The invention discloses a cementing material prepared from fly ash and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method of the cementing material comprises the following steps: milling 62-78 parts by mass of fly ash, 22-38 parts by mass of lime and 0.5-2 parts by mass of excitant to obtain an admixture of which the 80 mu m screen residue is less than 5%, adding 150-250 parts by mass of water, stirring to obtain a uniform raw slurry, carrying out hydrothermal treatment on the raw slurry at 90-98 DEG C for 8-16 hours, dewatering in a filter press to obtain a hydrothermal synthesis block, calcining at 750-950 DEG C for 30-120 minutes, and cooling with air to obtain clinker; and milling 92-95 parts by mass of clinker, 5-8 parts by mass of gypsum and 0.2-1.5 parts by mass of retarder until the 80 mu m screen residue is less than 4%. The cementing material can utilize low-grade fly ash, and has the advantages of high utilization ratio of fly ash, low calcination temperature and low heat loss. The product has the characteristics of quick setting and hardening, high long-term strength and high sulfate attack resistance. The cementing material is especially suitable for tunnel, underwater, alkaline land and coastal area engineering.


FIELD: food industry. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to infant alimentation field. The infant nutritional mixture, administered to a baby as a single source of nutrition or a single additional source of nutrition as an addition to breast feeding, contains non-replicated probiotic microorganisms brought to a non-replicated condition by way of 71.5-150°C high-temperature treatment during 1-120 sec. EFFECT: invention allows to produce a nutritional mixture with improved anti-inflammatory immunogenic properties. 15 cl, 12 dwg, 6 ex


Infancy and early childhood period is critical in human development and nutrition practices during this period influence the life‐long health. The objective of this review is to compare and contrast the key large scale infants and toddlers nutrition studies in the U.S. A PubMed search (using search terms "Nutrition OR Diet OR [Nutrient Intake]", past 10 years, in Humans age 1–23 months published in English) provided 10033 publications. Title/abstracts review of these publications provided over 50 relevant publications and many of these publications discussed the data from three major studies on nutritional status of infants and toddlers: 1) the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) ‐ a large cross‐sectional study of US infants and toddlers (n=3022, aged 4–24 mo ‐ FITS 2002 and n=1812, aged less than 2 years ‐ FITS 2008) assessing their usual nutrient intakes and food consumption pattern; 2) Infant Feeding Practices Study II (IFPS II) ‐a longitudinal survey study of infant feeding and care practices throughout the first year of life conducted by US Food and Drug Administration in 2005–2007 with more than 3000 U.S. infants sampled in the neonatal period and about 1800 followed through 12 months of age; and 3) the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005–2012 ‐ a cross‐sectional study of 2740 U.S. infants and toddlers aged 0–24 months as a part of a ongoing national survey monitoring the diets and health status of all Americans. Data from FITS indicated that although the diets of U.S. infants and toddlers were overall nutritionally adequate, nutritious food choices such as milk, fruits and vegetables, and whole grains in a variety of forms need to be encouraged. IFPS II raised concerns with several infant feeding practices including substantial infant formula supplementation, early introduction of solid foods, late introduction of meats, and feeding of high‐fat/high‐sugar foods to infants. NHANES 2005–2012 indicated that while human milk, infant formula and baby foods were the top sources of nutrition among infants, a variety of food groups including milk, fruit juices and grains contributed to nutrient intakes of toddlers, however, a number of foods of low nutritional quality including sweet bakery products, sugar‐sweetened beverages and savory snacks were also part of their diet. Overall, these studies provide useful insight but they also raise concerns and emphasize the need for developing the science based dietary guidelines to improve the diets of infants and toddlers.


An editorial is presented which addresses the authors' views about a breastfeeding provision in the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), and it mentions another article which appears in the same issue of the journal and deals with the potential impact of the 2012 ACA breastfeeding provision on infant feeding outcomes among women with private health insurance and female Medicaid insurance beneficiaries. American medical policy evaluation is examined.


SOCIAL WORKERS have long been concerned about clients who discontinue contact with the agency after the intake interview. Helen Perlman has characterized the client who drops out as the "third man." 1 The importance of clarifying to the client the ability of the agency to meet his request for help has been stressed in the casework Iiterature.s In most agencies the intake worker is expected to help the client recognize and accept the need for service before assignment is made to a worker for continued service. A person may be too anxious and frightened to assume the client role despite great need. After his assignment to a worker for continued service, he may still be confused about his role and that of the caseworker, uncertain about getting help, and alarmed at the prospect of having to reveal his doubts and weaknesses to another person. The intake worker, too, may be uncertain about the advisability of transferring the client to another worker, particularly if the client makes strong use of the mechanisms of projection and denial.


Metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) are required to undertake a federally mandated transportation planning and programming process. Although federal law mandates the process and documents that it must be adopted, the law is completely silent on how the MPO should be organized and administered. It has long been known that some MPOs operate as independent agencies, while others depend on a host agency to provide goods and services to support the MPO. Using results from a national survey of MPOs, this paper discusses the administrative structure of MPOs, including the prevalence of hosted MPOs, the types of host agencies, indirect charges, and the advantages of being hosted versus independent. The survey found that 69% of MPOs were hosted by another agency. Regional councils (26%) were the largest host of MPOs, but municipalities (20%) and counties (20%) were also commonly reported. MPOs gave narrative responses about the perceived advantages and disadvantages of their individual administrative structure. The major advantages of hosting included lower overall costs, staff synergies, and agency name recognition. The major disadvantages identified included lack of capital float, difficulty meeting federal match requirements, and confusion in managerial independence. Five distinct types of MPO organizational structures were identified, and the common attributes of each type were discussed. The paper concludes by addressing important issues MPOs must consider when choosing between a hosted MPO administrative structure and an independent one.


This paper presents the new structure of city heating boiler system,and the research and design of networked control system.So improving the heating system's quality has remarkable economic and social benefit.


procurement, they are legally used in because of article 37, XXI, of Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil, and article 3º of Brazilian Law 8,666/1993.


We calculate theoretical isochrones in a consistent way for five filters (K, K′, Ks, F205W, and F222M) in the atmospheric window between 1.9 and 2.5 μm using the Padova stellar evolutionary models by Girardi et al. Even when displayed in the same Vega magnitude system, the near‐infrared colors of the same isochrone can differ by up to 0.18 mag at its bright end, depending on the filter. We present magnitude transformations between K‐band filters as a function of color from H and K band filters. Isochrones with extinction at K of up to 6 mag are also presented. We find that care is needed when comparing extinction values that are estimated using different filter sets in the K band, in particular when comparing those of atmospheric and space filter sets: extinction values for space filters can be in error by up to 0.3 mag. To reduce this error, we introduce an "effective extinction slope" for each filter set and isochrone model, which describes the extinction behavior of isochrones in the color‐magnitude diagram more correctly than the actual extinction law. Our calculation also suggests that the extinction law implied by the observations of Rieke et al. for wavelengths between the H and K bands is better described by a power‐law function with an exponent of 1.61 instead of 1.55, which is commonly used with an assumption that the transmission functions of H and K filters are Dirac delta functions.


This paper proposes an improved image coding scheme based on vector quantization. It is well known that the image quality of a VQ-compressed image is poor when a small-sized codebook is used. In order to solve this problem, the mean value of the image block is taken as an alternative block encoding rule to improve the image quality in the proposed scheme. To cut down the storage cost of compressed codes, a two-stage lossless coding approach including the linear prediction technique and the Huffman coding technique is employed in the proposed scheme. The results show that the proposed scheme achieves better image qualities than vector quantization while keeping low bit rates.


A simple method for the isolation of pure cultures of marine Phycomycetes is described. Methods for laboratory study of the growth and development of such fungi are also described, particularly wit...


This paper presents a review of all known records of turtles of the family Adocidae in Asia, including data from 88 localities. New records of adocids (cf. "Adocus" orientalis, "Adocus" sp. indet. 1 & 2, Adocus sp. indet. 1–4, Shachemys ancestralis, Shachemys sp. indet. 1–5, Adocidae indet.) are described from 14 Cretaceous and Paleogene localities of China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Among them the records of Adocidae ("Adocus") in the Oligocene of Kazakhstan and China are reported for the first time. Reassessment of the published records allows us to change taxonomic status of previous findings from 16 localities. The previously mentioned materials of "Adocus" orientalis from the Upper Eocene of Mongolia are described in detail for the first time. Shineusemys plana and Adocoides amtgai are considered here as species of the genus Adocus, and Mlynarskiella mariani – as Shachemydinae indet.


The development of rapid assays for detection of microbial pathogens in complex matrices is needed to protect public health due to continued outbreaks of disease from contaminated foods and water. An Escherichia coli O157:H7 detection assay was designed using a robotic, fluorometric assay system. The system integrates optics, fluidics, robotics and software for the detection of foodborne pathogens or toxins in as many as four samples simultaneously. It utilizes disposable fiber optic waveguides coated with biotinylated antibodies for capture of target analytes from complex sample matrices. Computer-controlled rotation of sample cups allows complete contact between the sample and the waveguide. Detection occurs via binding of a fluorophore-labeled antibody to the captured target, which leads to an increase in the fluorescence signal. Assays are completed within twenty-five minutes. Sample matrices included buffer, retentate (material recovered from the filter of the Automated Concentration System (ACS) following hollow fiber ultrafiltration), spinach wash and ground beef. The matrices were spiked with E. coli O157:H7 (103-105 cells/ml) and the limits of detection were determined. The effect of sample rotation on assay sensitivity was also examined. Rotation parameters for each sample matrix included 10 ml with rotation, 5 ml with rotation and 0.1 ml without rotation. Detection occurred at 104 cells/ml in buffer and spinach wash and at 105 cells/ml in retentate and ground beef. Detection was greater for rotated samples in each matrix except ground beef. Enhanced detection of E. coli from large, rotated volumes of complex matrices was confirmed.


non HDL C < 130 mg/dL, HbA1c < 9 % had signi fi cantly lower value of TyG. Men as compared to women had lower TyG. TyG positively correlated with FBS, HbA1c, LDL-C, TGs and non-HDL-C. TyG index is a useful tool for assessing glycemic control in T2DM patients manifestations due to COVID-19 We conclude that patients with diabetes are susceptible to further brain injury with COVID-19 viral infectionwith a higher risk of morbidity and mortality. We stress the importance of COVID-19 vaccination in all diabetic patients. consult on all inpatients with diabetes in August 2018, we restricted the data set to compare the nine months pre-policy (September 2018 to May 2019) vs. nine months post-policy implementation (July 2019 to March 2020). Patients who received at least one unit of insulin and had a glucose measurement were included in the analysis. Primary outcome was the rate of inpatient hypoglycemia, as de fi ned by a glucose (cid:3) 70mg/dL. Secondary outcomes included rates of moderate hypoglycemia ( < 54mg/dL), severe hypoglycemia ( (cid:3) 40mg/dL), hyperglycemia (mean daily glucose (cid:2) 180mg/dL), length of stay (LOS), and 30-day readmission rates (30DRR). Chi-square with Yates ' correction or Student ' s t-test were used to analyze the dif-ferences between groups. Results: Rates of hypoglycemia signi fi cantly decreased from 5.9% (592 of 10,023 patient-days) to 5.0% (500 of 9,987 patient-days) post-intervention (p ¼ 0.006). Hyperglycemia rates also signi fi cantly decreased post-intervention (45.7% vs 42.5%; p < 0.0001). Rates of moderate (1.9% vs 2.1%; p ¼ 0.23) and severe hypoglycemia (0.6% vs 0.6%; p ¼ 0.98) were not signi fi cantly different between groups. LOS and 30DRR were not signi fi cantly affected. Discussion/Conclusion: Our study found that administering nutritional insulin post-prandially, instead of pre-meal, in the inpatient setting signi fi cantly decreased rates of hypoglycemia as well as hyperglycemia. Further study is warranted to evaluate whether this dosing strategy impacts patient experience or nursing comfort/ distress regarding insulin dosing and inpatient diabetes.


An arms race in space among the major powers would be immensely dangerous,destabilizing,and expensive.Russia,which has a long history in space technology dating back to Sputnik in 1957,does not have the resources or the political will to sustain such a race today.But China and the United States do.


Shielded Metal Arc Welding is a liquid welding process (fusion welding) that produces heat from an electric arc between the electrode and the workpiece. The depth of fusion formed is determined by the heat input, the electrode angle and the welding direction. The research was conducted in the Mechanical Engineering laboratory of the Padang Institute of Technology. The test material used is low carbon steel 10 mm thick, 100 mm long and 100 mm wide. Welding is carried out on the surface of the work material as many as 4 welding lines, each of which has a distance of 20 mm. Weld length 100 mm. The specifications of the AWS E 6013 electrode are 3.2 mm in diameter. AC SMAW welding machine with a voltage of 30 Volts. Welding is carried out according to the working drawings, the welding current is 85 Ampere, the electrode angles are 700 and 850, the weld length is 100 mm and the welding direction is reversed (the electrode attracts welding fluid). From the welding, the welding speed is 2.51 mm/s for the 700 electrode angle and 2.48 mm/s for the 850 electrode angle. The heat input for each electrode angle is 1024.09 J/mm. at the 700 electrode angle has a penetration presentation of 10.85%, 1.14% greater than the 850 electrode angle. This shows that the electrode angle affects the penetration depth and weld width.


Abstract An (affine) algebraic monoid is an affine variety over an algebraically closed field K endowed with a monoid structure such that the product map is an algebraic variety morphism. Let M be an irreducible algebraic monoid with G (⊊ M) its unit group, ker(M) its semigroup kernel, E(ker(M)) the set of minimal idempotents of M. Algebraically, ker(M) is the minimum regular 𝒥-class in M; geometrically, ker(M) is a retract of M but also the unique closed orbit under the natural G × G-action on M. We study regularity conditions for M and the relationships between ker(M) and Ru (G). We also study an algebraic group embedding problem. The principal results are: (i) dim Ru (G) = dim E(ker(M)) + dim Ru (H) + dim Ru (G(e)), where e ∈ E(ker(M)), H is a maximal subgroup of ker(M) and G(e) ≔ {x ∈ G | xe = ex = e}. (ii) A connected linear algebraic group with nontrivial characters can be realized as a proper unit group of some irreducible normal regular algebraic monoid. (iii) When char (K) = 0, if M is regular, dim Ru (G) = dim ker(M) implies Ru (G) ≅ ker(M) as algebraic varieties.


How to explain why cooperation can emerge in the real society is one of the most challenging scientific problems. In the past few years, in order to solve the evolutionary puzzle of cooperation, researchers have put forward a variety of solutions and accordingly proposed some mechanisms for the evolution of cooperation. Among them, the implementation of prosocial incentive strategy can increase the benefits of cooperators or reduce the benefits of defectors, which has been regarded as an effective measure to solve the cooperation problem. In this perspective, we provide a mini yet profound review of recent research efforts that explore the roles of incentive strategies in the evolution of cooperation and how to design the optimal incentive protocols to promote the evolution of cooperation more efficiently. Importantly, we show some crucial developments about incentive strategies which have been made in the field and meanwhile come up with some significant routes of further research.


Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivar 'Frontana' and three globally leaf rust resistant CIMMYT spring bread wheats, 'Parula', 'Trap', and 'Mango', which displayed seedling susceptibility to Mexican pathotypes TCB/TD and (or) TBD/TM of Puccinia recondita f.sp. tritici and which displayed high levels of adult-plant resistance, were genetically analyzed. The four wheats were intercrossed and crossed with seedling and adult-plant susceptible cultivars 'Inia 66' or 'Yecora 70', and also with 'RL6058', a tester for leaf rust resistance gene Lr34. Adult-plant resistance to leaf rust appeared to be based on four additive genes in 'Frontana' and three additive genes in each of the other resistant wheats. Gene Lr34 was confirmed to be present in all four wheats and appeared to be important in conferring adult-plant resistance in conjunction with other partially effective adult-plant resistance genes. Some of these latter genes appeared to be common in the four wheats, since limited segregation occurred when intercr...


In agriculture practices, besides animal, human activity belongs to the enemy of Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus). This study aims to analyze the farmers' perception on Grey-headed Lapwing existence in paddy field surrounding Gifu University, Japan. There are 10 farmers who are work in the research area. All of them are farmers. Descriptive method was used in this study, the data were collected with questionnaire. The finding show that farmers ignore the existences of Grey-headed Lapwing. They saw the nest of Grey-headed Lapwing in unplowed area as many as 60% and they found the nest in plowed area (soil tillage) as many as 40%. Although Grey-headed Lapwing has great defense to attack the enemy, but they prefer breeding in safety place. In this case, when human activity do their work in soil tillage period, it can ruin the nests. It means that human activity is one of the factors that influencing the breeding success of Grey-headed Lapwing.


Objective To investigate the difference of Id4 gene promoter methylation in patients with different subtypes of myelodysplastic syndrome(MDS).Methods MS-PCR was used to detect the Id4 gene methylation in 56 patients with different subtypes of MDS.Id4 gene methylation was detected in bone marrow samples from healthy donors.Results No methylation of Id4 gene was found in bone marrow samples from healthy individuals.In subtype groups of MDS patients with a lower or higher ratio of blast cells than 5%,the incidence of Id4 gene methylation was different(P0.05).Conclusion Id4 gene methylation can be found in MDS patients with a higher ratio of blast cells.


Soon after the creation of Pakistan, the Islamization process started. The Objectives Resolution 1949, and the Islamic provisions of the constitutions of Pakistan 1956, 1962, and 1973 provided sufficient materials for the Islamization of laws in Pakistan. The Council of Islamic Ideology examined the laws and submitted its recommendations to the Parliament. The Federal Shariat Court declared several laws repugnant to the injunctions of Islam. The Federal Shariat Court was established on May 26, 1980. It had the mandate to strike down existing as well as future laws, except the constitution, Muslim Personal Law, any law relating to the procedure of any court or tribunal. Fiscal laws were debarred for ten years from the jurisdiction of this Court. The Court was also vested with the powers of hearing appeals or revisions against the decisions passed by any criminal court relating to the enforcement of ḥudūd. Appeals against the judgments of the Federal Shariat Court can be filed before the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The paper concludes that the Federal Shariat Court is unique in judicial history. It played a significant role in introducing Islamic laws in Pakistan and offered solid interpretations to various laws to remove the ambiguity in the laws. It critically evaluated a considerable number of laws and directed the government to Islamize them.


Timber-concrete composite floors are much stronger and show a higher bending stiffness than most traditional timber floors. The geometry and behaviour of these floors, as determined through bending tests, will be discussed. A FEM simulation program was developed to carry out sensitivity analyses and to simulate the behaviour of other geometries that could not be tested. The simulations of the bending tests proved to be in accordance with the test results, which indicated that the model could simulate these beams satisfactorily. The model was then used to simulate bending tests on other geometries, which led to the distributions of the load-carrying capacity. The characteristic load-carrying capacity could be determined and was compared to the results obtained through simpler analytical calculation techniques, that turned out to be sufficient for most geometries.


Domotics has been developed for the comfort and security of users in their homes, aiming to implement solutions on automatic and intelligent control. In this work, we have implemented a scale prototype integrating three main sections under the domotics systems: a fuzzy controller for air conditioning and a controller for gradient light have been implemented at the comfort area, a control system based on facial recognition has been applied in the security area, and an automated ON/OFF controller for electronic devices has been done in a web server to use a web service for climate monitoring. In addition, we designed and implemented an intuitive user interface for monitoring the state of the sensors and other electronic devices, as well


For many patients, focally initiated cortical epilepsy is largely intractable, leaving surgical treatment as a last option. Resection of the seizure focus will stop seizures but frequently leads to other neurological deficits such as stroke. A less invasive technique, multiple subpial transections (MST), uses a mechanical hook to produce a series of incisions in the epileptic tissue, with the goal of disrupting neural connections that facilitate seizure propagation. This procedure is performed manually and, as a result, cuts are difficult to control and can often lead to collateral damage. A more controlled and reliable solution to preventing seizure propagation is desired in order to surgically treat focal epilepsy with few undesired consequences. The development of femtosecond laser technology allows for extremely precise and localized cuts below the cortical surface, all while producing minimal collateral damage. Here, we propose the use of femtosecond laser pulses as a light scalpel to produce incisions around the epileptic focus and stop seizure propagation. We use a rat model of focal epilepsy in which 4-aminopyridine (4-AP), a seizure-inducing drug, is locally injected into the cortical tissue. First, femtosecond laser pulses are tightly focused into the brain to produce multiple 750 by 750 μm box cuts at depths ranging from 200 μm to 800 μm below the brain surface. Through a glass micropipette, 4-AP is injected within the cut box to induce seizures and record local field potential (LFP), while another distant electrode is implanted outside the box to record LFP. Here we show that femtosecond laser incisions are capable of blocking seizure propagation beyond the focus. These cuts also alter other seizure properties, indicating the technique's additional effect on seizure initiation. Preliminary evidence also suggests that these cuts do not disrupt normal neural functionality. All together, this work provides strong support for femtosecond laser incisions as a precise and controlled method of preventing focal seizure propagation. Introduction Epilepsy, !"# of the most prevalent brain disorders, affects approximately 50 million people worldwide (Kramer 2012). Knowing no boundaries it can affect any age group and arise from a multitude of causes, both genetic and environmental. Epilepsy is characterized by chronic seizure activity due to a disruption of the normal excitation-inhibition balance within the neural circuitry. (Ribak et al., 1979; Treiman, 2001). Classified into one of two broad groups, epilepsy is generally defined by the location of seizure onset (Benbadis, 2001). Generalized epilepsy involves seizure onset within large regions of the cortex with no single source of initiation and is most often a result of biochemical irregularities. In contrast, partial (focal) epilepsy initiates from a specific region of the cortex. Focal epilepsy is most commonly a result of malformed brain tissue, often caused by injury and resulting in cortical foci that are superficial. Antiepileptic medications are the primary source of treatment for epilepsy and can be successful, particularly in treating generalized forms (Duncan et al., 2006). Nevertheless, epilepsy is a widespread disease, and the 20% of patients for whom seizures are intractable leaves a large number that continue to suffer (NIH Consensus Development Conference Statement, 1990). For intractable partial epilepsy, surgical treatment is often the only viable option. If the focal region is well localized and far enough from critical cortical regions, resection of the affected tissue is an option. However, this is often not the case, as so many regions of the cortex are essential to critical physiological functions (Romanelli et al., 2012). Multiple subpial transections (MST) is a surgical procedure that can be used as an alternative to resection. This technique relies on the fact that seizure activity propagates along intra-layer horizontal networks in the cortex (Telfian and Conners, 1998). On the other hand, inter-layer, vertical connections are important for movement of information between cortical layers (Mountcastle, 1997; Figure 1C). MST seeks to disrupt the horizontal connections that enable seizure propagation without interfering with the vertical connections essential to normal behavior (Morrell et al., 1989). To do this, vertical incisions (that span the width of the cerebral cortex) are made and separated by about 5mm (Figure 1A, 1B). The surgical procedure is crude, making use of a small, blunted hook in order to tear the tissue to disrupt connections (Morrell et al., 1989). Extensive acute pyknosis and tissue edema have been found adjacent to transections in histological examinations. Additionally, while studies indicate the potential success of this technique in reducing or eliminating seizures (Sawhney et al., 1995; Blount et al., 2004), there is also significant evidence for both acute and long-term neurological dysfunction as a result of these incisions (Devinsky et al., 1994; Schramm et al, 2002). Because seizures propagate typically in layers II-IV of the cortex (Rheims et al., 2008), MST potentially damages tissue uninvolved in the disease, as incisions must begin at the surface of brain tissue. Therefore, a more precise and controlled means of disrupting neural connections is desired in order to minimize collateral damage and guarantee continued functionality of the targeted region. In this regard, femtosecond laser pulses are an ideal tool for targeted damage to brain tissue. While near-infrared light can be weakly absorbed by brain tissue (Strangman et al., 2002), the precise focusing of a femtosecond laser pulse can lead to high intensities at the focus that are capable of ablating tissue (Nishimura et al., 2006). Since the process for depositing energy is based on nonlinear absorption, with a tightly-focused femtosecond laser pulse the laser intensity can be high enough to cause damage only at the focus. This trait makes femtosecond laser pulses an extremely powerful tool for making precise, sub-surface incisions in brain tissue that will minimize collateral damage to untargeted areas (Nguyen et al., 2011; Figure 2A). In this study we make use of femtosecond laser pulses as a sophisticated improvement on MST for the surgical treatment of partial epilepsy (Figure 1D). We utilized femtosecond (fs) laser ablation to create a series of subsurface box cuts in the rodent cortex in order to disrupt neural connections surrounding a region of cortical tissue. Microelectrodes were then implanted inside and outside of these cuts to record perform electrophysiology while inducing seizure activity inside of the boxed region. Results indicate that femtosecond laser incisions are capable of halting propagation of seizure activity beyond the focal region. Additionally, these cuts can weaken seizures initiating within the focal region. Together, these results indicate that femtosecond laser incisions interfere with both seizure initiation and propagation, providing a potential new therapy for partial epilepsy that improves upon current surgical techniques. Materials and Methods The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Cornell University approved all animal procedures. Experiments were performed on 15 male Sprague Dawley rats (Harlan Inc., South Easton, MA, USA) ranging in mass from 250g to 400g. Laser cutting experiments were performed on 13 animals and 2 animals were used for sham experiments. Rats were anesthetized using 5% isoflurane (VetOne) and maintained at 1.5-3% isoflurane. Glycopyrrolate (0.5mg/kg rat) was administered intramuscularly to prevent secretions. Body temperature was maintained at 37C with a heating blanket and rectal thermometer (50-7053; Harvard Apparatus, Holliston, MA, USA). Heart rate and arterial oxygen saturation were monitored at all times using a pulse oximeter (MouseOx; Starr Life Sciences Corp., Oakmont, PA, USA). Subcutaneous injections of 5% glucose in saline (1mL/kg) were administered hourly for to maintain hydration of the animal. Surgical preparation of cranial window A craniotomy was performed in order to expose the brain for optical and electrophysiological recording access. Animals were restrained in a custom built stereotax. Bupivacaine (0.1mL per incision, 0.125% wt/vol in deionized water) was administered to minimize pain at the site of incision. A ~4 x 6 mm portion of the skull was removed over the parietal cortex. The dura was carefully removed and the brain was kept moist with artificial cerebral spinal fluid (ACSF). An 8mm diameter glass cover slip (50201; World Precision Instruments, Sarasota, FL, USA) was placed over the top of the craniotomy and kept in place using dental cement (Co-Oral-Ite Dental Mfg Co.). Intravenous injections of 0.3mL of 5% (wt/vol) 2-MDa fluorescein-conjugated dextran (FD2000S; Sigma) in saline were made in order to use two-photon excited fluorescence (2PEF) microscopy to visualize vasculature and determine placement of laser cuts. Two-photon excited fluorescence imaging of cortex for placement of femtosecond laser cuts Images of the cerebral cortex were obtained in vivo using a custom-designed 2PEF microscope utilizing a low-energy, 100 fs, 800-nm, 76-MHz repetition rate pulse train generated by a Ti:sapphire oscillator (Mira-HP; Coherent Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA) pumped by a continuous wave diodepumped solid state laser (Veri-V18; Coherent Inc.). Data acquisition and laser scanning were controlled using MPSCOPE software (Nguyen et al., 2006). A 0.28 numerical aperture, 4X magnification air objected (Olympus, Center Valley, PA, USA) was used in order to determine a general region for laser cuts by observing the full cranial window region. A 0.95 numerical aperture, 20X magnification, water-immersion objective (Olympus, Center Valley, PA, USA) was used in order to precisely position the animal for cuts. Using 2PEF image maps, incision locations were determined


The woodpecker drum is unusual among avian acoustic display because woodpeckers employ material outside their own bodies to produce sound. This allows an opportunity for acoustic analysis of instruments used for drumming that is not possible with other types of acoustic display. Examination of the drum sites of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus varius) revealed that sapsuckers do not use drumming to advertise the presence of nesting and feeding sites in their environment. Controlled hits on a variety of substrates in the sapsuckers' environment were used to compare acoustic properties of spots chosen for drumming to other non-drum spots. In general, sapsuckers drummed in locations that could produce louder and longer lasting sounds than surrounding non-drum substrate including nest trees, feeding trees, and other substrate near the site of drumming. My evidence suggests that sapsucker drumming is an acoustic signal designed for long distance transmission.


Permanent Deformation is one of the most important load-related pavement distresses in asphalt pavements. The Korean Pavement Design Guide currently being developed adopted the mechanistic-empirical approach and needed the pavement distress prediction models. This study intends to develop the model for prediction of permanent deformation in the asphalt layer and estimate the pavement performance. The objectives of this paper are to figure out the factors affecting the permanent deformation and then develop the permanent deformation prediction model for asphalt mixtures. The repeated triaxial load test was Performed on the 19mm dense graded asphalt mixture with variation of temperature and air void. Results from the laboratory tests showed that temperature and air void in asphalt mixtures have significantly influenced on the factors in prediction model. The permanent deformation prediction model for 19m dense grade asphalt mixtures has been developed using the multiple regression approach and validated the proposed permanent deformation prediction model.


Generalized eigenfunctions of the 3-dimensional relativistic Schro- dinger operator p + V (x) with |V (x)| Chxi , > 1, are considered. We construct the generalized eigenfunctions by exploiting results on the limiting absorption principle. We compute explicitly the integral kernel of ( p z) 1 , z 2 C \ (0,+1), which has nothing in common with the integral kernel of ( z) 1 , but the leading term of the integral kernels of the boundary values ( p i0) 1 , > 0, turn out to be the same, up to a constant, as the integral kernels of the boundary values ( i0) 1 . This fact enables us to show that the asymptotic behavior, as |x| ! +1, of the generalized eigenfunction of p + V (x) is equal to the sum of a plane wave and a spherical wave when > 3.


With the help of differential inequality,comparison theorem and Liapunov function,this paper is to discuss two non-autonomously dimensional predator-preys with functional responses of Holling's type Ⅱ and prey supplement,and analyze the existence and glogally asymptotic stability of positive solution and positive almost solution.


&NA; Bausch and Lomb SoflensTM contact lenses with various types of deposits were cleaned with the Allergan Enzymatic Contact Lens Cleaner. Its effectiveness in removing the deposits varied with the type of deposit. Effectiveness of the cleaner can be predicted from the initial appearance of the deposit.


The capacitance thin-slot formalism is investigated, in which the effective permittivity is found to be time varying while the effective permeability is nearly constant. Additionally, it is found that the effective permeability is not equal to the reciprocal of the effective permittivity. Based on the improved formalism of the field distributions and numerical results, an alternative expression is derived for the thin-slot penetration by modifying coefficients of the updating equations near the slot. High-resolution standard finite difference time domain method (FDTD) result and commercially available numerical tool FEKO result are presented in support of the new expression.


Background:  During our daily practice, we observed that cluster designation 23 (CD23) (clone BU38) labels Merkel cells in normal skin. In this study, we examined the expression of CD23 in Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) and assessed its usefulness in distinguishing MCC from non‐cutaneous small cell carcinoma (SMCC).


Y. Chen, A. B. Newberg, J. wang, H. Rao, H. An, J. Greenberg, N. Wintering, V. Tolles, and J. A. Detre Center of Functional Neuroimaging, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States


Evidence is given for the progress in hair keratin research by bringing out four examples from the recent hair science literature.


Objective: To explore the use of preoperative CA19-9 and CEA serum levels as prognostic factors to affect survival in pancreatic cancer. Methods: A retrospective review of the clinical records of 128 patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma between January, 2012 and December, 2013 was performed. Kaplan-Meier method, log-rank test and Cox regression analysis models were used to investigate the relationship between the levels of CA19-9 and CEA and survival outcome. The cut-off for CA19-9, CEA was 39 U/mL and 4.7 ng/mL. Results: The mean age of 128 patients was 62 years, and the median survival time was 12.2 months. The positive rate of CA19-9 and CEA were respectively 78.1%, 37.5%. Patients with high CA19-9 or CEA levels suffered a poorer prognosis than the individuals with normal levels (CA19-9, P=0.027; CEA, P=0.036). Cox logistic analysis revealed that lymphatic metastasis, CA19-9 >39 U/mL and CEA >4.7 ng/mL were independent prognostic factors.


The uraniferous carbonaceous matters are found in some places in Japan where tertiary starata distribute on granite mass.The Ouchi area, Miyagi Prefecture is one of the remarkable place for presence of uraniferous coal. The pajynological survey on the Ouchi coal has done systematically. According to the result, many miocene-type pollen and spores are found from the coal. Other paleobotanical data are obtainted by fossil leaf impressions, found from the strata overlied the coal seam. The paleoclimate during the deposition of the coal seam is supposed a warm-temperate.


PURPOSE
To evaluate the biocompatibility of oxide film formed by micro-arc oxidation(MAO) on titanium surface by culturing bone marrow stromal cells(BMSCs) on its surface and observing the BMSCs's biological behavior of early adhesion, growth and alkaline phosphatase activity.

METHODS
According to the surface treatments, the samples were classified into 4 groups: MAO group, abrator group, abrator and NaOH-treated group, and untreated titanium group. Attachment, growth and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity of BMSCs cultured on the titanium surface of each group were assessed at different time. All data were statistically analyzed with one-way ANOVA using SPSS11.5 software package.

RESULTS
From a morphological point of view, cell adherence in the MAO group was the best. Cell count and ALP activity in the MAO group were highest(P<0.01).

CONCLUSIONS
MAO film on pure titanium surface may increase BMSCs adhesion, growth and ALP activity and titanium surface treated with MAO exhibits better biocompatibility.


Brookville Wood Products (BWP) is a company created in 1965 and located in rural Pennsylvania. The company grows ash and maple trees on their 5,000 acres of land and sold timber to furniture manufacturers in the United States. In the late 1990s, BWP reduced their workforce due to furniture manufacturing moving to China. To stay in business, the company diversified into making baseball bats with a customer focus on the Major League Baseball teams. The case begins with the creation of BWP Bats in 1999 and the introduction of the maple bat to Major League Baseball players, followed by an analysis of their marketing challenges


While the Chu-Harrington and Gustafsson limits predict that a cylindrical antenna that is one-hundredth of a wavelength tall with diameter of one sixteenth of a wavelength should be able to achieve a bandwidth of 2 MHz at 150 MHz, they do not explain how to realize this result. The multi-arm cylindrical helix antenna is a good design candidate, but further study is required to understand its performance limitations. We examined the tradeoffs between number of arms, height, radius, and presence or absence of crossbars to bandwidth and radiation efficiency. Our principal findings include: 1. The bandwidth of the antenna is insensitive to increasing radius, and remains just shy of 2 MHz. 2. Efficiency increases significantly with increasing radius while the presence of crossbars yields a marginal increase in efficiency. 3. At ULP heights, we are unable to effectively fill a Chu sphere. If we can relax the height restriction, the bandwidth can increase significantly and efficiency approaches 100%.


The paper was to explore and summarize the advantages and disadvantages of consultative solution to medical disputes. In the course of consultative solution to medical conflicts, both hospital and patients should follow the principle of harmoniousness and being practical and realistic, adopt moderate strategy, take controlling conjuncture development as premise, hold moderate compensation and deal with the dispute properly.


In this paper, the optical characteristics of an extended-source double-gate tunnel field-effect transistor (ESDG–TFET)–based photodetector in the visible range of the spectrum at wavelength λ = (300–700) nm are investigated. The optical characteristics are examined at three specific wavelengths λ= 300, 500, and 700 nm at an intensity of 0.7 W cm−2. The optical characteristics of photosensors, such as absorption rate, generation rate, energy band profiles, transfer characteristics, sensitivity (S n), quantum efficiency (η), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and detectivity, are extracted according to the incident wavelength of light. The results reveal that the ESDG–TFET-based photosensor exhibits better optical characteristics at λ = 300 nm compared to at λ = 500 and 700 nm. Moreover, the proposed photosensor provides sensitivity, SNR, and responsivity in the order of 91.2, 79 (dB), and 0.74 (A Watt−1), respectively, at λ = 300 nm. Due to the high incident optical energy (E g) at 300 nm, the absorption and emission rates of this photosensor are significantly larger; consequently, it reports better optical characteristics. Finally, a comparative study of the proposed TFET-based photosensor with photosensors cited in the literature is summarized in tabular form. A comparison study in terms of spectral sensitivity between single-gate and double-gate ESDG–TFET is also reported. Moreover, an inverter circuit based on ESDG–TFET is designed, and the corresponding transient analysis is highlighted under both dark and light states.


The Mosel wine region (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) is the largest steep vineyard region in the world. Due to extreme slopes, tillage with heavy machinery, increase in extreme precipitation events, and new planting of vines, these vineyards are among the agricultural systems most affected by soil erosion.

As a result of viticulture since the Roman period and their special characteristics, almost all vineyard soils in the Mosel region are classified as Terric Anthrosols. These soils are characterized by a very high rock fragment content (mainly Devonian argillaceous schists and fluvial sediments) and a loose surface horizon over a compact one due to tillage or weathered parent material. This structure enables subsurface flows within the upper horizon, especially in periods of very high soil moisture.

There is a knowledge gap concerning the identification and quantification of transported soil particles in this subsurface flow. If these soil particles reach relevant amounts, superficial protective measures against soil erosion may be partially ineffective, and the soil degrades due to substantial loss of fine material. In consequence, there is a need to develop a method to determine this subsurface particle transport in situ.

In this study, a first experimental approach for assessing the occurrence of subsurface erosion of fine-grained soil particles within soils is presented. Using this experimental set-up, it is possible to prove the process of fine soil material transport as well as the development of sediment traps for in situ measurements.

The experimental approach consists of a sediment trap prototype, based on a drainage pipe, which is positioned into a test flume. The dimensions of this flume are 2.7 m x 0.9 m x 0.2 m (L x W x H). It is filled with material from a vineyard soil of the Mosel valley flanks. Water enters the flume from the upper end with the help of an 0.11 m high overflow. The sediment trap is 0.86 m long and has an 0.855 m x 0.4 m long side-cut-out where a mesh (mesh aperture 3 mm x 6 mm) is installed. It is connected to a separate drain where the water and eroded sediment are collected. This is analysed in the laboratory to quantify the amount and characteristics of the eroded material. Additionally, the total subsurface flow is measured by a drain at the lower end of the soil body for having a total mass budget of runoff and erosion.

The preliminary results show a clear correlation between the measured total subsurface flow and sediment transport with the ones collected with the sediment trap. The results suggest that this sediment trap prototype is clearly suitable to quantify the subsurface soil erosion. In the further course of the work, the sediment trap will be installed in situ in the vineyards to test its field applicability to determine valid subsurface erosion rates in vineyard soils.


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Abstract We investigate the incentive and welfare implications of a merger when heterogeneous oligopolists compete both in process R&D and on the product market. We examine how a merger affects the output, investment, and profits of firms. In addition, we examine whether firms have merger incentives, and, if so, whether such mergers are desirable from the viewpoint of social welfare. If R&D is not expensive and if large cost differences between efficient and inefficient firms exist, a merger between homogeneous firms tends to occur even though it harms welfare.


crashes. They're the bane of a field service engineer's existence, devilish problems that can hide in a network just out of reach of a conventional test tool, no matter how powerful. Sometimes you need a tool with a little something extra. You need pulse-width triggering. Pulse-width triggering, sometimes called time-qualified triggering or glitch triggering, moves beyond measuring the edge of a pulse. It's a powerful way to capture a specific positive or negative pulse by triggering on the pulse duration rather than on its edge. That's important. In a logic circuit, for example, a glitch – say, a pulse much faster than the clock pulse – can be a serious source of problems. Measuring the edge simply isn't enough. The ability to trigger uniquely on the glitch, investigate what generated it and determine its effect on the rest of the system all possible with pulse-width triggering provides important diagnostic information. Whether it's an error of synchronous logic, problems with a rotary encoder or a serial data transmission error, oscilloscopes with pulse-width triggering capability such as the powerful, handheld ScopeMeter 190C Series help service technicians ferret out even the most troublesome buried problems. Handheld scopes offering pulse-width triggering are still a rarity, but because field service engineers are just as likely to need this capability as laboratory-based engineers, Fluke included pulsewidth triggering in its advanced ScopeMeter 190C oscilloscope series. The ability to trigger uniquely on the glitch, investigate what generated it and determine its effect on the rest of the system provides the service engineer with an important diagnostic tool. In addition to glitches, many timing problems in circuits are caused by pulses that appear too long (which can, for example, indicate a missing pulse). To capture these, you can set a scope with pulse-width triggering capabilities to trigger on pulses longer than a given duration. Triggering on a long pulse also is useful in many bus protocols where a long pulse often occurs at the beginning of a data stream. To contend with all likely eventualities, the pulse-width triggering function on the ScopeMeter 190C Series scopes offers four time qualifiers: 'less than' (< t), 'greater than' (> t), 'equal to' (= t) and 'not equal to' (≠ t), where the time interval is selectable in minimum steps of 0.01 divisions or 50 ns. The scopes also offer a time delay of nine div pre-triggering and 1000 div post triggering. To be able to set the correct triggering conditions, however, it's necessary to know something about the signal you are looking for, such as the likely pulse duration, or whether the condition you're investigating is likely to lead to a glitch or a pulse longer than the normal signal (Figures 1 and 2). Pulse-width triggering with Fluke's ScopeMeter 190C Series Test Tools


The paper deals with why Pearl S.Buck created such an image of China,that is,the generation of the image of China in the trilogy of The Good Earth from two aspects: the double cultural identity and the liminality of her writing aims.The anxiety and ambivalence in identity and the tolerance in religion cause her to think about the cultural significance of her double cultural identity, which helps her open the third space while conveying the idea that man can understand each other by surmounting the cultural and racial differences.


Abstract Although the transverse butt weld method with ceramic backing strip has been widely used in various industrial fields for its fabricational convenience, it is rarely used in offshore industries since the fatigue strength of the weld joint has not been proved sufficiently. This study conducted fatigue tests for series of butt weld specimens with horizontal (2G) and vertical (3G) welding positions in order to verify the fatigue strength compared to S-N curve by DNV (Det Norske Veritas), IIW (International Institute of Welding) and Eurocode 3. The difference of the 2G specimens and the 3G specimens are investigated in terms of angular distortion and the effect on the fatigue strength are analyzed.


The advantages and disadvantages associated with the use of monolithic ceramics in heat engines are discussed. The principle gaps in the state of understanding of ceramic material, failure origins, nondestructive tests as well as life prediction are included.


With the developing of science and technology in current years, the theories and tools to tackle the indefinite matters have an overwhelming trend. Nearly all the theories are based on the classical soft set theory that Molodtsov proposed in 1999. This text constructs the concept sequence interval-valued fuzzy soft sets, a comprehensive concept associating the mathematical model interval grey number sequences with the concept of interval-valued fuzzy soft sets. Furthermore, this paper discusses relevant properties and operations about it as well. At last, in order to demonstrate the practical applicability, we deal with the case on decision making.


In a prospective study, 15 pregnant patients with a total of 7 leiomyomas and 10 focal myometrial contractions were evaluated with color flow imaging. Images were graded based on vascularity. Leiomyomas were grade III (hypervascular) in 85.7% and grade II (peripheral flow only) in 14.3% of cases. Contractions were grade I (hypovascular) in 80% and grade II in 20% of cases. Contractions involving the placenta demonstrated vascularity adjacent to the myometrium at the placentation site. Color flow imaging is useful when used in conjunction with two-dimensional findings to differentiate between leiomyomas and focal myometrial contractions during pregnancy.


The separation and determination of amino acids in oyster shells by micellar e lectrokinetic chromatography were reported. Eight free amino acids were well separated in 28 min with a buffer of 25 mmol/L Na2HPO4-NaH2PO4 (pH 7. 0 ), 40 mmol/L SDS and 3 mol/L urea. The peak height was proportional to the c oncentration of amino acids in the certain concentration range with correlation coefficient of 0.9955~0.9984 and recovery of 99.5%~100.7%.


Suspension arrangement of a car framework is one of the most significant parts which is answerable for wellbeing and solace of the individuals riding on the vehicle. This comprises of different stun engrossing parts, for example, helical loop springs and gooey dampers and so forth. In this audit article a few of as of late distributed investigation article were read for getting a few thoughts dependent on which the dynamic execution of safeguard suspension arrangement of cars can be upgraded. Development and size, mechanical properties, inventive structure, streamlining techniques and models, material of loop springs and liquids utilized in dampers are seen as the most noticeable elements for development the dynamic execution and toughness of a suspension framework. Keywords– Mechanical behavior, Composites Materials, Structural Analysis, Shock Absorber, ANSYS structural.


Abstract. Structural damage exhibits non-linear characteristics, and structural dynamic responses are often complicated. A method for structural damage identification based on adaptive local iterative filtering (ALIF) and kernel density estimation is proposed. Firstly, the original structural vibration signals are decomposed by ALIF, the components containing structural damage information are extracted, and then the kernel density estimation model of the components is constructed, and the maximum density value is calculated as the characteristic parameter. These parameters are taken as the input to a neighbour distance classifier. The feature vectors of the test sample signals are input to a trained neighbour distance classifier for structural damage identification. Experimental results show that the proposed method is completely driven by the sample data, with high precision and stronger applicability.


Lanthanide doped nanocrystals with upconversion fluorescence emission have been synthesized. The surface of these nanocrystals are modified to render them water dispersible and biocompatible. Use of these nanocrystals for bioimaging introduces many advantages, for example, minimum photo-damage to biological samples, weak auto-fluorescence, high detection sensitivity, high light penetration depth, etc. Here, we use upconversion nanocrystals to label cancer cells and demonstrate confocal imaging of the labeled cells implanted in mouse muscle.


A projective rectification-based view interpolation algorithm is developed for multiview video coding and free viewpoint video. It first calculates the fundamental matrix between two views without using any camera parameter. The two views are then resampled to have horizontal and matched epipolar lines. One-dimensional disparity is estimated next, which is used to interpolate the image for an intermediate viewpoint. After unrectification, the interpolated view can be displayed directly for free viewpoint video purpose. It can also be used as a reference to encode data of an intermediate camera. Experimental results show that the interpolated views can be 3 dB better than existing method. Video coding results illustrate that the method can provide up to 1.3 dB improvement over JMVC.


Swedish gymnastics has been reduced to a directory of progressive analytical movements intended to form the basis of what is known in French physical education as a global gymnastics. This article explains how Philippe Tissié was inspired by Swedish gymnastics in his development of a hybrid vision between the Swedish method of physical education and the French model that was largely derived from the works of Jean Saint-Martin Amoros and Philippe Sarremejane. The paper demonstrates how Tissié's French gymnastics was not only limited to analytical movements but also included the practice of sports. At the same time, it explains how the creation of this hybrid model meshed scientific findings from life sciences (biology and physiology) with human and social sciences (psychology and sociology). Between 1886 and 1935, Tissié's appropriation, thus, enabled him to structure his conceptions of physical education and to move from the Swedish to the Franco-Swedish method.


Development and validation of a nucleosome-based calibration standard for application in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay quantifying H3Cit-DNA complexes in human plasma


Objective
To investigate the clinical application value of pancreatoduodenectomy combined with vascular resection and reconstruction for pancreatic head carcinoma.

Methods
The clinical data of a patient with pancreatic head carcinoma who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy combined with vascular resection and reconstruction at the Southwest Hospital in March 2014 were retrospectively analyzed. Preoperative imaging examination showed no gap between vascular wall of portal vein (PV) and pancreatic head space-occupying lesion, vascular compression and stenosis at intersection of PV, splenic vein (SV) and superior mesenteric vein (SMV), but not excluding adjacent main PV invasion. During the operation, it was difficult to separate pancreatic head carcinoma from PV, indicating vascular wall invasion at intersection of PV, SV and SMV. Therefore, the pancreatic head, bile ducts, duodenum, partial jejunum, invasive vein vessels, lymphatic and nerve tissues were radically resected, then PV, SMV and SV were reconstructed. The patient was followed up by outpatient examination and telephone interview after surgery till April 2015.

Results
The patient underwent pancreatoduodenectomy combined with vascular resection and reconstruction successfully without blood transfusion. The operation time was 285 minutes and volume of intraoperative blood loss was 300 mL. The patient had a smooth postoperative recovery, resuming diet at postoperative day 5. The abdominal drainage tube and stitches were removed at postoperative day 6 and day 12, and the patient was discharged from hospital at postoperative day 15. Computed tomography reexa-mination showed clear vascular anastomose. The patient was not complicated with pancreatic fistula, biliary fistula, intra-abdominal hemorrhage and vascular embolism. The postoperative pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of pancreatic head moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma accompanied by PV invasion and lymph node metastasis, with a negative margin. The patient began a course of single drug common chemotherapy using gemcitabine at postoperative day 40. No cancer recurrence was detected during the one-year follow-up.

Conclusion
Pancreatoduodenectomy combined with vascular resection and reconstruction is safe and feasible for the treatment of pancreatic head carcinoma with good surgical effects.

Key words:
Pancreatic neoplasms; Pancreatoduodenectomy; Superior mesenteric vein; Portal vein


In this paper, the nature of syllabic stress is investigated. An acoustical analysis of speech signals reveals the nomenclature for the models of phonetic words and the corresponding acoustical features. Stability criteria for these models are considered with respect to the type of the model, its location in the text, and the physical conditions during the production of the speech signal. The work is carried out using comparable Russian and English texts. Such features as variations of pitch, intensity and duration are investigated with the help of various dialects in each language / British and American English, several dialects of Russian / in an effort to establish general and language‐ and dialect‐dependent features of syllabic stress. The relative importance and mutual replaceability of the various features is also evaluated. [This work was carried out at the Laboratory for Structural and Applied Linguistics, Moscow State University, and supported by the MINVUZ‐IREX senior scholar exchange program between USSR and USA.]


During the 18th century, the studies on the composition of matter included the notion of imponderable fluids. These were called so because they were invisible, imperceptible and had no weight. They could, however, be perceived though their effects, which the natural philosophers sought to observe and define through observation of nature and experiments in the laboratory. This was how air, fire, heat, light, gravity and electricity, among other were approach. Regarding electricity, there were divergent theories about its composition. One main line, represented by Benjamin Franklin, maintained that there was one single electric fluid, which was subtle and elastic and diffused among bodies so that their particles suffered attraction and repulsion. On the other hand, Joseph Priestley was among those who held that there were, in fact, two different electric fluids, one associated with attraction and the other with repulsion. In his view, different bodies contained also different "amounts" of electricity and attraction, e.g. occurred when a body containing more electricity came close to another with less. This encounter, however, was violent, resulting at the same time in repulsion between them. This was the theoretical framework for Priestley's countless experiments to verify the presence of electricity in different materials. Through friction, he established the intensity of the production of electric sparks, which allowed him to classify the tested materials in conductors and non conductors of electricity. These experiments were described in several works, especially in The History and Present State of Electricity with Original Experiments and Familiar Introduction to the Study of Electricity, first published in 1767 and 1768, respectively. Analysis of these works allowed understanding the path followed by Priestley to develop his theory of electricity.


This research is to find out about the influence of corporate governance, sales growth and company size to financial distress. The dependent variable which is financial distress is adjusted to the financial distress prediction model by Altman Z-Score. Independent variable which is corporate governance which includes managerial and institutional ownership, sales growth and company size. The sample used in this study is the property and real estate sub-sector of the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2014-2017 with a total of 40 sample. This study uses multiple linear regression analysis with SPSS software version 21.
The results of this research shows that institutional ownership have significant positively influence to financial distress, company size have significant negatively influence to financial distress, but for managerial ownership and sales growth does not influence to financial distress,
Keywords: Managerial ownership, institutional ownership, sales growth, company size, financial distress

Penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh corporate governance, sales growth dan ukuran perusahaan terhadap financial distress. Variabel dependen yang digunakan adalah financial distress yang diukur dengan model prediksi financial distress oleh Altman Z-Score. Variabel independen yang digunakan adalah corporate governance yang meliputi kepemilikan manajerial dan kepemilikan institusional, sales growth dan ukuran perusahaan. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah perusahaan subsektor property dan real estate yang terdaftar pada Bursa Efek Indonesia 2014-2017 dengan jumlah 40 sampel. Penelitian ini menggunakan analisis regresi linier berganda dengan software SPSS versi 21.
Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa kepemilikan institusional berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap financial distress, ukuran perusahaan berpengaruh negatif signifikan terhadap financial distress, tetapi untuk kepemilikan manajerial dan sales growth tidak berpengaruh terhadap financial distress,
Kata kunci : Kepemilikan manajerial, kepemilikan institusional, sales growth, ukuran perusahaan, Financial distress


The authors were intrigued by the different ways and methods advocated in the engineering education literature to promote active learning in a class over passive learning. The two authors were in charge of teaching a sophomore-level course in design and manufacturing at the University of New Mexico. They have combined (1) group work, (2) student teaching and presentations, (3) pop quizzes, (4) peer rating of team members and non-team members, and (5) problem-based learning or PBL in an effort to maximize the active learning involved in the class. All of the aforementioned methods have been tried, typically individually, in previous educational studies and were recommended for teachers. An exception is the peer rating of nonteam members, which is presented for the first time here and is conducted via a student-filled form provided in the Appendix. The educational experience, along with statistical data, from this unique combination is discussed herein along with any recommendations or lessons learned.


Several techniques to map various types of components, such as words, attributes, and images, into the embedded space have been studied. Most of them estimate the embedded representation of target entity as a point in the projective space. Some models, such as Word2Gauss, assume a probability distribution behind the embedded representation, which enables the spread or variance of the meaning of embedded target components to be captured and considered in more detail. We examine the method of estimating embedded representations as probability distributions for the interpretation of fashion-specific abstract and difficult-to-understand terms. Terms, such as "casual," "adult-casual," "beauty-casual," and "formal," are extremely subjective and abstract and are difficult for both experts and non-experts to understand, which discourages users from trying new fashion. We propose an end-to-end model called dual Gaussian visual-semantic embedding, which maps images and attributes in the same projective space and enables the interpretation of the meaning of these terms by its broad applications. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method through multifaceted experiments involving image and attribute mapping, image retrieval and re-ordering techniques, and a detailed theoretical/analytical discussion of the distance measure included in the loss function.


A typical type of Zhundong coal with high sodium (Na) concentration was pyrolyzed, and the pyrolyzed char was gasified at temperatures of 850–950 °C in a laboratory-scale electrically heated tube-quartz fluidized-bed reactor, to study the releasing characteristics and transformation mechanism of Na species in various occurrence modes including the H2O-soluble, NH4Ac-soluble, HCl-soluble, and insoluble Na species. The various Na species in collected residues were quantified using a method of sequential chemical extraction combined with an inductive coupled plasma equipped atomic emission spectrometer. The crystalline phases in residues were identified through the X-ray diffraction analysis. The releasing characteristics and transformation mechanism of various Na species were in detail discussed through the qualitative and quantitative analyses of the experimental results. It was shown that the H2O-soluble and NH4Ac-soluble Na species mainly contributed to release of total Na species during pyrolysis, while...


The Michael Chekhov Centre UK was founded in 1995 by Sarah Kane and Martin Sharp, in order to develop the knowledge and practice of Michael Chekhov's approach to actor training. The centre was set up following the success of a 1994 conference on Chekhov's work, organised by Kane at Emerson College. Graham Dixon joined Kane and Sharp in the MCCUK later, when he moved to England. Following a symposium organised in 2011, the MCCUK expanded to a core group of seven with the addition of Tom Cornford, Cass Fleming, Julia Krynke and Sinéad Rushe. To mark this transition, Cornford, Fleming and Rushe interviewed Dixon, Kane and Sharp about their use of Chekhov's technique and the questions that teachers and practitioners face on a daily basis.


A code clone is a code fragment that has other code fragments identical or similar to it in the source code. The presence of code clones is generally regarded as one factor that makes software main...


The isobaric vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) data for the binary mixture of ethanol + 1hexanol were determined at 100 kPa through the measurements of boiling point temperature by using modified Othmer recirculation still. No azeotrope was formed in the investigated binary system. The Wilson, nonrandom two-liquid (NRTL), and universal quasichemical (UNIQUAC) models were used to correlate the experimental data to obtain binary interaction parameters. These three models yield satisfactory results.


The preparaing process and strengthening mechanism of Cu matrix composites strengthened by Al2O3p dispersion are reviewed in this paper.The preparation of internal oxidation of Al2O3p/Cu composite material with high temperature properties and its influence factor have also been analyzed.Finally the existing problems of internal oxidation are presented.


Abstract Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) has successive wide range in impedance imaging, but still it is difficult to extract cardiac-related conductivity changes and respiratory-related conductivity changes in spontaneous breathing subjects. Quite a few methods are attempted to extract these two signals such as electrocardiogram gated averaging, frequency domain filtering and principal component analysis. However, such methods are not able to take apart these components properly or put some effort in real time imaging and have their own limitations. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new method in the EIT clinical application field, Independent Component Analysis (ICA) to extract cardiac and respiratory related signals in electrical impedance tomography. Independent component analysis has been introduced to use in electrical impedance tomography but this is the first attempt ever to implement this method to separate these two signals and image those independent conductivity distribution of respiration and cardiac changes independently. Data has been collected from a spontaneous breathing subject. Filtration technique has been used to remove random noise and multi level spatial ICA has been applied to obtain independent component signals which has been later used in reconstruction algorithm for imaging.


The invention provides a liquid electric coupling type vehicle suspension impedance control device which comprises an upper lifting lug, a main hydraulic cylinder, a lower lifting lug, an auxiliary hydraulic cylinder, a rotor shaft and a motor stator. The upper lifting lug is connected with the upper end of the main hydraulic cylinder. The main hydraulic cylinder and the auxiliary hydraulic cylinder are arranged side by side. Upper cavities and lower cavities of the main hydraulic cylinder and the auxiliary hydraulic cylinder are communicated through connection pipes respectively. The main hydraulic cylinder is internally provided with a main hydraulic cylinder piston and a main piston rod which are connected in a matched mode. The lower end of the main piston rod is fixedly connected with the lower lifting lug. The auxiliary hydraulic cylinder is internally provided with a baffle, an auxiliary piston rod and an auxiliary hydraulic cylinder piston, wherein the middle of the baffle is provided with holes, and the auxiliary piston rod and the auxiliary hydraulic cylinder piston are connected in a matched mode. The lower end of the auxiliary hydraulic cylinder is fixedly provided with the motor stator evenly provided with windings, and the windings are connected with an outer-end control circuit. A rotor shaft provided with a rotor magnetic yoke and rotor magnetic poles penetrates through a motor working cavity and is fixedly connected with the auxiliary piston rod. The impedance control device is more flexible in impedance form, superior in dynamic performance and small in nonlinear factor influence, a split structure of the impedance control device is achieved and space is saved.


Complex low-density lattice codes (LDLC) designed via spatial coupling for inter-symbol interference (ISI) channels are proposed in this paper. A complex node-by-node belief propagation (BP) decoding algorithm is derived. To improve the BP threshold lattice codes are directly constructed in the Euclidean space via spatial coupling technique. A semi-analytical density evolution method is used to search the BP threshold as well as elements of the parity matrix. Voronoi shaping operation is employed to utilize the potential nominal coding gain and the shaping gain. Simulation results show that error performance of complex spatially-coupled LDLC codes is less than ldB from capacity at dimension 10,000.


The advance of the technology has made the teaching and learning process happens interestingly. It
has also carried a great way to teaching reading at the English as a Foreign Language Class in Indonesian
University Context. Accordingly, it becomes feasible to design blended pedagogical practices. This study argues
that blended learning may give impact of fluency training and strategy instruction on reading. It is intended to
engage students' attitude, interests and motivation on reading development (Grabe & Stoller, 2002). Thus, this
qualitative study reports a series of classroom activities in teaching reading by implementing blended learning
(Fraenkel & Wallen, 2007). Through this pedagogical practice, students get the advancement of their learning
experience. As in conventional teaching and learning English, teaching reading through blended learning covers
learning process in the form of face-to-face teachings, guidance on participant blended learning –be there as
classroom instructions and online learning, training and assessment (Marsh, 2012). The model is in the form of
an interactive teaching method. Conveniences that can be fashioned are the interactive learning through tutorials,
drills, online learning, tools and open-ended learning environments. It not only facilitates English language
learning but also allows the implementation of the advancement of information technology.
Keywords: blended learning, teaching reading, TEFL in an Indonesian University Context


The mean-variance formulation by Markowitz in the 1950s paved a foundation for portfolio selection analysis in a single period. This was subsequently extended to multi-period portfolio selection by Li and Ng [4] and multi-period portfolio selection with inter-temporal constraints by Costa and Nabholz [5]. The solutions of both papers were implemented and backtested on the Singapore and US stock market. It was found that incredulous gains and exceptional losses were just as likely with both models. The empirical analysis further revealed that bankruptcy is a prevalent problem with the optimal portfolio policy of [7]. This problem was ameliorated by the addition of inter-temporal restrictions [8] but the improvements were marginal and only restricted to the Singapore market. The empirical studies also provided strong statistical evidence for an inverse relationship between the expected terminal wealth and the observed terminal wealth for certain portfolios. This is contrary to the intended purpose of the models as one would expect the observed terminal wealth to increase with the expected terminal wealth.


An enhancement-mode power heterojunction FET utilizing a re-grown p/sup +/-GaAs gate (p/sup +/-gate HJFET) was developed for cellular applications. The p/sup +/-gate HJFET exhibited a high maximum drain current of 400 mA/mm and a gate forward turn-on voltage of 1.15 V with threshold voltage (V/sub T/) of +0.5 V. A small V/sub T/ standard deviation of 20 mV was obtained. The 32 mm gate width device has an extremely low off-state leakage current of 0.02 /spl mu/A at drain-to-source voltage (V/sub ds/) of 3.0 V and gate-to-source voltage of 0.0 V and at RT. Under single 3.2 V operation, the 32 mm device delivered 35 dBm output power, 11.9 dB associated gain and 73% power added efficiency at 950 MHz. Even operated at V/sub ds/ of 1.0 V, the device exhibited a high PAE of 70%. The developed p/sup +/-gate HJFET is promising for no drain bias switches and single voltage operation power amplifiers.


In this study, interactive affects of temperature and chamomile varieties on essential oil contentin Iran were studied. The experiment was carried out in completely randomized block design with three replicates. Certain factors including chamomile varieties (Germania, Gorel andBodegold) and temperature (12, 15, 20 and 25°C) during seedling stage till planting. We noticed that high temperature significantly decreased the plants characteristics. Although the low temperature treatment significantly increased biological yield, flower yield, essential oil percentage and plant height. Also, chamomile varieties had significant effect on biological yield, flower yield, essential oil percentage and plant height. Our findings indicated significant difference in essential oil of chamomile varieties. Therefore, the selection of varieties that performs well over a wide range of environments can increase essential oil yield of chamomile plants.

 Key words: Temperature, essential oil content, quantity features, chamomile varieties.


The paper presents the results of experimental investigation of parameters of the three-phase high voltage alternating current plasma generator with power up to 100 kW operating on steam with gas protection of the electrodes. Researches were carried out over a range of arc current from 25 to 50 A and range of steam consumption of 3–5 g/s. Current-voltage and volt consumable characteristics, operation oscillograms and dependence of power versus the flow rate of steam and protective gas are presented.


The methods of Diestler and McKoy and Cheung and Wilson are combined to yield a procedure for calculating vibrational transition probabilities for inelastic reactive and nonreactive collisions. The model treated is that of a collinear collision between an atom and a diatomic molecule. The procedure should result in marked reductions in the computer time and core requirements for such calculations. An alternative method based solely on the approach of Cheung and Wilson is also developed; this method requires that the potential‐energy surface in the vicinity of the transition state be approximated by a quadratic form and should permit extremely rapid computation of reactive‐scattering transition probabilities. A second alternative method based on the use of the Born approximation in the vicinity of the transition state is also discussed.


The purpose of this study is to find out how soft contact lens multi-purpose solution (MPS), often used for medical treatment, effects the inhibition on cell growth and research the result of using MPS, suspected to demage eye cells, on rabbit eye's corneal epithelium and endothelium tissue. In this treatise, (Baush & Lomb, USA), Opti-free (Alcon, USA), Free-sol (Hanamedicon, Korea) had been selected among the MPS. After culturing L929 roil line, cell growth inhibition rate was measured by MTT assay, and by making Hematoxylin and Eosin stain specimen. the morphology was observed by optical microscope. In the In vivo experiment,9 white rabbit eyes (18 eyes) were classified into 3 groups. The experimental group is left eyes (9 eyes) of rabbit, and MPS were dropped; however. the control group, the right eyes (9 eyes), were only used a saline solution without preservatives. After the dropping within the period, the cornea surface of rabbit eyes were stained by Rose bengal and observed. To figure out the changes of the corneal epithelium and endothelium tissue scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has been used. As the result, the rate of cell growth inhibition was 54%. 73% and 36%, respectively. Morphological changes represented that the shape has been changed into oval or round shape and those are not considered as a common formation of L929 cell line. When it comes to staining Rose bengal, each experiment group was stained red which is not shown in controls. The polygonal mosaic pattern of a corneal epithelium was disturbed in the picture taken by SEM; furthermore, the shape of the corneal endothelium was irregular. In conclusion, as we consider antimicrobial effect and the safety on living cells, it is necessary that we should improve concentration of preservatives and study continuously to develop a new preservatives without a toxic effect on the cornea surface.


In order to enhance rates of disclosure of domestic violence by service users, Rose et al argue for additional specialist training for mental health professionals. I would argue that this is the wrong level at which to pitch training. I would also suggest that to precipitate any real shift in health workers' attitudes, and therefore practice, we need to see changes in ICD-11. With ICD-11 still in development, Rose et al's excellent paper should be mandatory reading for the Revision Steering Group. If, as the World Health Organization maintains, the ICD-11 aims to serve 'not only . . . as a classification system but also as a building block for health' (www.who.int/ classifications/icd/ ICDRevision.pdf), the Revision Steering Group would do well to reflect on the comments captured within this research. Medicine's ambivalence about accepting domestic violence as a key determinant of health is amply highlighted by the absence in our current ICD of any code for domestic violence. Whereas abuse of children can be recorded with a range of different Z codes, the abuse of adults remains non-existent in terms of axis V coding. This position surely validates both those in this study who do not see domestic violence as their business, but also goes some way towards promulgating the idea that this is a condition beyond the realms of ordinary practitioners' experience and therefore competence. Training regarding domestic violence needs to happen at university level. Domestic violence is not just something that affects mental health service users, and it is something that medical students can be trained to ask about, think about and feel comfortable enough to approach. I base my comments on training I co-deliver with a service user to 5th-year medical students. The training takes place in the context of practising interviewing skills. During the course of providing the history, the service user mentions 'being in a very violent relationship'. Medical students often freeze at this point, or say something such as 'I am very sorry', before moving swiftly on to another topic. At the end of the interview slot, the service user talks with the student group about how important it is to be able to ask about and listen to this kind of material, and how the student's desire to move away from the topic leaves her feeling this is something bad/dirty/ unmentionable. She tells them how liberating it has been for her to be able to talk about this experience with others, and we both remind them of how common domestic violence is in our society, regardless of class or race or religion. Our work has not been evaluated in terms of whether the students who pass through our module go on to be better at facilitating discussion about domestic violence, but this would perhaps be a useful area of study for medical schools or other professional training centres.


Hollow core concrete bridges have been widely constructed in China during the last two decades. The most simple span bridges, with standard lengths of 13 m, 16 m and 20 m, are hollow core concrete bridges. For this type of bridge, the hollow core slabs are precast and simply lifted into place. After the prefabricated hollow core slabs are put in place, the embedded rebars extending from the prefabricated slabs are bound together and the concrete is poured into the space between the slabs, forming a lateral hinge joints between the slabs. A lot of hollow core concrete bridges built early in the 1990s have small hinge joints and very few rebars embedded to form strong lateral connections between the slabs. With an increase of overweight vehicles and the continuous aging of the structures, structural deficiencies such as intensive cracks running through the mid-span and severe deflection progress rapidly resulting in loss of structural capacity and even collapse. The failure of hollow core concrete bridges usually initiates from the failure of the hinge joints, which are the weakest links of the system. When the hinge joints start to lose their ability to hold the adjacent slabs securely, more and more vehicle loads are shifted onto the slabs with deficient hinge joints, which worsens the condition of the slabs and eventually results in systematic failure. To save the hollow core concrete bridges from failure, the authors propose an effective strengthening method to stop the progress of the deficiencies and improve the capacity of the structure.


This paper contributes to the discourse about research methodology pedagogy towards the development of new scholarly researchers. Because students can better visualise causal effects within a single case, I propose that instructors, before moving onto to teach inferential statistics relying on impersonal numbers from many cases, use instead a case-oriented approach to emphasise the "case" as the basic pedagogic unit to scaffold the student's learning of research methodology. A carefully chosen case can represent an instantiation of the same phenomenon that will eventually be used to demonstrate inferential statistics.  After all, for causal effects to show up at the population level, they must be operating within particular cases. I refer to this as an N-case approach. This approach locates various combinations of quantitative and qualitative methods on a continuum from exploratory to confirmatory research. This continuum can also be framed as one moving from the particular to the general. The single case allows students to grasp ideas about causal processes in a more direct manner than a survey can. Instructors can then build on single case insights to grasp similar ideas at a population level. My motivation for this approach is to turn away from a pedagogy where research methodology teaching begins with ideas set in quantitative approaches to understand causal processes occurring at a particular case level. I also believe that current research teaching ought to turn away from encouraging students to apply a research design according to their favoured identity along a qualitative-quantitative divide. Instead, the research problem should determine the required research design.


A major client for the Department of Systems Engineering, US Military Academy asked us to conduct a detailed analysis of the weapon systems program on which they were working for potential vulnerabilities. The turnaround time on this study was very short so we decided to conduct a workshop. A workshop posed significant challenges with the short timeline and the diverse group of attendees. This paper discusses how the structure of the workshop and the technology we used helped us overcome the challenges and develop a great product for our client.


NASA's Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) is being designed to withstand a 10-year lifetime in polar and low earth orbits. A large percentage of OMV's lifetime will be spent operating in the vicinity of the Space Shuttle and Space Station or in storage at these manned locations. An extensive analysis has been performed to determine the effects of the meteoroid and orbital debris environments on OMV's external fuel tanks. A finite element model of OMV was constructed using NASTRAN and analyzed with the meteoroid and debris design analysis code BUMPER. The results show that the long design lifetime, and the ever increasing man-made orbital debris environment, will require the use of shielding over the external fuel tanks.


The worst-case fairness index (WFI) has proved to be an important metric in the provision of fairness and bounded delay in both wired and wireless networks. Worst case fair WFQ (WF/sup 2/Q) is better than weighted fair queuing (WFQ) in that it can provide bounded WFI. However, simulations show that in some circumstances WF/sup 2/Q has higher WFI and queuing delay than WFQ. This paper firstly analyzes the reasons why WF/sup 2/Q sometimes experiences higher WFI, and based on this, an adaptive packet queuing algorithm termed delay optimized WF/sup 2/Q (DO-WF/sup 2/Q), is proposed. This algorithm aims to improve the delay index (DI) while maintaining the WFI bound provided by WF/sup 2/Q. Verifications and simulations show that DO-WF/sup 2/Q can reduce DI while not destroying the WFI bound, and at the same time maintain low complexity.


The reassembly of a broken archaeological ceramic pottery from its fragments (called sherds or ostraca ) is an open and complex problem, which remains a scientific process of extreme interest for the archaeological community. All the solutions suggested by various research groups and universities, depend on external information such, the outline of sherds, the corners of their contour, some geometric characteristics, the matching of the discontinued surfaces due to fracture, the angles and curves on its boundaries, etc. In our approach the reassembly process is based on a different and more secure idea, since it is focuses on the thickness information encapsulated in the inner part of the sherds, which is not -or at least not heavily- affected by the presence of harsh environmental conditions and is safely kept within the sherd itself. The method is verified in various use case experiments, using cutting edge technologies and precise measurements on 3D models.


Branch predictor of a processor, wherein the branch predictor: a primary branch prediction table (100) which is coupled to an instruction pointer generator and a first plurality of branch prediction entries stores, each entry indicating whether a branch is taken or not, each entry of an instruction address corresponding to the primary branch prediction table (100) a destination address memory (101, 142) that, when displaying a branch to be taken, a target address is output is coupled in such a way, and a secondary branch prediction table (102) which is coupled to the instruction pointer generator and a second plurality of branch prediction entries, for predicting whether a branch is taken or not, stores, wherein the secondary branch prediction table (102) with a circuit (104) for determining a wherein the prediction output of the secondary branch prediction table is used only when the primary branch prediction table outputs no match destination address is coupled by decoding the instruction pointer corresponding to the command.


B eginning in the 1960s, a political movement emerged that advanced a radically new critique of environmental and animal use practices. These new ideological tendencies were characterized by a shift not only in philosophical outlook but also in language and collective practice. This time period is often associated with the founding of the deep ecology framework, authored by Arne Naess in 1973, replacing the environmental protectionism of the past, as well as notions of animal liberation, inspired by a 1975 book of the same title by Peter Singer. Just as Singer's notion of liberation replaced previously popular notions of animal welfare or rights, the groups that formed during this time replaced previously dominant strategies of aboveground popular protest with that of self-guided, clandestine, autonomous units. These new revolutionary frameworks—serving to challenge state authority and notions of property rights—were quickly adopted by emergent groups, which began to use sabotage, vandalism, and arson. In 1963, the Hunt Saboteurs Association was formed, dedicated to physically disrupting hunting expeditions, often taking the form of sabotage and provocation. In the early 1970s, several activists decided to shift their tactical focus after working with a hunt saboteur movement. In 1972, the Band of Mercy (BOM) formed in England as the outgrowth of a desire for a new praxis that prioritized MICHAEL LOADENTHAL


This research proposes an efficient algorithm that can be applied to drones to transport materials in indoor environment. This algorithm optimizes the time and reduces energy consumption during sharing and completing tasks between different drones. In this research, the results will be achieved based on the "Earliest Time Algorithm". We have modified this algorithm, where we have reached to get much better results in terms of saving time while performing various tasks from the drone. The performance of the algorithm is tested and analyzed for three different types of tasks and depending on the weight the drone carries.


Two diallels, one involving 5 parents and a second involving 8 parents were evaluated for 3 years each. In the 5-parent diallel, date of harvest, yield of ripe fruit, weight per berry, and area covered by one plant were evaluated. Of these, weight per berry had by far the greatest genetic and additive components of variation whereas these components for yield were very low. In the 8-parent diallel, the same variables were evaluated with the addition of berry color, plant vigor and log number of berries. Weight per berry and berry color had large genetic and additive components whereas yield of ripe fruit, plant vigor and log number of berries had large environmental components of variation.


We study the ground state magnetic order of the quantum antiferromagnet on the fractal Sierpinski gasket, a system with a dimension between one and two. Using exact diagonalisation we analyse the ground state and thermodynamic properties of small finite systems and calculate data like spin-spin correlations and specific heat. We find arguments that the ground state remains disordered for an XY or Ising like anisotropy in the spin exchange away from the isotropic Heisenberg point.


Artmcial water-recharging hiscory in Beijing Iasts for about 50 years,and it experiences testing and implementafion phases.The former includes deep-well,gravel-pit,large-well recharge tests and so on;the latter includes rainwater recharge method and reclaimed water recharge memod.