Certain pathogenic Escherichia coli known as Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are commensals in cattle, and typically cause bloody diarrhea in humans once the Stx toxin is secreted in invaded intestinal epithelial cells. Infections with STEC cells can lead to hemolytic uremic syndrome, which is commonly associated with kidney failure. Several STEC serogroups have been declared adulterants in raw, non-intact ground meat, and future regulations could potentially lead to a higher number of STEC serogroup detection strategies for these pathogenic microorganisms. Microbiological research laboratories may benefit from formalinfixed STEC cells for periodic (daily, weekly, monthly, among others) instrument validation/calibration by serving as a working set of known cell concentration samples and internal standard i.e. positive control. These cell concentrations may be used across laboratories in different geographical locations, within an individual laboratory, and across a broad range of detection assays (molecular as well as immuno-based). This thesis consists of three research parts: a comprehensive literature review that covers STEC incidence in foods and molecular detection techniques (chapter 1), a literature review that covers immuno-based detection strategies (chapter 2), and a research manuscript that involves the development of an internal standard and positive control with formalin-fixed STEC cells that can be used for a broad range of molecular as well immuno-based detection assays for instrument calibration and validation purposes (chapter 3).


The paper presents the magnetic field calculation of permanent magnets, homogeneously magnetized in known direction. Method used in the paper is based on a system of equivalent magnetic dipoles. The results that are obtained using this analytical method are compared with results obtained using FEMLAB software. Magnetic field and magnetic flux density distributions of permanent magnet are shown in the paper.


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Differential heat curves (obtained from adsorption and desorption isotherms) previously reported, were utilized for calculating 'integral' heats of water vapour sorption in dried foods. Foods examined amounted to almost thirty and included fruits, meats, vegetables and spices. 'Integral' heats were calculated by integrating the area under each differential heat curve in the moisture range of more practical interest. Calculated heats may be useful for estimating the heat requirements during dehydration. Average values of the heats of sorption were also reported which may be useful for the analysis of sorption rates.

An empirical equation was obtained for expressing with very high accuracy, the differential (isoteric) heats of desorption as a function of moisture content.


Vaccination failure is one of the major constraints to disease control in poultry. To investigate Infectious bursa disease (IBD)-vaccination failures (frequently/globally reported), batches of the Nigerian live-vaccine were tested for viral units before vaccinating following chick-groups: 16 doses (65,536 units), 8 doses (32,768 units), 4 doses (6,384 units), 2 doses (8,192 units), 1 dose (4,096 units), 1:2 dose (2,048 units), 1:4 dose (1,024 units), 1:8 dose (512 units), 1:16 dose (256 units) and control. Each batch gave 4,096 viral units. Mean bursa weight/body weight ratios (immune stimulation) and mean antibody titres of the chick-groups were 47.40 ±5.45 and 51.20 ±7.83; 44.25 ±7.28 & 48.00 ±9.24; 45.25 ± 4.28 and 64.00 ± 0.00; 43.00 ±7.58 and 101.60 ± 35.05; 44.60 ± 5.51 and 128.00 ± 0.00; 42.60 ± 6.23 and 268.80 ± 16.00; 40.50 ± 1.76 and 80.00 ±16.00; 31.40 ± 3.80 and 80.00 ± 27.71; 37.18 ± 4.07 and 89.60 ± 15.68 and 26.20 ± 3.31 and 19.20 ± 5.99, respectively. Half (2,048 units) of the recommended 1-dose gave optimal antibody-titre. The higher doses gave lower antibody-titres like the lower doses but immune stimulation continued to increase as doses/units increased. Both over-stimulating the immune system (too high vaccine-doses/viral-units/viral-virulence) and under-stimulation cause vaccination failure.


This diseaseis caused by heterozygous germline mutations of the TCF1gene. The product encoded by this gene is the hepatocytenuclear factor 1 alpha (HNF-1a – accession number NP_000536) transcription factor, which has important physiolo-gic roles in organs such as the pancreas, liver and kidneys.Hepatocellular adenomas are benign neoplasms thatusually develop as a solitary nodule and are associatedwith oral contraceptive use in 90% of cases. On the otherhand, liver adenomatosis (LA) is characterized by thepresence of multiple nodules (usually more than 5) and isconsidered to be a distinct disease, due to the higherprevalence in male sex and the unclear association withOCs.


A generalized Heisenberg-Euler formula is given for an Abelian gauge theory having vector as well as axial vector couplings to a massive fermion. So, the formula is applicable to a parity-violating theory. The gauge group is chosen to be $U(1)$. The formula is quite similar to that in quantum electrodynamics, but there is a complexity in which one factor (related to spin) is expressed in terms of the expectation value. The expectation value is evaluated by the contraction with the one-dimensional propagator in a given background field. The formula affords a basis to the vacuum magnetic birefringence experiment, which aims to probe the dark sector, where the interactions of the light fermions with the gauge fields are not necessarily parity conserving.


Summary Flower bud anomalies in Olea europaea L., 'Santulhana' and 'Conserva de Elvas' begin as very small microscopic lesions associated with amoeboid bionts, which cause extensive areas of destruction and block flower organ development. In this work, we describe the process of injury in olive flower-buds in parallel with biont development in floral tissues and in the culture medium. Flower-buds were processed for light microscopy (LM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Bionts were isolated from flower-buds in culture medium and processed for LM. Amoeboid bionts in several stages of plasmodial formation, grown in culture medium from olive flower-buds, resembled those observed in sectioned flower-bud tissues. The formation of small plasmodia by the fusion of amoeboid cells and the development of small plasmodia into phaneroplasmodia, suggest the presence of an amoeboid protist of the Myxogastria group. On the other hand, sporulation of plasmodia in hay agar culture medium, gave rise to stalked sporangia containing numerous spores. The morphology and dimensions of the sporangia and spores, as well as the characteristics of the amoebae that germinated from the spores, suggest that the protist Myxogastria belongs to the genus Didymium.


The operating principle and applicable sites of self-acting differential pressure controller are introduced,and its function in regulation of heat-supply network is discussed with an engineering example.


Introduction: The article deals with the notion of post-empire, which implies numerous situations and practices that arise after the collapse of empires. The post-empires have long been the object of close attention of researchers, which, however, did not lead to the development of an adequate categorical apparatus. Having said that, the article analyzes the concept by determining the main directions for the development of post-empires rather than by formulating a strict definition. Materials and methods: From the theoretical and methodological point of view, the authors rely on the hermeneutic approach, which allows combining descriptive techniques and analysis of subjective aspects of the given phenomenon. The authors also turn to a comparative-historical method for understanding the correlation and interrelation of specific post-imperial historical situations. The material of the study mainly consists of European states' historical experience (including Turkey). The reason for that is the structure and the content of the scientific discourse in the study of post-empires. The authors also draw attention to the experience of South Africa and Venezuela, which to some extent compensates for the original Eurocentrism presented in scientific generalizations. Research results: As a result of the research, it was revealed that the post-empires can develop in three main ways (trajectories). The first one implies the reproduction of imperial practices by states that are no longer part of or are not empires themselves. An important element of this behavior is the "myth of the empire", which legitimizes the non-cooperative behavior of such a state. The second trajectory of the post-imperial behavior is to return to the imperial stage. Despite the optimism about the globalization and ultimate collapse of empires in the scientific discourse, the authors note that there is a significant political and socio-economic infrastructure for the revival of empires. Finally, the third way of postempires' development is the trans-nationalization of imperial practices. This trajectory implies a combination of the potential of non-state and quasi-state actors in the world politics with well-established imperial practices, including ideocratic ones. Discussions and conclusions: The authors came to the conclusion about the multiplicity of ways of development as a basis for understanding the phenomenon of post-empire. The further attention of researchers can be focused on revealing the post-imperial trajectories that are not specified in the article (for example, within the framework of theories of democratic transit).


For three years of the reform of postgraduate training mechanism,there are differences of reform opinion. But reform practice for three years is benefit to defining clearly the reform. Based on content analysis of the reform texts of postgraduate training mechanism,we can conclude that the reform is neither equal to mistakes of folks nor the planning of Ministry of Education. The deepen path of reform should further be explored.


The yields of Ru/sub 3/(CO)/sub 9/(P-n-Bu/sub 3/)/sub 3/, Ru(CO)/sub 4/(P-n-Bu/sub 3/), and Ru(CO)/sub 3/(P-n-Bu/sub 3/)/sub 2/ that result from reactions of P-n-Bu/sub 3/ with the clusters Ru/sub 3/(CO)/sub 12/, Ru/sub 3/(CO)/sub 11/(P-n-Bu/sub 3/) and Ru/sub 3/(CO)/sub 10/(P-n-Bu/sub 3/)/sub 2/ have been studied quantitatively in situ, by spectrophotometric means, as a function of (P-n-Bu/sub 3/) and temperature. The results show that (P-n-Bu/sub 3/)-dependent paths always lead to substitution (S/sub N/1 paths) whereas (P-n-Bu/sub 3/)-dependent reactions can lead to substitution (S/sub N/2 paths), fragmentation (F/sub N/2 paths), or both. Estimates of k(F/sub N/2)/k(S/sub N/2) can be made and depend on the particular nature of the complex and on the temperature. Thus the ratio k(F/sub N/2)/k(S/sub N/2) at 25/degree/C changes along the series Ru/sub 3/(CO)/sub 11/(P-n-Bu) >> Ru/sub 3/(CO)/sub 10/(P-n-Bu/sub 3/)/sub 2/ /approximately/ Ru/sub 3/(CO)/sub 12/. For Ru/sub 3/(CO)/sub 12/ the ratio decreases with increasing temperature, whereas for Ru/sub 3/(CO)/sub 10/(P-n-Bu/sub 3/)/sub 2/ it is essentially unaffected by temperature changes. 31 references, 2 figures, 2 tables.


Key words: Computational hydraulics, homogenization, upscaling, vegetationSummary. Vegetated marshes and wetlands are complex hydrological systems. Due pri-marily to computational constraints, the e ects of vegetation must be incorporated intodepth-integrated ow models through empirical or theoretical resistance parameteriza-tions that are closely related to the classical Chezy, Manning, and Darcy laws for surfaceroughness and porous media. In this work we investigate the use of homogenization tech-niques and multi-scale numerical modeling to represent the e ect of vegetation on shallowwater ow. In particular, we use highly resolved two- and three-dimensional numericalmodels of ow through computer-generated vegetated, ow domains along with modernvolume averaging and homogenization techniques to better understand ow resistance invarious ow regimes. The numerical models use unstructured meshes to resolve complexgeometry, and the variational multi-scale ( nite element) method to resolve steady andunsteady, low and high Reynolds number ows.1 INTRODUCTIONAccurate predictive models of shallow water ows through coastal environments areneeded for a number of industrial, military, civil works and emergency management ap-plications. In many of these applications, for example coastal inundation due to hurricanestorm surges, large domains which extend beyond the region of interest are required tocapture the basin to coastal shelf to overland ow characteristics. Modeling coastal owprocesses is complicated by the presence of smaller-scale features, including stationary1


In this paper, we present a new approach for speaker diarization. First, we use the prosodic information calculated on the original speech to resynthesize the new speech data utilizing the spectrum modeling technique. The resynthesized data is modeled with sinusoids based on pitch, vibration amplitude, and phase bias. Then, we use the resynthesized speech data to extract cepstral features and integrate them with the cepstral features from original speech for speaker diarization. At last, we show how the two streams of cepstral features can be combined to improve the robustness of speaker diarization. Experiments carried out on the standardized datasets (the US National Institute of Standards and Technology Rich Transcription 04‐S multiple distant microphone conditions) show a significant improvement in diarization error rate compared to the system based on only the feature stream from original speech.


Since China's economic reform in 1979, millions of rural migrant workers have moved into urban areas attracted by the booming economy. Due to socio-economic, institutional and historical reasons, these migrant workers become urban underclass and engage in dangerous, dirty and difficult jobs. Meanwhile, they suffer from discrimination in almost every aspect of city lives. Lacking of knowledge in healthcare and due to less access to urban healthcare service, the migrants are vulnerable to health problems. However, the government has acted by improving the treatment of the migrant workers and launched series of regulations. The purpose of this thesis paper is to explore the achievements and challenges of the rural migrant workers in access to urban healthcare service, taking Nanjing as an example. Based on the content analysis of relative regulations and the legislations as well as the data collection from the interview with the respondents of the Rural Migrant Health School, and the migrant workers, several factors that influence the migrants' health status and their access to urban healthcare service are highlighted. As a result, there is a summary of the achievements and the challenges of the rural migrant workers in access to healthcare service in urban China. There are also possible solutions given at the end of the paper.


In this paper, we demonstrate a fully differential transimpedance amplifier (TIA) with 49 dB-ohm transimpedance, greater than 50 GHz bandwidth, and input-referred current noise less than 30pA//spl radic/(Hz).


Adult‐onset inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus (ILVEN) is an uncommon cutaneous disease compared to childhood‐onset ILVEN. The typical histopathologic features are alternating parakeratosis and orthokeratosis with an absent granular layer underneath parakeratosis, in contrast to a thickened granular layer below the foci of orthokeratosis in psoriasiform epidermal hyperplasia. Herein, we present a 49‐year‐old woman with typical clinical and histopathologic characteristics of adult‐onset ILVEN, including linear arrangement of thick scaly papules and plaques localized on the medial side of her right leg, ankle, and foot. Immunohistochemical studies included involucrin, Ki‐67, and keratin‐10. Compared to the staining pattern in psoriasis, the expression of involucrin in this case was of lower intensity and localized to upper epidermal layers with relatively less extensive staining beneath regions of parakeratosis as compared to orthokeratosis; Ki‐67 showed lower basal layer proliferative activity; and keratin‐10 showed a greater intensity of staining within suprabasal epidermis.


The utility model discloses a load overvoltage suppression circuit, which comprises a detection circuit, a control circuit and a controlled variable circuit, wherein the detection circuit comprises a Zener diode VD1, a diode D1 and a resistor R1, the control circuit comprises an NPN (Negative-Positive-Negative) type triode Q1, a resistor R2, a resistor R3 and a capacitor C1, the cathode of the Zener diode VD1 is connected with a direct current power supply VCC, the anode of the Zener diode VD1 is connected with the anode of the diode D1 and one end of the resistor R1, the cathode of the diode D1 is connected with one end of the resistor R2, one end of the capacitor C1 and the base of the triode Q1, the emitter of the triode Q1 is connected with one end of the resistor R3, the collector of the triode Q1 is connected with one end of an resistor R4 and the power supply input end of a load, and the other end of the resistor R4 is connected with the direct current power supply VCC. The load overvoltage suppression circuit is simple in structure and low in cost, and can suppress the load voltage rising with the abnormal rise of direct current power supply VCC voltage.


This integrated study across the Ypresian/Lutetian boundary in the Fortuna Section (Spain) allowed us to recognize a bundle of events in the transitional interval between the Ypresian and Lutetian stages. Planktic foraminifera show an apparently continuous succession spanning the planktic foraminiferal zones P9, P10 and P11. Calcareous nannofossils allowed the recognition of the nannofossil subzones NP14b, NP15a, NP15b and of zone NP16. Small benthic foraminiferal assemblages may indicate a hyperthermal event as evidenced by a bloom of Aragonia aragonensis, which is coeval with a major change in clay mineralogy. This event coincides with the first occurrence of Hantkenina specimens at the base of planktonic foraminiferal zone P10 in the uppermost part of nannofossil subzone NP14b, which could be used to define the Ypresian/Lutetian boundary. (Less)


The future of the press is still vague, including in Malaysia. What seems clear at the moment is, the future of newspaper is digital, news is read through smartphones, tabs or other forms of gadgets. Printed circulation is expected to continue plunging. The study examines two key questions, steps taken by Malaysian newspapers to enhance the circulation of newspapers and how to increase the popularity of online newspapers. In addition, the gadget is also examined whether it is a tool that risks or opportunities for the future of the press. Four newspapers were examined in this study namely Sinar Harian, Berita Harian, Harian Metro and Sin Chew Daily with 11 news and online editors being interviewed. The proposed categories by Wahl Jorgensen et al. (2016) are used as the basis of discussion namely Risks and Threats, Opportunities and Digital Journalism. The findings Masa Hadapan Akhbar Malaysia dalam Masyarakat Jaringan Siti Suriani Othman, Liana Mat Nayan, Lee Kuok Tiung & Nik Norma Nik Hassan 215 E-ISSN: 2289-1528 https://doi.org/10.17576/JKMJC-2018-3404-13 suggest that major steps to improve the circulation of newspapers include improving the quality of content and newspaper layout, as well as increasing newspaper promotion. The online newspaper is seen as a survival tool for journalism, as it enables journalism to function with its audience. In terms of opportunities provided by the gadget to the future of the Malaysian press, it is seen in some form such as the Threatened Opportunity, and Opportunity and Risk. Digital journalism, especially data journalism, appears to have not been seen as the future of journalism in the editorial context in Malaysia.


The orange juice chain is still a representative sector of the Brazilian agribusiness and its performance needs to be analyzed, allowing the definition of strategies to enhance competitiveness. We investigated the threshold, short and long-run asymmetries of price transmission from international-to-domestic prices of oranges in Brazil, using the threshold asymmetry error correction model. Monthly data on international Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice (FCOJ) prices and domestic prices of oranges in Brazil for the period from January 1996 to February 2014 were used as well as producers price of oranges converted to US dollars per pound equivalent to one pound of FCOJ received by the producers in Brazil and international prices from the New York Board of Trade for FCOJ. We found evidence of threshold and asymmetries in short- and long-run price transmission and asymmetric adjustment towards a long-run equilibrium relationship between international-to-domestic prices in Brazil. We also find evidence of asymmetries in short-run price transmission. The decreases in international prices that lead to shrinkage in marketing margins are passed on more quickly to domestic prices than increases are that lead to expanding marketing margins. Acknowledgement :


Rare earth elements (REEs) in porewater can be useful proxies in the studies of marine geochemistry. The main challenges for the determination of REEs in porewater samples from marine sediments...


The end of taboo? – Linguistic and functional view on the Arsch / dupa lexeme in German and Polish phraseology The analysis center includes idiomatic expressions in German and Polish with the Arsch / dupa component. The aim of the analysis is to indicate the catalog of functions that are expressed with this type of idioms and to answer the question whether the analyzed component of idiomatic expressions still exhibits fea-tures of vulgarism and is covered with language taboo. Due to the richness of the material and the multiplicity of functions of the lexeme in question which can be pointed out, one can formulate a thesis about a progressive process of taboo removal.


The performance of Microprocessor has increased in récent years. Subsequently with increase in performance of microprocessor, memory access time is increased which limits the system performance. The memory controller manages the data flow from the processor's main memory. We propose a novel design for application of image transfer using AHB Bus in this paper. The design of the system is done with concept of conventional finite state machines (FSMs). The design of AHB memory controller for the application of grey scale image transfer is synchronized and is implemented on Spartan 6 LX45 FPGA Board. The resultant efficiency with respect to speed is provided. The delay for the grey scale image transfer is 1.877ns and the maximum frequency involved in transfer is 532.8MHz.


SULFIDE MINERAL PROCESSING COPPER COMPRISING CHALCOPYRITE TO PRODUCE COPPER CHLORIDE THE METHOD INCLUDES THE LEACH CHALCOPYRITE FOLLOWING EQUATION. (CF DRAWING IN BOPI) UNDER CONDITIONS WHICH ARE GOVERNED rEACTION SO THAT THE VALUE OF X BE HELD BETWEEN 0.35 AND APPROXIMATELY 0.9, THAT THE VALUE OF Y BE HELD BETWEEN AROUND AND ABOUT 0,075 0.4 SUMMONS AND THE INITIAL 3X12Y BE EXCEEDING 3.


A 1 3kb DNA fragment was amplified in DNA samples extracted from periwinkle showed yellows The amplified fragment was ligated into pGEM T easy vector and then transformed into JM109 strain of E coli Cloned DNA fragments were verified by PCR, restriction endonuclease ( Eco RI) digestion and sequence analysis The result revealed that the ribosomal protein gene of PY strain consists of 1244 base pairs, which contains the entire rp l22 gene encoding 129 amino acids and rps3 gene encoding 252 amino acids These two genes are overlap The character of ribosomal protein gene of PY strain is very resemble with that of other phytoplasmas


Symbiotic organisms search (SOS) is a simple yet effective metaheuristic algorithm to solve a wide variety of optimization problems. Many studies have been carried out to improve the performance of the SOS algorithm. This research proposes an improved version of the SOS algorithm called the "enhanced symbiotic organisms search" (ESOS) for global numerical optimization. The conventional SOS is modified by implementing a new searching formula into the parasitism phase to produce a better searching capability. The performance of the ESOS is verified using 26 benchmark functions and one structural engineering design problem. The results are then compared with existing metaheuristic optimization methods. The obtained results show that the ESOS gives a competitive and effective performance for global numerical optimization.


To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Khandelwal et al1 titled "Incidence, Characteristics, and Outcomes of Large Vessel Stroke in COVID-19 Cohort: An International Multicenter Study." The authors have meticulously conducted a crosssectional retrospective, multicenter study, to determine the incidence of acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion (LVO) in patients with the coronavirus-19 disease (COVID19), in 12 centres specialized in the management of neurovascular diseases. It was found that of 6698 patients with COVID19 admitted to 9 neurovascular care centers, the incidence of stroke was 1.3% (88/6698), and of these, 60% were LVOs.1 Similarly, the acute LVOs of the 12 centres were analyzed and a total of 66 patients were identified, whose mean age was 51 yr, and of whom 42 underwent treatment with mechanical thrombectomy. This suggests that stroke is a neurological complication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, whose pathophysiology may be explained by the state of generalized hypercoagulability and endothelial dysfunction caused by this virus.1,2 A plethora of scientific literature has been published in the last few months exploring stroke and several links, including mast cells, histiocytes, thrombotic complications, and, but not limited to, neuroinflammation in neurological complications of COVID-19. As with most of the clinical data on COVID-19, the scientific community recognized neurological complications as a recognizedmarker of severe COVID-19 with a call for action to prevent significant morbidity and mortality.3,4 We thank Khandelwal et al1 for providing such valuable evidence; however, we would like to make a few comments. COVID-19 resulting in LVO and stroke in the young population has been predominantly reported as case reports and small series.5,6 In the present study by Khandelwal et al,1 16% had LVO under 50 yr of age. This further suggests the validity of existing pathogenic mechanisms of COVID-19 resulting in LVO as stroke in the young population. The authors have included patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with COVID-19 in this study. The findings need to be interpreted with caution as the authors have not mentioned how many of these patients had COVID19 following the development of AIS and how many had an AIS following the development of COVID-19. Since AIS has been described as a comorbidity with increased risk of adverse events for COVID-19 and vice versa,3,7,8 it is essential to identify COVID-19 patients complicated by the development of AIS and AIS patients complicated by COVID-19. It has been shown that, during the acute phase of infection, approximately 36% of cases develop neurological symptoms such as dizziness, headache, altered consciousness, and seizures.2,9 In mild to moderate cases, patients report anosmia (85.6%) and taste alterations (88%), while the development of ischemic stroke may be related to the severity of the disease or preexisting vascular risk factors, manifesting itself with classic neurological signs (hemiparesis, aphasia, and dysarthria, among others).2,9 Also, specific subacute neurological disorders have been reported to develop within 3 to 10 d after the development of respiratory symptoms, including Guillain-Barré syndrome and Miller-Fisher syndrome.2,10 The primary mechanism by which these manifestations occur is through neuroinflammation, which is mediated by increased activity of proinflammatory immune pathways that negatively impact brain homeostasis and function, including blood-brain barrier dysfunction leading to infiltration of inflammatory cells into the central nervous system.2,9 This event contrasts with the results obtained in the study by Khandelwal et al,1 where they report that patients with LOV had increased levels of Creactive protein and D-dimer, which are serological markers of inflammation. The role played by the NLR Family Pyrin Domain Containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome in the acute and probably chronic phase in neurological disorders caused by COVID-19 has also been reported.2 The latter affects the immune functions of the brain, thereby causing pathological accumulation of neurodegeneration-associated peptides, such as fibrillar amyloid-β, inducing or exacerbating neurodegenerative processes.2 Likewise, experimental studies have shown that ventilation-induced hypercapnia induces cognitive impairment in an NLRP3 inflammasome-interleukin-1β-dependent manner.2 Based on the above, it can be estimated that there is a relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and the occurrence of neurodegenerative diseases and neurological disorders mediated by inflammation, mainly Alzheimer's disease.2,9 Therefore, it is likely that a percentage of individuals who recovered from the infection will experience neurological and cognitive impairment in later years. Further studies are needed to explain and answer the questions arising from this interaction. Post-COVID-19 Neurological Syndrome (PCNS) is another important clinical condition to consider, which encompasses several symptoms and neurological effects related to infection after the acute phase of the disease.11 It has been observed that, even in patients with mild symptoms, symptoms such as dizziness, muscle weakness and pain, fatigue, headache, and anosmia persisted for months.11 Also, mental illness such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety are psychiatric disorders that can also occur weeks after infection and are related to psychological factors or neurobiological lesions.12,13 In this order of ideas, the immune and inflammatory mediators of the specific pathophysiology associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection determine the mechanisms by which acute or chronic


A 32-year-old scuba diver was admitted to the emergency department for distinct cutaneous lesions. Following an uneventful dive, his peers suspected of several lesions over his body pertaining to decompression sickness (DCS). After his initial assessment, he was referred to the underwater and hyperbaric medicine department for consultation.

The patient was …


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By applying tools of the history of emotions to study the Vita Augustini by Possidius of Calama—a friend, episcopal colleague, and the first biographer of Augustine of Hippo—the present article analyzes parrhesia or fearless speech as an exercise in the regulation of fear, of which authentic martyrdom is the ideal expression in early Christian North Africa. The study accentuates the centrality of parrhesia in Augustine's life and reflection and challenges current scholarly assumptions about the parameters of parrhesia as a social construct and about the nature of its Christianizing transformations in late Antiquity.


In this paper, a physical insight based neural network small signal MOSFET model is proposed, which can accurately and efficiently describe the high-frequency behavior of MOSFET. By incorporating prior physical knowledge in the preprocessing stage of neural networks, the model demonstrates the enhancement of precision and reliability and is capable of describing non-quasi-static effects as well as other parasitic effects and second-order effects precisely. The proposed model is validated with the small signal data obtained by TCAD simulation up to 1THz, and the model can predict high-frequency y-parameters with 3σ error less than 3%.


Welcome to Issue 3.1 and to a new three-issueper-volume output and rhythm for the journal. We have yet to ascertain whether this move to a third issue is recklessness, folly or simply a quiet evolution of the journal's coverage and remit but time will no doubt tell! What expansion to three issues does offer us is an opportunity, every second issue in the year, to alight upon a problem, theme, sub-discipline or specific practice and to expose it to detailed scrutiny with potentially very stimulating results. If the papers that comprise the Special Issue this year (3.2: Sport and Performance Training) are any indication of the richness and scope of these contributions, then perhaps we needn't be concerned. Guest editor, Mark Evans, has assembled a strong selection of writings including explorations around football and collaboration, perfectionism in sport and dance training, Capoeira and play, an interview with Frantic Assembly on making 'Beautiful Burnout', training boxers as performers in Brendan Ingle's gym, parkour and subcultural training, and the influence of sport on Lecoq's pedagogy. The issue will also include an extended photo essay on what does being in training look like, provoked and enabled by a verbatim drama play under preparation for Newcastle's Live Theatre and constructed around interviews with, and images of, Olympic athletes in training. Articles are now coming into the journal through our Scholar 1 portal at a very healthy rate and the turn-around times for publication may well need to be extended slightly because of this – even with a Special issue each year. The geographical spread of interest also continues to grow with nearly 60 countries reading TDPTon a regular basis. This is extremely encouraging and gives us real confidence in the perceived need for a journal dedicated to the philosophies, practices and pedagogies of training across the fullest range of performance forms. Forthcoming issues, we hope, will extend this range further with planned articles on intercultural training practices, training and live art, post-dramatic theatre training, the ethics of training, the virtues of not training, and on training with dyslexia. We would still like to see any articles grappling with the problems of technology and performance training and sourcing articles on this is now a clear priority for us, as editors. We are also keen to encourage contributions which frame and position training within a wider cultural and ideological context – an opportunity to stand back from a detailed engagement with the particularities of a specific training regime and to consider of what it speaks, culturally and sociologically. In our current tempestuous political and economic times this seems a resonant and critical consideration which our journal would do well to address and examine. What 'structure of feeling' (Raymond Williams) might performer training in Greece, for example, now articulate? For this present issue, we have been particularly exercised about the definition of Source, the second section in the journal. Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, Vol. 3(1), 2012, 1–3


Lanolin alcohol and other modifiers containing active hydrogen were mixed and melted evenly and reacted with maleic anhydride at 95 ℃ for 3 h to form maleic acid monoester,which reacted then with saturated Na_2SO_3 solution at 80 ℃ for 2 h to give sulfonated lanolin alcohol succinate sodium salt(Ⅰ).Sulfited fish oil,sufited castor oil,polyoxyethylene octadecanoate and alkylphenol polyoxyethylene ether were built into Ⅰ to prepare the MLA leather fatliquor composed mainly of Ⅰ.Multimedia microscope shows that the average grain size of fatliquor emulsion is less than 0.5 μm.The structure and physical and chemical indexes of leather after fatliquoring indicate that the MLA fatliquor has good fatliquoring effect.


Water uptake of eggs of Salmo trutta L. and Salmo gaird neri Rich. in water and 1/15 M buffers was studied. H was found that if buffers prevent the· formation of the peri vitelline space in the eggs placed in them immediately after spawning, they do not exclude its normal formation in the eggs placed for 2 or even 1 minutes in water prior to their being transferred to a buffer. The authors express their opinion that the water uptake of eggs proceeds in two stages and that there are correspon dingly two factors, an osmotic and a colloidal, responsible for this process.


The article deals with the "death of poetry" which was announced in Rozewicz's writing. It does not inscribe this problem into a binary scheme but tries to re- contextualize the issue considering it under Derrida's hauntology horizon. Such type of thinking reveals why the poetry still "happens," despite its "death," and why it turns out to be "anachronistic." The weakness has here (at least) two meanings: Rozewicz's poetry is imperfect, defective, invalid, dying, but still animate, not-fully-dead.


This article deals with the issue of writing the female body by two famous postcolonial feminist female writers; the Algerian Assia Djebar in her text Women of Algiers in their Apartment and the Ukrainian Oksana Zabuzhko in her Field Work in Ukrainian Sex. Depending on a comparative study as well as a discourse analysis of both targeted texts, it is certainly concluded that the postcolonial woman suffered from a lot of pressure by both the colonizer and the colonized man, the fact which made her body at stake. Thanks to both Djebar and Zabuzhko, their females could finally manage to break their way out of their bodies.


Introduction:
 Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a lethal vasculopathy histologically associated with remodeling of distal pulmonary arteries and right ventricular failure that is drug-induced in approximately 10% of cases. Recently, PAH induced by chemotherapeutic agents such as RTK inhibitors (e.g. dasatinib) has been described. Crizotinib is a new MET inhibitor increasingly used for the treatment of ALK-positive non-small cell lung carcinoma. Interestingly, crizotinib has been shown to induce endothelial cells (EC) dysfunction (e.g. inhibition of EC survival and angiogenesis) and is symptomatically associated with dyspnea and peripheral oedema in many patients, which are cardinal symptoms of PAH. We thus hypothesized that chronic administration of crizotinib exacerbates PAH.

 Material and results:
 We observed a significant increase of mortality rate in PAH rats (Sugen/hypoxia model) treated with daily oral administration of crizotinib (100mg/kg/d for 2 weeks) compared to rats treated with vehicle (6/group; p<0.05). Furthermore, we demonstrated that crizotinib treatment was associated with increases in right ventricular systolic pressure, mean pulmonary arterial pressure and pulmonary vasculature resistance; and decreases in cardiac output and stroke volume (right heart catheterizations in closed chest) compared to vehicle-treated rats with Sugen-induced PAH (4 PAH+crizotinib; 6 PAH+vehicle, 5 PAH and 3 control rats; p<0.05). Histologically, crizotinib administration significantly increased pulmonary arteries wall thickness as well as right ventricular fibrosis (p<0.05). Finally, crizotinib increased macrophage accumulation and size within the lungs of PAH rats (p<0.05).

 Conclusion:
 We documented for the first time that crizotinib treatment markedly increases vascular remodeling and macrophage activation with concomitantly marked PAH exacerbation in Sugen rats. This study could have major clinical relevance in the management of patients treated with crizotinib.


This study,which is about pre-listening activities in language comprehension,seeks to obtain a better understanding of Chinese EFL students'listening comprehension in relation to radio news broadcasts.It investigates listeners'evaluation of the effects of pre-listening activities involving three listening texts with three kinds of different pre-listening activities.The findings yielded that the pre-listening activities had some impact on influencing the listeners'listening comprehension and it differed for effective and less-effective listeners.


Device for determining the remaining playing time of a powered with batteries or accumulators device that determined by measuring and evaluating the battery voltage, the remaining play time, and displays, characterized in that the device has an EEPROM which stores the value of the battery voltage at the time of turning off of the device, and that the information stored in the EEPROM of the battery voltage of the evaluation and display is based on at power on.


Aims:  To detect ESBL (extended‐spectrum β‐lactamase)‐producing Klebsiella pneumoniae present in the effluents and sludge of a hospital sewage treatment plant, evaluating the treatment plant's potential to remove these micro‐organisms.


Setting the scene The study The origins of a caring ethic in social care workers' childhoods Entering care work with vulnerable children Care workers' careers and identities: change and continuity What do vulnerable children need?: understandings of care Experiences of care work Leavers, movers and stayers Managing care work and family life Conclusions and policy implications.


Recent work using linked employer–employee data has shown, among other results, that person and firm heterogeneity in wages each explain about half of inter-industry wage differentials. One puzzling feature of this decomposition is the pattern of correlations: intra-industry correlation between firm and worker effects is often negative, while it is always positive at the inter-industry level. No extant theory can explain this combination of results. We investigate a tractable parametric ∗The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the National Science Foundation and the Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST), Paris. This research is a part of the U.S. Census Bureau's Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Program (LEHD), which is partially supported by the National Science Foundation Grant SES-9978093 to Cornell University (Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research), the National Institute on Aging, the U.S. Department of Labor (ETA) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Science Foundation, or the Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques. Confidential data from the LEHD Program were used in this paper. The U.S. Census Bureau is preparing to support external researchers use of the U.S. data under a protocol to be released in the near future; please contact Ron Prevost, email@example.com. For further information concerning the French data, contact INSEE/CREST, 15, bd Gabriel Péri, 92245 Malakoff Cedex, France. †Corresponding author. CREST, Département de la recherche, 15, bd Gabriel Péri, 92245 Malakoff Cedex, France. email@example.com


A push-push W-band voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) with oscillating frequency that ranges from 112 GHz to 117 GHz in 90-nm CMOS technology is presented. By eliminating the varactor and shielding the inductor, phase noise and quality factor are greatly improved. The power consumption is 36 mW at 1.2 V. The resulting phase noise is -93 dBc/Hz at 1-MHz offset, and output power is from -12 dBm to -23 dBm. The measured FOM is -178.4 dBc/Hz.


Objective:
 Clinical benefit with ruxolitinib as a salvage therapeutic agent in steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) has been reported. The purpose of this study is to explore the efficacy and safety profile of preemptive administration of ruxolitinib for patients with GVHD after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and to determine the optimal timing of start of ruxolitinib treatment.
 Methods:
 We conducted a single-center retrospective study to analyze the overall response rate at day 28 and the amelioration of GVHD after preemptive treatment of ruxolitinib in patients with GVHD post-HSCT. A total of 35 patients (26 males/ 9 females) with GVHD (30 aGVHD/ 5 cGVHD) treated at Fujian Medical University Union Hospital (Fuzhou, China) from July 2016 to April 2019 were enrolled. All patients received conditioning regimens including ATG, cyclosporine A, methylprednisolone, methotrexate mycophenolate mofetil w/o basiliximab for prevention of GVHD. Ruxolitinib was administered orally at 10 mg twice daily for patients ≥ 40 kg or 5 mg twice daily if <40 kg. The patients were divided into 3 groups according to the starting time of GVHD treatment with the preemptive ruxolitinib: shorter than 3 days (≤3 day,13, 37.1%), between days 3-7 (3-7 days,10, 28.6%) and more than 7 days(>7 days,12, 34.3%). Treatment responses of ruxolitinib and the safety are compared among groups.
 Results:
 These three groups were well matched demographically. There were no significant differences in conditioning regimens, donor types, CD34+ cells infusion, GVHD prophylaxis regimens and primary treatment among 3 groups. The median time to response of ≤3 days group, 3-7 days group and >7 days group was 20.5 (6-43) , 19.5 (2-107) and 20.5 (9-60) days, respectively. The ≤3 d group showed a best overall response rate (ORR) and complete remission rate (CRR) at day 28 after treatment than 3-7 d group and >7 d group (ORR: 92.3% vs 90.0% vs 83.3%, P=0.361; CRR: 46.2% vs 40.0% vs 25.0%, P=0.512 ). The cumulative complete remission rates among 3 groups were 58.5% (≤3 d group), 86.7% (3-7 d group) and 25% (>7 d group), respectively (P=0.096). The severity of GVHD were significantly ameliorated at day 28 in ≤3 d group than the other 2 groups ( 92.3% vs 70.0% vs 50.0%, P=0.064), and moreover, the clinical GVHD scores dropped significantly in ≤3 d group than >7 d group (-1.54 grade vs -0.75 grade, P=0.041) at day 28 after treatment. Incidence and severity of adverse reactions did not differ significantly between groups (P>0.05).
 Conclusion:
 When preemptive administration ruxolitinib is initiated rapidly, remarkable efficacy on amelioration of GVHD can be achieved without significant adverse effects. Larger randomized trials are needed to confirm efficacy.

 No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


As the National Science Foundation's Arctic Logistics Contractor, VECO Polar Resources (VPR) has completed engineering, construction, and operations projects in environments ranging from the tundra of Alaska's North Slope to the summit of the Greenland Ice Cap. They have ranged from providing power and communications for remote instrumentation to building, maintaining, and operating 45-person field camps. The remoteness and extreme conditions found in these diverse terrains have offered a set of common challenges to the VPR team. The varied and extreme physical environments of the Arctic ensure that each project undertaken by VPR is unique. Tundra, permafrost, snow, ice all provide different engineering and construction challenges. A variety of extreme weather conditions require careful selection of materials for reliability and maintainability. High latitudes limit the length of construction seasons and accessibility to sites. Recruiting and retaining a quality workforce willing to work under such conditions can also be difficult. We will discuss how to strike a balance between meeting all of the unique requirements posed by the physical environment of the Arctic and maintaining an efficient and cost effective operation that meets the needs of our customer. The remoteness of many of VPR's field sites poses another set of challenges. Materials and equipment must often be transported to the sites via small aircraft. Communications and power infrastructure are typically nonexistent. Remoteness also contributes to staff recruiting/retention issues. We will address how to effectively undertake construction and operations in remote sites where little or no infrastructure is available. Field sites built and operated by VPR are the platforms for cutting edge scientific research, much of it environmental. Therefore we must operate with minimal impact on the fragile environment of the Arctic. We will discuss strategies we are pursuing for reducing emissions, incorporating concepts of sustainable design, and for delivering our products and services while remaining good environmental stewards.


The snow medium is treated as densely packed sticky ice particles following a size distribution. We apply the quasicrystalline approximation (QCA) dense medium theory to calculate the absorption, scattering and emission of snow at multiple frequencies. The correlation of particle position is taken into account by using the Percus-Yevick approximation that can accommodate particles of multiple sizes. The size distribution is discretized so it can be applied to the Percus-Yevick approximation for the cross pair distribution function of particles with different sizes.


A comparison was performed between the two protocols (Mann-Whitney test, α = 0.05 ), for the main diagonal stiffness coefficients and the area enclosed by the load-displacement curve. Overall there was a significant difference in the stiffness terms produced when tests were performed with (p ≤ 0.016) and without (p ≤ 0.04) preload (Table 3). The only exceptions were found for tests in anterior-posterior (p = 0.053) and lateral shear (p = 0.051) without preload, as well as flexion-extension tests with preload (p = 0.337).


The European Union has built up special relationship with the developing countries. To achieve the aims of the common development policy, the EU grants not only financial aid but also trade preferences in order to help the reintegration of these countries into the world economy. The most important commercial tool is the conventions granting trade preferences for the contracting parties - like the four Lome Conventions, which ensured the ACP-countries free access to the European markets in contractual form for a period of 25 years. This paper tries to investigate the possible economic effects of the Lome Conventions on the Sub-Saharan African countries.


The main geological hazards in Danyang City include landslide,rock fall,land subsidence and unstable slope,among which the landslide and unstable slope are the major ones.By statistics indicate that most landslides and unstable slopes occur in steep slopes of clastic rock or the Quaternary sediments,rock falls take place in steep slopes and cliffs of clastic or carbonate rocks with well-developed geological structures,most land subsidence are resulting from improper mining.The rainfall usually triggers geological hazards and it's why there are more geohazards happened in rainy seasons and in years with heavy rainfall.Some human engineering activities like mining have similar influence on the geological hazards.


Abstract The most recent global wave of democratic reversal is marked by executive takeovers. Politically motivated interventions in domestic markets aimed at restructuring the underlying power dynamics in society have been part and parcel of these takeovers. This article investigates the new political economy behind the AKP's competitive authoritarian rule in Turkey as an example of this larger trend. The article argues that the AKP government has built a loyal business class through an elaborate system of rewards and punishment since 2002. With the aim of consolidating its business constituency, the AKP politicized state institutions (debt collection, tax authorities, privatization, public procurement) and eroded the rule of law to distribute rents and resources to its supporters, transfer capital from its opponents to its supporters, and to discipline dissidents in business circles. These mechanisms allowed the party to skew the political playing field in its favour through its access to private resources as well as its disproportionate access to the media—built by pro-AKP businessmen—and thus underpinned the AKP's competitive authoritarian regime.


A general purpose hardware oriented control structure is presented. This <underline>outer</underline> control structure can be used to implement a variety of target languages. Further, the control structure can be adapted to a variety of <underline>L</underline>arge <underline>S</underline>cale <underline>I</underline>ntegration components including general purpose ALU's microprogram storage medias and programmable logic arrays. The independence from specific components reduces the binding to specific component vendors and permits various versions with varying integration and performance levels to be constructed.


There is no doubt that many efforts undertaken with good intentions can be misdirected and create negative results. Such is the case in education with the use of certain methods under the banner of TQ-Total Quality.' Some of these methods actually border on being TI-Totally Irresponsible. In particular, we are seeing the increased use of the TQ method of students-as-customers. In this approach, students plan, design, and run the course they are taking-with the added bonus of suggesting their own grades. The following vignette from the education section of the Wall Street Journal (Milbank 1992) depicts this students-as-customers method:


Results of wolf (Canis @I.@ control to reduce predation of cattle in northwestern Alberta are reported. Numbers of wolves declined from about 40 prior to control to 3 following the strychnine poisoning of 26 wolves during 2 winters, 197PsO and 1980-81. Additional losses of wolf pack members occurred from natural mortality and dispersal following the removal of the majority of their packmates. In 3 of 6 instances where packs took baits, entire packs of 2,4, and 6 wolves were killed. Ingress of wolves occurred within 1-2 years. Total mortality of cattle declined from a mean of 64 (3.4%) during 4 years prior to control to 36 (Xg$@during 2 years following control. Selectivity of strychnine poisoning was rensonably good although more emphasis on preventive management is recommended. Wolf (Cam3 lupus) depredations of livestock and subsequent wolf removal have occurred throughout the settlement of North America (Young 1944, Lopez 1978) and currently occur in western Canada (Gunson 1983a), Ontario (Kolenosky 1983), and Minnesota (Fritts 1982). Despite controversy and costs associated with these control programs, evaluations have been limited. In Alberta, wolves occur in the northern and western two-thirds of the province, with current numbers estimated at about 4-5,000 (Gunson 1983b). Wolf-livestock complaints are most common near the forest-agricultural fringe in Alberta and other isolated areas of the province. The Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division (AFW) initiated annual livestock-related wolf control in 1972, consisting of complaint investigation and removal of wolves if predation or mauling was confirmed. During 9 years (1972-8 l), 729 wolves were known to have been removed. Results of wolf control conducted during studies of wolf predation of cattle in northwestern Alberta during 1975-81 are evaluated. This paper reports details of wolf removal, nontarget kill, response of wolves to vacant territories, and the impact of wolf removal on cattle. Results are discussed in relation to management of wolf-livestock conflicts.


In this article we introduce the concept of cultural recomposition and propose its effects on group interaction processes. To gain an understanding of the mechanisms that underlie these effects, we employ self-categorization theory and control chart theory. From these we develop our own theory, proposing that cultural recomposition causes the type of variation in group interaction processes that may have substantial implications for group performance. We also identify factors that may determine whether cultural recomposition will cause this type of variation in group interaction processes.


To cultivate internationally-competitive compound talents,most universities and colleges in China give the bilingual courses under the direction of Ministry of Education.At present,many restricting factors exist in bilingual teaching in China.In implementing bilingual teaching,importance should be attached to the following aspects: strengthening policy guiding,training teaching staff,setting up reasonable curriculum,improving students' foreign language ability,selecting textbooks from different channels,practicing encouragement system,and carrying out bilingual teaching evaluation system.


Cases where stab wounds are sutured with no detailed description of the wound features are common in practice and therefore problems regarding judicial reports arise in such cases. In this case report, it was aimed to point out the importance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in terms of medicolegal evaluation due to its employment in a case evaluated for judicial report where wound characteristics were poorly described at an outside center and muscle injury findings were noted on MRI. Male patient aged 21 was sent for evaluation approximately 2.5 months after injury, due to lack of information on muscle injury, conclusion on whether the injury was "treatable with simple medical intervention or not" could not be reached. An MRI scan following Orthopedics & Traumatology consultation revealed muscle injury and the judicial report was prepared accordingly. Although MRI is a useful tool in detection of the wound characteristics, when its cost is considered, it becomes evident that detailed and accurate description of the wound features by the first physician examining the case is crucial for judicial report process.


Current practice shows that firms throughout the world are in favor of high cash holdings; yet, they are still performing well. This situation contradicts the agency and free cash flow theories, which suggest that excessive cash may increase agency costs and lower firm performance. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between corporate governance, cash holdings, and firm performance. Five thousand four hundred twenty observations were conducted, and a balanced panel data analysis was performed. The results indicate that corporate governance has a significant impact on cash holdings, corporate governance has a significant impact on firm performance, and cash holding has a significant impact on a firm's performance. The findings of this study do not show any evidence to support the agency and free cash flow theories among non-financial Malaysian firms listed on Bursa Malaysia. Thus, this study contributes to the finance and accounting literature by gaining a better understanding of firm performance indicators in Malaysia, specifically.


Exhausted olive pomace (EOP) biochar prepared by carbonization at 400 °C is investigated as fuel in direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC) with an electrolyte supported configuration. Feasibility of using EOP biochar in DCFC is confirmed showing a maximum power density of 10 mW.cm-2 at 700 °C. This limited DCFC performance is compared with other biochars prepared under similar conditions and interrelated to variable biochar physico-chemical characteristics and their impact on DCFC chemical and electrochemical reaction mechanisms. High ash content (21.55%) and low volatile matter (40.62%) of EOP biochar are among the main causes of DCFC limited output. Silica is the major impurity in EOP biochar ash explaining the limited cell performance as it causes low reactivity and limited electrical conductivity because of its non-crystal structure. The relatively poor DCFC performance when fueled by EOP biochar can be overcome by further pre- and post-treatment of this renewable fuel.


Comprising a terminal alkenyl group having carboxyl ester groups and connected to at least two hydroxyl groups with a monoisocyanate newborn capped poly alkadiene composition. The composition also contains free radically polymerizable monomers (e.g. vinyl monomer) and a second non-polymeric material is necessary. In a preferred embodiment, the composition further contains a phosphorus-containing compound having oxidation-reduction activity of the catalyst system of the adhesive at room temperature.


This paper presents the results of studying the properties of InGaN layers with a high InN content (80-90%) obtained by molecular beam epitaxy with plasma activation of nitrogen on sapphire substrates with AlN / GaN buffer layers. The InGaN layers were formed using the metal modulated epitaxy (MME) method, as well as in nitrogen and metal rich conditions. It was found that the use of the MME method leads to a decrease in the density of threading dislocations in the InGaN layers. Nevertheless, despite the higher dislocation density, the smallest threshold of stimulated emission of ~ 20 kW / cm2 at 77 K was obtained for the In0.8Ga0.2N layer grown under nitrogen rich conditions, which is associated with the lowest background electron concentration in this sample (1.6•1019 cm-3).


Physical asset management started with breakdown response and planned maintenance; it then crossed over to preventive maintenance (PM), condition-based maintenance (CBM), and reliability-centred maintenance (RCM); finally ending up as today's enterprise asset management (EAM).


Introduction: The existence of an ocean in the northern hemisphere of Mars is a controversial question that has profound implications for the understanding of the history of water on Mars. Previous studies have suggested the presence of paleoshorelines [1,2]. In this paper, we do not want to discuss the observations that lead these authors to propose the shorelines, but we describe the gravity potential along these proposed shorelines. At the time they formed, these shorelines were equipotential lines at the surface of Mars. Present time Earth's shorelines are defined as the intercept of topography with sea surface which is an equipotential surface. Shorelines are equipotential lines and paleo-shorelines should be paleoequipotential lines. If the potential of the planet has not changed since shorelines existed, then along a suggested shorelines, gravity potential should be the same. Because Mars does not seem do have undergone major geodynamic changes since the Hesperian period, the gravity potential is supposed to not have varied much. Potential along the Deuterolinus shoreline: The Deuterolinus shoreline is located in the northern hemisphere. The calculation of the potential is made by using the shape of the planet given by MOLA data (Rs(λ,φ)) and the potential given by Yuan et al. (2002) up to degree 60 [3], which includes observations made by Viking and Mariner in addition to those of MGS. The result is presented in Figure 1 where the potential is presented versus the longitude of a given point along the Deuterolinus shoreline.


Author(s): O'Dell, Robyn Claire | Advisor(s): Naugle, Lisa | Abstract: ABSTRACT OF THE THESISDevising Dance TheatreByRobyn C. O'DellMaster of Fine Arts in Dance University of California, Irvine, 2019Dr. Lisa Naugle, ChairThis research explores devised theatre approaches in efforts to teach and enhance the skills for contemporary modern dance students to participate in a collaborative, cross disciplinary style of performance making. Devised theatre is a contemporary theatre approach which derived from a desire to create collaboratively designed theatre and to challenge the hierarchal western theatre traditions. Collaborative approaches to theatre and dance can be traced throughout the twentieth century, with roots to post-modern dance and feminist collective theatre movements. The training of many contemporary modern dance students is often focused on the traditional solo artists paradigm, with little emphasis on creative collaboration, although many professional contemporary choreographers do create work within a collaborative construct. As theatre, dance, and the visual arts continue to traverse and intersect with each other, practitioners grow increasingly more interested in working in a collaborative, cross disciplinary process. Investigating my own choreographic interests to create dance theatre works, I used devised theatre methods in my process to help develop skills necessary for this style of performance. Through a four-month rehearsal process, six undergraduate dance students, one university staff member, and I embarked on a collaborative creative process to create an original devised dance theatre work, based on the short story, The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. This process-based research resulted in a performance at the Experimental Performance Laboratory Theater at the University of California, Irvine in April of 2019.


Background information. The RNA‐binding protein S1‐1, also called RBM10 (RNA‐binding motif 10), is a paralogue of putative tumour suppressor RBM5 and has been correlated with cancer proliferation and apoptosis. In the present study, we have investigated the cell biology of S1‐1.


This paper approaches the contribution of the craft of rhyming in an Elementary School class from the Municipal Education System in Salvador. It is an exploratory bibliographic study (GIL, 2002). The paper aims at revealing that the playfulness brought by visual arts and poetic texts such as nursery rhymes, quadrinhas, Brazilian folk songs and cordel can construct a knowledge that may help the literacy process. It evinces the richness of the work with rhymes in the broadening of the cultural repertoire, phonological awareness and the multiple literacies. The notions of reading and writing are based on Arapiraca, Araújo and Muniz (2015); Koch and Elias (2011); Lerner (2006), Salvador (2018) and Soares (2004). The investigation shows that the promotion of reflection on how students learn, and the perception that the lessons must validate the world experienced by them makes the dialogue with reality a potential pathway that the pedagogical actions in a classroom could follow. It is paramount to invest in critical and reflective teacher training, which enables teachers to analyze their own practice, aiming at the development of significant pedagogical actions which value the students' knowledge. 1 Mestre em Educação e Contemporaneidade pelo Universidade do Estado da Bahia. Graduada em Pedagogia pela Universidade Federal da Bahia – UFBA; Especialista em Alfabetização e Letramento Centro Universitário Internacional UNINTER. Integrante do Grupo de Pesquisa Griô Culturas Populares, Ancestralidade Africana e Educação – Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Federal da Bahia. Professora e Coordenadora Pedagógica da Rede Municipal de Salvador. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-74940087.


Build upon the previous studies on the index system of performance evaluation,three methods of performance evaluation are investigated.An empirical analysis is employed to analyze individual logistics enterprises and distinguishes the advantages and disadvantages of each performance evaluation method.


The theory of LNAs using SiGe bipolar technology is presented. And a 2GHz LNA based SiGe technology is presented in this article and state-of-the-art in SiGe based devices in different areas are described. Finally, the application of SiGe-based device was summarized.


This paper proposes an approach for capturing and despinning a tumbling asteroid using a space robot. The capturing and despining approach consists of four phases. In the first phase, the capturing system is controlled to match the linear and angular velocities of the asteroid while the path of its center of mass (CM) is made to follow the path of the asteroid's CM. The second phase is divided into two subphases. In the first subphase, a robotic manipulator is deployed until a camera mounted at the end effector (EE) faces the target landing location. During the second phase, the EE of manipulator approaches a chosen point on the surface of the asteroid. Attitude controllers driving the thrusters at the base of the spacecraft ensure that the matching velocity errors remain bounded while the robotic arm is deployed. Cameras mounted on the arm time such a deployment in order to minimize the impact forces to be experienced at contact. In the third phase a rigid connection between the asteroid and the end-effector is established. In the last phase, the position of the base of the spacecraft relative to contact point is autonomously adjusted to minimize the energy consumption required to despin and stabilize the joint system by maximizing the torque's arm. This procedure relaxes the need for accurate estimates of the inertial properties of the asteroid. The concept proposed is illustrated by simulating the capture of a rigid asteroid subject to a one axis rotation with no precession or nutation.


Introduction Preschoolers who have not successfully developed age-appropriate strategies for regulating aggressive behaviour are at high risk for engaging in chronic aggressive and antisocial behaviour. Aggression co-occurs with several common problems in early childhood including impulsivity, emotion dysregulation and language delays. Exactly how these other problems interact with aggression is still under investigation. Aggression may be worsened by these co-occurring problems in some children. In other children, deficits in these other areas of functioning may have preceded the difficulties with aggression.


A Helmholtz-type pulse combustion system was designed. The capacity of the combustion system is 25 kW and liquefied petroleum gas is used as a fuel with the features of flapper valves and frequency rang from 60 to 105 Hz. A pressure inside the combustion chamber of pulse combustor is monitored by a pressure transducer and the variation of the pressure amplitude and frequency with the length of tail tube changing are discussed. The heat transfer coefficients of oscillating flow produced by pulse combustor and nonoscillating flow are obtained. It indicates that the heat transfer coefficient of oscillating flow is 2.5 to 3.2 times greater than that of nonoscillating flow.


The United States has a long, but somewhat neglected history of using time-based algorithms for navigation, surveying, and mapping. In this paper, we show how Mason & Dixon, Maskelyne, Harrison, Lewis & Clark, and others developed algorithms that are today used in modern systems, including GPS.


This work has as objective to study the relationship between Fock spaces, quantum operators and chemical reaction systems used to model many stochastic processes with biological motivation, such as population growth, heartbeats and cell metabolism. In particular, we work with a generalization of Schnakenberg model, in its deterministic and stochastic versions, and which is used to describe the process of cellular glycolysis. As it is a new and at the same time a interdisciplinary area, involving knowledge in stochastic processes, theoretical physics, chemistry and biomathematics, this text seeks to be self-contained, including all the elements needed for the study of theme, for the purpose of contribute to the better understanding between these diverse areas. Key-words: Fock spaces. Chemical reactions. Biological oscillators. Schnakenberg model.


Extraction of aromatic compound from cocoa beans was carried out using Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) in order to obtain natural cocoa extract for perfume formulation. The experiment was carried out by multilevel factorial design to investigate which factors; pressure (100, 125, 150 & 200 bar) and time (30, 45, 60 and 75 minutes), influence the extraction condition of cocoa aromatic (5-methyl-2- phenyl-2-hexenal), fatty acid (hexadecanoic acid) and alkaloid (caffeine) compounds. It was found out that the factors influence, significantly, yield of extract and extraction of fatty acid compound, while only pressure significantly affected amount of aromatic compound extracted. Extraction with high amount of aromatic compound (24.5mg/g extract) was obtained at 200 bar and 45 minutes. This result is used as a based to investigate further on the optimum condition to obtain high yield of aromatic compound in order to formulate the natural cocoa-scented perfume.


SUMMARY An increasing number of patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) are older adults. New treatments have improved survival but also increased demand for prevention. Comorbidities in older adults contribute to low cholesterol, but accumulating data show that dyslipidemia is a risk factor for CVD in older adults. Although numerous studies show that statin treatment reduces CVD mortality and morbidity, few studies have targeted older adults specifically. However, post-hoc analyses of subgroups indicate that older adults may benefit from statin treatment. Risk reduction in secondary prevention is similar across all age groups, and the limited data available in primary prevention suggest that statins may be considered in high-risk older adult patients. However, statin therapy in older adults should be individualized, taking into account factors more common in this group.


Abstract A model introducing image compatibility as a moderator of information use is proposed and tested with data from a laboratory study involving 96 masters-level business students. Findings indicate that the use of problem space information to guide resource allocation decisions varies with perceptions of image compatibility. When image compatibility is high, information use declines; when compatibility is low, information use increases. These results suggest that Image Theory (Beach, 1990; Beach & Mitchell, 1990), and image compatibility in particular, may be useful as a means for understanding and predicting variation in the use of information in decision-making episodes.


The aim of this paper is to investigate by SEM the presence of crystalline forms of noble metals in dehydrated tissues of Scutia buxifolia (Rhamnaceae), Scoparia montevidensis (Scrophulariaceae) and Adiantopsis cf. chlorophylla (Pteridaceae), a endemic vegetation on ultramafic soils from Pedras Pretas, Sao Sepe, southermost Brazil. Chemical composition of rocks, soils and ash plants were also determined by ICP-MS. The rocks and soils from Pedras Pretas show the expected geochemical pattern of ultramafic ones. Despite the low concentrations of some trace elements and noble metals in ash plants, the BSE images obtained by electron microprobe reveal the presence of semicrystals of Au, Pt, and Ag, besides Ni, Cr, Fe and Ca in xilem parenchyma cells from the species concerned. These preliminary data show the necessity of combination of mineralogical with biogeochemical and physiological investigations in order to demonstrate the importance of these plants in forming biominerals. Moreover, studies about metallic concentrations in plant tissues can contribute to the comprehension of detoxication mechanisms of plants that can be applied for phytoremediation purposes.


Robotic vision is limited by line of sight and on-board camera capabilities. Robots can acquire video or images from remote cameras, but processing additional data has a computational burden. This paper applies the Distributed Robotic Vision Service, DRVS, to robot path planning using data outside line-of-sight of the robot. DRVS implements a distributed visual object detection service to distributes the computation to remote camera nodes with processing capabilities. Robots request task-specific object detection from DRVS by specifying a geographic region of interest and object type. The remote camera nodes perform the visual processing and send the high-level object information to the robot. Additionally, DRVS relieves robots of sensor discovery by dynamically distributing object detection requests to remote camera nodes. Tested over two different indoor path planning tasks DRVS showed dramatic reduction in mobile robot compute load and wireless network utilization.


With the rapid development of information technology today, a school
management should have a network computer system that can manage the achievement
of the student systematically and more organized to assured that the academic
development of the student can always be monitored. The motive of this project is to
develop an management system for high school student were a student achievement can
be seen in the network environment application by that particuler student. Each student
will be given an account with password which the student can access In every account
they can see the student personal information, subjeot taken by the student , the student
academic achivement and commend of the class teacher. The school management can
update data in the system? process transaction and produced report in the same time data
is insert in the system. The school management can share the school database which
store the school information and this information can be accessed from different
terminal. The method used in this project is distributed application using CORBA
technology The result from the development of this project is a client-server system in
a network environment. We manage to see the benefit from using CORBA technology
because CORBA technology is a technology that is built for network application
development.


Klang Valley is a focal area of Malaysian economic and business activities where the local weather condition is very important to maintain its reputation. Heavy rainfalls for more than an hour were reported up to 40 mm in September 2013 and 35 mm in October 2013. Both events are monitored as the first and second cases of flash flood, respectively. Based on these cases, we investigate the water vapor, rainfall, surface meteorological data (surface pressure, relative humidity, and temperature) and river water level. The precipitable water vapor (PWV) derived from Global Positioning System (GPS) is used to indicate the impact of flash flood on the rainfall. We found that PWV was dropped 4 mm in 2 hours before rainfall reached to 40 mm and dropped 3 mm in 3 hours before 35 mm of rainfall in respective cases. Variation of PWV was higher in September case compared to October case of about 2 mm. We suggest the rainfall phenomena can disturb the GPS propagation and therefore, the impact of PWV before, during and after the flash flood event at three selected GPS stations in Klang Valley is investigated for possible mitigation in the future.


Working a Single cells represents an important type of analysis for the study of the living organism, so new technologies and new methodologies have been developed in these years with this aim. In this work, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements are used to detect the presence of a cell above a biochip microelectrode used for single-cell electroporation, thus allowing fully automatic, multisite single cell, electroporation.


We propose the application of a two-step iterative shrinkage/thresholding method (TwIST) to improve the resolution in microwave imaging applications. The TwIST algorithm is combined with the distorted Born iterative method (DBIM) to reconstruct the complex permittivity of two-dimensional (2-D) anatomically realistic numerical breast phantoms. The paper discusses how to optimize the algorithm parameters in order to improve the quality of reconstructions and the robustness of the algorithm. Our results demonstrate the ability of this method to produce images with enhanced resolution in two-dimensional (2-D) microwave breast imaging.


P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is a membrane-bound efflux pump that limits the distribution of drugs to several organs of the body. At the blood–brain barrier, P-gp blocks the entry of both loperamide and its metabolite, N-desmethyl-loperamide (N-dLop), and thereby prevents central opiate effects. Animal studies have shown that 11C-dLop, compared with 11C-loperamide, is an especially promising radiotracer because it generates negligible radiometabolites that enter the brain. The purposes of this study were to determine whether 11C-dLop is a substrate for P-gp at the blood–brain barrier in humans and to measure the distribution of radioactivity in the entire body to estimate radiation exposure. Methods: Brain PET scans were acquired in 4 healthy subjects for 90 min and included concurrent measurements of the plasma concentration of unchanged radiotracer. Time–activity data from the whole brain were quantified using a 1-tissue-compartment model to estimate the rate of entry (K1) of radiotracer into the brain. Whole-body PET scans were acquired in 8 healthy subjects for 120 min. Results: For brain imaging, after the injection of 11C-dLop the concentration of radioactivity in the brain was low (standardized uptake value, ∼15%) and stable after approximately 20 min. In contrast, uptake of radioactivity in the pituitary was about 50-fold higher than that in the brain. The plasma concentration of 11C-dLop declined rapidly, but the percentage composition of plasma was unusually stable, with the parent radiotracer constituting 85% of total radioactivity after approximately 5 min. The rate of brain entry was low (K1 = 0.009 ± 0.002 mL·cm−3·min−1; n = 4). For whole-body imaging, as a measure of radiation exposure to the entire body the effective dose of 11C-dLop was 7.8 ± 0.6 μSv/MBq (n = 8). Conclusion: The low brain uptake of radioactivity is consistent with 11C-dLop being a substrate for P-gp in humans and confirms that this radiotracer generates negligible quantities of brain-penetrant radiometabolites. In addition, the low rate of K1 is consistent with P-gp rapidly effluxing substrates while they transit through the lipid bilayer. The radiation exposure of 11C-dLop is similar to that of many other 11C-radiotracers. Thus, 11C-dLop is a promising radiotracer to study the function of P-gp at the blood–brain barrier, at which impaired function would allow increased uptake into the brain.


Study of the presence of amyloid deposits on subcutaneous fat aspirates was carried out in 100 patients hospitalized in a geriatric unit. The test was positive in 15%, and in 4% of them, amyloid deposits were also seen on accessory salivary glands, confirmed by immunohistochemical staining. These results indicate that sub-cutaneous fat aspirate may be a useful test for an early diagnosis of amyloidosis.


An annual publication on senior design projects to aid persons with disabilities supported by the National Science Foundation since 1988 is described in this report Some of the projects described in these books are custom modifications of existing devices, modifications that would be prohibitively expensive to the disabled individual were it not for the student engineer and this NSF program. Other projects are unique one-of-a kind devices wholly designed and constructed by the student for the disabled individual. Some projects built in years past include a laser-pointing device for people who cannot use their hands, a speech aid, a behavior modification device, a hands-free automatic answering and hang-up telephone system, and an infrared beacon to help a blind person move around a room.


Lithium is currently one of the most needed elements due to its main role in Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) and its scarce availability in the world. Spent LIBs become a potential source of Lithium, especially for countries with no resource of Lithium in nature. It is necessary to develop an efficient Lithium recovery process which can produce Lithium compound for further reuse. Lithium can be recovered from LIBs cathode through a hydrometallurgical process, which requires sequential precipitations of components. Calcium is frequently added to the precipitation process, which at the end might disturb the purification of Lithium compound products. This work studied the purification of Lithium from Calcium-containing solution by adsorption. The solution might resemble the leaching solution of spent LIBs cathode. The artificial solution containing 2000 ppm Lithium and 500 ppm Calcium were adsorbed using 0.5 grams of cationic resin for 24 hours at 30, 50 and 70°C, respectively. Experimental results showed that Calcium has a higher affinity against Lithium. The adsorption at 30°C was dominated by Calcium intake of 94.16%, while Lithium was only 18.28%. This result indicates that the adsorption method using cationic resins can be used to selectively separate Lithium from the Calcium-containing solution, which is advantageous for further application in LIBs recycling.


In many instances where a large amount of data is to be manipulated, an APL interpreter is much less efficient than a compiled program. Also there are some tasks which are difficult to achieve with a conventional APL system such as the control of special-purpose peripherals. A system is described in which an APL interpreter is used interactively to control a low-level processor. The advantage of this symbiosis is that the user has available the high-level interactive APL with which to develop programs plus the higher execution speed or extended capabilities of the low-level processor. The general problem of linking an APL interpreter with other processors is discussed and several levels of communication are considered. At the highest level, expressions in an APL-like syntax are passed between two processors. This system was developed for the PDP-11 computer running the UNIX operating system. Arbitrary structures of interconnected processors may be created by this scheme which is simpler to implement than shared variables.


The pKa values of the succinic acid moieties of hydrolyzed alternating ethene- and isobutene-maleic anhydride copolymers were determined in D2O. The pD-dependence on the 13C chemical shift of selected signals was analyzed for these copolymers. Four different pKas were determined for the copolymer with ethene due to the existence of both the erythro- and threo-configuration of the succinic acid moiety: pK01,erythro = 4.2, pK0.1,threo = 4.1, pK02,erythro = 6.1, pK02,threo = 6.8. The isobutene-maleic anhydride copolymer contains only threo-units. Therefore, only two dissociation steps with pK01 = 3.0 and pK02 = 8.7 were observed for the hydrolyzed form. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


In this work we present the theoretical optical modelling of full width at half maximum and free spectral range of the microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based based Fabry Perot filters. These filters use silicon and silicon oxide based distributed Bragg reflectors. We also show the impact of variation of silicon thin film properties and structural deformation on the performance of filters. Finally we present fabrication and optical characterization of the fixed cavity SWIR wavelength range FP filters. The fabricated filters showed 39 nm FWHM and above 80% transmittance.


Background: The article uses factor analysis to obtain an insight into the peculiarities of the motivation for physical improvement of students from the Faculty of Primary Education with different modes of attendance. Material and methods: Analysis and synthesis of references, surveying, psychological testing, pedagogical experiment, and methods of mathematical statistics were applied. The study involved 173 female students (18–22 years of age) of pedagogical profile with full- and part-time attendance. Results: The survey highlighted the motivational factors that affect the involvement of female students of pedagogical profile in physical improvement. The motivational factors for second- and fourth-year female students with full- and part-time attendance were emphasized separately. Based on the aforementioned data, factor analysis was conducted involving the abovementioned indicators. Conclusions: The data of the conducted study on the involvement of female students from the Faculty of Primary Education indicate that second- and fourth-year full-time female students have the motivation for "acquiring knowledge" and that for "mastering a profession". By contrast, second- and fourth-year part-time female students demonstrate the motivation for "mastering a profession". For fourth-year full-time female students, the difference in the motivations for "acquiring knowledge" and "mastering a profession".


There exists in the academic literature, a plethora of electronic voting schemes(for example (Cranor & Cytron 1997, Juang & Lei 1997, Benaloh & Tuinstra. 1994)). Typically, proposed schemes are accompanied by a description of the properties that an implemented electronic voting scheme would be expected to exhibit. These properties are described informally as for example, "ballot secrecy" or "universally verifiable". To evaluate the proposed scheme, these informal notions are commonly incorporated in a mathematical model before a proof is outlined demonstrating that the proposed scheme does indeed exhibit the necessary properties. A disadvantage of this approach is that the required properties for a electronic voting schemes are implied to be static, with each new scheme to be evaluated against that standard. However, the context in which a voting system is employed varies considerably. Voting systems are employed in a variety of applications, with varying properties required as a result. Even voting systems that are employed in similar contexts, such as different electoral systems, exhibit varying properties according to the priorities of an entity organising a vote. This paper outlines the perceived failing of the current approach to designing and implementing electronic voting schemes, with regard to the considerable variation in the properties required. In addition, an approach is outlined that models the required properties of voting systems with the intention of providing a basis for evaluating electronic voting schemes in a particular context.


HE SPIRO MOUND COLLECTIONS are a particularly appropriate topic T for this conference. As American archaeologists are aware, Spiro Mound, in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, was virtually destroyed by treasure hunters between 1933 and 1936. The site had clearly been a major locus of the so-called Southern Cult, and the preservation of perishable materials surpassed that at Etowah, Moundville, or Cahokia. Our knowledge of Spiro culture is almost entirely dependent upon analysis of the remains in museum collections. They have been the subject of a number of studies, the most important of which is undoubtedly Philip Phillips and James Brown's recent Pre-Columbian Shell Engrauings f rom the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma.' The excellent preservation at Spiro appears to be due to a combination of slightly acidic soil modified by the presence of considerable amounts of shell, the presence of copper salts or corrosion products that inhibited fungal and bacterial activity, and impacted clay layers above and below the burial area that inhibited transport of salts and chlorides from rain and groundwater. Craig Mound produced quantities of textiles and textile fragments that apparently represented garments, folded and placed among the burial offerings. We do not know the total amount of fabric originally present in the mound. One account reported by Clements in 19452 suggested that the central chamber of the mound was hung with textiles. In fact there was no central "room" in the mound, and authorities believe that "the


Nearly half of women surveyed in a northern Vietnamese province had had symptoms of reproductive tract infection within the previous six months but only about two-thirds of these had sought medical care. (excerpt)


This paper analyses the Organic Food & Farming (OF&F) scientific domain dynamic throught a "progressive document co-citation analysis" based on peer-reviewed papers from Web of Science. The dataset of OF&F domain displayed an exponential growth and a thematic diversification pattern. Both dominant and marginal clusters in association with their main cited articles were identified. This study enables to pinpoint major themes addressed or emerging. It can feed further research work and projects, namely with the definition of information system and research policy.


Early in my Ph.D. studies, my supervisor assigned me the task of running computer code written by a previous student who was graduated and gone. It was hell. I had to sort through many different versions of the code, saved in folders with a mysterious numbering scheme. There was no documentation and


This paper presents a control system designed and achieved for a transformable multimodal robot based on CANopen network. The control system architecture was designed according to the robot motion modal requirements and the CANopen protocol, and the robot hardware was built according to the architecture. The control flow of the control system based on CANopen protocol was analyzed. The differential steering algorithm was designed and the CAN-bus communication was analyzed. The user interface of host computer and the control software of slave computer were written by LabWindows/CVI. Moreover, experimental results have proved the reliability and validity of this control system.


The article shows the test technique of the eighth section of YY 0607-2007 Medical Electrical Equipment––Part 2: Particular Requirements for the Safety of Nerve and Muscle Stimulators, and gives detailed descriptions of nerve and muscle stimulator with power supply voltage a.c.220V.


This paper proposes a Fuzzy Synthesis Evaluation Procedure to evaluate urban road safety. AHP method is applied to construct bi-level evaluation system of urban road safety. And then, the weight of urban road safety evaluation index is determined by expert questionnaire approach. Finally, fuzzy synthesis evaluation model is developed. The level of urban road safety is determined by centesimal system on basis of giving the equal score to the element of judgment set. In addition, the computation of Liuzhou, a city in China, is carried out for judging the level of urban road safety. The presented fuzzy synthesis evaluation method is an easy and practical way to provide a procedure to evaluate levels of urban road safety in China. Keywords-urban road safety; AHP; fuzzy synthesis evaluation; Chinese cities


Sir—We read with interest the article by Yli-Kynyy et al. (2014) on the use of cemented versus cementless hemiarthroplasty in the treatment of femoral neck fractures. However, we would like to know some aspects of the study which would be of help to orthopedic surgeons.

The authors found an increased mortality rate directly related to the use of cemented hemiarthroplasty and fat embolus syndrome in their study. However, the mortality after hip fracture is multifactorial including operative delay (Ratcliff et al. 2008). In the present study the time of the fracture event and start of the surgical intervention were not presented.

The second point is that hip fracture is associated with a substantial increase in mortality with co-existing chronic renal failure (Karaeminogullari et al. 2007). We found no information about the co-existence of renal disease.


This paper presents a novel view of document processing, as being the reverse process to T/sub E/X. This concept simplifies the analysis of the physical structure of documents, and also suggests the use of a style file for layout recognition. An algorithm is given for both phases, layout analysis and layout recognition. The bottom-up layout analysis method employed is based on the Kruskal's algorithm and uses the distances between the components to construct the physical page structure. The algorithm is linear with respect to the number of the connected components. For layout recognition, a document style description language (DSDL) is introduced. This helps a fault-tolerant, recursive parsing algorithm to label the blocks of the document. The presented methods were designed to be used for scientific publications (papers, reports, books), but could be applied to a broader range of documents.


Both sensory and motor nerve conduction measurements have been made on the posterior tibial nerve in children with spina bifida cystica during operative closure soon after birth. The motor measurements were repeated up to the age of 9 months and compared to velocities in normals and myelomeningoceles after the age of 3 years. The sensory measurements made proved technically difficult as the recorded action potentials were very much smaller than previous work suggested. Both sensory and motor conduction velocities were considerably slower than in normals during the 9 months following closure, but were not significantly different after three years of age.


Three studies explored intergroup attributional bias. In Experiment 1, Muslims (majority) and Hindus (minority) in Bangladesh rated their explanations of in-group and out-group members' positive and negative acts on 4 causal dimensions: locus, stability, controllability by others, and globality. Both groups showed in-group-favoring attributions, but only Muslims were out-group derogating. Causal dimensions predicted affects primarily in in-group-outcome conditions. Experiment 2 showed that this bias for Muslims varied across crossed-categorization conditions. Causal dimensions predicted affect and self-esteem in certain conditions. Experiment 3 showed that this bias for Hindus was accentuated when social categorizations were made salient


This article details a correction to the article: Illing S, Kadow C, Oliver K, Cubasch U. MurCSS: A Tool for Standardized Evaluation of Decadal Hindcast Systems. Journal of Open Research Software. 2014; 2(1): e24. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/jors.bf


SE describes a method for increasing the solubility of acetaminophen alone or in combination with antihistamines, antitussives, decongestants and expectorants Encapsulation form a clear solution in a softgel. Acetaminophen is solubilized alone or in combination with the above ingredients by mixing them with Polyethylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, Water, POLIVINILPIRROLIDENO and potassium acetate (or sodium). This invention increases the solubility of acetaminophen FOR THE SIZE OF TENDER FOR GEL 325 mg WHILE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR A PRODUCT OF TENDER GEL 250 mg dose. DESCRIBED solvent system is useful because it provides a solution highly concentrated CAPABLE Encapsulation in a housing small enough to allow easy SWALLOWED acetaminophen.