The purpose of this study was to clarify the CT-Arthrographic features of MDI in more detail. Bilateral shoulders in 13 patients with MDI were studied as well as 13 normal shoulders with no laxity as controls. The average age of the MDI patients was 17.9 years and they consisted of two men and 11 women. The average age of the controls was 18.2 years and they consisted of three men and ten women. CT-Arthrography was done by the double contrast method(slice thickness:5 mm, gap:-2 mm). To clarify the characteristic findings on CT-Arthrography, we compared the symptomatic shoulders of the MDI patients with those of the controls. The MDI patients had a flat subchondral bony glenoid, bony hypoplasia of the posteroinferior glenoid rim, and expansion of the capsule and rotator interval. A small Hill-Sachs lesion and reverse Hill-Sachs lesion were also seen in the patients with a traumatic onset. The glenohumeral index and glenoid tilting angle were not significantly different between the two groups. To determine whether these findings were unique to the symptomatic shoulder of the MDI patients or not, we also made a comparison with the asymptomatic side. There were no differences between the symptomatic and asymptomatic sides except for the Hill-Sachs lesion and reverse Hill-Sachs lesion. Not only soft tissue abnormalities but also bony development may be involved in the mechanism of MDI. Since these findings were also in the asymptomatic side of the MDI shoulder, the developmental factor might be thought to be their cause.


This paper presents results achieved in the frames of a national research project (titled "DIANOEMA"), where visual analysis and sign recognition techniques have been explored on Greek Sign Language (GSL) data. Besides GSL modelling, the aim was to develop a pilot application for teleoperating a mobile robot using natural hand signs. A small vocabulary of hand signs has been designed to enable desktopbased teleoperation at a high-level of supervisory telerobotic control. Real-time visual recognition of the hand images is performed by training a multi-layer perceptron (MLP) neural network. Various shape descriptors of the segmented hand posture images have been explored as inputs to the MLP network. These include Fourier shape descriptors on the contour of the segmented hand sign images, moments, compactness, eccentricity, and histogram of the curvature. We have examined which of these shape descriptors are best suited for real-time recognition of hand signs, in relation to the number and choice of hand postures, in order to achieve maximum recognition performance. The hand-sign recognizer has been integrated in a graphical user interface, and has been implemented with success on a pilot application for real-time desktop-based gestural teleoperation of a mobile robot vehicle.


The role of flood defence trees are investigated on the basis of data of flood defence trees, flood damage, and aerophotos in the time of flood peak and the normal time. It is explained that how hydraulic phenomena of the flood flow change by the deforestaion of flood defence trees, and the construction of revetment in place of these trees. Future subjects for the conservation of flood defence trees are suggested for the harmony of the flood control and environment in rivers.


Through soil culture experiment,it is demonstrated that soaking wheat seeds with mixture (50μg/g) of vitamin B1,B2 and B6,allantion,ferulic acid,vanillic acid,sylisylic acid,and benzoic acid only or mixture (20μg/g) could promote wheat tiller, increase number of spike and yield,spraying with the active material could enhance DOPactivity and decrease content of MDA in flag leaf,delay senility,enhance net photosynthesis rate.


This is what I said in a special talk given at the Minneapolis workshop "Continuous Advances in QCD" in April, 1998: Volodya Gribov was a lightning and thundering example of scientific integrity and honesty. The first time I heard him speak was at a meeting in Eger in August 1988. My first interactions with him stem from a visit to my friends here in Minneapolis in May of 1995. At that time I gave two talks, both on the global issue of gauge fixing and its applications to the dynamics in gauge theories. I did get to the end of those talks and had a few private discussions with Volodya. It is not that I believe to have convinced him this was the way to go our results are furthermore only very modest. Later I learned that he considered having a "picture" to be very important for approaching a problem. In February 1996 I managed to convince Volodya to come and present a colloquium Ehrenfestii, a visit none of us in Leiden and his wife Julia are likely to forget. With sadness we have to bear the loss of a great and unique physicist who relentlessly looked for the truth and forcefully reminded us that we have the duty to do the same. Today I am happy I can repeat this, because it remains true, no matter how long ago this was said. During the memorial in Budapest, called "Gribov75", I decided to talk about "Cosmic Rays: a bridge between high schools and real research". You can still find the slides at www.kfki.hu/∼gribov75/programt.html. Alan


Carbon fiber epoxy composites have become prevalent in a variety of industries, especially in aerospace. The significant non-destructive evaluation (NDE) challenges of composites require new solutions, especially in detecting the onset of thermal damage. This work proposes the use of thermochromic fluorescent molecules dispersed in the composites as sensors for such detection. A molecule has been developed which transitions from a colorless, non-fluorescent state to a colorful, highly fluorescent state when exposed to temperature-time combinations that can cause damage in composites. This molecule dispersed in polymer composites of epoxy and PDMS matrices shows unique activation kinetics that can be used to quantitatively simulate the degradation kinetics of aerospace epoxies. The novel sensor materials based on the thermochromic activation of fluorescence can provide highly efficient and widely applicable NDE materials and techniques for carbon fiber epoxy composites.


Far too many men with prostate cancer are not receiving appropriate care and support from the NHS and are given poor quality and inconsistent information, the Prostate Cancer Charity has said.


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Abstract The thermal properties of 4-hydroxyphenyl 4-(4-alkoxybenzoyloxy)benzoates (1), 4-(4-alkoxyphenox-ycarbonyl)phenyl 4-hydroxybenzoates (2), 4-(4-alkoxybenzoyloxy)phenyl 4-hydroxybenzoates (3), 4-hydroxyphenyl 4-(4-alkoxyphenoxycarbonyl)benzoates (4) and some related compounds have been examined. The nematic-isotropic and smectic A-nematic transition temperatures are compared with those of the related compounds having a methoxy group and a chlorine atom instead of the hydroxy group. The results indicate that the mesomorphic properties are almost independent of the hydrogen bonding at the terminal position. On the other hand, the effect of the hydrogen bonding is recognized in the smectic properties in some binary mixtures consisting of the hydroxy compounds and aryl acids. The effect of hydrogen bonding on mesomorphic properties is discussed.


Significance The ability to promptly switch genes on and off allows bacteria to adapt rapidly to changing environments for better survival. Many small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs), including RyhB, a sRNA made in response to iron starvation, are important switches in bacteria. We discovered factors that can keep the sRNA switch off by using a facile genetic screen platform. These factors include an RNA sponge and an adaptor protein for a ribonuclease, providing distinct perspectives on controlling sRNA signaling in bacteria. As key players of gene regulation in many bacteria, small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) associated with the RNA chaperone Hfq shape numerous phenotypic traits, including metabolism, stress response and adaptation, as well as virulence. sRNAs can alter target messenger RNA (mRNA) translation and stability via base pairing. sRNA synthesis is generally under tight transcriptional regulation, but other levels of regulation of sRNA signaling are less well understood. Here we used a fluorescence-based functional screen to identify regulators that can quench sRNA signaling of the iron-responsive sRNA RyhB in Escherichia coli. The identified regulators fell into two classes, general regulators (affecting signaling by many sRNAs) and RyhB-specific regulators; we focused on the specific ones here. General regulators include three Hfq-interacting sRNAs, CyaR, ChiX, and McaS, previously found to act through Hfq competition, RNase T, a 3′ to 5′ exonuclease not previously implicated in sRNA degradation, and YhbS, a putative GCN5-related N-acetyltransferase (GNAT). Two specific regulators were identified. AspX, a 3′end-derived small RNA, specifically represses RyhB signaling via an RNA sponging mechanism. YicC, a previously uncharacterized but widely conserved protein, triggers rapid RyhB degradation via collaboration with the exoribonuclease PNPase. These findings greatly expand our knowledge of regulation of bacterial sRNA signaling and suggest complex regulatory networks for controlling iron homeostasis in bacteria. The fluorescence-based genetic screen system described here is a powerful tool expected to accelerate the discovery of novel regulators of sRNA signaling in many bacteria.


The reaction mechanism and rate constant of the H2O2+Cl reaction, with and without a single water molecule, was investigated theoretically at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ//B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ level of theory. The calculated results show that there is only one channel for the formation of HO2+HCl in the naked H2O2+Cl reaction with an apparent activation energy of 10.21 kJ∙mol - 1 . When one water molecule is added, the product of the reaction does not change, but the potential energy surface of the reaction becomes complex, yielding three different channels RW1, RW2, and RW3. The single water molecule in the RW1 and RW2 reaction channels has a negative influence on reducing the reaction barrier for the formation of HO2+HCl, whereas it has a positive influence in Channel RW3. Additionally, to estimate the importance of these processes in the atmosphere, their rate constants were evaluated using conventional


Objective:To investigate the effects of stress on episode of depression and the changes of hormones during these process Method:The serum levels of CRH, ACTH, CORT, HGH and PRL of 43 depressive patients and normal controls were assayed by RIA Patients were also assessed with HAMD, LES (life event scale) and NDI (Newcastle depression scale) Result:Twenty-seven (63%) patients had life events as an inducer of episode of depression The average score of LES in patient group was 120±93 The positive rate of DST (dexamethasone suppression test) in patients was 56% Patients had higher level of CRH and ACTH, and lower level of HGH than controls In patient group, there was significant correlation between ACTH level and HAMD score (r=0 39,P0 01), between CORT and NDI (r=0 43, P0 01) Conclusion: Depression may be induced by stress life events Patients have hormone difference to normal control


The 'Osland vs The Queen' case is reviewed, in which the Supreme Court of Victoria convicted the appellant, Heather Osland, of murdering her husband Frank. Osland appealed to the Australian High Court by special leave, contesting her conviction of murder. The case was the first time that the High Court had considered the role of 'Battered Woman Syndrome' evidence.


Does the undocumented status of 1.5-generation Latinos (those who migrated at a young age) in the United States affect their political, civic, and public selves? Our approach to this question begins with a theoretical framework based on the concept of abjectivity, which draws together abject status and subjectivity. We argue that the practices of the biopolitics of citizenship and governmentality—surveillance, immigration documents, employment forms, birth certificates, tax forms, drivers' licenses, credit card applications, bank accounts, medical insurance,carinsurance, random detentions, and deportations—enclose, penetrate, define, limit, and frustrate the lives of undocumented 1.5-generation Latino immigrants. We examine data from a random-sample telephone survey of 805 Latinos and 396 whites in Orange County, California, to provide general patterns that distinguish 1.5-generation Latino immigrants from their first-generation counterparts and to suggest the contours of their lives as undocumented immigrants. We then examine in-depth interviews with 80 respondents also in Orange County who provide extensive qualitative information and personal narratives. The analysis shows how abjectivity and illegality constrain daily life, create internalized fears, in some ways immobilize their victims, and in other ways motivate them to engage politically to resist the dire conditions of their lives. The "abject" designates that which has been expelled from the body, discharged as excrement, literally rendered "Other." This appears as an expulsion of alien elements, but the alien is effectively established through this expulsion. (Judith Butler .05). These views and experiences indicate the social, material, and psychic costs of illegality and abjectivity.


Abstract The ability of two wild-type (C58 and Ach5) and one transconjugant (A281) Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains to incite tumours on some woody fruit species of the Rosaceae, Vitaceae and Rutaceae was determined in comparison to tobacco and tomato plants. Agrobacterium strain A281 has been reported to be supervirulent on tobacco and tomato. Here, the supervirulent phenotype of A281 was clearly shown on tobacco plants but not on two different tomato cultivars. On woody fruit hosts, relative virulence induced by each Agrobacterium strain was dependent on the infecting strain and the host species. On Rutaceae, A281 showed a supervirulent phenotype, while on Rosaceae and on grapevine the responses to all Agrobacterium strains were highly variable and supervirulence was never observed. It is suggested that different responses observed on different host species are probably due to the specificity of the Agrobacterium strain–host interaction. Implications of these results for the concept of supervirulence associated with strain A281 and its disarmed derivatives are discussed.


When there is a loss of a part of the nose, whatever may be the cause, two methods of treatm~nt are to be considered: rhinoplasty and prosthesis. Before sketching rapidly the evidences of the indications for one or the other, it is well to admit that theoretically the rebuilding of a nose by rhinoplasty. provided that the result is neither deplorable nor ridiculous, is always to be preferred to prosthesis. The latter, ther., should be employed in only three conditions: 1. When rhinoplasty is impossible or contraindicated. 2. When rhinoplasty will not give satisfactory esthetic results. 3. As a temporary measure, either before or during the different stages of surgical treatment. \\le have no intention of giving here the historical accoUt.t of rhinoplasty and the description of the different methods which have been employed in turn. All of this has been described in another connection in the treatise on rhinoplasty by Nelaton and Ombredanne. At the present time rhinoplasty' by means of a cartilage graft is the method chosen. This has found wide use since the war. It is because we have had occasion in the center of maxillofacial surgery at Lyon to observe numerous cases of nasal traumatisms and loss of substance that I have thought it useful to give here a few observations on rhinoplasty and nasal prosthesis as well to complete the presentation which I have already made on this subject from the standpoint of the service which can be rendered us by prosthesis or rhinoplasty when their indications are judiciously examined and applied. When there is a case of tubercular, syphilitic or cancerous lesions the general or local cOlldition very often stands in the


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The lake at Llandrindod Wells, Wales, UK, is a typical urban shallow lake. Created in the 19th century for amenity, it has a long history of management for various, often conflicting, purposes. After the 1950s, the once clear water became turbid with phytoplankton, and aquatic plants became very scarce.

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The most likely reason for this was introduction of common carp, for angling, into a fish community that contained no piscivores. Mobilization of phosphorus from the sediments by activities of the fish led to severe internal phosphorus loading, culminating ultimately in a requirement to close the lake, temporarily in summer, to water contact activities, because of a risk of toxic cyanophyte blooms.

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The lake-owners decided to restore the lake to greater amenity and conservation value by biomanipulation of the fish community and associated works. The restoration was successful in restoring clear water and plant communities, but because of the nature of the plants reintroduced, there were new problems of dense plant growth. Ownership of the lake then changed and, in a somewhat confused situation, the lake has been returned to a carp fishery.

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Documents on the history of management of the lake, and available limnological data, are reviewed in relation to a general strategy for lake restoration and general lessons are drawn for future restoration projects.

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This note exhibits graphs whose chromatic polynomials have the Beraha number $B_{10} = (5 + \sqrt{5})/2$ as a root. It was previously known that no other non-integer Beraha number is a chromatic root, and so these examples complete the determination of precisely which Beraha numbers can be chromatic roots.


In a monetary union, macroeconomic policies are strongly associated with externalities that imply the need for coordination. However, if coordination is not complete, it might be unable to cope with the externalities. This paper investigates different solutions for internalizing policy externalities. In particular, we compare wage coordination to the conservative central banker solution, which the recent literature has found able to impose wage moderation on labor unions. We also discuss some issues related to labor flexibility reforms as a solution for the unemployment problem.


Purpose. To investigate the clinical, phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus strains causing osteoarticular infections in a large paediatric series. Methodology. Medical records of children who were hospitalized with the diagnosis of community‐associated S. aureus (CA‐SA) osteomyelitis and/or septic arthritis in the two major tertiary paediatric hospitals of Athens during an 8‐year period (2007‐2015) were reviewed, and S. aureus isolates were analysed regarding antimicrobial resistance, detection of pathogenicity genes and genotyping using SCCmec, agr typing, PFGE and MLST. Results. During the study period, 123 children with CA‐SA osteoarticular infections were identified, and methicillin‐resistant S. aureus (MRSA) accounted for 44 of these (35.8 %). Children with MRSA infection had a significantly higher admission rate to the ICU (5.7 vs 0 %, P=0.04) and longer duration of hospitalization (21.6 vs 16.7 days, P=0.04). Sixty‐eight isolates [42 (methicillin‐sensitive S. aureus) MSSA and 26 MRSA] were available for molecular analysis. All MRSA strains were mecA‐positive and most carried the SCCmec IV cassette (23/26, 88 %) and belonged to the PFGE type C (24/26, 92.3 %), agr type 3 (24/26, 92.3 %) and the MLST ST80 clone (24/26, 92.3 %). In contrast, MSSA strains showed polyclonality by PFGE and agr typing. Regarding pathogenicity genes, MRSA vs MSSA isolates showed higher detection rates of PVL (96.2 vs 4.8 %, P<0.0001) and fib (80.8 vs 50 %, P=0.02). Conclusions. In our study a considerable number of S. aureus osteoarticular infections were due to CA‐MRSA isolates, most of which belonged to the ST80 clone and had a higher incidence of specific virulence factors, entailing higher ICU admission rates and a longer duration of hospitalization.


This research was conducted to determine the factors that influence the performance of the staff of the Pidie Jaya District Education Office by examining individual characteristics and work environment variables. This study used a sample of 84 employees with a total sampling method. The data analysis tool used is SPSS version 21 with the multiple linear regression method. Based on the results of the regression calculations on the SPSS output section, it can be formulated as follows: Y = 1.104 + 0.646 X1 + 0.278X2. From the results of the multiple linear regression test above, it can be seen that the constant value is 1.104, meaning that if the individual characteristic variables and work environment are considered constant or constant, it will improve the performance of the Pidie Jaya Regency Education Office employees by 1.104. The positive and significant regression coefficient value is 0.646. This means that every 1% increase in the value of individual characteristics will increase employee performance by 0.646. So the better the individual characteristics of the Pidie Jaya District Education Office employees, the better the employee's performance. The test results for the work environment variable obtained a positive and significant regression coefficient value of 0.278. This means that any increase in the value of the work environment by 1%, it will increase employee performance by 0.278%. So the better the work environment at the Pidie Jaya District Education Office, the more employee performance will be. From the results of hypothesis testing simultaneously or as a whole, it is known that the value of individual characteristics and the work environment has a simultaneous or joint influence on the performance of the Pidie Jaya Regency Education Office staff. The results of the study on the effect of individual characteristics obtained t-count 8,683 greater than t-table 1,663 with a probability of 0.00 less than 0.05, it means that individual characteristics have a partial and significant influence on the performance of the employees of the Pidie Jaya Regency Education Office. The results of the study on the influence of the work environment obtained a t-count value of 3.894 greater than t table of 1.663 with a probability of 0.00 less than 0.05, it means that the work environment has a partial and significant influence on the performance of the employees of the Pidie Jaya Regency Education Office. From the two variables studied, it is known that individual characteristics play the most dominant role in employee performance at the Pidie Jaya Regency Education Office. Keywords: Individual Characteristics, Work Environment and Performance


In this paper, we establish exact solutions for coupled nonlinear evolution equations. The sine–cosine method is used to construct exact periodic and soliton solutions of coupled nonlinear evolution equations. Many new families of exact travelling wave solutions of the (2+1)-dimensional Konopelchenko–Dubrovsky equations and the coupled nonlinear Klein–Gordon and Nizhnik–Novikov–Veselov equations are successfully obtained. The obtained solutions include compactons, solitons, solitary patterns and periodic solutions. These solutions may be important and of significance for the explanation of some practical physical problems.


The ablation characteristics of the output of an ArF excimer laser at 193 nm when applied to the corneal tissue have received much attention because they offer the prospect of correcting visual errors by actually reshaping the cornea. The reshaping of the cornea is done by projecting onto the cornea the image of a small aperture, which is in effect etched onto the cornea with every pulse of the laser. The extent and type of correction under consideration (myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism) determine the shape of the aperture as well as its trajectory onto the cornea. The summation of the elementary ablations over the cornea yields the global required ablation. Mathematical developments explaining how the shape of the apertures as well as their trajectories are determined to obtain a given correction are explained. Optical components other than the cornea could be machined in an analogous manner.


S‐nitrosothiols are adducts of NO and cysteine thiol groups that can be formed in many mammalian tissues and are known to play a role in a variety of physiological functions including signal transduction and host defense. The biological effects of S‐nitrosothiols may be regulated via 1) homolytic or heterolytic decomposition to NO; or 2) direct exchange of –NO function with thiol containing proteins (trans‐S‐nitrosation). Using 2‐D gel electrophoresis and chemical revelation of S‐nitrosated proteins followed by protein identification via MALDI TOF, we were able to detect NO‐induced changes in S‐nitrosation of the proteome of sheep pulmonary artery endothelial cells (SPAEC) exposed to the cell membrane‐permeant nitric oxide donor L‐S‐Nitrosocyteine ethyl ester (L‐SNCEE). S‐nitrosation of several cellular proteins was observed including modification of hNRNP A3 and a homologue of PDI. Changes in protein S‐nitrosation were also analyzed in mouse lung endothelial cells (MLEC) and human aortic endothelial cells (HAEC) exposed to L‐SNCEE. We observed interspecies‐differences (HAEC>SPAEC>MLEC) in the relative amounts of protein nitrosation after exposure to NO donor. These results indicate that NO may play an important role in the regulation of cellular signaling through post‐translational protein modification and there are apparent species differences in the magnitude of such modification.


This paper introduced the establishment condition of transformer oil standard system in China and abroad, as well as the specifications of transformer oil of SIEMENS and ABB Company. The new products of transformer oil such as KI50X, KI50AX and KI45X developed by China Petroleum Lubricant Company were also introduced to meet the development of transformer oil for HVDC transformer and EHV transformer in China.


Because having hearing or speech impairments might make it more difficult for an individual to communicate, the objective of the strategy that has been offered is to narrow the gap in communication that exists between a person with a disability and a typical person. Our goal is to create a hand glove that is capable of not only translating sign language into voice but also displaying text on an app. Additionally, the application will be able to do the task in reverse, translating spoken words into sign language. To develop a full sign language translator app that is capable of translating speech into sign language and sign language into speech vice versa. The technique that has been suggested is intended to help persons with hearing and speech impairments overcome the challenges they experience and improve their ability to communicate with others. Arduino, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), and Natural Language Processing are the technologies that are used to accomplish it (NLP). In order to get data on motion, Arduino will be paired with a number of other sensors, such as flex sensors. The convolutional neural network (CNN) will be implemented in Python by making use of the Keras library. All of them will be combined into a single application called Streamlit, which will be developed using the dart programming language.


Due to increasing demand for more bandwidth and higher data rates, the design complexity and constraints of high performance digital system have increased rapidly. Apart from the circuit design challenges, high speed interconnects have brought new challenges in signal transmission integrity and timing requirements. It is known that memory play a vital part of high performance digital system and, the feasible data transfer rate from memory is greatly influenced by performance of interconnects between memory and controller. Increase in data transfer rate from memory and decrease in access latency reduce the timing margin available to each component such as memory controller, PHY, memory module and interconnects. Hence, a diligent budgeting of timing requirement for each sub system is essential to achieve better end-to-end performance. In this paper, timing optimization of interconnects on signal integrity and timing analysis perspective is presented. As a case study an 800 Mbps interface between a dual-rank DDR3 memory and Virtex-6 FPGA has been analyzed and validated. The adopted techniques enabled deriving appropriate timing budget for interconnects and ascertain end-to-end data rate is not degraded due to sub-optimal design of interconnects. Further, the analysis also assisted to derive appropriate routing density, trace length matching, and addressing impedance discontinuities, via selection and signal integrity aware routing.


Abstract No Abstract Available. * This is the third of the series published in successive issues of the Angle Orthodontist.


Plotting via paper space is a widely used method in Auto CAD plotting of landscape engineering design drawing.This method of plotting could reduce the workload,including Auto CAD drawing and conversion of plotting proportion.The layout and V-ports of paper space are more beneficial for typesetting and zooming.It is enough to close some plots in V-ports or adjust certain parameters for different paper or different paper plotting.


Introduction Assessing the risk factors for and consequences of infection with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy is essential to guide clinical guidelines and care. Previous studies on the influence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy have been among hospitalised patients, which may have exaggerated risk estimates of severe outcomes because all cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the pregnant population were not included. The objectives of this study were to identify risk factors for and outcomes after SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy independent of severity of infection in a universally tested population, and to identify risk factors for and outcomes after severe infection requiring hospital admission. Material and Methods This was a prospective population-based cohort study in Denmark using data from the Danish National Patient Register and Danish Microbiology Database and prospectively registered data from medical records. We included all pregnancies between March 1 and October 31, 2020 and compared women with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test during pregnancy to non-infected pregnant women. Cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy were both identified prospectively and through register linkage to secure that all cases were identified and that cases were pregnant during infection. Main outcome measures were pregnancy, delivery, maternal, and neonatal outcomes. Severe infection was defined as hospital admission due to COVID-19. Results Among 82 682 pregnancies, 418 women had SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy, corresponding to an incidence of 5.1 per 1000 pregnancies, 23 (5.5%) of which required hospital admission due to COVID-19. Risk factors for infection were asthma (OR 2.19 [1.41-3.41]) and being foreign born (OR 2.12 [1.70-2.64]). Risk factors for hospital admission due to COVID-19 included obesity (OR 2.74 [1.00-7.51]), smoking (OR 4.69 [1.58-13.90]), infection after gestational age (GA) 22 weeks (GA 22-27 weeks: OR 3.77 [1.16-12.29]; GA 28-36 weeks: OR 4.76 [1.60-14.12]) and having asthma (OR 4.53 [1.39-14.79]). We found no difference in any obstetric or neonatal outcomes. Conclusions Only 1 in 20 women with SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy require admission to hospital due to COVID-19. And severe outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy are rare.


Due to high rates of irrational use of medicines and low rates of medication adherence among older Iranian patients, this study aimed to explore the determinants of medication adherence in the elderly.


Given a discrete-time, linear, shift-invariant channel with finite impulse response, the problem of designing finite-length input signals with bounded amplitude (l/sub /spl infin// norm) such that the corresponding output signals are maximally separated in amplitude (l/sub /spl infin// sense) is considered. In general, this is a nonconvex optimization problem, and appears to be computationally difficult. An optimization algorithm that seems to perform well is described. Optimized signal sets and associated minimum distances (minimum l/sub /spl infin// separation between two distinct channel outputs) are presented for some example impulse responses. A conjectured upper bound on the minimum distance is given that is easily computed given the impulse response of the channel, the number of inputs, and the input length. This upper bound is shown to be valid for a limited class of impulse response functions. >


ABSTRACT This article looks at the problems of youth homelessness and running away, and analyses how the agencies who deal with these problems define them. Based on extensive research material, it presents three main findings. It illustrates that agencies appear to present the problems with which they deal to an outside audience, externally, in a number of different ways and that these statements do not depend solely on the characteristics of their clients. Instead, they also reflect the structure, purpose and resources of the involved agencies themselves. Additionally, however, agencies also appear to categorise their potential clients internally, in terms of who they can and cannot assist. To help reach these decisions, many of these organisations use a set of classifications linked to whether or not they perceive their potential clients to be deserving or undeserving. The paper concludes with the recognition that these labels are not in any way fixed. Rather, there are identifiable processes involved in these classifications.


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The success or failure, of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides applied as soil amendments depends on distribution and concentration of the material in the soil.


The successful therapy by new antitumour drugs increased number
of patients with side effects after this treatment (cardio- and
neurotoxicity). Anthracyclines are suggested to cause
cardiomyopathy because of interference with fatty acid
metabolism and they also interact with the autonomous nervous
system (ANS). Our results show, that the development of ANS
tone seems to be missing in the older population of subjects
after cardiotoxic therapy.


The growth in mobile technology (such as smartphones and tablets), has led to the development of an abundance of applications that take advantage of today's technological possibilities and have aroused interest for research. The purpose of this study is the development of a mobile multimedia application that follows usability guidelines and takes into account the particular mobile environment.
In addition, the study also aims at examining the idea of emotional design, which gives an extra layer to an application, beyond usability. In an effort to examine whether this kind of design can affect the user's perception of the application's usability, two versions of the same application were created, only one of which implemented emotional design, with the aim to evaluate the usability perception of the different versions and compare them.
For this reason, after studying issues about usability and its evaluation, particularly when it comes to mobile devices, we searched for mobile application design guidelines and particularly those linked with emotional design. After laying the necessary technological background, the two versions of the application were implemented using the Android platform.
After the research questions were formulated, the two versions were given to two user groups for testing and evaluating. Through this process it was possible for the research questions to be answered and conclusions, as well as future recommendations, to be made.


This article investigates the problems that confront academe and suggests that faculty work has changed so profoundly in recent years that tenure is no longer sufficient and/or necessary. The author argues that intellectual freedom and accountability are competing demands that must be met simultaneously. He reviews the problems that exist, how tenure exacerbates those problems, and how an expanded faculty career profile might be one way to solve some of the vexing problems that confront colleges and universities.


The level of undergraduate's degree paper is one of the important indicators of teaching quality. In this paper, mathematical modeling of FAHP (Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process) is given, and then undergraduate's degree paper of the college with an example is elaborated a comprehensive evaluation of quantitative science, in order to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of teachers and students, and constantly promote the improvement of the quality of college teaching.


Reducing steel content depends upon the rational arrangement of structure,right selection of load value and the discreet choice of calculation parameter as well as appropriate construction measures.Only by deep comprehension on the codes and norms and incessant optimization of structural design,can it be possible to work out a safe and economical structure.


For a class of Petri nets whose uncontrollable influence subnets are forward synchronization and backward conflict-free nets, this paper proposes an algorithm to transform a given generalized mutual exclusion constraint (GMEC) into an optimal admissible one. Based on the proposed constraint transformation, a method is given to synthesize an optimal monitor-based supervisors. The proposed method utilizes an optimal monitor-based supervisor to enforce a GMEC containing infinite elements, which has not been seen in any prior research. Moreover, it has higher computational efficiency at the expense of application scope than some existing methods. An example is used to illustrate the application of the proposed method.


A renal blood fl ow (RBF) circadian rhythm and its relationship with eating and rumination was described in six once daily fed (09.00-12.00 h) caged sheep, using ultrasonic fl owmeters bilaterally implanted around renal arteries. Following a rapid raise during the fi rst 20 min after the start of feeding, the RBF progressively increased until 15.00 h (14% maximum increase, P<0.05 from 12.10 to 20.50 h compared with pre-feeding values (519 ml/min)). After 15.00 h, the RBF regularly decreased reaching its minimum values before the next feeding time. An effect of rumination on RBF circadian rhythm was not observed.


Purpose: Technetium-99m–sestamibi single-photon emission CT/x-ray CT is an emerging clinical tool to differentiate oncocytic tumors from renal cell carcinomas. We report data from a large institutional cohort of patients who underwent technetium-99m–sestamibi scans during evaluation of renal masses. Materials and Methods: Patients who underwent technetium-99m–sestamibi single-photon emission CT/x-ray CT between February 2020 and December 2021 were included in the analysis. Scans were defined as "hot" for oncocytic tumor when technetium-99m–sestamibi uptake was qualitatively equivalent or higher between the mass of interest and normal renal parenchyma, suggesting oncocytoma, hybrid oncocytic/chromophobe tumor, or chromophobe renal cell carcinoma. Demographic, pathological, and management strategy data were compared between "hot" and "cold" scans. For individuals who underwent diagnostic biopsy or extirpative procedures, the concordance between radiological findings and pathology was indexed. Results: A total of 71 patients (with 88 masses) underwent technetium-99m–sestamibi imaging with 60 (84.5%) patients having at least 1 "cold" mass on imaging and 11 (15.5%) patients exhibiting only "hot" masses. Pathology was available for 7 "hot" masses, with 1 biopsy specimen (14.3%) being discordant (clear cell renal cell carcinoma). Five patients with "cold" masses underwent biopsy. Out of 5 biopsied masses, 4 (80%) were discordant oncocytomas. Of the extirpated specimens, 35/40 (87.5%) harbored renal cell carcinoma and 5/40 (12.5%) yielded discordant oncocytomas. In sum, 20% of pathologically sampled masses that were "cold" on technetium-99m–sestamibi imaging still harbored oncocytoma/hybrid oncocytic/chromophobe tumor/chromophobe renal cell carcinoma. Conclusions: Further work is needed to define utility of technetium-99m–sestamibi in real-world clinical practice. Our data suggest this imaging strategy is not yet ready to replace biopsy.


Broadcasting problem is an important issue in the wireless networks, especially in dynamic wireless networks. In dynamic wireless networks the node density and mobility is high, due to several problems which arise during broadcasting. Two major problems faced are namely, Broadcast Storm Problem and Disconnected network problem. In a highly dense network, if information is being flooded in a loop, it could lead to broadcast storm. The broadcast storm may eventually crash the entire network and lead to loss of information. Mobility of the nodes may lead to the problem of Disconnected Network. If the two nodes sending and receiving information are mobile with different speeds, it could lead to a disconnection between them as soon as the receiver moves out of the communication range. In this paper, we are trying to solve both the problems based on our proposed algorithms.


Objective To assess the survival and prognostic factors in patients with newly diagnosed incident systemic sclerosis (SSc)–associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the modern management era. Methods Prospectively enrolled SSc patients in the French PAH Network between January 2006 and November 2009, with newly diagnosed PAH and no interstitial lung disease, were analysed (85 patients, mean age 64.9±12.2 years). Median follow-up after PAH diagnosis was 2.32 years. Results A majority of patients were in NYHA functional class III–IV (79%). Overall survival was 90% (95% CI 81% to 95%), 78% (95% CI 67% to 86%) and 56% (95% CI 42% to 68%) at 1, 2 and 3 years from PAH diagnosis, respectively. Age (HR: 1.05, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.09, p=0.012) and cardiac index (HR: 0.49, 95% CI 0.27 to 0.89, p=0.019) were significant predictors in the univariate analysis. We also observed strong trends for gender, SSc subtypes, New York Heart Association functional class, pulmonary vascular resistance and capacitance to be significant predictors in the univariate analysis. Conversely, six-min walk distance, mean pulmonary arterial and right atrial pressures were not significant predictors. In the multivariate model, gender was the only independent factor associated with survival (HR: 4.76, 95% CI 1.35 to 16.66, p=0.015 for male gender). Conclusions Incident SSc-associated PAH remains a devastating disease even in the modern management era. Age, male gender and cardiac index were the main prognosis factors in this cohort of patients. Early detection of less severe patients should be a priority.


Soyapulp (moisture 70–80%) contained OM 93.28, CP 30.06, EE 16.89, CF 7.75, NFE 38.58, NDF 60.58, ADF 16.53, liemicellulose 44.05 and cellulose 4.94% on DM basis. It could not be sundried alone due to its gel type texture and sticky nature. Mixture of fresh soyapulp with deoiled rice bran (DRB) in the proportion of 3:1 (T1), 4:1(T2), 5:1 (T3) and 6:1 (T4), and with wheat straw in the ratio of 4:1 (T5), 5:1 (T6), 6:1 (T7) and 7:1 (T8) were dried under the sun. T1 to T4 took 40 to 46h (DM 87.0 to 91.3%) whereas T5 to T took40 to 50 h (DM89.0 to92.7). Wheat straw and soyapulp mixed in the ratio of 1:3 to 1:6 could not be preserved after treating with urea (0.5%), common salt (1.5%) alone or in combination. Twelve crossbred calves (lyr., 153 kg) were divided into two groups and fed wheat straw ad lib (Group I) and wheat straw ad lib+Soyapulp ad lib (Group II) for 30d. Wheat straw DMI was 2.37±0.14, and 1.43±0.21 kg/d in group I, IT. Soyapulp DMI kg/d and per 100 kg B.wt. was 1.25±0.16 and 2.00 ±0.24 in group II. Digestibility coefficients of soyapulp calculated by subtraction method were; DM 65.61±6.61, CP 84.24±1.26, OM 64.91±10.40, EE 79.26±1.99, CF -48.63±34.62, NDF 61,93±9.98, ADF 21.24±18.82 and Cell contents 69.94±5.25. DCP and TDN contents of soyapulp were 25.33 and 80.87%, respectively.


Automation has become ubiquitous in modern complex systems and commercial nuclear power plants are no exception. Beyond the control of plant functions and systems, automation is applied to a wide range of additional functions including monitoring and detection, situation assessment, response planning, response implementation, and interface management. Automation has become a 'team player' supporting plant personnel in nearly all aspects of plant operation. In light of the increasing use and importance of automation in new and future plants, guidance is needed to enable the NRC staff to conduct safety reviews of the human factors engineering (HFE) aspects of modern automation. The objective of the research described in this report was to develop guidance for reviewing the operator's interface with automation. We first developed a characterization of the important HFE aspects of automation based on how it is implemented in current systems. The characterization included five dimensions: Level of automation, function of automation, modes of automation, flexibility of allocation, and reliability of automation. Next, we reviewed literature pertaining to the effects of these aspects of automation on human performance and the design of human-system interfaces (HSIs) for automation. Then, we used the technical basis established by the literature to develop designmore » review guidance. The guidance is divided into the following seven topics: Automation displays, interaction and control, automation modes, automation levels, adaptive automation, error tolerance and failure management, and HSI integration. In addition, we identified insights into the automaton design process, operator training, and operations.« less


Persisting"People-oriented"idea refers to a radical guarantee to do a good job in the management in project departments in construction enterprises,which can motivate employees' enthusiasm maximally.The aritcle analyzes the talent employment and cultivation in these departments,and expounds the allocation of the management power in project departments.


Education is guaranteed by the government of the Republic of Indonesia through the 1945 Constitution. Universities must maintain the ratio of incoming students equal to the number of graduating students, which affects accreditation. The problem faced by the ISB Atma Luhur Campus is that students who graduate on time still have to be improved due to many dropout students. As a result, there is a considerable accumulation of students in each graduation period. The solution to this problem is that it is necessary to apply data mining in predicting graduation using the C4.5 algorithm. The results of this study are the implementation of the C4.5 algorithm to predict student graduation on time or not on time. The training data used is student data from 2012 to 2015. The acceptance rate generated by the confusion matrix gets 78% accuracy, 82.75% precision, 80% recall, and 75% specificity with 100 training data and 50 test data. The F1 prediction score for graduation is 0.813, which shows good application performance. It is hoped that the prediction data obtained can be found a solution so that all students can graduate on time.


We present a bandit-style problem arising from a specific problem in agent-based modeling of games. In this preliminary work, we provide some initial heuristic algorithms and compare against some baselines.


Realistic human as a point of departure in historical materialism,is a basic point of Marxist human knowledge. Marxism thinks that realistic human is who engages in practice in some social relationships.It is nature existence,practice existence, and social existence.Marx concerns the living situation and development fate of realistic human by studying them.The contemporary suffering of human's reality were characterized by the relationship of human and nature,human and science technology,human and social relation,etc.Contemporarily,the idea of"human-oriented"directs the realistic avenues to set up human's contemporary suffering:building ecological,advocating humanistic care,coming to fairness and justice.


This paper makes an in-depth study of the political, geograpical and cultural causes for the vocabulary differences between both sides across the Taiwan Straits, and reaches a new conclusion that the political factors are the discrepancies in political views and political sytems that began at the twenties and thirties of the twentieth century and have now ho broadened, whereas the geographical, dialectal and cultural factors include not only the influences of Fujian dialect and culture in Taiwan, but also the influences of Jiangsu dialect and others in East China on the one hand and the influences of the Jqpanese language upon the Chinese language used in Taiwan on the other hand.


Obesity is an increasingly prevalent disease characterized by multiple metabolic derangements controlled by environmental and genetic factors. Lipid metabolism abnormalities are prevalent in obesity and can manifest in hepatic steatosis, elevated serum lipids, and impaired lipid transport. Mice with a deletion of a gene for the synthesis of phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) gain less weight when fed a high fat diet. We examined whether humans with single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes related to PtdCho and choline metabolism are less likely to be obese. We genotyped 660 individuals from the Duke University Health Systems nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) Clinical Database and Blood/Tissue Repository for 364 SNPs in genes of choline metabolism, including 49 SNPs in ATP binding cassette, subfamily B, member 4 gene (ABCB4). ABCB4 is a PtdCho flippase responsible for secreting PtdCho from liver into bile. A linear model was used to examine the relationship of these SNPs to body mass index (BMI). Eight ABCB4 SNPs were found to be significantly associated with BMI after adjustment for gender (false discovery rate adjusted p value < 0.05). These findings suggest a relationship between PtdCho metabolism and obesity that was previously unappreciated. Future studies will address additional metabolic and clinical parameters that could further explain these findings. This work is supported by NIH grant DK055865.


This article comments on the thoughts about Confucian classics of Jiao Xun, Ruan Yuan, Ling Tingcan, and explains that the study of Confucian classics in the Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns was set up as the opposite of Lixue (the rationalistic Confucian School) in the Song and Ming Dynasty which indulged in empty talk about mind. In the Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns, the first emergent school of Confucian classics was Wupai which held Hui Dong as its representative figure. Followed Wupai was Wanpai which had Dai Zhen as its typical representative, then there goes the Yangzhou school with Jiao Xun, Ruan Yuan, Ling Tingcan on its behalf. Wupais purpose was to revive Xungu (exegetical studies) in the Han Dynasty, and then formed the Han school of classical philology. While Wanpai maintained that one can understand the doctrines of Confucians and Mencius by way of Xungu. The Yangzhou school advocated facing to human life and to practice. Those three historical schools appeared in succession and constituted the study of Confucian classics in the Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns whose feature was upheld as Puxue. The previous research workers equated it with the Han school of classical philology, or considered it as the study of textual criticism. Both of them does not conform to the reality.


DOUGLAS A PATTON Medicinal Plant Use in the San Luis Valley, Costa Rica: A Proposed Cuadro Basico (Under the direction of DR. JIM AFFOLTER) In this paper, I define the role of a local medicinal plant garden as an integral component in efforts towards conserving biological diversity while simultaneously conserving cultural diversity. The local medicinal plant garden is a botanic garden that features content focusing on a local culture's use of medicinal plants. The local medicinal plant garden should be implemented amongst other ex-situ and in-situ conservation programs that integrate biological conservation with the local communities that are affected by the conservation measures. The establishment of a local medicinal plant requires an exhaustive study of the local culture, such that the content is accurate and properly targeted to the intended audience. Through the examination of documents that relate to the San Luis valley community's medicinal plant use, I compile a Microsoft Access database of information on medicinal plants. From this database, I extrapolate a proposed cuadro basico, a list of a community's most important medicinal plants. I explain the limitations and the relevance of the cuadro basico to the San Luis valley medicinal plant garden at the University of Georgia's Ecolodge and Research Station San Luis. This analysis of the San Luis valley community's medicinal plant usage is an early step in the development of the understanding of the exact nature of the role of medicinal plants in the lives of the community members of the San Luis valley. MEDICINAL PLANT USE IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY, COSTA RICA: A PROPOSED CUADRO BASICO


A radiographic study of a singular type of threaded cup, revised due to aseptic loosening, was performed with Einzel-Bild-Roentgen-Analyse (EBRA) to detect eventual risk factors and patterns of loosening. Fifty-three cups of 50 patients were revised. Forty-two cups could be measured with EBRA. No cup had obvious osteolysis, 33 cups demonstrated early migration, and all cups had migrated at the time of revision. Twenty-eight of the cups had a change of inclination and 21 of anteversion, respectively. The mean migration was 1.9mm in themedial and7.9mmin thecranial direction; the mean wear rate was 0.2 mm/year. Cups with early migration had a higher migration rate. All male patients had early migration; medially placed cups had less migration than the other cups. Wear was not significantly affected by the migration of the implant. No cup had a complete radiolucent line, and the only radiographic sign for loosening was the change of position of the cup. Medial placement showed less migration in case of loosening. Regular radiographic follow-up is recommended for the examined implant, and the cup should not be used in the future. Resume Une etude radiographique d'une cupule vissee reprise pour descellement aseptique a ete faite avec la


Very few familial occurrences of malignant melanomas in human beings have been recorded. The rarity of this occurrence may indicate pure coincidence, and it is possible that genetic factors play no part in the cause of malignant melanomas. However, the presence of the tumor in twins strongly suggests a genetic background.


We describe our systems for the WMT14 Shared Task on Quality Estimation (subtasks 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3). Our submissions use the framework of Multi-task Gaussian Processes, where we combine multiple datasets in a multi-task setting. Due to the large size of our datasets we also experiment with Sparse Gaussian Processes, which aim to speed up training and prediction by providing sensible sparse approximations.


This paper reports for the first time, the effects of emitter short structures, ESD(a), ESD(b)(see Fig.l), as well as the effect of a very shallow emitter on the reverse recovery characteristics for 4kV high voltage diodes. It was found that a diode with a shallow p-emitter and emitter short structures attains half of the reverse recovery current Irr, compared to conventional punch-through type p-i-n diode. It was also found that ESD has a further advantage, in that the leakage current is as low as conventional p-n junction diodes, even at 125 E. ESD structures with a fine n+ and p+ short structure attains no parasitic effect, even at current density 100 A/& and di/dt -1000 A/&/ps conditions.


Accept Date 2019-10-13 ABSTRACT Background: Autoimmune bullous skin dermatoses (AIBD) diagnosis relies on direct immunofluorescence examination performed on frozen tissue sections. However, this is not always available for DIF; therefore, alternative techniques needed for diagnosis. We tested the usefulness of C4d immunohistochemistry on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue (FFPE) sections for the diagnosis of AIBD. Objective: to evaluate the role of C4d expression using immunohistochemistry in diagnosis of some autoimmune bullous skin diseases. Methods: This study included FFPE tissue blocks of 35 cases from archives of pathology department, Faculty of medicine, Zagazig University in the period from January 2017 to December 2017. These 35 cases were diagnosed histopathologically as: 30 cases autoimmune bullous dermatoses (18 pemphigus vulgaris, 6 bullous pemphigoid, 3 pemphigus foliaceus and 3 drug induced pemphigus) and 5 cases erythema multiforme. Specimens were obtained as punch biopsy from the edge of a recent bullous lesion. C4d immunostaining was performed and correlated with clinicopathology. Results: C4d immunohistochemistry was a reliable method for detecting AIBD in 29 of 30 cases diagnosed by histopathology, with 96.7% sensitivity. Also it was efficient in ruling out all the 5 negative cases ruled out by histopathology with 100% specificity. Conclusion: When correlated with the light microscopic and clinical findings, the C4d assay defines an important diagnostic adjunct in the evaluation of some autoimmune vesiculobullous dermatoses. It may prompt further DIF testing or, in some instances, may even define a reasonable substitute for DIF and/or add to the morphologic assessment of a biopsy specimen submitted for routine light microscopic assessment. Key words; C4d, Immunohistochemistry, Autoimmune Bullous Dermatoses.


A ground base station (GBS) antenna array system (AAS) geometry and feed technique are proposed for 360° azimuth beam scan, elevation beam scan, azimuth beam-width control, elevation beam-width control, and in existing AASs these four capabilities do not coexist. First, the results confirm that the number of active radio-frequency (RF) switches in the proposed AAS feed network is reduced by more than 99%, and the AAS achieves a power consumption reduction of up to 50% without fully connected (FC) architecture and 35% with FC architecture compared to the existing AAS. Also, an independent GBS AAS azimuth and elevation plane beam-width control can be achieved from 65° to 0.01° which makes it suitable for GBS-assisted wireless back-hauling plus wireless charging of unmanned aerial vehicle base stations (UAV-BSs), dynamic GBS sectorisation order control, and millimeter wave beam tracking. Also, a parallel concurrent UAV-BS battery charging configuration with power source swap capability is proposed to charge UAV-BS using the GBS back-haul and onboard power amplifier (PA) system as the power sources. The results show that the proposed charging configuration improves hovering time by 180.7% compared to the existing onboard PA system configuration for battery charging. Furthermore, the proposed charging configuration can recharge the battery of the inactive state UAV-BS to increase the state of charge of two 16-Ah batteries to 80% in 180.13 min, and UAV-BS's inactive state charging was not proposed in the existing onboard PA system configuration for UAV-BS's battery charging.


The transport of radon (222Rn) from the ground towards the surface is influenced by a number of geophysical and geological parameters, among them seismicity. Prior to an earthquake, the formation of stress causes changes in the strain field. The displacement of rock mass within the earth's crust before an earthquake leads to changes in gas transport from deep layers in the earth to the surface [5]. As a result, larger quantities of radon are released from the pores and fractures of the rocks towards the surface. This may be considered as an anomaly in the concentration of radon. Because of seismicity, changes in underground fluid flow may account for anomalous changes in concentration of radon and its progeny [8]. A small change in velocity of gas [6] into or out of the ground causes a significant change in radon concentration at shallow soil depth as changes in gas flow disturb the strong radon concentration gradient existing between the soil and the atmosphere. A small change in gas flow velocity causes a significant change in radon concentration. Thus, monitoring of radon in soil gas is a means of detecting changes related to an earthquake. For small earthquakes, it is often impossible to identify an anomaly caused by a seismic event and not by meteorological or hydrological events. Therefore, the implementation of more advanced statistical methods in data evaluation appears to be essential [1, 3, 7]. In this contribution, the 32-month time series of radon concentration together with the environmental parameters (air and soil temperature, barometric presIdentification of radon anomalies in soil gas using decision trees and neural networks Boris Zmazek, Saso Džeroski, Drago Torkar, Janja Vaupotic, Ivan Kobal


Submerged membrane bio-reactor (SMBR) has several advantages such as high MLSS, long SRT, and low F/M ratio at wastewater treatment. So, this has widely applied over the world and many studies have been conducted. However, membrane fouling remains an inevitable problem. This study was investigated using bench-scale SMBR with three poeration modes. Raw waters were prepared by addition of starch, acetic and fibric acid to recovery water of zeolite. The efficiency of nitrification and COD were very stable as about 95% and 80%, respectively. And critical flux was 128.8L//hr. The result of biodegradability test was following values at the each mode : Ss+Xs/=81.7%, 35.1% and 45.3%, , 64.9% and 54.7%. When particulate matters such as and in influent are increased, membrane fouling will take place more and more. A relative ratio of filtration resistance to the fouling occurred by the cake layer was increased when increased the portion of and polysaccharide. It was thought that the formation of cake layer was promoted due to bond between and vicid material s generated from the polysaccharide.


Brassica napus (canola/rapeseed) race specific resistance genes against blackleg disease, caused by the ascomycete fungus Leptosphaeria maculans, have been commonly used in canola breeding. To date; LepR3, Rlm2 and Rlm9 R genes against L. maculans have been cloned from B. napus. LepR3 and Rlm2 are Receptor Like Proteins (RLP) and the recently reported Rlm9 is a Wall Associated Kinase-Like (WAKL) protein. Rlm9 located on chromosome A07 is closely linked with Rlm3, Rlm4, RLm7 genes. Recognition of AvrLm5-9 and AvrLm3 by their corresponding Rlm9 and Rlm3 proteins is masked in the presence of AvrLm4-7. Here we report cloning of Rlm4 and Rlm7 by generating genome sequence of the doubled haploid (DH) B. napus cv Topas DH16516 introgression lines Topas-Rlm4 and Topas-Rlm7. Candidate Rlm4 and Rlm7 genes were identified form the genome sequence and gene structures were determined by mapping RNA-sequence reads, generated from infected cotyledon tissues, to the genome of Topas-Rlm4 and Topas-Rlm7. Rlm4 and Rlm7 genomic constructs with their native promoters were transferred into the blackleg susceptible B. napus cv Westar N-o-1. Complementation of resistance response in the transgenic Westar:Rlm4 and Westar:Rlm7 that were inoculated with L. maculans transgenic isolates 2367:AvrRlm4-7 or 2367:AvrLm7 confirmed the function of Rlm4 and Rlm7 genes. Wild type L. maculans isolate 2367 that does not contain AvrLm4-7 or AvrLm7, and transgenic 2367:AvrLm3 and 2367:AvrLm5-9 did not induce resistance proving the specificity of Rlm4 and Rlm7 response. Rlm4 and Rlm7 alleles are also allelic to Rlm9. Rlm4 and Rlm7 genes encode WAKL proteins. Comparison of highly homologous sequences of Rlm4 and Rlm7 with each other and with the sequence of additional alleles, using whole genome sequencing of additional 128 lines, identified a limited number of point mutation located within the predicted extracellular receptor domains.


The detection of moving traffic participants is an essential intermediate step for higher level driving technology tasks. Regardless of the type of used sensors, dynamic environment modeling becomes even more difficult when the surrounding world is unstructured and heterogeneous. In such complex environments the representation system can be affected by noisy measurements, occlusions, wrong data association or unpredictable nature of the traffic participants. We propose a solution of representing the dynamic environment in real-time by using the pairwise alignment of free-form models and considering the advantages provided by a dense stereovision system. Instead of registering the whole 3D point cloud, our method is based on extracting and registering a more compact model of the environment taking into consideration the most visible object cells from the ego car. The proposed method is based on information provided by a Digital Elevation-Map, but can be easily adapted for other types of intermediate representations.


The researcher's conducted a research at State Islamic Senior High School 1 Pekanbaru. The formulation the problems are : How is the students reading habit? How is the students' ability of writing narrative text? Is there any significant correlation between students reading habit and their ability in writing narrative text? The design of this reseach study was correlational research. The total number of population was 262 students. The researcher used purposive sampling by taking only one class as sample 34. To analyze the data, the researcher used questionnaire and written test. Questionnaire is used to collect the data about students reading habit. The written test of narrative text was intended to find out students writing ability of narrative text. Based on data analysis, the writer found that the average score of the students' questionnaire for students reading habit is 60.1. it is categorized into good level. students writing ability is 72.4, the score is categorized good level. the correlation between students  reading habit and their ability of writing applied to the sample is 0.629, and consulting to the critical values of the r Product Moment with 95% confidence level and the number of subjects 34 was 0.339. Therefore, the writer concludes that there is a significant positive correlation between students reading habit (X) and their ability of writing narrative text (Y).


This article introduces the principle of compact spinning with mechanism of inspiratory trough-like roller compact spinning analysed. The trough-like roller pattern of the compact spinning is designed and calculated with its mechanical property described.


The study on the effect of organic and inorganic fertilizer on yield of maize in Mubi North Local Government Area, Adamawa State, was conducted at the Food and Agricultural organization/ Tree Crop Production (FAO/TCP) Teaching and Research Farm of Adamawa State University Mubi. The field work was conducted during 2018 cropping season. Mubi is geographically located within Latitude 10 o 05'' N of the equator and longitude 13 o 16'' E Greenwich meridian time on altitude of 696m above the sea level. The mean plant height of maize was different due to sources of fertilizer and levels applied. During the growth stages it showed that, the mean plant heights were recorded after 3, 6 and 9 WAS. Those applied with cow dung had the tallest plant at 3 WAS with 18.27cm, followed by NPK applied with 18.07cm. The combination of cow dung and NPK recorded 15.66cm, while the controlled had 13.96cm. The trends followed at 6 WAS with cow dung, recorded the tallest plant with 49.02cm followed by NPK with 48.52cm while combined had 46.11cm and the controlled with 41,06cm. The effect of organic and inorganic fertilizer on the growth and yield parameter of maize has significant difference. Subsequently, the tallest plants were obtained with those applied with NPK, while control has the shortest plant. NPK also records shorter days to tasseling and silking with 59 and 62 days respectively, while control records 61 and 63 days.' Plants supplied with NPK gave the highest yield of 4,620.6kg/ha -1 even though there were no significant difference with those applied with combination of NPK and cow dung which gave 4,430.7kg/ha1 . The control plots recorded the lowest yield with 2,035.2kg/ha1 . The research shows that application of NPK gave significantly higher yield and grain weight than plants that were supplied with cow dung; NPK, cow dung combined. The study recommends that the farmers in Mubi North should adopt the proper method and time of application of NPK in their farms for higher yield. Therefore, application of NPK should be adopted for greater achievement by farmers in the study area.


Violent crime within the family setting has been the subject of increasing concern over the past two decades or so. This report presents a review of the now extensive literature on the topic, furthering understanging of this type of crime and providing a basis for informed discussion of the ways in which it might be most effectively tackled. As well as describing the responses of the statutory and other agencies, the report also looks at the way in which these responses are viewed by victims.


Objective:To study the precision and accuracy of H point methods applied to gray systems analysis.Methods:The UV spectra of Flos sophorae and rutin were scanned to select the wavelength ranges without disturbance of interference,and the content of rutin was determined by this method to compare with pharmacopeia method.Results:The recovery by means of this method was 100.6% with RSD of 3.11%( n =7).The content of rutin of the sample determined by this method and the pharmacopeia method was 16.17% ( n =5) and 17.24%( n =5) respectively.There was no significant difference between the two methods.Conclusion:This method can be used to deal with gray systems quickly such as traditional and herbal drugs.


Since the discovery of turbo codes, iterative decoding has gained enormous momentum. The idea of repeatedly passing information between components of a receiver or decoder to increase the overall system performance has attracted much research effort. In this work, we present an iterative soft-decision decoding architecture for Reed-Solomon (RS) codes on a partial-response (PR) channel. The architecture incorporates a symbol-based a-posteriori probability (APP) detector for the channel, and an enhanced soft-decision RS decoder based upon the recently introduced Koetter-Vardy (KY) algorithm. From the list of candidate RS codewords generated by the KV decoder, we calculate output symbol reliabilities that can be fed back to the APP detector as extrinsic information to be used in a subsequent decoding iteration. Through simulations, we show the efficacy of this approach, especially when the initial KV list size is large. We will also propose ways to modify the decoding scheme in order to beneficially increase the size of the candidate codeword list and thereby improve the overall system performance.


This chapter aims to present some limitations of financial reporting on innovation with an impact on the investor's decision-making process. In order to do so, the authors show how accounting recognizes and measures innovation factors: the intangibles. Based on the literature, the authors discuss how the value relevance of financial reporting on innovation is conditioned by non-financial factors. The impacts of the adoption of IFRSs, the effect of the industry sectors and the effect of the individual characteristics of the different countries on the value relevance of the intangible assets are analyzed. The literature suggests a decrease in the value relevance of financial statements due to the manner in which intangibles are recognized and measured in accounting. However, financial reporting on innovation is value relevant to the investor's decision-making and is conditioned by non-financial factors. Value relevance differs among different industry sectors, between different countries and is conditioned by the accounting systems used in the preparation of the financial information.


This study aims to determine the effect of implementing animated video on online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic on students' science learning outcomes in class VIII of SMP Negeri 3 Mataram. This research is a Quasi Experiment with Posttest-Only Control Group design. The research sample was class VIII students at SMP Negeri 3 Mataram consisting of 20 students for the control class and 20 students for the experimental class. The research data was obtained from the learning outcomes test (posttest score) on the respiratory system learning material. Data analysis in this study used the t-test with two independent samples. The results of data analysis showed that there were differences in the posttest mean scores between students who used animated video in the experimental class and students who used conventional learning in the control class. The average posttest value in the experimental class is 68.25, while the posttest average value in the control class is 53. The significance value of the two independent sample t-test is 0.009, meaning that the significance value is smaller than 0.05 (p- value < 0.05), so Ho is rejected. The conclusion of the study is that there is an effect of implementing animated video in online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic on the science learning outcomes of class VIII students at SMP Negeri 3 Mataram. Animated video have a positive effect on student learning outcomes


This paper describes how freight accounts for 17% of the kilometers traveled on London's roads, produces 23% of London's road transport carbon dioxide (CO2), and has a detrimental impact on congestion, air quality and road safety. Results from new freight modeling in London shows distance traveled is set to increase by 18% from 2005, with a 22% increase in van kilometers making trip reduction an important policy objective. However, freight activity remains essential because it delivers the goods and services that people need if they are to continue to live, work and prosper in an urban environment. Transport for London (TfL) is developing a variety of tools and techniques to better understand and manage the sustainable movement of freight and goods within the urban environment and applying these across the wider London region. This paper focuses on one of these approaches – Delivery & Servicing Plans (DSPs). The paper shows how DSPs are aimed at building occupiers and enable an organization to actively manage their delivery and servicing activities in order to reduce the number of trips, particularly in peak periods, and encourage best practice from their contractors. The benefit to the urban environment is less unlawful curbside activity, a smoother traffic flow and reduced congestion, minimizing CO2 and other emissions to improve the health and safety of an area's workforce, visitors and residents. Developing DSPs enable a better balance of these impacts, freeing up space for pedestrians, cyclists and other urban traffic. The research presented in the paper has identified that the majority of building occupiers don't see freight and deliveries as a core aspect of their business; as a result they fail to recognize the volume of delivery activity necessary to support their business. In dense urban areas it is not surprising that with the dominance of office and service based industry sectors, there is little appreciation of good, basic and solid logistic principles. TfL has completed 30 pilot DSP projects working with businesses across London in order to develop this concept further and identify the benefits that can arise by introducing a DSP. This pilot work looked at delivery locations, timings and enforcement as well as less obvious elements such as how the procurement process can reduce the impacts of freight. The authors have demonstrated that simple steps can achieve reductions in the number of deliveries (in TfL's case by 20%), enable cost reductions, and retime deliveries to reduce freight activity in peak periods. The paper will identify how TfL has developed the DSP guidance and has tested the approach with the over 600 businesses (to be completed by July 2010) to assess the business support for the process. The paper will show how tailoring the DSP message to the business community promotes the cost efficiency and environmental benefits which are important to secure voluntary uptake. The paper will also show how the planning system and development control process can be used to integrate this concept at a building's design stage, or even as a policy framework for future developments. Finally the paper will show how DSPs compliment and increase the uptake of existing approaches already being promoted as urban logistic platforms. For example the presentation will showcase some examples of how DSPs can feature consolidation activity being adopted by organizations who have taken a different approach to managing their supply chains, in areas other than the retail sector.


Introduction: The minimally invasive approach using the Oxford Unicompartmental Knee Replacement (UKR) in medial compartment osteoarthritis has gained significant popularity. A number of advantages have been attributed both to UKR and minimal invasive surgery in unilateral replacement.We have therefore evaluated the outcomes of simultaneous bilateral UKR at our institution and report a unique way of safely positioning these patients. Method: Twenty patients were assessed undergoing bilateral UKR from 2001 to 2003. The study cohort included 11 females and 9 males with a mean age of 66 years. A matched cohort group undergoing simultaneous bilateral Total Knee Replacement (TKR) of 15 patients was evaluated as a control group. Peri -operative and later post- operative data was collected during hospitalisation or at standard outpatient follow -up. We will also demonstrate our unique patient positioning for bilateral UKR. Results: No significant difference was shown regarding mean tourniquet times (97.8 min in bilateral UKR, 92.1 min in bilateral TKR) and mean Haemoglobin drop (2.15 gdl with bilateral UKR, 2.82 gdl with bilateral TKR). We note a significant benefit in mean blood product requirement between the bilateral unicompartmental (0 units) and total knee groups (3 units). Incidence of peri-operative complications was higher in the total knee group (4 in bilateral TKR, none in the bilateral UKR group). No complication required surgery. There was a reduced mean hospital stay of 6 days in bilateral UKR compared with 9.3 days in bilateral TKR. With regard to late complications, each group had one complication, of stiffness. Radiographic evaluation at a mean 9 months showed 4of 30 UKR to have minimal malposition, with no clinical correlation.Patient satisfaction was evaluated using the Oxford Knee Score, showing 12 patients (80%) obtained excellent or good results and 3 patients (20%) scoring a moderate or poor result. The patients in the moderate and poor groups all complained of unilateral stiffness. Conclusion: It is possible to safely undertake bilateral simultaneous Oxford unicompartmental knee replacements using a minimally invasive technique using our described method of positioning, with good results for patients with symmetrical medial compartment knee arthritis.We note improved post-operative morbidity, physiological derangement and length of stay in our patients as compared to an age,sex,co morbidity-matched cohort of bilateral TKR patients


The demand for contactless, rapid manufacturing has increased over the years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additive manufacturing (AM), a type of rapid manufacturing, is a computer-based system that precisely manufactures products. It proves to be a faster, cheaper, and more efficient production system when integrated with cloud-based manufacturing (CBM). Similarly, the need for semiconductors has grown exponentially over the last five years. Several companies could not keep up with the increasing demand for many reasons. One of the main reasons is the lack of a workforce due to the COVID-19 protocols. This article proposes a novel technique to manufacture semiconductor chips in a fast-paced manner. An algorithm is integrated with cloud, machine vision, sensors, and email access to monitor with live feedback and correct the manufacturing in case of an anomaly. Several real-Time data such as performance graphs, time left, and other current information were sent back to the user on demand. An experiment was set up to optimize deposition parameters. The experiment was successfully executed and stated the advantage of cloud-based AM. ©


In this paper, a new voltage-mode (VM) KerwinHuelsman-Newcomb (KHN) biquad is proposed. The proposed circuit employs two differential difference current conveyors (DDCCs) as active elements together with two grounded capacitors and two grounded resistors as passive elements. Thus, it employs minimum number of passive elements. The circuit simultaneously provides the three basic filter functions, namely bandpass (BP), highpass (HP) and lowpass (LP) functions. The new configuration offers very high input impedance, which enables easy cascading. SPICE simulation results are given to verify the theoretical analysis.


Wildfire is one of the most frequent natural hazards across the globe, one which has cast a malevolent shroud over many communities in recent years, causing significant risk to human lives, infrastructure, and property. Wildfires are hydrogeological events which are bound to escalate, especially due to climate change. They are different from other natural hazards as they are mainly triggered by human interventions rather than natural triggers. The wildfire risk management is a complex process with many uncertainties in the assessment, fire behavior and spread modelling, and decision making. To predict wildfires, sophisticated temporal geospatial methods are required. This paper develops a wildfire probability prediction method considering the capabilities of Bayesian networks and fuzzy logic that can handle uncertainties and update probabilities in response to the availability of new data. The model takes into account the data from a geographic information system (GIS) for a specific area at micro level to estimate the wildfire probability and is able to update the probability due to any planned or unplanned changes in the area. Therefore, the proposed method can feed to future macro and micro risk-based decision-making situations in wildfire prone areas. The method is evaluated through a sensitivity analysis and its performance is investigated through a case study in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.


This study investigates what factors influence fast fashion purchase intentions. This study focuses on: (1) hedonic and rational clothing attributes; (2) media exposure to the fashion world: (3) attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control based on TPB. This study tries to answer the following research questions: Does hedonic and rational factors impact attitude formation towards fast fashion purchasing intentions? Do media communication trigger consumers' attitude formation, subjective norms and perceived behavior control? Do attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral impact consumers' fast fashion purchasing intentions? This study used a quantitative research approach. This study used the SPSS to analyze 400 administrated questionnaires. Results showed a significant, positive, and strong relationship between hedonic shopping elements and attitude formation. The rational shopping elements proved to be insignificant when it comes to attitude formation towards fast fashion. This study indicated that purchase intentions for fashion apparel are supported by media communication. Media communication impacts attitudes toward the behavior, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control in a significant, positive and strong manner. Finally, the analysis showed that attitudes toward the behavior, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control have a significant, positive and strong relationship with fast fashion purchasing intentions. PEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences ISSN 2454-5899


Framework: The low birthweight is a risk factor for neonatal morbidity and mortality and a general indicator of health status of a population. It can be associated to low levels of socioeconomic development, prenatal care and maternal charateristics. Objectives: Analyze the influence of sociodemographic, obstetric and prenatal care variables to low birthweight. Participants: 1846 post-partum women, where only 161 had newborns with low birthweight. Methods: This is a wide-ranging, descriptive-correlacional and forward-looking study with a non-probable intentional sample. It was used a questionnaire, applied between March 2010 and May 2012, in 26 Portuguese institutions of public health. Results: The low birthweight was associated: ≥ 41 weeks (p=0,000), without obstetric risk (p=0,001), without obstetric risk/unplanned pregnancy (p=0,036), obstetric risk/maternal age risk (p=0,007), without sociodemographic risk/gestacional age without risk (p=0,000), sociodemographic risk/gestacional age without risk (p=0,007), risk on prenatal care/maternal age risk(p=0,020), prenatal care without risk/gestacional age without risk (p=0,000), maternal age risk/risk number of pregnancies (p=0,021), low education/income ≤1000€ (p=0,036), low education/ unemployment (p=0,044), risk number of children/gestational age without risk (p=0,000), pregnancy diseases /gestational age without risk (p=0,000), previous diseases/gestational age without risk (p=0,000), and with a margin error of 10%, low education (p=0,074) and unplanned pregnancy (p=0,089). The prevalence of LBW was 8.7%. Conclusion: The determination of the factors that contribute to the appearance of low birthweight is essential for the planning, implementation and development of actions related to maternal and children health.


This article gives a sketch of the evolving investment climate in Vietnam since the country's initial attempts to attract foreign investment in the late 1970s. It sets out the scope of current investment flows, the target sectors of such flows, and prospects for the rest of the decade, particularly once the United States economic embargo is lifted. Also discussed are the current pitfalls which potential investors should be wary of when investing either independently in the country or in joint ventures with Vietnamese partners.


Weld induced stresses and distortions are perilous problems owing to reduce weldment's life and performance. Adequate welding sequence assists in reducing distortions and residual stresses in this respect. This research analyzes different welding sequences adopted for the welding of Box Girder plates. FEA of Final four fillet welds on a mockup of Box girder (125 mm width, 216 mm height and 100 mm span) was performed for distortions using Ansys software. Goldak's Model was utilized for thermal analysis and these results were retrieved as nodal loads in structural analysis. Temperature dependent thermal and mechanical properties were incorporated in respective simulations. Effect of changing the weld sequence is briefly explained and the optimum sequence is announced. The proposed solution will be helpful to have minimum distorted shape of Box Girder.


This study aims to determine the effect of intellectual capital, the size of the sharia supervisory board, and the Islamicity performance index which is proxied by the profitsharing ratio and the zakat performance ratio on profitability which is proxied by Return on Assets (ROA) in Islamic Commercial Banks in Indonesia. This research uses a quantitative approach. The population of this study is Islamic Commercial Banks in Indonesia that are registered with the Financial Services Authority (OJK) for the 2017-2021 period and the sample size is 15 banks. Data processing in this study used the STATA 17 program. The analytical method used in this study was the panel data regression analysis model. The results of this study indicate that the Intellectual Capital and Zakat Performance Ratio variables have a positive effect on profitability. Meanwhile, the size of the Sharia Supervisory Board and ProfitSharing Ratio has no effect on Profitability


This paper introduced the constituting of data acquisition card, and the architectures of Windows NT kernel mode device drivers,and discussed the device driver programming ways in Windows NT for data acquisition card.


In recent years, video compression techniques have been significantly challenged by the rapidly increased demands associated with high quality and immersive video content. Among various compression tools, postprocessing can be applied on reconstructed video content to mitigate visible compression artefacts and to enhance the overall perceptual quality. Inspired by advances in deep learning, we propose a new convolutional neural network based postprocessing approach, which has been integrated with two state-of-the-art coding standards, versatile video coding (VVC) and AOMedia Video (AV1). The results show consistent coding gains on all tested sequences at various spatial resolutions, with average bit rate savings of 4.0% and 5.8% against original VVC and AV1, respectively (based on the assessment of peak signal-to-noise ratio). This network has also been trained with perceptually inspired loss functions, which have further improved the reconstruction quality based on perceptual quality assessment (VMAF), with average coding gains of 13.9% over VVC and 10.5% against AV1.


Tom is in a good mood this morning. It's Friday and tonight he's going to the movies with Amy. After a shower, he briefly reviews the movies that are showing tonight. Info and clips are displayed by his new bathroom mirror. He requests a preview of "You've got mail," which is a rerun of some old movie about an e-mail romance. Personally, he would like to see some more action, but Amy will definitely love this one. After breakfast he hops into a PeopleMover to go to the office. It's quiet this morning. He requests some music. The audio system of the PeopleMover starts playing one of his favorite songs, using his preferences from his SmartId. He decides to book "You've got mail." Payment goes through his SmartId, and tickets are downloaded onto it. He also makes dinner reservations. [...] At ten past five, Tom hurries out of his office to a PeopleMover that will take him to the city center. Silly staff meetings. They always run late. When he arrives, Amy is not yet at the restaurant so he goes to the ReadingDesk to catch up on the latest news. Strange, the Desk doesn't show him his preferred news items. Damn! He forgot his SmartId at the office. And it's too late to pick it up. But that means he's Disconnected! No-one will be able to contact him. And he'll have to ask Amy to pay for dinner, and to buy new tickets for the movie! He'll refund her, of course, but it's definitely not the best way to start the evening. [...] It's a bit past eleven when Tom arrives at home. Because he doesn't have his SmartId, he is glad he left open a window at his balcony this morning. He manages to enter his home through this window. Before he forgets, he quickly refunds Amy through the HomeSystem. He decides to go to the office to pick up his SmartId. He doesn't want to wait till Monday before getting it back. There are no PeopleMovers this late in the evening, so he takes his car. He (manually!) searches some music. He relaxes; he had a wonderful evening after all. Suddenly, a police car appears, flashing a stop sign ... .


The electronic competition way to carry out electrical and electronic curriculum design steps and arrangement of teaching content,and through the DC power amplifier circuit fabrication and installation and commissioning of the design case is presented,show that this form of curriculum design to cultivate students self-learning ability,analysis ability,practical ability,innovation consciousness and the spirit of cooperation effect,At the same time,the method of practice teaching also has certain reference function.


Savings and loan cooperatives, which form the nucleus of the populace's economy, are not solely based on the kinship basis. As stated in the UUD 45's and the Cooperative Law's mandate, the supervisory function must be carried out optimally in order to serve the larger community because the sustainability of the national economy is heavily influenced by the expediency principle. This study employs a legislative approach and a qualitative analytical method in its descriptive analysis. In this study, it is discussed how to supervise KLM, a cooperative legal organization, following the implementation of UUP2SK, as well as how to supervise savings and loan cooperatives following the passage of UUP2SK. Based on these issues, it is known that: (1) The emergence of Microfinance Institutions with the legal status of cooperatives makes it necessary to pay closer attention and distinguish between cooperatives that are open loop & close loop in order to prevent similar cases from spreading to the larger community; (2) OJK as the authority given the mandate by the UUP2SK to guide and supervise the business operations of Savings and Loans Cooperatives over When creating derivative regulations for additional measures for licensing, regulation, and supervision of Savings and Loans Cooperatives, the goal is to avoid being easily seduced by phony investments with high interest rates.


TO THE EDITOR: Our institution has become increasingly interested in new research on the topic of prophylaxis for prevention of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. However, the 10 studies included in the meta-analysis by Aasbo and colleagues (1) do not appear to be unique. This paper included a study by White and associates (2) that seems to be derived from the same data represented in the study by Giri and colleagues (3). Apparently, the same study was published twice in 2 separate journals. Both studies involve the same 220 patients from Hartford Hospital from 1998 to 1999. I believe further investigation is warranted.


High power laser sources are used in various production tools for cutting, welding and hardening of metal parts and patterning, annealing and lithography of flat panel displays, solar cells and microelectronic devices. Beside the right choice of the laser source suitable high performance optical beam delivery and shaping systems are needed for generating the appropriate beam profile and intensity distribution are of high importance for the right processing speed, quality and yield. In addition to the typical laser processes with circular beam shapes LIMO has developed laser sources with line shaped beams for large area processing for e.g. crystallization and tempering of conducting and semi-conducting films on glass for FPD, PV and thermal processing of semiconductor wafer, coated float glass and sheet metal. Due to the high power density of several 100kW/cm2 and line length up to several hundred millimetres a treatment capacity of several m2 per minute and processing speeds up to 1 m/s can be achieved per laser head with typical scan & repeat processes. The use of multiple laser heads in one machine scales the productivity to the individual needs. The high scanning speed together with line widths of 0,01mm to 0,1mm is the basis for heating only a few microns of the surfaces layers and no costly cooling time is needed like with regular heating technologies. With this controlled surface heating even more sensitive materials can be processes like inks on polymers and paper for RFIDs, printed solar absorbers and coatings. For industrial applications equally important is an adequate understanding of the physics of the light-matter interaction behind the process. In advance simulations of the tool performance can minimize technical and financial risk as well as lead times for prototyping and introduction into series production. Based on this knowledge together with a unique free-form micro-lens array production technology and patented micro-optics beam shaping designs a number of novel production tool sub-systems have been built by LIMO: 1. a multi-kilowatt direct diode illumination modules for solar cell annealing, and crystallization; 2. a novel green laser beam line for the annealing of silicon thin films on glass; 3. a novel wavefront shaping optics that generates a top hat beam profile from a TEM00 high-power laser source for accurate thin film structuring. For each of these sub-system basic functionalities, design principles and performance results are presented with a special emphasis on resilience, cost reduction and process reliability.Copyright © 2009 by ASME