In this paper, the modular line-connected photovoltaic PCS (photovoltaic power conditioning system) is proposed. A step-up DC-DC converter using a active-clamp circuit and a dual series-resonant rectifier is proposed to achieve a high efficiency and a high input-output voltage ratio efficiently. An IncCond (incremental conductance) MPPT (maximum power point tracking) algorithm that improves MPPT characteristic is used. The PV module current is estimated without using a DC current sensor. By control a inverter using a linearized output current controller, a unity power factor is achieved. All algorithms and controllers are implemented on a single-chip microcontroller and the superiority of the proposed DC-DC converter and controllers is proved by experiments.


Xavier Vigna has argued that from the late 1960s until the early 1980s female, immigrant and unskilled workers in France practiced a variety of forms of insubordination in confronting rationalization of labor and increased insecurity in employment. Though this insubordination of workers was of central importance to leftist intellectuals after 1968, it has gotten little attention in recent accounts of the intelligentsia. However, these acts of insubordination were chronicled in a number of films made of workers then and later and has an important place in a novel commissioned by workers of one factory to tell their story. If the bourgeois bohemians today need reminding of workers' insubordination then it is in part because, as Luc Boltanksi and Eve Chiapello have shown, in the 1970s capitalism learned from critiques of capitalism which shared a great deal with the culture of workers' insubordination to craft a new capitalist ideology that managers embraced in revitalizing capitalism.


Two new diketopiperazine dimers, WIN 64821 (1a) and WIN 64745 12), were isolated from an Aspergillus culture originally isolated from soil and their structures established on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidence. The dimer 1a has C1 symmetry with each of two equivalent monomeric subunits biosynthetically constructed from one phenylalanine and one tryptophan residue. Dimer 1a is a competitive antagonist to substance P (SP) at the human NK1 receptor with an inhibitor affinity constant (K i ) of 230±30 nM against [ 125 I]SP in human astrocytoma cells


The invention relates to the field of polypeptide synthesis, and especially relates to a synthetic method of liraglutide. The method is as follows: peptide resin is obtained by successively coupling a third polypeptide fragment, a second polypeptide fragment and a first polypeptide fragment with a fourth polypeptide fragment-resin, and then the liraglutide is obtained by side chain modification, cracking, purification and freeze drying. By use of the synthetic method of the liraglutide, the purity and yield of crude peptide can be improved, and the method is conducive to the purification, can improve the yield of the product, shortens the synthesis time, and is suitable for industrialized production.


There is a growing demand for economically viable phosphors for newly emerging display devices with on-going technological advancements. Various aluminates are used as hosts for doping rare earth ions in luminescent applications.[1] Green emitting terbium-ion-doped MgSrAl10O17 phosphor prepared using the combustion method. An efficient phosphor can be prepared by this method at around 550°C in a very short time of few minutes. Further phosphor was analyzed by XRD for the confirmation of desired phase and purity. The morphology and structure of the phosphor were characterized by Scanning electron microscopy. The vibrational properties of MgSrAl10O17 phosphor was studied by FTIR.


Despite the rapid increase in the studies in crises and disaster management in tourism literature, limited attention has been paid on how religions influence traveller risk perceptions and their intention to travel to the destinations prone to natural disasters. This study aims to investigate the role of religion in influencing travel risk perception and travel intention, and how self-efficacy moderates the relationship between the relationships. The data was collected from 483 respondents of Indonesians and Japanese domestic tourists, holding very different views on religions. Also, both countries experienced large-scale natural disasters in recent years, earthquake and tsunami. A partial least square - structural equation modelling was used to analyse the data. This study expect to contribute the theoretical contribution to traveller behaviour study focus on travel risk perception and marketing communication design for local governments as managerial contribution.


An inverse problem is solved, in order to identify a current distribution from measurements of its magnetic field in a closed, opaque and optically difficult to access, high voltage, vacuum circuit breaker. We have followed the standard method of least squares approximation by regularized singular value decomposition. We have verified the possibility of de-noising the sampled signals by means of a Savitsky-Golay filter in the time domain. Finally, we have considered the possibility to increase the spatial resolution of the current density approximation by introducing additional sensors, more distant from the circuit breaker, provided that suitable accuracy and range requirements are met.


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The Art and Science of C provides a solid introduction to computer science that emphasizes software engineering an the development of good programming style. In addition, students learn the fundamentals of ANSI C, which has become a standard throughout the computing industry. Writing in an engaging style, Stanford professor Eric Roberts makes difficult concepts accessible and exciting.


A simple strategy for the modification of disposable combination graphite-clay electrode, pencil graphite electrode (PGE), by multi-walled carbon nanotube–gold nanoparticle (MWNT–GNP) composite multilayers was proposed as a sensor to determine estradiol. The modification was carried out by the layer-by-layer (LBL) assembling of polyethyleneimine (PEI), decorated GNPs and polyacrylic acid (PAA) functionalised MWNTs via electrostatic interactions on a negatively charged PGE. The resulting MWNT–GNP multilayer modified PGE (MWNT–GNP/PGE) exhibited a sensitive electrochemical response towards the oxidation of estradiol at 0.90 V. Under optimal working conditions, the oxidation current of estradiol at MWNT–GNP/PGE increased linearly with its concentration in the range 7.0 × 10−8–4.2 × 10−5 mol l−1, with a low-detection limit of 1.0 × 10−8 mol l−1 for 200 s accumulation at an open circuit. This sensor was successfully applied to the detection of estradiol in blood serums.


According to independent journalist Joe Vialls (1993), "For decades, the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has coveted global domination, not with the consent of the American people, but by directing the actions of the American president the way a child pulls the strings of a puppet. With the collapse of the USSR, the CIA recognized an opportunity and sought global domination through control of the world's oil resources."


Introduction: Intermittent hemodialysis (IHD) is sometimes necessary in patients with a bleeding risk, i.e., before/after surgery or brain hemorrhage. In such case IHD has to be modified to limit the conventional anticoagulation used to avoid clotting of the extracorporeal circuit (ECC). We evaluated if priming using a heparin and albumin (HA) mixture could minimize the exposure to heparin.


The automatic gain control circuit is designed on the basis of MSP430F149 microcomputer with the chopper amplifier, and then continuous stepless regulation of pulse wave signal is fulfilled. Thus individual variation -induced problems are eliminated such as signal baseline drift and saturation. With this circuit, medical instruments can be portable and low-power-consumption.


A series of laterally o difluoro substituted chiral liquid crystals, S(+) 2 methyl 1 butyl 4′ [(4 alkoxyl 2, 3 difluoro)benzoyloxy] 4 biphenyl carboxylates, have been synthesized using a simple process. Their molecular structures were determined using IR, NMR, MS, and EA. Their transition temperatures were measured using DSC(Differential Scanning Calorimeter). All of the compounds exhibit the N * phase and their clearing points vary regularly with the increase in the number of terminal group carbons. The influence of lateral fluoro substituents on the properties was also investigated.


From the opening of the century through to the present day, the relationship between the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and the traditional architecture of Japan has been a recurring source of discussion, and no little puzzlement. One of the principal factors in maintaining this interest has been the fact that whilst Wright freely acknowledged an important philosophical debt to Japanese art, and to the woodblock print in particular, he consistently rejected suggestions that Japanese architecture had any direct impact on his work. Indeed, throughout his career Wright maintained that he found in Japanese culture not the inspiration which many suspected, but merely confirmation of many of his own 'organic' design principles.' The first of Wright's repeated efforts to differentiate his appreciation of Japanese aesthetic ideals from any use of Japanese forms came in response to the English Arts and Crafts architect C. R. Ashbee, whom Wright invited to introduce the 1911 Wasmuth photo-study of his work.2 Despite being a personal friend, Ashbee felt obliged to raise what he obviously knew to be a sensitive issue with Wright, observing in his essay that


PART I: PROGRAMME INFORMATION Title of Programme: Improving the Resilience to Reduce the Impacts of Climate Change on Dryland Ecosystems for Food and Nutrition Security and Gender Equality. Countries: Colombia and Ecuador Thematic Focal Area: Food security Type of Implementing Entity: Multilateral Implementing Entity (MIE) Implementing Entity: United Nations World Food Programme WFP Executing Entities: Ministries of Environment of Colombia and Ecuador Amount of Financing Requested: 14,000,000 U.S Dollars


We propose and test an alternative explanation for the existence of the positive governance-return relation in the 1990s and its disappearance in the 2000s: The governance-return relation is positive under good states of the economy and negative under bad states. Corporate governance mitigates investment distortions so that firms with strong governance have more valuable investment options during booms and more valuable divestiture options during busts than the ones with weak governance. Because investment options are riskier and divestiture options are less risky than assets in place, the expected returns of strongly governed firms are higher during booms but lower during busts than the weakly governed ones. Empirical evidence is consistent with our hypothesis.


s not meeting inclusion criteria (n=96) eliminated Inclusion Criteria: •  Publication between 1990 and October 2014 •  Data for children aged 6 years or younger •  English text •  Focus on Screenings in a pediatric setting


Over the past several years, we have developed a quantitative thermodynamic description of multicomponent molten salt systems such as LiCl-NaCl-KCl-MgCl2-CaCl2-MnCl2-FeCl2-FeCl3CoCl2-NiCl2-AlCl3 and NaF-AlF3-CaF2-Al2O3 , using the Modified Quasichemical Model for shortrange ordering. The model parameters are mainly obtained by the critical evaluation and optimization of available thermodynamic and phase equilibrium data for the binary and ternary subsystems. The model is then used to estimate the properties of multicomponent salts from these assessed binary and ternary parameters using interpolation methods. When used in conjunction with thermodynamic databases for solids, solid solutions, other liquid solutions (such as liquid metals), and gases, these databases permit the calculation of complex multiphase equilibria in multicomponent systems. Theoretical models based on the Modified Quasichemical Model were developed recently for the density and viscosity of multicomponent inorganic liquids, and were applied successfully to the NaCl-KCl-MgCl2-CaCl2 and NaF-AlF3-CaF2-Al2O3 electrolytes. It is thus possible to calculate simultaneously the phase relations, thermodynamic properties, density and viscosity of multicomponent molten salts over wide composition and temperature ranges. These calculations are important for the understanding and control of the corresponding industrial processes, and can be performed with the FactSage thermochemical software. In the present paper, the models developed for the thermodynamic properties, density and viscosity of multicomponent molten salts are illustrated with emphasis on the NaF-AlF3-CaF2-Al2O3 system.


SUMMARY. Levels of the trace metals copper, manganese and zinc in skin were found to vary in the same individual from one region of the body to another. The lowest concentrations were found in plantar epidermis while the highest levels were found in the epidermis of the foreskin. It is possible that these variations are related to dendritic cell populations in these areas.


The article studies the development of the long-term marginal cost pricing of electricity in France, in the 1950s and 1960s. The engineers who managed the public monopoly for the production, transport, and distribution of electricity promoted a distinctive version of the economics and engineering nexus. Costs calculations were developed to design a nationwide integrated machine. Hydropower in the south was to be interconnected with thermal power in the north, in order to support a massive increase in consumption in the Paris basin, saving on coal and on the scarce funding of the Marshall Plan. Prices acted as administrative instructions, passing on costs to subscribers and shaping their present and future behavior according to the planned development of the system. This was a technocratic intervention: the engineer-economists made crucial and lasting decisions on land-use planning for the sake of the rapid growth of the system. This engineering and economics nexus was a far cry from the prewar liberal order made of multiple small and loosely regulated competitors, and from contemporary forms of economic engineering, more narrowly focused on the informational properties of prices, abandoning the calculated nationwide decisions on the growth of processes of production and uses. It is also slightly neglected in the discussion over the so-called indicative planning in postwar France.


Al₂O₃-SiC composites reinforced with SiC whisker (SiCw) were fabricated using three different methods. In the first, Al2O3-SiCw starting materials were used. In the second, Al₂O₃-SiCw-SiC particles (SiCp) were used, which was intended to enhance the mechanical properties by SiCp reinforcement. In the third method, reaction-sintering was used with mullite-Al-C-SiCw starting materials. After hotpressing at 1750℃ and 30 MPa for 1 h, the composites fabricated using Al₂O₃-SiCw and Al₂O₃-SiCw-SiCp showed strong mechanical properties, by which the effects of reinforcement by SiCw and SiCp were confirmed. On the other hand, the mechanical properties of the composite fabricated by reaction-sintering were found to be inferior to those of the other Al₂O₃-SiC composites owing to its relatively lower density and the presence of γ-Al₂O₃ and γ-Al 2.67 O 4 . The greatest hardness and K1C were 20.37 GPa for the composite fabricated using Al₂O₃-SiC w , and 4.9 MPa·m1/2 using Al₂O₃-SiC w -SiC p , respectively, which were much improved over those from the monolithic Al₂O₃.


On the basis of analyzing the characteristics of a fiber industrial network (FIN) that can transmit real-time video, voice and data signals more satisfactorily, we principally propose and analyze a feedback model and the layered architecture of its management system.


During laser welding of high-strength galvanized steel,the galvanized layer is inevitably lost due to burn.To study the resisting causticity of the joint,salt water with the mass fraction of 0.03 is used in the corrosion test for the samples welded under different laser parameters.The metallography of the workpiece was obtained before and after corrosion respectively.The test results indicate that the corrosion rate of the joint between the high-strength galvanized steels welded by laser under different welding parameters is different,but the average corrosion rate is coincident with that of substance and never debasing causticity.


In academic discourse and common parlance alike, the term ''religion'' can refer to three related yet distinct entities. It can refer to religious beliefs or religiosity (intraindividual cognitive processes inside the brain, such as a belief in supernatural beings), religious behavior or practices (individual and interindividual social behavior, such as rituals and prayers), or religious organizations (supra-individual collectivities gathered for the purpose of collective religious practices, such as churches, synagogues, and other denominations). In the typical academic division of labor, psychologists mostly study religious beliefs, anthropologists usually focus on religious beliefs and behavior, and sociologists and economists typically concentrate on religious behavior and organizations. Now Jonathan Turner, Alexandra Maryanski, Anders Klostergaard Petersen, and Armin Geertz, a multidisciplinary quartet of scholars, have written The Emergence and Evolution of Religion: By Means of Natural Selection, an ambitious book that simultaneously and comprehensively seeks to explain all three aspects of religion and more by effortlessly gliding from the genetic to world-system levels of analysis. The ''natural selection'' in the book's subtitle is not your father's natural selection. Even though the book is entirely devoted to explaining religion, the authors intend their general theoretical framework to be applicable to the evolution of all institutions. In this endeavor, the authors define, in addition to the familiar Darwinian (genetic) selection, four other types of natural selection. Type-1 Spencerian selection is the teleological and purposeful invention of solutions to new environmental problems confronting societies. (This is the old functionalist sociological explanation translated into the language of modern evolutionary theory.) Type-2 Spencerian selection refers to the geopolitical competition between societies where the winners of the competition impose their institutions on the losers and sometimes adopt institutions of the losers. Durkheimian selection captures the processes in organizational ecology where different organizations compete for resources and niche markets, often leading to division of labor and specialization among them. (This process might as well be called ''Hannanian selection.'') Marxian selection is the failed Marxist logic of class struggle applied to (often violent) conflict between organizations where some organizations seek to overthrow the entire organizational system. The authors use Darwinian selection to explain religious beliefs (religiosity) and behavior (practices); Type-1 Spencerian selection to explain the institutionalization of religion in order to satisfy basic human needs created by Darwinian selection; Durkheimian selection to explain the competition among religious organizations (or ''cult structures,'' in the authors' language) for members, resources, and ideological niches; Type-2 Spencerian selection to explain how religion, polity, and economy coevolve when certain religions spread throughout the world as their host nations vanquish and conquer others in warfare in modern human history (think the Roman Empire); and, finally, Marxian selection to explain the violent acts undertaken by religious organizations when they act as social movement organizations and the negative emotions experienced by their members that motivate and fuel such violent acts (think ISIS). The authors use the linguistic method of cladistics very carefully to reconstruct the brain and behavioral tendencies of hominin Reviews 223


Hidden symmetries induced by spin dynamics of parity and timereversal invariant three-dimensional field configurations are discussed. The problem of lifting the dynamical symmetries off the one-particle consideration onto the quantum field theory level is solved.


The invention provides a system and method for identifying a user on the basis of advance information. The system comprises one or more user identification terminals, a user identification server and an information recording server, wherein the user identification terminals are used for identifying an identification request of a user identification card and sending a user identification request instruction to the user identification server; and the user identification server is used for searching a terminal address of the user according to identification card information in the instruction, searching whether a record of sending the information to the terminal address by an information sender exists or not in the information recording server by using the terminal address and an identification code of terminal identification equipment to check, and returning an answer message.


Preliminaries and notations multivalued linear operators degenerate equations of hyperbolic type degenerate equations of parabolic type I degenerate equations of parabolic type II degenerate equations - the general case degenerate differential equations of the second order degenerate parabolic equations bibliographical remarks.


While attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was referred to as a disorder first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, and adolescence by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV, it is classified as one of neurodevelopmental disorders regardless of age in the DSM-5. Interest in adults with ADHD is rising due to the increasing number of chronic ADHD cases and new hypotheses of later-onset ADHD in adulthood or adolescence. ADHD symptoms are noticed from early childhood and about half of patients have suffered from symptoms until adulthood. The diagnosis of ADHD in patients who first visit the hospital as adult remains challenging. One of the reasons that diagnosis is difficult is that the clinical characteristics of ADHD might differ according to age. Thus, if individuals have not been diagnosed with ADHD in childhood, it becomes very difficult to diagnose them in adulthood. Clinicians can resist an ADHD diagnosis, or preferentially diagnose affective disorders, or generalized anxiety disorder instead. That is, ADHD patients who are not diagnosed in childhood may experience This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Comparison of Adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Depending on the Age of Being Diagnosed in Childhood and Adulthood: Based on Retrospective Review in One University Hospital


s* Hans-Peter Schwarz: What approach does historiography about the Federal Republic of Germany take? Is it time for a paradigm shift? (pp. 1–24) During his lecture in the course of the 30-years-celebration of the Archive of ChristianDemocratic Politics Professor Schwarz called upon contemporary historians who have adhered for too long to the status quo, to change their research's perspective quickly. Historiography ought to concern itself intensely with the economic and social history of the past three decades. Scientific debate on new subjects, e.g. the internal unification of two heterogeneous societies, the results of the since 1987 rapidly advancing process of Europeanization, the gradual economic decline of the Federal Republic, is absolutely necessary. Christian Schwießelmann: North German, Protestant, liberal – founding fathers of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (pp. 25–46) The author attributes the CDU's success in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which comprised about 29.000 members at the end of 1948, to the appeal of charismatic leaders such as Reinhold Lobedanz, Siegfried Witte and Werner Jöhren, whose way of thinking was shaped by a North German, Protestant and liberal manner. By means of their biographies he points out how diverse the development in the regional association under pressure from the Soviet military administration and the United Socialist Party proceeded. While Lobedanz conformed and took the regional association because of his authority as chairman along, Witte and Jöhren did not give up their political ideals. Witte as secretary of commerce and businessman fought until 1950 for the preservation of free enterprise. Werner Jöhren, a known adherent of Jakob Kaiser, was in January 1948 untenable as district administrator of Usedom and had to flee to West-Berlin. Martin Greschat: "The church came along with the displaced persons?" Comments on an unfinished subject (pp. 47–76) The parish of their new homeland presented to the denominationally affiliated expatriates their first contact point to integration. Consolidated in the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), committees which were protestant and homeland associated developed what constituted a preliminary stage to the expatriates' organisations which in the years shortly after the war were not yet allowed. Discussions about the problems of the expatriates prevailed within the EKD as shown by the memoir on the politics towards the East in 1966. Integrating the ministers and parishioners from the East European churches was the main objective of the Protestant and the Catholic Church. Only in places where a larger number of expatriates were living they were able to import elements of East European piety into the liturgy and to contribute to intensifying the religious life. * Aus dem Deutschen übersetzt von Denise Lindsay


Medicinal herbs are moving from fringe to mainstream use with a greater number of people seeking remedies and health approaches free from side effects caused by synthetic chemicals. India officially recognizes over 3000 plants for their medicinal value. It is generally estimated that over 6000 plants in India are in use in traditional, folk and herbal medicine. This article aims to provide a comprehensive review on the and pharmacological aspects of Acalypha indica. It is obtained from deciduous and mixed-monsoon forests throughout greater parts of India, ascending to 1300 m in outer Himalaya, is widely used in traditional medicinal system of India has been reported to possess hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, antitussive, antifungal and also used to check wounds healing and antibacterial. It is known as a rich source of tannins, flavanoids and glycosides. The innumerable medicinal properties and therapeutic uses of Acalypa indica as well as its phytochemical investigations prove its importance as a valuable medicinal plant. © 2013 Universal Research Publications. All rights reserved


The invention relates to a thermometer (T) for non-invasive measurement of a body temperature (Tc) of a subject, the thermometer being intended to be applied on the skin (P) of said subject and comprising a support plate (18) of which an outer surface is intended to be in contact with the skin (P) for performing the temperature measurement, the thermometer comprising two temperature measuring elements, - the first (16), in contact with a central zone (C) of the support plate (18) so as to measure a temperature (TP) to the skin (P) of the subject, the second (19) eccentrically and in thermal contact with the central region (C) of the measuring plate (18), - an insulator (10) having at least one peripheral zone of insulation at the support plate (18), and further defining a thermal channel (100) wherein are arranged the measuring elements (16 , 19).


Similarly there are many laws that describe how our lives unfold depending on what we think and feel or what our spiritual actions move us towards. The movie 'The Secret' highlighted The Law of Attraction. The Law of Intention is another example highlighted by the movies 'What the Bleep do we Know?' and 'The Living Matrix'. We attract what we think and we manifest intentions aligned to our authentic nature. Bob Proctor talks of 'The 11 Forgotten Laws' and Deepak Chopra talks of 'The Seven Laws of Spiritual Success'.


Background We investigated the implications of one structural intervention—public housing relocations—for partnership dynamics among individuals living areas with high sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevalence. High-prevalence areas fuel STI endemicity and are perpetuated by spatially assortative partnerships. Methods We analyzed 7 waves of data from a cohort of black adults (n = 172) relocating from 7 public housing complexes in Atlanta, Georgia. At each wave, data on whether participants' sexual partners lived in the neighborhood were gathered via survey. Participant addresses were geocoded to census tracts, and measures of tract-level STI prevalence, socioeconomic conditions, and other attributes were created for each wave. "High-prevalence tracts" were tracts in the highest quartile of STI prevalence in Georgia. Descriptive statistics and hierarchical generalized linear models examined trajectories of spatially assortative partnerships and identified predictors of assortativity among participants in high-prevalence tracts. Results All 7 tracts containing public housing complexes at baseline were high-prevalence tracts; most participants relocated to high-prevalence tracts. Spatially assortative partnerships had a U-shaped distribution: the mean percent of partners living in participants' neighborhoods at baseline was 54%; this mean declined to 28% at wave 2 and was 45% at wave 7. Participants who experienced greater postrelocation improvements in tract-level socioeconomic conditions had a lower odds of having spatially assortative partnerships (adjusted odds ratio, 1.55; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.06–2.26). Conclusions Public housing relocation initiatives may disrupt high-prevalence areas if residents experience significant postrelocation gains in tract-level socioeconomic conditions.


Information Technology has become a part of our everyday life. Everywhere we turn, we see adults and children walking around with their mp3 players and mobile phones; making phone calls, listening ...


Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors have been fabricated with single dielectric stack (Gd2O3) and bilayer dielectric stacks of Eu2O3 and Gd2O3 (Gd2O3/Eu2O3 and Eu2O3/Gd2O3) for analog and DRAM applications. While Pt/Gd2O3/Pt capacitors provide the highest capacitance density (15 fF/μm2), Pt/Gd2O3/Eu2O3/Pt and Pt/Eu2O3/Gd2O3/Pt capacitors provide lower leakage current densities (1.2×10-5 A/cm2 and 2.7×10-5 A/cm2, respectively at -1 V) and lower quadratic voltage coefficient of capacitance (VCC) (331 ppm/V2 and 374 ppm/V2, respectively at 1 MHz). The barrier/trap heights and defect densities have been computed for the faricated devices. The improved performance of bilayer dielectric stacks (Gd2O3/Eu2O3 and Eu2O3/Gd2O3) is attributed to lower defect densities and higher barrier/trap heights.


Our project will help address the problem of keeping public spaces tidy in Halligan Hall, which falls under building maintenance. As the department grows, the limited public space in Halligan sees increased use. Inevitably, this translates to a higher instance of littering and ultimately the buildup of waste within the space. If successful, our project will help ensure that the public space in Halligan is kept clean, remind individuals to do their part in keeping it clean, and lighten the load on the custodial staff. The primary goal of the project is to develop a system through which turtlebots can identify and collect trash and other items on the ground in Halligan. This goal requires use of the turtlebot navigation and autonomous driving systems, an image classifier which can recognize litter, onboard containers which can hold items, and a system which will allow the turtlebot to engage in a simple interaction with an individual. If the project is successful, the turtlebot will provide a new service to the Halligan community and could lead to maintenance of Halligan Hall run solely through autonomous robots.


The analysis of four biochemical parameters such as pH, ascorbic acid, proline and soluble sugar were carried out to investigate their response to pollution stress. Fifteen samples of plant leaves were collected in duplicate along the Ughelli – Patani metropolis in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State, Nigeria. The pH of the leave samples were measured after calibrating the pH meter; Ascorbic acid content (expressed in mg/g) was measured using spectrophotometric method; Proline content in the leaves of plants was determined following the protocol based on the formation of red colored formazone with ninhydrin in acidic medium which is soluble in organic solvent like toluene. Soluble sugar was determined by ion exchange chromatography. While the biochemical content of the leaf species under investigation shows a trend of a decrease of pH values; increase ascorbic acid and proline content and a reduced sugar content all from the polluted sites except for Musa paradisiaca L. and Manihot esculenta that shows alternate results and vice versa. An overview of the entire results obtained from this study reveals that different plants respond differently to air pollution with plant growing in polluted site having higher ascorbic acid content, proline values and lower pH and soluble sugar content as compared to the polluted sites and vice versa. Keywords: Ascorbic acid, Proline, soluble sugar, pH, pollutant


The fine frequency estimation of received signal is very important in Electronic Warfare and communication systems. The performance of radar classification depends on the accuracy of frequency measurements. Since frequency measurement accuracy in Digital Instantaneous Frequency Measurement receiver is highly dependent on corresponding pulse detection technique, here we propose an improved approach which is able to detect pulses as narrow as 50 nsec. Simulation results confirm that this receiver is capable of detecting pulses with 50 nsec width over 1.2 GHz bandwidth with a major error within 43 KHz.


Background and Aims:  To assess the efficacy of switching Japanese chronic hepatitis B patients from lamivudine monotherapy to entecavir 0.5 mg/day.


Abstract : To improve the command and control of armor units, the Army is conducting research and development on automated command, control, and communication for future tanks: the Combat Vehicle Command and Control (CVCC) system. This research investigates the extent to which the CVCC soldier-machine interface (SMI) supports the soldier's ability to learn and effectively operate the system. For the research, 105 U.S. Army personnel participated in 5 weeks of training and testing. Automated measures of equipment use and subjective assessments indicate that, overall, the CVCC is a useful and usable system that participants feel will improve their performance. Problems with usability were noted for select functions. Recommendations for improvement focus on providing alternative input methods, enhancing the digital report function, and improving feedback to vehicle commanders and drivers.


made the book's argument more powerful. For example, since the Ottoman Empire took captives from many European countries, study of captivity narratives provides an opportunity to evaluate what distinguished Russian understandings of captivity from that of other countries. Taki includes Linda Colley's influential Captives: Britain, Empire, and the World 1600–1850 (2002) in his bibliography (although with her name misspelled) but does not engage it in his text. Taki is right to suggest in his conclusion that "Orientalist discourse does not necessarily present the Other as immutable, stagnant, or ahistorical" (211). Taki's careful work through much rich material illuminates well Russia's changing understanding of itself and the Ottoman Empire.


Abstract This paper reports a theory‐driven, critical case study of the stated needs for literacy of 11 adult literacy learners. The literacy 'needs' of adult learners are argued to be social constructions. These stated literacy needs of adult learners are influenced by the external environment of the workplace and the particular workplace literacy requirements, and societal demands. However, these needs are also influenced by the adult learners' reconstructions and memories of schooling, and the views of significant others whose discourses on literacy affect the adult learners' perceptions of their 'reading failure'. The hypothesis generated by this case study, then, is that notions about literacy acquired in the context of acquisition of that literacy will be represented in the subsequent requests of the adult learners for these literacy needs.


Recent studies show a certain danger associated with drug residues, chemicals, radionuclides, biofilms, resistant bacteria and viruses, downstream of wastewater treatment plants (WTP). These results confirm the existence of hazardous substances in the hospital effluents. The University Hospital Frantz Fanon in Blida is located in a sensitive place of Mitidja. The effluents can contaminate surface water (valley Sidi El Kebir, valley Mazafran) and groundwater via infiltration and the porous nature of the soil. It is feared that the underground current (groundwater) contaminate a large portion of the basement of the Mitidja in the long run. Faced with the urgency and the risk they represent, we have developed a method called the targeted approach for more effective management of hospital waste. Indeed, in the global approach, the hospital effluents are collected by a sewer system treated in a wastewater treatment plant before being rendered in the environment. The targeted approach avoids the effluents in the sewer system of the hospital and the WTP, it neutralizes chemical and biological pollution out of each hospital unit. Furthermore, the realization of a washer-disinfector endoscope adapted to the specific protocols (exploration digestive, bronchial, etc.) represents an application of the targeted approach. Indeed, management of the disinfectant solution by electrical control in a closed circuit allows the mastery of biological pollution (ΣBi) and chemical (ΣCi). It seems that the evolution of medical science brings new concerns, in addition to biological pollution, bacterial and viral. Today we speak of pathogen proteins resistant to conventional disinfection processes. The targeted approach remains appropriate and focuses on the development and adaptation of new technology in the disinfection procedure.


With the help of Student Information System (SIS),
student information can be stored and maintenance can be done.
It is useful for educational institutions to maintain the records of
students. The storage and management of information regarding
a students' academics is crucial in any institution. This
system can be useful for all types of details, academic reports,
institutional details, curriculum, and other resource as
well. Student Information System software is very essential
nowadays for all the educational institutions to store the
information of students. For storing the student data, the
institutions are spending a lot of money on paper, files, and other
stationary stuffs including pens/pencil etc or some institutions
are purchasing expensive systems to do this stuff. But here we
are just creating software for the similar work it can save a lot of
expenditure of an institution and also it will save use of papers
which is ultimately beneficial for our environment also. This
system is very useful to sort and search student records because
sorting and searching in file system is time consuming also
difficult to conduct manually. This software was developed in
such a way that it remains to be user centric and
easily understandable and usable by the user. The software is
fully functional and tested over several testing techniques
available and the software is functioning smoothly.


India is the fifth largest oilseed economy in the world. Among the seven edible oilseeds cultivated in India, Rapeseed-mustard contributes 28.6 per cent in the total oilseeds production sharing 27.8per cent in the India's oilseed economy and ranks third after soybean and groundnut. India accounts for about 11.12 per cent (6.8 mt) of global mustard seed production with an average productivity of 1115 kg/ha. During the last seven years, there has been a considerable increase in productivity from 730 kg/ha in 2006-07 to 1262 kg/ha in 2014-15 however, it is much below than the global average of 1970 kg/hectare (DRMR, 2015). In 2014-15, India imported 14.5 million tonnes of edible oils valued $10.5 billion, included nearly 0.4 million tonnes of imported rapeseed oil, International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 5 (2017) pp. 1500-1512 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com


glass scintillators were fabricated, and lanthanides(except Pm) oxides or chlorides were used as an activator. For the fabrication of glasses, optimum heating conditions were obtained, and the photoluminescence of the glasses was measured by the monochromator. For the best transparency of the glass samples, optimum heating temperature and time are and 90 min, respectively. It was found that Pr, Nd, Gd, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu do not work as activator; emission spectrums of samples with them were equal to those of samples without activators. In the case of samples with Europium, the peaks of emission spectrum of and were 420 nm and 620 nm respectively. And samples with were about 380 nm, and were about 550 nm. Glass scintillators with , , and were found to be more applicable to neutron detection. The result of neutron detection by Ra-Be sources showed that was found to be the best activator of .


─ In this paper, a periodic weakly conditionally stable -pseudospectral time domain (WCS-PSTD) method is presented to simulate photonic crystal in Terahertz frequency range. The time step size in this method is only determined by the mesh length z and the spatial discretization along the z direction only needs two cells per minimum wavelength. The 3D formulas of the method are presented and the time stability condition of the method is demonstrated. Numerical results show that this method is more efficient than the periodic finite difference time domain (FDTD method in terms of computer memory and computation time. Index Terms ─ Finite difference time domain, pseudospectral method, time stability condition, weakly conditionally stable.


We review the AMD study of cluster structures in stable and unstable light nuclei. We place emphasis on the characteristic features of the AMD approach, which include variation after parity projection, three-dimensional cranking and variation after angular momentum projection, superposition of Slater determinants for the study of excited states, and unified treatment of structure and reaction calculations. We discuss the novel features of clustering in neutron-rich nuclei in comparison with clustering in stable nuclei.


The purpose of this study was to review the health impact assessment system in local planning in England and to make recommendations for the integration of health impact assessment in Korea. Health impact assessment is a combination of procedures, methods, and tools to identify the potential health impacts of a policy, plan, program, or project and the distribution of these impacts across different sub-populations. Local planning covers various health determinants of health and therefore, can be a useful vehicle to incorporate health in local planning. In England, the National Planning Policy Framework and Health and Social Care Act set the stage for health impact assessment at the national level in the planning and the public health, respectively. According to these national legal frameworks, both planning and public health sectors provide guidance for health impact assessment for local practitioners. The discussion section provides specific recommendations for each of planning and public health sectors in order to integrate health impact assessment into local planning.


This paper shows the state of the art in fiber optical code-division multiple-access (CDMA). Recent work in this area for both, systems and sequences is reviewed and analyzed. For that purpose a classification of systems, corresponding to the manner of signal processing and a classification of known (0,1)-sequences are presented. It is shown that due to the limits by currently available device technology especially two techniques are promising for implementation in broadband telecommunication networks: spectral encoding with integrated optical filters and CDMA in combination with wavelength multiple access schemes. Further an overview about some important experiments in this field is given.


ITSM 2000 Professional Version 6.0, developed by Peter J. Brockwell and Richard A. Davis, B&D Enterprises, Inc., Copyright 1999. The Student Version is included in Introduction to Time Series and Forecasting, 1996, Springer-Verlag New York Inc. (ISBN: 0387947191). The Professional Version is obtainable from firstname.lastname@example.com. Web Page of the author: http://www.stat.colostate.edu/~pjbrock/


BACKGROUND
Racial/ethnic disparities have been demonstrated across multiple orthopedic sub-specialties. There is a paucity of literature examining disparities in distal radius fracture (DRF) management.

METHODS
Using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database, we analyzed 15 559 non-Hispanic (NH) White, NH Black, NH Asian, and Hispanic adults who underwent open reduction and internal fixation for DRF from 2013 to 2019. We evaluated time from hospital admission to surgery and length of stay using Poisson regression. Deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism (PE), and wound complications were reported using descriptive statistics. Thirty-day reoperation and readmission were analyzed using binary logistic regression.

RESULTS
Wait time to surgery was longer for Hispanic patients than NH White patients (incidence rate ratio [IRR]: 2.54, P < .001); this narrowed over time (IRR: 0.944, P = .047). Length of stay was longer for NH Black (IRR: 1.78, P < .001) and Hispanic patients (IRR: 1.83, P < .001), but shorter for NH Asian (IRR: 0.715, P = .019) than NH White patients; this temporally narrowed for NH Black patients (IRR: 0.908, P = .001). Deep venous thrombosis, PE, and wound complications occurred at a rate less than 0.30% across all groups. Hispanic patients were less likely to undergo reoperation than NH White patients (odds ratio [OR]: 0.254, P = .003). While there was no difference in readmission between groups in the aggregated study period, NH Black patients experienced a temporal increase in readmissions relative to NH White patients (OR: 1.40, P = .038).

CONCLUSIONS
Racial and ethnic disparities exist in DRF management. Further investigation on causes for and solutions to combat these disparities in DRF care may help improve the inequities observed.


Broadly tunable coherent VUV radiation has been generated by two-photon resonant sum-frequency mixing in Cd vapor, using frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser-pumped dye lasers and the three two-photon resonances 5^{1}S_{0} - 5^{1}D_{2}, - 7^{1}S_{0} , and -6^{1}D_{2} . The generated VUV having no spectral structure covers a wavelength range of 119.6-136.8 nm, and the VUV generation efficiency has been measured as a function of wavelength. Besides the tunable VUV, additional intense VUV lines were observed in a spectral range of 145.3-171.1 nm, which were generated by four-wave parametric and second-harmonic processes. The generation mechanisms of these VUV lines are discussed.


Abstract The modern low-pressure methanol synthesis catalysts are based on copper-containing systems such as Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 and Cu/ZnO/Cr2O3 with various compositions. These catalysts are also highly active for the low-temperature CO shift reaction. For both reactions the nature of the active sites is still an open question.


—Electrical vehicles are not only passenger cars but also commercial vehicles and, in particular, municipal vehicles. Their acceptance and usage depends primarily on everyday usability, aiming for a smart vehicle with intelligent energy and range supervision as well as driver support. In our funded research project eTelematik, we conceptualized, implemented and proved an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) System with directly connected vehicle components, driver interface and back end applications as well as an analytical evaluation process for our prediction model. In order to expand the usage of electric vehicles, we predict energy consumption of complex work task sets and guide vehicle drivers while driving.


Smart mobility is essential in achieving sustainable urban development during the (upcoming) digital era. This study focuses on exploring an integrated governance approach for the development of smart mobility through the comparison of international cases. Specifically, we examine six cities—Amsterdam, Singapore, New York, Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen—through text collection and analysis. This study reveals three key findings. First, the urban features of each city, especially the relationship between the land and population, significantly impact the direction and design of smart mobility development. Second, while the development of smart mobility systems in various cities shows similarities, specific differences still exist. Third, the contrast in governance patterns between Chinese and non-Chinese cities lies in the government's role. This kind of difference also differs from one Chinese city to another, especially in the relationship between the local government and relevant businesses. Finally, based on the study, we offer some insights for future studies in this field.


Depression is an increasingly important mental health issue in our society. Our aim was to discover whether it was culturally determined, and to understand the perception of depression in a community characterised by a plurality of health and medicine representations. That led to the formulation of our research question: How is depression perceived, described and dealt with by Santal communities [2, 3]?


This report presents the findings of the international researchers meeting organized by the Horizons Project to explore the programmatic and research implications for the association between male circumcision and HIV prevention. Based on the discussion participants determined that there is considerable evidence supporting a protective effect of male circumcision on HIV infection in men in sub-Saharan Africa. These relate to the mechanisms and the role of the foreskin in the acquisition of HIV infection by men. However little is known about the impact and cost-effectiveness of male circumcision among high-risk versus low-risk seronegative men as well as about the relationship between age of circumcision and risk of HIV infection. In addition there is very little experience concerning the practicality feasibility acceptability and cost-effectiveness of male circumcision as an HIV intervention. The effect of male circumcision on male and female risk behavior and condom use is unknown but behavioral changes related to circumcision status that result in reduced protection and increased risk-taking could well reduce the beneficial effect of male circumcision. The following actions are recommended: integration of assessment of attitudes toward and acceptability of male circumcision in ongoing studies; development and field test of a rapid assessment tool; collaboration in modeling the cost and impact of male interventions; and development of proposals for longer-term studies on cost safety and outcomes of male circumcision in the context of HIV prevention.


Every traffic professional has a goal of making the system safer for all drivers. However, finding new money is difficult, and existing funding sources are stretched to the limits. Combine that with most public agencies' other priorities and the safety upgrades, while valued, do not measure up to the economic development projects or other high-profile expenditures. Traffic control devices have long been understood to be some of the most cost-effective methods for addressing safety problems and hazard locations. Typically, this is framed in new installations where the signs are providing new or additional information. In 2004, the author completed a study that identified four separate locations that had completed sign upgrades. Each location changed signs from ASTM Type 1 to ASTM Type 3 or 9. The reasoning and circumstances were different in each case but all showed positive results in their crash experience when compared to a period before the changes. Since the differences between the applications varied greatly, as did the readily available before and after information, it was difficult to identify with any certainty the crash-benefit analysis for a practitioner trying to sell a similar project to financial decision makers. This research studies the upgrade programs implemented by Sioux City, IA, Mendocino, CA, Putnam County, NY, and the Insurance Institute of British Columbia, Canada, and identifies other projects that upgraded sign materials. The research evaluates each implementation practice and examines the crash results, including crash types, sign locations in relation to the crashes, time of day, light vs. dark, weather, and other factors that may have influenced the signs' effectiveness. In addition, state and/or national baseline crash information for the same time periods will help establish trends. The purpose of the research is to establish and document a benefit-cost ratio that can be used by practitioners to anticipate the safety benefits compared to the costs incurred by a signing system upgrade. This information is intended to be especially useful when comparing various safety programs while evaluating the numerous demands on the financial resources of a public agency.


The scope of this study into the analytical potential of
gas phase Auger electron spectrometry (AES) is defined, and its
relation to the work previously conducted at the University of
Technology, Loughborough on this topic is shown.
The vacuum generators AFM2 gas phase Auger electron
spectrometer is described in detail, this includes a discussion
of maintenance and fault-finding. Detailed operating instructions
based on the manufacturer's manual and the author's experience,
are included. The theoretical and experimental aspects of the
operational parameters of the electron gun, analyser, detector,
sample introduction system, and the recording system are given.
The choice of parameter values for the optimal performance of the
instrument are discussed. [Abstract.]


Black holes emit high energy particles which induce a finite density potential for any scalar field ϕ coupling to the emitted quanta. Due to energetic considerations, ϕ evolves locally to minimize the effective masses of the outgoing states. In theories where ϕ resides at a metastable minimum, this effect can drive ϕ over its potential barrier and classically catalyze the decay of the vacuum. Because this is not a tunneling process, the decay rate is not exponentially suppressed and a single black hole in our past light cone may be sufficient to activate the decay. Moreover, decaying black holes radiate at ever higher temperatures, so they eventually probe the full spectrum of particles coupling to ϕ. We present a detailed analysis of vacuum decay catalyzed by a single particle, as well as by a black hole. The former is possible provided large couplings or a weak potential barrier. In contrast, the latter occurs much more easily and places new stringent limits on theories with hierarchical spectra. Finally, we comment on how these constraints apply to the standard model and its extensions, e.g. metastable supersymmetry breaking.


YONIKA PERMADANI AL MATHOR. The Influence Of Self-Efficacy and
Entrepreneurship Education Toward Entrepreneurial Intention Student Of
Class XI Accounting SMK Negeri 1 Kota Bekasi.
Thesis. Jakarta. Study Program of Economic Education, Concentration of
Accounting Education, Faculty of Economics, State University of Jakarta, 2018.

This study aims to determine the influence between self-efficacy and
entrepreneurship education toward entrepreneurial intention student of class XI
Accounting in SMK Negeri 1 Kota Bekasi by using empirical data which is valid
and reliable.
The research conduct at SMK Negeri 1 Kota Bekasi. The research method is
survey method with correlation approach. The affordable population in this
study are students of class XI Accounting consist of two classes amount to 73
students and sample used as many as 62 students by using proportional random
sampling techniques. An instrument used to obtain data for variable X
1
 (selfefficacy),

X
2
 (entrepreneurship education) and Y (entrepreneurial intention)
measured using a questionnaire with likert scale. The result of data analysis
showed that the data used in regression model is normally distributed (0,200 >
0,05) and linear (X
1
 = 0,007 > 0,05 and X
2
 = 0,178 > 0,05). The equation of
multiple linear regression analysis in this study is
. The result of this study showed that there is
a significant influence between self-efficacy and entrepreneurship education with
entrepreneurial intention shown by F-test calculation with F-count (20,720) >
F-table (3,15) and significance value (0,000 < 0,05). Partially, there is a
positive and significant influence between self-efficacy (X
1
) and entrepreneurial
intention (Y) based on t- test with t-count (2,321) > t-table (2,001) and there is a
positive and significant influence between entrepreneurship education (X
2
) and
entrepreneurial intention (Y) based on t- test with t-count (5,462) > t-table
(2,001). The results of simple correlation coefficient test show that self-efficacy
with entrepreneurial intention has a significance value of 0.007 < 0.05,
entrepreneurship education with entrepreneurial intention has a significance
value of 0.000 < 0.05 which means there is a significant correlation. The result
of a double correlation coefficient test (R) equal to 0,642 that means between
self-efficacy and entrepreneurship education with entrepreneurial intention there
is a strong relation with coefficient determination 41,3%, variable Y
(entrepreneurial intention) determined by variable X
1
 (self-efficacy) and X
2

(entrepreneurship education) of 41,3%.
Keywords: Self-Efficacy, Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurial Intention


The reaction of FeO+ with toluene in the gas phase occurs at collision rate (kr = 1.36 × 10−9 cm3 molecule−1 s−1), and labeling experiments demonstrate that the total products due to CH bond activation involve to > 92% the benzylic position. In the 'hydride' abstraction process (formation of FeOH and C7H), the H-atom originates elusively from the benzylic position to generate a benzyl cation, and an intramolecular kinetic isotope effect kH/kD = 1.75 has been obtained. There is no evidence for the existence of isotopically sensitive branching ('metabolic switching') in the system studied.


The electrical resistivity method, which is one of the most widely practiced geophysical prospecting methods, has in the past usually been applied to groundwater and underground resource exploration. Its scope has recently been extended to civil and environmental areas because of new developments that allow it to image underground structures effectively. The applicability of the electrical resistivity imaging techniques to civil and environmental problems has been demonstrated in two case studies in Korea. First, the electrical resistivity surface imaging technique was performed in a tunnel construction site, to map the underground geological structure of a large area in a short period of time. The dimension of the weak zones was estimated and the support pattern of the tunnel was adjusted. The result was a successful excavation of the tunnel. Second, electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) was implemented in a research tunnel site to monitor the movement of brine after it was injected in a test borehole. A pair of low-conductivity zones that was interpreted as the pathway of the groundwater flow was clearly imaged.


ABSTRACT Noting the increase in the number of Hispanics in the United States and a parallel increase in the number of magazines for this segment of the population, a study analyzed readership patterns of a Spanish-language metropolitan magazine. Data were collected by means of a mail survey completed by 282 subscribers of the "Miami Mensual." Six demographic variables were investigated: respondent's sex, educational level, language preference for reading, age, occupation. and household income. It was hypothesized that there would be no readership differences across these variables. The results supported this hypothesis. The results suggest, however, that there is a need to investigate further gender difference in reading preferences and the influence of Hispanic culture on these preferences. (Tables of data are included.) (HTH)


A cyclone dust collection device for a vacuum cleaner is provided to increase the capacity of the dust container and improve the convenience of use by enlarging the height of a dust container and allowing longitudinal direction of a cyclone unit to be horizontal direction. A cyclone dust collection device for a vacuum cleaner comprises a cyclone unit(110), a dust container(150), and an air discharging passage(161). The cyclone unit is installed to allow a longitudinal major axis to be horizontal direction and separates the foreign material in the air by installing an air inlet and an air discharging port. The dust container is connected with the lower end of a cyclone unit and stores the foreign material separated from the cyclone unit. The air discharging passage connected with the air discharging port is formed at the dust container so as to discharge the air discharged from the cyclone unit into the lower end of the dust container through the dust container.


The crustal evolution in the central part of Hokkaido Island, Japan, has been dominated by a series of accretion and collision processes from the late Jurassic to the present. This region is divided into three main tectonic belts (the Sorachi-Yezo, Hidaka and Tokoro belts from west to east) formed in different Cretaceous subduction systems. Since the Miocene, the Sorachi-Yezo Belt and the western part of the Hidaka Belt (the Hidaka Metamorphic Belt, HMB) have suffered severe deformation during two tectonic events: the dextral oblique collision between the North American (Okhotsk) and Eurasian plates and the arc–arc collision of the Kuril forearc sliver with the western part of Hokkaido (the NE Japan Arc). A thrust belt along the western margin of the Sorachi-Yezo Belt is considered to represent the Miocene to Pliocene eastward subduction of the NE Japan Arc due to the compressional stress regime. This subduction jumped to the eastern margin of the Japan Sea in Pleistocene time.

 The reanalysis of wide-angle seismic data collected in central Hokkaido has provided a new image of crustal-scale structural variation and deformation in the tectonic environments mentioned above. The western part of the Sorachi-Yezo Belt is characterized by a 2–4.5 km thick forearc sedimentary layer with a velocity of 3.0–3.9 km s−1, beneath which a 3.9–5.8 km s−1 body forms an eastward-dipping boundary to the upper unit. This boundary may be the eastward extension of the thrust belt, representing the Miocene to Pliocene plate boundary. A 5.3–5.7 km s−1 body almost crops out beneath the eastern part of the Sorachi-Yezo Belt where ophiolite sequences and high-P metamorphic rocks are exposed. Our rather low velocity of 5.3–5.7 km s−1 may suggest that the original oceanic crustal rocks or the metamorphics were fragmented and merged with low-velocity accretionary prism rocks. Plausible tectonic events responsible for this process are fast uplift of a large amount of underplated materials in the Cretaceous subduction system of this region and/or severe deformation by collision tectonics since the Miocene. The HMB is characterized by high-T  metamorphic rocks almost equivalent to those of continental or arc crust. The seismic velocity in the upper 5–7 km of crust in this part increases westwards from 5.6 to 5.85 km s−1, showing a good correlation with the change in metamorphic grade of the exposed rocks. The velocity structure in the eastern part of the Hidaka Belt is composed of 15–20 km thick upper crust overlying 6.6–6.7 km s−1 lower crust. The crystalline part of the upper crust is divided into a 6–7 km thick 5.6–6.0 km s−1 layer and an 8.5–11 km thick 6.2–6.35 km s−1 layer. In the depth range 25–45 km, there exist crustal laminations, probably forming a ductile and sheared zone. Good agreement of this velocity structure with physical properties of the metamorphics exposed in the HMB indicates that a 25–26 km thick brittle part of the Hidaka crust was obducted towards the west to form the HMB under the collision framework in this region. Major layer boundaries east of the HMB show a gentle eastward dip, which might have acted as a decollement at the time of the obduction. The Tokoro Belt, which is composed of accreted Jurassic seamounts, is marked by a high upper-crustal velocity (≥6.1 km s−1) in our model. This velocity represents relatively mafic rock compositions of the seamounts and/or oceanic crust trapped in this belt.


Objective To investigate the expression of Cyclooxygenase-2(COX-2) and Angiopoietin-2(Ang-2) in laryngeal carcinoma tissue and their correlation.Methods Sixty-five samples of laryngeal carcinoma and thirty-four biopsies of adjacent noncancerous tissue were immunohistochemically examined for expression of COX-2 and Ang-2, whose relationship with clinicopathological parameters was also analyzed.Results Percentages of COX-2 and Ang-2 expression in laryngeal carcinoma tissue were 63.08% and 69.23% respectively, which were higher than those in adjacent noncancerous tissue(P0.05). The expression of COX-2 and Ang-2 significantly differed between patients with different T stage and clinical stage, and there was also a close correlation between the expressions of COX-2 and Ang-2(P0.05). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that disease-free survival and overall survival were significantly lower in patients with COX-2 positive expression than those with negative expression, but only overall survival was significantly lower in patients with Ang-2 overexpression(P0.05).Conclusion The overexpression of COX-2 and Ang-2 was observed in laryngeal carcinoma tissue and there was positive correlation between them. It suggested that they may play an important role in the occurrence, infiltrating and diffusion by promoting tumor angiogenesis. Their overexpression can be an objective indicator to judge biological parameter and prognosis of laryngeal carcinoma.


Aminomethylation of tetrahydropyridine thiolate (I) with primary amines (II) and formaldehyde (III) under Mannich reaction conditions leads to formation of the new heterocyclic system (IV).


Besides Inflammatory Bowel Disease, thiopurines are used in a broad range of clinical conditions. Even though therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is widely used with biologics, there are still many unanswered questions regarding TDM for thiopurines. This study aimed to establish a relationship between the levels of thiopurines' metabolites and treatment toxicity.

 Literature search was carried out in 3 databases (Pubmed, Web of Science and Scopus) following PRISMA guidelines. Studies evaluating the relationship between the levels of thiopurines' metabolites and their toxicity (haematological and hepatoxicity, pancreatitis, intolerance and infection), regardless of the disease to which they were prescribed, were included.

 From the 16194 identified records 74 were eligible for further analysis. A meta-analysis of mean comparisons, correlations and odds ratio (OR) were performed. The levels of 6-thioguanine nucleotides (6-TGN) were significantly higher in patients with general toxicity and leukopenia when the Lennard method was used for quantification (Figure 1). Significant correlations were obtained between the 6-TGN levels and leucocytes (r = -0.21;p < 0.001), neutrophils (r = -0.34;p < 0.001) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels (r = -0.24;p < 0.001). The pooled OR (95%IC) for general toxicity, haematological toxicity and leukopenia in patients with 6-TGN concentrations above the predefined thresholds was 2.78(1.54–5.00), 8.54(3.55–20.56) and 5.26(3.34–8.15), respectively. Regarding 6-methylmercaptopurine metabolites (6-MMP), there was a significant correlation of their levels with general toxicity and leukopenia when the Lennard method was used for quantification (Figure 2), and with hepatotoxicity. 6-MMP levels were significantly correlated with ALT (r = 0.35;p < 0.001). The pooled OR (95%IC) for haematological toxicity, leukopenia and hepatotoxicity in patients with 6-MMP above the predefined thresholds was 4.12(1.80–9.47), 4.09(1.98–8.45) and 4.31(3.21–5.78), respectively. The studies evaluating the relationship between the ratio 6-MMP/TGN and thiopurines' toxicity did not find differences between the mean ratio in patients with haematological toxicity and leukopenia. The pooled OR for hepatotoxicity in patients with a ratio above the predefined threshold was 4.44(IC 95%2.92–6.75).

 These results reinforce that TDM may be used to prevent the occurrence of toxicity during thiopurines' treatment. However, the cut-off values for this association may depend on the method used to measure metabolites' levels.


A ten-year campaign was successfully completed by the first total synthesis of brevetoxin A (1). A Horner–Wittig type coupling of suitably functionalized BCDE and GHIJ ring systems proved to be the last key step in the total synthesis of this architecturally beautiful molecule.


In this paper,We give the concept of the directed connectedness set and directed closure set in BCH-algebra, and discuss properties of the directed connectedness set and directed closure set.


There is a impressive shift in technology from transmission system to braking system in today's changing automotive market. From the point of view of performance as well as safety the braking system is regarded as one of the most critical systems. Disc brake is the latest development in automotive vehicles that dissipates the heat more quickly than traditional drum brakes. The key advantage of the disc brake is that the friction material i.e. the caliper is in contact with just a small portion of the surface. Therefore, the disc has a large surface area that can dissipate the heat into the atmosphere. In this paper static stress analysis of disc brake made up of magnesium metal matrix composites, is conducted using finite element analysis. The disc model was developed in solid works software and imported to Ansys workbench for analysis. Structural analysis is used to determine the deformation and von misses stress established in the disc. Index Terms Disc brake, structural analysis, Ansys,


Abstract : In this program, low pressure flames of hydrogen and hydrocarbons burning in fluorine are studied by measuring ionization, luminescence and laser induced fluorescence of intermediates. Oscillatory and pulsing behavior are noted in these flames. Experiments are designed to establish the mechanism of CH A-state emission in oxygen free combustion. Theoretical consideration of the long time behavior of bimolecular reactions has provided a general endpoint indicator for chemiluminescent gas phase titration reactions as well as a means of measuring rate constants for reactions such as H + F combination. Keywords: Fluorine, Combustion, Kinetics, Oscillation, Titration.


The resonance frequencies of a capacitance-terminated coaxial-line resonator may readily be determined graphically. The graphical analysis shows clearly why separation of the various modes of resonance is possible in oscillators using two resonators. Mode separation is favored by the use of resonators that have a large difference in their products of characteristic impedance and terminating capacitance. Too great a difference in the CZ0o products may, however, result in the coincidence of two modes of resonance for certain tuning combinations. Measured tuning curves for a lighthouse-tube oscillator agree with predicted curves in their general aspects. The agreement is improved by considering the tube electrodes and leads as extensions of the coaxial lines, terminated in capacitances smaller than the lumped interelectrode capacitances.


Solar activity and its most prominent aspect, the solar flares, have considerable influence on terrestrial and space weather. Solar flares also provide a suitable laboratory for the investigation of many plasma and high energy processes important in the magnetosphere of the Earth and many other space and astrophysical situations. Hence, progress in understanding of flares will have considerable scientific and societal impact. The primary goal of this grant is the understanding of two of the most important problems of solar flare physics, namely the determination of the energy release mechanism and how this energy accelerates particles. This is done through comparison of the observations with theoretical models, starting from observations and gradually proceeding to theoretically more complex situations as the lower foundations of our understanding are secured. It is generally agreed that the source of the flare energy is the annihilation of magnetic fields by the reconnection process. Exactly how this energy is released or how it is dissipated remains controversial. Moreover, the exact mechanism of the acceleration of the particles is still a matter of debate. Data from many spacecrafts and ground based instruments obtained over the past decades have given us some clues. Theoretical analyses of these data have led to the standard thick target model (STT) where most of the released energy goes into an (assumed) power law spectrum of accelerated particles, and where all the observed radiations are the consequence of the interaction of these particles with the flare plasma. However, some theoretical arguments, and more importantly some new observations, have led us to believe that the above picture is not complete. It appears that plasma turbulence plays a more prominent role than suspected previously, and that it is the most likely agent for accelerating particles. The model we have developed is based on production of a high level of plasma waves and turbulence in the reconnection region above a flare loop. This turbulence accelerates particles stochastically which radiate some of their energy in this region but carry most of their energy to the footpoints of the loop, where they lose all their energy and radiate bulk of the observed radiation as in the traditional thick target model. In the past we have worked on various aspects of this model. We have evaluated the interaction rates of the plasma waves with electrons and ions, developed theoretical frameworks for the acceleration, transport and radiative processes, and produced numerical codes for the investigation of these processes. The goal of this grant has been further development and testing of this new paradigm, with emphases on the relative acceleration of electrons and ions and on a comprehensive investigation of the turbulence generation, cascade, and damping processes. We review several pieces of important evidence that we have uncovered indicating the crucial roles of turbulence, in and we describe accomplishments during the past two years of this grant.


This paper presents a novel approach to power sharing methodology for parallel connected single phase inverters (SPIs) using Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) based identification of multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) system and subsequent optimal control strategy. The idea is evolved from the universal droop controller that can be applied to inverters considering output impedance. The architecture has two control loops: the primary inverter control topology is based on the d-q frame active and reactive power control and the secondary control generate virtual active and reactive powers references using voltage deviations and power unbalance obtained from the ADMM identified transfer functions. The advantages and capabilities of the architecture is evaluated on IEEE 123-bus system for regulating voltage deviations during load changes and other adverse conditions.


This text speaks about abuelo sabedor Miru Puu, Antonio Guzman Lopez, who for more than thirty years was a collaborator, "informant" and coauthor of scholars who study the Colombian Vaupes area. It is presented as homage to this abuelo sabedor of the Desana Nation because with his wisdom and knowledge he gave all of us a life lesson.


The invention relates to a luminescent solar concentrator comprising a glass or plastic matrix containing colloidal nanocrystals of at least ternary semiconductors based on metals of groups IB and IIIA (groups 11 and 16 respectively in the UIPAC nomenclature) and at least one chalcogen (group VIA, or 16 in the IUPAC nomenclature).


Aiming at improving the management and scheduling efficiency of multi-robot in warehouse environment, a simulation method based on ROS system using 3D model and virtual activities to realize multi-robot collaborative scheduling was proposed and a multi-robot cooperating and scheduling system based on ROS was established, which includes building multi-robot simulation model, designing warehouse simulation environment, building multi-robot architecture and communication, task allocation and scheduling based on the minimum cost method. The system has the functions of map building, automatic navigation and obstacle avoidance, as well as the optimal scheduling of multi-objective points. The simulation results showed that the multi-robot collaborative scheduling system can reduce the workload of managers and improve the work efficiency of multi-robot.


Eu3+-doped Gd2O2CN2 was firstly synthesized by a classical solid-state reaction of Li2CO3, Eu2O3 and GdF3 under NH3 gas flow in the presence of graphite at low firing temperature. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis indicated that Gd2O2CN2: Eu3+ crystallizes in a trigonal-type structure with space group P-3m1. Gd2O2CN2: Eu3+ shows a sharp red emission band peaking at 626 nm under excitation at 300 nm at room temperature. PL spectra indicates that Eu3+ doped Gd2O2CN2 samples emit the typical emission peaks at 614 nm and 626 nm originated from the hypersensitive electric dipole transition (5D0→7F2) of Eu3+ ions. The optimized doping concentration of Eu3+ ions was found to be 7.5 at. %, and the critical transfer distance was calculated to be 10.907 A.


The present investigation were conducted for two summer seasons during 2009 and 2010 in the field of Department of Soil science and Water Management, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh to study the effects of integrated nutrient management systems on growth, yield of cauliflower and soil health. The conjoint effect of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) at varying (50%, 75% and 100%) doses N and P fertilizers registered a significant increase in number of non-wrapper leaves, curd diameter, curd depth and curd weight of cauliflower, total microbial counts and available N and P contents of soil. The application of MK 5 isolate at 75% recommended dose of NP fertilizers not only increased the yields of cauliflower by 24% but also saved 31kg N /ha and 8 kg P/ha fertilizers over control (recommended doses of NPK). A significant increase in available N and P contents were also noted by the conjoint application of PGPR and chemical fertilizers. Hence the developed integrated nutrient module can be used for enhanced yields without destructing soil health in mid hills of North Western Himalayas.


I work with the disabled and the mentally ill. 'What is it like to work with them?' I am asked this a lot.


The article thouroughly considers the cases in which an insured person has a right on temporary disability benefits under the legislation of the Russian Federation on December 29, 2006 "On mandatory social insurance regarding to temporary disability and maternity". Depending on the disease and conditions of the employment contract, the time period is determined during which the insured person should be paid temporary disability benefits. The particular situations are specified, if the insured person has been recognized as disabled or contacted with infectious patients or with a person who has been identified as a bacteria carrier, or caring for a sick family member. Besides, the methodology for calculating the temporary disability benefits is revealed.


Policy makers need a way to measure environmental results of farming practices, and incorporate those outcomes into farm policy. Modeling tools can help, but are not yet adequate to serve as performance-based policy guidelines. Roundtables can help diverse groups of people explore a new concept like performance-based policies. Principal Investigator: Cornelia Flora North Central Regional Center for Rural Development Iowa State University Co-investigator: George Boody Land Stewardship Project White Bear Lake, Minnesota Budget: $23,984 for year one $18,101 for year two Q: What did this project tell farmers about stewardship farming on a given landscape? A: 1. More grass equates to less contamination by nitrogen and soil on the run. The modeling was done in the driftless area of southeastern Minnesota with supporting funds that applies directly to northeastern Iowa, and is of interest to others in Iowa. 2. Environmental goals can be reasonably addressed by even the most conventional of farmers who nevertheless hold the stewardship of habitat, water, and soil as important. 3. The consequences of farm management escape the farm gate – and an attentive public is both concerned with and willing to pay for improved habitat, cleaner water, and less soil erosion. 4. The tremendous efforts of a single farmer can be undermined by a neighbor; stewardship, then, starts with one farmer but must engage many within a watershed. 5. The problems and measurements will be at the watershed level, but the solutions must be at the farm or field level. 6. Some people feel that federal farm policy should be obliged to reward – or at least to not discourage – individual environmental enhancement based on outcomes and practices. Policies at almost every level have so far failed to do more than encourage bad actors to keep being bad. Background Current farm policy payments discourage farmers from breaking out of the mold of conventional agriculture. These same conventional farming systems have been found to contribute to environmental problems such as the hypoxia zone in the Gulf of Mexico, soil loss, water contamination, stream bank erosion, and habitat degradation. Federal farm policy is beginning to reflect the public's willingness to pay for environmental improvements, but there has been no way as yet to legislate a bridge between practices and outcomes on the farm. This project attempted to further the design and testing of verifiable, on-farm outcomes and to generate serious exchanges about their legitimate role in federal farm policy. Project objectives were to: 1. Quantify the links between policy incentives/ disincentives, environmental benefits, and agricultural land use through analyses in the Logan Creek subwatershed of the Whitewater River Watershed in southern Minnesota. 2. Exchange information with the Rathbun Lake Watershed Alliance in southern Iowa on multiple benefits and performance-based concepts. NOTE: At the recommendation of an Iowa partner, the focus was successfully turned to the Nishnabotna Watershed in southwest Iowa.


The effect of the Luers‐Eskridge adjustments on the homogeneity of archived radiosonde temperature observations is evaluated. Using unadjusted and adjusted radiosonde data from the Comprehensive Aerological Reference Dataset (CARDS) as well as microwave sounding unit (MSU) version-d monthly temperature anomalies, the discontinuities in differences between radiosonde and MSU temperature anomalies across times of documented changes in radiosonde are computed for the lower to midtroposphere, mid- to upper troposphere, and lower stratosphere. For this purpose, a discontinuity is defined as a statistically significant difference between means of radiosonde‐MSU differences for the 30-month periods immediately prior to and following a documented change in radiosonde type. The magnitude and number of discontinuities based on unadjusted and adjusted radiosonde data are then compared. Since the Luers‐Eskridge adjustments have been designed to remove radiation and lag errors from radiosonde temperature measurements, the homogeneity of the data should improve whenever these types of errors dominate. It is found that even though stratospheric radiosonde temperatures appear to be somewhat more homogeneous after the Luers‐Eskridge adjustments have been applied, transition-related discontinuities in the troposphere are frequently amplified by the adjustments. Significant discontinuities remain in the adjusted data in all three atmospheric layers. Based on the findings of this study, it appears that the Luers‐Eskridge adjustments do not render upper-air temperature records sufficiently homogeneous for climate change analyses. Given that the method was designed to adjust only for radiation and lag errors in radiosonde temperature measurements, its relative ineffectiveness at producing homogeneous time series is likely to be caused by 1) an inaccurate calculation of the radiation or lag errors and/or 2) the presence of other errors in the data that contribute significantly to observed discontinuities in the time series.


An [Formula: see text]-gram in music is defined as an ordered sequence of [Formula: see text] notes of a melodic sequence [Formula: see text]. [Formula: see text] is calculated as the average of the occurrence probability without self-matches of all [Formula: see text]-grams in [Formula: see text]. Then, [Formula: see text] is compared to the averages Shuff[Formula: see text] and Equip[Formula: see text], calculated from random sequences constructed with the same length and set of symbols in [Formula: see text] either by shuffling a given sequence or by distributing the set of symbols equiprobably. For all [Formula: see text], both [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], and this differences increases with [Formula: see text] and the number of notes, which proves that notes in musical melodic sequences are chosen and arranged in very repetitive ways, in contrast to random music. For instance, for [Formula: see text] and for all analyzed genres we found that [Formula: see text], while [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. [Formula: see text] of baroque and classical genres are larger than the romantic genre one. [Formula: see text] vs [Formula: see text] is very well fitted to stretched exponentials for all songs. This simple method can be applied to any musical genre and generalized to polyphonic sequences.


Pakistani Kashmir is administered as two territories: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). Each has an elected assembly and government with limited autonomy, but they lack the parliamentary representation and other rights of Pakistani provinces, and Pakistani federal institutions have predominant influence over security, the courts, and most important policy matters. Politics within the two territories are carefully managed to promote the idea of Kashmir's eventual accession to Pakistan. Freedoms of expression and association, and any political activity deemed contrary to Pakistan's policy on Kashmir, are restricted.


Thesis (Ph.D.)--Georgetown University, 2008.; Includes bibliographical
 references. Cadherin-11 is a cell-cell adhesion molecule important during embryogenesis as
 well as bone morphogenesis. Exogenous cadherin-11 expression has been shown to increase cell
 invasion and metastasis in breast cancer cells. Here I show that cell density, GSK3
 inhibition, and TGFβ1 pathway activation regulate cadherin-11 expression in breast and
 prostate cancer cells. Density has been shown to affect cadherin expression in various cell
 types. I found that cadherin-11 RNA and protein expression increase with increasing cell
 density. Further, treatment with GSK3 inhibitors, LiCl or BIO, greatly reduces both the basal
 level and density-dependent increase in cadherin-11 expression. Using anti-β-catenin RNAi, I
 found that GSK3 inhibition has two mechanisms of regulating cadherin-11 expression. The first
 is β-catenin-independent and is important to the regulation of both cadherin-11 RNA and
 protein. The second mechanism is β-catenin-dependent and regulates cadherin-11 protein
 expression. Actinomycin D and RNA polymerase II chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) analysis
 reveal a post-transcriptional mechanism of regulation. Investigation of the cadherin-11
 3'-untranslated region (UTR) uncovers several consensus sequences important to RNA stability
 or translational regulation. GSK3 inhibition utilizes several mechanisms to regulate
 cadherin-11 expression. TGFβ1 treatment also acts to regulate cadherin-11 expression by
 repression. TGFβ1 reduces basal levels of cadherin-11 and attenuates the effect of density.
 The mechanism of TGFβ1 regulation is Smad-independent, although the signal is undoubtedly
 transmitted through the TGFβ type I receptor (TβRI). A TβRI kinase inhibitor alleviates
 TGFβ1-dependent repression of cadherin-11 and has a subtle effect on endogenous cadherin-11.
 Investigation into other Smad-independent pathways activated by TGFβ1 binding suggests that
 p38 MAPK most likely plays a role in cadherin-11 regulation. ChIP analysis of samples treated
 with TGFβ1 reveals that cadherin-11 is not transcriptionally downregulated again pointing to
 RNA stability as the primary mechanism of cadherin-11 regulation. To conclude, cadherin-11 is
 regulated by GSK3 inhibition and TGFβ1, but not through the well-known mechanisms of these
 pathways. Further investigation is needed to determine how exactly these pathways affect
 cadherin-11 expression through RNA stability. Considering the possible interacting proteins, I
 suggest the exploration of RNA binding proteins such as HuR, β-catenin, and Puf
 proteins.


The cirrate octopod Stauroteuthis syrtensis is a mesopelagic species commonly collected in the North Atlantic. Individuals were observed at depths >600 m and typically within 100 m of the bot- tom in three ~900 m deep canyons indenting the southern edge of Georges Bank. When first sighted, most octopods were floating passively with their webbed arms gathered into a small ball. When dis- turbed, they expanded their webs to form a 'balloon' shape, swam slowly by sculling their fins, pulsed their webs like medusae and, in some cases, streamlined their arms and webs and moved away smoothly by rapidly sculling their fins. The bodies of 9 octopods comprised 92 to 95% water, with tissue containing 9 to 22% carbon (C) and 2 to 4% nitrogen (N). These values were similar to those reported for medusae and ctenophores. Oxygen (O2) consumption rates of 4.6 to 25.8 µmol O2 g -1 C h -1 were within ranges reported for medusae, ctenophores, and deep-water cephalopods. The stomachs of S. syrtensis, dissected immediately after capture, contained only the calanoid copepod Calanus finmarchi- cus. Calculations indicated that S. syrtensis need 1.3 to 30.1 ind. d -1 of C. finmarchicus to meet their measured metabolic demand. Excretion rates (0.3 to 12.4 µg NH4 + g -1 C h -1 and 0.06 to 4.83 µg PO4 3- g -1 C h -1 ) were at least an order of magnitude lower than rates reported for other octopods or gelatinous zooplankters. O:N ratios (11 to 366) suggested that S. syrtensis catabolized lipids, which may be sup- plied by C. finmarchicus. Vertical distribution, relatively torpid behavior and low metabolic rates char- acterized S. syrtensis as a benthopelagic and relatively passive predator on copepods.


32 Recent evidence suggests that psychological stress is associated with gut microbiota; however, 33 there are no reports of its association with gut microbial structure. This cross-sectional study 34 examined the relationship between psychological stress and gut microbial patterns in young Japanese 35 adults. Analysis of fecal microbiota was performed using terminal restriction fragment length 36 polymorphism (T-RFLP). Psychological stress was assessed using salivary biomarkers, including 37 cortisol, alpha-amylase, and secretory IgA (S-IgA). Fecal microbial patterns were defined using 38 principal component analysis of the T-RFLP profile and were classified into two enterotype-like 39 clusters, which were defined by the B (microbiota dominated by Bacteroides ) and BL patterns 40 (microbiota dominated by Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillales ), respectively. The Simpson index 41 was significantly higher for the BL pattern than for the B pattern. The salivary cortisol level was 42 significantly lower for the BL pattern than for the B pattern. Salivary alpha-amylase and S-IgA 43 levels showed a negative correlation with the Simpson index. Our results raise the possibility that 44 salivary biomarkers may be involved in the observed differences in microbial patterns. 45 46


In this note we give an explicit description of the irreducible components of the reduced point varieties of quantum polynomial algebras.


ABSTRACT Previous epidemiological studies of Chlamydia trachomatis frequently have required expansion of isolates in tissue culture. The possibility that C. trachomatis omp1might undergo mutation during such expansion has not been examined systematically. We found no differences in the omp1sequences from 10 clinical specimens before and after 20 in vitro passages.


We show in a simple model that households will choose 401 (k) loans over other consumer loans if the opportunity cost of 401 (k) loans — i.e., the foregone asset returns — is less than the cost of other loans, and that few households would carry high-cost consumer debt without first utilizing 401 (k) loans. Using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances, however, we find that households typically turn to 401 (k) loans only after utilizing more expensive credit. About half of our sample households could benefit from shifting debt to 401 (k) loans, generating average savings of about $200 to $275 per year, or 10 to 15 percent of interest costs.


Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr. belongs to Fabaceae family and widely distributes throughout Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, China, New Guinea, and Australia. In Vietnamese traditional medicine, the seeds of Entada phaseoloides were used for the treatment of stomachache, haemorrhoids, and hernia diseases. In this article, we report the isolation and structural elucidation of four glycosides from the water extract of seeds of E. phaseoloides including phaseoloideside C (1), phaseoloideside E (2), acanthoside D (3), and 1-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)prop-7-en-9-ol-O-(6ʹʹ-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside (4). To the best of our knowledge, compounds 3-4 were isolated from E. phaseoloides for the first time.


We report the fabrication methodology of stereolithography (SLA) printed molds for metal and resin cast antennas. In the first method, a conical horn created using metal cast molds printed from a glass-filled resin utilizes a casting technique allowing for low-cost 3D printing to fabricate metal antennas, reducing the losses incurred by metallized plastics, while still producing complex geometries quickly. This metal cast conical horn is compared to a horn constructed using a more traditional 3D printing method. The second casting method demonstrates the interchangeability between creating parts via SLA printing with a glass-filled resin and using the same resin cast into a reusable Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) mold. We demonstrate this method by casting an interchangeable slug for a capacitively coupled, mechanically reconfigurable disk loaded monopole. Simulated and experimental data are presented for S textsubscript 11, and Gain. Simulated BW, directivity, gain and efficiency as a function of frequency are presented. The results indicate that the 3D printed metal casting process produces antennas with a higher gain and lower return loss than metallized resin antennas. The method is suitable for difficult geometries requiring resolution of at least $50 \mu \text{m}$ . The capacitively coupled disk loaded monopole demonstrates the versatility of 3D printing in antenna fabrication.