We report the results of Gemini/GMOS long-slit spectroscopic observations along the major and minor axes of the central galaxies in two fossil groups, SDSS J073422.21+265133.9 and SDSS J075828.11+374711.8 (the NGC 2484 group). Spatially resolved kinematics and stellar population parameters (ages, metallicities and $\alpha$-element abundance ratios) derived using ~20 Lick indices are presented. Despite remarkable similarities in their morphologies, photometric properties (luminosity and colour) and kinematics, the two galaxies exhibit significantly different stellar population parameters.
SDSS J073422.21+265133.9 exhibits a strong metallicity gradient (Delta[Z/H]/Delta R ~ -0.4) all the way into the centre of the galaxy. It also exhibits an age profile that suggest a relatively recent, centrally concentrated burst of star formation superimposed on an older, more spatially extended population. NGC 2484, a well known X-ray AGN, exhibits a flat core-like structure in its metallicity gradient, but no detectable age gradient. The alpha-element abundance ratio ([E/Fe]) profiles of the two galaxies are also significantly different. SDSS J073422.21+265133.9 exhibits a slightly positive gradient (Delta [E/H]/Delta R ~ 0.1), perhaps again suggesting a more recent central burst of star formation, while NGC 2484 shows a negative gradient (Delta [E/H]/Delta R ~-0.1), indicating that star formation may have happened "inside out".
Our analysis of these two galaxies of similar mass, morphology and kinematics therefore suggests two different mechanisms to have been in action during their formation. Consequently, we conclude that the central galaxies of fossil groups can not be considered a homogeneous group with regard to their formation processes or star formation histories.


ABSTRACT Background Pegylated form of E. coli derived asparaginase (PEG) is a crucial component of pediatric ALL therapy. Patients who develop a hypersensitivity (HSR) reaction with PEG receive an alternative form – Erwinia asparaginase (EA). However, an international shortage in 2017 had made it challenging to treat these patients. We have developed a comprehensive strategy to address this need. Patients and methods This is a single center, retrospective analysis. All patients receiving PEG were premedicated to reduce infusion reactions. Patients who developed HSR underwent PEG desensitization. Patients were compared to historic controls. Results Fifty-six patients were treated within the study period. There was no difference in the frequency of reactions before and after the adoption of universal premedication (p = 0.78). Eight patients (14.2%) developed either ≥ Grade 2 HSR or silent inactivation and 5 patients (62.5%) successfully underwent desensitization. The remaining three patients received EA asparaginase. This intervention led to a decrease in PEG substitution, with 3 patients (5.3%) requiring EA compared to 8 patients (15.09%) in the pre-intervention period. (p = 0.11) PEG desensitization was more cost effective than EA administration. Conclusion PEG desensitization is a safe, cost effective, and practical alternative in children with ALL and a Grade 2 or higher HSR.


Burnout is a syndrome of physical and mental exhaustion appearing in people who are in some way dealing with other people in their work. Burnout consists of a) emotional exhaustion, b) depersonalisation c) low level of personal accomplishments. The aim of the study was to examine the level of burnout experienced by nursing personnel working with psychiatric patients, and work related factors that contribute to the development of burnout. Subjects: The sample consisted of 199 members of nursing personnel in five psychiatric hospitals -two general psychiatric hospitals and three psychiatric departments set up in general hospitals- in Athens. The Maslach Burnout Inventory and Moos Work Environment Scale were used to assess nurse burnout and environmental factors. The data was analyzed applying the Stepwise Multiple Linear Regression. Results: Generally, occupational burnout appears to be at moderate levels. The emotional exhaustion of nursing personnel, working in psychiatric hospitals, presented statistical significance (p < 0,04), compared to those working in psychiatric departments of general hospitals. Age was positively related to personal accomplishment. A statistically significant correlation was observed between the decrease in emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and the time spent caring and communicating with patients (p < 0,020 and p < 0.001 respectively) whereas the personal accomplishment was increased (p < 0,001). The Stepwise Multiple Linear Regression method was used to compare burnout with work environment characteristics and it was found that most of the subscale items were positively related to work environment characteristics. Conclusion: Factors within the work environment are connected directly with the development of nursing personnel burnout.


This article presents an interpretative and theoretical reflection upon theresults obtained in the research study "Depicting students as initial researchers through self-initiated mini-projects" 1,carried out in a public schoolfrom Boyaca. At the beginning, the research projects developed by eleventhgraders were just a requirement to get their degree, forgetting to value theexperience through the role performed by the student as an initial researcher. Therefore, the theoretical discussion goes around the importance ofresearch at the school context and the student and teacher`s characterization inside a research process. In the same way, five main considerationsabout research are presented, which can transform our way of viewing theinvestigative practices towards a formative process and learners as initialresearchers.


The dominant understanding of how motivations to contribute to public goods are generated and sustained is largely shaped by the combined action of rational choice theory and neoclassical economics. This understanding relies on three key assumptions: individualism, instrumentalism and market equilibration. In this paper we question the theoretical consistency and empirical relevance of these assumptions and of their associated policy model. We argue that significant revision of this motivational theory is needed, one that takes into account intrinsic incentives, trust and strong reciprocity, as well as the effect of social constraints, money and market interactions on the propensity to contribute to public goods. The paper concludes by outlining the implications of this theoretical reconsideration for the organization of scientific research and for more effective policy making to sustain motivations.


This has led to 36 successful projects, with tangible results. Each of these projects contributes to ecological sustainability and benefits the social and economic position of people in the three countries. PSC has shown that South-South collaboration can produce impressive results on a very small budget: • 26,700 direct beneficiaries • 1,280 people participating in productive activities • 477 communities benefited • 1,533 indigenous people trained • 3,124 farmers converted to organic production • 673 new products and 179 new services developed • 1,160 women involved in decision making • More than US$250,000 of sales in 2010 SCALING UP SUCCESS


Let $(X,d)$ be a geodesic Gromov-hyperbolic space, $o \in X$ a basepoint and $\mu$ a countably supported non-elementary probability measure on $\operatorname{Isom}(X)$. Denote by $z_n$ the random walk on $X$ driven by the probability measure $\mu$. Supposing that $\mu$ has finite exponential moment, we give a second-order Taylor expansion of the large deviation rate function of the sequence $\frac{1}{n}d(z_n,o)$ and show that the corresponding coefficient is expressed by the variance in the central limit theorem satisfied by the sequence $d(z_n,o)$. This provides a positive answer to a question raised in \cite{BMSS}. The proof relies on the study of the Laplace transform of $d(z_n,o)$ at the origin using a martingale decomposition first introduced by Benoist--Quint together with an exponential submartingale transform and large deviation estimates for the quadratic variation process of certain martingales.


Introduction: Simultaneous robot assisted colon and liver resections are being performed more frequently at present due to the expanded adoption of the robotic platform for surgical management of metastatic colon cancer. However, this approach has not been studied in detail with only case series available in the literature. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the current body of evidence on the feasibility of performing simultaneous robotic colon and liver resections. Methods: A systematic review was performed through PubMed to identify relevant articles describing simultaneous colon and liver resections for metastatic colon cancer. Results: A total of 28 patients underwent simultaneous resections robotically with an average operative time of 420.3 minutes and average blood loss of 275.6 ml. Postoperative stay was 8.6 days on average with all cases achieving negative surgical margins. Conclusions: Robotic simultaneous resection of colorectal cancer with liver metastases is technically feasible and seems oncologically equivalent to open or laparoscopic surgery. Further studies are urgently needed to assess benefits of robotic surgery in the patient population.


Abstract— We present numerical simulations of crater formation under Martian conditions with a single near‐surface icy layer to investigate changes in crater morphology between glacial and interglacial periods. The ice fraction, thickness, and depth to the icy layer are varied to understand the systematic effects on observable crater features. To accurately model impact cratering into ice, a new equation of state table and strength model parameters for H2O are fitted to laboratory data. The presence of an icy layer significantly modifies the cratering mechanics. Observable features demonstrated by the modeling include variations in crater morphometry (depth and rim height) and icy infill of the crater floor during the late stages of crater formation. In addition, an icy layer modifies the velocities, angles, and volumes of ejecta, leading to deviations of ejecta blanket thickness from the predicted power law. The dramatic changes in crater excavation are a result of both the shock impedance and the strength mismatch between layers of icy and rocky materials. Our simulations suggest that many of the unusual features of Martian craters may be explained by the presence of icy layers, including shallow craters with well‐preserved ejecta blankets, icy flow related features, some layered ejecta structures, and crater lakes. Therefore, the cratering record implies that near‐surface icy layers are widespread on Mars.


In May 2012, a 73-year-old man presented to us with a long-term history of syncope occurring during daily activities, characterised by a rapid onset and spontaneous recovery. He had a history of hypertension and previous coronary stent placement. Technetium-99m sestamibi cardiac scintigraphy and neurological and vestibular assessments were all negative. A head-up tilt test (HTT) and cerebral MRI were then performed. During the HTT, his HR, blood pressure (BP) and cardiac output (CO, l/min) …


Next Generation DNA Sequencing platforms produce significantly larger amounts of data compared to early Sanger technology sequencers. In addition to the challenges of data-management that arise from unprecedented volumes of data, there exists the important requirement of effectively analyzing the data. In this paper, we use BFAST -- genome-wide mapping application, as a representative example of the typical analysis that is required on data from NGS machines. We investigate two model genomes -- human genome and a microbe (Burkerholderia Glumae), that represent an eukaryotic and a prokaryotic system. The computational complexity of genome-wide mapping using BFAST, amongst other factors depends upon the size of a reference genome, the data size of short reads. We analyze the performance characteristics of BFAST and understand its dependency on different input parameters. Characterizing the performance suggests that genome-wide mapping benefits from both scaling-up (increased fine-grained parallelism) and scaling-out (task-level parallelism -- local and distributed). For certain problem instances, scaling-out can be a more efficient approach than scaling-up. We then design, develop and demonstrate a runtime-environment that supports both the scale-up and scale-out of BFAST on production grid and cloud environments.


Several new Internet architectures have been proposed to fill the gap between the original design of Internet and its current usage. These new architectures have been studied for more than 15 years, and their technical benefits have been widely validated. However, to date, these architectures have not been deployed in commercial networks. One of the reasons is that current Internet involves multiple players such as content providers and Internet Service Providers (ISPs), which makes it difficult to make significant changes. On the other hand, several studies have shown two trends of the current Internet, consolidation in web content delivery and flattening of the Internet topology. Web content delivery is dominated by the large Content Delivery Network (CDN) providers. Moreover, to improve communication quality, such providers connect directly to the eyeball ISPs, and this results in the flat topology. In this paper, we focus on whether these two trends, i.e., Internet flattening and consolidation, can ease the hurdle for deploying new architecture. Based on the measurements of DNS and network path, we verified the current trend of flattening and consolidation of content delivery on the Internet. We also investigated the incremental deployment scenario of new architecture under this environment. The results showed that a significant amount of traffic can be handled by a new architecture, if only a small set of autonomous systems cooperatively deploy it.


Abstract I present a thought experiment in quantum mechanics and tease out some of its implications for the doctrine of "peaceful coexistence", which, following Shimony, I take to be the proposition that quantum mechanics does not force us to revise or abandon the relativistic picture of causality. I criticize the standard arguments in favour of peaceful coexistence on the grounds that they are question‐begging, and suggest that the breakdown of Lorentz‐invariant relativity as a principle theory would be a natural development, given the general trend of physics in this century.


The development of a novel microwave absorber material utilizing mm-length carbon fibers (CF) is reported. The CF are deposited electrostatically using the flocking process. Micron-sized ferrite beads are then deposited on tips of carbon fibers. The material is lightweight with density of ~0.32 g/in2and its thickness can vary from one to several millimeters. Its absorption is broadband and tunable with respect to frequency response and amount of absorption. The absorber was characterized in X-band using NRL arch measurement in an anechoic chamber. The material exhibited broadband attenuation ranging from around −10 dB at the edges of X-band to a peak of −46 dB at 11.1 GHz. Absorber complex permittivity and permeability were extracted using waveguide measurements. Electromagnetic simulations utilizing extracted parameters were compared with measured data and good agreement was found. Overall extraction process was successfully verified by comparison with a known commercial absorber material. The absorber performance compares favorably with existing solutions.


Sanguoyanyi is the first long historical classic in the history of Chinese literature. It contains a-bundant cultural information, which Moss Roberts, in his English version-Three Kingdoms, makes great efforts to reproduce with unique features. The translating techniques he employs include literal translation, liberal translation, contextual amplification and annotation.


Oxidation tests using coupon specimens of alloy 625 and alloy 617, and four-point bending tests for a duration of 100 hrs were carried out in supercritical water (SCW) environment at a pressure of 24 MPa and in superheated steam (SHS) environments at 750°C. The noticeable difference between the oxidation in two environments appeared in the oxidation behavior of primary precipitates like Nb rich MC carbide for alloy 625. In the SCW environment, a large number of pitting was observed. Those were thought to be made by electrochemical reactions, while in SHS most of the carbides were oxidized as Nb oxides with some extent of volume expansion. In the case of alloy 617, the pitting formation was also observed in both environments. It seemed to have a dependence on the oxidation behavior of the primary carbides similar to that of alloy 625. The effect of the applied stress was not apparent under current experimental conditions because permanent deformation was observed in all the specimens and stress relaxation subsequently occurred during the test. In addition, no cracks were observed on both alloys after four-point bending tests. In the outer layer of the oxide film formed in the SCW, the Cr content exhibit to have smaller in both alloys, and the oxide thicknesses were 0.53 to 0.88 times thinner than those in the SHS.


We investigate numerically the problem of few (one, two) noninteracting spin$-1/2$ fermions in a shallow harmonic trap coupled via contact repulsive interactions to a uniform one-dimensional bath of lattice bosons, described by the Bose-Hubbard model. Through extensive density-matrix renormalization group calculations, we extract the binding energy and the effective mass of quasiparticles, including dressed impurities (polarons) and their two-body bound states (bipolarons), emerging from the effective non-local Casimir interaction between the impurities. We show that the mixture exhibits rather different pairing behaviors depending on the singlet \textit{vs}.~triplet spin state configurations of the two fermions. For opposite spin states, bipolarons are found for any finite value of the impurity-bath coupling. In particular, in the strong coupling regime their binding energy reduces to that of a single polaron, provided the boson-boson repulsion is not too weak. For equal spin states, we show that bipolarons emerge only beyond a critical strength of the Bose-Fermi interaction and their effective mass grows rapidly approaching the strong coupling regime.


This paper investigates the possibilities of pleasure, sound, and the disruption of the iterations of identity in progressive time. How does sound reformulate how we see whiteness, heterosexuality, and female-bodied people? Beatboxing as a citational and intertextual form — phatic, rhythmic, sonorous, and lyrically side-steps some of the traps of rap music or other hip hop forms through its embodiment of sounds rather the logics of lyrics and traditional musical structure. In that way it remakes — queers — our alliances, allegiances, and sonic sensibilities.
 Sonic Acceptance: The beatbox cipher I entered my first hip hop cipher using human beatboxing. At ten years old, I wasn't terribly witty or clever like my worldly thirteen year-old brother and male cousins, but I was obsessed with rap music and being a participant in rap music and hip hop culture. Every time I would try to rhyme, I messed up the cadence, flow, and tempo of the impromptu session. My "voice was too light" as Jay-Z would proclaim some 25 years later; my sense of rhythm — abysmal. It's a small wonder I went on to pursue a music career as a singer and an emcee, because I really had no audible prowess. But I loved making sounds, I loved music, and I loved what I heard foundational NYC human beatboxers Doug E. Fresh, Darren "Buff Love" Robinson aka "The Human Beatbox," and Biz Markie sonically render with their mouths and a microphone. After my pitiful, short beatbox demonstration, I gained some respect and some inclusion into the exclusively male cipher on the southwest corner of 124 Street in Harlem, NY, USA. That sonic pass would make it possible for me to occupy active performance space usually relegated to boys and men, as women and girls were relegated to watchers and listeners. My newfound sonic dexterity transformed my subject position — from "girl," who could be ignored and dismissed — to a b-girl with beatbox skills; someone invested in and competent at an aesthetic form valued by her peers. th I share that story as a bridge memory spanning space, time, sound, and embodiment in order to think about sonic subjectivity and possibility in the music-and sound-making of Say Wut?! (Ashley Moyer) and Lucky Monkey (Tiffany Ashfield), two of the beatboxers at the First Annual American Human Beatbox Festival, organized by beat rhymer Kid Lucky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru_9cUQopoQ), and held at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City, May 15-19 , 2011. Say Wut?! and Lucky Monkey both performed at the "Women of the 5 ; Element" night dedicated to female human beatboxers. Kid Lucky set aside the night to celebrate and highlight female talent often overlooked in beatboxing. The sonic subjectivity I'm evoking resonates with Margaret Walker's argument in her review of Naomi Cummings' book, The Sonic Self: Musical Subjectivity and Signification. Walker contends (http://library.music.utoronto.ca/discourses-in-music/v4n1a5.html) "we look for meaning in the reception or consumption of sounds or even the sounds themselves, rather than in the human actions and interactions that produce them" (2002). Walker's statement could be read in two ways: one way posits that meaning is made solely through sound and its reception, not the bodies or relations that create them. Another reading points to the insufficiency of relying on sound alone without accounting for the human bodies that produce them and the social relations produced through the relationship of sound to bodies. My definition of sonic subjectivity extends on this second reading to think through the ways social categories and social relationships might be reconstituted through aural interventions. Sounding and resounding bodies and audiences can generate or reform the stability of racial, gender, and sexual identities, highlighting how these social positions are informed by tone, tenor, timbre, accent, inflection, rhythm, melody, and cadence. Sonic subjectivity indexes subject positions is rendered through and by sound; sonic subjectivity also plays with the subjectivity of identity and how its fluctuations are thrown into audible relief through sound.


In this paper,first,we optimize the parameters extracted from the defects by using the genetic algorithms,then the optimized parameters are fuzzy classified.Considering the distribution of the optimization parameters are in a large spatial scale and its magnitudes are different,in this paper,a mathematical model of fuzzy classification is established for parameters processing in spatial scale to make a more concentrative parameter distribution.Then we calculate the similarity between the samples to determine the classification threshold,hence classify the defects by a decision algorithm to achieve the fuzzy classification of the defects of carbon products.


Individuals with high functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) frequently experience obsessions and/or compulsions that are similar to those specified in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5) criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, little research exists on effective interventions for OCD-like behaviors (referred to as OCBs) in ASD. In a preliminary randomized controlled trial (RCT; N = 14), a manualized function-based cognitive-behavior therapy (Fb-CBT) consisting of traditional CBT components (psychoeducation and mapping, cognitive-behavioral skills training, exposure, and response prevention) as well as function-based behavioral assessment and intervention significantly decreased OCBs in 8- to 12-year-old children with ASD at post-treatment and 5-month follow-up. This multi-component treatment shows considerable promise, and a larger RCT is needed to further validate and expand these findings.


This publication provides an overview of Queensland residents at the time of the 2011 Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) who were born overseas in a non–English speaking country.


Dr. Koplan (Figure 2) is vice president for academic health affairs at Emory University. His research interests include the spectrum of public health disciplines.

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Dr. Koplan is vice president for academic health affairs at Emory University. His research interests include the spectrum of public health disciplines.

Dr. McPheeters (Figure 3) is a healthcare epidemiologist whose work focuses on translation and use of research in policy and practice, particularly in the areas of women's health and pregnancy care.

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Dr. McPheeters is a healthcare epidemiologist whose work focuses on translation and use of research in policy and practice, particularly in the areas of women's health and pregnancy care.

On July 1, 1665, the lord mayor and aldermen of the city of London put into place a set of orders "concerning the infection of the plague," which was then sweeping through the population. He intended that these actions would be "very expedient for preventing and avoiding of infection of sickness" (1).

At that time, London faced a public health crisis, with an inadequate scientific base in that the role of rats and their fleas in disease transmission was unknown. Nonetheless, this crisis was faced with good intentions by the top medical and political figures of the community.

Daniel Defoe made an observation that could apply to many public health interventions then and today, "This shutting up of houses was at first counted a very cruel and unchristian method… but it was a public good that justified a private mischief" (1). Then, just as today, a complex relationship existed between the science of public health and the practice of public health and politics. We address the relationship between science, public health, and politics, with a particular emphasis on infectious diseases.

Science, public health, and politics are not only compatible, but all three are necessary to improve the public's health. The progress of each area of public health is related to the strength of the other areas. The effect of politics in public health becomes dangerous when policy is dictated by ideology. Policy is also threatened when it is solely determined by science, devoid of considerations of social condition, culture, economics, and public will.

When using the word "politics," we refer not simply to partisan politics but to the broader set of policies and systems. Although ideology is used in many different ways, in this case, it refers to individual systems of belief that may color a person's attitudes and actions and that are not necessarily based on scientific evidence (2).


A growing number of sensors on smart mobile devices has led to rapid development of various mobile applications using location-based or context-aware services. Typically, outdoor localization techniques have relied on GPS or on cellular infrastructure support. While GPS gives high positioning accuracy, it can quickly deplete the battery on the device. On the other hand, base station based localization has low accuracy. In search of alternative techniques for outdoor localization, several approaches have explored the use of data gathered from other available sensors, like accelerometer, microphone, compass, and even daily patterns of usage, to identify unique signatures that can locate a device. Signatures, or fingerprints of an area, are hidden cues existing around a user's environment. However, under different operating scenarios, fingerprint-based localization techniques have variable performance in terms of accuracy, latency of detection, battery usage. The main contribution of this survey is to present a classification of existing fingerprint-based localization approaches which intelligently sense and match different clues from the environment for location identification. We describe how each fingerprinting technique works, followed by a review of the merits and demerits of the systems built based on these techniques. We conclude by identifying several improvements and application domain for fingerprinting based localization.


This paper researches a computer's electromagnetic leakage and information leakage path, protection measures, computer CRT ray and synchronous signal radiation field amplitude, and leakage information restoration. It presents two new computer leakage measure techniques.


In order to optimize the structure of water chestnut varieties,the plant traits,commodity,quality,yield,output value of three chestnut varieties(the Jinling No. 1,South Lake water chestnut,Shaoxing water chestnut)were contrast. The results showed that the yield,output value of Jinling1,were better those that of other 2 varieties.It suggested that farmers should adjust reasonably the planting varieties,planting method and planting proportion according to local market demand and habits.


Recent results from the HARP experiment on the measurements of the double-differential production cross-section of pions in proton interactions with beryllium, carbon and tantalum targets are presented. These results are relevant for a detailed understanding of neutrino flux in accelerator neutrino experiments MiniBooNE/SciBooNE, for a better prediction of atmospheric neutrino fluxes as well as for an optimization of a future neutrino factory design.


The practical method of applying the variation principle to the calculation of the energy of an atom demands a trial function which contains variable parameters. The previous work done using this approach was based on the use of some combination of hydrogenic wave functions containing parameters inserted in appropriate places. The present calculation of the energy of the eleven-electron atom has been brought about using this method.


Results of the conducted research are presented in article in the fi eld of control of ecological activity and prevention of possible penalties by means of audit of ecological payments. Emergence of audit of ecological payments as independent direction allows the auditor to concentrate on fi nancial check of payments tax and non-tax character (ecological payments). In the off ered work categories of payments which should be carried to ecological payments are described, expediency of division of functions of audit of ecological payments and ecological audit is proved, the order of carrying out audit of ecological payments as main instrument of fi nancial control of ecological aspects of the economic subject in the fi eld of environmental protection is presented.


In this paper, we present a new power MOSFET model and an easy to use characterization tool which extracts model parameters from data available in device datasheets. The model has a good balance between accuracy and ease of parameter extraction, and covers both static and dynamic characterization. The extraction flow is streamlined with a user friendly interface. The simulation results from the extracted model are validated with datasheet results, and a good accuracy of +/-5% has been achieved.


This paper exploits the intuition of the ICAPM to propose a measure that formally compares the empirical performance of competing asset pricing models in the presence of short selling constraints. In a multifactor context, portfolios are said to be efficient if they yield the highest expected return for a given variance and for a given degree of sensitivity to state variables that capture future investment-consumption risks. The measure of model misspecification is the maximal expected return loss caused by holding the market portfolio instead of the multifactor efficient portfolio. Including a proxy for liquidity in intertemporal pricing models takes the market portfolio closer to multifactor efficiency relative to scenarios that discard liquidity. Indeed, when no short positions are allowed, including a liquidity proxy in an intertemporal asset pricing model results in near exact multifactor efficiency of the market portfolio. Our empirical results can be explained by noting that liquidity risk is typically of major concern whenever the market declines. Investors who take short positions implicitly hedge against liquidity risk, thus a proxy for liquidity plays only a secondary role when such positions are allowed. In contrast, the liquidity proxy plays a major role when short selling is precluded.


Abstract In this paper we treat a two-stage grouping procedure of building a k-out-of-n system from several clusters of components. We use a static framework in which the component reliabilities are fixed. Under such a framework, we address the impact of the selecting strategies, the sampling probabilities, and the component reliabilities on the constructed system's reliability. An interesting finding is that the level of component reliabilities could be identified as a decisive factor in determining how the selecting strategies and the component reliabilities affect the system reliability. The new results generalize and extend those established earlier in the literature such as Di Crescenzo and Pellerey (2011), Hazra and Nanda (2014), Navarro, Pellerey, and Di Crescenzo (2015), and Hazra, Finkelstein, and Cha (2017). Several Monte Carlo simulation experiments are provided to illustrate the theoretical results.


Obiective To screen serum biomarkers in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)by SELDI-TOF-MS technique.Methods SELDI-TOF-MS technique and CM10 Protein Chip were used to detect serum protein patterns of 46 patients with primary hepatic carcinoma and 64 healthy persons.The different proteins were obtained by the Biomarker Wizard software between the patients and healthy persons.The best biomarker of primary hepatic carcinoma was selected by evaluating the sensitivity and specificity of the protein.Results 16 protein peaks were obviously different between the patients and the healthy persons (P <0.05).The protein peaks of m/z 6845.70 had the highest diagnosis value with a sensitivity of 89.1% (41/46)and specificity of 87.5 % (56/64).This protein was likely to be a part of the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region.Conclusion The protein of m/z 6845.70 is potential biomarkers for the diagnosis of HCC.SELDI-TOF-MS technique is a quick,simple,convenient and high through-put technology for diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Key words:
Liver neoplasms;  Diagnosis;  SELDI-TOF-MS


This paper reports shape characterization methods based on Fourier descriptors. Fourier descriptors were implemented based on angular and complex shape representation and their ability to characterize the shapes of different objects were evaluated. A new shape descriptor using Fourier descriptors was proposed.


The magnetospheric electron density Ne can often be obtained to within a few percent from passive radio‐wave dynamic spectra when the electron plasma frequency fpe (∝ Ne1/2) is greater than the electron cyclotron frequency fce. This conclusion is based on interleaved active and passive observations from the Radio Plasma Imager (RPI) on the IMAGE satellite in the vicinity of the plasmapause. The Ne determinations are based on the frequency limits of an intense narrowband emission identified as the upper‐hybrid band. The lower limit is identified with fpe and the upper limit with the upper‐hybrid frequency fuh = (fpe2 + fce2)1/2. These frequency limits and the large amplitude of the emission, typically 20 dB or more above background, suggest strong Z‐mode waves, rather than quasi‐thermal fluctuations, as the emission source.


The in–plane and through–plane thermal conductivity and diffusivity of natural graphite sheet (NGS) at densities ranging from 0.5 g cm−1 to 1.7 g cm−1 are measured using the transient plane source method. In the in–plane direction, the thermal conductivity and diffusivity are high in the range from 100 Wm−1K−1 to 350 Wm−1K−1 and from 230 mm2s−1 to 270 mm2s−1, respectively, and they increase with density. In the through–plane direction, the thermal conductivity and diffusivity are low in the range from 5 Wm−1K−1 to 2 Wm−1K−1 and from 12 mm2s−1 to 1.5 mm2s−1, respectively, and they decrease with density. The in–plane properties are independent of the compression pressure but the through–plane properties increase with pressure especially at higher densities. The sheet-to-sheet thermal contact resistance of stacked NGS is found to be negligible.


Fourteen elite parents of threeline indica hybrid rice, including 7 sterile lines and 7 restoring lines , were chosen to analyze the combining ability of 15 characters by the way of p×q incomplete diallele cross (NCII) design.Results showed that (1) both general combining ability(GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) of all the characters determined were highly significant level; the additive variation was principal for the agronomic characters of plant height(PH),grain length(GL),grain width(GW), ratio of length to width of grain(RLW), total grains/panicle(TGP),setting gain density (SGD) and setting ratio(TR),while the non additive variation was greater for the agronomic characters of effective panicles/plant(EPP),flag leaf length of main stem(FLLMS), panicle length(PL), filled grains/panicle(FGP),1000grain weight(TGW),grain weight/plant(GWP) and relatively daily grain yield(RDGY);(2)most agronomic characters were more greatly influenced by restorer line than by sterile line, but there was a relatively greater effect of sterile line on PL, GW, RLW,and TGW were more greatly influenced by sterile line ; (3) the GCA and SCA of main agronomic characters were greater for Zhenong 8010A,Xieqinzao A, Quanlong A in sterile line and J413, Minghui 63 xuan, 9513 ,M105 in restoring lines;(4) effects of various agronomic characters on the GCA and SCA were independent each other, which suggeste that it is essential to play attention to improvement of the parent characters.


(1975). A Summary of the Fish Diseases and Treatments Administered in a Cool Water Diet Testing Program. The Progressive Fish-Culturist: Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 106-107.


For an efficient, low-emission engine control information about the combustion chamber pressure in the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is needed. It is therefore proposed an integrated combustion chamber pressure sensor in the form of a glow plug (110) for a self-igniting internal combustion engine. The glow plug (110) comprises a radiator (112) and a plug housing (116). Further, the glow plug (110) at least one force-measuring film element (126), wherein the at least one force-measuring film element (126) is connected to the radiator (112) is connected, that via the radiator (112) a force (124) on the at least one force-measuring film element (126) is transferable. In particular, the at least one force-measuring film member (126) at least one piezoelectric film (134), for example, a piezoelectric film (134) of highly polarized polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), have.


In the landscape of high visual values there is a need of restrictions concerning new investments. If the architecture is evaluated high, the new objects should not change the character of the surroundings. Their similarity to the existing elements can be measured regarding their geometrical parameters and colours. In the paper the attempt to use computer methods in the assessment of the new buildings colours in the context of the current state was presented.


Herein described is a machine for removing raisins spoiled by mold from good raisins. An angularly disposed rotating screened cylinder causes raisins to be lifted and dropped to the bottom of the cylinder. Because of the fact that the bad raisins are soft and sticky they will stick to the screen. Good raisins will be tumbled towards the bottom of the screened cylinder and out. Spray nozzles force water through the screened cylinder washing the stuck raisins into a trough where they are kept separate from the good raisins.


A new multi-port power electronic transformer (PET) for distribution grid is presented in this paper. The proposed PET includes high voltage stage, isolation stage and low voltage stage, which can provide high voltage DC port, high voltage AC port, low voltage DC port and low voltage AC port. The high voltage stage adopts three-phase four arms Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) structure, which can reduce the number of sub-modules and associated elements compared with three-phase six arms MMC. The third phase of three-phase four arms MMC consists of batteries in order to achieve energy storage capability.


ISO/IEC 13660: 2001 provides basic definitions of image quality attributes for binary, monochrome hardcopy outputs, and it has a significant impact in the office equipment and printing industry. However, calibration (tonal, spatial, resolution, and so on) instructions for measurement instruments such as image scanners, or compliance test charts for the instrument and image data for the algorithm of measurement software and goal values for each attribute are not addressed or prepared sufficiently in this standard. JBMIA (Japan Business Machine and Information System Industries Association) SC28/WG4, the Japanese representative of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC28, has been involved in the development of the standard from the beginning, and has continued the extensive works for developing those additional materials in order to enhance the usability of the standard. This paper will describe the objectives, the developing process, the current status and the future works to extend it to color images.


Eco-acoustic recordings of the natural environment are becoming an increasingly important technique for ecologists to monitor and interpret long-term terrestrial ecosystems. Visualisation has been a popular approach to analyse short-term eco-acoustic recordings, but it is practically not feasible for long-term monitoring. Unsupervised machine learning could be a solid candidate to find clustering structures within this long-term eco-acoustic data, and this paper investigates if unsupervised machine learning is able to find any clustering structural difference around an important environmental event, in particular with k-means clustering. Experimental results reveal that there are clear clustering structural changes in general geophony and biophony sounds before and after a bushfire in our study region which indicates that clustering approaches could be used to identify important environmental events.


Abstract Density functional theory calculations on exohedral metallofullerenes Pd n C60 show that the palladium–fullerene bond energy remains essentially constant for n=1−6. A novel Pd2(η2−C60) structure with the two metal atoms bridging over a six‐membered ring has been identified as the most stable arrangement of two palladium atoms on the surface of C60, although entropy considerations suggest that both isolated atoms and weakly bonded metal aggregates may exist in equilibrium. Both metal atoms benefit from η2 coordination at (6–6′) junctions as well as some metal–metal interaction. Binding of Pd atoms to the fullerene is preferred over palladium dimerization.


Crystal structure, magnetic and transport properties of the U2Fe3Ge compound have been studied under hydrostatic pressure. U2Fe3Ge crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal structure of the Mg2Cu3Si type, an ordered variant of the MgZn2 Laves structure (C14). The Laves phase has proven highly stable as the crystal structure is maintained up to 27 GPa, the highest applied pressure. X-ray diffraction data revealed that the c-direction, where the shortest U-U bonds lie, is softer than the adirection. The bulk modulus B0 is about 100 GPa. U2Fe3Ge is an itinerant ferromagnet with the Curie temperature TC = 55 K and spontaneous magnetic moment Ms = 1 μB/f.u. at ambient pressure. The two parameters decrease rapidly under pressure with the rates (ln Ms)/dp = 0.33 GPa-1 and d(ln TC)/dp = 0.27 GPa-1. The extrapolation of TC and Ms indicates that the magnetic order will be completely suppressed between 3 and 4 GPa. Electrical resistivity was found to decrease gradually with increasing pressure. The data in the ferromagnetic state indicate the opening of a gap in the magnon spectrum at higher pressures. U2Fe3Ge is relatively more sensitive to pressure than isostructural UNi2. URI: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.054407 [1] Authors: HENRIQUES Margarida Sousa GORBUNOV Denis ANDREEV A V ARNOLD Z. SURBLÉ Suzy HEATHMAN Stephen GRIVEAU Jean-Christophe LOPES Elsa PRCHAL J. HAVELA L. GONCALVES A.P. Publication Year: 2014 Type: Articles in Journals


This essay argues that the key Marxist Literary Theory textbook "Literary Theory" has accurately and concisely summarized the development of Marxist literary theory in China,and systematically constructed a complete literary theory,also prepared a comprehensive and appropriate college textbook for students.It is a new development of Marxist literary theories in China.The two authors also suggest some new ideas and revision advices.


Abstract Measurements and observations of pollen grains of varying structure before and after dehiscence of the anther sac illustrate large magnitudes of harmomegathic changes in volume and shape. Such changes are compared for colpate, porate, and colporate grains, and it is suggested that the nature of the harmomegathal action may serve to distinguish colpi or furrows from pores. Consideration of the requirement to allow harmomegathy while preventing wall collapse may provide at least partial explanation for evolution of the internal structure and external sculpturing of pollen grain walls.


A covalently crosslinked methacrylated (MA)‐alginate cryogel vaccine has been previously shown to generate a potent response against murine melanoma, but is not mechanically robust and requires a large 16G needle for delivery. Here, covalent and ionic crosslinking of cryogels are combined with the hypothesis that this will result in a tough MA‐alginate cryogel with improved injectability. All tough cryogels can be injected through a smaller, 18G needle without sustaining any damage, while covalently crosslinked‐only cryogels break after injection. Cytosine‐phosphodiester‐guanine (CpG)‐delivering tough cryogels effectively activate dendritic cells (DCs). Granulocyte macrophage colony‐stimulating factor releasing tough cryogels recruit four times more DCs than blank gels by day 7 in vivo. The tough cryogel vaccine induces strong antigen‐specific cytotoxic T‐lymphocyte and humoral responses. These vaccines prevent tumor formation in 80% of mice inoculated with HER2/neu‐overexpressing DD breast cancer cells. The MA‐alginate tough cryogels provide a promising minimally invasive delivery platform for cancer vaccinations.


(26/04/2019) Modelling and Operation of Diesel Engine Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Diesel engine exhaust gases contain several harmful substances. The main pollutants are carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons (HC), particulate matter (PM), and nitrous gases such as nitrogen oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) (together NOx). Reducing the emission of these pollutants is of great importance due to their effect on urban air quality, and because of new legislation. In modern heavy-duty applications, the exhaust gases are typically treated with four different catalysts: a Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC) which oxidises HC and CO into H2O and CO2, and NO into NO2, a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) which filters PM, a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) catalyst which removes NO and NO 2 through reaction with NH3, and an Ammonia Slip Catalyst (ASC) which removes excess ammonia (NH3) before the gases are released to the atmosphere. SCR is a widely used technology to reduce NOx to N2. Challenges with this technology include dosing the appropriate amount of urea to reach sufficient NOx conversion, while at the same time keeping NH3slip from the exhaust system below the legislation. This requires efficient control algorithms. The focus of this thesis is modelling and control of the SCR catalyst. A single channel model for a heavy-duty SCR catalyst was derived based on first principles. The model considered heat and mass transfer between the channel gas phase and the wash coat phase. Four simplified models were derived, with simplifications related to mass and heat transfer. The model parameters were estimated using bench-scale monolith isothermal data. Validation was done by simulating the out-put from a full-scale SCR monolith that was treating real engine gases from the European Transient Cycle (ETC). Results showed that the models were successfully calibrated, and that some of the models could predict the ETC output satisfactorily. The models' predictive capabilities were investigated in relation to the simplifications, and results showed that the simplifications related to mass transfer resulted in the smallest information loss. A methodology to analyse the NOx-NH3 trade-off for different urea dosing con-trollers was developed, and applied to P, PI, PD, and PID controllers, both with and without Ammonia-NOx-Ratio (ANR) based feedforward. Simulation results showed that the PI controller with feedforward had the best NOx-NH3 trade-off, and that feedforward coupled with feedback outperformed the other control structures. The results were experimentally verified by implementing the tested controllers on a full-scale engine setup, and the results showed that coupling feedback with ANR based feedforward was yielding better performance. The PD controller showed good performance in the experimental validation. Finally, a methodology for creating a modular simulation tool was developed. The methodology goes through the steps that are required to integrate individual models so that they can be used for the tool. The methodology is demonstrated by applying it to four models from literature, and simulating the system.


Micelle–water partition coefficient (Kx ) of naphtholazobenzimidazole dye (NAB) in aqueous solutions of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) has been determined spectrophotometerically. Changes in absorption patterns of dye caused by surfactants and solvents were quantified in terms of dye–surfactant ratio (n D/n S) and solvent water partition coefficients (P), respectively. Multiple residence sites have been suggested for dye molecules within micelles, based on shifts in azo-hydrazone tautomeric equilibrium. Micelle–water partition coefficients were used to evaluate the influence of dye on critical micelle concentration of CTAB and SDS. At same micelle concentration, M, the relative solubility of NAB was greater in cationic surfactant CTAB than in anionic surfactant SDS.


This document corresponds to Task 5.2 NZEB pilot projects development, Deliverable 5.2 Basic project conceptual design with feasibility analysis for eight pilot project of the SUSTAINCO project and should present a structure of pre-feasibility studies for eight NZEB projects implementation. It aims to give an overview of how SUSTAINCO project implementation is to be prepared and which technical and financial parameters to concern.


We experimentally study the effect of rotational disorder at the unit-cell level on the optical response of chiral bilayer plasmonic metasurfaces consisting of asymmetric dimers of gold nanoantennas. The structures are fabricated based on a two-step electron-beam lithography process in combination with a precision alignment procedure. For a comprehensive characterization of the chiral optical response of the fabricated bilayer metasurfaces, we combine two different measurement strategies, namely, direct measurement of the circular transmission using circularly polarized incident light and measurement of the Jones matrix using interferometric spectroscopy with linearly polarized incident light. This allows us both to do a comprehensive analysis of the polarization dependent properties and to retrieve the effective polarization eigenstates of the metasurface in the ordered and disordered regime directly from experimental data. Our results demonstrate that rotational disorder provides a route toward chiral p...


Solar thermal water heating systems reduce household energy bills by using the free solar radiation provided by the sun to heat water for residential needs. In order to eliminate the need for electricity to run a pump to drive the fluid circulation in these systems, fluid buoyancy effects can be employed to move the fluid from lower elevations to higher elevations. There are several operational challenges with conventional "thermosyphon" systems, such as reversing flow and overheating, which can all be addressed by using a bubble pump mechanism. Although the solar thermal bubble pump water heating system has been on market, little research has been done on the optimization of the system to improve its efficiency. Engineering Equation Solver software is used to implement a mathematical model for the bubble pump system operation. The model allows for parametric studies of the design attributes to investigate optimum efficiency conditions for the thermally driven pump.


: The aim of this paper was to present a range of possible applications of the NDT-Bobath approach in pediatric re- habilitation. A group of children undergoing a therapeutic procedures in the "Promyk Słońca" Foundation in Wrocław, Poland were selected. The study was based on the analysis of the data abstracted from the patient medical records. The parameters which were analyzed included: a diagnosed underlying disease, functional disorders, date and mode of delivery, the occurrence of perinatal complications or fetal development, the Apgar score, and birth weight. The study found that the NDT-Bobath approach constitutes a comprehensive therapeutic method that may be applied regardless of the child's age (both infants and older children) and the underlying disease. Moreover, concomitant dis- eases and symptoms as well as the risk group affiliation (eventful perinatal medical history) have been recognized as common clinical indications for the application of the NDT-Bobath approach.


Cardiac arrhythmias result from the confluence of structural and functional changes in the heart and genetic predisposition, reflecting an interaction between a susceptible substrate (e.g. an anatomically defined circuit, a myocardial scar, fibrosis or a monogenic arrhythmia syndrome) and a specific electrophysiological triggering event. Such triggered activities arises from delayed afterdepolarizations (DADs) or early afterdepolarizations (EADs), in which action potential prolongation and aberrant Ca2+ fluxes are a recurrent theme. Ca2+ channels in cardiomyocytes provide the main influx pathway for Ca2+. Three types of high threshold Ca2+ channels are expressed in heart: two L-type channels, Cav1.2 and Cav1.3 and a P-type channel, Cav2.1. The Cav2.1 channel protein is expressed at a very low level the in heart (Starr et al., 1991) while Cav1.3 is mainly expressed in fetal hearts and only in adult sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes and atrial tissues of adult (Lipscombe et al., 2004; Qu et al., 2005). We will focus attention on the Cav1.2 L-type Ca2+ channel (LTCC) which is the main player in electrical activity and excitation-contraction coupling (EC coupling) in the ventricular cardiomyocyte. The LTCC of cardiomyocytes is a complex multimeric molecular sarcolemmal ensemble that during an action potential (AP) allows Ca2+ to flow down its electrochemical gradient into the cardiac cell. LTCCs are mostly localized in the transverse tubular system of cardiomyocytes (Wibo et al., 1991; Kawai et al., 1999; Brette et al., 2004). Activation of LTCC generates a Ca2+ current (ICaL) through the sarcolemma large enough to be involved in AP overshoot and in the control of AP duration (APD) in different cardiac cells types (Bers, 2001). ICaL serves as a trigger for Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) during the excitation-contraction coupling by a mechanism known as calcium-induced calcium release (CICR, Fabiato & Fabiato, 1975; Bers, 2001). LTCC activation can also play a role in transcription mechanisms in cardiomyocytes (Atar et al., 1995; Brette et al., 2006). Several hormones and neuromediators modulate the activity of LTCC via complex intracellular signaling pathways and, as well, several intracellular molecules and the cytoskeleton can influence LTCC activity (Benitah et al., 2010). However, intracellular Ca2+ concentration is strictly controlled in normal cells by different mechanisms (Bers, 2001) since a Ca2+ overload can have deleterious effects including arrhythmias and myocardial remodeling via a genetic reprogramming of the cardiac cell (Benitah et al., 2003).


\\hen P falciparum asexual parasites become mature, they are no longer seen circulating in the peripheral blood, because the red cells in which they have developed adhere to the endothelial linings of deep capillaries and venules. Mature parasites there-fore become sequestered in microvascular beds in various organs, including the brain. is an extension of brain tissue, and the eye contains one of the few capillary networks that can be directly observed in life.


Objective: To improve chronic disease health outcomes through a culturally competent, preventive care intervention for the underserved, economically disadvantaged, underinsured, and other people of a rural Alabama county.
Design: One-group pre-test/post-test design.
Setting: Public health department in a rural county in the Southeastern part of the United States.
Methods: A free, weekly clinic was held at the county health department. The clinic was staffed by Samford University pharmacy and exercise science faculty, a public health pharmacy practice resident, senior pharmacy students, and undergraduate exercise science majors. During weekly visits patients had baseline measures assessed and they were interviewed on medication therapy, dietary practice, and exercise regimen. Weekly follow-up to previous sessions provided opportunities for health coaching and monitoring of goal-setting.
Results: The intervention clinic averaged 10 patients per week. Adult participants (n=357) had a mean age of 53.6±17.3. Comparison of year 1 (201.3±51.5) and year 2 (187.1±67.6) weight was statistically significant (p=0.004). Year 1 systolic blood pressure was 141.6±18.4 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure was 79.2±10.6. Where follow-up measures were available (n=81), the year 2 systolic blood pressure was 139.2±20.4 mmHg while the year 2 diastolic blood pressure was 77.1±11.8 mmHg. Year 1 BMI was 32.1±12.7 and year 2 BMI was 31.5±14.9 (n=23).
Conclusion: Preventive services provided by pharmacists and health educators had a statistically significant effect on weight loss. While not statistically significant, clinical significance is noted on other key measures as blood pressure and BMI were trending in a positive direction. Further efforts towards weight loss will likely result in statistically significant changes to blood pressure and BMI.


[Objective] To observe the Dahuang Zhechong Pill and Interferon-a in the treatment of chronic hepatitis.[Methods] 60 cases were randomly divided into two groups.30 cases of the control group Interferon-a,after intramuscular injection.30 cases in the treatment group the Dahuang Zhechong Pill 3G,2 D,sooner or later oral,Interferon-a usage with control group.Observation of liver function,hepatitis B virus gene,serum fibrosis,blood routine index.The two groups were continuous medication 48W after therapeutic efficacy.[Results] Liver function,HBV-DNA,serum fibrosis,blood of both groups showed significant improvement,improvement of the treatment group than the control group.Symptoms,signs and the total score points in both groups improved significantly improve the treatment group than the control group.[Conclusion] Dahuang Zhechong Pill and Interferon-a in the treatment of chronic hepatitis with interferon-ideal,better than the single a.


The more productive and sustainable use of the limited arable land and other natural resources is a key strategy to improve environmental conditions and local living standards in the middle mountains of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas. In late 1999 PARDYP began working to achieve this in the remote Pakistani watershed of Hilkot. It first carried out a socioeconomic survey and a gender and institutional analysis to see how local farming systems operated and how local common property resources were used and to identify improvement measures. PARDYP then began promoting a number of measures to improve local livelihoods and environmental conditions. It helped establish a network of separate social organisations for men and women that pool savings to spend on common problems. Skill development and income generating trainings have been run including on food and vegetable preservation, kitchen gardening, solar devices, and seedling nursery management. Women's community centres have been set up to run skill training courses. These initiatives have created awareness and motivated local women and helped them increase their earning power.


Mice deficient in both α(1,3)‐fucosyltransferase (FucT)‐IV and ‐VII (DKO) lack selectin ligand activity and have severe deficiencies in leukocyte trafficking and homing. Our studies sought to determine how loss of selectin ligand activity alters the homeostatic prevalence of CD4+ TH17 cells in DKO mice. We examined circulating plasma IL‐17 levels in healthy 8 week old DKO (n=4) and wild‐type (WT) (n=4) mice via ELISA. Plasma IL‐17 concentrations were 4‐fold higher in DKO mice compared to WT mice. Flow cytometry was used to determine the cellular source responsible for the observed increase in IL‐17 plasma levels. Leukocytes were isolated from whole blood, bone marrow, spleen, mesenteric lymph nodes, and submandibular lymph nodes of DKO (n=9) or WT (n=9) mice. Cells were stimulated with a PMA/ionomycin cocktail and treated with brefeldin A. CD45+, CD4+ cells were analyzed for intracellular staining of IL‐17. DKO mice had increased numbers of TH17 cells compared to WT (10‐fold in the spleen, 8‐fold in whole blood, and 25‐fold in the submandibular lymph node). These data show that loss of both FucT‐IV and ‐VII activity is associated with dysregulation of the in vivo homeostatic distribution of CD4+ TH17 cells. These findings suggest that T‐cell subtype homeostasis may be modulated by processes that require FucT‐dependent selectin ligand activity. Support by NIH R01‐HL090823 (JWH) and a GEM Fellowship (LCM).


The magnetic field distribution ofa single-pole headincombination witha double-layered recording mediumwere ana¬ lyzed bya two-dimensional finite element method.Intherecording process, magnetic saturation occursmidway inthemainpole, andthissaturation decreases theheadfield strength andthesharpness. On theother hand, a large amountofmagnetic fluxleaks outfromthemiddleofthemainpole inre¬ production. Inaccordance withtheseresults, we designed a new mainpole structure. Asa result, therecording andreadback sensitivi¬ ties andtheoverwrite were improved. A D50 of170kFRPIwas obtained bycombining this new SPThead, withan 0.15pm thick main pole, with adouble-layered harddiskemploy¬ ing an 0.05jimthick Co-Crrecording layer.


The Committed Marriage, by Elizabeth Achtemeier, Phil.: Westminster, 1976. 209 pp. $4.95. A Reader's Guide to the Great Religions, 2nd ed., ed. by Charles J. Adams. N. Y.: Free Press, 1977.475 pp. $17.95. The Self-Embodiment of God, by Thomas J. J. Altizer. N.Y.: Harper, 1977.96 pp. $6.95. Flesh and Spirit An Examination of Galatians 5:19-23, by William Barclay, Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1976. 127 pp. $1.95. Religion in Antebellum Kentucky, by John B. Boles. Lexington: Univ. of Ky. Press, 1976. 148 pp. $3.95. The Great Revival, 1787-1805: The Origins of the Southern Evangelical Mind, by John B. Boles. Lexington: UK Press, 1972. 203 pp. Price not given. From Loneliness to Intimacy, by Catherine and Loren Broadus. Atlanta: John Knox, 1976. 89 pp. $5.95. The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, Vol. 2, ed. by Colin Brown. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1976. 935 pp. $24.95. God, Suffering, and Belief, by Howard R. Burkle. Nashville: Abingdon, 1977. 121 pp. $5.95. Road to Augusta, by Joe W. Burton. Nashville: Broadman, 1976. 178 pp. No price given. Woman and Religion: A Feminist Sourcebook of Christian Thought, ed by Elizabeth Clark and Herbert Richardson. N.Y.: Harper and Row, 1977. 296 pp. $5.95. Ernst Troeltsch and the Future of Theology, ed. by John Powell Clayton. N.Y.: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1976. 195 pp. $18.95. Parapsychology and the Christian Faith, by Charles E. Cluff. Valley Forge: Judson, 1976. 128 pp. $3.95. Process Theology: An Introductory Exposition, by John B. Cobb, Jr. and David Ray Griffin. Philadelphia: Westminister, 1976. 158 pp. $6.95. Freedom and Authority: A Study of English Thought in the Early Seventeenth Century, by Gerald R. Cragg. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1975. 302 pp. $15.00. The Book of Deuteronomy The New International Commentary on the Old Testament, by P. C. Craigie. Grand Rapdis, Eerdmans, 1976.407 pp. $9.95. Time and Eternity and Other Biblical Studies, by Arthur C. Custance. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1977.240 pp. $8.95. A Translator's Handbook on Paul's Letter to the Thessalonians, by Paul Ellingworth and Eugene A. Nida. Stuttgart: United Bible Societies, 1975. 229 pp. $2.50. Anabaptist Beginnings (1523-1533): A Source Book, ed. by William R. Estep. Nieuwkoop, The Netherlands: B. DeGraaf, 1976. 172 pp. $30.00. . Abortion Bibliography for 1975, by Mary K. Floyd. Troy:., Whitston, 1976. 285 pp. $12.00. Facing up to Nuclear Power, ed. by John Francis and Paul Abrecht. Phil: Westminster, 1976.244 pp. $3.95. A History of the Criticism of the Acts of the Apostles, by W. Ward Gasque. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975. 344 pp. $20.00. The Qur'an and its Exegesis, ed. by Helmut Gatje and Alford T. Welch. Berkeley: Univ. of Cal. Press, 1977.295 pp. $20.00. The Triumph of Faith in Habakkuk, by Donald E. Gowan. Atlanta: John Knox, 1976. 94 pp. $5.95. Goa, Power, and Etnl: A Process Theology, by David Ray Griffin. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1976. 336 pp. $17.50. Christ in Christian Tradition, Vol. I From the Apostolic Age to Chalcedon (451) by Aloys Grillmeier , Trans. by John Bowden. Atlanta: John Knox, 1975. 557 pp. $22.00.


A case study of an innovative medium sized commercial-industrial bioenergy plant is portrayed. This plant effectively runs on various agricultural waste feedstocks like; animal-manure, vegetable, poultry and sugar wastes etc. The plant design is based on anaerobic fixed dome triple digester system connected via underground lagoon. Thus system is facilitating continuous flow of the input feedstock capacity up-to four tonnes per day. This modern scheme is built on innovation with the inclusion of mechanical stirrers, gas scrubbers, filtration, compression and storage systems. This research paper highlighted the potential techno-economic impacts of such bioenergy plant for the energy stressed small-medium industrial sector in developing countries like Pakistan. It has the capability of 142 MWh energy generations per year; rate of return 15.42% and employment growth prospects in SME sector up-to 55%.


Background: Arabic-speaking refugees are the largest group of resettled persons in the United States since 2008, yet little is known about their rates of healthcare access, utilization and satisfaction. Methods: From January to December 2019, a household survey was conducted of Arabic-speaking refugees resettled in CT. Data collected included demographics, prevalence of chronic conditions, patterns of health seeking behavior, insurance status and patient satisfaction using the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ-18). Results: Sixty-five households responded to the survey representing 295 Arabic-speaking refugees-of which 141 (48%) were children. Forty-seven households (72%) reported members with chronic conditions, 62 persons (21%) needed daily medication, 285 (97%) persons were insured. Respondents reported high median patient satisfaction with wide variation. Conclusion: Arabic-speaking refugees resettled in CT are young but have similar adult rates of chronic medical conditions as the host community. They majority remained insured after RMA lapsed. They expressed median high satisfaction with health services but with wide variation. Inaccessibility of health services in Arabic and difficulty obtaining medications remain areas in need of improvement.


Butter is an item very commonly found in all the kitchen easily. Butter is an edible item that makes food more delicious. In this research paper a comparative study of customers preference between Amul butter and Gowardhan butter is analysed. This study will find out whether the number of customers preferring will be more for Amul butter brand or will be more for Gowardhan butter brand and why it is so is studied. The study reflects the reason what makes a customers to choose one particular brand. In this article a comparative analysis of customers preference between Amul butter and Gowardhan butter in suburban area of Mumbai is studied using a questionnaire method by collecting data from about 104 customers respondents.


This paper proves the existence of a unique common fixed point of two self mappings defined on complete cone quasi metric space C with respect to Banach algebra, consequently in particular, it proves the existence of only one fixed point of a generalized cyclic Banach algebra contraction and a cyclic Banach algebra Kannan type mappings with respect to a couple of non empty subsets (A,B) of a complete cone quasi metric space C. These existences extend the fixed point results of the attached references and then generalized the corresponding classical results in usual Banach spaces as well.


Objective To construct a mutant of human proinsulin gene for the purpose of removal of C peptide in non-endocrine cells by Furin proteolytic enzyme to excrete mature insulin. Methods We used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the site-directed mutagenesis. Four sets of primers were designed according to the gene sequence of human proinsulin and mismatches were introduced into F02 for histidine (CAC) to aspartic acid (GAC) substitution at site B10, F03/R03 for glutamic acid (GAA) to lysine (AAC) substitution at site C3, alanine (GCT) to arginine (CGT) substitution at site C4, and F04/R02 for leucine (CTT) to arginine (CGT) substitution at site C32. Mutagenesis was performed in a two-step PCR and the amplified fragments from the second PCR containing the mutation sites were subcloned into the T vector and verified by sequencing analysis. Results The sequencing analysis showed that the mutation sites were correct, and the mutant of human proinsulin was constructed successfully. Conclusion A mutant human proinsulin, successfully constructed by PCR for the site-directed mutagenesis, is potential to construct a cell clone to efficiently excret mature insulin with non-endocrine cells in vitro.


In this work, we applied multi-photon microscopy to image and characterize the extent of tissue glycation. Specifically, features of multi-photon autofluorescence (MPAF) and second harmonic generation (SHG) images were presented. Our study shows that multiphoton imaging is capable of providing qualitative and quantitative information of the extent of tissue glycation in ribose treated samples including bovine sclera and vessel and that this approach may be useful for clinical evaluation of advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) formation.


Gender equality is a fundamental human right. It is essential that women are provided with equal access to essential public services, including education, housing and healthcare. However, there is still a huge amount of work to be done to overcome gender disparities.
Research suggests that women remain hugely disadvantaged, with cuts to public services disproportionately affecting women. In addition to this, women are continually under-represented in senior positions within both public and private sector. The gender pay gap also remains stubbornly high and allegations of sexual harassment continue.
The aims of this stream are to discuss gender disparities, sexual violence and discrimination within public services. This includes defining and challenging existing conceptions of empowerment and dominant discourses relating to gender equality. Too often research and discourses around gender equality view women as primary changemakers and problem solvers, which ignores the role of historical, engrained disadvantages and institutional discrimination.
We would welcome papers which showcase research and activism around gender inequalities, particularly if they have implications for transforming organisational policies, procedures and structures within public services.


Improving the long-term survival rates in patients with advanced peritoneal malignancy requires complex treatment including cytoreductive surgery (CRS) followed by perioperative chemotherapy (e.g. HIPEC or hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy). The rules for this kind of treatment were established by Paul Sugarbaker and his coworkers in the 1990s. Two schools of thought regarding ovarian cancer therapy can be distinguished. The first concentrates on attributing a major prognostic significance to chemotherapy. The second concept of treatment is surgically-oriented and tends to push the limits of radicality as far as is technically possible. This second group has grown extensively though it remains the minority despite many randomized trials that have recently been published indicating a relationship between a complete cytoreductive primary procedure and improved long-term survival. It is well known that the most important factor influencing overall survival is the achievement of no gross residual disease during primary surgery, and such efficacy of surgery in advanced ovarian cancer is linked with the experience level of the surgeon and the volume of such surgeries performed at the oncological center. This is the most important reason the chemotherapy approach still dominates. To counter this, we have, with the support of the Peritoneal Surface Oncology Group International, organized the conference called "Cytoreducive Surgery Days" in Bydgoszcz at the Lukaszczyk Oncological Center in Bydgoszcz.


Introduction: Perforated duodenal ulcer is the communal emergency seen in surgical department, and postoperative complications of this emergency surgeries are very high which requires the related factors identification with this incidence. Aim: This study was designed to evaluate duodenal ulcer in older patients by revealing the patient's health status, early and late repair, choice of surgical procedure, and differences between older and younger duodenal ulcer patients. Study Design: A Retrospective study. Place and duration: In the Surgical Unit 2 of, Sheikh Zayed Medical College/ Hospital Rahim Yar Khan for two-year duration from January 2020 to December 2021. Methods: This study included 140 patients were alienated into 2 age groups as geriatric patients' group (A) and adult age group (B). Patient age, gender, co-morbidities, drug use, presence of Helicobacter pylori infection, medical conditions that may have been affected by perforation, such as characteristic pain (severe upper abdominal pain or vague abdominal pain), extent of symptoms at presentation, smoking, outcomes of late repair versus early repair was recorded. Results: 140 patients were registered in the analysis. Group I (n = 70) consisted of geriatric patients (age> 65) and Group-II (n = 70) adults' patients (age <65). Both groups have male dominance in this study. In both groups, the most common comorbidities were diabetes (25.7% and 8.6%, respectively) and arterial hypertension (42.8% and 41.4%, respectively), hypertension (p = 0.002) and coronary artery disease (p = 0.035) was much high in group I, while morbidity and mortality were higher in the group of elderly patients. Conclusion: Duodenal perforation is a serious disease that requires urgent surgical intervention, especially in the geriatric age. Keywords: Duodenal ulcer perforation, acute abdomen, geriatric surgery.


Abstract Cell parameters a and c. Curie temperature and density of Ti-doped LiNbO3 crystals have been measured as functions of molar fraction of an admixture x. It has been found that a (x) and ρ (x) have a change of slopes in the locality of x 0 ≃ 0,6 mol. %. The conclusion has been made that this anomaly is the result of variation of the solid solution chemical formula. A role of different physical mechanisms in a refractive indices increase above and below x 0 has been estimated.


The notification of a fire situation on smartphones by a simple text message was developed recently. To improve these drawbacks, smart phone applications linked with fire alarm control panel in automatic fire detection system have been developed for monitoring the fire situations in situ including occurrence of fires, fire control related equipment, short circuit of the fire detectors, and status of the control panel. As a result, the fire related information in situ can be monitored by the fire officers anywhere and anytime.


The recent article of O'Brart et al. discussed the roles of riboflavin concentration (in the stroma) on the efficacy of corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL). Clinical studies of Ng et al. showed that accelerated CXL (ACXL) had less efficacy than standard CXL (SCXL) for the same fluence (dose) based on Bunsen–Roscoe reciprocal law (BRL). To overcome this intrinsic drawback of ACXL, Lin recently proposed a new protocol called riboflavin (Rf) concentration-controlled method (CCM) to improve the efficacy of ACXL by supplemental Rf during the UV exposure to compensate the fast depletion of Rf by UV light. This letter analyzes the role of Rf concentration and its limitation by a CXL depth formula. A new criterion of CXL efficacy based on crosslinking [strength] · [depth] is introduced for optimal protocol. In addition, the role of oxygen in both type-I and type-II CXL is briefly summarized. CXL efficacy defined by Eff 1⁄4 1 exp(-S), where the Sfunction for type-I and type-II CXL is shown in the Table. Our numerical calculations showed that S2 follows BRL and is proportional to the light dose (E0) and C[O2]. In contrast, nonBRL feature occurs in type-I CXL (or S1) to be analyzed late. In contrast to the conventional belief that oxygen-mediated type-II plays the critical role of CXL, the kinetic model of Kamaev et al. showed that CXL is predominated by type-I, whereas oxygen (or type-II) plays only a limited and transient role. Lin's 3-pathway model showed mathematical details of the role of oxygen, supporting the claim of Kamaev et al. Moreover, a recent clinical study of Lombardo et al. showed a simpleexponential temporal profile of Rf concentration that implied that, in ambient environment, non–oxygen-mediated type-I mechanism is predominant. For type-I CXL, the S-function (S1) is shown in the Table, where F(z)C0 is the initial (at t 1⁄4 0) Rf concentration (in the stroma) having a depth-profile defined by a diffusion depth (D), F(z) 1⁄4 1–0.5z/D. In contrast to type-II (S2), in which oxygen plays a transient but critical role, type-I (S1) does not require oxygen and it is the predominant pathway of CXL efficacy. At steady-state (with btX>>1), S1 follows a nonlinear scaling law that S1 is proportional to (FC0/I0) 0.5 exp(0.5Az), or S1a[C0] (for z 1⁄4 0) and stronger dependence of S1a[C0exp(Az)] (for z > 0), because A is also proportional to C0. For example, on corneal surface (or z 1⁄4 0), when C0 is doubled (from 0.1% to 0.2%), S1 increases by a factor of 1.43. The Figure shows the theoretical Rf dose-curve (or S1 versus C0) comparing to the data of O'Brart et al. 1 (their Fig. 3A, normalized, and fit at 0.1%); both show the nonlinear feature of S1aC0. CXL depth (defined by when S1 is maximal) is given by z*1⁄4 ln(NE0)/A, with N being a numerically fit constant given by N1⁄4 0.16 (for D >>1 cm) and N 1⁄4 0.224 (for D 1⁄4 500 lm). For example, when C0 is doubled (from 0.1% to 0.2%), A increases and z* is reduced by 1.48 times. The z*-formula shows that higher Rf concentration results in an increased (or larger S1), but more superficial (or small z*) crosslinking effect, as also indicated by O'Brart et al. Our formulas lead to a new criterion of CXL efficacy based on the product of CXL [strength] (or S1) and [depth] (or z*), that is, the [volume] of stroma being crosslinked. For a given C0, deeper CXL may be achieved by larger fluence (E0). However, to achieve clinically acceptable CXL efficacy by a minimal E0, one requires an optimal range of C0. For example, C0 1⁄4 0.15% to 0.3%, and E0 1⁄4 3.5 to 4.5 J/cm, such that [depth], z*1⁄4 200 to 300 lm, and [strength], S11⁄4 1.5 to 2.0, or CXL efficacy Eff1⁄4 1 exp(-S1)1⁄4 0.78 to 0.86. Our formulas also demonstrate that epi-on CXL (having a smaller D and C0) is less efficient than epi-off CXL, as clinically reported. To conclude, the author would like to see further basic, clinical investigations to support the presented formulas, as suggested by the reviewers.


A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a self-configuring of mobile devices network connected without wires. In wireless network MANET is a familiar devise. Every device in a MANET is able to move individually in any path, and will therefore modify its links to other devices habitually. Each node need to forward traffic unrelated to its specific use, and therefore be a router. A MANET networks are building block, when certain mobile nodes arise in the mobility range of each other for data transfer and communication. In MANET, nodes are not steady henceforth the communication topology is not steady due to this vulnerable attacks. MANET devices are linked via wireless links without using an existing network infrastructure or centralized direction due to which MANETs are not able to various types of attacks and intrusions. Hence intrusion detection has fascinated many researchers. This paper gives an outline and dissimilar methods to detect intrusion in MANET. Keywords-MANET, self-configuring, intrusion, network.


For solving the key technical challenge and problem in the heterogeneous components assembly and realizing the industrialization production of software products, and to use the producing system and mode of the modern manufacturing industry for reference, a new industrialized PL-ISEE (product line based integrated software engineering environment) model is firstly proposed. And then, through the requirement analysis of the current component assembly technology, a heterogeneous component assembly line suited to the new PL-ISEE and its framework and implementation mechanism are systemically studied and discussed. This component assembly line or assembly environment will become a real industrialized software product line differed from traditional software engineering environments and development methods. Its research and application will help to promote the formation and development of modern software industry.


Much has been written about the convergence of television, personal computing and communications, the discussion often appears to be confusing form with function. Thus at what point does a PC become a television?... and likewise if processing is added to the television or set top box, when does it become a PC? The real situation is somewhat more complex. What is clear is that to varying degrees many products are going to become more interactive, there will be more occasions when the user adds their slant to the action. The so called "Nintendo generation" have no difficulties with this, and simply expect the world to work in this way.


Although promising results have been achieved in the area of traffic sign detection, little attention has been paid to text detection on traffic signs. In fact, in today's popular driver-less automobile industry, traffic sign text which brings abundant and valuable traffic information plays an important and indispensable role. In this work, we design an effective detector for traffic sign text, whose pipeline only consists of a preprocessing module to tackle with some complex situations, a Fully Convolutional Network (FCN) in which a Scale-transfer layer is proposed to speed up the network and a simple post-processing step. Extensive experiments on the Chinese traffic sign text dataset (CTST-1600), ICDAR 2013 and MSRA-TD500 show that the proposed method has achieved the state-of-the-art results, which proves the ability of our detector on both particularity and universality applications. We collect the Chinese text-based traffic sign dataset named CTST-1600, and it can be found at https://github.com/pummi823/test/blob/master/CTST-1600.


Internationally, recycled materials used as basecourse aggregate are often considered premium products yet they have received little attention in New Zealand. Research at the Canterbury Accelerated Pavement Testing Indoor Facility (CAPTIF) suggests that recycled concrete will out-perform traditional high quality basecourse materials. Laboratory work by the University of Canterbury suggests that melter slag aggregate is comparable to basecourse aggregates complying with the TNZ M/4 specification. Transit New Zealand has recently revised its TNZ M/4 basecourse specification to encourage the use of recycled concrete and melter slag as basecourse materials. This paper discusses the strength and durability of these recycled materials and considers overseas experience of their environmental impact. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E214098.


The present invention is an inspection compartment shielding portion 10 for electromagnetically shielding the magnetic resonance imaging system 2, the examination room shielding unit 10 is configured to surround the inspection tube 3 of the magnetic resonance imaging system 2, a tubular shield 12, ceiling, floor, and having a side wall 11 interconnecting the ceiling and the floor, both longitudinal end portions 13 of the tubular shielding device 12, the opening 14 of the side wall 11, connected in the circumferential direction is, the side wall 11 of the shielding portion 10 is provided with a longitudinal end 13 of the tubular shielding device 12 for interconnecting the lateral sides 16 of the U-shaped form of the room 15, to form the contour of the U-shaped form of the room 15 results in the laboratory shielding portion 10. The present invention further relates to a magnetic resonance imaging system 2 having a laboratory 1, test chamber 1 has a laboratory shielding portion 10 of the results in a magnetic resonance imaging system 2. The present invention is further positioned outside the circumference of the tubular shielding device 12, additional therapeutic or diagnostic device 7, and a magnetic resonance imaging system 2 described above, resulting in system 6. This separates the space inside the laboratory compartment without RF noise. Space movement, outside the compartment shielding portion, and for the MR scan, surrounded by laboratory shielding unit, operator, for operating the MR imaging system, and / or in order to prepare for the MR scan to humans can do.


ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Parenting Adolescents Wisely (PAW), a brief interactive laserdisk parent training program in rural Appalachia. Thirty-eight mothers were assigned to either parent training via the PAW program or a no-treatment control group. Compared to the control group, the mothers who used the PAW program reported increased knowledge of adaptive parenting practices at one month follow-up as well as significantly lower frequencies of child problem behaviors at one and three month follow-ups respectively. No differences were found on the mothers' reports of their parenting practices. These findings indicate that the PAW program may be a useful tool for instructing rural parents in adaptive parenting skills.


In this study, we first present a time-fractional L e ^ vy diffusion equation of the exponential option pricing models of European option pricing and the risk-neutral parameter. Then, we modify a particular L e ^ vy-time fractional diffusion equation of European-style options. Further, we introduce a more general model based on the L e ^ vy-time fractional diffusion equation and review some recent findings associated with risk-neutral free European option pricing.


Ascidia malaca gametes before fertilization incubated in 10−5 or 10−7 M solutions of tributyltin(IV) chloride, TBTCl, for 3 h appear highly damaged under transmission electron microscopy observation. Also, the fertilization process is affected by the compound: the damaged spermatozoa are present in the vitelline coat and the egg does not cleave. An increase of microbodies, structurally similar to peroxisomes, have been detected in the egg peripheral cytoplasm, probably in relation to their role in alleviating damage to some cellular components. The results have shown that the reproduction of ascidians under unfavourable environmental conditions is prevented. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) is commonly known as bhindi or lady's finger belonging to family Malavacesae having chromosome no is 2n = 130, 2n = 8x = 72 or 144. Okra is extensively grown in tropical, sub-tropical and warm areas of the world. It is a powerhouse of variable nutrients and because of this okra has a prominent position among all the vegetables in India. The experiment was conducted to assess the combining ability of parents. Selection of suitable parents is an important step for any breeding program for crop improvement.


The hypothetical climate change and the stress influences caused by the increasingly frequent found meteorological extremities affect the fertility of soils in even more degree. During our soil-climate sensitivity researches, the expression of the drought sensitivity as a stress influence, evolved as a result of lack of precipitation in soil fertility was studied. During our work, effects of increasing droughts of last decades were investigated through the yield results of the three most important crops, winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), corn (Zea mays L.), and sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), based on the area rate in the Hungarian sowing structure, in relation to the natural geographical microregions and fertility of sites. For the examinations, yield data of the National Pedological and Crop Production Database (NPCPD) were used. The database contains complex plot-level crop production and soil information for 5 years (1985–1989). The examination results prove the considerable drought sensitivity of that lands, where soil types with high sand or clay content can be found. The mainly exposed microregions for the effects of drought are, e.g., the Dorozsma-Majsa Sand Ridge, Kerka Riverscape, Dévaványa Plain etc., while less sensitive sites are e.g. the Enying Ridge, Tolnai-Sárköz, Nógrád Basin etc.


The effect of edible oil viz. coconut, mustard, sunflower, sesamum and mahua (Madhuka indica L.), non edible oil neem, karanj, castor, tarpin and noorani as well as hair oil of amica, himtaj, amla, banphool, and navratan were used as surface protectants for pigeon pea seed against callosobruchus chinensis Lin, @ 8ml/kg of seed proved highly effective in protecting the seed upto 9 months storage in term of seed damage and weight loss. These oil prevented egg laying and checked population build up of beetle.


Adolescent suicide is a significant public health concern; however, relatively little empirical research has investigated the etiology or effective treatment of adolescent suicidal behaviors. Linehan's biosocial theory posits that problems with regulating emotions underlie suicidal and self-harm behavior, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was developed to improve emotion regulation skills (Crowell, Beauchaine, & Linehan, 2009; Linehan, 1993). Currently, DBT is an empirically supported treatment for adults, and results of nonrandomized trials with adolescents have been promising. This article discusses the application of DBT with adolescents from a developmental perspective, drawing links between Linehan's biosocial theory and the development of emotion regulation. More specifically, the authors (a) review the biosocial theory, (b) review research on the development of emotion regulation in childhood and adolescence and highlight areas of overlap with the biosocial theory, (c) describe specific DBT interventions that are developmentally appropriate for adolescents, and (d) provide a clinical case example illustrating the application of these techniques.


. We define a Schrödinger operator on the half-space with a discontinuous magnetic field having a piecewise-constant strength and a uniform direction. Motivated by applications in the theory of superconductivity, we study the infimum of the spectrum of the operator. We further give sufficient conditions on the strength and the direction of the magnetic field such that the aforementioned infimum is an eigenvalue of a reduced model operator on the half-plane.


How can we be Hegelian today? This is the question that Slavoj Žižek asks, and answers, in his Less Than Nothing. The answer in short is: we cannot and should not be Hegelians today. What we should do is work through Hegel's texts carefully, and apply the post-Hegelian concepts we have at our disposal in order to correct the mistakes that Hegel made, and to come up with better answers to philosophical questions than Hegel himself managed to come up with. For Žižek, some of the most valuable post-Hegelian concepts we have for interpreting our modern predicament are the concepts of psychoanalysis. Hegel on his own was unable to think certain things: for example, he did not formulate an adequate notion of pure repetition or sexuality. It is only by reading Hegel in conjunction with psychoanalysis that we can tackle these concepts and other concepts essential to understanding modern subjectivity. As Žižek puts it, we need to 'repeat' Hegel, which means reading him again in a modern context, and using newer ideas to capture the spirit of Hegel, rather than slavishly following the letter of Hegel's texts (504). Although Žižek thinks we should not be Hegelian today, he also thinks that Hegel was onto something. As he sees it, Hegel made a crucial discovery, which was temporarily lost in post-Hegelian thought: the idea that there is a 'crack' at the heart of being, in other words that reality is something that is in itself incomplete, and our inability to tie everything together theoretically is not an epistemological failing, but a necessary ontological one (8). Furthermore, it is in these cracks in reality, where there is 'less than nothing', that we find the spark that allows the new to appear so that reality can continue. To put it another way: 'reality has to be supplemented by fiction', it is by creating fiction where there would otherwise be emptiness that we create new ways of living that make reality tolerable (4). Reading Hegel through Lacan, Žižek draws on this fundamental Hegelian insight to better understand modern subjectivity as we experience it today. For example, he finds in Hegel the Lacanian notion of a big Other which, Žižek tells us, 'vaguely' corresponds to Hegel's concept of 'objective spirit' (185). For Hegel doi:10.1017/hgl.2015.11 Hegel Bulletin, 36/1, 129–133 © The Hegel Society of Great Britain, 2015


In the eighteenth century the scientists had very different opinions about the new foods that had spread in Europe after the discovery of America. Also in Verona there was a lot of interest in this matter and an illustrious doctor (Giovanni Dalla Bona) published in 1751 an interesting book on this subject (in particular about coffee and chocolate). He took an intermediate position between those who considered these new foods and drinks harmful to health and those who considered them healthy. Dalla Bona, basing on the science of his time, came to a conclusion that coincides with the common sense: it is necessary to distinguish case by case (coffee, for example, is good for some but bad for others) and, above all, to avoid the abuses that are always harmful for the health.


Resource allocation (RA) is a crucial task in the operation of wireless communication systems, which in many cases aims at meeting the users' quality of service (QoS) requirements with the minimum amount of resources. In this work, we consider the QoS-provisioning RA problem at the downlink of a multicarrier system, where the total transmit power consumption is to be minimized. Two RA schemes, one employing Lagrange dual methods and a greedy primal recovery scheme, and the other heuristic with a three-step approach, are proposed under the same cross-layer framework, where power allocation, adaptive modulation and coding as well as retransmission protocols are jointly modeled. Though both suboptimal, the two schemes are advantageous for their low complexity and small amount of online computations required. Their performances are illustrated and compared based on simulation results. The work also provides a quantitative comparison on the two commonly used retransmission protocols, namely automatic repeat request (ARQ) and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ).