This document is the supplementary supporting le to the corresponding SC-15 conference paper titled Adaptive and Transparent Cache Bypassing for GPUs. In this document, we rst show the experiment gures for the four extra GPU platforms that cannot t into the original paper due to page limitation. We then show the simulation results for the hardware approach that attempts to reduce bypass overhead. Finally, we analyze the performance patterns of the applications with respect to dierent bypassing threshold, which may explain why certain applications can benet signicantly from cache bypassing than others.


Abstract — The inventory system in every government or private agency, especially in the health sector is very vital, managing a stock of goods carefully and scheduled to give an impact on the performance effectiveness of each company and to improve for the better  service consumers. To see the extent of the clinical supply system at the clinic and its level of performance, and whether the drug storage system used so far is effective and efficient for optimal benefits. From the research conducted, the authors found a weakness in the system used so far is considered less effective and efficient because it takes a long time to get information on drug supply data (manual system), either expired or reduced. the design of a drug supply information system is expected to assist the user in this part of the inventory to find out the stock data information or expiration on the drug supply effectively and detail up to the inventory reports and drug information per category.  Keywords: design, information system, drug supply, clinic.


Golden-mantled ground squirrels (Spermophilus lateralis) are herbivores that hibernate during winter. A physiological limitation on hibernation may be the melting point of stored fat, since lipids must be fluid to be metabolizable and the body temperatures maintained during torpor are often 25° C below the melting point of mammalian fats. Previous analyses of depot fats from hibernating squirrel species revealed that they contained large amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids, which greatly reduced the melting points of these lipids. Because polyunsaturated fatty acids cannot be synthesized by mammals but are commonly produced by plants, it was predicted that high dietary levels of polyunsaturates were required for proper hibernation. This hypothesis was tested in laboratory feeding and hibernation experiments involving captive S. lateralis maintained on diets of different polyunsaturate contents. Squirrels fed a high polyunsaturate diet (1) were more likely to hibernate, (2) had lower mortality during hibernation, and (3) defended lower body temperatures during torpor than those squirrels fed diets with lower concentrations of polyunsaturates. These results demonstrate that the ability of ground squirrels to hibernate depends on dietary polyunsaturate content.


The invention provides a treatment method for recycling gasification ash water. A treatment process is performed in a sedimentation tank; and the sedimentation tank comprises a first water tank, a second water tank and a third water tank which are connected with one another in sequence. The method comprises the following steps: (1) mixing the ash water and lime water at an inlet of the first water tank, entering the first water tank to perform softening reaction, standing and settling, and overflowing supernatant to the second water tank, wherein the weight of the lime water is 2.5-5 percent of the weight of the ash water; and (2) introducing pure aqueous alkali with mass percentage concentration of 5-10 percent into the second water tank, mixing the pure aqueous alkali and the supernatant which is obtained in the step 1 and reacting, standing and settling, and overflowing the supernatant to the third water tank for further sedimentation, wherein the obtained supernatant is recycled as industrial circulating water, and the weight of the pure aqueous alkali is 1-2 percent of the weight of the ash water. The treatment method is convenient to operate and has a good softening effect; and the scaling tendency of a heat exchanger and the like is greatly reduced through the ash water which is subjected to the softening treatment.


—Many brain anomalies are associated with abnormal asymmetries. To detect and/or segment such anomalies in brain images, most automatic methods rely on supervised learning. This requires a large number of high-quality annotated training images, which is lacking for most medical image analysis prob- lems. In contrast, unsupervised methods aim to learn a model from unlabeled healthy images, so that an unseen image that breaks priors of this model, i.e., an outlier, is considered an anomaly. This paper addresses the development of solutions to leverage unsupervised machine learning for the detection/analysis of abnormal brain asymmetries related to anomalies in magnetic resonance (MR) images. Experimental results on 3D MR-T1 images from healthy subjects and patients with a variety of lesions show the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed unsupervised approaches for brain anomaly detection.


The invention discloses a whole construction process for a double block type ballastless track and comprises the following steps: 1. construction preparation; 2. tunnel base smoothening and chiseling process; and 3. repeated cyclic construction of a ballastless track bed board by a track bent in a plurality of segments. As for each segment of the track bed board, the construction process is as follows: construction setting-out survey, binding and installing mesh reinforcement at the bottom layer, synchronous track assembling bent in the process of binding and installing mesh reinforcement sheets at the bottom layer, binding mesh reinforcement at the upper layer on the track bent, laying the track bent, coarsely adjusting the track bent, installing a track bed board molding board, finely adjusting the track bent and concrete construction of the track bed board; and then the steps are repeated to finish the construction of the following segments of the track bed board sequentially until the construction of the whole ballastless track bed board is finished. The construction steps have reasonable design and are simple and easy to implement, the construction is safe and reliable, the construction precision is high, the construction efficiency is high, the investment is low, and the constructed and molded double block type ballastless track has steady structure and good using effect.


—although as Eve and Graham's contribution highlights, not the only one; encouraging clear and compelling representations of space is one of the major elements of spatial thinking that the editors of the volume advocate. Unfortunately, the physical volume is plagued by inconsistent image quality and occasionally illegible text. Only a handful of figures have been styled for greyscale reproduction. Many of the 64 figures reproduced as colour plates are resized at a smaller scale than their in-text equivalents. These plates are split into two unpaginated batches within the text, regrettably this means that figures in Chapter 13 that are designed to be viewed side by side, are instead separated by 155 pages. Captions do indicate whether a figure has been reproduced in colour, but they do not specify whether their colour plates are to be found in the former or latter group. Highlighting illustration concerns may seem like splitting hairs, but considering that results of the topics addressed in this volume are almost always displayed visually, the presentation of compelling graphics in a guide of this sort is as important as the careful articulation of the methodologies themselves.


The beneficial uses of lemon juice have been reported from ages. Such uses are however more ofspeculations than investigation. In this study, the actions of lemon juice on antioxidant status and lipid profilein wistar rats were investigated. Thirty rats were randomized into two groups of fifteen rats each. The first group(control) received distilled water and the second group was given lemon (10% in water), daily for five weeksin addition to the rat chow diet. Serum total protein, reduced glutathione (GSH), catalase (CAT), superoxide(SOD) levels were determined as antioxidant status, while total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesteroland triglycerides were measured as the lipid profile. The resultof the antioxidant status showed significantincrease (p<0.05) in the GSH levels of the lemon treated group (0.63±0.01 μg/ml/mg protein) relative to thecontrol (0.53±0.03 μg/ml/mg protein) after 5 week of lemon intake. The lipid profile improved as shown by thesignificant reduction of total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and significant increase in HDL cholesterol.The elevation of serum GSH could be responsible in part for the reported antioxidant effects of lemon juice.It is possible that one or more components in the administered lemon juice stimulated the production of GSHor the reduction of GSSG to GSH


The invention discloses a compound shown in the formula I and a preparation method thereof. The invention also discloses a linezolid injecta and a preparation method thereof. The compound shown in the formula I disclosed by the invention is a linezolid degradation impurity which has high purity and can be used as a related substance comparison product to detect the content of degradation products in the linezolid injecta, and guarantee is provided for further controlling the product quality of the linezolid injecta. At the same time, the invention also provides a method for preparing the linezolid injecta according to the property that linezolid is easy to degrade. According to the method, degradation reaction of the linezolid can be better prevented in a liquid preparation process, the content of the impurity in the linezolid injecta is obviously reduced, and a new choice is provided for improving the safety of a product. The formula I is disclosed in the specification.


A hybrid fingerprint identification system is presented in this paper. The system consists of several steps: fingerprint enhancement, minutiae extraction, texture feature extraction, fast texture matching, and minutiae matching. The enhancement algorithm consists of several steps: local ridge orientation estimation, filter design, enhancement, intensity stretching, binarization, thinning, minutiae extraction, and false minutiae elimination. Our approach has been tested in term of both objective and subjective evaluation. The experimental results show an accurate minutiae extraction and effective performance in fingerprint matching system. The proposed hybrid matching system needs fewer steps to identify individuality than traditional methods. The proposed hybrid matching system has been tested on a reasonably large fingerprint database and the experimental results show an effective performance without matching every fingerprint in database.


The article defines the place of Michael Atamanov's epic narration " Tangyra " in the range of other Finno-Ugric epics, deals with a set of characters specializing in the role and the means of woman portraying in the epic; main types of female personages and their social functions and are also outlined. There is a focus on the comparative analysis of Ebga , a personage of folklore origin first employed in the XIX century. The article comes to the conclusion that M. Atamanov in his definitions of a woman reveals his patriarchal visions and insists on the necessity of a woman to belong to a certain family clan.


TRACTORS WITH MOTOR DRIVE AND MULTIPLE WHEEL. IT CONTAINS AT LEAST FOUR WHEELS 33, 47 ARRANGED IN A ROW, EACH WITH WHEEL DIAMETER OF APPROXIMATELY 1.3 METRE, TRACTOR IS EQUIPPED WITH ONE OR MORE TREES 22, 26 OF MAKING AND STRENGTH WITH ENGINE 10 D A POWER OF AT LEAST 50 KW.


ZnS nanofibers have been successfully prepared by electrospinning technique. The formation of ZnS nanofibers was carried out by reacting CS2 with ZnO nanofibers. ZnO nanofibers were synthesized by calcining PVP/Zn(NO3)2 precursor composite nanofibers which were fabricated by electrospinning technique. The obtained products were characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy(FESEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS), respectively. XRD analyses revealed that the pure ZnS nanofibers with hexagonal crystal system were obtained. SEM images indicated that the surface of the ZnO nanofibers became coarser than that of PVP/Zn(NO3)2 composite nanofibers, and the average diameter of ZnS nanofibers was 200±79nm, and showed good fibrous morphology. The synthesis of PVP/Zn(NO3)2 composite nanofibers, ZnO nanofibers and ZnS nanofibers were further confirmed by EDS. In addition, the photocatalytic property of ZnS nanofibers was investigated by ultraviolet and visible(UV-vis) absorption spectra. The results showed that the photocatalytic degradation effect of ZnS nanofibers on rhodamine B(RhB) was better than that of ZnO nanofibers, and the photocatalytic degradation rate reached up to 98.8% after UV irradiation for 60min. Therefore, the prepared ZnS nanofibers had outstanding photocatalytic property.


In this paper, I recover and appraise the principal ways in which movements motivated by the ideal of racial justice have sought to transform how questions of police and punishment are imagined and acted upon. The focus of the enquiry is the visions of safety and justice found in Black Lives Matter. I offer an interpretive reconstruction and appraisal of the core claims found with the Black Lives Matter movement and their ideological lineage and affinities. The paper seeks to understand those claims anthropologically, from the inside, trying to offer a best‑case rendition of their contexts and appeal. It also seeks to situate these claims politically (while recognizing diversity and avoiding the imposition of some spurious unity) with a view to grasping the normative character of the alternative plausible world that Black Lives Matter projects and seeks to usher into being. My claim is that one finds in Black Lives Matter a tension between a politics of self‑determination and a wider politics of transformative redemption.


The action of the "Stress Factor Ostrich (Arenales - Fauna and Flora)" was tested in the release of superoxide anion by cells in the peripheral blood of rhea (Rhea americana). Sixteen samples of 0.5mL of venous blood were collected through the jugular vein in the morning and placed in heparinized tubes. The leukocytes were separated into polymorphonuclear (PMN) and mononuclear (MN). The production of superoxide anion by phagocytes of peripheral blood was determined using the chromogen ferricytochrome C. There was a reduction of superoxide by MN cells in the presence of "Stress Factor Ostrich" indicating a positive influence of product against oxidative stress. Furthermore, future researches, such as the evaluation of other reactive oxygen intermediates and antioxidant enzymes, researches.


Subcortical centers are implicated in social behavior of vertebrates. Hess and Akert (1) stimulated the hypothalamus of cats and obtained "rage" behavior which resulted in an attack on a bystander. These signs of rage lasted beyond hypothalamic stimulation if the stimulation was of sufficient initial duration. Cats when stimulated in the medial thalamus and/or hypothalamus attacked narcotized rats present in their cage (2). Destruction of the pyriform-amygdala-hippocampal complex in dogs resulted in a significant change in emotional expression. Dogs when attacked fought back, but did not fight if left alone and ceased fighting as soon as the attack ceased (3). Many vertebrates develop dominance-submission relationships in which the dominant animal gains favored food, mates, nesting sites, etc. A dramatic change was introduced into an established dominance hierarchy in a small group of monkeys when the most dominant monkey was subjected to an amygdalectomy. It subsequently became docile and shifted socially toward the bottom of the hierarchy (4). The emotion of "rage" appears to be one necessary factor if the animal is to acquire and/or maintain dominance status by means of combat. Postnatal irradiation of rats between 8 and 15 days of age with 125 to 1000 r of radiation to the head indicated that the central nervous system seems to be most vulnerable in the subcortical areas, in particular the basal ganglia, hypothalamus, and medulla. Dosage and exposure age were inversely related (5, 6). The present study analyzes dominance-submission behavior in pails of postnatally irradiated and control dogs.


Clinical applications of current photodynamic therapy (PDT) photosensitizers (PSs) are often limited by their absorption in the UV–vis range that possesses limited tissue penetration ability, leading to ineffective therapeutic response for deep‐seated tumors. Alternatively, two‐photon excited PS (TPE‐PS) using NIR light triggered is one the most promising candidates for PDT improvement. Herein, multimodal polymer nanoparticles (PNPs) from polythiophene derivative as two‐photon fluorescence imaging as well as two‐photon‐excited PDT agent are developed. The prepared PNPs exhibit excellent water dispersibility, high photostability and pH stability, strong fluorescence brightness, and low dark toxicity. More importantly, the PNPs also possess other outstanding features including: (1) the high 1O2 quantum yield; (2) the strong two‐photon‐induced fluorescence and efficient 1O2 generation; (3) the specific accumulation in lysosomes of HeLa cells; and (4) the imaging detection depth up to 2100 µm in the mock tissue under two‐photon. The multifunctional PNPs are promising candidates as TPE‐PDT agent for simultaneous cellular, deep‐tissue imaging, and highly efficient in vivo PDT of cancer.


Characterization of individual atoms randomly distributed in materials, which requires atomic-scale spatial resolution as well as single-atom detection sensitivity, is one of the ultimate challenges in any chemical analysis. In fact, some of fundamental materials problems such as phase transformations and interface-related phenomena might be controlled by a few atoms within a few atomic-layers. Thus, the single-atom characterization/analysis is essential for further understanding such phenomena toward advanced materials developments. The latest aberration-corrected analytical electron microscopes (AEMs) in combination with electron energy-loss spectrometry (EELS) offers single-atom imaging and analysis [e.g. 1]. For example, it is possible to image single atoms distributed inside of a thin specimen by the confocal STEM imaging [e.g. 2]. Recently, single-atom analysis by X-ray energy-dispersive spectrometry (XEDS) has been demonstrated in aberration-corrected AEMs with the latest advance in large solid angle silicon-drift X-ray detectors (SDDs) to improve the poor signal-collection efficiency [3]. We also explored possibilities of characterization of single atoms located on surface of other support materials or membranes through the EELS and XEDS approaches [4]. Those single-atom measurements are still very challenging if these single atoms are located inside of a thin specimen. This study explores theoretically a possibility to detect single atoms inside of a thin specimen through XEDS by changing the focal point of the STEM probe, i.e. confocal XEDS analysis.


Cervical melanosis is a rare entity in the spectrum of melanocytic lesions of uterine cervix. Melanosis is defined as presence of melanocytes in the basal layer of squamous epithelium causing hyperpigmentation. Authors here by report a case of 57-year-old female who underwent vaginal hysterectomy for third degree utero-vaginal prolapse, showed an incidental gross pathological finding of brownish macular lesion. Histopathological examination showed hyperpigmentation of basal layer without increase in melanocytes. On immunohistochemical examination, basal melanocytes were highlighted by S-100 and HMB 45 immunostains. Thus final diagnosis of cervical melanosis was made. Clinical differentials of cervical pigmented melanocytic lesions include cervical melanomas, blue nevi, congenital or traumatic lesions and melanosis, hence vigilant clinical, gross pathological examination and biopsy is warranted.


Objective To explore MUC1 gene expression in leukemia patients and its significance in diagnosis,prognosis and treatment.Methods The MUC1 RNA was measured in the bone marrow of 42 leukemia patients with 24 non-malignant blood diseases patients or healthy persons as control subjects.All specimens were tested through the reverse transcriptase PCR(RT-PCR).Results 43.3 % acute leukemia pa- tients" specimens showed MUC1 gene overexpression,which is significantly higher than 8.3 % of control spec- imens(P0.01).In chronic myelogenous leukemia group,54.5 % specimens were detected MUC1 mRNA- positive,which achieves statistical significance compared with control group(P0.05).MUC1 mRNA~+patients in acute leukemia group showed 16.7 % CR,which was lower than MUC1 mRNA~-patients' 75.0 %.This re- sult is significant statistically(P0.05).MUC1 gene expression was tested in 5 among 10 cases of complete hematologic response(CHR)leukemia patients" specimens.Conclusion As a tumor marker,MUC1 gene is overexpressed in various types,subtypes of leukemia patients,which is potential for assistant diagnosis of leukemia.RT-PCR analysis is more sensitive than regular hemogram method when used for detecting leukemia minimal residual disease(MRD).MUC1 may be a prognosis index for leukemia.


Theatre in the Countryside. The Middle Classes and the Public Sphere between the Provinces and the Metropolis. The Archduchy of Austria below the Enns is particularly suited to tracing the development of a provincial theatrical landscape and investigating its relation to the metropolis, since in the crownland's centre lay Vienna, one of the largest cities in the world around 1900. The article therefore ex- amines the formation of a bourgeois cultural sphere in those parts of Lower Austria that were then known as the "flat countryside" and which roughly correspond to today's federal state. During the 19th century, there emerged a theatrical landscape whose principal features proved to be long-lasting and which nevertheless remained a precarious phenomenon. This also applies if we discuss theatre as an expression of the bourgeois public sphere – in both its sense as a theatre business sustained by the middle classes and as the promise to enable participation by a broad public beyond the boundaries of classes and estates.


During the flight, the accelerometer in addition to accelerating the aircraft, is influenced by vibration. This leads to additional static measurement errors of accelerometer - vibration error. This significantly reduces the accuracy of all INS, and therefore the accuracy of the solution of the navigation problem. A mathematical model of the instrumental vibrational error of the navigation accelerometer is considered in the flight conditions of an aircraft. It is shown that the sources of this error are the nonlinear components of the static conversion function of navigational accelerometer. Formulas for calculating the vibrational error of the navigational accelerometer are obtained depending on the apparent acceleration of the flight of the aircraft, the vibration parameters of the base on which the accelerometer is installed and the parameters of the nonlinear accelerometer conversion function. The mathematical model of instrumental vibrational error of navigational accelerometer shows that this error includes both additive and multiplicative components. The first one depends on such parameters as asymmetry of scale factor, pair nonlinearity coefficient and cross-sensitivity coefficients, and the second one - un the odd nonlinearity coefficients. If one knows the numeric value of these coefficients, resulting model allows to calculate numerical assessment of vibrational error for further compensation of it. A method is proposed for identifying the coefficients of a mathematical model of the vibrational error of a navigation accelerometer during its dynamic tests on a shake table. It is proposed to increase the accuracy of the navigation accelerometer in a rocket flight in two ways: at the production stage of the accelerometer - by matching the accelerometer to the requirements for the coefficients of its conversion function formed in the article; in flight - by algorithmic compensation of the main and additional vibration errors of the accelerometer according to the algorithm obtained in the article.


Background: In order to open up the application field and improve the source, the Hefei Light Source(HLS) is taken a major upgrade. Purpose: The paper mainly introduces the way of building and measuring of alignment control network during the HLS upgrade. Methods: The global horizontal control network points' data are measured by total station. All control network points' 3D-measurement data are obtained by laser tracker and elevation data are got by N3 Level. The function of Unified Spatial Metrology Network(USMN) of SA software is used to make a three dimensional adjustment combining data from different devices. The concept of measurement uncertainty is used to describe the measurement quality of network points. In order to check the correctness of the adjustment result, the software of MAA was employed to make three-dimensional adjustment as well as plane adjustment done by SURVEY adding elevation adjustment by NASEW2003. Results: Through the actual measurement and data processing, the accuracy of actual measurement is 0.09 mm, better than the designed accuracy of 0.15 mm. Compared with the results adjustment by different software, the result of SA is demonstrated to be reliable. Conclusion: The result demonstrates that the designed scheme of alignment control network of HLS upgrade is reasonable and feasible.


To compete effectively in the global marketplace of the twenty-first century, manufacturing companies are trying to maintain a high level of flexibility and responsiveness to achieve agility and to remain competitive. Manufacturers are under tremendous pressure to improve productivity and quality while reducing costs. The new competition is in terms of reduced cost, improved quality products with higher performance, a wider range of products and better services all delivered simultaneously to enhance value to customers. In such environment providing good quality product at low cost for a medium scale industry has become very tough. To provide good quality product at low cost, small industries need a formulation of some manufacturing approaches like agile manufacturing to manufacture defect free products within their materials cost limit. Medium scale steel manufacturing industries like Magnum steel limited (MSL), banmore are facing problems of higher rejections in form of wastes so as to increase their cost. This paper aims to analyze the application of agile manufacturing in magnum steel limited in order to reduce wastages through implementing lean tools and techniques. An agility audit questionnaire is used for assessing the agility level of the company to identify the current level of performance within the company with respect to the key elements of agility. MSL's agile experience is reported including a list of recommendation for improving its competitiveness to offer solution alternatives not only to the current problems but also to the ones that may be encountered in the future.


There has been a growing amount of research into language learning strategies in recent years. This work isconcerned with investigating how individuals go about the task of learning something,and attempting to discover whichof the strategies that learners use are the most effective for the particular type of learning involved.This paper brieflydiscusses:1.What is meant by skills and strategies with the notion of learning to learn; 2.Why we should be interested inlanguage learning strategies, the learning stratagies and the language development; 3.How to help learners acquire theappropriate skills and strategies to learn the language in a self-directed way.


The data on early commercial European establishments in Senegal and the Gambia from 1488 to about 1800 are summarized, with particular attention focused on two of them: the French Fort St Joseph on the Senegal River, and the English factory at Yamyamacunda on the Gambia River. These data provide brief but useful histories of their construction and occupation, and each is evaluated for its archaeological potential. The excavation of these and other early settlements discussed should provide trade goods which will be useful in identifying and dating native villages which were contemporaneous with them, thus establishing firm chronological horizons and the identification of native cultural units. It would also provide the basis for permitting more accurate estimates of the rate and nature of the culture change in the historic tribal groups.


Background: The efficient diagnosis and accurate monitoring of diabetic patients are cornerstones for reducing the risk of diabetic complications. Aims: Aim of the study is to assess level of Glycated hemoglobin, serum fructosamine, Glycated albumin in Prediabetes, type-2 Diabetic patients with and with out microvascular complications and to find out their correlation with diabetes complications. Materials and methods: This is a Case-control study in200 subjects will be involved in this study and they will be divided into 4 groups. The controls and subjects (cases) were age and gender matched. Samples collected from patients after obtaining Informed written Consent. Results: .  Differences between these groups for serum fructosamine, glycated albumin were statistically significant. Glycated albumin showed excellent correlation with fructosamine across groups (p ≤ 0.0003 in all groups) and correlation coefficient r was >0.9 in groups 2 and 3. Serum fructosamine and glycated albumin correlated well with FBS, PP2BS, HbA1C in groups 2, 3 and 4. Irrespective of the groups, serum glycated albumin showed excellent correlation with serum fructosamine. I


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We used a laser confocal microscope combined with an atomic force microscope (AFM) to study poly(3-methylthiophene) (P3MT) and P3MT/Ni double-wall hybrid nanotubes. The Raman spectra and correlated AFM images of isolated single P3MT/Ni nanotubes were obtained and compared with those of the P3MT nanotubes. Results showed that in the P3MT/Ni double-wall hybrid nanotubes, doping-related Raman band intensities are greatly reduced, indicating the quenching of interband states with an outer Ni coating on the P3MT nanotubes.


I present here a new translation of Andromache, by Euripides, tragedy presented between 430 and 420 a. C., at the time of the Peloponnesian War. In this play themes like marriage, motherhood and misogyny are traditionally dealt with, allowing us to make interesting comparisons between this one and other tragedies related to the Trojan Cycle by Euripides himself and by Aeschylus and Sophocles. I hope, with this translation, to stimulate further studies on this piece.


A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Received: 16 October, 2020 Accepted: 24 November, 2020 Online: 16 December, 2020 The huge number of images on the image sharing websites poses challenges for classification and retrieval of the images. On many image sharing websites, tags can be assigned by the users to an image that describes the contextual and visual description of an image. However, ambiguous or incorrect tags have appeared in frequent tags that affect the performance of an image retrieval system. Thus, assigning appropriate tags to the images plays a very important role in image retrieval and classification. In this paper, the ITR-WTF image tag recommendation method is proposed which explores tags from ranked nearest neighbors of each category. For a given input image, the method first determines the neighbors from training images of each category and ranks the neighbors according to the distance from the input image. In the second step, the weight is assigned to each tag based on the vote from each neighbor. Finally, the weighted tag frequency is determined to recommend appropriate tags to a given image. The experimentation is done on two datasets self-generated and NUS-WIDE. The results obtained using the proposed method ITR-WTF gives good results as compared with the existing methods of tag recommendation.


Coprophagia in humans can be seen among mentally retarded and psychiatric patients, but is not often reported in the literature on adult psychiatry. A case of coprophagia in a female with Major Affective Disorder is reported. The relevant literature is briefly reviewed.


Electrical conductivity of α quartz is ionic, the current being carried by alkali ions (M+) moving in channels parallel to the c axis. A study was made of conductivity σ of one natural and three synthetic crystals in order to better understand these ionic defects. ac measurements were made over a wide range of frequencies, and complex‐impedance analysis was used to separate out the bulk conductivity from electrode effects. The activation energy E for the synthetic crystals was always close to 1.36 eV and the pre‐exponential A was in the range of 106 K/Ω cm. A decrease in σ resulted from electrodiffusion (sweeping) in hydrogen. For the as‐received natural crystal, the value of E was 0.82 eV, but this E value increased appreciably after hydrogen sweeping or after irradiation plus high‐temperature anneal. The principal observations could not be interpreted in terms of the conventional theory in which the Al3+‐M+ pair and its dissociation products are the only defects involved. A modified theory, in which add...


In the 19th century, Red kite (Milvus milvus) was very common and widespread in Sardinia, but in the mid-900 an important decline occurred. Since the 1970s the species has been studied more continuously, but in recent years the published data seem contradictory. In 2018-2020, authors carried out specific research to collect data on the population of the Red kite in Sardinia exploring both the historical range of the species and areas where the species was reported in the past. In 2018-2020, we estimated 10-13 breeding pairs in an area of about 3,440 km2 located in the north west of Sardinia. As regard wintering, we estimated 30-40 birds in winters 2018-2019 and 2019-2020, whereas 90-110 birds were counted in winter 2020-2021.


This paper gives an overview of all the entirely circular curves of the 4th-order which can be constructed by the quadratic H-inversion defined on Cayley-Klein model of hyperbolic plane. It is shown that the generating conic can be only H-parabola and H-circle.


An overview and comparison of parametric time-domain methods for non-stationary random vibration modelling (identication) and analysis based upon a single vibration signal realization is presented. The considered methods are based upon Time-dependent AutoRegressive Moving Average (TARMA) representations, and may be classied as unstructured parameter evolution, stochastic parameter evolution, and deterministic parameter evolution. The main methods within each class are presented, and model istructurei selection is discussed. The methods are compared, via a Monte Carlo study, in terms of achievable model parsimony, prediction accuracy, power spectral density and modal parameter accuracy and tracking, computational simplicity, and ease of use. The results conrm the increased accuracy and performance characteristics of the deterministic, as well as stochastic, parameter evolution methods over those of their unstructured parameter evolution counterparts.


Streptomyces spp. are well-known producers of secondary metabolites with diverse biological activities. We screened the substances that regulate polyp-to-jellyfish transition, called strobilation, of the moon jellyfish (Aurelia coerulea) from the Streptomyces culture library. Among the culture extracts of the strains tested, Streptomyces albus HUT6047 inhibited the strobilation of A. coerulea. The active component in strain HUT6047 was purified. Based on structure elucidation, this component was identified as 4-methoxy-2,2′-bipyrrole-5-carbaldehyde (MBC), a possible common biosynthetic intermediate of pyrrole-containing natural products including prodigiosins and tambjamines. Synthetic MBC arrested strobilation without inducing cytotoxicity and generated abnormal tentacle-like structures in a dose-dependent manner. Synthetic MBC also exhibited a minimum activity of 6.3 µM. To our knowledge, this study provides the first example of a biological activity of MBC.


The paper outlines briefly the theoretical background to the TDC design procedure, which is based on new methods of input-output state variable feedback control which exploit a non-minimum state space formulation of the control problem using either pole-assignment or linear quadratic optimal control strategies. It then goes on to describe the main features of the computer aided control system design package, which provides the user with assistance at all stages in the design process; from model identification and estimation to final control system design and evaluation, including a rather novel use of Monte Carlo analysis to assess the potential effects of model uncertainty on the closed loop system behaviour.


A substantial fraction of the defects in epitaxial thin films are formed to accommodate part of the misfit between the stress−free lattice parameters of film and substrate. This paper describes some of the complete dislocations, partial dislocations, and cracks that are made for this purpose. Also described are the optimum division of misfit between dislocations and elastic strain, and the modification of this division caused by the Peierls stress and the barrier to nucleation of dislocation half−loops. The use of misfit strain to remove dislocations, the effect of misfit strain on the mode of film growth, and the evidence for dislocation sources in epitaxial layers are discussed in brief.


Introduction. Literature Review. Theoretical Framework. Approach and Methods. Phase One Findings . The Intervention. Phase Two Findings -- The relatives Accounts. Phase Two Findings -- The Nurses Accounts. Evaluation. Discussion. Conclusions and Recommendations.


Journal of William Reason Maxwell containing daily thoughts, activities, and accounts. Several pages in the back have been cut out.


Highsmith, Addison-Wesley, 2013, 0133489485, 9780133489484, 392 pages. This is the digital version of the printed book (Copyright В© 2000). Ð' Winner of the 2001 Software Development Jolt Product Excellence Award Ð' This innovative textÐ' offers a practical, realistic approach to managing high-speed, high-change software development projects. Consultant James A. Highsmith shows readers how to increase collaboration and adapt to uncertainty. Ð' Many organizations start high-speed, high-change projects without knowing how to do themÐ2Ђ"and even worse, without knowing they donÐ2Ђ™t know. Successful completion of these projects is often at the expense of the project team. Ð' Adaptive Software Development emphasizes an adaptive, collaborative approach to software development. The concepts allow developers to Ð2ЂNsscale-upÐ2ЂNœ rapid application development and extreme programming approaches for use on larger, more complex projects. Ð' The four goals of the book are toÐ' support an adaptive culture or mindset, in which change and uncertainty are assumed to be the natural stateÐ2Ђ"not a false expectation of order introduce frameworks to guide the iterative process of managing change institute collaboration, the interaction of people on three levels: interpersonal, cultural, and structural add rigor and discipline to the RAD approach, making it scalable to the uncertainty and complexity of real-life undertakings Ð' .


Viral injury, perticularlly secondary to adenovirus infection, may cause severe impairment of the respiratory tract in infants. This study was designed to evaluate the pulmonary function and bronchodulator response in infants with clinical and virologic diagnosis of PCPD. 13 patients (M=5, F=8), mean age 1.32 years with a history of PCPD were included. Control group (CTRL), included 13 patients (M=9, F=4), mean age 1.16 years. There were no significant differences in age or height between both groups. A Sensor Medics 2600 system was used. The parameters assessed were. Respiratory Rate (RR), Peak Tidal Expiratory Flow (PTEF), Volume (%V-PF), and Time (Tme/Te) percentages for PTEF (T-PTEF) and PTEF/Tidal Volume ratio (PTEF/TV), Compliance (Crs) and Resistance (Rrs) of respiratory system and Maximal Flow at Functional Residual Capacity (VmaxFRC). Bronchial responsiveness to inhaled ipatropium bromide (IB) 0.02 mg/kg and albuterol (AL) 0.25 mg/kg were evaluated in the PCPD group on different days for all functional parameters. Results(x±SD) were as follows: Table VmaxFRC was obtained at 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes after each nebulization. No differences were found with any of the bronchodilators. Parameters from the Tidal Flow/Volume Curves and Respiratory Mechanic were obtained at 45 minutes, and their variations were not significant. We conclude that infants with PCPD have severe obstructive and restrictive disorders that are not modified by inhaled IB or AL adminitration.


One of the main challenges during a disaster is the dissemination of risk information. The problem of lack of knowledge and awareness in disaster preparedness is also evident as some people are unaware of the damages that disasters can inflict on them The use of the mobile application is one of the considerations that may resolve these issues. This study aims to determine the user experience de- sign of a mobile application intended for household, barangay, and municipal users to improve the disaster management system in the province of Marinduque. The Design Thinking methodology includes five phases namely, Empathy, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test, and was used to determine the current situation or experiences, problems and issues, and possible solutions to their concerns. The Design Thinking workshop which was facilitated to thirty participants determined the functionalities that users required based on their needs and these are Announcements, Safety Guidelines, Evacuation Information, Request for Aid, Incident Reporting, Rescue Monitoring, Household Information, and Risk Index and Facilities Maps. Prototype design for these functionalities was created and presented to the users to validate their requirements and needs. The results show the relevant importance of these features to the users before, during, and after calamities.


Multi-cell cooperation is a promising technique used to mitigate the dominant interferences in heterogeneous networks (HetNets). Considering the rapid fluctuation of actual channel, we propose a multi-cell cooperation scheme named randomly selected cooperation with threshold (RSC-T), where the nearest BS in each tier is selected to transmit the user's data only when its instantaneous signal power received at a typical user is greater than a predetermined connecting threshold. Based on the proposed scheme, we derive integral expression for downlink coverage probability, and characterize it for a special case of two-tier HetNets. Comparison between RSC-T and traditional maximum- received-power (MRP) association scheme which always selects a BS with the strongest received signal power at the typical user is showed through numerical results and simulations. The numerical results indicate that (1) to get better performance than MRP, the connecting threshold should be below a critical point and the critical point increases with coverage SINR threshold. (2) there is always an optimal BSs density that provide the best coverage and the optimal density increases with connecting threshold.


This paper introduces a new tool for verifying tropical cyclone (TC) forecasts. Tropical cyclone forecasts made by operational centers and by numericalweather prediction (NWP) models have been objectively verified for decades. Typically, the mean absolute error (MAE) and/or MAE skill are calculated relative to values within the operations center's best track. Yet, the MAE can be strongly influenced by outliers and yield misleading results. Thus, this paper introduces an assessment of consistency between the MAE skill as well as two other measures of forecast performance. This "consistency metric" objectively evaluates the forecast-error evolution as a function of lead time based on thresholds applied to the: 1) MAE skill, 2) median absolute error (MDAE) skill, and 3) the frequency of superior performance (FSP), which indicates how often one forecast outperforms another. The utility and applicability of the consistency metric is validated by applying it to four research and forecasting applications. Overall, this consistency metric is a helpful tool to guide analysis and increase confidence in results in a straightforward way. By augmenting the commonly-used MAE and MAE skill with this consistency metric and creating a single scorecard with consistency-metric results for TC track, intensity, and significant-windradii forecasts, the impact of observing systems, new modeling systems, or model upgrades on TC-forecast performance can be evaluated both holistically and succinctly. This could in turn help forecasters learn from challenging cases and accelerate and optimize developments and upgrades in NWP models.


Tripoli, Lebanon's 'Sunni City' is often presented as an Islamist or even Jihadi city. However, this misleading label conceals a much deeper history of resistance and collaboration with the state and the wider region. Based on more than a decade of fieldwork and using a broad array of primary sources, Tine Gade analyses the modern history of Tripoli, exploring the city's contentious politics, its fluid political identity, and the relations between Islamist and sectarian groups. Offering an alternative explanation for Tripoli's decades of political troubles – rather than emphasizing Islamic radicalism as the principal explanation – she argues that it is Lebanese clientelism and the decay of the state that produced the rise of violent Islamist movements in Tripoli. By providing a corrective to previous assumptions, this book not only expands our understanding of Lebanese politics, but of the wider religious and political dynamics in the Middle East.


A s E R I E s of reports since 1957 (Mason et a]., 1957; Isaacs et al., 1959; Graham, 1959; Voorhess & Gardner, 1962; Kontras, 1962) has established that ganglioneuromas, ganglioneuroblastomas and neuroblastomas are 'hormone-producing' tumours. The principal evidence of secretory activity is the finding of increased urinary excretion of catecholamines. On occasion there is such symptomatic evidence of increased adrenergic activity as flushing, increased sweating b r hypertension. More rarely patients with neural crest tumours suffer abnormal hormonal activity which is not obviously adrenergic. Cushing's syndrome has been reported by Kogut and Donne11 (1961). Rosenstein and Engelman (1963) have been able to collect from the literature 18 cases in which diarrhoea was a predominant symptom. The present report adds to the small number of known cases which have presented with the clinical features of 'coeliac syndrome'. The radiological findings are of special interest since previous reports have not indicated the possibility that alteration of colonic motility may be of particular importance in the pathogenesis of the symptoms in these unusual cases.


Objective To retrospectively evaluate the safety and efficacy of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty(PTA)by using a long over-the-wire(OTW)balloon for the treatment of severe limb ischemia in diabetic patients.Methods During the period from April 2007 to March 2008,infrapopliteal PTA by using a long OTW balloon was performed in 34 patients.The patients,with a mean age of(71.8 ± 7.4)years,had 53 affected limbs with a total of 119 vascular lesions.All patients presented with a chief complaint of limb ischemic symptoms.Angiographic findings were retrospectively analysed and the lesions were categorized according to the length and severity.The mean follow-up period was(7.4 ± 2.6)months.Magnetic resonance angiography(MRA)of the lower limb was conducted every three months during the follow-up period,and the clinical data were collected and analysed.Results Infrapopliteal PTA by using a long OTW balloon was successfully carried out in 92.4% of vascular lesions(110/119).Ankel-brachial index(ABI)and transcutaneous oxygen tension(TcPO2)were improved from preoperative(0.50 ± 0.18)and(18.85 ± 12.08) mmHg to postoperative(0.81 ± 0.12)and(39.85 ± 12.67) mmHg,respectively.At the end of follow-up,29 patients maintained a stable outcome.Recurrence of symptoms were seen in five patients,and three of them had to receive a second PTA.Although two major amputations and four minor amputations had to be done,94% limb salvage rate and 59% patency rate were obtained.Conclusion Infrapopliteal PTA by using a long OTW balloon for the treatment of severe limb ischemia in diabetic patients.is clinically feasible and safe.Its midterm outcome is satisfactory and encouraging although its long-term effect needs to be evaluated with further study.


How to minimize the total expected life cycle cost satisfying the reliability requirement is a main concern of ship designers. In general, reliability and todal expected life cycle cost of a ship are a pair of conflictrequirements , both of which depend on quality. There exists an optimal choice for the quality requirementswhich could minimize the total expected life cycle cost of the ship. Current design guidelines on quality requirements such as tolerance specifications are available from classification society rules or military standards. However, most of these guidelines are based on tradition and experience and have not been tested analytically orexperimentally. Ultimately, any specifications on the quality requirement should be based on minimizing thetotal expected life cycle cost of the ship. In this paper, the idea to use the reliability based Economic ValueAnalysis (EVA)to determine the optimal quality level is proposed. Classical EVA requires the accurate determination of initial cost as a function of tolerances and the cost of failure. This is an extremely difficult task ifnot impossible. An interval number representation for costs is recommended which can ease the estimationlash significantly. Two methods to treat the interval cost estimates have been proposed. The first method isl)ased on the idea of vertex method and it will also result in an interval number for the optimal solution. Thesecond method is based on the idea of fuzzy quadratic programming and it will result in a crisp optimal solution. Both methods can complement each other. Tile proposed methods were illustrated by an example with regard to unstiffened deck plates in ship structures. From this example,it has been shown that the methods proposed in the paper would be very useful in handling the quality and cost optimization problems .


increasing reliance on the medical record for various types of research to which this book makes no more than passing reference, noting only its limitations for study of the efficacy of treatment. Although this may represent American experience, in the UK epidemiological and clinical types of research, most of which depend ultimately on the medical record as the data source, are very common. Interest in development of the medical record has decreased in the UK. since the disappearance of the Tunbridge Committee and the 1974 NHS reorganization. Records departments are often poorly staffed and regarded as easy targets for cuts. Practical, financial and ethical objections are frequently raised to access to records for research. Yet the volume of scientific work undoubtedly has increased through use of case registers and other kinds of information system which depend on abstracts of records. A formal study of what has been gained from record-based research could provide useful evidence of the value of good records and perhaps encourage a more positive attitude towards them. Clearly, the non-clinical uses of medical records have been greatly facilitated by computer handling of standardized items, collected either from or in parallel with the medical record. Wherever possible, the systematic data forms should be an integral part of the record, so that the original data are collected at source rather than standardization being superimposed by clerical extraction. It appears that psychiatric service staff have adapted to this mode of recording more widely in the USA than in the UK, yet it does seem an unavoidable and not undesirable trend, provided that the forms are easily read and that there is adequate space for narrative. Much of the business of psychiatry is conducted in words rather than numbers, in narrative language rather than in instrument readings. With advances in computer text-handling everyone who uses records may have to become accustomed to using keyboard and screen rather than pen and paper. This is likely to come within the working lives of most practising doctors under the age of 50 and could bring immense improvements in orderliness, accessibility and legibility if we learn to type as fast as we can write. Even spoken entry may be feasible. If the burden of keeping records can be reduced in step with improvement in ease of use, their value will be enhanced to clinicians as well as to other users of patient-related information. It may be that psychiatry could benefit from technology in this respect at least as much as other fields of medicine. As clinical methods of assessment and treatment become more widely standardized and codifiable, more precise records will be both necessary and practicable. Undoubtedly, the structure and content of the medical record should change accordingly. It is to be hoped that the mental health professions will have the breadth of vision to gain from this coming revolution.


The recent research article on the importation of rescue dogs into the UK1 missed one common reason why owners choose to adopt from abroad, and that is the 'preciousness' of some of our dog rescue centres in the UK.

My wife and I recently lost both of our dogs within a year of each other, both aged 13 and of natural causes. At the age of 66 we were debating whether it was fair to take on another dog, but life without one seemed unsettling, given that we had owned dogs our entire lives. We therefore decided to …


Activation of the innate immune system by chronic illness or injury is correlated with depression, anxiety and PTSD. In patients of heart attack (myocardial infarction, MI), rates of major depression and PTSD diagnoses are two‐ and three‐fold higher, respectively, than the population at large. Consistent with other patients, post‐MI incidence of PTSD and depression are correlated with increased levels of circulating pro‐ inflammatory cytokines. How circulating cytokines affect the brain remains unknown.


^Äëíê~Åí. In this study, the ability of titania dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2) to remove methyl orange dye in aqueous solution was investigated. The effects of TiO2 dosage (i.e. 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.6 and 2 g), pH (i.e. 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12) temperature (30, 40 and 50°C) and light source (i.e. UV, sunlight and dark room) on the removal of methyl orange dye were studied. The experiments were conducted under the UV light irradiation with the presence of air bubbling. The samples were analyzed using UV-vis spectrophotometer at wavelength of 467 nm. From this study, it was found that the TiO2 dose, pH, temperature and the presence of light had a strong effect on the removal of dye. The removal of dye was optimum at TiO2 loading of 2.0 g, pH of 4, temperature of 30°C and under UV light condition.


The ground vibrations generated during rock excavation are always undesirable because of the damage that can be caused to building structures. This paper describes a numerical model that allows the simulation of ground vibrations due to blasting (mining), which can be transmitted over a great distance, and ground vibrations due to the use of hydraulic boom breakers (civil works) that are only important near the origin. Software for non linear dynamic analysis based on Finite Element Method is used. In the model the ground and the effect of a blasting (a very high instantaneous pressure) or a pick action (periodic load) are simulated. The calculated results are compared with real data proving that the model can reproduce the real phenomenon.


Among the languages of the Austronesian stock, formerly called the Malayo-Polynesian family, several are entitled to the name of literary languages, languages with a literature of their own in refined prose and poetry.


Wearable devices are finding their use from activities of daily living to clinical evaluations for monitoring different physiological parameters. Among others, estimation and tracking of limb movements are crucial especially in rehabilitation medicine and in supporting the worker's health. The purpose of this works is to develop and test a wearable system based on an encapsulated conductive sensor, able to track the elbow joint flexion-extension movements, to count the number of movement repetitions, and to estimate the elbow joint angles during the movement. The feasibility assessment of the proposed system has been carried out on 2 healthy volunteers mimicking a rehabilitation task and occupation setting one. A motion capture system has been used as reference system for the elbow movements. Results showed a good agreement between the data collected by the wearable system and the ones provided by the reference one. Indeed, the output of the two systems during the trials was similar, highlighting the capability of the wearable to follow the elbow flexion-extensions. In addition, the two systems tracked the same number of flexion-extensions. Finally, promising results were also obtained in the most challenging task, which is the estimation of the elbow angle. Indeed, the agreement, calculated in terms of mean absolute error, has been always lower than 7.5°.


Edge Computing, extending cloud computing, has emerged as a prospective computing paradigm. It allows a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) vendor to allocate its users to nearby edge servers to minimize network latency and energy consumption on their devices. From the SaaS vendor's perspective, a cost-effective SaaS user allocation (SUA) aims to allocate maximum SaaS users on minimum edge servers. However, the allocation of excessive SaaS users to an edge server may result in severe interference and consequently impact SaaS users' data rates. In this article, we formally model this problem and prove that finding the optimal solution to this problem is NP-hard. Thus, we propose ISUAGame, a game-theoretic approach that formulates the interference-aware SUA (ISUA) problem as a potential game. We analyze the game and show that it admits a Nash equilibrium. Then, we design a novel decentralized algorithm for finding a Nash equilibrium in the game as a solution to the ISUA problem. The performance of this algorithm is theoretically analyzed and experimentally evaluated. The results show that the ISUA problem can be solved effectively and efficiently.


The City of God, like other major works of Augustine—such as the De Trinitate (begun in 399 and concluded in the years 422–6) and De Genesi ad Litteram (written between 401 and 414)—took shape over several years. In common with the other works just mentioned, it explores central themes of Augustine's thought. This chapter briefly relates City to other writings of Augustine. Special attention is given to two earlier works, De Vera Religione (On True Religion), De Catechizandis Rudibus (First Catechetical Instruction), where themes of City are anticipated: true religion, Platonic influences, use of antitheses, biblical history and its use in catechesis, order, eschatology.


In order to study a variety of intelligent control algorithm,the design of wheel intelligent car control system based on ATmega8515 single-chip microcomputer and tracking moving in particular runway is conducted.The control system consists of sensor data acquisition module,DC motor,PWM drive module,single-chip control module and control procedures.The experiments show that the control system by the ATmega8515 as the core enjoys high-precision control,high speed startup and stop,good synchronization and so on.


India is the second largest country for rice production and rice continues to hold the key to sustained food production by contributing 20-25 per cent of agriculture and assures food security for more than half of the total population (Anon., 2012). Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the world"s most important crop and is a staple food for more than half of the world"s population. Asia accounts for 60 per cent of the global population, about 92 per cent of the world"s rice production and 90 per cent of global rice consumption. In India, rice is grown over an area of 42.94 million hectares, with annual production of about 112.90 million tons and productivity being 2585 kgha -1 (Anon., 2018). India is the second largest country for rice production and rice continues to hold the key to sustained food production by contributing 20-25 per cent of agriculture and assures food security for more International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 2 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com


Implementation of the proposed NSPS, for coal-fired power plants, will result in increased costs of power generation. In order to study the effect of the proposed vis-a-vis existing NSPS, a number of coal sources were chosen to adequately represent the various coal supply regions in the U.S. Power plant scenarios were chosen to reflect both the ''mine mouth'' type of power plant and the effects of interstate coal shipment. Case studies were performed in order to determine the least-cost mix of coal type and control techniques (particulate, FGD, coal cleaning, and NO/sub x/) needed to meet present and proposed NSPS. Costs and energy usage for environmental control were derived on an incremental basis with respect to a 500 MWe output base power plant. It was found that, with careful selection of coal type, coal cleaning may still give an economic and energy tradeoff to pollution control. In addition, capital investment for particulates and FGD will increase about $30/KW for high sulfur coals and $70/KW for low sulfur coals. Operating costs will increase approximately 2 to 3 mills/Kwhr using flue gas bypass to reduce reheat requirements; without bypass both capital and operating cost increments approximately double.


A new style of leadership is needed in our interconnected, global, and technocratic world. "Soft Leadership" is the answer to this need. This paper explores the characteristics of soft leadership — a relationship-oriented style of leadership. It builds on four OB frameworks. It describes soft leadership with 11 C's and illustrates each characteristic with examples. It discovers how the soft leaders adopt tools such as influence, persuasion, negotiation, motivation, recognition, appreciation, and collaboration for the collective good. It calls upon readers to consider how leadership insights acquired from this paper may be applied individually and organizationally to make a difference in the lives of others. The 11 C's that collectively constitute soft leadership is a unique concept. This paper provides the location of soft leadership in Blake-Mouton Grid and is infused with snippets of dialogue from a recent international leadership association webinar, further enriching this concept.


In order to improve the palatability and digestibility of the products and to lengthen their storage life, wheat milling is adopted to separate the wheat andosparm from bran and germ, in India, differences in the miiling techniques are generally observed in different milts. The variations in the proportion and quality of break and reduction flour in "maida" and differences in the distribution of the nutrients in various flour streams are the major factors responsible for the difference in the baking properties of the flour (maida) obtained from different flour mills.


Chronic kidney disease is a growing public health problem that affects 9.1% of the world population (1), including 37 million people in the United States (2). Chronic kidney disease is predominantly diagnosed and classified based on estimated glomerular filtration rate and urine albumin excretion (3). Albuminuria may be the first clinical manifestation of chronic kidney disease, and in glomerular diseases such as diabetic kidney disease, albuminuria usually presents before the reduction in glomerular filtration rate (4). Furthermore, albuminuria is associated with underlying hypertension and obesity and is a well-established risk factor for chronic kidney disease progression and cardiovascular events (3). Over the past two decades, there have been significant advances in our understanding of mechanisms associated with the progression of chronic kidney disease, including genetic, behavioral, metabolic, and other novel risk factors (5). However, despite the high prevalence of sleep disorders among patients with chronic kidney disease, the association between sleep disorders and early markers of kidney disease such as albuminuria remains understudied. In the general population, the prevalence of sleep disordered breathing is estimated to be 10%. Among patients with chronic kidney disease, prevalence estimates are much higher, ranging from 25% in patients with early stages of kidney disease to 70% among patients with end-stage kidney disease. Of note, this finding does not seem to be explained by known factors such as age, body mass index (BMI), or other comorbidities (6). Therefore, there is a critical need to better understand the association between sleep disorders and chronic kidney disease. Prior studies have reported significant associations between prevalent sleep disordered breathing and albuminuria in diverse community-based cohorts (7, 9, 10), as well as among patients with diabetes (6) and hypertension (7). In this issue of AnnalsATS, Murase and colleagues (pp. 451–461) report the results of a large community-based (8), cross-sectional study evaluating the association between sleep disordered breathing, blood pressure, and albuminuria. They evaluated more than 6,000 individuals enrolled in the Nagahama study who wore a wrist actigraph for at least 5 days and a pulse oximeter for at least 2 days and provided a spot urine sample for measurement of urine albumin to creatinine ratio. In addition, a subset of participants (5,313) underwent daytime and nighttime home blood pressure measurements to evaluate blood pressure as a potential mediator of the association between sleep disordered breathing and albuminuria. Patients with end-stage kidney disease, those with active malignancy, and those receiving treatment for sleep disordered breathing were excluded from the study. Sleep disordered breathing was defined using the actigraphy-modified 3% oxygen desaturation index (ODI) and the cumulative percentage of sleep time with oxygen saturation,90%. At study entry, the mean age of participants was 58 years, 67% were women, 35% had hypertension, 6.5% had diabetes, and the mean BMI was 22 kg/m. In this study, moderate to severe sleep disordered breathing (defined as ODI> 15) was found in 12.4% of participants, and moderately increased albuminuria (defined as urine albumin to creatinine ratio 30–299 mg/g) in 7.0%. Albuminuria was higher among individuals with moderate to severe sleep disordered breathing compared with those with mild (ODI 5 to,15) or no sleep disordered breathing (ODI, 5). After adjusting for the presence of obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, individuals with moderate to severe sleep disordered breathing had higher odds of albuminuria (odds ratio, 1.90; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.36–2.65). Furthermore, mediation analysis revealed that systolic blood pressure (measured in the morning and during sleep) explained 28.3% (95% CI, 14.9–41.7%) of the association between sleep disordered breathing and albuminuria, suggesting that other mechanistic pathways might be involved. Interestingly, Murase and colleagues did not find a significant association between the cumulative percentage of sleep time with oxygen saturation less than 90% and This article is open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License 4.0. For commercial usage and reprints, please e-mail Diane Gern (email@example.com).


Transnational communities play an increasingly important role in the field of digital knowledge and culture both as providers of goods and services via commons based production (Benkler 2006) and as actors in regulatory processes (Djelic and Quack, forthcoming). While a huge variety of phenomena are subsumed under the umbrella of diverse "community" concepts, most of them share a reluctance to investigate the relationship between communities and related formal organizations (for an exception see O'Mahoney and Bechky 2008). The main reason for this decentred role of formal organization in contemporary community theorizing is probably the convention to describe organizational features and dynamics of communities in contrast to classic organizational bureaucracies, and to thereby emphasize the informal nature of communities.


Paleontological data indicate that the beginning of Java Island's human habitation took place at the Plio-Pleistocene boundary, around 2.4 Ma, along with uplift process and glacial-interglacial cycles. However, the oldest Homo erectus fossil was mainly found in the eastern part of Java Island where age-dating indicates that they were from ca. 1.5 Ma, especially along the riverbanks of Bengawan Solo and Brantas, such as Perning, Sangiran, Kedungbrubus, Ngandong, Ngawi, Trinil, and Sambungmacan.Recently, Pleistocene sites were discovered from the western part of Java, e.g., Rancah (Ciamis), Semedo (Tegal), and Bumiayu (Brebes) with their archeological, paleontological, and paleoanthropological potentials. This work will present the significance of the potential, especially paleoanthropological data from the new sites, and their implications to the Quaternary prehistory research strategies determination in the future.We present new geological, archeological, paleontological, and paleoanthropological evidence from those mentioned sites. The result shows that the distribution of Homo erectus were extended to the western part of Java, between 1.8-1.7 Ma, older than the oldest previous finding of Homo erectus from Perning and Sangiran. This finding suggests a new window of the human arrival on this island. So, why don't we look to the west? Intensive research in the future should be addressed to the western part of Java Island.


A collaborative publication by the Disembodied Voice.

The Disembodied Voice is a collaborative research project which sets out to investigate the relationship between the disembodied voice and contemporary visual culture. This new publication, The Disembodied Voice and the Cassette Tape, includes artworks by, Maia Conran, Patrick Coyle, Karen Di Franco, Tom Goddard, Kihlberg & Henry, Francesco Pedraglio, Holly Pester and Claire Potter.


Recognizing the value of its data, Nutricia Research performed an SDTM conversion project for twenty-one infant nutrition studies. Since 2015, Nutricia Research and OCS Life Sciences have been working together on this project, building expertise in the SDTM conversion of early life nutrition data, and jointly defining some specific SDTM domains. In this paper we will presents our approach and collaboration, highlight several examples of tools and solutions used in the implementation, discuss some of the challenges faced, and reflect on the use of SDTM as a standard for non-submission purposes. INTRODUCTION While clinical studies serve to prove the safety and efficacy of medical products, its data, because of the high intrinsic quality, is of value beyond the lifetime of an individual study or the collection of studies. Applying standards and implementing them in the right way, is key to establish and preserve that value. Anyone who has worked with the SDTM standard (see the third section of this paper for an introduction on SDTM), will probably acknowledge that the fundamental issue in its application is not so much to be conformant (i.e. to be exact in applying structure and terminology), but that it lies in making the right implementation decisions. Right meaning first of all the ensurance that the data when mapped to SDTM keep their original meaning. It also means making the best use of the flexibility of the standard, in order to organize the data in a logical way, facilitating review and analysis, and in agreement with the specific needs of the research area. The latter need explains the rise of SDTM's Therapeutic Area (TA) standards, presenting concepts and examples for a range of therapeutic areas, e.g. Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, Virology and Alzheimer's Disease. This emphasis on decisions does not mean that ensuring conformance to the standard is less relevant or that it is without issues or challenges; clearly, resolving and documenting SDTM non-conformities can be quite a task. Nutricia Research has been conducting an SDTM conversion project involving twenty-one infant nutrition studies. Compared to a submission trajectory this project was different because: − Substantial tailorization was needed in overall design, data collection modules and CRF systems. Arguably this was significantly greater than you would find in a typical submission. − Studies and domains were added along the way. As the integrated dataset grew, design solutions and definitions needed to be updated. − Documentation and conformance requirements were not as explicit and clear up front as in a submission. This project has been a collaborative effort between Nutricia Research (as sponsor) and OCS Life Sciences (as service provider). Next to the right technical expertise and approach, a successful project approach and collaboration model is key to project success. In this paper we will highlight some typical SDTM domains and the mapping issues encountered, and we will present our key learnings. We hope and expect that broader lessons can be drawn from our work, helping data warehouse projects (e.g. SDTM implementations across compounds or companies) as they are likely to face similar issues. We will start this paper with an overview of the project and will reflect on differences with an SDTM implementation for a submission. Next, we will discuss the evolution of the project, addressing in particular adaptions in the approach and collaboration. Then we'll go into the quality control and validation approach. Subsequently, we will dive into several typical domains and present solutions for the SDTM mapping challenges we faced. SCOPE, REQUIREMENTS AND APPROACH OF OUR PROJECT This SDTM conversion project involved twenty-one Nutricia Research infant studies. The overall goal of the project was to standardize and pool the data of these studies to build a data warehouse enabling cross-study analyses for exploratory, scientific research purposes in the area of infant nutrition. Selection of the studies was based on business relevance, design characteristics (e.g. randomized controlled, presence of a breastfed reference arm), and size of the study (number of subjects). Infant formula was the treatment intervention in all studies but there was variety across studies in the formula(s) used.


High-efficiency video coding (HEVC), which is the latest video coding standard, is expected to have a dominant position in the market in the near future. However, most video resources are now encoded using the H.264/AVC standard. Consequently, there is a growing need for fast H.264/AVC to HEVC transcoders to facilitate the migration to the updated standard. This paper proposes a fast H.264/AVC to HEVC transcoding scheme, which constructs a three-level classifier using an optimised tree-augmented Naive Bayesian approach to predict the HEVC coding unit depth. A feature selection method is then proposed to improve prediction accuracy. A motion vector (MV) calculation method is also proposed to reduce the complexity of MV prediction in HEVC by reusing MVs from H.264/AVC. Experimental results show that, compared with other state-of-the-art transcoding algorithms, the proposed algorithm considerably reduces coding complexity while causing only negligible rate-distortion degradation.


Laryngeal Mask Airway [LMA] is an alternative technique to endotracheal tube for securing airway in short surgical procedures. The most common agent used is Propofol however it has certain adverse effects like hypotension, apnea, and pain on injection. Sevoflurane is a new volatile anesthetic agent it provides rapid induction and recovery we in the present study tried to compare the hemodynamic responses during laryngeal mask airway insertion using sevoflurane and N 2 O and propofol and N 2 O. This study was performed in the Department of Anaesthesiology and ICU, Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College & Hospital, Bogura, Bangladesh during from July 2019 to December 2019. The patients were selected from those undergoing elective surgeries in Orthopedic, General surgical or gynecological procedures where there were indications of use of LMA. All the patients were from ASA I/II category status, the patients age ranges were from 20-50 years. Patients were then randomly divided into two groups for induction of anesthesia. The Propofol group received with 2.5mg/Kg propofol IV for 30 seconds. Lignocaine 1% 2ml was mixed with each 20ml syringe of propofol. The sevoflurane (n=25) received inhalational induction with sevoflurane 8% in N2O 50% and O2. The mean time for loss of consciousness in Propofol group was 45 seconds and the mean time of consciousness loss in the sevoflurane group was 27 seconds. The time range of LMA insertion in Propofol group was 1-3 minutes and the mean time was 1.5 min the meantime to LMA insertion in Sevoflurane group was 2.0 ranges 1-3 minutes, the p values were found to be significant. The mean number of attempts taken in propofol group was 1.2 and similarly in the sevoflurane group it was 1.6 the p values were not significant. The incidence of adverse events occurring during insertion of LMA is shown in table III in all the patients muscle relaxants were not required for insertion. The occurrence of head movement was in 12% of the patients of propofol group and 16% of the patient with sevoflurane group and laryngospasm was in 8% of the propofol group and 8% in the sevoflurane group. Inadequate jaw relaxation was seen in 4% of the propofol group and 8% of the sevoflurane group value were found to be not significant. The overall results of LMA insertion were comparable in both the groups. The incidences of adverse events in both the groups were found to be same. However the sevoflurane requires more time than propofol for LMA insertion.


: Actual commitments by suppliers—in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) supply chain—to reduce their energy use are rare. The upstream supply chain is also very complex for electronic/ICT products and therefore challenging to control and measure for use by Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) of products and upstream Scope 3 footprints of companies. In LCAs primary measured data over time are rarely used. The purpose of this research is to propose a method for identification, measurement and analysis of specific energy (electric power) and CO 2 -eq. savings in the supply chain of an ICT Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). The aim is also to find the share of the supply chain savings—of energy use and CO 2 -eq. emissions—compared with a telecom carriers' total supply chain spend for an identified contract. It is described how three suppliers of a large ICT OEM are engaged—via a contractual requirement— to identify and commit to substantial energy, cost and CO 2 -eq. savings. First streamlined LCAs are performed—of four specific products—identifying the most impacting parts from a CO 2 -eq. perspective. Second specific suppliers and factories are identified. Third visits are done in which energy assessments are made, savings identified, implementation costs quantified, and net cost saving opportunities are calculated. The suppliers are also trained in the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP). The last steps include quantifications and analyses of Energy and Conservation Measures (ECMs), final agreement of net CO 2 -eq. and cost savings followed by actual implementation and monitoring with IPMVP. All in all these efforts are estimated to help save around 27,000 MWh energy and around 25,700 tonnes CO 2 -eq. annually. For a five-year rollout contract around 1.5 times more CO 2 -eq. can be saved than emitted. More than 1% of the telecom carrier's annual energy consumption and Scope 3 'Purchased goods and services' emissions can be saved. This shows a clear indication of the possibilities of the proposed approach. Broadly speaking, the methodology presented is a potentially replicable model that can be used by ICT OEMs to make significant cuts within their supply chain, while lowering their suppliers' operational cost base. By using the proposed methodology it is possible to address specific suppliers and engage them via a contractual requirement to identify and commit to specific savings to the benefit of ICT OEMs and telecom carriers both. In order to improve the current practice, the next step is to integrate the savings framework into an end-to-end dynamic framework based on LCA.


We report on the design and development of a PPM integrated 233 GHz staggered vane sheet beam TWTA [1, 2]. The permanent magnetic (NdFeB) based focusing lens structure for the sheet electron beam transport has been designed for a gun operated at 19 kV. For a beam tunnel of 830 μm * 160 μm, a transmitted current of ~ 200 mA is achieved for > 40 mm length channel. For 19 kV operation, the TWTA circuit has been re-designed. The EM/PIC simulation analysis predicts ~ 40 GHz cold band width and ~ 20 GHz hot bandwidth for a power gain of > 25 dB. The PCM based transmission results, TWT circuit cold test, and the pulsed proof of concept hot test status will be presented in the conference.


Distant context view from park (only half of the long side is visible); Posten AB is the name of the Swedish postal service. It was operated as a government agency into the 1990s when it was transformed into a government-owned limited company. Some 1,600 employees work at the new Swedish Posten's headquarters in Solna, outside Stockholm. The huge, glass building is nearly 60,000 sq. meters. The Swedish firm BSK Architects won the project in an international competition with the building they call "Think Tank." The 12-storey building is one of the largest in Sweden. The central hall entry space of the box-like glass building is three storeys high. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 8/4/2013)


The assignment of value to manuscripts on the basis of their antiquity—that is, the notion that books written at a greater distance from the present were therefore more deserving of attention—reflects a sensibility more commonly associated with early modern collectors than with medieval scribes. Malcolm Parkes, for example, though describing many instances of archaizing hands in medieval manuscripts, tends to see these as pragmatic efforts driven by "the need to copy replacement leaves," a more practical aim than the Tudor valuing of medieval scripts, which "came to be perceived as emblematic of the past." Within this framework, though generally accurate, it is hard to account for the scribe who wrote Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 861, one of the largest single-volume anthologies of the Latin writings of Richard Rolle, the Hermit of Hampole (d. 1349). In a marginal note on fol. 10r, this scribe first adds a gloss on a portion of Ps. 21.29 that had not appeared in his initial exemplar of the commentary known as Rolle's Latin Psalter, and then, rather than simply marking it for insertion, he registers concerns arising from the relative dating of his sources:


The practice of early prenatal diagnosis by chorionic vilus sampling (CVS) has opened the first trimester of pregnancy to medical and scientific investigation. When CVS was first introduced, the World Health Organization (WHO) Hereditary Diseases Programme identified its potential importance, noted that the technique was more complex than it seemed and that success depended on the quality of the team, and recommended collaborative monitoring and assessment from the outset (WHO Working Group, 1984; Kuliev et af., 1985). An informal WHO-sponsored Registry was established in Philadelphia (U.S.A.), which regularly circulated CVS Latest News. Several randomized studies comparing CVS with amniocentesis, and later comparing transabdominal with transcervical CVS, were also undertaken. Recent reports of a few clusters of children born with limb anomalies after CVS make it necessary to re-examine existing collected data and the results of randomized studies. The European Regional Office of the WHO (WHO/EURO) organized the reported meeting in association with the 6th International Conference on Early Prenatal Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases, to involve centres with the largest experience of CVS in the review and critical assessment of its safety and accuracy a decade after it was introduced into clinical practice. The objective was to produce an expert statement regarding the use of CVS in prenatal diagnosis.


A lytic agent isolated from the feces of a tuberculous calfwas active only against Streptomyces griseus. Other types of this species and a number of Actinomyces strains were not susceptible. The phage after seriaI propagation by the agar plate technique, increased to 28 X 10 9 P.F. U per ml. The phage heat resistant at 60° C, was increasingly susceptible with increasing temperatures, only 5 P.F. U per ml was demonstrated after 15 minutes at 90°C. Electron microscopy showed that the phage had a hexagonal head with a long thin tail.


This paper considers the problem of identifying the best of a discrete set of alternatives for each of a set of correlated problem instances. We assume that the instances can be described by a set of continuous features and the performance of a particular alternative on a particular problem instance can only be estimated from noisy samples. A possible application is in manufacturing, where we would like to identify the best dispatching rule to be used depending on shop floor conditions, and performance is estimated via stochastic simulation. We propose three myopic sequential sampling methods to collect information, and in particular focus on an efficient estimation of the expected improvement which requires integration over the continuous space of problem instances. Empirical tests show that our method of estimating expected improvement is indeed more efficient than standard Monte Carlo integration, and that our method significantly outperforms a recently published alternative sampling method.


Lateral epicondylitis is the most common cause of lateral sided elbow pain in adults. While conservative treatment can relieve the symptoms, recalcitrant pain often requires surgical intervention. Various methods have been described including open, mini-open, percutaneous, and partial lateral epicondylectomy. Arthroscopic treatment for lateral epicondylitis may replace all other techniques. This article provides a systematic approach to the treatment of lateral epicondylitis.


The author analyses the forms and mechanisms of the determination of the scientific research activity of a regional university functioning in the multicultural society (in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic as the example). The article reveals that in contemporary science and contemporary Russia most of the problems existing in the humanities that are traditionally referred (and refer) to the "local and insignificant" ones become urgent issues of national and global importance.


This paper presents the relations that describe thermodynamic equilibrium in a three-phase system. Multiple components, including air, water, and oil components, are considered in three phases: (1) aqueous, (2) oil, and (3) gas. Primary variables are specified for each of seven possible phase combinations. These primary variables are then used to determine the necessary secondary variables to completely describe the system. Criteria are also developed to check the stability of each phase configuration and determine possible transitions from one phase configuration to another phase configuration via phase appearances and disappearances.


To deal with the Quality of Services(QoS)data fluctuation caused by random,fuzzy and inconsistent changes of Web services,a service selection approach considering the uncertainty of QoS data was proposed.Three eigenvalues of expectation,entropy and hyper entropy were used to predict QoS data distribution of Web service and to analyze the uncertainty of QoS data.Thus the Web services with wider QoS data fluctuation were rejected.On this basis,QoS attributes feedback similarities were calculated as the weights for QoS aggregation,and the service recommendation degree was computed according to QoS evaluations and the numbers of service users.A prototype system and a set of experiments were implemented to show that this approach could effectively reduce the influence of QoS data uncertainty on the service selection,thus the accuracy of service selection result could be improved,and the selected service would be more reliable.


An experimental study has been carried out to clarify the effect of quantity of absorbed water on behaviour of single silica-gel particles in oil with dc electric field, as a basic research to augment adsorption. The progress of adsorption changes mass and physical properties of a silica-gel particle, and the change might influence the behaviour of the particle. The experiment is conducted under condition that the adsorbed material is only water, and the quantity of water is adjusted beforehand to prescribed value. Two electrode plates are horizontally set up 40 mm apart in silicone oil. Particle diameter is adopted of 2.7, 4.0 and 5.0 mm, and the range of applied voltage is 0 28 kV. The applied voltage is increased at approximately 2kV/min. Observation of behaviour of a silica-gel particle starts from resting condition on a lower electrode. As a result, a dried silica-gel particle does not begin moving even at the maximum voltage. For a silica-gel particle of water adsorbed, following four stages have been observed, excluding a very few exceptions; rise from the upper side of lower electrode to the upper electrode, bound and rest on the lower side of the upper electrode, descent to the lower electrode, and bound and rest on the lower electrode. The rest time on the electrode is not seen to a completely water-absorbed silica-gel particle. It is thought that the particle exchange the electric charge at the rest time. The applied voltage for the leave of a silica-gel particle from the lower electrode, rest time on each electrode, and bound height from each electrode are also shown.


A high molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen (High Molecular Weight Melanoma-Associated Antigen: HMW-MAA) recombinant polypeptide of the The present invention provides a recombinant polypeptide comprising a fragment of the Risuterio lysine (LLO) oligopeptide or a homologue, ActA oligopeptide or a homologue thereof, or contain a PEST-like oligopeptide or fragment of HMW-MAA protein linked to a non-HMW-MAA oligopeptide selected from homologs thereof the features. Further, the present invention provides a recombinant Listeria strain comprising a recombinant polypeptide, a set of the recombinant polypeptide characterized in that it comprises a fragment of HMW-MAA (the "HMW-MAA fragment") to provide a recombinant Listeria strain. .FIELD 1


In contrast to most biologic tissues, phase velocity in cancellous bone tends to decrease with frequency. A stratified model, consisting of alternating layers of bone and marrow (in vivo) or water (in vitro), has been employed to study this phenomenon. Phase velocity was measured from 300-700 kHz in phantoms consisting of regularly-spaced parallel polystyrene sheets in water, and 30 calcanea in vitro. For the phantoms, the agreement between theory and experiment was good. For the calcanea, the model performs well for predicting the frequency dependence of phase velocity.


This paper applies just world reseach to the analysis of bulling at school and examines the relation hetween the belief in a personal just world (BJW) and self-reported behavior in bullying situations. The hypotheses tested were that the more strongly student endorse the personal BIW, the less likely the should be to bully others the less likely they should see themselses as victims and the more likely they should be to defend victims of bullying The participants were 187 Portuguese students in the. I 7th to 9th grade The results showed that the stronger the adolescents endorsementsof the BJW, the less likely they were to engage in buillying behavior and this association persisted when controlled for emotional empathy. Defending the victim or becoming a victim was unrelated, however The implications of these results for further studies on bullying and victimization are discussed.


In situ structural biology aims to capture the shape, interactions and organization of macromolecules inside their native cellular environment. Cryo-electron tomography, coupled with thin samples or advanced sample preparation techniques [1], offers an unparalleled level of detail for in situ studies [2, 3]. Instead of a single 2D projection, a series of images at different sample tilt angles (tilt series) is acquired. Once aligned, tomograms can be reconstructed from the tilt series to resolve the macromolecular organization in 3D. Tilt series data can also be subjected to single-particle analysis (SPA) to achieve even higher resolution by averaging the signal of multiple identical particles [4]. Unfortunately, the resolution of SPA maps obtained from in situ data has trailed far behind the results achievable for isolated molecules in vitro [5]. On the one hand, the crowded cellular environment and the relatively high sample thickness limit the available signal for each particle. On the other hand, accurate alignment of tomographic tilt series data poses a harder task than the 2D movies commonly acquired for in vitro samples, and is not yet handled optimally by the less mature tilt series software ecosystem [6].


In this study, the effect of the production of double-stemmed grafted and non-grafted tomato plants on yield and quality was investigated. Android F1 and Torry F1 tomato (S. lycopersicum L.) cultivars were grafted on "Classmate" tomato rootstock, and grafting was doneaccording to one or two stems for treatments. There were 12 plants in each treatment over 4 grafting and 2 varieties and the plants were provided seedling nursery. The number of stems left in tomato seedlings as grafted and non-grafted was taken as the basis. The plants which are consisting of two stems are formed from the cotyledon axillary buds. The grafting in the experiment were created as follows;.1- grafted-double stem: Shoots were formed with the development of cotyledon axillary buds, 2- Non-grafted-double stem: Shoots were formed with the development of cotyledon axillary buds on cultivars, 3- Grafted-single stem and 4- non-grafted-single stem (control) were formed. In the experiment conducted, the highest plant height (167.25 cm) was obtained from the control treatment and the highest stem diameter (16.58 mm) was obtained from the grafted double stem treatment. L and Hue angel values measured in fruit color of treatments were not statistically significant. The highest total soluble solids (4.46%) was obtained from the non-grafted double stem treatment. In terms of total yield, the highest value (12.27 kg m-2) was obtained in the control plants. The effect of double stem in cotyledon axillary buds on grafted tomato cultivation was found statistically significant on yield, and grafting with double stem decreased the yield, as compare to the control treatment.


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Automatic syntactic analysis has recently become important for both natural language data processing and syntax-directed compilers. A formal parsing system G = (V, &mgr;, T, R) consists of two finite disjoint vocabularies, V and T, a many-many map, &mgr;, from V onto T, and a recursive set R of strings in T called syntactic sentence classes. Every program for automatic syntactic analysis determines a formal parsing system. A directed production analyzer (I, T, X, &rgr;) is a nondeterministic pushdown-store machine with internal vocabulary I, input vocabulary T, and all productions of &rgr; in the form: (Z, a) → aY1 ··· Ym, Z, Yi &egr; I, a &egr; T. Every context-free language can be analyzed by a directed production analyzer.