The interaction between electron beam and RF field in the magnetron -type and inner slotted coaxial structures is studied on the basis of a study of the multiconductor structure in this paper. The electron efficiency is calculated numerically at eight harmonic of the electron eyclotron frequeney in these structrues at fo= 35GHz. The influence of electron velocity distribution in the cuspinjected rotating electron beam is taken into consideration in numerical calculation. The results show that the inner slotted structure is good for an increase in the interaction efficiency. INTRODUCTION The gyrotrons have been shown to be capable of producing high power millimeter wave radiation with high efficiency. However , high -frequency gyrotrons generally require large magnetic fields if they are to operate at the fundamental cyclotron mode. If instead they are operated at harmonic frequencies, the magnetic field can be reduced in inverse proportion to the number of the harmonic. In 1981, Destler et al. "'reported the generation of a high -power microwave radiation at the twelfth harmonic by a higyenergy(2 Mev) rotating electron beam. This experiment featured an innovation interaction structure: a waveguide with a magnetron -type slotted boundary. Further experimental investigations at the University of Maryland have shown that the cuspinjected axis -rotating electron beam in a lower energy regime can also produce microwave radiation efficiently in a magnetron -type structucture3. Both theoretical and experimental works on this type of device have been pursued since that time" -s. This device has been called cusptron oscillator. In this paper , The electron interaction with RF field in the inner and outer slotted coaxial waveguides is investigated at eighth harmonic of the electron cyclotron frequency on the basis of a study of the multiconductor structure'''. The influence of electron velocity distribution in the cuspinjected axis -rotationg beam is taken into consideration. FUNDAMENTAL EQUATION 1. RF Field Equations The cross section of slotted -wall magnetron cavity and circulating electron beam is shown in Figl. This structure is cusptron one, it may be considered as a special example of a multi -conductor'. The field distributions are given in [4,8, 9]. The cross section of the inner slotted structure is shown in Fig. 2. Its field distributions are given in [7,8]. 2. Electron Motion in static Cuspinjected system. The transition width of magnetic cusp is neglected. The ideal stepfunction cusp transition is at z =0. The electron motion in region zj0 satisfies: ¡ B 1310 = r0B0(2-) a = (2) [1 + ro2Bo2(c )9}1 /2 Here, Í31o= v10 /C, 13h0= vi:o /C,a= f310/13110 Equations (l),(2)show that (310 and a are functions of injection radii roof electrons in beam. CALCULATION RESULTS The electron dynamics are governed by the Lorentz force equation. The Lorentz force equation and field equations are solved numerically to obtain electron interaction efficiency 4. The electron beam is divided into five layers from inner to outer surface of beam. Every E -layer has its injected radius ro and initial a. We calculate average efficiency of evti t f r i i t it t t t e h8.11 i i i i , i si of t ience and echnology of China, hengdu, ichuan 610054, . . i BST T i t r ti t l tr fiel in the magnetron-t a inner slotted coaxial structures is t i t i t ultiductor str ct re i t i . The electron e ficie i l l ted  lly at t i t tr r ency in these str tr s 0 he influenc of el  tr vel it i tri ti in the cusp-i j t r t ti electr b is t into consideratio in numerical calculati . r lt t the i ner slotted structure is g od for an increase in the interaction e ficienc . I I s to be capa l of pr i i illi t r ti n i i i ncy. r, i -frequency gyrotrons generally require large magnetic fields if they are to operate at the f  tal lotron ode. op r t t har fr , t ag ti fi l re i in rtion t In 1981, Destler et al. ^reported the generation of a high-power mi ave radiation at the t lft ic energy(2 ev) rotating electron beam. t t red i tion i teraction str t r ; i it tr -type slotted boundary. rt r experi t l i s ti ti s t t i r it of ar l have sho n that the cusp-inje t axis-r t ti l tr i l r r i ti fi iently in a t -type structu t .  this type of device have been pursue sinc t at time4-6. This device has b en ca led cusptron osci la tor. I t i paper, he electron interaction with RF field in the i ner and outer slotted coaxial waveguides is investigat ei har elect c y n is f the multictor 7,8. infl f l tr vel it i tri ti in the cusp-i j t i -rotationg is t into considerati . F E T L E TI . i l cr al a etr it d lating electron beam is shown in structure is it ay be co i l ple of a ulti-conductor8. The field distributions are given in [4, ]' i tr t is sh in Fig. 2. ld istributions are given in [7, . lectron otion in t ti -injected system. The t sition i th ti i l ted. ide l function cusp transit on is at z=0. tron otion in region z7>0 sati ;


The Referendum on Scottish Independence in September 2014 provides a valuable context for studying territorial identities in the UK. In the United Kingdom, comparing the diversity of 'national' experiences helps us to understand the salience of national symbols. David McCrone and Frank Bechhofer show that although these symbols are important, they will bear less on the outcome of the forthcoming vote than will economic and political factors.


Assuring the quality of the building design is one of the most vital issues while compiling a construction project especially amid the urgent actions towards affecting climate change risks and attempts to achieve Sustainable Development (SD) goals. Recently, Egypt has experienced deficit in electricity due to high demand and consumption of electricity in different building sectors. Therefore, ensuring sustainable and energy efficient buildings can assist in reducing energy demand and saving energy. TARSHEED, as a non-governmental measure to develop a local green building rating system. Building Information Modelling (BIM) as an efficient tool that is recently used to facilitate the design process and increase accuracy and interoperability as well as assisting local governments to ensure assigned standards of quality in building design specially safety and energy efficiency. With the help of BIM, previous successful measures and attempts were conducted to automate rule-based checking. This research investigates a BIM-based approach for automating checking of TARSHEED rating system. The developed approach utilizes as much information available in a building's BIM model as possible to automate the design evaluation complied with TARSHEED criteria.


Sublingual immunotherapy(SLIT)is a new immunotherapy method which has been proved by many clinical studies that it can cure allergic asthma and rhinitis safely and effectively.Especially,SLIT is clearly better than subcutaneous immunotherapy(SCIT)in safety.At present,SLIT has been applied widely in Europe,South Africa,Australia,South Asia,and Middle East.Here is to discuss the mechanisms of SLIT,the relationships between allergen doses and efficacy,and the clinical efficacy and long efficacy.


FIELD: inorganic compounds technology. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to non-caking nitrogen-free salt compositions of sodium chloride including at least one of the following metal complexes: iron, titanium, and chromium complex with mesotartaric acid or with hydroxypolycarboxylic acid mixture containing at least 5% mesotartaric acid, wherein molar ratio of metal to mesotartaric acid or to said hydroxypolycarboxylic acid mixture varies from 0.2 to 10. Composition having pH value between 1 and 10 further contains formic and/or oxalic acid as pH agent. Composition is prepared by spraying solution containing all above-mentioned constituents. Composition may find use as edible salt, road salt, or salt for mercurial or membrane electrolysis. EFFECT: achieved anti-caking effect. 7 cl, 3 tbl, 18 ex


Earth observation resources are becoming increasingly indispensable in disaster relief, damage assessment, and other related domains. Many unpredictable factors, such as changes in observation task requirements, bad weather, and resource malfunctions, may cause the scheduled observation scheme to become infeasible. In these cases, it is crucial to promptly reformulate high-quality observation schemes while exerting minimal negative effects on the previously scheduled tasks. Accordingly, in this study, a bottom-up distributed coordination framework together with an improved contract net is proposed, aiming to facilitate dynamic task replanning for heterogeneous Earth observation resources. This hierarchical framework consists of three levels: 1) neighboring resource coordination; 2) single planning center coordination; and 3) multiple planning center coordination. The observation tasks affected by unpredicted factors are managed along with a bottom-up route from resources to planning centers. This bottom-up distributed coordination framework transfers part of the computing load to various nodes of the observation systems to plan tasks more efficiently and robustly. To support the prompt replanning of multiple tasks to proper Earth observation resources in dynamic environments, we propose a multiround combinatorial allocation (MCA) method. Moreover, a new float interval-based local search algorithm is proposed to quickly obtain a promising replanning scheme. The simulation results demonstrate that the MCA method can achieve a better task completion rate for large-scale tasks with satisfactory time efficiency. In addition, this method can efficiently obtain replanning schemes based on original schemes in dynamic environments.


Objective To investigate the mRNA expression of COX-2 and MMP-2 on transitional cell carcinoma of bladder(TCCB) and their relationship with the invasion and metastasis of the bladder neoplasm. Methods Surgical bladder specimens were obtained from 54 TCCB patients and 5 benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) patients to make paraffin slices, and 8 specimens which against cancers. In situ hybridization (ISH) was used to assay the mRNA expression of COX-2 and MMP-2. Results The mRNA expression of COX-2 and MMP-2 in bladder neoplasm were 59.2 % and 57.4 % respectively. Compared to the control, their expression was higher (P 0.01, P 0.01), and the difference was significant. There was a relationship between them(P 0.01). Conclusions The over expression of COX-2 and MMP-2 mRNA had a close relationship with the invasion and metastasis of TCCB.


Abstract Background Schizophrenia (SCZ) has been associated to distinctive voice since its first definitions. Distinctive voice patterns are often associated with core negative symptoms and with social impairment. They may thus represent markers of the disorder. A recent meta-analysis identified weak atypicalities for pitch variability, and stronger atypicalities in duration (speech percentage, pause duration and speech rate). However, heterogeneity across studies was large, most of the studies underpowered (small sample and no repeated measures) and replications across studies almost nonexistent. In addition, there is a lack of cross-linguistic studies comparing voice and linguistic patterns in SCZ across different languages to assess whether the patterns are distinctive of SCZ in general, or specific to linguistic and/or cultural groups. In the present study, we aim to advance the understanding of voice patterns in SCZ by collecting and analyzing a cross-linguistic corpus of repeated voice measures. Such corpus enables us to systematically assess the replicability of previous meta-analytic results, better accounting for between and within participant variability, as well as cross-linguistic differences. Methods We collected a Danish (DK), Chinese (CH) and Japanese (JP) cross-linguistic dataset involving 163 participants with SCZ (105 DK, 51 CH, 7 JP) and 173 matched controls (HC) (117 DK, 43 CH, 13 JP) for a total of 3851 audio-recordings. Data were collected using the Animated Triangle 1 2020 Congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society Task. Voice recordings were preprocessed using consolidated algorithms (Covarep, Praat) to extract the following features, in order to compare results with the effect sizes (ES) of previous meta-analysis (MA): 1) Duration measures (speech rate, duration of utterance, number of pauses, pause duration), as well as 2) pitch and intensity (mean and variability). To investigate differences between SCZ and HC, we ran multilevel regression models with the acoustic feature as outcome, diagnosis (SZ, HC) and language (DK, JP, CH) as predictors, and varying effects by participant and corpus. Predictors were scaled in order to allow comparison with meta-analysis ES. Results We were only able to partially replicate previous findings. The meta-analysis found: 1) lower pitch variability, replicated for JP only (β= -1.25, SE = 0.37, p < .001); 2) lower speech rate replicated for DK only (β= -0.23, SE = .08, p < .01); 3) increased pause duration replicated for DK (β= 0.29, SE = .08, p < .001) and JP (β= 0.59, SE = .30, p < .05); 4) lack of evidence for atypical number of pauses replicated for DK, JP and CH; 5) lack of evidence for atypical duration of utterance replicated for CH and JP (DK presented higher duration: β= 0.01, SE = 0.01, p < .01); 6) lower proportion of spoken time, not replicated; 7) lack of evidence for pitch mean, replicated for DK, but higher in CH (β= 0.37, SE = .18, p < .05), and lower in JP (β= -1.46, SE = .41, p < .001). Discussion We found only partial replication of previous meta-analytic findings for reduced pitch variability, increased pause duration and lower speech rate, with ES generally smaller than in previous meta-analysis. On the contrary, we were not able to replicate previous findings of lower proportion of spoken time. Estimations of ES were largely affected by different languages, and replications held only for specific languages (pitch variability for JP, speech rate for DK, and pause duration for DK and JP). This indicates the important role that linguistic factors may play in originating vocal patterns in SCZ. Voice patterns seem not to be distinctive of SCZ in general, but bounded to linguistic/cultural differences. Future studies should better investigate how different acoustic and linguistic features interact in originating atypical voice patterns in SCZ.


Pain puts a serious burden on individuals and society. The Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) aims at improving pain care policies by gathering a broad coalition of multi-disciplinary organisations.

 Uncontrolled pain can decrease people's quality of life and has a serious impact on individuals and society. The SIP Thematic Network focuses on improving policy-making via the creation of a network of stakeholders by sharing best practices and available data to draft recommendations with the goal to call for a European Framework addressing the societal impact of pain. SIP has been selected in 2018 as a Thematic Network as part of the EU Health Policy Platform and produced a Joint Statement that focuses on four key areas: (1) Indicators, (2) Research, (3) Education, and (4) Employment. The Joint Statement has been used as a basis for projects and initiatives at national level, aligned with the four key priorities.

 Nine SIP national platforms have been established in Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain under the guidance of the European SIP platform. Each platform has identified one or more key areas of the Joint Statement to take concrete actions for implementation. For example, SIP Belgium released a national SIP Joint Statement with the goal to improve the (re)integration of pain patients in the workforce and society.

 The selection of SIP as a Thematic Network on the EU Health Policy Platform provided opportunities to identify the key areas for impactful pain policy work and led to concrete actions for implementation on national level. More at www.sip-platform.eu

 Continuation of the dialogue on the EU Health Policy platform is important to improve existing policies and to increase collaboration amongst all key stakeholders. Structured implementation of policy recommendations on national level is important in order to improve pain care.


As M&S work force needs increase, debate continues about what Modeling and Simulation (M&S) education should look like or where it belongs. Many schools are currently taking steps to develop undergraduate programs in M&S. This paper proposes a practical M&S curriculum that can be implemented as part of a two-year and/or four-year engineering program. The premise of this curriculum is to offer students generic M&S education and to provide a solid grasp of the M&S field. Equipped with this knowledge, a student may enter the work force as a technician prepared for further study in M&S. On-the-job training programs such as the M&S Apprenticeship at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding - Newport News, presents an advantage by allowing the students to synthesize new knowledge immediately.


Photovoltaic (PV) system can be one of the renewable energy source used to charge the electric batteries. However, a significant amount of PV power is wasted if the maximum available power does not fully utilized by the batteries charging process appropriately. In this study, a maximum power flow management technique is proposed for stand-alone PV based battery charging system. A set of Li-ion battery cells of different capacity and state of charge (SOC) is considered for charging. A decentralize three stages constant current/constant voltage (CC/CV) charging strategy and DC-DC buck converter with maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is utilized to charge these battery cells by using the PV system. A maximum power flow management algorithm based on forecasted PV generated power is proposed to select the appropriate number of battery cells for charging at a particular time that able to receive maximum power from the PV system. In addition, the different preventive measure including overheating and overcharging is also considered in the charging process. The simulated system achieved 88.37% utilization of PV generated power.


Frozen orbits are required for Earth observational missions, where the trace is repeated on the surface after a certain number of revolutions. The design of those missions is facilitated with the method we present here, which permits us to calculate families of periodic orbits in a reference system that rotates with the Earth. An application to the TOPEX/POSEIDON orbit is presented.


Coronary artery disease, one of the major causes of death in Japan, is said to be related to coronary artery calcification. However, health care workers are essential to examine only the heart when investigating coronary artery disease. Also, it is very difficult to extract only calcification of the heart from Non-Contrast CT. To our knowledge, 3D cardiac extraction in non-enhanced CT cardiac images has not been performed in previous studies. In addition, the estimation of calcification score from heart extraction has not been done in previous studies. Therefore, we performed calcium score classification from cardiac CT using 3D-ResNet, which is a 3D extension of ResNet, which is highly accurate in image classification. Therefore, in this study, we propose a cardiac detection method using deep learning to improve the accuracy of calcium scoring. We conducted experiments using a dataset for cardiac detection from chest CT images and a dataset for calcium scoring from chest CT scans. The results show that the proposed method improves the accuracy of calcium scoring compared to the method without cardiac extraction. As a result, we proposed a state-of-the-art highly accurate heart detection method that has never existed before.


J. D. Miller , Professor University of Utah SLC, UT 84112 USA An alternative approach to the conventional washing and flotation techniques for de-inking of mixed office waste (MOW) is magnetic separation. The use of magnetic de-inking has great potential to improve the efficiency of ink removal due to the magnetic content of toners. It is shown experimentally that the magnetic susceptibility of toners typically found in MOW varies from weakly paramagnetic to ferromagnetic. The magnetic de-inking of MOW in itself is not sufficient to achieve a high quality final product due to variations in the magnetic susceptibility of the toner particles. Nevertheless a combination of magnetic separation with flotation appears to be able to produce a final product of superior quality with 92.7% of the dirt removed. Considering these findings appropriate flowsheet modifications are suggested for improved plant performance.


Maturity Rules Boomers: Act Two You Say You Want a Revolution Elder Insurgency Entitlements for Everyone Utopia Revisited -- An Exercise in Cultural Archaeology The Doors of Perception Aging & the Alpha Male Love, Loyalty & the End of Sex Ecology & Longevity Welcome to Eldertown Something Eternal Index.


Abstract : Progress has been made on four components of our second generation intelligent system, SUCCESSOR: (A) a geometric modeling system, (B) an advanced symbolic graphics system, (C) a system for matching structures from stereo pairs and motion sequences, and (D) ATLAS, a model-based planning system for automating the planning of assemblies development of common lisp were made to make our programs portable and to enable us to work on several computers. These developments include: SLISP a common LISP subset, on VAX: (b) TAIL, a version of SLISP on SUN workstations; (c) a real time garbage collection algorithm for Lisp in support of robotics. In addition, small development of the AL programming system continued. (kr)


The poets usually have an innate homage and sincer fowards the nature.Xu Zhi-mo appears free but overcautious,embodying one kind of pessimistic thought.Shelley appears quiet but unrestrained,infirtrating a kind of optimism thought.They found by poetry one kind of natural image communities belonging to themselves,and have the intense subject consciousness color at hand,whose art ways have the respective characteristics.


Sustainability requires increased energy efficiency with minimal waste. The future power systems should thus provide high levels of flexibility in controlling energy consumption. Precise projections of future energy demand/load at the aggregate and on the individual site levels are of great importance for decision-makers and professionals in the energy industry. Forecasting energy loads has become more advantageous for energy providers and customers, allowing them to establish an efficient production strategy to satisfy demand. This paper introduces two hybrid cascaded models for forecasting multistep household power consumption in different resolutions. The first model integrates Stationary Wavelet Transform (SWT), as an efficient signal preprocessing technique, with Convolutional Neural Networks and Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) units. The second hybrid model combines SWT with a self-attention based neural network architecture named transformer. The major constraint of using time-frequency analysis methods such as SWT in multistep energy forecasting problems is that they require sequential signals, making signal reconstruction problematic in multistep forecasting applications. The cascaded models can efficiently address this problem by using recursive outputs. Experimental results show that the proposed hybrid models achieve superior prediction performance compared to existing multi-step power consumption prediction methods. The results will pave the way for more accurate and reliable forecasting of household power consumption.


Hannah Arendt argued that refugees pose a major problem for liberalism. Most liberal theorists endorse the idea of human rights. At the same time, liberalism takes the existence of sovereign states for granted. When large numbers of people petition a liberal state for asylum, Arendt argued, these two commitments will come into conflict. An unwavering respect for human rights would mean that no refugee is ever turned away. Being sovereign, however, allows states to control their borders. States supposedly committed to human rights will thus often violate the rights of refugees by denying them entry. I attempt to defend liberalism from Arendt's criticism by outlining a rights-based model of asylum that is enforceable by sovereign states. This approach avoids the question of what border-enforcement measures, if any, are defensible at the level of ideal justice, and instead seeks to outline a framework of refugee rights that can be realized in a world in which migration controls are a fact of life. Central to my argument is a distinction between the place where a person is recognized as a rights-bearing agent and the potentially different place where he or she exercises those rights.


The following problem of emission tomography with scattering is considered. There is a source distribution for particles (or radiation) in a bounded domain M. The particles move in M according to a Hamiltonian. A medium is contained in M which can absorb and scatter the particles. It is assumed that the energy of a particle does not change in scatterings; in other words the scattering is elastic and media atoms are unmoving and much more harder than the particles. The Hamiltonian, absorption and scattering diagram are known. One has to recover the source distribution from the emitting flow through the boundary of M. The uniqueness theorem and stability estimate are obtained under some assumptions on the Hamiltonian, absorption and scattering diagram. The main assumption is formulated in terms of some connection that is constructed according to the Hamiltonian. Some numerical method is offered.


As tourism market becoming increasingly competitive, finding the right segment market and attract target audience's attention is critical. This study used the eye-tracking technology which included several eye movement indexes. Different age and gender participants were recruited to view 15 photographic images that depicted geological and physiognomic process trace tourism resources. As main result, male participants show more interests in this kind of tourism resource than female, youth participants show more interests than teenagers and middle-aged people. This study fills the void in the attraction research of geological and physiognomic process trace tourism resources and presents a novel approach to find the potential tourists to specific tourism resources.


With the support of a Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Teach Technology (PT3) grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the authors -faculty members in a diverse urban state university - successfully used a training-of-trainers model to motivate and train its faculty to infuse technology into their methods classes. The model facilitated the collaborative efforts of faculty to produce technology-based lessons, implement them in their classes, and produce CD-ROMs that are case studies and tutorials for others.


This chapter presents an examination of the thoughts and writings of Lisa Sowle Cahill, a moral theologian at Boston College. Taking issue with both Germain Grisez and Jean Porter, Cahill seeks to construct a new paradigm of natural law that addresses feminist and poststructural scholars. Cahill believed that any paradigm of intercultural or interreligious ethics that purported to be describing moral duties in the real world must begin by exploring how ethical questions are intimately tied to the concrete experiences in specific (often religiously diverse) communities. Her paradigm addressed the concerns of feminist and postimperialist scholars in moving beyond the "false universalism" offered by paradigms like that of neo-scholasticism, while offering a "realist" understanding of social ethics that remained true to the realist impulses in Catholic moral theology.


The paper analyzed the structure of Guitar,introduced how to choose microphone according to the acoustic structure and acoustic radiation,determine the location of pickup.The impact of room factors on the pickup tone.


In the 21st century, it is almost impossible for businesses to maintain their existence and compete without innovating. In this context, businesses are expected to improve existing products or add innovations to existing products to innovate continuously. The business which acquires this character, the organization is concerned with the adoption of innovative practices, approaches and norms. This is, in fact a culture that emphasizes innovative values which is ossified and made part of everyday life. Therefore applications of HRM accelerates the adaptation of employees to innovation. However, in the literature there is no empirical study explaining the relationship between these two variables. The aim of the research is to determine the impact of innovative human resource practices on a culture that triggers innovation. The results show that applications of HRM which are carried out with an innovative approach, provides an important contribution to the relevant article to emphasize the premise role that their practice is in terms of the construction and continuity of an innovative organizational culture.


For com parison ofinclusive jet cross sections m easured at hadron-hadron colliders to next-to-leading order (N LO ) parton-levelcalculations,the energy deposited in the jet cone by spectator parton interactions m ust (cid:12)rst be subtracted. The assum ption m ade at the Tevatron is that the spectator parton interaction energy is sim ilar to the am bient level m easured in m inim um bias events.In thispaper,wetestthisassum ption by m easuring theam bientcharged track m om entum in events containing large transverse energy jets at p s = 1800 G eV and p s = 630 G eV and com paring thisam bientm om entum with thatobserved both in m inim um biaseventsand with that predicted by two M onte Carlo m odels. Two cones in (cid:17) { (cid:30) space are de(cid:12)ned,at the sam e pseudo-rapidity, (cid:17) ,as the jet with the highest transverse energy ( E (1) T ),and at (cid:6) 90 o in the azim uthal direction, (cid:30) . The totalcharged track m om entum inside each ofthe two cones is m easured. The m inim um m om entum in thetwoconesisalm ostindependentof E (1) T and issim ilartothem om entum observed in m inim um bias events, whereas the m axim um m om entum increases roughly linearly with the jet E (1) T over m ost ofthe m easured range. This study willhelp im prove the precision of com parisonsofjetcrosssection data and N LO perturbative Q CD predictions.The distribution of the sum ofthe track m om enta in the two cones is also exam ined for (cid:12)ve di(cid:11)erent E (1) T bins. The H ERW IG and PY TH IA M onteCarlosarereasonably successfulin describing thedata,butneither can describe com pletely allofthe eventproperties.


A method is described for purifying malarial antigen from human brain. The antigen appears to be highly specific for malarial antibodies. On double diffusion in agar gel a precipitin reaction was produced only with sera from persons with malarial parasites in their peripheral blood and those with high malarial fluorescent antibody titre. No precipitin lines were formed with sera from persons who were known to be free from malarial infection.


The new pyrimidine derivatives were synthesized by the modified three-component Biginelli reaction. During the screening study of their biological activities the new substance of pyrimidine-5carboxamides with high analgesic activity and low toxicity were selected.


Broadband wireless access systems can be used to deliver a variety of high data rate applications and services. Many of the channels being considered for such applications exhibit multipath propagation coupled with large delay spreads. Currently, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing is employed in these channels to compensate the effect of dispersion. Single carrier (SC) modulation in conjunction with frequency-domain equalization (FDE) at the receiver has been shown to be a practical alternate solution as it has lower peak to average power ratio and is less sensitive to frequency offsets and phase noise compared to OFDM. The effect of multipath propagation increases with increasing data rate for SC systems. This leads to larger inter-symbol-interference (ISI) spans. In addition the achievable capacity of SC-broadband systems depends on their ability to accommodate multiple signal transmissions in the same frequency band, which results in co-channel interference (CCI) when detecting the desired data stream. The effects of CCI and ISI are more pronounced at high data rates. The objective of this research is to investigate and a develop low-complexity frequency domain receiver architectures capable of suppressing both CCI and ISI and employing practical channel estimation. In this thesis, a linear and a non-linear receiver architecture are developed in the frequency domain for use in highly dispersive channels employing multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antennas. The linear receiver consists of parallel branches each corresponding to a transmit data stream and implements linear equalization and demodulation. Frequency domain joint CCI mitigation and ISI equalization is implemented based on estimated channel parameters and is called space-frequency i equalization. The non-linear receiver implements hybrid decision feedback equalization by extending the parallel branch linear MMSE receiver to include a decision feedback back end and is referred to as the space-frequency decision feedback equalization (SF-DFE). As with the linear equalizer, the SF-DFE also performs frequency domain CCI mitigation and MMSE-FDE. In addition, it implements a time domain feedback filter performing post-cursor ISI cancellation based on the recently detected data symbols. A training sequence based time domain channel estimation algorithm is developed which estimates the effective channel parameters by maximizing the signal to interference plus noise ratio. These parameters are Fourier transformed and utilized by the frequency domain receiver. The effective channel parameters are estimated in parallel using a parameter estimation algorithm. Further, an iterative QR-decomposition based parameter estimation algorithm is developed which yields performance improvement over the non-iterative parameter estimation algorithm.


The study aims to assess the substance use related literacy among the medical students in government based medical college in the Nairobi, Kenya. The methodology of the study was cross sectional based on survey method. Result states that majority of students reported there is presence of substance abusing youths are existed in their classrooms. Results also shows that there is low level of self-intake substance and increase assertiveness as found among medical students.


To the Editor: As SARS-CoV-2 pandemia and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) largely spread, plans for emergency management of acute stroke treatment are developing worldwide. Stroke teams should try to continue to treat as many patients as possible. However, US regulatory authorities have been informed that major concerns are hindering full compliance to all guidelines all times everywhere.1 A protected code stroke algorithm has been suggested,2 whose application depends on local realities.1,3 The challenge is how to link best chance for recovery to prevention of infection transmission. Notably, such an extreme condition forces stroke teams to seek creative solutions.2,3 Radiology and neuroradiology units are also planning to both contain infection and ensure normal activity. American College of Radiology does not recommend chest imaging to diagnose COVID-19, since findings are not specific, with high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) more sensitive than chest x-rays.3,4 Viral testing confirmation by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction is required. However, reverse transcriptionpolymerase chain reaction is not always performed in all infected patients, above all if asymptomatic or paucisymptomatic. Furthermore, initial reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction is not always positive in infected patients, and HRCT may be positive before positive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in up to 69.8% of patients.4 Five categories for suspected patients have then been proposed: definitely COVID-19, very probably COVID-19, probably COVID-19, probably not COVID-19, and very probably not COVID-19.5 Other issues include sanitization of equipment and rooms, and sparing personal protective equipments. Thus, when chest imaging is considered necessary, the American College of Radiology recommends portable radiography units which can be easily cleaned, avoiding both x-rays/ CT rooms and personnel/patients' movement. CT should be reserved for hospitalized patients with specific clinical indications. Our institution follows these American College of Radiology recommendations. However, at the time we are writing, little has been discussed about emergency radiology and neuroradiology units pathways of those patients suspected or positive for COVID-19 requiring both chest imaging and time-based emergency care by priority CT, such as generally required in patients with stroke. These patients often present with unclear clinical scenarios or comorbidities, may be confused, aphasic, or otherwise unable to provide necessary information for screening. Additionally, in this sad era, patients are generally admitted alone without family members nor witnesses.2,3 Recently, in Italy allied societies against stroke addressed the need of chest imaging in patients presenting with stroke.3 We think that in these patients HRCT should be associated to the required CT, avoiding chest x-ray by portable radiography unit, despite increase of radiation exposure. Time, movements, and personal protective equipments would be spared. HRCT patterns may early allow better patients' stratification, assisting rapid decision-making. We propose HRCT in patients undergoing CT for stroke and requiring chest imaging as one of the winning cards against COVID-19. This might likely prevent Trojan horses also in nontimebased emergency pathways requiring priority CT. Which is Authors' opinion?


Objective To explore flow cytometry and Thrombelastogram( TEG) testing value in evaluation of low response to clopidogrel. Methods Eighty- nine patients with coronary heart disease( CHD) admitted to Fuxing Hospital from February to December 2011 were enrolled in study group,29 healthy subjects in control group. After 1- week administration of clopidogrel and aspirin,flow cytometry and TEG were used to detect clopidogrel response,flow cytometry to test platelet activated receptor maker PAC- 1 and CD62 p,TEG to test ADP inhibition rate which reflected the clopidogrel effect. The incidences of ischemia and bleeding events within 1 year were followed up. Results The expressions of platelet activation markers were calculated according to interquartile range method. Defining platelet activation marker CD62 p 15. 5% and PAC- 1 3. 01% as high expression of platelet activation,the response to clopidogrel was low; platelet activation marker CD62 p 15. 5% or PAC- 1 3. 01% for moderate expression of activated platelets; defining CD62 P 15. 5% or PAC- 1 3. 01% as medium expression or as low expression,the response to clopidogrel was better. When ADP inhibition ratio was 38. 9%,the sensitivity was 97. 0%,specificity 61. 1%,the area under ROC curve was 0. 932( P = 0. 001). Forty- six patients had high expression,43 had medium,no patients had low expression. Combined with ADP inhibition rate 38. 9%,40 patients had low response to clopidogrel.There was no significant difference in incidences of major ischemia and bleeding events between patients with low,medium responses( P 0. 05). Only 4 patients had mild bleeding events,mainly local subcutaneous hemorrhage,gum bleeding,subhyaloid hemorrhage. Conclusion The critical value of TEG detecting low response to clopidogrel is ADP 38. 9%,suggesting that patients may have drug resistance,which provides references for further researches.


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This study assesses the economic implications of China's changing population in the 21st century using a numerical general equilibrium model. The simulations show that lower fertility rates yield lower saving rates. Since lower fertility rates reduce the future supply of labor, capital will become less productive. Consequently, if international capital mobility is high in China, a low fertility rate implies more future capital outflows. But if capital is less mobile, low fertility today lowers the domestic return to capital and raises the domestic return to labor. In addition, the paper finds no significant link between demographic structures and per capita income growth.


Repertoires of first specific binding pair (sbp) members wherein each first sbp member has a chemical moiety bound covalently at an amino acid residue within the binding site are made and may be displayed at the Surface of an organism Such as a bacteriophage. Methods of making Such reper toires may involve the provision of a population of encoding nucleic acid molecules wherein a codon encoding a Selec tively or preferentially modifiable amino acid is introduced in the region encoding the binding site, for instance by mutation or gene construction. First sbp member (e.g. antibodies) wherein binding to second sbp member (e.g. antigen) is enhanced in or dependent on the presence of the chemical moiety in the binding Site may be Selected from the repertoires.


The first analytical solution of the trapped ion‐vortex state known since the early days of computer simulations is presented. It appears as a nonlinear saturated state of the ion‐ion two‐stream instability and represents, macroscopically, a plasma (ion) hole moving near the ion thermal velocity. Both electron and ion densities are locally depressed.


Plasmepsins (Plm) II (EC number: 126.96.36.199) and IV (EC number: 3.4.23.B14) are aspartic proteases present in the food vacuole of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and are involved in host hemoglobin degradation. Based on our established efficient synthetic sequence, a series of inhibitors for Plm II and IV has been synthesized bearing a 2,3,4,7‐tetrahydro‐1H‐azepine scaffold as the core structural element. During the computational design cycle, thorough investigations were carried out in order to find a reasonable theoretical binding mode for Plm II and IV. The conformation of Plm II in the crystal structure (PDB code: 1LF2) provides a good starting geometry for our virtual screening approach. In contrast, the only available co‐crystal structure for Plm IV of P. falciparum (PDB code: 1LS5) appears inappropriate for inhibitor design. Therefore, a homology model was constructed based on the Plm II 1LF2 structure. A combinatorial docking run using FlexXc suggested compounds which, after synthesis, turned out to exhibit affinities in the sub‐micromolar range. The observed structure–activity relationships of the synthesized compounds confirm the assumed binding mode for Plm II and IV. The best‐binding inhibitors designed for Plm II and IV are devoid of any inhibitory potency against human cathepsin D (EC number: 220.127.116.11).


The proven benefits of current metallic intracoronary stents -- namely, sealing intimal dissections and preventing restenosis -- are realized during the first 6 months after implantation. Therefore, stents that biodegrade after 6 months may offer the same benefits without the potential risk for long-term complications. This report from the Japanese inventors of …


Mutants with speltoid and vavilovoid characteristics as well as with the key characters of T. durum and T. turgidum were recovered in the M2 population of T. pyramidale treated with ethylmethane sulphonate. T. pyramidale differs from T. turgidum primarily in ear compactness and the relationship between these two species is similar to that between T. aestivum and sub-species compactum.


Bi2Ti2O7 microspheres are hydrothermally synthesized in high yields from an aqueous solution of Bi(NO3)3, Ti(OiPr)4, and KOH (autoclave, 180 °C, 24 h).


The rapid development of information technology forces everything to be done sophisticated, easy, and practical. During the information technology revolution 4.0 which is commonly called the disruptive era, the people need communication to exchange information and data. One of the communication systems that has been found today is handphone technology that can be used to communicate remotely through short message services. It can be ascertained that almost every adult having a handphone can be even more than one number, so it is a top priority for market sharing in business activities by utilizing gammu and kalkun technology. Gammu which is an open source program application was developed to build SMS gateways and or while the kalkun program application is used for web based SMS management system. This paper describes the use of gammu and kalkun in information technology to develop and manufacture and manage SMS SERVER effectively and certainly can save costs. This method is more efficient because it allows companies to easily manage their own information dissemination and sales activities and according transactions to business needs, so that the budget spent by the company can be reduced and more economical.


In this research, radiation dosimetry was made through measuring free radicals induced in synthetic hydroxyapatite (HAP) using EPR spectroscopy. At the first step, the hydroxyapatite nanopowders were synthesized via sol-gel method. The produced powders were passed through a thermal treatment, weighted and packed. Then, the samples were irradiated at different dose rates using Co γ-ray and 10MeV electron beam radiation at a high dose range. The EPR signal intensity of hydroxyapatite samples were measured at room temperature in the air. Subsequently, the variations of the EPR signal intensities were constructed as peak-to-peak signal amplitude and were compared with alanine and bone powder samples. The results showed that the EPR signal intensity of the HAP samples are several times higher than alanine and bone powder and are saturated at the higher dose rates in comparison with other species.


The medical data science has been changing from conventional analog to more powerful digital imaging systems for some time. These imagining systems produced images in digital form. As digital technology evolves and exceeds the capability of analog imaging devices, so too does the expansion in the range of applications for image guided surgical and diagnostic systems. The optimization of bandwidth and storage are the major issues in image processing technology. The Compressive Sensing (CS) algorithm can become prominent tool for these issues because it can sample the signal with much lesser sample rate than twice of the maximum frequency of the signal and reconstruct the signal similar to the original signal. This paper, presents a novel scheme Region based Mixed-mode Medical Image Compression (RMIC). Here, the region of interest is compressed with lossless hybrid compression methods and the non-region of interest is com-pressed with lossy hybrid CS algorithm. RMIC is compared with different existing hybrid compression methods and it outperforms better visual perceptional quality of reconstructed image and reduces the compression rate. The performance analysis is done based on PSNR, MSE and compression ratio.


In this paper we introduced some of the technique advancements of GE Light Speed VCT in hardware, software and reconstruction algorithm areas,and how these advancements improved image quality and brought many advanced clinical applications into reality including 5-beat cardiac,emergency chest pain Triple Rule Out~(TM) and total stroke work-up.We also discussed the need to balance image quality and X ray dose and what GE was doing to achieve the goal of getting diagnostic CT images at the lowest possible dose.


Remembrance and the Past And I exhort you to remember these things. . . . Moroni 10:271 This essay was drafted in 1984 after a chance reading of a book review2 that called our attention to Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi's account of the role of memory in Jewish identity.3 He contrasted the ancient passion for remembering God's mighty acts, as well as the dire consequences of turning away from the covenants that had framed Jewish identity, with the recent withering, under the impact of modernity, of the traditional and often quite lachrymose Jewish understanding of their past. What has replaced this older understanding of the past is a flowering of Jewish historiography. This new Jewish history is primarily produced under the standards of Enlightenment skepticism of divine things. It manifests a mere curiosity about the variety and details of Jewish culture and has assisted the subsequent decline in authentic religiosity. We believe that the tale told by Yerushalmi provides a caution for Latter-day Saints as we attempt as 1. See Alma 37:8; compare 3 Nephi 29:3; Moroni 4:3; 5:2; Doctrine and Covenants 20:77, 79. 2. David Singer, "Testimony," review of Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory, by Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Commentary 76/1 (1983): 72–75. 3. See Yosef H. Yerushalmi, Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1982). This volume was translated into a number of languages and then issued as a paperback (Schocken Books, 1989) with a new preface and postscript by the author and also a foreword by Harold Bloom. Gary Novak and Louis Midgley 38 • The FARMS Review 19/2 (2007) best we can to tell our own story. In addition, Yerushalmi's attention to the role of remembrance in the faith of ancient Israel has alerted us to the identical dynamic in the Book of Mormon, where covenants and their renewals, as well as faith itself, are bound up with remembrance of the mighty redeeming acts of God and hence also with the hope for a future beyond the present wilderness in which we now sojourn here below. In this essay we examine the relationship Yerushalmi sets out between the distinctive Jewish history and Jewish memory. How has Jewish memory and identity been formed and preserved and eventually transformed? We believe that memory of a portion of the past is crucial to being the covenant people. We strive to uncover parallels between ancient Israel and the latter-day "New Israel." We believe there are crucial lessons for Latterday Saints in the Jewish experience with the past. According to Yosef Yerushalmi, it has been difficult to reconstruct more than a basic outline of Jewish history from the destruction of the Second Temple in ad 70 to about 1700, and especially in the talmudic period.4 Why? From the end of the Jewish canon until recently, there were virtually no Jewish historians and virtually no historiography. The identity of the Jews did not depend upon "ordinary history," but upon a literature that evoked the mighty acts of God and the sufferings of rebellious Israel, which served as reminders of the mercy of God, who remembers the covenant people in their troubles if they will only remember him and forsake their sins. Hence, without historians, Jews still managed to retain an identity by relying primarily upon biblical accounts. "The Jews . . . have the reputation of being at once the most historically oriented of peoples and as possessing the longest and most tenacious of memories."5 Their sacred texts have something to do with their persistence as a people. Those who once thought of themselves 4. Between 1706 and 1711 Jacques Basnage, a French Huguenot who lived in Holland, produced a seven-volume history of the Jews, a story that had virtually ceased to be told after the time of Josephus. Expanded to fifteen volumes between 1716 and 1721, Basnage's history provided the foundation for later Jewish historical work. Yerushalmi, Zakhor, 81. 5. Yerushalmi, Zakhor, xxxiii. Remembrance and the Past (Novak and Midgley) • 39 as covenant people did not approach the past with mere curiosity, but with profound passion; they placed God at the center of their story. In their record of encounters by seers and prophets with divine things, the biblical texts describe the mighty acts of God and tell of covenants made by man with God. They also render with striking candor the sinful rebellion and subsequent bondage of the covenant people. "It was ancient Israel that first assigned a decisive significance to history and thus forged a new world-view whose essential premises were eventually appropriated by Christianity and Islam as well."6 "If Herodotus was the father of history, the fathers of meaning in history were the Jews."7 Yerushalmi has shown that "although Judaism throughout the ages was absorbed with the meaning of history, historiography itself played at best an ancillary role among the Jews, and often no role at all; and, concomitantly, that while memory of the past was always a central component of Jewish experience, the historian was not its primary custodian."8 Yerushalmi shows that remembrance of the crucial words and deeds of the past, including especially the mighty acts of God, and the repentance that sometimes followed disobedience to the covenants formed the substance of the Jewish memory. God had promised to remember Israel, and Israel was commanded to keep in remembrance certain things. To forget these things was to cease to be the covenant people. But the demand that Israel remember "has little to do with curiosity about the past. Israel is told only that it must be a kingdom of priests and a holy people; nowhere is it suggested that it become a nation of historians," as we now tend to understand history. Why? "Memory is, by its nature, selective, and the demand that Israel remember is no exception."9 Jewish memory was thus regulated by a principle of selection that "is unique unto itself." It is God's mighty acts in history and man's responses to these that must be placed and kept in memory.10 6. Yerushalmi, Zakhor, 8. 7. Yerushalmi, Zakhor, 8. 8. Yerushalmi, Zakhor, xxxiii. 9. Yerushalmi, Zakhor, 10. 10. Yerushalmi, Zakhor, 11. 40 • The FARMS Review 19/2 (2007) Remembrance is meant to teach and warn Israel and not to inflate individual reputations or national pride, for the people of God need to know how they came to be chosen; how they have strayed, both collectively and individually, from the correct path; and how they might once again regain favor with God by turning to him and away from their sins and thereby showing the fruits of repentance. Israel must plead with God for forgiveness because she has never managed to offer to God an offering in righteousness. Memory is the key to keeping the commandments. Yerushalmi shows how this memory did not flow from a history done out of curiosity (that is a modern thing) but from a history that preserved the crucial story of God's dealings with his covenant people and the subsequent halting responses, the substance of which is a dialectic of obedience and rebellion, of liberation and bondage, of prosperity and suffering, of human agents in rebellion against the divine will.11 The Vessels of Remembrance "No more dramatic evidence is needed for the dominant place of history in ancient Israel," according to Yerushalmi, than the overriding fact that even God is known only insofar as he reveals himself "historically." Sent to bring the tidings of deliverance to the Hebrew slaves, Moses does not come in the name of the Creator of Heaven and Earth, but of the "God of the fathers," that is to say, as the God of history: "Go and assemble the elders of Israel and say to them: The Lord the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob has appeared to me and said: I have surely remembered you . . ." (Exod. 3:16). When God introduces himself directly to the entire people at Sinai, nothing is heard of his essence or 11. Yerushalmi examines the passages in which remembrance is commanded in the name of the Lord. Forms of the verb zakhar turn up in the "[Hebrew] Bible no less than one hundred and sixty-nine times, usually with either Israel or God as the subject, for memory is incumbent upon both." Yerushalmi, Zakhor, 5 (see p. 119 n. 1 for references to other relevant studies). The admonition to remember turns up 227 times in the Book of Mormon and an additional 62 times in the Doctrine and Covenants. Remembrance and the Past (Novak and Midgley) • 41 attributes, but only: "I the Lord am your God who brought you out of the Land of Egypt, the house of bondage" (Exod. 20:2). That is sufficient. For here as elsewhere, ancient Israel knows what God is from what he has done in history. And if that is so, then memory has become crucial to its faith and, ultimately, to its very existence.12 God's mighty acts, including special revelations and the cove nant founding of the people of God, are portrayed in the Bible as actual events. If the hopes and expectations of further deliverance still involve a real future for the faithful, it follows that for Israel the remembrance of those events is crucial to the existence of the covenant people of God. When Abraham, Moses, or Enoch is understood as having been instructed by heavenly messengers, such ought to be remembered. To forget the then and there of divine disclosure is to lose contact with God here and now. The result of such a forgetting is to follow some alien tradition into darkness and the captivity of sin. A primary vehicle for remembering the prophetic words and covenants, in addition to the biblical text, was ritual—ritual supported by recitals buttressed by narratives that chronicle the making of those covenants and also provide accounts of certain elements of God's dealings with Israel and the resulting dialectic of obedient response and willful rebellion. The passion of remembering those things was felt by ancient Israel. The biblical history is thus the fruit of the prophetically e


This study aims to analyze gender in the perspective of QS. An-Nisa verse 34. This research uses a qualitative approach through literature study. The results and discussion of the research show that QS. An-Nisa verse 34 discusses the position of men as the head of the family and shows the portion and role of women and men in the family. This study concludes that QS. An-Nisa verse 34 states the leadership of men in the family. Women and men have their respective roles and portions. More or less QS. An-Nisa verse 34 shows that there are jobs or positions for men that cannot be replaced by women and vice versa. This study recommends other researchers to study gender issues from the perspective of the Qur'an further.


A total of 37 hypertensive patients of both sexes over 18 years of age and more than four years of duration after diagnosis and only those having evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) by echocardiography (ECHO) were enrolled to analyze the diagnostic efficacy of electrocardiography in determining left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with essential hypertension. Electrocardiograhpy (ECG) of 37 LVH diagnosed cases were analysed and 31 of them were found to have LVH on voltage criteria. Thus, the sensitivity of ECG in diagnosing LVH is 83%.


We want to understand when a given TBox T in a description logic L can be rewritten into a TBox T′ in a weaker description logic L′. Two notions of rewritability are considered: model-conservative rewritability (T′ entails T and all models of T can be expanded to models of T′) and L-conservative rewritability (T′ entails T and every L-consequence of T′ in the signature of T is a consequence of T ) and investigate rewritability of TBoxes in ALCI to ALC, ALCQ to ALC, ALC to EL⊥, and ALCI to DL-Litehorn. We compare conservative rewritability with equivalent rewritability, give model-theoretic characterizations of conservative rewritability, prove complexity results for deciding rewritability, and provide some rewriting algorithms.


This article proposes a critical thinking approach to cultural literacy for gifted students. The premise of the article is that all students profit from a curriculum rich in reasoning within and about diverse cultural points of view on historical and contemporary reality. The article posits that increasing racial, gender and socioeconomic intolerance can only be confronted with a curriculum that affords students the opportunity to enter em‐pathetically within cultural points of view often similar or disparate from their own. The author also attempts to call attention to issues of educational equity to assure that all students, gifted or potentially gifted, do not become tracked or placed in remedial learning programs owed solely to their cultural background, gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic class.


Objective To establish an indicator system for performance assessment of women and children health care institutions,and provide basis for performance management of such institutions.Methods In this study,literature searching,expert discussion,Delphi method,coefficient of variation method,correlation analysis,principal components analysis,factor analysis and cluster analysis were used to establish the indicator system.In addition,expert scoring and CRITIC methods were called into play to calculate the weight coefficient of each index,and to test the validity and reliability of such an indicator system.Results Thanks to the framework of this indicator system,we set up six class 1 indicators,including heahhcare quality,healthcare efficiency,quality and efficiency of public health service,social efficiency,economic benefit,and development potential.Conclusions Scientific studies can help us build a scientific and practical general performance assessment indicator system applicable to women and children care hospitals at all levels.

Key words:
Women and children health care institution; Performance assessment; Indicator system


Schoolboys in the Philippines are said to be underperforming in human capital accumulation, particularly education, compared to their female counterparts, especially in rural regions. Although existing literature has analyzed the sources of this bias, further research is required to understand its background. Thus, by combining our unique primary data from our own field survey using tailored questionnaires conducted in Marinduque Province and administrative data on the National Achievement Tests (NATs), we compare sources of the persistence of a negative male effect on test scores. We avail of the variations of blindness in rating systems between the NATs and teacher-rating report cards (RCs). Results of sensitivity analysis in regressions support the hypothesis that male students are systematically more likely to receive lower scores when they are evaluated in a non-blind rating system in which teachers know who the examinees are. The paper empirically presents an insightful perspective about Filipino s choolboys'underperformance being further augmmented through gender stereotypes perceived by the evaluators, in this case, the school teachers.


Formally, the title of this chapter is a statement of the equation of hydrostatic equilibrium. A large number of stellar objects exist in the balance between gravity and pressure, with the large 'zoo' of observed types being due to the various physical phenomena providing the latter. This chapter is devoted to various applications of that equilibrium. Some cases can be solved exactly, such as spheres of solid rock or ice; some cases can only be solved in detail numerically, notably degenerate white dwarfs up to the Chandrasekhar mass limit. For other cases, analytical approximations such as a version of the virial theorem are helpful in understanding underlying structure and behaviour.


In his seminal book The Political Economy and Development of India (PEDI), Pranab Bardhan recognizes the 'ferment' of subordinate classes but does not tackle the questions of their origins and roles. In this chapter we examine three aspects of the impact on the 'rest of India' of the coalition of dominant proprietary classes, whose competitive jousting over scarce resources in the 1970s and 1980s led Pranab Bardhan to conclude they had slowed investment and growth. We conclude that much of the economy is neither purely agrarian nor industrial, a heterogeneity that challenges distinct class categories. Not only is the persistent mass of small firms indispensable to dominant classes but also, to driving growth and livelihoods, the power of numbers is able to challenge the power of capital.


OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the teratogenicity and developmental toxicity of recombinant B lymphocyte stimulating factor antagonist-antibody fusion protein(RCT-18) in Sprague-Dawley(SD) rats.METHODS:Mated female rats were randomly segregated into four groups,including three RCT-18 groups(11,37 and 129 mg/kg) and one negative control group(sodium chloride injection),with more than 25 rats in each group.RCT-18 was administered via subcutaneous injection to timed pregnant rats on gestation days(GD) 6-15 every two days.Clinical signs,body weights,and feed consumption were monitored during the whole gestation.Caesarean section and autopsy were performed on GD20.Uterine content were evaluated for number of implantations,resorptions,live and dead fetuses.The number of corpora lutea in each ovary was also recorded.Live fetuses were examined for gender,body weights,body lengths,tail lengths,and gross external,visceral and skeletal changes.RESULTS:There were no significant differences in maternal and embryo-fetal parameters.CONCLUSION:No maternal toxicity and embryo-fetal toxicities were found when RCT-18 was administered to SD rats during GD 6-15.


Purpose: Consideration of the problem questions connected with consideration of criminal cases in the absence of the advocate-defender. Methodology: The author applied a formal-legal method, a method of studying of documents and a method of the included supervision. Results: In article on the basis of the analysis of the interconnected criminal cases it is shown how the right for judicial protection against an arbitrariness of officials and the right for the appeal guaranteed by the Constitution of Russia in court of actions (or inaction) and decisions of authorities and public officials is ignored by judges of the first, appeal, cassation and supervising instances. Legal justification of illegality of consideration of criminal case is also given in article in the absence of the advocate-defender in relation to concrete criminal case. Novelty/originality/value: Article has the important practical value as contains author's generalizations possessing scientific novelty, conclusions and practical offers which can be used in advocate's activity.


The objective of our study was to determine whether exposure to silica or other environmental factors is associated with developing Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), in a geographically isolated region of Western Montana. We sought to identify and interview all cases of WG diagnosed during 1993-2006 among residents of a ten-county region of Western Montana, as well as a group of demographically similar controls (n=39) without autoimmune disease. In the interview, we ascertained occupational silica and other exposures (metals, solvents, pesticides, tobacco). We enumerated 32 cases of WG, of whom 27 were included in the case-control study. Overall, a history of silica exposure was not associated with WG (OR = 0.68, 95% CI: 0.13-3.27), although there was a suggestion of increase in risk among persons with relatively recent (OR=2.67, 95% CI: 0.54-17.2), heavy (OR=1.82, 95% CI: 0.09-112.9), and prolonged (OR=1.53, 95% CI: 0.16-20.0) exposures. A history of having worked in the mining industry was associated with WG (six cases including three with no silica exposure, zero controls, lower 95% CI: 1.53). Risk was not associated with occupational or aerial pesticide exposure, but with residential rodenticide use (OR=12.15, 95% CI: 1.54-552). Occupational exposure to metals or solvents was not associated with WG, nor was a history of cigarette smoking. Results of earlier studies of WG support the hypothesis that silica exposure adversely influences the risk of developing WG. Our small study of WG failed to identify an association with silica overall, but the results are compatible with an increased risk in persons with relatively heavy, prolonged, and/or recent exposure.


ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to analyse the educational strategies used by educators in out-of-school educational programmes for young people between 12 and18 years old. Taking an ethnographic approach, data collection was carried out through participant observation at seven programme sites where the participants assumed different levels of responsibility. The 'youth-adult partnership', which involves people of different ages working together to spark changes in their environment, was used as an analytical framework. The main results showed the use of similar strategies across the different sites, notably including the establishment of relationships of trust and support, giving participants a voice in decision-making processes, and developing critical thinking. However, the type of task, the time spent on it and consistency in relationships seemed to be key factors in choosing specific strategies that encouraged involvement and decision-making.


This article is devoted to the study and analysis of gradually and steadily penetrating new digital technologies into all economic processes of the country and regions, having a significant impact on the very essence of the economy. In most cases, the expanding use of modern information and communication technologies leads to the emergence and development of new effective management technologies, entrepreneurial practices, and successful businesses. The digital transformation of economic sectors is considered as a driver of regional development and the formation of the digital infrastructure of the regions. The article is aimed at identifying the problems and prospects for the development of regions in the conditions of digitalization, for this it is necessary: to analyze the index of the development of regions on digitalization, to identify the main problems of the development of regions in the conditions of digitalization, to assess measures for the digital transformation of regions. The article concludes that the digital transformation of the economy sets new parameters for the competitiveness of countries. The technologies of the "digital age" are changing production and business-models, principles and rules for the formation of value added chains, sales channels and interaction with consumers. The article notes that currently, enterprises of even traditional industries and technologies face not only the need to maintain competitiveness based on the use of information technology in the processes of organizing economic activity, but also the need to transform the entire business model. This determines the relevance of the development of an indicator reflecting the readiness of the enterprise for such a transformation.


Nowadays, the whole world is covered with the revolution of digital information so that digital data are easy to transfer, access and process. Modern image processing tools are used to create forged images; by using these tools, forgers introduced forged region in the original image to spread the rumor in the public. Now there is a challenge for the forensic department to prove the authenticity of the original image. So there is required a new efficient copy-move tamper detection method. To fulfill this requirement, a new computational efficient method for copy-move forgery detection using firefly algorithm is proposed.


Diploma work explains the essense of controlling and it's principles. The main goal of this diploma work is to evaluate the current situation of controlling in an observed company and suggest improvements for it's better functioning.


www.PRSJournal.com 1187 T importance of having a normal nose has perhaps been most strikingly articulated by Johann Dieffenbach's harsh portrayal of an individual with a partial nasal loss, "...at the site of whom all men turn in disgust and ... children cry and dogs bark."1 As Millard noted, children with cleft lip nasal deformities can face similar social challenges, "If the patient is approached from the left one may be presented with a prospective Hollywood profile, from the right a Fagan caricature."2 Normalization of the cleft lip nasal deformity is at least as important as achieving lip symmetry. Although cleft-type nasal deformities have been described in the absence of any overt clefting, the severity of the nasal deformity typically parallels the width of the cleft.3 The various components of this deformity have been well described: deviation of the septal base and columella toward the noncleft side, a reduction in nostril height commensurate with an increase in floor width, alar hypoplasia with retrodisplacement of the base, and a deficiency of nasal lining. Understanding this complex three-dimensional deformity is one thing: the real challenge lies in achieving an appropriate and lasting surgical repositioning. In this current issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lu et al. present an adjunctive technique for primary cleft lip rhinoplasties, using septal cartilage to bolster the ala. They compared nasal symmetry in 39 children who had undergone primary nasal septal grafting to 59 who had undergone standard rhinoplasties. Their retrospective study design comprised a single surgeon and sequentially-performed procedures, with the grafted cohort occurring later in this series. Both groups underwent preoperative nasoalveolar molding and prolonged postoperative nasal stenting. Measurements taken off of standardized photographs in 65 patients revealed that those undergoing septal grafting had significantly better nasal symmetry, at a minimum follow-up of 3 years. In support of this technique, we are presented with beautiful examples of postoperative nasal symmetry, seemingly raising the bar for cleft lip rhinoplasties. It is hard to argue with the logic that adding cartilage to a hypoplastic ala should provide greater long-term support. However, before surgeons embrace this new technique, a few issues should first be considered. Retrospective evaluations of sequentially performed procedures allow for potential experience bias, with the earlier technique having the disadvantage of a relative surgical inexperience. In addition, given the absence of any preoperative assessments of severity, could these groups have been dissimilar from the start? Finally, was the achieved symmetry the result of the additional graft, or was it simply the removal of cartilage that allowed centralization of the septum? In light of these caveats, the authors are appropriately restrained in their conclusions. The most obvious question is how might septal cartilage graft harvest in infancy impact subsequent growth? Rhinoplastic surgeons, dating back to Aufricht, have long admonished us not to touch the septum in the growing child.4 Latham's studies subsequently highlighted the role of the septum with respect to the underlying skeletal deformity.5 The growing septum has basically been a shrine that has long been considered an anathema to desecrate. Nevertheless, the authors' technique breaches this taboo. They address this concern by evaluating nasolabial angulation and tip projection over time, and found no differences between their two groups. However, a minimum 3-year follow-up is not the same as assessments made at skeletal maturity. Studies tracking normal growth suggest that nasal height has reached only 65 percent of potential by 5 years of age.6 Then again, although many animal studies support the conviction that septal surgery negatively impacts growth, others have shown no effect, a finding confirmed by a recent systematic clinical review.7–11


The present paper investigates Mandarin verbs of MOTION, one of the fundamental domains of human activities and extensively discussed areas in linguistic research. Previous studies on Mandarin motion verbs are done primarily with a typological concern. However, given the iconic nature of serial motions in Mandarin, this paper attempts to provide a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the semantic-to-morphological and lexical-to-grammatical distinctions pertaining to the colloconstructional sequencing of motion verbs. Based on the Proto-Motion Event Schema (PMS), it offers an overarching framework for a top-down analysis of the conceptual structure of motion and a bottom-up examination of corpus-based collocations. Representing the iconic sequence of serial motion events, the Schema helps to identify the crucial semantic components, both verb-internally and verb-externally, for a systematic investigation and classification of motion progression. It attempts to establish a link for lexical semantic studies of motion from various perspectives. By probing into the conceptual basis of proto-motion event, the study ultimately offers an iconically-motivated account of the possible ranges of verb meaning and the semantic-to-morphosyntactic sequencing of Mandarin motion verbs.


The calculation of neutron reflectivity from raw time-of-flight data including instrumental corrections and an improved resolution calculation is presented. The theoretical calculations are compared with experimental data measured on the vertical sample plane reflectometer D17 and the horizontal sample plane reflectometer FIGARO at the Institut Laue–Langevin (ILL), Grenoble, France. This article comprises the mathematical body of the time-of-flight reflectivity data-reduction software COSMOS which is used on D17 and FIGARO.


Increasing evidence suggests that smoking is associated with cervical cancer mortality. Most previous studies investigating this association have been small. There are no prior reports of population-based survival analyses of smoking and cervical cancer in American women. This population-based survival analysis determined the association between smoking and mortality in 2661 women diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer who were identified in the Kentucky Cancer Registry database between 1995 and 2005. This database was linked to state vital records and the National Death Index. The all cause and cervical cancer specific death rates of known current smokers and nonsmokers were compared using survival analysis with a standard Kaplan-Meier approach and a Cox proportional hazards models to adjust for confounding variables. Adjustments were made for age, ethnicity, rural residence, insurance source, cancer cell type, stage at diagnosis, and treatment received. Of the 2661 women diagnosed with cervical cancer, 48.1% were current smokers, 32.1% were nonsmokers, and 19.4% were undocumented as to smoking status. Multivariate analysis showed that compared to nonsmokers, women who were current smokers were 35% more likely to die of any cause (adjusted hazards ratio [aHR], 1.35; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.17-1.56) and 21% more likely to die of cervical cancer (aHR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.01-1.46). These findings are consistent with previous studies and strongly suggest that current smoking is associated with increased all cause and cervical cancer specific mortality.


fi nance approach; there are lists of local and prefectural government bond issues (91–95) but nothing of why some of these entities were able to borrow and others not, or whether they were used for local purposes or were merely a convenient marketing tool for attaining national monetary goals. The author is not a business or management historian, and the book makes almost no mention of political events, much less the political economy of either international fi nance or direct investment. Without some sort of analytic framework, in the end the reader is left with little more than a set of tables and vignettes, however convenient they may be for someone who needs to locate an illustrative example from Japan.


We have detected hydrogen and nitrogen gas when SrTiO(3) and BaTiO(3) powder is mechanically milled under ammonia gas at room temperature.


Abstract This study investigates some effective parameters in betamethasone release from in situ forming biodegradable drug delivery systems. The drug delivery systems are based on two biodegradable polymers of poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA), which are commercially called RG504h and RG756. Temperature, polymer type, and γ-irradiation are the parameters investigated by attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform-infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectrometry in the 1891–1324 cm−1 spectral region. Obtained results were compared with those of the HPLC method, demonstrating several similarities. N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP) was employed as solvent. The γ-radiation (25 kGy) has no effect on decomposition of betamethasone, while it increases the rate of drug release. RG756 reduces the release rate in comparison with RG504H. Temperature does not affect the amount of free drug in the polymer matrix. The partial least squares (PLS) regression method with path length constant, mean centering, and variance scaling techniques was applied. Correlation coefficient R 2 and root mean square error of calibration (RMSEC) were 0.998 and 0.106 respectively.


The article deals with the problematic issues of the objective side of an offence associated with the retail sale of alcoholic beverages to minors. In the course of the detailed examination of a socially dangerous act as an obligatory component of the objective side of a crime, stipulated by the Art. 15V of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, it was concluded that in the event of exchange, transfer as a reward (gift), or wholesale of alcoholic beverages to a minor, that is, any form of marketing, it is impossible to impose criminal liability on a delinquent, which, in the author' opinion, is a significant omission of the legislator.


A wideband noncoherent multiantenna fading channel model in which the fading process exhibits both spatial and temporal correlation is analysed. By studying the derivative of mutual information at zero signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), the significant gain is achieved by increasing the number of transmit and receive antennas for MIMO channel.


The design phase of a naval vessel is extraordinarily complex. The numerous interactions between design specialties have great potential to result in misunderstandings and confusion among engineers, which can then lead to deadline extensions or unnecessary rework. To overcome the difficulties coordinating ship design specialties, our effort seeks to simulate candidate design processes through the construction of a complete ship design planning tool. This planning tool lays out the effects of resources, requirements, and product quality on the overall design schedule, allowing ship design managers (SDMs) to more efficiently task and control work. The tool specifically includes the impacts of iterations on the overall convergence of the design. As a demonstration we focused on modeling the power and propulsion elements of the ship design.


Optimization studies of optical and power performances of nuclear pumped lasers are performed. It is shown that the laser mix pump rate speed-up from 7 to 30 m/s and laser channel width reduction from 2 to 1 cm allows increasing the average specific energy input by the factor of 1.6 and narrowing the refraction factor measuring interval for 4 times.


Although markets can be a useful source of financing, their loyalty is not guaranteed. Sentiment can shift quickly if a sovereign's policies change, its outlook deteriorates, or even if something goes wrong in another part of the globe. African countries can often find themselves shut out of the markets during a bout of global risk aversion. The strength of market access varies across African sovereigns and can be assessed by looking at credit ratings, bond yields and bond spreads. The positives and negatives of market access need to be carefully weighed.


Using strategic planning methods, key pressures and trends that transit must accommodate are identified. The most important challenges and opportunities faced by the industry include the needs to: take more global and strategic views; develop flexible services for suburban areas; aggressively work with the private sector to develop better market conditions for transit and more cost-effective service; and better meet cost control and efficiency mandates. Transit must move away from the idea of an all-encompassing service suiting all needs and become more of a "niche business," tailoring services to specific market segments and opportunities. Innovative agencies recognize the need to create demand and become fully involved in suburban problem solving through zoning commissions, transportation management associations and new mechanisms. Gaining business community support is imperative. This type of outreach is a new organizational and operating strategy that aggressive local agencies are now pursuing. In these and other ways, transit needs to be run more like a business--more entrepreneurially.


QoS routing is a routing technique for finding feasible path that satisfies QoS requirements required by application programs. Since QoS routing determines such paths in terms of dynamic network state, it satisfies the requirement of applications and increases the utilization of the network. The overhead is, however, generated by routers to exchange the information of the dynamic state of network. In order to reduce this protocol overhead, a timer based update mechanism is proposed in which router checks the change of the network status periodically and network state information is exchanged if the change is greater than a certain value. Using large update period makes, though, routing performance irresponsive to the parameters which determine the update of the network state of the router. In addition to this, large update period may result in inaccurate network state information at routers and cause resource reservation failure. The resource reservation failure generates additional overhead to cancel the resource reservation of the part of the path. In this paper, we propose mechanisms enhancing the existing network state update policy with respect to these two problems. Performance of the proposed schemes are evaluated through a course of simulation.


It is orthodox to divide the universe of crimes according to their violence. There are violent crimes, prototypically street crimes. And there are nonviolent crimes of fraud, prototypically white-collar crimes. Although the implications of this distinction are controversial, the distinction itself is not controversial. This Essay challenges this universal dichotomy by offering an account of violence that admits many crimes of deception. That is, properly understood, violence can be found in the fraudulent foreclosure, the embezzlement, and the forged check.


This study discusses about external and internal protection at BTS Arena Remaja Pontianak PT.Indosat. External protection was analyzed withRolling Sphere Method and BTS's height is 40 meters. The efficiency of BTS Arena Remaja is 0,93 with protection level II and the radius of rolling sphere is 30 meters so it could be said that the protection chamber such as shelter and generator room are safe from direct lightning. Furthermore, the grounding resistance number from that measurements is around 0,02-0,07 ohm. At internal protection known that overvoltage will be occurs with peak currents in Kalimantan Barat, determined base on the average of peak currents in the earth, as non ideal value is 36,16 kA which can damage the equipment in protection chamber through the electric power line and signal line (coaxial cable). More voltage in the electrical transmission is 7753,78 kV and in the signal (coaxial cable) minimum 0.07764 kV and maximum0.07909 kV with the fault of current is 36.16 kA. That voltage will continue flowing to the equipment, so there should be some equipment protection. For an alternative, mounting arresters can be done in stages according to the characteristics. Keyword : Eksternal Protection, Internal Protection, Rolling Sphere Method


The paper is a survey of some results about Weil algebras appl ic ble in differential geometry, especially in some classification q uestions on bundles of generalized velocities and contact elements. Mainly, a number of claims concerning the form of subalgebras of fixed points of various Weil algebras i s demonstrated.


In comparison with other types of methodological approaches, network analysis looks at the relational approach rather than at the attribute. It also looks at the structure and the composition of the connections that make a group rather than looking at individuals and their characteristics.


This report focuses on longitudinal issues regarding modeling and control of vehicles in an Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) setting. Specifically, the report addresses the issue of vehicle control in an automated highway system, brake actuation and brake control. Recent research findings in the area of automated vehicle platooning on isolated lanes of an automated highway are included. Performance specifications, control system architecture, vehicle control algorithms, actuator and sensor specifications and communication requirements are also discussed. The report also addresses the issue of switching from throttle to brake actuation.


This study aims to research the effects on degrees of understanding movies by comparing survey results from before and after students participate in the course of "Understanding of Movies". The study was intended for Hanseo university students(male and female), who attended the course. To research how much 'movie education' can affect 'understanding of movies', the surveys were conducted at the first and the last classes of the course. The course "Understanding of Movies" was composed of 13 lectures and 2 evaluation classes, and the total of 7 movies were shown for the course. The course were divided into 6 parts including 'Understanding of Movie Art' 'Understanding of Movie Production' 'Understanding of Movie Genres' 'Understanding of Scenarios' 'Understanding of Directors' and 'Understanding of Movie Techniques' and carried out to students in 6 different faculties. The surveys were evaluated by the method of 'the repeated- ANDVA'. The results of the surveys among different faculty students were shown similarly but after the students completed the course, their degrees of understanding movies were dramatically improved. In particular, their understanding of scenarios has improved a lot. Through these results, we learn that 'movie educations' can dramatically improve the degrees of understanding movies.


This paper introduces a transformerless configuration of generator and power converter that is suitable for offshore wind energy systems. The proposed configuration is based on a series connection of two neutral point clamped (NPC) multilevel rectifiers, powered by a six-phase asymmetrical permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG). Additionally, this work proposes a control strategy that opens the door to a fault-tolerance mode, by the use of independent controllers for each NPC converter, directly operating in a large-signal nonlinear space. This closed-loop system permits to prevent disruptions due to faults at either the generator winding or one of the NPC converter, by allowing a modular modification of set-points over the whole system operating region. Simulation results show the feasibility of the proposed configuration, rendering a promising solution for future wind energy generation systems.


Social economic systems are a class of complex systems. Macroeconomic forecasting plays a prominent role in social economic research and decision-making, but it is very difficult to make accurate forecasting. An alternative approach is meta-synthesis. Directed at regional medium and long-term macroeconomic forecasting and planning, this paper presents a conceptual framework of macroeconomic intelligent forecasting system based on previous studies, and analyzes the application of meta-synthesis in building the forecasting system.


INTRODUCTION
Thyroglossal duct cyst (TGDcs) is the most common malformation of the neck. The risk of infection and malignant transformation impose its treatment.

OBJECTIVES
The purpose of our study were: 1) to specify some points about the symptomatology and preoperative evaluation necessary for TGDcs diagnosis; 2) to analyse the factors who can explain an unsuccessful surgical treatment.

PATIENTS AND METHODS
Our study is based on a retrospective review of cases and a review of the literature. From 1981 to 2000, 99 children with a mean age of five years were treated for a TGDcs with a surgical procedure in the Grenoble University Hospital. 3 excision and 96 Sistrunck's procedure were performed. In all cases a histological study was made.

RESULTS
Ultrasonography was the most frequent preoperative evaluation. We have had 7 complications: 3 haematoma, 2 abscess and 2 desunited scar. 6 children have had recurrent disease. Among these 6 children, 3 have had an excision and 3 a Sistrunck's procedure. No case of malignant transformation was reported.

CONCLUSION
Ultrasonography is the first preoperative evaluation to obtain before surgical treatment of a TGDcs. Sistrunck's procedure is the best surgical treatment with a value of recurrence from 1% to 10%. Areas of surgical failure included breaking of cyst during the dissection, inadequate hyoïd bone resection, an anatomical variation with many ductuli in the base of tongue, inadequate muscles of tongue resection.


Optical music recognition (OMR) is attracted a lot attention on different music notation system which could be so focused on Back's C-Clefs; in contrast, it could handle complete modern music symbols. One of notation system, numbered music notation, which is literally call "simplified notation", is popular in many Asia countries. There is a traditional Chinese hymnbook, which usually used in small group of worship, in which one page has several hymns. We propose algorithms for the recognition of those notations in camera images of the hymn, which could effectively identify score zone and lyric zone, segment notation image, classify music notation, and reconstruct scores from classified notation by their coordinates and neighborhood relationship. Those algorithms comprise the preliminary demo system by which we provide a solution for music information retrieval and reconstruction.


area in women with a histor-y of pelvic inflammatory diseases, and that they are mesothelial, wolffian, epithelial or lymphatic in origin. 2,9,14 Several cases of asymptomatic free cysts within the peritoneal space have been recorded.1 4" 3 These lesions were identical in appearance to the cysts in situ, and the pathogenesis was assumed to be the same. Rarely, multiple small cysts cause clinical symptoms6'7"14 or complications5 and in one case a carcinoma arose from an apparently congenital cyst adherent to the gastrocolic omentum.'0 Solitary, large cysts of the peritoneum (other than enteric cysts of the mesentery, parasitic cysts and traumatic hemorrhagic cysts) are rare, and in particular, we were unable to find a report of a large, solitary cyst in the parietal peritoneum. The following is a report of a symptomatic case of this type.


Genetic phenomenology aims to expose the conditions for the constitution of the sensible material in the inmanence of the consciousness. Thus, a field of the ego-life is determined as the «front room of the ego». From a genetic point of view, temporal synthesis is resignified as the first passive dimension of the consciousness. Our goal here is to establish how this synthesis is related to the passive association process.


We propose an efficient method to train multiple object detectors simultaneously using a large scale image dataset. The one-vs-all approach that optimizes the boundary between positive samples from a target class and negative samples from the others has been the most standard approach for object detection. However, because this approach trains each object detector independently, the scores are not balanced between object classes. The proposed method combines ideas derived from both detection and classification in order to balance the scores across all object classes. We optimized the boundary between target classes and their "hard negative" samples, just as in detection, while simultaneously balancing the detector scores across object classes, as done in multi-class classification. We evaluated the performances on multi-class object detection using a subset of the ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge (ILSVRC) 2011 dataset and showed our method outperformed a de facto standard method.


Cytogenetic analysis of a pediatric T‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cell line (HPB‐ALL) revealed the cryptic t(5;14)(q35;q32.2), recently found in 15–20% pediatric T‐ALL patients, with 5q35 and 14q32.2 breakpoints at 5′‐HOX11L2 and 3′‐BCL11B, respectively. Expression of both BCL11B, which is hematologically restricted to T cells, and HOX11L2 was detected, whereas adjacent genes at 5q35 (RANBP17) and 14q32 (VRK1, HSU88895) were not dysregulated. Apparently, t(5;14)(q35;q32.2) serves to activate HOX11L2 by juxtaposition with elements downstream of BCL11B, implying a novel dysregulatory mechanism comparable to TCRA/D or IGH juxtaposition. As well as providing molecular cytogenetic documentation of t(5;14) ALL, this report validates HPB‐ALL cells for investigating this important new disease entity in vitro. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.