With the widespread use of artificial intelligent (AI) applications and dramatic growth in data volumes from edge devices, there are currently many works that place the training of AI models onto edge devices. The state-of-the-art edge training framework, federated learning (FL), requires to transfer of a large amount of data between edge devices and the central server, which causes heavy communication overhead. To alleviate the communication overhead, gradient compression techniques are widely used. However, the bandwidth of the edge devices is usually different, causing communication heterogeneity. Existing gradient compression techniques usually adopt a fixed compression rate and do not take the straggler problem caused by the communication heterogeneity into account. To address these issues, we propose AGQFL, an automatic gradient quantization method consisting of three modules: quantization indicator module, quantization strategy module and quantization optimizer module. The quantization indicator module automatically determines the adjustment direction of quantization precision by measuring the convergence ability of the current model. Following the indicator and the physical bandwidth of each node, the quantization strategy module adjusts the quantization precision at run-time. Furthermore, the quantization optimizer module designs a new optimizer to reduce the training bias and eliminate the instability during the training process. Experimental results show that AGQFL can greatly speed up the training process in edge AI systems while maintaining or even improving model accuracy.


Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. Chief Scientist: Kevin Kroeger. Sampling data (Sensors) of field activity 2012-049-FA (L-45-12-DL) in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North AtlanticL4512DL undefined from 11/09/2012 to 11/16/2012, http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l4512dl/html/l-45-12-dl.meta.html.


The catalyst is found to be an efficient, easily recoverable agent for the selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides in water.


The 2018 Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) guidelines for bipolar disorder provided clinicians with pragmatic, evidencebased, hierarchical treatment recommendations. In the article published in the current issue of Bipolar Disorders,1 additional recommendations for mixed states were offered, synthesizing data from the few available clinical studies in this field. This is a crucial issue considering the high rates of mixed symptoms in subjects with bipolar disorder and the substantial changes in mixed features nosography made within the DSM5. Consistently, due to the limited research in DSM5 mixed features, guidelines can just rely on the sparse available clinical trials which provide sufficient evidence only to rate the use of some agents — mainly secondgeneration antipsychotics — as secondor thirdline options. One critical point in the CANMAT and ISBD guidelines is that no recommendation could be made for the clinical use of lithium in the management of both mania and depression with mixed features.1 Although this is not surprising, based on the known lack of studies on the role of lithium in subjects with DSM5defined mixed features, it remains somewhat unsettling, considering that lithium is the gold standard for the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder and a firstline treatment for both bipolar depression and mania. Therefore, even though currently available experimental evidence does not support lithium in the management of mixed symptoms, its use in clinical practice should not be simplistically dismissed. Several reasons have been suggested to also consider the use of lithium for treating mixed states.2 Among them, one that certainly deserves special attention is the protective role of lithium against suicide. It is wellknown that subjects with mixed features might have a higher likelihood of suicidal behaviors, possibly due to the occurrence of prominent dysphoria during mania/hypomania and the increase in energy and anxiety during depressive episodes. A recent systematic review and metaanalysis of observational studies3 estimated that individuals with DSM5 mixed features, particularly subjects with a manic/hypomanic episode, were more likely to have a history of suicide attempts. Longitudinal data have shown that the incidence of suicide attempts during mixed states might be about 120 times higher than in euthymia.4 For years lithium has been considered the only drug with a clear effect in preventing suicide independently from diagnosis as well as the most effective therapeutic option for suicidality in mood disorders.5 Nonetheless, lithium is still underused worldwide, especially among individuals for whom it should be the first choice of treatment.3,5 Since suicidal behaviors are common in bipolar disorder and require timely interventions and preventive measures, it is worth considering the correlation between mixed features and suicidality a sufficiently robust clinical justification for the use of lithium (alone or in combination with secondgeneration antipsychotics). Thus, while waiting for more solid evidence deriving from highquality trials, lithium should have its place in the treatment of individuals suffering from mood episodes with mixed features.


Cellular Automata (CA) is an effective technique used to study complicated social and economical system. This paper first set up a marketing attraction model for the layout and position of retail chain-stores based on the analysis of the developing characteristics in a regional market, and then made use of CA to simulate the developing process of chain-stores in the regional market, with the structural objects in Matlab as evolutionary variables. Through the different simulation results, we verified the expansion rules of the retail chain-stores in the regional market, and provided some references for the development of chain-stores.


AN ANALYSIS IS PRESENTED OF THE CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION INVESTMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. THE MOST USED CRITERIA ARE: RECOVERY OF THE INVESTMENT AND AVERAGE ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION OF THE INVESTMENT, WHICH DO NOT TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE VALUE OF MONEY AT THE TIME THE INVESTMENT IS MADE. TWO OTHER CRITERIA ARE: ACTUAL VALUE, E.G. ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION DEDUCTED FROM THE INVESTMENT AND NET ACTUAL VALUE. AS REGARDS METHODS OF FINANCING THE ACQUISITION OF THE EQUIPMENT, THE FOLLOWING ARE USED: (1) CASH PURCHASE, WITH CAPITAL OR CREDIT; (2) PURCHASE WITH THE HELP OF A LOAN; AND (3) LEASING, LONG-TERM AGREEMENT WITH LOW INITIAL PAYMENT AND FINAL CALL. THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EACH METHOD ARE EXAMINED. A STUDY IS ALSO MADE OF THE CRITERIA USED FOR DETERMINING OPERATING COSTS: (1) NEED FOR MACHINES, (2) OPERATION OF THE MACHINES, AND (3) NECESSITY OF REPLACING THEM. EXAMPLES ARE GIVEN OF THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNIQUES TO THE EVALUATION OF COSTS.


The Speech on the Address of Thanks for the King's Speech, the so‐called "Speech from the Throne," was not strictly a genre, perhaps, or even a subgenre of parliamentary usage in the eighteenth century. It had few givens in form or substance, but it served to maintain formal submission of the Parliament to the Crown, and to preserve the idiom, at least, of the Parliament, and especially the House of Commons, as the loyal servant of the Crown in promoting the welfare of the Kingdom. Like other rules and traditions of the House of Commons, the ritual of the Speech from the Throne, the Address of Thanks, and the debate on the Address can be seen as helping to stabilize the Government at a time when the revolutionary fervor of French republicanism seemed to threaten traditional British constitutional democracy.


Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLV) present the opportunity to reduce the cost of launches and to provide capabilities that are not available at present. Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) technologies are critical for meeting safety/reliability and cost requirements for the next generation of reusable launch vehicle. This becomes clear upon examining the number of expendable launch vehicle failures in recent years. Whereas, the advanced GNC technologies would have saved a RLV with the same failure situation. Due to reusage, RLV will go through many flight phases, such as launching, in orbital flying, reentry and landing, many times. There are very high requirements for autonomy, accuracy, reliability, fault tolerant, light weight and small volume of the RLV GNC system. These characteristics have put forward many challenges to the normal GNC system of a flight vehicle. The advanced RLV GNC technologies will lead to reduced cycle times during vehicle design and to reduced costs associated with demonstrating new payloads and modified vehicles. The GNC technologies will also lead to more robustness to unforeseen circumstances in flight, thereby enhancing safety and reducing risk. In this paper, the goal and characteristics of RLV GNC are outlined, and the current technology efforts are reviewed, and the additional work needed for making this goal a reality is proposed. A new intelligentized fault tolerant multisensor RLV navigation scheme is presented and some simulation works are carried out. The information fusion architecture of the intelligentized fault tolerant multisensor navigation system of RLV is designed. A new information fusion technique integrated Hopfield Neural Network with Kalman Filtering is investigated and applied to the above multisensor navigation system. A simulation platform is set up for verifying the navigation scheme and the algorithm and some simulation results are given. The simulation results show the feasibility of the navigation scheme and validate the algorithm. Finally, the problems still existing are pointed out, and some countermeasures for these problems are analyzed. 54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the International Institute of Space Law 29 September 3 October 2003, Bremen, Germany IAC-03-A.2.02 Copyright © 2003 by the International Astronautical Federation. All rights reserved.


Security of a data transmitted over a public network such as internet where data is stored on disks is a major concern for co operations like banks on line shopping portals, etc and also the personal information of the people using internet services like e-mail is also prone to hacking. Cryptographic algorithms are mainly used for this purpose to obtain confidentiality and integrity of data in industry. One of the main concerns of researchers in designing cryptographic algorithms is efficiency in either software implementation or hardware implementation. However, the efficiency of some well-known algorithms is highly questionable. The main goal of this project is to present a novel processor architecture called CIARP (stands for Crypto Instruction-Aware RISC Processor) being feasible for high speed implementation of low throughput cryptographic algorithms. CIARP has been designed based on a proposed instruction set named Crypto Specific Instruction Set (CSIS), that can speed up encryption and decryption processes of data. Cryptography plays a significantly important role in the security of data transmission. On one hand, with developing computing technology, implementation of sophisticated cryptographic algorithms has become feasible. On the other hand, stronger cryptographic specifications are needed in order to be reluctant to possible threats. Some well-known examples of cryptographic algorithms are DES and AES. However, now, it can be easily cracked inexpensively. The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) was substituted for the DES to meet ever-increasing requirements for security. General purpose processors are mostly used to speed up data manipulation and information processing in systems. Nevertheless, these processors are not performance efficient when they are utilized for data encryption and decryption, mainly because many cryptographic algorithms need bit-oriented operations in contrast with what general purpose processors work based on. Data are manipulated by word-oriented operations in processors. Consequently, bit-oriented manipulating by means of them poses undesirable time overhead although some approaches like hardware/software co-design can mitigate the problem.


An antibody, or fragment antigen binding thereof which specifically recognize and bind to a polypeptide fragment of MASP-2 Human consisting domains CCP1, CCP2 and serine protease (amino acids 293-686 of SEQ ID 1 ), wherein said antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof are capable of displacing one or more reference antibodies in a competitive ELISA, wherein the one or more antibodies are selected from the reference group consisting of: i. the monoclonal antibody produced by hybridoma cell line deposited under deposit number 03050904 on; ii. the monoclonal antibody produced by hybridoma cell line deposited under DSM ACC2657 deposit number; iii. the monoclonal antibody produced by hybridoma cell line deposited under DSM ACC2660 deposit number; iv. the monoclonal antibody produced by hybridoma cell line deposited under DSM ACC2658 deposit number; and V. the monoclonal antibody produced by hybridoma cell line deposited under DSM ACC2659 deposit number, wherein the antibody, or binding fragment thereof antigen, are capable of inhibiting the deposition of C4.


Water quality is an important factor in the maintenance of plants and fish. One of the efforts to improve water quality, especially in aquaponic systems, is using probiotics. Probiotics EM4 in Fisheries and Ponds have many uses, such as increasing bacteria that decompose organic matter, suppressing the growth of disease pathogens


The article considers the main historical approaches to the concept of a welfare state. It is substantiated that despite different eras, it is a certain level of economic development in a particular country in the corresponding period that causes an objective need for a transition to a welfare state, acting as a kind of incentive for this process. But the goals and principles of the welfare state as a whole remain unchanged. Thus, the historical character of economic laws is manifested. As a specific example, the main directions of the modern socio-economic policy of the Republic of Belarus on the way to the formation of a welfare state are revealed.


The need for wastewater treatment plants based on appropriate technologies and working effectively is rising rapidly on global scale, especially in those regions where availability of pure water is in challenging phase. Construction of sewage treatment plants (STPs) based on latest emerging treatment technologies in different parts of India is necessary and environmental friendly approach to reduce problem of water pollution. The Sequence Batch Reactor (SBR) technology is an emerging advanced wastewater treatment technology that has come into practice recently in many parts of the world. Sequence batch reactor (SBR) technology is being used successfully to treat both municipal and industrial wastewaters, particularly in areas characterized by low or varying flow patterns. Treated effluent is finally used for agriculture purposes and it meets guideline for reuse. Sludge generated is sold to farmers, and they use it as manure.


Endophytes from medicinal plants are a significant source of various novel biologically active secondary metabolites. Endophytic fungi are a group of fungi that colonize the internal part of the plants without causing any immediate harmful effects. Our study mainly focuses on the isolation and identification of endophytic fungi from the medicinal plant Boerhaavia diffusa Linn belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. Penicillium sp., a fungal endophyte isolated from Boerhaavia diffusa L. leaves for their bioactive potential. The fungal culture was further grown and extracted by various solvents such as dichloromethane (DCM), butanol and methanol. Different crude extracts were used to study their phytochemical composition, total phenolic content, 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis. The present study reveals that phytochemical screening of different fungal crude extracts indicates the presence of phenol, flavonoids, saponins, tannin, and terpenoids. Dichloromethane crude extract exhibited the highest total phenolic content of 14.4±0.018mg of GAE/g of extract and DPPH scavenging activity of 96% when compared to other solvent extracts. FTIR analysis revealed various functional groups of the compounds present in the extracts. The results indicated that the endophytic fungi Penicillium sp. isolated from medicinal plant Boerhaavia diffusa L. could be a significant source of bioactive compounds.


Background: Age-related losses of muscle mass, strength, and function (sarcopenia) pose significant threats to physical performance, independence, and quality of life. Nutritional supplementation could positively influence aspects of sarcopenia and thereby prevent mobility disability. Objective: To test the hypothesis that a specific oral nutritional supplement can result in improvements in measures of sarcopenia. products were provided by ion. The funding source was etation of the study results, performed by independent s did C.C.S. and T.C. * Address correspondence to Jürgen M. Bauer, MD, PhD, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Rahel-Straus-Strasse 10, 26133


The wireless positioning technology using multivariate effective survey over a wireless sensor network is provided. Multivariate measurement to at least three reference nodes using the calculated estimated distance to the blind node from each of the reference nodes using received signal strength (RSS) of the radio receiving a received signal from the blind node and then, the calculated estimated distance ( multilateration) to calculate the estimated position of the blind node. For the error correction contained in the estimated position, the calculated estimate, but using the distance by applying the largest weight to the nearest node to the estimated location is calculated based on the error correcting direction and the error correction distance estimated position. Moved by the error correcting direction and the error correction distance calculating the estimated position of the calculated blind node and corrects the error of the estimated position. Using only the estimated distance calculating a simple error correction of the estimated location can be rapid error correction, and thus can be applied to real-time location services.


Many companies in basic industries are shifting to speciality products in an effort to boost growth and profits. But such moves require often unfamiliar marketing skills, especially in segmentation and positioning. The market literature is surprisingly devoid of practical examples of segmentation and positioning techniques applied to industrial markets. This article presents such a model and illustrates it in detail for a company diversifying into speciality chemicals. Implications for other industrial companies are discussed.


A case of predation of Mimetus sp. on Leucauge sp. was observed in the Los Estoraques Natural Area, in northeastern Co- lombia. The case is described and photographs of this event are included. Araneophagy in neotropical mimetids is recorded for the first time, also representing the first case in which the prey belongs to the Tetragnathidae.


The Operation of a Steam Power Plant (PLTU) can produce waste, one of which is liquid waste. Liquid waste will be processed at the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The data in this study were collected through direct observation and interviews with the environmental department. This research was conducted at PT PLN (Persero) UPK Nagan Raya. The results showed that there were several sources of liquid waste, namely from boiler blowdown, water treatment plant (WTP), chemical cleaning, condenser cooling water, and fuel oil or lubricants. The resulting liquid waste discharge is 3,604 m3/day. At the PLTU PT PLN (Persero) UPK Nagan Raya there is a liquid waste treatment facility called the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). Chemical and physical processes occur in wastewater treatment at WWTP. There is no waste water quality that exceeds the quality standard limit. As long as the PLTU is still operating, it will produce liquid waste which will be processed at the WWTP.


Due to the fact, that military publications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) do not assign a methodology to determine the quantity of water required to meet the needs of a military unit, while doing laundry in field conditions whatever the situation; and taking into account the technical characteristics of modern washing machines installed in Deployable Laundry and Bath Modules (DLBM), the purpose of the article is to develop the required methodology.
To achieve this goal, the following methods were applied: the method of analysis of the requirements contained in regulatory documents and technical characteristics of washing machines installed in DLBM and DLM which are integrated into the DLBS; as well as the method of synthesis to provide proposals for the algorithm which is used to determine the main indicators of this methodology.
Based on the analysis of normative documents, the conclusion was made that the water consumption, which satisfies the needs of a military unit for wash water to do laundry in field conditions whatever the situation, is not considered.
Water consumption is related to two indicators of the average water consumption required to wash 1 kg of dry uniforms and towels, and the actual ability to provide laundry in field conditions during a certain period of military activities.
While the theoretical significance of the article lies in the development of the required methodology mentioned above, its practical significance lies in providing recommendations for the application of this methodology during the operational preparation phase as well as the operation itself and under conditions with limited possibility to do laundry.
The developed methodology provides the algorithm which can be used to determine the quantity of wash water to satisfy the need of a military unit to do laundry in field conditions. The algorithm considers required water reserves and water consumption.
Keywords: consumption, water, stocks, methodology, Deployable Laundry and Bath Modules (DLBM), Deployable Laundry Modules (DLM), personnel, need.


shoulders and the bed. The abdominal muscles were rigid, but moved with respiration. Spontaneous paroxysms of opisthotonos were occurring about every half-minute ; they lasted. about 5 seconds, and were accompanied by clenching of the jaws and spasm of the thoracic and abdominal muscles. The limbs were unaffected. These paroxysms had first appeared on the night of Dec. 3. He was quite rational, but his face bore an appearance of intense anxiety. The only findings of note in the C.N.S. were loss of plantar reflexes (a usual finding in the sepoy in health and disease) and a complete absence of abdominal reflexes. The pupils were moderately small, and reacted normally to light. The patient had received 15,000 units of A.T.S. (therapeutic) in his unit on the previous day, and 15 c.cm. intravenously and 5 c.cm. subcutaneously with adrenaline and calcium lactate in a reception station earlier on the day of admission. (Ther, he had also undergone lumbar puncture, the fluid revealing no abnormality of pressure or constituent.) In this hospital he was given 40,000 units (therapeutic) intramuscularly b.d., and was kept stuporous with 4 drachms of paraldehyde bv mouth, the paraldehyde being repeated in 2-drachm doses when necessary, day and night. On the morning of Dec. 5 his temperature was 99.4°, pulse 90, and respirations 20, and his condition was unchanged. On the 6th the spasms were of 5 seconds' duration as before, but occurred only every 2 minutes, and their severity was much less marked. The neck rigidity and trismus were unchanged, and the morning temperature was 100°. Treatment was repeated. Early on the morning of the 7th he suddenly died. The temperature had just been taken-99'. Necropsy.-The examination was made by Capt. A. E. Wilkinson, R.A.M.C., about 6 hours after death. There were two small completely healed wounds on the left hand; rigor was noticeably more pronounced in this hand than in the right, but was absent in both arms. The right ventricle and auricle were engorged with fluid blood, while the left heart was comparatively empty. Numerous petechial haemorrhages were present in the epicardium over both auricles and ventricles. The posterior cusp of the pulmonary valve was ruptured at its free border. The remaining valves were normal, the coronaries were patent, and the cardiac muscle appeared excellent. The lungs were pale and emphysematous, with no subpleural haemorrhages; the liver was very dark and congested; the kidneys were congested; and the brain was normal. There was a pronounced smell of paraldehyde, most noticeable in the lungs, liver, and brain. The remaining viscera appeared to be normal. The tissue from the healed wounds was not cultured for Cl. tetani. Differential Diagnosis.-The diagnosis was not confirmed bacteriologically, hence the doubt expressed in the caption of this article. The other possibilities were rabies and strychnine poisoning. As regards rabies, points of similarity were the spasms and rising temperature, but the respiratory rate was only slightly increased and there was no manifestation of air hunger. The larynx was involved in the spasms, but between them speech was normal. Similarly, fluids were taken freely by mouth between the spasms. There was no hydrophobia or hypersalivation. The trismus, risus sardonicus, and constant neck and back rigidity were distinguishing features, and the incubation period of 14 days agrees with a diagnosis of tetanus arising from such a wound in the hand. Strychnine poisoning is excluded by the duration of illness (5 days) and the persisting trismus and neck and back rigidity. Poisoning by brucine has been suggested, but since this drug is similar in action to strychnine but is only slightly toxic (Lynch and Pryce, 1939), it also is excluded. Furthermore, I have been unable to find any evidence of the use of poison on arrow tips or otherwise by the natives of this district. There was no history of an arrow wound.


This research was conducted with the aim to determine the effect of profitability and activity on financial performance in mining companies listed on the Indonesian stock exchange. Financial Performance is an illustration to find out the financial situation in a company for a certain period and analyzed with financial analysis tools. In assessing the financial performance of a company, it can use certain benchmarks. And usually the ratio is used. In this study, the calculation system used by researchers is to use profitability analysis tools (Net Profit Margin), activity (Inventory Turn Over) and performance (Return On Assets). The method used in this research is quantitative descriptive obtained by 17 samples of mining companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the 2014-2017 period. Statistical test results in this study indicate that profitability variables have a significant positive effect on financial performance. But it is inversely related to activities that have no effect on financial performance..


Titanium (Ti) is the most widely used material in implantology for dental, orthopedic and maxillofacial purposes due to their excellent biocompatibility and mechanical properties Several data suggest that implant anchorage to bone and soft tissue can be modulated by surface characteristics. Fibroblasts are the soft tissues cells concerned in producing extracellular matrix and collagen. The aim of this work is to compare five different titanium surface treatments in order to investigate which one had the best behavior using Human Fibroblast (HFb) after seven days in culture medium. The expression levels of some adhesion and traction-resistance related genes (COL11A1, COL2A1, COL9A1, DSP, ELN, HAS1, and TFRC) were analyzed using real time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (real time RT-PCR). Titanium disks can lead to implant integration promoting the production of protein involved in cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion and in stress-resistance, required for a good outcome in dental implantology


Writing of law entitling LAND CERTIFICATE (PROPERTY) MASSLY AS
ONE OF EFFORT TO REALIZE LAND ADMINISTRATION ORDER IN
SORONG CITY PAPUA BARAT PROVINCE with problem formula is land
certificate (property) massly as one of effort in realizing administration order of land.
Purpose of which will be reached in this research referring to the problem formula is
to know and analyses is land certificate (property) massly can realize administration
order of land in Sorong City especially. This research type is empirical research that
is which in basing on the basis of primary data from public as main data, and this
research haves the character of descriptive analysed that is with mengambarkan what
which in stating responder in writing or oral and also real behaviour, what is accurate
and in studying as a fully. the Government forms Proyek Operasi Nasional Agraria
(PRONA) what arranged in SK MENDAGRI No. 189 The year 1981. Purpose of
performed by this PRONA aim to grow public sense of justice in the field of politics,
and development is area economics. Target of land certificate (property) massly
addressed to faction public of weak economics and gives service to public swiftly
easy and cheap. land certificate (property) massly as one of effort to realize
administration order of land.


: Applications of creativity and innovative ideas have been taking place in the academic libraries for many years. But, over a period of years, technological changes have influenced the library users at a much faster rate than the academic libraries. This is causing a gap between the libraries and their users. To cope up with this, academic libraries need to strategically tackle the situation. The present study focusses on the role of ambient environment in the implementation of creativity and innovations in academic libraries.


made the first-ever phone call in 1876, calling his assistant to meet him, the connectivity of today's world would have been well beyond his wildest dreams. Perhaps even in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the internet as we know it started to emerge, the digital world we have since built would have been unimaginable. Today, we don't just use technology to communicate with each other: we are also finding ways to make devices communicate between themselves to allow us to control our environments.


The objective of this randomized controlled trial with double blinds research was to determine the effects of sucrose different concentrations on pain responses to venipuncture in neonates. 120 neonates with inclusion criteria: 1)gestational ages of 34-42 weeks; 2)birth weights 2,500-4,000 grams; 3)postnatal ages 48-72 hours; and undergoing venipuncture participated in this study. All subjects were assigned randomly into four groups of 30 neonates. Pain scores were assessed, using the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale(NIPS). Physiological changes assessed, using a pulse oximeter and video recording. Data was analyzed, using descriptive statistics and ANCOVA. The findings were as follows: 1. The neonates received 12% sucrose group and 24% sucrose group had lower pain scores than the neonates received sterile water group and the neonates received routine care group (p 0.05) in heart rate of the neonates in four groups at five minutes after venipuncture. 3. There was no statistical significant difference (p>0.05) in O2saturation of the neonates in the four groups at one, three and five minutes after venipuncture.


A systematic theoretical study was carried out here to investigate a new phenomenon of X-ray induced energy transfer (XIET) within the purview of X-ray nanochemistry. XIET occurs between a strongly X-ray absorbing nanomaterial such as one or more gold nanoparticles (donors) and a weakly X-ray absorbing nanomaterial such as a hollow silica nanoparticle filled with water (acceptor), and part of the energy absorbed by the donors can be transferred to the acceptor when the two are positioned sufficiently close to each other and under 20–100 keV X-ray irradiation. XIET was studied as a function of dimension, composition, configuration and orientation of donors and acceptors, number of donors, and X-ray energy. Relative and absolute percentage XIET efficiencies were calculated. These results provide a theoretical framework to guide future experimental XIET studies.


Batujai Reservoir locates in Batujai Village, Praya Barat, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. It is the primary source of irrigation water supply for agriculture in Central Lombok District with an area of around 3,235 ha. The problem is the bloom of water hyacinth weed (Eichhornia crassipes), which can cause reservoir water loss through evapotranspiration, affecting the amount of water reservoir available for the dry season. The objective was to identify the area of cover and estimate water loss through water hyacinth evapotranspiration for the period 2013 – 2017. This study used a descriptive method by analysis of secondary data which were meteorological data and landsat-8 satellite imagery. Evapotranspiration analyzes use CROPWAT 8.0, monitoring water hyacinth cover using landsat–8 satellite imagery processed using ENVI 5.3 and ArcGIS 10.4 software. The results show that the spatial distribution of water hyacinth can be detected and mapped accurately with an overall classification accuracy of 84.11% – 97.04% using Landsat 8 data, with a kappa coefficient of 0.80 – 0.96. The area of water hyacinth cover ranges from 38,400 m2 – 2,158,500 m2, with a cover area of more than 20%, causing water loss above 8,000 m3 day-1, which occurred in April 2013, April 2015, April 2016, February 2015, May 2014, May 2016 and July 2016, in those months it was seen that the amount of water loss was greater. Therefore, it is needed to suppress the growth of water hyacinth, in maintaining reservoir water storage capacity to support a systems of sustainable agriculture.


The MASTER BSR project's idea and aims are presented. Moreover, Partners in MASTER BSR are listed and Gdansk University of Technology' tasks in MASTER BSR are presented.


The bacterial endospore has been studied in great detail with respect to its formation, resistance to physical and chemical agents, and germination. However, the treatments of germination have been largely limited to the aerobic, sporeforming species. It was, therefore, the purpose of these studies to investigate the breaking of dormancy, or germination, of spores of an anaerobic organism. The various phases in the study of spore germination have been reviewed by Schmidt (1955), Stedman (1956), Halvorson and Church (1957a, b), and Powell (1957a). Changes in the heat ]ability, refractive index, and staining properties of the spore have been used by many investigators as criteria for germination. There seems to be some controversy concerning the point when a spore may be considered as having germinated. Halvorson and Church (1957a) have quoted the definition of germination proposed by Campbell, who stated that spore germination is ". . . the change from a heat resistant spore to a heat labile entity which may not necessarily be a true vegetative cell." Powell (1957b) feels that the change in phase contrast appearance should be used as the criterion of germination. On the other hand, Knaysi (1957) has suggested that "complete transformation of the spore into a free germ cell" must be used in studies of the physiology of germination. Using the change in heat lability as the criterion for germination, Wynne and Foster (1948a, b) found that carbon dioxide was absolutely necessary for germination of Clostridium botulinum. Yeast extract was able to replace this requirement in a synthetic medium, whereas oxalacetate could replace the carbon dioxide only in brain heart infusion. Recently, Hitzman et al. (1957) have reported the germination of Clostridium roseum in a medium containing only the amino acids, alanine, phenylalanine, and arginine. Wynne et al. (1954) have reported germination of C. botulinum in a phosphate buffered glucose medium. MATERIALS AND METHODS


Social media use pervades daily life, leading to a dramatic transformation in communication styles. Three factors affecting purchase intentions through SM modified from technology acceptance model include experience (experience on purchasing through social media, perceived usefulness on purchasing through social media, perceived ease of use on purchasing through social media), company (corporate credibility, product/service information), and social (social influence on purchasing through social media, electronic word of mouth on purchasing through social media). Three hundred and thirty-two respondents (male: 171, female: 161) from Taiwan were surveyed using a structure questionnaire. Analysis results indicate that significantly influence shopping intention with respect to social media. Additionally, males and females differ in purchasing intention. Social influence affects purchase intention for females, but not for males. Product/service information affects social influence for females, but not for males.


number 923 ECCM16 Title NUMERICAL MODELLING OF STRAIN RATE EFFECTS ON A WOVEN COMPOSITE FABRIC Abstract text Composite materials are more and more used in aircraft industry for classical structural parts. Such kind of structures can be subjected to large dynamics loads due to bird or ice impacts. Efficient numerical tools are then compulsory in order to optimise their design. The composite of interest is a woven carbon fibre preform which is moulded by using epoxy resin injected with the RTM process. This paper describes first the methodology of experimental characterization which has been done from quasi-static to dynamic loadings. The composite has been tested in each fibre direction as well as in shear thanks to creep tests and quasi-static loading/unloading tests. Three main non-linear mechanisms have been identified: the simultaneous growth of damage, due to matrix micro cracks which is leading to stiffness loss, the presence of inelastic strains and the effect of the matrix viscosity. The loading/unloading tests have already shown another feature to consider: the micro-cracks are closing in compression. That leads to develop a model in which tension and compression must be distinguished. Concerning the dynamics tests, we propose an original test which is based on a specific crossbow device. Indeed, the Representative Volume Element of our composite is thicker than usual materials and requires a new way to measure the dynamic characteristics. In a second part, we present the general modelling adopted in order to describe the behaviour of this material from quasi-static to dynamics loadings. The model is based on the work done from French Aerospace Lab, ONERA and is named ODM model. It takes into account all quasi-static phenomena observed during the experiment. The numerical simulations shows good agreements with experimental data, but this model doesn't take well strain rate effects on damage. We thus propose to introduce a dynamic spectrum into the existing nonlinear spectral viscosity of the ODM model in order to improve this modelling. The aim is to provide a single model which is able to describe the behaviour of the woven composite both in static and in dynamic cases. We also propose a "simplified" model based on classical theory in order to provide another tool whose objective is to optimize the computational time in a point of view of the numerical simulations. The last part of this paper concerns numerical simulations about some structures and the discussion of the results coming from both adopted models. That will allow us to conclude about the reliability of the proposed developments and about the future prospects.text Composite materials are more and more used in aircraft industry for classical structural parts. Such kind of structures can be subjected to large dynamics loads due to bird or ice impacts. Efficient numerical tools are then compulsory in order to optimise their design. The composite of interest is a woven carbon fibre preform which is moulded by using epoxy resin injected with the RTM process. This paper describes first the methodology of experimental characterization which has been done from quasi-static to dynamic loadings. The composite has been tested in each fibre direction as well as in shear thanks to creep tests and quasi-static loading/unloading tests. Three main non-linear mechanisms have been identified: the simultaneous growth of damage, due to matrix micro cracks which is leading to stiffness loss, the presence of inelastic strains and the effect of the matrix viscosity. The loading/unloading tests have already shown another feature to consider: the micro-cracks are closing in compression. That leads to develop a model in which tension and compression must be distinguished. Concerning the dynamics tests, we propose an original test which is based on a specific crossbow device. Indeed, the Representative Volume Element of our composite is thicker than usual materials and requires a new way to measure the dynamic characteristics. In a second part, we present the general modelling adopted in order to describe the behaviour of this material from quasi-static to dynamics loadings. The model is based on the work done from French Aerospace Lab, ONERA and is named ODM model. It takes into account all quasi-static phenomena observed during the experiment. The numerical simulations shows good agreements with experimental data, but this model doesn't take well strain rate effects on damage. We thus propose to introduce a dynamic spectrum into the existing nonlinear spectral viscosity of the ODM model in order to improve this modelling. The aim is to provide a single model which is able to describe the behaviour of the woven composite both in static and in dynamic cases. We also propose a "simplified" model based on classical theory in order to provide another tool whose objective is to optimize the computational time in a point of view of the numerical simulations. The last part of this paper concerns numerical simulations about some structures and the discussion of the results coming from both adopted models. That will allow us to conclude about the reliability of the proposed developments and about the future prospects.


Cluster based Directed Diffusion (CDD) approach to achieve energy efficiency in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is presented in this paper. There are 4 stages of scenarios involved in this approach i.e. appointing of sampling areathrough GPS coordinate, sensor node placement, stage 1 and stage 2 implementation on DD processes and Cluster based Direct Diffusion (CDD) implementation. In the last stage performs sensor nodes clustering of implemented DD, the evaluation process to achieve most energy efficient in the combination of optimized sampling area and optimized sensor node placement on clustered Direct Diffusion (CDD) routing protocol. The simulation result shows CDD routing protocol has better performance in the following parameters such as delay rate, total energy and lowest life node compare to DD routing protocol. Base on this result, CDD is able to achieve energy efficiency to support a forestpreventive fire system at Tesso Nilo National Park.


In this paper are summarized our research activities dealing with the theoretical and experimental analysis of high voltage direct current (HVDC) ionizers. We present here the basic principle of a hybrid charge simulation‐finite difference method, that has been used to simulate the electric behaviour of these devices, by computing the electric field strength and the ionic current density distribution, therefore the efficiency of emission. We have realized an experimental ion counter and we have used it to verify the values predicted by means of this numerical technique.


We describe the principal modules of analog electronic music synthesizers and discuss some ways that we have used a synthesizer in demonstrations, psychophysical experiments, and an undergraduate laboratory course in the physics of music and acoustics. We consider the synthesis of both steady and transient auditory phenomena.


The here.here concert series of experimental music is a new collaboration between bookRoom and the Audio Research Cluster at UCA Farnham, curated by Emmanuelle Waeckerle and Harry Whalley (Course Leader, Music Composition and Technology), around their common research in extended, textual, visual, gestural and object scores and ways to integrate and experience technology in text / music / film / performances.
The concerts take place at UCA in Farnham and at IKLECTIK in London. The Farnham concert is streamed live.
Performers are drawn from the London experimental and improvised music scene as well as students, researchers and members of the Audio Research Cluster at UCA Farnham, including Waeckerle and Whalley.


Faced with the rate's drop of the Chinese clinical graduates'physician qualification examination and the experimental evaluation feedbacks from global medical education standard, we set up a research in clinical teaching bases'educational guarantee mechanism of medical colleges and universities. With the action research method and the descriptive studies in the definition of guarantee mechanism, the demand of graduates, the system of clinical lectures and the revolution of teaching mode, the standard of education, the system of basic condition datadetection, and the planning and the policy of clinical teachers'growth, we constructed the technical route of the leader's supporting responsibilities, the teachers'professional roles and the students' clinical teaching bases' quality. We applied an empirical study in affiliated and non-affiliated hospitals of western and Chinesetraditional medicine and achieved predicted effort.


The present invention discloses aluminum silicon deformable aluminum alloy and the preparation method thereof. According to the weight percentages, the alloy contains 9.0-12.6 percent of silicon, 1.5-4.0 percent of copper, 0.3-0.6 percent of magnesium, 0.1-3.5 percent of bismuth, less than 0.30 percent of iron, less than 0.20 percent of zinc, less than or equal to 0.15 percent of impurity, and aluminum as the residual. The raw material is molten and fined in a reflecting smelting furnace, after Al-Sr intermediate alloy modification to the alloy liquid, cast rods are obtained through semi continuous casting, and after hot extrusion and deformation to the cast rods, the aluminum silicon deformable aluminum alloy is produced through forging and T6 heat treatment. After adding the element bismuth into the alloy, the present invention greatly enhances the wear-resisting performance of the alloy, leads the alloy to have self lubricating property, prolongs the service life of the product produced with the alloy, reduces the use cost, and leads the alloy to have the tensile strength of above 390 MPa, the elongation rate after breaking of 6 percent, and the hardness degree of 136-141 HB. The present invention is mainly used for producing vehicle components of wheels, pistons, bearings, and two-side swash plates of vehicles and motorcycles which have high demands on the intensity, the toughness and the abrasion resistance.


Process for removing nitrates and other ions, such as chlorides, sulphates and others, from drinking water, which consists in subjecting the crude water to be purified to a plurality of membrane purification means, particularly within electrodialysis units of the polarity-reversal type, arranged in series so as to allow the units to progressively purify the water until the concentration of nitrates and other ions is reduced at least below the limits prescribed by statutory provisions for drinking water, in then concentrating in a single flow "C" all the waste water in output from the electrodialysis units and in then subjecting the concentrated discharge flow "C" to a biological denitrification treatment, so as to obtain waste water with a content of nitrates and other ions which is within the limits set by the rules for waste water.


As Arctic regions become more accessible due to unprecedented warming, there is a growing need for better predictions of when sea ice is navigable and when freeze-ups occur. Previous research and observations have found that thermodynamic effects, in the form of solar radiation and albedo feedbacks, are important factors in the year-to-year variability of sea ice melting and freeze-up timing, but a better understanding is needed.


FIELD: physics, computer engineering. SUBSTANCE: present invention relates to automatic determination of values in natural language, particularly to methods and systems for processing natural language, processing texts and text arrays in natural language. The present invention provides a method of performing analysis of text data, as well as a system for performing analysis of text data and a nonvolatile computer-readable data medium. The method disclosed in the present invention includes obtaining text data; performing deep syntax-semantic analysis of the text data; extracting substance and facts from the text data based on the results of deep syntax-semantic analysis, which includes extracting tonalities using a tonal dictionary constructed using a semantic hierarchy. The method employs a method of analysing tonality at the substance and aspect level, or in other words directed analysis of tonality of text data. The advantage of directed tonality analysis is that the method enables to detect not only the tonality itself (negative, positive, etc.), but both the object and the subject of the tonality. EFFECT: determining tonality based on analysis of text information. 21 cl, 19 dwg


Ticks, vectors of numerous pathogens, are of primary importance in animal and human health. Understanding the factors explaining their distribution is a pre-requisite for the study of the diseases they transmit. The role of biotic interactions such as competition between tick species has been poorly studied. Our objective is to assess the role of interspecific competition in the delimitation of the range limits of A. variegatum and A. hebraeum, two ticks of veterinary importance in south-east Africa having a parapatric distribution. A survey was conducted in Mozambique to better assess the relative distribution of the two species and the degree of their interactions. Habitat suitability was predicted for both species, using the environmental niche model Maxent. Our results showed that co-occurrences in the field were rare. Few areas of sympatry were predicted by the environmental niche models. In view of these results, the relative contribution of environment and interspecific competition to the delimitation of the parapatric boundary between A. variegatum and A. hebraeum is discussed. (Resume d'auteur)


A technology for casting core includes such technological steps as making "core skeleton" according the size of internal hole of workpiece by considering its shrinkage ratio, depositing metal layer on the surface of "core skeleton", dissolving out the "core skeleton" to form a hollow core, coating paint, baking, casting molten metal, cooling and chemically dissolving out hollow metal core.


Constant-gain learning (CGL) models replace the assumption of model-consistent expectations by a near-rational expectation formation mechanism in which the agents estimate over time the coe¢ cients of a perceived law of motion for economic variables. A crucial parameter under CGL is the gain coe¢ cient, which governs the rate at which agents discount past information when forming expectations. In this paper, we provide a microfoundation for the use of CGL based on Bayesian theory. In particular, we demonstrate how, under certain conditions, CGL expectations can approximate the average beliefs of heterogeneous …nitelylived agents who "learn from experience". That is, individuals update their expectations by Bayesian methods based on observations from their own lifetimes. In this case, the constant gain coe¢ cient is a function of the average life-expectancy and of the precision of the priors. We study the example of a Lucas-tree asset-pricing model where individuals learn from experience about stock prices and dividends. In this model, the above approximation is valid and the stock price expectations display stochastic ‡uctuations around the rational expectations solution due to waves of optimism and pessimism loosely related to fundamentals.


In this paper, we seek to develop an epistemological analysis of the normalization of sexuality based on an antithetical model- normal vs. abject, in terms of historical, psychological and sociological circumstances. Furthermore, we are interested in exploring the contributions of queer theory in relation to the thinking of sexuality. Keeping this in mind, our focus lies on two main areas. First, on an epistemological model based upon the universal subjects in human sciences that defi ned certain kind of sex/gender discrimination. Secondly, we search for theoretical formulations that expose the natural form in which we label certain existences as abject, and through this, try to construct a way of fi ghting existing homophobia in our society. Finally, the key aspect of the current discussion relies in the theoretical knowledges that can be used to better comprehend the performative capacity of subjects that live beyond the boundaries of heterosexuality. Taking this into account, now as in the past, psychology cannot ignore social events, having to consider not only the interiority of subjects, but also the social, historical and cultural environments that surround their lives.


Introduction: Conservative treatment of humeral diaphyseal fractures yields reliable union rates with satisfactory clinical outcome. The high incidence of shoulder complications following intramedullary fixation of humeral fractures has led clinicians to consider other less invasive treatment modalities. There is a growing body of evidence supporting the role of functional bracing in the conservative management of these fractures. Aims: To compare the outcome of patients with humeral fractures treated non-operatively using functional bracing and those treated by internal fixation. Methods: Retrospective clinical and radiographic study of two groups of patients with humeral diaphyseal fractures matched for age, sex and mechanism of injury. The study group consisted of 46 patients who had presented to our institution between January 1999 and July 2002 with closed diaphyseal humeral fractures. Mean follow-up was 21 months 96–42 months). Patients were assessed for pain, range of motion, return to work and sporting activities. Group 1 comprised of patients who underwent functional bracing whereas Group 2 underwent internal fixation. There were 12 males and 10 females in Group 1, with a mean age of 42 (16–75 years). Group 2 comprised 13 males and 11 females, with a mean age of 37 years (20–80 years). Fourteen patients were treated with antegrade locked intramedullary nailing, whereas 10 patients underwent plate osteosynthesis. All functional braces were specifically moulded and customised for each patient by the senior upper limb occupational therapist. Three patients were lost to follow-up (Group 2). Results: All patients treated with functional bracing went on to union at an average of 13 weeks (10–18 weeks). There were no major complications in this group. Two patients had residual loss of shoulder range of motion. Two patients had radial nerve palsies at presentation, which recovered fully. Of the twenty-one patients treated operatively, four required further procedures. Three patients had removal of IM nails with ORIF and bone grafting. One patient went on to non-union following ORIF, and had subsequent bone grafting. Eight patients developed restricted shoulder function, four requiring manipulations under anaesthesia. Conclusion: Functional bracing of humeral diaphyseal fractures is a safe, non-invasive treatment providing reliable outcome and high rates of union. In this retrospective study, we found the results following functional bracing to be superior to that following internal fixation. Close supervision and patient compliance with treatment and rehabilitation is empiric to a satisfactory outcome in these patients.


Background Research on the restorative environment has long focused on the natural environment, while the research on the humanistic social environment is still in its infancy. In particular, there has been no special research on the restoration of festival environments. Methods Based on attention restoration theory (ART), Rites of Passage, and social time, a theoretical model of the restorativeness of folk festival environments was established. Through an empirical study of the Qinhuai Lantern Festival Event, the model was tested by structural equation modeling. Results Overall, there were two paths, direct and indirect, for the positive prediction of restoration by being away and compatibility; fascination direct positive predict restoration, and extent could indirectly positive predict restoration through liminal experience; time of visiting played a moderating role in the positive prediction of liminal experience by being away; the direct positive prediction of restoration by extent was significant and moderating during the Lantern Festival and the lantern fair period. Conclusion The folk festival environment is restorative. Folk festival environment restoration has the internal mechanism of "environment restoration feature perception → liminal experience → restoration". The restoration of the folk festival environment is moderated by social time. Significance This is the first time that attention restoration theory (ART) has been applied to the study of a "hard fascination" humanistic social environment, thus yielding empirical evidence for the development of this theory. The results suggest management requirements for the improvement of the indication system of festival tourism destinations and the promotion of rest and leisure facilities, and management tips for the timing decision of festival activities against the background of the COVID-19 epidemic.


The surtax in Sweden, which exclusively applies for nuclear power plants, in conjunction with low electricity prices, has forced Swedish nuclear power plants to minimize their expenses.At Oskarsham ...


The human face provides the first recognizable image the newborn infant experiences and thereafter a major focus for comfort and identification. Disorders of facial structure have been written about and their causality and impact discussed, since the time of Babylonian and Greek civilizations. Poul Fogh-Andersen the first population-based evidence that cleft lip and/or palate a strong genetic component Warkany posited that craniofacial abnormalities might also be caused by environmental exposures or deficiencies tissue and organ culture studies, animal models, and human epidemiological and genetic studies to identify factors involved in facial development in general and dysmorphogenesis American Journal may be tile the mosaic of for cleft lip and/or palate a parametric analysis and a collection of candidate genes, they identify the BCL3 gene on chromosome 19 as being linked to nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate (NSCLP) in 43% of families with dominant appearing pedigrees. One allele for BCL3 also demonstrates significant association with NSCLP, using one affected individual from each family. Their study now suggests another gene and region to study in detail for its role in cleft lip and/or palate.


Objective To observe the efficacy of telbivudine(LdT) treatment for 52 weeks on chronic hepatitis B(CHB) patients and its influence on serum interleukin-2(IL-2) and interleukin-6(IL-6).Methods 34 hepatitis B e antigen(HBeAg) positive CHB patients(including 7 females) were enrolled and received LdT 600mg once daily for 52 weeks.All the patients were devided into two groups by HBV-DNA results at the end of the study.The patients with HBV-DNA undetected at week 52 were served as complete virological response(CVR) group,while the other patients with HBV-DNA detected were served as partial virological response(PVR) group.The levels of serum IL-2 and IL-6 were detected by ELISA and compared between the two groups at the baseline,12 weeks and 52 weeks after treatment.Then,we evaluated the relationship between the levels and the antiviral efficacy of LdT.Results At the end of the 52-week study,there were 17 patients achieved CVR,and 17 patients achieved PCR.There was no difference in the levels of transaminase、IL-2 and IL-6,but there was significant difference in the quantities of HBsAg and HBV-DNA(P0.05) at baseline between the two groups.The liver function was improved obviously(P0.05),the concentration of IL-6 desreased gradually and the quantities of HBsAg、HBeAg and HBV-DNA decreased significantly(P0.01) after the treatment in all patients.However,compared with that of the patients who achieved PVR,the concentration of IL-6 and the quantities of HBeAg and HBV-DNA decreased more significantly(P0.01) and the concentration of IL-2 increased(P0.05) in the patients who achieved CVR.Further study suggested that the IL-6 concentration was negatively correlated with the transaminase and HBV-DNA levels(P0.05).Conclusion LdT treatment can improve liver function and virology index of CHB patients,and partly correct the cytokines imbalance state,especially among the patients with higher transaminase and IL-6 levels,lower quantities of HBsAg and HBV-DNA at baseline.


Heavy metals have been well known to cause numerous adverse effects to humans and ecological systems, and pollution of aquatic systems with heavy metals has aroused a huge public concern. The work reported in this paper deals with the distribution characteristics of trace metals (Pb, Cu, Zn and Ni) in ten surface sediments from Lake Hongfeng, situated in Guizhou Province of southwestern China. Apart from total concentration, the distribution of these metals in four fractions (exchangeable and weak acid soluble fraction (F1), reducible fraction (F2), oxidizable fraction (F3) and residual fraction (F4)) was also studied by means of an analytical procedure involving sequential chemical extraction that was proposed by the Commission of the European Communities Bureau of Reference (BCR). Analysis of total concentration suggested that the mean concentrations of heavy metals under study decreased in the order of Zn>Cu>Pb>Ni, and pollution of all these heavy metals in the North Lake was more serious than that in ...


The ophiolitic peridotites constitute an important part of the ophiolite in that they not only record the experienced plate tectonic events but also offer help to discuss the composition of the mantle and the effect of the deep mantle. The Purang ophiolite located in the western part of Yarlung Zangbo suture zone is characterized by containing a large mantle peridotite massif ca.600km2 in area. In order to discuss the petrogenesis and tectonic significance of the Purang peridotite massif, the authors sampled a section of about 10 km across the massif in the eastern part of the Purang mantle peridotite massif. Based on a detailed field survey and mineralogical and geochemical analysis of systematically selected mantle peridotite samples, the authors have achieved some results:(1) The lithofacies distribution of the Purang ophiolite peridotites has been determined. The profile across the massif shows that harzburgites form the main part of the Purang peridotite massif, the harzburgites are mainly located within the peridotite massif,the banded lherzolites are mainly distributed at the edge of the peridotite massif, and the ratio of the exposed area of harzburgites to that of lherzolites is about 4:1;(2) Based on olivine- spinel associations and the formulae based on the reaction of 6Fe2 Si O4+ O2=3Fe2Si2O6+ 2Fe3O4, the oxygen fugacity values have been calculated( ? log(fo2)FMQ range from- 1.11 to + 0.45), which are significantly higher than the f O2 value obtained using the V content, indicating a reducing tectonic setting;(3) The Purang peridotites are not the simple residues of partial melting and might have experienced later melts metasomatism. According to the whole rock geochemistry and oxygen fugacity values, this paper argues that the later metasomatic melts were probably derived from the lower partial melting magma formed in a mid- ocean ridge setting;(4) The Purang ophiolite peridotites show similar bulk geochemical features and oxygen fugacity characteristics to the modern mid-ocean ridge abyssal peridotites. It is thus held that the Purang ophiolite peridotites formed in a mid-ocean ridge tectonic setting, without imprints of supra-subduction zone setting. The two stage evolution model(MOR→SSZ) of the peridotites from the Yarlung Zangbo suture zone needs to be reexamined.


Synergistic effect of IGF-1 and OP-1 on matrix formation by normal and OA chondrocytes cultured in alginate beads S. Chubinskaya Ph.D.yzx*, A. Hakimiyan B.S.y, C. Pacione B.S.yx, A. Yanke B.A.y, L. Rappoport M.D.y, T. Aigner M.D.k, D. C. Rueger Ph.D.{ and R. F. Loeser M.D.yx yDepartment of Biochemistry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA zDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA xSection of Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA k Institute of Pathology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 26, 04103 Leipzig, Germany {Stryker Biotech, Hopkinton, MA, USA


In this study, we evaluated the antidiabetic effect of a submerged culture of Ceriporia lacerata mycelium (CL01) on hematological indices, as well as protein and mRNA expression of the insulin-signaling pathway, in db/db mice. After CL01 was administrated for 4 weeks, blood glucose levels decreased consistently, and plasma insulin and c-peptide levels each decreased by roughly 55.8%, 40% of those in the negative control (p


This paper describes the synthesis of a new series of 2-[3-alkyl(aryl/heteroaryl)- 5-trifluoro(chloro)methyl-5-hydroxy-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-5-[3-alkyl(aryl/heteroaryl)-5-trifluoro(chloro)methyl-5-hydroxy-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl-1-carbonyl]pyridines by the cyclocondensation reaction of 4-alkoxy-4-alkyl(aryl/heteroaryl)-1,1,1-trifluoro(chloro)-3-alken- 2-ones [CX3C(O)CH=CR1OR, where R = Me, Et; R1 = H, Me, Ph, 4-MeOPh, 4-NO2Ph, 4,4'-Biphenyl, 1-Naphthyl, Fur-2-yl, Thien-2-yl and X = F, Cl] with 6-hydrazinonicotinic hydrazide hydrate. Yields of 62 to 97% were obtained when the reactions were performed in ethanol as solvent at 78 oC for 4 hours. In a subsequent step, the dehydration reactions of 2-(5-hydroxy-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-5-(5-hydroxy-1H-pyrazol-1-yl-1-carbonyl)pyridines were carried out in pyridine/benzene in the presence of thionyl chloride and led to the isolation of a series of 2- [3-alkyl(aryl/heteroaryl)-5-trifluoro(chloro)methyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-5-[3-alkyl(aryl/heteroaryl)-5-trifluoro(chloro)methyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl-1-carbonyl]pyridines, in 64 to 86% yields.


Film is a way of communication of social experiences. It transfers it from individual encounters to public imagination. It can present and shape certain vision of the world. And when a filmmaker touches history, law, politics, social dilemmas the outcome is not only an artistic expression, it can be politically useful tool. European states often used movie industry and influenced creating propaganda films1. The example can be creations of Leni Riefenstahl in Nazi Germany2. Historical policy conducted by the state can influence viewers' vision of the world, the way they perceive their history, thus historical films are quite important also from the scientific point of view.


The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Profitability (ROE), Liquidity (CR), Dividend Policy (DPR), Growth (Sales Growth) , Asset Structure of the Capital Structure (DER) and Firm Value (PBV). This population of this study is manufactured industry listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange year 2010-2014. The method used is a quantitative method with the statistical analysis of panel data regression. Using Capital Structure and Firms Value as variable dependent and Profitability, Liquidity, Dividend Policy, Growth, Asset Structure as independent variables. Results of the study showed that partial Probability (ROE) and Liquidity (CR) significant on the Capital Structure (DER). Dividend Policy (DPR), Growth (sales growth) and Asset Structure not influence significantly to the Capital Structure (DER). Probability (ROE) and Capital Structure (DER) significant on the Firm Value (PBV). Liquidity (CR), Dividend Policy (DPR) , Growth (sales growth) and Asset Structure not influence significantly to the Firm Value (PBV). Profitability (ROE), Liquidity (CR), Dividend Policy (DPR) , Growth (Sales Growth) and Asset Structure simultaneously significant on the Capital Structure (DER). Profitability (ROE), Liquidity (CR), Dividend Policy (DPR), Growth (Sales Growth), Asset Structure and Capital Structure (DER) simultaneously significant on the Firm Value (PBV).


Menthol was used as sublimate eutectic compound to prepare the volatile eutectic solvent by mixing with camphor, borneol or N-Ethyl-5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl) cyclohexanecarboxamide (WS-3). The system of menthol:camphor, menthol:borneol and menthol:WS-3 in various ratio (1:9 to 9:1) was characterized. The 5:5 menthol:camphor system showed the highest evaporation rate. Ibuprofen dissolved in eutectic solvent was used as internal phase of emulsion whereas tween80 was used as emulsifier. Eutectic solvent was evaporated to induce the transformation of emulsion droplet to small particle. Eutectic could be used as solvent for preparing small size suspension (14.81±0.44 µm) without organic solvent used.


Star formation activity depends on galactic-scale environments. To understand the variations in star formation activity, comparing the properties of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) among environments with different star formation efficiency (SFE) is necessary. We thus focus on a strongly barred galaxy to investigate the impact of the galactic environment on the GMC properties, because the SFE is clearly lower in bar regions than in arm regions. In this paper, we present the 12CO(1 − 0) observations towards the western bar, arm, and bar-end regions of the strongly barred galaxy NGC 1300 with ALMA 12-m array at a high angular resolution of ∼40 pc. We detected GMCs associated with the dark lanes not only in the arm and bar-end regions but also in the bar region, where massive star formation is not seen. Using the CPROPS algorithm, we identified and characterized 233 GMCs across the observed regions. Based on the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, we find that there is virtually no significant variations in GMC properties (e.g. radius, velocity dispersion, molecular gas mass, and virial parameter) among the bar, arm, and bar-end region. These results suggest that systematic differences in the physical properties of the GMCs are not the cause for SFE differences with environments, and that there should be other mechanisms which control the SFE of the GMCs such as fast cloud–cloud collisions in NGC 1300.


The numeric simulation and experiment results indicate that friction method and coefficient during test reveal obvious effect on test veracity of the special spring property,which can be up to 10% or so.The numerical model has illustrated quantitative relationship between friction coefficient and test value of spring property,wich can provide evidence to improve test process.


The Andean region of Puno, known as the altiplano, is located at 3,830 meters above sea level. The terrain is prone to flooding, and thus difficult to cultivate. In order to deal with this situation, Andean indigenous populations displaced huge amounts of soil in order to create raised fields that were better adapted to agricultural use. Raised fields resolved many of the problems that affect agriculture at high altitude. The technology combines the rehabilitation of marginal soils, drainage improvement, increased water storage, more efficient use of radiant energy, and attenuation of the effects of frosts. The raised platform allows farmers to double the depth of topsoil for crops, and provides dry surfaces in the wet and often flooded lake and river terrain.


Main results. Physicians spent on average 74 minutes per clinical day managing test results, and 83% of respondents reported at least 1 delay in reviewing test results during the previous 2 months. Only 41% were satisfied with their current system. Satisfaction was associated with active tracking of test orders to completion and fewer delays in reviewing test results. Tools to generate result letters, help physicians prioritize workflow, and track test orders to completion were highly desired elements in an electronic results management system.


【Objective】 In order to improve nutrient quality of wheat(Triticum aestivum L.),the glutenin fraction content and glutenin macropolymer(GMP) changes of wheat grain were investigated after spraying ABA,as glutenin fraction content and glutenin macropolymer(GMP) play key roles in grain quality of wheat.【Method】 The changes of glutenin fraction content and GMP size distribution were analyzed and the effects of ABA treatments on the glutenin fraction content and GMP size distribution in grains of two wheat cultivars,Shannong 8355 and Shannong 15,which had high grain yields in fields,were evaluated.【Result】 The results showed that the protein content and glutenin content of wheat grain were improved after spraying ABA(12 mg.kg-1,45 mL.m-2)at late booting stage and grain formation stage,the contents of HMW or LMW-insoluble glutenin in both of the two cultivars were also increased at the same time and reached a significant level when compared with the CK,but spraying ABA at the late booting stage,the grain soluble glutenin content was less affected.The GMP content and yield were increased and the particle size distribution of GMP were changed by spraying ABA,but the performance was different in different cultivars and treatments.Correlation analysis showed that HMW-insoluble glutenin content,LMW-insoluble glutenin content,GMP content and GMP/Pr.had a negative correlation with small particle size(d 15 um) distribution of GMP.【Conclusion】 ABA could regulate the glutenin fraction content and glutenin macropolymer(GMP) size distribution and improve nutrient quality of wheat.


In the present paper we study singularly perturbed Hamiltonian elliptic systems with nonlocal nonlinearities
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where $z=(u,v)\in H^1(\mathbb{R}^N,\mathbb{R}^2)$, $V(x)$ is a continuous real function on $\mathbb{R}^N$, $0 2$ and $2+({2-\mu})/({N-2})< p< ({2N-\mu})/({N-2})$ then the solutions $z_\varepsilon\to 0$ as the parameter $\varepsilon\to 0$.


There are usually a number of abnormal data in the electric load database derived from the SCADA system, thus it is necessary to identify and justify them before the load data are used for electric load forecasting or power system analysis. Considering both horizontal and vertical continuity of the electric load, a density evaluation based method is proposed to identify and justify abnormal data in two dimensions as a whole. The feasibility and efficiency of the developed method has been demonstrated by simulation results.


The present study is focused on the scope of aloe vera (AV) gel and sucrose as a binder to prepare green ceramic compact samples through dry pressing. The alumina compacts having 0-14 wt% (0-2.8 wt% on dry basis) AV gel and 0-2 wt% sucrose binder have been prepared as a function of moisture content at optimum compaction pressure. The green properties of the resulting samples have been characterized through SEM, FTIR, etc and compared with other binders. Primary results revealed that alumina compact with an optimum binder content attained maximum green density and flexural strength. The maximum green density and maximum green flexural strength are 64% and 13.5 Mpa, respectively. The experimental results have also been correlated with the microstructure of green compacts. Dry pressed compacts are sufficiently strong for green machining. The strength of binder-based green ceramic samples has been attributed to better particle packing due to adsorbing and plasticizing properties of AV gel and sucrose binder, as revealed by IR analysis. The sintered properties of fired samples at 1600°C have exhibited minimum (2.3%) porosity. Therefore, the current study creates a scope of AV gel and sucrose as a binder for the green processing of alumina based compacts. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


Abstract : LONG-TERM GOALS. We seek to understand the leading order processes and develop quantitative modeling skill for the problem of scour and burial of solid objects on a sedimentary bed in geophysical flows. OBJECTIVES. 1) Identify leading order processes; 2) formulate the model and write the computer code; 3) initialize and calibrate the model using archival data; 4) validate the model in a contemporary field experiment with modern mines of various shapes; 5) conduct numerical experiments with the model to determine the relative strength of various scour and burial mechanisms, and the sensitivity of those mechanisms to the fluid forcing history and sediment characteristics; and, 6) exploit the results of the field and numerical experiments to pose potential mine countermeasures. APPROACH. Analysis of an archival data set of field measurements, photos and diver observations from a 1953-55 Mark 36 mine scour and burial experiment off Scripps Beach resulted in a model formulation with two distinct sets of burial mechanics. Separation of the model architecture into far-field and near-field burial mechanics permit the model to be adaptable to real coastal settings. The far-field mechanics (Figure 1) are associated with burial due to seasonal changes in the shore rise (outer) and bar-berm (inner) bottom profiles in response to variations in the wave climate and littoral sediment supply. Seasonal bottom profile changes may cause mines to bury or become exposed, depending upon the seasonal wave climate. This is the only mechanism which can account for deep burials where the top of the mine is well beneath the ambient elevation of the bed surface, (Figure 2). The seasonal profile changes are based on the second law of thermodynamics, whereby the shorerise and bar-berm profiles adjust to a change in wave climate such that they maximize the dissipation of incident wave energy.


Introduction: Heartogen [HTN], an Ayurvedic medicine is a combination of herbs and bhasmas used in cardiac ailments. Objectives: The present study is aimed at investigating the cardio-protective effects of HTN against isoproterenol [ISP] induced myocardial infarction in rats. Methods: Male rats were pre-treated with HTN [50 and 100mg/kg/day, p.o] or vehicle [0.3% CMC] for 21 days. ISP [120mg/kg, s.c; 2 doses at 24 h interval] was administered on days 19 and 21. On day 22, plasma and heart tissues were collected for biochemical, molecular and histopathological analyses. Results: Pretreatment with HTN significantly reduced plasma CK-MB and cardiac LPO while increased SOD, GSH and GPx levels when compared vehicle treated rats. HTN improved NaKATPase, CaATPase and MgATPase activities in the hearts of ISP intoxicated rats. HTN down-regulated p53, caspase-3 and Bax and up-regulate Bcl2 gene expression. HTN treated rats showed minimal degree of histoarchitectural changes in heart when compared to positive control. Conclusion: Hence, in this manuscript we propose that HTN has the ability to protect against myocardial infarction via anti-oxidant and anti-apoptotic mechanisms.


Cross-beamed wrist force sensor is widely used in robot system.The response characteristics of wrist force sensor determined the sticking of sensor's strain gauge and sensor's orientation method and also affected the dynamic characteristics of robot system.Directs against the structural characteristics of a cross-beamed 6-dimensioned wrist force sensor and takes Lagrange equation as a foundation,this paper establishes dynamics model of the 6-dimensioned wrist force sensor,studies response characteristics of the wrist force sensor under the action of force (moment of force)and the influence upon the response of sensor affected by parameters of sensor.


The thermal membrane potential (TMP) has been studied as a function of the apparent ionic transport number of ionselective membranes. The temperature coefficient of TMP, the thermoelectric power, has been found to be a continuously increasing function of the apparent ionic transport number of the membranes used, starting from zero at the neutral point, where the membrane exhibits no selectivity for ions, and approaching with acceleration when the ionic transport number of the membrane is increased until it reaches its highest limit at the perfect ion permselectivity. The sign of the thermoelectric power has been found to be positive for negative membranes, and negative for positive membranes. The absolute value of the thermoelectric power is higher for positive membranes than for negative membranes at equivalent degrees of ion permselectivity.


With the rapid application of medical imaging technology, the number of medical images is increasing and the form is gradually diversified. The management and retrieval of medical images is an urgent problem to solve. Traditional image matching technology has many limitations due to the complexity of its manual labeling. Therefore, content-based medical image retrieval is a new method to solve this problem. The technique uses the visual attributes contained in the image to establish the feature index of the image, adopts Sparse Connectivity and weight sharing of CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) to obtain the image feature, and then perform feature similarity matching between the query image and the image in the image database, and implement retrieval according to the matching result. The intensive matching based on the Internet of Things has great potential in the application of medical image 3D reconstruction. Compared with the traditional algorithm based on convolution feature segmentation and morphological filtering, the biggest advantage of the proposed algorithm is the computational efficiency, aiming at the same image. The efficiency of dense matching based on the Internet of Things has greatly improved. At the same time, the problem of occlusion, moving objects, rotation, and scaling in multi-view images is well handled. Experiments show that the proposed method can extract more dense and reliable matching points for multi-view images, which is beneficial to the subsequent 3D reconstruction.


SINCE the closing of the last school of social work in Cincinnati in 1938 social agencies in this city have reported an increasing problem of securing qualified personnel. The situation has been particularly aggravated in the public agencies which suffer residence restrictions in the employment of staff members. A study was recently completed to determine the extent of the problem of education for social work in Cincinnati and its best solution. This


The theme of Master?s thesis is the application project of Industrial Engineering in company Z STUDIO, spol. s r.o. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part concerns the fields of Industrial Engineering, gemba enhancement, 5S, visualisation and terms related to these topics. A description of analytical methods used in the following practical part is also mentioned. The practical part deals with the analysis of the current situation at the department of kitting. The project part describes proposals to improve the current situation at the workplace. Application of selected IE methods: implementation of 5S, visua-lisation and change of layout. The final part of the thesis concerns the evaluation of the project.


Objectives: Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies are highly specific markers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Considering the heterogeneity of the target antigens involved, and the test platforms and conjugates proposed in commercial anti-CCP assays, we assessed the diagnostic performances of four fully automated anti-CCP assays in a cohort of patients with RA compared to patients with other autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. We also evaluated the agreement between the qualitative results of these immunoassays. Method: We evaluated three anti-CCP2 assays [Eurodiagnostica enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Elecsys electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) on the Modular E170 Analyzer, and Zenit chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) on the Zenit RA Analyzer] and one anti-CCP3 assay (Inova ELISA). ELISAs were performed on an automated workstation. Samples from 112 patients with RA and a disease control group of 136 patients (53 with autoimmune diseases, 65 non-autoimmune disorders, and 18 infectious diseases) were studied (included 161 samples submitted consecutively to the laboratory). Results: At a fixed specificity of 92%, the anti-CCP3 assay presented the highest sensitivity (75%) compared to the anti-CCP2 assays evaluated (63–72%). The Zenit anti-CCP2 assay gave the most false-positive results (especially in patients with viral infections and connective tissue diseases). The agreement between assays ranged from 86.3% to 95.2% and Kappa coefficients ranged from 0.724 to 0.899. Conclusions: Recently released automated workstations provide a valuable alternative to ELISA to diagnose RA. However, differences in diagnostic performances are highlighted in our experience, especially for the Zenit assay. In our cohort, the anti-CCP3 assay gave slightly better performances than the anti-CCP2 assays (with the exception of the Zenit assay).


Abstract In the contour integral the functions g( ) and f( ) are analytic functions of their arguments, and N is a large positive parameter. When N tends to ∞, asymptotic expansions can usually be found by the method of steepest descents, which shows that the principal contributions arise from the saddle-points, i.e. the values of z at which ∂f/∂z = 0. The position of the saddle-points varies with the l parameters, denoted by α = (α1,α2,…,αl), and it may happen that two or more saddle-points coincide at a certain value of α. The asymptotic expansions given by the ordinary method of steepest descents are then non-uniform. The case of a single parameter and two nearly coincident saddle- points was studied earlier and leads to Airy functions. Here we are concerned with the case of l parameters and of m saddle-points which are nearly coincident when α is near 0. It is then known that f(z,α) can be transformed locally into a polynomial of degree m + 1, and accordingly we here restrict f(z,α) to be such a polynomial. The form of the resulting asymptotic expansion had already been conjectured (correctly as we now see), and involves certain special functions of m–1 variables. To establish the validity of the expansion we must show that the remainder after any number of terms is of smaller magnitude than the last term retained in the expansion. In other words, we must establish an inequality between integrals which is to hold for sufficiently small α and sufficiently large N, and which involves 1 parameters and m nearly coincident saddle-points.


Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that continues to increase not only nationally but also globally. Tuberculosis is a problem for sufferers both physically and psychologically, it can even cause negative stigma from themselves and society, so the disease affects the quality of life of the sufferer. Tuberculosis treatment that is long enough and requires compliance can cause susceptible to drop out (DO), finally will increase the risk of cases of Multi Drug Resistance (MDR). The role of nurses is needed in ensuring tuberculosis patient adherence in treatment. Patient will be understand that tuberculosis is important in the treatment process. Education is a strategy in increasing patient understanding to change positive behavior for tuberculosis sufferers. The aim of this community service is to implement Health Belief Models (HBM) Education in Tuberculosis patients. This method used lectures, interviews and practice. The results found that the implementation of HBM on 19 patients who visited Tamansari primary health care for 3 months showed a significant result in behavior and quality of life. HBM education can change the quality of life of tuberculosis sufferers by changing perceptions of the disease which includes perceptions of vulnerability, perception of severity, perceived benefits, perceptions of barriers and a person's belief in healthy behavior. It is recommended that HBM education should continue to be implemented for tuberculosis sufferers so that they can maintain their survival.


Objective To diminish disturbance of sparrow,human and other animal when using bait consumption to measure urban outdoor rodent density.Methods Selecting 45 bait consumed spots by rodent and 53 bait consumed spots by sparrow in urban outdoor.Bait box with 2-5 g non-poison paddy rice and 3 red plump non-poison wheat berries was placed in each bait consumed spot,and bait consumptions were inspected for 3 d.50 bait boxes with the same bait were placed to measure rodent density in each of the 2 urban residential areas of Wuhan,and the result was cheked in 3 d,while spots with no wheat berry consumption were judged as sparrow consumption.Results Paddy rice consumption rate were 95.6% and 88.7% in rodent and sparrow consumed spots respectively,the difference had no statistical significance.Wheat berry consumption rate were 91.1% and 5.7% in two kinds of spots respectively,the difference had statistical significance.Rodent density in the 2 urban residential areas were 1.9% and 7.0%.Conclusion Adding non-poison wheat berries to non-poison paddy rice to measure urban outdoor rodent density could lessen disturbance of sparrow.


The objective of the investigation was to describe the importance of the conditional suspension of the procedure in customs crimes and its relation to the principles of opportunity and minimal criminal intervention in Ecuador. It was elaborated from the descriptive type with non-experimental field design, applying a survey, the survey form was applied to a population of thirty professionals of the Law specialized in Criminal Sciences, all of them related to the Judicial District of Loja. Customs Law has as its own essence a set of legal norms that regulate the origin, collection and purposes of the tax in border areas. There is a need to propose changes in the customs criminal regime to guarantee the rights of the parties, as the accused accepts the conditional suspension of the procedure, prior to guaranteeing due process.


This article presents some suggestions about how to strengthen the management of medical devices so as to remove the hidden perils and risks of medical safety.


The research area is a study on the attitudinal behaviour of the active market participants in the Karur city with special emphasis towards the selection of their portfolio. The term "active market participants" denotes the people who are engaged in trading for a minimum of two times in a month. The active market participants were classified into high self-monitors and low self-monitors. The study covered the attitudinal behavior in the selection of portfolio, perception of the market participants about stocks etc., High self monitoring investors take more time to decide on the investment and trading of stocks. Findings and suggestions certainly would be useful to investors. Various Statistical tools were used for analysis.


Recently, Neufang, Ruan and Spronk proved a completely isometric representation theorem for the measure algebra M(G) and for the completely bounded (Herz–Schur) multiplier algebra McbA(G) on $\mathcal{B}(L_{2}(G))$, where G is a locally compact group. We unify and generalize both results by extending the representation to arbitrary locally compact quantum groups 𝔾 = (M, Γ, φ, ψ). More precisely, we introduce the algebra $M_{\rm cb}^{r} (L_1(\mathbb{G}))$ of completely bounded right multipliers on L1(𝔾) and we show that $M^r_{\rm cb} (L_1(\mathbb{G}))$ can be identified with the algebra of normal completely bounded $\hat{M}$-bimodule maps on $\mathcal{B}(L_2(\mathbb{G}))$ which leave the subalgebra M invariant. From this representation theorem, we deduce that every completely bounded right centralizer of L1(𝔾) is in fact implemented by an element of $M_{\rm cb}^r (L_1(\mathbb{G}))$. We also show that our representation framework allows us to express quantum group "Pontryagin" duality purely as a commutatio...


This chapter examines the political activism of Church during the post-World War I era. It begins with Church's assistance with investigating the racial violence of the Elaine Race Riots amid the wider "Red Summer" of 1919. This chapter demonstrates the critical role Church played with the NAACP as it expanded in the South and investigated various incidents of racial violence in the Mississippi Delta, and his continued rise in the ranks of the national GOP, as he interacted with national figures like Republican National Chairman Will Hays. Also during this time, Church developed the Lincoln League of Tennessee into the Lincoln League of America, with chapters in 33 states, and he played a critical role in garnering African American support for presidential candidate Warren Harding during the 1920 presidential election.


Objective To investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of total pelvic reconstruction (TPR) in treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Methods Totally 85 women with POP of various severities underwent uterine-reserving TPR from Jan. 2006 to Dec. 2007. Soft Polypropylene meshes (Gynemesh,Johnson Johnson) was cut into sphenoid shape and "T" shape,and they were implanted into the vesico-vaginal space and recto-vaginal space,respectively. Meshes were fixed on uterosacral ligament and tendinous arch of levator ani. Subsequently the pelvic floor was reconstructed from three levels and the organs were returned to the normal anatomical positions. The operation time,blood loss,post-operation symptoms,urination and defecation were collected. The POP-Q scoring method was used to estimate the effectiveness of the operation after 2 and 24 months. Results The average operation time,blood loss and hospital stay were (97.5±23.3) min,(68.5±28.1) mL and (8.9±2.3) d,respectively. All the patients were followed-up for 2 to 24 months (a mean of [10.9±6.3] months). Examination showed that 1 patient had perianal pain,1(1.2%) had anterior vaginal prolapse (degree Ⅰ),2(2.4%) had uterine prolapse (degree Ⅰ and degree Ⅱ respectively),1(1.2%) had erosion,2 had vaginal adhesion and 1 had vaginal striction. Conclusion TPR is a safe and effective way for treatment of POP. It has a definite short-term effect,whereas its long-term effectiveness needs to be further explored.


Tube drawing process is more sensitive to the friction coefficient but it is a hard task to analyze it's disposition qualitatively. This paper aims to calculate the mean friction coefficient from author's direct equation which amended from general rod drawing process, and compare the result with SACHS' or WILLIAM'S. From this study, the thickness change was inspected in multi-pass drawing. The thickness affected with the mean friction coefficient and the thickness was deformed more thicker than initial thickness on the condition of good lubrication. For the sake of a good estimation of mean friction coefficient, the radial force of die must be considered when the drawing process has some more area reduction about more than 10 percents.


Practical teaching plays an important role in vocational colleges. This paper analyzes the disadvantages of traditional practical teaching, and states that the application of simulation technology in vocational colleges. It can relieve or solve a variety of contradictions, which is likely to strengthen the effect of practical teaching, and improve the practical abilities of the students efficiently. This paper takes the experiment of the test for the performance curse of centrifugal pump as an example to show the manipulation methods of simulation, which proves the obvious advantages of simulation technology.