Objective: To compare the efficacy analysis of symptomatic extracranial carotid artery stenosis caused by TIA in patients with vascular stent and simple drug treatment,and to evaluate the effectiveness of two therapeutic methods. Methods: From July 2013 to January 2014,TIA patients were selected from our hospital to extracranial carotid artery stenosis. Two groups were randomly divided,one is the experimental group of 160 cases,the other one is control group of 160 cases. Results: After treatment,the degree of stenosis in experimental group was( 19. 3 ± 2. 2) % and the length of stenosis was( 0. 12 ± 0. 02) cm. The control group was( 37. 1 ± 2. 9) % degree of stenosis with stenosis length( 0. 68 ± 0. 16) cm. The experimental group were significantly decreased than the control group( P 0. 05). In 1 months,6 months,12 months after treatment,the short- term NIHSS scores in the experimental group were significantly better than those in control group( P 0. 05). In 6 months,12 months after treatment,two groups of ABCD2 scores in the experimental group were better than those in control group( P 0. 05). Conclusion: Interventional treatment of extracranial carotid artery stenosis caused by TIA is a safe and effective method for patients during peri operation period. The total complication rate was low. During 12 months of follow- up,the complication of stroke is low.


Aiming at the objective demand of rural teachers' informatization ability evaluation, a rural teachers' informatization ability evaluation model based on BP neural network is proposed. Among them, the design ability and software index are taken as the input of BP neural network, and the evaluation results of rural informatization ability are output through the training of BP neural network. The results show that after 24 iterations of training, BP neural network can meet the requirements. In the comparison of the prediction results of informatization capability evaluation, the correlation coefficient between the predicted value and the actual value obtained in this study is 0.90173, which proves the credibility of the evaluation prediction results. It shows that BP neural network can be used for the evaluation of rural teachers' informatization ability.


Retinal fundus imaging is a medical procedure used by medical professionals in the discovery and tracking of various retinal abnormalities. Sometimes the analysis of retinal fundus images can be slow and difficult when performed by medical staff, and in response to this many automated, image-processing based methods for the analysis of these images exist. In recent years, deep learning methods have become increasingly popular in machine learning applications, so it is no surprise that they are also being used in the image processing based analysis of retinal fundus images. In this paper we discuss recently proposed methods that use deep learning techniques in the image processing based analysis of digital retinal fundus images. Special attention is given to the analysis of retinal fundus image datasets and various techniques employed to the images from these datasets in order to make them suitable for deep learning based applications.


Two-dimensional (2D) reduced graphene oxide/titanium dioxide nanorod array/reduced graphene oxide (rGO/TiO2 NR/rGO) with a porous hybrid structure was fabricated as an electrode material for use in electrochemical supercapacitors. The structural, morphological, and compositional characteristics of the resulting electrode material were evaluated by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The electrochemical behavior of the as-prepared electrodes was characterized by using cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge/discharge (GCD), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in 1 M Na2SO4 aqueous electrolyte. The maximum specific capacitance of this rGO/TiO2 NR/rGO electrode was 114.5 F g−1 at a scan rate of 5 mV s−1. The electrode exhibited high cycling stability, retaining over 85% of its initial capacitance after 4000 cycles. These results indicate that rGO/TiO2/rGO is a promising candidate for the electrode material in supercapacitor applications.


This paper presents the results of mapping the main structures and surface geothermal manifestations in Western Olkelduhals area, SW- Iceland which is a part of the active Hengill geothermal and volcanic system. The main objective of this study was to map the manifestations and investigate the relationship between the geothermal manifestations, the tectonic and volcanic structures and rock types. Geothermal activity is widely distributed in the mapped area, the main manifestations being fumaroles and steam vents; boiling mud pots and water pools; hot, warm and cold springs; hot, warm and steaming grounds. The manifestations occur at elevations between 230 and 430 m above sea level and are mainly fault or fracture controlled. The main structures that control these manifestations trend NE-SW and N-S. Northwest oriented faults and fractures also occur. Hyaloclastites, pillow lavas and lava flows predominate the lithological units in the area. These rocks have been exposed to variable degrees of alteration due to reactions with hydrothermal fluid. Two types of hydrothermal alteration are distinguished on the map, slightly altered rocks, and extensively altered rocks characterized by widespread clay alterations, either extinct or grading from active to cold.


The voltage stabilizing circuit for providing stable DC voltage includes bipolar transistor for providing charging current, capacitor circuit, operation amplifier, reference voltage circuit and pre-charging circuit. The capacitor circuit outputs stable voltage and the operation amplifier controls the bias of the bipolar transistor based on the stable voltage so as to obtain a stable accurate output voltage. When the voltage stabilizing circuit starts operating, the operation amplifier is first disabled to make the bipolar transistor unconducted, while one pre-charging circuit provides one pre-charging current to the capacitor circuit to set a voltage. After that, the operation amplifier is used to cotnrol the bipolar transistor to provide charge current to the capacitor circuit, so that stable voltage is set.


There is provided while bank note containing capacity and security is ensured, be suitable for miniaturization ATM.A kind of automatic trading apparatus, being arranged in the horizontal in device box has first module and second unit, can have by first module and second unit from device box to nearby pulling out:First pedestal, first module is carried, can be moved in the longitudinal direction by track;Second pedestal, second unit is carried, is connected to the first pedestal;It is configured to, first module and second unit are used as and be integrally drawn out.First module has:State detecting section, detect the state of the inside of first module;Locking mechanism, prevent the pull-out from device box;And control unit, based on the state detection signal from state detecting section, control the action of locking mechanism.


Guide Dogs for the Blind is more than an industry-leading guide dog school; we are a passionate community that serves the visually impaired. With exceptional client services and a robust network of trainers, puppy raisers, donors, and volunteers, we prepare highly qualified guide dogs to serve and empower individuals who are blind or have low vision. All of our services are provided free of charge; we receive no government funding. GDB is headquartered in San Rafael, California, with a second campus in Boring, Oregon. More than 15,000 teams have graduated since our founding in 1942, and there are over 2,200 active teams in the field. For more information, visit guidedogs.com.


Performance degradation of structural steels in nuclear environments results from the formation of a high number density of nanometre-scale defects. The defects observed in copper-based alloys are composed of vacancy clusters in the form of stacking fault tetrahedra and/or prismatic dislocation loops that impede the motion of dislocations. The mechanical behaviour of irradiated copper alloys exhibits increased yield strength, decreased total strain to failure and decreased work hardening as compared to their unirradiated behaviour. Above certain critical defect concentrations (neutron doses), the mechanical behaviour exhibits distinct upper yield points. In this paper, we describe the formulation of an internal state variable model for the mechanical behaviour of such materials subject to these (irradiation) environments. This model has been developed within a multiscale materials-modelling framework, in which molecular dynamics simulations of dislocation–radiation defect interactions inform the final coarse-grained continuum model. The plasticity model includes mechanisms for dislocation density growth and multiplication and for irradiation defect density evolution with dislocation interaction. The general behaviour of the constitutive (homogeneous material point) model shows that as the defect density increases, the initial yield point increases and the initial strain hardening decreases. The final coarse-grained model is implemented into a finite element framework and used to simulate the behaviour of tensile specimens with varying levels of irradiation-induced material damage. The simulation results compare favourably with the experimentally observed mechanical behaviour of irradiated materials.


This article is devoted to the short review of a cyberspace, as factor influencing modern society. Differentiation of the concepts "cyberspace" and "virtual reality" is carried out. The Internet, gives new opportunities to the person, for realization of the requirements. Emergence of the Internet gave opportunity to realize ideas of writers of fantasts of the XX century that led to formation of new problems, such as impact of a cyberspace on the person and society.


This study aims to obtain information and discuss collaborative educational supervision to improve teacher performance in planning learning activities at SDN 01/X Rantau Indah in the odd semester of the 2021/2022 academic year. This type of research is school action research which consists of two cycles with each cycle consisting of four stages, namely planning, implementation, observation and reflection. This research was conducted at SDN 01/X Rantau Indah in the odd semester of the 2021/2022 academic year with the subject of teacher research at SDN 01/X Rantau Indah totaling 7 people consisting of 6 class teachers and 1 PAI teacher. Data collection techniques using observation, field notes, interviews, and documentation. Data were analyzed using percentages and data reduction. The results showed that through collaborative educative supervision could improve teacher performance in classroom learning at SDN 01/X Rantau Indah


With the fast growth of social media services, vast amount of user-generated content with time-space stamps are produced everyday. Considerable amount of these data are publicly available online, some of which collectively convey information that are of interest to data analysts. Social media data are dynamic and unstructured by nature, which makes it very hard for analysts to efficiently and effectively retrieve useful information. Social Media Analytics Reporting Toolkit (SMART), a system developed at Purdue VACCINE lab, aims to support such analyzing. The current framework collects real-time Twitter messages and visualizes volume densities on a map. It uses Latent Dirichilet Allocation (LDA) [1] to extract regional topics and can optionally apply Seasonal-Trend decomposition using Loess (STL) [2] to detect abnormal events. While Twitter has a fair amount of active users, they account for a small portion of total active social media users. Data generated by many other social media services are not currently utilized by SMART. Therefore, my work focused on expanding data sources of SAMRT system by creating means to collect data from other sources such as Facebook and Instagram. During a test run using a collection of 88 specified keywords in search, over two million Facebook posts were collected in one week. Besides, current SMART framework utilizes only one topic model, i.e. LDA, which is considered to be slower than Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) [3] model, thus I also put my effort into integrating NMF algorithm into the system. The improved SMART system can be used to fulfill a variety of analyzing tasks such as monitoring regional social media responses from different sources in disastrous events, detecting user reported crimes and so on. SMART is currently an ongoing and promising project that can be further improved by integrating new features. KEYWORDS Social Media Data Analyzing, Topic Extraction using NMF, Information Search and Retrieval REFERENCES [1] D. M. Blei, A. Y. Ng, and M. I. Jordan. Latent dirichlet allocation. J. Mach. Learn. Res., 3:993–1022, Mar. 2003. [2] R. B. Cleveland, W. S. Cleveland, J. E. McRae, and I. Terpenning. Stl: A seasonal-trend decomposition procedure based on loess (with discussion). Journal of Official Statistics, 6:3–73, 1990. [3] V. P. Pauca, F. Shahnaz, M. W. Berry, R. J. Plemmons. Text Mining using Non-Negative Matrix Factorization. From: http://csweb.cs.wfu.edu/~pauca/publications/SIAMDM03.pdf, January, 2004.


This paper surveys the magnetic flux effects in multiply connected conductors, both normal metals and superconductors. Discussion of these effects for hopping conduction on the dielectric side of the metal-insulator transition is presented also. The main emphasis in the review is on the modern theoretical picture of these phenomena and comparison of theoretical results with experimental data.


From the big cities to rural towns, 1-2 person living small households are increasing. The format of the new residential community to fill a shortage of small households is necessary. This alternative should be able to sustain a prosperous life for 1-2 person living small households. The unit of small household separates the living space in private independent space and a shared public space available to offer a new type of residential community. Suggesting possible alternative ways of grouping the physical space that separates the nature and analyzes the characteristics and potential formation of social space. Through this, we can imagine a new residential community model for small households.


Background: Although patients with COPD sometimes have lesser physical, social, and emotional functioning than those with lung cancer, they rarely receive specialised palliative care support at the end of life. To date, specialised palliative care is not common for patients with non-malignant disease but should be adapted according to the patients' special health-care-related needs with regard to specific illness trajectories. This longitudinal study aims to get a deep insight into the needs and perspectives of patients suffering from progressive lung diseases, i.e. lung cancer and COPD, over a period of time.
Methods: The design of this study is divided into three phases: (1) Qualitative prospective longitudinal study conducting four semi-structured repetitive interviews with a total of 40 patients over a period of 12 month. Data will be analysed content related as well as interpretative using Grounded Theory (2) Four group discussions with bereaved people whose relatives died from COPD or lung cancer. Data will be analysed using documentary method. (3) A oneday multidisciplinary workshop with representatives of different health related fields to derive implications for daily practice.
Discussion: By integrating different diseases, the study contributes to shift the focus of palliative care to patients with non-oncologic diseases. As this is the first German study on this issue, results will enrich the current international discussion with a German perspective.


A continuum-mechanics description of stress-induced microcracking was developed. Modulus-reduction effects due to microcracking are taken into account through the model of Budiansky and O'Connell. This is used in conjunction with a modified microcracking criterion that stems from the work of Evans and Fu. The resulting constitutive law for a microcracking material was used in finite-element calculations to study the near-tip stress and strain fields and the size and shape of a small-scale damaged zone for a stationary mode I crack in an elastic body. The finite-element results for the stationary crack are used to predict asymptotic toughening values which correspond to a fully developed wake of microcracked material for a propagating crack. Substantial toughening can result. In contrast, the microcracking zone for a stationary crack is thought to make little or no contribution to material toughening. The theoretical results are discussed in the context of experimental observations for zirconia-toughened alumina.


WHAT: The garden's unveiling will take place in conjunction to the Flat Shoals Park Football Spirit Night, kicking off the park's official football league season. The fun-filled family evening includes food, music, games, a pep rally, and


Born in the middle 19th century,the Marxian economics reflected the realities of mass capitalist production in the 18th and 19th centuries.However,it may not be right for some scholars to directly copy or apply to modern socialist market economy some of the analysis and conclusions made by Karl Marx of the then capitalist economy.The present-day situation is completely different from the social stage of Karl Marx.We should combine the basic theory of Marxism with the realities,innovating and drawing scientific conclusions.Only in this way is it possible to objectively reflect the present-day realities.


The masticatory space abscess caused by the acupuncture is a rare condition. A 27-year-old Korean man presented right buccal and submandibular space abscess induced by the acupuncture during his treatment of the temporomandibular disorder. The case was presented with review of literatures.


C11H12Cl2N4OZn, triclinic, P1 (no. 2), a = 7.487(2) Å, b = 8.604(2) Å, c = 11.952(2) Å, * = 69.13(3)°, ) = 80.47(3)°, & = 84.03(3)°, V = 708.6 Å, Z = 2, Rgt(F) = 0.048, wRref(F ) = 0.167, T = 296 K. Source of material A solution of the 3-[3-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]propanamide ligand (0.0432 g, 0.2 mmol) in acetonitrile (15 ml) was added dropwise to a solution of ZnCl2 (0.0272 g, 0.2 mmol) in methanol (10 ml) in a 50 ml beaker. The mixture was stirred for 30 min at 323 K, then filtered. The resulted solution was kept at room temperature. Colorless block-shaped single crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction were obtained after two weeks (yield 25 % based on Zn). Elemental analysis — found: C, 37.59 %; H, 3.21 %; Cl, 20.26 %; N, 15.97 %; Zn, 18.69 %; calculated for C11H12Cl2N4OZn: C, 37.84 %; H, 3.43 %; Cl, 20.11 %; N, 15.89 %; Zn, 18.55 %. Discussion In recent years, 3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazole-based ligands have been found for a wide range of application in coordination chemistry, because they can act as bridging or chelating ligands and exhibit a series of intriguing structures and potential applications as functional materials [1,2]. Nowadays, much attention has been focused on the synthetic approach and the structural control of coordination architectures [3,4]. The synthesis and crystallographic description of the 3-[3-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1yl]propan-amide ligand were first put forward in our laboratory [5], but its coordination complexes with metals have not been yet reported. In the title complex, the dihedral angle between pyrazole and pyridine ring is 2.8(4)°, and the torsion angle of N3–C6–C7–C8 is 176.7(6)°. The Zn(II) centre is four-coordinated by two N atoms from one 3-(3-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)propanamide ligand and two Cl atoms. The complexes are interconnected into a three-dimensional supermolecular network through intermolecular N–H···O and N–H···Cl hydrogen bonds. The crystal structure is also stabilized by slipped ,-, stacking interactions between the N2–N3–C6–C5–C4 and the N4–C11–C10–C9– C8–C7 rings with centroid-to-centroid distance of 3.626(1) Å and interplanar distance of 3.474(1) Å. Z. Kristallogr. NCS 226 (2011) 221-222 / DOI 10.1524/ncrs.2011.0102 221 © by Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, München Crystal: colorless block, size 0.06 × 0.18 × 0.38 mm Wavelength: Mo Kα radiation (0.71073 Å) -: 21.06 cm−1 Diffractometer, scan mode: Rigaku R-AXIS RAPID, % 2+max: 54.92° N(hkl)measured, N(hkl)unique: 6977, 3219 Criterion for Iobs, N(hkl)gt: Iobs > 2 ((Iobs), 1936 N(param)refined: 173 Programs: SHELXS-97, SHELXL-97 [6] Table 1. Data collection and handling. H(1A) 2i −0.0132 1.3687 0.4656 0.071 H(1B) 2i 0.0804 1.2128 0.4535 0.071 H(2A) 2i 0.4361 1.2091 0.4441 0.064 H(2B) 2i 0.3303 1.0918 0.5637 0.064 H(3A) 2i 0.6153 1.1364 0.5978 0.063 H(3B) 2i 0.5716 1.3291 0.5539 0.063 H(4A) 2i 0.4816 1.4306 0.7348 0.065 H(5A) 2i 0.3436 1.3059 0.9488 0.059 H(8A) 2i 0.1825 1.0740 1.1305 0.067 H(9A) 2i 0.0545 0.8483 1.2852 0.079 H(10A) 2i 0.0335 0.6055 1.2488 0.082 H(11A) 2i 0.1416 0.5908 1.0599 0.068 Table 2. Atomic coordinates and displacement parameters (in Å). Atom Site x y z Uiso


Excerpt Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy associated with cyanotic congenital heart disease is a rare, poorly understood, but well-documented entity. Trever (1) reported 2 cases in 1958 and cited an in...


Abstract Freshwater sculpins (Cottidae) are a diverse and ecologically important component of cool- and coldwater ecosystems throughout the northern hemisphere. More than 60 sculpin species occur in a variety of habitats, and sculpin distributions range from highly localized to widespread. Despite the frequently high biomass of sculpins and their numerous ecosystem functions, the traditional fisheries management emphasis on sport fishes has led to a general neglect of small-bodied, nongame fishes, such as sculpins, in both research and management. Ironically, in many coldwater ecosystems, salmonids are used as umbrella species to conserve and protect all aquatic vertebrates; however, many management and conservation goals may be better met by focusing on sculpins. This module arose from a symposium entitled "Ecology and Phylogeny of Freshwater and Diadromous Sculpin," which was held at the 2005 annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society in Anchorage, Alaska, and which brought together researchers st...


While the wave theory affords a useful means of revising geometrical optics it is not a suitable starting point. A pupil should use the same sign conventions throughout his school career; later, when more adaptable, he will not find much difficulty in making a change if that is found to be necessary. Experiments in which the images of luminous sources are projected on to screens by means of mirrors and lenses are to be preferred to experiments by the unconvincing pin methods.


Objective To find an easy and effective method for primary culture and purification of microglia cells.Methods Based on classical microglia primary culture method of McCarthy,improvement like elevation of primary inoculation density,decreace of centrifugal filtration frequency and nutrition deprivation were applied.In the later purification phase of cell culture,three sub-groups such as mechanical separation group,low-concentration enzyme digestion group and lidocaine separation group,were parally operated and cultured.Morphologic changes and cell count under the same magnified field of scope were recorded.Microglia cells were identified and appraised by immunofluorescence mediated by CD68 and OX42 antibodies.Results High puritification quality and quantity of miroglia cells were acquired in all there groups,while the best was lidocaine separation group,followed by low-concentration enzyme digestion group and mechanical separation group.Conclusions During the primary culture of microglia cells,lidocaine separation and low-concentration enzyme digestion can effectively raise the productivity and puritification quality,especially the former.


Department of Physics, 104 Davey Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802(February 1, 2008)A major obstacle toward a quantitative verification, by comparison to experiment, of the theory ofthe excitations of the fractional quantum Hall effect has been the lack of a proper understandingof disorder. We circumvent this problem by studying the neutral magneto-roton excitations, whoseenergy is expected to be largely insensitive to disorder. The calculated energies of the roton at1/3, 2/5 and 3/7 fillings of the lowest Landau level are in good agreement with those measuredexperimentally.PACS numbers:71.10.Pm,73.40.Hm


Filtration and flow in micro/nano-channels and traffic flow are examples of processes subject to blocking when the channel conveying the particles becomes too crowded. We propose here a concurrent flow model where particles enter a channel randomly. If at any time two particles are simultaneously present in the channel, blockage occurs. We obtain the exact solution for the survival probability, the distribution of the number of particles that pass before blockage, the instantaneous flux exiting the channel and the statistics of trapped particles. We then obtain the exact solution of a counterflow model with two opposing Poisson streams. There is no restriction on the number of particles passing in the same direction, but blockage occurs if, at any time, two opposing particles are simultaneously present in the passage.


Computer instruction can offer particular benefits to the Indian child. Computer use emphasizes the visual facets of learning, teaches language based skills needed for higher education and careers, and provides types of instruction proven effective with Indian children, such as private self-testing and cooperative learning. The Hupa, Yurok, Karuk, and Tolowa tribes have found a cooperative learning methodology effective in teaching reading and writing, and have developed a computer curriculum for cooperative learning. These tribes have installed their own phonetic alphabet, Unifon, on the Macintosh computer, and have produced bilingual instructional materials. In one project, part of a bilingual field experience for teacher credential candidates, students in grades 3 through 8 used the computer to produce bilingual natural history dictionaries in Hupa/English and Yurok/English. Working in teams of two or three, students wrote what they knew about particular plants and animals, translated their sentences into English, and designed page layouts. Older children served as role models for younger children, who could feel more comfortable about their contributions, knowing they were making guided choices. The teacher served as supervisor and resource. The Macintosh computer has the unique capacity of installing extra fonts, sets of characters. Any software program with a font menu can be used to write a bilingual text. This paper includes a list of Macintosh software programs, identifying skill areas and educational level for each. 14 references. (SV) ******Y.***************************************<************************ Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH COMPUTERS A Method for American Indian Bilingual Classrooms


Ischemic preconditioning is a protective phenomenon, by which brief ischemic stimuli in a vascular bed are able to counteract the damage from a longer subsequent ischemia. Preconditioning may also confer protection from ischemia to distal tissues and organs. In this case, ischemic preconditioning is known as remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC). RIPC can be safely and easily reproduced in clinical settings. Indeed, over the past years, its protective actions have been tested in various clinical settings, including cardiac surgery and elective percutaneous coronary interventions. However, translational studies on RIPC have provided conflicting results on reduction of mortality. Recently, studies in humans have investigated the effects of RIPC on coronary circulation, showing that RIPC could have a protective effect on coronaries. This recent area of research may offer innovative insights for designing translational studies on RIPC, unveiling new mechanisms by which RIPC protects the heart. The aims of the present manuscript are to summarize the available clinical evidence on RIPC efficacy for cardioprotection and to review studies assessing the effects of RIPC on coronary circulation in humans.


The teaching effects of theoretical PE course at different time and place were studied with 265 college students based on the experiments,mathematical statistics and comparative analysis in colleges and universities aiming at exploring the better teaching method of theoretical PE course with Health First as the principle.The results showed that teaching the theoretical parts of PE separately or collectively,in classroom or on the playground,and the different periods during theoretical teaching and practical teaching could all work on the quality and efficiency of theoretical teaching.


Readmission to the surgical intensive care unit was necessary in 105 of 2269 patients (4.6%) who were discharged between 1991 and 1995. Mortality was 20% Cardiopulmonary reasons during the first 72 h after initial discharge were rare [33 patients (1.4%)].


English speaking skills are considered the most important necessity to master because of the primary mode of international communication. The majority of learners find it challenging to be fluent in these skills due to ineffective strategies. This study investigated the English-speaking strategies employed by first-year English major students at Hanoi Law University in the 2nd term of the academic year 2021-2022. The study used a descriptive quantitative method with a researcher-made questionnaire for 68 respondents via the active Google link. The results revealed that students did not identify effective strategies for improving their speaking skills. They should be equipped with advanced strategies involving how to improve their speaking skills effectively. This study would help school administrators adjust their program objectives and teaching outcomes to amend their existing programs, teachers change their pedagogical practices, and suggest to students some efficient English-speaking strategies.


The complexes between borazine and TH 3 F/F 2 TO/H 2 TO (T = C, Si, Ge) are investigated with high-level quantum chemical calculations. Borazine has three sites of negative electrostatic potential: the N atom, the ring center, and the H atom of the B H bond, whereas TH 3 F and F 2 TO/H 2 TO provide the σ -hole and π -hole, respectively, for the tetrel bond. The N atom of borazine is the favored site for both the σ and π -hole tetrel bonds. Less-stable dimers include a σ -tetrel bond to the borazine ring center and to the BH proton. The π -hole tetrel-bonded complexes are more strongly bound than are their σ -hole counterparts. Due to the coexistence of both T (cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1) N tetrel and B (cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1) O triel bonding, the complexes of borazine with F 2 TO/H 2 TO (T = Si and Ge) are very stable, with interaction energies up to − 108 kcal/mol. The strongly bonded complexes are accompanied by substantial net charge transfer from F 2 TO/H 2 TO to borazine.


So far we considered several computational resources: time, space, nondeterminism and nonuniformity. Now we turn to study randomness. Randomness is a useful mechanism that often simplifies algorithms for many problems. First, we formally define the model of a randomized Turing machine. A randomized Turing machine is a Turing machine which allows to "toss coins" during the computation. There are two equivalent ways to formalize this notion. The first is an implicit definition, where we assume that the TM has two transition functions δ1, δ2 instead of just one, and at each step it uses one of them randomly and uniformly. The other definition, which is sometimes easier to argue about, is an explicit definition. We assume that the randomness is given on a separate "random tape", which is filled with random bits. The random tape is read-only, and the head on the random tape can only move to the right. This means that each random bit can only by read once. Let M be a randomized TM, which for simplicity we assume outputs one bit, 1 (accept) or 0 (reject). Given an input x, we denote by M(x) ∈ {0, 1} the output of the TM, which is a random variable. We say that M decides a language L ⊂ {0, 1}∗ if the following holds for all inputs x ∈ {0, 1}∗:


A high-pressure small-displacement skid-mounted additive feeding device is applied to feeding additives in oilfield water injection wells. An outlet of an additive feeding tank is connected with an inlet of a metering pump via a pipeline, a Y-shaped filter is connected onto the pipeline between the additive feeding tank and the metering pump, an outlet of the metering pump is connected with a high-pressure pipe gathering port via a pipeline, pipelines arranged at the inlet and outlet ends of the metering pump are respectively connected with throttling gate valves, the pipeline at the outlet end of the metering pump is connected with a pressure gauge, three to twelve sub pipelines are connected onto a high-pressure manifold in parallel, and each sub pipeline is connected with a throttling gate valve and a flow meter. The high-pressure small-displacement skid-mounted additive feeding device has the advantages that a frequency conversion control cabinet and the high-precision flow meters accurately control injection flow, and the requirement of small-displacement additive feeding on high-pressure pipelines is met. In addition, the high-pressure small-displacement skid-mounted additive feeding device can be used for injecting liquid with viscosity within 800cp, and is applicable to injection on high-pressure pipelines in surfactant + polymer binary combination flooding recovery ratio increasing tests.


The present study basically analyzes the Left and Right Wing ideologies in Pakistani English newspapers regarding Osama Bin Laden's death and PNS Mehran base attack. The study conducts the content analysis of the editorials of two Pakistani English newspapers; the Daily Dawn and the Daily Nation from 3 rd May, 2011 to 3 rd June, 2011. Editorials have the potential to shape opinion, create reality and convey ideologies. In order to investigate the issues this study explore the ideologies in the discourse through certain levels of analysis as social analysis, cognitive analysis and particularly discourse analysis which consists syntactic structure, lexicon, global and local semantics and rhetorical structures of the discourse by using van Dijk's model(1993) of critical discourse analysis. For this purpose both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis were used. Finally it brings the results that editorial writers construct reality, advance the ideologies of the in-group and are influenced by their own ideological leanings and those of the newspaper owner. The analysis of selected 20 editorials from both the dailies reveals that editorials cannot be treated as objective opinion pieces but as representative dominant ideologies. Keywords: Osama Bin Laden, PNS Mehran attack, US, Pakistani defense, Intelligence failure, Military, Taliban, Newspaper editorials.


Through her harrowing yet hope-filled novels, author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova gives a human face to debilitating neurological conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and autism. Her bestselling debut novel, Still Alice, inspired an Oscar-winning feature film, and her new book, Inside the O'Briens, examines the devastating impact of Huntington's disease on one man and his family. Lisa speaks with Maureen Eppen about finding grace amid adversity.


This report is on the morphological and molecular biological identification, using 18S‐ and ITS1‐rDNA sequences, of the "space fungi" isolated on board the Russian Mir‐Space Station as the major constituents of the fungal flora. The six fungal strains were isolated from air by using an air sampler or from condensation. Strains were identified as Penicillium chrysogenum, Aspergillus versicolor, or Penicillium sp. by both methods. The species of space fungi were common saprophytic fungi in our living environment, potential pathogens, and allergens. This study concluded that the environment on board the space station Mir allows the growth of potentially pathogenic fungi as true in residential areas on the earth. Therefore, to prevent infection or other health disorders caused by these fungi, easy and reliable methods should be established to survey the fungal flora in a space station.


While working on the description and documentation of a minority language, the researcher faces the practical task of defi ning its vitality status. This article is devoted to our experience of solving this problem. At the beginning, we give a brief overview of the concept of vitality and various scales that exist for the classifi cation of languages according to this parameter. Particular attention is paid to the ELCat scale, the use of which is shown on the example of Bezhta (the Bezhta proper dialect), Northern Selkup, Evenki and Khakas languages. We describe some controversial points in the ELCat methods and propose an adjustment for some of them in accordance with the specifi cs of the languages in question. For example, since the level of language vitality can be diff erent in diff erent communities, we estimate vitality level separately for each of them. In addition, a specifi cation of the values of the parameters "intergenerational transmission of language" and "the ratio of the number of speakers and ethnic group" is introduced. In the fi nal part of the article, we discuss general problems arising in determining the vitality level of languages associated with the sources of original data.


The use of Inertial Navigational System (INS) has been proven to be suitable for vehicular stability and control. The same system can be used for inertial based navigation in the absence of GPS. In this paper, the problem of obtaining good attitude estimates from low cost sensors used for car navigation in the absence of GPS data is discussed. The states to be estimated are using angular velocity and linear accleration signals obtained from the sets of gyros and accelerometers of the INS. The special orthogonal group, the SO(3)-based complementary filters, have been used as the estimators as they are most suited for embedded systems to generate highly efficient algorithms for navigation. The INS has also been integrated with a set of magnetometers to assist in achieving global navigation. This integration requires kinematics equations as well as the inclusion of the gyro and accelerometer calibration and filtering. By using the quatronion representation, not only highly compact algorithms for integration can be generated, but it can also estimate and remove the effects of other biases and misalignments caused by, for instance, inaccurate installations and inherent sensors problems. The results obtained through simulation indicate better performance then Kalman filter approach as well as iterative recursive least square approach even with low grade sensors. The results are comparable with attitude estimation using roll index but with much less computations and better performance.


The design of the Crew-Lock antenna for the Russian communication and data system [for the International Space Station] was challenging, because it is enclosed in a conducting shell. In addition, the electromagnetic-field distribution within the Crew Lock is highly constrained by the lowest one or two normal modes of the structure. Two kinds of antennas were investigated to address the requirements: a half loop and a loaded patch. Computer modeling of these approaches was done by the finite-element and moment methods, respectively. The loop antenna underwent extensive scale-model testing, and some full-scale tests at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The patch antenna was eliminated during the full-scale tests. The final design is the "towel-bar" loop, which performs the additional function of a handrail for astronauts during the ingress and egress for extra-vehicular activity (EVA).


This article explores respectively Mrs.Dalloway's and Septimus Smith's defense mechanisms in Mrs.Dalloway.Either Mrs.Dalloway or Septimus Smith mainly resorts unconsciously to defenses like repression and isolation discharged by fantasies or images they create and memories.Their causes of repression and isolation are analyzed in this article as the traumatic female development in Clarissa's case and the scathing war experience in Smith's case.Besides this article especially elaborates on Septimus' death and Clarissa's life,which can be seen as defenses owing to the contamination of drives and defenses in Freudian theory.


Acknowledgements "Introduction: The Holocaust and Identity Politics" 1. "Cosmopolitanizing the Holocaust: From the Eichmann Trial to Identity Politics" 2. "Considering Holocaust Uniqueness: From Hebrew Peoplehood to the Americanization of Memory" 3. "Colonialism, Genocide, and Indigenous Rights: America, Australia, and New Zealand" 4. "Uncle Sam's Willing Executioners? Indigenous Genocide and Representation in the United States" 5. "Australia: Aboriginal Genocide and the Holocaust" 6. "Indigenous History Through the Prism of the Holocaust: New Zealand Maori" 7. "The Armenian Genocide: The Politics of Recognition and Denial" 8. "The Armenian Genocide and Contemporary Holocaust Scholarship" 9. "Nanking, The Chinese Holocaust, and Japanese Atomic Victim Exceptionalism" 10. "Serbs, Croats, and the Dismemberment of Yugoslavia: War and Genocide in the Twentieth Century" 11. "Serbophobia and Victimhood: Serbia and the Successor Wars in Yugoslavia" "Conclusions"


Some Gronwall-Bellman-Gamidov type integral inequalities with power nonlinearity and their weakly singular analogues are established, which can give the explicit bound on solution of a class of nonlinear fractional integral equations. An example is presented to show the application for the qualitative study of solutions of a fractional integral equation with the Riemann-Liouville fractional operator.


According to various embodiments, the forwarding control method for an electronic device having a first number of information, the call is received by the other electronic device having two extensions and / or the forwarding request to the electronic device to the message server, or operations for transmitting to the another electronic device; And the first may include an operation to provide a telephone and / or messages are received in two extensions. In addition, it is capable of other embodiments.


Clouds significantly affect the Earth's radiation budget and play a critical role in atmospheric sulfate formation. The pathways of S(IV) oxidations have recently caused a controversial attention under severe haze episodes due to the variable acidity and water content in aerosol particles. In this study, a total of 158 cloud samples were collected from 2014 to 2018 at the summit of Mt. Tai, China, to explore the roles of atmospheric oxidants in aqueous S(IV) oxidation. The results showed that the averaged pH value of cloud water increased dramatically from 3.86 (Guo et al., 2012, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.016) in 2007–2008, ~5.5 in 2014, to ~6.4 in 2018, respectively, while water soluble secondary ions (SO42−, NO3− and NH4+) and S(IV) decreased significantly. The four pathways of S(IV) oxidation by O3, H2O2, NO2, and trace metal‐catalyzed autooxidation were further discussed, and the roles in S(IV) oxidation pathways were found changing significantly with pH value in clouds. The rate of H2O2 pathway contributed about 95.8% for S(IV) oxidation when pH was less than 4.0. For pH around 5.0, the rate of O3 pathway became comparable with the H2O2 pathway, and it accounted more than 95.2% for the total S(IV) oxidation rate when pH was larger than 6.0. Based on the long‐term field measurement, this study indicated that the high concentration of O3 and the increasing trend of pH promoted a shift of the dominant S(IV) oxidation from H2O2 pathway in a previous study (Shen et al., 2012, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.079) to O3 pathway in clouds.


Abstract From its inception the European Community had a civil aim: the need to stimulate a European civil consciousness. Viewed as a pre-condition for the popular acceptance of increased European integration, this provided the rationale for the Community's public communication policy of 1951–1967. The Community pursued this civil aim through two distinct public communication approaches: popularist (1951–1962) and opinion leader led (1963–1967). We contend that the way the Community undertook its public communication policy cannot be understood without considering the Community's civil aim. This leads us to question some of the common views held concerning the significance of European public communication policy from 1951 to 1967.1


The fisheries sector of India provides nutritional security, contributes to the national GOP and provides employment to over 14 million people
(25 percent of whom belong to the poor, backward , and tribal community).lt generates over Rs 8,000 crores worth of foreign exchange.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the value of improvisation training, as used in schools of acting, in preparing front‐stage service employees perform their roles when interacting with customers as cabin crew in Aer Arann, a regional Irish airline.Design/methodology/approach – To discern the relevance and impact of improvisation training, a case study methodology was employed. The subjects of the investigation were seven recently hired cabin crew personnel for Aer Arann. Data for the case study were collected from the new hires at three different times.Findings – The study shows that participants both enjoyed the improvisation training and found it to be very valuable as preparation for their roles in the airline. A key finding was that the new hires strongly recommended that improvisation training be incorporated into the airline's regular induction training programme. Specifically, participants felt the improvisation training improved their confidence, effectiveness, ability to adapt, s...


Photoinduced water-splitting on hematite (Fe(2)O(3)) is investigated by first-principles calculations. (HO)(3)-Fe-H(3)O(3)-R, (HO)(3)-Fe-O(3)-R, O(3)-Fe-O(3)-R, (HO)(3)-Fe-R and O(3)-R terminations are considered, where R represents the bulk stacking sequence. The stability under photoelectrochemical conditions and the free energy of all reaction intermediates in a simple one-electron transfer reaction mechanism is calculated and the ability of different surface terminations to function as a photoanode is analyzed. Our results show that (i) under relevant photoelectrochemical conditions only O(3)-Fe-O(3)-R and O(3)-R are stable and that (ii) the water-oxidation is only allowed on (HO)(3)-Fe-H(3)O(3)-R, (HO)(3)-Fe-O(3)-R, O(3)-Fe-O(3)-R from thermodynamic considerations. The results suggest that hematite, as long as the (HO)(3)-Fe-H(3)O(3)-R termination is present under normal conditions, is a promising candidate for the photoanode.


Coupling effect of flexoelectricity with piezoelectricity has been proved to effectively harvest mechanical energy. Herein, a composition-graded core-shell structure (HAP@FAP) was prepared by surface gradient F-doping in hydroxyapatite, which could...


We discuss bending and torsional vibration control of the 6-stories flexible structure. In the case where they consider structural control like high rise building, it is required to design a controller to have good control performance and simple designing for cutting down on personnel. So, we apply sliding mode control that is nonlinear robust control theory. Adopting this theory, control system design becomes very easy, and it takes too short time to design. However this controller is done by state feedback in general way, and it is difScult to do. Because it's few cases that sensors are placed in all stories. For this, sliding mode controller should be designed with output feedback, so we designed two output feedback sliding mode controller by using minimum error excitation method. The first is constructed by only nonlinear control inputs, and the second is done linear and nonlinear input. And, we investigated their performance using such controllers with numerical simulations and experiments. Consequently, we explain design methods and control system design constraints, and characteristics for flexible structural control.


On October 23, 1983, at around 6:20 a.m., there was a suicide attack against the U.S. Marine battalion in Beirut. A lorry-van loaded with an estimated four thousand pounds of explosives was driven and exploded inside the military headquarters, killing 260 American marines and resulting in the withdrawal of the multinational force from Lebanon. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. Later, it was revealed that a security camera had captured the truck crashing through the perimeter fence into the entrance lobby. After routine technical treatment, the experts managed to recover, and subsequently released to the media, the face of the driver seconds before he detonated the explosives. The look of that face was very unexpected, and for some deeply shocking. The driver was smiling.1 Poetic death, maimed corpses, disabled bodies, a cinematic relic, and a mesmerizing sign were the parting gifts of our brotherin-arms. Mementos of a security mess, loaded with the heavy burden of a tragic event and armed with their own mind-blowing expositions. The driver's haunting smile - no longer his - is ours to interpret. It has already been seen to invoke a variety of conditions: the heroic defiance of extraordinary faith; the blissful martyrdom of the blessed; the irrationalism and fanaticism of Islamic militancy; the psychological state of high narcotic consumption. But as a visual narrative not reduced to self-evident storytelling, it surpasses the conventional dichotomies of us/ them, religious/ secular, Christian/Islamic, Eastern/Western, rational/irrational, and psychological/praxeological. This snapshot of the other face of incarnated terror, riding unsafely but secure in its mission, captures a picture that remains ever-ambivalent, both sublime and dangerous, beautiful and violent. It is eminent that someone can approach certain death with such serenity and peace of mind; it is alarming that


In the present work, Eudragit RS 100 films were prepared and evaluated as rate controlling membrane for t ransdermal dr ug del iver y sy st ems. Acet one-met hanol ( 8: 2) , chlor oform-met hanol ( 8: 2) , dichloromethane-methanol (8:2) and ethyl acetate-methanol (8:2) were used as solvents in the preparation of films. Dibutyl phthalate at a concentration of 15% w/w of the polymer was used as a plasticizer in the preparation films. The casting solvent technique was found to be giving thin uniform films. The dry films were evaluated for Physical appearance, Thickness uniformity, Folding endurance, Water Vapour Transmission, Drug diffusion and Permeabilit y Coefficient . Both Water vapour t ransmission and Drug diffusion rate followed zero order kinet ics. The mechanism of drug release was governed by peppas model. The diffusion exponent of release profiles (slope) has a value of n>1, which indicates non-analmous t ranspor t diffusion. The results obtained in the present study thus indicated that the solvents used in the preparation of films have been shown significant influence on the water vapour transmission, drug diffusion and permeability of the films. Eudragit RS 100 films employed with ethyl acetate:methanol in 8:2 ratio as casting solvent yielded low area of patch with desired release rate for both drugs .


The invention discloses a method for identifying male silk of mulberry silkworm, and belongs to the technical field of silk production of textile engineering. The method comprises the following steps of: degumming tested silk to obtain pure silk fibroin and preparing into a powdery sample; testing content values of three amino acids, i.e., tyrosine, methionine and aspartic acid, in the sample in the unit of milligram/milliliter; obtaining chi-square X2 by using a chi-square test method based on the content values of the three amino acids in the silk fibroin of the standard male silk; and judging the tested silk as the male silk if X2 is less than 4.61 under the condition of significance level alpha being equal to 0.10. The content values of the three amino acids in the silk fibroin of the silk are used as a judgment basis; the chi-square test is adopted for processing; and the method is simple and convenient, has an accurate result and has a positive effect on promotion of high-grade male silk and products thereof on domestic and foreign markets.


Iran's oil industry was developed around the country. Environmental Impact Assessment of oil refineries in Iran is based on the evaluation of environmental impacts reports, field study assessments, environmental monitoring and decision-making process. Recognition of environmental damages, identifying the effects of economic, social and cultural conditions, use of the public opinions in the process of decision-making of the project, identify problems that lead to  environmental damages due to the projects; prediction of important environmental impacts, identifying and evaluating the environmental effects of projects before, during and after the implementation. Balance between short and long term goals of developing the oil refineries in line with environmental protection, design software models to assess environmental impact of oil refineries in Iran, according to operational needs in the region. In this case Tehran oil refinery was selected as case study. In Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of this study economical, environmental, land use and social parameters were considered in the EIA plan. By using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Geographic Information System (GIS) 1024 maps were provided for EIA. Then the maps were overlaid on together final result of EIA maps in four parameters obtained based on the study plan for EIA of oil refineries in Iran.


The invention provides a high temperature synthetic furnace system for a compound, and a using method of the system. The high temperature synthetic furnace system comprises a chassis, a bell jar, an electrode, a gas inlet pipe orifice, an exhaust pipe orifice, a reaction container, a heater and a thermal insulation screen, wherein the bell jar is arranged on the chassis; the electrode is arranged on the chassis; the gas inlet pipe orifice and the exhaust pipe orifice are formed on the chassis; the reaction container, i.e. a crucible, is arranged in a reaction vessel formed by the bell jar and the chassis; the heater is arranged outside the crucible; the heater is connected with the electrode; the thermal insulation screen is arranged on the periphery and at the top of the heater. The high temperature synthetic furnace system is suitable for producing a high-purity compound material which needs to be pressurized and heated, can enable production operation to be automatic, convenient and rapid and has a safe and reliable production process, purity can be ensured, and the conversion rate of products is improved, so that production cost is reduced.


This article introduces some methods about ASP to connect Data Base,Furthermore,it discusses the ADO technology of the Microsoft Corporation.All this is important for the maintenance of data.


" The increasing accuracy requirements in many of today's simulation tasks in science and engineering more and more often entail the need to take into account more than one physical effort. Among the most important and, with respect to both modelling and computational issues, most challenging of such 'multiphysics' problems are FluidStructure Interactions (FSI), i.e. interactions of some movable or deformable elastic structure with an internal or surrounding fluid flow" ([3], p. V). In order to be able to tackle such problems, effective and efficient simulation programs are needed. Here we present the Peano Geometry Sophisticated Interface (PeGSI), which acts as a geometry interface and a decoupling layer between a fluid and a structure solver. The final objective is to be able to simulate the drift ratchet phenomenon described in [4]. PeGSI is a BGCE honours project: The Bavarian Graduate School of Computational Engineering offers an honours program funded by the Elite Network of Bavaria to promote highly qualified students. Part of the program's curriculum is extensive project work. These honours projects are usually run by small groups of students and last six up to eight months (http://www.bgce.de).


The main goal of this research is to present the history of revolution and the bravery and bravery of the people in the difficult social scene of the society and to educate children and adolescents about this important achievement and active participation of teens in different fields and their fate. Another purpose of this research is to express the components of sustainability, including sacrifice, martyrdom, leadership, fight against arrogance and praise of freedom in the works of Ja'far Ebrahimi. In this context, the role of literature, especially the literature of children and adolescents, is not unimportant, since in childhood, children discover life more than any other period, recreate and seek truth in human experience. Since the children's literature is aimed at building human beings and society and literature relied on the past is prospective and has a great role, including preparing the child to know, loving and creating the environment, introducing the child to himself, creating respect for human dignity, and the desire for continuous improvement and the creation and strengthening of peace in the world, it was discussed. Our method in this research in the form of a library and a collection of entries and reviews of Ebrahimi books. The results of this research showed that Ja'far Ebrahimi has used many of the characteristics of persuasive and revolutionary literature in his poems. He loves the province and leadership, and has a key role to play in leading the revolution and victory in the right to fight against falsehood. Mr. Ebrahimi has been asked to integrate the morale of martyrdom in children and adolescents using elements such as freedom, defense of the homeland and the epic of Ashura. By expressing components of the revolution in a childish language, he attempts to preserve and integrate the concepts of revolution and resistance in the future children of this border.


A series of asymmetric semicarbazides were synthesised using 3-coumarin isocyanate, which was prepared from 3-coumarinyl azide by Curtius rearrangement, with acid hydrazides under microwave irradiation using a one-pot procedure. This method has the advantages of mild conditions, easy handling and high yields. The products, which have been characterised by analytical and spectral data, have many medicinal and agrochemical applications.


The invention discloses a kind of relative substance PZB of Alfacalcidol, i.e. 5,7,10 (19) triolefin of (1 α, 3 β, 5Z, 7E) 9,10 open loop ergot steroid, 1,3 glycol, with and preparation method thereof, belong to technical field of pharmaceutical chemistry.The relative substance PZB of the Alfacalcidol of high-purity of the present invention, it can make the contamination levels product in the analysis of Alfacalcidol finished product detection, so as to promote the analysis of Alfacalcidol finished product detection to the accurate positionin of impurity and qualitative, be conducive to strengthen the control to the impurity, and then improve Alfacalcidol final product quality.Method raw material provided by the invention is cheap and easily-available, easy to operate, favorable reproducibility, HPLC purity >=99.5%.


A 32-year-old male presented to Emergency Department with history of severe epigastric pain radiating to the back, recurrent vomiting of 3 days duration, and shortness of breath. Th e patient was managed initially elsewhere with intravenous fl uids and broad spectrum antibiotics. On examination patient had tachycardia (pulse rate 150 bpm), tachypnea (respiratory rate 38/min) and a blood pressure of 130/80 mmHg. Examination of the abdomen revealed generalized distention of the abdomen with erythema in the left fl ank (Fig. 1) suggestive of Grey Turner's sign. Th e area was tender to touch and had raised local temperature. Bowel sounds were absent. Serum amylase and lipase were elevated and contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen performed on day 5 revealed non enhancing pancreas (>50% necrosis, computed tomography severity index 10/10) and extra-pancreatic necrosis tracking down both the pararenal spaces into the pelvis (Fig. 2 A,B). Th e site where the Grey Turner's sign was seen exactly correlated with the site of extrapancreatic necrosis on imaging. Th e patient was shift ed to the Intensive Care Unit, started on intravenous fl uids, antibiotics, analgesics and put on mechanical ventilation due to severe hypoxemia. Despite 48 h of intensive therapy, the patient continued to worsen with elevated total leukocyte count and high-grade fever. Th erefore, a pigtail was inserted into the lesser sac collection which drained hemorrhagic fl uid (Fig. 3). Despite all eff orts, the patient went into refractory shock and could not be revived.Grey Turner's sign was described by a British surgeon for the fi rst time in 1920 in a patient of acute pancreatitis [1]. Th is sign is nonspecifi c for acute pancreatitis and has been described in retroperitoneal hemorrhage secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma, trauma, perirenal hematoma, and portal hypertension [2,3]. Th e Grey-Turner's sign is produced by spread of the pancreatic infl ammation from the anterior pararenal space between the posterior renal fascia and subsequently to the lateral edge of the quadratus lumborum muscle [4]. Th e skin signs of acute pancreatitis are rare, but, if present, they confer a poor prognosis, as in our case [5].


This paper examined the co-movement and causality between oil price and inflation using monthly data spanning between January 2007 and March 2020. The study employed the wavelet coherence techniques which are a new technique in economics and finance to verify the co-movement and causality simultaneously. Additionally, Granger and Toda Yamamoto?s causality tests were deployed as a robustness check for the wavelet coherence techniques. Findings from the wavelet coherence technique reveal; (a) positive co-movement between the inflation and oil price between 2014M2 and 2017M1 at scale 4-8; (b) there is evidence of causality from oil price to inflation. Wavelet coherence technique revealed unidirectional causality running from oil price to inflation which is also confirmed by the Granger and Toda Yamamoto causality tests. To the author?s understanding, no studies concerning oil price and inflation nexus in the case of Nigeria have deployed this technique. Based on these findings, recommendations were put forward.


Multi-sensor fusion techniques have been widely used for target and object recognition, but are relatively unheard of in the speech processing community. Multi-sensor fusion deals with the combination of complementary, and sometimes contradictory, sensor data into a reliable estimate of the environment to achieve a sum which is better than the parts. Rome Laboratory developed a tactical speaker recognition algorithm which incorporates both feature and classifier fusion. The strategy is to exploit the fact that different classifies err in different ways and multiple features, like multiple sensors, can improve recognition performance over the performance of any one feature set (or even a composite feature set). The feature sets used are LPC cepstra, Hamming liftered cepstra, RASTA liftered cepstra, and delta cepstra. Each feature set is used to train separate classifiers: K Nearest Neighbor, Hypersphere, Multilayer Perceptron and Vector Quantization classifiers. This paper details experiments whereby the results of each feature and classifier pair are fused using two different methods: a simple voting scheme (or majority strategy) and a weighted voting scheme. Results are quoted on a simulated data set and the Rome Laboratory Greenflag tactical database.


The phenomenon of social pressure on the behaviour of individuals has always played a critical role in most areas of society, and affects the outcome of important events. In fact, in many situations each single individual is encouraged by social pressure to make decisions which, although against their own inclinations, conform to the expectations of the group they are in, thus looking to avoid disapproval and being judged. In briefly introducing the influence of social forces, it is important to note that this phenomenon is rarely clearly defined, due to the wide range of processes which it covers. Therefore many social psychologists have decided to use an 'open' definition on the basis of which research into the influence of social forces is an analysis of the ways in which an individual's or a group's mental processes, emotions, decisions and behaviour is modified according to the presence, literal or symbolic, of other individuals or groups.


The United States has properly identified East Africa and the Horn as the region in Sub-Saharan Africa most threatened by indigenous and international terrorism. This part of the continent also stands out for the number of internal and regional conflicts that it has experienced in recent decades. The following analysis looks generally at the role of local conflict, corruption, Islam, and other factors that contribute to acts of terrorism. It then offers a country by country summary and concludes with some comments on US counter-terrorism policy in the region and suggestions for the future.


This essay tries to examine some aspects of the political attitudes of Catholics in Scotland as they have developed in the last 100 years. Some of these aspects have been discussed or touched on in articles and books which have appeared over the last thirty or forty years most notably in J. E. Handley's The Irish in Modern Scotland (1947).1 These have, in the main and quite properly, tried to assess Catholic political reactions in such terms as the effect of the Irish Home Rule struggle


Fractions of milk lipids representing the phospholipid protein complex (fat globule membrane material from buttermilk (FGM I), and from butter serum (FGM II), the true fat (butteroil), and the intact milk fat globules (dialyzed cream) were allowed to autoxidize in systems composed of distillated water or milk serum or occasionally pH 6.60 phosptiate buffer. The effect of the following factors was investigated: (1) copper ion alone, ascorbic acid alone and copper ion plus ascorbic acid (2) sul-phydryl groups (L-cysteine), whole casein and K-casein (3) synthetic and naturally occurring antioxidants (NDGA and α-tocopherol). The autoxidative behavior of these milk lipid fractions was dependent on the particular fraction used and the nature and composition of the aqueous system into which it was dispersed. Copper ion alone and ascorbic acid alone, catalyzed oxidized flavor development by the fat globule membrane and dialyzed cream. Copper ion plus ascorbic acid gave the highest oxidized flavor intensity with fat globule membrane material. Copper ion from various salts gave variable catalytic power indicating that the catalytic power of copper ion in milk serum is dependent on the dominant kinds of cuprous salt complexes. The lowest oxidation intensities were given by the butteroil. The fat globule membrane from buttermilk (FGM I)? differed very significantly in its oxidative behavior in comparison to that from butter serum (FGM II). Generally FGM II gave much higher oxidation rates and intensities than FGM I. L-cysteine, whole casein, K-casein, NDGA and α-tocopherol behaved either as antioxidatants or pro-oxidants depending on the milk lipid fractions in question and the aqueous medium used. The reason for such behavior is discussed. THE AUTOXIDATIVE BEHAVIOR OF MILK LIPID FRACTIONS IN SYSTEMS OF CONTROLLED COMPOSITION by


To improve maize yield in China, multiple herbicides have been simultaneously applied to control more weeds. However, this combined application raises concerns about potential residues and their subsequent risks to human health. Therefore, evaluating the residues and dietary risk of new herbicide formulations is critical for the sustainability of maize production.Using UHPLC-MS/MS, we developed quick methods for the determination of residues of mesotrione, nicosulfuron, atrazine and its four metabolites with acceptable accuracy and precision. The limits of quantification (LOQs) were 0.01 mg/kg for mesotrione and atrazine-desethyl-desopropyl, and 0.005 mg/kg for nicosulfuron, atrazine, 6-deisopropyl atrazine, 2 hydroxyatrazine, and deethylatrazine. Field trials were conducted at 12 different locations in China. And the risk quotient (RQ) model was used to evaluate the chronic risk of residues of these herbicides.The residues of straw samples were in the ranges of <0.01 mg/kg for mesotrione, <0.005–0.010 mg/kg for nicosulfuron, and <0.037–0.254 mg/kg for accumulated atrazine. In green straw, the observed ranges were <0.01 mg/kg for mesotrione, <0.005–0.007 mg/kg for nicosulfuron, and <0.037–0.211 mg/kg for accumulated atrazine. Meanwhile, for both green and fully-grown maize, residues were <0.01 mg/kg for mesotrione, <0.005 mg/kg for nicosulfuron, and <0.037 mg/kg for accumulated atrazine. And all RQ values of green and fully-grown maize were below 100%.Based on the RQ model, the dietary risk of exposure to three herbicides through maize was acceptable by consumers. This study helps guide the rational use of mesotrione, nicosulfuron and atrazine to ensure the safe production of maize and our human health.


This purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of service quality, product quality, and price on customer satisfaction of Credit Serba Bisa at PD. BPR BKK Kota Semarang Period June 2019. This research is a causal applied quantitative research. The types of data used in this study are primary and secondary. Methods of data collection using questionnaires, interviews, and observation. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling technique with a sample of 100 respondents. Data testing methods used in this study are validity test, reliability test, normality test, multicollinearity test, heteroscedasticity test, autocorrelation test, multiple linear regression test, F test, t test, test the coefficient of determination R2 which shows can be used to measure customer satisfaction. The analytical method used in this study is multiple linear regression using SPSS 25. The results of the F test show that the quality of service, product quality, and price simultaneously have a significant effect on customer satisfaction on Credit Serba Bisa in PD. BPR BKK Kota Semarang. Furthermore, the t test results showed that service quality, product quality, and price partially had a significant effect on customer satisfaction of Credit Serba Bisa at PD. BPR BKK Kota Semarang.


the system vastly improved and to accept what it produces. Why, however, does regulation not work? Gross and Mauro do not address this question explicitly but the answer, I think, lies in their explanation for their empirical finding of a race of victim effect. The effect is not the result of intense or even conscious prejudice but rather of differential empathy. To impose a death sentence, a jury must be horrified by the murder. Other things equal, they


The objective of this article was to study and analyze for vision of the health security; and also searched for the empirical truth in various dimensions which are public policies that the government has established for people to have the right in healthcare. This will help the population in getting the fairness and being a tool to help those who lack of the opportunity for healthcare services. The results of this assessment showed that there has been efforts to provide health security service to all population with fairness. The healthcare service is utilized as social safety net for those who lack opportunity to get access to health security in order to ensure highest healthcare service coverage, which is one of the policies the government has established. Key words: one health security, social safety net


Traditional restructuring of power markets has focused on legally separating monopolistic transmission and distribution infrastructure, with sufficient regulatory oversight to ensure non-discriminatory access to networks, and transparent and cost-reflective tariffs. There is consensus that ownership separation for transmission assets is beneficial for competition and transparency. However, at the distribution level the benefits are questionable. This paper reviews the theoretical arguments for ownership unbundling and summarises the findings from 23 academic papers and consulting reports. In addition, this paper empirically demonstrates that forced distribution ownership unbundling in New Zealand (from 1998) and the Netherlands (from 2009) did not increase retail competition (and reduced it in New Zealand), did not increase network quality, but did result in significant one-off and structural costs. The pros and cons of DSO ownership unbundling is topical given current policy discussions in Denmark and the more general changes to the operating environment of DSOs with increasingly active networks due to decentralised renewables production and bi-directional power flows. Policymakers should therefore consider alternative policy measures to increase retail competition and network quality.


This paper presents a laboratory for remote automatic control via Internet. This distributed laboratory (DLAB) is located at POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest (PUB). The control architectures are based on advanced communication technologies, distributed measurement systems, and virtual instrumentation. Software agents are assisting the users in performing their activity. The results obtained so far strongly suggest that remote collaborative experimentation mediated by software agents is an efficient and necessary tool of a new era in control engineering. Copyright  2001 IFAC


Fano's theory of configuration interaction has been extended to Jahn-Teller systems. Homogeneous broadening and shift of the zero-phonon lines are directly connected with interlevel spin-orbit interaction and with the density of states of the interacting continuum. Application to MgO: ${\mathrm{V}}^{2+}$ and ${\mathrm{Al}}_{2}$${\mathrm{O}}_{3}$: ${\mathrm{Cr}}^{3+}$ gives excellent agreement between theory and experiment.


The quantity and quality of green open space (RTH) in big cities in Indonesia has decreased and resulted in environmental damage. The existence of green space is very much needed by the people of DKI Jakarta. However, the availability has not met the standards set by law, it is suspected that the capacity of RTH managers and the role of stakeholders in encouraging land use for RTH sustainability is not maximized. This study aims to analyze the level of sustainability of RTH and analyze the factors that influence the sustainability of RTH in DKI Jakarta. The research method uses quantitative data with survey methods and questionnaires as a data collection tool. The number of samples taken as many as 340 people for sub-districts and villages was selected by purposive sampling with the consideration that there are green alley activities for the sustainability of RTH. Data were collected from December 2019 to February 2020. The data were analyzed descriptively using SPSS 24 and inferential PLS 3. The results showed that the level of sustainability of RTH in DKI Jakarta was in the low category on economic, ecological, socio-cultural aspects and very low category for aesthetics. Stakeholder support has a positive and real impact on the sustainability of RTH which is reflected by the role of the government, community, media and extension workers. Manager capacity also has a positive and significant impact on the sustainability of RTH which is reflected by technical, managerial and social capacities.


Objective:To investigate the hydrolyzed amino acids from the fresh and pickle Prinsepia utilis Poyle.Methods:To determine the content of hydrolyzed amino acids from fresh and pickle Prinsepia utilis Poyle by Amino Acid Mobile Analyzer,chromatographic condition:standard column is 4.6mm×60mm,temperature of reactive column and reactor part from 57.0℃ and 136.0℃.Results:17 kinds of amino acids were assayed 12 of all was necessary or half-necessary amino acids.The total content of hydrolyzed amino acids was 5.35% in fresh Prinsepia utilis Poyle and 3.81% in the pickles.Conclusion:There are abundant amino acids in the fresh Prinsepia utilis Poyle and pickle,it is a natural and nutritional food.


Commercial exchanges certainly spurred the social and economic development of late medieval Madrid. Because of its geostrategic situation in relation to Castile�s manufacturing and trade centres, Madrid was an integral piece in Castile�s trade networks, as well as a focal point of economic activity, as was displayed in its trade fairs and markets. In this way, and despite its modest role in the broader picture of the economy, it played a relevant part as a network within the broader network of traditional trade relations in Castile. Merchants from Burgos, Guadalajara, Toledo, Cuenca, Segovia and Valladolid, among others, found in Madrid an ideal setting for the buying and selling of raw materials and manufactured commodities, and therefore settled in the town and there carried out their dealings with other merchants and moreover became integrated in local institutions.


This paper analyzes the economic consequences of marital disruption in Germany with data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Based on partnership dissolutions observed in the years 1984-1999, we find clear gender inequalities among the separating men and women. As a result of the changes in household composition, support payments, employment and residential mobility, women, on average, end up with much lower disposable household incomes than during marriage, especially when taking into account the number of dependents. The data show that own economic activity and public transfers are the main income sources, while support payments from the former spouse play only a minor role. Apparently, a conservative but generous welfare state like Germany attenuates the most severe economic consequences of marital disruption. However, since further increases in public spending are not a viable strategy, public policies to increase female employment are needed to insure women against the economic risks of marriage dissolution.


We present data-analysis schemes and results of observations with the TAMA300 gravitational wave detector, targeting burst signals from stellar-core collapse events. In analyses for burst gravitational waves, the detection and fake-reduction schemes are different from well-investigated ones for a chirp wave analysis, because precise waveform templates are not available. We used an excess -power filter for the extraction of gravitational wave candidates, and developed two methods for the reduction of fake events caused by nonstationary noises of the detector. These analysis schemes were applied to real data from the TAMA300 interferometric gravitational wave detector. As a result, fake events were reduced by a factor of about 1000 in the best cases. In addition, in order to interpret the event candidates from an astronomical viewpoint, we performed a Monte-Carlo simulation with an assumed Galactic event distribution model and with burst waveforms obtained from numerical simulations of stellar-core collapses. We set an upper limit of 5.0x10{sup 3} events/sec on the burst gravitational wave event rate in our Galaxy with a confidence level of 90%. This work shows prospects on the search for burst gravitational waves, by establishing an analysis scheme for the observation data from an interferometric gravitational wave detector.


This paper researches the Yahalom protocol and its variants,finds a sequence flaw existing in them and provides a kind of method to attack them by using the flaw.The Yahalom protocol has been revised several times,and no key-compromise problem is proved in the final Yahalom-Paulson protocol,but the Yahalom protocol and its variants still have the sequence flaw which has never been paid attention before.The Yahalom-Paulson protocol is improved from the angle of sequence.The improved Yahalom-Paulson protocol preserves the security of the original protocol,and can resist the attack caused by the sequence flaw.


In the orthide brachiopod Paucicrura rogata, from the Upper Ordovician of New York, the density of punctae (small perforations in the shell) increases from about 350 to about 450 per mm2 of shell in the transition from shallow-water limestones to black graptolitic shales down the outer slope of the Taconic Trench. Punctal density is significantly correlated with water depth, as measured by distance downslope along individual volcanic ash layers, and by reciprocal averaging score for macroinvertebrate fossil assemblages (p < O.01). Because punctal density increases with temperature in living brachiopods, the results suggest that water temperature increased with depth in the Taconic basin, corroborating similar conclusions based on Paucicrura's oxygen-isotopic composition. The increase in punctal density with increasing water depth may also reflect reduced shell growth rates of P. rogata in oxygen-deficient bottom waters, causing a reduction in spacing between punctae. Ontogenetic decrease of punctal density with increasing shell size reflects differential rates of puncta formation at the shell margin. □Brachiopoda, Orthida, Ordovician, Taconic Basin, paleoceanography, paleoecology, punctae, caeca.


This paper proposes a novel modified third-order generalized integrator phase-locked loop (TOGI-PLL) for balanced, unbalanced, and distorted grid conditions. This technique also eliminates the error factors that cause in experimental such as DC-offset and removing the second-order oscillation noise by adding the low-pass filter when generating the estimated filtered frequency. A step-by-step controller design procedure, system stability analysis, and comparison with the traditional second-order generalized inte-grator (SOGI), dual second-order generalized integrator (DSOGI), and decoupled double synchronous reference frame PLL (DDSRF-PLL) are carried out. The proposed PLL approach is simulated and ex-perimentally implemented on a three-phase 7.5kW grid-connected inverter system.


Hybridized combinations of different generations were obtained by Ogura radish CMS and improved radish CMS as female parent,and different maturity varieties of Brassica parachinensis as male parent,in order to study the effects of qualities on brassica parachinensis in different transferring gengerations.The results showed that the hybridized combinations of brassica parachinensis in male sterile line of improved radish CMS eighty-day and forty nine brassica parachinensis line respectively and the late maturing 'Teqingchixin 4'(TQ) were elite,the chlorophyll cotent was highest in the fourth and fifth generation of back-cross.The improved radish CMS eighty-day of Brassica parachinensis line was used as female parent,and mid-ripening cultivar C-70 was used as recurrent parent,the protein content was highest in the fourth generation of back-cross.It was an optimal combination.


In this paper,C4.5 classification algorithm is used for evaluating the credits of power clients so as to resolving the problem of huge arrearages from clients. Firstly,the specimen extracted from massive bill data of power system to acquire the principles of classification is studied. Then,the rule is applied to evaluate the credits of power clients for further managing their paying behaviors and providing the data support for the management of power system. The experimental result indicates that preferable effect of classification can be obtained in various index systems and different specimens.


The study investigates the attitudes of learners towards the importance of vocabulary and their choice of sources to learn new words. It chiefly explores the differences in attitudes and choices of learners by a survey which was conducted among 730 first-year engineering students of Anna University, India. The questionnaire had two different divisions, i.e., importance given to vocabulary learning and sources of new words. The sources of new words further had four sub-divisions based on language skills. The data were collected from students and statistically analysed to answer the research questions of the study. In general, the results show that students consider vocabulary as an important aspect of language learning. Students admit the importance of vocabulary to understand a text. Interestingly, gender influences the choice of sources to learn new words. Further, the medium of education also significantly influences learners' attitudes and their choices of sources in vocabulary learning. Keywords: English in India, English language teaching, English vocabulary, learners' attitude, learner differences, sources to learn vocabulary, vocabulary learning.


Linear Transformations. Elements of the Linear Transformations. Singular Fins and Spines and Single Elements. Algorithms for Finned Array Assembly. Examples of Finned Array Analysis. Reciprocity and Node Analysis. A General Array Method. Convective Optimizations. Heat Transfer-Parallel Plate Heat Sinks. References. Appendices. Indexes.


Nateglinide is a kind of new antidiabetic drug,which has a wide market prospect.In view of the present problems in the synthesis of Nateglinide,the optimum synthesis conditions such as reaction time,temperature and reagent,etc were investigated and improved.Nateglinide was synthesized from trans-4-isopropylcyclo-hexane carboxlic acid as starting material,by used Oxalyl chloride chlorinated,which through alkalescence displacement and condensation and the total yield was 78%.And crystal transformation is not difficult.Such as more convenient and feasible operation,lower cost,higher yield,suitable for its industrialized production.


To determine the efficacy of small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting Smad3 to mediate fibroplasia in vitro, to investigate the temporal regulation of Smad3 following vocal fold (VF) injury, and to determine the local and distal effects of Smad3 siRNA VF injection.


The life of Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleiev is revisited in this paper. After studying based on the support of his mother, he managed to receive a fellowship to make work with the best European chemists of that time: Bunsen, Dumas, Kirchhoff, Liebig, Wurtz and Erlenmeyer. Dimitri attended the Karlsruhe Conference in 1860, fact that he afterwards revealed as key to the proposal of his Periodic Table in 1869, when he was as young as 35 years old, and he proposed a whole set of predictions about unavoidable undiscovered elements and its properties, that were confirmed one by one as time went through. He was characterized as a very good lecturer by that time. The final part of his life is remarkable in the study of the application of chemistry to his country industry. He made several contributions to the oil and steel industries and that is why the title of this essay, because he could have been a nationalist chemist but the periodic table took him away into the world dimension.


In 3T3 Swiss mouse fibroblasts, incorporation of phosphate into cells and phosphorylation of small organic compounds were increased by shaking dense cultures. This response was not obtained with SV40 transformed Swiss 3T3 cells (SV‐3T3).


Traditionally, production and transportation planning processes are managed separately in organizations. In such arrangements, order processing, load planning, and transportation scheduling are often done sequentially, which can be time consuming. Establishing a proactive steady flow of products between two nodes of a supply chain can bypass this order-plan-ship process. A steady flow of products can reduce transportation costs, increase cross-dock productivity, and reduce bullwhip effect upstream in the supply chain. This thesis develops an analytical framework to calculate this steady flow. The determination of eligible SKUs in this approach is performed by analyzing each SKU's historical and forecasted demand. The level of flow of each SKU is found using optimization with the objective of maximizing total savings. The methodology was tested on a plant-to-warehouse lane of a fast moving consumer goods company. The relationship between demand characteristics and optimal steady flow was studied. It was found that as the coefficient of variation decreases, the optimum steady flow moves closer to the mean of the non-zero demand and selected forecast over the model horizon. The methodology developed in the research, with its potential to reduce transportation cost and improve warehouse productivity, also presents the opportunity for new and innovative contract types with transportation providers. Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Ahmad Hemmati Title: Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Transportation & Logistics Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Chris Caplice Title: Executive Director, Center for Transportation & Logistics


The recent find of an ostracon from Iron Age IIA (± 1000-925 BCE) at Khirbet Qeiyafa has given rise to some far-reaching conclusions. In this article, the authors present the text and a translation and then argue that some of the conclusions that have been put forward are not based on evidence. They regard the inscription as a scribal exercise and show that the text cannot be seen as a document that proves the historicity of King David or the reliability of the accounts of the Hebrew Bible. However, the ostracon also demonstrates that writing was more widespread in this early period than some modem scholars are inclined to believe. The text seems to express social consciousness, but the authors argue that the character of this is not uniquely biblical or Israelite.


Of all the companion animal species, the rabbit is arguably the one that most frequently gets a raw deal as far as its basic welfare needs are concerned. However, the Rabbit Awareness Week (RAW) initiative may help more pet owners to treat this creature with the care and respect that it deserves. John Bonner reports.


This research work addresses the issue of improving the tax-compliance behaviour of the small business owners. Theocratical framework of this paper is based on two theories, Slippery Slope framework and Theory of Planned Behaviour. With the help of these two theories the aim of this research is to explore the determinants of the tax-compliance behaviour and to improve the tax-payers behaviour specially of small business owners. Data was collected from 340 small business owners those were operative in major cities of Pakistan i.e. Karachi, Islamabad (Pindi), Lahore, Multan and Faisalabad. This study is significant as it can help the tax-authorities in exploring the antecedence of the tax-Compliance Intention and hence, Behaviour.


Adult olive fruit flies, Dacus oleae (Gmelin), were able to survive and reproduce when fed pollens from 5 wind pollinated plant species, at two concentrations, 1 and 10%, in a 20% sucrose solution, as well as honeydews from 3 insects parasitic on the olive tree. Pollens can be utilized by the olive fruit flies in two ways, either by ingesting whole pollen grains of size equal or less than 149 microns, or by sucking liquids of plant or animal origin such as plant exudations, honeydews, etc., into which trapped pollen grains have released their contents.


Polarimetric features retrieved from CTLR (circularly transmit and linearly receive) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data was analysed in details. A new parameter, namely, Damping Status Sensitivity Index (DSSI) was proposed for quantitatively evaluating the PolSAR characteristics' capability of discriminating different damping patterns of oil slicks and clean seawater. The L-band Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle SAR (UAVSAR) data was utilized in the experiments. It was shown that polarimetric characteristics retrieved from CTLR compact polarimetric SAR data were nearly as same as those derived from fully polarimetric SAR data and can be applied for discriminating different damping status of oil spill and look-likes.


Binomial sums with Pell and Lucas polynomials as weight functions are explicitly evaluated. Their special cases result in several interesting identities concerning Fibonacci and Lucas numbers. Two of them confirm the summation formulae proposed recently by Ohtsuka and Tauraso (2020).


Detection of Helicobacter pylori in gastric biopsy is important for appropriate treatment and prevention of gastric carcinoma and lymphoma. A novel peptide nucleic acid probe (PNA)‐based real‐time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method was developed for detection of H pylori and A2142G/A2143G mutation of the 23S rRNA gene, which is associated with clarithromycin resistance.


Author Joona-Matias Stedt Degree programme Degree programme in Tourism Management, (Matkailun liikkeenjohdon ko.) Report/thesis title "Be with your passengers on every step of their way" – Production of a CreateTrips TravelBook Creation Guide for Airlines Number of pages and appendix pages 42 + 11 CreateTrips is a Finnish start-up company that provides a platform for a smartphone application with the same name. With the application, users are able to create and publish their own travel plans, whereas bloggers and companies are able to publish their own travel guides called TravelBooks. CreateTrips plans to attract airlines to publish TravelBooks via this platform. The objective of this product thesis is to create a business-to-business marketing brochure for CreateTrips. The brochure should attract airlines to publish their own, branded CreateTrips TravelBooks. The means used are showing how this can positively influence the airline customers' brand loyalty and guiding the airlines into producing content that it suitable for TravelBooks and social media. The theoretical framework studies the topics of the success of smartphone travel applications, creating contagious social media content that users are keen to share, consumer behavior of smartphone users, business-to-business marketing and brand loyalty, from the viewpoint of how it is formed, built and connected to brand exposure and long-term customer relationships. The thesis also contains a qualitative survey to 14 preselected participants representing different air traveler categories; holiday travelers, business travelers, backpackers, travel bloggers and flight crew members. The survey was conducted as an open questionnaire to gather ideas and opinions of real users of what kind of content they would like to read from airlinepublished TravelBooks. The results were implemented alongside with the theoretical framework in creating an efficient and visually appealing brochure that fills the objectives planned. The final product is a 6-page B2B marketing brochure done to match the CreateTrips visual brand. Its structure and layout are supported by the theories of B2B marketing and its content encourages airlines to publish their own TravelBooks by shedding light on the brand benefits and making the content creation easy by introducing the ways to target different traveler segments. The final product received very positive feedback from CreateTrips.


As if to rhyme with the famous Hollywood movie titled, 'Sleepless in Seattle', I saw a 64-year old man in my office in cardiac consultation who after having dinner with his son and daughter-in-law in Seattle was extremely short of breath while walking up a few stairs to his hotel room. He is from upstate New York area and was visiting them in Seattle. He never had any symptoms like this before. He did have some chest discomfort at the time but the shortness of breath was quite concerning to him. He did not have palpitations, dizziness, diaphoresis or syncope. He did not seek any medical help in Seattle and made an appointment to visit his primary care physician upon return to Upstate, NY. He was then requested to come and see me the next day. This event of shortness of breath in Seattle took place a month before coming to see me.


Low zeptomole (1 zmol equals 10-21 mol = 600 molecules) detection limits are produced for DNA sequencing by capillary gel electrophoresis. A 750 (mu) w green helium-neon laser ((lambda) equals 543.5 nm) is used to excite tetramethylrhodamine-labeled DNA fragments in a sheath-flow cuvette. A cooled photomultiplier tube is used to detect fluorescence in a single spectral channel. Sequencing data is generated at a rate of about 70 bases/hour.


Stage history has generally been regarded by the student of the arts as a thing apart. It has been assumed that the stage has developed its own art, influenced only by the art of the stage in other lands or in other times. In general, this assumption seems to me unjustified. Rather, the stage should, I believe, be regarded as giving expression in its art to the dominant artistic theory of the time. It is only in its medium of expression that the art of the stage differs from the other arts; its fundamental artistic theory is that held in common with the other arts. Certainly, it seems to me, it is only in this fashion that one can account for the changes in the theory of dramatic presentation that came about within the compass of the eighteenth century. It is my purpose in this paper, therefore, to show the development of the theory of acting in England in the eighteenth century, and to show that in its development the theory of acting followed the general artistic theory of the day.