A three dimensional solution of the steady state diffusion equation, with boundary conditions applicable to closed can 222Rn exhalation measurements is described. A modified one-dimensional formalism is introduced which allows the interpretation of the results from exhalation measurements in terms of one-dimensional 222Rn exhalation from walls.


A general single-state queueing system, in which the input and output processes are modeled as point processes with stochastic intensities, is studied. The problem is to control both the input and the output intensities, subject to some state-dependent capacity limits, and the objective is to maximize a discounted value function. With reasonable assumptions on the capacity limits, it is shown that there exists an optimal control that is of the threshold type, characterized by a finite upper barrier (the lower barrier being zero). The results developed provide theoretical justification for the optimality of the threshold control, which is widely applied in practice. >


Enhancing the resolution of 3D patterning techniques in functional soft polymers enlarges the application areas of responsive shape‐changing materials, for tunable nanophotonics and nanorobotics. Thanks to the recent advances of polymer science, the palette of available materials for nanomanufacturing is becoming wider and wider—although the comprehension of their polymerization process by two‐photon polymerization is still incomplete. In this work, both shrinking of the minimal polymerizable unit and a significant improvement of the mechanical stability of microstructured soft polymers, in particular of liquid crystalline networks, are demonstrated. To this aim, temperature control enhances the resolution and reduces the swelling of the polymerized structures, thus avoiding deviations of the final structure from the intended design. This fine control on the nanoscale features enables the use of soft responsive materials not only for bulky microelements, but also for high‐resolution structures with more complex design.


The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday's announcement of the intended nomination by President Donald Trump of James Morhard to serve as the agency's deputy administrator:


Objective:
To compare the clinical outcome of digital and manual marking for toric intraocular lens (IOL) implantation.

Methods:
This prospective randomized control study included one eye each of 80 patients underwent cataract surgery with coexisting corneal astigmatism of more than 1.0 diopter (D). The eyes were randomly assigned to two groups. The observation group, 40 eyes, underwent Verion system assisted phacoemulsification and toric IOL implantation. The control group, 40 eyes, underwent toric IOL implantation with manual slit-lamp assisted preoperative marking. We recorded the uncorrected distance visual acuity (UCDVA), best corrected distance visual acuity (BCDVA), and corneal astigmatism before and after surgery, as well as the anticipated and observed residual astigmatism. The follow-up time was 3 months. Means and standard deviations were calculated. Data were performed by t-test, chi-square tests.

Results:
The mean postoperative UCDVA for the observation group was 0.11 ± 0.11 log minimum angle of resolution (logMAR), and for the control group it was 0.13 ± 0.13 logMAR (t=-0.96, P=0.34). The mean deviation from the targeted induced astigmatism (TIA) for the observation group was 0.12 ± 0.11 D and for the control group it was 0.21 ± 0.12 D (t=-3.71, P=0.001). The mean postoperative toric IOL misalignment measured by the slit lamp was 2.2° ± 1.6° for the observation group and 4.6° ± 3.0° for the control group (t=-3.69, P=0.001).

Conclusions:
The intraoperative digital guidance of the Verion system provided better toric IOL alignment than did the manual slit-lamp assisted alignment. The Verion system resulted in less postoperative TIA and less postoperative toric IOL misalignment than did the manual-marking technique.

Key words:
astigmatism; refractive cataract sugery; toric intraocular lenses


A coupling member (1) intended to be mounted between two ends (2A) of a diamond wire (2) used to cut into blocks, particularly of natural stone, the diamond wire (2) being in particular used in the form of an endless loop, the connecting member (1) having a transmitter (6) which can emit a signal indicating a particular direction (8), optionally a sense determined from this particular direction (8) and cable diamond equipped such a coupling member.


1. The tunnels made under the surface can protect the human from the radiation in the lunar environment. 2. The closed balloons that inserted inside the tunnels serve as an inner lining as well as a medium to contain the oxygen that is required for the habitation. 3. The plant and other ecosystem will be established for the sustaining of the habitate. 4. The energy can be generated by the solar panel on the surface of the moon. 5. The robotic tunnelling device can also work longer hours without rest as compared to human beings. 6. The groundwork that are laid by the robots are important because through tunnelling, the barren lunar surface become a resource for possible habitation. 7. The habitate can survive on the plants or food that are cultivated in the biosphere.


In the article,we introduced the advance on study of uterine mast cells (MCs) and autonomic innervation of uterus in recent years,expounded effect of autonomic nerves on uterine immunity by uterine MCs and regulation of substance P on uterine immunity.Autonomic nerves may restrain proliferation of uterine MCs and releasing of histamine from uterine MCs to decrease the level of local cellular immune in uterus MCs to modualte uterine immunity,however,the release of histamine depend on the phase of reproductive cycle.Modulation for MCs by neuro peptides is a side of interaction in immune neuroendoctine communication.The profound research for mechanism of effect of neuro peptides on MCs will promote the development of Neuroimmunity.


This paper presents two universal 4×4 `reversible RPS gates' that can function as a reversible 4-bit Binary to BCD converter with a garbage count of zero. The new `fully or partially reversible RPS gate' gives an optimized design of the offset correction circuit of a reversible Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) adder. The paper proposes reversible implementations of BCD adder using fully reversible RPS gates and using combination of HNC-RPS (fully and partially) gates; and the comparisons are tabulated. The HNG-RPS designs achieve a reduction in garbage outputs and logical complexity compared to the existing reversible BCD adder designs. This can form the basic building block of a high speed decimal `Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU)' for a low power reversible `Central Processing Unit (CPU)'.


THE SYMBOLIC AND THE REAL: MAKING SENSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT* 'Environment' is a frustratingly large and ambiguous idea. At its most material and obvious 'environment' is the air we breathe and the water we drink; slightly more removed, it is the trees and the bees and the many symbolic and actual dependencies we have on them; even more grandly 'environment' signifies the political and cultural conflicts over the interpretation and values placed upon the material world we inhabit. The environment is everything which is not 'us', it is a sort of universal 'other'. But even as we seek to separate ourselves from the environment, we also realise that we are constituted by it. Many of our deepest cultural values are rooted in assumptions about the environment, as a source of food and water, as something to enjoy and fear, as something to protect and nurture. There is also the practical fact that most of the world's environments, to a greater or lesser degree, have been reshaped by millennia of human action. The environment, while separate from us, is also a reflection of us. This bundle of associations and dependencies has come progressively under more formal control over the past 50 years. Governments, firms, consumers and citizens have all taken or been given roles in environmental protection. Regulatory and environmental institutions have formed, generating a complex architecture of norms, rules and disputes. New ideological apparatuses have been erected, perhaps the most influential being the idea of sustainable development which cements together environmental and social objectives. All the time, the scope and ambition of environmental protection efforts have grown, beginning with the local and the noxious, translating into the regional and the invisible, and leading today to efforts to manage the global climate through an international convention. Today more and more interactions between human activity and the environment are being managed, from the gases which your car can emit, to the ingredients of the detergents you buy, and the processes used to produce your paper tissues. The increasing scope and deepening intensity of environmental 'governance' is explained partly by the realisation that human activity has become a dominant influence on the Earth's environment. If the depletion of resources, or the destruction of environmental quality threatens the capacity of societies to reproduce themselves (to be sustainable) then there is an argument for changing human activities. Since the environment is a 'commons' which individuals or groups will tend to over-use, there is a natural role for governments to intervene to protect the common interest. Through time policymakers have also discovered the need to do what government spokespeople Energy & Environment, Vol. 10, 1999, No. 2 209


The present investigation was conducted to magnitude of economic heterosis and inbreeding depression in F 2 s of bread wheat for identifying desirable cross combinations. The experimental materials comprised 100 genotypes which were consisted of 10 diallel parent and their F 1 s and F 2 s. The experimental material was conducted in randomized complete block deign with three replication at Economic Botanical Research Farm, Nawabganj of C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 208 002. The analysis of variance revealed that the all components of variance had significant differences for almost the traits under studied over both generations. The result of economic heterosis revealed that the cross combinations, DBW 14 x K 0424, K 9162 x K 9423, K 9533 x K 0307, K 1114 x K 0424 and K 1114 x NW 2036 were good for grain yield per plant along with range of -88.54 (K 0424 x K 0911) to 28.52 per cent (DBW 14 x K 0424) and other traits compared to out of 45 F 1 s whereas, all these cross combinations also had significant grain yield demission in F 2 s results of increase of homozygosity among the crosses in advanced generations. The range of inbreeding depression varied from-50.36 (K 1114 x K 9423) to 49.12 % (K 0911 x K 0307) in F 2 s. Therefore, it could be concluded that these cross combination exploited in future breeding programme for development of good heterotic gene pool as well as evolution of wheat by improving of grain yield as well as others heat tolerance traits.


A geographical point cloud is a detailed three-dimensional representation of the geometry of our geographic environment. Using geographical point cloud modelling, we are able to extract valuable information from geographical point clouds that can be used for applications in asset management, crisis management, city and landscape planning, and environmental simulations. During this process the point cloud is semantically enriched, e.g. by performing classification, and structurally enriched, e.g. by performing segmentation or surface reconstruction. In this thesis I propose a new approach to geographical point cloud modelling based on the 3D Medial Axis Transform (MAT), a skeleton-like representation of shapes that explicitly models both the topology and the geometry of shapes. While the 3D MAT has been used before in other fields, its application to geographical point clouds is novel. Advantages of the MAT over existing mostly 2.5D and boundary representation-based methods include that 1) it is fully 3D, 2) it can be used to intuitively structure and decompose a point cloud into objects, 3) it clearly separates a point cloud into interior and exterior volumes, and 4) it is able to compactly characterise geometrical properties of a shape though its local medial geometry. I make three core contributions. First, I explain how to robustly approximate the 3D MAT for large real-world geographical point clouds. This is critical for geographical point clouds because they are inherently noisy due to the challenging acquisition conditions and the fact that the MAT in itself is highly sensitive to noise. Second, I show how to structure the MAT into a connected set of medial sheets that form so-called 'medial clusters' that give us a natural decomposition of the point cloud into objects. Third, I demonstrate how the MAT can be applied for feature aware point cloud simplification and visualisation, visibility analysis, watercourse detection, and building detection. Due to noise and limitations in the point density of geographical point clouds, the MAT performs best for objects that have a clearly defined volume in the point cloud such as for example houses and landscape features. It is less suitable for object like trees and thin street furniture. The core result of this thesis is that I prove that the 3D MAT is a useful and practically viable tool for geographical point cloud modelling.


Belém de Maria's Municipality, located in the Mata Sul region of the state of Pernambuco, suffered severe damage due to the torrential rain that caused a significant flood in May of 2017. Because of 2017's flood, the Rosário bridge, which is made of reinforced concrete, was entirely covered by the Panelas River. After those heavy rain episodes, inspections aiming to evaluate the impact caused to the bridge are required to find if any problems arose and if interventions are needed; Hence, ensuring the safety of the passengers that will make use of the bridge. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the pathological manifestations identified in the Rosário Bridge after exposure to the water due to the flood and proposes the recovery options required. Several pathological manifestations were identified in the structure, however, even with the bridge's recovery, other events, such as what happened in 2017, may damage the structure. Because of that, an economic feasibility study for its reconstruction with the elevation of its quota is recommended, as defined by a hydrological study. Due to the study conducted in this paper, it is expected that it is possible to contribute to the preservation of the bridges and, consequently, the safety of its users.


In the method for determining the state of at least one oil certificates as to the defect, the state value from the transmission value, being dependent on the transmission value changes that characterize the state of the oil certificates as to the defect indicating the ultrasonic wave transmission at different places on the oil certificate It is determined. Using a preset criteria is determined the state of the oil certificate for the state value.


The utility model relates to a plush toy, in particular to a toy with a sachet. The toy comprises a toy main body, wherein the toy main body consists of a surface material and fillers filled in a hollow structure of the surface material; an opening is formed in the surface material; a bag-shaped structure is formed from the opening to the interior of the surface material by sewing a lining in the surface material; the sachet is placed in the bag-shaped structure and consists of a sachet body and contents in the sachet body; a connection structure, namely a zip or a magic tape is arranged at the opening; and the contents of the sachet are perfume or health-care Chinese medicinal materials. According to the toy, the perfume or health-care Chinese herbal medicines are filled in the sachet, and the zip or the magic tape is arranged at the opening formed in the toy, so that the sachet can be taken out when the toy is cleaned, and after the toy is washed and dried, the sachet can be placed into the toy again, and the toy is zipped or pasted with the magic tape; and therefore, the toy is convenient, attractive and practical.


The estimation of probabilistic seismic hazard in low seismicity regions such as stable continental regions has to cope up with the difficulty in identification of active faults and with the low amount of available seismicity data. In this paper, an attempt is made to carry out probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for low seismicity region like Chennai city, South India. A new earthquake catalogue for Chennai, with unified moment magnitude scale has been prepared. The standard Cornell-McGuire method has been used for hazard computation. Seismicity of the area around Chennai city has been evaluated by defining 'a' and 'b' parameters of the Gutenberg-Richter recurrence relationship. The study demonstrated that the hazard is dominated by the distributed local seismicity. The uniform hazard spectra of acceleration have been obtained for different return periods and compared with the code specified design response spectra.


The purpose of this study was to validate the attitudes toward arts and arts education survey, preservice teachers form, using Rasch model analysis techniques. The survey consists of (40) items distributed to four dimension or subscale (Societal, personal, professional and economical). The sample of the study was all students enrolled in the preservice art teacher preparation program at the Hashemite University (110 students, mainly females). Rasch analysis program (e.g., Winsteps 3.65) was used to calculate in-Fit and Out-Fit mean square statistics to evaluate how well each item fits the model. Fit statistics refers to whether the items are of sufficient quality to interpret the outputs in interval scale, and whether each item contributes to the measurement of only one construct. The values of in-Fit MNSQ of all survey items except seven (items 14 and 110 from societal dimension; items 23, 27 and 28 from personal dimension; and item 35 from professional dimension) fall within the accepted range for fitting the model. Based on the results of fit statistics, it can be concluded that overall the data fit the model very well and the items contribute to the measurement of one construct, i.e. attitude toward arts and art education. Further validation study using classical test theory and confirmatory factor analysis recommended.


PURPOSE
To test whether the combination of dentin adhesive and resin-based composite from the same manufacturer had higher micro-shear bond strength than the other combinations of different manufacturers.

METHODS
25 experimental micro-shear bond test groups were made from the combination of five resin-based composites and five dentin adhesives (three total-etch adhesives and two self-etch adhesives) with extracted human molars stored in saline for 24 hours. The test was performed with the wire-loop method using a universal testing machine, and the micro-shear bond strengths were calculated. SEM photomicrographs of fractured sites were taken to check the failure mode.

RESULTS
The combinations from same manufacturers failed to show higher bond strengths than the other combinations. Self-etch adhesives showed significantly higher micro-shear bond strengths than total-etch adhesives (P < 0.05). In total-etch adhesives, the kind of resin composite was important and in self-etch adhesives, the kind of adhesive had significant effect on micro-shear bond strength (P < 0.05). All sites showed mixed fractures.


Aerosol samples were collected from coastal atmosphere of Shangchuan Island in Guangdong, China. Atmospheric particles were size-fractionated into two size ranges: coarse particles (r>1.0 μm) and fine particles (1.0 μm≥r>0.2 μm). Presence of Methane Sulfonic Acid (MSA) in individual particles was determined with an electron microscope using multiple thin film method. It was found that there is MSA particle in the coastal atmosphere (the number concentration of MSA particles varied about from 0 nmol/m^3 to 0.5 nmol/m^3), and that MSA-containing particles existed mainly in the coarse size range and under high humid conditions.


This paper focuses on the applications and the reasons that underlie these applications found in the papers published in the Annals of ANPCONT, ENANPAD and USP about the Balanced Scorecard (BSC), in the period comprising the years 2007-2012. This work consists in a documentary research, based on a descriptive and exploratory methodology, which analyzed a sample of 32 papers. In data analysis, the sample was divided into three strata according to the application. In a second moment the reasons that support the researches were examined. The first stratum contains the studies which


Code-mixing is a linguistic phenomenon where multiple languages are used in the same occurrence that is increasingly common in multilingual societies. Code-mixed content on social media is also on the rise, prompting the need for tools to automatically understand such content. Automatic Parts-of-Speech (POS) tagging is an essential step in any Natural Language Processing (NLP) pipeline, but there is a lack of annotated data to train such models. In this work, we present a unique language tagged and POS-tagged dataset of code-mixed English-Hindi tweets related to five incidents in India that led to a lot of Twitter activity. Our dataset is unique in two dimensions: (i) it is larger than previous annotated datasets and (ii) it closely resembles typical real-world tweets. Additionally, we present a POS tagging model that is trained on this dataset to provide an example of how this dataset can be used. The model also shows the efficacy of our dataset in enabling the creation of code-mixed social media POS taggers.


The utility model relates to an experimental equipment used for obtaining the tobacco calefacient and rehydration production process parameters. The utility model comprises a sealed barrel 1, a rolling barrel 3, a sealing cover 11, a shaft 6, an air circulation pipeline 7 and a hydro jet nozzle. Wherein, the sealed barrel is an open cylinder provided with a bottom; an air outlet is arranged at the barrel bottom; a pass hole is arranged in the central part of the barrel; the rolling barrel is an open cylinder whose one end bottom is sealed by a mesh board and the outside diameter of the rolling barrel is less than the inside diameter of the sealed barrel; the sealed barrel covers the rolling barrel; a sealing ring is arranged between the inner round wall of the sealed barrel and the outer round wall of the rolling barrel; the top of the shaft passing through the bottom hole of the sealed barrel is connected with the central part of the outer surface of the mesh board; an air inlet opening inward and a hydro jet nozzle are arranged on the sealing cover; the air inlet is connected with the Tee outside the sealing cover; the air inlet of the Tee is communicated with one pipe opening of the air circulation pipeline; and the other opening of the air circulation pipeline is communicated with the air outlet at the bottom of the sealed barrel; a circulating fan and a heating device are arranged in the air circulating pipeline, thereby, an inlet cover is arranged on the receiving opening of the Tee.


Microbial transformation is a complementary tool in the investigation of drug metabolism. In the present investigation, biotransformation of vincamine was studied using microbial cultures. Bacterial, fungal, and yeast cultures were employed to elucidate the metabolism of vincamine. The results indicate that a number of microorganisms metabolized vincamine to various levels to yield three major metabolites, which were identified by HPLC-DAD and LC-MS-MS analyses. HPLC analysis of the extracts of the cultures showed that 16 out of 39 cultures were able to metabolize vincamine to produce one or more metabolites and the biotransformed products are more polar than the substrate vincamine. Out of 16 cultures maximum biotransformation of vincamine was observed with the cultures of Absidia coerulea MTCC 1335. The major metabolite was hydroxylated metabolite of vincamine, while the other metabolites were produced by dihydroxylation and methyl hydroxylation which are not seen in mammalian metabolism. The results will support the formation of new metabolites and more polar metabolites which have significance in the improvement of pharmacokinetic parameters of vincamine derivatives.


A generally accepted view among researchers and policy makers is that large capital flows to Latin America starting from the second half of the 1980s through the 1990s may have caused speculative bubbles in the asset markets of recipient economies. This article tests for asset price bubbles in the stock markets of six Latin American countries using data for the last 10 years or so. It employs recently developed robust estimation techniques which are specifically designed to exploit the skewness and leptokurtosis that bubbles may engender in the data. It finds massive deviations from normality in both stock prices and dividends series and the test results provide strong evidence for the existence of stock price bubbles in each of the markets examined.


The continued-construction engineering of a large-scale space grid structure works, which is located in Pudong Shanghai, is tested in-site and checked computation. The influences of safety of steel structure after corroding are analyzed. The strengthening scheme of the works are put forward.


An experiment on screening of cotton germplasm against Verticillium wilt caused by Verticillium dahlia Kleb was carried out at Cotton Research Institute in 2008, 2009 and 2010 seasons in Zimbabwe. The objective of the study was to identify cotton germplasm with considerable resistance to the disease under natural infection for use in cotton variety development programmes. Twelve varieties were laid in a randomised complete block design replicated three times. Eight were new elite varieties and three were commercial cultivars. Infection percentages were calculated for infected plants in each plot. Percentage infection were Arcsine transformed and varieties with scores of 0-9% rated highly resistant, 10-19% rated resistant, 20-29% rated tolerant and above 29% rated susceptible. Three test varieties LS96-05-1, 937-05-8 and 97-05-1 were identified as resistant to the disease and were recommended for use in cotton breeding programmes.


Surface modification of carbon nanotube(CNT) by plasma is a novel technology.The parameters of plasma treatment,and the surface structure,morphology,field emission property of carbon nanotube before and after treatment are reviewed in this paper.Furthermore,the future of the application on the surface modification of CNT is presented.


Policymakers have placed growing weight on the importance of integrated approaches for tackling complex development challenges. There have also been increased calls to focus attention and resources on addressing the specific challenges posed by borderland regions, considering that protracted armed conflict, chronic poverty, humanitarian emergencies, state failure, and unregulated and environmentally damaging economic activities are often concentrated in these spaces. In light of these complex and multi-faceted challenges, this paper analyses two international interventions that aimed, in different ways, to integrate drugs-related and development goals in the conflict-affected Myanmar-China borderlands. The first of these interventions is an alternative development programme implemented by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). This programme has sought to combine efforts to reduce opium cultivation with a wider set of rural development strategies aimed at tackling poverty, promoting gender equality, and strengthening environmental protection. The second intervention is a large-scale opium substitution programme (OSP) funded by the Chinese government, which claims to tackle drug production through initiating a wider process of economic development and transformation in marginalized upland borderlands. Based on a detailed analysis of these two programmes, this paper highlights the need for integrated approaches to embed a stronger political economy analysis. It emphasizes that any kind of intervention will be shaped by power relations and competing sets of interests and must understand and be resilient to these pressures. The paper provides several key insights to guide programmes in this direction. First, integrated borderland development programmes should be underpinned by a robust and prior analysis of the context in which they are to be implemented. Second, integrated development programmes need to acknowledge, identify, and manage inherent and newly-emerging tensions and trade-offs between policy goals explicitly and honestly, rather than assuming 'all good things come together'. Finally, policymakers and practitioners need to assess the interests of different stakeholders involved in integrated programmes to determine how these interests affect the ways that programmes are designed and implemented and their outcomes.


: Background : labor pain was considered as the most intensive pain in our life and the use of analgesics still not common in our hospitals. A lot of pregnant women are frightened of this labor pain, and they are trying to search for anything to relieve the pain. The purpose of the study to assess the perception of antenatal women towards using analgesia during labor. Method : A descriptive design. A convenience sample of 500 pregnant women. Setting : The current study was conducted at obstetric department of three settings in Menoufia governorate. Result: the study reported that there was poor perception of pregnant women toward using analgesics during labor Conclusion : majority of the studied women have poor perception. Recommendation: increase perception &knowledge of pregnant women regarding analgesics used during labor. and make program for nurses to communicate with pregnant women to give them information about using analgesia during labor.


WHEN SUPPORTED BY SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE, predictive analyses and scenario building can make important contributions towards devising conservation policy strategies. Wright and Muller-Landau (2006a, henceforth termed WMLa) provide a timely analysis that attempts to predict the future of tropical forest species based on human population-driven projections of tropical deforestation. Citing evidence of slowing population growth and rapid urbanization they suggest that deforestation rates are expected to decrease, and natural forest regeneration through secondary succession to accelerate. WMLa use their predictions of an increase in secondary forest area to paint an optimistic picture of the future, going so far as to suggest that the widely anticipated mass extinction of tropical forest species will be avoided (see also Aide & Grau 2004). Brook et al. (2006, henceforth termed BBKS) reject the optimistic predictions of WMLa by reinforcing the importance of a number of original caveats made by WMLa, as well as raising additional objections. BBKS indicate that the relationship between rural and urban population growth and deforestation is too complex to be reliably predicted. They also argue that the negative effects of the heavy momentum set in motion by current patterns of deforestation and population growth (i.e., loss of irreplaceable primary source habitat, e.g., Brooks et al. 2002, Brook et al. 2003, and extinction debt, Tilman et al. 1994) are irreversible before future reductions in deforestation rates are able to rescue committed extinctions. Despite this criticism Wright and Muller-Landau (2006b, henceforth WMLb) retain confidence in their optimistic projection, arguing that their simulations were robust to variability in the growth of urban versus rural human populations projected by the FAO, which already take into account existing biases in age structure. However, in addition to assumptions regarding human demography and the fate of undisturbed primary forests, the predictions of WMLa rely centrally upon net changes in forest cover and the (explicit) assumption that all types of forest cover can be treated equally—specifically that primary, secondary, and degraded forests can be considered to have similar ecological value. Citing a single key


A method for inductively coupling the electromagnetic radiation from an antenna 5 of a mobile 'phone 6, operating between 300 to 500 Mhz, involves placing the antenna alongside a helical coil (1, Figure 1) mounted on a first reflector plate (4, Figure 1) of a coupler 10. Second (2, Figure 1) and third (3, Figure 1) reflector plates are mounted normal to the first plate so as to reflect the radiated energy towards the helical coil. The coupled radiation is preferably routed to an remote antenna, e.g. one mounted on the exterior of a vehicle.


The invention discloses a pumping cavity for a pumping module at the lateral side of a semiconductor. The pumping cavity comprises a heat sink body, movable elements, and single core knots. The heat sink body comprises heat sink blocks and a central hole, wherein the heat sink blocks are uniformly arranged around the center of the heat sink body, a plurality of movable elements are movably arranged on the heat sink blocks, the singe core knots are arranged on the movable elements, and a laser crystal can be arranged in the central hole of the heat sink body. The invention adopts the pumping cavity with the single core knot and a high-power laser diode, and has the advantages of compact structure, long service life, convenient maintenance, and modularization.


Articles 1:103 of the Principles of European Law Services Contract and IV.C. 2:102 of the Draft Common Frame of Reference contemplate some precontractual duties to warn. They are designed for application as service contracts in general. Although they are information duties, we can't to recognize as equivalent to the prototype of pre-contractual obligation of information. Their differences determine a different function in the process of formation of the contract. The pre-contractual obligations of warning do not prevent asymmetries but that its role, given its characteristics, is to specify the object of the contract before its formation. These obligations allow parties to specify the service and the price. They suppose, in short, an adaptation of the rules on contract formation to the service contracts, where it is usual that the service and the price are uncertain.


One of changes in the personnel structure of diplomacy during the Republic of China was many "scholars"involved in the foreign affairs or holding the important position of diplomacy.This change led to the reorganization of personnel structure of diplomacy and the transformation of scholars' role.Apparently,they were related to the social environment of the Republic of China and the development of modern diplomacy.


AbstractBuilding information modelling (BIM) represents the process of development and use of a computer generated model to simulate the planning, design, construction and operation of a building. The utilisation of building information models has increased in recent years due to their economic benefits in design and construction phases and in building management. BIM has been widely applied in the design and construction of new buildings but rarely in the management of existing ones. The point of creating a BIM model for an existing building is to produce accurate information related to the building, including its physical and functional characteristics, geometry and inner spatial relationships. The case study provides a critical appraisal of the process of both collecting accurate survey data using a terrestrial laser scanner combined with a total station and creating a BIM model as the basis of a digital management model. The case study shows that it is possible to detect and define facade damage by in...


Comparative welfare state research has been largely based on using typologies to summarize commonalities and differences across few cases. Often these were quantitative analyses of about ten to twenty EU or OECD countries, or a selection of few case studies from these "samples" which explored the peculiarities of a/typical cases. Overcoming linear correlation analysis, configurational regime typologies became the major tool to generalize across the wide variations of advanced welfare states. Most famously Esping‐Andersen's "Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism" (1990) led to a research industry on the merits of fitting real welfare states across Europe and beyond into the three or more ideal‐type categories. The paper will discuss the methodological problems in comparing macro‐regime configurations in a medium‐N research design, using the substantial comparative research on welfare state regime typologies. The paper will deal with the following methodological questions: To what degree is the comparative analysis already biased through the selection of cases restricted to existing advanced welfare states? Are typologies ideal‐type constructs based on analytical concepts or are these only real‐type categorizations that summarize cross‐national variation of a selected group of countries? Are regime typologies too holistic and too static to provide a realistic account of social policy programme differences and their ongoing restructuration? Are quantitative methods (such as Cluster or Principal Component Analysis) or Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA or Fuzzy Set Analysis) more appropriate to deal with the problems of medium‐N comparative analysis in welfare state research? The paper will review the literature on comparing welfare state regimes over the last two decades; it will focus particularly on the main methodological questions in order to assess the usefulness and pitfalls of comparing welfare states with the help of typologies.


We presented a deductive model for multi-lane vehicular traffic simulation in [1]. In the current text, variable safety distance policy is added to the previous model; in addition, we give a detailed parameter calibration. As a result, fundamental diagram close to empirical studies can be reproduced. The original model was devised for both asymmetric and symmetric traffic systems. Our test result shows very similar overall density-flow relationships in both systems.


To study the awareness and consumption patterns of green tea by adults in Korea, a survey was conducted of adults aged between 20 and 65 years and 213 completed questionnaires were received. Using tea bags was the most popular way to consume green tea with a prevalence of 54%. the older age groups t...


It is important for public health to monitor infectious agents in domestic animals. This study aimed to detect of bacterial and fungal agents in the skin of various domestic animals. A total of 263 skin samples were collected during 2021-2023 from 147 cats, 102 dogs, 10 cows, 3 rabbits, and 1 iguana. Bacteriological examination indicated that 37.6% of the samples were positive. S. pseudintermedius (35.4%) was the dominant bacteria in all isolates, followed by P. aeruginosa (23.2%). S. aureus was isolated from one rabbit sample and P. aeruginosa from one iguana sample. These findings add to the limited number of studies on these species. As a result of mycological examinations, 61.6% of all samples were identified as positive by cultural examination. Saprophytes were found in 41.1% of all samples, specifically A. niger (30.6%), Penicillium spp. (28.7%), A. fumigatus (16.7%), Alternaria spp. (15.7%), Mucor spp. (4.6%), and A. flavus (3.7%). The high prevalence of saprophytes was correlated with environmental contamination. Dermatophytes were isolated in 20.5% of all samples. M. canis was the dominant dermatophyte (64.8%), followed by T. mentagrophytes (31.5%) and M. ferrugineum (3.7%). The higher prevalence of dermatophytosis in spring (51.9%), was associated with rainy seasonal conditions in Turkey.


An internet service provider (ISP) tries to maximize profit by choosing an appropriate price for an offered service. In this paper, a system of two identical ISPs is considered. When ISPs independently choose a price to charge to maximize profit and each ISP repeatedly tries to improve profit by changing the price till no further improvements are possible, they may reach an equilibrium called the Nash equilibrium. Another strategy is that one ISP announces an appropriate price in advance and the other ISP chooses the best response strategy. This leads to Stackelberg competition. Both these strategies are compared in the paper. In this paper, it is assumed that few clients have access to multiple ISPs by using multi-SIM handheld devices such as smartphones and tablets. The clients who have access to multiple-ISPs choose an appropriate ISP for service based on the price of the service. The clients who have access to only one ISP, have no choice but to take service from the ISP. Simulations show that the ISP who announces an appropriate price in advance is likely to do better as compared to the ISP who decides the price later after observing the price of the announcer. Simulations also show that announcing an appropriate price in advance is better instead of independently deciding the price which may lead to a Nash equilibrium in terms of profit of the ISPs and quality of service provided to the clients.


Tuberoside M ( 1 ), isolated from the seeds of Allium tuberosum , shows a significant inhibitory effect on the growth of the human promyelocytic leukemia cell line (HL-60) with IC 50 value of 6.8 u w g/ml. On the basis of spectral data and chemical reaction, its structure was established as (25 S )-5 g; -spirostane-1 g; ,3 g; -diol 3- O - f; - l -rhamnopyranosyl-(1 M 4)- g; - d -glucopyranoside.


The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families seeks to improve the quality of life for the New York City Asian American community by facilitating access to health and human services that are sensitive to all Asian American children and families. The Coalition promotes awareness of cultural values, linguistic differences, and immigration issues and serves as a resource for service providers through advocacy, production of education materials, coalition building, and information dissemination. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Coalition thanks the following community organizations for sharing thier experiences for this publication: Chinatown YMCA


To reduce the current stress and the switching losses of dual active bridge (DAB) DC-DC converter, this paper proposes an optimized modulation scheme based on triple-phase-shift (TPS) control. Above all, a comprehensive analysis of operation modes is given. The transmission power and current stress model, as well as the zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) conditions are obtained by analyzing the waveforms and soft-switching restrictions in each operation mode. On this basis, the optimized scheme is presented to enable the converter operate in minimum-current-stress condition while guaranteeing ZVS operation in the whole operating range. In this way, both the conduction losses and the switching losses will be reduced. Therefore, the performances of the converter will be improved especially when the system operates in light-load or high voltage conversion ratio states. Finally, experimental results verify the theoretical analysis and the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.


We propose a fully-distributed peer-to-peer architecture to solve the scalability problem of Networked Virtual Environment in a simple and efficient manner. Our method exploits locality of user interest inherent to such systems and is based on the mathematical construct Voronoi diagram. Scalable, responsive, fault-tolerant NVE can thus be constructed and deployed in an affordable way.


Ankylosing spondylitis(AS) is a common inflammatory rheumatic disease that causes characteristic spinal deformities, such as flattening of normal lumbar lordosis and thoracolumbar kyphosis, which may lead to impaired ability of walking, standing, lying on the back and looking straight ahead. Spinal osteotomy is the only effective treatment for this disease. So far, many methods have been designed, and the key is to calculate the exact angle, so as to reconstruct the sagittal balance and the chin-brow vertical angle(CBVA). In this paper, the common methods are reviewed and discussed.


A Comment on the Letter by E. Abe and A. P. Tsai, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 753 (1999). The authors of the Letter offer a Reply.


A refinement of the q-trinomial coefficients is introduced, which has a very powerful iterative property. This "T -invariance" is applied to derive new Virasoro character identities related to the exceptional simply-laced Lie algebras E6,E7 and E8.


This paper argues that the project environment is unique, complex, and uncertain and therefore an understanding of project leadership should be approached from that point of view. It also argues that the prevailing project leadership theories do not explain project leadership in an integrative manner. Essentially the article attempts to answer two research questions namely Can project leadership be defined as an integrated-domain based construct (RQ1)? and how can the identified domains be mastered by project leaders in order to be effective during project delivery (RQ2)? By conducting a literature review to analyse definitions, theories and studies conducted in leadership or project leadership coupled with actual experiences of project leadership and project team membership, the paper proposes an integrated framework consisting of four project leadership domains. It proposes that for an effective project leadership process to take occur, a project leader requires selfleadership in order to exercise leadership of project stakeholders, leadership of project tasks and leadership of a project situation. The framework deviates from the normal premise of viewing project leadership as a process directed at only influencing a project team or stakeholders. The paper further proposes that certain strategies and capabilities are needed to 'master' each domain in order to achieve effective project leadership.


Energy saving strategy in liquid desiccant dehumidifier is presented in this study. The energy models of the components from the dehumidifier are developed by the Support Vector Machine method. To minimize the energy usage of the dehumidifier, an optimization problem is formulated by considering the energy consumption of the system as the objective function. Desiccant solution temperature and flow rate are the two control settings. Genetic algorithm is employed to solve the optimization problem. Results show that energy efficiency of the liquid desiccant dehumidifier can be much improved by using the proposed energy saving strategy.


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Traditionally, the purpose of a fuel cell has been to channel chemical energy into electrical energy, and research has focused on optimizing the design to maximize the efficiency of this transformation. In this context, reducing oxygen all the way to


Structural assessments were made for specific accident loads for specific catch, receiver, and storage tanks. The evaluation herein represents level-of-effort order-of-magnitude estimates of limiting loads that would lead to collapse or rupture of the tank and unmitigated loss of confinement for the waste. Structural capacities were established using failure criteria. Compliance with codes such as ACI, ASCE, ASME, RCRA, UBC, WAC, and DOE Orders was `NOT` maintained. Normal code practice is to prevent failure with margins consistent with expected variations in loads and strengths and confidence in analysis techniques. The evaluation herein represent estimates of code limits without code load factors or code strength reduction factors, and loading beyond such a limit is considered as an onset of some failure mode. The exact nature of the failure mode and its relation to a safe condition is a judgment of the analyst. Consequently, these `RESULTS SHALL NOT BE USED TO ESTABLISH OPERATING OR SAFETY LOAD LIMITS FOR THESE TANKS`.


A computational study
has been conducted to analyze the performance of a centrifugal compressor under
various levels of impeller-diffuser interactions. The study has been
conducted using a low solidity vaned diffuser (LSVD), a conventional vaned
diffuser (VD) and a vaneless diffuser (VLD). The study is carried out using
Reynolds-Averaged Navier- Stokes simulations. A commercial software ANSYS
CFX is used for this purpose. The extent of diffuser influence on impeller flow
is studied by keeping the diffuser vane leading edge at three different radial
locations. Detailed flow analysis inside the impeller passage shows that the
strength and location of the wake region at the exit of impeller blade is
heavily depended upon the tip leakage flow and the pressure equalization flow.
Above design flow rate, the diffuser vane affects only the last twenty percent
of the impeller flow. However, below design flow rate, keeping vane closer to
the impeller can cause an early stall within the impeller. Small negative
incidence angle at the diffuser vane is helpful in order to reduce the losses
at the impeller exit.


The article reveals the peculiarities of the formation of linguistic and cultural competence of higher education students in the era of digital development. Modern education cannot be imagined without digital technologies that help to form the language, speech, linguistic, cultural and spelling competencies of higher education students. Thus, in our opinion, the use of digital technologies in the educational process is an urgent problem of modern education. Formation of linguistic and cultural competence in higher education institutions using digital technologies is carried out in accordance with new forms and methods of material implementation in project, distance learning, in the implementation of the program of individual educational route, interactive knowledge control tools, interactive posters, electronic versions of intellectual games, virtual tours, posters, trailers, book trailers, computer presentation with triggers and animation, etc. Thus, in our opinion, the «digitalization» of higher education institutions should be implemented in the following 6 areas: access to innovative technologies; access of higher education students to technologies (Student Accessibility); teachers' access to technology (Teacher Accessibility); administrators' access to technologies (Administration Accessibility); academic Internet (Fiber-to-the-Building and wi-fi models); «Digital» multimedia content; «Digital» competencies and literacy of teachers (facilitators, coaches) and applicants for higher education; video chat in Skype, Zoom, Viber and Telegram groups.


An electron microscope was used to examine bacteria after depletion of ribosomes. Advantage was taken of the fact that incubation of Escherichia coli in media devoid of magnesium causes loss of ribosomes without concurrent loss of viability (McCarthy, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 55:880, 1962); addition of Mg++ results in logarithmic growth after a 5to 6-hr delay. During this delay, a "nascent ribosomal ribonucleic acid (RNA)" accumulates (Suzuki and Hayashi, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 87:610, 1964), and this is followed by the production of 30S and 50S ribosomal subunits. The bacterial strain used in this study was E. coli B. Growth, magnesium depletion, and repletion were carried out as described by McCarthy. For electron microscopy, the bacteria were fixed for 3 hr at 4 C in 1 % glutaraldehyde (phosphate-buffered at pH 6.1) to which 0.2% magnesium had been added. After washing, the bacteria were postfixed in 1% osmium tetroxide for 3 hr. Double fixation was employed, because it appeared to preserve the ribosomes better than did osmium tetroxide alone. After dehydration in ethyl alcohol, the cells were embedded in Epon 812 and sectioned. Details of the method are described elsewhere (Margaretten et al., J. Bacteriol. 91:823). The sections were stained with uranyl acetate followed by lead citrate. Figure 1 shows the typical appearance of control bacteria grown in the presence of magnesium. Nuclear material is characterized by areas of low density containing filaments, which differ in thickness and are frequently branched. This appearance is in striking contrast to the fine, uniform filaments encountered after fixation in 1 % osmium tetroxide with 0.01 M Ca++ and 0.1 % tryptone added (Kellenberger, Sechaud, and Ryter, Virology 8:478, 1959), or after formalin followed by osmium (Cota-Robles and Coffman, J. Bacteriol. 86:266, 1963). Ribosomes are so densely packed within the cytoplasm that superimposition makes it difficult to determine their arrangement. The plasma membrane is closely applied to the cell wall, but can be distinguished from it in cross section. When considerably thinner sections were employed, many of the ribosomes were more clearly demarcated. Study of bacteria, such as the one illustrated in Fig. 2, revealed ribosomes dispersed at random and measuring about 180 A in diameter. This is within the range of size encountered in electron microscope examination of purified preparations of the 70S ribosome component after metal shadowing (Hall and Slayter, J. Mol. Biol. 1:329, 1959) or staining (Huxley and Zubay, J. Mol. Biol. 2:10, 1960). It is of interest that no aggregation of ribosomes was apparent on the plasma membrane, suggesting that ribosomes are not preferentially attached to it. After magnesium depletion for 24 hr, the ribosomes could no longer be distinguished (Fig. 3). The nuclear material frequently became fragmented and more widely distributed. Dividing cells were not encountered. At 6 hr after the addition of magnesium (Fig. 4), the ribosomes again were evident, but they appeared to be smaller than those observed in controls, a finding consistent with the observation that 30S and 50S ribosomes are synthesized first (McCarthy, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 55:880, 1962). A surprising feature was the apparent reduplication and infolding of the plasma membrane, which was encountered at 6 and 9 hr after replacement of magnesium. At the left of Fig. 4, near one end of the bacterium, small segments of two membranes have been cross-sectioned, revealing septa. Near the lower border of the same cell, the membranes are probably oblique to the plane of section and hence ill-defined, although the parallel septa can be made out. In Fig. 5, also illustrating a bacterium 6 hr after addition of magnesium, there are two rows of parallel membranes. Those nearest the cell wall exhibit clearly defined septa along part of their course. The inset shows a section through the tip of a bacterium at right angles to its long axis. The cell wall is poorly defined, because of its oblique position. Near the center, a membrane is presumably parallel to the section, whereas the septa


This study evaluates the use of European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) products in monitoring and forecasting drought conditions during the recent 2010–2011 drought in the Horn of Africa (HoA). The region was affected by a precipitation deficit in both the October–December 2010 and March–May 2011 rainy seasons. These anomalies were captured by the ERA‐Interim reanalysis (ERAI), despite its limitations in representing the March–May interannual variability. Soil moisture anomalies of ERAI also identified the onset of the drought condition early in October 2010 with a persistent drought still present in September 2011. This signal was also evident in normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) remote sensing data. The precipitation deficit in October–December 2010 was associated with a strong La Niña event. The ECMWF seasonal forecasts for the October–December 2010 season predicted the La Niña event from June 2010 onwards. The forecasts also predicted a below‐average October–December rainfall, from July 2010 onwards. The subsequent March–May rainfall anomaly was only captured by the new ECWMF seasonal forecast system in the forecasts starting in March 2011. Our analysis shows that a recent (since 1999) drying in the region during the March–May season is captured by the new ECMWF seasonal forecast system and is consistent with recently published results. The HoA region and its population are highly vulnerable to future droughts, thus global monitoring and forecasting of drought, such as that presented here, will become increasingly important in the future. Copyright © 2012 Royal Meteorological Society


The themodynamic analysis on formation of(Al2O3)m(CaO)n and CaS inclusions in gear steel 20CrMnTiH1 using the Factsage.The result shows that when the mass fraction of solute aluminium is 0.035 %,the mass fraction of sulfur is lower than 0.006 7 % and the value of w(Ca)/w(Al) is higher than 0.12,the liquid approximate(CaO)12(Al2O3)7 inclusions will produce in the molten steel.The calcium sulfide inclusions can not be produced inself in molten steel under the condition of this composition experimental steel.The CaS inclusions are precipitated by the reaction of sulfur with CaO of the surface layer of lower melting pointing(CaO)12(Al2O3)7 inclusions with the temperature of molten steel drop to 1 739.8 K and the sulfide content reached 0.015 9 % at the frontier of solidification.With analysis of the steel sample,it is found that the result is consistent with theoretical calculations.It is obtained by calculation that the mass fraction of sulfur must be controlled below 0.000 318 % when the gear steel 20CrMnTiH1 can not precipitate CaS inclusion in solidification processing.


An attempt is made to theoretically analyze the formation of an oxide film on the surface of silicon single crystals subjected to thermal oxidation in dry oxygen. A model based on a consideration of a system comprising the silicon single crystal, a layer of silica on its surface, and a thin transition layer between them is suggested. The model takes into account the diffusion of the oxidizer from the outside stoichiometric oxide boundary, which plays the role of an unlimited source of oxidizer particles, to the interface between the oxide and the disturbed boundary layer, the transfer of oxidizer particles into the disturbed layer, and the formation of an "elementary" oxide layer upon the attainment of the critical concentration of oxidizer particles. The developed model is used to analyze experimental data on the kinetics of thermal oxidation of silicon in dry oxygen at 1223-1423 K and to determine the temperature dependence of the thickness of the elementary oxide layer.


This study seeks to delve further into antagonistic language in political texts and understand the rationale underlying them. Focus of analysis was on explicit evaluative language and lexical cohesion of two texts: "Freedom: a Sinn Fein Education Publication" (Text A) and "Democratic Unionist Party Manifesto" (Text B). Analysis showed that both texts drew on words related to unity and disunity to make their cases and attack each other. Text A appeared to be informative. This made it impersonal with no interaction with the reader. Text B explicitly addressed the reader. This was evidenced by the choice of you as an inclusive interactive personal pronoun.


The cross-section to facilitate the cutting droplets provide droplets cutting method capable of exposure. Further, the cutting by cutting such a way to provide an analysis method of the liquid cross-section for analyzing the exposed cross-section. Fluid cutting method enemy of the present invention, the liquid is a method of by less cutting to expose the cross-section, it mounted on the surface of the carbon nanotube aggregate having a plurality of carbon nanotube liquid droplets, and the droplets are cooled temperature at a temperature below that solidifies It cooled to, and the cutting liquid is low. Analysis of the liquid cross-section of the present invention, is cut by the cutting method of droplets of the present invention analyzes the exposed cross-section.


The goal of this prospective randomized study was to assess the extension of the "three‐in‐one" paravascular lumbar plexus block after femoral nerve stimulation and injection of 20 vs. 40 ml mepivacaine 10 mg/ml. Three‐in‐one blocks were achieved in 12 of 39 (31%) patients given 20 ml of 1% mepivacine (group 1), and 17 of 41 (41%) patients given 40 ml (Group 2) of the same solution (n.s). The level of successful blockade at each nerve did not differ between groups: The femoral nerve was blocked in 92% vs. 93% of patients in groups 1 and 2, respectively; the obturator nerve in 62% vs. 78%; and the lateral cutaneous femoral nerve in 41% vs. 44%. We conclude that femoral nerve stimulation is effective in faciliating blockade in the femoral nerve but not the obturator or lateral cutanous femoral nerve with the tested solution and volumes, and therefore not particularly effective for achieving complete 3‐in‐l blockade. Whithin the clinically relevant range of 20–40 ml, the volume of mepivacaine 10 mg/ml does not appear to influence the extent of blockade.


The invention discloses a method and a device for matching network message rules. The method comprises the following steps of: constructing a network message classification tree according to a network message rule set; marking each internal node in the constructed network message classification tree as a message field attribute; marking each output arc of the internal node as the value of the message field attribute marked by the internal node, wherein the value is a numerical value or an arbitrary value; marking each leaf node as a network message rule in the network message rule set; and after capturing a network message each time, searching in the constructed network message classification tree according to the value of the message field attribute contained in the network message, if acompletely matched branch can be searched, the network message is matched with the network message marked by the leaf node on the branch. By using the method and the device, a matching speed of the network message rules is greatly improved.


In this work, potassium calcium borate glasses doped with of Er 3+ ions (KCaBEr) have been prepared by a melt quenching technique. The glass physical, optical and luminescence properties have been investigated as a function of Er 2 O 3 concentration. Density was measured by Archimedes' principle and brought to calculate the molar volume. The optical absorption spectra were measured in the ultraviolet, visible light and near-infrared regions. The emission and excitation spectra represents the strong emission from glass sample. All results indicate the potential to use KCaBEr glass in the photonic applications such as laser and optical amplification.


Analyzing the creation of Saint Barnabe, in the captainship of Rio de Janeiro, as well as the space alterations promoted in 16th and 17th centuries, the article considers that, although the Indian settlement is mostly a colonization space, the relations established between Jesuits and aborigines indicate the later as human beings, capable to negotiate and to pressure colonizers, to construct their own history.


It is shown that the spin-isospin dependence of low-energy ..sigma..N ..-->.. ..lambda..N conversion leads to substantial quenching of nuclear-matter estimates of the widths of some ..sigma..-hypernuclear states produced in (K/sup -/,..pi..) reactions, to a level below 10 MeV. The estimated widths compare favorably with those of the ..sigma..-hypernuclear peaks recently observed at CERN for /sup 7/Li, /sup 9/Be, and /sup 12/C. Tentative quantum number assignments are suggested for these states.


This work compare feed formulated diet with corn and soybean meal based with a feed formulated diet with five different based sorghum cultivars and soybean meal, to evaluated broiler performance at market age from Avian 48 breed line. In random test were examined feed intake, body weight gain, feed efficiency and viability in a experimental design include six treatment, six replicates involved 1080 commercial broilers. They were tested five sorghum hybrids with crude protein (CP) between 9,0 and 9,3 % and corn with 8,4 % CP and was considered the same metabolizable energy value between sorghum. The feed tested were caloric and nutrient constant between fase and was divided in four fase. It was observed no significant difference between corn or sorghum feed basis treatment. Moreover, at 35 and 42 days old were observed that sorghum cultivars of the C and D treatments were significantly increased body weight and feed efficiency, where A, B and E was similar and low result. It is concluded that metabolizable energy is different.


In order to evaluate the anticonvulsant monitoring in a Colombian reference center, an observational, descriptive, and retrospective study was made analyzing 1017 consultations of 272 patients who entered by the first time in the institution during August 1998 to August 2000. The Guidelines for Therapeutic Monitoring on Antiepileptic Drugs elaborated by the Commission on Antiepileptic Drugs of the International League against Epilepsy were the parameters used for comparison. The blood levels were prescribed in 32.1%, of the consultations that need them. The patients' compliance was 11.2%. The blood level reports do not have information about the therapeutic regimen, timing of the last dosage, and timing of the blood sample. In the reference center there is not have an appropriate compliance of the therapeutic drug monitoring. The information obtained is not enough and the pharmacokinetic estimates can not be made. It is noted the absence of Pharmacist staff in this process.


Recycling chromium from electroplating waste sludge is attractive both economically and environmentally. Oxidizing chromium(III)-containing electroplating waste with aqueous oxidants in alkaline suspensions did not allow complete recovery of the chromium. Hypochlorite was potentially a suitable oxidant as it could completely oxidize a suspension of chromium(III) hydroxide to chromate at basic pH. From sludge, however, only up to 85% of the chromium was recovered; complete recovery was not achieved despite different experimental conditions and procedures. The unrecovered chromium was found by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to have been oxidized and is most likely present as insoluble metal chromates trapped in the sludge. Roasting the sludge followed by aqueous leaching, however, enabled complete recovery of the chromium.


The success of the world economy is determined now by the ability of developed countries to generate basic innovations acquiring the form of high-tech technologies.. They shape the post-industrial society with its most important features: globalization, radical changes in the technological basis, methods of organizing of production, science and education. The involvement of scientific and technological activity in the economic circulation should to be presently considered as the main level of the recovery of the Russian economy The competitive knowledge-based industry almost disappeared in Russia.. More than half (about 60%) Russia's GDP is generated by exports of raw materials. The article contains conceptual provisions of improvement the system of innovative high technology under modern conditions of the Russian Federation. The article covers the main concepts creating the conditions to implement these technologies: the substantiation of the "high-end innovative technology" definition, classification of high-technologies development stages , the financing structure , the main indicators making it possible to estimate the efficiency and financing sources.


The aim of this study was to compare the perception concerning of the training load intensity of Judo coaches and athletes. The sample consisted of 4 coaches and 40 athletes of the Brazilian National Judo Team. The comparison between the intensity planned by the coach and the intensity experienced by the athletes was determined by the Session RPE method during a "Training camp". In order to assess lactate responses to training, blood samples were collected pre- and post training session. The intensity experienced by athletes was higher than the intensity planned by coaches in all training sessions. Regarding lactate concentration, it was observed an increase at post-training as compared to pre-training in all sessions, with no differences between sessions. The results of this study demonstrate that although the training session has been developed by experienced coaches, significant differences were detected between the intensity of external training load planned by the coach and the intensity of the internal training load experienced by the athletes. These data reinforce the relevance of training monitoring in order to maximize performance of elite athletes.


The present invention by using the microwave is injected from the magnetron on the high-efficiency drying system using microwaves for drying the laundry, including various types of sludge, efficiently More specifically, the heat generated in the high-voltage transformer for oscillating the magnetron cooling, while directed to a high efficiency drying system using a microwave to reduce the waste heat to reduce the waste of energy to be used for the laundry drying yet able to rapidly dry the laundry, and the jangojang incidence greatly due to the efficient cooling . According to the present invention, the high-voltage transformer for oscillating the magnetron insulating oil is stored is operated in a state immersed in a cooling tube cooled so as to through the heat exchanger sikidoe circulating the heated insulating oil due to the heat generated during operation insulating oil is cooled again and whole supply is in and the hot air obtained in the heat exchanger can be dried, yet reducing the energy waste quickly the material to be dried by making use to dry a dry item with microwave supplied whole, dried, and effective cooling to cool the high-voltage transformer due to an effect that allows to significantly reduce the incidence jangojang.


It is consistent for every 1 ≤ n < ω that 2 = ωn and there is a function F : [ωn] <ω → ω such that every finite set can be written at most 2 − 1 ways as the union of two distinct monocolored sets. If GCH holds, for every such coloring there is a finite set that can be written at least 1 2 ∑ n i=1 (


LBNL-61076 E RNEST O RLANDO L AWRENCE B ERKELEY N ATIONAL L ABORATORY Avoiding the Haircut: Potential Ways to Enhance the Value of the USDA's Section 9006 Program Mark Bolinger Environmental Energy Technologies Division July 2006 Download from http://eetd.lbl.gov/EA/EMP The work described in this report was funded by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program and the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Permitting, Siting and Analysis of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02- 05CH11231.


The transcription factor CP2{sup 2} has been shown to bind to several cellular and viral promoters as a homodimer. More recently, we have demonstrated that CP2 can form a heterodimer with a 45-kDa partner protein to form the stage selector protein complex (SSP). This complex binds to a proximal {gamma}-globin promoter regulatory element, the stage selector element (SSE), which appears to be involved in the competitive silencing of the {beta}-gene in the fetal stage of erythropoiesis. Similar SSP-like binding sites have been identified in the {beta}-globin promoter and regulatory elements of the {beta}-globin locus control region (LCR). The importance of the SSP complex is further emphasized by the fact that the chicken stage selector protein, NF-E4, which has been implicated in the competitive silencing of the chicken {epsilon}-globin gene, is the avian homologue of CP2. The purpose of this study is to map human CP2 genomically and define its relationship to previously identified loci. 9 refs., 1 fig.


The possibility of realizing full electric or hybrid electric propulsion for aircraft has been considered due to the constant growth in the use of electric technologies in aircraft and the availability of high-power-density electrical machines and converters. In this paper, an optimized design approach is proposed with reference to the optimal trade-off between energy storage system sizing and the fuel mass of a series of hybrid aircraft. The problem is approached using an integer optimization algorithm based on differential evolution and by mixing both the flight mechanics and the electrical issues inherent to hybrid flights. This method has been validated by means of implementing numerical simulations and the results are reported and discussed in the paper.


This pedagogical and methodological chapter aims at contributing to increasing Web teachers' awareness of the different ways teachers and students can make themselves "visible" in the virtual environment by describing three categories of footing in online educational forums, namely, social footing, teaching foot- ing, and cognitive footing. The categories are explained in line with the definition of footing, originally presented by Goffman (1981) and extended to online environments by Paiva and Rodrigues-Junior (2004, 2007). The data stems from a 60-hour online reading and writing course for undergraduate students of English as a Foreign Language in Brazil and was selected having in mind the categories discussed throughout the chapter, with special emphasis on the role played by the teacher and her students during the course. The analysis has shown that footing can be clearly perceived as an interactive category for online environments by means of textual analysis, with special focus on the transitivity model developed by Halliday (2004) and the social, teaching, and cognitive presences investigated by Garrison (2006) and his colleagues.


This essay reviews (the Germantranslations of) Elsa Dorlin's book Se defendre: Une philosophie de laviolence (2017) and Judith Butler's volume The Force of Nonviolence: AnEthico-Political Bind (2020). While Butler envisages a new understanding ofnonviolence, Dorlin emphasizes subaltern practices of counterviolence. Thereview shows that despite the different aims of Butler and Dorlin, theiraccounts can be read as largely complementary reflections on the problem ofpolitical vulnerability.@font-face{font-family:"Cambria Math";panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;mso-font-charset:0;mso-generic-font-family:roman;mso-font-pitch:variable;mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}@font-face{font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;mso-font-charset:0;mso-generic-font-family:swiss;mso-font-pitch:variable;mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073732485 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{mso-style-unhide:no;mso-style-qformat:yes;mso-style-parent:"";margin:0cm;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}.MsoChpDefault{mso-style-type:export-only;mso-default-props:yes;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}div.WordSection1{page:WordSection1;}


ABSTRACT: The retrofitting of heritage buildings represents a significant opportunity to re-duce the carbon footprint of our built environment. Within the retrofit process, the design phase is known as an important window of opportunity to address environmental objectives, however reconciling the dual goals of heritage preservation and sustainable development create particu-larly 'difficult challenges for designers'. While the literature describes the importance of some design principles in such projects, little information is available about the specific processes and methods of design employed. Within this context, this paper discusses the processes and methods of design currently used in heritage building adaptive reuse projects. A qualitative ap-proach was used to explore existing design practice in heritage building adaptive reuse projects, focusing specifically on the experiences of Australian designers. Five designers (primarily ar-chitects) who had worked on at least one heritage building adaptive reuse project in the last ten years participated in semi-structured interviews about their experiences. They were interviewed about the project characteristics, personnel involved, challenges and recommendations around processes and methods of design in heritage building adaptive reuse projects. Thematic analysis of the barriers and opportunities experienced by these Australian designers in engaging the built environment sector in heritage building adaptive reuse projects uncovered five emergent themes integral to success: business case, vision, communication and collaboration, values, and storytelling. All participants highlighted that a paradigm shift is necessary to evolve from pure preservation to a new 21st Century approach that emphasizes contextual innovation. Lessons learned from this initial engagement with design professionals will inform a larger research project investigating the phenomenon of mainstreaming sustainable heritage building refur-bishment projects – primarily in an Australian context. The research seeks to contribute to dis-course regarding processes and methods of sustainable heritage buildings, and to facilitate a transition of heritage buildings to low carbon operations.


Overview For deliberately developmental organizations (DDOs) human potential and organizational potential are not tradeoffs -they are a single mission. It's possible for a company to create a culture where people can grow and thrive, yet still stay in business. The authors studied three companies that have done just that, and the result is a distillation of the aspirations, communities, and practices that make them successful.


Will new agents replace Halon 1211 in portable fire extinguishers used on board aircraft ? The paper outlines the development of performance criteria for the new agents.


The effects of planning parameter uncertainties in designing a cellular network are presented. Potential errors are quantified and consequences in cellular planning are shown. The analytical model employed is based upon novel general expressions, derived for the exact calculation of cochannel interference probability for nonstationary terminals in combined short and long term fading conditions. In particular the required quality of information about the propagation environment, for service quality and cell capacity estimation, is analysed.


The result of analysis of Grey Related Degree for Main character with stem yield of 16 flax varieties showed related degree differed in every character with stem yield.The sequence is plant length,crafter length,stem weight per plant,period of growth,stem wide,number of stem,weight per kilo seed,number of branch,seed per fructification.So that plant length,crafter length,stem weight per plan and etc.is more important in flax breeding.


As one of Jane Austen′s representative works,Emma describes how Emma,the heroine,made progress out of her errors onto moral and emotional maturity.Critics have different opinions on whether the novel is a growth one or not.This article holds forcefully the theme of female growth in the novel by analyzing the definition and.Besides,the other two minor female characters fates are woven with Emma′s,which shows their different growth in 18th century society.


Objective To explore the effect of clinical nursing pathway(CNP) in the health education for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD).Methods From November 2009 to Devember 2010,120 COPD inpatients in the hospital were randomized into observation group and control group,with 60 cases in each group.The patients in the observation received the health education under the guidance of CNP.The patients in the control group adopted the routine method of health education.Comparisons were conducted on the awareness of disease-related knowledge and patients' satisfaction on nursing service at adminssion and discharge between the two groups.The outcomes were analyzed statistically.Results The awareness level of disease-related knowledge in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group(P0.01).The total satisfaction rate in the observation group(90%) was significantly higher than that in the control group(P0.01).Conclusion The implementation of CNP in COPD patients achieves good results,which is worthy of clinical application.


A new approach is proposed for constructing a fully explicit third‐order mass‐conservative semi‐Lagrangian scheme for simulating the shallow‐water equations on an equiangular cubed‐sphere grid. State variables are staggered with velocity components stored pointwise at nodal points and mass variables stored as element averages. In order to advance the state variables in time, we first apply an explicit multi‐step time‐stepping scheme to update the velocity components and then use a semi‐Lagrangian advection scheme to update the height field and tracer variables. This procedure is chosen to ensure consistency between dry air mass and tracers, which is particularly important in many atmospheric chemistry applications. The resulting scheme is shown to be competitive with many existing numerical methods on a suite of standard test cases and demonstrates slightly improved performance over other high‐order finite‐volume models. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


abstractart-up through intermediate pressure (IP) cylinder has found wide application gradually in large size steam turbine-generator unit. The paper briefs the features and advantages of start up of the unit thru IP cylinder, and in light of the adjustment and test of Hitachi-made unit's start-up thru IP cylinder, details the whole start-up process thru IP cylinder and the matters needing attention.


Among others, a fuel cell, a fuel reservoir, collector circuit, plenum or fuel cell comprising one or more of the system cover. Fuel storage unit is configured to store fuel, it may include a regulator and refueling port for controlling the fuel output pressure. Surface of the fuel storage portion may be positioned adjacent the first fuel cell portion. Collector circuit receives the electric power of the fuel cell, is configured to distribute, or may be located adjacent to the second fuel cell portion. When the fuel storage portion and the first fuel cell portion is connected, or by one or more flexible fuel walls may plenum is formed. Air enters the system through the system cover, when mixed with fuel pressure in the plenum may prompt contact between the fuel cell and the collector circuit. .The


A new lightning parameterization (in the following abbreviated DHS11) was developed and implemented into the mesoscale weather prediction model COSMO-DE (Steppeler et al., 2003). The DHS11 parameterization yields the total lightning frequency of a given thunderstorm cell (no distinction is made between cloud-to-ground and intra-cloud lightning). Traditionally, the ash rate has been set linearly proportional to the electri cation rate (such as the storm's generator power or generator current), while assuming a constant neutralization strength due to lightning discharges (such as lightning energy or lightning charge; e.g., Williams 1985; Price and Rind 1992, Yoshida et al. 2009 (henceforth abbreviated YMUK09); Blyth et al. 2001). The fact that either lightning energy or lightning charge are treated as constants in these approaches not only is unphysical, but also renders these approaches inconsistent with each other (Boccippio, 2002). In the new approach, the discharge strength is predicted and thus allowed to vary from storm to storm, which remedies the inconsistencies of the previous approaches (see Dahl et al., manuscript in preparation, for a detailed discussion). The DHS11 approach is based on a straightforward physical model: A two-plate capacitor represents the basic dipole charge structure of a thunderstorm, which is charged by the generator current and discharged by lightning. This approach was implemented in the COSMODE model, which had not been equipped with a lightning scheme before. The currently existing lightning parameterizations within numerical models comprise a varying degree of sophistication, ranging from explicit simulation of the lightning chan-


The efficacy and overall safety of levocarnitine chloride (LC-80) in treatment of patientswith ischemic heart disease (effort angina, effort and rest angina, and silent myocardialischemia), were investigated, using serial multistage treadmill exercise test, and were comparedwith that of dilazep hydrochloride used as the control treatment, by the method ofmulticenter double-blind, group comparison study. The results obtained were as follows.1. The study comprised 166 patients, with 134 of them compared for efficacy, 166 for safety, and 112 for overall usefulness.2. Global improvement: "better than 'moderately improved' " was the finding in 45.6%of the levocarnitine chloride-treated group (LC group) and in 33.3% of the dilazephydrochloride-treated group (D group). There was no significant difference in globalimprovement between these two groups.3. Overall safety: no problem was observed in 95.0% of the LC group, and 95.3% of the D group.No patient in the LC group had to discontinue the test, but two patients inthe D group did so.4. Overall usefulness: "better than 'useful' " was the finding in 43.7% of the LC group andin 31.0% of the D group.In the X2 test, no significant difference in overall usefulnessbetween these two groups was observed, but in the U test, significant difference wasnoted.5. Overall evaluation of the findings of exercise electrocardiogram: "better than 'moderatelyimproved'" was the finding in 46.3% of the LC group, and in 30. 3% of the Dgroup.There was no significant difference in overall evaluation of the findings ofexercise electrocardiogram between these two groups.6. The maximal exercise duration was prolonged in the LC group compared to pre-treatmentlevels, but in the D group such prolongation was not observed. However, therewas no significant difference in the maximal exercise duration between these two groups.7. The time to onset of the 1mm ST segment depression was significantly prolonged inthe LC group after the treatment. This prolongation was not observed in the D group.However, there was no significant difference in the time to onset of the 1mm ST segmentdepression between these two groups.8. The extent of ST depression after the treatment was significantly improved in the LCgroup, when compared at the same period of exercise, but there was no significantimprovement in the D group.There was no significant difference in the extent of STdepression after the treatment between these two groups.9. Side effects: four patients (5.0%) complained of side effects in the LC group, and fivepatients (5.8%) complained in the D group.But no severe case was reported.10. Abnormal laboratory findings: GOT and LDH levels increased in one case in the LCgroup ; on the other hand, CPK level increased in one case in the D group.Neitherwas clinically significant.The results suggested that the treatment with levocarnitine chloride (LC-80), administeredat a level of 1, 800 mg/day (in 3 doses), improved significantly the exercise tolerancecapability in patients with ischemic heart disease (effort angina, effort and rest angina, andsilent myocardial ischemia), and is as useful as, or more useful than dilazep hydrochloride.We concluded that levocarnitine chloride is a clinically useful drug for the treatment ofischemic heart disease.


The current study aimed to study the feasibility of in vitro maturation of equine oocytes during the breeding and non-breeding seasons by using the ovarian scraping method. The collection of 752 ovaries resulted in 608 oocytes descending from 2824 ovarian follicles by the method of ovarian scraping at a rate of 21.53% and an average of 0.80 oocyte/ovary. During the breeding season, 432 oocytes were collected whereas 176 oocytes were collected in the non-breeding season. The results showed that the number of cultivable oocytes during the breeding season was 256 oocytes (59.25%), while the number of cultivable oocytes in the non-breeding one was 120 oocytes (68.18%) at the level of p <0.001. The application of oocyte collecting by scraping method allowed obtaining a number of 608 oocytes, of which a number of 376 oocytes (61.84%) were cultivable, the rest of 232 oocytes (38.16%) were classified as uncultivable. It is concluded from the current study that the application of the ovarian scraping method in horses contributes to obtaining a high and encouraging rate of oocytes that can be used in in vitro embryo production programs.


Identification of gene expression and specific sequences of DNA or RNA is a crucial fact when working with molecular biology techniques. In order to obtain t...


Small municipalities often face challenges related to their water supply systems, such as limited financial resources, low population densities and limited organizational capacity. In this context, this study aimed to diagnose the water supply system in the city of Quatro Pontes - PR, which serves 2,628 economies, through SWOT analysis. This analysis consisted of determining the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the system, listed based on reports from employees and visual inspections. It was found that the system presents factors already documented for small municipalities with autonomous services, such as the strengths "good water quality" and "easy maintenance", as well as the weaknesses "few financial resources applied" and "outdated pricing policy". In addition, opportunities were mentioned, such as technological innovations in the sector, and threats related to water waste and contamination by pesticides. The results presented depict the water supply system of the municipality and can direct managers to take advantage of opportunities and mitigate system threats.


Oil-water two-phase flow widely exists in the oil production and transportation. The flow pattern presents obvious complexity due to non-uniform distribution of water and oil. When the onshore oilfields are on a middle-late stage of oil recovery, the oil production gradually decreases and the water-cut increases. Accurate measurement of oil-water two-phase flow is a significant issue to improve oil production performance and optimize oil reservoir management. Therefore, we propose a distributed four-sector conductance cross-correlation sensor to realize the flow pattern classification and the measurement of flow velocity and water holdup for low-velocity and high water-cut oil-water flows in a 20 mm inner diameter pipe. The geometry dimension is optimized according to the sensitive field distributions of the sensor. In the flow loop test of vertical upward oil-water two-phase flow, the output signals measured from upstream and downstream electrodes are used to figure out three flow patterns combining with a high-speed camera, and the cross-correlation velocity. Then we use the kinematic wave theory to connect the relationship between the cross-correlation flow velocity and the mixture flow velocity considering water- cut and flow patterns. In addition, according to Maxwell equation, we calculate the water holdup. Finally, a drift velocity model based on three flow patterns is constructed to measure the oil phase superficial velocity.


A profound remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM) occurs in human ovarian cancer but it unknown how this affects tumor growth, where this understanding could lead to better diagnostics and therapeutic approaches. To this end, we utilized collagen-specific Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) imaging microscopy and optical scattering measurements to probe structural differences in the extracellular matrix of normal stroma, benign tumors, endometrioid tumors, and low and high-grade serous (LGS and HGS) tumors. The SHG and scattering metrics are sensitive to the organization of collagen on the sub-micron size. We found these sub-resolution determinations are consistent with the dualistic classification of type I and II serous tumors. However, type I endometrioid tumors have strongly differing ECM architecture than the serous malignancies. Moreover, our analyses are further consistent with LGS and benign tumors having similar etiology. Further, the SHG metrics and optical scattering measurements were then used to form a linear discriminant model to classify the tissues, and we obtained high accuracy (~90%) between the tissue types, and this delineation is superior to current clinical performance. To also quantify these alterations we implemented a new form of 3D texture analysis to classify the collagen morphologies in these tissues. We developed a tailored set of 3D filters which extract textural features in each tissue class and we achieved 83-91% accuracies for the six classes. This classification based on ECM structural changes will complement conventional classification based on genetic profiles and can serve as an additional biomarker. We further investigate the role of these ECM alterations by using multiphoton excited (MPE) polymerization to fabricate biomimetic models to investigate operative cell-matrix interactions in invasion/metastasis. This process is akin to 3D printing except is performed at much higher resolution and with the proteins that comprise the native ECM. We specifically use this technique to create collagen scaffolds with complex, 3D submicron morphology as ovarian stromal models. The scaffold designs are derived directly from "blueprints" based on the SHG images of normal, high risk, benign tumors, and malignant ovarian tissues. The models are seeded with different cancer cell lines and this allows decoupling of the roles of cell characteristics (metastatic potential) and ECM structure and composition (normal vs cancer) on adhesion/migration dynamics. We found the malignant stroma structure promoted enhanced migration persistence and cell proliferation and also cytoskeletal alignment. Moreover, the method allows varying fiber properties such as fiber diameters and characteristic frequency as well as overall alignment. While alignment has been well studied, we found that the migration dynamics are highly dependent upon the morphological properties of the fibers themselves. These models cannot be synthesized by other conventional fabrication methods and we suggest the MPE image-based fabrication method will enable a variety of studies in cancer biology. This work is currently by a new grant from NCI R01 CA206561-01. Citation Format: Visar Ajeti, Manish Patankar, Kevin Eliceiri, and Paul J. Campagnola. QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF COLLAGEN ALTERATIONS IN OVARIAN CANCER [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 11th Biennial Ovarian Cancer Research Symposium; Sep 12-13, 2016; Seattle, WA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Clin Cancer Res 2017;23(11 Suppl):Abstract nr TMEM-015.


e13671Background: A 70-gene prognosis-signature, known as MammaPrint (MP), is validated as a good predictor of recurrence in patients with ER+/HER2- early stage breast cancer in Europe and America....


In Precise Point Positioning,the key problem is to reduce the influence of errors for positioning accuracy through the effectual methods.Saastamoinen and Niell are nice to reduce the tropospheric delay.The paper mainly focuses on the introduction of this two kinds of models,and analyses their correction effect of tropospheric delay in PPP through the positioning results.Positioning results are given in the form of the STD and RMS,it shows that Saastamoinen and Niell both can improve the positioning results,but the effect of Niell is much better.


A lot of cocoa cultivated in West Sulawesi, and their physicochemical characteristics meet the Indonesian National Standard (abbreviated SNI) which influences the cocoa beans quality. The purpose of this research was to find out the profile of fat, polyphenols and fatty acid (oleic) in fermented cocoa beans produced by farmers and researchers in Mamuju and Central Mamuju Regency. The water content of the best cocoa beans came from fermented cocoa beans prepared by researchers and farmers from Kaluku subdistrict (6.07-6.30 %), and it meets the Indonesian National Standard (SNI). Fat content of fermented cocoa beans prepared by farmers from Kaluku and Karossa subdistrict was higher than fermented cocoa beans prepared by researchers (50,80-52,87%). The highest level of fatty acids (oleic) came from fermented cocoa beans prepared by farmers from West Tapalang subdistrict (1.66 %). On the other hand, the lowest fatty acid level came from fermented cocoa beans prepared by researchers from Tapalang subdistrict (0.86 %). The pH level of fermented cocoa beans prepared by farmers and researchers from the four subdistricts was 5.52-6.71. The highest polyphenol level came from fermented cocoa beans by researchers from West Tapalang subdistrict which was 38.89/g.


In this article the generation of high performance, low cost UWB signal is proposed using chaotic oscillator designed to operate in the desired band of interest. The UWB signal generator consists of a low cost, simple chaotic Colpitts oscillator. Selecting a particular set of parameters of the circuit, a large number of frequency components can be generated simultaneously under chaotic mode of operation. The oscillator output under this mode of operation can directly be utilized for exciting a UWB antenna without the need of the local oscillator and mixer. The proposed technique is a simple low cost solution for testing the UWB antenna. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:2393–2396, 2016