In this work, we propose a dual-stream structured graph convolution network (DS-SGCN) to solve the skeleton-based action recognition problem. The spatio-temporal coordinates and appearance contexts of the skeletal joints are jointly integrated into the graph convolution learning process on both the video and skeleton modalities. To effectively represent the skeletal graph of discrete joints, we create a structured graph convolution module specifically designed to encode partitioned body parts along with their dynamic interactions in the spatio-temporal sequence. In more detail, we build a set of structured intra-part graphs, each of which can be adopted to represent a distinctive body part (e.g., left arm, right leg, head). The inter-part graph is then constructed to model the dynamic interactions across different body parts; here each node corresponds to an intra-part graph built above, while an edge between two nodes is used to express these internal relationships of human movement. We implement the graph convolution learning on both intra- and inter-part graphs in order to obtain the inherent characteristics and dynamic interactions, respectively, of human action. After integrating the intra- and inter-levels of spatial context/coordinate cues, a convolution filtering process is conducted on time slices to capture these temporal dynamics of human motion. Finally, we fuse two streams of graph convolution responses in order to predict the category information of human action in an end-to-end fashion. Comprehensive experiments on five single/multi-modal benchmark datasets (including NTU RGB+D 60, NTU RGB+D 120, MSR-Daily 3D, N-UCLA, and HDM05) demonstrate that the proposed DS-SGCN framework achieves encouraging performance on the skeleton-based action recognition task.


The utility model relates to a sealing sleeve which is attached to a needle seat for a disposable medical needle. The inner and the outer diameters of the utility model decrease continuously from an opening of the sleeve to the closed top end of the sleeve, an easy wring-off ring is formed by different changes of the inner and the outer diameters, the length of the ring is enough to resist impact and extrusion in transportation, and the ring is easy to rotate and wring off in use. The utility model has the characteristics of good sealability, simple structure, automatic damage in use, obvious mark with little possibility of removal formed on a used disposable medical needle, etc. The utility model can be matched with needles for disposable syringes, infusion apparatus, blood transfusion apparatus, etc.


A mobile autonomous robot capable of tracking an odor plume to its source can be used to locate hazardous material spills or leaks. To test plume tracking strategies in a laboratory environment, a robotic platform consisting of a linear Cartesian robotic gantry mounted inside a wind tunnel with a mobile floor has been designed. A plume of ionized air is created by an ion detector installed in the wind tunnel. A two-dimensional plume tracking strategy based on the behavior of the tobacco hornworm moth Manduca sexta is implemented and tested. It is discovered that a plume tracking algorithm can be implemented with the robotic platform almost as easily as in simulation.


Given an $m$-tuple of weights $\vec{v}=(v_1,\dots,v_m)$, we characterize the classes of pairs $(w,\vec{v})$ involved with the boundedness properties of the multilinear fractional integral operator from $\prod_{i=1}^mL^{p_i}\left(v_i^{p_i}\right)$ into suitable Lipschitz spaces associated to a parameter $\delta$, $\mathcal{L}_w(\delta)$. Our results generalize some previous estimates not only for the linear case but also for the unweighted problem in the multilinear context. We emphasize the study related to the range of the parameters involved with the problem described above, which is optimal in the sense that they become trivial outside of the region obtained. We also exhibit nontrivial examples of pairs of weights in this region.


The article is devoted to the problem of solving an urgent environmental problem - the rational use of water resources. The most harmful and widespread toxic substances in wastewater, andin some cases in natural waters, are heavy metal compounds, in particular cadmium, which belongs to the 2nd class of hazard. The presence of a large number of metal processing enterprises, chemical, machine-building, and metallurgical enterprises with electroplating shops for applying metal coatings leads to the formation of a large amount of metal-containing wastewater, which makes the problem of wastewater treatment containing heavymetals quite relevant.Among the developed approaches, sorption methods are important, as they ensure the mostcomplete removal of toxic ions, especially from solutions with low concentrations that exceedpermissible standards. The successful development of sorption water treatment technology is based on the development of high-quality sorbents. The development of effective methods for the treatment of industrial wastewater from heavy metal ions is an urgent problem of our time. The paper presents the results of experimental studies of water purification from cadmium ions using ferromagnetic sorbents obtained from waste industrial solutions. The optimal parameters of the purification process from the dose of magnetite, pH of the medium, at different ratios of Fe2+ : Fe3+ ratio in magnetite.


Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) are used for metropolitan area network that requires high network throughput for handling many users. TDMA-based access is a common solution for this problem and several scheduling methods have been proposed. However, existing heuristic methods have room for improvement at network throughput although they are low complexity. In this paper, we propose a novel divided scheduling method based on structural characteristics in order to improve network throughput in WMNs. It separately schedules neighbor links of gateways and that of the other links by different scheduling algorithms. Simulation-based evaluations show that our proposal improves up to 14% of network throughput compared with conventional scheduling algorithm script.


Relationship between the chemical constituents of tobacco leaves and the gaseous constituents of cigarette smoke from which K value1) was computed was discussed and the following presuppositions were demonstrated to be correct. Fibrous substances in tobacco leaves are the main precursors of acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, acrolein, acetone, methylethylketone, diacetyl, methanol, furan, an unknown compound, No. 6 and an unknown compound, No. 16 in cigarette smoke.Sugars in tobacco leaves are the main precursors of 2-methylfuran and 2,5-dimethyl- furan in cigarette smoke.Resinous substances in tobacco leaves are the main precursors of isoprene and an unknown compound, No. 2 in cigarette smoke.


This article primarily elaborates the status of the Chinese financial development,and then discusses the construc tion of Shanghai international financial center problems under the background of the RMB internationalization financial strategy.On the one hand it deems that the construction of Shanghai international financial center will promote China's financial industry to change from the "financial contribution" to "financial power",along with the process of the RMB internationalization;on the other hand,accelerating the RMB internationalization and creating the RMB off-shore market,is also the inevitable choice Shanghai international financial center construction facing under the new situation.


Abstract Academic analyses of the 2011 protests in Libya often isolate them from the US-led imperialist system and the dynamics of the world market. Drawing on a collection of interviews, archival documents, and secondary sources, this article examines the social imaginaries for Libya's future from the late 1980s. These were largely constructed from ideals of individual freedom, consumerism, and the success story of Dubai. The article demonstrates how these everyday imaginaries of the 'good life' mirrored the gradual reintegration of the Libyan social formation – and its ruling class – into the global capitalist economy during the struggle against US-led imperialism under the threat of war and sanctions. Dissecting the role of these cultural experiences in the Libyan microcosm, the article contributes to the debate on cultural political economy and imperialism in relation to the Global South. It shows the inherent limits to mobilising for political change in the periphery of the world where a framework upholding capitalist modernity emerged as an alternative to socio-economic inequalities and failing infrastructural development.


Objective:To improve the level of MRI diagnosis in traumatic marrow edema.Methods:The MRI of 21 patients with traumatic limbs,but without abnormal findings by X-ray or CT scan was analyzed.Results:There were 30 traumatic medulla oedema focuses in the 21 patients.T_1WI detected 26(86.7%)and T_2WI detected 19(63.3%),and all of the focuses were shown on the STIR series(100%).Conclusions:MRI in traumatic medulla oedema could improve the diagnosis value and clinical significance.


Potential energy surfaces for the electronic states of the HCCS radical correlating at linear nuclear arrangement with the X 2Π state are calculated by means of an extensive ab initio approach. Particular attention is paid to calculating accurate three-dimensional potential surfaces involving variations of two bending and torsional coordinates, which play the central role in vibronic interactions (Renner–Teller effect), determining the structure of spectra of this radical. In the second part of this paper we use these potential surfaces and the ab initio computed spin–orbit coupling constant to calculate vibronic spectra of HCCS and DCCS in the framework of a theoretical model developed in our laboratory. The results of the present study are in excellent agreement with those derived by Tang and Saito [J. Chem. Phys. 105, 8020 (1996)] and thus strongly support the interpretation of their experimental findings.


The focus of this paper is examining the fundamentals of accounting losses. Specifically, the paper examines the effect of non-accounting factors on accounting losses for listed firms in the ASE. Non-accounting factors such as size, the length of the operating cycle and actual performance are more relevant in valuing loss firms. The paper finds that small size firms, long operating cycles and actual (real) performance explain losses for listed firms in the ASE. The results suggest that these non-accounting factors play a dominant role for valuing firms reporting losses. The paper concludes that investors must recognize the underlying reasons of losses before discarding loss firms as an investment alternative.


A novel Mn(II)-promoted tandem phosphorylation/cyclization reaction of 2-biaryl isothiocyanates with phosphine oxides is described. This is the first general method to synthesize 6-phosporylated phenanthridines from 2-biaryl isothiocyanates. The approach is featured by oxidant-free, low loading of P-reagent, easy operation, and high functional group tolerance.


Multiple sclerosis is the most common cause of non-traumatic disability affecting young adults. Providers of care to persons with multiple sclerosis have recently begun to recognize the value of rehabilitation management techniques aside from the pharmacologic treatment because rehabilitation is the only way to improve function and quality of life in these patients affected by multiple sclerosis. Therefore rehabilitative management continues to play a vital role in the care of multiple sclerosis patients and will continue to do so into the future.


Seven normal adult subjects, all doctors or undergraduate medical students at this hospital, volunteered for the study. They were studied while in bed in the morning, after fasting overnight, and not smoking. After 30 minutes to ensure steady blood glucose and plasma glucagon concentrations drops of solutions containing glucagon (1 mg/subject) were inserted in both nostrils and the subjects were asked to take a deep breath. In four subjects control experiments were performed on a different occasion and distilled water was substituted for glucagon, the subjects being unaware of the contents of the drops. Finally, in two of the above subjects glucagon 1 mg was given intramuscularly. Solutions to form nasal drops were obtained from porcine glucagon (Novo, Copenhagen, Denmark) diluted with sodium glycocholate 10 or 15 mg as a surfactant.5 Blood samples were obtained at the times indicated in the figure; placed in tubes containing heparin and aprotinin (10 000 KIU/ml), and centrifuged at 4'C. Blood glucose concentrations were estimated by an enzymatic method. Plasma was stored at -20'C until assayed for immunoreactive insulin and immunoreactive glucagon. Immunoreactive glucagon was assayed using the antibody R-78, C-terminus directed. Incubation lasted 48 h at 4°C and free immunoreactive glucagon was separated from bound immunoreactive glucagon by centrifugation at 2000 g for 20 minutes. Kits for immunoreactive insulin and immunoreactive glucagon were supplied by Serono Biodata (Rome, Italy). Statistical analyses were performed by Student's t test for paired data and confirmed by the non-parametric Wilcoxon's test.


Kant claims that things-in-themselves produce in us sensible representations. Unfortunately, this "transcendental affection" appears to be inconsistent with Kant's prohibition against applying the category of causality to things-in-themselves. This paper gives an account of transcendental affection that does not require it to be seen as a type of causation. Transcendental affection, properly understood, is the logical relation of the ground of thingsin-themselves to the consequent of an affected subject. This relation is what one gets when one deschematizes causation, revealing the underlying hypothetical form of judgment. So conceived, transcendental affection no longer poses a potentially debilitating problem for the interpreter of Kant who contends that things-in-themselves enjoy an independent objective existence. The paper, then, is a partial defense of such an interpreter against the Kantian interpreter who contends that the thing-in-itself is merely a limiting concept useful for the regulation of thought.


proposal repudiates even modified majority rule, and it would seem to insure placing all governmental action in a strait jacket of dissents. Students of contemporary society are keenly aware of the tyranny of corporations, but it is not a majority tyranny we are now contending with. A much simpler system of federalism than that proposed by Buchanan delayed the settlement of the slavery issue beyond the time when it might have been settled without violence by a majority. As an exercise in hypothetical construction, apart from pragmatic application, Buchanan's essay will test the powers of imagery and conceptualizing of its readers. The work derives great value from the author's perspective, which transcends the worm's-eye view of political scientists, who, as apart from political theorists, are concerned with empirical data of recognized limitations. From the broad sweep of history and evolving institutions, here synthesized, some new and valuable insights are suggested. Buchanan no doubt would agree that existing systems of government are not the products of systems of thought. In any case, on the assumption that his system of government would be established only by the concurrence of which it approves, the gap between theory and attainable practice becomes a very wide one.


This study is focused on the structural dynamic responses, i.e., vibration analysis results of the high-accuracy observation multi-axial camera, which is installed and operated for the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and helicopter etc. And, the authors newly suggest a modeling technology of the ball bearing applied to the camera by using three-axis spring elements. The vibration analysis results well agreed to the randum vibration test results. Also, the vibration responses characteristics of the multi-axial camera through the time history analysis of the random vibration were analyzed and evaluated. The above results can be applied to the FE-modeling of the ball bearings used for the space cameras.


Abstract: The detection and classifications of weld images is important for improving the quality of the joined materials during production period. In order to automate the classification of weld images in industry, this paper proposes an effective automatic method for the detection and classifications of the weld images into four different cases using deep learning methods. In this work, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is adopted for the weld image classification by modifying the internal architecture of the CNN architecture. This proposed ResNet CNN architecture is designed with three Convolutional layers, two numbers of pooling layers with activation layer and two numbers of Fully Connected Neural Networks (FCNN).The FCNN in proposed CNN architecture is designed with 15 internal hidden layers and each hidden layer is designed with 20 neurons which obtains high classification efficiency. The morphological activity functional methods are used on the classified weld images to detect the crack regions.


To be fond of owners,the real estate managers must possess basic essentials,such as excellent professional virtue;competent service skill;healthy body and mind.


The linear sharing problem is defined as a linear programming problem with a maximin objective function comprised of nondecreasing, continuous tradeoff functions. This paper develops some properties, including optimality conditions, for this problem. It also develops an efficient algorithm that alternately calculates a new global upper bound on the objective function and then determines if a feasible solution exists that meets the new objective function global upper bound. The process continues until the algorithm finds a feasible and, thus, an optimal solution. The algorithm also determines if the problem contains no feasible solution or if the objective function is unbounded. A technique to handle problems with unbounded tradeoff variables is developed and computational experience is given.


BACKGROUND
Every third child in Croatia is classed as overweight or obese. Infant growth can represent early warning signs for obesity.

AIM
To detect early risk factors for obesity by investigating infant size and early growth trajectories and their association with maternal lifestyle and breastfeeding.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS
Ninety-eight mother-child pairs from the Croatian Islands' Birth Cohort Study (CRIBS) cohort were included in the study. Data were collected from questionnaires and medical records. Growth data were converted to Z-scores using World Health Organisation (WHO) standards and used as the primary outcome.

RESULTS
Z-score trajectories in the first year of life were in line with WHO standards. A direct link between infant size and maternal socioeconomic status (SES) or breastfeeding was not detected. However, child weight gain in the first 6 months was associated with maternal body mass index (BMI) before pregnancy (p < 0.01). A positive association was also established between breastfeeding and maternal SES and mothers that report an unhealthy diet have heavier children (p < 0.05, respectively).

CONCLUSION
Infant size and early growth in Croatia is in line with WHO standards and risk factors for obesity development were detectable in the first year of life, but not highly pronounced. However, more effective BMI monitoring and promotion of a healthy diet and lifestyle of women before and during pregnancy is needed.


Objective:To evaluate the effect of three kinds of reconstructed spinal stability after total spondylectomy.Method:Six fresh-frozen human cadaveric spines(T9-L3) were used.A total spondylectomy was performed at T12.Three potential reconstruction techniques were tested for their ability to restore stiffness of the specimen:(1)anterior artificial centrum and multilevel posterior pedicle screw instrumentation;(2)anterior artificial centrum and plate with multilevel posterior pedicle screw instrumentation;(3)anterior bone cement-screw complex with multilevel posterior pedicle screw instrumentation.Each of the six intact specimens and the three potential reconstruction techniques was tested using nondestructive testing under load control.Result:All reconstructed groups provided more stability to the specimen than intact spine in all loading modes(P0.001).No statistical difference was found among three reconstruction groups(P0.05).Conclusion:Three kinds of reconstruction techniques can equally provide stability after total spondylectomy.


AbstractFracture toughness, fatigue crack propagation and creep rupture properties have been examined in parent plate, weld metal and heat affected zone regions of thick section, commercial size weldments of a 3Cr-11/2Mo-1/2Ni pressure vessel steel, newly developed for improved performance in hydrogen and coal conversion environments. Mechanical tests were performed on the steel, both before and after prolonged (WOO h) exposure to hightemperature/ high-pressure gaseous hydrogen, and results compared to similar data obtained on another 3Cr-lMo 1/4V-Ti-B steel developed by the Japan Steel Works for coal conversion applications. Both plane-strain fracture toughness and creep rupture lives were found to be relatively unchanged in the weldment microstructures compared with parent plate, and they were affected little by environmental damage (hydrogen attack) induced by the prior hydrogen exposure. Creep properties, however, were found to be sensitive to post-weld heat treatment. Similarly, fatigue crack growth ...


PURPOSE: A nanostructure of a block copolymer in which the orientation is controlled is provided to prevent the degradation of performance of a device in a semiconductor production process by controlling the orientation of the block copolymer using the altitude difference of an organic photoresist cross pattern and to manufactured the block copolymer which is arranged in a desired pattern. CONSTITUTION: A method for manufacturing a nanostructure of a block copolymer in which the orientation is controlled comprises the following steps: forming a neutral layer on a substrate; forming an organic photoresist cross pattern on the neutral layer using lithography; forming a block copolymer thin film on the substrate having the crossed pattern; and forming a self-assembled nanostructure by thermally treating the block copolymer. The neutral layer is formed using an organic single molecular layer or through an etching process.


Cleaning workers was one of high risk workers in Covid-19 infection who exposed to garbage from individuals, households and business waste every day. During Covid-19 pandemic there was increased disposal of infectious waste such as masks and gloves from households without sorting process which increasing risk of infection for cleaning workers. Preventive effort of cleaning workers was needed as vigilance in daily activities. Therefore, an education was carried out about prevention of infectious disease related Covid-19 pandemic to improving knowledge and understanding of cleaning workers as preventive measure. Education program was carried out to 50 cleaning workers in Environmental Department of Padang on 29-30 June 2020. Modules, videos, and demonstrations procedures of hand washing, mask and glove using were used in these educations. Education program consist of basic concepts and preventive measures against infectious disease related Covid-19 pandemic. The results showed there was increased knowledge of cleaning workers about preventive way against infectious disease related Covid-19 pandemic after participating in education program.


© 2008 Japan Pediatric Society Cefotaxime (CTX) and ampicillin (ABPC) are antibiotics that are frequently used for pediatric patients. Described herein is a case of drug-related skin eruption presenting as a characteristic manifestation caused by CTX and ABPC. This case is suggestive of an uncommon adverse reaction to commonly used -lactam antibiotics. We diagnosed this adverse reaction as drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS). 1,2 Aromatic antiepileptic agents and sulfonamides are the most frequent causes of this syndrome, and it was found in the present study that -lactam antibiotics, that is CTX and ABPC, can induce DRESS. All clinicians who treat infections must be aware of this side-effect.


In this investigation, the effects of elevated temperatures of 200, 300, 500℃ for 2 and 4 hours on the main mechanical properties of economical type of reactive powder concrete (RPC) are studied. The main variab les in this study are cement content and steel fibers content in reactive powder concrete samples as well as elevated temperature and heating time. Co mpressive strength and tensile strength of RPC are obtained after exposure to elevated temperatures. It is found that, RPC can be use at elevated temperature up to 300°C for heating times up to 4 hours taking into consideration the loss of strength. Also, using steel fibers enhance the residual strength of high cement content RPC samples.


The pineal organ from 20 cattle (10 week-old female calfs, from one year to several years of age male and female cattle) were investigated with histological and histochemical methods. Carbohydrats are evident in a insignificant quantity in the parenchyma cells. The content of lipids is very high according to the age of the cattle the quantity varying. Proteins are evident only in small quantities. The content of ribonucleic acid is equally high in the cytoplasma of the parenchyma cells.


The article deals with the ways in which Mizrahim—Jewish immigrants who came to the State of Israel after 1948—influenced the local Jewish sacred geography. Besides taking part in rituals in the older and more established holy places such as King David's Tomb on Mount Zion, Mizrahim tended to adopt and develop holy places where only hints of ancient Jewish sanctity were to be found. These places were used before 1948 mainly by the local Muslim population and were adopted now by Jews. This reality prevailed mainly in the social and geographical periphery of Israel, in regions and places where immigrants were usually settled by the Israeli establishment during the 1950s and 1960s. Mizrahim, in need of accessible and informal holy sites near their new settlements, brought now to the development of such places as the Tomb of Raban Gamliel in Yavne, the Tomb of Judah in Yahud, and the Tomb of Benjamin near Kfar‐Saba. The emergence of this sacred space, in a state that had just come into being and into which there had been mass immigration of Mizrahim, displacing or replacing the indigenous population of Arabs, is at the heart of the paper.


'Jixing 7'is a new hybrid bred by crossing inbred line 'Niu 3-1-1'as female parent with 'Space 023'as male parent. The 'Niu 3-1-1'was selected through crossing 'Bulgaria Pepper'with the parent of pepper '031'. The 'Space 023'was selected from the excellent variants of '023'pepper radiated in space. It grows vigorously and is resistant to diseases. It fruits with widely temperature range. Maximum amount of fruit set is 20-30 per plant. Fruit shape is horn. Fruit length is 17-23 cm, fruit diameter is 3.5-4.5 cm, and fruit is 0.37 cm in pulp thickness; the fruit mass is 50-70 g. The fruit is straight, green finish, and its flavor is spicy. The yield is up to 75 t/hm2. Appropriate cultivation area is in North China.


Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the foetal and mother outcomes of attempting a vaginal delivery following a prior caesarean section. Study Design: Cross-sectional study Place and Duration: Gynaecology and Obstetrics Department Ghulam Mohammad Maher Medical College Sukker. January 2022-December 2022 Methods: Total 50 pregnant females had gestational age 37-42 weeks and had history of one c-section were included. During labor, the mother and baby were closely monitored for indicators of fetal distress, including changes in heart rate, discomfort, and tenderness in the lower abdomen. Written informed consent was obtained using a consent form, and data was collected using pre-designed Performa. Complications among all females were recorded. SPSS 23.0 was used to analyze all data. Results: There were 30 (60%) females had age 18-30 years, 16 (32%) patients had age 31-40 years and 4 (8%) had age 41-45 years. Mean gestational age of the females was 39.17±14.63 weeks. Majority 35 (70%) females had poor socioeconomic status. 21 (42%) cases were educated. Out of the 50 pregnant females, 16 (32%) had vaginal deliveries and 34 (68%) had emergency cesarean section. Frequency of fetal distress was higher in cases of c-section as compared to vaginal deliveries with p value <0.005. As per maternal complications, wound infection and post op fever was higher in c-section while perineal tear and UTI was higher in vaginal deliveries. Post-partum hemorrhage was found in 7 cases, cases in c-section and 3 cases in vaginal deliveries. Frequency of feto-maternal favorable outcomes in vaginal deliveries were higher but difference was insignificant. Conclusion: This research shows that CS is associated with a higher risk of fetal distress, wound infection, and mother fever than vaginal delivery. Future morbidity from CS can be reduced if pregnant patients are urged to have vaginal births. Keywords: C-sectional, vaginal delivery, Complications, Favorable outcomes


Re-coding DNA of Public Administration as Improving Public Servic, which in this study said that the overall administrative reform regarding dimensions and essentially a very broad spectrum and complex with a very clear objective of improving administrative performance of the government bureaucracy. Every government apparatus thus needs to be improved administrative skills, responsibility, moral ethics, his personality, his spirit, creativity, loyalty, passion interests with him, discipline, autonomy and mutual dependence and professionalism. And institutions need to be reminded among other structures, systems and procedures, leadership, coordination, management participation, adaptation, relationship with clients, efficiency and effectiveness, and responsibilitasnya akontabilitas. Recognizing the vast and complex area administration reform direction and the implementation needs to gain support from other sectors such as politics, economics, law and so on.


The invention relates to a welding and temperature detecting method for an LED element. High temperature detection of an LED backlight module is integrated into a welding and manufacturing technique of the LED element. Thus, whether a bonding wire in the LED element is broken can be synchronously detected through high temperature when the welding and manufacturing technique of the LED element is finished. By means of the method, the manufacturing time for the LED backlight module is shortened.


Microfocused ultrasound (MFU) , as a new approach for facial skin tightening and lifting, has been widely applied in recent years. Its action mechanism is that heat can be transmitted to the deep dermis and superficial musculoaponeurotic system through precise and depth-consistent microcoagulation zones, leading to the contraction and remodeling of skin collagen without damage to the epidermis. MFU has high safety with few serious adverse reactions. However, there are still doubts whether it can lead to subcutaneous scar formation, the risk of lipolysis, or nerve, vessel and eye injuries, etc. Appropriate use and selection of patients can minimize the occurrence of these rare adverse reactions as much as possible.

Key words:
Ultrasonic therapy; Subcutaneous tissue; Facial tightening; Adverse reaction


List of Illustrations Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction 1: The Monograph and the Oeuvre 2: The Neo-Impressionist Avant-Garde: Critics, Spaces, Histories 3: Pissarro and the New Technique 4: Transcending Touch, Time, and Place 5: Avant-Gardism and the "Advance" 6: Psychophysical Aesthetics 7: The Life of La Langue populaire: Bernier and Luce 8: Pissarro in 1890 9: Avant-Gardes and Socialist Popes: Art World Inversions 10: Neo-Impressionism in the Early 1890s 11: The Monograph and the Life Appendix 1 The Avant-Garde Appendix 2 The Study of Neo-Impressionism Appendix 3 Pissarro's Neo-impressionist Paintings at the Durand-Ruel Gallery Notes Bibliography Index


One great issue of reforestation is the infestation of pest insects. The pine weevil (Hylobius abietis L.) is one of the economically most important pest insects in Europe and Asia. When insects fe ...


ABSTRACT
 This article is focused on the production and design of the self by upper-secondary school students in Mexico from the standpoint of the practice of taking a selfie. Based on the observation of Instagram profiles, interviews, and a survey, I investigate the place that selfies have in the design and self-presentation of young people, paying particular attention to the epistemic practices they mobilize and the operations they carry out with social networks. The design and presentation of the self is based mainly on editing and appears as a constant exposition validated by others; this process shows that subjects are self-designed while they are a result of the design imposed by the social media platforms, so this design of the self does not call into question the hegemonic canons and hierarchies.


Case Report The placement of an epidural catheter has become increasingly used in anesthetic practice. However, this procedure is not exempt from complications. Epidural catheter rupture and retention, although uncommon and rare complications, remains an area of utmost dilemma to practitioners. Herein, we describe the occurrence of such an event where an epidural catheter was blocked from its epidural insertion and complicated by a rupture.


Purpose: To investigate long-term outcomes and predictive success factors for selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT). Methods: This retrospective chart review included 66 eyes of 66 glaucoma or ocular hypertension patients who underwent SLT between 2004 and 2011. All patients were followed-up for at least 2 years after the procedure. The intraocular pressure (IOP) was measured before the treatment, at postoperative 1 week, 1 month and every 3 months thereafter. Success was defined as an IOP decrease ≥ 3 mm Hg or ≥ 20% of the pretreatment IOP. The success rate was determined based on the Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. The predictive success factors were analyzed using the Cox proportional hazard model. Results: The mean follow-up period was 4.78 ± 1.98 (2-8) years. The mean pretreatment IOP was 23.79 ± 2.83 mm Hg. The mean IOP reduction was 6.64 ± 3.21 mm Hg. The success rates were 80%, 75%, 69%, 63%, 50%, 45%, and 42% after 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 years, respectively. Only high pretreatment IOP was significantly correlated with success (p = 0.044). Conclusions: SLT was an effective tool for lowering IOP in glaucoma patients. Higher pretreatment IOP was a predictive success factor. J Korean Ophthalmol Soc 2014;55(9):1347-1354


Higher vocational education is the main place for cultivating high skilled talents. Only teachers with rich skills can cultivate excellent skilled talents. In order to promote the reform of vocational education, the focus should be on building a team of high-quality professional teachers. In the Opinions on Comprehensively Improving the Teaching Quality of Higher Vocational Education that was issued by the Ministry of Education, it has been proposed that professional teachers should be encouraged to practice in enterprises, accumulate practical work experience, and improve practical teaching ability. The purpose of the vocational education community is to establish an enterprise practice base to meet the needs of the modern industry as well as effectively cultivate technical and skilled talents in line with enterprises. The industrial park industry is used as an example in this article to explore the operation mode of enterprise practice base in adapting to the development of the modern industry as well as to better serve the development of vocational teachers and the improvement of students' professional ability.


Production and application of manure nitrogen and phosphorus 1 in the United States since 1860 2 3 Zihao Bian, Hanqin Tian, Qichun Yang, Rongting Xu, Shufen Pan, Bowen Zhang 4 5 International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Forestry and Wildlife 6 Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA 7 Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, 8 Australia 9 Department of Environment, Geology, and Natural Resources, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 10 47306 USA 11 12 Correspondence to: Hanqin Tian (firstname.lastname@example.com) 13


Abstract Purpose The purpose of this article is to investigate the relationship between intrinsic job-related motivators and hotel employees' work engagement and to examine how it may correlate with important employees' outcomes, such as the prescribed-role and extra-role customer service. Design/methodology/approach The literature review and empirical research based on a survey method were employed. Findings The findings revealed that there is a positive and significant correlation between intrinsic job-related motivators and hotel employees' work engagement. It was also demonstrated that work engagement significantly and positively correlates with both the prescribed-role and extra-role customer service provided by employees. Originality/value This study adds to the growing body of research on employees' work motivation, particularly focusing on the intrinsic dimension that it has still not received enough empirical attention in the literature of both hotel management and marketing.


The medical value of emotional quotient and the necessity of education of emotional quotient to family doctor were clarified by means of case analysis.The emotional intervention can make patient relaxed, increase patient's deference to therapy and help in recovery.lt follows that the standard medical care should include emotional intervention, and education of emotional quotient is moue important to family doctor.


Nobody doubts to say that one of the most important performance polymers is a conductive polymer. The manufacturing process of the commercial conductive polymers has been known by mixing with the conductive materials, but it doesn't noticeably appear of a conductive function. One of the reasons is the lack of comprehension In compounding a carbon black with polymer rosins. This paper involves the understanding of compounding technology of the conductive carbon black filled composite. Our experimental results indicate that the fibrous shaped carbon black was hard to process but appeared of a superior conductivity compared to a stick or a sphelulite shaped carbon black. Therefore, it was processed with a processing oil in compounding, which led to a better processability and a better conductivity. This study was accomplished that the solution process compared to the melting process.


Summary. The temporal modification of fringe belt plots has been shown to be related to the differential effect of the building cycle on the bid-rent profiles of residential and institutional land uses. It is suggested that a previously neglected factor-the selective nature of land use succession-is significanit for the spatial pattern of modification. The study of urban fringe belts is in a comparatively youthful stage of develop ment yet a number of avenues for future research have already suggested themselves.1 One of the most stimulating of such avenues, because of its pre dictive potential, is fringe-belt modification; that is, the fate of a former fringe area once it has become incorporated within the total built-up area of a town. The implications of this process have been recognized since the introduction of fringe-belt studies in British urban geography,2 and have been analysed from a developmental point of view by Whitehand.3 In the latter study the propensity of fringe-belt plots (consisting mainly of institutional land uses) to be redeveloped for residential purposes or for their land uses to undertake expansion on to adjacent sites was analysed in relation to the building cycle. The relative ability of residential and institutional land uses to pay the cost or rent of a unit of land varied in a contrasting manner with fluctuations in the overall building cycle. However, it is a considerable over-simplification to assume that all land users within these two broad categories have bid-rent gradients that behave similarly over time.4 It is equally simplistic to assume that the bid-rent gradients of land uses within these broad categories are uniform over space. Once a former fringe belt has become embedded within the urban built-up area a process of selective land use succession may take place. In other words, the constituent fringe-belt plots may, for a variety of reasons, be viewed quite differently by potential developers and an element of bias in succession to the site may be apparent. The exploration of this hypothesis forms the theme of this paper.


We propose an approach for the arbitrary rotation of a three-level superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) qubit and describe a strategy for the creation of coherence transfer and entangled states between two three-level SQUID quhits. The former is succeeded by exploring the coupled-uncoupled states of the system when irradiated with two microwave pulses, and the latter is succeeded by placing the SQUID qubits into a microwave cavity and used adiabatic passage methods for their manipulation.


Ideally, students in K-12 grade levels can turn to book recommenders to locate books that match their interests. Existing book recommenders, however, fail to take into account the readability levels of their users, and hence their recommendations may be unsuitable for the users. To address this issue, we introduce BReK12, a recommender that targets K-12 users and prioritizes the reading level of its users in suggesting books of interest. Empirical studies conducted using the Bookcrossing dataset show that BReK12 outperforms a number of existing recommenders (developed for general users) in identifying books appealing to K-12 users.


The effects of different perforations in polyethylene (PE) films used as individual wraps on the quality of iceberg lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) were evaluated after cross-country shipment from California to Maryland, and after shipment plus storage and holding periods. Butt discoloration was more severe in the naked lettuce than in the PE packaged heads immediately after the transcontinental shipment, but this difference was not as evident after 3 days of holding at 15°C or after 2 weeks of storage at 3°. Number of discolored ribs was consistently lower throughout transportation, storage, and holding periods with lettuce packaged with 0.032 mm PE with 285 perforations/cm2 or packaged with 0.025 mm PE with 112 perforations/cm2 than with lettuce of other treatments. Lettuce packaged in 0.013 mm PE with 10 mm slits had the least weight loss among all the treatments after shipping plus 2 weeks of storage at 3°. However, the decay was more severe in this treatment than in those packaged with perforated PE films. Russet spotting occurred in all the treatments after storage and holding following shipment, but the severity was not associated with packaging treatments. More heads remained salable after 2 weeks at 3° plus 3 days at 15° following shipment in the treatments packaged with perforated PE films than in other treatments, primarily because of less decay and fewer discolored ribs.


This contribution presents the abundance and diversity of macrofauna in the pristine intertidal regions of Dharmadam beach along the Kerala coast (South West coast of India) during August 2009 to January 2011.The width of the beach is 15-30m, which alternates according to the tidal height. Environmental parameters like salinity, nutrients, conductivity and total dissolved salts analyzed exhibited significant correlation with macrofauna that dwells in the habitat. Gastropods (45.54%), polychaetes (10%), tanaids (43.4%) dominated in the present study. The monthly variations in abundance were displayed by dominant faunal species in various stations but did not show any seasonal variations except that of Emerita holthuisi , which was observed only in pre monsoon (Feb-May) and monsoon (Jun-Sep) months. Analysis of community indices showed monthly variations in species diversity. The peak mean species diversity was observed in station 1 in May, 2009 and Station 2 in December, 2009 and January, 2010.The spatial distribution of some organisms were not even in the study area. The sparse distribution, low richness and higher dominance of organisms were the characteristic feature of community structure. The dissimilarity trend of organisms like polychaetes, gastropods and total groups were discernible by MDS plotting. It best explained the dominance of polychaetes and gastropods on the beach. Assessing the correlation of water quality parameters to the fauna residing in study area BEST (Bio-Env + Stepwise) analysis was done and salinity showed more significance towards fauna. Draftsman plot were also done to observe the interactions of organisms. The highest correlation has been showed by barnacles and gastropods (0.825).The present study discussed the interaction of organisms in the selected habitat with environmental factors prevailing there along with the diversity and abundance.


We examine here the physics and implications of minority carrier injection induced dopant deionization in bipolar transistors. At low temperatures, the rate of such deionization with increasing bias is significant in the neutral base of SiGe HBTs doped at a level near Mott transition, and charge control based transit time equations need to be modified properly. The total charges associated with conduction band, integral of q(n − N+d), and the total charges associated with valence band, integral of q(p − N−a), replace the total electron and hole charges in transit time equations. Another consequence is that considerably less hole charge is induced by the injected electron charge in the neutral base, which has implications on both device analysis and compact modeling.


In this paper, we consider the problem of completing and inferring regulatory networks with time varying structure. For this problem, we adopt the methodology of network completion, which is to apply a minimum amount of modifications to given networks so that the resulting network is most consistent with observed data. Network completion can also be applied to network inference by starting with the null network. In order to extend the methodology for completing and inferring time varying network structure, we employ our recent method of network completion, which was obtained by a combination of dynamic programming and least-squares fitting. We extend this method so that edges can be added and deleted at several time points. In order to identify these edges and time points, we develop a novel double dynamic programming method. We perform computational experiments on this method using some artificial data and real expression data.


Technological innovation is the key for agribusinesses to develop sustainably. This paper studies the relationship between technological innovations, the firm business, and social performances on the basis of the R&D and marketing capabilities of agribusinesses. Subjective self-assessment survey on 279 China agribusinesses was solidly conducted. The collected data were then subjected to confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. The relationships among R&D, marketing capability, business performance, and social performance are drawn from the analysis. The study shows that the stronger R&D and marketing capabilities boosts the firm business performance, which positively brings into higher firm social performance. This paper contributes to the empirical literature that is especially scant and provides significantly empirical evidence. Besides, this paper provides the practical implications for firms, which includes, giving corresponding priority to the R&D capability, highlighting marketing capability, and strengthening the communication and cooperation between marketing and R&D departments.


1. Let Μ be a compact metric space, Ν = {0, 1, . . .}, d > 1, N = {t = (tlt . . ., td) | tt ξ IM, 1 ^ i ^ d) , and Q. the space of functions a : N -» Μ with the direct product topology. Next, let G = {gt, t 6 N d } be the subgroup of shifts acting on Sl by the formula (gyz)(v) = a(t + v), ν e N. The space of probabilistic Borel measures on an arbitrary topological space X, equipped with the weak topology, is denoted by af!(X). The notation \A!, δ/,, Κ(η, t), S(a, n), s(a, Cl) is used below for the cardinal of a set A, a measure in o4l(X) concentrated at b e X, the cube {v 6 N < 1 I 0 ^ Pi — tf 5j n, i = 1, . . ., d}, the set of limit points of a sequence of measures


The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ultrasound on the properties of a poly[ethylene-co-(vinyl acetate)] (EVA)-organoclay nanocomposite. By using a torque rheometer, in-situ rheological behaviors of various EVA resins with varying VA content were examined. It was found that the effect of ultrasound was most significant for EVA 31 (31 wt% VA). EVA31/organoclay nanocomposites were prepared in batch mixer with and without irradiation of ultrasound. The characterization of the nanocomposite was performed using XRD, TEM, rheometry, and universal testing machine. XRD and TEM results revealed that the produced EVA31/organoclay nanocomposite with ultrasonic irradiation possessed intercalated structure. Rheometry result indicated that EVA31/organoclay nanocomposite processed with ultrasound had a highly disordered or delaminated structure. A considerable increase in stiffness and Young's modulus for the sonicated nanocomposite compared to those for unsonicated one was obtained. This study demonstrated the possibility of producing EVA-organoclay nanocomposites with enhanced dispersion of nanoclays using ultrasound assisted processing.


Despite the increasing need for modeling and implementing Distributed Databases (DDB), distributed database management systems are still quite far from helping the designer to directly implement its BDD. Indeed, the fundamental principle of implementation of a DDB is to make the database appear as a centralized database, providing series of transparencies, something that is not provided directly by the current DDBMS. We focus in this work on Oracle DBMS which, despite its market dominance, offers only a few logical mechanisms to implement distribution. To remedy this problem, we propose a new architecture of DDBMS Oracle. The idea is based on extending it by an intelligent layer that provides: 1) creation of different types of fragmentation through a GUI for defining different sites geographically dispersed 2) allocation and replication of DB. The system must automatically generate SQL scripts for each site of the original configuration.


Abstract : This study was conducted in order to reveal the role of principal leadership on improving teacher's performance. The data were obtained through interview, documentation and observation. An increase of teachers' performance may also improve the quality of education and quality of teaching. To achieve eligibility standards and good performance, the school needs to be headed by a Principal whom qualified with extensive knowledge about the Leadership. A school principal is responsible for the educational organization, school administration, utilization and maintenance of facilities and infrastructure, and coaching educational personnel. No matter how perfect the teaching facility, otherwise when the headmaster as executor is unable to perform his duties as an educational leader, then the success of education in schools would be difficult to achieve. Keywords: Leadership, Principal, Teachers' Performance


This study examines the mimetic impulse in Eugene Ionesco's Massacre Games(1970), by analysing the scenes with Theodor W. Adorno's mimesis theory. It aims at emphasising the value of Massacre Games against the tendency of critiques so far. I assert that Massacre Games, as a work of the theatre of absurd, reveals a chance for introspection about Western civilisation and a possibility of utopia. In the drama, 'mimesis of negativity'provoked by an unknown infectious disease unveils the inhuman and absurd sides in reality, such as the incapacity of reason that can not maintain human existence, the oppression and the violence of the ideology of hygiene, and the reification of human life. On the other side, 'mimesis of negation of negativity'appeared by a few people who face death with others in the distinct way keeps the potential truth. Both the drama and mimesis theory never directly indicate the negativity nor suggest utopia, which are in order to oppose perpetuating fixed ideas about reconciliation, compromise and utopia.


This study aims to examine the impact of public service motivation and love of money on innovative work behavior on work units at the Directorate General of Taxation, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia. The research strategy for this study is a quantitative method with a survey as a data collection tool. The data sampling method is non-probability sampling with purposive sampling technique. The sample size is 254 respondents. Respondents are those who have status as Civil Servants in the Directorate General of Taxation and the minimum work period is 2 years. Data analysis using Partial Least Square - Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM). The results of this study indicate that public service motivation and love of money have a positive effect on innovative work behavior.


Note: this paper is now rather old. A more uptodate treatment of similar topics can be found in \Formal Veriication for Fault-Tolerant Architectures: Prolegomena to the Design of PVS" Abstract Formal speciication and veriication use mathematical techniques to help document, specify, design, analyze, or certify computer software and hardware. Mathematically-based notation can provide speciications that are precise and unambiguous and that can be checked mechanically for certain types of error. Formal veriication uses theorem proving techniques to establish consistency between one level of formal speciication and another. This paper describes some of the issues in the design and use of formal speciication languages and veriication systems, outlines some examples of the application of formal methods to critical systems, and identiies the beneets that may be obtained from this technology.


I've spent a few hours, usually while watching television, slowly but surely updating my OPML list in the past weeks/months. It's been a bit tedious,


New words are needed not only to increase our vocabulary but also to create new sentences. The new words purchased by the word training process can be made in many ways. One of the most commonly used methods to form new words is assigned by prefix or suffix. The aims of this study is to analyze the morphological word formation in @vvrites (on twitter) Fictional Story "Bittersweet on Your Mouth, Can Your Stomach Doubt?". The method used by the researcher is a qualitative method, where the researcher investigate the formation of words in the fictional strory from @vvrites ( on twitter ) entitled "Bittersweet on Your Mouth, Can Your Stomach Doubt?" on twitter. The result of this study are the researchers found some types of forming words that will be explained one by one.Keywords : Word Formation, Fiction, Twitter


In recent years, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICPI) have become widely used for multiple solid malignancies. Reliable predictive biomarkers for selection of patients who would benefit most are lacking. Several tumor types with somatic or germline alterations in genes involved in the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway harbor a higher tumor mutational burden, possibly associated with an increased tumoral neoantigen load. These neoantigens are thought to lead to stronger immune activation and enhanced response to ICPIs. We present a series of seven patients with different malignancies with germline disease-associated variants in DDR genes (BRCA1, BRCA2, CHEK2) responding favorably to ICPIs.


As technology progresses, we are still surrounded by complex and difficult-to-use systems. Usability engineering appears to have had little impact on practice. Why is this, and what can be done to contribute to improving system design? This paper surveys the pervasive culture of unusability, and proposes that HCI should promote public understanding of science. A particular proposal is also put forward: for an interactive web-available "HCI workbench," an interactive design assistant, that can be used by consumers, collaboratively both researchers and practising designers.


Objective: In this study, an attempt has been made to describe the normal circadian rhythm of gastric pH in the dwellers of Canzibe. The high incidence of esophageal cancer in this region is one of the motivating factors to undertake this study. Esophageal impedance studies carried out earlier has supported this finding. Methods: Gastric pH signals were recorded in 14 healthy volunteers during a 24Hr period using Ohmega ambulatory data logger attached to a unisensor dual pH probe. Results: The gastric pH circadian rhythm for males was characterized by 2 alkaline peaks at 09H00 and 12H00 and 2 nadir points at 15H00 and 03H00, while that for females were defined by only 1 alkaline peak at 09H00 and 1nadir point at 05H00. There were great fluctuations in gastric pH within the nycthemeral in males than in femalesbut with females presenting with higher gastric pH than males (ANOVA, P<0.0001). Conclusion: The peak and nadir of the gastric pH circadian rhythm are noted at 09H00 and 05H00 respectively.


SIR, — The article on the subject of the haggis by King and colleagues ( VR , January 20, 2007, vol 160, pp 94-96) provides much new information, but leaves some unanswered questions.

First, I appreciate that the article was more concerned with the reproductive cycle of the haggis, but can advice


In the soil and climatic conditions of the Republic of Moldova, legume crops are attacked by a complex of harmful species, which present a danger in decreasing the level of plant productivity. To solve the problem of increasing the level of production, the basic factor is to estimate highly productive varieties (hybrids), adopted under stressful environmental conditions endowed with high levels of resistance to harmful pathogens can later be used in the process of plant improvement as initial genetic material.


This paper aims to discuss the process of change in Brazilian higher education in the context of government of Joao Goulart to the military dictatorship. Despite its progressive character, Jango's political activity was not efficient in the modernization of higher education.   During the military government, the pressure for educational reforms increased as the recognition of the crisis in the sector was more evident, which was consolidated in the University Reform of 1968. Under  this political scenario  of great change, some questions   are required regarding  to higher education: Did the military coup represent  a break with the previous government? The changes made by the military were original or presented demands of the previous regime? How to explain the educational project embodied in the 1968 university reform? In this respect, the problematization  raised in this paper seeks to question the extent to which conservative notions applied the university reform were mixed  with the reformist period before the military coup.


Macedonia is a region in the Balkans with traditional boundaries at the lower Néstos (Mesta in Bulgaria) River and the Rhodope Mountains to the east; the Skopska Crna Gora and Shar mountains, bordering Southern Serbia, in the north; the Korab range and Ohrid and Prespa Lakes in the west; and the Pindus Mountains and the Aliákmon River in the south. Illyrian heraldry consists of manuscript collections with coats of arms—armorials that appeared on the Dalmatian coast, and in Italy, Spain, and Austria, in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The two Stematographias of Pavle Ritter Vitezovich and Hristofor Zhefarovich are traditionally added to this group, as well as a number of other documents directly or indirectly related to the armorials. There is a possibility of a third: two different sources with relatively similar blazons, resulting in the simplification and inverse coloring of the both coats of arms. This would mean that it is quite possible that the Macedonian coat of arms was taken over by Capaccio, who took it from another older source. First of all, the coats of arms with a lion attributed to Alexander the Great should be taken into consideration.


In a previous paper 1 experiments were described which were designed to test the developmental capacity of the pars buccalis of the amphibian pituitary body, when prevented from making contact with the infundibular region of the brain. The experiments consisted in shifting the presumptive infundibular region of the late gastrula of Hyla regilla to a position posterior to that of the normal, thus forcing it out of reach of the pars buccalis, when the latter migrates inward to assume its definitive position at the anterior end of the notochord. At the time of operation, the anlagen of the two components of the pituitary body were separated by a distance equivalent to a quarter of the length of the embryo and it may be supposed that they exerted no influence over each other. This condition, however, does not prevail in post-neurula stages. Tadpoles derived from gastrulæ upon which the operation had been performed exhibited the silvery-white condition which results from deficiency of secretion of the pars intermedia of the pituitary body. Histological examination of the "albino" specimens revealed that the infundibular recess had formed from the floor of the myelencephalon instead of from that of the diencephalon; the pars buccalis was situated in its normal position at the anterior end of the notochord and remained as a compact, darkly staining and comparatively undifferentiated body of cells, showing no trace of pars intermedia tissue. From data available at the time, it was not possible to determine whether or not the isolated partes buccales of these "albino" larvae represented functional anterior lobes. Subsequent work, however, has illuminated this point. The operation mentioned above was performed upon 52 gastrulæ of Hyla regilla. Of these, 47 developed into albino larvae which were cultured in sterilized spring water, fed upon boiled egg yolk, and maintained alive until the present time.


Objective To investigate on the image futures of OCT of CNV in pathologic myopia, and to analyze that if the ocular axial length and dilopter had any correlation of development of CNV. Methods Thirty-four patients (sixty eyes) were diagnosed as myopia from November 2004 to June 2006 at FUSHUN OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.All patients were examined under A scan、B scan、diopter、FFA and OCT.CNV was detected by OCT and FFA .Record the pathologic change on the macula. The condition of 50 eyes with oc- ular axial length ≥ 26mm diopter ≥-6.00D (test group) was compared with other 10 eyes with axial 0.1).Conclusion The longer of AL and higher of D , the more dangerous of development of CNV. The AL and D have correlation of development of CNV. OCT and FFA both have higher sensitivity on detecting CNV. OCT have characteristic image of CNV in patho- logic myopia and it can find pathological change of CNV in pathologic myopia early, safely and correctly. The results suggest that OCT is a valuable detection for CNV in pathologic myopia.

Key words:
Pathologic myopia;  CNV(choroidal neovascularization);  OCT(optical coherence tomog-raphy);  FFA(fundus fluorescein angiography)


Objective: In order to know the correlation between long hemodialysis and nutritional status of chronic renal failure at hemodialysis unit of Ulin Hospital Banjarmasin. Technology or Method: This research was an analytic survey research with Cross-Sectional approach. The sampling technique used Purposive Sampling with the number of samples was 182. The data collection was by using checklists and questionnaires. The research used statistical analysis of Chi-Square test. Results: Clients of chronic renal failure kindy with long hemodialysis> 1 year were 120 people (65, 9%) and hemodialysis <1 year werec62 people and non-malnutrition were 100 people (54, 9%) and experienced Malnutrition were 82 people (42, 1%). Nonmalnourished hemodialysis clients<1 year were 28 people (45.2%) and with malnourished 34 people (54.8%). Nonmalnourished Hemodialysis clients > 1 year were 72 people (60%) and with malnourished 48 people (40%). Conclusion: There was no significant correlation between long hemodialysis and nutritional status in chronic renal failure clients. With value of P-value amount 0,057 ≥ 0, 05.


ABSTRACT The L-configured poly(lactic acid) has exhibited vast appeal in the past decades. However, most previous researches reveal that L-configured poly(lactic acid) exhibits fragile behavior, which limits its applications. Present work clarified that the toughness of poly(lactic acid) depended on the content of crystallites and rigid component incorporated into the specimens. The elongation at break was remarkably high in the L-configured poly(lactic acid)/D-configured poly(lactic acid) with a small amount of D-configured poly(lactic acid) (≤15%). The stretching led to orientation of crystals and amorphous molecular chains and segments. The crystals did not vary, while the amorphous molecular chains transited to mesophase during stretching, and this mesophase formed homocrystallites during heating. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


Preface Introduction and general survey History, architecture and negative feedback The general principles of power amplifiers The small signal stages The Class-B output stage The output stage II Compensation, slew-rate, and stability Power supplies and PSRR Class-A power amplifiers Class D power amplifiers Class-G power amplifiers FET output stages Thermal compensation and thermal dynamics Amplifier and loudspeaker protection Grounding and practical matters Testing and safety Index


Communication is one of the most basic and common phenomena in the society. It is ordinary style and major content in human beings' real life yet. The mechanism of moving forces of communication is very complex. It includes the limited nature of mankind itself, the complacency in need and interest of mankind, the duality of social division of labor and the action of social psychology,etc.It is a coupling of all those aspects. So only by grasping this mechanism can we understand the essence of social communication in the scientific manner.


Guide for academic staff using Readings Online. How to create a link between the Readings Online software platform and your subject on the Learning Management System (LMS)


Objective. The purpose of the study is to analyze the possibility of using AI technologies to solve problems related to the selection of employees in project teams, based on production indicators and HR metrics of personnel.Method. Based on the fact that in the field of AI, methods mean algorithms by which tasks are solved, the following number of methods related to AI theory were identified: neural networks, fuzzy logic, expert systems, evolutionary modeling, Machine Learning.Result. An example of the use of AI is given in a situation where it is necessary to recruit personnel for a project based on the length of service and the degree of workload (where a scale with values from "highly loaded" to "not loaded" is used for workload). For the described example, an explanation is given that reveals the use of AI technologies (such as question-and-answer systems) in order to form HR metrics and production indicators. Additionally, the process of applying the objective function to obtain a numerical coefficient based on individual metrics or a combination of them is described in order to make a decision corresponding to its value based on the resulting indicator of the function.Conclusion. Within the framework of the conducted research, the historical patterns that led the field of personnel management to transformation and which made the use of AI technologies relevant in this area were considered. Continuous development and implementation of intelligent tools in the practice of project management facilitates HR processes and increases the efficiency of employee management. The use of AI technologies considered in the study will help to successfully monitor the state of both the project and the project team, which will have a positive impact on the productivity and profit of the enterprise.


The invention provides a method for evaluating damage accumulation inside a steel structure thick plate. The method comprises the following steps that firstly, an elastoplasticity damage constitutive model for the steel structure thick plate is built, and the increment form of the model stress component is obtained through derivation; secondly, a corresponding material subprogram is complied for the increment form; thirdly, layered sampling is carried out on the steel structure thick plate in the thickness direction, and the elastoplasticity parameter and damage parameter of each layer of materials are determined; fourthly, a finite element model of the steel structure thick plate is built, the complied material subprogram is introduced into finite element analysis, and different material attributes are given to parameters of materials on different layers; the finite element model is loaded, the damage evolution course of the steel structure thick plate under the effect of the external load is simulated, and therefore corresponding evaluation is carried out. As for the characteristic that the steel structure thick plate is large in thickness, the damage evolution course of the thick plate under the effect of the external load is considered from the perspective of layered material properties, and the evaluation result better conforms to the real damage accumulation of the steel structure thick plate.


The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has funded the establishment of a Center for Excellence in Construction Safety at West Virginia University. The overall objectives of the Center include: (1) The promotion of hazard control components in engineering curricula; (2) the promotion of hazard awareness and safety-related knowledge and skills specific to the construction industry; and (3) the promotion of the consideration of safety issues during project design for the purpose of reducing injury during construction. Specific tasks to be accomplished by the Center include: (1) The development of course materials and instruction on construction safety for civil engineering students at the undergraduate and graduate levels; (2) the promotion of such course materials for adoption by other civil engineering academic institutions; (3) the design and conduct of projects related to the improvement of current construction practices that would develop design parameters to reduce trauma during the construction phase; and (4) the establishment of techniques for the collection and dissemination of construction safety information, educational materials, developed guidelines, and design criteria to engineers, architects, contractors, and trade unions.


Tassoul and Tassoul have recently obtained self-consistent solutions for meridional circulation throughout chemically homogeneous stars. The meridional circulation velocities they determined are here compared to diffusion velocities of helium below the He II convection zone. It is shown that the He II convection zone can disappear only in stars with equatorial rotational velocities smaller than 90 km s/sup -1/. This is in agreement with the cutoff velocity observed for the MgMn stars. This maximum velocity for the disappearance of the He II convection zone depends sensitively on gravity so that there is not one equatorial rotational velocity below which all stars should become HgMn. It depends on the evolutionary status and on how the star was slowed down. On the other hand, the rotational motion is turbulent, and the effect this turbulence has on chemical separation is poorly known.


An abbreviated review of rate coefficients relevant to HF laser kinetics modeling is presented. The literature has been surveyed from the last published review in 1983 to the present. Updated HF Einstein emission coefficients are tabulated. This brief summary of a more detailed review addresses rate coefficients relevant to HF generation, reactive quenching, self-relaxation, and vibrational relaxation by a selection of atoms and molecules. In addition, a review of recent experiments and theoretical calculations relevant to the role of rotational non- equilibrium in HF lasers is presented. A list of recommended temperature dependent expressions for critical reaction rate coefficients is given.


Following activation by antigen, T cells enter the cell cycle in stages that can be defined with flow cytometric markers. We show that these markers include the increase of forward light scatter width (FSC‐W) signal and the ratio of FSC area/peak. This change in light scatter precedes the first cell division and may reflect blast transformation. We show that the FSC‐W parameter can be used, alone or in combination with other activation markers, to monitor the relative and absolute numbers of T cells responding to a proliferative stimulus. In contrast to dye dilution assays, the FSC‐W method does not allow discrimination between consecutive cell divisions, but it has several advantages and could complement the dye dilution assay. Our findings also show that the routine elimination of doublets based on FSC signals may exclude proliferating T cells from the analysis. © 2011 International Society for Advancement of Cytometry


Now that the political season is over, and we have fewer politicians trying to create fears of lost jobs and "Benedict Arnold CEOs," we need to sit back and calmly reflect on what the impact of the continuing offshoring growth on IT employment and I education will be. It is clear to me that traditional low and mid level IT jobs will continue to migrate away from the US. Thus, the decades of growth that IT employment and education have enjoyed will transform into a period of absolute decline in some segments of IT. But, all is not lost. Indeed, this scenario has its positive aspects, as we can no longer treat outsourcing and offshoring as intellectual "poor cousins." These topics must become central to IS both in practice and in IS education.


To the Editor.— The report of Walker et al describes the problems encountered in establishing the diagnosis of disseminated histoplasmosis antemortem in a patient with symptoms compatible with the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. Histoplasmosis was considered in the differential diagnosis of this patient, as evidenced by performance of the histoplasmin skin test (which was positive) and a histoplasmin latex agglutination serological test (which was positive but no titer given). That the laboratory held the blood cultures for more than five weeks is further evidence that histoplasmosis was considered. The authors state that "serologic studies and prolonged followup excluded tuberculosis and fungal disease as the cause." Although additional studies may have provided a diagnosis, the outcome for this patient may not have been altered since he already had renal failure, and the renal toxicity of amphotericin B is well known. The latex agglutination titer rises early in an infection with Histoplasma capsulatum


The enactment of the Hong Kong Disability Discrimination Ordinance in the mid-1990s was a significant step in efforts to ensure the enjoyment human rights for persons with disabilities in Hong Kong. The Ordinance, and the Equal Opportunities Commission established to promote and implement the legislation and helping to implement met with much criticism, from those concerned that it would have deleterious effects for Hong Kong, as well as from those concerned that it did not go far enough to address the disadvantage and exclusion suffered by persons with disabilities. Ten years of the legislation provides an opportunity to reflect on these concerns, the progress that has been made, and measures that may need to be taken to address new challenges, in the light of developments under comparable legislation in Australia and the United Kingdom. The adoption at the end of 2006 by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its likely ratification by China means there is a need to examine the possible implications of the Convention for Hong Kong disability law and practice. The paper concludes with a number of proposals for steps that should be to taken to review disability law and practice in Hong Kong as China moves towards ratification of the Convention.


SynopsisThe object of the paper is to present the characteristics and, as far as possible, the operating costs of motor generators and metal rectifiers as used for electroplating.A summary of the physical characteristics is given to compare the method of operation, maintenance, siting, regulation and installation problems relating to the two forms of equipment.Operating costs are compared on different bases, depending on (a) the electrical tariff of the user, and (b) the load factor of the equipment. Actual examples are worked out in all cases. Power factor and efficiency are compared in graph form, between the motor generator set and the metal rectifier. Calculated results for the use of resistances to control voltage are given, showing the effect on the efficiency of operation of the vat.Methods of rectifier control are summarised, and the main types and their duties outlined.


The Korean stock market, ranked 11th in the world in terms of market capitalization of stocks in 2017, is a globalized market. Foreign investors hold close to one-third of stocks listed on the Korea Exchange (KRX) as of May 2017 (in terms of market capitalization). The US and the UK alone account for almost 50% of foreign ownership in the KRX.


Th e article investigates lexicon of business documents of «Certifi cates of Iversky Svyatoozersky Monastery» (1582-1706) which represent formal correspondence between patriarchy Nicon and the monastery authorities and approached as a formal example of two genres of business documents in XVII century: decree document and formal reply.


A simple and accurate RP-HPLC method has been developed for the estimation of Rimonabant hydrochloride in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage forms, using C18 column 250 x 4.6 mm i.d, 5μm particle size in isocratic mode, with mobile phase comprising of buffer (pH 6.8) and Acetonitrile in the ratio of 30:70 v/v. The flow rate was 0.5ml/min and the detection was monitored out by UV detector at 205nm. The retention time for Rimonabant hydrochloride was found to be 3.873min.The proposed method has permitted the quantification of Rimonabant hydrochloride over linearity in the range of 10-100 μg/ml and its percentage recovery was found to be 100.05%. The intra day and inter day precision were found 0.26% and 0.19%, respectively.


The cardiovascular stent is one of the medical devices which has been commonly used for curing many vascular diseases. Nowadays, research on many aspects of stent development has been conducted to improve the device's efficacy. Mechanical and flow dynamics analysis on stent performance are useful to understand the impact of the device deployment. Many assumptions have been applied for constructing the stent simulation model including the blood vessel wall condition and its inlet flow conditions. Recently, common assumptions of the stent simulation model are mainly worked under the assumption of rigid wall condition and steady or pulsatile inlet flow. These different assumptions may lead to different simulation results. These differences may also affect the further analysis such as optimization process. This research tries to investigate the pulsatile effect on the stent optimization results based on computational simulation with wall deformation. Comparison with the previous optimization with a steady flow was conducted to find out about the differences between the two conditions. We found that the difference in optimization results from both inflow conditions is insignificant.


The aqueous-biphasic hydroformylation of higher alkenes catalyzed by Rh/TPPTS has been carried out in the presence of imidazolium, pyridinium and triethylammonium salts. High reaction rates are achieved with imidazolium and triethylammonium salts provided that their alkyl "tail" is ≥C8. Fast and complete phase separation, and good retention of the metal in the aqueous phase could be achieved with an octyl "tail". Imidazolium salts were found to give the highest rate enhancement. The nature of the anion showed a moderate influence on the reaction. Evidence suggests that the additive can act as weak surfactant allowing emulsions to be formed and broken by simply switching the stirring on and off.


Considering the one or more units of a rotating state of the lateral acceleration and lateral velocity and running direction of the vehicle of the vehicle axis in the center so far introduced abalone recognition method. In this method, it is determined to modify parameters for the transverse acceleration of the lateral velocity of the vehicle and / or vehicle. I.e. the translational kinetic energy values measured in the lateral velocity of the vehicle and the modified parameter is determined from the rotational status bar unit the rotation energy measured at, this energy value.


ABSTRACT This article explores the ways in which playback theatre was used to interrogate the views of adolescents on their social context(s) and establish what the personal and dominant discourses operating in their views were. Playback theatre, with its focus on reframing personal stories to generate new perspectives on these stories, was an appropriate tool to do so. By referring to participants' reflections, we demonstrate how playback theatre intervened in the interplay between these discourses and how meaning(s) and understanding(s) were (re)imagined to negotiate new avenues pertaining to voiced issues.


Through additive manufacturing is possible to obtain products with few material waste, low production time and great flexibility in geometry. In recent years, the application of arc welding processes has been studied as additive manufacturing techniques for metals. When compared to laser welding processes, they have low equipment cost, high deposition rate, however a low surface quality. This work proposes to study the machinability of additive manufacturing parts using automated GMAW. The deposition was carried out using a robotic arm, using ER70S-6' wire with a substrate of nodular cast iron. Two deposition strategies were carried out, one alternating the passes directions and the other one depositing in the same direction. The machining process used was milling in a three axis machining center. The deposition strategy had an influence on the parts surface finish after machining, as well as on the tool life.


The aim of this article is to analyze the relationship between Colombia and Israel during the presidency of Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010) in the light of the national role theory introduced by Kalevi J. Holsti (1970). Until 2001 the relationship between the two countries was complicated by the distance between them and various problems, but after 2002 this situation changed, and the two nations became very good allies and commercial partners. This article aims to explain that the shift toward a new relationship is, among other things, in response to the fact that both states share the role of anti-terrorist agent, both locally and globally, framed in a context of global war against terrorism sparked by the September 11th attacks.


A novel approach for segregation modeling on interfaces of three-dimensional structures is described. A numerical scheme is introduced as an extension to the standard nite element scheme for the diusion problem. A simulation example for the case of an intrinsic dopant diusion condition is presented.


for some a (0 ~a<l), and for all zE U. We denote by S* (a) the subclass of A consisting of all functions fez) which are starlike of order a in the unit disk U. Throughout this paper, it should be understood that functions such as zf' (z) !f(z) , which have removable singularities at z=O, have had these singularities removed in statements like (1. 2). A function fez) belonging to A is said to be convex of order a if any only if


Abstract A direct chaotic through-wall imaging (TWI) radar using chaotic signal generated by improved Colpitts oscillator is proposed, and its good anti-jamming performance is investigated theoretically and experimentally. Compared with conventional TWI radar, the proposed radar has the advantages of very high range resolution, low probability of intercept, and immunity from jamming and interference. The characteristics of the chaotic signal are presented. According to the delta function-like autocorrelation of the chaotic signal, the range resolution of the radar is 6 cm. The cross-ambiguity functions with no discernible peaks are used to theoretically certify its interference immunity performance, and then the anti-jamming properties in the Colpitts jamming, linear frequency modulated chirp jamming, and noise jamming environments are demonstrated by numerical electromagnetic simulations using finite difference time domain, and the corresponding experiments. The simulation and experimental results show that the chaotic waveform possesses excellent jamming immunity to the noise and radio frequency interference. This feature makes the chaotic signal perform superbly in multi-radar environments.


We report on a mechanical characterization technique for individual Ni∕Au coated microsize polymer particles. This technique allows a clearer understanding of the effects of load force and rate on the particle deformation. This has been achieved through measurements of the deformation against force using a specially configured nanoindenter machine, where the "indenters," instead of being pointed, had a flat tip of 20μm in diameter. The results show that the particle deformation process is nonlinear and that the force/deformation at which particle crushing occurs is affected by the load rate. The technique could be used to design/manufacture more effective conductive particles.


This study aimed to compare multiple feature selection methods that may bottom-up 1p/19q co-deletion prediction performances for grade 2 and 3 gliomas using random initialization, imagenet, and transfer-learned deep features to identify effective feature selection methods. The Cancer Imaging Data Archive 1p/19q co-deletion dataset was used in this study. Image-based features, random initialization deep features, imagenet deep features, and transfer-learned deep features were extracted from T1-weighted post-contrast images using the tumor region of interest mask images. Using these features as learning data, the prediction performances of seven types of predictive models were compared. Predictive models created using only image-based features had the highest area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for all feature selection methods. Genetic algorithm feature selection yielded the highest AUC of 0.69 and a minimal log-loss of 0.65. In conclusion, the predictive model created using only image-based features with genetic algorithm feature selection yielded the highest AUC and minimal log-loss, to predict 1p/19q co-deletion in grade 2 and 3 gliomas. Deep features extracted from the post-transfer learning deep neural network created for 1p/19q co-deletion prediction may improve prediction performance by combining image-based features and clinical variables.


To determine the patients who can be safely exempted from undergoing unnecessary diagnostic procedures for microscopic hematuria (MH) evaluation by using the developed individual‐risk‐scoring system.


In order to illustrate pharmacological mechanism of esculetin,The rat intestinal mucous microvascular endothelial cells(RIMECs) were cultured in vitro,and NO content in cells supernatant was measured with colorimetry.The result shows that esculetin leads to less secretion of NO by RIMECs,especially,it also has decreasing function on the increase of NO secreted by RIMECs.This means that esculetin has a protective effect on RIMECs activated by lipopolysaccharide.


The aim of the study was to compare the levels of selected toxic elements in hair of horses of two breeds, held in areas free of industrial pollution. The research was conducted on free range Hucul mares (n=40) and Purebred Arabian mares (n=40) kept in a mixed stable-pasture system. The content of 9 elements (arsenic, barium, cadmium, mercury, germanium, lithium, lead, tin and strontium) was determined in each trial. The hair of Purebred Arabian mares was characterized by significantly higher levels of arsenic, barium, mercury, lead, tin and strontium. The differences were statistically significant. Cadmium and germanium, on the other hand, were significantly higher in the hair of Hucul mares. Lithium was found to be on a similar level in both breeds i.e., 0.150 mg kg–1 of dry mass in Hucul horses and 0.142 mg kg–1 of dry mass in Purebred Arabian horses. There was a significant positive correlation between the levels of mercury and arsenic observed in the hair of horses of both breeds. Arabian mares displayed a very high correlation between the levels of barium and lead, barium and tin, and between tin and lead.


A series of studies carried out at IBM on the magnetic, transport, and optical properties of single crystal Y1Ba2Cu3O7−x demonstrate the overriding importance of anisotropy in its superconducting and normal‐state properties.


Source Citation Montalescot G, Barragan P, Wittenberg O, et al., for the ADMIRAL Investigators. Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition with coronary stenting for acute myocardial infarction. N E...


The early detection of colorectal polyps may reduce morbidity and mortality due to colon cancer. Reliable detection of polyps in CT colography requires presentation of the entire colonic surface to the radiologist. We have developed a simple technique for quantifying surface coverage of the colonic mucosa as shown on CT colography. The air in the colon is segmented. A shell surrounding the air volume is generated by successively growing surfaces contiguous with previously grown voxels using thresholds of -900 HU and -100 HU. To evaluate techniques used for viewing the colon, shell voxels used in the presentation techniques are monitored, and a list of voxels missed by the technique is compiled. The missed voxels can be visually inspected and quantified using clustering methods that parameterize volumes of missed voxels. The usefulness of this method was investigated using a technique that displays reformatted views about a pre- calculated centerline. A modification of the presentation method in which additional images are generated by interpolation to improve surface sampling near regions of high centerline curvature was also evaluated. The surface coverage and neighborhood parameters were calculated for 15 clinical colography studies. The results indicate that an average of 99.68% of the shell voxels were included in the reformatted images prior to interpolation. Surface coverage was improved to 99.9% when additional interpolated planes were included. The average number of missed neighbors improved from 8.13 to 5.29 with interpolation. The dimensions of the missed volumes provided useful information for surface coverage.


This paper investigates the EFL reading strategy use by technical college students on the basis of a quantitative research.It explores the influence of gender and proficiency on the students' use of reading strategies.It also employs think-aloud protocol to study the relationship between text type and reading strategy use.


Author Derek Hyra talks about the revitalization of Washington, D.C.'s Shaw/U Street neighborhood-a once thriving cultural center for African Americans in the early 1900s that still bears the scars of riots after Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination in 1968. Hyra's upcoming book explores the area's recent comeback and lessons for reducing concentrated poverty in other city neighborhoods.


The vertical gradients of gravity have great significance both in geodesy and in geophysics. In geodesy, in the free air reduction of gravity, the regional gradients should be used, rather than the customary normal gradients. The gravity anomalies, which include the free air reduction, are used in practice to determine geoid undulations, deflections of the vertical gradients, and the various coefficients of the gravitational potential field of the earth. The vertical gradients, together with the horizontal gradients, define analytically the shape of the equipotential surfaces. In geophysics, the vertical gradient, in addition to its use in computing the gravity anomalies, has great significance in exploration problems, such as the determination of rock densities. The paper describes the various methods of determining the vertical gradient and presents a map of the vertical gradients in Maine and southeastern Canada. A summary is given on the applications.


Objective: To report the seasonal trends of Guillain-Barre Syndrome in a cohort of Pakistani population from southern Punjab, Pakistan.
Study Design: A retrospective observational study.
Place and Duration of Study: Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Combined Military Hospital Bahawalpur, from Jan 2016 to Oct 2018.
Methodology: One-hundred and fifty-two individuals fulfilling the electrophysiological criteria of Guillain-Barre Syndrome were included from the records of the department and subdivided into four main subtypes on the basis of electrodiagnostic studies including Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Acute Motor Axonal Neuropathy, Acute Motor and Sensory Axonal Neuropathy, and Miller Fisher Syndrome. The seasons were divided as: summer; May to August, autumn; September and October, winter; November to February, and spring; March and April. Demographic characteristics, type of Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and month and season of presentation were investigated. Data were analyzed with SPSS version 20.
Results: The sample (mean age: 39 ± 21 years) consisted of 114 (75%) males and 38 (25%) females. The highest reporting (63, 41.4%) was in winter followed by (53, 34.9%) summer (p<0.001). May was the peak reporting (n=24) month with January to follow (n=20) (p=0.002). Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy was the most frequent sub-type 88 (57.9%). Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy and Acute Motor Axonal Neuropathy were significantly more frequent in winter season (p<0.001 and p=0.008 respectively) while Acute Motor and Sensory Axonal Neuropathy was in summer season (p=0.01). Regarding the association with a particular month, Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy.......


Part I. Linguistics and Adjacent Fields: A Personal View: Noam Chomsky Linguistics and Cognitive Science: Problems and Mysteries: Noam Chomsky Part II. Why Phonology is Different: Sylvain Bromberger (Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) and Morris Halle (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Redefining the Goals and Methodology of Linguistics: Victoria A. Fromkin (University of California) Grammar, Meaning and Indeterminacy: Norbert Hornstein (University of Maryland) Pragmatics and Chomsky's Research Programme: Asa Kasher (Tel-Aviv University) 'Cartesian' Linguistics? Justin Leiber (University of Houston) Psychological Reality of Grammars: Robert J. Matthews (Rutgers) Rules and Principles in the Development of Generative Syntax: Frederick J. Newmeyer (University of Washington) Rules and Representation: Chomsky and Representational Realism: Zenon Pylyshyn (University of Western Ontario) On the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus: Ken Wexler (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Part III. On the Status of Referential Indices: Luigi Rizzi (University of Geneva) Concepts of Logical Form in Linguistics and Philosophy: Shalom Lappin (Tel-Aviv University) Syntax, Semantics and Logical Form: Robert May (University of California) Non-Quantificational LF: Tanya Reinhart (Tel-Aviv University) LF and the Structure of the Grammar: Comments: Susan D. Rothstein (Bar-Ilan University)


The article aims to add a few thoughts on the position of the Etruscans and Trojans in the dramaturgy of Vergil's Aeneid, and to identify some values common to both peoples. The Roman historiography in fact put the Etruscans on the part of the Italian confederation under the leadership of Turnus; Vergil, on the other hand, presents them as Aeneas' allies and consequently on the winning side and on the side of the future founders of the Roman Empire, describing them as a positive and even decisive component in the clash between the confederation of Turnus and Aeneas' Trojans, though he could not evade the widely disseminated stereotypes on the decadent character of the Etruscan people. Starting from this dualism and from many other parallel features the author tries to prove that Vergil put on parallel tracks in the plot and structure of the Aeneid the historical fate of the Etruscans with the mythological one of the Trojans, demonstrating how both have left an important cultural heritage to the Roman Empire that is expressed in the fortitudo, in the monarchical organization and in the religious piety.