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An environmentally friendly phenolic resin/Al2O3 hybrid composite was prepared. Al2O3 particles were pretreated with a silcane coupling agent, then the mixture of paraformaldehyde and treated Al2O3 was grinded with ball crusher for several hours, and added during the phenolic resin polymerization process, finally got the hybrid composite. The kinetic parameters of thermal degradation were calculated by the methods of Kissinger, Flynn-Wall-Ozawa and Crane. The thermal degradation activation energy of environmentally friendly phenolic resin/Al2O3 hybrid composite is approximate three times of pure phenolic resin. The results show that the heat resistance is obviously improved. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010


Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) program aims to prepare students to achieve careers in the future according to their aspirations. With MBKM, students have the opportunity to be independent in building their competencies by learning directly from practical experience in the industry in synergy with the campus academic system. This study aims to measure the quality of communication in the MBKM program, using the concepts of comprehension, conviction, and satisfaction. The research method used is descriptive quantitative, with 65 respondents participating in the MBKM Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia in 2021. The results show that students understand well the information about MBKM delivered by the supervisor and the organizing committee. They believe that the information is appropriate, clear, and correct, and have satisfaction with the MBKM information they receive.

Keyword: MBKM; Monitoring; Communication quality; Communication satisfaction


Securing the information and customer privacy are very important during the attacks are increased, and the biggest breach happened in the previous year's especially in cloud computing. In cloud computing, we need to use a secure authentication and authorization mechanism to access our data and other services, to ensure the CIA (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). During this survey, we will focus on the authentications attack and how we can have secure access to our environments by reducing the risk of the data breach and mitigate the authentication attacks. About four key words or phrases in alphabetical order, separated by commas.


Nowadays, users' online comments have become the most important access to information. Thus it becomes more and more necessary for us to judge and identify those helpful online comments. With analysis on the value of online comment, the clustering degree of online comment, the nature of online comment and the credibility of online commentator, this article studies the main influence factors of the serviceable evaluation of user online comment and creates a serviceability assessment mechanism of user online comment. After proposing a simple four-variable linear equation as the serviceable evaluation calculation model, this article uses multiple linear regression to validate the model, and successfully obtains the relative parameters with a specified sample.


Nuclear Power International, together with its Parent Companies Framatome and Siemens and with the support of Electricite de France and a group of 9 major German Utilities, is developing the EPR, an advanced evolutionary nuclear island. The major objective of this development is to further improve safety, reliability and competitiveness of nuclear energy in order to contribute to the Worldwide increasing need for energy.


He and I met accidentally . . . on a hot, sultry evening, at a flag railroad station about twenty miles west of Springfield . . . a thunderstorm compelled us to take refuge in an empty freightcar standing on a side track . . . It was then and there he told me that, when he was clerking in a country store, his highest political ambition was to be a member of the State Legislature. Since then, of course, he said laughingly, "I have grown some, but my friends got me into this business . . . I did not consider myself qualified for the United States Senate, and it took me a long time to persuade myself that I was. Now, to be sure," he continued, with another of his peculiar laughs, "I am convinced that I am good enough for it; but, in spite of it all, I am saying to myself every day: 'It is too big a thing for you; you will never get it.' Mary . . . insists, however, that I am going to be Senator and President of the United States, too." These last words he followed with a roar of laughter, with his arms around his knees, and shaking all over with mirth at his wife's ambition. "Just think," he exclaimed, "of such a sucker as me as President!"1


In this paper we study the relevance of links among firms in explaining the mean and the auto-correlation property of the aggregate total factor productivity rate of growth (Solow residual). Our approach relies on the interaction between idiosyncratic shocks of firms and the network structure of firms. We study analytically this phenomenon using the adjacency matrix of a complete network and we present a simulation with more general random adjacency matrices. We also check empirically, using Italian data, the relationship between the network structure and the Solow residual. In particular, in the empirical part, we find two main results: Firstly, the relationship between the Solow residual and the measure of connectivity of firms is positive, in accordance with the analytical results. Secondly, we find that the measure of connectivity is pro-cyclical with the annual growth rate of industrial production.


TMangrove forests grow near the big river estuary where the river delta gives a lot of sediment (sand and mud). Mangrove roots collect sediments and slow the water flow to protect the coastline and prevent the erosion. Along the time, the roots can collect mud to extend the edge of the coastline. The purpose of this study was to analyze the changes of mangrove forests, coastline, and its effect on the income of fishermen on the Bahagia coast, Muara Gembong, Bekasi, West Java Province during 17 years between 1990 and 2007. Observations were made by using two series of multitemporal (Landsat- TM 1990 and SPOT-4 2007) data. Information about the distribution, extent and land cover changes to analyze the value was obtained by the spectral based (RGB 453 Landsat-TM and RGB 143 SPOT-4) color composite image, image classification, and field data. While information on the coastline change based on the 2007 classified images was overlayed with the classified images in 1990. Multitemporal data analysis results show that: 1). mangrove forest changes during the 17 years (1990-2007) has decreased from 34.89 hectares to 33.23 hectares and the results of overlaying the image of the coastline of classification image in 2007 with the coastline of classification image in 1990 found that there coastline abrasion occurs and accretion; 2). conditions of the existence of mangrove forests in coast Bahagia with a dwindling population have affected the income of fishermen nearby. Keywords:Multitemporal, Color composite, Image classification, Mangroves, Coastline, Abrasion, and accretion


Sierpinski carpet is one of the classic fractals with strict self-similar property.In this paper,we will give a class of Sierpinski carpets with parameter.The lower bound for the Hausdorff measure of this kind Sierpinski carpet with parameter is given by the project on x-axis.At the same time,through a skillful affine mapping that was constructed,we transfer the parameter which in the interval 0,π3 into the interval π3,π.Finally the exact value of the Hausdorff measure of these sets is obtained.


A full-size pressure vessel, made of steel plate P355NL1 (EN 10028-3), was tested under repeated internal pressure until its failure was observed. Also, four representative structural details of the tested pressure vessel were fatigue tested under load control with a stress ratio of R = 0. These structural details are basically two seam-welded joints, namely a butt-welded joint and a joggle-welded joint, one plate attachment using fillet-welded joints and a nozzle-to-plate connection. S-N curves were generated for these details based on both nominal and structural stresses. These curves are critically compared with those proposed in pressure vessel design codes like the ASME VIII - Division 2, the PD 5500 and the recently approved EN procedures, the EN 13445 standard. Finally, predictions of the fatigue life of the pressure vessel, obtained using the previously referred procedures and the experimentally derived design curves are critically compared with the observed life of the vessel.


Blake, D. R. & Rowland, F. S. (1988) Continuing worldwide increase in tropospheric CH 4, 1978 to 1987. Science 239, 1129—1131. Burrows, G. W. & Fischer, J. (1991) Landfill gas collection, composition analysis, and trace nonmethane hydrocarbons for an MSW disposal facility ATC analytical protocol. The GRCDA/ SWANA's 14th Annual International Landfill Gas Symposium, San Diego, California, U.S.A.


Article history Received: 27 November 2020 Accepted: 28 December 2020 Published Online: 31 January 2021 Red tides are a major public hazard in the global oceans. The coast of the East China Sea is the sea area where red tide disasters are the most frequent and serious in China. In order to accurately grasp the occurrence of red tides in the coastal waters of the East China Sea, and to understand the microbial communities in the waters during the occurrence of red tides in the East China Sea, a special survey of red tides in the coastal waters of Zhejiang, China was carried out in June 2018. The results showed that nutrient concentrations of N and P were generally high in this area, DIN concentrations in most areas exceeded the permitted limit of Chinese seawater quality grade I. There were significant differences in dissolved oxygen, pH, COD, chlorophyll and phytoplankton abundance of red tides. During the investigation, red tides were found in the waters near the Yushan Islands. The content of chlorophyll a was 42.12mg/m3, the cell abundance of phytoplankton was 8.16×108/L, and the abundance of Prorocentrum edulis accounted for 98.5%. The Illumina MiSeq sequencing platform was used for 16s high-throughput sequencing of water microorganisms, and a total of 16 bacteria were identified. Proteobacteria is the first dominant phylum, followed by Cyanobacteria and Bacteroides. Some differences in bacterial community compositions between HAB and the nearby seawater were observed. The predominant bacteria in the red tide occurrence area were Proteobacteria, comprising 46.1% of the relative abundance; while the predominant bacteria in the nearby sea area, comprising 42.0% of the relative abundance.


An analytical and experimental study of the effect of a horizontal sliding plane on the dynamic response of a single-story structure subjected to harmonic motion is presented. There is good agreement of experimental with analytical results and both indicate that the sliding effectively limits the intensity of support motion transmitted to the structure.


IntroductionBusiness depends on funds. Funds can be acquired from internal sources but, usually, depend heavily on outside sources as owners have limitations about availability of funds. In order to secure funding from outside sources, proven track record of successful entrepreneurship and proper security in the form of collateral are essential. If proven track record is missing or in case of new venture or a new technocrat, securing funds and that too without any collateral would be a miracle. However, it is not an easy task to raise finance, no matter what your economic situation. The Indian economy at present is making its position in global economy very fast. For this global economic development, technology change and innovation is the backbone and the capital is the life blood for the development. No profit making entity can start functioning without required capital as this helps the entrepreneurs in acquiring various inputs that facilitate in profit generation. All these market and institution before providing the fund do a lot of exercise and ask for security just to ensure the safety of funds. At this stage the entrepreneur/companies face great difficulty while venturing out to procure financial capital for newly floated enterprises as at the initial stages of business the risk is very high and the return quite uncertain. Conventional financers are hesitant to invest in such companies even though they lead to high industrial growth and economic development because it is difficult to trade-offbetween risk and return.This lack of finance to new entrepreneurs which are going to lead economic development even though they may very well have innovative ideas and requisite technological knowledge, de-motivate them. So the question arises that how these types of firm shall then be financed? Under the circumstances, "the concept of venture capital fund was born with a fundamental objective to provide initial capital and support in building capital base to the entrepreneurs, having a sound background of professional education, expertise and initiative to launch the business based on fast changing technology1.A flourishing venture capital industry in India will fill the gap between the capital requirements of technology and knowledge based startup enterprises and funding available from traditional institutional lenders such as banks. The gap exists because such startups are necessarily based on intangible assets such as human capital and on a technology enabled mission often with the hope of changing the world. Very often, they use technology developed in university and government research laboratories that would otherwise not be converted to commercial use. However, from the viewpoint of a traditional banker, they have neither physical assets nor a low risk business plan.Not surprisingly, companies such as Apple, Exodus, Hotmail & Yahoo, to mention a few of the many successful multinational venture capital funded companies, initially failed to get capital as startup when they approached traditional lenders. However, they were able to obtain finance from independently managed venture capital funds that focus on equity or equity linked investments in privately held high growth companies. Along with this finance come smart advice, hand on management support and other skills that helped the entrepreneurial vision to be converted to marketable products2.Venture capital is the type of capital which is managed by professional investors who dedicate 100% of their time to investing and building innovative companies on behalf of third party investor or their limited partners. In other words we can define it as the money provided by professionals to young and rapidly growing business that have the potential to develop into significant economic contributions . Venture capitalists are people who pool financial resources from high - net worth individuals, corporate, insurance companies etc. to invest in high risk-high return ventures that are unable to source funds from regular channels like banks and other conventional financers. …


Semantic nets are a fundamental part of hypertext. Two basic types of relations which occur in such nets are the hierarchical and the non-hierarchical. This paper analyzes three systems - MEDLINE, HERD, and MUCH - for accessing or creating hypertext. HERD (Hypertexte Environment for Reasoning Discourse) and MUCH (Multiple users creating Hypertexte). Hierarchical semantic nets are shown to be particularly exploitable


These oligonucleotides comprise about 25 to 35 nucleotides and consist of a homologous sequence of a gene common to all HIV type virus, and more particularly by homologous sequence from the pol gene, tat and gag of HIV -1 BRU, HIV-1 ARV HIV-1 HXB2, HIV-1 BH5, HIV-1 ELI, HIV-1 NDK, HIV-1 MAL and HIV-1 SF2 and HIV-2 ROD and complementary sequences of these sequences, which sequences are selected from: 1) homologous sequences derived from the tat gene of HIV, which correspond: - to positions 5419-5446, 5447-5474, 5533-5560, 5563-5590 of the genome of HIV-1 BRU - 8311-8338 to positions 8363-8390, 8426-8453, 8480-9507 of the genome of HIV-2 ROD virus (GenBank ndegre M15390); 2) the homologous sequences derived from the pol gene of HIV, which correspond: - to positions 3208-3235, 3436-3463, 3647-3675, 3739-3766 of the genome of HIV-1 BRU and - 3141-3168 to positions 3241-3268, 3651-3678, 3693-3720 of the genome of HIV-2 ROD virus (GenBank ndegre M15390); 3) the homologous sequences from the gag gene in HIV-1 and which correspond to positions 882-909, 949-976, 1047-1074 and 1177-1204 of the genome of HIV-1 BRU virus.


To begin with, let us note that the foremost ofthe concepts behind Newton's theory is, undoubt-edly, (Galileo's) concept of the inertia of a materialbody. We postulate that every material body hasthis inertia for motion.The association of the inertia of a material bodywith the points of the Euclidean space is the firstprimary physical conception that is necessary forNewton's theory to describe motions of physicalbodies. Then, with this association, the Euclideandistance becomes the physical distance separatingmaterial bodies and the Euclidean space becomesthe physical space for any further considerations ofNewton's theoretical scheme.Next, a physical clock is a material body under-going periodic motion or a periodic phenomenon.Essentially, in Newton's theory, a physical clock isa set of points of the Euclidean space exhibitingperiodic motion under a periodic transformation.Mathematically, in Newton's theory, let A be theset of all points x


A new genus and species of belid weevils, Pleurambus strongylus Poinar and Legalov, n. gen., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Belidae) in the tribe Allocorynini is described from Dominican amber. Belid fossils are quite rare and the new species is the first fossil member of the family from the Neotropics. This discovery suggests that belid diversity in Hispaniola during the Tertiary was higher than at present since no extant belids have been reported from the West Indies.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DF79FF39-634D-4BD7-AD0B-F5FB3BBE1081


The sections in this article are

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Background: Biochemistry of Coma

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Neurochemical Pathology of Hepatic Encephalopathy

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Animal Studies in HE using Multinuclear MR Spectroscopy

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Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Management of HE in Man: The Emerging Role of Proton MRS

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Energetics of the Human Brain in HE

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Subclinical HE

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mI Depletion and the Induction of HE

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Restoration of Cerebral mI and Cho Accompanies Reversal of HE

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Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency

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Contribution of NMR to Clinical HE

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Other Systemic Encephalopathies

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Conclusions

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Acknowledgements

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Biographical Sketch

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During the course of our screening for bioactive metabolites from marine sponges, EZZ, the inseparable 1:1 mixture of (8E,13Z,20Z)-strobilinin and (7E,13Z,20Z)-felixinin has been found to deliver significant cytotoxicity against some cancer cell lines. In this study, the antioxidant activity of EZZ was first time evaluated by a series of antioxidant assays. It was found that EZZ was weak in scavenging the stable free radical 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhyrazyl (DPPH), but it was comparable to ascorbic acid in scavenging ABTS and superoxide radicals. In addition, EZZ could protect DNA from hydroxyl radical-induced strand cleavage. The findings of the present study suggest that EZZ possess certain antioxidant activity, which might help to prevent occurrence of cancer by alleviating the oxidative stress in cells.


Abstract. In the structured light three-dimensional measurement system, calibration is the key to the measurement accuracy; however, conventional calibration methods for the projector are either too complex or inaccurate. Therefore, we propose a simple and accurate method to calibrate the projector. In this method, the calibration points in the camera image plane can be mapped to the projector according the homography of the planar projection. In addition, an error surface compensation method is developed to minimize mapping errors caused by lens distortion of the camera and projector. As a result, the projector can be calibrated with the same method as the camera. Experiments are conducted to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.


but it could happen that the scaling constant for the central limit theorem is asymptotically different from the square root of the actual variance. I made some frivolous (but — I must say — essentially correct) remarks about this in the introduction of my paper, but was told that mathematicians in the German–Austrian community of stochastic geometers were saying: "Wir glauben es nur wenn wir es sehen." (or something like that, if I remember correctly from roughly 30 years ago). You may wonder where the factors r 3 2 and r 27 10 come from, not to speak of the log n . There are several answers, depending on the angle from which one approaches the problem. Christian Buchta derives it all in [1] from a (non-trivial) recursive combinatorial relation between expectations for uniform samples of size n and n 1 + , respectively, where the points lie in the interior of a triangle with vertices ( , ) 0 0 , ( , ) 0 1 and ( , ) 1 0 . I recently learned from Geurt Jongbloed that in soccer (British: football) training the convex hull of the team is an important indicator of how well the team is playing. This seems a good excuse to talk about the research on convex hulls of points in the plane. Although with no guarantee that it will be useful for soccer trainers (or rather, with the guarantee that it will not be useful for them). By the way, there is a 'Conference on Convex Geometry and Geometric Probability' in Salzburg, 25–29 September 2023, where Christian Buchta, who himself made important contributions to the field, is one of the main organizers. In 1988 I proved the following result for the number of vertices Nn of the convex hull of a uniform sample of points from the interior of a convex polygon.


Aim: The aim of the present study is to determine the USG guided popliteal sciatic and adductor canal block for below knee surgeries and postoperative analgesia in high risk patients. Methods: A prospective study was conducted at Bone & Joint hospital an associated hospital of GMC Srinagar, department of Anaesthesiology and critical care medicine, from September 2018 to August 2019. 50 patients with ASA physical status III–IV (diabetes, hypertension, hepatorenal disease, ischemic heart disease), aged 30–70 years were included in this study. Patients allergic to local anaesthetics, on opioids and other analgesics for chronic pain, a refusal for peripheral nerve block and with neurological deficits were excluded from the study. Routine investigations, coagulation profile, renal and hepatic function tests were obtained and 'nil per oral' order was placed six hours prior to the surgery. Analyse the block success rate and sensory and motor block onset time, hemodynamic parameters, duration of post operative analgesia and patient's overall satisfaction. Results: A total of 50 patients with significant co morbidities scheduled for below-knee surgery were included in this study. All patients obtained an adequate sensory and motor blockade and the surgery was performed successfully under ultrasound-guided popliteal sciatic and adductor canal block, with no additional analgesic requirement. The mean duration for sensory and motor block onset time was 3.45±0.52 and 4.77±0.47 minutes respectively. Hemodynamic parameters were maintained stable without gross fluctuation from baseline value throughout the procedure. Average duration of postoperative analgesia as assessed by NRS was ± 0.9 hours. Patient satisfaction as assessed by three-point Lickert's scale was satisfactory, with 80% of patients were graded as per Lickert's scale 1 and 20% of patients were graded as per Lickert's scale 2. Conclusion: Ultrasound-guided combined popliteal sciatic and adductor canal block is an effective alternative anaesthetic technique for below-knee surgeries with better stability of hemodynamic parameters and pain management in high-risk patients.


The present invention is a base, acid addition salt, hydrate or in form of a solvate, the general formula (I) About (4-phenyl-piperazin-1-yl) acyl piperidine derivatives having. The present invention also relates process for the preparation of this, and also the application of this to the treatment.


Disharmoniouns parabiotic rats were studied, which had clinical, hematologic, pathologic and serologic evidences of blood incompatibility, isohemagglutinin hypersensitization and hemolytic anemia. Spherocytosis and increased incomplete isohemagglutinin antibodies, demonstrated by indirect Coombs-type agglutinations and with trypsinized rat erythrocytes, were found in both parabionts. One partner became anemic with reticulocytosis, erythroblastosis, bone marrow necrobiosis, reactive hematopoietic hyperplasia and enhanced extramedullary hematopoiesis. The other parabiont showed lymphoid and reticulo-endothelial hyperplasia, leukocytoid lymphocytosis and erythrophagocytosis. It was plethoric with polycythemia, increased blood volume and high blood pressure. The polycythemia was explained by mechanical trapping of sludged antibody-coated incompatible erythrocytes, which the reticulo-endothelial system was inadequate to process. Complicating hemoglobinemia and hemoglobinuric nephrosis developed. Other manifestations of parabiosis intoxication are briefly discussed.


Performance measures are used to communicate the operation of the transportation infrastructure, to build and enhance credibility and accountability, to guide investment, and to support budget and program proposals. Although considerable data are collected on a regular basis, these data have significant limitations and pose challenges for performance management. Experience in assembling the data for an infrastructure index for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is drawn on to describe the data publicly available to serve as indicators of transportation infrastructure performance, address the shortcomings in the available data, and present the challenges encountered in using the existing data and likely to be encountered in developing new data sources and resources. The transportation index, part of the infrastructure index project (which includes broadband, water, and energy), aims to develop a rigorous, quantitative, and repeatable methodology to capture the performance of infrastructure in order to connect this performance with economic health and prosperity. Four barriers to developing comprehensive performance measures are focused on—varying levels of data aggregation, missing and erroneous data, prediction, and institutional issues—and a summary of data needs is given.


In the article, the urgency of the study of the tactical preparedness of the championwomen and success of their competing activity has been represented. The results of the empirical study on manifestation and variability of four groups of the indices have been represented in the article: the fundamental characteristics of the tactical preparedness of championwomen, characteristics of their tactics of conducting the struggle, indices of minute-by-minute activity in the process of duel and values of the success of their competing activity. The special features of the manifestation of tactical actions in the female fight have been reflected in the article.


In this paper, we propose a novel approach that combines logic programming with ontological reasoning. The proposed approach enables the use of ontological terms directly within logic programs. We demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed approach using a case-study of sensor-task matchmaking.


Bacillus anthracis is an aerobic, gram-positive, and spore-forming Bacillus species. The most common form of anthrax infection is the cutaneous form. The infection usually develops several days after exposure to products of infected animals and manifest as black sore with severe swelling on the skin.A 52-year-old female with a black and swollen lesion on her index finger presented to Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad, Iran, in October 2015. Biopsy and swab culture were performed immediately. Cutaneous anthrax was characterized by microscopic examination of B. anthracis spore using Gram staining. The patient was then treated with antibiotics after diagnosis.According to the reports of Provincial Health Center of Khorasan Razavi, northeast of Iran, no cases of anthrax have been reported in humans since 2013. There were neither occupational risk factors, nor any routine predisposing factors for acquiring anthrax in this woman. Although this patient is the first case reported with cutaneous anthrax since the past three years, two cases of sheep anthrax have been reported in Khorasan Razavi Province during 2013-2015. This patient had a history of contact with the skull of a slaughtered sheep. The patient was treated after making correct and rapid diagnosis and sufficient antibiotic therapy.


Spondyloarthritis (SpA) are a group of chronic inflammatory diseases with affectation, mainly of the axial skeleton and, also, of peripheral joints. The enthesis is one of the target organs, since an inflammation of it, known as enthesitis, can be observed, which in many patients with spondyloarthritis could be unnoticed.Find the relation between the MASEI index (Madrid Sonographic Enthesitis Index) in entheses and other indices/serological activity markers (such as BASDAI, DAPSA or ASDAS and ESR, CRP) in spondyloarthritis patients.Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study. Data were collected from patients with SpA who underwent musculoskeletal ultrasound using the Madrid Sonographic Enthesitis Index (MASEI) and who were treated in our clinics from May 2021 to September 2021 and under the approval of the CEICm of our center. The variables evaluated were described using measures of frequency and measures of central tendency/dispersion, as appropriate. First, we tested the normality of all the variables, using a Shapiro-Wilk test. We studied the correlation of parametric numerical variables (such as MASEI-Vitamin D, MASEI-ASDAS), using the Pearson coefficient. On the other hand, for non-parametric numerical variables (such as MASEI-BASDAI) we use Spearman's coefficient. For parametric numeric and categorical variables (such as MASEI-VITAMINA D, ASDAS-VITAMINA D) we constrast the mean of differences using the T-Student test, while for non-parametric numerical and categorical variables, we contast the difference of means with the Mann-Whitney U test (MASEI-PCR, MASEI_VSG). Finally, to find out the correlation between categorical variables (such as VITAMIN D-PCR), we used a chi-square test. Finally, we have done a curve-fitting study with Matlab, obtaining the functions that better adjust the data avoiding overfitting. We have done this parametric optimization with the following pairings: MASEI-ASDAS, MASEI-BASDAI and MASEI DAPSA.We analyze twenty four patients with SpA (with mean age 50.50 ± 10.63 years) 8 women and 16 men. They present: radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (5 patients), non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (4 patients), psoriatic arthritis (10 patients), spondyloarthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease (2 patients), reactive arthritis (2 patients), and, finally, one patient has undifferentiated peripheral spondyloarthritis. The variables have the following average levels: ASDAS, 2.35 (±1.09); BASDAI (for those with axial involvement) 4.54 (±2.93); DAPSA (for psoriatic arthritis) 10.98 (± 6.85) and total MASEI 19.88 (± 14.77). We have found a correlation between the total MASEI and the following variables: ASDAS (Pearson coefficient=0.696), BASDAI (Spearman coefficient=0.823) and DAPSA (Pearson coefficient=0.823). The mean vitamin D levels were 25.98 (±12.05), and it has a negative correlation with the MASEI equal to -0.317. As far as curve fitting is concern, a couple of sinusoidal functions were obtained for the MASEI-ASDAS and MASEI DAPSA pairings (see Figure 1 and Figure 3) and a linear regression for MASEI-BASDAI (see Figure 2). These three curves have an R-squared fit of 0.77, 0.87 and 0.52, respectively.Patients with spondyloarthritis who present greater activity of the disease measured by ASDAS, BASDAI/DAPSA and by the serological markers of inflammation CRP and ESR, present a higher total MASEI than patients who are controlled. In addition, it has been observed that patients with low levels of vitamin D have higher disease activity and a higher total MASEI.[1]De Miguel E, Cobo T, Muñoz-Femández S, Naredo E, Usón J, Acebes JC, et al. Validity of enthesis ultrasound assessment in spondyloarthropathy. Ann Rheum Dis. 2009;68(2):169–74.David Castro-Corredor Speakers bureau: UCB, Lilly, Pfizer, Gebro Pharma, Nordic Pharma, Luis Ángel Calvo Pascual: None declared, Eduardo C. Garrido Merchán: None declared, Marco Aurelio Ramírez Huaranga Speakers bureau: Grunenthal, Gebro Pharma, Marcos Paulino Huertas Speakers bureau: Lilly, Pfizer


On the quantitative evaluation of the mechanical behavior, however, only the deformea anglesjust before the first shear cracking and at the ultimate strength' were made clea;, .Even the qualitative evaluation of the stresses and confining action of the frame to the expansion of the,cracked wall have not yet been proved. In order to clarify the behavior'it. seems.to be necessaryl to' investigate it from the analytical point of view in addition to the experimental'point of view. , There are some theoretical studies on crackecl shear walls reported by


This paper introduces the optical fiber sensing system for broadband light source, fiber optic systems are described, analyzed the sensing principle of fiber sensor. Optical fiber sensor is that a kind of change measured state for the device of optical signal can be measured, which is composed of optical transmitter, optical receiver, signal processing system and optical fiber. The paper puts for ward construction of intelligent lighting system of vehicle based on optical fiber sensors technology. Finally, simulation experiments are carried out to show the effectiveness of the proposed ne w method.


An outline is given of the responsibilities and objectives involved in railway operating, as well as of the latter's development. Details are also shown of the present position concerning this technique, and a description is given of the problems involved, which the German Federal Railway and it specialist organisations are endeavouring to resolve. The above article deals with time and motion studies, hump and running dynamics, operating costs, economic statistics, and systems planning.


IN THE ELECTROLYTIC CELL 1A, 1B OF THE PRESENT INVENTION, THE EFFECT OF THE MAGNETIC FORCES INDUCED BY THE ROW ADJACENT BY A LAYOUT OF OMNIBUS BARS COLLECTING THE CATHODIC CURRENT IS CANCELED. OMNIBUS CATHODIC BARS 21, 23 ARE BOUND IN DIRECTION OF THE ADJACENT ROW WHILE BARS OMNIBUS 31 AND 33 ARE BOUND IN A DIRECTION OPPOSED TO THE ADJACENT ROW OF ELECTROLYTIC CELLS. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TRANSVERSE AXIS X AND THE OMNIBUS BARS 21, 23 SITUATED TO THE ROW OF ADJACENT ELECTROLYTIC CELLS IS BETWEEN 0.3D AND 0.7D WHILE THE DISTANCE B BETWEEN THE TRANSVERSE AXIS AND THE OMNIBUS BARS 31, 33 ON THE COAST LOCATED AT THE OPPOSITION OF THE ROW ADJACENT TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS, INCLUDING BETWEEN 0.4D AND 0.7D, BEING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TRANSVERSE AXIS X AND THE HIGH SIDE OF THE ZONE RESERVED FOR ALUMINUM FADE IN THE ELECTROLYTIC CELL.


INTRODUCTION Rosaria V. Munson PHYSIS AND HISTORIE 1. The Boundaries of Earth 2. Herodotus and Analogy 3. Herodotus and Historia THE HOMERIC WANDERER 4. Odysseus and the Historians WOMEN IN HERODOTUS 5. Exit Atossa: Images of Women in Greek Historiography about Persia 6. Women and Culture in Herodotus Histories WORLD RELIGIONS AND THE DIVINE 7. Herodotus and Religion 8. Herodotus on the Names of Gods: Polytheism as a Historical Problem HERODOTUS BARBAROI 9. Women's Customs among the Savages in Herodotus 10. Imaginary Scythians: Space and Nomadism 11. Herodotus the Tourist 12. Herodotus and an Egyptian Mirage 13. Who Are Herodotus' Persians? US AND THEM 14. Ethnicity, Genealogy, and Hellenism in Herodotus 15. East is East and West is West - Or Are They? National Stereotypes in Herodotus BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDEX


Two units, within a mouse-breeding colony, with different breeding systems, have been compared from the point of view of general healthiness of the breeding stock. In one unit the monogamous-pair system, involving post-partum oestrus mating, was employed and in the other the harem system, with isolation of the pregnant females for each litter-down until after the post-partum oestrus. The two units were housed separately and had different staffs. The monogamous-pair unit was accommodated in four small rooms not directly connected; the harem unit in two larger connecting rooms. The methods of cageing, bedding, feeding, watering, care, culling and subsequent procedures were identical for both units and the same system of recording individual detailed information relating to health and breeding was followed for the two units. The size of the two populations studied was 1198 and 1024, respectively, the larger number belonging to the harem unit in which the mice were retained for a significantly longer period. These mice were moved more frequently and handled much more often. Apart from a small outbreak of Tyzzer's disease (in the harem-bred unit) and sporadic cases in both units spread over the whole period of the survey—some 3–4 years—the general health of the two units was good. There were no cases of salmonella infection, mousepox, pasteurellosis or other serious infections. Throughout the period both units maintained a high standard of productivity and there was no evidence that the mating of the monogamous pairs at the post-partum oestrus led to any weakness or ill health. As would be expected, however, the losses from death and culling were greater among the females in both units. The health record of the monogamous-pair bred unit was consistently higher than that of the harem-bred unit. There were more cases of Tyzzer's disease in the harem-bred mice and more evidence generally of ill health in this unit. Infertility was three times greater with the harem-bred mice as compared with those in the monogamous-pair unit. Details of the two systems are discussed and although the records maintained for the two may not be strictly comparable it is concluded that, under the conditions obtaining, the monogamous-pair breeding system yielded a healthier colony of mice than the harem breeding system. I should like to thank Dr J. S. Patterson and Mr R. Cook for placing many of their records at my disposal, Mr S. Peto and his staff for carrying out much of the tedious compilation of data, and Dr D. W. Henderson, F.R.S., for affording me facilities for this work. To these I am especially grateful for their interest, advice and assistance.


An optimized method is proposed to estimate the turbulent point spread functions(PSF) by using two consecutive short-exposure images in a sequence of turbulence-degraded images,in which the principle of constraint optimization has been applied in the process of restoration.The scheme of preserving peaks of the PSF has been adopted in the estimation of the PSF values,which is in agreement with the property of turbulent PSFs being stochastic changeable with some complex peaks.The problem of calculating the PSFsv′alues has been boiled down to optimization estimation based on relax iterations.The discrete values of the PSFs can be estimated by minimizing the critical function,consequently the object image can be obtained.The restoration experiments show that the proposed algorithm is efficient with good restoration effect and fast speed.


Propagation characteristics of a high‐power electromagnetic wave through an inhomogeneous magnetized plasma is investigated. Considering the momentum transfer equations for electrons and ions and taking into account the ponderomotive force, the distribution of electron density and dielectric permittivity are obtained. Using non‐linear dielectric permittivity and Maxwell's equations in the absence of external current and charge densities, non‐linear wave equations are achieved. The results indicate that the external static magnetic field can modify the profiles of both the electric and magnetic fields. It is also shown that the external static magnetic field enhances the amplitude of the electron density and the non‐linear dielectric permittivity.


Real estate is a complex market that consists of many layers of social, financial and economic data, including but not limited to price, rental, location, mortgage, demographic and housing supply data. The sheer number of real estate properties around the world means that property transactions produce an extraordinary amount of data that is increasing exponentially. Most of the data are presented through thousands of rows on a spreadsheet or described in long paragraphs that are difficult to understand. The emergent data visualisation techniques are intended to allow data to be processed and analytics to be displayed visually to enable an understanding of complex information and the identification of new patterns from the data. However, not all visualisation techniques can achieve such a thing. Most techniques are able to display only visual low-dimensional data. This paper introduces an ontology visualisation methodology to explore the ontologies of property data behaviour for multidimensional data. The visualisation combines real estate data statistical analysis with several highdimensional data visualisation techniques, including parallel coordinates and stacked area charts. By using six residential suburbs in Sydney as a demonstration, we find that the developed data visualisation methodology can be applied effectively and efficiently to analyse complex real estate market behaviour patterns.


Female black cutworms captured in blacklight traps during the 1978 and 1979 flight seasons in Iowa and Ohio were dissected and assigned to one of four reproductive classes. When females were categorized according to three flight periods (spring, summer, fall) the results showed that the spring and fall flight periods were dominated by older mated females and unmated females, respectively. The summer flight periods were rep resented by large proportions of each of the four reproductive classes. The significance of these seasonal changes in the reproductive condition of female populations is discussed relative to pest management considerations. In Ohio (1979), 74% and 66% of the females of the spring flight and summer flight, respectively, had mated once. The concept proposed by Sherrod et al. (1979) that black cutworm, Agrotis ?psilon (Hufnagel), larvae injuring seedling corn in the north central region of the U.S. arise from eggs oviposited by female moths in cornfields in early spring is now generally accepted by entomologists in this region. Each year the moths first appear between mid-March and mid-April. These moths may overwinter or arise from overwintering forms. However, despite Crumb's (1929) report that he suc cessfully carried black cutworm pupae through the winter in Tennessee, research ers (Apple, 1967; Carey and Beegle, 1975; Story and Keaster, 1982) have been unable to demonstrate an overwintering potential for this noctuid in more north ern regions. Instead, as hypothesized by Kaster and Showers (1982), the early spring moths, or a large portion of them, may immigrate to the north central region on strong southerly winds. Progress in resolving the question of the origin of the spring moths in the north central region is hindered by a lack of knowledge of the complete life history of A. ?psilon in this region. A recent contribution (Kaster and Showers, 1982), how ever, has led to a better understanding of one aspect of the life history of this 1 Approved for publication as Journal Article No. 83-83 of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, and Journal Paper No. J10056 of the Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa 50011. Project No. 2280. 2 This paper reports the results of research only. Mention of a proprietary product in this paper does not constitute a recommendation for use by the USDA, the Ohio Agricultural Research and Devel opment Center, The Ohio State University, or Iowa State University. 3 Formerly Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and De velopment Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691. Presently Research Entomologist, USDA, ARS, Biological Control of Weeds Laboratory-Europe, % American Embassy, APO New York 09794. 4 Predoctoral Research Associate, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011. 5 Research Entomologist, Corn Insects Research Unit, USDA, ARS, Ankeny, Iowa 50021 and Professor, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011. 6 Formerly Technical Assistant, Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and De velopment Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691. Accepted for publication 26 January 1984. This content downloaded from 220.127.116.11 on Sun, 17 Apr 2016 06:40:33 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms VOLUME 58, NUMBER 1 63 insect, namely its reproductive biology. These researchers found that all the early spring females captured in Iowa blacklight traps were mated; females captured in these traps during the autumn were mostly unmated. They used this information to formulate their immigration hypothesis. The present study, conducted con currently with the Kaster and Showers study, explored in more detail the repro ductive biology of A. ?psilon in the north central region. To accomplish this objective we collected detailed information on the reproductive condition of females captured in Iowa and Ohio blacklight traps by placing them into one of four reproductive classes (see next section). The results of this 2-yr study are reported here and discussed, in particular, as they relate to the pest management of this insect. Methods and Materials iowa: In 1978 moths were collected from eight blacklight traps, each located adjacent to a central Iowa (Warren Co.) cornfield. The minimum distance between any two traps was 3 km. Traps were checked three times/wk from April to mid September and weekly thereafter until mid-October. In 1979 six traps were op erated between April and late-October; the location and collection schedule was the same as in 1978. Dissections were performed on freshly collected moths or on individuals held in a freezer xh but % of that of a Class 1 female. This approach was applied to the mated females in the following way. Females receiving rankings of "c" for fat, "b" or "c" for eggs, and "b" or "c" for chorionated eggs were placed in Class 2; Class 3 females had rankings of "b" for fat, "b" for eggs, and "b" or "c" for chorionated eggs; Class 4 females had rankings of "a" for fat, "a" or "b" for eggs, and "a", "b", or "c" for chorionated eggs. In those few cases where there was doubt about a ranking, the lower one was chosen. The amount of fat material and eggs present proved to be the best criteria for assessing the reproductive condition of the female moths. Females caught in 1979 in the central and southern traps were held in a freezer until the subsequent winter when they were dissected and classified only as un mated or mated. This procedure was followed because freezing moths for several weeks resulted in a deterioration of fat material and ovariole structures, thus making it difficult to distinguish between Class 2, 3 and 4 females.


Teachers in correctional schools are exposed to stress because of the general demands of teaching and the peculiar constraints of correctional education. This study is an attempt to discover whether stressed teachers differ from nonstressed teachers in their work-related characteristics and in their pattern of somatic complaints and illnesses. A total of 17% of the teachers in this study were classified as burned out. It was concluded that burnout represented some potential health risks for stressed teachers.


Designed a secure communication system based on active-passive chaotic synchronization. In order to have high sensitivity to the parameters, the synchronization error was amplified. Via a perturbation technique , the system can resisted the attacks based on synchronization schemes. Analyzed security of the system. The results indicated that this scheme is effective and safe for use.


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In a former work the author established an analog of a classical theorem of Painleve in the context of an arbitrary resolutive compactification of a Riemann surface. In the same setting, a refinement of the argument used in the above yields an elementary proof of a theorem of Riesz-LuzinPrivaloff type: If a meromorphic function f tends to zero at each point of a subset E of the ideal boundary and E has positive harmonic measure, then f =0 on R. The well-known inclusion relations UHB C eMB*, and UHDC eMD*, are then established from the point of view of the resolutivity of the Wiener and Royden compactification respectively.


The ionization equilibrium of helium is investigated using new ionization and modified dielectronic recombination rate coefficients. The results are discussed in the light of available data


We have developed a novel readout circuit architecture realizing a TEC-less (Thermo-Electric Cooler) operation for an SOI diode uncooled infrared focal plane array (IRFPA). Through the fabrication of an SOI diode uncooled 320 x 240 IRFPA adopting the readout circuit architecture with our existing 25μm pixel-pitch technology, we demonstrate that the variation of the output DC level of the pixels is successfully suppressed in environmental temperatures from -10°C to 50°C. The developed TEC-less technology greatly enhances the ability of the SOI diode uncooled IRFPA, which inherently possesses excellent uniformity and low noise features.


Is migration a way of getting ahead? This sounds like a pretty simple question. And, for the individual living alone who leaves one location to set up residence in a new location, again alone, it is. In many African countries, though, the very question is ill-posed, for migration frequently involves an individual leaving one household in which income was pooled and joining another where income is also pooled. In this context asking "Is migration a way of getting ahead?" begs the follow-on "For whom?"


The charge on each atom of some ethers and chloro-substituted ethers, their dipole moments and the quadrupole coupling constants of the chloroethers have been calculated with the method suggested by Del Re. There appears to be an intimate connection between the charge density on the oxygen atoms and the capacity of forming hydrogen bond.


A method to implement FIR filter based on CPLD is presented.The orders and the coefficients of the FIR filter may flexibly be tuned, and it may suit to versatile applications. The result of time analyzing shows that the FIR filter may run at over the 40MHz clock with quantizing coefficients' width of 20 bit. The functional simulation with a set of data of X-Ray waveform is carried out by the design software. To compare with the result of the functional simulation, the Matlab simulation is also performed with the same data. The result shows that the FIR filter is reliable and can satisfy the requirement of some high accurate and real time system such as X-Ray digital spectroscopy.


Despite the success of highly active antiretroviral therapy, the current emergence and spread of drug- resistant variants of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) stress the need for new inhibitors with distinct properties. We designed, produced, and screened a library of compounds based on an original L -lysine scaffold for their potentials as HIV type 1 (HIV-1) protease inhibitors (PI). One candidate compound, PL-100, emerged as a specific and noncytotoxic PI that exhibited potent inhibition of HIV-1 protease and viral replication in vitro ( K i , (cid:2) 36 pM, and 50% effective concentration [EC 50 ], (cid:2) 16 nM, respectively). To confirm that PL-100 possessed a favorable resistance profile, we performed a cross-resistance study using a panel of 63 viral strains from PI-experienced patients selected for the presence of primary PI mutations known to confer resistance to multiple PIs now in clinical use. The results showed that PL-100 retained excellent antiviral activity against almost HIV-1 PR. The inhibitor con- stant ( K i ) of each PI determined by incubating bacterially expressed, purified HIV-1 PR (Bachem) at 31°C in reaction buffer (1 M NaCl, 100 mM Na acetate, 1 mM EDTA, 1 mM dithiothreitol, and 1 mg/ml bovine serum albumin, pH 5.2) containing increasing concentrations of test inhibitor. After a 5-min preincuba- tion, the reaction was initiated by the addition of the fluorogenic substrate Arg-Glu (EDANS)-Ser-Gln-Asn-Tyr-Pro-Ile-Val-Gln-Lys (DABCYL)-Arg (Molecular Probes) at a final concentration of 10 (cid:3) M. Cleavage of the substrate was monitored by measuring the increase in the fluorescence intensity at 490 nm after excitation at 340 nm (16) using an FL600 fluorometer (BioTek). K i values were obtained by fitting the initial velocity data to the tightly binding inhibition equation as described 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC 50 s) were determined from a dose-response curve and converted to K i s using the equation IC 50 (cid:5) K i (1 (cid:1) [ S ]/ K m ), where [ S ] is the substrate concentration and K m , the Michaelis-Menten constant. the K i PL-100 on purified cathepsin D and pepsin. cathepsin D (Calbiochem) PL-100 fluorescent (Bachem). Briefly initiated final (cid:3) enzyme


On the basis of the traditional pressure transmitter,an intelligent pressure transmitter was presented based on CAN bus and low power core controller MSP430F157.The tiny voltage signal output of the silicon piezoresistive pressure sensor was adjusted and then went into the MSP430F157 internal 12 bit A/D converter.The CAN bus interface module,composed of the CAN bus controller MCP2510 and CAN bus transceiver MCP2551,communicates with the microprocessor through the SPI bus.The test for pressure measurement and CAN bus communication shows that this intelligent pressure transmitter has characteristics of high measurement accuracy,stable and reliable communication function and decent flexibility.The technology and methods adopted in the system are of certain practical value.


Abstract. Optical links are moving to higher and higher transmission speeds while shrinking to shorter and shorter ranges where optical links are envisaged even at the chip scale. The scaling in data speed and span of the optical links demands modulators to be concurrently performant and cost-effective. Silicon photonics (SiPh), a photonic integrated circuit technology that leverages the fabrication sophistication of complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology, is well-positioned to deliver the performance, price, and manufacturing volume for the high-speed modulators of future optical communication links. SiPh has relied on the plasma dispersion effect, either in injection, depletion, or accumulation mode, to demonstrate efficient high-speed modulators. The high-speed plasma dispersion silicon modulators have been commercially deployed and have demonstrated excellent performance. Recent years have seen a paradigm shift where the integration of various electro-refractive and electro-absorptive materials has opened up additional routes toward performant SiPh modulators. These modulators are in the early years of their development. They promise to extend the performance beyond the limits set by the physical properties of silicon. The focus of our study is to provide a comprehensive review of contemporary (i.e., plasma dispersion modulators) and new modulator implementations that involve the integration of novel materials with SiPh.


Methods and apparatus for reducing drag in fluid flow through pipes that utilizes microbubbles and acoustic energy are provided. A gas ejector for microbubble generation in a pipe is provided and includes a pipe comprising a wall having inner and outer diameters and at lease one orifice in the wall for ejecting gas microbubbles into the pipe. To cause the formation of the microbubbles, a flow restrictor is provided in the pipe, with the flow restrictor being spaced from the inner diameter of the pipe wall and positioned adjacent the at least one orifice. The flow restrictor causes and increase in the velocity of the fluid in the pipe past the at least one orifice, and produces a pressure drop which draws gas into the orifice. That gas is then ejected into the pipe in the form of microbubbles. Acoustic energy may be used to provide further reductions in drag.


Four papers on existing technology and program planning for blowout control in geothermal and geopressured systems are included. Separate abstracts were prepared for each. (MHR)


We have grown self-assembled InAs quantum dots embedded in the center of an InGaAs quantum well by molecular-beam epitaxy. Using electron-beam lithography and wet etching techniques, small mesas with only a few quantum dots were fabricated. At room temperature, the quantum dots have an emission wavelength of 1.3 μm. By photoluminescence spectroscopy at low temperatures, we observe the emission lines of excitons and biexcitons in single-dot structures. The assignment of exciton and biexciton recombination is based on the characteristic excitation intensity dependence of these states. A biexciton binding energy of about 3.5 meV is obtained for the present dots.


The North Qinling Fault, located at the boundary of the North China Block and the South China Block, represents an important tectonic structure between the Weihe Basin and the Qinling Mountains, and controls the subsidence and expansion of the Weihe Basin. This fault has been highly active and has caused strong earthquakes since the Holocene and in a pre-seismic stage currently, as indicated by the many paleoearthquake traces found along it. To determine the present-day activity and seismic potential of the North Qinling Fault, by inverting GPS data, we produced fault locking depth, slip rate, and regional strain fields maps; moreover, based on seismicity, we produced a seismic b-value map. Combining this information with modern seismicity, we were able to comprehensively analyze the seismic potential of different fault segments. Our inversion of GPS data showed that the slip rate of the western segment of the fault (Qingjiangkou–Xitangyu) and the correspondent locking depth are 1.33 mm/a and 13.54 km, respectively, while the slip rate of the middle segment (Xitangyu–Fengyukou) and the correspondent locking depth are 0.45 mm/a and 8.58 km, respectively; finally, the slip rate of the eastern segment (Xitangyu–Daiyu) and the correspondent locking depth are 0.36 mm/a and 21.46 km, respectively. The locking depths of the western and middle segments of the fault are shallower than 90% of the seismic cutoff depth, while the locking depth of the eastern segment of the fault is similar to 90% of the seismic cutoff depth, indicating that "deep creep" occurs in the western and middle segments, while the eastern segment is locked. Modern small earthquakes have involved the western and middle segments of the fault, while the eastern segment has acted as a seismic gap with weak seismicity, characterized by a higher shear strain value and a lower b-value. These characteristics reflect the relationship between the locking depth and seismicity distribution. The results of our comprehensive analysis, combined with field geological surveys, show that the eastern segment of the North Qinling Fault has a strong seismic potential and is presently locked.


Abstract Damage localization during power law creep of copper has been investigated in situ with synchrotron X-ray microtomography. The analysis of the area fraction of cavities corresponding to a given material slice has revealed that damage localization begins relatively early at half of the creep lifetime. The amplitude of the maximum fluctuation shows parabolic behavior as a function of mean void volume fraction. Existing models of damage evolution underpredict the amount of real damage and overpredict power-law creep life-time.


Modifications to the PETE computer model developed at the University of Michigan, USA are described. These include: routines to allow use of non-linear relationships between temperature and rate of development or progress of diapause, as alternatives to temperature sums; thresholds for ecdysis to mimic synchronisation observed in natural populations; adult activity levels and oviposition optionally controlled by temperature, sunshine and rainfall; calculation of day length and temperature at the time of the daily peak of adult activity; obligatory diapause; photoperiodic induction of facultative diapause and preliminary ideas on simulation of microclimate. Validation is discussed particularly in relation to simulating the life cycle of the Colorado beetle.

Les modifications apportees au modele informatique PETE, mis au point a l'Universite du Michigan (USA), sont decriles. Elles comprennent: 1) des methodes pour utiliser des relations non lineaires entre la temperature et le taux de croissance ou le cours de la diapause plutot que les sommes de temperatures; 2) des seuils pour l'ecdysis entrainant une synchronisation observee dans des populations naturelles; 3) les niveaux d'activite des adultes et l'oviposition eventuellement controles par la temperature, l'ensoleillement et les precipitations; 4) le calcul de la longueur du jour et de la temperature au moment du pic journalier d'activite des adultes; 5) la diapause obligatoire; 6) l'induction photoperiodique d'une diapause facultative et des elements preliminaires sur la simulation du microclimat. La valeur du modele est discutee, en particulier dans le cas de la simulation du cycle biologique du doryphore.


Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are enclosure of several complex neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impairments in communication skills and social skills with repetitive behaviors. It is widely recognized for many decades, yet there are no definitive or universally accepted diagnostic criteria. Studies indicate early intervention services, for young children with ASD significantly improve the children's prognosis and should begin as early as 18 months of age. The Modified Checklist for Autism in toddlers, better known as the MCHAT, is a free screening tool that can be administered to children between 16 and 30 months-of-age. Hence by using the M-CHAT, this paper focuses on finding the best classifier with reduced features for predicting the risk level of autism. The four feature selection algorithms such as Fisher filtering, ReliefF, Runs filtering and Stepdisc are used to filter relevant feature from the dataset, and then several classification algorithms are applied on this reduced features. Finally performance evaluation is done on all the classifier results.


Although the research of mobile data networks has gained significant attention lately, little have been done to study the impact of finite network boundary in such networks. To understand how finite cell boundary affects the delay performance, we analyze the delay problem from the packet movement point of view. We first divide the network scenarios into three categories based on the value of the expected packet propagation speed v and derive the upper and lower bounds for their expected packet delay, respectively. Then, we show that the packet delay scales linearly when v <; 0, while it scales quadratically for the cases v > 0 and v = 0 when the boundary effect is absent. Simulation results verify our analysis and show that the boundary effect in fact increases the delay performance for both v > 0 and v = 0.


This handbook, edited and authored by dermatologists and a nonclinician-scientist at St Mary's Hospital, London, England, addresses the clinical features, management, and cause of psoriasis and eczema. The most attractive feature of this book, which is divided into six short chapters, is the concise yet relatively thorough coverage of the subject matter. The chapter on clinical features of psoriasis is quite complete with discussions of epidemiology, clinical patterns, course, and prognosis included. In contrast, a drawback in the section on clinical features of eczema is that the topic, particularly that of contact eczema, cannot be adequately covered in such a short space. Perhaps just a discussion of the endogenous eczemas would have been more appropriate. The author does point out this limitation in the chapter. In both sections there are some excellent-quality color photographs to illustrate the clinical features of each disorder. In the chapter on treatment of psoriasis, all


Research on probiotics has surged in recent years, fueled by a heightened awareness of increasing antimicrobial resistance. Probiotics are relatively cheap, easy to administer, and minimally toxic. However, prior studies have yielded conflicting results on their efficacy and safety. Because probiotics are categorized as nutritional supplements, rather than drugs, they are not subject to evaluation and oversight by the U.S. FDA.

Researchers performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to …


In this paper, the first part deals with the structure of the second stability regime of the ideal MHD ballooning modes in circular tokamaks. It is shown that in high-beta regime, the poloidal magnetic field destabilizes strongly the plasma and can eventually lead to the appearance of a new instability regime at modest beta-value for a flat q-profile. In the second part, the various kinetic effects on ballooning modes or high-beta tokamaks are calculated. Results show that a new weak ballooning mode branch can exist in the second MHD stability regime in addition to the MHD-like strong ballooning mode branch in the first instability regime with its growth rate decreased by kinetic stabilizations.


Suppurative otitis media as an etiologic factor in retropharyngeal abscess is frequently overlooked, and may be of major consequence in the ultimate recovery of the patient if the association is recognized early. A retropharyngeal abscess, if left to itself, may result in any of the following complications, particularly when overlooked; oftentimes being undiagnosed and discovered only at necropsy: 1. Spontaneous rupture into the esophagus. 2. Rupture into the air passages with production of pneumonia, lung abscess or sudden asphyxia. 3. Pus may burrow laterally and appear externally, anterior or posterior to the sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle. 4. Pus may pass downward behind the esophagus and enter the posterior mediastinum. 5. The process may spread by way of the blood and lymph channels to cause septicemia, pyemia or meningitis. (Mosher's' case of pyemia and death with retropharyngeal abscess.) 6. The abscess may cause erosion of the large vessels of the neck, as the internal carotid artery or internal jugular vein. (Wishart's2 case of carotid hemorrhage and death with autopsy. 'Wishart mentions four similar cases: Carmichael, 1881; Lidell, 1883; Travers, 1902; Wylie and Wingrave, 1906. Lifschutz reported a case of fatal hemorrhage resulting from the extension of a retropharyngeal abscess to the deep vessels of the neck.) 7. Respiration may be interfered with by pressure on the larynx with production of edema of the glottis. (Rush's4 report of the discovery of a retropharyngeal abscess on sectioning of an infant's head and neck in the anatomic museum, Philadelphia, the cause of death unsuspected until the head was sectioned.)


The intrusion of the maxillary anteriors with Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs) is one of the most
common and effective treatment methods for the correction of gummy smile, but the main disadvantage of
this method is the extrusion of posterior teeth, especially when used in conjunction with a continuous
arch wire leading to an increase in the lower anterior facial height. The objective of this case report
is to demonstrate the true intrusion of the maxillary anterior segment without causing extrusion of the
posterior segment using a segmented arch wire rather than the routine continuous arch wire with the
assistance of TADs in a patient diagnosed with a 5 mm gummy smile. After the initial leveling and
alignment, a 0.019×0.025 stainless steel posted arch wire was sectioned distal to the canines. The TADs
were positioned bilaterally mesial to upper first molars and an intrusive force of 250gm was applied per
side using elastomeric chains attached to the miniscrews. At the end of the treatment, complete correction
of the gummy smile was achieved by the intrusion of maxillary anteriors without any significant extrusion
of the posteriors. The TAD assisted segmented arch wire for intrusion and retraction of maxillary anteriors
is an excellent method for the successful correction of the gummy smile rather than using regular continous
arch wire as we can avoid the unwanted extrusion of posteriors.

Keywords: Gummysmile, TADS, Segmental mechanics, Intrusion, Gummysmile, TADS, Segmental mechanics, Intrusion.


(57) Abstract: OBJECTIVE together to facilitate assembly of the check valve, To easily attached to the oil supply pipe. [Configuration] becomes a plate-shaped valve body 1 and the valve body from the valve holder 2 for holding a hinge, the valve holding body 2 is a semi-cylindrical inner diameter substantially equal to the outer diameter of the mating mounting pipe 4 Te is a check valve of a fuel tank made by assembling the valve holding body 2 at least two side portions of the valve holder 2 and the retaining provided on the mating mounting pipe 4 uneven fitting portion a to the mounting pipe 4.


We draw a figure from where it is possible to measure the number of e-folds of expansion of the universe with a ruler. We find model independent bounds for the number of e-folds during inflation, reheating and radiation. We also give a lower bound to the size of the universe at the beginning of observable inflation. Finally, we show that consistency with a relevant diagram requires the existence of a new form of energy to drive the present expansion of the universe.


Objective:To determine whether rapidly cleared episodes of herpes simplex virus (HSV) reactivation occur in HIV-infected adults. Methods:Twenty HSV-2-seropositive, HIV-seropositive adults, including 9 (45%) who were also HSV-1 seropositive, collected oral and anogenital swabs for HSV DNA polymerase chain reaction 4 times a day for 60 days. Samples were positive for HSV if we detected ≥150 copies of HSV DNA/mL of specimen. Results:Median HSV shedding episode duration was 7.5 (range 4-253) hours for oral and 11 (range 4-328) hours for anogenital reactivation. Thirty-five percent of oral and 29% of anogenital reactivations lasted ≤6 hours, and 59% of oral and 53% of anogenital reactivations lasted ≤12 hours. Seven of 9 participants who shed orally and 10 of 15 who shed anogenitally had ≥1 reactivation lasting ≤6 hours. The median maximum level of HSV DNA detected in an episode increased with episode duration for both oral and anogenital episodes. Concurrent oral and anogenital shedding occurred more frequently than expected: oral HSV shedding was detected on 17% of time points with anogenital but 1% of time points without anogenital, shedding (P < 0.001). Conclusions:Rapidly cleared episodes of oral and anogenital HSV shedding occur in HIV-infected persons, supporting the hypothesis that frequent anogenital mucosal immune activation caused by HSV-2 is present in HIV coinfected persons, potentially contributing to HIV infectiousness.


A study was done to localize the soluble antigens on the intact ragweed pollen grains. For this purpose, ragweed pollen grains were paraffin embedded, sectioned and stained with FITC-conjugated antise


Forecasting is a tool to determine not only whether a new terminal building and runways are required but also how big, how many and when they are required. However, forecasting often faulty because of uncertainties. Since then, addressing uncertainties becomes the greatest challenge in forecasting. Moreover, forecasting is a part of process of converting uncertainties into qualified risks. Therefore, this study was held to search a new method in airport passenger forecasting. A method namely Radial Basis Function Neural Network is introduced as an airport passenger demand forecasting tool in the Juanda Airport. The airport has important role since it is the second largest airport in term of annual passenger in Indonesia. In addition, the current annual passenger traffic of the airport has surpassed its basic capacity by 42 % in 2013.
The research was initiated with an extensive literature study on artificial neural networks, time series and causal forecasting, airport master planning, and macro economy. The literature study of artificial neural networks, time series and causal forecasting are needed to construct how the process of forecasting has to be developed. The airport master planning and macro economy study are needed in order to analyze entirely the forecasting results. Secondary data are collected from several sources such as PT. Angkasa Pura I, Indonesia Ministry of Transport, Biro Pusat Statistik, Bank Indonesia and The World Bank.
The mean squared error (MSE) ranges between 0.2% and 16% during training and testing processes. The optimum result shows that the Radial Basis Function Neural Networks gained error below 1%. It means that this method is highly recommended to be utilized in the Juanda Airport. The analyses show that additional capacity is urgently needed to satisfy the current and future demand. The analyses also suggest that the capacity has to be expanded gradually near to 24 million passengers in the next five years. In the meantime, the saturation of the Indonesian economy which is reflected by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) provides high risks for further airport expansion. If there is no improvement in the macro economy of Indonesia, the airport capacity bottlenecks seem to be worsening nationwide and particularly in the Juanda Airport.


Does democracy cause gender equality? To address this question, I use the unexpected Second Vatican Council (1962–65) as part of a shock-based identification strategy. The Second Vatican Council brought forward in time transitions to democracy that would have happened anyway and triggered transitions to democracy that would not otherwise have occurred. I use this plausibly exogenous variation in democracy to offer a causal estimate. According to my baseline specification, one standard deviation increase in democracy leads to three-fifths of a standard deviation increase in gender equality. I also peruse qualitative evidence to sketch a causal mechanism.