Background:Bier's block is a simple and cost effective intravenous regional anaesthesia technique that is ideally suited for surgery involving distal arm. α2 receptor agonists are used as adjuncts to LA for their sedative and analgesic properties.Present study is aimed to compare and evaluate the effects of adding either clonidine or dexemedetomidine to lignocaine during bier's block.Method:This randomised, double blind study enrolled 60 patients scheduled for upper limb orthopaedic surgery and randomly divided into 2 groups of 30 each in the age group of 18-65 of either sex, of ASA grade 1-3. Bier's block was achieved by using 3mg/kg 0.5% lignocaine with 1μg/kg clonidine in group 1(n=30) and 3mg/kg 0.5% lignocaine with 1μg/kg dexmedetomidine in group 2(n=30). Onset and recovery of sensory and motor blockade, quality of analgesia, analgesic requirement in 24 hrs, haemodynamic variables, VAS and sedation scores and adverse effects were noted.Results:Both the groups were comparable with respect to onset and recovery of both sensory and motor block.The mean rescue analgesia requirement, in intra-operative period in group 1 was 0.367±0.49 doses, while none of the patients required any rescue analgesia in group 2. The mean sedation score during intra-operative period in both the groups was equal (completely awake) but in post-operative period significantly higher sedation score was observed in group 2 as compared to group.Conclusion:Dexmedetomidinelignocaine mixture provides better quality of analgesia and longer duration of analgesia along with short lived postdeflation sedation.


This is a literature review of the teaching principles in English language and their relationships to motivation. This article is based on personal teaching experiences with teacher trainees in the field of language teaching. Motivation is key to successful education; however, it requires the right approaches to benefit teaching and learning. This article explores the importance of meaningful learning and authentic materials in language learning. It also emphasizes the significance of the role of reward in increasing motivation. It argues that rote learning should play minimal role if at all, whereas meaningful learning be the core of the whole experience. Moreover, culture connection, self-confidence, and attitude are considered as other important factors of teaching and learning. In conclusion, this article reiterates the importance of teachers' role in language learning success whereby teachers need to set the stage for learning through creating learning environment that foster meaningful experiential learning and where students could make sense of the whole learning experiences.


Background: Inadequate bowel preparation can result in missed pathological lesions and cancellation of procedures thereby increasing the cost and delay in the diagnosis.
Objectives: Thes aim of the study was to identify the potential predictors of inadequate bowel preparation using 2 liters of polyethylene glycol solution.
Methodology: A prospective study was done, which included 138 consecutive patients who underwent colonoscopy over a period of 6 months. Patient's demographics, medical history, and preparation quality were collected and compared. Factors associated with inadequate bowel preparation were identified by univariate statistics and multivariate logistical regression analysis.
Results: Out of 138 colonoscopy procedure, 119 (86.2%) preparations were adequate and 19 (13.8%) were inadequate. The mean age of the patient was 52.62 (SD ±10.51) years. Out of which, 82 (59.4%) were male and 56 (40.6%) were female. In the multivariate regression analysis, constipation [adjusted OR 8.55, 95% CI 1.79-41.67] and non-compliance [adjusted OR 58.82, 95% CI 5.99-500] were independently associated with inadequate bowel preparation.
Conclusion: Constipation, non-compliance, overweight, neurological disorders like stroke, dementia and age >60 years were associated with inadequate bowel preparation. Early identification of patients with a high risk of inadequate preparation can be salvaged with change in bowel cleaning strategy.


Objective: To investigate the effect and relative mechanism of acupuncture at Ximen(PC4) on myocardial ischemia.Methods: After the models of myocardial ischemia made,the Ximen group and Hegu(LI4) group were separately pinpricked at Ximen or Hegu additionally.Then all the indexes were observed.Results: Compared with the model group,the cardiodynamics parameters of the Ximen and Hegu group were improved(P0.01).The contents of NO the Ximen and Hegu group were significantly increased than that of model group(P0.01 or P0.05).The ratios of Bcl-2 in to Bax were upregulated in Ximen and Hegu group(P0.01).All the indexes of Ximen group were improved then Hegu group(P0.05).Conclusion: Acupuncuting at Ximen can improve myocardial ischemia by improving the cardiodynamics parameters,increasing NO release and inhibiting apoptosis of cardiac muscle cell.


A new hybrid automatic repeat request (ARQ) scheme that utilises reliability estimates generated by soft-input, soft-output (SISO) decoders is proposed. The proposed ARQ scheme transmits, additional information for the unreliable bits, and this information is used to perform additional decoding. Results are presented that show this ARQ technique can provide performance close to the channel capacity.


Computer assisted pronunciation training system (CAPT) can detect the wrong pronunciation produced by non-native speakers and provide positive feedback. CAPT is helpful to improve the pronunciation level for L2 learners' accurately. Tibetan students' Mandarin is influenced by their native language pronunciation habits. So, this feature leads to their pronunciation being obviously different from that of standard mandarin. This paper used CNN model as a fundamental, and we introduced acoustic model: DFSMN and CTC. This acoustic model implemented a method of speech recognition on Tibetan students' mandarin mispronunciation detection. In order to continue improving the detection performance, we used extended initial final (XIF) as bias primitives and design 64 bias types. Experiment results show that the proposed method in this paper can effectively detect mispronunciation and provide correct feedback, with the DA of 88.02%, FRR of 7.95% and FAR of 25.74%.


Medical imaging based on different technologies is an essential tool in clinical practice, either to provide an accurate initial diagnosis or to monitoring diseases evolution. Microwave imaging technique has recently emerged as complementary method for breast imaging with high potential to become quite important for biomedical applications. This paper contributes to the technological development of this new technique, with the development of a broadband antenna (3 to 10 GHz) that operate in the range of the microwaves, which can be used for the detection of possible tumors, in particular, breast cancer. Also, some preliminary experience in a test bed is considered in order to detect possible differences between three samples which represent different situations: healthy breast, benign and malignant tumor breast.


Introduction: Foodborne diseases (DTAs) are caused by pathogenic microorganisms, toxic chemicals or harmful objects, being identified when one or more people show similar symptoms, after eating contaminated food. Highlighting the role of the responsible technical nutritionist (RT) and health surveillance (VISA), working together to guarantee food security and prevent food outbreaks caused by DTAs. Objective: This study aimed to assess the importance of nutritionists in preventing food outbreaks in food and nutrition units. Methodology: This work consisted in the elaboration of a scientific article of bibliographic review in an exploratory approach, being included in this study publications of the last ten years. Results: It was observed that 60% of the food and nutrition units (UANs) reported food outbreaks, caused by DTAs, with 12 (50%) being industrial companies, 10 (42%) hospitality companies and 2 (8%) hospitals, presenting as the main foods involved in the outbreaks: beef (39%), chicken meat (30%), sausages (17%) and milk and dairy products (14%). Of which, only 55% of them had a technician in charge (RT), of whom 5 (31.2%), in companies, 8 (50%) hotels and 3 (18.8%) hospitals, of these, only 6 (37.5%) were nutritionists, becoming a major factor for outbreaks. Conclusion: Thus, it is concluded that the presence of a nutritionist as RT, in the UANs, is very relevant for the prevention of food outbreaks, since this professional acts with the principles of nutrition, improving the sanitary conditions of the units.


Submitted for the DAMOP20 Meeting of The American Physical Society Tight-Binding Kondo Model and Spin-Exchange Collision Rate of Alkaline-Earth Atoms in a Mixed-Dimensional Optical Lattice REN ZHANG, Xi'an Jiaotong Univ, PENG ZHANG, Renmin University of China — We study the two-body problem of ultracold fermionic alkaline-earth (like) atoms in the electronic S0 state (g-state) and P0 state (e-state) which are confined in a quasione-dimensional (quasi-1D) tube simultaneously, where in the axial direction the g-atom experiences a 1D optical lattice and the e-atom is localized by a harmonic potential. Due to the nuclear-spin exchange interaction between the gand e-atom, one can use such a quasi-(1+0)D system to realize the Kondo effect. We suggest two tight-binding models for this system, for the cases that the odd-wave scattering between the gand e-atom is negligible or not, respectively. Moreover, we give a microscopic derivation for the inter-atomic interaction parameters of these models, by explicitly calculating the quasi-(1+0)D low-energy scattering amplitude of the gand e-atom in this system and matching this exact result with the ones given by tight-binding models. We illustrate our results for the experimental systems of ultracold 173Yb and 171Yb atoms and show the control effect of the confinement potentials on these model parameters. Furthermore, the validity of the simple "projection approximation" is examined. In this approximation, one derives the interaction parameters Ren Zhang Xi'an Jiaotong Univ Date submitted: 31 Jan 2020 Electronic form version 1.4


The analytical procedure and detectable period of a muscular relaxant, suxamethonium, in postmortem rat tissues were studied. Rats were killed by intraperitoneal administration of suxamethonium at doses of 10 mg/kg body weight. The dead rats were stored at room temperature (25°C) and in refrigerator (0°C) until the time of the analysis. Suxamethonium in the tissues was identified and quantitated using Frit-FAB LC-MS following the solid phase extraction with a Bond Elut CBA cartridge. The rat tissue was homogenized and deproteinized with perchloric acid. The resulting supernatant was applied to the cartridge. Suxamethonium adsorbed on the cartridge was eluted with 1 ml of 0.1 M hydrochloride-methanol (1 : 1, v/v). Hexamethonium solution was added to the eluate as an internal standard. An aliquot (1 μl) of the eluate was injected into the Frit-FAB LC-MS system. The LC column used was a capillary-type Develosil ODS-UG-5 (0.3 mm i.d.×150 mm). The gradient mobile phase system was composed of eluent A (0.1% trifluoroacetic acid, including 0.4% glycerol) and eluent B (methanol, including 0.4% glycerol), and the concentration of eluent B increased from 0% to 30% over 20 min. The flow rate was 5 μl/min. The mass spectrum of suxamethonium gave the adduct of a molecular ion with trifluoroacetic acid (m/z 403) as a base peak. The detection limit of suxamethonium in the tissue by selected ion monitoring (SIM) was 5 ng/g. Suxamethonium in rats stored at 25°C and 0°C after death were found to be detectable for 7 and 42 d in the liver, 7 and 42 d in the kidney, and 2 and 4 d in the heart, respectively.


Children with leukemia are subjected to pain during various procedures. Distraction is one of the easiest and least costly methods of non-pharmacological pain relief. This study aimed to identify the efficacy of distraction on pain relief during lumber puncture in children with leukemia. Methods: A quasi experimental research design conducted among 90 patients at South Egypt Cancer Institute Assiut University. children were allocated to either breathing, colored cards, or control group, thirty child for each group .Two tools were used, Tool one: Structured interview sheet to collect socio demographic data and tool two where children's pain was assessed by FLACC scale. Findings: Pain score in the breathing and colored cards groups was highly significantly lesser than the control group. There was no significant difference between the two sexes while as the age increases, the tolerance to pain increases too. Conclusion: This study showed that breathing exercises and colored cards can significantly reduce the pain of intrathecal injection . Recommendations: Considering the key role of nurses in a health care team, the researchers hope that the results of this study can help them learn this method and implement it in hospitalized children who undergo painful procedures.


Abstract We report on the epitaxial growth of LiNbO3 (1120) films on sapphire (1120) substrates using pulsed laser deposition. We have used a Li-enriched target of Li2NbO3 to compensate for the loss of Li at high deposition temperatures of 600–800°C. X-ray θ-2θ scans reveal that the crystal orientation of our LiNbO3 films is very sensitive to the deposition temperature and oxygen pressure. To obtain a single (1120) orientation, we need to use a deposition temperature of 800°C and an oxygen pressure of 10−5 Torr. Otherwise, an extra (0001) orientation of LiNbO3 always occurs. From a rocking curve of the (1120) peak, we have measured a full width at half maximum of 0.3°, implying that our LiNbO3 (1120) film is highly oriented. The measured dielectric constants of the LiNbO3 (0001) and (1120) films at 1 MHz are 80 and 70, respectively.


The present invention relates to a method for mobile terminal to adjust the method for adjusting the transmit power to use for transmission uplink, the transmission power used by the mobile terminal for one or more times of RACH procedure. Furthermore, the present invention provides an apparatus and system for performing these methods, a computer readable medium, by the included instructions, these devices and systems to perform the methods described herein provides a computer readable medium. In order to be able to adjust the transmission power of the uplink transmission on the uplink component carriers, the present invention is to introduce a power scaling in the uplink PRACH transmission when performing a RACH procedure on an uplink component carrier Suggest. Power scaling based on prioritization between a plurality of uplink transmission, or to propose a power scaling which is based on uplink component carriers RACH procedure is performed. .The 16


The crack path in a plane containing a defect or a group of defects is obtained. The complete deflection of the crack passing by the defect is defined by the so-called elastic polarization matrix. It is shown that a cavity attracts the crack path while the crack avoids a hard solid inclusion.


Heat leakage through the subcooling zone wall in combination feedwater heaters tends to defeat one purpose of the zone; namely, to subcool the condensate. Equations are presented for the determination of the mean temperature difference, feedwater and condensate-outlet temperatures, and minimum subcooling terminal approach under such conditions. These are given in terms of parameter K = (UsAz/UsAs), the relative heat-transfer capability of the zone envelope as compared to the tube surface enclosed.


Crude oils from Dongying and Shahejie Formations of BZ35/36 structures in Huanghekou sag,Bohai Bay Basin are characterized by high density,high viscosity and high sulfur,these physical properties and geochemical features are quite different from crude oils in other structures of Huanghekou sag.The comparison and analysis of biomarkers,including Pr/Ph,C24Te/C26TT,C2920S/(20S+20R) and C29ββ/(ββ+αα) ratios,and gammacerane,show that sulfur-rich oils in these two structures have an affinity with the high-sulfur oil in Miaoxi sag adjacent to the eastern Huanghekou sag.The high-sulfur low-maturity crude oil of Miaoxi sag was charging from northeast to southwest,while the low-sulfur mature crude oil of Huanghekou sag was charging in the opposite direction.Because these sags had comparatively high hydrocarbon generative potential,crude oils derived from them gathered in BZ35/36 structures that lie in the hydrocarbon charging path.By analogy with the same type of high-sulfur crude oils,a preliminary conclusion can be drawn that source rocks of the sulfur-rich crude oils are formed in a dry climate and strongly reducing saline lake with abundant living beings.


Background: Smoking is a significant problem especially among Indonesian adolescents. A number of smoking prevention programs have been developed and implemented, but most of them do not work significantly for the Indonesian adolescents who are mostly Muslim. Objective: The aim of this article is to outline a study protocol for measuring the effects of Islamic-based program using family approaches on the prevention of adolescents' smoking behavior. Methods : The study will use a cluster randomized controlled trial conducted in three junior high schools, in Aceh Province, Indonesia. A total of 150 students will be involved in this study, where each school will be represented by 50 students. Each school group will be given the respective treatments. The first group will receive health-based intervention program, the second group will receive Islamic-based intervention program, and the last group will act as a control group receiving no intervention. The outcomes include the knowledge about smoking, attitudes toward smoking, smoking intention and smoking behavior of the adolescents. All outcomes will be measured using validated questionnaires. Discussion : If the Islamic-based intervention using family approach is effective, then this approach could be implemented not only in Indonesia but also in other countries with the same social characteristics. Trial registration : Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry, ACTRN 12620000465954


The storage of persimmons is an important tool to maintain the quality and to extend the fruit offer after harvest. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of preharvest application of aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG) and 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) application before or after storage on the ripening control of persimmons cv. Fuyu during storage in controlled atmosphere (CA) at -0.5 oC during 4 months. The treatments were: [1] control; [2] AVG (123 g ha-1) application and CA storage; [3] AVG application and 1-MCP (1.0 µL L-1) application after CA storage; [4] 1-MCP application before CA storage; [5] AVG application and 1-MCP application before CA storage; [6] 1-MCP application after CA storage. According to the results, the 1-MCP maintained higher fruit firmness after storage and during six days at 20 oC. Highest firmness was obtained after six days at 20 oC with application of 1-MCP after storage. The preharvest application of AVG is not efficient in maturation control of 'Fuyu' persimmons stored during four months in controlled atmosphere.


The global population is aging, especially in Western industrialized nations. In the USA, 38% of adults are over the age of 45 and 13% of adults are over the age of 65 years. Moreover, postmenopausal women now comprise 60% of adults aged over 65 years of age, a proportion that will rise as the population ages. This article reviews some of the more common urogenital health issues among older women. Changes to urogenital morphology and physiology are discussed, highlighting the impact on tissue atrophy, sexuality, prevalence of certain vulvar dermatoses, susceptibility to infection and urinary continence. We review treatment approaches, challenge some of the current paradigms and discuss the need for future research.


The development of a Through-Silicon Via process module within a high performance SiGe BiCMOS technology is demonstrated. The TSV technology module including both the TSV fabrication process itself, the temporary wafer bonding for BiCMOS thin wafer handling and the thin wafer backside processing is developed on 8-inch wafer level and the optimization of the different process steps are explained. This process module is fully compatible with the qualified SiGe BiCMOS technology environment which enables very uniform and reliable TSV backside fabrication adding new functionalities into IHPs high performance SiGe BiCMOS technologies applicable for thin wafer applications and 3D heterogeneous integration.


The authors describe some of the new design features which have enabled the latest fuel-injector driver integrated circuits to achieve improved robustness and reliability, together with better fault condition detection during open-circuit conditions in the on-state. They also discuss power limiting as an alternative to thermal shutdown as a protection mechanism for excessive power conditions such as observed when a lead is short-circuited. A die photograph of the 104018 intelligent fuel injector IC is presented.<<ETX>>


ejd.2011.1355 Auteur(s) : Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde, Fernando Elosegui-Martinez, Rafael Luque-Barona firstname.lastname@example.com Dermatologia. Complejo Hospitalario de Jaen, 23007 Jaen, Spain Panfolliculoma is a rare cutaneous adnexal tumor with differentiation towards both upper (infundibulum and isthmus) and lower (stem, hair matrix and bulb) parts of the hair follicle. We present an atypically-located, recently-diagnosed case in our unit. A 56-year-old male, without personal or family history, attended our [...]


This paper describes an action research enquiry conducted at the State College of Education, Vienna. The author's main concern was the implementation of a Sociology course using English as the language of instruction. The paper describes the context in which the project took place, the main ideas of action research, the stages in planning, the adjustments which had to be made and the methods of evaluation. The results show many benefits for the students, the institution and the author. However, the costs of implementation also have to be taken into account. A critical reflection is given which makes it clear that institutional support is absolutely necessary for long-term success.


The characteristics,synthesis and uses of fatty acid esters of monohydric and polyhydric alcohols ,and their new developing tendency for "green surfactants"are described


The paper demonstrates the timeliness of the approach of developing and maintaining learning environments. It is shown that the most promising way of introducing learning environments into university classroom is through creating ICT-based responsive learning environments. Praxeological, systems engineering and synergetic framework for designing learning environments for higher professional education is analyzed. It is stated that though the term "design" was borrowed by pedagogy from science there are special considerations related to design in education. Nevertheless the background of sciences should be taken into account together with the best educational practices. It is concluded that rational, thoroughly substantiated implementation of praxeological, systems engineering and synergetic methodology would allow for the unified effort in designing learning environments for higher professional education.


With the severe piping vibration caused by the gas pulsation of the reciprocating compressor, installing the orifice plate near the large container of the pipe system is an effective and simple solution for decreasing the gas pulsation in the field. In this paper, the fluid dynamics analysis proves that the improved orifice tube structure can better decrease the gas pulsation, and it is effective to reduce the piping vibration of a reciprocating compressor unit which is caused by the gas pulsation. The gas pulsation amplitude in the compressor pipeline system is decreased fundamentally by using the orifice tube, and the unit is in good running condition after the transformation, which effectively guarantees the long-term stable operation of the unit.


We produced and analyzed interactions between undergraduates, elementary school teachers and professors, all of them individuals in education process, articulated to the curricular reconstruction under the form of Study Situations – an interdisciplinary approach to an experience context which is conceptually rich for numerous fields of Natural Science. The main question for this research is: Do the individuals, in their interactions, learning and constructions, take up the position of the ones who simply retain and reproduce, or of the ones who construct and reconstruct practices and conceptions in the education process? The methodological procedures of construction and analysis of the data comprise audio recordings and transcriptions. In the perspective of a Critical Investigation – Action, interactive typologies are constructed and grounded, they correlate in levels of reflection about practices and conceptions of the individuals, as for the questioning attitude with/without intention of contextualizing, and to more/less symmetrical ways of mediation. Questioning attitudes enable processes of discussion


We discuss the relevance of studying ecology within the framework of Complexity Science from a statistical mechanics approach. Ecology is concerned with understanding how systems level properties emerge out of the multitude of interactions among large numbers of components, leading to ecosystems that possess the prototypical characteristics of complex systems. We argue that statistical mechanics is at present the best methodology available to obtain a quantitative description of complex systems, and that ecology is in urgent need of "integrative" approaches that are quantitative and nonstationary. We describe examples where combining statistical mechanics and ecology has led to improved ecological modeling and, at the same time, broadened the scope of statistical mechanics.


Pattern allowances in casting of steel are predicted using the casting simulation software MAGMAS OFT. This software contains a module (MAGMAstress) that calculates the stresses, strains, and distortions during casting due to thermal effects (temperature differences) and volume changes (e.g., shrinkage, sand expansion, etc.). The purpose of the study is to assess the capabilities of this simulation software to predict dimensional changes occurring during solidification and cooling of a steel casting. For this purpose, the simulation results are compared to dimensional measurements performed by Voigt and coworkers at Penn State University on (1) cylindrical test castings with different mold and core materials and dimensions, and (2) a shovel adapter casting produced by McConway & Torley Group. The comparisons reveal that in many cases, the final dimensions of a casting can be predicted successfully both for free and hindered shrinkage cases. A key to accurate simulation is the use of accurate sand and metal properties, in particular the thermal expansion coefficients and density as a function of temperature. In those cases where a simulation result does not agree with a measurement, a detailed analysis is conducted to identify the underlying reasons. They include the following shortcomings in the simulations: (1) irreversible sand expansion is not taken into account, which is important when small cores or other portions of the mold are heated to temperatures above about 1,200 o C; and (2) the mold sand surrounding the casting is not taken into account in the stress simulations. The latter can cause problems in the predictions when (i) there is significant early sand expansion due to heating of the mold before a solid steel shell forms, (ii) the solidifying casting does not contract away from the mold (and an air gap forms) but, instead, pushes against it resulting in some stress buildup in and hindrance due to the mold, and (iii) the mold experiences some movement or yielding due to metallostatic and other forces acting on it before a solid steel shell forms (particularly for green sand). An attempt is made to estimate the magnitude of these effects and correct the pattern allowances predicted by the simulation code. After the corrections, good agreement with the measurements is obtained for the test cylinders in all cases. Recommendations are made for improving the simulations.


To further explain: In days of olde, musicians were curious about other sounds than the diatonic resources which they had become friends with. The V7 – I (or i) had become the most important progression for defining a key with just two chords, and this relationship of chords so intrigued a few musicians that they tried applying the same logic (that is: preceding a triad with its V7) to other diatonic triads. For instance, in the key of C, they experimented preceding Dm with A7, Em with B7, F with C7, G with D7, and Am with E7. These diatonic triads (Dm, Em, F, etc.), when preceded with their own V7's (A7, B7, C7, etc.), take on the feel of Temporary Tonics; diminished triads cannot be preceded with their own V7's because there is no such thing as a diminished key, or in other words, a diminished chord cannot be a temporary tonic, and it has no V7.


In the x-ray ordinance of the FRG, doses and dose rates are given relating to the licensing of x-ray facilities. The instruments required to measure these data, such as dosimeters and other similar devices, are described according to their various functions. The types of these devices as well as the name of the company from which they can be obtained are given. (GE)


Distribution Management systems are effectively used by electric utilities for analyzing and controlling the distribution systems, but inconsistencies in the modelling parameters of the distribution network or cyber-attack conditions may result in failing of the controller to maintain voltage profile in a smart distribution system. In this paper we propose a statistical method based on multiple linear regression (MLR) to develop a robust and reliable capacitor control algorithm to maintain the voltage profile in a distribution system with distributed generators (DG). Two cyber-attacks, namely deception attack and load redistribution attack are modeled in OpenDSS to validate the proposed statistical methods on real American Electric Power (AEP) distribution feeder. A regression based distributed detection algorithm is also proposed for detection of cyber-attack in a distribution system with DG. Regression is based on least squares method making use of data acquired from exact simulations of the AEP System feeder. According to our knowledge this is the first paper which discusses cyber-attack in three phase unbalanced real distribution network.


This paper presents the application of MLCP location-allocation model in GIS environment to optimize the number and locations of fire brigade units, which would intervene in case of road incidents. There are 40 fire brigade units that are more or less equipped and trained to intervene in such cases. For simulation purposes, a potential demand for intervention of emergency squads was calculated, and the potential spatial accessibility was investigated.


An analyers of the basic slip mechanism of several aluminum--iron alloys containing 8 to 16% aluminium indicated a crystallographic typs slip on the {110} planes. The effects of order-disorder heat-treatment variables, scavenging additions, and processing precedures were investigated. Plastic flow and fracture mechanisms in aluminum --iron alloys were investigated as a function of aluminum content. The degree of atomic orderirg in aluminum -iron alloys was studied by means of electrical resistivity and x-ray measurements. (See also TID-5626.) (C.J.G.)


PEYOTE, THE DIVINE CACTUS, THE VISION SENDER, CAME TO THE WISCONSIN Winnebago in the last decade of the nineteenth century, years that were especially difficult for that Indian tribe. Most Americans were still convinced that America was the great melting pot, and so believed as well that it was the manifest duty of Indians to melt as soon as possible. The official expression of this sentiment was the Dawes Act of 1887, which aimed to break up the tribes and tribal predilections by dividing up the reservations into individual allotments for individual Indians. Like the Indians of many other tribes, the Winnebagos were divided in their response to these pressures to abandon the old ways, to melt-to become "civilized." Some remained adamant in their belief that their Winnebago traditions ought to be maintained, that their children ought still to be initiated into the old ceremonies, and that they ought still to fast for visions. Sam Blowsnake, for example, tells us in his autobiography, Crashing Thunder, ' that his father encouraged him in 'these years not only to seek a vision, but to go on the warpath as well. And so he and some other Winnebago young men went to a neighboring village and killed an unfortunate Potawatomi, who was laboring there as a blacksmith. But times had changed. These young men could not tell of their deeds about the campfire-not for fear of avenging Potawatomis, not even for fear of the cavalry, but for fear of the police. Eventually Blowsnake and his fellow warriors would be brought to trial for murder. Other Winnebagos were convinced that it was not only expedient but right to melt into the larger American society. Still others managed to live in both worlds, to respect the old ways and yet to farm their land, as the Bureau of Indian Affairs encouraged them to do-a first step on the road to civilization. An alarming number of Winnebagos were choosing alcohol.


The novel Endoluminal Fundoplication (ELF) technique using a Trans-Oral Incisionless and fastener-deploying device (EsophyX™, EndoGastric Solutions) was developed and evaluated for feasibility, safety and the treatment of Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) in a series of animal and human (phase 1, phase 2) studies.


This paper briefly introduces the development and marketing of new pharmaceutical tablets,including sustainedrelease tablets,controlled release tablets,quickly dissolving tablets,dispersable tablets and compound tablets and summarized thedomestic development in this field since 1985.In this article,about 30 novel tablets are recommended and it is suggested that weshould continue to strengthen the development of new pharmaceutical tablets and pay much attention to the research ofmedicamentous vehicle,renewal of equipment and improvement of technical skills of the operators.


cis- and trans-2-phenyl-1,4-oxathiane S-oxides were synthesized by cyclization of 1-phenyl-2-vinylsulphinylethanol diastereoisomers in basic medium; only the R*, S*-epimer gave a mixture of oxathianes. In order to explain the racemization observed in that case we carried out a theoretical study of the α-sulphinyl carbanions presumably involved, using an ab initio method (Gaussian 80) which satisfactorily predicted the energies associated with axial and equatorial conformations of 1,4-oxathiane S-oxide. To perform these calculations we used force-field (MM2) geometries. The results predicted a high energy barrier to pyramidal inversion at the sulphur atom, suggesting that the thermal stereomutation of stereogenic sulphur in these intermediates is improbable under the cyclization conditions. Nucleophilic attack of the alkoxide on the sulphinyl sulphur atom is therefore suggested to account for the observed epimerization.


OBJECTIVE To find the best extracting procedure of Gangmei compound granules. METHOD An orthogonal test was used. The solvent dosage(A), extracting time(B) and extracting times(C) were the three factors in the experiment and three levels of each factor were chosen . The bacteriostatic effect of the extract and the yield of extracte were studied.RESULTS The factor C had very significant effect on the bacteriostatic tests both Staphylococus aureus and β-hemolytic Streptococcus (P0.01). The factor C had significant on the test of extraction (P0.05)and the factor B had significant effect on the bacteriostatic tests (P0.05 and P0.1). The factor B had no significant effect on the test of extraction and the factor A had no sighificant difference effect on the test of extraction and the bacteriostatic tests (P0.1). CONCLUSION The best extracting procedure is A 1B 1 C 1, which means extracting 3 times by using 11 times of water, 1.5 h each time.


In 2005, the authors reviewed citation help in databases and found an error rate of 4.4 errors per citation. This article describes a follow-up study that revealed a modest improvement in the error rate to 3.4 errors per citation, still unacceptably high. The most problematic area was retrieval statements. The authors conclude that librarians should include citation features in the evaluation of databases and should open a dialogue with vendors about the importance of providing accurate, reliable information about citations to students.


AbstractInfluences of large-scale flow variations on the track evolution of two typhoons, moderate Morakot (2009) and superintense Megi (2010), are investigated using the global variable-resolution model MPAS with a higher-resolution region of 15 km for the simulated typhoons. For Morakot, the associated track and extreme rainfall over southern Taiwan captured by MPAS compared well with the regional WRF simulations. To isolate the influences of various large-scale flows, three modes are filtered out from global reanalysis: the synoptic-scale mode, quasi-biweekly oscillation (QBW) mode, and the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) mode. In the absence of QBW or MJO, the simulated Morakot moves westward across Taiwan without the observed north turn after landfall. When the intensity of the MJO mode is increased by 50% in the experiment (MJO+50%), a much earlier northward turn is induced. The simulated Morakot under the observed MJO lies in between MJO+50% and MJO−50% results. The MJO variations also show similar...


Abstract : Aging is the single largest risk factor for developing breast cancer and is thought to be due the convergence of the accumulation of mutations together with the accumulation of senescent cells. Our working hypothesis is that senescent epithelial cells can cause preneoplastic or neoplastic changes in its neighbors, and that these changes will be manifest when cells are cultured in three dimensions, which more closely mimics the natural tissue environment than conventional two dimensional cultures. To test this hypothesis, we have successfully established two and three dimensional culture models of normal human mammary epithelial cells (HMECs) with and without a functional 16 tumor suppressor pathway. We have also created preneoplastic HMECs by introducing defined genes with oncogenic potential, particularly genes that selectively inactivate the p53 or pRB tumor suppressor pathways. We have begun to use these, and frankly neoplastic human mammary epithelial cells, in the two and three dimensional culture assays.


The temperature field and heat elimination in heating process of crude oil tank were studied through numerical simulation.The location and structure of the heater were analyzed in terms of energy saving and safety.The optimal outer radius was obtained by several simulations on the oil tank with different outer radius of the heater,and the required heating surface and diameter of the coil pipe were also calculated.As a result,the running cost of the heating process for a crude oil tank is cut down,and the work provides guiding proposes on revamping or building new oil tanks.


At a 2016 FDA public meeting on patient-focused drug development, transplant recipients highlighted the need to individualize and simplify immunosuppressive therapy. Unfortunately, evidence indicates center practice drives US transplant program variation in choice of immunosuppression rather than individualized alloimmune risk assessment. Moreover, while a number of patient or donor attributes are prognostic of post-transplant immunologic risk at a population level, their utility to individualize therapy is unproven. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


The temperature resistance of goldfish is increased by additions of cholesterol or phospholipid to basic diets of pablum or pablum and pilchard oil. The relative effectiveness of these treatments varies with the season and with the duration of the feeding experiment. In low-temperature resistance tests, the cholesterol effect was most marked during the earlier period of chilling and the suggestion is that cholesterol increases the capacity of fish to resist cold narcosis—not death. In heat, resistance tests, the phospholipid-fed fish showed a tendency toward heat narcosis which was not evident with cholesterol-fed animals. Increased temperature resistance was closely correlated with increased tissue cholesterol but only weakly correlated with the less modified tissue phospholipid. Although these diets also produced definite changes in total lipid content, moisture content, unsaturation of total lipids, and the cholesterol/phospholipid ratio, no evident correlation between these factors and temperature res...


The Effects of Different Types of Verbal Feedback on Learning a Complex Movement Task Introduction. The aim of the study was to assess the efficiency of learning complex movement tasks with the use of different types of verbal feedback. Material and methods. Thirteen students randomly assigned to two groups (E&P=7; P=6) took part in the study. Results. In learning a movement task verbal information on errors and correctness (E&P) was more efficient than verbal information on correctness (P). Conclusion. At early stages too much information hinders the process of learning.


Background: Acoustic trauma is the sudden hearing loss that results following exposure to a single intense sound. Military environments inherently expose its personnel to very high levels of noise. Early detection of temporary or permanent hearing damage in soldiers following acoustic trauma and identification of their susceptibility to noise exposure is of utmost importance to better protect and prevent hearing deterioration. Conventionally, pure-tone audiometry (PTA) has been used as a screening method to detect hearing threshold shift following noise exposure. However, research now suggests distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) as a more sensitive tool to detect early changes in hearing thresholds following acoustic trauma. The aim of this study is to compare PTA and DPOAE for the early detection of acoustic trauma in soldiers. Methods: A prospective cohort multicentric study was conducted over a 2-year duration at 5 military hospitals on 1500 newly inducted recruits with no previous exposure to firing. After a thorough history taking and a comprehensive ENT examination, PTA and DPOAE tests were conducted at three intervals: before firing (initial evaluation), 2 h after firing (mid-evaluation), and 7 days after firing (final evaluation). The symptoms presented by the recruits were also analyzed. Statistical analysis between the two modalities of investigation to detect early acoustic trauma was done using Chi-square test. Results: Four hundred and eighty-seven recruits (36.07%) developed temporary threshold shifts and 103 (7.6%) had permanent threshold shifts. The most common symptom at mid-evaluation was tinnitus (501; 37.11%) while the least common symptom reported was isolated dizziness (10; 0.74%). At final evaluation, the most common symptom was found to be tinnitus (132; 9.77%). Conclusion: PTA and DPOAE can both be effectively used as a tool of measurement for the detection of early acoustic trauma, though being an objective test DPOAE has the advantage of eliminating subjective variation.


This article describes two statistical methods that enable air pollution control agencies to assess the effectiveness of the spatial distribution of current stationary ozone monitoring networks by providing measures of site redundancy. These methods analyze site redundancy by determining the degree to which ozone measurements at one site can be successfully predicted from data collected at other monitoring sites. The first method, the similarity (SIM) measure, calculates redundancy based on the percentage of common operational days during which two monitoring stations report similar daily maximum ozone concentrations. The second method, a modeling technique, relates site redundancy in ozone measurement to an R-squared statistic from an autoregressive model. The model uses meteorological components recorded at a central location and ozone concentrations reported by the network's other monitoring stations. Both techniques can assist in effective allocation of limited monitoring resources and offer a statist...


Abstract Previous models of agraphia have been descriptive and have emphasized the association of agraphia with other disorders such as aphasia and alexia. Such models have frequently led to inconsistent descriptions of specific agraphia types. These inconsistencies have made clinical-anatomical correlations difficult. Recent studies of agraphic patients with focal cerebral lesions have made it possible to develop a new model of writing based on specific neuropsychological mechanisms. In addition, results from computerized tomography have helped delineate probable anatomic substrates for many of these mechanisms. It is hoped this model provides a means for a better understanding of the mechanisms and anatomy underlying the agraphias as well as a better understanding of the relationships of the agraphias with aphasia and alexia.


Summary: In the 1970s and 1980s, GVHD prevention approaches were limited in number. Recent advances in our understanding of the requirements for T‐cell immune responses and for basic mechanism(s) involved in GVHD pathophysiology have led to exciting new strategies for GVHD prevention. This review focuses upon recent developments in GVHD prevention generated over the past S years. We have selected five different types of strategies to highlight including: 1) the in vivo targeting of GVHD‐reactive T cells using either intact and F(ab')2 fragments of monoclonal antibodies directed against T‐cell‐surface determinants or immunotoxins which consist of antibodies linked to toxins. 2) a comparison of the in vivo immunosuppressive effects of FK506 and rapamycin on T‐cell signaling, 3) the inhibition of T‐cell activation through blockade of costimulatory or adhesogenic signals. 4) shifting the balance between acute GVHD‐inducing T‐helper‐type I (Thl) T cells to anti‐inflammatory T‐helper‐type 2 (Th2)‐type T cells, and 5) the regulation of alloreactive T‐cell activation by treatment with peptide analogs which affect either TCR/MHC, CD4/MHC class II, or CD8/MHC class I interactions. Collectively, these approaches are illustratrative of the progress made in extending our GVHD prevention armamentarium.


Robots in the industrial environment are mostly used for repetitive, pre-defined tasks with little variance and adaptability .Industrial robots have a great inherent flexibility due to their kinematical degrees of freedom and the versatility of manageable tools, sensors and other periphery devices. The effort needed to program and configure the entire robot system. The accuracy and working of the robot determines the result of the applications. One such application is fettling operation. Fettling is the process of removing excess material from castings. This excess material is often formed at the die's parting lines during the casting process as molten material is injected into the die at high pressure. By using a robot as a positioning tool for the fettling operation, the process can be carried out safely and with consistent results. Fettling is a highly arduous and man power intensive metal removal process. Automated fettling involves programmed motion in several axes to simulate manual operation. Fettling cells are designed specially to suit to operation requirements. They have a robust mechanical design along with state of the art electronics and software. The actual advantage of fettling cells lie not only in the fact that you can save on man power- it also increases quality, reproduces work, processes precisely and ensures that production remains flexible.


The Shanxi Formation of early Permian is approximately 100 meters thick in Pingding-shan Coalfield, western Henan Province. It is composed of sandstones, siltstones, mud-stones , and thick, widespread coals which are believed to be deposited in barrier-lagoon environments and delta environments. The analysis of the deposition is mainly based on depo-sitional sequences, sedimentary structures, palaeocurrent direction, geometry of depositional units and coal bodies, and coal quality.In the lower Shanxi Formation, the barrier-lagoon systems are developed, principal components recognized in it are tidal channel, tidal flat, lagoon, inlet-barrier sequence, and swamp. The upper Shanxi Formation is a progradation sequence of delta systems. Bay, mouth bar, subaqueous distributary channel, and interdistributary deposits are recognized. It is concluded that the basin filled by the barrier-lagoon systems and the delta systems is a brackish, medium-low wave energy, and low-medium tidal range bay.The thick, widespread coals developed in the Shanxi Formation consists of a major coal bed plus associated splits. A clear relationship exists between the geometries of the coal beds and the depositional units underlain the coals. On the inlet-barrier sequences, the coal bed is extremely thick (5 - 7m) and elongates parallel with the trend of the sandstone bodies. Landward, the coal bed splits into two beds both on the lagoon and tidal flat deposits by a thin transgressive depositional unit. In the areas where lagoonal deposits underlie the coals, the lower split is commonly thicker(4 - 5m) than the upper(1 -2m). Inverse situation (the upper is 3-4m, the lower is 1-2m) occurs in the areas where tidal flat deposits underlie the coals. A discontinuous and pinchout belt of the coals occurs on the inlet tidal channel deposits.It is suggested that the thick and widespread coals are developed on the platform of abandoned barrier-lagoon systems, except the discontinuous and pinchout belt where there is an active tidal channel coexisting with the coals.


This letter confirms the existence of heat transfer enhancement (HTE) and reduction (HTR) in turbulent natural convection with polymer additives. HTE and HTR were numerically predicted by Benzi et al.(PRL, 104, 024502, 2010) in homogenous turbulent convection, but experiments by Ahlers & Nikolaenko(PRL, 104, 034503, 2010) in turbulent natural convection observed HTR only. Using direct numerical simulation of natural convection, the present study reconciles earlier numerical and experimental work on the basis of the dominant role of polymer length in the polymer dynamics in extensional flows.


Abstract On the calculation of the thickness of inclined strata. The curve in Fig. 2, constructed from Fig. 1, gives the thickness, at any angle, of dipping strata between two points, whose distance is 100 in the direction of maximum slope.When the rock is only uncovered in narrow sections (such as in shore lines, rivers, etc.) these, as a rule, run in another direction than that of the dip. If the horizontal line in Fig. 2 represents the angle between the strike and the section, the vertical column gives the a mount of dip along the section, in percentage of that in the direction of maximum slope.The actual thickness of dipping strata in drilling cores is also obtainable from Fig. 2. Here the horizontal line assigns the angle between the bore hole and the strata.


To determine the diagnostic and prognostic value of the immunohistochemical analysis of CD44 variants in benign borderline and malignant tumours of the ovary.


The essay describes the sociological and epistemological aspects of the presence of science in Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's rainbow, wherein the theme serves as a link to contemporary history, also having implications on the plot and on its narrative construction. A dialogue with Weber helps detect the critical component of Pynchon's approach to science, while a dialogue with contemporary epistemology locates his skepticism towards the idealization of scientific racionality and of its ordinary practice. The interconnection of the three items that compose the exposition – "causality", "bureaucracy" and "idea" – places science as a background for the analysis of Gravity's rainbow's understanding of the world contemporary to its release in 1973.


Development results of a suspended substrate frequency quadraplexer are presented. The quadraplexer provides division of a wide strip of frequencies into four channels


The effect of the porous texture of silica gels on the catalytic efficiency of enzymes was investigated by submitting similarly prepared aerogels to different postgelation treatments in liquid medi...


Controlling the crystallographic orientation in ultrathin FePt longitudinal media for ultrahigh recording density is discussed with introducing sputtered MgO[111] underlayers selected as a template for inducing [111] texture in the FePt films. The MgO[111] underlayers significantly enhanced the crystallographic texture of FePt[111] for films as thin as 10 nm or less. Full width at half maximum (FWHM) of FePt[111] reflection measured from XRD rocking curves and coercivity squareness (S*) confirmed the strong in-plane texture of the FePt films deposited on MgO(111) underlayers. FWHM and S* were 8/spl deg/ and 0.8, respectively. High coercivity of 3200 Oe could be achieved in films with very low M/sub r/t of 0.3 memu/cm/sup 2/ at moderate annealing temperature (/spl les/500/spl deg/C) which retained small grains.


[PDF] Autonomous Sensor Networks Collective Sensing Strategies ... www.springer.com › … › Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering This volume surveys recent research on autonomous sensor networks from the perspective of enabling technologies that support medical, environmental and military applications.State of the art, as well as emerging concepts in wireless sensor networks, body area networks and ambient assisted living


Zircon U–Pb dating, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Hf isotope data are reported for monzonite from the Qingshanpu pluton on the eastern margin of Longshoushan. The zircon LA-ICP-MS U–Pb age data showed that the emplacement age of the monzonite is 442.6 ± 4.8 Ma. The rocks are characterized by high SiO2 contents (73.15%–73.85%), high K2O contents (3.67%–3.99%), and low P2O5 contents (0.042%–0.049%). The aluminum saturation index was 1.03–1.05, and the molecular number of standard corundum was 0.58%–0.77%. Rocks are enriched in Rb, Sr, U, K, and Pb and depleted in Nb, Ti, Zr, P, and Eu, thereby indicating that they are weakly peraluminous I-type granites. The monzonite in the Qingshanpu pluton had lower ISr values, which ranged from 0.70850 to 0.70904, and the εNd(t) values ranged from -8.54 to -6.49. The εHf(t) values ranged from -9.75 to 0.42, and the two-stage model age TC DM ranged from 1406 to 2043 Ma. This study concluded that the North Qilian subducted beneath the Alxa Plate at the end of the Early Paleozoic, causing elastic collision and eventually leading to closure. During elastic collision, several parts of the orogenic belt collapsed and were dismantled. The remelted ancient crust mixed with a small amount of mantle material during its ascent and finally formed the Qingshanbao pluton.


The invention discloses a display control method and electronic equipment. The method is applied to the electronic equipment with a touch control display unit, and comprises the following steps of: when the electronic equipment is in a second state, detecting whether a triggering instruction is received or not; and when the triggering instruction is detected, displaying a lock screen interface, wherein the lock screen interface at least displays application icons in a main display interface of the electronic equipment. By adopting the method, when the electronic equipment displays the lock screen interface, the application icons in the main display interface of the electronic equipment are included in the lock screen interface, so that a user can directly check the application icons on the main display interface; the application icons can also be directly subjected to corresponding operation, so that the operation process of the user is simplified; and the use experience of the user is also improved.


Bartley's pancritical rationalism is seen by some as being a refinement of Popper's critical rationalism. I contest this view and argue that pancritical rationalism is obtained from critical rationalism by removing some of its most important and useful features. The remainder consists of a restatement of some of Popper's key ideas and an interpretation of others that I attempt to show is not entirely faithful to what Popper says.


This paper aims to measure both economic feasibility studies and guarantees provided by small and medium size enterprises and their relationships with the financing decisions of the Islamic banks in Kuwait. The study follows the quantitative approach. It aims to assess the internal conditions by the Islamic banks toward its decisions to finance the small and medium size enterprises. The sample of this study consists of 200 employees from the credit department from the Kuwait Islamic banks. The result found a significance and positive impact of the feasibility study on the small and medium size enterprises financing decisions at (p< 0.05). In addition, it shows a significance positive impact of the provided warranties on the small and medium enterprises financing decisions at (p< 0.05). The study recommends to reduce using the guarantees provided by enterprises should rely more on the visability studies.


Objective
To investigate the relationship between CYP3A5 gene polymorphism and tacrolimus concentration/dose ratio in children living donor liver transplantation and the correlation with clinical efficacy, for the relatives living donor liver transplantation in children tacrolimus individualized medication providing reference indicators.

Methods
Peripheral blood samples were collected from children with relatives living donor liver transplantation in the center of liver transplantation, the genotype of CYP3A5 was determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/pyrophosphate sequencing, The dosage of tacrolimus and blood concentration, liver and kidney function and other related indicators were measured within 3 months after operation. According to genotypes, the children can be divided into gene expression group (CYP3A5*1/*1 and CYP3A5*1/*3) and non - expression group (CYP3A5*3/*3). The drug concentration (C0), tacrolimus dose / body weight (D/W) ratio , drug concentration/dose (C0/D) ratio of each genotype at 1 day, 3 d, 5 d, 7 d, 14 d, 28 d, 2 months and 3 months after administration and the genotype at the time point on liver and kidney function was carried out statistics.

Results
Among the 80 cases, 36 cases (45.0%) were CYP3A5*3/*3, 37 cases (46.2%) were CYP3A5*1/*3, 7 cases (8.8%) were CYP3A5*1/*1. CYP3A5 gene expression group reached a therapeutic concentration range (C0> 8 μg/L) than the gene non-expression group takes longer time. There was no significant difference in CYP3A5 gene expression group between the non-expression group on the initial dose (P>0.05); CYP3A5 gene expression group than the non-expression group, tacrolimus C0 within 1 month after operation were statistically significant.CYP3A5 gene expression group than the non-expression group, tacrolimus D/W in addition to the first day after surgery, other time points were statistically significant (P 0.05), but there was significant difference in the alkaline phosphatase.

Conclusion
CYP3A5 gene expression in children than non-expression group of children need higher doses to reach the therapeutic drug concentration; CYP3A5 gene polymorphism had significant effects on early tacrolimus C0, D/W and C0/D values; CYP3A5 gene polymorphism is instructive for the administration of tacrolimus in children with living donor liver transplantation, CYP3A5 gene type tests should be regular, improve efficacy and reduce the incidence of adverse reactions.

Key words:
children living donor liver transplantation; Cytochrome P-450; Tacrolimus; drug concentration


Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) for collaborative robots has not changed since the introduction of the first cobot. The main interface to communicate with the robot remains a wired display - teach pendant (TP). While attempts are made to make the programming experience better - more intuitive touch-screen displays, it generally remains the same. With the recent rapid development of Augmented Reality (AR), the HRI of the cobot could drastically change. This paper explores AR-based implementations in robotics and categorizes them based on the type of the used device, with the main focus on the least explored category - mobile AR. Furthermore, two experiments are conducted to determine the user's experience in robot programming using TP with a mobile-based AR interface. For this reason, an AR application prototype is developed as a co-interface to a TP. The results of the experiments are presented: the first examines the user's needs that are missing in current solutions, while the second one analyses the user's experience in using the robot with the AR interface. The obtained results suggest that users could benefit from mobile-based AR solutions in the commissioning and troubleshooting phase of the lifetime of the robot. However, at the same time, this solution is not advanced and accurate enough (yet) to encourage users to switch to the new platform and abandon the classical TP, while programming the robot.


There is a growing recognition that adoptive families have unique clinical needs, including the need for postadoption mental health services that are adoption competent, trauma informed, and evidence based. Although underrep-resented in the literature, the assessment process is the gateway to the provision of trauma-informed, adoption-competent services for adoptive families. Based on a thorough review of the literature and clinical experience, the current article provides several specific recommendations for social workers and other mental health clinicians in conducting assessment with adoptive families, including domains to assess; specific strategies for assessing each domain; and guidelines for using the results of the assessment for case conceptualization, treatment planning, and family engagement. Implications for practice are discussed, including recommendations for obtaining training needed for adoption competence.


This article analyzes the importance of the interaction in the web-based instruction platform and states its basic theory.By comparing the status quo of the interactive module on the web-based intruction platform with others,it put forword the design principles of the interactive module.Based on these principles,the article elaborates the characteristic functions for realizing the interaction module with the actual project as an instance.


Gout flares are considered a key clinical and research outcome in gout. Early treatment of gout flares increases patient well-being and warrants timely notification of the treating clinician.To test the feasibility of a smartphone app to home-monitor gout flares real-time for both patients with a suspicion of and established gout.Thirty patients were recruited during their visit at the outpatient rheumatology clinic. Inclusion criteria were age ≥ 18 years, smartphone possession, established gout (crystal proven) or a clinical suspicion of gout and at least one flare reported in the last three months.A straight-forward query app was used to incorporate an adapted version of the 2017 four-criteria gout flare definition.[1] For 90 consecutive days the app asked patients to report their current pain score on an 11-points scale as screening question. Scoring pain below 4 terminated the query, otherwise the app posed the remaining criteria: does the patient experience warm and/or swollen joints and are symptoms regarded as a gout flare. Responses were transmitted in real-time to the dashboard and the clinician was alerted via email if predefined conditions were met. End of study evaluation consisted of the number of generated alerts, duration of (possible) flares and actions taken. Patient feasibility was assessed by measuring app attrition and using a questionnaire based on the Technology Acceptance Model. [2] All constructs were analysed using descriptive statistics.All 30 recruited patients finished the trial. Three minor, resolvable technical issues were reported. Seventeen participants never missed a question. In total 110 responses (4.1%) were missed with three participants responsible for 66 missings. 90% of the participants rated app usability good to excellent and 70% would recommend the app to other patients.Twelve out of thirty patients generated a total amount of 174 alerts where four patients with a suspicion of gout were responsible for 148 alerts (85%). These patients scored three out of four criteria as they had warm, swollen and painful joints but, after consultation with the clinician, their symptoms were not regarded as a gout flare.The 174 alerts belonged to 23 (possible) flares with a median duration of 5 days [IQR 3,5 – 7,5]. Twenty-one pro-active telephone calls were made which resulted in four visits to the clinic within 48 hours. Clinical guidance over the phone consisted of checking in on patient's symptoms, giving advice and ten medication adjustments.This prospective study shows feasibility of a smartphone app for home-monitoring gout flares for patients because of high usability scores and low attrition rates. The app has added value for gout care because it enables clinicians to act on flares as they occur. The next step is to further implement the app whilst perpetuating investigation into the added value for patients and clinical practice alike.[1]Gaffo AL, Dalbeth N, Saag KG, et al. Brief Report: Validation of a Definition of Flare in Patients With Established Gout. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018;70(3):462-467.[2]Davis Jr. FD. A Technology Acceptance Model for empirically testing new end-user information systems: theory and results. MIT PhD thesis. 1985[3]Stoyanov SR, Hides L, Kavanagh DJ, Wilson H. Development and Validation of the User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS). JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2016;4(2):e72.This study was funded by AbbVie and Menarini.Bart Pouls: None declared, Charlotte Bekker: None declared, Bart van den Bemt Grant/research support from: UCB, Pfizer and Abbvie, Consultant of: Delivered consultancy work for UCB, Novartis and Pfizer, Speakers bureau: Pfizer, AbbVie, UCB, Biogen and Sandoz., Angelo Gaffo Grant/research support from: Received a research grant from AMGEN, Marcel Flendrie Grant/research support from: M. Flendrie has received grants from Menarini and Grunenthal., Consultant of: M. Flendrie has received consultancy fees from Menarini and Grunenthal.


This article presents an analysis of the lessons for programme design and management that were distilled from a recent evaluation of the Worldwide Fund for Nature's (WWF) global educational programmes. The aim of the evaluation was to clarify and document the contribution that education is making to the achievement of the conservation goals of the organisation. Aspects of the findings of the evaluation are presented but these are not the focus of the article. Rather, the emphasis is on the generalisations that can be drawn from an analysis of the evaluation process and the lessons to be learnt from the findings. This emphasis affords this article a degree of currency and utility that goes beyond its immediate value to WWF and may provide ideas and, in places, a vocabulary for thinking about planning and evaluating environmental education programmes, especially within conservation groups and resource management agencies.


Training system for the music performance, comprising: an electric tutor (15a) of a pupil at the finger movement of a music passage on a plurality of keys (11, 11a-11e / 12, 12a-12e; 200; 12a-12e / 402a / 402b; 12a-12e / 403a-403d; 268 ) guides, each of said keys having two sides; and a tone generating system (15b; 254; 274/258/260), which cooperates with the electric tutor in at least one exercise operating state and generates a sound of the music passage, characterized in that the electric tutor checks the plurality of keys to see whether the student is operated in at least one exercise mode keys on a predetermined side of a previously operated key, and wherein the tone generation system generates a sound of the music passage when the student one of the keys on the predetermined side actuated, but does not produce the sound when the student operated one of the keys on the other side, opposite to the predetermined side.


There are two key issues in distributed intrusion detection system, that is, maintaining load balance of system and protecting data integrity. To address these issues, this paper proposes a new distributed intrusion detection model for big data based on nondestructive partitioning and balanced allocation. A data allocation strategy based on capacity and workload is introduced to achieve local load balance, and a dynamic load adjustment strategy is adopted to maintain global load balance of cluster. Moreover, data integrity is protected by using session reassemble and session partitioning. The simulation results show that the new model enjoys favorable advantages such as good load balance, higher detection rate and detection efficiency.


Cyclic steam stimulation (CSS) is one efficient technology for enhancing heavy-oil recovery. However, after multiple cycles, steam channeling severely limits the thermal recovery because high-temperature steam preferentially breaks through to the producers. To solve the issues of steam breakthrough, it is essentially important and necessary to recognize steam channeling. In this work, a machine-learning-assisted identification model, based on a random-forest ensemble algorithm, is developed to predict the occurrence of steam channeling during steam huff-and-puff processes. The set of feature attributes is constructed based on the permeability ratio, steam quality, and steam-injection speed, which provides the reference for the construction of the training-sample set, steam-channeling reconstruction set, and prediction set. Based on the realistic data, the Pearson correlation coefficient is implemented to confirm the linear correlation among different characteristics; thus, the dimension reduction of the characteristic parameters is achieved. The random oversampling method is adopted to treat the unbalanced training-sample set. Our results show that this model can accurately describe the current state of steam channeling and predict steam propagation in the following cycles.


Considering the trends of the carbon tax and online retail market, a comparative study on the order quantity strategy of supply chain under two carbon tax policies are conducted. A multichannel supply chain model is constructed in this work under the flat carbon tax policy and progressive carbon tax policy. The complexity of the supply chain under the channel heterogeneity expectations is studied. The impacts of consumers' dual preferences and the free-riding of each channel on the system complexity, profits, carbon emissions and social welfare are explored. This study indicates that the supply chain order quantity system under the two types of carbon tax policies will enter into an unstable state with changes in consumers' preferences and free-riding parameters. In order to positively impact on the profits of all parties, government revenue, consumer surplus, and the environment, the system should be kept in stable region. Consumers' preferences and free-riding have more obvious influence on the social welfare under the progressive emission carbon tax policy than the flat carbon tax policy. In contrast to the flat carbon tax policy, the progressive carbon tax policy can delay or even prevent the order quantity system from entering into the bifurcation and chaos area, and the chaos control effect under the progressive carbon tax policy is better. The present work expands the practical application scenarios of complex system theory and thereby has an important theoretical and practical value.


Background: Although psychological factors are now recognized as playing a significant and independent role in the development of coronary heart disease (CHD) and its complications, many of these factors are correlated with each other. The present study is aimed at examining the association between alexithymia and anxiety depression, stress, quality of life, and social support in CHD patients. Materials and Methods: In this research 398 patients with coronary heart disease (166 females and 232 males) from the city of Isfahan were selected using random sampling. The tools used included depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21), Health-related to Quality Of Life (HRQOL-26), Multiple Scale Perceived Social Support (MSPSS-12), and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling by using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS21) (IBM Corp: Armonk, New York.U.S.) and Asset Management Operating System (AMOS21) SPSS, an IBM Company: Chicago, U.S. Software. Results: Results of the structural equation model showed an acceptable goodness of fit, for the explanation alexithymia that was significantly associated with lower HRQOL and social support and increasing anxiety, depression, and stress. Conclusions: Alexithymia may increase anxiety, depression, and stress and can be a predisposing factor to poorer HRQOL and social support.


WRKY transcription factor is one of plant-specific transcription factors,which plays important roles in regulating plant growth,development,and response to biotic and abiotic stresses.In this study,HbWRKY3,with full length 3 780 bp DNA of four exons and three introns,was cloned from rubber tree by RACE technology.HbWRKY3 contained a 2 211 bp open reading frame encoding a putative protein of 737 amino acids.HbWRKY3 protein contained two highly conserved WRKYGQK domains and two C2 H2 zinc finger domains,and belonged to group I of WRKY superfamily.HbWRKY3 was localized in nucleus.It could be constitutively expressed in leaves,bark,flowers and latex,and the highest expression level was in flowers.The expression analysis of HbWRKY3 showed that HbWRKY3 could be induced by various stresses such as NaCl,PEG,MeJA,and SA,but it could be strongly induced by Eth,drought,low temperature and ABA.


This study aims both to serve as a stable base and to become a model for further barrier researches on different countries and industries, firstly investigates the prominent barrier components for SMEs worldwide and discloses them in a simple form by being purged from different grouping diversities. Then the barrier components are grouped again under six broad barrier categories which can be found in the literature: (1) supply, (2) demand, (3) legal & regulatory, (4) security & privacy, (5) resources, and (6) system barriers. Thereby a standard rubric is devised to use in the analysis of different sectors such as Turkish Travel Agencies. In conclusion, this research, having a distinctive research approach different from in the previous ones, confirms only one of the broad barrier categories for Turkish Travel Agencies. Concordantly, it and concordantly advances a set of tangible supporting activities and efforts to overcome the barriers notably by sustaining the recommendations regarding the permanent solutions in the studied countries.


A possibility of realization of structural genetic algorithm (SGA) for synthesis of separators magnetic systems structural varieties is demonstrated taking basic Species of cylindrical longitudinally-symmetric y-oriented ones as an example. The veracity of synthesis results is proved by means of comparison of the synthesis results with the data of patent information research. A forecasted component of the synthesis results is determined.


The concept of "financial inclusion" is commonly defined as people having easy access to a wide range of formal banking services which are provided at an affordable cost. These services include ownership of bank accounts, savings, availability of credit, remittance, transfers and insurance. The concept of financial inclusion has attracted significant attention in recent times. Various initiatives have been undertaken by Government of India and Reserve Bank of India to promote financial inclusion at ground level. A declaration by World Bank to achieve universal financial access by 2020 is another evidence of financial inclusion being recognized at the global level. The purpose of this paper is to identify the demographic factors which influence the extent of financial inclusion in Pondicherry region. Results of this study indicate that frequency of usage, ease of using banking products and physical accessibility of bank branch show significant impact on level of financial inclusion in Pondicherry. It is also found that higher income, better education, gender and occupation have a significant influence on frequency of usage, ease of using banking products and physical accessibility of bank branch are highly associated with the level of financial inclusion in Pondicherry region.


HF ionospheric radiocommunications (3 – 30 Mhz) allow to communicate over very high ranges by exploiting the reflection of waves on the ionosphere. The high spectral congestion jointly with the potential high delay spread of the propagation channel, limit the current bit rate of HF links to maximal values comprised between 9.6 and 19.2 Kbits/s. The future development of HF radiocommunications will be based on IP and multimedia transmission. In this context, the exploitation of several antennas at reception, coupled with a judicious array processing, represent a very promizing solution to the problems associated with the bit rate increase of HF links. The aim of this contribution is to present a synthesis of the results related to the experimental evaluation of the gain on the link budget obtained from the exploitation of an array processing at reception for HF ionospheric links using STANAG 4285, both in the presence and in the absence of interferences. Both a middle range (400 Km from Cholet and Gennevilliers) and a long range (900 Km from Toulon and Coulommiers) of transmission are considered.


A comparison between the CO and HI Tully-Fisher relation for a sample of 30 Virgo galaxies shows no significant difference concerning the intrinsic scatter. The distance moduli from both relations after correcting for the sample incomplete- ness bias agree within the errors and also show no significant difference with previous studies of the Virgo cluster using a complete sample. The CO total linewidth and the CO flux were found to be not well correlated. However, if the distances to the individual galaxies were calculated by the CO Tully-Fisher relation, the CO luminosities calculated using these distances are correlated with the CO linewidths. This correlation does not show up when the distances were calculated by the conven- tional HI Tully-Fisher relation. Finally we give the structure of the cluster as derived from this small subsample using the dis- tances to the individual galaxies. The large depth of the cluster is confirmed both by the HI and the CO Tully-Fisher relation.


Measurements of the surface pressure fluctuation, Mach number profile and high speed schlieren visualization have been conducted in the boundary layer on a sharp cone model in a hypersonic flow. Growth rate of the 2nd mode are reduced from the pressure fluctuation measurement and are compared with the analytical prediction based on the similar solution for the cone boundary layer, with moniroring the non-linear phase coupling by bicoherence. The second mode wave propagation direction and phase velocity are also reduced from the fluctuation measurement which confirms two dimensional propagation. Auto-correlation of the fluctuation components of the schlieren images has shown an averaged 2nd mode instability wave structure, when the pressure fluctuation amplitude becomes the same order of the static pressure.


The author makes an exposition of how the reform of borrowing and reading system in fluences the qudity statistics of library books from the angle of the qualility statistics,and also puts forwand the countermeasures to remove the influence.


Objectives: To assess the major causes of organ and carcass condemnation of sheep and goats slaughtered at Hashim Nurs' Ethiopian Livestock and Meat Export (HELMEX) abattoir and to estimate the magnitude of direct financial loss attributed to the condemned organs and carcasses. Methods: A retrospective data of four year period from October 2005 to October 2008 was analyzed to identify the causes of organs and carcass condemnation in slaughtered sheep and goats at HELMEX abattoir of Debre Zeit. The international and domestic average price during the four year period was used to calculate the financial losses. Results: A total of 1,883,652 small ruminants (1,36,484 sheep and 1, 747, 168 goats) were slaughtered in the four year period and 313,331 (16.63%) livers, 215,185 (11.42%) lung, 104,368 (5.54%) heart, 133,295 (6.02%) kidney, 107,748 (5.72%) brain and 27,153 (1.44%) carcasses were condemned due to gross abnormalities. The present survey revealed that hepatitis (33.27%) in the liver, pneumonia (48.19%) in the lung, pericarditis (92.37%) in the heart, nephritis (65.13%) in the kidney, Coenurus cerebralis (70.14%) in the brain and bruising (21.71%) in the carcass were found to be the major condition responsible for the respective organs and carcasses condemnation. Annual financial losses from domestic and international market of carcass at HELMEX abattoir in a period of 4-years was 174 million of USD/1,476 millions of ETB. Conclusion: The result of present work suggest that immediate control and prevention of the prevailing conditions which helps the country to compete in the current attractive market there by increase the foreign exchange earnings.


This paper contains data on production and usage of different varieties of mushrooms globally as well as in India. It also discusses on how mushroom farming can be a step towards sustenance and food security.


ABSTRACT There is a variety of different methods for carrying out sustainability impact assessments of energy value chains. The different methods can use the same, or similarly named, indicators, but the methods make different assumptions about the system boundaries and differ in the purpose of the assessment, and this can lead to confusion when communicating the results of different studies. A method expansion of Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) was developed and tested to allow comparison of environmental indicators of energy use and generation, energy balance and greenhouse gas emission as calculated according to three different methods: (1) direct value chain environmental impacts (referred to as SIA in this paper), (2) direct plus indirect impacts following a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach, and (3) a method based on European Sustainability Criteria (ESC) for solid biomass. The Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment (ToSIA 2.0) was used for this method expansion. Indicator values following the three different approaches were calculated for a typical Nordic bioenergy harvesting chain producing forest wood chips. The indicator values for SIA, LCA and ESC are made comparable side by side, and give thus more insight on the difference and purpose of the three different methods when applied to the same harvesting chain.


Creativity of Abd ar-Rachman Munif reveals in the article, which is connected with the novel «Desert of darkness». Action of the novel covers centenary history of Arabian Peninsula It is the detaded review of the major historical events in five parts. The author has transferred immemorial unity of time and a place through destiny of separate characters and groups with the values and customs, through authority, through the state.


This research was conducted because of the fact that culinary especially cafe in Malang. So, many cafe entrepreneur tried to compete with others to make interesting and attractive innovation of food and beverage. Additionally, an example of the innovation is the first mini cafe ice pot Malang through go green (eat, plant and contribute). Furthermore, this cafe creates innovative ice cream which is put inside the pot. Therefore, the objective of this study was to describe the communication marketing strategy which was used by ice pot. This research was used qualitative approach with descriptive type and base of case study. The subject is a marketing team, an owner ice pot Malang as a create idea for ice pot production and campaign go green (eat, plant, contribute), and also the marketing and staffs in ice pot. The technique analysis data was used model from Miles & Huberman (thedata collection, reduction, data processing and conclusion) by test validity which utilize source Trianggulasi. Based on the result of the analysis and discussion it can be concluded that basically ice pot is marketing commercial, however Ice pot in Malang used different strategy. Ice pot was used marketing strategy social within promotion application which is through campaign go green (eat, plant, contribute). The aim of the promotion is to get the profit and give education to society.


This paper proposes a design of aerostatic guideway with the porous restriction for the vertical guideway of form measuring instrument, and analyses the design principle of the guideway.The static and dynamic characteristics of the guideway of different structures were analyzed with the software based on the finite element method, and then the optimum design was obtained by comparing the deformation and natural frequency. Finally the design of the guideway was verified by theoretical calculation and practical test that the accuracy of its various performances fully met the design requirements. The guideway can be widely applied to the form measuring instrument and other precision measuring instruments.


This paper describes the design and preliminary evaluation of a glove with individual sensors covering the tips of the thumb, third, and fourth fingers, plus grids of smaller sensors lining the palmar sides of the first and second fingers. The glove senses two types of gestures: rubbing the thumb against the first two fingers, and tapping the thumb on the tip of any of the four fingers, alone or simultaneously in different combinations. The glove occupies a novel point in the space of input devices, supporting low-resolution spatial input in one or two dimensions by rubbing, for discrete input by finger tapping, and for discrete input by single-stroke directional rubbing.


RESPECT THE INVENTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL SUPPORT. INVENTION, THE LAYER OF SYNTHETIC RESIN TOUR TO PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM IS MADE AT LEAST ONE COATING PIGMENTE CURABLE ELECTRON AND AT LEAST PIGMENTED COATING APPLIED BY COATING EXTRUSION. OBTAINED AND A PHOTO PAPER VERY HIGH QUALITY.


Geophysics, among all sciences, is international in character since the whole Earth is the laboratory of the geophysicist. Consequently, international relations have a special significance in the effective conduct of our work. J. Wallace Joyce has been the leader in our Union for many years in directing the successful course of its international affairs.

It is a significant honor to present this special award of the Union to Dr. Joyce for his long and outstanding service on behalf of the Union and of geophysics of our nation. Dr. Joyce has been my personal friend and scientific colleague for many years; this statement holds equally true for countless others of the AGU membership. He has served the Union faithfully and with distinction for the benefit, not only of geophysics internationally, but also of geophysics in our national scene.


In this paper, an aproximate analytical method called the differential transform method (DTM) is used as a tool to give approximate solutions of oscillation models of the Lazer-McKenna suspension bridge. The differential transformation method is described in a nuthsell. DTM can simply be applied to linear or nonlinear problems and reduces the required computational effort. The proposed scheme is based on the differential transform method (DTM), Laplace transform and Padé approximants. The results to get the differential transformation method (DTM) are applied Padé approximants. The reliability of this method is investigated by comparison with the classical fourth-order Runge–Kutta (RK4) method. Our the presented method showed results to analytical solutions of nonlinear ordinary differential equation. Some plots are gived to shows solutions of oscillation models of the Lazer-McKenna suspension bridge for illustrating the accurately and simplicity of the methods.


Let $F$ be a $p$-adic field ($p\neq 2$), let $E$ be a quadratic Galois extension of $F$, and let $n \geq 2$. We construct representations in the discrete spectrum of the $p$-adic symmetric space $H \backslash G$, where $G = \mathbf{GL}_{2n}(E)$ and $H = \mathbf{U}_{E/F}(F)$ is a quasi-split unitary group over $F$.


The measurements of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) in seawater are key in global change and coastal eutrophication studies. Nowadays, the high-temperature combustion (HTC) technique is a widely used method for DOC and TDN analysis. However, uncertainties exist about the operation of the catalyst in the conversion process of DOC and TDN in the HTC method. In this study, five different 'catalyst' materials were tested for their blanks, calibration slopes, and conversion efficiency of DOC and TDN using the Shimadzu TOC 5000A total organic carbon analyser coupled to a Sievers NCD 255 nitrogen chemiluminescence detector. The materials included four metallic catalysts (Shimadzu and Johnson 0.5% Pt–alumina, 13% Cu(II)O–alumina, 0.5% Pd–alumina) and quartz beads. The results indicated that DOC blank signals for the HTC approach using metallic catalysts with an alumina support are higher compared with quartz beads, as a result of the amphoteric nature of the alumina. However, the slopes of the standard calibration graphs were lowest for DOC and TDN determinations on the quartz beads. The DOC recoveries for the metallic catalysts were close to 100% for all compounds tested, with the exception of ammonium pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate. Using quartz beads, poor recoveries were obtained for a range of organic compounds, including the commonly used calibration compounds potassium hydrogen phthalate and glycine. The TDN recoveries for all compounds were typically >90%, with the exception of NaNO2. Furthermore, analysis using the CuO–alumina and Pd–alumina catalysts and quartz beads showed low recoveries for NH4Cl. This study showed that catalyst performance should be verified on a regular basis using model compounds and blank checks made during every run, and that the Shimadzu 0.5% Pt–alumina material was an efficient catalyst for DOC and TDN analyses using the coupled total organic carbon–nitrogen chemiluminescence detector (TOC-NCD) analyser.


This work deals with the generation and propagation of structure-borne sound by the rolling contact in bearings. Rolling bearings are widely used in machines and, in early stages of operation, the interaction of the rough surfaces of races and rolling bodies produces an excitation that will propagate to the surrounding structure. The dissertation presents a model for the determination of the structure-borne excitation due to rolling, using the condition of the surfaces and the dynamics of the rolling movement as input. The model is able to simulate the time evolution of the excitation generated by the bearing that is imposed to the machine. Additionally, this work describes the experimental evaluation of the influence of the path between the point where the excitation is generated (in the bearing) to the point where it is usually measured (on the machine's housing) using special actuators made of one rolling element. Measurements under running conditions are made for comparisons with cylindrical and spher...


– The study's purpose was to examine the current challenges and opportunities that many tourism and hospitality institutions are facing in the time of pandemic. The consequence is obvious, and it may be addressed to the appropriate authorities in order to create and nurture an educational environment capable of producing internationally competent individuals with the general knowledge and capacities required by the sector. The researched made use of an interpretative phenomenological analysis through an unstructured questions to identify the perception of the 54 participants among 5 campuses. The study reveals that in this generation with fully established virtual classrooms, tourism and hospitality educators are acutely aware of their weak points and areas in which they must improve. Educators are currently responding to technological developments in the learning management system and training teachers to improve teaching tactics and resources in responding to the challenges. With this, it was recommended for the college may ensure technological and technical literacy by providing intensive faculty development to assure high-quality online instruction. The administration may consider using a hybrid teaching and learning model that combines new and effective online resources with the face-to-face instruction that students find so valuable and appreciated for further use


The current transients arising after the sudden heating of an electrode by high-power laser irradiation have been studied. The method has been applied to a Au(111) single-crystal electrode in conta...


The healthy human urine sediment proteome and metaproteome are investigated, to shed light on the variations of urine sediment proteins and metaproteins associated with sex and age.


A novel technique of the electric- or E-fleld extraction from the magnetic- or H-near-fleld in time-domain is reported. This technique is based on the use of the Maxwell-Ampere relation associated to the plane wave spectrum (PWS) transform. It is useful for the E-near-fleld computations and measurements which are practically complicated in time-domain in particular, for the EMC applications. The considered EM-fleld radiation is generated by a set of electric dipoles excited by an ultra-short duration current having frequency bandwidth of about 10-GHz. The presented EM- fleld calculation technique is carried out by taking into account the evanescent wave efiects. In the flrst step, the time-dependent H-fleld data mapped in 2-D plan placed at the height z0 above the radiating devices are transposed in frequency-dependent data through the fast Fourier transform. In order to respect the near-fleld approach, the arbitrary distance z0 between the EM-fleld mapping plan and radiating source plan should be below one-sixth of the excitation signal minimal wavelength. In the second step, one applies the PWS transform to the obtained frequency-data. Then, through the Maxwell-Ampere relation, one can extract the E-fleld from the calculated PWS of the H-fleld. In the last step, the inverse fast Fourier transform of the obtained E- fleld gives the expected time-dependent results. The relevance of the proposed technique was conflrmed by considering a set of flve dipole sources placed arbitrarily in the horizontal plan equated by z = 0 and excited by a pulse current having amplitude of 50mA and half-width of about 0.6ns. As expected, by using the Hx, Hy and Hz 2-D data calculated with Matlab in the rectangular plan placed at z0 = 3mm and z0 = 5mm above the radiating source, it was demonstrated that


We examine the steady-state spherically symmetric accretion of relativistic fluids, with a polytropic equation of state, onto a higher dimensional Schwarzschild black hole. The mass accretion rate, critical radius, and flow parameters are determined and compared with results obtained in standard four dimensions. The accretion rate, $\dot{M}$, is an explicit function of the black hole mass, $M$, as well as the gas boundary conditions and the dimensionality, $D$, of the spacetime. We also find the asymptotic compression ratios and temperature profiles below the accretion radius and at the event horizon. This analysis is a generalization of Michel's solution to higher dimensions and of the Newtonian expressions of Giddings and Mangano which considers the accretion of TeV black holes.


Abstract : Deep ocean sediment cores recovered by the drill ship D/V GLOMAR CHALLENGER have provided invaluable 'boundary conditions' for the interpretation of marine seismic reflection and refraction data. In combination, these data provide much of the basis for constructing geoacoustic models in support of low-frequency acoustic propagation in the deep ocean. This report provides a concise, graphic correlation between vertical reflection seismic records across the drill holes, and lithologic-physical property data measured from the drilled cores. This correlation and condensation in a standardized format is the first step in producing a synthesis of the data, which will provide insight into the correlation between lithographic and acoustic properties of marine sediments. As stated, this data presentation is only the first step of a synthesis, and interpretation has been minimized. The material is being published at this time in the belief that the condensed data presentation is of immediate value to many people independent of the author's ultimate objective. A detailed discussion of terminology and measurement technique is provided for users from outside the geoscience discipline. (Author)