these are: Hemophilia A, Hemophilia B and von Willebrand. Hemophilia is an inherited disorder, linked to the X chromosome, caused by absence or reduced activity of factor VIII or IX. Von Willebrand's disease is caused by factor VIII deficiency. OBJECTIVE. Determine the demographic and epidemiological profile of patients with hemophiliaand von Willebrand. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study. The study population was 133719 with a sample of 144 patients, the inclusion criteria were: patients of both sexes between 2 and 88 years of age, witha diagnosis of Hemophilia A, B, von Willebrand. Attended in the external consultation of the Stomatology Area of the Carlos Andrade Marin Specialty Hospital, in the period 2015-2018. Data obtained from the AS400 system, analyzed in the International Business Machines Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program, Version 22.0.RESULTS 77,0% (111; 144) belonged to the male gender. The age range was between 23 and 33 years with 24,0% (34; 144). They had hemophilia at 62,0% (93; 144); Hemophilia B 6,0% (9; 144); von Willerbrand 28,0% (42; 144). 50,0% (77; 144) receiveddental treatments; preventive 15,0% (21; 144) and curative 13,0% (18; 144); being the biggest dental caries pathology. CONCLUSION. The demographic and epidemiological profile of patients with Hemophilia and von Willebrand was determined, which allowed to provide a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and timely treatment.


On 27 August 2010 Kenya adopted a new Constitution to repeal the old Constitution, this heralded a new era of constitutional change. This was the date of the promulgation of the Kenyan Constitution 2010. It ushered in a new dispensation in Kenya's constitutional, social, political and economic order. Many have argued that it ushered in the Second Republic, the first having been launched at independence in 1963. Many Constitutional law enthusiasts view it as a post-liberal Constitution just like the South African one that does more than just assigning and checking state power but also an instrument of transformation and reconstruction. It mandates key state actors on how to effect the transformative project and introduces fundamental changes in socio-economic and political spheres.


The article analyzes how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the management of reception centers for refugees and asylum seekers in Italy. By analyzing the transformation of Italian reception policies in the last years, the article shows the relationship between these changes and the condition of refugees and asylum seekers in these centers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Overcrowded housing, the absence of institutional guidance on managing the situation, and the interruption of many migrants' migratory projects are the main findings that emerged. The article is based on digital ethnographic techniques, in addition to phone interviews with key speakers of the social contexts monitored online.


We perform a long distance measurement up to 1.2 km on the outdoor baseline by electro-optic dual-comb interferometry. A frequency comb pair is developed by phase modulating a continuous laser with a narrow linewidth, and the slightly different repetition frequencies are synchronized to the Rb clock via the signal generators. A RF electrical comb can be generated by multi-wavelength heterodyne interferometry, and thus, a series of synthetic wavelengths can be obtained, whose phases can be used to determine the distances. Compared with the reference values, the experimental results show an agreement within 379 μm in the 1180 m range. In the long-time experiments, the Allan deviation can be below 20 μm with an averaging time of 10 s, and can be further improved to be less than 600 nm when the averaging time is above 350 s at 435 m and 1180 m, respectively.


A 1.2 V low voltage supply folded-switching mixer is designed in this paper.The approaches of folded-switching and current-reuse are used to reduce the supply voltage and decrease the dc power consumption and reduce noise figure and increase gain and linearity.Ac-coupled technique is used in the transconductance stage to reduce the supply voltage ulteriorly.The 0.18 μm CMOS process is adopted in the design of the mixer.Simulated results show that the proposed mixer exhibitis IIP3 of 3.857 dBm,NF of 5.257 dB,coversion gain of 9.787 dB with a power comsumption of 5.22 mW at the RF frequency of 2.5 GHz and IF frequency of 100 MHz.


Trends in the management of education and
demands from students for clarity in assessment
resulted in the grading of course work being
extensively articulated and described. Students
rightly expect to know what they will be marked
on and what constitutes work of an appropriate
level. This can lead to the disarticulation of a
topic into tiny graded fragments that no longer
equate to a 'whole' professional experience.
This paper looks at changes to the assessment
of practical conservation in Cardiff University
that attempt to offer an assessment of conservation
as a complete professional activity whilst
respecting the student and administrative demands
for clarity and accountability.


does not vanish in the point ( z ) = ( a ), and for the case in which J vanishes identically in the neighborhood of this point. This paper deals with the intermediate case in which J vanishes in the point (x) = ( a), but does not vanish identically in the n variables x. Concerning this case, Professor OSGOOD has pointed out that, as examples show, the solution of the system of equations (1) for x1, * * *, xn may lead to multiple-valued functions which are not analytic in the point (y) = (b), and has made the suggestion, "Dies durfte wohl stets der Fall sein." This turns out in fact to be the case whenever an inverse exists throughout the neighborhood of the point (x) = (a) . Some phases of the problem here suggested have been studied by LONGLEY,1: DEDERICK,§ and URNER|| (see also the note to Theorem 4). For the most of their work, fi is a real function of real variables. For the case treated here fi


We present the mathematical theory of one-dimensional infinitely periodic chains of subwavelength resonators. We analyse both Hermitian and non-Hermitian systems. Subwavelength resonances and associated modes can be accurately predicted by a finite dimensional eigenvalue problem involving a capacitance matrix. We are able to compute the Hermitian and non-Hermitian Zak phases, showing that the former is quantised and the latter is not. Furthermore, we show the existence of localised edge modes arising from defects in the periodicity in both the Hermitian and non-Hermitian cases. In the non-Hermitian case, we provide a complete characterisation of the edge modes.


Solvothermal reactions of Cu(NO3)2·3H2O with 4,4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene) bis(benzoic acid) (C17H10F6O4, H2hfbba) and terminal monodentate ligand 3-methyl pyridine (3-picoline/3-mepy) in the presence of N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF) and N,N-diethyl formamide (DEF) solvents gave rise to two structurally different two-dimensional (2D) fluorinated metal organic frameworks (F-MOFs). The effect of the choice of solvent has been clearly reflected in the structures obtained. The F-MOFs reported in this paper are formulated as [Cu2(hfbba)2(3-mepy)2]·(DMF)2(3-mepy) (F-MOF-4), [Cu2(hfbba)2(3-mepy)2] (Cu-F-MOF-4B), and [Zn2(hfbba)2(3-mepy)2]·(3-mepy) (Zn-F-MOF-4B) which displays interesting 2D structures with and without interdigitation depending on the solvent used. The structures of these F-MOFs have been determined by X-ray crystallography and further identified by IR spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The effect of interdigitation has been reflected in the gas ...


We performed nonlinear compression of transform limited 75-fs laser pulses delivered by a long-cavity Ti:sapphire oscillator to 18-fs, 75-nJ pulses using large mode area photonic crystal fibres and chirped mirrors in a simple, scalable scheme.


In this paper,analyzed the query languages in the recent data stream management systems,then give an example of the application of the data stream.Via the example give a formal definition of the data stream model,and point out how to use window operator to translate the stream data into the traditional relation data.At last propose a language that supports data stream query.Call it My Continue Query Language(MYCQL),and give the regular language of the data stream query language,and use the tool of Lex and Yacc to generate grammar parse tree.


It is shown that the application of both the spin-coherent states and the Holstein-PrimakofF representation with boson-coherent states leads to the same classical limit for the spin-operator average values, if the proper procedure for normal ordering is applied. A general expression for the boson expansion is derived, and the first quantum correction is obtained. Consequences of the study of nonlinear excitations in magnetic systems are presented.


A part of the Shahroud drainage basin located northeast of Qazvin province, consists of two subbasins (Alamoutrud and Taleghanrud). Structurally, the study area is part of southern-central Alborz zone and geologically is composed of very thickly Eocene volcanic units and Miocene terrigenous sediments. Lithofacies identified in this drainage basin include gravelly (Gmm, Gmg, Gcm, Gh), sandy (Sp, Sh, Sm) and muddy (Fl, Fm). Architectural elements identified include CH, GB, SB, LA and FF. Base on architectural elements and lithofacies sedimentary models for Shahrud river from upstream toward downstream respectively are as follows: 1: shallow gravel braided river, 2: gravel wandering river, 3: gravel meandering river, 4: sandy meandering river and 5: fine grain meandering river.


This assessed influence of school location implementation of secondary schools Physical Education curriculum in Nigeria. To achieve this purpose, purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples from the Six Geo- political zones of the country. The population for the study was all secondary schools of Fifty Four thousand Five hundred and twenty- one (54,521) with sample size of Six hundred and Fifty six (656). The data collected were statistically analysed using descriptive statistics of mean (x) and standard deviation (sd) to test and analysed bio- data variables and to answer research questions: while inferential statistics of One Sample t- testwas used to test all the hypothesis. The major findings from the study revealed that school location influence implementation of secondary schools Physical Education curriculum in Nigeria. The study recommended that school should be located or cited in an area where space is available as subject like Physical Education requires large space of land where students could put theory into practice.


The article is dedicated to problems that include improving the quality of machine-building enterprises workforce management in post-crisis terms. There are the main specialties of crisis conditions in economy, which have to be taken into consideration while developing policy in enterprise's staff sphere. Actuality and novelty of the problem are in extension of the existing crisis, while studying its consequences we just need to analyze and summarize them by encompassing both theory and practice. The goal of research is finding out possible ways of recovering enterprises' activity, while going out of the crisis on the basis of all resources mobilization and especially labor ones. The methodological basis of research is fundamental works in enterprises' staff management and possibility of usage in modern conditions. The indicators, which define the improving of machine-building enterprises workforce management for defining the weakest places in making perspective routes of work with staff in post-crisis conditions, are considered in detail. Such routes as changing average headcount of industry production staff within the enterprise (IPS) and workers, recovering and improving staff structure, usage of work time, estimation of staff movement, estimation of staff quality, question of labor increasing growth, as an important economical criterion of their usage for enterprises' recovering to the before-crisis development level are studied.


Extracting code clone genealogies across multiple versions of a program and classifying them according to their change patterns underlies the study of code clone evolution. While there are a few studies in the area, the approaches do not handle near-miss clones well and the associated tools are often computationally expensive. To address these limitations, we present a framework for automatically extracting both exact and near-miss clone genealogies across multiple versions of a program and for identifying their change patterns using a few key similarity factors. We have developed a prototype clone genealogy extractor, applied it to three open source projects including the Linux Kernel, and evaluated its accuracy in terms of precision and recall. Our experience shows that the prototype is scalable, adaptable to different clone detection tools, and can automatically identify evolution patterns of both exact and near-miss clones by constructing their genealogies.


bu· \lraCt~lng the examination of the ear it is a good COlltpc~ to view the patient from behind, when a 'the ;~on .of each mastoid process can be mad~. OWlIlg points should be noted: skill I)' lagnosis P"'lIir firs £LT in or round the ear may be the symptom Co ~~perienced by the patient in a diversity of c~ 1:1?1lS. In the great majority of cases this rnid~ atnt heralds some disease of the external or ev l~ ears. There is an important group, how~ In which earache is an example of referred liv If examination of the ear is entirely negae,sUsp' . h h Or la ~~Ion should at once fall on t e p arynx its brry~'. The term ' pharynx' is here used in Pai oadestsense. The possibility of such referred whn become.> more likely in the older patient in of~m earache sometimes spells malignant disease la%e upper respiratory or alimentary tracts. A esse ~eal examination by a specialist becomes ~al, therefore, in such cases. Pai I n considering the differential diagnosis of Iha~ OCated in.the ear it should be remembered inte t~e pain of Eustachian obstruction is usually ther~ttent, the tympanic membrane is indrawn, infla~'1S hearing loss, and the condition responds to neur~~~ of the Eustachian tube. Trigeminal neuralg~a and the less common glossopharyngeal may gla can produce earache. To this group 'IUS be added the geniculate ganglion herpes. In erup~~e the pain is accompanied by an herpetic faciallon On the pinna; vertigo, deafness and In nerve paresis often complete the picture. man Practice the diagnosis of earache rests on tnedY OCcasions between otitis externa and otitis !llor~ad They will be dealt with now in a little Ivhich etail. Below are tabulated a few points may be of assistance in their differentiation: by


Notwithstanding the manifest soundness of the arguments in favor of operative interference in case of penetrating wounds of the abdomen, the weight of modern authority as indicated in the surgical text books is still against it, and it is only by the reports of cases where an actual test is made upon the human subject that the truth will ultimately prevail. The careful and conscientious experiments of Parkes upon dogs, while carrying conviction to the minds of many, are yet met by the masses with the objection so quaintly urged by Turner, that "the comparative anatomy is not a sufficient foundation for us to go upon, in taking experiments thence, cat's guts and man's being so widely different in their texture. We have many instances of these parts wounded in brute creatures, and after sewing up again, they have been let go to lick themselves whole on the outside, while


Due to the depletion of oil fuel reserves, the deterioration of the environmental situation in many countries and the global problem of climate warming, there is a need to develop and use alternative, renewable fuels. In Kirov, at the Vyatka state agricultural academy, at the Department of thermal engines, automobiles and tractors, research on the use of alternative fuels has been conducted for many years. The article presents an analysis of the use of alcohol fuel (methanol) with a pilot portion of diesel fuel according to the economic and energy indicators of diesel 2CH 10.5/12.0 depending on the change in the speed of rotation of the crankshaft.


Automatic segmentation of biological image is an important step to understand a biological process. Moreover, the task is difficult due to ambiguous boundaries and intensity inhomogeneity. The Marker Controlled Watershed (MCW), was introduced for biological image segmentation as an alternative to the Watershed algorithm which suffers from oversegmentation. However, in the basic version of the MCW, the chosen markers directly impacts the segmentation performance. In this paper a new algorithm is proposed and applied for Drosophila image segmentation. The idea is to consider the characteristic of Drosophila image and use kernels of cells as objects markers. The Kernels are constructed using the Fiji software. The performance of the proposed algorithm is attested and compared to the basic version of the MCW. Results show the efficiency of the proposed algorithm for Drosophila image segmentation in term of the Dice coefficient and F1 measure.


Human-AI collaboration is an increasingly commonplace part of decision-making in real world applications. However, how humans behave when collaborating with AI is not well understood. We develop metacognitive bandits, a computational model of a human's advice-seeking behavior when working with an AI. The model describes a person's metacognitive process of deciding when to rely on their own judgment and when to solicit the advice of the AI. It also accounts for the difficulty of each trial in making the decision to solicit advice. We illustrate that the metacognitive bandit makes decisions similar to humans in a behavioral experiment. We also demonstrate that algorithm aversion, a widely reported bias, can be explained as the result of a quasi-optimal sequential decision-making process. Our model does not need to assume any prior biases towards AI to produce this behavior.


Lawyers for the State have told the Court of Appeal that 1,400 drink-driving prosecutions are being held up by a ruling that breathalyser test statements were not valid if printed in the English language only.......


The traditional three-dimensional object recognition method based on hypothesise and test need to solve the coordinate transformation matrix from scene to model through a group of non-linear equations. Therefore, it has a very high complexity. This paper presents a man-made object recognition method based on the geometry feature of line segments characteristics, and disperses the overall coordinate transformation calculation in every local plane homography calculation, reduces the complexity of the solution. First we prematch the feature points using geometric invariants, then assume and solve the plane homography matrix between scenes to model. After that we match the line segments on the homography plane, and by this we verify the assumption. Experiments proved that this method can rapidly and accurately identify man-made objects which contain coplanar line segment features.


Rural electrification, specifically in Africa and parts of Asia, is of major importance as it relates to development. This paper outlines how a cellular-enabled micro-inverter might facilitate access to electricity without depending on the standard power grid growth models. Using the infrastructure made available by the cellular phone industry, this device could be instrumental in developing rapid and economically beneficial rural electrification through consumer-based demand and organic growth.


In science and engineering, including engineering geology and geotechnical engineering, initial investigations can be particularly cost-effective for early evaluation and the planning of subsequent investigations: 'time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted' (purportedly said by Napoleon Bonaparte). But the work needs to be well planned and executed if its findings are to be used properly and their potential benefits are to be realized. Clients and their professional advisors are frequently exhorted to carry out desk studies and other investigations early in the design of a project (e.g. among many publications: Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists 2006; BS EN 1997-2). Unfortunately, such advice is sometimes ignored.

This chapter contains advice on desk studies and field evaluation for projects in hot deserts. Much of the advice also applies to other geographical and geological environments. However, some is specific to hot deserts, and it is this advice that is emphasized.

Hot deserts are defined by their climate. In addition to their aridity, high temperature and large daily range in temperature, four other attributes make deserts distinctively challenging for engineering projects.

In this chapter, consideration is given to work carried out prior to intrusive ground investigations and geophysical surveys, which are described in Chapter 7. Indeed, …


The paper argues from a resource based standpoint of the firm, that central to any organization's strategy must be a focus on the way in which it manages its core organizational knowledge base. While there may be an expanding literature in support of this notion there are few case studies of best practice. Using one case study from an MNC over a five year period, the paper shows how the knowledge management concept might begin to be realized in this instance, with particular emphasis on knowledge creation.


There is little information about the status and ecology of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in Iran. We assessed the habitat suitability for otters of the River Jajrood, Te- hran province, measuring, or visually estimating, 12 environmental parameters along 16 600 m long river stretches (sampling sites). The downstream stretches of the river were found to be more suitable for otters with respect to the upper part of its course. Although the assessments of habitat suitability for the otter may be affected by several limits, the cur- rent distribution of the species on the river agrees with the results of this study. The preser- vation of the otter in Tehran province should involve the restoration of the ecosystem of the River Jajrood in order to improve the length of suitable river stretches.


During a survey of microfungi associated with palms from karst formations, three novel ascomycetes were found from decaying petioles of Trachycarpus fortunei (Arecaceae) in Guizhou, China. Multi-gene phylogenetic analyses based on a combined SSU, ITS, LSU, RPB2 and TEF1α sequence data showed that these collections were affiliated to Brunneofusispora and Neooccultibambusa in the family Occultibambusaceae. A new species Brunneofusispora inclinatiostiola is introduced. It is phylogenetically close to B. clematidis but represents a distinct lineage. Morphologically, it differs from the latter in having immersed ascomata with eccentric, periphysate ostiole and smaller ascospores. Morpho-phylogenetic evidence also revealed two new Neooccultibambusa species, N. kaiyangensis and N. trachycarpi. Together with the generic type N. chiangraiensis, they formed a distinct lineage within the genus Neooccultibambusa. Three novel palmicolous fungi of Occultibambusaceae are described, illustrated and notes on their identification are provided. The ecological significance of the new taxa and the phylogenetic relationship of genera in Occultibambusaceae is discussed.


Background The association between arterial stiffness and cardiovascular risk in CKD and ESRD patients is well established. However, the relationship between renal function estimation and properties of large arteries is unclear due to the four different methods used to quantify glomerular filtration. This study investigated the relationship between carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (c-fPWV), as a measure of arterial stiffness, and accepted metrics of renal function. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in 431 health examination individuals in China, enrolled from January 2017 to June 2019. c-fPWV and blood pressure were measured, and blood samples were obtained for all participants. Four different methods were used to determine the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) as described by the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) and Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equations: (i) CKD-EPISCr formula based on SCr, (ii) CKD-EPICysC formula based on CysC, (iii) CKD-EPISCr/CysC formula based on Cr and CysC, and (iv) MDRD. Results Of all of the study participants (average age 53.1 ± 13.0 years, 68.1% male), 23.7% had diabetes mellitus and 66.6% had hypertension. The average eGFR values determined by the CKD-EPISCr, CKD-EPICysC, CKD-EPISCr/CysC, and MDRD equations were 91.9 ± 15.6, 86.8 ± 21.4, 89.6 ± 18.3, and 90.7 ± 16.6 ml/min/1.73m2, respectively. c-fPWV was significantly and negatively correlated with eGFR determined by CKD-EPISCr (r = −0.336, P < 0.001), CKD-EPICysC (r = −0.385, P < 0.001), CKD-EPISCr/CysC (r = −0.378, P < 0.001), and MDRD (r = −0.219, P < .001) equations. After adjusting for confounding factors, c-fPWV remained significantly and negatively correlated with eGFR determined by the CKD-EPICysC equation (β = −0.105, P = 0.042) and significantly and positively correlated with age (β = 0.349, P ≤ 0.01), systolic pressure (β = 0.276, P ≤ 0.01), and hypoglycemic drugs (β = 0.101, P = 0.019). Conclusion In a health examination population in China, c-fPWV is negatively correlated with eGFR determined by four different equations; however, only the metric of eGFR determined by the equation for CKD-EPICysC showed an independent relation with c-fPWV.


Background and Purpose: Decompressive hemicraniectomy (DHC) reduces mortality and improves physical outcome in selected patients with malignant middle cerebral artery (mMCA) stroke. In this study, we performed comprehensive functional evaluation in mMCA stroke patients who underwent DHC, and attempted to identify the pre-surgical factors that correlated with long-term physical outcome.

Methods: We identified mMCA stroke patients treated with DHC in our institution between January 2007 and April 2013. Functional outcome was assessed in survivors through clinic visit or telephone interview using modified Rankin Scale (mRS), Barthel Index, Geriatric Depression Scale, Stroke Impact Scale, Satisfaction of Life Scale, and retrospective consent. In addition, all patients including survivors and deceased were classified into acceptable outcome (mRS 4) groups. Pre-surgical factors including age, gender, stroke risk factors, time to surgery, cerebral vessel involvement, cause of stroke, use of intravenous tPA or endovascular intervention were compared between two groups.

Results: 37 patients were identified meeting our study criteria. 11 out of 16 survivors were enrolled for functional assessment (mean age 54.7 years, 73% male, 27% left hemisphere stroke, and mean time after stroke 3.4 years). Psychosocial aspect scored much higher than physical outcome in comprehensive functional evaluation. The majority of participants were satisfied with life and agreed for the retrospective consent. Comparing two groups with acceptable (n=9) and bad (n=23) outcomes, pre-surgical characteristics including age>60, anterior cerebral artery involvement, hemorrhagic transformation, history of diabetes and coronary artery diseases were potentially associated with worse long-term outcome.

Conclusions: A better psychological recovery suggests that appropriate mMCA stroke patients should not be deprived a DHC only based on a presumed unfavorable physical outcome. Some pre-surgical factors may be predictive for a worse outcome, which will assist physicians and families making critical decisions.


A process kit for a semiconductor processing chamber. In one embodiment, a process kit includes a notched deposition ring is formed. In yet another embodiment, a process kit includes a cover ring configured to engage with the notched deposition ring. The process kit includes an annular deposition ring body having inner, outer, top and bottom walls. Bone Li is accessed into an upper surface of the body between the upper and inner walls. Recessed surface is formed on the lower surface of the body between the bottom and the inner wall. Notch extends inward from the body to catch deposition material passing through a notch of the substrate being processed.


Medicinal plants and natural feed additives are the most important alternatives in animal production, especially broiler production, due to the ban on the use of certain antibiotics, their cost-effectiveness and harmful residual effects.

In this mini-review article, some important medicinal herbs and plants with positive effects on organic broiler production have been highlighted.

A literature search was conducted in Science Direct, Google, Google Scholar, Springer, Medline and PubMed.

Medicinal plants such as ginger, ginkgo, thyme, ponderosa pine, soybean, forsythia, peppermint, Chinese star anise, astragalus, mistletoe, schisandra, cumin, capsicum, garlic, hooker chives, artichoke, Borreria latifolia, zataria, pomegranate, turmeric, lingzhi, Lippia javanica, neem, oriental chaff flower, mulberry leaf, goji berry, Aloe vera, pumpkin, grape, common nettle, marigold, coriandrum, Citrus sinensis, Alisma canaliculatum, Persian hogweed, Eucommiaulmoides, bamboo leaf extract, rosemary, Morina citrifolia, chestnut, green tea, wild mint, clove, sumac, satureja, ashwagandha, Lonicera japonica, Acacia, liquorice, Artemisia annua, milk thistle, cinnamon, black cumin and etc. have positive effects on organic broiler production.

Herbal medicines lead to increased body weight due to a higher feed intake and a higher feed conversion ratio, and improve antioxidant activity of broiler chickens based on their phenolic compound contents. The combination of medicinal herbal additives also has a positive impact on broiler production. In organic broiler production with the usage of herbal plants, reducing hormones, growth promoters and antibiotics should be organized as well as considering appropriate organic feed management and higher production.


This paper is the initials of DDoS mitigation, the goal of this research is to detect NTP Amplification as early as possible so that the victim have a data to do further eskalation process. We knows that the goal of the attacker using NTP Amplification Attack is to exhaust the bandwidth of the victim, in this research also simulate an NTP amplification scenario and detection method; the scenario is the attacker sends requests with spoofed IP MONLIST victim to the compromised NTP server NTP server then responds the large volumes of traffic (amplified traffic) towards Victim to consume the bandwidth so as the legitimate user could not access the services. We put DDoS detection device side of the victim, we combine several monitoring tools to detect NTP amplification i.e bandwidth gauge and netflow analyzer. Netflow analyzer (flow analysis) conduct analysis IP packet header that is sent by the router as a flow-exporter. In our experiment, we could perform early detection of the NTP amplification less than 2 minute.


Brinkman's equation is often used to match solutions of Stokes' equation to solutions of Darcy's law at free‐fluid:porous medium interfaces by the introduction of an effective viscosity parameter, μe. Theoretical predictions of the dependence of μe on the porosity of the porous medium have given conflicting results. A finite difference solution of Stokes' equation in three dimensions was used to study fluid flow near the interface between a free fluid and a porous medium. It was found that in order to match solutions of Brinkman's equation to the numerical solutions, the value of μe had to be greater than the free‐fluid viscosity. Within numerical precision, the effective viscosity μe was monotonically increasing with decreasing porosity. Good fits to the numerical fluid velocity profiles were obtained for porosities ranging from 50% to 80%.


Background and Objectives. Although pets are known to be beneficial for children, they could also imply risks for immunocompromised ones. We report the prevalence of children and young patients living with pets in a cohort of immunosuppressed pediatric patients and describe risk behaviors for acquiring zoonosis and compliance with veterinary recommendations. Methods. A cross-sectional, observational study was performed in a large tertiary hospital in Madrid, including immunosuppressed patients from different regions of Spain. The participants were asked to complete an online questionnaire. Results. Two hundred and eighty-four responses were received: 62.3% solid organ transplantation (177/284), 22.8% hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (65/284), and 14.8% inborn errors of immunity (42/284). The median age was 11 years (interquartile range 5.9–15.4), and 55% were boys (156/284). Up to 45% (130/284) of the respondents lived with 201 pets (74% of them dogs and cats). Half of the patients owning dogs or cats did not comply with at least one of the recommendations regarding vaccination, deworming, feeding, and/or veterinarian recommended controls. The poorest findings were related to deworming regimens. Only 42.8% (117/273) of the participants received specific recommendations from their healthcare professionals about companion animals. However, up to 97% of the families considering acquiring a pet did so when the professional did not contraindicate it (31/32), while 72% of the families having pets got rid of their pets when they were advised against animals (8/11). Conclusions. Pet ownership is frequent among immunocompromised children. They presented risky exposures for acquiring zoonoses, and basic veterinary recommendations were not frequently followed. The opinion of professionals significantly influenced the decision to acquire pets, but less than half of the families received recommendations in this regard.


IN THIS CIRCUIT CONTROL VEHICLES A, B CONTAIN A MECHANISM FOR MANAGEMENT 2, 9, 10 ORDER BY TWO ROLLS 16, 17 THAT CAN ACT ON CORE SLIDE 14 TORQUE MANAGEMENT VEHICLE. CORE BE PLACED IN ONE OR ANY OF ITS POSITION BY EXTREME APPLICATION OF CONTINUOUS POWER OF EITHER POLARITY APPLIED TO wipers 26, 27 FROM THE ROAD CIRCUIT WHILE THAT IN THE MIDDLE POSITION CORE 14 RECEIVE COILS IN PARALLEL, TENSION ALTERNATIVE THAT kEEPS THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT. SELECTION OF TENSION SHALL BE APPLIED BY THE PLAYER BY MEANS OF A HANDLE HOLDING HAND.


The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is currently the largest construction project in the world. Because of its complexity, integration of social, environmental and technological systems, and tight coupling required by the schedule, the project should be managed using a systems approach. To find out if this was the case, the authors formed a research team, sponsored by the International Society of Systems Sciences, to tour the dam sight, interview managers and engineers, travel up the Yangtze to Chongqing, analyze problems posed by the critics of the dam and, finally, report back to the ISSS annual meeting in Shanghai following the trip. This paper reports on the team's observations, the results of the interviews and a systems model that analyzes the problems facing the dam builders. Finally, the paper concludes that the engineers and managers are aware of the interrelated problems and have planned for their solution. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Rigid and fluid interaction problems are solved by the level set method with the RKDG method. The system of the Eluer equations are solved by the RKDG method while the level set equation which describes the motion of the interface are solved by high-resolution WENO finite difference scheme. The extended ghost fluid method is used to deal with the solid and fluid boundary. Numerical tests on two dimensional flow are carried ou and satisfactory results are obtained. This method can be extended to three dimensional questions since no mesh modification is needed.


This article builds a framework for the analysis of the Inka Empire's (1400–1532 CE) expansion in the Peruvian highlands. Drawing from recent archaeological excavations at the site of Canchaje (Huarochirí), I propose that the Inka built upon cultural familiarities between them and their subjects by using ritual emplacements (rock outcrops and plazas) as arenas of mediation. At the same time, the construction of mutual legibility enabled subjected communities to maintain and redefine their cultural practices in ways that survived the Inka Empire. By recasting the Inka from foreign conqueror to new kin within local ritual systems, the people of Huarochirí reinvented their traditions to garner political agency. Using archaeological data and colonial-period documents, I show that local agency informed empire-building, leading to the reinvention of local traditions. Ultimately, my work shows how mutual legibility was built on the ground while exploring specific instances of negotiation through ritual.


Similar to conventional systems, having acceptable voltage and frequency is necessary in a MG. MGs have variable nature due to the existence of the generators like PVs. Because of this, the control issue in MGs is important. The stable performance in MGs is realized by grid in grid-connected mode. But it depends on proper controllers in primary, secondary and emergency levels, in islanded mode. Security in MG following a severe disturbance can be established through emergency control like shutdown of any unit, demand side management, islanding and load shedding. In this paper, a MPPT algorithm is used to extract maximum power from PV sources. A controller is designed to stabilize MG performance during islanding. Also, a load shedding plan as one of the last actions to prevent blackout of isolated system is presented.


While listening comprehension is one of the foundations for effective communication, the teaching and learning of listening is usually limited to conventional methods. Fortunately, with the development of technology, particularly 3D virtual reality, such limits as time and space encountered in a conventional classroom can be overcome. This study recruited 27 beginners in Chinese and arranged these participants to take 4 listening comprehension tests, 2 tests with Second Life (SL) as the listening comprehension support and 2 tests with printed pictures. To examine how both types of support influence the adoption of listening strategies while taking Chinese listening comprehension tests, the researchers collected research data with questionnaires and interviews. Overall, more metacognitive strategies than cognitive strategies were adopted. This research has also identified the most and the least commonly used strategies with SL and printed pictures as the listening support.


i vM w ere given yesterday. The out^^gf& nding section in the general provisions is th a t of requiring any group of students desiring to form a new organization to sub m it to the social calendar commitan outline of its proposed activities and undergo a proba tionary period before receiving final recognition by this commit tee as a student organization. All s tuden t organizations shall, upon notice, file with th is committee a ro s te r of members and officers. Failure to comply with this pro vision will subject the individuals A to disciplinary action by the Stu" f l i n t s ' Council." * * * Good Morning wishes to urge all students to vote fo r the new Constitution as it was draw'n by the Constitutional Convention and approved by the S tudents' As sembly. The m em bers of the con vention spent considerable time making all investigations necessary before beginning th e ir work of re  w riting our C onstitution. The S tudents ' Assembly la te r took up the new C onstitution article by artic le and finally approved it a f te r a few am endm ents had been passed. We believe th a t the stu dent body will be wise to approve the judgm ent of the two bodies th a t studied the m atter. Vote for the new C onstitution without change. * * *


suggest that part at least of this deplorable disaffection may be traced to ignorance of the Mass as a rite, a communal action in which every single person present has a definite and supreme interest, and a positive contribution both physical and intellectual to make. Highly necessary and indeed absolutely vital as it is that the faithful should grasp essential notions of the Eucharist as a Sacrifice and Sacrament, this of itself should not be regarded by our teachers as sufficient. We are happy in these latter days at being so well supplied with cheap Missals containing plenty of vernacular translation and abundance of useful directions and notes. An intelligent use of the Missal is an excellent antidote to that listless boredom which when observed gives so much ground for fear that fresh desertions are preparing. It is not enough to encourage the laity to buy Missals. Instruction as to their meaning and use are of the first importance, and for our help in this direction we are now almost as well provided with text-books as we are with Missals. Among all such books that have so far come our way this one now under review stands out as uniquely admirable. It is written in a flowing and simple style that holds the attention from start to finish. It seems to take little or nothing for granted on the part of the reader in the way of previous knowledge. Yet the information is imparted in no patronizing, nagging or tiresomely superficial manner, and is interspersed with a wealth of illuminating and appropriate comment that compels interest and satisfies the mind. Any adult of average intelligence should welcome it with delight, whilst teachers could make profitable and abundant use of it with children of twelve years and upwards. It is a work of such refreshing and distinctive excellence that any adverse criticism seems almost irrelevant even if it should actually be justified. Possibly a derivation such as that of the word Sequence might be contested. But the book itself should be in the hands of every Catholic—clerical or lay—who is capable of reading it. \y Q A.S.


Abstract: Compared with other world regions, very few species of marine macroalgae have been demonstrated to be recent introductions into South Africa. Collections of red seaweeds growing on ropes on an oyster farm in Saldanha Bay on the west coast of South Africa included two species of Grateloupia. The most abundant one is foliose, and has identical rbcL and cox1 sequences to that of Grateloupia turuturu, indigenous to Japan/Korea but introduced into many world regions. The other species is finely branched and presumably also an introduction, being closest in rbcL sequence to G. carnosa from Japan but not identical. Our findings highlight the continuous risk imposed by the translocation of oysters for mariculture purposes to spread and introduce non-native and potentially invasive species worldwide. In addition, our inability to identify the second species, despite its sister relationship to a species from the Western Pacific Ocean, calls for the establishment of a reference DNA-barcode library of seaweeds from the temperate Western Pacific Ocean to facilitate the early detection of introduced and potentially invasive seaweeds. South Africa now has three foliose and two filamentous species of Grateloupia sensu lato. Although the newly introduced species have not been recorded outside the Saldanha Bay area so far, continuous monitoring is advised to document the future spread of the species and their effects on native coastal ecosystems.


Misuse or abuse of digital media can create negativities such as internet addiction, netlessphobia, cyberbullying, or cyberloafing. Cyber loafing is known as the use of employees in a workplace for non-work activities during working hours. This study aims to examine the cyberloafing levels of students studying in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. In this study, a descriptive survey model was used. The working group is composed of 150 students who study in the TRNC. "The Smart Phone Cyberloafing Scale in Classes" (SPCSC) developed by Polat (2018) was used as the data collection tool in the study. In the analysis of the data; f, %, mean, and t-test analysis were used. According to the obtained results of the study, students sometimes do cyberloafing on their mobile devices during class. The implications for educators, parents, and teachers are discussed.


According to the features of rapid and flexible design, high reliability and low cost of EPLD programmable technology, using VLSI, CAD and MAX+PLUS II developed by Altera company, research and develop EPLD (Erased Programmable Logic Device) design specialty test. This experiment can be used to promote the ability of engineering practice and to combination of practice and theory of students.


The invention relates to medical engineering, in particular to devices for transdermal skozhnoy implantation itravenoznogo filter. In order to allow insertion of the filter device symmetrically with respect to the axis of the vein filter for implantation has spring bars made pear-shaped and fixed on the outer surface of the capsule. 2 s.p.f BACKGROUND yl 2.


This report describes the extent of use of medical injections and blood transfusions characteristics of medical injection users and associated knowledge and perceptions about how to avoid HIV infection among adult women and men in 10 sub-Saharan African countries. It also examines the association between number of medical injections received and HIV serostatus. The analysis is based on data from eight Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS): Kenya Ghana Burkina Faso Cameroon Lesotho Malawi Ethiopia and Zimbabwe and two AIDS Indicator Surveys (AIS): Tanzania and Uganda conducted between 2003 and 2006.


Objective:To study the changes of telomerase activity and telomere length.Methods:Telomerase in 40 various kidney cancer samples was determined with TRAP ELISA,and at the same time telomere length was detected by Southern blot to confirm the relationship between telomerase positive rate and telomere length.Results:90% cancerous tissue showed the enzyme activity,and telomere length shortened.Conclusion:We conclude that telomerase activity may reflect the malignancy or metastasis of breast cancerous tissue,and telomere length shortening may be useful in help of cancer diagnosis.


Playfair cipher is a classic encryption method that is difficult to manually manipulate but apart from the advantages found in plyafair cipher there are also many shortcomings, can be solved by using the information frequency of occurrence bigram, can not enter lowercase letters, numbers and special characters when encrypting This research modifies the key matrix of playfair cryptography algorithms and combines with the Linear Feedback Shift Register (LFSR) algorithm, by changing the size of the 13x13 key matrix the playfair cipher is able to insert characters as many as 196 characters consisting of capital letters, lowercase letters. The result of calculation with avalanche effect method got average value 43,59% at playfair cipher done by modification of matrix key 13x13 and combined with LFSR generator, 2,15% at playfair cipher 10x10 matrix key without merged with LFSR and 34,41% at playfair classic 5x5. That the playfair cipher that has been modified and combined with the LFSR generator is stronger than the previous playfair cipher. The result of time complexity testing has fast encryption and decryption.


Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) in this paper pertains to under standing the processes of electrical charge buildup on a human being or other conductive shape, followed by a discharge into another con ductor such as an electronic device. In order to design and test for ESD, it is necessary to establish the electrical characteristics of the electrostatic buildup and discharge circuit. Crude models of a human being/electronic equipment system for ESD are developed by the author in References [1], [2] and [3]. This paper further develops the modeling process to include a person discharging directly into an electronic device, or in an indirect manner such as through a metallic cart, chair, table, etc. Resistance, induc tance, capacitance, electric charge and electrostatic energy are deter mined for the five-body electrostatic system. The effects of a large metallic ground plane and hand-held sharp objects are examined, as well as the possibility of detrimental electrical effects upon human biomedical implanted electronics. From the circuit parameters, approximate wave shapes of the discharge are computed for various cases. From the wave shapes, rise or fall times, pulse widths, peak current and peak power may be deter mined. Much work has been done in actual laboratory measurements of electrostatic discharge phenomena, in order to properly design test equipment to simulate an actual discharge as accurately as possible [7], [12], [13]. However, it is believed by the author that mathematical modeling of the system is an essential added dimension to the labo ratory work. ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) P R O B L E M DEFINED Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) may be considered similar in cause and effects to lightning [3]. The observed arc in the ESD process behaves like a lightning arc. In this paper, ESD is limited to the buildup and flow, or redistribution, of charge between a human being, an intervening object, an electronic device, a ground plane and earth. Hereinafter the intervening object, such as a transporter, table, cart, chair, etc., is called a "cart." The electronic device is called a "machine." Flow of the charges takes place slowly during the charg ing phase, and very rapidly during the charge redistribution phase. Charges are built up on the person or cart usually as a result of triboelectric action between the shoe soles and the floor covering [3]. The sudden release of built-up electrostatic energy from high to low potentials in the system causes potentially devastating voltages, currents, and electromagnetic fields to occur in vulnerable compo nents in the electronic system. Upon ionization and air dielectric breakdown (arcing), the rapid redistribution currents easily propagate down interconnecting cables and other units before finally bleeding off through the higher RF impedance (inductance) of the ground con nection. The effects of ESD on electronic circuits are discussed in Ref erence [3]. Reference [1] covers the development of a model for a human being electrostatic discharge into a large machine. The capacitance be tween two vertical cylinders simulating the human and the machine was calculated as well as the capacitance of each to earth. Reference [2] adds the determination of resistance and inductance for the human and the large machine. Reference [3] adds the effect of a nearby ground plane, and also considers the effect of a person carrying a sharp hand-held metallic object. Electrostatic Discharge Model Figure 1 demonstrates a typical setup for the charge buildup on a person pushing a cart in a room with an electronic system machine. The person and the cart are insulated from the ground plane while the machine is connected to earth through a safety ground. In this model, the earth is relatively far from the person, the cart and the machine, while the ground plane is close to the system. The person, cart and ma chine have relatively small capacitances to earth and the ground plane, but the cart has significantly greater capacitance to the machine. The earth is taken as reference potential (0 volt). For simplicity, the cylinder is used for the models. The model of the person is described in References [2] and [3]. For reasons of math ematical simplicity, the dimensions of the cart and the machine are taken as the same size as the human model, except they are only 1 meter (39.4 in.) in height. The radius of each cylinder is approximately 13.8 centimeters (5.4 in.). The cylinders are upright and parallel to each other. In Figure 1, the person and the cart on the left are taken initially as several feet away from the machine. At this distance, the personor cart-to-machine capacitances are relatively small. The amount of charge that can be accumulated on the body and on the cart surfaces is determined by the geometry of the surfaces as related to corona ef fects, and primarily by their capacitance to the earth and the ground plane. The earth is relatively far removed. The model for the case without either a ground plane or a cart is shown in Reference [2], For an examination of the theoretical and actually measured va lues of voltage that can be sustained on the person's body, see Refer ence [2], In Figure 1, the person and the cart have approached as near to the machine as possible before arcing occurs and before the cart touches the machine. The cart is also predominantly capacitively cou pled to the grounded machine. At this point, the cart/machine insula tion fails by the air dielectric breakdown and arcing occurs, setting up rapid redistribution transient currents in the cart and the machine, fol lowed by slower discharge currents in the rest of the system. 369 CHI838-2/83/0000-0369 $1.00 © 1983 IEEE


Prairie dogswerefeda1.2%cholesterol diet forupto24weeks toevaluate theeffects oflithogenic bile onthemucosa ofthe pllbladder. Therewasaprogressive increase inthelithogenic index ofthegallbladder bile (1.44 ±0.15 at4weeks, p<0.05). Fifty-five of70animals developed gallstones between thesecond andfourth week. Increasing stone burden wasassociated with a 27%(p<0.05) decrease intheelectrical resistance oftheepithelium anda60%(p<0.05) decrease innetsodium transport whenmeasured isotopically inanUssing chamber (3weeks). After 4months, seven oftenanimals developed inflammatory mucosal polyps characterized byaheavy infiltration ofplasma cells into anexpanded matrix. Cellular infiltration began asearly as2weeks. Thesechanges occurred without alterations inthe ultrastructural appearance oftheepithelium. T | 1 HEHIGHRATEOFRECURRENCE associated with alternatives tocholecystectomy for thetreatment ofsymptomatic gallstones hasintensified the search for anunderstanding ofthefactors that lead tothis commondisease. Theprairie dog(Cynomys ludovicianus) represents anideal laboratory subject forstudying lithogenesis andits effects ongallbladder structure andfunction because its bile composition issimilar tothat ofhumans, anditdevelops gallstones whenfedahigh cholesterol diet.' Inthis experimental model, gallbladder bile becomes progressively saturated withcholesterol toapoint ofprecipitation ofcholesterol monohydrate crystals within several days andaggregation ofcrystals tostones within weeks.2 Theprocess isreversed whenfeeding isstopped.3 Early physiologic events include adecrease ingallbladder contractility,4'5 adelay ingallbladder emptying, andanincrease insecretion ofmucusinto thegallbladder lumen.6'7


The high education of the safety engineering has promoted the development of the safety education roundly and profoundly in our country . This professional education is of great importance to our society. It has a specific applying area. Modern safety concept considers that the safety is the excellent completion of the synthetical function of the persons, economy, environment and technology. The current state of safety engineering higher education and the contents of safety engineering specialty education are analyzed in the paper, and the problems need to be solved in the development of safety engineering specialty are pointed out, one is that the education of safety concept should be carried out, and the other is that the contents of safety engineering specialty education must be emphasized particularly in some specific aspects.


Background: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) has become a widely accepted treatment option for locally advanced breast cancer (LABC). Furthermore, response to NAC is considered to be a predictor of favorable outcomes. It is known that some predictors are associated with NAC response.
Objectives: To assess the accuracy of scoring system for prediction of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in LABC.
Methods: Medical record of 50 patients received NAC at Mohammad Hoesin Hospital were retrospectively analysed between July 2019 to July 2020. Response of NAC in LABC was determined with Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST). Variables of the scoring system are risk factors of breast cancer, immunohistochemical subtype, CD4+, CD8+, CD4+/CD8+ ratio, and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio.
Results: A total of 50 patients with LABC received and completed NAC. The mean age was 48.2 ± 11.0 at the time of diagnosis. Good response to NAC was achieved in 38 patients (76.0%). This scoring system shows a sensitivity of 77.8%, a specificity of 83.3%, a positive predictive value of 18.4%, and a negative predictive value of 24.4% with the Youden index of 66.1. The combination between less than three parity and positive estrogen receptor demonstrated better accuracy with a sensitivity of 96.3% and specificity of 77.7% and Youden index 74.
Conclusion: This pilot study suggests that this scoring system is potentially useful for predicting response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in LABC patients and warrants further investigation in a larger population to validate this finding.


The influence of electric field on growth,distribution,dehydrogenase activity,surfactant product and petroleum-degrading rate of petroleum-degrading bacteria W-1and W-2was studied by electric-microorganism technology.The results showed that the growth characteristics of petroleum-degrading bacteria varied with electric field intensity.When electric field intensity was 100V/m,the growth of W-1and W-2was obviously promoted;the affection rate of electric field on dehydrogenase activity was 36.03%-44.09%;the surfactant product was also raised.In the electric field,the petroleum-degrading rates of W-1and W-2were increased by 19.2and 18.8percentage points,respectively.


Based on the fact that it is very difficult to improve the autonomous alignment accuracy of strapdown inertial navigation system(SINS),an error function for static-state initial alignment of SINS is built.Then an analysis is made for the factors which have effect on the alignment accuracy,and a method is put forward for installing a high-accuracy,auto-north-seeker in the carrier,which can improve the alignment accuracy effectively.


Social support has a positive influence on a person's overall wellbeing. Recent creation of mobile and online social networks have changed the methods used to obtain such support. Previous wearable devices have focussed on increasing an individuals perceived social support by either encouraging new social relationships or strengthening those already existing. With the release of the Apple Watch, wearable interfaces are becoming popular but there is little research into the current attitudes of using these interfaces as a social support medium. In this paper we present results of our survey to establish the attitudes of current smartwatch owners. Results show owning a smartwatch has no effect on the levels of social support a person feels they have. The most commonly used method of support was through smartphone, which was true for people regardless of whether they own a smartwatch. A large number of smartwatch owners stated using their device was their last preference in seeking emotional (61\%) and informational (57\%) support from others. Results from the survey indicate that more research is needed to establish exactly what factors make technological devices well suited to accommodate social support and how these can be applied to wearable interfaces in the future.


The paper addresses the issues of parameter selection of a Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) algorithm by a thorough stability analysis of the swarm dynamics. The effectiveness of the work lies in considering the dynamic behaviour of the local best position of a given particle. The behaviour of an individual particle here is modelled as a closed loop control system, where the forward path describes the particle dynamics, and the feedback path adapts the local best position of the particle over the iterations of the algorithm. The stability analysis of the closed loop system is undertaken using Jury's test, and optimal parameter setting of the dynamics is performed by the root locus technique of the classical control theory.


The effects of pentoxifylline (10 mg kg-1 orally [PO] twice daily) in three dogs with a confirmed contact allergy to plants of the Commelinceae family are described. Pentoxifylline inhibited the development of clinical signs in all three dogs despite extensive challenge with the offending plants. The protective effect was evident after 2 days of treatment and appeared to be dose related in one dog. The immunomodulatory properties of pentoxifylline are reviewed.


In the 1980s a set of colour slides was developed to teach students the design history of the car. This developed from a student teaching aid to being a research project, investigating design paradigms for cars using statistical processes to analyse changes and developments. The paper includes the research questions, methods and some results, concluding by asking how the research might be used to develop a teaching aid for students.


Objective To investigate the effect of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in stent deployment of coronary artery disease.Methods Forty-four patients with intracoronary stent deployment were examined by intravascular ultrasound system (Endosonics).Minimal luminal diameter,cross section luminal area,total cross section,plaque area and area stenosis rate were measured before and after deployment of stent at conventional and higher pressure.Results Optimal angiographic criteria were achieved in all lesions after stenting with conventional pressure dilatation,but optimal criteria of IVUS were only obtained in four lesions.Forty lesions failed to achieve optimal criteria of IVUS and 35 lesions were treated with post-1dilatation with 14atm to 16atm,then twenty-two lesions(50) obtained the optimal criteria of IVUS.Cross section luminal area increased from (7.3±1.7)mm~2 to (9.2±1.5)mm~2 after higher pressure dilatation(P0.001).Thare was significant difference in the minimal luminal diameter,minimnl cross section luminal area,total cross section,plaque area and area stenosis rate before and after stent deployment.Conclusions IVUS is an important and useful tool in assessment of stent deployment with coronary artery disease.All stent deployment under conventional pressure inflation could not achieve optimal criteria of IVUS.And post-dilatation with IVUS guidance could improve effects of intervention.


Reception performance and enhanced digital broadcast receiving system and a signal processing method thereof of the equalization performance is disclosed. A digital broadcast transmitter according to the present invention, the sequence of generating the randomization part for inserted randomized data stream is input with stuff bytes at a predetermined position, the known data composed of a specific sequence that Deitch the stuff bytes a providing unit, and the stuff-byte exchanger for inserting the known data inserted into said position of the stuff bytes of the randomized said data stream, error correction the data stream output by the stuff-byte exchanger includes a encoding unit for encoding for a transmission unit for transmitting to RF converter modulates the encoded said data stream, a. Therefore, it is possible to improve the poor digital broadcasting reception performance in a multipath channel by the be used for the received transmission signal of the detection synchronized with the equalizing known data in the digital broadcasting receiver.


It is necessary to investigate the electronic states of ceramic based ZnO vasristor and effect of doped impurities at different concentration. Band gap (Eg) of the ceramic (99-x) mol% ZnO+0.5 mol% Bi2O3+0.5 mol% TiO2+ xCo3O4 where x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8 mol%, were determined using UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The samples were prepared via solid-state route and sintered at the sintering temperature at 1110, 1140 and 1170 °C for 45 and 90 min in open air. At no doping of Co3O4, the values of Eg are 2.991 ± 0.001, 2.989 ± 0.001 eV for 45 and 90 min sintering time; respectively. Eg was decreased to 2.368 ± 0.002 and 2.352 ± 0.001 eV at 0.8 mol% Co3O4 for 45 and 90 min sintering time; respectively. XRD analysis indicates that two main phases existed at all concentrations which are ZnO and secondary phases, Bi12TiO20, Zn2Ti3O8, ZnCo2O4 and Co3Ti3O. Relative density decreases with the addition of Co3O4 compared to that of undoped at all doping level. When Co3O4 is added in the ceramics, relative density increases with the increase of doping level at both 45 and 90 min sintering time. The variation of sintering temperatures and XRD findings of steepness factor are correlated with the UV-Vis spectrophotometer results of based ZnO varistor doped with Co3O4 due to the growth of interface states.It is necessary to investigate the electronic states of ceramic based ZnO vasristor and effect of doped impurities at different concentration. Band gap (Eg) of the ceramic (99-x) mol% ZnO+0.5 mol% Bi2O3+0.5 mol% TiO2+ xCo3O4 where x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8 mol%, were determined using UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The samples were prepared via solid-state route and sintered at the sintering temperature at 1110, 1140 and 1170 °C for 45 and 90 min in open air. At no doping of Co3O4, the values of Eg are 2.991 ± 0.001, 2.989 ± 0.001 eV for 45 and 90 min sintering time; respectively. Eg was decreased to 2.368 ± 0.002 and 2.352 ± 0.001 eV at 0.8 mol% Co3O4 for 45 and 90 min sintering time; respectively. XRD analysis indicates that two main phases existed at all concentrations which are ZnO and secondary phases, Bi12TiO20, Zn2Ti3O8, ZnCo2O4 and Co3Ti3O. Relative density decreases with the addition of Co3O4 compared to that of undoped at all doping level. When Co3O4 is added in the ceramics, relative density incre...


The relevance of the article is due to the increasing importance of the regional security factor in modern conditions, where the level of regional self-awareness and the desire for relative autonomy are growing within the framework of the general process of developing the security system. The article is devoted to the analysis of the security concepts existing in the history of philosophy in order to identify the evolution of ideas about "regional security". The study uses comparative, systemic and hermeneutic methods, the action of which is aimed at identifying aspects of regional security in texts devoted to the problems of state, national and public security. The novelty of the research is associated with the development of the idea of the evolution of ideas about regional security from abstract ideas to various aspects of regional practice. The result of the study is evidence that, being originally one of the aspects of general management theory, the ideas of regional security at the end of the twentieth century became the core of the concept of "regional security complexes". The next result was the substantiation that modern criticism of this concept is the basis of the theoretical constructions of regional security in the 21st century, which are based on a synthesis of ideas about the need to adopt rules adopted by states that support the stability of world security and the influence of regions with their own interests. The conclusion of the study is to assert that modern concepts of regional security are based on the synthesis of methodologies of the systemic and constructivist approaches. This methodology is used to substantiate the assertion that any state is forced to deal with the security problems of its regions, to pay attention to the existing threats and regional interests in them, which may be of a constructive nature and may pose a real danger associated with challenges from the political, economic, military, environmental, and social spheres. Keywords: regional security, philosophical discourse of security, state security, national security, social security, theory of regional security complexes


The spanning antituberculosis by disinfectant measures of the centers of a tubercular infection of the Udmurt Republic is investigated. The analysis of the medical documentation 246 men is carried out. The basic group was made by children and teenagers who were falling ill a tuberculosis, control group children and teenagers who were not falling ill a tuberculosis. Fixed, that in those in those centers of a tuberculosis, where children were ill, and teenagers in 66,7% of cases the closing disinfection will not be carried out current and in 92,8% of cases. The case rate of children and teenagers depends on quality of spent disinfectant measures in the centers of a tubercular infection.


The special representation of quantum mechanics suggested by Wiener is studied, the wave function being considered as Gaussian random variable, i. e. the vector of the random Hilbert space. The connection between this representation and the well-known Einstein's program aiming at creating the consistent field formulation of particle physics is revealed, with particles being represented as solitons, clots of some material field satisfying nonlinear equations.


Basu et al. (1) reported that 2 ϫ 10 11 m 3 /year of groundwater flows directly into the Bay of Bengal, an outflow equivalent to 19% of the discharge from the Ganges-Brah-maputra river system. They showed that this estimate of flow could have important consequences for the interpretation of marine strontium isotope records, because strontium concentrations are higher in Ganges delta groundwater than in Ganges-Brahmaputra river water. The flow could also have implications for the origin and fate of other groundwater constituents in the Ganges delta that could be flushed by such rapid regional flow, such as the dangerously high concentrations of arsenic contaminating millions of drinking water wells (2). Here, I show that the large estimate of regional groundwater flow by Basu et al. is implausible given the extremely flat topography of the Ganges delta , and that the young helium-tritium ratios that they find in groundwater may reflect irrigation pumping rather than basin-scale flow. The physical plausibility of the Basu et al. flow estimate may be considered by applying Darcy's law, without application of hydro-logic models that require specification of boundary fluxes. One hundred kilometers inland from the coast of the Ganges delta, elevations reach only 5 to 10 m above sea level, and the water table reaches only 2 to 4 m above sea level (3). Assuming upper bounds for aquifer thickness and hydraulic conductivity [pp. 2.1–2.22 in (4)], Darcy's law indicates that maintaining the discharge estimated by Basu et al. requires a hydraulic gradient of ϳ0.06 perpendicular to the coast (5). Such a gradient implies dramatic artesian conditions, with a potentiometric surface ϳ300 m above sea level 5 kilometers inland; such conditions do not exist in this area. Even if the assumed aquifer thickness is further increased to 2 km—an implausible depth for rapid, topographically driven flow in low-relief terrain—the implied artesian conditions remain incorrect. Furthermore, many aquifers in coastal areas suffer from high salinity [pp. 2.1–2.22 in (4)] that would be flushed out if groundwater flowed so quickly to the coast. Basu et al. estimated groundwater flow to the ocean by first calculating an average groundwater recharge rate of 0.6 m/year from helium-tritium dating of wellwater extracted below 30 m, and then assuming that this recharge flows directly to the Bay of Bengal. As an alternative hypothesis, irrigation pumping and local flow cells, rather than regional flow to the ocean, may draw young groundwater …


Background: Non-contrast computed tomography (NCCT) is the diagnostic choice for renal stone disease. Knowing the composition of a stone before passage can help to choose a better management. We sought to determine whether the Hounsfield unit (HU) measured by NCCT can predict the composition. Materials and Methods: 180 urinary stones from patients seen at Shariati, Kashani and Alzahra CT centers, were submitted to stone analysis, 2012. All scans had been interpreted for HU. Primitive statistical findings showed an effect of size on the HU. To avoid confounding bias, Hounsfield Density (HD: HU/largest transverse diameter) was calculated. Statistical comparisons were performed between composition with HU and HD. Results: Calcium stones had specific ranges for HD and HU. No non-calcium stone had HU more than 448 and HD greater than 50 HU/mm. Conclusion: NCCT can differentiate just Calcium from non-calcium stones.


The parameters of embedded atom method for elements Ce,Th and Yb have been determined by fitting the lattice constants,the monovacancy formation energy,the cohesive energy and the bulk elastic modulus.The alloy potential has been taken as the form of Johnson's.The dilute-limit heats of solution of Th-Ce,Ce-Th,Th-Yb,Yb-Th,Ce-Yb and Yb-Ce binary alloy systems have been calculated with the present embedded atom potentials firstly.The results calculated with the present model will play an important role in studying phase diagram of alloys and developing new rare earth materials.


The absolute energy distributions of two delta Sct stars BETA Cas (HR 21) and nu UMa (HR 3888) are given. By matching these with model atmospheres their effective temperatures, gravities, radii, and masses are estimated. (auth)


Within recent years much has been written concerning the pathology of appendicitis. The anatomic characteristics of the different varieties of appendicitis, together with the secondary lesions accompanying the primary appendiceal inflammation, have been most carefully described and abundant statistics dealing with the relative frequency of the different types of appendiceal and periappendiceal lesions exist. In spite of all this accumulated knowledge, the subject of the pathology of appendicitis is not by any means a closed chapter, but continues to be prominent in medical discussions and literature. The reason for this, perhaps, may lie in the fact that it has not yet been generally recognized that the different pathologic conditions, as they are encountered at operation in cases of appendicitis, represent, for the most part, simply different stages of an inflammatory process involving primarily the appendix and accompanied, in a large proportion of cases, by a more or less extensive secondary involvement of the peritoneal cavity.


Using graph databases becomes increasingly popular in domains where data can be modeled as a set of connected objects. Graph databases enable to query such data using graph-based queries in a relatively simple manner in comparison to the classical relational databases. In this paper, we show how one of the most popular graph databases, Neo4j, can be applied to the bioinformatics problem of protein-protein interface (PPI) identification. The goal of the PPI identification task is, given a protein structure, to identify amino acids which are responsible for binding of the structure to other proteins. Each protein structure consists of a set of amino acid molecules which can be conceived as a graph and multitude of methods for analysis of such protein graphs have been established. We introduce here a knowledge-based approach which can enhance the quality of these methods by utilizing existing protein structure knowledge stored in the Protein Data Bank (PDB). We show how to transform information about protein complexes from PDB into Neo4j where they can be stored as a set of independent protein graphs. The resulting graph database contains about 14 millions labeled nodes and 38 millions edges. In the PPI identification phase, this database is queried using exact subgraph matching and the results are aggregated to improve an existing PPI identification method. We show the pros and cons of using Neo4j for such endeavor with respect to the size of the database and complexity of the queries in comparison to using a relational database (Microsoft SQL Server). We conclude that using Neo4j is a viable option for specific, rather small, subgraph query types. However, we have encountered performance limitations, especially for larger query graphs in terms of number of edges.


Codonopsis Radix, a popular food homology medicine, is widely used in clinical traditional Chinese medicine and food supplement, raw products and three types of processed products are the main form of decoction pieces in China. However, there is no scientific basis for comprehensive chemical characterization of raw and three types of processed products. Herein, we investigated qualitatively and quantificationally secondary and primary metabolites in raw Codonopsis Radix and three types of processed products by metabolomics and glycomics employing multiple chromatography-mass spectrometry technology combined with chemometric analysis further to look for differential compounds and propose the processing-induced chemical mechanisms. The results indicated Codonopsis Radix became dark-colored and smell of burnt incense odor after processing. Principal component analysis demonstrated that secondary metabolome and glycome were significant altered between raw and processed products, and 36 differential secondary metabolites and 11 differential primary metabolites were finally screened through orthogonal partial least-squares-discriminant analysis. The main types of compounds are alkaloids, terpenoids, glycosides, amino acids, monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and furfural derivatives. Meanwhile, Chemical mechanisms could be involved, including oxidation, glycosidic hydrolysis, esterification, dehydration and Maillard reaction. This work supplies chemical basis for the application of various types of Codonopsis Radix decoction pieces. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


Nowdays, the reform in economics structure has become deeper and deepe r, the competition for market is increasingly fierce, and the restructure in ind ustrial has been conducted all the time. Following these trends, there'll be a r aising number of laid-offs in our country for a certain period. And the traditi o nal re-employment channels won't satisfy these laid-offs' demands any more . T he refore , its necessary to creat new channels . Based on the analyses of necess ity of re-employment issue, in this paper, the au thor proposed to expand community services as a new channel. Along with that, so me suggestions for re-employment of laid-offs have also been put forward.


PART 1 In 1915, Citron 1 reported a case of leukemia which from the blood picture and clinical findings, was diagnosed as "micromyeloblastic leukemia." The postmortem histologic study carried out by Pappenheim and Citron showed that the bone marrow was entirely normal. However, the cells of the follicles, as well as the cells of the interfollicular tissue of the lymph nodes and spleen, contained a slightly enlarged, eccentrically placed, perfectly round nucleus which resembled very closely the nucleus of a "myeloblast." The largest forms, however, were not as large as those found in "myeloblastic leukemia." While the blood showed a definite myelogenous picture, it was evident that the "myeloblasts" and "micromyeloblasts" of the blood were not coming to any extent from the bone marrow because the bone marrow was normal (Pappenheim and Citron). On the other hand, there was clear evidence that an actual proliferation in situ of the follicular as


The interfacial activity of amphiphlic polymer APVR solution,the microscopic morphology of its emulsifying and dispersing SZ36-1 crude oil( viscosity is 380 mPa. s) system,its ability to reduce the viscosity of crude oil-water mixing system and its ability to increase the viscosity of water phase are studied by using the spinning drop tensiometer,laser scanning confocal microscope( LSCM),fluorescence microscopy and other research means. The experimental results show that: the amphipathic polymer solution has good interfacial activity,the contact angle between it and crude oil is 34. 67°,and it can reduce the interfacial tension between oil and water to the magnitude order of 10- 1mN / m; the crude oil and the amphiphilic polymer forms O / W emulsion system,it is observed that the heavy oil is dispersed to form a homogeneous system of small diameter particles by fluorescence microscopy and laser scanning confocal microscope,which significantly enhances the fluidity of the system. When the mass ratio of the crude oil to the amphipathic polymer solution is 5: 10,the amphiphilic polymer solution can reduce the viscosity of crude oil from 380 mPa. s to 34. 6 mPa. s,whose viscosity reduction rate can be more than 90%. When the polymer mass concentration is 1 500 mg / L,the viscosity of the solution can still reach to 18. 1 mPa. s after shearing 20 s at 3 500 r / min,which shows a good ability of amphiphlic polymer APVR solution to increase the viscosity of water phase. Mechanism analysis shows that the good viscosity reduction ability of APVR solution is due to its good interfacial activity and reverse emulsification performance.


Biogenic nanoparticles are considered effective alternatives to chemical pesticides for the management of pathogenic plant diseases. This study was focused on the synthesis of stable silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) to control challenging plant pathogenic bacteria in vitro and in planta. We synthesized AgNPs by reacting different proportions of silver nitrate and aqueous extract of Hedera nepalensis. The physicochemical properties of the synthesized AgNPs were determined by using various physical techniques. The TEM analysis revealed the AgNPs less than 50 nm in size and spherical shaped. For antibacterial assays, different concentrations (1000–15.62 µg/mL, 2-fold dilutions) of the extract-free AgNPs (Ef-AgNPs) or extract-mixed AgNPs (Em-AgNPs), and fruit extracts (FE) were used against plant pathogenic bacteria Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora, Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica, and Ralstonia solanacearum. In the in vitro assays, we found significant inhibition of both bacterial species in response to maximum concentrations of AgNPs. Overall, Ef-AgNPs exhibited a higher percent inhibition of bacterial pathogens. In potato tubers assay, complete inhibition of Erwinia carotovora was observed, except for the lowest AgNPs concentration of 15.62 µg/mL. Similarly, exposure of tomato plants to Ralstonia solanacearum suspensions (OD600 = 0.2) in the soil-drenching experiment and post-exposure treatment with 1000 µg/mL and 125 µg/mL of AgNPs resulted in disease inhibition. This study provides the basis that biogenic nanoparticles prepared from Hedera nepalensis are one of the best substitutes to synthetic pesticide, having displayed better results to control the growth of phytopathogenic microbes. However, field studies need to be conducted in a controlled environment to scale up the current work and find out the efficacy of nanoparticles on a larger scale.


by certified nurse midwives and doctors. The video moves quickly enough to maintain interest, yet the information provided is not overwhelming. The 12 segments can be viewed independently of each other. They are as follows: Introduction (which includes basic fetal development), Everybody Means Well, But . . ., Prenatal Check-Ups, Special Tests, Things to Avoid When You Are Pregnant, Emotional Ups and Downs, Good Food for a Healthy Baby, Keeping Fit, Dealing With Discomforts, Emergencies, Preterm Labor, and Getting Ready for Your Baby's Birth Day. The focus is on normal, low-risk pregnancies. Routine medical care is described as prenatal visits, weight and urine checks, monitoring of blood pressure, and pulse and uterine measurements. Other tests, including ultrasound and alpha-fetoprotein screening, are classified as "special tests." It is made clear that there are risks and benefits to such tests and that it is the decision of expectant parents to use them. The sections on health and safety offer straightforward suggestions that are easy to incorporate. Domestic abuse is addressed, as are symptoms that span from discomfort to danger. During the nutrition segment, specific food suggestions (including nonanimal sources) are offered with a focus on protein, iron, calcium, carbohydrates, and liquids. Although infant feeding is not discussed, breastfeeding is assumed. In one office, Medications and Mothers' Milk is on a table; in another exam room, a breastfeeding poster is on the wall. Prenatal breastfeeding classes are encouraged and shown. Although a nursing bra and shirt are shown, bottles are not. La Leche League is presented as a resource, and its toll number and website are given, although www. laleche.com is incorrect. (The correct URL is www. lalecheleague.org.) The video offers a well-rounded introduction to prenatal wellness and health care.


The invention relates to a method for preparing magnetic porous polystyrene microspheres on the basis of suspension polymerization, belonging to the technical field of preparation of environmental functional materials. The method comprises the following steps: synthesizing Fe3O4 magnetic particles by a solvothermal process; and preparing magnetic porous polystyrene microspheres by suspension polymerization by using styrene and divinylbenzene as functional monomers, azodiisobutyronitrile as an initiator and toluene and cyclohexanol as pore-forming agents. The obtained microspheres have abundant pores on the surface, thereby being beneficial to enhancing adsorbability; and the Fe3O4 magnetic particles inside the microspheres have magnetic stability, and can be quickly separated under the action of an external magnetic field. The adsorbent is used in a water environment for selectively adsorbing 2,4-dichlorophenol and 2,6-dichlorophenol. The static adsorption experiment result indicates that the magnetic porous microspheres prepared by the method have the advantages of favorable adsorption capacity, quick adsorption kinetic property and favorable regenerability.


This study utilizes a software application developed by the US Forest Service to assess the structure and benefits of the street tree population within watershed 263, a 364 ha storm drain watershed located within the southwest section Baltimore city, Maryland. A sample inventory of city-owned street trees was taken from within the watershed and analyzed to compare that data to the city's overall urban tree canopy assessment and goals. The survey found that the urban tree canopy cover within watershed 263 was poorer that that of the city as a whole and that increasing the tree coverage within the watershed would allow both the watershed and Baltimore city meet goals of improving air and water quality. I. Introduction Urbanization continues to be a major trend across the country (Pickett et al., 2007). Baltimore, Maryland is no exception to this trend; the region is following the same patterns seen within other major urban areas including "a thinning and reorganization of the urban core and a rapid suburban and exurban development (Pickett et al., 2007, 45.) Recently; however, the city has begun to experience a re-birth and population is estimated to grow within the next five years. More people are choosing to move back to Baltimore city taking advantage of lower housing costs and opportunities (Livebaltimore.com) and the city anticipates a large flux in population from the Defense Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) implemented by the Federal Government. Changes in the ecosystem occur as a result of urban growth and change, a number of researchers in the Baltimore area are studying how urban watersheds function as a result of these changes. One of the major concerns within Baltimore's watersheds is the relationship between the urban watershed's structure and function and the quality of water in the Chesapeake Bay (Pickett et al., 2007). Increasing urban tree canopy (UTC) is one storm water management best practice that can improve the water in the Chesapeake Bay (Galvin et al., 2006). The Chesapeake Bay BMP Basics Handbook (available online at: http://www.chesapeakebay.net/ pubs/waterqualitycriteria/BMPHandbook1-8f.pdf) discusses that maintaining current tree canopy levels and planting trees in urban and ultra urban areas can result in nutrient reductions.

  A study by Goetz et al. (2003) found that a UTC of 44.6% was associated


Hexagonal mesoporous silica (HMS) is functionalised with mercaptopropyl groups by adopting two different procedures ; co-condensation and grafting. In both cases tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and 3-mercaptopropyltriethoxysilane (3-MPTES) are used as the silicon and sulfur precursors, respectively. The obtained materials are analysed by several techniques such as N 2 sorption, TG-DTA, XRD, SAXS and-solid state 29 Si { 1 H} CP-MAS NMR spectroscopy. By taking advantage of the chemical interaction between gold and the -SH groups, the effect of the thiol addition procedure on the supporting capability of the functionalised silica is evaluated by depositing gold through the incipient wet impregnation technique. The influence of the functionalisation method on the electronic structure of gold and on its surface distribution is determined by extended X-ray fine absorption spectra (EXAFS) of Au at the L III edge and by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).


The presented method allows quickly, without tooth removing, without the use of expensive equipment to determine the contents of fluorine in the enamel of the teeth in clinical conditions. Method allows to conclude the feasibility of the use of fluoride and calcium medications for studied patients. The proposed schemes of permanent teeth caries prevention enable the dentist to provide individual recommendations for each patient.


This study aims to determine whether the competence, independence, time budget pressure, and ethical impact on audit quality. Research with the theme of quality audit becomes important in two points: first, as a way of seeing reality in compliance auditor to audit standards and the second, while maintaining user trust. Audit quality on the one hand can increase the reliability of the information, on the other hand is influenced by many factors such as the competence, independence, time budget pressure, and ethics. This study uses the KAP auditor as respondents, by considering two important things: first, in Jakarta and the second, the category of non big four, as a way of presenting variation among the existing research. Total respondents 106 auditors were selected purposively and proportionally from 17 KAP. The data is processed using multiple linear regressions after classical assumption test and instrument questionnaire test. The results showed all four of the above factors have a significant effect on audit quality. Suggestions of this study extend some aspects of the research. Keywords: audit quality competence, independence, time budget pressure, ethics, auditors


Sodium resonance fluorescence lidar was used to detect sodium layer at Hefei. The configuration of sodium resonance fluorescence lidar was introduced. The measurement data have been retrieved and analyzed. The results show that the density of sodium varied much during Dec.2005 to Mar.2006: The column abundance of sodium layer changed from 5.4×109cm-2 to 2.4×109cm-2, reduced almost 50%; The mean RMS width also declined, and the centroid height of sodium layer had small fluctuation. The variation trend of sodium layer at Hefei is similar to those in the other mid-latitude places (such as Illinois, Tokyo) in the world.


CONTENT

PART I: Securing Information System
PART II: Computer Security Self
Efficacy Information Systems Theories
-TAM , Technology Adoption Model, TTF
Social Cognitive Theory
Computer security self efficacy
-Computer self-efficacy
-Internet self-efficacy
-Confidentiality
-Integrity
-Availability
-Perceived Risk
-Perceived Trust
-Online Anxiety


Approximate nearest neighbor searching algorithms has achieved superior success in addition tasks. The existing well liked methods for ANN search, like hashing and division. These methods are designed for static databases only. They cannot handle well we tend to address the matter by developing a web product division (online PQ) model and incrementally updating the division codebook that accommodates to the incoming streaming knowledge. Moreover, to additional alleviate the problem of large scale computation for the web PQ update; we tend to style to budget constraints for the model to update partial PQ codebook Instead of all. We tend to derive a loss sure that guarantees the performance of our on-line PQ model. Moreover, we tend to develop a web PQ model over a window with each knowledge insertion and deletion supported, to replicate the period behavior of the Data. The experiments demonstrate that our on -line PQ model is each time-efficient and effective for ANN search in dynamic giant scale databases compared with baseline strategies and also the plan of partial PQ codebook update additional reduces the update price


ULTI-WALLED carbon nanotubes decorated Zinc oxide ..........(MWCNTs/ZnO) nanocomposites with ratio of (99: 1 wt %) was prepared using sol gel method. Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) and The X-ray diffraction pattern (XRD) showed that the MWCNTs/ZnO nanocomposites was synthesized with particle size ranging from 2-7 nm and crystalline size about 7nm. The Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) images demonstrate that ZnO had grown on the walls of MWCNTs were uniformed layer in the shape of thin film layer of nanospheres covering the surface of the tubes, also the energy dispersive X-ray spectrum (EDX) and Fourier Transformed spectroscopy (FTIR) prove the presence of ZnO without any impurities.


Daron Shaw (1999) argues in "The Methods behind the Madness: Presidential Electoral College Strategies, 1988-1996" that candidates formulate state-level general election campaign strategies based on a number of predictable and exogenous factors, such as the cost of television advertisements and electoral vote share. Shaw (1999) further asserts that these strategies are strong independent predictors of candidate resource allocation. His article supports these conclusions with what are claimed to be results from ordered probit and two-stage least squares (2SLS) regressions, but we demonstrate that both are in fact ordinary least squares (LS) regressions. When we implement the methods that Shaw (1999) claims to use, we find that all key substantive conclusions in the article vanish. We show that the factors attributed to the formation of electoral college strategy are insignificant and that whether these strategies have any independent effect on the allocation of campaign resources cannot be ascertained from his (claimed or actual) methods and data. In "The Methods behind the Madness: Presidential Electoral College Strategies, 1988-1996," Daron Shaw presents an explanation of the systematic components of presidential campaigns. Shaw (1999) concludes that candidates formulate campaign strategy based on predictable factors such as competitiveness, electoral vote share, and the cost of television advertisement buys. Shaw (1999) then finds that electoral college strategy, as determined by these factors, is a strong independent predictor of campaign resource allocation. Particularly remarkable are the electoral college strategies that Shaw compiles for each major party presidential candidate for the 1988, 1992, and 1996 elections. These data, compiled from campaign and journalistic sources, provide a classification system directly from our source of inquiry, the actual campaigns. The electoral college strategy variable measures how presidential campaigns classify states as: base Republican; marginal Republican; battleground; marginal Democratic; or base Democratic. Shaw also collects and utilizes data on candidate appearances and television advertisement buys. Shaw (1999) finds that electoral college strategies are solid indicators of campaign resource allocation, and that these classifications are based on factors such as state competitiveness, electoral vote share, and the cost of television advertisement buys. Shaw (1999) claims to have used an "ordered probit" (p. 906) analysis to measure the factors that influence electoral college strategy, while a "two-stage least squares (2SLS)" (p. 907) framework is claimed to have been used to measure electoral college strategy's effect on campaign resource allocation. In attempting to replicate Shaw's results, we discover that in fact both analyses are actually ordinary least squares (LS). We also find that all substantive conclusions in Shaw (1999) no longer hold or else cannot be supported. Television advertisement costs, competitiveness, and Television advertising buys are measured using gross rating points (GRPs). A GRP is a measure of television market share; if a campaign procures 100 GRPs, then 100 percent of a television market view the campaign ad once (Shaw, 1999: p. 894). The authors wish to thank Daron Shaw for providing his data, following the "replication standard" as described by King (1995). Daron Shaw has made us aware that he is conducting further analysis with additional, improved data. Our analysis here is based on data used and presented in Shaw (1999).