The problem addressed here involves a central controller seeking to optimize traffic network performance under real-time routing information provision to drivers while explicitly accounting for drivers' likely reactions towards the information. A fuzzy control approach is used to identify the behavior-consistent information-based control strategies. Experiments are performed to compare the effectiveness of the behavior-consistent approach with traditional dynamic traffic assignment based approaches for deployment. The results show the importance of incorporating driver behavior to identify the information strategies. Significant differences in terms of total system travel time savings and compliance to the information strategies can be obtained when the behavior-consistent approach is compared to the traditional approaches. The behavior-consistent approach can provide more robust performance compared to the standard user optimal or system optimal information provision strategies.


We show that the NP complete problems MAX CUT and INDEPENDENT SET can be formulated as the 2-local Hamiltonian problem as defined by Kitaev. He introduced the quantum complexity class BQNP as the quantum analog of NP, and showed that the 5-local Hamiltonian problem is BQNP-complete. It is not known whether the s-local Hamiltonian problem is BQNP-complete for s smaller than 5. Therefore it is interesting to determine what problems can be reduced to the s-local Hamiltonian problem. Kitaev showed that 3-SAT can be formulated as a 3-local Hamiltonian problem. We extend his result by showing that 2-locality is sufficient in order to encompass NP.


Objective To analyze the trend of single-dose eye drops.Methods To analyze the amount of the single-dose eye drops'sales of the hospital in 2009. Results The arrangement of the top three selling drugs were corneal recovered eye drops,NSAIDs eye drops and antibiotic eye drops. Conclusion Single-dose eye drops is more concerned currently,whichis the new direction of the development of ophthalmic drugs.


ABSTRACT The characteristics of hydroxypropylated phosphate cross-linked potato starch (HPS) were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), granule size distribution and dynamic viscoelasticity measurements. The endothermic peak appeared at the temperature range from 48°C to 50°C for HPS, whereas it appeared at 61°C for native potato starch (NPS) in the heating DSC curves. The viscoelasticity of heated HPS dispersions was strongly dependent on the degree of modification. Dynamic viscoelastic measurements were performed for 5% dispersions of NPS and HPS heated at various temperatures. The HPS granules heated at the temperature range from 50°C to 100°C for 30 min were not ruptured, and diameters of HPS granules after being heated were strongly dependent on the degree of modification. NPS granules were fully swollen and then ruptured gradually on heating above 70°C. The storage shear modulus (G') and the loss shear modulus (G") of HPS dispersions decreased and became more frequency dependent with increasing degree of modification, whereas the viscoelasticity of HPS dispersions heated at the temperature range from 50°C to 100°C were almost independent of heating temperature. On the other hand, G' and G" of NPS dispersions became smaller with increasing temperature of heat treatment. The retrogradation of chemically modified starch were scarcely observed in the heating DSC curves, whilst considerable retrogradation was observed in the native one. It was shown that even a slight modification retarded the retrogradation remarkably.


Review(s) of: Hidden histories, Deborah Bud Rose, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 1991, pp.268, Maps, Black and White Illustrations, Index. $22.9.5 p.b.; Born of the Conquerors, by Judith Wright, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 199, pp.156, Colour Illustrations. $22.95 p.b. Includes bibliography. Includes footnotes.


Intelligent assistance technologies are becoming very popular in the field of digital arena. There exists various Artificial Intelligent Systems. In this paper, a comparative study has been done based on the technologies used in various digital intelligent assistants. Here, a new idea has been proposed based on the learning patterns of human behaviour which is to be implemented in Hologram using Artificial Neural Network. Keywords— ANN, Hologram, Self-Organized Mapping


To develop a systematic procedure for the identification of odourous organic compounds in drinking water Grob9s stripping method was modified to improve the concentration of odourous compounds. Sensory analysis of stripped waters and concentrates of stripped compounds showed that the yield of odourous compounds increased substantially at elevated stripping temperatures and prolonged stripping times. Chemical analysis showed an increased recovery of semipolar compounds, e.g. aldehydes, ketones and alcohols. The change from a closed loop to an open stripping system has greatly simplified stripping analysis at higher temperatures. Raw and treated surface waters have been analysed. Capillary gas chromatography and mass spectrometry were used for the separation and identification.


As the unique cultural identity of the Jewish people, Jewishness emphasizes the traditional connotation and value of Jewish culture. The sense of tramping is an eternal characteristic of Jews and one of the symbols of Jewish culture. Quite contrary to tramps in traditional novels, the protagonists in Saul Bellow's novels experienced spiritual travel, through which they not only displayed the sense of tramping in their inner world, but also tried to pursue self-identity so as to find the destination of souls and achieve the regress of spirit.


The experimental data of the spectral-reflectance factor are considered as dependent on the instrument-spectral-bandwidth function in order to perform their deconvolution and to compute the tristimulus values. The deconvolution is performed by local-power expansion. In the case that the spectral-bandpass dependence regards only the spectral transmittance of the monochromator, the goodness of this technique is evaluated by simulation (1325 reflectance factors of the Munsell samples are considered as trial functions) and compared with other usual techniques: Stearns and Stearns method for bandpass error, ASTM-weighting function interpolation, and Venable-ASTM weighting function. The zero order of the deconvoluted spectral-reflectance factor can be related to the Stearns and Stearns method for bandpass error. With respect to any other technique, the second-order deconvolution, for the CIE standard illuminants, gives color differences lower by a factor 0.1 or more for a bandpass Δλ = 10 nm, color differences lower by a factor 0.3 or more for a bandpass Δλ = 20 nm and, for the CIE fluorescent illuminants, color differences generally lower. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Col Res Appl, 25, 176–185, 2000


Two new species of Orycteropus are described from Miocene deposits of Kenya. O. minutus, sp.nov. the smallest known orycteropodid is recorded from the lower Miocene of Songhor, Rusinga and Mfwangano. O. chemeldoi sp.nov. is known from the mid-Miocene of Ngorora and Fort Ternan. Additional material of O. africanus (MacInnes) is described and parts of three specimens of O. afer crassidens (MacInnes) are described from the lower Pleistocene of East Rudolf. A review of fossil Orycteropodidae is given, and maps and diagrams presented which show all the recorded localities which have yielded Orycteropus. The Eurasian species are considered to form a closely related group which lived there from about 9 million until about 5 million years ago, in which case they may represent a good key group for stratigraphic purposes.


We describe the standardization of lymphocyte culture procedures in order to improve cytological preparations of anuran species. This methodology permits the use of 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) treatment to obtain replication banding patterns in the chromosomes of these species.


Strategic landscape in Northeast Asia is dramatically changing. In North Korea, after repeated provocations, Kim Jong Il was dead in 2011 and Kim Jong Un succeeded the position of the leader of North Korea. April 2012, while it was failed, North Korea launched long range missile. This event illustrates the fact that North Korea seriously continues to develop long-range ballistic missiles. With anotherconsistent effort to develop nuclear weapons, North Korea causes unpredictable instability in Northeast Asia. And rising China brings about even more unpredictability (although not necessarily instability) in this region. After two-decade rapid economic growth, China overtook Japan as a national GDP scale to be the second largest economy in the world. While Chinese economy is now indispensable for regional and world economic growth, China sometimes take assertive behaviors and such behaviors has raised concern among regional countries, especially countries at South China Sea and East China Sea. On the other hand, since economic interdependence with China has deepened and spread, shaping the future of "win-win" for both China and regional countries is the most important regional strategic challenge. In such radically changing region, both Japan and Republic of Korea (ROK)face common strategic challenge, with some difference in nuance. Both countries share democratic values, market economy, being allies of the U.S., threatened by North Korea, and facing complex problems from the rise of China. Given rapidly changing strategic landscape, Japan and ROKshould deepen security cooperation both in the context of the coordination of two bilateral alliances and bilateral relations between Japan and ROK, to broaden range of choices for both countries. (Not to antagonize or to contain China) To think about such challenge, this paper discusses three issues: Japan's recent development of security strategy, its attitude toward China discussed in Japanese think tank community, and future of Japan-ROK bilateral and Japan-US-ROK trilateral cooperation.


The invention relates to a method for ventilation and temperature control of rooms based on the principle of dilution ventilation in which a primary air flow (40) in the ceiling cavity (30) of a room (4) is initiated by a false ceiling (31) of the ceiling (26) , is separated and leaks (41, 42, 43) in the false ceiling (31) into the space (4) is introduced the primary air stream (40) produced in the ceiling cavity (30) as the induction air flow a secondary air stream (33), the indoor air stream has a (32) from the space (4) nachsaugt in the ceiling cavity (30) with the secondary air stream (33) mixed and as the tertiary air stream (34) through the leaks (41, 42, 43) in the false ceiling (31) into the space ( 4) are introduced.


C [ OST critics approaching Browning's The Ring and the Book have located his collapse of truth and fiction as one of the central strategies within the work. Harvey Feinberg, for example, claims that "any analysis of Browning's The Ring and the Book must begin with a close scrutiny of the ring metaphor itself."' Focusing on the ring as a "reconstitution of the timeless poetic symbol itself: the 'Etrurian' circle of eternity," he explores Browning's use of the circle of art to criticize the "'square' of 'crude fact"' (p. 71). John M. Menaghan examines the same theme from the perspective of speaker and voice; for him, the metaphor of the ring can be seen as a "symbol of the split between the invisible poet removed from the work's surface and the poet/speaker as inextricable alloy mixed in with the other elements of the whole."2 There is no doubt that the ring is a viable metaphor in the poem; but while critics like Menaghan have focused on its use as a metaphor of art or "embodied truth" (p. 267), they have not fully explored the economic motives of the symbol. In fact, one can argue that Browning's


The mu+ system has been developed in response to the increasing availability of phonetically and prosodically segmented speech databases. Using an on‐line dictionary and pronunciation rules, mu+ maps waves derived label files containing phonetic segments onto phonemes that are in turn parsed into words. Foot and syllable structure are built automatically between word and phoneme levels and a grid is provided to enter (manually) intonational transcriptions. The different kinds of labels can be identified both hierarchically and sequentially. A typical search and display pattern would be: ''display as ellipses in the formant plane F1 and F2 at the vowel target of all accented front vowels that follow syllable‐initial oral stops in trisyllabic content words that are phrase‐final and utterance‐medial.'' Analogous search patterns and displays can also be made for segmented speech production (movement, EMG) data and any combination of segments can be D/A converted. The mu+ system has applications not only in sp...


Objective To investigate the effects of ischemic preconditioning (IP) on blood-brain barrier permeability and matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression after cerebral ischemia reperfusion in rats.Methods A total of 154 Wistar rats were randomly divided into sham operation (n = 14),non-ischemic preconditioning (NIP,n = 70),and IP (n = 70) group.The latter two groups were redivided into 5 subgroups (n = 14 in each subgroup).A middle cerebral artery occlusion model was induced by intraluminal suture method.After 10 minutes IP,re-ischemia for 2 hours and reperfusion for 22 hours were performed at day 1,3,7,14,and 21,respectively.The infarct volume was detected using 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC)staining.The BBB permeability were evaluated by measuring the content of the extravascular exudation of Evan's blue (EB).The degree of cerebral edema was evaluated using the wet-dry weight method.MMP-9 protein and mRNA expression were detected by immunohistochemical staining and in situ hybridization.Results Compared to the corresponding subgroups in the NIP group,the neurological deficit scores,infarct volume,EB content,and brain water content were decreased significantly,and MMP-9 protein and mRNA expression were down-regulated significantly in the day 1,3,and 7 subgroups in the IP group (P 〈 0.05 or P 〈 0.01 ).The infarct volume and MMP-9 mRNA expression of the day 1,3,7 subgroups in the IP group were more significantly reduced or down-regulated than those of the day 14 and21 subgroups in the IP group.The EB content,brain water content,and MMP-9 protein expression of the day 3 and 7 subgroups were more significantly lower than those in other subgroups.Among them,they were decreased most significantly in the day 3 subgroup (P 〈 0.05).Conclusions The changes of IP-induced BBB permeability and the down-regulated MMP-9 expression may play important roles in cerebral ischemic tolerance.

Key words:
Brain ischemia Blood-brain barrier Matrix metalloproteinase 9 Ischemic preconditioning Brain edema Rats


Objective: To study the pathological characters of the bronchial mucus membrane in mild and moderately persistent asthmatic patients and to explore the possible functions of neutrophils.Methods: Bronchial biopsy specimens and bronchial alveolar lavage fluids(BALF) were obtained from 12 patients with intermittent asthma(group A),16 patients with mild or moderately persistent asthma(group B) and 14 patients with peripheral lung cancer in an early stage(group C).The pathological characters were observed by light microscopy using HE staining.Expression of MPO in the bronchial mucus membrane was determined by immunohistochemical staining.The cell count and MPO,ECP,IL-8 contents in BALF were determined at the same time.Results: The Eos count in BALF of the A,B and C groups(×106/ml)was(7.58±4.42),(8.89±4.25) and(4.32±2.13)respectively,which was significantly higher in groups A and B than in group C(P0.05).The neutrophil count was(4.04±2.14),(15.03±6.79) and(4.15±1.09)respectively,which was significantly higher in group B than in groups A and C(P0.05).The ECP content was(72.50±28.27)(mg/ml),(76.88±22.85)(mg/ml) and(42.67±24.00)(mg/ml) respectively,which was significantly higher in groups A and B than in group C(P0.05).The MPO content was(11.35±5.87)(u),(25.31±15.71)(u) and(12.67±6.44)(u)respectively,which was significantly higher in group B than in groups A and C(P0.05).The IL-8 content was(3.43±1.46)(ng/ml),(14.12±11.41)(ng/ml) and(2.93±0.93)(ng/ml)respectively,which was significantly higher in group B than in groups A and C(P0.05). The MPO positive cells under the mucus membrane in group B were significantly higher than in group A(P0.05).Conclusion: Both neutrophils and Eos participate in the inflammatory reaction of mild and moderately persistent asthma and neutrophils play a more important role in it.


This paper sets out the working principle of ultrasonic thickness gauges,analyzes and describes the factors affecting the ultrasonic thickness values.


We investigate the dynamic properties of the realized volatility of five agricultural commodity futures by employing the high-frequency data from Chinese markets and find that the realized volatility exhibits both long memory and regime switching. To capture these properties simultaneously, we utilize a Markov switching autoregressive fractionally integrated moving average (MS-ARFIMA) model to forecast the realized volatility by combining the long memory process with regime switching component, and compare its forecast performances with the competing models at various horizons. The full-sample estimation results show that the dynamics of the realized volatility of agricultural commodity futures are characterized by two levels of long memory: one associated with the low-volatility regime and the other with the high-volatility regime, and the probability to stay in the low-volatility regime is higher than that in the high-volatility regime. The out-of-sample volatility forecast results show that the combination of long memory with switching regimes improves the performance of realized volatility forecast, and the proposed model represents a superior out-of-sample realized volatility forecast to the competing models. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


We consider the development of one-company towns in Russia at the present stage, identify the strategic priorities of one-company towns, and analyze the main problems to be resolved in order to maintain and accelerate the development of one-company towns in the Russian Federation. This article contains policy recommendations for the development of one-company towns, which include the tasks of federal, regional and local importance. It is argued that that development of one-company towns is now one of the components of innovation development.


The paper presents the rules for labeling meat and meat-containing canned foods and examples of their intentional violation. Photo materials from the sites of trading organizations and canned food manufacturers are shown that demonstrate marketing tricks misleading consumers. Explanations and comments to revealed violations in marks and inscriptions are given. The obligatory fulfillment of the requirements of the standard GOST 13534 "Meat and meat containing cans. Packing, marking and transportation" is emphasized with regard to introducing the index of the type of the enterprise's economic activity, number of an enterprise and assortment number of canned foods into marks, which is a guarantee of finished product safety


Summary Access control is one of the fundamental security mechanisms in information systems. When a multi-user system uses XML documents as data storage, the need of access control to XML documents arises. Due to the hierarchical structure, XML access control is finegrained in nature. For this criterion, instead of controlling access to the whole XML document, it is possible to limit user access to substructures of the document. One of the key problems on which XML access control is centered is to find techniques for efficient enforcement of access control policy over XML data, thus user access authorization. In general, XML access control model uses XPath expressions for specifying the substructure of the document to define policy. Authorization process needs to find the substructure which is referring from the policy in order to evaluate user access to requested data. Thus, authorization process needs to access the data file every time user requests access to data. Evaluating concurrent requests on large data slow down the data access process especially on the Internet where large number of user accesses at any given time is very common. In this paper, we use classification of user requests and the user policy, and compare them to get the authorization result. Our experiment shows that the process significantly minimizes the need of data access in the process of evaluating user access.


The regulation of freeway traffic flow, which is a complex nonlinear system, is achieved via the newly introduced model-free control. Several computer simulations are validating our control strategy, which is easy to implement and shows good robustness properties with respect to perturbations


PURPOSE: A method for diagnosing an open phase in a three-phase alternating motor is provided to simply diagnose the rest of one open phase which does not use a current sensor by calculating the rest of one open phase base on a measured two phase current as well as checking a vector about the measured two phase current. CONSTITUTION: An arbitrary two phase current is measured through a current sensor which is arranged at an arbitrary two phase line among the three phase lines of a three phase alternating current motor(S701). The rest of one phase current, in which a current sensor is not arranged, is calculated based on a measured two phase current using a certain formula(S702). A vector about the measured two phase current is compared and whether a two phase current vector is in a preset condition state is determined(S703). The general control routine of a pre-programmed motor is performed and the progress of program is back to the previous step if a two phase current vector is in a preset condition state(S704).


The composition-graded Invar alloy films with the composition ranging from pure iron to 50%NiFe were prepared. Both the magnetic properties and the electrical resistivity were investigated. We found that γ-phase could be obtained in 20%NiFe film at room temperature after a proper thermal treatment and also found that the finite magnetization at γ-phase could be obtained in the composition ranging from 20%NiFe to 30%NiFe as well as in the case of the fine particles. The temperature dependence of the saturation magnetization in those films showed a flatter variation than that obtained from the Brillouin function. It was concluded that this result mainly originated not from the gradient of the composition but from the interaction between the substrate and the film.


Resentment is a noxious emotion that can exist in sublimated form as a result of being subjected to inferiorization, stigmazation, or violence. In its active form, resentment can be a forceful response to acts that have created unjustified and meaningless suffering. We consider sociomoral conceptualizations of resentment by Adam Smith, Hume, and Lévinas. Nietzsche and Scheler developed the broader notion of ressentiment, a generalized form of resentment arising out of powerlessness and the experience of brutalization neither forgotten nor forgiven. Resentment is seen historically as a sentiment that is saturated with frustration, contempt, outrage, and malevolence. Marshall described oppositional class-consciousness as permeated with resentment and anger, but resentment also contains the basic emotions of surprise and disgust. Resentment is linked to the concept of relative deprivation. A partial classification of emotions is used to further analyze resentment as containing three secondary-level emotions: contempt (anger & disgust), shock (surprise & disgust), and outrage (surprise & anger). Thus, resentment is conceptualized as a tertiary-level emotion, containing three primary and three secondary emotions.


THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER is to consider the effects which recent credit and debt management policies of the Federal Reserve and Treasury seem to have exerted on the investments of life insurance companies. By "recent" policies is meant those that have been adopted and followed since the beginning of the Korean war. The discussion is divided into two main parts. The first considers the background of life insurance company investments in the period following World War II up to the end of I950. This background is essential for a better understanding of how life companies were affected by recent credit and debt management policies. The second part discusseswhat seem to have been the effects of these policies.


Individual variation in Immunoglobulin contents of first colostrum may be responsible for differences in susceptibility of calves to infections. The present study was undertaken to analyze effect of various non genetic factors on the concentration of immunoglobulin G in the colostrum dams before first milking. Colostrum (before first milking) of 40 newly parturated Murrah buffaloes maintained at Livestock Production Management (LPM) Section of IVRI, Izatnagar, was digested with rennet and then analyzed by indirect ELISA. Records pertaining to calving including parity of dam (1 through 8), season of calving (rainy, autumn and winters), time of calving (day and night) and volume of colostrum (at first milking) were collected and analyzed by least square analysis and regression analysis. Levels of IgG in buffalo colostrum (before first milking) estimated by Indirect ELISA ranged from 11.22 to 185.1 mg/ml and mean IgG concentration in colostrum was 51.71 ± 5.99 mg/ml. The effect of parity of dam and colostrum volume (first milking) on colostral IgG concentrations was found to be significant at p


edition, which, as Deitz observes (personal communication) matters to any study of the reception of the Poetices, since that was often only via the index and not by a thorough reading of the work itself. That index's pagination will of course be adjusted to the volumes of this critical edition. This sixth volume will also contain six or seven "modern" indices — nominum, rerum, locorum, metricus, rhetoricus, and others, whose compiling one can only hope seriously aided by the contemporary electronic instruments whose potential for putting an end to such achievements as this I earlier lamented. The addition of this final volume will make this edition even more extraordinary than it already is. The community of scholarly specialists in the European early modern period, in poetics and rhetoric, in the history of Latin letters, and in literary history more generally is deeply in debt to the publishers and editors. If Scaliger is gazing up or down on the results of their efforts, he can only swell further with pride. Few are the sixteenth-century scholars who have been given such a gift. TIMOTHY J. REISS New York University


An inspection was undertaken to study the bio-efficacy of different insecticides against head borer (Helicoverpa armigera) on sunflower under field condition during Kharif, 2019 at research farm of Oilseed Research Station, Latur, Maharashtra, India. The observations on total number of head borers were recorded on five randomly selected plants from each treatment at one day before and 3, 7 and 14 days after first and second application of insecticides. The treatments of different insecticides viz., indoxacarb 0.019 percent, emamectin benzoate 0.006 percent, quinalphos 0.03 percent, chlorantraniliprole 0.024 percent, cypermethrin 0.03 percent and profenophos 0.06 percent were evaluated against head borer, Helicoverpa armigera revealed that emamectin benzoate 0.006 percent was found most effective treatment in reducing the population of head borer (0.00 and 0.07 larvae per five plants per plot at 3 days after first and second spray respectively), followed by chlorantraniliprole 0.024 percent. Significantly higher seed yield (2846 kg/ha) of sunflower was recorded in treatment emamectin benzoate 0.006 percent, it was followed by treatment chlorantraniliprole 18.5 percent (2656 kg/ha). The highest ICBR (1:15.31) was recorded with treatment emamectin benzoate 0.006 percent which was followed by cypermethrin 0.03 percent (1:11.55).


In this paper, the possibility of temperature-compensated cuts for different kinds of vibrations in Langatate resonators is investigated. Theoretical investigations of vibrating beam resonators with a rectangular cross-section in extensional, flexural and torsional modes are given.


The channel conflicts result from the individual pursuit of the maximal benefit.The paper proposes the discovery of the channel conflicts,communication of the members,and effective solutions.


Quality determines the shelf-life and selling prices of fresh mango, and therefore quality observation and control of fresh mango are of utmost significance in the processing and management of its supply chain. Mango fruit (mangifera indica) quality methods are mostly destructive in nature. Different mechanical, electromagnetic and non-destructive methods are increasingly important nowadays because of the ease of operation, speed, and reliability of the process. This project aims to develop a non-destructive assessment of mango quality using handheld micro NIR (near-infrared) spectroscopic device. NIR spectra data and Brix levels, which indicate the sugar content of the plant, i.e. indicating the sweetness of the mango, were collected from three different types of Mango (Chokanan, Rainbow, and Kai Te), resulting 80 samples (i.e. 60 samples for training and 20 samples for testing) in this project. NIR spectra can be converted mathematically to obtain quantitative information of chemical and physical nature by multivariate calibration. The spectra data is pre-processed using Gaussian smoothing and extended multiplicative signal correction (EMSC) for the elimination of uncontrollable path length or scattering effects. These samples were then used to develop a predictive model using both Support Vector Machine (SVM) regression and Partial Least Squares regression (PLS) methods. The coefficient of determination (R2) obtained from SVM for training/calibration and testing dataset are 0.96 and 0.95 respectively. Meanwhile, the coefficient of determination (R2) obtained from PLS for calibration/training and testing dataset are 0.89 and 0.86 respectively. The results obtained from this project indicate that the handheld NIR has potential use for non-destructive assessment of mango fruits quality.


The present invention provides a bus control device and a control device instructs to the bus control means outputs, when the competition for resources effectively suppressed by switching the path, a path switching delay may be shortened, increasing the average efficiency of the bus. Bus control means is provided between the bus master and the bus is a communication network, and a packet transmission path on the communication bus flow controlled. Bus control means includes: path table management unit which manages each of the plurality of transmission paths, and a transmission status of a plurality of transmission paths; parameter generating unit, which generates a predetermined probability distribution parameters meet or comply with the predetermined rules parameter; decision unit, based on each of a plurality of transmission parameters and conditions of transmission paths, transmission path determined; and a relay unit that relays the processed data packets flowing on the communication bus.


The cyclic-AMP-dependent inactivation of pyruvate kinase L has been studied in a crude Sephadex filtrate of isolated hepatocytes. This inactivation requires the presence of Mg-ATP (apparent Km= 0.1 mM) and a half-maximal rate of inactivation was obtained in the presence of 0.15 μM cyclic AMP. It was inhibited by physiological concentrations of phosphoenolpyruvate and by micromolar concentrations of fructose bisphosphate and these inhibitory effects were counteracted by Mg-ATP and by several l-form amino acids such as cysteine, alanine, serine, phenylalanine, which are also ligands of pyruvate kinase. As a rule, it appears that effectors that increase the activity of the enzyme are also those which prevent its cyclic-AMP-dependent inactivation and vice-versa.

Considering the potentially important role of phosphoenolpyruvate concentration in the control of gluconeogenesis, experiments were performed to check if the inhibitory action of this metabolite on the inactivation of pyruvate kinase was of importance in vivo. We found that the concentration of phosphoenolpyruvate was higher than normal in the livers of anesthetized rats in conditions like fasting and diabetes in which the rate of gluconeogenesis is known to be higher and the activity of pyruvate kinase lower than normally. The reverse was true upon sucrose feeding. Inactivation of pyruvate kinase was induced in vivo by the administration of glucagon. This inactivation was less important in the livers with high concentrations of phosphoenolpyruvate and vice-versa. It is proposed that phosphoenolpyruvate exerts an important buffering effect in the variations of the rate of gluconeogenesis.


As we read medieval pastourelles today we have in mind a fairly well-defined notion of what we think the word means. In the type which Gaston Paris called the "classical" pastourelle, the narrator tells ofhis encounter with a shepherdess and his attempt, successful or not, to seduce her (1891, 732 = 1912, 560). In order to collect pastourelles in the various languages in which they occurred in Europe, I have felt obliged to devise amore elaborate definition which I intend to be so specific as virtually to preclude accidental recurrence, that is, I have hoped that the definition assures that any two poems which fit must have been composed in conscious relation to each other or to a generic pattern which was known to their authors. This definition calls for a lyric composition in the pastoral mode, with a cast of a man and a woman (who is usually young and commonly a shepherdess), a plot involving a discovery and an attempted seduction, rhetoric including narrative and dialogue, and the point of view of the man. I do not delude myself that conscious imitation is an established fact in each and every case, but I do feel that it is at least plausible. The definition sets the genre apart from some texts which resemble it closely but accidentally, such as a Chinese poem from the later Han dynasty, A.D. 25-220 (The Medieval Pastourelle, no. 1), which has all the requisite features except the man's point of view.


Collision Avoidance system in Advanced driver system is an active safety system that helps the driver to avoid or mitigate rear-end collisions using the forward looking sensors. This paper deals with Collision Avoidance system algorithm using braking and steering in dangerous situation. the Collision Avoidance system is activated when the traffic situation is in danger. the situation assessment is classified according to the driving situation assessment algorithm which is composed of TTE, TTD, TTC, TTB and TTS. we present a control strategy of the Collision Avoidance System that operates Emergency Action of braking and steering maneuver to avoid rear-end collision when the driver do not react in time in dangerous situation.


The noise characteristics of a single Anderson impurity coupled to two leads at different chemical potential is studied using the equation of motion method. We find that the current noise spectral density has an upturn as the frequency matches the chemical potential difference at low temperature. The low-frequency noise shows resonant behavior at equilibrium at low temperature because of the Kondo effect, and is suppressed significantly due to the Coulomb blockade effect on the impurity site when $\ensuremath{\Delta}\ensuremath{\mu}\ensuremath{\gg}T\ensuremath{\sim}{T}_{K}.$


FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: according to the first version, a tissue lifting implant inserted between sagged or wrinkled skin and subcutaneous muscle to ensure tissue tightening and smoothing comprises a biologically implanted filament and a mesh element. The biologically implanted filament inserted between the skin and subcutaneous muscle, comprises a distal portion, wherein tightening is required, and a tightened proximal portion. The mesh element is firmly connected to the distal portion of the biologically implanted filament and contains a set of pores filled up as long as the body tissues grow. The biologically implanted filament extends through the mesh element when moves out from both ends of the mesh implant for a certain length. Teeth are formed on the biologically implanted filament. According to the second version, the tissue lifting implant inserted between the sagged or wrinkled skin and subcutaneous muscle to ensure tissue tightening and smoothing. The tissue lifting implant comprises a biologically implanted filament and a mesh element. The biologically implanted filament is inserted between the skin and subcutaneous muscle. The biologically implanted filament comprises a distal portion, wherein tightening is required, and a tightened proximal portion. The mesh element is formed as an integral body on the distal portion of the biologically implanted filament and contains a set of pores filled up as long as the body tissues grow. The biologically implanted filament extends through the mesh element when moves out from both ends of the mesh implant for a certain length. Teeth are formed on the biologically implanted filament. EFFECT: inventions provides smoothing the sagged or wrinkled skin, reducing substantially recurrent sagging, as well as a feeling of a foreign matter, and a risk of infection. 22 cl, 21 dwg


Neural tube defects affect the tissues overlying the spinal cord: meninges, vertebral arches, muscles, and skin. Birth defects involving the embryonic neural arches are referred to as spina bifida. Spina bifida denotes non fusion of the halves of the embryonic neural arches, which is more common. Severe defects also involve the spinal cord, meninges and neurocranium.1 Meningomyelocele is a congenital disease in which a defect in the embryonal formation of the neural tube leading to malformation of the central nervous system, where parts of the meninges and spinal cord (myelon) emerge from the incompletely closed vertebral arches.2 INTRODUCTION: Spina bifida occurs when the bony vertebral arches fail to form properly, thereby creating a vertebral defect, usually in the lumbosacral region. Spina bifida occulta is evidenced by a tuft of hair in the lumbosacral region. It is the least severe variation and occurs in 10% of the population. Spina bifida with meningocele occurs when the meninges protrude through a vertebral defect and form a sac filled with CSF. The spinal cord remains in its normal position. Spina bifida with meningomyelocele occurs when the meninges and spinal cord protrude through a vertebral defect and form a sac filled with CSF. Spina bifida with rachischisis occurs when the posterior neuropore of the neural tube fails to close during week 4 of development. This condition is the most severe type of spina bifida, causing paralysis from the level of the defect caudally. 3 CASE REPORT: A neonate was brought to the OPD of pediatric surgery of Hamidia Hospital, Bhopal. The patient was full term normal vaginal delivery but with a defect in the thoraco-lumbar region which was present in midline. There was no history of folic acid tablet consumption by the mother. The local examination of the swelling revealed that it was circular to oval in shape with elevated margins and a central defect measuring approx. 9.5 cm × 7.5 cm. There was presence of yellow whitish tissue which resembled neural element. Neurological examination revealed poor reflexes. No other defect was present. The diagnosis of NEURAL TUBE DEFECT most likely meningomyelocele was made.


This paper analyzes the offshoring of innovative activity, and the circumstances and implications of the global spread of corporate R&D. Economists are largely in agreement on the importance of continued innovation as the primary way to create high-paying new jobs in the US, therefore offshoring's unrelenting upward climb on the value-chain is fueling concerns regarding future competitiveness of the US economy. While US R&D expenditures, patent generation and productivity growth have been consistently robust, both data at the national level and firm interviews raise concern for the cost-effectiveness of R&D spending, leading to firms looking for greater returns, sometimes through offshoring. The increasingly global sales of firms are forcing them to "design to market," and the complex, interdisciplinary nature of modern research and its skill requirements are compelling some of them to outsource and offshore their innovative activity and access global R&D talent. The paper traces the evolution of offshoring activity, analyzes the reasons that have led to the offshoring of R&D, as well as the global conditions that have facilitated this phenomenon. It also presents the results of a survey that suggest that mostly large firms resort to offshoring of R&D, primarily under the aegis of captive, affiliated operations. At the same time, it is the small firms (less than 500 employees) that are more innovative, and are more likely to carry out their R&D entirely in the US. It is possible that the future of R&D offshoring will include continued innovation and the creation of high value-added jobs in Silicon Valley, leading to a win-win situation where the US develops/markets the "new" good, and the now "routinized" goods and services are offshored. On the other hand, there exists the distinct possibility of major innovations originating abroad. The paper concludes with some discussion of policy issues.


Maternal mortality is measured by the number of mothers that die for every 100,000 live births. Each maternal death is a tragedy and reducing the number of deaths lies at the heart of the millennium development goals (MDG 5) that were set at the turn of the century with a target date of 2015. With 5 years to go, the United Nations and World Health Organization are reflecting on the chances of achieving these goals. The following statistics reflect progress so far:

Over the past 20 years maternal mortality rates have fallen by one-third; actual numbers per year have dropped from 550,000 to 350,000.

MDG 5 is not on track and vast discrepancies remain between and within countries.

99% of maternal deaths occur in developing countries; the vast majority of these countries are in Africa and South Asia.

The countries with the largest number of deaths are India, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan, Sudan, and Tanzania, where a combined 65% of all deaths occur.

With 10% of the world's population, Africa has half the maternal deaths, two-thirds of the AIDS burden, and 90% of all malaria deaths.

Child mortality (MDG 4) is concerned with deaths of children under age 5 years, divided into neonatal/newborn and child deaths. Progress is being made in reducing childhood deaths, but 9 million children still die each year; 40% are neonates.

The fact that 60 million deliveries take place at home is a critical determinant of both maternal and neonatal mortality rates and this goes to resource allocation, education, and political will. Various commentators proclaim on the way forward1,2 (and point to sustained funding and concentration on the pockets of intransigence), but this reviewer believes differently.

This reviewer believes that contraceptive technology has developed far ahead of maternal and fetal services to the poorest poor. Women cannot die in childbirth without conception. Concentrating on family planning should take priority in the areas where it is needed most. The rest will follow.


Objectives: We collected the jail housing unit histories and calculated the costs of incarcerating mentally ill misdemeanor offenders who were arrested in DeKalb County, Georgia in 2012 and represented by the Public Defender's Office.
Methods: We obtained records from the Sheriff's and Public Defender's Offices for the 2012 cohort. Days of detainment in and movement among jail housing and forensic hospital units were determined for those with moderate and severe illness. The costs of incarcerating offenders with mental illness, relative to those without, were calculated.
Results: Offenders with severe illness spent an average of 64 days (SD=129) in jail compared to 39 days (SD=65) for those with moderate illness (p<0.05). DeKalb County spent 26 times more per offender for those with severe illness compared to those with none, 89% of which was spent on specialized mental health units.
Conclusions: Mentally ill offenders spend a disproportionate amount of time in jail relative to those with no mental illness. Duration and cost vary with degree of illness. Diverting these offenders, particularly severe cases, into treatment could improve health outcomes and reduce criminal justice costs.


Three years in development, the first release of a Polish wordnet contains almost 27000 lexical units grouped into some 17700 synsets. We look back at this completed first stage of the project, beginning with its main assumptions. We reconsider the challenges; we show how well they have been met and how many remain for the future. We discuss the benefits of semi-automatic wordnet expansion based only on information extracted from corpora. Next, we outline the plan for another three years, now devoted to growth – in the size of the network and in the variety of the underlying semantic rela-


AbstractThe success of medical treatment for the management of glaucoma depends largely on patients' compliance with the treatment regimen. Ophthalmic topical beta blockers have had a significant impact on the medical management of glaucoma by providing effective ocular hypotensive action coupled with improved patient compliance, which has been achieved by reduced frequency of instillation of the eye drops and minimal side effects.This paper reviews the wide range of ocular and systemic adverse effects associated with the use of ophthalmic beta blockers and highlights the specific population groups at increased risk for these reactions. Clinicians may, however, continue to take advantage of the promise shown by beta blockers to reduce intraocular pressure with minimal adverse reactions by their selective use in patients with glaucoma. Other precautionary measures to minimize the frequency and severity of systemic adverse effects related to topical beta blockade are discussed. Many of the newer ophthalmic ...


Results of measurements by a novel snapshot hyperspectral polarimetric imager are presented using several data sets acquired from ocean platforms. Based on the unique availability of the pixel-to-pixel total, sky and water leaving radiances at multiple wavelengths, variations of these parameters for wind-roughened surface are assessed and possible errors in measurements of these parameters are estimated. Measurements made by the imager are compared with coincident ones from the green-band SALSA Stokes vector imaging camera, a push-broom hyperspectral polarimetric imager operated by Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and with simulations using a vector radiative transfer code, all demonstrating excellent agreement.


Perceptual measures are usually considered more reliable than instrumental measures for evaluating the perceived level of reverberation. However, such measures are costly in both time and money, and, due to variations in stimuli or assessors, the resulting data is not always statistically significant. Therefore, an efficient perceptual measure of the perceived level of reverberation is needed. We compare the use of a multiple stimuli test with the use of pairwise comparison for the evaluation of the perceived level of reverberation. The results suggest that using multiple stimuli is preferable to pairwise comparison as long as the number of conditions to be compared is not too large. Additionally, we use the results from the conducted perceptual measurements to examine the reliability of existing instrumental measures of the perceived level of reverberation. Our observations show which instrumental measures are effective in highlighting differences between RIR characteristics and which ones have to be preferred if one aims at predicting the level of reverberation perceived by a human assessor.


A lower level hierarchical planning model is presented for traffic management of an SDH/ATM network. A review of basic linear programming terminology with reference to modern decision support systems is given. The principal path and capacity allocation (PCA) model is explained and an example and results presented.


We argue that individuals who actively verify themselves within a team help other team members to recognize their expertise. We examine effects of self-verification-string on recognition of expertise among 325 individuals from 57 student project teams. Our two-wave results suggest that an individual's self-verification- striving positively predicts his/her level of expertise recognized by the peer team members. This positive relationship is more pronounced in teams with high levels of relationship conflict. Furthermore, self-verifiers who are perceived to have high levels of expertise are also prone to be viewed as more influential for team performance. The indirect effect of self-verification-striving on individual influence via expertise recognition is further moderated by team conflict such that it is significant when the team has low task conflict and high relationship conflict.


SINCE Hoppe-Seyler first described the derivative of blood-pigment, which he called "Metheemoglobin," this substance has received a large amount of attention and has been the subject of many elaborate researches. As a result of these researches we are in possession of a considerable number of facts bearing on the question, but as regards the nature of methaemoglobin all that can be said up to the present time is that, in the words of Lea', '"the oxygen loosely united to haemoglobin as oxyhabmoglobin becomes more stably conmbined.......and further that the resulting substance (methamoglobin) has the same composition and crystalline forms as oxyh9emoglobin, and may be reconverted into the latter body by suitable means." An abstract of the literature of the subject up to 1888 will be found in a mnmoire on methaemogiobin published in that year by Bertin-Sans2. More recently Araki3, Dittrich4 and Vorkampff-Laue'i have worked at the subject. The following research arose from an attempt to determine definitely the spectrum of methemoglobin, which is variously described by different authors as showing 1, 2, 3 and 4 absorption bands. I shall briefly describe my experimnents and then formulate the conclusions to which they have led me. In these experiments I have used the blood of the following animals -ox, sheep, pig, horse, guinea-pig, rat, newt. I have also used solution


Therapeutic nanoparticles can be directed to cancer cells by incorporating selective targeting ligands. Here, we investigate the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mediated endocytosis of gene carriers (polyplexes) either targeted with natural EGF or GE11, a short synthetic EGFR-binding peptide. Highly sensitive live-cell fluorescence microcopy with single particle resolution unraveled the existence of two different uptake mechanisms; EGF triggers accelerated nanoparticle endocytosis due to its dual active role in receptor binding and signaling activation. For GE11, an alternative EGFR signaling independent, actin-driven pathway is presented.


'*that they are also committed to a policy of concentration of industry, yet that is the inevitable goal towards which their principles are carrying them. Standardization and the competitive spirit cannot live amicably together; one always tends to destroy the other. Thus if standardization be attempted under competitive conditions and if a number of rival firms undertake to manufacture the same standardized article, competition is entirely on the basis of price and the concern which can produce at the lowest cost and consequently sell at the lowest price will undersell its rivals and drive them from the field. Moreover, if standardization is retained, the progress towards monoply proceeds at an accelerated rate of speed because every inroad which the largest concern makes upon the markets of its rivals may increase its output and lower its overhead cost per unit of product, and correspondingly decrease the output and raise the overhead cost per unit of product of the smaller firm. In those industries where unit costs decrease with volume the largest concern can use the very trade gained by price cutting as a basis of lowering prices still more, while the smaller concern with every loss of sales is either forced to raise prices or to increase its deficit at a progressive rate. Wherever standardization thus makes mass production under conditions of heavy fixed capital the most economical, competition will die of its own excesses and a combination of firms


A number of conjugates tend to self-associate in a transient or permanent fashion and this has formed the basis of considerable intense scientific and commercial investigation over recent years. This article considers a variety of strategic formulations, their flaws and advantages. Working practices and groundbreaking developmental activities within the sphere of self-assembling drug conjugates are also reviewed.


In the course of history of European philosophy of metaphysics of Being,Parmanides puting forward the mystery of sphinx that "Being exists" profoundly.Plato regarding Being as identity,Aristotle regarding Being as substance,Avicenna regarding Being as accident.In Thomas′ metaphysics of Being,Being means the pure act of existence.As divine principle of revelation of medieval scholasticism,Thomas′ metaphysics of Being achieved profound revolution in metaphysics of Being in the history of European philosophy.


In this new article, we will focus on the second theme: The FMS Estimated Fuel On Board (EFOB) predictions do not currently take into account the in-flight failures that have an impact on the fuel consumption. The only exception is the one engine out failure, once confirmed in the FMS. For all other cases, the FMS predictions should be corrected to take into account the consequences of these failures in terms of excessive fuel consumption.


The continuing demand for increased performance in turbine engine turbomachinery has aggravated dynamic problems in the various components, particularly the blading. These problems are generally classified into the categories of either flutter or forced response. Historically, the complexity of the flowfield necessitated the development of empirical flutter and forced-response design techniques. However, such empirical correlations have proven to be inadequate when extrapolated beyond past experience levels. Hence, current research effort, coordinated between industry, government, and universities, is directed toward the development of phenomcnologically founded approaches to these problems. Presented herein is an overview of this ajtack on aerodynamical!}' induced vibrations in turbomachines.


Abstract The ctenopelmatine genus Seleucus Holmgren, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) is recorded from the Oriental region for the first time. A new species, Seleucus taiwanus Shimizu, sp. nov., is described, based on a single female specimen from the highlands of Taiwan. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:280B65CB-8A7C-4F66-A38C-CB7AE0A98EBA


The Corona virus disease or Covid-19, which has started
in Wuhan city of Hubei province, China during December 2019
is well known to affect respiratory system causing pneumonia
and other symptoms. But studies from various countries have
shown that it can also result in extra-pulmonary manifestations
which include various organs. They are renal involvement,
cardiac manifestations, gastrointestinal symptoms,
hematological manifestations, liver dysfunction, neurological
symptoms and dermatologic manifestations. The present
article is based on the fact for early diagnosis and prompt
treatment for Covid-19 to reduce or avoid various
complications involving different organ systems of the body


This article completed the scattering measurements of different maize leaf distribution on the red and near-infrared light source. The Cook-Torrance model was build and the scattering characteristic of different leaf samples were analyzed and obtained by calculating the results of the experiment measurements of samples 's BRDF. The experimental result indicated that this method is a feasible method to analyze the scattering characteristic of the leaves.


This article will effectively place blame on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as it represents the latest Olympic host city to raise the stakes in matters of environmental protection and sustainability. Subject to isomorphic pressures operating within the organizational field, Bid Organizing Committees (BOCs) are encouraged to prescribe environmental programmes that are not only similar to, but are increasingly more ambitious than, previously successful bids. Rio's bid, by extension, represents the latest Olympic host city that has been driven to replicate, and then expand upon, elements of environmental protection and sustainability. This article will apply a range of institutional and organizational management theories to explain why BOCs have emerged as the actor responsible for enhancing the prospect of sustainability in the Olympic Movement while the International Olympic Committee's attempts at doing so have been considerably less effective.


This paper has four main goals. First, we show how we solved the CHES 2018 AES challenge in the contest using essentially a linear classifier combined with a SAT solver and a custom error correction method. This part of the paper has previously appeared in a preprint of our own [1] and later as a contribution to a preprint write-up of the solutions by the three winning teams [3] . Second, we develop a novel deep neural network architecture for sidechannel analysis that completely breaks the AES challenge, allowing for fairly reliable key recovery with just a single trace on the unknown-device part of the CHES challenge. This solution significantly improves upon all previously published solutions of the AES challenge, including our baseline linear solution. Third, we consider the question of leakage attribution for both the classifier we used in the challenge and for our deep neural network. Direct inspection of the weight vector of our machine learning model yields a lot of information on the implementation for our linear classifier. For the deep neural network, we test three other strategies (occlusion of traces; inspection of adversarial changes; knowledge distillation) and find that these can yield information on the leakage essentially equivalent to that gained by inspecting the weights of the simpler model. Fourth, we study the properties of adversarially generated side-channel traces for our model. Partly reproducing [15] in our application domain, we find that a linear classifier generalizing to an unseen device much better than our linear baseline can be trained using only adversarial examples (fresh random keys, adversarially perturbed traces) for our deep neural network. This gives a new way of extracting human-usable knowledge from a deep side channel model while also yielding insights on adversarial examples in an application domain where relatively few sources of spurious correlations between data and labels exist.


TEST: Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination (HINE) [HINE<57 at 3 months is 96% predictive of cerebral palsy]. Early standardised assessments and investigations for early detection of 'high-risk' of cerebral palsy should always be conducted in 'high-risk' of cerebral palsy populations, i.e. infants born pre-term, infants with neonatal encephalopathy, infants with birth defects or infants admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).


Benign strictures of the major bile ducts, sclerosing cholangitis, and intrahepatic bile duct ectasia complicated by calculus formation and cholangitis


Transmission lines happen to be one of the important subjects in Electrical Power System. The theoretical concepts learned in the class room cannot be verified in a laboratory. This paper describes a laboratory setup of the scaled model of a transmission line built in the electrical department of KDK college of engineering, Nagpur. Data taken from transmission line system of 25MVA, 200km at a voltage level of 143KV is employed as transmission system model example taken from modern power system analysis. The laboratory experimental setup scaled down by using per unit normalization from 143KV to 400V in laboratory. Applying normalization to the parameter of transmission line, the value of resistance, inductance and capacitance of transmission line are calculated. The development of laboratory model to perform experiments which will teach undergraduate students the different aspects of power system operation. This paper discusses the steps involved in the design and development of laboratory model of transmission line.


We use variational methods to study the multiplicity of solutions for the following quasilinear partial differential equation -Δ_pu=μ|u| p*(s)-2 u|x|s+f(x,u), x∈Ω, u=0,x∈Ω, where Ω is a bounded domain in RN with smooth boundary. The concentration compactness principle allows to prove that the Palais-Smale condition is satisfied below a certain level.


Cryptophiale, a new genus of phialidic dematiaceous Hyphomycetes is described to accommodate two new species occurring in leaf litter: C. kakombensis Pirozynski from Tanzania, and C. udagawae Pirozynski & Ichinoe from Japan.


Our short-term results obtained with the Oxford unicompartmental knee prosthesis for unicompartmental knee arthrosis or AVN (avascular necrosis) in patients younger than 65 years of age are presented. Twenty patients (16 females and 4 males) with 20 prostheses were evaluated. The average age at surgery was 59 years (range 45 to 65 years). The etiology for surgery was osteoarthritis in 18 cases and AVN in two of them. Nineteen prostheses were uni-medial and one uni-lateral. After an average of 38 months, the mean Knee Society Score was excellent with 81.7 (range 29 to 100) points, the mean total WOMAC score was 26 (range 0 to 78), the mean reduced- WOMAC score 7.9 (range 0 to 24), the mean SF12 physical 36.8 (range 19.8 to 56.7), and the mean SF12 mental 47.5 (range 19 to 64). We did not find any significant correlation between the final outcome and the alignment of each component on X-ray. The only statistically significant correlation we could demonstrate was between the alignment of the knee on AP-View and the functional outcome. Three prostheses out of the twenty had to be revised, two of them due to early aseptic loosening of the tibial component and another one because of unexplained pain. Despite the relative high rate of early revisions (15%) in this group, our finding confirm the good results reported in different other studies regarding the success rate of unicompartmental knee replacement in patients under the age of 65 years.


A performance model for a parallel I/O system is essential for detailed performance analyses, automatic performance optimization of I/O request handling, and potential performance bottleneck identification. Yet how to build a portable performance model for parallel I/O system is an open problem. In this paper, we present a machine-learning approach to automatic performance modeling for parallel I/O systems. Our approach is based on the use of a platform-independent performance metamodel, which is a radial basis function neural network. Given training data, the metamodel generates a performance model automatically and efficiently for a parallel I/O system on a given platform. Experiments suggest that our goal of having the generated model provide accurate performance predictions is attainable, for the parallel I/O library that served as our experimental testbed on an IBM SP. This suggests that it is possible to model parallel I/O system performance automatically and portably, and perhaps to model a broader class of storage systems as well.


OBJECTIVE To explore the value of TGAb detection in diagnosis,treatment and prognosis of thyroid nodules.METHODS For the correct recognization of distribution situation and clinical significance of TGAb in thyroid nodules,we adopted enzyme immunoassay for the serum TGAb levels among preoperative diagnosis of 118 cases of patients with thyroid nodules,and we compared the TGAb of the patients.RESULTS The postoperative paraffin pathology were performed,44 cases were thyroid cancer(TC),28 cases were adenoma(TA),37 cases were nodular goiter(NG),9 patients were Hashimoto disease(HD),and we compared the TGAb of the two groups.The results showed that HD in patients with TGAb levels were significantly higher than those of TC,TA and NG patients,the proportion of HD group with TGAb levels ﹥ 102 IU/ml was significantly higher than that of TC,TA and NG patients(χ2 = 5.74,21.23,21.23,P﹤0.05).In TC group;the proportion of patients with TGAb levels ﹥102 IU/ml was significantly greater than that of TA and NG patients,and there was significantly difference(χ2 = 14.31,14.31,P﹤0.05).CONCLUSION The serum thyroglobulin antibody levels mostly increased in patients with HD,and the higher measured value had higher clinical diagnostic significance;The serum thyroglobulin antibody determination value showed moderate hypertension in TC patients.


Human history can also be said to be the history of fighting against viruses. Worldwide, about 290,000 or 640,000 people die each year from influenza-related respiratory diseases. Diseases and calamities caused by viruses have so far been very close to humanity, so understanding the causes and mechanisms of viruses helps us strengthen preparedness and respond scientifically. In this context, the purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of infectious diseases in history on human society and the role they play on the quarantine system, and to find the right response and quarantine system for the sustainable survival of mankind in the face of an ever-increasing infectious disease crisis. and presents an alternative. On the other hand, it is to analyze the perception of the infectious disease crisis and the quarantine system, and to provide opinions on how to respond to the infectious disease crisis and develop the quarantine system.
Therefore, this study emphasized the importance of developing the quarantine system and improving awareness of crisis by analyzing various behavioral and psychological states after the outbreak of COVID-19, from human efforts to eradicate the virus to the development of the quarantine system. They also discussed how to deal with an infectious disease crisis. For this purpose, a graph analysis method was used. The graph analysis method was used to compare and analyze the quantitative change and regularity of social phenomena in various fields by representing the situation of social phenomena in the form of statistical graphs.


We experimentally demonstrate an optical camera communication system which achieves full-range dimming control using pulse width modulation with dimming levels from 10% to 100% at data rates within 2.55 Kbit/s and bit error rates $\lt4.2\times 10^{-3}$.


The Chair: updated on matters of rights of the child. The Chair mentioned the fact that EU is planning to respond to children in migration for unaccompanied and separated children and for children with their families -, particularly focusing on child protection issues. To that end, an ad hoc expert group on children in migration with different MS representatives could be convened early next year. A compilation of data and reports on children in migration is available here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/fundamentalrights/files/rights_child/20151210_data_children_in_migration.pdf


Objective To investigate the effects of C3A cells derived bioartificial liver support system on fulminant hepatic failure pigs.Method Construct the extracorporeal liver support system with C3A cells,then the treatment group was given 36 hours of continuous treatment after D -galactosamine were injected 24 hours later.Observe general condition,survival time and related biochemical parameters of two groups at different time points.Results There were significant difference of general condition,survival time and related biochemical parameters between two groups.Conclusion D - galactosamine - induced fulminant hapetic failure of pigs were able to simulate the clinical process of acute hepatic failure,C3A cells derived bioartificial liver support system have some liver synthesis and detoxification function.


Environmental problems are having a brutal impact on the daily lives of the North African population. These countries have a young population, with significant numbers in higher education. Given this context, are future graduates being made aware of environmental issues? Since future engineers are the creators of tomorrow's technological and socio-technical changes, an analysis of their training is of particular interest. This article explores the ways in which choices are made in program creation and what influences changes in three engineering graduate schools in Algeria. Through a curriculum sociology approach, we examine how curricular offers are discussed and implemented when major environmental constraints weigh heavily on Algeria. We analyse higher education policies on engineer training, as well as the creation of programs, via an analysis of the programs themselves and interviews with 24 stakeholders. The article shows that in the absence of instructions imposed by political decision-makers,  teachers enjoy a remarkable amount of freedom when creating curricula. However, tensions arise since there is no authority to arbitrate disagreements. The results open avenues for further reflection for researchers interested in macrosociological reconfiguration in higher education.
Key words: engineer training; environment; curriculum; Algeria; macrosociological reconfiguration


The silicon interposer had been desired to have high Imput/Output (I/O) counts and fine wirings such as the global wiring of devices. High integration of several chips on the silicon interposer will realize a high performance silicon module same as System on Chip (SoC). We previously reported the fabrication process of TSVs and fine Cu wirings on a silicon interposer and the results of reliability test [1] [2]. Furthermore in order to reduce the stress at the 2nd level interconnection, we evaluated Trenched Air Gap (TAG)-TSV, which were fabricated by silicon etching around Cu-TSVs as a stress relief function [3]. In this reports, we focused on the properties of the silicon interposer. We evaluated the electrical performance of TAG-TSVs by measurement of S21 parameter. In addition, in order to obtain the stability of Power/Ground delivery we evaluated the fusing current of the fine Cu wiring and compared with that of Al spatter wiring. Furthermore we reported thermal stress measured with piezoresistive sensor which was mounted on the silicon interposer.


The ionization potential of O2 has been measured by the technique of high resolution photo-electron spectroscopy taking into account the influence of rotational structure on the shape of the vibrational bands. A value of 12.071 ± 0.001 eV (1027.1 ± 0.1 A) was found for the ionization potential. This value leads to a dissociation energy of D0(O2+X2Πg) = 6.661 ± 0.001 eV. A lowering of the ionization potential caused by a branch head when ΔN = −2 gave an appearance potential for ionization of 12.068 ± 0.001 eV (1027.4 ± 0.1 A).


In this paper, we describe a bio-feedback system for rehabilitation based on an accelerometric sensor, a processing unit and an output unit. The sensory unit, which incorporates a cell with three uni-axial accelerometers and three rate gyroscopes, is mounted on the subject's back (L5 level) using a velcro belt and allows to evaluate the trunk accelerations in the anterior-posterior (AP) and medial-lateral (ML) directions. The processing unit is composed by a laptop with Arduino board, able to acquire in real time data coming from sensory unit through the data acquisition module of Max/MSP, and to produce an audio output. The output unit is a pair of headphones which produce a kind of sound whose activation level is proportional to the magnitude of patient's displacement. A set of experiments have been carried out in order to measure the performance of this system, and results show that it can significantly improve rehabilitation times. Key-Words: Bio-feedback, postural stability, sensor interface, audio feedback, e-rehabilitation.


Hair cycle arrest (alopecia X) is characterized by progressive hair loss in plush-coated canines, such as Pomeranians. It is a poorly understood condition thought to be caused by hormonal imbalances and has also been referred to as castration-responsive dermatosis and pseudoCushing's syndrome. This study evaluated the effect of castration on hair re-growth in Pomeranians with hair cycle arrest. Thirty-five male Pomeranians with a mean age of 5.1 ± 3.2 years (range: 1 - 13 years) were castrated and monitored over 10 years. After castration, 42.9% of the dogs had complete hair re-growth within 6 months (3.2 ± 1.4 months), and did not develop any signs of alopecia over the following 3 to 9 years. Partial to good hair re-growth was seen in 6 (17.1%) of the dogs in the initial 6 months after castration, but alopecia and secondary hairs developed again 6 months later. Among those 6 cases, hypothyroidism and hyperadrenocorticism were diagnosed in 4 and 1 case, respectively; treatments for these conditions produced partial to good hair re-growth. For the remaining 14 cases, alopecia progressed slowly and did not respond to castration over the study period. Our findings indicate that the majority of male Pomeranians with hair cycle arrest had complete or incomplete hair re-growth after castration suggesting that gonadectomy may be an effective way to prevent hair loss in plush-coated canines.


This paper intends to understand the view of Samsung Data Systems Thailand employees towards international logistics risks based on their personal working experience. Its methodology uses phenomenological approach to cluster logistics risks and subsequently analyzes these risks in the context of international logistics operations. Additionally, this paper includes mitigating strategies against these risks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The review of related literature identifies some research gaps, which consequently aided in the formulation of research questions. Qualitative method served as the nature of research and thematic analysis was then employed in order to generate the codes and determine the themes that emerged, extracted, and then evaluated out of the responses of the 15 purposely selected participants. Findings revealed that logistics delivery and open communication within Samsung SDS turned out to be the prevalent issues that were perceived. Mitigating measures and strategies were also suggested in connection in with the concluding results. Several recommendations were then forwarded to answer the pressing needs and issues that Samsung SDS in Thailand faced and continues to face as perceived by the employees.


The Roles of Nicotinic and Muscarinic Cholinergic Receptors in Risky and Impulsive Decision Making. (December 2010) Ian Alfredo Mendez, B.A.; M.A., California State University, San Marcos Co-Chairs of Advisory Committee: Dr. Antonio Cepeda-Benito Dr. Barry Setlow Psychopathological conditions in which decision making is impaired are common and include schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and addiction, among others. This dissertation aimed to investigate the role of cholinergic signaling in risky and impulsive decision making. Rats were trained in either a "probability discounting" task in which they chose between small guaranteed and large probabilistically delivered food rewards (a measure of risky decision making), or a "delay discounting" task in which they chose between small immediate and large delayed food rewards (a measure of impulsive decision making). Rats were also divided into high and low "risk-taking" or "impulsive" groups on the basis of their performance in the tasks. Experiments 1 and 2 examined the effects of cholinergic drugs on performance in the probability and delay discounting task, respectively. In Experiment 1, acute administration of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor donepezil decreased choice of the large risky reward in "risk-taking" rats. Acute administration of nicotine increased choice of the large risky reward in both groups, whereas administration of the nicotinic


During the period of 1970s, the Reverse Osmosis membranes were developed which comprised of higher operating pressures. The consequence of this was the considerable increase in energy cost. As a result, low-pressure reverse osmosis membranes were developed and came to be known as Nanofilter (NF) membranes. Through the late 1980s, Nanofilters came into establishment. From early 1990s, these had become common with varying applications to be found. The features of this membrane technology falls between ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis. Even though RO membranes take over the desalinization of marine water, Nanofiltration has widespread use in wastewater treatment, industrial applications for eliminating ion selections, and organic substances. It is most often used with low total dissolved solids water such as surface water and fresh groundwater with the purpose of water softening and removal of disinfection byproduct precursors such as natural organic compounds and synthetic organic compounds. Depending on several factors considering the quality of the water in use, treatment capacity, the purpose of treatment, and the requirements for durability, the selection of NF membranes can be made over other treatment processes.


The Hanford Facility Contingency Plan, together with each TSD unit- specific contingency plan, meets the WAC 173-303 requirements for a contingency plan. Applicability of this plan to Hanford Facility activities is described in the Hanford Facility RCRA Permit, Dangerous Waste Portion, General Condition II.A. General Condition II.A applies to Part III TSD units, Part V TSD units, and to releases of hazardous substances which threaten human health or the environment. Additional information about the applicability of this document may also be found in the Hanford Facility RCRA Permit Handbook (DOE/RL-96-10). This plan includes descriptions of responses to a nonradiological hazardous substance spill or release at Hanford Facility locations not covered by TSD unit-specific contingency plans or building emergency plans. The term hazardous substances is defined in WAC 173-303-040 as: ``any liquid, solid, gas, or sludge, including any material, substance, product, commodity, or waste, regardless of quantity, that exhibits any of the physical, chemical or biological properties described in WAC 173-303-090 or 173-303-100.`` Whenever the term hazardous substances is used in this document, it will be used in the context of this definition. This plan includes descriptions of responses for spills or releases of hazardous substances occurring at areas between TSD units that may, or may not, threaten human health or the environment.


The transformative paradigm (Mertens, 2005; in press) provides a framework of belief systems that directly engage members of culturallydiverse groups with a focus on increased social justice.


Objective To combine with histopathology to explore the value of diagnosing breast cancer by ultrasound and MRI.Methods A total of 74 cases with breast cancer(97 focuses)and 70 cases with benign tumor(75 focuses)were retrospectively analysed with the dates of ultrasound and MRI before operation,which has confirmed by the surgery or histopathology.The efficiency of diagnosis for the two methods and joint application were compared with the results of histopathology.Results The diagnosis sensitivity of breast cancer by ultrasound,MRI and the combined method of ultrasound and MRI were 76.3%,82.5% and 87.6%,respectively.The specificities of were 92.0%,88.0% and 96.0%,respectively.The consistency rates were 83.1%,84.9% and 91.3%,respectively without any statistically significant difference(P0.05).For breast ductal carcinoma in situ(DCIS)and papillary carcinoma,ultrasound and MRI relatively tended to misdiagnosis.Moreover,ultrasonic examination was more sensitive than MRI in apocrine carcinoma.Conclusions Ultrasound and MRI are of high sensitivity and specificity in diagnosis of breast cancer,and the combined method can effectively improve consistency rate.The combined ultrasonic with MRI can be used in the monitoring of high-risk breast cancer,decreasing the rate of misdiagnosis.Early discovery and early diagnosis of breast cancer could be obtained,which is of great value in clinical treatment and prognosis evaluation.


The electron velocity distribution function is the key parameter for understanding chemical kinetics in plasmas of discharge-pumped excimer lasers. Local and unambiguous determination of the parameter is presently only possible by the Thomson scattering, and this letter describes the first observation of the Thomson scattering signals from ruby laser light from an excimer laser. The results revealed otherwise inaccessible structure of the electron temperature, such as an increase of the temperature when the buffer gas was changed from helium to neon.


Mental disorders constitute a serious and underestimated problem in Latin America and they could have worse features in comparison with Europe or North America (1); that was the case even before the COVID-19 epidemic ensued in 2020.The objective of this study was to determine the factors associated with the occurrence of mental health disorders (MHD) in patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease (ARD) from Perú, a high COVID-19 incidence country.Patients with ARD from a single center (Hospital Guillermo Almenara -EsSalud, Lima-Perú) were included during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic (March to November 2020). Interviews, medical records reviews, and an electronic survey were performed. MHD explored were depression (assessed with the Patient Health Questionnaire 9: PHQ-9), anxiety (ascertained with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7: GAD-7) and post-traumatic stress disorder: PTSD (evaluated with the Event Scale-Revised: IES-R). Variables examined were sociodemographic (age, gender, educational level, marital status, living alone, job status, religiosity), previous diagnosis and treatment for mental disorders, living with a COVID-19 patient, COVID-19 diagnosis (current or past), fear of COVID-19 (assessed with the COVID-19 Scale: FCV-19S) and the ARD type. Multivariable logistic regression models using backward elimination procedure were performed to determine the variables associated with depression, anxiety, and PTSD. (See Table 1).Table 1.Variables associated with depression, anxiety an PSTD on ARD patients: Multivariable analysis.DepressionAnxietyPTSDvariablesOR (CI=95%)p valueOR (CI95%)p valueOR (CI95%)p valuePrevious treatment for mental disorders2.35 (1.37-4.0)30.0022.42 (1.37-4.26)0.0022.42 1.39-4.210.002Fear for COVID-191.07 (1.05-1.10)<0.0011.09 (1.06-1.12)<0.0011.41 1.11-1.17<0.001COVID-19 diagnosisNSNS1.75 1.06-2.890.028Educational level University/postgraduate High SchoolNS0.43 (0.82-0.21)0.009NS ElementaryNS0.52 (0.28-0,95) Ref.0.032NSMarital status SingleNSNS0.57 (0.34-0.96)0.033 Divorced/separateNSNS1.02 (0.73-1.41)0.919Nine hundred and thirteen ARD patients were evaluated. The most frequent diagnosis was rheumatoid arthritis in 446(48.8%) patients followed by systemic lupus erythematosus in 279 (30.6%). Depression, anxiety, and PTSD were observed in 128 (14.0%), 112 (12.30%) and 485 (53.1%) patients, respectively. In the multivariable analyses, previous treatment for mental disorders and fear of COVID-19 were associated with depression: OR=2.35 (95% CI 1.37-4.03; p=0.002) and OR=1.07 (95% CI 1.05-1.10; p<0.001) respectively; also with anxiety: OR= 2.42 (95% CI 1.37-4.26; p=0.002) and OR=1.09 (95% CI 1.06-1.12; p <0.01) and with PSTD: OR=2.42 (95% CI 1.39-4.21;p=0.002) and OR=1.41 (95% CI=1.11-1.17; p<0.001). A diagnosis of COVID-19 was associated with PTSD: OR=1.75 (95% CI 1.06-2.89, p=0.028), while being single was associated with a decreased probability of PTSD occurrence: OR=0.57 (95% CI=0.35-0.96; p=0.03). Finally, having a high educational level was associated with less anxiety: OR=0.43 (95% CI=0.82-0.21; p=0.009), for university /postgraduate studies and OR=0.52 (CI 95%=0.28-0.95; p=0.032) for secondary studies.Fear of COVID-19 and previous treatment for mental disorder were associated with all MHD explored on our ARD patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]Zhang S. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2021;12(1):2001192.None declared


The knowledge of magical practices in the folk medicine of Guadiana del Caudillo (Badajoz) from its organization as frontier town of colonization contributes a rich information about itself. In this way, we found that these practices comprise of the cultural heritage of the town and that they have not been moved, nor suppressed until now. This gives an idea of the importance of these beliefs in order to understand the subject with which we interacted as a doctor, anthropologist, etc.. Thus we found the evil eye, culebro, shyness, and other practices more difficult to classify and for that reason less of interest (milk of woman, saliva, menstrual blood). The magical practices may undergo transformations, but they will always comprise part of human life.


FACET OF SPANISH COLONIAL policy directly affecting California women was the equitable legal status enjoyed by wives. It allowed them to remain as economically autonomous as unmarried women. Under Spanish law a married woman retained her property, wages, legal rights, and even her maiden name, after marriage. Unlike the laws of England, the laws of Spain recognized the rights of married women to independently inherit, own, mortgage, convey, even pawn property they acquired before or during marriage. The legal system also recognized an equal partnership between the husband and wife regarding property acquired during marriage. As under English law, it was stipulated that, under normal circumstances, the husband administered the property of the conjugal relationship. But unlike English law, Spanish law did not preclude married women from being sole traders. As holders of property they could meet their own contractual obligations and operate as independent businesswomen.


The paper presents the results of investigation of the influence of the output voltage magnitude on the operating frequency of the switch in the single-cycle quasi-sinusoidal current generator circuit. Analytical expressions for calculating the time parameters for transients in the circuit under given assumptions have been obtained. The results presented in the paper can be used in the design of converters of this type.


Currently,there exist such universal and deep-seated problems in the work of College counselors for reasons such as the weakening of major functions of ideological and political education,lack of motivation in specialization as well as the bottleneck in professionalism,etc. As a result,the research group has proposed a"1 + X"Model in order to optimize the working system of counselors. With counselors playing a major role in the talent cultivation system of universities,channels should be developed and expanded to help the counselors to obtain professional titles and to develop responsibility in cultivating talents, thus liberalizing counselors, speeding up the promotion of the counselors' specialization and professionalism, achieving the dynamic professional development horizontally and vertically as well as raising the scientific level in the work of counselors.


This paper presents laser-based tracking (estimation of pose and size) of moving objects using multiple mobile robots as sensor nodes in Global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-denied environments. Each sensor node is equipped with a multilayer laser scanner and detects moving objects, such as people, cars, and bicycles, in its own laser-scanned images by applying an occupancy-grid-based method. It then sends measurement information related to the moving objects to a central server. The central server estimates the objects' poses (positions and velocities) and sizes using Bayesian filter. In this cooperative-tracking method, the nearby sensor nodes always share their tracking information, allowing tracking of invisible or partially visible objects. To perform reliable cooperative tracking, sensor nodes should accurately identify their relative pose. In GNSS-denied environments, the relative pose is estimated by scan matching using laser measurements captured by nearby sensor nodes. Such cooperative scan matching is performed by 4-points congruent sets (4PCS) matching method for coarse registration and Iterative closest point (ICP) method for fine registration. The experimental results of tracking a car, a motorcycle, and a pedestrian with two sensor nodes in an outdoor GNSS-denied environment validate the proposed method.


Streptococcus pyogenes is associated with a wide range of infections and disease states, that infects children and adolescents causing sore throat. This study was carried out to evaluate the potential of exopolysaccharides of Aphanocapsa sp was tested for antibacterial activity against Streptococcus pyogenes ( Group A streptococcus) bacterial cultures using well diffusion method.Plackett- Burman design was applied on original BG11medium to determine the best conditions that effect on activity of exopolysaccharides of Aphanocapsasp against Streptococcus pyogenes. Plackett- Burman design was performed on original BG11medium by applied various nitrogen sources NaNO3and ammonium chloride. It was found that exopolysacchaaride extracted from Aphanocapsa sp had activity against Streptococcus pyogenes. Exopolysacchaaride extracted from alga that grown in Bg11medium supplemented with ammonium chloride had more effective against Streptococcus pyogenes than that obtained from Bg11medium supplemented with NaNO3.


The existing Cast-in-place reinforced concrete floor slab still has some shortcomings as the cracks caused by shrinkage, temperature difference and settlement of the Cast-in-place concrete are difficult to control, a large amount of on-site wet operation leads to noise and environmental pollution, and the self weight of the Cast-in-place concrete floor slab is big, thereby bringing a lot of adverse influences. This paper innovates on the conventional Cast-in-place reinforced concrete, establishes the construction technology of the light Cast-in-place floor slab of built-in special Y-shaped steel plates, and introduces technology principle, application scope, technological features, technology process and operating points of the technology.


The geodetic activities of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in America between 1763-68 were, for the period, without precedent. Their famous boundary dividing Maryland from Pennsylvania, the Mason-Dixon Line, today remains a fitting monument to these two brave, resourceful and extremely talented scientists. Tutored by Astronomer Royal Dr James Bradley, Charles Mason was aware of the contemporary theories and experiments to establish the true shape of the Earth. He was also cognisant of what was being termed "the attraction of mountains" (deviation of the vertical). However, at the time it was no more than a theory, a possibility, and it was by no means certain whether the Earth was solid or hollow. The Mason-Dixon Line, a line of constant latitude fifteen miles south of Philadelphia, although the most arduous of their tasks, was only part of their work for the proprietors of Maryland and Pennsylvania. For the Royal Society of London, they also measured the first degree of latitude in America. In recent years, the Mason-Dixon Line Preservation Partnership has located many of the original markers and surveyed them using GPS. The paper reviews the work of Mason and Dixon covering the period 1756-1786. In particular, their methods and results for the American boundary lines are discussed together with comments on the accuracy they achieved compared with GPS observations.


We develop a formalism based on a time-dependent wave-function ansatz to study correlations of photons emitted from a collection of two-level quantum emitters. We show how to simulate the system dynamics and evaluate the intensity of the scattered photons and the second-order correlation function $g^{(2)}$ in terms of the amplitudes of the different components of the wave function. Our approach is efficient for considering systems that contain up to two excitations. To demonstrate this we first consider the example of spectral filtering of photons emitted from a single quantum emitter. We show how our formalism can be used to study spectral filtering of the two-photon component of the emitted light from a single quantum emitter for various kinds of filters. Furthermore, as a general application of our formalism, we show how it can be used to study photon-photon correlations in an optically dense ensemble of two-level quantum emitters. In particular we lay out the details of simulating correlated photon transport in such ensembles reported recently by S. Mahmoodian {\it et.al.} [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 121}, 143601 (2018)]. Compared to other existing techniques, the advantage of our formalism is that it is applicable to any generic spectral filter and quantum many-body systems involving a large number of quantum emitters while requiring only a modest computational resource.


Abstract In this work, the nature of the magnetic flux oscillations in superconductors was studied within the adiabatic approximation. It was shown that, under certain conditions, depending on the values of parameters of the system, oscillating modes of the magnetic flux may be observed.


The aim of this study was to identify pregnant women at risk of preeclampsia (PE) before clinical manifestations appeared using a panel of serum markers. We recruited 240 consecutive women who presented for antenatal care. We investigated whether serum levels of placental growth factor (PlGF), its inhibitor, soluble fms‐like tyrosine kinase‐1 (sFlt‐1), measured at 13–16 weeks gestation and the expression of fms‐like tyrosine kinase‐1 (Flt‐1) in the maternal neutrophils measured by flow cytometry could be predictive of the subsequent development of PE. Serum PlGF levels were found to be significantly lower among women who developed PE than patients with gestational hypertension or patients in the control group (p < 0.001). In contrast, serum sFlt1 levels were most elevated in patients who developed PE versus those with gestational hypertension or the control group (p < 0.001). Serum levels of neutrophil‐Flt‐1, however, were lower in women who developed PE than in those with gestational hypertension or those in the control group (p < 0.001). Increased serum levels of sFlt‐1, decreased levels of neutrophil‐Flt‐1, and decreased levels of PlGF may predict women at risk of developing PE later in pregnancy.


is a pamphlet series developed to meet requests from all over the world for information about innovative and practical program ideas developed by and for low income women. The pamphlets are designed as a means to share information and spark new projects based on the positive experiences of women who are working to help themselves and other women improve their economic status. The projects described in this and other issues of SEEDS have been selected because they provide women with a cash income, involve women in decision-making as well as earning, are based on sound economic criteria, and are working successfully to overcome obstacles commonly encountered. The reports are not meant to be prescriptive, since every development effort will face somewhat different problems and resources. Rather, they have been written to describe the history of an idea and its implementation in the hope that the lessons learned can be useful in a variety of settings. They are also being written to bring to the attention of those in decision-making positions the fact that income generating projects for and by women are viable and have important roles to play in development


MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-3, MMP-7, MMP-9 and MMP-14. Some researchers tried to reveal the molecular markers of invasiveness in gliomas. In the results of their studies various MMPs can be found. Bakalova et al. found that patients in terminal stages of brain tumors had elevated plasma levels of MMP-2 and MMP-9. Mariani et al. measured levels of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of dogs with intracranial tumors. Latent, but not active form of MMP-2 was found in all samples. MMP-9 was found in CSF of a minority of studied animals. Xu et al. analyzed brain samples obtained from patients undergoing surgery for GBM and non-malignant condition, epilepsy. Overexpression of both MMP-1 and vascular endothelial growth factor-1 (VEGF-1) was an independent poor prognostic factor in gliomas. Wang and co-workers analyzed frozen glioma samples and found out an increased expression of stromal periostin (POSTN) gene. This protein took part in both cell invasion and migration. In glioma cells POSTN signaling led to increased MMP-9 expression. The expres‐ sion of POSTN correlated with both grade and progression of glioma being a poor prognostic factor [10-13].