DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Ten patients from 10 families underwent detailed clinical assessment, including serial retinal imaging and electrophysiologic evaluation, at Moorfields Eye Hospital, St James's University Hospital, and Calderdale Royal Infirmary. Patients ranged in age from 3 to 17 years at onset and 5 to 57 years at last assessment. The molecular genetic investigation included bidirectional Sanger sequencing of all exons and intron-exon boundaries of CDH3 and whole-exome sequencing in 2 patients. The study was conducted from June 5, 2013, to January 15, 2016, with final follow-up completed on December 15, 2015.


Von Recklinghausen disease (neurofibromatosis type 1) is one of the most common autosomal dominant diseases which affect humans. The most frequent skeletal alteration is kyphoscoliosis (due to vertebral dysplasia), which can be progressive and accompanied by restrictive type respiratory problems or cardiac alterations. Hip dislocation associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 is very rare, as is osteonecrosis. The different modalities of imaging studies play an important role in the diagnosis and monitoring of this nosological entity. Due to the rare occurrence of hip dislocation with osteonecrosis associated with neurofibromatosis type 1, it was decided to present the case of a 47-year-old white patient.


This note lists 226 papers published largely during the last ten years dealing with normative approaches to solving location problems.


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We present new methods for painterly video processing. Based on our earlier still image processing technique, we "paint over" successive frames of animation, applying paint only in regions where the source video is changing. Image regions with minimal changes, such as due to video noise, are also left alone, using a simple difference masking technique. Optionally, brush strokes may be warped between frames using computed or procedural optical flow. These methods produce video with a novel visual style distinct from previously demonstrated algorithms. Without optical flow, the video gives the effect of a painting that has been repeatedly updated and photographed, similar to painton-glass animation. We feel that this gives a subjective impression of the work of a human hand. With optical flow, the painting surface flows and deforms to follow the shape of the world. We have constructed an interactive painting exhibit, in which a painting is continually updated. Viewers have found this to be a compelling experience, suggesting the promise of non-photorealistic rendering for creating compelling interactive visual experiences.


Introduction High-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems (> 7 Tesla) have higher intrinsic SNRs (signal-to-noise ratios), higher resolution, and are currently being investigated for clinical use [1-3]. However, one of the main challenges for these systems is B1 field inhomogeneity. To alleviate this problem, multichannel coils with parallel excitations are used [4] because they provide higher B1 fields in the region of interest, and they optimize the B1 fields by driving the current of individual coil elements [5-6]. Currently, these high-field MRI systems are used for research, and are not applied clinically. To explore clinically viable high-field MRI systems, we used four different RF resonators to enhance multichannel coil performance, with all four being simulated with a spherical phantom to obtain the B1 distribution. 16channel head coils using a variety of RF resonators were tested on study participants at 3 Tesla, and the penetrated RF magnetic fields were compared amongst four different RF resonators in a spherical phantom. They were verified to be suitable for parallel imaging. Methods In order to increase the penetrance of the RF magnetic field, the four different RF resonators had unique top view structures, as shown in Fig. 1. Teflon, a low loss dielectric material Teflon (εr=2.08, loss tan.=0.004), was used as the microstrip substrate, which had a height (h), length (l), and width (w) of 20 mm, 150 mm, and 18 mm, respectively. The microstrip line was used as a λ/2 resonator with terminated capacitors at its ends. The terminated shunt capacitors were used to reduce the physical length and to ensure that the resonator operated at the desired Larmor frequency (128 MHz, 3 Tesla). The microstrip transmission lines in the four RF resonators had the same dielectric property, size, and width. The RF resonator meander line width was 3 mm, and the length of the meander line was 129 mm. The RF resonator with two meander lines had a meander line width and length of 1 mm and 12 mm, respectively. For the SIR with four arms, the thin line width and length were 7 mm and 70 mm, respectively. The thick line length of the RF resonator was 40 mm. Each of the four arms of the RF resonator had a width of 2 mm and a length of 20 mm. The thin line width and length of the SIR was 2.6 mm and 110 mm, respectively. The thick line length of the SIR was 20 mm. Results Based on the finite difference time-domain method, SEMCAD [7] was used to obtain the fields with a spherical phantom (ε =58.1, σ=0.539 [S/m], radius=100 mm). At the same input power, the SIR with four arms had more highly penetrated RF magnetic field distributions than the other RF resonators. The penetrated RF magnetic field intensities according to penetration depth are presented in Table 1. The SIR with four arms provided the most strongly penetrated RF magnetic field compared to the other RF resonators. RF shimming and homogenization were effectively controlled by using a higher RF magnetic field intensity at the center of the phantom. Note that the input power of all four RF resonators was normalized to 1 Watt. The field map generated by the 16-channel coil using each RF resonator are shown in Fig. 2. The map of the 16-channel phased RF resonator was calculated in the phantom, with the exception of when coupling problems between phased RF resonators arose. In the region of interest at the center of the phantom, the and 16-channel coil using the SIRs with four arms provided a more homogeneous field distribution than the other configurations. Conclusion 3 Tesla MRI system has become a standard technique for imaging the human body and for making diagnoses. However, compared to high-field MRI systems (> 7 Tesla), 3 Tesla MRI systems have a lower, and therefore, worse intrinsic SNR. To overcome this problem, we proposed using a 16-channel coil with a SIR with four arms, and we compared it to other RF resonators based on microstrip transmission lines. The 16-channel coil provided better fields and can be effectively controlled for parallel imaging in 3 Tesla MRI systems. Therefore, 16channel head coils using the SIR with four arms for parallel imaging could be used in hospitals for higher quality imaging. References [1] J. Vaughan et al., MRM, 46:24-30, 2001 [2] J. Vaughan et al., MRM, 56:1274-1282, 2006 [3] J. Vaughan et al., MRM, 52:851-859, 2004 [4] G. Adriany et al., MRM, 53, 434-445, 2005 [5] H. Yoo et al., IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 59:3365-3371, 2012 [6] H. Yoo, Elec. Lett., 49, 2013 [7] SEMCAD X by SPEAG, www.speag.com Acknowledgements SEMCAD X by SPEAG, www.speag.com, SMBA-C0141733


The subject of this dissertation is the representation of temporality, trauma and sexuality in Antanas Skėma's fiction. The chapter "Temporal structures" examines temporal order in the writer's nov ...


The present invention describes an audio sequence to create a text mapping, methods, and computer-readable media. The present invention also describes an audio text animation, method, and computer-readable media. Mapper (10) of a text (12) corresponding thereto, and audio recording (11) as an input, the user at the start and end time help (14) assigned to the text unit (15). Player (50) of a text (15), audio (17) and mapping (16) as an input, as an audio (17) play, making the synchronization Text Animation (Animate) and displays the text (15). The present invention may be used to playback the audio recording text animator; instead of a conventional controller to control the playback of audio playback; playback and display of recorded voice annotation; to achieve the flow characteristics in the case where the audio elementary stream without protocol.


dvances in computa-tional science and engi-neering have changedprofoundly both theartifacts we can realizeand the processes bywhich we realize them.This article looks at theimpact of these new technologies on the design ofwearable computers covering three main areas: newdesign tools and approaches, new manufacturingtechnologies, and new uses of information technolo-gies. We will show how we at the Engineering DesignResearch Center (EDRC) at Carnegie Mellon haveused the wearable computer project as a testbed inwhich to integrate research on rapid design and man-ufacturing. In our research, we have designed, manu-factured, and used our own tools as well as observingtheir use by others----where the tools include wearablecomputers, design analysis programs, and informa-tion organization tools. Through this process, wehave learned about design education and designpractice, and we have uncovered new issues fordesign research.


A variety of established and experimental geophysical techniques was used to measure the vertical distribution of fracture permeability in a 229-meter deep borehole penetrating schist and quartz monzonite near Mirror Lake, New Hampshire. The distribution of fractures in the borehole was determined by acoustic borehole televiewer and other geophysical logs. Fracture permeability was estimated by application of two experimental methods: (1) Analysis of tube-wave-amplitude attenuation in acoustic full-waveform logs; and (2) interpretation of tube waves generated in vertical seismic profiles. Independent information on fracture permeability was obtained by means of packer-isolationflow tests and flowmeter measurement of vertical velocity distributions during pumping in the same borehole. Both experimental methods and packer-isolation-flow tests and flowmeter data indicated a single, near horizontal zone of permeability intersecting the borehole at a depth of about 45 meters. Smaller values of transmissivity were indicated for other fractures at deeper depths, with details of fracture response related to the apparent volume of rock represented by the individual measurements. Tube-waveamplitude attenuation in full-waveform acoustic logs, packer-isolation flow tests, and flowmeter measurements during pumping indicated transmissivity values for the up-


This proyect integrator has been developed with the purpose to make detailed procedures on the control of inventories to the Agro-artisanal Tenguel Association, due to the fact that this does not have a proper control of these so-called current assets, so that you get a detailed and updated information that is feasible and reliable before the financial situation of the association. In addition ways of controlling the inventories are the details in the procedures of acqusition, encoding and the taking of physical inventories that allow members of the association have a vision about the control that you can carry in your company by helping to make good decisions based on actual results and correct. The study of this topic it was undertaken by relying on the research in scientific articles and bibliographic reviews corresponding to the control and valuation of inventories and the profitability of the company. Also the methodologies used in this work are the descriptive research and foresight were of great assistance to perform this work. In conclusion it is important that any company controls in a thorough manner their inventories since this affects the profitability of the same, therefore it is recommended to implement the proposal of the detailed procedures that will serve as a guide for the control of same.


The planar transformer is a relatively new implementation of the conventional magnetically-coupled transformer which is widely used in switched-mode power converter designs with switching frequencies below 1 MHz. Planar transformers and the associated soft ferrite cores have evolved tremendously over the past two decades and provide outstanding performance. The planar transformer design is intrinsically compatible with printed circuit media. However, there are manifold additional merits to this approach, in particular heat transfer and power handling. As improvements are made in active devices the switching frequency of switched-mode converters has continually increased into the RF regime. The planar transformer is a conventional transformer relying exclusively on magnetic coupling for its operation; inter-winding capacitance is deleterious to its performance. Inter-winding capacitance exists in any conventional transformer, but it particularly pronounced in a planar transformer due to the stacked planar windings. Here we adapt the transmission-line or Guanella transformer techniques to the planar core to obtain improved high frequency performance. A full-wave electromagnetic simulation of a 1:4 impedance transforming Guanella balun is performed using the commercial finite element software HFSS. Essentially, the Guanella transformer/ balun absorbs the inter-winding capacitance into the design where it is complemented by the leakage inductance to provide flat high frequency response. This approach should benefit high-frequency, switched-mode power converter design as well as traditional RF applications, especially those with low impedance levels, such as matching to active devices, which are very difficult to achieve with traditional Guanella designs.


The invention discloses a glass washing faucet. The glass washing faucet comprises a fixed water spraying buckle, wherein the fixed water spraying buckle is fixed on a water pipe through a metallic clamping claw, the other side of the fixed water spraying buckle is in threaded connection with a tightening block, a water spraying pipe is arranged in the tightening block in a penetrating manner, and the water inlet end of the water spraying pipe penetrates through the fixed water spraying buckle and is then communicated with the water pipe. The glass washing faucet is detachably mounted on the water pipe, and all the components are easily combined, connected and fixed, thereby facilitating maintenance; and the water spraying pipe can be replaced separately, so that the stable water pressure can be effectively guaranteed during glass washing.


The dc-excited dual-memory machine utilizes two different kinds of permanent magnet (PM) materials for each PM pole. By employing a set of separately controlled magnetizing windings, it can easily realize the pole-changing function without affecting or changing the armature winding topology. In this paper, the principle of pole changing of the dc-excited dual-memory machine is analyzed by finite-element method. With the aim of preventing unexpected demagnetization of the low-coercivity PMs, a special scheme, namely the pole-protection scheme, is developed to shield these PMs. Experimental results are given to verify the pole-changing principle of the dc-excited dual-memory machine, and the feasibility of pole-dropping and pole-retrieving operations.


The invention relates to wind power generation and discloses a wind and power energy storage frequency modulation and peak modulation control system, which comprises a power simulator, wherein the power simulator is connected with the output end of a wind driven generator and simulates power curves of different wind generation sets, the output end of the wind driven generator is connected with an inverter and a storage battery module, the output end of the inverter is connected with a programmable loader, a charging module is respectively connected with the storage battery module and an electric network, and an energy storage controller is respectively connected with an unloading load module and a charging module and controls the charging and discharging time sequence of the unloading load module and the charging module on the storage battery module. The wind and power energy storage frequency modulation and peak modulation control system solves the problem of adverse influence on load operation or voltage and frequency of electric networks caused by zero output, random change and electric energy fluctuation of wind generation sets because of wind variability, and the beneficial effects that the structure is simple and feasible, the operation is simple, convenient and reliable, and the like are obtained.


Family has an important role as the main care provider for people with mental disorders. This study was to explore more deeply about the experience of families in caring for people with severe mental disorders. This research was qualitative research with a phenomenology method. The participants of this study were 3 people with more than 5 years of care for patients. Sampling technique using accidental sampling. The data collection method used in-depth interviews with Colaizzi data analysis techniques. The results obtained 6 themes. First, there was a family response in caring for ODGJ. Second there were changes in family activities. Third, problems experienced by families while caring for ODGJ consist of barriers to families experiencing mental disorders and barriers to seeking treatment from health services. Fourth, how to solved the problems experienced. The fifth theme is family expectations in caring for ODGJ. The last theme was treatment of ODGJ by the family consisting of differences in treatment of ODGJ and reasons for choosing treatment for ODGJ. This research can be used as a basic data for researchers to conduct further research to identify psychological problems experienced by families in caring for ODGJ


An increase of 80%~106% of soil organic matter had been achieved by long-term application of fertilizer,compared to non-application of fertilizer,and 16%~33% of soil total phosphorus.The release of greenhouse soil phosphorus in 24 hours was more than in 6 days.The soil phosphorus release by use of fertilizer was more than non-organic fertilizer application.There were no obviously correlation between size of soil micro-aggregates and content of sorption of phosphorus.But the smaller size of micro-aggregates had significantly increase content of phosphorus release,which may be due to enrichment of organic matter and soil phosphorus.Under no fertilizer application,the smaller micro-aggregate adsorped more phosphorus than the larger micro-aggregates.


Our understanding of the cerebral blood flow (CBF) response to exercise has evolved dramatically over some 20 years in parallel with the advent of new methods to measure brain perfusion in humans. Previously, the Kety–Schmidt method was the only method available for evaluation of CBF in humans. The outflow from the brain through the internal jugular vein was taken to represent CBF and no change was found during exercise, probably because the spinal veins become more important when humans are upright as is the case for most exercise studies (Ide & Secher, 2000). As a consequence, it was often considered that exercise was the exception for which cerebral 'activation' (and maybe thinking?) was not required. Yet, with the introduction of methods that evaluate brain tissue flow (133Xenon-clearance) or inflow to the brain through the common or, ideally the internal carotic artery, an ∼20% increase in CBF during mild- to moderate-intensity dynamic exercise was observed. The CBF then levels out or maybe decreases when exercise becomes intense, with the decrease in the arterial carbon dioxide tension accompanying the exponential increase in ventilation. Thus CBF, and indeed cerebral oxygenation responses during incremental exercise, were hypothesised to follow an inverted U-shaped curve.

The vast majority of human studies have applied a transcranial Doppler (TCD) approach to evaluate changes in CBF during exercise. Although this approach has the advantage that it can be used during high-intensity dynamic exercise of a large muscle mass, when using the TCD technique one must assume that the diameter of the isonated artery does not change. This assumption has become universally accepted although TCD was introduced by R. Aaslid (1984) to detect vasospasm after neurosurgical procedures. In support of the supposition that the diameter of the isonated artery at the base of the brain (often the middle cerebral artery (MCA)) remains constant during exercise, an inverted U-shape response to incremental exercise is detected with the TCD, and the magnitude of the increase in mean flow velocity is similar to that determined by other estimates of CBF (∼20%). In contrast, the diameter of the MCA increases in response to hypoxia (Wilson et al. 2011) and constricts in response to the administration of the α1-adrenergic receptor agonist phenylephrine (Ogoh et al. 2011), indicating that there is a need for new ambulatory methods for the evaluation of CBF.

In a recent issue of The Journal of Physiology, Vogiatzis et al. (2011) introduced a new method using near-infrared spectroscopy to detect CBF (in the frontal lobe) during progressive exercise after bolus injection of idocyanine green, with and without hypoxia, in trained cyclists. It is comforting that the inverted U-shape CBF response to incremental exercise is confirmed by this initiative, and that the validity of the method is supported by an increase in CBF during hypoxia. Yet, as mentioned by the authors, the determined CBF is unreasonably low (23 ml min−1 100 g−1) compared to a normal value of ∼50 ml min−1 100 g−1 and the increase with CBF during exercise is twice as large as normally found. Near-infrared light has to pass through the skin and the scalp to reach the frontal lobe and the authors consider that the low skin (and scalp) blood flow could influence the result. Accordingly, it would be of value if this method for determination of CBF were repeated during exercise after skin blood flow is eliminated, e.g. by cooling the skin or after the administration of phenylephrine (Ogoh et al. 2011).

The TCD technique has been invaluable for the development in understanding the brain at work both under normoxic and hypoxic conditions; however, it is problematic that the TCD evaluation of CBF is expressed as a velocity. Such a limitation may be surmounted by using near-infrared spectroscopy to determine CBF during exercise (Vogiatzis et al. 2011), although the extent of the influence of skin blood flow must be established. Similarly, flow in basal cerebral arteries may be evaluated by duplex ultrasound (Wilson et al. 2011) as it is established for peripheral arteries. Accordingly, we now have two additional methods available to take the evaluation of CBF during hypoxic exercise to new heights and the study by Vogiatzis et al. (2011) provides support to the notion that exercise in hypoxia is limited by cerebral oxygen supply and brain oxygenation.


1. Proof of Theorem 3.1 Theorem 3.1 Let ẑ1, ẑ2, ẑ3, ẑ4 ∈ R be vectors such that ∥ẑi∥ = r for all i ∈ {1, 2, 3, 4} for some constant r, and let ẑ denote the element-wise square of a vector. For some constants α ∈ [0, 1] and β ∈ [0, 1], the bilinear interpolation operation zinterp = (1−α)(1−β)ẑ1+(1−α)βẑ2+α(1−β)ẑ3+αβẑ4 does not guarantee that ∥zinterp∥2 = r. However, the L norm-preserving interpolation operation zinterp = √ (1− α)(1− β)ẑ1 + (1− α)βẑ2 + α(1− β)ẑ3 + αβẑ4 guarantees that ∥zinterp∥2 = r for all α ∈ [0, 1] and β ∈ [0, 1]. (The square root is taken element-wise.)


This paper describes the technical features and method of implementation of our designer support system which enables reproducing a three‐dimensional shape from an idea sketch speedily and modifying the reproduced shape easily, thereby facilitating the consistency of the shape to be checked from a design viewpoint.


This issue has three very different pieces of research. The common thread running through these three articles is a theoretical analysis of media markets. As such, they also advance our understanding of some important issues facing consumers of the media—society—as well as implications for those who manage media enterprises. Although both of the editors of this journal have been part of the peer review process as authors of articles and have served as reviewers for many articles submitted to this and other journals, neither of us had edited a peer review journal prior to the Journal of Media Economics (JME). Having served in this capacity for 1 year now, we have touched yet another component of the academic research process. Wearing this new hat, we have come to appreciate how insightful and cogent many reviews are. In our role as editors, we see how important good reviews are to the ongoing quality of the journal and how important comprehensive reviews are to facilitating our task of quality assurance. At the end of this issue, we gratefully acknowledge the individuals who have answered our request to review one or more articles for Volume 22 of JME. We also thought that this would be an especially appropriate juncture to draw from the referee report of the articles in this issue as part of our preface. We cannot specifically identify the writers of each, but their names are in the listing. In each case, our reviewers offered very valuable suggestions for revisions. In each case, the basic premise and methodology was considered sound, and the findings are a significant contribution to our literature.


The Berlin Definition was announced at a European Society of Intensive Care Medicine convention held in Berlin in 2011. It changes the previous definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Broadly speaking, it classifies ARDS as mild, moderate, or severe based on P/F ratio. A sur-vey of ARDS in the Tohoku region showed that the concept of acute hypoxic respiratory failure (AHRF)enabled early diagnosis and treatment and that patients with AHRF had a lower mortality rate than those with ALI/ARDS. Regardless of any changes to the classification, the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of ARDS caused by sepsis, which has a high mortality rate, remains unchanged. For this reason, it is vital to look chronologically at the humoral factors correlated with the pathophysiology of ARDS, and we believe the primary task should be promptly excluding causes of sepsis. To this end, we have independently developed presepsin, and are putting efforts into the early diagnosis and treatment of sepsis.


It is of great importance to localize leakages in complex pipelines for assuring their safety. A sensor array that can detect where leakages occur enables us to monitor a wide area with a relatively low cost. Beamforming is a fast and efficient algorithm to estimate where sources are, but it is generally made use of in free field condition. In practice, however, many pipelines are placed in a closed space for the purpose of safety and maintenance. This leads us to take reflected waves into account to the beamforming for interior leakage localization. Beam power distribution of reflected waves in a closed space is formulated, and spatial average is introduced to suppress the effect of reflected waves. Computer simulations and experiments ensure how the proposed method is effective to localize leakage in a closed space for structural health monitoring.


Absorption of microwave energy at electron-cyclotron frequency is a promising method of heating plasma to thermonuclear temperatures in large toroidal devices in which the energy confinement time exceeds the characteristic time of energy exchange between the electron and ion components of the plasma. The smallness of the wavelength compared with the dimensions of the system makes it possible to use quasioptical waveguides which are easy to match with the plasma. The microwave power, injected in the form of an ordinary wave from the outer part of the torus in the direction of increase of the toroidal component of the magnetic field, is efficiently absorbed if the dimensions of the tokamak are greater than or of the order of those of the T-10 device and the initial temperature of the plasma is greater than 1 keV. In the quasi-continuous heating regime and with reasonable microwave beam cross-sections non-linear effects have no appreciable effect on the cyclotron heating efficiency.


In this paper, a new active circuit for common-mode voltage (CMV) cancellation in three-level NPC (neutral-point clamped) inverters is proposed, which can avoid the saturation of the common-mode transformer (CMT). The proposed circuit utilizes an additional three-level leg to produce the compensating CMV of the NPC inverters, which eliminates the CMV of the inverter through the CMT.


Recent data availability has allowed real estate researchers to dig deeper into the property market dynamics. This is the case of Madrid where, by and large, lessons on office markets have been extracted from the studies of other markets as those of United Kingdom, Germany or US. This paper shows that effectively office space demand is rigid with regard to short term rent variations and that its main driver is the physical space necessity, on which businesses have to accomplish their activities. Equally important is the dynamics of letting rents; they move in response to demand pressures, with the background of a rigid or semi-rigid supply. It means that it is a market where demand determines price adjustments and these, in turn, determine developeris decisions in how much office stock is added. Likewise it has been contrasted that one of the most common used indicators to proxy office supply (Vacancy Rate) is effectively the best benchmark to determine rents and, therefore, is properly used by market players. Further, using cointegration and vector error correction models it is possible to estimate the grade of rents overvaluation or undervaluation existing in the market, with respect to the long term trend. Accordingly, it has been possible to compute a 25% of overvaluation in the Madridis office market in the expansive phase of the years 2000-2001 and a price adjustment process from the bust of the current crisis. However, ending 2011, evidence indicates rent levels still above their fundamental equilibrium. Finally the structural modelling used here has a good statistical adjustment to undertake forecasts of price and occupancy variables.


In a corresponding manner with the increased severity of SME's on Turkish economy, contribution of SME's to the socio-economic development of Turkey is also gradually increasing. SMEs had become an important customer segment for the Turkish banking industry. Most of the banks are attempting to offer enterprise banking applications in conjunction with the understanding that being only the finance agent is not enough to increase the share of SME's for their customer portfolio. One of the tools recently offered by banks in addition to standard banking services to differentiate themselves in competition is SME information portals. In this study, emphasizing the importance of SME information portals in gaining competitive advantage and differentiation is aimed. Besides, determining the information content of an ideal SME information portal and signifying the role of SME information portals on SME's bank preferences are also aimed. Results of the study indicated that the bank preferences of SME's are related with non-business issues, trade fair information and investment decisions which take part in information portals.


The principle is ambiguous and misleading, and, as will presently be shown, both lawyers and statesmen have drawn from it unjustified conclusions. The protection by force of citizens abroad may have been suited to a time when the foreigner was either an enemy or an outlaw and found little security or safety in the place of his residence. When security and safety cannot depend on law, a reliance upon force is probably inevitable. But it is questionable whether an institution which is justified under conditions of assumed lawlessness is equally justified under local conditions which give to foreigners a measure of security comparable to that enjoyed by nationals. Indeed, the development of modern industry and international business, with the continuous flow of capital and people across international boundaries, make it questionable whether so primitive an institution should not be subjected to rigorous limitations more in accordance with the necessities of life in the twentieth century. Some evidence of this conclusion is to be found in the fact that nations have long since hesitated to interpose on behalf of their citizens for the collection of defaulted foreign bonds and for mere breach of contract.


Eating and Feeding Disorders are heterogeneous clinical conditions characterized by cognitive, interpersonal, and behavioural features. They might spread across a spectrum of severity, from mild or sub-threshold conditions, belonging to the realm of altered eating habits or body dysmorphic features, to severe disorders. The Anorexia-Bulimia Spectrum (ABS) aims at exploring and describing in a systematic manner this psychological/psychopathological area. The ABS model has been proposed to detect, in a lifetime perspective, signs and symptoms that might be considered as clinically relevant or not, but evenly associated with different levels of subjective impairment. To detect the eating disorder spectrum phenomenology, a structured clinical interview has been built and validated, the Anorexic-Bulimic Spectrum Clinical Interview (SCI-ABS). The paper describes its clinical significance and potential implications.


Objective:To study the effect of Xieke Qimo(泻克脐膜) on acute watery diarrhea(AWD)in infants and young children.Methods:The patients were divided into two groups.The treated group was treated with Xieke Qimo for external application,while the control group treated with Shixiang Nuanqi soft extract( 十香暖脐膏 ).The clinically curative effects were observed and the experimental study was done.Results:The clinical study indicated that treated group acquired more effective curative effects on stopping diarrhea,dispelling vomit and abdominal distension( P 0 05 or P 0 01).Animal test showed that Xieke Qimo had the actions on resisting diarrhea,inhibiting the hyperfunction of intestinal peristalsis,attenuating the abdominal pain,resisting inflammation,etc.Conclusions:Xieke Qimo is a new type preparation and can be used to treat AWD in infants and young children effectively.


eural Network (DNN) is now applied in disease prediction to detect various ailments such as heart disease and diabetes. Another disease that is causing a threat to our health is kidney disease. This disease is becoming prevalent due to substances and elements we intake. Ignoring the kidney malfunction can cause chronic kidney disease leading to death. Frequently, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and its symptoms are mild and gradual, often go unnoticed for years only to be realized of late. We conducted our research on CKD in Bade, a Local Government Area of Yobe State in Nigeria. The area has been a center of attention by medical practitioners due to the prevalence of CKD. Unfortunately, a technical approach in culminating the disease is yet to be attained. We obtained a record of 1200 patients with 10 attributes as our dataset from Bade General Hospital and used the DNN model to predict CKD's absence or presence in the patients. The model produced an accuracy of 98%. Furthermore, we identified and highlighted the Features importance to rank the features used in predicting the CKD. The outcome revealed that two attributes: Creatinine and Bicarbonate, have the highest influence on the CKD prediction.


Cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanoparticles (NPs), prepared by a convenient chemical precipitation method, have been characterized using techniques such as TEM, XRD, zeta potential, absorption and photoluminescence (PL) emission spectroscopy to establish the structure directing role of different cationic and anionic surfactants and their impact on the nanoparticles stabilization. In the synthesis of the CdS NPs, cadmium acetate and sodium sulfide, employed as starting reagents, were dissolved in aqueous solutions of different surfactants to study the effect of their structures on the nucleation, growth, optical and PL emission properties of the NPs. By varying the surfactant species, the CdS NPs have significantly different optical and PL emission properties despite being produced under similar reaction conditions. Depending on the surfactant structure, the growing CdS NPs were stabilized by the surfactants to different extents. For example, in the surfactant with the longest chain length (e.g. cetyltrimethylammonium bromide; CTAB), the CdS NPs were most stable, whereas using a surfactant with a smaller chain length i.e. DTAB, the NPs were unstable for even 1 h. On the other hand, anionic surfactants of even smaller chain lengths were able to stabilize the CdS NPs for quite long times. The generalized study of growth of spherical CdS NPs involves monitoring the kinetics during the progress of the reaction. Additionally, an interesting prominent effect of surfactant structure on the PL emission properties of the NPs has been established under identical reaction conditions.


Heterogeneity in the Malaysian school system has divided students of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The chances of getting a group of multicultural students in a classroom are far slimmer in the rural areas than in schools situated in the urban areas. The classroom composition in the urban areas displays a different pattern depending on the location of the schools. With this imbalance, Malaysia?s existence as a multicultural nation lies more in name than in reality. With the call for greater enhancement of unity and integration among ethnic community in schools (Preliminary Report Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025, this study intends to examine the significance of the Third Space theory by looking through the lens of Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT). Gay (2000) defines culturally responsive teaching as using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, and performance styles of diverse students to make learning more appropriate and effective for them; it teaches to and through the strengths of these students. While the Third Space theory (Bhabha, 1994) accentuates the importance of using students home/community experiences to that of schools, which is thus far being sidelined in the Malaysian setting. The Third space is an interstice or a place in-between which is imperative for students who come from diverse cultures. This investigation therefore aims to 1. draw out the elements of CRT for teachers. 2. model these elements to be used in the secondary school English language classrooms and 3. determine teachers/students responses towards CRT. Two short stories (Malaysian-based stories) are chosen. A mixed method approach will be used employing primarily qualitative inquiry through phenomenological approach (interviews with teachers and students and classroom observations will be conducted) and a set of questionnaire to elicit pertinent information on teachers common practices in the English classrooms.20 schools from 4 regions in Malaysia will be identified and Form 4 students (and their teachers) will be selected as respondents. The findings from teachers/students responses will point to the direction of how teachers have afforded the spaces for CRT through infusing CRT skills in language classrooms. Through this investigation, teachers and students responses of the use of CRT elements/materials in the English language classrooms are recorded and analysed to determine their willingness/reluctance to adopt this approach in the classroom.


We demonstrate a general single-pot heating method for preparing iron-doped zinc oxide nanocrystals from acetyl acetonate precursors in non-aqueous solvents. The particles were characterised by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), UV-visible (UV-Vis) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) optical absorbance spectroscopies. The dependences of the size of the nanocrystals and doping level on the synthesis temperature and precursor composition were elucidated and modelled.


ABSTRACT The automated GenoType MTBC assay was evaluated for the ability to detect and identify members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. In addition to 35 reference strains and 157 clinical isolates, performance of this assay was tested directly on 79 smear-positive clinical specimens. The assay proved as accurate as the reference deletion analysis for all 192 isolates and detected and identified M. tuberculosis complex members in 93.2% of the specimens containing the M. tuberculosis complex.


Aims: Though the incidence of breast cancer is apparently higher in the developed world than in developing countries, the mortality rate is known to be much higher among African women. The paradox has been attributed to a myriad of factors including late presentation with advanced disease and unfavorable biologic subtypes. The aim of this study is to highlight the challenges that are peculiar to our practice in breast cancer management in Abakaliki, South East Nigeria. Methods: This was a prospective study of all patients diagnosed with breast cancer seen in a general surgery unit at Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki between January 2014 and April 2016. Data obtained from patients' folders complemented by oral interview during follow-up visits in the clinic or ward admission were entered in a pro forma and analyzed. Results: A total of 89 patients with histological diagnosis of breast cancer were studied. The mean age was 45.8 (±11.7) years. Fifty patients (56.2%) were premenopausal. The vast majority (79.8%) of patients presented with Uche Emmanuel Eni1, Uchenna Chinedu Dilibe1, Ogbuanya Aloysius Ugwu2, Umezurike Harold Akuma Daniel1, Otuu Onyeyirichi1, Oji Uzor Ekuma2 Affiliations: 1Fellow West African College of Surgeons, FWACS (Consultant Surgeon), Department of Surgery, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria; 2Fellow National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, FMCS (Consultant Surgeon), Department of Surgery, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Corresponding Author: Uche Emmanuel Eni, Department of Surgery, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital (AE-FUTH), Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria; Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Received: 15 May 2019 Accepted: 25 October 2019 Published: 20 November 2019 advanced disease, many (33.6%) with fungation. Diagnosis was essentially by histology, in the absence of facility for immunohistochemistry. Staging investigations were basically chest X-ray, abdominal ultrasound scan, and plain bone X-rays. Treatment options were mostly limited to surgery, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy, due to unavailability of radiotherapy and monoclonal antibody/other targeted therapy. Recurrence was therefore common and posed a serious challenge in the management of breast cancer in our setting. Outcome was therefore generally poor. Conclusion: Breast cancer is common in our practice and often present late. Increased awareness, poverty alleviation, and organized screening program are necessary to reduce late presentation and improve prognosis.


MY last communication in reference to the history of skew determinants dealt with the period 1827–1857 ( Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. , xxiii, pp. 181–217). The present paper continues the history up to the year 1865, but in addition contains an account of two writings belonging to the previous period, namely, by Brioschi (1855) and Bellavitis (1857).


Social media has become an integral part of our daily life encapsulating time and place, creating new relations and fostering old ones not only on an individual level but also on social and global ones. This revolution in human interaction was led by the introduction of Facebook in 2004 that was followed by other social media platforms such as Twitter and Instegram. This electronic revolution swept over to reach mobile phones and to introduce new platforms such as WhatsApp and Viber. The present study investigated attitudes and views towards the use of social media in promoting Islam. A random sample of Facebook users was asked to fill in a questionnaire that tackled questions related to their attitudes towards the role of social media in promoting Islam, the linguistic influence of the social media on their English language skills when talking about Islam and the most preferred social media platform. . Respondents were then classified according to education and gender. The study revealed that the social media have affected the way the other is addressed when discussing Islamic topics. Despite some negative stands, the positive attitudes towards social media in promoting Islam prevailed. The views were influenced by the respondents' age, gender and education. The linguistic influence of the social media on developing English skills was viewed positively. The Facebook was the most preferred social media platform. Further research is recommended on the interrelationships between social factors and views of social media. Code-switching among social media users and the effect on Arabic might be also investigated.


While weaknesses for students with learning disabilities (LD) may exist in basic reading skills, difficulty understanding text goes beyond reading the words on the page. The complex nature of reading requires educators to provide struggling readers with reading strategies that support active engagement with text, comprehension monitoring, and a means to organize their understanding before, during, and after reading. In this chapter we describe collaborative strategic reading (CSR), a multicomponent model for teaching reading comprehension strategies. CSR has been associated with reading gains for students with LD as well as low- and high-achieving students, and English language learners. We provide information about teaching reading strategies as well as suggestions for overcoming possible stumbling blocks to implementation.


Purpose The aims of this study are to compare the performance of various preoperative imaging modalities for assessing the malignant potential of pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs) through a network meta-analysis (NMA) and to clarify the role of 18F-FDG PET in the management of patients with PCL. Methods PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library were searched for the studies evaluating the performance of preoperative imaging modalities for identifying malignant PCLs. The NMA was performed for 4 representative categories of various imaging modalities in terms of diagnostic performance for differentiating malignant from benign PCL and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms only as a subgroup analysis. To calculate the probability of each imaging modality being the most effective diagnostic method, the surface under the cumulative ranking curve values were obtained. Results A total of 1018 patients from 17 direct comparison studies using 2 or more preoperative imaging modalities were included for differentiating malignant from benign PCL. The positive predictive value (PPV) and accuracy of 18F-FDG PET were significantly higher than that of CT (PPV: odds ratio [OR], 2.66; 95% credible interval [CrI], 1.21–6.17; accuracy: OR, 2.63; 95% CrI, 1.41–5.38) or MRI (PPV: OR, 2.50; 95% CrI, 1.09–6.26; accuracy: OR, 2.50; 95% CrI, 1.28–5.47) in all PCLs, as well as in the subgroup analysis for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm only. 18F-FDG PET showed the highest surface under the cumulative ranking curve values in all diagnostic performance areas of sensitivity, specificity, PPV, negative predictive value, and accuracy, followed by MRI or CT. Conclusions The results from this NMA suggest that 18F-FDG PET is the best preoperative imaging modality for differentiating malignant from benign PCLs and that it can be used for the preoperative evaluation of PCLs.


This study aims to determine the concentration of bowl leaf extract (Nothopanax scutellarium) which is effective in protecting impaired liver and kidney function. Liver damage can cause metabolic disorders in the body, which will lead to homeostatic disorders. Acute renal failure is a clinical problem, occurring frequently and characterized by a relatively sudden decline in renal function. This research is qualitative experimental research using a male rat (Rattus norvegicus) which is healthy and has normal activity, with a bodyweight of 200 g. Male rats were adapted to be kept in cages for 7 days. Adaptation needed to be done to avoid the risk of stress in mice which could affect blood serum content. During the adaptation period, male rats are only given standard food and have not been given any treatment. At the end of the adaptation period, serum analysis was carried out in the five treatment groups. The results of the data obtained from this study were analyzed using the Oneway-Anova test.


Abstract. Tree water access via roots is crucial for forest functioning and therefore forests have developed a vast variety of rooting strategies across the globe. However, Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs), which are increasingly used to simulate forest functioning, often condense this variety of tree rooting strategies into biome-scale averages, potentially under- or overestimating forest response to intra- and inter-annual variability in precipitation. Here we present a new approach of implementing variable rooting strategies and dynamic root growth into the LPJmL4.0 DGVM and apply it to tropical and sub-tropical South-America under contemporary climate conditions. We show how competing rooting strategies which underlie the trade-off between above- and below-ground carbon investment lead to more realistic simulated intra-annual productivity and evapotranspiration, and consequently forest cover and spatial biomass distribution. We find that climate and soil depth determine a spatially heterogeneous pattern of mean rooting depth and belowground biomass across the study region.


Setting up mathematics culture courses is a beneficial attempt to enhance the overall mathematical ability of students at engineering universities. Compared with advanced mathematics education and mathematics modeling,mathematics culture courses put more emphasis on studying mathematics as part of a culture to enrich the mathematics study approaches so that the incompleteness brought by the single mathematics teaching and training in the mathematics structure among engineering students can be overcome. Through analysis and research in this field,the developer of mathematics culture courses should take the development of engineering students' major into account and aim at improving the weaknesses in mathematics teaching and solving the problems in math study among engineering students at universities.


Water supply and sanitation are two important sectors in preparing a development plan in an area. Access to water supply and sanitation are basic human needs and rights. Worldwide, 71% of the rural population has access to improved water supply and 38% has access to improved sanitation. Bangladesh faces multiple challenges in the sanitation, hygiene and water sectors. According to the Joint Monitoring Report (WHO & UNICEF, 2012), latrine coverage stood at 56% by 2012, while the proportion of the population with access to safe water was about 81%. Moreover, in spite of concerted efforts to provide safe water, it is estimated that 25 to 30 million people are affected by arsenic contamination in drinking water. The main objective of this study was to assess the water supply and sanitation situation in the village of Dewanpur, a rural village in Chittagong, Bangladesh. By conducting an assessment one can determine water supply and sanitation coverage of this area and identify water supply and sanitation problems in the village and then propose solutions to improve water supply and sanitation coverage. This paper states the same purpose here.


Context Australia harbours an immense diversity of reptiles, which are generally expected to have frequent and diverse trophic interactions with introduced mammalian carnivores. Nevertheless, the potential for predatory or competitive interactions is likely to be contingent on multiple processes, including the importance of reptiles in the diet of introduced predators, alongside overlaps in their body sizes and ecological niches that would influence the strength of their interactions. In Australia's temperate and relatively productive mesic environments there is little understanding of how introduced mammalian predators affect reptile assemblages. Aims The aim was to investigate the effects that a European red fox (Vulpes vulpes; 5–7kg) suppression program had on the abundance and species richness of a reptile community, with species ranging in size from the largest local ectothermic predator, the lace monitor (Varanus varius; 4–7kg), to small terrestrial reptiles (mostly 10–150g). Methods We utilised two sampling designs (baited camera monitoring stations and pitfall trapping) to evaluate the effects of fox suppression and other site-level ecological covariates (fire regime and habitat vegetation characteristics) on the lace monitor and small terrestrial reptiles. Reptile abundance and richness at site level were estimated from count-related abundance models. Key results For lace monitors, significantly higher abundances occurred in poison-baited areas relative to control areas. This suggests that fox suppression can affect the populations of the lace monitor via mesopredator release arising from reduced competition and, possibly, predation. For small terrestrial reptiles, neither abundance nor species richness were influenced by fox suppression. Individual abundances of the three most common small reptile species matched the overall pattern, as only responses to structural parameters of the habitat were detected. Conclusions Fox suppression can have different impacts for different reptile taxa, pending their ecological niche, as only the largest species was affected. Implications Increase in lace monitor abundance may change food web dynamics in fox-suppressed sites, such as by increasing predation pressure on arboreal marsupials.


The objective of this work is to develop algorithms and provide a framework for an e cient coupling of free ow and porous-medium ow to simulate porous-medium-soil-water evaporation. The implementation must particularly be capable of simulating laminar free ows, be fast enough for applied research, and cover simulations in two and three dimensions with complex geometries. General We introduce a model for a compositional non-isothermal free ow coupled with a twouid-phase compositional non-isothermal porous-medium ow. The free ow is modeled with the Navier-Stokes, component and energy transport equations. The porous-medium ow is modeled with compositional twouid-phase Darcy and energy transport equations. As the pressure has di erent orders in the freeow and porous-mediumow subdomains, the coupling is not straightforward. Although the simulation of the coupled ows is motivated by a laboratory experiment to measure soil-water evaporation caused by wind blowing over a waterlled porous bed, we intend to also explore its use in other applications Conceptual model The free ow is considered to be incompressible and laminar. We also assume that air and water follow nonlinear laws that describe their physical properties, and binary di usion. Within the porous medium only creeping ows occur. Many quantities are averaged and used in a macroscopic sense. We use a formulation of two-phase Darcy law using the liquid saturation and the gas pressure as primary variables. The component mass fractions are calculated by Henry's law and the vapor pressure. The liquid phase may locally vanish leading to a variable switch, where the vapor mass fraction is tracked instead of the liquid saturation. We assume that a local thermodynamic equilibrium is valid everywhere within the domain, even across the interface. We follow the coupling concept proposed by Mosthaf et al. [2011], including the Beavers-Joseph-Sa man approach which has a sharp interface between the two subdomains. Discretization We use a cell-centered nite volume method (FVM) on an axially parallel grid to discretize the partial di erential equations of the compositional two-phase Darcy's law, the heat equation in both subdomains, and the component transport in the freeow domain. For the Navier-Stokes equation, we use the marker and cell (MAC) scheme which moves the degrees of freedom for the velocities towards the edges of the grid elements, forming one secondary, staggered grid per dimension. The MAC scheme is stable and can be interpreted as a FVM. The coupling conditions are applied without additional variables along the coupling interface. They are incorporated as Dirichlet, Neumann or Robin boundary conditions resulting in interface uxes. Implementation For the porous-medium ow, we use the nite-volume implementation provided by DuMux. The marker and cell scheme is implemented on top of Dune-PDELab utilizing


Practical training base construction is of great significance to cultivation of high quality and creative talent for vocation al technical college. This paper takes agricultural product quality and security detecting major in Liaoning Agricultural College as an ex ample,according to the correlation of training base functions and talent cultivation,makes discussion on practical training base function in creative education view for vocational technical college.


The purpose of this project is to provide a filter for Pascal programs which are lexically and syntactically correct. This filter is intended to be a programming tool that will convert alien code into "common code." The filter would be used as a programming tool during the refinement, integration and maintenance stages. The filter would provide warnings for improper identifier scope and value, warnings for lapses in standard programming practices, a documentation framework, extraction of documentation already in place, and uniform visual properties.


Copper is one of the most excavated and used heavy metal cations. Heavy metals such as copper have frequently been reported as toxic substance for the human kind and living organisms in the soil and aqueous environments. Copper forms organo-metal complexes with the soils having fulvic and humic acids and it is hence difficult to washing out the copper complexes that will cause the death of the soil microorganisms. Copper also accumulates in the food chain and is nonbiodegradable. It was therefore investigated the use of clinoptilolite having negatively charged surface for removal of copper from wastewater at various experimental conditions by following the classical batch experimental procedure. Optimum sorption enhancing values of pH level (2.20-6.20), temperature (30-50 o C) and ionic strength (0-0.1 M NaCl) were investigated. Copper exchange affinity of the clinoptilolite increased with high pH level, high temperature degree and lower ionic strength. Amoung the applied isotherm models, equilibrium experimental data fitted to the Langmuir model. Thermodynamic parameters were also calculated and the process was found as endothermic in nature. Maximum sorption capacity of the clinoptilolite was calculated as 11 mgCu 2+ /g. Sorption of the copper by the used clinoptilolite originated by the


The display of energy of ultrasonic backscattered echoes simultaneously on a joint time-frequency (t-f) plane reveals critical information pertaining to time of arrival and frequency of echoes. The quadratic t-f distributions play important role in displaying the energy of the signal on a joint t-f plane. The t-f energy distribution of the signal is dependent on a weighting function, kernel, of generalized quadratic t-f distribution. This kernel, a function of product of time lag and frequency lag variables, controls the t-f concentration of the signal and the suppression of artifacts generated by the quadratic t-f distribution. A generalized exponential product (GEP) kernel function is explored in this paper, Exponential (i.e., Choi-Williams) distribution is a special case of this generalized exponential distribution. A whole family of Quadratic exponential distributions can be generated by varying the parameters of the generalized exponential product kernel. We evaluate these parameters on the basis of optimum concentration of the ultrasonic backscattered echoes, resolution of defect echoes, suppression of the cross-terms artifacts, and performance in the presence of noise. These parameters are evaluated by reducing the cross-terms and keeping auto-terms on the ambiguity plane close to the ideal. It is shown that by controlling the parameters of the generalized exponential product kernel we can achieve better performance in the form of time-frequency concentration, and resolution for multiple echoes as compared to exponential distribution. The application of GEP kernel to ultrasonic experimental data, with properly chosen parameters, not only discern the defect echo embedded in grain echoes but diminish the cross-terms generated by the bilinear structure of the t-f distribution.


A study conducted in an urban and rural area of Delhi to assess immunization coverage of children revealed that the number of fully immunized and partially immunized children was higher in the urban than in the rural area, but all vaccines, except BCG, in both areas fell short of the target of 85% coverage as laid down by the Universal immunization programme, knowledge of mothers about immunization was but one third of mother in both areas did not know about the requirement of 3 does of DTP. Health staff was the most important sources of information in both areas (66.5%in urban and 66.7% in rural area) followed by radio of T.V in the urban and person-to-person contact in the rural area. The most important reasons for failure of immunization in both areas were illness of the child and family problem. Therefore the need for imparting health education in both areas through health workers by personal contact and by mass media is strongly recommended to achieve the target of 85% immunization coverage.


The crystal structure and magnetic susceptibility of nickel chromium aluminide (pure and alloyed with vanadium and titanium) were studied at high temperatures. An electronic phase transition was found to occur at 773 K. The transition manifests itself in the disappearance of the local magnetic moment and is not related to changes in the crystal structure. A qualitative model of the electronic structure is suggested; it agrees with exact calculations of the electronic structure of a model alloy of close composition. The model inteprets the transition as the manifestation of an instability of the density of electron states at the Fermi level against slight distortions of the d band.


Background: Insulin resistance (IR) is a potential predictor of antidepressant treatment response. Aims: We assess changes in IR after antidepressant treatment and whether these changes have any effect on treatment response. Also, to see whether changes in IR mediates relationship between C-reactive protein (CRP) and antidepressant efficacy. Methods: This is a secondary analysis of an 8-week, open-label clinical trial with 95 adults experiencing a major depressive episode. Response to vortioxetine was measured using the Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). Generalized estimating equation models were utilized for this intent-to-treat analysis. Results: When adjusted for age, sex, and body mass index, there was a significant increase in IR following treatment in the overall sample (p = 0.035). This finding was detected in treatment non-responders (p = 0.019), whereas it was not observed in responders (p = 0.329). Mediation analysis revealed that change in IR during treatment was responsible for change in MADRS as well as the relationship between baseline CRP and treatment response. Conclusions: Exacerbation of IR during antidepressant treatment mediated non-response. Conversely in treatment responders IR reduced. Like previous studies, baseline CRP moderated treatment response. This relationship was also mediated by changes in IR. These findings further elucidate the role of IR in terms of antidepressant response as well as potentially explain inflammation's relationship with the latter.


In order to explore concrete contents of safety science principles and structural system,a safety diversity principle were studied,based on recognition of safety science principles and complex of safety system.A definition of safety diversity principle was given,and its research contents were described.Four subordinate principles of the safety diversity principle were formulated,including a principle of safety human diversity,a principle of safety material diversity,principle of safety social diversity,and a principle of safety system diversity.Research contents of four principles were analyzed.Finally,applications of safety diversity principle and four principles in safety engineering talent training,the construction of safety culture,the pattern of safety education of campus were discussed.The results show that safety diversity principle provides a rationale for solving complex safety issues,and that logical relationship among four principles and safety diversity principle enriches safety discipline system,and facilities demonstrating the objective existence and research value of safety diversity principle.


Current advancements in the 5G network slicing admit a huge number of users avail a variety of services from the 5G Core network (5GC). While this is impressive, it opens the doors to security threats that could harm the smooth functioning of the 5GC as well as the legitimate users availing its services. This paper presents SENTINEL - a novel self protecting 5GC in the control plane by leveraging the Self Organizing Network (SON) paradigm. SENTINEL is fabricated as an autonomous framework, which protects itself in the control plane operations of 5GC from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack attempts by malicious users. Precisely, we build it as an Artificial Intelligence-based Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM) framework along with eXpress Data Path (XDP) and extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) based slice aggregator to aid in protecting the slice when the malicious users attempt a DDoS attack. While the attack is aimed at the 5GC control plane, the SENTINEL isolates the suspected malicious users with a sensitivity of '85.59%' from the 5GC. Thereby, it keeps the High Availability (HA) service for legitimate users intact, without incurring additional resources.


1 tors have been reported to modulate the release of neu-rotransmitters from synaptosomes (Fassio et al., 1999; receptor-dependent initiation of ectopic action potentials during epileptiform discharges (Avoli et al., 1998). Canada Thus, there is little compelling evidence that presynaptic GABA A receptors can directly affect transmitter release at cortical synapses. Summary Hippocampal mossy fibers are a well-characterized cortical pathway from dentate granule cells to the hippo-Presynaptic GABA A receptors modulate synaptic trans-campus proper. The mossy fiber-CA3 pyramidal cell mission in several areas of the CNS but are not known synapse has been proposed to act as a " conditional to have this action in the cerebral cortex. We report detonator " and is critical for information processing that GABA A receptor activation reduces hippocampal within the hippocampus circuitry (Henze et al., 2000). mossy fibers excitability but has the opposite effect Several presynaptic glutamate and opioid receptors when intracellular Cl Ϫ is experimentally elevated. Syn-have been shown to modulate mossy fiber transmission aptically released GABA mimics the effect of exoge-the ␣ 2 subunit of GABA A receptors stain mossy fibers. Prompted by the observation that both metabotropic Axonal GABA A receptors thus play a potentially impor-and ionotropic glutamate receptors can modulate tant role in tonic and activity-dependent heterosynap-mossy fiber transmission, we asked whether presynap-tic modulation of information flow to the hippocampus. tic ionotropic GABA A receptors are also present. Such receptors could potentially mediate a more rapid re-Introduction sponse to changes in extracellular GABA than GABA B receptors. We report that GABA A receptors directly mod-Ionotropic GABA receptors contribute to presynaptic ulate mossy fiber excitability, and moreover, that this modulation of transmission in the mammalian spinal phenomenon is tonically active at ambient GABA con-in stratum lucidum in acute hippocampal slices, while


How did mutual funds and their advisers get into this mess? It is impossible to offer a clear answer to this question. Proving causation is generally very difficult. We can examine, however, what has changed in the past thirty years and draw our own conclusions. This Article lists a number of changes that have occurred in the past thirty years and focuses on one change in particular. These changes point to altered theories, categories, images, and ways in which we interpret and approach the law. The conceptual substitutions that have occurred offer the justifications for the evolving attitudes, behavior, and laws. Almost every practical change was brought about by an underlying fundamental substitution in the culture of professional advisory services. These changes took years to develop and came to fruition in the 1990s. It may well be that this is how we got into this mess. This Article offers a short outline of the problems and includes an excerpt from my book, Trust and Honesty, America's Business Culture at a Crossroad.


Flapping flight is considered from the perspectives of the history of human-powered aviation and the relatively recent technological developments in micro air vehicles. Propulsion and control issues are examined for three types of aircraft configuration; fixed wing, rotating wing and flapping. The typical flight environment of nature's fliers and micro air vehicles is documented and shown to be characterised by relatively high levels of turbulence inherent in the lower levels of the atmospheric boundary layer. This highly dynamic environment can result in large rolling moment inputs which reduce only slightly as wingspans reduce, whereas the resistance to roll inputs decreases rapidly with wingspan. It was concluded that flapping wing propulsion is not beneficial for micro air vehicles per se but the high level of control authority afforded by large wing movements is useful in countering the effects of turbulence and for precise control.


Background: In 2016, metformin's prescribing label was revised to permit it to be started with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) 45-60 ml/min and continued with eGFR 30-44 ml/min. We examined whether subsequent metformin prescribing in these groups increased. Methods: We conducted an interrupted time series study using data from the New York City Clinical Data Research Network. We identified episodes from 2014-2017 in which adult patients with HbA1c ≥6.5% received outpatient antidiabetic prescriptions ≤7 days after an eGFR measurement. Trends in the proportion of episodes that included metformin were examined using linear regression in 4 eGFR subgroups: ≥60 (reference), 45-59, 30-44, and Results: We identified 10,608 prescribing episodes among 6,505 patients. Lower eGFR was associated with less metformin prescribing. In the eGFR 30-44 ml/min group, there were significant increases in metformin prescribing after the label change (p Conclusion: Metformin prescribing for patients with eGFR 30-60 ml/min was increasing prior to the label change. Rates of metformin use at eGFR 30-45 ml/min remain relatively low. Disclosure J. Min: None. X. Wu: None. J. Orloff: None. A.I. Mushlin: None. J. Flory: None. Funding Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (CER-9230)


The purpose of this note is to improve partially the nonexistence theorems of J. J. Ucci and W.-L. Ting on immersions of Dold manifolds in Euclidean spaces.


The cytochrome absorption spectra of whole cell pastes and the co-enzyme Q system were analyzed in eighteen species in the yeast genera Candida and Pichia. C. silvanorum, C. entomophila and C. homilentoma had Co-Q 8 as the major component and Co-Q 6, 7 and 9 as minor components. The other yeasts had Co-Q 9 as the major component with Co-Q 8 as the first minor component associated with an additional Co-Q 7 in five species (C. shehatae, C. naeodendra, C. butyri, C. tenuis and C. fluviotilis) or Co-Q 10 in three others (C. diddensii, C. polymorpha and C. atmosphaerica). Pichia stipitis may no longer be considered as the perfect form of C. shehatae.These results confirmed that Co-Q system composition is a valuable tool for the chemotaxonomy of yeasts when used in conjunction with spectrophotometric analysis of cytochromes and other techniques such as GC content, DNA/DNA hybridization or serology.


We study the strangeness contribution to nucleon matrix elements using Nf=2+1 dynamical clover fermion configurations generated by the CP-PACS/JLQCD collaboration. In order to evaluate the disconnected insertion (DI), we use the Z(4) stochastic method, along with unbiased subtraction from the hopping parameter expansion which reduces the off-diagonal noises in the stochastic method. Furthermore, we find that using many nucleon sources for each configuration is effective in improving the signal. Our results for the quark contribution to the first moment _q in the DI, and the strangeness magnetic moment show that the statistical errors are under control with these techniques. We also study the gluonic contribution to the nucleon using the overlap operator to construct the gauge field tensor, F_{mu,nu}. The application to the calculation of first moment, _G, gives a good signal in quenched lattice QCD.


In this research, hybrid hydrogels of poly (vinyl alcohol)/ porous silicon (PSi)/theophylline were synthesized by the freezing and thawing method. We evaluated the influence of the synthesis parameters of the poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogels in relation to their ability to swell and drug released. The parameters studied (using an experimental design developed in Minitab 16) were the polymer concentration, the freezing temperature and the number of freezing/thawing (f/t) cycles. Nanostructured porous silicon particles (NsPSi) and theophylline were added within the polymer matrix to increase the drug charge and the polymer mechanical strength. The hybrid hydrogels were characterized by Infrared Spectroscopy Fourier Transform (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), drug delivery kinetics were engineered according to the desired drug release schedule.


A literature survey is presented on the local average mass transfer from surfaccs under lsothermal and nonisothermal conditions, local and average heat transfer from pertinent airfoil surfaces, and correlations between heat and mass transfer. (J.E.D.)


Dry-type air-core reactor widely used in power systems is affected by many factors such as the manufacturing process, operating environment, insulation aging. The insulation performance has deteriorated, resulting in frequent fire accidents caused by local overheating during the switching process. The research results show that the insulation state of the reactor can be evaluated by measuring the distributed current of the reactor, so as to sense the operation failure of the reactor in advance. The magnetic radiation generated by the parallel structure of the dry-type air-core reactor is the main cause of the measurement error of the current detection device. Therefore, this paper conducts simulation research on the electromagnetic shielding device of the wireless distributed current sensors, makes the shielding device of distributed current sensors, then conducts field tests. The results show that the developed current sensor shielding device can well meet the requirements of the reactor distributed current measurement, which provides favorable conditions for the development of current sensors.


We present Hydra: a multi-agent hybrid diagnosis and monitoring architecture that is aimed at helping diabetic patients manage their illness. It makes use of model-based diagnosis techniques, where the model can be developed by two different approaches combined in a novel way. In the first approach, we build the model based on the medical guidelines provided for diabetes. A computational logic agent monitors the patient and provides feedback based on the model whenever the current observations regarding the patient are sufficient to draw a conclusion. In the second approach, we assume a function for the model, and learn its parameters through data. The model is consistently updated via incoming observations about the patients, and allows prediction of possible future values. We describe the components of such an architecture, and how it can integrated into the existing COMMODITY12 personal health system. We implement a prototype of Hydra, and present its workings on a case study on hypoglycemia monitoring. We report our prediction results for this scenario.


Composite materials possess several desirable properties when compared against conventional metal such as, their high specific strength and specific modulus, their variable directional strength properties and their better fatigue strength. The fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) are highly promising materials for the applications in aeronautical and aerospace industries. Composites are being abrasive, the tool wear is high and hence the machining parameters are to be carefully selected while machining GFRP composite materials. Machining of these composites, especially drilling is very important operation which is to be carried out for assembly of composite parts. During drilling of GFRP and CFRP delamination is a major concern, which reduces the structural integrity of the material. The present work is critical review which focuses on the analysis of delamination behaviour of the composites when drilled and methods available to reduce the delamination. Remarkable work has been carried out by different researchers in this area where few have suggested controlling the cutting parameters like cutting speed, feed and depth of cut others have emphasis on thrust force and torque. In this experiment work GFRP laminate with specific properties is manufactured and drilled with three drills having different point angles of 118, 130, 140. Speed, Feed rate and Point angle are taken as variables and drilled holes are measured for delamination. Effect of cutting parameters and tool geometry (point angle) on delamination are studied. ANFIS (Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System) based mathematical model is developed in MATLAB to control the delamination. Based on the above ANFIS model one can select best cutting parameters to minimise delamination. State of the art of the research topic Composite materials are increasingly used in various fields of science and engineering because of their unique and desirable properties. As a result of these properties and potential applications, there is a strong need to understand the issues associated with fabricating and machining of composite materials better. In the past few decades, the use of composites has increased dramatically, continually leading to new applications. Initially the cost of these materials was very high, justified only for specialized, low volume applications such as


Analysis of slope stability is carried out to minimise the occurrences of slope failure or landslide. Slope along the highway which have been experiencing deep excavations are very susceptible to slope failure and thus landslide. The highway engineers must therefore give serious considerations before any construction or development is executed to ensure the designed slopes remain stable. Slope failure can be determined through appropriate measurement of slope stability. In this research, remote sensing approach is used to determine the safety factors of the highway slopes stability. Multispectral Landsat TM and Radarsat SAR data are utilized to derive several crucial factors involved in the determination of slope stability. Factors such as soil cohesion (c), internal friction angle (A¸), and soil unit weight (I³) are determined through correlations with soil moisture (I‰) derived from Landsat TM data. Another important parameter, the slope angle (I±) is derived from Digital Elevation Model (DEM) generated from stereo Radarsat SAR data. The calculation of factor of safety (FS) is based on infinite slope stability models for shallow landslide, considering common unsaturated residual soil conditions in Malaysia. Slopes stability is presented in terms of susceptibility map along the whole stretch of Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway, with 1: 100 000 mapping scale.


Excerpt The total picture of cardiac failure, with consequent dyspnea and edema as major manifestations, is one of considerable complexity. These clinical consequences are often given major attenti...


The subject innovation will be between about a new yarn to the spinning field (sirofil) method through using, in particular, the existing equipment and the myeonbangjeok wool (Wool) as a starting material relates to a filter wool yarn. For this purpose, between the through nylon (Nylon) or polyester (Polyester) process to inject the filament (filament) used in the process and myeonbangjeok step spinning (spinning) process in which input a right wool material in myeonbangjeok process as required (sirofil) yarns It is spinning. This is a normal consumption spinning or bangmo effect of lowering production costs by as inputs to the existing myeonbangjeok facility without any capital investment in accordance with the wool material only was handling the spinning process to develop new technologies and apply other surface-staple fibers (Polyester, Cotton, Viscose the blend and the Rayon) wool can be spun a variety of yarn. In addition, a square (spinning) by plied to peel (sirofil) how the filament (filament) yarn through the process the resistance to improve the physical properties such as also allow for wet cleaning, as well as flexibility, elasticity and wrinkle and when weaving uniformity (evenness) improve the drape (drape) St. sikimyeo can provide a yarn which can produce a thin cloth fabric.


This essay follows the making of a queer of colour aesthetic space in the form of a music video entitled Brother, within a largely homogenous white University. The video places white heteronormativity on the periphery whilst intersectional brown bodies take the centre. It inverts racist and fetishistic tropes in music video culture and reverses the white male gaze. The making of the video created a small brown island in a sea of white as a vision of a future brown space protected from the ubiquitous, ambivalently festishizing white gaze; a gaze that projects its own narrative onto bodies of colour. It puts forward a thesis of racial agency, whereby the performance of "race" is scripted by the person of colour and not provoked by the construct of whiteness.


Objective To observe the effect of platelet-rich plasma(PRP)gel on tendon-bone healing following tendon allograft reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament(ACL).Methods Bilateral ACL reconstructions using Achilles tendon allografts were performed in 24 New Zealand white rabbits matured skeletally.One knee joint was pretreated with the allograft PRP gel(served as experimental group),while the contralateral knee joint was free from treatment with PRP(served as control group).The reconstructions were assessed histologically,immunohistochemically and biomechanically at 2,6 and 12 weeks.Results At 2 and 6 weeks,Burak scores of experimental group were higher than control group.At 12 weeks,the grafts showed a mature zone of fibrocartilage in experimental group but mature scar tissues on the tendon-bone surface.Immunohistochemistry demonstrated early higher expression of VEGF in experimental group than control group and continually higher expression of TGF-β1 in experimental than control group.In contrast,the grafts of the controls group revealed the development of mature scar tissue resembling Sharpey fibers spanning the tendon-bone interface.At 2 and 6 weeks,the biomechanical analysis revealed the limit load of(15.3±2.9)N and(33.2±6.9)N respectively in experimental group,which were significantly higher than(7.9±1.4)N and(23.7±4.9)N in control group (P < 0.05).Conclusion Application of PRP is the potential means to enhance the earlier healing of the allograft tendon-bone.

Key words:
Anterior cruciate ligament; Transplantation,homologous; Platelet-rich plasma


By comparison of DPPH radical scavenging ability of the Porphyra yezoensis extract with hydrochloric acid,citric acid,acetic acid,sodium carbonate and water solution,the best extraction medium was screened. By single factor experiments and response surface experiment,the optimum extraction conditions were determined. Main components and stability of the extract were also studied. Results showed that the Porphyra yezoensis extracts with hydrochloric acid solution had the strongest DPPH radical scavenging ability and the highest solids content. Optimum extraction conditions were to extract in 0.78mol/L hydrochloric acid solution at 60℃ for 1.5h,with the solid-liquid ratio of 1∶30. There were 54.33% total sugar,28.22% protein and 13.53% inorganic salts in the the extract. The reducing capacity of the extract was strong and the IC50 of DPPH radical scavenging ability was 0.537mg/mL. The pH value had the greatest impact on stability of the extract,followed by temperature,with light and the metal ions less impact.


Revolutionaries of modern times often imagine themselves not only as creators of a new future, but also as constructors of a new past. They seek to reinterpret events, rewrite texts, desacralize old idols and icons, and institute new heroes, heroines and martyrs for the cause newly victorious. They hope to recast popular memory to justify the new order. Historians might easily associate such attempts to reconstruct history and manipulate memory with the violent context of the French Revolution. Recent work in French cultural history has provided scholars with a fuller awareness of the functions of revolutionary propaganda, from iconography to ritual. Investigations into festival, street literature, rhetoric, reading, audience, and memory have given the revolutionary experience in France a cultural history that England's still lacks.


Taking advantages of the new construction and complex anchorage techniques,a method was proposed,with takes the tension force,flexural rigidity and length of hanger rod as unknown parameters to analyze the sensitivity of parameters with respect to natural frequencies.The algorithm based on sensitivity-updating is able to simultaneously identify the tension force,flexural rigidity and length of hanger rod.Then,the method was applied to four different hanger rods systems,and it is proved that the proposed method is of high accuracy,and can be applicable to the rods with high bending stiffness.A testing on a CFST tied arch bridge proves the field applicability of the method presented.


WE NOW KNOW THAT THERE IS NO REASON for any urban street in America to have four lanes. It cannot be justified.


Eipthelial-mesenchymal transformation in embryonic development is a highly conservative procedure,It is highly correlated with tumor invasion and metastasis.Several signaling pathways are involved in the cell phenotype transition,such as TGF-β pathway,Rho kinase family,Hedgehog pathway,Wnt pathway,Notch pathway and transcription factors.

Key words:
Signal transduction; Phenotype; Epithelial cells


Cocrystals composed of a pyrogallol[4]arene molecule (one of C-propylpyrogallol[4]arene in ethanol and one of C-hexylpyrogallol[4]arene in isopropanol) and a pyrene molecule were crystallized and investigated with the aim to develop trends based on solvent and aliphatic tail length of the pyrogallol[4]arene. These new trends along with previously determined trends for the fluorescent probe 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol (PAN), were then used to crystallize a cocrystal composed of C-hexylpyrogallol[4]arene and two fluorescent probes, pyrene and PAN. Within a two-component cocrystal of pyrene or PAN, the probe molecules are complexed in both the endo (inside the pyrogallol[4]arene bowl) and exo (outside the pyrogallol[4]arene bowl) positions. However, in the three component system, selective complexation of the probes is demonstrated whereby the PAN molecules prefer to be endo and the pyrene molecules occupy exo positions.


Objective: The purpose of this study is to translate the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) to the Korean version (K-BBS) and to evaluate its reliability. Method: With the agreement of Katherine Berg, the original editor of the BBS, two physiatrists and three physical therapists had translated the English version of BBS into Korean (K-BBS). This was back-translated into English by a Korean-American physiatrist fluent in English. After a 2- hour K-BBS education course, the video recorded K-BBS of 18 stroke patients were reviewed by nine examiners (four physiatrists and five physical therapists) to assess the interrater and the intra-rater reliability. Kendall's correlation coefficient and Pearson's correlation coefficient were computed to assess the intra-rater and test-retest reliability, respectively. Results: The inter-rater reliability was 0.97 at 2 separate evaluations with an interval of 10 days (p


The objective of this study was to investigate wellbeing in a random sample of nutritionists, using body image, and social and personal variables as causal factors, in an exploratory, crosssectional study. Statistical treatments included descriptive analyses, t-tests, ANOVAs, and linear regressions. The 242 participants perceived themselves frequently in a wellbeing state at work (M=3.8); 25.6% of participants presented a mildly distorted body image, 14.5% a moderately distorted body image, and 7.5% a severely distorted body image. Social and personal variables, such as having children and the level of personal income, were associated with wellbeing. Body image had a significant negative impact of 3.2 % on wellbeing.


This study, to bring a theoretical-methodological proposal, aims to understand how living family farmers growers tobacco in Laranjeiras do Sul/PR. Thus, the proposal developed the Livelihoods Index (IMV) and Living Condition Index (ICV) regarding the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), an international treaty to which the Brazil is a signatory and facilitator. Thus, to know how family farmers survive in rural areas, it becomes especially important for diversification actions or public policies that contribute to rural development. The methodology is based on the capabilities approach of Amartya Sen and the livelihoods perspective of Frank Ellis. The assumptions that supported this research consider that, on the one hand, the life conditions of family farmers producing tobacco are influenced by diversifying their livelihoods and, moreover, that tobacco contributes to increase financial capital of families, which does not necessarily proceeds in better living. To get the results of the survey, two questionnaires were applied to forty families. The first questionnaire was to identify the livelihoods of families, which they have to survive. The second questionnaire was to identify the living Revista Extensão Rural, DEAER – CCR – UFSM, Santa Maria, v.21, n.4, out./dez. 2014. 133 conditions of these families, aiming to grasp the perceptions about its conditions. In addition, we created a typology of livelihoods diversification degree. Thus, it was possible to observe and analyze the living conditions of diversified, specialized and less diverse families. Regarding the results, it is possible to consider that hypothesis was confirmed, and the diversified families have better means and living conditions in relation to others. While IMV average stood at 0,655, the diversified families had IMV of 0,660, succeed by less diversified (0.654) and specialized (0.646) Already ICV average reached 0.738. In this case, diversified and less diversified families showed 0,742 ICV and specialized families pointed 0,734. key words: family farmig; living conditions; rural development; diversification, livelihoods.


This paper investigates the modelling and the control of a turbocharged air system of a gasoline engine. The purpose of the work described here is to propose a new control strategy based on an original physical model of the system. This first part describes the development of a simple model of the system. Based on a complete representation of the system, some simplifications and assumptions are proposed in order to obtain a model with the adequate level of complexity for an integration in a control law. We describe a model based innovative control strategy. Experimental results are proposed on a 4 cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine. Conclusions stress the possibility of taking into account the model of this system by a simple, yet effici ent in practice, control law.


Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series (2005–8) demonstrates a strong connection with the theology, cultural practices and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), of which Meyer is an active member. One of the strongest ways in which this connection is demonstrated is through characterisation: specifically, by featuring vampires and werewolves as prominent supernatural characters in the text. Twilight employs vampires as a metaphor for the LDS Church. By eschewing literature's traditional association of vampires with subversive acts, especially subversive sexuality, and rewriting them as clean-cut pillars of the community, Twilight not only charts but promotes the progression of Latter-day Saints from nineteenth century social pariahs to modern day exemplars of conservative American family values. The series represents its Native American shapeshifting werewolves as an ancient group of people from LDS scriptural history called Lamanites, who were cursed by God with 'a skin of blacknes...


The present invention relates to a ground connection of the DC motor brushes pickup circuit. Comprising at least one metal plate (2), at each of its ends a metal plate having an electrical contact region (21, 22), the electrical contact region disposed in electrical contact of the motor housing of the motor is connected to a ground terminal; a first and a decoupling capacitor (C1) and a second decoupling capacitor (C2), a first branch which is electrically connected to the metal plate (2) and which are electrically connected to the second branch connecting the positive terminal of the sheet in the battery power (P + ) or connecting piece in the negative terminals of the battery power source (P-). The present invention is also applicable to manufacturing a windscreen wiper motor type motor of the motor vehicle.


The analysis of the analytical solution of the problem of the behavior of electron plasma in the AC electric field is fulfilled. Debye mode describes shielding of the external electric field in the plasma. The analysis of the region of existence of Debye mode, depending on the plasma parameters has been realized. A non-trivial dependence of the region of existence of Debye mode on the degree of degeneracy of the electron gas are revealed. For the case of nearly degenerate electron gas Debye mode has several areas of existence, depending on the frequency of the electric field.