This doctrmcnt makes a transition from the antenna noise-temperature formulation for extended noise sources in the far-field o r Frauohofcr-region of zn antenna to one of the intermediate near-field o r Fresnel-re@on. The effort is directed toward microwave antenna simulations and high-speed digitai can3puter analysis of radiometric sounding units b s d to obtain water vapor and temperature protiles of rhe xt~ilosphere. Fresnel-re~ion fields are computed at various distances rrom the aperture. The antenna noise-ten~perature contribution of an annular noise source is computed in the Fresnel-region (D2/ 16Xj fur a 1 3.2cm diameter offset-paraboloid aperture at b0GHz. The rim.--;ivr.ragc Poyilting vector is used to effect the computation. PRECEDING PAGE BLANK NOT MMED


Using a wire‐assisted epoxy‐fixing method, a sheathless CE/MS interface on a poly‐(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) CE chip has been developed. The sheathless chip‐CE/MS interface utilized a tapered fused‐silica tip and the electrical connection was achieved through a layered coating of conductive rubber. The wire‐assisted method provided facile alignment of channels between the PMMA CE chip and an external capillary sprayer without the need for micromachining. Because the wire was in the channel during fixing, the risk of channel blockage by the epoxy was avoided. This chip CE device has minimal dead volume because the interstitial spaces were filled by a fast‐fixing epoxy resin. The performance of the chip‐CE‐ESI‐MS device was demonstrated with the analysis of peptide mixtures.


Allowing for the characteristics of microwave heating and selecting appropriate synthesis nitriding process, we can synthesize AlN powder of high quality. The paper also explores all sorts of factors which have affection on synthesis of AlN powder under microwave circumstance. Results show that synthesizing AlN with introducing appropriate microwave synthesis nitriding process can not only dramatically cut time and cost, but also remarkably enhance synthesis quality.


Application of combination of slop shield piles, soil block wall, pre-stressed anchor, pressure grouting, especially the combination of soil block wall and pile anchor, changed the conventional design consideration of controlling deformation by rigidity pivot. Using elasticity pivot method to design the slop shield piles and anchor within the limitation of deformation permission has greatly deduced the cost of project, and ensured the security, reliability and economy of pit support system. The design, main technical measures, and several conclusions of the project method mentioned above were also introduced.


A sparse nonlinear programming algorithm is an indispensable element of the modcm aircraft dcsigncrs mathematical twl kit. Many difficult problcms associated with aircraft design can be efficiently solved if formulatcd as nonlinear constrained optimization problems. If thc problems arc small (few variablcs and fcw constraints) then there arc many software packages to solve thcm. As the problem size grows so does the cost for optimization. If the problems are large but also sparse thcn wc can solve thcm efficiently if we use an algorithm specifically designed to take advantage of the sparscncss. The arcas of application that we will discuss arc aircraft pcrformance, partial diffcrential equations, data modcling, and multidisciplinary design. Having a sparsc nonlinciir optimization algorithm availablc allows for new problcm formulations and efficicnt solutions. "


In response to the Defra consultation in 2009, British Waterways suggested that an appropriate time frame for a large undertaker to exercise their emergency plans would be one desk exercise every two years and a site exercise every five years. The most recent site exercise was in 2008 at Lower Foulridge Reservoir as reported in the paper Exercising of Emergency Draw-down Plans1 presented at the Strathclyde BDS conference in 2010. Subsequent changes to BW's framework contractor and to the organizational structure of the company led to the decision that a further full site test would be beneficial within the suggested five year timescale. In November 2011 a full exercise of an on-site emergency drawdown plan was carried out at Pebley Reservoir.


Detection? N counters each l? Nea low tension? N centers transformation n, that availa? Ndose inductors-receiving sensors (5) in one of the phases of l? Lines (6) they are in contact with end counters (8), a collection procedure induced current inductors-receiving sensors (5) for communication frames PLC is used, the receivers (3) stored in a table and then a whole processing of questions and answers is done and applying the law of Krichhoff knots, with a Stand treatment? stico value counters (8) hanging on every l? nea (6) are identified.


The article has an insulation substrate e.g. polyetherimide foam, arranged on a structure to be insulated, and an insulation material e.g. polymide foam, layer with open cells that are arranged on the insulation substrate. The insulation substrate is provided with another insulation material layer with closed cells.


The present study aims to investigate the impact of selenium on the morphological, biochemical and ultrastructural changes in the testes, ovaries and livers of mothers rats and their 14 days old age neonates by transmission electron microscopy. Female rats were dosed orally with distal water and 0.5, 1.7, and 6.0 mg Se/kg bw/day as (10 45) nm SeNPs, for 14 days old age neonates. At doses of 1.7 and 6.0 mg Se/kg bw/day, a lowering in body weight gain was recorded as compared with the control group. Decrease in Glutathione peroxidase (GPX) of moderate dose (MD) and high dose (HD) groups was explained as due to increase reactive oxygen species in body tissues. There was increase in oxidative status (GPX) of Low Dose (LD) comparing to control group. There were no histological changes in the liver, ovary and testes of the investigated neonates at LD , MD and HD groups. The toxicity of Se NPs on oxidation status and ultrastructure of ovaries and testes did not occur at low levels 0.5 mg Se/kg but appear with degrees of changes at high level Se NPs(1.7 – 6.0 mg Se/kg). The present results indicated that Se NPs were not toxic at supra-nutritional levels and can induce a positive effect on both neonate rats health at a dose of 0.5 μg Se/kg-bw and in mother rats growth, whereas the chronic toxicity will be induced by more than 1.7 μg Se/kg-bw.


38 urns are physiologically, emotionally, and cosmetically devastating injuries. The literature suggests that approximately 5-7% of women of reproductive age treated for large burns were pregnant.1-4 Thermal injuries during pregnancy requires special management considerations for the care provider. The presence of a fetus creates many special maternal physiological changes, and the burn wound places additional great stress on systems that are already highly modified.5,6 The medical literature contains very few reports on the problems of burn pregnant patients.7-9


"You have to ask yourselves, Why is it that foreign law would be relevant to what an American judge does when he interprets interprets, not writes 1 mean, the Founders used a lot of foreign law. If you read the Federalist Papers, it's full of discussions of the Swiss system, German system. It's full ofthat. It is very useful in devising a constitution. But why is it useful in interpreting one?" Justice Scalia, US Supreme Court (speaking extra-judicially at American University, Washington College of Law, Washington DC).1


A laryngocele is an abnormal dilation of the laryngeal saccule going up into the false vocal fold that is usually air-filled and communicates with the laryngeal lumen with an incidence of about 1 in 2.5 million. These can be internal or combined laryngoceles and presentation depends on the type and size of the laryngocele. Small laryngoceles may be asymptomatic and may be incidentally detected. Management depends on the type, extent, and presentation and it ranges from close observation to surgical excision externally or microlaryngoscopically. We discuss a case of a large combined laryngocele that was managed using an external approach with complete resolution.


We investigate the accuracy of the laminar boundary layer on a flat plate in the simulation by an immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann method (IB-LBM). In this study, we use the single relaxation time-lattice Boltzmann method combined with the multi direct forcing method, which can enforce the no-slip boundary condition accurately by determining the body force iteratively. The simulations of the laminar boundary layer on a flat plate at the Reynolds number of 1000 are performed by using the IB-LBM, and it is found that in order to obtain a reasonably accurate result such that the error from the solution of the boundary layer equations is within 5%, the boundary layer has to be resolved by about 50 lattice spacings. In addition, it is found that the IB-LBM has the same accuracy whether the flat plate is coincident with the lattice or not. In order to improve the accuracy of the boundary layer calculated by the IB-LBM, we discuss the effective thickness of the boundary caused by the body force distributed near the boundary. Also, we find that the accuracy is much improved by using a finer lattice only around the flat plate.


Background Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has disproportionately contributed the majority (95%) of all malaria cases and deaths for more than a decade (2010-2021) and Nigeria contributes the highest in global malaria cases and deaths in the last decade. Main body Despite several malaria control initiatives, why is Nigeria still the most endemic malaria country? Published reports have underlined possible reasons for the sustenance of malaria transmission. Malaria transmission pattern in the country is largely and remarkably heterogeneous, hence control measures must take this uniqueness into consideration when designing intervention strategies. Nigeria became 62 years post-independence on the 1st of October, 2022, therefore making positive impacts on all aspects of the country, especially in the health sector becomes imperative more than ever before. To achieve a pre-elimination malaria status, we propose the implementation of focused and calculated research strategies. Such strategies would be consciously geared towards understanding vectorial capacity, susceptibility to approved insecticides, identifying malaria hotspots, and deciphering the genetic structure and architecture of P. falciparum within and between groups and regions. This will provide insight into delineating the inter/intra-regional migration of parasite populations, amongst others. Conclusion With regard to malaria elimination, Nigeria still has a long way to go. There is a need for dedicated prioritization of research efforts that would provide a basic understanding of the Plasmodium parasite in circulation. Such information will support the implementation of policies that will drive down malaria transmission in Nigeria.


Esophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma (ENEC) is a rare cancer that is highly malignant and related to a poor prognosis. In this retrospective study we aimed to elucidate the clinical characteristics, diagnosis and management of patients with ENEC and to evaluate the potential prognostic factors.


We investigate the dynamics and radiation from a relativistic blast wave that decelerates as it sweeps up ambient matter. The bulk kinetic energy of the blast-wave shell is converted into internal energy by the process of accreting external matter. If it takes the form of nonthermal electrons and magnetic fields, then this internal energy will be emitted as synchrotron and synchrotron self-Compton radiation. We perform analytic and numerical calculations for the deceleration and radiative processes and present time-resolved spectra throughout the evolution of the blast wave. We also examine the dependence of the burst spectra and light curves on various parameters describing the magnetic field and nonthermal electron distributions. We find that for bursts such as GRB 910503, GRB 910601, and GRB 910814, the spectral shapes of the prompt gamma-ray emission at the peaks in νFν strongly constrain the magnetic fields in these bursts to be well below (≲10-2) the equipartition values. These calculations are also considered in the context of the afterglow emission from the recently detected gamma-ray burst counterparts.


A S its name implies, this executive committee's responsibility is the general oversight of the qualifications necessary for Institution membership. It processes all applications for membership, controls the Institution's examinations, including the professional interview, sets standards for the training of professional engineers, and sets the Institution's policy on the education of engineers and technicians. All this work is handled in detail by the admissions, education, and examinations committees, each of which reports to the executive committee. Close liaison is encouraged with bodies such as universities, polytechnics, Government departments, and the Engineers' Registration Board who have common interests with the Institution.


EDITOR—The debate about whether we can learn from animals is far more subtle than the rapid responses to Roberts et al's systematic review of fluid resuscitation after haemorrhage suggest. 1 2 It depends on the problem and on the species of the animal; the lessons of comparative medicine are most useful when the model has sufficient similarities to suggest its relevance and enough differences to make it informative. Blanket assertions that we cannot learn from animals are naive, …


We use a simple probabilistic decision problem as the basis for a three-hour exercise taught jointly by faculty from organizational behavior and management science. The exercise requires students to commit to a decision, and then defend their decision to other students. The problem is counter-intuitive, hence the bulk of students make an incorrect decision. This provides insight regarding irrational decision making behaviors, experiential learning of important organizational behavior topics, and an enhanced perspective on the value of analytical techniques.


For fault tolerant quantum computing it is necessary to perform a series of quantum gates on a register of qubits in a short period of time. In the case of an ion trap quantum computer these gates are implemented by shining laser beams onto the ions in a controlled way. This thesis deals with the development and implementation of a novel setup for single ion addressing, which enables simultaneous and individual manipulation of the ions. The new setup makes use of fibre beamsplitters for multiplexing the addressing laser and fibre AOMs for altering each beam individually. A micro-mirror array is utilised to point each beam to a single ion. The optics needed to focus the beams onto individual ions is simulated and investigated in a test setup. The most promising of the simulated setups, which is expected to be able to address up to four ions, is implemented into the experiment. The waist of the central addressing beam in this setup is measured to be w0 = 1.52(5) μm. For future experiments, simulations with another objective with NA ~ 0.8 are performed, which indicate addressability of up to 19 ions.


This letter proposes enhanced simple energy saving (eSES), a simple yet novel scheme, that turns off the RF module of inactive low-power LTE Home evolved Node B (HeNBs), and accurately wakes up these dormant HeNBs when there are connection requests. The eSES does not modify the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specifications, and can co-exist with other HeNBs that do not exercise the eSES. We show that the eSES effectively saves the energy consumption of a dormant HeNB at the cost of moderately increasing the connection time of the first call request to the HeNB.


Graphs are popular data structures used to model pair wise relations between elements from a given collection. In image processing, adjacency graphs are often used to represent the relations between segmented regions. Such graphs can be compared but graph matching strategies are essential to find similar pat- terns. In this paper, we propose to detect the recurrent characters of a comics book. In this method each panel is represented with an attributed adjacency graph. Then, an inexact graph matching strategy is applied to find redundant structures among this set of graphs. The main idea is that the same character will be repre- sented by similar subgraphs in the different panels where it appears. The two-step matching process consists in a node matching step and an edge validation step. Experiments show that our approach is able to detect redundant structures in the graph and consequently the recurrent characters in a comics book. The originality of our approach is that no model is required, the algorithm detects all by itself all redundant structures.


AMCP launches standardized template to help pharmacists obtain clinical and economic data on new drugs from manufacturers for formulary consideration


Rodent damage is commonly concentrated towards the center of rice fields. There are some approaches to assess the damage, two of them are the transect and the Malayan method. The transect technique is a well-known applicable practice employed among agricultural workers in Indonesia, while the Malayan method is generally performed in Malaysia. The objective of this study was to compare both methods in terms of determining the more representative technique for assessing rodent damage. The study was conducted in Karanggetas village, Bangodua subdistrict, Indramayu district, West Java (6°51'S, 108°29'E) in 2018. Two plots (0.35 ha and 0.56 ha) were selected as the study site which was planted with Inpari 32. Since the generative stage of the rice crop is the most preferable phase for rodents, therefore we solely observed the damage within this period. We recorded the damage intensity four times with weekly intervals by both methods in each plot. To confirm the rodent population and reproduction status, we installed a linear trap barrier system and dug some active burrows along the irrigation channel bank as their main habitat. The result showed that the damage intensity was significantly different between both methods. The damage intensity was higher when it was assessed by the transect method compared to the Malayan one. The result indicated that the transect method is a better technique representing the damage than the Malayan method. This due to the first method covered almost entirely the damaged spot. This finding suggested that the transect method is the representative technique for assessing rodent damage intensity.


Energy spectra of nuclear inelastic absorption of synchrotron radiation in {alpha}-{sup 57}Fe were measured with 4.4-meV energy resolution in a temperature range 24{endash}400 K. The temperature dependence of the recoil fraction and of the multiphonon contribution was determined. The density of phonon states was derived at each temperature and showed a 4{percent} relative frequency change within the studied temperature range. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}


3‐(1,2,5,6‐Tetrahydro‐4‐pyridyl)‐5‐pyrrolo[3,2‐b]pyridone, CP‐93, 129, is a selective agonist ligand for 5‐HT1B receptors. High affinity binding sites of [3H]CP‐93, 129 were found in rat whole brain membranes, which showed KD and Bmax values similar to those for 5‐HT1B sites labeled by [3H]5‐HT. Uptake of [3H]CP‐93, 129 in crude rat synaptosomes was also observed, which was potently inhibited by 5‐HT uptake blockers and 5‐HT but not by desipramine (NE uptake blocker) or tametraline (NE and DA uptake blocker). Because of this sensitivity to 5‐HT uptake inhibitors and the structural similarity of CP‐93, 129 to serotonin, [3H]CP‐93, 129 uptake probably occurred in 5‐HT neurons.


The path of the reform of society chosen by our republic did not take shape by itself; it was not a matter of chance or something borrowed from somewhere else. It is based on a thorough study of the specific conditions of the life, traditions, and customs of our people, which form its foundation, necessarily taking account of the realities in our young state, as well as world experience.


The projects of the housing settlement have been elaborated by competent professionals, which purpose is to install low income families, under proper conditions, with the lowest cost possible. By the time those houses are occupied, they pass through many aspects of transformations that go from inner interferences to commitment of landscape. Projects that apparently are thought and made to support this supply in quality are not being appropriated by their users as it was thought. The present work aims are to analyze the points that produced the local landscape transformations, besides to verify those who can contribute to attend the less wealthy people.


Insulin pump is an important electronic device that provides automatic insulin delivery. It has assisted many diabetics around the world to be able to live an orderly life by regulating blood sugar levels. There are many problems that occur due to high glucose levels such as foot problems and eyes problems. This paper presents the design of insulin pump using GSM wireless technology to monitor the pump operation. This paper aims to provide continuous monitoring of glucose concentration by establishing a direct connectivity between patients and their physicians or even their relatives using a wireless monitoring system. The system has a simple structure that generally consists of a drive circuit, motor and controller device. The proposed design delivers a predefined dose of insulin automatically. The system is simulated and verified in different operation cases such as the normal conditions when the pump functioning properly, where the glucose concentration is always within the allowable level and also tested when an error occurrs in the pump, where the glucose concentration becomes more or less than the normal level. All results reported in this paper and all monitors transmitted GSM messages are accurate. The results revealed that the design of the insulin pump and the wireless monitoring system worked properly and had good performance.


Abstract : The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the Army followed Federal and DOD acquisition regulations when procuring spare parts for the M1A2 Abrams tank and to examine applicable internal controls.


IN THISpaper I want to consider the often-treated principle of equality and the quest for its justification. This quest can itself be clear only when what is being asserted by the equality principle is clear. However, the claim that all men are equal is notoriously ambiguous. It has a multiplicity of uses, both descriptive and prescriptive. Without arguing the thesis in any detail, I flatly state here that the primary function of the equality principle in its moral and political contexts is prescriptive, not descriptive, and that the quest for some property essential to all men, a property which justifies equality of treatment, is a mistake. To be sure, there has been a variety of suggestions as to what is this essential property: all men are endowed with reason; all men have a common human nature; all men are creatures of God, and so on. The appeal to a common human nature is perhaps the generic appeal. L. T. Hobhouse, in looking for this essential property, states: "If this common nature is what the doctrine of equal rights postulates, it has no reason to fear the test of our ordinary experience of life, or of our study of history and anthropology."2 His assumption here is that human beings possess this common property, that this can be empirically shown, and that, consequently, all human beings should be treated as equals. But what is this common nature? I agree with Benn and Peters that "if from human nature we abstract talents, dispositions, character, intelligence, and all the possible grounds of distinction, we are left with an undifferentiated potentiality."3 On this analysis, human nature is not a specific quality which all men equally possess, as Hobhouse and others would have it. It simply designates a potentiality for a certain range of qualities and activities. To be sure, the equality principle can serve the descriptive function of calling this range of qualities and activities to our attention but this is to do considerably less than what was apparently intended by the original claim. Nor does this use provide us with a rule or rules concerning the treatment of persons. There is an "is-ought" gap here. Here, as elsewhere, the search for essential properties has been a philosophical dead end, a dead end into which many have been led by the questionable assumption that in order for a word to have significance it must designate such a property. Recognizing the multiple functions


VS Dadwal S Bhartiya & RK Verma sp. nov (Figs. 1a-d)Colonies usually hypophyllus occasionally epiphyllus, effuse, irregular, light brown; mycelium of hyphae immersed, smooth walled, septate and branched; stroma poorly developed, scattered, partly immersed, pseudoparenchymatous; conidiophores numerous, developed on the loosely arranged light brown cells of stroma, fasciculate, simple and un-branched, sub-hyaline or with light brownish tinge, septate or continuous, geniculate, measuring 20-62.5 x 3.5-5.0 im; conidiogenous cells integrated, terminal, conidial scars thickened, conspicuous, situated on rounded shoulders or lying flat against the side of the conidiophores; conidia simple, solitary, sub-hyaline to brown, dry, broadly fusiform, smooth with a conspicuous thickened hilum, relatively pale brown 0-4 septate, apex pointed, measuring 12.5-50 x 5.0-7.5 im.


Based on the electric field intensity and communication countermeasure theory of radio wave,this paper presents a method to obtain the blanket coefficient directly by means of table and simple calculation,which provides a kind of quick,convenientand efficient means to evaluate the effect of shortwave communication jamming to foe.


Parallel programs regularly face performance issues due to inefficient load distribution. Before redistributing load to avoid idle processes, it is essential to identify and measure the imbalance. In this paper, we present our approach to investigate load imbalance by using performance visualization and five imbalance metrics. We analyzed Ondes3D, an earthquake simulator with time-spatial imbalance, used to predict and better understand the impact of disasters. With the Ondes3D computational signature, we obtained further information on load distribution during the application's iterations to understand how the metrics measures evolve throughout execution. Our approach can be useful to other imbalanced applications, identifying when the load is unevenly processed and how severe is the imbalance during each timestep. As future work, we plan to compare our chosen metrics with others that may present different results.


For the diagnostics of stellar surface structure, studies of "ordinary" line profiles may prove inadequate. However, hydrodynamic models may be constrained by second-order quantities, such as line asymmetries and wavelength shifts (and especially the differential behavior between lines of different excitation potential, ionization stage, and height of formation, as well as by the time dependence).


identify device and system parameters and configurations and to match these as far as possible with applications. The term tactile sensing as used here means the continuous-variable sensing of forces in an array. Consequently, a distinction is made between this and simple contact or force sensing at a single point (and/or binary sensing). Tactile sensing refers to skinlike properties, with which areas of forcesensitive surfaces are capable of reporting graded signals and parallel patterns of touching. When reference is made to simpler contact sensing (at one or just a few points), whether binary or continuously variable, the term siinple touch will be used.


1 Post graduate Resident, Department of E.N.T., Gajra Rajai Medical College, Gwalior 2 Associate Professor, Department of E.N.T., Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior Email: firstname.lastname@example.com 3 Post graduate Resident, Department of E.N.T., Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior Email: email@example.com Corresponding Author Dr Shashiraj Ingale PG Resident, Department of E.N.T. G.R.M.C. Gwalior 474009. (MP), India Email: email@example.com, Mob No: 9669849936 Abstract Recurrent foreign body sensation in throat is a distressing symptom for patients in routine ENT opd practice. Investigations of this patient with recuurent foreign body sensation can be simple or complex depending on the underlying aetiology. There are some unusual reasons for recurrent foreign body sensation, which need to be kept in mind when investigating the cause. A case of a unusal long uvula causing recurrent foreign body sensation through mechanical irritation in throat is reported.


Our understanding of regional scale flow systems is important because they control major geological process. Modern analogs of regional scale flow systems are rare. The Western Interior Plains aquifer system (WIP) in the midcontinent, U.S.A., has been proposed to be hydraulically continuous from the Colorado Front Range to eastern Missouri. This study applies geochemical and isotopic variations present in this regional aquifer to ascertain the scale of hydraulic continuity in the WIP. Three distinct groundwater endmembers have been identified in the WIP, a fresh dilute water originating in the Ozark mountains, a saline groundwater originating in the Colorado Front Range, and a saline groundwater originating the Anadarko Basin. Fluid mixing modeling suggests that the groundwaters in the WIP at a 1200 km scale are the result of mixing between the three endmembers. The regional extent of these geochemically and isotopically distinct endmembers suggests that the WIP is a continuous flow system extending over eastern Colorado, Kansas, eastern Missouri, and northern Oklahoma.


Some recent developments in two-sample tests for shift alternatives on a circle and in tests for uniformity of a circular distribution are related in this paper. An intuitive correspondence, supported by formal analysis, is found between the two classes of test statistics in form, asymptotic null distribution and asymptotic behaviour under alternatives and leads to a method for constructing and inferring the properties of specific two-sample tests from the mathematically simpler tests for uniformity. Several useful two-sample tests on the circle, some previously suggested, the others new, are systematically derived.


The invention discloses honeysuckle kudzuvine root beverage and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of agricultural product processing. The honeysuckle kudzuvine root beverage is prepared by the following raw materials by weight: 10 to 90 parts of a kudzuvine root water solution, 10 to 90 parts of a honeysuckle water solution, 0.006 to 0.01 part of sucralose, 0.004 to 0.008 part of acesulfame and 0.3 to 0.7 part of xylitol. The preparation method comprises the following steps: adding the kudzuvine root water solution and the honeysuckle water solution according to the ratio, stirring for 20 to 40 minutes, and obtaining a compound liquid; roughly filtrating the compound liquid through a filter, then finely filtrating through a microfiltration filter, and obtaining a fine filtrate; adding a sweetening agent into the fine filtrate according to the ratio, and adjusting the pH value of the mixed solution to be 4.5 to 6.0, stirring, and obtaining the prepared liquid until the pH value is invariant, performing the processes of microfiltrating, heating, canning and sterilizing on the prepared liquid, and obtaining the product. The honeysuckle kudzuvine root beverage provided by the invention makes full use of the waste in the kudzuvine powder and honeysuckle distillate production, the nutrition is rich, and the taste is good.


Serum concentrations of Thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) free thyroxine index (F.T.I.) and TSH response to TRH were evaluated in 55 Graves' diseases treated by Carbimazole. There is a good correlation between serum thyroid hormones and clinical state: 83,7% for T4; 79,5% for T3; on the other hand there is a discrepancy between T3 and T4 in many cases and between delta TSH and T4 (47%) or T3 (46%). The decrease of T4 occurs before that of T3: 46,6% normal at the 4th month and 72,5% at the 9th month for T4 against 41% and 50% for T3. At the end of the treatment 96,4% of patients are clinically normal but 20% of them remain with T3 and T4 values above normal.


This paper describes an undergraduate experiment that yields the velocity distribution of thermionic electrons by analyzing the I-V characteristics of diodes and triodes. The experiment allows students to focus on the distribution function more than on difficulties arising from the complexity of thermionic emission. By using a simple model, the velocity distribution of thermionic electrons emitted by the vacuum tube cathode can be described by Maxwell's distribution.


The purpose of this work is to define and implement a proposal of a wireless system based on ZigBee modules to monitor the level of a stationary gas tank for a domestic household. It is intended to improve the transmission and information processing compared to similar monitoring systems that don't use the ZigBee standard, to characterize and compare key performance elements.


Heat shielding for planetary entry probes of future Jovian and Venusian missions will encounter heating levels well beyond those previously experienced. These entries are typically dominated by radiative heating from the shock layer. This paper demonstrates the potential reflecting this incident radiation diffusely from an ablating material. This technique contrasts with the absorption experienced by char-forming or graphitic ablators. Two dielectric materials, Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene) and boron nitride, are examined for their ablative performance, including reflection, in a combined convective and radiative heating environment. For Teflon, at the conditions obtained, superimposition of radiative heating upon a convective stream causes no additional increase in surface recession over the convective results. For boron nitride, an excellent room-temperature reflector in the visible spectrum, a decrease in reflectivity from 90% to 55% is experienced when the surface undergoes sublimation at high temperatures. The process of reflection in each of these materials is described in terms of backscattering from crystals. The significance of a sizable reflection as a mode of energy accommodation is demonstrated for Venusian and Jovian entries as a potential reduction in mass loss due to ablation.


There are many considerations to take into account when planning a clinical trial, and an important consideration is trial design. Adaptive designs are sometimes chosen, as they include features that will increase the efficiency of a trial. One such example is the Sequential Parallel Comparison Design (SPCD), an adaptive design that allows for re-randomization of specific placebo subjects ("non-responders") from an early stage to placebo or treatment in a subsequent stage of the trial. This increases the number of subjects who receive active treatment and improves the power of the trial. Trials using the SPCD design can be analyzed using a number of different methods, including Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) and Repeated Measures Linear Model (MMRM). These methods are described in three papers that feature the SPCD design. This paper will describe, display and compare the methods. The SPCD design is currently in its early stages of implementation and acceptance. The efficiencies of this design will ensure an increase in popularity and a realization of the benefits through its application. This paper will give guidance on how to analyze studies that use this design.


The article discloses socialization of children in the family aspects associated with parental psychopathology influence. Children's emotional experience is classified according to personality traits and experiences of abuse. In summary, children and experts approach the evaluation data, distinguished teaching aid possible, on the organization of the difficulties and problems. The empirical basis of the article – the original master thesis study revealing parental psychopathology, socialization as a risk factor characteristics. Bring out the problems of poor exploration, caused by lack of information, educational excellence and the lack of experience, the prevailing public attitudes and stereotyped situations. KEY WORDS: parental psychopathology, counseling, employment, educational assistance. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/tbb.v76i1.1519


We present a scheme for universal quantum computing using XY Heisenberg spin chains. Information is encoded into packets propagating down these chains, and they interact with each other to perform universal quantum computation. A circuit using g gate blocks on m qubits can be encoded into chains of length O ( g 3 + δ m 3 + δ ) for all δ > 0 with vanishingly small error.


Tourism remains the main engine of economic growth for many Caribbean Small Island-Developing States (SIDS). The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (2002) reports that tourism, particularly coastal tourism, is now the region's largest growth industry. The physical development of the tourism sector is an integral part of the economic development of many islands. Yet, Caribbean governments have long grappled with the sustainable planning and development of this vital industry. They have been particularly weak in planning for physical tourism development that is environmentally sustainable in the context of the Caribbean coastal zone. This paper seeks to make a contribution to the discussion by investigating the role of physical planning in the coastal tourism reconstruction process in the main coastal tourism belt of Grand Anse, Grenada in the wake of the passage of Hurricane Ivan in September 2004. The results of this case study demonstrate the importance of establishing a framework for 'development' represented in a rational physical planning process that makes use of both command-and-control and market-based instruments. However, the physical planning system has been undermined by a lack of forward planning for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction; limited institutional synergy and ability; a myopic approach to development in the coastal zone; and a disconnect in public-private sector collaboration in the context of reconstruction. These shortcomings in present planning practice have serious implications for the vulnerability, resilience and sustainability of the built coastal tourism environment. The Study This study takes the form of a qualitative review of the key aspects relating to the difficulties and successes of the tourism reconstruction process in the main coastal tourism belt of Grand Anse, Grenada. The research has benefited from a desk study of available technical, business, and related government and private sector policy papers; semi-structured individual interviews with key tourism and physical planning stakeholders; and site visits. The researcher conducted the primary fieldwork for this study in Grenada from April 10 th to May 10 th , 2007.


Lately the European data protection directive has increased the attention for privacy by design (PbD). The idea behind this system and software design approach is to not consider privacy as an add-on or legal requirement but to foster the development of privacy friendly technology right from the beginning. Current PbD approaches however mainly focus on technological aspects of privacy. They rarely consider the context in which software systems are build and used. The context however plays a vital role especially with respect to the future usage of a system in an organizational environment. We propose to use established socio-technical design approaches, in which multiple stakeholders collaborate on process models, as a basis for privacy by design. We adapt them to incorporate aspects relevant for privacy aware design and introduce a tool that can support question-based evaluation and collaborative work on processes that make use of personally identifiable information.


The concept of educational migration and the societies in which it is created are defined; the main components and their features are outlined. The necessary statistical information is generated for the evaluation of the environment of creation of educational migration. The value of the factor of educational migration in the formation of analytical support system is discussed. The paper proves that in the era of freedom of knowledge movement on the European continent and development of "European Higher Education Area" (EHEA) and "European Research Area" (ERA) the processes of educational migration and academic mobility of Ukrainians are linked to job search. The notion of the educational migration and its five main components are described: the quantitative dimension of the potential of educational migration; quality of academic environment; motivational conditions; possibilities of cooperation between universities and industry in research; institutional condition in education. The author shows that the first component characterizes the educational and informational condition of forming of educational migration, the second - educational and scientific conditions, the third - socio-economic, socio-demographic, political conditions, the forth - innovative conditions, the fifth – institutional ones. The list of indexes for quantitative presentation of each component of the environment of educational migration is presented. The conclusion was made about the objective need to monitor the state of migration activity and the formation of system of informational and analytical support. The regional index of educational migration environment is suggested to be calculated.


Hamiltonian mechanics did not rid the structure of its dependence on Newton's absolute space and time. And Maxwell's electrodynamics demanded an ether that could not be found, no matter how hard the physicists looked for it. Einstein judged that the solution to these thorny problems demanded a firmly pragmatic approach in which the 'observer' takes centre-stage. To understand the physics correctly, we must accept that this is physics as seen from the perspective of someone or something inside the reality that is being observed or measured. Such an observer is implicit in the physics of Newton. But Newton's laws are formulated as though the observer can be imagined to sit outside of the reality in which all the action is taking place. The result is Einstein's special theory of relativity, which he published in June 1905. In September, he published an addendum in which he derived the iconic formula E=mc2.


This article proposes Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) of PV-wind-FC hybrid system feeding a new community in Egypt-New El-Farafra Oasis as a Case Study. The proposed system includes PV system, permanent magnet synchronous generator based wind turbine and fuel cell with an energy storage system. MPPT applied to PV, wind and fuel cell using Cuckoo search (CS) artificial intelligence technique separately through three DC-DC boost converters. These converters are also used to increase and unify the output voltage of the three sources after MPPT technique proposed to a common DC bus. DC/AC inverter is utilized to connect the hybrid power system into AC loads of proposed community. The three converts and the inverter are controlled by PI controller tuned by Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). The results show that the ability of Cuckoo Search control technique to achieve MPPT for each generation source. On the other hand, the PI controller of both converters and inverter design is discussed. Hybrid system proposed succeeded in feeding the AC loads of the new community at MPPT.


Though not as deadly as it once was, HUS remains a serious threat to young children, with a real risk of dangerous complications. Continuing outbreaks caused by E coli O157:H7 highlight the need for accurate diagnosis, intensive supportive care, and effective prevention.


A green and efficient method for the construction of functionalized 2,3-dihydrothiophenes derivatives in water was reported. In this work, novozym 435 acted as a remarkable biocatalyst in catalyzing the four-component...


Al shehemia project in Wasit Governorate was selected to represent the Irrigated area in middle Iraq to study the temporal change in land suitability for wheat cultivation. Soils of the study area consist mainly, of ntisols and Aridisols soil orders .Historical Soil data were collected from previous works done in 1972 . and some soil propertic were reavoluoted at 2014. Soil and climate were evaluated for wheat cultivation according to Sys ,et al system (1993) and FAO, (1976) which developed by the Italian institute in 2012. The results showed that most of soil units are highly suitable for wheat growing with class S1 and consists about %85.34 from the total area, and %10.90 for N1and N2 classes. Land suitability for wheat cultivation increased to 92.37% for class S1 in 2014 due to the decrease in soil salinity. The results indicated that all soil units are affected by low organic carbon and this was affected on Suitability degree. The results indicated that suitability improved from 1972 to 2014 due to the decrease in soil salinity content resulted from praper management techniques that helped to leached the salts from the soils. The results showed that climate suitability for Wheat was highly Suitable (S1) for growing wheat in the study area during study period.


In response to crowding, locusts develop characteristic black patterns that are well discernible in the gregarious phase at outbreaks. We report here a dark-color-inducing neuropeptide (dark-pigmentotropin) from the corpora cardiaca of two plague locusts, Schistocerca gregaria and Locusta migratoria. The chromatographic isolation of this neuropeptide was monitored by using a bioassay with an albino mutant of L. migratoria. The neurohormone, consisting of 11 amino acids, is identical to [His7] corazonin, previously isolated from corpora cardiaca of another acridid without known function. The present results show that even in isolated (solitary) nymphs, [His7] corazonin induces gregarious black patterns. Its primary structure shows some similarity with the vertebrate melanophore stimulating hormone.


Karisma bookstore Serpong Giant Branch is a branch of the PT. Karisma Mediatama script now engaged in the retail sale of products includes all kinds of books, magazines, school supplies and office appliances. In the procurement of products Bookstores Serpong supply Karisma Giant Branch of the Central Office, while for the procurement of supplies magazine products directly from suppliers with the approval of headquarters and provided counter placement. Until now the administration system for receiving goods counter at Giant Branch Bookstores Karisma Serpong still are semi computer, only using Microsoft applications Micrsoft Word and Excel. By using this application processing and data entry is too complicated so that the data double frequent, complex searches of data and preparing reports semi-automatic. In order to overcome the existing problems we need a good information system, practical and computerization are expected to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the process of collecting data and preparing reports, the authors propose solving the problem by creating an information system in order to solve these problems.


Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common, multifactorial and capricious disease. Its incidence is estimated at between 1 and 1.84 per 1000 person-years, half of cases consisting of isolated distal or proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a quarter of isolated pulmonary embolism (PE) and the rest being PE associated with DVT [1, 2]. The direct severity depends on the mortality risk due to haemodynamic instability in massive PE, and risk of mid- or long-term thromboembolism recurrence and associated sequelae [3]. Population-based studies have revealed that the recurrence risk is significant in the first days, intermediate during the next 3–6 months, then falls to approximately 3–5% per year, though varies widely depending on the thromboembolism context and patient characteristics [1, 3]. We can thus distinguish three therapeutic stages: initial treatment (acute phase), maintenance treatment (consolidation phase) and, at least for some patients, long-term treatment (secondary prevention phase) [4–6]. Beside scores, doctor–patient relationship still key to assess individual benefit of extended anticoagulation http://ow.ly/uWaL303tb77


In poecilogony, different types of larvae are produced within the same species. Previous studies have suggested maternal control of the production of larval types; however, it is not clear which factors or mechanisms generate contrasting developmental patterns among siblings. The spionid polychaete Boccardia proboscidea produces within the same capsule adelphophagic larvae that eat nurse eggs and siblings and complete all or most of their development inside the capsule (Type A larvae), and larvae with little growth until they hatch as planktotrophic larvae (Type B larvae). In this study, we manipulated capsule content to explore the factors determining larval type in B. proboscidea and the role of extra-embryonic maternal nutrition and sib–sib interaction in the developmental fate of offspring. When early larval stages were grown individually in vitro, with nurse eggs as the only food source, some of them remained small, while others continue developing into larger pre-competent larvae by feeding on nurse eggs. This suggests that larval types in B. proboscidea are determined very early in development and are not solely the product of sib–sib interaction inside the capsule. However, our data also suggest that hatching size variability within larval types of a clutch depends on nurse egg availability. Type B larvae grew normally to metamorphosis when phytoplankton was available, but suffered high rates of cannibalism by Type A larvae. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that individual larval fates are determined very early in development and that once their fate is determined, hatching size and intracapsular survival are affected by maternal food provisioning and sibling interaction.


Electronic commerce has opened new opportunities for buyers and sellers. Consumers can do things in an on-line environment that are simply not possible in face-to-face transactions. In this paper we examine a novel setting where consumers can gain a dramatic advantage over a seller of an on-line service. Recently on-line casino gaming has appeared on the Internet. One game offered is blackjack – a game known to have a positive expected value for the player if played optimally. In on-line casino gambling, one can employ computer-assisted play and optimal betting with impunity, both of which are not permitted in real casinos. This paper formulates and solves the optimal blackjack betting problem – a problem not adequately solved in the literature. This problem is exceedingly hard to solve for realistic settings. We propose and test a number of solution strategies. Please do not copy or quote without permission from an author.


developing countries rightly believe that the developed countries have benefited quite substantially from including topics other than IPRs in the Agreements that they favour: investment, services, telecommunications, restriction of production and export subsidies, strengthening of anti-dumping measures, increased access to developing countries' markets, to mention just a few. The developing countries, on the other hand, have hardly, if at all, benefited from trade liberalization enacted by the Uruguay Round. Agricultural trade liberalization is very limited and liberalization in textiles was back-loaded and is still mainly to come. IPRs are relevant for a broad range of issues, which naturally cannot be covered all in one book. Correa concentrates on IPRs in information technologies and with respect to access to plant genetic resources. This is a good choice, but perhaps more attention could have been paid to the health sector. The prospect of millions of people dying in developing countries from AIDS and other diseases because they cannot afford to buy high-priced drugs on which developed countries' MNCs hold IPRs is frightening. Potential conflicts between IPRs and the conservation of biodiversity is a particularly interesting topic, to which Correa also could have paid somewhat more attention. Most developed countries and their business groups argue that there is absolutely no reason to presume that the TRIPS Agreement clashes with the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which are 'the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources' (CBD Art. 1). Critics, among them most developing countries and many environmentalis ts, argue that the TRIPS Agreement is in conflict with the spirit, if not the letter, of the CBD. This author has argued elsewhere that while the TRIPS Agreement is indeed silent on an equitable sharing of the benefits from biodiversity use, this does not mean that the patent or sui generis systems to be enacted could not include rules that lead to such an equitable sharing (Neumayer, 2001: chapter 9). Even the International Chamber of Commerce admits that if equitable sharing of the benefits from inventions, which make use of indigenous knowledge, does not take place, this could reasonably be called 'biopiracy' (International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), 1999). Similarly, just because the TRIPS Agreement does not contain an explicit reference to the preservation of biodiversity does not mean that the patent or sui generis systems to be enacted could not be designed in a way that promotes biodiversity preservation. It speaks in favour of his book that Correa, in spite of presenting quite a radical point of view, tries to show many ways how developing countries could push for a reform of the TRIPS Agreement as well as exploit the many flexible provisions within the existing Agreement to their benefit. Not long ago, the elected German member of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet governing body, called IPRs a theft of public or common property. Of course, things are not so simple and to completely abolish IPRs would do more harm than good as it would cancel much of the incentives for private firms to invest in research and development. But much needs to be done to transform the TRIPS Agreement such that it provides for a more equitable sharing of the benefits from intellectual property. As a final comment it needs to be mentioned that the lack of an index significantly lowers the value of the book. Especially for a book such as this one, which covers a whole range of diverse issues, a comprehensive index would have been extremely helpful.


We propose SUW-Stereo, a deep-learning framework with joint supervised learning (S), unsupervised learning (U), and weakly-supervised learning (W) for disparity estimation. The supervised learning module optimizes a disparity estimation network by knowledge based on the ground-truth disparity. In contrast, the unsupervised learning module has no knowledge of the ground-truth disparity, but optimizes the disparity estimation network by predicting the current right image from the left image and estimated disparity. The weakly supervised learning uses other expert information to derive some information about the disparity, without using ground-truth disparity knowledge either. SUW-Stereo trains the deep-learning networks end-to-end with joint optimization of the desired SUW objectives. We demonstrate that SUW-Stereo can even improve the accuracy of current state-of-the-art networks such as AMNet or GANet.


The utility model provides an LED constant-current over-temperature protection circuit and an LED lamp. The LED constant-current over-temperature protection circuit is connected with an LED lamp, and the LED lamp is equipped with radiating fins. The LED constant-current over-temperature protection circuit comprises a temperature detection circuit, a temperature control circuit and a constant current control circuit, wherein an output end of the temperature detection circuit is connected with an input end of the temperature control circuit, an output end of the temperature control circuit is connected with an input end of the constant current control circuit, and an output end of the constant current control circuit is connected with the LED lamp. The utility model provides further provides the LED lamp including the LED constant-current over-temperature protection circuit. With the LED constant-current over-temperature protection circuit and the LED lamp which are provided by the utility model, the problem that the temperature of an LED lamp is too high in the prior art is solved, safety and reliability are achieved, the circuit is simple, and the production cost can be effectively reduced.


The issues of research of work of seed metering devices by the method of discrete elements (DEM) are considered. A 3d-model of the developed metering devices intended for use with an unmanned aerial vehicle is presented. Its main design parameters and characteristics of the virtual stand used in the study are described. A brief description of the physical model of the interaction of seeds with the working elements of the metering devices is given. As a result of the study, data were obtained on the capacity of the hopper of the metering devices. With a particle diameter of 5 mm, the total capacity of the hopper and the throat of the seeding unit was at least 7426 pieces. With a diameter of 6 and 7 mm, the capacity was 4210 and 2551 pieces. The total weight of seeds in a fully loaded hopper was 920.8, 905.2, 870.4 g. With an increase in the rotation speed of the seed drum from 90 to 180 deg/s, the stability of the capture of seeds decreased from 0.7 to 3.5%. Changing the seed diameter did not have a noticeable effect on the number of skips. Also, the average value of the torque during one working cycle (full revolution of the seed drum) was obtained equal to 0.129 Nm.


Left displacement of the abomasum (LDA) is a common condition in Holstein population mainly occur around the time of parturition. The entrapped abomasum located between the rumen and the abdominal wall caused by the abomasal hypomotility. The heritability of LDA estimated higher than for other bovine diseases but a number of management and nutritional conditions are also affecting the disease appearance. Genome studies revealed many significant genomic regions associated with LDA, although an RNA sequencing analysis of abomasum is missing from the literature. Within the framework of this research, we tried to patch up this area missing from the literature and to reveal the genetic causes and a complex interaction between the endocrine and neuromuscular pathways behind the symptoms of the disease with the help of transcriptomic analysis.


Purpose – This paper aims to analyse available multimodal transport route variations for iron ore shipments from northwest Australia to northeast China, focusing on a major iron and steel manufacturer.Design/methodology/approach – The research is focused on a case study and uses an established cost model as a framework, for the first time, in the context of heavy bulk cargo shipments. Field interviews and a questionnaire form the principal methods of primary data collection. The characteristics of bulk iron ore transport flow are analysed against traditional criteria and an appraisal of the transport infrastructure in north east China is made, considering both road and rail options, and various possible combinations for transport being evaluated. All factors affecting modal choice in the region are examined, including cargo volume, weight, and value, transport distance, transit time, transport costs and schedule reliability.Findings – The volumes of iron ore moved are large, with a high weight‐to‐volume r...


The present paper has proposed a shell model to describe clad particles of superconductors. The model describes the particles as consist of two parts, i.e. a shell part and a nuclei part. According to the conclusion of the solution of Eliashberg equation in inhomogeneous systems[1] we add the spectrum functions of the two parts together with specific weights. We have calculated the Tc of Pb, Sn, In clad particles with different sizes by the Louie and Cohen's critical temperature Tc fomula which is valid to both weak and strong coupling superconductors. The calcutated results are in agreement with experimental data which have been published so far. In contrast to other authors' calculated results, our results give conclusion which shows that the Tc of Pb clad particles decreases when the size of the particles is reduced.


The development of a flow injection procedure for the automatic investigation of interference effects in ICP-AES is reported. Interference response surfaces can readily be obtained. The method allows an intelligent choice of lines and experimental conditions based on the magnitude of the interference effect observed for a wide range of interferent and analyte concentrations.


The best resin which is used to recovery lipoic acid in lipoic acid wastewater is NG-16 macroporous adsorption resin. The result is determined by dynamic adsorption experiments. The optimal operation conditions are as follows: pH value of 5-5.5, at room temperature, adsorption flux of 3BV/h, double-column series disposing volume is 25BV/batch; at 303K, the resin is desorbed by 3BV methanol+2BV water, at 1BV/h flux; the pH of high-concentration desorption solution is adjusted to 7.2-7.8, and lipoic acid and methanol are recoveried by distillation; low-concentration desorption liquid is applied for next batch. Per tonne of waste can be recoveried 1.1kg lipoic acid about 80% purity. The lipoic acid content in treated wastewater is reduced from 1300-1500mg/L to 0, the total sulfur content is reduced from 400-450mg/L to 0.05mg/L, B/C increased from 0.30 to 0.65.


In the paper,it is introduced the synchronous discharge and suction pump with gas fluid mixture device.This pump could compress and separate the gas inhaled or separated out in medium from the transporting medium when working as well as discharge the gas and medium in proportion through the unique fluidic device in system according to the requirements of design conditions,which is suitable for transporting the filtrate of concentrate containing solid particles.With this pump,there is no need constructing pump chamber alone,the investment is lower as well as the maintenance and overhaul are convenient and quick.The effects of applications are marked.


We report ALMA long-baseline observations of Orion Source I (SrcI), with a resolution 0.″03–0.″06 (12–24 au) at 1.3 and 3.2 mm. We detect both continuum and spectral line emission from SrcI's disk. We also detect a central weakly resolved source that we interpret as a hot spot in the inner disk, which may indicate the presence of a binary system. The high angular resolution and sensitivity of these observations allows us to measure the outer envelope of the rotation curve of the H2O line, which gives a mass MI ≈ 15 ± 2 . We detected several other lines that more closely trace the disk, but were unable to identify their parent species. Using centroid-of-channel methods on these other lines, we infer a similar mass. These measurements solidify SrcI as a genuine high-mass protostar system and support the theory that SrcI and the Becklin-Neugebauer Object were ejected from the dynamical decay of a multiple-star system ∼500 years ago, an event that also launched the explosive molecular outflow in Orion.


The raft foundation has been widely applied to tall building, in consideration of the stress state is complex and the stress mechanism is unclear, there are many unreasonable problems while determined the raft thickness at this stage. This paper used the finite element method and the interaction design method, on the basis of analysis of stress and deformation under the condition of different raft thickness, get the raft stress and deformation principle, provides a reference experiences to practical design.


Wellsite (212a-b) drilling is controlled from an offsite control centre (202). Sensors positioned around the wellsite collect parameters which are communicated to the remote control centre (202) which will automatically control the wellsite set up. Transceivers are provided at the wellsite and the control centre. Automated and manual control can also be performed at the wellsite or at the remote control centre. Communication can be via for example satellite, telecommunication lines, radio or microwaves.


A rare case of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), with massive bilateral pleural effusions and generalized edema as the first manifestations, is reported. The patient was a previously healthy 13-year-old boy. He presented with a history of fever, lack of appetite, gradually increasing fatigue, cough, diffuse edema, and moderate dyspnea. He responded well to corticosteroids with resolution of the pleural effusions, and edema. SLE should always be kept in mind in cases of massive pleural effusions and/or diffuse edema, even in the absence of other clinical manifestations of the disease.


During annual disease surveys of dill ( Anethum graveolens ) in September 2001 and May 2002, sporadic symptoms typical of powdery mildew were observed in many fields assessed in the eastern Mediterranean coastal regions of Hatay Province, Turkey. White, epiphytic mycelia and conidia, characteristic of a powdery mildew, were present on leaves, stems and inflorescences. Severely diseased leaves became twisted, and the disease possibly contributed to premature senescence and drying of the plant. Mycelial growth was amphigenous, forming thin, irregular white patches, sometimes effused to cover the whole leaf surface, stem and inflorescences, and had well developed multilobed appressoria. Simple straight conidiophores developed mostly singly from a hyphal cell, arising from the upper part of mother cells. Cylindrical foot cells (30–35 × 7·5–9 μ m) were followed by one or two shorter cells (17·5–22·5 × 7·5–9 μ m). Cylindrical oval to fusiform conidia (30–38 × 12–15 μ m) were produced singly without conspicuous fibrosin bodies. The length to width ratios of conidia ranged from 1·9 to 3. Conidia germinated at the ends by producing four to five germ tubes. Germ tubes formed lobed appressoria. The cleistothecia were found on leaves, stems and inflorescences, and were spherical, gregarious and measured 80–125·5 μ m in diameter. Appendages were myceloid with branched tips, brown to black and 88–145 μ m in length and 4–7 μ m in diameter. Each cleistothecium contained four to six round to ovoid asci (45–62·5 × 25–37·5 μ m). The ascus contained three to five ellipsoid to ovoid ascospores (22·5– 25 × 10–15 μ m). Based on morphological characteristics, the causal agent of dill powdery mildew was identified as Erysiphe heraclei (Shin, 2000). Pathogenicity tests were conducted on 2-month-old glasshouse-grown dill plants, variety Bereketli. These plants were inoculated by shaking fresh conidia from naturally infected plants having abundant sporulation onto the leaves of healthy plants. Inoculated plants were kept in a moist chamber (100% RH) at 22 ° C for 2 days, then moved into a growth chamber at 22 ± 2 ° C/16 ± 2 ° C (day/night temperatures), 75% RH with a 16 h photoperiod. Inoculated plants developed powdery mildew symptoms 12–15 days after inoculation. The symptoms on inoculated plants and the morphological characteristics of the pathogen were similar to those observed on naturally infected plants. No symptoms developed on control plants. This is the first report of powdery mildew on dill in Turkey, and also the first record of E. heraclei in this country. Previous reports list E. heraclei on dill in Iran (Sharifnabi & Nekoei, 1997), India (Upadhyaya & Gupta, 1992) and Taiwan (Tsay, 1990). Erysiphe heraclei was reported on several host plants belonging to the Apiaceae such as parsley, celery, carrot and fennel (Shin, 2000).


Traditional Clustering is a powerful technique for revealing the hot topics among Web information. However, it failed to discover the trending events coming out gradually. In this paper, we propose a novel method to address this problem which is modeled as detecting the new cluster from time-streaming documents. Our approach concludes three parts: the cluster definition based on Multi- Representation Index Tree (MI-Tree), the new cluster detecting process and the metrics for measuring a new cluster. Compared with the traditional method, we process the newly coming data first and merge the old clustering tree into the new one. Our algorithm can avoid that the documents owning high similarity were assigned to different clusters. We designed and implemented a system for practical application, the experimental results on a variety of domains demonstrate that our algorithm can recognize new valuable cluster during the iteration process, and produce quality clusters.


As security threats change and advance in a drastic way, relevant of the organizations implement multiple Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDSs) to optimize detection and to provide comprehensive view of intrusion activities. But NIDSs trigger a massive amount of alerts even for a day and overwhelmed security experts as they require high levels of human involvement in creating the system and/or maintaining it. The main goal in this work is to enhances the structural based alert correlation model to improve the quality of alerts and detection capability of NIDS by grouping alerts with common attributes based on unsupervised learning techniques. This work compares four unsupervised learning algorithms namely Self-organizing maps (SOM), K-means, Expectation and Maximization (EM) and Fuzzy C-means (FCM) to select the best cluster algorithm based on Clustering Accuracy Rate (CAR), Clustering Error (CE) and processing time. The result inferred that the proposed model based on hybrid feature selection, PCA and EM is effective in terms of Clustering Accuracy Rate (CAR) and processing time for The NSL-KDD Dataset


In this paper a brief survey of research and development on latching ferrite quadnrpole-field devices in China is presented. Initially, theoretical analyses and some general roles for these kinds of devices are given. Some practical construction techniques and experimental results are also presented. Finally, many practical devices are described (e.g. reciprocal phase shifters with fast switching polarizations, reciprocal phase shifters with transverse magnetization, duplex phase shifters). In general, latching ferrite quadrupole-field devices have many advantages, among them simplicity, ruggedness, and rapid switching.


formulating the salary system, most enterprises usually lack the deep understanding of modern salary theories, in thus their salary management system deviating from the labor value law. As a result, motivation of employees, especially those knowledgeable ones, can not be aroused. In view of the problems of salary system in China's enterprises, this paper proposes the principles and concrete procedures of constructing enterprise's salary system. 


─ In this paper, a novel time domain method by using a modified time domain reflectometry is presented for high accuracy modeling of microstrip discontinuities. The ordinary stimulus signals used in the TDR technique are voltage step or voltage impulse. In this paper, we propose an alternative technique, whereby a modified excitation pulse based on Barker-Code orthogonal pulses is employed as the stimulus signal in TDR. The advantage conferred by "Barker codes TDR" is that more energy is available at higher frequencies in contrast with conventional step or impulse TDR, and so a higher bandwidth and higher accuracy of the line impedance is achieved. It can also be advantageous when the user is looking for precision in spatial localization, say in a connector or similar in-line structure, as the increased energy at higher frequencies can help. Simulated results are presented to validate the usefulness of the proposed method for calculating the precise amount of time-dependent equivalent circuit of microstrip discontinuity. Index Terms ─ Finite difference time domain (FDTD), microstrip discontinuity, time domain reflectometry (TDR), and time domain modeling.


The reaction of the tropical rain forest to different silvicultural operations - logging and thinning - was investigated in three reserved forests of Cote d'Ivoire (one evergreen, one semi-deciduous, one transitional between the two). A similar 400 ha experimental area was laid out in each forest type, eachdivided into 25 plots of 16 ha. Three sets of measurements, made on more than 48 000 individual trees over a span of 4 years, provided data on diameter growth and annual increment of more than 50 merchantable species, thus yielding information formerly unavailable about the requirements and behaviour of these species. Taking into account growth, mortality, and regeneration of the entire stand, silvicultural operations frequently result in a doubling of annual production, and also favour the recruitment of the most desirable species. As a result of these findings, a larger scale pilot programme in forest management is being carried out in a 10 000 ha block of evergreen tropical forest at Yapo. (Resume d'auteur)


This paper examines the capture of government regulators using the case of Satyam Computer Services Ltd., one of India's largest software and services companies, which disclosed a $1.47 billion fraud on its balance sheet on January 7, 2009. The firm, which traded on the New York and Bombay Stock Exchanges, was required to file financial reports with the SEC. Price Waterhouse of India, the local member of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), served as its auditor. After news of the scandal hit the airwaves, Price Waterhouse of India issued a press release and stated that its audit was conducted in accordance with applicable auditing standards and was supported by sufficient audit evidence. Because Satyam shares were quoted on Wall Street, SEC rules prohibited auditors from having business relations with their clients. U.S. regulators failed to take action against PWC. Is this lack of enforcement related to PWC's size and the impact that the failure of a Big 4 firm would have on the global financial marketplace? We question whether government regulators have been captured by the key market players in the auditing services market. One outcome of this capture is moral hazard, which implies that the Big 4 accounting firms, or their local affiliates, may place less emphasis on quality audits. Such an approach to the audit function places the selfinterests of the audit firm above the public interest. We also question whether foreign companies that are listed on US Stock Exchanges fall under the purview of US Laws and if these companies and their auditors face the same regulatory scrutiny as publicly-traded US Corporations. In addition, the paper provides suggestions to protect the public interest while citing lessons learned from this scandal.


This paper aims to apply a novel high-accuracy localization technique in apron and stand areas in airports to increase the safety when coverage and resolution of the surveillance systems deployed is degraded. We propose a new localization method based on fingerprinting techniques using the multipath ray-profile due to effects of the ray-tracing as cost function instead of power levels measurements over the received signal strength. The precision obtained with this technique is very high, while the main contribution to the localization accuracy is provided by the dominant rays of the ray-tracing.


The present invention relates to a reaction product viscosity detection method having a viscosity detection process including a rotation speed detection process and other processes. The rotation speed detection process is a process for detecting the rotation speed of an induction motor in which the power loss (P L ) occurring when power (P) is supplied consists of a power loss (A) and a power loss (B) and includes: a step (Ι) in which the difference between the power (P) and the power loss (A) is assumed to be a first-order approximation value (PM 1 ) of the mechanical output of the induction motor and a first-order approximation value of the rotation speed given by the equation N 1 = N S (1 - S 1 ) is obtained from the relationship between the output (PM 1 ) of the induction motor and slip (S 1 ) given by the equation PM 1 = κS 1 ; a step (ΙΙ) in which the power loss (B 1 ) is obtained based on the first-order approximation value (N 1 ); and a step (ΙΙΙ) in which a second-order approximation value (PM 2 ) is assumed to be given by the equation P - (A + B 1 ) and a second-order approximation value given by the equation N 2 = N S (1 - S 2 ) is obtained from the relationship between the output (PM 2 ) and slip (S 2 ) given by the equation PM 2 = κS 2 .


Selective arylation of polyfunctional phenols,using chlorobenzene- and p-chlorotoluene-manganese tricarbonul cations,is described.The intermediate arene-manganese complexes are fuond to undergo stereo-and regioselective reactions with Schollkopf's chiral glycine enolate equivalent to give dienyl-Mn(CO) 3 complexes.Traetment of these complexes with N-bromosuccinimide at room temperature ,followed by hydrolysis of the dihydropyrazine,give diaryl ethers in which one of the aromatic rings is an arylglycine methyl ester


Early childhood is the most rapid and critical period of language development, and family plays an important role in children's language development. It is found that in family education, parents have the following problems in promoting children's language ability development: Lack of language education concept; Family language education mode is single; The contents of family language education pay too much attention to the edification of humanistic knowledge; The home language education environment is complex; Home cooperation lacks in-depth exchanges and communication. Based on the above analysis, the family influencing factors of children's language ability development are related to parents' educational background, family structure, and the type of home cooperation. Therefore, the corresponding solutions are put forward: parents should improve their awareness of the characteristics of children's language learning; Use a variety of educational methods to stimulate children's desire to speak; Choose rich and comprehensive language education content; Parents and grandparents work together to create a good language environment; Strengthen home cooperation to jointly promote children's language development.


Based on the basic properties of the green material itself, environmental adaptability and feeling of comfort, analyzes that green materials should follow the basic principles, that are the use of good workability, good processing manufacturability, best economy, good aesthetics, non-toxic harmless and low energy consumption, easy to recycle and innovative; puts forward the relationship between the green materials and the three elements of product design that the green material is the an important factor in the material technical conditions, is a necessary condition realizing its use function, and is the material base of its moulding image. And some examples are given to illustrate the application of green materials in product design. Keywords-product; green materials; nature materials; choise


Extensive use of chemicals around human environment, in soil and natural waters is a constant source of concern for public health authorities. Pesticide use is one of the biggest cause of chemical contamination in our environment. Bacteria have a great potential as a decomposer of biopolymers and synthetic chemicals in organic waste. In this study the role of bacteria in the degradation of widely used pyrethroid pesticide, cypermethrin is being reported. For this purpose the polluted soil and water samples were collected from different pesticide polluted areas of the Punjab. Eight bacterial strains were isolated on cypermethrincontaining M9 agar plates. On the basis of physical and chemical characterization, these isolates belong to genera Bacillus, Sporosarcina, Pseudomonas, Marinococcus, Arthrobacter, Cupriavidus, Aeromonas and Micrococcus. The optimum growth pH and temperature of the isolates in LB broth was ranged from 6-7 and 30-40°C respectively. In LB broth typical growth patterns of bacterial isolates were observed. These isolates were found sensitive to four metals i.e., Hg, Co, Cr and Cu. The antibiotic sensitivity of isolates was also evaluated against nine antibiotics. All the isolates were resistant to ampicillin, furazolidone, and fusidic acid.


An inexpensive data acquisition system has been designed to provide high voltage isolation for data acquisition in analog, digital, and pulse modes. The telemetry system uses GaAs light sources, fiber optics, and phototransistors to accomplish the data transmission. Prewired logic boards have been adapted to accomplish the timing and logic functions. Seven decades of digital data are transmitted error free, pulse data can be transmitted at rates up to 1 MHz, and analog data are transmitted with 0.05% full scale accuracy.


To determine the actual conditions of various factors of the status of women in paid job environment, we investigated the process of the bottleneck facts and the discrimination against women, pays, supervision, promotion, and the job-related satisfaction. In addition to the discrimination of women interested in the issue, we examined the work condition of the sexual affection from women's duties. These studies help women improve and promote the rights as we provide Jeju special self-governing provincial with the basic methods and materials to obtain the international competitiveness in the world , and also the foundation of the policy for women.


The rotational structure in several bands of the β band system of PO has been reinvestigated in order to study the various perturbations in the higher vibrational levels of the B 2 ∑+ state. In addition to the already known rotational perturbations in the 6 th and 7 th levels new perturbations have been detected in the 8th vibrational level. These new perturbations are explained as being due to the a 4 π i state. Approximate constants for this state have been obtained.


A field experiment was conducted in the long-term trial on treated distillery treated spentwash application established since 2003 at the Main Agricultural Research Station, UAS, Dharwad. The study was carried out during kharif 2012 to know the response of maize to long-term biomethanated treated spentwash application under Vertisols of Northern transition zone of Karnataka. Experiment consisted of seven treatments and 3 replications. Results revealed that application of 1½ recommended nitrogen through treated spentwash was superior with respect to the growth parameters like plant height, chlorophyll content and dry matter production and yield parameters like cob length, cob circumference, cob weight, number of rows per cob, number of seeds per row, number of seeds per cob and test weight. Both growth and yield parameters complemented each other in realising higher grain and stover yield. Treated spentwash application had also increased the nutrient uptake of the maize.


Aim: To report a case of acyanotic Taussig-Bing heart, anatomically consistent with L-transposition and rheumatic Left AV valve regurgitation associated with complete AV block in an adolescent male. Introduction: Taussig-Bing heart is one of the conotruncal malformation, characterized by double-outlet right ventricle (DORV) and a subpulmonary VSD. Embryologically, abnormal cardiac looping with malalignment of conotruncal septum result its complexity and great artery relationships. Case Report: A 14-year old acyanotic boy presented with severe left-sided AV valve regurgitation and bradycardia. ECG revealed left sided morphologic right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) as evidenced by a loss of septal Q waves in left precordial leads suggesting ventricular inversion. X-ray chest revealed a straight upper right cardiac border due to loss of normal relationship of great vessels and cardiomegaly due to both left atrial and morphologic right ventricular enlargements suggesting a left-sided regurgitant lesion. Echocardiography revealed the ventricular inversion, primary origin of both L-transposed great arteries from the left-sided morphologic right ventricle suggesting a "double-outlet morphologic right ventricle" with "double discordance" and a subpulmonary VSD of Taussig-Bing type. The left-sided morphologic tricuspid valve is severely regurgitant due to rheumatic process resulting in heart failure which was improved with anti-failure measures and penicillin prophylaxis. Conclusion: The presence of left-sided regurgitation associated with bradycardia is a suspicion of "double discordance" and "double switch" procedure remains the mainstay of its surgical correction. Left AV valve replacement with intraventricular repair is preferred in this child since the malformation is consistent with Taussing-Bing type of DORV with L-transposition.


Introduction: A significant concern about body weight and shape is the pathognomonic feature of eating disorders. According to the cognitive view, ideation and belief component is the primary cause for the development and maintenance of eating disorders. Higher psychiatric morbidity and psychological stress increases the development of eating disorders. Objective: This study was conducted to examine whether there is a relationship between psychological stress and cognitive aspect of eating, and between secondary and tertiary students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine beliefs about weight and shape concerns among secondary and tertiary level students. A total of 1253 students consisting of 13-18 years old secondary school students and 19-24 years old medical students were involved in this study. The students completed a questionnaire assessing psychopathology on beliefs and attitudes towards weight and shape and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30). Results: The results indicate a high prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among university students compared to secondary students. Year 1 medical students appear to have a higher frequency of psychiatric morbidity (53.9%) than year 4 medical students (28.4%). Eating beliefs relating to weight and shape were significantly higher in secondary school students than medical students. The results of multiple linear regression on the eating belief questionnaire were a significant predictor of psychiatric morbidity. Higher GHQ scores were negatively related to eating belief question 28 of bulimic component. Conclusion: It would be useful to conduct future studies to explore the possible causal factors for weight and shape concerns among secondary school students and higher psychiatric morbidity among medical students in Kelantan.


The utility model provides multi-modality fatigue detection equipment for a driver. The utility model is characterized in that the multi-modality fatigue detection equipment comprises a two-channel visual sense detection device, a multi-point pressure detection device, a real-time detection device for physiological signals, a warning device and a central processor, wherein the two-channel visual sense detection device, the multi-point pressure detection device and the real-time detection device for the physiological signals are all connected to the central processor; and the central processor is connected with the warning device. For the multi-modality fatigue detection equipment for the driver, the method is reasonable, the structure is simple, the detection is precise, and the operability is strong, therefore, the multi-modality fatigue detection equipment for the driver is beneficial for promotion and application.


In a saturated market where competition between producers is increasingly competitive and consumers have many choices in each category of goods / services required. This situation resulted in the desire of consumers to be more important than the needs. This results in a state of mind, emotion, sympathy being dominant, so many companies are looking for ways to make strong connections with consumers emotionally. Emotional connections of consumers are also motivated by the discovery that emotional connections bring consumer loyalty to a higher level, and ultimately hope to improve corporate finance. This journal discusses the influence of Emotional Marketing on Purchase Decision through Brand Image Mediation on Nike Products. This study is quantitative with a sample of 120 respondents who are buyers and users of Nike products in West Jakarta. Collected data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique with SmartPLS program. The results showed that the emotional marketing applied by Nike had a significant positive effect on the brand image as well as the purchase decision with the mediation of brand image. But the brand image does not significantly affect the purchase decision. Keywords: emotional marketing, brand image, purchase decision


In this paper, a new design of Metamaterial Absorber unit-cell is presented with a high absorption coefficient of 99 . 78% at 10 GHz . The numerical results show that the proposed unit-cell has constant performances regardless the polarization state of the incoming waves, a wide angle of absorption up to 70 ◦ for TE polarized waves, and 80 ◦ for TM, RHCP, LHCP polarized waves is achieved. Analytical circuit model has been developed to describe the matching process between the unit-cell and free space impedances. The monostatic RCS capability of 12 × 12 metasurface array has been proved numerically by full wave simulation showing more than 10 dB RCS reduction at normal and oblique incidences. Finally a metasurface array was fabricated and tested experimentally, the simulated and measured results are in good agreement in terms of absorption rate and band-width, expect a frequency shift in terms of resonance frequency.


A general model for the study and optimization of reversed cycle thermal machines with two heat reservoirs is presented. The model is based on the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics, heat transfer equations at finite thermal source and sink capacities, and entropy generation terms in order to consider the internal and external irreversibilities of the cycle. The proposed model is applied to real‐operating machines for which several constraints are imposed. Some results generated by the model when applied to refrigeration machines are presented. They point out interesting results regarding the limits of the variation range for the model variables under different operating conditions and also for different variation laws for the internal entropy generation term. Sensitivity studies with respect to the evaporator heat transfer area and other decision parameters show the dependence of the refrigerating machines performances on the model variables and decision parameters and what the investment concern is with respect to the gain in performances. Experimental data are used in this study, in comparison with the analytical ones. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


We have discovered an animal model, the white carneau pigeon, which for the first time, through its use in laboratory experiments, has demonstrated significant correlations between the magnitude of inner ear electric potentials and standard measures of blood pressure, blood cholesterol, and blood coagulation. Also, we have found that a new blood coagulation research tool—the sonoclot machine—can demonstrate blood coagulation physiology parameters which correlate highly with cochlear potentials in our animal model. The above results will be discussed in relation to our previous findings of relationships of atherosclerosis to hearing in the same animal model. [Work supported by NIH Grant Number NS‐12013.]


The invention belongs to the technical field of inductance elements and relates to a common mode inductance iron core and a preparation method of the common mode inductance iron core. The belt of the iron core is prepared by adopting a flat plate flow liquid state quenching method, the iron core is winded and is prepared through heat treatment steps, wherein the iron core is formed by winding iron-based nanocrystalline belt materials with a thickness of 18-24 microns; the heat treatment is of a crystallization heat treatment in a composite magnetic field. Because the flat plate flow liquid state quenching method is adopted, the iron-based nanocrystalline belt materials with the thickness of 18-24 microns and a laminated coefficient of 0.76-0.82 are prepared, and the prepared belt materials are good in toughness. Because the thickness of the iron-based nanocrystalline belt materials and process technological parameters of heat treatment of the composite magnetic field are adjusted and quantitatively controlled, the common mode inductance iron core which filters common mode interference signals and is applies to the field of a new energy field such as photovoltaic materials and wind power is prepared, and the common mode inductance iron core obtained has good frequency impedance characteristics and offset-resistant direct current superposition ability, and improves attenuation common mode signal ability.


If the node which manages the positional information failure has recovered occurred, without transmitting a plurality of position registration request addressed to a plurality of mobile terminals MN, only transmits a location registration request addressed to a multicast address restoration of the position information is possible. Home agent is a node connected to the network each have a mobile anchor point and communication nodes, each of said nodes, receiving the location registration from the mobile terminal, to create a backup binding cache by copying the binding cache, maintain management, the home agent, the mobile anchor point and the communication node, when recovered from the failure, respectively, wherein the searching for the backup binding cache, and acquires the binding cache held before failure, the obtained binding the mobile terminal stored in the cache, by specifying the multicast address registered in advance, sends the packet location registration request to the mobile terminal, with respect to the position registration request packet, whether the mobile terminal If there is a reply, as valid the acquired binding cache, to continue the maintenance.


A projection-type image display apparatus that enlarges and displays an image includes: a case, a laser light source, a cooling mechanism that includes a component that produces vibration during operation, a diffuser that diffuses light that is emitted from the laser light source, optics that shape light diffused by the diffuser to light having a uniform luminance distribution and rectangular cross-section, and an optical modulation element that modulates light shaped by the optics; wherein the component included in the cooling mechanism and the diffuser are connected by way of a vibration transmitting member.


ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema on the concentrations of immune parameters in serum. DesignProspective, controlled study. SettingMedical ICU. PatientsTwenty-four consecutive patients with acute pulmonary edema who had significant clinical improvement within 30 mins and did not show any evidence of either tissue damage or infection. For comparison, 25 healthy, age-matched controls and 25 patients with mild chronic heart failure were also studied. InterventionsTreatment with oxygen, nitrates, and loop diuretics. MeasurementsLymphokines, acute-phase reactants, and cortisol concentrations were measured in serial serum and plasma samples. Main ResultsSerum concentrations of soluble CD-8 antigen (soluble CD-8) decreased from 928 ± 124 (SEM) U/mL on admission to 712 ± 112 and 579 ± 67 U/mL after 2 and 6 hrs, respectively (p <.05, p <.01), and returned to baseline values within 48 hrs (853 ± 109 U/mL). Concentrations of soluble interleukin-2 receptor increased from 721 ± 71 to 1078 ± 112 and 1226 ± 128 U/mL 12 and 36 hrs, respectively, after admission (p <.05, p <.01). Plasma cortisol concentrations were markedly increased on admission (56.9 ± 4.7 vs. 13.1 ± 1.3 μg/dL after recovery, p <.001). Increased cortisol concentrations coincided with the nadir of soluble CD-8. Tumor necrosis factor-a remained within normal limits in all patients. Neither acute-phase reactants nor angiotensin converting enzyme activity showed significant changes during the observation period. ConclusionThe present results indicate significant alterations in the serum concentrations of immune parameters as an effect of an uncomplicated acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema.


Abstract Hackers and rapid technological change produce similar responses: they simultaneously produce feelings of fear and fascination. This paper explores how ambivalence to technology in general is mirrored in both fictional and nonfictional accounts of hacking and how such representations reflect our concerns about the best way to control technological ingenuity in a hi‐tech age. William Gibson's Neuromancer and Douglas Coupland's Microserfs are used as the main examples of fictional portrayals of hacking and it is argued that the imaginative licence exhibited by their authors ultimately draws upon contemporary concerns over the role technology plays in modern life. The key underlying theme behind both fictional and nonfictional accounts of hacking is shown to be the issue of technological control. Hackers exhibit technological virtuosity in an age when rapid change and its accompanying confusion place such mastery at a premium. They are portrayed as controllers of technology and yet on other occasion...