To understand the processes which control the rate of plastic deformation it is necessary to determine the atomic parameters and in particular the activation volume. The true activation volume can be identified only if the stress dependence of deformation rate is described by a valid expression. To determine this expression a kinetics analysis has to be carried out, often for a system of parallel and consecutive energy barriers. This is an intricate procedure which has to be carried out in well‐defined steps and in the order of increasing complexity of barrier combinations. Furthermore, the validity of the numerical values obtained in the analysis has to be established. This process of deformation kinetics analyis is elucidated and the method is described fully.


Scintillation characteristics of undoped and Cu+-doped lithium tetraborate Li2B4O7 (LTB) were studied including optical transmittance, photoluminescence, radioluminescence for X- and gamma-rays, alpha/gamma ratio, and decay kinetics. The total time-integrated LYs in undoped and Cu+-doped LTB for X-rays are ~600 and ~760 ph/MeV (photons/MeV), respectively. The decay kinetics in undoped and Cu+-doped LTB are similar to each other. Typical decay spectra for pulsed X-rays can be fitted with four exponentials: for fast (t1~0.8 ns, t2~25-50 ns), medium (t3~300-400 ns), and slow (t4~20-30 ms) components. The slow component occupies about 60% of the total LY, while the fast ones less than 10%. The 10-90% rise time was 163 ps. The alpha/gamma ratio was 0.18 for external 241Am alpha-rays. The obtained increase in LY due to Cu+ doping remains modest. The Cu+-induced emission contains both fast and slow components, requiring further studies of the emission mechanism to explain the fast component.


Speed of sound and attenuation as a function of frequency between 2 and 18 MHz were measured and compared for a cancerous prostate cell line and a healthy prostate cell line. Speed of sound for the cancerous cells line was found to be 1521.4 $\pm$ 0.8~m/s, which was equivalent to the speed of sound for the healthy cell line of 1521.5 $\pm$ 0.6~m/s. The average attenuation coefficient was 0.091 $\pm$ 0.003 $\frac{\rm{dB}}{\rm{cm-MHz}}$ for the cancerous prostate cell line and 0.057 $\pm$ 0.003 $\frac{\rm{dB}}{\rm{cm-MHz}}$ for the healthy prostate cell line, showing a higher attenuation for the cancerous cell line.


A 16 QAM system was designed according to the principle of QAM and simulated using MATLAB.The simulation results show that the performance of QAM modulation is superior to PSK modulation.


Patatin‐like phospholipase domain‐containing protein 3 (PNPLA3) rs738409 polymorphism is associated with NAFLD severity and the PNPLA3 gene is expressed in the kidneys, but whether PNPLA3 rs738409 polymorphism is also associated with renal tubular injury (RTI) is uncertain. We assessed the effect of PNPLA3 genotypes on biomarkers of RTI and glomerular function in subjects with NAFLD who had either normal (nALT) or abnormal (abnALT) alanine aminotransaminase levels.


The explosion of mass tourism since the end of the Second World War has had a tangible effect on crucial flows of manpower, investment and production strategy towards the leisure economy in a large part of the world, with changes that take us back to what occurred two hundred years earlier in the heat of the Industrial Revolution. However, perhaps it is in particular areas (as was the case with the thrust of industrialisation) such as the Mediterranean basin, where this view can be identified more accurately. Both approaches are reflected in the key objectives of the work. In the first section of this research we discuss the major figures available on the growth of tourism since the Second World War, whilst at the same time outlining the fundamental theoretical keystones of the study: the claim with regard to a particular techno-economic paradigm in the case of mass tourism, involved in the fifth technological revolution seen since the Industrial Revolution. The second section deals specifically with the Mediterranean in its main tourism elements, based on the sources available: number of visitors, overnight stays and tourism expenditure. Finally, some conclusions are offered in order to summarise the work.


The invention relates to a method for extracting alpha-mangostin from a mangosteen fruit peel. The method comprises the following realization steps: (I) extracting the mangosteen fruit peel; (II) concentrating an extracting solution; mixing the extracting solution of every time and concentrating under reduced pressure to obtain a concentrated solution; (III) leaching the solution; (IV) carrying out silica gel column chromatography; (V) carrying out coarse crystallization; and (VI) carrying out recrystallization: adding a primary crystal into an organic solvent with the volume of 1 to 5 times to carry out thermal dissolution; placing the solution after finishing the thermal dissolution, reducing the temperature to a room temperature, carrying out recrystallization, and controlling the crystallization time to between 10 and 20 hours; and filtering and centrifugating a recrystallization liquid, drying the liquid in vacuum to obtain the 98 percent alpha-mangostin. The method has the advantages of simple process and short operation time.


Presents corrections to the paper, "Direction of Arrival Estimation for Monostatic MIMO Radar Using Reduced- Dimension RISR Algorithm," (Xiaofang, D., et al), 11th International Symposium on Antennas, Propagation and EM Theory (ISAPE), Guilin, China, October 18-21, 2016.


The present invention provides a magnetron, a magnetron including a central partition, and partitioning edge magnetron driving mechanism, the driving mechanism may be synchronized or independently driven magnet group and the edge of the center partition magnetron magnetic partition, and the above-described magnet group run according to a predetermined trajectory in the respective partition magnetron. The present invention provides a magnetron can effectively improve the entire target region, particularly of the metal atoms from the edge of the area, thereby improving the uniformity of the edge region of the substrate pore filling. Further, the present invention also provides an application of the thin film deposition processing apparatus of the magnetron.


The Microfinance Act of 2006, and its subsequent amendments through the Microfinance (Amendment) Act of 2013, provided a legal framework to guide Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Kenya that wished to transform into regulated deposit-taking microfinance banks. This was expected to drive growth in the microfinance sector but by 2010, only three (3) MFIs had successfully transformed. Whereas evidence from other countries suggests planning as a major factor affecting the transformation of MFIs, the available information is not conclusive on the specific aspects of planning that affect transformation and the magnitude of the effect. This study, therefore, sought to determine the role of planning in the transformation of microfinance institutions into microfinance banks in Kenya. The specific objectives were to establish the effect of various aspects of planning on the transformation of microfinance institutions into microfinance banks in Kenya and to make recommendations for improving the level of success with transformations in future. The target population was 48 institutions that were members of the Association of Microfinance Institutions in Kenya as at 1 January 2013. The study selected 25 MFIs using purposive sampling. Four respondents, comprising of managers and/or board members, were then selected from each of the 25 MFIs using simple random sampling; thereby giving the survey a total sample of 100. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The Scientific Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to aid in the entry, storage and analysis of data. The study used both descriptive and inferential statistical data analysis. First, descriptive data analysis was undertaken to establish the distribution of various data items using the mode. Inferential statistical analysis was then done to test for the existence and strength of relationship between the independent and dependent variables. This was done using the Pearson Chi-square Test for Independence, which is considered appropriate where the independent and dependent variables are categorical as was the case in this study. Out of the five aspects of planning, the study established that only convincing the board and management on the need to transform was a significant challenge in the transformation of International Journal of Advanced Research in ISSN: 2278-6236 Management and Social Sciences Impact Factor: 6.284 Vol. 5 | No. 7 | July 2016 www.garph.co.uk IJARMSS | 119 MFIs into microfinance banks in Kenya. Overall, the study found no significant association between planning and MFI transformation status in Kenya and concluded that planning was not a significant challenge. The study recommends that MFIs in Kenya wishing to transform should approach the process with confidence that planning activities will not pose any serious challenges. The study also recommends that MFIs in Kenya that wish to transform into microfinance banks should be prepared to spend time and other resources on educating the board and management way before presenting to them the proposal for transformation.


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BACKGROUND

In this study, a polyethersulfone composite hollow fiber membrane was used for the separation of water vapor from mixed gas. For improvement of the separation properties, the fabricated membrane was coated with cellulose acetate (CA) and polyethylene glycol (PEG).

RESULTS

Experiments on the permeation of water vapor and N2 gas mixture were performed to observe membrane behavior as a function of the coating conditions, such as the composition and molecular weight of PEG. The water vapor permeance and selectivity of water vapor/N2 improved from 68.5 GPU to 444.1 GPU and from 76.1 to 175.5, respectively, using 5 wt% PEG 2000 blended coating solution.

CONCLUSION

An increase in the PEG content and molecular weight of the coating solution affected the permeance and selectivity due to the hydrophilicity of PEG and the structural changes of the coating layer. © 2014 Society of Chemical Industry


A new record species:Aglenchus agricola belonging to the genus Aglenchus was found in soil samples collected from the rhizosphere of Lycopersicon esculentum in North China.


The resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) technique has been used to probe the dynamics of NO scattering from oxygen-covered Si(100) as a function of incident beam energy Ei and incident angle θi. A direct inelastic scattering process as well as a trapping-desorption process was observed to occur even for the lowest incident energy available in our apparatus, 0.09 eV. Considerable loss in the peak velocity was found to be Ei-dependent for the direct inelastic component scattered at the specular angle. The angular width of the scattering lobe increased with increasing Ei. These facts are qualitatively explained in terms of the surface corrugation.


Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) share many risk factors. While kidney complications are seen in 4%–23% of patients with longstanding IBD, it is unknown whether low kidney function may predispose to developing IBD.

 We analyzed the association between estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and the risk of being diagnosed with IBD among 1 612 160 adults without prior IBD history who accessed healthcare in Stockholm during 2006–18. We categorized eGFR into five groups: <30,  30–59, 60–89, 90–104, 105 + mL/min/1.73m2 with 90–104 being the reference group. Flexible parametric survival models with stepwise adjustments and piecewise linear splines were used to investigate the association between eGFR, IBD and IBD-subtypes (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and IBD unclassified). IBD cases were identified by two or more records with an IBD diagnosis. Subgroup analyses explored the consistency of the associations between age strata, sex, background education and the presence of selected comorbidities. To explore the possibility of detection bias and reverse causation, we estimated IBD risks from the first year after baseline eGFR.

 We detected 9663 new cases of IBD (Crohn's disease: n = 3299 and ulcerative colitis: n = 5072), over a median follow-up of 9 years. Linear splines suggested the association between eGFR and IBD to be J-shaped, with higher IBD risk at both eGFR extremes. After multivariable adjustment and compared with eGFR 90–104 mL/min/1.73 m2 lower eGFR strata were associated with higher IBD risk {adjusted hazard ratio (HR), 1.14; [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 0.99–1.32] for eGFR = 30–59 mL/min and 1.63; 1.14–2.33 for eGFR <30 mL/min}. This association was stronger in magnitude for Crohn's disease, with an HR of 1.32 (1.03–1.71) for eGFR = 30–59 mL/min and 2.22 (1.24–3.97) for eGFR <30 mL/min. Subgroup analyses showed consistency across age, education categories, presence of diabetes and of CVD, but suggested that the association between low eGFR and IBD was stronger in women and in the absence of hypertension (P for interaction <.05). Associations were slightly attenuated after excluding IBD cases during the first year of follow-up, indicating the presence of detection bias and/or reverse causation.

 We observed an association between decreased eGFR and the risk of developing IBD, which was stronger in magnitude for Crohn's disease, but that could be partly explained by bias.


Methods and systems for improving quality of an ultrasonic image can be provided. As required, the transmission of ultrasound pulses with high power is not aufrechtzuerhaltender temporarily or spatially interrupted by ultrasonic pulses with low power, zero power or standard performance. In response to one operated by the user triggers a physiological trigger a system timer or a trigger from external equipment will see the pulses not aufrechterhaltbarer high performance a better signal-to-noise ratio and / or increased imaging frequencies for difficult to be represented patients in one of various modes before, such as the B-mode, the harmonic B-mode responsive to tissue or contrast agents, or the flow of ink. Ultrasonic pulses with high power aufrechtzuerhaltender not cause an increase in tissue temperature within the body and at the interface between the energy converter 14 and the skin. A standard imaging or standard high-power pulses can increase both temperatures of about 6 ° C with the time such. B. from a normal body temperature of 37 ° C to an average of 43 ° C. The ultrasonic pulses with non aufrechtzuerhaltender high power can cause the temperature exceeds 43 ° C during a limited period of time. For example, the increase in situ temperature to 50 ° C for one second, the temperature but not on ...


Theory lessons teaching of Physical Education Institute can draw some inspiration that lay stress on worth of students from constructivism study theory.It is very important respect that the teaching of theory lessons in Physical Education Institute should ecourage students to explore and create by themselves.It can make them develop better.The development of teachers is the key that improve quality of the teaching of theory lessons in Physical Education Institute.So we must give constructivism study theory a right understanding.


P157 WEEKLY AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS) PATIENT MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE–PIVOTAL ROLE IN PATIENT CARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH OF CAROLINAS NEUROMUSCULAR/ALS-MDA CENTER DISEASE-SPECIFIC CARE CERTIFICATION PROCESS NP Smith, NM Williams, MS Nichols, J Smrcina, VL Langford, KA Wright, AL Ward, SE Holsten, MS Sanjak, MP Fischer, EK Bravver, WL Bockenek, SS Lindblom, TJ Paccico, K Walgren, LH Frumkin, BR Brooks P158 INTEGRATION OF HOME CARE INTO DISEASE-SPECIFIC CERTIFICATION BY HOME CARE RN COORDINATOR AT CAROLINAS NEUROMUSCULAR/ALS-MDA CENTER: DEVELOPMENT OF BENCHMARKS FOR IMPROVING PATIENT CARE MS Nichols, NM Williams, NP Smith, J Smrcina, A Blythe, KA Wright, AL Ward, AM Henderson, MP Fischer, VL Langford, EK Bravver, UG Desai, SE Holsten, MS Sanjak, SS Lindblom, TJ Paccico, WL Bockenek, BR Brooks


Magnetic separation technology was applied to remove dispersants and crude oil from water with magnetite and maghemite. Maghemite exhibited rather constant removal efficiency for dispersants regardless of surfactant types, while magnetite exhibited higher removal efficiency for anionic surfactant, and the efficiency was higher in deionized water than in salty water that contains more ions. Sorption of the dispersants to magnetite can be explained with electrostatic attraction, while binding of the dispersants to maghemite can be described with electrostatic attraction as well as with the structural characteristics that provide high sorption capacity. The result from a water bath experiment, which was to test the collection efficiency of magnetic particles from water,indicated that the recovery efficiency of magnetic particles was nearly 100% after the dispersants had been sorbed. More than 80% of the oil was collected when the magnetite-to-oil ratio was more than 0.89, while the same percentage of oil was harvested when the maghemite-to-oil ratio was more than 0.46 in the oil removal experiment. Sorption of crude oil to magnetic particles can be explained with the fine particle–oil flocculation,which is associated with an electrostatic attraction between the magnetic particles with charged surface and polar compounds in the crude oil.


The use of dynamic holographic interferometry using holocameras and volume holographic optical elements to characterize the orientation and shape of objects, e.g., airplanes and water droplets, are discussed.


Fiber reinforced organic matrix composites, due to their lower density, are being considered for armor applications where weight is an important factor. In this work, shock wave experiments were performed on Glass Reinforced Polyester (GRP) composite to investigate delamination due to normal and off-axis impact. This study extends the prior work of Dandekar and Beaulieu which examined both the compressive and tensile strengths of GRP under normal loading conditions. Symmetric impact shock wave experiments were performed on a 102 mm slotted barrel single-stage light gas gun over a range of obliquity to 26 degrees. Oblique impact geometry was chosen to investigate the shear strain dependence of the delamination process. Particle velocity history was measured by VISAR and the "pull-back" signal typifying delamination provided a measure of the delamination strength. Delamination was detected from measurements of the particle velocity history using VISAR. Delamination values as low as 0.007 GPa were recorded f...


and efficacy of a PCT-guided versus a standard of care approach. The results of this analysis did not show a correlation between the PCT-driven decision to prescribe antibiotics and a higher rate of mortality or treatment failure, but most of the patients were enrolled in a primary care or emergency department setting, and the adherence to the protocol algorithm ranged from 47 to 91%. Finally, the authors suggested to use PCT values to exclude acute respiratory infections in patients at low risk of severe bacterial infections (primary care and emergency room settings), while in patients at higher risk (intensive care setting) PCT should be used to determine when antibacterial treatment could be safely discontinued [7] . More recently, Kutz et al. [8] published another interesting analysis based on the same pooled database, evaluating over 4,000 patients with acute respiratory tract infections, in which they investigated the prognostic value of admission PCT levels to predict an adverse outcome (treatment failure and mortality) in patients with acute respiratory tract infections. They concluded that this biomarker had the best ability to predict treatment failure in the emergency setting; in contrast, in the primary and intensive care settings they did not find any significant correlation between PCT levels and poor outcome. Moreover, in patients admitted for COPDE, it was found that PCT levels (cutoff 0.25 ng/ml) had a predictive value for treatment failure (positive predictive value [PPV] 23%; NPV 88%) and mortality (PPV 8%; NPV 98%). In their study, Ergan et al. [4] showed an NPV of 80% using only the PCT value. Moreover, in this retrospective monocentric study, the authors concluded that PCT levels higher than 0.25 ng/ ml, generally used for non-ICU patients [1] , had a prognostic relevance in estimating hospital mortality in that setting, but in their analysis of 63 cases of COPDE, 15 patients died (23%) during hospitalization, but 5 of them (one-third of the total) had PCT values lower than 0.25 ng/ml, confirming a low NPV for this biomarker. In conclusion, PCT levels alone seem not to be able to exclude or confirm, with a sufficient accuracy, the bacterial etiology of exacerbations. Moreover, concerning the prediction of hospital mortality, a negative (<0.25 ng/ml) PCT has a poor predictive value, as recently demonstrated in septic patients [9] , but further studies in severe COPDEs requiring mechanical ventilation support are needed to confirm these findings. However, PCT is not specific for sepsis, and values need to be interpreted in the context of a full clinical evaluation [10] . Certainly, for critically ill patients requiring mechanical ventilation in whom hypercapnia could be a very important factor related to mortality, research into better diagnostic workouts and prognostic factors is necessary, but the clinical complexity of these individuals requires assessing scores including many items (demographic, clinical, laboratory) to define useful tools for making clinical decisions with a good and practical accuracy. In the last 2 decades, serum procalcitonin (PCT) has played a widely accepted role in the diagnosis of sepsis due to bacterial agents. Recently, the clearance of serum PCT has been shown to be useful in driving the duration of antibiotic therapy in patients affected by pneumonia [1] or COPD exacerbation (COPDE) [2, 3] , but these latter findings require further confirmation. Finally, the role of PCT in diagnosis and prognosis among critically infectious patients is still controversial. Ergan et al. [4] have recently published a retrospective monocentric study including 63 patients admitted to ICU for severe COPDEs requiring mechanical ventilations (noninvasive ventilation or invasive mechanical ventilation). In this study, the authors attributed a diagnostic and prognostic role to PCT values. The primary aim was to determine whether the level of serum PCT at admission had a prognostic value for hospital mortality. The secondary aim was to determine the role of PCT in identifying a bacterial exacerbation. They showed that admission PCT levels were useful in estimating hospital mortality for those patients, and that a PCT level <0.25 ng/ml at the time of admission and during follow-up was suggestive of a non-bacterialrelated cause of the exacerbation. A previous study evaluated the meaning of positive values of PCT using a different cutoff (>0.5 ng/ml) when prospectively assessing the bacterial involvement in severe COPDE, but these authors revealed further criteria, such as positive endotracheal aspirate, to have a better accuracy, with a good negative predictive value (NPV) (95%) [5] . In 2012, Schuetz et al. [6] analyzed pooled data about 14 trials, including 4,221 patients with varying severity of acute respiratory tract infections and from different clinical settings, and evaluated the use of the PCT value in guiding initiation and duration of antibiotic treatment. They compared the safety Published online: January 7, 2017


We present extensive tables of the atomic partition function (APF) for nickel ions, Ni I - Ni X. Partition functions are given over wide range of temperature, 10^3 K < T < 10^6 K, and lowering of ionization energy (0.001 eV < LIE < 5.0 eV), both taken as independent variables. Our APF take into account all energy levels predicted by quantum mechanics, including autoionization levels. The tables can be applied for the computations of model stellar atmospheres and theoretical spectra over very wide range of spectral classes, from the coolest K-M dwarfs up to the hottest main sequence, giant, and white dwarf stars. This include also model spectra of supersoft X-ray sources and accretion discs in interacting binaries.


Relevance: The new challenges for Kazakhstan's economy have emerged in the aftermath of current geopolitical tensions, especially after Kazakhstani businesses have found themselves under the threat of the US and EU secondary sanctions. The industries of the export-oriented metals and mining sector were hit the hardest. Kazakhstani enterprises in their attempts to navigate the sometimes contradictory trends in world trade responded in a variety of ambivalent ways. This situation clearly requires more research. While the lack of large data volumes makes qualitative diagnostics and scenario-based forecasting extremely difficult, the proposed approach may prove to be a viable solution. Research objective: This study aims to identify and describe the main models of behaviour demonstrated by Kazakhstani companies that seek to manage the risk of secondary sanctions and mitigate their export losses. Data and methods: To study the responses of Kazakhstani companies to the risk of secondary sanctions, the case study method was used, which provides us with a broader view on the companies of different sizes and territorial presence. The cases are then systematized to identify the key types of corporate responses to secondary sanctions. The study relies on the observations and data gathered from the documentations of Kazakhstani companies, media publications, reviews, the List of Items Prohibited for Export and Import in Russia and the Republic of Belarus Pursuant to Sanctions, and the normative legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Results: The study has brought to light the models of behaviour demonstrated by large enterprises and junior companies in Kazakhstan's metals and mining industry. Seeking to minimize the risk of secondary sanctions, Kazakhstani enterprises choose different behaviour models. A comprehensive in-depth content-analysis has revealed the basic trends in the development of Kazakhstan's metals and mining sector. Conclusions: The analysis of the resulting portfolio of cases has shown differences in the responses of large companies affiliated with TNCs and small and medium-sized juniors. The study also brought to light the sanctions' negative impact on the development of Kazakhstan's economy.


Linguistics (this issue). . Arapaho: Errata. International Journal of American Linguistics (this issue). [A denial of the assertion by others that Arapaho has an 1 sound.] . [Unpublished field notes.] [Father Sifton, S. J.]. An English-Aani (Gros Ventres) Dictionary; and Grammar of the Aani or Gros Ventres Language. Manuscript in archives of Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington. 2 volumes. Smith, John S. [New Vocabularies West of the Mississippi.] Information Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States (ed. H. R. Schoolcraft). Part III. Philadelphia, 1853. [Pages 446-458 contain an Arapaho vocabu-


As AIS data play an increasingly important role in intelligent shipping and shipping regulation, research on AIS trajectories has attracted more attention. Effective measurement is a critical issue in AIS trajectory research. It directly impacts downstream research areas such as anomaly detection, trajectory clustering, and trajectory prediction. However, the extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive traditional pairwise methods for calculating different types of distances between trajectories hinders the large-scale application and further analysis of AIS data. To tackle these issues, we introduce AISim—a metric learning framework that utilizes heterogeneous graph neural networks. This framework includes a spatial pre-training graph and a hierarchical heterogeneous graph, which incorporate spatial and sequential dependency to extract latent features from vessel trajectories. This approach enhances the model's ability to capture a more accurate representation of the trajectories and approximate various similarity measurements. Extensive experiments on multiple real trajectory datasets have verified the effectiveness and generality of the proposed framework. AISim outperforms advanced learning-based models by 5% to 66% on the HR10 metric in top-k search tasks. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed framework facilitates research on AIS trajectory similarity learning, thereby promoting the development of AIS trajectory analysis.


The rise of theft, loss and embezzlement of motorbikes in the city of Medan is never ending even no longer a public secret, every day there are always reports of motorcycle loss in the Old Deli Police Station for that the writer feels interested in doing a study about the theft of the motorcycle. The method used in this study is normative juridical and analytical descriptive. Judge's consideration in examining cases of embezzlement has incriminating and mitigating matters. The aggravating thing is that the Defendant's actions can disturb the community and the mitigating thing is that the Defendant admitted frankly his actions and regretted them and the Defendant has never been punished. Efforts made by law enforcers against motorcycle embezzlement are preventive measures, which are efforts that prevent acts or criminal offenses occurring both institutionally and in coordination with the local community. While other efforts are repressive efforts, namely efforts that are emphasized in the criminal process against the perpetrators after the crime occurred, so that it creates a deterrent effect on the perpetrators so that they do not commit-another-crime


The tragedy theory of Max and Engels is rich in content and of universal applicability.They believed: The social origin of tragedy is " the tragical conflicts between the inevitable demand of history and the impossibility of it";the artistic truth of tragedy must respect historical truth,but also allow reasonable artistic imagination and fiction;application of the principle and method of realism to depict characters requires the organic combination of character's uniqueness and universality;literary creation should "boast useful idea","historical content" and "vivid and rich plot" because they are the development trend of drama.


Sexual health is essential to the complete well-being of every individual, and provision of all-inclusive and superior-quality information about living a healthful sexual life is necessary for everyone in a community, especially for youths. Using data collected in 2019 from 467 male and female immigrant youths between 18 and 34 years of age who resided in a suburb of the inner city of Johannesburg, this secondary analytical study examined the determining factors of sources of information about sexual health, using condoms inconsistently, and engaging in multiple sexual relationships. Binary logistic regression and negative binomial regression models were employed to understand the relationships between explanatory variables and outcome variables. The determinants of the sources of information about sexual health were gender, educational attainment level, wealth index, and age at first sexual intercourse. Gender, age group, marital status, and migration status were the determining factors for inconsistency of condom use. Gender, migration status, marital status, age at first sexual intercourse, and having had sex while drunk were the determinants of engaging in multiple sexual relationships. Avoiding behaviours that expose individuals to sexual risks and the negative consequences of unprotected sexual activity is crucial for youths. This study shows that receiving information about sexual health from informal sources and high-risk sexual behaviour are major public health problems amongst the immigrant youths.


The promotion of the construction of judge's professionalization is the prerequisite for the guarantee of the quality of the judge and the realization of judicial justice. To achieve this goal, efforts must be done at present to undertake the reform of the selection system of judges by way of establishing high quality legal personnel bank.


The mathematical formula recognition presented by "Eto and Suzuki" last year is robust against errors of the character recognition to some extent. However, there are some cases causing a fatal error of structure analysis. We propose a method by Center-Band obtained by using the result of the character recognition only statistically. It considerably improves the structure analysis. We report our new method and the result of the experiment.


The mole rats, subterranean rodents native to East Africa, exhibit high longevity of about 10-30 years
compared to other rodents. Compared to humans and other mammals in which age-related diseases
are apparent, this rodent shows little or no indications of these conditions because of evolved
mechanisms allowing advanced age with high activity, bone health, unaffected reproductive
capacity, and a constant brain capacity during its lifetime. Exploring the molecular mechanisms that
allow mole rats to survive in "extreme" environments (dark, low oxygen concentration, etc.), cancer
avoidance as well as the ability to kill cancer cells may be the key to understanding the molecular
nature and identifying new anticancer strategies. In this review we describe the mechanisms of mole
rats (Heterocephalus and Spalax) in the evasion of cancer, highlighting the importance of hyaluronic
acid of high molecular weight secreted by fibroblasts of these species, which accumulates due to
reduced activity of enzymes that degrade hyaluronan. We also consider some molecular pathways
that regulate uncontrolled cell proliferation, aging, where there are marked differences between the
rats and our species.


In revising the distribution and conservation status of Jasminum in Thailand, a new species, Jasminum bhumibolianum Chalermglin, was discovered in NE Thailand. It is described and illustrated and its conservation status is assessed as Critically Endangered.


Disposal of mill tailings is one of the major problems in mining industry. Investigations are being done all over the world to utilize tailings for useful purposes. The scope of this work is to study the utilization of iron ore tailings in manufacture of concrete paving blocks. Five reference mixes were prepared using cement, jelly dust and baby jelly. Ten paving blocks were prepared from each type of mix, out of which five specimens were cured for 7 days and five were cured for 28 days. By using sand and tailings as fine aggregates, two modified mixes were prepared by replacing jelly dust partly in reference mixes. Similar to reference mix, five mix ratios were made and ten paving blocks were prepared from each type of mixtures. From each set of paving blocks, five specimens were cured for 7 days and the other five specimens were cured for 28 days. Laboratory tests were conducted to assess water absorption and compressive strength of specimens, and graphs were plotted for their comparison among each type of respective mix ratios. In all the comparisons, compressive strength of tailing based mix was higher than the respective reference mix. Similar trend is shown by the graphs plotted for water absorption.


ABSTRACT Today, most social care decisions in the UK are made by groups of professionals, often known as panels. Given the importance of these decisions, which often determine the future of children and adults, it is important that they produce optimal outcomes for all concerned. This article investigates the impact of the management of these meetings in achieving the best possible outcomes. In particular, it sets out to understand in greater depth how psychoanalytic factors impact on individual and group thinking, and seeks to identify aspects of meeting management, such as effective chairing, which could minimise the impact of these factors. To achieve this, the operation of adoption and fostering panels in the UK was observed, and the data analysed to determine the factors which most affect panel performance. The study identified four themes of meeting management relevant to social care, and other, meetings, that could improve decision making. These themes are task focus, structure and organisation, professionalism and scrutiny.


1. Key features of FMD 1.1. The disease: Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) causes an acute vesicular disease in cloven-hoofed animals, including cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, buffalo and various wildlife species. The onset of disease can be very rapid. In pigs and cattle, especially, this is accompanied by fever, painful blistering, lameness and loss of appetite. Secondary infections are not uncommon, particularly of the feet, causing chronic lameness and delayed healing and similarly mastitis may be a common sequel in dairy cattle. The acute phase of the disease lasts for approximately a week receding in the face of a mounting immune response of which the antibody response appears to be of particular importance as it is highly efficient in clearing virus from the blood stream. Mortality can occur in young animals, due to infection of the heart muscle causing circulatory failure. The loss of yield and the significant suffering coupled with the highly contagious nature of the disease are the ultimate reasons for controlling FMDV. 1.2. The virus: FMDV is one of the smallest of animal viruses. The name of the family to which FMDV belongs, the Picornaviridae, literally means small (pico) RNA (rna) virus (viridae). The family contains several members of medical importance, including those causing common colds (rhinoviruses), polio (poliomyelitis), and infectious hepatitis (hepatitis A). The particle (virion) consists of the genetic material, RNA, packed into a spherical protein shell approximately 1/40,000ths of a millimetre in diameter. The virus multiplies by invading a host cell and reprogramming it with its own genetic information to manufacture more virus. Picornaviruses are among the most elemental of parasites in that the genome – a single molecule of RNA – also serves as the messenger (mRNA), which redirects the cellular machinery to make viral protein. The FMDV RNA molecule carries the genetic information for 12 viral proteins, which have been given the names (we shall be referring to them later) and 3D. These proteins are " reeled off " in one long string, such that many of them also exist in combinations, like 3ABC. Viral proteins 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D make up the protein shell of the virion, which also contains traces of non-structural proteins, some of which, such as 3D cannot be purified away. The other viral proteins listed above participate in replicatory and other functions within the host cell and are not part of the virion structure; hence their collective …


Dental implants is the replacement of missing teeth long lasting treatment modality providing functional and esthetic integrity ,making dental implants treatment more advanced and ameliorated1 . Grafts are widely used in immediate dental implants for stability and deficiency of bone. grafts may be autogenous bone grafts or hydroxyapatite nano particles bone grafts. Hydroxyapatite (HA) nano particles has been widely used as a biocompatible bone graft, mainly for contact with bone tissue, has resemblance to mineral bone. and presents a carbonated and partially substituted apatite, based on nanocrystal aggregates, and associated with collagen, building up 3-D structures present in various bone tissue conformations like trabecullar or cancellous bone. Autogenous bone remains the "Gold Standard" for grafting. Although allogenic bone, xenogeneic bone, bone substitutes, and alloplasts have shown some promise over the years, they do not transplant any osteocompetent cells2


That Delvaux was Ingres's natural successor' or that he could have continued, if he wanted, the School of David,' has often been noticed by critics.' The painter himself has pointed out, not without a certain pride, the academic leanings of his early training at the Royal Academy of Arts in Brussels where the academic painter Delville told him, as he was advising him on his drawings, that they were like Puvis de Chavannes's.4 Although Delvaux, like many young painters of the twenties, moved from realism through post-impressionism to expressionism,' before developing the surrealist style that was to become his own, academic elements had always figured in his art on the level of subject (the nude became an important theme from as early as 1920) as well as that of technique. As most of his admirers have hastened to underline, however, Delvaux was never simply an academic painter.' Although, as jos6 Vovelle has pointed out, Delvaux 's'astreint peut-6tre a une forme acad6mique non par derision (ou volonte deliberee d'anticonformisme comme Magritte) mais par affinite profonde',' this 'deep affinity' is nuanced by elements which transform while maintaining the academic character of his work. Marcel Paquet has observed that while Delvaux always paints figures according to the rules of conventional representation,8 he nevertheless abandons the 'syntaxe objective qui ferait de son oeuvre une


Piezoresistive pressure sensors are being widely used for various industrial applications, such as in automobiles and process control. But conventional MEMS piezoresistive pressure sensors possess low sensitivity in the lower pressure range for biomedical applications. Alternative structures of MEMS pressure sensors include the use of bossed diaphragms and nanocrystalline piezoresistors. In this paper, four different diaphragm structures—flat diaphragm, standard bossed diaphragm, complementary bossed diaphragm, and nanocrystalline porous silicon-silicon composite diaphragm—have been analyzed in terms of sensitivity and nonlinearity.


Objective: this work aims to know the perceptions of puerperal women in what concerns breastfeeding orientation received by professionals. Methods: qualitative descriptive research, conducted from June to August 2014. The participants were puerperal women who had given birth. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and was analyzed using the Analysis of Minayo. The ethics committee on research approved the study. Results: orientation about breastfeeding was understood as a teaching method between women and professionals, suggesting that information is transmitted. The orientation sessions are usually performed in a technical way, and are focused on health problems rather than the actual women's needs. Conclusion: the way guidelines on breastfeeding are conducted are not effectively contributing to health education, it does not allow the participation of women and the context of their experiences. It is necessary to work with education in participatory health and enable the joint construction of significant knowledge on breastfeeding.


Formation and development of the perception ability of phenomena, objects of reality and their mapped images in the works of art, is an important didactic skills of learning the fine arts. Perception is as a component of aesthetics and art history, the regulator of other psychic phenomena (feeling, sensation, imagination, learning, thinking, etc...) has a huge impact to the quality of art education. Based on the results of teaching experience, the author justifies the significant influence of psychological factors to the quality of the results is art-graphic activity (practical process) and the development of spiritual and aesthetic culture (pedagogical process) of students and pupils by means of art. The article describes the meaning of the focus the relationship of psychological factors to the practical and pedagogical process of learning the fine arts.


Richard Madsen's point of departure for his engaging meditation on US-China relations is the question of why the Tiananmen crackdown of June 4, 1989 generated such a powerful response and such intense debate in the United States. The answer that he offers is that from the point of view of most North Americans: the Tiananmen crackdown was an &dquo;unexpected&dquo; and &dquo;incorrect ending&dquo; to the dramatic events of 1989 (pp. 3-4). Furthermore, North American attitudes towards the Tiananmen uprising invariably assumed that the protesters wanted freedom and democracy as they are widely understood in the US (p. 19). Madsen argues that post-1989 China, which he characterizes as a &dquo;triumphant combination of market economics and authoritarian politics&dquo;, dramatically contradicts &dquo;common&dquo; North American assumptions about the closeness of the connection between the market and democratic government, and the universality of a US-style understanding of freedom and democracy. Madsen notes, for example, that the overall uprising in Beijing in 1989 can be seen as &dquo;worker-driven&dquo; more than &dquo;student-driven&dquo;. From this perspective, it was not a &dquo;social movement in favor of democracy&dquo; but a &dquo;rebellion against the market&dquo; (pp. 7, 15, 23-24). In an effort to explore North American conceptions of China since the 1960s and provide the background for the North American reaction to the events of 1989, most of Madsen's book looks at what he calls the &dquo;liberal China myth&dquo;. This approach, which represented China as a &dquo;troubled modernizer&dquo;, had been predominant in the US for many years. He notes that while the North American myth of China as &dquo;troubled modernizer&dquo; rose to dominance in the early 1970s, during the 1960s, it was under serious threat from two other North American master narratives about


Polymer-clay nanocomposites (PCNC) offer better properties at very low volume fraction of the nanofiller compared to conventional polymer composites, thus minimizing the effect on other favored properties of the polymer. The mechanism by which clay platelets, which have thicknesses of a few nanometers in size compared with several hundred nanometers in the other two dimensions, introduce mechanical and other properties improvement can be attributed to their high efficiency in introducing a discontinuity to flows through the bulk matrix polymer material. The extent of this improvement depends on the success of intercalation or separation of the clay platelets through the bulk matrix. This paper contains a general overview of polymer-clay nanocomposites in terms of properties and processing. The improvements in gas barrier properties are discussed in detail; and a model to represent the effect of introduction of nanofillers on the permeability is proposed. The model builds on previous models to explain the improvements in the gas barrier properties due to the presence of clay nanoparticles and by assuming a proper distribution of these particles.


for an Invited Paper for the MAR09 Meeting of The American Physical Society IR/UV laser spectroscopy of secondary structures in isolated peptide chains: an original insight onto the non-covalent interactions that shape proteins ERIC GLOAGUEN, Laboratoire Francis Perrin, URA 2453 CNRS, Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules CEA Saclay Protein shape and flexibility is governed by non-covalent interactions that need to be accurately described by molecular structure simulations. However, the computational methods adapted for large molecules like proteins have difficulties to reproduce precisely these non-covalent interactions and cannot reach the level of structural details required to address many biological relevant issues. Special efforts are currently done to document these interactions by carrying out experiments on simple model systems1 in order to help the development of reliable DFT-D calculations2 and polarisable force fields explorations.3 The selectivity of the IR/UV double resonance spectroscopy of gas phase isolated peptides (less than 10 residues) laser desorbed and cooled in a molecular beam enables us to discriminate the spectral signature of the several H-bonds shaping the molecular conformation. This can be carried out for each conformation detected in the molecular beam, providing a precise IR fingerprint of the intramolecular hydrogen bond network of these molecules4 and references therein These IR frequencies are directly compared to the calculated frequencies of selected conformations of the isolated molecule for assignment purpose. Once the experimentally observed conformations are known, the accuracy and the predictability of several computational methods can then be assessed through their ability to provide structures for each conformation that are both geometrically and energetically in accordance with the experimental results. In addition to H-bonds, other weaker noncovalent interactions such as NH-π, π − π or π-CH3 are also at play in these systems. They can indeed impact the H-bond network in a measurable way, which makes the investigation of these computationally challenging weak forces also accessible to this powerful experimental technique. 1J.-P. Schermann, Spectroscopy and modeling of biomolecular building blocks. (Elsevier, 2007). 2P. Jurecka, J. Cerny, P. Hobza, and D. R. Salahub, J. Comput. Chem. 28 (2), 555 (2007); S. Grimme, J. Comput. Chem. 27 (15), 1787 (2006). 3N. Gresh, G. A. Cisneros, T. A. Darden, and J. P. Piquemal, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 3 (6), 1960 (2007). 4W. Chin, F. Piuzzi, I. Dimicoli, and M. Mons, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 8, 1 (2006); W. Chin, M. Mons, J.-P. Dognon, F. Piuzzi, B. Tardivel, and I. Dimicoli, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 6, 2700 (2004); E. Gloaguen, F. Pagliarulo, V. Brenner, W. Chin, F. Piuzzi, B. Tardivel, and M. Mons, PCCP 9, 4491 (2007).


A Ge<inf>0.95</inf>Sn<inf>0.05</inf>/Ge<inf>0.9</inf>Sn<inf>0.1</inf>/Ge<inf>0.95</inf>Sn<inf>0.05</inf> single quantum well was grown on Si via chemical vapor deposition. Temperature-dependent Photoluminescence shows the emission peak from the GeSn well. The studied structure aims for group-IV based efficient light source on Si.


A series of microencapsulated phase change materials (micro-PCMs) contained butyl stearate and octadecane as core materials were synthesized by suspension-like polymerization method. Methyl methacrylate (MMA), divinylbenzene (DVB), pentaerythritol triacrylate (PETA) and pentaerythritol tetraacrylate (PETTA) were introduced in polymerization system to form shells. DSC results indicated that microencapsulation ratio could reach as high as 75 wt.%. After 500 times thermal cycling test, the microencapsulation ratio of these as-prepared micro-PCMs decreased only by 2.3 wt.%. SEM images showed that these micro-PCMs have relatively spherical morphology and compact surfaces with diameter ranging from 5 to 40 μm.


Background The Quality improvement programme was undertaken to improve management of sepsis in children 0–16 years, who attend Children's Emergency Department at Basildon University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. A new Paediatric Sepsis tool was developed and piloted and rolled out in May 2018. Intervention The 100 case notes were reviewed. The data was collected by Clinical Practice Facilitator. The findings were shared and reviewed by the multidisciplinary team. The team discussed new changes. This led to the development of teaching tool for staff and review of new sepsis tool. The new sepsis tool was piloted in May 2018. The significant parental concern was added as a trigger to a tool. The pathways of management were changed. We also raised awareness of staff. The Clinical Practice Facilitators developed study days for nursing staff. All new doctors are given teaching induction about sepsis. The Sepsis data is shared with all staff on ward board. Results The Weekly review of 30 patients per month since May 2018 and from August 5 cases per week are reviewed. In the first 2 weeks, 19 children triggered sepsis on the new tool. 8 patients were appropriately deescalated by a senior clinician. The old sepsis 6 tool used to trigger 40 patients per month. The screening within 1 hour including Lactate was done in 100%. The Antibiotics within 1 hour was given in 94%. This has increased from Previous 69%. The assessment of fluids and bolus was given 100%. Conclusion The improvement in the management of sepsis in our patients has been done by using PDSA methodology. A new tool was piloted. The parents and staff feedback were used to make changes for local use. The teaching tool for Nursing staff and Juniors doctors at induction was developed by the team. The sharing the data and learnings from them too by our paediatric staff is also helpful. The challenge moving forward is to keep consistency. We plan to continuously monitor.


A family of English children, holidaying in France, watch the comings and goings of the older people, especially Eliot. For sixteen-year-old Joss it is a summer of awakening. But as the other children's involvement in adult life becomes complex, hard reality advances on the family in a series of events.


Boron-doped hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon(μc-Si:H) thin films were prepared by using radio-frequency plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition(RF-PECVD) method.The effect of boron doping on the crystalline volume fraction,deposition rate,dark conductivity and optical band gap of the films were investigated by means of Raman spectrophotometer,scanning electron microscopy(SEM),spectrometer and conductivity measurements.The results show that the crystalline volume fraction of films decreases gradually,and films change from microcrystalline silicon to amorphous silicon when diborane gas phase doping percentage to silane increase from 0.1% to 0.75%.The deposition rate approximately increases in linearity.The dark conductivity of films increases until the doping percentage reaches 0.5% and then decreases.The optical band gap reduces with the increase of doping percentage.


: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a group of diseases that account for most lung cancer cases. Studies have shown that the cause of its mutation is the overexpression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in human body. In this paper, the background, including the family of ErbB, of EGFR is given to show its importance in cancer therapy. The recent studies had developed inhibitors of EGFR that can slow or even prevent the reproduction of EGFR in human body. Some of the inhibitors are listed out in the paper, the brief summaries of their effect and usage have also been provided. Results for their trials on stage II and stage III patients are given to show their efficiency and safety.


The postoperative pain management of dental and oral surgery pain is, for the most part, an outpatient endeavor. There are some patients who require admission after oral surgery, but the methods described here will be applicable to either inpatient or outpatient pain management. Den-tists have long been the champions of neural blockade for pain of the head and neck and particularly the oral cavity. Local anesthesia is certainly a most effective short-term answer for postoperative pain management. The use of long-acting local anesthetics, such as bupivacaine, etidocaine, and perhaps the newcomer ropivacaine, can extend the duration of analgesia from neural blockade, but at some point the block definitely wears off. This presentation will focus on medications and routes of administration for controling pain after the nerve blocks have dissipated.


1 he triumphal entry in sixteenth-century France forms part ofa very long tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages and continues, with interruptions, right into the nineteenth century.^ The early royal entries into Paris and other cities in the French provinces up to the end ofthe fifteenth century have already been carefully documented by Bernard Guenée and Françoise Lehoux.^ By that date the form ofthe ceremony was well established and the word "triumphal" was beginning to be used in the great variety of ways one finds in the century following, where it came to be applied not only to entries but to coronations, weddings, funerals, masses, buildings and even to costume. The only similar descriptive term equally common at the time and equally vague in its import is the appelation "à l'antique." Both expressions evoke classical models, to be sure, and one might well ask howmuch was then actuallyknown concerning Roman triumphs and other customs they were supposedly imitating. This no doubt varied considerably, depending on the commentators, but, as early as 1517, for the entry of Francis I into Rouen, one of the decorations consisted of a huge horse with its front feet up in the air and on its back a figure representing the king. The account of the entry notes that this statue


Declaring nutritional characteristics, expiration dates and instructions for safe preparation of food, substances causing potential allergies or intolerances contained in products may be of vital importance to buyers and consumers. Additional information, such as geographical indication or origin of the food and compliance with certain standards could play a decisive role in purchasing decisions. A comprehensive search of regulatory framework of food production, processing, distribution and labelling is conducted at the Croatian and EU level. Appropriate emphasis is given to the food-related legislation, marketing and intellectual property related legislation. Special attention is given to the declaration of: nutritional characteristics, substances or products causing allergies or intolerances; geographical indication and origin of the food; quality seals; medicinal claims, organic food claims, and redundant, confusing and misleading signs. Legal obligations regarding mandatory food labelling are limited in terms of information. Voluntary food labelling can offer a large array of additional information, but it is still regulated in a very precise manner. Marketing communication, regarding their own brands, is an important component of the business for several reasons; it is an effective signpost for repeated purchases; an entry barrier into the sector or possible sources of additional revenue. Manufacturers and traders can voluntarily apply labelling standards that are more stringent than minimally prescribed ones. In this way, they communicate their concern for customers' well-being and possibly achieve a competitive advantage over producers who do not demonstrate such a degree of social responsibility in their business.


In this article I compare two theories of propensities that have been developed in philosophical logic and discuss the possibility of combining their basic ideas into a single theory. The first of these theories is the theory of objective transition probabilities that has been developed by Tomasz Placek in [7] and by Thomas Müller in [5] on the basis of Nuel Belnap's theory of branching space-times (BST), first developed in [2]. The second of these theories is the probabilistic causal calculus of James H. Fetzer and Donald Nute, developed by them together in [4] and by Fetzer alone in [3] and by Nute alone in [6]. At first sight these theories seem so different that one might well suspect that they would be incompatible. In Placek's theory ascriptions of propensity are of the form p(E(F ) = n, where E and F are events and F is one of the possible outcomes of E. In Fetzer's and Nute's theory ascriptions of propensity are of the form φ 3− n ψ, where φ and ψ are sentences that express propositions. They take these ascriptions to be analogous to ascriptions of deterministic dispositions, which are of the form φ 3− u ψ. It seems then that the two theories attribute propensities to entities of quite different ontological categories. However, I will argue that in the end the two theories or at least their basic ideas are quite compatible and can be united to a single theory with at most minor modifications to either. Belnap's, Placek's and Müller's theory goes far deeper into the analysis of propensities than the theories of Fetzer and Nute, which do not give any formal analysis of the temporal aspect of propensity ascriptions though they use temporal concepts in their informal examples. Thus the combination of the two theories deepens the theory of Fetzer and Nute profoundly. However, combining the two theories does add something important also to Belnap's and Placek's theory. Fetzer and Nute use their theory in the analysis of causal explanation, and Belnap admits in [1, §2] that BST theory has very little to say about explanation. By combining the two theories we may be able to begin analyzing causal explanation within the BST framework. Also, Placek and Müller consider only finite probability spaces, while Fetzer and Nute take explicitly into account the possibility of infinite probability spaces by using limiting frequencies of numbers of worlds in infinite sequences of sets of worlds in the truth-conditions


Abstract With the intention of obtaining uncommon head-to-head anthracene dimers, double salts of 9-anthracenecarboxylic acid (9-AC) with several diamines were photolyzed in the solid state. 9-AC underwent decarboxylation and reduction as well as dimerization. Although the head-to-tail dimer and an unsymmetrical dimer were obtained, the head-to-head one was not produced.


With the DDoS (distributed denial of service) traffic which was implemented using depleted bandwidth is filtered by routers in high speed network, it is impossible for the victim to work on the individual level of on-going traffic flows. The scheme establishes the source and destination IP address database by observing the normal traffic and storages it in a Bloom Filter table. The Netflow statistics is mainly used to allocate the weights for traffic routing by routers. A new algorithm is thus proposed to get efficiently maximum throughput by the traffic filtering, and its feasibility and validity have been verified in real network circumstances. The algorithm shows its advantages that it just occupies a small part of resources. Moreover, it can optimize the network traffic simultaneously with defending against DDoS attack, thus eliminating efficiently the global burst of traffic arising from normal traffic so as to improve greatly the efficiency of servers.


Data are presented from measurements of air conductivity and ion content of air within an atomic cloud, and measurements of air conductivity above the shot area and adjacent terrarn. The rate and magnitude of fall-out and its relation to the direction and velocity of the wind were also measured. (C.H.)


This article deals with the nature and mechanisms of systemic effect of colon ascendens adenocarcinoma in 46 patients who had a course of treatment at the Railway Clinical Hospital at Saratov II station Non-Governmental Healthcare Institution of the Russian Railways OAO and the Regional Clinical Hospital State Healthcare Institution in the city of Saratov for the period from 2009 to 2013. Blood protein assay, electrolytic balance as well as blood glucose, urea, bilirubin levels in patients suffering from the above-mentioned disease at various stages of neoplastic process development were studied. In order to solve these problems, conventional clinical laboratory methods for metabolic status research were applied. It appeared that the metabolic criteria for development of early stage neoplastic process (T1-2NoMo) are hypoglycemia and the increased level of acute-phase C-reactive protein. As the colon adenocarcinoma (T3-4 (а, в) NoMo, T3-4 (а, в) N1-2Mo) spreads, hypoglycemia aggravates, the level of acute-phase C-reactive protein increases and electrolytic balance disorder such as hypokalemia and hyponatremia develops as well as dysproteinemia. The mentioned metabolic values should be monitored as colon ascendens adenocarcinoma spreads and should be taken as additional criteria for diagnostics and prognosis of early and metastatic stages of neoplastic process without clinical manifestations.


This passage is taken from the epilogue of the tragicomedy The Rebellion of Naples or the Tragedy of Masaniello, written by the anonymous author T.B. The plot follows the life events of the young Neapolitan Tommaso Aniello d'Amalfi, better known as Masaniello, who became the leader of a popular revolt which broke out on 7 July 1647 in the Piazza Mercato in Naples. Naples was, in the mid-seventeenth century, the second or third most populous city in modern Europe.2 The trigger for the uprising was the imposition of a new tax on fruit introduced by the Spanish viceroy, the Duke of Arcos, to cope with the


It is believed that spectroheliograms taken in the center of the Hα-line show us the solar atmosphere at the highest level observable. On such exposures the chromosphere has a fine granular structure resembling the skin of an orange. Near large spot-groups, however, it is drawn out into long filaments, indicating the presence of an extensive field of force. These filaments often remind us strongly of the arrangement of iron filings around a bar-magnet, or the lines of flow in a vortex.


Subject. This article deals with the issues of youth migration, reproduction processes and the potential for the future socio-economic development of areas.
Objectives. The article aims to develop a cellular automata model for the medium-term prediction of inter-regional youth migration flows of the 15–19 age cohort.
Methods. For the study, we used a statistical analysis and the cellular automata theory.
Results. The article presents a probabilistic cellular automata model with rectangular grids of cells without borders, where the number of cells coincides with the 15–19 age cohort number in the respective area. The article also proposes an author-developed cross-platform program in the Go programming language that helps make medium-term forecasts.
Conclusions. The cellular automata allow for integrating various patterns of migratory behavior into a general model of area migration flow, and choosing the most adequate patterns of migratory behavior for various age and social groups of migrants.


The twentieth century will go down in the history of human evolution as a century of rapid population growth, a century of "demographic explosion." During the twentieth century, the earth's population increased from 1.6 billion to almost 6 billion—by more than 4 billion, or 3.7 times. The Azerbaijani population also experienced rapid growth during this period, but it exceeded the world growth rate. A comparison of the first all-Russian census in 1987 with the 1999 census in the Republic of Azerbaijan reveals that between the censuses the Azerbaijani population grew from 1.8 million to 7.9 million—by 6.1 million, or 4.4 times. This means that the population of our republic grew 20 percent faster in the twentieth century than did the world population.


For the security issues in distributed computing applications, combined with Web Services management system design and implementation, based on the research of Web Services and its security technology, this paper designs a distributed computing test system based on Web Services, in detail describes its key technologies, which further validates the advantages of Web Services technology for the distributed computing in loosely coupled network environment.


Space Station Freedom topics addressed include: general design issues; issues related to utilization and operations; issues related to systems requirements and design; and management issues relevant to design.


A new scheme for efficiently computing the 2-dimensional (2-D) convolution between a fixed filter and an input sequence is presented. The scheme is particularly suitable for a special type of convolution encountered in several 2-D applications. In this type of convolution the involved filter is assumed fixed for a number of outputs which is less than the number of filter taps. By properly partitioning both the filter and the input sequences the whole problem is divided into a number of smaller convolution problems which in turn are solved efficiently using FFT. The scheme exhibits considerably reduced computational complexity as compared to other well-known FFT-based techniques. Moreover it lends itself for efficient VLSI implementation since it employs FFTs of relatively small size, as well as for parallel implementation since most steps of the method can be performed in parallel.


Summary Inactivation of SV40 with formaldehyde followed a biphasic curve with a levelling off after about 40 hours at 37°C leaving a residual fraction of virus which was resistant to further inactivation for the remainder of the 14-day observation period. Viable SV40 was detected in some lots of formalinized poliomyelitis and adenovirus vaccines.


Packaging (1) intended to contain at least one article (4), such as a food product, said packaging a flexible cover (2) forming a bottom and a cover (3) delimiting with said lid a cavity comprising adapted to receive the said article, with the said more rigid article that the said cap comprises a peripheral rim (5) sealed in a periphery of said lid in a closed position of said packaging, wherein said cover is suitable to be cut in at least two sectors (3a and 3b) respectively provided with gripping means (6 and 7), which extend the said flange during a pull exerted on one of the said gripping means (6) towards a zone (8b) the said opposite this rim gripping means (6) adhering to the other gripping means (7) in the said cap, so that emerges from said lid the sector (3a) whose gripping means (6) is subjected this traction to bring the packaging into a partially open position.


The concept of "curved perspective" has been used by artists such as M.C. Escher in order effectively convey a sense of three dimensional space while being restricted to a two dimensional canvas. We present an interactive system to create and manipulate projections with a curvilinear perspective. Our system presents the user with a set of intuitive screen-space perspective primitives that control the vanishing points of the scene. This allows the user to generate diverse projections having curved perspective.


The number of white blood cell (WBC),the activity of T Lymplocytes ANAE +,the concentration of serum IgG and the titre of hemagglutination inhibition antibody for Newcastle disease (HI) were studied in the modle chicken with encephalomalacia produced artificially.The results showed that the number of WBC,the activity of T lymphocytes ANAE +,the concentration of serum IgG and the HI were significantly lower than that of the control group.The results indicated that vitamin E deficiency has marked effect in inhibition of immune function in chicken.


Chronological frames of the article are limited by the period of existence of Western and Sibirian educational district since 1885 till Soviet power establishment in Sibiria; geographical frames are limited by the boundaries of Tobolsk and Tomsk provinces, Akmolinskaya and Semipolatinskaya regions. The article is devoted to the problems of development of elementary education in the region in connection with the plan of introduction of general elementary education. Elementary education in pre-revolutionary Russia consisted of two stages, they were elementary of 3-4 years of study and upper elementary of 5-7 years of study. One-form elementary schools of the Ministry of Public Education and the schools of other institutions, that corresponded the level of the basic educational programs, belonged to elementary educational institutions. Rural two-form elementary and municipal schools belonged to elementary schools of upper level according to the Statute of May 31, 1872. They were renamed as upper elementary schools in 1912. The development of education in Western and Siberian educational district had a series of peculiarities. Firstly, in the region the local territorial self-administration was not established, in particular in the central part of the empire district councils were occupied with building of schools and providing children of school age with general education. During the period of Stolypin's reforms Sibiria became the place of massive peasant migration from western and central parts of Russia. Significant migrational processes prevented the establishment of integrated school network, made difficult the opportunity to predict the population and children of school age in some regions. The territory of educational district differed its low density of population. The question of finantial practicability of opening of state schools arose. Multicultural population needed the development of education regarding cultural needs and opprtunities of the region. By 1885 in Western and Siberian educational district there were only 666 elementary schools; by 1909 their amount became two times bigger. In 1907-1908 the government and the State Duma discussed the bill of introduction of general elementary education in the extent of elementary school. In the Russian Empire this project didn't become law, but since 1908 additional finances were given for the needs of elementary education. In Western Siberia as well as in Russia as a whole the plans of elementary schools extension were thought of. It was done due to the initiative of the locals since 1909, then due to the financial support of MNE since 1912. During 8 years the number of elementary schools in the district increased in 2.2 times, particularly due to the additional finances for schools in in-migrant regions. A very important role in the process of literacy extension was played by schools of Orthodox Department. In 1911 it was possible to provide all 8-11-year-old children with elementary education in some towns of Western Siberia due to the joint efforts of different departments. The First World War and the revolution put some changes into the peace plans of the country. According to the data of 1918 in Western Siberia about 35 % of school age children were taught in elementary schools of all types. In Tobolsk province there were 113 literate persons among 1000 citizens, in Tomsk province 104, in Akmolinskaya region 99, in Semipolatinskaya region 43. In October, 1918 "The Statute about General Labour School of the RSFSR" was adopted; and only in August, 1930 the resolution "About General Compulsory Elementary Education" for 8-15-year-old children in the extent of 4-year-course of elementary school was taken.


Cooperative relationship is one of significant integrant in virtual enterprises,plays an important role in successful operation of the virtual enterprises and is closely interrelated with the business activities of the enterprises.The paper establishes a differential equation model to analyze the development and evolution between them.


The overall importance of soil characteristics among habitat components has been recognized for quite a long time as an important factor affecting wildlife. However, spatial analysis between digital soil and wildlife characteristics information were not widely used to specify this connection. Moreover, most related studies in this area have not been using quantitative measures of soil fertility, but instead focusing on general differences among regional soil properties. The purpose of this research was to test the applicability of an intermediate scale digital soil information map in wildlife management on nationwide level using a special soil fertility index and main soil types. Results were reached by completing a spatial analysis of digital soil maps and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus LINNAEUS, 1758) antler weight information maps covering the area of Hungary. Using a spatial lag regression model, the simplified method of soil evaluation (soil types) explained more on antler weight variance than the specific soil fertility. Our results indicated that modelling can be more effective with the screening of other influencing factors on antler development, which are inherently linked with soil properties (e.g. vegetation cover). Furthermore, we can point out that higher resolution soil maps do not provide a better explanation for the connection of soil characteristics and antler weight.


Planting structure adjustment is the premise to ensure the sustainable use of water resources in dry farming areas.Taki-ng the crop planting structure in the Hecun project area of national scientific and technological support plan as studying object,the rainfall and crop water demanding variation were studied using multivariate analysis method and multi-objective planning.On the basis,selecting the cost-effectiveness and water use efficiency as the objective functions,the water-saving planting structures of different rainfall years-types were proposed.The results showed that the rainfall showed a decreasing trend of,its interannual range was large,rainfall during the year was concentrated,and the coupling degree of precipitation and crop water requirement was good from June to September in the project area.Increasing vegetable planting proportion in wet-year and foodstuff and bean crop planting proportion in drought years can improve water using benefit.


Rice (Oryza sativa L.), which has a small genome in cereal plants, has several advantages as a model species for studying molecular biology and developmental biology. Although molecular studies on rice development have just begun, a growing number of investigation materials of molecular development in rice are now being increased. In the review, first, molecular developmental mechanisms of flower and floral organs are summarized. Then, molecular mechanisms of embryogenesis are discussed. At last, recent progress toward molecular process of formation and development of vegetative organ are described.


Leukocyte exchange between the hemopoietic tissues of parabiotic rats was studied subsequent to giving multiple injections of 3 H-thymidine to one member of each pair while arresting the cross-circulation. Cell types that migrated from one parabiont to the other were segmented granulocytes, small, medium and large lymphocytes, immunoblasts, monocytoid cells, macrophages or their immediate precursors, and plasma cells. Evidence for the transformation of circulating cells to other cell types was rarely seen. The long-lived small lymphocytes were equilibrated between parabionts, suggesting that this is a single pool of cells with respect to kinetic behavior and recirculation. There was no evidence for a trephocytic function of lymphocytes. A small number of bone marrow lymphocytes coursed directly to lymph nodes and spleen. Evidence is given for a limited recirculation of short-lived lymphocytes of thoracic duct lymph (TDL), as well as for long-lived cells. Only a few immunoblasts of TDL recirculated. The majority of cells that entered the white pulp of the spleen were long-lived small lymphocytes, while the majority of immigrant cells to the red pulp were monocytoid cells and granulocytes. Many small lymphocytes originated in splenic red pulp and entered the blood. No immigrant cells to the thymic cortex were noted, although some small lymphocytes and monocytoid cells entered the medullary areas. Immigrant cells to the bone marrow (less than 2% of the cells in marrow) included monocytoid cells, small lymphocytes, and plasma cells. Evidence for the direct transformation of a circulating cell into a committed blast, based on reduction in grain count, was noted only in bone marrow.


Editor's note: When the Report of the Commission on Money and Credit was published, in June of 1961, it was announced that the research studies commissioned by the CMC would follow. Late in 1963 the first volume made its appearance, and by early 1964 all nine volumes of research studies had been published. The publisher is Prentice-Hall and the price is $7.50 per volume. The following "collective review article" has been prepared in the belief that it would be of some convenience to the profession to have all nine volumes of research studies reviewed together, each by an outstanding scholar in the area encompassed. Needless to say, the Journal is greatly indebted to each of the reviewers.


Thin film transistors (TFTs) are one of the key devices for active-matrix (AM) liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) with high resolution and excellent image quality. Polycrystalline-Si (poly-Si) TFTs are widely utilised for smartphone displays, and amorphous-Si (a-Si) TFTs are mainly used for large-area LCD TVs. Recently, amorphous metal-oxide semiconductor (AOS) TFTs are promising for not only organic light-emitting diode displays (OLEDs) but also LCDs with super high resolution and high speed scan. Organic semiconductor TFTs may be employed for flexible and inexpensive displays in future. In this chapter, channel materials, device structures, fabrication processes, electrical characteristics, driving methods, etc., are explained in detail.


As far as the authors are aware no report exists on the flora of Bulsar-Tithal-Dungri area. The present paper describes 461 dicotyledons and 77 monocotyledons, in all 538 taxa, spread over 114 Angiosperm families collected from these areas during 1968-1969.


www.pharmtech.co m he pharmaceutical industry faces new challenges associated with increased market globalization, demands for cleaner environments, higher customer expectations, the push for increased profitability, tighter FDA regulations, and the ever-increasing demand to reduce time to market. The industry is under pressure to reduce waste and improve process efficiency. The traditional approach of taking a product from laboratory scale to pilot plants and then to production is no longer attractive. Process and product development often are initiated simultaneously, and as a result, rapid prototyping and analysis are required. To meet these challenges, the industry must implement innovation at


This paper investigates extreme multistability and its controllability for an ideal voltage-controlled memristor emulator-based canonical Chua's circuit. With the voltage-current model, the initial condition-dependent extreme multistability is explored through analyzing the stability distribution of line equilibrium point and then the coexisting infinitely many attractors are numerically uncovered in such a memristive circuit by the attraction basin and phase portraits. Furthermore, based on the accurate constitutive relation of the memristor emulator, a set of incremental flux-charge describing equations for the memristor-based canonical Chua's circuit are formulated and a dimensionality reduction model is thus established. As a result, the initial condition-dependent dynamics in the voltage-current domain is converted into the system parameter-associated dynamics in the flux-charge domain, which is confirmed by numerical simulations and circuit simulations. Therefore, a controllable strategy for extreme multistability can be expediently implemented, which is greatly significant for seeking chaos-based engineering applications of multistable memristive circuits.


Twitter is a microblogging social media where the users can search for topics and discuss issues that recently happen. Some of short messages or tweets may contain opinions on products and services related to the community. It can be used as a source of data to assess the public opinion though Twitter. The aim of this research is to build the application for opinion classification which implement Naive Bayes approach to classify the words and focuses on tweet in Bahasa Indonesia. The application then implemented on classification of public opinion on Twitter according to government services to public, based on positive, negative, or neutral sentiment. Data trained is obtained using KNIME Analytics Platform, and the source of text is extracted from twitter acount of government public services in the city of Bandung. The process is done through several stages such as preprocessing (case folding, parsing, and tranformation) and classification process.


Although the antibody response to COVID-19 vaccination has been studied extensively at the polyclonal level using immune sera, little has been reported on the antibody response at the monoclonal level. Here we isolate a panel of 44 anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) from an individual who received two doses of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine at a 12-week interval. We show that despite a relatively low serum neutralization titre, mAbs with potent neutralizing activity against the current SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (B.1.1.7, P.1, B.1.351 and B.1.617.2) were obtained. The vaccine elicited neutralizing mAbs form 8 distinct competition groups and bind epitopes overlapping with neutralizing mAbs elicited following SARS-CoV-2 infection. AZD1222 elicited mAbs are more mutated than mAbs isolated from convalescent donors 1-2 months post infection. Spike reactive IgG+ B cells were still detectable 9-months post boost. These findings give molecular insights into AZD1222 elicited antibody response.


Title of dissertation: FLOW CONTROL IN WIRELESS AD-HOC NETWORKS Georgios Papageorgiou, Doctor of Philosophy, 2009 Dissertation directed by: Professor John S. Baras, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering We are interested in maximizing the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) throughput between two nodes in a single cell wireless ad-hoc network. For this, we follow a cross-layer approach by first developing an analytical model that captures the effect of the wireless channel and the MAC layer to TCP. The analytical model gives the time evolution of the TCP window size which is described by a stochastic differential equation driven by a point process. The point process represents the arrival of acknowledgments sent by the TCP receiver to the sender as part of the self-regulating mechanism of the flow control protocol. Through this point process we achieve a cross-layer integration between the physical layer, the MAC layer and TCP. The intervals between successive points describe how the packet drops at the wireless channel and the delays because of retransmission at the MAC layer affect the window size at the TCP layer. We fully describe the statistical behavior of the point process by computing first the p.d.f. for the interarrival intervals and then the compensator and the intensity of the process parametrized by the quantities that describe the MAC layer and the wireless channel. Report Documentation Page Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. 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Through this point process we achieve a cross-layer integration between the physical layer, the MAC layer and TCP. The intervals between successive points describe how the packet drops at the wireless channel and the delays because of retransmission at the MAC layer affect the window size at the TCP layer. We fully describe the statistical behavior of the point process by computing first the p.d.f. for the interarrival intervals and then the compensator and the intensity of the process parametrized by the quantities that describe the MAC layer and the wireless channel. To achieve analytical tractability we concentrate on the pure (unslotted) Aloha for the MAC layer and the Gilbert-Elliott model for the channel. Although the Aloha protocol is simpler than the more popular IEEE 802.11 protocol, it still exhibits the same exponential backoff mechanism which is a key factor for the performance of TCP in a wireless network. Moreover, another reason to study the Aloha protocol is that the protocol and its variants gain popularity as they are used in many of today?s wireless networks. Using the analytical model for the TCP window size evolution, we try to increase the TCP throughput between two nodes in a single cell network. We want to achieve this by implicitly informing the TCP sender of the network conditions. We impose this additional constraint so we can achieve compatibility between the standard TCP and the optimized version. This allows the operation of both protocol stacks in the same network. We pose the optimization problem as an optimal stopping problem. For each packet transmitted by the TCP sender to the network, an optimal time instance has to be computed in the absence of an acknowledgment for this packet. This time instance indicates when a timeout has to be declared for the packet. In the absence of an acknowledgment if the sender waits long for declaring a timeout, the network is underutilized. If the sender declares a timeout soon, it minimizes the transmission rate. Because of the analytical intractability of the optimal stopping time problem, we follow a Markov chain approximation method to solve the problem numerically. 15. SUBJECT TERMS 16. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF: 17. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT Same as Report (SAR) 18. NUMBER OF PAGES 90 19a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON a. REPORT unclassified b. ABSTRACT unclassified c. THIS PAGE unclassified Standard Form 298 (Rev. 8-98) Prescribed by ANSI Std Z39-18 To achieve analytical tractability we concentrate on the pure (unslotted) Aloha for the MAC layer and the Gilbert-Elliott model for the channel. Although the Aloha protocol is simpler than the more popular IEEE 802.11 protocol, it still exhibits the same exponential backoff mechanism which is a key factor for the performance of TCP in a wireless network. Moreover, another reason to study the Aloha protocol is that the protocol and its variants gain popularity as they are used in many of today's wireless networks. Using the analytical model for the TCP window size evolution, we try to increase the TCP throughput between two nodes in a single cell network. We want to achieve this by implicitly informing the TCP sender of the network conditions. We impose this additional constraint so we can achieve compatibility between the standard TCP and the optimized version. This allows the operation of both protocol stacks in the same network. We pose the optimization problem as an optimal stopping problem. For each packet transmitted by the TCP sender to the network, an optimal time instance has to be computed in the absence of an acknowledgment for this packet. This time instance indicates when a timeout has to be declared for the packet. In the absence of an acknowledgment, if the sender waits long for declaring a timeout, the network is underutilized. If the sender declares a timeout soon, it minimizes the transmission rate. Because of the analytical intractability of the optimal stopping time problem, we follow a Markov chain approximation method to solve the problem numerically. FLOW CONTROL IN WIRELESS AD-HOC NETWORKS by Georgios Papageorgiou Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland, College Park in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2009 Advisory Committee: Professor John S. Baras, Chair/Advisor Professor Armand M. Makowski Professor Sennur Ulukus Professor Nuno C. Martins Professor A. Udaya Shankar, Dean's Representative c © Copyright by Georgios Papageorgiou 2009


In recent years there has been an explosion of online European Union information resources available to researchers.  However, little research into how researchers are accessing and using these resources has been carried out..  The aim of the research which informs this report was to take the first step to begin to rectify this issue.  An online survey was conducted, using University of Bristol's BOS software to which 145 people replied. The survey found that researchers considered themselves proficient at using online services.  Surprisingly only 46.4% used them every day though. The Europa website was the most used but also paradoxically the most criticised for problems with search, navigation and transparency.  Journals were the next most popular type of resource.  Other top services included search engines, news sites and email lists. Web 2.0 has yet to be taken up widely by our sample of researchers, with few individuals having or using blogs or social networking software.  The report also highlights that while some researchers are happy with EU online services, many are concerned about poor navigation and the design of websites, bias of information and the increasing abundance of passwords necessary to access multiple information resources.


This study was investigated the synergistic effects from the combination of cefalexin and gentamicin (CCG) against Staphylococcus spp. isolated from bovine milk. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and fractional inhibitory concentration (FIC) index were determined for 16 bacteria from 13 bovine farms in Gyeongsangnam province by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards broth microdilution procedure. Antimicrobial agents tested included cefalexin, gentamicin and CCG. Against Staphylococcus spp. tested, the MIC ranges of cefalexin, gentamicin and CCG were 0.25∼1.0, 0.5∼0.125 and 0.06∼0.125 μg/mL, respectively. In addition, the FIC index ranges of CCG against most of the isolates was 0.28∼0.43 and the FIC index of CCG against 2 strains of Staphylococcus haemolyticus (S. haemolyticus) was 0.59. In conclusion, CCG has a high antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus isolates, then the combination may be applied for the treatment of bovine mastitis caused by Staphylococcus spp.


Optical burst switching (OBS) is one of the most promising ne xtgeneration all-optical data transport paradigms. As netwo rks become increasingly distributed and autonomic, Optical Burs t Switching becomes the right choice for the next generation optical Internet. In this paper, we propose a mechanism for Dynamic Routin g of Reliability-Differentiated connections (DRRDC) in Optic al Burst Switched networks. The proposed mechanism consists of two s ubschemes namely Adaptive Routing, a loss minimization mecha nism that selects the least congested route for burst scheduling and Adaptive Burst Cloning, a technique for providing loss recovery in an OBS network. We develop a network simulation model to investigate the proposed DRRDC scheme and compare its performanc e with the existing prioritized burst scheduling QoS scheme. Our results show that the proposed service differentiation mecha nism has a significantly low packet loss compared to the existing prio ritized burst scheduling scheme in an optical burst switched networ k.


Risk-sensitive portfolio optimization is treated with a linear-Gaussian-factor model. The main interest is how a highly risk-averse investor controls his/her interest rate risk. A simple risk-averse limit with increasing risk-averse parameter γ ↑ ∞ is not appropriate: the associated maximized risk-sensitized expected growth rate goes to −∞ as γ ↑ ∞, and a "breakdown" occurs in the limit. Instead, a small-noise and large-risk-aversion limit is considered, assuming the factor-noise has a small parameter e 1, taking e-dependent risk-averse parameter γ(e) = O(e−2) 1, and letting e ↓ 0. The limit value is characterized as the value of a linear-quadratic differential game. A sequence (π(e))e>0 of e-dependent dynamic investment strategies is constructed from a saddle point of the game, and its asymptotic optimality is shown as e ↓ 0.


This essay interrogates accounts of race in Latino political thought (and hence claims about how Latinos should approach race in the USA) grounded in a selective borrowing from Latin American philosophical sources on mestizaje. It argues that the uncritical reproduction of certain conceptions of mestizaje in Latino political thought ignores the way in which Latin American ideas about race were developed in direct conversation with US empire and US racial politics, is at odds with contemporary racial politics in the region, and might serve to obscure certain fault lines within Latinidad.