The invention relates to a paper money storage and withdrawing device which comprises a housing, an upper paper money operation identification temporary storage box and a lower paper money strongbox. The paper money strongbox is provided with the components of a filling circulating paper money box which is connected with the paper money operation identification temporary storage box through a paper money circulating mechanism, a plurality of circulating paper money boxes and recycling boxes which are connected with the filling circulating paper money box through the paper money circulating mechanism. According to the structure of the paper money storage and withdrawing device, in the paper money filling process, the filling circulating paper money box is directly taken out, and furthermore the paper money is filled into the filling circulating paper money box, thereby facilitating operation of bank personnel. When the number of paper money sheets of the circulating paper money boxes is not large, the paper money of the plurality of circulating paper money boxes can be conveyed to the filling circulating paper money box, and furthermore the number of the paper money sheets in the filling circulating paper money box can be counted, thereby realizing a function of emptying the device. Furthermore the paper money is placed in a firstly operated circulating paper money box. When a remittee performs money withdrawing operation, the paper money first comes out from the firstly operated circulating paper money box, thereby shortening a paper money conveying path, and effectively preventing paper money jam.


ABSTRACT In the spring of 2015, the citizens' initiative 'We Welcome' in a small municipality in Western Austria published a manifesto to announce that it had invented and granted 'municipal asylum' to two asylum seekers, to protect them from deportation by national authorities. In this article, I follow the logics of the extended case method as I discuss the initiative We Welcome as an extraordinary example of volunteering in the asylum regime. Recent literature on the role of volunteers in refugee reception fails to historically situate volunteering as part and parcel of provision arrangements for asylum seekers and refugees. I address this gap by looking into the emergence of 'volunteering' as an object of knowledge production and policy-making since the 1980s. I further show that the experiences of the initiative's participants run counter to hegemonic discourses, which picture 'volunteering' as a means to produce trust and social cohesion. Instead of eliciting their trust, their experiences as volunteers deeply alienated them from the nation-state, and their citizenship was unsettled.


The flash photolysis of aqueous solutions of the nitrate ion at 200 nm has been studied. Spectroscopic observations show that no solvated electrons are produced but that three transient absorption spectra appear with maxima at <260, 300, and 450–500 nm. On the basis of kinetic measurement made at various pH Values of the initial solution coupled with product analyses, these spectra have been attributed, respectively, to undissociated peroxy-nitrous acid (tentative attribution), the peroxynitrite anion, and nitrtogen dioxide. Results obtained support the hypothesis that the following primary photolytic process occurs: NO3– [graphic omitted] (NO3–)* [graphic omitted] NO2+ OH + OH– The recombination of NO2 and OH in the solvent cage gives peroxynitrous acid; this then dissociates, to give the anion. A pK value of 6·0, has been determined for peroxynitrous acid and, assuming that the rate of disappearance of peroxynitrite is controlled by the reaction, ON·O·OH → NO3–+ H+ the rate constatn of this reaction at room temperature is 1·5 ± 0·2 s–1. The origin of molecular oxygen as a product is examined.


The invention relates to the technical field of an external preparation medicament, in particular to an external preparation medicament containing momestasone furoate. The external preparation medicament is prepared from the following raw materials in part by weight: 15 parts of the momestasone furoate, 45 parts of hexadecyl-octadecyl alcohol, 7.5 parts of glyceryl monostearate, 5 parts of beeswax, 8 parts of triethanolamine, 35 parts of light liquid paraffin, 2 parts of sodium lauryl sulfate, 8 parts of sodium lauryl sulfate, 25 parts of propylene glycol, 1 part of Hydroxy acetate, 2 parts of tween-80, and the balance of purified water which is added to ensure that the total weight is 500 parts. The cream has better moisture retention and stability because the humectant combination of the triethanolamine and the propylene glycol is adopted.


as a concept or theory of punishment, but as a functional tool used by the prison staff to control inmates. Most of the narrative from the father and son focuses on this topic. The differences between the two men's views are significant. The father used corporal punishment during his time because the prisoners were controlled through fear. Corporal punishment was swift, brutal, and unrecorded. The son, working in road camps, used physical violence selectively because of its pragmatic usefulness in controlling small groups of inmates; he relied more heavily on threats of violence to "con" the inmates. The grandson is a probation officer who has no use for corporal viosubcultural adaptations. See L. CARROLL, HACKS, BLACKS AND CONS 5-7 (1974). [Vol. 71


Increased blood–brain barrier (BBB) permeability has been shown to play a significant role in the pathophysiology of cerebrovascular disease and it may provide an early functional marker of progression or treatment effects. The aim of the study was to investigate the test–retest reproducibility and influencing factors of dynamic contrast‐enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in measuring subtle leakage in patients with cerebrovascular disease.


A field experiment was conducted during Rabi season of 2022-23 in field no new plot 1 at South farm of Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore. This study was conducted to assess the growth and yield of finger millet using nutrient management practices. The treatment consists of seven different parameters with control. Results revealed that growth parameters, yield attributes, yield of finger millet were significantly influenced by different treatments of nutrient management. In finger millet, plant height at 90 DAS, LAI at 60 DAS and dry matter accumulation per m2 at harvest were maximum with 125% seed rate and 100% N through vermicompost. Yield attributes namely, effective tillers per m2, number of fingers per ear, ear weight, test weight, number of grains per ear, grain yield and straw yield of finger millet were also recorded maximum in the same treatment.


Computerized tomography allows us to reconstruct a bivariate function from its Radon samples. The reconstruction is based on the filtered back projection (FBP) formula, which gives an analytical inversion of the Radon transform. The FBP formula, however, is numerically unstable. Therefore, suitable low-pass filters of finite bandwidth are employed to make the reconstruction by FBP less sensitive to noise. The objective of this paper is to analyse the reconstruction error occurring due to the use of a low-pass filter. To this end, we prove L2 error estimates on Sobolev spaces of fractional order. The obtained error estimates are affine-linear with respect to the distance between the filter's window function and the constant function 1 in the L∞-norm. Our theoretical results are supported by numerical simulations, where in particular the predicted affine-linear behaviour of the error is observed.


Study of three pregnant and two non‐pregnant women showed no differences in distribution or elimination of injected 9‐H3‐prostaglandin F2α. There was no selective uptake by the uterus. Measurement of radioactivity in fetal tissue samples indicated that the transfer of PGF2α or its radioactive metabolites occurred freely.


Solar adaptive optics has become an indispensable tool at ground based solar telescopes. Over the last few years several solar adaptive optics systems have been deployed at major ground based solar telescopes. These systems enable diffraction limited observations of the sun for a significant fraction of the available observing time at these telescopes. New ground breaking scientific results have been achieved with solar adaptive optics. This paper summarizes the recent progress in the field of solar adaptive optics.


A quasi‐self‐complementary (QSC) antenna with microstrip fed and a compact size of 19.7 × 19 mm2 is proposed for portable ultrawideband (UWB) applications. The antenna consists of a half‐elliptical conductor patch with two small half‐circular structures (HCSs) printed on one side of the substrate, and a slot with the complement of the conductor shape cut on the L‐shaped ground plane on the other side of the substrate. Computer simulation is used to design the QSC antenna. Results show that the HCSs can increase the lengths of the current paths on the antenna and hence, increase the operation bandwidth. As a result, for the same operation bandwidth, the size of the antenna can be reduced by 15% using the HCSs. Simulation is used to study the performance of the antenna in terms of S11, radiation pattern, realized gain, and efficiency. For verification of simulation results, the prototype of the antenna is measured using the antenna measurement system, Satimo Starlab system. The effects of the feeding cable used in measurement are also studied using computer simulation. The simulated cable effect on efficiency is evaluated and used to remove the cable effect on the measured result. Then, the simulated and measured efficiencies agree very well. Results show that the antenna has a bandwidth from 3.1 GHz to more than 12 GHz and efficiency of over 60%, making it suitable for portable UWB applications. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 56:1317–1323, 2014


Mosquito-borne diseases, like Dengue and Malaria, have had a deep impact globally, due to the serious risk to life that it poses to individuals and communities that are exposed to these diseases[1].Dengue fever (DF) is one of the most common widespread vector-borne diseases in the world [2]. Currently, there are more than 2.5 billion people expose to the risk of DF transmission [3]and approximately 100 million people annually affected. Therefore, it is one of the world's most important mosquito-borne diseases, mainly in Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas. The transmission area of these diseases expanding continuously due to many direct and indirect factors linked to urban sprawl, increased travel, and global warming.


The elastic, inelastic deformation and stress distribution pattern of a seventeen years service exposed primary superheater tube in a 120 MW boiler of a thermal power plant have been evaluated by using both analytical and numerical techniques. The commercial finite element computer code ANSYS was used for stress analysis. The methodology is a valuable design tool for development of new boiler tubes as well as for considering the effects of numerous operating variables on creep life. The health of the tube was also assessed based on microstructure, hardness and a few conventional creep tests carried out at 500 degrees C at various stress levels (40-177 MPa). Results revealed that there was not much variation in the microstructure and hardness of the service exposed tubes compared to the virgin material. Creep deformation behavior of the service exposed and virgin tubes of the same material at 40 MPa reveal that deterioration of the creep properties fall within the 20% scatter band, which is well within the specified limits of ASTM standard. The service exposed primary superheater tube is thus in a good state of health.


The objectives of this program were to identify the weight reduction potential of pickup trucks, vans, and utility vehicles less than or equal to 8500 lb. gross vehicle weight through design modification, redesign, and material substitution; and more specifically, the documentation and characterization of the existing world light truck fleet; the identification of the currently most weight efficient light truck; the identification of acceptable reductions in vehicle function; the evaluation of the potential for material substitution; the potential for redesign consistent with 1985 technology; and the documentation of the optimum weight efficient state of the art light duty truck.


In this paper, a 5–15 GHz I/Q modulator implemented in 45 nm SOI CMOS is presented, which shares DC current through biasing branch, I/Q mixers and stacked-FET power amplifier (PA) to provide high output power and linearity. Stacked SOI transistors are used to isolate the modulator from high voltage swing at the load and mitigate device break-down. The proposed architecture results in an OP1db and OIP3 of 15.6–19.5 dBm and 26–30 dBm at 5–15 GHz, respectively. The circuit occupies only 0.46 rnrn2 including pads. Application areas are in the 5G high-linearity IF circuity for high data-rate modulations.


Dr. Amulya Nagarur (Medicine): An 80-year-old man with end-stage renal disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, peripheral arterial disease, hypertension, coronary arteriosclerosis, congestive heart failure, abdominal aortic aneurysm, hyperlipidemia, and gout was admitted to this hospital because of anorexia, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and an ileocecal mass. Three years before this admission, the patient had been seen in the emergency department of this hospital because of neck pain. Computed tomography (CT) of the neck revealed evidence of degenerative disk disease of the cervical spine and a pulmonary nodule (8 mm in diameter) in the left upper lobe. Dr. Shaunagh McDermott: Three months after that initial visit, follow-up CT of the chest was performed, and the nodule in the left upper lobe had not changed in size. Five months after the initial visit, combined 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose–positronemission tomography and CT (FDG-PET–CT) revealed that the pulmonary nodule had increased in size to 1 cm in diameter, was tethered to the overlying pleura in the left upper lobe, and had increased FDG uptake; a contiguous nodule (7 mm in diameter) with increased FDG uptake and new nodules in the right middle lobe were also present. In addition, there was intense diffuse FDG uptake in the stomach, as well as wall thickening of the most distal aspect of the terminal ileum and the cecum in the region of the ileocecal valve, with adjacent inflammatory fat stranding (Fig. 1). Dr. Nagarur: Lung biopsy, upper endoscopy, and colonoscopy were recommended, but the patient declined to undergo these procedures. Approximately 9 months after the initial visit, induration (8 mm in diameter) developed at the site of a tuberculin skin test that had been performed during a hemodialysis appointment at an outpatient care unit. Chest radiography was performed; pulmonary lesions were not noted. Eleven months after the initial visit (25 months before this admission), severe abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant and pain in the right flank developed acutely, and the patient presented to the emergency department at this hospital. Imaging studies were obtained. From the Departments of Medicine (V.Y., H.K.), Radiology (S.M.), and Pathology (J.M.E.), Massachusetts General Hospi‐ tal, and the Departments of Medicine (V.Y., H.K.), Radiology (S.M.), and Pathol‐ ogy (J.M.E.), Harvard Medical School — both in Boston.


Environmental masterplanning is an increasingly vibrant area of research and development activity. Design tools to support environmental masterplanning can be loosely categorised as simulating (i) microclimate, (ii) resource availability, and (iii) resource flows. Much progress has been made in respect of (i) and (ii) but the latter category – simulating resource flows within the urban neighbourhood – is at an embryonic stage. There is also a dearth of guidance for designing and managing sustainable urban neighbourhoods. This paper describes a new EC funded research project that was conceived to fill this important niche: Project SUNtool.


Current dogma suggests that tumor-reactive IFN- γ –producing (T H 1-type) T-cells are beneficial to patient outcome; however, the clinical consequence of these responses with respect to long-term prognosis in colorectal cancer (CRC) is not understood. Here, we compared the utility of


SUMMARY A method for radioassay of gas-liquid chromatographic effluents by scintillation counting has been developed. A cartridge filled with anthracene crystals is used as a "flow-through" radiation detector. Upon leaving the column, the effluent is passed over hot copper oxide, which converts the organic msterials to carbon dioxide and water. If tritium is to be counted, the water is reacted with hot iron to release hydrogen and tritium gases. The effluent is then passed through the anthracene cartridge. The counting rate of the cartridge is monitored continuously during the analysis by a highly efficient, low-background, scintillation counter to yield a record of eluted radioactivity that resembles the conventional mass detector record. The detector is simply constructed, easily maintained, insensitive to change in gas composition but highly sensitive to radiation. High efficiency (more than 70% for carbon-14 and 20% for tritium) is coupled with low background counting rates (ca. 15 cpm at carbon-14 settings, 50 cpm at tritium settings). The counting rate returns to this low background rate following the detection of a labeled compound.


The utility model discloses a rotary device for preventing coal from blocking a grate. The device comprises a fixed grid plate arranged above a coal moving machine and having a gradient. A first screen hammer and a second screen hammer are arranged in the middle of the fixed grid plate and on a rotating sieve shaft; and the fixed grid plate and a horizontal plane form an included angle Alpha ranging from 0 to 20 degrees. The utility model has the advantages of reasonable design, simple structure, strong crushing and sieving capability, abrasion resistance, impact resistance and no easy coal viscidity.


An original aerial photograph by Winston Reeves of a cotton mill with collected cotton bales taken between 1930 and 1940.


Dangor, Suleiman Essop. "The Myth of the 1860 Settlers." Africa Quarterly 32 (1993): 73–80. Print. Key, Liza, dir. REwind: Based on REwind, a Cantata for Voice, Tape, and Testimony conceived and composed by Philip Miller. Key Films and the Market Theatre, 2009. DVD. Kruger, Loren. "Black Atlantics, White Indians, and Jews: Syncretic Identities in the Fiction of Achmat Dangor and Others." Scrutiny2 7.2 (2002): 34–50. Print.


This paper studies two approximation algorithms for packing rectangles, using the two-dimensional packing model of Baker, Coffman and Rivest [SIAM J. Comput., 9 (1980), pp. 846–855]. The algorithms studied are called next-fit and first-fit shelf algorithms, respectively. They differ from previous algorithms by packing the rectangles in the order given; the previous algorithms required sorting the rectangles by decreasing height or width before packing them, which is not possible in some applications. The shelf algorithms are a modification of the next-fit and first-fit decreasing height level algorithms of Coffman, Garey, Johnson and Tarjan [SIAM J. Comput., 9 (1980), pp. 808–826]. Each shelf algorithm takes a parameter r. It is shown that by choosing r appropriately, the asymptotic worst case performance of the shelf algorithms can be made arbitrarily close to that of the next-fit and first-fit level algorithms, without the restriction that items must be packed in order of decreasing height. Nonasymptoti...


Once trees are planted and begin growing, damage from wildlife can threaten their quality. In this publication we discuss how to identify and manage injury to hardwoods from wildlife to minimize losses.


Via analysis of internal and external variables of western (region) agricultural development, this paper assesses the various ways and modes of the agricultural industrialization, with western characteristics. It is deduced that it a. must be joined with the practical conditions of the western region and b. make breakthroughs in seven aspects.


The concept of "competence" is more often used to refer to learning outcomes, expressed in readiness, "possibility" student in possession of methods, means activities, the ability to cope with the tasks. In the formation of competences in addition to personal abilities and capabilities of workers involved management culture to provide organizational development. Professional competence achieved employee in the organization is the most important criterion for the quality of administrative work and management culture remains an important resource for the development of the internal competitive advantage of the organization and at the same time a component of professional competence of personnel management. Today synthetic approach is widespread, and his followers offer different interpretations of the content of competence. Competence is demonstrated by the employee's ability to perform certain business functions. Competence is only a part, one of the elements of the management system, but in combination with the culture of control they provide the most efficient functioning of the organization. In contrast to the term "qualification" competencies include apart from purely professional knowledge and skills that characterize qualifications such qualities as initiative, cooperation, ability to work in a group, communication skills, ability to learn, evaluate, think logically, to select and use information. The above fully applies to the preparation of modern agricultural professionals who are required to have the necessary level of knowledge and professional competence that will guarantee their employability in the agrarian sector of the Russian Federation.


Combined with a contract segment large bridge pier construction example in Tai-Jia express highway,the construction process of sliding formwork thin wall hollow pier,the problem and treatment measures in construction were introduced.It pointed out that sliding formwork construction structure integrity was better and safe,reliable,and applicable to field casting high rise reinforcement concrete structure.


Multi-output supervised learning and multi-task learning are all instances of a broader learning paradigm where features, parameters and objectives are shared to a certain extent. Examples of such approaches include reusing features from pre-existing models in a new algorithm, performing multi-label regression or optimising for several tasks jointly. In this paper, we address this challenge by devising a generic framework based on generalised low-rank models ("GLRMs"), which include – broadly speaking– most techniques that can be expressed in terms of matrix factorisation. Importantly, while GLRMs first and foremost tackle unsupervised learning problems and supervised linear models. Here, we show that GLRMs can be extended by introducing multivariate functionals and structure regularisation terms to handle multivariate learning. This paper also proposes a coherent framework to design multi-learning strategies and covers existing algorithms. Finally, we prove the simplicity and effectiveness of our approach on empirical data.


A single reaction product was formed during the incubation of 1.5 ,.M (5S,12R)-dihydroxy-6,14-cis-8,10trans-[3H]icosatetraenoic acid (leukotriene B4, LTB4) for 30 min at 370C in 10 mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 7.5) with 100 ,sM NADPH and the 150,000 X g supernatant of sonicated human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN). The reaction product exhibited the same mobility on reversedphase HPLC (RP-HPLC) and TLC as standard 20-hydroxyLTB4 (20-OH-LTB4). When the w-oxidation product of [3H]LTB4 was eluted from a Sep-Pak, resolved by RP-HPLC, and analyzed by GC/MS, its structure was determined to be solely 20-OH-LTB4. The Km of the 20-hydroxylase for [3H]LTB4 at its optimal pH of 7.5 was 0.22 ± 0.08 ,uM (mean ± SD, n = 4) and the Vx,.., was 48 ± 11 pmol/min-mg of protein (mean ± SD, n = 4). When the concentration of [3HJLTB4 was fixed at 1.5 ,uM, the Km for NADPH was 1.01 ± 0.59 ,uM (mean ± SD, n = 3). The location in the 150,000 x g supernatant of the LTB4 20-hydroxylase distinguishes it from the cytochrome P-450 system of liver, lung, and kidney microsomes and from the NADPH oxidase-cytochrome b24.5 system of the human PMN. The LTB4 20-hydroxylase is either a unique cytochrome P-450 or other monooxygenase. Human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) stimulated with the calcium ionophore A23187 (1-3) or the chemotactic peptide f-Met-Leu-Phe (4) produce (5S,12R)-dihydroxy-6, 14-cis-8,10-trans-icosatetraenoic acid (leukotriene B4, LTB4) and convert this compound to 20-hydroxy-LTB4 (20-OHLTB4) and 20-carboxy-LTB4 (20-COOH-LTB4) (1-4). Exogenously added LTB4 is also metabolized by intact PMN to these products (1-3). This c-oxidation pathway results in the progressive deactivation of the chemotactic activity of LTB4 (4). The enzyme(s) catalyzing these conversions has not yet been described in a cell-free system. In this manuscript we describe a unique NADPHdependent monooxygenase that converts LTB4 solely to 20-OH-LTB4. It is distinguished by its presence in the 150,000 x g supernatant of sonicated PMN from both the microsomal cytochrome P-450 systems known to catalyze the c-oxidation of prostaglandins and long-chain fatty acids in a vaiety of tissues and from the NADPH oxidasecytochrome b-245 system of the human PMN (5-15). MATERIALS AND METHODS Materials. Ethyl acetate, isooctane, acetic acid, and petroleum ether were from Fisher; silica gel 60-F254 TLC plates were from Scientific Products, Bedford, MA; NADPH, NADH, and 4,8-phorbol 12,3-myristate 13ca-acetate (PMA) were from Sigma; and methanol, HPLC-grade, was from Burdick and Jackson, Muskegon, MI. Synthetic LTB4 (16) was supplied by E. J. Corey (Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA), and [3H]LTB4 (32 mCi/mmol; 1 Ci = 37 GBq) was obtained from New England Nuclear. 20-OH-LTB4 and 20-COOH-LTB4 standards were prepared by the method of Hansson et al. (1) after the incubation of 30 ,g of LTB4 with intact human PMN. Preparation of PMN and LTB4 20-Hydroxylase. Four to 10 x 108 PMN were isolated from 500 ml of citrate-anticoagulated blood and purified to >97% purity by sequential dextran sedimentation, hypotonic lysis, and Ficoll-Hypaque gradient centrifugation (17). The PMN were washed in Hanks' balanced buffered saline without calcium or magnesium (GIBCO) and were resuspended at a concentration of 108 cells per ml in 0.34 M sucrose. The cells were sonicated at 0°C for two 30-sec intervals at a setting of 4 (50% pulse cycle) with a Branson sonifier. Unbroken cells and debris were sedimented at 400 x g for 5 min at 4°C, and the resulting supernatant, termed the sonicate, was centrifuged at 150,000 x g for 1 hr at 4°C. The resulting high-speed supernatant, representing the cytosol, was stored at -70°C and used as a source of LTB4 20-hydroxylase. The cytosol was found to contain 3.4 ± 1.0 mg of protein per ml (mean ± SD, n = 4) by the method of Lowry et al. (18). Assays of LTB4 20-Hydroxylase. One-hundred-microliter portions (48-670 ,ug) of cytosol were routinely mixed with 100 ,l of 10 mM potassium phosphate buffer (KP buffer) (pH 7.5), 1.5 AM [3H]LTB4 (40,000 cpm/nmol), and 100 ,M NADPH for 30 min at 37°C. The reactions were stopped by the addition of 800 ,ul of ice-cold methanol. Each test tube was mixed in a Vortex and then centrifuged at 1000 x g at 4°C for 10 min. Eight hundred microliters of the supernatant was injected onto an Altex ODS 10-,um C18 reversed-phase HPLC (RP-HPLC) column. Elution was performed with one of three isocratic solvents of different proportions (vol/vol) of methanol/water/acetic acid, 65:35:0.1 (system A), 70:30:0.1 (system B), and 57:43:0.1 (system C), adjusted to pH 5.6 with ammonium hydroxide. The flow rate of each solvent was 1 ml/min, and 1-ml fractions were collected and added to 10 ml of Aquasol (New England Nuclear) for quantitation of radioactivity by ,B-scintillation counting in a Tracor Mark III 3-scintillation counter (Tracor Instruments, Elk Grove, IL). The respective retention times of the LTB4 and 20-OH-LTB4 standards were determined with on-line monitoring at OD280 with a Hitachi model 100-40 spectrophotometer. In solvent system A, the retention time of LTB4 standard was 20.7 min (mean, n = 2) and that of 20-OH-LTB4 standard was 4.52 min (mean, n = 2). In Abbreviations: LTB4, (5S,12R)-dihydroxy-6,14-cis-8,10-trans-icosatetraenoic acid; 20-OH-LTB4, 20-hydroxy-LTB4; 20-COOH-LTB4, 20-carboxy-LTB4; PMA, 4,8-phorbol 12/8-myristate 13ca-acetate; PMN, polymorphonuclear leukocyte(s); RP-HPLC, reversed-phase HPLC. tTo whom correspondence should be addressed at Seeley G. Mudd Building, Room 618, 250 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. 2292 The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by page charge payment. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §1734 solely to indicate this fact. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82 (1985) 2293 solvent system B, the retention time of LTB4 standard was 12.05 ± 0.38 min (mean ± SD, n = 4) and that of 20-OHLTB4 standard was 4.12 min (mean, n = 2). In this assay of the enzyme the overall recovery of radioactivity from RPHPLC resolution of substrate and product was 65% ± 6% (mean ± SD, n = 9). Alternatively, a comparable reaction was stopped after 30 min at 370C by the addition of 80 pil of 2 M citric acid and 400 pl of ice-cold ethyl acetate. Each test tube was mixed in a Vortex and then centrifuged at 1000 x g for 5 min at 40C. One hundred microliters of the upper ethyl acetate phase was spotted on a silica gel 60-F254 TLC plate and developed in the organic phase of ethyl acetate/ iNooctane/acetic acid/water, 110:50:20:100 (vol/vol). LTB4 and 20-OH-LTB4 standards were spotted in an adjoining lane and identified by iodine vapors; standard LTB4 and 20-OHLTB4 had Rf values of 0.5 and 0.25, respectively. The corresponding areas of the silica gel were scraped into counting vials, 10 ml of Aquasol was added, and the radioactivity was quantitated by P-scintillation counting. The overall recovery of applied radioactivity in this assay method was 80% ± 21% (mean ± SD, n = 5). Sample Preparation and Characterization by GC/MS. The product of the reaction of PMN cytosol and [3H]LTB4 was obtained by incubating 36 tkg of [3H]LTB4 (8000 cpm/nmol) for 90 min at 37TC with 10 ml of cytosol (38.8 mg of protein) in 40 ml of 10 mM KP buffer (pH 7.5) in the presence of 100 ,4M NADPH. The incubation mixture was injected on a reversed-phase Sep-Pak that had been washed previously with 30 ml of ethanol followed by 30 ml of distilled water. The Sep-Pak was washed with 10 ml of distilled water, 10 ml of petroleum ether, 10 ml of ethyl acetate, and 10 ml of methanol. Twenty-microliter portions of each fraction were assayed for radioactivity in a P-scintillation counter; all of the radioactivity eluted in the ethyl acetate wash. The ethyl acetate was evaporated to dryness under nitrogen and the labeled reaction product(s) was resuspended in 1 ml of methanol/water/acetic acid (57:43:0.1, pH 5.6), applied to a C18 RP-HPLC column, and eluted isocratically in this same solvent at a flow rate of 1 ml/min. Optical density at 280 nm was monitored. One-milliliter fractions were collected and 10-gl aliquots of each were quantitated by P-scintillation counting. [3H]LTB4, which eluted (solvent system C) at a retention time of 31.5 min, was converted to one product eluting with the retention time of 5.65 min, as determined by ultraviolet monitoring and a-scintillation counting. RPHPLC fractions containing the radiolabeled product were pooled for analysis by GC/MS. Three micrograms of standard 20-OH-LTB4 and 3 ,ug of the purified product of the reaction between [3H]LTB4 and PMN cytosol were each lyophilized to dryness, redissolved in 0.5 ml of methanol, and methylated by the drop-wise addition of diazomethane. Methanol and excess diazomethane were removed under a stream of nitrogen at room temperature. Trimethylsilyl ethers were prepared by adding 10 pl of bis(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide (Supelco, Bellefonte, PA) and 10 Al of acetonitrile and warming the mixture to 60'C for 15 min. Catalytic hydrogenation was performed by dissolving 3 ,ug of the methyl esters of standard 20-OH-LTB4 or of the purified reaction product in 0.5 ml of methanol, adding 5-10 mg of rhodium on alumina, and bubbling hydrogen through the solution for 4 min at room temperature. The solution was centrifuged and the supernatant was transferred to a clean tube and evaporated to dryness under a stream of nitrogen. Trimethylsilyl ethers were then prepared as described above. Gas chromatographic separations were performed on a 60 x 0.2 cm glass column with 3% OV-101 on 80to 100-mesh Supelcoport (Supelco) with a Finnigan 9500 gas chromatograph interfaced to a Finnigan 3200 quadropole mass spectrometer (Finnigan, Sunnyvale, CA). For fatty acid methyl ester equivalent chain length determinations, the GC oven temperature was programed to increase from 150'C to 300'C at a rate of 10'C/min. Mass spectra w


From the formula of perspective and according to the continuity of object movement(translation,scaling and Rotation).a method of quick displaing for object basic movement is given.In this method,the perspective formula is not used again after calculating the first point insteed of using the continuity to calculate the next points on the moveing object.It simplify the calculation processes for identifying the points coordinates on the moveing object.


Segel, Harold B. Body Ascendant: Modernism and the Physical Imperative. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins UP, 1998. 282 pp. $35.95. In Body Ascendant Harold Segel proposes that we look at modernism as a disenchantment with intellectuality and the mind, and a fascination with the physical body. Segel finds evidence for this thesis in many realms, from the preoccupation with dance and pantomime to skeptical views on language and the popularity of sports and fitness. The time frame for modernism in this work is not entirely clear, but if we judge by the works and individuals cited, it falls loosely within the final three decades of the nineteenth century and the first third of the twentieth century. The site of modernism is rather better defined: Segel's command of a number of different European traditions allows him to include material from various Slavic cultures, as well as from the English, American, German, and French heritage. Considering the momentous events that occurred in central Europe during the thirties and forties, it is appropriate that Segel also devotes some consideration to the political implications of the cult of the physical. The broadest and most pernicious ramification of the repudiation of intellectual culture and the advocacy of physicality is the anti-Semitic deprecation of the Jewish body and the adoption of a biologically based racism. Although Segel occasionally suggests that his own monograph contributes to the investigation of fascism and modernism that has been in progress since the 1970s, he makes it clear that his main purpose is not to explore the wayward political trajectory of modernism, but rather to sketch the multiple forms in which the modernist physical imperative insinuated itself into European culture. Segel's five central chapters-he also ineludes an introduction and a short conclusion, as chapters one and seven, respectively-most often focus on one particular aspect of modernist physicality. In chapter two Segel examines an array of modernist pantomimes written by Wedekind, Hofmannsthal, Schnitzler, Einstein, Kuzmin, and Kandinsky before turning to playwrights (Maeterlinck, Chekhov, Hofmannsthal, Schnitzler, Lev Lunts, and Gertrude Stein) who undercut dialogue and substitute instead the performance of the human body. Chapter three is devoted to dance. Segel explores innovations in modern dance, in particular the most influential American and European contributors during the modernist period, but his central concern is the impact that dance had on dramatic action among playwrights, and how it emerged as a theme among prose writers. In the fourth chapter, Segel writes directly about authors; he discusses the various writers who were simultaneously men of action, which includes a diverse group from the symbolist D'Annunzio and the futurist Marinetti to the adventurer Hemingway or the airplane enthusiast Saint-Exupery. …


As part of a physical oceanographic study of the New England OCS sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, techniques have been developed for acquisition of synoptic surface currents data over large areas. Dye-emitting Lagrangian tracers, equipped with radio location beacons, are seeded in patterns and tracked by aircraft for several days. The aircraft-deployed tracers consist of 132 cm-long cylinders, containing a fluorescent dye mixture, which are weighted to float vertically. Four color coded arms joined to the cylinder near its top provide for unique visual identification, and frequency-audio coded VHF radio location beacons are mounted in the top of selected tracers. Tracer tracking is accomplished with a Cessna Skymaster aircraft with VHF homing equipment, vertically mounted Hasselblad cameras, a radiometer, and an advanced Loran C unit. The photographic tracer data is subsequently digitized in the lab and computer-processed into tabular and graphical displays. In a typical study, between 60 and 180 tracers are deployed in several patterns dispersed over an area of approximately 25,000 km2. A cargo aircraft such as a Beechcraft G-18 is used for tracer deployment, and relocation of tracers takes place with the Sky-master for several days thereafter. Results to date have yielded interesting data on regional circulation, diffusion, and circulation within a warm-core eddy.


Seeds of pigeon pea can be effectively protected from the pulse beetleCallosobruchus chinensis Linn. by mixing dried neem leaf powder (NLP) in a dose of 0.50 mg to 2 mg/50 gm seed. The most effective dose of NLP as pesticide is 2 mg/50 gm of pigeon pea seeds.


In this paper, a new type of sound-optical array of microvibrator sensor which detect speech features in frequency domain and the fabrication process of the microvibrator is presented. The technique of detection by optical fiber and speech recognition in noise using neural networks (NNs) has been described. The results of experiments show that the sensor based on the new idea is suitable for an optical sensor, especially for the speech recognition system with optic-machinery unitization for it changes the sound signal into an optical signal, at the same time it carries out parallel filters spectrum analysis to obtain directly sound spectrum features which can be used as input of the NNs.


(Left) Fractured mandible with loss of anterior attachmen tongue drops back, blocking the airway (arrowed). (Right the tongue taped to the face. The multiply injured patient may have injuries of the face and neck that are life threatening or sufficiently serious to require specialist advice and management. In the initial assessment such patients may present with airway obstruction or hypovolaemic shock due to profuse and continuous bleeding from the facial skeleton or its surrounding soft tissues. The resuscitation team must be aware of these problems, know which specialists to call and when to call them, and be able to initiate manoeuvres to prevent the demise of the patient before the arrival of the specialist. The first priority of the resuscitation team is to secure and maintain an airway, yet this action transgresses the site of maxillofacial trauma, which may be littered with broken teeth and dentures, bits of fractured bone, and macerated soft tissue.


This paper discusses a method to evaluate the available reactive power of individual generators that could be deployed to support voltage in the power network. The method is based on real time calculation of reactive power capability limits of the generator (i.e. modification of generator capability chart) taking into account limitations imposed not only by loadability thresholds of generator components but also by performance thresholds imposed by generator auxiliary equipment. It is demonstrated that the actual reactive power support that generator could provide to the network can be substantially reduced compared to the value indicated by the standard generator capability curve provided by the manufacturer at the time of commissioning of the generator. The proposed method enables full utilisation of actual available reactive power of individual unit, and consequently of the entire power plant, to support voltages in transmission network. (6 pages)


This investigation thermodynamically analyzes a vapour compression refrigeration system which compares R134a and R290/R600a refrigerants. The refrigerants like R12 and R22 contain chlorine atoms which are main reasons for the emission of Chlorofluorocarbon which is responsible for the ozone depletion. Hence, the alternate refrigerants like R-134a and hydrocarbon mixture (R290/R600a) are used to avoid emission of CFC. These refrigerants have zero ozone depletion potential and negligible global warming potential. The COP of the system was improved by replacing the R134a with blended Hydrocarbon R290/R600a refrigerant. In this paper, the experimental analysis of R134a and various ratios of R290/R600a refrigerants have been analyzed. In the present work performance comparison between R-134a and hydrocarbon mixture (R290/R600a) has been carried out in domestic refrigerator. Generally, the overall performance of the applied mixtures was much better than that of R134a.


Forestry seedling production in the Philippines takes place in government, industrial, smallholder and community nurseries. While it might be expected that seedling production costs decrease as nursery size increases, surveys have revealed that nursery operators have little knowledge about their seedling production costs. To overcome this lack of information, financial models have been developed in the ACIAR seedling enhancement project for forestry nurseries of a range of sizes, for nurseries using durable infrastructure, producing seedlings of indigenous tree species, and following best management practices in seedling production. These reveal that the cost per seedling is high for small nurseries, but becomes relatively constant at about $0.35 US per seedling for annual production above about 25,000 seedlings a year. The need is identified for further research on nursery costs (particularly in relation to labour costs, source and type of germplasm), market demand for seedlings from nurseries accredited with adopting best management practice, and benefits of vertical and horizontal integration of forestry nurseries.


The aim of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of positive psychological interventions (PPIs) to improve well-being and health behaviour adherence among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Medline, PsycINFO, the Cochrane register, EMBASE, and Google Scholar were systematically searched to find relevant studies until January 2020. The primary outcome was reduction in risk factors of cardiovascular disease including HbA1c, systolic blood pressure (SBP), and diastolic blood pressure along with improvement in positive affect, optimism, self-efficacy, and health behaviour adherence such as diet, exercise and medication. The secondary outcomes were reduction in depression, anxiety and stress. A random-effect model was used to compare group effect size at post-test. We identified a total of 11 studies (N=1594 participants) with substantial variability in the interventions. Overall, the results provide evidence that multi-component PPIs have a small but significant effect on positive affect, optimism, health behaviour, self-care and BMI. Further, the review demonstrates that PPIs can be effective in the reduction of anxiety and stress symptoms. However, studies included in this review are heterogenous due to methodological variation, therefore, in future more studies across a wide range of PP interventions needs to be included in order to validate the findings and for conclusive evidence.


where RN(U; ql, *.* , qN) = 1 + 2 EN== cos (2irqiu). Here the qi and ui are scalars, qi and u, H[u, R( )] = maxu J R( ) 1, and gi(u, qi) cos (2irqiu). This problem has been considered by Skolnik, Nemhauser and Sherman in [6] and will be discussed in ?3 of this article. In general, such problems cannot be solved analytically. That is, the classical optimization techniques cannot be used to determine the design parameters so as to maximize the criterion function (see the discussion in [1, Chap. 1]). For this reason, attempts to "solve" such design problems


Bearing, in particular rubber / metal bearing for articulating a stabilizer on a motor vehicle, with - a a stabilizer bar, a bearing element, for example (1), enclosing rubber body (3a, 3b) having two or more rubber body parts (3a, 3b), and with - a clamp (4) for holding and receiving the rubber body (3a, 3b) and the bearing element guided therein, wherein the one rubber body portion (3a) as the clamp (4) connected to the solid rubber body (3a) and the other rubber body portion (3b) and releasably connected to the clamp (4) connectable Losgummikorper (3b) is formed, characterized, in that - the Losgummikorper (3b) is formed in approximately semi-cylindrical with two opposing mounting flanges (11) for engaging the clamp (4), wherein - the clamp (4) has a slide housing (8) with stops (9) for the bearing element when mounted in the clamp (4) releasably engaging Losgummikorper (3b), and wherein - the two mounting flanges (11) and the push-in receptacle (8) in each case a fastening element (12) and / or ...


The proteomic studies are simultaneously developed in several directions and significantly influence our notions on the capabilities of biological sciences. The need for proteomics research is necessary as there are certain genes in a cell that encode proteins with specific functions. Using a variety of techniques, proteomics can be used to study how proteins interact within a system or how the protein expression changes in different parts of the body, in different stages of its life cycle and in different environmental conditions as every individual has one genome and many proteomes. Besides the qualitative and quantitative description of the expressed proteins, proteomics also deals with the analysis of mutual interactions of proteins. Thereby, candidate proteins can be identified which may be used as starting-points for diagnostic or even therapeutic approaches.


Methodology of estimation the dynamic properties of machines (on the example of unit-type machine tools) on amplitude-phase and amplitude-frequency characteristics is considered. They enable to evaluate stability of dynamic system, its transition process.


ABSTRACT The effect of spray washing disinfection with peracetic acid (PAA) on quality attributes of fresh-cut strawberries was studied. The effectiveness on native microflora and experimentally inoculated Escherichia coli was also investigated. The responses were evaluated at 0 day and after 7 days of storage (2 °C). PAA concentration (1–240 mg L−1) and spraying time (11–138 seconds) did not affect the retentions of quality attributes. Optimizing the process at days 0 and 7 allowed to obtain significant reductions for total mesophilic microorganism, molds, and yeasts; furthermore, E. coli reduction was 3.4 log (day 0). All these results suggest that spraying with PAA could be a good disinfection method.


The correlation of physical and personal factors of production, its technical level, and the occupational, skill, and social structures of the work force are one of the central national economic proportions, the balance of whose elements requires attention in the elaboration of plans of socioeconomic development. This problem acquires more and more importance under present conditions. On the one hand, accelerating scientific and technological progress objectively creates a certain gap between the technical level of production and the qualitative composition of the work force, while on the other hand, the existing demographic situation makes it increasingly difficult to make planning projections that will ensure additional manpower for the production growth rates existing in our economy.


Based on summarizing experiences in design,manufacture,and operation of the first home-made 100 MW circulating fluid- ized bed (CFB) boiler,a 210 MW CFB boiler has been developed.Results of practical operation show that the performane parameters of the developed boiler have been reached the designed values,rate of automatically putting the unit into operation to be 87.3%.suc- cessfully putting the home-made 210 MW CFB boiler into service has laid a solid foundation for the home-made 330 MW CFB boiler being just under construction.


The results of a literature survey on some of the fundamental principles and experimental practices involved in the study of adsorption phenomena on solids are described One section consists of an elementary review of the theories of adsorption on solids and another is a description and discussion of the classical methods for the determination of surface area of solids, A third section is devoted to a special bibliography on previous applications of radioactive isotopes to the study of surface phenomena. (auth)


Present paper deals with the effect of passive inserts and inclination of dryer on drying of cereal grains in a bubbling fluidized bed dryer. Paddy was dried in three different inclined positions, viz., vertical bed (0° inclined), 15° and 30° in a bubbling fluidized bed. Experiments were conducted for 0.5 to 2.5 kg batch size of with superficial velocities of 1.1 m/s and 1.6 m/s. All the experiments were repeated with and without spirals inserts. Results were obtained for air temperature of 55°C, 60°C and 65°C and air velocities of 1.1 ms and 1.6 ms respectively. Better results in terms of energy consumption and moisture removal were observed with bed inclination of 15° due to the secondary motion created due to the pressure difference between the vertical faces of the dryer. Use of spirals enhanced better mixing of paddy, reduces time for drying as well as reduces energy consumption significantly. Keywords— spirals, paddy, inclined, fluidized bed, energy consumption


Summary form only given. Electromagnetic fields excited by sources in cylindrically stratified regions possessing azimuthal symmetry can be represented as a superposition of waves propagating either along the direction of the axis of symmetry (here taken as z-direction) or along the direction transverse thereto. The corresponding representations of source-excited fields have the form of either an eigenfunction expansion or Fourier-type integrals of continuous wave terms. This article discusses the methods for representing the source-excited electromagnetic field on an open cylindrical guide immersed in a gyrotropic medium (such as a magnetoplasma, for example) and aligned with an ambient static magnetic field, in the light of an upsurge of interest in this area. We particularly consider two guiding structures surrounded by a uniform gyrotropic background medium: (i) a radially nonuniform gyrotropic cylinder and (ii) a perfectly conducting cylinder with (an)isotropic/gyrotropic coating. We investigate which types of eigenmodes can be expected in such structures. Application of the above representations are discussed in a detailed manner for a variety of particular cases of interest (e. g., density filaments in laboratory and space plasmas, cylindrical metallic antennas in gyrotropic media, etc.) and a survey of experimental evidence of the obtained solutions are presented.


The vacuum chamber is an important part of microparticle optical levitation technology. The traditional vacuum chamber has a large volume and many peripheral components, which cannot meet the requirements of miniaturization and on-chip optical levitation technology. Therefore, this study proposes a novel microparticle vacuum chamber based on the micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) process. This MEMS microparticle vacuum chamber adopts a "glass-silicon-glass" three-layer vacuum bonding process, with a volume of only 15 mm × 12 mm × 1.2 mm, including particle chamber, cantilever resonator chamber, and getter chamber, which can encapsulate microparticles in a tiny vacuum environment and realize optical levitation of microparticles. At the same time, the air pressure in the micro vacuum chamber is monitored by the cantilever resonator, which can provide a miniaturized microparticle chamber with a more accurate vacuum environment for microparticle optical levitation. The research of this paper has significance for promoting the development of miniaturized optical levitation technology.


Background: Few studies have quantified the psychosocial effects of hair loss using standardized instruments in men not seeking treatment for hair loss. Objective: Examine self-perception of hair loss and its effects on men from the community. Methods: Men 18–50 years of age recruited without regard to hair loss, from households near Dayton, Ohio, completed a questionnaire assessing self-perception of hair loss, satisfaction with hair appearance, hair-loss-specific effects and general health status. Results: Men with greater hair loss had more bother, concern about getting older, perceived noticeability to others and greater dissatisfaction with their hair appearance than men with less hair loss. These effects decreased with age for men with hair loss, but regardless of age, perceived noticeability of hair loss increased monotonically with degree of hair loss. Conclusions: Men with greater hair loss report more negative effects due to their hair loss across all age groups, but the effects were more pronounced in younger men.


A group of research and development,and innovation talents needs to be trained for the domestic animation industry development,and joint training between school and enterprise is the only way.However,there lacks a mature sustainable development mode.To build a win-win mechanism and to build a mechanism of incentive and restraint are necessary for the sustainable development of school-enterprise looperation,which will improve the training system of animation talents.


Abstract : Investigations were made to determine the roles that cold and X- irradiation played upon the biological half time of Cesium-137 in rats. Partial and whole-body X-irradiation increased the biological half-time of Cesium-137 while cold with the associated increased food consumption and fluid exchange decreased the biological half-time. Analysis of fecal and urine outputs showed that increased diuresis does not invariably facilitate Cesium-137 excretion. The possible roles of food ingestion and fecal outputs were discussed.


We present a joint theoretical and experimental investigation on the origin of ferromagnetism in Mn-doped ZnO. Theoretical calculations revealed that the zinc vacancy (VZn) induces ferromagnetic or...


Furong historic precinct is the oldest traditional commercial street in Jinan.It is also the historic precinct which can represent the unique characteristic of the Spring City with many historic relics and cultural connotation.However,the historic precinct faces the problem of the unbalance between functional structure and decay of vigor in recent years.The article proposes some suggestions on the renaissance of historic precincts,including the preservation of its special pattern texture,historic architectures,dynamic space,intangible cultural heritage and the social network of the indigenous inhabitants in order to protect the unique features and revive its vigor.


The invention relates to a laundry detergent, dishwashing detergent or cleaning composition portion comprising containing a wholly or partly water-soluble envelope in capsule form, spherical form or in the form of a bag, wherein the wrapping material is transparent and the portions a stabilizing agent. DOLLAR A A washing process, rinsing or cleaning method using the above detergent, dishwashing detergent or cleaning composition portion is also described.


This paper uses panel data methods to test for unit roots in data series for carbon dioxide emissions and gross domestic product. By allowing for a structural break in 1973, we reject the unit root hypothesis for both series.


The quadruply bonded metal-metal complex Mo 2 [O 2 P(OC 6 H 5 ) 2 ] 4 reduces 1,2-dichloroalkanes and 1,2-dichloroalkenes upon its irradiation with visible light (λ exc ≥495 nm). The inorganic product of the photochemistry in all cases is the Mo II Mo III mixed-valence binuclear complex Mo 2 [O 2 P(OC 6 H 5 ) 2 ] 4 + , which has been structurally characterized. Green prismatic crystals of the tetrafluoroborate salt are triclinic with a PI space group


A new species of cascade frog of genus Odorrana is described from Northeast Vietnam, Yen Tu Mountain Range [Tam Kham, Thanh Son, Son Dong district, Bac Giang Province (Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve)]. This small species of the genus Odorrana is characterized by a combination of the following characters: SVL (mm): males 44.33 – 45.49, mean 44.87; females 59.33 – 61.94, mean 60.85; body relatively short; oblique ridges, reaching upper part of rounded choanas; ventral skin smooth; lacking ventral spinules and ventrolateral cluster near to the insertion of the forearm. Dorsal skin is slightly rough, and hind part of the dorsal surface below sacrum is very rough (shagreen) because of small sharp tubercles completely covering this area; dorsum of body is light brown with rare dark spots of irregular shape; ventral side of body light, yellowish white, without spots; dorsolateral fold is accompanied by black edging, interrupted backwards; fore- and hindlimbs from above brown with dark transversal bands, from below, yellowish without spots; webs of feet gray. Comparison with other species of Odorrana genus and data on natural history are provided.


PART 1: Optical and Acoustic Sensors Optical Fiber Sensors, R. Nogueira, L. Bilro, N. Alberto, H. Lima, and J. Lemos Pinto Sensors Based on Polymer Optical Fibers: Microstructured and Solid Fibers, C.-A. Bunge and H. Poisel Label-Free Biosensors for Biomedical Applications: The Potential of Integrated Optical Biosensors and Silicon Photonics, J.W. Chamberlain and D.M. Ratner Luminescent Thermometry for Sensing Rapid Thermal Profiles in Fires and Explosions, J.J. Talghader and M.L. Mah Solar Cell Analyses with Ultraviolet-Visible-Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and I-V Measurements, A. Stadler Sensing Applications Using Photoacoustic Spectroscopy, E.L. Holthoff and P.M. Pellegrino Design of a Low-Cost Underwater Acoustic Modem, B. Benson and R. Kastner PART 2: Magnetic and Mechanical Sensors Accurate Scanning of Magnetic Fields, H. Husstedt, U. Ausserlechner, and M. Kaltenbacher Artificial Microsystems for Sensing Airflow, Temperature, and Humidity by Combining MEMS and CMOS Technologies, N. Andre, L.A. Francis, B. Rue, D. Flandre, and J.-P. Raskin Microelectromechanical System-Based Micro Hot-Plate Devices, J. Hildenbrand, A. Greiner, and J.G. Korvink Vibration Energy Harvesting with Piezoelectric Microelectromechanical Systems, M. Marzencki and S. Basrour Self-Powered Wireless Sensing in Ground Transport Applications, A. Kasyap and A. Edrington


Based on the UG NX's powerful functionality of NC programming and simulation capability of VERICUT,the thesis introduces how to carry out the NC programming of the whole impeller and build the simulation model of a 5-axis CNC milling machine respectively in VERICUT environment,on which simulating the tool path and milling machine motion in the process of machining parts.Furthermore,this could forecast and evaluate the problems of eliminating the gouges between cutting tools and parts,and how to avoid the interferences and collisions between machine tool components and cutting tools.The simulation shows that the process plan and NC codes are feasible.


Investment project for 18 holes golf resort realization is situated in the locality of Klanovický les. Locality is a part of the natural park Klanovice-�ihadla and supra- regional bio-centre Vidrholec. Prevailing area of locality creates the west part of natural preserve Klanovický les - Cyrilov. Cadastral area Klanovice is incorporated to the 1st proposed zone of suburban recreational forests of capital Prague. Evaluation of influence of proposed golf resort to forest ecosystems of locality Klanovický les was elaborated with usage the method Quantification and Evaluation of forest functions by Prof. Vyskot and coll. 2003. Used method evaluates all-society forest functions in ecosystem conception, where all groups of forest functions produced by forest ecosystem are on equivalent importance, but do not have equivalent quality. Ecosystem damage was carried out for main stand types (types of forest ecosystem) within the most presented functional (forest) management group (most presented site types) in all of the groups af all-society forest functions - bioproduction, ecological-stabilization, hydric-water management, edaphic-soil-conservation, social-recreation and sanitary-hygienic function. The resulting average ecological damage was financially expressed by CZK and transferred to Euro.


A base-free nickel-catalyzed hydroboration of unreactive simple alkenes with bis(pinacolato)diboron using methanol as the hydride source under mild conditions has been developed. Methanol as the solvent proved to be critical for the base-free conditions and high reactivity. A series of linear alkylboronates were synthesized in moderate to excellent yields with high regioselectivity.


Twenty-one farms with 100 to 1250 dairy cows/farm participated in the study in September through November 2013, delivering between 1 and 23 colostrum samples from each farm. The included dairy farms were positioned <2 h drive from the University Laboratory (AU-Foulum, Denmark). Colostrum was harvested as the farmer would normally do it, and atthe latest24 h after calving. For each sample, the time for calving and milking was noted by the farmer; 92% of the samples were collected at latest 13 h after calving. Colostral IgG concentration was determined with ELISA (Bovine IgG ELISA quantitation Set, Cat. No. El0-118; Bethyl Laboratories Inc, Montgomery, TX). The results were expressed as lgG concentration in g/L.


Summary form only given. In this paper, a comparative study between standard linear subspace techniques such as eigenfaces and fisherfaces and a novel morphological elastic graph matching for frontal face verification is presented. A set of experiments has been conducted in the M2VTS database in order to investigate the performance of each algorithm in different image alignment conditions. The experimental results indicate the superiority of the novel morphological elastic graph matching against all the other presented techniques.


Biochar effects are strongly dependent on its properties. Biochar improves physical soil properties by decreasing bulk density and increasing medium and large aggregates, leading to faster and deeper water infiltration and root growth. Improvement of the chemical properties of soil is connected with pH neutralization of acidic soils, increase of cation exchange capacity and base saturation, providing a larger surface for sorption of toxicants and exchange of cations. Biochar increases the stocks of macro- and micronutrients in soil and remains sufficient for decades. Biochar effects on (micro)biological properties are mainly indirect, based on the improvements of habitat conditions for organisms, deeper root growth providing available C for larger soil volume, higher crop yield leading to more residues on and in the topsoil, better and deeper soil moisture, supply of all nutrients, and better aeration. Along with positive, negative effects of biochar while used as a soil conditioner are discussed in the review: presence of PAH, excessive amounts of K, Ca and Mg, declination of soil pH. In conclusion, despite the removal of C from the biological cycle by feedstock pyrolysis, the subsequent application of biochar into soil increases fertility and improves physical and chemical properties for root and microbial growth is a good amendment for low fertility soils. Proper use of biochar leads not only to an increase in crop yield but also to effective sequestration of carbon in the soil, which is important to consider when economically assessing its production. Further research should be aimed at assessing and developing methods for increasing the sequestration potential of biochar as fertilizer.


The backbone of the country's communication has been The Department of Posts (DoP),  since 150 years. It touches the lives of Indian citizens in many ways especially the delivery part. Delivery is the process of transporting goods from a source location to a predefined destination ensuring and enabling last mile connectivity.
          Today, the boom in eCommerce has also been beneficial to delivery process and is capable of providing  services to the customers on value-for-money basis. With eCommerce trying to keep pace customer's demand and wants, its hold and impact on the delivery front is constrained by many problems such as lack of warehouses, very few skilled and reliable personnel. The issue of delivery becomes even more pronounced in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Reliable delivery of the customer products especially the last mile concerns has become the need of the hour for eCommerce. Moreover, as eCommerce industry in envisaged to surpass the $100 billion mark by 2021 and for this to be achieved good logistics support and other brick and mortar aspects have to also keep up to level expected for effective and prompt delivery.
The Indian Postal Service, being a government initiative having the largest network and farthest reach is the perfect fit for the current gap in logistics infrastructure and security of packages, as faced by ecommerce gaints. For Indian and global firms operating in India, using Indian Post Office, is the next logical step that will benefit ecommerce firms, India Post, and the consumers. For India Post, to help eCommerce in the delivery task, Indian Post Office has to  invest in building a better infrastructure for eCommerce deliveries. India Post could well become the logistics provider of choice. A more hi-tech environment and improved logistics could enhance India Post's competitive edge to drive revenue growth, experts feel, and boost the feel-good factor for employees. India Post, seen by many as a relic of a bygone era will soon gain importance when non-metro India's contribution to e-commerce sales surpasses that of metro India. The pendulum has already swung the other way for some e-tailers and may soon capture all. The ball has started rolling.


Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) design is one of the most classical optimal control problems, whose well-known solution is an input sequence expressed as a state-feedback. In this work, finite-horizon and discrete-time LQR is solved under stability constraints and uncertain system dynamics. The resulting feedback controller balances cost value and closed-loop stability. Robustness of the solution is modeled using the scenario approach, without requiring any probabilistic description of the uncertainty in the system matrices. The new methods are tested and compared on the Leslie growth model, where we control population size while minimizing a suitable finite-horizon cost function.


This paper discusses some basic concepts of the middleware and show an actual implement of it using java.Techniques of improving the performance of the middleware are also introduced.


Background It has been challenging to develop agents directly targeting KRAS driver mutations in colorectal cancer (CRC). Recent efforts have focused on developing inhibitors targeting SOS1 as an attractive approach for KRAS-mutant cancers. Here, we aimed to study the translational role of SOS1 in CRC using patient-derived organoids (PDOs). Method In this study, we used CRC PDOs as preclinical models to evaluate their sensitivity to SOS1 inhibitor BI3406 and its cellular effects. We utilized large CRC datasets including GENIE cohort, TCGA PanCancer Atlas, and CPTAC-2 cohort to study the significance of molecular alterations of SOS1 in CRC. To identify potential predictive markers, we performed immunohistochemistry (IHC) on CRC tissue for SOS1/2 protein expression and RNA sequencing to identify discriminative gene sets for sensitivity to SOS1 inhibition. The findings were validated by DepMap data for SOS1 dependency. Result CRC PDOs instead of cell lines had differential sensitivities to BI3406. There was a significant correlation between SOS1 and SOS2 mRNA expressions (Spearman's ρ 0.56, p<0.001). SOS1/2 protein expression by IHC were universal with heterogeneous patterns in cancer cells but only minimal to none in surrounding non-malignant cells. SOS1 protein expression was associated with worse overall survival in patients with RAS/RAF mutant CRC (p=0.04). We also found that SOS1/SOS2 protein expression ratio > 1 by IHC (p=0.03) instead of KRAS mutation (p=1) was a better predictive marker to BI3406 sensitivity of CRC PDOs. This was concordant with the significant correlation between SOS1/SOS2 protein expression ratio by mass spectrometry and SOS1 dependency score. RNA-seq and gene set enrichment analysis revealed differentially expressed genes and 7 enriched gene sets involving cholesterol homeostasis, epithelial mesenchymal transition, and TNFα/NFκB signaling in BI3406-resistant CRC PDOs. We further discovered that GTP-bound RAS level underwent rebound at 48 hours upon treatment with BI3406 even in BI3406-sensitive PDOs with no change of KRAS effector genes downstream. Cellular adaptation mechanisms to SOS1 inhibition may involve upregulation of SOS1/2 mRNA and SOS1 protein expressions, which may be overcome by SOS1 knockdown/degradation or synergistic effect of BI3406 with trametinib. Conclusion In summary, CRC PDOs could serve as better models for translational study of SOS1 in CRC. High SOS1 protein expression was a worse prognostic factor in CRC. High SOS1/SOS2 protein expression ratio predicted sensitivity to SOS1 inhibition and dependency. Our preclinical findings supported further clinical development of SOS1-targeting agents in CRC.


To achieve Multi-hosts sharing internet, to avoid high-cost switches link mode of sharing internet in office or in family, and reduce investment and complicity, we call for "bridging" function of Windows XP.


This paper presents a method based on angle-gauge sampling useful for inventorying downed coarse woody materialin forest stands. The method is closely related to transect relascope sampling, except that sample points are used rather than line transects. Theestimators for the total and per unit area are given along with theestimators of their variances. Methods for handling both borderline material and boundaryoverlap situations are also presented.


We study heating effects in a chain of weakly coupled grains due to electron-hole pair creation. The main mechanism for the latter at low temperatures is due to inelastic electron cotunneling processes in the array. We develop a quantitative kinetic theory for these systems and calculate the array temperature profile as a function of grain parameters, bias voltage or current, and time and show that for nanoscale size grains the heating effects are pronounced and easily measurable in experiments. In the low- and high-voltage limits we solve the stationary heat-flux equation analytically. We demonstrate the overheating hysteresis in the large-current or voltage regimes. In addition we consider the influence of a substrate on the system which acts as a heat sink. We show that nanodot chains can be used as highly sensitive thermometers over a broad range of temperatures.


The study of CP violation in $B_s^0$ oscillations is one of the key goals of the LHCb experiment. Effects are predicted to be very small in the Standard Model but can be significantly enhanced in many models of new physics. We present the world's best measurement of the CP-violating phase $\phi_s$ using $B_s^0\to J/\psi KK$ and $B_s^0\to J/\psi\pi\pi$ decays.


S> Measurements of velocity fluctuations, Reynolds stresses, and shearing stresses at the wall in the transition region of a tube are presented. The measurements were made in a tube at a Reynolds number of 6000 behind 3 disturbance generators placed in the fully developed laminar flow 620 diameters from the entrance. The results show the way in which some of the statistical details of the transition depend on the nature of the disturbance generated. The Reynolds stresses and the shearing stress at the wall can reach very high values during the early stages of transition. Implications are pointed out regarding possible causes for the high temperature recovery factor during transition in high speed flow over surfaces. (auth)


Most of the environmental assessments do not take into account properly the variety of the environmental impacts, or are using tools, which do not represent the impacts. A correct representation of the whole range of impacts is necessary to ensure that sustainability takes into account environmental issues to a satisfactory degree. What are the impacts on environment? What are their characteristics or typical features? We answer to these questions by using the concept of chain of causalities, between a source and a final impact. The parameters of the chain of causalities are: the type of source (infrastructure building, vehicle production, energy production and distribution, traffic, vehicle and infrastructure destruction), the process itself through the main scientific disciplines involved, the time and distance scales between the source and the final impact, the type of final target (nature: resources and ecosystems; humans: human health in a restricted meaning and human well-being; man-made heritage; earth covering all the targets). This analysis allows us to define 44 chains of causalities, corresponding to various public concerns. They are independent and cover all the impacts.


Abstract:  Cimicifuga rhizoma has long been used in traditional Korean medicine. In particular, a Cimicifuga heracleifolia extract (CHE) was reported to inhibit the formation of glutamate and the glutamate dehydrogenase activity in cultured rat islet. Glutamate activates melanogenesis by activating tyrosinase. Accordingly, it was hypothesized that a CHE might inhibit the melanogenesis‐related signal pathways including the inhibition of microphthalmia‐associated transcription factor (MITF)‐tyrosinase signaling and/or the activation of extracellular signal‐regulated kinase (ERK)‐Akt signaling. The results showed that CHE inhibits the cellular melanin contents, tyrosinase activity and expression of melanogenesis‐related proteins including MITF, tyrosinase and tyrosinase‐related protein (TRP)s in α‐melanocyte‐stimulating hormone‐stimulated B16 cells. Moreover, CHE phosphorylates MEK, ERK1/2 and Akt, which are melanogenesis inhibitory proteins. The data suggest that CHE inhibits melanogenesis signaling by both inhibiting the tyrosinase directly and activating the MEK‐ERK or Akt signal pathways‐mediated suppression of MITF and its downstream signal pathway, including tyrosinase and TRPs. Therefore, C. heracleifolia would be a useful therapeutic agent for treating hyperpigmentation and an effective component in whitening and/or lightening cosmetics.


Zimmerman process is new wet combustion process for destroying organic sludge by means of dissolved oxygen; results of study of process on pilot plant scale at Southwest Works of Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago. (J Sanitary Eng Div)


To meet the individual needs of cloud services composition,the QoS evaluation method of the service composition considering logistics services was researched,and a cloud service description model was constructed.On this basis,related QoS metrics of cloud service were calculated.To make a comprehensive evaluation of the index value,a historical data based subjective and objective QoS metrics weights setting method was given.Finally,an auto parts process instance was used to verify,and the case study illustrates the feasibility and effectiveness of the method to evaluate QoS of service composition containing logistics services.


Conventional dendritic cells (cDC) consist of two functionally and phenotypically distinct subsets, cDC1 and cDC2, whose development is dependent on distinct sets of transcription factors. Interferon regulatory factor 8 (IRF8) is required at multiple stages of cDC1 development, but its role in mature cDC1 remains unclear. Here we used XCR1-cre to delete Irf8 in committed cDC1 and demonstrate that Irf8 is required for maintaining the identity of cDC1 but not their survival.  In the absence of Irf8, committed cDC1 ("ex-cDC1") acquired the transcriptional, functional and chromatin accessibility properties of cDC2. This conversion was independent of Irf4 and was associated with decreased accessibility of putative IRF8, Batf3 and composite AP-1-IRF (AICE) binding elements, together with increased accessibility of cDC2 associated transcription factor binding elements. Thus, IRF8 expression by committed cDC1 is required for preventing their conversion into cDC2.


e17556 Background: Endobronchial obstruction is a common complication of advanced-stage lung cancer. Patients presenting with severe bronchial obstruction are at a high risk for developing haemopty...


Simple Summary Mouth cancer often results in poor outcomes and requires the use of state-of-the-art medical approaches to make its detection easy, individualized, and early. Liquid biopsy is a new and important medical approach to disease detection. This approach has been successfully used for mouth cancer detection and monitoring of treatment progress in many countries. Liquid biopsy is an attractive option for mouth cancer detection because it does not involve any invasive procedure and can be used on easily accessible body fluids, such as saliva and blood. Furthermore, there is evidence that this technology has some advantage over the normal tissue biopsy because it is not invasive, neither does it need any surgical expertise. Hence, we have focused on how easy or practical it would be, to employ the use of liquid biopsy on the African continent, as well as other low- and middle-income countries. We have discussed the different types of this technology in three main areas of focus, viz, what factors are important before, during and after collection of samples for liquid biopsy analysis, and what are the obstacles to routine use of this approach in resource-limited settings. Abstract An important driving force for precision and individualized medicine is the provision of tailor-made care for patients on an individual basis, in accordance with best evidence practice. Liquid biopsy(LB) has emerged as a critical tool for the early diagnosis of cancer and for treatment monitoring, but its clinical utility for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) requires more research and validation. Hence, in this review, we have discussed the current applications of LB and the practicality of its routine use in Africa; the potential advantages of LB over the conventional "gold-standard" of tissue biopsy; and finally, practical considerations were discussed in three parts: pre-analytic, analytic processing, and the statistical quality and postprocessing phases. Although it is imperative to establish clinically validated and standardized working guidelines for various aspects of LB sample collection, processing, and analysis for optimal and reliable use, manpower and technological infrastructures may also be an important factor to consider for the routine clinical application of LB for OSCC. LB is poised as a non-invasive precision tool for personalized oral cancer medicine, particularly for OSCC in Africa, when fully embraced. The promising application of different LB approaches using various downstream analyses such as released circulating tumor cells (CTCs), cell free DNA (cfDNA), microRNA (miRNA), messenger RNA (mRNA), and salivary exosomes were discussed. A better understanding of the diagnostic and therapeutic biomarkers of OSCC, using LB applications, would significantly reduce the cost, provide an opportunity for prompt detection and early treatment, and a method to adequately monitor the effectiveness of the therapy for OSCC, which typically presents with ominous prognosis.


Objective: To compare the efficacy and side-effects of homeland sertralin and imipramine in the treatment of outpatients with depression. Methods:Sixty two patients with depression were randomly assigned into the treatment groups of homemade sertraline or imipramine for 6 weeks.HAMD and CGI were adopted to evaluate the curative effect. TESS were used to assess the side effects. Results:80.65% of patients responded to homeland sertralin. No significant difference was found between the groups, but homeland sertralin took effects more quickly and its adverse events were less than imipramine. Conclusion:Homemade sertralin is effective and safe antidepressant.


Covid19 is a renaissance of natureÁkos BendesThe newly emerged pandemy sheds light on many issues ranging from fragility of our supply chains to economic depression, and all of them have ethical dimensions. To be more precise, we need to clarify the exact nature of a just conduct in the situations arising from crisis. However, the appealing consequentialist theories usually fall short of meeting a fundamental principle, namely the criterion of equal treatment. In the twentieth century, the hegemony of utilitarism started to decline because of the appearance of more sophisticated views. These theories are trying to reconcile the idea of equal moral worth withutilitarist considerations.


Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) is one of the most important vegetables as well as spice and cash crop of India. Chilli is a member of the Solanaceae family, originated from South and Central America. Chilli is very rich source of vitamin A and C. Green fruit of chilli is one of the richest sources of antioxidant. The pungency is due to alkaloid capsaicin. The genus Capsicum consists of approximately 22 wild and 5 cultivated species, which includes C. annuum, C. baccatum, C. chinense, C. frutescens and C. pubenscens. Chilli has been classified under often cross pollinated crops and the extent of natural out crossing has also reported up to 66.4 per cent (Singh et al., 1994). A wide range of variability in chilli is available which provide a great scope for improving fruit yield through a systemic and planned selection programme. Burton (1953) suggested that genetic variability along with heritability should be considered for assessing the maximum and accurate effect of selection. The knowledge of nature and magnitude of genetic variability in the population is of immense value for planning of efficient breeding programme to improve the yield potential of the genotype. Heritability is the portion of phenotypic variation which is transmitted from parent to progeny. High the heritable variation, greater will be the possibility of fixing the characters by selection. Hence, heritability studies are of foremost importance to judge whether the observed variation for a particular character is due to genotype or due to environment. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 9 (2017) pp. 2704-2709 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com


The deformation resistance of the weathering steel during hot deformation has been studied using MMS100-SIMULATOR,and the relationship among deformation temperature,strain rate,degree of deformation and deformation resistance has been determined.The results show that the deformation resistance is affected remarkably by both strain rate and deformation temperature,the deformation resistance decreases with the increase of temperature,and it increases with the increase of strain rate.The model of the deformation resistance of weathering steel is calculated by measured value and it has higher fitting precision.


This article deals with the issue of proper lighting design in the labor centers as a basic aspect for the health and welfare of workers. The article focuses on the ergonomic context that must be considered holistically for managers who are concerned with people's safety. It analyzes different aspects that contribute to good design as in the case of the operation of the visual system, the magnitudes and used units, the chromaticism, the measures to be considered for the proper use of these systems as well as an outline that summarizes the ergonomic analysis. Finally it develops the methodology design of illuminated systems known as "Method of lumens", valid to implant it in indoor premises such as offices, workshops, classrooms and all the facilities that are delimited by walls and roof.


Preface This volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series represents a selection of the contributions presented in the Photorefractive Photonics 2017 (PR17) conference which was held in Qingdao, Shandong, China from July 17 through July 20, 2017. The conference is the successor of the traditional Photorefractive (PR) Conference Series: the International Conference on Photorefractive Effects, Materials and Devices. The first PR Conference was held in Los Angeles, California, USA in 1987. After that, the PR Conference was held every two years around the world: Aussois, France (1989), Beverly, Massachusetts, USA (1991), Kiev, Ukraine (1993), Aspen Lodge, Colorado, USA (1995), Chiba, Japan (1997), Elsinore, Denmark (1999), Delevan, Wisconsin, USA (2001), Nice, France (2003), Sanya, Hainan, China (2005), Olympic Valley, California, USA (2007), Bad Honnef, Germany (2009), Ensenada, Mexico (2011), Winchester, UK (2013) and Villars, Switzerland (2015). The Conference was renamed to be Photorefractive Photonics Conference in 2015. The PR17 conference was organized by Nankai University, Qingdao University and Qingdao Society of Physics. The scientific topics of the PR17 conference include, but not limited to, wave mixing and its applications (T1), nonlinear light-matter interaction and its applications (T2), material engineering and photonic micro-structures (T3), photorefractive lattice photonics (T4), digital photorefractive photonics (T5), and novel photorefractive effects, materials and applications (T6). Note that both traditional topics such as photorefractive wave mixing and new topics such as energy photonics and nano/micro-structures based on photorefractive effects and materials are included, especially, basic issues such as the influence of pyroelectric effect on the photorefractive wave-mixing are considered, and much attention was paid to the development of new applications of photorefractive effects and materials, which reflect the current state of the art of photorefractive research. We would like to thank all scientific topic chairs for their suggestions of invited talks, Prof. Fang Bo for his patience to communicate with the conference attendees, and Dr. Feng Xia for his technical support during the conference preparation. We are also very indebted to the international scientific committees, the conference scientific topic chairs and the local organizing committee for the success of this conference and the quality of this volume. This PR17 conference is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Nankai University and Qingdao University. Editors Guoquan Zhang, Nankai University Weijin Kong, Qingdao University Jingjun Xu, Nankai University


The paper demonstrates the results of a study of experimental SN-12C xenograft vascular network formation using optoacoustic microscopy. A sevenfold increase in vascularity during tumor growth from days 7 to 121 was shown. The possibility of monitoring the development of individual vessels inside the tumor node has been demonstrated. The data obtained are important for understanding the mechanisms of development of the tumor vascular system and may be useful in testing antiangiogenic therapeutic agents.


Near earth meteor flux estimate through luminous efficiency and ionizing probability application to data on radio and photographic meteor fluxes


CT scan is w idely used in the evaluation 01 hepato bi liary system and contrast study is generally performed w ith no n.biliary contrast media. Therelo re the normal intrahepatic bile ducts are not readi ly visible and a l s。 extrahepatic bile ducts are occasionally not d iscr iminated lrom adjacent structu res, in spi te 01 improved reso lu. tion 01 the CT scanner. This study was perlormed to evaluate the uselu lness 01 cholangiographic enhancement in biliary CT examination In the contro l group (n=5), we measured the CT number 01 the peripheral hepatic duct, peripo rtal duct, com mo n bil e duct and gall bladder, respecti vely, at the in terval 01 30 minutes upto 2 hours after intervenous inl usion 01 biliscopin (30 ml) and observed time-density relationship 01 inlused biliscopin in the bil iary system In the patient group (n = 23), we obse rved visualizatio n rate 01 the biliary system and serum bilirubin level at 30 minutes alter inlusion 01 biliscopin (30 ml) The results were as lollows 1. The peak density occu rred at 30 minutes alter inl usion 01 biliscopin 2. Visualization rate was 100% in normal bilirub in group whereas it was 91.7% in abnormal bilirubin group 3. The cholangiographic enhancement 01 bil iary CT scan is uselul in the evaluation 01 int ra-and extrahepatic biliary sys tem


Geoterrex-Dighem, a division of CGG Ltd., has acquired data over a large portion of the Gulf of Mexico. The surveys cover a large area which extends southward from the slope or Flexure and extends from the East Breaks area on the west to the Vioska Knoll on the east and out to the deepwater portions of Alaminos Canyon, Keathley Canyon, Walker Ridge, Lund and Atwater Valley. The location map shows the survey boundaries.


A deep beam is a beam with a small ratio of its shear span to its effective depth. Deep beams at failure under shear mechanism behave as brittle in contrast to the normal beams which become ductile under the flexural mechanism. The shear failure of deeps beams can be prevented by providing a sufficient amount of web shear reinforcements. Providing horizontal web reinforcement to the RC deep beams is a way to increase their capacity to shear. Testing of the studied deep beams was performed by Finite Element Method (FEM) modeling with the aid of ANSYS software. To obtain valid parameters for modeling RC deep beams in FEM modeling, calibrating test have to be done through verification and validation processes. The study results of all studied RC deep beams show that by closing up the spacing between the horizontal web reinforcement results in increment in the ultimate load, while the ultimate deflection and the curvature ductility were found to be decreasing. For RC deep beams, the placing configuration of horizontal web reinforcement at 0.5h-0.7h was found to be efficient for gaining higher values of ultimate deflection and curvature ductility compared to the placing configuration at 0.3h-0.5h with similar values of ultimate load. It was also found that all the specimens' crack patterns at the first crack state were caused by flexural-tension while at the ultimate state, they were caused by the shear mechanism.


The article is concerned with new linguistics trends associated with turning scientists' attention from the study of language being a system autonomous from a person to the study of language being a phenomenon of human consciousness. The anthropocentric paradigm is premised on the idea that, as Baudouin de Courtenay noted «language exists only in individual brains, only in souls, only in the psyche of individuals». The anthropocentric paradigm is one of the leading ones in modern world linguistics. In different countries, there are numerous scientific schools basing on the anthropocentric paradigm. In the Russian Federation, one of the leading schools in this field is the Voronezh Scientific Theoretical and Linguistic School of General and Russian Linguistics, whose members have made a significant contribution to the development of psycholinguistics, cognitive linguistics, and linguoculturology. The article describes the theoretical and methodological foundations of experimental studies on linguistic consciousness based on the example of a project on creating a new differential empirical model for describing the meanings of proper names as phenomena of linguistic consciousness. The article also describes the concept of linguistic consciousness (the central object of linguistic research in Russia), options for its modeling (construction of simple and complex models of linguistic consciousness) and experimental methods for its study. It is stated that a simple model of linguistic consciousness is an associative field, and a complex model of linguistic consciousness has a psycholinguistic meaning. The article specifies the algorithm for their description.


This study aims to analyze potential species complexes of rotifers within the families Brachionidae and Lecanidae, to test the hypothesis whether cryptic diversity is indeed as common as is being put forward. Moreover, this study analyzed the geographic distribution and genetic divergence within species complexes in Thailand. The tests for the presence of cryptic species were applied using three methods on both COI and ITS1 datasets: Automatic Barcode Gap Discovery (ABGD), a Poisson Tree Processes (PTP) model, and the Generalized Mixed Yule Coalescent (GMYC) model. Genetic divergence and geographic distance were analyzed using Mantel test. The results from three DNA taxonomy approaches, ABGD, PTP, and GMYC from COI and ITS1 markers clearly indicated the existence of cryptic species in both families. The highest estimate of species diversity in this study was Lecane bulla with at least 20 species existing in the complex. Morphological characters were examined. However, morphology cannot be used to separate some cryptic species in Lecane bulla complex. Moreover, this study reveals the existence of cryptic species in Brachionus angularis, Brachionus calyciflorus, Brachionus caudatus, Brachionus quadridentatus, Keratella cochlearis, Keratella tropica, Lecane bulla, Lecane closterocerca, Lecane crenata, Lecane curvicornis, Lecane hamata, Lecane leontina, Lecane ludwigii, Lecane luna, Lecane lunaris, Lecane nitida, Lecane quadridentata, Lecane signifera, and Lecane unguitata. The species estimated using COI marker is congruent among different DNA taxonomy methods, while there is incongruence among different methods based on ITS1 marker. Only Lecane curvicornis shows significant correlation between genetic and geographic distances. No correlation occurs between genetic and geographic distances in other species complexes. Thus, there is a geographic overlap in rotifer distribution in Thai waters.


- In today scenario, Data Mining plays a very important role in order to obtain the useful patterns from data sources, e.g. texts, image, etc. and the pattern needs to be valid. The process of separating previously unknown, accessible and actionable information from large databases and using it to make important business decisions. In this paper, the concept of data mining was reiterated and its significance towards its methodologies was explained. The paper presents how Data Mining observes and separate useful patterns from this large data to find evident patterns. The paper exhibits the ability of Data Mining in amending the quality of decision making process in an industry. By its simplest definition, data mining modifies the detections of applicable patterns in database.


ABSTRACT Despite numerous documented benefits derived from pets among those who are socially marginalized, public attitudes often reflect a perception that people living in poverty should not be pet owners. Two studies assessed individual differences that might predict reactions to those living in poverty as a function of the presence or absence of a pet, and support for social service policies that enable or restrict access to pets based on financial means. Both studies involved online surveys assessing individual differences (social justice orientation, individualistic beliefs about poverty, identifying/empathy with others, and attitudes toward animals), and novel outcome measures assessing responses to a person requesting financial assistance from passersby and to social service policies regarding pets and people living in poverty. In study 1 (n = 212), when the hypothetical person asking for financial assistance was accompanied by a pet, participants expressed less suspicion of them, and the presence of a pet caused those low in social justice orientation to express more concern and give more money. Social justice orientation and attitudes toward animals were associated with greater support for policies that enable pet care and diminished support for policies that restrict pet access. Study 2 (n = 278) largely replicated study 1. In addition, two conditions made differentially salient the benefits of the human–pet relationship for either pet or human wellness (vs. a control condition). The salience of benefits to the pet increased support for enabling policies among those with lower social justice orientations; making salient the human or pet benefits similarly affected support for such policies among those who were less empathetic toward animals. The findings suggest that contextual cues can raise awareness among some individuals who might not otherwise be compassionate toward people in poverty with pets.