The recovery process of the building starts from a basic phase of knowledge whose roots are to be searched in the materials and of the constructive technologies employed, and it takes into account the history of the building and how it changed over the years. It is therefore necessary to examine the technological aspects by comparing both the materials and the constructive principles with those of areas having similar features, such as the fortified buildings in the south-east of Sicily. The case-study is a fortified villa designed in 1781 by Luciano Ali, an architect and builder who worked in Syracuse at the end of the 16th century. This building, consisting of a central part and four quadrangular towers at the corners, has a strong decorative impact. This study aims to identify the materials and the constructive characteristics of the building, pointing out its peculiarities and assembling an informative system based on the original documents describing the technological choices. The investigation connected to the recovery consists in the systematisation of historical, documentary and technological data and the creation of a guideline.


The paper deals with impact verification of Optimized Model of Pulse Coupled Neural Network (OM- PCNN) parameters on spatial domain image steganography. The main advantage of OM-PCNN is a reduced number of parameters by preserving the robustness against a noise and geometrical transformations of an image. The OM-PCNN robustness against noise is a key attribute in process of embedding the hidden message to a cover image. The search for suitable key parameters and the minimization of the required time of searching is the main goal of our research. Presented results of optimization claim that maintain the robustness of generated binary matrices is mainly affected by only one key parameter. Other parameters can be set by the calculation or by the qualified estimation.


Tunable single-longitudinal-mode operation has been obtained at power levels up to 50 mW from a continuously operating cleaved-coupled-cavity array of phase-locked diode lasers. In addition, conversion of a multilobed to a single-lobed radiation pattern was observed as a function of current supplied to the control segment of the coupled cavity.


Environment has two dimensions, time as well as space. The environment is both physical and emotional. The majority of Australians must find their place in the universal scheme of things, and their sense of identity, as this is tied up with a sense of environment.


The G.E. Hutchinson Award is made each year to a scientist whose work has inspired us and promises future outstanding accomplishments. In view of his excellent contributions to scientific understanding of freshwaters and oceans, and the ongoing impact of his insights, Michael Pace is the premier choice for this award. After undergraduate training in Biology and English at the University of Virginia, Mike obtained graduate degrees at the University of Georgia with Karen Porter, herself a student of G.E. Hutchinson. Pace's early work compared the trophic ecology and feeding relationships of protozoa, rotifers and crustacean zooplankton. He also worked with Larry Pomeroy on a modeling analysis of coastal marine food webs. The papers from Georgia foreshadow Mike's future work. He writes with clarity and precision (perhaps a legacy of his early training in English). He addresses the role of animal body size in ecosystem phenomena. The papers integrate field observations with complex concepts, and reveal interests that span freshwaters and oceans. By the early 1980s, limnologists were comparing the roles of external drivers and internal processes in lake characteristics. Mike addressed this issue by analyzing a diverse set of lakes during a postdoc at McGill University with Jacob Kalff. In a prescient paper in CJFAS in 1984, Pace showed that zooplankton body size, but not biomass, could explain deviations of lakes from phosphorus-chlorophyll regressions. His findings helped explain how primary producers could be regulated jointly by nutrients and grazing. At the University of Hawaii (1983-1985), Mike continued his pioneering work on the role of protozoa in aquatic food webs – a topic that became one of the key insights for understanding how the microbial loop influences biogeochemical cycles. Pace also developed an empirical model to describe one of the first relationships between primary production and particle export. This relationship, published in Nature (1987), is widely cited and still used today for lake and ocean models of vertical flux of particles. In 1986, Mike moved to the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York. There he continued his work on biogeochemical consequences of microbial processes, and the effects of metazoan food webs on microbes. He collaborated on comparative studies of microbial production in freshwater and marine environments, relationships of primary producers and consumers in aquatic and terrestrial environments, and trophic cascades across a wide variety of ecosystems. Mike added more ecosystems to his life list, with projects on the Hudson River and experimental lakes near the Wisconsin-Michigan border. Whole-lake experiments became an important tool for his research on microbial dynamics and trophic cascades. By the late 1990s Pace was looking well beyond the shoreline to understand ecosystem processes in lakes. He expanded the scope of his work to include terrestrial controls of organic carbon dynamics in Adirondack lakes. Mike was a leader of whole-lake stable-isotope enrichment experiments to evaluate the uses of terrestrial and lake-derived organic carbon by lake food webs. Pace circled back to the University of Virginia as a Professor in 2007. He continues to work on landwater interactions and the role of food webs in ecosystems, while expanding his horizons as an educator. By all conventional measures of citation, publication and leadership, Mike Pace has made outstanding and sustained contributions to science. Yet his colleagues praise him most for attributes that are not measurable by statistics. In a field that is frequently contentious, Mike is open-minded and never dogmatic. Although he is a brilliant conceptual thinker, Mike grounds his papers carefully in observed patterns of nature. He is a generous collaborator. One correspondent noted that "Adding Mike to a team always makes it better". And he is a fine teacher. Each spring as we prepare for another field season in northern Wisconsin, we look forward to the next big question that Mike will pose on the porch of the cabin as dusk falls over the lake. Whatever it is, it will evoke intriguing discussion and debate. Such conversations do more than just facilitate science; they are the heart of science itself. For his ability to raise the level of scientific conversation, and his many more tangible accomplishments, Mike Pace is an exemplary winner of the Hutchinson award.


A stimulated photon-echo study has verified the instantaneous shift (≤1 MHz) and subsequent restoration (∼2 ms) of the transition frequency of an impurity ion in a solid when its neighboring ions are exposed to pulsed optical excitation. Experiments were conducted by monitoring the echo intensity for the 7 F o - 5 D o transition of Eu ions in one site of Y 2 SiO 5 , while exciting the other site. A photon-echo theory taking account of the stochastic frequency recovery is developed to explain the observations


While the calling of an election is partly a matter of political judgement and timing, a constitutional and legislative framework governs the electoral timetables and processes. In this research note Rob Lundie reviews the constitutional provisions that determine when the next federal, state and territory election can be held, as well as looking at when they are likely to occur.


PURPOSE:To reduce influence of pulsation of hydraulic pressure so as to provide accurate control by reducing or making zero the read frequency of the measured values of hydraulic pressure detecting means, and open-loop-likely outputting control signals to ON/OFF solenoid valves. CONSTITUTION:The detected values of respective wheel speed detecting means S-S are sent to a wheel/body behavior computing means CAL so as to compute the behavior of wheels and a body. The lock indications and their recovery of respective wheels are detected by lock indications detecting means L-L based on the computed values. The target hydraulic pressure of estimated values of wheel cylinder hydraulic pressure during antilock control are set by target hydraulic pressure setting means PCAL, based on the wheel cylinder hydraulic pressure sent from hydraulic pressure detecting means PS. Pressure increasing or decreasing signals are output so as to drive actuators ACT by pressure increasing or decreasing signal setting means OUT, based on the target hydraulic pressure. Thus, this is constituted so as to perform open-loop-like control, and influence of pulsation of hydraulic pressure generated during operation of ON/OFF type valves is reduced so as to realize accurate control.


Objective: To determine how accurately continuous wave therapeutic ultrasound with 3 MHz frequency could identify tibial stress fractures as revealed by X-ray and Magnetic resonance imaging. Materials and Methods: One hundred - fifty patients with suspected unilateral tibial stress fracture volunteered for this study from March 2003 to December 2006. Continuous, 3MHz ultrasound was applied to uninvolved (control) and involved tibias with 2w/cm2 intensity for 30 seconds. Pain responses to ultrasound was noted in terms of visual analogue scale and investigating physiotherapist put up one of the two responses such as no stress fracture (VAS 0 to 5) and stress fracture (VAS 5 to 10). Results of ultrasound test were compared with X-ray and MRI findings to determine if continuous therapeutic ultrasound could predict whether subject had tibial stress fracture or no tibial stress fracture. Results: Therapeutic ultrasound has better sensitivity, less specificity and accuracy as that of X - ray when compared with magnetic resonance imaging as a gold standard. The predicted sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of therapeutic ultrasound were 43.03%, 32.39% and 38% respectively. Conclusion: Ultrasound is not accurate enough to serve at present as a substitute for MRI, particularly because of the considerable proportion of false positives.


Researched the effect of the selection time of cutting,cutting shape,matrix,growth regulator type and concentration as well as the immersion time on twigs.The results indicated that spring or autumn is the best cutting time,vermiculite: turfy soil = 1:1 is suitable for cutting matrix; the cutting with terminal bud which was taken into the growth regulator of 200 mg/L IBA + 100 mg/L NAA for 5 s obtained the higher rooting rate.


1287472 Fluoroaromatic silicon compounds DOW CORNING CORP 27 Nov 1969 [20 Feb 1969] 58081/69 Headings C3S and C3T [Also in Divisions C4-C5] The invention comprises silanes of the formula and corresponding siloxanes containing at least one unit of the formula and optional units of the formula Z @ SiO 4-c/2 , wherein X represents -OH or a hydrolysable radical (e.g. halogen, hydrocarbonoxy, ketoxime, hydrazino, amino, hydrocarbon thio, nitrile, isocyanate, sulphate, carbamate and aminoxy), R represents hydrogen, a monovalent hydrocarbon radical optionally substituted by chlorine, bromine or iodine, or a betaperfluoroalkylethyl radical, R f represents a perfluoroalkyl radical, Z represents hydrogen, hydroxy, a hydrolysable group or an organic radical attached to the Si atom through an Si-C linkage (particularly a vinyl radical), a is 0, 1 or 2, b is 0, 1, 2 or 3, c is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and the total number of R and X radicals attached to silicon in the second formula does not exceed 5. The silanes are prepared by reacting together magnesium, a chlorosilane of the formula ClSiR a X 3-a and an R f substituted dibromobenzene in a tetrahydrofuran solvent. Compounds in which X represents a hydrolysable group may be hydrolysed to corresponding silanols or to corresponding siloxanes. Uses.-as ingredients of coating compositions, sealants and lubricants.


The single-phase multiferroic Bi5Fe1 − x Ni x Ti3O15 (BFNT-x, x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5) ceramics were synthesized by a sol-gel auto-combustion method, and their microstructures, ferroelectric, magnetic, and dielectric properties were investigated in detail. All samples belong to layer-perovskited Aurivillius phase containing four perovskite units sandwiched between two Bi–O layers. Ni substitution can not only improve ferroelectricity but also enhance the magnetic properties. The BFNT-0.2 sample shows the largest remnant polarization (2P r ∼ 11.6 μC/cm2) and the highest remnant magnetization (2M r ∼ 0.244 emu/g). The enhancement of the magnetic properties may mainly originate from the spin canting of Fe/Ni-O octahedra via Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya (DM) interaction. In order to explore the influence of valance state of magnetic ions on the properties, the x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was carried out. Furthermore, structural, ferroelectric, and magnetic transitions were also investigated.


Ground roll is a type of coherent noise with low frequency, low velocity, and high amplitude, which masks useful signals and decreases the quality of subsequent seismic data processing. It is a challenge for traditional signal processing methods to separate useful signals effectively when the ground roll and useful reflected signals overlap seriously in the low-frequency band. We develop a supervised-learning-based framework with soft attention residual learning mechanisms for suppressing the ground roll noise. To reduce the cost of manual labeling, we use the 2D patching technique to segment large-scale seismic data into a large number of small-scale patches for training. The proposed network includes a multi-branch attention (MBA) block, which uses multiple branches with different kernel sizes to extract waveform features at different scales from input noisy patches. Then, we use the soft attention mechanism to select and fuse the feature maps of different branches. The proposed network can achieve encouraging ground roll attenuation performance by using a small number of training samples, which is demonstrated by both synthetic and field data examples. In addition, we compare the proposed network with one traditional method and two advanced deep-learning frameworks. The denoising results show that the proposed network has better abilities in preserving low-frequency useful signals and removing ground roll.


Introduction : Psychological stress worsens glycemic control and increases oxidative stress in Type 2 DM patients. The practice of yoga, along with physical exercise reduces psychological stress and improves glycemic control in diabetic individuals, thereby preventing its progression to complications. This study evaluated the impact of two combined yogic interventions in the management of Type 2 DM. Methodology : Around 20 Type 2 diabetic subjects were randomly recruited to participate in the study. A pre- and post- test methodology with yogic intervention for 5 weeks was employed in the study. A student's paired t-test on the overall mean scores and mean scores, stratified by gender, age and duration of diabetes, was conducted to evaluate the hypothesis. Results : A significant decrease in plasma glucose, serum cortisol and serum malone-di-aldehyde (MDA) levels and a significant increase in serum super oxide dismutase (SOD) activity were noted. Also, the effect of yogic intervention was found to be more pronounced in subjects with poor glycemic control. Conclusion : This study emphasizes the role of two yogic practices (Nadishodhana Pranayama and the Sun Salutation) as adjuvant therapy in patients with Type 2 diabetes.


Prolonged electrical stimulation of the lateral amygdaloid nucleus increased the intraocular pressure, the secretion of the intraocular fluid and the amount of proteins and glycosaminoglycans in it. Bilateral electrolysis of the lateral amygdaloid nucleus caused a resistant decrease of the intraocular pressure due to reduced secretion and to increase of the outflow coefficient of the intraocular fluid.


China is no exception to the rule that economic data for developing countries suffer from substantial margins of error. R. P. Sinha, however, exaggerates the shortcomings of Chinese economic data. A brief review of evidence regarding statistical capacity and statistical veracity supports the view that economic data emanating from the People's Republic represent the fruits of Peking's increasingly effective efforts to monitor China's economy. For China, as for India, Meiji Japan or pre‐industrial Europe, careful empirical research can and does produce results which are not guesses, but estimates of actual economic magnitudes.


A molecular dynamics approach for studying the static friction between two bodies, an insulator and a metal, as a function of the temperature is presented. The upper block is formed by N2 molecules and the lower block by Pb atoms. In both slabs the atoms are mobile. The interaction potential in each block describes properly the lattice dynamics of the system. We show that the lattice vibrations and the structural disorder are responsible for the behaviour of the static friction as a function of the temperature. We found that a large momentum transfer from the Pb atoms to the N2 molecules misplaces the N2 planes in the proximity of the interface. Around T = 20 K this effect produces the formation of an hcp stacking at the interface. By increasing the temperature, the hcp stacking propagates into the slab, toward the surface. Above T = 25 K, our analysis shows a sharp, rapid drop of more than three order of magnitude in the static friction force due to the misplacing of planes in the stacking of the fcc(111) layers, which are no longer in the minimum energy configuration. Above T = 35 K, we also observe a tendency for the splitting of planes and the formation of steps near the surface. By increasing the temperature we obtain the subsequent melting of the N2 slab interface layer at T = 50 K. The temperature behaviour of the calculated static friction is in good agreement with recent measurements made with the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) method on the same system.


Background: Growing evidence supports the value of maintaining a diet rich in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) to achieve longevity of cardiovascular health, and prevent sudden death. Omega-3 deficiency (OM3D) is highly prevalent in the US and contributes to 84,000 deaths/year. To identify patients at risk with OM3D, two laboratory tests are available, including the Omega-Score (OS - whole blood), as well as the Omega-3 Index (OI - red blood cell membrane), that measure omega-3 blood levels. Omega-Score or OI levels 90%) omega-3 formulation (2720 mg/day of EPA + 440 mg/day of DHA), a ...


Access, efficiency and affordability of agricultural information are a prerequisite for achieving set targets of agricultural productivity. Information and communication technology (ICT) equipped with social media reach can play a leading role in disseminating correct information to needful farmers at the right time. The ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute in-house initiative 'Pusa Samachar' is an innovative multimedia-based extension advisory model that targets to reach farmers across India with timely, location-specific and customized farm information. The present study was conducted to get an overall idea about the viewership pattern and to validate this model under content, design, ease of understanding and fulfilment of information needs. Analysis of secondary data from YouTube analytics and primary data collected from different stakeholders has shown that with changes in the format, style and presentation of the content, the trend of viewing changed and therefore four episodes performed better than the others with respect to the number of views, watch hours and subscribers added per episode. The findings also indicate that the number of views de-pend on the episode duration ( χ 2 = 83.049, P = 0.001264); however, the average view duration per episode is independent of episode duration ( χ 2 = 3.1821, P = 1). Overall, the present study has shown how initiatives like Pusa Samachar have immense potential to reach farmers across the nation through social media. Such initiatives can be taken up by other public institutions as reliability and validity of their content is high. However, the results have shown that diversification with respect to content and audio-visuals is further needed to attract and retain more audience.


OBJECTIVE
To establish a human to pig xenotransplantation GVHD model to simulate the human anti pig grafts immunoreaction in vivo.

METHODS
The Chinese Neijiang pigs were immunosuppressed by CTX followed by the transplant of human spleen slices into pig's peritoneal cavity. We tested the routine items of the pigs' peripheral blood regularly, monitored the chimeric level by FCM, and examined the cytotoxicities of both human anti pig and pig anti human by CML.

RESULT
The pigs all survived during the experimental period. The PBWBC decreased by 85% after 4 days of giving CTX. The chimeric peaks appeared on day 2 and day 14 after transplant. The cytotoxicity of human anti pig was always less than that of pig anti human, although it increased significantly after 2 weeks of transplant.

CONCLUSION
There might be a dynamic changeable balance of HVG, microchimerism, and GVH due to the reaction between the chimeric human cells and the pig cells in the human to pig spleen xenotransplantation model.


Significance Respiratory droplets are widely recognized as the primary vehicle in viral respiratory disease transmission. Accurate information on their number and size distributions is important for appropriate mitigation strategies, for quantitative modeling of airborne disease transmission, and for evaluating the relative importance of droplets originating from saliva versus airway lining fluid. A straightforward experimental setup using inexpensive, readily available components is developed for simultaneous characterization of larger particles by video analysis of laser light scattering and monitoring of smaller sizes by an optical particle counter. Measurements indicate that in a healthy volunteer, the airborne mass of speech aerosol far exceeds that generated by breathing, even when accounting for faster sedimentation of the larger particles.


Despite many publications related to the identification of new angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, especially peptides from natural products, the actual reason/s for why new ACE inhibitors need to be discovered are yet to be fully understood. New ACE inhibitors are pivotal to address serious side effects caused by commercially available ACE inhibitors in hypertensive patients. Despite the effectiveness of commercial ACE inhibitors, due to these side effects, doctors often prescribe angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). Recent evidence has shown the benefits of ACE inhibitors over ARBs in hypertensive patients and hypertensive–diabetes mellitus patients. In order to address these side effects, the somatic ACE's enzyme structures need to be revisited. The peptides isolated from the natural products need to be verified for their stability against ACE and several important gastrointestinal enzymes. The stable peptides sequence with the presence of favourable ACE inhibitory-related amino-acids, such as tryptophan (W), at the C-terminal need to be subjected to molecular docking and dynamics analyses for selecting ACE inhibitory peptide/s with C-domain-specific inhibition instead of both C- and N-domains' inhibition. This strategy will help to reduce the accumulation of bradykinin, the driving factor behind the formation of the side effects.


This paper describes a software tool that supports analysis and simulation of both planning and real-time systems using a single model and software environment. This has been a challenge to the power industry for decades, because during the seventies, distinct models, formats, and applications were assumed by planners and real-time operation due to technological and security reasons. This division continues to be a major limitation for business process integration, software innovation, and deployment of new power system algorithms in the industry. We conceptually describe an architecture based on a novel topology processing method that enables power system planning software to precisely model real-time systems and be used in real-time operations. Experience gained by testing this algorithm on large-scale ISO models with several key power system applications is detailed.


Introduction Dermatologic Disorders Head, Ears, Eyes, Nose, and Throat Disorders Cardiorespiratory Disorders Gastrointestinal Disorders Genitourinary Disorders Endocrine/Growth Disorders Hematologic Disorders Neurologic Disorders Musculoskeletal Disorders Miscellaneous Topics Appendices Index


Mixtures containing: (a) 58 to 95 % wt. of an ester in the iodine number range from 50 to 150, derived from fatty acids with 12 to 22 carbon atoms and low aliphatic alcohols with 1 to 4 carbon atoms; (b) 4 to 40 % wt. of an ester of fatty acids with 6 to 14 carbon atoms and low aliphatic alcohols with 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and (c) 0.1 to 2 % wt. of at least one polymeric ester, exhibit outstanding cold stability and may be used as fuel for diesel engines.


Based on micro data of China health and nutrition survey in 2004 and 2006,a binary logit model is applied to do econometric analysis of the influencing factor of China's urban and rural residents participating in the medical insurance and to compare the development and changes in the last two years.Findings indicate that the age,marital status,education level,household income,and geographic factors,and urban-rural gap all have impacts on China's adults participating in medical insurance.The impact of age,marital status,household income and the type of unit all have been varying degrees of decline.Urban-rural gap and geographical location are the important influencing factors in participating in medical insurance to China's urban and rural residents.


Radiological examinations and intervention in the elderly are a matter of routine but require special consideration by technical and medical staff because of specific problems caused by the morbidity of the patient. Aging and degenerative processes of the organism have to be included in the interpretation of the findings. Discriminating pathological from age-related alterations is occasionally difficult. This paper demonstrates senile pulmonary emphysema, physiological brain atrophy and arterial angiosclerosis as typical examples for age involution. Age-related changes are compared with similar pathological findings. Clinical symptoms of the patient are decisive for the interpretation and classification of images as well as the subsequent therapeutical procedure.


Boundary layer flow and heat transfer on Williamson fluid over a stretching sheet is numerically investigated. This paper has been conducted with aim to address how to extend the mathematical formulation for the aligned magnetic field on Williamson fluid over a stretching sheet with Newtonian Heating and how does the effects of several parameters with thermal boundary condition of Newtonian heating in the temperature and velocity profiles. The main objectives of this study are to extend the mathematical formulation and solve numerical algorithms for computations by using Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg (RKF45) technique and analyze the influence aligned angle, magnetic field parameter, Williamson fluid, Prandtl number and conjugate parameter in the term of distribution velocity and temperature are presented graphically. The finding revealed that increasing Williamson fluid parameter, resulted in negative value due to opposite direction between fluid flow and stretching sheet. Increasing on values of Prandtl number results to a decrease in temperature profile. Further, increasing the conjugate parameter resulted to the increased in boundary layer thickness and increasing the magnetic field parameter results to reduced the velocity profile.


The paper is grounded in the current need for a change both in the image and education of engineers. Universities of technology have a good track record when it comes to preparing engineers for classical engineering positions in their own society and culture. Such universities concentrate on teaching specific capabilities and testing them with traditional examinations. Such capabilities include basic knowledge in their particular area of engineering (construction, power engineering etc), solving problems related to it and the practical skills needed to use equipment in their area of expertise. Naturally graduates also learn more generic skills from associating with fellow students, organising their time and planning for exams. However, these learning outcomes are not usually a planned part of the course and may or may not have been acquired earlier. Today a new set of generic capabilities is demanded of engineering graduates. The globalisation of industry, a revolution in information communication technology, technological changes within engineering and a more critical public means that graduates need to be able to communicate in cross-cultural situations, be more aware of gender and equity issues, take into account ethical, environmental and other questions when solving problems and have the capacity to anticipate as well solve existing problems. Above all they need to be creative and resourceful in the way that renaissance engineers were. In Florence at the close of the fifteenth century the distinction between the artist and the engineer was blurred. Today's world requires a similar blurring of technical and creative skills. Today's engineer must be able think and act holistically. Much more stress is being placed on producing engineers who are not only competent in their specific disciplines but who also possess some of the generic capabilities we have mentioned. But who defines these capabilities, how can they be taught and how can they be tested? These are the questions that are the focus of this paper.; ;


Objective:To investigate expressions of SSR subtypes mRNA in tissue of colorectal carcinoma.Methods:The expressions of SSTR subtypes mRNA in the tumor tissues of colorectal carcinoma and the adjacent tissues of cancer in 41 patients with colorectal carcinoma were examined by RT-PCR.Results:The positive rates of expressions of SSTR1 mRNA were 82.93%(34/41)in the tissues of colorectal carcinoma and 68.29%(28/41)in the adjacent tissues of cancers respectively.The positive rates of expressions of SSTR2 mRNA were 92.68%(38/41) and 90.24%(37/41) in the tissue of colorectal carcinoma and its adjacent tissue of cancer,respectively.The positive rates of expressions of SSTR3 mRNA were 43.90%(18/41) and 36.59%(15/41)respectively.The positive rates of expressions of SSTR4 mRNA were 60.98%(25/41) and 39.02%(16/41)respectively.Conclusion:There is more than one SSTR subtype genes expression in tumor tissues of colorectal carcinoma,and SSTR2 is the main subtype for expression in tissues of colorectal carcinoma.


We describe the design and implementation of the SMARTER prototype system for collecting, structuring and searching information derived from full text ebooks available on the World Wide Web [4]. Standard methods of parsing and extended Boolean schemes for weighting are used to build an index of individual pages. Ranked pages are retrieved from the system by means of a correlated and combined p-norm and vector query mechanisms. Furthermore, we present a complete evaluation of the relative effectiveness of the SMARTER system versus the Google Desktop [7].


In this paper we obtain a classical solution of the one-dimensional wave equation with conditions on the characteristics for different areas this problem is considered in. The analytical solution is constructed by the method of characteristics. In addition, the uniqueness of the obtained solution is proved. The necessity and sufficiency of the matching conditions for given functions of the problem are proved. When these conditions are satisfied and the given functions are smooth enough, the classical solution of the considered problem exists.


The paper reviewed the constituents and the pharmacological action of Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum,respectively.Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum are composed of amino acids,fatty acids,lipids,polypeptides,polysaccharides,polyamines,inorganic elements and other chemical compositions.They have pharmacological effects on nervous system,reproductive system,immune system,cardiovascular system and so on.The materials supplied in the paper would promote the development and use of Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum advantageously.


r IKE OTHER nations, Scotland has had applied to it a number of cliches of description and conventional attributes. Of these, one of . the most firmly entrenched is that Scotland is a " church-minded" nation. Even those Scots who would to-dawr hesitate to echo this sentiment will be found reflecting} ' Still, if there is anything to what our fathers and grandfathers assert} it would appear that we once were ' church-minded'." What in fact is the position in Scotland to-day, and how does it compare with the situation, say, fifty and eighty years ago ? And how does Scotland compare in this respect with its neighbours, England and Wales ? In this article we shall discuss these questions mainly in a statistical frame of reference: that of the numerical strengths of the various Chnstian denominations in the country. Let it be said at once that we are far from imagining that strength in numbers is the most important thing that can be said about a religious association: this is, indeed, in some ways the least important, as the record of, for example, the Society of Friends sufficiently testifies. The quantitative measure is, nevertheless, by no means irrelerrant or valueless, even if it says nothing about the intensity of the religious feeling or the quality of the Christian witness of those enumerated. The data used in this inquiry are in most cases the official " exact " figures published by denominations, in some the official estimates supplied by church olcficials, and in a few others " unolcficial " estimates which are nevertheless based on such relevant information as is available (see Appendix).


Lipids of peripheral blood red cells (total lipids and phospholipids, triglycerides, free fatty acids, cholesterol, cholesterol ethers, lysophospholipids, sphingomyelins, phosphatidylserins, phosphatidylethanolamines, phosphatidylcholines, cardiolipins, phosphatid acids) were assessed in correlation with wave T height on resting ECG. It is shown that iron deficiency anemia patients develop shifts in red blood cell lipid composition contributing to the onset of myocardiodystrophy. The correction of the lipid composition defects is an additional factor decreasing dystrophic processes in the myocardium.


The individual and private economy in Zhoushan City boasts of a good developing trend, but confronts quite a few difficulties, such as inadequate economic totality and the like. Therefore, it is necessary to push forward the individual and private economy to a greater development by further changing people' s old ideas and taking various kinds of practical measures.


This research was conducted to examine the effect of capital structure and ownership structure on profitability in the banking sector in Indonesia and the Philippines in 2013-2017. It used the population from conventional commercial banks listed on the Stock Exchange in Indonesia and the Philippines. The data were analyzed using statistical analysis with a structural model. Hypothesis testing results show that the capital structure (DER, CAR, and LDR) affects the banks' profitability in Indonesia. The ownership structure (managerial ownership and institutional ownership) has a significant positive effect on the banks' profitability also in Indonesia. However, the capital structure (DER, CAR, and LDR) has no effect on the banks' profitability in the Philippines. And neither has thee capital structure (DER, CAR, and LDR) no effect on the banks' profitability both in Indonesia and in the Philippines. The ownership structure (managerial ownership and institutional ownership) has a significant positive effect on the banks' profitability of banks both in Indonesia and in the Philippines


Introduction: Attitudes and perceptions about health research are important to understand the degree of willingness to participate in scientific studies as volunteer and contribute to health sciences evolution [1–3]. In Portugal, no studies were found around this theme, so the aim of this paper is to explore perceptions in people related and non-related to health sciences. Materials and methods: This is a transversal, exploratory study. A web-based survey was conducted between February and April 2018 to students and workers of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco (IPCB). The survey was based on an existing instrument for measure the public's attitudes and willingness to participate in scientific research denominated by "Research Attitudes Questionnaire" (RAQ) [1], scoring between 1 and 5 as a likert scale, although it was not validated or translated to Portuguese culture. Overall means of each statement agreement are the first outcome of this study. Secondary sub-analysis was made on selected socio-demographic characteristics (age, graduation, previous participation in research as a volunteer). Descriptive and comparative analyses were performed. Correlation of spearman and t-student test were used considering p < 0.05. The study was approved by a Committee of Ethics. Results: A total of 441 questionnaires were returned. This sample had in average 33.1 ± 14.7 years, 69% were females, 162 were workers (corresponding to 25% of IPCB´s workers), 280 were students (corresponding to 7% of IPCB´s students) and 74,2% never participated in a study as a volunteer. The higher scores of concordance were obtained in the statements "Society needs to devote more resources to health research" (4.43 ± 0.75) and "We all have some responsibility to help others by volunteering for health research" (4.19 ± 0.84) and the lower scores in "Participating in health research is generally safe" (3.66 ± 0.84) and "If I volunteer for health research, I know my personal information will be kept private and confidential" (3.86 ± 0.92). Sub-analysis found inverse mild correlation between age and trust in keeping data confidentiality. Also, significant differences were found in accordance scores between health students and non-health students, students and professionals, participants and non-participants in previous studies as volunteers and academic qualifications. Discussion and conclusions: In general, attitudes about health research seem to be positive. Willingness to participate in scientific studies in this sample could be mainly conditioned due to security issues, leading to some doubts about the harmless effects of participating in scientific research as a volunteer. Qualitative studies could bring new insights about the factors that lead people to participate or not in scientific trials.


Introduction Yeasts are the world's premier industrial microorganisms that have wide exploitation in the production of foods, beverages and pharmaceuticals. Alcoholic beverages are one of the major products in the world's market. Yeast cells can contaminate different dairy products because they have relatively low water activity (aw, 0.88), can easily grow at room temperature and utilize a variety of carbohydrate (11) like pentoses, hexoses, disaccharides and rarely polysaccharides (1). Yeast is able to produce several insustrially important enzymes like invertase and glucanase. βglucanases are hydrolytic enzymes capable of causing lysis of cell walls. They are active on insoluble substrates, such as beta glucan components of fungal cell walls, laminarin and pachyman. They act both as exo or endo hydrolases. β glucanases have been found in higher plants as well as fungi and bacteria. Six different beta 1, 3-glucanases have been purified from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Strains of Bacillus and Streptomyces sp. are reported to be highly active in producing extracellular beta-1, 3 -glucanases. The endo (1→6)-β-Dglucanase from Acinetobacter (7) hydrolyzes pustulan and lutean [(1→6)-β-D glucan]. Non specific beta glucanase i.e. beta glucosidase and beta-1, 3glucanase enzymes have been purified from Penicilium ochro-chloron (6). The fungus Trichoderma reesei produces extracellular lytic enzymes such as β-1, 4 glucanase, β-1, 6 glucanase and β-1, 3 glucanase (13). In yeast, β-1, 3-glucanases are involved in morphogenetic events such as cell budding, conjugation and sporulation. The cell wall of yeast undergoes continuous rearrangement of beta glucans during growth period. The process involves making and breaking of bonds between wall polymers manipulated by beta glucanases through controlled hydrolysis. As a consequence, different glucanases are required at different stages during cell life cycle. For their higher specificity and selective hydrolysis of cell wall polymers, beta glucanases are employed in the preparation of protoplasts. βglucanases have been classified into several classes based upon the type of bond cleaved in βglucan substrate as exo (1→3)-β-D glucanases, endo (1→3)-β-D glucanases and endo (1→6)-β-D-glucanases. Exoglucanases always act from the nonreducing end of polymeric chain removing sugar units successively whereas endo enzymes often cleave the polysaccharides by splitting of interior glycosidic bonds in a random fashion. Some of the exoglucanases also remove oligosaccharide units from the nonreducing end. (1→3)-β-Dglucanases may be specific or non-specific in nature according to the linkage cleaved and substrate attacked by them. Specific (1→3)-β-D-glucanases cleave only the (1→3)-β-D-glucan linkages present in the substrate like laminarin. These enzymes will not act upon (1→4) & (1→6)-β-D-glucans. The nonspecific (1→3)-β-D-glucanases, apparently bind to (1→3)-β-D linkage; but may be split either (1→3) or (1→4)-β-D links. Aspergillus fumigates (5) produces endo (1→3)-β-D glucanase; the enzyme is a glycosylated 74 KDa protein. Oerskovia xanthineolytica (16) produces endo (1→3)-β-D glucanase activity. Penicillium italicum is a filamentous fungus and produces (1→6)-β-D glucanase activity (12) when grown in a synthetic medium. Exo (1→3)-β-D glucanase was isolated from Basidiomycete and Selerotinia libertian (19) as well as from Penicillium oxalicum. Indcible β-glucanase has been purified from Aureobasidium pullulans,a dimorphic fungus (3). β-1,3-Glucanases in tomato roots were studied after arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis establishment and pathogenic infection by Phytophthora parasitica (10). A β-1, 3-glucanase (GLU-39) was isolated from a potato cultivar with a high level of field resistance (Solanum tuberosum L. cv Huinkul) (17). β-glucanases have widescale industrial applications that are beneficial for food and environmental allergies, drug withdrawal, cell detoxification, colon cleaning, pain syndromes, Candida infections, gas, facial pain or paralysis and in textile industry as a fading agent. They are also applicable in the fermentation of biomass into bio fuels, although this process is relatively experimental at present.


One of the more striking and, at times, off-putting features of David Foster Wallace's unfinished novel, The Pale King, are the three allegedly "autobiographical" chapters narrated directly by "David Wallace" and, in the first two cases, introduced by the casual announcement, "Author here". Although we have no way of knowing exactly how much of this material would have constituted the finished novel, the "Author Here" sections are polished enough to provide fairly clear and decisive hints as to their larger purpose within the novel's thematic whole. Although part of their purpose is to raise many of the standard questions about the instability of truth and reality generally associated with novels featuring the named author—such as Philip Roth's Operation Shylock, one of Wallace's possible source texts—the "Author Here" sections also raise those questions within the larger rubric of The Pale King's focus on bureaucracy, civic duty and the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) painful transition from, in Wallace's words, a bastion of "social justice and civic virtue" to something closer to a "for profit business" run by machines. By complicating—in admittedly somewhat routine metafictional ways—the distinction between the fictional and the real, and by presenting itself essentially as a "nonfiction memoir", with all that genre's attendant blurring of the line between "the personal and public, or rather between private vs. performance", the David Wallace narrative asks its readers to weigh the value of fictional truth over that of supposed non-fiction. This process of evaluation mimics both the information processing performed by the IRS computers as well as the novel's sustained dramatization of information overload and relevant versus irrelevant data. What ultimately emerges is a nuanced exploration of truth and an affirmation of fiction as a way to recover the essential human amid a culture devoted increasingly to automation and data.


This reflection is focused on the anthropologic study of cities and their origins. A thought is on the birth of urban reality, its spaces and symbolisms that are responsible for their modern and postmodern transformation. Exchange and contemporary common life follow old traditional schemes, reminding us of lifestyles in villages rather than those of modern cities. These forms of living are reproposed by the groups of migrants who inhabit squares and streets and connote them with their own symbolisms in a multi-ethnic space, where more frequent are the moments of social and cultural fragmentation as opposed to the hosting community's life.


Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) and obesity are two topics that have garnered considerable interest within the hepatology community over recent years. The syndrome of ACLF occurs in patients with cirrhosis and is characterized by the development of acute hepatic decompensation, organ failure and a high rate of 28-day mortality (1).


patients coming in at varying intervals from onset, and a life-table technique is applied, relating the recovery rate at any given stage of the disease to the patients under observation at that time. Thirty-six patients were either admitted within 24 hours of the onset or developed chorea under observation in the hospital. From the moment the diagnosis was proved the recovery rate was rapid, suggesting that rapid recovery and abortive attacks may be quite common and possibly unrecognized.


The present invention relates to a satellite apparatus, and specifically relates to a cross-coupled multi-antenna apparatus, comprising: a main board or display screen metal bracket; a metal frame, the metal frame comprising a short side, at least one break point being disposed on the short side of the metal frame; a first feeding pin and a second feeding pin connected to a radio frequency front end; and also comprising: the break point separates the short end of the metal frame to form a first metal arm and a second metal arm; a high and low frequency antenna, comprising a high frequency coupling branch disposed on the inner side of the first metal arm, a low frequency coupling branch extending from the inner side of the first metal arm to the inner side of the second metal arm, the middle part of the low frequency coupling branch being connected to an inductor element or a low-pass high resistance element, and the high frequency coupling branch and the low frequency coupling branch being connected together to the first feeding pin; and a high frequency antenna, comprising a high frequency coupling unit disposed on the inner side of the second metal arm, the high frequency coupling unit being connected to the second feeding pin. The bandwidth is good, and debugging is convenient.


The SNA and BOP are not 'fit for purpose'. There are major differences in reporting between stocks and flows: net versus gross; end-period versus transaction date valuation; absent stocks; obfuscation from financial innovation; complex ownership structures; and unconfirmed transactions. Instead, there is blind faith in market-clearing and regulatory reporting ex-post. Integrated National Accounts would better reveal risks. The design could be adapted from other technologies, including crypto-currencies to ensure anonymity in the public ledger. Reform requires the introduction of the Product Identifier (PI) and Legal Entity Identifier (LEI). The challenges are illustrated with some contemporary examples: TARGET imbalances; leveraged external positions; trade imbalances; and gross domestic product measurement. The alternative is stark: we can continue to put our faith in private markets alone.


Strong monsoon system at Java Sea produce a relatively homogeneous sea from the surface layer to the bottom waters. But in the transition season, when monsoon weakened, deformation and eddy could occur in the Java Sea. Okubo-Weiss (OW) algorithm is used to analyze the kinematics of the Java Sea waters using weekly data of sea level anomaly, whereas the NCEP reanalysis daily wind data are used to analyze the effect of the wind on the sea surface. Observations encompass the Java Sea region during the transitional season in April-May and October-November of 2011. OW method showed that the deformation process is more dominant than the vortices occur in the waters of the Java Sea. Deformation that occurred on October 12, 2011 at locations around 5-6 S and 113-114 E has a normal strain value of -0.23407 and shear stress gives the value 0.3725 which led to movement to the north of the position which was originally located in the 6.5 S on October 12th to the position of 6 S on October 19. Wind data analysis also showed similar results to the analysis of sea surface. From this initial identification, the Java Sea eddies are classified onto sub mesoscale events with its temporal scale is 1-7 days and its coverage area is between 50-100 km.


In his article, "The Goethean Concept of World Literature and Comparative Literature," Hendrik Birus presents a new reading and understanding of Goethe's famous dictum: "National literature does not mean much at present, it is time for the era of world literature and everybody must endeavour to accelerate this epoch" (Eckermann 198, 31 January 1827). According to Birus, this dictum is not to be taken at face value today and argues that Goethe's concept of world literature ought to be understood in the sense that today it is not the replacement of national literatures by world literature we encounter; rather, it is the rapid blossoming of a multitude of European and non-European literatures and the simultaneous emergence of a world literature -mostly in English translations -as two aspects of one and the same process. The understanding of this dialectic, Birus argues, ought to be one of the main targets of comparative literature today. Hendrik Birus, "The Goethean Concept of World Literature and Comparative Literature" page 2 of 8 CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 2.4 (2000):


Strategic management theory has been gradually applied to the management of the university library in China.It plays a positive role to promote the university library explicitly Store target,optimize the allocation of resources,stimulate internal vitality and so on;local colleges libraries because of the weak foundation and the lag concept have some problems such as the unclear development direction,uncoordinated,resources construction and the low quality of librarian.Therefore,to carry out the implementation of strategic management in the local college library is not only important but also feasible.


The monograph is devoted to the formation of the concept of digital financial security analytics. The use of the digital environment and big data analysis tools in the system of monitoring sectoral risks and monitoring the activities of socially significant organizations from the position of the ESG strategy is disclosed. At the same time, financial security is considered as an aggregated result of the action of economic, environmental and social factors in a rapidly changing economy.
It covers several key areas that make it possible to digitalize and improve the effectiveness of monitoring the activities of socially significant organizations in a complex: the development of the conceptual apparatus of socially significant business; analytical tools for assessing and forecasting financial security risks based on the concept of sustainable development; standardization of risk management.
For students, postgraduates, teachers, as well as for the professional development of managerial personnel in business and government structures.


Baiyun Cultural and Artistic Center is an architectural synthesis that includes functions of library, archive building, broadcasting center, and gymnasium etc. During the designing process, we pursue to realize the continuity of traditional culture, embody the space particularity, and create the artistic conception of the combination between modern and conventional intention.


Ambient prime geodesic theorems provide an asymptotic count of closed geodesics by their length and holonomy and imply effective equidistribution of holonomy. We show that for a smoothed count of closed geodesics on compact hyperbolic 3-manifolds, there is a persistent bias in the secondary term which is controlled by the number of zero spectral parameters. In addition, we show that a normalized, smoothed bias count is distributed according to a probability distribution, which we explicate when all distinct, non-zero spectral parameters are linearly independent. Finally, we construct an example of dihedral forms which does not satisfy this linear independence condition.


Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD) is one of commonly development disorder in children,which primary cause and pathological mechanism are unclear up to now.The low arousal model is a hypothesis of the primary cause of ADHD which discussed on the article through low arousal leading by sleep disorders.By analyzing sleep disorders(SD) of ADHD in children and behave of ADHD contrasting with that of sleep deprivation,a conclusion could be safely made low arousal among ADHD was caused by explicit and implicit sleep disorders.On one hand the result testifies the low arousal model indirectly,on the other hand provides a new idea in study of the primary cause of ADHD.


The most popularly used light bulb in homes is the incandescent. It is also the least energy efficient. The filament in the bulb is so thin that it causes resistance in the electricity, which in turn causes the electricity's energy to form heat. This causes the incandescent to waste a lot of energy generating heat rather than light. It uses 15 lumens per watt of input power. Increasing energy efficiency is considered as a feasible policy option for many economies. It motivate every nation to reconsider their energy and climate policies A recorded MATLAB demonstration showcased LED versatility and its use by an Arduino UNO board. The purpose of this experimental study was to determine to what extent LEDs can reduce energy consumption through the use of an Arduino UNO board and MATLAB and to discuss the applications of LED. LED will be the future of lighting homes and will eventually completely incandescent bulbs when companies complete the necessary improvements to the LED. Light emitting diodes (LEDs) offer an exciting opportunity to improve energy efficiency.


Lake St. Clair is the smallest lake in the Great Lakes system, with a maximum depth of about 6 meters and water surface area of about 430 square miles, however not considered one of the "Great" lakes. Even though the west coast of Lake St. Clair is densely populated, no long-term storm wind, wave or surge hindcast has been performed. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) initiated a revised Flood Hazard Mapping Project for the Great Lakes. Under this project, identification, generation of long-term (approximately 60-years) storm climatologies (wind, wave, and surge) are being produced to base the potential for flood risks. As part of this study, Lake St. Clair is included. This paper summarizes the development, execution and evaluation of wind field generation, wave model simulation for a small water body. The study highlights maximum storm significant wave heights on the order of 1-m; signal to noise levels contaminating wave measurements; performance of two wind field specification products, (NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis, and the Natural Neighbor Method); and WAM generating wave estimates.


This case presents basic financial ratios for 15 companies and the Standard & Poor's 400. Students are expected to match financial data with the companies and thus become acquainted with the distinctive financial characteristics of different kinds of companies.


Before proceeding to discuss the preparation of dope solutions, it will be necessary to consider some of the essential properties which should be possessed of a dope film, deposited in and on the surface of an aero fabric. The first is that it should tighten the material and second it should withstand weathering.


The assessment of knowledge and competences is an integral part of the learning process. It summarizes the level of student success in achieving the corresponding outcomes and objectives. This paper focuses on analyzing electronic exam data using clustering and association rules in data mining. The aim of this work is to obtain and interpret the results and propose solutions to improve the eexamination system using a descriptive model.


The effect of temperature and food concentration on resting egg formation of freshwater rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus was studied by accumulative population culture under 9 treatments of 3 temperature gradients (20℃, 25℃ and 30℃) and 3 food concentration gradients (1.5 ×106cells / mL,3.0 × 106cells / mL and 6.0 × 106cells /mL). The results showed that under the culture condition of temperature 20℃ and food concentration 6.0× 106cells / mL, the production and formation efficiency of resting egg were 2032.33±141.50 ind. / (10mL. 13d) and 2.61±0.18 ind. /106cells algae, respectively, and were both biggest among all the conditions. This condition was optimal for mass production of resting eggs. At temperature 25℃ and 30℃, the food concentration of 6.0 × 106cells / mL and 3.0 × 106cells / mL was also optimal for the production of resting eggs, respectively. At the temperature 20℃, the mixis rate was bigger than that of 25℃ and 30℃. There was no significant effect of temperature,food concentration and their interaction on the fertilization rate.


In this paper we investigate the quantum reflection factor for the CSG dressed boundary, previously constructed by dressing the Dirichlet boundary with the integrable CSG defect [1]. We analyse classical bound states and use semi-classical methods to investigate the quantum boundary spectrum. We conjecture a fully quantum reflection matrix for a particle reflecting from an unexcited boundary. By using the reflection and boundary bootstrap equations, the reflection matrix for a charge Q = +n soliton reflecting from the mth excited boundary is constructed. Evidence supporting our conjecture is given by checking that the bootstrap closes and that the reflection matrices agrees with known results in the classical limit. A partial analysis of the poles in the reflection matrices which arise from Coleman-Thun diagrams is given.


This article begins by offering a framework for the analysis of the future of interest representation. Trade unions, explicitly or implicitly, have to answer three fundamental questions: whose interests they represent, which issues they embrace as relevant for the task of representation, and what methods and procedures they adopt in undertaking this task. Traditional answers to these questions have been challenged by the erosion of former models of solidarity, the increasing weight of competitive market forces, and the exhaustion of norms of egalitarianism. The author suggests new strategies for reviving trade unions' effectiveness as representative organisations.


1. A process for dewaxing a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising contacting feedstock with a mixture of ZSM-48 catalyst at catalytic dewaxing conditions for producing dewaxed feedstock, wherein the mixture of ZSM-48 catalyst comprises: a) crystals of ZSM-48 of the first type, having a molar ratio of silica: alumina of 70 to 110 and containing no other than the ZSM-48 seed crystals, and! b) crystals of ZSM-48 of the second type, the crystals of ZSM-48 type different from the first crystal ZSM-48 of the second type. ! 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the ZSM-48 crystals of a second type include ZSM-48 crystals containing different from ZSM-48 seed crystals. ! 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the crystals of ZSM-48 of the second type include ZSM-48 crystals with a ratio of SiO2: Al2O3 more than 110! 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the ZSM-48 crystals of a second type include ZSM-48 crystals with fibrous morphology. ! 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the ZSM-48 crystals of a second type include a higher percentage of Kenyaite than ZSM-48 crystals of the first type. ! 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the ZSM-48 crystals are mixed by introducing into the ZSM-48 crystals of the first catalyst particles of the first type by producing crystals of ZSM-48 particles of the second type of second catalyst, and blending the particles of the first and second catalysts. ! 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the ZSM-48 crystals are mixed by making catalyst particles comprising ZSM-like crystals of the first type 48, and ZSM-48 crystals of the second type. ! 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the ZSM-48 crystals of the first type do not contain any fibrous morphology crystals. ! 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the ZSM-48 crystals of the first type do not contain any crystals of acicular morphology. ! 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the ZSM-48 crystals first minute


Abstract : The principal approaches tested and/or evaluated for emplacement of anchoring devices for rocket launcher and artillery carriages are outlined. Part 1 of this report deals largely with the Anchorage problem of rocket launchers in hard frozen ground. Part II covers the investigation of stability problems of firing platforms for conventional cannon-type artillery weapons in temperate climates. Critical anchoring problems in both arctic and temperate climates exist for both types of weapons.


Previous transmission techniques for fading channels that exploit signal space diversity (SSD) are based on rotation or precoding of an original signal constellation. In this work, we follow a completely different approach to design full diversity multidimensional codebooks whose implementation has low complexity and requires little storage. The design consists of finding good permutations of the labels of points in a fixed grid. We consider both the uniform and the Gaussian-shaped grids. An ensemble average performance based on an enumerative analysis of the error events is presented, which brings some insight into the problem. Three low-complexity algorithms are then proposed to find good permutations sets. Both analytical and simulation results confirm the good performance of the proposed codebooks, which can be considered as good candidates for practical communications systems.


Silica (SiO2) is one of the most frequently used inorganic materials. This review covers the research progress in the synthesis of one-dimensional silica nanotubes as well as the newest aspects of silica nanotubes in applications where their structural attributes are exploited. The synthetic methods for well-defined silica nanotubes and a variety of specific silica nanotubes including hollow silica nanotubes, mesoporous silica nanotubes, chiral or helical silica nanotubes are summarized. One-dimensional tubular silica nanomaterials display structures that differ from those of other kinds of nanostructured silica materials and provide unique features such as very uniform diameter, open at both ends. In addition, sol–gel process and silane chemistry offer the reliable and robust surface modification or functionalization of silica nanotubes. Attractively, end functionalization of silica nanotubes may be able to control drug release, resulting in their wide applications in controlled drug and gene delivery; also their distinctive inner and outer surfaces can be differentially functionalized making silica nanotubes ideal multifunctional nanostructure candidates for biomedical applications in various areas such as biosensing, bioseparation and biocatalysis.


Objective To explore the key points of perioperative nursing for the complications in patients with secondary trigeminal neuralgia caused by small lesions in cerebellopontine angle area.Methods The operative modalities and surgical outcome were retrospectively analyzed in 23 cases of patients with secondary trigeminal neuralgia caused by small lesions in cerebellopontine angle area from January 2005 to December 2010 in the hospital,so as to summarize the perioperative nursing measures for surgical methods,efficacy and complications.Results Twenty-three patients underwent lesions resection under microscope through retrosigmoid approach and additional partial rhizotomy was performed in 3 patients.Postoperatively,facial pain disappeared in all cases,but facial numb occurred in 3 cases.All patients gained good recovery because of enough preoperative psychological nursing care and specific postoperative nursing care oriental to complications.Conclusion The key to a successful surgery lies in enhanced preoperative psychological nursing,early detection of complications and effective targeted nursing.


Voltage-gated Na channels are crucial for action potential generation and propagation. Using immunocytochemistry this study investigates the spatial and temporal (sub)cellular expression patterns of three Na channel αsubunits NaV1.1, NaV1.2 and NaV1.6 during epileptogenesis in the dentate gyrus (DG), CA3 and CA1 at 1 day, 3 weeks and 2 months after a status epilepticus (SE) induced by kainic acid. NaV1.1 immunoreactivity was persistently reduced during epileptogenesis in CA3 and CA1 and about 50% of NaV1.1-positive interneurons were lost after SE. Compared to control, immunoreactivity for NaV1.2 in the inner molecular layer of the DG was decreased at 1 day after SE. It increased at 3 weeks and 2 months after SE, in association with mossy fiber sprouting. NaV1.6 immunoreactivity in the dendritic region of CA3 and CA1 was persistently reduced at all the time points during epileptogenesis. In addition to changes in expression of αsubunits in the neuropil and neurons, astrocytes also expressed NaV1.1 and NaV1.6 at 3 weeks after SE. Our results show that the hippocampal (sub)cellular expression patterns of NaV1.1, NaV1.2 and NaV1.6 are altered during epileptogenesis in a time and location specific way, which would affect hippocampal excitability.


Odonata are valuable biological indicators of freshwater ecosystem integrity and climate change, and the northeastern USA (Virginia to Maine) is a hotspot of odonate diversity and a region of historical and growing threats to freshwater ecosystems. This duality highlights the urgency of developing a comprehensive conservation assessment of the region's 228 resident odonate species. We offer a prioritization framework modified from NatureServe's method for assessing conservation status ranks by assigning a single regional vulnerability metric (R-rank) reflecting each species' degree of relative extinction risk in the northeastern USA. We calculated the R-rank based on 3 rarity factors (range extent, area of occupancy, and habitat specificity), 1 threat factor (vulnerability of occupied habitats), and 1 trend factor (relative change in range size). We combine this R-rank with the degree of endemicity (% of the species' USA and Canadian range that falls within the region) as a proxy for regional responsibility, thereby deriving a list of species of combined vulnerability and regional management responsibility. Overall, 18% of the region's odonate fauna is imperiled (R1 and R2), and peatlands, low-gradient streams and seeps, high-gradient headwaters, and larger rivers that harbor a disproportionate number of these species should be considered as priority habitat types for conservation. We anticipate that our analysis might serve as a model for guiding and standardizing conservation assessments at multiple scales for Odonata and other diverse taxa that have not yet received attention to prioritization.


The power invariant, nonlinear differential equations, that describe the behavior of a two-phase equivalent of a balanced three-phase induction motor, are linearized about an arbitrary nominal point. Under the assumption that terminal voltage and system frequency can be approximated by a straight line segment over any interval of time, solutions of these small perturbation equations are used to give expressions for active and reactive power delivered tb the motor during transient conditions. These newly developed expressions for power, which turn out to be implicit functions of voltage and frequency, and explicit functions of time and the rates of change of voltage and frequency, are proposed as a load model represeptation of an induction motor for use in transient stability studies. An intuitively appealing, corrective technique, which reduces the error introduced by the use of a linearized model, is presented. Eigenvalues of the linearized system of equations for a group of typical induction motors are given. For a small low voltage motor, a sensitivity study of the dominant eigenvalue to changes in nominal point quantities and parameters is made. Values of active and reactive power calculated by a numericzal solution of the motor nonlinear differential equations are compared with those values of power predicted by the model for certain specific rates of change of voltage and frequency.


Abstract The recent deployment of an innovative triple pulse rise time (PRT) scheme within the French operational radar network allows for the simultaneous collection of reflectivity and radial velocity measurements up to a range of 250 km with no ambiguity. This achievement brings new perspectives in terms of operational exploitation of Doppler measurements including the capability to consistently perform multiple-Doppler wind synthesis in a fully operational framework. Using real and simulated Doppler observations, the authors show that the 3D wind fields retrieved in that framework can definitely be relied upon to achieve a consistent and detailed mapping of the airflow structure in various precipitation regimes despite radar baselines averaging ∼180 km and very limited scanning strategies. This achievement could be easily transposed to other operational networks and represents a remarkable opportunity to add further value to operational Doppler velocity measurements.


The detection of mines, both during and after hostilities, is a growing international problem. It limits military operations during wartime and unrecovered mines create tragic consequences for civilians. From a purely humanitarian standpoint an estimated 100 million or more unrecovered mines are located in over 60 countries worldwide. This paper presents an overview of some of the technologies currently being investigated by Sandia National Laboratories for the detection and monitoring of minefields in land and water environments. The three technical areas described in this paper are: 1) the development of new mathematical techniques for combining or fusing the data from multiple sources for enhanced decision-making; 2) an environmental fate and transport (EFT and 3) the investigation of an underwater range imaging device to aid in locating and characterizing mines and other obstacles in coastal waters.


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The European Commission describes literacy and numeracy in combination with problem solving, as key components for being successful in society. Most people are aware of the need of literacy, but numeracy is still not seen as being crucial to survive in society. However, results from international studies show that in general people with lower education perform less well in literacy as well as in numeracy than people with a higher educational background. Being numerate In particular will become more and more important in the contemporary and future society. Literacy and numeracy are the key for lifelong learning and for social inclusion.This article emphasizes the need for numeracy as part of lifelong learning. The first section describes how the concept of numeracy evolved from basic skills to key competencies. In the second and third sections learning and teaching methods in adult education have been explained. In the fourth section the European Numeracy Framework has been explained as part of the formal education system in Europe and embedded in the European Qualification Framework.


The invention discloses high-weatherability antirust oil which comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 75-80 parts of 46# mechanical oil, 3-4 parts of neutral dinonylnaphthalenesulfonic acid barium, 3-5 parts of aluminum stearate, 2-4 parts of rosin-polyoxyethylene ester, 2-3 parts of asphalt, 2-3 parts of hydrogenated castor oil, 1-3 parts of 1,2,3-benzotriazole, 1-2 parts of polyisobutene, 2-4 parts of film forming aid, 2-3 parts of dodecanamine, 3-4 parts of N-octadecylamine oleyl sarcosinate and 0.6-1 part of sorbitan monooleate. The produced antirust oil is difficult to discolor and oxidize, has no influence on the appearance of a workpiece and has excellent comprehensive performance, high salt fog resistance, humidity resistance, aging resistance and the like as well as good cleaning property; as the film forming aid is added, the surface tension of an oil film is improved, so that the antirust oil can be uniformly sprayed; and the antirust oil has a good spreading performance on the surface of the workpiece, the formed oil film is uniform and stable, and a protection role in the metal is improved.


AbstractTraditional slope stability analysis delivers the factor of safety with respect to shear strength, which is the factor by which tanφ′ and c′ must be reduced to bring a slope to the point of failure. In the present paper, alternative strategies are considered to include the factors by which destabilizing parameters, such as pore pressures and gravitational loads, must be increased to bring a slope to the point of failure. The approach described gives a more comprehensive insight into the stability of slopes and the sensitivity of failure to different input parameters. Finally, the practical use of the alternative factoring strategies is illustrated through two application examples referring to a slope under different loading combinations (pore-pressure ratio and horizontal seismic coefficient).


This paper applies a novel phase-shift autotransformer to build high power 12 pulses rectifier.Theoretical analysis indicates that comparing with the traditional transformer of 12 pulses rectifier the proposed autotransformer has excellent input factors and facilitates to reduce the cost and volume of the rectifier system.The simulative and experimental results verify the correctness of the theoretical illation.


An Electrical Impedance Mammography (EIM) planar array imaging system is being developed at the University of Sussex for the detection of breast cancers. Investigations have shown that during data collection, systematic errors and patient artefacts are frequently introduced during signal acquisition from different electrodes pairs. This is caused, in particular, by the large variations in the electrode-skin contact interface conditions occurring between separate electrode positions both with the same and different patients. As a result, the EIM image quality is seriously affected by these errors. Hence, this research aims to experimentally identify, analyse and propose effective methods to reduce the systematic errors at the electrode-skin interface. Experimental studies and subsequent analysis is presented to determine what ratio of electrode blockage seriously affects the acquired raw data which may in turn compromise the reconstruction. This leads to techniques for the fast and accurate detection of any such occurrences. These methodologies can be applied to any planar array based EIM system.


The enzymatic esterification of soybean oil deodorizer distillate (SODD) with methanol catalyzed by lipase was studied. The single factor and orthogonal test were undertaken in order to get the optimal combination parameters. The results showed that the important factors affecting the esterification ratio are the esterification time and the lipase concentration, while esterification temperature and the molar ratio of substances have little effect. The optimum factor combinations are : the molar ratio of substances 1:1.5, lipase concentration 60plu/g, esterification temperature 60℃ and esterification time 8 hours. Under these conditions, the optimun esterification ratio is 94.78%.


O u r country is signatory to the Alma Ata Declarat ion which envisages heal th for all by the year 2000 as the ul t imate goal and p r i m a r y heal th care as a n app roach . This seemingly simple and s traight forward s ta tement is a t remendous venture in the field of heal th care a r d is breath taking in its scope. ' H e a l t h ' has been defined not as merely absence of disease bu t as a state of positive well being, physical., menta l a n d social. Men ta l hea l th , therefore, forms an essential par t of total heal th and as such must form an integral p a i t of the nat ional heal th policy. T h e emphasis in heal th care would follow the principles of P r i m a r y Heal th Care as ment ioned in the Alma Ata Declarat ion a n d which aims a t deprofessionalizing and decentralizing heal th care. T h e extensive need of such a p rogramme was felt over decades by various health workers, medi cal profession in general a n d psychiatrists in par t icu lar . We had been pleading tha t the Government should incorpora te the menta l heal th care delivery system with general heal th care since it was the most neglected and uncared for area in ou r domain .


Thousands of international ESL students come to the United States every year to learn English for the purpose of matriculating into an American university. Teaching these diverse students can be a challenge for educators and despite the students' significant investment of time and money, many of them are inadequately prepared for the demands of university work. Text chat has been studied by some scholars as a means of assisting ESL students to write more effectively. However, greater understanding is needed of the affective experiences and perceptions of students toward peer-to-peer ESL text chat. That is the thrust of this study, which utilized Livemocha, a free international text chat program. Several striking findings were made, two of which were that all students reported enjoyment of the text chat experience and all students reported increased confidence to write in English as a result of their participation in the research. This study draws heavily on the sociocultural theory of Lev Vygotsky, especially his theories of the zone of proximal development and perezhivanie. His work illuminates the


Pseudohermaphroditism or imposex is an abnormality of the gastropod reproductive system caused by the effects of an environmental pollutant, tributyltin, in which parts of the male reproductive tract develop in females. In this study, the post-larval development of the reproductive system in pseudohermaphroditic male and female Nassarius vibex was investigated relative to normal development to determine how and when the abnormalities associated with pseudohermaphroditism develop. Two populations of N. vibex were compared: one exhibiting normal development, and one in which the animals were effected by pseudohermaphroditism. In the affected N. vibex population, a penis and anterior spermiduct developed very early in ontogeny in both males and females. Normal reproductive system development was affected in some females, evidenced by fusion of the induced spermiduct and anterior oviduct, or by abnormal oviduct development. Several males displayed precocious maturation of the gonad in addition to early development of the anterior spermiduct and penis.


Adrenal cortical neoplasms in pediatric population are very rare. The clinical manifestations and biological behavior can be different from their counterparts in adults. This review contains data of epidemiology, clinical features, histology, biological behavior of adrenal cortical neoplasms in adults and children with particular attention to the approaches to malignancy assessment in different age groups.


The in situ surface reconstitution of a catalyst for hydrogen evolution refers to its structure evolution induced by strong interactions with reaction intermediates during the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), which eventually leads to the self-optimization of active sites. In consideration of the superior performance that can be achieved by in situ surface reconstitution, more and more attention has been paid to the relationship between active site structure evolution and the self-optimization of HER activity. More and more in situ and/or operando techniques have been explored to track the dynamic structural evolution of HER catalysts in order to clarify the underlying mechanism. This review summarizes recent advances in various types of reconstruction such as the reconfiguration of crystallinity, morphological evolution, chemical composition evolution, phase transition refactoring, surface defects, and interface refactoring in the HER process. Finally, different perspectives and outlooks are offered to guide future investigations. This review is expected to provide some new clues for a deeper understanding of in situ surface reconfiguration in hydrogen evolution reactions and the targeted design of catalysts with desirable structures.


Globally, freshwater wetlands are significant carbon sinks; however, altering a wetland's hydrology can reduce its ability to sequester carbon and may lead to the release of previously stored soil carbon. Rehabilitating a wetland's water table has the potential to restore the natural process of wetland soil carbon sequestration and storage. Further, little is known about the role of microbial communities that mediate carbon cycling during wetland rehabilitation practices. Here, we examined the carbon emissions and microbial community diversity during a wetland rehabilitation process known as "environmental watering" (rewetting) in an Australian, semi-arid freshwater floodplain wetland. By monitoring carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions during dry and wet phases of an environmental watering event, we determined that adding water to a degraded semi-arid floodplain wetland reduces carbon emissions by 28–84%. The watering event increased anoxic levels and plant growth in the aquatic zone of the wetland, which may correlate with lower carbon emissions during and after environmental watering due to lower anaerobic microbial decomposition processes and higher CO2 sequestration by vegetation. During the watering event, areas with higher inundation had lower CO2 emissions (5.15 ± 2.50 g CO2 m–2 day–1) compared to fringe areas surrounding the wetland (11.89 ± 4.25 g CO2 m–2 day–1). CH4 flux was inversely correlated with CO2 emissions during inundation periods, showing a 38% (0.013 ± 0.061 g CO2-e m–2 day–1) increase when water was present in the wetland. During the dry phases of environmental watering, there was CH4 uptake within the fringe and aquatic zones (−0.013 ± 0.063 g CO2-e m–2 day–1). A clear succession of soil microbial community was observed during the dry-wet phases of the environmental watering process. This suggests that wetland hydrology plays a large role in the microbial community structure of these wetland ecosystems, and is consequently linked to CO2 and CH4 emissions. Overall, the total carbon emissions (CO2 + CH4) were reduced within the wetland during and after the environmental watering event, due to increasing vegetative growth and subsequent CO2 sequestration. We, therefore, recommend environmental watering practices in this degraded arid wetland ecosystem to improve conditions for wetland carbon sequestration and storage. Further use of this management practice may improve wetland carbon storage across other arid freshwater wetland ecosystems with similar hydrologic regimes.


Since the installation of borehole strain has been very strong interference in Mudanjiang station,the record has been poor.And the record does not achieve its desired effect.In this paper,wavelet method was used to analyse the borehole strain records,to extract valuable seismic information,and to make full use of the existing case record data for further monitoring and analysing of earthquake.


Objective To analyze the learning curve of laparoscopic varicocele ligation. Methods All cases of laparoscopic varicocele ligation from Jan. 2010 to Oct. 2011 were collected. The inclusion criteria are: ①the purpose of the operations were to improve the sperm quality; ②Varicoceles of both sides; ③all cases were done by the same urologist from his first case. The operation time and estimated blood loss curve were made by Excel software, and all cases were divided into A、B and C groups by the plateau of the operation time curve, in which, 12 cases in group A, 16 cases in group B, and the other 30 cases in group C. Wilcoxon rank sum test and t test were employed for the analysis of the statistical difference of operation time/ estimated blood loss between group A, B and C. Results 58 cases were collected due to the criteria, with no converted to open surgery case and no blood transfusion case. The mean operation time of group A was 96.67±9.85 minutes and that of group B and C were 75±10.49 minutes and 64.33±10.23 minutes, respectively. The operation time of group A was statistical different from that of the group B and group C (P=0.00001); The operation time of group B was statistical different from that of group C (P=0.0001). The estimated blood losses of group A、B and C were 12.92±3.96 ml, 11.88±5.44 ml and 15.67±5.68 ml, respectively, which showed no statistical difference form one another (P0.05). Conclusions The learning curve of laparoscopic varicocele ligation was 12 cases.


The Southern Trans-Urals is a flat area covering the south-western, predominantly steppe sector of the West Siberian lowland in Kurgan region borders and surrounding areas of the neighboring regions of Russia and Kazakhstan. The part of alien species in the Southern Trans-Ural region comprises more than 18% of the whole flora. In the last 15 years, 30 species never reported for the territory before have been found. The rare adventitious plant Roemeria refracta DC. (Papaveraceae), taxon belonging to Iran and Central Asia type of areal, was first recorded in Kurgan province (55 ° 43'20, 7 "N, 64 ° 38'25, 5" E) in summer 2011. The areal of R. refracta covers desert and steppe regions of Iran and Central Asia, Caucasus, Eastern Transcaucasia and Dagestan (locus classicus). In the southwestern part it reaches the Mediterranean region (Lebanon and Syria), in the east Mongolia. In the main areal the form is confined to dry rocky slopes, ruderal habitats, and fields. In the Caucasus, R. refracta is a relict xerothermic taxon of an early Holocene phase, which needs to be protected and included to the regional "Red Book" of Stavropol Territory and Ingushetia. R. refracta begins penetration to the north as a rare adventive plant along road sides: it has been recorded in Moscow and Ivanovo regions of Central Russia, in St. Petersburg, on the territory of Belarus and nearby Kiev in Ukraine. The wide inspection of different herbarium collections and data published has shown that this species had not been described for Siberia, the Urals and the Trans-Urals before. However, the resemblance of R. refracta with two other species (Papaver rhoeas and Glaucium corniculatum) introduced to the area could lead to confusing omissions in determining species for collections. Since lots of keys and checklists in regional Floras determine R. refracta incorrectly, we give a brief morphological characteristic and suggest a dichotomous key to genera of Papaveraceae family for Trans-Urals Flora. The adventitious flora of the Southern Trans-Urals and the Southern Urals includes 7 species of the family Papaveraceae, one of which (Chelidonium majus) has been widely scattered across secondary habitats and forest communities in recent decades. It includes three species which are widely cultivated, but rarely recorded as departing from the culture (Eschscholzia californica, Papaver pseudoorientale, P. somniferum) and one species (P. rhoeas) is distributed partially as a spontaneous alien plant, partially derived from the culture. The rarest ruderal poppy, Glaucium corniculatum, has been recorded in the Volga region, the Southern Urals and the south of the Altai Territory along with a new species for the Southern Trans-Urals region, R. refracta. The collected herbarium of species is stored in the collection of the Laboratory "Herbarium and Botanical Museum" at Kurgan State University.


Culture is the thought,action,customs formed by a group in a certain period of time,as well as all activities radiate from the group consciousness.In a broad sense,culture comes down from spiritual and material wealth and it is a kind of fruit of collective intelligence.Such wealth and intelligence has a series of important meaning for a city,such as a name card to improve the connotation and glamour of the city.This paper discusses the meaning of culture to a city and how to develop the culture with creativity during the transition of the city.It also discusses how to combine these two points.


Total-ionizing-dose-induced resonance frequency shifts in piezoresistive micromachined cantilevers are experimentally shown to be dose-rate dependent. Devices were irradiated to 1 Mrad(SiO2) at rates from 5.4 to 30.3 krad(SiO2)/min, with lower rate exposures producing up to four-times more negative frequency shifts than higher rate exposures. Devices that were hydrogenated in a steam bath for 1 h showed shifts similar to those of control (not hydrogenated) devices at higher dose rates, and larger shifts than control devices at lower rates. All devices recovered to levels close to preirradiation after several hours of post-irradiation annealing. The dose-rate dependence is attributed to differences in carrier concentration caused by varying efficiencies of the depassivation of boron by hydrogen at higher and lower dose rates and/or surface charging effects, and the subsequent differences in Young's modulus that occur as a result. Many of these processes are similar to effects that lead to ELDRS in linear bipolar transistors, emphasizing the need to include low-dose-rate testing of microelectromechanical systems devices when considering them for use in space systems.


Contemporary devices include sophisticated algorithms specifically designed to minimize ventricular pacing, with the intention of limiting the patient's exposure to potentially deleterious effects of right ventricular pacing. The added complexity and adverse effects (some potentially life‐threatening) associated with the use of these algorithms are often under‐appreciated. The operational features, efficacy, and the potential adverse effects associated with one of these algorithms to minimize ventricular pacing—the Managed Ventricular Pacing™ algorithm—are reviewed to guide the appropriate prescription of this therapy. (PACE 2012;35:1528–1536)


A 2-benzo[c] furanketon compound used for preparing the medicines to treat cerebral ischemia and convulsion is prepared through nitrifying, reducing and diazotizing reactions. It has high activity and liposolubility.


Establishment of recommended data for research costs is aimed at increasing the efficiency in research planning. Several wellknown methods of machine building have been tested. This has resulted in the determination of recommended values for individual kinds of costs on the basis of statistical methods, and by analogy with the production process determined costs. The recommended values are valid for one group of catalysts


This study aims to examine breastfeeding behavior from a gender perspective and socio-economic dimension. The legal basis and internal and external factors of breastfeeding behavior are the main issues. Breastfeeding views are also studied in terms of working women, in response to the increasingly expensive economic needs of women to help the family economy by entering the labor market, while women also have an obligation to engage in breastfeeding activities. This study uses literature method, by collecting all the literature related to the breastfeeding process, the legal basis that supports, and the factors that can inhibit and the way to succeed exclusive breastfeeding issues. This study found the fact that there is a misconception of society about breastfeeding that the breastfeeding process is not optimal, the modernization also makes women who should breastfeed to make new choices instead of breastfeeding obligations for their children.


This paper proposes a reconfigurable dual-sense linear-to-circular polarization (LP-CP) conversion metasurface at Ka-band. The device operates in the satellite communication (SatCom) up-link portion of the Ka-band (27.5–31 GHz), which also includes the 28 GHz 5G mmWave band. Dual-sense LP-CP converters in the current literature do not have polarization diversity within a single band. The proposed metasurface employs vanadium dioxide (VO2) phase change material in two superimposed alternate meanderline geometries. The device consists of four of these layers and is constructed on Si substrates using micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) processes. The proposed metasurface has low insertion loss throughout the SatCom up-link band of <1.1 dB and excellent axial ratio <3 dB.


Hollow fiber membranes have been employed to purify blood from within the heart of hemodialysis process, namely dialyzer. In the past 10 years, the interest on the utilization of dual layer hollow fiber (DLHF) membranes has arisen due to the innovative idea of combining adsorption and diffusion processes into one step. This short review outlines the historical development of DLHF hemodialysis membranes that spans from year 2012 to year 2022. The motivation and the outcome from the first and the second generation DLHF hemodialysis membranes are discussed. In addition, the use of DLHF membranes in other hemodialysis-related application is presented. This short review would provide a perspective for membranologists to recognize the issues in DLHF hemodialysis membranes and to work their way to finding the real solutions.


Much effort over many years has gone into evaluating and improving the wavenumber accuracy of FTS - the x-axis - but relatively little attention has been paid to the accuracy of the intensity measurements - the y-axis. This is particularly true of the UV region, where almost all spectrophotometry is done with grating instruments. We have used our high resolution UV FT spectrometer for making three different types of intensity measurements: branching ratios in emission, absorption cross-sections, and (at low resolution) lamp calibration. In the course of these measurements we have identified a number of sources of potential error, some known in advance and some discovered the hard way, some common to grating and FT spectrometers and some peculiar to FTS, and some that particularly affect the short wavelength region. This paper discusses the principal problems and the lessons we have learned. It also indicates some of the advantages (and the occasional disadvantage) that FTS has over grating spectrometry for radiometry in the UV.