The present study was conducted in Dapoli and Guhagar tahsils of Ratnagiri district (Konkan region) and Baramati and Indapur tahsils of Pune district (Western region) of Maharashtra. The sample constituted of 120 SHGs heads from 12 villages. The respondents were interviewed with the help of specially designed schedule. Maximum number of the respondents belonged to the 'middle' age group, had education 'upto primary' level, pre-scheme annual income of 'Rs. 7,701 to 19,300/-', had '12' knowledge score, 'favourable' attitude towards SHG scheme, 'medium' social participation, 'medium' extension contact, 'medium' information seeking behaviour, received 'no institutional training' after participating in the SHGs and 'medium' market orientation. Activities undertaken by SHGs were vegetable cultivation (15.84 %), retail shops (8.34 %), dairy (7.50 %), fish selling and Papad making (6.67 % each). This was followed by goat rearing, preparation of Masala and tailoring (5.00 % each), preparation of diwali stuffs (4.17 %), mess (3.34 %) and preparation of syrup, preparation of Shevai and snacks center (2.50 % each). The other trades noticed were broom making, flour mill, paper bags making, pots making, vermi-compost making, Agarbatti making, dryfruits selling, preparation of aonla candy, preparation of decorative material and bag making (1.67 % each).


This paper aims to carry out an analysis of the regulation of insolvency procedures applicable to the administrative-territorial units. It addresses, in terms of content, three major issues. The first is related to the current constitutional status regarding the manner of administrative-territorial organization of Romania, and the organization and functioning of public administration in the administrative-territorial units.The second issue concerns the analysis of the legal regulations regarding the local public administration, and the last deals with, by reference to the constitutional and legal rules, the constitutionality of the regulation, by emergency ordinance of the procedure of insolvency of administrative-territorial units. The conclusion is that such a procedure established by the Government Emergency Ordinance No.46/2013 is contrary to the letter and spirit of the fundamental law.


In this paper, we establish some bilinear endpoint estimates of Calder\'on commutator $\mathcal{C}[\nabla A,f](x)$ with a homogeneous kernel when $\Omega\in L\log^+L(\mathbf{S}^{d-1})$. More precisely, we prove that $\mathcal{C}[\nabla A,f]$ maps $L^q(\mathbb{R}^d)\times L^1(\mathbb{R}^d)$ to $L^{r,\infty}(\mathbb{R}^d)$ if $q>d$ which improves previous result essentially. If $q=d$, we show that Calder\'on commutator maps $L^{d,1}(\mathbb{R}^d)\times L^1(\mathbb{R}^d)$ to $L^{r,\infty}(\mathbb{R}^d)$ which is new even if the kernel is smooth. The novelty in the paper is that we prove a new endpoint estimate of the Mary Weiss maximal function which may have its own interest in the theory of singular integral.


Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membrane was made of aluminum sheet (99.6%, 0.2 mm thickness). The regular array of hexagonal nano pores or channels were prepared by two step anodization process. A detail description of the AAO fabrication is presented. After the 1st anodization in oxalic acid (0.3 M) at 45 V, The formed AAO was removed by etching in a solution of 6 wt% +1.8 wt% . The regular arrangement of the pores was obtained by the 2nd anodization, which was carried out in the same condition as the 1st anodization. Subsequently, the alumina barrier layer at the bottom of the channel layer was removed in phosphoric acid (1M) after removing of aluminum. Pore diameter, density, and thickness could be controlled by the anodization process parameters such as applied voltage, anodizing time, pore widening time, etc. The pore diameter is proportional to the applied voltage and pore widening time. The pore density and thickness can be controlled by anodization temperature and voltage.


The involvement of persons with disabilities in formal decision-making processes is thought to have a range of benefits. However, research suggests that participatory processes may fail to match normative ideals. This study examines the participation of persons with disabilities in the development of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, from the perspective of key informants in the New Zealand disability sector. It found that participants viewed the participatory process favourably. Political activity from persons with disabilities and political willingness on the part of government contributed to this perceived success. More broadly, the participation of persons with disabilities provided a mutually enriching learning experience, reduced political machinations between nations, increased government accountability, and resulted in a more relevant text. The study provides an example of a successful participatory process involving persons with disabilities within an international context.


Objectives: We conducted a retrospective multi-institutional study to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of intraperitoneal or intrapleural triamcinolone acetonide (TA), a slowly metabolized corticosteroid administration for the management of malignant ascites or pleural effusion. Materials and Methods: The medical records of patients with gynecologic cancer who were treated with paracentesis or thoracocentesis followed by administration of 400 mg of TA between 2005 and 2014 were reviewed. Results: The median age of the 74 eligible patients was 59 years. An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 3–4 was present in 53 patients (73%), and 52 patients (70%) had ovarian cancer. Paracentesis followed by TA administration was performed in 65 patients (88%), and 37 patients (50%) were treated in a palliative setting. Chemotherapy or surgery after TA administration was performed in 37 patients (50%) in an aggressive setting, of which 14 patients (19%) were treated at the primary phase and 23 patients (31%) were treated at recurrent phase. The time interval of serial drainage was prolonged in 15 of 19 assessable patients, resulting in a response rate of 79% (95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 54–94%). Median overall survival after TA therapy in a palliative setting was 36 days (95% CI: 19–58 days). After TA therapy in a palliative setting, one patient complained of mild abdominal pain, two patients with advanced peritonitis carcinomatosis experienced bowel perforation, and three patients died within 7 days owing to disease progression. Conclusions: Intraperitoneal and intrapleural TA administration were feasible and effective in symptomatic control of ascites and pleural effusion.


Recently, the superiority of minimally invasive treatment in endovascular surgery has been advocated. Therefore, VR simulator and silicone blood vessel model simulator have been developed, and practice environment of minimally invasive therapy gets better. However, catheter motion measurement hasn't been done during the simulations, and we couldn't know the expert's strategy and skills of inserting the catheter to the objective nidus. So, there are some difficulties for the beginner to learn the skills of inserting the catheter. For solving this problem, in this research, we proposed the reference area of catheter insertion based on the result of catheter movement inserting in a carotid artery silicone blood vessel model. Reference area of catheter insertion means the insertion success condition obtained from the measurement data of catheter movement, consists of linear and rotational movement. The measurement of catheter insertion was done, and the result show that reference area of catheter insertion of carotid artery silicone blood vessel model is the condition of 70∼115deg, 70∼80mm. By using this reference area of catheter insertion, beginner of catheter manipulation can insert the catheter to the objective point easily.


The eigenvalue approach is a recently developed compressor stability model used to predict stall onset. In this model, the flow field from a Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) simulation provides the basic flow. This paper presents the effect of the RANS methods (including the computational grid, the turbulence model, and the spatial discretization scheme) on the eigenvalue and investigates the most influencing flow structures to the eigenvalue. The test compressor was the transonic compressor of NASA Rotor 37. Three individual meshes with different grid densities were used to validate the grid independence, and the results indicated that RANS simulation and eigenvalue calculation obtain grid independence at the same grid density. Then, the effect of four turbulence models (including Spalart–Allmaras (SA) turbulence model, two different k–ε models with the extended wall function model (EWFKE), and the Yang–Shih model (YSKE), and k–ω shear stress transport (SST) model), and three spatial discretization schemes (the central scheme, the flux difference splitting (FDS) scheme, and the symmetric total variation diminishing (STVD)) was also studied. Further investigation showed that the SA turbulence model combined with the STVD scheme provided the best stall point prediction, with a relative error of 0.05%. Detailed exploration of the three-dimensional flow field revealed that there were two flow patterns near the blade tip necessary for precisely predicting stall onset: the flow blockage generated by the shockwave-tip leakage vortex (TLV) interaction, and the trailing edge separation and corresponding wake flow. The effect of the blockage was greater than the effect of the trailing edge flow.


The article presents some results of a study of theoretical and methodological bases of cultural policies adopted in the countries of liberal democracy. In historical perspective in an article the characteristic of the practice of cultural policy in Russia. The analysis of the theoretical foundations of the cultural policy of modern Russia. This topic is related to issues with the logical and psychological behavioral system of political management of society, ie, ideology. It is actualized in many countries, as the interfaces in domestic policy with questions of mass migration, a problem of management of cultural diversity at the state level, and is interpreted as "difficult to resolve". It can be concluded that in liberal democracies problematize questions are routine for the Soviet "state national" policy. In general, the practice of the life of multicultural countries shows that rely only general, universal principles of mutual tolerance constructive, they must be supplemented by regionally-specific technologies and methods of influence. The basis of cultural policy should be systematic, long-term, based on a certain time-tested theoretical positions, not only on time directives, charters, appeals, appeals, non-binding.


: Reactions of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, to the taking of skin biopsies and to associated activities were studied on one of their principal West Indies breeding grounds on Silver Bank (Dominican Republic). Results were in some cases different from those reported from a similar study of this species in a high-latitude feeding area. Almost half (44.1%) of 565 biopsied whales showed no immediate reaction to a hit, while a further 22.5% showed only low-level reactions. A total of 375 (87.8%) of 427 misses involved no reaction. Only one strong reaction was recorded. Behavior changes were recorded following 31 (5.5%) of 569 hits, and 18 (4.5%) of 404 misses. Evasive behavior related to vessel approach was exhibited prior to 72 (12.0%) of 598 hits and 100 (24.1%) of 415 misses. Mothers showed significantly fewer reactions to hits than other whales, and a similar frequency and type of behavior changes, although they tended to be more evasive before a shot was made. Presumed males in competitive groups also showed significantly fewer reactions to shots, and very few behavior changes. Overall, this study supports the belief that the biopsy itself has little effect on a whale and that, if the associated vessel approach is conducted with care, samples can usually be taken with minimal disturbance to the target animal. However, approaches may affect the probability of obtaining fluke photographs for individual identification.


Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are malignant tumors from diverse mesenchymal tissues. About 40% STS patients develop fatal lung metastasis with a median survival of 15 months. The mechanisms driving the development of lung metastasis in sarcoma patients are poorly understood. Therefore, our lab has developed a genetically engineered mouse model (GEMM) of high-grade primary STS with conditional mutations in Kras and Trp53 (KP) where 40% of mice tumors develop lung metastasis. This KP model recapitulates human patients with Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma (UPS), one of the most common subtypes of STS diagnosed in adults. RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) was performed on paired primary and lung metastases in KP mouse sarcomas and determined that the expression of the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) Neat1 is increased in lung metastases compared to paired primary tumors. Real time PCR (qPCR) in 22 paired KP mouse primary sarcomas and lung metastases further confirmed that Neat1 is significantly upregulated in lung metastases. In addition, RNA-Seq data from 5 pairs of human primary sarcomas and matched lung metastases also showed that NEAT1 levels are increased in lung metastases. Furthermore, NEAT1 RNA in situ hybridization (ISH) on tissue microarrays (TMAs) of human primary UPS and lung metastases determined that the expression of NEAT1 is upregulated in lung metastases. Next, CRISPR/Cas9 technology was applied to delete Neat1 in primary mouse sarcoma cells and loss of expression of Neat1 was confirmed by qPCR and northern blot in knockout (KO) clones. In addition, loss of Neat1 significantly reduced lung metastasis in vivo following tail vein injection of these modified cells into nude mice. To further test that loss of Neat1 reduces lung metastasis in primary sarcoma mouse model, primary tumors with Neat1 deletion are generated in GEMMs using in vivo CRISPR/Cas9 technology and KrasLSL-G12D/+; Trp53Flox/Flox; Neat1-/- (KPN) mouse model. Finally, RNA-Seq and capture hybridization analysis of RNA targets (CHART) are performed to determine mechanisms by which Neat1 regulates lung metastasis. Overall, these results suggest that upregulation of Neat1 promotes lung metastasis of soft tissue sarcoma and NEAT1 is a potential target to prevent or treat lung metastasis in sarcoma patients. Citation Format: Jianguo Huang, Eric Xu, Mohit Sachdeva, Timothy Robinson, Xiaodi Qin, Dadong Zhang, Kouros Owzar, Nalan Gokgoz, Andrew Seto, Irene Andrulis, Jay Wunder, Tomoyo Okada, Samuel Singer, Alexander Lazar, Brian Rubin, David G. Kirsch. Long noncoding RNA NEAT1 promotes lung metastasis of soft tissue sarcoma [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018; 2018 Apr 14-18; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 516.


Coding regions of the rbcL and matK genes of cpDNA were sequenced to analyze phylogenetic relationships of the family Liliaceae sensu stricto, including the major 16 genera of Medeoloideae and Lilioideae of the Liliaceae, in reference to several genera such as Scoliopus, Uvularia, Disporum, and Trillium used as outgoups. The results were congruent with the taxonomic concept of Liliaceae sensu stricto recently proposed by Tamura (1998). The inter- and infrageneric relationships in the genus Lilium and allied taxa were then analyzed based upon the rbcL and matK gene sequencing data, using Medeola and Erythronium as outgroups. The rbcL gene has evolved more slowly than matK and its phylogenetic resolution has been poor as a result of the low base substitution rates; whereas the matK gene has shown a much higher base substitution: 104 variable sites (including 80 informative sites) out of 1641 base pairs were detected. In addition, a remarkably high number of indels, i.e. 19 insertion/deletion events, were detected in the matK gene, which provided us with new evidence for structural changes of this gene within the genus Lilium and allied taxa. Phylogenetic analyses based on the majority rule of the sequence data of matK gene revealed that the genus Lilium consists of three different major clades, including taxa that were placed into different sections by earlier taxonomic treatments, and thus the results of molecular systematic analysis was not congruent with sectional delimitations of the genus Lilium based on the morphological characters. Nomocharis pardanthina and Nomocharis saluenensis were ingroup taxa of Lilium. Notholirion, Cardiocrinum, and Fritillaria turned out to be sister groups to Lilium. An evaluation of the morphological and life-history characteristics was also attempted in light of the molecular phylogeny.


We present results of research, development and tests of a novel ultra-wideband offset-fed reflector antenna system with main lobe selection for ultra-wideband radars with high resolution.


The crystallization of α-olefin molecular bottlebrushes occurs via side-chain crystallization exclusively, which is fundamentally different from the common chain folding process occurring in linear...


In this work, were studied the structure and properties of the surface composite layer on heat-resistant steel VKS-5, obtained by combined chemical and thermal treatment, combining liquid electrolysis-free boriding with gas and ion-plasma nitriding. The properties of the surface composite layer are analyzed depending on various parameters of chemical and thermal treatment to determine the optimal mode. The study of the microstructure and properties of borated layers has shown that the most optimal properties can be obtained in the boron mode at a temperature of 1010 °C with an exposure time of 8 hours. The study of the microstructure of composite layers has shown that gas nitriding produces a layer of 80 microns in size, which penetrates deep into the borated layer, and in ion-plasma nitriding, the layer size is so small that it is not possible to determine it using optical microscopy. A study of the properties of composite layers obtained by combined chemical-thermal treatment has shown that combined chemical-thermal treatment, combining boriding and ion-plasma nitriding, allows you to get the best combination of high hardness and reduced microfragility.


The Australian Government's newly-introduced Work Choices Act represents one of the most far-reaching changes to Australian workplace legislation since Federation. A major detailed critique of the Act - or Bill as it was at that stage - was that which was endorsed by 151 Academics (2005). This influential document, which was a submission to a Senate Enquiry into the Bill, raised many concerns about the then-proposed legislation. One of the concerns was related to New Zealand. It suggested that New Zealand's Employment Contracts Act 1991 - a precursor and template for Australia's Work Choices Act - produced income inequality, a lower full-time participation rate, lower real wages, flatter productivity and a 'diaspora of a quarter of its population'. It will be shown that these claims are, in the main, not supported by the available evidence. Moreover, additional evidence in relation to inflation, real GDP growth, the unemployment rate and employment growth paint a much more positive, or at least nuanced, picture of New Zealand's experience in relation to the Employment Contracts Act.


Solid helium bubbles were directly observed in the helium ion implanted tungsten(W), by different transmission electron microscopy(TEM) techniques at room temperature. The diameters of these solid helium bubbles range from1 nm to 8 nm in diameter with the mean bubble size about 3 nm. The selected area electron diffraction(SAED) and fast Fourier transform(FFT) images revealed that solid helium bubbles possess body-centered cubic(bcc) structure with a lattice constant of 0.447 nm. High-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy(HAADF-STEM)images further confirmed the existence of helium bubble in tungsten. The present findings provide an atomic level view of the microstructure evolution of helium in the materials, and revealed the existence of solid helium bubbles in materials.


Design scheme about helicopter dome locking machine is put forward,the use of Pro/E parts and components for the three-dimensional modeling,virtual assembly. Trajectory through the locking contact equation,a Pro/E environment body motion simulation. Application of finite element analysis software MSC. Patran check the strength of the locking beam. Through theoretical design,motion simulation and Checking the results of strength show that the feasibility of the design.


Abstract Let $G$ be a connected nilpotent Lie group. Given probability-preserving$G$-actions $(X_i,\Sigma _i,\mu _i,u_i)$, $i=0,1,\ldots ,k$, and also polynomial maps $\phi _i:\mathbb {R}\to G$, $i=1,\ldots ,k$, we consider the trajectory of a joining $\lambda $ of the systems $(X_i,\Sigma _i,\mu _i,u_i)$ under the 'off-diagonal' flow \[ (t,(x_0,x_1,x_2,\ldots ,x_k))\mapsto (x_0,u_1^{\phi _1(t)}x_1,u_2^{\phi _2(t)}x_2,\ldots ,u_k^{\phi _k(t)}x_k). \] It is proved that any joining $\lambda $ is equidistributed under this flow with respect to some limit joining $\lambda '$. This is deduced from the stronger fact of norm convergence for a system of multiple ergodic averages, related to those arising in Furstenberg's approach to the study of multiple recurrence. It is also shown that the limit joining $\lambda '$ is invariant under the subgroup of $G^{k+1}$generated by the image of the off-diagonal flow, in addition to the diagonal subgroup.


This thesis examines whether the rules for of evidence, which were developed around paper over centuries, are adequate for the authentication of electronic evidence. The history of documentary evidence is examined, and the nature of electronic evidence is explored, particularly recent types of electronic evidence such as social media and 'the Cloud'. The old rules are then critically applied to the varied types of electronic evidence to determine whether or not these old rules are indeed adequate.


Rural industries in West Bengal are characterized by a multiplicity of organizational forms, such as independent petty production, petty production under subcontracting relations with a master trader, modern small‐scale production, and medium‐sized capitalist production. On the basis of field data, we have estimated the amount of surplus generated by these different kinds of producer across a number of organizations and industries, using an alternative criterion: imputing wages to family labour. It was observed that a large number of petty producers generate negative or very low surpluses, and thus have to find supplementary sources of income. Further, the surpluses generated by petty producers attached to a master trader are generally higher than those of independent petty producers.This can be explained in one of two ways. Either the existence of mutual trust between attached petty producers and a master trader offers the former certain advantages over the independent ones, in terms of steady access to urban markets, cheaper sources of raw materials, and easy credit. Or, alternatively, the control such attachment licenses enables a master trader both to extract and to maintain continuous access to higher levels of surplus. For these reasons, this system, of organization lends viability to artisanal production.


Batch processes are widely used in several industrial sectors, such as food and pharmaceutical manufacturing. In a typical batch, raw materials are loaded in the processing unit and submitted to a series of transformations, yielding the fi nal product. Process performance is described by variables which are monitored as the batch progresses. Data arising from such processes are likely to display a strong correlation-autocorrelation structure, and are usually monitored using control charts based on multiway principal components analysis (MPCA charts). In this paper we investigate the special (and rather frequent) case of batches with varying duration, which cannot be directly monitored using MPCA charts. We propose a new quality control strategy for monitoring such batches. In our proposition, batches are not aligned or time warped with respect to their trajectories, but are rather completed using a straightforward scheme. Thus all information on the variability in batch profi les along the time axis is preserved. The data set completed is reduced using the Statis method and monitoring of batch performance is accomplished directly on principal plane graphs, from which non-parametric control charts are derived. A simulated example illustrates the proposed method.


OBJECTIVE
The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of adrenomedullin (ADM) as a hypoxia-inducible marker of clinically relevant tIssue hypoxia in acute birth asphyxia of term newborn infants.

METHODS
For this purpose, ADM mRNA was determined in human placental tIssue of 20 term pregnancies complicated by birth asphyxia (pH and base deficit values, clinical score). In addition, ADM mRNA was measured in leukocytes of the asphyxiated newborn infants during the first 12 h of life (n=12). Controls were available from ten healthy term pregnancies. In vitro, hypoxia-inducible expression of ADM mRNA was evaluated in human choriocarcinoma cells (BeWo) and human leukocytes exposed to hypoxia (1% O(2)) for 1-24 h. mRNA levels were measured by TaqMan real-time PCR.

RESULTS
In vitro, ADM mRNA related to porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD) mRNA levels significantly increased in response to hypoxia within a period of 4 h in leukocytes and 12 h in BeWo cells. In human placental tIssue, significantly higher levels of ADM/PBGD mRNA were present in asphyxiated newborn infants with severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) (n=5) compared with patients with mild or no HIE (n=15). Increased levels of ADM/PBGD mRNA levels were found during the first hours of life in leukocytes of neonates with severe HIE compared with controls.

CONCLUSIONS
Our results indicate an upregulation of ADM gene expression in human placenta and leukocytes in clinically relevant hypoxic-ischemic birth complications and suggest ADM gene expression as a promising marker for severe complications due to perinatal asphyxia such as HIE.


The textbook allows you to form competencies in the field of specialized marketing activities - territory marketing. In the theoretical part of the manual, modern concepts, technologies, methods and strategic aspects of territory marketing are outlined; an idea is given about the specifics of the tools of marketing management of the territory, including digital marketing, cluster marketing, crowdsourcing, branding; individual aspects of interaction with consulting firms are considered. To consolidate theoretical knowledge and form practical skills in each chapter, the theoretical material is accompanied by self-control questions and practical tasks.
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For students in the bachelor's degree 38.03.02 "Management", it can also be useful for students in the master's degree 38.04.02 "Management", students of business schools, advanced training programs, practitioners engaged in regional management and marketing.


1H-Pyrazolo[3,4-b] pyridine was synthesized by using 2-chloronicotinic acid as the starting material via reduction,oxidation,oximation and cyclization.The total yield of four steps was 67.21%.The structure of the product was confirmed by 1HNMR,and MS.This method has many advantages,such as easy operation,low cost and environment-friendly,which can be feasible to large scale preparation.


Gas diffusion in bulky plant organs is relevant for understanding the respiratory metabolism. Limited tissue diffusivity due to low porosity may create gas concentration gradients leading to hypoxia. As porosity is known to be different between and within different tissues, oxygen (O2) diffusivity cannot be regarded as a homogeneous gas transport parameter of plant organs. This study aims to study the relationship between O2 diffusivity and porosity for tree different horticultural products: eggplant, apple, and turnip, which have shown variability in tissue microstructure. Based on X-ray CT images, porosity maps of the whole fruit and vegetable have been previously created. O2 diffusivity was computed using a microscale model solved on the corresponding 3-D tissue microstructure of different samples across the product, derived from high resolution X-ray CT scan. The correlation between O2 diffusivity and porosity was determined along the radial tissue sample, as affected by region of interest (ROI) size. The correlation was strong in eggplant tissue (R2 = 0.95), compared to the other products. Distinct distribution of the O2 diffusivity to the porosity was influenced by the physical characteristic of tissue intercellular space. The reduced ROI size changed the O2 diffusivity-porosity relationship, caused by the change in physical structure of the tissue. In conclusion, the tissue diffusivity did not linearly link to the porosity, other microstructural parameters and the size of the considered tissue sample affected the correlation


The two cases shown, which have been followed up for four years, demonstrate that pisiform grafting after Beck in Stage I aseptic necrosis of the lunate provides a means by which the configuration of the carpus and the function of the wrist are preserved better than by any other previously published method, and by which further collapse of the lunate can be prevented.


This paper evaluates the impacts of Read- and Write-Assist circuits on the GeOI FinFET 6T SRAM cells compared with the SOI counterparts. The Word-Line Under-Drive (WLUD) Read-Assist is more efficient to improve the Read Static Noise Margin (RSNM) and Read VMIN of FNSP GeOI FinFET SRAM cells compared with the SOI counterparts. GeOI FinFET SRAM cells with WLUD show smaller cell Read access-time compared with the SOI FinFET SRAM cells at both 25°C and 125 °C. Negative Bit-Line (NBL) Write-Assist is more efficient to improve the Write Static Noise Margin (WSNM) than VCS (cell supply) lowering for both GeOI and SOI FinFET SRAM cells. NBL Write-Assist shows larger WSNM improvement for GeOI FinFET SRAM cells than the SOI counterparts at 125°C.


Are women and ethnic minorities set up to fail when they run in UK General Elections? Clara Kulich from the University of Geneva (Switzerland) presents findings from collaborative research with colleagues at the University of Exeter (UK) and the University of Queensland (Australia) which show that in past UK General Elections (2001 to 2010) women and ethnic minority candidates of the Conservative party were preferentially chosen to run for "hopeless seats" — that is, in constituencies where their party was likely to lose.


On the basis of research of traditional 3D centroid localization algorithm and approximate point-in-tetrahedron APIT-3D localization algorithm,a new localization algorithm for wireless sensor networks(WSNs) is presented,which can be called 3D centroid in-tetrahedron localization algorithm.In order to reduce the computational complexity the grid scanning localization algorithm which is used in the APIT-3D localization algorithm is replaced with 3D centroid iterative algorithm and a weighted centroid localization algorithm based on RSSI average value is used to increase the node coverage rate when the connectivity decreases or the distribution of nodes is not uniform.The simulation shows that in the low connectivity or the non-uniform deployment in WSNs,this algorithm performs better at localization precision and node coverage rate,and effectively reduces computational complexity compared with APIT-3D localization algorithm.


In order to predict the hole ordering of the porous anodic alumina(PAA) film in sulphric acid,nonlinear predicting model and method based on BPANN were used.24 groups sample data for preparing PAA film were studied and simulated.The relation between the hole ordering and preparing parameters were obtained.The result shows that BPANN is a good model to predict the hole ordering for PAA film in sulphuric acid.


Previous gait recognition methods primarily trained on labeled datasets, which require painful labeling effort. However, using a pre-trained model on a new dataset without fine-tuning can lead to significant performance degradation. So to make the pre-trained gait recognition model able to be fine-tuned on unlabeled datasets, we propose a new task: Unsupervised Gait Recognition (UGR). We introduce a new cluster-based baseline to solve UGR with cluster-level contrastive learning. But we further find more challenges this task meets. First, sequences of the same person in different clothes tend to cluster separately due to the significant appearance changes. Second, sequences taken from 0 and 180 views lack walking postures and do not cluster with sequences taken from other views. To address these challenges, we propose a Selective Fusion method, which includes Selective Cluster Fusion (SCF) and Selective Sample Fusion (SSF). With SCF, we merge matched clusters of the same person wearing different clothes by updating the cluster-level memory bank with a multi-cluster update strategy. And in SSF, we merge sequences taken from front/back views gradually with curriculum learning. Extensive experiments show the effectiveness of our method in improving the rank-1 accuracy in walking with different coats condition and front/back views conditions.


Aricle Vechia Karl M. Lorenz Towards the end of the XIX Century and the beginning of the XX Century, scientists and intellectuals in Brazil ascribed to the ideal of a "Brazilian race" capable of leading Brazil to modern nationhood. Influenced by eugenic ideas, the "Brazilian race" referred to the poor, non-white segments of the population. Negros and mestizos were considered responsible for the social misery in the country; they were impediments to national devlopment. Fernando de Azevedo, a sociologist, educator and Director of Public  Instruction in the Federal District - Rio de Janeiro, adhered in large part to the doctrinnaire arguments of the Brazilian intielligentsia, although he later adopted a softer stancce. Beginning in 1915, he published various works that addressed the question of "race" and advocated measures for regenerating the "Brazilain race." This stiudy discusses the eugenic ideas of Fernando de Azevedo about the "Brazilian race" and, specifcially, his arguments for introducing Physical Education in the schools as a means for physically and morally improving the nation's youth. For Azevedo, the "Brazilian race" was an "ill-defined and hybrid product" that was a mixture of whites, indians and blacks. These latter groups were considered "inferior races." With respect to the chidren and young adults who were descendants of these "inferior races," their week, rachitic, anemic and indolent condition consituted a threat to the formation of a unified national character. Nevertheless, Azevedo believed it was possible to improve the characteristics of these less-priveleged populations. Azevedo's thoughts on this matter oscilated between hardline eugenic positions and a more moderatee view based on the Lamarkian notion that acquired characteristics can be passed on to future genereations. Following this second line of reasoning, he argued that Physical Education, particularly as it applies to female students, could physically and morally improve the brazilian people. For Azevedo, Physical Education would could develop three dimensions of the individual: the physical , wich includes the nervous, muscular, respitory and digestive systems; the moral and intellectual , which encomapsses reflection, observation, will-power, audacity and perseverance; and the social , as manifestred in a collaborative spirit that neutralizes degenerative tendencies. In advocating Physical Education for female students – which he characterized as the future mothers of the nation -- Azevedo argued that "strong women produce a strong race, and that weak and fragil mothers engender weak offspring who ultimately will be a deterrent to social progress. Without an intervention designed to produce healthy and stong women, there can bo no improvment of the race. Through the physical regneration of the Brazilian woman over success genrations, a healthy and robust Brazialian people will evolve and guaranatee the future of the nation.


Eta Carinae and WR 140 are similar long-period colliding wind binaries in which X-ray emission is produced by a strong shock due to the collision of the powerful stellar winds. The change in the orientation and density of this shock as the stars revolve in their orbits influences the X-ray flux and spectrum in a phase dependent way. Monitoring observations with RXTE and other X-ray satellite observatories since the 1990s have detailed this variability but have also shown significant deviations from strict phase dependence (short-term brightness changes or "flares", and cyc1e-to-cyc1e average flux differences). We examine these acylic variations in Eta Car and WR 140 and discuss what they tell us about the stability of the wind-wind collision shock.


In the present study, we enhanced the phenolic content of 70% ethanol extracts of Spirogyra sp. (SPE, 260.47 ± 5.21 gallic acid equivalent [GAE] mg g), 2.97 times to 774.24 ± 2.61 GAE mg g in the ethyl acetate fraction of SPE (SPEE). SPEE was evaluated for its antiradical activity in online high-performance liquid chromatography‒ABTS analysis, and the peaks with the highest antiradical activities were identified as gallic acid derivatives containing gallic acid, methyl gallate, and ethyl gallate. Isolation of ethyl gallate from Spirogyra sp. was performed for the first time in this study. In ultraviolet B (UVB)-irradiated keratinocytes (HaCaT cells), SPEE improved cell viability by 8.22%, and 23.33% and reduced accumulation of cells in the sub-G1 phase by 20.53%, and 32.11% at the concentrations of 50 and 100 μg mL, respectively. Furthermore, SPEE (50 and 100 μg mL) reduced reactive oxygen species generation in UVB-irradiated zebrafish by 66.67% and 77.78%. This study suggests a protective activity of gallic acid and its derivatives from Spirogyra sp. against UVB-induced stress responses in both in vitro and in vivo models, suggesting a potential use of SPEE in photoprotection.


The working process articulation and its administration are essential for employees' mental and general health. The working situations can also act as a source of health or illness. This work aiming at identifying the subjective impact of work on employees' health and the relationship of depressive episodes with work. This study was a literature review by the meanings of selective reading and retaining the essential parts for the study development. It is understood that it is essential that Brazilian companies should encourage the detection of malaise symptoms of their employees, promote the early treatment opportunities and practices to improve the employees' health. Thus, companies will prove themselves as social and ethically committed to physical and


Emergency Medical Assistant Motor Cycle (EMAMC) plays a crucial role in prehospital care in the Ambulance Service. In Hong Kong, the implementation of Ambulance Aid Motorcycle started in 1982. It provides a more rapid response to various types of patients in order to increase survival rates such as by the provision of early defibrillation. The demand of EMAMC is significant and therefore the fleet size has been expanded to 37 motorcycles in 2004. In order to review the development and operational aspects, interviews were conducted with different riders to collect their views. This article discusses issues in different categories such as training, vehicle, equipment and mobilisation. This survey revealed some common concerns of the riders.


The John Deere 7760 Cotton Picker, with on-board module building technology, offers customers the next revolution to cotton harvesting machinery. The 7760 breaks through the productivity barrier by way of virtual non-stop harvest. The 7760 can harvest non-stop or continuously pick while forming, wrapping, ejecting and carrying a round module. Building round modules on-board the machine eliminates most field support equipment and the additional labor and costs associated with it. Wrapping the round modules in waterproof plastic wrap provides better protection to preserve cotton fiber and cotton seed quality while containing the cotton in the module so minimal cotton is lost during handling and transport. Some other key features of the 7760 include a Tier III emissions compliant 13.5L engine (500 hp), ProDriveTM powershift transmission, CAN BUS electronics, updated operator station, and improved serviceability and diagnostics.


The chemical composition of the air enclosed in ice collected in Antarctica was determined for seven samples of iceberg ice, two of glacier ice, eight of sea ice, and one of pond ice. Samples of sea ice collected on the coast of Hokkaido Island, Japan, were also analyzed for comparison. The pressure of gas in bubbles was measured. Glacier and iceberg ice contained more gases than sea ice or pond ice. The CO2 content of some of the samples was measured by isotope dilution. On the basis of the chemical composition of gas occluded in glacier and iceberg ice, the ice is classified into four types: (1) Ice derived from snow which contains only atmospheric air trapped in interstices between snowflakes. In it a CO2 content of 0.028–0.030% is observed, which is slightly lower than that in the present atmosphere. (2) Ice derived from snow with a small amount of ice originated from supercooled water which constitutes nuclei of snow crystals. (3) Ice mostly derived from meltwater. (4) Ice derived from snow, but the CO2 content is increased up to 0.1% for unknown reasons. The chemical composition of the occluded gases in sea ice is quite different from that of glacier and ice-berg ice, and the difference seems to result from the change in both the solubility of gases in water and the rate of outgassing during the period of ice formation. The gas content is usually higher in younger sea ice than in older ice. Nitrogen shows greater retention in ice than other gaseous components.


This paper serves as the first in a two-part discussion on existing applications and empirical study of reverse engineering (RE) in accounting-based equity valuation from the perspective of a fundamental investor. Despite a history of over 80 years, the literature on RE shows a no clear consensus on the modeling, conceptualization and operationalization of the technique. In the first part, we derive a new assessment framework for applied RE in accounting-based equity valuation from the perspective of a fundamental investor. Based on the framework, we find that there is no approach to reverse engineering that sufficiently fulfils the needs of fundamental investors in the literature. In search for a remedy, we derive a model based on the Ohlson (1995) model that is tailored to reverse engineering and complements a more extensive fundamental analysis. The second part applies the theoretical framework to stock screening based on fundamentals and market expectations, focusing on characteristics of quality and cheapness. That said, the two parts of the series belong together and we recommend them to be regarded accordingly.


Scientists and scholars share their understanding about the diversity and interdependence of life on Earth in a collection of essays exploring people and environments on a global scale.


In order to explore the influence of different assimilation indicators on the sequential data assimilation,in this paper, based on Lorenz-1963 model, we attempt to test the sensitivities of three typical assimilation methods, including En KF, DEn KF and En SRF. We have investigated the effects of different indicators on the data assimilation results. These indicators include the total assimilation time, the assimilation step, the ensemble number, the inflation factor, the observation number and the localization radius. The experimental results show that the total assimilation time, the assimilation step, the ensemble number, the inflation factor, the observation number and the localization radius directly affect the data assimilation result. The improved algorithm based on En KF is superior to the En KF under a given condition. When some preconditions are satisfied, the data assimilation results of all above methods tend to be the same. In practice, this work is of great significance in choosing the optimal sequential assimilation method.


A hand-held impactor is described that allows secure impaction of retropulsed vertebral body bone fragments in burst fractures of the thoracic or lumbar spine.


Rate coefficients were reported for relaxation and reaction of I(52P½), in the 30–90°C temperature range. Activation energies for H-atom abstraction were shown to correlate approximately with ground-state halogen atom reactions.


Introduction 1. Methodic doubt and the abyss of scepticism 2. The first certainty 3. Sum res cogitans 4. Thought and reality 5. God's existence: The argument from clear and distinct ideas 6. Understanding, error, and the will 7. Freedom, truth, and goodness 8. The metaphysics of corporeality and God's existence: The argument from God's essence 9. The existence of the corporeal world and the metaphysics of substance 10. The real distinction and the absolute conception of reality 11. Conclusion. Index


A fractional reaction-diffusion equation is derived from a continuous time random walk model when the transport is dispersive. The exit from the encounter distance, which is described by the algebraic waiting time distribution of jump motion, interferes with the reaction at the encounter distance. Therefore, the reaction term has a memory effect. The derived equation is applied to the geminate recombination problem. The recombination is shown to depend on the intrinsic reaction rate, in contrast with the results of Sung et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 116, 2338 (2002)], which were obtained from the fractional reaction-diffusion equation where the diffusion term has a memory effect but the reaction term does not. The reactivity dependence of the recombination probability is confirmed by numerical simulations.


This paper presents an integrated major and trace element data and crystal size distribution analysis for zoned clinopyroxene phenocrysts hosted in variolitic and massive picrobasalts of the Suisaari Formation, Karelian Craton, Eastern Fennoscandian Shield. Clinopyroxenes in variolitic and massive lavas occur as unzoned, reverse, and normally zoned crystal. Oscillatory-zoned clinopyroxenes are only observed in variolitic lavas. The obtained data were examined in order to evaluate the contribution of magmatic processes such as magma mixing, contamination and fractional crystallization to the formation of various zoning patterns of clinopyroxene phenocrysts. Clinopyroxene phenocrysts in both variolitic and massive lavas originate from similar primary melts from a single magmatic source. The obtained data on composition and texture of clinopyroxene phenocrysts together with the crystal size distribution (CSD) analysis suggest that crystallization of the massive lavas mainly involves fractionation in a closed magmatic system, whereas the crystallization of the variolitic lavas is determined by processes in an open magmatic system. The results provide novel information on the evolution of Paleoproterozoic magmatic systems in the Karelian Craton.


Although single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have exciting properties and potential applications, their hydrophobic nature makes them difficult to purify and manipulate. To fully realize the potential of SWNTs, strategies for the effective dispersion, separation, and organization of these materials must be devised. In this article, work involving the recent design and characterization of reversible cyclic peptides (RCPs) and RCP/SWNT composites will be described. The peptides in this work contain alternating L‐ and D‐amino acid sequences, as well as N‐ and C‐terminal cysteine residues (RCP‐Cys) that allow for their covalent closure around the circumference of individual SWNTs. When RCPs are oxidized in the presence of SWNTs, dispersions are produced that are stable against dilution by dialysis without the formation of aggregates. The reported studies using Raman spectroscopy and UV/Vis/NIR were focused on answering the questions (1) does the chirality of the disulfide bond impact the capacity of the RCP‐Cys to disperse SWNTs, and (2) is the alternating chirality of the amino acids in the RCP‐Cys peptides important for SWNT dispersion. It was found that though Cys‐containing RCPs are indeed able to disperse SWNTs, the chirality of the Cys residues on the N‐ and C‐ termini does not have a significant influence on the dispersed SWNT population. However, there is a large decrease in the dispersability by RCP‐Cys when the alternating L/D‐chiral pattern of amino acids is replaced with all L‐amino acids. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers (Pept Sci) 92: 212–221, 2009.


TO THE EDITOR: There has been considerable debate about whether selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) can induce suicidal thoughts and behaviour. Using data from the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing (NSMHWB), we examined the relationship between SSRI use and suicidality. The NSMHWB was a nationally representative household survey of 8841 individuals aged 16–85 years. Respondents were interviewed face-to-face and they provided information to assess whether they met International Classification of Diseases (10th revision) criteria for a lifetime affective disorder, and had symptoms in the previous year; had experienced suicidality in the previous year; and had used SSRIs (and/or other psychotropic medications) in the previous fortnight (and, if so, whether they had been taking them for <1, 1–2, 3–5 or >5 months). We restricted our analyses to the 555 individuals with symptoms of an affective disorder in the previous year, and examined their suicidality over that year. In our first analysis, we compared those who had used SSRIs in the previous 2 weeks and had been taking them for any duration (n = 109) with those who had not used SSRIs in the previous 2 weeks (n=446 [respondents in this group were not asked whether they had taken SSRIs at any other time]). Secondly, we compared the subgroup who had been taking SSRIs for more than 5 months (n=80) with the same non-user group we used in the first analysis. In both analyses, SSRI users were no more likely than non-users to have seriously thought about suicide, made a suicide plan or made a suicide attempt (Box). These findings are consistent with two recent systematic reviews of studies of SSRI use and attempted or completed suicide. Our study results add to their findings because we considered a fuller range of suicidal thoughts and behaviour. Although the reviews concurred with our findings with respect to adults, they found some evidence for SSRI use increasing the risk of suicidality among children and adolescents. The NSMHWB had limitations, including a potential for recall and misclassification bias, and its inability to account for all possible confounders. Importantly, its cross-sectional nature precluded determining whether an individual's SSRI use preceded or followed his or her suicidality. By restricting our second analysis to SSRI users who had used SSRIs for more than 5 months, we increased the likelihood that SSRI use occurred first, but we could not determine this conclusively. This would have been a problem had we found an association, because we could not infer the direction of causality. However, with no association demonstrated causality becomes a moot point. Our findings support the contention that SSRI use in adults with affective disorders is not associated with suicide risk. Nonetheless, clinical judgement is required in prescribing SSRIs.


A monitor includes a displaying device, a supporting device, and a console (fig. 4). The supporting device is connected to and supports the displaying device. The console is connected in communication to the displaying device (e.g. via USB) and is capable of being engaged with the supporting device. Various engagement means are described. The console includes at least first and second switch keys (168a, 168b, 168c), and optionally a rotary part (172) which trigger the display to switch to a first and second displaying mode (e.g. brightness, size) respectively. The detachable design for the console of the invention allows a user to quickly switch the displaying modes, but also avoids shaking due to performing the switching on the displaying device by fingers in the prior art. The invention can effectively solve the inconvenience of switching or setting the displaying modes in the prior art. Also disclosed is a selectively detachable input device engaged with a support for a display (e.g. fig. 9).


The Baishipo Ag deposit, located in Luoshan County of Henan Province, is an important silver deposits related to Mesozoic magmatism temporal-spatially and genetically. A U-Pb age of zircons (140.6Ma) from the ore-bearing granitic porphyry in the Baishipo silver deposit, dated by the SHRIMP II method, indicates that the ore-bearing granitic rocks formed at the same stage of a regional granitic batholith. That means the silver mineralization might happen in the Mesozoic and have a genetic relationship with granitic magmatism. All of the porphyry-type Mo deposits, epithermal-type Au-Ag deposits and bentonite deposits can be classified as a metallogenetic subseries of mineraldeposits originally related to Mesozoic magamtism.


PART I: THE CONCEPT OF EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS AND ITS DIFFERENTIATION FROM OTHER RELATED CONCEPTS I. DEFINING THE CONCEPT II. EXCLUSIVITY III. THE GRANT OF THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT AS A STATE MEASURE IV. THE GRANT TO AN UNDERTAKING, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE V. THE OBJECT OF THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT: THE CARRYING OUT OF AN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. VI. CLASSES OF EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS I. SPECIAL RIGHTS II. REGULATED ACCESS ACTIVITIES III. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS PART II: THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS IN THE EC TREATY I. CONCEPT OF STATE MONOPOLIES OF A COMMERCIAL CHARACTER II. OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 31 I. WHO THE PROVISION IS ADDRESSED TO II. SUBSTANTIVE CONTENT OF THE PROVISION III. STATE MEASURES IV. CONNECTION OF THE STATE MEASURE WITH PUBLIC OR PRIVILEGED UNDERTAKINGS V. CONTRARY TO OTHER TREATY VI. DIRECT EFFECT VII. SCOPE OF TEMPORARY APPLICATION VIII. SIMILAR RULES CONTAINED IN AGREEMENTS WITH THIRD COUNTRIES I. APPLICATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH ARTICLE 82 (FORMERLY ARTICLE 86) II. APPLICATION IN COMBINATION WITH ARTICLE 81 (FORMERLY ARTICLE 85) I. THE DUAL LEGAL NATURE OF ARTICLE 86(1) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TREATY RULES ADDRESSED TO MEMBER STATES II. APPLICATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RULES RELATING TO THE FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS III. APPLICATION IN COMBINATION WITH RULES GOVERNING THE FREE PROVISION OF SERVICES IV. APPLICATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH REGULATIONS ON THE FREEDOM OF ESTABLISHMENT I. PRINCIPLES OF CONNECTION IN COMMUNITY LAW II. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARTICLES 31 (FORMERLY ARTICLE 37) AND 86 (FORMERLY ARTICLE 90) III. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARTICLES 86, 31, AND THE FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IV. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARTICLES 86 AND 31 AND ARTICLES 3, 10, 81, AND 82 I. THE UNDERTAKINGS TO WHICH ARTICLE 86(2) APPLIES II. ARTICLE 86(2): AN EXCEPTION APPLICABLE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF UNDERTAKINGS AND TO STATE MEASURES III. THE CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 86(2) IV. INVOKING ARTICLE 86(2) BY THE MEMBER STATE OR BY THE BENEFICIARY UNDERTAKING V. CONNECTION BETWEEN ARTICLE 86(2) AND THE OTHER EXCEPTIONS I. OBLIGATION OF NON-DISCRIMINATION IN THE GRANT OF EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS. II. DOES AN OBLIGATION TO GRANT EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS EXIST? PART III: THE INSTITUTIONAL DIMENSION OF THE RULES RELATING TO EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS IN THE EC TREATY I. PROCEDURES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE COMMUNITY RULES II. DECISIONS UNDER ARTICLE 86(3) OF THE EC TREATY III. DIRECTIVES UNDER ARTICLE 86(3) OF THE EC TREATY


Department of Public Administration and Legal Studies, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland Kenneth Mullan, lecturer in law Wrong dosage Dr Ian Roderick wrote a prescription for Mrs Joan Dwyer, who had complained to him of severe headaches, for a pain killing drug which was proved successful in the treatment of migraine. The drug, ergotamine tartrate (Migril), is extremely dangerous if not taken in proper doses. It can produce gangrene. Dr Roderick did not prescribe the drug in the proper doses. Mrs Dwyer took the prescription to the pharmacy of Cross Chemists (Banbury) Ltd. There she was given ergotamine tartrate in a container displaying the exact dosage as recommended by Dr Roderick. Mrs Dwyer began to take the drug as directed and rapidly became very ill. During this time she was seen by a partner ofDr Roderick, Dr Jackson, who called to see Mrs Dwyer from his own home and therefore did not have her medical notes with him. He gave evidence that he was unaware that Mrs Dwyer was taking ergotamine tartrate. He stated that he had examined drugs that were on her bedside table but had not seen ergotamine tartrate. By the time that the mistake was discovered Mrs Dwyer was suffering from gangrene and her toes had to be amputated. As a result she became permanently crippled. In the High Court Mr Justice Stuart-Smith noted that negligence was admitted by Dr Roderick who had written the prescription and by the pharmacy which had dispensed it. There were therefore two main issues for the judge to decide. Firstly, he had to consider whether any further liability lay with Dr Jackson. In an attempt to limit its liability the pharmacy had joined Dr Jackson as another defendant. The judge held that the overwhelming likelihood was that on Dr Jackson's first visit to Mrs Dwyer a bottle containing ergotamine tartrate was by her bedside. Dr Jackson had persuaded himself, during the eight years which it took for the case to come to trial, that he could not have known that the plaintiff was taking the drug. Having concluded that Dr Jackson had also been negligent, the judge had to decide what the proper apportionment of liability should be. Accordingly, Mr Justice Stuart-Smith awarded damages of £100000 against Dr Roderick, Dr Jackson, and the pharmacy to be apportioned as to 45% to Dr Roderick, 15% to Dr Jackson, and 40% to the pharmacy. On appeal the Court of Appeal reversed the decision of the High Court in relation to the liability of Dr Jackson. Lord Justice May took the view that after the passage of eight years it was inevitable that however truthful a witness might be trying to be, at least part of his evidence would be inaccurate. By agreement, the pharmacy accepted liability for the 15% liability which had rested on Dr Jackson. In the end, therefore, Dr Roderick's initial gross negligence only cost him 45% of the blame with the pharmacy accepting the remaining 55%.3 Dr Stuart Miller wrote a prescription for Mr Prendergast, who was asthmatic with a chest infection, prescribing three Ventolin (salbutamol) inhalers, 250 Phyllocontin (aminophylline) tablets, and 21 Amoxil (amoxycillin) tablets. It was accepted that this would be a commonplace combination of drugs for a patient with asthma and a chest infection. Mr Prendergast took the prescription to the pharmacy of Sam and Dee Ltd, where it was dispensed by a pharmacist, Mr Peter Kozary. Mr Kozary dispensed the inhalers and Phyllocontin correctly, but instead of the Amoxil he had dispensed Daonil (glibenclamide), a drug used for diabetes to reduce the sugar content in the body. Mr Prendergast was not a diabetic and as a result of taking a large dosage of the Daonil suffered permanent brain damage and symptoms of hypoglycaemia. In his judgment Mr Justice Auld dealt firstly with the position of the pharmacist, Mr Kozary. Mr Kozary had argued in his defence that the word Amoxil on the prescription was unclear and was capable of being read as Daonil. The "A" could be mistaken for a lower case "d" and the "x" for "n." His lordship, therefore, found it necessary to consider Dr Miller's handwriting. While the question would always be one of general impression, in his view the word Amoxil on the prescription was capable of being read as Daonil.


In 2002, a working party of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) suggested that the condition be known as 'fabricated or induced illness by carers' (FII) [3] . The working party felt that the old term focused more on the motivations of the perpetrator than on the interests of the child and failed to capture the wide range of presentations and features associated with the condition. The new name also highlights that anyone with parental responsibility, providing long-term or short-term care, could be a perpetrator.


When the old master of German historical research and historiography Leopold von Ranke congratulated the Austrian historian Alfred von Arneth on his appointment as director of the Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv on August 11, 1868, he pointed out that it was "the most important archive for German history."1 A hundred years ago access to archives in general and those of the Habsburg empire in particular was very limited. Everywhere, archival material was still subject to a strict preliminary censorship before scholars could examine it, and most holdings were not available for research purposes. Yet, in spite of all these restrictions, Ranke could with a good conscience shower the Vienna archive with words of praise. Today the abundance of the treasures of the Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv, which are so generously put at the disposal of the researcher, proves Ranke's judgment to have been accurate. In many ways the archive deserves words of even higher praise than Ranke's, because it will always be a first-rate research center not only for German history but also for that of a large part of Europe. In historical significance it is now surpassed only by the Vatican archive in Rome; otherwise, it measures up well with all other archives, including those of Western Europe.2


Stepwise addition of H2O2 in small portions into the polymerization mixture reduces the number of defects in polyaniline (PANI) prepared with the Fe3+/H2O2 system, although it does not eliminate them completely. PANIs slightly self-doped with phenolic groups are thus obtained, which show conductivity from 2.65 to 0.38 S cm−1 as the total H2O2/aniline mole ratio is increased from 0.125 to 1.25. The conductivity shows a good correlation with the AB/A900 UV−visible absorbance ratio of the PANI emeraldine salt form (PANI ES), much better than with the AB/AQ ratio of the corresponding emeraldine base form. This corresponds well with the assignment of the band at 900 nm to polaronic transitions. Partial self-doping of PANIs with weakly acidic phenolic groups allowed evidence to be obtained for the assignment of Raman bands at 1370 cm−1 and 734 cm−1 (for λexc = 780 nm) to vibrational modes of highly localized polarons. The presence of the band at 880 cm−1 in the IR spectra of these PANI ES samples that are totally free of sulfate ions proves that this band is associated with a vibrational mode of PANI ES and need not be assigned to a mode of HSO4− ions, as has been suggested by some authors. © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry


This paper proposes an aviation information system security evaluation index system based on the theory of security systems engineering, combined with dynamic control methods, to evaluate the security of aviation information systems from four perspectives: strategy, technology, management, and engineering. First, a safety evaluation index system for aviation information system was established, and secondly, a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process was used to evaluate the static index of the system, and a good evaluation result was obtained. Finally, this thesis combines the actual civil aviation safety information system, according to its operating characteristics, designs a civil aviation information safety evaluation application system.


The social determinants of health include the communities in which people reside. Associated with geographic areas are public policies that influence a variety of economic and social outcomes. The group of public policies associated with economic freedom have been found to be positively related to a number of economic and social outcomes. In this article, we investigate the impact of economic freedom on self-reported health and racial health disparities. We use propensity score matching to construct a control group of whites who can be compared to blacks in the 2007, 2009, and 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. After accounting for confounding variables and possible selection, we find evidence that economic freedom is associated with lower levels of self-reported health for the population overall. After allowing for the effects of economic freedom to differ by race, we find that higher levels of economic freedom mitigate the observed gap in health status.


Global demand of corns for feed and fuel will be increasing at a rapid pace in the near future. Rice is one of the candidate cereals as a substitute of corn. However, the amino acid digestibility of rice in the gastrointestinal tract in chickens has not yet been investigated. The present study was conducted to investigate the amino acid digestibility of hulled rice using fistulized chickens. Chickens were fistulized to either the distal end of the jejunum, the middle part of the ileum, the distal end of the ileum or the distal end of the rectum. Intestinal digesta were collected from each site of the intestines, and the contents of amino acids were measured. Chickens were fed a rice diet, a rice-fish meal diet or a corn-based diet. There was no significant difference in the true digestibilities of all measured amino acids between the sites of chicken intestines. However, the true digestibilities of all measured amino acids without arginine of the rice diet were significantly higher than those of the corn-based diet. The true digestibilities of all measured amino acids without tyrosine of the rice-fish meal diet were significantly higher than those of the corn-based diet. These results suggest that rice might be used as a substitute of corn in chicken feed.


The high-temperature Edwards-Anderson susceptibility series is studied for a diluted Ising spin-glass model. The model has +J, -J and 0 nearest-neighbour bonds, with probabilities c/2, c/2, 1-c respectively, on a d-dimensional hypercubic lattice. For d>or approximately=5 there is a spin-glass phase for 1>or=c>or=cp(d) where cp(d) is the bond percolation concentration. For 2 cmax(d)>c>cp(d), but probably not at c=1.


The present experiment was conducted during 2003-04 at Student Farm, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. Fifty two tomato genotypes were evaluated in Randomized Block Design with two replications. The data was recorded on twelve characters viz., days to 50 per cent flowering, number of flowers per cluster, number of fruits per cluster, average fruit weight, plant height, number of branches per plant, TSS, lycopene, acidity, ascorbic acid and fruit yield per plant. The objective of the experiment was to develop selection indices for yield improvement in promising genotypes and to identify divergent genotypes as donor parents in hybridization programmes. Analysis of variance indicated significant differences among the fifty two genotypes for all the characters. Path coefficient analysis revealed that traits viz., plant height, lycopene, average fruit weight and number of fruits per cluster exhibited positive direct effect on fruit yield per plant. Genetic analysis revealed that all the traits exhibited high heritability (broad sense) estimates. Correlation studies indicated positive significant correlation of plant height, number of branches, number of locules per fruit and lycopene with fruit yield per plant. The fifty two tomato genotypes when subjected to D statistical analysis revealed the presence of substantial amount of genetic variability among them. The genotypes were grouped into eight clusters. Maximum genetic divergence was found between cluster VI and cluster VII. Since, total soluble solids followed by average fruit weight contributed maximum towards genetic divergence, emphasis should be laid on these traits in crop improvement programmes. Among fifty two genotypes, EC-251709, EC-251717, EC-164295 and LE-15 were found highly resistant to early blight, hence aforesaid genotypes can be used in resistance breeding programme. Fig. 2 Ward's minimum variance diagram (Number in accordance with mean table) Fig. 1 Path diagram representing direct and indirect effects for seed yield Fruits of Tomato Genotypes Screening of tomato germplasm lines against Alternaria solani under artificial inoculated condition Resistant line Susceptible line Resistance Susceptible LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS


In their ideas for designing grounds and areas for the public, the designers of open spaces are departing more and more from the standard method of simply using the well-known types of coverings. Nevertheless, concrete and the precast parts made from this, remain the preferred materials for covering surfaces. The Geology Court at the University of Freiburg is an example here of how this can be done.


Top-quality course construction play an important role in the specialty construction and it could promote teachers' teaching ability,arouse students' interest in learning and improve teaching quality.The paper takes the provincial-level top-quality course "VB.Net Programming" as a case study and analyzes the process of top-quality course construction from the design idea,course orientation,teaching mode innovation,and teaching staff team establishment.


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In resource-poor communities throughout the world head lice have considerable public health relevance. In these communities individuals of all age groups are affected. Prevalence in the general population can be up to 40%, and school-age children bear a high burden of disease [1,2]. Incidence and the probability that most of the household
members are infested increase with poverty [2-6].


Purpose
The purpose of this study is to analyze direct current (DC) drive stability, including parameter uncertainty and perturbation in the feedback loop, by computing disk margins.

Design/methodology/approach
Although the closed-loop stability analysis of a DC drive has been presented well in the referenced papers, the effect of parameter uncertainty and perturbation in the feedback loop has not yet been discussed well. In this study, the conventional and disk-based stability margins were measured and compared for the nominal parameters of the DC drive. Subsequently, the smallest disk-based margins that destabilize the feedback loop for a given perturbation are computed and compared with normal disk margins.

Findings
The disk-based margin offered by the DC drive controlled by the JAYA-PID controller is disk gain margins (DGM) = 8.41 dB and disk phase margin (DPM) = 48.410 and the smallest disk-based margin offered is DGM = 1.51 dB and DPM = 9.950. In addition, the effect of the modeled uncertainty on the disk stability margins was analyzed, and it was observed that the maximum allowable parameter uncertainty with the JAYA controller was 73% of its nominal parameters. The simulation results were validated using an experimental testbed.

Originality/value
This research work is not published anywhere else.


The behavior of cloud patterns portrayed on the ESSA 2 photographs after typhoons Doris (September 1966) and Winnie (August 1966) encountered the pre-existing stationary fronts in the vicinity of Japan is discussed in relation to the results of the analysis based on the previously proposed hypothesis on the transformation of typhoons (Sekioka, 1956a) : that a typhoon induces the formation of a new extratropical cyclone on the pre-existing front within the typhoon area producing a complex system of the typhoon and the cyclone. Some evidence is given in support of the validity of the hypothesis. The field of 500mb relative vorticity is also investigated in regard to the movement of typhoon Doris and the formation of the new extratropical cyclone.


When Merle Collins published her startling novel Angel (1983), which told of the troubled years 1951-1983 in Grenada, she was immediately acclaimed as one of the most important voices of the Caribbean renaissance. She embellished this fine start with her 2003 collection of poetry, Lady in a Boat, which employed her gift for lyrical expression and salty dialect to limn the discord of her native island, and to commemorate the deaths of her compatriots in the ill-fated revolution. She has now tu...


Some questions concerning the application of the multiple scattering theory to the analysis of cloud-chamber pictures are discussed from the theoretical point of view: (a) The Moli\`ere theory of multiple scattering is modified by the consideration of the finite nuclear dimensions. It is assumed that the probability of single scattering goes abruptly to zero for angles greater than ${\ensuremath{\phi}}_{0}=\frac{{\ensuremath{\phi}}_{m}a}{{r}_{n}}$, where $a$ is the radius of the statistical Thomas-Fermi atom, ${r}_{n}$ the radius of the nucleus, and ${\ensuremath{\phi}}_{m}$ is the screening angle as derived by Moli\`ere. The distribution function for plural and multiple scattering is then derived for finite values of ${\ensuremath{\phi}}_{0}$. It is shown that the cutoff affects especially the tail behavior of the distribution function as it was to be expected. While Moli\`ere's function decreases as ${\ensuremath{\phi}}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$ for projected angles of scattering large compared to the rms angle, the modified function decreases approximately as ($\frac{1}{\ensuremath{\phi}}$) times a Gaussian function of ($\ensuremath{\phi}\ensuremath{-}{\ensuremath{\phi}}_{0}$) for angles large compared to the rms angle and the cut-off angle. (b) The distribution function for the mean value of the square angle of scattering in $n$ plates of a multiple-plate cloud chamber is derived and compared with the normal ${\ensuremath{\chi}}^{2}$-distribution. (c) The effect of observational errors on the distribution function for multiple scattering is estimated quantitatively and discussed in some detail for the case where the mean-square angle of real scattering is large compared to the variance of the noise level scattering.


Solid polymer electrolytes consisting of poly(ethylene oxide) PEO and lithium trifluroacetate (CF3COOLi) with various salt mass fractions were prepared by the solvent casting method using acetonitrile. Temperature and concentration dependent impedance spectroscopy, as well as thermal analysis suggest the existence of a complex in the blends with an EO/Li ratio corresponding roughly to 4:1. The dc conductivity (σ0) of the blends were very sensitive to the temperature (T) and their salt mass fraction (x), showing values in the range of 10-5 to 10-2 (S cm–1) at 330 K as the salt concentration was increased. The enhancement of conductivity with increasing temperature (5 orders of magnitude when the temperature changes from 300 to 353 K) was attributed to the high mobility of the Li+ ions as a consequence of the chain polymer flexibility and the increase of the free volume for ionic migration. (© 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


Medical Research Council guidelines recognise the need to optimise complex interventions prior to full trial through greater understanding of underlying theory and formative process evaluation, yet there are few examples. A realist approach to formative process evaluation makes a unique contribution through a focus on theory formalisation and abstraction. The success of an intervention is dependent on the extent to which it gels or jars with existing provision and can be successfully transferred to new contexts. Interventions with underlying programme theory about how they work, for whom, and under which circumstances will be better able to adapt to work with (rather than against) different services, individuals, and settings. In this methodological article, we describe and illustrate how a realist approach to formative process evaluation develops contextualised intervention theory that can underpin more adaptable and scalable interventions. We discuss challenges and benefits of this approach.


Although economic policy after the global financial crisis prevented a repeat of the great depression, it left the global economy in a fragile state to respond to the next shock that was anticipated to arise from a renewed debt crisis in emerging markets, financial difficulties in China, or tensions within the Eurozone. The unexpected shock from the coronavirus brutally exposed a lack of resilience a decade after the financial crisis. The policies adopted, and approaches ignored, after 2008 remain central to understanding the economic shock of the pandemic and the policy response that should follow. The approach adopted after 2008 arose from the success of fiscal conservatives in blocking a short-lived recourse to fiscal expansion, which had serious economic consequences over the next decade, and the policy debates that raged then will be repeated as the world emerges from the pandemic. Can the same mistakes be avoided, and steps be taken to correct the economic weaknesses? The coronavirus exposed the differential impact of mortality by age, ethnicity, and deprivation that arose from growing inequality of income and wealth, the insecurities of precarious employment, and the erosion of public services. These trends were apparent before 2008 as deindustrialisation led to a loss of relatively secure jobs for workers without formal educational qualifications, and 'intangible' capital benefitted workers with formal credentials.1 These structural changes led to discrepancies in income and wealth, and reduced resilience which the policy response to the global financial crisis did nothing to mitigate and much to exacerbate. This outcome was not preordained, for there was a call by Britain and the United States for fiscal expansion when the G20 met in London in 2009. It was soon rejected by economists whose arguments were attractive to conservative politicians. These economists argued that increased


SCHOOL SPECIFICS Number of Students 355 Additional Information 40% LOBTE, 46 Aboriginal Students. Current School FOEI 173 Quarter 1 Students 186 Quarter 2 Students 107 School Context Information Claymore Public School is located in the suburb of Claymore in the city of Campbelltown. The majority of housing in Claymore being owned by Housing NSW. Claymore Public School has a total enrolment of 355 students from Preschool to Year 6, including the support unit (consisting of IM, IO, Autism and Early Intervention classes). The school caters for students from diverse language, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds and aims to develop the whole child and cater for individual differences, providing many programs to support specific needs. The school continues to build on quality teaching, learning and leadership practices, with commitment to improving student results in literacy and numeracy.


A brief flight study has been made of crosswind landings and sidestep manoeuvres in the BAG 221 slender-wing research aircraft. Using the crabbed approach for crosswind landings, and the coordinated S-turn for sidestep manoeuvres, pilots found both tasks straightforward. The time required to complete a sidestep is little longer than for unswept aircraft, despite the oscillatory roll response to aileron inputs of the BAC 221. Results of similar tests performed in a ground based simulator show good qualitative agreement.


ABSTRACT Detroit, Nov. 30, 1907.To the Editor: —The question has been asked a number of times of late: "Can the bedbug live on other animals besides man?" I answer this positively: "Yes." In this laboratory (the biologic laboratory of Parke, Davis & Co.) we purposely raise tens of thousands of bedbugs, using the guinea-pig as host, for the purpose of testing the efficacy of insecticides, as we find them much more resistant to such than any of our common insects.It should be noted that there are a number of allied species living on birds, bats and beetles, that are often supposed to be true bedbugs, but are not. I sent a number of the bedbugs raised on our guinea-pigs, to the Bureau of Entomology at Washington, where they confirmed our opinion that these were the genuine Cimex lectularis, or human bedbug. The entomologists state that in our northern


In the present paper, we study the problem of estimating a drift parameter in stochastic evolution equations on graphs. We focus on equations driven by fractional Brownian motions, which are particularly useful e.g., in biology or neuroscience. We derive a novel estimator (the combined estimator) and prove its strong consistency in the long-span asymptotic regime with a discrete-time sampling scheme. The promising performance of the combined estimator for finite samples is examined under various scenarios by Monte Carlo simulations.


The present study deals with the strategies used in the Arabic translations of the most popular genres of children's literature; namely fairy tales and fables as an attempt to identify the best methods and strategies to be adopted in translating these genres to fulfill the ultimate purpose of enriching the children's knowledge in addition to attracting their interest and arousing the joy sought for in every piece of literature. The study sets off from three dominating trends: the first calls for the adoption of domestication strategy of translation as the most appropriate and effective strategy in translation for children. In the same line, the second opposes using the foreignization strategy, while the third trend advocates for the joint employment of various strategies to fulfill certain requirements and needs that would be called upon within the context such as didactic purposes. Throughout the process of examining and verifying the theses of these trends, samples of translations of the genres are chosen based on the most popular and well known fairy tales and fables either circulated in written form or televised as movies or cartoons; namely Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales and Aesop's Fables. These samples are subjected to translation quality assessment to come out with a quality statement to highlight their merits and demerits. The receptors' (children) impact is also sought via conducting a field study that has been designed for children of two age groups defined by specialized scholars as intended receptors of the genre


The number of elderly persons, who generally have chronic illnesses and have seen a substantial spread of the novel coronavirus in recent years, has grown in recent years (COVID-19). The majority of older persons suffering from various chronic diseases have died as a result of infection with this virus. Thousands of people have died as a result of this. Coronavirus has also caused several problems in hospitals, and people are not being treated as a result of the large number of patients who require medical care. Medical and paramedic personnel have also been infected, and there is a risk that the virus will spread to the patient and his attendants via medical and paramedical workers. You may avoid this problem by staying at home, where you can monitor your whereabouts and warn in an emergency. The Internet of Things was critical in real-time monitoring of COVID-19-infected patients. Many cloud-based IoT applications are available; nevertheless, high latency, bandwidth, and energy consumption are significant concerns with cloud computing. Fog Computing attempts to address cloud computing issues, such as bandwidth, network latency, and energy consumption. Similarly, one of the primary fog computing applications is data handling generated by healthcare IoT devices. Healthcare IoT devices generate a large amount of data, which must be managed effectively with low latency, no failures, low energy consumption, low cost, and high accuracy.


We describe an ethnographic study within a global asset management company aimed at understanding the process and governance of new product development (PD) and perceptions of responsible innovation. We observed innovation to be incremental, with a clearly structured stage gating model of governance involving numerous internal and external actors that was framed by regulation and coordinated by a small PD team. Responsible innovation was framed largely in terms of considering client needs when innovating and the understanding of operational, legal, regulatory and reputational risks. Staff perceived the company as having an inherently cautious culture, where the probability of bringing something destructive to market was perceived as being low. We conclude that the observed stage gating architecture offers considerable scope as a mechanism for systematic embedding of more broadly framed, emerging concepts of responsible innovation.


(73) Assignee: AGFA-GEVAERT, Mortsel (BE) A method of detecting the orientation of a radiographic (21) Appl. No.: 10/774,943 image represented by a digital Signal representation wherein mathematical moments of the digital Signal representation (22) Filed: Feb. 9, 2004 are calculated relative to different reference entities and wherein a decision on the orientation of the radiographic Related U.S. Application Data image, for example the position of the thorax edge in a mammographic image, is obtained on the basis of an (60) Provisional application No. 60/450,857, filed on Feb. extreme value (minimum, maximum) of the calculated 27, 2003. momentS.


The eU currently comprises 15 countries that are officially tuberculosis free (OTF), 10 that are not tuberculosis free and three 'regionalised' countries in which only some areas are OTF. TB surveillance is key to combating the disease, but surveillance systems vary across different countries. This study aimed to review the bovine TB surveillance systems in place for cattle and wildlife in eU member states. Known specialists in each country were contacted and asked to complete and online survey. Two questionnaires were sent to each potential respondent: one on surveillance in cattle and one on surveillance in wildlife. Approximately 100 people in the 28 member states were contacted. The non-eU countries of Switzerland, Macedonia and Norway were also included. Specialists in 26 of the countries participated in the survey, but respondents in five of these did not complete the questionnaire about wildlife. In three countries (Belgium, Ireland and Slovakia) more than one person responded to the survey. Of the 10 respondents from either non-TB-free countries or countries with regionalised infection, seven indicated that all three of the recommended components of surveillance (routine testing in herds, premovement testing and postmortem examination) were performed in their countries. In contrast, of the 16 participants from OTF countries, only three reported that all of the surveillance components were performed in their country. Routine screening in cattle herds was reported to occur in 16 of 26 participating countries, premovement testing was carried out in 15 of the 26 and postmortem slaughterhouse surveillance was carried out in 24. Of the 21 countries from which there were responses to the wildlife surveillance questionnaire, eight reported that the pathogen had been detected in wild animals. Of these eight, six were not OTF (Croatia, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and the UK), as well as France and Poland (both OTF). Only eight of the 21 countries had a formal bovine TB surveillance programme in wildlife – Croatia, France, Ireland, Portugal and Spain (countries that had already detected bovine TB in wildlife), as well as Austria, Belgium and Norway (no detected bovine TB in wildlife). The authors conclude that few eU countries have active wildlife surveillance programmes. They suggest that further research into the presence of TB in wildlife should be conducted in these countries.


By using the advanced quantum theory of mesoscopic circuits, a mesoscopic quartz piezoelectric crystal equivalent circuit is quantized. The energy spectrum and wave functions of the system are obtained with perturbative method and the current quantum fluctuation are calculated as an application. The detail characters of energy spectrum and wave functions in the system would be helpful to the design of integrate circuit.


Eye blink detection is one of the important problems in computer vision. It has many applications such as face live detection and driver fatigue analysis. The existing methods towards eye blink detection can be roughly divided into two categories: contour template based and appearance based methods. The former one usually can extract eye contours accurately. However, different templates should be involved for the closed and open eyes separately. These methods are also sensitive to illumination changes. In the appearance based methods, image patches of open-eyes and closed-eyes are collected as positive and negative samples to learn a classifier, but eye contours can not be accurately extracted. To overcome drawbacks of the existing methods, this paper proposes an effective eye blink detection method based on an improved eye contour extraction technique. In our method, eye contour model is represented by 16 landmarks therefore it can describe both open and closed eyes. Each landmark is accurately recognized by fast classifier which is trained from the appearance around this landmark. Experiments have been conducted on YALE and another large data set consisting of frontal face images to extract the eye contour. The experimental results show that the proposed method is capable of affording accurate eye location and robust in closed eye condition. It also performs well in the case of illumination variants. The average time cost of our method is about 140ms on Pentium IV 2.8GHz PC 1G RAM, which satisfies the real-time requirement for face video sequences. This method is also applied in a face live detection system and the results are promising.


The fatigue property of angle-join simulating structure in box-shape was studied. By use of TIG method, 7A52 aluminum alloy sheets in 6 mm thickness manufactured by Southwest Aluminum Machinery Factory were welded with 5A56 as filler wire. Fractograph of simulating structure was analysed and the mechanism of crack was determined. The results show that the fatigue behavior of 7A52 Al welding simulating structure was scattered, which indicates that simulating structure fatigue process is a complicated and interrelated process. Based on experimental data obtained from abroad and conservative calculation, fatigue strength was determined as σ(?)=45 MPa under N=1×106 cycling of bent fatigue life. Microstructure analysis indicates that origin of fatigue crack was introduced by welding defect.


The early opening of the Red Sea rift is accompanied by tholeiitic magmatism stretching at least 1700 km along the western coast of Saudi Arabia, and consisting of thick gabbroic dykes, dense dyke swarms, plutons and discrete lava flows. Whereas the conventional K-Ar measurements have furnished a wide variety of ages, the 40Ar/39Ar analyses presented here (giving 17 plateau-ages) display a pronounced cluster of ages from 24 to 21 Ma. Such a short-lived magmatic event has been suggested for other continental rifts.


We experimentally demonstrate penalty-free transmission of 127-Gb/s coherent PM-QPSK through a cascade of ten commercial 50-GHz WSS over 1500-km NDSF. Simulation results show that cascades of 40 such 50-GHz liquid-crystal based ROADMs is feasible.


In modern days the stipulate for river sand is increasing due to its lesser accessibility. Hence the preparation of replacing river sand with M-Sand is tacking a tremendous growth. It is also inferred from the literature that replacement of normal sand with M-Sand produces no appreciable increase in compressive strength due to the variation in the pore size of concrete at micro level. This paper presents the optimization of fully replacement of manufactured sand by natural sand with waste recycling paper cupsash partial replacement by cement and additional polyvinyl alcohol used for good bonding &high performance concrete. Using M20 Grade ordinary Portland cement is moderately replaced with waste recycling paper cups ash by 5 %, 10% &adds 10 % of polyvinyl alcohol and natural sand is fully replaced with manufactured sand. The studies make known that the increase in percentage of partial substitute of waste recycling paper cups ash and polyvinyl alcohol increased the compressive, flexural, durability, low permeability, high corrosion resistance and low acid penetration of concrete.


The purpose of this study was to prospectively analyze the relationship between the post‐transplant anti‐HLA class I and/or class II panel reactive antibodies and graft failure due to chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN). We studied 512 first kidney recipients transplanted at a single center, with a graft functioning for at least 3 years. A single blood sample was collected from each patient for antibody evaluation. The median posttransplant time after blood collection was 4.4 years and did not differ between patients with (n = 91) or without anti‐HLA antibodies (n = 421). Female gender, pregnancies and blood transfusions were associated with the presence of anti‐HLA class I antibodies. Graft function deterioration was associated with anti‐HLA class II antibodies. Multivariate analysis showed independent association for creatinine levels (RR = 7.5), acute rejection (RR = 2.6), recipient male gender (RR = 3.6) and anti‐HLA class II antibodies (RR = 2.9) and CAN‐associated graft loss. In conclusion, the presence of anti‐HLA class II antibodies conferred a risk for graft loss before a decline in renal function and increased the risk of graft failure in patients who already had a decline in graft function. Thus, anti‐HLA class II antibody monitoring is a useful tool for the management of long‐term kidney recipients.


Author(s): Krauss, Katherine Elizabeth | Abstract: The Verae historiae is famous for its paradoxical claim both condemning Lucian's literary predecessors for lying and also confessing to tell no truths itself. This paper attempts to tease out this contradictory parallel between Lucian's own text and the texts of those he parodies even further, using a text's/tradition's ability to transmit truth as the grounds of comparison. Focusing on the Isle of the Blest and the whale episodes as moments of meta-literary importance, this paper finds Lucian's text to parody the poetic tradition for its limited ability to transmit truth, to express its distance from that tradition, and yet nevertheless to highlight its own limitations in its communication of truth. In so doing, Lucian reflects upon the relationship between novelty and adherence to tradition present in the rhetoric of the Second Sophistic.


The objective of this study was to evaluate the genotype x environment interaction for body weight at weaning (WW) and 12 months of age (W12), average daily gain from weaning to 12 months of age (ADG), and performance based on a principal components index (PC) involving these three traits, in a Canchim (5/8 Charolais + 3/8 Zebu) herd. The environment was the season (semester) of birth, and two methods were used to evaluate the genotype x environment interaction: Method 1 - genetic parameters estimated by the derivative free maximum likelihood method (REML), using two-trait analyses (the same trait in the two seasons), and a model that included the effects of year and month of birth, sex and age of cow as a covariate (linear and quadratic effects), and the random effect of animal; and Method 2 - same methodology as Method 1, but with two statistical models, with or without the uncorrelated random effect of sire - season of birth, testing the difference between the two models using the likelyhood ratio test. By Method 1, the genetic correlations for the same trait in the two environments (seasons) were equal to 0.87, 0.97, 0.91 and 0.88 for WW, W12, ADG and PC, respectively. The heritability estimates were very similar for both environments, for all traits studied. By Method 2, the sire-season of birth effect was significant for all traits studied. These results show evidence of genotype x season of birth interaction for the traits studied, suggesting that, in this herd, genetic evaluation and selection should take this interaction into account.


10 (2 Benzothiazolylazo) 9 phenanthrol (L) is prepared by a reaction of 2 hydrazinobenzothia zol with 9,10 phenanthrenequinone. The crystal and molecular structure of the L·CHCl3 solvate is deter mined by X ray diffraction. The data of the X ray diffraction study, as well as IR, 1H NMR, and electronic absorption spectra, indicate that in the crystal state and solutions the L molecule exists in the form of a quino hydrazone tautomer (b) (s trans, cis) stabilized by the intramolecular N2–HN2···O1 hydrogen bond. The "mobile" H atom is located at the N2 atom of the azo group. The benzothiazolyl and phenanthrenequinone fragments are nearly coplanar. Spectroscopic criteria for the state of L in various media are determined based on the data of IR, 1H NMR, and electronic absorption spectroscopy and the results of the Pariser–Parr– Pople quantum chemical calculations. DOI: 10.1134/S106377451202006X


The present invention provides an electronic apparatus and a structure for supporting the electronic device module. The electronic module to the support structure for the device of the invention, the electronic device includes a first housing, the hinge and the use of the first housing relative to the second hub shell rotates. The module support structure comprises a first support structure, and the first support structure comprises a first bracket and the first hub cover. A first bracket fixed to the first housing and exposed. A first hub cover integrally connected to the first bracket, and exposed to the first housing portion and covering the hub. The present invention saves the manufacturing cost of the electronic device, but also adds to the aesthetic appearance of the electronic device.