Abstract This study was an attempt to find evidence of subjective color disturbance on the Holtzman Inkblot Test. Two tests of anxiety and one of neuroticism were administered to 129 male undergraduates. Those Ss scoring in the extreme ranges on each instrument were classified as high and low groups. Eight entirely chromatic cards from the Holtzman and their achromatic photographic reproductions served as experimental stimuli while 15 cards (15 mixed chromatic-achromatic cards) served as buffers. The degree of subjective disturbance elicited by each card was determined by means of a semantic differential composed of 16 pairs of bi-polar adjectives. It was found by means of X2 analyses that no significant differences appeared between the two groups of Ss when either the chromatic or achromatic stimuli were rated separately. When a difference measure between the two types of stimuli was employed, both groups rated the chromatic cards in more favorable terms. In the discussion, it was suggested that "novelty...


It is widely recognized that tens of TCF of natural gas remain in water-drive reservoirs where primary production was abandoned at the onset of brine production. Today's depressed energy prices have focused attention upon an additional incentive for co-production: very low finding cost for new reserves. The location of the gas is already known. Further, in many cases, production can be achieved by reentry of old wells at a cost substantially below the cost of new wells. Co-production in an RandD mode is needed to provide a basis for informed judgments and decisions on the use of the process for future gas supply. To provide field instrumentation, sample collection, sample analysis, and laboratory support to the co-production program and to facilitate transfer of information and technology to the gas industry.


Asava and Arishta are alcoholic medicaments prepared by allowing the herbal juices or their decoctions to undergo fermentation with the addition of sugar. Standardization of ayurvedic formulation is important so as to assess the standard of medication. Within the present study standardization of asava from fruit tree Carica papaya, known to be effective in Dengue fever, Cancer cell growth inhibition, Antimalarial has been performed. Asava formulation was prepared by the normal method of Ayurveda. The formulation has been standardized by modern scientific control procedures for the finished products. Standardization of asava was achieved by organoleptic study, physicochemical parameters like PH, denseness, total solid content, amount, alcohol content, index of refraction, total reducing sugars, and stability study. The results have revealed that the physicochemical parameters were within the bounds and also the values may be wont to establish and formulate procedures for standardization and quality controlling of those ayurvedic formulations.


Background: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-reactive patients are more prone to infections. The morbidity and mortality in HIV-reactive patients is due to opportunistic infections. Most of the infections seen in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome are endemic to that geographical region. Hence, this study was undertaken to document the occurrence of pulmonary bacterial and fungal infections in HIV patients. Materials and Methods: Expectorated and induced sputum samples were collected from 100 HIV-reactive patients and processed for bacterial and fungal pathogens including Pneumocystis carinii. Results: Of 100 samples, 66 were culture positive. Among the isolates, Mycobacterium tuberculosis constituted the highest number, 55 (83.3%), followed by other bacterial infections, 11 (16.6%), and fungi, 2 (3.03%). Tuberculosis patients had a CD4 count of less than 250 cells/μl with a mean count of 186 cells/μl and those with bacterial infections had a CD4 count of more than 300 cells/μl. The study showed that males were infected with HIV more than females and most of them belonged to the adult age group in the prime of their working life. Weight loss followed by fever and cough were the most common symptoms. Conclusion: M. tuberculosis is the most common opportunistic pathogen followed by bacterial pathogens infecting the lung in HIV. Low CD4 count is a dangerous signal of decreased immune status and higher chances of opportunistic infections and high mortality.


Contamination of natural water sources is one of the main health problems worldwide. This contamination could be caused by chemicals, metals or microbial agents (Salmonella, Pseudomonas, Legionella, Shigella spp., and Escherichia coli pathotypes). The aim of this study was to analyze the quality of eighteen rivers located in the province of Pichincha in Ecuador, through physical-chemical and microbial parameters...


To determine the prevalence of unidentified diabetes mellitus among 67‐year‐olds in Denmark participating in a screening programme focusing on cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and to describe glycaemic levels in individuals according to point‐of‐care HbA1c combined with self‐reported diabetes status.


The majority of cotton produced in the United States is exported. The exporting of the crop results in extended storage and shipping times which introduces a new challenge for cotton quality. The duration and environmental conditions of cotton storage and shipping can impact cotton quality in terms of color and processing. The most notable change is that the +b value for many bales increases between classing and processing overseas. The increased yellowness can result in appearance defects in yarn and fabric. A long-term project is underway to store multiple bales, produced from the same module, under various conditions and monitor the effects of storage condition on color and other physical properties as well as processing performance from fiber through finished fabric. Twelve bales were ginned from a single module, subjected to 18 months of storage under various conditions and then sampled and sent through textile processing. This is an update to the project, which was initially reported in 2013. The ongoing project has shown that temperature in the storage condition and sugar levels of the bales may affect color change.


JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2003 ■ VOLUME 19 ■ J PHARM TECHNOL 23 The counting and pouring now often alleged to be the pharmacist's chief occupation will in time be done by technicians and eventually by automation. The pharmacist of tomorrow will function by reason of what he knows, increasing the efficiency and safety of drug therapy and working as a specialist in his own right. It is in this direction that pharmaceutical education must evolve without delay. —Linwood F Tice DSc Dean, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (1966)1


The adjustable variables of influencing combustion in view of the start-up commissioning process of 490t/h circulating fluidized bed boiler of Tangshan Kailuan Dongfang Power Generation Co.Ltd.,such as the coal quality,coal-feeding amount,bed temperature,bed pressure,feed back amount,air volume and so on are analyzed.And the coupling characteristics of adjustable variables in the process of unit load increasing from 75MW to 136MW are studied.


A method for counting gamma emissions from uranium235 in each of 10000 uranium-aluminum alloy fuel elements is described. The method is used to ensure that uranium235 is within 2 1/2% of 1.82 g. The method shows 1% absolute accuracy and is much faster as a method for production inspection than weighing methods. The method is insensitive to surface irregularities. (N.W.R.)


Self-fluorescence of light-harvesting complex is a powerful tool for investigation of living photosynthetic microorganisms. As the physiological state of single cells of such microorganisms is closely related to the operation and activity of photosynthetic system, any variations in spectroscopic properties of their self-fluorescence indicate the changes in their physiological state. In this chapter, we present several applications of confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) for investigation of living photosynthetic cells. A set of ordinary CLSM techniques will be applied for studying of cyanobacteria (or blue-green algae) such as 3D imaging, spectral imaging, microscopic spectroscopy, and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP). Cyanobacteria were chosen as a model microorganism due to their great importance for different scientific and biotechnological applications. Cyanobacteria are the most ancient photosynthetic microorganisms on Earth. Nowadays, cyanobacteria are one of the most wide-spreaded organisms in nature, and the ecological aspect in their investigation is quite valuable. On the other hand, thousand strains belonging to different species are cultivated in biolaboratories all over the world for different biotechnological applications such as biofuel cells, food production, pharmaceuticals, fertilizers, etc. Thus, the noninvasive spectroscopic methods are quite important for monitoring of physiological state of cyanobacterial cultures and other photosynthetic microorganisms.


The report for this period includes three papers: 'Associated Absorption at Low and High Redshift'; 'Strong X-ray Absorption in a Broad Absorption Line Quasar: PHL5200'; and 'ASCA and ROSAT X-ray Spectra of High-Redshift Radio-Loud Quasars'. The first gives examples from both low and high redshift for combining information on absorbing material in active galactic nuclei from both x-ray and the UV. The second presents ASCA observations of the z = 1.98 prototype broad absorption line quasar (BALQSO): PHL 5200, detected with both the solid-state imaging spectrometers and the gas imaging spectometers. The third paper presents results on the x-ray properties of 9 high-redshift radio-loud quasars observed by ASCA and ROSAT, including ASCA observations of S5 0014+81 (z = 3.38) and S5 0836+71 (z = 2.17) and ROSAT observations of PKS 2126-158.


Objective To explore effects of supernatant of coal dust exposed alveoli macrophage(AM)at different doses on inositol 1,4 diphosphate(IP 2)and inositol 1,4,5 triphosphate(IP 3)of fibroblast.Methods The level of IL 1 and PGE 2 in culture medium was measured by thymus gland cell proliferation of mice and radio immunity assay.The cpm values of IP 2 and IP 3 of fibroblast treated with coal dust exposed AM supernatant were measured with the method of Dowex-1×8 ion exchange chromatography.Results Compared with the control group,the contents of IL 1 and PGE 2 in this supernatant were statistically increased with the dose of coal dust.When coal dust exposed AM supernatant acted on fibroblast,it had different effects on the levels of IP 2 at different time point,IL 1 and PGE 2 in supernatant made the IP 2 level to increase at 10 s and 20 s,but tended to decrease as time prolonged.For IP 3,it tended to increase as the increase of IL 1 and PGE 2 at different time point.There existed significant statistical difference for IP 2 and IP 3 at different time point between the coal dust group and the control group.Conclusions The level of IL 1 and PGE 2 in coal dust exposed AM supernatant is higher than that of the control group.Phosphate inositol level in fibroblast can be influenced when fibroblast is treated by this supernatant,and the effect might be related with time and the level of IL 1 and PGE 2.


Fabrication and characterization of neodymium-doped planar channel waveguide lasers in GeO2-rich, soda-lime silicate glass are reported. Measured fluorescence and absorption specta for the glass are identical to those of soda-lime silicate glass containing no GeO2. Single mode channel waveguides are fabricated in the glass by standard photolithography and KNO3 thermal ion exchange. Thin dielectric mirrors are placed in direct contact with the polished ends of the waveguide by using index-matching fluid, and a 13 mm long device is pumped at 800 nm by using a Ti-sapphire laser. The slope efficiency is 1.6%, and the lasing threshold is 30 mW. Lasing is achieved simultaneously at 1058.8 nm, 1060 nm, 1063 nm, and 1065 nm at high pump powers. The use of a GeO2-rich glass may facilitate the integration of multiple components, such as distributed feedback resonators, onto a single substrate. This integration can be performed by direct-write techniques using UV light (245 nm) tuned to the germanium-oxygen valence defect band. Experiments to form Hill gratings in the GeO2-rich laser glass by two-photon absorption at the 488 nm line of an argonion laser are reported.


Placemaking is a hands-on approach. It is an overarching concept and a cumulative process that drives place users to take part in the process of reimagining and reinventing their public spaces, enhancing the effective bond between them and the places they share (place attachment). Furthermore, placemaking, identity, attachment are interrelated terms. This study aims to discuss and identify the relationship between these terms and the urban quality of life. It depends on a deductive method to conclude place attachment attributes and the key performance indicators of the urban quality of life. To measure the impact of place attachment on the urban quality of life a questionnaire of Likert-type scale has been applied to a sample of 33 experts. Experts were asked 24 questions to measure the impact of each place attachment attributes on the key performance indicator of the urban quality of life; as a result, the indicators of the urban quality of life were arranged according to being affected by place attachment attributes. The main finding of this study is related to the process of enhancing the quality of urban life for a space/area. In the beginning, build up a physical identity for this space/area via involving the targeted users in the design of their places; and creating places that users can modify and adapt as the potential for individuals and community personalization. This involvement will enhance users' feelings of the place's character, raise people's sense of place/identity and drive them to attach to this place.


This paper considers practical stability of stochastic swarm systems. Taking a simple function of mutual attraction and repulsion between the individuals, a stochastic swarm model with and without perturbations is defined. The practical stability of the system is proved. Then, stochastic swarm models with some kinds of perturbations and their corresponding practical stability are discussed. Finally, numerical simulations are worked out to illustrate our theoretical results.


Considered by many to be the foundation upon which our discipline was built, the study of public speaking has evolved from its humble beginnings into a vast literature of experimental and expositional studies. The focus of research on public speaking has primarily been to discover the antecedents, causes, and consequences of anxiety associated with anticipating or presenting a public speech in order to prescribe treatment. The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive review of the literature on public speaking anxiety (PSA) to serve as a foundation for future theory building and practice. Toward this end, PSA is defined and a typology of PSA constructs is developed. Then, using these constructs, research exploring the etiology of PSA is reviewed. A third section reviews techniques used to reduce PSA.


Singapore is the successful model of small countries rising in contemporary world,and its innovation ability places first in the word.Nanyang Polytechnic(NYP) is the important base for human resources preparation in advance in Singapore,whose successful experience has had the profound influence in the world.NYP has formulated the explicit goal and strategic planning for students' development under the instruction of advanced idea,by implementing the plan of individual teacher,the plan of students' mutual help,the service of students' psychological counseling,the new mode of innovative and effective talents' training mode,colorful campus life,extracurricular activity integral system(CCAPS),the modernized campuses with double functions of constructing services and management,strict quality standard and so on.It realizes the goal of students' healthy development,initiative development,and characteristic development,laying the solid foundation for students' lifelong development.Its experience of the students' development has provided a lot of important enlightenment for our vocational education to scientifically develop.


In power grid reactive power and reactive power load, on the basis of well on the balance of the reactive power, reactive power compensation plan formulation, achieve reactive power onsite compensation at all levels of power grids, install capacitors with different reactive power capacity and locations. The effects of loss reduction and energy saving are also different. The optimal distribution of reactive power compensation capacity and location is actually a problem of planning optimization, which can be solved by non-linear programming methods. Aiming at the problem that it takes a long time to wait for maintenance and adjustment of tap position in the area of low voltage power consumption, this paper uses the nonlinear programming method to solve the optimal distribution of reactive power compensation capacity and position, so that the compensation capacitor with a certain capacity can achieve the maximum loss reduction effect.


INTRODUCTION Historical Perspective. Diabetes Insipidus The first descriptions of diabetes as a disease presenting with polyuria and thirst can be traced to ancient times; however, it was not until the 18th century that the distinction was made between diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus (1). In 1769, the Scottish physician William Cullen (1710–1790) first called attention to diabetic (polyuric) urine that was insipid in taste and added the descriptive adjective "mellitus" to the disease described by Thomas Willis in 1670s (2). Prior to the 20th century, it was generally believed that diabetes insipidus was a renal disease. This theory changed in 1912 due to clinical observations which suggested an association between hypophysis and diabetes insipidus. In 1913, it was determined that the extract of the posterior lobe of the pituitary was an effective treatment for diabetes insipidus. By the 1920s, the available evidence was conclusive enough to define diabetes insipidus as a disorder of the pituitary and label it a hypopituitary syndrome (2). It was not until the 1950s that it was established that the "posterior lobe hormones" are secreted in the hypothalamus. It was also during this time period that the antidiuretic hormone was isolated and synthesized (1). These significant discoveries paved the way for the current knowledge and treatment of diabetes insipidus.


OBJECTIVE
To provide reference values for serum biochemical variables that are used for evaluation of mineral metabolism in donkeys and compare values with those in horses.

ANIMALS
18 donkeys and 18 horses.

PROCEDURES
Total calcium (tCa), total magnesium (tMg), and inorganic phosphorus (P) concentrations were measured in serum samples via spectrophotometry. Ionized calcium (iCa) and magnesium (iMg) concentrations were quantified with selective electrodes. By use of a micropartition system, tCa and tMg were fractionated to separate protein-bound (pCa, pMg) and ultrafiltrable fractions. Complexed calcium (cCa) and magnesium (cMg) concentrations were calculated by substracting ionized fractions from ultrafiltrable fractions. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcitriol (CTR) concentrations were measured via radioimmunoassay.

RESULTS
Serum tCa concentration in donkeys (3.37 +/- 0.21 mmol/L) was composed of pCa (1.59 +/- 0.21 mmol/L [47.0 +/- 4.2%]), iCa (1.69 +/- 0.04 mmol/L [50.4 +/- 3.0%]), and cCa (0.09 +/- 0.08 mmol/L [2.6 +/- 2.9%]). Serum tMg concentration (1.00 +/- 0.08 mmol/L) was fractioned in pMg (0.23 +/- 0.08 mmol/L [23.4 +/- 8.1%]), iMg (0.59 +/- 0.04 mmol/L [58.8 +/- 5.1%]), and cMg (0.18 +/- 0.08 mmol/L [17.8 +/- 7.2%]). Serum concentrations of P (1.14 +/- 0.30 mmol/L), PTH (20.4 +/- 21.2 pg/mL), and CTR (13.4 +/- 5.9 pg/mL) were determined.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE
Serum variables of mineral metabolism in donkeys were within reference ranges for horses. However, when compared with horses, donkeys had higher iCa, cMg, and CTR and lower pMg and PTH concentrations.


This paper presents a study of the All-Path family, a new family of switching protocols that gets its name from the fact that all paths of the network are simultaneously explored with a broadcast frame forwarded over all network links to find a path or set a multicast tree. ARP-Path is the first protocol of this family, which upon arrival of a new flow to the network, it explores every possible path reaching from source to destination host and selects the lowest latency path at that moment, by snooping the ARP protocol dialog (request and reply messages). With the same principle, two new types of All-Path protocols evolve from ARP-Path: Flow-Path and Bridge-Path, flow-based and bridge-based respectively, instead of source address-based. While preserving the main advantages of ARP-Path: zero configuration shortest path bridging exploiting the full network topology, Flow-Path has the advantages of full independence of flows at the time of path creation and guarantees path symmetry (congruency) and increased path diversity, and Bridge-Path increases scalability by reducing forwarding table entries at core bridges. In the study we will compare the characteristics of each protocol and the convenience of using each one depending on the topology and the type of traffic.


Improvements in identification, imaging, and visualization of the cavernous nerves during prostate cancer surgery, which are responsible for erectile function, may improve nerve preservation and postoperative sexual potency. In this study, we use a rat prostate, ex vivo, to evaluate the feasibility of optical coherence tomography (OCT) as a diagnostic tool for real-time imaging and identification of the cavernous nerves. A novel OCT system based on an all single-mode fiber common-path interferometer-based scanning system is used for this purpose. A wavelet shrinkage denoising technique using Stein's unbiased risk estimator (SURE) algorithm to calculate a data-adaptive threshold is implemented for speckle noise reduction in the OCT image. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) was improved by 9 dB and the image quality metrics of the cavernous nerves also improved significantly.


Frauenheims 60th birthday. His central theme always was the understanding of what he called real materials properties, meaning systems of a size which makes a comparison of their computed properties with experimental observables meaningful. In the 1990's he started to use a DFT based tight-binding (TB) method, and he very quickly became a driving force in developing the applications and capabilities of this methodology. While being originally an approximation to DFT-LDA, Thomas has realized its formal similarity to tight-binding methods used in solid state physics. These TB methods were known to be quite accurate for the materials classes they have been parameterized for, but the parameterization itself could be quite tedious and time-consuming. The approximate DFT method could be viewed as a simple way of getting TB parameters, therefore Thomas introduced the name Density-Functional Tight-Binding (DFTB) for this methodology.


This overview attempts to outline Chomskyan cognitive linguistics. Over the last four decades this field has attained tremendous development in terms of both scope and depth and probably any review, intended for a seminar presentation, of the field that seeks to capture this rich growth is bound to lack in comprehensiveness and detail. At least the present one does. Besides it is a distinctly subjective overview, written with a historical perspective, projecting ideas and themes here which another review might not.


Synthesis of 4-(2-bromo-2-propenyl)-4-methyl-γ-butyrolactone by the reaction of ethyl levulinate with (2-bromoallyl)diisopropoxyborane prepared by haloboration of allene

intermediate: (2-bromoallyl)diisopropoxyborane

reactant: ethyl levulinate (9.96 g, 0.069 mol) in 30 mL of dry tetrahydrofuran

product: 4-(2-bromo-2-propenyl)-4-methyl-γ-butyrolactone

Keywords:

acylation;
addition, to CC;
addition, to CC;
addition, to CO;
alkylation, C-alkylation;
annulation, heterocyclic-[5];
cyclization, condensation;
metalation reactions, boron;
metalation reactions, boron


The order Tetraodontiforme has the puffer fish, known scientifically under the genera Sphoeroides and Lagocephalus, they are among the most fascinating and enigmatic marine creatures. They inhabit marine, estuarine, and even freshwater bodies of tropical regions. Currently this order is represented by 105 genera and 435 species. Pufferfish have the fascinating ability to increase their body size by ingesting water or air, to avoid being preyed on. Pufferfish have an annual reproductive cycle with spawning peaks during the warmer months, considering temperature and salinity as optimal conditions. The genus Sphoeroides and Lagocephalus are considered omnivorous with a preference for a carnivorous diet. What makes them fish rich in high quality protein, fatty acids Ω3. In addition to containing essential minerals and vitamins. However, these fishes have neurotoxin, such as tetrodotoxin (TTX) which is often fatal to humans when consumed. But these toxins have pharmaceutical potential, due to their ability to block sodium channels, they are used to treat pain in patients with terminal cancer or as an analgesic and even to control opioid addictions. In contrast, aquaculture for these species, particularly for Lagocephalus laevigatus, is presented as a great opportunity, since the cultivation of these species under controlled conditions can avoid toxicity that it presents in its intestine, which could make it more attractive for consumption human, it also contributes to the conservation of the species and food security in the demand for protein.
Keywords: Puffer fish, Tetraodontiform, Tetrodotoxin, Tetraodontidae


The invention discloses a filter element edge sealing device which comprises a filter paper rolling mechanism and a glue injection mechanism on one side of the filter paper rolling mechanism, wherein the filter paper rolling mechanism comprises an upper mold and a lower mold, which are matched with each other; the glue injection mechanism comprises a fixing bracket; an air cylinder is arranged on the fixing bracket; the air cylinder shaft of the air cylinder is connected with a gluing machine; and the gluing opening of the gluing machine is arranged at the joining ends of the upper mold and the lower mold. The filter element edge sealing device has the advantages of automatically conducting edge sealing on filter paper membranes, having a good edge sealing effect, saving manual labor and improving the edge sealing efficiency.


Olfactory disorders one of the most frequent distinctive symptoms of COVID-19 infection. COVID-19-induced olfactory disorder can be classified as post-infectious olfactory dysfunction (PIOD). The effect of drugs on olfactory disorder following upper respiratory infection, including PIOD, has not been clearly established, which adds to the difficulty with treating the disorder. However, the effect of olfactory training on PIOD has been confirmed by numerous studies. As such, olfactory training is gaining attention, and has taken on greater importance, as the sole treatment for COVID-19–induced olfactory disorder in this pandemic age. This review describes the effect of olfactory training for COVID-19–induced olfactory disorder by analyzing the relevant literature.


Palmoplantar keratodermas (PPKs) represent a diverse group of hereditary and acquired disorders characterized by hyperkeratosis of the skin on the palms and soles [1]. The three major patterns of involvement are diffuse, focal and punctate. There are clinical distinguishing features for each disease in this group, for example, transmigration to areas beyond the palmoplantar skin. Also the extent of associated systemic symptoms if present help in characterization of each type. Although a number of classifications of keratodermashave been published, none unite satisfactorily clinical presentation, pathology and molecular pathogenesis. We based our concise review of selected eponyms linked to PPK (Tabl. I) [2-36], on the classifications published in the current editions of two major textbooks in dermatology; Rook's Textbook of Dermatology and Dermatology by Jean L Bolognia. EPONYMS IN THE DERMATOLOGY LITERATURE LINKED TO PALMO-PLANTAR KERATODERMA


All change at the C terminus: We have established a novel methodology for the ribosomal synthesis of peptides featuring C‐terminal cyclization and various modifications, including macrocyclization, by making use of genetic code reprogramming. The C‐terminal amide modification of linear and cyclic peptides should enhance their physiological stabilities, and open up the possibility of developing new drug‐like peptides.


We develop a battery of tools for studying quasi-isometric rigidity and classification problems for splittings of groups. The techniques work best for finite graphs of groups where all edge and vertex groups are coarse PD groups. For example, if Gamma is a graph of coarse PD(n) groups for a fixed n, if the Bass-Serre tree of Gamma has infinitely many ends, and if H is a finitely generated group quasi-isometric to pi_1(Gamma), then we prove that H is the fundamental group of a graph of coarse PD(n) groups, with vertex and edge groups quasi-isometric to those of Gamma. We also have quasi-isometric rigidity theorems for graphs of coarse PD groups of nonconstant dimension, under various assumptions on the edge-to-vertex group inclusions.


In the work experimentally it is exhibited that the spectral characteristics of an external cavity antireflection coating gain-guided AlGaAs/GaAs laser diode can be improved if to add in the optical system a modematching cylinder lens. In particular, such way possible to increases a level of accessible single mode optical power and to expand in 4-5 times a spectral range of continuous tuning characteristic. At synchronous scanning of the internal and external resonators the spectral tuning of a laser diode radiated frequency over 16,5GHz was obtained at output optical power 15mW.


The paper reports the results of measuring absorbed doses and quality factor of ionizing space radiation in the ISS Service module in June-October of 2020 with the use of dosimeter Tritel as part of space experiment Matreshka-R. Mean dose rate over the period amounted to 0.38 ± 0.03 mGy/d. Experimental data on the dose rate dynamics allow to set aside contributions of Earth's radiation belts and galactic cosmic radiation in the total daily dose. The daily average quality factors made up 3.05 ± 0.16 for total dose, 1.6 ± 0.1 for Earth's radiation belts and 5.1 ± 0.3 for galactic space radiation.


By analyzing the problem of the current monitoring system,the design solutions of the integrated remote monitoring system based on Internet / GPRS is proposed.The system is integrated multiple monitoring ways and it can monitor multiple locations simultaneously.By mobile software,mobile short message and Web browser,users can view video,temperature and humidity,smoke,infrared intrusion and other information of monitoring spots,and can also do remote controling through these three ways.


Performance appraisal is an activity carried out management / supervisors to assess and measure also evaluate the performance of employees for the work they do. Performance appraisal could be used to determine the weaknesses and strengths of employees. The weaknesses and strengths used as foundation to improve the weaknesses and strengthen the advantages in order to improve productivity and employee development. Performance appraisal is intended to determine the level of employee performance. This study was to describe how the level of employee performance at Balai Teknik Penyehatan Lingkungan Permukiman Surabaya and What the indicators which are the weak levels of employee performance appraisal at Balai Teknik Penyehatan Lingkungan Permukiman Surabaya with quantitative descriptive. The data analyze is used an average or mean, mode, median and frequency distribution and graphs. Informants in this study are civil servants of Balai Teknik Penyehatan Lingkungan Permukiman Surabaya and data collected through questionnaires, observation, and documentation to provide information about employee performance. The results of this study explains that the level of employee performance Balai Teknik Penyehatan Lingkungan Permukiman Surabaya are good and indicators that are weak and need to increase with the lowest average is an indicator of time, teamwork and some sub indicators are indicators of quantity and discipline. Based on these results, the performance level civil servants at Balai Teknik Penyehatan Lingkungan Permukiman Surabaya are good. There are some suggestions that can be done such as socialization of time management to all employees and also employee need more focus and concentration to their work, more understand the importance of teamwork with superiors, subordinates, colleagues and other organization, so that the work can be done properly and according to expectations of organization.


According to the 22nd edition of "The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary",dialysis[dia=through,apart,across or between;lysis=to loose]is defined as the process of separating crystalloids and colloids in solution by the differences in their rates of diffusion through a semipermeable membrane:crystalloids pass through readily,colloids very slowly or not at all(1).……


Devulcanization of waste butyl rubber(IIR)was investigated by using supercritical CO2 as transmission medium and Diphenyl disulfide(DD)as devulcanizing agent.The results showed that the butyl rubber reclaim(RIIR)could not be cured by sulphur,but could be cured by resin.In the sulphur curing process of IIR,DD could not be used as curing agent and curing accelerator,and it had an obvious suppression to the curing process.RIIR could be cured by sulphur after the residual DD was removed out by acetone.In IIR/RIIR blending system,the crosslink density of resin curing system was higher than that of sulphur curing system when the contents of the 2kinds of curing system were same.


We are probably not mistaken when we state here that one of the most heatedly debated issues in German legal doctrine remains the problem of the delimitation of the limits of judicial lawmaking (Richterrecht). In other words, and in the most succinct terms, the judge's right to legislate. For the judicial law is, and it would be difficult not to agree with such an opinion, one of the most interesting but also controversial issues in contemporary legislation. The question as to whether a judge is merely the "mouthpiece of the law", or whether he or she is allowed to make a creative contribution to its interpretation, cannot be regarded, even today, as not serious or merely outdated. Hence, the attempt of Karl Engisch (1899–1990), one of the most prominent German criminal law theorists of the 20th century, to answer this question can and should be seen not only in terms of casuistic demonstration, but also (and who knows if not primarily) as the evidence of a scholar who rejects seeing the judge as a kind of automaton acting according to cognitive dogmas. From the Polish perspective, this account remains convincing insofar as one takes into consideration Engisch's rejection of National Socialist delusions in the study as well as in the application of law. An attitude which, as we know, was not typical of this milieu during the Third Reich.


In this paper we show that every ideal with linear quotients is componentwise linear. We also generalize the Eliahou-Kervaire formula for graded Betti numbers of stable ideals to homogeneous ideals with linear quotients.


Focuses on the analysis of the specific pilot mode of pollution allowance trade in Shanxi Province, in which Shanxi Province has basically achieved the secondary market trading of pollution allowance, and proposes several suggestions on the mode of pollution allowance trade of Shanxi Province based on the situation of Shanxi Province.


The development of a fiber optic sensor based on intensity variation for angle measurement of the PIP joint in the hand prosthesis PrHand based on soft-robotics is presented and discussed its viability


The explosion in the instrumentation of our environment is driving the need for developing sensor networks that not only observe and measure but also show a high-level of fault tolerance. Towards this goal, we have proposed a benchmark to evaluate the dependability of a transport layer protocol (i.e., TCP) in wireless sensor networks (WSN). We have focused on the reliability service of this layer, then, we have defined workload, faultload and dependability measures. We have defined in this paper the semantic of the faults that may occur and present their implementations in order to specify the faultload. We have introduced two dependability measures which are tolerance threshold and recovery time. We have shown, that the communication is interrupted after exceeding a given tolerance threshold (below this limit, the service employs a recovery time to resume execution). Our benchmarking targets six different congestion control algorithms and presents the impact of reliability degradation on these algorithms. According to our measures, Scalable and BIC are the most dependable algorithm whereas Westwood and veno are the least dependable.


The Pupus inscription, which was made of metal, has suffered from a lot of corrosion, especially in the area where the date was inscribed, which has cast doubt on its actual chronology. When we are dealing with an ancient inscription, such lack of chronological clarity can cause historical uncertainty. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the chronology of the Pupus inscription. This study used the comparative method. The data in this study consisted of the Pupus inscriptions as primary data and other inscriptions from two specific eras: i.e. the Kadiri period and Kayuwangi-Balitung period, as secondary or comparative data. The results show that the Pupus inscription was issued during the Dyah Balitung period, i.e. in 822 Śaka, but was copied in the 10th century A.D. or during the Kadiri era.


Two incomplete bones referred to ankylosaur scapulocoracoid and humerus are described, which were discovered from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Dachengzi Town, Kazuo County, Liaoning Province. Ankylosaur dinosaurs have ever been found in the Lower Cretaceous Yixian, Fuxin and Sunjiawan Formations of western Liaoning. The occurrence of ankylosaurs within Jiufotang Formation improves our knowledge on the ankylosaur stratigraphic distribution. Based on the length of scapulocoracoid, the new dinosaur is estimated to exceed 6.0 meters long, representing the largest ankylosaur in western Liaoning.


This work compares the free fatty acids (FFA) profiles of Pategras cheeses manufactured on the pilot scale, with and without the addition of probiotics. Total and FFA in milks and cheeses, respectively, were similar, indicating a nonselective release during ripening. Lipolysis was lo for control cheeses, but somewhat higher for those made in summer, probably because of an elevated psychrotrophic bacterial development. Probiotic bacteria remained highly viable during ripening and had an influence on FFA profiles. A simple sensory profiling of the cheeses showed no differences in flavour and taste and little evidence of treatment effects was found using univariate analysis. Nevertheless, multivariate analysis showed clear differences between probiotic and control products.


Charleston, South Carolina, has been at the forefront of historic preservation in the United States since the early twentieth century. Unfortunately, neighborhoods located outside the tourist-driven parts of the lower peninsula, like Hampstead Village on the East Side, are lesser known in terms of their historic significance. Even though parts of these areas are considered blighted, they are facing increasing development pressures that may lead to their destruction physically and socially due to their affordable housing costs. It is important to document neighborhoods like Hampstead Village, so that they are not lost physically and culturally. The process of historical documentation, through property deed research in defined areas of Hampstead Village was completed in order to learn about the area's historic importance. Several important historic sites were discovered demonstrating the area's historic significance to the City of Charleston. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Title Page Abstract... TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Chapter


2) In this model, the nucleon emerges as a topological soliton of the nonlinear chiral field. The hedgehog ansatz is in use as an intrinsic baryon state, which breaks the spin-isospin symmetry. Hence, a suitable spin-isospin projection is needed to construct physical baryons out of the hedgehog state. Most commonly used is the collective coordinate method (CCM) of Adkins et al.,3) which corresponds to rotation of hedgehog rigid rotor in isospin space. Recently, another method of spin-isospin projection was proposed by Hosaka and Toki based on the generator coordinate method (GeM). in the chiral bag plus Skyrmion hybrid model (CSH).4) In this method, whose powerfulness has been demonstrated in nuclear physics for the case of deformed nuclei and BCS states, the intrinsic state is considered as a mixed symmetry state, out of which states with desired quantum number are projected out. S ) They demonstrated that the nucleon and the delta get much smaller masses from those of CCM, which ought to be larger than the hedgehog mass. For example, MN=1l80 MeV, M.d=1400 MeV in GCM, while CCM provides MN=1570 MeV and M.d=1810 MeV in the limit of the zero bag radius (R-tO). In addition, the axial coupling gA was found gA=1.33 in GCM as compared to gA=O.89 in CCM. Those values are now close to the experimental values. Note that the above values are obtained from the Skyrme Lagrangian with 1",=93 MeV and e=4.5. 6 ) This GCM projection method suggests another development. Up to now, the variation of the hedgehog function is performed on the intrinsic state with mixed symmetry (variation before projection). We may reverse the order of calculations and perform variation after projection so that we minimize the energy of the state with good symmetry. Hence, each baryon has a different hedgehog function. In this paper we would like to report the numerical results of the variation after spin-isospin projection of the hedgehog state for nucleon, delta and higher spin-isospin baryons in the Skyrmion limit of the CSH (R-tO). We follow precisely the formulation of Hosaka and Toki,4) which is sketched briefly for clarity of notations. Since the Skyrme model is defined in the three sphere S3 in the four dimensional Euclidean space E 4, we can write the Lagrangian as


s HORMONE RESEARCH IN PÆDIATRICS Basel • Freiburg • Paris • London • New York • New Delhi • Bangkok • Beijing • Tokyo • Kuala Lumpur • Singapore • Sydney HRP_2011_076_S02_tivo.indd I 01.07.2011 11:02:11 This publication was sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company Ferring Pharmaceuticals Ipsen Merck Serono S.A. Novo Nordisk A/S Pfizer Endocrine Care Sandoz International GmbH S. Karger Medical and Scientifi c Publishers Basel • Freiburg • Paris • London New York • Bangalore • Bangkok Shanghai • Singapore • Tokyo • Sydney Disclaimer Th e statements, options and data contained in this publication are solely those of the individual authors and contributors and not of the publisher and the editor(s). Th e appearance of advertisements in the journal is not a warranty, endorsement, or approval of the products or services advertised or of their eff ectiveness, quality or safety. 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Box, CH–4009 Basel (Switzerland) ISBN 978–3–8055–9835–4 e–ISBN 978–3–8055–9836–1 Electronic production of the abstract book by pharma service – a business unit of documediaS GmbH Günther-Wagner-Allee 13, D–30177 Hannover (Germany) www.pharmaservice.de Printed by Lindendruck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Fössestrasse 97A, D–30453 Hannover (Germany) www.lindendruck.de Fax +41 61 306 12 34 E-Mail email@example.com www.karger.com HRP_2011_076_S02_tivo.indd II 01.07.2011 11:02:29 Page Abstract No. Date Plenary Lectures 1 PL1 Strengths and Limitations of Evidence-based Medicine 1-2 Sunday, September 25 1 PL2 Frontiers in Diabetes 3-4 Monday, September 26 PL3 ESPE Award Session & Activities 1 no abstracts Monday, September 26 2 PL4 ESPE Award Session & Activities 2 5-6 Tuesday, September 27 2 PL5 New Paradigms in Molecular Medicine 7 Tuesday, September 27 2 PL6 Food for Thought before Going Home 8-9 Wednesday, September 28 Symposia 4 S1 Evidence-based Medicine in Growth Assessment In memory of Professor James Tanner 10-12 Sunday, September 25 4 S2 Early Life Origins of Health and Disease 13-15 Sunday, September 25 5 S3 New Insights in Phosphate Metabolism 16-18 Sunday, September 25 5 S4 Principles of Evidence-based Medicine 19-21 Monday, September 26 6 S5 Long Term Safety of Drugs 22-24 Monday, September 26 7 S6 Unexpected Ef fects of Hormones on the Brain 25-27 Monday, September 26 7 S7 Evidence-based Medicine in Childhood and Adolescent Diabetes ISPAD/ESPE 28-30 Tuesday, September 27 8 S8 The Cortisol-Cortisone Shuttle in Health and Disease 31-33 Tuesday, September 27 8 S9 Impact of Chronic Conditions on Growth 34-36 Tuesday, September 27 9 S10 Evidence-based Medicine in Thyroid Diseases 37-39 Wednesday, September 28 9 S11 New Insights in the Pathogenesis of PCOS APPES/ESPE 40-42 Wednesday, September 28 10 S12 Update on Growth Hormone Long Term Safety 43-46 Wednesday, September 28 New Perspectives 12 NP1 New Perspectives in Brain Imaging 47-48 Monday, September 26 12 NP2 New Perspectives in Molecular Analysis 49-50 Tuesday, September 27 ESPE Working Groups 13 WG1 ESPE Bone and Growth Plate Working Group 51-58 Sunday, September 25 15 WG2 ESPE Disorder of Sex Development Working Group 59-66 Sunday, September 25 17 WG3 ESPE Obesity Working Group: Long and Short-term Consequences of Childhood Obesity 67-69 Sunday, September 25 17 WG4 ESPE Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology Working Group: Amenorrhea in Adolescence 70-75 Sunday, September 25 19 WG5 ESPE Turner Syndrome Working Group: Ovarian Failure in Turner Syndrome 76-80 Sunday, September 25 Free Communications 20 FC1 Adipose Tissue and Obesity 81-86 Monday, September 26 22 FC2 Adrenal 87-92 Monday, September 26 23 FC3 Pituitary 93-98 Monday, September 26 26 FC4 Bone and Mineral Metabolism 99-104 Tuesday, September 27 28 FC5 Growth Hormone 105-110 Tuesday, September 27 30 FC6 Sexual Development 111-116 Tuesday, September 27 32 FC7 Cell Growth and Endocrine Oncology 117-122 Tuesday, September 27 34 FC8 Diabetes and the Beta Cell 123-128 Tuesday, September 27 36 FC9 Reproductive System 129-134 Tuesday, September 27 38 FC10 The X Chromosome 135-140 Tuesday, September 27 40 FC11 Diabetes Complications 141-146 Wednesday, September 28 42 FC12 Growth/Acid Labile Subunit 147-152 Wednesday, September 28 44 FC13 Puberty 153-158 Wednesday, September 28 46 FC14 Thyroid 159-164 Wednesday, September 28 Poster Presentations 49 P1-d1 Adrenal and HPA Axis 1 165-176 Sunday, September 25 53 P1-d2 Adrenal and HPA Axis 2 177-186 Monday, September 26 56 P1-d3 Autoimmune Endocrine Disease/Endocrine Oncology 1 187-192 Tuesday, September 27 58 P1-d1 Bone, Growth Plate and Mineral Metabolism 1 193-201 Sunday, September 25 61 P1-d3 Bone, Growth Plate and Mineral Metabolism 2 202-210 Tuesday, September 27


Markov random field method is a very active research field in image segmentation. In this paper, a new approach to the segmentation of SAR target chip image based on the Markov random field (MRF) and Maximum a Posteriori (MAP) rule is proposed. By statistical analysis of the different regions in the SAR target chip image, the valid segmentation algorithm for choosing the iteration initial value is obtained. Compared with other segmentation algorithms such as Simulate Annealing algorithm and the Iterative Conditional Model (ICM) algorithm by the synthetic image and operational SAR image, the proposed approach in the paper can accelerate the convergence speed, reduce the iterative numbers and improve the segmentation speed.


General comments: T.M. Jenk and colleagues present a new method for measuring d13CO2, d18O(CO2), and [CO2] on small ice samples. In addition to a thorough description of the setup and procedure, problems with the measurements (such as a non-zero blank measurement) are appropriately discussed. Furthermore, a technique for determining outliers based on d18O(CO2) values is presented. This paper is a good candidate for publication in AMT, as it is very appropriate to the content and aims of this journal. Specific comments: I would consider rephrasing statements about the "high precision" of this method, for


1. Rabbit antisera to soluble cytochrome c-553 and to ferredoxin were characterized by double immunodiffusion, the antiserum to cytochrome c-553 also by immuno-electrophoresis and by the quantitative precipitation reaction. 2. Soluble cytochromes c-553 were isolated from 11 strains of Chlorella belonging to 8 species and from one strain of Scenedesmus. Their reactivity with antiserum to soluble cytochrome c-553 from Chlorella fusca vat. vacuolata 211-8b was studied. 3. With the double immunodiffusion method, the soluble cytochromes c-553 from C. fusca vat. vacuolata 211-8b, C. fusca var. rubescens 232/1, C. fusca var. fusca 343, and Scenedesmus obliquus 276-3b appear immunologically identical. 4. The soluble cytochromes c-553 from C. zofingiensis 211-14a, 211-14b, and 211-14c show in the cross reaction a partial immunological relationship with that from C. fusca var. vacuolata 211-8b. 5. The soluble cytochromes c-553 from C. sorokiniana 211-8k, C. vulgaris 211-11c and 211-19, C. saccharophila 211-1a, and C. homosphaera 211-8e (Ca.) do not show a cross reaction with that from C. fusca var. vacuolata 211-8b. 6. These results indicate that not only C. fusca var. fusca, but also C. fusca vat. vacuolata, C. fusca var. rubescens, and possibly C. zofingiensis might be more closely related to the genus Scenedesmus than to the Chlorella species of the "C. vulgaris group" (i.e., C. sorokiniana, C. vulgaris, and C. saceharophila). 7. An application of the double immunodiffusion method with an antiserum to ferredoxin from C. vulgaris 211-8m revealed that the ferredoxins from 20 strains of 9 Chlorella species and from one strain of * This paper is dedicated with gratitude to Professor Dr. A. Pirson~ who aroused my interest in the microalgae, on the occasion of his 70th birthday ** To whom requests for reprints should be sent Scenedesmus do not exhibit any immunological differences as compared to the homologous antigen.


ABSTRACT With the intensified pace of globalization and increasing customer expectations, the higher education sector, like other economy sectors, faces increasing competition in terms of serving customers better. Service has been recognized as an effective tool for a competitive advantage. Thus, there is always a need for a more effective way of improving service, specifically in higher education. For this, a strategic and service-oriented marketing construct that is empirically operationalized and tested is deemed necessary. However, this measure of customer-perceived market orientation for service has yet to be developed for academic and practical purposes. This paper presents the scale development for a service-driven market orientation (SERVMO) in higher education using data from Malaysian institutions of higher learning. The perceptions of senior students were analyzed and the results show that the proposed multi-dimensional construct consists of six components, namely customer orientation, competitor orientation, inter-functional orientation, performance orientation, long-term orientation, and employee orientation. This construct is closely correlated with service quality, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Some key implications and future research are also discussed.


Frequency-selective surfaces (FSSs) are periodic arrays of conductive elements, and when illuminated by electromagnetic energy, they have a specific frequency response. FSS-based sensing is a relatively new application of FSSs, and such sensors have shown promise for crack detection and strain sensing, among others. Generally, when an FSS sensor is illuminated in full, the response of the sensor is related to the entire FSS landscape. In this way, the resolution of the sensor is equal to the FSS dimensions. However, this limits localized sensing. As such, to improve the achievable resolution, the sensor must be illuminated locally for the response to be related to a specific region of the sensor. Under this approach, an FSS sensor is considered to consist of many sensor cells. Therefore, to quantify the sensor cell efficiency in terms of the illuminating footprint in order to obtain the optimum sensor cell size, an analysis approach based on the reflectarray aperture efficiency is used. As such, by maximizing the sensor cell efficiency, an optimum sensor cell size can be determined for a given illuminating footprint. This approach is applied to a grounded square-loop-based FSS sensor, with the simulation and measurement results provided. The results indicate that optimal sensor cell dimensions can be determined where the total efficiency of a given footprint is maximized. To support this, three different sensor cells are considered with the same maximum total efficiency, of which the smallest sensor cell gives the highest resolution of ~3 cm $\times 3$ cm.


Anyone who has witnessed Antony Williams' use of magnetic figures in supervision knows how refreshing, evocative and powerful it can be. Here he explains his process. (editor abstract)


The invention relates to the technical field of medicine, and particularly relates to a curcumin compound injection and an intravenous injection preparation thereof. The curcumin compound injection mainly comprises a curcumin compound, a solvent for injection and a small amount of pH regulator. The curcumin compound intravenous injection preparation is used only by mixing the curcumin compound injection and an emulsifier in a volume ratio of (1:5)-(1:250). After the curcumin compound injection and the emulsifier are mixed, the drug loading rate of the curcumin compound in the intravenous injection preparation is up to 1.5 mg/ml, and no crystal is separated out within 18 hours. The curcumin compound injection provided by the invention has a simple and safe preparation method and good stability, and is convenient for storage and transportation. The curcumin compound intravenous injection preparation has good stability due to the use of the emulsifier as a carrier solvent, and has no toxic and adverse effects. The invention solves the problem that the curcumin compound can not be prepared into the intravenous injection preparation and applied in clinics for a long period of time.


In the development of China′s first live-grid HTS power cable project, we carried out a series of experiments to investigate the ac characteristicof several aspects on different conductor structures, including the inter-layer current distribution, the behaviorsin a superconductivity quench process, the cable's current carrying capacity, and its capacityto withstand large short-circuit current. ;The results indicate that a superconducting multilayer helicoidal conductor structure demonstrates much greater skin/proximity effect than a metal conductor having the same structure. Skin/ proximity effect is the dominative factor determining the current distribution among layers. ;This kind of superconducting cable was strong to withstand large overload dash current, up to 20 times of its rated current. The conductors can restore their superconducting properties perfectly after quenches with moderate overload dash current. The phase shift angle between current and voltage could be used as a quench indictor to avoida thermal runawaydue tothis angle isverysensitive to resistance changes in the cable.


We introduce COnTORT (COmprehensive Transcriptomic ORganizational Tool), a publicly available program that retrieves all available gene expression data and associated metadata for an organism from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. The data are compiled into text files that can be used for downstream bioinformatic applications. ABSTRACT We introduce COnTORT (COmprehensive Transcriptomic ORganizational Tool), a publicly available program that retrieves all available gene expression data and associated metadata for an organism from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. The data are compiled into text files that can be used for downstream bioinformatic applications.


Heats of mixing of a variety of solvents with dimethyl methyl phosphonate, DMMP, are presented. A qualitative correlation between the exothermicity of the heat of mixing of DMMP with a particular solvent and sorption of DMMP by polymers containing structural units analogous to the solvent is observed. By this approach, polymers containing acidic hydroxyl functionality, such as phenol-formaldehyde condensation products and poly(styrene-co-vinyl benzyl hexafluorodimethyl carbinol), were identified as good sorbents for DMMP. Sorption isotherms, measured for these materials by the piezoelectric method, show enhanced sorption at low vapor activity and 135°C compared to polystyrene and poly(vinyl chloride) which lack these acidic sites and whose solvent analogs mix more endothermically with DMMP.


Homologous series of 2-oxo-2H-chromen-6-yl 6-alkoxynaphthalene-2-carboxylate (compounds 1) were synthesized and their mesomorphic properties were studied. Compounds 1 showed a nematic (N) phase on cooling process. The isotropic (I)- N transition temperatures of these compounds were estimated to be ea. 140°C on average. We calculated optimized structures of the liquid crystal cores of compounds 1, corresponding benzoate derivatives (compounds 2), and biphenyl-carboxylate derivatives (compounds 3), and found that the N-I transition temperatures seem to have a linear correlation with the core length/width ratio of compounds 1-3. We conclude that the geometrical anisotropy is one of the important factors for the N-1 transition temperatures.


Violence in America today is more than the society wishes to tolerate, but should be considered historically and cross culturally. Labor and other riots in the nineteenth and twenti eth centuries were probably more destructive than current disturb ances. America is not a "sick" society but does have violence within an essentially nonviolent culture. The fear of being victimized from crimes of violence is real but greater than statistics on victimization indicate. To riot is a violation of the law and partially a reflection of inadequate response from government and other agencies to legitimate grievance and dissent. To resort to violence is a sign of despair and a failure to have alternative avenues of expression. A subculture of violence exists in many cities and is generated from the value system associated with the poor, the deprived, the residents of segrega tion. Dispersal of the population from this subculture is the major solution for its elimination. The task of a democracy is to guarantee the right to dissent, to respond to protest, and to fortify freedom while maintaining social control.


Abstract Gait analysis has been recognized as an efficient method to help realize human activity recognition; however, there is currently no existing review study focused on wearable activity recognition methods that employ gait analysis in the recognition process. In this study, different wearable-gait-analysis-based (WGA-based) activity recognition methods were summarized and compared from the aspects of wearable sensor types, data segmentation, feature extraction, and classification methods. The limitations of the current research and potential opportunities for future research in this field are also discussed.


There exists a significant demand for the monitoring of mining induced surface deformation for legal obligation safety, and environmental reasons. In recent years land surface deformation monitoring with SAR data reached some maturity. Nevertheless, there remain important limitations to the availability of the EO based information. Reasons include incomplete spatial coverage with information gaps for low coherence areas, problems in resolving high phase gradients, and unavailability of the required SAR data. The objective of our contribution is to show that important improvements to these limitations are still possible. In vegetated areas and for fast deformations L-band INSAR was found to be more robust with a wider applicability than C-band INSAR. In some low coherence areas point-like scatterers can be identified which permit to fill important information gaps. Furthermore, pairs with long baselines can be included in the interferometric analysis, supporting a more complete use of the available SAR acquisitions and to improve the temporal sampling


Some psychiatrists anticipate a revolution in psychiatric nosology, on the basis of emerging data from genetics and genomics. There are, however, good empirical and conceptual reasons to resist any such revolution. Basing an understanding of psychiatric entities on one of multiple biological (not to mention sociocultural and psychological) considerations is a specious method of approaching the project of psychiatric taxonomy. A classifi cation system that lacks suffi cient consensus on the phenomenology of those classifi ed cannot be adequately buttressed by exclusively genetic accounts. This paper advocates a more diversely informed nosology that, in turn, fosters attention to broader diagnostic considerations. We explore more plausible ways in which genetics and genomics, in conjunction with neuroscience and other biological disciplines, can help to shape diagnostic classifi cation in psychiatry. There are, of course, differing views on the degree of prominence that genetics should take in psychiatric diagnosis and classifi cation. We outline these accounts in illustration of this continuum. Drawing on Wimsatt's work on robustness analysis, we dismiss optimistic scenarios about the potential nosological advantages of psychiatric genetics Published online: August 31, 2005 Dr. Jason Scott Robert Center for Biology and Society, School of Life Sciences Arizona State University, PO Box 874701 Tempe, AZ 85287-4701 (USA) Tel. +1 480 727 8857, Fax +1 480 965 8330, E-Mail firstname.lastname@example.com © 2005 S. Karger AG, Basel 0254–4962/05/0384–0215$22.00/0 Accessible online at: www.karger.com/psp Fax +41 61 306 12 34 E-Mail firstname.lastname@example.com


SUMMARY Modifications to the standard finite element mass matrix are considered with the aim of preserving the positivity of the discrete solution. The approach is used in connection with calculating the initial time derivative values for parabolic equations and in connection with nonlinear Petrov-Galerkin schemes for hyperbolic equations in one space dimension. The extension of the ideas to unstructured meshes in two and three space dimensions is indicated. Copyright c 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. There are many situations in the numerical solution of partial differential equations in which the computed solution values should, on physical grounds, remain non-negative. One the simplest examples is that of the simple advection equation with non-negative initial data while other cases are those of concentrations of chemical compounds in reacting flow calculations. In the latter case preserving positivity is essential to avoid the numerical calculation becoming meaningless. Consider the solution of the advection equation with appropriate initial and boundary condition by using the standard Galerkin method with linear basis (hat) functions φ i x on a uniformly spaced mesh x i i 1 N to get


Considering the characteristics of service-oriented architecture(S0A),a project of interactive thematic mapping service based on SOA is designed and a GIS control is developed according to this project.By accessing the basis of geographic information services remotely,this control easily embeds geographic information into thematic web page of user and builds interactive thematic mapping service system speedily.Applications of items show that the project provides new ideas for geographic information-sharing services.


This paper present the study of aqueous CO foam prepared by a mixtures hydrophilic silica 2 nanoparticles and non-ionic Triton X100, TX100, surfactant. The synergistic effects of the mixture on stabilizing the CO foam were inferred into few key parameters namely; particles and surfactant concentration, adsorption 2 of surfactant onto the particles via surface tension and adsorption isotherm, foam lifetime and, the size of the bubbles produced. It was found that the adsorption behaviour of TX100 on silica surface exhibit a particular characteristics depend on the concentration of silica, high total surface area available leads to high adsorption of surfactant molecules. The synergetic performance of silica/TX100 in stabilizing foam can be observed at low (0.01%) and intermediate (0.1%) concentration of TX100. Lower concentration required low silica concentration while the intermediate concentration required high silica fraction in the dispersion to stabilize the foam.


Under the assumption of the underlying asset is driven by the mixed fractional Brownian motion, we obtain the mixed fractional Black-Scholes partial differential equation by fractional Ito formula, and the pricing formula of perpetual American put option by this partial differential equation theory.


Suppression of electron current $ \Delta I$ through a 1D channel of length $L$ connecting two Fermi liquid reservoirs is studied taking into account the Umklapp interaction induced by a periodic potential. This interaction opens band gaps at the integer fillings and Hubbard gaps $2m$ at some rational fillings in the infinite wire: $L \to \infty$. In the perturbative regime where $m \ll v_c/L$ ($v_c:$ charge velocity), and for small deviations $\delta n$ of the electron density from its commensurate values $- \Delta I/V$ can diverge with some exponent as voltage or temperature $V,T$ decreases above $E_c=max(v_c/L,v_c \delta n)$, while it goes to zero below $E_c$. This results in a non-monotonous behavior of the conductance. In the case when the Umklapp interaction creates a large Mott-Hubbard gap $2m \gg T_L $ inside the wire, the transport is suppressed near half-filling everywhere inside the gap except for an exponentially small region of $V,T < T_L exp(-2m/T_L)$.


Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is traditionally defined as newly onset or detected carbohydrate intolerance during pregnancy. Unprotected exposure to high glucose levels during pregnancy is related to adverse pregnancy outcomes including fetal demise and intrauterine growth restriction associated with placental insufficiency. The most common complications related to GDM comprise macrosomia, shoulder dystocia, brachial plexus palsy, intrauterine fetal death and preeclampsia, polyhydramnios, preterm delivery, and increased cesarean section rate. Moreover, GDM may increase the chance of GDM recurrence in a subsequent pregnancy, impaired glucose tolerance or type 2 DM, and obesity or impaired glucose tolerance in the offspring. Therefore, proper obstetrical management and glucose control are always challenging and important. The aim of this article is to discern: 1) obstetric complications related to GDM diagnosed after pregnancy, 2) various methods of fetal surveillance, 3) proper timing for delivery and mode of delivery, 4) postpartum management for GDM patients and neonates, and 5) preconceptional counseling prior to a possible subsequent pregnancy.


ABSTRACT Petrologic and geochemical factors strongly influence the compaction of clays and sands under pressures between 0 and 100 kg per cm2. Particle size is the most pervasive of these, both in its consistently inverse relation to porosity and in its control of the influence exerted by the other factors. The water content of saturated clays is a complex function of the physico-chemical influences on the sorption of water on clay-mineral surfaces. Water content and specific surface increase in the order kaolinite-illite-montmorillonite. Water content seems to be directly related to exchangeable-cation valence in kaolinite, and is inversely related in montmorillonite. Water content is directly related to the concentration of interstitial electrolytes in most clays; however, it is inversely related in very fine grained clays mixed with dilute Na solutions. Preferred orientation of clay-mineral particles seems to develop at a very early stage of compaction, at pressures near 1 kg per cm2. Its development is enhanced by greater initial water contents, greater amounts of carbonaceous organic matter, and perhaps by lesser concentrations of interstitial electrolytes. A tendency to be compressed into domains or submicroscopic oriented aggregates may be typical of fine-grained clays mixed with concentrated Na solutions or solutions of other cations. Well sorted sands have greater porosities than poorly sorted sands. Angular sands have greater initial porosities and are more compressible than rounded sands of the same size. Admixtures of platy mica particles increase the porosity, compressibility, and elasticity of sands.


Nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P; MIM 119530), a common birth defect, is a genetically complex trait. Several genetic and environmental factors seem to be involved in the development of this malformation [Carinci et al., 2003]. Nevertheless, CL/P also occurs as a part of many single gene syndromes, and some of these genes may also have roles in nonsyndromic CL/P. Suzuki et al. [2000] showed that the rareautosomal recessive syndromeCL/P-ectodermal dysplasia (CLPED1;MIM 225060) is caused by the loss-of-function ofPVRL1 gene, which encodes nectin-1, a cell-to-cell adhesion molecule. The same group demonstrated that heterozygosity of the nonsense mutation W185X is a genetic risk factor for nonsyndromic CL/P in northern Venezuela [Sozen et al., 2001]. To verify whether the W185X mutation is a genetic risk factor for nonsyndromic CL/P in the Italian population, 71 familial CL/P belonging to 71 different pedigrees, 75 sporadic CL/P, and 100 unrelated unaffected individuals were enrolled in this study. The W185X mutation is a singlenucleotide change G!A that creates a StyI restriction endonuclease site. Therefore, a 160 bp segment of the exon 3 containing the mutation was amplified by PCR using the following primers: W185X.for 50CCACCAATTGGATAGAGGGTA30 and W185X.rev 50CGGATCTCCTGGTACTCTGC30. Amplimers were digested with StyI restriction endonuclease, electrophoresed on 2.5% agarose gel, and visualized by ethidium bromide. Positive controls, containing the mutation generated by site-directed mutagenesis (www.buckinstitute.org/benz/prot/prot12.htm), were included to verify the assay efficiency in each test. Of the 146 CL/P patients and of the 100 unaffected individuals analyzed in this study for the presence of the W185X mutation in the PVRL1 exon 3, none was positive. The results of this investigation indicate that in Italy the W185X mutation is not common and in turn, it does not constitutea risk factor fornonsyndromicCL/P.As suggestedby Suzuki et al. [2000], since the PVRL1 gene product constitutes a receptor for herpesviruses, in the Margarita Island population the mutation may be selected positively for an increased resistance to infections of the carriers. Our findings significantly differ from those previously observed in the Venezuelan population [Sozen et al., 2001]. This discrepancy likely reflects the complex etiology of the CL/P malformation. Indeed, the numerous genetic and environmental factors involved probably contribute differently to the development of the malformation in distinct populations. REFERENCES


There is no such thing as a perfect turfgrass. All have their strengths and specific uses for which they are inherently best suited. How well turf managers deal with the negative issues of the cultivar chosen for a particular use and site is what separates good from mediocre turfgrass performance.


Abstract Interviews about the perceived causes, treatment, and prevention of smallpox were conducted in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh during 1973–74. Informants provided very diverse responses to the interview questions. This great diversity can be reduced by tracing particular ideas back to the various systems of medicine currently available in North India. The coexistence of contradictions among these ideas can be explained by reference to the fact that Indians generally acknowledge a variety of disease‐causative agents, which operate at different levels of the physical, psychological and spiritual environment in which people are thought to live. But the great diversity in medical ideas within the limited geocultural research area cannot entirely be explained away. The variety exists, is maintained and serves to provide its recipient population with a wide range of alternative theories, therapies, and practitioners, to which individuals have access according to their need, situation, habit, and choice.


Crop efficiency in utilizing available nutrients is an important factor in increasing produc-tivity and reducing the environmental impact of agriculture. Nitrogen is the nutrient that plants need in the largest quantity and wheat, along with maize and rice, is the world's most cultivated crop. In this work, the Nitrogen Use Efficiency, NUE, during the major growth period, HTP, of twelve different spring wheat varieties, were examined. The NUE was calculated as the product of uptake efficiency of nitrogen, UN, and the conversion effi-ciency of nitrogen to biomass, EN. The purpose of this work was to find if there are varietal differences in NUE and its components among the twelve varieties and to link a high NUE to specific characteristics of the varieties. An experiment was performed in a climate chamber with the varieties Dalarna, Varparlvete, Kolben, Rubin, Diamant, Progress, Rival, Drott, Prins, Dragon, Dacke and Vinjett. The varieties were arranged randomly in com-plete blocks with four replications. There were two sets of each variety in each replicate as two destructive harvests were carried out. The effect of the properties biomass increase during HTP, chlorophyll content of leaves, specific leaf area and specific root length on NUE, and its components, in spring wheat were studied. Significant differences among varieties were found in the properties biomass growth during HTP, chlorophyll content of leaves and specific leaf area. The results showed that the biomass growth during HTP posi-tively correlated with NUE and its component UN. High biomass growth resulted in good nitrogen utilization. There was however, no clear correlation between biomass growth and EN. The results showed no correlation between chlorophyll content, and NUE or its com-ponents. Varieties with large specific leaf area e.g. Dalarna, in general had a higher NUE than varieties with small specific leaf area e.g. Progress. Related varieties had similar cha-racteristics.


European Union is facing severe challenges from the financial crisis andthe deep recession. The recession of the global economy affected the commercial andfinancial relations between European economies and between Europe and the rest of theworld. European Commission has indicated how it intends to apply state aid rules tostate support schemes and individual assistance for financial institutions; has providedguidance on the treatment of asset relief and impaired assets; and has presentedproposals for establishing regulatory and supervisory standards for alternativeinvestment fund managers. In this condition European Union has two major challenges:one to continue its Agenda on the integration phenomenon, and the other to applymeasures to recover the crisis.


An overview of the evolution of sustainable development over the course of the twentieth century is given, and key stages in its development, in terms of its environmental and social facets, are identified. From this historical perspective, it is argued that sustainable development bears many of the hallmarks of myth and religion, but is couched in vocabulary that is palatable to an advanced, science-based, secularised society. However, as many are now rejecting literal interpretations of traditional sacred texts, should we be prepared to do the same for the narrative of sustainability? If the question to ask of the traditional myths is not 'Are they true?' but 'What do they mean?' then perhaps we should ask the same question of the contemporary 'myths' of sustainability and sustainable product design. INTRODUCTION If we are to understand the meaning of sustainable development and why it has evolved to become a generally acknowledged 'good' in late 20th/early 21st century life (by governments, business, and society as a whole), then we must attempt to see it in its historical context, and understand why it has forged a place in our thinking at this particular time. Here, an overview will be presented of some of the most significant events of the past century that ultimately led to our current ideas of 'sustainable development' and, what might be seen as a subset of these developments, 'sustainable product design'. A way of understanding these ideas within a broader context of human endeavour will be discussed and, in particular, the notion that 'sustainable development' can be understood as a contemporary, but rather limited, mythic story that attempts to address and give meaning to some of our principal modern-day uncertainties. A CONTEMPORARY MYTH FOR A SECULAR SOCIETY? The publication of Our Common Future in 1987 from the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), often referred to as the Brundtland Report, popularised the term 'sustainable development', which it described as a type of development that would enable us to meet our present needs in ways that would not jeopardise the potential of future generations to meet their needs (WCED, 1987, p.43). Since then, there have arisen hundreds of 'principles of sustainable development', designed to suit all sorts of industries, interests and views1. However, in general terms sustainable development addresses three interrelated areas of concern: environmental stewardship; social equity and justice; and economic issues. In many respects, it could be argued that the statement of these three principal concerns is our contemporary, secularised way of repeating age-old wisdom teachings that have been expressed down the centuries in the form of mythology and sacred literature. There have always been, and will always be myths because it is through the metaphorical language of myth that a culture articulates its deepest concerns. Sustainable development can be seen as our modern myth, emerging from a culture of science, technology and reason. We live in an age where it is often regarded as inappropriate to include religious considerations in the discussion of contemporary issues. Politicians tend to avoid reference to religious concerns, they are almost never addressed Design Explaining Sustainability / 1


Squalene-derived polyethers are a unique class of compounds that display a great diversity of structures and a broad array of bioactivities, among which its notable antiproliferative activity stands out against various types of cancer cell lines. In this study, eighteen triterpene squalene-derived polyethers, including twelve natural products and six synthetic derivatives, obtained from the red alga Laurencia viridis Gil-Rodríguez & Haroun were screened for their antiproliferative activity against six cancer cell lines: A549, HBL-100, HeLa, SW1573, T-47D, and WiDr; and a structure-activity relationship (SAR) study was established.


【Objective】 This study explored the allelopathic effects and mechanisms of water extractions from different parts of Veronica persica and V.arvensis on different receiving crops:Vigna unguiculata,Ipomoea aquatica,Zea mays,Phaseolus vulgaris,Cucurbita moschata and Capsicum annuum.It improved the understanding of invasion mechanism and effective prevention of V.persica and V.arvensis.【Method】 The Petri-dishes cultivation method was used to study the effects of water extractions from whole plant,roots,stems and leaves of V.persica and V.arvensis with a concentration of 0.05 g/mL on seed germination rate,seedling root,and seedling leaf of the 6 receiving crops.【Result】 V.persica and V.arvensis remarkably inhibited the six receptors,significantly decreasing their seed germination rates,root lengths,root dry masses,leaf lengths and leaf dry masses.In general,compared with the water extractions from other parts of V.persica and V.arvensis,the extractions from leaves of V.persica and the whole plant of V.arvensis had the largest inhibitory.The water extraction from leaves of V.persica decreased the seed germination rates of 6 species by 54.6%,71.9%,5.0%,56.1%,36.7%,and 24.6%,decreased their root lengths by 0.28,1.58,4.39,2.58,0.96,and 0.70 cm,decreased their root dry masses by 0.04,0.09,0.29,0.09,0.12,and 0.10 mg,decreased their leaf lengths by 0.08,0.13,0.85,1.35,1.54,and 0.41 cm,and decreased their leaf dry masses by 0.04,0.05,0.22,0.45,0.55,and 0.24 mg,respectivley.Accordingly,the water extraction from whole plant of V.arvensis decreased their seed germination rates by 53.3%,43.9%,36.6%,26.7%,44.0%,and 30.0%,their root lengths by 1.10,1.88,2.13,2.19,0.71,and 1.12 cm,their root dry masses by 0.12,0.19,0.12,0.13,0.14,and 0.14 mg,their leaf lengths by 0.40,0.73,0.87,1.02,1.21,and 0.52 cm,and their leaf dry masses by 0.11,0.12,0.30,0.38,0.44,and 0.28 mg,respectively.The synthetic effect RIs of V.persica water extraction on the 6 receiving plants were-0.229,-0.268,-0.203,-0.417,-0.461,and-0.514,respectively.The synthetic effect RIs of V.arvensis water extraction were-0.250,-0.371,-0.215,-0.402,-0.454,and-0.633,respectively.【Conclusion】 The total inhibitory effects of V.arvensis on the 6 receptors are much stronger than that of V.persica.The sensibilities of the 6 receptors to the two donors are in a decreasing order of C.annuum C.moschata P.vulgaris I.aquatica V.unguiculata Z.mays.


The static system identification scheme for reconfigurable flight control is modified to encompass overactuated aircraft with nonlinear aerodynamics. The first step is to obtain a reliable estimate of the critical equivalent loop gain and stability derivative in the respective pitch, yaw, and roll control channels. Short data windows are used so that the system identification algorithm operates in "real-time" and reconfigurable control is feasible. Moreover, excitation enhancing control signals are not used in this step. The next step is to estimate the effector that caused the changes in loop gain. A de-correlating excitation is injected into the null space of the effecters through the control allocation. This allows the individual control derivatives to be estimated. In addition, the adverse effects of nonlinearities on the identification performance of the control and stability derivatives, are investigated. Results are presented for a tailless fighter aircraft simulation.


The fuzzy controller based on the single input rule modules (SIRMs) dynamically connected fuzzy inference model is analyzed. When the fuzzy controller uses output error and the change in the output error as input items and the change in the manipulated variable as output item to control first-order lag plants, it is proved to be a nonlinear PI controller. When it adds the second-order change in the output error to the input items for second-order lag plants, the fuzzy controller works as a nonlinear PID controller which consists of nonlinear P-action, I-action and D-action. Control experiments are also performed. The results show that the fuzzy controller can reduce the reaching time without causing any overshoot or steady state error compared with the conventional PI or PLD controller.


A guides for students in the CALS and AMCS Research Methods class or anyone conducting research in American Studies or Ethnic studies Helpful information about writing a literature review.


The aim of this paper is to give another proof to a result on the image of a homogeneous quadratic map which is positive with respect to a homogeneous cone, given by Graczyk and Ishi in 2014. The new proof depends on a purely algebraic method, whereas the original depends on analytic arguments. This enables us to give explicit formulas of the basic relative invariants of homogeneous cones, obtained by the previous paper [J. Lie Theory 24 (2014), 1013--1032] without analytic arguments.


The sand consolidation effectiveness of resinous sand consolidation agents for oil and water wells at middle low temperature is evaluated experimentally. The effects of solidification time and temperature, types and amount of catalyst, and different grain sizes of quartz sand on sand consolidation effectiveness are discussed. The permeability variation by injecting sand consolidation agents into sandstone core and critical flow rate of sand production are determined. The factors affecting sand consolidation effectiveness are analyzed. The proper sand consolidation agents available for oil and water wells at middle low temperature can be selected on the basis of experiment.


Fundamental Concepts In terms of the complex amplitude of a light wave defined by E(7) = \ E(r) \ eiΦ(r), PC corresponds to a change in sign of the phase of the signal wave Es(r). In mathematical terms, this is the transition from to the complexconjugate wave E*(r) in such a way that the conjugated wave complex ampli . An arrangement that allows one to realize the conjugate wave is called a phaseconjugate mirror (PCM). One of the most interesting proper ties of a conjugated wave is its ability to reproduce the wavefront structure of an initial wave, distorted on passing through a medium, simply by making a backward pass through the same me dium (Fig. 1). The majority of its pos sible applications are based on this property including beam divergence im provement up to the diffraction limit for high-power lasers. In essence, it is beam divergence that limits the distance over which effective transmission can be made of laser energy, while the inter action efficiency of a laser beam with matter is determined by the laser energy concentration and its distribution in the irradiated zone. Both are directly related to beam divergence. The main obstacle to achieving mini mum (or diffraction-limited) beam diver gence is the existence of non-uniformi ties and aberrations in the optical elements and active media of lasers and laser systems. This problem can be overcome in principle using high-quality optics, careful selection of the laser cavity modes, and space filtration of the


This article focuses on the development of methods to measure personality and cognitive predisposition to monosemantic or polysemantic context generation (PCG).In accordance with the concept of V.S. Rotenberg, we assumed that PCG was connected with manual functional asymmetry. We developed four tests: one was designed to measure personality PCG, the other three measure cognitive PCG. Approbation samples consisted of 160—736 participants. Cronbach's alpha (0.67—0.93) and split-half coefficient (0.72—0.93) were calculated for all tests, for two of them test-retest reliability (0.47—0.91) was measured. Variance of personal PCG on 21.7% is explained by the variance of personality traits "reticence-sociability" and "concreteness-abstractness". Personality and cognitive PCG are interconnected, but they have a fair amount of specificity. Manual functional asymmetry is weakly connected with personal PCG (not more than 1.5% of the common variance) and is not connected with cognitive PCG


The study of school dropout in ECACEN, presents the most important elements of this problem mainly based in the light of the factors: academic performance, family income, academic level, type and age. The ECACEN CEAD Simon Bolivar School is not exempt from this phenomenon. The statistics of desertion from the last two years show the following data; from period 2007-II to period 2008-I the dropout was 37%, and for period 2008-II 2009-I drop was 29 %. In order to avoid the desertion of students of the school in the ECACEN CEAD Simon Bolivar - Cartagena, several strategies have been implemented. Among these were included visits to the places of desertion, students support, continuous availability of classroom systems in the CEAD, telephone and electronic communication and cultural events. All these strategies were created without the support of a formal investigation and depth understanding of their root causes. Despite of all the strategies used the desertion in ECACEN is very high. In light with the situation this study identifies several factors contributing to the desertion of students of the ECACEN UNAD School.


Abstract Background Diabetic foot infections are a common precursor to lower extremity amputations. The treatment of diabetic foot infections involves both medical and surgical management, of which limb-sparing surgeries are increasingly preferred over amputations at or above the ankle to preserve mobility and quality of life. The outcomes following these limb-sparing surgeries are not well described. Methods This was a single-center, retrospective cohort study of 90 Veterans with moderate-to-severe diabetic foot infections between 2017 and 2019 from the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System. The exposure was foot surgery with bone resection (ie, toe amputation, metatarsal resection, transmetatarsal amputation) vs debridement alone. The outcome was healing within 1 year. We used log-binomial regression to assess the association between foot surgery type and healing, stratify by infection location, and evaluate potential confounding variables. Results The cumulative incidence of healing after foot surgery with bone resection was greater than that following debridement (risk ratio [RR], 1.80 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 1.17–2.77]). This association was modified by infection location and greater for toe infections (RR, 4.52 [95% CI, 1.30–15.7]) than other foot infections (RR, 1.19 [95% CI, .69–2.02]). We found no evidence of confounding by comorbidities or infection severity. Conclusions For patients with toe infections, foot surgery with bone resection was associated with better healing than debridement alone. The multiple specialties caring for patients with diabetic foot infections need a stronger common knowledge base—from studies like this and future studies—to better counsel patients about their treatment and prognosis.


. The emergence of the coronavirus or covid-19 caused shocks throughout the world, both from a social, economic, and educational perspective. One way to avoid the spread of covid-19 was by implementing school for home. Procrastination can occur in students who underwent school at home because the control of the learning environment and teacher control was lacking. For this reason, the role of personality supported in predicting whether students will procrastinate during school for home. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of personality in procrastination. 174 respondents (40 men and 134 women) who were currently undergoing school at home were used in this study. The instruments used were the Uni Procastination Scale and the Big Five Inventory. Data analysis used multiple regression. Respondents who admitted to procrastination after undergoing school at home were only M = 10.6. The results of the data analysis did not support the research hypothesis, which showed that there was no personality role for procrastination. the role of social support, especially parents, student motivation, and self-regulated learning to consider when students underwent school for home.


This Letter shows the results of early crop prediction from combined use of AVHRR‐NDVI data and drought indices at different time‐scales. The study was carried out in an agricultural municipality located in the Middle Ebro valley, one of the most arid regions in Europe. The methodology proposed here has allowed the prediction of wheat and barley production in February, four months before harvest. Moreover, the predictive models created have explained 88% and 82% of the temporal variability of wheat and barley production, respectively. This procedure could be very useful for managing crop production at a municipal level. Moreover, insurance companies could take advantage of the early prediction of crop losses, which are very frequent in this drought‐affected area.


Underwater image enhancement technology is significant to the development of underwater monitoring and autonomous underwater robots, and has always been one of the hotspots of underwater image enhancement research. At present, deep learning methods have been utilized to process image, in which heavy models such as GANs and deep CNNs will consume a lot of memory and numerical cost in the calculation task due to the large volume of them, thus lowering the efficiency in underwater tasks. In this paper, on the basis of Shallow-UWnet, an improved model is proposed which contains a series of convolutional blocks, batch normalization layers and LeakyReLU activation function. Further, a combination of mean squared error loss, perceptual loss and structural similarity loss is used. Based on the trained model, we compare the performance with three other advanced methods on three evaluation metrices and demonstrate our model's superior performance and generalization ability. Moreover, we test the proposed model's effect on two engineering cases and highlight its practical meaning.


Nowadays, more diversified and complicated changes have been taking place in viruses and bacteria, so the research and development of medical protective clothing turns out to be increasingly important. An excellent antibacterial performance is one of the basic standards in the medical protection system. By sorting the development history of medical protective clothing, this article analyzes the current application of antibacterial protective clothing in terms of antibacterial materials, processing technology, and technological intelligence, and offers a prospect for the development trends of future protective clothing.


The ability to move 10s of TeraBytes in reasonable amounts of time are critical to many of the High Energy Physics applications.This paper examines the issues of high performance,high reliability tape storage systems,and presents the results of a 2-year ASCI Path Forward program to be able to reliably move 1GB/s to an archive that can last 20 years.This paper will cover the requirements.approach,hardware,application software,interface descriptions,performance,measured reliability and predicted reliability.This paper will also touch on future directions for this research.The current research allows systems to sustain 80MB/s of uncompressable data per Fibre Channel interface which is striped out to 8 or more drives.This looks to the application as a single tape drive from both mout and data transfer perspectives .Striping 12 RAIT systems together will provide nearly 1GB/s to tape.The reliability is provided by a method of adding parity tapes to the data stripes.For example,adding 2 parity tapes to an 8-stripe group will allow any 2 of the 10 tapes to be lost or damaged without loss of information.The reliability of RAIT with 8 stripes and 2 parities exceeds that of mirrored tapes while RAIT uses 10 tapes instead of the 16 tapes that a mirror would require.The results of this paper is to be abloe to understand the applicability of RAIT and to be able to understand when it may be useful in High Energy Physics applications.


The reaction of silver(I) iodide with tri(p-tolyl)phosphine in MeCN solution in 1:3 molar ratio yields a polymorph of the complex of the formula [AgI{P(4-MeC6H4)3}3], with the Ag atom in a distorted tetrahedral environment. A polymorphic structure of this complex (a) is compared with previously published crystal structures (b), determined at different temperatures. The two polymorphs are compared using r.m.s. overlay calculations as well as half-normal probability plots.