~he asylum era is a remarkable phenomenon, which began in the early nineteenth century and now seems to be drawing to a close. In England and Wales the number of lunatic asylums increased from nine in 1827 to nearly 100 in 1920, and the average number of patients per asylum increased from about 100 to nearly 1000. After 1920, however, few asylums were built; and today asylum building has come to a halt and the old asylums are beginning to be closed down. This history of rise and decline might suggest a parallel with that of fever hospitals and tuberculosis sanatoria. But, perhaps because there is still so little known of the aetiology of the psychoses, the medical aspects of the asylum era have attracted little attention from historians. The social aspects, on the other hand, are much more readily identifiable and over the past two or three decades have provided rich material for sociologists, whose studies have led them to conclude that the asylum era was a purely social phenomenon. To their medical readers, however, these sociologists have often seemed prejudiced against psychiatry as a branch of medicine and unappreciative of the clinical problems that faced asylum doctors. One consequence has been the development of mistrust rather than cooperation between the two groups. Happily, the publication of The Asylum and its Psychiatry gives some hope that this state of confrontation may be giving place to a more equable dialogue. Of the 12 contributions to the book, four deal with psychiatry in other lands: asylum architecture in Denmark in 1800; the management of insane Europeans in British India; Morselli and his influence on Italian psychiatry; and the well known but extraordinary outbreak of neomesmerism in France, 1880-1900, which ensnared the most eminent of French neurologists and whose best epitaph is Crocq's "if you want to be duped, then experiment with hysterical patients" (and perhaps it was this episode rather than Babinski's sign which led to the decline of hysteria in the twentieth century). An excellent chapter describes the different attitudes of American and British psychiatrists to the policy of non-restraint in asylums and plausibly suggests that the presence or absence of private patients was the underlying factor. Some of the problems of distinguishing psychiatric disorder from religious enthusiasm are discussed in a chapter on the Ulster Revival of 1859; and the blow that psychiatric orthodoxy suffered from the discovery of the causes of syphilis and general paralysis is illustrated by an account of T S Clouston and the Royal Edinburgh Asylum. The only medically qualified contributor to the book has done a hatchet job on the writings of Henry Maudsley ("something of a cul-de-sac"), which seems fair enough in view of the adulation conventionally accorded him. Another chapter documents the nineteenth century opinion that introspection was bad for your health, an opinion no doubt based on the fact that solitariness is a common precursor of schizophrenia. The remaining chapters discuss the institutionalisation of the feeble minded, how the London County Council (created in 1888) met the continued demand for new asylums, and the aims and activities of the "lunacy profession" (superintendents, medical officers, and attendants) in the asylums of thp nineteenth century. Most of the essays seem to be based on PhD theses and tend therefore to have the turgidity characteristic of that mode. Half of them-though these include the best ones-have little to do with asylums, and only one (chapter 12) deals with asylum psychiatry in its proper sense, the study and institutional management of different types of mental disorder: the book's title is thus somewhat misleading. Antipsychiatry is not altogether eschewed. Thus according to one contributor, "it is clear that psychiatry is a complex social artifact, as has recently been argued by historians"; and two other contributors display the bias and pejorative epithets which have marred the writings of sociologists in this subject. But for the most part there is sound scholarship here and an earnest of the objectivity and impartiality requisite in a historian. -EDWARD HARE, emeritus physician, Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, London


Since the civil war began in the Darfur region of Sudan, a discussion has been going to determine whether the war there is genocide or not. Such definition would determine the possibility of military intervention by global institutions and actors. This power of definition is fascinating. The fate of hundreds of thousands of human beings depends on the act of definition. This is why I call the definition of genocide as epistemological violence. Epistemology is the science of knowledge, and this knowledge of the knowledgeable is a new deity that procreates or condemns the weak, marginalized, exploited, and despised.


A transcriptional trans-acting factor p4Otax of human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) functions as an inducer for expression of HTLV-I provirus via activation of the enhancer in the long terminal repeat of HTLV-I. In addition to p40'tx and a tumor promoter 12O-tetradecanoylphorbol1 3-acetate (TPA), an activator of protein kinase C, we report here that forskolin, an activator of adenyl cyclase, also induces function of the HTLV-I enhancer. Experiments with mutants of the HTLV-I enhancer revealed that TPA-induced activation was not mediated by solely a 21-base-pair (bp) sequence that is repeated three times in the enhancer, whereas the 21-bp enhancer element can act as a sufficient cis-acting sequence for activation by both p40tax and forskolin. In addition, we found that nuclear factor(s) like the cyclic AMPresponsive element (CRE) binding factor could bind to the HTLV-I 21-bp enhancer element. However, a difference was found in sequences required for activation by p4Otax and forskolin. A CRE related sequence present in the 21-bp enhancer element was enough for forskolininduced activation. On the other hand, p4OtaX required a much longer sequence that is overlapping but not identical to the CRE related sequence, suggesting that the forskolin-induced cyclic AMP pathway may be partly involved in, but not sufficient for p40tax-mediating transactivation of the HTLV-I enhancer. INRODUCTION The retroviral long terminal repeat (LTR) carries signals for mediation of the transcriptional control of expression of viral genes (1,2). One of the regulatory signals is a group of cis-acting enhancers that can augment gene expression transcriptionally. Enhancers have been identified in the U3 region of LTR of retroviruses (3). Human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) is a member of the retrovirus group and the etiologic agent associated with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL)(4-6) and HTLV-I associated myelopathy (HAM)(7). It is extremely unusual to see lymphocytes or tumor cells producing HTLV-I antigens in vivo. These cells however express HTLV-I after cultivation in vitro (8). Induction of HTLV-I expression in vitro is considered to be due to activation of the transcription of viral genes. Regulation of transcription of HTLV-I is rather more complex than that of other retroviruses. HTLV-I itself encodes a component involved in the regulatory mechanism of transcription of this virus. The component is named p4Otax and is encoded by a region, pX, between the env gene and the 3' LTR (9). It induces, in trans, the activity of the enhancer in the HTLV-I LTR. Trans-activation of the HTLV-I enhancer by p4O0 is mediated 5207 Nucleic Acids Research Volume 17 Number 13 1989 Nucleic Acids Research through a 2 1-base-pair (bp) motif sequence that is repeated thrice in the enhancer of the LTR (10). The 21-bp enhancer element, when repeated, is functional only in cells productively expressing the virus (11) or in cells transfected with p40taX-expression vectors (12-14), indicating that it can act as an inducible enhancer element in response to p40tax. We previously showed that a tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), which is an activator of protein kinase C, induced the HTLV-I enhancer function (15). Here we demonstrate that forskolin, which is an adenyl cyclase activator, also transduces signals leading to activation of the HTLV-I enhancer. HTLV-I-infected T cells are known to produce constitutively cytokines, including interferon-,y, interleukin 3 and granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (16,17), which are transiently secreted in response to immunological stimuli under the normal circumstances. Recent studies have demonstrated that a trans-acting function of p40tax is involved in the activation of production of at least some of these products (18). Moreover, expression of interleukin 2 and its receptor, which is central to T cell proliferation, is also induced by p4Otax (19-21). It is thereby possible to speculate that albeit not a typical oncogene product, p4OLax could play a crucial role in transformation through its trans-activating function that may change to abnormal expression of genes closely related to cell growth besides the interleukin 2 system. Therefore, elucidation of the molecular mechanism of trans-activation by p4Oax is an important issue with respect to leukemogenesis. In this study, we attempted to define cis-acting sequences within the 21-bp element, which mediates trans-acting activity by p4Otax, TPA and forskolin. We found that p4Otaxand forskolin-induced activation of the HTLV-I enhancer was mediated by the 21-bp core element, that has a capacity to bind to a nuclear factor like the cyclic AMP responsive element binding factor (CREB)(22-24) or the activating transcription factor (ATF)(25,26) involved in adenovirus ElA-mediated gene activation, but the 21-bp element alone was not adequate to explain TPA action on the enhancer. The cis-sequence required for activation by p4Otax was, however, not identical to that necessary for forskolin-dependent activation. MATERIAIS AND METHODS Cell lines Jurkat is a human T cell line (27). JPX-9 is a Jurkat mutant generated by stable introduction of a p40tax expression plasmid pMAXRHneo1, in which expression of p40tax is dependent on the presence of CdCl2 (28, 29). Cells were maintained in RPMI 1640 medium containing 10% fetal calf serum, 5 mM glutamine and antibiotics in a humidified atmosphere of 7% C02 in air at 37°C. Plasmids pSV2cat (30) is a reporter plasmid which carries a bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene linked to the simian virus 40 (SV40) early promoter unit. pCHL4 (31) is a derivative of pSV2cat, in which the HTLV-I LTR is used as a promoter unit instead of


In this paper, technologies will be presented for precise machining of transparent and dielectric materials with excimer laser radiation. This includes already established techniques with 248 nm KrF excimer lasers, as well as the less common deep UV 193 nm processing with ArF lasers for brittle and transparent materials. Furthermore, first investigations have been carried out in order to shape materials with a high transparency in the UV, like fused silica or polytetrafluorine (PTFE) by using the VUV wavelength 157 nm of an F2 excimer laser.


In this paper, we explain how to build a turbo-like structure with binary inputs and chaotic outputs for efficient coding and decoding in additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN). We analyze the convergence of the decoding algorithm, the performance in the error floor region and explain minimum distance properties of the resulting codes.


Epidemic febrile disease(warm disease)ancient books involving little Descriptive language in wind-warm syndrome,it always talk about symptoms or group of symptoms not syndromes.The kernel of TCM syndrome differentiation is syndromes.This paper used the factor analysis and cluster method to explore syndromes of epidemic febrile disease,in order to find out the syndrome of epidemic febrile disease in TCM ancient books and provide a medical treatment reference for healers.


Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are extragalactic radio transients of extraordinary luminosity. Studying the diverse temporal and spectral behaviour recently observed in a number of FRBs may help determine the nature of the entire class. For example, a fast spinning or highly magnetised neutron star might generate the rotation-powered acceleration required to explain the bright emission. Periodic, sub-second components, suggesting such rotation, were recently reported in one FRB, and potentially in two more. Here we report the discovery of FRB 20201020A with Apertif, an FRB showing five components regularly spaced by 0.415 ms. This sub-millisecond structure in FRB 20201020A carries important clues about the progenitor of this FRB specifically, and potentially about that of FRBs in general. We thus contrast its features to the predictions of the main FRB source models. We perform a timing analysis of the FRB 20201020A components to determine the significance of the periodicity. We compare these against the timing properties of the previously reported CHIME FRBs with sub-second quasi-periodic components, and against two Apertif bursts from repeating FRB 20180916B that show complex time-frequency structure. We find the periodicity of FRB 20201020A to be marginally significant at 2.5$\sigma$. Its repeating subcomponents cannot be explained as a pulsar rotation since the required spin rate of over 2 kHz exceeds the limits set by typical neutron star equations of state and observations. The fast periodicity is also in conflict with a compact object merger scenario. These quasi-periodic components could, however, be caused by equidistant emitting regions in the magnetosphere of a magnetar. The sub-millisecond spacing of the components in FRB 20201020A, the smallest observed so far in a one-off FRB, may rule out both neutron-star rotation and binary mergers as the direct source of quasi-periodic FRBs.


Adverse effects of clinician burnout have been studied across multiple specialties; however, there have been no studies examining rates of burnout among pediatric solid organ transplant teams. This study aimed to measure burnout, work exhaustion, professional fulfillment, and post‐traumatic stress symptoms among clinicians and administrators practicing in this high‐stress field.


The Army use bridges to cross narrow water and terrain obstacles. The bridges are carried on wheel or caterpillar vehicles then they are laid on obstacle. Generally the bridges are not put by crane, but by special manipulator - call ed manipulator of mechanized bridge. This manipulator structure depends on kind of bridge and way of its laying. Independently from constructional solutions, manipulator has large angles of turn of elements (over 180o) and tr ansfer considerable burdens in initial and final stage of laying process. Moreover dimension and mass restrictions for whole mechanized bridge cause that manipulator ought to be compact and light construction. In paper authors propose methodology of selection of geometrical structure for this type of devices. To accelerate process of searching right structures and geometric al parameters then to enlarge credibility of getting positive res ults, methods of structural synthesis were chosen. Authors emphasize importance of contemporary solutions in this area which enable preparing of preliminary foundations and requirements. Authors introduce practical implementation of results on example of Polish new military bridge. Proposed methodology of creation of kinematic structure of mechanized bridg es manipulator can be applied to other similar technic al devices.


Aluminum road wheels are widely applied for weight reduction and improvement of ride & handling performance. In this study, the high strength wheels were developed and performed the verified mecahnical properties such as fatigue, impact. The strength and elongation of developed flow forming wheels were increased by 15% and 60% respectively, as compared with current mass product process, low pressure casting wheels. Also, this flow forming wheels successfully were passed vehicle tests for durability and performance.


This website was created by students in SPAN 320, Don Quijote de la Manch during Winter Term, 2015. The professor was Gwyn E. Campbell, Professor of Spanish. Parts of the site are password-protected and not available to the public.


Here we report 4-year-old boy with per inv (9) mat who developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Ph+, after Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Stem cell disease may be responsible for such malignant manifestation in our case.


In the current scenario of society, it is necessary that the teaching of computing be explored already in the beginnings of basic education, for being so importat. The introduction of computing using IoT devices makes teaching more playful and interesting for students of basic education. Therefore, the purpose of this work is to perform the academic research and development of components in the App Inventor platform, for communication with IoT devices. In App Inventor, an extension was developed that allows communication with the IoT devices through a server, which receives all the requests made by App Inventor. This research aims at the educational field, teaching the programming and its structures, using block programming with IoT devices, for students of elementary schools. The evaluation conducted with the target audience raises indications that the components and the developed server are useful for learning computing and basic IoT principles.


(57) Abstract: The present invention, the patient is at least moderately high method of treating occlusive vascular disease or Alzheimer's disease has a folate and vitamin B 12 at least moderately low blood concentration of homocysteine blood levels of provide. Treatment methods of the invention, folic acid, folate or derivatives thereof, and optionally vitamin B 12, and organic nitrates as needed (e.g., isosorbide mononitrate or dinitrate), or ACE inhibitors or angiotensin II antagonists or, Treating a patient with a NEP / ACE inhibitor or a mixture of two or more thereof.


We present results from a 20 ks XMM-Newton DDT observation of the radio-load quasar CFHQS J142952+544717 at z=6.18, whose extreme X-ray luminosity was recently revealed by the SRG/eROSITA telescope in the course of its first all-sky survey. The quasar has been confidently detected with a total of $\sim 1400$ net counts in the 0.2-10 keV energy band (1.4 to 72 keV in the object's rest frame). Its measured spectrum is unusually soft and can be described by an absorbed power-law model with a photon index of $\Gamma = 2.5\pm0.2$. There are no signs of a high-energy cutoff or reflected component, with an 90 % upper limit on the fluorescence iron K$\alpha$ equivalent width of $\approx 290$ eV and the corresponding upper limit on the iron K-edge absorption depth of 0.6. We have detected, at the $> 95\%$ confidence level, an excess absorption above the Galactic value, corresponding to a column density $N_H= 3\pm2 \times 10^{22}$ cm$^{-3}$ of material located at z=6.18. The intrinsic luminosity of CFHQS J142952+544717 in the 1.4 to 72 keV energy band is found to be $5.5_{-0.6}^{+0.8} \times 10^{46}$ erg s$^{-1}$. We did not detect statistically significant flux changes between two SRG scans and the XMM-Newton observation, spanning over $\sim 7.5$ months, implying that the quasar remained at this extremely high luminosity level for at least a month in its rest frame. We put forward the hypothesis that the extreme X-ray properties of CFHQS J142952+544717 are associated with inverse Compton scattering of cosmic microwave background photons (at z=6.18) in its relativistic jets.


Traditionally, review of difficult ethical problems that emerge in the care of patients has been performed by hospital ethics committees. It has been proposed that this case review would be more effectively conducted by individual clinicians who are skilled in ethical analysis, much as medical consultations are provided by specialists. 1,2 In this article, we will discuss the potential advantages and disadvantages of both the committee and consultant models for ethics case review in health care institutions. We suggest that neither model should be used exclusively, as each is more appropriate than the other under certain circumstances. Furthermore, we recommend that consideration be given to a third model, wherein cases are reviewed by a consulting team of three or four individuals of varied disciplines and expertise. The use of this alternative can retain the virtues of both committees and consultants without succumbing to the limitations of either. There appears to


One of the most important tasks in machine learning is prediction. Data scientists use different regression methods to find the most appropriate and accurate model for each type of datasets. This study proposes a method to improve accuracy in regression and prediction. In common methods, different models are applied to the whole data to find the best model with higher accuracy. In our proposed approach, first, we cluster data using different methods such as K-means, DBSCAN, and agglomerative hierarchical clustering algorithms. Then, for each clustering method and for each generated cluster we apply various regression models including linear and polynomial regressions, SVR, neural network, and symbolic regression in order to find the most accurate model and study the genetic programming potential in improving the prediction accuracy. This model is a combination of clustering and regression. After clustering, the number of samples in each created cluster, compared to the number of samples in the whole dataset is reduced, and consequently by decreasing the number of samples in each group, we lose accuracy. On the other hand, specifying data and setting similar samples in one group enhances the accuracy and decreases the computational cost. As a case study, we used real estate data with 20 features to improve house price estimation; however, this approach is applicable to other large datasets.


Considering two two-level atoms initially in the non-maximally entangled state, one of them is put into an initially empty cavity and resonant interaction occurs. It is shown that the emission properties of the atom inside the cavity will be affected when the other atom outside the cavity is manipulated. And the degree of entanglement of the atoms can also affect the emission properties. This conclusion is generalized to the situation of the two-mode squeezed property of two cavities interacting with three two-level atoms.


A carton sizing system (1 ) that has a frame (2), a controller (4), one or more cutters (51 ) movably mounted to the frame (2) and operatively connected to the controller (4), one or more markers (61 ) movably mounted to the frame (2) and operatively connected to the controller (4). The carton sizing system (1 ) also has a measuring means (7) that is operatively connected to the controller (4) and configured to determine, in use, the footprint of an open top carton and to determine the height of one or more objects contained within the carton. The controller (4) is configured to position the one or more cutters (51 ) based on the determined footprint and to cut vertical edges of the carton based on the determined height and also to position the one or more markers (61 ) based on the determined footprint and height and to score or crease vertical walls of the carton between the vertical edges to at least partially define foldable panels.


During the undergraduate years, the transformational process of a successful transition from student to educator requires attention to not only developing professional dispositions such as collaboration, respect, reverence for learning, reflection, flexibility, and responsibility, but also to the process of maximizing marketability. As such, a three-pronged approach that includes building a positive social media presence, preparing a vibrant professional portfolio, and developing applicable professional competencies is warranted.


The rheological behavior and the particle size distributions of calcium stearate dispersions were examined. From these investigations it is possible to propose a suitable quality profile for metal soap dispersions. For the handling of the dispersions it is advantageous if these products have a newtonic up to a slight pseudoplastic flow behavior with an average of particle size clear under 10 microns. A quality control should comprise the analysis of alcalinity, water content, rheological behavior and particle size distribution.


The role of welfare state principles and generosity in social policy programmes for public health: an international comparative study .
Lundberg O., Yngwe M., Stjarne M., Elstad J., Ferrarini T., Kangas O., Norstrom T., Palme J., Fritzell J. & for the NEWS Nordic Expert Group ( 2008 ) The Lancet , 372 , 1633 – 1640 .
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61686-4 .

Background  Many important social determinants of health are also the focus for social policies. Welfare states contribute to the resources available for their citizens through cash transfer programmes and subsidized services. Although all rich nations have welfare programmes, there are clear cross-national differences with respect to their design and generosity. These differences are evident in national variations in poverty rates, especially among children and elderly people. We investigated to what extent variations in family and pension policies are linked to infant mortality and old-age excess mortality.

Methods  Infant mortality rates and old-age excess mortality rates were analysed in relation to social policy characteristics and generosity. We did pooled cross-sectional time-series analyses of 18 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries during the period 1970–2000 for family policies and 1950–2000 for pension policies.

Findings  Increased generosity in family policies that support dual-earner families is linked with lower infant mortality rates, whereas the generosity in family policies that support more traditional families with gainfully employed men and homemaking women is not. An increase by one percentage point in dual-earner support lowers infant mortality by 0.04 deaths per 1000 births. Generosity in basic security type of pensions is linked to lower old-age excess mortality, whereas the generosity of earnings-related income security pensions is not. An increase by one percentage point in basic security pensions is associated with a decrease in the old age excess mortality by 0.02 for men as well as for women.

Interpretation  The ways in which social policies are designed, as well as their generosity, are important for health because of the increase in resources that social policies entail. Hence, social policies are of major importance for how we can tackle the social determinants of health.


Abstract We show that ifRis a semiperfect ring with essential left socle andrl(K) = Kfor every small right idealKofR, thenRis right continuous. Accordingly some well-known classes of rings, such as dual rings and rings all of whose cyclic rightR-modules are essentially embedded in projectives, are shown to be continuous. We also prove that a ringRhas a perfect duality if and only if the dual of every simple rightR-module is simple andR ⊕ Ris a left and right CS-module. In Sect. 2 of the paper we provide a characterization for semiperfect right self-injective rings in terms of the CS-condition.


There is little doubt among scientists and the general public that homelessness, mental illness, and addiction are inter-related. In Of Others Inside, Darin Weinberg examines how these inter-relations have taken form in the United States. He links the establishment of these connections to the movement of mental health and addiction treatment from redemptive processes to punitive ones and back again, and explores the connection between social welfare, rehabilitation, and the criminal justice system. Seeking to offer a new sociological understanding of the relationship between social exclusion and mental disability, Of Others Inside considers the general social conditions of homelessness, poverty, and social marginality in the U.S. Weinberg also explores questions about American perceptions of these conditions, and examines in great detail the social reality of mental disability and drug addiction without reducing people's suffering to simple notions of biological fate or social disorder.


Gamma-Amino Butyric Acid (GABA) is the main inhibitor neurotransmitter of the Central Nervous System (CNS). Its peripheral administration has been matter of discussion. On the one hand, it has been reported that it does not cross the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB), and, on the other hand, it has been associated with multiple therapeutic regimens and supplements by peripheral administration. The aim of the present study is to elucidate the possibility of a central sedative effect when administered peripherally. An experimental cohort of 90-day-old Holtzman male rats weighing 240-270 g was used. It was divided into 2 groups: saline-controls (n = 9) and GABA treated rats (12.5 mg/kg, n = 9). Both groups were intraperitoneally injected. The motor behavioral patterns displayed in the Opto Varimex (OVM) were studied. Vertical, horizontal, ambulatory and non-ambulatory movements and the number of movements were recorded in an automated way. Horizontal movements constitute the integration of ambulatory and non-ambulatory movements. Student t test was used comparing groups. In this experiment, there were non-significant downward trends in vertical, ambulatory, non-ambulatory and number of movements. Ambulatory and non-ambulatory tendencies acquired significance when treated together as horizontal movements (p < 0.05). We may conclude that peripheral administration of GABA produced a decrease of the horizontal movements in the open field test. It may be interpreted as a sedative effect, suggesting a passage of GABA through BBB, with central effects. However, there are several alternative possibilities to explain present findings. Other experiments will elucidate the implications or scope of the present findings.


China and lots of other countries invested heavily to the Electrical Vehicles (EVs) to reduce the air pollution and save energy. As a result, lots of EV charging stations came out. But this will impact the Power Grid a lot. For example, distribution network circuit overload, voltage drop, loss distribution network increased overload distribution transformers and other issues make the stability decrease. So ordered charging strategy is proposed to solve the problems. In this paper, the ordered charging strategy between Grid and Electrical Vehicles is proposed to minimize the impact on the Grid, reduce the unnecessary construction of generating capacity and Power Grid construction, improve the charging efficiency and minimize the cost for the Electrical Vehicles charging. This makes the electric vehicles and the grid develop coordinately. Two-way wireless communication network based on Zigbee and GPRS technology is established to ensure the implement of the ordered charging strategy.


BACKGROUND
Falls cause approximately 80% of traumatic brain injuries in older adults, and nearly one-third of falls by residents in long-term care (LTC) result in head impact. Holding objects during falls, such as mobility aids, may affect the ability of LTC residents to avoid head impact by arresting the fall with their upper limbs. We examined the prevalence of holding objects and their effect on risk for head impact during real-life falls in older adults living in LTC.

METHODS
We analysed videos of 1105 real-life falls from standing height by 425 LTC residents, using a validated questionnaire to characterize the occurrence of head impact and whether the resident held objects during descent and impact. We classified objects as either "weight-bearing" (via contact to the fixed environment, e.g., chairs, walkers), or "non-weight-bearing" (e.g., cups), and tested their effect on odds for head impact with Generalized Estimating Equations.

RESULTS
Residents held objects in over 60% of falls. The odds for head impact were reduced for falls where weight-bearing objects were held or grasped during descent (odds ratio=0.52; 95% confidence interval=0.39-0.70), or maintained throughout the fall (0.34; 0.23-0.49). The most common held objects were chairs/wheelchairs (23% of cases), tables/counters (10% of cases), and walkers/rollators (22% of cases); all reduced the odds of head impact when held during descent. Holding non-weight-bearing objects did not affect the odds of head impact (1.00; 0.64-1.55).

CONCLUSION
Our results show that older adults in LTC use held, weight-bearing objects to reduce their risk for head impact during falls.


Background: Heparin is the standard anticoagulation used to prevent clotting in the extracorporeal circuit during hemodialysis. Its anticoagulation effect can be measured by the activated clotting time (ACT), to achieve 1.5- 2 times the baseline value to prevent clotting or bleeding during hemodialysis. However, it is unknown whether changing ACT monitoring policy in chronic hemodialysis patients, from routine monthly ACT monitoring to ACT measurement in response to clinical events, will increase the risk of clotting and bleeding events. -- Methods: To evaluate, in chronic hemodialysis patients on a stable heparin dose, whether a change in practice, from routine monthly ACT monitoring (Phase I) to one in which ACTs are only measured for initial dose assignment or in response to clinical indications (Phase II), will significantly increase the incidence of patients' bleeding or clotting events, 109 patients in our hemodialysis unit were followed and evaluated for 8 months in a quality initiative study using a before-and-after design. Clotting event was defined as visible signs of clot formation in the bottom of the dialyzer, coagulated dialyzer, or changing the circuit due to clotting. Overt bleeding documented by clinical examination or diagnostic investigations within 4 hours from hemodialysis session, doubling homeostasis time in patients with A VF; not secondary to fistula-related issues, unexplained fall in hemoglobin 2: 20 g/L within a month, or the requirement for blood transfusion due to bleeding were defined as a bleeding event. -- Results: The mean ACT in phase I was higher than phase II (P =0.003), but >50% of ACTs were below target. Although heparin doses were changed more often (Incident rate ratio (IRR) 9.11; 95% CI: 2.78-29.92, P =0.000), and more effectively achieving ACT target during phase I compared with phase II (IRR 189.5; 95% Cl: 25.36-1415.2, P=0.000), the incident rate ratio for all clotting events occurred during phase I was unexpectedly and significantly higher (IRR 1.4; 95% CI: 1.01-1 .97, P =0.041) than phase II. For unclear reasons, the risk of any clotting event occurring during phase I was higher than phase II (Odd Ratio; OR 1.87; 95% CI: 1.03-3.39, P =0.04). This could not be explained merely by the low frequency and effectiveness of heparin dose changes, which occurred in less than 10% of clotting events, and were effective achieving ACT target in only 50% of above cases. Although heparin doses were changed more often when serious clotting (type 2 or 3) occurred during phase I compared with phase II, heparin change was not statistically significant (OR 3.12; 95% CI: 0.62-15 .8, P =0.17), nor was it effective in achieving ACT target (OR 2; 95% Cl: 0.08-51 .6, P =0.68). -- Bleeding events occurred 6% less often during phase I compared with phase II. However, this was not statistically significant (P =0.84), although the risk for any bleeding event stayed the same during both phases (OR 1; 95% CI: o.53-1.9, P =1). -- Conclusions: Routine monthly ACT monitoring in adult chronic hemodialysis patients did not improve clinical outcomes reducing clotting and bleeding events compared with measuring ACTs only for the initial dose assignment or in response to clinical indications. However, as practiced locally, this could be due to the limited physician response to ACTs that were not at target. -- To more thoroughly address the question of whether routine ACT monitoring is necessary, the best approach in a future randomized trial would include strictly standardized heparin dose-adjustment protocols to be used routinely by hemodialysis nurses to reduce the potential for bias due to physician response variability.


Gallium Nitride (GaN) High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) has significant advantages over traditional Si MOSFETs due to its lower gate charge and smaller output capacitance which lead to faster switching and lower losses. Also, the absence of body diode in GaN allows zero reverse recovery thus making it viable in highfrequency power converters. However, the reverse conduction voltage of GaN is high compared to Si MOSFET's body diode leading to slightly higher dead time losses due to the third quadrant freewheeling current. Targeting to reduce the third quadrant dead time losses, an ideal diode mode function is implemented in TI's new generation GaN devices. The ideal diode mode enables an adaptive dead time, and automatically realizes a fast synchronous FET operation with no external circuitry or control. Detailed explanation of the ideal diode mode feature and its benefits with experimental results will be presented in this application note.


Most of sensors in a wireless sensor network (WSN) are energy-limited. In order to prolong the network lifetime, some energy-efficient algorithms are proposed. Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy with Deterministic Cluster-Head Selection (L-DCHS) is a well-known distributed clustering algorithm. In this paper, we propose a novel energy-efficient algorithm for wireless sensor networks (NEAW) based on L-DCHS. Our simulation shows that NEAW can prolong the network lifetime, and it is energy-efficient.


In the paper,formula for calculating the swing angular of the walking beam is presented,according to the geometrical relationship and kinetic characteristics of variable-length four-bar linkage of dual horse head pumping unit,and the rule of the beam pivot angle change and the computational formula and measure of kinetic displacement,velocity and acceleration at suspension point are obtained,which gives common calculation method of the law of motion at suspension point through iterative approach.Example calculation shows that the method is simple and highly applicable.This method is suitable for the dual horse head pumping unit in which the postern horse head is circular curved surface,and it also has referential meaning to the study of kinetic characteristics of the dual horse head pumping unit with other curved surfaces.


With the rise of new media and the development of educational technology,the combination of new media and classroom teaching has gradually become the focus of teaching research.According to the characteristics of new media,this paper analyzed its influence on the teaching mode of higher education,and then expounded the core idea of multi-dimensional open teaching mode. In recent years, with the progress of science and social economy, the new media is showing a rapid development trend.The 36China Internet network development state statistic reportwhich issued by CNNIC(China Internet Network Information Center) showed that,as of June 2015,there are 668 million Internet users in China, among them the mobile phone users reached 594 million.With the increase of the mobile phone screen, as well as the application of experience, mobile phones have become the preferred tool for Internet users,Blog, podcast, microblogging, micro channel users and other diverse media forms continue to emerge. The traditional media is one point to multiple points communication, while the new media is multiple points to multiple points ,the new media has breaked the boundary between the sender and receiver ,because of its interactivity and cross time and space characteristics, the new media in the teaching can establish really contact with the student.In addition, the use of the media habits of college students will undoubtedly have an impact on their learning and life.It is important to release of College Students' enthusiasm for the new media, and then applied to their course learning. The influence of new media on College Classroom Teaching Teaching information becomes more open The information environment of the traditional teaching has obvious "center" characteristic,as the center of the whole teaching environment,the teacher have a great majority of information sources,the information is transmitted to students in a divergent way,and the teacher can control the classabsolutely.[1]In this case, the students got the information mainly by the one-way transmission of the teacher, so the information environment was relatively closed, the information resources presented a serious imbalance between teachers and students, and it will further hinder the question ability and innovation ability of students. With the development of new media,students had more and more ways to get information.With the rapid acceptance of new media and the use of high frequency, college students can find the vast amount of information on the Internet, and select a large number of information related to their learning,the imbalance of information resources between teachers and students is broken.Students have more autonomy in the learning process, and the teacher's role will gradually fade,the teacher became the student's study assistant, and their intention, ideas, opinions, through the technical media International Conference on Management Science, Education Technology, Arts, Social Science and Economics (MSETASSE 2015) © 2015. The authors Published by Atlantis Press 920 form to be reflected,all of these were presented in the form of media.Although students got more and more information through a variety of new media,but these information have valuable or not also need the students to judge.Therefore, it is an important ability for students to question and criticize the received information according to certain standards. Secondly, the teaching process became more flexible. The teacher is the core in the traditional teaching, as the starting point of the teaching process the teacher design all the contents,all the teaching process is relatively closed,The teachers and students are in the two ends of teaching process, the information was not really formed the dynamic circulation between them, besides, they also lack of information communication.The teachers can use WeChat, QQ and other new media forms, because it is more convenient to get information for students,using task-driven method to mobilize students' learning initiative.In the classroom instruction, the traditional one-way communication transformed into the two-way communication which between teachers and students. Teaching evaluation became more convenient and accurate In the traditional teaching process, the test of teaching effect only relying on the after-school homework,quizzes and other wayswhich can only be carried out after the class.Due to the impact of other objective factors, such as: environmental factors and personal factors,etc, the accuracy of the evaluation results also declined. With the popularity of new media,the scope and speed of information search have greatly improved, and the view of the students also became more open.Teachers can use the new media to test the effect of teaching in the classroom, for example,using WeChat platform to check objective questions by making a survey questionnaire,Students using mobile phone to answer the question at once in the class , and the teacher can check the student's answer by the mobile phone, so as to adjust the teaching strategy in time. With the rapid development of new media technology, the application of Computer Assisted Instruction tools and auxiliary teaching media in the teaching has become more and more extensive and mature,the new media assisted teaching is the best way to improve the teaching efficiency by stimulating human's vision, hearing and other organs.It could be further increase the students learning interest and get better teaching results ,which combining a variety of new media in the teaching process. The core of multidimensional open teaching Multi dimension refers to a complete teaching process,it is an organic whole, which is composed of the pre class preparation, classroom teaching, students' self-study (including classroom discussions, homework exercises, etc.) and social practice.It requires that the fully arouse the enthusiasm of teachers and students,In addition to the use of teaching equipment, books and materials, but also make full use of all kinds of new media,the monotonous activities which teachers in the classroom teaching materials would be changed into lively teaching style with rich contents.Multi-dimensional open teaching method is an effective way to give full play to teachers' leading role and students' main body status.Its core idea is to be independent, cooperative and openning, which is the reform and transcendence of traditional teaching.Through the implementation of multidimensional teaching method, not only can make the classroom full of vigor and vitality,but also to extend the teaching activities to the pre class and after class. Strengthen cooperative learning ability In the new media communication environment, teachers and students, students and students, teachers and teachers through new media communication technology, to build up the cooperative learning ability which can work across time and space.In addition, there is another kind of cooperation between students and huge amounts of information.Students can master the learning contents more deeply when they on the same topic to discuss, exchange and cooperate with each other.Through the new media, collaborative learning range is greater, the way more flexible and diverse, synchronous or asynchronous interaction to share their learning experiences and learning resources to promote the cultivation of students' cooperative ability.


The adsorption of nitrogen, carbon tetrachloride and water vapour was studied on various well-characterized chromium oxide gels in an attempt to relate the adsorptive properties with the texture and surface chemistry of the gels. Standard adsorption data obtained on non-porous chromium oxides provided a basis for the analysis of the isotherms on the porous gels by the application of the αs-method. The pore structures identified were within both the micropore and the mesopore range. For the microporous gels it was possible to use the nitrogen αs-plot to assess the pore volume and the external surface area; comparison of the micropore volumes obtained with the three adsorbates gave an indication of the micropore size distribution.Certain of the gels outgassed at temperatures below 200°C exhibited molecular sieve properties; in these cases, the water sorption capacity was high, whereas the pore volume available for nitrogen and carbon tetrachloride sorption was small. It is suggested that cavities were formed in the gel in the vicinity of the Cr3+ ions through the removal of water ligands under conditions where the hydroxide, oxide-hydroxide or oxide structures were slow to develop. The molecular sieve character was not found with gels prepared at high pH, presumably because of replacement of H2O ligands by OH– ions. Heat treatment of gels in air and nitrogen at temperatures between 200 and 600°C led in some cases to the closure of micropores and in others to pore widening with the development of mesopores. The results show that the pore structure may be stabilized to higher temperatures if the formation of the thermally unstable CrO3 is prevented. Crystalline α-Cr2O3 was non-porous, but the water sorption results indicate that the surface structure was not perfected until the calcination temperature was above 900°C.


Resistance of Helicobacter pylori to the standard therapeutic antimicrobials (clarithromycin, metronidazole, amoxicillin [AMX], and tetracycline) ([9][1]) has been demonstrated; therefore, there is an urgent need to introduce other treatment options. Fluoroquinolones, such as levofloxacin (LVX) and


The grasses (Poaceae) are some of the most im- portant agricultural plants in the world with corn, sugarcane and wheat all being widely used as food crops. In addition to agricultural importance, grasses also are used as ornamentals in landscapes and other horticultural situations, as well as being the major plants used in turf for lawns and recreational activities. Because these plants are so widely used in a variety of monocul- tural plantings, they attract a wide array of pests. taxonomically diffi- identify


The aim of the topic was to verify the effect of feed mixtures enriched with 0.1, 0.05 and 0.025% proportion of cinnamomi aetheroleum to the fat content in chicken meat with skin. The type of broilers Ross 308 was used within experiment. C innamomi aetheroleum was mixed with the corn flour and homogenized with other stuff of feed mixtures. Broilers were fed ad libitum. The content of fat was analyzed by chemical analyze of meat with skin which took place in the end of the experiment. The results of experiment show, that decreasing of cinnamomi aetheroleum proportion in feed mixture increased body weight and the weight of broilers carcass, whereby differences were statistically significant between broilers groups, which were fed with feed mixtures with 0.1% and 0.025% proportion of cinnamomi aetheroleum and with 0.05% and 0.025% proportion of cinnamomi aetheroleum. Lowest content of fat 9.5 g.100 g-1 in broilers meat with skin was in meat of broilers which were fed with feed mixtures with 0.05% proportion of cinnamomi aetheroleum. At 0.01% cinnamomi aetheroleum proportion in feed mixture 9.9 g.100 g-1 of fat content was noticed and the content of fat in broilers meat with skin increased to 10.45 g.100 g-1 at 0.025% proportion of cinnamomi aetheroleum. Differences in fat content between groups were not statistically significant. doi:10.5219/51


Recent progress in land remote sensing: algorithms and products Shunlin Liang, Ainong Li & Jianchang Shi a State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China b Department of Geographical Science, University of Maryland, College Park 20742, MD, USA c Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China d State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China Published online: 13 Dec 2013.


Abstract This contribution discusses the return of the 'social question' to the basically still wealthy and secure societies of the Global North. Referring to the case of German welfare capitalism, a historically new form of discriminating precariousness is being identified. This type of precariousness results from processes of a market driven, capitalist Landnahme. The paper argues that this specific form of precariousness should be the subject matter of a renewed, scientific social critique.


Remote Administration Tool (RAT) allowing a potentially malicious user to remotely control the system. A Remote Administration Tool is remote control software that when installed on a computer it allows a remote computer to take control of it. A Remote Administration Trojan (RAT) allows an attacker to remotely control a computing system and typically consists of a server invisibly running and listening to specific TCP/UDP ports on a victim machine as well as a client acting as the interface between the server and the attacker. The most common means of infection is through email attachments. The developer of the virus usually uses various spamming techniques in order to distribute the virus to unsuspecting users. Malware developers use chat software as another method to spread their Trojan horse viruses such as Yahoo Messenger and Skype. Remote Administration Trojans (RATs) are malicious pieces of code often embedded in lawful programs through RAT-sanction procedures. They are stealthily planted and help gain access of victim machines, through patches, games, E-mail attachments, or even in legitimate-looking binaries. Once installed, RATs perform their unexpected or even unauthorized operations and use an array of techniques to hide their traces to remain invisible and stay on victim systems for the long haul. KeywordsRemote Administration Tool; Trojan; email attachments; malicious; Compromised System ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Manjeri N. Kondalwar et al, International Journal of Computer Science and Mobile Computing, Vol.3 Issue.3, March2014, pg. 482-487 © 2014, IJCSMC All Rights Reserved 483


Direct drive linear motors can replace ballscrews, gear trains, belts, and pulleys; all being limiting factors for engineers trying to improve the linear drive system's performance. In these circumstances it may be interesting a novel high performance direct drive linear motor structure. In this paper a novel modular hybrid linear stepper motor structure is proposed and analyzed. The results obtained via computer simulation stand by to sustain the pertinence of the proposed motor configuration.


Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background: Engaging patients as partners in their care is clinically appealing, yet challenging to implement, and we lack a measurement framework that is applicable to vulnerable populations. To address this gap, we conducted a qualitative study to refine a conceptual framework that reflects an individual's propensity to engage with care. Objectives: Our objectives were to refine the framework's domains of engagement behavior; identify key behaviors within each domain that describe engagement with providers, health systems or settings; and illustrate examples for each behavior where higher self-efficacy describes an opportunity to enhance engagement, and lower self-efficacy describes difficulties with engagement that risk burden. Research Design and Sample: We elicited patient perspectives by conducting individual semistructured interviews with veterans receiving care for mental health and/or chronic conditions from the Veterans Health Administration. Data were analyzed using the framework method. Results: The resulting engagement framework encompassed 4 interrelated domains: Self-Management, Health Information Use, Collaborative Communication, and Healthcare Navigation. The propensity to engage with care was conceptualized as the cumulative self-efficacy to engage in behaviors across these domains. Results emphasize the collaborative nature of engagement behaviors and the impact of veteran cultural influences via perceptions of collective efficacy. Conclusions: This framework can be applied to judgments regarding a patient's propensity to engage in care. Because self-efficacy is an individual's context-specific judgment of their capabilities, this framework may inform health care and social service interventions that aim to engage patients. This maybe especially useful for public sector settings and populations with social risks.


High-rise residential estates are characterized by high floor area ratios, many floors, and similar green area ratios. Beijing is hot in summer, and shading is an important strategy to improve the outdoor thermal environment of residential estates in summer. With respect to the morphological characteristics of high-rise residential estates, three types of shading were summarized, and their relationships with air temperature were quantified and analyzed. The three types of shading are building–tree integrated shading, building shading, and tree shading. Two residential estates that can represent the morphological characteristics of high-rise residential estates in Beijing were selected for field measurements, and the cooling effects of the three types of shading were obtained by analyzing the measured data. In the same residential estate, the daytime air temperature difference between shaded and un-shaded areas can be 0.5 °C or more. It was found that building–tree integrated shading has the most significant cooling effect, with building shading and tree shading second. The cooling effect of shading decreases with time, with morning shading having the greatest effect, and afternoon shading having the least effect.


Terrain attributes are among the most studied soil characteristics. Although important, in only a few areas are topographic features mapped at the field-scale level. These features play an important role in assessing the crop production potential and erosion susceptibility of agricultural fields. Therefore high-resolution mapping of terrain attributes are vital to a better management of production fields. Today, terrain attributes are derived from elevation measurement. A more direct form of measurement was developed by Rowe and Spencer (1976), pitch and roll angles were used to derive slope gradient and vehicle attitude. Yang (1997) related vehicle attitude to slope aspect. The existing mathematical models are difficult to implement with today's low-cost micro-controllers because of existing trigonometric functions. Research conducted at the Biosystems Department of The University of Tennessee focused on the simplification of existing models and on the development of an electronic system to test two sensing techniques in dual-axial rotational measurement of a roving vehicle: a clinometer and an accelerometer. Tests were conducted in a field with a widely varying topography located on the Blount Experiment Research Unit, by mounting the electronic monitoring system on an ATV. Elevation data measured with a RTK-GPS were used to generate an accurate elevation map. Terrain attributes were calculated in 3 spatial resolutions: 4, 16, and 100 m. Simplification of the mathematical models relating pitch and roll angles to terrain attributes is possible because of the existing limitations on slope gradient of arable lands. Results obtained during field tests show that slope measurement accuracy varied according to spatial resolutions. The density of points used in the calculation of the terrain attributes also contributes to measurement accuracy. In general, mean absolute error


The intent of the present work is to identify the main challenges and key requirements towards the provision of an integrated framework that supports decision making and collaboration among multiple actors concerned by disaster management (DM). Also, this work highlights the importance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in this field and proposes an IT-based platform to implement such a framework. The proposed platform offers the main following capabilities: inter-sectorial information sharing, enhancement of public awareness, communication and dissemination of information and enforcement of the regulation control.


The aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic has compelled individuals and businesses to restructure and adapt the formerly 'established' ways of doing things to capitalize on the opportunities presented by ICTs. This circumstance has resulted in what is known as the "New Normal". This entails a longer-term perspective in terms of business decisions to optimize the usage of the internet to continue to stay in business. To evaluate women's knowledge, and ICT use during the pandemic in Yilo Krobo Municipality, the survey approach was used. A total number of 20,160 women are employed constituting 5.4% in the public sector, private formal 3.5%, private informal 90.8%, semi-public/parastatal 0.1% while NGO represents 0.2%. A statistical table was used to determine the sample frame and size resulting in a sample size of 322 from a population of 20,160 women employed with a confidence level of 95%. Three hundred and fifty (350) questionnaires were distributed and only 193 were completed, returned and used for analysis. With regards to ICT devices or services, the findings revealed that about 95% of the respondents had access to mobile phones and 70% of these respondents were connected to the internet through their mobile phone hotspot. The study discovered a low level of adequacy of knowledge of ICT use across variables such as age groups, educational attainment, and marital status.


The year 1507 has been very important for the history of the notarial office in Rome. Pope Julius II della Rovere established with his bull Sicut prudens – after a first attempt by his uncle pope Sixt IV which failed in 1483 – the Collegio degli scrittori dell'Archivio della Curia romana, with 101 offices for the protection of all the visitors of the Curia Romana and of the Romanam Curiam sequentes, and for the the prevention of the dispersion of the registers of the notarial acts. Through complex ways of tradition, these acts of the Collegio have been collected principally in the Section LXVI of the Archivio Urbano of the Archivio Storico Capitolino, (117 volumes). These volumes don't content the protocolls of single notaries but only copies of the acts stipulated by foreign notaries and authenticated by the scriptores and correctores of the Collegio created by Julius II. Offering an ample casuistry, the contribution is tracing three lines of research within these documents, i. e. the definition of the different typologies of immigration, the problem of the integration and of the conservation of the own identity as well as the importance of the testaments for the foreigners.


The reclassification of Leptotrichia goodfellowii as Pseudoleptotrichia goodfellowii gen. nov., comb. nov. is proposed because of the separate phylogenetic position on the basis of the results of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the genomic differences from all other Leptotrichia species and phenotypic differences from Leptotrichia species. The species Pseudoleptotrichia goodfellowii is the type species of the genus. The type strain is LB 57T, CCUG 32286 T, DSM 19756T.


Communication is varied important part of our life. By communicating with each other, we can interact, share our ideas and emotions. However, mute and deaf people of our society face lots of problem while communicating with normal people. Previous researches were focusing only one-sided communication i.e., Speech to Sign Conversion using only Static dataset like for Alphabets, Digits and only for specific languages. While keeping in mind the lacunae of current system, this research is about an application-based system that will serve as an interpreter for sign language, enabling two-ways communication between hearing-impaired people and normal people while working on dynamic gestures and centralized system for everyone. This system will work on two modules. One will be sign gestures to speech and other will be speech to 3-D animated sign gestures. For this purpose, dataset is collected from deaf and mute School, Dhule Maharashtra and ISL official site of size approx. 1800 words. Sign gestures to speech conversion is implemented using CNN+LSTM deep learning algorithm while Speech to 3D sign gestures is implemented by extracting keywords from live speech and developing 3D animated gestures using extracted keywords. This system will bridge the gap between deaf, mute and normal peoples.


1. The measurement of nitrite and nitrate levels in plasma and urine is an approach to assess the activity of the endogenous nitric oxide (NO) system. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether metabolic control may affect plasma levels and urinary excretion of nitrates and nitrites in type 2 diabetic patients.


On behalf of Mr. Newall and myself I am making the 6th Report on the work carried out at Stonehenge which covers the season of 1924. The excavations were continued in a similar way to those of the previous year by making a succession of trenches between the rampart and the standing stones, beginning this time near no. 12 Aubrey hole and continuing towards the west. In the previous year a quadrant from north-east to south-east was searched, and it was determined to complete another quadrant from the south-east to the south-west.


This study examines consequences of recent policy changes on the lives of Latino adolescents from the perspective of Latino youth and adults. The sample included 1.5- and second-generation youth and adult immigrant parents (N = 43). Findings indicate three common themes including sense of belonging, barriers to education, and lack of opportunities and consequences. Participants view the United States as a home, while enduring discriminatory practices they find supports in their communities where their sense of belonging is nurtured. Youths' educational access and opportunities are limited. They experience many challenges including documentation status, economic insecurity, and threat of family disintegration through deportation. Responding to barriers created by legislation many youth report shifting from an educational path to a work path, as they are ineligible for financial aid, to support their families. Participants linked limited opportunities, as result of policy changes, to maladaptive behavior among youth. Implications for practice are discussed.


A novel circularly polarized, broad band, wide beam microstrip patch antenna is presented in this letter. The measured impedance bandwidth is 44.3% by using L-shaped probe-fed technique. This bandwidth can cover GPS, Galileo, and GLONASS satellite navigation frequency bands. Traditional printed circuit techniques are abandoned in this design, and the novel design of radiating metallic copper patch embedded in the dielectric holder is introduced in this work. Therefore the reliability of this antenna has been improved and it can be used for airborne navigation terminal with better environmental and mechanical performance.


For a family $\mathcal{F}$ of graphs, a graph $G$ is called $\mathcal{F}$-universal if $G$ contains every graph in $\mathcal{F}$ as a subgraph. Let $\mathcal{F}_n(d)$ be the family of all graphs on $n$ vertices with maximum degree at most $d$. Dellamonica, Kohayakawa, Rodl, and Rucinski [An improved upper bound on the density of universal random graphs, Random Structures & Algorithms, doi:10.1002/rsa.20545] showed that, for $d\geq 3$, the random graph $G(n,p)$ is $\mathcal{F}_n(d)$-universal with high probability provided $p\geq C(\frac{\log n}{n})^{1/d}$ for a sufficiently large constant $C=C(d)$. In this paper we prove the missing part of the result, that is, the random graph $G(n,p)$ is $\mathcal{F}_n(2)$-universal with high probability provided $p\geq C(\frac{\log n}{n})^{1/2}$ for a sufficiently large constant $C$.


Missing data is a common issue in datasets and can have a significant impact on the performance of machine learning models. Imputation is a popular technique for handling missing data, where the missing values are estimated based on the observed values in the dataset. In this paper, we shallowly investigate the effects of missing data imputation on click-through rate (CTR) estimation and classification for tabular data. We evaluate the performance of deep CTR estimation methods, such as DeepFM, FiBiNET, ONN, and DCN on a short Criteo dataset with missing data. Here, we compare the performance of different imputation methods, such as mean, median, iterative, and kNN based imputation approaches to fill in the missing value. Our results show that missing data imputation can improve the performance of deep CTR estimation methods in terms of AUC, loss, and f1-scores. Our findings may provide insights into the effects of missing data imputation on the accuracy and reliability of machine learning models for tabular data classification and CTR estimation.


The invention n - C4 olefin (1-butene, 2-butene, i- butene, 1, 3-butadiene), a production method by the direct dehydrogenation reaction of the alkoxide-based sol of the alumina catalyst carrier for gel process for the production from butane relates to an alkoxide-based method of producing a platinum catalyst comprising a tin supported on alumina carrier with an alumina support prepared by a sol-gel method and a production method of the C4 olefins using the above-prepared catalyst. More specifically, while the platinum as the active component comprises a tin, as a carrier for supporting this n-method prepared by the gel method, alkoxide-based sols suitable alumina support to direct dehydrogenation of butane, the alumina support producing a value-added by the direct dehydrogenation reaction from butane C4 olefin-to tin and platinum how to supported sequentially producing a platinum catalyst comprising a tin supported on alumina carrier, and thus cheap by using a catalyst produced n It relates to a method.


The causes and consequences of regional bias in the creation of special economic conditions for the development of Moscow are analyzed. The crucial role of capital in a concentration of domestic and foreign capital is marked. The project of territorial expansion of Moscow is criticized. There is an idea about the dangerous consequences of ethnic conflict Moscow "mention". Other Russians argue that the real centrifugal tendencies emanate not from the regions but from the capital of the Russian Federation due to the shortcomings of the existing model of economic federalism, allowing and encouraging territorial injustice.


Source Citation Wu JY, Leung WY, Chang S, et al. Effectiveness of telephone counselling by a pharmacist in reducing mortality in patients receiving polypharmacy: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2...


This study was held at research farm of Ardabil province natural resources and agricultural research center located in Moghan, in order to investigate insemination stuff of domestic produced soya and it's comparison with soya rhizobiums of soya symbiotic and imported insemination stuff in the form of randomized complete blocks in four repetition with 8 treatments:T1-witness(no insemination), T2- insemination stuff, T3-D insemination stuff, T4-soya insemination stuff of domestic production, T5-B insemination stuff , T6- Italian insemination stuff in powder form with nitrogen brand related to Agrifutur Company, T7-urea consumption according to the test, T8- A insemination stuff and after two years in order to increase the efficiency of nitrogen biologic fixation of domestic produced soya insemination stuff which it's superiority was proven and selected on the basis of first year experience results in the form of randomized complete blocks plan in four repetition with tentreatments:T1- witness (no insemination), T2- the elect strain (s), T3-the elect strain(s)+ Mico-rhizes mushrooms, T4-elect strain(s)+ urea spraying with 3 on thousand percent urea in pod filling level, T5- elect strain(s)+use of Mico-rhizes mushrooms +urea spraying,T6- the elect strain(s)+use of Sedomunas bacteria,T7-the elect strain(s) + use of Sedomunas bacteria + urea spraying, T8-the elect strain(s)+use of Sedomunas bacteria +Mico-rhizes mushrooms, T9- the elect strain(s)+use of Sedomunas bacteria+ use of Micorhizes mushrooms +urea spraying,T10- urea spraying. Every year in 50% of flowering level from every patch five plants were taken by random and then the number of nodules was counted and fresh plants were scaled and then plants were dried and then were scaled again. Also in ripeness time the average weight of five plants were scaled by two middle lines with the elimination of half a meter from the beginning and end of the patches and the function of crop and the weight of each seed was scaled and then data analysis was done. Variance analysis results of the first year showed that from crop function point of view and nodules number among treatments the difference on probability level of 5% was meaningful. The best function was related to the fifth treatment T5 and (3625 kg. per hectare) and maximum nodules number was related to the second treatment T2 (113 numbers in five plants).About the pods number and nodule weight among the treatments, the difference was not meaningful. The compound variance of next two years analysis results showed that fresh and dry weight of plant, pod number, node number and crop function of the treatments in comparison with the witness on probability level of 5% and 1% difference was meaningful. And the best treatment was T2 (the elect strain (s)).About the weight of each seed among the treatments in comparison with the witness the difference was not meaningful.


AbstractA carbon electrode was modified by different concentrations of KOH solution to enhance its capacitive deionization performance. The hydrophilicity and electrochemical properties of the carbon electrode were characterized by FTIR analysis, contact angle test, cyclic voltammetry, and impedance spectroscopy analysis. The results show that contact angles of the carbon electrode decrease from 115° to 62° with an increase in the concentrations of KOH, indicating an increase in the hydrophilicity. The specific capacitance of carbon electrode achieves the maximum of 108.8 Fg−1 when modified by 5% KOH solution. Furthermore, desalination experiments were carried out in a lab-scale experimental system. The salt-removal efficiency of the modified carbon electrode increases by 23% under the conditions of 2.5 V applied voltage, initial concentration of 1,500 μs/cm, and flow rate of 20 ml/min. Thus, the capacitive deionization performance of the carbon electrode is significantly improved by the modification with...


Defining characteristics of a problem domain continues to challenge developers of visualization software although it is essential for designing both tools and resulting visualizations. Additionally, effectiveness of a visualization software tool often depends on the context of systems and actors within the domain problem. The nested blocks and guidelines model is a useful template for informing design and evaluation criteria for visualization software development because it aligns design to need. Characterizing the outermost block of the nested model—the domain problem—is challenging, mainly due to the nature of contemporary domain problems, which are dynamic and by definition difficult to problematize. We offer here our emerging conceptual model, based on the central question in our research study—what visualization works for whom and in which situation—to characterize the outermost block, the domain problem, of the nested model. We apply examples from a 3-year case study of visualization software design and development to demonstrate how the conceptual model might be used to create evaluation criteria affecting design and development of a visualization tool.


We compute current correlators of the CP N1 field theory in 2+1 dimensions, both at the critical point and in the phase with spontaneously broken SU(N) symmetry. Universal constants are obtained to next-toleading order in the 1/N expansion. Implications are noted for quantum critical points of antiferromagnets, and their vicinity.


An indoor study was conducted to assess the effects of both light quantity and quality (green shade) on the development and performance of sowthistle and its offspring. The stands of sowthistle were grown at three different levels of light availability (50, 70, and 100%), and their phyllochron, height, number of branches and biomass were measured. To determine whether maternal environment influences the growth of offspring, seeds from the sowthistles grown under deep shade were planted in an optimum condition and a range of morphological characters measured. Although light availability had significant effects on the growth and development of sowthistle, there was no effect on offspring performance. Sowthistle canopy biomass was decreased by up to three and two times when the light availability was about 50 and 70%, respectively. In lower light availability (50%), the number of branches was suppressed up to nine fold. The results supported the concept that environmental light controls the growth of sowthistle and decreases the number of seeds but it does not have any effects on the quality of seeds and the performance of the next generation.


Current work aims at investigating impact of communication skills training on reducing shyness in high school first grade female students in Tehran. 60 students (30 in case group and 30 in control group) were selected using simple random sampling among all junior high school female students who were studying in 2009-2010. Research design is pretest – posttest with control group. Cheek and Buss shyness scale was used as the research tool. Communication skills training course was held within 12 sessions, once per week according to UNICEF educational program on the case group, while the control group passed its ordinary program and received no training. Research hypothesis was tested using covariance analysis. According to the results it is concluded there is significant difference between mean scores of shyness in case and control groups with 95% confidence level. That is, training communication skills significantly influenced reduction of shyness in the case group. Findings suggest that communication skills training program helped students in case group to reduce their shyness.


Discussion of a report of the A.I.E.E. lightning and insulator subcommittee published in the January 1936 issue, pages 12–18, and presented for oral discussion at the modernization of distribution systems session of the winter convention, New York, N. Y., January 30, 1936.


Marcus Tullius Cicero has been endlessly studied as a character and as a politician, and certainly these aspects of him are of absorbing interest; but his chief historical importance is as a man of letters. Hellenistic criticism recognized three styles, the grand, middle and plain. Not only higher education but literature in general at Rome was founded on oratory. Cicero in the Orator associated these with the three aims of oratory, to move, to please and to convince respectively. The grand style was forceful, weighty, spacious, emotional and ornate, carrying men away: it was what is understood by rhetorical. The ambition to be an orator probably came to the boy from the hill-town of Arpinum, south-east of Rome, through his being entrusted by his father to the care of Rome's leading orator, Lucius Crassus. The nature of Roman legal procedure promotes Cicero's oratorical development.


Abstract A method has been developed at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant1 that will determine the percentage quantities of boron in borosilicate glass by flame emission spectroscopy. The sample is dissolved in hydrofluoric acid, nebulized into a nitrous oxide-acetylene flame, and a measurement made of the BO2 band emission at 5180 angstroms. Glass containing at least 1.0 weight percent boron can be analyzed. The relative standard deviation of the method is 5.1 percent. Approximately 10 samples (2 aliquots each) can be analyzed in four hours.


The scientific article is devoted to the study of general theoretical aspects of the category "legal technique", which is conditioned by the problem of the modern Ukrainian legislation improving and bringing it to conformity with the requirements of international standards. The author considered the issue of active development of the legal system of Ukraine, impact of the processes of globalization and integration on it, as well as renovation of the content of some state-legal phenomena, which actualizes the improvement of rule-making and law enforcement. Taking into account the analysis of the degree of efficiency and quality of legal technology in modern conditions, it should be noted that there is no sufficient scientific research of this issue by legal scholars in modern legal science. The problem of studying and analyzing the essence of legal technique is of great interest among scientists in different legal spheres and plays an important role in improving lawmaking in general. In connection with this, the issue of search for means of increasing the efficiency of legal activity is quite topical in modern legal science. The aim of the study is to analyze various aspects of legal technique in modern legal science and elicit problems of its improvement in the context of globalization and integration processes. It has been ascertained that legal technique plays an essential role in ensuring the effectiveness of law and strengthening legality. Complete and correct use of all means and methods based on elaborated rules of legal technique provides an accurate expression of the content of legal acts, their simplicity and possibility of their most rational use in practical work. The level of legal technique is one of the indicators of the level of legal culture in the country. The need for full and thorough use of legal technique, expressing the advanced experience of legislation and progressive recommendations of science, is an objective principle that allows one to avoid certain negative consequences, costs and shortcomings in the form of law.


The acute scrotum can be caused by a variety of conditions. Most frequently, acute scrotal pain is the result of epididymitis, orchitis, or torsion. Less commonly, extra~testicular inflammatory processes also may produce acute scrotal pain with clinical signs and symptoms indistinguishable from those caused by epididymo~orchitis or torsion. Crucial in the evaluation of the acute scrotum is differentiating testicular torsion, a surgical emergency, from all other causes of acute pain, which generally are managed more conservatively. Using high resolution, real-time sonography in combination with color Doppler imaging (COl), it is possible to distinguish testicular torsion reliably from other causes of acute scrotal pain.13 In this report, we present the sonographic and color Doppler findings of an extratesticular inflammatory phlegmon as the cause of an acute scrotum in a patient with acute necrotizing pancreatitis.


Abstract : The long-term goal is to improve the surface flux and boundary layer parameterizations in the Navy s operational mesoscale model, COAMPS. The objective of this research is to systematically evaluate the surface flux and boundary layer parameterizations currently used in COAMPS. In particular, we emphasize intercomparisons between model results and observations in order to understand the model discrepancies. An added component of the project in late FY01 is to evaluate and improve the prediction of stratocumulus topped boundary layers in COAMPS. We will focus on entrainment and entrainment parameterization in this effort.


Several improvements and modifications to the methodology for the indirect measurement of child orphanhood are incorporated in estimates of the recent prevalence and incidence of orphanhood. Comparisons are drawn between the situation today and the situations 25 and 50 years ago, and selected characteristics of orphans are discussed.


Objective: As part of an ongoing project to identify all the randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in the critical care literature, in association with the Cochrane Collaboration, this study was undertaken to compare hand-searching (direct manual searching) with Medline searching (employing a comprehensive search strategy) in a number of critical care journals and to assess the quality of reporting of RCTs. Methods: Recruited volunteers hand-searched each issue of each journal for RCTs. A comprehensive Medline search was conducted for each journal indexed by Medline. The yield of RCTs was compared for the two searching methods. Data relating to study design were extracted from a sample of RCTs to assess the quality of reporting. Results: Hand-searching in 15 critical care journals was completed by 32 volunteers. In the seven journals indexed by Medline, 1300 RCTs were identified. A comparison of hand-searching with Medline searching showed that for five out of the seven journals hand-searching identified si...


It is reported that the acid soluble and acid insoluble aluminium in steel were determined satisfactorily by ICP AES and the main parameters of operation were optimized. The interference of the matrix, and the accuracy and precision of the determination were studied and checked with standard reference materials. In the analysis of three SRM′s (i.e. GBW01317a, GBW01322 and GBW01325), the results obtained by this method showed good conformity with the certified values. RSD′s of 1.15% [ n =5, w (Al s) 0.038%], 1.18% [ n =5, w (Al s) 0.036%] and 6.25% [n= 5 , w (Al i) 0.0018%] were obtained in the precision testing. Total aluminium content is obtained by the summation of soluble and insoluble aluminium contents.


Yeast colony growth which can grow and produce buds can be modelled by using circular granular cells in two-dimensional form. The organizations of particles in granular materials as modelled as yeast colony growth have complex organizations on a spatial scale. Such organizations may affect how materials respond or reconfigure when exposed to external interference or loading. Particles have been studied in theoretical and require the development and application of appropriate mathematical, statistical, physical and computational frameworks. Usually, granular materials have been explored using particles or circuit models that are implicit. Today the development of network science has emerged as a powerful approach to investigate and characterize heterogeneous architecture in complex systems and diverse methods have yielded interesting insights into granular materials. In this study will learn granular materials (yeast colony growth) with the network-based approach and explore the potential of these frames to provide a useful description of yeast colony growth. This study will focus on finding the relation between the spatial position of the cells and generation that is formed.


Regulation of the medical profession has a long history in the United Kingdom but a number of high profile failures of National Health Service (NHS) organisations to deliver safe health care and the unlawful killing of more than 200 patients by one rogue doctor have led to a clamour for change. Many of these tragedies have been the subject of public inquiries and have created significant public disquiet about the role and effectiveness of the medical regulator. United Kingdom governments have responded to these inquiries by means of a combination of strengthening professional regulation and the introduction of new mechanisms of appeal against the sanctions imposed on doctors by tribunals. The historical development of medical regulation is reviewed and the more recent changes to address the public interest and crises in the confidence in the regulation of health care are described.


The Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory (ARIEL) is a major expansion of the Isotope Separation and Acceleration (ISAC) facility at TRIUMF [1]. A key part of the ARIEL project is a 10 mA 50 MeV continuouswave superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) electron linear accelerator (e-linac). The 1.3 GHz SRF cavities are cooled by liquid helium (LHe) at 2 K [2]. The 4 K-2 K LHe transition is achieved onboard of each cryomodule by the cryoinsert containing counterflow heat exchanger augmented with JT-valve [3]. Air Liquide LHe cryoplant provides 4 K LHe to cryomodules. After successful commissioning of the cryoplant, 2 K sub-atmospheric (SA) system and cryomodules, the ultimate integration test confirmed stable operation of two cryomodules comprising two 9-cell SRF cavities. Particularities of this cryogenic system include conservative design of the oil removal system, original design heat exchanger in the SA pumping system, hermetic SA pumps, inline full SA flow purifier, multipurpose recovery/purification compressor, modular LHe distribution system, top-loaded design cryomodules, and overall radiation resistant design. The paper presents details of these features as well as integration tests results. INTRODUCTION The TRIUMF ten year plan (2010-2020) seeks to triple the laboratory nuclear physics scientific output by the additional of two new rare isotope beam (RIB) sources. These sources will supply the three existing experimental areas at the ISAC research facility which presently shares a single "driver" proton beam line (BL2A) for RIB production resulting in under-utilization of experimental potential. The plan foresees a 50 MeV and 10 mA e-linac. Its major components are a 300 keV electron gun, 10 MeV injector cryomodule (ICM) with one 9-cell Nb elliptical cavity, and two 20 MeV accelerator cryomodules (ACM) each containing two 9-cell Nb elliptical cavities. The cavity frequency (1.3 GHz), type (9-cell elliptical), and operating temperature (2 K) have been chosen to benefit from the two decades of development, at the TESLA Test Facility. For both budgetary and resource allocation reasons the e-linac project is planned in two phases. The first stage, ARIEL phase-I, includes two cryomodules (ICM and ACM #1). A third cryomodule will be added in ARIEL phase-II. The architecture of the ARIEL cryogenic system is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Architecture of the e-linac cryogenic system. COMPRESSION AND GAS HANDLING


The different types of food portions, such as meat and lamb or chicken and vegetables, starchy and rice and potatoes, within the scope of the individual food type mold (21), for placing the interior of a row of ovens (1) using automated means be sterile how to prepare food; subsequently, each type of food portions are cooked to mold (21) is conveyed through the oven; and spatula (22) automated means such as a or type holder and lifting equipment (24) is used to remove food from the oven and the mold; and constituting a food within the scope of the individual food portions, packaging (23) to as assembled. Also disclosed is a monitoring means for use in a plurality of stages continuous automated food processing system. This system includes a means (15) for assigning unique identification code or a bar code on each individual food portion, the value of the default parameters (e.g. temperature, time) in a process for the identified portion and a sensor for measuring.


Interactions of rat FXYD4 (corticosteroid hormone-induced factor (CHIF)), FXYD2 (γ), or FXYD1 (phospholemman (PLM)) proteins with rat α1 subunits of Na+,K+-ATPase have been analyzed by co-immunoprecipitation and covalent cross-linking. In detergent-solubilized membranes from HeLa cells expressing both γ and CHIF or CHIF and hemagglutinin A-tagged CHIF, mixed complexes of CHIF and γ or CHIF and hemagglutinin A-tagged CHIF with α/β subunits are undetectable. This implies that the α/β/FXYD protomer is the major species in detergent solution. A lipid-soluble cysteine-cysteine bifunctional reagent, dibromobimane, cross-links CHIF to α in colonic membranes but not γ or PLM to α in kidney or heart membranes, respectively. Sequence comparisons of the FXYD proteins suggested that Cys-49 in the trans-membrane segment of CHIF could be involved. In detergent-solubilized HeLa cell membranes, dibromobimane cross-links wild-type CHIF to α but not the C49F mutant, and also the corresponding F36C mutant but not wild-type γb, and F48C but not wild-type PLM. C140S, C338A, C804A, and C966S mutants of the α subunit have been expressed. Only the C140S mutant prevents cross-linking with CHIF. The data demonstrated the proximity of trans-membrane segments of CHIF, γ, and PLM to M2 of α. Molecular modeling is consistent with location of the trans-membrane segment of all FXYD proteins between M2, M6, and M9 and the proximity of Cys-49 of CHIF or Phe-36 of γ with Cys-140 of M2. Cross-linking also demonstrated CHIF-α and CHIF-β proximities in extra-membrane regions, similar to the evidence for γ-α and γ-β cross-links.


In this paper I discuss Housman's principle of textual criticism that apographs are of no importance in the establishment of a text, and suggest reasons why this should not be a universal rule, with reference to the text of Isaios. Housman was emulated in his notoriously acerbic criticism of other scholars by William Wyse, the major editor of Isaios, and I assess the contributions of three scholars who, exceptionally, met with Housman's approval and made contributions to the text of Isaios.


In what appears to be a first, disease trackers in Singapore have used an experimental antibody test for COVID-19 to confirm that a suspected patient was infected with the coronavirus The patient was one of two people who together formed a missing link between two clusters of cases that each occurred in a Singaporean church Researchers around the world are racing to develop antibody tests, also called serological tests, that can confirm whether someone was infected even after their immune system has cleared the virus that causes COVID-19 The group that developed the test, at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, is among the front-runners, although its assay has to be validated before it is taken into production and deployed widely


Ewing sarcoma (ES) is the second most common bone malignancy in young patients, with 80% occurring in the first two decades of life. In contrast, extraskeletal ES accounts for approximately 12% of cases and is more common in older patients.[1] The clinical behaviour is aggressive, with a 5-year survival of 70-80% for localized disease, less than 30% for metastatic or early-relapsing disease, and possibly a worse prognosis in adults compared to children.[1,2] ES is defined by FET-ETS family gene fusions. The majority of cases harbour t(11;22)(q24;q12) translocations, corresponding to EWSR1-FLI1 fusion (85%), or t(21;22)(q22;q12) resulting in EWSR1-ERG (10%).[1] Herein we report the case of an FUS-ERG fusion-positive extraskeletal ES, which exhibited an indolent natural history over 25 years without any intervention, diagnosed via endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EBUS-FNA) biopsy following progression.


The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that shape the intent to buy green products and the results of social media marketing activities. This study uses a hypothesis test based on a data collection method using questionnaires distributed online to respondents. The sampling process used an unlikely sampling process, a subjective sampling process, and a targeted sampling process. The number of respondents to this survey was 220 who purchased green products through social media in the last six months. The result of this study is to analyze the factors that shape the intent to buy green products. Next, we will analyze the results of social media marketing activities. Based on the results of the hypothesis test, there are three (three) supported hypotheses and two (two) unsupported hypotheses. The advantage of this study is that business managers can understand the important role that social media activities play in business development. Business managers can also understand that a brand's customer experience impacts business development. Business managers can implement marketing strategies by increasing their brand value and ultimately understanding that green marketing strategies have a positive impact on their development.


This book is aimed primarily at care workers undertaking NVQ/SVQ courses who are seeking successful completion of care modules. Since the content is comprehensive and relevant to most care settings, it would also serve as a competent update and revision for registered nurses.


FIELD: process engineering. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to production of membranes, particularly, pervaporation composite membranes and may be used for separation of mixes by pervaporation or nanofiltration. Membrane consists of porous backing and coating of poly(1-trimethyl silyl-1-propyne) including filler of aggregates. Coating maximum thickness makes 25 mcm. Proposed method comprises application of poly(1-trimethyl silyl-1-propyne) solution, its evaporation and thermal treatment for removal of residual amount of solvent. EFFECT: high selectivity combined with increased rate of pervaporation flow. 16 cl, 3 dwg, 1 tbl, 5 ex


Technology journalists transitioned from fairly obscure figures to in demandstars of the news and publishing world. This work retraces the origins andascension of this now dominant social group, producers of ruling discourses;based on now largely forgotten publications of the 1980s as well as better known,experimental magazine Mondo 2000. Up to St. Jude's death.


Fears are growing among antitobacco campaigners that the European Union may bow to pressure from the United States and Germany and water down the World Health Organization's framework convention on tobacco control, which is due to be adopted in Geneva later this month.

A draft text that was being examined by senior EU officials this week indicates that the EU would be prepared to accept reservations to the convention if any potential signatories press for the reopening at the Geneva meeting of negotiation of its contents.

The United States, which dislikes the convention and has …


This paper describes the whole process of finishing the research task "Dynamic Simulation of Bulk Cargo Snatching with Computer", and the method that combined art and technology. With this method, we solved the difficult problem of snatching and throwing bulk cargo successfully. This gives a new idea of computer simulation.