A method for producing genetically transgenic plants exhibiting resistance to a geminivirus such as tomato yellow leaf curl virus. In another aspect, the invention embraces chimeric plant genes, cassettes containing the chimeric plant genes, heterologous DNA segments containing the cassettes, and genetically transgenic cells and differentiated plants which exhibit resistance to geminiviruses. In yet another aspect, the invention embraces bacterial cells and plant transformation vectors comprising a heterologous DNA segment encoding for resistance to geminiviruses.


This Briefing, based on a Library and Information Commission-funded project, reports on research conducted in the North East of England, at a new University and two Further Education Colleges. The aims of the research were to explore the nature of barriers to accessing libraries in Universities and Colleges, looking especially at individual differences in terms of social class and previous library experience. The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Library and Information Commission or the University of Teesside. The full text of the Library and Information Commission Report is freely available as a PDF file from http://www.tees.ac.uk/lis/research.cfm.


Design of dosage forms. PART ONE SCIENTIFIC PRINICIPLES OF FORMULATION SCIENCE Solutions and their properties. Rheology and flow. Surface and interfacial phenomena. Solubility and dissolution rate. Disperse systems. Kinetics and product stability. PART TWO PARTICLE SCIENCE AND POWDER TECHNOLOGY Solid-state properties of powders. Particle size analysis. Particle size reduction. Particle size separation. Mixing. Powder flow. PART THREE BIOPHARMACEUTICS PRINCIPLES OF DRUG DELIVERY Introduction to Biopharmaceutics. Factors influencing bioavailability. Assessment of bioavailability. Dosage Regimens. Sustained and extended release. PART FOUR DOSAGE FORM DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE Preformulation. Solutions, Suspensions and Emulsions. Filtration. Powders and granules. Granulation. Drying. Tablets and compaction. Tablet coating. Capsules and encapsulation. Pulmonary drug delivery. Nasal delivery. Rectal and vaginal delivery. Parenteral products. Transdermal drug delivery. Delivery of proteins/biotech products. Packs and packaging. Materials of fabrication and corrosion. Heat transfer and the properties of steam. PART FIVE PHARMACEUTICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND STERILIZATION Fundamentals of microbiology. The action of physical and chemical agents on micro-organisms. Microbiological contamination and preservation. Principles of sterilization. Sterilization practice. Design and operation of clean rooms.


Numerous evidence has suggested that either hypertension or atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with systemic inflammation. Peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor‐γ (PPARγ) has been proved to have anti‐inflammatory effects and is implicated as a molecular pathway involved in many cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension. The correlation between PPARγ inflammation and AF is still unknown.


denoted by v(M), is defined as v(M) = l/min(k : 3A = diag(Al,kA2) The paper is devoted to 6nd the two measures of the worstcase H, performance and largest acceptable uncertainty with. Ai € BA, and det(1- MA) = 0) for the-LTI models subject tostructured uncertainty. p


With the pretty prompt growth in Internet content, the main usage pattern of internet is shifting from traditional host-to-host model to content dissemination model. To support content distribution, content delivery networks (CDNs) gives an ad-hoc solution and some of future internet projects suggest a clean-slate design. Web applications have become one of the fundamental internet services. How to effectively support the popular browser-based web application is one of keys to success for future internet projects. This paper proposes the IDNet-based web applications. IDNet consists of id/locator separation scheme and domain-insulated autonomous network architecture (DIANA) which redesign the future internet in the clean slate basis. We design and develop an IDNet Browser based on the open source Qt. IDNet browser enables ID fetching and rendering by both `idp:/' schemes URID (Universal Resource Identifier) and `http:/' schemes URI in HTML The experiment shows that it can well be applicable to the IDNet test topology.


We present a machine-learning-based information retrieval system for astronomical observatories that tries to address user-defined queries related to an instrument. In the modern instrumentation scenario where heterogeneous systems and talents are simultaneously at work, the ability to supply people with the right information helps speed up the tasks for detector operation, maintenance, and upgradation. The proposed method analyzes existing documented efforts at the site to intelligently group related information to a query and to present it online to the user. The user in response can probe the suggested content and explore previously developed solutions or probable ways to address the present situation optimally. We demonstrate natural language-processing-backed knowledge rediscovery by making use of the open source logbook data from the Laser Interferometric Gravitational Observatory (LIGO). We implement and test a web application that incorporates the above idea for LIGO Livingston, LIGO Hanford, and Virgo observatories.


Objective : This study was carried out to analyze the trends of pharmacopuncture used to treat Herpes Zoster related articles that have been published in the Korean medicine journal.Method : We studied 14 research papers treated with pharmacopuncture for Herpes Zoster in Korean medicine journal. We ...


The invention provides a pressure induction touch screen and a display device. The screen comprises a first substrate and a second substrate, a pixel arranged on the first substrate, and at least one group of pressure induction modules comprising a first pressure induction group and a second pressure induction group. The first pressure induction group comprises a first part and a second part. The first part of the first pressure induction group and the second part of the first pressure induction group are located in different layers. The second pressure induction group comprises a first part and a second part. The first part of the second pressure induction group and the second part of the second pressure induction group are overlapped with each other partially. The second part of the first pressure induction group and the first part of the second pressure induction group are overlapped with each other partially. The second part of the first pressure induction group is overlapped with the first part of the second pressure induction group partially. The pressure induction touch screen and the display device effectively solve differentiation problems brought by two layers of metal due to technology.


The case report emphasizes the management of ``terminal air hunger and anguish'' as a major challenge for the palliative care physicians. Truthful and compassionate terminal counseling of the patient and terminal sedation allowed us to control this distressing final phase of dying in the metastatic lung disease and enabled the patient to take her last breath peacefully.


The scientific research was devoted to the scaling of laboratory parameters of pilot tests. The choice of initial conditions for materials and reagents was considered from the point of view of practical implementation. The results of pilot runs of three target products (carbon concentrate, aluminosilicate product, and magnetic concentrate from the ash of a coal-steam plant) were presented. The article presents a twostage scheme of scavenger flotation to obtain a carbon-bearing concentrate of the required quality. The absence of technological barriers for the industrial implementation of the presented know-how was experimentally confirmed.


In preinsulated bonded pipes the space between medium pipe and plastic jacket pipe is filled with PUR foam. The foam serves as thermal insulation and as mechanical connection between medium pipe and jacket pipe. An imperfect structure of the foam leads to weak mechanical connection and poor thermal insulation properties which cause energy losses. Especially, the sleeve joints are frequent leak sources in district heating (DH) network systems. The 3rd Division of the Bavarian Centre for Applied Energy Research (ZAE Bayem) in Erlangen/Germany developed a novel method suitable for non destructive quality control of DH pipelines during or immediately after production and of sleeve joints during construction. The method is based on the measurement of the heat transfer through the thermal insulation of the pipe and the sleeve joint respectively. For a short time the interior of the medium pipe is heated locally. Heat conduction occurs and depending on the thermal properties of the foam the jacket pipe heats up after certain delay time. Where the foam structure is imperfect the heat transfer is faster because the thermal insulation is worse there. The temperature distribution on the surface of the jacket pipe is measured by a thermal imaging system based on a staring infrared focal plane array detector. This detector resolves temperature differences of the order of 0.01 °C. Damages of the insulation are resolved as »hot spots« on the surface of the heat pipe. Numerical simulations and experimental tests show that the interior pipe has to be heated to a temperature level which is only approx. 15 °C above the surrounding temperature in order to detect damages at a size down to a few cubic centimetres. Infrared images having a detectable contrast are usually observed with some delay (up to a few minutes) after the heat pulse. Testing district heat pipes This novel method permits to test preinsulated bonded DH pipes during or immediately after the fabrication. At constant speed a heater runs through the pipe and heats up its interior and afterwards the jacket pipe temperature is measured with an IR camera. After a few minutes time defects in the insulation become visible as »hot spots« in the thermal image. The power of the heat source and their speed through the pipe are optimised in order to achieve a short measuring time and a high sensitivity for the detection of defects in the insulation. This method requires no harmful radiation sources (e.g. radioactive elements or x-ray tubes) and is applicable for a fast and economic quality control of 100 % of the fabricated pipes. The method can be varied for the quality control of modern DH pipe designs with two medium pipes within one jacket pipe. Testing sleeve joints With the most recent pipe laying techniques a few pipes are laid into the excavated pipe trench and welded together. The slip on sleeves are mounted using PUR mounting foam. Immediately after sleeve mounting the pipe trench is refilled and the pipeline construction is continued at one open end until the entire pipeline network is complete. During the pipeline construction tests of the sleeve joint insulation are performed


The growth to slaughter and carcase characteristics of purebred and crossbred lambs from five ewe breeds were compared in an experiment in 1971 and 1972 at Temora Agricultural Research Station. The ewe breeds were a Border Leicester x Merino fixed halfbred (BLM), Corriedale, Polwarth, a South Australian strong wool (SA Merino) and a medium wool Peppin strain of Merino. In each year, ewes of each breed were joined either to their own breed of ram or to Dorset Horn rams. The analysis used tested whether differences between ewe breeds in crossbred performance were halved compared with the differences between ewe breeds in purebred performances. The results supported this hypothesis for all characters measured. The largest breed effects on lamb performance were found for growth rate. Compared with the overall mean, the growth rates to weaning for purebred lambs were 118%,102%, 90%, 99% and 91% 10 for the BLM, Corriedale, Polwarth, SA Merino and Peppin Merino, respectively. The deviations from 100% for crossbred lambs were halved. Differences between breeds for carcase traits were estimated at the same carcase weight. South Australian Merino lambs had a lower dressing percentage than lambs from .the other breeds. Polwarths had the greatest depth of fat at the 12- 13th rib. Skins from Merino lambs had shorter staples and higher visual counts than skins from the other breeds. However, it was concluded that breed differences in carcase and skin characters, independent of carcase weight, were of little value in an economic comparison of the breeds for total productivity.


Newcastle disease virus (NDV), an avian paramyxovirus, induces apoptosis in a variety of human malignant cells. A Multiplex Gene Expression Kit was used to measure the relative expression of 21 genes at the mRNA level in MCF-7 cells infected with a velogenic NDV strain AF2240. The results showed that virus changed the expression level of most of the genes involved in tumor progression, cell cycle regulation, cell growth, differentiation, apoptosis, cancer suppression, hormone response and DNA damage in the MCF-7 cells as measured by RT-PCR and capillary electrophoresis.


Process research and development of a synthetic route towards a novel renin inhibitor (1) is described. The highly convergent synthetic route provided 1 in 15% yield on multikilogram scale with a longest linear sequence of 11 steps. The use of catalytic hydrogenation features prominently in our design. The proper choice of N-methylpyridone surrogate was also important, and we describe a method for the easy conversion of 2-methoxypyridines to N-methylpyridones using cheap and readily available reagents.


Aiming to design a reconfigurable model to deal with vehicle detection and classificationm,the model that consisted of one low-resolution template covering the whole model and several small and high-resolution templates representing the components was proposed to detect vehicles in natural scene.To achieve the optimal configuration of this model,a methodology of divided part model algorithm was put forward to define the positions and sizes of the templates,and this methodology significantly improved the accuracy of vehicles detection.The optimal configuration of templates was obtained using the SVM algorithm.Besides,an object fusion algorithm was used in detection to avoid the phenomenon that one target was detected repeatedly.The experiment result shows that compared with the PBT(part basis template model)method,the proposed method promotes both the recall rate and the accuracy in vehicle detection and classification.


The present invention relates to a device for the collected wood crushing timber can be crushed in a row, so that you can easily maintain and repair the cutter assembly that is used for crushing the timber. Wood pulverizing apparatus of the present invention, wood crushing apparatus according to a device for crushing the timber, and the first wood crusher for crushing to a desired size of the timber by the cutter assembly is rotatably installed in the housing, rotatably installed in the housing the cutter assembly the interior of the second timber crusher with metal separator, and a housing separate to the second screening for the metal contained in the wood crushing the wood crusher is provided with the crushing a wood crushing in the first wood crusher with a smaller size rotated by a possible cutter assembly being provided with the containing the wood crusher for crushing to a size of the crushed sawdust degree in the second wood crusher, the cutter assembly is tangent to the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum, the rotary drum being rotatably mounted in the housing and a plurality of cutter tips fastener is installed so as to protrude in a direction, each mounting on the cutter tip fastener It is possible to install it to occur in a number of the cutter tip to break the wood.


Background Area under time-concentration curve (AUC) of docetaxel is related with its toxicity and efficacy. The aim of this study is to investigate the target range of docetaxel AUC in Chinese head and neck cancer (HNC) patients. Methods Eligible HNC patients were enrolled and received at least 2 cycles of docetaxel-based chemotherapy. A simplified pharmacokinetic (PK) strategy (2 monitored samples) was developed to simulate docetaxel AUC using the nonlinear mixed-effect modelling program. Preliminary target range of AUC was pre-set as 2.5–3.7 µg·hr/mL according to pooled analysis from 8 previous studies. Fisher exact test was used to analyze the relationship between AUC with neutropenia and efficacy, and to verify the target range. Results Thirty-nine eligible patients were enrolled. Grade 3-4 and grade 4 neutropenia rate in 1st cycle was 64% and 36%, respectively. AUC simulation by simplified PK strategy was acceptable compared to full sampling method from the analysis of archived 300 patients' data, with −5.67% of mean prediction error (MPE). Median AUC of all patients was 2.58 µg·hr/mL (range from 1.28 to 9.39). A significant correlation (P=0.007) was detected between AUC and body surface area (BSA)-dosage, but BSA contributed only 18.3% of AUC inter-individual variability. Docetaxel AUC was significantly related with the severity (grade 3–4) of neutropenia (correlation of coefficient was 0.452, P=0.004). Fourteen patients (36%) were within the target AUC range. Patients with AUC above the target experienced more severe neutropenia (grade 3–4 rate 100% vs. 56%, P=0.036; grade 4 rate 86% vs. 25%, P=0.005). No significant difference of response rate was found between patients within the target or not. Conclusions A simplified samples PK strategy was developed for docetaxel AUC simulation. The target range of docetaxel AUC in Chinese HNC patients was suggested at 2.5–3.7 µg·hr/mL for reduced toxicity without compromising efficacy of docetaxel treatment.


Regulatory taking is a term from countries of Anglo-American law system.Comparing with the law of taking in China,the theory of taking in Anglo-American law system is more perfect.Regulatory taking is the concept that had been creating out gradually during the judicial process.This theory in the practical application has great significance to the protection of citizens' rights to land,and to the relevant legislation and judicial system perfecting.


Harassment is a phenomenon whose study with a gender perspective is important, as there are authors, such as Rodriguez, which indicate that, the total number of victims of this phenomenon the "78% are women" 1 . Despite the problems, the Mexican Labour Law introduces the topic until there form carried out in November of 2012, without considering any action with a gender perspective. It is important to emphasize that, the secondary laws and regulations, a follow up to the Article 1 constitutional give followup to the international human rights instruments duly ratified, as are: the Convention 11 of the ILO, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, among others. However, the problem doesn't yet have in Mexico a proper solution to the female victims, the solution put forward so far is of a general nature and is an important legal reform to meet the gender differences in labor and even more than effectively punishes to the stalkers and adequately protect the victims.


The purpose of the work. The article considers the influence of the dance genres on the formation of the basis of the dramatic contrast of an opera composition. The study of the musical and dramatic principles of the opera "Ivan Susanin" by M. Glinka, which develops a historical theme in the opera genre, allows us to analyze a number of issues directly related to this problem. The methodology. Methods of system, historical and theoretical analysis have been applied, making it possible to highlight the specifics of a great dance form in the context of the drama of the opera work. The scientific novelty of the research consists in expanding an integral subject-methodological basis for analyzing the features of the embodiment of the dance genres in opera through the application of the concept of a great dance form. Conclusions . The analyzed dance episodes of the opera "Ivan Susanin" by M. Glinka allow us to state that a great dance form is the basis of the dramatic conflict of the opera. The model of the dramatic function of a dance, used to characterize the images of action and counteraction, justifies the direct connection of the dance genres with the drama of the opera and their undoubted in fluence on the formation of the general concept of the multifaceted unity of the work.


Changing an obsolet physical paradigm, such as the gravitational mass, consents to explain the inertia-gravitation phenomena and the origin of the nuclear forces.


The object of this study is a girder in the hull of a vessel (Fig. 1) with the breaking of the wall and free flange or with the breaking of the axis. This girder is attached by the bottom edge to the flooring, and a loose flange is attached to the broken edge to enhance the axial moment of resistance. This leads to increased strength and stiffness when bending, provides stability when squeezing axial forces are applied, and under a flat bending shape. This girder/node is the object to study its stressedstrained state (SSS) in order to create, if possible, simple engineering procedures to design it at a relatively wide variation of geometric parameters at elastic and elastic-plastic deformation. This girder can work under conditions of both elastic and elastic-plastic deformation. In the latter case, the bearing capacity of the girder increases and it can perceive much greater external loads. Currently, there are no systematic techniques or dependences for calculating strength in general for the examined girder (Fig. 1) in official standards and marine/annual registers, except for some cases that are narrowly targeted. At the design stage of ship structures, it is impossible to quickly assess the strength of girders with the breaking of the axis, as well as similar structures. Therefore, it is often necessary to employ software packages in which the SSS of such girders is examined using shell or volumetric finite elements (FE). Copyright © 2021, V. Sokov, L. Korostylov


Ringing artifacts refer to the noisy-looking vicinity of edges that are supposed to belong to a smooth object. In this paper, we propose a no-reference method to measure the visual impact of ringing artifacts for JPEG images. Unlike previous work, we perform a global analysis on the smooth regions in a JPEG image and classify them into different objects according to their colors and texture characteristics. We study the region activity for each type of the object in the image and assign an appropriate proxy object to each potential ringing region adjacent to an edge. The contrast between the noise levels of the ringing regions and their proxies are used to determine the visual impact of the ringing artifact. Finally, a ringing feature is computed for each edge pixel based on the feature values of the ringing artifacts in a local window. We thus obtain a ringing map to indicate the visibility of local ringing artifacts. Our preliminary results show a consistency between our model and the visual impact of the ringing artifacts.


A prescription audit was undertaken in an Indian hospital setting to evaluate the feasibility of data acquisition methods and to determine the frequency of prescribing of four commonly used groups of drugs, viz., cardiovascular drugs (CVS drugs), nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs including analgesics and antipyretics (NSAIDs), drugs acting on central nervous system (CNS drugs) and drugs used in acid peptic disease (APD drugs). An attempt was made to relate prescription data to age and sex of the patients. Mean ( SD drugs per prescription was 2.17 (1.22. The frequency of prescribing of NSAIDs, CNS drugs, CVS drugs and APD drugs was24.52% (624/2545) 13.36% (340/2545), 0.25% (21012545) and7.51% (19112545) respec-tively. The prescribing frequency of NSAlDs was higher in females than in males (p= 0.03). Frequency of prescribing of CVS drugs increased with age for both sexes (P < 0.0001). In the 31-40 age group, prescribing frequency of CVS drugs was significantly higher in males than in females (p= 0.003) while it was vice versa with NSAlDs (p= 0.04). There was significant though irregular difference in the prescribing frequency of NSAlDs (p= 0.05) and of CNS drugs (p= 0.0003) in males of different age groups. In males, the prescribing frequency of APD drugs was significantly lower in the below-20 age groups as compared with the above-20 age groups (p= 0.02). This study illustrates the feasibility and usefulness of conducting prescription audit in an Indian hospital setting employing internationally accepted methods of monitoring drug utilization.


Abstract : This report covers the testing of selected lined cartons of ANB-3066 propellant which were also tested by Aerojet Solid Propulsion Company (ASP). Comparisons are made with data from ASPC and reference to prior testing by Ogden ALC is included. No definitive conclusions have been reached at this time. The necessity for continued testing has been established which includes chemical as well as physical tests. The statistical discussion is presented in the Appendix to this report. (Author)


Purpose Skull deformation due to a positional preference can occur in infants because their cranium is malleable and growing fast especially in the first months of life. Since vitamin D is known to be important for the intestinal absorption of calcium and bone mineralisation, it has been suggested that vitamin D deficiency can increase the risk of skull deformation. This case-control study investigates the relationship between vitamin D intake in the third trimester of pregnancy (mother) and in the first months of life (infant) and skull deformation in 2-4 month old infants.


Screening for corticosteroids carried out on 120 samples of alternative medicines which were dispensed to patients suffering mainly from asthma, arthritis, etc., showed that 38.32% of them were adulterated with steroids. Most of these samples were submitted for screening by either a medical practitioner or the patients themselves, who suspected effects of steroids from these drugs. The percentage of steroid positivity was determined in ayurvedic drugs, homeopathic drugs, and unknown or other category of drugs. The presence of steroids in these drugs given for different ailments such as asthma, arthritis, and unknown/other ailments was also tabulated. The results show that a high percentage of these samples contained corticosteroids, however, the distribution of positivity amongst groups was not statistically significant. The lack of proper quality control mechanisms to verify ingredients or efficacy of 'alternative medicines' has led to the proliferation of the practice of dispensing spurious drugs containing corticosteroids as alternative medicines. This study aims to highlight the existence of 'quick fix' remedies dispensed as 'alternative medicines' which not only cause extensive adverse health effects to the patients but also bring alternative systems of medicines into disrepute. The deliberate contamination of corticosteroids with alternative systems of medicine by some practitioners is a cause of great concern. Such practices may not only disgrace alternative systems of medicine but may also lead to adverse side‐effects on chronic exposure. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


How strongly does a molecule or an atom bind to a metal nanoparticle and how does this binding energy change with changing particle size? These questions are at the heart of many fundamental and practical problems, ranging from heterogeneous catalysis to important applied processes connected to materials science. In particular the interaction of oxygen with transition-metal nanoparticles is of pivotal importance for a variety of industrially and environmentally relevant processes such as CO oxidation in exhaust catalytic converters and methane combustion. Understanding the effect of a nanometer-scale confinement of matter on the binding strength of gaseous adsorbates is a current scientific challenge targeting the rational design of new catalytic and functional materials. Studies in this area provide a basis for the fundamental understanding of how the surface binds reactants and guides them through various elementary steps of a reaction to the products. The interaction of oxygen with palladium surfaces has been the subject of numerous studies, performed both on single-crystal surfaces and well-defined model systems consisting of Pd nanoclusters supported on thin oxide films. Presently, a very detailed microscopic-level understanding the interaction of oxygen with palladium is available, which proves to be a complex interplay between chemisorption, diffusion of oxygen into the subsurface region and bulk, 5, 10] formation of surface oxide layers, refaceting, particle reconstruction, and bulk oxide formation. The processes related to subsurface diffusion, refaceting, reconstruction, and oxidation are typically observed beyond a critical coverage of surface-adsorbed oxygen and temperatures above 300 K. Despite this comprehensive understanding and general agreement on the surface chemistry of the oxygen–palladium system, quantitative information on binding energies of oxygen on Pd nanoparticles is still missing, which is precisely because of the richness of the surface chemistry. When the binding strength is probed by a traditional desorption-based method, such as temperature-programed desorption (TPD), the O–Pd system must be heated to about 900–1000 K to desorb chemisorbed oxygen; this is often accompanied by subsurface O diffusion, surface oxide formation, and particle restructuring. These side processes together with the restrictions imposed by the kinetic modeling of the TPD spectra strongly limit the quantitative determination of binding energies of oxygen on Pd nanoparticles by traditional desorption-based methods, which results in a strong scatter of data available in literature. A strategy to overcome those shortcomings is a direct calorimetric measurement of adsorption enthalpies under isothermal conditions. At present, such fundamental information on the correlation between oxygen binding energies and the exact nature of the adsorption site as well as the size of the metal nanoparticles is not available. Herein we report on the first direct calorimetric measurement of oxygen binding energies on Pd nanoparticles investigated as a function of particle size and with the reference to a Pd(111) single crystal. The binding energies were obtained on well-defined Pd nanoparticles supported on thin oxide films prepared under ultra-high-vacuum (UHV) conditions. We apply a newly developed UHV single-crystal adsorption calorimeter (SCAC) based on molecular beam techniques in combination with infrared reflection adsorption spectroscopy (IRAS) to investigate the effect that the reduced dimensionality of metallic particles has on the interaction strength with oxygen. Complementary TPD experiments were performed to provide a link between the direct isothermal calorimetric studies and the traditional desorption-based approach. We show that there are two major structural factors determining the oxygen binding energy on Pd: the local configuration of the adsorption site, and the particle size. We provide direct experimental evidence that the change of the local adsorption environment from a multifold-bound position on the extended singlecrystal surface to an edge site of Pd nanoparticles results in a strong increase of the oxygen binding energy. On the other hand, if the local environment of the adsorbate is kept [*] Dipl.-Chem. M. Peter, Dr. J. M. Flores Camacho, Dr. S. Adamovski, Dipl.-Chem. K.-H. Dostert, Dr. C. P. O'Brien, Dr. S. Schauermann, Prof. Dr. H.-J. Freund Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Faradayweg 4–6, 14195 Berlin (Germany) E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


Objective: To investigate the effects of lower extremity proprioceptive training on postural control and strength of the knee and ankle muscles. Method: Twenty-two healthy subjects (age 274 yrs) were randomly assigned to a training (TRN, n=11) or a control (CTL, n=11) group. TRN group participated in the dominant leg proprioceptive training that was performed on a balance board and mini-trampoline without strength training for 6 weeks. All subjects were evaluated for leg muscle strength and postural sway using the isokinetic device and force platform before and after the training. Assessed parameters were 1) concentric and eccentric strength of knee flexor/extensor and concentric strength of ankle plantar flexor/dorsiflexor and invertor/evertor 2) the standard deviation of the postural sway with eyes open or closed. Results: Statistically significant improvements in both medial-lateral and anterior-posterior parameters of postural sway with eyes closed were observed after training in TRN group (p<0.05) compared to CTL group. But no significant changes in any isokinetic strength parameters were observed after training in TRN group. Conclusion: The proprioceptive exercises that we used could improve one-leg balance without significant strength gain after 6 weeks training.


Objective To establish and improve the protective system of a military hospital for the operation on local patients with HIV(AIDS) infection,and to prevent hospital infection.Methods On the basis of operation practice on one local patient confirmed with HIV infection,the measures of classification and staging were carried out.Operating room,hospital infection-control department,and central supply room took the responsibility for operative preparation and implementation,prevention of hospital infection,and sterilization of postoperative instruments,respectively,in order to protect the personnel safety.Results During the operating process,due to the strict implementation of standard protection,disinfection and isolation,standard operation,and terminal disinfection,situations such as occupational exposure and infection by occupational exposure did not happen.The protective effects were good.Conclusion Implementing and improving effective protective measures,along with executing the scientific and rational operation standard,is the best way to prevent military hospital infection caused by operation on the local patients with HIV(AIDS) infection.


Wind power forecasting plays a significant role in the stability, security and reliability of power system. Compared with point forecast, interval forecast is able to quantify the uncertainty effectively. In this paper, a novel interval forecast method based on modified Gaussian-Dropout long short-term memory (GD-LSTM) network and block bootstrap is proposed to predict short-term wind power. In this model, prediction uncertainty is concerned to come from model parameters and data noise. Bootstrap is used to generate multiple subsets firstly, and then LSTM models are trained by these subsets. The test dataset prediction intervals (PIs) are generated with confidence levels ranging from 85% to 95%. The results demonstrate that the PIs generated by proposed method can always reach the targets, the coverage probability generated by block bootstrap may lower than other methods in sometimes, while the comprehensive scores are always the best.


This paper describes our approach to real-time ad hoc task processing in the TREC 2013 microblog track. The approach uses a concept-based query expansion method based on a temporal relevance model that uses the temporal variation of concepts (e.g. terms or phrases) on microblogs. Our model extends an effective existing word and concept-based relevance models by tracking the concept frequency over time in microblogging services. The experimentally ob- tained results demonstrate that our concept-based query expansion method im- prove search performance, especially when using tweet selection feedback.


Abstract Objective: Antenatal magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) is recommended for fetal neuroprotection. The aim of this animal study was to assess the neuroprotective effect of in utero exposure to MgSO4, under inflammatory conditions. Methods: Timed pregnant Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats (n = 29) received four intra-peritoneal (IP) injections of lipopolysaccharides (LPS; 200 μg/kg), combined with increasing concentrations of MgSO4 (25, 50 or 100 mg/kg, n = 19) or saline solution (SS; n = 10). In the second set of experiments, animals (n = 8) received a single IP injection of i) LPS (500 μg/kg), MgSO4 (50 mg/kg) and SS (n = 4) or ii) LPS (500 μg/kg), MgSO4 (50 mg/kg) and IL-6 (12 μg/kg) (n = 4). Neurodevelopmental outcomes of surviving pups (n = 212) were assessed by the open field and the rotarod tests. Results: Pups' average weight at postnatal day (P) 25 was 75.77 g and 89.08 g in MgSO4 and control groups, respectively (p = 0.02). Pups in MgSO4 group have traveled a shorter distance and have shown reduced motor balance and coordination (p < 0.01). Average weight of pups receiving (LPS + MgSO4+ IL-6) was 92.26 g at P25, compared to 75.86 g in (LPS + MgSO4+SS) group (p < 0.05). Conclusions: In our model, MgSO4 induces pup's growth retardation and motor deficits, which may partly be related to a lower IL-6 circulating concentration.


The aim of this research is to assess the determinants of future pensions in the Peruvian Private Pension System (SPP). For this goal, we describe the process for accumulation of funds (a stochastic Wiener process), income streams and employment spells, and then we perform sensitivity analysis by varying some parameter values. We find that the most important driver of the pension value is the pension fund return.


Since 2002, Reporters Without Borders, based in Paris, and Freedom House, based in New York, have conducted parallel, and ostensibly independent, measures of press freedom around the world. Across those years, the two nongovernmental organizations have produced measures that are extremely highly correlated. Perhaps because of the high correlations, no systematic analysis has been conducted of the discrepancies. This paper does just that, focusing on discrepancies that are consistent year-to-year as well as those that do not replicate. By using the textual summaries of discrepant cases, the authors attempt to understand the differences as a way of illuminating consistencies and discrepancies in the methodologies of the two evaluators.


Most of the industrial dives use an induction motor because these motors are rugged, reliable, and relatively inexpensive. Induction motors are mainly used for constant speed applications because of unavailability of the variable-frequency supply voltage. But many applications need variable speed operations. Recently, power electronics and control systems have matured to allow these components to be used for motor control in place of mechanical gears. These electronics not only control the motor's speed, but can improve the motor's dynamic and steady state characteristics. Adjustable speed ac machine system is equipped with an adjustable frequency drive that is a power electronic device for speed control of an electric machine. It controls the speed of the electric machine by converting the fixed voltage and frequency to adjustable values on the machine side. Recently many schemes have been developed to achieve multilevel voltage profile, particularly suitable for induction motor drive applications. The diode clamp method can be applied to higher level converters. As the number of level increases, the synthesized output waveform adds more steps, producing a staircase waveform. A zero harmonic distortion of the output wave can be obtained by an infinite number of levels. Unfortunately, the number of the achievable levels is quite limited not only due to voltage unbalance problems but also due to voltage clamping requirement, circuit layout and packaging constraints. In this paper, a three-phase diode clamped multilevel inverter fed induction motor is described. The diode clamped inverter provides multiple voltage levels from a series bank of capacitors. The voltage across the switches has only half of the dc bus voltage. These features effectively double the power rating of voltage source inverter for a given semiconductor device. The proposed inverter can reduce the harmonic contents by using multicarrier PWM technique. It generates motor currents of high quality. V/f is an efficient method for speed control in open loop. In this scheme, the speed of induction machine is controlled by the adjustable magnitude of stator voltages and its frequency in such a way that the air gap flux is always maintained at the desired value at the steady-state. Here the speed of an induction motor is precisely controlled by using three level diode clamped multilevel inverter.


Abstract : The objective of the research work reported here was to develop a new concept, based on Digital Image Analysis, for monitoring the crack-tip position at elevated temperatures. The proposed system includes: a) Charge Coupled Device camera observing the crack-tip. b) PC-based frame grabber, capturing a 512 x 512 pixel frame. c) Digital Image Analysis software developed to locate and digitize the position of the crack-tip, on the observed image area. d) Step-motor driven stage, permitting the image-transmitting penetrator to follow-up the tip as it advances. e) A penetrator (fiber-optic or lenses) transmitting the magnified image from the vicinity of the crack-tip to the camera. The system was designed, assembled, and tested. Also, a program was developed for digitizing the crack- tip position. To evaluate the feasibility of the concept, its potential accuracy, resolution, temperature limitation and usefulness the system was tested at room and elevated temperature. The results of the testing and evaluation prove that the proposed concept is feasible, practical, and capable of performing at temperatures exceeding our initial objectives.


The reaction of dialkyldichlorosilanes with amide oximes leads to cyclic products whose monomeric form has an l-oxa-3,5-diaza-2-silacyclopent-4-ene structure. These compounds exist mostly in adimeric form, occasionally monomeric or trimeric. Their infrared spectra have been interpreted. The secondary amino group of the compounds has been trisilylated.


This paper proposes an improved rotor position estimation method in the stationary reference frame for the sensorless control based on the high frequency rotating voltage signal injection in an Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (IPMSM). This method extracts the rotor position related information from voltage and current difference equations and uses the rotating matrix in the stationary reference frame, and then it calculates the rotor position directly by using the envelope through the all pass filter. Unlike the conventional heterodyning demodulation process, the proposed method does not estimate the rotor position error but the rotor position itself. Because this method does not need the band pass filter and low pass filter, it can estimate the accurate rotor position without any problem of the filter. The experimental results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method.


 Abstract—Digital watermarking techniques have been developed to protect the copyright of multimedia objects such as text, audio, video, etc. In this paper, we propose a new digital watermarking algorithm with gray image based on discrete wavelet transform (DWT), 2 dimensions discrete cosine transform (DCT) and singular value decomposition (SVD) for robust watermarking of digital images in order to protect digital media copyright efficiently. One of the major advantages of the proposed scheme is the robustness of the technique on wide set of attacks. Experimental results confirm that the proposed scheme provides good image quality of watermarked images. Index Terms—Digital image watermarking, DWT, DCT PSNR, SVD.


The US–Russian relationship is a limited partnership where cooperation and competition co-exist. The new administration will work to maintain the post-reset status quo over the next four years.


This paper presents settlement mechanisms and the methods for estimating settlements of municipal solid waste landfills, including bioreactor landfills. Based on results of field monitoring and data in published literature, coefficients of secondary compression for solid waste due to self-weight and external load are estimated. Special considerations are given to bioreactor landfills. Uses of these coefficients for long-term settlement estimation and their application to postclosure maintenance and development plans are discussed. Four case histories illustrating the use of these coefficients are presented. Methods of landfill treatment to reduce settlements are also presented.


The article deals with the processing of log dimension data collected by electronic measurement during reception at sawmills. The subject of the work concerns the fi ltration of data before their use for calcula- tion. Filtration methods were designed based on simple mathematical and statistical methods, and compared and evaluated with the use of a designed comparative methodology. As a result, fi ve fi ltration methods were selected that best suit the reception requirements. At the same time, the impact of fi ltration on the measurement results is evaluated in relation to the calculation method of wood volume. Furthermore, the calculation by sections is recom- mended, as it is less affected by fi ltration errors.


The understanding of the fundamental principles behind the growth of materials from discrete molecules to new solid-state materials is presently a great challenge. Herein novel nanoscale polyoxometalate clusters with circular and spherical topologies are described and examples that have application in the study of molecular growth processes are highlighted. This is because it is now possible to control the formation of solid-state structures from certain types of polyoxometalate fragments that can be described as synthon-based building blocks. This ability, combined with the enormous number of ways that these building blocks can be linked together, is opening completely new and fascinating avenues for the synthesis of solid-state structures with predesigned properties.


In this short note, we examine the relationship between the string coupling constant, $\gstring{}$, and the grand unified gauge coupling constant, $\alphagut{}$, in a highly successful class of models based on anisotropic orbifold compactifications of the weakly coupled heterotic string. These models represent a stringy embedding of SU(6) gauge-Higgs unification in a five dimensional orbifold GUT. We find that the requirement that the theory be perturbative provides a non-trivial constraint on these models. Interestingly, there is a correlation between the proton decay rate (due to dimension six operators) and the string coupling constant. Finally, we make some comments concerning the extension of these models to the six (and higher) dimensional case.


Discharge and inlet flow rates through the oil holes in the crankshaft system are computed based on both the hydrodynamic fluid film pressure on the bearing surface and lubricant supply pressure from the oil pump. The velocity fields of the lubricant flow in the cavity of the crankshaft system are simulated by the commercial CFD software, FLUENT and the discharge and inlet flow rates at each oil hole are computed during the engine cycle. Flow behaviors inside the cavity of the lubrication circuit are visualized and the streamlines through the cavities of the lubrication circuit are also computed during the steady engine cycle.


The growing energy demand besides the rapidly developing consumer sector is of great importance on a global scale. In this study, hydroelectric energy recovery in Turkey, which is affected by the negative consequences of climate change, were taken into account. Increased irregular rainfall patterns and drought events as a consequence of global climate change pose a significant danger to hydroelectric power potential. Kızılırmak River has an important position on account of hydroelectric energy. In this study, the yearly flow rates of 2 stations determined by months in the Kızılırmak basin were supplied from the State Water Works (DSI) current and observation annuals. Analysis was conducted for two stations between 2005 and 2015. In addition, using ERA5 Ensemble satellite data, the group was analyzed using " climate data operators" (CDO), a map of Turkey's total annual average rainfall and annual average temperature with a resolution of 12.5 km x 12.5 km between 1979 and 2019. According to our analysis, Turkey's average annual precipitation between 1979-2019 was 527.61 mm, and the highest annual average temperature in the 30-year data set between 1979-2019 was 15.31°C in 2010 and 2018. The average temperature in 2019 is 14.96°C.


1 Al Bakri and Al Sultani: The effect of special exercises on some physical and skill variables Published by Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences (STEPS), 2022 The study aimed to prepare exercises specific to the physical variables that (connecting inward to the medial side, opening outward to the lateral side, pulling the right leg with a weight of -10 kg, pulling the left leg with a weight of -10 kg) and the skill variables that (control and control of the ball, running with the ball between five figures, Shooting the ball to the farthest distance) for the players of Musayyib Sports Club for football aged (15-16) years, in which the used (design for two equal groups) with the test (pre-test and post-test) for its suitability and the nature of the problem and to achieve the objectives of the research. And according to the research community identified the players of Al-Musayyib Sports Club football and their age (15-16) years for the sports season (20202021), and their number is (26) players, and according to the sample of them was tested, it consisted of (20) players and by the intentional way and their division For the purpose of research experiment of (10) players in each of the two research groups (experimental and control). After completing the testing process for the research variables for the two tests (pre and post), and after applying the research experiment, the following results were found: The experimental group's training of the variables (physical and skill) was more developed for the players of the Musayyib Sports Club in football at the ages of (15-16) years compared to the exercises of the control group. Attention and focus on exercises for physical and skill tests during the performance of exercises for all age groups for the purpose of knowing the extent to which players are affected during the training unit. Football coaches should use appropriate exercises that develop physical abilities.


Cloud computing, possibly the most significantnew technique in the 21st century, is now bringing enormousimpact to the society, especially the business world. It providesservices that set clients free from worrying about dataprocessing problems so that they can focus on their majorbusinesses. In this article, characteristics of it will be discussedwith several examples, in order to show that how cloudcomputing will make the business world simpler, moreefficient, and more specialized.


The teaching profession in Nganjuk Regency is in great demand by the millennial generation, but this generation has not yet been appointed as ASN, so the average income earned is far below the minimum wage for Nganjuk Regency. On the other hand, many of the educators have other sources of income and have a habit of buying gold jewelry when earning additional income. Therefore, this study aims to identify the investment style of the millennial generation, especially non-PNS educators in Nganjuk Regency. The research method used is a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. Research data collection techniques using in-depth interviews and observation techniques. The results of this study state that the type of investment chosen by the millennial generation with low income is gold jewelry, gold precious metals, creating a reseller system in their business and investing in stocks. The investment strategy used is without saving. If the income is excessive, it will buy assets that can hedge the money earned. The strategy used by educators who invest in stocks is to save excess income in a stock account so that they can immediately buy shares when the time is right. The Covid-19 pandemic has not had much of an impact on the investment strategy of educators in Nganjuk Regency. For stock investment, they prefer not to buy shares first, even more to sell shares that are considered no longer in surplus.


This paper presents a method to distinguish multiple passive nonlinear targets, which can be applied to detection and selective wave focusing based on the decomposition of the time-reversal operator (DORT). A recent demonstration of DORT applied to harmonic scattering has shown that passive nonlinear targets (scatterers) can be detected in the presence of linear scatterers and separated into discrete eigenvalues. While DORT is effective in detecting multiple nonlinear targets, it could be difficult to discriminate these nonlinear scatters as their harmonic responses would look similar to each other. Our proposed approach to overcoming this difficulty is based on simply embedding a unique resonant notch in the second harmonic band for each nonlinear scatter, so as to make the notch appear in the associated eigenvalue, permitting identification and discrimination of the scatterer. We numerically demonstrate the basic feasibility of the proposed idea by considering various configurations in a two-dimensional model. The results show that a uniquely embedded resonant notch in a nonlinear target consistently appears in the corresponding eigenvalue of the time reversal operator, allowing it to be a reliable identifying feature. Further investigation into this technique holds promise towards smart wireless power transfer, biomedical, and IoT applications.


The following appeared online on August 19, 2016 at 1:42 pm freely supplied by The Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad & Tobago, an address in July of 2015 by the NY-based cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon son of Marcus Garvey, presented here for greater public notice.My father's aim was to create a world in which Africans could live with self-respect which was sustainable and which while meeting the human needs, did not degrade nature, which was our source. This was a very African vision, based on our original understanding of right order - Ma'at that's in the original civilization of Africa, present from the first time, which was called "Zep Tepi" by our ancestors. This was a normal vision, based on values that put humans first, and was not dependent on the logic of intellectual assumption, materialistic ideologies, or the logic of industrial capitalism.Of course, before we speak of a vision, we need information and that information of our history and the present situation had to be unbiased. As Marcus Garvey said, "A people without a knowledge of their history and culture is like a tree without roots". If the info is missing, incomplete or distorted, then the model that is designed to implement the vision will be wrong. And the implementation will be misdirected and the process will miss the goal of the vision.Marcus Garvey in 1910 travelled throughout central and South America seeking information about the condition of the lives of Africans in the diaspora. From 1912-14 he travelled throughout England and Europe to study and understand the European and Colonial powers at home. He also learned about Africans on the continent from Duse Muhammed Ali who was an Egyptian living in England and had a monthly magazine - the African Times and Orient Review. He met many African students, sailors who travelled to African from English ports and he read voraciously.With this info, he concluded that African civilization had been destroyed by European and Arab invasions and that it needed to be reconstituted. On his way back to Jamaica he also read "Up from slavery," by Booker T. Washington and this helped to ignite his imagination. While aboard ship, it came to him, lying on his back, that it was his job to inspire Africans to redeem Africa. He had his moment, when he met his Creator and he was told what he had to do. Africa for the Africans, those at home, and those abroad. Shortly after landing in Kingston Jamaica, July 1914, he formed the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League.During his lifetime he defined Pan Africanism and led the largest mass movement outside the continent of Africa. At its height, the organization had a membership variously estimated at between 6 million and 11 million, with 1200 division in 40 countries from Africa to Zambia. The organizations paper - the Negro World, was the largest Negro weekly in the United States. And was published continuously from 1918-1933. It was printed in 3 languages - English, Spanish and French. Even though banned in many colonial territories, it penetrated them all. From Kenya in the East, to South Africa, and to Senegal in the West. His main principles of organizational effort were:1. To unite all African people in a fraternal bond based on a common identity, common descent, common beliefs, history and culture.2. To develop a nation state in Africa that would lead to the future freedom, independence and unity of other African states3. Self-reliance. The paradigm to development was African. It was not European. It was communal, it was inclusive, it was cooperative and it was socially just. The economic policy was to regulate the use and flow of capital for the greatest good. There was no "free market," and there was no "invisible hand."4. He said "we're going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body - none but ourselves can free our minds. …


The effect of five inorganic anions(Cl-,SO2-4,HCO-3,NO-3and HPO2-4/HPO2-4)which are commonly present in water and wastewater on the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 thin films for the photocatalytic reduction of Cr(Ⅵ) was investigated.On the following three aspects:UV-vis absorption by inorganic anions,·OH scavenging by inorganic anions and adsorption of inorganic anions to the TiO2 surface.The results indicated that,the reduction rate of Cr(Ⅵ)by photocatalytically-induced electrons was significantly higher in acidic solutions than in for alkaline solutions.HCO-3,Cl-and SO2-4 promoted the photocatalytic reduction of Cr(Ⅵ) at pH 6 due to their potentness of ·OH scavenging and adsorption to the TiO2 surface.H2PO-4/HPO2-4 enhanced the photocatalytic reduction of Cr(Ⅵ) at lower concentration but inhibited it at higher concentration mostly because of its strong adsorption to the TiO2 surface.NO-3 also inhibited the photocatalytic reduction of Cr(Ⅵ),by the two mechanisms:firstly,·OH was produced under irradiated ultraviolet in the presence of NO-3,secondly,light intensity to the TiO2 surface was reduced because of adsorption by NO-3.


Tenualosa ilisha, an anadromous fish, inhabited in the lower region of the estuaries and the foreshore areas migrating to river for spawning. The Hilsa population entered the Brahmaputra River system from Bay of Bengal. Various studies have shown the Hilsa population differs significantly from one another found in different rivers. In the present communication attempt has been made to investigate population of Hilsa shad in the Brahmaputra River using cytochrome b gene. Analysis of 425 bp of Cytochrome b gene fragment revealed 4 haplotypes with two clusters in dendogram. Existence of three polymorphic sites in the haplotypes sequences obtained from two groups of Hilsa shad showed low genetic differentiation in the Brahmaputra River.


The dishwasher comprises a tub (1) and a tank (20 which temporarily stores the water from the hot rinse for reuse in subsequent washing) and a drying system with a condenser (6) by way of which drying air is circulated. The hot moist air from the drying stage is passed through the condenser (6) and into heat exchange relationship with the hot recovered water in the tank (2).


Pilonidal sinus means nest of hairs also called Jeep-bottom because it was very common in jeep drivers. It is an acquired condition commonly found in hairy males. Different surgical methods have been described for this disease such as excision and primary closure and excision with reconstructive flap, etc. However, the recurrence after surgery is very high. There is similarity between Pilonidal sinus and Shalyaja Nadi Vrana described in Sushruta Samhita. Acharya Sushruta has described minimally invasive Para surgical procedure viz. Kshara Sutra for Nadi Vrana (Pilonidal sinus). This treatment not only minimizing the complications and recurrence but also enables the patient to resume work quickly with less discomfort. The patient attended Shalya Tantra OPD of Sri Kalabyraveshwara Ayurvedic College was treated with the Chitraka Kshara Sutra. The patient recovered well with complete excision of the tract within span of seven weeks.


This research with a post-structuralist epistemological approach and qualitative methodology had the objective of revealing the conditions that make it possible for the parenting practices of caregivers of early childhood children in family and educational contexts to be configured as technologies of power (procedures through which power relations are socially legitimized). Likewise, it was proposed to demonstrate the self-care practices of children configured as technologies of the self. The results made it possible to identify current parenting practices where discipline practices are still evident in both contexts. It is concluded that power relations arise in the middle of a relational triad school - family - childhood, in an apparently functional gear, thus, children are influenced by the processes of both entities and begin to witness how the family has become Foucault's terms in an "institution". Part of the practices carried out by adults are incorporated by children and become self-care practices that, according to the analysis obtained, are part of a powerful formation of technologies of the self, however, not so well achieved. at this age, but a strong constitution is expected in the next stages of the life cycle.


Abstract Municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration is a component of integrated waste management in many countries. Among typical MSW incinerator contaminants, polychlorinated dibenzo‐p‐dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) are of especial concern. Measuring PCDD/F concentrations in soil and vegetation samples collected in the vicinity of a MSW incinerator can be a suitable method to determine the environmental impact of PCDD/F emissions from MSW incinerators. However, these concentrations can be increased by the presence of other emission sources of PCDD/Fs in the area under evaluation. In the present study, we have used PCDD/F congener profiles from soil and vegetation samples collected near an old MSW incinerator (Montcada, Barcelona, Spain) in 1996, 1997 and 1998 in order to estimate the direct contribution of the plant to the environmental levels of PCDD/Fs in the area under potential influence of the facility. PCDD/F congener profiles were compared with those from samples collected in the vicinity of another MSW incinerator, as well as with those from an area which is not under the direct influence of any MSW incinerator. From an accurate inspection of the PCDD/F congener profiles, it can be concluded that emissions of PCDD/Fs from the MSW incinerator of Montcada are neither the only nor the main responsible for the presence of these pollutants in soil and vegetation samples collected in the area under direct influence of the plant.


The way that simulation-based training (SBT) technologies are used has significant impact on learning and performance, at least as much as the technologies themselves affect the choice of instructional strategies and facilitate (or inhibit) the communication of concepts. The purpose of this paper is to examine the instructional techniques that military instructors use to support hands-on training and to describe how this information is being leveraged to guide the development of instructional technologies for SBT.


Objective

To describe a unique case of laparoscopic myomectomy during pregnancy.

Setting

A university-affiliated maternity hospital.

Subject

A 27-year-old primigravida presenting with acute abdominal pain at 15 weeks of gestation. A diagnosis of torsion of a subserous myoma was made following failure of conservative treatment.

Intervention

On laparoscopy, a 7-cm subserous pedunculated myoma was demonstrated. Laparoscopic myomectomy was successfully accomplished.

Results

No intra- or postoperative complications were recorded. The woman delivered vaginally a healthy baby at 39 weeks' gestation.

Conclusions

Laparoscopic myomectomy during pregnancy is feasible. This procedure cannot be generally recommended since data concerning the safety of laparoscopic operation in general and myomectomy in particular, are limited. The patients should be carefully selected, and the operation should be performed by an experienced surgeon to guarantee a favourable outcome.


In this work we study the feasibility of high-bandwidth, secure communications on generic machines equipped with the latest CPUs and General-Purpose Graphical Processing Units (GPGPU). We first analyze the suitability of current Nehalem CPU architectures. We show in particular that high performance CPUs are not sufficient by themselves to reach our performance objectives, and that encryption is the main bottleneck. Therefore we also consider the use of GPGPU, and more particularly we measure the bandwidth of the AES ciphering on CUDA. These tests lead us to the conclusion that finding an appropriate solution is extremely difficult.


A method of signal condition that achieves programmable gain and low pass filter in data acquisition. Potentiometer X9319 is used as resistor for configuration gain. It is controlled by MCU, 100 positions can be used. MCU generates clock by PWM and sends it to filter MAX292. The corner frequencies of Low pass filter is regulated by input clock in order to get ADC Anti-aliasing Filter. The design is simple, flexible and low cost, could be widely applied.


The space structure theory of point-axis system was the basic one of regional exploiting.Using this theory in the overall layout of fishing-harbor,firstly,one or more key fishing-harbors would be fixed in one bay;secondly,some multistage development axes (among) fishing-harbors and cities and towns would be fixed;thirdly,a lot of economy circles of coastal fishing-harbor would be structured on these bases.Thus,the economic development of fishing port and seafront would be pushed.


In this work, we present a fully numerical modeling technique for 2D-periodic composite electromagnetic structures known as metasurfaces. Utilizing the field-flux eigenmode Finite Element formulation, we outline the treatment of the general eigenvalue problem pertaining to metasurfaces. Subsequently, we propose an averaging process of the associated electromagnetic fields at paths prescribed by the Generalized Sheet Transition Conditions. Average field components of a metasurface consisting of split-ring resonators are illustrated and discussed.


The contribution of this work is designing and developing enhanced market‐driven agents with the flexibility to (1) respond to changing market conditions, and (2) raise and relax trade aspirations. Previous theoretical analyses have shown that market‐driven agents (MDAs) make prudent compromises by reacting to changing market situations by taking into account factors such as competition, deadlines, and trading options. This work augments the design of an MDA with three fuzzy decision controllers that guide the agent in (i) relaxing trade aspiration in face of intense negotiation pressure, and (ii) raising trade aspiration in extremely favorable markets. Results from extensive simulations conducted using an implemented testbed suggest that when compared to MDAs, agents in this work achieved (1) higher success rates in reaching deals, (2) higher average utilities, and (3) higher expected utility.


The paper aims to discuss the effect of the OEM practice in internationalization management.The trustee begins to see a growing technological capacity with a growing scale of capital for special development in the OEM scheme and self-innovation and brand-name cultivation begin to appear.The paper then suggests that the trustee should strive to enhance its cordinating capacity and technology,especially its autonomous development ability of products with its own brandnames.


To improve the adaptive parameter adjustment function of the cognitive radio, a novel cognitive radio decision engine based on chaotic quantum bee colony optimized algorithm is proposed. First, the population was initialized by quantum coding and logistic mapping. Then, fast quantum rotation angle adjusting strategy, based on social cognitive, was used to conduct the neighborhood search of employed bees and onlooker bees. Finally, the new solution was generated by chaotic disturbing the solution that has reached the limit times of cycles. According to the simulated experiments under a multi-carrier system, the results indicate that the novel engine show a much better convergence and e‐ciency than the one based on quantum genetic algorithm or binary artiflcial bee colony algorithm, and the results of parameters reconflguration is consistent with user demands.


This paper presents the effect of a single and dual section L-matching output matching networks (OMN) using ideal lumped elements, on the impedance matching fractional bandwidth. The single and dual section L-matching networks were designed for resistive load configuration at 2.5GHz. The analysis showed that the dual section Lowpass L-matching network offers higher fractional bandwidth performance in terms of output power delivered to the resistive load (PdL) when compared to its single section Lowpass L-matching network counterpart.


Sparse channel estimation algorithms are proposed for underwater acoustic Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communications in time-varying multipath channels. Following carrier frequency offset (CFO) correction, the proposed algorithms first extract the portion of the time domain signal corresponding to pilot symbols. The Matching Pursuit (MP) algorithm is then applied to channel estimation. Performance of the proposed receiver is evaluated in simulations and in underwater field tests. Experiments in shallow water show that a BER on the order of 10-3 is achievable at 330 m distance for uncoded data transmission. Experimental results with LDPC-coded transmission are also presented showing zero BER at 330 m.


With the rapid development of the secondary battery industry,more and more attention has been paid to the environmental problems resulted from it.However,the associated assessment system in China is not complete.This paper is mainly to assess the environmental impact of the organic solvent in commonly used organic liquid electrolyte of a specific Lithium ion battery.Other things being equal,different ratios of organic solvents result in different environmental impact values.The two organic solvents,EC and EMC,are mixed in different ratios,and the greater the ratio is,the less impact the whole mixed solvent has on the environment.By assessing and analyzing individual environmental impact values of the two kinds of organic solvents,a method can be offered for the secondary battery developers to determine the optimal ratio of the electrolyte mixture.


The present invention is a method for inspecting the service performance of the file transfer protocol is applicable methods to IPv6 network including a client and a server. This method establishes a client, and transmitting the test connection request to establish a control connection of the file transfer protocol to the server, after receiving the test connection request from a client, the server, the control connection of the file transfer protocol and a step of. In this way, establishing a data connection between the client and the server, and transfers the test file, the performance test of the file transfer protocol. In this way, between each node in the file transfer protocol network, it is possible to transfer the detection message for the file transfer protocol in the application layer. Therefore, it is possible to realize a measuring and monitoring in the file transfer protocol. In the detection method of the present invention, the service performance condition of the file transfer protocol in the network can be known immediately, if happens abnormal situation can discover it immediately, it can be resolved by the user. Therefore, it is possible to provide a reliable guarantee.


The actual problem of development of models and algorithms for efficient data validation subsystem of insurance accounting is considered. For solution of the problem it is proposed to use based on the object-structured approach methodology of modeling of problem-oriented systems of processing accounting and analytical information, which is adapted to the characteristics of insurance accounting. A class of objects "Insurance checker" performing functions of format-logical control data of insurance document is described. The model of the subsystem and algorithms of data validation for insurance agreements and cases is developed. The proposed algorithms are based on checking the status of the life cycle of the insurance document. The subsystem, implemented on the base of the proposed model and algorithms, has been successfully tested in the preparation of historical data agreements CMTPL of insurance company. The results confirmed its effectiveness.


This paper presents a novel method for identifying dynamic parameters of robot manipulators with elastic joints. A procedure based on the Lagrangianm formulation of the dynamic model is proposed. Each term is inspected to search for a linear relationship with the dynamic parameters, thus enabling the linearization of robot dynamic model. Hence, the torque vector is expressed as the product of a regressor matrix, suitably defined by the vector of dynamic parameters. A parametric identification based on a least-squares technique is applied to determine dynamic parameters of robots with elastic joints. The correctness of the proposed procedure has been tested in simulation on two robotic structures with elastic joints of different complexity, that is, a 2-degree-of-freedom (dof) and a 6-dof manipulator, controlled with a PD control in the joint space.


Because plants do not possess a proper germline, deleterious somatic mutations can be passed to gametes and a large number of cell divisions separating zygote from gamete formation in long-lived plants may lead to many mutations. We sequenced the genome of two terminal branches of a 234-year-old oak tree and found few fixed somatic single-nucleotide variants (SNVs), whose sequential appearance in the tree could be traced along nested sectors of younger branches. Our data suggest that stem cells of shoot meristems are robustly protected from accumulation of mutations in trees.


Aim: Costs associated with mental health treatment for young persons at 'ultra' high risk (UHR) of developing a psychotic disorder have not previously been reported. This paper reports cost implications of providing psychological and pharmacological intervention for individuals at UHR for psychosis compared with minimal psychological treatment.


Regarding the research and current status on application of computer command and control system for railway technical stations as well as the weakness of this system,from decision-making support point of view,this paper brings forward and develops a stage-plan system for technical station based on Agent.After presenting the philosophy of system design,the paper discusses the design structure of system and each Agent design.It also introduces the implementation of system and its functions.


Morphological, karyological and foliar epidermal analyses have been made of the sedges from sect. Phacocystis in Bulgaria. The morphological data have been processed by cluster analysis, stepwise discriminant analysis and one-way ANOVA method. The results invited the conclusion that sect. Phacocystis is represented in Bulgaria with six taxa: Carex buekii, C. elata., C. cespitosa, C. acuta, C. nigra subsp. nigra, and C. nigra subsp. dacica. The intraand interpopulation variations as well as the main evolutionary mechanisms and trends have been discussed.


ABSTRACT Nicknames individuate and identify their bearers and stand out with more socio-cognitive forces than the conventional names within the socio-cultural setting and beyond. In this article, I examine the sociolinguistic and ethnographic significance of nicknaming among female adolescents in Nigeria with particular emphasis on those living in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State, south-east Nigeria. I take into account the dynamics of female nicknames, their social consequences in group integration and solidarity as well as the sources of these nicknames. The study is rooted in Leslie and Skipper's (1991) socio-onomastic theory of nicknames which differentiates between constitutive, preferential and ad hoc rules of nicknaming in understanding the social construction of the nicknaming process. I therefore, conclude that female nicknames are creative, cultural symbols and styles by means of which female adolescents express themselves as a form of critical resistance to the stereotypical image of women in a conservative society, given their psychological, sexual and aesthetic appeal.


Red mud foam lightweight thermal insulation material was prepared by red mud, fly ash, cement as main raw materials, adding a certain amount of adhesive, through ingredients, mixing, molding, foam, sintering process. The influence of the ratio of red mud and fly ash on the properties of materials was studied and the mechanism of influence was analyzed. The test results show that performances of the samples were best when the ratio of red mud and fly ash is 5:4 and its flexural strength is 0.44MPa, compressive strength is 1.23MPa, density is 481kg/m3.


We consider two simple geometric models that can describe the kinetics of fragmentation of two dimensional particles and stochastic fractals. We find a hierarchy of independent exponents suggesting the existence of multiple phase boundary for the shattering transition when two orthogonal cracks are placed randomly on a fragments (Model A). At the same time we find a unique exponent suggesting a single phase boundary when four equal sized fragments are produced at each fragmentation event (Model B). We invoke the multifractal formalism to further support the existence of multiple phase boundary. In model A, for each choice of homogeneity indices, the resultant fragments distribution exhibits multifractality on a unique support when describing fragmentation process and on one of infinitely many possible supports when describing stochastic fractals. The model B obeys simple scaling and produce self-similar fractals when fragments are removed from the system at each time step. PACS numbers: 05.20-y,02.50-r *Permanent address: Department of Physics, Shahjalal Science and Technology University, Sylhet, Bangladesh E-mail address: email@example.com


The catfish, Rita rita (Hamilton) were collected from river Sutlej, district Kasur. The total length of fish ranged from 20.2 to 30.3 cm and weighed from 79.0-542 g. The gut content of these fishes were extracted and examined carefully under microscope and four food items were recovered from the gut and were identified as; crustaceans, mollusca shells, fish scales and rotten vegetation/debris. Crustaceans dominated the fish food throughout the sampling period. In December fish had less diverse food than in January and February.


ABSTRACT Drawing from resilience theory, we explored the strategies that Mexican immigrant youth used to cope with stressors from being undocumented. On the basis of semi-structured interviews with 30 high school students who emigrated from Mexico to the United States, we identified several stressors from being undocumented, including having limited opportunities, fear of deportation, and exposure to negative reminders of their undocumented status. To manage such stressors, students utilized individual coping strategies (e.g. diversion, reframing, normalizing). In addition, the families of undocumented youth employed various coping strategies to help buffer their children against stressors from being undocumented (e.g. protecting the family unit, positive future, emotional support, limited communication). From our findings, we developed a preliminary model that describes the stress and coping of the undocumented youth in this study, which can extend past theorizing on resilience and thriving, as well as inform the design of community-based programs and policies for undocumented youth and their family.


The main types of use of thermal impact on grain used in agricultural production are analyzed. The perspective patented design of energy–saving installation for grain drying is offered. The installation uses a contact method of heat supply to the processed product. The results of studies on the optimization of the main parameters of the grain drying process are presented.


'It is the Intent of this Act to afford victims of domestic violence the maximum
protection from abuse the law can provide'. The Domestic Violence Act 116
of 1998 (the DVA) opens with this statement, but it seems to be far from the
starting point that magistrates use when applying the DVA. Magistrates report
that they treat interdicts for emergency monetary relief with more caution
and rarely compensate for economic abuse. This hesitancy is troubling. Using
text and legislative history of the DVA, this article asserts that the economic
provisions are central to the purpose for which the DVA was enacted. By not
implementing them, magistrates are misapplying the DVA and failing in their
constitutional duty to deal effectively with domestic violence. Furthermore, this
misapplication is unnecessary. Magistrates can implement the DVA to its fullest
measure despite the flaws in the judicial system, and this article concludes
with suggestions as to how this can be done.


The tourism sector is one of the activities that have a strategic role in supporting international economic development in the era of globalization influencing the development of the tourism industry for the development of areas around tourist objects so that they can act as a leading industry, sectors that can improve the economy. The existence of the tourism sector will create jobs that will increase the income of people in tourist areas. When linked to economic development with balanced growth, tourism can be expected to play a decisive role and be a catalyst for developing its development sector. Meanwhile, the economic impact of tourism development can be positive or negative. The positive effects are (1) creating jobs, (2) increasing opportunities, (3) increasing community income in the surrounding tourist areas. Meanwhile, the environment's negative impact is the natural environment, the built environment, and culture.


Combined use of at least two genetic markers selected from apolipoprotein E, D19S178 and apolipoprotein CII, for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, especially apolipoprotein epsilon 4, long apolipoprotein CII (30+/-3 repeat patterns (CA) and short D19S178 (less than 167+/-4 nucleotides) alleles. The invention also concerns a method for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and a kit for carrying out said method.


Neutron storage characteristics of CaBPO Ce based phosphors have been investigated. The authors found that the CaBPO Ce phosphor shows photostimulated lumines- cence (PSL) by illumination with 635 nm laser light after neutron irradiation. The PSL yields of CaBPO Ce phosphor were in- creased by adding CaF . The green laser (532 nm) seemed to be more efficient to produce PSL signal. The phosphor might be us- able in a high gamma-ray field. The fading characteristics were similar to those of a commercially available neutron imaging plate. Using a disk-like sample, a collimated neutron beam image was clearly obtained by scanning focused laser light on it. Index Terms—CaBPO Ce , CaF , gamma-ray sensitivity, neutron sensitivity, neutron storage phosphor.


This paper introduces the process of the working out, verification and implementation of the combined thermal storage construction plan in the concrete construction of A9 Housing Project of Beijing Fulicheng Residential Quarter.


Objective: To investigate the value neutrophil cell surface markers CD64,CRP,IL-6 in pediatric infectious diseases.Methods:A total of 116 cases were divided into three groups: 49 patients with severe infection,36 cases with general infection,and 31 cases of non-infectious.CD64,CRP,IL-6 levels were measured and compared.Results: CD64 was highest in severe infection group,followed by general infection group and non-infection group,there was significant difference among three groups(H=35.02,P0.01).There was significant difference in positive detection rate of CRP and IL-6(χ2=85.0,75.0,57.0,54.3,all P0.05).Sensitivity of CD64,CRP and IL-6 were 89.21%,60.24%,9.98%;which specificity were 78.35%,67.56%,and 71.02%,respectively.Conclusions:During bacterial infection CD64 level significantly increases,especially during systemic bacterial infection.CD64 is more valuable than CRP and IL-6 in diagnosis,especially in severe infection diagnosis.It can be used as evidence in early diagnosis of pediatric infectious diseases.


n engl j med 367;6 nejm.org august 9, 2012 575 protein target for immunomodulatory and antiproliferative activities of lenalidomide and pomalidomide. Leukemia 2012 May 3 (Epub ahead of print). 3. Higgins JJ, Pucilowska J, Lombardi RQ, Rooney JP. A mutation in a novel ATP-dependent Lon protease gene in a kindred with mild mental retardation. Neurology 2004;63:1927-31. 4. Ito T, Ando H, Suzuki T, et al. Identification of a primary target of thalidomide teratogenicity. Science 2010;327:1345-50.


Abstract : There is a lack of attention towards the process of recovery in U.S. schools despite their vulnerability to natural and intentional threats with the potential of creating mass casualties. By promoting resilience as a component of recovery as is now done in Israel and the United Kingdom, the United States can empower children and the at-large community, enabling a quicker recovery. Case studies from past mass casualty incidents from a variety of threat mechanisms involving schools were analyzed to assess the following: (1) time criticality, (2) information sharing, (3) family reunification, (4) lockdown considerations, and (5) first responder readiness. Regardless of threat mechanism, most variables will factor in a school's ability to recover, including the reality that the longer the exposure to the trauma, the greater the psychosocial impact and the greater the difficulty in recovering. School administrators and first responders, primarily from public health and law enforcement, should collaborate on efforts in the pre-event phase to mitigate both physical and psychological impacts from trauma. Chapter I presents the problem statement, research questions, literature review, and study methodology. Chapter II reviews existing mass casualty threats: natural/accidental threats, school shootings, and acts of terrorism. Chapter III presents case studies (chronologically) of natural/accidental events; school shootings in the United States; acts of terrorism (i.e., the school attacks in Ma'alot, Israel, and Beslan, Russia); and events that have occurred in proximity to schools (i.e., Oklahoma City Bombing, September 11th in New York City, SARS, and Hurricane Katrina). Chapter V examines the psychosocial impact of mass casualty incidents on families, schools, and communities. Chapter VI looks at resilience as a method to alleviate the impacts of mass casualty events. Chapter VII presents recommendations.


Trimetallic oxide CuCrNiO nanoparticles (NPs) were successfully synthesized from their precursor salts including CuSO4.5H2O, Cr(NO3)3.9H2O, and Ni(NO3)2.6H2O in a facile and green method using aqueous leaf extract of Eryngium campestre as reducing and stabilizing agents. NPs were characterized using UV-vis spectroscopy, FTIR, EDX, XRD, and FESEM showing that trimetallic oxide NPs were synthesized in the form of nanoplates with the thickness of 18.73 nm and crystallite size of 17.39 nm.


The topic of this essay is the adversarial system and the truth and how the former struggles to achieve the latter. My central premise is that the adversarial system is not well adapted to arrive at the truth. My conclusion is that without fundamental restructuring to shift the adversarial system toward a more managerial one, our system will remain second best.


The specific angular momentum of cold dark matter (CDM) halos in a ΛCDM universe is investigated. Their dimensionless specific angular momentum λ′ = j/(VvirRvir) with Vvir and Rvir the virial velocity and virial radius, respectively, depends strongly on their merging histories. We investigate a set of ΛCDM simulations and explore the specific angular momentum content of halos formed through various merging histories. Halos with a quiet merging history, dominated by minor mergers and accretion until the present epoch, acquire by tidal torques on average only 2%-3% of the angular momentum required for their rotational support (λ′ = 0.02). This is in conflict with observational data for a sample of late-type bulgeless galaxies that indicates that those galaxies reside in dark halos with exceptionally high values of λ′ ≈ 0.06-0.07. Minor mergers and accretion preserve or slowly increase the specific angular momentum of dark halos with time. This mechanism, however, is not efficient enough in order to explain the observed spin values for late-type dwarf galaxies. Energetic feedback processes have been invoked to solve the problem that gas loses a large fraction of its specific angular momentum during infall. Under the assumption that dark halos hosting bulgeless galaxies acquire their mass via quiescent accretion, our results indicate yet another serious problem: the specific angular momentum gained during the formation of these objects is not large enough to explain their observed rotational properties, even if no angular momentum would be lost during gas infall.


In this study reasonable 2D model was established by using FLUENT for start-up of analysis and evaluation of heat transfer flow characteristics in 1/6 scale model of VCS for HTTR. The pressure vessel temperature was set around 200 ℃, in which the ratio of heat transfer via natural convection has been numerically predicted to be around 20-30% of total heat removal in previous studies. This temperature is useful for the analysis code validation in the prediction of temperature distribution of components such as pressure vessel which is heated up by turbulent flow of natural convection. The numerical results of upper head of pressure vessel by the k- ω -SST intermittency transition model, which can adequately reproduce the separation, re-attachment and transition, reproduced the test results including temperature distribution well in contrast to those by the k- ε model in both cases that helium gas is evacuated or filled in the pressure vessel. It was emerged that any local hot spot did not appear on the top of upper head of pressure vessel where natural convection flow of air is separated in both cases. In addition, the plume of high temperature helium gas generated by the heating of heater was well mixed in the upper head and uniformly heated the inner surface of upper head without generating hot spots. phenomena by using the actual reactor even if those functions are not available to shut down and to cool the reactor. This makes possible to design a severe accident free reactor. However, before implementation of tests, it is important to confirm by numerical analyses that any local temperature at the cooling tubes not covered with the thermal reflector does not exceed the limit from the viewpoint of long-term use.


In the 1890s, restaurant and hotel waiters in Chicago formed a biracial labor organization that successfully challenged their employers. The Culinary Alliance, a rare example of biracial unionism in the late nineteenth century, was produced by, and helped to shape, a dramatic reorganization of urban space with the emergence of corporate capitalism and consumer culture in the city. The Alliance's rise and demise demonstrates the ways urban space was a powerful force in the complex interactions between race and gender relations in urban labor markets.


This paper reports a novel MEMS accelerometer whose effective stiffness can be adjusted flexibly and even tuned to almost zero by using the electrostatic softening effect of two parallel plate capacitors: the comb-finger capacitor and the triangular capacitor. When applied to a biased voltage, the comb-finger capacitor provides a relatively large and nonlinear negative stiffness in the gap-varying direction, while the triangular capacitor produces a small yet linear negative stiffness in the area-varying direction. The proposed accelerometer is fabricated by using a standard silicon-on-glass manufacturing process and controlled by a customized digital circuit. An analytical model based on the pull-in dynamics as a result of the stiffness tuning is developed and simulated to investigate the dynamic behavior of the nonlinear accelerometer system. The proportion integral differential controller is utilized to improve the performance of the accelerometer while maintaining the stability of the closed-loop system operating with extremely low effective stiffness. The experimental results indicate that a two-fold increase of the sensitivity, a 30% reduction of Allan deviation bias instability, and a 20% reduction of Allan velocity random walk are achieved for the open-loop accelerometer system. A 75% decrease of the standard deviation bias instability and nearly two orders of magnitude improvement of the noise floor at 1 Hz for the closed-loop accelerometer system are realized when the effective stiffness is reduced to almost zero.


Abstract. We propose a method for measuring and quantifying image quality in push-broom hyperspectral cameras in terms of spatial misregistration caused by keystone and variations in the point spread function (PSF) across spectral channels, and image sharpness. The method is suitable for both traditional push-broom hyperspectral cameras where keystone is corrected in hardware and cameras where keystone is corrected in postprocessing, such as resampling and mixel cameras. We show how the measured camera performance can be presented graphically in an intuitive and easy to understand way, comprising both image sharpness and spatial misregistration in the same figure. For the misregistration, we suggest that both the mean standard deviation and the maximum value for each pixel are shown. We also suggest how the method could be expanded to quantify spectral misregistration caused by the smile effect and corresponding PSF variations. Finally, we have measured the performance of two HySpex SWIR 384 cameras using the suggested method. The method appears well suited for assessing camera quality and for comparing the performance of different hyperspectral imagers and could become the future standard for how to measure and quantify the image quality of push-broom hyperspectral cameras.