Here we present a novel robust text encryption technique by using Armstrong number, colour code, prime number and ASCII codes by using substitution and permutation technique. In this encryption technique 512-bit size key is used for encryption. In substitution method message is transforms into ASCII codes .In the proposed methodology random Armstrong number, prime number, colour code are generated and key is encrypted by base-64 encoding for more security. In the permutation process multiplication, addition is performed on the data for encryption. The proposed methodology works on the symmetric encryption. The proposed technique is then compared with the standard IDEA algorithm. Result shows that the proposed technique is robust, fast and secure.


Background: The threat of extinction posed on different unprotected genotypes from the Andean Ranges of Ecuador is calling for new studies and preservation measures to keep the biological diversity of the area, which has enormous perspectives for human nutrition. The aim of this paper was to compare the sizes and weights up to the weaning stage of native Ecuadoran cavy litters in Azuay province, with the Peruvian-bred line.
Methods: The study took place on Irquis experimental farm, belonging to the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Cuenca, Ecuador. The database was based on the records of breeding animals screened among farmers from Azuay and Canar, and it included their phenotypic traits.
Results: No significant differences were observed in the month of parturition, or the number of parturitions, or the genotype regarding the size of the litter at weaning. The data from Azuay and Peru were similar in terms of litter size at birth (3.1 and 3.2, respectively). However, it was higher regarding litter weight at birth and weaning (432 and 837 g, compared to the 313 and 570 g from Azuay, but no different from Canar).
Conclusions: The native genotypes from Azuay and Canar were inferior to the Peruvian genotype, in terms of birth weight and weaning weight. Azuay was no different from Peru, according to litter size at birth or weaning. The potential observed in this genotype should be further developed.


This paper represents proposed research by me that was never actually executed beyond the results reported below, although related work is reported in my dissertation. The approach is unique and still promising as a signiicant advance to the state of the art. See for example the opening survey article about evaluating heuristic algorithms in the agship issue (Certain references to work unpublished at the original writing have been updated to their now-published forms.)


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It is well known that filtering of multichannel images is, in general, more efficient compared to separate filtering of component data. This property can be exploited in processing dual-polarization radar images acquired by synthetic aperture radar (SAR) which are distorted by intensive speckle. Filtering of dual-polarization SAR images composed of HH and VV polarization components is studied. A novel filtering method based on 3D discrete cosine transform in blocks with preliminary normalization of data in blocks is proposed. Three quality metrics - MSE, MSE-L for locally active regions, and MSSIM - are analyzed to compare performance of the proposed method to component-wise DCT-based filtering and despeckling that employs logarithmic homomorphic transform. Advantages of the proposed method are shown quantitatively for simulated images and for real-life TerraSAR-X data.


The study presents the results of year-round corvidae observations of aircraft dangerous to the aircraft in the airport. The annual dynamics of these birds' occurrence were traced, their danger to aircraft was evaluated at different periods of the year and the reasons contributing to the increase of danger for aircrafts at certain periods were traced. The factors contributing to the corvidae presence on the airfield were identified.


Hospital quality control is the origin of the whole hospital work,and also the end-result of all works,as well as the important sign of the hospital.Quality control is also an eternal topic of the hospital management.The author summarized the experiences to grow ourselves,and established our own quality control mode of the hospital management,so as to achieve the sustainable development of the hospital.The article discussed the role of deci-thousand test system in the quality control of the hospital.


The invention discloses a full differential operational amplifier, which comprises an input stage and an output stage, wherein the input stage comprises a first current source which is used for producing first bias current, a differential input circuit which is used for receiving the first bias current and a differential input signal, and converting the differential input signal into differential output current, and a first power supply voltage supplies power to the input stage; the output stage comprises a second current source which is used for producing second bias current and a load circuit, the load circuit is connected with the second current source so as to receive the second bias current, and is connected with the differential input circuit so as to receive the differential output current and output a differential output signal, and a second power supply voltage supplies power to the output stage; and the second power supply voltage is smaller than the first power supply voltage. According to the full differential operational amplifier disclosed by the invention, as different power supply voltage is used for supplying power, and no additional clamping circuit is needed, the cost, the area and the power consumption of the full differential operational amplifier are reduced, and the property is greatly improved.


Abstract : Recent advancements in the ability of radar/sonar systems to launch and analyze signals of very short time duration have caused many to re-examine the so-called wideband ambiguity function. Much of this work has been at a mathematical level that has placed it out of reach to many radar and sonar engineers. Some of the work has been incomplete--occasionally even incorrect. Our present pedagogical discussion uses the standard time-frequency motivation for time-scale distributions. We compare and contrast the usual narrowband techniques with the wideband approach and explain how high-resolution downrange imaging requires an understanding of the latter.


In this paper, we implement a real-time chord estimation system based on the hidden Markov model (HMM) using chroma features. HMMs, with the Viterbi decoding algorithm, have proven a powerful tool for chord recognition in polyphonic music signals. However, the direct application of the traditional, non-causal, decoding approach is not the optimal choice for real-time processing, with limited memory capabilities and no access to future observations. We propose a system of buffers and a modified decoding process that approximates offline results while minimizing the system's latency.


Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of detecting K ras gene codon 12 mutations in cytologic specimens by endoscopic pancreatic duct brushing for pancreatic cancer. Methods Thirty five patients at Changhai hospital between 1999 and 2001 were enrolled. Cells from pancreatic duct burshings during ERCP were suspended with PBS. DNA of the cells was extracted and K ras gene codon 12 mutations were detected by means of PCR SSCP. Results K ras gene mutation rate of pancreatic cancer was 70%, which was higher than that of chronic pancreatitis (14%, P 0.05 ). K ras gene mutations were not found in pancreatic cystocarcinoma and duodenum carcinoma. In terms of the location of pancreatic cancer, there was no significant difference between the head and the body as well as tail. Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of this method for the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer were 70%, 94%, and 83% respectively. Conclusions K ras mutation analysis performed on pancreatic brushing samples is an efficient procedure and it helps to diagnose pancreatic cancer.


Background: Prenatal attachment affects maternal and infant health throughout life. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the variables that may affect prenatal attachment. This study was carried out to investigate prenatal attachment, health literacy, and coping styles with stress among Turkish pregnant women by structural equation modeling. Methods:This is a descriptive, analytical, and cross-sectional study. It was conducted via a face-to-face interview with 420 pregnant women in a university hospital in Southeastern Turkey between May 15 and July 2022. The research analysis used a structural equation modeling using SPSS software, version 22 and AMOS software, version 23. Results: We found that the prenatal attachment levels of the pregnant women had a weak positive relationship with seeking social support and submissive approach styles, a moderate positive relationship with the optimistic approach styles, and a strong positive relationship with the self-confident approach styles (P<0.001). Also, there was a weak positive correlation between the prenatal attachment levels of the pregnant women and the subscales of understanding the information and appraisal/evaluation of the health literacy scale (P<0.001). Conclusion: There is a strong relationship between prenatal attachment, coping styles with stress, and the number of births. Also, health literacy and stress coping styles were effective variables in prenatal attachment. Therefore, it is very important to enrich the knowledge of women about their health during pregnancy.


The major goal of this research is to analyze and optimize a single spiking neuron model, which will be used to construct Spiking Neural Network (SNN). The hardware implementation of SNN has the benefit of low power consumption and fast speed, compared to conventional neural network. Therefore, it is more suitable for battery-powered consumer electronic systems. This paper presents the dynamical analysis of a novel logistic spiking neuron model; provides a step-by-step derivation for the first order differential equation of the model is provided; illustrates the effects of the model parameters on the neuron dynamics, including stability, fixed points; and demonstrates the bifurcation phenomenon by controlling the input stimulation current to the neuron. Additionally, a trigonometric representation of the spiking neuron model in polar coordinates is introduced to examine the periodic property of the neuron.


The present article explores the effects of moving lid on the forced convection flow of micropolar fluid inside a right-angle triangular cavity saturated with porous medium. The base and hypotenuse or inclined sides of the cavity are maintained at constant temperatures, while the vertical side of the enclosure is adiabatic and moving with constant velocity in upward or downward direction. The flow equations are simulated by using the robust finite element numerical technique. The pressure term from the momentum equations is eliminated by using the penalty parameter. For a consistent solution, the value of the penalty parameter is selected as 107. The simulations are performed for the cases based on the direction of moving lid. The numerical outcomes are shown in terms of streamlines, temperature contours, and local and average Nusselt numbers for sundry parameters, such as micropolar parameter, Reynolds number, Richardson number, Darcy number, Hartmann number, and Prandtl number. It is observed that the shape of the inner circulating cell is elliptic when the lid is moving in the upward direction and fluid is clear (Newtonian fluid). It is also found that average Nusselt number in both cases increases with increasing Prandtl number, Richardson number, micropolar parameter, and Darcy number, whereas it decreases with increasing Hartmann number. Further, it achieves a maximum when the lid is moving in the downward direction, regardless of the choice of involved parameters. The numerical code is also validated with previous published results. The investigation of the current study is beneficial in porous heat exchangers, construction of triangular-shaped solar collectors, rigid crystal, polymeric fluid transport, etc.


In this paper the problem of shape optimization under shape constraints is investigated. Using the shape gradient and shape tangent cones, inverse function theorems are established. With these theorems, the existence of Lagrangian or Kuhn-Tucker multipliers for shape optimization problems with equality or inequality constraints is proved.


Australia-wide exposure to water deficit is the most important problem adversely affecting growth and quality of Cynodon turfgrasses. We have screened for drought resistance 455 green couch grass (Cynodon spp.) genotypes including 3 commercial varieties and 452 wild ecotypes collected from Queensland (116), Northern Territory (115), New South Wales (23), Victoria (70), South Australia (70) and Western Australia (58). All the genotypes were planted in the field in April 2009 using an augmented latin square design, and no agronomic practices such as fertilizing, irrigating and mowing were applied after planting. After 5 months growth, green cover (GC), the percentage of leaves that remained green and leaf relative water content (RWC) were measured in a dry period (GCd and RWCd). Based on GCd and RWCd, all the genotypes were classified into 13 groups. One group including 27 genotypes with highest GCd and RWCd was considered as drought resistant. This drought resistant group comprised of genotypes collected from five states and one territory of Australia. Both GCd and RWCd were significantly and negatively correlated with the number of branches at the 6th node of spreading stolons. Therefore, possible mechanisms of drought resistance included lower leaf density as a result of less branching and lower water use.


Abstract : The Optical Target Characterization Program supports research and development in the area of electro-optical science and technology for missile defense. The objective is to develop and apply innovative state-of-the-art active and passive optical sensors and techniques to demonstrate concepts relating to BMDO requirements such as booster typing, tracking, target discrimination, aimpoint selection and kill assessment. To achieve this objective, the Program maintains the Innovative Science and Technology Experimentation Facility (ISTEF), located at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), FL, and conducts research and development into novel coherent laser radar and laser communications systems, and electro-optical materials technologies. The Optical Target Characterization Program is funded by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and managed by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego.


The numerical calculations for Am multistage fractional extraction by trialkyl phosphine oxide (TRPO) were verified by a hot test. 1750L/t-U high level waste (HLW) was used as the feed to the TRPO process. The analysis used the simple objective function to minimize the total waste content in the TRPO process streams. Some process parameters were optimized after other parameters were selected. The optimal process parameters for Am extraction by TRPO are: 10 stages for extraction and 2 stages for scrubbing; a flow rate ratio of 0.931 for extraction and 4.42 for scrubbing; nitric acid concentration of 1.35mol/L for the feed and 0.5mol/L for the scrubbing solution. Finally, the nitric acid and Am concentration profiles in the optimal TRPO extraction process are given.


This paper presents the results of research and historical review of work organisation, wooden materials, tools and devices used in Korcula (an island in South Croatia, where Croatian shipbuilding was born), as well as the bases of manual preparation of timber built boats and ships of Korcula in the past, some of which are still used today.


The invention provides a detection method and a detection apparatus for abnormal step counting in an exercise monitoring device and relates to the field of exercise monitoring. The detection method includes the following steps: 1) acquiring an acceleration signal within a preset time section of the exercise monitoring device; 2) pre-treating the acceleration signal to obtain a pretreated acceleration signal; 3) performing feature value extraction to the pretreated acceleration signal to obtain at least one feature value; 4) performing sample entropy calculation to the feature value to obtain a sample entropy value; and 5) if the sample entropy value is less than or equal to a first preset threshold value or is more than or equal to a second preset threshold value, determining data recorded in the exercise monitoring device to be abnormal step counting. In the method, the abnormal step counting is recognized by calculating the sample entropy to the feature value of the acceleration signal during walking, thereby increasing accuracy of the exercise monitoring device in step counting.


Despite the change in the editorial staff, the content readers have come to count on endures. This issue is a perfect example of the broad range of topics in ASD that appeal both to those involved in research and clinical care. Papers explore diverse topics from diagnosis to treatment to outcomes in theory and practice. Because autism is a developmental disorder, the field has largely focused on studies of childhood. But children grow up and the study of adults living with the disorder is crucial to our understanding of the entire developmental process. The first paper by Billstedt and colleagues provides an important and enlightening picture of a quality of life (QoL) assessment in these individuals. In recognition of the measurement challenges inherent in determining what is a 'good outcome' for an individual with ASD (especially those with significant cognitive impairment), they created a new scale to better rate the subjective elements required in a comprehensive QoL assessment. This scale focuses on whether the individual's environment is 'autism-friendly.' Their results suggest that QoL (measured either with the new scale or by parent report) was above average in their sample, despite the low mean IQs and the low rates of independent living. Interestingly, the only variable significantly related to the improved QoL was having regular recreational activities. Results from this study should challenge current thinking about what constitutes a 'good outcome' for individuals with ASD. A paper by Lerner et al. provides pilot data on a new social skills intervention for adolescents with high functioning autism and Asperger's Syndrome, a field that has had disappointing empirical support thus far. The authors, taking into account methodological limitations in past research, employ a novel approach using improvisation games and dramatic training that are affectively based and combined with other elements designed to improve motivation and generalization across contexts. Results demonstrated significant improvements in selected areas of social skills in a small group of children that were also sustained post-treatment. These pilot data suggest this intervention is a promising approach deserving of larger controlled follow-up studies. Family issues are another theme of this issue. The second paper by Meirsschaut and colleagues investigates the interaction pattern between young children with ASD and their mothers. Thankfully, the bad old days


Military historians are confronted with the often complex task of divining precisely what soldiers felt in battle. Sources both official and private for many years perpetuated a certain glorification of these heroes; it was a time that nostalgia for a past era had tinted with rose. The two world wars of the 20th century, not to mention the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, gave historians and doctors a first-hand view of life under fire in modern warfare. Taking these accounts as paradigms, this article aims to reconsider period accounts, thereby giving context to combat experience under Napoleonic eagles.


This paper describes a novel measurement technique for three-dimensional shape of micro droplet utilizing micro LIF (Laser Induced Fluorescence) technique. A measurement system consisted of microscope equipped with 10x lens, high sensitive CCD camera, mercury lamp, optical filters and so on. Calibration curve between thickness of micro droplet and emission of fluorescence dye solution was obtained by the use of the PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) microchip, whose depth varied from 10 to 95 μm fabricated using photo lithography technique. The microchip based calibration method provides high measurement accuracy and eliminate photobleaching effect. Measurement accuracy of the present method in depth direction was about 0.57 μm assessed using laser con-focal microscope and the spatial resolution in the horizontal plane became 6.7 μm. The technique is useful to investigate a gas-liquid two-phase flow in micro scale.


Aphakic eyes that have no or inadequate capsular support can pose a significant challenge to cataract surgeons. Careful attention to the preoperative considerations, appropriate intraocular lens choices, surgical techniques, and postoperative management can ensure optimal results.


A new taxon of heterosporous lycopsid strobilus, Moscvostrobus mirabile gen. et sp. nov. is described from a clay shale of the Serpukhovian (Namurian, Lower Carboniferous) deposits in the Zaborie quarry, located near the town of Serpukhov, Moscow Region, Russia. The strobilus is preserved in natural connection to the leafy branch, attached to a shoot. The outer surface of the shoot has a thin longitudinal ribbing. Small subtriangular leaves are helically arranged on the shoot. The strobilus has a spherical shape, which is unusual for Carboniferous lycopods. The apex is round and base is wedge-shaped. Three lanceolate sporophylls with acuminate, flexuous tips are clearly seen in the upper part of the strobilus. The edges of the sporophylls are serrate in their upper part. Mega- and microsporangia are irregularly arranged. The microspores are of Lycospora-type. Megaspores are gulate. Moscvostrobus mirabile could be compared to strobili of the Lepidocarpaceae, but exact systematic position of the genus is still problematic.


Most practical chess knowledge is represented in this book, each position is distilled from thousands and holds something special. This time efficient approach is that that leads to both the deepest understanding and the greatest enjoyment of chess.


Albright's Chemical Engineering Handbook. L. F. Albright (Ed.), 1912 pp. (ISBN 978-0-8247-5362-7), CRC Press, New York. Professor Albright has done a fine job of bringing together a large number of contributions that cover the sector well. Many good examples are included throughout the text on the application of fundamental principles to engineering practice. This is a text that ''grows'' on a reader. The initial chapters on physical properties and mathematics are capable of further development, but the vast majority of the subsequent chapters are extremely worthwhile, well presented, and contain useful and important information on aspects of chemical engineering in an accessible format for readers. The chapter on physical properties makes reference to other works appropriately, but many readers of a handbook will want and expect more information about actual values, or typical values, for substances other than water and steam. The discussion of methods and their selection and application is very good, however, as is the review of measurement methods. The chapter on mathematics includes many useful features, but there is some unnecessary detail that could be omitted to reduce its length below the current 150 pages (excluding the chapter on statistics) with only a small reduction in substantive content. For example, I wonder if it is really necessary to be told that ''Integers are whole numbers spanning both positive and negative numbers including zero, while natural numbers consist of only positive numbers excluding zero. In addition to integers, rational numbers or fractional numbers are the ratios of integers. Irrational numbers are the numbers not representable by a ratio of integers.'' However, the section on ODEs is very good, and the section on steady-state multiplicity and stability is excellent and a really valuable contribution. Statistics is covered in a very meaningful way, with a thorough, rigorous, and practical discussion of uncertainties and errors and their estimation. The discussion of the design of experiments is also very good. The chapter on thermodynamics is useful, and the chapter on fluid flow is excellent and very practical while covering a very wide scope. Transient conduction in solids and dimensionless groups is covered very well in the chapter on heat transfer. Radiative heat transfer is treated separately. The review of physical models is a strength of the chapter on mass transfer, and industrial mixing is treated in a thorough fashion. There is a need to cross-reference sections on (say) liquidliquid equilibria in chapter 4 on thermodynamics of fluid phase and chemical equilibria (section 4.4.5, liquid-liquid equilibrium models, pp. 367–372) and chapter 10 on liquidliquid extraction, particularly section 10.5.1, phase diagrams, pp. 721–723. Likewise, chapter 4 on thermodynamics of fluid phase and chemical equilibria (section 4.4.2 and 4.4.3, vaporliquid equilibrium, pp. 355–367) needs to be cross-referenced with chapter 12 on distillation, particularly section 12.2, vapor-liquid equilibrium, pp. 975–983. Chemical reaction engineering is reviewed very well, with helpful, fully worked, case studies, and ''traditional'' topics, such as distillation, absorption, and stripping and adsorption, are handled very well. For process control, simple, clear guidance is given for identifying parameters in first-order plus dead-time models. There is a good description for the velocity form of controllers and qualitative description of proportional, integral, and derivative actions. Controller design and selection issues are also well handled. In another chapter, very useful rules of thumb and guidelines are given for design, both for technical issues and for working in teams. The chapter on process safety has a very useful review on legislation, but this legislation is confined to American material. Though it may be true that some legislation in this area is strongly influenced by American legislation, there are important and identifiable contributions from many other regions of the world, and these should be recognized through a review of legislation from these other regions. Though the coverage of process safety issues and hazards is complete, the use of non-SI units is awkward and detracts from the ''accessibility'' of the work, even with a table of conversion factors at the end of the chapter. It is suggested that, in future versions, equations in SI units should be given as well. The importance of incident investigation, process hazards analysis, and training is emphasized. Environmental engineering is also treated in a very exclusively American manner, which, though important, is not the only perspective, and some of the ideas behind the legislation, and the legislation itself, differ around the world. Biochemical engineering and common approaches to modeling biochemical reaction kinetics are well covered, as is the topic of bioreactor design. There is an excellent chapter on the measurement of physical properties by Professor Albright himself. The chapter on materials selection and corrosion is appropriately grounded in theory, with Drying Technology, 27: 825–826, 2009 Copyright # 2009 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 0737-3937 print=1532-2300 online DOI: 10.1080/07373930902907882


This article begins with the question of whether and how theatres use the word feminism in their advertising and on their websites. I address Calgary's Urban Curvz theatre company and their assertive use of the word, drawing on conversations with Lindsey Zess-Funk, Artistic Associate, and Jacqueline Russell, the company's Artistic Director. Is the language of feminism attractive as a marketing strategy for professional theatre? The marketing choices of Urban Curvz—the images used, the language employed, the events hosted—can provide an alternative message to the cacophony of other theatres' advertising campaigns, and can create an alternative intention for theatregoers in Calgary, but need to be handled carefully. Urban Curvz has made an impact through the growing profile of its Girls Gone Wilde! festival and other special events it sponsors, such as Take Back Halloween, an event held in 2014 that attracted significant media attention but also some negative feedback, as the intention to offer an alternative to the hypersexualization of Halloween costumes was misconstrued by some as "slut shaming." This incident points to the challenges of articulating a feminist message.


This paper analyses the characteristics of CPR and the risk countermeasure from the owner's aspect.The risk countermeasures in- clude the risk avoidance,loss control,the risk transference,and the risk acceptance.The characteristics of construction project risk(CPR)are of universality,relativity,variability and long-term,ctc


Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test the existence of true persistence in the generation and adoption of product innovations in the context of a developing country. Design/methodology/approach A dynamic probit model with random effects is used to test true persistence relying on a panel data set constructed from three waves of the Colombian innovation survey (Encuesta de Desarrollo e Innvovacion Tecnologica) covering the time span from 2003 to 2008. Findings This paper empirically shows the existence of true innovation persistence for two of the three types of product innovation studied: the adoption of product innovation that is new to the firm; and the adoption of product innovation that is new to the national market. However, the study could not confirm true persistence in the generation of product innovation. Originality/value To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that systematically tests innovation persistence differentiating between the adoption of innovations that are new t...


Shaanbei Portrait Stone was developed in particular time and region,the rich content and peculiar art style of which is a mirror of the social life of the people of the northern frontier Region of Chi- na.By analyzing the documentary data and the portrait stones,it can be concluded that the burial customs reflected in Shaanbei portrait stones mainly include burial with abundant accompanying articles,the con- cept of Ying-Yang and the five elements,the custom of carrying pieces of cloth to call back souls,jointed burial,the burial for the persons back to hometown and etc.


NIST Standard Reference Materials 2087 and 2088 for medical computed tomography (CT) have become available. The materials allow CT reconstructions to be tied to the International System of Units in length, density, and mass attenuation coefficient.


Museum' under the elevated tracks on the north side of Tokyo Station in 1921 to mark the 50th anniversary of the start of the railway in Japan. It moved to Manseibashi Station on the Chuo Line in 1936 and changed its name in 1948 to 'The Transportation Museum' when it came to include land, sea and air transport in general. This museum came under the jurisdiction of JR East in 1987 when Japanese National Railways (JNR) was split up and privatized. However, the collection of rolling stock dating from the 135-year history of Japanese railways was limited to 8 carriages from the early days and there was tremendous difficulty in finding storage space for the expanding collection over the years. Finally, it was realized that a move was the only conceivable way to overcome the insurmountable problems of the aging building and difficulties in making it barrier-free. Meanwhile, since the museum had strategic value in terms of both its contribution to society and its handingon of railway cultural traditions, in February 2004, JR East


Abstract Whereas mostly the dangers and failures of political preaching are reflected upon, this article analyses what makes reference to the political situation of the listeners relevant in proclaiming the gospel.


Objective:To compare the efficacy and safety of Yangxueqingnao granule union western routine medicine and western routine medicine in treating acute-stage cerebral hemorrhage.Methods:Divides into two groups stochastically 108 example acute-stage cerebral hemorrhage patient,the control group only takes western routine medicine,the observation group takes western routine medicine union Yangxueqingnao granule to take orally 4 gram ter in die.Observe curative effect,mortality rate during acute period and recurrent hemorrhage rate.CNIS and ADL Scale of 2 groups were assessed and compared before treatment and 14 days months,30 days after treatment.Results:The mortality rate in two groups were 18.5%(10/54 cases)and 20.4%(11/54 cases),respectively.The recurrent hemorrhage rate were 9.26%(5/54 cases) and 7.41%(4/54 cases),respectively.The CNIS of two groups comparisons have no significance difference before treatment.The CNIS of two groups all decline 14 days and 30 days after treatment.The observation group obviously change of CNIS(P0.01) than the control group(P0.05).The survive ADL is lower than the control group.Conclusion: Yangxueqingnao granule promote hematoma absorb and not increase recurrent hemorrhage rate.Therapeutic effect of Yangxueqingnao granule union western routine medicine is better than that of routine medicine in treating acute-stage cerebral hemorrhage.


International Standard Layout and Equipment  The Taipei Arena Ice Land is currently the largest and only ice skating rink in Taiwan which meets international standards. The arena is 61m x 30m and the ice skating rink can hold up to 400 people. Moreover, th


The complex assessment of the availability and use of staffing of scientific activities of the agrarian sector of Ukraine and the economy as a whole has been discussed. Measures to improve the quality of training researchers and create conditions for the most efficient use of their creative and scientific potential have been proposed. The need for the formation and implementation of a uniform state policy has been stressed as to the development of research capacity in general and human resources in particular, creating a new purpose-oriented program of development of the country's innovative infrastructure, making a purpose-oriented program to support personnel potential of the scientific system of Ukraine, forming effective mechanisms for the introduction of scientific findings in the country's economy, significant improvement in financing research activities, including that due to the increase of budget spending on science, development of an effective system of interaction between science, education and production.


This study aims to determine the physiographic characteristics according to the slope, land use, and runoff that affect water control in the Benowo area, Surabaya. From the comparison of the results of the runoff in the dry season and the rainy season there was an increase in the average runoff value from 24 % to 26 %. Although there is a difference in the value of the runoff of 2 %, this can affect the increase in water runoff above the surface of the study area. The value of the runoff in the study region will be significantly impacted by changes in land use from agriculture and water to residential or industrial areas. The runoff predicted data's overall accuracy value for both dry and wet seasons is good, and the Cohen's kappa value is almost a perfect consistency. The overall accuracy value is 89.7% in the wet season compared to 87.4% in the dry season. During the dry season, the Cohen's Kappa value is 83.8%, and during the rainy season, it is 86.6%. The result of this research is a preliminary study to study the distribution of rainfall, discharge, and hydrological engineering for development in Benowo area, Surabaya.


Perturbations during critical time windows in the normal series of development can lead to adverse functional consequences that manifest later in life. Here, we report that prenatal stress (PNS) during the last week of gestation (E14-delivery) dramatically increased the number of proliferating neural stem/progenitor cells (NSC/NPCs) in the ependymal-subventricular zone (E-SVZ) of male mouse offspring. PNS did not cause significant cell death or a deficit in neuroblast migration to the olfactory bulb (OB). Olfactory behavioral tests showed that while prenatally stressed male mice displayed normal olfactory function in differentiating nonsocial odors, these mice showed impairment in discriminating different social smells. Bulk and single nucleus transcriptomic analyses combined with rescue assays using mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) phosphorylation inhibitors revealed that PNS exposure during the critical period of neurogenesis promoted NSC/NPC proliferation in adult male offspring by sustaining MAPK3/1 activity. Compared to prenatally stressed males, their female littermates showed less change in the number of proliferating cells in the E-SVZ.


Prosthetic heart valve thrombosis is a serious and urgent complication and related to the type and position of valve, the management of mechanical prosthetic valve thrombosis is high risk. Fibrinolysis is considered when surgery is not available or is very high risk or for thrombosis of right-sided prostheses. A 60-year-old woman was admitted to our intensive cardiac care unit with symptoms of acute global heart failure. Four months prior to admission, she underwent an implantation of a mechanical bileaflet mitral valve due to severe rheumatic valve stenosis. She had left ventricular dysfunction with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 40%, probably rheumatic (preoperative coronary angiography was normal). Her physical examination showed regular rhythm, decrease of the prosthetic click, and lung congestion with signs of jugular venous distention and extremities edema. Her heart rate was noticed 90 beat per min and arterial blood pressure evaluated at 140/60 mm Hg. Routine blood investigations were normal (especially infectious assessment was normal). The international normalized ratio was subtherapeutic at 1.9. Transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography showed a 3×5 mm diameter thrombus on the prosthetic valve with immobilized bileaflet and transvalvular peak and mean gradient of 19 and 14 mmHg in endotracheal tube and 34 and 22 mm Hg in transesophageal echocardiography (ETO), respectively. We treated the heart failure with a loop diuretic and started unfractionated heparin combined with a low dose of aspirin and intravenous bolus of Tenecteplase. Twenty-four hours later, the control of the transprosthetic peak and mean gradients decreased significantly to 10 and 3 mmHg, respectively. A number of factors can contribute to thrombotic dysfunction of a prosthetic heart valve and inadequate anticoagulation can play a major role in this.1,2 The management of mechanical prosthetic valve thrombosis is high risk, whatever the option taken. Surgery is high risk because it is most often performed under emergency conditions and is a reintervention. On the other hand,


Introduction Orthostasis induces a rapid and large gravity-related shift of 500-1000mls of blood volume from the thorax to below the diaphragm. It has been reported that the central mechanism in patients with orthostatic intolerance is due to this gravity shift and related hypotension. The ROX Coupler is a device that allows creation of a central arteriovenous anastomosis at the iliac level resulting in an A-V shunt of 0.8L/m. We performed a prospective controlled study investigating the effects of the ROX Coupler on cardiac haemodynamics and right heart parameters during orthostasis compared to age matched controls. Methods 10 patients with a ROX Coupler were compared to 10 age matched controls during an active stand at baseline, 30, 60, 90 and 120 seconds. Cardiac haemodynamics were measured using impedance cardiography and non-invasive beat-to-beat monitoring (Task Force® Monitor) along with right-sided echocardiography. An independent-group t-test was used to compare baseline variables and demographics. Differences in cardiac haemodynamics and right-sided echocardiography were compared within each group at the specific time intervals using repeated measures analysis of variance. Significance was established at P Results There was no significant difference in age (68.40 ± 7.09 vs 69.40 ± 11.09, p = 0.81) or BMI (29.1± 4.52 vs 27.72 ± 4.8, p = 0.51) between ROX Coupler patients and controls. At baseline ROX Coupler patients had a significantly higher cardiac index and lower indexed total peripheral resistance (Table 1). ROX Coupler patients also had a significantly higher right ventricular end systolic volume (RV ESV), right ventricular end diastolic volume (RVEDV) and right atrial end diastolic volume (RAEDV) than controls (Table 2). During active stand there was a significant decrease in systolic blood pressure from baseline in controls (p=0.04) however in ROX Coupler patients systolic blood pressure was non-significantly different from baseline (p = 0.59) as shown in figure 1. There was no significant difference in indexed total peripheral resistance from baseline in either group. Cardiac index and total thoracic content significantly reduced from baseline in both groups. There was no significant difference in RV ESV, RV EDV, RV ejection fraction, RA EDV or RA ESV during active stand. Conclusions The Rox Coupler resulted in a reduction in immediate orthostatic hypotension compared to age matched controls. Cardiac index was higher in ROX Coupler patients, which is expected given the higher pre load effects of the anastomosis. The higher cardiac output and right-sided volumes may explain the maintenance in systolic blood pressure during orthostasis and warrants further investigation. Conflict of Interest None


Juxtaposition of the Mississippian Risti- gouche and Cannes-de-Roches Basins, which are subbasins of the composite late Paleozoic Maritimes Basin, occurred through dextral movement along the north- west-striking PerceFault system in the east- ern GaspePeninsula of Quebec. The north- west-striking faults are truncated by small north-northwest-striking dextral strike-slip faults, which probably developed as region- al stress gradually rotated clockwise from north-northwest-south-southeast to north- east-southwest. This study provides the first evidence in eastern Quebec for significant post-Acadian block displacement other than normal faulting and indicates that Al- leghanian deformation extended much far- ther north than previously thought. Iden- tification of these structures formed during the Alleghanian orogeny but more than 1000 km away from areas of peak Allegh- anian metamorphism in the southeastern United States underlines the far-reaching effects of continental collisions. It also casts doubt on the age attribution of brittle strike-slip faults elsewhere in the Gaspe ´ Peninsula, away from Mississippian expo- sures. Such brittle faults were previously associated with late stages of the Acadian orogeny but could in fact be considerably younger.


Internet sellers must decide how customers pay shipping charges. Typically, these sellers choose between "uniform pricing," where the firm delivers to any customer at a fixed delivery charge, or "mill pricing," where the firm bills the customer a distance-related shipping charge. This paper studies price competition between an internet seller and local retailers, and the internet seller's choice of pricing policy. It is found that for low customer willingness to pay, mill pricing is favored but as willingness to pay rises, uniform pricing becomes more attractive. These results are generalized showing that larger markets, higher transportation rates, higher unit production cost, and greater competition between retailers all increase profit under mill pricing relative to uniform pricing (and vice versa). Cost asymmetries that favor the internet seller will tend to induce uniform rather than mill pricing. Some empirical data on retail and web retail sales that are consistent with these results are presented.


Whereas most of the low security intercom equipment,signal instability,conflict-prone,frequency of use license and other issues,the paper design of a ZigBee as communication technology to voice intercom system,significantly improved the above-mentioned problems.Terminal to the system microcontroller MSP430F149 microprocessor,provided through the use of TI CC2430 RF chip,ZigBee wireless communication standard,application technology related to the node in design,hardware test platform,the formation of ZigBee star network realization voice communication,of the entire system tests.Test results show that,using the ZigBee wireless technology has the advantages of voice communication,and meet the WSN network of power and transmission requirements.


An idealized one-dimensional model of a conduction calorimeter, composed of a container in which thermal change occurs, a thermal bath, and a solid thermal conductor connecting the container with the thermal bath, is presented. The boundary-value problem of heat conduction in the model calorimeter is solved by the Laplace transformation method. A proportionality relation between the quantity of heat evolved in the calorimeter container and the area enclosed by the recorded temperature curve and the time axis is establised.


This study details the clinical and cellular phenotypes associated with two missense heterozygous mutations in LMNA, c.1745G>T p.(Arg582Leu), and c.1892G>A p.(Gly631Asp), in two patients with early onset of diabetes mellitus, hypertriglyceridemia and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. In these two patients, subcutaneous adipose tissue was persistent, at least on the abdomen, and the serum leptin level remained in the normal range. Cellular studies showed elevated nuclear anomalies, an accelerated senescence rate and a decrease of replication capacity in patient cells. In cellular models, the overexpression of mutated prelamin A phenocopied misshapen nuclei, while the partial reduction of lamin A expression in patient cells significantly improved nuclear morphology. Altogether, these results suggest a link between lamin A mutant expression and senescence associated phenotypes. Transcriptome analysis of the whole subcutaneous adipose tissue from the two patients and three controls, paired for age and sex using RNA sequencing, showed the up regulation of genes implicated in immunity and the down regulation of genes involved in development and cell differentiation in patient adipose tissue. Therefore, our results suggest that some mutations in LMNA are associated with severe metabolic phenotypes without subcutaneous lipoatrophy, and are associated with nuclear misshaping.


Aims: To provide a global overview on progress, successes, challenges/lessons learned, and the way forward towards the UN global vision of ending fistula within a generation.
Methods: This interactive presentation will feature highlights of the 2018 United Nations Secretary-General's report on "Intensifying efforts to end obstetric fistula within a generation" and the subsequent United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/71/169.
Results: Key elements in the Report include linking the call to end fistula within a generation with the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); integrating fistula with global efforts to achieve universal access to emergency/essential surgery; addressing root causes of fistula; and calling for UNFPA/Campaign to End Fistula to lead development of a new global road map to end fistula within a generation.
Conclusions: To succeed in ending fistula within a generation, we must galvanize momentum and mobilize the international community to invest and act upon key recommendations of the 2018 Secretary General's Report on fistula. These include: strengthening health systems; implementing and monitoring cost national strategies for eliminating fistula; including fistula into national SDGs implementation plans; strengthening national task forces for fistula; securing significantly increased, predictable, sustained, and adequate financial support; strengthening awareness-raising and advocacy; and improving research, data collection, monitoring and evaluation to end fistula and make the "invisible", visible.


A new species of Orchidaceae, Platanthera nanlingensis X.H. Jin & W.T. Jin from Guangdong in southern China is described and illustrated. It is very similar to P. minor, P. whangshanensis, and P. kwangsiensis, but differs by having short and densely flowered inflorescences; white flowers; spreading petals that do not form a hood with the dorsal sepal; a robust, 7.5 mm long spur that is shorter than or subequal to the ovary; a 1.5 mm long column; a narrow anther connective that is much shorter than anther thecae; rather large viscidia with slightly involute margins; and a rostellum with two separate bursicles.


This article adds to ongoing discussions about the gender gap in political science publishing. Through a systematic examination of 80 years worth of data, I show how evolving trends in authorship and coauthorship have changed the nature of publishing in the Journal of Politics. I build on previous studies by incorporating into this analysis a decade's worth of submission data provided to me by the journal. Second, I use a latent Dirichlet allocation topic model to identify how the content of published articles has shifted in recent decades. I describe how these moves have affected the publication prospects of both men and women. Although progress has been made, the balance of evidence suggests that there remains unevenness in terms of both who and what is published in the pages of the Journal of Politics.


Field test results have shown that cement bonding may be improved through the use of spacers, washes, and thixotropic cement. This study discusses the recognized condition associated with poor cement bonding and the materials that have been used alone and in combination to improve cement bonding. Bond logs and other data show the results obtained through use of spacers, washes, and thixotropic cement. Other techniques used to improve cement jobs are discussed briefly.


Gender differences in absorption, distribution, and metabolism of a number of anesthetic agents have been identified in adults. Clinically, adult studies suggest women demonstrate slower onset of opioid analgesic effects, lower spinal and epidural dose requirements, and greater sensitivity to neuromuscular blocking agents. Sex‐related differences in the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of local anesthetics in neonates and infants, however, have not been well documented. As a result, it is not known whether modification of the dose of local anesthetic for awake spinal anesthesia in infants is required.


Flows of fiber suspensions are encountered in technical areas such as molding of fiber-reinforced composite materials, paper industry, turbulent drag reduction, etc. In all these applications, a knowledge on the orientation distribution of fibers is essential to obtain the rheology of suspension. The orientation is due to the carrier flow field and to Brownian motion. A direct but computationally expensive way to obtain the orientation distribution function (ODF) is the solution of a FokkerPlanck equation, either directly [1], or by a stochastic Monte-Carlo method [2]. The rheological properties of the suspension depend on the second and fourth moments of the ODF. Therefore, an alternative economic approach to study flows of fiber suspensions in engineering applications is the moment approximation method [3]. In this approach, a set of evolution equations for the moments of the ODF is derived. Unfortunately, the set is not mathematically closed, i.e. the equation for each even moment contains the next higher even moment of the ODF. For instance, the equation for the second moment reads


Two new cytotoxic pyridoacridine alkaloids, arnoamines A (1) and B (2), have been isolated from the ascidian Cystodytes sp. collected in the vicinity of Arno Atoll, Republic of Marshall Islands. Compounds 1 and 2 are proposed to be the first members of a new class of pentacyclic pyridoacridine alkaloids possessing a pyrrole ring fused to the pyridoacridine ring system. The structures of 1 and 2 were proposed on the basis of the interpretation of spectroscopic data, particularly those obtained from HMBC and NOE NMR experiments. The arnoamines were unexpectedly found to incorporate deuterium at C-10 and C-11 of the pyrrole ring when dissolved in CDCl3/TFA-d.


In a group of healthy young male volunteers a worsened tolerance to oral glucose in the afternoon after a four-hour fast was reversed by a 12-hour fast. The latter also produced consistent mild hypoglycaemia from two and a half to four hours after the glucose loading irrespective of the time of day.


This work brings together part of the doctoral research of its authors, which dealt with Angolan-Brazilian intellectual and institutional exchanges, however, in different and subsequent periods. Its thematic affinity and the concomitance of its elaboration are, in themselves, testimonies of the relevance and relevance of this debate. Our main objective is, on the one hand, to show the discursive heterogeneity of some of the intellectuals that were part of the generation that gave rise to the Angolan Popular Liberation Movement (MPLA) and its cultural, political and emancipationist struggle, even in the period before outbreak of the anti-colonial war (1961). Our perspective starts from the dimensions of Atlantic history, intellectuals and institutions, when analyzing the relationships woven between groups of young intellectuals, Angolans and Brazilians, who dialogued and exchanged political and literary materials.


The coupling of broadband Terahertz pulses into metal-metal terahertz quantum cascade lasers is presented. A characterization of Terahertz transient generation on the subwavelength quantum cascade laser facet is investigated. The coupling inbetween two separate cavities is studied and modulation experiments were performed.


The number of NPs with nestin-positive was decreasing along the time of the co-culture, while the #beta#-III tubulin-positive cells and TH-positive cells were increasing. The number of #beta#-III tubulin-positive cells was quite high at the 7th day and the TH-positive cells were at the highest level at the 10th day in vitro. At any stage, the numbers of TH-positive cells were higher in the co-culture, compared with those in the mono-culture. The neural precursors from the ventral mesencephalon in embryonic rat can be directly induced to differentiate into the dopaminergic progenitors by co-cultured with the Sertoli cells.


Based on the matrix of the time-dependent quantum transformation theory,we derive the analytic expression of the evolution operator for the time-dependent oscillators by using the time-dependent quantum transformation theory. Then the exact solution of the time-dependent oscillators is obtained.


This chapter further documents the decline of mainline Protestant influence over the course of the late 1960s and early 1970s. It shows how the rise of the antiwar and black power movements, together with the emergence of a new generation of free market-minded corporate leaders, exacerbated the demographic and social trends that had been undermining Protestant moral authority since the mid-1960s. A particularly vexing problem, from the perspective of mainline leaders, was the exodus of young professionals from the church. As a result of this trend, the nation's churches were increasingly dominated by politically conservative older churchgoers. As they worked simultaneously to address the concerns of young activists and assuage the fears of an aging churchgoing population, mainline elites found themselves caught in an insoluble demographic bind.


Multimodal versions of propositional logics S5 or S4-commonly accepted as logics of knowledge-are capable of describing static states of knowledge but they do not reeect how the knowledge changes after communications among agents. In the present paper (part of broader research on logics of knowledge and communications 10]) we deene extensions of the logic S5 which can deal with public communications. The logics have natural semantics. We prove some completeness, decidability and interpretability results and formulate a general algorithm that solves certain kind of problems involving public communications-among them widely known puzzles of Muddy Children or Mr. Sum & Mr. Product. As the paper gives formal logical treatment of the operation of restriction of the universe of a Kripke model, it contributes also to investigations of semantics for modal logics. (applicable in) distributed systems, (applicable in) expert systems.


The quest for the development of high strength and high performance concretes has increased considerably in recent times because of the demands from the construction industry. High-performance concretes can be produced at lower water/powder ratios by incorporating these supplementary materials. Fly ash addition proves most economical among these choices, even though addition of fly ash may lead to slower concrete hardening. However, when high strength is desired, use of silica fume is more useful. This paper proposes a mix proportions for M80 grade Self-compacting concrete (SCC) based on Nan Su mix design principles. First, the amount of aggregates required is determined, and the paste of binders is then filled into the voids of aggregates to ensure that the concrete thus obtained has flowability, self-compacting ability and other desired SCC properties. The amount of aggregates, binders and mixing water, as well as type and dosage of superplasticizer (SP) to be used are the major factors influencing the properties of SCC. Slump flow, V-funnel, L-flow, U-box and compressive strength tests were carried out to examine the performance of SCC, and the results indicate that the Nan Su method could produce successfully SCC of high strength. Based on Nan Su mix design method, material quantities such as powder content ( Cement + Pozzolan ), fine aggregate, coarse aggregate, water and dosages of SP and VMA,  required for 1 cu.m,  are evaluated for High strength grade (M80) of Self Compacting Concrete (SCC) are estimated. Final quantities, of M80 grade SCC mix, is assumed after several trial mixes on material quantities computed using Nan Su mix design method subjected to satisfaction of EFNARC flow properties.


We describe in detail a construction of weakly mixing
$C^\infty$ diffeomorphisms preserving a smooth measure and a measurable Riemannian metric as well as
${\mathbb} Z^k$ actions with similar properties.
We construct those as a perturbation of elements
of a nontrivial non-transitive circle action.
Our construction works on all compact manifolds admitting a nontrivial circle action.

It is shown in the appendix that a Riemannian metric preserved by a weakly mixing diffeomorphism can not be square integrable.


In seeking epidemiologic information on the improper use of psychoactive substances it makes good sense to take advantage of available institutional resources, especially in situatrons where more usual research resources are in short supply or altogether lacking. This article describes several studies that availed themselves of institutional resources in Argentina for the purpose of obtaining this type of information. One of these was carried out by personnel at several rehabilitation centers dealing with problems related to improper use of psychoactive substances; another obtained information from physicians and au.Gliary personnel providing emergency treatment at threegeneral hospitals; and another used the facilities of labor organizations to investigate workers' problems. All in all, these projects show how innovative approaches can help to obtain key substance abuse information; they could also serve as worthwhile models for those interested in carrying out similar work with limited resources.


Abstract : During FY13, MITRE conducted an effort on behalf of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering (DASD SE) to address supply chain attacks relevant to Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition program protection planning. The objectives of this work were to: * Pull together a comprehensive set of data sources to provide a holistic view of supply chain attacks of malicious insertion that, to date, has not been available. * Generate a catalog of attack patterns that provides a structure for maturing the supply chain risk management (SCRM) aspects of system security engineering (SSE), together with potential application approaches for assessing malicious insertion in critical components of DoD systems being acquired or sustained.


In this article, the emergence of the modern Congress characterized by a seniority system, strong committees, and weak party leadership, is linked to changes in external electoral forces. Specifically, we argue that the changes in both House and Senate organization were driven by the rise of heterogeneity within the dominant Republican party. We show that the centralized systems of Cannonism and Aldrichism were incompatible with the heterogeneous preferences created by the rising numbers of Progressive Republicans, causing both Houses to reform their systems of allocation of desirable committee posts. Furthermore, the different modes of change between the Houses are due to basic differences in structure. Copyright 1997 by Oxford University Press.


A switch housing includes two identical halves forming a top wall and a bottom wall each of which has transverse countersinks. The countersinks are provided with permanently secured polygonal nut members for receiving screws for fastening the mounting ends of L-shaped fixed contacts and external terminals. The countersinks also have elongated holes for receiving the contact ends of L-shaped contacts.


The invention discloses a spam zombie detection method and system. The spam zombie detection method includes: scoring each mail sent by a monitored host in a network, and judging whether the mail is a normal mail or a junk mail according to comparison of the score of each mail with a preset classification threshold value; and according to a judgment result of each mail sent by the monitored host, determining whether the monitored host is a spam zombie. The invention also discloses a spam zombie detection system, and by adoption of the spam zombie detection method and system, sending of spam can be blocked from a source proactively and effectively.


Bio-syncretic robots, which are composed of living biological systems and artificial electromechanical systems, have attracted considerable attention for their potential performance. This kinds of robots may offer both the advantages of living organisms, such as high energy conversion efficiency, high energy density, biocompatibility and potential self-repair, and qualities of electromechanical devices, including high accuracy, high strength, and favorable repeatability. Although many current works about bio-syncretic robots have demonstrated the feasibility of the combination of bioactuators with soft materials, most of them only focus on the realization of the bioactuated devices, and lack of quantitative study of the bio-syncretic robots. For example, for living cells based actuation, there are few of theoretical model to describe the actuation mechanism of the beating cells constituting the bio-syncretic robots at microscale. And few of them has implemented the detailed study on the stimulus-response of living cells related to the control of bio-syncretic robots. In this topic, a theoretical model of a single muscle cell at the sub-cellular scale for the actuation and control of bio-syncretic robots will be introduced. And the fabrication, measurement and control methods of micro bio-syncretic robots will be discussed. Finally, a controllable biomimetic micro bio-syncretic crawler based on living beating cells will be demonstrate.


A design was proposed,which drives PCI bus NIC by adopting single chip microcomputer to realize the connection between serial communication equipments and internet.This design is convenient to hook internet for single chip microcomputer,and to manage filed serial communication via internet.


One of the effective ways to increase the electrocatalytic activity of carbon based electrocatalyst in a fuel cell is by in-situ incorporation of heteroatom into the carbon nanostructure. Herein, a cost effective catalyst support material, nitrogen rich carbon nanostructure (NCNS) with high surface area and tubular morphology was synthesized. NCNS supported palladium-alloy based electrocatalyst (Pd3Co/NCNS) was successfully prepared and used on both sides of a fuel cell as potential alternative to expensive Pt-based electrocatalysts. The large number of nitrogen-carbon moieties present in NCNS served as anchoring sites for catalyst nanoparticles. Moreover, the tubular morphology and high surface area plays an important role in enhanced electrochemical activity of the prepared nanocomposite. The Pd-based bimetallic alloy dispersed on NCNS exhibited high activity towards both oxidation of hydrogen and reduction of oxygen in acidic medium. Thus, a fully Pt-free electrocatalyst was constructed using a cost effective electrocatalyst. The peak power density achieved using Pd3Co/NCNS at both anode and cathode simultaneously was found to be almost 25 % of the maximum power density attained using commercial Pt/C on both sides, which is the maximum value reported so far in PEMFC without using Pt on either side.


Since the prediction method for maximum magnitude of reservoir induced seismicity by using comprehensive effecting parameter E-value was proposed in 1987,it has been applied to many largescale reservoirs with good effects.After that,a group of reservoir induced earthquakes were confirmed in the past 20 years.The applicability of the model is worth studying.Based on collection of new cases of reservoir induced earthquakes,48 reservoir induced earthquake cases are selected in the paper. A new empirical prediction model of the maximum magnitude with E-value is statistically obtained and compared with the old one.At last,the upper limit of the maximum magnitude of reservoir induced earthquake is estimated to be less than M7.


The Human Musculoskeletal System (HMS) is a typical complex system with significant Degrees-of-Freedom (DOF) that can be described by a large number of variables. Chronic pain and general physical discomfort are common symptoms and yet contain important information on the state of the human body, especially when it relates to disorders found within the HMS. Since this system is highly complex and large in scale, clinical pain research has been confounded by many complex factors. It is possible to overcome these obstacles however by applying a multidisciplinary approach, which includes systems engineering, traditional oriental techniques, Western medicine and science. To assess such an integrated approach, this paper presents a therapist-guided exercise for restoring human musculoskeletal balance called the Somatic Balance Restoration Therapy (SBRT). With initial assistance from a trained therapist/instructor, the SBRT is a simple but effective self-exercise therapy. This guidance is necessary to ensure safety and the effective execution of this painless therapy. Based on therapy records with over ten thousand cases, one of the authors has established a systematic approach for identifying and diagnosing distortions and malfunctions within the HMS; while the other author has developed a computer algorithm of the SBRT. Both are integrated by a Systems Approach and will be demonstrated by successful therapy examples.


Ramirez grass (Paspalum guenoanim Areck.) is originated from Argentina or probably from Paraguay and so, it is a forage plant well adapted to wide ranges of temperatures, being frost and drough resistant. Its use is assuming some interest by researchers, mainly for tropical and subtropical areas. The aim of this work was to distinguish by  morphological characteristics, three assections introduced in Nova Odessa, Sao Paulo. The results showed significative differences between lengh of the inflorescence for all the cultivars. For the inter-nodal distances the cultivar NO-844 was different from the two others (NO-94 and NO-586).


This paper describes a dynamics model of a underwater glide vehicle. And a accurate model for calculating fluid dynamics of glide hydrofoil is also incorporated into the simulation. The model is used to simulate the glide motion of the underwater glide vehicle which is propelled and controlled through changing the gravity and location of gravity. The simulation results indicate that the underwater glide vehicle can steadily complete the underwater glide motion. The results also show that the velocity, pitching angle and attack angle has definite fluctuate when the underwater glide vehicle change the glide mode, and they would get stabilization at a definite time.


The Mingana Collection of Oriental MSS., in the Selly Oak Colleges Library, consists of some 2,700 items purchased and brought to Birmingham by the late Dr. Mingana.


A new ribosomal antibody is described in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus which reacts with all tissues from varied species, giving a distinctive immunofluorescence pattern. This can best be distinguished from other known autoantibodies on stomach where it reacts with chief cells and pancreas where exocrine cells are brightly stained. The ribosomal nature of the antigen was demonstrated by absorption of immunofluorescence and complement fixation studies using purified subcellular fractions. The antigen was unaffected by ribonuclease and was destroyed by trypsin, suggesting that it is one of the ribosomal proteins, while previously reported antibodies were mainly directed against ribosomal RNA, RNA–protein complexes, or polynucleotides and hybrids. The present ribosomal antibody is uncommon and occurs in less than 1% of SLE patients; its clinical significance is similar to that of ribosomal precipitins as the patients had renal involvement and several have died.


The purpose of the workshop was to review and evaluate the work performed under the NASA Single Pilot IFR (SPIFR) program, to highlight and disseminate major research findings, and to provide a forum for industry, universities, and government to interact and discuss the future thrust of research in the SPIFR program. The presentations selected represent key elements of the SPIFR program. These elements are classified into five disciplinary areas: program definition, controls, displays, information transfer, and research simulation facilities. Emphasis is also placed on aircraft accident investigation.


In this paper, a designed and implemented method of a robot soccer game platform is proposed. This platform includes three main parts: (a) four joysticks and each with an USB connector, (b) a transmission electric board with four USB connection ports, and (c) four omni-directional mobile robots with three-wheel mechanism. Players can control the omni-directional robot to play a soccer game by using USB joysticks through the wireless communication.


The present invention relates to an instant drink powder, preferably an instant coffee powder, which upon reconstitution provides improved foaming. The powder comprises particles having a porosity of at least 55%. The present invention also relates to the use of such a powder, as well as to the method of manufacturing said powder.


We recently documented a strong relationship between northeast Pacific sea-level pressure (SLP) and coastal North American sea surface temperature (SSTs) and surface air temperatures (SATs), concluding that atmospheric circulation changes produced nearly all observed coastal warming from 1900 to 2012 (1). In our report, we present a simple, successfully cross-validated time-series model that reproduces interannual, decadal, and century-long variations in the SST record from current and prior SLP anomalies. Our primary SLP data, from the National Centers for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), depict a century-long SLP decline in the northeastern Pacific, as previously shown for the central North Pacific and supported by independent precipitation records (2).


Slow light in photonic crystals can be used to increase the efficiency of nonlinear processes. The increased electric field near internal resonances increases the efficiency of parametric interactions such as harmonic up-conversion and down-conversion to the IR, and provides a versatile method for phase-matching. This review describes the theoretical background and experimental results reported in recent literature for semiconductor photonic crystals, optical fibres and waveguides. Prospects for efficient parametric converters with low pump power requirements are discussed.


1 Inhibition by isoprenaline of the aggregatory response of human and rat platelets induced by various excitatory agonists is blocked by β2‐adrenoceptor antagonists, β1‐Adrenoceptor antagonists are ineffective. 2 β2‐Adrenoceptor agonists cause inhibition of the response of human platelets to various excitatory agonists. The maximal extent of inhibition is less than that observed for isoprenaline. β1‐Adrenoceptor agonists fail to cause detectable inhibition of this response. Neither β1 nor β2‐adrenoceptor agonists cause inhibition of the response of rat platelets to excitatory agonists. Only β2‐adrenoceptor agonists block the inhibitory response to isoprenaline. 3 The extent of inhibition by isoprenaline is a function of the excitatory agonist used and in human platelets is correlated with the ability of that agonist to suppress elevated platelet cyclic adenosine 3′,5′‐monophosphate (cyclic AMP) levels. 4 Inhibition by isoprenaline is prevented in the presence of an inhibitor of adenylate cyclase. 5 Isoprenaline increases platelet cyclic AMP levels with an EC50 similar to that required to observe inhibition of the aggregatory response. 6 These data indicate that human platelets carry β2‐adrenoceptors whose occupancy causes inhibition of the response to excitatory agonists as a consequence of elevation of platelet cyclic AMP. The β‐adrenoceptor present on rat platelets also appears to be of the β2‐subtype.


An unconscious 21-year-old male was brought to our emergency room (ER) three hours after ingesting 2 g of tramadol and 400 mg of methadone. He had one episode of generalized tonic-clonic seizure before arriving to the ER. After regaining of consciousness, the patient complained from pain in his right shoulder. Anterior dislocation of the patient's shoulder was confirmed on plain x-ray (Figure 1). One of the complications of tramadol use, abuse, or overdose is generalized tonicclonic seizure1. Anterior dislocation of the shoulder following epileptic seizures is more usual than the posterior type2-4. Also, it has been stated that despite the posterior dislocation, anterior dislocation of the shoulder needs regular follow-up to detect any recurrent shoulder instability for which the treatment will involve skeletal reconstruction2. This case highlights that the suspicion of shoulder dislocation should arise in every tramadol-intoxicated patient who complains of pain or stiffness of the shoulder after a seizure.


Subtitle: Customer relationship management (CRM) helps companies maximize the value of every customer interaction and drive superior corporate performance. And the value of CRM grows considerably when it is tightly integrated with supply chain functionality. A "customer is king" approach is replacing the factory-based push supply chains of the 20th century.


Chinese characters is the carrier of Chinese civilization,and Chinese traditional culture has the emotion of love and cherish for Chinese characters. Feudal dynasties,from the official to the folk,paid great attention to the standardized writing of Chinese characters. In today's society,the computer has largely replaced the handwritten Chinese characters,but the standardized writing and the use of Chinese characters are still a great event that the whole society should pay attention to.


IN ABORIGINAL times the Rio Sinut Valley of Colombia was densely peopled. A brief orgy of grave looting by the Spaniards followed the Conquest, after which they almost forgot the area; for its gold had come from elsewhere and few Indians remained to be exploited as a labor force. Its effective resettlement has been accomplished only in the past 75 years. First came the American and French lumber interests, which cleared the forest; they were followed by the big cattlemen and, more recently, the cotton kings. Monteria, in I950, was as heady with anticipation as a Texas oil-boom town, as Medellin capitalists, some with farming experience and others with only their checkbooks, poured in to make their fortunes from cotton planting in the Sinut. A relatively few families still hold the better alluvial valley lands in large blocks, acquired either by crown grant or, more commonly, by purchase from a financially distressed government. As the population has pyramided, the landless Sinuano peasant, who as tenant or wage laborer cleared the large haciendas, has gone to the hills to claim his own maize-hog farm from the forested baldtos (government lands). He has extended the frontier of settlement westward well into the Department of Antioquia, but into lands that have had little appeal for the highland Antioquefio, himself a vigorous colonizer who has shown a marked preference for the cooler uplands of the tierra templada and tierrafrfa.' While the Sinuano has been occupying the empty, steamy hills along the Caribbean coast, the headwater area of the Rio Sinut (the Alto Sinui) has been somewhat more slowly colonized from interior Antioquia, and increasingly heavy pressure has been exerted on the remaining Choco-type Indians.


On April 16, 2016 there was an earthquake of 7.8 degrees, with epicenter in Canton Pedernales – Manabi. In this essay a recount of the public policies that were adopted to face the emergency is made, in a special, those related with serving the families that lost their homes. From a human rights perspective, the reality of life in settlements and shelters is contrasted with the guidelines issued by international organizations for the protection of people affected by natural disasters. The concepts of vulnerability and risk are also reviewed to understand how the most marginal and impoverished sectors, who already lived in precarious conditions prior to the disaster, were the most affected by the earthquake. A classification of vulnerability and resilience in the shelters and settlements of Pedernales is proposed


Sentiment analysis generally uses large feature sets based on a bag-of-words approach, which results in a situation where individual features are not very informative. In addition, many data sets tend to be heavily skewed. We approach this combination of challenges by investigating feature selection in order to reduce the large number of features to those that are discriminative. We examine the performance of five feature selection methods on two sentiment analysis data sets from different domains, each with different ratios of class imbalance. Our finding shows that feature selection is capable of improving the classification accuracy only in balanced or slightly skewed situations. However, it is difficult to mitigate high skewing ratios. We also conclude that there does not exist a single method that performs best across data sets and skewing ratios. However we found that TF IDF2 can help in identifying the minority class even in highly imbalanced cases.


The atomic structure of the $\mathrm{Ge}(313)5\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}1$ surface is studied in the present paper. On the basis of high-resolution scanning tunneling microscope images, a detailed structural model of the surface has been proposed. The surface consists of ${T}_{4}$ adatoms, rest atoms, and rebonded atoms, which also exist on other low-index germanium surfaces. The mechanism of the surface reconstruction, however, is different from those of the $\mathrm{Ge}(111)c(2\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}8),$ $(001)2\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}1,$ $(101)c(8\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}10),$ and $(113)3\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}1$ surfaces.


I am troubled. Imagine this scenario: You are a family scholar, and you have just taken a position at a University in a country with the following conditions: the highest incarceration rate in the world, a criminal justice system which has been held accountable to virtually nobody, a land where minorities and women received harsher punishments for violations of the law, a place where conservative estimates project between 1 and 2 million children with an incarcerated parent, a system of government whereby judges no longer had the ability to fashion a punishment to fit a particular crime, and, finally, a country that spent more money on law enforcement than education. Where are you? According to a report by the National Criminal Justice Commission (NCJC), "Welcome to the United States" (Donzinger, 1996).


To reduce the communication time,we proposed a data preparation model named transportation meshes set circum-rectangle(TMSCR).This modal stated that traffic center should send a special data set to vehicles,which consisted of the low level road segments in O-grid and D-grid as well as high level road segments in the circum-rectangle of meshes set which contained O-node and D-node.Experiments indicate that the implementation process is much more efficient in a personal computer.The model will greatly contribute to time savings in the communication between traffic center and vehicles so that provide better service level to vehicles compared with traditional method.


This guide has been developed to help students research and write a report on an airline that has gone bankrupt or been merged with another.


Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) are at high risk for sudden death. The purpose of our study was to investigate ventricular repolarization abnormalities in CHF patients. We hypothesized that the total vector decreases as disparity increases, and we calculated integral values of the cardiac magnetic jeld as vector markers. Methods: Ten normal control subjects and ten patients with CHF were studied by using 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) and magnetocardiograms (MCGs). We calculated integral values of MCGs during QRS and JT intervals (QRSi, JTi). We compared ECG parameters(QRS, JT) and MCG parameters between the two groups. Results: There was a signijkant difference in JTi (the control group > CHF patients), but not in QRS, JT, and QRSi between the two groups. In conclusion, MCGs distinguished ventricular repolarization abnormalities @om ventricular activation abnormalities which could not be detected in at-rest ECGs.


Concerning intelligent paper composition, the article puts forward an improved genetic algorithm (GA) based on the multi-population division. According to the ideas of population division, the genes of individuals in the population which control the same characters are further divided into the same sub population so that they can be performed by the genetic operators. In order to avoid the local optimum, the optimal solution of each sub population is selected to be recombined global optimum. Compared with the simple genetic algorithm (SGA), this algorithm significantly reduces the search space of the problem solution and accelerates convergence speed. Finally, the algorithm is verified in the problem of intelligent paper composition and the results indicate that the algorithm has obviously improved the quality of the intelligent paper composition compared with the SGA.


Optical resonant microcavities with ultra high quality factors are widely used for biosensing. Until now, the primary method of detection has been based upon tracking the resonant wavelength shift as a function of biodetection events. One of the sources of noise in all resonant-wavelength shift measurements is the noise due to intensity fluctuations of the laser source. An alternative approach is to track the change in the quality factor of the optical cavity by using phase shift cavity ring down spectroscopy, a technique which is insensitive to the intensity fluctuations of the laser source. Here, using biotinylated microtoroid resonant cavities, we show simultaneous measurement of the quality factor and the wavelength shift by using phase shift cavity ring down spectroscopy. These measurements were performed for disassociation phase of biotin-streptavidin reaction. We found that the disassociation curves are in good agreement with the previously published results. Hence, we demonstrate not only the application of phase shift cavity ring down spectroscopy to microcavities in the liquid phase but also simultaneous measurement of the quality factor and the wavelength shift for the microcavity biosensors in the application of kinetics measurements. Sensitive optical biosensors for unlabeled targets: a review, " Anal. Protein detection by optical shift of a resonant microcavity, " Appl. Photonics-on-a-chip: recent advances in integrated waveguides as enabling detection elements for real-world, lab-on-a-chip biosensing applications, " Analyst 136, 227 (2011). Determination of binding kinetics using whispering gallery mode microcavities, " Appl.


Malignant ascites is a common manifestation of various advanced malignancies, although multiple treatment modalities are available, none of them can has malignant ascites completely disappear. Therapy of malignant ascites can not significantly prolong the survival rate of patients, but may improve the quality of life. The main purpose of clinical treatment is to ameliorate the symptoms caused by malignant ascites. This article reviewed the diagnosis and management of malignant ascites in recent years.


Normally companies that take this approach seek to cover their needs for a short-term assets, or immediate needs of production (in the case of an industry) or service (commercial and service companies). With this procedure so that the tenant is no longer taking a risk in a short period and thus moves it to the landlord, which in most cases pays for the maintenance, unless otherwise clauses that dictate otherwise.


Investigation of the relationship between fertility and the labor force participation of married women. A nonrecursive model was constructed to test for causal effects between the 2 variables. The model was estimated for 2 sets of cross-sectional and 1 set of change data for the 48 continguous states of the U.S. The results indicated that in the various analyses differing factors have exerted effects on the levels and changes in the levels of both fertility and female labor force participation. However throughout all the analyses the findings provided at least tentative support for the hypothesis of reciprocal negative effects between the fertility and labor force participation of young married women in the recent history of the U.S. (Authors)


We calculate QCD coefficients for the effective operators for {ital B} decays at the {ital m}{sub {ital b}} and {ital m}{sub {ital c}} scale and use them to calculate branching ratios, polarization and {ital CP} asymmetries in the decay of {ital B} mesons to two vector mesons. The numerical results are compared to experimental data.


The general aspects of scientific organization of labour and possibility of introduction of her are reflected in activity of services of rear. Attention is accented on problem questions that arise up on the modern stage of development of the state.


The establislimerit of a successful nurse-physician associated practice requires planning, patience, arid a willingness to take calculated risks. The nurse executive can lend credibility andsupport to the nurse in associatedpractice by understanding the concept, providing a climate for acceptance of such practices, arid by clarifyirig the role of the nurse associate in relation to other professionals in the organization. In this article the authors describe niodels for associated practice, as well as the measures necessary to ensure peer aridpatient acceptance and effective health care delivery.


To the Editor.— I must say that I was initially startled by the findings of Zarling et al1regarding the inability of non-internal medicine specialists to diagnose classic myocardial infarction with accompanying ECG and/or enzyme level changes. However, closer inspection of the data reveals that it is the statisticians rather than the physicians who are accountable for the described 0% diagnostic accuracy when dealing with these so-called class I myocardial infarctions. What the authors have done (as shown in Table 3 of their article) is to take the number of correct diagnoses by the noninternists (surgeons) in this category— zero—and divide it by the number of cases with which they were presented, which is also zero. The resulting fraction, 0/0, is not mathematically interpretable. In no way can it be multiplied by 100 and expressed as 0% as the authors have done in treating the data. The best that


A major barrier in the commercialization of biomass gasification into bio-syngas is the presence of impurities such as NH3, HCl, H2S, tars and alkali in the products since they are detrimental to downstream processes like the conversion of bio-syngas to substitute natural gas (SNG). The exact role and the effects of these biomass-derived impurities on methanation catalysts are not clearly documented, especially when such aging (or promoting) factors can combine with structural aging processes such as metal sintering under operating conditions . In the present study, we report the way to control/limit these aging processes over industrial Ni based catalysts, following up our previous investigation of model biogas impurities such as ammonia and acetonitrile for N containing compounds, heptane, toluene and benzene as tar representatives, iii) trichloroethylene for Cl containing compounds, all combined with metal particle sintering occurring under SNG process conditions .


• S. cerevisiae (13 datasets) and A. Thaliana (12 datasets) • two of biology's model organisms • most genes are annotated, ideal for testing purposes • method can be applied to other organisms • Data • based on sequence statistics, phenotype, secondary structure, homology, microarray data,... • Evaluation: precision-recall • precision: percentage of predicted functions that are correct • recall: percentage of actual functions predicted by the algorithm • Results Predictions in Functional Genomics • Our focus is on decision trees • Advantages: fast to build, noise-resistant, fast to apply, accurate predictions, easy to interpret, ... • General framework: predictive clustering trees (PCTs) Predictive Clustering Trees • Classification: a common machine learning task • E.g., Given: genes with known function Task: predict function for new genes • Special case: hierarchical multi-label classification (HMC) • gene can have multiple functions • functions are organized in a hierarchy • tree (e.g., MIPS FunCat) • DAG (e.g., Gene Ontology) Hierarchical Multi-Label Classification (HMC) for Gene Function Prediction


For some time we have suspected that intercurrent infections, especially in epidemic waves, exercise a marked sensitizing influence in dermatoses with an underlying allergic or infectious-allergic complex. In the past year in our practice this role has been played, apparently, by an "influenzal" type of nasorespiratory, gastro-intestinal and general infection, the epidemic character of which is attested by a number of official reports and such analyses as that of Gover,1which indicated an epidemic prevalence approaching twenty times the normal expectancy in one of eleven outbreaks. We are not referring, be it noted, to the well recognized cutaneous complications of influenza, the toxic erythemas and so forth, familiar since 1890 and recently reviewed by Derbandiker.2The group of eruptions to be discussed here consists of pustular flares of eczematized ids, or infection-sensitization eruptions, both pyogenic and mycotic, and of pustular relapses in the course of acne and the


We consider the problem of solving for a function that satisfies the Laplace equation everywhere with the normal derivative of the unknown function given on a screen centered about the origin. This problem is found in fracture analysis, seismology, and electromagnetic wave scattering. We will use the Green function of the Laplacian to develop a relation for how the unknown function changes across the origin. By use of Fourier transforms, we develop an integral equation from the partial differential equation. Introducing radial basis functions on a square-grid to approximate our solution creates a matrix problem which can be solved numerically. We find that the matrix has a block symmetric-Toeplitz structure which can be solved with quick and efficient solvers, like LQ-decomposition. We use Gaussian radial basis functions to create a spline approximation. We use Chebyshev polynomials to find an exact solution for a certain screen shape, giving values with which we may compare to the approximation. After, we modify the problem to have a radial-symmetric grid we compare the errors produced and investigate the behavior of the solution.


The problems between the difficult financing for private firms and their low credit restrict their development.The source of the problems is that their investing behavior is biased because of their additional cost on financing and investing,while the additional cost in large firms is lower.Therefore they pursue large scale and choose high-revenue and high-risk projects for their best,which amplifies the risk artificially.The conclusion is proved by a model.


Ulzeratio-Abstract ! Clinical manifestations of scleroderma at the hand include Raynaud's phenomenon, calcinosis cutis, sclerodactylia and teleangiectasia. With the progression of the disease, cutaneous and joint contractions, acro-osteolysis, necrosis of the finger tips, and even extensive digital ulceration are likely to occur. These painful and often rapidly advancing lesions cause loss of function and dis-figurement and, untreated, often lead to mutila-tionoftheaffectedhand.Onlyaninterdisciplinary management including the hand surgeon, the rheumatologist,andthephysiotherapistcanguar-antee optimal treatment. Drug therapy should be included as well as physical therapy. Both should be made use of before and accompanying surgical treatment. Surgical therapy consists of treat-ment of the infections, excision of calcinosis, ar-throdesis, in particular of the proximal interphalangeal joints, and sympathectomy. Amputation remains a final option, whereas with timely and sufficient treatment, amputations can be avoided and an improvement of function and an alleviation of the symptoms can be achieved. Among the non-operative treatment options, behavioural training, calcium antagonists, prostacyclin derivatives, topical nitrates as well as plexus anesthesia and stellatum blocks have proved to be effective


Aims:  The aim of this study was to analyse the intraspecific variability of Photobacterium damselae ssp. damselae strains isolated from different cultured marine fish species using molecular typing methods.