A Bell in the Storm Persistent unexplained pain and the language of the uncanny in the creative neurophenomenal reference is a doctoral work comprised of three parts. Part 1 is an exegesis Persistent unexplained pain and the language of the uncanny in the creative neurophenomenal reference; Part 2 is The Plays, A Bell in the Storm (produced by deckchair theatre in May, 2005) and the radio play To Fall Without Landing (produced by the Australian Broadcasting Commission for Radio National in October 2005); and, Part 3 the book of monochord poems, Secrets of the Driftwood. The exegesis begins with specific anecdotes of my experience of a serious car accident in May 2000 and a subsequent persistent unexplained pain state that nonetheless pose deeply theoretical questions about the human experience of pain. The body-mind dualism of Renes Descartes' L'Homme and its inculcation into the classical specificity theory of pain in medical discourse is examined. The bodymind classical pain theory is then critiqued initially in light of the mid 1960s' literary theories of Jacques Derrida and then Melzack and Wall's medical Gate Control Theory (1965), through to more recent neurobiological evidence from Szentagothai, Erdi, Maturana and Varela (and others). These recent neurobiological theories challenge the classical theory's supportability through the brain's ability to selforganise, in complex and unpredictable ways that defy the commonsense of medical discourse. Pain and other phenomenal states may emerge in uncanny ways that amounts to a self-referential neurophenomenology that is inseparable from our ontology. Pain and the problem of reference in both language and neurophenomenology are considered in light of the writings of Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, Cathy Caruth and others in what de Man and Caruth describe as the fall. This cooperation between the self-referentiality of language and the brain is theoretically explored, particularly through the creative reference of Lacan, Kristeva, and Scarry. This creative reference is then referenced through both the aleatory photographic creations of Nick Djordjevic and their presence in the stage play A Bell in the Storm and Caruth's fall into the radio play To Fall Without Landing. In part 2, both plays attempted the practical creative relation of the difficulties and joys, the lack and the gain, the uncanny and the bathos, the fall from and to 'the other' (and how these binaries are never in opposition) that the exegesis theoretically uncovered, within the different mediums of the multi-media stage and radio. The monochords of Part 3 relate to the inexpressibility of pain and its self-referentiality (in particularly the English language) and the uncanny moments glimpsed in single line or chordal expressions.


The prospect of gearing the immune system towards cancer cell destruction was first explored around the turn of the 19th century when William Coley noted less cancer growth in patients with infections. Coley subsequently infected or vaccinated cancer patients with microbes to reduce cancer burden, with positive results. Much later, Macfarlane Burnet placed cancer in a context of immune regulation1 and when Prehn and Main, around the same time, demonstrated unique immune responses to individual tumours,2 tumour immunologists set out to create a universal cure for cancer. For decades, cancer immunosurveillance critics did not lack setbacks to thrive on, but with the recent success of immune checkpoint blockers,3,4 CAR T cells5,6 and cancer vaccines,7 even the most devoted sceptics must now surely capitulate, for immunotherapy of cancer is here to stay. Natural killer (NK) cells were characterized in the mid1970s as spontaneous tumour killers8,9 and were immediately envisaged in cancer therapy. It was particularly interesting that NK cells preferentially killed cells lacking MHC class I molecules,10 which was later explained by the presence of MHC class I-specific inhibitory receptors on NK cells. Thus, when MHC class I is missing on the target cell, NK cell inhibition is released and cells are destroyed. NK cells thus possessed an alternative recognition strategy to T cells, with a potential ability to kill tumour cells with downregulated MHC class I to escape CD8 + T cells.10 Following pioneering work by Jeff Miller and his group in Minnesota,11 cell therapy trials with NK cells are increasing in number,12,13 with promising results. Many hurdles remain in cancer immunotherapy. Far from all patients respond to treatment and biological predictors for a good anti-tumour responses are not well characterized. This is true not the least for NK cells. Thus, more basic and clinical research is needed to understand NK cell biology and how it is linked to efficient tumour cell killing and cancer prognosis. In this issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, Cristiani and colleagues summarize the knowledge regarding NK cells and cancer (Cristiani et al, this issue). A particularly interesting aspect is the focus on solid tumours, which represent a bigger challenge than leukaemias in cancer immunotherapy. The capacity of NK cells to target cancer stem cells is also discussed, as well as the role of NK cells in antibody-mediated therapies, such as in checkpoint blockade, where Fc receptors on NK cells may trigger tumour killing after cross-linking by the therapeutic antibodies. Successful cancer therapies in the future will likely be built on combinations of drugs, including immune cells. With their versatile functional capabilities, the NK cell will most likely not be a one-trick pony in this respect.


We consider an incomplete repair model; that is, the impact of repair is not minimal as in the homogeneous Poisson process and not "as good as new" as in renewal processes but lies between these boundary cases. The repairs are assumed to affect the failure intensity following a virtual age process affect of the general form proposed by Kijima. In previous works field data from an industrial setting were used to fit several models. In most cases the estimated rate of occurrence of failures was that of an underlying exponential distribution of the time between failures. In this chapter it is shown that there exist maintenance schedules under which the failure behavior of the failure–repair process becomes a homogeneous Poisson process.


AIM
To investigate the influence of clinical characteristics including nutritional markers on postoperative survival in patients undergoing total gastrectomy (TG) for gastric cancer (GC).

PATIENTS AND METHODS
One hundred fifty-four patients were enrolled. Uni- and multivariate analyses using the Cox proportional hazard model were performed to explore the most valuable clinical characteristic that was associated with postoperative survival.

RESULTS
Multivariate analysis using twelve clinical characteristics selected from univariate analyses revealed that age (≤ 72/>72), carcinoembryonic antigen (≤ 20/>20) (ng/ml), white blood cell count (≤ 9.5/>9.5) (× 10(3)/mm(3)), prognostic nutritional index (PNI) (≤ 45/>45) and lymph node metastasis (negative/positive) were associated with postoperative survival. Kaplan-Meier analysis and log-rank test showed that patients with higher PNI (>45) had a higher postoperative survival rate than those with lower PNI (≤ 45) (p<0.001).

CONCLUSION
PNI is associated with postoperative survival of patients undergoing TG for GC and is able to divide such patients into two independent groups before surgery.


The study of polyurethanes are of continuing interest due to their excellent physical properties. In this study, the reaction kinetics and polymerization conditions in two-step process of toluene diisocyante (TDI) and polypropylene glycol (PPG) with organo-tin mixed catalyst were investigated by di-n-butylamine back-titration. It was showed that the reaction obeyed the second-order equation of step-growth polymerization, the rate constants of TDI and PPG reaction at 50, 60 and 70°C were 0.0922, 0.3373 and 0.5828 kg•mol-1•min-1,respectively. The activation energy obtained from the result was 71.63 kJ•mol-1. The number average molecular weight (Mn) and molecular-weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of the polyurethane were 45175 and 1.53, respectively, and the content of hydrogen bonding in the N-H group from Fourier transform infrared spectrum (FTIR) was 80.75%, which manifested that the large amount of N-H were present in hydrogen bonding.


The use of Si micromachining techniques to enhance high frequency planar circuit design flexibility by offering a method for varying the substrate thickness in selective locations on the wafer is presented.


The labial gland of workers of the ant Pachycondyla obscuricornis is made up of many acini, each consisting of one central cell surrounded by approximately ten parietal cells. The central cell shows a large amount of secretory vesicles and a well developed granular endoplasmic reticulum. In the parietal cells the amount of secretion appears to be very limited. Both cell types are associated with canaliculi that remove the secretion to the ductule. Invaginated into the central cell is a canaliculus that nearly forms a circular channel with ramifications into each parietal cell.


For pt.I, see ibid., vol.20, no.8, p.2043-75 (1987). Several coordinate systems for solving the few-electron Schrodinger equation are presented. Formal solutions corresponding to each coordinate system are given in terms of the Fock expansion and their interrelationships and general structure are examined. Attention is focused on the solutions obtained using spherical polar coordinates for a Coulomb potential of arbitrary symmetry. The wavefunction is obtained up to second order in the hyperradius r=(r21+r(sup)22)12/, and the special case of 1S states is then reduced to a closed form using classical techniques. The insight gained from this reduction suggests methods for solving the wavefunction to all orders. The results hint at the existence of closed form wavefunctions for few-body systems.


Mood disorders, including bipolar disorder (BPD) and major depressive disorder (MDD),
are highly complex psychiatric disorders. Decades of genetic studies have generated a
large number of putative genetic susceptibility variants. However, with exception of
CACNA1C, SYNE1 and ANK3 in BPD no robust association has as yet been identified. In this
thesis my aim was to find predisposing genetic risk factors for mood disorders.

In paper I, my hypotheses were that the FKBP5 gene is a risk gene for MDD, contributes to
severity and is involved in treatment response to an antidepressant, Citalopram. We tested
for association of three markers using the STAR*D cohort (Level 1). Rs1360780 was significantly
associated with MDD. Rs4713916 was significantly associated with remission following treatment
with Citalopram when two study populations were analyzed together. We determined that there is
a stratification issue and no correlation can be made for treatment response or severity of MDD.
In paper II, my hypothesis was that candidate genes for MDD are acting synergistically to contribute
to risk for MDD. We applied three different algorithms to evaluate SNP-SNP interactions. Although
none of the interactions survived corrections for multiple comparisons, our results contribute
valuable information to future genetic studies in MDD. The logistic regression methods identified
large interaction effects. None of the top interactions explain a large proportion of MDD in the
general population. Among the top interactions, none of the three algorithms identify identical
pairs of markers for risk of MDD. Moreover, none of the top ranked interactions has previously
been implicated to act synergistically in MDD-susceptibility. We also noted that markers selected
for predicted interaction effects were not among the top interactions. In paper III, my hypothesis
was that rare and highly penetrant large structural genomic variations (CNVs) increase the risk for
BPD. We searched for CNVs across diagnostic boundaries and included individuals with BPD, schizophrenia
(SZ) or schizoaffective disorder (SA). To increase the possibility that the CNV should be highly
penetrant we searched for CNVs in affected individuals in BP-pedigrees and identified CNVs in the
MAGI1 gene in two families and showed that it was more frequent in individuals with BPD, SZ and SA
than controls. In paper IV, my hypothesis was that inherited CNVs contribute with risk to BPD irrespective
of their frequency. We developed an algorithm that combines linkage-data with the CNV content within
and across families. We identified one significant region with a CNV that maps to 19q13, and stretches
over the PSG genes. The PSG proteins has been shown to activate TGF-?. Moreover, two CNV SNPs are
reported as likely eQTL's for regulation of NF?B. Thus, this CNV involves several putative molecular
targets in BPD-etiology.

In conclusion, the work conducted in this thesis has contributed to our knowledge of the etiology of…


The Cognitive Radio (CR) technology is proposed for solving the spectrum underutilization problem and has gained great attention. By allowing unauthorized users to opportunistically access frequencies authorized to specific networks (called primary networks), the CR technology can increase the bandwidth utilization of the radio spectrum in a global perspective. In [1], the authors proposed a MAC protocol for CRs that aims to "borrow" the link bandwidth from IEEE 802.11 networks. This protocol allows CR users to opportunistically exchange data on an idle 802.11 channel. However, the protocol proposed in [1] selects an 802.11 channel for data exchange in a random manner. This random channel selection process is time-consuming for CR users to start a data transmission. In addition, the protocol does not consider the effects of hidden terminals (HTs), which often exist in wireless networks and significantly decrease the goodputs of a network. To address these problems, in this paper we propose enhancements to the protocol proposed in [1]. The proposed protocol is evaluated using extensive simulations. Our simulation results show that our proposed protocol can effectively decrease the time required for finding an idle 802.11 channel to transmit data and therefore increase the network goodputs in networks with and without the existence of HTs.


Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy has revolutionised the treatment of several cancers but can also lead to the development of immune‐related adverse effects including dermatologic, gastrointestinal, endocrine, hepatic, pulmonary and less commonly, rheumatic toxicities. Toxicities associated with ICI therapy can occur several months or even years after initiation. Case reports of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) associated with nivolumab use are rare. We herein describe, for the first time, a case of PMR in a melanoma patient after cessation of treatment with nivolumab.


. Most of the methods to improve the Frame Per Second (FPS) in the real-time rendering system are likely to employ popular techniques such as Level of Details (LOD) and Culling where the moving speed of the screen does not change rapidly. But, when view is changing very quickly such as VR device, these approach is not feasible. To solve this problem, in this paper, we propose a method to render moving object. In the proposed scheme, we introduce motion blur effect not to affect the realism as well as LOD technique accordingly. Through experimental results, we demonstrate that FPS is reduced at least 10% even though the movement speed of the view increases.


The invention discloses a video compression and reconstruction method based on computer vision. The video compression and reconstruction method comprises the following steps of 1, initializing an algorithm, acquiring a frame of image from the front end to serve as a background image B, and transmitting the background image B to a mobile terminal; 2, acquiring a frame of image F from the front end in a periodic mode, and performing contrastive analysis on the image F and the background image B; 3, if the two images are consistent, continuing the step 2, and if the two images are inconsistent, entering the step 4; 4, compressing an analysis result and transmitting the compressed analysis result to the mobile terminal; 5, updating the background image to the image F. The video compression and reconstruction method has the advantages that depth analysis is performed on a video at the front end of the camera, change attributes and rules of the video are calculated, and therefore, a large large amount of redundant video data are abandoned; reconstruction and recovery are performed on the video at the terminal, the data size in network transmission is reduced, status quo of high demands for the network bandwidth of traditional video data is changed, and using barriers of video monitoring in the mobile internet industry are reduced.


Streamflow conditions for calendar year 2000 in Georgia were monitored at 15 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamflow gaging stations throughout the State as part of the drought-monitoring network. These gaging stations have 30 or more years of record and are useful as drought-index stations (fig. 1, table 1). Data used in these comparisons for the year 2000 are considered "Provisional Data" and subject to change. During January–April, monthly mean streamflow continued to decline Statewide from the previous year. Many streams were approaching or dropping below long-term monthly mean flows. Streamflow in central and southern Georgia were the lowest levels in the State. In May, most streams in central and southern Georgia were well below long-term normal (average) monthly flows. Monthly streamflow in the central and southern parts of the State ranged from about 7-40 percent of normal, with the lowest streamflow occurring in southcentral and southwestern Georgia. Streamflow gaging stations in the northern part of the State had flows ranging from about 50-65 percent of normal. During May 2000, 6 of the 15-index streamflow stations recorded new minimum monthly flows of record. • Flint River near Culloden-375 cubic feet per second (ft3/s); • Flint River near Montezuma-840 ft 3/s; • Flint River at Oakfield-1,189 ft3/s; • Flint River near Newton-1,934 ft 3/s; • Ichawaynochaway Creek near Milford-124 ft 3/s; • Spring Creek near Iron City-25 ft 3/s. Ichawaynochaway Creek reached an all time minimum daily flow of 38 ft3/s on May 31. The previous minimum flow was 48 ft3/s in July 1986. During June, streamflow continued to decline statewide. Streamflow stations in the northern part of the State showed some decline from the previous monthly flows (50-65 percent of normal), and ranged from about 40-45 percent of normal. Monthly streamflow in the central and southern parts of the State also continued to decline from the previous monthly flows (7-40 percent of normal), and ranged from about 1-35 percent of normal. During June, the lowest flows were still occurring in south–central and southwestern Georgia. For the month, 8 of 15-index streamflow stations recorded new minimum monthly flows of record. • Flint River near Culloden-147 ft 3/s; • Flint River near Montezuma-509 ft 3/s; • Flint River at Oakfield-697 ft 3/s; • Flint River near Newton-1,211 ft 3/s; • Ichawaynochaway Creek near Milford-42 ft 3/s; • Spring Creek near Iron City-1.8 ft 3/s; • Altamaha River near Doctortown-1,940 ft 3/s; • Upatoi Creek near Columbus-89 ft 3/s.


This project aims in the development of Multispeed Gearbox to exhibit low noise behavior during its operation under various load and speed conditions, by optimizing the design parameters with tooth micro-geometry profiles -using Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis (LTCA). Low-noise design is the most important criteria defined by the German customer, for their new 9 -speed gearbox fitted in the high precision tool room CNC Lathes. In loaded condition, gearbox develops noise and vibrations due to the tooth deformations, shaft deflection, internally generated gear tooth loads from non-conjugate meshing action of the gear mesh. Hence selecting the best values during micro-geometry optimization for a multi-speed gearbox becomes complex and needs a unique combination of FEM and analytical tools. LTCA is a very useful optimization tool to study the gear tooth strength evaluations and gear meshing contact characteristics under light and significant loads.


WWW(World Wide Web) based services were popularized and users using the service were increased excessively. Currently, it has been emphasized quality and security of web services. Therefore, in this paper, we described standard trends for web services and the security policies to protect user information


Objective
To explore the application effects of transitional care on the prevention of scar hyperplasia after burn.

Methods
A total of 110 burn patients, who were treated in our hospital from February 2015 to February 2016, were divided into two groups according to the order of admission, 55 cases respectively. Patients in the control group were given regular discharge guidance and follow-up, while patients in the experimental group were given additional transitional care. The treatment compliance and the score of Vancouver Scale were compared between the two groups at six months after discharge.

Results
At six months post discharge, the proportions of patients who were prescribed medication, adhered to stress treatment, rehabilitation exercise, and on-time referral in the experimental group were 80.39%, 74.51%, 76.47% and 84.31% respectively, all of which were significantly higher than those in the control group (χ2=9.607, 7.985, 10.471, 11.411, P<0.05) . At six months after discharge, the Vancouver scar scores were (6.03±1.98) in the experimental group and (7.56±2.03) in the control group, with statistically significant differences between the two groups (t=-3.815, P<0.05) .

Conclusions
Transitional care can improve the treatment compliance of burn patients and reduce the degree of scar hyperplasia.

Key words:
Burn's; Cicatrix; Transitional care; Treatment compliance


A description is given of the automatic station-keeping system proposed for the Glomar-40 Class drillship, consisting of conventional mooring and dynamic positioning based on an inertial reference system. A discussion of the computer simulation showing the value of the inertial reference unit is included.


As an essential part of English teaching,writing also accounts much for the weak points of English teaching as a whole chain.The thesis analyzes the problems which exist in the Practical English Test for College in Jining Teachers' College on the basis of the average teaching,expounds upon the importance of paying attention to English writing,and puts forward some corresponding strategies including making full use of current textbooks and taking effective measures in order to improve students' writing abilities.


To study the structural and thermodynamic properties of electrolyte solutions the Symmetric Poisson-Boltzmann theory has been extended up to six components and the resulting coupled equations for the mean electrostatic potentials have been solved numerically using a quasi-linearization iterative procedure. The exclusion volume term approximated by PY hard sphere RDF has been calculated using Perram''s method along with Verlet and Weis corrections. The RDFs have been computed for four-component systems comprising a single electrolyte with two other neutral components for various cases. Excellent agreement has been found for each case when compared with MC data. The theory predicts the experimental trends when applied to measure the second virial coefficient in a colloidal system of silicotungstate, in a solution of HCl, LiCl or NaCl. The extended theory and the numerical solution techniques can be utilized to study the structural and thermodynamic properties of multicomponent electrolytes which are of great interest because of their frequent presence in industrial processes and in branches of sciences like colloid and surface science, polymer science, biophysics and chemistry.


To overcome the weaknesses of in-sample model selection, this study adopted out-of-sample model selection approach for selecting models with improved forecasting accuracies and performances. Daily closing share prices were obtained from Diamond Bank and Fidelity Bank as listed in the Nigerian Stock Exchange spanning from January 3, 2006 to December 30, 2016. Thus, a total of 2713 observations were explored and were divided into two portions. The first which ranged from January 3, 2006 to November 24, 2016, comprising 2690 observations, was used for model formulation. The second portion which ranged from November 25, 2016 to December 30, 2016, consisting of 23 observations, was used for out-of-sample forecasting performance evaluation. Combined linear (ARIMA) and Nonlinear (GARCH-type) models were applied on the returns series with respect to normal and student-t distributions. The findings revealed that ARIMA (2,1,1)-EGARCH (1,1)-norm and ARIMA (1,1,0)-EGARCH (1,1)-norm models selected based on minimum predictive errors throughout-of-sample approach outperformed ARIMA (2,1,1)-GARCH (2,0)-std and ARIMA (1,1,0)-EGARCH (1,1)-std model chosen through in-sample approach. Therefore, it could be deduced that out-of-sample model selection approach was suitable for selecting models with improved forecasting accuracies and performances.


Genetic Algorithms (GAs) are introduced to tackle the packing problem. The scheduling in Additive Manufacturing (AM) is also dealt with to set up a managed market, called "Lonja3D". This will enable to determine an alternative tool through the combinatorial auctions, wherein the customers will be able to purchase the products at the best prices from the manufacturers. Moreover, the manufacturers will be able to optimize the production capacity and to decrease the operating costs in each case.


This bibliography contains 159 entries that have useful information for those studying lobster trapping. The subjects covered include behavior, general biology, catch statistics, ecology, fishing methods, ghost fishing, management, materials testing, trap design, and selectivity. The brief reviews following each entry are not full abstracts but only serve as a guide to what the reference contains ofinterest to the trap researcher. The key words serve the same purpose. escape' gap pots. Species: Jasus el" wardsii.


As our increasing awareness of diversity in our world impels us to explore new ways to create community that honor the integrity of our differences, empathy will be an essential quality for building bridges of understanding. Drawing upon research in cognitive ways of knowing and the development of relational selfhood, different educational strategies for promoting empathy are suggested.


Diabetes is one of the hazardous diseases in present era. Diabetic retinopathy is an eye disease which is caused due to diabetes. This condition affects the retina (blood vessels at the back of the eye), resulting in blindness. Diabetic retinopathy can occur in numerous ways, from no symptoms to minor vision impairments. In order to check whether a person got affected or not, the patient should visit a hospital, for the reports and should wait for enormous time. With the development of deep learning techniques, we have the ability to look into the problem. The aim of the examination is to develop a system which might classify the diabetic retinopathy disease of a patient with a better accuracy. The model we develop will remove the noise from fundus images uploaded by user by using filtering techniques and give accurate result. This project is a deep learning model integrated with web application in order to interact with users. There by the Diabetic Retinopathy detection model enhances medical care.


The performance of a circulator is analyzed by using the transmission delay distortion (TDD) method and separating the results. The complex transmission parameters, when converted to the Time-domain, give indication as to the circuit delay which the signal has experienced.


In October 2010, JPP published a comment by Prof Malcolm Woollard, titled 'Fighting the fire: a response to fire chiefs' proposal to run England's ambulance service', expressing his view as to why the proposal by the Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA) is not workable. JPP has received a letter regarding this, which is printed below, along with a response from Prof Woollard that also discusses the latest report published by the CFOA.


In this paper, we constructed and compared four version of varying mechanism for modifiedNodal Array Approach (NAA) in foot plantar pressure measurement system. In order to achieve NAA goals in having low circuit complexity while maintaining simple reading and solving algorithm, the varying mechanism part needs to be designed carefully by considering the factors such as low in sensor calculation error, component usage and complexity as well as algorithm size. 31 experiment conditions has been tested on these readout circuits with different varying mechanism where the results was presented, analyzed and discussed. A conclusion has been made wherethe Switch version has been selected to be the most suitable varying mechanism for the modified NAA readout circuit.


The present invention discloses a method and system for automatically optimizing IP local repository, to IP library technology. The method of automatically optimizing IP local repository the present disclosure comprises: a frequency of transfer sections between all IP user plane location stable IP user log statistics database views, statistics of transitions between the respective segments in accordance with IP frequency calculates a confidence for each candidate region information IP segment, and the highest confidence region information as the local information repository IP IP IP segment candidate region of each segment information. The present invention also discloses an automatic optimization system IP local repository. This application technology solutions to improve the accuracy of the IP library.


Potential health hazards to persons exposed to maximum permitted levels of air emissions from a hypothetical hazardous waste incinerator were investigated. By using extremely conservative assumptions, a multiple pathway, health risk assessment was performed for the facility. The procedures used to perform the risk analysis were based on US EPA ``Methodology for Assessing Health Risks Associated with Exposure to Combustor Emissions.`` Ambient air concentrations of chemicals in air approved dispersion model (ISCST model). The model is based on maximum (instantaneous) allowable emission rates for permitted constituents, which is likely to overstate exposures and resultant health risks associated with facility emissions. The analysis focused on 22 key chemicals which typically exist in emissions from hazardous waste incinerators. Exposure pathways included inhalation, soil contact, and consumption of locally derived food products (fruits and vegetables, beef, milk, and fish). The receptors were hypothetical residents living in an area of maximum air concentrations and deposition downwind of the facility. The results showed that the theoretical excess cancer risk levels for lifetime exposure to the incinerator emissions for residents was 1.3 {times} 10{sup {minus}5} (i.e., 1 in 100,000 exposed individuals), which is approximately one magnitude higher than EPA`s target risk level of 10{sup {minus}6} (i.e., more » 1 in 1 million exposed individuals) used for environmentally-related chemical exposures. Long-term exposure to noncarcinogenic chemicals potentially present in the emissions was not expected to result in adverse health effects for adults or children living in the immediate vicinity. Total hazard quotients which included oral, dermal, and inhalation exposures, were below unity (i.e., 0.30 and 0.26 for a maximally exposed child and a maximally exposed adult, respectively). « less


In this paper I examine the breaking of internal symmetries from another point of view showing that is possible to reproduce the electroweak panorama of the traditional Standard Model in a exhaustive and self consistent way. The result is reached applying the main futures of the old Nambu-Jona Lasinio (NJL) mechanism to an electroweak invariant Lagrangian. In this context the use of functional formalism for composite operators naturally leads to a different dynamical approach. While the Higgs mechanism acts on the Lagrangian form, a NJL like model looks directly at the physics of the system showing the real dynamical content hidden in the Green functions of the theory.


In the domain of multispectral image processing, two approaches can be considered: the scalar processing scheme and the vectorial processing scheme. This paper presents a method that belongs to the first approach with a specific selection of the relevant bands of the image. The method is achieved in four steps. The first step is devoted to the elimination of redundant observations by maximizing an entropy criterion. The selected bands are then filtered according to the degradation affecting them. In the third step, each of the filtered bands is segmented using a technique of histogram multi-thresholding. In the last step, a fusion by a combination of the selected bands results allows to obtain the final classification. This scheme is illustrated in the frame of an application in multispectral imagery acquired by the Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI).


Intellectual dynamics refer to the academic behaviors and manners of knowledge acquisition through which early Muslims studied the natural phenomenon, societies and religious teachings. Intellectual dynamics of the early Muslim heritage was marked by genuine spirit of scientific quest and profound enthusiasm of knowledge quest. Among noticeable intellectual dynamics of the Muslim scientific quest are, among others, genuine spirit of knowledge acquisition, academic freedom, rationalism, universality of knowledge quest, tolerance and scientific method. This paper aims to analyze such intellectual features and indicate their contemporary relevance and revival.


Postcatheterization injuries at the vascular access site include pseudoaneurysms and arteriovenous fistulas. Traditional treatment of this complication has been surgical repair. This study describes a recently developed method for closing femoral pseudoaneurysms and arteriovenous fistulas by using external compression guided by Doppler color flow imaging. Thirty-six femoral artery injuries (31 pseudoaneurysms, 5 arteriovenous fistulas) were detected by color flow imaging in 35 patients with enlarging groin hematomas and/or groin bruits. All patients underwent a full trial of compression therapy, with an extended compression time limit of 240 minutes and a tag-team approach of two operators to overcome manual fatiguing. The mechanical compression was titrated to obliterate the vascular tracts to the aneurysms or of the arteriovenous fistulas and to maintain an adequate flow in the femoral artery, as far as possible. All postangiographic pseudoaneurysms were successfully treated with a compression time ranging from 10 to 110 minutes, even in patients receiving prolonged anticoagulant therapy. Follow-up ultrasound examination the following morning and 4 to 5 days later confirmed a continued closure in all patients, without side effects such as venous thrombosis or ischemia. In arteriovenous fistulas, compression therapy was successful in two cases without complications or recurrences during follow-up. This study demonstrates that Doppler color flow ultrasound-guided compression of postangiographic femoral artery injuries is a safe and technically simple device and may be implemented as a cost-effective, first-line treatment, with a high rate of success in pseudoaneurysms.


Introduction

People with heart failure (HF) who self-care are more likely to have fewer deaths and re-hospitalisations.Teaching self-care at discharge is an important role for cardiac nurses. While it is estimated that patients may forget up to 80% of the information given to them, the teach-back method is a technique that improves recall and an individual's understanding...


Spine-like beam with long cantilever has been used in the application in urban bridges for its grace outline and economical efficiency. Due to the large size of the cantilever, the spatial effect should be considered during design and analysis, and the load distribution related to decks and ribs cannot be ignored. Based on the Kongcheng River bridge, the author analyzed the deformation and internal force of a series of 3D finite element models with different rib spacings and deck thicknesses. Using internal force and deflection distribution coefficients to portray the load distribution, the influence of different parameters on the coefficient was studied. Meanwhile, two regression models were proposed to estimate the load distribution status with different rib spacing or deck thickness. The internal force and deflection coefficient fitted curves have enough precision for engineering practice, hence it could provide a reference for similar practical engineering.


The author discovers that a surprise perk to providing temporary services as a locum tenens psychiatrist, the stranger who appears and lends a hand and then quickly leaves, is the unstated writ to think and even act outside the box.


The service sector in Malaysia had become an important sector in the economy since the year 2000. It contributed more than 55% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008. It has surpassed the manufacturing and the agricultural sectors contribution to the national GDP which contributed only 29.1% and 7.5% respectively during the same period. However, two sub-sectors, which are the transportation and communication as well as financial sub-sectors showed an increase of 7.2% average growth in 2010. This is more than the overall average of all the service sector growth in 2010 which recorded 6.8% growth. Moreover, in 2010, the share of the GDP of these two sub-sectors account for 20% of the overall economy. This paper attempts to study the capability of these sub-sectors in generation of output as well as value-added to the overall Malaysian economy. The methodological approach is through the use of input-output approach which utilizes the multiplier analysis. The results of the study are beneficial for policymakers in order to make meaningful and benevolent planning for future expansion of the economy.


A novel N-containing compound, vibratilicin (= 3-[3-(dimethylamino)-4-(hydroxyamino)-4-oxobutoxy]-2(palmitoyloxy)propyl (9E,12E)-ociadeca-9,12-dienoate; 1), was isolated from the fruiting bodies of the basidiomycete Cortinarius vibratilis Fr. Compound 1 is a representative of the rare natural products containing hydroxamic acid moieties, and can be viewed as a derivative of neoengleromycin (2). Also isolated from the same fungus were five known compounds: ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3beta-ol, 5alpha,8alpha-epidioxyergosta-6,22-dien-3beta-ol, p-anisic acid, N-(2-hydroxyhexadecanoyl)-4-sphingenine, and (4E,8E)-2-N-(2'-hydroxypalmitoyl)-1-O-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-9-methyl-4,8-sphingadienine. Their structures were determined mainly spectroscopically, including 2D-NMR techniques (HMBC, HMQC, H-1,H-1-COSY).


Engineers, as problem solvers, need to stay connected with society. Delivering the expected service to the community and making it worth living requires a strong social connectedness because the engineering profession is not only about Technology but, more importantly, about creating social values by providing solutions to societal challenges. This is possible by placing the students in an ecosystem that provides the scope to develop socially responsible students with the designer's mindset, to establish a positive social connection. Such an ecosystem is possible to build using the Design thinking approach. Design thinking, as the name implies, comprises two elements, a designer mindset, and a well-defined process. For engineers, it is mandatory to have a designer mindset to sharpen their problem-solving skills, which is the basic quality expected. The Design Thinking approach helps students in building an empathetic mindset which establishes a strong positive connection with society and makes them socially responsible. The core strength of the design thinking approach is the concept of empathy. The whole approach revolves around empathy and the user for whom the solution is developed. It believes that the people who face problems are the one who holds the key to the solution. At every stage of design thinking, a strong connection with society in the form of the user is experienced. This paper derives a new conceptual understanding of how the design thinking approach will help students to become socially responsible engineers. The study was conducted on a student group of 500 from a first- year engineering Program. Phase-wise presentation made by individual teams of 5-6 students on the societal problems was assessed using rubrics. In conclusion, the design thinking approach has been an effective tool for developing socially responsible students in their first year of engineering. Keywords—: Design thinking; empathy; mindset; socially responsible.


The spectral evolution of the peculiar Type Ic supernova (SN) 2002ap during the first 40 days is presented. The spectra display very broad absorption features, which are typical of "hypernovae." The maximum expansion velocity measured on the earliest spectra exceeds 3 × 104 km s-1. The spectrum of SN 2002ap at the epoch of maximum brightness resembles that of SN 1997ef more than that of SN 1998bw. The spectral evolution of SN 2002ap proceeds at about 1.5 times the rate of SN 1997ef. The parameterized supernova spectrum synthesis code SYNOW was used to perform line identification and deduce velocity information from the early-phase spectra, which are heavily affected by line blending. The photospheric velocity, as deduced from the fitting results and from the blueshift of the Si II λ6355 absorption minimum, is lower than in previously studied hypernovae. At advanced epochs, the Si II λ6355 absorption minimum becomes difficult to distinguish. This may be caused by the growth of [O I] λλ6300, 6364 emission. Together with the rapid spectral evolution, this suggests that SN 2002ap should enter the nebular phase sooner than previously studied hypernovae.


Research on deductive verification of probabilistic programs has considered expectation-based logics, where preand post-conditions are real-valued functions on states, and assertion-based logics, where preand post-conditions are boolean predicates on state distributions. Both approaches have developed over nearly four decades, but they have different standings today. Expectation-based systems have managed to formalize many sophisticated case studies, while assertion-based systems today have more limited expressivity and have targeted simpler examples. We present Ellora, a sound and relatively complete assertion-based program logic, and demonstrate its expressivity by verifying several classical examples of randomized algorithms using an implementation in the EasyCrypt proof assistant. Ellora features new proof rules for loops and adversarial code, and supports richer assertions than existing program logics. We also show that Ellora allows convenient reasoning about complex probabilistic concepts by developing a new program logic for probabilistic independence and distribution law, and then smoothly embedding it into Ellora. Our work demonstrates that the assertionbased approach is not fundamentally limited and suggests that some notions are potentially easier to reason about in assertion-based systems.


The upfront costs of the installation of a vibration damping system in a structure can be significant with respect to total structural costs. A detailed life-cycle cost analysis of the benefits of incorporating a damping system in a structure can show that much of the upfront costs are offset by savings occurring either at the time of construction or over the life of the structure. Semi-active dampers are a modern type of vibration damping system that has received increasing amount of attention in the structural community for its increased performance capabilities with respect to passive systems and significantly lower power requirements with regards to active damping systems. Currently, there is a gap in the research community between the performance and cost of semi-active dampers. This study aims at closing this gap by evaluating the current performance of passive systems and existing data on semi-active systems. First, we discuss cases where researchers proved that passive dampers can be cost effective while providing significant structural benefits. Secondly, we discuss how other research has shown that semi-active dampers can perform better than passive dampers and in some cases with fewer dampers, which could imply a lower-cost, better-performing damping system than those currently used in practice. Thirdly, we discuss the possible shortcomings and the unknown characteristics of semi-active damping systems, including lack of testing on the resiliency of semi-active dampers and sensors over time, the power requirements for semi-active dampers, the over-idealized testing procedures with control algorithms greatly optimized for a predetermined excitation sequence and the future of codified structural design with regards to structural resiliency in addition to life safety guidelines. The research indicates the possibility of semi-active damping


5-(3,5-Dinitrobenzene-1-yl)-tetrazole was designed and synthesized with a yield of 66.1% from 3,5-dinitro benzamide through amination,dehydration and cyclization in turn,and the structures of intermedia and the aim compound were characterized by IR,NMR,MS and elemental analysis.In addition,the mechanism of Zn2+ promoting cyclization was proposed and discussed,and its reaction conditions of cyclization were optimized as follows:the reaction time is 4 h,ZnCl2·2H2O as catalyst,molar ratio of ZnCl2·2H2O ∶ DNBT is 0.5 ∶ 1.The thermal decomposition of DNBT was studied by using different scanning calorimeter(DSC) methods in which the m.p.was 175.1 ℃ and the temperature of decomposition was 250.1 ℃.The result showed that DNBT displayed good thermal stability.


Background and Aims: In Mexico, the genus Gonolobus is currently represented by 43 species. Gonolobus has been studied for some regional floras and taxonomic novelties are continuously being described. In this context, during the review of the herbarium material and collections made in the state of Oaxaca, a specimen that failed to be assigned to any described Gonolobus in Mexico and Mesoamerica was found. Therefore, the objective of this work was to describe a new species of Gonolobus from Oaxaca.
Methods: Eleven herbaria and five virtual collections were revised, and several field trips to Oaxaca were conducted in 2018 to collect specimens. The studied material was compared with other species with similar morphology, a comparative table was prepared, and a distribution map included. The conservation status of the species based on field observations according to the IUCN Red List criteria is presented.
Key results: A new species of Gonolobus from southeastern Oaxaca, Mexico, with large green corollas, is described herein. A description and images of the new species are provided. Gonolobus cthulhui is morphologically similar to G. leianthus and G. pancololote, but differs by its black-tipped and widely ovate to suborbicular sepals, pubescent diagonal pattern on the corolla lobes, and thinner and discontinuous faucal annulus. An Endangered (EN) conservation category is suggested for this species.
Conclusions: This discovery highlights Oaxaca as the second state, after Chiapas, with most species of Gonolobus (19 spp.), and Mexico as a center of diversity for the genus, with 44 species recorded, of which 52.2% are endemic to the country.


The basis of this research is the mechanical processes that take place in the production of paper. All papermaking machines contain open sections of the web between the support rollers. When the paper web moves, it may lose stability, break, or begin to make transverse vibrations. It is assumed that the amplitude of these vibrations is the same in the width direction of the web, so that the movement of the string in the axial direction with constant speed is considered as a model. It should be noted that because of the axial motion, the mechanics of moving materials are different from classical mechanics. In the paper, the decrease of vibrations is realized with the help of actuators. The motion of the string is modelled by the initial-boundary value problem for a partial differential equation of hyperbolic type. The vibration damping controlling actuators are modelled by the function on the right side of this equation. The problem is to damp the forced transverse vibrations of a moving string in a minimum time. Examples of calculations are given.


In the present article the author assessed the implementation the measuring indicators of the State programme and its priority objectives in development of the country transport infrastructure in accordance with global rankings. It sought to give explanation of the reasons of not fulfilling planned indicators. Kazakhstan's position in World Bank reports (Logistics Performance Index) and the World Economic Forum (Transport infrastructure/The Global Competitiveness Index) have been analyzed, logistics market development in 50 countries with emerging economy (Emerging Market Logistics Index).The author gives an explanation of the assessment principles of the given rating, indicating the main criteria that is taken as a basis, the changes adopted in recent years in the assessment methods. The indicators of the leading countries in the world rankings are given, the main achievements and events that have contributed to high results and have interest for the development of the domestic logistics sector. The article assesses the leading position of Kazakhstan among the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Logistics Performance Index for the period 2014-2018, highlights factors that contributed to the growth and development problems of logistics. The author revealed a correlation relationship between the main indicators of the country's transport infrastructure (passenger and freight traffic, freight and passenger transport tariff indices, the operational length of public railways, the length of public paved roads, investments in fixed assets of transport and warehousing, goods turnover, the share of transport in the country's GDP) and the logistics market development index (EMLI). The results of the analysis prove the validity of strategic planning for the development of the industry in accordance with the criteria of the world ranking.


By analyzing the internal complex construction of Liaohe super-viscous crude oil,it is found that the high viscosity is caused by high nitrogen content.Then a new nitrogen polymeric viscosity reduction additive was prepared,whose characteristic groups were characterized by IR and()~1H-NMR.Results show that the additive has the optimum viscosity reduction effect on super-viscous crude oil,the viscosity decline rate of reached above 65%.The flow model of different super-viscous crude oil systems was predicted by correlating two typical super-viscous crude oils viscosity-temperature relative at different shear rates.The correlation coefficient of viscosity-temperature prediction model is proved to be 0.987.Furthermore,the viscosity-temperature correlation figure at different shear rates,which appear to be more obviously and directly,was(obtained) by relating the three parameters of viscosity,shear rate and temperature.


Background: In living kidney transplantation, preoperative donors' renal functional reserve (RFR) may correlate with postoperative residual renal function in both donors and recipients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the donors' RFR before transplantation and to compare basal and stress renal function before and after transplantation in both donors and recipients. Methods: Seven pairs of living kidney donors and recipients were considered for this observational study. RFR was measured with a renal stress test (RST) before and after the kidney transplantation through an oral protein loading test (1 g/kg of body weight). RFR was defined as the difference between the maximum value of creatinine clearance after protein load (stress glomerular filtration rate, sGFR) and baseline creatinine clearance (basal GFR, bGFR). Results: Before transplantation, a significant difference between sGFR and bGFR (p = 0.04) was observed in donors, with an RFR = 30.6 (11.9-41.5) mL/min/1.73 m2. After kidney transplantation, sGFR was similar to bGFR for both donors and recipients (p = 0.13), with a limited RFR (7.9 [6.70-19.25] and 14.90 [-6.67 to 25.53] mL/min/1.73 m2, respectively). The sum of the donor's and recipient's post-transplant sGFR was similar to the pre-transplant donor's sGFR (p = 0.73). Conclusion: RST is a safe, feasible, easy, and an inexpensive tool that is able to quantify RFR. In living kidney transplantation, it can be used in clinical practice to measure the original global filtration capacity of the donor's kidneys (sGFR) and to quantify the susceptibility of donors and recipients in developing postoperative kidney dysfunction. However, further studies with an adequate sample size and follow-up period are needed to test this hypothesis.


During the 1950s and 1980s, the Eastern Catholic Church (sharing the Byzantine tradition) was maintained in countries with a Ukrainian migrant diaspora. In the 1960s, this branched and organized church was formed in the Ukrainian diaspora. It was named the Ukrainian Catholic Church (UCC). The Galician Metropolitan Department was headed by Andriy Sheptytskyi until 1944, and after that Sheptytskyi was preceded by Yosyp Slipiy, who headed it until 1984. In addition to the Major Archbishop and Metropolitan Yosyp, this church included two dioceses (in the United States and Canada), a total of 18 bishops. It had about 1 million believers and 900 priests. The largest groups of followers of the union lived in France, Yugoslavia, Great Britain, Brazil, Argentina, and Australia. Today, the number of Greek Catholics in the world is more than 7 million.
The international cooperation of denominations in the field of resolving historical traumas of the past seems to be quite productive. An illustrative example was shared on June 28, 2013. Preliminary commemorations of the victims of the 70th anniversary of the Volyn massacres, representatives of the UGCC and the Roman Catholic Church of Poland signed a joint declaration. The documents condemned the violence and called on Poles and Ukrainians to apologize and spread information about the violence. This is certainly a significant step towards reconciliation between the nations.
The most obvious fact is that the churches of the Kyiv tradition—ОCU and UGCC, as well as Protestant churches (All-Ukrainian Union of Evangelical Churches—Pentecostals, Ukrainian Lutheran Church, German People's Church)—are in favor of deepening the relations between Ukraine and the European Union. A transformation of Ukrainian community to a united Europe, namely in the European Union, which, in their view, is a guarantee of strengthening state sovereignty and ensuring the democratic development of countries and Ukrainian society.


Focused on model uncertainty among frequency analysis by the method of Bayesian model selection and Bayesian model averaging(BMA),the theory of Bayes factors approach to model selection and model averaging is introduced.Based upon the Monte Carlo experiments,the true model can be(identified) in most time,indicating that the performances of Bayesian model selection are efficient.A case study on the annual maximum discharges of a certain reservoir is discussed,which indicates that the BMA can fit the empirical plotting points very well by averaging probability distributions with posterior probability.The conclusions are drawn that the BMA is useful to deal with the model uncertainty in frequency analysis.


Amongst the diverse populations migrating to Greece in the 1990s were also thousands of so-called 'co-ethnic' Orthodox Greeks from Southern Albania and the Black Sea Region (also known as the Pontic region) who were summoned back to their alleged homeland. Three films have dealt with the agenda of repatriation and its problematic ideological background: From the Snow/Ap to Hioni (1993), From the Edge of the City/Ap tin Akri tis Polis (1998) and Xenia (2014) expose the essentialisms of national identity, evoking simultaneously the bewilderment of co-ethnics, who were ultimately welcomed as strangers, and their struggles to assimilate. Despite many differences in form, all three films put the very notion of repatriation to the test and tackle head-on patriarchal discourses that figured prominently in the country's nationalist program. The author thus maintains a focus on the potential of Greek immigration films to radically screen repatriation and to forge an inclusive definition of Greekness.


Lepton-number violation can be induced by the exchange of an on-shell Majorana neutrino $N$ in semileptonic $|\Delta L|=2$ decays of the $B_s$ meson, $B_s^0 \to P^-\pi^-\mu^+ \mu^+$ with $P=K, D_s$. We investigate the production of such a heavy sterile neutrino through these four-body $\mu^+\mu^+$ channels and explore the sensitivity that can be reached at the LHCb and CMS experiments. For heavy neutrino lifetimes of $\tau_N$ = [1, 100, 1000] ps and integrated luminosities collected of 10 and 50 fb${}^{-1}$ at the LHCb and 30, 300, and 3000 fb${}^{-1}$ at the CMS, we find a significant sensitivity on branching fractions of the orders ${\rm BR}(B_s^0 \to K^- \pi^-\mu^+ \mu^+) \lesssim \mathcal{O}(10^{-9} - 10^{-8})$ and ${\rm BR}(B_s^0 \to D_s^- \pi^-\mu^+ \mu^+) \lesssim \mathcal{O}(10^{-8} - 10^{-7})$. In the kinematically allowed mass ranges of $m_N \in [0.25,4.77]$ GeV and $m_N \in [0.25,3.29]$ GeV, respectively, we exclude regions on the parameter space ($m_N,|V_{\mu N}|^{2}$) associated with the heavy neutrino, which could slightly improve the limits from $B^- \to \pi^+\mu^-\mu^-$ (LHCb).


We prove that atomic layer epitaxy (ALE) provides a novel technique to smooth a relatively rough GaAs surface. The method has been applied successfully to smooth chemically etched V-grooved GaAs structures and selectively grown GaAs stripe structures The key advantage is that ALE is governed by two-dimensional island growth mode.


Chronic diseases and the promotion of well-being in the later age becomes the new challenges for global public health have emerged with the process of population aging,. The high prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases makes the elders a major consumer of medicine, which makes the prescription one of the most present items in the list of health care dispensed to this population segment. When the elderly are in prolonged stay in bed, their condition of incapacity and dependence raises the risk of the appearance of problems related to medications, due to their low functionality and limiting diseases, a situation that requires a differentiated look and specificactions for their attendance. Thus, the objective of this study is to analyze the use and administration of medications used by bedridden elderly, assisted by the Family Health Units (USF) of the Sanitary IV District of Recife. This is a cross-sectional study, of quantitative nature and field study, with a descriptive delineation. The information of interest to the study was collected through instruments, where the dependent variables were: the degree of comprehension of caregivers on the administration of medications and drugs potentially inappropriate for the elderly and independent variables such as sociodemographic data and health conditions of the elders. The interviews for application of the instruments were performed through a home visit previously scheduled with the Community Health Agents from the USF corresponding to the micro-region 4.1.Information was collected from 101 caregivers and 101 bedridden elderly, where the caregiver was the one answering the questions at the time of the interview. The predominant profile of the caregivers was adult females in the age group from 41 to 60 years old, with low educational level and income. Most of them work in the home and have good knowledge about medication administration. Relative to the bedridden elders, the majority belonged to the female sex, over 75 years old, being low the schooling and income. Circulatory diseases have been identified as the main reason related to prolonged stay in bed, as well as a high prevalence of potentially inappropriate drug use for the elderly, with the most common being those that work in the cardiovascular system. More than half of the elders were poly medicated and the presence of 4 or more comorbidities and the age of 75 to 84 years were identified as factors associated with the polypharmacy. Indeed, the aspects related to the health conditions of the bedridden elders require the use of interdisciplinary strategies, such as the Family Health Strategy, that can guarantee support to the caregivers, mostly family members, a better monitoring of prescriptions and medication use, in order to minimize problems related to the use of inappropriate medicines and this reduce costs and contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of this population.


The purpose of this study is to develop a training model or variations of movements to be able to improve the ability to jump serveas a solution to overcome existing problems. This research uses Research and Development research methods. Small group trials are carried out with a sample of 6-12 male volleyball athletes. While the field trials were carried out on 30 volleyball male athletes. The results showed that the volleyball jump servetraining model was effective in developing the male volleyball jump serveability. The volleyball jump servetraining model developed and made by researchers is a product that aims to assist the trainer in developing volleyball jump servetraining programs, in an effort to improve the men's volleyball jump serveability, and as a reference for training materials.


The effect of N fertilization on protein concentration and protein yield of stubbled-in winter wheat and rye was evaluated in 40 field trials conducted over a wide range of soil types and environmental conditions in Saskatchewan, Canada. Although grain protein concentration was significantly higher for winter wheat in most trials, winter rye demonstrated a greater N use efficiency for grain production. Higher grain yields for rye compensated for lower protein concentrations, and at equal N rates rye produced as much or more protein per hectare than wheat in all comparable trials except two


Measurements were made on the burning of liquid hydrazine, MMH, and UDMH in a combustion gas environment. The experimental range of these tests involved gas temperatures of 1660-2530 K, oxygen concentrations of 0-42% by mass and droplet diameters (employing both droplets and porous spheres) of 0.11-1.91 cm. at atmospheric pressure. A simplified hybrid combustion theory was developed which was found to correlate the present results as well as the experimental measurements of other investigators. Measurements were also made of the monopropellant strand burning rates and liquid surface temperatures of a number of nitrate ester fuels and hydrazine at elevated pressures. The temperature measurements for the nitrate esters were found to be in good agreement with a theoretical model which allowed for gas solubility in the liquid phase at high pressures. Experimental results were also obtained on the burning rates and liquid surface temperatures of a number of paraffin and alcohol fuels burning in air pressures up to 72 atm. For these tests, the fuels were burned from porous spheres in a natural convection environment. Initial findings on a pressurized flat flame burner are also described as well as the design of an oscillatory combustion apparatus to test the response of burning liquid fuels.


Considering the importance of nuclear power station in terms of security,the auxiliary power supply in nuclear power station is normally designed for multiple power redundancy,so as to ensure safe-keeping of nuclear reactor and containment of radioactive.Therefore,in Tianwan nuclear power station design,offsite power source include wire connected from East china 500 kV grid and backup 220 kV power.In case that both power sources are lost at the same time,the safety of reactor core could only be kept by power station's own safe system,and it would have great influence on unit's safety factor.For the accident that all offsite power source are lost in unit one of Tianwan nuclear power station under full power condition at Oct.31th,2009,the question that how operator should deal with such problem so as to reach the purpose to shutdown reactor safely is described in this paper.For failures occurred during actual process,the improvement of system and optimization in terms of operation are discussed.


It is well known that while the perfect model matching condition (i.e. unstable plant zeros must be zeros of the reference model) is not met, the model reference adaptive control cannot easily be implemented. In adaptive control systems, since the plant is assumed to be unknown previously, it is a difficult task to choose an adequate reference model such that the perfect model matching condition is guaranteed in every adaptive step. In this paper, a new design algorithm for model reference adaptive control systems is proposed to synthesize an adaptive controller such that the error between the reference model output and the plant output can vanish in a deadbeat manner. In this situation, the stringent matching condition can be relaxed in every adaptive step, so our design algorithm is also suitable for unstable or non-minimum phase systems. Several simulation results are presented to illustrate the good behaviour of our design algorithm.


Recently, a theoretical calculation has been presented assuming that coherences can be produced in a radiatively assisted inelastic collision. The author reports the observation of final-state coherences in the simple case of dipole-dipole interaction in a strontium-europium mixture illuminated by a pi -polarised laser field. The author has measured the polarisation ratio P of the fluorescence emitted from the final degenerate Zeeman states of strontium. The result P=0.43+or-0.05 is in good agreement with theoretical predictions P=0.45.


As TV screens get ever larger, viewer tolerance to noise and artefacts has steadily declined. For next generation TVs such as flat TV, LCoS (liquid crystal on silicon), etc, being excellent in picture quality becomes a distinguishing feature. Although the quality of most digital signals has significantly been improved, distortion and noise still creep in and are an important source of picture degradations. Post-processing is a sensible solution that achieves a visual enhancement of the reconstructed images. Some of the artefacts, such as blocking and ringing, have already been widely considered. Therefore, this paper concentrates on a novel post-processing technique, that reduces another kind of distortion known as "mosquito noise". This temporal "busyness" is discarded by applying an adaptive temporal filter that preserves sharpness and naturalness of the reconstructed video signal in the frequency domain. The proposed algorithm is effective and straightforward to implement: experimental results show that the presented temporal post-filtering process significantly improves the visual quality of video. Moreover, the architectural options allow flexibility and cost trade-off.


Background: It is critical to follow up hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) in clinical practice. Computed tomography (CT) is used to assess lipiodol deposition, whereas it is difficult to assess hypovascular residual cancer masked by lipiodol. In contrast, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is superior to CT in showing residual cancer, but cannot display lipiodol deposition. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the value of spectral CT imaging in both lipiodol deposition and residual cancer for HCC patients after TACE. Patients and Methods: Ten HCC patients after treated with TACE underwent Discovery CT750 HD and MRI750 3T examination. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of iodine-based material decomposition images, monochromatic images and conventional CT images were generated. Results: Consequently, 30 residual lesions were detected in MRI of 10 patients. They were found in iodine-based images and monochromatic images versus 29 in conventional CT images. The area under ROC curves for the lesion-to-normal parenchyma ratio (LNR) on arterial phase (AP) in iodine-based material decomposition images, monochromatic images and conventional CT images were 0.933, 0.833 and 0.817, respectively. Conclusion: The study data highlighted good value of iodine-based material decomposition images of spectral CT in assessment of both lipiodol deposition and residual cancer for follow-up of HCC patients previously treated with TACE.


A new species, Toccolosida ganeshgudiensis N. Singh, Kirti Ranjan, sp. nov. is described from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India, the furthest southern known distribution for the genus in India. Additionally, Lixa Walker, 1866 is synonymised with Toccolosida Walker, 1863 and L. productalis Walker is newly combined as Toccolosida productalis (Walker), comb. nov. An updated checklist and a taxonomic key to the known species of Toccolosida are also provided.


. Dengue experienced a rise in disease burden in 2021 in speci fi c regions of India. We aimed to explore the risk factors of dengue occurrence and severity in the post-COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 vaccination era and performed an exploratory analysis involving participants from two prior observational studies conducted from February 2021 to April 2022 in a tertiary hospital in North India. Health care workers constituted the majority of the study participants. Individuals were strati fi ed into fi ve groups based on COVID-19 infection and timing of vaccination: COVID-No Vaccine, Vaccine-No COVID (VNC), COVID After Vaccine (CAV), Vaccine After COVID (VAC), and No Vaccine-No COVID (NVNC) groups. The occurrence of laboratory-con fi rmed dengue and severe forms of dengue were the main outcomes of interest. A total of 1,701 participants (1,520 vaccinated, 181 unvaccinated) were included. Of these, symptomatic dengue occurred in 133 (7.8%) and was " severe " in 42 (31.6%) cases. Individuals with a history of COVID-19 in 2020 had a 2-times-higher odds of developing symptomatic dengue ( P 5 0.002). The VAC group had 3.6 ( P 5 0.019)-, 2 ( P 5 0.002)-, and 1.9 ( P 5 0.01)- times-higher odds of developing symptomatic dengue than the NVNC, VNC, and CAV groups, respectively. The severity of dengue was not affected by COVID-19 vaccination but with marginal statistical signi fi cance, a 2-times-higher risk of severe dengue was observed with any COVID-19 of the past ( P 5 0.08). We conclude that COVID-19 may enhance the risk of developing symptomatic dengue. Future research should explore the predisposition of COVID-19-recovered patients toward other viral illnesses. Individuals receiving COVID-19 vaccines after recovering from COVID-19 particularly seem to be at greater risk of symptomatic dengue and need long-term watchfulness. Possible mechanisms, such as antibody-dependent enhancement or T-cell dysfunction, should be investigated in COVID-19-recovered and vaccinated individuals.


LT HIS is the first time that I venture to speak on an area outside my usual and by now fairly familiar stamping ground: Africa South of the Sahara. My only justification for doing so is a recent visit which I made to the oilfields of Hassi-Messaoud in the Algerian Sahara, and also a long-standing nostalgia (unsatisfied by books and maps) for that great desert, the southern fringe of which I reached thirty years ago after a protracted overland journey all the way from South Africa. In a week's time or so the 400-mile pipeline from Hassi-Messaoud to the port of Bougie will have been completed and soon after that it will be inaugurated.' This means that crude petroleum locked for millions of years two miles below the sands of the Sahara will flow at the rate of nearly five million tons a year-a modest figure by Middle Eastern or Venezuelan standards, but this is only a beginning. I am not implying that this will be the first oil to come out of Africa. Oil in payable quantities has been found elsewhere in Africa even South of the Equator, but so far these other fields do not hold such clear, early, and rich promise as the deposits of the Algerian Sahara. Moreover, what may well be called with justifiable grandiloquence the modem miracle of the Sahara consists not only of relatively large pockets of oil but also of important fields of natural gas and rich deposits of high-grade iron ore and manganese; and because of these developments the artesian water which had, for a long time, been known to exist in the sub-soil of this sterile country is being brought to the surface, or rather encouraged to pop to the surface, with a rush: warm, slightly sulphurous water, emerging at HassiMessaoud from a depth of 3,600 feet at the rate of one large barrel a second. I am talking about the mineral resources of the Sahara and their exploitation, but the area, though well defined geographically and climatically, cannot be divorced from the coastal territories, some of them independent sovereign States, which, collectively, embrace it. Thus, logically, I should first discuss the political situation and only afterwards the economic renaissance of the Sahara and particularly the oilfields I visited. I propose however to talk first of the Sahara and only later of


Even though hate speech is an extreme form of intolerance, which contributes to hate crime, the assessment of this particular behavior and its expressions is often problematic, because hate speech is difficult to define and even more difficult to investigate and punish. In the present article, the authors analyze the development of human rights standards (in particular as interpreted in the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights) regarding freedom of expression and hate speech and look at their application in Poland and Slovenia through a comparative analysis of Polish and Slovenian law and practice. We noticed that challenges with fulfilling international obligations to adequately respond to and fight hate speech can be observed and that some room for improvement on the level of lawmaking, policymaking, and their effective implementation is present. The most evident challenge remains in the low rates of prosecution of hate crimes recorded by the police, which need to be addressed by both States. In Slovenia, some positive systemic and regulatory changes have recently been introduced, while in Poland there has been little progress and not all victims of hate speech are adequately protected by law. The authors suggest a focus on educating individuals about the harmful consequences of hate speech and acts, adapting legislation to appropriately punish individuals who spread hate speech, raising awareness and understanding of the rhetoric used in the public sphere, and increasing media support for the aforementioned awareness, keeping in mind that solutions on how to appropriately address or prevent hate speech are by no means simple or straightforward.


In star vehicles, such as the serial adaptations of Kawabata Yasunari's The Dancing Girl of Izu, it is often the image associated with the lead actors/actresses that takes the position of organizing the traits of main character(s). This article examines how and to what extent the star images of the actresses Tanaka Kinuyo and Wanibuchi Haruko have informed the 'drift' of alterations to the source in their respective turns of stepping into the role of the eponymous dancing girl, Kaoru. Observing how elements of the star's real-life persona sometimes crawl into the film will help us to reconsider how the negotiation arising from the problematic fit between a star's image and narrative character can expand rather than contain the creative possibilities of adapting literary works to the screen.


Two-dimensional materials, such as molybdenum disulfide and graphene, have attracted much attention in the past decade. Two-dimensional polymers, as a subclass of two-dimensional materials, are defined as free-standing films composed of single layers of monomers that are covalently connected to give tesselated, ordered structures. The study of two-dimensional polymers synthesized at the air/water interface represents a major analytical challenge, particularly in terms of structure elucidation. In this thesis, two amphiphilic monomers that differ in terms of flexibility and complexity were studied with regard to their behavior at the interface, their polymerization, and the structure of the obtained polymerized films. To this end, various analytical techniques were employed, both at the air/water interface and after transfer of the film onto solid substrates, in order to prove the chemical connectivity between monomer units, estimate the conversion of the polymerization, study the packing of the monomers and to show that all criteria defining a two-dimensional polymer were fulfilled. These techniques included Brewster angle microscopy (BAM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), fluorescence microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), UV-vis spectroscopy, selected area electron diffraction (SAED) and variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry (VASE). The chemical connectivity was successfully proven in the case of one monomer using TERS, backed up by DFT calculations and confocal Raman spectra of synthesized reference compounds. A value for the conversion was estimated based on the TERS results and was further corroborated by XPS and a UV-vis study. It was also shown that all five definition criteria for a two-dimensional polymer were fulfilled. In the second case, not all aspects of structure elucidation could be resolved in a satisfactory way. This was mainly attributed to the differences in flexibility and complexity between the monomers. Nevertheless, indirect spectroscopic evidence could be furnished and this monomer proved particularly suited for a preliminary study exploring the option of performing polymerizations post-transfer on solid substrates. Furthermore, this study showed the possibility of using the fluorescent monomer films for optical recording or optical data storage.


Fig.2 Brain networks with top-ranked paths for predicting the diagnostic label of a given subject with peak accuracy using FC & EC. The thickness and color of paths correspond to their rank from RCE-SVM (top rank: yellow, bottom rank: red). (A) and (B) show paths where variance of DEC for controls is significantly less (A)/more (B) than PTSD. (C) and (D) show paths where SEC for controls is significantly less (C)/more (D) than PTSD. (E) shows paths where SFC for controls is significantly less than PTSD. (p=0.05). (F) shows paths where variance of DFC for controls is significantly more than PTSD. 7256 Dynamics of functional and effective brain connectivity better predicts disease state compared to traditional static connectivity Gopikrishna Deshpande, Hao Jia, Xiaoping Hu, Changfeng Jin, Lingjiang Li, and Tianming Liu MRI Research Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States, Department of Psychology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States, Biomedical Imaging Technology Center, Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, The Mental Health Institute, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, Department of Computer Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States


Abstract We correct two typos and an error in The Arithmetic of the Even and the Odd, and provide an axiom system for a weak arithmetic in which the fact that a square root of an integer is either irrational or an integer can be proved.


Measurement unit air way anti -clogging device of SCR system, including the urea case, the feed liquor tube coupling diaphragm pump of this urea case returns liquid tube coupling time liquid solenoid valve, return the liquid solenoid valve and connect the stabiliser, this stabiliser connection measurement unit air valve, the premixer is connected to measurement unit air valve, premixer one end is connected with the nozzle, and this blender other end is connected with the electromagnetic drive check valve, air pressure regulator is connected to the electromagnetic drive check valve, air pressure regulator is connected with the air valve, the air inlet is connected to the air valve, the air valve with air pressure regulator still is connected with and blows the solenoid valve by force, blow the solenoid valve by force and connect a nozzle, be equipped with anti -clogging device between measurement unit air valve and the premixer, anti -clogging device connects the one -way valve piston for the premixer, one -way valve piston upper portion is equipped with the spring, is equipped with quiet iron core in the one -way valve piston lower part quiet iron core outside is equipped with solenoid, is equipped with to mix fast base member around blender and one -way valve piston.


The diurnal and seasonal changes in plant water relations of two Japonica rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars, Nipponbare and Tachiminori, were studied under flooded conditions at Kyoto University. The dryland cv. Tachiminori maintained higher predawn and midday leaf osmotic potentials relative to the wetland cv. Nipponbare during the vegetative stage, but the ranking was reversed after flowering. The relationship between leaf water potential and leaf osmotic potential showed that prior to panicle emergence Nipponbare was able to adjust osmotically to maintain turgor, whereas after heading there was little turgor maintenance. Tachiminori showed little difference in osmotic adjustment before and after panicle emergence. Fertilizer treatment during panicle development also helped to maintain the degree of osmotic adjustment in both cultivars.


Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), BET areas, FT-IR spectroscopy, scanning electron microcopy (SEM) and temperature programmed reduction (TPR) techniques were performed to characterize copper−aluminum mixed-oxide samples with Cu/Al ratios between 0.5 and 3.0. The thermal stability, crystallinity, and purity of the materials obtained depended on the Cu/Al atomic ratio. The FT-IR and TG detected carbonate (mainly) and nitrate as counteranions interacting in the interlayer region. Loosely bound carbonate and nitrate anions and one strongly bound type of carbonate were found. The evolution of phases during calcination was studied using dynamic XRD experiments. The copper hydrotalcite phase is only stable at calcination temperatures lower than 500 K. All the samples showed well-dispersed CuO and/or CuAl2O4 phases. A pure copper aluminate of high surface area (>150 m2/g) can be obtained. The rate of formation of copper aluminate depends inversely on the amount of copper in the sample. Th...


Youths of today are leaders of tomorrow. Youth is the time of life when a person is young, especially the time before a child becomes an adult. Health is wealth. It is a common say that a healthy nation is a wealthy nation and since the women in the society stay more at home with the youths, they have important roles to play in taking care of them in terms of their diet and exercise. Youths in the society today are more obese than the adults; this is because they spend less time doing any form of physical activity when compared with the adults who spend more time on physical activities than the youths. It is important in the society to educate our youths on their health, how to improve their diets and encourage physical activities in our homes. This paper examined the roles of women in youth health status – Diet and Exercise. The paper recommended that women and the 3 tiers of government ( that is, local, state/regional, and federal government) should take adequate care of the youths in their homes and the society by providing good diet and allowing them to exercise regularly to keep the body healthy. Keywords: youth health status, diet, exercise, physical education


Using a new approach, 'SORM SBM' DEA, this paper analyses the efficiency of Indonesian banks during the period 2003–2007. The results prove highly sensitive to both the choice of modelling methodology used to handle negative numbers (i.e., Silva Portela et al., 2004 or Emrouznejad et al., 2010), and to the choice of risk control variable, namely loan loss provisions or equity capital. The most efficient bank grouping is generally found to be the 'state-owned' banks with the least efficient the 'regional government-owned' banks. The results of the impact of scale on the efficiency scores are ambiguous.


The vehicle suspension system is considered to have tremendous potential in energy harvesting and to be applicable for improving the efficiency of energy use of the vehicle. A novel piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) with noncontact magnetic force has the feature of low friction loss and is designed based on the vibration characteristic of the suspension system. The research comprises two main components: the motion conversion component and the energy conversion component. A screw‐nut mechanism that can convert linear vibration between the vehicle body and the wheel into rotational motion is used as the motion conversion component. The energy conversion component is a core component of the PEH; its function is to convert rotational energy into electrical energy through noncontact magnetic force and piezoelectric effect. The magnetic excitation model's credibility and the modeling method's feasibility are verified by experiment and simulation. Through vehicle field tests, the influence of the driving speed, road surface roughness, and cargo state on the harvested power is obtained. Driving on a random road, the maximum of the generated power is 24.28 W, at 60 km/h, under the laden state. Driving on a pulse road, the harvested power is 3346 W, at 30 km/h, under the unladen state. It is indicated that the PEH is a promising and practical option for harvesting energy for the vehicle's suspension system.


ABSTRACT Age estimation can obtain biological age which is helpful for diagnosis of healthy status and disease. The current age estimation methods do not consider the deep relationships of instances, which limits the potential improvement of the age estimation performance. A hierarchical age estimation mechanism with adaboost-based deep instance weighted fusion is proposed to solve this problem. First, a circulation iterative means clustering (CIMC) algorithm is designed for constructing the hierarchical instance space (multiple-layer instance spaces) and obtain multiple trained base regression models. Second, an adaboost-based deep instance weighted fusion (ADIWF) mechanism is designed to fuse the results of the trained regression models. Several representative age-related datasets are used for verification of the proposed method. The experimental results show that the mean absolute error (MAE) can be decreased apparently, by 6.86% and 1.42% on the Heart and Diabetes Dataset, respectively. Besides, some factors that may influence the performance of the proposed mechanism are studied. In general, the proposed age estimation mechanism is effective. In addition, the mechanism is a kind of framework mechanism, so it can be used to construct different concrete age estimation algorithms, and is helpful for related studies.


We report on a large 44 GHz (70–61 A+) methanol (CH3OH) maser survey of the Galactic Center. The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array was used to search for CH3OH maser emission covering a large fraction of the region around Sgr A. In 25 pointings, over 300 CH3OH maser sources (>10σ) were detected. The majority of the maser sources have a single peak emission spectrum with line of sight velocities that range from about −13 to 72 km s−1. Most maser sources were found to have velocities around 35−55 km s−1, closely following velocities of neighboring interacting molecular clouds (MCs). The full width at half-maximum of each individual spectral feature is very narrow (∼0.85 km s−1 on average). In the north, where Sgr A East is known to be interacting with the 50 km s−1 MC, more than 100 44 GHz CH3OH masers were detected. In addition, three other distinct concentrations of masers were found, which appear to be located closer to the interior of the interacting MCs. It is possible that a subset of masers is associated with star formation, although conclusive evidence is lacking.


Master Oscillator Power Fiber Amplifier lasers (MOPFA) lasers have been available for several years but very short nanosecond pulses along with low brightness, high repetition rates and high average power has only been achieved recently. The different types of pulsed fiber lasers are described. These new fiber laser designs have characteristics that allow them to challenge conventional laser technology in many application areas. Some data on industrially relevant ablation rates is included and other applications are also presented.


I would like to draw the attention of your readers to a new multilingual online resource on Hansen's disease, info Hansen (www.infohansen.org), which has been created with the help of a team of medical students in Brazil. More than 80% of the 200,000 annual new cases of Hansen's disease occur in just 3 countries, India, Indonesia, and Brazil, with the latter accounting for>90% of cases in the Latin America [1]. The aim of info Hansen is to provide an educational resource created and hosted in Brazil, combining content provided by Brazilian and international contributors on a wide range of topics, that is then disseminated to national and international healthcare professionals, researchers, academics, persons affected by Hansen's disease, and the public, in Portuguese, Spanish, French, and English. info Hansen arose from an initiative to engage medical students in Brazil with the subject of a disease that remains endemic in their country and that therefore creates a need for newly qualified physicians to have clinical, psychosocial, and historical knowledge that they can use should they encounter Hansen's disease in their future practice. The site will provide free access to a Hansen's disease in Clinical Practice e-book comprising chapters written by subject matter experts on every aspect of Hansen's disease, including its history, epidemiology, immunology, environmental sources, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment. Blog articles will provide an informal means of disseminating novel and thought-provoking scientific, social, and policy ideas about Hansen's disease. The involvement of persons affected by Hansen's disease is vital to the genesis and future development of info Hansen. The launch event was promoted by the Brazilian Movement for the Reintegration of Persons Affected by Hansen's Disease (Movimento de Reintegração das Pessoas Atingidas pela Hansenı́ase (MORHAN)) [2], with content (blog articles, interviews, and documentary photography) focused on the stigmatisation that is so strongly associated with Hansen's disease and, sadly, still encountered by persons affected by the disease in their daily lives and still codified in discriminatory legislation in some countries [3]. Several articles on the theme of stigma from Brazil were complemented by articles written by contributors from Europe and Asia, and video interviews with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons Affected by Hansen's disease and their Family Members and with persons whose lives were changed by Hansen's disease. This curation of input from diverse voices and perspectives will be a feature of info Hansen as the resource continues to develop and grow. In November, new chapters, videos, and articles will be published. Among them are articles on zoonotic transmission from armadillos, and reflections on the elimination of the disease in Brazil and the world and its obstacles. Brazil is one of the countries most severely affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and an interprofessional team created info Hansen whilst Universities were closed. On a global health theme is a link between info Hansen and a committee PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES


The concept of life prediction and several kinds of prediction method that are common used are introduced and the advantage and the disadvantage of these methods are also analyzed.Then,the gray system theory is elaborated in detail.Furthermore,the GM(1,1) prediction model is set up.And the model is applied for resolving the question of the life prediction of missile electronic equipment.


Background: Pterygium is a fleshy, triangular, or wing-shaped growth of the conjunctiva that encroaches onto the cornea. It is an active, invasive, inflammatory process associated with cellular proliferation, connective tissue remodeling, and angiogenesis. Materials and Methods: It is a prospective 2-year study. One hundred eyes with pterygium presenting in ophthalmology department in a tertiary care hospital in Western Maharashtra, India, were selected. Clinical and histopathological characteristics of pterygia were noted. Statistical analysis of the obtained results was carried out by a statistical program package (SPSS, version 15 and Epi Info, version 7). Results: Out of 100 pterygia, 93% were nasally located, 17% were seen in bilateral eyes, 91% of the pterygia were ≤4 mm in size, and 75% were progressive in nature. Stocker's line was seen in 25% of cases whereas Fuchs spots were seen in only 4% of cases. Thirty-four percent of pterygia were having Grade 1 inflammation whereas 18% were having Grade 0 and Grade IV inflammation each. Similarly 36% pterygia were showing grade II vascularization and 35% were showing grade III fibrinoid necrosis. A total number of pterygia that recurred in our study (n = 3) were showing high grades of inflammation, vascularization, and fibrinoid change (Grade IV each). Conclusion: All the pterygia were surgically removed with conjunctival autograft technique, and the pterygia which recurred in our study (n = 3) were all nasally located, progressive in nature, and > 4 mm in size with positive Fuchs spots and negative Stocker's line. All were showing high-grade (Grade IV) inflammation, vascularization, and fibrinoid change.


The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how literary devices work in conjunction with syntax in the Phoenician inscription of Yeìimilk. I have chosen this particular inscription because of the concise and effective manner in which the author incorporated chiasmus within the framework of this short text. 1 I will show that chiasmus as a literary device operates within the parameters set by syntax. The execution of the chiasm occurs on both a syntactic and literary plane. Put briefly, the syntax is the vehicle that conveys the literary devices, and the author chose identical or synonymous words within the chiastic parallel, resulting in both a grammatical and semantic chiasm. 2 As I proceed, I will first give a brief overview of the syntax followed by a description of the function of the literary device. Below I have provided my translation and breakdown of the following portion of the inscription.


Determining the optimal number of beds in a hospital unit is often a very critical task. Patients' number of arrivals and length of stay are random variables which necessitates the treatment with the number of patients at hospital as a stochastic process, and thus adding to the complexity of the bed sizing problem. The optimal number of beds is affected by some critical parameters such as target utilisation level, admission rate and target service level. This study applies a discrete event simulation model to approximate the true relationships between different control parameters and optimal number of beds. A goal programming model is then solved to find the optimal number of beds that maintains minimal deviation from target admission and utilisation levels. Data have been collected for the calendar year 2019 and then analysed and used in the simulation model. Mathematical relationships are then embedded in a multiobjective optimisation model that finds the optimal number of beds in an Intensive Care Unit that minimises the deviations from a pre-specified service and beds utilisation levels.


The widespread use of WiFi in the 2.4-GHz ISM band creates the potential for RF powering using WiFi radios. This paper presents the design of a cm-scale RF-energy harvester including antenna, rectifier, and dc–dc boost converter for RF powering in the 2.4-GHz ISM band. The rectifier and boost converter are designed while considering cold-start operation and nanowatt-scale available power from the rectifier for RF incident power <−33 dBm. Low-power design in the power management unit and converter leads to ~1-nW quiescent power. The harvester implementation in 65-nm CMOS occupies 1.6 mm2 while the antenna occupies 1.27 cm2. The proposed design optimization approach leads to a sensitivity of −33 dBm in cold start and −36 dBm in the primary mode for 1-V output, translating to ~1.4<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> and ~2<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> improvement in range compared to prior art. Measurements using a commercial WiFi TX demonstrate the ranges of up to 1.25 m for 14-dBm output power with 1.3% TX duty-cycling in WiFi access-point mode, demonstrating the feasibility of powering sensors from RF power beacons in the 2.4-GHz ISM band as well as from background WiFi transmissions.