Accidents are common among children with retinoblastoma, although these accidents were not adequately managed by community. Aim: prevention of home accident among children with retinoblastoma. Design: A quasi experimental design. Setting: at cancer children hospital 57357and parent home. Sampling: A purposeful samples of 100 parents according to specific criteria Tools: three tools were used for data collection. First tool: was an interviewing Questionnaire, (a) Socio – demographic characteristics (b) child health need and problem (c) parent knowledge about retinoblastoma (d) parent knowledge and practice according to prevention of home accident. Second tool: Home environment observation check list for assessing the children home safety. Third tool: medical record analysis regarding diagnosis. Results: The most of parent had satisfactory 'knowledge about prevention of home accident among their children with retinoblastoma, the most of parent had correct practices related prevention of home accident among their children with retinoblastoma, There is improvement of safe home environmental measure post education program around three quarter were safe home. Conclusion: The developed educational intervention led to significant improvements in parents' knowledge, practices, health need and safe of home environment children post educational intervention. The study concluded that the around two third of them were achieved health needs in post education program. The most of parents had unsatisfactory knowledge about retinoblastoma. This improved to satisfactory knowledge for majority of parents respectively post program implementation. More than three quarters of them their knowledge became satisfactory post program. The educational program produced improvement in parents' knowledge related to first aid, there were noticed improvement of parents' total knowledge and practices through program Recommendations: Implement health education regarding prevention of home accident among child with retinoblastoma, instruction of prevention of home accident, First aid training should be provided to parents as an essential need.


IEEE Style citing this article : [14] R. L. and C. W. C. Parfitt, "Estimation of forms of Fe and Al : a review and analysis of contrasting soils by dissolution and Moessbauer methods," Aust. J. Soil Res., no. 26, pp. 121–144, 2018


We prove the existence of solutions to the 1-harmonic flow –i.e., the formal gradient flow of the total variation of a vector field with respect to the L-distance– from a domain of R into a hyper-octant of the N -dimensional unit sphere, S + , under homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. In particular, we characterize the lower-order term appearing in the Euler-Lagrange formulation in terms of the "geodesic representative" of a BV-director field on its jump set. Such characterization relies on a lower semi-continuity argument which leads to a nontrivial and non-convex minimization problem: to find a shortest path between two points on S + with respect to a metric which penalizes the closeness to their geodesic midpoint.


Beginning in December 1973, families were sought in which two or more members had the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Fourteen families have been ascertained through neurologic centers and the ALS Foundation of New York. Among the 405 members, including 90 personally evaluated, 48 are affected and 95 are at risk. From this family data and from review of 31 other reported families, at least two hereditary motor neuron diseases of adult onset can be distinguished. The more common disease is characterized by a rapid, progressive loss of motor function with predominantly Cower motor neuron manifestations. Onset usually is in the fifth decade and the course averages less than 2 years. Pathologic changes may be limited to the motor neurons of the spinal cord and cranial nuclei or may involve the pyramidal tracts, posteriorcolumns, spinocerebellar tracts, and Clarke's column as well. The inheritance pattern is autosomal dominant. The second disease is characterized by much longer survival, consistently beyond 10 years and often beyond 20 years. It is otherwise similar to the first. A third disease, clinically and pathologically similar to the first but with an autosomal recessive inheritance, is suggested by four families in which only sibs are affected. HL-A typing of these families is underway to characterize further their diseases.


A 17 year old youth presented complaining of vague chest and back pain. His medical history was unremarkable except for a sports injury three to four months previously. The injury occurred during wrestling when his opponent had fallen on his chest and neck region. On physical examination, we noted an asymmetric neckline on the right, the result of atrophy in the superior portion of the right trapezius muscle. Neck and bilateral shoulder movement, both passive and active, were not limited and were painless. There were no functional deformities such as winging scapula or drooping shoulder. No loss of motor function was detected in the right sternocleidomastoid muscle or during right shoulder elevation. Radiographic examination …


The cells in the local chlorotic areas of Gomphrena globosa L. leaves infected with tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) accumulate a significant amount of viral particles. The cells in the surrounding tissue have a relatively low number of virions, which are often degraded. The cells surrounding the forming local lesion have pronounced signs of activated autolysis. We believe that lysis activation provides for the viral particles destruction and is an important factor limiting TMV accumulation in the cells outside the chlorotic areas.


Confluences are known to have a very specific bed morphology. Field and experimental studies have shown that the river bed has erosion and deposition patterns linked to the specific fluid circulation that occur in the junction zone. Previous studies have emphasized that one of the main drivers of the morphology of the river bed is the symmetry ratio between the two incoming channels. The symmetry ratio is generally expressed as the ratio between the two drainage areas, reflecting the relative size and then the averaged discharge of the tributary to those of the main stem. However, previous studies have also shown that the bed morphology of confluences vary with time, especially with the variation of the discharge ratio (i.e. the ratio Qr=Qt/Qm, where t refers to the tributary, and m to the main stem). Further the angular momentum ratio (i.e considering the geometry of the confluent channels) may better explain confluences morphology. Variation of the discharge ratio, and then of the angular momentum ratio, is natural in any river basin because the response time of different basins is a function of basin size and shape, but also because the hydrological processes dominant in different basins may vary. For instance, the response of Alpine sub-basins to temperature and precipitation will depend upon the distribution of elevations in each basin, and so cause differences in discharge ratio through time. In this paper we aim to assess how in time and space the discharge ratio of junctions evolves. To do this, a distributed (250x250 m) hourly-based hydrological model of the Upper-Rhône (south-western Swiss Alps) basin (Fatichi et al., 2015) is used to determine the temporal variability of the discharge ratio at a large number of confluences spread within the catchment. Geometrical characteristics (e.g. junction angles, confluent channels slopes) of the confluent channels are collected through geodatabases and digitization from aerial imagery together with complementary field measurements. The discharge ratio is then computed at each time-step on a subset of nearly one hundred confluences. The angular momentum ratio is then computed thanks to geometrical properties of the junctions. The occurrence of different ranges of ratios are investigated in the light of factors such as the confluence position within the catchment and the characteristics of the two confluence sub-catchments. The results show that confluences located upper in the catchment tend to have a wider range of discharge ratios than those located further downstream, reflecting the 'scaling effect' of the drainage network, introduced first by Horton (1945). The ratio may also reverse sometimes (i.e. the tributary has a higher discharge than the main stem).


This purpose of the research was to determine if there were cultural tourism products in Tanjung Api in the district of Kuala Kuantan, in the state of Pahang. To that end, the research process would require the understanding of the community, an analysis of the site, and the availability and conditions of the natural resources of the area. This study was conducted via unstructured interview, observations, and the use of the ethnography approach in the research methodology. The data collection method was guided through the use of five resources measuring instruments: Site Analysis, Community Analysis, Cultural Resources Analysis, Natural Resources Analysis, and Environment Assessment. The findings indicated the availably of tourism products such as the martial art called silat cekak, fishing and crab catching activities, interesting sights at the village such as the wet market and night market, visiting the jetty area, the old British graveyard and the uniquely design mosque.


Propylene and ethylene may be carbonylated to form carboxylic acid esters or carboxylic acids in the pres ence of a catalyst complex containing 1 mole of BF3 and 1 mole of a second complexing component. The carbox ylic acid product or acid portion of the ester product has one more carbon atom than the olefin reacted. High yields of these products are obtained. In the case of the formation of the ester, the second complexing compo nent is an alcohol, while in the case of the preparation of carboxylic acid, the second complexing component is water. Methyl isobutyrate and methyl propionate formed by the carbonylation of propylene and ethylene, respectively, in the presence of a BF3.CH3OH catalyst may be dehydrogenated to prepare methyl methacry late and methyl acrylate, respectively. Similarly, the isobutyric acid and propionic acid formed from propy lene and ethylene, respectively, in the presence of BF3.H2O catalyst may be dehydrogenated to prepare methacrylic acid and acrylic acid, respectively.


The purpose of this paper was to investigate the characteristics of competition anxiety of the professional coaches with the Spielberger state-trait anxiety inventory.The results showed that the trait anxiety during the match season remained relatively constant without significant dif-ference compared with the trait anxiety during the interval of the match season,while the state anxiety bears significant difference.The anxiety level of head coaches was obviously greater than that of assistant coaches.Moreover,the anxiety of head coaches was obviously greater than that of assistant coaches with trait and state anxiety bearing significance.During different phases of match season,the state anxiety of head coaches varied followed the procedure of league match in different curves and directly correlated with the ranking of teams.


The relations among measures of attachment, spouse behavior, and marital satisfaction were assessed in a broad sample of 193 married couples, using both questionnaire and diary methods. Insecure attachment was associated with less favorable reports of spouse behavior, as assessed by diary checklists. Marital satisfaction was predicted by attachment treasures and reports of spouse behavior. The relation between attachment security and marital satisfaction was moderated, but not mediated, by reported spouse behavior. Specifically, insecure individuals' evaluations of their relationships were more reactive to recent spouse behavior, an effect that was especially marked for fearful participants and for those in longer-term marriages. Some gender differences in patterns of prediction were obtained. The results are discussed in terms of the working models associated with attachment styles, and the processes by which relationship satisfaction may be eroded over time.


This article deals with the importance of reflecting about the nursing development and analyzing the elements that have influenced in nursing evolution. It makes a critical analysis of the present situation of the profession and it offers some strategies for the professional and discipline development.


Background: Animal models suggest that aging negatively affects the cerebral blood flow (CBF) response to a hypotensive challenge while research with humans suggests that chronic physical activity may positively affect age-associated alterations in CBF. The extent to which chronic exercise affects the CBF responses to orthostatic stress in older subjects is unknown. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which differences in age and cardiovascular fitness, reflective of differences in chronic exercise training, affect cerebral blood flow responses to severe orthostatic stress. Methods: Subjects were divided into four groups: old fit (OF; 72 ± 2 year-olds; 38.7 ± 1.6 ml·kg–1·min–1), old unfit (OU; 71 ± 1 year-olds; 27.7 ± 2.9 ml·kg–1·min–1), young fit (YF; 23 ± 0.5 year-olds; 56.1 ± 1.8 ml·kg–1·min–1) and young unfit (YU; 23 ± 1 year-olds; 41.1 ± 1.6 ml·kg–1·min–1). Fitness was quantified with maximal graded exercise testing. Middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity (CBF velocity; transcranial Doppler) responses to graded orthostatic stress (lower body negative pressure) to presyncope were assessed. Results: Orthostatic tolerance did not differ between groups (p = 0.633). The groups differed in fitness (YF >YU = OF >OU; p < 0.001) but not in either resting CBF velocity (p = 0.364) or pulsatility index (PI; p = 0.251). CBF velocity decreased below rest in the last completed stage of submaximal LBNP (p < 0.001) but did not differ between groups (p = 0.182). PI did not change with submaximal LBNP within groups. At presyncope, mean CBF velocity decreased below that of the last completed stage of LBNP in all groups (p < 0.001) while the PI increased in the young fit group only (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Marked differences in age and fitness did not affect cerebral blood flow responses to severe orthostatic stress. While severe orthostatic stress can compromise CBF velocity in all age groups, older adults appear to autoregulate CBF as well as much younger subjects.


This paper presents 440 cases of radicular sciatica treated by epidural block with steroid + vitam in B + lidoca in e,and 127 cases of neuroplexus sciatica treated by psoas compartment block with 1.5% lidocaine+0.1% tetracaine. Both effects were scored and analysed according to VAS and straight leg test.The overall satisfactory rate of the epidural block was 85.2%,and that of the psoas compartment block 74.8%.The psoas comport ment block is easy to Perform and shows a fairy good therapeutie effect,therefere can be considered as the first choice for neuroplexus sciatica.


Spatial distribution maps of the vertical gradient of atmospheric refractivity are derived from a global dataset of meteorological quantities as given by ERA-Interim reanalysis. Spatial correlation of the gradient on large scales is analyzed using data from the European region. The examples of time evolution of the gradient fields are presented and spatial correlation characteristics obtained are discussed.


Neighborhood characteristics are well documented determinants of adolescent and adult health and well-being. One such neighborhood characteristic heavily explored in K-12 research is the role of residential segregation on educational outcomes. Surprisingly, little is known about how community conditions, as well as racial segregation, relate to children's early school readiness. This is a critical gap in the field as children's school readiness is a significant marker of school success, both in the short and long term. Thus, this study aimed to address this gap through examining statewide school readiness data and neighborhood opportunity resources related to early childhood development. Student-level readiness data from 84,720 kindergarteners collected through the 2019 Virginia Kindergarten Readiness Program were used to determine whether a student demonstrated school readiness skills. Community conditions surrounding a school were constructed using geospatial mapping of the 2015 School Attendance Boundary (SAB) Survey and Child Opportunity Index 2.0. This study then explored the role of neighborhood segregation in a SAB with student's school readiness with three separate approaches (entropy, exposure, and share of racial/ethnic groups). A series of logit regression models were used to examine the relationship between community resources and the likelihood a student was school-ready and whether this relationship varied across low and highly segregated SABs. Results indicated that a student in a higher resourced community was more likely to be school ready than a similar student in a lower resourced community. Distribution of students by race/ethnicity across neighborhood resource levels was uneven. Specifically, Black and Hispanic children are overrepresented in lower resourced communities, and White and Asian children overrepresented in higher resourced ones. Further, in two out of three measures of segregation, results show significant variation between neighborhood resources and school readiness likelihood across different levels of segregation. Consistently, students within a more segregated (and particularly Segregated Black or Hispanic) SAB were more sensitive to changes in community resources than those in less segregated SAB. Program and policy implications are discussed.


The effects of alkyl group size on the structure and dynamics of poly(n-alkyl methacrylate)-based ionomers were investigated in this study. Ionomer samples were synthesized via the reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer copolymerization of sodium styrene sulfonate and alkyl methacrylate with different alkyl groups (methyl, butyl, hexyl, lauryl, and octodecyl groups) and with varying ion contents. The samples were characterized by dielectric response spectroscopy (DRS), X-ray scattering, and linear viscoelasticity (LVE) measurements. X-ray scattering revealed ionic peaks indicative of spacing between ion aggregates. The interaggregate spacing decreased with increasing ion content when the alkyl groups were methyl, butyl, or hexyl groups. This observation is in accordance with the trend reported for sulfonated polystyrene, which has been extensively studied. In contrast, the interaggregate correlation peak merged with the backbone correlation peak when the alkyl groups were lauryl or octodecyl groups, suggesting that the steric repulsion of the long side chains partly suppressed the interchain association. Quantitative analysis of LVE showed that the sol-to-gel transition occurred at a higher number of ions per chain for samples with longer alkyl groups, lending support to the idea that long side chains generated increased steric repulsion. In addition, the plateau region broadened gradually with increasing alkyl group size, reflecting an increase in electrostatic interaction energy among the ionic groups. This increase was attributed to a reduction in the polarity of the polymer medium as the size of the nonpolar alkyl group increased, as detected by DRS.The effects of alkyl group size on the structure and dynamics of poly(n-alkyl methacrylate)-based ionomers were investigated in this study. Ionomer samples were synthesized via the reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer copolymerization of sodium styrene sulfonate and alkyl methacrylate with different alkyl groups (methyl, butyl, hexyl, lauryl, and octodecyl groups) and with varying ion contents. The samples were characterized by dielectric response spectroscopy (DRS), X-ray scattering, and linear viscoelasticity (LVE) measurements. X-ray scattering revealed ionic peaks indicative of spacing between ion aggregates. The interaggregate spacing decreased with increasing ion content when the alkyl groups were methyl, butyl, or hexyl groups. This observation is in accordance with the trend reported for sulfonated polystyrene, which has been extensively studied. In contrast, the interaggregate correlation peak merged with the backbone correlation peak when the alkyl groups were lauryl or octodecyl gro...


An improved investor relations strategy, grounded in capital markets experience, can help a company achieve a higher level of strategic communications, which consequently should position a company for maximum equity value at any given time. This expansion of multiple lowers a company's cost of capital, positions it for more favorable financing terms, broadens its potential shareholder base, increases chances for analyst coverage, and increases the wealth of all stakeholders, including employees. In addition, everyone benefits from an IR function built with firsthand capital markets knowledge. Analysts feel comfortable knowing that all possible events, good or bad, will be communicated properly with the right messages. Portfolio managers feel the same way because their investment is presumably protected from a communications misstep. Finally, management wins because they build credibility with the markets, a major factor in determining multiple valuations. Our paper testifies that at least 20 percent and up to 40 percent of the total valuation at any given time is given by communication. This is a huge piece of a company's market cap, worth tens of millions of dollars in shareholder wealth. Managing the art portion of the equation is ultimately IR's responsibility; that person, either internal or external, needs to know what they are doing.


en torno a la transformación que debe realizar la escuela en tanto institución, y en particular al interior del espacio didáctico, a fin de considerar a la diversidad del estudiantado como principio fundamental. The purpose of this article is to reflect on migration in Chile, its characteristics and conceptual and statistical approaches that allow the understanding of the current phenomenon when it is observed from the perspective of social vulnerability, considering the consequences it entails for the migrant population when they try to be included in a foreign country. The subject will be approached from what happens with the current public policy in relation to migration and how it has permeated the development of the school and the reflections that arise from it. Then, some researches will be presented that show the way in which the migration phenomenon is approached within formal school contexts and its impact on the development of inclusive educational and learning processes. Finally, from a post-critical approach, both inclusive education and interculturality will provide us with elements that will allow us to elucidate answers to the requirements and needs of the migrant population, regarding the transformation that the school must carry out as an institution, and in particular within the didactic space, in order to consider the diversity of the student body as a fundamental principle.


BOTH GILDON AND OLDYS' report that Sir George Etherege, in his younger years, studied the law, and Oldys specifies that he "studied, for a while, the Municipal Laws, at one of the Inns of Court" in London. The surviving records of Lincoln's Inn, Gray's Inn, the Middle Temple, and the Inner Temple are relatively abundant, but no evidence that Etherege was a member of any of the four Inns of Court has yet been found. Nevertheless, it is clear that Etherege knew a good deal of law: his plays abound in references to it, and in his letters from Ratisbon between 1685 and 1689 he analyzes, in technical language and with considerable assurance, a number of legal problems arising at the Diet. One wonders how he came by this legal knowledge, and part of the answer is already known. In 1654, when Etherege was about 18, his grandfather, concerned about the future of his fatherless grandchildren, began to "place" them where they might earn their own livings. George, the oldest grandson, was articled to George Gosnold, a prominent lawyer with a wide practice in Beaconsfield and in London. This was standard procedure in the mid-seventeenth century; young men who wished to learn the practice of the common law, as distinguished from the jurisprudence taught at Oxford and Cambridge, were commonly apprenticed to experienced lawyers. An articled clerk was bound to serve his master for a specified period, often seven years, in return for being instructed in his profession. The clerk lived in his master's house, ate at his table, and was treated as a son of the family. In 1656 the signature "Geo: Etherege" on Beaconsfield leases, bonds, and indentures shows that Gosnold's clerk was acting as witness to Gosnold's signature.2 If imitation be a mark of respect, these signatures indicate that Etherege was on good terms with his master, for he imitates Gosnold's handwriting in close detail, especially the abbreviation "Geo:" which Etherege used consistently in later life, the broad rounded capital


Objective
To detect the serum vitamin D levels in T2DM patients with retinopathy and to analyze the relevance to oxidative stress.

Methods
Totally 293 cases of T2DM were selected and they were divided into diabetic retinopathy (DR) group and non-diabetic retinopathy (NDR) group according to the

results
of fundus examination whether with or without DR. 46 healthy volunteers were selected as control group (NC) . The clinical information was collected, blood sugar such as fasting blood glucose (FBG) , glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) , blood lipid index such as high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) , total cholesterol (TC) , triglyceride (TG) , low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) , serum 25-hydroxyl vitamin D3 (25 (OH) D3) , oxidative stress indicators such as malondialdehyde (MDA) , superoxide dismutase (SOD) and reduced glutathione (GSH) were detected. The correlation between 25 (OH) D3 and clinical data, blood glucose, blood lipids, oxidative stress indicators was analyzed. Results 25 (OH) D3 of the 3 groups had significantly difference based on statistical analysis (P<0.05) . In details, the 25 (OH) D3 in DR and NDR group were significantly lower than that in NC group, and 25 (OH) D3 in DR group was significantly lower than that in NDR group, and the differences had statistical significance (P<0.05) . MDA, SOD, and GSH had significantly difference between the 3 groups (P<0.05) . In details, MDA in DR group and NDR group were significantly higher than that in NC group. SOD and GSH were significantly lower than those in NC group, while MDA in DR group was significantly higher than that in NDR group. SOD and GSH were significantly lower than those in NDR group. The differences were statistically significant (P<0.05) . Relevant analysis showed that 25 (OH) D3 was significantly positively related to HDL-C, SOD and GSH in DR patients, and was significantly negatively related to disease course, FBG, and MDA. Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that totally HDL-C (X1) , SOD (X2) , and MDA (X3) were included into the model. The regression equation was Y=15.434+0.261X1+0.078X2-0.121X3.

Conclusion
T2DM patients with retinopathy have the oxidative stress injury and their 25 (OH) D3 declines, which may be involved in pathogenesis of DR by reciprocal causation.

Key words:
Diabetic retinopathy; 25-hydroxy vitamin D3; Oxidative stress


Urban people encounter wildlife in various ways. One of the most important is the vicarious encounter with animals in children's stories. The surprising number of children's animal stories can be divided into three categories, each of which affects children's beliefs, attitudes, and preferences for wildlife. Because children's stories may have such a lasting effect, we need to consider the ways in which animals are portrayed in them.


A metallic overcoat is shown for use on the termination of a thick film heater. The invention is specifically useful for reducing overall wall thickness on thick film heaters used in the injection molding industry. The overcoat is placed over at least the termination point of the heating element with access holes for the termination. Thereafter, holes are drilled parallel to the heater axis for the insertion of power leads. The overcoat further provides insulation for better efficiency and mechanical protection for the heating element.


This volume is concerned with the use of remote sensing in social science research. "It offers some guidance for researchers and research sponsors in the form of reports of promising research information on the state of the technology and reflections on the challenges of linking social science and remotely sensed data." Chapters are included on land use and population dynamics modeling urban attributes famine early warning and health applications. (EXCERPT)


This study has two main aims. First, to describe population change and the growth of housingstock in the Swedish countryside. Secondly, to find possible explanations for these changes. The countrys ...


Background: Thyroid carcinoma is one of the common cancers affecting the women in their young age. They vary from being indolent to aggressive cancers. Improvements in diagnostics and understanding the pathophysiology have made the treatment more effective with good long-term results.
Methods: Cross sectional record based study at Dept. of Surgery, S.P.Medical College and P.B.M Hospital, Bikaner
Results: Maximum 35% belonged to 31-40 years age group followed by 27% individuals in 21-30 years age group. Minimum 6% individuals were found in 11-20 years and >60 years age group.Among 100 patients, 69% were euthyroid, 27% were hypothyroid and 4% were hyperthyroid.
Conclusion: Thyroid lesions were more common more in the age group of 3rd-4th decade years. Majority of the patients were females. Multinodular goiter was the most common non-neoplastic lesion and papillary carcinoma was the most common neoplastic lesion.Thus fine needle aspiration is a very useful and indispensible test in the diagnosis of thyroid lesions.
Keywords: Thyroid swelling, goiter, FNAC.


In this study totally 30 athletes were selected randomly from Pondicherry University who are all participated intercollegiate athletic tournament in short and long distance events, in this 15 athletes from short distance and 15 from long distance runners. Their age ranged from 17 to 28 years as per their university records, variables were restricted for this study anthropometric parameters such as Mid -thigh girth, calf mid girth, leg length, BMI as well straid length performance.  Collection of data: (Straid length) before starting data collection 400 mts track were divided in to 5 half, then selected subjects were taken sufficient time before starting data collection for getting warming up them self-it's for avoiding injuries as well minimize data error, after that they were commended to run 400mts running then researcher has taken random data from each half and converted mean value for analyse data. Statistics: collected data were used for analyse relationship between anthropometric parameters and straid length Pearson product moment co-relation were used with 0.05 significance level. Results: Long distance runners in this there is positive Relationship between Mid- Thigh Girth and Straid Length Performances as well Calf Girth and Straid Length Performances. But there is no relationship between Leg Length and Straid Length Performance as well Body Mass Index and Straid Length Performance. Short distance runners in this there is positive Relationship between Mid- Thigh Girth and Straid Length Performances, Calf Girth and Straid Length Performances as well BMI and Straid Length Performances. But there is no relationship between Leg Length and Straid Length Performance.


Low‐frequency forced‐oscillation methods applied to a reservoir sandstone allowed determination of the Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio (from axial loading), bulk modulus (by oscillation of the confining pressure) and shear modulus (from torsional‐forced oscillations) for comparison with conventional ultrasonic data. All tests were performed on a common sandstone core sample from an oil reservoir offshore West Africa. The results show a steady increase in ultrasonic velocities and shear modulus of the dry specimen as functions of pressure, which suggests a progressive closure of the inter‐granular contacts. An increase of bulk and Young's moduli and Poisson's ratio is observed on decane saturation of the sample when tested with a sufficiently small dead volume. This observation, consistent with Gassmann's theory, suggests that such measurements probe undrained (saturated isobaric) conditions. Diminution or absence of such fluid‐related stiffening for low‐frequency measurements with dead volumes comparable with the pore volume of the specimen indicates partially drained conditions and highlights the critical role of experimental boundary conditions. Directly measured bulk and shear moduli are consistent with those derived from Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio. These results of the inter‐laboratory testing using different measurement devices are consistent in terms of the effect of frequency and fluid saturation for the reservoir sandstone specimen. Such broad consistency illustrates the validity of forced‐oscillation techniques and constitutes an important benchmarking of laboratory testing of the elastic properties of a porous medium.


The Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center offers harm reduction programming to at-risk adolescent American Indian girls, including outreach, case management, advocacy, healthy sexuality education, and support groups. To evaluate program impact, participants are assessed at intake and every 6 months afterward for current vulnerability to commercial sexual exploitation, violence, and addiction. Evaluation results indicate frequent exposure to sex traffickers and suggest that harm reduction methods can help girls reduce risk of commercial sexual exploitation.


2-Methyl-5-phenyl-2H-1,2,4,3λ3-triazaphosphole, which does not lend itself to oxidative additions alone, reacts smoothly with o-heterodienyl-phenols yielding tricyclic phosphoranes. The reaction involves an initial addition of the phenolic end to the P=N bond and a subsequent fast intramolecular addition of the heterodiene moiety to the phosphorus. The structure of the resulting phosphoranes is proposed to have all three fivemembered rings attached to the central trigonal bipyramidal phosphorus by one axial and one equatorial bond with the bond in common to the two condensed rings in axial position. NMR data back this proposal.


Falls have been one of the main threats to people's health, especially for the elderly. Detecting falls in time can minimize the severity of injury and save lives. On the other hand, neural networks have shown superior performance in human activity recognition field, but their performance in detecting falls has barely been evaluated. In this paper, benefits of using neural networks, including feed-forward, recurrent and convolutional neural networks, in fall detection based on wearable sensors were explored. Experiment results showed that neural networks performed much better than conventional machine learning methods. The best result was obtained from the convolutional neural network with a sensitivity of 99.05% and a specificity of 99.68%.


ABSTRACT:
Success in the process of implementing the six sigma methodology in companies is not always guaranteed. The aim of this research is to provide the administration of productive companies with a tool that allows them to prioritize the actions and resources to be assigned to maximize the probability of achieving the expected success in the process of implementing the six sigma methodology. The research methodology is based on the use of the method of structural equation models with partial least squares to build a linear regression model, which establishes the causal relationship between the critical success factors and the success in the implementation of the six methodology sigma. A sample of 134 companies of the export industry located in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico is analyzed. The results establish that: senior management, project management, and organizational infrastructure are the significant critical success factors; the predictive capacity of the estimated model makes it possible to reliably obtain estimates of success in this implementation process; there is no unobserved heterogeneity in the sample. This study contributes, in this region of the country, to strengthening the existing knowledge about the solution to the problem of identifying, what are the critical factors and their impact on the success variable in the implementation of the six sigma methodology?

Keywords: critical success factors, six sigma methodology, structural equation models with partial least squares


Numerical calculations have been carried out to investigate the effect of traveling magnetic field on the liquid steel flow in a continuous casting mold. It is a general procedure to add Lorentz force as a source term in momentum equation for steady state equations. However, in using traveling magnetic field, the changing magnetic field cannot be counted at steady state calculation. It has been in question if the steady state calculation results are in agreement with the one by unsteady state calculation. In this study, the steady state calculation is improved by utilizing new average Lorentz force value.


The present invention provides heat resistance for use as a single or outer layer of protective garments, flame retardancy, and to electromigration arc resistance fabric (1). Fabric of the present invention (1) comprises at least two separate single plies are attached together at a predetermined location so as to build pockets (4). Fabric of the present invention (1) is aramid fibers and filaments, polybenzimidazole fibers and filaments, polyamide-imide fibers and filaments, poly (paraphenylene benzobisoxazole) fibers and filaments, phenol - formaldehyde fibers and filaments, melamine fibers and filaments , made of natural fibers and filaments, synthetic fibers and filaments, artificial fibers and filaments, glass fibers and filaments, carbon fibers and filaments, metal fibers and filaments, and a material selected independently from the group consisting of complexes thereof there. Due to its peculiar structure, the fabric according to the present invention (1) can have a much lower specific weight than that of known fabrics having mechanical and thermal properties comparable.


This chapter explores the ways individuals account for cognitive migrations—significant changes of mind and consciousness that are often expressed as powerful discoveries, transformative experiences, and newly embraced worldviews. It outlines three ideal typical forms of cognitive migration: awakenings, self-actualizations, and ongoing quests. Building on prior approaches to such personal transformations, it develops the notion of cognitive migration to argue the following set of interrelated points. First, cognitive migrations take autobiographical form, which is to say they manifest as the narrative identity work of individuals who undergo them. Second, such narrative identity work provides a reflexive foundation for an individual's understanding of self and identity in relation to other possible selves and identities—for seeing oneself as a relationally situated character. Third, individuals who articulate cognitive migrations use the plot structure and cultural coding at the root of their narratives to express their allegiance to a new sociomental community. They thereby take on new cognitive norms and identity-defining conventions while rejecting potential alternatives, locating themselves within a broader sociomental field. The spatial metaphor of cognitive migrations draws explicit attention to the broader sociomental field in which such radical changes of mind take place. Finally, such narrative identity work links self-understandings to the often-contested meanings of broadly relevant issues, events, and experiences; when individuals account for their cognitive migrations, they also advance claims that reach well-beyond their personal lives.


Radiative transfer theory is used to calculate the incoherent effective reflectivity (Γe) for a multilayer lossy dielectric medium backed by a conducting plate. The theoretical results of this formulation are compared with that of the coherent approach. Several test cases are presented to show the characteristics of Γe as a function of thickness, and dielectric constant of the dielectric layers, and frequency. The results can ultimately be used in nondestructive dielectric thickness measurement.


The Waste Land has important connections with the Aeneid beyond those of a shared mythic configuration. These connections are primarily literary and we receive them as Gilbert Highet describes the allusions of symbolist poets—in hints, nuances, phrases repeated in a dream. So Eliot evokes the concatenation of events in the first six books of the Aeneid, and like Virgil he reformulates the literary monuments of the past as a comment upon the present age. Episodes in the Aeneid that have become part of the literary tradition, that have been reformulated by Dante, Spenser, and Milton, are echoed in Eliot's poem. Images of The Waste Land—the drowned Phoenician sailor, the lady of situations, the man with three staves, the Wheel, the card that is blank, Mrs. Equitone—have conspicuous analogues in the Aeneid. Significantly, Anchises' great sermon in the sixth book of Virgil's poem is not only a recapitulation of Aeneas' own purgatorial experiences as quester but also suggests the movement of The Waste Land as a series of trials by water, wind, and fire. In sum, The Waste Land assumes the central importance of Virgil; Virgil is for Eliot, as he was for Dante, a guide and an inspiration.


Four zoeal stages and one megalopal stage were identified in laboratory reared
semiterrestrial mangrove sesarmine crab Chasmagnathus convexus. At an average salinity
and temperature of 20±1% and 19.2±0.2°C, the megalopa was attained 24 days after
hatching. Morphologically, the first zoae of C. convexz1s is very similar to those of other
species of the genus Chasmagnathus as well as species of the genus Helice, in that view all
share the following characteristics: lateral spine on the carapace, three pairs of setae on
the posterior margin of the telson furca, one plus five setae on the endopod of the
maxillule, and two plus two setae on the endopod of the maxilla. The differences
between the first zoea and megalopa of and those of its congeners are discussed.


Polyacrylonitrile(PAN) fibers were modified with aminopropyltriethoxysilane(APTES) and mer captopropyltriethoxysilane(MPTES),and one kind of multi-coordinating groups of PAN fibers was obtained.The coordinating groups had strong chelating effect with sliver and can be directly used in silver plating with out roughening,sensitization and activation.The influences of modifier concentration,modification temperature and time on the effect of silver plating were investigated.The molecular structure,morphology and thermal properties of PAN fibers were characterized by FTIR,SEM and TG.The electrical conductivity,anti-static prop erty and corrosion resistance of silver plated fibers were measured.The results showed that the silver plating layer of the silver plated modified PAN fibers was even and compact,and had good corrosion resistance and antistatic property.


The factors of jorsite process in zinc hydrometallurgy is analysed. The neural network model based on the analysis was developed. The results show that the network can reflect the change of concentration of iron ion and sulphuric acid fairly precisely.


The Friedel–Crafts alkylation of aromatic compounds with benzyl alcohol or trioxane in the presence of AgClO4–SnCl4 was investigated. By this modified procedure various aromatic compounds including chlorobenzene were alkylated at room temperature in high yields. When trioxane was used as alkylating source, diphenylmethane was obtained in excellent yield without accompanying the formation of dibenzyl ether. Based on this finding, it was shown that C–O bond of the benzyl ether was cleaved under the very mild conditions by this couple.


In this paper we study some properties of quasi-ideals and bi-ideals in AG-ring and study some interesting properties of these ideals.


In this work, we proposed a method for fingerprint image segmentation based on possibilistic fuzzy c-means (PFCM) algorithm with an adaptive level set (ALS) method. In fingerprint recognition system, fingerprint segmentation is an important step. PFCM algorithm is a mixer of possibilistic c-means clustering (PCM) and fuzzy c-means clustering (FCM) algorithm. PFCM overcomes the noise sensitivity defect in FCM and coincident cluster problem in PCM. PFCM was used to generate an initial contour curve for level set method. PFCM algorithm is used to compute the fuzzy membership values of each pixel. Based on the above fuzzy membership values edge indicator function is redefined. By using the edge indicator function fingerprint segmentation was performed to extract the required regions for advance processing. Experimental results of proposed method showed significant improvement in the evolution of the level set function.


Acid waste waters containing ferrous iron are neutralized using limestone in a finely divided state. Substan tial amounts of a mixed valence, hydrous iron oxide sludge are recycled back to the neutralization and aeration steps of the process to produce a dense, easily dewatered sludge having improved handling characteristics.


Aims: Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) are often exposed to multiple units of blood transfusions predisposing them to the development of alloantibodies. Alloantibodies make subsequent transfusion difficult, costly and could also result in life-threatening hemolysis. The aim of this study is to estimate and characterize alloantibodies developing over a life-time in patients with sickle cell disease who are on chronic red cell transfusion. Methods: Retrospective data were obtained from the electronic medical record and sunquest transfusion record of the DMC for a total of 121 patients with SCD aged 18 years and older who were on chronic red cell exchange transfusion. Data on demographics, blood group, genotype, total number of units transfused over lifetime, presence and type of alloantibodies identified was collected and analyzed. Results: The median age of the studied patients was 33 years with a male to female ratio of 0.73. Almost all (>95%) patients had homozygous SCD. A total of 67,586 units were transfused for the 121 patients over a lifetime approximating an average of 559 units transfused per patient. Alloantibodies were identified in 68 of the 121 patients (56.2%). The most common antibody identified was E (27%)


The critical current density and resistivity of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O films of thickness 5 to 300nm prepared by MOCVD have been investigated. Magnetic Fields up to 6T were applied parallel and perpendicular to the film surface. Zero resistance temperatures (Tc0) for all samples were about 70K. Critical current densities (Jc) for all samples (4.2K, zero applied field) were about 1×106A/cm2, but the form of Jc(T) varied with film thickness. This suggested the existence of isolated layers in the film containing different junctions. The films displayed strong anisotropy for magnetic fields applied parallel to, and perpendicular to, the film surface. We suspect this result to originate in the non-penetration of flux quanta (due to the large effective Hc1) and in the potential barrier (surface barrier) to flux penetration at the surface of the thin films in addition to the intrinsic anisotropy of the Bi-based superconductors.


In 1892 Rudolf Diesel, a German nation to plan a new type of internal combustion engine which requires no spark plugs to ignite the fuel, ie diesel compression ignition engines are also called, which means the process of combustion itself, that is because the fuel spray into the air-filled cylinder temperature and high pressure. Fuel is burned with air. Instead of ignition systems in Otto engines it is necessary to pump injection (injection pump) and the nozzle (atomizer devices) to spray fuel. In the fuel system are functioning governor to change the amount of fuel, so that rotation (motor shaft) fixed at a predetermined rate. Although the external loads change, the tool set at all times (fast, accurate and automatic), the amount of fuel according to circumstances outside the acceptable load. Bibliography (1991-2004).


Several classes of drugs are being developed for the treatment of brain ischemia. Due to the complexity of the cascade of events leading from the onset of stroke to cell damage and infarction, a variety of strategies are being taken to develop effective neuroprotective drugs. Whereas the effects of ischemia on brain cells start occurring rapidly in a matter of minutes, it takes hours or even days for infarction to develop into tissue destruction. Thus, there is a therapeutic window during which damages to periinfarct area can be prevented or minimized by administration of a neuroprotective agent.' Agents that block the glutamate receptor channel, the voltage-gated sodium channel, or the voltage-gated calcium channels represent an important group of neuroprotective drugs. Ischemia as a result of occlusion of blood flow to the brain causes hyperactivity of neural network as exemplified by cell membrane depolarization, repetitive discharges, and increased transmitter release. This will lead to a cascade of events including the bombardment on the glutamate receptors by the released neurotransmitter glutamate, a massive influx of Ca2' ions through the open channels of glutamate receptors, activation/inactivation of a host of enzymes, and eventual cell death.2 Therefore, the useful strategies are: 1) to prevent repetitive discharges of presynaptic nerve fibers by blocking the sodium channel; 2) to prevent transmitter release from the nerve terminals by blocking the calcium channels; 3) to prevent massive Ca2+ influx by blocking the glutamate receptors; and 4) any combination of these three. Several chemicals that block sodium channels, calcium channels, or glutamate receptor-channels are also being developed into neuroprotective drugs. Sodium channel blockers include lifarizine, lubeluzole, and fosphenytoin, calcium channel blockers are SNX111, nimodipine, and lifarizine, blockers of both sodium and calcium channels include CNS 1237 ( N , N'-acenaphthylmethoxynaphthyl guanidine), and glutamate receptor-channel blockers are cerestat, dextrorphan, dizocilpine, remacemide, eliprodil, selfotel, and YM90K.13-5


Abstract : This thesis provides the student of combat modelling with a computer program for a relatively simple combat model that can be used in a classroom environment for study and analysis. The model is an aggregated, force-on-force ground-combat model that uses Lanchester's aimed-fire equations for casualty assessment. The original version of the model was developed in 1979 in a previous thesis, and shortfalls in the original model have been overcome, along with the addition of several enrichments to provide added user flexibility. A user's manual is provided to facilitate user access to the model from a permanent disk in the W. R. Church Computer Center. (Author)


10516 Background: Aberrant regulation of the Wnt pathway has been shown to be associated with breast cancer. We hypothesize that (1) increased co-activator interaction of CBP with nuclear β-catenin is associated with a breast cancer stem-cell phenotype, disease progression, drug resistance, relapse and metastasis, and (2) the usage of the co-activator p300 leads to forced differentiation of cancer stem cells rendering them sensitive to existing chemotherapeutics.

METHODS
We have developed ICG-001, a small molecule antagonist of the CBP/β-catenin interaction. Breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-468, MCF-7) were treated with ICG-001 and investigated for changes in proliferation, invasiveness and drug resistance. RNA sequencing and qRT-PCR were used to evaluate gene-expression. CoIP and CHiP assays demonstrated CBP/β-catenin disruption and differential coactivator usage at specific gene promoters. Protein expression was assessed by FACS and Immunoblotting. Viability assays were done to determine drug-sensitization. Stem cell assays were used to study the effect of ICG-001 on cancer stem cell populations. Preliminary in vivo studies explored the effect of ICG-001 on tumor growth.

RESULTS
ICG-001 treatment down-regulated anti-apoptotic (survivin) and mesenchymal markers (S100A4, vimentin) and up-regulated epithelial cell markers (e-cadherin, CD24) in basal-like breast cancer cells. ICG-001 disrupted the CBP/β-catenin interaction, and also re-sensitizes the hormone receptor-negative cell lines (MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-468) to tamoxifen. ICG-001 eradicates cancer stem cell-like populations and reverses stem cell phenotype based on side population, Aldefluor and tumorsphere assays. Re-expression of CD24 is dependent on the usage of p300 in MDA-MB-231 cells (CD44+/CD24-). In vitro invasion assay demonstrated the loss of invasive potential. Preliminary in vivo studies suggested that ICG-001 alone could decrease tumor growth in a NOD/SCID mouse model.

CONCLUSIONS
Antagonizing CBP/β-catenin signaling using a small molecule inhibitor is an attractive target for the treatment of resistant aggressive breast cancer and the eradication of breast cancer stem cells.


[1] Folds are one of the obvious and common manifestations of deformation of the continental crust, and attempts to understand the origins of these structures extend back to the very beginnings of geology as a discipline within the Earth Sciences. In particular, the relationship between faults and folds, and the manner in which fault-related folds grow and evolve through time, has been the subject of intense interest within the structural geology and tectonics communities for more than a century. Indeed, it did not take long after geologists understood the basic principles of stratigraphy and geological mapping [Lyell, 1830] to realize that subsurface structures could be delineated with some accuracy from surface observations, through the use of simple geometric rules [e.g., Rogers, 1856]. The fact that folding is associated with thrust faulting and mountain building was also recognized in the early days of structural geology, together with the necessity for large tangential displacements at the Earth's surface across fold-thrust belts [Rogers, 1856; Moesch, 1867; Heim, 1878; Muller, 1878; Willis, 1891; Chamberlin, 1910; Argand, 1924; Rich, 1934]. Moreover, geologists quickly realized how to relate quantitatively folding and horizontal shortening by assuming conservation of mass [Chamberlin, 1910], and soon began investigating the mechanics of folding and the relationships between fold growth and detachment faulting and thrusting through the use of analogue experiments [e.g., Willis, 1891] (Figure 1). The necessity of low friction along the basal detachments of fold-thrust systems was also noticed early on [Hubbert and Rubey, 1959]. [2] Over the past several decades, the ever increasing availability of observations from natural exposures and geophysical exploration (much of the latter conducted by the petroleum industry) has led to tremendous progress in our understanding of the kinematics and mechanics of faultrelated folding, and the relationship between fault slip and fold growth, at scales ranging from individual structures to entire orogens [e.g., Price, 1981; Boyer and Elliott, 1982; Suppe, 1983; Davis et al., 1983; Dahlstrom, 1990; Suppe and Medwedeff, 1990; Erslev, 1991; Allmendinger, 1998; Allmendinger and Shaw, 2000]. Collectively, these advances have facilitated modeling and quantitative analysis of the origin and evolution of fault-related folds and have fostered an understanding of fold-thrust belts as integrated mechanical systems. That understanding how fold-andthrust systems evolve is not only of academic and economic significance has been amply demonstrated by the recent occurrence of a number of highly destructive thrust earthquakes (e.g., 1980 Ms 7.3 El Asnam, Mw 6.5 Coalinga, 1994 Mw 6.7 Northridge, 1999 Mw 7.6 Chi-Chi, and 2005 Mw 7.6 Kashmir) [King and Vita-Finzi, 1981; Yielding et al., 1981; Philip and Meghraoui, 1983; Stein and King, 1984; Stein and Ekstrom, 1992; Scientists of the USGS and SCEC, 1994; Yu et al., 2001; Avouac et al., 2006]. These events have led to the growing recognition of the hazards posed by such structures to numerous urban centers around the world and highlight the need to understand the relationship between seismic slip on thrust faults and the resulting fold growth. These issues have also been the focus of much recent research by structural geologists, particularly those interested in understanding the mechanisms and rates of fold growth at timescales shorter than those provided by most exhumed examples of fold-thrust belts. [3] Motivated by all of these issues, there has been a dramatic increase in recent research focused on active fold growth and associated fault slip. Many of these recent studies take advantage of technical advances in a number of disciplines, including (1) development of new methods to unravel the history of folding from analysis of growth strata (i.e., strata deposited above and adjacent to growing folds) [e.g., Suppe et al., 1992, 1997; Shaw and Suppe, 1994, 1996; Hardy et al., 1995; Storti and Poblet, 1997; Novoa et al., 2000; Shaw et al., 2005], (2) recognition that the kinematics of active folding and thrusting is recorded by alluvial, fluvial, and marine geomorphologic markers [e.g., Rockwell et al., 1984, 1988; Stein and King, 1984; Atwater et al., 1990; DeCelles et al., 1991; Dolan and Sieh, 1992; Avouac et al., 1993; Bullard and Lettis, 1993; Molnar et al., 1994; Burbank et al., 1996; Jackson et al., 1996; Benedetti et al., 2000; Van der Woerd et al., 2001; Ishiyama et al., 2004; Bennett et al., 2005], (3) advances in our general understanding of how tectonic uplift and climatic factors influence geomorphologic processes such as alluvial deposition and river entrenchment [e.g., Weldon, 1986; Bull, 1991; Schumm et al., 2000; Burbank and Anderson, 2001; Poisson and Avouac, 2004], and development of new JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 112, B03S01, doi:10.1029/2007JB004952, 2007 Click Here for Full Article


Over a 63-year period, Hg varied from 0.1 to 3.92 ppm in samples from surface horizons of soils from Plots on the University of Illinois campus. The dominant secular trend has been to lower levels in recent time. Neither changes in organic carbon content nor agronomic practices were related to Hg levels. Large amounts of coal burned in a nearby power plant did not contribute a fallout of Hg to the soils. A change toward improved internal soil drainage caused by tile drainage is thought to be the major factor causing the trend.


Four dimensional (4D) scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) has recently enabled discovery of symmetry-breaking distortions, internal electric and magnetic fields in complex materials, and atomic resolution imaging of light elements. However, 4D-STEM experiments can produce considerably large volumes of data, which tend to be analyzed only in post processing, therefore choice in where these data sets are acquired is critical. In addition, compared to ordinary high angle annular dark field (HAADF)-STEM imaging, the per-pixel acquisition time in 4D-STEM experiments tends to be roughly three orders of magnitude longer, which may impart a significant amount of electron dose to the specimen. To address these issues, we present a deep kernel learning [1,2] (DKL) workflow applied to the 4D-STEM methodology in the form of an automated experiment that chooses measurement locations on-the-fly guided by physics-based functions. perhaps even unconscious – is naturally the 4D-STEM measurement the learning of the short, the is obtained in the fully acquired (and fast) dark field


Objective:To investigate the mental health status of criminals being in prison. Method:Symptom checklist 90 (SCL-90) was used to test psychological symptoms of 399 prisoners. Results:There were significant differences in SCL-90 factors between the prisoners and normal controls (P0.001). Conclusion:There are differences in the mental status between criminals being in prison and normal persons.It must be further enhanced the psychological education for criminals.


The resampling algorithm of Moser & Tardos is a powerful approach to develop versions of the Lovasz Local Lemma. We develop a partial resampling approach motivated by this methodology: when a bad event holds, we resample an appropriately-random subset of the set of variables that define this event, rather than the entire set as in Moser & Tardos. This leads to several improved algorithmic applications in scheduling, graph transversals, packet routing etc. For instance, we improve the approximation ratio of a generalized D-dimensional scheduling problem studied by Azar & Epstein from O(D) to O(log D/ log log D), and settle a conjecture of Szabo & Tardos on graph transversals asymptotically.


New Zealand-based biofuels start-up LanzaTech purchased a facility in Soperton, Ga.—previously owned by Range Fuels—at auction on Jan. 3 for $5.1 million. Range built the biomass gasification plant with the intention of making ethanol from wood chips, but the firm was unable to make the biofuel. Range's lender took control of the facility for nonpayment and held the auction to recoup some of a $38 million loan, which had been guaranteed by the Department of Agriculture. Range was also awarded a $43 million grant from the Department of Energy. LanzaTech will evaluate the equipment at the Soperton site before it decides how it will use the property, says Freya Burton, the firm's head of external relations. "We are planning to leave up some of the plant's technology—potentially the gasifier. If it works, that would be fantastic," Burton says. If the gasifier does not work, she adds, the plant is still ...


Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) has some disadvantages including degradation in depth resolution depending on the depth which are difficult to resolve. To address these disadvantages, we have previously developed shave-off SIMS and achieved two-dimensional mapping. In this study, we designed the appropriate secondary ion optical system by simulation to achieve three-dimensional shave-off SIMS. We developed new optical parts and evaluated the abilities of the designed secondary ion optical system. We acquired the following abilities of the secondary ion optical system: magnification ratio 1.6 × 10, Z-axial resolution 0.70 m, and transmission > 0.1%.


The Irish national revolution of 1916–23 left behind a partitioned island, with a northern segment that remained part of the United Kingdom and a southern 'Free State' – later to become a Republic – that was dominated by conservative forces. Most of those who had been involved in the struggle for national independence peeled off to form new parties in the 1920s, leaving behind a rump of militant Irish republicans. Sinn Fein and its military wing, the Irish Republican Army, would pose the greatest threat to political stability in the two Irish states. Although the Irish left has historically been among the weakest in Western Europe, repeated attempts have been made to fuse republicanism with socialism, from the Republican Congress in the 1930s to the Official Republican Movement of the 1970s and '80s. At present, Sinn Fein poses the main electoral challenge to the conservative parties in the southern state, while holding office in a devolved administration north of the border. Eoin O Broin's Sinn Fein and the Politics of Left Republicanism offers an assessment of these efforts from a leading Sinn Fein activist who maintains a certain critical distance from his own party's approach, while The Lost Revolution by Brian Hanley and Scott Millar and INLA: Deadly Divisions give comprehensive accounts of two earlier left-republican projects.


Purpose – A recent trend in tourism research involves the study of independent Chinese tourists. Yet while post-90s or Generation Z (i.e., born in the 1990s) comprises an important share of nondomestic visitors to Taiwan and other tourist destinations, this segment of the tourist population is currently under-analyzed. As a pioneering piece of research in this area, this survey attempts to understand Chinese tourists of this cohort visiting the long-divided state. Design – This research incorporates the social dimension of perceived value in the ordinarily employed perceived-value model to better understand why Chinese post-90s would like to recommend Taiwan. Methodology – This study samples Chinese students from 12 universities located in the northern, central, southern, and western regions of Taiwan. They were investigated with the selfadministered survey which is composed of five constructs, for a total of 17 questions. Structural equation modeling was employed to analyze the collected data and testify the hypotheses. Findings – The finding provides insights in the specific tourism behaviors of this cohort and how they are found distinct from their predecessors. The emotional dimension of the post-90s' tourismrelated perceived value is a strong determinant of their loyalty to Taiwan as a tourist destination. The prior-rival situation between both sides of the Taiwan Strait might signify that social dimension significantly predict their loyalty, through the mediator of satisfaction. Originality – This research provides important information for tourism businesses regarding place management and marketing strategies, enabling them to receive this new generation of Chinese customers.


This paper presents the effect of different natural gums on water-bentonite slurry, which is used as based fluid in water based drilling fluid. The gums used are Babul gum (Acacia nilotica), Dhawda gum (Anogeissus latifolia), Katira gum (Cochlospermum religiosum) and Semal gum (Bombax ceiba). For present investigation, samples have been prepared by varying concentration of gums. The variation of shear stress and shear rate has been plotted and on the basis of this behaviour of fluids has been explained. The value of k and n are calculated by using Power law. R2 values are also calculated to support the choice of gum selection.


The on-board Scientific Trigger Unit (UTS) is designed to detect Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) in real-time, using the data produced by the ECLAIRs camera, foreseen to equip the future French-Chinese satellite mission SVOM (Space-based Variable Objects Monitor). The UTS produces GRB alerts, sent to the ground for GRB follow-up observations, and requests the spacecraft slew to repoint its narrow field instruments onto the GRB afterglow. Because of the diversity of GRBs in duration and variability, two simultaneously running GRB trigger algorithms are implemented in the UTS, the so called Image Trigger performing systematic sky image reconstruction on time scales above 20 s, and the Count-Rate Trigger, selecting a time scale from 10 ms to 20 s showing an excess in count-rate over background estimate, prior to imaging the excess for localization on the sky. This paper describes both trigger algorithms and their implementation in a library, compiled for the Scientific Software Model (SSM) running on standard Linux machines, and which can also be cross-compiled for the Data Processing Model (DPM), in order to have the same algorithms running on both platforms. While the DPM permits to validate the hardware concept and benchmark the algorithms (see paper II), the SSM allows to optimize the algorithms and estimate the GRB trigger-rate of ECLAIRs/UTS. The result of running on the SSM a dynamic photon by photon simulation based on the BATSE GRB catalog is presented.


The paper deals with the optimization and identification of hybrid fibre-reinforced laminates. Two tasks are considered: i) the ply orientations optimization, ii) the material constants identification. Different optimization and identification criteria connected with the modal analysis are considered. The evolutionary algorithm is used as the optimization and identification method. In order to accelerate the calculations, the distributed version of the evolutionary algorithm is employed. Finite element method software is used to solve the direct problem for the laminates. Numerical examples of optimization and identification are attached.


This paper introduces the control system for automatic warehouse stacker based on PC-Base PLC.PC-Base PLC can provide customers with interface for C language and customers can write the defining functional block with C language for more complicated control and calculation.It makes control more flexible and efficient.


Soil and Water Conservation Station of Suining using SQL as the core data platform,using VC ++6.0 as the application support,using MVC pattern of development,embedded Weppin module for the database management system of soil and water conservation monitoring satation.Out of the new integrated information management and analysis system called WEPP model for the main interface-related functions,could let the WEPP model runs in the background and displays the results.


How do satellites measure earthquakes?
Function of the InSARtechnique, comparison with seismic methods, interpretation of deformation patterns, interview with Henriette Sudhaus


Collaboration is recognized by policy-makers as a key element in innovation-led economic growth. Collaborative relationships form organically, but also can be actively facilitated. Studies of business collaboration facilitation typically concentrate on value-appropriating commercial organizations, acting as hub orchestrators or knowledge-brokers. Little attention has been paid to potentially more trustable and effective value-independent facilitators. The attributes and activities of these organizations were empirically investigated using grounded theory and situational analysis. Value-independent, third-party orchestrators (i3POs) are demarcated from related concepts, and are found to vary considerably in capability and motivation as collaboration orchestrators. A reappraisal of these organizations' drivers, from the perspective of collective action theory, suggests how more i3POs may be encouraged to follow the practices of leading examples, with positive economic outcomes. Membership-based i3POs, such as trade associations, have longer term potential as collaboration orchestrators than transient business-growth programs but are under-exploited in this regard.


particularly good-looking ones, also played a part in the Pacific relationships, especially among Maoris in New Zealand where rank and birth were deemed important. Professor Ross and his publishers have done a great service in producing an excellent book about whaling and the Arctic peoples. There is an interesting glossary, a good index, and suggestions for reading. Illustrations are well chosen, especially the simple but accurate drawings of whaling implements. My criticisms are that I would have liked annotation and a book of more


Calorimetric measurements on K${\mathrm{D}}_{2}$P${\mathrm{O}}_{4}$ have been conducted, and the transition is found to be first order with an entropy change at ${T}_{c}$ of $(0.2407\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.0016)R$. The entropy change associated with destruction of the polarization from 0\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}K to ${T}_{c}$ is found to be $(0.4234\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.0071)R$. It is shown that a mean-field theory of the type proposed by Silsbee, Uehling, and Schmidt can give a good account of the heat capacity and polarization to within about 1\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}K of ${T}_{c}$, although the latent heat and entropy are not predicted satisfactorily, presumably because of the breakdown of the mean-field approximation close to the transition. Below ${T}_{c}$ the divergence in the heat capacity may be argued to be logarithmic in the region closer than 1\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} to ${T}_{c}$, or to be as $\frac{1}{{({T}_{c}\ensuremath{-}T)}^{\frac{1}{2}}}$ in the region ${T}_{c}\ensuremath{-}2\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}lTl{T}_{c}\ensuremath{-}0.2\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}$. Arguments are offered in favor of the logarithmic divergence.


Identification of a gene set capable of driving rapid and proper reprogramming to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is an important issue. Here we show that the efficiency and kinetics of iPSC reprogramming are dramatically improved by the combined expression of Jarid2 and genes encoding its associated proteins. We demonstrate that forced expression of JARID2 promotes iPSC reprogramming by suppressing the expression of Arf, a known reprogramming barrier, and that the N‐terminal half of JARID2 is sufficient for such promotion. Moreover, JARID2 accelerated silencing of the retroviral Klf4 transgene and demethylation of the Nanog promoter, underpinning the potentiating activity of JARID2 in iPSC reprogramming. We further show that JARID2 physically interacts with ESRRB, SALL4A, and PRDM14, and that these JARID2‐associated proteins synergistically and robustly facilitate iPSC reprogramming in a JARID2‐dependent manner. Our findings provide an insight into the important roles of JARID2 during reprogramming and suggest that the JARID2‐associated protein network contributes to overcoming reprogramming barriers. Stem Cells 2016;34:322–333


Fatty acid methyl esters with different carbon chain length were separated by urea adduct method for providing preservation film materials for agricultural products.Effects of urea amount,solvent usage,adduction time and temperature on the separation were investigated.According to the Box-Benhnken center-united experimental design principles,three factors of urea amount,95% ethanol consumption and temperature,and two indexes of the purities of C16 and C18 fatty acid methyl esters were selected,the separation conditions were optimized by Design expert 7.0.1 software and the corresponding regression model was established.The optimized conditions were found as:palm oil methyl ester 20 g,urea amount 35 g,5% ethanol 120 mL,inclusion temperature of 5 ℃,inclusion time 16 h,under which the C16 fatty acid methyl ester content in the phase of saturated fatty acid methyl ester reached to 78.5%,the C18 fatty acid methyl ester content in the phase of unsaturated fatty acid methyl ester reached to 93.1%,improved 36.4% and 40.8% respectively than the starting materials.


Huddled she sits with hands between knees, cold with the cold of dissolving tissue, and blames it, as always, on Melbourne weather...


Drawing on fieldwork with 70 local authorities in England and Wales, this paper builds on previous studies of austerity management by highlighting the importance of organisational cultures to achieving strategic objectives. It finds that, in line with their prevailing 'belief system' of budgetary stewardship, local authorities in both countries are holding down input costs to deal with austerity. However, the scale of funding cuts means that this strategy is unlikely to be successful over the longer term. Instead, they need greater freedom to generate revenue, in order to facilitate innovation and develop more sustainable business practices and service models.


HE EXTENSIVE USE Of members of the academic community to offer advice on governmental historical activities dates from the years after 1945. To be sure, the American Historical Association long ago created standing committees to monitor matters of concern to it--establishing a national archives, promoting documentary publication, securing prompt and impartial access to records still in departmental hands; but until after the Second World War most federal historical projects involved printing papers from the distant past, not writing about recent events from classified materials. Thus, a new situation arose with the launching of several postwar programs-editorial, archival, and narrative-in which civil servants or uniformed personnel used files not available then, or probably for some time to come, to nongovernmental historians. To aid with these programs, and also to attest to their scholarly character, the government appointed numerous advisory committees, but their work is little known within the profession. In some quarters, this ignorance has fostered suspicion and mistrust. To promote a fuller understanding of the problem, this essay seeks to describe the past actions and present status of committees that counsel the Departments of State and Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission in their historical enterprises.'


In recent years, many Communication Service Providers (CSP) plan to gradually move from telecommunication companies to cloud service providers and many third party software vendors are invited as partners of CSPs. Without an agile cloud service enabling architecture, CSPs cannot integrate their own services with partners' efficiently due to some issues. First, silo operation support system (OSS) is difficult to share data during service enabling process. Second, in-house developers and outer partners cannot understand complete metadata of service because of lack catalog management mechanism, and it makes service mash up inefficiently and inappropriately. Finally, System APIs are customized for specific service, that is, APIs are not reusable. In this paper, CHT Cloud Service Enabling Architecture is introduced to overcome issues of silo system architecture and create capacity to enable integrated cloud service efficiently.


The specification of security requirements is an important step when specifying new systems and systems of systems or analyzing existing systems with regard to security issues. A common way to formally specify security requirements is by means of safety and liveness properties. The systems in the focus of this paper are uniformly parameterised co operations. Such systems are characterised by the composition of a set of identical components. These components interact in a uniform manner described by the schedules of the partners. Such a kind of interaction is typical for scalable complex systems with a cloud or grid structure. As a main result, a formalism to specify uniformly parameterised behaviour properties of cooperations is given. To capture possibilistic aspects of especially liveness properties, a modified satisfaction relation is used. For safety properties, this relation, which is called approximate satisfaction, is equivalent to the usual one.


The utility model discloses an insulation aluminum-zinc plated sheet, belonging to the technical field of coating layer steel plates. The insulation aluminum-zinc plated sheet comprises an aluminum-zinc plated substrate and an electrical insulation isolation layer, and is characterized by further comprising a transition layer, wherein the transition layer is combined onto all surfaces of the aluminum-zinc plated substrate, and the electrical insulation isolation layer is combined onto all surfaces of the transition layer. Because all surfaces of the aluminum-zinc plated substrate are sequentially combined with the transition layer and the electrical insulation isolation layer, the electrical insulation isolation layer reflects an ideal electrical insulation isolation effect, the aluminum-zinc plated substrate is safe in use under an electrified environment, and capable of preventing an external signal from being interfered; because the transition layer is combined between the electrical insulation isolation layer and the aluminum-zinc plated substrate, a durable combining effect is kept between the electrical insulation isolation layer and the aluminum-zinc plated substrate, and a remarkable weather resistance effect of resisting high temperature and acid and alkaline is reflected.


The formation of gas hydrate was carried out for (methane + ethylene + tetrahydrofuran (THF) + H2O) in a batch stirred reactor. Experimental data on the number of gas moles consumed were obtained at pressures ranging from (1.4 to 4) MPa and at temperatures from (273.15 to 276.15) K. The influence of temperature and initial pressure on hydrate formation rate was studied, respectively. The kinetic model by Firoozabadi and co-workers coupled with the Chen−Guo hydrate model was used to predict the rate of gas hydrate formation for a gas mixture from pure gas data. This study could be useful for the recovery of ethylene from a gas mixture by forming clathrate hydrate in the chemical and petrochemical industry.


Steel foil tolerance to high temperature processing, dimensional stability, chemical resistance, low moisture and oxygen permeability are characteristics that in combination with top emission organic LEDs are needed for flexible solid state lighting sources.


Field experiment was conducted by using 25 diverse genotypes of coriander during the rabi seasons of 2012–13 at Instructional Farm, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh. Seed yield per plant showed significant and positive correlation with umbels per plant, harvest index, seeds per umbel, longest basal leaf length, umbellets per umbel, number of fruit bearing branches, plant height and 100-seed weight in irrigated conditions, whereas with harvest index, umbels per plant, number of fruit bearing branches and number of umbellets per umbel, under limited irrigation conditions. Path analysis revealed that the maximum direct and positive effect was due to umbels per plant, number of fruit bearing branches, seeds per umbel, harvest index, plant height, days to maturity and longest basal leaf length under irrigated condition, whereas days to 50% flowering, number of fruit bearing branches, umbellets per umbel, plant height, harvest index and longest basal leaf length in limited irrigation conditions.


In this paper,The desigh of indictor of three-phase electromotor's turning direction is introdused. The electrocircuit theory of device is stressed. A singlechip called 89C2051 is used in device. The specialties are simple desigh,cheap cost and high reliability.


The Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming the future Internet where most day-to-day devices are connected to the Internet. These devices are often resource constrained and use low-power wireless com ...


A forced or frectuency locked oscillation is obtained even below threshold when a weak singleline of a CO2 laser is externally injected into a Q switched CO2 1aser system. For such a regenerative optical amplifier, the input power is amplified by a factor of 106. Without a dispersive element, a single line oscillation is obtained in the range of P(10) to P(32) and R(28) to R(14) of the 10.4 µm band transition for various external signals. The amplification mechanism of the input signal is explained by the assumption that the quantum noise and the external signal are amplified in the same manner, and by the exchange of the noise for the input power. Experimental results agree well with the theoretical results which are derived from the quantum mechanical Langevin equations.


The aim of this study was to explore parents' opinions about homework assignments given in science and technology courses. The sample of the study was composed of 764 parents who reside in the city of Osmaniye in Turkey. The data were collected by a "Parent Homework Scale" developed by the researcher. The instrument includes three subscales; function, attitude and behavior. U-Test and H-Test were employed to identify any difference among variables. The findings showed that there was no significant difference in parents' scores on attitude and behavior subscales of the instrument regarding gender, educational background, occupation, and average monthly income. When function subscales scores were investigated according to gender educational background, occupation, average monthly income, it was observed that civil servants in occupational category had lower function scores than self-employed, farmer, worker, artisan, and retired. It was found that university graduates in level of education category had lower function scores than primary school graduates, secondary school graduates, and high school graduates. It was also found that high income in the monthly income group had lower function scores than other members in each related group.
Key words: homework, parents' opinions, science education.


'Susie Thacher Baker, West Dennis"; on back, "Cousin Dora with love from the original S.M.T."; photo by Central Photographic Art Studio, (C. Wesley Morse, Mgr.), 913 Washington St., Boston


A text of central importance to the Chinese literary tradition, the Wen xuan was compiled by Xiao Tong (501-531) and is the oldest surviving anthology of Chinese literature arranged by genre. This volume, the first of a planned eight-volume translation of the entire work, contains thoroughly annotated translations of the first section of the Wen xuan, the rhapsodies on the metropolises and capitals."Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.


The work presents the cyclic plastic deformation behaviour of two varieties of primary heat transport piping materials to understand the hardening/softening behaviour, load history memory, strain range effect, mean stress effect and ratcheting behaviour. Microstructural changes during cyclic deformation manifest in cyclic expansion of yield that could be used to explain the hardening/softening behaviour. Both the materials memories the prior history, however, the effect disappears after some time. Both the steels exhibit non-Masing behaviour due to inhomogeneous substructural changes. Non-Masing behaviour could be explained through cyclic expansion of yield. Engineering stress controlled ratcheting experiments were noted to be inadequate and under predict the ratcheting fatigue life. Importance of true stress controlled ratcheting experiments were discussed.


The increasing demand for electricity by customers caused by various factors such as WFH (work from home), the development of technology that requires electrical energy as its driving force and the increasing population growth rate makes PT. PLN as the main electricity provider need a solution to answer these problems by implementing a program same day service. PT. PLN (Persero) ULP Padang Panjang is the smallest service unit of PT. PLN (Persero) which organizes the Same Day Service program. The Same Day Service program is presented to cut service time to be more effective. The purpose of this research was to determine and analyze the Implementation of the Same Day Service Program and its inhibiting factors. This research used the theory of policy implementation proposed by George C. Edward III which consists of communication, resources, disposition and bureaucratic structure. The research method used is qualitative with data collection techniques through observation, interviews and documentation. The results of this research indicate that the implementation of the Same Day Service Program at PT. PLN (Persero) ULP Padang Panjang has not run optimally. The inhibiting factors for the Same Day Service Program are the lack of socialization of the implementor to the program targets, the lack of human and financial resources and the mechanism set out in the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) which does not pay attention to the inhibiting aspects in the program implementation process.


Visa restrictions that prevent foreign doctors taking up their posts in the NHS should be abolished permanently after Brexit, the government's Migration Advisory Committee has recommended.

Currently, doctors from the European Economic Area are allowed to work in the UK without any restrictions, but those from outside the EEA need a "tier 2" visa. A cap on the number of tier 2 visas issued to doctors and nurses from outside the EEA who had been offered posts in the NHS was lifted in July after pressure from, among others, The BMJ 's Scrap the Cap campaign (bmj.com/scrap-the-cap).

In its final report to the government on immigration from the EEA and how the UK's post-Brexit work immigration system should work, the committee said that after Brexit the cap should be …


Let (X,d,m) be a geodesic metric measure space. Consider a geodesic μt in the L2 ‐Wasserstein space. Then as s goes to t , the support of μs and the support of μt have to overlap, provided an upper bound on the densities holds. We give a more precise formulation of this self‐intersection property. Given a geodesic of (X,d,m) and t∈[0,1] , we consider the set of times for which this geodesic belongs to the support of μt . We prove that t is a point of Lebesgue density 1 for this set, in the integral sense. Our result applies to spaces satisfying CD(K,∞) . The non‐branching property is not needed.


A bowl-shaped body formed in a single piece of graphite, fiberglass or impregnated fabric and having a waist separating a smaller upper bowl portion from a larger lower bowl portion. The lower bowl portion has a circular bout and is substantially deeper than the upper bowl portion. Preferably, the upper bowl portion also has a cutaway portion adjacent the fretboard, for fingering at the higher positions, and a more deeply curving waist portion on the same side to allow the guitar to be more easily held during playing.


DAREonline is a web-based tool for domain engineering. It supports the DARE framework in a centralized platform-independent environment. Our approach leverages concepts of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to aggregate data and functionality from diverse sources that can be helpful in domain engineering. In this demo, we describe DAREonline's architecture and implementation 1 .


Concentrating solar power (CSP) facilities are comprised of many miles of fluid-filled pipes arranged in large grids with reflective mirrors used to capture radiation from the sun. Solar radiation heats the fluid which is used to produce steam necessary to power large electricity generation turbines. Currently, organic, oil-based fluid in the pipes has a maximum temperature threshold of 400 °C, allowing for the production of electricity at approximately 15 cents per kilowatt hour. The DOE hopes to foster the development of an advanced heat transfer fluid that can operate within higher temperature ranges. The new heat transfer fluid, when used with other advanced technologies, could significantly decrease solar electricity cost. Lower costs would make solar thermal electricity competitive with gas and coal and would offer a clean, renewable source of energy. Molten salts exhibit many desirable heat transfer qualities within the range of the project objectives. Halotechnics developed advanced heat transfer fluids (HTFs) for application in solar thermal power generation. This project focused on complex mixtures of inorganic salts that exhibited a high thermal stability, a low melting point, and other favorable characteristics. A high-throughput combinatorial research and development program was conducted in order to achieve the project objective. Overmore » 19,000 candidate formulations were screened. The workflow developed to screen various chemical systems to discover salt formulations led to mixtures suitable for use as HTFs in both parabolic trough and heliostat CSP plants. Furthermore, salt mixtures which will not interfere with fertilizer based nitrates were discovered. In addition for use in CSP, the discovered salt mixtures can be applied to electricity storage, heat treatment of alloys and other industrial processes.« less


Although many analyses on aliasing errors have been reported, no definite experiments has been reported on aliasing probabilities under built-in self-test (BIST) environment. In this paper, the authors present experimental results on the aliasing probability of the circular BIST design technique. Among 23 ISCAS89 benchmark circuits experimented, aliasing errors were detected in only 2 of the 23 circuits at the end of the application of 2000 clocks. However, 11 circuits encountered aliaising errors during the period of the 2000 clocks. The average and maximum aliasing probability observed in an 8 and a 16 bit signature analysis registers for the 23 circuits are also presented. No aliasing errors were observed for a 32 bit signature analysis register.<<ETX>>


Abstract : This volume presents the findings of the U.S. Coast Guard's two year demonstration and evaluation (DE analyzes SARSAT's role in actual distress cases; discusses operations of the system's radio beacons, satellites, Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Centers, U.S. Mission Control Center, Local User Terminals, and ground communications; appraises the system's long term economic costs and benefits; and assesses achievement of project objectives. Results indicate that the COSPAS/SARSAT system increased the role of radio beacons in search and rescue cases and provided key information in locating more than one third of Coast Guard ELT/EPIRB distress cases during the DE Satellite Aided Tracking; Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon; Emergency Locator Transmitter; Image Rejection; Alarm Rates.


Discusses the use in early Greek epic poetry of "ētor", one of the three terms for "heart". This word serves frequently as a seat of emotion in individuals, especially of joy, anger and grief. It can also be involved in thought, particularly in emotional situations.


Infections caused by carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriales (CPE) represent a significant threat in clinical settings. blaOXA-48 is one of the most frequent carbapenemase genes among Enterobacteriales. The blaOXA-48 is typically encoded on the prototypical IncL conjugative pOXA-48 plasmid. The pOXA-48 plasmid encodes only the blaOXA-48 resistance gene. However, aminoglycoside and extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) resistance genes have also been detected on the same pOXA-48 plasmid backbone. These pOXA-48 plasmids encoding additional antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes have been associated with both poor patient outcome and increased minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) to antibiotics including broad-spectrum cephalosporins. The blaOXA-48 gene was sourced from the pOXA-48 reference plasmid and set as a query using the BLASTn tool. Non-duplicate blaOXA-48 containing plasmids were downloaded, incompatibility typed and annotated for resistance genes using ResFinder 4.0. Bioinformatic analyses identified three distinct variants of the pOXA-48 plasmid encoding 4, 5, and 6 antimicrobial resistance genes. All plasmids encoded the ESBL blaCTX-M-14b, blaOXA-48 and either 2, 3 or 4 aminoglycoside resistance genes, in addition to conjugative transfer machinery. Plasmid variants 1 and 3 encoded aminoglycoside genes bracketed between IS26 and ISEc63 insertion elements, forming a potential transposon. The potential transposon structure had resemblance to the Tn5393 transposon (accession: M96392), including both aph(3'')-Ib, aph(6)-Id genes, and a Tn3 resolvase. The IS element ISEcp1 lies upstream of blaCTX-M-14b. All three plasmid variants appear related. Notably, all pOXA-48 plasmid variants were identified in multiple countries. In particular, variant 1 including 6 AMR genes was detected in 7 unique countries. Plasmids encoding additional AMR genes were associated with clinical/surveillance samples suggesting antibiotic pressure in clinical settings may promote changes in the resistome of pOXA-48. Acquisition of pOXA-48 resistant plasmids carrying additional AMR genes beyond blaOXA-48 can change the resistome of susceptible isolates in a single-step, rendering previously susceptible strains refractory to almost all available treatment options.


In order to more effectively understand the difference among protection performances of the power towers in different terrains,the lightning frequency distributions on the power towers in three different terrains in the Pearl River Delta is analyzed.A statistical model of regional lightning is established to obtain lightning data.The lightning distribution of 10 years in the three terrains in the Pearl River Delta is statistically analyzed based on the lightning location system.The results show that the frequency of lightning stroke in mountain terrain is slightly higher than that in plain construction zone;though the towers in plain construction zone are protected by the near tall buildings,the number of lightning in this region is larger than the number in plain vegetation zone.The statistics indicate that the growth rate of the lightning number increases significantly in plain construction zone,but decreases in either mountain zone or plain vegetation zone.Moreover,a software for electric field simulation is used to analyze the field distributions around the towers in the three terrains,and the result verifies the reasonability of the proposed statistical method.


Low-light image enhancement aims to improve the visual quality of images captured under poor lighting conditions. While recent works have successfully developed deep learning-based solutions, a large number of existing works require ground-truth normal-light images during training, and most methods are not designed to exploit and preserve semantic information in the low-light inputs. In this paper, we propose a semantics-aware yet unsupervised low-light enhancement model based on gamma correction. Without observing ground-truth images or semantic annotations of the low-light inputs, our model learns via the introduced semantics-aware adversarial learning scheme with the associated objectives given a set of unpaired reference images of interest. Guided by such high-quality reference images and the inherent semantic practicality, our proposed method performs favorably against recent unsupervised low-light enhancement approaches.