In this paper, we develop a supplier selection and order allocation multi-objective model in stochastic environment in which purchasing cost, percentage of delivered items with delay and percentage of rejected items provided by each supplier are supposed to be stochastic parameters following any arbitrary probability density function. To do so, we use dependent chance programming (DCP) that maximises probability of the event that total purchasing cost, total delivered items with delay and total rejected items are less than or equal to pre-determined values given by decision maker. After transforming the abovementioned stochastic multi-objective programming problem into a stochastic single objective problem using minimum deviation method, we apply a genetic algorithm to solve the later single objective problem. The employed genetic algorithm performs a simulation process in order to calculate the stochastic objective function as its fitness function. A stochastic analysis reveals that incorporation of stochasticity into the supplier selection and order allocation problem will be advantageous for a purchasing firm with respect to purchasing cost, percentage of delivered items with delay and percentage of rejected items. Furthermore, we explore the impact of stochastic parameters on the given solution via a sensitivity analysis exploiting coefficient of variation. The results show that as stochastic parameters have greater coefficients of variation, the value of objective function in the stochastic single objective programming problem is worsened.


This paper analyzed the necessity of building the external teaching base of civil engineering in excellent engineer cultivation plans, proposed measures of the external teaching base construction from three links, including: the practice team link, construction enterprise link and project manager link. The analysis has positive significance to enhancing the education quality of civil engineering specialty production practice.


In the last 10 years, the use of intravenous contrast media in magnetic resonance (MR) has become well‐established clinical practice. Contrast media provide critical additional diagnostic information in many instances. The gadolinium chelates constitute the largest group of MR contrast media and are considered to be very safe. These agents are thought to be safer than nonionic iodinated contrast agents. Unlike x‐ray agents, the gadolinium chelates are not nephrotoxic. Minor adverse reactions, including nausea (1%–2% for all agents) and hives (<1% for all agents), occur in a very low percent of cases. Health care personnel should be aware of the (extremely uncommon) potential for severe anaphylactoid reactions in association with the use of MR contrast media and be prepared should complications arise. The four gadolinium chelates currently available worldwide, gadopentetate dimeglumine, gadoteridol, gadodiamide, and gadoterate meglumine, cannot be differentiated on the basis of adverse reactions. Far fewer patients have been examined to date with the two other agents that have widespread approval, mangafodipir trisodium and ferumoxides. These latter two agents are considered to be very safe but have a higher percentage of associated adverse reactions (7%–17% with mangafodipir trisodium and 15% with ferumoxides). This review discusses the safety issues involved with administration of intravenous contrast media in MR imaging, focusing on the six agents (four gadolinium chelates, one manganese chelate, and the last a large iron particle) with widespread use world‐wide. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2000;12:205–213. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The ability of discriminating the various forcing parameters controlling the growth of mountain ranges depends on the knowledge of the deformation, exhumation and sedimentation chronologies and on accurate constraints on the orogen geometry necessary to quantify accretion and erosion fluxes. The Pyrenees, an intraplate collision range, built by the shortening of continental thinned margins during the convergence between Iberia and Eurasia lasting from Late Cretaceous to Early Miocene, are a particularly well-suited study area to examine the coupling and retroactions between climate and tectonics. Indeed, consisting in a doubly vergent asymmetric orogenic wedge, the northeastern foreland basin underwent particular conditions from the Miocene to the Pliocene due to the closure of all oceanic connections resulting from the continuing convergence between Iberia and Eurasia. In addition, the orogenic growth and its sedimentary evolution occurred during the Cenozoic climatic cooling.

To investigate these retroactions, alluvium-filled horizontal epiphreatic passages in limestone karstic networks supposedly recording the transient positions of former local base levels during the process of valley deepening were studied. The results obtained applying various suitable geochronological methods (26Al/10Be, 10Be/21Ne, ESR and OSL on quartz) on intrakarstic alluvial deposits of 61 caves from three valleys of the central and eastern Pyrenees, as well as on a recent analogue comprising an active branch, will be presented. In the Pyrenean context and under particular conditions, these burial duration methodologies allow deciphering the deepening history of the valleys over the long term (~ 16-14 Ma). However, in this orogenic area, some issues have been identified: the density of sub-horizontal levels on an altimetric range and their vertical connections, the low tectonic activity during the post-orogenic evolution, the Mediterranean eustatic variations, the ancient glaciation phases, or storage in the watershed may lead to networks filling stories more complex than expected. In some cases, it may be difficult to evaluate the 26Al/10Be ratio associated to the sediments entering the caves or at the time of their deposit (mixing with old deposits). We will show that most of these issues can be solved by conducting small ancillary studies and taking precautions when sampling or treating samples.


In 2017 the Polish Code of Administrative Procedure was amended. As a result of the introduced changes, regulations regarding public participation in dealing with individual cases subject to settlement by way of decision were significantly extended. As a general rule, the authorities have been obliged to strive for amicable settlement of disputes whose nature allows it. In order to implement the above principle, apart from the institution of amicable agreement already applicable in Polish system, the possibility of conducting mediation between the parties to the proceedings, as well as between the party and the authority was introduced. Such solution is already applied in some legal orders and is gaining more and more importance in the countries of the EU. The objective of these regulations was to extend public participation in the administrative governance. The article presents an analysis and evaluation of solutions adopted in Polish law in the context of general and universal problems of purposefulness, scope and forms of public participation in authoritative resolution of disputes, which as a rule is the domain of the state.


Prior work suggests that follower and leader risk orientation is positively associated with follower creativity. We suggest that this view is oversimplified and propose that follower creativity can be stimulated when leader and follower have diverging risk orientations. We, therefore, apply a configurational approach to creativity, evaluating varying combinations of leader and follower risk orientation on follower creativity. Across two field studies, we demonstrate that: (a) follower creativity increases as leaders' and followers' risk orientations become more discrepant (i.e., incongruent); (b) follower creativity is higher when leader- follower dyads are congruent at moderate levels of risk orientation compared to congruence at the extremes (i.e., low and high levels); (c) follower experienced intellectual stimulation mediates the relationship between leader-follower risk-orientation incongruence and congruence and follower creativity; and (d) that leader authority openness moderates the indirect effect of leader-follower risk orientation incongruence on creativity via follower experienced intellectual stimulation. Theoretical and practical implications specific to creativity and leader-follower relationships are discussed.


This memorandum describes a method whereby one can use GSS-API [RFC2078] to supply a secure channel between a client and server, authenticating the client with a password, and a server with a public key certificate. As such, it is analogous to the common low infrastructure usage of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol [RFC2246].


We have demonstrated previously that the STAT‐1 transcription factor plays a key role in ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)‐induced apoptosis in cardiac myocytes. In the present study we assessed which region of the STAT‐1 molecule mediates apoptosis in cardiac myocytes. A STAT‐1 construct (amino acid 350–750) lacking the N‐terminus could enhance I/R‐induced apoptosis in cardiac myocytes. However, a STAT‐1 construct, which lacks 60 amino acids at the C‐terminus (amino acid 691–750), was ineffective in promoting I/R‐induced apoptosis in cardiac myocytes. Furthermore, overexpression of a C‐terminal STAT‐1 construct (amino acid 691–750) containing the transcriptional activation domain, but not the DNA binding domain, strongly enhanced I/R‐induced apoptotic cell death. Cardiac myocytes isolated from mice expressing a truncated C‐terminal STAT‐1 were more sensitive to I/R‐induced cell death. Finally, isolated hearts from these animals exposed to I/R injury had larger infarct size and greater number of TUNEL‐positive myocytes than control hearts. These studies demonstrate that the C‐terminal transactivation domain of STAT‐1 is necessary and sufficient for I/R injury‐induced apoptosis in cardiac myocytes.


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Brazilian historiography emphasises student political practice as the main action of those students who were against the authoritarian and conservative regime. To explain the student movement through its political activity or subversion towards the established social patterns became commonplace when discussing the behaviour of much of 1960s youth. Even though such aspects are import, they take little account of other peculiarities of these students' history. This article explores Anderson's (2008) hypothesis on «imagined communities» – i.e. when people in a group establish synchronic identification through references given by daily communication – in this context. This highlights the emotional pandemic of the youth coalition of the 1960s, which spread to general political movements. From this perspective, the student movement is understood as an interaction among subjects of a similar age, mobilized by their identification with shared images, mainly on printed documents. This analysis reveals that in Brazil: 1) the students identified with the revolutionary youngsters in the magazines who would later become icons, such as Fidel Castro and Che Guevara; 2) The reports and «hearsay» of youth action, recorded in the articles and stimulated and amplified by street demonstrations, schematic readings, impromptu rallies, graffiti and slogans, etc. We discuss synchronicity as an aspect of this period of history that was associated with the sensory stimuli involved in demonstrations, as well as the creation of stereotypes and representations of youth.


The European Security Research Programme (ESRP) takes the Europeanization of security into the new area of internal security scientific and technical cooperation. This raises important issues in the respect of public procurement that have parallels in the area of EU initiatives in defence procurement cooperation. A policy network analysis investigates research sharing in this new area for police major event security issue networks. The variable net work structures are found to be a factor in determining their responses. This is especially so because police services, in general, have only recently needed to address policy issues related to new technologies and scientific advances. Consequently the expertise in police or internal security science and technology is more narrowly based in police services than in the military and rarely reflected, at present, in the main EU police cooperation networks. Three particular challenges need to be tackled, firstly, too many Commission initiatives and ESRP projects have networking aims and these need to be rationalized, secondly, the EU police and internal security public sector agencies need to be aware of and capable of managing the growing commercial pressures and, thirdly, the EU police services need to become, in UK Ministry of Defence terms, "smart" customers to achieve value for money for the citizens of the EU.


"The Celts were a group of related tribes, Iinked by language, religion, and culture that gave ise.to the first civilization north of the Alps. They emerged . as' a distinet people in the eighth century BC.- about the time Homer was cornposinq his lIiad and Odyssey" Severey 1977:585). The Celts were highly civilized people, and they introduced iron to the northem Europe, soap to the Greeks (severey 1977:585). The Celts had a very rich literatere as well. Although they were different from those belonging to English literature since the Celtic Iiterary works were more intuitive, mystieal, melancholic; there were many mythologieal tales, love tales, sagas and poetic bardie lore. According to modem lrish scholars, the Celts anived in Ireland about 350 BC. The Celts are the ancestors of lrish and Scottish people. Despite the faet that the lrish have mixed ethnicorigin Iike many other modem societies, they think thernselves as Celtic.


X-ray spectra were observed from proton-induced excitation of monazite inclusions possessing both normal and giant pleochroic halos at E/sub p/ = 4.7 and 5.7 MeV. A complete elemental analysis of these spectra is reported for elements with Z > or = 26. Weak photopeaks are observed from monazite inclusions possessing giant halos which are absent from inclusions with normal halos, although limitations in spatial resolution of the proton beam prevented accumulation of statistically definitive data. Because of energy, width, and intensity anomalies, some of these weak photopeaks are not readily interpretable as x rays of ..gamma.. rays or known elements. Proposed evidence for superheavy elements is carefully examined.


Plastic operations on the face are usually not lifesaving procedures; but the curing of a facial deformity not only relieves the physical discomfort of the patient and assuages his mental anguish, but gives relief to the inhabitants of the community in which the patient lives. The necessity for seeing daily some one with a hole in the frontal sinus, a retracted lip, or a deformed nose, is by no means an agreeable prospect. So if a philanthropist be one who makes two blades of grass grow where one formerly grew, plastic surgery of the face may be considered a philanthropic field. Surely it is of more importance to the community than the placing of monuments or the beautifying of streets. Surgery of the neck and plastic surgery of the face probably demand more skill than any other kind of surgery. It is essential for one who operates on the neck


The invention discloses a device for recording a travelling track, which comprises a direction detection unit, a speed detection unit, a distance calculation unit, an accumulation unit, a judgment unit and a control record unit. The direction detection unit is used for detecting the current travelling direction; the speed detection unit is used for measuring the current travelling speed; the distance calculation unit is used for calculating the travelling distance in the current time segment according to the current travelling speed every first time segment; the accumulation unit is used for acquiring the accumulation distance by accumulating the travelling distances calculated by the distance calculation unit in all time segments; the judgment unit is used for making a comparison between the current travelling direction and the recorded travelling direction every first time segment, and if the current travelling direction changes, the changed travelling direction is taken as the recorded travelling direction and the device erases the calculation results of the accumulation unit; and the control recording unit is used for drawing and retaining the travelling track on the basis of the recorded travelling direction and the accumulation distance. The invention also discloses a portable electronic device for recording a travelling track and the method for recording the travelling track.


Abstract : There are observables and eigenstates in biology as well as in physical quantum mechanics. Furthermore, the basic principle of quantum mechanics that 'measurement of an observable of a physical system will find the system in an eigenstate of the observable' holds for biological as well as physical observables. There are transforms domains and representations in biology as well as in physics and there is a striking correspondence between their properties. An organism struggles to maintain the coherence of its individuality throughout its body. This is a means whereby it carries out the struggle for survival and is a fundamental law of biology. The biological phenomenon of alternation of generation serves as a basis for showing that there are biological analogues of bosons and fermions. An organism acts as a boson-analogue in interactions with the environment, while the fermion properties of the gametes regulate the organism's internal characteristics. DNA acts in the manner of a hologram to modulate the life activity of an organism. In the alternation of generations, the organism (somaton) acts as a boson analogue. It interacts with the environment and grows in mass and complexity, but gradually shows signs of disorganization (noise). It is the extrovert generation. The sperm and ovum (gametons) act as fermion analogues. Their generation is characterized by rejuvenation, noise reduction and growth in numbers. It is the introvert generation. (Author)


Modern information technology is the combination of computer hardware technology and modern communication technology. Applying information technology in tourism economy and industrial development strategy is the essential means to improve their core competitiveness. Developing the information technology in tourism has become a necessity requirement of the time and the positive choice of industrial development. The reform of information technology has made great differences in all aspects of social and economic life. The application of information technology has led to the development of the tourism information,which in clues the performance of the tourism ecommerce and the rebuilding of the tourism structure. Considering tourism as a whole,the essay does some research on the present cases of the tourism information technology.


ABSTRACT The photothermal effect of lasers is minimized and the photoacoustic effect is maximized as the pulse duration is shortened. Therefore, picosecond lasers with a short pulse and high peak power can be used to effectively treat various pigment disorders by reducing tissue damage. The first picosecond lasers were used for tattoo removal; they are also widely used for pigment treatment because of their reduced side effects compared with nanosecond lasers. Recently, picosecond lasers have been shown to be effective in the treatment of various skin conditions such as acne scars and large pores. There are many studies on picosecond lasers; however, there are no studies on a laser with a pulse duration of 300 ps. This report describes the use of a 300 ps Nd:YAG laser for treating pigment disorders and for skin rejuvenation in four Asians, with no side effects. Determining the clinical significance of the 300 ps pulse duration through comparative studies with various picosecond lasers is needed.


Joan Robinson' s work is characterized by continuity within variety: continuity in what concerns her critical attitude towards traditional theory, and variety in addressing her thought to several areas in economics. The six parts of this book provide an extensive overview of her work. Part I is concerned with Joan Robinson ' s work in the Marshallian traditionÐ in particular her Economics of Imperfect Competition. It includes contributions by Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Marco Dardi and NicoloÁ De Vecchi. Marcuzzo compares Kahn' s fellowship dissertation on The Economics of the Short Period with Robinson ' s Economics of Imperfect Competition. Both works share a common view about short-period analysis. Raised in the Marshallian tradition, Robinson considered it necessary to extend Keynes' s short-period analysis to the long run. For her, however, the analysis of long-period equilibria, characterized by the full employment of productive capacity and the absence of uncertainty, was inappropriate for short-period problems. This may explain why she departed from Marshall, who encompassed both perspectives in a single theory. The subsequent evolution of Robinson' s view has left her trapped between the shortand the long-period perspectives. According to Marco Dardi, neither Keynes' s nor Marshall' s visions of the relationship between the shortand long-period can be reconciled with the one usually provided in textbooks. Indeed they may provide important insights for the building of a dynamic theory in which the shortand the long-period are the two extremes of a complex continuum of economic processes. Robinson' s attitude may be well explained by her lack of con® dence in the possibility of constructing such a theory. Schumpeter' s review of The Economics of Imperfect Competition, as De Vecchi points out, was, in general, favorable. Nevertheless, according to Schumpeter, Robinson ' s book, though analytically re® ned, fails to grasp the full complexity of Marshall' s thought. Robinson herself later admitted the reductive and static character of her formulation. Part II deals with some policy implications that may be derived from Robinson ' s economics. It includes contributions by Jan Kregel, Pierangelo Garegnani, Massimo Pivetti, Giangiacomo Nardozzi and Annamaria Simonazzi. Kregel discusses Robinson ' s views concerning the development of PostKeynesian and post-neoclassical economics. Garegnani examines an article written by Robinson in 1936, in which she attempts to develop a long-period theory of aggregate output and employment. Garegnani places the article in the light of contemporary debates while pointing out ̄ aws in her argument. Both Pivetti and Nardozzi provide us with important re ̄ ections on Robinson ' s concept of interest, and conclude that current economic policies can be identi® ed


A wireless sensor network consists of spatially distributed autonomous sensors to cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions, such as temperature, sound, vibration, pressure, motion or pollutants. The development of wireless sensor networks was motivated by military applications such as battlefield surveillance. They are now used in many industrial and civilian application areas, including industrial process monitoring and control, machine health monitoring, environment and habitat monitoring, healthcare applications, home automation, and traffic control [1-2].


Arthroplasty is a successfulsurgical procedure which provides returning daily activities by relieving pain, correcting deformity, and regaining the loss of ROM which is caused by many diseases such as degenerative arthritis when conservative and other surgical techniques fail to achieve. Successful outcomes depend on many variables at arthroplasty. Proper indication, careful selection of patient, adequate surgical technique and postoperative rehabilitation plays a major role.Despite successful outcomes achieved at arthroplasty, undesired complications can be frustrating for the patient and the surgeon. These complications can be minimized by careful preoperative planning, meticulous surgical procedure and rigorius postoperative care.Infection is the most frequent and most effective complication on outcomes after arthroplasty. Because of that, risk factors for infection must be researched carefully and minimized preoperatively. Antibiotic prophylaxis is routinely suggested before the surgery. Using routine...


The main bridge of Zhengzhou Huanghe River Rail-cum-Road Bridge is a continuous steel truss girder structure arranged in two continuous units.The piers No.2~No.5 of the bridge stand in the main channel in the river and are all supported on the group pile foundations,each made up of 24 nos.of 2 m bored piles.In the construction,the steel casings for the piles were fabricated in shop,delivered to the pier sites where the casings were then lifted to the positioning and guiding frames and sunk down in place.To prevent collapse of the bored holes,the boring construction was carried out by a series of measures of utilizing the PHP slurry and pressure-reduction boring,maintaining the guiding effect of heavy hammer,strictly controlling the specific weight of the slurry within 1.08~1.10 and keeping the slurry top inside a casing 2~3 m above the water levels of the river.The installation of reinforcement cages came after the bored holes were cleared off and inspected.The cages were fabricated in shop by the long line match method and then lifted into the bored holes by the special spreading beams.The C40 tremie concrete was used for the bored pile foundations,which was cast by the individual vertical tremie duct.By the application of the rational construction methods and strict construction control,the ratio of type I piles for the main bridge reached 99.6% even under the construction conditions that diameters of the piles were great and the geology was poor.


The main goal of aesthetic facial cosmetic surgery is to achieve balance and harmony to the facial features. Chin augmentation and correction are the most important procedures to obtain overall facial beauty. Chin augmentation has been conducted since 100 years ago. Some synthetic implant alloplastic materials have been used including the observation of benefits, loss, and complication accompanied with it. The beauty of the chin is one of the important factors to enhance aesthetic facial features, where the chin is the lower most from 3 facial parts. Aesthetically, protrusion of the chin should be parallel to the line of facial profile. Protrusion of the chin gives character to the face. However imperfection and protrusion of the chin as a result of trauma, congenital or aging may hinder an individual's appearance. Inconsistency between the bone and soft tissue is a common cause of impaired aesthetic beauty. [1,2]


After many years, in which service design occupied some blurred areas in different disciplines, this activity is now creating its own ground and consolidating both practice and research. The increasing number of conferences and publications on service design, the growing number of cases and the emergence of new education programs are contributing to raise service design to the status of an independent disciplinary area.


Miniature scroll pumps have been proposed as roughing pumps (low - vacuum pumps) for miniature scientific instruments (e.g., portable mass spectrometers and gas analyzers) that depend on vacuum. The larger scroll pumps used as roughing pumps in some older vacuum systems are fabricated by conventional machining. Typically, such an older scroll pump includes (1) an electric motor with an eccentric shaft to generate orbital motion of a scroll and (2) conventional bearings to restrict the orbital motion to a circle. The proposed miniature scroll pumps would differ from the prior, larger ones in both design and fabrication. A miniature scroll pump would include two scrolls: one mounted on a stationary baseplate and one on a flexure stage (see figure). An electromagnetic actuator in the form of two pairs of voice coils in a push-pull configuration would make the flexure stage move in the desired circular orbit. The capacitance between the scrolls would be monitored to provide position (gap) feedback to a control system that would adjust the drive signals applied to the voice coils to maintain the circular orbit as needed for precise sealing of the scrolls. To minimize power consumption and maximize precision of control, the flexure stage would be driven at the frequency of its mechanical resonance. The miniaturization of these pumps would entail both operational and manufacturing tolerances of <1 m. Such tight tolerances cannot be achieved easily by conventional machining of high-aspect-ratio structures like those of scroll-pump components. In addition, the vibrations of conventional motors and ball bearings exceed these tight tolerances by an order of magnitude. Therefore, the proposed pumps would be fabricated by the microfabrication method known by the German acronym LIGA ( lithographie, galvanoformung, abformung, which means lithography, electroforming, molding) because LIGA has been shown to be capable of providing the required tolerances at large aspect ratios.


The article presents the author''s approach to a classification of pedagogical conditions, which allow not only selecting the contents and structuring the material, but also effective managing the professional formation of students unemployed adults.


Psoriasis is commonly triggered or exacerbated by various stress factors, certain drugs, or streptococcal throat infections. Viral infections such as HIV, CMV, chikungunya, or herpes simplex virus are very uncommon triggers for psoriasis. Cases of varicella-triggered psoriasis are exceptional. A 7-year-old boy with a previous history of guttate psoriasis presented with generalized acute guttate psoriasis shortly after an extensive herpes zoster infection affecting the first and second left lumbar dermatomes. INF-alpha and granulocyte monocyte colony stimulating factor influence peripheral monocytes to transform into INF-dendritic cells (DC's), similar to those involved in psoriasis. These INF-DC's express toll-like receptors 7 and 8, which are responsive to viral single stranded RNA. Hence, viral infections and interferon (INF)-alpha may play a role in triggering psoriasis.


The project gives a proposal for methods of evaluating the management efficiency depending on planning evaluation and the results having been achieved by similar organizations in the region.


Gothic literature of the nineteenth century was deeply concerned with with threats to masculinity. Beginning with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) and spanning the century, these novels captured an important sense of social unrest attributable to contemporary changes in intellectual and social thought which reverberated throughout the century and threatened to topple patriarchal gender norms. Two major shifts contributing to this instability were the transition from the Baconian to the Darwinian scientific model, and the threat posed by the emerging model of the New Woman to the Victorian feminine ideal embodied in the "angel in the house." These changes threatened the foundation upon which masculinity and thus, patriarchal society, rested its dominance. This article explores textual attempts to neutralize such threats by vilifying the New Woman and glorifying the "angel in the house" in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Bram Stoker's Dracula, and concludes that such attempts ultimately reaffirm the female's power in this male-dominated society. GOTHIC literature of the nineteenth century was deeply concerned with threats to masculinity. Beginning with Mary Shelley's 1818 publication of Frankenstein and spanning the century, these novels captured an important sense of social unrest attributable to significant contemporary changes in intellectual and social thought, which reverberated throughout the majority of the century and threatened to topple current patriarchal gender norms1. Evolution in scientific and social thought over the course of the century played an integral role in destabilizing Victorian masculine gender dominance, causing anxiety in the face of dramatically changing social standards for the family.2 The two major shifts contributing to this instability – the transition from the 1Smith, Andrew. Victorian Demons: Medicine, Masculinity and the Gothic at the Fin-de-siècle. Manchester: Manchester UP, 2004. Print., Showalter, Elaine. Sexual Anarchy: Gender and Culture at the Fin De Siècle. New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Viking, 1990. Print. 2 Navarette, Susan J. The Shape of Fear: Horror and the Fin De Siècle Culture of Decadence. Lexington: University of Kentucky, 1998. Print. Baconian to the Darwinian paradigm of science, and the threat posed by the emerging model of the New Woman to the traditionally established and deeply celebrated "angel in the house" – worked to threaten the foundation upon which masculinity and thus, patriarchal society, rested its dominance. Several key texts exploring such threats use monsters and depictions of their moral and sexual depravity to subvert these contemporary destabilizing influences and strengthen the power of the feminine. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the catalyst for such socially critical monstrous texts, Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Bram Stoker's Dracula, all explore and attempt to neutralize the social threat of the emerging dominant female figure, as well as that of the scientific revolution's subjection of the male scientist to a feminized nature, by using the villainous monster as a representative of the autonomous and assertive New Woman figure, while celebrating textual representatives of the angel in the house as integral features of a happy and healthy society and family.


The invention discloses an ozone processing method for methyl tert-butyl ether. A technical scheme has the following main points: ozone is dissolved in water to generate strong oxidability hydroxyl radicals, the hydroxyl radicals are reacted with methyl tert-butyl ether, the ozone amount needed by the complete processing of methyl tert-butyl ether is determined according to the equation of above chemical reaction, and the amount and the flushing frequency of an aqueous ozone solution are determined according to the size of the detection gasoline stain on an asphalt pavement. By adopting the method for processing methyl tert-butyl ether in leaked oil on the asphalt pavement through ozone, methyl tert-butyl ether is completely decomposed without destroying the original asphalt pavement, and carbon dioxide and water which do not corrode the asphalt pavement are finally generated, so purposes of road maintenance and driving safety guarantee are reached.


Abstract This paper reviews the benefits claimed to flow from the commencement of the Aged Care Act 1997. It is concluded that in restructuring residential aged care services the Commonwealth Government has withdrawn from its regulatory responsibility of ensuring residents receive adequate standards of care. To legitimate its actions the Government contractualised the relationship between service providers and residents, to the detriment of the residents.


Paper presents the results of real data gravimetric survey processing, which makes possible to evaluate the efficiency of using high-precision satellite measurements in marine surveys. The results are also compared with predicted ones, which were previously obtained by simulation.


Ulnar/fibula ray defect - brachydactyly syndrome is a very rare malformation syndrome characterized by ulnar hypoplasia associated with hypoplastic to absent fourth and/or fifth digits, fibular hypoplasia, short stature and facial dysmorphism.


"Practically every author writing on this subject has suggested a new name which only adds to the confusion and multiplication" (Kretschmer H, 1922).


This article has carried on the investigation and the analysis to our country farmer sports fitness project's present situation through research of the methods of literature material,interview,questionnaire survey,logic analysis and mathematical statistic and so on,analyzes the problem and difficulty of our country we faced at present in process of putting the farmer sports fitness project in practice,and put forward the development strategy grounded on the actual situation.


Spinal epidural arteriovenous fistulas (seAVF) are a rare subset of vascular lesions that are most commonly found in the cervical levels. Unlike spinal dural AVF, seAVF are typically supplied by multiple arteries, including direct branches from the vertebral artery, which increases the risk of nontarget embolization using a transarterial endovascular approach. In these cases, transvenous embolization may be a preferable option, but accessing the cervical epidural venous space, also termed the internal vertebral venous plexus, can be challenging and requires advanced foreknowledge of cervical venous channels.

 The authors review salient neurovascular anatomy and present 2 techniques for endovascular access of the cervical epidural space to treat seAVF.

 The physiology and structure of the cervical internal vertebral venous plexus is briefly reviewed. Next, the authors describe 2 complementary methods for transvenous access to the cervical internal vertebral venous plexus via the jugular vein (cranial‐caudal) and the vertebral vein (caudal‐cranial). The first approach involves retrograde microcatheterization via the jugular bulb and condylar veins. The second approach involves direct antegrade approach via the vertebral vein, arising from the brachiocephalic vein. Both approaches enable stable catheter positioning for coil embolization at remote cervical levels to treat a wide spectrum of seAVF.

 Accessing the cervical epidural venous space is technically demanding and requires effective planning and knowledge of relevant spinal venous anatomy. These techniques are important tools for safe and effective endovascular treatment of seAVF.


The data present the prevalence of leptospirosis in cattle on the territory
 of Ukraine over the last eight years (2005-2012) and the dynamics of changes
 of the etiological structure of the agent. Territorial diffusion of
 leptospirosis outbreak has also been studied. The outbreaks' density map was
 completed based on these data, depending on the number of cases in cattle.
 All areas of the country were divided into risk of infection four zones: low,
 medium, high and extra high risk.


Poincare gauge theory is treated such that a translational gauge field is actually identified with the Einstein's gravitational field and the Lorentz gauge field is thought of as a pair of Yang–Mills‐like field and its partner. An exact solution is investigated in this model, which is similar to the Wu–Yang solution in Yang–Mills theory. As a result, a solution is found. According to Kalb's ansatz, the ''Yang–Mills parts'' of the solution are interpreted as ''electric'' and ''magnetic'' fields that are created by a point source with a unit ''magnetic'' charge and a certain ''electric'' charge. The translational gauge field then gives the Reissner–Nordstrom space‐time.


The transfer characteristic of microwave filters realized as microstrip circuits is depending on geometrical properties of the structured conducting layers as well as on the material properties of the used substrate. Due to variations of material properties and manufacturing tolerances a certain deviation of target to realized transfer function has to be tolerated. In this article a method for the subsequent tuning of filter characteristics using an excimer laser is presented. By laser ablation of the metal thin film layer, material removal with a minimum size in the range of 5 mm is achieved. Index Terms – microwave filter tuning, microstructuring, excimer laser ablation


Industrial structure is the important factor deciding the growth pattern of economy.And it is an important sign embodying the quality as a whole of national economy.The article analyses objectively the problems existing in industrial structure of Qinghai and establish the foundation of industrial structure adjustment of Qinghai.That is to make good use of natural resource of Qinghai and consider the market requirement as guide.Meanwhile,there are four measures making industrial structure equitable at present.First,carry out policy of industrial development of Qinghai to ensure main industury developint.Second,determine the structure of trade scale to get the best scale benifit.Third,depend on the improvement of science and technology to make industrial structure suitable.Fourth,carry on preferential policy to form secure system of high disposition of industurial structure.


The invention relates to a kit for detecting whether cattle or pigs or sheep and the products relative to the cattle or pigs or sheep are infected with C-type foot and mouth disease virus. The quick detecting kit for the C-type foot and mouth disease virus comprises two pairs of LAMP (loop-mediated isothermal amplification) primers which are respectively SEQ1 (Sequence 1), SEQ2, SEQ3 and SEQ4. The kit has the advantages of convenience, timeliness and fast speed performance, has relatively high detecting sensitivity, and only needs a common water bath kettle or heat source during the specific detection.


The day-to-day running of a business in medical aesthetics is demanding enough. Finding the time to create the brand image you want and the style you desire is often difficult when you are doing it yourself. Even separating yourself from the brand can be hard. Michaela Barker shares some tips to help save you time and have more focus to your marketing strategy


This report is the final report of a NASA Phase I SBIR contract, with some revisions to remove company proprietary data. The Shock Boundary Layer Interaction (SBLI) phenomena in a supersonic inlet involve mutual interaction of oblique shocks with boundary layers, forcing the boundary layer to separate from the inlet wall. To improve the inlet efficiency, it is desired to prevent or delay shock-induced boundary layer separation. In this effort, Innovative Technology Applications Company (ITAC), LLC and the University of Notre Dame (UND) jointly investigated the use of dielectric-barrier-discharge (DBD) plasma actuators for control of SBLI in a supersonic inlet. The research investigated the potential for DBD plasma actuators to suppress flow separation caused by a shock in a turbulent boundary layer. The research involved both numerical and experimental investigations of plasma flow control for a few different SBLI configurations: (a) a 12 wedge flow test case at Mach 1.5 (numerical and experimental), (b) an impinging shock test case at Mach 1.5 using an airfoil as a shock generator (numerical and experimental), and (c) a Mach 2.0 nozzle flow case in a simulated 15 X 15 cm wind tunnel with a shock generator (numerical). Numerical studies were performed for all three test cases to examine the feasibility of plasma flow control concepts. These results were used to guide the wind tunnel experiments conducted on the Mach 1.5 12 degree wedge flow (case a) and the Mach 1.5 impinging shock test case (case b) which were at similar flow conditions as the corresponding numerical studies to obtain experimental evidence of plasma control effects for SBLI control. The experiments also generated data that were used in validating the numerical studies for the baseline cases (without plasma actuators). The experiments were conducted in a Mach 1.5 test section in the University of Notre Dame Hessert Laboratory. The simulation results from cases a and b indicated that multiple spanwise actuators in series and at a voltage of 75 kVp-p could fully suppress the flow separation downstream of the shock. The simulation results from case c showed that the streamwise plasma actuators are highly effective in creating pairs of counter-rotating vortices, much like the mechanical vortex generators, and could also potentially have beneficial effects for SBLI control. However, to achieve these effects, the positioning and the quantity of the DBD actuators used must be optimized. The wind tunnel experiments mapped the baseline flow with good agreement to the numerical simulations. The experimental results were conducted with spanwise actuators for cases a and b, but were limited by the inability to generate a sufficiently high voltage due to arcing in the wind-tunnel test-section. The static pressure in the tunnel was lower than the static pressure in an inlet at flight conditions, promoting arching and degrading the actuator performance.


i Acknowledgements ii List of tables iii List of figures iv Abbreviations vii Chapter 1. General Introduction 1 Chapter 2. Materials and Methods 25 Chapter 3. Phylogeny of the marine planktonic diatom family Chaetocerotaceae Abstract 4


In using the concepts of Groupe p on visual metaphor, this article is an attempt of reading outdoors and posters through which erratic senses manifest. The proposal consists in conceiving the visual metaphors like effects of two different manners used to produce the metaphoric forms: on one hand, the visual metaphor results of the application of rules established by the rhetorical disciplines; on the other, the work deals with a kind of poetical rupture determined by the intervention of natural agents: the wind and the rains, for example. These differences authorize to distinguish the metaphorical processes as a result of cultural models or as a consequence of natural forces. In the first case, the visual metaphor is a construct done according to the norms of a normative poetics and, in the second case, the metaphorical construct is prepared by natural phenomena, it means that its products are not rational, but they can be read and they belong to weather action poetics. The work ends making some considerations about the function of these tropes in the visual communication.


Purpose: Investigations over the past few years have demonstrated some of the benefits and shortfalls of tomosynthesis in radiation therapy for patient positioning or dose tracking. Tomosynthesis generates excellent image quality in one reconstruction plane; however, there is a loss of edge and frequency information in the additional planes due to the spatial incompleteness of the projection data. In our previous study, we demonstrated improved results from a new discrete frequency interpolation technique (DFIT), which is used to incorporate tomosynthesis limited arc projection data and three additional "filling" projections. Here, we continue investigation into DFIT by studying noisy projections for the data and incorporation of total variation (TV) noise reduction into the reconstruction processing. Methods: For this investigation, we simulated a Shepp‐Logan phantom to generate 93 parallel beam projections with ±5% uniform random noise. 90 of these projections were over a 90‐degree tomosynthetic arc. The remaining three projections were evenly spaced (i.e. 22.5, 45, and 67.5 degrees from the end of the arc) to help "fill in" the incomplete data. DFIT+TV was used to reconstructimages by interpolating frequency values into the gaps of the Fourier spectrum, inverse Fourier transforming from frequency to image space, adding the resultant image to a filtered backprojection (FBP) image, and finally applying a TV noise reduction step. Results: The images by traditional FBP, DFIT, FBP+TV and DFIT+TV are compared visually and using horizontal and vertical line profile plots. Additionally, contrast results are examined. The DFIT+TV images show improved edge delineation in the usual tomosynthesis "blurred" direction and improved reconstructed contrast. Conclusions: The addition of limited "filling" discrete projections and DFIT+TV can be used to improve the reconstruction accuracy and quality of short arc imaging. Future work will study DFIT+TV in the cone beam geometry. Research supported by Nucletron, B.V.


This paper centers on our argument that action research (AR) produces "better" research than orthodox social research but that AR is marginalized in "Northern" universities because it connects social research to social reform. The key viewpoints informing our work are easily stated but elaborate arguments are required to justify them. We argue that AR is the most credible and methodologically coherent way to create and apply reliable knowledge in social research. Existing power structures prefer orthodox social research, not because it produces better research but because it does not interfere with existing social arrangements. The demand for social distance and objectification separates the researcher from the subject and prevents social research from becoming an instrument of social change. The dominance of these frameworks in university environments reveals that universities, in addition to being centers of learning, play an important role in replicating existing social arrangements (Noam Chomsky et al...


Rheumatic diseases occur mostly in adults at reproductive age. In addition to the impact of disease course on fetal and maternal health, safety concerns regarding the effects of biological drugs on the course of pregnancy have come to the fore with the introduction and widespread use of them. Unlike other biological treatments, all tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antagonists can be used during pregnancy.To investigate clinical features, treatment characteristics and pregnancy outcomes of patients with biological treatment and evaluate impact of planning pregnancy on treatment preferance.The study was planned between January 2015 and December 2021. Patients who received biological treatment at conception were determined retrospectively. Demographycal data, clinical features, treatment characteristics and pregnancy outcomes were recorded.15 patients (mean age 37.2±4) were included. Mean age at diagnosis was 25.6±5.4 and age at gestational was 33±3.9. Mean follow-up duration was 96±55 months. Median period of biological therapy was found 37 (1-156) months. Six (40%) patients were diagnosed with Axial Spondyloarthritis, 6 (40%) Psoriatic Arthritis, 1 (6.6%) Rheumatoid arthritis. While 12 (80%) patients had planned (wanted) pregnancies, 10 (66%) patients were evaluated as eligible for pregnancy in terms of rheumatological disease by rheumatologists. 13 (86.6%) patients were in remission/partial remission before pregnancy. 5 (33.3%) patients were using steroid and disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) were stopped before conception. 10 (66.6%) patients were receiving certolizumab, 4 (26.7%) patients were receiving adalimumab. It was found that the treatment of the patient who received rituximab was interrupted due to the pregnancy planning. While certolizumab treatment continued in 6 (60%) patients during pregnancy, the treatment of patients receiving adalimumab was discontinued within first trimester. Activation of disease was occurred in 2 patients whose therapy interrupted. Biological treatment was restarted during pregnancy in 3 of 9 patients whose biological treatment was discontinued. No perinatal complication was developed except premature rupture of membranes in one patient. It was observed that all infants were healthy at birth, but baby of the mother who received certolizumab was diagnosed mental retardation in early childhood.In this study, it was established that the majority of patients using TNF antagonist during pregnancy;1-Having wanted/planned pregnancy,2-Being in remission or low disease activity before pregnancy,3-Not experiencing disease activation during pregnancy.In this study, it was concluded that having a pregnancy plan may be an important factor for rheumatologists to decide type of TNF antagonist, and physicians tend to prefer certolizumab in patients with pregnancy plan.Table 1.Baseline clinical and treatment characteristicsAge, years37.2±4Age, at diagnosis25.6±5.4Age, at gestation33±3.9Follow-up duration, months96±55Biologic treatment duration, months37 (1-156)Rheumatologic diseasen (%) -Spondyloarthritis6 (40) -Psoriatic arthritis6 (40) -Rheumatoid arthritis1 (6.6) -Behcet disease1 (6.6) -Systemic lupus eritematosus1 (6.6)Biologic treatmentn (%) -Certolizumab*10 (66.6) -Adalimumab*4 (26.7)Discontinuation of treatment9 (60)Restart3 (33.3)Disease activityRemission/partial remission*13 (86.6)Activation during pregnancy3 (20)*At conceptionNone declared


A method is presented for describing the propagation of axisymmetric beams by expansion into Gaussian beams which are displaced axially relative to the entrance plane. If the position of the Gaussian beams' waists and their widths are properly chosen, the coefficients of the expansion can be found by means of fast Fourier transform (FFT) procedures. One disadvantage of propagation algorithms based on FFTs is that their range is limited by aliasing effects. The propagation length is then enhanced usually by enlarging the entrance plane and padding with zeros the transverse field range thus enlarging the size of vectors without increasing field details. An alternative approach is that of subdividing the propagation length into smaller steps and eliminating the leaking aliased field by introducing absorbing layers close to the boundaries of the transverse range. The method described here has significantly reduced aliasing effects due to the bound character of the Gaussian functions, thus enlarging the range of propagation of a single step. Another advantage of the method is that the sampling points are evenly distributed in the r2 coordinate, following linearly the power distribution across the radius of axisymmetric beams.


Background: In rural communities where men have power to determine what their wives do or fail to do, male involvement in birth preparedness reduces the delays that commonly lead to maternal and perinatal deaths. We conducted a cross-sectional study to identify determinants of male involvement in birth preparedness in two rural northern Nigerian communities. Methodology: A total of 411 married men selected through multi-stage sampling were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Association between variables was assessed using bivariate and multivariate analyses at p<0.05. Additional information was obtained through focus group discussions (FGDs) and key informant interviews (KIIs). Results: Male involvement in birth preparedness was low (6.6%). Of the birth preparedness indices, saving money (26.5%) was the commonest while prior arrangement for means of getting safe blood (2.4%) was the least common. On bivariate analysis, male involvement in birth preparedness was significantly associated with the husband's age (p=0.016), number of living children (p=0.003), and husband's income relative to that of wife (p=0.004). On multivariate analysis, male involvement in birth preparedness was independently associated with husband earning less than or equal to his wife (aOR= 2.856, 95% CI=1.280-6.369). FGDs and KIIs suggested that religious misconception and low economic status of women contributed to low male involvement in birth preparedness. Conclusion: Level of male involvement in birth preparedness is unacceptably low. It is recommended that efforts to improve male involvement in birth preparedness in such communities need to start empowering women economically and addressing religious misconceptions about birth preparedness. Keywords: Male Involvement, Birth Preparedness, Religion, Rural, Nigeria


A new type of synthetic ionophore having both an 18-crown-6 ring and a primary amino group in the same molecule displayed and excellent K+/Na+ selective and active transport across a liquid membrane based on the reversible intramolecular complexation of the crown ring and the ammonium ion.


A model experiment was carried out on the seismic behavior of a buried pipeline in a partially liquefied ground. A model pipeline was laid in an unliquefiable superficial soil layer, and a part of soil layer underneath the superficial layer was made liquefiable by using loose fine sand.When liquefaction occurred, the superficial layer and the pipe showed a characteristic behavior which could be simulated with simple mathematical models with a high accuracy. Calculations of strains in buried pipelines of the actual sizes by using the above mathematical models showed that extremely great strains could be produced in the pipelines during the actual earthquakes. Thus the models of partially liquefied ground will give a most probable mechanism of pipeline failure associated with soil liquefaction.


BackgroundAnti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis has been discovered and termed more than a decade, but the establishment of standardized immunotherapy protocol for pediatric patients still needs more clinical evidence. To help move this forward, we investigated the current status of immunotherapies for pediatric anti-NMDAR encephalitis in 6 tertiary medical centers across China and evaluated how different immunotherapy strategies affected patient outcomes.MethodsA multicenter, retrospective study was conducted on pediatric patients diagnosed with anti-NMDAR encephalitis between November 2011 and December 2018. The clinical records including clinical manifestations, immunotherapy strategies, and outcomes were collected and analyzed. Treatment response and outcome were evaluated using mRS. Outcomes among the treatment groups were analyzed with the Chi-squared test or Fisher's exact test. p < 0.05 was considered significant.ResultsA total of 386 patients were included in our study and the median onset age was 7.89 (range 0.5-18) years. All patients received first-line immunotherapy and the majority (341, 88.3%) used the standard combination of methylprednisolone pulses and intravenous immunoglobulins, but 211 patients did not show satisfactory improvement (mRS ≥ 3). Mainly three treatment strategies were applied after first-line immunotherapy: second-line immunotherapy, repetitive first-line immunotherapy, and maintaining oral prednisolone. For patients with mRS ≥ 4 after first-line immunotherapy, the incidence of poor outcome (mRS ≥ 3) in oral prednisolone group was higher than that in other treatment groups (0.025 < p < 0.05). No difference in complete recovery rate (mRS = 0) was found between patients receiving second-line and repetitive first-line immunotherapy, or patients using long-term and short-term prednisolone. The relapse rate of oral prednisolone group was higher than that of other treatment groups (p < 0.01), but the relapse rate of patients using long-term and short-term prednisolone had no statistical difference. ConclusionsFor patients with mRS ≥ 4 after first-line immunotherapy, second-line immunotherapy is recommended. When second-line immunotherapy is not applicable, repetitive first-line immunotherapy can be considered as an option. Both second-line and repetitive first-line immunotherapy are beneficial to reduce relapse rate. The duration of sequential oral prednisolone can be shortened after fully evaluating patients' conditions.


Rapid developments in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying cognitive deficits in neurodevelopmental disorders have increased expectations for targeted, mechanism‐based treatments. However, translation from preclinical models to human clinical trials has proven challenging. Poor reproducibility of cognitive endpoints may provide one explanation for this finding. We examined the suitability of cognitive outcomes for clinical trials in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) by examining test‐retest reliability of the measures and the application of data reduction techniques to improve reproducibility.


This paper describes the use of formal speci cations and associated tools in addressing various aspects of software maintenance | corrective, perfective, and adaptive. It also addresses the re nement of the software development process to build programs that are easily maintainable. The task of software maintenance in our case includes the task of maintaining the speci cation as well as maintaining the program. We focus on the use of Anna, a speci cation language for formally specifying Ada programs, to aid us in maintaining Ada programs. These techniques are applicable to most other speci cation language and programming language environments. The tools of interest are: (1) the Anna Speci cation Analyzerwhich allows us to analyze the speci cation for correctness with respect to our informal understanding of program behavior; and (2) the Anna Consistency Checking System which monitors the Ada program at runtime based on the Anna speci cation.


Increased demand for food with minimal processing by consumers, which are free of additives and remain stable during storage, suggesting the need to explore other physical treatments as alternatives to heating processes. The tangential microfiltration (MFT) is a non-thermal process used to clarify juices or drinks made from fruit. However, these systems present problems for the decrease in permeate flux (Jp) with the immediate consequence of the progressive decrease of the permeate, affecting industrial performance. In this study we examined the effect of transmembrane pressure (TMP) and tangential velocity in a pilot system with Polivinildenedifloride membranes (PVDF) and pore diameter of 0.22 microns, to detect changes in turbidity and Jp clarified mango juice. The clarified juice was circulated through the system at TMP of 0.5, 0.8 and 1.1 * 105 Pa and tangential velocity of 4, 5 and 6 m/s. The trial was mounted under a factorial design 32. Tangential speed, increased and decreased linearly Jp turbidity values in the permeate of mango juice, while the TMP had a linear effect, increasing and decreasing the turbidity Jp.


Based on the FEM method,a 2-D mathematical plane flow model is established to study the boundary condition of the water intake.The model was utilized to ananlyze the flow characteristics such as the flow velocity,flow direction and the water level,etc.,before and after the No.2 Nanhai water plant extension project was completed.This paper also focused on the analysis of the affected range and extent of the channel navigation condition by the water intake structures under 3 typical flow discharges.The results show that the water intake project will not cause adverse effect to the navigation condition.


In Florida v. [Name removed], a Florida appeals court has ruled that a prison inmate's HIV-status does not warrant reduced sentencing, as long as the prison system has the ability to provide treatment. Pinellas County prosecutors appealed the original trial judge's decision which reduced the sentence of [name removed] [name removed] due to his HIV infection. The appeals court stated that to validate departing from sentencing guidelines, the prisoner must show that a disability is beyond the prison's treatment capabilities.


Non-destructive testing is a key component of optimized plant inspection and maintenance programs. Risk based inspection, condition based maintenance and reliability centered maintenance systems all require detection, location and sizing of defects or flaws by non-destructive methods. Internal damage of geothermal piping by corrosion and erosion-corrosion is an ongoing problem requiring inspection and subsequent maintenance decisions to ensure safe and reliable performance. Conventional manual ultrasonic testing to determine remaining wall thickness has major limitations, particularly when damage is of a random and localized nature. Therefore, it is necessary to explore alternative non-destructive methods that offer potential benefits in terms of accurate quantification of size, shape and location of damage, probability of detection, ability to use on-line over long ranges, and economics. A review of non-destructive methods and their applicability to geothermal piping was performed. Based on this, ongoing research will concentrate on long range guided wave and dynamic methods.


We describe a 14-year-old boy who exhibited left palatine tonsillar enlargement after 6 cycles of aggressive chemotherapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the right palatine tonsil. The cervical computed tomography scan at 4 months after completion of chemotherapy revealed enlargement of the left palatine tonsil in addition to the thymus without any clinical symptoms. The 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography indicated focal areas of strong 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the left palatine tonsil. Histologic examination confirmed tonsillar hyperplasia with no evidence of recurrence. Reactive tonsillar hyperplasia after chemotherapy is rarely reported.


Heterogeneous manycore architectures have shown to be highly promising to boost power efficiency through two independent ways: (1) enabling massive thread-level parallelism, called "scale-out" approach, and (2) enabling thread migration between heterogeneous cores, called "scale-up" approach. How to accurately model the profitability of power efficiency of the two ways, particularly in an analytical and computational-effective manner, is essential to reap the power efficiency of such architectures. We propose a comprehensive analytical model to predict the power efficiency from the two independent ways. Given power efficiency is measured by performance per watt, this model is composed of a performance and a power model. The performance model is built by two orthogonal functions a and β. Function a describes the scale-out speedup from multithreading; function β presents the scale-up speedup from core heterogeneity. Thus, the performance model can clearly capture the overall speedup of any multithreading and thread-to-core mapping strategies. The power model predicts the power of corresponding scale-out and scale-up configurations. It simultaneously captures the power variations caused by thread synchronization and thread migration between heterogeneous cores. We build both performance and power model in an analytical way and keep the computational complexity in mind. This merit leads to a suit of comprehensive and low-complexity models for runtime management. These models are validated on large-scale heterogeneous manycore architecture with full-system simulations. For performance prediction, the average error is below 12 percent, lower than that of the state-of-the-art methods. For power prediction, the average error is 7.74 percent. On top of the models, we introduce two heuristic scheduling algorithms, performance-oriented MAX-P and power efficiency-oriented MAX-E, to demonstrate the usage of these models. The results show that MAX-P outperforms the state-of-the-art methods by 18 percent in performance averagely; MAX-E outperforms the baseline by 70 percent in power efficiency on average.


The crystal structures of the title saturated bicyclic [n.2.1] peroxides confirm the previous suggestion, based on n.m.r. data and mechanistic considerations, that in each compound the bromine atom is syn to the dioxygen bridge. The C–O–O–C dihedral angles are O(1), 14(1), and 45(1)° respectively, while the corresponding O–O bond lengths are 1.498(8), 1.447(8), and 1.463(7)A. The six-, seven-, and eight-membered carbocyclic rings adopt chair, chair, and chair-chair conformations respectively. A comparison of the [3.2.1] compound with its homologues, and with 47 other cyclic or bicyclic peroxides, suggests that its O–O bond is relatively long, and that this arises because of bond angle strain primarily at the bromine-bearing carbon atom.


Objectives: The objectives of this study are to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding blood donation among various categories of health professionals and comparing them with that of the general population. Material and method: A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out at Pondicherry. Total 150 individuals were interviewed including doctors (n=25), nurses (n=25), technicians (n=25) and general population of Pondicherry (n=75). All were interviewed with the help of a pretested and semi-structured questionnaire. Results: There was a significant difference in knowledge pertaining to blood donation between health professionals and the general population. On the other hand there was no difference of attitude of the two groups. There was no difference in knowledge and attitudes according to gender but most of the donors were males. Conclusion: There is a need to increase the awareness and attitude among the paramedical staff and in general population. There is also need to motivate females for blood donation. There is also need to create awareness about blood safety in paramedical staff and general population.


This chapter analyzes the historical development of anime's distribution from its domestic market to a growing body of fans in the USA. In doing so, it challenges conceptions of anime's worlds by investigating how shifting distribution technologies and logics have shaped the markets for anime at home and abroad. By arguing that anime's worlds shift and change as some texts travel and others are left behind, this chapter contends that distribution has much to add to our understanding of anime's global significance.


T RUESWELL has introduced an interesting technique for examining the distribution of use (and/or demand) over a collection of circulating books. 1 Items are grouped into classes according to the time that has elapsed since their last recorded use (circulation), resulting in a distribution curve . This distribution may be studied for the items that are active during a given sample period, which may be a few days or an entire semester. It may also be studied (by sampling methods) for the collection as a whole. Making the reasonable assumption that, on the average , the items that have most recently been used satisfy most of the demand, one may select a cutoff interval , such as three years. If, say, 60 percent of the items observed at circulation have been active within the last three years while only 30 percent of the entire collection has, we may say that "30 percent of the collection satisfies 60 percent of the demand for circulating materials ." In Trueswell' s best-known presentation of this model , the numbers were 20 percent and 80 percent, with the result that rules of this type are referred to generally as "20/80 rules ." A recent paper in this journal, which reports on such a study, suggests that there may be some confusion as to the generality and import of rules of the 20/80 type. 2 The purpose of the present note is to clarify the


As the software engineering graduates usually have shortcomings in practice ability, scientific research quality and team cooperation ability, and then their employments are affected. This paper presents a new training model of practical ability for software engineering majors. For software engineering majors, among four years, different stages have different training programs of practical ability. The training model and goals of each stage are introduced in detail. Some viewpoints are proposed in this paper such as undergraduate students' supervisor rule, students' scientific research institutionalization and the combination of teachers' scientific research team with students' practice group. The model is feasible and effective which is proved in practice.


Angiomyolipomas are rare benign tumors derived from perivascular epithelioid cells that occur frequently in kidney and rarely in the liver. We present a case of hepatic angiomyolipoma, with various clinical and radiological differential diagnoses. A 34-year-old male was found to have a palpable mass on the left side of the abdomen. Imaging showed heterogeneously enhancing mass lesion 15 cm Χ 7 cm, in the left lobe and segment 4 of the liver. Various benign and malignant diagnoses were entertained. The needle biopsy did not reveal any evidence of malignancy. Patient underwent resection of the lesion in view of the large size, which was diagnosed as angiomyolipoma. Angiomyolipoma is a benign tumor and accurate diagnosis is important to prevent overtreatment. Histology and immunohistochemistry may help in clinching the diagnosis, in proper clinical setting.


A 31‐year‐old male patient complained of having follicular and brownish red maculopapules along the Blaschko's lines on the right chest for 2 days. On examination, follicular brownish maculopapules were present on the chest with a uniform size of about 3 mm in diameter. The lesions were isolated without a tendency to merge, giving several S‐shaped, band‐like appearances. Direct mycological examination of the skin flakes revealed many pseudomycelial hyphae and yeast cells with typical spaghetti and meatball appearance. Wood's light examination of the lesion revealed a golden yellow fluorescence. A diagnosis of blaschkoid pityriasis versicolor was suggested because of blaschkoid distribution of the lesions in this new variant of PV.


Research in welfare reform has identified a number of potential barriers to employment, including alcohol and other drug use (Danziger et al., 1999). Substance abuse in particular is presumed to play a major role in a welfare recipient's ability to obtain and retain employment. Despite the focus on substance abuse among individuals receiving public assistance, few studies have identified the prevalence of illegal drug use among welfare recipients (Bassuk, Buckner, Perloff, & Bassuk, 1998; Grant & Dawson, 1996; Salomon, Bassuk, & Brooks, 1996; Sisco & Pearson, 1994; Weisner & Schmidt, 1993). These studies have two major methodological limitations. First, with the exception of Weisner and Schmidt (1993) and Bassuk et al. (1998), rates of drug use among welfare recipients were not compared with rates among non-welfare-receiving samples. Second, none of the studies used an objective measure of drug use. In the current study, we overcame these previous limitations by examining whether welfare-receiving arrestees tested positive for illegal drugs at rates comparable to non-welfare-receiving arrestees living below the poverty level and to non-welfare-receiving arrestees living above the poverty level. We made this distinction among subgroups because we suspected that some welfare-receiving arrestees would fail to report public assistance as their primary source of income or that some arrestees did not even receive public assistance despite an income that indicated eligibility. METHOD The National Institute of Justice established the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program in 1987 (Yacoubian, 2000). Data for the current study were collected from adult arrestees surveyed through Philadelphia's ADAM program in 1997. During the four quarters of calendar year 1997, research personnel obtained selfreport survey data and urine specimens from 862 arrestees. After answering demographic questions, arrestees were asked to report whether they had used a number of specific drugs during their lifetime, during the past 12 months, during the past 30 days, and during the past three days. In addition, a urine specimen was collected and screened for 10 drugs. It is important to note that urine specimens are capable of detecting the presence of illegal drugs up to 72 hours after ingestion. Unlike hair testing, which offers historical drug use data, urine specimens are sensitive to recent drug use. The sole exception is marijuana, which can be detected for up to 30 days in the urine of chronic users. DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS Demographic Characteristics Of the 862 arrestees in the sample, 196 (23 percent) reported welfare or Supplemental Security Income as their main source of income within the past 30 days. These arrestees were identified as the welfare-receiving subgroup. The remaining arrestees were divided into non-welfare-receiving arrestees living below the poverty level (annual incomes of less than $8,300, n = 312) and non-welfare-receiving arrestees living above the poverty level (annual incomes above $8,300, n = 354) based on reported income (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000). Demographic characteristics among the three subgroups were comparable (Table 1). Drug-Positive Rates The most prevalent drug among the welfarereceiving arrestee population was cocaine (48 Percent), followed by marijuana (27 percent) (Table 2). The only statistically significant differences among the three groups were with cocaine and marijuana. For example, 48 percent of the welfare-receiving arrestees tested positive for cocaine, compared with 39 percent of the non-welfare-receiving arrestees living above the poverty level (p Drug-Positive Rates, by Gender There were significant gender differences across the three subgroups. Among the welfare-receiving arrestees, 58 percent of the female arrestees tested positive for cocaine, compared with only 30 percent of the male arrestees (p


Abstract: Besides the interest in raw materials that can be used to enrich industrialized food with fiber, developing products based on tropical roots of traditional farming and crop as yam, has gained the interest of farmers and industries as it would enable the increment in the entire production chain. This study aimed to determine the best formulation of passion fruit juice added to yam through sensory tests. For this, the Central Composite Rotational Design was used as a tool to determine the best juice formulation. Results were analysed by using external preference mapping and through response surface, studying three variables (concentrations of yam, passion fruit juice concentrate and sugar) in five levels. As dependent variable the sensory characteristics of the juice (taste, texture, color, appearance, overall impression and purchase intent) were determined. Acceptance tests were conducted in laboratory with 50 consumers and the data were analysed using software Statistica version 5.0. It was observed that to achieve good acceptability (up "6-like slightly"), the product should be prepared using concentrations of yam, sugar and passion fruit juice concentrate around 10%, 6% and 18% respectively. Since the higher the concentration of yam, the greater must be the concentration of sugar and juice to obtain a better product acceptance (up "6-like slightly"). Key words: Central composite rotational design, Principal component analysis, Acceptance test.


-The project work involves the design development of multi tool device wherein drilling, counter boring and face grooving operations will be combined to drastically reduce the manufacturing time and cost. Wind turbine ventilators are ventilator which is powered by the wind to create effective ventilation. These type of ventilators are used in various industries. The design of wind turbine ventilators consists of a round metal vent with fins in them. Presently this system uses ball bearings for their operation however they offer lower life and the cost is higher. Thus they are to be replaced by combination of thrust and radial bearing. The manufacture of this bearing required a tool which can perform drilling and boring operation followed by a face groove. In order to reduce the time and cost of manufacturing it is required to develop a combination tool for the same. The tool geometry was developed using Unigraphics NX-8 software and the analysis was done using Ansys Workbench 16.0. The performance evaluation of the tool was done to determine the percentage error, reduction in cycle time.


This research probed into the influence of reading anticipation on the comprehensive level of fast reading. In Experiment 1, given respectively one of the three title suggestions i.e., right suggestion, neutral suggestion and misleading suggestion, the subjects were asked to read a narrative both at top speed and at ordinary speed. The results showed that in the circumstance of fast reading, different suggestions significantly influenced the achievement of reading comprehension, and in the circumstance of normal reading, the effects of different suggestions were not significant. This indicated that the effects of reading anticipation was evident in fast reading. In experiment 2, the result showed that the training of reading anticipation could accelerate reading anticipation and consequently improved students'fast reading achievement.


Information technology has not only been a driving force of the car industries within the last couple of years but it even seems to be of growing importance for the unforeseeable future. The inclus ...


This paper researches the following: Yang Wenhui,Ouyang Xin and Nu Cheng created Nanjing scripture engraving place,they engraved scriptures and gave lectures,stipulated the school motto,made outlines of five subjects,cultivated talents and educated monks.They opened the recovery door of collecting,stating,and translating Buddhism in modern times.They are widely honored as the Fathers of Buddhism Revival in Modern Times.


Purpose - The objective of the paper is to shed light on the Design/methodology/approach - The study uses a French survey rich in attitudinal variables, matched with the French 1999 census of the population. It hinges on the regional variability of entrepreneurial ethnic networks in order to identify the impact of the latter on work values and professional integration of ethnic minorities. Findings - It is shown that the contrasted labour market outcomes and work values of immigrants from North Africa and Southern Europe are, statistically, totally explained away by their different levels of entrepreneurial capital. Originality/value - This study hinges on a recent survey, which contains unusual information about the immigrant population of the first and second generation in France. Statistical analysis is made possible by the over-representation of these groups in the sample design. This paper is one of the first studies into the subjective work values of immigrants in France. The results enter an unchartered territory and provide original evidence of the importance of entrepreneurial ethnic networks in France.


Light and electron microscopic studies have been made on an anaplastic giant‐cell tumor that developed in a woman 8 years after an operation on the thyroid for papillary carcinoma. Many giant cells were observed in the anaplastic tumor tissue, but no follicles. Numerous tightly‐packed mitochondria and abundant ribosomes were present, but there were no desmosomes. The basement membrane was not distinct.


Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in newborn infants can show up as the following: More than 80% of neonates with SEM disease have skin vesicles. Those patients without skin vesicles have infection limited to the eyes and/or oral mucosa. Approximately two-thirds of neonates with disseminated or CNS disease have skin lesions, but other symptoms may be present before these lesions can be seen. When skin lesions are not present, it can be challenging to diagnose neonatal HSV infection. Disseminated infection is a consideration when neonates present with sepsis syndrome, negative bacteriologic culture results, severe liver dysfunction, or consumptive coagulopathy. HSV may be the causative agent in neonates who present with a fever, a vesicular rash, or abnormal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings. This probability increases when the infant also has a history of seizures or presents at times when enteroviruses are not reported in the community. Asymptomatic HSV infection is common in older children but rare in neonates.Initial signs of HSV infection can occur anytime between birth and approximately 6 weeks of age, although almost all infected infants develop clinical disease within the first month of life. Infants with disseminated disease and SEM disease have an earlier age of onset, typically presenting between the first and second weeks of life. Infants with CNS disease usually present with illness between the second and third weeks of life.


The Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has become emergent and central to communications on social media, in which several perspectives and conceptions intertwine and oppose, sometimes creating rumors and fake news. The message flow of social media can be studied within the theoretical framework of social representations. For this purpose, 300 messages about Covid-19 were gathered: 100 of individual profiles, 100 of governments and 100 fake news. An analysis of thematic content has been conducted on the three corpora. Divergently from the other means of communication, it may be observed that the fake news results are about the Chinese origin of the virus, offer homemade advice for prevention and cure of the virus and are prone to contest social isolation. Messages from individual and governmental profiles are mostly not about the origin of the virus but provide advice on hygiene practices, garbage disposal, physical activities, psychological care and defend social isolation.


Luk Ikelle, project coordinator, outlines the objectives of the Center of Automated Seismic Processing, of which he is the director.


Purpose: In projected-based company, where all process dynamics and information flow are concentrated around projects, the role of the Project Management Office (PMO) becomes even more relevant. Precisely, the objective of the study was to highlight the importance of the PMO, as a tool in the management of organizational knowledge, in a research carried out, through a case study, in a project-based organization of the sanitation services sector.Methodology: The qualitative research method used the Project Management Maturity Model (MMGP) to assess the level of maturity in project management and to identify organizational and knowledge problems observed in the phases of the knowledge management process, with the application of an electronic questionnaire to verify the perception of the directors regarding the role of the PMO in knowledge management, coding and personalization as knowledge management strategies and the 5W2H quality tool for planning actions.Findings: The PMO's initiatives and practices in the organization under study resulted in an increase in the level of maturity in project management, in the total resolution of 70% of organizational problems and in the creation of a Knowledge Management System, confirming the relevant role of PMO in management organizational knowledge.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The research has as a differential the use of the PMO as an instrument for the organizational knowledge management, a theme that lacks in the literature, as well as the exploration of knowledge management in the sanitation services sector. Another contribution is the application of the Project Management Maturity Model to assess the level of project management maturity and identify organizational and knowledge problems and observe the improvement after actions


Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) is the institution who plays important role in contributing scholar's (ulama) outlook of problems which occur in Indonesia. Since it is established in 1975, MUI exist as the the extension of state to control religious life in society. The establishment of MUI cannot be separated from political dynamic of New Order under the leadership of President Suharto in controlling political Islam. After the decline of Suharto in 1998, MUI cannot fully be independent yet in mediating religious conflict in Indonesia. This paper explains the role of MUI in mediating religious conflict of Majelis Taklim HDH (Hidup di balik Hidup) in Kabupaten Cirebon. Author argues that MUI has issued fatwa sesat of Majelis Taklim Hidup di balik Hidup. In issuing the fatwa sesat, MUI tended to be influenced by society pressure from Nahdliyin people (NU) because they are the majority in Kabupaten Cirebon.


ABSTRACT This essay is an attempt to reconstruct a little of the history of the Moroccan merchant community in Manchester, and to establish both who Wright actually was, and how his collaboration with those expatriate Fassi cotton-traders gave birth to – or perhaps simply perpetuated – the Moroccan théière. It will then trace, insofar as is possible, the evolution of the reputation and manufacture of 'Wright' silver plate down to our own day. Finally, It will look briefly at the mythology that has grown up around Richard Wright in Morocco, inhabiting as he does the odd paradox described by Abdelahad Sebti: The history [of tea in Morocco] which is really rather brief, evokes in the collective imagination the idea of an immemorial tradition. The illusion of tea's being rooted deep in the country's past; but also the illusion of [Morocco's] having been the foremost champion of the drink in the world. (Sebti 1999, 141) He is an intriguing emblem of the cultural entanglement of Morocco and Britain, more potent today than in his own lifetime.


Engaging patients and caregivers in their healthcare is an essential component to improving care quality and patient safety. Patient portals, personal health records tethered to electronic health records (EHRs), are intended to promote engagement by giving patients and caregivers online access to their clinical data and the ability to communicate with their providers through secure messaging. Until recently, patient portals have almost exclusively been used as a mechanism to share healthcare information with patients from clinical visits in the ambulatory setting. This was due, in part, to hardware and software limitations in the inpatient setting, but also provider reluctance to share real-time clinical information during hospitalisation. A growing body of literature suggests that patient portals are beginning to play an important role in engaging patients during their acute hospital stay. These 'inpatient portals' or 'acute care portals' have been redesigned to provide inpatients and/ or their caregiver proxies with secure access to personalised health information and tools to enhance their engagement at the bedside. These patient-facing, web-based applications are typically offered to admitted patients on hospital-owned tablet computers for use throughout their inpatient stay. They provide patients with access to real-time information directly from the hospital EHR, such as their daily clinical schedule, problem list, medication information, test results and a way to recognise and communicate with their inpatient providers. Published research findings suggest that inpatient portals are desired by both patients and their caregivers. By accessing their clinical information within these portals, hospitalised patients report improved understanding of their health conditions and feeling more in control of their care. Importantly, patients using inpatient portals have also identified medical errors. Thus, their use may play a role in enhancing our ability to partner with patients and caregivers to improve the safety of inpatient care.


What is Statistics? Describing Sets of Measurements Probability Random Variables and Probability Distributions Three Useful Discrete Probability Distributions The Normal and Other Continuous Probability Distributions Sampling and Sampling Distributions Large sample Estimation Large Sample Tests of Hypotheses Inferences from Small Samples The Analysis of Variance Linear Regression and Correlation Multiple Linear Regression Elements of Time Series Analysis Forecasting Models Quality Control Survey Sampling Analysis of Enumerative Data Nonparametric Statistics Decision Analysis.


We theoretically investigate the localization mechanism of quantum anomalous Hall Effect (QAHE) with large Chern numbers $\mathcal{C}$ in bilayer graphene and magnetic topological insulator thin films, by applying either nonmagnetic or spin-flip (magnetic) disorders. We show that, in the presence of nonmagnetic disorders, the QAHEs in both two systems become Anderson insulating as expected when the disorder strength is large enough. However, in the presence of spin-flip disorders, the localization mechanisms in these two host materials are completely distinct. For the ferromagnetic bilayer graphene with Rashba spin-orbit coupling, the QAHE with $\mathcal{C}=4$ firstly enters a Berry-curvature mediated metallic phase, and then becomes localized to be Anderson insulator along with the increasing of disorder strength. While in magnetic topological insulator thin films, the QAHE with $\mathcal{C=N}$ firstly enters a Berry-curvature mediated metallic phase, then transitions to another QAHE with ${\mathcal{C}}={\mathcal{N}}-1$ along with the increasing of disorder strength, and is finally localized to the Anderson insulator after ${\mathcal{N}}-1$ cycling between the QAHE and metallic phases. For the unusual findings in the latter system, by analyzing the Berry curvature evolution, it is known that the phase transitions originate from the exchange of Berry curvature carried by conduction (valence) bands. At the end, we provide a phenomenological picture related to the topological charges to help understand the underlying physical origins of the two different phase transition mechanisms.


Flicker annoyance measurement, no matter if it is performed by processing the supplying voltage or by evaluating the light emitted by the lamp, relies on the assumption of a proper model of the behavior of the complex eye-brain system in presence of fluctuating light. The only experimental data available are the ones obtained, for a certain incandescent lamp, by asking several people to report their perception about flicker they were subjected to. In this paper, the possibility of achieving an "objective" evaluation of the flicker effects on human subject is investigated. In particular, the increment of the blood flow in a vessel at the optic nerve papilla is considered and taken as possible index of the annoyance due to flicker.


A high level of tunability and control over arrays of quantum dots are key ingredients toward the goal of scalable‐based qubit architectures. Increasing array size simultaneously increases the parameter space and therefore the tuning complexity. The electron reconfiguration behavior of quantum dot arrays isolated from the electron reservoirs is studied experimentally. Isolating a quantum dot array from the reservoirs does not only enable a high degree of control over the tunnel couplings but at the same time drastically simplifies the stability diagrams for small numbers of electrons trapped in the array. Experimental results on double, triple, and quadruple quantum dot arrays are presented and complementary model calculations allow the identification of all transitions observed in the experiment. Highly tunable long‐range transitions are observed in isolated triple quantum dots and evidence of higher‐order cotunneling is found for the quadruple quantum dot array.


This paper focuses on the development of a concrete material by utilizing fly ash and blast furnace slag in conjunction with coarse and fine aggregates with an aim to reduce pollution and eliminate the use of energy extensive binding material like cement. Alternative binding materials have been tried with an aim to get rather an improved concrete material. Alkali-Activated Solution (AAS) made of the hydroxide and silicate solutions of sodium was adopted as the liquid binder whereas, Class F" fly ash and Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) mixed in dry state were used as the Geopolymer Solid Binder (GSB). The liquid binder was used to synthesize the solid binder by thermal curing. The paper investigates the use, influence and relative quantities of the liquid and solid binders in the development of the alkali-activated GGBFS based Geopolymer Concrete (GPC). Varying ratios of AAS to GSB were taken to assess their optimum content. Further, different percentages of GGBFS were used as a partial replacement of Class F fly ash to determine the optimum replacement of GGBFS in the GPC. In order to assess their effects on various properties test samples of cubes, cylinders and beams were cast and tested at 3, 7, and 28 days. Thermal curing of GPC has also resorted for favorable results. It was found that AAS to GSB ratio of 0.5 and GGBFS content of 80% yielded the maximum strength with a little unfavorable effect on workability. The overall results indicated that AAS and GGBFS offer good geopolymer concrete which will find its applicability in water scarce areas.


Do research on the technology of producing high water-absorbent starch graft copolymers,with acrylic acid a monomer,maize starch is used as raw material,with the help of free radical in heat decomposition style,a high-efficient graft copolymer system and one-step technology is developed to produce high water-absorbent resin.


Motivation: Reverse engineering GI networks from experimental data is a challenging task due to the complex nature of the networks and the noise inherent in the data. One way to overcome these hurdles would be incorporating the vast amounts of external biological knowledge when building interaction networks. We propose a framework where GI networks are learned from experimental data using Bayesian networks (BNs) and the incorporation of external knowledge is also done via a BN that we call Bayesian Network Prior (BNP). BNP depicts the relation between various evidence types that contribute to the event 'gene interaction' and is used to calculate the probability of a candidate graph (G) in the structure learning process. Results: Our simulation results on synthetic, simulated and real biological data show that the proposed approach can identify the underlying interaction network with high accuracy even when the prior information is distorted and outperforms existing methods. Availability: Accompanying BNP software package is freely available for academic use at http://bioe.bilgi.edu.tr/BNP. Contact: email@example.com Supplementary Information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.