating the effect of fine aggregates on the low-temperature cracking on asphalt pavements. Low-temperature cracking was monitored and recorded on asphalt pavements in a cold, northeast area of China. Cores were drilled on the spots where low-temperature cracking occurred, and the aggregate gradations of the drilled cores were analyzed in the laboratory. An index called the Fine Aggregate Content Deviation Index (FACDI) was defined as the difference between the actual fine aggregate content and the lower limit of fine aggregate content in the designed aggregate gradation. A positive relation was observed between the FACDI and the cracking index of asphalt pavements. It was demonstrated that the fine aggregate content was another important factor that influences low-temperature cracking of asphalt pavement. The increase of fine aggregate content was found to jeopardize the resistance of asphalt mixture on low-temperature cracking. Based on FACDI, fine aggregate's contents in asphalt mixtures of asphalt layers can be recommended to ensure an asphalt pavement with good low-temperature performance.


Automatic verification of "isa" relations is a basic problem in knowledge acquisition from text. We present an iterative method of "isa" relation verification based on some features. It initially acquires a set of "isa" relation features. Secondly these features are changed into a set of production rules. Then the candidate "isa" relations acquired from Chinese corpus is verified with multi-features production rules. Experimental results demonstrate good performance of the method.


At a meeting of the International Institute of Statistics at Athens in September, 1936, a special Commission* was appointed to study the World Population Problem particularly in reference to the fall in the birth rate in European Countries, its causes and its economic and social consequences and to report to the following meeting of the Institute to be held at Prague two years later. About this time the British Government, probably also with this purpose in view, passed an Act,f giving ta the Registrar-General powers to collect better Population Statistics for England and Wales. Unfortunately, on account of the then unsettled political condition of Europe resulting in the outbreak of the World War, the Commission did not have an opportunity to prepare a Report. In the course of gathering together material for this Commission, and becoming aware of the lacunae in the vital statistics of this country compared with those of other countries, it occurred to me that it might be possible to compile some special population statistics on an experimental scale relating to the City of Dublin. Adequate statistics in relation to the births in a country are of very great importance, as on them the study of the future of the Race and of the welfare of the country depends. The population problem is a subject which may be beyond my capacity to deal with in any authoritative manner but on account of its very importance the paper presented to the Society this evening may provoke serious attention from others more qualified than I am to interpret the significance of the figures and to suggest solutions to the problem as it affects this country. Much could be written in support of the importance of this question from published statements in recent years in different countries. In our own Census of Population Reports it is stated that we are a country of late marriages but high fertility, notwithstanding which we are fast becoming a country of elderly people. The statistics of the age structure of the Population in 1936 particularly at the younger ages as compared with 10 years earlier attracted much attention. Similar figures for ages and conjugal condition are being compiled for 1941 from the Register of Population but the results for the whole country will not be available for some time yet. Under existing legislation the birth of each child must not only be registered with the Local Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths within a period of three months from date of birth under the Registra-


One prevailing point of view is that many individuals with established type II diabetes have gone through years of impairment of glucose tolerance and hyperinsulinism before the appearance of fasting hyperglycemia (1,2). Peripheral insulin resistance plus a pancreatic p-cell insulin secretory defect presumably wage a battle over the years that results ultimately in clinically apparent type II diabetes (3). If this sequence of events is correct, many individuals with type II diabetes have had years of hyperinsulinism, in contrast to their ageand sex-matched control subjects. Further, there may be a disproportionate elevation of plasma proinsulin levels in individuals with IGT and frank diabetes (4,5). These individuals are at a high risk for cardiovascular events, and this increased risk does not appear to be completely explained by the association of IGT or type II diabetes with such classical risk factors as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, or cigarette smoking (6). These observations have led to numerous studies directed at determining the pathogenesis of accelerated cardiovascular disease in diabetes; a daunting challenge, for atherosclerosis in nondiabetic individuals is an extraordinarily complex process (7). The early events appear to involve macrophage adherence to endothelium, followed by macrophage migration to the subendothelial space. Here, macrophages may be transformed into foam cells.


Improved, yet cost-effective laser-based analog video transmitters are required for single mode fiber for video distribution to subscribers. Both Fabry-Perot and DFB lasers in the 1300 nm and 1550 nm regions are commercially available which facilitate transmission of both digital and analog video signals. Three representative system applications of such devices explored recently by Bellcore are described with emphasis on desirable laser characteristics and requirements which govern overall performance.


Under pressure to reduce costs by the more economic use of manpower and materials, the electric-motor-control-gear industry, like many others, has had to re-examine many of it fundamental assumptions


The invention discloses an intelligent carbon fiber composite-core lead comprising a core rod formed by continuously pulling and extruding a high-temperature-resistant carbon fiber composite material, wherein the periphery of the core rod is provided with an inner layer formed by stranding a plurality of inner-layer wires, the periphery of the inner layer is provided with an outer layer formed by stranding a plurality of outer-layer wires which are electroconductive core wires, and the inner-layer wires are composed of electroconductive core wires and optical fiber wires. According to the invention, the core rod is taken as a framework for supporting the electroconductive core wires and the optical fiber wires, surrounding the periphery of the core round, so that the intelligent carbon fiber composite-core lead can be applied to special climate and geography areas with long span, large fall, heavy ice area, high pollution and the like, and a power grid constituted by the lead is safe, environmentally-friendly and efficient; and a lead and information transmission function can be fulfilled so as to monitor the lead and power transmission equipment, capacity expansion reformation and new line construction are directly carried out on the basis of old lines and power station buses during installation, and the intelligent carbon fiber composite-core lead is proper in installation, convenient and rapid to popularize, and low in project amount and capital investment and can be used for realizing intelligentization.


In this paper, optimal parameters in hydrostatic supported worktable system with circular oil recess are calculated. The optimal model is established in which the objective is to make natural frequency deviate from speeds of the rotary work axis, and the design variables are recess number, initial oil film thickness and recess radius. As the design variable vector includes both discrete and continuous components, two-phase optimization strategy is developed. Furthermore Fibonacci method is applied to deal with the problem of discrete variable, and response surface methodology is used to form an explicit expression between the objective expression and continuous variables. Then the optimal model is solved by gradient projection method and simplex method. As a result, numerical calculation of dynamic optimization with hydrostatic worktable system with circular recess shows that two-strategy optimization algorithm is stable and effectively.


Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Somatoform Disorders in Primary Care. Somatoform symptoms (also referred to as "medically unexplained symptoms"), syndromes, and disorders are defined as bodily complaints that lack an adequate organic pathology. In DSM-IV and ICD-10, several subdiagnoses are described within the class of somatoform disorders. Moreover, they are often classified as socalled "functional disorders". Because of their often diffuse physical nature these complaints frequently occur in the primary care setting. About 75 % of the symptoms reported in primary


Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) is an important food species as well as a popular animal model for research. Yet, despite their importance, very little is known about their genome. Only allozyme markers have been used to determine the genetic variation of Japanese quail populations and the extent of the protein polymorphism seemed to be relatively low. The use of more variable DNA markers would provide a better understanding of the population structure of these birds. Recently, some scholars suggested that microsatellite markers could detect much higher variation in populations where the detectable allozyme variability is low. Microsatellite loci are often conserved among related species and successful crossspecies amplification using heterologous microsatellite primers have been shown in many closely related species of mammals and birds. Microsatellite markers have not been developed for the Japanese quail. The purpose of this study was to examine whether polymorphic microsatellite primers from chicken could amplify corresponding microsatellite loci in Japanese quail DNA templates. Forty-eight chicken microsatellite primer-pairs were tested on Japanese quail genomic DNA using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Post-PCR DNA fragments were first analyzed on 2% agarose gels and then on SpreadexTM gels. Amplification products were obtained from 28 chicken microsatellite primer-pairs (58.3%) after optimizing the PCR condition for each primer set. Of the 28 primer-pairs that gave PCR products, 12 (25.0%) generated specific products and 16 yielded non-specific amplification products. Specific amplification products from each of the 12 PCR primers were sequenced. Nine of these markers were polymorphic and 3 were monomorphic from 4


Utilizing the closing price of A shares in Shanghai and Shenzhen stock market from 2002to2012,we establish the dynamic weighted stock correlation networks from the perspective of complex network,and analyze the topology structures,resilience and its influencing factors.The empirical results demonstrate that the topology structures are highly linearly correlated.The higher the average price fluctuation correlation among the stocks,the smaller and highly clustered are the networks.The topology structures and market trends have strong relationships.The clustering coefficient and stock returns are positively correlated with resilience,and the node entropy and stock return volatility are negatively correlated with resilience.


A study of the physical development of rural students Nizhny Novgorod region using the technique of integrated assessment based on certain parameters of the morphofunctional status and adaptive capacity.


Decision making is vital and important activity in field operations research ,engineering ,administration science and economic science with any industrial or service company or organization because the core of management process as well as improve him performance . The research includes decision making process when the objective function is fraction function and solve models fraction programming by using some fraction programming methods and using goal programming method aid programming ( win QSB )and the results explain the effect use the goal programming method in decision making process when the objective function isfraction .


Clock pulse is always generated via crystal vibrator. But in some special conditions that clock pulse circuit is in malfunction, or clock frequency is not high enough, some ingenious implement ways of generating clock pulse in FPGA can solve the problem. In this paper, three methods of generating pulses in FPGA are put forward. The pulses generating are mainly based on short response time of the FPGA logic cells, so the frequency of the pulses is high. Analysis and experiments show that pulses can be generated via FPGA itself other than external clock circuit, and these implement ways of generating clock pulse in FPGA are feasible. Introduction Clock pulse is necessary to a digital system, and clock circuit can be regarded as the heart of a digital circuit, so every digital system has its clock circuit. However, in some special conditions, for example, the clock pulse circuit is in malfunction, or the clock frequency is not high enough. What can we do? Some ingenious way of generating inner clock pulses can solve this problem. Signal's state can be changed in FPGA. This state change can generate pulses. The speed of state change depends on the response time of FPGA device. The response time of FPGA logic unit is often very short, and its scale is always from fractions of a nanosecond to nanoseconds. Because FPGA device response time is very short, the frequency of the pulse can be very high. In FPGA, most logic functions can be implemented using Configurable Logic Blocks (CLBs) by means of programming. CLBs are fundamental programmable functional element of Xilinx Spartan family architecture. CLBs contain flexible Look-Up Tables (LUTs) that implement logic plus storage elements used as flip-flops or latches. CLBs perform a wide variety of logical functions as well as store data [1]. In this paper, some programs are designed to generate pulses based on FPGA. Generating High Frequency Pulses in FPGA The continuous change of FPGA signal state can be used to generate high frequency clock pulse. According to theory analyzing, the following three methods can generate vibrating pulses: gate circuit ring vibrator, twisting ring shift register, and counter. Generating Pulses Using Gate Circuit Ring Vibrator Principle of Gate Circuit Ring Vibrator As we know, a ring vibrator circuit can be made of odd number of NOT gates [2]. This circuit is usually used to measure response time of logic gate. The working principle of gate circuit ring vibrator is shown as Fig.1. Figure 1. Gate circuit ring vibrator.


This study aims to investigate: (1) differences in learning outcomes of students who were taught using a contextual approach into the learning outcomes of students taught using conventional approaches, (2) differences in student learning outcomes that have a high level of creativity with students who have low levels of creativity, (3) interaction or influence the learning approaches and creativity of the students on student learning outcomes, and (4) a relationship between the creativity of students with learning outcomes of students who were taught using a contextual approach. The study was conducted in SMA Negeri 1 Rantau Utara dart SMA Negeri 2 Rantau Utara. The method used in experiments with two classes of samples is determined by random sampling, consists of an experimental class taught by a contextual approach and the control class taught with conventional approaches. About 40 item of multiple choices questions were administered as achievement test, after they have been tested for validity, reliability, and discrimination index and difficulty level. Data were analyzed by using two ways ANOVA with SPSS 16.0. The results showed: (1) There are and these differences in learning outcomes between students taught with contextual approach of students taught with conventional approaches in SMA Rantau Utara Learning Year 2009/2010, the average score of student learning outcomes contextual approach 32.19 and students the conventional taught with approach 28.03, (2) There is a difference in student learning outcomes that have a high level, middle level, lower level of creativity, in SMA Rantau Utara Learning Year 2009/2010, the average learning outcomes of students with high level of creativity is 34.2; student with middle level of creativity is 30.35 and student with lower level of creativity 26.63; (3) There is no interaction or influence of the learning approaches and creativity of the students on student learning outcomes in SMA Rantau Utara Learning Year 2009/2010, the average students learning outcome of high level of creativity in contextual class was 36.32, those in middle level of creativity was 32.89, and those in lower creativity was 28.38 where as the average students learning outcome of high level of creativity in conventional class was 31.08 those in middle level of creativity was 28.08 and those in lower creativity 25.0; (4) There are positive and significant relationship between the creativity of students with learning outcomes of students taught with contextual approach in SMA Rantau Utara Learning Year 2009/2010 and the contribution of creativity into student learning outcomes was 47.7%.


Keywords: ENERGIE : planification ; REFRIGERATION ; ENERGIE RENOUVELABLE ; POMPE A CHALEUR Reference Record created on 2004-09-07, modified on 2016-08-08


The design of CAD tools for nanofabrics involves new challenges not encountered with conventional CMOS technology. In this paper, we describe the design of a prototyping CAD tool targeting design automation of applications on a wide range of nanofabrics. Our proposal is based on a variety of models that capture as well as isolate the differences between the fabrics. This tool supports the design flow from behavioral description to final layout. It integrates fault-tolerant techniques and fabric-related density transformations with more conventional design automation techniques. After an overview of common requirements, physical models, and associated techniques, a case study in the context of NASIC fabrics is used to illustrate some of the concepts.


The paper discusses the phases of development of a technology. The technology is a marketable product of science. It consists of hardware and software. Before developing a technology the gap must be clearly identified.This is no need to develop a technology, which cannot be sold. There are 3 components of technology transfer a) Know-how b) Skill and c)Hardware/machinery.
The relative contribution of these components in technology transfer has been discussed. Several impediments such as attitude, quality, funding, facilities, Marketing and legal issues are to be addressed in the transfer of technology.


Introduction: Anemia is a global public health problem and is a significant contributor to the global health
disease. It is more prevalent among low socioeconomic groups. Young children are more vulnerable to the
effects of anemia since it retards the physical and mental growth and development.
Material and Methods: Hospital based prospective cross sectional study was undertaken for a period of
3 months. 200 cases were included for the study with hemoglobin less than 12g% and age group ranging
from 6 months to 5 years.
Results: Maximum numbers of the patients were in the range of 6 months to 1 year. Proportions
of anemia in males was 58% when compared to females 42%. Microcytic hypochromic anemia was
the commonest type of anemia. Of 200 children with anemia studied, 102 children had Microcytic
Hypochromic Anemia, 41 children had Normocytic Normochromic Anemia, 38 children had Normocytic
Hypochromic Anemia,15 children had Dimorphic Anemia and 4 children had Macrocytic Anemia.
Conclusion: Study of patterns of anemia is essential to direct the investigation since it reflects the
underlying etiopathological factors. The Peripheral smear study with automated hemogram is beneficial
and sufficient for diagnosis and morphological sub typing of anemia for the Paediatric population.

Keywords: Anemia, Children, Dimorphic, Hypochromic, Microcytic.


Senior NHS managers called a crisis meeting last week to discuss the nationwide shortage of beds in accident and emergency departments. A hundred and sixty delegates attended the one day conference, which was arranged jointly by the British Association of Medical Managers and the National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts. John Watkinson, chief executive of the King's Mill Centre for Healthcare Services NHS Trust and conference chairman, spoke of the need for better liaison between general practitioners and hospital doctors. He said: "The problem manifests itself at the point of admission to hospital, but it cannot be solved by hospitals alone. It relies on hospitals working with the primary sector and the community and also on cooperation between purchasers and providers to balance supply and demand all year round." Inappropriate use of beds, difficulty in recruiting medical and nursing staff, and the growing numbers. of elderly people, are seen by'seniorNHS managers as major problems. Care in the community is also a contributory factor. Dr Ellie O'Sullivan, medical director of Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton Healthcare NHS Trust, spoke of the "siege mentality" created by the NHS internal market, which engendered competition and fragmentation among neighbouring trusts. The conference heard that specialised discharge wards, in conjunction with admissions wards, helped to ease blockages. Mr David Ferguson, medical director of Central Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust, said that admissions wards were an expansion valve and should not be seen as an excuse to cut beds in other wards. They should be staffed by specialists including consultants, who should discuss admissions with patients' general practitioners. Mr Ferguson said: "Discharge starts the moment you cross the threshold of a hospital. You don't wait until the point of. discharge before you realise that a patient can't go home because he needs a stair lift. We have to get our act together much earlier in the process and find out whether a patient whom we are admitting is going to need aftercare." Conference chairman John Watkinson said that the meeting had passed no binding resolutions. He predicted, however, that the conclusions reached would form the basis of many trusts' responses to the next executive letter to be issued on the matter by the health department.-OWEN DYER, freelance journalist, London Sperm counts up in New York


Abstract The approaches adopted by local farmers and official agencies to the question of reclamation of areas damaged by tin mining on the Jos Plateau, Nigeria are compared. Local farmers have been 'informally' using disturbed land for much of this century. The 'formal' (State) sector has only been operational since 1948, when regulations requiring mining companies to reinstate mined lands were introduced. Both sectors have sought to return disturbed land to productive agricultural use, although their strategies have varied. The effectiveness of the contrasting approaches adopted by the two sectors was assessed by means of participatory interviews, archival research and field and laboratory analysis of soil. As a result of the initial failure of the formal sector to create suitable soils for sustained agriculture in the short-term, a long-term strategy of first planting restored areas with exotic Eucalypts was adopted. Evidence is presented to demonstrate the failure of this strategy both in terms of income generation for the community and the intended enhancement of soil fertility. Conversely, the small farmers have created fertile soils by using a combination of traditional organic manures, modern inorganics and town refuse ash. With the current temporary cessation of reclamation activities, the opportunity should be taken for a reappraisal of the reclamation policies adopted by the formal sector. The 'level, in-fill and plant Eucalypt' strategy should be replaced with one more understanding of farmer approaches to soil amelioration and improvement and the conditions under which reclamation activities of farmers has flourished.


The SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) mission directly responds to the current lack of global observations of soil moisture and ocean salinity, which are needed to improve meteorological and climatic predictions. The mission will produce measurements of brightness temperature by using an innovative Microwave Image Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis at L-Band (MIRAS). The objective of this paper is to assess the possibility to have an operative long term monitoring of the instrument calibration in the SMOS ground segment, by observing large areas of the Earth surface characterized by a stable emissivity at L-band, with slight variations, when compared with the radiometric accuracy of MIRAS. To this aim, C band signatures collected by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) over the Brazilian rain forest and ERS-2 Scatterometer data over Antarctica have been analyzed, in order to select areas with the best spatial and temporal stability. Extrapolations to L-band have been obtained by using model simulations for the Amazon case and experimental data available in the literature for Antarctica. An operational procedure to monitor the selected areas has been defined to be implemented in the SMOS ground segment.


Teenage pregnancy is major problem in Thailand. The objective was to determine incidence, type of  delivery, obstetric and neonatal complications of teenage mothers in Kalasin hospital by conducting a retrospective descriptive study in 3,480 pregnancies delivered in Kalasin hospital during 1 st October 2008 to 30 th September 2009. There were 602 teenage pregnancies (17.29%), mean age 17.46 ± 1.82 years and most patient were nulliparous (83.1%). 76.7% of the cases had adequate antenatal care and 52.7% of them were housewife. 42.7% of the cases had secondary level of education. The most patients had no underlying disease (87.9%) but 10.8% of them had anemia. The most complication in antepartum was preterm labor pain (15.6%) whereas intrapartal complication was fetal distress (2.8%) and postpartal complication was hemorrhage (0.5%) due to uterine atony. The average gestational age at delivery was 37.61 ± 3.5 wks, but preterm deliveries were 15.7%. The most teenage pregnancies had normal deliveries (68.4%), and single lived birth (97.5%). 1.7% had abortion include criminal abortion in 30% of total abortion. The newborns' mean birth weight was 2841.5 ± 432.4 gram and 19.8% of the newborns were low birth weight. Keywords : Teenage pregnancy, complication, outcome


The present invention belongs to the field of optical interference detection, particularly to a reflection type diffraction carrier synchronization point shift detecting means for detecting method and its special interfere. A reflection-type phase shifting point diffraction interferometry carrier synchronization detecting means comprises a light source, collimated beam expander, a first polarizer, a quarter wave plate, a first lens, a non-polarizing beam splitter prism, a second polarizer, a first plane a mirror, a second plane mirror, the second lens, a polarization splitting prism, a first image sensor, a second image sensor. The present invention, both the bandwidth utilization CCD, CCD field of view of efficiency, real-time measurement, anti-interference and system complexity, the overall performance of the system has been improved; the present invention is of simple structure, low cost, without a grating, a polarizing plate special optical element group and the like; by introducing a microscope objective, which can be applied in microscopic measuring; present invention device does not need to change the optical path easy and flexible operation, high stability, low system complexity in operation.


From the concept of duplicity of appearing, basic principle of Michel Henry's radical phenomenology which represents both a continuity and rupture with Husserl's project, some points might be made for a philosophical anthropology. Such a phenomenology poses life as a primary phenomenon and, by defining it as self-affection, enunciates the necessity of recognizing in life the presence of an ipseity; in such a way that there is no life without a living being or a living being without life. Describing the features which define the conditions of such a living being is the aim of this phenomenological anthropology. Regarding the aforementioned duplicity, the living being –that is the human being– should be understood as radical passivity in relation to life and constitutive activity in relation to the world.


Abstract Voltage stability is one of the most important problems faced in power systems. Recently, a lot of studiousness has been paid to the subject of dynamic voltage stability. It is well known that induction motor loads have a particularly significant impact in the voltage stability. This paper investigates the effect of the increasing load on the bus, and studies the effect of Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS), whether Static Var Compensator (SVC) or Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) on dynamic voltage stability of a power system. The Critical fault Clearing Time [CFCT] of the system due to startup of induction motor, to prevent voltage instability has been analyzed. Comparative performance assessment for SVC and STATCOM has been examined. A Power System Analysis Toolbox (PSAT) using MATLAB Program is used to calculate voltages with Time and Critical Fault Clearing Time at each bus for IEEE 9 bus systems.


OBJECTIVE To study the individualized administration of clozapine.METHODS 60 patients with schizophrenic disorder were randomly trial or controlled group, with administration from calculation of repeated one-point method or fix dose 6 mg·kg -1 respectively. Therapeutic efficacy was measured by BPRS and the adverse event was rated by TESS. Steady serum level of clozapine and norclozapi ne were monitored at the end of 2, 4, 6, 8 week. RESULTS No significiant difference was found at the clozapine dose of trial and controll ed group (P 0.05 ), but significant difference was found at the dose of male trial and male controlled group (P 0.01 ). No difference was found in the decreased score of BPRS and the rate of recovery between trial and contro lled group(P 0.05 ). Difference was found in the increased score of TESS between trial and controlled group at the end of 2,4,6,8 week(P 0.05 ). No significant correlation was found between the score of BPRS and the serum cl ozapine and the sum of serum clozapine and norclozapine level(P 0.05 ),b ut was found in TESS (P 0.01 ).CONCLUSIONS Repeated one-point method was practicable in the individualized administration of clozapine.


Deep learning has recently become a key methodology for the study and interpretation of cancer histology images. The ability of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to automatically learn features from raw data without the need for pathologist expert knowledge, as well as the availability of annotated histopathology datasets, have contributed to a growing interest in deep learning applications to histopathology. In clinical practice for cancer, histopathological images have been commonly used for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. Recently, molecular subtype classification has gained significant attention for predicting standard chemotherapy's outcomes and creating personalized targeted cancer therapy. Genomic profiles, especially gene expression data, are mostly used for molecular subtyping. In this study, we developed a novel, PanCancer CNN model based on Google Inception V3 transfer learning to classify molecular subtypes using histopathological images. We used 22,484 Haemotoxylin and Eosin (H&E) slides from 32 cancer types provided by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) to train and evaluate the model. We showed that by employing deep learning, H&E slides can be used for classification of molecular subtypes of solid tumor samples with the high area under curves (AUCs) (micro-average= 0.90; macro-average=0.90). In cancer studies, combining histopathological images with genomic data has rarely been explored. We investigated the relationship between features extracted from H&E images and features extracted from gene expression profiles. We observed that the features from these two different modalities (H&E images and gene expression values) for molecular subtyping are highly correlated. We, therefore, developed an integrative deep learning model that combines histological images and gene expression profiles. We showed that the integrative model improves the overall performance of the molecular subtypes classification ((AUCs) micro-average= 0.99; macro-average=0.97). These results show that integrating H&E images and gene expression profiles can enhance accuracy of molecular subtype classification.


The West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey (WVGES) received a subcontract from the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology to conduct a geologic evaluation of critical production parameters for coalbed methane resources in the northern Appalachian coal basin. The study area is a northeast-southwest-trending ellipse that coincides with the axis of the Pittsburgh-Huntington Synclinorium in north central West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania. Coalbed gas resources there have been estimated to be 61 bcf in previous work funded by the Gas Research institute. Data used in that study were mainly core descriptions and drillers' logs from coal exploration cores. The current research will integrate data from the WVGES' coal, oil and gas, and ground water databases to more carefully determine the number and thicknesses of coals below the Pittsburgh, and their hydrologic setting. Main objectives are to determine: the number of coals present; the geographic and stratigraphic positions of the thickest coals; locations of depocenters with stacked coals; the pressure regime of the area and geologic factors contributing to it; ground-water circulation patterns; and the presence of any potentiometric anomalies. Local and regional stratigraphic and structural cross sections and lithofacies and coal occurrence maps will be made for the coal-bearing interval belowmore » the Pittsburgh coal to show the distribution, structural attitude, and depositional systems. Regional and local control of structural elements, including fractures, on gas producibility from coalbeds will be determined. Gas and water production data will be collected from two small areas of current production and mapped and compared to maps of geologic parameters. The goal is to measure the effect on production of geologic parameters in these coalbed gas fields, and determine the locations of other 'sweet spots' in these coal beds.« less


Based on FK5 and DE405 ephemeris, the paper analyzed the influence of relativity, precession, nutation and aberration on apparent position calculation of star. Astronomy vector treatment was employed. The automatic calculation of star apparent position was realized by program language VC(++). The calculation result of the model is more accurate than the calculation results of nautical almanac and other calculating program. 2 tabs, 2 figs, 7 refs.


The development of the poultry industry has been restricted by the intestinal diseases for a long time. The effect of antibiotic in treating intestinal diseases is significant,but finding a new way to replace antibiotic is imminent with the emergence of many problems,including drug abuse,antibiotic residues,decreased food quality and safety,and so on. Probiotics has become a research hotspot in recent years,and studies have shown that probiotics can promote the growth and development of animals,and adjust the balance of intestinal flora in animals and enhance the intestinal immune function in animals. Probiotics is expected to replace antibiotics and become a new way to prevent and treat the intestinal diseases in poultry. This author reviews the mechanism of action of probiotics and its application effect in the prevention and treatment of intestinal diseases in poultry,and discusses some problems that needed to be solved in the use of probiotics.


Gingival enlargements are diverse family of complex and distinct pathological entities that results from variety of etiology. Severe gingival enlargement is often disfiguring aesthetically and can interfere with speech, occlusion and mastication. This case report emphasizes the importance of comprehensive scaling and root planing, abstinence from smoking and surgical approach in management of plaque induced chronic generalized inflammatory gingival enlargement further leading to periodontitis.


OBJECTIVE
To develop a reliable, rapid assay for detecting pathogenic aspergillus species in fungal sinusitis.

METHODS
Thirty-seven formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded surgical tissue specimens from patients with fungal sinusitis were used in the present study. The aspergillus specific oligonucleotide probe was designed, commercially synthesized, and digoxigenin-labeled. Twenty-three-base oligonucleotides was selected that was complementary to 18S ribosomal RNA sequences (18S-1 probe) for detecting medically important aspergillus species.

RESULTS
In situ hybridization for aspergillus rRNA was positive in 28 cases with the 18S-1 probe. Compared with HE (21) and methenamine-silver stain (23).

CONCLUSION
In situ hybridization provides rapid and accurate identification for fungal organism in tissues, and may be useful if cultures are negative or have not performed.


Stainless steel alloys that are chemically complex, such as A-286 or JBK-75, are designed to improve such high-temperature properties as strength. This is accomplished by precipitating secondary phases during aging. Such multicomponent systems, however, can also produce undesirable phases that are detrimental to forgeability and final mechanical properties. Cast segregation and numerous nonmetallic inclusions can have a degrading influence on the toughness and ductility of the alloy. Several different heats of A-286 and JBK-75 were studied, and titanium carbide and/or molybdenum carbide ((Ti, Mo)C) plus titanium carbide and/or titanium carbonitride Ti(C,N)-type phases were qualitatively identified as the major nonmetallic constituent in these alloys. The common procedure for rating the microcleanliness of steels does not classify such carbide or carbonitride phases and thus does not provide an appropriate means of controlling in-process inspection. The results of this study are discussed in terms of alternative methods for evaluating the microcleanliness of superalloys.


In order to allow demand side management in the chlorine industry, we suggest seven modifications to the conventional chlor-alkali process. The modifications include the oversizing of electrolyzer ...


The structure of geographic appellative lyada on territory of Tambov region, presenting a row of changed meanings, logically comes from one another, to which Tambov toponyms and athroponyms ascend, is considered. It is stated that the appearance in Russian language the noun "dialings" in meaning of "collectors of Russian dialects" is made by V.G. Rudelyov, scientific works of whom have the special importance in solution of many questions, devoted to the study of Russian dialects.


A realistic quantum magnetic disk structure formed by a nanowire array is studied. The length fluctuation of the nanowires is described with Gaussian distributions. The magnetostatic interaction between two nanowires with different length and radius is derived. Based on that, we study the thermal stability of the nanowire array analytically and numerically by the damage spreading technique. The results show that when the magnetic cell's spacing reduces (the storage density increases) or the nanowire length increases, damage spreading becomes difficult and the system stability is enhanced. In addition, the long-range magnetostatic interaction and the shape anisotropy make the system more stable and the nanowire length fluctuation influence is comparatively small.


We have studied the thermal behavior of an ABA triblock copolymer having short, deuterated polystyrene end-blocks and a longer poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) middle block, the latter exhibiting a lower critical solution temperature. The collapse of the micelles was investigated using dynamic light scattering. Small-angle neutron scattering with contrast matching allowed us to quantify the core-shell structure of the micelles as well as their correlations as a function of temperature.


Objective To analyze the relationship between the expression of ALDH1A1 in breast cancer and the clinical factors.Methods The expression of ALDH1A1 was detected in 72 cases with breast cancer by immunohistochemical method.The relationship between ALDH1A1 expression and clinical characteristics including lymph node metastasis,tumor differentiation,TNM staging and overall survival time was analyzed.Results ALDH1A1 expressed in 21/37(56.8%) cases of breast cancer with lymph node metastasis and only in 8/35(22.9%) cases without.ALDH1A1 expression highly correlated with lymph node metastasis(P 0.01),but no significant relationship existed between ALDH1A1 expression and other clinical factors such as TNM stage,tumor differentiation and receptor status(P 0.05).Kaplan-Meier analysis showed higher value of overall survival time,disease free survival time,5-year survival rate and 5year disease free survival rate in the group with lower ALDH1A1 expression(P0.05).Both univariate and multivariate analyses showed that ALDH1A1 expression,lymph node metastasis and TNM stage were independent prognostic factors of the patients with breast cancer(P0.05).The higher expression of ALDH1A1 indicates a poorer prognosis.Conclusions ALDH1A1 might be a potential biomarker for lymph node metastasis and poorer clinical outcome in breast cancer.


Predicting the output of quantum circuits is a hard computational task that plays a pivotal role in the development of universal quantum computers. Here we investigate the supervised learning of output expectation values of random quantum circuits. Deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are trained to predict single-qubit and two-qubit expectation values using databases of classically simulated circuits. These circuits are built using either a universal gate set or a continuous set of rotations plus an entangling gate, and they are represented via properly designed encodings of these gates. The prediction accuracy for previously unseen circuits is analyzed, also making comparisons with small-scale quantum computers available from the free IBM Quantum program. The CNNs often outperform these quantum devices, depending on the circuit depth, on the network depth, and on the training set size. Notably, our CNNs are designed to be scalable. This allows us exploiting transfer learning and performing extrapolations to circuits larger than those included in the training set. These CNNs also demonstrate remarkable resilience against noise, namely, they remain accurate even when trained on (simulated) expectation values averaged over very few measurements.


A detailed understanding of the interface between nuclear dynamics and electronic structure is crucial for describing excited state dynamics in photoexcited systems, a key aspect of modelling the efficiency of photovoltaic devices, among other applications. There has been a proliferation of techniques for approaching the problem of electronic-nuclear interactions from the perspective of both electronic structure and nuclear dynamics; the work presented here focuses on the electronic part of the equation. Methods are developed for alternative electronic representations, called diabatic representations, that anticipate the effects of nuclear momentum and attempt to minimize them. Diabatic representations can also be used to describe the electronic states involved in charge transfer or energy transfer processes, providing couplings necessary for approximating rates using Marcus theory. In addition, analytic techniques are developed that measure the impact of nuclear motion on electronic states, which can be used in the context of a dynamics simulation to approximate rates of energy transfer, charge transfer, or other types of internal conversion in chemical systems for which Marcus theory is insufficient. These methods are then used to couplings and rates for triplet-triplet energy transfer and singlet fission systems. Degree Type Dissertation Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Graduate Group Chemistry First Advisor Joseph E. Subotnik


It is possible to distinguish three groups of writers on African folklore: first, amateurs, like missionaries, government officials, and African traditiophiles; second, non-African professional scholars, mainly anthropologists and linguists, and, third, their African colleagues. The main difference between these last two groups is that the Africans automatically have the inside view of their culture. They know the answers even before posing the research questions. At the same time, like their fellow anthropologists and linguists, they are equipped with the analytical concepts and methods which enable them to discuss and present this knowledge in a systematic form. Their works are potential eye-openers as far as the function, usage, and meaning of African folklore are concerned. Disciplines African History | African Languages and Societies | Cultural History | Folklore | Near and Middle Eastern Studies | Oral History This review is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/nelc_papers/68 Mbiti, John S., Akamba Stories (Book Review) Ben-Amos, Dan Fabula; Jan 1, 1969; 10, 1; ProQuest pg. 256


The invention discloses a method and a system for page frame content subscription. The method includes that a client designates page frame contents needing subscription in a target webpage, informs a subscription server to distinguish webpage structure of the page frame contents, and records; the client commits update search requests to the subscription server, triggers the subscription server to monitor the webpage structure of the page frame contents subscripted in the target webpage, and compares the webpage structure with the recorded webpage structure to judge whether changes occur to distinguish changes of the subscripted page frame contents; the client receives remind information, fed back through the subscription server, of the fact that the page frame contents change, and prompts; and the client provides query interfaces, and extracts and / or modifies the changed page frame contents saved as history records due to the fact that the query interfaces are accessed into the subscription server. According to the method and the system, the changes of the webpage structure can be detected, whether update information exists can also be initiatively consulted, browser plug-ins can be utilized when a browser is connected, and push notifications can be directly ejected.


The effects of prostaglandin F, (PGF 2 ) administration on the utilization of low density lip~rotein ~LDL) and progesterone secretion were examined in dispersed luteal cells from rat ovaries. Immature rats were rendered pseudopregnant with administration of pregnant mare serum gonadotropin and human chorionic gonadotropin. Animals were sacrificed at different times after PGF2_ (5 mg/kg) or vehicle administration on day-5 of pseudopregnancy. ~dministration of PGFginvivo decreased human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) binding to lut~l cell membranes in vitro but enhanced binding of LDL. Utilization of label~ed c~-61e~ol for steroid synthesis from reconstituted LDL [( H)-CL-LDL] by dispersed luteal cells was enhanced following PGF~ administration. This suggests that the LDL pathway is not suppressed during prostaglandin induced luteolysis. P~ogesterone and total progestin secretion in response to N -2'-0-Dibutyryladenosine 3'5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) was decreased at 2,4 and 24 hours following PGFg~ administration demonstrating a post-cAMP defect in steroid~enesis. Addition of the hydroxylated sterols, 20 or 25-OH cholesterol as substrate stimulated progesterone secretion in vehicle treated rats in a dose dependent fashion with 20-OH cholesterol being more potent. Progesterone secretion in response to stimulation with luteinizing hormone (LH) and cAMP from vehicle treated rats was less than that observed with 20 or 25-0H cholesterol, indicating that endogenous substrate may be a limiting factor in steroid synthesis. The maximal capacity of luteal tissue to produce progestins following PGF, administration was determined with 20-OH cholesterol as the subs~ate. The results suggest that the post-cAMP defect at 4 hours following PGF2~ administration may be due to failure of the cells to mobill~e endogenous cholesterol. However at 24 hours following PGF, administration the decreased ability of luteal cells to co~ert cholesterol to pregnenolone may contribute to decreased progesterone synthesis.


Heavy vehicle truck transmission gearbox housing is subjected to load fluctuations, harmonic excitation, gear meshing excitation, gear defects, varying speed and torque conditions. Transmission errors and internal excitations are the root cause of vibration and noise. The main objective of this research work is weight calculation and modal analysis of gearbox housing. For weight calculation four different materials have been selected, apart from weight calculation the material mechanical properties influence on natural frequency and mode shape of transmission gearbox housing was also simulated using modal analysis. Grey cast iron FG260, Grey cast iron HT200, structural steel and Al alloys are the four materials used for the weight calculation process. Zero displacement constraint based boundary condition was applied for simulation. FEA based numerical simulation method was used to find the natural frequency, mode shapes and weight calculation of housing. The FEA simulation results show that the natural frequency of all materials varies (16694655) Hz. In weight calculation the weight of Al alloys housing is minimum (21.102 kg).The housing weight of Grey cast iron HT200 and FG260 is same, 54.85 kg. The density of structural steel is high, which increases the weight of housing as 59.80 kg. The modal analysis results show the lateral vibration, axial bending vibration, torsional vibration, and axial bending with torsional vibration. The vibration signature patterns for first twenty modes were studied for four different materials. Solid Edge and Pro-E software have good feature suited for complex geometric modeling. FEA based software Ansys 14.5 is used for modal analysis. The result of this research work has been verified with experimental result available in literature.


Spray drying is an essential unit operation for the manufacture of many products with specific powder properties. During spray drying, agglomerates of dry particles are formed, which determine the Instant properties of the powder. Agglomeration is a complex process which is difficult to control. In 2001 an EC-sponsored project started, coordinated by NIZO food research, entitled EDECAD (Efficient DEsign and Control of Agglomeration in spray Drying machines, www.edecad.com). The aim of the project was to develop an industrially validated CFD model which establishes the relations between process parameters, the degree of agglomeration and the final powder properties. Experiments on both pilot-plant and industrial scale dryers were carried out to produce validation data for the model. In this paper the results of test calculations are shown and compared to experimental results. The calculated agglomerate sizes are similar to the experimentally observed sizes.


(57) Abstract: condenser is disposed on the surface of the substrate (1). The first capacitor electrode, and an intermediate portion (M) and lateral (ST), extending substantially vertically, are arranged next to each other, the upper portion disposed thereon (O), respectively bound to have. Middle part (M) is longer than the side portion (ST), it is bonded to the other components of the arranged circuit structure thereunder. The first capacitor electrode is accompanied capacitor dielectrics to (KD). Second capacitor electrode (P) is in contact with the capacitor dielectric and (KD) bordering.


To investigate the energy absorption characteristics and crush behavior of layered aluminum honeycomb, the experiments of layered aluminum honeycomb structure under quasi-static load had been carried out, mainly includes single, double, triple, four layer combinations. The results showed that: the peak force and the mean plateau force of single-layer aluminum honeycomb structure are proportional to the surface density, however they decline slightly with increase of the height; unequal height double layered aluminum honeycomb structure has more advantage in cushion performance; with the increase of layers, the MP ratio will decrease; the combination of placing soft layer between hard layers is better than the others.


Based on an old reinforced concrete arch bridge, which has been in-service for about 40 years, a scaled one-span bridge model was fabricated with organic-glasses. Notches were made on the arch ribs to simulate the damage. Dynamic experiments were conducted on the undamaged and damaged models. Dynamic properties of the arch bridge were obtained. Wavelet packet analysis was utilized to identify the damage state of the arch bridge. It is discovered that the wavelet packet component energy is sensitive to the abnormal state of the arch structure. It can also be drawn that the wavelet component energy can be used as a damage index for the damage diagnosis of arch bridge.


Volterra Integro-Differential Equations-Marko Kostic 2015-05-06 The theory of linear Volterra integro-differential equations has been developing rapidly in the last three decades. This book provides an easy to read concise introduction to the theory of ill-posed abstract Volterra integro-differential equations. A major part of the research is devoted to the study of various types of abstract (multi-term) fractional differential equations with Caputo fractional derivatives, primarily from their invaluable importance in modeling of various phenomena appearing in physics, chemistry, engineering, biology and many other sciences. The book also contributes to the theories of abstract first and second order differential equations, as well as to the theories of higher order abstract differential equations and incomplete abstract Cauchy problems, which can be viewed as parts of the theory of abstract Volterra integro-differential equations only in its broad sense. The operators examined in our analyses need not be densely defined and may


A steganalytic algorithm was proposed based on color complexity of sub-blocks in images to effectively detect stego-images using graphics interchange format(GIF) images as covers.An image can be divided into many sub-blocks.Color complexity was defined as the sum of differences(sum of distances) between the index of one pixel and those of other pixels.The sum of distances can be distinguished into positive and negative ones according to the sign of two indexes' difference.The two kinds of vectors can be classified as primary and secondary ones considering the characters of sub-blocks.Histograms were utilized to compute the statistical states of the quantities,and matrixes were used to count the co-occurring times of two quantities in two adjacent sub-blocks respectively.A 28-dimensional feature vector was obtained through calculating the center of mass(COM) of histogram character function(HCF) from the statistics of an image.A steganalytic method was constructed based on the feature vector and support vector machine.Experimental results show that the presented algorithm outperforms the traditional methods for GIF stegos using many steganographic techniques.


This paper presents uncented Kalman filter technique for identification of non linear dynamic systems. A novel unscented Kalman filter (UKF) has been proposed that has the advantage over EKF since it does not use linearization for state prediction and covariance's and costly calculations of derivatives. This leads to an accurate computation of Kalman gain and error covariance matrices which ultimately leads to an accurate identification of the system. The approach is shown to exhibit robustness characteristics and fast convergence property. A simulation example dealing with applications of the proposed algorithm is given.


Simple Summary Studies addressing the economic costs and burden of secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML) are scarce in the literature. We analyzed this topic in a real-life population of sAML patients between 60–75 years receiving intensive chemotherapy induction. In elderly patients with sAML and intensive regimens, it entails an increase in costs and a longer hospital stay. In these specific patients, almost a third of the time is spent hospitalized after the diagnosis of sAML. There are no studies with this type of population and diagnosis, which gives added value to the results obtained. Pharmacoeconomic studies in patients with AML are being carried out due to the need to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of new oral drugs, therapeutic schemes with higher costs than previous treatments. Abstract Background: Information regarding the impact on healthcare systems of secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML) is scarce. Methods: A retrospective review of medical charts identified patients aged 60–75 years with sAML between 2010 and 2019. Patient information was collected from diagnosis to death or last follow-up. Outpatient resource use, reimbursement, frequency and duration of hospitalization, and transfusion burden were assessed. Forty-six patients with a median age of 64 years were included. Anthracycline plus cytarabine regimens were the most common induction treatment (39 patients, 85%). The ratio of the total days hospitalized between the total follow-up was 29%, with a sum of 204 hospitalizations (average four/patient; average duration 21 days). The total average reimbursement was EUR 90,008 per patient, with the majority (EUR 77,827) related to hospital admissions (EUR 17,403/hospitalization). Most hospitalizations (163, mean 22 days) occurred in the period before the first allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (alloHSCT), costing EUR 59,698 per patient and EUR 15,857 per hospitalization. The period after alloHSCT (in only 10 patients) had 41 hospitalizations (mean 21 days), and a mean reimbursement cost of EUR 99,542 per patient and EUR 24,278 per hospitalization. In conclusion, there is a high consumption of economic and healthcare resources in elderly patients with sAML receiving active treatments in Spain.


This study analyses the effect of household income and socioeconomic composition on household expenditure on beer. Tobit models are used in order to capture the response on the magnitude of beer purchases as well as the behavior of non-purchasing households. The results indicate, without regard to income segment, that household income and education of the household manager determine beer consumption and have a greater effect on potential consumers.


More information is available today than ever before, yet at times consumers choose to avoid it. Even with useful information (I should find out), people may prefer ignorance (But I don't want to). Seven studies ( N ¼ 4,271) and five supple- mental studies ( N ¼ 3,013) apply the concept of "cover" to information avoidance for consumer choices with real financial consequences. More consumers avoid in- formation with cover—that is, when they can attribute their decision to another feature of a product or decision context rather than to information they want to avoid. Cover increases avoidance when consumers face intrapersonal conflict—when consumers want to avoid information that they believe they should receive (e.g., calorie information). As such, the effect of cover is reduced by decreasing want– should conflict, whether by reducing the should preference to receive information or the want preference to avoid it. Furthermore, cover increases avoidance by helping consumers justify a decision to themselves: avoidance increases only when people can attribute their decision to a relevant (vs. irrelevant) product feature and operates in public and private settings. Together, this research offers the- oretical insights into consumers' information avoidance and how cover itself operates, with practical implications for marketers.


Whole measurement chain of a Phasor Measurement Unit was simulated and uncertainty of Total Vector Error (TVE) has been calculated using Monte Carlo Method. The results showed the most important uncertainty contributions and behaviour of the probability distribution function of the output uncertainty. Asymmetrical uncertainties of TVE have to be calculated to obtain proper values.


Group travel is a common feature of all tourism markets and can vary from the familiar peer group/common purpose associations of the football and cricket followers to the non-familiar co-operative travel group of the under 35 year olds bus adventures throughout Europe. This study investigates the nature of social group travel in alpine tourism. It specifically examines the phenomena of the "group facilitator"; the person within the group who takes a major role in the travel decisions and organisation on rehalf of all the other members in the travel party. The specific activities of this "group facilitator" and the role of opinion leadership, information search, organisation process, previous experience, relationship ties between the group members are examined. The 'facilitator' also influences other individuals' decision to participate who delegate selection of destination to this person as well. The 'facilitator' has many of the characteristics of an opinion leader and was recognised by group participants as a major source of information about the destination. The findings of the study have important implications for tourism marketers as they highlight an opportunity to reach many potential travellers by directly targeting one key influencer and decision maker.


(a) The radiation models have been made available by CPPM (Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille) through the CERN RD53 collaboration.  43 times less variation Table 4: Propagation delay asymmetry due to power supply variations Table 3: Propagation delay asymmetry due to temperature variations Table 2: Propagation delay asymmetry due to process corners Trise / Tfall 100 ps Crossing voltage 580 mV Propagation delay 10.3 ns Propagation delay asymmetry -1.5 ps σRMS 400 fs Power 500 μW Introduction


Metal/polymer interfaces play an important role in polymeric light‐emitting diodes. Recent transport measurement studies by Parker promote a rigid band model with triangular barrier tunneling at the metal/polymer interface. This finding, however, stands in contradiction to the band bending and Schottky barrier formation observed using surface analytical techniques. We found that this apparent contradiction can be nicely reconciled if a modification of the tunneling model by band bending is included in the interpretation of the transport data. Band bending modified tunneling gives a clear physical picture of the tunneling process across the metal/polymer interface and is important for low field tunneling processes.


Building Smart City management concepts is based on the implementation and use of advanced technologies. The primary impulse for writing the article was the ambition to identify the current advanced technologies of Smart City management. The aim of the article is to propose a general model for the implementation of advanced technologies for Smart City management, based on the knowledge gained from the analysis of literature and case studies. In order to fulfill the set goal, it is necessary to obtain answers to two research questions. The findings were obtained through a secondary analysis of the literature, i.e., relevant articles from the scientific databases Web of Science and Scopus analysis of case studies of the best Smart Cities practices. According to the Smart City Index 2020 and IESE Cities in Motion, the leaders among the Smart Cities are Singapore and London, followed by Helsinki. In addition to the analyses, the article also uses methods of summarization, comparison, creativity, logic, induction and deduction. Smart Cities use 12 identified advanced technologies in their practice. Strategic management in Singapore, London and Helsinki adapts technology to the needs and requirements of its citizens, thus connecting the technological aspect with the managerial and social aspects. The contributions of the work include results for fellow researchers and a model for strategic management of new Smart Cities. The results of the article provide fellow researchers with the findings of a secondary analysis of relevant articles, from which they can draw when writing their own publications without the need for time-consuming search of the articles about this topic in databases. The general model of implementation of advanced technologies serves as a basis for strategic management of new Smart Cities that want to implement a technological base and at the same time do not want to forget the managerial and social aspects. Testing the model in practice with a new Slovak Smart City is part of future research activities.


An integrated photodiode displacement readout scheme for a microelectromechanical cantilever waveguide resonator sensing platform is presented. III-V semiconductors are used to enable the monolithic integration of passive waveguides with active optical components. This work builds upon previously demonstrated results by measuring the displacement of cantilever waveguide resonators with on-chip waveguide PIN photodiodes. The on-chip integration of the readout provides an additional 70% improvement in mass sensitivity compared to off-chip photodetector designs due to measurement stability and minimized coupling loss. In addition to increased measurement stability, reduced packaging complexity is achieved due to the simplicity of the readout design. We have fabricated cantilever waveguides with integrated photodetectors and experimentally characterized these cantilever sensors with monolithically integrated PIN photodiodes.


We study the effects of sample variance in N-body simulations as a function of the size of the simulation box, namely in connection with predictions on tomographic shear spectra. We make use of a set of eight ΛCDM simulations in boxes of 128, 256, and 512 h − 1 Mpc ?> a side, for a total of 24, differing just by the initial seeds. Among the simulations with 128 and 512 h − 1 Mpc ?> a side, we suitably select those closest and farthest from average. Numerical and linear spectra P ( k , z ) ?> are suitably connected at low k to evaluate the effects of sample variance on shear spectra C ij ( ℓ ) ?> for 5 or 10 tomographic bands. We find that shear spectra obtained by using 128 h − 1 Mpc ?> simulations can vary up to ∼ 25 % ?> , just because of the seed. The sample variance lowers to ∼ 3.3 % ?> when using 512 h − 1 ?> Mpc. These percentages could however slightly vary if other sets of the same number of realizations were considered. Accordingly, in order to match the ∼ 1 % ?> precision expected for the data, if still using eight boxes, we require a size of ∼ 1300 ?> – 1700 h − 1 Mpc ?> for them.


A class of models is developed for measuring and detecting discrete change in learning and development. The basic model for detecting such change is the latent or hidden Markov model. Traditionally, these models were restricted to categorical, mostly binary, observed variables, placing severe restrictions on possible measurement models. In this paper, the basic model is extended to include various distributions for the observed variables, including mixed multi-variate distributions. Moreover, there is an option to include time-varying predictors on the observed distributions. In effect, this model consists of mixtures of generalized linear models with Markovian dependencies over time to model the change process. In addition, the transition parameters can be estimated with covariates, such that the switching regime between states depends on characteristics of the individual or the experimental situation. The model is illustrated with examples of participants' learning in the Iowa Gambling Task and in the Weather Prediction Task.


BACKGROUND
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) containing apolipoprotein A-I is associated with the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). HDL particle size is modified in the presence of pathological conditions, while the significance of the HDL particle size remains controversial.

OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to investigate the HDL lipoprotein subclasses in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and AD.

METHODS
This cross-sectional study included 20 AD patients, 17 MCI patients, and 17 age-matched controls without cognitive impairment, selected from the database of the Study of Outcome and aPolipoproteins in Dementia (STOP-Dementia) registry. The diagnoses of AD and MCI were performed by expert neurologists according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition criteria. Serum HDL subclasses were measured by electrophoretic separation of lipoproteins using the Lipoprint System. The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), a marker of inflammation, was calculated by dividing the neutrophil count by the lymphocyte count.

RESULTS
Small-sized HDL particle levels in the MCI group were significantly higher than in the control group, although there was no difference in serum HDL-cholesterol levels between MCI and control groups. NLR in the MCI group was higher than in the control group, but this difference was non-significant (p = 0.09). There was no difference in HDL subclasses or NLR between the AD and control groups.

CONCLUSION
These findings suggest that HDL subclasses might be associated with the development of MCI.


The use of certain selected strains of fungi to reduce the wastewater strength from steam-peeled potato effluent and the recovery of the biomass produced by the fungal mycelium was studied. The fungus Neurospora sitophila NRRL 2884 was found to be effective in reducing the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) of the potato effluent, inducing 69 and 90% reduction of the original COD value after 24 and 48 h of fermentation, respectively. The fungal biomass produced from the wastewater was 1.30 and 1.65 g/1 (dry wt.) of mycelium, respectively, and contained a crude protein content of 39%.


BACKGROUND: Due to active involvement of fetal system in regulation of amniotic fluid volume, AFI has been identified as indicator of intrauterine fetal status. USG has revolutionized the process of assessment of amniotic fluid thus becoming an integral part of fetal surveillance. Polyhydramnios is an obstetrical condition associated with significant perinatal and maternal morbidity and mortality. In a low resource health facility as India with poor coverage of antenatal care and malnutrition it still becomes more important to screen pregnancies for such high risk factors. AIMS: 1. To study incidence of polyhydramnios. 2. To identify major etiological factors of polyhydramnios. 3. To study perinatal outcome. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: A hospital based cross section study for duration from 1 st May 2009 to 31 st October 2010. MATERIAL & METHOD: All the cases identified as polyhydramnios according to AFI in four pocket were included in the study. The cases identified as having polyhydramnios but not delivered at the facility were excluded. OBSERVATION: Incidence of polyhydramnios is 0.72% of the total antenatal cases, multiparous ie, 52% more than primiparous cases. Majority were unbooked (77.3%) 63% were from rural set up. 76% belonged to low socio economic status. Majority 66% of the cases had their 1 st antenatal visit at term. Increased incidence of operative delivery was seen in the study. Associated maternal factors found with polyhydramnios were gestation hypertension (8.4%), preeclampsia (2.9%), eclampsia (2.9%), anaemia (11%), twins (8.4%), malpresentation (5%), RH negative factor (3.7%), and diabetes (1.9%). Fetal complication include prematurity 21.6%, IUFT 20.7%, congenital malformation 21.6%, cord prolapse 3.7%, birth asphyxia 1.9%. Most common congenital anomaly was anencephaly i.e., 11%. CONCLUSION: The study gives us the understanding of the impact of polyhydramnios on the maternal and fetal outcome. Our study demonstrates that careful fetal examination has to be performed when polyhydramnios is diagnosed as congenital malformations are often associated with this condition. These anomalies if detected early timely termination of pregnancy can be done hence less physical and psychological trauma to mother. Also antenatal visits play important role in early diagnosis of high risk pregnancy like polyhydramnios.


The indoor ranging signal recovery requires not only the high detection probability but also the excellent detection accuracy, which is related to the matched filter output SINR, especially for radio signal based location and positioning systems, where little deviation of time delay will yield radical error of position estimation. Furthermore, the ranging signals in multi-measurment channels demands the so-called sparse condition [1] for uniquely determining the results. Because the corresponding recovery matrix in terms of time-code frame is a wide matrix, which can not be orthogonalized between all columns any more. So far, many related recovery algorithms haven been developed, like optimization based l1-norm minimization and greedy approaches based OMP, ROMP and CoSaMP [2]. However, these algorithms are either not real-time enough or short of uniform performance in different scenarios. In this paper we will first introduce the novel ranging signals for higher time delay estimation, then develop the corresponding detection algorithm namely Regularized Compressive Sampling Mathing Pursuit (RCoSaMP), which outperforms the most conventional detection approaches.


This paper considers the visual smoothness of interpolating curves. It will examine skinning algorithms in detail. Especially the 2D ball skinning algorithms will be covered. Slabaugh introduced an energy function [1] and Kunkli defined a process to find the touching points [2] and made an elegant skinning method with Homann based on classical geometry [3]. I will try to give a simple metric for visual smoothness based on the number of direction change of the yielded interpolation curve. Minimizing this metric will give the best visual result.


In recent years, a large amount of molecular organic and/or organometallic compounds have received considerable attention, due to the speculation that such assemblies would be well suited for use in a variety of applications, including, for example, information storage devices. The control and manipulation of the interactions between the components of such systems are therefore of great practical importance but present considerable conceptual challenges. These challenges can be met by combining experimental studies with theoretical calculations. We have ourselves analyzed and compared the electronic and geometrical structures of a large variety of molecular systems in which different carbon-containing units span several transition metal groups with the aid of density functional theory (DFT) tools.1-4Specific examples based on recently synthesized molecules (Scheme 1) will be discussed to show how the DFT machinery can be used in synergy with experiments to calculate molecular structures, energies, as well as a wide variety of properties including mixed-valence, magnetism and UV-Vis absorption of these molecular materials.


On the condition of the continuous development of auto industry, the motor vehicle drivers test system with the update of global satellite positioning technology becomes the intelligence computer automatic evaluation from the traditional artificial judgment. For driving test system, high precision of position information is necessary. Based on the application of real time kinematic technology and equipment, Huazhong designs the driving test system that meets the requirement of the intelligent positioning evaluation. This system realizes the automatic monitoring in the whole process of the driving test, reduces the misjudgment rate and embodies the principle of fairness and justice.


Spaceborne P-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is affected by scintillation effect, which has a strong impact on the imaging quality and relevant applications. Faraday rotation (FR) based correction method is proposed in former research, while the accuracy of this method is not analysed from the point of view of polarimetric errors (including cross-talk and channel imbalance) and system noise. The accuracy for ionospheric scintillation correction with estimating Faraday rotation in spaceborne P-band SAR is quantitatively analysed with ALOS-PALSAR data in this paper. Meanwhile, thresholds of polarimetric errors and system noise are proposed so as to guarantee the correction accuracy.


We perform a series of five strategic analyses of Japanese Megabanks. This paper is the fourth analysis in the series, where we analyse the financial service industry dynamics to assess how Japanese Megabanks and RUFG should best position themselves to exploit opportunities, protect against threats and maximize corporate value.

Michael E. Porter proposes a five forces industry structure is well-suited to assess the attractiveness of important markets and industries. We perform an industry analysis for financial services, suggest what RUS should do as a result of this analysis and comment on the value and limitations of the analysis for RUS.


: Age estimation plays an important role in multiple areas, such as oral clinical medicine and forensic medicine. Teeth development is less influenced by external factors than bone maturity, so the age estimation method based on Radiography to determine the stage of tooth development is widely used. This article reviews several methods for estimating age based on radiographic of teeth development, such as Demirjian method, Nolla method, Willems method, Chaillet method


Coupled propagation of elastic and electromagnetic waves in a piezoelectric / piezomagnetic layered periodic structure with magneto-electro-elastic interlayer is studied using the transfer matrix method. We find that magneto-electro-elastic interlayer can change the elastic wave band gap, electromagnetic wave phase velocity and phonon-polariton band gap position in piezoelectric / piezomagnetic composite structure.


Rural tourism is rapidly began to develop after World War II, primarily in
Western Europe, and then realizing the benefits of practicing, in Eastern
Europe and North America. Today, the rural tourism has become a global
trend. The character, intensity and dynamics of the development of rural
tourism are conditioned by: natural geographical characteristics of the area,
anthropogenic heritage, degree of socio - economic development, level of
awareness of the local population about the advantages of dealing with rural
tourism, etc. Rural areas are today burdened with numerous problems
(accelerated aging of the rural population, population migration to urban
urban centers, decline in macroeconomic indicators, etc.). Problems are
present in all rural areas of Serbia. Bearing in mind that precisely the majority
of the territory of Serbia consists of rural areas (85%) and that they have
43.6% of the population (Census 2011), it is justified to address the urgent
problems in these orders. Tourism has a synergic character, since it enables
the connection of a large number of commercial and non-commercial
activities. It allows the creation of a large number of different tourism products
and thus leaves positive multiplier effects on the local environment reflected in
employment growth, macroeconomic indicators, stopping negative
demographic trends, etc. The paper analyzes the impact of rural tourism on
rural areas. It points to the scope and dynamics of the current development
and points to the trends of future development.