Medical management of lower urinary tract symptoms. Medical management of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and benign prostatic enlargement (BPE) primary consists of α-blockers and 5 α-reductase inhibitors (5ARI). In addition plant extracts and antimuscarinics alone or in combination with α-blockers are in clinical use. α-blockers are characterized by a rapid onset of symptomatic improvement. All α-blockers reveal a similar clinical efficacy, quantitative differences, however, are known regarding side effects and tolerability. 5ARI are characterized by a delayed onset of clinical effect and indicated in men with BPE (> 30 ml). Prostate volume is reduced by 20–30 % and the long-term risks for acute urinary retention and prostate surgery are reduced by 50 % compared to placebo. These effects are not demonstrable for α-blockers. Combination therapy (α-blocker plus 5ARI) is superior to either monotherapy. Because of additive side effects this combination should only be given to symptomatic patients with a high risk of disease progression. The role of plant extracts is still a matter of controverse discussion. Antimuscarinics in combination with α-blockers are an option for men with predominantly storage symptoms without relevant obstruction, although further long-term studies elaborating this approach are warranted. J Urol Urogynakol 2009; 16 (2): 14–8.


We wish to constrain the main physical properties of the photodissociation region (PDR) IC 63. We present the results of a survey for the lowest pure-rotational lines of H_2 with the Short Wavelength Spectrometer and for the major fine-structure cooling lines of O i at 63 and 145 μm and C ii at 157.7 μm with the Long Wavelength Spectrometer on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) in the high-density PDR IC 63. The observations are compared with available photochemical models based on optical absorption and/or millimetre emission line data with and without enhanced H_2 formation rate on grain surfaces. The cloud density n_H is constrained by the fine-structure lines. The models include both collisional excitation and ultraviolet (UV) pumping of the H_2 ro-vibrational levels. Molecular pure-rotational lines up to S(5) are detected. The inferred column density of warm H_2 at 106 ± 11 K is (5.9 ± 1.8)^(+0.9)_(−0.7) × 10^(21) cm^(−2), while that of the hot component at 685 ± 68 K is (1.2 ± 0.4) × 10^(19) cm^(−2). Fine-structure lines are also detected in the far-infrared spectrum of IC 63. The fine-structure lines constrain the density of the PDR to be (1–5) × 10^3 cm^(−3). The impinging UV field on the PDR is enhanced by a factor of 10^3 compared to the mean interstellar field and is consistent with direct measurements in the UV. PDR models that include an enhanced H2 formation at high dust temperature give higher H_2 intensities than models without enhancement. However, the predicted intensities are still lower than the observed intensities.


Indian apparel market is at the infant stage where extensive changes are to be evident, due to mass urbanization and shift of population from rural to urban areas we can see rapid growth which has spawned a new class of consumers with more money to spend, and mainly a growing passion for fashion. In this new opportunistic market like India there is a high scope for apparel retailing, wherein there is significant growth opportunity for both foreign and domestic players. This research studies the industry in detail from both business point of view and customer's perspective. This research attempts to understand sales promotion practices presently implemented by organized apparel retailers, the way they evaluate these strategies and the challenges ahead. The research was divided into two parts, i.e. one from the business point of view and the other from customers' viewpoint. Hence the sample for customers consists of 200 respondents and sample of 5 multi-brand apparel retailers in Bangalore south. Primary data was collected through a structured questionnaire for customers and an interview session with the store manager of the apparel retailer on the basis of a draft questionnaire. Secondary data was collected from research reports, databases, journals, articles, previous projects etc. SPSS 17.0 and excel was used to compute the data statistically. The results of the study will help the apparel retailers plan their sales promotion strategies to reach their customers and influence them to visit their store to purchase apparel products.


The current EU governance is characterised as a pluralistic structure with a combination of both supranational and inter-governmental factors. This structure is not only reflected in the divergent integration degrees of related policy areas, but even more intensively and directly included in the institutions, competences, forms and procedures of legislation decision-making, execution, adjudication, supervision and guarantee mechanisms at the EU level. Although increasingly confronted with various challenges both internally and externally, with its unique good governance and rule of law the EU governance structure can be undoubtedly described as a representative among the global governance structures nowadays. Since the EU pluralistic structure of governance, on the one hand, possesses a kind of group nature, and on the other hand, bears with a variety of supranational elements, its impacts on China's peaceful development must be greater not only than any single country, but than any other international regime. Therefore, China should highlight the pluralistic tendency of the EU governance and actively adopt related measures, especially to support the establishment and development of its grass-root organisations and to make their potentials and irreplaceable roles into full play in China's relationships with the EU.


Dental imaging is critical for visual information transfer between the patient, the restorative dentist, the dental specialist, and the ceramist. Most people are visually oriented, and the old saying, "a picture is worth a thousand words" holds true. Visual documentation makes it significantly easier to demonstrate problems and motivate patients to accept needed treatment. An extremely important aspect of this information transfer is that the ceramist needs as much shade information as possible to duplicate the shade of the adjacent natural teeth. This article will focus on the techniques and armamentarium for photography and the use of Photoshop® (Adobe Systems, Inc, San Jose, CA) as a communication tool with the ceramist. A more detailed description of camera selection and camera settings is available; 1 however, this article will only go briefly into camera selection and camera settings. CAMERA SELECTION Photography with a semiprofessional or professional digital camera is best suited for dental and portrait applications. Digital cameras have evolved to the point in which images viewed on a properly calibrated monitor or printed with an appropriately calibrated digital printer are practically indiscernible to their film counterparts. Digital photography images have the distinct advantage of being able to be viewed immediately after exposure. If the photographic variables are wrong, the photographer will know instantly and can correct and retake the image. Another main benefit of digital photography is that the better cameras allow the taking of an image in a RAW file format. When the camera captures images in this format, it is capturing data in its uncompressed or unaltered format. In this format, it captures information over a range of exposures and the whole range of color temperature values the camera allows. Functionally, this is bracketing, which means taking images at different exposures or capturing lighter and darker multiple images of the same scene both over- and underexposed. It is also capturing images that are cooler (bluer) and warmer (oranger) than the present camera settings. Taking the image in the RAW file format allows for mistakes in exposure settings to be easily corrected


Background While traditional Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Disease Activity Index 2000 (SLEDAI-2K) scoring assesses complete SLE response for individual disease manifestations, the SLEDAI-2K Responder Index-50 (S2K RI-50) evaluates responses using partial improvement (≥50%) in each of the 9 organ systems of SLEDAI-2K. Ustekinumab (UST), a monoclonal antibody that targets the shared p40 subunit of the cytokines IL-12 & IL-23, is being investigated in patients with active SLE. We have previously shown in a Phase 2 placebo (PBO)-controlled trial of UST in SLE1 that not only SLEDAI-2K and the SLE Responder Index 4 (SRI-4), but also S2K RI-50 can discriminate a treatment effect of UST vs PBO at week 24.2,3 Objectives Here, we aimed to ascertain whether a minimal threshold of partial improvement in S2K RI-50 could be used as an early predictor of SRI-4 response. Methods This phase 2, PBO-controlled study enrolled adults with seropositive, active disease (SLEDAI score ≥6 with ≥1 BILAG A &/or ≥2 BILAG B scores) despite standard therapy. Patients (n=102) were randomized (3:2) to receive UST IV ∼6 mg/kg or PBO at week 0, followed by SC injections of UST 90mg or PBO q8w beginning at week8, both added to standard of care. We calculated S2K RI-50 response through week 24 in all patients, including 60 patients receiving UST and 42 patients receiving PBO, using increasing cut-offs of S2K RI-50 reductions from baseline. To help determining a minimal cut-off that discriminated a treatment effect reflecting partial improvement, nominal p values are reported for this post hoc analysis. Logistic regression models were used to evaluate the relationship between reduction in S2K RI-50 at week 12 or week 16 and SRI-4 response at week 24, followed by correlation of binary response data between the two instruments.Abstract THU0250 –Table 1 Results A 2-point reduction from baseline (improvement) in S2K RI-50 appeared to be the lowest threshold of response to demonstrate a treatment difference in the proportion of responders at week 24 with UST (93.5%) vs PBO (79.3%) (Δ14.2%, p=0.03). The relationship between 2-point improvement in S2K RI-50 at week 12 or week 16 and SRI-4 response at week 24 is presented in the total study population and by treatment group (Table). In the total population, 78/102 (76.6%) patients at week 12 and 74/102 (72.5%) of patients at week 16 had at least a 2-point improvement in S2K RI-50. Of those, 47/78 (60.3%, r=0.62) at week 12 and 48/74 (64.9%, r=0.76) at week 16 achieved an SRI-4 response at week 24. Odds ratios for the association between SRI-4 response at week 24 and 2-point or greater improvement in S2K RI-50 were 7.6 (CI 2.4-24.3, p=0.0007) at week 12 and 15.4 (CI 4.2-55.8, p<0.0001) at week 16. Similar analyses performed by treatment group demonstrated that these relationships were consistent in the UST and PBO groups (Table). Conclusion 2K RI-50 captures partial improvement of ≥50% in SLE disease activity and could be a useful outcome in clinical trials to predict early clinical response. These findings will be confirmed in an ongoing Phase 3 study. References [1] van Vollenhoven, et al. Lancet. 2018:392:1330. [2] Touma Z, et al. EULARJune2018, Amsterdam, NL. [3] Touma Z, et al. APLAR. April2019, Brisbane, Australia. Disclosure of Interests Zahi Touma Grant/research support from: GSK Canada, Consultant for: UBC, Pfizer, Janssen, Inc, Dafna D Gladman Grant/research support from: AbbVie, Amgen, Celgene, Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer, and UCB, Consultant for: AbbVie, Amgen, BMS, Celgene, Galapagos, Gilead, Janssen, Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer, and UCB, Shawn Rose Employee of: Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Kaiyin Fei Employee of: Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Y Irene Gregan Employee of: Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Robert Gordon Employee of: Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Kim Hung Lo Employee of: Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Murray B Urowitz Grant/research support from: GSK, Consultant for: BMS, Celgene, GSK, Lilly, UCB


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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE
Previous studies have documented the risk of complications for eyes with prior vitreoretinal surgery that later undergo intracapsular or extracapsular cataract extraction. The authors reviewed the records of patients with a history of vitreoretinal surgery and subsequent phacoemulsification to assess the visual outcome in the relatively early postoperative period and to determine the risk of postoperative complications.

PATIENTS AND METHODS
The authors identified 21 eyes of 21 patients with a history of scleral buckling, vitrectomy, or both, who subsequently underwent phacoemulsification. Data recorded before, during, and after surgery were reviewed.

RESULTS
The best-corrected visual acuity improved in 20 (95%) of 21 eyes, and the final best-corrected visual acuity was 20/40 or better in 12 (57%) of 21 eyes. The intraoperative complications included iridodialysis, zonular dialysis, and posterior capsular rupture. The immediate postoperative complications were microcorneal edema, anterior chamber hyphema, vitreous hemorrhage, and fibrinous pupillary membrane. No retinal detachments occurred during the postoperative follow-up period, which ranged from 3 to 10 months. Late complications included isolated cases of posterior capsular opacity, herpetic corneal ulcer, and iris posterior synechia; however, the final visual acuities were not limited, except in one eye with a corneal ulcer.

CONCLUSION
Although some postoperative complications did occur, they did not limit final vision, and useful vision was achieved.


Behind the hallowed walls of higher education are students who did not grow up expecting to attend college, students who walked through open doors not knowing what to expect on the other side. For some, these open doors became revolving doors, and they simply gave up. For many others, however, there were unexpected successes, successes that included more than academic accomplishments. These people came through the system with an increased sense of self-confidence that empowered them in the world beyond college. This oral history tells the story of the struggles as well as of the triumphs related to the fight for access and high quality in higher education. Thus, it provides a unique look at the past state of higher education, and at the measures that might be taken to improve our future educational system. The book begins with a brief historical overview of what access to higher education looked like before the 20th century. Following chapters tell the actual stories and are organized around four themes: the power of belief in students; access with success; institutional commitment; and effective support systems. Finally, a set of recommendations is provided that will help to keep the doors open for those still wishing to enter. Educators at all levels, graduate students studying higher education, and interested readers in the general public will all find this book an invaluable resource.


We are constructing and investigating DNA-based, multi-segmented chromophore systems. This will allow us to study energy transfer between chromophore over several intervening DNA bridges and to test the limits of the number of consecutive segments that still contribute to energy harvesting. The concept of interposed DNA base pairs should enable the construction of chromophore architectures in which distinct numbers of light-harvesters and acceptors are placed at well-defined positions - rather than distributed randomly - still profiting from a self-assembling synthesis route and, at the same time, maintaining DNA base pairing specificity.


Renal tubular secretion is an active efflux pathway for the kidneys to remove molecules but has never been used to enhance kidney cancer targeting. Herein, we report the first renal tubule-secretable near infrared-emitting fluorophore, indocyanine green (ICG) conjugated with a 2100 Da PEG molecule (ICG-PEG45) and its advantages in hyperfluorescence imaging of kidney cancers, which cannot be achieved with hepatobiliary- and glomerular-clearable ICG. This pathway-dependent targeting of kidney cancer fundamentally arises from the fact that the secretion pathway enabled ICG-PEG45 to be effectively effluxed out of normal proximal tubules through P-glycoprotein transporter while being retained in the kidney cancerous tissues with low P-glycoprotein expression. Tuning elimination pathways and utilizing different efflux kinetics of medical agents in normal and diseased tissues could be a new strategy, in addition to well-known vasculature-based passive and ligand-receptor mediated active targeting, for tackling challenges in disease diagnosis and treatments.


This paper presents work on language identification research using conversational speech (the LDC Conversational Telephone Speech Database). The baseline system used in this study is based on language-dependent phone recognition and phonotactic constraints. The system was trained using monologue data and obtained an error rate of around 9% on a commonly used nine-language monologue test set. While the system was used to process conversational speech from the same nine-language task, dramatic performance degradation (with an error rate of 40%) was observed. Based on our analysis of conversational speech, two methods: (1) pre-processing and, (2) post-processing, were proposed. Without the presence of training data from conversational speech database, the final system (the baseline system enhanced by the two proposed methods) obtained an error rate of 24%, a substantial improvement (with 41% error reduction) compared with the baseline system.


Received: 03/Dec/2018, Accepted: 21/Dec/2018, Online: 31/Dec/2018 Abstract:CUSUM charts are firstly introduced by E. S. Page, in 1954. They are used to identify a sudden and persistent change in the production average. Many researchers worked in this area and developed optimization techniques by updating the previous one. In this direction, all the optimization techniques are developed under the assumption that variable with regard to quality characteristic is distributed according to certain probability law. In the present study, we assume that variable under study follows the Truncated Pareto Weibull Distribution and its Optimization of CASP-CUSUM Schemes. Critical comparison is made based on the obtained numerical results.


A polarity sensitive bistable color effect has been observed in cholesteric liquid crystal—polymer mixtures where a gradient of the polymer network density is created by strongly absorbed UV light. The switching between two stable states is driven by electric pulses of the same amplitude and duration but with opposite electric polarity. The effect could be of great interest for practical applications in color display technology.


In view of the drawbacks of principal composition analysis(PCA) used to analyze nonlinear problem in comprehensive evaluation with multiple indicators,kernel principal composition analysis(KPCA) is introduced.By using the kernel functions,one can efficiently calculate principal compositions in high dimensional feature spaces,related in input space by some nonlinear map.By choosing appropriate parameters,the maximum eigenvalue contributes are above or nearly 85%,avoiding the different array as a result of many principal compositions.On the basis of KPCA,a new kernel principal composition regression(KPCR) equation is established by using least squares method,and applied to evaluate and forecast regional economy and social development in practice.


West Kalimantan Province is one of area that being habitat of orangutan, therefore it is very important to involve local society around Danau Sentarum National Park and Betung Kerihun National Park in Kapuas Hulu district in order to provide a good comprehension about orangutan. Besides that, it able to be expected to make grow awareness and action conserve orangutan, in around TNDS and TNBK in which the place to breeding orangutan and conservation area.The purposes in this research was to determined: 1). Perception of  society local to protect orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) around Danau Sentarum National Park and Betung Kerihun National Park, 2) society effort to protect orangutan and 3) The relations between the level of knowledge, cosmopolitan, counseling and perception to protect orangutan.The result in this research showed that the perception local society local to protect orangutan around Danau Sentarum National Park and Betung Kerihun National Park tend to be different. Most respondents have perception that lower it was about (56%) to protect orangutan. From the result of the research showed most of respondents have perception that upper it was about (65.5%) in protecting orangutan around Danau Sentarum National Park and Betung Kerihun National Park.The relationship between the level perception of knowledge has moderate correlation with the value 56%, the perception level of cosmopolitan has moderate correlation with the value 46%, the counseling has moderate correlation with the value 59% and level of perception to protect orangutan has close links with the value 65,5% (strong). In concluded that the orangutan can accepted in most society local area. Keywords: Quantitave Research, Danau Sentarum National Park and Betung Kerihun National Park


........................................................................................................ ii Chapter I: Organizational Profile .............................................................. 1 Overview ................................................................................................. 1 History of French Quarter Festivals, Inc. ......................................... 2 Chapter II: S.W.O.T. Analysis ................................................................. 11 Strengths ................................................................................................ 11 Weaknesses ........................................................................................... 15 Opportunities ....................................................................................... 19 Threats ................................................................................................... 21 Chapter III: Best Practices ........................................................................ 25 Chapter IV: Recommendations ............................................................... 31 Chapter V: The Internship ....................................................................... 36 Volunteer Coordinator ........................................................................ 36 Children's Programming Coordinator .............................................. 44 Christmas New Orleans Style ............................................................ 45 Chapter VI: Conclusion ............................................................................ 47 Bibliography ................................................................................................ 48 Appendix A: Louisiana Office of Tourism 2005-2007 ........................ 49 Appendix B: FQFI Website Homepage ................................................ 50 Appendix C: Jackson Square Electrical Boxes ...................................... 51 Appendix D: New Orleans Fringe Festival Promotional Materials ... 52 Appendix E: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation Promotional Materials ...................................................... 53


Science is expressed as a requirement to improve the life quality in general definition. As a 21st century industrial revolution rapidly developing career maturity and career paths has the potential to affect every aspect of university students. The most important subject in this context should be engaging in a democratic and knowledge-based society. It needs university students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and in other fields. Therefore, a shift to innovative and effective methods is necessary, so as to raise the attractiveness of science education and scientific careers and boost the interest of university students in STEM and other fields. Anahtar Kelimeler: Social entrepreneurship, cross sectional interaction, career maturity, youth ISSN:2528-9527 E-ISSN:2528-9535 Yıl Year :7 Cilt Volume:7 Sayı Issue:13 Aralık December 2017 Makalenin Geliş Tarihi Received Date:24/11/2017 Makalenin Kabul Tarihi Accepted Date:18/12/2017 OPUS © Uluslararası Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi-International Journal of Society Researches ISSN:2528-9527 E-ISSN : 2528-9535 http://opusjournal.net Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Gelecek Kariyer Fırsatları: Kariyer Olgunluğu, Kariyer Karar Verme Yetkinliği & Sosyoekonomik Statü DOI: 10.26466/opus.357505


A high-speed frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar system is proposed for three-dimensional (3D) terahertz imaging. In order to obtain a high range resolution of mm-order together with fast data acquisition speed, the photonics-based approach is adopted. Thanks to the high-speed frequency sweep of a tunable laser device, the wide bandwidth ranged from 200 GHz to 420 GHz, which corresponds to a range resolution of ~1.3 mm, can be achieved within 35 msec. Furthermore, the 3D imaging of a multi-layer model was demonstrated with quasioptical imaging system, both range and spatial resolution can achieve to ~1.3 mm without using complicated signal processing.


Background The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, and was characterized as pandemic by the World Health Organization. Diabetes mellitus is an established risk factor for poor clinical outcomes, but the association of diabetes with the prognosis of COVID-19 have not been reported yet. Methods In this cohort study, we retrospectively reviewed 258 consecutive hospitalized COVID-19 patients with or without diabetes at the West Court of Union Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China, recruited from January 29 to February 12, 2020. The cases were confirmed by real-time PCR and the demographic, clinical, laboratory, radiological, and treatment data were collected and analyzed. Prognosis was defined as hospitalization, discharged survivor and death, which was followed up until March 12, 2020. Results Of the 258 hospitalized patients (63 with diabetes) with COVID-19, the median age was 64 years (range 23-91), and 138 (53.5%) were male. No significant differences in age and sex were identified between patients with and without diabetes. Common symptoms included fever (82.2%), dry cough (67.1%), polypnea (48.1%), and fatigue (38%). Patients with diabetes had significantly higher leucocyte and neutrophil counts, and higher levels of fasting blood glucose, serum creatinine, urea nitrogen and creatine kinase isoenzyme MB at admission compared with those without diabetes. COVID-19 patients with diabetes were more likely to develop severe or critical disease condition with more complications at presentation, and had higher incidence rates of antibiotic therapy, non-invasive and invasive mechanical ventilation, and death (11.1% vs. 4.1%). Cox proportional hazard model showed that diabetes (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR]=3.64; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.09, 12.21) and fasting blood glucose (aHR=1.19; 95% CI: 1.08, 1.31) were associated with the fatality of COVID-19, adjusting for potential confounders. Conclusions Diabetes mellitus is associated with greater disease severity and a higher risk of mortality in patients with COVID-19. Primary and secondary prevention strategies are needed for COVID-19 patients with diabetes.


sulphanilamide (5ClSA-SA). This research had as objective the effect of this productfrom salicylic acid class as a potential medicine on the serum transaminasis activity.5ClSA-SA has been administrated intraperitoneal to Wistar rats for 7 daysconsecutively determining ALT and AST transaminasis activities after 5 and 7 days. Serum transaminases had high values compared to the control sample (220% ASTand 237% ALT).This synthesis product can lead to stress that induces increasing of plasmaticenzymes activity, transaminasis being one of those.


Abstract : The combined effects of ideal source flow and viscous interaction on the pressure and heat-transfer distributions over hemisphere-cylinders are presented, and a comparison is made with experimental data from two of the AEDC- VKF hotshot tunnels. Ideal gas characteristics solutions for the inviscid flow field over the hemisphere-cylinders were obtained for ideal source flow fields matched to the tunnel geometry. The inviscid and viscous (laminar boundary layer) flow fields were iterated, and the resulting pressure and heat-transfer distributions were compared with the experimental data. Ideal gas analyses made at M = 18 predicted pressure and heat-transfer distributions over a 4-in.-diam model in the 100-in. hotshot Tunnel F, and pressure distributions for a similar model in the 50-in. hotshot Tunnel H were found in reasonably good agreement with the experimental data.


In light of building security hazards existing in current building decoration from aspects of design,material selection and construction etc,it analyzes hazards causes and kinds of building decoration and structural security and building decoration and environment safety,and proposes measures for solving the impacts of building decoration on building security,so as to really realize the building decoration safety.


Simulation is a common method for studying the behavior of complex systems and revealing the mechanism of the system. However, complex systems have many parameters, non-linear interactions, and complex evolutionary dynamics. It is difficult to reveal the mechanism of complex systems. Especially complex system simulation experiments may produce a large amount of data. How to summarize the macroscopic mode of the system, identify key factors, and discover the relationship between input and output variables, still lacks an effective method. This paper proposes an integrated framework for simulation modeling and data mining, which combines data mining and simulation modeling to conduct iterative experimental exploration and analysis of complex systems. Data mining techniques were used in multiple stages of modeling and simulation, including: ETL on raw data, text mining and process mining to build conceptual models, uniform experimental design to generate simulation data, and clustering of simulation data to identify system macro patterns, use stepwise regression, neural network, etc. to build a meta-model of a complex system. The introduction of data mining can improve the ability and efficiency of complex system modeling and simulation.


1. Introduction 2. Cities, Planning and Modernism 3. Articulating Urban Order 4. The Social Logic of Urban Order 5. The Kind of Thing a City Is 6. Emergence and Evolution 7. Emergent Urban Order 8. Cities in Evolution 9. Planning, Design and Evolution 10. Conclusions


Abstract The Eastern Neo-Aramaic language Turoyo has a complex relational verbal split of a type not found in other Neo-Aramaic languages. Besides the well-known split between present and preterite inflection frequently found across language families in the Middle East, the preterite has separate inflectional bases for transitive and intransitive verbs respectively. The morphosyntactic behaviour of the preterite has hitherto been described as an ergative inflection. This essay has two aims: to present, on the one hand, a detailed synchronic analysis of the coding of grammatical relations in the Turoyo verb, and to develop, on the other hand, a diachronic model which can explain these verb forms from their Middle Aramaic predecessors. It will be shown that the coding of grammatical relations in the Turoyo verb cannot be adequately described synchronically as an ergative inflection and that one cannot use the agreement suffixes alone as a sign of its relational type. Instead, it will become evident that the relational behaviour of Turoyo is rather complex, showing accusative behaviour in the present tense and a tripartite pattern with different coding for all three relational primitives (S, A, O) in the preterite tense. The latter is combined with split behaviour of the O primitive (i.e. differential objective marking, DOM). Furthermore, a closer examination of the distribution of the agreement suffixes, especially in regard to their (non-)obligatory nature, clearly demonstrates that the preterite inflection has many accusative traits which parallel the accusative behaviour of the present tense. From a diachronic point of view, this system can be derived from an earlier Aramaic participle-based inflection. However, it will be shown that the (non-)obligatory status of the participial (later verbal) suffixes has shifted closer to an accusative type in the development from the Aramaic template to the Turoyo verb. The history of the Turoyo verb system therefore shows a kind of morphosyntactic change that cannot be observed on the formal, but only on the distributional level.


A retired military nurse who served in Iraq was among nurses to lay crosses decorated with poppies to pay tribute to those who have died in armed conflicts.


The aim of this thesis is to analyze connections between eating disorders and deliberate self-harm at the teenagers and the young adults. Two main eating disorders : the anorexia and the bulimia will be presented in term of definition, epidemiology, co-morbidity, evolution and forecast as well as the deliberate self-harm for which will be specified the various definitions, the epidemiology, the risk factors, the co-morbidity, the evoluton, the neurobiological and genetic approaches as well as the models of psychopathology. Finally, the links between eating disorders and deliberate self-harm will be deepened from a review of the literature but also through a clinical study of 30 patients suffering from eating disorders. Eating disorders are disorders touching more and more the teenagers and the young adults. The anorexia and the bulimia develop in industrial nations with this particular gravity that the evolutionary process is often dark. The suicide is the second cause of mortality to young people and represents approximately 600 deaths a year in France. The deliberate self-harm are also expanding at this young population. These three phenomena : eating disorders, suicides, deliberate self-harm are thus all the more important to study at the teenager's that they represent an important part of this poopulation and that they can be the object of prevention and care.
L'objectif de cette these est d'analyser les rapports entre les troubles du comportement alimentaire et les automutilations chez les adolescents et jeunes adultes. Les 2 principaux troubles du comportement alimentaire : l'anorexie et la boulimie seront presentes en terme de definition, epidemiologie, co-morbidites, evolution et pronostic ainsi que les automutilations pour lesquelles seront precises les differentes definitions, l'epidemiologie, les fzcteurs de risque, les co-morbidites, l'evolution, les approches neurobiologique et genetique ainsi que les modeles psychopathologiques. Enfin, les liens entre troubles du comportement alimentaire et automutilations seront approfondis a partir d'une revue de la litterature mais aussi a travers une etude clinique de 30 patientes souffrant de troubles du comportement alimentaire. Les troubles du comportement alimentaire sont des troubles touchant de plus en plus les adolescents et adultes jeunes. L'anorexie et la boulimie se developpent dans les pays industrialises avec cette gravite particuliere que le processus evolutif est souvent sombre. Le suicide est la deuxieme cause de mortalite chez les 15/24 ans et represente environ 600 deces par an. Les automutilations sont egalement en expansion chez cette pooulation jeune. Ces trois phenomenes : troubles du comportement alimentaire, suicides, automutilations sont donc d'autant plus importants a etudier chez les adolescents qu'ils representent une part importante de cette population et qu'ils peuvent faire l'objet de prevention et de soins.


BOOK REVIEWS (receiving the Eucharist). More important than function is the notion of symbol. Bynum rejects the idea put forth by most modern historians of religion that the practices of these medieval women symbolized a dualis- tic rejection of body or an internalization of misogyny (pp. 208-9, see es pecially notes 66-71). The key is not their self-denial but their embrace of the suffering human body of Christ on the Cross as symbolized through the Eucharist. They gloried in the pain, the exudings, the somatic distor tions that made their bodies parallel to the consecrated wafer on the al tar and the man on the cross (p. 296). Holy Feast and Holy Fast, well-documented and well-argued, makes a valuable contribution to scholarship. Its greatest strength is Bynum's abil ity to examine what to the modern mind are extreme, if not pathological practices, from the point of view of their practitioners. One is left with a respect for and deeper understanding of the religious fervor of these medieval women. While not advocating their extreme ascetic manifesta tions, Bynum uncovers a rich complex of religious symbolism that is not without relevance to any age. Linda A. McMillin University of California, Los Angeles Leigh Arrathoon, ed. Chaucer and the Craft of Fiction. gan: Solaris Press, 1986. Pp. xxv + 430. Rochester, Michi These fifteen essays explore one of the cornerstones of Chaucer's nar rative art—the translation of traditional materials to form a new work. In her introduction, Leigh Arrathoon follows the footsteps of Percy Lub bock, whose The Craft of Fiction (1921) noted that even as we read the text, it melts and shifts in the memory. For Arrathoon and her fellow contributors, this process of transformation is shared by both Chaucer and the literary critic. Both face experience—whether in the medieval manuscript or in its mysterious creative process—even as its shape and design on paper slip away as quickly as they examine them. Three essays reveal Chaucer's metamorphosis of his allusive materials. For John Fleming, the image of smokey reyn, traced from Vergil through Ovid to Boccaccio and Jean de Meun provides a muted cacophony of textual associations Latin and vernacular alike for the text of Troiius (18). The purpose of all Chaucer's lucid use of language and fa-


The aim of the study was (i) to analyse the income of oil palm farm of the Iga and Plasma groups, and (ii) to analyse the comparation of the income of oil palm farm of the both of groups.  The respondents were farmers of oil palm of the both of groups.  The respondents were taken by technique of unproportionally stratified random sampling.  There are 130 population of the farmer of oil palm whom consist of 60 farmers of the Iga group, and 70 of the Plasma group.  For every group was taken 15 respondents as sample.  Methods of analyses  used were the analyses of income, and the analyses   of comparation.  Analysis results showed that the average income of Iga group  of oil palm farmers was greater than plasma group, i.e. IRD 2.13 million per ha vs IRD 1.71 million per ha.  Thus, there was sifnificantly difference between the income of Iga group and Plasma group.  It was indicated by t-hit > t-tab(α=1%; df=29), i.e. 19.356 vs 2.763.  It means that Ho is rejected, and H1 is verified that there was sifnificantly difference between the income of the both groups that the income of Iga group of oil palm farmers was greater than plasma group


In ""Gary Snyder and the Pacific Rim"", Timothy Gray draws upon previously unpublished journals and letters, as well as his own close readings of Gary Snyder's well-crafted poetry and prose to track the early career of a maverick intellectual whose writings powered the San Francisco Renaissance of the 1950s and 1960s. Exploring various aspects of cultural geography, Gray asserts that this west coast literary community seized upon the idea of a Pacific Rim regional structure, in part to recognize their Orientalist desires and in part to consolidate their opposition to America's cold war ideology, which tended to divide East from West. The geographical consciousness of Snyder's writing was particularly influential, Gray argues, because it gave San Francisco's Beat and hippie cultures a set of physical coordinates by which they could chart their utopian visions of peace and love. Gray's introduction tracks the increased use of ""Pacific Rim discourse"" by politicians and business leaders following World War II. Ensuing chapters analyze Snyder's countercultural invocation of this regional idea, concentrating on the poet's migratory or ""creaturely"" sensibility, his gift for literary translation, his physical embodiment of trans-Pacific ideals, his role as tribal spokesperson for Haight-Ashbury hippies, and his burgeoning interest in environmental issues. Throughout, Gray's citations of such writers as Allen Ginsberg, Philip Whalen, and Joanne Kyger shed light on Snyder's communal role, providing an amazingly intimate portrait of the west coast counterculture. An interdisciplinary project that utilizes models of ecology, sociology, and comparative religion to supplement traditional methods of literary biography, ""Gary Snyder and the Pacific Rim"" offers a unique perspective on Snyder's life and work. This book will fascinate literary and Asian studies scholars, as well as the general reader interested in the Beat movement and multicultural influences on poetry.


In this paper both the volumetric displacement and the shaft speed of a variable displacement swashplate type piston pump were varied in order to minimize power consumption in supplying constant-pressure oil to a valve-controlled hydraulic cylinder, particularly during idle modes. At operating modes which were triggered by position command inputs, the pump speed was varied by a pressure control algorithm to maintain a constant system pressure, with the swash plate angle fixed at the maximum. At idle, with no position controller input signal and the system pressure greater than or equal to the reference value, the swash plate angle and pump speed were lowered to their minimum limits. Computer simulation and experimental results showed that the idling power could be reduced by up to 83% by reducing the pump speed from 1800 rpm to 300 rpm and the swash plate angle to 3°, compared to a conventional system consisting of a pressure-compensated variable displacement type pump driven at a constant speed of 1800 rpm.


The aim of this document was to obtain a real‐life contemporary analysis of the demographics and heart failure (HF) statistics, as well as the organization and major activities of the Heart Failure National Societies (HFNS) in European Society of Cardiology (ESC) member countries.


Given two subsets S{sub 1} and S{sub 2} (not necessarily finite) of {Re}{sup d} separable by a Boolean combination of N halfspaces, we consider the problem of learning the separation function from a finite set of examples, i.e. we produce with high probability a function close to the actual separating function. Our solution consists of a system of N perceptrons and a single consolidator which combines the outputs of the individual perceptrons. We show that an off-line version of this problem, where the examples are given in a batch, can be solved in time polynomial in the number of examples. We also provide an on-line learning algorithm that incrementally solves the problem by suitably training a system of N perceptrons much in the spirit of the classical perceptron learning algorithm. This solution constitutes an example of a composite system of N learners capable of accomplishing a task that is not achievable by a single learner, for a single perceptron is incapable of separating sets that are not linearly separable.


The advances of finite element simulation and research application level of simulation in sheet metal forming in our country are reviewed.Applications of finite element fimulation on the automobile panel in developed countries are discussed.The future research treads are outlined.


Through the introduction to power distribution automation experiment project and client service system executed in Yinchuan Power Supply Bureau and Yinnan Power Supply Bureau, the benefit of project is analyzed in this paper. It is proposed that power distribution automation can strengthen the operation and management of distribution network, improve power supply reliability. The client service system with advanced management and information can supply powerful technical support and management thought for client service of whole Ningxia Power Administration.


A very simple particle swarm optimization iterative algorithm is presented, with just one equation and one social/confidence parameter. We define a "no-hope" convergence criterion and a "rehope" method so that, from time to time, the swarm re-initializes its position, according to some gradient estimations of the objective function and to the previous re-initialization (it means it has a kind of very rudimentary memory). We then study two different cases, a quite "easy" one (the Alpine function) and a "difficult" one (the Banana function), but both just in dimension two. The process is improved by taking into account the swarm gravity center (the "queen") and the results are good enough so that it is certainly worthwhile trying the method on more complex problems.


A formal approach of specification and verification of RTL system using PTL( Projection Temporal Logic) is proposed in this paper. With this approach,RTL code's formal semantics are defined with PTL,and then PTL and its executable subset( MSVL) can be used for formal specification and verification in the design of a system for increasing creditability of the design.


Heterojunction GaN/MoSe2 has recently piqued the interest of researchers due to its exceptional electronic and optical properties. Despite this, the higher rate of photogenerated carrier recombination limits their technical application. Implementing a promising approach to the formation of the 2D heterostructure with vacancies may improve photocatalytic activity. By first-principles, the stability, electronic structure, and optical properties of monolayer GaN and MoSe2, GaN/MoSe2 (GN/MS), GaN/MoSe2 with a Ga vacancy (VGa-GN/MS), GaN/MoSe2 with an N vacancy (VN-GN/MS), and GaN/MoSe2 with vacancies of Ga and N (VGa@N-GN/MS) are systematically computed. Compared with monolayer GaN, MoSe2, and GaN/MoSe2, the results show that vacancies do not destroy the stability of heterojunctions and cause a decrease in their bandgaps and a redshift of the absorption spectra. Type-II band alignment is observed through Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof calculations in all heterostructures. VGa-GN/MS and VGa@N-GN/MS are p-type semiconductors, while VN-GN/MS is an n-type semiconductor. Based on the analysis of Mulliken occupancy, work function, and optical properties, we speculate that vacancies of Ga and N cause GN/MS to be energetically favorable for water splitting.


This paper gives a comprehensive study of the "numeral+da+noun" phrases, and points out that the numerals in this construction are mainly cardinal numbers from "first" to "tenth", which are used with different frequencies and affect the following numerals. "da" (an adjective whose literal translation is "big/large") is a signifier which is used to highlight the semantic information of this construction and it also restricts the semantic content of the nouns in this construction. The nouns are mainly disyllable Abstract nouns whose semantic meaning can be quantified, and these nouns can be classified in terms of level, reason, information, quality, organization, event and tactic. Besides, this paper analyses the grammatical function and semantic characteristics of the "numeral+da+noun" phrases.


New brazing alloys on a copper basis which are suitable for the joining of sheets made of high-strength steel were developed. The processes used were metal-inert gas brazing (MIG brazing), plasma brazing with cold wire and the hybrid plasma/MIG brazing process. When the process parameters had been optimised, test brazed joints were manufactured and were tested in tensile and/or fatigue tests. It was shown that the brazing alloys lead to good results, particularly in connection with combined plasma/MIG brazing.


Note: invited lecture (presentation in English, slides in Polish, simultaneous translation in Polish) Reference MCS-PRESENTATION-2009-009 Record created on 2009-02-10, modified on 2016-08-08


As well known, schwannoma is thought a tumor derived from the Schwann cell of the neurilemmal sheath. It is a relatively rare disease especially in the oral region. Mostly it emerges from the tongue, the buccal mucous membrane and the palate. Recently authors experienced a case which developed from the pterygopalatine fossa. This case is reported below, together with its clinical and documentary discussion.The patient is a female aged 14. She had a chief complaint of swelling of left buccal region. The familial and past history was unremarkable. In July 1985 her mother had noticed the swelling of left buccal region, the patient was referred to a certain orthopedic hospital firstly. And then she was introduced to our department on July 25, 1985. Clinical observation revealed bony swelling of indistinct boundary sized about 50 ×30mm from the left zygomatical arch to the front of auricula. Neither tenderness pain nor trisms was observed. Treatment and clinical course are followed;biopsy was carried out under local anesthesia August 7, 1985. The disease was diagnosed as schwannoma. An enucleation was performed under general anesthesia August 21, 1985. The results of the surgery is excellent. And careful attention will be paid to the prognosis of this patient.


The real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography (RT MCE) is a new echocardiography technology, which allows clinicians to evaluate the perfusion of myocardial capillary of patients, noninvasively and accurately. We designed a workstation for the quantitative analysis of RT MCE. The system was capable of estimating some hemodynamic parameters of myocardial micro-circulation, and computing time-intensity curves to indicate the variation of the intensity of microbubbles scatting for various myocardial segments in subendocardial and subepicardial. The system also conformed to the digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) standard and could be integrated into the picture archiving and communication system (PACS). The examples of clinical study indicated the clinical effectiveness of the system and the reliability of the quantitative analysis techniques employed in the system.


The neurotoxicity, antielectroshock, anti-Metrazol, and antistrychnine activities of another series of urazole compounds have been determined in mice. Depending upon the nature of the substituted nitrogen groups, the members of this series, as with the previous compounds, were found to possess antielectroshock, anti-Metrazol, antistrychnine, convulsant, and depressant type actions. In general, the urazole compounds are most effective against maximal Metrazol seizures.


Systems, methods, computer software for providing access to wireless communication services are provided. The invention, in one embodiment, can involve storing a network address on a mobile device and sending a request for network operator data from the mobile device to a mobile virtual network operator server associated with the network address. In response, network operator data is received, and, based on the received network operator data, a network operator is selected. Communications are thereafter conducted using the selected network operator. In some situations, bids are received from multiple network operators for rates at which communication services using each network operator can be obtained. Preferences among the network operators are identified using the received bids, and the preferences are used to select the network operator for the mobile device to use in conducting communications.


Based on monthly precipitation data of eight meteorological stations in 1958-2005 around the Qinghai Lake,five annual and seasonal precipitation series are calculated,and then the inter-decadal change regulation of precipitation and its abrupt changing characteristics are revealed with the climatic diagnosis method.In this paper,the trend of five annual and seasonal precipitations appears almost synchronous,and E series is dependable representative of precipitation around the Qinghai Lake.The periods of spring in the 1960s,autumn in the 1970s,spring,summer and autumn in the 1980s and winter,spring and summer in the 1990s were precipitation-dominant.The inter-annual precipitation had prominent periods in the 1960s-1970s,the 1980s and the 1990s.The inter-annual,winter and summer increasing trends of precipitation were similar to those in Xinjiang Region,Hexi Corridor,and Qaidam basin.Five precipitation series in spring had an abrupt change in the 1980s,but annual precipitation and precipitation in other seasons had not obvious change


The flowmeter has the advantages of high accuracy,simple installation and so on,so the application of flow measurement technology in auxiliary metering and distribution has been gradually popularized.But domestic auxiliary distribution system based on flow measurement is still not mature and can only meet auxiliary distribution requirements without strict accuracy.Therefore,this study will analyze and design automatic auxiliary distribution system with flow method through hardware design and workflow design,adopt flow regulation method based on frequency conversion control to regulate system measuring process to achieve unity of accuracy and efficiency in the process auxiliary measurement and distribution.Friendly human-computer interface can be established through touch screen design to make the system operation more convenient.


Studies of contorted drift sequence in southeastern Denmark have resulted in a fusion of the working methods and principles of glacial-tectonics and lithostratigraphy and in the formulation of a new type of stratigraphy, kineto-stratigraphy, where main emphasis is placed on the study of the directional elements that reflect the movement patterns (kinetics) of former ice sheets. Through studies of principal localities, where deposits and deformation from more than one glacial advance are found, regional kinetostratigraphic drift units are established, and local glacial deposits are classified accordingly. The relative significance of the various directional elements is discussed, and a brief outline of the new Weichselian kineto-stratigraphy of southeastern Denmark is given.


Many people are worried about the intense presence of robots in our everyday lives. It turns out that the people, who are worried, are also the same people who never had much contact with robotics. The goal of this bachelor thesis is to develop a system that enables a robot manipulator to play a perfect game of TicTacToe. With the help of an algorithm for optimal decision making in the game of TicTacToe and using various methods of computer vision and robotics, we have developed a system, which introduces its users to robot-human interaction using a game they know since their childhood.


State-of-the-art production logging instrumentation used to delineate downhole flow rate and fluid composition for two and three phase oil/water/gas wells is described. Various sensors are described, and the advantages and limitations of different tools are enumerated. The use of radioactive tracer flowmeters in injection and production wells is discussed. Classical techniques for interpretation of flowmeter data are described. The measurement of fluid density is accomplished using either a gamma-ray absorption or differential pressure device. Both types of instruments are discussed, including their advantages and limitations. Holdup measurements are required for full delineation of three-phase flow. Holdup is directly related to mixture density in two-phase systems, and is determined by measuring the dielectric property of a wellbore fluid sample. Several limitations of this measurement are discussed.<<ETX>>


A new fibrous adsorbent was prepared by grafting acrylic acid/acryl amide (AA/AAm) comonomers onto poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) fibers. The resulting sorbent has been characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), elemental analysis, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), FT-Raman, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and studied for the preconcentration and determination of trace Pb (II) ion from human biological fluid and environmental water samples. The optimum pH value for sorption of the metal ion was 8. The sorption capacity of functionalized resin is 44.1 mg g−1. The chelating sorbent can be reused for 20 cycles of sorption–desorption without any significant change in sorption capacity. A recovery of 100.2% was obtained for the metal ion with 0.5M nitric acid as eluting agent. Effect of grafting yield, shaking time, shape of sorbent, and pH of the medium on adsorption of the metal ion were investigated. Scatchard analysis revealed that the homogeneous binding sites were formed in the polymers. The equilibrium adsorption data of Pb (II) on modified fiber were analyzed by Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, and Redlich-Peterson models. Based on equilibrium adsorption data, the Langmuir, Freundlich, and Temkin constants were determined as 0.236, 10.544, and 9.497 at pH 8 and 20°C, respectively. The method was applied for lead ions determination from human plasma and sea water sample. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2011


dendritic cells (DC) to activate endogenous iNKT cells was previously performed in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. In this clinical trial, the patients with increased IFN-g production (. 2 fold) in PBMCs after the DC treatment (good responder group) experienced a prolonged overall survival time in comparison to the poor responder group. Methods: We extended the previous study and performed a microarraybased gene expression analysis using peripheral blood NK cells and T cells from the patients enrolled in the above-mentioned clinical study. We sought to identify any biomarkers associated with either the immune responses or survival time in this immunotherapy trial. Results: Six patient samples corresponding to 3 subjects in the good responder group and 3 subjects in the poor responder group were included in the microarray analysis. Genes differentially expressed between pre-treatment and post-treatment samples were selected for analysis. Subsequently, genes that were only expressed in the good responder group or poor responder group were chosen. After these procedures, 4 selected genes were quantified by RT-PCR in another 8 patient samples, and two genes, LTB4DH and DPYSL3 were confirmed to be candidate genes for the predictor of a good immune response. Conclusion: The expression profile of these two genes may be associated with the responsiveness of IFN-g production after aGalCer-pulsed DC treatment.


ABSTRACT The comparative analyses of the essential oils, obtained by hydrodistillation of leaves of Acanthospermum hispidum DC collected monthly in the Brazzaville area (Congo), were performed by GC and GC/MS. The oils were found to be rich in sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (66.3–79.1%), with large to moderate amounts of β-caryophyllene (34.0–42.7%), α-humulene (8.9–12.7%) and their oxides accompanied by variable amounts of α-bisabolol (3.7–11.2%). The presence of aromatic components such as carvacrol and methyl carvacrol as well as aliphatic aldehydes in all samples is worth noting.


Objective
To evaluate the features of primary smooth muscle tumor originating from venous system based on the multimodal ultrasonographic images, and further to enhance the understanding of this entity with less misdiagnosis.

Methods
A total of nine patients with smooth muscle tumor, who referred to our hospital between January 2010 and January 2016, were enrolled in this study. Diagnosis was made by histopathologic findings, including 6 cases of leiomyoma and 3 cases of leiomyosarcoma. High-resolution gray-scale ultrasonography was used to assess the location and size of the tumor, as well as to identify whether the involved vein dilated or not. Doppler ultrasonography was used to detect the arterial blood flow signals in the tumor. SonoVue was injected to evaluate the enhancement mode of the tumor.

Results
Among the 9 patients, there were 6 patients with leiomyoma, of which 3 cases involving cephalic vein, 2 cases involving external jugular vein and 1 case involving internal iliac vein (extend to right atrium through inferior vena cava). Hypo-echoic mass was demonstrated in all cases, and venous dilation was found in 4 cases. Abundant arterial blood flow signals were detected in 3 cases by Doppler ultrasonography. All the tumors presented with high-level of enhancement in the arterial phase and low-level enhancement in the venous phase. In addition, there were 3 patients with leiomyosarcoma involving femoral vein or iliac vein. The characteristics of leiomyosarcoma including aneurismal dilation of the involved vein, inhomogeneous mass with hypo-echoic signals, abundant arterial blood flow signals and leiomyosarcoma-liked enhancement mode. However, there were 2 patients presented with regional non-enhancement mode.

Conclusions
We concluded that venous dilation may be a useful clue for the diagnosis of primary smooth muscle tumor originating from venous system. An arterial blood flow signal is an important feature of this lesion. Ultrasonography can be utilized to differentiate between tumor and thrombus.

Key words:
Veins; Leiomyoma; Leiomyosarcoma; Ultrasonography


Information of linear features in high-resolution remotely sensed imagery is very prolific,consequently the immoderate specializations and influence of noise disturbances are serious,this made it difficult to detect and recognize the linear features of landscape targets.A method is discussed based on direction and frequency characters through designing frequency domain filter for the linear feature automatic recognition and detection,owed to Fourier transformation method transform the image into frequency domain.Analyzed the relations between the linear feature and its spectrum line,also the relations between the linear feature and its frequency character,according of the direction and frequency selected above the Gabor wave filter the image linearity feature extracting was constructed.The relevant extract experiments were tested with QuickBird image,the result indicates that the linearity characteristic extracted in this method is fairly good,it provided a reference for high-resolution remotely sensed imagery linear feature extracting.


Cathleen E. Quinn, MEd, 110 Manor Lane, Pleasantville, New York 10570, is in private practice as a consultant and remedial therapist. &dquo;Who invented this language, anyway?&dquo; an eight-year-old boy asked. He had just spelled the word when, sounding it out and writing down each sound correctly: w-e-n. If t-e-n spells ten, isn't it logical that w-e-n spells when? Unfortunately, the English language is not always phonetically consistent as far as spelling goes. Some words, of course, can be sounded out and spelled phonetically. On the other hand, there are a number of common sight words that are not spelled at all logically. For children with a predominantly auditory learning style-who learn to read through phonics, who have weaknesses in visual discrimination and memory-these sight words are real spelling demons. Here are some sight-word &dquo;tricks&dquo; that children can use to remember the spelling of 25 common sight words. Through training in looking for a frame of reference (a clue for remembering the word), the children eventually are able to look for spelling tricks on their own. The following are sight-word tricks that they have used or discovered.


Arkansas BalloonSAT is an educational outreach and research program at Arkansas State University. Balloon-borne Anasonde instruments measured temperature and water vapor as relative humidity, converted to absolute humidity with temperature, for the past three years. Measurements using BalloonSAT match other balloon-borne studies and provide a supplement and cost-effective alternative to satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles measurements. Statospheric water vapor concentrations were found to vary with seasons with water vapor lowest in the winter and greatest in the summer. Temperature measurements followed standard atmospheric profile measurements with a negative lapse rate in troposphere and positive lapse rate in stratosphere with a temperature inversion at the tropopause.


Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura, recensio parisiensis : Study of the Manuscript Tradition and Critical Edition of Books I-II.10 / edited by Aurora Panzica. – Leyde : Brill, 2021. – vii + 290 p. – (Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science, vol. 32). – 1 vol. relié de 16 × 24 cm. – 125,00 €. – isbn 978-90-04-46140-6.


On a symplectic manifold (M,ω) of dimension 2n, we consider a completely integrable Hamiltonian system of class C∞ with n degrees of freedom having a singularity of hyperbolic type. We show that the Eliasson method in the case of elliptic singularity may be word for word taken again to obtain a symplectic normal form in the case of hyperbolic singularity.


The paper presented the actions and data communication among the components of LSM. There was nonlinearity mapping between output coordinates and scanner sphere coordinate and scanner driver in LSM. And it brings about nonlinearity errors of manufacturing geometry model. The control system was founded based on analysis of LSM technological speciality. The control system concerns the distance of the two swaying mirrors, the distance between the swaying mirror and convex lens, the mirror swaying angle, the lens focal length, the lens central height, the lens convex radius and the medium refractive index. It improved the precision and reduced the errors in LSM system. Modularization design ideology was adopted in the control system of LSM system. It reduced the difficulties of programming, shortened the design recycle while enhancing the stability of control system and the speed of manufacturing process. And complexity of software was predigested, program structure was perspicuity and easily comprehended, link-port was simply.


For the past several years, Argonne National Laboratory has been active in the development of closed-cycle two-phase-flow MHD power systems. One of the key components in such systems is an effective and efficient gas-liquid separator-diffuser. On the basis of an assessment of present technology, it was decided to study the characteristics of a rotating drum type of separator, and a multitask research and development program was initiated within the overall liquid-metal MHD research program. The first task, now completed, centered on the investigation of single-phase flow (liquid) deposited by a flow nozzle on the inner surface of freely-rotating cylinders or drums of 423 mm and 282 mm diam. The tests were designed to study the recovery of energy in the liquid layer deposited on the drum; the torque transmitted to the drum by the liquid as the result of shear stress between the liquid and the drum surface; the characteristics of the liquid layer; and the effects of drum size, nozzle shape and orientation, and nozzle velocity. The test results showed that a stable liquid film was formed on the drum and that the kinetic energy of the liquid layer was high enough to be potentially useful in two-phase-flow MHDmore » power systems.« less


Need of formation of the mechanism of management of resource-saving processes is proved. The main directions of increase of ecological and economic efficiency and stability of reproduction processes which are basis for formation of tools of management of processes of resource-saving in industrial wine growing are offered. The evaluation of efficiency of the main directions of resource-saving in industrial wine growing is given.


With the mutual penetration and development of various disciplines, such as software engineering, management and economics etc., Software Engineering Economics (SEE) is gradually developed. From economical point of view, SEE. treats the problems in software engineering by using economical concepts and methods. Experts, scholars, industrialists, technical personnels and administrative personnels in computer, software, management and economics now pay a great attention to SEE, the new cross reference discipline, This paper has reviewed the significant progress in SEE It also introduces the current research topics in SEE field.


The main objective of this dissertation is that of exploring the relationship between naturalization and civic integration from an empirical standpoint. Most existing studies have focused on the impact of naturalization on the specifically economic dimension of integration, whereas the non-economic aspects have been much more neglected. Here the question of the impact of naturalization is developed with regards to first-generation, third-country nationals (TCNs) residing in Italy, and focusing the attention on civic integration. The latter is provided a working definition characterized by three dimensions ("vertical", "horizontal" and "subjective"). The research is based on interviews with fifty individuals carried out between 2012 and 2014. Interviews featured both a structured questionnaire and an open-ended talk. The methodology of analysis of the data was both quantitative and qualitative. The objective of mixing the two methods was to enable me, on the one hand, to define the relationship between the "citizenship variable" and the other main ones, and on the other, to gather a deeper understanding the mechanisms at work behind the process of integration in relation to citizenship acquisition. Overall, this research finds that notwithstanding the pervasive effects on the economic, social and political life that globalization, deterritorialization and increased cross-country mobility have had on nation-states and on individuals living within their borders, national citizenship is still a powerful drive in shaping first-generation immigrants' chances for civic integration into the host country.


Abstract In recent years, tremendous advances have been made in the use of gene editing to precisely engineer the genome. This technology relies on the activity of a wide range of nuclease platforms — such as zinc-finger nucleases, transcription activator-like effector nucleases, and the CRISPR–Cas system — that can cleave and repair specific DNA regions, providing a unique and flexible tool to study gene function and correct disease-causing mutations. Preclinical studies using gene editing to tackle genetic and infectious diseases have highlighted the therapeutic potential of this technology. This review summarizes the progresses made towards the development of gene editing tools for the treatment of haematological disorders and the hurdles that need to be overcome to achieve clinical success.


Teachers follow a motivational style based on their own beliefs about motivation affected by environmental events. External events such as rules and traditions often affect orientation towards controlling; however, it is not known if events such as training and employment affect the extent to which music teachers try to control a student's behavior. The aim of the current study is to investigate associations between the motivational styles of instrumental music teachers, their training, and the type of employment they possess. A survey was conducted with 358 instrumental music teachers. Participants accessed an online questionnaire to provide information about their motivational style and to answer questions about their training and employment. Trained musicians recorded higher scores in the controlling factor than trained music educators. Similarly, teachers who worked in public music schools recorded higher scores in the controlling factor than the ones who worked in private music schools. Our study suggests that motivational literature should be part of the higher education curriculum, since it could help to improve behaviors that support autonomy in instrumental music lessons. The study also recommends making changes to the lifelong job positions that are acquired through public tenders in order to prevent teachers from disregarding the perspective of their students.


In this paper, we consider additive circulant graph codes which are self-dual additive \begin{document}$ \mathbb{F}_4 $\end{document} -codes. We classify all additive circulant graph codes of length \begin{document}$ n = 30, 31 $\end{document} and \begin{document}$ 34 \le n \le 40 $\end{document} having the largest minimum weight. We also classify bordered circulant graph codes of lengths up to 40 having the largest minimum weight.


In the present paper,the authors reviewed progress of researches on the influence of stimulating parameters of electroacupuncture on acupuncture analgesia from wave forms,frequency,intensity,duration of stimulation.Electroacupuncture anesthesia has advantages of easier operation,lighter work load,higher safety and better outcomes.The analgesic effect of electroacupuncture is the foundation of acupuncture anesthesia,and standardized,generally acknowledged and more effective stimulating parameters should be researched further.


A merican International College is a private institution located in the center of Springfield, Massachusetts. It enrolls about 200 students who are instructed by a faculty of approximately 150 in Schools of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, and Psychology and Education, a Division of Nursing, and a College of Continuing and Graduate Studies. It offers a Bachelor of Arts degree, and additionally Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Administation and Human Services and Nursing. On the graduate level, it awards the M.A. degree in three fields, the degrees of M.A.T., M.B.A., M.Ed., and M.S. in Criminal Justice Studies, and a master's degree in Public Administration. This considerable variety of programs stems from what the College catalogue describes as "the best charter of any institution of higher learning in [Massachusetts]." The College acquired its charter to "grant.. . and confer such honors, degrees, and diplomas as are granted or conferred by any university, college or seminary of learning in this commonwealth" in 1888, when, three years after its founding in Lowell, Massachusetts, as the French-Protestant College, it was offered financial aid and a site in Springfield to serve the French-Canadian population of the Connecticut Valley. Continuing to meet the needs of recent immigrants and decreasing its denominational emphasis, it changed its name to the French-American College in 1894. In 1905, it became known as American International College. Until the tide of immigration slackened in the 1920s, the College addressed itself to training in United States citizenship. It stressed instruction in the English language, American history and culture, and basic vocational skills. It survived a financial crisis over the next decade by redirecting its programs to meet the needs of native born students in its immediate geographical area. By 1935, its 300 students were "predominantly American." The College was first accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges in 1933. The subsequent history of American International College reflects its continued adaptability. It established evening and summer schools in the 1940s. Servicing what it called its "zooming enrollment" after the Second World War, the College: created its graduate program in education in conjunction with the Springfield public schools in the late 1940s; ran two overseas branches during the 1950s for U.S. airmen stationed in Bermuda and the Azores; conducted a "training program for skilled artisans from Marshall Aid countries"; designed an executive development program leading to an M.B.A. in the late 1950s; and conducted degree-eligible courses for "several thousand" servicemen and civilians stationed at Westover Air Force Base in nearby Chicopee throughout the 1960s and until the base was "deactivated" in 1974. In the 1960s, like other colleges, it greatly expanded its physical facilities, adding eleven new buildings. In the 1970s, it added its programs in nursing and criminal justice as well as programs in special education, in learning disabilities, and, after acquiring an endowed Chair of Free Enterprise, in economic education. Dr. Harry J. Courniotes, the current president of American International College, began there as a member of the faculty in 1946 and was appointed to his present position in 1969. He is accountable to a thirty-member board of trustees, twenty-seven of them men who are corporate and bank managers or officers and attorneys, all drawn from locally based firms; the three others are women who are identified simply as "community leader" or "educator."


Summary Authors are commonly asked for reprints of their publications. There is need to promote awareness of the usefulness of such requests in gathering medical information. By way of illustration, this study focusses on how requests from the United States of America enabled an African author to collect interesting data on that country's military medicine with reference to such parameters as the specialties of the requesters, the selective nature of their requests, and even women's inferior position in science. It is concluded that the reprint request is a neglected tool which has research potentialities in medical informatics.


Iran Abstract Osteoarthritis is the second most common disorder after heart disease. This progressive degenerative disease affects the knee joint more than any others. The exact etiology of knee osteoarthritis is not clear, however, there are many predisposing factors such as obesity, age, gender, etc., that can increase the incidence and prevalence of this disease. Early diagnosis in knee osteoarthritis is very important. Despite the variety of diagnostic methods, lack of a valid and reliable diagnostic approach to detect the disorder in early stages has always been a challenge for researchers. Establishing an efficient therapeutic protocol for these patients is another crucial challenge. Recently, in addition to conventional treatments, which are surgical and non-surgical, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine as novel therapeutic modalities have received remarkable attention. In this paper, current diagnostic and therapeutic methods for knee osteoarthritis are discussed and potential biomarkers for early diagnosis and monitoring the clinical condition are Epidemiological studies show that knee joint is exposed to the risk of osteoarthritis more than the other joints. Disruption of the physiological balance between anabolic and catabolic activity of the chondrocytes can be identified as the etiology of knee osteoarthritis.


The effect of various common processing methods on the nutritional value, antinutritional compounds, biological value and protein quality of dehulled seeds of an under-utilized tribal food legume, Tamarindus indica L. was investigated. The Dehulled Tamarind Seeds (DTS) were found to contain 23.19% of protein, 8.8% of lipid, 7.2% of fiber, 4.6% of ash and 56.1% of carbohydrates. Although, various antinutritional compounds were present in the DTS, the autoclaving treatment was found to effectively reduce their maximum levels without affecting the nutritional value of DTS. When considering the biological value, the rats fed with diet containing autoclaved DTS exhibited better growth performance. Moreover, the protein quality of DTS such as True Digestibility, Biological Value, Net Protein Utilization and Utilizable Proteins were also significantly improved by autoclaving treatment when compared to other processing methods such as soaking, cooking and roasting.


In the paper, a new implementation of a 3GPP LTE standards compliant turbo decoder based on GPGPU is proposed. It uses the newest GPU-Tesla K20c, which is based on the Kepler GK110 architecture. The new architecture has more powerful parallel computing capability and we use it to fully exploit the parallelism in the turbo decoding algorithm in novel ways. Meanwhile, we use various memory hierarchies to meet various kinds of data demands on speed and capacity. Simulation shows that our implementation is practical and it gets 76% improvement on throughput over the latest GPU implementation. The result demonstrates that the newest Kepler architecture is suitable for turbo decoding and it can be a promising reconfigurable platform for the communication system.


Curcumin is a polyphenolic compound derived from the rhizome of turmeric. It has been widely used as a medicine, condiment and food additives. Curcumin has several biological activities such as anti-oxidation, anti-inflammatory, liver protection, anti-tumor, anti-atherosclerosis, inhibition of obesity, anti-aging, neuroprotection, and anti-senile dementia, it has been applied in functional food in recent years. In view of the current shortcomings of curcumin, such as poor water solubility, instability, and low bioavailability, improving its bioavailability will be the main research direction in the future. This paper mainly discussed the source and physicochemical properties of curcumin, as well as the research progress of delivery carrier of curcumin including nanoparticles of protein matrix, nanoparticles of polysaccharide matrix and nanoparticles of protein polysaccharide composite matrix. Besides, it discussed the application of nanoparticles in improving the solubility, stability, and bioavailability of curcumin. The paper might contribute to the development and research of functional food.


Volume I : Precursors and Inspirations 1. Edward Sapir The Status of Linguistics as a Science Language pp. 207-214 [1929] 2. B. L. Whorf The Relation of Habitual Thought and Behaviour to Language, in Leslie Spier, ed. Language, Culture and Personality: Essays in Memory of Edward Sapir pp. 75-93 [1941] 3. George Orwell Politics and the English Language Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays pp. 156-170 [1946] 4. M. M. Bakhtin On Polyphony and Heterogeneity The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays by M.M. Bakhtin pp. 323-366 [1981] 5. M. M. Bakhtin Selections from 'The Problem of Speech Genres' Speech Genres and Other Late Essays pp. 60-102 [1986] 6. Basil Bernstein Social Class, Language, and Socialization Class, Codes and Control Volume 1: Theoretical Studies Towards a Sociology of Language pp. 170-189 [1970] 7. Raymond Williams Introduction to Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society pp. 9-24 [1976] 8. Raymond Williams Democracy Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society pp. 82-87 [1976] 9. Pierre Bourdieu Price Formation and the Anticipation of Profits Language and Symbolic Power pp. 66-89 [1991] 10. M. A. K. Halliday Language and Social Man (Part 1) Language as Social Semiotic: the Social Interpretation of Language and Meaning pp. 8-35 [1978] 11. Tony Trew Theory and Ideology at Work, in R. Fowler et al., Language and Control pp. 94-116 [1979] 12. Roger Fowler The Referential Code and Narrative Authority Language and Style pp. 129-161 [1977] 13. Gunther Kress Values and Meaning: the Operation of Ideology Through Texts Linguistic Processes in Sociocultural Practice pp.68-84 [1985] 14. Gunther Kress and R. Hodge The Founding Fathers Revisited Social Semiotics pp.13-36 [1988] 15. Deborah Cameron Beyond Alienation: an Integrational Approach to Women and Language Feminism and Linguistic Theory pp.134-161 [1992] 16. Norman Fairclough Register, Power, and Socio-Semantic Change, in D. Birch and M. O'Toole, eds, Functions of Style pp. 111-125 [1988] 17. Norman Fairclough Critical and Descriptive Goals in Discourse Analysis Journal of Pragmatics pp. 739-763 [1985] 18. Roger Fowler On Critical Linguistics, in C. R. Caldas-Coulthard and M. Coulthard, eds., Texts and Practices: Readings in Critical Discourse Analysis pp. 481-492 [1991] 19. Kay Richardson Critical Linguistics and Textual Diagnosis Text pp. 145-163 [1987] Volume II: Leading Advocates 20. Norman Fairclough Discourse as Social Practice Language and Power pp.17-42 [1989] 21. Norman Fairclough Discourse and Text: Linguistic and Intertextual Analysis within Discourse Analysis D


A scheme for reconciliation of the interests of participants in a large gas project on Yamal is suggested. The acceptable size of tax concessions is estimated by taking into account the specificity of budgetary revenues in a resource region: tax revenues expected from the project implementation must at least compensate the anticipated fall of incomes from other industries in the region. A scheme is suggested by which to estimate the "price" of the concession for regional and federal budgets in those taxes which make the project most attractive for investors. It is shown that the key criterion in determination of the direction and size of concessions must be maximization of increment of net current value at small change in the tax rate. On the case of projected dynamics of an imaginary investment project "Yamal Gas" the variants of regional and federal policy are considered that are aimed to encourage project implementation and provide the level of its efficiency acceptable for investors.


N WEEK-END conferences and meetings of teachers, informality is often keynoted in the conduct of business affairs, in the tempo of activity, in the serving of meals, and even in the dress of the participants. Plaid shirts blossom everywhere. In such meetings I have noticed that conferees who are inclined to be somewhat soft-spoken and reticent at home often are caught up in the camaraderie. They become considerably more articulate than they usually are and spar enthusiastically for openings in the group's discussions. They adopt a positive tone and manner, at times emphatically summoning forth from their years of experience observations and truths which they defend against all question and criticism. I have donned my plaid shirt, so to speak. What follows is not a highly analytical treatment of the question of discipline. Instead, I offer one plaid-shirt pegagogue's views and generalizations about discipline in the classroom, based on his own observations and experience of ten years. I always wince when I hear someone say, "Mr. X is a good teacher-knows his subject matter and knows how to get it acrossbut he is a poor disciplinarian." When I hear such a remark, I always think, "Scratch a poor disciplinarian, and you'll find a poor teacher."


Clean-cut TV drama doesn't get any better than the Australian program 'Packed to the Rafters'. It's charming, funny, well-written and packed ... well ... to the rafters with likeable and multi-dimensional characters. The TV drama which depicts ordinary human situations in a family, deals with the issue of abortion in a deft way that is acceptable to supporters of both the pro-choice and the anti-choice sides of the abortion debate.


Background and Objectives: Hemovigilance is a prime requirement for safe transfusion practice rather it may be the reflection of laboratory performance in a blood bank. This study is the first report of transfusion errors and adverse reactions recorded in Bangladesh. It is a new approach to collect and analyze the data pertaining to issues associated with blood transfusion in the day care. This study is aimed to perceive the frequency of adverse reactions and the errors associated with its barrier. Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was conducted in the daycare unit of the Department of Transfusion Medicine of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University from July 2018 to June 2019. Any error regarding pretransfusion and transfusion procedure and adverse event following transfusion was noted according to departmental standard operating procedure and collected data were analyzed with Microsoft Excel 2016. Results: Of the 10,762 units of blood component selected for the issue to 6995 patients, 66 units were discarded. For various reasons. Out of 10696 units of blood component transfused, a total of 459 (4.29%) transfusion reactions were observed among which 390 (3.6%) were acute and 69 (0.6%) were delayed. Mild allergic (40.5%) and Febrile nonhemolytic (36.4%) were the most common acute reaction whereas alloimmunization (9.4%) and delayed hemolysis (4.1%) were the most observed delayed transfusion reaction. Among the recipient, transfusion reactions were observed slightly more in males (7.5%) than in females (5%) and the most affected age group was 20–29 years. Conclusion: However, it is not always possible to analyze the relevance of all the transfusions and the outcome of the patient. Now, a developing country like Bangladesh has to face and notify the errors and to solve them in parallel.


Introduction 1. The Riemann sphere 2. Mobius transformations 3. Elliptic functions 4. Meromorphic continuation and Riemann surfaces 5. PSL(2,R) and its discrete subgroups 6. The modular group Appendices References Index of symbols Index of names and definitions.


The advent of mosaic focal planes, with their accompanying complexity, demands a clear delineation and a wide perspective of architectural levels for the optimum design and integration of focal planes. This overview describes the important characteristics of the various architectural levels, pinpoints the main constraints on focal plane architecture and highlights the major issues and trends in focal plane technology.


Background : Hepatoprotective effects of plants with antioxidant properties have been demonstrated. Considering the importance of drug-induced hepatotoxicity as a major cause of liver damage, the present study carried out to investigate the protective and therapeutic effects of Fumaria officinalis extract against hepatotoxicity induced by acetaminophen in rats. Methods : 35 adult male Wistar Albino rats randomly were divided into 7 groups: (1) healthy control, (2) positive control rats [intraperitoneal injection of acetaminophen (150mg/kg)], (3) hepatotoxic rats treated with silybum marianum (100mg/kg) once daily, (4) and (5) hepatotoxic rats treated with Fumaria aqueous extract once daily at doses 250 and 500mg/kg, respectively for 2 weeks at the time of acetaminophen injection and (6) and (7) protective experimental rats that were treated with aqueous extract of Fumaria once daily at doses 250 and 500mg/kg, respectively, before drug injection. For groups 6 and 7, after 2 weeks of oral treatment, acetaminophen was injected and treatment continued for 2 weeks. At the end of treatment period serum level of functional liver markers (ALT, AST, ALP, and LDH), lipid profile, malondialdehyde and total antioxidant capacity were measured. The data was analyzed by one way ANOVA test. Results : Fumaria reduced the elevated liver enzymes levels and also improved lipid profile. Furthermore this plant reduced lipid peroxidation and increased total antioxidant capacity. Protective effects of Fumaria in prevention groups were notable compared with therapeutic groups. Conclusion : Our results demonstrated that Fumaria have protective and therapeutic effect on experimentally acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in rats. This protective effect might be due to various flavonoids in different plants and it should be considered when designing new drugs for liver toxicity treatment.


Modern power systems are experiencing a rapid transition due to the ever-increasing penetration of renewable energy sources and distributed generation. In order to cope with this challenging scenario, the measurement infrastructure is required to maximize its estimation accuracy in dynamic and transient conditions, but - at the same time - minimize its reporting latency. Several improved algorithms allow to attain the first objective, whereas scarce attention has been given to their actual deployment into real-world industrial controllers. In this paper, we discuss the implementation challenges of a low-latency PMU algorithm within a real-time industrial controller. A preliminary assessment of the computational requirements is performed in terms of execution time as function of the different algorithm parameters. This analysis confirms the potential of the proposed solution, as well as it allows for identifying the current bottlenecks and the most promising countermeasures.


Technology innovation property right is a kind of exclusive ownership and property which technology innovation subject owned.Property right system can ensure technology innovation asset's owner to have certain monopolization right,and exclude the imitators to violate the property right of technology innovation property right's owner,and provide permanent and effective stimulant drive for technology innovation activity.Hence,if we maintain the continuity and effectiveness of technology innovation activity,we must make the arrangement in system.Through the design of technology innovation property's stimulant system,we can stimulate the technology innovation activity of enterprise,and we can establish the rational and scientific technology innovation system of enterprise.


ABSTRACT Polythiophenes bearing myrtanoxy group as a chiral side chain were synthesized via a Migita–Kosugi–Stille coupling reaction. Circular dichroism spectroscopy of the polymers showed that only the polythiophene derivative consisting of thiophene trimers as a monomer repeat unit had optical activity. The number of thiophene rings in the thiophene unit increased, the absorption bands shifted to longer absorption wavelengths. The polymer shows Davydov split type circular dichroism optical absorption due to formation of helical π-stacking structure in 1,2-dichlorobenzene solution. This polymer behaved as a thermotropic liquid crystallinity due to its structural characteristics. Introduction of a derivative of natural compound to polythiophenes affords to yield chiroptically active π-conjugated materials with visible color fluorescence. Graphical abstract


The hot compression tests in a wide range of temperature were employed to produce the semi‐finished products of equiatomic NiTi shape memory alloy holding enhanced mechanical properties. The precise analyses of the compensated flow curves and the microstructures indicated the occurrence of dynamic recovery at lower temperatures and dynamic recrystallization at higher temperature regime. In addition a significant influence on the critical transformation temperatures was also realized. This could affect the martensite plates' characteristics and the fraction of retained austenite phase. In consequence the room temperature mechanical properties and shape memory response of the alloy were influenced. In an elaborated optimized TMP scheme, the recovery ratio was increased from ≈30% to ≈80%.