Modelling amplitudes of stochastically excited oscillations in stars is a powerful tool for understanding the properties of the convective zones. For instance, it gives us information on the way turbulent eddies are temporally correlated in a very large Reynolds number regime. We discuss the way the time correlation between eddies is modelled and we present recent theoretical developments as well as observational results. Eventually, we discuss the physical underlying meaning of the results by introducing the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process, which is a sub-class of a Gaussian Markov process.


In contrast with the present ion sources, in which the ions are produced in a gas space with low pressure, the present investigation considers a highly ionized plasma let through a small opening into a vacuum. It is then possible to start an arc discharge through the nozzle opening through which the gas is let. It is shown that the degree of ionization is unusually high, but the difficulties are in reduction of the gas consumption. (trauth)


We present studies of alloy composition and layer thickness dependences of excitonic linewidths in InGaAs/GaAs strained-layer quantum wells grown by MBE, using both photoluminescence and optical absorption. It is observed that linewidths of exciton spectra increase with indium content and well size. Using the virtual crystal approximation, the experimental data are analyzed. The results obtained show that the alloy disorder is the dominant mechanism for line broadening at low temperature


The feasibility of processing low-grade copper-nickel ores by heap bioleaching was investigated. It was found that an iron-oxidizing strain of acidophilic microorganisms, Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans, is effective in the leaching of sulfide ores from the deposits in Russia's Murmansk region. Sulfide mineralization of the studied mineral feeds was described using the methods of X-ray phase analysis and optical microscopy. In the process of leaching, the pH and Eh values and the concentrations of ferric and ferrous iron, nickel, and copper ions were monitored. By the end of the experiment, 16.5% of nickel and 7.5% of copper was recovered from the ore of the Allarechensk technogenic deposit, while 22.5% of nickel and 12.7% copper were recovered from the ore of the Nud II deposit. By silicate analysis of the solid phase, patterns of ore chemistry change were described during the process of bioleaching.


rhage, and three months later that patient had a recurrence in the crest of the ilium. He had seen other instances in which recurrences had been fairly widespread, and the growths showed the same tissue as the original tumour. In the case of hypernephromata he thought one was dealing with more than one kind of tumour. Some were definitely localized, apparently encapsuled. Some he had operated upon fifteen years ago, and the patients were still alive, and apparently well, having had no recurrence. In other examples, with a similar appearance microscopically, there was no encapsulation, the growths infiltrated renal tissue, the patients did badly, and recurrences took place. Mr. Winsbury White's patient was very young to be attacked with hypernephroma; in no case in his own series was the patient under 51, and the average age in a series of cases was about 55. One of his colleagues had had a case of a tumour in the supraclavicular region; the tumour was removed, and upon examination showed definite hypernephroma structure. The patient was a female aged 37. Mr. RALIPH THOMPSON said that in the post-mortem records at Guy's Hospital for twenty years, of seventy cases of growth of the kidney none occurred between the ages of 20 and'30, but there were some under 20 and some over 30.


FIELD: transport. SUBSTANCE: when controlling vehicle, it is determined whether condition for exit from phase of free rolling is met. If condition is met, engine is started and engine rotational speed is set at required value, defined based on rotational speed of transmission drive shaft. Invention also discloses a vehicle control system and a vehicle. EFFECT: achieving smooth transition of vehicle from phase of free rolling. 19 cl, 12 dwg, 2 tbl


Hemolytic − uremic syndrome (HUS) is a severe complication of infection by Shiga toxin (STx)‐producing enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Hemolytic − uremic syndrome is defined clinically as a triad of non‐immune microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute kidney injuries. Neurologic complications such as acute encephalopathy are also observed. In humans, endothelial cells, proximal tubular epithelial cells, mesangial cells, podocytes, intestinal epithelial cells, and monocytes / macrophages are susceptible to STx‐mediated injury. Shiga toxin induces the secretion of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines from susceptible cells, including tumor necrosis factor‐α interleukin (IL)‐1, IL‐6, and IL‐8. These cytokines and chemokines contribute to the pathogenesis of HUS and encephalopathy by enhancing STx‐induced cytotoxicity and inducing inflammatory cell infiltration. Serum cytokine/chemokine levels are therefore useful as indicators of disease activity and predictors of progression from acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease. Anti‐inflammation therapy combined with apheresis to remove excessive cytokines / chemokines and methylprednisolone pulse therapy to suppress cytokine/chemokine production may be an effective treatment regimen for severe E. coli‐associated HUS. However, this regimen requires careful monitoring of potential side effects, such as infections, thrombus formation, and hypertension.


Efficiency of including the operation of electromagnetic stirring is shown on example of aluminium powder production modernization. The existing technological scheme was characterized by inefficiency due to the need to pour the melt with a ladle from the rotary furnace to the resistance furnaces, increased electricity costs due to the need to overheat the entire bath of liquid metal to the injection temperature, and the difficulty of adjusting the temperature of the melt, which led to the metal crystallization in the nozzle or required its significant overheating above 900 ºС. Due to modernization, the intermediate resistance furnaces were replaced by a resistance furnace with a capacity of 1.5 tons, equipped with an electromagnetic stirrer of liquid metal. This led to an increase in the production productivity, decrease in energy costs and an increase in the level of automatization. Stirring system provides a non-contact influence on the liquid metal and allows to maintain the necessary temperature and hydrodynamic regimes of the melt in the crucible of the resistance furnace. To form a stirrer channel, a mixture based on vologran was used. It has high heat resistance, low density and thermal conductivity, high chemical resistance to liquid aluminium alloys and low tendency to oxides overgrowth. The use of melt electromagnetic stirring eliminated its overheating in crucible and stabilized the temperature near point of 790 ± 10 ºС. At the same time, the temperature of a metal in the injection zone was 840-850 ºС. Stabilizing the temperature regimes of melt injection made it possible to exclude its crystallization in the nozzle and increase its service life. Lowering the injection temperature by 50-60 ºC made it possible to reduce the oxidation of powder particles, which increased its quality. Modernization of production increased the production capacity of aluminium alloy powder from 300 to 500 kg/hour.


To solve the problem that traditional resource allocation scheme does not take influence of cloud user behavior on resource allocation into consideration and has a static authorization process, this paper proposes resource allocation scheme based on access control (RASBAC), which introduces behavior trust into authorization process. This paper designs a calculation algorithm of behavior trust based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and presents a novel dynamic permission adjustment mechanism. Experimental results show RASBAC provides the basis for allocating resources dynamically and reasonably to cloud users with different behavior performances in cloud computing system, improves the utilization ratio of cloud computing resources and protects the security of the cloud computing environment.


Objective To detect biological activity of rhEPO expressed in transgenetic goat milk.Methods The biological activity in vivo of rhEPO was determined by reticulacyte counting method.The biological activity in vitro of rhEPO was determined by ELISA and MTT colorimetric method,respectively.Results The biological activity in vivo of rhEPO was obviously lower than its biological activity in vitro.Conclusion The difference is possibly caused by the glycan structure of rhEPO.


One of the main principles of critical infrastructure resilience (CIR) is risk assessment for severe shocks caused by natural or man-made disasters. Vulnerability assessment plays an important role in calculating risk. One type of vulnerability assessment is the sequential-function vulnerability assessment, which is based on the network characteristics and interdependencies of different assets. A further significant area of vulnerability among resilient infrastructures relates to time. Time can change interdependencies, it can modify the inherent properties of individual assets, and it can superpose impacts through pathways between receptors and sources during each shock. This study aims to develop a new technique for assessing dynamic time-based vulnerability as a main factor in risk analysis for achieving resilience. In this study, a new analytical equation is developed based on the effect of the source and the interdependencies between the receptors as nodes in the infrastructure network. Direct and indirect impacts on each infrastructure receptor are simulated by impulse functions and Heaviside functions superposed in the total function. The equation for time-based vulnerability assessment for interdependent assets in critical infrastructures is obtained by employing a Laplace transformation. Finally, the developed equation is tested on a hypothetical case study to assess vulnerability.


In this Technical Report, we outline the implementation of the two-phase Navier– Stokes equations in the Reynolds Averaged Two Phase Navier–Stokes (RANS2P) module of the Proteus toolkit. Specifically, we present the weak formulation used in Proteus, as well as the toolkit's techniques for stabilization and weak enforcement of Dirichlet boundary conditions. We end with an overview of the non-linear and linear solver methods used to solve the resulting system of equations.


This is a case of a one year and three months old girl. There was nothing abnormal at birth. Both parents are healthy with negative Wasserman-reaction. Mother's milk was given up to the 7th month and mixed feeding was given thereafter. Although development was normal after birth, she suffered from Otitis media 3 months after birth and several exanthema resembling impetigo appeared soon after in the lower abdominal region. The exanthema then appeared in the occipital region and wattery diarrhea followed by blood-tinged diarrhea was noticed. Ten months after birth a high fever of 41°C continued for 3 days, and numerous small papuloid exanthema accompanied by petechial hemorrhage appeared on the chest, abdomen and back. In March 25 of this year she was taken to the Dept. of Pediatrics of the Tokyo Tetsudo Hospital complaining of exanthema, diarrhea and fever. The exanthema at that time was observed on the chest, abdomen, neck, back and hip. Rice grain to pinhead sized, pinkish, flat, small papules accompanied by exfoliation gathered together and crusts were found to be adhered resembling seborrheic eczema together with numerous petechial hemorrhages. Numerous superficial lymph nodes, especially those in the ardllary and inguinal regions were swollen and isolated. Hematologic findings revealed RBC 334x lo4, Hb 670/,, WBC 11,600, Stab. 2%' Seg. 53%, Eo. 3%, L. 39%, Mo. 3%, serum total protein 7.9g/dl, A/G=41/59. Urinanalysis showed no abnormal findings. Mucus and hemorrhage were detected in stool. Biopsy of the exanthema taken from the chest revealed a tumor-like proliferation of polyhedral or round reticulum cells localized in the papillae corii. On the 12th of April she was diagnosed as having Letterer-Siwe's disease. She was then admitted to the Tokyo Tetsudo Hospital under the care of Dr. M. Fukuda. At that period she was of rather small stature, poorly nourished, pale and anemic. Her abdomen was moderately distended. The liver was palpated one and a half finger breadth below the right costal margin, and the spleen also one and a half finger breadth below the left costal margin. The above mentioned exanthema was found to have spread further on the head, face and extremities. X-ray pictures of the entire bones were taken but revealed no abnormal findings. Hematologic findings : RBC 326 x lo4, Hb 53%, WBC


www.xilinx.com 1 © Copyright 2006–2011 Xilinx, Inc. Xilinx, the Xilinx logo, Artix, ISE, Kintex, Spartan, Virtex, Zynq, and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of Xilinx in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. This document explains the operation of the SPI-4.2 Dynamic Phase Alignment (DPA) Sink Core for Virtex®-4, Virtex-5, Virtex-6, and 7 series FPGAs and provides guidelines on how to use the SPI-4.2 DPA solution. White Paper: Virtex-4, Virtex-5, Virtex-6, and 7 Series FPGAs


The RPA2-Positive Ion Cluster Composition Analyzer (PICCA) on the Giotto spacecraft detected 5 mass peaks with regular spacing of 15 amu up to approximately 120 amu. Starting at 45 amu, the peaks decrease in intensity with increasing mass. Within their half-width they are in good agreement with dissociation products of formaldehyde polymer (POM). A production sequence in which cosmic radiation formed POM from water and carbon monoxide on grains that were aggregated into cometesimals is suggested. Other polymers, possibly containing CN, may also exist. Observations suggest that at least some of the H-, C-, and O-containing dust particles detected by the Particle Impact Analyzer (PIA) on board the Giotto spacecraft and its equivalent on the VEGA-1 and -2 spacecraft contain POM. The properties of POM are consistent with many of the unexpected observations in the coma.


Prevalence of dementia above age of 65 years is very high. Due to the unavailability of an effective screening tool in most of the primary care practices, majority of the elder patients with early dementia are undiagnosed. Despite the advances in the field of dementia research, no pharmacologic agents were found to be beneficial in Alzheimer's disease. Sulphur containing derived amino acid homocysteine (Hcy) has been demonstrated well in human ailments. Vitamins such as B6, folate and B12 deficiency were manifested as one of the etiological factors for hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) in elder people. Though the folic acid plus vitamin B12 therapy was effective in reducing the HHcy, their effect on dementia or Alzheimer's disease is debatable. This review article discusses the recent observation on the effect of vitamin therapy on HHcy in dementia.


Human-computer interaction (HCI) research covers technical and human behavior issues. Therefore, contributions to human-computer interaction research often make people aware of engineering and social sciences at the same time. At HCI, the purpose of practical research contributions is to reveal unknown concepts about human behavior and its relationship with technology. The practical research methods commonly used in HCI include formal experiments, field experiments, field studies, interviews, focus groups, surveys, usability testing, case studies, daily research, ethnography, background research, experience sampling and automatic compilation. data. In this document, we report on the use of evaluation methods, focus groups, surveys and interviews, and how we use these methods to develop artifacts: interface design or information and technology systems. The four items are examples of different application methods that are usedto gather information about users 'wishes, habits, practices, concerns, and preferences. Here, you can also see the organization within the system approach, which means that system outages and even failures can be characterized and improved. The term flexibility has been applied to many fields such as real estate, economics, sports, events, business, psychology and so on. In this study, we emphasized that resilience also consists of a series of different abilities and abilities (self-awareness, creating meaning from other experiences, self-efficacy, optimism, and building strong interpersonal relationships), which is what people should have Some basic elements are used in conjunction with the process of increasing the organization 's resilience. Resilience improves understanding of the resources available to people facing existing problems.


Objective:To investigate the preemptive analgesic effect of flurbiprofen on inflammatory cytokine in patients undergoing cerebral operation.Methods:Forty ASA I-Ⅱpatients undergoing cerebral surgery were randomly divided into control group(group C,n=20) and flurbiprofen group(group F,n=20).Flurbiprofen of 10 mL was given intravenously 15 min before skin incision.The values of VAS scores were recorded at 2 h,24 h and 48 h after operation.Blood samples were taken for determination of serum levels of TNF-α,IL-6 and IL-10 immediately before induction of anesthesia(T1,baseline),at 2 h of operation (T2),immediately after the end of operation (T3) and 24 h after operation (T4).The parameters of anaesthesia time,hemorrhage volume,urine volume,transfusion volume and the dosage of remifentanil and propofol were recorded during the period of anaesthesia.Results:The VAS score was lower in group F than that in group C at 2 h and 24 h after operation (P 0.05),but there was no difference at 48 h after operation between the two groups (P 0.05).The dosages of remifentanil and propofol were lower during anaesthesia in group F than that in group C (P 0.05).Compared with T1,TNF-α was significantly increased at T2 and T3 in both groups,and the peak value at T2 (P 0.05).TNF-α was decreased at T2-T4 in group F than that in group C (P 0.05).Compared with T1,the levels of IL-6 and IL-10 were significantly increased at T2-T4 in both groups,and the peak value at T3(P 0.05).The value of IL-6 was decreased and the value of IL-10 was increased at T2-T4 in group F than those in group C (P 0.05).Conclusion:Flurbiprofen was suitable as a preemptive analgesia and could suppress stress reaction of inflammatory in neurosurgery.


To improve the properties of CaO based ladle slags and control rephosphorization and carry out dephosphorization of the liquid steel in ladle, the effects of Li 2O,Na 2O,K 2O and BaO on the melting point ,viscosity and dephosphorizingability of the simulated CaO based ladle slags, in which part of CaO is replaced by equal weighted additives, are studied The results show that all the four kinds of additives could decrease the melting point and viscosity of slags effectively, in which the action of Li 2O is most conspicuous; The dephosphorizing and rephosphorization controlling ability of CaO based ladle slags is enhanced remarkably by additives and a small amount of additives added to slags can control the rephosphorization of steel


The aim of this paper is to examine Cioran's interpretation of Maistre's reactionary thought. Cioran judges the philosophical work of De Maistre as a useful instrument to investigate the Twentieth century ideological debate on Revolution, with specific reference to the issue of the engagement of philosophers in politics. Through the analysis of Maistre's criticism of revolutionary thought at the time of the Enlightenment, Cioran proposes an insightful deconstruction of the ideological dichotomy between Reaction and Revolution. Indeed, the paper will show that Cioran's understanding of De Maistre implies both a radical criticism of Sartre's existentialism and an original interpretation of Schmitt's Political Theology.


Discrete Event Systems (DES) are widely used tools in practical systems including manufacturing systems, robot motion, logistics systems and so on. Petri Nets (PN) are proposed to model and analyze DES in a compact and efficient way. In this thesis, we focus on two topics in DES and deal with them using PN. One problem is fault diagnosis. We propose an on-line approach for fault diagnosis of timed discrete event systems modeled by Time Petri Net (TPN). The set of transitions is partitioned into two subsets containing observable and unobservable transitions, respectively. Faults correspond to a subset of unobservable transitions. In accordance with most of the literature on discrete event systems, we define three diagnosis states, namely normal, faulty and uncertain states, respectively. The proposed approach uses fault diagnosis graph, which is incrementally computed using the state class graph of the unobservable TPN. After each observation, if the part of FDG necessary to compute the diagnosis states is not available, the state class graph of the unobservable TPN is computed starting from the consistent states. This graph is then optimized and added to the partial FDG keeping only the necessary information for computation of the diagnosis states.We provide algorithms to compute the FDG and the diagnosis states. The method is implemented as a software package and simulation results are included. The other problem is collision avoidance in robot planning and we deal with two problems: deadlock prevention with and without real time control. In the case of deadlock prevention with real time control, we consider the problem of design a deadlock prevention control policy for a team of mobile robots that should follow some trajectories in order to accomplish a given task. We assume that some regions have limited capacity (i.e., the numbers of robots that can be simultaneously in that regions are limited) that can be seen as limited available resources in a resource allocation system (RAS). We propose a method, based on inhibitor arcs that can be applied in a decentralized way. This is an alternative to the deadlock prevention strategy based on monitor places that could be used in several applications since the implementation cost could be smaller. In the second case, we address a collision avoidance problem in a multi-robot system, where real time control is not applicable. Each robot has a set of possible trajectories, each trajectory fulfilling its individual task. The trajectories consist of sequences of regions to be followed, and the time for moving inside each region is known. The problem is to avoid inter-robot collisions by imposing initial time delays for each trajectory. Two solutions are developed, depending on the possibility of imposing a certain trajectory from the available set of paths for each robot. The solutions have the form of mixed integer linear programming optimizations that return the initial time delays and, when necessary, the chosen trajectory for each robot. Finally, we perform a statistical study on the proposed solutions and we conclude that one formulation is preferable to the others.


The invention relates to a process for the production of composite structures (1) between metallic and non-metallic materials, in particular for gas and steam turbine, wherein an adhesive layer (3) is applied on a surface (9) of a metallic base body (2), to the a preferably non-metallic material (5) is applied. The method is characterized in that the adhesive layer (3) consists of individual welding points or anchor points (4) is produced by a respective welding process, in particular an arc-welding process, wherein in the welding process to form a weld point or an anchor point (4) If the ablation of a preferably endless welding wire (8) such that the spot weld or formed the anchor point (4) forms a preferred ball-like or mushroom-like shape on the surface (9) of the base body (2). The invention also relates to a composite structure prepared by the process (1).


A mass measurement system with an active dynamic vibration absorber is developed. The purpose of the development is to lighten the mechanical setup, and to lower its resonant frequency for performing measurement at lower rotational speeds. In the developed system, a mass to be measured is丘xed on a rotating table for introducing some unbalance to the table ; it causes the structure to vibrate during rotation. This vibration is eliminated by the absorber, which also works as a measuring device because the mass is estimated from the vibration amplitude of the absorber mass when the structure does not vibrate. For eliminating vibration, a disturbance cancellation control using signals synchronized with the disturbance is applied ; it succeeds in eliminating the vibration at any rotational frequencty. The measurement results demonstrate that linearity between the actual and estimated masses is good in the developed measurement system.


Threat modeling is a process by which security designers and researchers analyze the security of a system against known threats and vulnerabilities. There is a myriad of threat intelligence and vulnerability databases that security experts use to make important day-to-day decisions. Security experts and incident responders require the right set of skills and tools to recognize attack consequences and convey them to various stakeholders. In this paper, we used natural language processing (NLP) and deep learning to analyze text descriptions of cyberattacks and predict their consequences. This can be useful to quickly analyze new attacks discovered in the wild, help security practitioners take requisite actions, and convey attack consequences to stakeholders in a simple way. In this work, we predicted the multilabels (availability, access control, confidentiality, integrity, and other) corresponding to each text description in MITRE's CWE dataset. We compared the performance of various CNN and LSTM deep neural networks in predicting these labels. The results indicate that it is possible to predict multilabels using a LSTM deep neural network with multiple output layers equal to the number of labels. LSTM performance was better when compared to CNN models.


The bond characteristics between steel reinforcement and concrete are important when modelling global behaviour and predicting reinforcement fracture at ultimate failure. The current paper presents the measured bond stress–slip relationship for welded ribbed and smooth mesh reinforcement at ambient and elevated temperatures, which is commonly used in composite floor slabs. The tests incorporated the bond stress of the mesh resulting from the longitudinal and transverse bar together with the strength of the connecting weld. It was found that the 6, 7 and 8 mm diameter ribbed mesh fractured at all temperatures and the 10 mm diameter ribbed mesh failed by splitting owing to the low cover/bar diameter ratio. All mesh reinforcement with plain bars (6, 7, 8 and 10 mm diameter) failed by fracture of the weld followed by pull-out of the longitudinal bar. The results presented in this paper can be used in current structural models and will aid in defining the ultimate failure criteria of slabs with welded mesh rei...


Objective Silk fibroin(SF)as drug carrier and metformin as a model drug,to prepare metformin silk fibroin microspheres,and optimize the optimal conditions of preparation technology.Methods Liquid paraffin as oil phase,regenerated silk fibroin solution as water phase,Span 80 as oil soluble emulsifier,metformin SF microspheres were prepared by emulsion solidification method,the particle diameter and its distribution were measured by Laser particle sizer,the factors that affected drug loading and entrapment efficiency were investigated by single factor test,then the optimal preparation technology was optimized by orthogonal test.Results The microspheres were spherical in shape,and microsphere diameters were on the order of 4~40 μm.The factors that greatly affected the drug loading and entrapment efficiency were the mass ratio(metformin/SF),water/oil phase ratio and rotation speed.The optimal preparation technology was obtained:the rotation speed was 300 rpm,the mass ratio was 7 %,water/oil phase ratio was 11:100,the drug loading up to 5.8%.Conclusion This method of preparing metformin SF microsphere was simple,no potentially toxic agents,and silk fibroin microspheres could be prepared at normal temperature and pressure,and it′s easy to expand production.


The history of film and pornographic representation is fuelled by technological advancement and riddled with censorship, legislation and jurisdiction. It is a story of private and public, convergence and divergence. It circles around the private act of intimacy, that which is unseeable by the naked eye, revealed and captured in flagrante for all to see.

This article, written for Under the Influence magazine's S/S 2016 special on 'Privacy', looks at the shift that took place from pornographic film viewed in semi-public/public spaces to the domestic, private space. It charts the rise and fall of the sex cinema and explores how in their heyday some of these spaces became escapist sex dream palaces, dripping in gold and swathed in velvet.


The origins of the legend of Anju and Zushio, children cruelly torn from their mother and sold to Sansho, are lost in the Middle Ages, but it was "Ôgai" Mori Rintarô who gave it literary status when he published the historical tale Sansho dayu in 1915. The analysis details the important symbolic role played by birds in freedom and the hunting of birds. The bird, symbol of freedom and autonomy. In parallel, an antagonism, the hunting of birds. Death and the bird complement a bipolarity of symbolic content present throughout the work.


The kinetics of oxidation of cyclohexanol by 1-Chlorobenzotriazole (CBT) has been studied at 40°C in 50% aqueous acetic acid. The reaction is first order with respect to oxidant and first order with respect to substrate. The rate is found to increase with increase in acid concentration and percentage ofAcOH in the mixture. The kinetic parameters have been calculated. A suitable mechanism is proposed.


Objective This study sought to update norms for scholarly publication and citation impact for Australian Group of Eight (Go8) university psychology academics published by McNally (2010). Method Publication and citation data for 279 Go8 psychology academics were extracted using the Scopus and Google Scholar databases. Norms for career‐wise publications, citations, and the h‐index were developed for each academic level (from Lecturer to Professor), and eight‐year publication counts for 2009–2016 were compared with the 2001–2008 figures reported by McNally. Results Evidence of a steep increase in scholarly productivity was found relative to McNally (2010), and new norms were generated. There was notable variation between psychology subdisciplines, with neuroscience and clinical science academics typically having higher publication and citation counts than their cognitive psychology peers. Conclusions Norms for scholarly productivity and citation impact among Australian psychology academics have undergone substantial change in recent years. Caveats concerning the application of research metrics are discussed.


A simple and facile procedure for the synthesis of 14-aryl- or 14-alkyl-14H-dibenzo[aj]xanthenes is described. The procedure takes place by the one-pot condensation of 2-naphthol with aldehydes in ...


AN observer of much of the recent educational material concerned with tuberculosis might be forgiven for concluding that everyone in the population was at equal risk of developing tuberculosis. While it was generally known that this was not the case, it has been difficult to give numerical expression to differences in risk except on a geographical basis. Tuberculosis control programs of many health departments or tuberculosis associations featured activities beamed at the entire population and urged everyone to get a chest x-ray every year. There were a few exceptions to the idea that everyone was at equal risk. One was the belief that infected people who had not progressed without interruption from infection to disease had a useful degree of immunity from tuberculosis, and another was that people whose tuberculosis had remained inactive for several years had been cured, and their worries about reactivation were over. Within recent years, several statements have appeared which have designated special groups within the population for follow-up.1'2 Several excellent studies have been reported from which it is possible to make the inferences required for a first approximation of classification of the population according to the relative risk of developing active tuberculosis.3-5 This sort of adventure carries a danger with it. To begin with, a first approximation often provides an oversimplified description of a situation. Second, such an approximation may be so plausible in taking into account a set of prevailing beliefs that the approximation may be taken as reality. To use the concept of relative risk presented here as real would be unfortunate indeed, if it resulted in diminished efforts to ascertain the facts from well-planned and well-executed field studies. The method used here to explore the relative risk of developing active tuberculosis is simple. Basically it is to look at the tuberculosis which currently is becoming active and try to understand where it comes from.


ABSTRACT This study is mainly focused to obtain stable dimensions for plastic products used in manufacturing industries. A technique of microcellular foaming injection method was chosen with added chemical blowing agents to decrease the mass, clamping force, and cycle time. Mold flow analysis was run to compare the conventional plastic injection (KP) method with chemical foaming injection molding method using added TecoCell H1 (TH) and CS (TCS). The primary process conditions are considered as temperature of the mold, velocity of injection, pressure and time of holding, and cooling time. The experiments were carried under polymer material as (polypropylene) Moplen EP548P. The new chemical blowing agents TH and TCS, having different reactive material ratios (50% and 25% endothermic) and gas concentration ratios, were utilized at a rate of 1% by weight claiming to be a novel method for producing the parts with high efficiency. The results of both the flow analysis and the injection molding experiments demonstrate that, plastic samples produced by conventional plastic injection could be made approximately 7.5% lesser weight, with 33% lesser force of clamping, and a gain of cycle time nearly 15% by adding chemical blowing agents to the process. Topsis technique is carried for determining the best fabrication method. It was observed that, the injection molding method with Tecocell H1 (TH) chemical foaming agent exhibited better results in terms of less clamping force, reduced cycle time, and weight of the product. The experimental results are validated using the Topsis method and the results are satisfied. Hence, the chemical blowing agent Tecocell H1 (TH) can be applied as a foaming agent for manufacturing the plastic products and increase the efficiency of the production.


Background: Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) has recently emerged as a viable management option for peritoneal surface malignancy (PSM). CRS and HIPEC is a complex, multidisciplinary and resource intensive surgical option with a steep learning curve and signi�cant morbidity and mortality. Most of experience is limited to few dedicated high volume centres from developed countries. We present a single institutional experience of 155 cases of CRS and HIPEC performed at a tertiary care cancer centre in a low & middle-income country (LMIC). Methods: largely to 2020 were identi�ed and the data was analysed for clinical spectrum, surgical details, peri-operative morbidity and mortality.


Object-oriented domain-driven design (DDD) aims to develop software (iteratively) around a realistic model of the application domain, which both thoroughly captures the domain requirements and is technically feasible for implementation. The main focus of existing work in DDD has been on using an annotation-based extension of object-oriented programming language to build the domain model. However, these work do not consider software modules as first-class objects and thus lack a method for their development. In this paper, we propose a generative software module development method to bridge this gap. More specifically, we make the following contributions: (1) An annotation-based internal DSL named MCCL for configuring the modules. This language uses a reflective module configuration class design. (2) A module configuration class generator that generates a module configuration class from a domain class. (3) Update the module configuration class of a module when this module's structure is changed. (4) Demonstrate MCCL using a Java software tool.


-Underwater sensor nodes will find applications in oceanographic data collection, pollution monitoring, offshore exploration, disaster prevention, assisted navigation and tactical surveillance applications. Moreover, unmanned or autonomous underwater vehicles (UUVs, AUVs), equipped with sensors, will enable the exploration of natural undersea resources and gathering of scientific data in collaborative monitoring missions. Underwater acoustic networking is the enabling technology for these applications. Underwater networks consist of a variable number of sensors and vehicles that are deployed to perform collaborative monitoring tasks over a given area. In this paper, several fundamental key aspects of underwater acoustic communications are investigated. Different architectures such as two-dimensional and three-dimensional underwater sensor networks are discussed. The major challenges in energy efficient routing protocols in underwater sensor network are detailed. Terrestrial routing algorithms such as (Leach, Heed) are discussed. And limitations of these algorithms i.e. why they are not used in uw-asn are also detailed. Also in this paper underwater routing algorithms such as (VBF, DBR, and REBAR) are discussed.


The expression of α2(I), α1(III) and α1(IV) procollagen mRNA was analyzed in normal and CCl4‐induced fibrotic rat liver by in situ hybridization using RNA probes. In normal liver, moderate amounts of α2(I) and α1(III) procollagen transcripts were found in sinusoidal cells, in stromal cells of the portal tracts and in the vicinity of central veins, whereas a1(IV) procollagen gene expression was below the threshold of detection. After 2 weeks of CCl4 treatment, increased transcription of α2(I) and α1(III) procollagen genes was observed in sinusoidal cells. At this stage, α1(IV) procollagen mRNA was detectable in the same cell types and localization as α2(I) and α1(III) procollagen transcripts, although with a weaker signal. After 4 weeks, newly formed fibrous septa showed many cells intensely labeled by α2(I), α1(III) and α1(IV) procollagen probes. Neither in normal liver nor at any stage of fibrosis was any hybridization signal above background observed in hepatocytes. These patterns suggest that in the liver Type I, Type III and Type IV procollagen expression takes place predominantly in nonparenchymal cells. Therefore, hepatocytes do not appear to be significantly involved in procollagen production in this experimental model of liver fibrosis.


The presentation of informationization construction of manufacturing industry is in favor of exerting comparative advantage of Heilongjiang manufacturing industry and improving the competition of enterprises.The paper puts forward the structure of a kind of networked manufacturing service platform,introduces the design principle of ASP platform,and discusses the key technology of the platform.The platform can offer the follwing services,such as information knowledge, training,consultation,production exhibition and information customization.


The miniaturization of hairpin band‐pass filters by employing two high‐permittivity ceramic substrates (with respective dielectric constants of 9.7 and 26.1) are investigated. Microwave dielectric ceramics with high permittivity are commonly applied in several microwave communication components. With the advantages of compact size, high‐permittivity ceramics can be used as the substrate for band‐pass filters. Moreover, the fundamental characteristics of newly developed slotted resonators. In this article, the designed vertically stacked slotted resonators structures are simulated using an IE3D simulator. The responses of the fabricated filters using Al2O3 (εr = 9.7, Q × f = 350,000 GHz) and 0.8(Mg0.95Zn0.05)TiO3‐0.2Ca0.61Nd0.26TiO3 (εr = 26.1, Q × f = 46,000 GHz) ceramic substrates are designed at a center frequency of 2.45 GHz. This vertically stacked slotted resonators and sharp cutoff frequency response band‐pass filter should be useful in many wireless communication systems. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 1377–1379, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23366


The growing concern in the United States about the safety of chemicals in our environment makes the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) a timely topic. TSCA is the primary vehicle for enabling the government to review most chemicals, other than foods, drugs, cosmetics and pesticides, before they are introduced into commerce. Last year's dramatic recall of children's toys tainted with lead has increased the calls for thorough information about the chemicals in our environment. In addition, the lightening speed of nanotechnology development threatens to leave regulators with very few tools to address the environmental and toxicological effects of nanomaterials. This book is a unique resource for lawyers and regulatory affairs specialists who need to understand the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), including the surrounding law, regulations and guidances. This volume includes a CD-ROM containing a broad array of resource materials, references to other supporting source materials, and procedures to implement an integrated TSCA compliance plan.


In an extension of knowledge on organizational socialization from a job perspective, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of job standardization on newcomer socialization. Questionnaires were completed by 205 newly hired nurses in 10 public hospitals, and hierarchical regression was utilized to analyze the data. The results indicated a positive correlation between a high degree of job standardization and task mastery, role clarity, acculturation and social integration. These findings suggest that a high degree of job standardization can facilitate quickly and efficiently the socialization process for new employees, it is recommended that organizations should establish a mechanism of "learning by doing" in bringing their newcomer up to speed.


Abstract In laboratory tests thiram, dichlofluanid, and captan were most efficient in inhibiting conidial germination of Botrytis cinerea Pers., but benomyl and dichlozoline were better at inhibiting mycelial growth. Highest yields and the lowest amount of botrytis infection in a field trial were obtained from dichlozoline-sprayed plants, benomyl and dichlofluanid being slightly less effective. The data suggest that use of a mixture of two fungicides one acting primarily against spore germination and the other against mycelial growth, may be the most effective way of reducing botrytis infection.


Abstract Changes in stand biomass, stem density, mortality and recruitment were monitored from 2000 to 2016 at 5- or 6-year intervals of Mt. Geumsan (GMS). The GMS had 34 woody plant species and 2698 living stems (DBH ≥ 2 cm) ha−1 in 2016, with an increase in biomass from 233.80 ton ha−1 in 2000 to 282.15 ton ha−1 in 2016. The dominant species in the canopy layer was Quercus serrata, while Chamaecyparis obtusa was the dominant species in the subtree layer. During the 17 years, the biomass of Q. serrata increased from 156.35 to 198.40 ton ha−1, while the stem density of Q. serrata declined from 395 to 268 stems ha−1. In addition, the biomass of C. obtusa increased from 12.70 to 24.09 ton ha−1, and also the stem density of C. obtusa increased from 722 to 898 stems ha−1. The forest structure of GMS is expected to maintain dominance of Q. serrata, and C. obtusa is increasing. Therefore, GMS was a natural broad-leaved forest composed of Q. serrata, but natural broad-leaved species at the site are declining due to the regeneration and growth of C. obtusa, which is relatively shade-tolerant compared to other species.


In this work, we study the controllability of stochastic impulsive systems with distributed delays in control in finite dimensional spaces. Some sufficient criteria ensuring the relative controllability of the nonlinear stochastic impulsive delayed systems are established. The results are obtained using the Banach fixed point theorem. Finally, an example is also discussed to illustrate the efficiency of the obtained results. Some important comments are included on nonlinear stochastic control problems.


With increased usage of compute cores for sensitive applications, including e-commerce, there is a need to provide additional hardware support for securing information from memory based attacks. This work presents a unified hardware framework for handling spatial and temporal memory attacks. The paper integrates the proposed hardware framework with a RISC-V based micro-architecture with an enhanced application binary interface that enables software layers to use these features to protect sensitive data. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme through practical case studies in addition to taking the design through a VLSI CAD design flow. The proposed processor reduces the metadata storage overhead up to 4 x in comparison with the existing solutions, while incurring an area overhead of just 1914 LUTs and 2197 flip flops on an FPGA, without affecting the critical path delay of the processor.


Women's Empowerment is a holistic and sustainable goal for development of a society. They are the resources of family, society, community and nation. They are the greatest asset of an economy. Urbanization processes are not properly guided their roles in this society. Transformation of gender roles in urban contexts will require wider community involvement as well as administration. They are disadvantaged in income poverty, asset poverty, time and power. This paper is properly focused on features of empowerment of women in this society, their educational status, employment opportunities, social and economic status, as well as future strategies.


The restoration of stressed watercourses in urbanized watersheds can best be achieved by taking advantage of opportunities such as the retrofitting or improvem…


The objective of this study is to understand the functional potential of the microbial community related to bioremediation activity and its relationship with the pollution of each site to enhance the future design of more accurate bioremediation processes. Water samples were collected at four sampling sites along the Apatlaco River (S1-S4), and a whole metagenome shotgun sequencing was performed to know and understand the microbial community involved in bioremediation. Additionally, HMMER was used for searching sequence homologs related to PET and polystyrene biodegradation and metal transformation in Apatlaco River metagenomes. The Apatlaco River is characterized by the presence of a broad spectrum of microorganisms with the metabolic potential to carry out bioremediation activities. Every site along the Apatlaco River has a particular community to perform bioremediation activities. The first site S1 has Thiomonas, Polaromonas, Pedobacter, and Myroides, S2 has Pedobacter, Myroides, Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter, S3, Thiomonas, Myroides, Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter and Aeromonas; S4, Thiomonas, Myroides and Pseudomonas, Thauera. Furthermore, every site is rich in specific enzymes such as S1 has dioxygenase and dehydrogenase, which can degrade Catechol, Biphenyl, Naphthalene, and Phthalate. While, S2 and S3 are rich in dioxygenase and decarboxylating dehydrogenases to degrade Toluene, Fluorobenzoate, Xylene, Phenylpropanoate, and Phenol. S3 also has monooxygenases which degrade Benzene, and all the earlier mentioned enzymes were also found at S4.


Naturopaths are consulted by 6.2% of the Australian adult population, which is comparable to the rates of consultations with acupuncturists (7.9%) and osteopaths (5.4%).


The performance of conventional predictive current control (PCC) is analysed, and a technique is proposed to reduce current errors which arise due to inaccuracies in the system parameters and the non-ideal behaviour of the inverter during steady-state operation, while a current-regulated delta modulator is employed to achieve a fast dynamic response during transient operation. The performance of the proposed PCC, which is simple to implement on a low-cost fixed-point DSP, is demonstrated experimentally


Summary A series of sediment samples and small quantities of hand-col1ected bone and shell from deposits revealed by excavations at Flat Lane, Barmby Moor, were submitted for an evaluation of their bioarchaeological potential. The hand-collected shell and the biological remains (a few snail shells and shell fragments) recovered from the sample were of no interpretative value. The battered nature of the bone fragments suggests that some reworking of deposits is likely—the inclusion of human remains supports this hypothesis. No further analysis of these deposits is recommended but should material from Trench 2 deposits prove to be tightly dated, then a basic archive of the vertebrate remains, including measurements and tooth wear records, should be made.


Background: Current findings suggest that iron deficiency anemia (IDA) may be a predisposing factor for febrile seizure (FS), while some studies show the lower prevalence of IDA in the children with FS.The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to elucidate the association between IDA and FS. Methods: A comprehensive search was performed using MeSH keywords in databases such as PubMed, Scopus, Embase, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Google Scholar without time limit until 2017. Cochrane test and I2 index were used for the evaluation of heterogeneity among the retrieved studies. Data analysis was performed in Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (CMA) software version 2. Results: In total, 38 studies conducted on 3,738 cases and 3,720 controls were reviewed in this meta-analysis. Considering the significant heterogeneity (I2=87.981; P<0.001), the odds ratio (OR) was combined using the random effects model. The pooled results indicated that IDA significantly increased the risk of FS (OR=2.36; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.72-3.24; P<0.0001). Meta-analysis was performed based on the simple febrile convulsion (FC) and first febrile convulsion (FFC), and OR was estimated at 2.98 (95% CI: 1.67-5.31; P<0.001) and 2.23 (95% CI: 1.33-3.73; P<0.001), respectively. In the subgroup analysis of the studies conducted in Iran, India, and Pakistan, OR was determined at 1.06 (95% CI: 0.71-1.58), 4.21 (95% CI: 2.97-5.97), and 2.22 (95% CI: 1.70-2.90), respectively, which revealed significant differences in this regard (P<0.001). Conclusion: According to the results, IDA is a predisposing factor for FC. Therefore, children with FS must be examined for the risk of IDA


: Soil conservation is the protection of fertile top soil from erosion by wind and water and the replacement of nutrient in the soil and it is the combination of the appropriate land use and a management practice that promotes the productive and sustainable use of erosion and other forms of land degradation. It has become an integral part of land use and receives support within a social and economic environment which is conductive to the maintenance and improvement of soil capital. The grass strips, bench terraces and fanyajuu reduced soil loss by 40, 76 and 88%, respectively, compared to the land without those structures. In the Anjeni area of Ethiopia, graded soil bund reduced soil loss by 40% as compared with untreated plots. An annual soil loss from crop lands with level soil bunds reduced by 51% when compared to the control plot. In DebreMewi, Ethiopia, Stone bunds and soil bund reduced soil loss by 72.9 and 83.7% respectively as compared to non-treated land. In northern Ethiopia, especially in Tigray, Stone bund is effective in reducing soil loss by 68% particularly at its early age. In the central highlands of Ethiopia, the soil bund reduced the yield of barley by 7% when the spaces occupied by the structures are taken into account and otherwise increased yield by 1.7%.Agro-forestry is also one of the practices mainly used in Ethiopia at the low land areas where Mango ( Mangifera indica L.) is well integrated with the cultivated crops and considered as an important component of the farm. The vetiver system reduces soil loss from farm land by 90% and reduces rainfall runoff by 70%. Rotating


Background Heart disease is the leading cause of death in schizophrenia. However, there has been little research directly examining cardiac function in schizophrenia. Aims To investigate cardiac structure and function in individuals with schizophrenia using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) after excluding medical and metabolic comorbidity. Method In total, 80 participants underwent CMR to determine biventricular volumes and function and measures of blood pressure, physical activity and glycated haemoglobin levels. Individuals with schizophrenia ('patients') and controls were matched for age, gender, ethnicity and body surface area. Results Patients had significantly smaller indexed left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic volume (effect size d = −0.82, P = 0.001), LV end-systolic volume (d = −0.58, P = 0.02), LV stroke volume (d = −0.85, P = 0.001), right ventricular (RV) end-diastolic volume (d = −0.79, P = 0.002), RV end-systolic volume (d = −0.58, P = 0.02), and RV stroke volume (d = −0.87, P = 0.001) but unaltered ejection fractions relative to controls. LV concentricity (d = 0.73, P = 0.003) and septal thickness (d = 1.13, P < 0.001) were significantly larger in the patients. Mean concentricity in patients was above the reference range. The findings were largely unchanged after adjusting for smoking and/or exercise levels and were independent of medication dose and duration. Conclusions Individuals with schizophrenia show evidence of concentric cardiac remodelling compared with healthy controls of a similar age, gender, ethnicity, body surface area and blood pressure, and independent of smoking and activity levels. This could be contributing to the excess cardiovascular mortality observed in schizophrenia. Future studies should investigate the contribution of antipsychotic medication to these changes.


Small-molecule degraders are a novel chemical modality enabling immediate, selective and direct loss of targeted proteins. While the majority of proteins in the proteome lack selective pharmacological agents or chemical probes, hybrid chemical–genetic degradation approaches have emerged as complementary and versatile strategies to modulate the stability of specific proteins. These broadly applicable degradation-based strategies use small molecules or antibodies to recruit the degradation machinery to dispose of target proteins and are highly complementary to widely used gene-directed approaches. Moreover, these approaches offer improved target selectivity profiles and enable functional studies with temporal resolution that is not possible with genetic approaches. In this chapter, we summarize the development and utility of the degradation tag (dTAG) system for engineering target-specific protein degradation. The dTAG technology platform uses hetero-bifunctional small-molecule degraders to co-opt the endogenous cellular degradation machinery to rapidly and reversibly deplete FKBP12F36V-tagged target proteins. We expect that the dTAG system and related tag-based degradation strategies will become essential tools for pre-clinical target validation and mechanistic biological investigation in cellular and mouse models of development and disease.


User-generated textual contents on the Internet are often noisy, erroneous, and not in correct grammar. In fact, some online users choose to express their opinions online through carefully perturbed texts, especially in controversial topics (e.g., politics, vaccine mandate) or abusive contexts (e.g., cyberbullying, hate-speech). However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no framework that explores these online "human-written" perturbations (as opposed to algorithm-generated perturbations). Therefore, we introduce an interactive system called CrypText. CrypText is a data-intensive application that provides the users with a database and several tools to extract and interact with human-written perturbations. Specifically, CrypText helps look up, perturb, and normalize (i.e., de-perturb) texts. CrypText also provides an interactive interface to monitor and analyze text perturbations online. The demo is available at: https://lethaiq.github.io/anthro.


Motivated by the report of a possible new planetary member of the solar system, this work calculates cross sections for interactions between passing stars and this proposed Planet Nine. Evidence for the new planet is provided by the orbital alignment of Kuiper belt objects, and other solar system properties, which suggest a Neptune-mass object on an eccentric orbit with a semimajor axis a 9 ≈ 400–1500 au. With such a wide orbit, Planet Nine has a large interaction cross section and is susceptible to disruption by passing stars. Using a large ensemble of numerical simulations (several million) and Monte Carlo sampling, we calculate the cross sections for different classes of orbit-altering events: (A) scattering the planet into its proposed orbit from a smaller orbit, (B) ejecting it from the solar system from its current orbit, (C) capturing the planet from another system, and (D) capturing a free-floating planet. Results are presented for a range of orbital elements with planetary mass m 9 = 10 M⊕. Removing Planet Nine from the solar system is the most likely outcome. Specifically, we obtain ejection cross sections σ int ∼ 5 × 106 au2 (5 × 104 au2) for environments corresponding to the birth cluster (field). With these cross sections, Planet Nine is likely to be ejected if the Sun resides within its birth cluster longer than Δt ≳ 100 Myr. The probability of ejecting Planet Nine due to passing field stars is ≲3% over the age of the Sun. Probabilities for producing the inferred Planet Nine orbit are low (≲5%).


In this paper, to study the effect of dynamic and static interference of clearance flow in fluid machinery caused by changes in rotational speed, the model was simplified to a rotor-stator system cavity flow. Investigating the flow characteristics in the cavity by changing the rotor speed of the rotor-stator system is of considerable significance. ANSYS-CFX was applied to numerically simulate the test model and the results were compared with the experimental results of the windage torque of the rotor-stator system. The inlet flow rate and geometric model remained unchanged. With an increase in the rotating Reynolds number, the shear stress on the rotor wall gradually increased, and the maximum gradient was within l* < 0.15. In addition to the shear stress, the tangential Reynolds stress Rrθ contributed partly to the torque on the rotor wall. The swirling vortex formed by entrainment in the cavity of the rotor-stator system tended to separate at ReΦ= 3.53 × 106. As the rotating Reynolds number continued to increase, the secondary vortex finally separated completely. The strength of the vortex in the rotor turbulent boundary layer decreased with an increase in the rotating speed, but the number of vortex cores increased with the increase of speed. Depending on the application of the fluid machine, controlling the rotating speed within a reasonable range can effectively improve the characteristics of the clearance flow.


Volume 3, Issue 3 May – June 2014 Page 35 AbstractIn this paper the instrumental variable and recursive least square algorithm for identification of Hammerstein model consisting of the cascade connection of the static non-linearity followed by a LTI system, have been given. Here the linear dynamic block is described by generalised orthonormal basis and the static nonlinearity is formulated by a preload with dead zone characteristics. To estimate the parameters, a proper switching function is incorporated. Thereafter, the recursive least square algorithm and Instrument variable method has been used to obtain the optimal estimates of the parameters. It is shown that the convergence of the parameters was faster using instrumental variable identification algorithm as compared to least square algorithm.


States with limited statehood such as Somalia can cause transnational security challenges. The emergence of an insurgent group with links to Al Qaida and piracy emanating from its coast are cases in point. In this article, we tackle the question of whether the EU's comprehensive approach toward Somalia is working. To do this, we analyze its effectiveness, its legitimacy, and the influence of power by appraising three characteristics of the security governance concept in a critical manner. We conclude that the result is mixed. Even if the EU's comprehensive approach were perfect in a technical sense, it would still face restraints, because any solution has to come from Somali themselves. Not only should they be an integral part of it, they should become the real owners of the state-building process in the first place.


SUMMARY Although reading remains a popular leisure activity and reader's advisory is experiencing a resurgence in public libraries, encouragement of independent reading and the culture of the book have declined in academic libraries. This paper is a personal perspective on the reasons for this decline, a few exceptions to the trend, and possible strategies and resources to reemphasize independent reading. Subtopics include book reviewing, popular or browsing collections, reader's advisory, cultural and institutional changes, the relationship between bookstores and libraries, the relationship between print and electronic resources, and the changing role of the bibliographer.


The axial error is the main factor that causes the angular angle sensor error to eliminate, in order to improve the angle sensor accuracy, based on the round grating, from the geometric angle and the moir stripe angle, the axial error and the column grating and the end grating Establishing a mathematical model, and simulates the axial eccentricity and axial tilt errors. The simulation results show that the angular error error is proportional to the axial eccentricity; the influence of the axial tilt on the column grating is greater than the end grating. Axial error analysis provides a theoretical basis for determination of angular sensor shaft error inhibition.


Objective:To investigate the reduction route and fixation method of zygomatic fracture in the early stage. Methods:The clinical data of 40 patients with zygomatic fracture admitted between Jan 1996 to Aug 1999 were analyzed, which focused on the reduction and fixation methods. Results:Of 40 patients, 36 were performed primary reduction and fixation ; coronary incision of scalp was used in 29 of 36 patients, local small incision was performed in 7 cases. Rigid internal fixation and rigid internal fixation combined with transosseous wire fixation was used in76.4%(26/34) patients , the single application of transosseous wire fixation was seen in 14.7%(5/34) patients. Conclusion:The patients given primary reduction and fixation account for 90%(36/40), effects of which are better than those of secondary reduction and fixation; The stability of rigid internal fixation is excellent. [


Abstract Civil aircraft that fly long ranges consume a large fraction of civil aviation fuel, injecting an important amount of aviation carbon into the atmosphere. Decarbonising solutions must consider this sector. A philosophical-analytical feasibility of an airliner family to assist in the elimination of carbon dioxide emissions from civil aviation is proposed. It comprises four models based on the integration of the body of a large two-deck airliner with the engines, wings and flight surfaces of a long-range twin widebody jet. The objective of the investigation presented here is to evaluate the impact of liquid hydrogen tank technology in terms of gravimetric efficiency. A range of hydrogen storage gravimetric efficiencies was evaluated; from a pessimistic value of 0.30 to a futuristic value of 0.85. This parameter has a profound influence on the overall fuel system weight and an impact on the integrated performance. The resulting impact is relatively small for the short-range aircraft; it increases with range and is important for the longer-range aircraft. For shorter-range aircraft variants, the tanks needed to store the hydrogen are relatively small, so the impact of tank weight is not significant. Longer range aircraft are weight constrained and the influence of tank weight is important. In the case of the longest range, the deliverable distance increases from slightly over 4,000 nautical miles, with a gravimetric efficiency of 0.3, to nearly 7,000 with a gravimetric efficiency of 0.85.


A method for the determination of chloroform and acetic ether by GC was established. Using PEG-20M(4 m×2 mm) column,the initial temperature was kept at 50℃ for 3 min, and then raised to 180℃ at the rate of 10℃·min~(-1) and kept temperature for 13 min.Using FID detector and N_2 as carrier gas, the injection port and detector temperature were 200℃ respectively. The linear responses ranged from 0.0005~(0.003 mg·mL~(-1)) (r=0.9994) of chloroform and 0.005~(0.03 mg·mL~(-1)) (r= 0.99993)of acetic ether respectively, the average recoveries of chloroform and acetic ether were 100.3% and 100.5% respectively. This method was sensitive, accurate ,and suitable for the determination of the two constituents that remained in the main drug.


Recent changes in power system have been increasing complexity of power system. Especially, widespread demand side participation and emerging technologies such as electric vehicle, energy storage system and renewable not only increase complexity of power system, they also require changes in power system simulation. The increased number of decision making entities is one of the significant changes and smart grid simulation needs to capture the full effects of diversity and complex interactions of all the entities in the system. We propose a modeling approach for smart grid simulation. In this paper, we represent a multi-agent modeling approach to describe a variety of decision making entities. With this approach, we provide a precise understanding of aggregated system behaviors in challenging smart grid environments.


I live in a society where I get good end-of-life care regardless of who I am, where I live or the circumstances of my life

The above statement has been written from the perspective of someone nearing the end of life. It represents one of six positive ambitions for palliative and end-of-life care included in a framework for local action designed to drive better care in England (National Palliative and End of life Care Partnership, 2015). The expectation that anyone who is dying will get fair access to care is not an extraordinary one, nor indeed is it new. Yet, even in 2016, we are faced by a number of key reports that confirm that fair access to care is not the case in reality.

The Care Quality Commission has recently undertaken a review looking closely at how dying people …


The population decline in the common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) has necessitated the preservation of their genetic resources for species conservation and research. Of all actions, cryopreservation of fibroblast cell cultures derived from animal biopsy is considered a simple but efficient means. Nevertheless, preserving viable cell cultures of the common hippopotamus has not been achieved to our knowledge. To this end, we detailed a method to establish fibroblast cell cultures from a female common hippopotamus fetus in this study. By combining the classic tissue explant direct culture and enzymatic digestion methods, we isolated a great number of cells with typical fibroblastic morphology and high viability. Characterization of the fibroblast cultures was carried out using different techniques. In short, neither bacteria/fungi nor mycoplasma was detectable in the cell cultures throughout the study. The population doubling time was 23.9 h according to the growth curve. Karyotyping based on Giemsa staining showed that cultured cells were diploid with 36 chromosomes in all, one pair of which was sex chromosomes. Mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase subunit I gene sequence of the cultured cells was 99.26% identical with the Hippopotamus amphibius complete mitochondrial DNA sequence registered in GenBank, confirming the cells were derived from a common hippopotamus. Flow cytometry and immunofluorescence staining results revealed that the detected cells were positive for fibroblast markers, S100A4 and Vimentin. In conclusion, we isolated and characterized a new fibroblast cell culture from a common hippopotamus skin sample and the cryopreserved cells could be useful genetic materials for the future research.


The CrB particles reinforced MMC coating was prepared by high velocity arc spraying(HVAS) method.Through a series of experiments,including metallograph,SEM and EPMA,the microstructure and composition of the coating were analyzed in details.The high temperature abrasion resistance as well as its mechanism of the CrB coating was studied through field test,which was done by depositing the coating on the surface of the water-wall tubes in a circulating fluidized bed boiler.The results show that the microstructure of coating is typical compact structure with layer upon layer,and each layer is composed of successive metal matrix.The hard particles are mainly compounds of boron and chromium and oxide of chromium,scattering evenly and dispersedly in the coating,which can reinforce the coating and play a nail's role in hindering the movement of the abrasion particles.On the other hand,the metal matrix with good ductility and toughness can buffer the impact caused by the abrasion particles.Therefore,the abrasion rate of the coating can be greatly slowed down and the coating will have excellent abrasion resistance.


Objective To study the effects of middle school teachers' causal-uncertainty on their state anxiety and trait anxiety,and to explore new approaches to improving teachers' mental health.Methods A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted among 308 teachers in 7 middle schools in Linfen.Results Causal-uncertainty of middle school teachers had apparent prediction function to their state and trait anxiety,and the decisive coefficients were 8.1% and 13.0% respectively.Conclusion Self causal-uncertainty is influencing anxiety among middle school teachers.


Abstract Aim: The aim of this study was to identify and analyze the types of laterality and level of general intelligence in primary school children, aged six to eight years. Methods: The sample consisted of 120 students, both boys and girls. General intelligence was measured using Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM), while laterality was assessed using the Harris Test for lateral dominance. Results: The results obtained highlight that the dominant type of laterality is RRR - completely right-handed with stably accomplished laterality (81 subjects), followed by RLR - crossed ocular-manual and stably accomplished laterality (29 subjects). The proportion of those with LLL laterality - completely left-handed with stably accomplished laterality is small (4 subjects). In terms of general intelligence, most participants had IQs that can be classified in the category of those with a higher level of intelligence (65 subjects), succeeded by those with a superior medium level (27 subjects). Conclusion: Identifying the type of laterality and level of intelligence of children participating in physical education and sports classes is needed in order to leverage the intervention on the psychomotor components and to facilitate the process of adaptation of the child to the school environment.


Abstract This paper is a follow-up to an earlier study (Rowe 1985) and considers the addition of a computerized sales order processing system at Barrington's food factory. The earlier stock control system had not been without its problems, and the lessons learned from this experience enabled management to avoid repeating certain mistakes with regard to planning, office provision and training. However, once in operation, the new system also experienced a number of shortcomings, principally because management still overlooked important human, organizational and ergonomic factors. As the previous article pointed out, these factors are often less visible to management, and it resulted in problems with regard to day-to-day operations, office reorganization, work roles and inter-departmental communication. The concluding section advocates the abandonment of 'technology-led system design' in favour of a more evolutionary approach.


Pulmonary infectious diseases afflict millions of people annually, with significant morbidity and mortality associated with bacterial, viral and fungal infections. Patients with respiratory disease are particularly susceptible to infection, where respiratory infections are associated with exacerbations of disease and worsening lung function. The impact of infectious diseases and the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance have heightened the need for novel anti-infectives and led to incentives aimed at the pharmaceutical industry to discover and develop drugs to meet this need.


The participation of women with young children in the Japanese labor force has increased dramatically in recent years, bringing growing potential for conflict between work and family roles amid inadequate social systems, such as childcare support. Thus, work–life balance (WLB) of mothers may influence their children's mental health and lifestyle. This study aims to clarify the relationship between parents' WLB and children's mental health, as well as the underlying factors of parental stress and nurturing attitude. The study is based on a questionnaire survey administered in 2019 to fifth-grade elementary school students and their caregivers in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The regression results indicated that the higher the work–family negative spillover, the higher the child's externalizing and internalizing problems, and the higher the positive spillover, the lower the problems and the higher the prosocial behaviors. Path analysis indicates that maternal WLB is negatively and positively related to children's behavior through maternal stress and parenting practices. The study suggests that maternal WLB is related to children's emotional and behavioral problems. WLB may impact children's emotional and behavioral problems through parents' mental health and involvement with their children, particularly because of work arrangements changing with the COVID-19 pandemic.


Attempts to examine Hong Kong as an issue in British postwar colonial policy often emphasize the unique nature of the colony, and therefore a special case in British decolonization. Hong Kong has been regarded as an unconventional colonial entity, an anachronism in the modern world. But others argue that the word colony is not an appropriate term to describe it, except in the most severely technical legal sense, because of its spectacular industrial and economic development since the end of the Second World War. Nonetheless, Hong Kong has existed as a British crown colony since 1842, and its colonial political structures have remained more or less the same until the early 1980s. Hong Kong's special relations with China is an important factor making it an oddity in post-war British decolonization. Instead of becoming independent like most other British colonialterritories, Hong Kong's political future is linked to China. This situation of 'decolonization without independence' has been an important theme of academic analysis on the colony's political development.


Myoglobin released during muscle injury can precipitate acute renal failure.1,2 There are many causes of rhabdomyolysis, including excessive exercise, "crush" injuries, seizures, infections, severe potassium and phosphate depletion, staphylococcal toxins, venoms, and licit and illicit drugs, including ethanol.2–4 Intoxication with the liqueur absinthe (derived from oil of wormwood) has not been associated with rhabdomyolysis or acute renal failure. We report the case of a patient who was hospitalized after drinking essential oil of wormwood purchased through the Internet. Case Report A 31-year-old man was found at home by his father in an agitated, incoherent, and disoriented state. Paramedics . . .


Dear Editor, Lanthanum carbonate (LC) is a commonly used calcium-free phosphate binder. Chewable tablet (CT) formulations were approved in Japan in October 2008, granular formulations in January 2012, and orally disintegrating tablets (ODT) in June 2017. Here, we report a patient with chronic cough caused by accidental inhalation of LC granules, in whom switching the LC formulation from CT to granules and from granules to ODT was a diagnostic key. A 51-year-old Japanese woman had started peritoneal dialysis for end-stage kidney disease because of immunoglobulin A nephropathy 7 years previously. She had been taking LC for hyperphosphatemia, and the formulation had been switched from CT to granules 5 years before. She developed a dry cough from night to early morning about 1 month after being switched. Inhaled β2agonists and oral proton-pump inhibitor administration failed to resolve her cough, and she was therefore referred to the respiratory department. She and her family had no smoking history and she had no past medical history of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). No physical findings were noted, and chest computed tomography and respiratory function tests revealed no abnormal findings. Cough sensitivity test and examination of airway hyperresponsibility were not performed. Inhaled β2-agonists, inhaled corticosteroids, and oral antihistamines were all ineffective; however, her cough had not worsened over 4 years without treatment. She subsequently underwent parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism. LC granules were discontinued following surgery, and the patient reported that her cough disappeared after stopping the LC granules. She started oral administration of LC ODT for re-elevated serum phosphate levels 6 months after surgery, with no recurrence of her cough. The patient reported that she had been "drinking water after containing the granules first in the mouth," and her cough was therefore considered to have been caused by chronic inhalation of granules from the oral cavity. LC combines with phosphoric acid in the gastrointestinal tract to produce sparingly soluble lanthanum phosphate, which is then excreted in the feces without absorption in the intestinal tract. Despite numerous recent reports of lanthanum deposition in the gastric mucosa, most patients have been asymptomatic and the pathogenic effect on the gastric mucosa is uncertain (1,2). Although the current patient accidentally inhaled LC granules, her cough remained low grade because of the low stimulation of the respiratory mucosa by lanthanum, thus delaying the diagnosis. It is likely that lanthanum is deposited on the respiratory mucosa, similar to the gastric mucosa, though the low level of stimulation meant that the patient's consecutive acute cough disappeared after withdrawal of the LC granules. Because there were no further symptoms, bronchoscopic biopsy was not performed. Given that the chronic cough in this case was caused by mild mechanical stimulation by the granules, rather than by components of LC, it might be classified as drugassociated cough mechanically similar to environment-induced cough rather than a druginduced cough (3). Gastrointestinal symptoms are the most frequent side effects of LC (4). LC is likely to cause alkaline gastric reflux to result in gastrointestinal intolerance, and is further reported to be unpreventable by proton-pump inhibitors (5). Although GERD can cause chronic cough, if GERD induced by LC was the cause of chronic cough, no change in chronic cough should be observed due to formulation switch of LC. Hence, there is no relationship between GERD and cough in this case. The main reason for the appearance of chronic cough especially in this case was considered to be the procedure of oral administration of LC granules. In general, "drinking water before containing the granules in the mouth" is recommended when taking granular or powder formulations in order to prevent the particles being inhaled. In addition, this patient had been using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for sleep apnea syndrome, and dryness of the airway by CPAP might cause increased hypersensitivity of airway. Therefore, it is


Introduction What Is a Sex and Love Addiction? The Disease Concept of Addictions Short-Term Treatment and Recovery Long-Term Treatment and Recovery Bibliography Index


A novel compact Vivaldi Antenna (CVA) for short-pulse ground penetrating radar (GPR) systems is presented. Artificial materials lens (AML) and sidelobe suppressor (SSR) are loaded to improve GPR Antenna's radiation capability in the aperture and the flanks of the CVA. The simulation and experimental results indicate that the proposed CVA has a −10 dB impedance bandwidth of 100% (0.7-2.1 GHz) and a −3 dB gain bandwidth of 70.9% (1.0-2.1 GHz). Within the operating bandwidth of the CVA, AML primarily enhances the CVA's high-frequency gain (1.4-2.1GHz), while the SSR primarily enhances the CVA's low-frequency gain (0.7-1.4 GHz). Moreover, the CVA loaded with two kinds of artificial materials (AMs) has an average gain of 1 dB and 2 dB in the low-frequency and high-frequency parts, respectively. In addition, the transmission response with small ringing in time domain makes the proposed CVA suitable for short-pulse GPR systems. AML and SSR effectively enhance the gain of the CVA with a compact and space-saving loading method, which provides a new idea to enhance the gain of the CVA by artificial material.


The science of obstetrics and nursing is a course which lays emphasis on operability.Teacher can improve students′ manipulative abilities,communication abilities with the pregnant,strain capacity and professional quality by using the teaching methods,such as multimedia teaching,interactive discussion,role-play,situational teaching in the science of obstetrics and nursing,which greatly helps the teaching quality get promoted.


The article provides a retrospective analysis of the state and development of rural areas in Smolensk region identifies trends and evaluates the results of the regional administration of rural policies. The necessity for successful scientific and technological advancement of agricultural production for rural development is discussed. The current state of the rural social welfare should be considered unsatisfactory, not conducive to the importation and consolidation of labour force. In recent years, in rural areas there has been a significant increase in housing construction, however, the level of housing comfort is significantly inferior to urban one. Further development of rural areas is possible only with the effective management of agricultural production. Sustainable development of rural territories in modern economic conditions requires significant financial resources, while regional and local authorities do not have them. In these conditions, it is advisable to use foreign experience in the development of rural territories. The article gives a critical assessment of the Integrated Rural Development Program adopted this year, and directions for improving it are noted.


This work investigates rotational effects on propagation and reflection of waves at the free surface of a micropolar fibre-reinforced medium with voids under magnetic fields. When the P-wave is incident on the free surface, there exist four coupled reflected plane waves traveling in the medium; quasi-longitudinal displacement (qLD) wave, quasi-transverse displacement (qTD) wave, quasi-transverse microrotational (qTM) wave and a wave due to voids. Normal mode analysis is adopted in concomitant with Snell's laws, and appropriate boundary conditions in determination of the solution. Amplitude ratios which correspond to reflected waves in vertical and horizontal components are presented analytically and graphically.


In this paper we present a simple and efficient method to compute the canonical polyadic decomposition (CPD) of generic low-rank tensors using elementary linear algebra. The key insight is that all the columns in a low-rank tensor lie in a low-dimensional subspace, and that the coefficients of the columns in each slice with respect to the right basis are scaled copies of one an other. The basis, together with the coefficients of a few carefully selected columns determine the CPD. The computational complexity of our method scales linearly in the order and the rank of the tensor, and at most quadratically in its largest dimension. Furthermore, our approach can be easily adapted to noisy settings. We complement our theoretical analysis with experiments that support our findings.


The Nation-States convened themselves, at the end of the last century, in international institutions to promote in States that suffered dictatorship, measures to combat authoritarianism
and violence as a government policy, in order to give them, the way to confront their authoritative pasts. These bundling of measures is known as transitional justice and have a significant role in brazilian democracy's studies. When re-democratization was started, with Amnesty brazilian Law, it was surrounded by a forgetfulness policy and depreciation of the
memory of victims. That was because the pardon granted by Amnesty Law had been extended to executioners and torturers, when that Law equated all the violences that were committed, even that ones that were fruited of a brazilian State policy. National Truth Commission (NCT) was created in 2011 in order to fight against that oblivion. This Comission and
the ones that was created with a smaller scope, sought to examine humans right violations
that were committed by brazilian State and report it to the family of the victims, telling them
what really happened. The city of Macae, well known as a brazilian little Moscow, founded
one of these commission in a municipality way and sought give informations to the NCT.
And promoted, particularly, the appreciation of the memory that was silenced and haven't
enough space in re-democratization. In that way, Truth Comission of Macae helped to rebuild the macaense social and collective memory, that was damaged by the inefficient brazilian transitional justice.


Rust caused by Puccinia arachidis Speg. is the most serious disease of groundnut and causes substantial yield loss and reduces the fodder and seed quality. Recombinant inbred lines (F6) were generated by SSD method from cross GPBD-5 x GPBD-4 and the rust resistant plants were backcrossed to the recurrent parent (GPBD-5) to develop a backcross population (BC1F4). The objective ofthis experiment was to
study the possibilities of linkage break-down between yield component traits and rust resistance in groundnut. Analysis of data revealed that there was a shift in correlation from negative (F6) to positive significant direction (BC1F4) between pod yield per plant with plant height and between plant height with number of primary branches. Similarly there was linkage break-down between negative significant to positive significant association of number of primary branches with number of pods per plant, kernel yield per plant and shelling percent at both genotypic and phenotypic levels. Altogether a desirable shift in association and the proof of broken repulsion phase linkage and release of concealed variability, which is useful in plant breeding, provides a lot of scope for selection. Unchanged negative association between pod yield per plant with reaction to rust and shelling percent in both phenotypic and genotypic level in both the populations, indicated the operation of strong linkage blocks and which requires an intensive selection to combine disease resistance with yield. Otherwise inter-mating of highly extreme segregants in the populations also would cause breakage of these stubborn linkages. Thus, for yield component traits, backcrossing of selected plants is more rewarding than the single cross and advance by single seed decent method of breeding in groundnut.


In recent years, the data mining techniques have met a serious challenge due to an increased concerned and worries of the privacy that is protecting the privacy of the critical and sensitive data. Different techniques and algorithms have been already presented for PPDM which could be classified in three common approaches. 1) Anonymization approach 2) Randomization approach 3) Cryptographic approach. This paper provides on the types of attacks and attack based classification of privacy preservation data mining, as a foundation for further research in this field.


as well as a philosophical system. The Stoic faith in Cosmopolis was not an anthropocentric humanist conception, and it might have been given some credit for the breaking of the "closed society" of humanist ethics. But in general lack of sympathy is the last charge that can be brought against the author. His apparatus of learning is formidable and his survey panoramic. And in his last chapters he shows himself wise in his prescription as well as acute in his diagnosis. If these are in truth but prolegomena, it is to be hoped that the main logos will follow without undue delay.


This invention provides titanium alloy ball shell plastic forming method. Titanium alloy embryo material is filled into down film, heat preservation is done when it is heated by electric furnace to get the floor temperature, then fluid pressure machine press to form and temperature boost at the same time, the temperature stop when the highest temperature is reached, once cycle over. When temperature is down to 50-80 degree centigrade below floor temperature, the temperature begin to lift, forming begins when temperature reach floor temperature, and stop forming when temperature reaches the highest temperature, the second cycle over. The forming accomplished after several cycles. The forming temperature range is 800-900 degree centigrade, and only forming in processing of temperature boosting. The amplitude of fluctuation is 100 degree centigrade, forming velocity is 0.6mm/ min-1.0mm/min. This invention can be used to the diameter less than 800 mm and different wall thickness titanium alloy ball shell forming. Pressure proof ball need by deep diving submersible is this technique method. The inner surface of the ball shell doesni»t need process, and processing margin of outer surface and roof is very little.


Two online research tools are presented in this paper: PermA, a general-purpose string aligner which can for example be used for grapheme-to-phoneme and phoneme-to-phoneme alignment, and Balloon, a text processing
toolkit for German and English providing components for part-of-speech tagging, morphological analyses, and grapheme-to-phoneme conversion including syllabifica-
tion and word-stress assignment. The general architectures of these tools are introduced with a focus on recent improvements concerning the alignment cost function derivation and word stress assignment.


Recent advances in virtual reality (VR) technologies, how to make users interact effectively with dynamic content in 3D scenes has become a research hotspot. Moving target selection is a basic interactive task, which the user performance research of tasks is significance to user interface design in VR. Different from the existing static target selection studies, the moving target selection in VR are affected by the change of target speed, angle and size, and lack of research on some key factors. This paper design an experimental scenario in which users play badminton under the condition of virtual reality. By adding seven kinds of modal clues such as vision, audition haptics and their combinations, five kinds of moving speed, four kinds of serving angles, study these factor effect on the performance and subjective feelings of moving target selection in VR. The results show that the moving speed of badminton has a significant impact on user performance. The angle of service has a significant impact on hitting rate, but has no significant impact on hitting distance. The acquisition of user performance by moving target is mainly influenced by vision under the combined modalities, adding additional modalities can improve user performance. Although the hitting distance of the target is increased in the trimodal condition, the hitting rate decreases. This paper analyses the results of the user performance and subjective perception, then gives suggestions on the combination of modality clues for different scenarios.


The insufficient photocatalytic performance of Ag2O makes it difficult to apply to actual industrial printing and dyeing waste water treatment systems, which contain a variety of organic pollutants. Therefore, it is urgent to improve the photocatalytic performance of Ag2O. In this study, the main factors affecting the properties of Ag2O photocatalysts were screened out by single factor experiments. Then, the optimum conditions for the preparation of Ag2O were simulated by response surface design. The prepared Ag2O showed good photodegradation performance to methyl orange and phenol, but the degradation of rhodamine B was significantly delayed. After that, the pyridine was introduced to adjust the crystal plane structure of Ag2O. The results showed that the photocatalytic oxidation capacity of Ag2O was greatly improved. Ninety percent of rhodamine was removed within 25 minutes. Moreover, the mechanism of controlling the photocatalytic performance has also been studied through fine characterizations.


Precordial ST Segment Depression on Admission Electrocardiogram
as a Simple Noninvasive Tool for Predicting Coronary Artery Disease Complexity
in Patients with Inferior Myocardial Infarction

Jaya Suganti, Anggia Chairuddin Lubis, Abdullah Afif Siregar, Andika Sitepu, Cut Aryfa Andra,
Ali Nafiah Nasution, Harris Hasan

Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Sumatera Utara,
Haji Adam Malik General Hospital, Medan, Indonesia

Background: Whether a precordial ST segment depression (PSTD) is merely a benign electrical phenomena or a sign of multivessel coronary artery disease (MVCAD) in inferior myocardial infarction (MI) remains unclear. The objective of this study is to analyze the complexity of coronary artery disease (CAD) in inferior MI patients with PSTD and to investigate whether PSTD can be used as a predictor of MVCAD in inferior MI.
Methods: Patients with inferior MI were divided into two groups based on the presence of PSTD on admission ECG and were compared based on the patient's coronary artery complexities.
Results: A total of 215 patients with inferior MI were found in this study period, with 102 patients meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Patients with PSTD had a higher incidence of MVCAD and SYNTAX score. Further analyzes showed PSTD on admission ECG was an independent predictor of MVCAD in inferior MI [45 (66%) vs 23 (34%); OR 4.097; 95% CI 1.638-10.247; p=0.003).
Conclusion: In daily clinical practice, PSTD on admission ECG may serve as a simple noninvasive tool for predicting MVCAD or a more complex CAD in inferior MI.

Keywords: Precordial ST Segment depression, inferior myocardial infarction, SYNTAX score


This paper presents the extension of the method of moments (MoM) and multilevel fast multipole method (MLFMM) in FEKO to include higher-order basis functions (HOBFs) on curvilinear triangular patches. HOBFs reduce the number of unknowns, memory and run-time compared to the traditional planar Rao-Wilton-Glisson (RWG) basis functions.


This study aims to investigate the compatibility between growth hormone (GH) cDNA sequence in Egyptian cows and sheep as an introduction to produce bovine GH-Transgenic sheep using sperm mediated gene transfer (SMGT) technique to improve their productivity. Our previous in vivo study indicates a significant increase in the concentration of GH mediator (IGF-1) in blood, and daily growth rate, when Egyptian rams were injected with bovine somatotropin. The GH gene of Egyptian Holstein crossbred (EH_GH) and Ossimi sheep breed (Os_GH) has been characterized in this study. The mRNA of pituitary gland has been isolated and then the cDNA was cloned into pTZ57R/T cloning vector. The complete coding domain sequences (CDSs) of EH_GH (AC: KP221576) AND Os_GH (Ac: KP221575) were detected and annotated comprehensively. The sequenced GH genes varied slightly along gene length; EH_GH was 740 bp instead of 690 bp in Os_GH, but with similar gene structure (5 exons and 4 introns). High homology (98%) in GH protein length and structure was observed; the predicted open reading frames (ORF) length was 217 aa and 216 aa of EH_GH and Os_GH, respectively, which included only four different amino acids in the predicted ORFs. A gene synteny was developed of the homologous bovine and ovine GH1 genes Ensemble annotated genome database. The results showed strong conserved structure and function, indicated that to GH gene of Egyptian Holstein crossbred and Ossimi breed are orthologous genes. We assume in this study that the novel genetic information about the bovine and ovine GH in Egyptian breeds can support; further success possibilities of producing the bovine GH-transgenic sheep to improve the growth performance and milk production.


In the hop conduction range, the dependence of the transverse magnetoresistance rho / rho 0 on the orientation and the magnitude of the magnetic induction beta (of several tesla) was studied in Ga-doped Ge samples with acceptor concentrations, NA, ranging from approximately=1-6*1015cm-3.