The aim of this work was to study the effect of CO 2 applied at different crop stages through water by a subsurface drip irrigation system, at the yield and quality of cantaloupe melon ( Cucumis melo L. var. Reticulatus), hybrid Bonus II , cultivated in greenhouse. The experimental design consisted of randomized blocks with four treatments and four replications. There was no application of CO 2 and there was application of one CO 2 single rate during 2 days in 3 different periods of the crop stage. There were 12 CO 2 applications in T1, 6 in T2 and 6 in T3. The total amount of CO 2 applied at each treatment was measured in each application and at the end of the crop cycle. There were 12 CO 2 applications in treatment T1 (11.85 kg ha -1 of CO 2 ), 6 applications in T2 (11.85 kg ha -1 of CO 2 ) and 6 applications in T3 (11.65 kg ha -1 of CO 2 ). There was no application of CO 2 in treatment T4. Results showed that (a) CO 2 application through irrigation water for the fruiting provided yield increases; (b) CO 2 applications during flowering and fruiting initiation are, technically, the most recommended; (c) CO 2 application did not change the vegetative growth of the plants, neither the quality of the fruit regarding the flesh pH and the soluble solids content. However, the total acidity increased, and (d) CO 2 application increased the water usage efficiency.


Liquid crystalline elastomers of block copolymer chains end-linked into a diamond network have recently been shown to exhibit a sawtooth tensile response to uniaxial deformation [Macromolecules 2014, 47, 840−850], which can provide the basis to design supertough, highly stretchable materials. Molecular dynamics is used to study different chain designs that modulate the number of "teeth" and the strain-orientation dependence of the previously reported tensile response of ABA (25%–50%–25%) chains. Two chain designs with distinct tensile behaviors have been identified. First, ABA (15%–70%–15%) chains with lower backbone stiffness are found to exhibit a stress response independent of the extensional direction by virtue of morphological rearrangements occurring at low strains. Second, ABACA (20%–20%–20%–20%–20%) pentablock chains are found to exhibit a sawtooth response with twice as many "teeth" for a given strain and hence larger toughness. This architecture allows for more gradual chain unfolding events and...


A structured pathway was developed to allow patients to safely receive intravenous (i/v) frusemide at home.
 This pathway was implemented by an integrated team consisting of primary and tertiary care.
 This allowed the traditional acute hospital treatment to be now delivered in the community.

 This concept has been used on an individual case basis by a minority of acute hospitals.
 Previously there was no structured pathway that would allow this treatment to become a standard part of heart failure treatment by acute hospitals.
 The pathway would ensure that the treatment would be delivered safely to a cohort of patients who meet certain criteria.

 A pathway was developed by a consultant cardiologist, heart failure (HF) nurses and the Community Intervention Team (CIT)/CareDoc. The Caredoc Community Intervention Team (CIT) is a nurse led professional team that provides acute nursing care to patients in the community setting.
 The HF nurse would identify the suitable patient for i/v frusemide as per pathway.
 A referral would be sent to the CIT team who would administer the frusemide at the patients home.
 The CIT team would take a renal profile daily, check vital signs, check symptoms of HF and check daily weight on the patient while they were receiving i/v frusemide.
 The bloods results would be reviewed daily by the HF nurse.
 The HF nurse would liaise daily with the CIT team and patient for symptoms, daily weights and vital signs. The patient would then be reviewed in the HF clinic post treatment.

 Single centre retrospective analysis was undertaken of the patients who received i/v frusemide at home over a 3 year period.
 83 patients meet the inclusion criteria and received the treatment. 70 male and 13 female.
 Average age 78 years old.
 Average length of treatment 3 days.
 Treatment was given twice daily, average daily dose was 137 mg. Majority of treatment was 80mg bd or 60 mg bd.
 No failure cannulating any patient as CIT had high cannulation skills due to regular cannulation as part of workload.
 3 episodes of hypokalaemia, lowest potassium was 3.1 mmols, all 3 episodes were effectively treated with oral potassium supplements.
 No significant acute kidney injury was noted that required change to treatment.
 6 patients required heart failure associated admission to hospital, 3 had hypotension, 1 has fast A-flutter and 2 remained resistance to i/v frusemide and required inotropes.
 Both patient and carers reported a high satisfaction rate with the service.

 National length of stay for a HF patient in Ireland is 11 days.This novel structured pathway successfully selected appropriate patients who can safely receive i/v frusemide at home. 93% avoided hospital admission.This reduces the need for acute hospital admission and significant associated costs. Patients and carers rated 95% satisfaction with service.Sustainability of the project is driven by an integration team approach.

 Type of funding source: None


With hostile environment applications leading the way, fiber optic technology has evolved to become commercially practical for use in the chemical processing industries. Fiber optic products can be effective, reliable, and cost-competitive for many petroleum, chemical, pulp and paper, and plastic industry plants. The products are available as current options with equipment vendors or as third-party components that interface with existing systems. In industrial plants, control and communication signals are becoming more sophisticated to keep up with demands of efficiency and speed in present day operations. Most of these systems presently use copper as a medium for signal transmission. Copper cable, however, is limited in speed, reliability, endurance, electrical isolation, and routing within the plant. These problems are especially acute in certain industrial plants because of the expected plant life, lightning problems, high humidity, corrosive gases, and fire hazards. This article describes various applications of fiber optic products in the plant environment and points out their advantages over copper in many processing systems.


This article narrates the relationship betureen calcium and human healt h through the aspects such as the physulogical functions of calcium,the regulation and metabolism of calcium in the human body.It' s purpose is to show that it is necessary for people to absorb a ppropriate proportion of calcium in meals in order to keep fit and furthermore,to prouide a certain theoretical basis for promoting people to chango the structure of meals and the adjustment o f agricultural structure in Nanping City.


This document reports on the investigation of senior managers' interpretation of Intellectual Assets and their value to the corporation. The participants included ten senior managers from nine large Australian organizations. Confidential qualitative interviews were employed and emerging themes were identified. The research participants recognize the need to manage intellectual assets and their importance to operations and competitive advantage. However, because of the intangible nature of Intellectual Assets there is a lack of management of this valuable resource.


Example embodiments disclosed transient voltage measurement system and method of the present invention, a transformer windings, wherein the transient voltage measurement system comprising: an upper transformer comprising a transformer housing, a transformer housing for the cone, the lower portion comprising a transformer core and transformer winding , integral grounding transformer housing; end grounded and the other end connected to high voltage transformer winding nanosecond square wave source sequentially through the variable impedance transmission line and the coaxial transmission line, variable impedance transmission line transformer comprises a conical portion of the upper housing and the inner cone of the cone shaped high-voltage lead; different locations on the transformer housing and the tops of the transformer winding is provided corresponding to a plurality of capacitive sensors, form a distributed capacitive sensor array; a plurality of capacitive sensors are connected via signal transmission cable to the signal processing unit and memory. Embodiments of the invention can be without distortion nanosecond Fang Bo voltage applied to the transformer windings, the transformer windings does not affect the measuring sensor and the winding distribution parameters transient voltage distribution.


ABSTRACT This article addresses the approximate multi-objective optimum design of an automotive hydraulic steering system based on a multi-body dynamics analysis. The design problem of a hydraulic steering system was formulated to determine the design dimensions of a steering mechanism that is able to estimate the multi-objective Pareto-optimal solutions of weight and vibration frequencies that are subject to the dynamic response constraints of the main steering components. The multi-objective Pareto-optimal solutions were calculated using the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II (NSGA-II) based on various approximate models, and reviewed in terms of exploration performance and constraint feasibility. The multi-objective Pareto-optimal solution characteristics according to the approximate model were reviewed to identify a proper approximate model for the engineering design of a hydraulic steering system. The results of the Pareto solution from the proposed optimization methods could improve the vibration performance as well as the weight reduction of hydraulic steering systems.


In the present research thesis, we have obtained various and interesting new mathematical connections concerning the fundamental Ramanujan's formula to obtain a highly precise golden ratio, some sectors of Particle Physics and Black Holes entropies.


cancer in US men and eighth most common cancer type in US women. Moreover, the incidence of metastatic melanoma has been increasing worldwide at a rate faster than any other solid malignancy. There were an estimated 76,250 new cases of melanoma and 9,180 deaths from the disease in the US alone this year. Melanoma has been shown to affect a large number of younger patients and thus it is one of the leading cancers in terms of patient years-of-life lost.


: The subject of this article is the philosophy of the encounter of selected social groups, individuals with the excluded – beggars. In this kind of encounter (encounters) social work elements applied by state institutions and non-profit organisations in relation to people living off begging will be taken into consideration. Also elements of ethics accompanying such encounters will be indicated.


A study of the effects of combined cultural and site treatments on ground cover plants was conducted on the Archer and Anna Huntington Wildlife Forest Station in the Adirondack Mountains. Study areas were delineated in I960, and a pre-treatment tally of vegetation made in 1961. The treatments, consisting of combinations of either upper or lower crown removal with burning or scarification of the ground, were effected in ln62 and 1963* The post-treatment tally, done in 1965, indicated that: (l) herbaceous ground cover was reduced tremendously by all treatments involving burning or scarification, being virtually eliminated on the burns; (2) ground cover was Increased slightly by treatments Involving crown removal and no disturbance of the site; (3 ) in the northern hardwood forest, tree reproduction (essentially sugar maple) was not effectively changed by any treatment; and, (h) in the hardwood-conifer forest, tree reproduction (mainly yellow birch) was increased greatly by both burning and scarification. Objectives: (i) To determine the resulcs on ground cover vegeoatlon of various combinations of cultural and sire treatments; (25 to compare the variation in response of round cover plants in the two contrasting forest types; (3) to observe tne effects of the combined treatments on tret* and shrub reproduction; and, (h) to lay the groundwork for future larger sea'e studies which might utilise burning and/or scar*fication as site treatment technirues. Techniques General: The method employed consisted of: (l) the selection and heed: preparation of the study areas; (2) pre-treatment tallies of vegetation; (3) execution of cultural and site treatments; (U) post-treatment tallies of vegetation; and (5 ) eummo.riv.ation and analysis of date.. Selection and Preparation of the Study Areas:______ Eight relatively undisturbed stanas on the Archer and anna Huntington Wildlife Forest Station were chosen for this study. The stands are equally distributed between northern hardwood and hardwcodconi fer forest. Within each stand a block of about 1.3 acres was ■** c. — W-105-B-: -6 I-B selected for its conformity to forest type and. accessibility. Within each block three plots, 2.75 chains by 1.25 chains, were then established to evaluate the cultural treatments, i.e., upper half of tree crown removed, lover half of tree canopy removed., and conUol. A one-hadt ■■"buffer1 etr.O:. i.trpaiated each plot 1 roiii tne next nearest plots. The corners of each plot were staked and the entire boundary painted blue. A symbol consisting of a domac nuiueial and a letter was assigned to *-ach plot, the former to designate the block in which the plot was located, and the fatter indicating the cultural treatment to he applied, (A-upper half of brown removed; r-low-r i.&lf; C-control). Treatments were assigned to the plots on a random basis. Within each cultural treatment plot, three, one-cuarter chain square sub-plots were positioned so that eacn was one-half chain from the plot boundary, and one-half chain from the nearest sub-plot. These sub-plots, to be used for comparison of site treatments, were marked with wooden stakes (for scarification and control treatments;, and pieces of bronze rod (for burning treatments). Site treatment were assigned on a random basis and designated uy letters (D-burning; .tti-scarlf1cation; F-control). Nine square meter sampling plots were then established within each site treatment sub-plot, and assigned an Arabic numeral, figure 1 depicts the arrangement of one cultural block. Pre-treatment Tallies ot Vegetation:______ To facilitate the execution of the cultural treatment, and to make a quantitative measure cf the character and composition of the overstory possible, tree crown diagrams were made c.n the cultural treatment plots as follows: a 100-foot tape w s stretched through the center cf '.he plot in a north-south direction, and a six-foot wide belt transect taken along this line. All trees from one-inch d.b.n. up were measured and sketched, with the species, d.b.h. height, crown height and crown width being recorded. figure 2 depicts a crown profile subjected to the various cultural treatments. On the souare meter sampling plots all herbaceous species were counted by stems. In addition all tree reproduction, shrubs and berry canes were tallied by the following height classes: 0-J. foot; ifoot to 2 feet; 2 feet to k feet; k feet to 6 feet; c feet to 8 feet; 8 feet lo 10 feet; and, over10 feet. All of the pre-treatment tallies were completed in the summer of 1961. Execution of Cultural and Site Treatments: Cultural treatment, involving the deadening of vegeta tion with siivicides, were completed in August, 1961. These treatments were: (15 the deadening of the upper-half of the crown canopy; (2) the deadening of the lower-half of the canopy; and, (3 ) no treatmentfor control. The upper crown treatment was accomplished by the applica tion of sodium arsenite in frill girdles, while the lower lalf treatment was done by 2-k-5~T applied by mist-blower, and sodium arsfnit.e in frills. These treatments are depicted schematically in Figure 2.


57 ABSTRACT A fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process and apparatus using a riser and a reactor for cracking of petroleum feeds in the presence of a catalyst and a regenerator for regenerating the spent catalyst are improved by provid ing a downflow riser. The downflow riser assures uni form distribution of the catalyst throughout the feed, decreases contact time of the catalyst with the feed and decreases the amount of coke made in the process.


Mortality defines 'to be in the state of being prone to death'. The mortality rate is the measure of the frequency of occurrence of death in a defined population during a specified interval. The major causes of death in the recent decade is due to the Cardiovascular diseases, Cancers and Respiratory diseases. The problem is hosted on CodaLab as an ongoing competition. In this work, we have been provided with a data set that contains 342 features. The training data consists of 80,000 patient's records which are highly biased as 90 percent of the labels belong to the class '0'. Due to its skewed nature, various oversampling techniques were tried. Certain Machine learning techniques were then applied to detect the death chances of a person during their stay at the hospital based on their medical records. Accuracy of 76.68% percent was achieved on the testing data (20,000 records).


Agriculture depends on fertilizers to provide nutrients for plants. Phosphorus (P) is one of these nutrients and is the second-most necessary for plant growth. Global production of P fertilizer is concentrated in Morocco, China and the United States. A large amounts of P resources are found in organic wastes that can be transformed through phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms during the composting process. In this study, we first determined the enzymatic activity of phosphatases and phytase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATC 15442. Second, we evaluated the mineralization of P in mature compost when inoculated with P. aeruginosa ATC 15442, phytases, a cocktail of phosphate-solubilizing enzymes and their combinations. Finally, we evaluated different concentrations of the cocktail trying to release more P in the compost. The results indicated that P. aeruginosa exuded alkaline phosphatases, acid phosphatase, neutral phosphatase and phytase. The enzymatic cocktail increased inorganic P (Pi) when added to the mature compost: this was able to release up to 95% more Pi in the compost compared to the amount of Pi released in the control compost. The current study demonstrated the importance of adding the cocktail to enhance Pi in mature compost; however, further studies are required to confirm the results and practical applications.


ARTICLE INFORMATION ABSTRACT Original Research Paper Received 16 march 2016 Accepted 27 April 2016 Available Online 25 May 2016 The main scope of this paper is the analysis of the specifications of deflagration-induced and detonation-induced deformation and fracture behaviors of cylindrical tubes. The main characteristics of deformation and fracture behaviors were studied through experimentations on steel pipes and failure analysis of a compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinder. The paper also reports the results of transientdynamic elasto-plastic finite element (FE) analyses of the combustion-induced deformation and fracture behaviors of the pipe and the CNG cylinder. The FE models were composed of 3D brick elements equipped with interface cohesive elements for crack growth analysis. Very good agreement was found between the simulation results and the observed deformation and fracture patterns. It was shown that, because of different loading conditions, specific deformation and fracture features can develop during the explosion process.


Jejunal diverticulosis is a rare condition that remains asymptomatic and, thus, undiscovered in most patients.However, a fewcases candevelop acute and/or chronic complications that then shed light on their existence. Diagnoses of these complicationsmaybedelayeddue to the attribution of symptoms to more common causes of abdominal pain.Thus,while jejunal diverticulosis is a rare entity, it is important for clinicians to gain increased awareness of its diagnosis and its potential complications.


Conflict and change in non-profits: Charisma, external control and heterogeneity in development NGOs This article explores the role of conflict in organisational cultures and models. Based on the study of three development NGOs located in Andalusia—Madre Coraje, Paz y Solidaridad, and Manos Unidas—it analyses how episodes of internal crisis, far from threatening the survival of organisations, can, in the mid term, have an adaptive effect in ecological terms by clarifying organisational identity or negotiating an equilibrium between different sectors and organisational trends. It concludes that internal conflict, in these cases originating from the attempt of external organisations or charismatic figures to control the DNGO, has the effect of restraining and shaping the way in which environmental factors drive development organisations towards bureaucracy and professionalism.


Diagnostik und Therapie. By M. Mumenthaler and H. Schliack. (Pp. xii + 348; 173 figures; 19 tables. DM.68.) Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag. 1965. Clinical neurologists expect to be able to define and localize any lesion of a peripheral nerve. In peace-time practice, however, many nerve lesions are only seen rarely, and for any clinician who wishes to perfect his methods and knowledge of peripheral nerve diseases and injuries this is a wonderfully comprehensive work of reference. The methods of testing the strength of each muscle are clearly illustrated and Table 8 (p. 164) deserves special mention, for here are displayed on one sheet the muscles of the upper extremity which are involved in every variety of peripheral nerve or plexus injury: a most ingenious presentation. The therapeutic problems receive relatively little attention, but from the surgical point of view the use of millipore in the bridging of gaps in a nerve is referred to.


We present the results of a WIYN integral field unit study of the kinematics of the ionized gas in IC 10, a dwarf irregular starburst galaxy in the Local Group. Though the velocity field of the ionized gas closely matches that of the H I, there are several kinematically interesting features in the galaxy. The diffuse ionized gas in the galaxy exhibits larger Hα line widths than the bright complexes. In one case this is due to an infusion of energy into the gas associated with the radio superbubble discovered by Yang & Skillman. We find that the amount of energy in this region is consistent with their hypothesis that the region contains 10 supernova remnants. We also detect a high-velocity (70 km s-1) expanding shell in the ionized gas, which is likely driven by three confirmed Wolf-Rayet stars that are located within the shell. Extrapolating from Hunter's initial mass function, we find that the central starburst region contains approximately equal energy contributions from stellar winds and supernovae (SNe), suggesting that SNe are just beginning to play a significant role in shaping the kinematics of the ionized gas. However, all of this energy cannot be easily accounted for in the kinematics of the gas. We detect an energetic flow of gas (3 × 1052 ergs), which we believe originates from the starburst region. We also detect a high-velocity (70 km s-1) feature not coincident with any structure in our Hα image. This feature, along with the flow and shell, can account for the energy produced by stellar wind and SNe. The flow resembles one discovered by Wilcots & Thurow in NGC 4214; together they suggest that the porosity of the interstellar medium contributes significantly to the high velocity of some portion of the ionized gas in irregular galaxies.


Across the UK's higher education sector, an internet search was conducted to identify and better understand what the mooting learning opportunities were from 100 universities, (Lowenstein, 2018). The quantitative overview revealed that mooting activities were wide spread within the LLB curriculum and also beyond it through voluntary activities set up by student mooting societies. There was diversity within mooting activities including 99% offering mooting competitions, 47% offering engagement with law clinics and 1% offering full show trials. Importantly, such high mooting learning provision nationally suggests that such opportunities were valued by students. However, whilst many academics and their students may likely know what mooting is, there remains very little recent qualitative data published regarding students' predominant challenges, emotions and feedback for improvement as they acquire and develop their mooting skills including why they feel as they do. This research provides the results from self-administered qualitative survey data gathered from 2017 to 2019, (Andres, 2012: 47). The student data gathered from mooting activities at Bournemouth University specifically includes mooting competitions, the opportunity in placements to engage with law clinics, but also the very rare full show trial. This involves a practising judge, legal counselling testing evidence via witness handling upon a criminal law scenario and leads to a jury decision from the students (Bournemouth University, 2019). The indicative shared perceptions of 75 students covered the following areas with relevant likert attitudinal scales: 1) Access to mooting guidance and resources. 2) Extent of the learning challenge (high to low). 3) How and why emotions develop over time (positive to negative). 4) Feedback for improvement. The indicative data will be discussed and conclusions posited for the audience.


The systemic bioavailability of buprenorphine has been studied in female rats following single doses (200 μg kg−1) administered by one of six different routes. Relative to the 100% bioavailability from the intraarterial route the mean bioavailabilities were intravenous, 98%; intrarectal, 54%; intrahepatoportal, 49%; sublingual, 13%; and intraduodenal, 9·7%. Area under the curve analysis of buprenorphine concentrations in blood showed the relative fractions of drug extracted (first pass) by gut, liver and lung to be 0·80, 0·50 and 0·02 respectively, In situ absorption studies showed that the poor availability of intraduodenally administered buprenorphine is not due to slow or incomplete absorption.


Since the last two decades the history has witnessed that aging and gerontology have been the focus of extensive discourse and concern. Aging has arrived as an issue and object of study, and academic community recognized aging as a legitimate area of study. As the number of elderly has increased exponentially, the professional and paraprofessional occupations dealing with that problems of the elderly has also increased. Chronologically, a person is considered to be old if he/she experiences a long life. Old is not only viewed by its chronological aspect, but also by its physical and psychological aspects as well. Aging results in body structural and functional changes, and it generates impairment, disability, and sometimes conform to a disease. The mechanisms and factors underlying aging process are still controversial. In attempts to explain aging process some numbers of theories have been proposed. It is, therefore, the emerging issues concerning old and aging process are: how the aging process takes place and which theories are still plausible? Aging process is a life-long process, characterized by body- failures in maintaining homeostatic conditions to physiological stresses. There are a variety of theories of aging that are proposed in which some of them are still plausible. Keywords : elderly - aging process - body structural & functional changes - impairment & disability -theories of aging


Pediatricians are well acquainted with the fact that accidents are the leading cause of death in children after the first year of life, and that the automobile causes more deaths than all other accidental causes combined. During the last 20 years, while the death rates from infectious diseases and other causes have shown a marked decline, death rates from accidents, in children under 4 years of age, have remained unchanged. It is all too apparent that vigorous action among those providing medical care for children must now be directed to the prevention of accidental death and injury, particularly from the automobile.


QR-decomposition accelerators are attractive SoC components for many applications with a wide range of specifications. A new family of highly area- and energy-efficient, modular two-way linear-array QRD architectures based on the Givens algorithm and CORDIC rotations is proposed. The template architecture allows for implementations of real-/complex-valued and integer/floating-point QRDs. An accurate algebraic cost model enables cross-level optimization over architecture, micro-architecture and circuit level using a rich set of parameters. Quantitative results for exemplary applications are presented for implementations in 40-nm CMOS, proving the significant improvement of efficiency.


Objective To find out inpatients' opinions,and to provide reference for improving inpatients' satisfaction and for enhancing the harmony between doctors and patients.Methods Using the data of the 4th China National Health Services Survey in 2008,and using descriptive and Logistic regression methods to analyze inpatients' evaluation of the health institution and factors associated with patients' dissatisfaction.Results Most inpatients are satisfied with the health institution.The four most dissatisfaction factors are high medical expenses,poor facility,fussy procedure and bad attitude.Income,days in hospital and proportion of self-paying,etc.affect patients' satisfaction.Conclusion Improving inpatients' satisfaction needs efforts of providers,patients and the government.


Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is an uncommon but serious progressive fibrotic lung disease characterised by deteriorating symptoms, respiratory failure and death, often within 5 years from diagnosis. Up to 10% of patients with IPF have a family history of this disease, known as Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis (FPF). Prior genetic studies have identified rare variants in genes relating to telomere and epithelial function and are responsible for about 20% of FPF cases. To identify the missing heritability we recruited FPF patients to the 100k Genome Project and analysed data from the Whole Genome Sequencing from 169 cases (140 probands and 29 family members) and 8127 controls. Our filtering strategy identified rare deleterious variation (tier 1 and tier 2) in over 20% of the patients. Novel variants in over 20 genes, not previously associated with pulmonary fibrosis, were found to be present at much greater frequency in FPF patients compared with controls, including two missense exonic DOCK3 variants. DOCK3 is a member of the DOCK-B subfamily of guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) which function as activators of small G proteins. DOCK3 specifically activates the small G protein Rac and can promote reorganisation of the cytoskeleton and activation of downstream signalling pathways. Analysis of a number of lung tissue datasets has revealed lung tissue DOCK3 mRNA is increased in patients with pulmonary fibrosis. To determine whether DOCK3 protein is increased in whole lung tissue from patients with pulmonary fibrosis, immunohistochemical analysis was performed. In non-fibrotic lung tissue, a low level of DOCK3 expression was throughout the lung. In lung samples from IPF patients, DOCK3 was expressed widely in numerous cells within fibrotic areas of the lung although the exact cell types expressing DOCK3 in these regions have yet to be determined. These data suggest that DOCK3 could be a novel and important genetic contributor to fibrotic lung disease and studies to replicate these findings and define the functional consequences DOCK3 variants are ongoing. Acknowledgement This research was made possible through access to the data and findings generated by the 100,000 Genomes Project; http://www.genomicsengland.co.uk.


In this paper, a stochastic higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation, which describes the wave propagation in the optical fiber with stochastic dispersion and nonlinearity, is investigated analytically. Via the symbolic computation and white noise functional approach, the stochastic dark one- and two-soliton solutions are obtained, and effects of the Gaussian white noise on the stochastic dark one and two solitons are discussed. For the stochastic dark one soliton, velocity and phase change randomly because of the Gaussian white noise, but the energy, shape and amplitude keep unchanged during the soliton propagation. For the stochastic dark two solitons, effect of the Gaussian white noise leads to the inversion of the velocity directions, while the velocities have the same varying trend so that the interaction appears that the stochastic dark two solitons keep parallel.


Abstract 621 The classification of leukemias and lymphomas is based upon the state of differentiation of hematopoietic cells from which the malignancy is derived. These malignancies frequently preserve aspects of their lineage and lineage-specific markers are a standard in the pathology diagnosis of these tumors. Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common form of non Hodgkin lymphoma and comprises at least 2 different molecular subsets. The first subset is derived from germinal center B cells (GCB DLBCL) and is characterized by a relatively good prognosis when treated with standard chemotherapy. The second subset, activated B cell like (ABC) DLBCL, is characterized by higher expression of plasmacytic genes (IRF4, PRDM1 and XBP1), an activated phenotype and poorer prognosis. Unlike multiple myeloma, ABC DLBCLs lack the morphology and phenotype of plasma cells. The normal B cell counterpart of ABC DLBCLs is unknown. Thus, there are 2 major aspects of the molecular phenotype ABC DLBCLs—first, ABC DLBCLs demonstrate features of plasma cell differentiation, suggesting that they are derived from post-germinal center cells that are undergoing plasmacytic differentiation. Second, ABC DLBCLs are characterized by high activity of the NF-KB pathway, which is responsible for their activated phenotype. The etiology of NF-KB activation is not known, but is thought to result from acquired mutations in genes that encode the NF-KB pathway. Although plasmablasts have been studied extensively in vitro, using a variety of techniques to induce plasmacytic differentiation, comprehensive studies of in vivo, lymph node-derived human plasmablasts have been lacking. Methods and Results: Using flow cytometry for a standard set of B cell markers (CD19, CD20, IgD, CD38, CD27, CD10, CD138), we identified mature B cell subsets including naive, germinal center (GC), memory, plasmablast (PB) and plasma cells (PC) from healthy patients undergoing routine tonsillectomy. These subsets were profiled for gene expression at the whole genome-level and we constructed Bayesian predictors to distinguish these subsets. These gene expression-based predictors could distinguish the normal B cell subsets perfectly. We then applied these Bayesian predictors to identify the lineage of 350 tumors from patients with DLBCL and 125 patients with multiple myeloma. Tumors with ABC and GCB DLBCLs were distinguished based on their gene expression profiles. Using the Bayesian gene expression predictors, we found that GCB DLBCLs were classified as germinal center B cells, whereas ABC DLCBLs were classified as plasmablasts and multiple myeloma cases were classified as plasma cells. We found over 90% concordance between the lineage-based (PB vs GC) predictor and the previously defined gene expression-based predictor that distinguishes ABC from GCB DLBCL (P Notably, PBs demonstrated lower expression of BCL6 and CD10, and higher expression of IRF4 and PRDM1 compared to GC cells. The expression pattern was reversed when compared to plasma cells. Thus, the gene expression profile of PBs was intermediate between germinal center (GC) and plasma cells (PC), with regard to expression of genes related to plasmacytic differentiation (p=0.008, Figure 1A). We further investigated the expression of the NF-KB pathway in these B cell subsets and DLBCL and multiple myeloma. We found that higher expression of NF-KB in ABC DLBCL compared to GCB DLBCL and multiple myeloma reflects the differences in NF-KB activity of their normal counterparts, results that were highly statistically significant (p=0.009, Figure 1B). Thus the higher expression of genes related to plasmacytic differentiation as well as NF-KB activation in ABC DLBCL appears to be directly related to their origin from plasmablasts. Conclusion: The key aspects of the molecular phenotype of ABC DLBCLs, i.e. plasmacytic differentiation and NF-KB expression, are a direct reflection of their normal counterpart B cells. Our data provide the basis for a better understanding of the pathogenesis of DLBCL. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


This study examined the opinions of 44 teacher education majors, prior to student teaching, about the state of public education in the United States. It also investigated their perceptions of the opinions of faculty and practicing teachers regarding the same issue. The study examined the degree of multicultural instruction and the method by which the students received the instruction. Students completed a three-part self-report survey. The first section sought their opinions about problems and solutions facing U.S. public education and asked students to recall what their teacher education faculty and practicing teachers expressed about problems facing public schools. The second section asked about students' diversity training and opinions about discrimination in the United States. The third section requested demographic information. Results indicated that students' own perceptions and opinions closely matched those of faculty and teachers, who ranked economic issues as the main problem in U.S. public education. Students ranked social/emotional or diversity issues as the second problem. This was in direct contrast to their perceptions of the opinions of faculty and teachers, who they believed would rank parental/family issues second and social/emotional and diversity issues last. The results also showed that students did not receive the instructional methods that research has shown are necessary to facilitate change in opinions and behavior. (Contains 26 references.) (Author/SM) ******************************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ******************************************************************************** 1 Teacher Education Perspectives The State of Public Education in the United States: Teacher Education Students' Perspectives Larry F. Cross, E. Jean Johnson, Kathleen Giuntoli, Karen M. Peterson, and Glenna L. Howell Governors State University PER ISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES 1 INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) O This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. O Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. Running Head: TEACHER EDUCATION PERSPECTIVES BEST COP Y AVAILArdLE, 2 Teacher Education Perspectives


The This paper presents an analysis of different perspectives on quality of life as a multidisciplinary research topic. The theoretical review presents the problem of content of the concept "quality of life" concept in human sciences. The gGiven category is difficult to characterize with one definition, as it is a rather broad concept that allows various theoretical interpretations. In classical studies quality of life is usually associated with objective factors, such as physical health, economic well-being, various external circumstances and conditions of life, etc. Economy, sociology, and medicine deal mostly with "quantity", not "quality", of good life. Most instruments of measuring quality of life are focused on the external sides of human life, forgetting about inner factors. Other researchers associate quality of life with subjective satisfaction with health, leisure time, income, work, etc., but don't take into account the meaning and significance of these fields to for personality. Though such theories were the dominative basis of the understanding of well-being of persons and societies for long many decades, other researchers admit that quality of life as a subjective value depends on individual perception of life and meaningful attitude towards it. Recently, the research emphasis in psychology has been shifting towards the subjective parameters of life, and the category of subjective quality of life was introduced as an integral concept for the subjective basis of psychological well-being. Subjective approach to quality of life seems a promising research direction, but needs more theoretical and empirical support.


Hypospadias has been repaired surgically for centuries, during which time relatively little attention has been paid to penile dressings. Many different types have been developed with varying degrees of popularity. The choice is determined by the surgeon, with a regrettable lack of discussion with the nurses who care for the children, nor with the patients' families. Over half of those with hypospadias require a simple operative procedure, e.g. the meatal advancement and glanuloplasty, or its modification with foreskin preservation. These patients need either no dressing or one applied for a few hours and are not discussed here. For penile or more proximal hypospadias a dressing needs to be combined with a urethral catheter or stent. The dressing should fulfil the following requirements: keep the penis stabilized, for enhancing tissue healing and pain relief; reduce postoperative swelling and bleeding by applying constant moderate pressure; prevent interference with the surgery; and maintain the catheter position. The dressing should be unobtrusive, reliable (i.e. strong enough to last up to 10 days and not need repair), easy to remove with minimum discomfort by a general nurse, be acceptable to the patient and family, and not be liable to cause infection. We describe a dressing used by one of the authors, with the rationale for that choice.


Little is known about the flexibility of children's prosocial motivation. Here, 2- and 3-year-old children's (n = 128) internal arousal, as measured via changes in pupil dilation, was increased after they accidentally harmed a victim but were unable to repair the harm. If they were able to repair (or if they themselves did not cause the harm and the help was provided by someone else) their arousal subsided. This suggests that children are especially motivated to help those whom they have harmed, perhaps out of a sense of guilt and a desire to reconcile with them. Young children care not only about the well-being of others but also about the relationship they have with those who depend on their help.


The min object of this study was to prove the effectiveness of PCA(principal component analysis) merged images produced by PCA method using high resolution IRS-1C PAN data and multispectral Landsat TM data A sample data which has ten classes was generated for evaluation of the overall classification accuracy. In result, merged sample image which TM13457 bands with IRS-1C PAN data by PCA method showed best result (95.1%). Especially, the largest improve (6.2%) in classification accuracy was resulted when IRS-1C PAN data was merged with TM123457 or TM13457 images. In addition, landuse classification accuracy of the PCA merged images was improved (5.16%) than original color composite images of Landsat TM data.


1. Author(s): McKeachie, W. J., U. Michigan, Ann Arbor. Title: Lipstick as a determiner of first impressions of personality: an experiment for the general psychology course. Source: Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 1952. pp. 241-244. Abstract: A simple rating experiment in which men rated girls which "required little expenditure of time, was of great intrinsic interest to the students, and the results of which were useful in the discussion of halo effects, differences in frames of reference of raters, degree of reliability, projections, and other characteristics of ratings."


There are 622 French songs for which a composer can be named in the years from about 1415 to 1480. For threequarters of these the ascription is in only a single source. Of the 163 pieces that happen to be ascribed in more than one source, nearly one-third (48; or 29 per cent) have conflicts of ascription. It is easy to conclude that in the matter of early composers and their works we are often living in a fool's paradise. There are no uncontested autographs (indeed very few that have even been suggested), and the few scribes that can be named are marginal figures; so there sometimes seems remarkably little to go on for the historian in pursuit of verifiable fact. Perhaps that pursuit has less appeal today than it had half a century ago. But so long as we continue to use words like "Dufay" it is worth noting that sixty-seven of the eighty-four songs in the main body of Besseler's Dufay edition name him in only one manuscript; my figures suggest that if all of these had another ascribed source perhaps twenty of them could contain a different name.


During the War of Resistance against Japan, the Cultural United Front under the leadership of CPC is the important part of the Anti-Japanese National United Front wrth its own particular laws. The thought and policy of the Cultural United Front, which is not attached much attention by the academic circles for a long time, is one of the important contents of the New-Democratic Culture. The article summorizes the process of the policy, the base, and main contents of the Cultural United Front.


To strengthen the growth characteristics of layer on Q235 steel, a new source structure of Cr-Mo infiltration was proposed by plasma surface metallurgy technology. Comparative experiments were carried out on source polar of scrubbing brush structure and barrel-shaped structure respectively. The results indicated that the thickness of layer increased obviously on source polar of scrubbing brush structure. The good effect of source polar of scrubbing brush structure was analyzed from the angle of glow discharge.


As global interaction and cultural diversity become prominent, cultural competence has received more attention. To understand nonprofit organizations' (NPO's) international workers' learning process in terms of cultural competence, this study used a cultural competence attainment model as a theoretical framework, enlisted 10 Taiwanese international humanitarian workers, and explored how their expatriate experiences of local service influenced their cultural competence. This study identified three levels of influence, namely, the peripheral, cognitive, and reflective levels. Based on these findings, this study suggests the practice of designing related developmental activities in accordance with the three levels and more future research focusing on the process of acquiring cultural competence.


Since the star hotels are directly relates to the both internal and external tourism it has important contributory role to the nation therefore smooth operation of the hotels is most. Looking to current performance of the hotels some of the hotels are in loss condition and therefore it becomes challenging issues for both hotel management and Nepal government. Several numbers of literatures have explained an employee involvement practice is one that affects organizational performance. Therefore this study attempts to explore existing situation of employee involvement culture and its association with performance of star hotels in Pokhara. Since Nepal government announced Nepal Visit Year 2020 this study is highly relevant. This study compare between hotels having involvement practices and non-involvement practices in association with their financial performance in Pokhara. The advantage of this research is broadly defined into three sets of variables as employee empowerment, team work and carer development that focus interrelationship with star hotel's performance. The result revealed the hotels which have adopted employee involvement practices mostly get good financial result and vice versa. The result shows there is strong relationship between employee empowerment and team work practice with better financial result. Though previous literature explained career development is strong variable that supports performance, but in the Nepalese context this variable does not have significant impact. Hence, the study concludes that the management must give high priority to employee empowerment and team work and less priority to career development for better financial performance of the star hotels in Pokhara.


Objective:To understand the current situation of health and health care requirement of rural perimenopausal women in Lishui area,offer help for improving health status of rural perimenopausal women in Lishui area,and provide a basis for establishing health service mode for rural perimenopausal women.Methods:Multi-stage random cluster sampling method was used to select 540 women aged 40-55 years old from rural area of Lishui as investigation objects,a uniform questionnaire was used for site investigation.Results:Among 540 women,306 women were found with normal menstruation and generally normal menstruation,119 women were found with menstrual disorder,and 115 women were found with menopause;the mean age of spontaneous menopause was(49.21±2.18) years.The incidence of perimenopausal syndrome was 78.1%,the main symptoms were bone and joint pain(380 women),sleeplessness(355 women),headache(316 women),dizzy palpitation(316 women),fidgety(281 women),and excited(292 women).There was statistically significant difference in the quality of life among the women at different age groups(P0.01).Only 17.4% of the women understood perimenopausal knowledge,and 2.4% of the perimenopausal women received hormone replacement therapy during perimenopausal period;only 35.6% of the perimenopause women underwent physical examination within 1-2 years.Conclusion:Health consciousness of the rural women in Lishui area was weak,the incidence of perimenopausal syndrome was high.Carrying out general medical health care service among perimenopausal women and enhancing comprehensive prevention and treatment of perimenopausal syndrome are helpful to improve the health level and quality of life of rural women.


T? BRING Up to date the accounts of Elizabethan authors in the 1 Dictionary of National Biography, and to collect similar information on the lives and works of writers not included in that great work, have been my main aims during several years of exploring in English archives and manuscript collections and in the libraries of Harvard and Wisconsin. A research fellowship granted by the Huntington Library made it possible during 1940-41 to concentrate upon gathering such information for eventual publication in a biographical dictionary of Elizabethan authors. Since it will be many years before such a work can be finished, I take this opportunity to suggest what the biographical dictionary is expected to include and to point out some ways in which it may be made still more useful to scholars than the Dictionary of National Biography has been. The Dictionary of Elizabethan Authors is intended to give concise accounts of the lives and works of all English, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh authors who wrote books of any kind during the reign of Elizabeth (1558-1603). Within that period it will include authors of manuscript as well as of printed books; writers in Latin or other languages as well as in English; translators as well as original authors; not merely writers of literary interest but writers who were


The main aim of the project is to create a cost effective prosthetic arm controlled by the surface EMG signals which would facilitate the differently-abled with arms that they would love to get. To serve differently abled fellow beings by harnessing technology is our motto. The designed prosthesis is based on the real-time learning method and the proposed real-time scheme consists of four basic units. They are signal acquisition and pre-processing unit, feature vector extraction Unit, Pattern classifier unit and the real-time trainer unit. The sEMG signals which originate from the residual muscles have low amplitude of 100 μv for moderately contracted muscles. The sEMG signals are amplified and then band limited to bring it in the amplitude range of 1-10v, the signals are finally rectified to convert it into a dc signal. The process of acquisition and processing is done by the preprocessing unit. The Feature vector unit processes the signal and the feature vectors are extracted. Once the feature vector set is formed, it is fed to the pattern classifier unit, where the neural network is employed for the non-linear mapping of the feature vector to a control command. For learning the user characteristics, neural network uses the back propagation algorithm. In order to get the exact mappings, the weights of the neural networks are modified by real-time trainer unit which employs real-time learning. The process is repeated until the control command generated is similar to the teacher vector from the user or the RMS value of the error is reduced below the threshold value. Once the neural network is trained, it outputs the control command; normally binary values are used to control the Prosthesis. The arm is driven through a set of motors (either stepper or servo motors). The control commands are fed from the processing unit which controls the motors which in-turn controls the movement of the arm. Our design of prosthetic arm has one degree of freedom and hence two actions can be carried out. The former grabbing an object and the latter releasing the object. The clockwise rotation of the motor will perform an action and the anticlockwise rotation will perform the second action. In this work, one degree of freedom is considered. This design will serve the amputees and the same design can be extended to higher degrees of freedom similar to the human hand. Keywords— Prosthetic arm, Real-time learning method, human hand prosthesis, EMG signal processing, Electromyography, Myoelectric prosthetic arm.


This work presents a study on the thermo-optical properties of colloidal gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) under a low power laser irradiation at 532 nm. Samples of various gold volume fractions, ranging from 2.5×10-4 to 19.5×10-4%, are synthesized by nanosecond pulsed laser ablation of a pure gold plate in the distilled water. The formation of the AuNPs has been evidenced by optical absorption spectra and transmission electron microscopy. We investigate the effect of the gold nanoparticle concentration on thermo-optical properties of the colloids using the Z-scan technique. The nonlinear optical measurements exhibit a very large nonlinear refraction close to the surface plasmon resonance frequency of the nanoparticles. Our results reveal that the heat diffusion in the colloids is due to nonlocal thermal process. As the gold concentration increases, the temperature change within and around gold nanoparticles greatly enlarges the thermo-optic and thermal nonlinear refractive index coefficients of the samples. This work suggests that thermal nonlinear refraction will play an important role in development of photonic applications involving metal nanoparticles colloids.


Flexible polyurethane foams (FPUFs) have wide applications in numerous fields; however, their high flammability seriously threatens the environment and humans. Thus, it is of practical significance to realize the self-extinguishing property of FPUF. Herein, silica aerogel and sodium alginate (SA) were deposited on the skeleton surface of FPUF utilizing electrostatic force through layer-by-layer assembly. The thermal, flame-retardant, and smoke-suppression properties of coated FPUF were improved effectively. With increase in the number of coating layers, the coated FPUF has more significant flame retardancy. Compared with pure FPUF, the coated FPUF reaches V-0 rating during the vertical burning test, and PHRR and total smoke production (TSP) of coated FPUF were reduced by 69.41 and 78.11%, respectively. The improvements in flame-retardant and smoke-suppression properties of coated FPUF are attributed to the excellent protection barrier of the network formed by SA/silica aerogel, preventing the FPUF from fu...


EXTRACTMAN® improved isolation speed nine-fold and produced equivalent or better yields of purified DNA compared to tube-based isolation methods. EXTRACTMAN is versatile and compatible with a variety of existing paramagnetic bead-based isolation kits. Four DNA samples from two different organisms (mammalian and plant) were processed in parallel with no cross-contamination.


This paper examines the effect of English immersion of university mathematics class in Korea in terms of English proficiency gain...


High density pellets of zirconium carbide--uranium monocarbide solid solutions were made by reactive hot pressing, wherein the proper amounts of ZrC, UO/sub 2/, and graphite powders were placed in a grapbite die, allowed to react at about 2000 deg C in a vacuum or argon, and were then pressed to form the desired ZrC--UC pellet. The addition of 1 wt.% nickel enhanced grain growth, but the nickel did not remain in the final product. (auth)


Abstract: A peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD; EC 184.108.40.206) has been isolated from bovine brain and some of its characteristics have been studied. The enzyme showed an absolute requirement for Ca2+, a temperature optimum at ∼50°C, and two Kmvalues when benzoylarginine ethyl ester was used as substrate, 0.78 mMand 11.2 mM.The higher Kmhas not been reported previously. Protein substrates for the enzyme included polyarginine and myelin basic protein but not histones. Because one of the components of MBP contains six citrullinyl residues per mole, enzymic deimination appeared to be a likely mechanism. When the most cationic component (C‐1) was subjected to PAD in solution, 17 of the 19 arginyl residues were modified. From sequence analyses we concluded that the nature of the amino acid residues adjacent to the deiminated arginine were not modifiers of the reaction as arginyl residues in a variety of environments were deiminated. This deimination was reflected in a large increase in random structure, as measured by [θ]200. At 5°C, the [θ]200of the deiminated protein was ‐70 × 103 compared with ‐30 × 103 deg cm2/dmol for the native protein. When the temperature was increased to 70°C, the [θ]200 was ‐44 × 103 for the deiminated protein and ‐20 × 107 deg cm2/ dmol for the native C‐1. When plotted as a function of temperature, [θ]200 decreased linearly from 5°C to 50°C for both proteins and did not change from 50°C to 70°C. PAD provides a mechanism for deimination of arginyl residues of myelin basic protein. The selective deimination of the six arginyl residues that are consistently found deiminated in C‐8 may be determined by the orientation of the protein in the membrane and/or the more complex lipid composition of myelin may affect the selectivity of the deimination.


Recently according to the development of DC transmission which is high efficiency, stability of DC grid has become a major concern. Therefore, the reliable DC SSCB (Solid-State Circuit Breaker) is required in order to secure high safety. The previous DC SSCB is unstable and many elements are required in order to perform the operating duty. This paper proposes a new DC SSCB. Since the proposed DC SSCB does not cause delay of breaking operation caused by charging operation, it can break an accident quickly. Also, since it can perform the operation duty with a few elements, it is economical. The operating characteristic of the proposed DC SSCB is verified by simulations on short circuit fault. Also, this paper suggests the design guidelines so that it can be applied to any other DC grid.


Political parties are an essential component of representative democracy. They organize voters, aggregate and articulate interests, craft policy alternatives, recruit and socialize new candidates for office, set policy-making agendas, integrate disparate groups and individuals into the democratic process, and provide the basis for coordinated electoral and legislative activity. Well-functioning political parties are therefore central to the process of democratic development.

Since the start of the third wave of democratization in 1974, various multiparty systems have been introduced in new, restored and emerging democracies around the world. Today more countries decide on their leaders through multiparty elections than ever before. The number of competitive democracies has increased threefold, and the number of political parties now contesting elections worldwide has increased many times more over the last 30 years.


DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.30780/IJTRS.V04.I06.004 pg. 27 www.ijtrs.com www.ijtrs.org Paper Id: IJTRS-V4-I5-031 Volume IV Issue VI, June 2019 @2017, IJTRS All Right Reserved COMPARATIVE AND ANALYTIC DESIGN OF MATLAB MODELLING FOR SOLAR DC MICRO GRID IN RURAL ELECTRIFICATION Ravi Kiran K C, Ramesh C H V E-Mail Id: firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com M. Tech Student, Renewable Energy, NMIT, Bengaluru, India Assistant Professor Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Engineering NMIT Bengaluru, India Abstract-This paper describes the detailed design, analysis of energy dip in solar PV based centralized DC micro grid in rural electrification. Based on the technical and environmental benefits of the renewable energy related solar PV systems are discussed in this paper comparison between the three types of microgrid systems is presented. In this work the consumption of load is about 4.5kWh including the Home load and water pumping system. The estimated required Components such as solar PV Panel, charge controller, battery, distribution system is considered for DC micro grid. further, the voltage dip and Energy drop calculations are presented. The analyzed three architectures are simulated in MATLAB/SIMULINK for power loss and results are presented. KeywordsDC Micro grid, voltage dip, Power loss, Rural Electrification.


Hypertension is one of the leading causes of disability and death, due to stroke, heart attack, and kidney failure. It is a major health problem that challenges not only health care professionals but also the pharmaceutical industry and drug regulatory agencies. Synthetic drugs cause side effects, even leading to an increase in blood pressure. Therefore, herbal drugs are much sought after now a days due to being side effect free and cost effective also. Herbal drugs have been used since the dawn of civilization and organized existence. The present review is aimed at summarizing information on clinical trials of various medicinal plants used in managing hypertension.


A compressor simulation model, based on empirical performance curves from reciprocating compressor manufacturers, is discussed. The compressor model is part of a heat pump simulation model being developed for potential use in reducing the amount of testing required for air-to-air heat pumps by the new rating procedures being implemented by DOE. Corrections to the compressor performance curves (maps) are developed to account for the effect of different superheat (or quality) levels on refrigerant mass flow rate and compressor power; the corrections are in general agreement with the average of the available information from manufacturers of two- to four-ton, R-22, hermetic, reciprocating compressors. Comparisons are made between the compressor model predictions and available data from four heat pump experiments. The comparisons indicate that more experimental data are needed at the lower ambient conditions in the heating mode under conditions of wet suction gas and with lower air temperatures over the compressor shell.


We review the main components of our microscopic model of nuclear matter, which we have recently extended to incorporate isospin asymmetry. Some frequently discussed issues concerning nuclear many-body approaches are revisited and critically analysed.


Blanca, a 23 kiloton device, was detonated October 30, 1958, in a tunnel in Area 12 of the Nevada Test Site. The point of detonation was a vertical depth of 988 ft; the nearest point to the surface on the mesa slope was 835 ft. First apparent earth motion appeared approximately 3.6 sec after zero time; the maximum earth upheaval was reached approximately 5.5 sec after zero. Approximately 15.9 sec after zero, an earth rupture occurred on the mesa slope. (W.J.H.)


Objectives
High blood pressure (BP) is a common health condition, especially among the aging population. Studies suggest that diet influences blood pressure. In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the association between dietary factors and BP in older adults.

Methods
One hundred twenty-eight participants (n = 57 males and n = 71 females) aged 65-80 were included in this study. Dietary data was collected through a validated food frequency questionnaire. Demographics, anthropometric measurements, socioeconomic factors, medication information, and physical activity levels were also collected. Multiple linear regressions were conducted to examine the associations between dietary factors including meats, vegetables, grains, fruits, dairy, fats, and added sugar and changes in blood pressure.

Results
There were no associations between dietary factors and systolic BP when both men and women were included in the model. However, solid fruit was associated with diastolic blood pressure (beta = -0.22, P = 0.039; 95% CI -7.9, -0.2) in both males and females, and every 0.71 cup increase in solid fruit consumption was predicted to decrease diastolic BP by 2.9 mmHg. When the model was split by sex, there was a significant association between intake of added sugar and systolic (β = 0.731, P < 0.001; 95% CI 1.8, 5.6) and diastolic (β = 0.537, P = 0.006; 95% CI 0.5, 2.8) BP in women after controlling for body mass index, physical activity levels, daily calorie intake, and BP medication use. Among all the dietary factors, a greater intake of added sugar had the most significant impact on BP in elderly females. The model predicted that a decrease of 1 standard deviation (4.6 teaspoons) of added sugar would result in a 0.731 standard deviation (17.0 mmHg) drop of systolic BP and a 0.537 standard deviation (7.6 mmHg) drop of diastolic BP. Study results could be limited by the small sample size.

Conclusions
Our findings support the dietary guidelines of limiting daily intake of added sugar to promote overall cardiovascular health. Future studies are needed to examine the impact of added sugar on vascular function.

Funding Sources
None.


ABSTRACT Introduction The athletic capacity improvement in basketball players is closely connected with their training. It is believed that the focus on training by basketball players can contribute to the gain of strength, speed, agility, and endurance. Objective Analyze the specific methods in the players' training scoring the critical factors for improving physical conditioning. Methods Correlation statistics were used to analyze the factors that affected the physical performance of basketball players. Periodic physical training programs were designed by relating training load to the competition schedule to evaluate the essential parameters (strength, speed, explosive strength, cardiorespiratory endurance, coordination, flexibility, agility, and accuracy) and the changes in physical fitness. Results Basketball players' strength, agility, endurance, and speed improved after physical training. There are considerable differences in several fitness indices before and after training (P<0.05). Conclusion Periodic physical training of basketball players can improve their physical fitness. Physical training is an essential tool to improve basketball in China. Evidence Level II; Therapeutic Studies - Investigating the result.


Many billions of things that are uploaded to Social Media are co-possessed by different clients. Yet just the client that transfers the thing is permitted to set its security settings (i.e., who can access the item). This is a monstrous and major issue as clients' protection inclinations for co-possessed things normally strife, so applying the inclinations of just a single gathering dangers such things being imparted to undesired beneficiaries, which can prompt to security violations with severe consequences.


Orthogonal polynomials offer several mathematical properties for describing freeform optical surfaces. To leverage these properties, their interaction with variables such as tip and tilt, base sphere and conic variables, and packaging variables must be understood.


In the present work the predictive capabilities of CFD techniques as applied to solid-liquid stirred vessels are investigated. The distribution of solid particles was simulated in a high aspect-ratio baffled stirred tank agitated with three Pitched Blade Turbines (PBT). Suspensions of glass beads of diameter equal to 327 µm and 675 µm in water were studied. The mentioned geometric configuration for the vessel was chosen for the simulations as the solid distribution profiles offer a challenging benchmark for the solid-liquid simulation approaches. The simulations of solid-liquid suspensions in the baffled vessel were performed by using fully predictive approaches. A Eulerian-Eulerian and a Eulerian-Granular multiphase models were adopted for modelling of the solid-liquid flow coupled with the "mixture", "dispersed" and "for each-phase" k-e models. The two-phase simulation techniques employed are described. The simulated particle axial concentration profiles are compared with the experimental data and critically discussed.


Prospect is the aesthetic category with distinct ethnic features.By analyzing prospect and its characteristics,it is illustrated that the existence of prospect lies in the aesthetic consciousness and sense of the reader,as well as in the respect for the subjectivity of the reader.Prospect should be introduced in the Chinese reading instruction to embody the students' subjectivity,hence the innovative education and human solicitude.The course of the Chinese reading instruction should be the course of entering into the prospects which is exactly the course of the fulfillment and respect for the students' subjectivity.


involved in The management of air involves understanding pollution monitoring of contaminants, modeling air quality, performing laboratory experiments, the use of satellite images for quantifying air quality levels, indoor air pollution, and elimination of contaminants through control. Research activities are being performed on every aspect of air pollution throughout the in order to respond to public concerns. The book is grouped in five different sections. Some topics are more detailed than others. maintaining consistency. A find, however, intellectually Our goal to provide current information and present a reasonable analysis of air quality data compiled by knowledgeable professionals in the field of air pollution.


Knowledge of the continuous geometry of geologic folds is es sential for predictions about associated deformation, specifically fract uring and hence alterations of fluid flow. Data on the geometry of kilometer-scale f olds is becoming available through airborne laser swath mapping (ALSM), whi ch, in general, delivers sparse and non-continuous information on the geomet ry of particular strata. The raw data must be interpolated to reveal the geometry of in dividual strata over the entire fold. Interpolations of geologic folds are often carried out assuming a smooth resultant surface but physical processes such as fa ulting and fracturing may preclude such geometries. A first order physical analog i s that of small deflection plate bending in which the middle surface of a thin plate is used as a proxy for the surface to interpolate. The application to geologic fol ding assumes that layer boundaries deform similar to the middle surfaces of that lay er. In the small deflection plate bending analysis lateral forces, shear tract ions on the top and bottom surfaces of the thin plate, and in-plane strains in the middl e surface are assumed to be negligible. The physical process of folding multiple s edimentary layers may involve some, if not all of these, complications. A physical process based interpolation technique that incorporates more of these complicat ions may thus improve the quality of the more elementary surface interpolations. We present a interpolation technique that omits the conditi ons of small deflection and zero strains in the middle plane of the layer and appl y the interpolation at Raplee monocline, southwestern UT. We solve the non-line ar large deflection plate bending problem using the finite element method, use ob rved elevations as displacement boundary conditions, and predict elevations hroughout the geologic fold where data is absent. The resulting surface reveals a sm oothly varying geometry that compares well with previous interpolations. Addi tionally, we calculate strains in the plane of the surface and compare regions of hig h strains to areas of high fracture intensity mapped in the field. The method can im prove on existing interpolations techniques by addressing the physical proc ess more adequately and predicting regions of high strain along the geologic fold.


. If the expansion of the early Universe was not close to de Sitter, the statistical imprints of the primordial density perturbation on the cosmic microwave background can be quite different from those derived in slow-roll inflation. In this paper we study the inflationary signatures of all single-field models which are free of ghost-like instabilities. We allow for a rapid change of the Hubble parameter and the speed of sound of scalar fluctuations, in a way that is compatible with a nearly scale-invariant spectrum of perturbations, as supported by current cosmological observations. Our results rely on the scale-invariant approximation, which is different from the standard slow-roll approximation. We obtain the propagator of scalar fluctuations and compute the bispectrum, keeping next-order corrections proportional to the deviation of the spectral index from unity. These theories offer an explicit example where the shape and scale-dependences of the bispectrum are highly non-trivial whenever slow-roll is not a good approximation.


OBJECTIVE:The safety of large-volume paracentesis with plasma expander infusion in ascitic cirrhotic patients with advanced liver disease, hyponatremia, or renal failure has not been elucidated. Our aim was to investigate the safety of total paracentesis in cirrhotic patients with ascites and severe hyponatremia.METHODS:Forty-five cirrhotic patients with tense ascites were treated with total paracentesis and infusion of plasma expanders. At inclusion, 20 patients showed severe hyponatremia (serum sodium <130 mEq/L). In the remaining 25 patients, serum sodium was >130 mEq/L (range, 133–146 mEq/L).RESULTS:Plasma renin activity (PRA) and plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) were significantly higher in patients with hyponatremia (PRA: 19.7 ± 5.8 ng/mL/h; PAC: 217 ± 35 ng/dL) than in those patients without hyponatremia (PRA: 4.9 ± 1.1 ng/mL/h; PAC: 95 ± 31 ng/dL), indicating a more severe systemic hemodynamic deterioration. After paracentesis, PRA and PAC increased similarly in both groups of patients. Serum sodium levels remained unchanged after paracentesis in patients with hyponatremia (127 ± 0.5 to 128 ± 1.5 mEq/L) and decreased slightly in patients without hyponatremia (137 ± 1 to 135 ± 1 mEq/L; p < 0.005). The incidence of complications during the first hospitalization, the probability of readmission for complications of cirrhosis, and the probability of survival at 1 yr were similar in both groups of patients.CONCLUSIONS:These results indicate that therapeutic paracentesis is a safe treatment for tense ascites in cirrhotic patients with severe hyponatremia.


In this study, Knudsen diffusion of low-pressure gases of infinite mean free path through various tubes is studied using the integral equation theory, standard diffusion theory, and Monte Carlo simulations. We investigated the transmission probabilities (TPs) of linearly diverging-converging, sinusoidally bulging, and periodic tubes as compared with TPs of conventional straight cylinders. An exact analytic solution for the TP through the straight cylindrical tube was developed using the standard diffusion theory with a linear concentration approximation. Integral equation theories for the TPs through the divergingconverging and bulging tubes were developed. Monte Carlo simulation techniques were applied to calculate TPs through all the tube types whose azimuthal symmetry was held with tube radius changing only along the axial coordinate (z). The equivalent radii of these tubes are calculated as root-mean-squares of the z-dependent radius to have the same internal void volume. The linearly diverging-converging and sinusoidally bulging tubes provide noticeably higher TPs than those of the equivalent straight tubes. Periodic tubes show that if the tube length scaled by the equivalent diameter is on the order of or greater than the periodicity coefficient (equal to the number of peaks on the tube wall), the TP of the periodic tube is larger than that of the equivalent straight tube. In general, an opening at the tube inlet significantly enhances the Knudsen diffusion.


A robust friction compensation scheme is proposed in this paper. The recurrent fuzzy neural network and friction parameter observer are developed with sliding mode based controller in order to obtain precise position tracking performance. For a servo system with incomplete identified friction parameters, a proposed control scheme provides a satisfactory result via some experiment.


Chemical communication by scent-marking behavior in New World primates is used to prevent the access of potential competitors to a territory, to identify food resources and the reproductive condition of mates, among others. In common marmosets, primates of the Callitrichidae family, this behavior also occurs as olfactory identification of an individual or of the reproductive status of females. Despite this information, the diurnal variation and gender differences in the profile of this behavior remain to be investigated. The aims of this study were to establish the diurnal profile of the distribution of this behavior and the influence of the sex of markers. We used 18 adult common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus, 10 males and 8 females from 6 family groups (6 fathers and 4 sons; 4 mothers and 4 daughters). The frequency of scent-marking behavior was recorded for each animal over a period of 8 days, twice a week, for 4 weeks, starting when the animals left the nest box (approximately at 05:00 a.m.) until the...


Determination of germplasm diversity and genetic relationships among breeding materials is an invaluable aid in crop improvement strategies. This study assessed the breeding value of tomato source material. Two commercial hybrids along with an experimental hybrid and four cultivars were assessed with cluster and principal component analyses based on morphophysiological data, yield and quality, stability of performance, heterosis, and combining abilities. The assessment of commercial hybrids revealed a related origin and subsequently does not support the identification of promising offspring in their crossing. The assessment of the cultivars discriminated them according to origin and evolutionary and selection effects. On the Principal Component 1, the largest group with positive loading included, yield components, heterosis, general and specific combining ability, whereas the largest negative loading was obtained by qualitative and descriptive traits. The Principal Component 2 revealed two smaller groups, a positive one with phenotypic traits and a negative one with tolerance to inbreeding. Stability of performance was loaded positively and/or negatively. In conclusion, combing ability, yield components, and heterosis provided a mechanism for ensuring continued improvement in plant selection programs.


Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the close relationship between the disciplines of law and health-care studies. This interrelation has become particularly evident during the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, when restrictive human rights provisions have been initiated by many states for the sake of public health. Research focuses on the notional proximity of the principle of proportionality and its health-care correlative: effectiveness. It also goes through the influence of acceptance rates for the application of restrictive measures.

Design/methodology/approach
Research focuses on interdisciplinary literature review, taking into consideration judicial decisions and data on acceptance rates of restrictive human rights measures in particular. Analysis goes in depth when two categories of restrictive human rights measures against the spread of the pandemic are examined in depth: restrictive measures to achieve social distancing and mandatory vaccination of professional groups.

Findings
Restrictive human rights measures for reasons of public health are strongly affected by the need for effective health-care systems. This argument is verified by judicial decision-making which relies to the necessity of health-care effectiveness to a great extent. The COVID-19 pandemic offers a laminate example of the two disciplines' interrelation and how they infiltrate each other.

Research limitations/implications
Further implications for research point at the need to institutionalize a cooperative scheme between legal and health-care decision-making, given that this interrelation is strong.

Originality/value
The originality of this paper lies on the interdisciplinary approach between law and health-care studies. It explains how state policies during the pandemic were shaped based on the concepts of effectiveness and proportionality.


—A massive number of traffic fatalities are due to driver errors. To reduce fatalities, developing intelligent driving systems assisting drivers to identify potential risks is in urgent need. Risky situations are generally defined based on collision prediction in existing research. However, collisions are only one type of risk in traffic scenarios. We believe a more generic definition is required. In this work, we propose a novel driver-centric definition of risk, i.e., risky objects influence driver behavior. Based on this definition, a new task called risk object identification is introduced. We formulate the task as a cause-effect problem and present a novel two-stage risk object identification framework, taking inspiration from models of situation awareness and causal inference. A driver-centric Risk Object Identification (ROI) dataset is curated to evaluate the proposed system. We demonstrate state-of-the-art risk object identification performance compared with strong baselines on the ROI dataset. In addition, we conduct extensive ablative studies to justify our design choices.


Ciliary beat and its metachronism are fundamental to effective mucociliary transport. The beat frequencies (CBF) and metachronal wave directions of multiple cilia beating in culture media were measured simultaneously using digital microscopic images. The wave propagation directions of cilia were determined from a 2-dimensional correlation map by a principal axis method. The standard deviation of measured wave directions in a region of interest (ROI) was defined as a measure of metachronal wave disorder (MWD). Considerable variation was found in the beat frequencies and metachronal wave directions of cilia beating on epithelium. The pooled mean of MWDs was 23.4+/-8.79 /spl deg/ and the pooled mean of CBFs 10.1+/-1.89Hz on 120 cells in mucosae of the sphenoid sinus from 5 healthy subjects.


Two new species of the spider family Palpimanidae from Guyana are described: Fernandezina takutu, the first species of this genus known from this country andOtiothops giralunas, that seems to be the sister species of O. goloboffi Grismado, 1996 from northwestern Argentina.


This is a theoretical article on creative meaning making in classroom interaction, with a focus on the unfolding of cognitive, relational, and emotional aspects of teaching and learning, often tied to one another. To accomplish this goal, we integrate studies from two theoretical backgrounds, i.e., the historical cultural theory and the developmental system theory principles. We have focused on several fields of research. First, we have summarized works on micromoments of creativity. Second, we have considered studies that have taken a process view on emergent opportunities for creativity. Third, we have focused on creativity in original thinking and the transformation of a relevant object of learning into a learnable. Finally, we have considered research on the rise of learning collective emotional side, conceptualized in terms of class mood and flow. We have concluded by stressing that, beyond the methodological challenges, this literature offers striking indications for a deeper understanding of classroom processes and learning opportunities.


Welcome to 2020. We hope this year will see many positive changes for children, young people, their families and communities, but over recent months, wherever we have living, we have faced climate-related events – fires, floods, storms and other issues resulting from these. Australia, in particular, has been experiencing catastrophic fires which continue as I write this editorial. Such events are not only traumatic and leave many people without shelter and livelihood but also require long periods of recovery time for all concerned. I understand that there is no quick fix to any of these events, nor way of preventing them, but I have been thinking about how we provide for children, young people and their families with a basic liveable infrastructure and the kinds of places and spaces that will afford the greatest safety from the elements. Many people have given attention to this topic. In Australia, back in 2011, the Commissioner for Children and Young People inWestern Australia, Michelle Scott, was involved in developing a report on current and future needs in relation to places and spaces, and she stated: 'The built environment has a significant impact on children and young people's development, their quality of life and their experience and enjoyment of the world. Schools, houses, shops, walkways, railways, parks, recreational and community centres are all part of our built environment.' (Commissioner for Children and Young People WA, 2011, p.2). In this editorial, I have limited the scope of 'place' to homes and their immediate environment and raise concerns about the nature of dwellings currently experienced by people experiencing disadvantage and the houses that are being built in affluent, western countries, including those that replace burnt-out dwellings. But first, let me reiterate some of the challenges that will come with our changing climate. These include increased temperature (Allen et al., 2018), changes to disease spread (Sriskantharajah, 2019), more violent weather events (Steffen, Dean, & Rice, 2019), rising sea levels, and water stress and droughts (Allen et al., 2018). In addition, the frequency with which some communities are being affected is of concern with places such as Looe, in Cornwall, UK, predicted to be subject to flooding some 60 times a year by 2050 (Wall, 2019) and possibly uninhabitable by that time. Many island nations are already petitioning other countries for assistance with funding andmigration arrangements due to sea level rises which are affecting fresh water supplies, sewer infrastructure and dwellings (Cassella, 2019). Droughts are also impacting upon many countries causing food shortages, loss of income and, in some cases, abandonment of what were formerly viable agricultural pursuits. These issues have health impacts for individuals and communities, with children considered more vulnerable due to the factors outlined by the World Health Organization (WHO, n.d.), these being:


The naupliar development of Bryocamptus (B.) zschokkei (Schmeil, 1893) (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) is described in detail from larvae reared from the eggs of females from the High Pyrenees. Six naupliar stages could be separated on the basis of both morphological and biometrical criteria. Certain details of setation and spinulation can be used to separate larvae of B. zschokkei from other harpacticoid nauplii.


Halocarbon fluids (FXCCF2)n, where X = Cl or Br have been used to index-match silica in the 800-2000 nm region. These fluids, unlike silicones or hydrocarbon fluids, are free of CH and OH absorption, and are resistant to hydrolysis and moisture absorption.


Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) recently has been used for quality control and quality assurance of the asphalt concrete (AC) pavement-construction process. The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of estimating, by using GPR, the moisture content in AC pavement. This application is particularly important for emulsion-stabilized cold in-place recycling (CIR) and cold central-plant recycling (CCPR), where monitoring the moisture content is necessary for deciding the timing of opening the road to traffic, overlay placement, or both. Four field tests were performed using GPR on CIR- or CCPR-treated AC pavement. A numerical simulation model of AC pavement with internal moisture was generated using the information from mix design, and virtual GPR tests were performed using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. After calibration, a moisture-prediction formula derived from the simulation model was used to correlate the dielectric constant predicted by GPR to the moisture content within cold recycled layers. The GPR signal was "denoised" by improving its stability and mitigating the measured-height mismatch. The in-situ moisture content was predicted using the proposed method and compared with field-collected samples. Results showed that the proposed method is effective in estimating CIR- and CCPR-layer moisture content. The variation of dielectric constants in field tests is also discussed. A testing protocol for predicting moisture content using GPR is suggested for CIR and CCPR pavement.


Digital Religion: Understanding Religious Practice in Digital Media is a sorely needed book edited by Heidi A Campbell and Ruth Tsuria and is a significant contribution to religious studies and digital media. It examines religious engagement with various forms of digital media and provides instances of new media engagement in five of the world's main religions. The authors present critical ideas of ritual, identity, community and embodiment from a fresh perspective. At the end of each case presented, the authors provide discussion questions to stimulate further thinking and research in the field. We believe the book has the potential to become a significant reference for the development of religion and digital media studies. The book is a mature study of digital religion. It provides up-to-date case studies focusing on YouTube (pp. 127, 167), Twitter (pp. 132, 159), Facebook (p. 205) and even video games (p. 213). It offers a critical and systematic survey for developing a deeper understanding of the study of religion and digital media. The authors explore how digital media shapes religious groups and cultures in a global network society. Scholars in religion and media should pay close attention to Chapter 3 because it discusses interconnected factors between religion and media in historical and contemporary contexts (p. 232). The authors outline the theoretical frameworks and methodologies in the study of religion and media developed by previous academics. Based on these theoretical and methodological approaches, they conclude that religion and the media share a mutualistic symbiotic tendency (p. 233). They argue that religious studies can apply media studies approaches to comprehend knowledge production, dissemination and user engagement in digital environments. They likewise suggest that media studies can use religious theories to determine the meaning of spiritual practices and rituals in digital media (p. 234). The authors also explain, however, that the theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches in the study of religion and digital media, respectively, are different. They relate this to how religious expressions and engagement on the internet are not the same as 1161228 SOC0010.1177/00380385231161228SociologyBook Review book-review2023


The nature of crop yield variation can have significant effects on agricultural price stability. For instance, during periods when grain reserves are low, prices are determined largely by crop yields which, in the short run, are primarily determined by weather. The identification of a systematic relationship between weather and crop yields would have significant implications for agricultural policy. Thus, the purpose of this analysis is to test for the existence of nonrandom corn, soybean, and wheat yields by examining some relationships between climatological events and crop yields. Numerous attempts have been made to assess whether crop yields are random. Twenty-five years ago, Foote and Bean examined U.S. corn yields, finding no evidence of nonrandomness. Sharpies found that corn yields during the increasing half of both the single and the double sunspot cycle were not significantly different from yields during the remainder of the cycle. Luttrell and Gilbert investigated the alternative hypothesis that crop yields are either random, cyclical, or bunchy. Their statistical analysis showed little evidence of nonrandomness for the period 1866 to 1932. For the period after 1932, however, there was evidence of autocorrelation; this was attributed to the uneven adoption of hybrid seed and the uneven application rates of fertilizer.


Objective: To evaluate if the positive effects of an initially successful emergency department protocol of care for victims of partner abuse (PA) were maintained at one year follow‐up.


Researchers in cognitive science struggle to find a computational model that best represents cognitive phenomena for the latter are extremely complex and their mechanisms are not well understood. The biological immune system, in turn, features intrinsic cognitive characteristics. As a consequence, computational models of the immune system are capable of naturally incorporating many of these abilities with advantages over more traditional models of cognitive systems. The main purpose of this study is to highlight the cognitive aspects of artificial immune systems in parallel/contrast with more traditional models of cognition.


The article presents current data about the features of the drug production considering substance quality. It was investigated the advantages and disadvantages of various original and generic drugs, include hepatoprotectors. It was discussed and gave recommendations on the tactics of the choice of drug for treatment.


This course meets in the spring semester and examines sport throughout the world with an emphasis on sports that may be more popular outside the U.S., such as soccer, rugby, and cycling. Students also study sport organizations and structure. In May, the class learns more about the world of sport as they travel to Western Europe (France and Germany) to attend lectures and sporting events, meet with professionals in sport management, and visit famous sporting venues such as the Munich Olympic sites and the Stade de France.


Government organizations have put substantial effort into detecting and thwarting terrorist and insurgent attacks by observing suspicious behaviors of individuals at transportation checkpoints and elsewhere. Data, methods, and technologies to do so abound, but their volume and diversity can be overwhelming. Their effectiveness is also not clear, or at least not clearly backed in extant research. To help set priorities for special attention and investment in integrating multiple approaches, the Office of Naval Research asked the RAND Corporation to review relevant literature in behavioral sciences related to threat detection. This work built on earlier RAND efforts on predicting suicide attacks; assessing social science on counterterrorism; and identifying indicators of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapon development by subnational terrorist groups.


Multiattribute decision-making (MADM) approach is an effective method for handling ambiguous information in a practical situation. The process of the MADM technique has drawn a lot of interest from various academic and selection processes of extensive analysis. The aggregation operators (AOs) are the best mathematical tools and received a lot of attention from researchers. This article explored the theory of intuitionistic fuzzy IF sets (IFSs) and their certain fundamental operations. The theory of triangular norms also explores Aczel Alsina operations (AAOs) in advanced mathematical tools. The concepts of Heronian mean (HM) and geometric HM (GHM) operators are presented to define interrelationships among different opinions. We developed a list of certain AOs by utilizing AAOs under the system IF information, namely, IF Aczel Alsina HM (IFAAHM), IF Aczel Alsina weighted HM (IFAAWHM), IF Aczel Alsina GHM (IFAAGHM), and IF Aczel Alsina weighted GHM (IFAAWGHM) operators. Some particular characteristics of our invented methodologies are also presented. Solar energy is an effective, efficient resource to enhance electricity production and the country's economic growth. Therefore, we studied an application of solar panel systems to solve real-life problems under a robust technique of the MADM approach by utilizing our invented approaches of IFAAWHM and IFAAWGHM operators. A numerical example was also given to select more suitable solar panels under our proposed methodologies. To find the competitiveness and feasibility of discussed methodologies, we make an inclusive comparative study in which we contrast the results of existing AOs with the consequences of current approaches.