Anomaly detection in industrial control systems based on traffic monitoring is one of the key components in securing these critical cyber-physical environments. Many anomaly detection methods have been proposed in the past decade. They are based on various principles stemming from signature detection, statistical analysis, or machine learning. Because of the lack of ICS communication datasets, their evaluation and mainly comparing their performance is problematic. If provided as a prototype implementation, the methods are implemented in various languages and require different input formats. In the present paper, we propose a library that can process ICS communication, extract required information, e.g., various packet-level or flow-level features, and provide the data to a user-specified anomaly detection method. It is possible to integrate the library in the system that automates the entire processing pipeline enabling us to conduct experiments with different methods while saving the time needed for manual data preparation.


T.W.Addorno believes that culture industry adopts standard production and false personality form,which makes culture identically,and that market law comes into art fields,which makes culture become commodities,contorting artists' personality and destroying audience's aesthetic ability.He also believes that culture industry maintains ideology dominion by false promises and successful myths.Culture industry makes masses escape from real world and anaesthetizes consumers,stops masses' reflection and revolt,makes masses identify with actual system.His research on culture industry is profound and significant,but there are still many obvious inadequacies.Firstly,he focuses too much on the impact of ideology and neglect consumers' fight and rebellion against it.Secondly,he paralyzes consumers.Finally,he equates cultural texts with simplified,standard cultural production without individuality,excluding the complex ability of cultural text and the receivers' explaining ability.


Allergic diseases affect one third of general population and usually require regular application of anti-allergic treatment of allergen immuno-therapy Allergic people and patients with chronic allergic respiratory diseases, based on the published studies and case report series, do not yield an increased risk for obtaining COVID-19 compared to the general population Anti-allergic medicaments /with the exception of systemic corticosteroids) do not represent a risk in relation with COVID-19 and its complicated course Patients should continue in their chronic anti-allergic treatment (including biologicals, immunosuppressants, and corticosteroids) without the withdrawal or tapering the dose Patients should continue also in the applied allergen immunotherapy In case of acquiring COVID-19, it is necessary to contact the caring specialists with the highly-individualized re-assessment of the therapeutic strategy The aim is to maintain the achieved control over allergic disease


A two-door ultraviolet (uv) or germicidal lamp pass-through cabinet and control system were developed for use in an Anthonomus grandis Boheman mass- rearing facility. The unit allows passage of materials between rooms, or between rooms and the outside, with better contamination control than is possible by using ordinary doorway passages. Tests showed that microbial organisms, which were suspended in air or spread in thin layers on filter paper, were destroyed when exposed to the radiation produced by the lamps in the unit. The control system was designed and installed so that only one door of the cabinet could be opened at one time. When either door was opened and then closed, both doors were locked and the uv lamps were activated and remained on for a preset length of time before either door could be opened. The uv lamps could not be operative when either door was open. Lamp fixtures were mounted in the cabinet so that any packages or containers placed in the cabinet were surrounded by germicidal lamp rays. (auth)


Chemical analysis of soil that received poultry manure and NPK fertilizer treatments and planted to Corchorus olitorius was carried out a year later. The residual effect of the treatments on following C. olitorius plant was determined at Akure, southwest Nigeria. Previous application of poultry manure increased soil organic matter and N, P, K, Ca and Mg. The values of soil components due to application of poultry manure were higher than those of chemical fertilizer treatments. The plots previously treated with poultry manure especially at 30-50t/ha enhanced yield parameters such as total biomass yield, marketable and edible yields of C. olitorius . Nigerian Journal of Soil Science Vol. 15 2005: 133-135


Dynamic photo-elasticity has been employed to determine the stress concentration factor at a central circular hole in a strut subjected to axial impact. The model was machined from a low modulus photo-elastic material (a urethane rubber compound known commercially as Hysol 8705), and the photographs of the dynamic fringe patterns were taken with a 'Fastax' camera or a microflash-camera combination.


INTRODUCTION Process capability index (CpK) is probably the most recognized traditional process performance index used in pharmaceutical technology. It is widely employed in quality by design (QbD), process validation, and annual product review activities (1, Figure 1). In process validation, the CpK (Figure 2) for a certain critical quality attribute (CQA) is computed to measure the process' degree of data consistency in comparison with specification limits. One of the disadvantages to this dimensionless value is its limitation to communicate the exact meaning. For example, a common "rule of thumb" is that the process is poor if CpK < 1.0, good if CpK > 1.33 or excellent if CpK > 2.0. This kind of rule lacks a direct probabilistic interpretation. The solution to such limitation may be answered by the defect rate concept. A defect rate can be obtained using tabulated data (in textbooks e.g., CpK = 1.33 or 4 sigma is equivalent to a defect rate of not more than 63 ppm) or using the equation derived by Nash (2) illustrated in Equation 1:


Arsenic, a metalloid is omnipresent in the environment in both organic and inorganic forms, the most common form being arsenopyrite. Inorganic forms of arsenic namely arsenite and arsenate show more toxicity in humans than their organic counterparts. Arsenic is commonly referred to as king of poisons and poison of kings because it is potent, discreet, easily available, odorless and tasteless; hence it can be easily camouflaged in food (Hughes et al., 2011). This metalloid is mainly present naturally in local bedrocks. It is introduced into the soil during weathering of rocks and minerals, their leaching and runoff or from anthropogenic sources. The source of inorganic arsenic is primarily geological, while organic arsenic is found in abundance in marine life. Surface water gets contaminated when geothermal fluids, rich ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 3 Number 10 (2014) pp. 34-47 http://www.ijcmas.com


This Special Issue, guest-edited by Adrienne Trier-Bieniek, Ph.D., brings together exciting new work on the growing number of podcasts focused on deconstructing gender inequality, particularly as an intersectional issue. The seven articles gathered here provide a broad and methodologically diverse perspective on some of the most exciting podcasts in this genre. Two book reviews on major books released last year conclude the issue.


Pb isotope compositions for three sample sets of pyrite in NNW-trending fracture arrays that crisscross Lower Jurassic hemipelagic series at S. Pedro de Moel region [1] indicate similar fluid sources and multiple migration events. Indeed, the 207Pb/204Pb and 208Pb/204Pb ratios, as well as μ-values, are relatively homogeneous, ranging from 15.641 to 15.778, 38.498 to 38.933 and 9.8 to 10.4, respectively; differences in 206Pb/204Pb ratios separate the three sets. The calculated μvalues and the relative position of samples in the uranogenic Plumbotectonics diagram indicate Pb derivation from upper crustal reservoirs. Identical 207Pb/204Pb and 208Pb/204Pb but variable 206Pb/204Pb ratios suggest that Pb was remobilized similarly but in distinct events, subjected to alike rock-fluid interaction(s) and/or migration pathway(s). The linear trend put in evidence for each set of samples intersects the StaceyKramers growth cruve at different ages: ca. 152 Ma, 59 Ma and 30 Ma. These ages correlate well with some major events experienced by the Lusitanian Basin during its geodynamic evolution, as documented in several studies [2], i.e.: i) main rifting stage in Late Jurassic times (Kimmeridgian); ii) regional uplift at the Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene transition, after a relatively long transient inversion period; and iii) effective tectonic inversion during the Pyrenaic phase of the Alpine Cycle. Accepting this interpretation, the fluid flow events recorded by pyrite infillings should compare with those related to hydrocarbon migration within basin. However, two contrasting consequences arise: i) if hydrocarbons were already generated but confined to the source rock(s), those events could have triggered their migration to potential reservoirs; ii) if reservoirs were already infilled, such events might have provided significant hydrocarbon leakage.


My attention was called to the desirability of describing my technic of subperiosteal rib resection by the experience of a single day when I operated on two patients with chronic empyema in whom the persistence of the sinus was found to be due to the sequestration of the ends of the ribs. The advantage of a subperiosteal resection lies not only in the protection which it affords against tearing a nonadherent pleura but also in the fact that the intercostal vessels and nerve are separated from the rib with the posterior layer of periosteum and are thus protected from injury. It must be considered an error of operative technic if the intercostal vessels are wounded during the performance of a simple subperiosteal rib resection. In the operation which is usually described and figured, a longitudinal incision is made through the periosteum overlying the rib. The anterior layer is then reflected by a


We derive a deterministic protocol to implement a general single-qubit POVM on near-term circuit-based quantum computers. The protocol has a modular structure, such that an $n$-element POVM is implemented as a sequence of $(n-1)$ circuit modules. Each module performs a $2$-element POVM. Two variations of the protocol are suggested, one optimal in terms of number of ancilla qubits, the other optimal in terms of number of qubit gate operations and quantum circuit depth. We use the protocol to implement $2$- and $3$-element POVMs on two publicly available quantum computing devices. The results we obtain suggest that implementing non-trivial POVMs could be within the reach of the current noisy quantum computing devices.


The utility model discloses a continuous evaporated crystallizer, which comprises a vapour liquid separator. A suspension chamber is formed at the lower part of the vapour liquid separator, the lower part of the suspension chamber is connected with a crystal store tank, the inner part of which is connected with a crystal discharge nozzle, a discharge pump is arranged on the crystal discharge nozzle which is connected to the bottom of the crystal store tank through a circulation tube, and a circulation tube valve, a discharge valve, and a discharge hole are arranged on the circulation tube, a block mass discharge hole is arranged at the bottom of the crystal store tank, the top part of an evaporator cell is connected with the vapour liquid separator through a pipeline, the bottom of the evaporator cell is connected with the suspension chamber through the pipeline, a forced circulation pump is arranged on the pipeline connected with the evaporator cell and the suspension chamber, a solid liquid separation chamber is arranged in the suspension chamber, and division boards are arranged at the two sides of the solid liquid separation chamber.


Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Social Decay Chapter 3 Social Decay and the Left Chapter 4 Aspects of Social Decay: Civility and Civic Participation Chapter 5 Aspects of Social Decay: Civility and Manners Chapter 6 Social Decay and the Working Class: The Many Faces of Temperance Chapter 7 Responses to Social Decay: A Case Study of the Black Panthers Part 8 Social Transformation and Reason Chapter 9 Resistance Without Political Ideas: A Closer Look at James C. Scott Chapter 10 The Perils of Political "Romanticism": A Closer Look at Robin D. G. Kelley Chapter 11 The Russian Twenties: Cultural Revolution as Enlightenment


India may be the youngest country in the world in 2020 however by 2050, as many as 325 million people, or 20 per cent of the population, will be 'elderly' says a report by the non-profit organization 'Help Age India.' Currently, India has 103.9 million elderly people above the age 60 which is about 8.5 per cent of the population. The elderly population is growing at about 3.5 per cent per year, double the rate for the population as a whole. While the overall population of India will have grown by about 40 per cent between 2006 and 2050, the elderly population will have grown by 270 percent according to the report by the ministry for statistics and programme implementation. India is in the position to develop lots of support facility to handle the health problems faced by aged people. In addition there will be lots of marketing opportunities for such health care products. The present study focuses on one such health care product 'Adult Diaper' used to handle an old age discrepancy - urinary incontinence. This problem is faced by most of the aged population. This may due to weak bladder muscle, overactive bladder, which may affect the normal life of the aged people both physically and mentally. The emerging adult diaper industry supports those people through their products and makes them feel comfortable. The present study tries to make out whether the people in Madurai city, are aware of adult diaper and also to identify whether they accept adult diaper. It also tries to spot the attributes that may influence the consumers to buy it. It further tries to observe the brand they use and the market leader of the product in Madurai city. Additionally it tries to recognize the awareness and acceptance of AVM Super Dry brand in Madurai city. The research design used here is descriptive and the data was collected from the retailers as well as the consumers using two separate questionnaires. The result found was, most of the respondents were aware of the product adult diaper and people prefer the brand with high absorbency, odor control and good comfort. Currently, the Madurai market is ruled by the brand "Friends".


Variant studies on ancient DNA have attempted to reveal individual origin. Here, based on cloning sequencing and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphisms, we analyzed polymorphisms in the first hypervariable region and coding regions of mitochondrial DNA of 19 human bone remains which were excavated from a tomb near the Terra Cotta Warriors and dated some 2,200 years before present. With the aim of shedding light on origins of these samples who were supposed to be workers building the mausoleum for the First Emperor of China, we compared them with 2,164 mtDNA profiles from 32 contemporary Chinese populations at both population and individual levels. Our results showed that mausoleum-building workers may be derived from very diverse sources of origin.


This report provides a detailed estimate of tyre wear of the following vehicle classes operating in South Africa: cars, mini-buses, midi-buses, single-decker buses, double-decker buses, bus-trains, light goods vehicles, medium size goods vehicles and heavy goods vehicles. The underlying factors of tyre wear are discussed. Tyre wear rates are supplied for constant speeds, horizontal curves and speed change cycles. Estimates of tyre wear on rural roads in flat, rolling and mountainous topography are made, while average tyre wear rates at different speeds are also supplied for urban traffic conditions. (Author/TRRL)


Abstract The spectrum of spinal dysraphism includes various congenital anomalies of the spinal column and spinal cord. Clinical manifestations are varied and range from paraparesis, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and musculoskeletal anomalies to asymptomatic cases depending on the level and extent of spinal involvement. Magnetic resonance imaging is the gold standard for assessing these complex spinal anomalies. Even for the experienced radiologist, diagnosis can be challenging in complex cases. It is essential to be aware of the normal embryological developmental stages of the spine for an adequate understanding of the complex anatomy, pathogenesis, and cliniconeuroradiological classification of spinal dysraphism, which is necessary for accurately diagnosing each case as a particular pathological entity. In this pictorial essay, we have depicted the stages and process of spinal embryogenesis, cliniconeuroradiological classification, and the imaging spectrum of spinal dysraphism. As the confusing terminologies and the numerous variants can potentially lead to misdiagnosis, we have proposed a step-wise protocol-based imaging approach to analyze each case and arrive at the correct diagnosis systematically. This would be particularly helpful in confusing and difficult cases, as accurate and early diagnosis is crucial for appropriate patient management.


To date, there has been little empirical evidence to support the broader use of value-based insurance design, which lowers copayments for services with high value relative to their costs. To address this lack of data, we evaluated the impact of the value-based insurance program of a US corporation, Pitney Bowes. The program eliminated copayments for cholesterol-lowering statins and reduced them for clopidogrel, a blood clot inhibitor. We found that the policy was associated with an immediate 2.8 percent increase in adherence to statins relative to controls, which was maintained for the subsequent year. For clopidogrel, the policy was associated with an immediate stabilizing of the adherence rate and a four-percentage-point difference between intervention and control subjects a year later. Our study thus provides an empirical basis for the use of this approach to improve the quality of health care. M any employers expend considerable resources to provide their employees with health benefits, and they seek to maximize the value of that coverage. For prescription medications, these strategies frequently include efforts tominimize medication use that is of limited health benefit, most often by increasing patients' share of the cost of these therapies. Although increased cost sharing effectively reduces drug spending for the employer, this approach also leads to reductions in essential medication use, especially among patients with chronic illnesses. Paradoxically, the cost of preventable care arising from the underuse of highly effectivemedicationsmay be greater than the cost savings resulting from increased copayments. An alternative approach is to reduce the patient's share of costs for medications that provide high benefits relative to their costs. An example is statin drugs in patients who have experienced a myocardial infarction, or heart attack. This strategy is knownas evidence-based plan design or value-based insurance design. It has attracted much attention as a means to simultaneously improve health care quality and reduce the growth of overall health care spending. Despite the enthusiasm for value-based insurance design, there is limited evidence to support the notion that reduced copayments will improve the use of essential medications. In the only prospective study published to date, a large employer eliminated copayments for generics and reduced them by 50 percent for brand-name drugs in five classes. In comparison to a control employer, statistically significant increases in adherence—the long-term, consistent use of medications in accordance with a prescriber's recommendations—of three to four percentage points occurred in four of the five studied drug classes. Unfortunately, the patients for whom copayments were reduced had different rates of medication adherence than the patients towhom they were compared prior to the policy's introduction. In addition, the analysis did not account for clinical factors that could have influenced the doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0336


We discuss the reconstruction of functions from their samples at non-uniformly distributed locations using two methods of approximation i.e. sinc interpolation and method of spline. Also We simulate reconstruction results for both the methods and compared performance of them based on the errors like mean squared error and mean absolute deviation.


ABSTRACTAlthough in the past, in the context of stacking, traveltime moveout was only formulated in individual common-midpoint (CMP) gathers, multiparameter stacking uses normal moveout (NMO) approximations that span several neighboring CMPs. Multiparameter expressions such as the common reflection surface (CRS) or multifocusing are parameterized in terms of local slopes and curvatures of emerging wavefronts rather than effective velocities, which makes these approaches appear conceptually different from conventional velocity analysis. As a consequence, the unifying nature of multiparameter NMO is still not well-appreciated. In addition, CRS and multifocusing show distinctly different behavior in that they respond differently to the overburden heterogeneity and curvature of the target interface, and they either are or are not susceptible to moveout stretch. In our work, we seek to demystify the wavefront picture by demonstrating that the conventional and multidimensional NMO operators can conveniently be ...


AbstractIn this issue of the journal, Dabich et al. (1) present the results of two sequential studies carried out by the Southwest Oncology Group in which different sequences of antineoplastic drug administration were compared in patients with malignant lymphoma. A so-called syncopated program of CHOP and PVB was compared with a program in which CHOP was alternated with PVB at every treatment interval. No significant differences between the two treatment programs were found, and indeed neither appeared to be superior to historical results achieved with CHOP alone. The authors discuss possible interpretation of these results in the light of the somatic mutation drug resistance model (2-4).


A time-recursive algorithm for the joint estimation of angles of arrival (AOA), multipath channel coefficients, and digital data is developed. This algorithm, which is applicable to TDMA cellular and PCS systems, is based on the technique of per-survivor processing (PSP). The PSP-based adaptive array processing algorithm uses per-survivor estimation of AOAs and channel coefficients embedded into a vector measurement maximum likelihood sequence detector. It is demonstrated through computer simulation that this algorithm can accurately and blindly estimate the AOA and amplitude of paths which occur at a separation of a fraction of the symbol interval and which outnumber the array elements.


The transport properties of a polyatomic gas in collinear static and oscillating magnetic fields are discussed qualitatively and studied quantitatively using a microscopic kinetic equation. With no adjustable parameters, resonances recently observed in the thermomagnetic torque (the Scott Effect) are quantitatively reproduced. Related resonant phenomena are predicted for the viscosity, thermal conductivity, and various Burnett coefficients. The calculations are performed for molecules with a unique magnetic moment and for molecules with a distribution of moments. The measured moment distribution is essential for explaining the results on NO, on which the most careful and varied dynamic measurements have been performed. Agreement between theory and experiment for N2 and NO is satisfactory. The calculation entails the evaluation of correlation functions for a steady state in an oscillatory external field. Limiting values of the functions determine the ordinary and Burnett transport coefficients. The details...


There are many applications for the use of optical instruments in vehicles, especially in the military. It is required that these instruments function while the vehicle is on the move, in rough terrain. Angular distrubances of the line-of-sight pointing vector can render these instruments useless as observation or pointing devices, due to image blurring. Instruments that must retain resolution in this environment are usually stabilized by means of gimbals. If the entire instrument (such as a large television camera) is to be stabilized, the problem becomes one of a simple stable platform, or, a single axle gimbal. If, however, the instrument is hard mounted to the vehicle and the image is instead to be stabilized by means of a compensating optical component, such as a periscope head mirror, the problem is a little more complex. In a periscopic sight the head mirror must be driven at half-speed to the line-of-sight disturbance to compensate for the angle doubling effect of the mirror. That is, in order to stabilize the line-of-sight, the mirror cannot be inertiallv stable, but must be coupled to a stable mass at a ratio of 1:2. In many applications it is necessary to transmit the elevation angle of the line-of-sight to a fire control system, or, to direct the lines-of-sight of other platforms. In order to do this, transducers are mounted on the "drive axle", (gyros, synchros, tachometers, potentiometers, motors), which detect and trasmit the angular position and rate of the elevation line-of-sight. This drive axle becomes the stable element and is coupled to the mirror axle, at a 2:1 ratio, by means of gears or metallic belts or bands. This is a double axle gimbal system. When subjected to a rotational disturbance such as boat or vehicle motion the inertias of the drive and mirror axles react with one-another to cause a displacement of the line-of-sight pointing vector. This disturbance is a dynamic coupling of inertias. It exists even in the absence of friction. The subject of this paper is a mechanism analysis of a band drive system with more than one axle and more than one inertia. It is concluded that in a 2:1 band drive system one should maximize the drive axle inertia and minimize the mirror axle inertia. When this is not adequate it is shown that it is possible to add a third axle parallel to the drive axle and mirror axle to cancel out the deleterious effects of the dynamic coupling between the first two inertias.


Objective To investigate the effect of CYP2C9*3 and VKORC1-1639GA single nucleotide polymorphism on the prevention of deep venous thrombosis(DVT)by warfarin after orthopedic surgery.Methods According to random choice method on computer,a total of 214 patients treated in the department of traumatic orthopedics of our hospital from year 2008 to 2013 were enrolled in this study.All the patients were given warfarin to prevent DVT.CYP2C9*3 and VKORC1-1639GA polymorphism was analyzed by polymerase chain reaction- restriction fragment length polymorphism(PCR-RFLP)method.Three genotypes of VKORC1-1639GA and three genotypes of CYP2C9*3 were combined.The stable dose of warfarin in patients with different genotypes and the incidence of DVT 3 months after surgery were recorded.Results VKORC1-1639GA in the GG,GA and AApopulation distribution were 0.9%(2/214),19.2%(41/214) and 79.9%(171/214).Mutant gene frequency of VKORC1-1639GA was 10.5%.Genes CYP2C9*3*1/*1,*1/*3 and*3/*3 population distribution were 90.7%(194/214),8.4%(18/214) and 0.9%(2/214),respectively.Mutant gene frequency of CYP2C9*3 was 5.1%.Both VKORC1-1639GA and CYP2C9*1/*3 were in line with the frequency distribution of Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium.The stable dose of warfarin in the patients with VKORC1-1639GG was (5.89±1.22)mg/d, which was significantly higher than that in the patients with VKORC1-1639GA and VKORC1-1639AA([4.26± 1.12]mg/d,[2.84±0.65]mg/d,both P0.05).The stable dose of warfarin in the patients with CYP2C9*1/ *1 was(3.21±1.05)mg/d,which was significantly higher than that in the patients with CYP2C9*1/*3 and CYP2C9*3/*3([2.23±0.46]mg/d,[1.23±0.48]mg/d,both P0.05).After combination of VKORC1- 1639GA and CYP2C9*3,we obtained seven genotypes-GG*1/*1,GA*1/*1,AA*1/*1,GA* 1/*3,AA*1/*3,GA*3/*3 and AA*3/*3.There were 154 patients with AA*1/*1,38 patients with GA*1/*1,16 patients with AA*1/*3,2 patients with GG*1/*1,2 patients with GA*1/*3, one with GA*3/*3 and another one with AA*3/*3.In these patients,the stable doses of warfarin were (2.96±0.95)mg/d,(4.46±1.63)mg/d,(2.08±0.48)mg/d,(5.89±1.22)mg/d,(3.09±0.47)mg/d, 1.57mg/d and 0.89mg/d,respectively.The incidence of DVT in the patients with GG*1/*1,GA*1/*1, AA*1/*1,GA*1/*3 and AA*1/*3 were 2/2,78.9%(30/38),19.5%(30/154),1/2 and 5/16, respectively.No DVT occurred in the patients with GA*3/*3 and AA*3/*3.Conclusion Warfarin is closely related to VKORC1-1639G A and CYP2C9*3 polymorphism for prevention of postoperative DVT. Therefore,more attention should be paid to VKORC1-1639G A and CYP2C9*3 with warfarin treatment and its clinical efficacy.


PATIENTS FREQUENTLY EXPRESS STRONG PREFERENCES FOR medical tests or treatments of their own choosing, even when physicians believe that those interventions are not beneficial. Physicians grant such requests for various reasons. One compelling reason is to avoid confrontation: patient-physician relationships flourish in an atmosphere of trust and goodwill, and physicians rightly worry that disagreement will threaten those relationships. Moreover, explaining why an intervention is not beneficial takes time. For patients with the common cold, granting requests for antibiotics is far less time-consuming than discussing viral microbiology and harms of antibiotic overuse. Although patients' preferences are key factors in clinical decision making, a patient's preference for a diagnostic or therapeutic intervention is not decisive unless a modicum of potential benefit, viewed from a conventional medical perspective, is present. When diagnostic or therapeutic choices are consistent with such a modicum of benefit, patients' preferences should drive decisions. In contrast, physicians should not provide interventions that do not meet this criterion. Patients are increasinglywilling tochallengephysicians' intellectual authority. Patients request interventions based on media publicity about new research findings, sometimes before physicians learn about them. Internet sources of clinical information empower patients to make medical judgments independent of consultations with physicians. Directto-consumer advertising prompts patients to diagnose themselveswithconditions tied toadvertiseddrugs. Inone respect, physiciansshouldwelcomethesechanges: clinical encounters involving informedpatientsbecomegratifyingwhenbothparties collaborate to advance patients' best interests. However, patients who misinterpret self-acquired medical information may request unnecessary or even harmful interventions. Physicians may respond to requests for nonbeneficial interventions not only through individualized clinical reasoning but also by applying practice guidelines. When guidelines recommend against a requested intervention, physicians can appeal to them as external sources of authority and depersonalize potential conflict with the patient. However, guidelines also can be problematic: those who create guidelines may have conflicts of interest, guidelines from different sources may conflict, and applicable guidelines are unavailable for many clinical problems. Patient Autonomy and Professional Integrity Patient autonomy is often invoked to support patients' requests for specific interventions. According to this perspective, patients' preferences are always decisive because medical decisions reflect value judgments, and patients are always better suited to choose interventions consistent with their personal values than are physicians. However, this rationale is flawed. Distorting biases may influence a patient's clinical judgment, and autonomous patients sometimes make decisions that confer no benefit or put their health at risk. Using patient autonomy to justify acquiescence to patients' requests for nonbeneficial services violates professional integrity. Professional integrityrequiresphysicianstoadheretostandards of intellectual and moral excellence. Physicians achieve intellectual excellence by submitting clinical judgment to disciplined, evidence-based reasoning. Physicians achieve moral excellence by protecting patients' health-related interests as a primaryconcern,keepingself-interests systematically secondary. Commitment to professional integrity requires that physicianschallenge requests fornonbeneficial interventions.For example, patients may derive subjective value from taking antibiotics for viral infections; however, such value is not decisive intheabsenceofbenefit fromthemedicalperspective.Over time,allowingpatients'demandsforunnecessary interventions to trumpcarefulclinical reasoningresults inanondeliberative, rote practice style that undermines clinical excellence. Patient autonomy is not an unqualified right to choose. A broader view of autonomy includes the ability to understand and apply relevant information in making clinical judgments. Correspondingly, the physician's obligation is to promote coherent deliberation and not simply to dispense whatever the patient wants. The interpersonal nature of patient-physician encounters is better captured by the idea of respect for autonomy than by an abstract principle of autonomy. This idea underscores the physician's obligation to consider seriously patients' values and preferences while protecting their health-related interests.


The relationship between the high heating values (HHVs) and the elemental contents of some freshwater biomass were studied. The results obtained from the ultimate analysis show that the HHVs of the freshwater biomass is a function of total carbon and hydrogen contents but, a weak function of oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur. Analyses of the experimental results shows that, the HHVs of the biomass tested are not linearly related to their total hydrogen contents but, directly related to their total Carbon contents. HHV's calculated from theoretical correlations using the elemental contents of C, H, N, S and O compared well with that of the American Standard of Testing Materials (ASTM) results and also in good agreement with the widely reported values in the acceptable range of 17-21 MJ/kg.


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S U M M A R Y Amplitude versus offset analysis of P to P reflection is often used in exploration seismology for hydrocarbon exploration. In the present work, the feasibility to estimate crustal velocity structure from transmitted P to S wave amplitude variation with ray-parameter has been investigated separately for dipping layer and anisotropy medium. First, for horizontal and isotropic medium, the approximation of P-to-s conversion is used that is expressed as a linear form in terms of slowness. Next, the intercept of the linear regression has been used to estimate the shear wave velocity contrast (δβ) across an interface. The formulation holds good for isotropic and horizontal layer medium. Application of such formula to anisotropic medium or dipping layer data may lead to erroneous estimation of δβ. In order to overcome this problem, a method has been proposed to compensate the SV-amplitude using shifted version of SH-amplitude, and subsequently transforming SV amplitudes equivalent to that from isotropic or horizontal layer medium as the case may be. Once this transformation has been done, δβ can be estimated using isotropic horizontal layer formula. The shifts required in SH for the compensation are π /2 and π /4 for dipping layer and anisotropic medium, respectively. The effectiveness of the approach has been reported using various synthetic data sets. The methodology is also tested on real data from HI-CLIMB network in Himalaya, where the presence of dipping Moho has already been reported. The result reveals that the average shear wave velocity contrast across the Moho is larger towards the Indian side compared to the higher Himalayan and Tibetan regions.


This paper gives an overview of the design and operational details of a Beach and Seabed Crawler UUV (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) constructed to make oceanographic measurements in tidal shore environments. Currently, there is no established way of rapidly collecting data in near-shore and surf zone environments. The ability to move instruments quickly to a series of known locations within a single tidal cycle (7 or 13 hours), and to accurately repeat/return to known locations on a shore, hugely increases the value of such oceanographic measurements. To meet this need, a twin-tracked crawling vehicle with a range of standard vehicle and oceanographic instruments has been constructed. The vehicle was recently used in Portugal as part of the two month fieldwork programme of the INDIA (Inlet Dynamics Initiative Algarve) project. The focus of INDIA is the oceanographic study of a small, tidal, highly dynamic, multiple-inlet system in southern Portugal, and includes partners from the UK, France, Netherlands, Portugal, USA, Australia, Korea, and Poland. This paper describes the electrical and mechanical features of the crawler, and the measurements taken as part of the fieldwork trials.


Intermittently powered energy-harvesting devices enable new applications in inaccessible environments. Program executions must be robust to unpredictable power failures, introducing new challenges in programmability and correctness. One hard problem is that input operations have implicit constraints, embedded in the behavior of continuously powered executions, on when input values can be collected and used. This paper aims to develop a formal framework for enforcing these constraints. We identify two key properties---freshness (i.e., uses of inputs must satisfy the same time constraints as in continuous executions) and temporal consistency (i.e., the collection of a set of inputs must satisfy the same time constraints as in continuous executions). We formalize these properties and show that they can be enforced using atomic regions. We develop Ocelot, an LLVM-based analysis and transformation tool targeting Rust, to enforce these properties automatically. Ocelot provides the programmer with annotations to express these constraints and infers atomic region placement in a program to satisfy them. We then formalize Ocelot's design and show that Ocelot generates correct programs with little performance cost or code changes.


Electrical engineering is a theoretical and practical course,and it is a important basic course in electrical engineering aspects of non-electric specialty.In this paper,with the author 's years of teaching experience and the aim to improve the students' creativity and overall qualities,it has explored the specific mode of the teaching process,and discussed the teaching thought,teaching content,teaching methods and means and practical teaching system,etc.Finally,the forward-looking conclusion also has been given.


RPF, or 'real person fiction', is a subset of fanfiction that has gone largely unnoticed by academics. A handful of articles have argued for the justification of stories about real (living) people as a legitimate and morally sound art form, but only a very few studies have begun to consider RPF as a genre with its own aesthetics and conventions. This article argues that, to understand fannish RPF, we need to incorporate tools developed by scholars of digital fiction. Almost all fanfic is now produced for and on digital platforms, and moreover, the natural fit between RPF specifically and the study of metalepsis, or self-conscious movement between 'levels' of reality and fiction, makes this tool and others imported from the study of digital fiction an illuminating set of lenses through which to read it.


The accuracy of the various liquid theory methods for calculating the thermodynamic properties of liquid metals is investigated. The calculations have been made for liquid Na, Rb, Mg and Al over wide ranges of temperature T and density n using (i) the variational method and hard-sphere reference system (the HSV method), (ii) the Barker-Henderson (BH) method, (iii) the Weeks-Chandler-Andersen (WCA) method and (iv) the expressions for energy and pressure in terms of the radial distribution function found in the Percus-Yevick approximation (the PYEP method). The results of the calculations are compared with each other and with experiment. The pseudopotential model is used which describes all the atomic properties of the alkali metals to a high precision, those of Mg rather well, and of Al fairly well. It has been shown that the simple HSV approximation suitable for a semi-quantitative description of the liquid metal properties is insufficient for quantitative calculations of differential characteristics, such as melting temperatures, entropies of fusion, entropies of liquid alloy mixing, etc. The PYEP and BH methods allow the authors to calculate some thermodynamic potentials rather precisely but the computational difficulties prevent them from being used for calculating other thermodynamic properties. The WCA method has been found to combine high accuracy with sufficient simplicity of calculations and seems, therefore, to be the most promising one for quantitative calculations of liquid metal thermodynamics. They also discuss the problems of applicability of the methods considered at various T and n (particularly in the vicinity of the critical point), of the dependence of their accuracy on the metal valency and the sensitivity of the results to the type of pseudopotential model used.


The degree of emphasis placed upon local and state news in Australian capital city newspapers is discussed. National news items tend to take up most of the print in capital city newspapers except the Mercury, which lays more emphasis on local news.


In order to explore suitable planting density of different rice varieties in high latitude and cold region,early-maturing and big spike type variety Heijing 6and extremely early-maturing variety Heijing 5were used as materials to discuss the optimum density of different varieties in cold region.The effects of different density on phenophase,tiller dynamic change,leaf area,dry matter accumulation,yield and yield components were studied.The result showed that the optimum density of Heijing 6was 28~34holes per square meter(26.4cm× 13.2cm or 29.7cm ×10.0cm).While,the optimum density of Heijing 5 was 38 hole per square meter(26.4cm×10.0cm).The density of different varieties had a significant effect on the yield.To realize matching improved seed with fine cultivation measures,the density of various cultivars should be treated carefully.


Analysis of the data of the Health Insurance Plan of New York Breast Cancer Screening Study indicates that in those patients whose cancers were found by screening the case fatality rate at all ages is almost half the case fatality rate of controls. Those data also indicate maximal benefit in young women resides in the detection of in situ cancers. Due to relatively low yield of these early lesions, CFR and projected 20-year survival is no different for all women screened from controls. We have shown that the yield of these early lesions can be maximized by aggressive screening and liberal use of biopsy. Twenty-year survival after a five-year screen can be raised 30 percent above HIP control level and as much as 70 percent above HIP screened level. Furthermore, where Bailar has indicated a net gain (or loss) from -4 to +8 lives/20,000 women using the HIP data, using his method and our data we find a savings of 25-27 lives/20,000 women by three year screening to date. These are lives that have been saved by mammography alone.


Due to the lack of effective paleo-geothermometers, it has often been difficult to reconstruct the thermal history of marine carbonate strata, resulting in unreliable conclusions. As emerging paleo-geothermometers, the clumped isotope of carbonate rocks could directly provide the temperature information without relying on the assumed isotopes of paleo-fluids, which has shown excellent potential in the study of the thermal history of carbonate reservoirs. To exclude the interference from late diagenesis, this study examined multiple carbonate samples under minor diagenetic alteration, which were selected from several wells in the Tarim Basin and Sichuan Basin to examine the clumped isotope (measured as Δ47 values). Considering the temperature range and acid fractionation factors of various clumped isotope formulae, the Deflieses formula was selected to calculate the temperature of clumped isotope. By analyzing the experimental results, the meaning of Δ47 temperature in the naturally evolved limestones and dolomites, the reordering rules of 13C–18O solid-state bond in calcite clumped isotope, and the effects of thermal history on clumped isotope in different lithologies have been comprehensively discussed herein. The Shun-Ka area located in the center of the Tarim Basin has been subjected to simple tectonic movements and continuous subsidence, because of which the strata of this area are currently experiencing the highest burial depth and temperature, which provide ideal conditions for studying the influence of temperature on Δ47 values. The measured Δ47 values of 17 samples from the Shun-Ka area were in the range 0.443‰–0.634‰, and the calculated temperatures of the clumped isotope were in the range 49.9–201.7°C. The Δ47 temperatures of these samples were higher than their diagenetic temperatures, indicating that Δ47 was affected by the burial process with the reordering of solid-state 13C–18O bonds. Based on the relationship between the Δ47 temperature and borehole temperature in the Shun-Ka uplift of the Tarim Basin, it was suggested that the "blocking temperature" of 13C–18O solid-state bond reordering in the naturally evolved calcites would not be higher than 120°C and the "equilibrium temperature" would not be lower than 160°C, which was consistent with the foreign laboratory results. Furthermore, to compare the effect of clumped isotope in different lithologies, another 11 dolomite samples were selected from the central uplift of the Sichuan Basin for analyzing the clumped isotope. The measured Δ47 values of dolomites from the Sichuan Basin were in the range 0.423‰–0.537‰, and the calculated temperatures of the clumped isotope were in the range 105.7–233.5°C. Similarly, it is possible that the warming effect associated with increased burial depth resulted in 13C–18O solid-state bond reordering and a higher temperature, which was the result of both diagenesis and burial heating. To investigate the effects of thermal history on clumped isotope, the first-order approximation model was used to simulate the clumped isotope values based on the thermal history reported in previous research. The initial diagenesis temperature was set to 20°C, and it was assumed that the Δ47 temperatures of samples were only affected by diagenesis temperature and thermal history. Results revealed that the Δ47 temperature calculated using the first-order approximation model of limestone samples from the Yingshan Formation of the Tarim Basin exhibited good agreement with the measured temperature, but the calculated Δ47 temperature in the dolomites considerably differed from the actual measured temperature. This conflict could have occurred due to various thermodynamic properties (such as frequency factors and activation energy) and the complex diagenesis process between limestones and dolomites. Therefore, the first-order approximation model could be used more accurately to describe the effect of the basins thermal history on 13C–18O solid-state reordering in calcites. However, further research should be conducted on dolomites to build an inversion model focusing on the thermal history of the basin and clumped isotope.


Analysis of virtual water consumption and trade of industries is of great significance in building distinctive water use strategies in Jiangxi Province.Based on Input-output tables in 2007,combined with Jiangxi Water Bulletin,China Environment Yearbook and other statistical data,this paper made a input-output analysis on the consumption and trade of virtual water in various economic sectors in 2007 in Jiangxi Province,calculating the water consumption and corresponding coefficient of water using by industrial sectors,and analyzing the relationship between sectors of water;formulating 2007 virtual water transfer matrix of various departments.The main conclusions and policy recommendations lie below:industry sector of higher water consumption is crop sector and livestock sector;the export structure of water resources is unreasonable,and it is necessary to optimize the output structure of agricultural and livestock;to develop the secondary industry,while setting policies to prevent water shortage from water deterioration;to developing the tertiary industry of high water consumption moderately.


Score for guitar. Contains 44 pages, including 20 pages of main work, 16 pages of miscellaneous fragments, and 8 blank pages.


Real-time embedded software is mostly written in low level language such as C and assembler. But such systems are hard to test, maintain, and port to other platform. The Java language is entering to the real-time embedded systems because of its robustness, simplicity and portability etc. However, It is very difficult to estimate the worst-case execution time of Java code currently. This is due to dynamic class loading and method calls, especially the automatic garbage collection. The paper has research-ed present solutions for garbage collection, and studied the memory management of the real-time specification of Java (RTSJ). Then the rational solute-on for RTSJ is to adapt incremental garbage collection and the region memory management.


Boiling points of monocaprylin, monocaprin, dicaprylin, and dicaprin were measured at low pressures (1.0 kPa up to 13.2 kPa) using a differential scanning calorimetry technique and correlated by empirical equations (Clapeyron and Antoine). Parameters of the Design Institute for Physical Property Research (DIPPR) equations were also regressed considering calculated values of normal boiling points and critical points using the Marrero and Gani method. Heats of vaporization were estimated using the Clausius–Clapeyron relation with the inclusion of a correction term to account for deviations at higher pressures. Boiling points of α-, β-, δ-, and γ-tocopherol were measured at 1.1 kPa. A DIPPR equation was also proposed for estimating the vapor pressure of this class of compounds, and an equation for predicting heat of vaporization was derived. Data presented in this work can be valuable for process design in the edible oil industry and for development of biodiesel purification steps.


We propose statistical methods for assessing the external validity of treatment effect estimates obtained in a specific status-quo environment. In particular, we estimate counterfactual quantile treatment effects that would obtain if one were to change the composition of the population targeted by the status-quo treatment. Assuming unconfoundedness, and the invariance of the conditional distributions of the potential outcomes, the parameter of interest is identified and can be nonparametrically estimated by a kernel-based method. Viewed as a random function over the continuum of quantile indices, the estimator converges weakly to a zero mean Gaussian process at the parametric rate. Exploiting this result, we propose a multiplier bootstrap procedure to construct uniform confidence bands. We provide similar results for the counterfactually treated subpopulation and the average effect. As an application, we estimate the counterfactual quantile treatment effect of the Job Corps training program in the U.S. under various scenarios. The results suggest that strong economic conditions and the skill hypotheses both help explain the earlier finding in the literature that the program was ineffective at low quantiles of the earnings distribution.


In the background of globalization,when information communication has an unprecedented importance and language convergence has unprecedented convenience,people,in turn,emphasize language divergence and more and more groups of people try to create and maintain by means of language certain cultural and social identity.The reason is that in the context of modern culture,language has important sociological significance.It is individual and group identification,key criterion for social value sequencing and means for power consolidation.The study of language divergence can help us learn about hidden social problems and the most extensive mass appeal and understand correctly social relations and country relations so as to provide foundation for making scientific and effective policies.


Control of cigarette smoke in public places is a solution to maintain health that is possible by arranging regulations for no-smoking areas. The aim of the study was to determine the implementation of Makassar City Regional Regulation No.4/2013 focusing on non-smoking areas in Makassar City hospitals. The method of the research was qualitative with phenomenological design. This research was conducted in two hospitals, were RSI Faisal and RSUD Kota Makassar with the total of nine informants for each hospital selected through snowball sampling technique. Data collection was in the form of in-depth interviews and observations, and data analysis used content analysis. The results at RSI Faisal showed that the implementation of Makassar City Regional Regulation was not optimal, yet due to less commitment of the involved actors, no flow of coordination in the regional regulations and lacking in discipline of the hospital supervision. The research discovered that there was no maximum socialization and communication from the government on no smoking areas regulations in Makassar. The informants did not know the contents of the regional regulations, but they understand the rules of no smoking area and the implementation in the hospital. Conclusion, policymakers should apply socialization of Makassar City Regional Regulation No. 4 of 2013 on no smoking area. All implementers have to committed, and coordinate based on the explanation in the regional regulations. The supervision also must be strict and set sanctions who violate.


The catheter (10) includes a handle (12), a catheter sheath that has at least one conductor within the lumen (14), and a stylet received within the catheter sheath (14). Catheter sheath (14) provides a tubular member (40), the distal portion of the tubular member (30) an opening is formed in the wall of the tubular member in the insertion into the lumen of the tubular member conductors (26) It is produced by. Exposed distal end of the conductor (26) is attached to the electrode (28), the electrode (28) is attached to the outer surface of the tubular member (40) so as to cover the opening. Then, the tubular member is processed by heat so as to seal the electrodes (28). .Field


This paper investigates a problem of optimal design of a multi-walled cylindrical shell under axial compressive loads. The multi-walled shell consists of two load-carrying layers connected by a set of composite walls. The main structural element of the load-carrying layer is a monolayer comprising parallel-laid fibers that are interconnected by a polymer binder – a matrix. The wall represents a unidirectional composite made from the same material as the load- carrying layers. Both strength and stability constraints are taken into account during mathematical modeling. The critical load corresponding to a general form of buckling is determined by a classical formula for an orthotropic shell with "reduced" stiffnesses. The critical load corresponding to a local form of buckling is calculated using the well-known formula for a smooth orthotropic plate. The target function is the mass of the structure. The solution to the problem of optimal design of a multi-walled structure is proved to be unique. The conditions ensuring the existence of the problem solution are formulated. The example of evaluating the efficiency of reinforcing elements in a shell structure is given. The presented research results can find application in design problems for modern composite structures in rocket and space industry.


Former consultant physician Aberdeen (b 1915; q Middlesex Hospital, London, 1939; MD, FRCP), d 7 June 2003.2003.

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After working in Aberdeen as a registrar, Douglas Needham served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in northwest Europe and India. He was appointed consultant physician in Aberdeen in 1948. He assembled a substantial practice in gastroenterology, which soon showed the need for a specialist appointment and, over time, he saw the emergence of the present four-consultant unit. Early on Douglas revealed the potential of clinical audit in his community based studies of alimentary tract haemorrhage, published in 1950 and in 1973, and of colorectal cancer in 1980. He leaves a wife, Margaret; three children; and four grandchildren.


Summary The distribution within the body of various types of colloidal chromic phosphate (51Cr32PO4) at different times after intravenous and intraperitoneal injection has been studied. The possible hydrolysis "in situ" of the chromic phosphate was determined by studying the ratio β-activity / γ-activity. Similar studies have been performed with the different fractions of bone. The true colloidal chromic phosphate — in contrast to the particulated one — migrates in 50% of the cases to the liver 24 h after intraperitoneal administration. This behavior indicates the usefulness of this type of preparation for postoperative tumor prophylaxis.


This research presented a novel as well as an easy method for a non-aqueous based self-emulsifying nanoemulsion of hydrophobic drug. In this Non Aqueous based self nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (SNEDDS) of curcumin was prepared, and in vitro Analysis was done. Oleic acid serves as the oil phase in Curcumin SENE formulations, which also contain Tween 20. PEG 400 as co-surfactants was selected. The preliminary confirmation was done by FTIR spectra and 1603.80cm -1 [C=C], 3420.87 cm -1 [polymeric OH stretching], 1377.22 cm -1 [C=O stretching] was observed. The preformulation study was also done with excellentflow property. Melting point of curcumin was shown at the range of 180-183°C. The λ max of Curcumin was found to be at 424 nm in methanol. Highest solubility of curcumin was found in oleic acid. The primarily confirmation of nano emulsion was done by conductivity test, fluorescence test and Viscosity. Characterization of formulation was done by FT-IR, Droplet size, viscosity, drug content, % Transmittance and robustness study. The spectrum FT-IR of pure drug and self emulsifying nanoemulsion (SENE) was showing the changes.


Heavy metals are important environmental pollutants and their toxicity is a problem of increasing significance for ecological, evolutionary and environmental reasons. In the present study, level of occurrence of heavy metals like lead (Pb), arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu) and manganese (Mn) were estimated in Futala Lake, Nagpur city, Maharashtra, India. The monitoring was made over a period of three months viz. August (pr-immersion period), September (immersion period) and October (post-immersion period) respectively. The sampling points were selected on the basis of their importance. The heavy metal content had upward trends and followed the sequence: Fe> Mn> Pb> Cu> Cr >Cd> Zn>As. The area under study receives domestic sewage (poor) from pollution habitation, so also the activities like, cattle washing, dumping of garbage, cloth washing, bathing and idol immersion activities in large extent during and after festival seasons. Food chain polluted with toxic heavy metal is an important route for human exposure and may cause several dangerous effects on human hence constant monitoring and total ban on idol immersion activities is needed to maintain Futala Lake water quality fit for useful purposes.


Abstract : This report describes two computer simulations which have been developed to aid in the study of time-varying filters for spread spectrum communication (Dyckman, 1995). One simulation, written to run on a Macintosh computer, allows bit-error-rate measurements to be carried out, and also allows the TVF-waveform data to be saved for analysis in Matlab. The other simulation, developed under Comdisco's Signal Processing Worksystem, allows a variety of jammers and intercept receivers to be applied to the TVF-generated waveform.


This research is aimed to know about the promotion of media, to know the
interest visiting of users, and to know the influence of promotion of media towards
users' interest in visiting the Library of Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta.
This research uses quantitative approach. The research variable used is the
independent variable
(
promotion of media
)
and dependant variable
(
interest in
visiting
)
. Methods of data collection used in this research are methods of observation,
documentation, interview and questionnaire. The sampling uses incidental sampling,
with sample of 99 respondents. Data validity test uses the formulation Moment
Product correlation, where the data reliability test uses the Alpha Cronbach
formulation. Method of data analysis used formulation of Product Moment
Correlation and processed using software IBM SPSS Statistics 19. Result of the
research shows that the promotion of media generally is good proven by average
value
(
Grand Mean
)
 of 2,80. Meanwhile the interest in visiting generally is classified
as good proven by average value
(
Grand Mean)
 of 2,65. There is a significant
influence between promotion of media towards users interest in visiting the Library
of Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta. It can be seen from the result of
correlation coefficient which shows 0,566 where in r count > r table in significant
level of 5% i.e. r table of 0,202. From the hypothesis testing above, then the
hypothesis Ha is accepted, which means there is influencing between of promotion of
media towards users interest in visiting the Library of Muhammadiyah University of
Yogyakarta. Referring to the result as for the suggestion, hoped that promotion of
media preexist can increase the interest in visiting of users.
Keyword: promotion of media and interest in visiting.


By ball‐milling the Ti/C powder mixture before their Self‐sustained High‐temperature Synthesis (SHS) to TiC, the propagation velocity of the SHS process has been increased from 7 to 22 mm/s. The reaction of the milled powder mixture was accompanied by the release of a large volume of gas. The micro‐strain and the crystallite size of the milled reactants have been determined using x‐ray diffraction line‐broadening analysis. The graphite did not change during the milling process, but a large line‐broadening effect was measured in the x‐ray diffraction peaks of the milled titanium particles. The TiC fabricated by hot shock compaction of the porous SHS‐product (SHS/DC) contained cracks and an axial hole in the center. It is believed that the large gas release rather than a Mach‐stem was responsible for the formation of the axial hole.


s for Poster presentation will continue to be accepted up until July 20th. Please visit the Abstract page of our website to submit your abstract. C el eb rat ing 75 ars 11–2016 2 DENVER X-RAY CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE W. Tim Elam, Chair, University of Washington APL, Seattle, WA, firstname.lastname@example.com Tom Blanton, Co-chair, ICDD, Newtown Square, PA, email@example.com John Anzelmo, Anzelmo & Associates, Inc., Madison, WI, firstname.lastname@example.com Lora Brehm, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI, email@example.com Don Broton, Construction Technology Labs, Skokie, IL, firstname.lastname@example.com Tim Fawcett, ICDD, Newtown Square, PA, email@example.com James A. Kaduk, Poly Crystallography Inc. & Illinois Institute of Technology, Naperville, IL, firstname.lastname@example.com Terry Maguire, ICDD, Newtown Square, PA, firstname.lastname@example.com Scott Misture, NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY, email@example.com Conal Murray, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, email@example.com Cev Noyan, Columbia University, New York, NY, firstname.lastname@example.com Brian Toby, Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne, IL, email@example.com Rene van Grieken, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, email@example.com Mary Ann Zaitz, IBM, Hopewell Junction, NY, email@example.com Denise Zulli, ICDD, Newtown Square, PA, firstname.lastname@example.com MEMBERS EMERITUS: Victor Buhrke, Portola Valley, CA Clay Ruud, Spokane, WA Future Conferences: 31 July – 4 August 2017 Big Sky, Montana 6-10 August 2018 Westminster, Colorado


Acoustical design criteria for health care facilities as defined by the FGI Guidelines have been updated in the recently published 2014 edition. Sound & Vibration Design Guidelines for Health Care Facilities (S&V3.0) serves as the sole acoustical reference for the FGI Guidelines and has also been updated as part of the 2014 FGI cycle. The S&V reference is authored and edited by the FGI's acoustical working group. The secretary of this group (Horan) will summarize these changes and will also discuss the public review and comment process that led to the updated Guidelines. This same process will be used in the forthcoming cycle in preparation for the 2018 edition(s).


OBJECTIVE To observe the efficacy and safety of the treatment with combination of caspofungin and voriconazole in hematological patients complicated with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.METHODS After diagnosed as invasive pulmonary aspergillosis,the patients were treated with the combination of caspofungin and voriconazole for 7 to 10 days,and then the treatment effect was evaluated.If the patients had response to the combination therapy,the combination regimen would continue for about 10 to 14 days in all,and then change to voriconazole by orally.The therapy regimen would be changed to other drugs if the patients had no response to the combination therapy.RESULTS Eight patients with hematological diseases were diagnosed as invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and received caspofungin and voriconazole combination therapy.Five patients achieved partial response,and two patients were stable and one patient became progressive after the combination treatment for 7 to 10 days.After treatment for 1 month,5 patients got complete response,and 2 patients got partial response.CONCLUSIONS The combination therapy of caspofungin and voriconazole for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is safe and effective.


The objective of this work is to identify pieces of wood used in buildings belonging to the Jesuit Domestic Chapel of the Company of Jesus and the Jesuit Museum, Cordoba, Ar- gentina. Construction began in 1606. Ten samples of wood corresponding to the structure of the roof were studied. A macro and microscopic characterisation was made of the wood, fo- llowing the terminology of the Nomenclature Committee of IAWA. Tortorelli's key was used in determining its anatomy. Despite being 368 years old, these Jesuit buildings continue to provi- de lessons of proper construction and appropriate choice of wood used for them.


In this work, we present a modelling of the galactic sub-clumps based on statistical estimations of the full Milky Way satellite population. We introduce 10 substructure modellings (SM i , i ∈ {1, … , 10}) with the following varying parameters: a) subhalos inner profile, b) spatial distribution of subhalos, c) mass distribution of subhalos, d) total number of subhalos and e) concentration parameter. The sensitivity curves of CTA for sources in each model are calculated for the τ + τ - and bb̅ decay channels. With both detection of a signal (5σ) with the CTA and no signal observation, no model was effective in accessing the thermal values of 〈σv〉. We analyse the systematic effect introduced by the substructures models.


Several organic compounds were evaluated as β-nucleating agent of polypropylene(PP).And the crystal structure,morphology and crystallization behavior of PP was characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD),polarized optical microscopy(PLM) and differential scanning caloimetry(DSC).The results showed that TY30 is a high-performance β-nucleating agent,the relative content of the β-phase of PP with 0.5% TY30 is 76.78%;the crystal presents bundle-like morphology;and the crystallinity of PP/TY30 is higher than that of PP/TMB-5.


In this paper the tool clamping mechanismis introduced simply through an example of XH714vertical machining cenˉter.It includes as follows:clamp force,time of movement and calculation of contact stress.So the tool clamping mechanism of machining center is recognized and understood.


Background.  The innocuous pure recombinant cholera toxin B‐subunit (rCTB) is very attractive as a strong adjuvant for host immunization, but little is known about rCTB's gastric mucosal immunoadjuvanticity against Helicobacter pylori. The immunoadjuvanticity of rCTB against H. pylori was tested.


The paper considers steady siphon flows in isolated thin magnetic flux tubes surrounded by field-free gas, with plasma beta greater than or equal to 1, appropriate for conditions in the solar photosphere. The cross-sectional area of the flux tube varies along the tube in response to pressure changes induced by the siphon flow. Consideration is also given to steady isothermal siphon flows in arched magnetic flux tubes in a stratified atmosphere. Applications of the results to intense magnetic flux tubes in the solar photosphere and to the photospheric Evershed flow in a sunspot penumbra are addressed.


Large-scale integration of renewables poses challenges for frequency regulation. To solve this, promoting multiple regulating resources in distribution network including energy storage systems (ESSs) to participate in automatic generation control (AGC) dispatch has drawn much attention. However, the following two problems have yet to be solved: 1) involving a large number of regulating resources increases the computational burden of AGC dispatch; 2) the degradation oflifespan caused by providing frequency regulation restricts the application of ESSs. With this inmind, a hierarchical AGC dispatch method with aggregated resources is proposed. The flexible regulating capability of regulating resources with similar geographical locations is aggregated. Then,a hierarchical AGC dispatch that combines the superiorities of the heuristics method and theproactive dispatch method is proposed. The life span protection strategy of ESSs is embedded toall eviate their degradation. Time-domain simulations based on practical data demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.


While travelling across the intermountain West at an altitude of approximately 2,300 m, a 35-year-old man developed symptoms of HAPE. Delay in diagnosis and treatment was nearly lethal. Subsequent evaluation demonstrated unilateral pulmonary artery occlusion, presumably resulting from antecedent granulomatous mediastinitis. This case report supports the concept of evaluating anyone developing HAPE at relatively low altitude for an underlying predisposition.


In the text, the author takes a closer look at Ida Fink's symbolic "return" to school. The writer, who had to abandon her studies in piano at the Lwów Conservatoire as a result of theThird Reich's attack on the USSR in 1941, since the end of 1990s has been a frequent presence on Polish school curricula and exams. The essay analyses the very manner in which her works appear within the school canon, student's books, as well as the Matura examination sheets. What is more, some of the rudimentary biographical mistakes and simplifications are reviewed in the text. Ida Fink's case analysis also formed a basis for a wider glance at the evolution of the Shoah theme's presence in Polish school.


This chapter contains sections titled: The Birth of Coated Magnetic Tape Joint Development of the Magnetophon Recorder and Tape The Debut of the Magnetophon Tape Recorder The Magnetophon Goes into Production The Main Users of the Magnetophon The Magnetophon's Recording Performance The Big Leap in Quality: AC Bias Recording Wartime Developments Postwar Developments The Birth of the Consumer Market Sources


SUMMARY The root of Astragalus membranaceous (AM) has been used to treat edema and arthritis in thetraditional Korean medicine. To elucidate the anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive effects ofethanol extract of AM, the carrageenan-induced paw edema using a plethysmometer and thermalhypersensitivity using the plantar test were measured. Ibuprofen was used as a control drug.Pretreatment with AM (400 mg/kg p.o.) significantly reduced paw edema, compared to thecarrageenan-treated rats. In the plantar test, the thermal withdrawal latency in AM-treated groupwas significantly increased than the carrageenan-treated group. The results indicate that AMcould have be the anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive properties.Key words: Astragalus membranaceous; Inflammation; Nociception; Paw edema INTRODUCTION Recently, complementary and alternative medicineis increasingly used for the treatment of immunediseases and inflammation (Luo et al., 2007).Astragalus membranaceous (AM) is a traditionalmedicinal plant, and it has been widely used as atonic to enhance the body's natural defensemechanisms such as the immune reaction andcirculation (Ryu et al., 2008). AM may exhibit theimmunomodulating and immunorestorative effectsboth in vitro and in vivo (Cho and Leung, 2007).Shen et al. (2008) also found that AM administrationduring 28 days significantly decreased inflammatoryinfiltration and mucus secretion in the lung tissueof allergic mice. AM has been shown to have anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-nociceptiveproperties (Kosuge et al., 1985; Luo et al., 2007). Inaddition, it seems to have an anti-oxidantproperty (Boucheny and Brum-Bousquet, 1990)and inhibit the aggregation of platelets (Yun-Choi et al., 1985; Lu et al., 2005). Luo et al. (2007)reported that AM can reduce the small intestinemucosal damage after hemorrhage shockreperfusion. However, the mechanism of actionof AM is not fully defined.The present study was aimed to investigate theanti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive propertiesof AM in carrageenan-induced paw edema model.For the anti-inflammatory effect, the volume ofedema was measured using a plethysmometer. Totest the anti-nociceptive effect, the thermal withdrawallatency by the plantar test was estimated.


Automation from the hand of artificial intelligence has achieved great growth in recent years in different fields of organizations. One of them is communication and marketing, allowing organizations to accelerate their processes and in some way improve communication with their audiences. This research makes a bibliographic review related to automation in communication and marketing. At the end of the research, a bibliography is provided that allows to have a greater depth of the study topic.


This study adds evidence to the hypothesis that polishing can degrade the IR absorption of bare metal surfaces. The alloys of Al and Ti as well as the metallographic polishing techniques are described. Characterization of the samples included 10.6 pm absorption and reflectivity, total-integrated-scatter at 0.6 01, Nomarski microscopy,Taleystep surface roughness, Knoop hardness, and an x-ray nondispersive analysis attachment to a scanning electron microscope. The titanium's hardness did not significantly change during polishing and the absorption was reasonably correlated to the surface roughness for a range of 0.127 to 0.16 and 28 to 71 Å (rms) respectively. The absorption of the Al samples was not correlated to its roughness. The best polished sample had an absorption of 0.053 as compared to an unpolished (as received) sample which had an absorption of 0.022. The absorption of aluminum was well correlated to the microhardness indicating that the increase in absorption during the polishing procedure may be due to work hardening.


Strain measurements along lapped joints in reinforced concrete tension members were obtained using a method of internally strain gauging the reinforcing rods. Strain concentration gauges, installed at the lap ends of some specimens, demonstrated the localised nature of force transfer prior to crack formation.

Results from ten test specimens of varying lap length and rod diameter have been produced. The changes observed in the longitudinal strain distributions, and the associated bond and concrete stresses as cracks developed are presented.


The difference in chemical shift between the methylene protons of a number of compounds related structurally to 1-phenylethyl benzyl ether has been measured. Correlations between structural features of these compounds and the magnitude of the magnetic nonequivalence induced by the center of molecular asymmetry provide a basis for qualitative identification of the most important factors contributing to the chemical-shift difference. Although it is clear that no single factor Completely determines the magnitude of the methylene proton nonequivalence in these ethers, it is suggested that the proximity of the asymmetric center to the benzyl group results in a preferred conformation of the phenyl ring with respect to the methylene protons, and that the principal contribution to the nonequivalence originates in the magnetic anisotropy of the phenyl group.


Process apt microbial proteases due to their wide range industrial applications have become the focus of intense scientific research during recent years. Considering the hostile process milieu, the proteases intended for application must be robust enough to withstand the extremes of temperature and pH, and presence of organic solvents and other potential enzyme inhibitors. Current study presents the characterization of a robust protease from a previously isolated bacterium Bacillus subtilis K‐1 (BSK‐1). Purification of BSK‐1 protease (5.21‐fold) was achieved to homogeneity by salt (ammonium sulfate) precipitation, and ion‐exchange (diethyl‐aminoethyl‐sephadex) and size exclusion chromatography (Sephadex G‐100). Molecular weight of BSK‐1 protease was determined by SDS‐PAGE analysis (42 kDa). Though the optimum temperature and pH for BSK‐1 protease activity was 50 °C and 10, respectively, but, the protease exhibited remarkable activity and stability over elevated temperatures (60–80 °C) and a broad pH range (pH 7–11). Protease showed resistance towards several organic solvents/other potential enzyme inhibitors. Drastic activity loss in presence of phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride indicated that the enzyme is a serine protease. Kinetic parameters (Km and Vmax) for BSK‐1 protease were found to be 0.14 mg ml−1 and 1176 mg min−1, respectively. Putative amino acid sequence of BSK‐1 protease (derived from nucleotide sequence of protease gene) suggested that the enzyme belonged to peptidases S8/S53 super family with multidomain of S8. BSK‐1 protease being stable under harsh conditions may serve a model system for understanding the molecular basis of stability, and may help designing novel proteases that are suitable for industrial applications.


The wavelet-based detrending and denoising method \texttt{TFAW} is applied for the first time to \texttt{EVEREST 2.0}-corrected light curves to further improve the photometric precision of almost all K2 observing campaigns (C1-C8, C12-C18). The performance of both methods is evaluated in terms of 6 hr combined differential photometric precision (CDPP), simulated transit detection efficiency, and planet characterization in different SNR regimes. On average, \texttt{TFAW} median 6hr CDPP is $\sim$30$\%$ better than the one achieved by \texttt{EVEREST 2.0} for all observing campaigns. Using the \texttt{transit least-squares} (\texttt{TLS}) algorithm, we show that the transit detection efficiency for simulated Earth-Sun-like systems is $\sim$8.5$\times$ higher for \texttt{TFAW}-corrected light curves than for \texttt{EVEREST 2.0} ones. Using the light curves of two confirmed exoplanets, K2-44 b (high-SNR) and K2-298 b (low-SNR), we show that \texttt{TFAW} yields better MCMC posterior distributions, transit parameters compatible with the cataloged ones but with smaller uncertainties and narrows the credibility intervals. We use the combination of \texttt{TFAW}'s improved photometric precision and \texttt{TLS} enhancement of the signal detection efficiency for weak signals to search for new transit candidates in K2 observing campaign 1. We report the discovery of two new K2-C1 Earth-sized planets statistically validated, using the \texttt{vespa} software: EPIC 201170410.02, with a radius of 1.047$^{+0.276}_{-0.257}R_{\oplus}$ planet orbiting an M-type star, and EPIC 201757695.02, with a radius of 0.908$^{+0.059}_{-0.064}R_{\oplus}$ planet orbiting a K-type star. EPIC 201757695.02 is the 9-th smallest planet ever discovered in K2-C1, and the 39-th smallest in all K2 campaigns.


With the implementation of the national "the Belt and Road" strategy, the energy internet is booming[1]. In this paper, through the PMS terminal data acquisition, cable tunnel data, cable temperature data, tower high-voltage cable terminal secondary and ground intelligent monitoring, a multi-state monitoring platform is established to provide data and promote information interconnection. This platform can integrate information of the equipment, geographical location and production management system, which is efficient to provide integrated support for the cable monitoring and emergency response. Large data communication helps achieve the sharing of multi-state data between grid companies under the energy Internet framework. The application of multi-state monitoring technology plays an important supporting role in the centralized management, unified command, integrated data sharing.


THE object of this article is twofold. First, to illustrate the Israelites' passage of the Red Sea by citing an incident recorded in Roman history, which presents somewhat similar features-the capture of New Carthage by Scipio Africanus. Second, to try to give a concise statement of the various modern theories concerning the topography of the crossing of the Red Sea. For when the present writer was seeking to compare the New Carthage with the Red Sea episode, he was unable to find any such statement in English. I have discussed elsewhere (Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War, Camb. Univ. Press, 1930) the difficulties arising out of the account of the capture of New Carthage given by the ancient historians. The conclusion to which


ABSTRACT
This study aimed to carry out a sociological approach regarding the incidence of
pregnant adolescents as one of the main reasons for school dropout. Many surveys
have noted that school dropout in the context of pregnancy is widely intertwined. In
this sense, the present study aims to identify the main reasons why adolescents
evade in school both before and after gestational period. Twenty pregnant
adolescents were selected for this study. The methodological approach was based
on a questionnaire carried out at the Center of Education State of Ceara, in Bacabal-
MA, through this questionnaire it was possible to observe the incidence of young
pregnant women in the school context and school dropout because of this factor. The
results show the importance of the school intervention for sexual orientation of the
young women, since in the research carried out about 20 youngsters from 13 to 15
years old were pregnant.


Soil nematodes play pivotal roles in the soil food web. However, the trophic regulation on nematodes in the soil micro‐food web and its temporal dynamics are less explored. Here, we investigated the seasonal dynamics of soil nematode community in an alpine grassland on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau at non‐degraded (ND), moderately degraded (MD) and severely degraded (SD) stages, either under open‐top chamber warming (W) or not (NW). Nematode richness was higher in SD than in MD and ND that did not differ, accompanied by a clear shift from the bottom‐up regulation via belowground productivity in ND to the top‐down regulation via omnivore and predator nematodes in SD. The intensified top‐down regulation in SD was explained by increased proportions of predator and omnivore nematodes, likely induced by the expanded soil pore size in SD. As a result, accelerated temporal turnover of nematode community was observed under grassland degradation, which were 0.006 (slope, p = 0.78), 0.045 (p = 0.07), and 0.077 (p = 0.001) in ND, MD, and SD, respectively. Moreover, grassland degradation strengthened the association between nematode density and ecosystem respiration, whose slope was higher in SD (0.0025, p < 0.05) than in MD (0.0008, p < 0.01) or ND (insignificant). In contrast, warming did not affect the temporal turnover of the nematode community, richness, nor its role in ecosystem respiration. Overall, we revealed the accelerated temporal turnover of nematode community and its strengthened role in determining ecosystem respiration under alpine grassland degradation, suggesting that trophic cascade changes under ecosystem degradation may alter the ecosystem functioning.


Pharmaceutical Companies is a place for people to get health services. One unit that has an important role is the Pharmacy division. Pharmacy services include patient care and are responsible for the provision of medicines and other medical devices. This study aimed to find the control of Medicine supplies in sufficient quantities, at the time needed and at the lowest cost. Management of Medicine supplies can be done using the Always, Better, and Control (ABC) method and the Vital, Essential, and Non-Essential (VEN) method to determine priorities in Medicine procurement so that funds are used efficiently. Furthermore, the EOQ (Economic Order Quantity) calculation is carried out to obtain optimal inventory.


Thanks to the widespread use of smartphones, many customers especially in Japan rely on using electronic coupons with their smartphone applications. However, in subscription-based electronic coupon services that are widely used, some customers do not take full advantage of their electronic coupons, as they forget they have subscribed to the service. In this paper, we study how to implement persuasive system design (PSD) model to encourage electronic coupon use for various services. To be able to create persuasive techniques, we conducted in-depth interviews to extract clues on how to achieve suitable methods. The interviews indicated that we first need to improve the application's general user interface to fulfill the postulates presented in the PSD model and common usability goals. We also found that PSD model has several system qualities we can take advantage of such as dialogue and social support to create more persuasive features in the system. For example using praise, rewards, reminders, and 'nudge' to encourage term-limited coupon use. We also compare the system features to the PSD model with examples while pointing out that the model lacks development that often uses cycles instead of linear development and is partially vague in describing system credibility and direct and indirect persuasion implementations. Last, we shortly discuss ethical implications of using persuasive technology and behavioural change methods in a commercial application.


The utility model relates to an aluminium steel connector structure, which is composed of an aluminium pipe, an aluminium alloy connector, a red copper layer, a steel manufacture connector and a steel pipe, wherein, one end on the steel manufacture connector has a plurality of annular grooves, the annular grooves are electroplated with the red copper layer, the red copper layer is coated with aluminium alloy, one end of the aluminum alloy connector is welded with the aluminum pipe, and one end of the steel manufacture connector is welded with the steel pipe. The utility model forms an aluminium steel connector structure which has the advantages that sealing performance is good, burst can not generate, and use is convenient.


Procedure for the colorimetric detection of lysozyme in urine gold nanoparticles aggregate. The present invention relates to a process which allows detecting lysozyme in urine using Protected Gold Nanoparticle citrate ions after being subjected to an aggregation procedure. # This is an effective tool for medical diagnosis that allow detection of various pathologies as some types kidney disease or leukemia.


The original article titled "Urine albumin/creatinine ratio as an early predictor of outcome in critically ill patients with sepsis" published in Research and Opinion in Anesthesia & Intensive Care, on pages 267-278, Volume 5, Issue 4, 2018 [1], is already published in Egyptian Journal of Critical Care, as original article titled Urinary albumin /creatinine ratio as an early predictor of outcome in critically ill septic patients, on pages 47-55, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2016 [2]. Plagiarism, unethical publication or redundant publication violates the editorial policy of Research and Opinion in Anesthesia & Intensive Care, which follows best practice guidelines given by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) mentioned on the Information for Authors and as codified in the signed statements made by the authors regarding the copyright of their work. This article has been retracted as per request made by the Authors, Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board of the journal.


To evaluate the effect of greater inclusion levels of DDGS with or without a Syncra SWI (SWI; bacillus plus protease; IFF, USA) in swine grower-finisher diets, a trial was conducted consisting of 528 pigs across 6 treatments with 8 replicates consisting of 11 pigs each where weights were balanced at the start of the trial. Inclusion levels of DDGS were 0%, 15%, and 30% all containing phytase and carbohydrase enzymes. Each inclusion level was split to include or not include SWI. At the end of the trial, slaughter weights were measured. While no significant differences were detected, the heaviest slaughter weights were observed in the 0% DDGS diet, 30% DDGS diet with SWI and the 0% DDGS diet with SWI (115.28, 115.16, and 115.15 kg, respectively). For total body weight gain, there were no significant differences between both 0% DDGS diets, the 15% DDGS diet without SWI, and both 30% diets. However, the 15% diet with SWI was significantly lighter than both 0% DDGS diets and the 30% DDGS with SWI diet (P = 0.01, 0.04, 0.008 respectively). Similarly, no significant differences were found between both of the 0% DDGS diets, the 15% DDGS diet without SWI, or both 30% DDGS diets on average daily gain. A significant difference was detected between the 15% DDGS with SWI and both 0% DDGS diets and the 30% DDGS diet with SWI (P = 0.002, 0.0003, and 0.001, respectively) on average daily gain. The lightest cold carcass weight was observed in pigs fed the 15% DDGS diet with SWI, which was significantly (P < 0.05) different from all other diets, while the heaviest cold carcass weight was observed in pigs fed the 0% DDGS diet with SWI (87.22 kg) followed by the 30% DDGS diet with SWI (86.53 kg) but were not significantly different. While there were no significant differences detected in the economics of the trial, the feed with the greatest cost was the 0% DDGS diet with SWI ($299.98) while the least cost was demonstrated in the 30% DDGS with SWI diet ($288.80). The diet that generated the highest revenue was the 0% DDGS diet with SWI ($124.89) followed by the 30% DDGS diet with SWI ($123.94) while the least revenue was seen in the 15% DDGS diet with SWI ($119.65). Margin over feed cost was greatest in the 15% DDGS diet ($66.87) and the 30% DDGS diet with SWI ($66.16) and the least MOFC was seen in the 0% DDGS diet. While no significant differences were detected in performance between the 0% DDGS diets and the 30% DDGS diets, these data shows there is a potential benefit to feeding greater inclusion DDGS diet if an SWI is added.


The following paradox is raised and resolved: Both the energy density T_(00) and the spatial stresses T_(kl) are (independent) sources of the tensor gravitational field in general relativity. Yet the general Schwarzschild exterior solution depends only on one parameter m, related to T_(00), so that no properties of T_(ij) "propagate" to affect an outside observer.


In the context of new government investment in housing, this article explores the experiences of nonprofit organizations in securing support for new affordable rental housing development in three regions across Canada. Many challenges were reported, including ones pertaining to administration (extensive proposal requirements, lack of information and communication, and lengthy review processes), and the design of funding programs (such as a lack of flexibility available to proponents). Participants also reported limitations to the amount and nature of support provided, challenges working across different levels of government, and an uneven playing field among nonprofit and for-profit housing developers. Overall, results show that despite significant and recent investments made available for affordable housing, the nonprofit sector faces many barriers in accessing these, and that significant changes are required so that housing organizations may provide rental units to those in greatest need.


"DNA fingerprinting of MKV released cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) cultivars" Cotton has been considered as the 'King of Apparel Fiber'. It is an important cash crop of the world and corner stone of textile industries. Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum.L.) is important crop of Malvaceae family mainly used for extraction of fiber. DNA fingerprinting provides the knowledge of genetic diversity and relationships among breeding materials which could have a significant impact in cotton improvement. A number of DNA fingerprinting techniques are available for detection of polymorphism by using molecular markers. These markers facilitate the generation of new varieties and allow association of phenotypic traits with genomic loci. SSR markers, also known as microsatellite DNA markers, are very useful for saturation of the large and complex upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) genetic linkage map. Present work is focused on DNA fingerprinting of MKV released 10 cotton cultivars. After extracting DNA from the 10 cotton cultivars, characterization was carried out by using twenty SSR primers. A SSR profile was constructed for each cultivar using twelve primer pairs. Polymorphism detected ranges from 11.11% to 78.26% in the ten cotton cultivars. The result showed that twelve SSR loci exhibited 34.24% polymorphism among ten genotypes studied. The unique band of 225 bp was amplified by the primer C2-0018 in all six drought tolerant cotton cultivars and two cultivars NH-630, NH-635 (drought susceptible) which is absent in the two drought susceptible cotton cultivars NHH-44 and NH-545. Primer C2-0006 amplified the unique band of 225 bp in all six drought tolerant cotton cultivars and cultivars NHH-44, NH-454 (drought susceptible) which is absent in the two drought susceptible cultivars viz. NH-630 & NH-635. This study of the genetic diversity of cotton cultivars with SSR markers supports the need to new alleles into gene pool of the breeding cultivars. (Prof K.M. Sharma) (M.M. Devshi) Research Guide Reg no. 10/BT/03


Purpose: To compare the use of the Willis stent-graft versus coil embolization for complicated aneurysms in the cisternal segment of the internal carotid artery (ICA). Methods: Thirty-four patients (19 women; mean age 46.7±16.8 years, range 3–79) with 36 complicated aneurysms were treated either by Willis covered stents (n=19) or by coil embolization (n=17). Follow-up angiography was performed to investigate aneurysm recurrence, endoleak, and parent artery stenosis. Kaplan-Meier curves were constructed to compare the freedom from recurrence and parent artery stenosis rates in both groups. Clinical follow-up data were retrospectively analyzed and categorized as fully recovered, improved, unchanged, or worsened. Results: In the covered stent group, total exclusion was immediately achieved in 13 aneurysms; there were 5 minor endoleaks and 1 delivery failure. In the patients treated with coil embolization, total/near-total occlusion was achieved in 7 aneurysms, subtotal in 8, and partial in 2. Acute thrombosis occurred in 1 patient in each group, while 1 patient experienced recurrent hemorrhage after embolotherapy. Follow-up angiography (mean 14.3±9.4, range 3–31) revealed that 16 aneurysms were completely isolated in the stent-graft group, with only 2 mild in-stent stenoses. Eighteen months after the procedure, Kaplan-Meier analysis showed recurrence-free rates of 93.3% and 50% for the stent-graft versus coil groups, respectively; freedom from parent artery stenosis was 87.5% and 100%. Symptoms were fully eliminated in 9 patients in each group; they were improved in 3 and 5, unchanged in 2 and 2, and worsened in 1 and 0, respectively, at the end of the follow-up period. Conclusion: Willis stent-graft application is an alternative to treat complicated aneurysms in the cisternal segment of the ICA. In the case of a tortuous parent artery or potential side branch coverage, however, it is still not a first choice therapy.