Because of the unique geographical environment and multinational fusion in history,intangible cultural heritage with rich content and wide varieties has come into being in Jingxi Mentougou.It enjoys great value of the inheritance of historic culture,art appreciation and education.It is,therefore,of vital practical significance for us to realize the current situation of the intangible cultural heritage in Jingxi Mentougou and to formulate the practical and feasible countermeasure of protection and inheritance.


Background Early classification of patients presenting with peritonitis and intra‐abdominal sepsis by means of objective scoring systems is desirable to select patients for 'aggressive' surgery and to compare results of different treatment regimens. However, none of the existing scoring systems has fulfilled all expectations.


Burbot, Lota lota (Linnaeus), is a regionally popular sportfish in the Wind River drainage of Wyoming, USA, at the southern boundary of the range of the species. Recent declines in burbot abundances were hypothesised to be caused by overexploitation, entrainment in irrigation canals and habitat loss. This study addressed the overexploitation hypothesis using tagging data to generate reliable exploitation, abundance and density estimates from a multistate capture–recapture model that accounted for incomplete angler reporting and tag loss. Exploitation rate μ was variable among the study lakes and inversely correlated with density. Exploitation thresholds μ40 associated with population densities remaining above 40% of carrying capacity were generated to characterise risk of overharvest using exploitation and density estimates from tagging data and a logistic surplus-production model parameterised with data from other burbot populations. Bull Lake (μ = 0.06, 95% CI: 0.03–0.11; μ40 = 0.18) and Torrey Lake (μ = 0.02, 95% CI: 0.00–0.11; μ40 = 0.18) had a low risk of overfishing, Upper Dinwoody Lake had intermediate risk (μ = 0.08, 95% CI: 0.02–0.32; μ40 = 0.18) and Lower Dinwoody Lake had high risk (μ = 0.32, 95% CI: 0.10–0.67; μ40 = 0.08). These exploitation and density estimates can be used to guide sustainable management of the Wind River drainage recreational burbot fishery and inform management of other burbot fisheries elsewhere.


The meaning of a situation—indeed the constructing of "situations" for people's attention—is not determined by external reality, but is something fought over verbally in the course of interacting rhetorical pronouncements. Perception, the analysis and interpretation of sensory data, is an active, meaning-making process, not a passive one. What we perceive and claim is reality is a strategic effort to create agendas and spins for chosen audiences. This is what passes for "reality" in politics, psychology and everyday life. Thus, humans are moral agents who create reality for good and base motives. Per psychological persuasion policymakers and psychologists often assert that mental illness and addiction not only exist but are treatable in the way that literal diseases exist and are treatable. Those are both myths, constructed, and destructed, by influential speaking and writing, through persuasion, and, we hope, not through coercion.


Tannhäuser rehabilitated (V) – « La quatrième »'s image in the parisian press –Ernst Van Dyck and the others

The fifth part of the cycle is devoted to the presentation of the main Parisian musical critics' opinions on the Tannhäuser's performance at Palais Garnier on May 13th, 1895, conducted by Paul Taffanel and directed by Alexander Lapissida. If these journalists – such as Jacques Weber of Le Temps, Catulle Mendès of La Revue de Paris, Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert of Journal des débats, Paul Dukas of La Revue hebdomadaire, Ferdinand Le Borne of Le Monde artiste, Henry Gauthier-Villars of L'Écho de Paris, Alfred Bruneau of Gil Blas, and some others that are recalled in the article, were not unanimous on various aspects of this production, all of them considered Ernest Van Dyck, interpreting the title role, as the principle triumphator of the evening.


The activity of well-defined 16-electron ruthenium complexes bearing an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand in the racemization of chiral alcohols is reported. Mechanistic considerations are also presented.


With the growing research interest in work-family enrichment, this study explores how negative workplace phenomenon affects managers' experience of work-to-family enrichment. Using two-wave survey ...


ABSTRACT: Due to presence of varied chemical compounds in different plant species are remarkable as a major source of treatment of varied disorders. There different plant parts are useful and for some plants all the five parts like root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit are found to be useful for control of different disorders.  Collection  of  varied  Medicinal  and  Aromatic  plant  parts  for  their  further propagation  and  conservation  purpose  was  made  from  different  sites  of  the Chhattisgarh state.  Plant parts applied to develop new plants for their ex-situ conservation. Some plant species were directly collected from various sources to introduce in the Herbal Garden. All  the  Medicinal  and  aromatic  Plants  introduced  in  Herbal  Garden  were properly managed for their further growth and development.


MSME players in Indonesia must be literate in information on Islamic financial products, the number of which is very varied and complex. For example, the financing of Mudharabah, Musyarakah, Istisna', Salam, Ijarah, Qard, Rahn, and so on (Zaini et al., 2019). The complexity of this sharia contract must be massively and systematically socialized to our MSME actors, which are very large in number. The goal is not only to improve the quality of Islamic financial literacy, but also as a means of obtaining convenience in obtaining complete and useful information about the availability of Sharia financing products and the application mechanism in obtaining this service so that the needs of capital fulfillment, business development for MSMEs or other consumptive needs can be met with sharia schemes in accordance with Islamic principles (Faizi & Shuib,   2021). Information like this has not been obtained by the public, especially MSME actors


The LDMT (lateral depletion-mode thyristor), a new type of lateral MOS-controlled thyristor, is presented. This device is fabricated in a SOI (silicon-on-insulator) substrate, and uses the substrate as back-gate to turn off the thyristor action. The LDMT achieves turn-off via MMCI (MOS-controlled current interruption), whereby the displacement current of an MOS capacitor is used to interrupt the thyristor's current flow. This device is shown to have a maximum controllable current, in current implementations, which is 8.3 times its holding current. Its switching speed has been measured at less than 600 ns. The authors describe the LDMT and the MCCI mechanism, present experimental results, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this device.<<ETX>>


Radiation is only the invisible threat to the population since earth had been radioactive and it was formed about 4500 million years ago. In fact the age of the earth can be calculated from a detailed examination of its radioactivity; particularly the decay of uranium to lead. Natural radioactivity contributes about 90 percent of the total radiation which originates from extraterrestrial sources as well as from radioactive elements in the earth's crust. In most places on earth the natural radioactivity varies only within relatively narrow limits, but in some localities there are wide deviations from normal levels owing to the presence of abnormally high concentrations of radioactive minerals in the local soils. So the only invisible threat is the Radiation which is continuously exposed to population and to the environmental living bodies from all around us. So the detail procedure and analysis for measuring such invisible threat of radiation has been done well.


Mitochondria are essential for ATP production, intermediary metabolism and calcium and redox homeostasis. Although mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) accounts for only 1% of the mitochondrial proteome it is essential for oxidative phosphorylation and cell function. Both the proportion and absolute reduced mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNA-CN) have been found in a wide range of diseases, including both prevalence and incidence of neurodegenerative diseases. Now, reduced mtDNA-CN has been found in 2 studies of schizophrenia. In the first study of 57 patients with schizophrenia (SZp) on antipsychotic treatment and 33 healthy controls (HCs), it has been found that SZp had decreased mtDNA-CN in blood mononuclear cells, increased blood lactate levels during exercise, and increased reporting of symptoms of clinical conditions associated with mitochondrial disorders (CAMDs). Increased CAMDs correlated with increased lactate levels during exercise and decreased MTDNA-CN, but MTDNA-CN did not correlate with exercised induced increased lactate levels. (1) In the second study of 90 antipsychotic-naïve/free schizophrenia patients and 147 healthy controls, the patients had significantly reduced mtDNA-CN in leukocytes (effect size of .68), but mtDNA-CN did not relate to symptom severity. (2) Since mtDNA-CN measured in blood is associated with gene expression in other tissues, reduced mtDNA-CN can reflect impaired metabolic health across multiple organs. In brain, evidence suggests that impaired mitochondrial function affects key cellular processes that alter synaptic function and contributes to the atrophic changes that underlie the deteriorating long-term course of schizophrenia. The decreased mtDNA-CN adds to the evidence of impaired mitochondrial function in schizophrenia, and it will now be important to more fully understand the specific metabolic pathways involved so that targeted therapeutic interventions can be developed.


On the unreasonable curricular system and shortcomings of traditional teaching contents and methods in the Introduction to Computers Course,some suggestions on the teaching reform are proposed.First of all,the experimental course which was attached to the Introduction to Computers Course should be separated and form a course of "computer operating skills training",and then,the teaching contents and methods must be added and improved.All the measures aim to enable students to learn more knowledge in limited time and master more operating skills so that they will lay a good foundation for the future study and career.


The capabilities of Electronic Dispersion Compensation (EDC) for Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) mitigation are assessed in the context of high-speed optical communication systems. Numerical results are presented for a Feed Forward Equalizer (FFE) for systems operating at 10 and 40 Gbit/s.


A new vanadium based metal–organic framework (MOF), termed V-TBAPy, V2O2(C44H22O8)·9.5H2O, was designed and solvothermal synthesized. Crystal structure analysis showed that V-TBAPy is constructed from VO(CO2)2 rod-shaped SBUs (SBUs = secondary building units) and 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(p-benzoate)pyrene (TBAPy4–) linker to adopt the frz architecture highlighted by 1D channel of 9.3 Å and 4.0 × 9.4 Å2 in the structure. V-TBAPy was characterized by powder x-ray diffraction analysis (PXRD), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), elemental analysis (EA) and N2 adsorption measurements at 77 K. The resulted analyses indicated the highly thermal stability and permanent porosity of  V-TBAPy with the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface (BET) area derived from the adsorption data of V-TBAPy to be 1620 m2 g–1. Furthermore, the rod-shaped morphology and the nano-size V-TBAPy were also confirmed by the scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis suggesting the promising employment of the obtained material for adsorption and catalysis.


lengths; LG= 2 μm (L= 1.5 μm), 1 μm (0.75 μm), 0.5 μm (0.38 μm), 0.25 μm (0.20 μm), and 100 nm (75 nm), where L denotes the channel length. The fundamental scaling scheme examined here is shown in Table 1; this seems roughly similar to the conventional quasi-constantfield scaling scheme, but it is different from the conventional one because the scaling of the film thickness is reconsidered for the XCT device. It also shows the initial device parameters assumed. This scheme was derived from the results of many simulations. We think that this scheme is the best currently available .


In fact, there are a number of reasons why the variable accrual plan would be particularly well suited to a funded social security system. First, the compulsory nature of the social security system means that the population of active participants would be more stable than in an occupational plan, and long-term changes in the ratio of active to retired participants much easier to predict. Second, employees would belong to the plan for most of their working lives, so the variation in accrual would tend to ''average out'' when calculating benefits. It follows that instability in accrual may be less of a problem. Finally, as was shown in Section 3, if we require the rate of benefit accrual to be between zero and double the ''normal'' rate, then settlement of the forward contracts will sometimes result in gains and losses to the plan sponsor (after the allocation to the active participants). The gains, however, were much more frequent than the losses. In our simulations, we assumed that these gains and losses were used either to reduce or increase the cost to the plan sponsor. In a social security plan, the gains could instead be retained in the fund and used as a contingency reserve to meet future losses.


On the basis of introducing modern biotechnology,this paper represents the development of transgenic textile fibers.Many fibers are concerned, such as cotton,wool,silk et al.


This research presents the work and biographical profile of the Spanish priest Manuel Garrido Bonano (O.S.B.), who had a prominent role as an expert for the bishops in the past Second Vatican Council, and also had great influence in the Holy See as a consultor, and later in the Spanish Conference of Catholic Bishops as an adviser. In addition to the above mentioned, his theological notion of liturgy is exposed and analyzed, from his first publications to right before his stay in San Anselmo, in Rome, which marks an important turning point in his theological notion. Afterwards, his later writings and especially his most important book -Course of Roman Liturgy- which summarizes his thoughts on the liturgy, are analyzed. This is about identifying those points that modify his previous notion and enrich it. A dialogue is established along with some representative authors of modern theology, such as Cipriano Vagaggini and Odo Casel, and also with those of the classical theology, St. Augustine and St. Thomas; in this way we discover the way in which our author is outlining his theological notion of the liturgy, this occurs shortly before the Sacrosanctum Concilium Constitution of the Second Vatican Council which marks a point of arrival of the so-called Liturgical Movement..


Intracellular recordings were performed to examine the perforant path projection from layer III of the entorhinal cortex to the subiculum in rat combined hippocampal–entorhinal cortex slices. Electrical stimulation in the medial entorhinal cortex layer III caused short latency combined excitatory and inhibitory synaptic responses in subicular cells.


In this multilingual milieu, Malaysians in their early age are given choices to use particular language in the various domains of usage. As such, it is rather common to have Malaysians speaking at least two if not more languages. Bringing the attention to English language, despite its status as the second most important language in the nation and is commonly known as the second language, English is gradually slanted towards a foreign language more than a second language (Platt & Weber, 1980; Nunan, 2003). Thus, it is of interest to examine the vitality of languages at the primary level of education as indicative of an early stage of language vitality. Although studies of language vitality are often linked to minority and indigenous languages, language vitality in the present study has broadened to encompass the main languages in the nation. Qualitative methodological approach was employed. Interviews were conducted with primary school teachers to obtain insights on the vitality issues. The study identified possible higher vitality of English language when students become older. It is seen that there are many folds of the vitality of English language and that it cannot be measured by scale alone. It is found that social milieu (in the sense of urban area versus rural area), socio-economic background and language policies contribute to the differences in the experience of the English language among students and thus influencing the vitality of the language.


The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between self-regulated learning and goal-orientation with classroom management style in Pre service Teachers. A sample of 200 boys and 100 girls were randomly selected. The Self-Regulation of Learning Questionnaire (SRLQ), Goal Orientation Questionnaire (GOQ) and Classroom Management Style Questionnaire (CMSQ) was used. Findings showed that self-regulated learning has a positive and significant relationship with learning orientation and democratic management style has a negative and significant relationship with performance goal orientation and custodial management style. Learning goal orientation has a positive and significant relationship with democratic management style and has a negative and significant relationship with custodial management style. Performance management style has a positive and meaningful relationship with custodial management style and has a negative and significant relationship with democratic management style. In addition, self-regulated learning has a significant direct effect on democratic and custodial management style. self-regulated learning via learning and performance goal orientation has a significant indirect effect on democratic and custodial management style. These results can be useful teacher training center and pre service teachers.


The invention discloses an information processing method, an information processing device and electronic equipment. The information processing method is applied in the electronic equipment; and the electronic equipment can be deformed and comprises a display unit and a plurality of sensing units. The method comprises the following steps of: acquiring data collected by the sensing units; judging current form information of the electronic equipment according to the collected data; confirming first state information of one or more display objects in the display unit; confirming second state information of the display object(s) according to the current form information and the first state information; and adjusting the state of the display object(s) according to the confirmed second state information. Through utilizing the scheme provided by the invention, the aim that the state of the display object(s) can be adjusted along with the deformation characteristics of the electronic equipment can be realized, and the user experience can be further improved.


Burnout has been associated with increased energy drink consumption and increased occurrence of binge drinking of alcohol in collegiate athletic trainers (ATs), but this has not been examined in ATs in other work settings. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between burnout and use of various substances in secondary school ATs. Statistical analyses found a significant direct relationship between emotional exhaustion and energy drink consumption, but no other findings were statistically significant. These findings suggest that other factors besides burnout are contributing to a high rate of binge drinking of alcohol in secondary school ATs.


RepVGG is a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) that has a VGG-like inference-time body with a good performance. Compared with other devices, the FPGA accelerator has the advantages of flexibility and efficiency. In this paper, we proposed a heterogeneous CPU-FPGA accelerator for RepVGG. Specific computing kernels are designed for convolution layers. Weight and bias parameters are quantized to 8 bits without a large loss of accuracy. The memory access performance and computing performance of each layer of the network are also optimized. The accelerator achieves 758 Gop/s. Compared with the CPU, the accelerator is more than three times faster.


Integral membrane proteins perform a wide range of biological processes, including respiration, signal transduction and molecular transport. Structural information is necessary for a full understanding of the mechanisms by which integral membrane proteins work. Ferrous iron transporter protein B (FeoB) is an integral membrane protein of Escherichia coli which is considered to transport ferrous iron in to bacteria. But there are no definite proofs or clear indications of the precise mechanism of ferrous transport. By expressing and crystallizing the G-protein domain (FeoGP) and FeoB, it will be helpful to know about the iron transport system. ABSTRACT Integral membrane proteins perform a wide range of biological processes, including respiration, signal transduction and molecular transport. Structural information is necessary for a full understanding of the mechanisms by which integral membrane proteins work. Ferrous iron transporter protein B (FeoB) is an integral membrane protein of Escherichia coli which is considered to transport ferrous iron in to bacteria. But there are no definite proofs or clear indications of the precise mechanism of ferrous transport. By expressing and crystallizing the G-protein domain (FeoGP) and FeoB, it will be helpful to know about the iron transport system. In order to express FeoB and FeoGP, expression vector pFeoB (FeoB in pGEX-4T-1) and pFeoGP (FeoB in pGEX-4T-1) were made. FeoB and FeoGP proteins were expressed and purified. Using vapour diffusion method crystallization trials of FeoB and FeoGP were done.


Background: Our previous study have investigated that nicotine reinnervates perivascular sympathetic adrenergic nerves lesioned by topically applied phenol in the rat mesenteric artery in vivo, and markedly increased levels of nerve growth factor (NGF) contents and the expression of NGF receptor TrkA in superior cervical ganglia (SCG), which were inhibited by the pretreatment of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) antagonist hexamethonium (Takatori S et al., Eur J Pharmacol, 748: 1-9, 2015.). Furthermore, we demonstrated that nicotine increases neurite outgrowth of SCG via activation of 7 nAChR in vitro. The aim of this study is to examine inhibitory effects of nicotine on neurite outgrowth of primary cultured-SCG cells and PC12 cells in vitro. Methods: SCG cells isolated from Wistar neonate rats and PC12 cells were primarily cultured for 5 days. Numbers of neurite outgrowth from cell body were measured in the presence of nicotine (0.001-100 mM). Hexamethonium (100 µM) or -bungarotoxin (100 µM) was co-incubated with each concentration of nicotine (0.1-10 mM) for 5 days. Results: Nicotine (0.01-0.3 mM) significantly increased numbers of neurite outgrowth from tyrosine hydroxylase-immunopositive SCG cells, while nicotine-induced neurite increase was gradually reduced by high concentration of 0.1-10 mM. The facilitatory or inhibitory effect of nicotine (0.1 or 10 mM) on neurite outgrowth in SGC cells was markedly inhibited or augmented by the treatment of -bungarotoxin and hexamethonium, respectively. In PC12 cells, nicotine at low concentrations (0.01-1 mM) caused a concentration-dependent increase in numbers and length of neurite outgrowth. However, higher concentrations (10-100 mM) of nicotine decreased numbers and length of neurite outgrowth compared to control in a concentration-dependent manner. These results suggest that nicotine has facilitatory and inhibitory action on neurite outgrowth (This study


Abstract
There has been a tremendous decline in the use of the death penalty in the United States. Recent research using county-level data shows that a small minority of locales in the country account for death sentences and even fewer for executions. Drawing on theoretical work that seeks to account for why these locales continue to use capital punishment, we provide in this chapter a thick description of Maricopa County, Arizona, one of the most active death penalty locales in the contemporary United States. In doing so, we demonstrate how capital punishment operates in a field of violently defended racial boundaries. Our chapter shows the roles of various local actors across time in fortifying such racial boundaries through historical white terrorism and more recent reinforcement of zones of racial exclusion that are embodied especially in communicated fears of "illegal immigrant gangs." We contend that the case of Maricopa County points to the importance of attending to racist localisms as a catalyst for the continued implementation of the death penalty in the United States.


The increasing sophistication and power demands of medical implantable devices have motivated a variety of research on wireless energy transmission, aiming to provide higher power capability, wider receiver position, and improved performance, including safety and efficiency. This paper demonstrates a low-operating-voltage wireless energy and signal transmission method to achieve these aims. We developed a 30-cm transmitting coil in a Helmholtz-coil configuration. Innovative coil segmentation and distributive resonance techniques are employed to substantially reduce the excitation voltage and the voltage over the coil. Magnetic field simulations show that the magnetic field generated by the scheme is uniform and applicable in a wide region bounded by the coils. The receiving coil has three turns and a diameter of 2 cm. The receiver can deliver 350 mW when the transmitting coil excitation is 1 Arms/6.68 Vrms and the maximum voltage over the coil is 32 Vrms, which is much lower than that required in the most up-to-date method (5 A/3.5 kV). This method can provide sufficient power to operate many kinds of medical implants, especially deep-seated and locomotive devices, such as capsule endoscopes. An operating frequency of 6.1 MHz is chosen. At such a high frequency, the receiving coil does not need ferromagnetic core so magnetic resonance imaging compatible implants can be accomplished.


D.H. Lawrence, who spent two years in Sicily, precisely in Fontana Vecchia, near Taormina and
Aetna (where the God Vulcan used to live), has always been fascinated by Italy and Sicily in particular,
the places where, in his opinion, most myths are rooted. His fascination for Sicily is due both to
the sculpture of The Seated Demeter or Core, that he saw in the archaeological Museum in
Syracuse, and to the Sicilians, described "as handsome as Adonis", and who seem to manifest and
share the sexual energy usually connected to Pan and Dionysus. The image of Sicily recurs in D.H.
Lawrence's entire production, often indirectly suggested by images such as: the volcanoes, the mythical Sicilian monsters "Scylla and Charybdis", and the references to the Myth of Pluto and
Persephone, which took place in Enna, as told in his poem "Purple Anemones" (in Birds, Beasts and
Flowers). Moreover, his novella Sun deals with the flourishing Mediterranean landscape of Sicily,
with Aetna in the distance, and the memory of the Sicules, the archaic inhabitants of the island. It is
also worth mentioning that D.H. Lawrence translated several works by the Sicilian Giovanni Verga:
from Mastro-Don Gesualdo (1923) to Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories (1928).


The cavity perturbation method has been used to measure the permittivity of various dielectric materials. The traditional technique requires sample must be totally inserted in the resonant cavity. When a small sample is partially filled into the cavity, accurate measurement result is very difficult. In this paper, the measurement accuracy of dielectric constant was improved obviously compared to the present approach by introducing a modified factor. The error is reduced to 7% when the volume of the sample exceeds about 50%.


Abstract Procopius of Caesarea inserts numerous events of symbolic and prognostic character in his Gothic Wars. In Bella 5(1).20.1-4 he describes a game of competition between young Samnite shepherds imitating the current political situation. The loser was hung from a tree by them taking the common Late Roman punishment on the furca as a model. Due to the contingent appearance of a wolf he was not rescued and died. The tragic event is subsequently attributed predicting significance.


This file contains an Excel spreadsheet for simulating the difference between a tariff and a quota with domestic monopoly, as described in Gilbert, J. and R. Oladi (2007) "Simulating Tariffs vs Quotas with Domestic Monopoly" Journal of Industrial Organization Education 2(1).


We present a functional model used to specify and validate, in the ACL2 logic, a system on a chip communication architecture named Octagon. The functional model is briey introduced before being developed on the case study. We define and validate the routing algorithm, a simple scheduling algorithm and the correctness of read and write operations which includes the proof that messages travel over the network without being modified and eventually reach their expected destination.


ATM is being aggressively marketed particularly by a new breed of small switch manufacturers. The author presents three aspects held up as arguments in support of ATM and discusses their applicability, both today and in the future, to the delivery of ATM to the desktop.


A time-based analog-to-digital converter(ADC) employing a multi-phase voltage-controlled oscillator(VCO) is presented. The VCO is based on a ring oscillator which converts analog input voltage to phase information. Digital output is produced by a phase quantizer which consists of a counter for coarse quantization and phase detector for fine quantization. Using this technique, an 8-bit 100Msamples/s ADC is designed and simulated. Impact of jitter and VCO linearity on the ADC performance is analyzed and verified


PURPOSE: A communication method of a parallel distribution simulation is provided to rapidly perform verification for a low-level abstraction model based on the result of a simulation using a high-level abstraction model when a super large scale design is performed based on an electronic system level (ESL), thereby shortening the time of the entire design verification. CONSTITUTION: A predicted output and a predicted input for reducing the amount of communication between two or more local simulations of a parallel distribution simulation are obtained (S402). A real output, which is generated in the execution process of the parallel distribution simulation, and the predicted input are used in a local simulation of the parallel distribution simulation together. Output values, which are not the same in comparison to the real output and the predicted output, and the position information of the output values are transmitted to other local simulations through a communication process (S408). [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB) Yes; (CC) No; (S398) Set a current simulation time as zero; (S402) 1 A current simulation time point is the time point of generating a check point. When a check point is generated, Whether or not a rollback possibility is generated is confirmed. When the rollback possibility is generated, go to a B process.2 When the current simulation time of local simulation is the same as a forward time point, go to an R process. When the current simulation time of the local simulation is greater than or equal to a simulation end time, go to an E process. 3 Real output is obtained by processing the simulation with predicted input. The real output and predicted output are compared; (S404) Set the event time of the real output as the current simulation time; (S406) Comparison consonance; (S408) Stop the simulation and transmit the current simulation time and the generation of the rollback possibility to other local simulations; (S410) Obtain the current simulation time of total local simulations and determine the rollback/roll forward of the local simulation and real rollback-time point/real roll forward-time point


In this paper, we focus on a multi-user multi-cell scenario with full-duplex (FD) base-stations and half-duplex (HD) downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) users, where all nodes are equipped with multiple antennas. Our goal is to design filters for weighted sum rate (WSR) maximization whilst taking into consideration the effect of transmitter and receiver distortion. Since WSR problems are non-convex, we exploit the relationship between rate and mean squared error in order to propose low complexity alternating optimization algorithms, which are guaranteed to converge. While the initial design assumes perfect channel state information (CSI), we also move beyond this assumption and consider WSR problems under imperfect CSI. This is done using two types of error models; the first is a norm-bounded error model, suitable for cases where the CSI error is dominated by quantization issues, and the second is a stochastic error model, suitable for errors that occur during the channel estimation process itself. Results show that rates achieved in FD mode are higher than those achieved by the baseline HD schemes and demonstrate the robust performance of the proposed imperfect CSI designs. In addition, we also extend our original WSR problem to one which maximizes the total DL rate subject to each UL user achieving a desired target rate. This latter design can be used to overcome potential unfairness issues and ensure that all UL users are equally served in every time slot.


We show in the simple model independent of photon momentum trans-fer the density evolution for the parton distribution in nuclear matter. The correction to the Fermi energy from term proportional to the pressure are very important.


(p. 216). All this is welded together in a text of fine style, telling phrase, and wit. One might carp that there are no references from text to plates, no bibliography, and that fuller notes would have been welcome; it is not clear from the text why 'Flavians' are shown in a diagram as fighting on the Vitellian side in the first conflict near Bedriacum (p. 65), on p. 141 'October' should be read for 'April' (three times), and Icelus, executed on p. 56, is resurrected on p. 189 for a second death (by crucifixion; the reference is to the slave not mentioned by name in Tacitus, Historiae, 3.77 and 4.3). But these are insignificant matters compared with the splendid sweep of the narrative, convincing, informed, dramatic, and above all authoritative; and Wellesley manages to make the reader feel, as in no other such book that I remember reading, that he is witnessing the events as they actually unfold, amongst men and women whom he can understand, all too well.


A bibliography of the population of Cameroon containing 2472 references was the basis of an analysis of population studies in the country conducted between 1884-1984. There were 142 references from the German Colonial period through 1919 141 from the Franco-British period from 1920 to 1945 277 from the period preceding independence from 1946 to 1959 382 from the 1960s 1014 from the 1970s and 516 from 1980 through March 31 1984. The average number of works/year increased from 4.0 in the German Colonial Period to 1014 in the 1970s and 516 in the 1980s. Publications after 1945 dealt with problems of development population statistics research and methodology and the 1st graduates of the University of Yaounde. The proportion of authors from Cameroon increased from zero through 1945 to 12.6% from 1946 to 1959 30.6% from 1960 to 1969 58.3% from 1970 to 1979 65.5% from 1980 and after and was 43.8% overall. The main theme of the work was economic and social characteristics in 23.7% of works general regional and ethnic studies in 19.5% migration and urbanization in 17.1% morbidity and mortality in 12.4% nuptiality in 5.4% planning and policy in 4.9% statistics and geographic coverage in 4.9% fertility in 4.1% methodology in 3.7% bibliographies in 2.7% and future perspective in 2.3%. Most of the studies on migration and urbanization were done by geographers and most mortality studies were medical theses. There were only a dozen demographic studies of mortality and none dealt with regional variations. Only the census of 1976 has contributed to demographic studies of nuptiality and demographic studies of population movement are rare. Over time regional monographs and ethnic studies have been replaced as major themes by social and economic studies and analyses of migration urbanization fertility and methodology. All provinces have been studied with the slight excess of studies in coastal provinces explained by their earlier colonial penetration and the resulting works as well as by the higher literacy rates near the coast. Fertility was relatively well studied in Eastern provinces where pathologic subfertility was suspected for some time. Overall 74.9% of publications are in French 15.5% in English 9.4% in German and .2% in other languages. The bibliography demonstrates the need for further studies utilizing such data as the general census and the National Fertility Survey the need to encourage international cooperation in demographic research the need for demographic analysis of mortality and especially infant mortality the need to follow natural movement of the population the need for studies on marginal zones and those in rapid transition the need to fill gaps in regional studies and the need to train English-speaking demographers.


We report the fabrication of a Highly Germanium and Fluorine co-doped MMF optimized according to effective bandwidth considerations, with OM4 performance over the 850-1000nm window. Such fiber opens the door to future 1.6Tbps data communications.


The authors identified 1,808 patients with Parkinson disease (PD) and compared them to 1,876 controls. Fewer patients with PD than controls ever established a smoking habit. Among former smokers, those with greater difficulty quitting were less likely to develop PD, with the risk being lowest among those reporting "extremely difficult to quit" compared with "easy to quit."

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From editorialists Hershey & Perlmutter: "All of the past smoke about PD may have been a misinterpretation of the data. Where there is smoke, there may not be fire. That is the key message from Ritz et al." …


Starting from the second-order finite volume scheme,though numerical value perturbation of the cell facial fluxes, the perturbational finite volume (PFV) scheme of the Navier-Stokes (NS) equations for compressible flow is developed in this paper. The central PFV scheme is used to compute the one-dimensional NS equations with shock wave.Numerical results show that the PFV scheme can obtain essentially non-oscillatory solution.


The effects of curing conditions,such as curing time(1d,3d,14d),curing temperature(20℃,60℃) and relative humidity(30%,43%,75%),on the drying shrinkage of cement mortar were studied and compared.The results reveal that generally higher drying shrinkage is to be expected with the increase of curing time before drying,with the rise in curing temperature,with the decrease in relative humidity with an exception that cement mortars with mineral admixture show the rising in drying shrinkage with the rise in curing temperature.


(21) Appl. No.: 712,205 A fluid flow production and control system includes a variable speed pump defining a fluid flow path there 22 Filed: Jun. 7, 1991 through and a fluid flow path outlet, for operating at a 51 int. Cl................................................ G01F 1/10 speed determined by an input speed control signal. Also 52 U.S. C. ...................................... 364/510; 60/443; included is a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure 415/144 of fluid at the outlet, and a flow rate sensor for detecting 58 Field of Search .................. 364/510; 60/443, 452, the flow rate of fluid at the outlet. One or more dimen 60/450, 449, 451; 417/222,91/506,206; sional parameters of the flow path, such as the cross 45/144 sectional area, venting ports along the direction of the (56) References Cited flow path, and the like, may be varied in response to a parameter control signal. A control unit coupled to the U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS pressure sensor and flow rate sensor and responsive to 3,665,945 5/1972 Ottenstein ........................... 364/510 detected pressures and flow rates supplies an input 4,277,832 7/1981 Wong ......... 4,694,390 9/1987 Lee ............. 4,725,964 1/1988 Lloyd et al. 4,804,313 2/1989 Nasvytis......... 4,816,987 3/1989 Brooks et al... a 39/10 speed control signal to the pump and a parameter con a E8 trol signal to the dimensional parameter varying mecha -41S/44 nism to thereby produce a selected flow rate and fluid 36.4/so pressure at the outlet. 4,823,552 4/989 Ezell et al. ............................ 60/443 4,951,224 8/1990 Hokynar ............................. 364/510 19 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets


The microstructure, compressive properties at different temperatures and hardness of NiAl Cr(Mo) Nb alloy prepared by injection casting were investigated. Compared with the conventionally cast alloy, the injection cast alloy exhibits a fine microstructure. i.e. the fine eutectic cell and interlamellar spacing as well as fine primary NiAl phase and NbCr2-type Laves phase due to the high cooling rate. In addition, the area fraction of eutectic cell increases due to the narrow intercellular zone. The Vickers hardness of injection cast alloy is markedly enhanced. The ductility and strength at room temperature are increased by 88%, and 30%, compared with those of conventionally cast alloy respectively. However, the high-temperature strength of injection cast alloy is not improved markedly. The elevated temperature compression deformation behavior can he properly described by power law equations.


To lower the sintering temperature of ZnNb2O6 microwave dielectric ceramic, ZnNb2O6 doped with B2O3 were prepared by the traditional solid state reaction method. The effects of the amount of B2O3 (0.25-5.0wt.%) on the microstructure, density and electrical performances were investigated. The results show that a pure columbite ZnNb2O6 phase was obtained for all B2O3-doped ceramics. The microwave dielectric properties reached the maximum values of εr = 24.1, Q×f = 19502 GHz, τf = -52.19 ppm/°C for 1wt% B2O3-doped ZnNb2O6 ceramic sintered at 1050 °C for 4 h. All of evidences suggest that the enhancement of microwave dielectric properties is due to the enhanced ions-energy and ionic diffusion with the increase of sintering temperature. Furthermore, B2O3 doping can generate liquid phase and reduce the activation energy of diffusion to promote the materials sintering.


Source of material: Preparation described in ref. 1. The complexes such as the title compound were synthesized by E. Müller and coworkers using several metal atoms : Ru (see ref. 2), Os (see ref. 3), Pd (see ref. 4), Rh, Pt, Co and Ni (see ref. 1). The Ni-compound was only obtained in form of aggregates of small single crystals. A fragment of about 0.1 mm diameter was mounted on a goniometer head and still turned out to be composed of three individuals. The reflection intensities of two of them were evaluated using the twin integration software of the Stoe IPDS (imaging plate diffraction system). After omitting 9156 overlapped reflexions about 28(Ю0 intensity data from each crystal were stored, scaled and merged (Rim = 0.13) to give 2558 unique reflections. The Ni-compound differs from the corresponding Ru-compound (see ref. 5) mainly in that only one chlorine atom is bonded to tiie central atom, resulting in a distorted square pyramidal coordination polyhedron for Ni. The second chlorine atom occupies voids in the packing, which has a remarkably high symmetry. The fígure shows four complex cations forming a 4\ screw, each cation lies on a twofold axis. The nonbonded chlorine atoms reside on 4 axes, four of them surrounding the 41 axis as shown. The Ni-Cl distance is 245 pm, the Ni-P distances are 222 pm and 224 pm.


The Ministry of All the Talents (1806–7) has been dismissed because it failed in most of its declared objectives. In a series of secondary matters, however – vaccination, medical reform, the improvement of the curriculum at Maynooth and the New Plan of Finance (1807) – a distinctive style of administrative liberalism was being practised. Here termed 'scientific', 'technical' and 'empirical' because of its concern with the management of knowledge or rational inquiry by public authority, this liberal style formed part of the background of politics, and connected Pittite management with mid century Liberal government. Despite their differences, two Whig statesmen, Lord Henry Petty (1780–1863) and Lord Grenville (1759–1834) cultivated this style in an atmosphere of caution and austerity. As chancellor of the exchequer and prime minister respectively, in 1806–7, Petty and Grenville brought the 'pessimistic meliorism' of their wider beliefs to the problems cited, articulating a kind of liberalism that was distinct from the Foxite canon.


In this paper we intend to analyse one of the most beautiful epigrams of the humanist Arias Barbosa, born in Aveiro. Through the study of his sources and his aesthetic resources, we want to show how he collects and alters the Latin literary tradition to justify his departure from the city after his retirement.


Currently, the computer science community is experiencing a rise in interest in computer science education research (CSER). However, current structures and belief systems within the discipline have largely relegated computer science education researchers to the margins. Computer science education researchers are mainly 'lone-wolf' scholars in their departments that participate in CSER in addition to their more widely 'accepted' computer science research. As such, there has been a resistance to offer doctoral programs in CSER. Florida International University has not only invested inCSER by hiring a CSER tenure-track faculty member, they have also established a School of Computer Science Education and Engineering Education. Despite this investment, one obstacle remains the low visibility and understanding of computer science education research among undergraduate students. This makes establishing are search group of Ph.D. students challenging. In order to combat this obstacle, a four-year program was developed as a dedicated pipeline to the computer science education Ph.D. through a series of research experiences for undergraduates (REU). Summer 2020 consisted of the first cohort of this four year commitment. Given that 2020 was wrought with a series of unprecedented events, this REU was designed and executed virtually. This paper presents the plan, setting, execution, and subsequent evaluation of this virtual REU experience. Student-feedback was overwhelmingly positive; however, as with any endeavor there were many lessons learned.


This study tries to investigate why some Persian learners have difficulty in learning certain structures of English language. To answer this question, a general proficiency test was administered to a total of 98 female high school students who were at intermediate level at English language institutes, with the same level and age, out of which 46 participants whose scores ranged from 65-85 out of 100 were chosen as the Intermediate Level. The instruments used in the study consist of a Translation test and participants' PET scores. In order to do this, the translation test administered to the participants included one aspect of grammatical errors which were predicted to be problematic parts of learning. That is, the participants were required to translate 50 Persian sentences into English and then the erroneous parts were determined. A hierarchy of difficulty was developed, to determine the level of difficulty of using English 11 grammatical items namely, using the wrong preposition, infinitive, tense, un-English expressions, incorrect omissions and etc, for Iranian Intermediate participants. After that, the number of errors on each grammatical item in the test was counted. Then by use of descriptive and inferential statistics (Independent Samples T-test, Pearson correlation and Friedmantest) were applied to analyze. The results indicated that L1 grammar negative transfer does affect L2 writing skill (translation in English) among Iranian EFL learners. In conclusion, the study demonstrates that we would probably be able to enhance the L2 writing skill of Iranian EFL learners by drawing the EFL learner's attention to those problematic areas of L2 and so L1 negative transfer would be, to some extent, reduced. In addition, the findings show that L2 teachers, can probably be successful in their teaching and can have successful


Aeration is a critical factor of substrate performance for container grown plants. In a 14-mo nursery study, although air-filled porosity dropped below optimum values, the gas relative diffusivity was unaffected, as a result of an increase in pore effectiveness. This indicates that, contrary to the general belief, aeration properties of potting substrates may not deteriorate with time. Key words: Potting soils, container substrates, air-filled porosity, gas diffusivity


XXIX. The Œdemeridae and Cephaloidae of Ontario and Quebec. The family Œdemeridæ is of small extent, only five species, representing four genra, being recorded from the region under discussion. None of our species are very samll and two of them at least often reach a size sufficient to render them readily noticeable. With the exception of Nacerdes melanura, which frequents houses, wharves, lumber piles and shipping, they are to be found on bushes and trees or else under boards in wooded districts.


Abstract This paper examines data from a statewide survey of K-12 social studies teachers in one midwestern state regarding their perceptions on the ways in which they integrate issues of race and justice into their classes, or their reasons for not doing so in their role as Instructional Gatekeeper.


Photograph of the Mayborn School of Journalism conference lead by Dorothy Bland. Other notable faculty staff, Gary Ghioto, (background center, blue dress shirt) Lecturer and NT Daily Advisor. Clay Rivenbark, (right, blue polo) Adjunct Professor and others seated around the conference table.


We reported a 7-year-old boy with the complaints of progressive proptosis and rapid visual loss in his right eye for 1 month. CT and MRI showed a 4×3×3 cm^3 retrobulbar tumor. Orbital fine needle aspiration confirmed ALL relapse. Chemotherapy TPOG 911 HR was used, and his ocular symptoms and signs regressed dramatically. However, optic atrophy and total blindness in the right eye had already occurred. Orbital lymphoblastoma was the initial manifestation of ALL relapse in this case and carried a poor visual prognosis. Periodic ocular examinations, early ecognition and treatment of leukemic infiltration in the eye and orbit can prevent visual loss.


Plant breeding is the "art and science" of the genetic improvement of crops to produce new varieties that had a large impact on crop yield and food production. Genetic variation is the engine that propels breeding to meet future challenges and this variation is due to intraand inter-specific recombination. The recombinant DNA technology marked the beginning of a new era, indeed conventional plant breeding was joined to the transgenic approach to produce genetically modified plants (GMP) and new varieties. Transgene technology created great opportunities but many questions about GMP impact and the consideration that many traits of interest are quantitative (QTL) with the problems of pyramiding genes, determined less enthusiasm for this approach. Recently, the knowledge in genome engineering technologies is flashing a new revolution in biological research. Nowadays the researchers can edit the function of DNA sequences in their genetic loci overcoming many problems of GMP, thus considered the enormous potentiality of genome editing the challenge is urgent a regulatory response towards the social acceptance of genome-editing crops, avoiding in the EU the mistakes of the past with GMP. Finally, a global policy for the "new" biotechnology has become necessary debating the integration of genome-editing crops into society.


Results of monitoring of buildings' deformations in Noviy Urengoi town (situated inside the lease of giant oil and gas Urengoi field) are presented. Monitoring consists of multi-pass satellite radar imaging, GPS-measurements and repeated geometric leveling.


Pedunculated polypoid cancer of the gallbladder ordinarily shows cancer spread within the polyp consisting mainly of adenoma. We experienced a case of pedunculated mucosal cancer associated with flat‐type cancer of the gallbladder without an adenomatous component, the details of which are reported herein. The lesion was first detected by transabdominal ultrasonography (US) as a polypoid lesion of the gallbladder, 5 mm in size. Distinct growth of the lesion was revealed at follow‐up US after a year. Endoscopic ultrasonography showed not only a pedunculated polypoid lesion, 9 mm in size, with a solid internal echo pattern and a nodular surface, but also slight thickening of the surrounding gallbladder wall. Cholecystectomy was performed with a preoperative diagnosis of early gallbladder cancer, and a pedunculated polypoid lesion, 8 × 8 × 3 mm in size with a thin stalk and a nodular contour, surrounded by a widely spreading flat lesion with a coarse‐granular surface, was confirmed. Microscopically, the stalk was 700 µm in size, and both the pedunculated polypoid lesion and flat lesion consisted of well‐differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma limited to the mucosa, without an adenomatous component.


Written for the general classroom teacher whose class includes English language learners (ELLs), as well as for ELL teachers working in general classrooms, this book portrays ELL students in grades 3–6 who learn essential reading and writing skills and are full members of the classroom community. Throughout the book, Kathleen and Suzanne emphasize the importance of talk. By talking during science workshop, after read-aloud, or when sharing an idea with a partner, ELLs use language authentically and, in using it, become more adept speakers, readers, and writers of English. This is not a quick how-to guide. Becoming One Community provides many practical examples of diverse classrooms at work and embeds theory on English-language development throughout. It gives teachers a repertoire of ideas to meet the needs of ELL students in their classroom but ultimately trusts in the teacher's own skills to best know their students and their innate intelligence.


Kamran Abbasi went along to a public meeting to learn about the latest cure for cancer

Luigi Di Bella has the answer to every patient's—and every businessman's—dream. Pour somatostatin, melatonin, bromocriptine, and vitamin A into the mix, stir, and bang—the cure for cancer. Last weekend, the controversial Italian scientist spread the word about his miracle cure in London, at a public meeting that was broadcast live in Canada.

Be it breast, brain, lung, or gut, Di Bella's method uses the same ingredients of differing potencies. Thousands of patients have been cured over the past 25 years without side effects, he claims, and thousands more Italians are demanding a treatment for which no evidence has been published in a peer reviewed journal.

Di Bella …


This study aims to identify the effect of professional commitment on whistleblowing intentions. This study also analyzes the role of Hofstede's five dimensions of national culture as moderating variable, including power distance, collectivism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, and long-term orientation. This study used a survey method. The primary data collection was through a questionnaire distributed to 92 auditors in accounting firms in Bali Province. The result shows that professional commitment positively affects whistleblowing intention. The moderating variable's roles are power distance and collectivism's culture weaken professional commitment and whistleblowing intention relationship. Two other cultures, namely masculinity and a long-term orientation, are proven to strengthen the relationship between professional commitment and whistleblowing intention. Contrary, uncertainty avoidance culture has no significant effect. Theoretically, this study confirms the role of the national culture in the auditing context. This result practically adds insight to regulators and accounting firm leaders in formulating regulations regarding the appropriate whistleblowing system for organizations. There are two limitations. First, this study uses a survey method. This method allows for social desirability bias for sensitive variables, such as whistleblowing. This study also uses the national culture popularized by Hofstede about forty years ago. Thus, further research might use other popular models.


A high throughput accurate assay for anti‐SARS‐CoV IgG detection is needed for large‐scale epidemiological studies. The evaluation of a commercial recombinant nucleocapsid protein‐based microtitre plate enzyme immunoassay, ELISARS™ is described. The results on 150 sera from SARS patients and 450 sera from non‐SARS controls showed that this assay had a high level of sensitivity (96.2% for late serum samples) and specificity (97.8%). The performance and setup of this assay fulfills the requirement as a screening test for large‐scale studies. A vast majority of SARS patients developed antibodies against the nucleocapsid protein. In some patients (10/45), a high level of anti‐nucleocapsid antibody appeared very early in the course of the illness. In contrast, a minority (4 of 105 patients) never developed these antibodies. The implication of differences in antibody response to the nucleocapsid protein deserves further investigation. J. Med. Virol. 75:181–184, 2005. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


In the late 1980s we witnessed a flourishing growth of distance education courses taught via computer conferencing. Most of them attempted to replicate traditional teaching in a new medium, with little innovative use of the technology. Ideally, however, what we should expect is a paradigm change in distance education pedagogy, based on the opportunity to conduct asynchronous group communication. Some early articles discuss the pedagogical opportunities of computer conferencing (Davie 1989, McCreary 1987, Harasim 1991, Eisley 1991), but still much experimentation and research remains to be done. This literature review compiles some evidence for a future paradigm change, and additional sources indicate that there are more innovative and remarkable courses available.


A planar power inductor for a beyond 10MHz switching DC-DC converter was fabricated and evaluated. A closed magnetic circuit consisting of Fe-based composited magnetic core and a PCB based planar coil were used for planar inductor with a 4.8×3.2×1.84mm in size, and the fabricated inductor exhibited a high-quality factor of over 40 in 10~20 MHz frequency range. The planar inductor was implemented into a beyond 10 MHz switching GaN-FET two-phase buck converter with 24 V input, 5 V-3 A output, and the converter had an efficiency of 81% when 15 W output.


This paper expounded the content and work principles of RFID technology, and studied its distinct advantages compared with bar code system widely used in library. The application advantages of RFID technology in university library were introduced, and then the future development trends of RFID were given.


Integrated Circuits are usually modeled by a system of differential-algebraic equations, in which the system is hierarchically built from several subcircuits. Newly developed methods for multirate transient analysis of Integrated Circuit models allow the separate time-integration of subcircuits with different dynamics and include a careful synchronization to cover coupling effects. For singlerate timeintegration all equations are discretized simultaneously by the same timestep. If the timeconstants of the dynamics per subcircuits are quite different, it is attractive to perform multirate time-integration. Then the fast subcircuits are integrated independently on a refined time-grid. An attractive multirate method is the Compound-Fast version [2, 3], which first integrates everything at the coarse time-grid, and afterwards, in the refinement phase, re-integrates only the active part at the refined time-grid.


The high consuming of fructose sugar is a concern for public health, since factors such as cardiovascular diseases, obesity, type‐2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome are related to this new food habits. The Renin‐Angiotensin System (RAS), an endocrine system responsible for regulating blood pressure, is widely studied since its components are sensitive to hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia, events that occur in the diet rich in fructose. The aim of the study was to evaluate an important marker of RAS, the angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE), in the heart of animals treated with fructose. Weaned Wistar rats were divided into control group (CG) and fructose group (FG, 10% in drinking water) and treated for 8 weeks. FG showed changes in lipid profile when compared to GC, with increased triglycerides (CG=39±3 vs FG=49±2*) and LDL (CG=48±2 vs FG=50±3*) and decreased HDL (CG=35±2 vs FG=24±1*). FG showed lower glucose tolerance than CG on GTT (CG=113±4 vs FG=169±2*), featuring the experimental model. Mean arterial pressure was increased in FG (CG=110±1 vs FG=125±1*)and quantification of ACE showed a significant increase in CG vs. FG (p<0.05), suggesting the increased activation of the RAS in GF than in GC, concluding that chronic ingestion of fructose may induce harmful and important metabolic changes that can lead to serious diseases, such as hypertension and type 2 diabetes. (*p<0,05 vs CG). Support by: PIBIC/Mackenzie


The invention discloses a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition device, which comprises a reaction chamber, an upper electrode, a lower electrode and a radio frequency feed-in device. An opening valve is arranged on the side wall of the reaction chamber; the upper electrode and the lower electrode are oppositely arranged inside the reaction chamber; the radio frequency feed-in device is electrically connected with the upper electrode, and is used for producing plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition reaction inside the reaction chamber so as to form a film layer on a substrate arranged on the lower electrode; and an input point of the radio frequency feed-in device is located between the center of the upper electrode and the opening valve. The plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition device provided by the invention is high in product yield.


This paper considers that the value signaling of business angels is just the proportion of the initial net wealth of the entrepreneur invested in the project.The specific exponential utility function is used based on the different risk preference of entrepreneurs,and the establishment of value signaling of business angels is studied,especially under two different cases,i.e.risk aversion and risk loving.It is proved that when the utility of entrepreneurs is maximized,the value signaling of business angels  is in existence and can be expressed by a linear equation.


It is understandable that the prospects for a "scientific" ethic should be dismissed, but the real test seems to be whether ethics can at least to some extent be articulated through citing evidence for hypotheses without relying on intuitions (fundamental beliefs thought by intuitionists not to require any justification). The case against intuitionism is spelled out with no fewer than nine major objections to such a methodology. Part 1 demonstrated that positive normative sociology (which asserts moral norms and values such as sympathy or justice) is mired in intuitionism, but need this be the case? Best caring sociology is sketched using not only a rigorous justification of hypotheses, but a system whose general ideas logically flow from a single normative imperative: the best caring principle. The key to the success of best caring is animal absolutes, e.g., that for all sentient beings, pain feels bad, and this affords affective cognition of bad in sentient beings' lives. Best caring forms a kind of liberation sociology (which is argued to be a better global label than critical theory among other possibilities), but without the moral relativity and total animal neglect of Feagin and Vera, and with a better explication as to why a holistic descriptive focus is most salutary for social science. Best caring promotes individual rights, a firm commitment to nonharming, and anti-exploitation including for animals. Indeed, the


In the past, intellectually talented engineers with strong technical skills were sufficient for the needs of society. In the 21st century engineers are now working in the corporate world, often disconnected from the hands-on aspect of engineering. Professional skills such as leadership have become critical for graduating engineers entering the workforce. A review was conducted of current engineering leadership programs' goals and competencies to determine consistencies and variations, and to suggest prominent themes. Five themes emerged for the fundamental goal of engineering leadership education programs: effective leadership, innovation and technology, independent learning, experiential learning and systems thinking. The analysis of the competencies found a diverse spread across the programs. Overall, six key competencies emerged: communication, innovation, creativity, execution, personal drive, and teamwork. This analysis provides insight on the focus of engineering leadership education and the progress of the field. The findings can be used for the development of new engineering leadership programs.


A system (202) for binaural signal processing. A first speaker (210) and a second speaker (220) are respectively mounted proximal to, and deliver respective first and second acoustic signals to, the left and right ears of a user. A first microphone (212) and a second microphone (222) are respectively mounted proximal to the left and right ears. A binaural processing device receives signals from the microphones and, based on the microphone signals, determines the first and second acoustic signals. The binaural processing device operates at a distance from both the left and right ears of the user. The speakers, microphones and the binaural processing device are connected by a signal network.


FIELD: food industry. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to food industry and refers to production of chewing sweets containing functional ingredients. One proposes a functional chewing sweet preparation composition including a sweet substance represented by molasses and hydrocolloid represented by gelatine; the sweet substance additionally contains a mixture of palatinose and erythritol taken with molasses at a ratio of 1.5:1:3.5; hydrocolloid additionally contains carrageenan, taken with gelatine at a ratio of 1:3, as well as a vegetal extract represented by a mixture of extracts of Gogi berries, hop and purple echinacea at a ratio of 1:1:1, a fat composition represented by a mixture of palm oil with Beneo™ Synergyl dietary fibres and a taste additive represented by citric acid; the components are taken at the following ratio, wt %: palm oil - 1.56-6.5; dietary fibres - 0.94-3.9; gelatine - 0.24-1.89; carrageenan - 0.06-0.63; citric acid -1.0-1.6; hop extract - 1.17-1.67; purple echinacea extract - 1.17-1.67; Gogi berries extract - 1.17-1.67; sweet substance - balance. EFFECT: invention ensures chewing sweets quality enhancement by way of their consistency improvement, ready goods nutritive value increase and sugar capacity reduction. 1 tbl, 3 ex


The study treats a specific technological approach for the elaboration of small manufacturing series of highly precise hyperboloid gears with small module of the teeth and with not big dimensions of the gear mechanism. It is based on the application of the elaborated by authors mathematical models, algorithms and computer programs for synthesis upon a pitch contact point and upon a mesh region. A special feature of the established approach is the application of 3D software prototyping and 3D printing of the designed transmissions. The presented here models of the transmissions with crossed axes and face mated gears are indented for implementation into the driving of two type robots: bio-robot hand and walking robot with four insect-type legs.


In this paper,the solution design,construction process of Shandong golden agriculture website systems as well as features of web technologies for the official website(http://www.sdjn.cn) of Jinan Agriculture Information Center were discussed.


The project Playgroups for inclusion (GABC – Grupos Aprender Brincar Crescer) was implemented in Portugal, in five districts in different communities, for children aged between 0-4 years old, who have not entered into formal educational responses as well as for their families/caregivers. With the goal to instigate children's natural learning through play, and promote the interactions of all participants groups attended twice a week two hours each during 10 months. In Portugal the GABC project was run by two monitors and in each district there was a licensed supervisor in child education. In this paper we aim to show 1) the perceptions of supervisors on the quality of implementation of GABC over the implementation of the same period, and their expectations on the project and how they have changed over the implementation period; and 2) the perceptions of caregivers and how do they also change throughout time. To this end, individual interviews were conducted with five supervisors and six focus groups with 13 caregivers were also conducted. In both cases data collection occurred at two different times: one month after the start of GABC (T1; Dec, 2015) and one month before its completion (T2: May / June, 2016). In general, supervisors considered that GABC always took into account the needs and interests of families, promoting their participation from the beginning. Caregivers mentioned attained benefits, such as improvement in the quality of interactions and relationships, and the opportunities to socialize. Despite supervisors considered that GABC can be considered an enabling environment to diverse learning experiences, negative aspects were highlighted (e.g., lack of attendance of families). Results show that GABC can be an appropriate future community response, but clear strategies to promote greater attendance of families are needed.


Successful retrieval of venous air emboli via central venous catheters requires accurate placement of the distal tip of the catheter. The distal tip of single-orificed central venous catheters can be precisely located using intravenous electrocardiography (IVECG). However, the site of origin of the IVECG complex with multiorificed central venous catheters is not well known. In this study, the site of origin of the IVECG complex deriving from the wire within a multiorificed Arrow® Antecubital Central Venous Catheterization Kit, the same Arrow® catheter type without wire, and a multiorificed Cook® Bunegin-Albin CVP Kit was determined in ten anesthetized dogs. The IVECG was found to originate from the distal portion of the Arrow® wire whether the distal tip of the wire was within the distal segment of the Arrow® multiorificed catheter, at the tip of the catheter, or protruding several cm from the tip of the catheter. When the Arrow® multiorificed catheter (without wire) was used to determine the IVECG, the mean site of origin of the IVECG was 1.7 ± 1.2 cm (mean ± SD) proximal to the distal catheter tip. When the Cook® multiorificed catheter (without wire) was used to determine the IVECG, the mean site of origin of the IVECG was 2.5 ± 0.6 cm proximal to the distal catheter tip. Knowledge of the site of origin of the IVECG with the Arrow® and Cook® multiorificed catheters should permit the distal tips of these catheters to be placed in locations where efficient retrieval of venous air emboli is likely.


In a randomized controlled trial, the study was canied out to study the effect in increasing Bishop score by prostaglandin E2 intracervical gel among pregnant women who have low Bishop score (≤4) in Vajira Hospital.The sample size was 60 primigravida pregnancies and these were divided in 2 groups, 30 persons each as a study group (prostaglandin E2 intracervical gel) and a control group (oxytocin intravenous). The result of the study showed that there was a staiistically significant difference in the number of success of Bishop score change and the number of successo f induction betweenp rostaglandinE 2 group (19, 63%) and oxytocin group (7,23%). There was no matemal or f'etal complication in both groups.


Density functional theory (DFT) calculations combined with cluster expansions (CE) were employed to explore the catalytic activity of stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric Cu3Au and CuAu3 surfaces for CO2 reduction to CO.


In this study, the sodiation and desodiation processes of MoS2 were characterized by using an in situ TEM technique. The structural evolution of MoS2 and its performance in a coin-type cell are recognized. Our findings provide a fundamental understanding of the reaction mechanism of MoS2 as anode for Na ion batteries.


To investigate the differences in attainment of developmental milestones between young males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and young males from the general population.


The history of medical education is roughly divided into three periods. After the 1970s, post-modern thought has caused radical changes in many areas as well as on the education system in Turkey. In this article, the constructivist theory holding the traces of the post-modern movement was mentioned. Then the philosophical ground, conceptual framework and current practices of community-based medical education (CBME), which is one of the reflections of constructivism in medical education practices, were explained in the focus of post-modernity. World Health Organization (WHO) defines community-based medical education practices under four main headings:  education in health care centers, community research, and related projects, family monitoring programs, working on a specific society for community development. These practices were detailed respectively; then the current status of community-based medical education in Turkey was discussed.


A series of ionic onium salt photoacid generators (PAGs) functionalized with epoxide or phenolic groups capable of participating in the cationic polymerization of epoxides have been synthesized and investigated for use in ultrahigh PAG loaded negative tone epoxide functionalized molecular resists. An epoxide functionalized PAG [tris(4-glycidylether-3,5-dimethylphenyl)sulfonium hexafluoroantimonate] was found to be capable of use at loadings up to 100 mol. % in an epoxide functionalized resist [1,1,2,2-tetrakis(4-(oxiran-2-ylmethoxy)phenyl)ethane (4-Ep)] without inhibiting its ability to form fully crosslinked features, and was able to resolve 50 nm features under 100 keV electron-beam lithography at PAG loadings exceeding 50 mol. %. A phenol functionalized PAG [tris(4-hydroxyphenyl)sulfonium hexafluoroantimonate] was similarly capable of use at loadings up to 50 mol. % in 4-Ep without inhibiting cross-linking, and was able to resolve both 50 and sub-50 nm features at PAG loadings exceeding 30 mol. % using...


A speech given at the First Dinner of the Indian Division of. the I.E.R.E. held at the Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi on 25th January, 1964


Combining different analgesic mechanisms can reduce postoperative pain. We investigated postoperative pain and sensory sensitization in a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized, single-dose comparison of the monoaminergic and &mgr;-opioid agonist tramadol, 100 mg, and diclofenac 75 mg given IM in combination or alone in 120 patients who had elective cesarean delivery. The time to first postoperative demand for rescue analgesia, pain, tramadol pharmacokinetics, and electrical sensory thresholds at or distant from the incision were studied. The median time to first rescue (interquartile range) was 197 min (70–1000 min) with tramadol plus diclofenac, 48 min (25–90 min) with tramadol plus placebo, 113 min (35–270 min) with diclofenac plus placebo, and 55 min (30–100 min) with double placebo (tramadol plus diclofenac versus all other groups, P < 0.05). Pain intensity decreased markedly over time in all groups, and time and drug effects were significant (analysis of variance; P < 0.00001). Side effects were similarly minimal with all treatments. Pain thresholds at or distant from the incision increased significantly after surgery only with tramadol plus diclofenac. Preoperative sensory thresholds correlated with postoperative sensory changes (r > 0.53; P < 0.0001). The pharmacokinetics of tramadol and O-desmethyltramadol were unchanged by diclofenac. The combination of tramadol and diclofenac resulted in improved analgesia compared with monotherapy. Only the analgesic combination prevented both primary and secondary hyperalgesia. Preoperative sensory thresholds may allow prediction of postoperative sensitization.


The number of people surfing the internet in China has ranked the top in the world. Among then, the number of the youths occupies the main part. Social sub-cultural phenomenon is formed in the youth stage. The School of Birmingham considered such cultural phenomenon as the mainstream cultural way for youths to oppose the middle class in England in 1950s-1960s. Currently, under the function of commercialization, some features of youth network subculture have some negative social effects.


In his essay Mikołaj Wiśniewski presents an unpublished 1962 diary entry and two chapters from an unfinished novel found by the author when conducting research in the James Schuyler archive of the Mandeville Special Collections Library at UCSD. Wiśniewski goes on to show how Schuyler experimented with the diary form long before he started keeping a diary in the late 1960s (the published Diary of James Schuyler starts with 1967) and how the practice always served him as a starting point or "training ground" for other projects, be it a novel or the late long poems of the 1970s and 1980s. The author also comments on Schuyler's poetics of the quotidian and the boring, contrasting it with Frank O'Hara's focus on moments of exceptional emotional and perceptual intensity.


"There is … a category of writers who, without being believers, are what the Germans call 'God-intoxicated. ' Such people sense, often in an unfocused way, the outspread wing of the avenging angel casting its shadow over their world. … [T]hey do not deal with individual guilt so much as a kind of generalized, universal stain, original sin in the precise theological meaning of that term."


A Python code was developed to automatically retrieve the aerosol type (and its predominant component in the mixture) from EARLINET's 3 backscatter and 2 extinction data. The typing relies on Artificial Neural Networks which are trained to identify the most probable aerosol type from a set of mean-layer intensive optical parameters. This paper presents the use and limitations of the code with respect to the quality of the inputed lidar profiles, as well as with the assumptions made in the aerosol model.


Background: Today, the medical world faces an increase in the incidence of chronic diseases. Medication adherence is an essential component of the effective treatment of such diseases and failure to it, especially in the elderly, has a negative impact on health. Objectives: Thecurrentstudyaimedatdeterminingthelevelof medicationadherenceintheelderlywithchronicdiseasesreferring to academic medical centers in Ardabil, Iran. Methods: In the current cross sectional study, 222 elderly patients with chronic diseases (i e, musculoskeletal, diabetes, cardiovas-cularandrenalconditions)referringtotheclinicsof ImamKhomeini,Fatemi,andAlavihospitalsinArdabilin2018wereselectedby convenience sampling method. Data were collected using a questionnaire including demographic characteristics and the Morisky medicationadherencescale(MMAS).Thedatawereanalyzedusingdescriptivestatisticsandmultivariatelogisticregressionanalysis with SPSS version 16. Results: Themeanageof theelderlywas68.25 ± 7.65years; 187(84%)subjectshadunsatisfactorymedicationadherence(score< 6) andonly35(16%)hadagoodmedicationadherence(score> 6). Theprobabilityof satisfactoryadherencetomedicationwashigher in the elderly with higher level of education, but other variables such as age, gender, occupational status, income level, network of life, place of residence, marital status, and type of chronic disease had no significant effect on medication adherence. Conclusions: The high level of medication non-adherence in the elderly with chronic diseases is a matter of concern and it seems necessary to perform studies on the barriers to medication adherence in the elderly and solve them.


Certain limitations that have been identified in existing ionospheric prediction capabilities indicate that the deeper understanding and the accurate formulation of the ionospheric response to external forcing remain always high priority tasks for the research community. In this respect, this paper attempts a long-term investigation of the ionospheric disturbances from the solar minimum between the solar cycles 23 and 24 up to the solar maximum of solar cycle 24. The analysis is based on observations of the foF2 critical frequency and the hmF2 peak electron density height obtained in the European region, records of the Dst and AE indices, as well as measurements of energetic particle fluxes from NOAA/POES satellites fleet. The discussion of the ionospheric behavior in a wide range of geophysical conditions within the same solar cycle facilitates the determination of general trends in the ionospheric response to different faces of space weather driving. According to the evidence, the disturbances in the peak electron density reflect mainly the impact of geoeffective solar wind structures on the Earth's ionosphere. The intensity of the disturbances may be significant (greater than 20% with respect to normal conditions) in all cases, but the ionospheric response tends to have different characteristics between solar minimum and solar maximum conditions. In particular, in contrast to the situation in solar maximum, in solar minimum years the solar wind impact on the Earth's ionosphere is mainly built on the occurrence of ionization increases, which appear more frequent and intense than ionization depletions. The ionization enhancements are apparent in all local time sectors, but they peak in the afternoon hours, while a significant part of them seems not related with an F2 layer uplifting. Taking into account the main interplanetary drivers of the disturbances in each case, i.e. high speed streams (HSSs) and corotating interaction regions (CIRs) in solar minimum and coronal mass ejections (CME) in solar maximum, we argue that the identified tendency may be considered as evidence of the ionospheric response to different solar wind drivers.


Electrocoagulation (EC) process is an electrochemical method of treating polluted water whereby sacrificial anodes corrode to release active coagulant precursors into solution. At present study, EC was investigated for removal of diazinon pesticide from aqueous environments under different operating conditions such as initial pH (3-10), applied voltage (20-40 V), electrolysis time (10-60 min), and initial concentration of diazinon (10-100 mg/L) by using aluminum anode in batch mode. The results of this study showed that diazinon concentration can effect on removal efficiency and for higher concentration of diazinon, more applied voltage or higher reaction time is needed. Maximum removal efficiency of diazinon (>99%) was obtained after 60 min at pH 3. According to results of this study it can be concluded that Electrocoagulation process using aluminum electrode is an efficient method for diazinon removal from aqueous environments.


BACKGROUND: Chronic Abdominal Pain is a common problem in hospital. Many patients presenting with chronic Abdominal Pain had no specific etiological diagnosis at end of their Diagnostic workup.with introduction of laproscopic surgery,a new tool has been added to our knowledge. Laparoscopy can identify abnormal finding and improve of patients with chronic pain. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total number of 50 randomly selected patients with chronic Abdominal Pain were enrolled in the prospective cross sectional study.after laproscopic post operative outcome was analyzed. RESULT: We found in a selected patient group, laparoscopic evaluation of chronic Abdominal Pain is usually associated with a positive outcome in term of less or no pain after two months of Laparoscopy. Key Word: Laparoscopy, Chronic Abdominal Pain, Postoperative evaluation Role of Diagnostic Laparoscopy in chronic Abdominal Pain 43 Int J Res Med. 2017; 5(4); 42-45 e ISSN:2320-2742 p ISSN: 2320-2734 aim to evaluate the use of the laparoscope in the diagnosis and management of patients with chronic abdominal pain. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES • To evaluate the diagnostic and therapeutic value of laparoscopy in cases with chronic abdominal pain. • To confirm value of clinical features, radiological findings in clinically suspected cases of chronic abdominal pain. • To diagnose the cause of chronic abdominal pain without exposing patient to unnecessary major surgery, conventionally spoken exploratory laparotomy. • To establish that laparoscopy as a diagnostic tool for chronic abdominal pain is cost effective and specific in certain hands. • To decrease morbidity related to chronic abdominal pain and major surgical incisions in exploratory laparotomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between June 2009 and November 2011, a total number of 50 randomly selected patients with chronic abdominal pain were enrolled in this prospective descriptive cross-sectional study. They were recruited from the indoor patient of the Surgery Department Civil hospital Ahmedabad; all the patients underwent laparoscopic surgery for evaluation and management of their chronic abdominal pain. We defined chronic abdominal pain as abdominal pain which persists for more than 3 months duration either continuously or intermittently. In all the patients, the pain was of unclear etiology, despite physical, laboratory, and radiographic evaluation. The patients who presented with acute abdominal pain were excluded from the study. Also patients with known abdominal malignancy, patients being treated by psychiatrists, and patients under the age of 13 years were excluded. All of the studied patients were subjected to a complete preoperative evaluation through a medical history and an abdominal examination to find out if there were any organic diseases of the alimentary tract or the abdomen. Special concern was given to any past history of abdominal operations. Associated symptomatology, such as vomiting, fever or abdominal distention, were noted and recorded. Routine preoperative laboratory investigations including coagulation profile and complete blood count were performed. A total of 72 imaging studies (excluding plain films) had been done before laparoscopy, including 50 abdominal ultrasounds, 11 barium meal and follow through, 7 computed tomographies (CT), 3 barium enemas and 4 upper gastrointestinal endoscopies. Operative technique: The procedure was entirely performed with the patient under general anesthesia. A standard three-trocar technique was used (10-mm optic via umbilical trocar and two 5-mm lateral trocars). A fourth 5-mm trocar was inserted in a few cases. The whole abdominal cavity was inspected carefully starting from the liver, gallbladder, anterior surface of the stomach and spleen. With fine smooth graspers, these structures could be touched safely and elevated for further inspection. The small bowel was examined using these atraumatic graspers. It was inspected thoroughly from the ligament of Treitz to the ileocaecal valve, keeping in mind the fact that the loops with the large bit had to be grasped as much as possible to avoid the pinpoint fixation of the bowel with its perforation risk. The colon including the appendix was inspected in the same manner as the small bowel. Finally, the gynecological organs and peritoneal surfaces were inspected. If adhesions were seen between the intestinal loops and the abdominal wall or between the abdominal organs. they were dissected with a scissors in a vast majority of patients. Electrocautery vs as used mainly for hemostasis and as a dissection technique in few cases. The dissection was made close to the abdominal wall to avoid injury to the bowel loops. Other laparoscopic procedures such as appendectomy, ovarian cyst deroofing and biopsies were performed according to the patient's condition. Postoperative evaluation: After the laparoscopy, postoperative hospital stay was recorded. Standard diclofenac sodium 75 mg was used for postoperative pain Role of Diagnostic Laparoscopy in chronic Abdominal Pain 44 Int J Res Med. 2017; 5(4); 42-45 e ISSN:2320-2742 p ISSN: 2320-2734 relief. All the patients were re-evaluated after two months. The pain in the late postoperative period was classified into: worse, unchanged, less pain, and disappearance of pain. Less pain and disappearance of pain were referred to as positive outcomes, while unchanged and worse pains were referred to as negative outcomes. Statistical analysis: Gathered data were processed and analyzed. RESULTS The studied patients were in the age group ranging from 13 — 55 years. Most of the patients studied were females (84%). The mean duration of pain was seven months with the range of duration from three to eleven months. The most common site of pain was the right lower quadrant (50%) followed by the periumbilical region (40%). Twenty patients were using either non-steroidal drugs or pain killers to relieve the pain, and six patients were using proton pump inhibitors. Eleven patients (22%) had undergone at least one previous surgical abdominal procedure. Table 1: Baseline Characteristics of the


Kerberos is a widely deployed authentication system used for authenticating users to various types of application services in open networks. Network access on the other hand is a service that is generally handled separately using authentication frameworks based on the extensible authentication protocol (EAP). The EAP protocol specified by the IETF in RFC3748 is well on its way to becoming an industry standard for network access control. It provides an extensible, link layer agnostic protocol for carrying various authentication methods. In this paper, we design the integration of the Kerberos protocol as an authentication method in existing EAP-based authentication frameworks. We define the architectural elements and their interactions, then we specify the encapsulation of Kerberos messages in EAP packets. The use of Kerberos as an EAP authentication mechanism allows institutions managing their individuals using a Kerberos system to re-use the same credentials for network access authentication instead of managing a different set of credentials such as Unix passwords or public key certificates. Moreover, the proposed framework allows users to sign-on in the network as a consequence of successful network access authentication, eliminating the need for additional login procedures necessary for accessing application services.


Abstract. We present a substantially revised and updated lichen flora for Denali National Park and Preserve (DNPP) based on a series of field investigations conducted from 2001 to 2011. During this period, we increased the number of lichen taxa recorded in DNPP by 175 species through new collections made at 46 inventory sites and 44 vegetation monitoring study areas within the 2.4 million ha DNPP. The revised checklist we present here includes 459 taxa (in 158 genera) that occur in DNPP. We discuss the major lichen community composition patterns in this vast and previously under-studied region, and provide notes for 24 of the most noteworthy taxa discovered during our fieldwork, including geographic and ecological summaries. We identify remaining knowledge gaps and needs for future lichen inventory work in DNPP, including surveys for microlichens.


In this paper, Lanchester theory is used for the battles between ship-borne guns. A mathematical model is given. In an average sense, the model can be applied to get the optimal attack position. Since battles are dynamical procedures, the damage of the both sides and their remained fighting abilities should be considered at any time during the battles. The result obtained from the calculation can be used to help commanders to make decisions during battles.


The vast majority of past research on blast-resistant structural design focuses on buildings, with limited attention directed specifically towards bridges. Although many of the same principles apply, bridges pose unique challenges that are not often encountered when designing buildings for blast resistance. Specifically, establishing standoff with bridges is difficult because they are intended to provide open access to the traveling public, and structural components are directly loaded rather than having loads transferred to them through a facade system. Thus, relative to buildings, bridge components may be exposed to large blast threats that can be in close proximity to the potential target. To address these unique challenges, experimental and computational research was carried out, through support from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), to understand the behavior of blast-loaded concrete bridge members. Although spalling of concrete cover off the back of reinforced concrete walls...


This paper constitutes a working log of the construction, installation, and instrumentation history involved with a 1978 insulated roadway research test site near Fairbanks, Alaska. Approximately 3,900 square feet of 4" thick, 2.45 pcf, cut polystyrene beadboard was placed three feet beneath a paved roadway which was constructed over a previously undisturbed area underlain with ice rich permafrost. It is the intent of this study to empirically determine the long-term thermal and mechanical stability of this type of insulation under applications of this nature. The insulation and soils beneath the roadway were instrumented to provide information as to its thermal behavior. Settlement plates and road surface reference points were established to monitor elevation changes. Results from one year of roadway observations are also included.


Background: The socioeconomic status and the healthcare delivery system in developing countries has made chronic osteomyelitis as one of the pressing concerns. The main issue is the ability of microorganism to persist in minute quantity even after adequate antibiotic therapy for adequate time period. It is advised to remove the sequestrum early and let the bone heal faster but it is associated with risk pf growth plate injury as well as pathological fracture. Materials and methods: A prospective observational study was done at All India Institute of Medical Sciences from October 2015 to October 2016. The inclusion criteria were (1) age less than 14 years (2) type 3/4 Cierny Mader chronic osteomyelitis (3) albumin level less than 4gm/dl (4) those giving informed consent. The exclusion criteria were (1) any surgical intervention prior to presentation (2) any surgical intervention in due course of treatment. Supportive treatment of vitamin C, vitamin D, Iron and Calcium supplementation was given. Serial monthly follow up was done clinically and radiologically and outcome in terms of ambulatory status was noted. Results: 15 patients of which 10 (66.6%) were in the age group 10-14 years. Femur and humerus were commonly involved. Culture was positive in 4 cases with Staph aureus and E coli growth of2 cases each. 8 cases had discharging sinus whereas 4 of the cases had associated pathological fracture. All the patients at the end of follow up were mobilized with or without brace. Discussion: Paediatric chronic osteomyelitis is frequently associated with diaphyseal sequestrum, which when removed, compromises mechanical stability of the bone which would entail further surgical procedure as well as a financial burden for the family. Studies show post sequestrectomy, the regenerate is formed slowly as well as of poor quality. Hence a non-aggressive conservative treatment is advised. Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Iron and calcium supplementation in malnourished children boosts up immunity as well as tissue healing through various mechanisms including effect on T and L lymphocytes, macrophages, monocytes and fibroblasts.


Previous studies have shown that providing no-cost contraception reduces the likelihood of unintended pregnancies, abortions, and teen births (NEJM JW Womens Health Oct 22 2012). However, the direct effect of free contraception on sexual activity remains poorly defined. In a secondary analysis of the Contraceptive CHOICE Project (a prospective cohort study involving 9256 St. Louis women aged 14–45 …


Return-to-zero (RZ) to carrier-suppressed RZ (CSRZ) format conversion was experimentally demonstrated at 40 Gb/s. Retiming and CSRZ pulse regeneration were accomplished all-optically. The converted CSRZ signal had timing jitter of 0.6 ps and extinction ratio of 15 dB


Without relying on duality theory and the indirect utility function, an estimation method is devised that accommodates both price and output uncertainty. This method enables easy testing for risk neutrality. Moreover, it enables empirical comparative statics results to be derived that can be compared to the theoretical findings.