The current research aims to integrate previous research on the host of negative consequences associated with women's experience of stereotype threat in a science context. Using an expectancy-value framework, the current research explores potential indirect effects of a communal goal affordance intervention on science motivation, via stereotype threat, state anxiety, communal goal affordances, and belonging in science. Building upon the previous literature, the current research attempts to link stereotype threat to science motivation via communal goal affordances and state anxiety's effect on belonging in science. Additionally, the current research attempts to illustrate the efficacy of a communal goal affordance intervention by increasing perceptions of communal goal affordances and reducing anxiety in a science context. The current study found no evidence of a successful implementation of the communal goal affordance intervention, as evident by non-significant results on parametric and non-parametric tests of central tendencies between interaction type. Additionally, no indirect effects on science motivation were discovered within either tested pathway. However, a significant positive relationship between stereotype threat and state anxiety, communal goal affordances and belonging in science, and belonging in science and science motivation were found. Limitations to the current study and the communal goal affordance intervention, as well as the implications for these findings and future directions for research are discussed.


Ten years ago, on 8 June 1977, the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts adopted two Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, one relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts and the other to the protection of victims of non-international armed conflicts.


Abstract A geostatistical framework for integrating lower-atmosphere state variables and terrain characteristics into the spatial interpolation of rainfall is presented. Lower-atmosphere state variables considered are specific humidity and wind, derived from an assimilated data product from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP–NCAR reanalysis). These variables, along with terrain elevation and its gradient from a 1-km-resolution digital elevation model, are used for constructing additional rainfall predictors, such as the amount of moisture subject to orographic lifting; these latter predictors quantify the interaction of lower-atmosphere characteristics with local terrain. A "first-guess" field of precipitation estimates is constructed via a multiple regression model using collocated rain gauge observations and rainfall predictors. The final map of rainfall estimates is derived by adding to this initial field a field of spatially interpo...


In this research has been made beverage seaweed from main ingredient of red seaweed type Eucheuma cottonii with added other food ingredients that serve to improve the taste. In addition to labeling and commercially produced, it is necessary to determine the shelf life in seaweed beverage. Determination of shelf life of beverage seaweed was done by Accelerated Shelf Life Testing (ASLT) method. Beverage seaweed studied there are two flavors of original taste and green tea. Based on parameters of pH value, shelf life of original taste is 17 days and the taste of green tea is 34 days. The result is for storage at room temperature 30 °C


This article reports the findings of a research study carried out in 2006. The purpose of the study was to design and implement a didactic proposal within th...


The low order controller has many advantages such as simple hardware implementation and high reliability and is very important for the successful integration of controllers with smart structures. Designing a controller with robustness to different uncertainties ins mart structure always leads to a high order controller. In this paper, two low order controller design methods are proposed. One method is to design a low order controller based on the reduced plant model. The model error between the full order model and reduced order model is considered as an additive uncertainty in the controller design to reduce the spill-over effect. Another method, controller reduction, is to find a low order controller by reducing the full order controller. The effect of the controller reduction on the system performance is taken into account by selecting a maximum allowable controller reduction error for preserving the performance. The full order controller can be synthesized to provide optimal performance or maximum allowable controller reduction error. Linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) are utilized in those methods to design the low order controllers. The variations of structural parameters, natural frequencies and damping ratios are considered in the controller design as parametric uncertainties.


Numerical simulation with Navier ‐Stokes (N‐S) equations is carried out for studying the e owe elds of single, tandem,side-by-side,andcoaxialrotorsoperatingnearthegroundatlowe ightspeeds.Sourcetermsareintroduced into the N‐S equations to represent the rotor blades; therefore, only the e ow scales of rotor far wake and ground boundary layer need to be resolved. Calculated results reveal the complex ground vortex phenomena produced by the interactions between the multiple wakes, the ground plane, and the incoming freestream. The effects of advance ratio, height above ground, as well as the rotor cone guration, are analyzed.


The area of clinical pathology reproduces a series of problems discussed in the organization of the services of medium complexity, amongst which are distinguished: distorted relation of offer and demand; difficulties in the conformation of assistential resolutive and regionalized nets; allocation of financial resources tied with the production of services keeping distributive inequalities. Considering the importance of the Clinical Pathology for the organization of the assistance and its impact in the expense in health, it was intended in this work: (i) to evaluate the production of exams of clinical pathology of the services of laboratory of the SUS, in the state of Rio de
Janeiro, 2000 and (ii) to delineate a model of instrument of management for these services. In the analysis of the laboratorial production it was intended to evaluate the existence or not of inconsistencies in the production of exams of the cast of procedures of the first level of the medium complexity. The main products of this study had been: (i) election of a basic set of parameters capable to supply essential information on the net of services; (ii) identification of 'alerts' for diagnosis of the situation of the services
of clinical laboratories; (iii) drawing of an instrument that conjugates parameters that can be used and be easily translated for the evaluation of the situation of the clinical laboratories. The constructed instrument is in the format of electronic spread sheet (Excel): from the input of production data, the 'alerts' are automatically pointed, making possible, in addition, the adequacy to the local reality. The application, for the case of Rio de Janeiro, of the developed instrument, indicates that this privileges information
for diagnosis and evaluation of the situation of the services of laboratories that are potentially useful for the making of decision in the diverse governmental spheres. In particular, it is emphasized that this instrument is excellent for the municipal manager, because he must be the first one to detect the potentially problematic situations that serve of 'alert', deepening the diagnostic. Other aspects to be distinguished are: the simplicity of the handling, the pioneerism and the importance for the planning, regulation, evaluation and control. Despite the advantages of the considered instrument, this does not answer to all the gaps - is emphasized, therefore, the necessity of the elaboration of protocols, of local epidemiologic data collecting and of the improvement of the information systems.


This study empirically examines the correlation among the returns of six select Asian stock market indices of India, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. The study is conducted over a longer time period of 2000 – 2012. The correlation results provide useful information for foreign institutional investors, portfolio managers, regulators, and policy makers in designing appropriate strategies to maximize risk adjusted returns.


The effects of recombinant human endostatin Endostar on cell growth of estrogen receptor-positive human breast cancer MCF-7 cell line and the molecular mechanisms of action are investigated. The growth inhibition of MCF-7 cells by different concentrations of Endostar is evaluated using MTT,Trypan Blue staining and Neutral Red tests. The Endostar-induced apoptotic morphological changes in MCF-7 cells are detected using Hoechst 33258 staining and TUNEL assay. The protein expressions related to the growth and apoptosis in MCF-7 cells treated with Endostar are analyzed using Western blotting. The results show that Endostar significantly suppresses the growth of the MCF-7 cells and induces the apoptosis in MCF-7 cells. In addition,Endostor remarkably reduces the protein expressions of VEGFR1,c-Met,ERα,Akt,NF-κB,Bcl-2 and CyclinD1. It also markedly enhances the protein expressions of Bax in MCF-7 cells. The molecular mechanism of action may be related to the down-regulation of Bcl2 /Bax and Cyclin D1 protein expressions via inhibiting the signaling pathways of VEGFR1 /c-Met/ERα-Akt-NF-κB in MCF-7 cells.


In this study, we analyze the effects of state aid in the regional jet aircraft industry, taking the new entry of Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation as an example. Using a simple model of imperfectly-competitive industry with a vertical relationship, we theoretically analyze the economic effects of research and development (R&D) subsidies for a new downstream entrant on an incumbent firm and domestic welfare. We show that the incumbent firm does not necessarily suffer from a loss in profits due to the new entry if it can benefit from spillovers from the new entrant through R&D in the upstream industry. Based on the theoretical results, we discuss policy implications.


In view of the subway passenger flow's random problem, nonlinear problem and so on, in order to predict the subway passenger volume more accurately, this paper designs a kind of parallel variable coefficient weighted combination prediction model based on Radial Basis Function Neural Network and Least Squares Support Vector machines. In this method, firstly, the original data is preprocessed. Then, this paper respectively sets up RBF Neural Network and LSSVM prediction model for training and calculating the weighting coefficient with the results of the training. Finally this paper separately does two kinds of models' prediction, and weights to get results. This article uses 2012 passenger flow data of Beijing DONGZHIMEN Station for experiments, which shows that the result of combination prediction model is more accurate than the result of single prediction model.


In order to develop a downhole instrumentation amplifier to support geothermal well logging without thermal protection, all the components required were tested over the temperature range of 25 to 500/sup 0/C. The components tested were ceramic vacuum tubes, resistors, capacitors, insulated hook-up wire, circuit boards, terminals, connectors, feedthroughs, thermal switch, magnet wire, and high temperature coatings and cements. Details of the tests are presented for all components. (MHR)


A dirt collection device of a dish washer is provided to filter various sizes of dirt as it has different forms of each dirt collection net arranged. A dirt collection device of a dish washer(200) comprises a first dirt collection net(310) filtering the dirt which is relatively for the small dirt; and a second dirt collection net filtering the dirt which relatively is the big dirt(320). The first dirt collection net is connected to a washing pump link path facing to a washing pump. The second dirt collection net is connected to a drainage pump link path facing to a drainage pump. A third dirt collection net(330) filters the dirt relatively smaller than the first dirt collection net. The third dirt collection net is arranged between the washing pump link path and drainage pump link path.


Representation model provides a way to deploy offline optimization results into the controller of hybrid vehicles for real-time energy management. To enable knowledge transfer for more efficient representation modelling, this paper proposed a transferable representation modelling method by incorporating fuzzy inference system with Gaussian process regression into a hybrid learning network. Topology of the hybrid network is studied, and the 'deeper' topology is recommended as a unified topology to transfer the offline optimization results obtained in source domain to new target domains. Hardware-in-the-loop tests are conducted for experimental evaluations. By introducing a concept of control utility that evaluates vehicle energy efficiency with a penalty on usage of battery, the proposed model can help the studied hybrid vehicle achieve more than 27% higher control utility than neural-network-based models.


The preceding comments by O. Cairon, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, DOI: 10.1039/c2cp40963, question several aspects of our perspective article on the nature of cationic adsorption sites in alkaline zeolites (P. Nachtigall, M. R. Delgado, D. Nachtigallova and C. O. Arean, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 1552). Questioning spans from experimental details, through methodology and to the very concept of dual and multiple cation sites in zeolites. While acknowledging that questioning constitutes an excellent method to foster understanding, we hope that the answers given herein will help to clarify the relevant points under discussion.


The invention relates to a photoconductive measuring tip (100, 200, 300), a measuring arrangement and a method for generating and / or detection of electromagnetic field signals (E The probe tip includes a support member (140), in particular a semiconductor substrate, on which at least a first and a second electrical conductor (120, 150, 250, 155, 255) extend, viewed in a by optical excitation in a photoconductive state displaceable portion (160, 260) of the carrier element (140) spaced opposite each other. The first electrical conductor (120) serves for the input or output coupling of an electromagnetic field signal, and is at the distal end (151, 156, 251, 256) of the second electrical conductor (150, 250, 155, 255) for transmitting a photocurrent signal is, passed, wherein it the tip (142) of the measuring tip (100, 200, 300) extending toward. Between the distal end (151, 156, 251, 256) of the second electrical conductor (150, 250, 155, 255) and the first electrical conductor (120), a photo switch is formed of at least a portion of the photoconductive region (160, 260 ) and forms (from the top 140) is recessed.


This study was conducted to determine seasonal forage production and nutritive value of the cool-season annual legumes grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L. cv. AC-Greenfix) and lentil (Lens culinaris Med. cv. Indianhead) grown to fill the spring forage deficit period of the southern Great Plains. Data were collected from March to June in 2001 through 2003 at the USDA-ARS Grazinglands Research Laboratory, El Reno, OK. Seeds of each species was inoculated and planted (60-cm row spacing) annually on 15 March (75 kg ha -1 for grasspea; 25 kg ha -1 for lentil) in 60-m -2 plots. Aboveground biomass was collected on five dates [45-95 d after seeding (DAS)], dried 60 h at 60 to 65°C, weighed, and used to calculate aboveground standing crop. Samples were ground (1.0 mm) and analyzed for nitrogen (N) and in vitro digestible dry matter (IVDDM) concentrations. Standing crop and N concentration showed significant (P = 0.05) interactions between DAS, cultivars and years. Differences were detected for DAS X cultivar and DAS x year interactions for IVDDM concentration (P = 0.05). Grasspea outperformed lentil and reached its maximum yield of 6415 vs. 2013 kg ha -1 , respectively, on 75 DAS before declining. Nitrogen concentration (23-55 g kg -1 ) and IVDDM (786 ± 3 g kg -1 ) of the two cultivars were similar during the growing season. The higher level of production gives grasspea greater potential as a component of wheat-based (Triticum aestivum L.) forage systems in the southern Great Plains, particularly for filling the deficit period during late spring.


Radiative association in ion-molecular collisions plays an important role in the synthesis of polyatomic species in interstellar clouds. Here, the results of calculations on the radiative association reactions C(+) + H{sub 2} - CH{sub 2}(+) + h(nu) and CH{sub 3}(+) + H{sub 2} - CH{sub 5}(+) + h(nu) are presented. While these calculations are based on the treatment of collisionally stabilized associations of neutral free radicals originally proposed by Troe, the effects of quantum mechanical tunneling through the centrifugal barriers on the effective potentials are included in the calculations for the first time. At 10 K, the inclusion of tunneling is estimated to increase the rates of association by factors of 2.2 for C(+) + H{sub 2} and by 2.0 for CH{sub 3}(+) + H{sub 2}. 45 refs.


Family caregivers of persons with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia experience high level of burden and compromised quality of life. A considerable amount of burden on the caregivers often leads to display of certain attitudes towards persons with severe mental illness called expressed emotion, which then leads to poor quality of patients as well. Although numerous studies dealing with these issues separately are present, but studies dealing with relationship, using mixed methodology, among these issues are scarce. Adherence to a drug regime is a significant issue in the clinical management of schizophrenia. A study of adherence in bipolar disorder showed that slightly more than one-half of the patients studied were fully adherent, 20% were partially adherent, and nearly 30% were non-adherent. Risk factors for non-adherence in this group included younger age, minority status, substance abuse, and homelessness (Shehu, et al., 2019). This study assessed and Analysis on the predictors of good knowledge of medication Adherence among care- givers of patients with Schizophrenia in some selected Hospital of Jigawa State, Nigeria. A quasi-experimental psycho-educational intervention study was conducted with before and after design among care givers of patients with Schizophrenia in some selected hospitals of Jigawa State, Nigeria. The study population comprised all the eligible care- givers of patients with schizophrenia within the study area, who were selected and agreed to participate in the study. A sample size of one hundred and thirty participants each for both the experimental and control groups were selected using a multistage sampling technique. Data was collected using Questionnaire Data collected was coded, entered, and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. After adjusting for the confounding effects using logistic regression analysis; type of treatment (ECT) was found to be negative predictors of good knowledge on medication adherence to treatment among study participants (AOR=0.50, 95%CI=0.27 – 0.85). While, cost of treatment of more than one thousand five hundred naira per day (AOR=2.5, 95%CI=2.11 – 8.33), combination of drugs and ECT (AOR=3.01, 95%CI=1.85 – 14.76), presence of side effects (AOR=4.00, 95%CI=2.05-21.55) and monthly income (AOR=3.00, 95%CI=1.01-15.88) were positive predictors of good knowledge on medication adherence among the study participants in the experimental groupSocial support had a significant correlation with caregivers' QoL. Caregivers should be encouraged to request assistance from other family members and friends in providing care, especially when caregivers are unemployed or long-time carers. Mental health education campaigns and helping families to maintain and enhance a supportive social network may provide useful means to improve caregivers.


The three dimensional effect of natural convection on a miniscale isothermal plate in an enclosure is numerically studied. The 3D effect of the natural convection increases with scale reduction, and consequently the heat transfer is enhanced. For a given plate, the heat transfer features are different for the plate positioned vertically or horizontally. If the plate scale is relatively large, the heat transfer in the vertically positioned case is stronger than that in the horizontally positioned case, arid the difference between the both extents of heat transfer becomes smaller as the scale decreases.


The initial antigenic activation of T cells involves localization of the T-cell receptor to lipid rafts, of which gangliosides are major components. To understand the role of lipid rafts in the activation and differentiation of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, it is necessary to dissect the ganglioside composition in each respective T-cell subset. In the present study, we used the B subunits of type-II heat-labile enterotoxins (LT-IIa-B5, LT-IIb-B5 and LT-IIc-B5), which possess defined ganglioside-binding specificities, as molecular probes to dissect the membrane ganglioside composition of human T cell subsets. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from leukocyte reduction filters by Ficoll density gradient centrifugation were stained with recombinant LT-IIa-B5, LT-IIb-B5, mutant LT-IIb-B5(T13I) or LT-IIc-B5 and with monoclonal antibodies to CD4, CD8, CD27, CD45RA, CD45RO and CD62L followed by flow cytometric analysis. Our results show that ligands for LT-IIa (gangliosides GD1b, GM1, and GT-1b), LT-IIb (gangliosides GD1a, GT1b and GM2), and LT-IIc (gangliosides GM1, GM2, and GM3) are increasingly expressed during differentiation from naiIˆve (CD4+ or CD8+CD45RO-CD27+) to memory (CD4+ or CD8+CD45RO+CD27+) T cells, and that discrete subsets of central memory (CD4+ or CD8+CD45RA-CD62L+), effector memory (CD4+ or CD8+CD45RA-CD62L-), and terminally differentiated effector memory (CD4+ or CD8+CD45RO+CD27-) T cells express the highest ganglioside levels, particularly of LT-IIb-ligands. On the other hand, mutant LT-IIb-B5(T13I), which had negligible binding in vitro to gangliosides GD1a, GT1b, and GM2, exhibited no detectable binding to naive or central memory T cells, but significantly bound subsets of terminally differentiated effector memory (CD4+ and CD8+) T cells. Our results suggest an important role for gangliosides GD1b and GM1 in naive T-cell responses, while central memory, effector memory, and terminally differentiated effector memory T-cell responses may be more dependent upon gangliosides GD1a and GT1b. Furthermore, the lymphocyte-binding activities of LT-IIb-B5(T13I) confirm that its parental B-pentameter essentially recognizes gangliosides GD1a, GT1b, and GM2 on T cells and suggest that LT-IIb-B5 (T13I) may bind to one or more unknown receptor(s) expressed on subsets of terminally differentiated effector memory (CD4+ and CD8+) T cells. Citation Format: Taylor A. Johnson, Madison K. Ritter, Mary-Peyton A. Knapp, Robert O. Rainer, Nathalie D. King-Lyons, Terry D. Connell, Sergio Arce. Differentiation of human naive T cells to various effector memory cell subtypes correlates with increased binding of the B subunit of Type-IIb heat-labile enterotoxin (LT-IIb-B5) to its cognate ganglioside receptors [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference on Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy; 2019 Nov 17-20; Boston, MA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Immunol Res 2020;8(3 Suppl):Abstract nr A25.


The purpose of this project is to gain a better understanding of the stratigraphy and geologic structure of the East and West Firing Areas, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site 300 (Figure 1). This analysis is designed to help better delineate hydrostratigraphic units (HSUs) in order to enhance the understanding of the fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface. Specific objectives of the investigation include: (1) Evaluation of the stratigraphic relationships between the units that contain tritium in ground water that originates from Pit 7 and the Building 850 area in the vicinity of Doall Ravine; (2) The correlation of these units across the Elk Ravine Fault Zone; and (3) The correlation of these units between the Building 865, Pit 1, Pit 2, and Building 812 areas. These issues were raised by regulators at the Regional Water Quality Control Board in the review of the Pit 7 RI/FS (Taffet and others, 2005). The results of this investigation will assist Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) hydrogeologists to conduct work in a more focused and cost-effective manner. This document is submitted to fulfill contract obligations for subcontract B539658.


Excitation energies, dipole moments, and transition properties for the lowest-lying 1(π, π*) and 1(n, π*) electronic states of two benzotriazole tautomers have been studied at the complete active space (CAS) SCF and multiconfigurational second-order perturbation (CASPT2) levels. With these results, the UV absorption spectra of 1H- and 2H-benzotriazole were first described individually, and then they were considered simultaneously in order to better understand the experimental, observed spectrum of benzotriazole. Aspects of the fluorescence of the compound have been also analyzed. The spectrum of benzotriazole is finally related to those of other azo-compounds.


Inspired by nature, nanonetworks can expand the capabilities of nanomachines with regards to execution of more complex tasks, extension of workspace and coverage. Various communication techniques such as acoustic, nanomechanical, electromagnetic and molecular communications are proposed for nanonetworks but molecular communication is the most promising method. Molecular communication has three categories in terms of distance between nanomachines: short range, medium range, and long range. In this paper, axon-based molecular communication as one of wired long range molecular communication options in nanonetwork is studied. Since axon-based molecular communication uses neural network (body area network (BAN)) as an underlying structure to connect nanomachines, neuron and neural network are described. This paper uses a neural time division multiple access (NTDMA) scheduling to allow nanomachines to send their information through a shared neural network to the destination nanomachine (sink) without any collision and interference. In a NTDMA protocol, nanomachines activate neurons, one after the other, in their own time slots. Since determination of these time slots is a multi-objective optimization problem, thus a genetic-based algorithm (GBA) is proposed to solve it. Simulation results verify that GBA obtains the best feasible solutions and outperforms some existing methods.


An understanding of the interaction between the channel and the signal space is key to reliable communication. Multipath fading channels exhibit inherent diversity that can be exploited via appropriate signaling and reception. We develop a virtual multiple-input multiple-output framework for characterizing single-transmitter single-receiver multipath fading channels, where the virtual multiple inputs and outputs are created by the dimensions of the signaling scheme. The essence of the framework is a representation of the system with respect to appropriately chosen basis waveforms for the signal space that expose the inherent structure of the channel. The structure makes it possible to derive closed-form expressions for ergodic and outage capacity for a variety of transceivers and to design novel transceivers. In many cases, the analysis clearly reveals the key factors that affect system performance. We provide new capacity expressions for a variety of transceivers. In particular, by analyzing particular transceivers, we provide new expressions that bound the outage capacity performance of the multipath channel. A novelty of this work lies in being able to apply codes developed for orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing systems and multiple antenna systems to existing code-division multiple-access-based systems.


In this paper,PBP neural network and GA-BP training algorithm are discussed.The measuring equation is modelled by using neural network model meathod to overcome the serious nonlinearity on liquid consistency measuring.It is possible to measure the liquid consistency on line for a large scope.


A reliable and all-pervading information-sharing mechanism between traffic participants and infrastructure systems, widely termed V2X communication, is crucial to realize the goals of future cooperative intelligent transportation systems – that of improving traffic safety and efficiency. The need to maintain high reliability and availability amidst a permanentlychanging network topology caused by the moving vehicles translate into an increased demand for network management infrastructure and radio resources. Such capital-intensive demands can act as significant deterrents in the quest for a rapid large-scale deployment of V2X technologies. With the goal to reduce the demand for fixed infrastructure and radio resources, we propose an alternate network deployment architecture based on the concept of moving network convoys, deploy it in a distributed C-ITS simulation environment, and provide a quantitative assessment of the potential benefits in comparison to conventional network deployment architectures.


Abstract Background Households are important for SARS-CoV-2 transmission due to close proximity in enclosed living spaces over long durations. Using contact tracing, the secondary attack rate in households is estimated at 18-20%, yet no studies have examined COVID-19 clustering within households, an important measure to inform testing and prevention. We sought to quantify and characterize household clustering of COVID-19 cases in Fulton County, Georgia. Methods We used state surveillance data to identify all PCR- or antigen-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Fulton County. Clustered cases were defined as cases with matching street address, including unit number. Communal places (e.g., nursing homes, correctional facilities) were excluded, as were apartments missing unit number. Household clusters were defined as ≥2 COVID-19 cases at the same residential address with positive sample collection dates within 14 days of one another. We described proportion of COVID-19 cases that were clustered, stratified by age, sex, and race/ethnicity over time. Results There were 60,614 COVID-19 cases with available address reported in Fulton County during 6/1/20–4/30/21. Of these, 25,149 (41.6%) had an address that matched at least one other case; 20,793 (34.3%) were from 8,582 household clusters with positive sample collection dates within 14 days (Fig 1). Majority of clusters had 2 individuals (N=6119, 71%), though some had ≥6 individuals (N=79, 0.9%). Clustering increased through January 2021 (Fig 2). Children were more likely to be in household clusters (Fig 4) and 15% of clusters had a child as first diagnosed case with increases since January 2021 (Fig 3). Consistently higher clustering was observed among Hispanic persons, with rising clustering among Asian persons (Fig 5). Figure 1. Distribution of household-clustered COVID-19 cases in Fulton county between June, 2020 and April 2021 Figure 2. Proportion of COVID-19 cases that were part of a household cluster, Fulton County, June 2020–April 2021. Error bars denote 95% confidence interval around the point estimate. Figure 3. Age of first diagnosis among households with at least 2 cases diagnosed within 14 days Conclusion One-third of COVID-19 cases in Fulton County were part of a household cluster. The higher proportion of children in household clusters likely reflects higher probability of living in a home with an adult caregiver. Higher household clustering among Hispanic and Asian persons, regardless of age, may reflect larger households (supported by census data) or increased exposures outside the house. Timely testing for household members to prevent ongoing transmission remains essential. Figure 4. Proportion of COVID-19 cases that were part of a household cluster, by age – Fulton County, June 2020–March 2021 Proportion of COVID-19 cases that were part of a household cluster in Fulton County stratified by race/ethnicity over time Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures


ABSTRACT Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of dietary high-oleic soybean oil (HOS) on the growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality of lambs. Materials and Methods Spring-born, weaned, Dorset-Suffolk wethers (n = 20; average initial BW of 41.3 kg) were fed at the Illinois State University farm. Individually housed wethers were blocked by BW in a randomized complete block design and fed 1 of 2 treatments with 10 replications per treatment for 84 d. Treatments included a corn silage–based finishing diet (control) and control + 0.5% high-oleic soybean oil. Lambs were weighed on 2 consecutive days every 14 d. Average weights were used to calculate ADG, DMI, and G:F. Following finishing, wethers were transported 463 km for humane slaughter and fabrication under USDA–Food Safety and Inspection Service inspection. Standard USDA carcass data (QG and YG) were recorded. Statistical analysis was performed using the MIXED procedure of SAS to obtain least squares means. Results and Discussion No differences were found for the growth performance measures of ADG (P = 1.0), DMI (P = 0.84), or G:F (P = 0.93). No differences were found for hot carcass weight (P = 0.941), cold carcass weight (P = 0.889), and DP (P = 0.931). Wethers fed HOS exhibited a decrease in a* color value of the longissimus at the 12th rib junction (P = 0.027), with no differences in L* (P = 0.760) or b* values (P = 0.347). Metmyoglobin (P = 0.917), deoxymyoglobin (P = 0.120), or oxymyoglobin (P = 0.077) percentage in the longissimus face at the 12th rib junction was not altered by treatment. Applications In this study, HOS inclusion did not affect standard growth or carcass characteristics in wethers. However, further evaluation into the decreased redness value of the loin eye in HOS lambs is warranted.


The paper deals with the fabrication of nano-shells from pre-stressed nano-plates release. Due to geometrical and technological restrictions we have to cover a given surface with three-dimensional thin ribbons. We discuss the key role of the geodesic curvature in the design of such shell-ribbons. We show that including small-strains but large rotations we are able to control the metric tensor of both Lagrangian and Eulerian ribbons by an appropriate choice of the width and thickness of the ribbons. Moreover, the Green-Lagrange strain tensor is controlled by the distance between the curvature of the planar ribbon and the geodesic curvature of the supporting curve of the shell-ribbon. Under suitable constitutive assumptions, we deduce the field equations, the boundary conditions and the design equations. The former relate the pre-stress in the planar layer to the final geometry of the desired shell-ribbon. A fine tuning of the composition, geometry and of the pre-stress of the plate-ribon is necessary to design and fabricate the shell-ribbon. We design and fabricate a partial cover of the sphere with constant latitude ribbons starting from planar multi-layer semiconductor materials grown by molecular beam epitaxy. The details of fabrication method and its limitations are discussed in detail.


Diffuse Lung Disease: Clinical and Radiological Features, by John Read . . . . . . . . 241 Chronic Diffuse Interstitial Pneumonia and Diffuse Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis, by K. Viner Smith .. . . .. . . .. . . . . 244 Diffuse Lung Disease: Physiological Features, by John Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Primary Aldosteronism with Severe Hypertension Relieved by Adrenalectomy, by M. R. Playoust and R. B. Blacket . . . . . . . . . . 249 Studies on Post-Gastrectomy Malabsorption: The Importance of Bacterial ContaminatiO'll of the Upper Small Intestine, by V. J. Kinsella, W. B. Hennessy and E. P. George .. . . .. 257 A Promising New Drug for the Elimination of Hookworms, by M. Josephine Mackerras .. 261 Operative Treatment of Varicose Veins, by W. Stern 263


Many civilians were massacred in the Korean War period. The incident or mass killing of Kukmin-bodoyeonmaeng(the federation for protecting and guiding the public) was the major one in scale of massacres. This federation was founded in order to protect and guide the converted left-wingers, but actually it was formed by the prosecution and the police as a core part of the organization. When the Korean War was broken out, the government began systematical massacre of the members of this federation. From the discursive representation, there are two different discourses. On the one hand, the victims were the left-wingers or left-related persons and, on the other hand, they are yangmin(the good people) or the innocent peasants. However, in this study shows that the victims were not simply the left-wingers nor the innocent peasants. Especially in Jinju area, among them many persons were a kind of opinion leaders and the publics who could represent or speak instead of the other fellows within a village or myeon. However, the family members of the victims have been suffered or socially stigmatized because of 'the red' labels which tagged onto the victims by the government and the ideology of anti-communist. Since the late of 1990's, with the change of the social circumstance and political environment, the massacre of the members of Kukmin-boboyeonmaeng was rediscovered by several researchers and NGOs. Especially, the establishment of 'Truth and Reconciliation Commission' is an important turning point for discovering the truth of the massacre and the social suffering of the family members of the victims. They were/are not 'the reds' but the civilians massacred by the state or its agency.


Using the shift-share deviation method we analyze interannual variations of the main pollutants in assess type,competitiveness,and structure characteristics.The results could be summarized as follows:1)emissions changed slightly and annual average growth rate was 0.4%;2)the pollution intensity decreased;and 3)in the four sample cities the main pollutants were SO2 and the pollutant structures were different.The largest influence was from the agricultural products' processing industry and papermaking industry.


..................................................................................................................... IX LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................... XVI LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................... XVII CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 1 1.1 Motivation and Research Objectives ................................................................ 1 1.2 The Greenland Ice Sheet ................................................................................... 1 1.3 Seasonal Snowpack in the Western United States ............................................ 5 1.4 Sperry Glacier, Glacier National Park, MT ...................................................... 7


This article decomposes fluctuations in the German unemployment rate into changes in inflows (job separation) and outflows (job finding). For this purpose, we construct and examine monthly labour market transition rates from the West German sample of the SOEP (and the CPS) for the period 1984–2009. We explicitly take account of the low level of labour market transition rates in Germany. Our article shows that in West Germany, changes in the inflow rate are more important (about 60%) than changes in the outflow rate, whereas in the USA close to 80% are due to changes in the outflow rate.


antifeminist, often misogynist and perhaps ultimately misanthropic. Keepers of the History is mindful of both the appeals and the contradictions of nationalism: as the vehicle of "modernity" and of a nation-state "home" for its protected communities, as the forcible reorganization of class and gender communities, as resistance to colonialism, racism, oppression and international aggression, as the controlling of resources of land and women and labor, as the professor of liberalhumanist notions of neutral (non-gendered, non-classed) state citizens, as the protector of a shared culture and history. In this context, the broad socio-historical overview of Keepers of the History is organized into four chapters that suggest both the sweeping range of its contents and direction of its argument. Chapter 1 ("The Intifada: Women on the Journey through Colonization") sets out an account of the Palestinian uprising and its recasting of the struggles between and among Israelis and Palestinians. In a rhetorical move characteristic of nationalism itself, the book then surveys the ancient "origins" of Jews/Israelis and Arabs/Palestinians in Chapter 2 ("Historical Precedents: Women Supporting Women's Survival"). This citation of an ancient past is, however (unlike that of nationalism), not an argument for one people's "rights" to the land, but a contestation of the purportedly "age old" enmity between Jew and Arab. Young resolutely repeats the story of "intercommunal association between Jew and Arab" (p. 75)—and especially between Jewish and Arab women—in an attempt to suggest future intercommunal cooperation and collective solidarity. The third chapter ("In the Modern Era: Women's Rights and Interethnic Relations") shifts to the 19th and 20th centuries and is particularly incisive in its critical situation of nationalism. This, as Keepers of the History suggests in conclusion, is less a repudiation of nationalism than a challenge "to transform the nationalist struggle by examining the ground of nationalist ideology" (p. 186). If some aspects of Young's formulation are here drawn a bit starkly, Keepers of the History is unambiguous from its beginning: "...the concept of the nation-state, acting as a kind of surrogate family, must also be revolutionized" (p. 69). Like much else, however, the claims and practices of nationalism have not been equally or homogeneously rendered.


In the present scenario of world, the engineers having the challenges to find the different ways drive efficient by using the alternative energy sources which are the eco-friendly to environment. The compressed air is used as a source for various operations in the industry and also having the ennivormental friendly. So, the engineers are focused on the compressed air as non-polluting fuel for the vehicles which is termed as pneumatic cars. This paper describes the brief introduction to latest development of pneumatic cars, the efficiency and properties of the compressed air with respect to enthalpy, internal energy, density of the compressed air. The working of the pneumatic car, with the use of the pneumatic actuators that creates useful work by expanding the compressed air, electronic component with simple mechanism. Hence, the pneumatic cars are affordable, safe and future of the automobile industry.


IN the early part of last winter there was published in the American Journal of Mathematicst an account of some experiments which prove that an electric current, as distinguished from the conductor bearing the current, is acted upon by magnetic force in a manner altogether different from that in whieh ordinary induction is known to take place. The new phenomenon was in short the action of a permanent magnetic force on a permanent electric current. Up to the time when the abovementioned article was written this new action had been observed in only one conducting material, gold. In the present article will be given the results of observations with several other conductors; but first it seems worth while to give some account of varioLls closely related experiments which, though resulting negatively, are not entirely devoid of interest. In the previous article the fact was mentioned that a form of apparatus had been devised which, it was thought, might reveal the new action in the shape of an increase of resistance in the conductor. The plan, as modified in accordance with a suggestion of Professor Rowland, was to employ as the conductor to be experimented upon a circular disk of gold leaf, in which the current entering at the center would radiate to a thick ring at the edge and so pass off by a wire attached to the ring. In such an apparatus under ordinary conditions the electromotive force, and so the flow of electricity, would be * In its original form this article was a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Some alterations have been made in preparingit for pnblication. t Vol. II, page 287, 187!l; republished in this Journal, March, 1880.


The dinuclear ZnII complex [Zn2L(DNBA)2]BPh4·EtOH (1) (DNBA = 3,5-dinitrobenzonic acid) with an asymmetric dinuclear ligand, N-4-methyl-homopiperazine-N′-[N-(2-pyridylmethyl)-N-2-(2-pyridylethyl)amine]-1,3-diamino-propan-2-ol (HL), was synthesized and characterized. Single crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis shows that the coordination around the two ZnII ions in 1 is significantly asymmetric, and the distance between both atoms is 3.426 A, which is close to the Zn···Zn distance in related natural dinuclear metalloenzymes. Phosphodiesterase activity of Zn2L in situ formed from a 2:1 mixture of Zn2+ ion and HL was investigated using bis(4-nitrophenyl) phosphate (BNPP) as substrate. The pH dependence of the BNPP cleavage in aqueous buffer media reveals a bell-shaped pH-kobs profile with an optimum at about pH 7.9, which is parallel to the formation of the dinuclear species Zn2L-OH obtained from the potentiometric titration. The catalytic rate constant (kcat) is 6.30 × 10–4 s–1 at pH 7.9 and 25 °C, which is approx. 108-fold higher than that of the uncatalyzed reaction. The homopiperazine bound deprotonated Zn-OH group is responsible for the hydrolysis reaction. The possible mechanism for the BNPP cleavage promoted by Zn2L is proposed on the basis of kinetic and spectral analysis.


work, non-linear control of CSTR for reversible reaction is carried out using Fuzzy Logic as design tool. The Model Reference Adaptive Control approach in used to design Fuzzy controller. The idea is to have a control system that will be able to achieve improvement in the level of conversion and to be able to track set point change and reject load disturbance. We use PID control scheme as benchmark to study the performance of the controller. The comparison shows that Model Reference Adaptive Fuzzy Controller performs better than PID controller in the extreme range of non-linearity. This paper represents a preliminary effort to design a simplified Model Reference Adaptive Fuzzy Control scheme for a class of non-linear process. Future works will involve further investigation of the effectiveness of thin approach for the real industrial chemical process.


Measurements of the electron emission from Mg, Al, Fe, Ni, Au, and Pb surfaces bombarded by atomic (H1+) and molecular (H2+) hydrogen ions with energies from 0.7 to 2.0 Mev showed a diminishing emission with ion energy and little dependence on either atomic number or on the field intensity at the metal surface. Measurements of this type are of interest in connection with the mechanism of high voltage discharges in vacuum. The expected variation of secondary emission with angle of incidence and with conditioning was found. The emission ratios are compared with measurements by others at lower ion energies.


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Approximately 90% of patients with primary myelofibrosis (PMF) harbor JAK2 (58%), CALR (25%), or MPL (7%) mutations.[1][1][⇓][2]-[3][3] CALR -mutated PMF patients are younger than their JAK2 -mutated counterparts, and they display higher platelet count, lower leukocyte count,


This study contributes to the paucity of knowledge on the structure of Australian tropical savanna termite assemblages, compared with that available for tropical savannas elsewhere in the world. Termite species diversity, frequency of occurrence and functional diversity in Charles Darwin National Park, a savanna woodland reserve in tropical northern Australia, were assessed. In four 50 x 50 m sites, a direct search and bait sampling protocol was used to sample mounds, standing and lying dead wood, litter, soil and arboreal nest microhabitats for termites between April and June 2003. Results were compared with a priori predictions of termite community structure based on the work by Braithwaite et al. (1988). Sixteen species from nine genera and three families (Mastotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae and Termitidae) were recorded, including the first record of Ephelotermes taylori (Hill) from open savanna woodland habitat and the first official record of Macrognathotermes errator Miller from north Australian savanna. The family Termitidae represented 69% of termite occurrences. From this family, the wood/soil interface feeder Nasutitermes eucalypti (Mjoberg) represented 30% of encounters. High levels of termite activity were recorded at baits within 6 weeks. Four nesting habits were represented: epigeal (mounds above ground), hypogeal (subterranean nests), nests within wood and arboreal nests. Termites were most frequently encountered in epigeal mounds and lying dead wood. Wood and wood/soil interface feeders were the most common. The findings partially supported the a priori predictions proposed. The termite assemblage structure was represented by species commonly found in other Northern Territory savanna woodland habitats. However, species diversity was lower; soil feeders and live wood feeders were less common and grass-harvesting species were absent. Soil nitrogen and phosphorus and species richness and patchiness of ground vegetation may contribute to these differences. The lower species diversity recorded contrasts with the richer termite faunas of tropical savannas recorded elsewhere.


Two studies addressed students' motivation and participation in an online discussion board which was part of a traditional lecture-based course. The discussion board represented an external communication resource to extend the learning activities beyond the classroom. Self-Determination Theory was used as the theoretical framework to investigate: (a) how students' participation in online discussion related to their intrinsic motivation and attitude toward the class; b) how students' intrinsic motivation changed over time; and c) what factors students noted as responsible for the changes in their motivation level. A total of 123 undergraduate students participated in online discussion as a normal part of their instructional technology class. The results showed that students' participation was related to their intrinsic motivation, but not to their computer/internet skills. Over time, students' intrinsic motivation for participating in online discussion dropped steadily. Student-reported reasons for the motivation changes are discussed.


A photodetector for using in quantitative measurements of the irradiance or power of a laser beam needs to have a linear response. Devices with this property can be acquired but usually they are expensive. In this paper we propose the construction of a photodetector that employs a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR), which has a nonlinear response. In this situation, for using such a photodetector it is necessary a previous calibration. The performance of the new system in experiments that need to quantify the radiant power in stationary conditions was evaluated by comparing the results of the measurement of the radius of a gaussian beam through the knife-edge technique, with the obtained with a commercial linear photodetector.


The feeder circuit protection system of the DC substation is protected by the DC overcurrent device, DC fault selective relay and ground fault overvoltage relay. The DC overcurrent device detects an accident when a current exceeds the set value, and the feeder fault selective relay detects a sudden change in the current during the fluctuation time. In addition, the ground fault overvoltage relay detects an accident when the potential between the rail and the ground of the substation mesh earth exceeds the set value and continues for a certain period of time. However, high-resistance ground faults flow only several hundred amperes. Therefore, the high-resistance ground faults cannot be detected by the DC overcurrent device and feeder fault selection relay installed in the substation. In addition, the rail potential is too small to be detected by ground fault overvoltage relay. If the high resistance ground fault continues, the signal equipment will burn out and transport disorder will occur. There was no way to protect the signal equipment room from high-resistance ground faults. Therefore, we have developed a DC ground fault detector with the aim of protecting the signal equipment room from high-resistance ground faults and preventing defect in transport. This time, a field test was conducted to determine the protection set value of the DC ground fault detector and evaluate the weather resistance. In conclusion, it was confirmed that the developed DC ground fault detector for the signal equipment room was no malfunction. Also, considering that the operating voltage of the signal protector operates at 470V DC ± 20%, the major fault setting value was set to 350V DC so that the ground fault current can be cut off due to a serious fault before the protector operates.


Characterization data and comparisons of these data are presented for three individual lots of a research test fuel designated as an Experimental Referee Broadened Specification (ERBS) aviation turbine fuel. This research fuel, which is a blend of kerosene and hydrotreated catalytic gas oil, is a representation of a kerojet fuel with broadened properties. To lower the hydrogen content of the ERBS fuel, a blending stock, composed of xylene bottoms and hydrotreated catalytic gas oil, was developed and employed to produce two different ERBS fuel blends. The ERBS fuel blends and the blending stock were also characterized and the results for the blends are compared to those of the original ERBS fuel. The characterization results indicate that with the exception of the freezing point for ERBS lot 2, which was slightly high, the three lots, produced over a 2 year period, met all general fuel requirements. However, although the properties of the fuels were found to be fairly consistent, there were differences in composition. Similarly, all major requirements for the ERBS fuel blends were met or closely approached, and the properties of the blended fuels were found to generally reflect those expected for the proportions of ERBS fuel and blending stock used in their production.


BACKGROUND
Social network analysis (SNA) is an innovative approach to the collection and analysis of infectious disease transmission data. We studied whether this approach can detect patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission and play a helpful role in the complex process of prioritizing tuberculosis (TB) contact investigations.

METHODS
We abstracted routine demographic and clinical variables from patient medical records and contact interview forms. We also administered a structured questionnaire about places of social aggregation to TB patients and their contacts. All case-contact, contact-contact, case-place, and contact-place dyads (pairs and links) were considered in order to analyze the structure of a social network of TB transmission. Molecular genotyping was used to confirm SNA-detected clusters of TB.

RESULTS
TB patients not linked through conventional contact-investigation data were connected through mutual contacts or places of social aggregation, using SNA methods. In some instances, SNA detected connected groups prior to the availability of genotyping results. A positive correlation between positive results of contacts' tuberculin skin test (TST) and location in denser portions of the person-place network was observed (P<.01).

CONCLUSIONS
Correlation between TST-positive status and dense subgroup occurrence supports the value of collecting place data to help prioritize TB contact investigations. TB controllers should consider developing social network analysis capacity to facilitate the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of contact-investigation data.


The purpose of this research was to construct the suitable forecasting model for the prices of assorted mangosteen. The data gathered from the website of Office of Agricultural Economics during January, 2005 to August, 2015 (128 values) was used and divided into two categories. The first category had 120 values, which were the data taken from January, 2005 to December, 2014 for fitting the model by the methods of Box-Jenkins, decomposition, and Winters' multiplicative exponential smoothing. The second category had 8 values which were the data collected from January to August, 2015, for checking the accuracy of the forecasting models via the criterion of the minimum root mean squared error. The results showed that the decomposition method was the most suitable for this time series among all the studied forecasting methods.


Description Titan of theoretical physics Steven Weinberg, widely regarded as the preeminent theoretical particle physicist of his era, passed away on 23 July at age 88. Steve took a pivotal step toward establishing what came to be known as the standard model of the fundamental particles and their interactions, for which he shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Abdus Salam. That contribution was just one highlight in a career studded with major accomplishments. In later years, Steve authored a series of highly influential physics textbooks, as well as eloquent books and essays for the general public expounding on societal and scientific issues. He remained scientifically active up to his final days.


In an effort to create residential and settlement environmentally friendly (green and clean) the role of community is needed. One of the programs that give awards to community participation, namely Surabaya Green and Clean program held every year since 2005. The program aims to create settlements environmentally sound and care environment community. One area that follows the Surabaya Green and Clean program in 2013 and succeeded as the Best 3 most flowering Environmental Management Beginner category is the region of RT 3 RT 4 RW 8, Sub - District of Sukolilo Keputih. In transform slums into a settlement with a green and clean environment (green and clean), both local people and communities outside the region plays an important role, namely by applying some of the elements of life , such as keeping the environment, greening, and managing waste to sort out the organic waste that can be processed into compost, and non-organic waste that can be reused by recycling.


Abstract: Objective To investigate the effects of DNA methyl transferase 1 (DNMT1) gene regulation by miR-34a in osteosarcoma (OS) MG63 cells and to determine the possible mechanisms. Methods A miR-34a mimic, mimic negative control (NC), miR-34a inhibitor, or inhibitor-NC were transfected into MG63 cells using Lipofectamine 3000. Cell viability was measured using the MTT assay. The mRNA levels of DNMT1 in MG63 cells were detected by qPCR. The proliferation of MG63 cells was detected by the CCK8 method. The protein expression of DNMT1 was measured by Western blotting. The effects of DNMT1 on the migration of MG63 cells were examined by a cell migration assay. The apoptosis of MG63 cells was detected by flow cytometry. Results The mRNA levels of DNMT1 were up-regulated in MG63 cells treated with the miR-34a inhibitor compared to other groups. The growth of MG63 cells was significantly increased in these cells. The protein expression of DNMT1 and the cell proliferation and migration decreased in the miR-34a mimic-treated group compared to the cells treated with the miR-34a inhibitor or the negative control (both P < 0.05). Conclusion By targeting the DNMT1 gene, miR-34a reduces the expression level of DNMT1 in MG63 cells, thereby affecting the viability, migration, proliferation, and apoptosis of MG63 cells. Interventions targeting the miR-34a/DNMT1 axis may represent a novel targeted therapy for OS.


The authors report the observation of an infarction of the small bowel caused by cholesterol embolization. A review of the literature shows the rarity of such cases. Nevertheless, this etiology should be considered in gastrointestinal bleeding in atheromatous people.


Along with the deterioration of EM environment,the EMC requirements of electronic components are increasingly enhanced.The cable industry now pays more attention to how to improve the shield efficiency and reduce the EM interference of cable.Consequently,EM wave,EM interference,shield mechanism,shield design,shield materials are explored.


Objective To investigate the clinical therapeutic effects of edaravone combined with xingnaojing injection in treatment of patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage.Methods Sixty-three patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage were randomly divided into observation group(n=31)and treated with Edaravone combined with xingnaojing injection and control group(n=32)and treated with xingnaojing injection.The effective rates and scores of nerves afunction were compared.Results The effective rates of the patients in the observation group(74.2%) was higher than that of the patients in the conrol group(40.6%).The scores of nerves afunction of the patients in both groups after treatment were obvously lower than those before threatment.The scores of nerves afunction of the patients in the observation group were lower than those in the control group(P0.01).Conclusion Therapeutic effects of Edaravone combined Xingnaojing injection in treating patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage are better than only Xingnaojing treatment.


Hypernephroma can present as a variety of paraneoplastic, nonmetastatic conditions, including vasculitis, and rarely a lupus-type anticoagulant. Nephrectomy leads to the resolution of the systemic complaints. Malignancy, in this case hypernephroma, can present as an immune-mediated paraneoplastic syndrome which resolves after removal of the underlying tumor.


In this paper, we propose a fire detection method using irregular shapes and colors of flames in the camera image or video image for the early detection of fire. The flame is changed continuously in the form of irregular and had a particular color. In order to separate the hue components from the saturation and luminance, it uses HSV color space. In the proposed method, generate candidate flame regions by using the color of flames. It compares the new flame region and the candidate region to determine the real fire. KeywordsFire Detectin, Flame Color, HSV, Vision Algorithm


The 2016 Mw 6.4 Meinong earthquake struck a previously unrecognized fault zone in midcrust beneath south Taiwan and inflicted heavy causalities in the populated Tainan City about 30 km northwest of the epicenter. Because of its relatively short rupture duration and P wave trains contaminated by large‐amplitude depth phases and reverberations generated in the source region, accurate characterization of the rupture process and source properties for such a shallow strong earthquake remains challenging. Here we present a first high‐resolution MUltiple SIgnal Classification back projection source image by using both P and depth‐phase sP waves recorded at two large and dense arrays to understand the source behavior and consequent hazards of this peculiar catastrophic event. The results further corroborated by the directivity analysis indicate a unilateral rupture propagating northwestward and slightly downward on the shallow NE‐dipping fault plane. The source radiation process is primarily characterized by one single peak, ~7 s duration, with a total rupture length of ~17 km and average rupture speed of 2.4 km/s. The rupture terminated immediately east of the prominent off‐fault aftershock cluster about 20 km northwest of the hypocenter. Synergistic amplification of ground shaking by the directivity and strong excitation of sP and reverberations mainly caused the destruction concentrated in the area further to the northwest away from the rupture zone.


Sorption thermochemical storage systems can store thermal energy for the long-term with minimum amount of losses. Their flexibility in working with sustainable energy sources further increases their importance vis-à-vis high levels of pollution from carbon-based energy forms. These storage systems can be utilized for cooling and heating purposes or shifting the peak load. This review provides a basic understanding of the technologies and critical factors involved in the performance of thermal energy storage (TES) systems. It is divided into four sections, namely materials for different sorption storage systems, recent advances in the absorption cycle, system configuration, and some prototypes and systems developed for sorption heat storage systems. Energy storage materials play a vital role in the system design, owing to their thermal and chemical properties. Materials for sorption storage systems are discussed in detail, with a new class of absorption materials, namely ionic liquids. It can be a potential candidate for thermal energy storage due to its substantial thermophysical properties which have not been utilized much. Recent developments in the absorption cycle and integration of the same within the storage systems are summarized. In addition, open and closed systems are discussed in the context of recent reactor designs and their critical issues. Finally, the last section summarizes some prototypes developed for sorption heat storage systems.


Abstract The present investigation reports the production of pyrolytic plastic oils and their performance in compression ignition (CI) diesel engines with different oil and additive blends. Experim...


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Objective To investigate the efficacy of radiofrequency ablation(RFA)in the treatment of first-diagnosed live cancer(≤3cm)and its experience.Methods Totally 21 cases of live cancer(≤3cm)underwent multi-needle and multi-point RFA in our hospital from Sep.1999 to Dec.2006 to achieve complete coagulation using single bare-handed method.AFP and enhanced scanning of CT were studied.Results Twenty two tumors of 21 cases received 71 points RFA,3.2-point RFA per tumor.No serious complications and death related with RFA occurred.The rate of tumor complete coagulation was 100%(21/21),the rate of AFP turned from positive to negative was 80.0%(4/5),the 1-,3-,5-year recurrence rate was 4.76%,19.0%,38.1%,respectively,the 1-,3-,5-year survival rate was 100%,80.0%,64.7% with Kaplan-Meier,respectively.Conclusion RFA in the treatment of small live cancer(≤3cm)can achieve completely coagulation and excellent efficacy.It is the first choice for the treatment of small live cancer.


BP decoding of LDPC code for weak atmospheric turbulent optical PPM systems was studied,and corresponding decoding algorithm was introduced according to the system model.Through theoretical analysis and extensive computer simulations,the result shows that the LDPC coded weak atmospheric turbulent optical PPM system has better BER than the uncoded weak atmospheric turbulent optical PPM system,but the BER performance of the system increases with the increase of slot.


Monodisperse plastic microspheres have been dropped through a long radio-frequency discharge column. The trajectories of the falling particles have been measured. It was observed that the particles are driven out of the plasma. From the trajectory analysis and plasma measurements the forces on the particles have been derived. Special attention has been paid to the thermophoresis and ion drag forces which are also considered to be responsible for the void formation in microgravity experiments. Two experimental situations have been considered here: first a plasma characterized by its natural symmetric electric potential and temperature distribution and second, a plasma with an asymmetric temperature and electric potential profile. For both cases a good agreement has been found between the measured "trajectory force" obtained from the particle trajectory analysis and the sum of the ion drag, thermophoretic and electric field force.


Summary Ward, D. 1989. Feeding ecology of Crowned, Blackwinged and Lesser Blackwinged Plovers. Ostrich 60: 97–102. The feeding ecology of three closely related cursorial insectivorous bird species, the Crowned Plover Vanellus coronatus, Blackwinged Plover V. melanopterus and the Lesser Blackwinged Plover V. lugubris, was investigated. A high degree of dietary overlap was found in areas of sympatry. In addition, feeding preferences of Crowned and Blackwinged Plovers in the laboratory are described.


Objective To introduce a high efficient,convenient method for isolation and culture of rat hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). Methods Rat HSCs were isolated by modified in situ perfusion with pronase and collagenase followed by density gradient centrifugation with 12% Optiprep. The purity of HSCs was identified by the expressions of desmin and α-SMA using immunocytochemistry method. Results The harvest rate of hepatic stellate cells was 3×107 cells per liver with the purity of 95% and viability of 98%. Cell proliferation and transdifferentiation remained in good condition after 10 generations of serial subcultivation. Conclusion The rat HSCs are successfully isolated and cultured,suggesting our improvement is feasible.


Small superfluid helium droplets are considered in analogy to heavy nuclei using as a starting point some qualitative concepts from meson physics and considering the roton-like interaction between impurities. A scenario is proposed for the structure of changes of a drop as a function of particles. (JFP)


The present collaborative work in progress is an empirical attempt verifying the interplay between political change, fleet nationality, and the evolution of shipping networks. On the basis of historical data on ship positions retracted from archival sources, we create GIS-based online maps to conduct a geospatial analysis of the traffic intensity and movement patterns along the regional and inter-regional sea routes that connected the Venetian port system with the Mediterranean ports, with special attention to the Eastern Mediterranean. In this sense, the platform "simulates" modern real-time technologies used to visualise shipping trends per vessel types.


Lenin's work "On the Significance of Militant Materialism," written in the spring of 1922, is justly regarded as the philosophical testament of our leader. In it, the tasks of the day were merged with the tasks of the entire epoch on the basis of a profound analysis of reality.


This paper generalizes the disputes on the construction of auxiliary verbs' phrases,emphatically analyzes the cognitive cause about this difference.Meanwhile,It expounds the disequilibrium in the internal function of auxiliary verb and fuzzinss of auxiliary verbs' boundaries.


Abstract Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndrome is a familial cancer syndrome characterized by neuroendocrine tumors. The syndrome encompasses four major subtypes: MEN1, MEN2A, MEN2B, and MEN4. MEN1 is caused by mutations in the MEN1 gene, MEN2A and MEN2B are caused by mutations in RET, and MEN4 is caused by mutations in CDKNB1. All are inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, but de novo cases do arise. While all subtypes are associated with neuroendocrine tumors, each has characteristic organ involvement. Identifying patients with the syndrome can aid in proper screening and treatment.


Different sunlight spectrua make different regulation on the photosynthesis and physiology of plants.The detection of different bands light intensity is the foundation of the highly efficient supplementary lighting.Because the existing specific band intensity detection instruments have the disadvantages of high cost and easy to expand,a new method of rapid detection of specific waveband intensity was presented.Taking red and blue as an example,the percentage of specific waveband accounting for sunlight was obtained.By using Matlab,the least squares method was adpoted for fitting function,combining with the calculation formula of sun elevation angle,and a multi-parameter coupling model between the percentage of specific waveband accounting for sunlight and the date,time,latitude and longitude was established.The specific waveband intensity was rapidly calculated by real-time detecting the intensity of sunlight.Experimental results showed that measurement error of the method is less than 4.5%,which can satisfy the need of light intensity detection of the sub-band of light filling system.


Nowadays, to involve wind turbines in controlling the network frequency, drop and inertia control methods are usually used for variable speed wind turbines. Adjusting the benefits of droop and inertia control loops is very effective on the performance of wind turbines, but due to the variability of wind speed and network conditions, adjusting the control coefficients that produce the best response in all conditions is impossible. In this paper, a new method for the comparative regulation of the gain of the droplet control loops and the inertia of the doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) is presented. Also, due to the relief of problems and shortcomings of wind turbine and network modeling, the use of a data-driven method, which operates only on the input and output of the system, has been proposed. In the new idea presented for faster control and prevention of sharp frequency droop, new equations have been calculated to update the coefficients of the control loops using the second fault derivative, which is used in the comparative adjustment of the gain of the droop and inertia control loops. In the proposed control method, the next instantaneous output is first estimated using KVNN and then the coefficients of the frequency control loops are adjusted adaptively using the Hessian matrix. The simulation results for a DFIG wind farm show the proper performance of an adaptive method based on data-driven control in increasing the minimum frequency and improving the network frequency in a permanent and transient state when a fault occurs.


Thirty defects of various shapes were machined on the external and internal wall surfaces of a 177 mm diameter ferromagnetic steel pipe. MFL signals were digitized and recorded at a frequency of 4 Khz. Various magnetizing currents and relative tube-probe velocities of the order of 2m/s were used. The identification of the location of the defect by a principal component/neural network analysis of the signal is shown to be more effective than the standard procedure of classification based on the average signal frequency.


This study discusses the application of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and measures the success of e-billing implementation at the Palembang Ilir Timur Pratama Tax Office and the factors that influence its success. E-billing is developed and managed by the Directorate General of Treasury. There are 100 thousand e-billing users registered at the Palembang Ilir Timur Pratama Tax Office. Based on the analysis results obtained standardized residual covariances matrix values no smaller than -2.58 or greater than 2.58 and the probability of showing a value of 0.080 which means that the value meets the interpretation requirements that the model can be accepted. The results of this study indicate that the success rate of e-billing implementation is at the level of 78% ("Success"). This needs to be considered by organizations for the development of e-billing in the future.


INTRODUCTION Innovation, creativity, customer value, and reasoned risk-taking shape successful entrepreneurial business models. However, prosperous small businesses entrepreneurs ultimately encounter complexities of organizational structure and functional support processes that contribute to creative competitive advantages. Nearly 5,000 small businesses that have taken on regulatory responsibilities through public stock offerings now face challenges of conducting internal assessments of their financial reporting internal controls to comply with Sections 404(a) and (b) of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act. These small public firms with less than $75 million in market capitalization have begun to fulfill Section 404(a) requirements during 2008 by reporting internal assessments of their financial reporting internal controls in their annual 10-k reports to the SEC. An external audit report attesting to the propriety of financial internal controls will appear in small public company financial reports after December 15, 2009 ("SEC Extends 404(b) Compliance", 2008). This article attempts to enlighten entrepreneurial executives encountering SOX 404 reviews about competitive advantages emanating from a sound financial control function that augments entrepreneurial growth by strengthening customer loyalty and employee satisfaction, reduces government oversight, improves internal productivity, cuts infrastructure costs, lessens working capital requirements, and supplies reliable financial disclosures for managerial planning and decision-making. This article may also be of interest to private entrepreneurs contemplating future public stock offerings. SOX Section 302(a)(4)(A) establishes responsibility for establishing and maintaining internal controls with chief executives and principal financial officers of publicly traded companies. This article presents a flexible strategic management process approach to leading managers of small public business to coordinate SOX 404(a) internal control appraisals, supervise internal control advancements and lower SOX 404(b) external attestation costs to enhance economic value for shareholders and reduce potential litigation risk of top executives required to certify the material truthfulness of public financial disclosures under the provisions of SOX Section 302(a)(2). SOX SECTION 404 SMALL BUSINESS IMPLEMENTATION BACKGROUND Former SEC chairmen Paul Volcker and Arthur Levitt have asserted that SOX 404 costs exemplify long-term investments in corporate responsibility that strengthen market efficiencies and reduce market risk (Volcker and Levitt, 2004). A majority of chief financial officers and senior controllers believe small market cap firms that meet SOX 404 standards improve investor perceptions about a business (The Ohio Society of CPAs, 2007). Above-average market gains have been associated with firms possessing strong financial internal controls, implying that perceived investor benefits from enhanced internal controls may outweigh cost concerns (Reilly, 2006). A variety of external stakeholders have defended SOX 404 compliance for upgrading confidence in financial statement reliability. Cited benefits include reduced financial statement fraud risk, enhanced audit quality, increased investor confidence in financial data trustworthiness, and a reduction of shareholder litigation. While external auditors cited nearly every Standard and Poor 500 member with "material weaknesses" in financial reporting internal controls in 2006, only eleven companies reported similar weaknesses in 2007, implying that SOX 404 regulations had drastically improved financial statement reliability ("Material Weaknesses", 2008). HIGH-QUALITY INTERNAL CONTROLS REINFORCE ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES A recent survey of nearly 500 global banking executives identified primary components of an effective risk management culture involves personnel at all organizational levels, a risk management support function, and well-organized internal control processes and audits. …


A 2D numerical model, CMS-Flow, was implemented for the Northeast Corridor Reserve (NECR) using a telescoping grid. Tide and wind forcing was provided to the model and the model was validated using water level data from the Fajardo NOAA NOS tide gauge and with current data from the CariCOOS Buoy in Vieques sound. The model was run from November 1-30, 2013 in order to determine the spatial distribution of the maximum current speed field within the NECR. All dates and times are UTC. Current speeds are in meters per second.


The Dobczyce Reservoir on the Raba River is the main source of drinking water for the city of Krakow. This function requires very good water quality, which consequently limits other functions. The debate whether to allow certain forms of recreation has been taking place for a long time. The paper presents the results of a questionnaire survey conducted among the visitors of the area. People asked about their way of spending time over the reservoir, the most often chose the option "other" (78%), among which the most often was walk (24%). Sunbathing was mentioned by 46%, water bathing by 32% (despite the ban), angling by 18%, and water sports by 12%. The numbers do not sum up to 100, because the visitors could choose more than one option. 68% respondents regarded the cleanliness of water as very good, good or rather good. The management in the area was assessed much worse: 66% regarded it as rather unsatisfactory or unsatisfactory


Electric field stress on high voltage insulation systems surface plays very important role. The stress determines electric field strength of the systems and inception voltage of partial discharges. It is a reason why the measurement of the stress is very important. The paper presents one of the methods, to measure the stress, based on electro – optic Kerr effect. The measurement of electric field stress, on high voltage insulation system surface, using the method based on the Kerr effect, was the objective of the paper. High voltage, long-rod, composite insulator 220 kV was the object of the investigations. Measured value of electric field stress was compared with the values, which were obtained using other methods, used by authors of the paper.


This deliverable presents the case studies selected for the VECOLIB project. A first category of case studies includes libraries of containers in different programming languages: Ada, C, C++, and Java. The presentation classify these containers on the kind of data structures used to implement the containers (e.g., sequence, tree, associative arrays) and on their use of the dynamic storage facility. A second category of case studies includes programs using libraries of containers. These programs are representative for the use containers in Ada and C programs.


Neutron diffraction and magnetic measurements were performed to study a compositional phase transition from ferromagnetism to antiferromagnetism in the ordered (Mn 1−x Fe x )Pt 3 alloys. In this quasibinary system, a continuous series of solid solutions is formed with a simple cubic sublattice of magnetic iron and manganese atoms. Based on the results the authors constructed a magnetic phase diagram of the system. The regions of homogeneous and inhomogeneous ferro- and antiferromagnetism, as well as the tricritical point and the regions of tricritical behavior, were established. The phase diagram is discussed in terms of the phenomenological theory of phase transitions in the systems with several order parameters


AbstractIn this paper, the influence of Fe2+ ions in gelatin medium on the sensitivities of silver halide emulsions with sulphur or sulphur plus gold sensitizers is studied. The drop in emulsion sensitivity is shown because of doped Fe2+ ions in gelatin medium. The decreasing effect is in part caused by tlte oxidation of Fe2+, to Fe3+.


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The fates of 12 1 nests of Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) in south- western Ohio were determined in 199 1 and 1992. Success rate was only 1 So/o, estimated by the Mayfield method. All failed nests were known or suspected to have heen preyed upon. Several hypotheses to explain differences between the location of successful and failed nests were tested. None of those considered explained why the contents of particular nests were taken. We propose that a high incidence of predation by a rich guild of nest predators precludes the existence of predictably safe nest sites for cardinals. Instead, cardinals appear simply to be well-adapted to renest rapidly in response to the near randomness of nest predation. A similar adaptation may characterize many passerines.


Memory hierarchy among conventional memory technologies is one of the main bottlenecks in modern computer systems; alternative memory technologies are thus necessary for quasi‐nonvolatile memory applications. Herein, a fully complementary metal‐oxide‐semiconductor‐compatible quasi‐nonvolatile memory composed of p+‐n‐p‐n+ silicon on a silicon‐on‐insulator substrate is presented. The quasi‐nonvolatile silicon memory device demonstrates high‐speed write capability (≤100 ns), long retention time (100 s), and nondestructive read capability (1000 s), with high sensing current margin (≈109) and reliable endurance (≥109) at low voltages (≤1 V). Disturb immunity for memory array operations is also observed. This study demonstrates that the proposed quasi‐nonvolatile silicon memory device is a promising candidate that can revolutionize the entire memory hierarchy.


word count: 247 Manuscript word count: 3,387 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This is the author manuscript accepted for publication and has undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/ans.13888 2 Figures: 2 Tables: 3 Abstract Introduction: Prior to all surgical procedures possible risks are outlined to patients during an informed consent discussion and they are invited to ask questions. Written consent records this discussion and signals a patient's willingness to proceed with surgery. This study aims to improve documentation of complications discussed during laparoscopic cholecystectomy consent through the introduction of a procedure specific consent form.Introduction: Prior to all surgical procedures possible risks are outlined to patients during an informed consent discussion and they are invited to ask questions. Written consent records this discussion and signals a patient's willingness to proceed with surgery. This study aims to improve documentation of complications discussed during laparoscopic cholecystectomy consent through the introduction of a procedure specific consent form. Methods: Phase 1 included a retrospective analysis of possible complications documented on standard consent forms for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Phase 2 was a prospective randomized comparison of existing standard consent forms vs. procedure specific consent forms measuring the documentation of significant complications as identified from the Royal Australian College of Surgeons (RACS) brochure for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. These include bile duct injury, bile leak, bleeding, infection, conversion and damage to other organs. The proportion of participants in each cohort with documentation of specific complications was assessed using the two-sample test of differences in proportions. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


A calculation is given of the time dependence of the energy losses experienced by fast ions in a laser-beamheated small-diameter plasma drop (dl, , where l is the mean free path of a fast ion in the investigated plasma). It is assumed that the plasma temperature lies in the range in which the electron-ion collisions are the dominant mechanism of the deceleration of fast ions.


In an investigation of school system self-renewal, teachers' modes of participation are viewed in accordance with three dimensions: (a) favoring change versus resisting change, (b) active versus passive attitude, and (c) task orientation versus self-orientation. A typology of teachers' response and participation modes in self-renewal is noted, comprising (a) the activists, (b) the arrogant anti-leaders, (c) the conservatives, (d) the helpless fatalists, (e) the insecure, (f) the impatient-impulsives, (g) the authentically committed, and (h) the floating indifferents. Implications of these response modes, considering situational demands, are discussed.


With Li
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MoO
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(x=0.31–0.40) as a host material, a new family of
polymer–molybdenum bronze nanocomposites has been synthesized using
an exfoliation/encapsulation methodology. Nanocomposites with
poly(ethylene oxide), poly(ethylene glycol), poly(propylene glycol),
poly(vinylpyrrolidinone), methyl cellulose, polyacrylamide, and nylon-6
were prepared and characterized by thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA),
differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), powder X-ray diffraction, FTIR
spectroscopy, UV–VIS spectroscopy, variable-temperature

 7
Li and 13
C solid-state NMR spectroscopy and
magnetic susceptibility measurements. The electrical conductivity of these
materials lies in the range from 10
 -2
 to
10
 -7
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 -1
 , and decreases as the
interlayer separation increases. The intercalated polymer imparts both
mechanical strength and ease of processing to these materials. The
water-soluble polymer–Li
 x
MoO
 3

nanocomposites can be cast into films and other shapes, which may provide
opportunities for applications. Factors affecting the intercalation
reaction and the structure of nanocomposites, such as variations in the
preparation procedure, the polymer molecular mass and the annealing
behaviour of the products are discussed.


ABSTRACT This paper focuses on the need to increase awareness of climate change and aviation carbon offsetting in the travel and tourism industry. The paper first examines the relationship between travel and tourism operations and climate change, specifically In regards to the impact of air travel. Then, recent research Is presented, in which awareness of carbon offsetting in the travel and tourism industry was investigated, using two groups: travel agents and travelers in Toronto, Canada. The study, using frequencies and cluster analysis, addressed the level of awareness of carbon offsetting, opinions on where the responsibility of environmental protection should be placed, travelers' willingness to partake in carbon offsetting programs, and initiatives to increase awareness. The results of the study indicated a lack of awareness of carbon offsetting. In addition, with regards to the question of where to place the responsibility for offsetting, either with the travel industry or the government, there are two specific groups—intrinsically motivated vs. extrinsically motivated.


Integration of genome-scale metabolic networks with reactive transport models (RTMs) is an advanced simulation technique that enables predicting the changes of microbial growth and metabolism in space and time. Despite promising demonstrations in the past, computational inefficiency has been pointed out as a critical issue to overcome because it requires repeated implementation of linear programming (LP) to get flux balance analysis (FBA) solutions in every time step and every spatial grid. To address this challenge, we propose a new simulation method where we train/validate artificial neural networks (ANNs) using FBA solutions randomly sampled and incorporate the resulting reduced-order FBA model (represented as algebraic equations) into RTMs as source/sink terms. We demonstrate the efficiency of our method via a case study of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 strain. During the aerobic growth on lactate, S. oneidensis produces metabolic byproducts (such as pyruvate and acetate), which are subsequently consumed as alternative carbon sources when the preferred ones are depleted. Simulating such intricate dynamics posed a considerable challenge, which we overcame by adopting the cybernetic approach that describes metabolic switches as the outcome of dynamic competition among multiple growth options. In both zero-dimensional batch and one-dimensional column configurations, the ANN-based reduced-order models achieved substantial reduction of computational time by several orders of magnitude compared to the original LP-based FBA models. Importantly, the ANN models produced robust solutions without any special measures to prevent numerical instability. These developments significantly promote our ability to utilize genome-scale networks in complex, multi-physics, and multi-dimensional ecosystem modeling.


In order to discuss sensitivity towards environmental temperature and feasibility used in base course of highway in cold areas,temperature shrinkage performance of cement cinder stabilized coal gangue base course materials is studied through using resistance strain-gauge testing method,and influence of proortion of cement on temperature shrinkage coefficient is discussed with taking cement cinder stabilized unburned coal gangue as an example.The result shows that temperature shrinkage performance of cement cinder stabilized coal gangue base course materials changes disciplinarianly with temperature,temperature shrinkage coefficient of cement cinder stabilized unburned coal gangue reaches its maximum at temperature between-10 ℃ and-20 ℃,and cement cinder stabilized burned coal gangue reaches its maximal temperature shrinkage coefficient when at temperatare between 10 ℃ and 0 ℃.Along with proportion of cement's increase,the average temperature shrinkage coefficient decrease until 5%,and then increase,whose curve likes an concave parabola approximately.Coparison between cement cinder stabilized coal gangue and cement stabilized macadam or cement stabilized gravel shows that cement cinder stabilized coal gangue base course materials have less temperature shrinkage coefficient,which are propitious to pavement base course in cold areas.


Learning from economic theory, the article proposes to differentiate and relate (episodic) micro-memory and micro-imagination and different types of macro-memory and macro-imagination. Drawing on several decades of discourse in historical and cultural studies (from Halbwachs to Lévi-Strauss and to A. and J. Assmann), it differentiates between communicative, cultural, collective and canonical memories. With reference to basic processes of moral communication and a more complex understanding of the human spirit than the one offered in the long tradition of post-Aristotelian thought, it sketches a route towards relating micro- and macro-memories and normative imaginations.


In the current engineering scenario, brass and copper alloys are important class of materials suitable for journal bearing applications. Owing to the environmental laws and the increase in cost of copper, it is found necessary to replace the copper based materials with alternate materials. Through the literature review it is found that ZA 27 is a suitable alternative. The wear rate has been reported to be very less when compared with copper based materials and it has been found to posses higher tensile strength, lower specific weight and easy machinability characteristics. Moreover, it has been established that the working life is four to five times longer than that of phosphor bronze. Nano lubricants are recently being used in order to improve further the tribological characteristics of bearings. A nano lubricant is a new kind of engineering lubricant made of nanoparticles, dispersant and base lubricant. Thus a lubricant with both the combined properties of both the liquid and solid can be obtained. The concept behind the use of nano lubricant is that the liquid lubricant provides damping and low friction, and the nano particle acting as a solid provides load supporting strength. In this paper, the tribological characteristics of ZA 27 alloy is proposed to be studied under dry condition, lubricated condition and when lubricated with nano lubricant. Sliding wear tests are to be performed using a pin-on-disc apparatus under various conditions of load and sliding speed.


FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: system includes a control unit configured to obtain signs of detected light intensity values of at least two different states perfusion region of interest and determination of disease activity as a single value or scalar values using said features using a predetermined vector regression. Method of determining activity of disease uses system and data carrier containing commands, which order processor system to perform method. EFFECT: using inventions simplifies analysis of current state of disease and/or future progression thereof. 21 cl, 8 dwg, 4 tbl